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Page 84 of 911929 · PDF PAGE 236
… other states of existence. This claim implies the possibility of knowledge derived from sources other than the unaided investigation of nature through the senses and the intellect. It postulates, therefore, the existence of one or more praeter-human intelligences, able and willing to communicate, through the medium of certain chosen man, to mankind a truth or truths which could not otherwise be known. Religion is justified in demanding faith, since the evidence of the senses and the mind cannot confirm its statements. The evidence from prophec…
1904 · PDF PAGE 81
…th ease and affability. But far was it from Indra’s pious m ind 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 Spretæ Injuria Formæ gnawed her vitals with pangs unassuageable : so, shaking him roughly by the arm, she Put It To Him Straight. ‘O Madam !’ said Indra. “This part of the story has been told…
1929 · PDF PAGE 242
…bly the introduction of the worship of Osiris in an earlier epoch was primarily responsible for the decay of Egyptian civilization.) The nature of Horus being "Force and Fire", his aeon would be marked by the collapse of humanitarianism. The first act of his reign would naturally be to plunge the world into the catastrophe of a huge and ruthless war. The Secret Chiefs told me that this war was imminent and that they had chosen me as their representative on account of my comprehensive knowledge of the mysteries, my correct understanding of their…
1904 · PDF PAGE 83
…t. 4 “Bliss-of-non-existence.” One of Crowley’s eastern names. consider the Universe. More, its consciousness 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 ently on the back with the flat of his ear.1 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,” he s…
1906 · PDF PAGE 243
…imbo of all similar idle and pernicious perversions of truth. Infinity remains, but only as a mathe- matical conception as impossible in nature as the square root of —1. Against all this mathematical, or semi-mathematical, reason- ing, it may doubtless be objected that our 1 Compare and contrast this doctrine with that of Herbert Spencer (‘‘ First Principles,” Pt. I.), and see my ‘‘ Science and Buddhism ”’ for a full discussion of the difference involved. —A.C, 2 If by ‘‘infinitely great’’ we only mean ‘‘ indefinitely great,’’ as a mathematicia…
1929 · PDF PAGE 444
…d control of profane science. In the IX°, which is never conferred upon anyone who has not already divined from previous indications the nature of the secret, it is explained to him fully. The conclusions of previous experiments are placed at his service. The idea is that each new initiate should continue the work of his predecessor, so that eventually the inexhaustible resources of the secret may be within the reach of the youngest initiate; for at present, we are compelled to admit that the superstitious reverence which has encompassed it in …
1906 · PDF PAGE 285
… consciousness should be a function of matter than that pain should be of nervous tissue. True. So also Huxley extended the meaning of ‘‘nature”’ to include the ‘‘ supernatural "' in order to deny the supernatural. So also I (maintaining that darkness only exists) meet the cavil of the people who insist on the separate existence of light by showing that light is, after all, merely a sub-section of one kind of darkness.--A: C. This note !s of course ironical, values for either, but always in terms of the other. Scept, Just so we agreed lately ab…
1944 · PDF PAGE 25
…chamah; 4 to 9, Ruach; and lastly 10; Nephesch. These four planes correspond once more to the so‐called “Four Worlds”, to understand the nature of which one should refer, with all due reservations, to the Platonic system. The number I is Atziluth, the Archetypal World; but the number 2, as being the dynamic aspect of the number I, is the Practical attribution. The number 3 is Briah, the Creative World in which the Will of the Father takes shape through the Conception of the Mother, just as the spermato‐ zoon, by fertilizing the ovum, makes poss…
1929 · PDF PAGE 110
…uld be his duty to override the law and put his foot upon the mischief. Then again, the whole of Mathers' conduct might have been in the nature of a test. It might have been his way of asking the adepts whether they had the power of concentrating on the spiritual situation, of giving up for ever all their prejudices.
1929 · PDF PAGE 253
…oment du départ de Darjeeling jusqu'au retour ŕ Darjeeling. L'expédition sera enterprise dans les meilleures conditions possibles, vu la nature du pays ŕ traverser. Le but de l'expédition sera l'ascension du Kangchenjunga (28,150 feet). On essayera d'abord par le glacier de Yalung. On partira de Darjeeling dans la seconde moitié de juillet; on y reviendra en octobre au plus tard. Aleister Crowley partira pour Darjeeling aussitôt que possible, afin de faire tous les préparatifs & arrangements nécessaires. On respectera soigneusement les préjugés…
1906 · PDF PAGE 251
…read on which 1 See Huxley's classical example of the horse, zebra, and centaur. 2 Similarly, where Buddhist parables are of a mystical’ nature, where a complicated symbolism of numbers (for example) is intended to shadow a truth, we must discard them, My experience of mysticism is somewhat large ; its final dictum is that the parable x may be equated to a, 6, c,d... 2 by six-and-twenty different persons, or by one person in six-and- twenty different moods. Even had we a strong traditional explanation I should main- tain my position. The weapon…
1929 · PDF PAGE 139
…ow much is really observed by the senses without the mind becoming conscious of it. Thirdly, there is a class of breaks partaking of the nature of reverie or "daydreams". These are very insidious --- one may go on for a long time without realizing that one has wandered at all. Fourthly, we get a very high class of break, which is as sort of aberration of the control itself. You think, "How well I am doing it!" or perhaps that it would be rather a good idea if your were on a desert island, or if your were in a sound-proof house, or if your were …
1944 · PDF PAGE 118
…s saith Daood, the Badawi that became King, in his Psalm‐ ody) upon the Lion and the Dragon; that is, he is in Unity with his own Secret Nature, as I have shewn thee in my Word concerning the Sphinx. O my Son, yester Eve came the Spirit upon me that I also should eat the Grass of the Arabians, and by Virtue of the Bewitchment thereof be‐ hold that which might be appointed for the Enlightenment of mine Eyes. Now then of this may I not speak, seeing that it involveth the Mystery of the Transcending of Time, so that in One Hour of our Terrestial M…
1929 · PDF PAGE 16
… morning to see the sunrise from a platform on the Rigi-Kulm and to illumination of a waterfall by coloured lights. He felt acutely that nature should be allowed to go her own way and he his! There was plenty of beauty in the world; why make oneself uncomfortable in order to see an extra? Also, you can't improve a waterfall by stagecraft! There is the skeleton of quite a philosophy of life in this. As to the Scottish Highlands, the boy's mind had been so poisoned by romance that he saw nothing that he can remember. The scenery was merely a sett…
1929 · PDF PAGE 6
…small county should have given England her two greatest poets --- for one must not forget Shakespeare (1550-1610). 3. Presumably this is nature's compensation for the horror which blasted mankind on that date in 1492. 4. His son elicited this fact by questioning; curious, considering the dates. 5. On the strength of a text in the book itself: the logic is thus of a peculiar order. Chinese girl", that she painted in water-colour with admirable taste destroyed by academic training, and that her powerful natural instincts were suppressed by religi…
1919 · PDF PAGE 458
…rk night with a knobby stick in his hand.. . . This clever book.”—Academy. “A vivid imagination fostered by a keen and loving insight of nature, and this allied to a com- mand of richly adorned language . . . have already assured for the author a prominent place amongst present-day poets... . An enthusiastic devotion to classic song. . . sustained metrical charm. From first to last the poet’s workis an important contribution to ‘the century's literature.” —Publishers’ Circular. “This [book] contains the answer to a very well-known riddle propou…
1929 · PDF PAGE 212
…ndent of any sexual relations between them. The condition of this love is that both parties should have completely mastered their sexual natures; for otherwise their mutual relations are not free to love decently until they have analysed themselves completely and swept away ever\ trace of mystery from sex; and this means the acquisition of a profound philosophical theory based on wide reading of anthropology and enlightened practice. My travels had doubtless done much to open my eyes. I had already studied the characteristics of fifty-seven sep…
1929 · PDF PAGE 412
…s hurt. The chorus rises again in the identical melody of its original dance. The idea of the play is this: that the senseless forces of nature are indestructible and obey no master. The scheme of the rhythm and rime is extremely complex and the execution extraordinarily fluent. For sheer verbal music {656} it was one of the best things that I had done. I found myself able to introduce internal rimes at very short intervals, without in any way interfering with the rhythm or the sense. There is no distortion of grammar, no difficulty in reading.…
1906 · PDF PAGE 246
…ure for yourself the realisation of the nothingness of yourself by keeping the fourth dimension ever present to your mind.) The illusory nature of this idea of an‘ in- finite Atman is well shown by the very proof which that most distinguished Vedan- tist, the late Swami Vivekananda (no con- nection with the firm of a similar name! across the street), gives of the existence of the infinite. ‘‘Think of a circle!” says he. ‘‘You will in a moment become con- scious of an infinite circle around your original small one.” The fallacy is obvious. The b…
1912 · PDF PAGE 427
…night with a knobby stick in his hand. . '.'. ‘This clever book.”—Academy. “A vivid imagination fostered by a keen and loving insight of nature, and this allied to a command of richly adorned language . . . have already assured for the author a prominent place amongst present-day poets. . . . Anenthusiastic devotion to classic song . . . sustained metrical charm, From first to last the poet's work is an important contribution to the century's literature.” —Publishers? Circular. “This [book] contains the answer to a very well-known riddle propou…