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Page 86 of 1211913 · PDF PAGE 437
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES the expiation of the greatest crimes, since it was the conse- quence of a sentence of death. The most wicked men, being the most unhappy of all, seemed to him to offer the sublimest of expiations to God. He broke all bounds in his attack on all repression and all damnation. “A religion which damns,” he cried, “is a damned religion!” He further preached the most absolute licence under the pretext of charity, and so far forgot himself as to say, that the most imperfect and the most apparently reprehensible act of love was…
1913 · PDF PAGE 437
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES the expiation of the greatest crimes, since it was the conse- quence of a sentence of death. The most wicked men, being the most unhappy of all, seemed to him to offer the sublimest of expiations to God. He broke all bounds in his attack on all repression and all damnation. “A religion which damns,” he cried, “is a damned religion!” He further preached the most absolute licence under the pretext of charity, and so far forgot himself as to say, that the most imperfect and the most apparently reprehensible act of love was…
1919 · PDF PAGE 250
…ries. I need not remind you of Jaga- nath and of the priests of Attis, for extreme cases. A fortiori, then, it must be possible to train men to inde- pendence, to tolerance, to nobility of character, and to good manners, and this is done in the O.T.O. by certain very effi- cacious methods which (for I will not risk further wearying you) I will not describe. Besides, they are secret. But beyond them is the supreme incentive; advancement in the Order depends almost entirely on the possession of such qualities, and is impossible without it. Power …
1954 · PDF PAGE 265
232 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS The Dhammapada, and many other classics, together with numerous writings on the Tantra and Yoga of such men as Patanjali, Vivekananda, etc. etc. Not a few of these teachings are as yet wholly unknown to scholars. I made the scope of my studies as comprehensive as possible omitting no school of thought however unimportant or repugnant. I made a critical examination of all these teachers in the light of my practical experience. The physiological and psychological uniformity of mankind guaranteed that the diversity of expr…
1929 · PDF PAGE 119
…e the details of half a hundred schemes of this sort. Their ingenuity extorts my intellectual admiration, and yet there is always a fundamental flaw that, in the hands of such men, a million melts more quickly than a thousand would with anyone else. In every swell bar and hotel one can see plenty such --- all well dressed and well groomed, laughing and joking, and throwing their money about, and all the time ninety per cent feel a sinking in the pit of the stomach as the thought hammers persistently at the back of their brains, "How shall I pay…
1929 · PDF PAGE 461
… is absent. Let me illustrate my meaning. In Europe we take for granted such first principles as the limits of the possibility of development of any given type of energy. We assume, for instance, that the efficiency of the areoplane depends upon the ratio of power to weight in the first place, the increase of the former being limited by the theoretical potential of the sources of energy at our disposal. We also reflect that increase of size, power and velocity involves the overcoming of obstacles which become more formidable in geometrical prog…
1907 · PDF PAGE 57
…ntitled him to wear a Dark Blue ribbon round his crown (for “As above, so Beneath ”— Oxford produces Angels and Cinaedes, Cambridge only men). “Go back to the Moon—and mindl A'o Tranellers’ Tales!” This question of the point of view leads us naturally to a considera tion of the speech of those for whom the Mastery of Samadhi has radically changed the aspect of the Universe. How shall a god answer a man? Frater Neophyte K. asks our S. H. Frater L. 8°= 3°. “Are there such things as elemental spirits in the scientific sense?” Now Frater L. knows th…
1954 · PDF PAGE 151
…er feet, enormous deserts studded with great rocks; and I see little lonely souls, running helplessly about, minute black creatures like men. And they keep up a vocy curious howling, that I can compare to nothing that I have ever heard ; yet it is strangely human. And the voice says: These are they that grasped love and clung thereto, praying ever at the knees of the great goddess.
1909 · PDF PAGE 289
…ash exactly forms the Astronomical symbol of Mars. It is the Power of the Triad rushing down and destroying the Column of Darkness. ‘The men falling from the tower represent the fali of the kings of Edom. ‘On the right-hand side of the Tower is Light, and the representation of the Tree of Life by Ten Circles. On the left-hand side is Darkness, and Eleven Circles symbolically representing the Qliphoth.” Suibbew Reon [e) ey aD a) of bet QZ) fee a Wyte Ow [remote [Danccts >|] tates atue Restect Tepe ‘Stat Diacram 44. Arrangement of the Temple for …
1909 · PDF PAGE 289
…ash exactly forms the Astronomical symbol of Mars. It is the Power of the Triad rushing down and destroying the Column of Darkness. ‘The men falling from the tower represent the fali of the kings of Edom. ‘On the right-hand side of the Tower is Light, and the representation of the Tree of Life by Ten Circles. On the left-hand side is Darkness, and Eleven Circles symbolically representing the Qliphoth.” Suibbew Reon [e) ey aD a) of bet QZ) fee a Wyte Ow [remote [Danccts >|] tates atue Restect Tepe ‘Stat Diacram 44. Arrangement of the Temple for …
1922 · PDF PAGE 55
…owed the *plane ashore. My first thought was to get more gas and go on, despite the absurdity of our position. But the sym- pathy of the men on the beach was mixed with a good deal of hearty chaff. Dripping, in evening dress, at four o’clock in the morning! Like Hedda Gabler, “one doesn’t do these things.” But the cocaine helped me again. Why the devil should I care what anybody thought? | “Where can I get gas?” I said to the captain of the smack. He smiled grimly. “ She’ll want a bit more than gas.” I glanced at the ’plane. The man was perfect…
1954 · PDF PAGE 484
… danger I had purposely passed over, as it is not likely to come your way. But, since others may read these letters- Some, and these the men of highest promise, often of great achievement , are tempted by Treason. They acquire a "Judas-complex," think how splendid it would be if they were to destroy the Order-or, at the very least, unhorse the Master. This is, of course , absurd in itself, because if they had crossed . the Abyss, they would understand why it is impossible. It would be like "destroying Electricity ," or
1996 · PDF PAGE 44
… I * Verses 41-42 45 42. Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will. Commentary: “manyhood bound and loathing.” An orga nized state is a free association for the common weal. My personal will to cross the Atlantic, for example, is made effective by cooperation with others on agreed terms. But the forced asso ciation of slaves is another thing. A man who is not doing his will is like a man with cancer, an independent growth in him, yet one from which he cannot get free. The idea …
1907 · PDF PAGE 252
…ey yours? iii. 10 The serpent glimmered through the primal tree, lil, 121 These strictures must include the liar, ii. 148 The seven Wise Men of Martaban, iii. 103 The ship to the breezes is bended, i. 220 The solemn hour, and the magnetic swoon, i. 180 The sound of the hammer and steel, ii. 92 The spears of the night at her onset, iii, 94 The story as it runs is this, ii. 182 The story of a fool, ii. 53 The strange look of a woman of the town, ii. 19 The sun of love shone through my love’s deep eyes, li. 9 The sword is made sharp in our hands, …
1909 · PDF PAGE 180
…E EQUINOX Fire w. “ For all things did the Father of All Things perfect, and delivered them over unto the Second Mind; whom all Races of Men call First.”) Behold, then, in these two great Numbers 1 and 2 the Father and the Mother of the Worlds and of Numbers. Now these twain being Conjoined and manifest in ONE, produce the Number 3; asitis written : ‘‘ For the Mind of the Father said that ‘ All Things should be cut into Three,’ Whose Will * assenting All Things were so divided. For the Mind of the Father said /uto three, governing All Things by…
1909 · PDF PAGE 180
…E EQUINOX Fire w. “ For all things did the Father of All Things perfect, and delivered them over unto the Second Mind; whom all Races of Men call First.”) Behold, then, in these two great Numbers 1 and 2 the Father and the Mother of the Worlds and of Numbers. Now these twain being Conjoined and manifest in ONE, produce the Number 3; asitis written : ‘‘ For the Mind of the Father said that ‘ All Things should be cut into Three,’ Whose Will * assenting All Things were so divided. For the Mind of the Father said /uto three, governing All Things by…
1910 · PDF PAGE 318
THE EQUINOX and was almost a genius in disgrace—‘ terribly clever” the old men said—once told the little Piotr what it was to be blind. Fortunately for the child’s mental equilibrium, he also spoke of the compensation. “What they mean, boy, when they call you blind, is that you cannot see,” he said; “that is, your eyes have been given unto you by the devil, and not by God. Your father must have been rather a bad fellow, you know. When you hear the women singing at the dance, it is that God has given you your ears; if you didn’t enjoy the sounds…
1910 · PDF PAGE 318
THE EQUINOX and was almost a genius in disgrace—‘ terribly clever” the old men said—once told the little Piotr what it was to be blind. Fortunately for the child’s mental equilibrium, he also spoke of the compensation. “What they mean, boy, when they call you blind, is that you cannot see,” he said; “that is, your eyes have been given unto you by the devil, and not by God. Your father must have been rather a bad fellow, you know. When you hear the women singing at the dance, it is that God has given you your ears; if you didn’t enjoy the sounds…
1922 · PDF PAGE 40
…iary of a Drug Fiend But none of these thoughts occurred to me at the time. I do not think I have explained with sufficient emphasis the mental state to which I had been reduced by the appearance of Lou. She had become so far beyond my dreams—the unattainable. Leaving out of account the effect of the alcohol, this had left me with an intolerable depression. There was something brutish, something of the baffled rat, in my consciousness. “OQ Thou vampire Queen of the Flesh, wound as a snake around the throats of men! I adore Thee, Evoe! I adore T…
1909 · PDF PAGE 235
…he Wind, and the Ocean ?—indeed the ways of God are inscrutable and past finding out. Thus the Unobtainable tempts us, and the little segments of God that we see become to us the fiercest and most terrible of the Dog- faced Demons which seduce us from the path. He is always at our elbow, whispering, tempting, jeering, advising and helping us; He it is that casts despair upon us when we have done nothing wrong, and elation when we have done nothing right; He it is who is ever rising before us like a mist to obscure our path or to magnify our goa…