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LIBER CCCXXXIII THE BOOK OF LIES WHICH IS ALSO FALSELY CALLED BREAKS THE WANDERINGS OR FALSIFICA- TIONS OF THE ONE THOUGHT OF WHICH THOUGHT IS ITSELF UNTRUE “Break, break, break At the foot of thy stones, O Sea ! And I would that I could utter The thoughts that arise in me!” LONDON: WIELAND AND CO. 33 AVENUE STUDIOS, SOUTH KENSINGTON 1913
KE®AAH NZ THE DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS Dirt is matter in the wrong place. Thought is mind in the wrong place. Matter is mind; so thought is dirt. Thus argued he, the Wise One, not mindful that all place is wrong. For not until the PLACE is perfected by a T saith he PLACET. The Rose uncrucified droppeth its petals; without the Rose the Cross is a dry stick. Worship then the Rosy Cross, and the Mystery of Two-in-One. And worship Him that swore by His holy T that One should not be One except in so far as it is Two. Iam glad that LAYLAH is afar; no dou…
…ers wept. Next others laughed. Last came those that wept because they could not see the Joke, and those that laughed lest they should be thought not to see the Joke, and thought it safe to act like FRATER PERDURABO. But though FRATER PERDU RABO laughed openly, He also at the same time wept secretly; and in Himself He neither laughed nor wept. Nor did He mean what He said. 23
KE®AAH AZ DRAGONS Thought is the shadow of the eclipse of Luna. Samadhi is the shadow of the eclipse of Sol.
KE@®AAH IIE BORBORYGMI I distrust any thoughts uttered by any man whose health is not robust. All other thoughts are surely symptoms of disease. robust of men express no thoughts at all? They eat, drink, sleep, and copulate in silence. What better proof of the fact that all thought is dis-ease? We are Strassburg geese; the tastiness of our talk comes from the disorder of our bodies. We like it; this only proves that our tastes also are depraved and debauched by our disease.
…bols Mr. Crowley has fashioned his mysticism, we do not stop to determine. Its importance to himis immense; it is the hinge of his whole thought. To us, its importance is simply that it carries him ofteninto excellent poetry. The main intellectual passions which move him will be familiar to all who have studied writers tinged or impregnated with mystical and transcendental thought... “Fnoug h has been said to show that Mr. Crowley's ‘Ambergris ’ is a volume containing notable poetry.”—Wation. “The most interesting volume of new English verse se…
…ow could I forget Time, Age, and Death? Insufferable fret! Were I an hermit, how could I support The pain of consciousness, the curse of thought? Even were I THAT, there still were one sore spot— The Abyss that stretches between THAT and NOT. Still, the first step is not so far away:—
…ve wealth of Concretes. Therefore have Adepts praised silence; at least it does not mislead as speech does. Also, Speech is a symptom of Thought. Yet, silence is but the negative side of Truth; the positive side is beyond even silence. Nevertheless, One True God crieth 2rzliu! And the laughter of the Death-rattle is akin.
KE®AAH NE THE DROOPING SUNFLOWER The One Thought vanished; all my mind was tom to rags: ——— nay! nay! my head was mashed into wood pulp, and thereon the Daily Newspaper was printed. Thus wrote I, since my One Love was torn from me. I cannot work: I cannot think: I seek distraction here: I seek distraction there: but this is all my truth, that Z who love have lost; and how may 1 regain? I must have money to get to America. O Mage! Sage! Gauge thy Wage, or in the Page of thine Age is written Rage! O my darling! We should not have spent Ninety Pou…
…dge’ wields a wonderful pen, much of his workis exceed- ingly beautiful... . In conclusion, as far as descrip- tive power and. beauty of thought are concerned, we consider that the author of‘The Tale of Archais’ holds the first place among the latter-day poets.” — Cambridge Magazine. Songs of the Spirit. 35. 6d. Delicate lyrics, illustrating the vague, yet holy aspirations of adolescence. s¢. . . We have read with admiration for its in- tense spirituality, as well as for its technical super- iorities, . .. this volume,in which we are sure of ha…
…nd ‘The Fatal Force’ is also a dramatic poem of singular power. Mr. Crowley has a claim to recognition as a true poet. Most men who have thought deeply on life’s problems recognize that the current religion of nearly all their fellow men is an idle mockery.. We cannot shrink from looking behind the veil, and asking ourselves— What is life at best?. Mr. Crowley seems to hold that the worldis reek- ing with rottenness—and he is, to a great extent, right... . These daring verses contain a large share of elemental truth. But we liveina hypocritical…
…, which first mastering and then transcending the reason, illumines all the darkness caused by the interference of the opposite waves of thought. Itis one of the most suggestive definitions of KONX—the L.U.X. of the Brethren of the Rosy Cross—that it transcends all the possible pairs of opposites. Nor does this sound nonsensical to those who are acquainted with that L.U.X. But to those who do not it must remain as obscure and ridicu- lous as spherical trigonometry to the inhabitants of Flatland.”— 7zmes. 777, 10S. This book contains in concise …