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lingering
farewell ,
and
kisses
upon
kisses ! ”
“ Let the sparks
fly
upward
,
and
the
embers glow
!
We will back
to
our old Gods again
.”
There
is
an
idol
in
my house
By whom the sandal always steams
.
Alone
,
I
make
a
black carouse
With her
to
dominate my dreams
.
With skulls and knives she keeps control
(
O
Mother Kali
!)
of
my soul
.”
Crowley's
interpretation
of
Ceremonial
Magic
,
the
getting
back
to
the
old gods
,
so
to
say
,
is
lucidly
described
,
under the terms
of
a
rational
system
,
in
his
introduction
to
the
“
Goetia
”
of
King Solomon
.
It
is
as follows
:
I
am
not concerned
to
deny the objective reality
of
all
“
magical
”
phenomena
;
if
they are illusions
,
they are
at
least
as
real
as
many unquestioned
facts
of
daily life
;
and
,
if
we follow Herbert Spencer
,
they are
at
least evidence
of
some cause
.
Now
,
this fact
is
our base
.
What
is
the
cause
of
my
illusion
of
seeing
a
spirit
in
the triangle
of
Art
?
Every smatterer
,
every expert
in
psychology
,
will answer
“
That cause lies
in
your brain
.”
English
children
are taught
(
pace the
Education
Act
)
that the
Universe
lies
in
infinite Space
;
Hindu
children
,
in
the Akása
,
which
is
the same thing
.
Those
Europeans
who
go
a
little deeper learn from
Fichte
,
that the phenomenal Universe
is
the
creation
of
the
Ego
;
Hindus
,
or
Europeans
studying
under
Hindu
Gurus
,
are told
,
that by Akása
is
meant
the
Chitakása
.
The Chitakása
is
situated
in
the
“
Third Eye
,”
i.e.
,
in
the
brain
.
By assuming higher dimensions
of
space
,
we can
assimilate this fact
to
Realism
;
but
we have
no
need
to
take
so much trouble
.
This being true for the ordinary Universe
,
that
all
sense
i
The Bride
of
Corinth
,
Goethe
.
2
Gargoyles
,
vol
.
iii,
p
.
97
.