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Page 1 of 11910 · PDF PAGE 12
…lf that is united to its God ; and for this reason the rapture is more overpowering, the joy more lasting, and the resultant energy more pure and splendid, than in aught earthly. In ritual, therefore, we seek continually to unite the mind to some pure idea by an act of will. This we do again and again more and more passionately, with more and more determination, until at last the mind accepts the domination of the Will, and rushes of its own accord toward the desired object. This surrender of the mind to its Lord gives the holy ecstasy which we…
1910 · PDF PAGE 11
…y climb The walls of Time ; And by the golden path the great have trod Reach up to God ! THE WHY AND HOW OF ECSTASY “ There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign.” SO used some of us to sing in our childhood. And we used to think of this land as far away, farther even than death that in those days seemed so far. But I know this now : that land is not so far as my flesh is from my bones ! It is even Here and Now. If there is one cloud in this tranquil azure, it is this thought ; that conscious beings exist who are not thus infin…
1910 · PDF PAGE 13
8 the pure idea of austerity and melancholy which we call Saturn, or with the idea of force and fire which we call Mars, or with the idea of nature and love which we call Venus, and so for the others, if he becomes identified with this idea the union is one of ecstatic bliss, and its only imperfection is due to the fact that the idea in question, whatever it may be, is only partial. Ecstasy is therefore progressive. Gradually the adept unites himself with holier and higher ideas until he becomes one with the Universe itself, and even with That …
1910 · PDF PAGE 5
…has ever learnt it. Eighteen months ago he started a periodical called “ The Equinox, ” brilliant from first page to last. Some of it is pure literature ; some semi-magical : the greater portion intended for the study of those who see a serious side to Ceremonial Magic. The Equinox has been a great success. Even those who have never heard of the Taro or read Eliphas Levi buy the THE EQUINOX. Aleister Crowley is a poet ; no minor bard twittering in gentle verse the praises of his mistress’s eyelash, but a virile singer, robust