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…ately described in “Science and Buddhism.” [See Crowley, Collected Works.] 84. And of these modes of Truth: Hast thou not passed through knowledge of all mis- ery—truth the first? 85. Hast thou not conquered the Maras’ King at Tsi, the portal of assembling—truth the second? 86. Hast thou not sin at the third gate destroyed, and truth the third attained? 87. Hast thou not entered Tau, the “Path” that leads to knowledge—the fourth truth? The reference to the “Maras’ King” confuses the second truth with the third. [See “Science and Buddhism.”] The…
1919 · PDF PAGE 454
…ed be a Treadmill if one always remained in this Salvation Army mood. 99. Thou shalt attain the seventh step and cross the gate of final Knowledge, but only to wed woe—if thou would’ st be Tathagata, follow upon thy predecessor's steps, remain unselfish till the endless end. Thou art enlightened—choose thy way. The anti-climax is now complete. Knowledge is by no means the last step. Knowledge has been finished with even by the Master of the Temple, and all this question of wedding woe, remaining unselfish till the endless end, is but poetic bom…
1919 · PDF PAGE 374
…o save life is murder. 33. Shalt thou abstain from action? Not so shall gain thy Soul her freedom. To reach Nirvana one must reach Self- Knowledge, and Self-Knowledge is of loving deeds the child. Continues the subject. The basis of knowledge is experi- ence. 34. Have patience, Candidate, as one who fears no failure, courts no success. Fix thy Soul’s gaze upon the star whose ray thou art, the flaming star that shines within the lightless depths of ever-being, the boundless fields of the Unknown. 52
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LIBER CAVSE already quite enough knowledge to enable it or its mem- bers to formulate a magical link with the adepts. io. Shortly after this, one called S.R.M.D. announced that he had formulated such a link, and that himself and two others were to govern the Order. New and revised rituals were issued, and fresh knowledge poured out in streams. 11. We must pass over the unhappy juggleries which characterized the next period. It has throughout proved impossible to elucidate the complex facts. We content ourselves, then, with observing that the de…
1919 · PDF PAGE 218
… of the O.T.O. are very numerous. These are the principal: 1° They have not only access to, but instruction in, the whole body of hidden knowledge preserved in the Sanctuary from the beginning of its manifestation. In the lower grades the final secrets are hinted, and conveyed in symbol, beneath veil, and through sacrament. In this way the intelligence of the initiate is called into play, so that he who well uses the knowledge of the lower grades may be selected for invitation to the higher, where all things are declared openly. 2° They become …
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…ical Power. It is highly desirable that Aspirants to this grade should have attained the 9th degree of O.T.O., in which case much secret knowledge is offered them besides that openly published. The methods of examination for the Inner College differ therefore from those employed in the Outer. Additional publications will be referred, as they are is- sued, to the proper course. The Exempt Adept will possess a thorough knowledge of all these courses, and present a thesis of his own, as a gen- eral Epitome of his own Attainment as reflected in the…
1919 · PDF PAGE 109
…, attaining absolute conviction by direct experience, not merely reason- ing and calculating what is probable. And to each will come the knowledge of his finite will, whereby one is poet, one prophet, one worker in steel, another in jade. But also to each be the knowledge of his infinite Will, his destiny to per- form the Great Work, the realization of his True Self. Of this Will let me therefore speak clearly unto all, since it per- taineth unto all. Understand now that in yourselves is a certain discon- tent. Analyse well its nature: at the e…
1919 · PDF PAGE 271
…I. I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. Iam Life, and the giver of Life; yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. Iam alone; there is no God where I am. The DEAcON and all rise to their feet, with the Hail- ing sign. Tue Deacon. But ye, O my people, rise up and awake. Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty. There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride. A feast for the three days of the writing o…
1919 · PDF PAGE 387
…omes an Arahat in seven more incarnations. “Siddhis’”—magic powers.) 57. Tell him, O Aspirant, that true devotion may bring him back the knowledge, that knowledge which was his in former births. The deva-sight and deva-hearing are not obtained in one short birth. The promise in this verse is less difficult to believe. By true devotion is meant a devotion which does not depend upon its object. The highest kind of love asks for no return. It is however misleading to say that “deva-sight and deva- hearing are not obtained in one short birth,” as t…
1919 · PDF PAGE 108
…reated and self-supported, each the sole centre of the Universe. Now as by Light ye beheld, by Love ye feel. There is an ecstacy of pure Knowledge, and another of pure Love. And this Love is the force that uniteth things diverse, for the con- templation in Light of their Oneness. Know that the Uni- verse is not at rest, but in extreme motion whose sum is Rest. And this understanding that Stability is Change, and Change Stability, that Being is Becoming, and Becoming Being, is the Key to the Golden Palace of this Law. Lastly, by Liberty is the p…
1919 · PDF PAGE 418
…r proceeding appears blind and stupid. In the lower stages there is only one way right, and all the rest wrong. You are to aspire to the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, and of course to do any other things which may subserve that one purpose; but nothing else. And of course it is a mistake, unless under very special circum- stances, to perform any miracles, on the ground that they diminish the supreme energy reserved for the performance of the Main Task. It will be remembered that the Knowl- edge and Conversation of the H…
1919 · PDF PAGE 143
… seen the need of the World, have found that books (hitherto my dearest companions) have no longer any word to say to me—have found that knowledge (relative) or what I thought was knowledge, is of no avail to supply the need of all that other part of my Being that my great God-love would give it. I who have conquered Fear and Death, am now confronted with the fact that without Absolute Knowledge all is vain. I am going to ask the One Last Question. WHY? I have written it. An awful stillness falls. I am alone in my lodgings, I have no money, and…
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…Self of my self, Thou All, wherein all dissolves and be- comes Thy Being. I invoke Thee. Oh Thou Existence of Existences, Thou Knower of Knowledge, wherein knowledge of all else is lost. I Invoke Thee. Oh Thou Bliss Absolute, Thou One without a second, Thou in Whom Time and Space no longer exist. I invoke Thee. Oh Thou, who when I think of Thee art God, who when I cease to think of Thee art My self, may I be lost in THEE. Yet never shall I be lost, for Thou Art, who art not. Oh Beloved, I come to Thee when I realize that never have I moved thro…
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…Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 1. The O.T.O. is a body of initiates in whose hands are concentrated the wisdom and the knowledge of the follow- ing bodies: HoHFOOMPNAKHRYYH 4 bd HoHBw The Gnostic Catholic Church. The Order of the Knights of the Holy Ghost. The Order of the Illuminati. The Order of the Temple (Knights Templar). The Order of the Knights of St. John. The Order of the Knights of Malta. The Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal. The Hermetic Brotherhood of Light. The Holy O…
1919 · PDF PAGE 201
…lted to one lure divine Of her red mouth pressed to mine, T had neither heard nor seen Nor felt the Idalian. Between My soul and all its knowledge of The universe of light and love, Thought, being, nature, time and space, The Mother’s heart, the Father’s face, All that was agony or bliss, Stretched an infinite abyss. All that behind me! but my soul, With no star left to point the pole, Witless and banned of grace or goal, Beggared of all its wealth, bereft Of all its images, unweft Its magic web, its tools all broken, Its Name forgot, its Word …
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…combine and centralize their activities, even as white light, divided in a prism, may be recomposed. It embodies the whole of the secret knowledge of all Orien- tal Orders; and its chiefs are initiates of the highest rank, and recognized as such by all capable of such recognition in every country in the world. In more remote times, the constituent originating assem- blies of the O.T.O. included such men as: Fohi Hippolytus Laotze Merlin Siddartha Arthur Krishna Titurel Tahuti Amfortas Ankh-f-n-khonsu Percivale Herakles Mosheh Orpheus Odysseus 1…
1919 · PDF PAGE 107
…s Law unto everyone that holdeth himself holy. It is I, not another, that willeth your whole Freedom, and the arising within you of full Knowledge and Power. Behold! the Kingdom of God is within you, even as the Sun standeth eternal in the heavens, equal at midnight and at noon. He riseth not: he setteth not: it is but the shadow of the earth which concealeth him, or the clouds upon her face. Let me then declare unto you this Mystery of the Law, as it hath been made known unto me in divers places, upon the mountains and in the deserts, but also…
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… Law of Gravitation is the most uni- versal example of such a tendency. 64. Still greater he, in whom the Self Divine has slain the very knowledge of desire. This verse refers to a stage in which the Master has got 66
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…ty. This course is specially adapted to facilitate the Task proper to the Grade of Adeptus Minor, the Attainment of Raja-Yoga and of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. COURSE VIII Liper CCXX. Lrper L Vex Lecis Sub Figura CCXX. as delivered by XCIII. unto DCLXVI. This book is the foundation of the New Aeon, and thus of the whole of our Work. LizerI. Liper B Vet Maci. This is an account of the Grade of Magus, the highest grade which it is ever possible 37
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… A... with a brief description of the contents of each book. This course of reading will furnish the Probationer with a thorough general knowledge of the whole system of At- tainment, and of the practices tending to this goal, so that he may choose freely as to what way he will take in his Beginning. For this is always left by the A... A.. to his Free Will; They only begin to advise and criticize him on the information supplied to Them by himself in the Magical Record which he prepares for Their Instruction. COURSE III The following books are o…