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Page 95 of 1301954 · PDF PAGE 118
…end in whom they trusted, lifted up his heel against them. It was in this conjuncture that the Yellow adepts sent forth into the Western world a messenger, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, with the distinct mission to destroy, on the one hand, the crude schools of Christianity, and, on the other, to eradicate the materialism from Physical Science. She made the necessary connection with Edward Maitland and Anna Kingsford, who were trying rather helplessly to put the exoteric formulae of the White School into the hands of students , and with the secret…
1909 · PDF PAGE 272
…e Arrangement of the Temple in the 1° = 10° Ritual (second part). seven planets and the seven Qabalistic Palaces of Assiah, the material world which answer to the seven apocalyptic churches of Asia Minor, and these again represent, on a higher plane, the seven lamps before the throne.” f * See 777, col. cxl., p. 27, “Twelve Banners of the Name,” and Revelations, xxi, 19, 20. T See 777, col. xxxvi., p. 11. 264
1909 · PDF PAGE 272
…e Arrangement of the Temple in the 1° = 10° Ritual (second part). seven planets and the seven Qabalistic Palaces of Assiah, the material world which answer to the seven apocalyptic churches of Asia Minor, and these again represent, on a higher plane, the seven lamps before the throne.” f * See 777, col. cxl., p. 27, “Twelve Banners of the Name,” and Revelations, xxi, 19, 20. T See 777, col. xxxvi., p. 11. 264
1922 · PDF PAGE 103
…act that we had so much more time to think than other people assured us of this. We were like a leash of greyhounds, and the rest of the world so many hares, but the disproportion of speed was immensely increased. It was the airman against the wagoner. We went to bed early that night. We had already got a little tired of Paris. The pace was too slow for us. It was rather like sitting at a Wagner opera. There were some thrilling moments, of course, but most of the time we were bored with long and monotonous passages like the dialogue between Wot…
1944 · PDF PAGE 11
… will” which she has stored in this Treasury of Truth and Beauty flow forth from the Splendour and Strength of her work to enlighten the world; may this Tarot serve as a chart for the bold seamen of the New Aeon, to guide them across the Great Sea of Understanding to the City of the Pyramids! The accompanying booklet was dashed off by Aleister Crowley, without help from par‐ ents. Its perusal may be omitted with advantage. S. H. Soror I.W.E. 8°=3° A A
1954 · PDF PAGE 27
… Equinoxes, of that five year period. Ten enormous issues appeared in all. After 1914 there was a hiatus of five years, corresponding to World War I, when Crowley was domiciled in the U.S. He called it a five year period of silence, which was ultimately broken by the appearance of another large volume bound in blue cloth-called colloquially the Blue Equinox. No others were published; there was no more money available. By students of occultism, these volumes were regarded as a veritable gold mine of occult lore. Most who bought them were far les…
1929 · PDF PAGE 241
…egin to be recognized as the one poet in England: "Good," I say to myself, "I needn't bother about that any more." I acquire most of the world's records as a mountaineer --- that lets me out. Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus. I reach eminence in Magick; it is the signal for me to drop it; in mysticism, and I lose my interest. Now, charged by the Secret Chiefs of the Third Order with a mission of such importance that the last event in the world's history of importance, even approaching it, was Mohammed's, I get cold feet, carr…
1905 · PDF PAGE 187
…e and irretrievable ruin:— ‘ The temple of their God is broken down ; Yea, Mammon’s shrine is cleansed ! The house of her That cowed the world with her malignant frown, And drove the Celt to exile and despair, Is battered now—God’s fire destroys the town ; London admits God’s air.’ “ The other nations fare little better ; impartial justice is meted out to all :— ‘ O German Empire ! Let thy sons beware O piteous fallen tyranny of Spain ! Fall, Austria ! In the very day and hour. And thou, foul oligarchy of the West.’ “ One country alone receives…
1910 · PDF PAGE 200
…s probably not determined by the antecedents in consciousness. Its essential characteristic being the unity of Subject and Object, a new world is revealed. Samadhi is but an expansion of this, so far as I can see. The slaying of any of these thoughts often leaves their echoes gradually dying away. Now that we have come to the end of this long chapter, let us turn back on the upward slope and survey the road which winds beneath us, and lose not heart when but little of it can be seen, for the mountain’s side is steep, and the dis- tance from our…
1910 · PDF PAGE 200
…s probably not determined by the antecedents in consciousness. Its essential characteristic being the unity of Subject and Object, a new world is revealed. Samadhi is but an expansion of this, so far as I can see. The slaying of any of these thoughts often leaves their echoes gradually dying away. Now that we have come to the end of this long chapter, let us turn back on the upward slope and survey the road which winds beneath us, and lose not heart when but little of it can be seen, for the mountain’s side is steep, and the dis- tance from our…
1929 · PDF PAGE 101
…l, not speaking to any man except her chosen, not leaving the protection of the circle, not communicating with the outer and uninitiated world; but, on the other [145] hand, devoting herself wholly to the invocation of the Moon. Then she clothed her in a specially prepared and consecrated garment. It was not of the same pattern as those of the Order; it was a loose vestment of pale blue covered with silver tissue; and the secret sigils of the moon were woven cunningly upon its hem. It was frail, but of great volume; and the effect was that the …
1929 · PDF PAGE 165
… else does, naturally." "Naturally!" "Yes, naturally. You have to be saved from all worry and annoyance; and if there's one thing in the world more annoying and worrying than a wife, it's a husband! With the others, you have nothing to quarrel about; and if you try it on Brother Onofrio, in particular, he simply sets in motion a deadly and hostile current of will by which you would fall slain or paralyzed, as if blasted by the lightning flash! Click!" Iliel laughed; and then Sister Clara appeared with the rest of the garrison, the boys and maid…
1904 · PDF PAGE 11
… in that witty and high- thinking informal club which met nightly at the restaurant Au Chien Rouge, whose members are so honoured in the world of Art. There he met C . . . the brilliant but debauched sculptor, caustic of wit, though genial to his friends ; N . . . , the great painter, whos royal sense of light made his can- vases into a harmonious dream ; he also the sweet friend of Bacchus, who filled him with a glow and melody of colour and thought. There, too, were D . . . and L . . . , the one poet and philosopher, the other painter and …
1910 · PDF PAGE 92
… the brain, and this is why chastity has always been considered the highest virtue. . . . That is why in all the religious orders in the world that have produced spiritual giants, you will always find this intense chastity insisted upon... .* If people practise Raja-Yoga and at the same time lead an impure life, how can they expect to become Yogis? t * Certainly not in the case of the Mahometan Religion and its Sufi Adepts, who drank the vintage of Bacchus as well as the wine of Iacchus. The question of Chastity is again one of those which rest…
1910 · PDF PAGE 92
… the brain, and this is why chastity has always been considered the highest virtue. . . . That is why in all the religious orders in the world that have produced spiritual giants, you will always find this intense chastity insisted upon... .* If people practise Raja-Yoga and at the same time lead an impure life, how can they expect to become Yogis? t * Certainly not in the case of the Mahometan Religion and its Sufi Adepts, who drank the vintage of Bacchus as well as the wine of Iacchus. The question of Chastity is again one of those which rest…
1922 · PDF PAGE 112
…nexpectedly visited by Apollo and Venus. We palpitated not only with our internal ecstasy but with the intoxicating sense that the whole world admired and envied us. We made them feel like the contents of a waste-paper basket. The head waiter himself became a high priest. He rose to the situation like the genius he was. He was mentally on his knees as he ventured to advise us in the choice of our lunch. It seemed to us the tribute of inferior emperors. And there was that fellow King Lamus five or six tables away |! The man with him was a French…
1904 · PDF PAGE 104
…ds the Optimist to keep him company; over their firesides all goes well, but it is a sad shipwreck they suffer on emerging into the cold world. This is why those who seek to buttress up religion are so anxious to prove that the universe has no real existence, or only a temporary and relatively unimportant one; the result is of course the usual self-destruc- tive Advaitist muddle. The precepts of m orality and religion are thus of use, of vital use to us, in restraining the more violent forces alike of nature and of man. For unless la w and orde…
1911 · PDF PAGE 65
THE VISION AND THE VOICE foundation of the world he shall reveal unto his chosen. And they shall have power over every spirit of the Ether; and of the earth and under the earth; on dry land and in the water; of whirling air and of rushing fire. And they shall have power over all the inhabitants of the earth, and every scourge of God shall be subdued beneath their feet. The angels shall come unto them and walk with them, and the great gods of heaven shall be their guests. But I must sit apart, with dust upon my head, discrowned and desolate. I m…
1922 · PDF PAGE 58
…on of legislation to petty officialdom. About six months ago I imported some tobacco, rolls of black perique, the best and purest in the world. By-and-by I got tired of cutting it up, and sent it to a tobacconist for the purpose. Oh, dear no, quite impossible without a permit from the Custom House! I suppose I really ought to give myself up to the police. Yes, as one gets into the full swing of cocaine, one loses all consciousness of the bumpy character of this funny old oblate spheroid. One is really very much more competent to deal with the a…
1922 · PDF PAGE 226
… for the moon and the stars, and to furnish the scenery of our heavenly hell. September 17 The Grangeis certainly the finest housein the world. There is only one drawback. We didn’t want callers. County society is all rightin its way; but tigers don't hunt in packs, especially on the honeymoon. So we had to send the word around that the precarious state of my health made it impossible for us to receive. Rather an obvious lie, motoring the way we were. The ‘plane had come back from Deal, but we didn’t do any flying. Cockie gave various reasons; …