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Page 92 of 1301913 · PDF PAGE 368
…, thy eternity, and thy existence; for all is one and the same mystery; although names vary, all returns to the same truth. Thou art the knower, and that intelligence which is the source of life emanates from thyself; and beside thy know- ledge all the wisest men are fools. Thou art the knower, and the ancient of the ancient ones, and knowledge has ever fed from thee. Thou art the knower, and thou hast learned thy knowledge from none, nor hast acquired it but from thyself. Thou art the knower, and like a workman and an architect thou hast taken…
1954 · PDF PAGE 214
…powder on them muttering incantations, and there was a heavy aromatic smoke . He said in Russian to the Bolshevik, "Ask what you want to know." The Bolshevik spoke in German; he was sure that the Shaman knew no German, but he was equally sure he saw the /ips move and heard it answer, clearly, in German. He asked what would happen to Russia, and what would happen to him. From the moving lips of the corpse came the reply that Russia would be defeated in war and that there would be a revolution; the Tzar would be captured by his enemies and killed…
1911 · PDF PAGE 79
…essed in white linen robes. And he saith: No man hath beheld the face of my Father. Therefore he that hath beheld it is called NEMO. And know thou that every man that is called NEMO hath a garden that he tendeth. And every garden that is and flourisheth hath 77
1922 · PDF PAGE 312
…poonful of crémede menthe and about twenty drops of laudanum. You filter it through cracked ice. It’s really the most refreshing thing I know.” I accepted the luxuries automatically, but I couldn’t help fidgeting. I wanted to get down to business. I could feel that something urgent was on hand. I didn’t like the way Lou was acting. She stayed so absolutely still and silent, it was uncanny. Lamus had taken three matches to light his pipe and it kept on going out between almost every puff. By- and-by he threw it angrily on the carpet and lighted …
1929 · PDF PAGE 31
…hur looked grave. At night he asked abruptly after a long period of brooding, Was that my thought? I could only stammer that I did not know. Incidentally he complained of fa- tigue, and the listlessness, which before had seemed nothing to me, assumed a ghastly shape. There was something in him that was not he! The indifference had appeared transitory; I now became aware of it as con- stant and increasing. I was at this time twenty-three years old. You wonder that I write with such serious atti- tude of mind. I sometimes think that I have neve…
1929 · PDF PAGE 43
…ed as if the whole Uni- verse gathered itself into one ghastly laugh of hate and horror, Dead! V I resumed my seat. I felt that I must know that all was well, that death had ended all. Woe to humanity! The consciousness of Arthur was more alive than ever. It was the black fear of falling, a dumb ecstasy of changeless fear. There were no waves upon that sea of shame, no troubling of those accursed waters by any thought. There was no hope of any ground to that abyss, no thought that it might stop. So tireless was that fall that even acceleratio…
1954 · PDF PAGE 173
…l these letters you will find only two things: either I tell you what is bad for you, or what is good for you. But I am not you; I don't know every detail of your life, every trick of your thought. You must do ninety percent of the work for yourself. Whether it is love, or your daily avocation, or diet, or friends, or amusements, or anything else, you must find out what helps you to your True Will and what hinders; cherish the one and eschew the other. I want to insist most earnestly that concentration is not, as we nearly all of us think, a ma…
1929 · PDF PAGE 410
…he last stage was pretty bad. It taught me a useful lesson about physical endurance. Most men who have practised athletics, even mildly, know the meaning of the phrase "second wind". One's original enthusiasm being exhausted, one goes on quietly and steadily, almost unsusceptible to fatigue. A night's rest restores one completely; and, given proper food, one can go on day after day for an indefinite period before getting stale. But few men, fortunately for themselves, know that there is such a thing as "third" wind. One's second wind wears off …
1922 · PDF PAGE 267
…te to us. “T’m afraid not,” he said. “I’ll explain what I mean on a more convenient occasion. I can see you want to get rid of me; but I know you won’t refuse to help a man out when he’s in trouble like I am.” Lou was all sympathy and tenderness at once; and even in the state in which I was, I was aware of a feeble movement of hate both towards her and him. The factis that the man’s mere presence acted as a powerful stimulant. “It’s only a trifle,” he said, with a curious smile, “just a little literary difficultyin which I find myself. I was ho…
1929 · PDF PAGE 72
…spurt, and find yourself without petrol in the middle of the big rise. "I want you to take up this research because of your real love of knowledge, not because of your passion for Brother Cyril. And I tell you honestly that I am mortally afraid for you, because you live in extremes. It is good for a swift push to have that sudden energy of yours; but no research in science is to be taken by storm. You need infinite patience, nay, even infinite indifference to the very thing on which your heart is set: "Well, I have prated. The old man must utte…
1954 · PDF PAGE 397
364 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS Ask yourself: "What do I know of Therion's mode of life? Whenever I see him, he's always on his best behaviour. I've hardly ever seen him eat; perhaps he does so only when I am there, so as not to embarrass me by a display of his holiness. His universe touches mine at only a very few points. The mere fact of his being a man, and I a woman, makes sympathetic understanding over a vast range of experience almost impossible, certainly imperfect. Then all his reading and his travels touch mine at very few points. And his ign…
1906 · PDF PAGE 278
… A strange measure! What is the comparison in one of your poets between ‘Fifty years of Europe” and ‘‘a cycle of Cathay ” ? | Scept. You know our poets well. * Myst. Among my loose tags of thought are several thousand useless quotations. I would give much to have my memory swept and garnished. Scept. Seven other devils wait at the door. But you were saying? Myst. That an astronomer might perhaps justly compute the time during which his eye was actually at the telescope by the motion of the planets, or by the clockwork of his re- flector, but th…
1909 · PDF PAGE 377
… his eyes many a bitter tear; but, as I said before, he addressed me not. I was not a little surprised, as he is the only one with me to know the secrets of the box. But I respected his silence. The two others were more suitable for my purpose. One was a strongly built fellow, with a certain air of intelligence I 2A 369
1909 · PDF PAGE 377
… his eyes many a bitter tear; but, as I said before, he addressed me not. I was not a little surprised, as he is the only one with me to know the secrets of the box. But I respected his silence. The two others were more suitable for my purpose. One was a strongly built fellow, with a certain air of intelligence I 2A 369
1910 · PDF PAGE 67
…o this snare, and not only once but an hundred times; the reason being that they have not remained silent* about that which can only be “known” and not “believed in,” and that which can never be named without begetting a duality (an untruth), and conse- quently a whole world of illusions. It is the crucifixion of every would-be Saviour, this teaching of a truth under the symbol of a lie, this would-be explanation to the multitude of the unexplainable, this passing off on the “canaille” the strumpet of language (the Consciously Known) in the pla…
1910 · PDF PAGE 67
…o this snare, and not only once but an hundred times; the reason being that they have not remained silent* about that which can only be “known” and not “believed in,” and that which can never be named without begetting a duality (an untruth), and conse- quently a whole world of illusions. It is the crucifixion of every would-be Saviour, this teaching of a truth under the symbol of a lie, this would-be explanation to the multitude of the unexplainable, this passing off on the “canaille” the strumpet of language (the Consciously Known) in the pla…
1919 · PDF PAGE 330
…ou are supposed to be ignorant of the dangers of the lower Iddhi; but there are really quite a lot of people, even in Boston, who do not know that there are any Iddhi at all, low or high. However, one who has been assiduous with Book 4, by Frater Perdurabo, should have no difficulty so far as a general comprehension of the subject-matter of the Book is concerned. Too ruddy a cheerfulness on the part of the assiduous one will however be premature, to say the least. For the fact is that this treatise does not contain an intelligible and coherent …
1930 · PDF PAGE 85
… at the end of his work. This shall moreover encourage him in Magick, to recall that indeed there was One who attained by its use to the Knowledge and Conversation of His Holy Guardian Angel, the which forsook him no more, but made Him a Magus, the Word of the Aeon of Horus ! For know this, that the Name IAF in its most secret and mighty sense declareth the Formula of the Magick of the BEAST whereby he wrought many wonders. And because he doth will that the whole world shall attain to this Art, He now hideth it herein so that the worthy may win…
1954 · PDF PAGE 238
…" Or is it. Enough of this fooling! Out, trusty rapier, and home to the stone heart of the audacious woman that wrote "God within us." I know you thought you knew more or less what you meant when you wrote it; but surely that was a mere slip. An instant's thought would have warned you that the word wouldn't stand even the most superficial analysis. You meant "Something which seems to me the most perfect symbol of all that I love, worship, admire" -all that class of verb. 2. Crippen was a famous English poisoner who was caught and hung .
1929 · PDF PAGE 240
…s will be in his turn succeeded by Thmaist, the Double- Wanded One; she who shall bring the candidates to full initiation, and though we know litter of her peculiar characteristics, we know at least that her name is justice. THE ETHICS OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW. Every cosmography implies some sort of ethical theory. The Aeon of Osiris had been succeeded by that of Horus. The Magical Formula of the Aeon being no longer that of the Dying god but that o the Crowned and Conquering Child, mankind is to govern itself accordingly. A "righteous" act may b…