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Page 1 of 21909 · PDF PAGE 91
…some reason or other, Pranayarna is quite easy. Concentrating on Adonai, Iwas in Kam- bhakham for a whole minute without distress. It is true, by the way. I was—and am—in some danger of looking on this Record as a Book; i.e., of emphasising things for their literary effect, and diminishing the importance of others which lend them- selves less obviously. But the answer to this, friend Satan] is that the Canon of Art is Truth, and the Canon of Magic is Truth; my true record will make a good book, and my true book will make a good record. 89
1909 · PDF PAGE 69
…Jack. Demi Clos du Roi. I am sure I made a serious mistake 111 the beginning of this Operation of Magick Art. Iought to have performed a true Equilibration by an hour’s Prana Yama in Asana (even if I had to do it without Kamb- hakham) at midnight, dawn, noon, and sunset, and I should have allowed nothing in heaven above, or in earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth, to have interfered with its due performance. Instead I thought myself such a fine fellow that to get into Asana for a few minutes every midnight and the rest go—as—you-pleas…
1909 · PDF PAGE 129
…eal bed-rock objection to the Eastern systems. They decry all manly virtue as dangerous , and wicked; and they look upon Nature as evil. True enough, everything is evil relatively to Adonai ; for all stain is impurity. A bee’s swarm is evil—inside one’s clothes. “Dirt is matter in the wrong place." It is dirt to connect sex with statuary, morals with art. Only Adonai, who is in a sense the True Meaning of everything, cannot defile any idea. This is a hard saying, though true, for nothing of course is dirtier than to try and use Adonai as a fig—le…
1909 · PDF PAGE 71
…other physical impulses, weather, and so on, and comparing them with the curve of mystic enthusiasm and attainment. Though it is perhaps true that perfect health and (Bien- étre are the bases of any true trance or rapture, it seems unlikely that mere exuberance of the former can excite the latter. In other words there is probably some first matter of the work which is not anything we know of as bodily. On my return to London, I must certainly put the matter before more experienced mathematicians, and if possible, get a graphic analysis of the ki…
1909 · PDF PAGE 46
…i the Lord oversee the Work, that it be per- fect, a sure link with Him, a certain and infallible Conjuration, and Spell, and Working of true Magick Art, that I may invoke Him with success whenever seemeth good unto Him. Unto Him; not unto Me! Is it not written that Except Adonai build the House, they labour in vain that build it? Chez Lavenue. Not feeling like revision, will read through this record. My dinner is to be Bisque d’Ecrevisses, Tournedos Rossini, a Coupe Jack, half a bottle of Meursault, and Coffee. All should now acquit adepts of …
1909 · PDF PAGE 89
…when all is said and done, I am that I am, and all these thoughts of mine, angels and devils both, are only fleeting moods of me. The one true self of me is Adonai. Simple! Yet I cannot remain in that simplicity. I got this “revelation” through the Egyptian plane, a partial illumination of the reason. It has cleared up the mind; but alas! the mind is still there. This is the strength and weakness both of the Egyptian plane, 87
1909 · PDF PAGE 14
…definite effort to break it, perhaps sleep is that chain. But we shall see—so/m'lur ambulando. If any asceti- cism be desirable later on, true wariness will soon detect any danger, and devise a means to meet it and overcome it. Have finished bath and massage, during which I continued steadily but quite gently, “not by a strain laborious and hurtful but with stability void of move- ment,” willing the Presence of Adonai. I ordered a dozen oysters and a beefsteak, and now (1210) find myself wishing for an apple chewed and swallowed by deglutition, as…
1909 · PDF PAGE 55
…f asking my readers to distinguish between the common phenomenon of wandering thought and this phenomenon which is at the very portal of true and perfect concentration ; yet it is most important that the distinction should be seized The further difficulty will occur—I hope I—of distinguishing between the vacancy of the idiot, and that destruction of thought which we call Shivadarshana, or Nirvikalpa—samadhi, [We must again refer the reader to the Hindu classics. —ED.] The only diagnostic I can think of is this; that there is (I can't be sure abo…
1909 · PDF PAGE 24
… Το work ! Work: Meditation and Mantra. No good. Went off into a reverie about a castle and men-at—arms. This had all the qualities of a true dream, yet I was not in any other sense asleep. I soon will be, though. It seems foolish to persist.
1909 · PDF PAGE 48
…a frog" ——were well marked. I am encouraged to spend a few minutes (still in Asana) reading the Shiva Sanhita. Asana very painful again. True, I was doing it very strictly. I notice they give a second stage—trembling of the body—as preliminary to the jumping about like a frog —1 had omitted this, as one is so obviously thefgerm of the other. The Hindus seem to lack a sense of proportion. When the Yogi, by turning his tongue back for one half— minute, has conquered old age, disease and death; then instead of having a good time he patiently (and …
1909 · PDF PAGE 74
…ve! Appear! Come ye forth unto me and torture me with your fierce pangs . . . for why? because I am the Servant of the Same your God, the True Worshipper of the Highest. Ol sonuf vaoresaji, gono Iadapiel. elonusaha cælazod. 1 rule above ye, said the Lord of Lords, exalted in power. [From Dr. Dee's MSS.—ED.] Will now try the Hanged Man again. Very Vigorous and good, my willing of Adonai. . . . I should like to explain the difficulty. It would be easy enough to form a magical Image of Adonai; and He would doubtless inform it. But it would only be a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 136
THE EQUINOX 12.17. trembling kindle itself into a Kiss—and I perceived I34 the true Sacraments—and I beheld in one moment all the mystic visions in one ; and the Holy Graal appeared unto me, and many other inexpressible things were known of me. Also I was given to enjoy the subtle Presence of my Lord interiorly during the whole of this twelfth day. Then Ι besought the Lord that He would take me into His presence eternally even now. But He withdrew Himself, for that I must do that which I was sent hither to do; namely, to rule the earth. Therefo…
1909 · PDF PAGE 33
…1 hours with no real break—not bad. The bad part of to-day seems the Asana, and the deadness. Or, perhaps worse, I fail to apprehend the true magical purport of my work: hence all sort of aimless formulae, leading—naturallyenough—to no result. It just strikes me—it may be this Isis Apophis Osiris IAO formula that I have preached so often. Certainly the first two days were Isis—natural, pleasant, easy events. Most certainly too to-day has been Apophis! Think of the wild cursing and black magic, etc. . . . we must hope for the Osiris section to-mo…
1909 · PDF PAGE 17
… opening of an operation; (b) that I had had two false starts. The final operation is'certainly most favourable; we shall see if it comes true. I can hardly believe it possible. Will now go for a stroll, get some milk, and settle down for the evening. I regret to have to announce that on going across to the Dome with this laudable intention, Nina brought up that red-headed bundle of mischief, Maryt Waska. This being in a way a “bandobast” (and so inviol- able), I took her to dinner, eating an omelette, and l5
1909 · PDF PAGE 76
…ompanions) and open the Pastos ; and with thy Winged Globe thou wilt touch the Rosy Cross upon my breast, and I shall wake into life—the true life that is Union with Thee. So therefore—perinde ac cadaver—I await Thee. I wrote, by the way, on some previous day (IV. 12.57 AM.) that Ι used the Supreme formula of Awaiting. . . . Ridiculous mouse! is it not written in the Book of the
1909 · PDF PAGE 57
…fast humbly with Coffee and Sandwich. May it strengthen me in my search for the Quint— essence, the Stone of the Wise, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness ! I hope (by the way) that I have made it quite clear that all this time even a momentary cessation of active thought has been accompanied by the rising-up of the mantra. The rhythm, in short, perpetually dominates the brain ; and becomes active on every opportunity. The liquid Moslem mantra is much easier to get on to than is the usual Hindu type with its 1% and n sounds pred…
1909 · PDF PAGE 121
…en years’ constant striving. Well, in the upshot, he will get back to Work at once, and hope that his few hours in the world may prove a true strategic movement to the rear, and not a euphemism for rout! There are further serious considerations to be made concerning Adonai. This title for the Unknown Thought was adopted by Ο. Μ. in November, 19--͵ in Upper Burma, on the occasion of his passing through the ordeal and receiving the grade which should be really attributed to Daath (on account of its nature, the 119
1909 · PDF PAGE 90
…? The answer comes direct from Tahuti himself : Because you have learned to write perfectly, but have not yet taught yourself to suffer. True enough, the last part! Asar Un-nefer, thou perfected One, teach me Thy mysteries! Let my members be torn by Set and devoured by Sebek and Typhonl Let my blood be poured out upon Nile, and my flesh be given to Besz to devour! Let my Phallus be concealed in the maw of Mati, and my Crown be divided among my brethren ! Let the jaws of Apep grind me into poison ! Let the sea of poison swallow me wholly up I Let…
1909 · PDF PAGE 65
…ame to me) to Haggerston Town Hall (wherever Haggerston may be; but say it’s Ν.Ε.)͵ thence to Maida Vale. From Maida Vale I could take a true line for Piccadilly again and not go five minutes walk out of my way, bar blind alleys, etc., and I should know when I got close to Scott’s again before I recognised any of the surroundings. It always seems to me that I get an intuition of the direction and length of line A (Scott’s to Haggerston bee—line ; in spite of any winding, it would make little odds if I went via Poplar), another intuition of line …
1909 · PDF PAGE 40
…ife of Nature whose name is Sorrow, and the Word that quickeneth these, and his own self—and when he hath recognised these four in their true nature he passes to the altar once more and as the apex of a descending triangle is admitted to the lordship of the Double Kingdom. Thus is he a member of the visible triad that is crossed with the invisible—behold the hexagram of Solomon the King! All this the Hiereus seals with a knock and at the Hegemon’s new summons he—to his surprise-«finds himself as the Hanged Man of the Tarot. Each point of the figu…