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Page 88 of 1231912 · PDF PAGE 53
…mma. Baffled again and again, the {all with his horse supplied the one factor missing in his calculations. He had repeatedly escaped from death in manners almost miraculous " Then I am some use after all ! " was his conclusion. “I am indeed SENT to do something.” For whom? For the Universe; no partial good could possibly satisfy his equation. “I am, then, the ‘chosen Priest and Apostle of Infinite Space.’ Very good: and what is the message? What shall I teach men?” And like the lightning from heaven fell upon him these words: “THE KNOWLEDGE AND C…
1912 · PDF PAGE 53
…mma. Baffled again and again, the {all with his horse supplied the one factor missing in his calculations. He had repeatedly escaped from death in manners almost miraculous " Then I am some use after all ! " was his conclusion. “I am indeed SENT to do something.” For whom? For the Universe; no partial good could possibly satisfy his equation. “I am, then, the ‘chosen Priest and Apostle of Infinite Space.’ Very good: and what is the message? What shall I teach men?” And like the lightning from heaven fell upon him these words: “THE KNOWLEDGE AND C…
1913 · PDF PAGE 62
…gher than eyesight. 52. There is a veil: that veil is black. It is the veil of the modest woman; it is the veil of sorrow, & the pall of death: this is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your vices in virtuous words: these vices are my service; ye do well, & I will reward you here and hereafter. 53. Fear not, o prophet, when these words are said, thou shalt not be sorry. Thou art emphatically my chosen; and blessed are the eyes that thou shalt look upon with gladness. But I will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 499
…iting apparitions and dreams; 5°—by curing a large number of illnesses; 6°—by restoring life to subjects who display all the symptoms of death ; 7°—lastly, by demonstrating (if need be, by examples) the reality of the philosophical stone, and the transmutation of metals, according to the secrets of Abraham the Jew, of Flamel, and of Raymond Lully. All these prodigies are accomplished by means of a single agent which the Hebrew calls op, as did the Chevalier de Reichenbach, which we, with the School of Pasqualis Martinez, call astral light, whic…
1913 · PDF PAGE 62
…gher than eyesight. 52. There is a veil: that veil is black. It is the veil of the modest woman; it is the veil of sorrow, & the pall of death: this is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your vices in virtuous words: these vices are my service; ye do well, & I will reward you here and hereafter. 53. Fear not, o prophet, when these words are said, thou shalt not be sorry. Thou art emphatically my chosen; and blessed are the eyes that thou shalt look upon with gladness. But I will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 499
…iting apparitions and dreams; 5°—by curing a large number of illnesses; 6°—by restoring life to subjects who display all the symptoms of death ; 7°—lastly, by demonstrating (if need be, by examples) the reality of the philosophical stone, and the transmutation of metals, according to the secrets of Abraham the Jew, of Flamel, and of Raymond Lully. All these prodigies are accomplished by means of a single agent which the Hebrew calls op, as did the Chevalier de Reichenbach, which we, with the School of Pasqualis Martinez, call astral light, whic…
1929 · PDF PAGE 16
… the man who refused to give up The love of the wine-filled, the o'erflowing cup. "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging." No wine in death is his torment assuaging. Of this Redhill period there remain also memories of two summers, one in France and Switzerland, the other in the Highlands. The former has left numerous traces, chiefly of a visual character; the Grand Hotel in Paris, Lucerne and the Lion, William Tell, the Bears at Berne, the Rigi, the Staubbach, Trummelbach and Giessbach, Basle and the Rhine, the Dance of Death. Two points on…
1907 · PDF PAGE 36
…d back ! I am the rising Sun of Life and Light , The Glory of the Shining of the Dawn ! I am Osiris ! I the Lord of Life Triumphant over death O Sorrow , Sorrow , Sorrow of the World ! 1 That such similarities as we have pointed out above show Aleister Crowley to be a copyist , must be far from the minds of all his readers . Youth most certainly tends towards certain ideals , and frequently results in a definite hero - worship ; but genius cannot be bound for long ; it will eventually find its own level . The mere fact that certain forms of tho…
1909 · PDF PAGE 47
…t) which hardens and sterilises the soul. The very practice which should flood it with light leads only to a darkness more terrible than death, a despair and disgust which only too often lead to abandonment, when in truth they should encourage, for that—as the oracles affirm— it is darkest before the dawn. Meditation therefore annoyed me, as tightening and con- stricting the soul. I began to ask myself if the “dryness’ was an essential part of the process. If by some means I could shake its catafalque of Mind, might not the Infinite Divine Spir…
1909 · PDF PAGE 47
…t) which hardens and sterilises the soul. The very practice which should flood it with light leads only to a darkness more terrible than death, a despair and disgust which only too often lead to abandonment, when in truth they should encourage, for that—as the oracles affirm— it is darkest before the dawn. Meditation therefore annoyed me, as tightening and con- stricting the soul. I began to ask myself if the “dryness’ was an essential part of the process. If by some means I could shake its catafalque of Mind, might not the Infinite Divine Spir…
1911 · PDF PAGE 254
…with the rose; The deep dim prison-house 01 corn and wine, Flowers, children, stars, with flame far subtler glows Formless, all-piercing, death-defying, divine, A sweet frail lamp whose shadow gleams and shows No darkness, is as light is where its rays Cross, interweave, and marry with the day’s ! I am : the heart that flames from central Me, Seeks out all life, and takes again, to mingle Its passion with my might and majesty, Till thevast floods ofthe man’s being tingle And glow, self-lostwithin my soul and sea Of love, the sun 01 utter light, an…
1911 · PDF PAGE 254
…with the rose; The deep dim prison-house 01 corn and wine, Flowers, children, stars, with flame far subtler glows Formless, all-piercing, death-defying, divine, A sweet frail lamp whose shadow gleams and shows No darkness, is as light is where its rays Cross, interweave, and marry with the day’s ! I am : the heart that flames from central Me, Seeks out all life, and takes again, to mingle Its passion with my might and majesty, Till thevast floods ofthe man’s being tingle And glow, self-lostwithin my soul and sea Of love, the sun 01 utter light, an…
1913 · PDF PAGE 257
… under the wise and patient treatment of the Master; but they still occasion- ally recurred. The shocking accident which resulted in the death of the 1 He had also chronic diffuse meningo-encephalitis, but only on the astral plane. 219
1913 · PDF PAGE 257
… under the wise and patient treatment of the Master; but they still occasion- ally recurred. The shocking accident which resulted in the death of the 1 He had also chronic diffuse meningo-encephalitis, but only on the astral plane. 219
1909 · PDF PAGE 352
THE EQUINOX prominent place. Not only has a certain mystery been woven into his life, but even in death his carcass has been accredited with various magical properties. The Highland Monthly for November 1892 contained an article dealing with this subject, by Mr. William Mackenzie, Secretary to the Crofters’ Com- mission. That the skin, after being dried, should sometimes have been made into waistcoats, is only natural, but it appears that it was also put to a more esoteric use, for persons suffering from sciatica wore girdles of it, with a view…
1909 · PDF PAGE 352
THE EQUINOX prominent place. Not only has a certain mystery been woven into his life, but even in death his carcass has been accredited with various magical properties. The Highland Monthly for November 1892 contained an article dealing with this subject, by Mr. William Mackenzie, Secretary to the Crofters’ Com- mission. That the skin, after being dried, should sometimes have been made into waistcoats, is only natural, but it appears that it was also put to a more esoteric use, for persons suffering from sciatica wore girdles of it, with a view…
1910 · PDF PAGE 296
…d fencers, both blind with mortal hate. It might have been the bodies of two skilled lovers, blind with immortal love. She tore life and death asunder on her strings. Up, up soared the phoenix of her song; step by step on music’s golden scaling-ladder she stormed the citadel of her Desire. The blood flushed and swelled her face beneath its sweat. Her eyes were injected with blood. The song rose, culminated—overleapt the barriers, achieved its phrase. She stopped; but the music went on. A cloud gathered 278
1910 · PDF PAGE 339
… the virgin eyes of her when .. . O happy hour! “Tam that greediness, that terrible woman’s greediness, fierce as drought, relentless as Death, which devours its own portion in the feast of life. “ And I too, like her mouth, witness to it that she was evil. The senses are the person in so much as they are the sweet janitors to all that come and go. Through our five portals life only flows, and the flavour of its tides is with us always. I sit in judgment on myself—I where the world could gather itself in one, little, humble, focus-point of curi…
1910 · PDF PAGE 296
…d fencers, both blind with mortal hate. It might have been the bodies of two skilled lovers, blind with immortal love. She tore life and death asunder on her strings. Up, up soared the phoenix of her song; step by step on music’s golden scaling-ladder she stormed the citadel of her Desire. The blood flushed and swelled her face beneath its sweat. Her eyes were injected with blood. The song rose, culminated—overleapt the barriers, achieved its phrase. She stopped; but the music went on. A cloud gathered 278
1910 · PDF PAGE 339
… the virgin eyes of her when .. . O happy hour! “Tam that greediness, that terrible woman’s greediness, fierce as drought, relentless as Death, which devours its own portion in the feast of life. “ And I too, like her mouth, witness to it that she was evil. The senses are the person in so much as they are the sweet janitors to all that come and go. Through our five portals life only flows, and the flavour of its tides is with us always. I sit in judgment on myself—I where the world could gather itself in one, little, humble, focus-point of curi…