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Page 92 of 1121929 · PDF PAGE 40
…f things, from which all others are combined. "And now we can get down to business. Brother Cyril, who obliged with the cube, will be so good as to produce a wooden cone — and a basin of water." Brother Cyril complied. "I want you to realize," went on the old man, "that all the talk about the Progress of Science is cheap journalism. Most of the boasted progress is mere commercial adaptation of science, as who should say that he is Experimenting with Electricity when he rides in an electric train. One hears of Edison and Marconi as 'men of scien…
1907 · PDF PAGE 75
… by omitting this Scene, and joining Scenes I. and III. by the noise of a banging door. SECOND DPASSER-BY. The saints be praised, tis my good gossip Peter IIalse. What, knowest thou not thy old friend? = [Firsr PAaAsser-by “/és kis lantern to the other's face. First PASSER-BY. Martin Cloche, by the Mass ! SECOND DPASSER-BY. Ay, Martin Cloche! And his lantern hath gone out, and his heart faileth him somewhat. But these be troublous times. [Enter FLORIMOND and waits. FIRST PASSER-BY. The town is full of these drunken Eng- lish men-at-arms. SECOND…
1912 · PDF PAGE 297
…ed to him. But never will he consent to the foul hash of the 23rd Psalm (Milton’s, I suppose) here still printed. Colonel Forman shows a good deal of insight into the true meaning of Masonry,Iand a real understanding of the symbolism. He appears a suitable candidate for some more serious order, such as the M M M or even the O.T.O. H. Κ. Τ. TENTERHOOKS. By ADA LEVERSON. δε. MRS, LEVERSON is easily the daintiest and wittiest or our younger feminine writers; but she does well to call her latest masterpiece Tznlerlwa/ir. Mrs. Leverson offers us a p…
1912 · PDF PAGE 297
…ed to him. But never will he consent to the foul hash of the 23rd Psalm (Milton’s, I suppose) here still printed. Colonel Forman shows a good deal of insight into the true meaning of Masonry,Iand a real understanding of the symbolism. He appears a suitable candidate for some more serious order, such as the M M M or even the O.T.O. H. Κ. Τ. TENTERHOOKS. By ADA LEVERSON. δε. MRS, LEVERSON is easily the daintiest and wittiest or our younger feminine writers; but she does well to call her latest masterpiece Tznlerlwa/ir. Mrs. Leverson offers us a p…
1929 · PDF PAGE 72
…t of relation; they are the conventions of an arbitrary device for representing our icleas in a pluralistic symbolism based on duality. “Good” must be defined in terms of human ideals and instincts. “East” has no meaning except with reference to the earth’s internai aff airs ; as an absolute direction in space it changes a degree every four minutes. “Up” is the same for no two men, unless one chance to be in the line joining the other with the centre of the earth. “Hard” is the private opinion of our muscles. “True” is an utterly unintelligible…
1929 · PDF PAGE 219
…ground for secret service work; one soon gets up to all the tricks. Presently Cyril Grey began to preach magick. "Germany is on a pretty good wicket," he said. "She is at war; we have only taken a holiday to go fighting. The first condition of success in magick is purity of purpose. One must let no other consideration interfere with the business in hand. But we are hypocrites in England; consequently, [308] we compromise and fumble. When a magician does get in charge of an affair, all goes pretty well; look how Simple Simon has isolated Germany…
1996 · PDF PAGE 25
…lso the only explanation of how a Being could create a world in which War, Evil, etc., exist. Evil is only an appearance because, (like “Good”) it cannot affect the substance itself, but only multiply its combinations. This is something the same as Mystic Monism, but the objection to that theory is that God has to create things which are all parts of Himself, so that their interplay is false. If we presup pose many elements, their interplay is natural. It is no objec tion to this theory to ask who made the elements—the elements are at least t…
1929 · PDF PAGE 148
… previous talismans of the same type hâve been limited in their scope by conditions of race and country. Mohammed’s talisman, Allah, was good only from Persia to the Pillars of Hercules. The Buddha’s, Anatta, operated only in the South and East of Asia. The new talisman, Thelema, is master of the planet. But now observe how the question of the Magical Link arises! No matter how mighty the truth of Thelema, it cannot prevail unless it is applied to and by mankind. As long as the Book of the Law was in Manuscript, it could only affect the small g…
1929 · PDF PAGE 89
…wo bottles of whisky, mixed the stale spirit in the magic saucer with their contents, and bade Balloch join him at the table. "Your very good health, Marcel Dufour!" cried Douglas. "And mind you drive carefully!" [128] Balloch and he now set to work steadily to drain the two bottles — a stiff nip every minute — but the stuff had no effect on them. It was far otherwise with the man on the engine. Almost before he had well left Paris behind him, he began to fret about the furnace, and told his fireman to keep up the fullest head of steam. At Melu…
1909 · PDF PAGE 296
THE EQUINOX forces is the pathway made to true occult knowledge and practical power. Good alone is mighty, and Truth alone shall prevail; Evil is but weakness, and the power of evil ; magic exists but in the contest of unbalanced forces, which in 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 bril…
1909 · PDF PAGE 296
THE EQUINOX forces is the pathway made to true occult knowledge and practical power. Good alone is mighty, and Truth alone shall prevail; Evil is but weakness, and the power of evil ; magic exists but in the contest of unbalanced forces, which in 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 bril…
1910 · PDF PAGE 48
…o get to the bottom of things without becoming defiled. I hope Mr. Watkins is a true Christian. V. BLN. THE PorcH. Vol. I, No. 3. ON THE GOOD, OR THE ONE. By PLOTINUS. We took up this book with avidity, thinking from the title that it was about Mr. Watkins. But no; at least not under that name. Plotinus’ method of mystic exercise is practically that of Liber XVI (A.. Ae. publication in Class D), but it takes a deal of research to discover this in his dull pages. He drones on in such an exalted kind of way, don’tcherknow! There is hardly a mysti…
1910 · PDF PAGE 48
…o get to the bottom of things without becoming defiled. I hope Mr. Watkins is a true Christian. V. BLN. THE PorcH. Vol. I, No. 3. ON THE GOOD, OR THE ONE. By PLOTINUS. We took up this book with avidity, thinking from the title that it was about Mr. Watkins. But no; at least not under that name. Plotinus’ method of mystic exercise is practically that of Liber XVI (A.. Ae. publication in Class D), but it takes a deal of research to discover this in his dull pages. He drones on in such an exalted kind of way, don’tcherknow! There is hardly a mysti…
1930 · PDF PAGE 73
…t of our particular unit of the Starry Universe. This serpent, Satan, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade “Know Thyself!” and taught Initiation. He is “the Devil” of the Book of Thoth, and His emblem is Baphomet, the Androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection. The number of His Atu is xv, which is Yod Hé, the Monogram of the Eternal, the Father one with the Mother, the Virgin Seed one with all-containing Space. He is therefore Life, and Love. But moreover his letter is Ayin, the Ey…
1954 · PDF PAGE 47
… this direction, and will be surprised at your progress. Never let your mind wander from the fact that your Qabalah is not my Qabalah; a good many of the things which I have noted may be useful to you, but you must construct your own system so that it is a living weapon in your hand.
1930 · PDF PAGE 36
…making any real progress, just as a man might be first-rate at grammar, syntax, and prosody without being able to write a single line of good poetry, although the greatest poet in soûl is unable to express himself without the aid of those three éléments of literary composition. 3. This is not in contradiction with the absolute right o f every person to do his own true Will. But any True Will is of necessity in harmony with the facts of Existence; and to refuse to accept the Book of the Law is to create a conflict within Nature, as if a physicis…
1906 · PDF PAGE 83
…through joy and pain To that unthinkable thing: I might atone No whit in this way: then that stubborn stone My heart grew tears: we were good friends again. Therefore at night I added nothing new: Only a little while I lay with her And with mere kisses sucked her soul away, And made my banquet of immortal dew, Demanding nothing but to minister To her desire until the dawn grew grey.
1930 · PDF PAGE 78
…ilth 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 up in the “Unconscious Self” of the Adept, not left to wandei idly about the Astral Plane. It will thus be more profitable to try …
1904 · PDF PAGE 28
….) VaLEFor.—The Sixth Spirit is Valefor. He isa mighty Duke, and appeareth in the shape of a Lion with an Ass’s Head, bellowing. He is a good Familiar, but tempteth them he is a familiar of to steal. He governeth 10 Legions of Spirits. Huis Seal is this, which is to be worn, whether thou wilt have him for a Familiar, or not. (7.) Amon,—The Seventh Spirit is Amon. He is a Marquis great in power, and most stern. He appeareth like a Wolf with a Serpent’s tail, vomiting out of his mouth flames of fire; but at the command of the Magi- cian he puttet…
1904 · PDF PAGE 57
…isdom of Gop; I do potently exorcise thee, that thou appearest here before this Circle, to fulfil my will in all things which shall seem good unto me; by the Seal of BASDATHEA Batpacuia; and by this name PRimEuMATON, which Moses named, and the earth opened, and did swallow up Kora, Dathan, and Abiram. Wherefore thou shalt make faithful answers unto all my demands, * Or “ Anapezeton.” ? Or “ Tzabaoth.” * In some “ By the Seat of Adonai” or “‘ By the Throne of Adonai.” In these conjurations and elsewhere in the body of the text I have given the d…