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…ible and sensible of whom this earth is but a frozen spark turning about thee with annual and diurnal motion, source of light, source of life, let thy perpétuai radiance hearten us to continuai labour and enjoyment; so that as we are constant partakers of thy bounty we may in our particular orbit give out light and life, sustenance and joy to them that revolve about us without diminution of substance or effulgence for ever. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (THE LORD) The DEACON. Lord secret and most holy, source of light, source of life, source of lo…
1930 · PDF PAGE 55
…CON. Mother of fertility on whose breast. lieth water, whose cheek is caressed by air, and in whose heart is the sun’s fire, womb of ail life, recurring grâce of seasons, answer favourably the prayer of labour, and to pastors and husbandmen be thou propitious. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (THE PRINCIPLES) The DEACON. Mysterious energy triform, mysterious Matter, in fourfold and sevenfold division ; the interplay of which things weave the dance of the Veil of Life upon the Face of the Spirit, let there be harmony and beauty in your mystic loves, t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 130
…n the IVlother of Abomina¬ tions, the Bride of Chaos, that rideth upon our Lord the Beast. 2. Thou shalt drain out thy blood that is thy life into the golden cup of her fornication. 3. Thou shalt mingle thy life with the universal life. Thou shalt keep not back one drop. 4» Then shall thy brain be dumb, and thy heart beat no more, and ail thy life shall go from thee; and thou shalt be cast out upon the midden, and the birds of the air shall feast upon thy flesh, and thy bones shall whiten in the sun. 5. Then shall the winds gather themselves to…
1930 · PDF PAGE 119
day; a week, and so on. Difficultés vanish before him as he advancesj the extension from a day to the course of his whole life will not prove so difficult as the perfecting of the five minutes. 18. This practice should be repeated at least four times daily, and progress is shown firstly by the ever easier running of the brain, secondly by the added memories which arise. 19. It is useful to reflect during this practice, which in time becomes almost mechanical, upon the way in which effects spring from causes. This aids the mind to link its memor…
1930 · PDF PAGE 24
…ight. 19 The Daughter of the Flaming Sword, 20 The Prophet of the Eternal, the Magus of the Voice of Power. 21 The Lord of the Forces of Life. 22 The Daughter of the Lords of Truth; The Ruler of the Balance. 23 The Spirit of the Mighty Waters. 24 The Child of the Great Transformers. The Lord of the Gâte of Death. 25 The Daughter of the Reconcilers, the Bringer-forth of Life. 26 The Lord of the Gates of Matter. The Child of the forces of Time. 27 The Lord of the Hosts of the Mighty. 28 The Daughter of the Firmament; the Dweller between the Water…
1930 · PDF PAGE 51
…adoreth is also Thou. Thou art That, and That am I. I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. I am alone; there is no God where I am. {The DEACON and ail rise to their feet with Hailing Sign.) The DEACON. But ye, O my people, rise up and awake. Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty! There are rituals of the éléments and feasts of the times. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Brid…
1930 · PDF PAGE 93
14. Further, concerrimg the life of the devotee: — Let him eut away from his life any act, word or thought, that is hateful to the particular Deity; as, unchastity in the case of Artémis, évasions in the case of Ares. Besides this, he should avoid ail harshness or unkindness of any kind in thought, word, or deed, seeing that above the particular Deity is One in whom ail is One. \ et also he may deliberately practise cruelties, where the particular Deity manifests His Love in that manner, as in the case of Kali, and of Pan. And therefore, before…
1930 · PDF PAGE 89
…d find that he has stopped without willing to do so, and that figures appear, let him at ail costs rise above them. Yea, though his very life tremble on his lips, let him force his way upward and onward! 5. Let him continue in this so long as the breath of life is in him. Whatever threatens, whatever allures, though it were Typhon and ail his hosts loosed from the pit and leagued against him, though it were from the very Throne of God Himself that a voice issues bidding him stay and be content, let him struggle on, ever on. 6. At last there mus…
1930 · PDF PAGE 46
…places it upon the super-altar. He turns West. The DEACON. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I proclaim the Law of Light, Life, Love, and Liberty in the name of IAü. The CONGREGATION. Love is the law, love under will. The DEACON go es to his place between the altar of incense and the font, faces East, and gives the step and sign of a Man and a Br other. Ail imitât e him. The DEACON and ail the PEOPLE. I believe in one secret and ineffable LORD* and in one Star in the company of Stars of whose fire we are created, and to which we …
1930 · PDF PAGE 121
…tion, but also abstract questions. Thus let him connect the prevalence of water upon the surface of the globe with its necessity to such life as we know, with the spécifie gravity and other physical properties of water, and let him perceive ultimately through ail this the necessity and concord of things, not concord as the school- men of old believed, making ail things for man’s benefit or convenience, but the essential mechanical concord whose final law is inertie. And in these méditations let him avoid as if it were the plague any spéculation…
1930 · PDF PAGE 92
… their identity by their diversity. For this reason do we leave much herein to the right Ingenium of the Philosophus. 12. Concernlng the life of the devotee. -— First let his way of life be such as is pleasing to the particular Deity. Thus to invoke Neptune, let him go a-fishing3 but if Hades, let him not approach the water that is hateful to Him. 392
1930 · PDF PAGE 37
… Sh is Heaven and Earth, T Male and Female j ShT is Spirit and Matter- one is the Word of Liberty and Love flashing its Light to restore Life to Earth j the other is the act by which Life daims that Love is Light and Liberty. And these are Two-in-One, the divine letter of Silence-in-Speech whose Symbol is the Sun in the arms of the Moon. But Sh and T are alike formulae of force in action as opposed to entities; they are not States of existence, but modes of motion. They are verbs, not nouns. Sh is the Holy Spirit as a “tongue of fire” manifest …
1930 · PDF PAGE 20
…Sharira j gam and Anus). 1 / ' ï) in »-*• Oppression. \ XCVIII - English of Col. XCVII The Self. . 1 The Intellect. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 The Life Force. 2 The ^nimai Soûl which The Intuition. 3 perceives and feels. . 10 — 320
1930 · PDF PAGE 129
…onalities, the thoughts of one being within entirely different limits from that of the other, the common ground being the necessities of life. 1 Of thine own Ingenium devise others. 2. On each occasion that thou art betrayed into thinking that thou art sworn to avoid, eut thyself sharply upon the wrist or forearm with a razor ; even as thou shouldst beat a disobedient dog. Feareth not the Ox the Goad of the Floughman ? 3. Thine arm then serveth thee both for a warning and for a record. Thou shalt Write down thy claily progress in these practice…
1930 · PDF PAGE 58
…spring of ail things known And unknown, Thou aloof, alone, Thou, the true fire within the reed Brooding and breeding, source and seed Of life, love, liberty and light, Thou beyond speech and beyond sight, Thee I invoke, my faint fresh fire Kindling as mine intents aspire. Thee I invoke, abiding one, Thee, centre and secret of the Sun, And that most holy mystery Of which the vehicle am I. Appear, most awful and most mild, As it is lawful, in thy child! The CHORUS: For of the Father and the Son The Holy Spirit is the norm; Male-female, quintessen…
1930 · PDF PAGE 44
…eth by air, let him not be bold to breathe water. But mastery cometh by measure: to him who with labour, courage, and caution giveth his life to under- stand ail that doth encompass him, and to prevail against it, shall be increase. “The Word of Sin is Restriction” ; seek therefore Righteousness, enquiring into Iniquity, and fortify thyself to overcome it. 344
1930 · PDF PAGE 57
For this is the Covenant of Résurrection. He makes the five crosses on the PRIESTESS. Accept, O Lord, this sacrifice of life and joy, true warrants of the Covenant of Résurrection. (The PRIEST offers the Tance to the PRIESTESS, who hisses it; he then touches her hetween the breasts and upon the body. He then flings out his arms upward as comprehending the whole shrine. ) Let this offering be borne upon the waves of Aethyr to our Lord and Father the Sun that travelleth over the Heavens in his name ON. (He closes his hands, hisses the PRIESTESS b…
1930 · PDF PAGE 56
…ation of the Eléments. ( The PRIEST makes five crosses. } 3 —i— 1 “T*2 on paten and cup; +4 °n paten alone; -fon cup alone.) The PRIEST. Life of man upon earth, fruit of labour, sustenance of endeavour, thus be thou nourishment of the Spirit! {He touches the Host with the Tance. ) By the virtue of the Rod! Be this bread the Body of God! {He takes the Host.) TOTTO EUTI TO 20MA MOT. {He kneelsy adores, risesy turns y shows Host to the PE O P LE, turnSy replaces Host and adores. IVLusic. He takes the Cup.) Vehicle of the joy of Man upon Earth, sol…
1930 · PDF PAGE 60
… the lance in her right handy wtth her left hand she ofjers the Paten. The PRIEST kneels.) The PRIEST. In my mouth be the essence of the life of the Sun. {He takes the Host zvith the right handy makes -f- with it on the Paten y and consumes it.) {Silence. ) {The PRIESTESS takeSy uncoverSy and offers the cupy as bejore. ) The PRIEST. In my mouth be the essence of the joy of the Earth. {He takes the Cupy makes on the PRIESTESS, drains ity and returns it.) {Silence. ) {He ris es y takes the lance and turns to the people.) The PRIEST. There is no p…
1930 · PDF PAGE 47
…lieve in the Miracle of the Mass. And I confess one Baptism of Wisdom whereby we accomplish the Miracle of Incarnation. And I confess my life one, individual, and eternal that was, and is, and is to corne. AÏMLN, ATMTN, AÏMTN. Music is now played. The child enter s with the ewer and the sait. The VIRGIN enter s with the Sword and the Paten. The child enter s with the censer and the per fume. They face the DEACON deploying into line from the space hetween the two altars. The VIRGIN. Greeting of Earth and Heaven! AU give the hailing sign of a Mag…