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…t he has to offer could possibly redeem them. The end of his letter 45 is adequate reminder of what he stood for: "to advance-that means Work. Patient, exhausting, thankless, often bewildering Work. Dear sister, if you would but Work! Work blindly, foolishly, misguidedly, it doesn't matter in the end: Work in itself has absolute virtue." Of course the work that he refers to is spiritual work-meditation, Yoga, Magick, in all phases and varieties. Work, not intellectualization. In the footnote to that same letter, he gives a quick rundown of some…
1954 · PDF PAGE 535
…istics. Before closing the subject entirely I think it well to point out that there are quite a number of worlds on which a good deal of work remains to be done. In particular I cannot refrain from mentioning the work of Dr. Dee and Sir Edward Kelly. My own work on this subject has been so elaborate and extensive that I shall never sufficiently regret that I never had an opportunity of completing it, but I should like to emphasize that the obtaining of a book like Liber 418 is in itself so outstanding an achievement that it should serve as an e…
1954 · PDF PAGE 321
…s down the tawdry counterfeits which hide the shrine where Isis stands unveiled-but ah! too far. You must advance. To advance-that means Work. Patient, exhausting, thankless, often bewildering Work. Dear sister, if you would but Work! Work blindly, foolishly, misguidedly, it doesn't matter in the end: Work in itself has absolute virtue. But for you, having got so far in this incarnation, there must be a revolution. You must no longer hesitate, no longer plan; you must leap into the dark, and leap at once. "The Voice of my Higher Soul said unto …
1954 · PDF PAGE 254
…p out of it" and recover my normal serenity requires only a minute effort, and the whole of my magical energy is earmarked for the Great Work. I have none left to make that effort . Of course, if the worry is enough to interfere with that Work, I must detail a corporal's fIle to abate the nuisance. The other way may be called the Taoist aspect. First, however, let me explain the point of view of the Master of the Temple, as it is so similar. You should remember from your reading what happens in this Grade. The new Master is "cast out" into the …
1954 · PDF PAGE 486
…anet Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. You write: Am I to understand that the A :. A :. has two main lines of Work. (1) The initiation of Individuals. (2) Action on the world in general-say "Weltpolitik "? Because your letters on the History of Magick do imply (2); and yet the A :. A :. discourages any form of group working. Is it that the Masters (8° = 3D Magistri TempliJ having been admitted to the Third Order-the A :. A :. proper; below this are R.R. et A. C and G :. D :. -are no longer liable to the dangers which …
1954 · PDF PAGE 344
…s say) I could persuade a dying person to leave me a couple of hundred thousand in his will. I shall use every penny of it for the Great Work; it sounds easy! "Of course! Damn your integrity! Damn you! The Work is all that matters." All the same, I say NO. I should never be the same man again. I should have lost that confidence in myself which is the spine of my work. No need that the fraud should be discovered openly: it would appear in all my subsequent work, a subtle contamination. But suppose that it were not the matter of gulling a moribun…
1954 · PDF PAGE 40
…ould meet other members first is quite impossible. Even after affiliation, you would not meet anyone unless it were necessary for you to work in co-operation with them. I am afraid you have still got the idea that the Great Work is a tea-party. Contact with other students only means that you criticize their hats, and then their morals; and I am not going to encourage this. Your work is not anybody else's; and undirected chatter is the worst poisonous element in human society. When you talk of the "actual record" of the "Being called Jesus Chris…
1954 · PDF PAGE 124
…inly of the first importance that you and I should be quite clear in our minds about Those under whose jurisdiction and tutelage we both work. You justly remind me that one of my earliest slogans was "Mystery is the enemy of Truth"; how then is it that I acquiesce in the policy of concealment in a matter so cardinal? Perhaps the best plan is for me to set down the facts of the case, so far as is possible; from them it may appear that no alternative policy is feasible. The first condition of membership of the A :. A :. is that one is sworn to id…
1954 · PDF PAGE 56
… there is no difference" (AL, I: 4). But one Name, or system of Names, may be more convenient either (a) to you personally or (b) to the work you are at. E.g. I have very little sympathy with Jewish Theology or ritual; but the Qabalah is so handy and congenial that I use it more than almost any-or all the others together-for daily use and work. The Egyptian Theogony is the noblest, the most truly magical, the most bound to me (or rather I to it) by some inmost instinct, and by the memory of my incarnation as Ankh-f-n-Khonsu, that I use it (with…
1954 · PDF PAGE 38
…to me that you must have been, in the past, under the influence of people who were always talking about things, and never doing any real work. They kept on arguing all sorts of obscure philosophical points; that is all very well, but when you have succeeded in analyzing your reactions you will understand that all this talk is just an excuse for not doing any serious work. I am confirmed in this judgment by your saying: "I don't know if I want to en ter into a great conflict. I need peace." Fortunately you save yourself by adding: "Real peace, t…
1954 · PDF PAGE 320
…nalysis. You do not make the one, and are incapable of the other. So I suppose you are very well satisfied with yourself! 4. Your O.T.O. work. You were supplied with copies of those rituals to which you were entitled . You were to make copies of these. You were to go through them with me, so as to assimilate their symbolism and teaching. Have you done any of this? No. 5. You were to write me a letter of questions once every fortnight. Have you done so? No. Have you in thirteen months done as much as honest work would have accomplished in a week…
1954 · PDF PAGE 128
THE SECRET CHIEFS 95 the Aeon, and do all the chores appurtenant to that particular Work. The Burden is heavier as the years go by; but-Perdurabo. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666 P.S. Reading this typescript over for "literals," it struck me that you would ask, very reasonably, "But if the Secret Masters have these boundless powers, why do They allow you to be plagued by printers, held up for lack of secretaries, worried by all sorts of practical problems? ... Why, in a word, does anything ever go wrong?" There are several li…
1954 · PDF PAGE 353
Cara Soror, 51 How to Recognize Masters, Angels, and How They Work Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I have been thinking over what I wrote in my last letter with regard to the verification of appearances in the Astral Plane. I did not mention a parallel question of even greater immediate practical importance: that of one's relations with Astral or discarnate intelligences or with Those whom we call "The Masters" or "The Gods": the messages or gestures which reach us through the normal physical channels. The importance is that th…
1954 · PDF PAGE 558
…ears is the Coming soon from Falcon Pr: compilation of Crowley's m: volume Equinox; The Law the moss definitive comment ing the creative work of th than a personal encyclopedia of mag-_ rience and explained in unguarded to use it asa tool rather than merely a tymology and its philosophy; —white, black, and yellow—their ts for meditation and astral projec- the impor- es; how to distinguish prophecy from | of four volumes of Crowley's work. ‘h first appeared in the 11 The Book of the Law and Best of Crowley, réprint- 4 US $17.95
1954 · PDF PAGE 201
…ary house, such as you are happy enough to possess. First of all, it is of immense advantage to have a room specially consecrated to the Work, never used for any other purpose, and never entered by any other person than yourself, unless it were another Initiate, either for inspection or in case you were working together. The aura accumulates with the regularity and frequency of Use. The first point is the Banishing : Everything is to be removed from the room which is not absolutely necessary to the Work. In this country, one must attend to the …
1954 · PDF PAGE 49
…ll them for a fantastic price; and we did not feel inclined to meet her views. I don't think the matter is of very great importance, the work being done by members of the Order all over the place is to me quite sufficient. 3. The Ruach contains both the moral and intellectual worlds, which is really all that we mean by the conscious mind; perhaps it even includes certain portions of the su bconscious. 4. In initiation from the grade of Neophyte to that of Zelator, one passes by this way. The main work is to obtain admission to, and control of, …
1954 · PDF PAGE 351
…e , or to become vehicles for obsession. This entity which was the Exempt Adept has been built up in years of unremitting toil, a worthy Workshop wherein the Great Work should be accomplished. It has moreover been sanctified and glorified by the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. So as each Master has his own appointed Work to perform in the world, he is cast down into the Sephira, suitable for that work. If his function is to be that of a warrior, he would find himself in Geburah ; if that of a great poet or composer, in Ti…
1954 · PDF PAGE 516
…ve a nice easy job, three or four hours a day, and be free for the rest of it to devote himself to his Art. I wonder how much of his own work would have seen daylight if he had been tied to some silly robot soul-killing, nerve-crushing, mind-infuriating routine job for even one half-hour a day! When I am on a piece of work, I grudge the time for eating; and when it's done, I need the absolute relaxation of leisured luxury. Then what of the Work itself? If the Idea be truly new and important, God help it! The whole class of men affected jump on …
1954 · PDF PAGE 430
…elf! I ask you, how does this come within the scope of your enquiries? Is this information essential to your Accomplishment of the Great Work? As the Government might say "Is your journey really necessary?" So musing, I rang you up for details. Vampires, you say, might be a temptation to yourself, or they might sap your energy. Very good. I will tell you the little I know. Listen to Eliphas Levi! He warns us against a type of person, fearless and cold-blooded, who seems to have the power to cast a sudden chill, merely by entering the room, upon…
1954 · PDF PAGE 35
…world, notably the identification of the system of the Yi King with that of the Qabalah. But I do assure you that the whole of my life's work, were it multiplied a thousand fold, would not be worth one tithe of the value of a single verse of The Book of the Law. I think you should have a copy of The Equinox of the Gods and make The Book of the Law your constant study. Such value as my own work may possess for you should amount to no more than an aid to the interpretation of this book. 2. It may be that later on you will want a copy of Eight Lec…