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Page 88 of 1591911 · PDF PAGE 309
…t, giving the chief documents én extenso, together with an elaborate summary ant analysis of the various views which have prevailed from time to time about The Virgin Fraternity of the Rose. MYSTERIES OF MAGIC: a Digest of the Writings of Eliphas Lévi, with Biographical and Critical Essay by ARTHuR E- Warre, Second edition, revised and enlarged, Svo, cloth, x897 (pub. 408. 6d.) 65. This work fulfils a purpose quite distinct from that of Transcendental Magic, inasmuch as it is not simply translation, but presents in an abridged and digested form…
1944 · PDF PAGE 16
2. The Tarot in the Cipher Manuscripts At the time of the French Renaissance of the eighteen‐fifties, a similar movement took place in England. Its interest centred in ancient religions, and their traditions of initiation and thaumaturgy. Learned societies, some secret or semi‐secret, were founded or revived. Among the members of one such group, the Quatuor Coronati Lodge of Freemasonry, were three men: one, Dr. Wynn Westcott, a London coroner; a Dr. Woodford, and a Dr. Woodman. There is a lit‐ tle dispute as to which of these men went to the F…
1929 · PDF PAGE 253
…oigneusement les préjugés & les croyances indigčnes & on ne s'immiscera pas dans leurs maničres de vivre. On n'achčtera rien sans l'assentiment dy Dr. J. Jacot G. ou de A. Crowley. On s'engage ŕ n'avoir aucune relation directe ou indirecte avec les femmes, indigčnes ou étrangčres, qu'on peut éviter. Le Dr. J. Jacot G. est seul & supręme juge des questions d'hygične ou de santé de la caravane. Aleister Crowley est seul & supręme juge des questions se rapportant exclusivement ŕ l'alpinisme & aux montagnes. Les questions de route & du personnel de…
1904 · PDF PAGE 37
…tma cease42 From its eternity of peace, Develop this disgusting drear System of stars, to gather again Involving, all the realm of pain, Time, space, to that eternal calm ? Blavatsky’s Himalayan Balm43 Aids us no whit—if to improve Thus the All-light, All-life, All-love, By evolution’s myrrh and gall, It would not then have been the All. Thus all conceptions fail and fall. But see the Cyclopædia-article On “Metaphysics”; miss no particle 310 315 320 325 330 335 340 345 Visible Image of the Soul of Nature, whose Name is Fat- ality. Futility of a…
1906 · PDF PAGE 161
…centred, free His interpreta- Yet self-subordinate to the whole tion false. For its own sake—expand !—so we Molecules of a central soul, Time’s sons, judged by Eternity. Nature is gone—our joys, our pains, Our little lives—and God remains. Were this the truth—-why ! worship then Were not so imbecile for men! But that’s no Christian faith! For where Enters the dogma of despair? Despite his logic’s silver flow I must count Caird ® a mystic! No! You Christians shall not mask me so The plain words of your sacred books Behind friend Swedenborg his s…
1907 · PDF PAGE 61
…nger bread ” and “flatulence of calf-sickness ." 2 Soon he is kicked flying out of her ladyship's bed , and here we must leave him for a time to meet him again and his first love Molly further on , though not under the sun shine of youthful amorosis . A different phase and a much more pleasing one of the impulsiveness of youthful love is given us in that glowing story “ The Tale ofArchais .” There are many mysteries in this poem . Charicles the desire striving after Archais the ideal , failing , and the ideal seeking the lost desire ; but outwa…
1909 · PDF PAGE 138
… water flowed not through them. Should one say that the master withheld initiation, or that the pupil failed to obtain it? “But at least time abated the monomania—for I know now that my whole adventure was but a very vivid dream, an insanity of adolescence. At this moment I would not like to say at what point exactly in the story fact and dream touch ; I have still the sword and dagger. Is it possible that in a trance I actually went through some other series of adventures than that I am conscious of? May not Jean have been a thief, whom I disp…
1909 · PDF PAGE 138
… water flowed not through them. Should one say that the master withheld initiation, or that the pupil failed to obtain it? “But at least time abated the monomania—for I know now that my whole adventure was but a very vivid dream, an insanity of adolescence. At this moment I would not like to say at what point exactly in the story fact and dream touch ; I have still the sword and dagger. Is it possible that in a trance I actually went through some other series of adventures than that I am conscious of? May not Jean have been a thief, whom I disp…
1910 · PDF PAGE 341
…onely, and no one is their friend. . . . So, my brothers, I give you the key of all her secrets except that secret which she shares with Time and herself. “T can make all plain except my own mystery, which is the tragedy of everyone, worm, or man, or God. “Blaspheme no more in such childish, imitative fashion! 323
1910 · PDF PAGE 341
…onely, and no one is their friend. . . . So, my brothers, I give you the key of all her secrets except that secret which she shares with Time and herself. “T can make all plain except my own mystery, which is the tragedy of everyone, worm, or man, or God. “Blaspheme no more in such childish, imitative fashion! 323
1929 · PDF PAGE 277
… the psychology of this incident enthralling. It stands out in my memory in alto-relievo. I have never on any other occasion had so much time to think --- I am afraid I express it badly. I mean that I was acutely conscious of a few well-marked thoughts, without the usual gradations, sub-thoughts, connections and so forth, that make it hard --- in ordinary life --- to discriminate between conscious and unconscious thought. On this night I was as primitive as an ape. My thoughts stand out stark as stars on a background of utter blackness. I had b…
1907 · PDF PAGE 192
…ght less ; the tomb is darker still ; into it creeps the thoughtful . The dead are our gods , soon we shall strike our tent for the last time and join the great caravanserai of the departed : Wend now thy way with brow serene , fear not thy humble tale to tell : The whispers of the Desert - wind ; the tinkling of the camel's bell . This beauty of Death as the releaser from the temptations of life , is finely drawn by the subtle pen of Aleister Crowley . Death is no longer the grub slimed skull , about whose sticky lips buzz the blue blow - flie…
1907 · PDF PAGE 248
… warn you to be very careful . Had Herschell occulted a Centauri before you را5 | The Real History of the Rosicrucians , A. E. Waite . ? Time , vol . ii , p. 269. 3 Ibid . vol. ii, p. 269. 4 Ibid . vol. ii, p. 270. 5 Ibid . vol. ii, p. 272. R
1909 · PDF PAGE 355
… to have departed for ever. This is the story of their departure as it has been pieced together by Mr. R. Menzies Fergusson. Once upon a time, many years ago, the trows became dis- satisfied with their residence upon Pomona. They deter- mined, therefore, to leave the Pomona hills and knowes, and take up their dwelling beside the Dwarfie Stone on the island of Hoy. The change was to be effected one evening at midnight, when the moon would be full and everything in favour of their flitting. The fateful night arrived, and the fairy train set out u…
1909 · PDF PAGE 355
… to have departed for ever. This is the story of their departure as it has been pieced together by Mr. R. Menzies Fergusson. Once upon a time, many years ago, the trows became dis- satisfied with their residence upon Pomona. They deter- mined, therefore, to leave the Pomona hills and knowes, and take up their dwelling beside the Dwarfie Stone on the island of Hoy. The change was to be effected one evening at midnight, when the moon would be full and everything in favour of their flitting. The fateful night arrived, and the fairy train set out u…
1913 · PDF PAGE 544
…hs and that alarms you, they conjure you tenderly to take great care of him, perhaps he is consumptive. Has your wife been ill for along time? Cheer up, she will die of it! Hope and work is the message of Heaven to us by the voice of all good souls. Despair and die, Hell cries to us in every word and movement, even in all the friendly acts and caresses of imperfect or degraded beings. Whatever the reputation of any one may be, and what- ever may be the testimonies of friendship that that person may give you, if, on leaving him, you feel yoursel…
1913 · PDF PAGE 571
… the power of fascination which woman possesses; and the changing of the companions of Ulysses into hogs is not a story peculiar to that time. But no metamorphosis may be worked without destruction. To change a hawk into a dove, one must first kill it, then cut it to pieces, so as to destroy even the least trace of its first form, and then boil it in the magic bath of Medea. Observe how modern hierophants proceed in order to accomplish human regeneration; how, for example, in the Catholic religion, they go to work in order to change a man more …
1913 · PDF PAGE 544
…hs and that alarms you, they conjure you tenderly to take great care of him, perhaps he is consumptive. Has your wife been ill for along time? Cheer up, she will die of it! Hope and work is the message of Heaven to us by the voice of all good souls. Despair and die, Hell cries to us in every word and movement, even in all the friendly acts and caresses of imperfect or degraded beings. Whatever the reputation of any one may be, and what- ever may be the testimonies of friendship that that person may give you, if, on leaving him, you feel yoursel…
1913 · PDF PAGE 571
… the power of fascination which woman possesses; and the changing of the companions of Ulysses into hogs is not a story peculiar to that time. But no metamorphosis may be worked without destruction. To change a hawk into a dove, one must first kill it, then cut it to pieces, so as to destroy even the least trace of its first form, and then boil it in the magic bath of Medea. Observe how modern hierophants proceed in order to accomplish human regeneration; how, for example, in the Catholic religion, they go to work in order to change a man more …
1919 · PDF PAGE 446
…nity of all that lives, complete harmony in the parts, and perfect light in the whole. It is also true that He may spend a great deal of time in killing or otherwise instructing men, but He has not got at all the old conception. The ordinary Buddhist is quite unable to see anything but details. Bhikkhu Ananda Metteya once refused to undertake the superintendence of a coconut plantation, because he found 124