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Page 82 of 1071929 · PDF PAGE 535
535 They have learnt the psychological fact that confidence is a real asset. A man works best when he feels he is sure to succeed. A fear of failure palsies every faculty. The vogue of Christian Science, and countless cults for drawing in dollars by wishing one had them, persuading oneself that somehow or other they will arrive, scorning every success, forgetting every failure, shutting one's eyes to unpleasant facts, and interpreting every bit of good luck as a triumph beyond the power of trumpets to tell --- a token of the intense interest ta…
1913 · PDF PAGE 595
…and Treatment by Suggestion.” Demy 8vo. Cloth gilt. 12s, 6d. net. ‘This important book, unanimously regarded by students as the standard work on Hypnotism, is offered ata price which should command a larger public than it bas hitherto reached. WILLIAM RIDER & SON, Ltd., 8-11 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C. In_preparation. Crown 8v0. Probable price 3s. 6d. net. CAMBRIDGE POETS 1900-1913 AN ANTHOLOGY Chosen by AELFRIDA TILLYARD The Volume will contain selections from the works of— ALEISTER CROWLEY John Alford Hugh Owen Meredith E, N, da C. Andrade …
1913 · PDF PAGE 595
…and Treatment by Suggestion.” Demy 8vo. Cloth gilt. 12s, 6d. net. ‘This important book, unanimously regarded by students as the standard work on Hypnotism, is offered ata price which should command a larger public than it bas hitherto reached. WILLIAM RIDER & SON, Ltd., 8-11 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C. In_preparation. Crown 8v0. Probable price 3s. 6d. net. CAMBRIDGE POETS 1900-1913 AN ANTHOLOGY Chosen by AELFRIDA TILLYARD The Volume will contain selections from the works of— ALEISTER CROWLEY John Alford Hugh Owen Meredith E, N, da C. Andrade …
1922 · PDF PAGE 369
…or all.” “Tell me about it,” I said. My stupefaction and my annoyance were melting away. I began to perceive dimly that the Big Lion had worked out the whole situation in a masterly fashion. - He had done with his material—us, what I was doing with my material, the laws of mechanics. “‘ I discovered my will four days ago,” she said very seriously. ‘‘ It was the night that you and Big Lion climbed Deep Ghyll and took so long over Professor’s Chimney, that you missed the champagne dinner.” “ Yes, yes,’”’ I said impatiently, ‘‘ and what was it ? ”…
1938 · PDF PAGE 18
…he oppositions which are transcended by Truth. So each thing that is hath its root in Necessity; were the least of these lost, the whole Work should be marred. LIFE wells in the Heart of the Master; Death is but the Systole of that marvelous pulse. Faint are the phantoms of Illusion; these, seized on by that vivid stream, thrill and throb with the glow of his reality; he leaves no possible form inane or inert; in him do all partake the sacrament of birth to Truth. LIBERTY leaps in the Heart of the Master; for every man and every woman is a star…
1929 · PDF PAGE 245
…oceeded to prepare the "perfume" and the "Cakes" according to the prescription given in chapter III, verses 23-9. We had resumed Magical work, in a desultory way, on finding that Mathers was attacking us. He succeeded in killing most of the dogs. (At this time I kept a pack of bloodhounds and went man- hunting over the moors.) The servants too were constantly being made ill, one in one way, and one in another. We therefore employed the appropriate talismans from The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin against him, evoking Beelzebub and his f…
1922 · PDF PAGE 178
164 The Diary of a Drug Fiend got her talking about her life. She has been in England nearly thirty years. I worked round to the interesting subject. She doesn’t know much about it. She thinks she can help. One of the women lodgers injects. She _ asked could we pay. It’s really rather comic. Eight thousand a year and one of the most beautiful houses near London. And here we are in this filthy hole being asked “can we pay!” by a hag that never saw a sovereign in her.life unless she stole it from some drunken client. Cockie seems to have lost his…
1922 · PDF PAGE 322
… There stands the Pole Star over the rock. As the months move the Great Bear wheels about its stable splendour, and one’s mind begins to work on a totally different scale of time. Each revolution of the heavens about the Pole is like the second hand of one’s spiritual watch.”’ We listened with enthralled attention. The beauty of the place beat hard upon our brains. It was un- believable. Patches of cancer. like London and Paris were cut ruthlessly out of our consciousness. We had come from the ephemeral pretentiousness of cities to a land of et…
1929 · PDF PAGE 117
…e to neglect the theory of the Circle. 1. Equinox I, II, pp. 244-260. 2. Equinox I, VII, pp. 93 sqq. 3. The practical necessities of the work are likely to require certain movements. One should either exclude this symbolism altogether, or else think out everything beforehand, and make it significant. Do not let some actions be symbolic and others haphazard. — 8l —
1930 · PDF PAGE 64
…ased their practices. It appears at first sight as if hardly any two of them were in accord as to the nature of the “First Matter of the Work”. — 184
1954 · PDF PAGE 537
…MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS the excessive simplication given in Eight Lectures on Yoga is a practical advantage . Any given type of Yoga is the work of a lifetime and for that reason alone it is desirable to confine oneself from the beginning to an absolutely simple programme. What then is the difference between Yoga and Magick? Magick is extraversion, the discovery of and subsequently the classification of and finally the control of new worlds on new planes. So far as it concerns the development of the mind its object and method are perfectly simple.…
1922 · PDF PAGE 377
… not simply man-traps. There is nothing in nature which cannot be used for our benefit, and it is up to us to use it wisely. Now, in the work you have
1930 · PDF PAGE 66
…brandt Van Ryn used to take a number of ores and other crude objects. From these he banished the impurities, and consecrated them to his work, by the préparation of canvasses, brushes, and colours. This done, he compelled them to take the stamp of his soûl ; from those dull, valueless créatures of earth he created a vital and powerful being of truth and beauty. It would indeed be surprising to anybody who lias corne to a clear compréhension of nature if there were any différence in the essence of these various formulas. The laws of nature apply…
1910 · PDF PAGE 77
…s to exist as a science, or as a method, and becomes the Aim, z.e., Knowledge. This is most beautifully described in the above-mentioned work as follows: 34. That Intelligence which incites the functions into the paths of virtue and vice “am I.” All this universe, moveable and immoveable, is from me; all things are seen through me; all are absorbed into me;* because there exists nothing but spirit, and “I am that spirit.” There exists nothing else. 35. As in innumerable cups full of water, many reflections of the sun are seen, but the substance…
1910 · PDF PAGE 77
…s to exist as a science, or as a method, and becomes the Aim, z.e., Knowledge. This is most beautifully described in the above-mentioned work as follows: 34. That Intelligence which incites the functions into the paths of virtue and vice “am I.” All this universe, moveable and immoveable, is from me; all things are seen through me; all are absorbed into me;* because there exists nothing but spirit, and “I am that spirit.” There exists nothing else. 35. As in innumerable cups full of water, many reflections of the sun are seen, but the substance…
1954 · PDF PAGE 370
… family were reasonable human beings, (But they never are, she sighed) one could perhaps do wiseliest by explaining the situation. "This Work of mine-you don't understand it, no need that you should-is the only important part of my life. I mean to be scrupulously careful of your feelings, and I see no reason why my chosen career should damage our relations. There is only one thing to remember: IF I ever get the faintest suspicion that you are opposing me, or condemning my plans, or interfering in any way, even with the best intentions , THEN-wi…
1996 · PDF PAGE 59
… with Magical properties, one must class, primus inter pares, that vehicle of essential humanity which is the first matter of that Great Work wherein our race shares the divine prerogative of creating man in its own image, male and female. It is evidently of minor importance whether the will to create be consciously formulated. Lot in his drunkenness served the turn of his two daughters, no less than Jupiter, who prolonged the night to forty-eight hours in order to give himself time to beget Hercules. Man is in actual possession of this supreme…
1930 · PDF PAGE 36
…a lexicon in which the solution of every difficulty is given in so many words. It would be unwieldy 3 besides, nature does not happen to work on those lines. The theory of any process of divination may be stated in a few simple terms. 1. We postulate the existence of intelligences, either within or without the diviner, of which he is not immediately conscious. (It does not matter to the theory whether the communicating spirit so-called is an objective entity or a concealed portion of the diviner’s mind.) We assume that such intelligences are ab…
1930 · PDF PAGE 47
…li God- forms, in using ail weapons, sigils, gestures, words, and signs. He must be familiar with the names and numbers pertinent to the work in hand. He must be alert, sensitive, and ready to exert his authority; yet courteous, gracious, patient, and sympathetic. 16) There are two opposite methods of exploring the Astral Plane. (a) . One may take some actual object in Nature, and analyse it by evoking its astral form, thus bringing it into knowledge and under control by applying the keys of the Qabalah and of Magick. (b) . One may proceed by i…
1930 · PDF PAGE 102
…mposing it are set at right angles. 41. Conclusions from the foregoing. — It may then be suggested to the Philosophus, that although his work will be harder his reward will be greater if he choose a Deity most remote from his own nature. This method is harder and higher than that of Liber E. For a simple object as there suggested is of the same nature as the commonest things of life, while even the meanest Deity is beyond uninitiated human understanding. On the same plane, too, Venus is nearer to man than Aphrodite, Aphrodite than Isis, Isis th…