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THE WAY Lam is the Tibetan word for Way or Path, and Lama is He who Goeth, the specific title of the Gods of Egypt, the Treader of the Path, in Buddhistic phraseology. Its numerical value is 71, the number of this book.
… lest it soil the Higher. The Student is told to ‘guard’ the lower, that is to say he should protect and strengthen it in every possible way, never allowing it to grow disproportionately or to overstep its boundaries. 66. The way to final freedom is within thy SELF. In this verse we find the “SELF” identified with the Uni- verse. 67. That way begins and ends outside of Self. The Ego, i.e. that which is opposed by the non-Ego, has to be destroyed. 68. Unpraised by men and humble is the mother of all riv- ers, in Tirthika’s proud sight; empty the…
…he most successful courtesans are those who have the most tricks in their bags. I will not argue that this complexity is better than the Way of the Tao. It is probably a perversion of taste, a spiritual caviar. But as the poet says: It may seem to you strange: The fact is—I like it! 81. For itis written: “Teach to eschew all causes; the rip- ple of effect, as the great tidal wave, thou shalt let run its course.” This verse apparently contradicts completely the long philippic against inaction, for the Object of those who counsel non-action is to…
…he man who does not go through his appointed work in life—has lived in vain. This verse repeats this lesson yet once more. It is another way of saying: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 51. Follow the wheel of life; follow the wheel of duty to race and kin, to friend and foe, and close thy mind to pleas- ures as to pain. Exhaust the law of Karmic retribution. Gain Siddhis for thy future birth. This again states the same thing, urges the aspirant to live his life fully on every plane, preserving, it is true, an in- difference to a…
…y. With these consid- erations, and a full understanding of the mysteries of the Numbers 666 and 418, you will be armed mightily in this Way of far flight. But you should also consider all numbers in their scales. For there is no means of resolution better than this of pure mathematics, since already therein are gross ideas made fine, and all is ordered and ready for the Alchemy of the Great Work. Thave already written to you of how, in the Will of Love, Light ariseth as the secret part of Life. And in the first, the little, Loves, the attained…
…ws claim The foot’s fleet ecstasy aflame. And having uttered my thanksgiving Thus for the sacrament of living, Tlit my pipe, and made my way To break fast, and the labour of the day.
…ortrait by Henry B. Camp 129 THE LAMEN OF FRATER V.LO. 169 THE PANTACLE OF FRATER V.I.0. 170 BAPHOMET.—Portrait by Arnold Genthe 197 THE WAY, by Aleister Crowley Supplement 3
…f dots for the last paragraph of this verse. It is that final scene of Parsifal, which words are unfitted to express. 71. Henceforth thy way is clear right through Virya gate, the fifth one of the Seven Portals. Thou art now on the way that leadeth to the Dhyana haven, the sixth, the Bodhi Portal. 72. The Dhyana gate is like an alabaster vase, white and transparent; within there burns a steady golden fire, the flame of Pragnyé that radiates from Atmé. Thou art that vase. 118
THE EQUINOX to manifest in any way whatever upon this plane. Or so it is said by the Masters of the Temple. Liser LXVI. Liser STELLA Ruse#&. A secret ritual, the Heart of IAO-OAI, delivered into V.V.V.V.V. for his use in a certain matter of Liber Legis, and written down under the figure LX VI. Lizer CLVI. Liser CHeTH VEL VALLuM ABIEGNI Sub Figura CLVI. This book is a perfect account of the task of the Exempt Adept, considered under the symbols of a particular plane, not the intellectual. Liser XLIV. Tue Mass or THE PHenix. A Ritual of the Law. …
…rotherhood, through Whom this Law was obtained, is a Body of the highest Initiates, pledged to aid mankind. It offers instruction in the Way of Spiritual Progress and Illumination to individual seekers. The work of the A..A.. is called Scientific Iluminism. This may be briefly expressed by quoting Its motto: “The method of Science; the aim of Religion.” Every seeker is taught how to realise Truth for himself, by means accurate and well-tested. The O.T.O. is the first of the great religious Societies to accept the Law. It trains groups by way of…
…. Outside these, one can think of no one, except the very reticent Rudolf Steiner, who betrays practical acquaintance with the Path. The way to discover whether a Teacher knows anything about it or not is to do the work yourself, and see if your understanding of him improves, or whether he fobs you off in your hour of need with remarks on Virtue. 3. Which wilt thou choose, O thou of dauntless heart? The Samtan of “Eye Doctrine,’ fourfold Dhyana, or thread thy way through Péramités, six in number, noble gates of virtue leading to Bodhi and to Pr…
…s treatise is ap- parently silent with regard to them. Does any one regret it? It isn’t the Path that is weary: it is the Sermons on the way. 14. For, O Disciple! before thou wert made fit to meet thy Teacher face to face, thy MASTER light to light, what wert thou told? The old trouble recurs. We cannot tell quite clearly in what stage the Disciple is supposed to be with regard to any given piece of instruction. 15. Before thou canst approach the foremost gate thou hast to learn to part thy body from thy mind, to dissipate the shadow, and to li…
THE EQUINOX where was no art to cut or polish, so that they look like bits of glass or half-sucked sweetmeats? The art of Russia has always been either without art, or with art derived. Napoleon was probably in an extremely bad temper when he spoke of Saint Basil’s as “that mosque,” but it is a mosque. It is probably the greatest building in the world in its peculiar way, but that way is the way of the mosque, even more so than St. Mark’s or the cathedral at Granada. But the great Russians are not less because they have been compelled to wear c…
… to the common mind. All evil is thus relative, or apparent, or illusory: but, returning to philosophy, I will repeat that its root is always in duality. Therefore the escape from this apparent evil is to seek the Unity, which you shall do as I have already shewn you. But I will now make mention of that which is written concerning this in the Book of the Law. The first step being Will, Evil appears as by this defini- tion, “all that hinders the execution of the Will.” Therefore is it written: “The word of Sin is Restriction.” It should also be …
…y by the voice of virtue. Woe, then, to thee, Disciple, if there is one single vice thou hast left behind; for then the ladder will give way and overthrow thee; its foot rests in the deep mire of thy sins and failings, and ere thou canst attempt to cross this wide abyss of mat- ter, thou hast to lave thy feet in Waters of Renunciation. Beware lest thou shouldst set a foot still soiled upon the lad- der’s lowest rung. Woe unto him who dares pollute one rung with miry feet. The foul and viscous mud will dry, become tenacious, then glue his feet u…
…’ which would re- quire Six weeks’ work, the last Twelve days of which must be in complete Retirement. At first he could see no possible way to undertake this, owing to, (1) Family Affairs, (2) Office work, (3) Lack of money. He determined however to go ahead in spite of apparent obstacles, and duly made a start at Midnight, August 31. From that time until Sep- tember 18th he was occupied by the Preparatory work, and from Midnight September 18th to Midnight September 30th by the Purity Section. October 1st to October 12th Proper Retirement, and…
THE EQUINOX some way of subtracting one from one which would leave a higher, superior kind of a nothing, or as if there were some way of blowing out a candle which would leave Moses in a much more Egyptian darkness than we ever supposed when we were children. This is not science. This is not business. This is Ameri- can Sunday journalism. The Hindu and the American are very much alike in this innocence, this naiveté which de- mands fairy stories with ever bigger giants. They cannot bear the idea of anything being complete and done with. So, the…
DE LEGE LIBELLVM The second mode is easy, agreeable, not tedious, and in the end as certain as the other. But as the way of error in the former lieth in Discouragement, so in the latter are you to be ware of False Paths. I may say indeed generally of all Works, that there are two dangers, the obstacle of Failure, and the snare of Success. Now this second mode is to dissociate the beings which make up your life. Firstly, because it is easiest, you should segregate that Form which is called the Body of Light (and also by many other names) and set…
…o himself, was over, and at the end of that time, having’ worked hard and well, Those who were guiding and direct- ing his life made the way clear for him, and he found himself in a position to accept the instruction of the A..A.., coming under the direct guidance of Frater O.M. This event must not be supposed to reflect in any way on Frater P.A. for whom he always felt and will feel great love and respect; the circumstances leading up to this change were outside the sphere of influence of Fra V.I.O. and the more difficult to judge owing to his…
THE EQUINOX For know, that all things are masks or symbols of the One Truth, and nature serveth alway to point out the higher per- fection under the veil of the lower perfection. So then all the Art and Craft of human love shall serve you as an hiero- glyphic: for it is written that That which is above is like that which is below: and That which is below is like that which is above. Therefore also doth it behove you to take well heed lest in any manner you fail in this business of purity. For though each act is to be complete on its own plane, …