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Page 83 of 911929 · PDF PAGE 9
…od on account of the breach with Rome. The child, who, at this period, was called by the dreadful name Alick, supposed it to be a law of nature that Queen Victoria would never die and that consols would never go below par. Crowley remembers, as if he had seen it yesterday, the dining-room and the ceremony of family prayers after breakfast. He remembers the order in which the family and the servants sat. A chapter of the Bible was read, each person present taking a verse in turn. At four years old he could
1944 · PDF PAGE 85
…resents the most critical of all the operations of magick and of alchemy. It represents the act of the original marriage as it occurs in nature, as opposed to the more artificial form portrayed in Atu VI; there is in this card no attempt to direct the course of the operation. The main subject of the card refers to the most ancient collection of legends or fables. It is necessary here to go a little into the magical doctrine of the succession of the Aeons, which is connected with the procession of the Zodiac. Thus, the last Aeon, that of Osiris,…
1944 · PDF PAGE 55
…d around him; but the important fact for this present purpose is that Zeus was peculiarly the Lord of Air.2 Men who sought the origin of Nature in the earliest days tried to find this origin in one of the Elements. (The history of philosophy describes the controversy between Anaximander and Zenocrates; later, Empedocles.) It may be that the original authors of the Tarot were trying to promulgate 1It was a tribal necessity of the savage wanderers to have an uncivilized and simple Demiurge for god; the complexities and refinements of settled nati…
1906 · PDF PAGE 269
THE EXCLUDED MIDDLE; OR, THE SCEPTIC REFUTED 263 S. Cogitavi,! ergo fui. To my _ breezy nature such a controversy as this of ours on ‘* Tessaracts”” was as the ozone-laden dis- charge from a Brush machine. M. I was not aware that the termination -ozoon was connected with the allotropic form of oxygen. S. Little boys should be seen, but not obscene. M. Seen, no doubt for the Arabic form of Samech; in Yetzirah Sagittarius, or ‘lem- perance in the Tarot of your ridiculous Rosicrucians. S. No more so than your Semitic Romeike. M. Semitic? ; S. Ike …
1944 · PDF PAGE 23
…phenomena are not material in the same sense as the hydrochloric acid is material; this product of the union is therefore of a spiritual nature, and corresponds to the Daughter. In the language of the alchemists, these phenomena were classified for convenience under the figure of four “elements”. Fire, the purest and most active, corresponds to the Fa‐ ther; Water, still pure but passive, is the Mother; their union results in an element partaking of both natures, yet distinct from either, and this they called ‘Air”. One must constantly remember…
1944 · PDF PAGE 180
…iter and Gemini; accordingly, there is no weighing down of the will by internal or external stress. It is simply the error of being good‐natured when good‐nature is disastrous. Gemini is an airy sign, an intellectual sign; Jupiter is geniality and optimism. This will not do in the world of Swords; if one must hit at all, a knock‐out blow is best. But there is another element in this card; that of unexpected (the Eights, being at heart Mercurial, are always that) interfer‐ ence, sheer unforeseen bad luck. Trivial incidents have often altered the…
1906 · PDF PAGE 281
…ation of the object. Scept. But this is all @ priorz. For be it supposed that Dhyana is merely a state of more correct perception of the nature of the object than that afforded by normal inspection —and this is a reasonable view !—the argu- ment simply goes to prove that matter, as the Ego, is divine. And this is our old vicious circle ! Myst. Also, since the object may be the Infinite. All Dhyana proves is that ‘‘ things are not what they seem.” Scept. Not content with our poets, you seem to have wandered into Longfellow. Myst. Also Tennyson. …
1929 · PDF PAGE 57
…e from developing the sadistic or masochistic sides to my character. But at Cambridge I discovered that I was of an intensely passionate nature, physiologically speaking. My poetic instincts, further, transformed the most sordid {112} liaisons into romance, so that the impossibility of contracting a suitable and serious relation did not worry me. I found, moreover, that any sort of satisfaction acted as a powerful spiritual stimulus. Every adventure was the direct cause of my writing poetry. In the periods of suppression my brain had been compl…
1904 · PDF PAGE 121
… Path, of which I propose to give a short resumé. First, however, of the goal. It may be readily syllogised: All existing things are (by nature, inevi- tably) subject to change. In Nirvana is no change. ∴ No existing thing is or can be in Nirvana. Now here is the great difficulty; for this syllogism is perfectly sound, and y et we speak of attaining Nirvana, tasting Nir- vana, &c. [We must distinguish the Hindu Nirvana, which means Cessation of Existence in certain Lokas; never absolute Cessation, as the 1 Or International Buddhist Society, fou…
1906 · PDF PAGE 235
…with ease and affability. But far was it from Indra’s pious mind to flirt with his distinguished guest! Rather, he thought of the hollow nature of the Safe, the change of money and of position; the sorrow of the too confiding bankers, and above all the absence of an Ego in the Brothers Crawford. ‘While he was thus musing, Bhavani got fairly mad at him. The Spretae Injuria Formae gnawed her vitals with pangs un- assuageable: so, shaking him quite roughly by the arm, she Put It To Him Straight. ‘O Madam !’ said Indra. ‘‘This part of the story has…
1907 · PDF PAGE 29
…of bitter sin; It beareth strength and beauty in its eye ; Beneath its tongue are Hate and Misery ; Love in its coils is hidden, and its nature Is double everyway ; dost wonder why The poet worships every scaléd feature, And holds him lordliest yet of every kingly creature ?? Sir Percival nor moved nor spoke ; awhile There is black silence in the ancient hall. Then cometh subtly with well-trained smile The courteous eld, the agéd seneschal. 1 When an electric current is passed through water, and many other fluids, a decomposition is effected, t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 245
…ul study, 1, 223 As far as normal reasoning goes, il. 173 As for a quiet talk on physics, ii. 150 Ashes and dust, i. 112 As I one day to nature made lament, ii. 18 As I pass in my flight, iii, 174 As I sit in the sound, ili. 154 As some lone mountebank of the stage, li. 52 -As the tides invisible of ocean, iii. 131 At last I met a maniac, ii. 165 At last we arrive at the end, ii. 194 At least your faith should be content, ii. 163 At noon she sailed for home, ii, 84 At Paris upon Dead Man's Day. iii. 102 ‘* At the hour of the great Initiation” i…
1907 · PDF PAGE 116
…e and honourable labour, though it be in vain ; RODIN FRONTISPIECE RODIN. Here isaman! For all the world to see His work stands, shaming Nature. Clutched, combined In the sole still centre of a master-mind, The Egyptian force, the Greek simplicity, The Celtic subtlety. Through suffering free, The calm great courage of new art, refined In nervous majesty, indwells behind The beauty of each radiant harmony. one ignores laughingly the attack of tiny and infuriated puppies; but there are insects so loathsome, so incredibly disgusting, worms whose s…
1906 · PDF PAGE 237
… Bliss-of-non-existence.'’ One of Crowley's eastern names. I consider the Universe. More, its con- sclousness seems ingrained in my very nature, perhaps through my having known this for many incarnations. I have never thought otherwise.” ‘““ Rise, Sir Abhavananda, I dub thee Arahat!” cried the Buddha, striking the neophyte gently on the back with the flat of his ear.t And he perceived. When the applause and praise and glory had a little faded, the Buddha, in that golden delight of sunset, explained these marvellous events. ‘‘ Thou, Abhavananda,…
1929 · PDF PAGE 437
…ed it systematically or recorded my results methodically. I believe this to have been due to an instinctive reluctance in respect of the nature of the method. It was not until January 1st, 1914 that I made it my principal engine. {694} 72 I think it proper to devote an entire chapter to the subject of my relations with freemasonry. I have mentioned that I had obtained the 33° in Mexico City. It did not add much of importance to my knowledge of the mysteries; but I had heard that freemasonry was a universal brotherhood and epected to be welcomed…
1929 · PDF PAGE 509
…r.", each of us is defined and determined by a set of co-ordinates, has a true will proper and necessary, the dynamic expression of that nature. The conclusion from these premises is that the sole and whole duty of each of us is, having discovered the purpose for which he or she is fitted, to devote every energy to its accomplishment. It need hardly be said that the theory of ethics thus outlined involves the consideration of many difficult and important problems. I did not understand at that time the extent of the implication and have devoted …
1929 · PDF PAGE 141
…-entrant, which is comparable to the original macroscopic view. Acquaintance with this phenomenon leads one to inquire into the ultimate nature of the atoms of thought. Each atom assumes an importance equal to that of the others. One's sense of values is completely destroyed. There is also the problem: how is it that one's idea of a horse, for example, should be composed of a set of ideas, none of which have any apparent relation with it, exactly as the word horse itself is composed of the letters h-o-r-s-e, none of which, by itself, suggests a…
1929 · PDF PAGE 215
…nels. St. Anthony attributed an exaggerated importance to sex. I was convinced that the repression of natural instincts was an insult to nature and a short cut to moral deformity. I already saw that the only proper course of action was to order one's life in accordance with its conditions.
1929 · PDF PAGE 484
…scular figure, shows the fiery and martial qualities of the sign. But there is an evil and averse counterpart corresponding to the ovine nature. We have the gross, hooked, pendulous proboscis; the thick, flabby, moist lips; the patient stupid eyes, and timid, hunted gait of the bad type of Jew. Thanks to the resolute refusal of even the educated astrologer to adopt scientific methods of study, their contemptuous indifference to the attitude of the recognized sciences towards them, and their adhesion to tradition, in the right interpretation of …
1929 · PDF PAGE 226
…s at heart a friendly fluffy comfortable brute. The wild boar, which one may shoot in Ceylon, as pig-sticking is impossible owing to the nature of the country, is a furious and dangerous quarry, but it gives one a peculiar satisfaction to out him, to stand Right in the wild way of the coming curse Rock-rooted fair with fierce and fastened lips, Clear eyes, and springing muscle and shortening limb --- With chin aslant indrawn to a tightening throat, Grave, and with gathered sinews like a god, and biff him Right in the hairiest hollow of his hide…