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Page 87 of 1211909 · 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…
1910 · PDF PAGE 37
…go by yon slow stream on whose banks I have wandered (many a time since) crying like a lost soul concerning you in the words of Milton lamenting his beauteous- buttocked Lycidas “ Oh ! who hath reft my dearest pledge ? ” Alas ! neither Fate nor God could I ac- cuse : the dread hollow voice of my own stricken soul answered me “ Thine own folly, thou miserable of the fortunate of the sons of men ! ” Ah ! but I beat my breast — in vain — in vain ! Ay ! the joy we had of each other under those blue-grey hills ! Do you remember the day of the storm,…
1911 · PDF PAGE 151
… And that is external religion; but Cain spake not with God, nor had the mark of initiation upon his brow, so that he was shunned of all men, until he had shed blood. And this blood was the blood of his brother. This is a mystery of the sixth key of the Taro, which ought not to be called The Lovers, but The Brothers. In the middle of the card stands Cain; in his right hand is the Hammer of Thor with which he hath slain his brother, and it is all wet with his blood. And his left hand he holdeth open as a sign of innocence. And on his right hand …
1922 · PDF PAGE 48
…ted the action to the words. I had to admit that the man began to intrigue me. What was his game? “ T hear you're one of our best flying men, Sir Peter,” he went on. “T have flown a bit now and then,” I admitted. “Well, an aeroplane’s a pretty good means of travel, but unless you’re an expert, you're likely to make a pretty sticky finish.” “Thank you very much,” I said, nettled at his tone. “As it happens, I’m a medical student.” “Oh, that’s all right, then, of course.” He agreed with a courtesy which somehow cut deeper into my self-esteem than…
1929 · PDF PAGE 241
…e commonly considered offences against morality, the undesirable results often observed are due to the same error. Strong and successful men always express themselves fully, and when they are sufficiently strong no harm comes of it to themselves or to others. When it does, it is practically always due to the artificial situation brought about by people who, having no business of their own, meddle in that of other people. One may mention the cases of Sir Charles Dilke and Charles Steward Parnell. It {401} didn't matter a straw to anybody outside…
1929 · PDF PAGE 167
167 Apart from this, it seems to him incredibly shameless on our part that our women should appear in public at all; that they should do so unguarded and unveiled appears the climax of immodesty. Some Englishmen are fatuous enough to suppose that they have explained quite nicely to the satisfaction of Indians --- whose point of view in these matters is practically identical from Tuticorin to Peshawar, and Chittagong to Karachi; it being an imperative necessity imposed by the climate, irrespective of creeds and social conditions --- that our cus…
1913 · PDF PAGE 391
…hat is to say, that the Infinite has made itself finite, that the Eternal died, that God punished his innocent Son for the sin of guilty men... . FAITH. Say no more about it. As enunciated by you, these propositions are in fact absurdities. Do you know what is the number of God, you who do not know God? Can you reason about the operations of the unknown? Can you under- stand the mysteries of charity? I must always be absurd for you; for, if you understood them, my affirmations would be absorbed by your theorems; I should be you, and you would b…
1913 · PDF PAGE 391
…hat is to say, that the Infinite has made itself finite, that the Eternal died, that God punished his innocent Son for the sin of guilty men... . FAITH. Say no more about it. As enunciated by you, these propositions are in fact absurdities. Do you know what is the number of God, you who do not know God? Can you reason about the operations of the unknown? Can you under- stand the mysteries of charity? I must always be absurd for you; for, if you understood them, my affirmations would be absorbed by your theorems; I should be you, and you would b…
1922 · PDF PAGE 46
…Drug Fiend a joke to fill up on coke—or words to that effect, Sir Peter.”’ How in the devil’s name did he know what I had been taking ? “Men who know things have no right to go about the world,’’ something said irritably inside myself. But something else obscurely answered it. “That accounts for what the world has always done —made martyrs of its pioneers.”’ I felt a little ashamed, to tell the truth; but Lamus put me at my ease. He waved his hand towards a huge arm-chair covered with Persian tapestries. He gave me a cigarette and lighted it fo…
1954 · PDF PAGE 69
… values from real, and to act not on accidental fluctuations but on considerations of essential importance . Such a banker will prove 6. Men of "criminal nature" are simply at issue with their true Wills. The murderer has the Will-to-Iive; and his will to murder is a false will at variance with his true Will, since he risks death at the hands of Society by obeying his criminal impulse.
1954 · PDF PAGE 109
76 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS deriving almost exclusively from the Black tradition in the different stages. We have already mentioned the Evangelical cults with their ferocious devil-god who creates mankind for the pleasure of damning it and forcing it to crawl before him, while he yells with drunken glee over the agony of his only son.2 But in the same class, we must place Christian Science, so grotesquely afraid of pain, suffering, and evil of every sort, that its dupes can think of nothing better than to bleat denials of its actuality, in the hope…
1954 · PDF PAGE 94
…oubled these lines, and obtained the four Hsiang. They then took them three at a time, and got the eight Kwa. These represent the development from the original I to the Natural Order of the Elements. I shall call the male principle M, the Female F. M 1 Khien: "Heaven-Father" F 1 = = Khwgn: "Earth-Mother" M 2 __ li: The Sun F 2 - - Khan: The Moon F 3 - - Tui: Water M 4 ===== Sun: Air Note how admirably they have preserved the idea of balance. M 1 and Flare perfection. M 2 and F 2 still keep balance in their lines. The four "elements" show imperf…
1911 · PDF PAGE 146
…all, for they are beyond the words that I speak unto thee; how much more therefore are they beyond the words that thou transmittest unto men. Behold! the Veil of the Aethyr sundereth, and is torn, like a sail by the breath of the tempest, and thou shalt see him as from afar off. This is that which is written, ‘‘ Confound her under- standing with darkness,” for thou canst not speak this thing. It is the figure of the Magus of the Taro; in his right arm the torch of the flames blazing upwards; in his left the cup of poison, a cataract into Hell. …
1922 · PDF PAGE 58
44 The Diary of a Drug Fiend sense of mental exhilaration that goes with boundless freedom. Our grandfathers must have known something about this feeling by living in England before the liberty of the country was destroyed by legislation, or rather the delegation of legislation to petty officialdom. About six months ago I imported some tobacco, rolls of black perique, the best and purest in the world. By-and-by I got tired of cutting it up, and sent it to a tobacconist for the purpose. Oh, dear no, quite impossible without a permit from the Cus…
1909 · PDF PAGE 400
… J. Mcc. Is A WORLD-RELIGION PossIBLE? By David BALSILLIE, M.A. Francis Griffiths, 4s. net. Mr. Balsillie does not seem to realise the immensity of his subject. I remember once at school, in a general knowledge paper, being asked to give “a short account of the Equator.” Frankly, I funked the task, but another spirit, more bold, stated that it was nicknamed “ the line” and sailors play jokes in crossing it! That is just Mr. Balsillie’s attitude. For my own part I would even dare to speak disrespectfully of the Equator rather than dismiss the va…
1909 · PDF PAGE 400
… J. Mcc. Is A WORLD-RELIGION PossIBLE? By David BALSILLIE, M.A. Francis Griffiths, 4s. net. Mr. Balsillie does not seem to realise the immensity of his subject. I remember once at school, in a general knowledge paper, being asked to give “a short account of the Equator.” Frankly, I funked the task, but another spirit, more bold, stated that it was nicknamed “ the line” and sailors play jokes in crossing it! That is just Mr. Balsillie’s attitude. For my own part I would even dare to speak disrespectfully of the Equator rather than dismiss the va…
1922 · PDF PAGE 95
The Giitter on the Snow 81 simply swept away by social engagements. I haven’t a thing for a week.” And just then the telephone rang. Lou did a two- step across to the instrument. “Qh, it’s for you, Mr. Feccles,” she said. ‘‘ However did any one know you were here? ”’ He gave his funny little laugh. “It’s just what I’ve been telling you, Lady Pen- dragon,” he said, as he walked over to the receiver. “I’m a very much wanted man. Every one seems. to want me but the police,” he giggled, ‘“ and they may get on to me any minute now, the Lord knows.” …
1929 · PDF PAGE 31
…he most hideous and horrible laugh that it is possible to conceive. No devil could laugh so. I screamed, and dropped my paddle. Both the men thought me ill. I assured myself that it was not the laugh of some townee on the bridge, distorted by my over- sensitive organization. I said no more; Arthur looked grave. At night he asked abruptly after a long period of brooding, Was that my thought? I could only stammer that I did not know. Incidentally he complained of fa- tigue, and the listlessness, which before had seemed nothing to me, assumed a …
1929 · PDF PAGE 43
…rejected. I shall not attempt to describe the final process; suf- fice it that the demoniac consciousness drew away; he was but the excrement of the demon, and as that ex- crement he was flung filthily further into the abyss of blackness and of night whose name is death. I rose with ashen cheeks. I stammered: He is dead. The male nurse bent over the body. Yes! he echoed, he is dead. And it seemed as if the whole Uni- verse gathered itself into one ghastly laugh of hate and horror, Dead! V I resumed my seat. I felt that I must know that …
1929 · PDF PAGE 410
…s of a formidable gang of brigands and the gap was made by the artillery sent to smoke them out. The point is that this coliseum is a tremendous affair. The old town must have sheltered at least five thousand people, more likely four times than number. How did these people live? One is bound to assume that in those days the country was fertile. In the absence of rivers, this means regular and plentiful rains. Again, the northern districts of the Sahara are full of large chott or lakes, many of which are below the present level of the sea. A Fre…