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Page 90 of 1041930 · PDF PAGE 41
…e, even a false one, to give cohérence to the clamour of ethical propositions. Yet the very men that hâve smashed Moloch, and strewn the earth with shapeless rubble, grow pale when they so much as whisper among themelves, “While Moloch ruled ail men were bound by the one law, and by the oracles of them that, knowing the fraud, feared not, but were his priests and wardens of his mystery. What now ? How can any of us, though wise and strong as never was known, prevail on men to act in concert, now that each prays to his own chip of God, and yet k…
1996 · PDF PAGE 172
… he should rather have made her his comrade, frank, trusty, and gay, the tenderer self of himself, his consubstantial complement even as Earth is to the Sun. We of Thelema say that “Every man and every woman is a 1:3 star.” We do not fool and flatter women; we do not despise and abuse them. To us a woman is Herself, absolute, original, inde pendent, free, self-justified, exactly as a man is. We dare not thwart Her Going, Goddess she! We arrogate no right upon Her will; we claim not to deflect Her development, to dispose of Her desires, or to d…
1929 · PDF PAGE 149
…cted, the resuit will be incalculably effective. The event will establish the kingdom of the Crowned and Conquering Child over the whole earth, and ail men shall bow to the Law, which is “love under Will”. This is an extreme case; but there is one law only to govern the small as the great. The same laws describe and measure the motions of the ant and the stars. Their light is no swifter than that of a spark. In every operation of Magick the link must be properly made. The first requisite is the acquisition of adéquate force of the kind required…
1929 · PDF PAGE 86
…ing rapidly. Where do the new soûls corne from? It is not necessary to invent théories about other planets; it is enough to say that the earth is passing through a period when human units are being built up from the éléments with increased frequency. The evidence for this theory springs to the eye: in what other âge was there such puerility, such lack of race-experience, such reliance upon incohérent formulas? (Contrast the infantile emotionalism and credulity of the average “well-educated” Anglo-Saxon with the shrewd common sense of the normal…
1938 · PDF PAGE 8
way, and before Him the Earth reeleth in the rhythm of her Bacchanal dance! Then I knew also this: all these poor dead men that lay about me had been slain by their own fear, their fault of faith in deeming that the Sunor any Starcould die. And now I, who had only felt the fear of that figure, feel the fascination. I understand that Hewhoever, whatever He may beis He for whom we all so long had waited. As I fix my eyes upon it, I become aware that its blackness against the light of the Star is only relative; and as I gain confidence in my …
1906 · PDF PAGE 14
… that slips Into an innocent maw: corrupter wise ! Sly worm of hell! that close and cunning lies With sucking tentacles for finger-tips. Earth spits on thee, contagious Caliban ! Hell spits on thee; her sin is spiritual, Only the awful slime and excrement That sin sheds off will own thee for a man. Only the worms in dead men’s bowels that crawl To lick a loathlier brother are content.
1910 · PDF PAGE 182
… of crimson athwart it. Deepening and brightening, scarred by dull bars of slate-blue cloud arose the Dawn of Dawns. In splendour not of earth and its mean sun, blood-red, rayless, adamant, it rose, it rose! Carried out of myself, I asked not ‘Who is the Witness?’ absorbed utterly in contemplation of so stupendous and so marvellous a fact. For here was no doubt, no change, no wavering; infinitely more real than aught ‘physical’ is the Golden Dawn of this Eternal Sun! But ere the Orb of Glory rose clear of its banks of blackness —alas my soul!—t…
1910 · PDF PAGE 182
… of crimson athwart it. Deepening and brightening, scarred by dull bars of slate-blue cloud arose the Dawn of Dawns. In splendour not of earth and its mean sun, blood-red, rayless, adamant, it rose, it rose! Carried out of myself, I asked not ‘Who is the Witness?’ absorbed utterly in contemplation of so stupendous and so marvellous a fact. For here was no doubt, no change, no wavering; infinitely more real than aught ‘physical’ is the Golden Dawn of this Eternal Sun! But ere the Orb of Glory rose clear of its banks of blackness —alas my soul!—t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 296
…the end will destroy and ruin him who hath subjugated himself thereto. As it is said: “stoop not down, for a precipice lieth beneath the Earth ; a descent of Seven steps; and therein is established the throne of an Evil and Fatal force. Stoop not down unto that dark and lurid world, defile not thy brilliant flame with the earthly dross of Matter. Stoop not down, for its splendour is but seeming, it is but the habitation of the sons of the unhappy.” The lamp and cup are then replaced, after which the following symbols are explained to the Philos…
1909 · PDF PAGE 296
…the end will destroy and ruin him who hath subjugated himself thereto. As it is said: “stoop not down, for a precipice lieth beneath the Earth ; a descent of Seven steps; and therein is established the throne of an Evil and Fatal force. Stoop not down unto that dark and lurid world, defile not thy brilliant flame with the earthly dross of Matter. Stoop not down, for its splendour is but seeming, it is but the habitation of the sons of the unhappy.” The lamp and cup are then replaced, after which the following symbols are explained to the Philos…
1907 · PDF PAGE 41
…ost diflicult of all, and without the chariot one couldn’t ever ever do it, because it is so far—much farther than the heaven is from the earth in the dream world. The passage where the twins live is very difficult too. They are two sisters; and one is very pure and good, and the other is a horrid fast woman. But that shows you how silly dream language is— really there is another way to put it: you can say they are two sisters, and one is very silly and ignorant, and the other has learnt to know and enjoy. Now when one is a Princess it is very im…
1929 · PDF PAGE 127
…ld was reorganized accordingly; Cyril Grey withdrew himself completely from the company of Iliel, and joined the Church Militant Here On Earth; while Iliel herself came under the direct care of Sister Clara, the point within the triangle of women. She took part in their invocations, as the focus to which they were directed; while the men were wholly busied in watching over the safety of the fortress, their faces turned inexorably outward, their sole business to assure the security of the three women and their treasure. Upon these facts being br…
1930 · PDF PAGE 38
and to keep Silence for ever as he accomplishes the act of annihila¬ tion. From the Abyss cornes No Man forth, but a Star startles the Earth, and our Order rejoices above that Abyss that the Beast hath begotten one more Babe in the Womb of Our Lady, His Concubine, the Scarlet Woman, Babalon. There is no need to instruct a Babe thus born, for in the Abyss it was purified of every poison of personality; its ascent to the highest is assured, in its season, and it hath no need of seasons for it is conscious that ail conditions are no more than form…
1907 · PDF PAGE 31
… world ; the fear And folly that is unattained desire ! I would be master; I, the lord of Greece; 1 The spirits of fire, air, water, and earth were respectively named salamanders (fem. -drines), sylphs, undines, and gnomes.
1917 · PDF PAGE 3
…apture of the embraces of Infinite Beauty. A little further on He speaks of us : “ We are not for the poor and the sad; the lords of the earth are our kinsfolk.” “Ts a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest are of us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us.” “Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious langour, force and fire, are of us.” Later, concerning death, He says: “Think not, O king, upon that lie: That Thou must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live. Now let it be understood : if the body of the King d…
1929 · PDF PAGE 148
… fallen appreciably short of his high standard of success. The day succeeding the exploit of the necromancers dawned gay and bright. The earth dried up again, but breathed refreshment. A light mist hung over the walled garden where Iliel stood upon her terrace. The moon sank large and pale over the ocean as sunrise awoke the waves, and Iliel, her vigil almost ended, prepared for the ceremony that ended her day. But no sooner had she gone to the care of her hand-maidens than Cyril Grey came down the garden with Brother Onofrio. Their arms were c…
1905 · PDF PAGE 242
… mouth, Or with goodwill see poison in thy smile, And die, still kissing thee, and kissed again ! This, though I saw thee crawl upon the earth, fowl at Her presence Whom thou wouldest ape, Thy tale reversed. I read that thunder now!
1929 · PDF PAGE 44
the référencé is usually not to the actual planets, but to parts of the earth which are of the nature attributed to these planets. Thus, when we say that Nakhiel is the “Intelligence” of the Sun, we do not mean that he lives in the Sun, but only that he has a certain rank and character; and although we can invoke hinij we do not necessarily mean that he exists in the same sense of the Word in which our butcher exists. When we “conjure Nakhiel to visible appearance,” it may be that our process resembles création — or, rather imagination — more n…
1929 · PDF PAGE 112
…n- ceived as single. “For instance, if I see a star (as it was years ago) I need not assume causal relations as existing between it, the earth, and myself. The connexion existsj I can predicate nothing beyond that. I cannot postulate purpose, or even détermine the manner in which the event cornes to be. Similarly, when I do Magick, it is in vain to inquire why I so act, or why the desired resuit does or does not follow. Nor can I know how the previous and subséquent conditions are connected. At most I can describe the consciousness which I inte…
1930 · PDF PAGE 78
…ying any methods of protection, deliberately invite ail and sundrv spirits, démons, shells of the dead, ail the excre- ment and filth of earth and hell, to squirt their slime over them. This invitation is readily accepted, unless a clean man be présent with an aura good enough to frighten these foui denizens of the pit. No spiritualistic manifestation has ever taken place in the 1. The only minds likeîy to be useful to the Magician belong to Adepts sworn to suffer reincarnation at short intervals, and the best éléments of such minds are bound u…