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…ous and full of animal life. Luna the age of childhood and innocence, unsmirched and white as the planet herself. Each will have its own ritual, arranged for the purpose of illustrating the particular deity to which it is devoted ; each ritual will be both poetic and musical. Verses of the great poets appro- priate to the planet and all that the planet represents will be re- cited, and the ideas suggested to the spectators will be translated into inspired music by an accomplished violin player. There will further be mystical dances by a brillia…
1910 · PDF PAGE 10
…e a haze, through which I saw a small white statue, illumined by a tiny lamp hung high on the cornice. A brother recited “ the banishing ritual of the Pentagram ” impressively and with due earnestness. Another brother was com- manded to “ purify the Temple with water.” This was done. Then we witnessed the “ Consecration of the Temple with Fire ” where- upon Crowley, habited in black, and accompanied by the brethren, led “ the Mystic Circumambulation.” They walked round the altar twice or thrice in a sort of religious procession. Gradually, one …
1910 · PDF PAGE 11
…re is any higher form of artistic expression than great verse and great music I have yet to learn it. I do not pretend to understand the ritual that runs like a thread of magic through these meetings of the A∴ A∴ I do not even know what the A∴ A∴ is. But I do know that the whole ceremony was impressive, artistic, and produced in those present such a feel- ing as Crowley must have had when he wrote : So shalt thou conquer Space, and lastly climb The walls of Time ; And by the golden path the great have trod Reach up to God ! THE WHY AND HOW OF E…
1910 · PDF PAGE 12
…eason 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 seek. It is spoken of in all religions, usua…
1910 · PDF PAGE 13
… no experience at all. Only the simplest formulas will be used, so that even those who are quite unfamiliar with the methods and aims of ritual may obtain the result, and comprehend the method. Yet they will be profound and perfect, so that even those who are already skilful may obtain further success. Let us add a short analysis of the present series of rites ; they may be taken as illustrating Humanity, its fate both good and evil. Man, unable to solve the Riddle of Existence, takes counsel of Saturn, extreme old age. Such answer as he can ge…