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Page 9 of 871954 · PDF PAGE 155
…" are very fully set forth in One Star in Sight; and I should indeed be stupid and presumptuous to try to do better than that. But it is true that with regard to the O.T.O. there is no similar manual of instruction . In the Manifesto, and other Official Pronunciamenti, there are, it is true, what ought to be adequate data; but I quite understand that they are not as ordered and classified as one would wish; there is certainly room for a simple elementary account of the origins of the Order, of its principles, of its methods, of its design, of t…
1954 · PDF PAGE 448
…hat is 'guilt'? A.S. gyit , trespass; in our own Thelemic language, "deviation from (especially in the matter of excess, trespasser) the True Will." Please take notice that most of the words which denote misconduct imply wandering, either from the home or from the path: error, debauch, wrong (=twisted), wry, evil (excessive) detraguer, go astray, and several others. So I too leap into the breach with Curtius, and point out that "Language itself asserts the doctrine of the True Will." But what says The Book of the Law? It is at pains to define S…
1910 · PDF PAGE 150
…e groves of ilex tall ; One to the plains of infinite Ind ; One beyond the Mongol wall. As we met, so we part. Three great kings and one true heart !
1929 · PDF PAGE 77
… give the last drop of his life’s blood to tliat cup. It is the original price paid for magick power. And if by magick power we mean the true power, the assimilation of ail force with the Ultimate Light, the true Bridai of the Rosy Cross, then is that blood the offering of Virginity, the sole sacrifice well-pleasing to the Master, the sacrifice whose only reward is the pain of child-bearing unto him. But “to sell one’s soûl to the devil”, to renounce no matter what for an équivalent in personal gain % is hlack magic. You are no longer a noble g…
1909 · PDF PAGE 403
STEWED PRUNES AND PRISM perfect parallel one cannot find in the shoddy sentimentalism of Tennyson. Even where the vision is true and beautiful it is quite out of place. The young gentleman waits in the park for his young lady; and sees, quite clearly and nicely : “ And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.” Apart from the villainous cacophony and bad taste of the wording, the vision is true enough ; I was once young myself, in a park—and the rest of it; and that is exactly the vision. But what a point of view! The young gentleman must certainly h…
1909 · PDF PAGE 403
STEWED PRUNES AND PRISM perfect parallel one cannot find in the shoddy sentimentalism of Tennyson. Even where the vision is true and beautiful it is quite out of place. The young gentleman waits in the park for his young lady; and sees, quite clearly and nicely : “ And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.” Apart from the villainous cacophony and bad taste of the wording, the vision is true enough ; I was once young myself, in a park—and the rest of it; and that is exactly the vision. But what a point of view! The young gentleman must certainly h…
1922 · PDF PAGE 362
…, of course, quite obvious to them was hidden from my dull understanding. I turned on Basil point-blank. “What success ?”’ I said. “It’s true I do see my way through a formula that’s been bothering me. But I don’t see how you know about it. Do Hermes and Dionysus comprise a knowledge of the differential calculus in their attainments? ” “It’s very simple,” said the Big Lion. “ It involves a knowledge of nothing but the Law; and the Law, after all, is nothing but the plainest common sense. Do you remember my asking you before tiffin what was your…
1904 · PDF PAGE 40
speaketh with a hoarse Voice, giving True Answers of Things Past, Present, and to Come. He maketh men to go Invisible, and also to be Witty. He governeth 4o Legions of Spirits. His Seal is this, etc. (52.) Attoces.—The Fifty-second Spirit is Alloces, or Alocas. He is a Duke, Great, Mighty, and Strong, appearing in the Form of a Soldier? riding upon a Great Horse. His Face is like that of a Lion, very Red, and having Flaming Eyes. His Speech is hoarse and very big.? His Office is to teach the Art of Astronomy, and all the Liberal Sciences. He br…
1903 · PDF PAGE 20
…, that some confusion has, stupidly enough, arisen; but for all that the practice has been the means of bringing some devotees on to the true Path of the Wise, unpromising as such material must sound to intelligent ears. The esoteric Christian or Hindu adopts a middle path. Having projected the Absolute from his mind, he endeavours to unite his consciousness with that of his Absolute, and of course his personality is destroyed in the process. Yet it is to be feared that such an adept too often starts on the path with the hideous idea of aggrand…
1907 · PDF PAGE 63
…TS, with druid apple-blossom in his hair, and the druid casting-net qf the stars in one hand. Doe: his turn and exit. Boner. To continue—True! And saying “ true,” let us discuss “truth.” In the lower worlds, where are we? Take this frivolous Mrs. I. Why does she elude Mrs. 1.? From fear. Bowley. Fear is failure. Bones. More, G. H. Frater! It is the forerunner of failure. Bowley. I certainly recommend people to be without fear. Bones. The more so that in the heart of the coward virtue abideth not. Bowley. Pass thou on! Bones. 1 take in my hand p…
1929 · PDF PAGE 64
…y the glorified body which rises with the mortal body which dies. On the contrary, he repeatedly insists on the distinction. The same is true of a magical ceremony. The magician who is destroyed by absorption in the Godhead is really destroyed. The I. There is a quite different formula in which I is the Father, O the Mother, A the child — and yet another, in which I. A. O. are ail fathers of different kir.ds balanced by H. H. H., 3 Mothers, to complété the Universe. In a third, the true formula of the Beast 666, I and O are îhe opposites which …
1906 · PDF PAGE 186
…Unconscious, when you work the best. I carry on one step firm-pressed Further than you the path, and you For all my trouble, comment : “ True! 635 “ Auto-hypnosis. Very quaint!” No one supposes me a Saint—* Some Saints to wrath would be inclined With such a provocation pecked ! But I remember and reflect , 640 That anger makes a person blind, And my own “ Chittam” I’d neglect. Besides, it’s you, and you, I find, Are but a mode of my own mind. Objectivity of But then you argue, and with sense ; 645 universe not ‘‘T have this worthy evidence disc…
1909 · PDF PAGE 60
THE EQUINOX worker, who grips life’s throat and wrings out its secret, who selects austerely and composes concisely, whose work is as true and clean as razor-steel, albeit its sweep is vaster and swifter than the sun’s ! The discursive prattle of such superficial twaddlers as Longfellow and Tennyson is the most deadly poison of the mind. All this is true enough in the merest exoteric necessity of adult civilisation. But if we are to go further into the nature of things, to dive deeper than the chemist, soar higher than the poet, look wider than…
1909 · PDF PAGE 60
THE EQUINOX worker, who grips life’s throat and wrings out its secret, who selects austerely and composes concisely, whose work is as true and clean as razor-steel, albeit its sweep is vaster and swifter than the sun’s ! The discursive prattle of such superficial twaddlers as Longfellow and Tennyson is the most deadly poison of the mind. All this is true enough in the merest exoteric necessity of adult civilisation. But if we are to go further into the nature of things, to dive deeper than the chemist, soar higher than the poet, look wider than…
1899 · PDF PAGE 2
…orsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook ; _ And of those Dzemons that are found In fire, air, flood, or under ground, Whose power hath a true content With Planet, or with Element. Some time let Gorgeous Tragedy In Sceptr'd Pall come sweeping by.” Il Penseroso.
1906 · PDF PAGE 248
…east) have the opportunity. In any case what the Easterns call ‘‘ one- pointedness ” is an essential preliminary to even early stages of true meditation. And iron will-power is a still earlier qualifica- tion. By meditation I do not mean merely. ‘‘thinking about’’ anything, however pro- foundly, but the absolute restraint of the mind to the contemplation of a single object, whether gross, fine, or altogether spiritual. Now true magical ceremonial is entirely directed to attain this end, and forms a magnificent gymnasium for those who are not al…
1907 · PDF PAGE 217
…tubborn ecstasy for God ! To thus clear knowledge hath my path been trod In deepest hell — in the profoundest sky ! This knowledge , the true immortality , I came unto through pain and tears , Tigerish hopes , and serpent loves , and dragon fears , Most bitter kisses , salted springs and dry ; In those deep caverns and slow -moving years , When dwelt I , in the Mount of Venus , even I !? CROWLEYANITY Quod utilius Deus patefieri sinet , quod autem majoris momenti est, vulgo adhuc latet usque ad Eliae Artistae adventum quando is venerit . God wil…
1910 · PDF PAGE 7
… OF THE MANY HAPPY HOURS THAT WE HAVE SPENT TOGETHER IN THE SCENTED GARDEN “ ALAIN LUTIY ” TO THE MEMORY OF MY COLLEAGUE “ ALAIN LUTIY ” TRUE FRIEND, POLISHED SCHOLAR, GOOD SPORTSMAN, GALLANT SOLDIER, AND CIVIL GALLANT, I WHO HAVE DONE SO LITTLE TO COMPLETE HIS LABOURS DEDICATE MY SHARE THEREIN ON THIS OCCASION OF OFFERING THEIR RESULT TO THE WORLD.
1905 · PDF PAGE 260
…r. Remains the life of earth, which is but hell, Destiny’s web, and my immense despair. LANDGRAVE. Your words are terrible! We knew them true Even while you sang. But see! the light of day ! Beauty in all things and—-for you—true love! All the blind horror of the song recedes. There is a sequel; is there not, my friend? Of love, your theme, we have not heard a note. TANNHAUSER. That is a question. I am not so sure My song was not entirely to that end. WOLFRAM. Yes, poet, true one that you are indeed ! You show us the dilemma of the soul, The Go…
1913 · PDF PAGE 131
agnostic about Christianity. He always tries to prove something about it—that it is unphilosophical or immoral or disastrous—whichis not true... . A casual carpenter wandered about a string of villages; and suddenly a horde of rich men and sceptics and Sadducees and respectable persons rushed at him and nailed him up like vermin; then people saw that he was a god. He had proved that he was not a common man, for he was murdered. And ever since his creed has proved that it is not a commen hypothesis; for it is hated. ‘Next week I hope to make a f…