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Page 83 of 1731909 · PDF PAGE 187
…two- lettered word is nx. On either side of this is the pair of figures 35—53, balanced one against the other: as though symbolic of the great dawning life of the Mothers—n and n, vitalised by the SON (3) as the Vice-Gerent of His Father. These balanced figures together make 16, whereof the Key is 7; the total number of letters in the third Symbol. Then we have left at either end 4 and 6 = 10,* the perfection of the * Vide Sepher Yetzirah for this division of the Holy Sephiroth into a Hexad and a Tetrad. II M 177
1910 · PDF PAGE 97
…e of the Mudras, as laid down in the “ Hatha Yoga Pradipika” and the “ Shiva Sanhita,” so that he may arouse the sleeping Kundalini, the great goddess, as she is called, who sleeps coiled up at the mouth of the Sushumna. But before we deal with either of these exercises, it will be neces- sary to explain the Mystical Constitution of the human organism and the six Chakkras which constitute the six stages of the Hindu Tau of Life. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN ORGANISM Firstly, we have the Atman, the Self or Knower, whose being consists in a trin…
1910 · PDF PAGE 97
…e of the Mudras, as laid down in the “ Hatha Yoga Pradipika” and the “ Shiva Sanhita,” so that he may arouse the sleeping Kundalini, the great goddess, as she is called, who sleeps coiled up at the mouth of the Sushumna. But before we deal with either of these exercises, it will be neces- sary to explain the Mystical Constitution of the human organism and the six Chakkras which constitute the six stages of the Hindu Tau of Life. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN ORGANISM Firstly, we have the Atman, the Self or Knower, whose being consists in a trin…
1961 · PDF PAGE 86
… unite all Men in One reasonable Faith: to make possible international Co-operation in Science. Yet, because He arose in the Time of the greatest possible Corruption and Darkness, when every Civilisation and Every Religion had fallen into Ruin, by the malice of the great Sorcerer of Nazareth, as some say, He is still hidden in the Dust of the Simoom, and we may not perceive Him in His true Self of Glory. Nevertheless, behold, o My Son, this Mystery. His true Word was LA ALLH, that is to say: (there is) No God, and LA AL is that Mystery of Myste…
1961 · PDF PAGE 189
…t Holy Grass of the Arabs) ECALL, o my Son, the Fable of the Hebrews, which they brought from the City Babylon, how Nebuch- adnezzar the Great King, being afflicted in his Spirit, did depart from among Men for Seven Years Space, eating Grass as doth an Ox. Now this Ox is the Letter Aleph, and is that Atu of Thoth whose Number is Zero, and whose name is Maat, Truth, or Maut, the Vulture, he All- Mother, being an Image of Our Lady Nuith, but also it is called the Fool, who is Parsifal, der reine Thor, and so referreth to him thatwalketh in the…
1907 · PDF PAGE 135
…d a sweet hot body's rush Lithe to embrace him , and a cataract Of amber - scented hair hissing about His head , and in the darkness two great eyes Flaming above him , and the whole face filled With fire and shapen as kisses . And those arms | The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 170 . 2 Mysteries : Lyrical and Dramatic , vol . i, p . 91 . ---
1909 · PDF PAGE 98
… slack; and I feel that I have been slack, though probably the Record shows a fair amount of work done. But I am terribly bruised by the Great Fall; these big things leave the body and mind no worse, apparently ; but they hurt the Self, and later that is reflected into the lower parts of the man as insanity or death. I must attain, or . . . an end of John St. John. An end of him, one way or the other, then l Good-bye, John ! Ten minutes wasted in sheer mooning! I’m getting worse every minute. Fooled away ten minutes more! Humiliation enough! For…
1910 · PDF PAGE 34
…ce; Yellow art Thou as the sunlight through the corn-fields, Bright as the sun-dawn on the snow-clad mountains, Slow as the voice of the great green gliding River. Calmly in Thy silence am I come to rest me, Now from the world the light hath slowly faded ; I have left the groves of Pan that I might gaze upon Thee, Gaze upon the Virgin that before Time was begotten, Mother of Chronos, and the old gods before him, Child of the womb of the Silence, whose father Is the unknown breath of the most secret Goddess, Whose name whoso hath heard is smitte…
1910 · PDF PAGE 34
…ce; Yellow art Thou as the sunlight through the corn-fields, Bright as the sun-dawn on the snow-clad mountains, Slow as the voice of the great green gliding River. Calmly in Thy silence am I come to rest me, Now from the world the light hath slowly faded ; I have left the groves of Pan that I might gaze upon Thee, Gaze upon the Virgin that before Time was begotten, Mother of Chronos, and the old gods before him, Child of the womb of the Silence, whose father Is the unknown breath of the most secret Goddess, Whose name whoso hath heard is smitte…
1911 · PDF PAGE 126
… answered, making a secret sign. “ This," he retorted, with the mano in fica. “ If you can laugh at me," she said, “ you must indeed be a great man ! " “Know,” said he pompously, “that you speak to an Absolute Grand Patriarch of the Rite of Mizraim. “A button!" she laughed back. “I was born to undo them. So Ι always wear laced boots." “True enough,” said Edgar Rolles. "I will take you seriously then. If you really understand the sign you gave me, you know that the mano in tica is but a caricature of the answer to it. Why are you painted and perf…
1911 · PDF PAGE 126
… answered, making a secret sign. “ This," he retorted, with the mano in fica. “ If you can laugh at me," she said, “ you must indeed be a great man ! " “Know,” said he pompously, “that you speak to an Absolute Grand Patriarch of the Rite of Mizraim. “A button!" she laughed back. “I was born to undo them. So Ι always wear laced boots." “True enough,” said Edgar Rolles. "I will take you seriously then. If you really understand the sign you gave me, you know that the mano in tica is but a caricature of the answer to it. Why are you painted and perf…
1935 · PDF PAGE 4
…will, his royal right — Behold within, and not above, One star in sight ! ONE STAR IN SIGHT A glimpse of the structure and system of the Great White Brotherhood. A A 1. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 1. The Order of the Star called S. S. is, in respect of its exist- ence upon the Earth, an organized body of men and women distinguished among their fellows by the qualities here enumerated. They exist in their own Truth, which is both universal and unique. They move in accordance with their own Wills, which are each unique, yet c…
1944 · PDF PAGE 93
…s. Diana is primarily one of the lunar goddesses, though the Romans rather degraded her from the Greek “virgin Artemis”, who is also the Great Mother of Fertility, Diana of the Ephesians, Many‐Breasted. (A form of Isis‐see Atu II and III.) The connection be‐ tween the Moon and the Huntress is shewn by the shape of the bow, and the occult signifi‐ cance of Sagittarius is the arrow piercing the rainbow; the last three paths of the Tree of Life make the word Qesheth, a rainbow, and Sagittarius bears the arrow which pierces the rain‐ bow, for his p…
1944 · PDF PAGE 144
…n snob‐ bery. The other side of her character is that she may have a tendency to brood, come to a wrong decision thereon, and react with great savagery. She may be easily deceived; then she is
1910 · PDF PAGE 148
…uging thy desire. Worthy of glory and honour is my member, who divideth thy buttocks, and assembleth thy whole soul in thy podex, like a great king gathering an army in one place, assuaging thy desire. Rich is my member in pearly dew, and enricheth thy podex therewith ; he refuseth to withdraw the- refrom, and afficteth thee with the sweet pain of a thousand orgasms,11 like the bitings and pinchings of a courtesan,12 assuaging thy desire. [persian] Ya13 My member bestoweth much advantage upon thy podex ; he is the light thereof, as the sun of t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 329
…re no body ?” Nature remains calm, and accomplishes its work. The ploughshare is not cruel when it tears the bosom of the earth, and the great revolutions of the world are the husbandry of God. There is a place for everything: to savage peoples, bar- barous masters; to cattle, butchers; to men, judges and fathers. If time could change the sheep into lions, they would eat the butchers and the shepherds. Sheep never change because they do not instruct them- selves; but peoples instruct themselves. Shepherds and butchers of the people, you are the…
1913 · PDF PAGE 329
…re no body ?” Nature remains calm, and accomplishes its work. The ploughshare is not cruel when it tears the bosom of the earth, and the great revolutions of the world are the husbandry of God. There is a place for everything: to savage peoples, bar- barous masters; to cattle, butchers; to men, judges and fathers. If time could change the sheep into lions, they would eat the butchers and the shepherds. Sheep never change because they do not instruct them- selves; but peoples instruct themselves. Shepherds and butchers of the people, you are the…
1919 · PDF PAGE 283
…D enlighten your minds and comfort your hearts and sustain your bodies. The LORD bring you to the accomplishment of your true Wills, the Great Work, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness. 269
1954 · PDF PAGE 304
…or the Greeks. I say "deadly poison"; because when you analyse you see at once that this is a device for flattering yourself. You have a great reverence for the people who produced Luxor and the Pyramids; and it makes you feel nice and comfortable inside if you think that you were running around in those days as Rameses II or a high priest in Thebes or something equally congenial. You may say that I am myself the chief of sinners in this respect because of Ankh-f-n-Khonsu, but this was not my doing. It was imposed upon me by The Book of the Law…
1909 · PDF PAGE 44
…that steadies me. (P.S.— Yes: instantly). Notice, please, how in this condition of intense magical strain the most trifling things have a great influence. Normally, I can eat anything in any quantity without the slightest effect of any sort; witness my expeditions and debauches; nothing upsets me. P.S.—But notice, please! Normally half a bottle of Burgundy excites me notably ; while doing this magic it is like so much water. A “transvaluation of all valuesl ” Over a citron pressé I have revised the new Ritual. Also I have bought suitable material…