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…ot been inactive, Cyril," added the old man. "I have had my eye on our young friend for a long time. I put my hand on him at the right moment. I showed him that spying was a dog's [334] game, with a dog's death at the end of it. He has renounced his errors, and he is now a Probationer of our Holy Order." The young men greeted each other, the Turk stammering out an appeal for pardon, the other laughing off his embarrassment. "But you are ill, Cyril!" cried Sister Cybele. And in truth the boy could hardly stand. "Action and reaction are equal and…
1905 · PDF PAGE 221
CARMEN SAECULARE * 1900 “PROLOGUE. Who calls m2 coward? Let them wait awhile! Shall I THE EXILE. i Bow down a loyal head to fate: despair and “The Sun, surmounted by a red rose, shining ; die: on a mossy bank."! I hear the sea roll strong and pure that bore me far OVER the western water lies a solar fire, ; ‘From Méalfourvinie’s! scalp, gray moor and Kapt lives and drunken ecstasies of sad lonely scaur ; desire ) I hear the waves together mutter in counsel Poppies and lonely flag-flowers haunt the deep : desolate I hear the thunder the winds ut…
1913 · PDF PAGE 468
…ng, and the church was beginning to grow dark. The Archbishop, his arms raised to heaven, lighted by a last ray which penetrated the casements of the nave, stood out upon a dark background, where one could scarcely distinguish a pedestal without a statue, on which were written these two words of the Passion of Christ: Ecce Homo! and farther in the background, an apocalyptic painting representing the four plagues ready to let themselves loose upon the world, and the whirlwinds of hell, following the dusty traces of the pale horse of death. Befor…
1913 · PDF PAGE 468
…ng, and the church was beginning to grow dark. The Archbishop, his arms raised to heaven, lighted by a last ray which penetrated the casements of the nave, stood out upon a dark background, where one could scarcely distinguish a pedestal without a statue, on which were written these two words of the Passion of Christ: Ecce Homo! and farther in the background, an apocalyptic painting representing the four plagues ready to let themselves loose upon the world, and the whirlwinds of hell, following the dusty traces of the pale horse of death. Befor…
1929 · PDF PAGE 102
…Mythopoeia in that particular form called Disease of Lan- miage. Thoth, God of Magick, was merely a man who invented writing, as his monuments déclaré clearly enough. “Gramarye”, Magick, is.only the Greek “Gramma”. So also the old name of a Magical Ritual, “Grimoire”, is merely a Grammar. It appeared marvellous to the vulgar that men should be able to communicate at a distance, and they began to attribute other powers, merely invented, to the people who were able to Write. The Wand is then nothing but the pen; the Cup, the Inkpot; the Dagger, t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 11
…ittee of the London County Council, I WILL not bring abuse to point my pen, Nor a sarcastic tongue. Think only what you might be, before men, If you were young. What fierce temptations might not lovers bring In London’s wicked city? Perhaps you might yourself have one wee fling, If you were pretty. What might not hard starvation drive you to, With Death so near and sure? Perhaps it might drive even virtuous you, If you were poor. But is it just, or grateful to the One That keeps even you from wrong, Or even humble to shriek, ‘‘ Get you gone, - …
1929 · PDF PAGE 73
…e, and so is ready to set out on his journey to redeem the world. But he may not appear in this true form; the Vision of Pan would drive men mad with fear. He must conceal Himself in his original guise. He therefore becomes apparently the man that he was at the beginning; he lives the life of a man; indeed, he is wholly man. But his initiation has made him master of the Event by giving him the understanding that whatever happens to him is the execution of his true will. Thus the last stage of his initiation is expressed in our formula as the fi…
1930 · PDF PAGE 37
…t in his ways, and liberty to pursue them. Thus doing, he payeth his debt to the Law that hath freed him by working its will to free ail men; and he proveth himself a true man in our Order by willing to bring his fellows into freedom. By thus ordering his disposition, he will fit himself in the best possible manner for the task of understanding and mastering the divers technical methods prescribed by the A A for Mystical and M agi cal attainment. He will thus préparé himself properly for the crisis of his career in the Order, the attainment of …
1930 · PDF PAGE 48
… Therion’s account of the Astral Plane, His Qabalistic discoveries, His instructions in Magick. They may be correct in the main for most men; yet they cannot be wholly true for any save Him, even as no two artists can make identical pictures of the same subject. More, even in fundamentals, though these things be Truth for ail Mankind, as we carelessly say, any one particular Magician may be the one man for whom they are false. May not the flag that seems red to ten thousand seem green to some one other? Then, every man and every woman being a S…
1996 · PDF PAGE 130
…on the people it was intended to benefit; it has been asi nine presumption on the part of the intellectuals to consider a smattering of mental acquirements of universal benefit. It is a form of sectarian bigotry. We should recognize the fact that the vast majority of human beings have no ambition in life beyond mere ease and animal happiness. We should allow these people to fulfil their destinies without interference. We should give every opportunity to the ambitious, and thereby establish a class of morally and intellectually superior men and…
1929 · PDF PAGE 91
…of the item which you recall. The only reliable recollections* which présent themselves with serenity are invariably connected with what men call disasters. Instead of the feeling of being caught in the slips, one has that of being missed at the wicket. One has the sly satisfaction of having done an outrageously foolish thing and got off scot free. When one sees life in perspective, it is an immense relief to discover that things like bankruptcy, wedlock, and the gallows made no particular différence. They were only accidents such as might happ…
1906 · PDF PAGE 200
…n they were placarded with rival posters— Ne buvez pas de |’Alcool ! L’Alcool est un poison ! and Buvez de |’Alcool ! L’Alcool est un aliment ! We know now that alcohol is a food up to a certain amount; the precept, good enough for a rough rule as it stands, will not bear close inspection. What Buddha really commands, with that grim humour of his, is: Avoid Intoxi- cation. But what is intoxication? unless it be the loss o! power to use perfectly a truth-telling set of faculties. If I walk unsteadily it is owing to nervous lies—and so for all th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 126
…ses to do what you want, and she will always comply if you say a few nice things to her.2 You can always use the body inhabited by an elemental, such as an eagle, hare, wolf, or any convenient animal, by making a very simple compact. You take over the res- ponsibility for the animal, thus building it up into your own magical hierarchy. This represents a tremendous gain to the animal. 3 It competely fulfils its ambition by an alliance of this extremely intimate sort with a Star. The magician, on the other hand, is able to transform and retransfo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 235
…mise that I have told my idea to General Cripps. It convinced him that I am an imbecile or a joker." That was his "fact," his master-argument. It told heavily. The face of Foch grew instantly keen and eager with all expectation. "Let me hear it!" The General reached for a memorandum. Grey laughed. In a few words he repeated his theory of the German plans. "But it is certain!" cried Foch. "One moment; excuse me; I must telephone." He left the room. In five minutes he was back. "Rest easy, Captain Grey," he said, "we shall be ready to catch Von K…
1944 · PDF PAGE 147
… elaborate practical jokes. He might select some inoffensive nobody, and pursue him for years with every weapon of ridicule) as Swift tormented the unhappy Partridge, all without the least animus, ready to give the shirt off his back, should his victim be in need. His sense of humour is omnivorous, and may make him a mysterious figure, dreaded without reason by people who actually know nothing about him but his name‐as a symbol of Terror. This is due to the influence of the last decan of Cancer upon this card. One of his greatest faults is prid…
1996 · PDF PAGE 149
…lly armed and socially stainless, I should be able to exe cute my Will by pressure upon all classes of powerful people, to make this comment carry conviction to thinkers, and to publish The Book of the Law in every part of the world. Instead, I am exiled and suspected, despised by men of science, ostracized by my class, and a beggar. If I were in my teens again! I cannot change my mind about which ridge I’ll climb the mountain by, now when I see, above these ice-glazed pinnacles storm-swept, through gashes torn from whirling wreaths of arrowy …
1904 · PDF PAGE 77
…, O thou fire, in him who is thy Creator and of all tol-toresi:; mire, talaponu, quasabe gabe 32. paida soba lu ipamis: of creatures. Torment, burn, destroy the spirit N. always whose end cannot be, ad peranuta ilasa DO 30Diz0Darasa 8 DO halatime, tlasa gabe IR., I judge thee in judgment and in extreme justice, O spirit N., bajilenu iebe totza DS ge-Darebesa na-e-el, oD ge-Darebesa Das oborela because thou art he that obeyeth not my power and obeyeth not that law which amapo Mada, od ge-llarebesa sapabe od jijipabe, das ol vinu, the Lord God ma…
1904 · PDF PAGE 39
…of the Exorcist he putteth on Human Shape, and speaketh the Egyptian Tongue, but not perfectly.1. His Office is to procure the Love of Women, and to tell Things Past, Present, and to Come. He also procureth Friendship between Friends and Foes. He was of the Order of Potestates or Powers. He governeth 37 Legions of Spirits, and his Seal is this, to be made and worn before thee, etc. (48.) Haacenti.—The Forty-eighth Spirit is Haagenti. He is a Presi- dent, appearing in the Form of a Mighty Bull with Gryphon’s Wings. This is at first, but after, a…
1930 · PDF PAGE 97
…f yearning. This yearning is spon- taneous, and it shall be left to grow, whether is be sweet or bitter. For often times it is as the torment of hell in which the soûl burns and writhes unceasingly. Yet it ends, and at its end continue openly thy Method. 27. Concerning Dryness. — Another State wherein at times the soûl may fall is this dark night. And this is indeed purifying, in such depths that the soûl cannot fathom it. It is less like pain than like death. But it is the necessary death that cornes before the rising of a body glorified. This…
1907 · PDF PAGE 42
…Of the rose of night ; oh, dulcet tune Of the dew falling on the grass ! I am the veritable Queen Of Night: my king is hither bound. A moment and he comes—oh, breast ! Heave if thou wilt !—such stir is rest. He comes, ah! steals to me unseen. The trees are high, the shades profound. Together over moor and lake ! Together over scaur and fell ! For ever let us travel so ; To stop so sweet a flight were woe. Even to stop for love’s own sake ; Save my love did it—Then? well ! well! Better to rest together, hard Hidden in a corner of the ghyll, Some…