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Page 105 of 1301930 · PDF PAGE 43
…zation through fresh complexities and organizations, each with its own peculiar powers and pleasures, each pursuing its path through the world where ail things are possible. It revealed the omniprésence of Hadit identical with Himself, yet fulfilling Himself by dividing his interplay with Nuit into épisodes, each form of his energy isolated with each aspect of Her receptivity, delight developing delight continuous from complex to complex. It was the voice of Nature awakening at the dawn of the Aeon, as Aiwaz uttered the Word of the Law of Thele…
1906 · PDF PAGE 102
…ted and twined ! Deep spring of my soul deep frozen, The sleep of the truth of the mind ! As a bright snake curled Round the vine of the World ! O sleeper through dawn and through day- light, | O sleeper through dusk and through night ! O shifted from white light to gray light, From gray to the one black light ! O silence and sound In the far profound ! O serpent of scales as an armour To bind on the breast of a lord ! Not deaf to the Voice of the Charmer, Not blind to the sweep of the sword ! I strike to the deep That thou stir in thy sleep! R…
1930 · PDF PAGE 124
…h méditation success shall be That which was first adumbrated to Him in the grade of Practicus (which reflecteth Mercury into the lowest world) in Liber XXVII, “Here is Nothing under its three Forms.” 18. And this is the Opening of the Grade of Ipsissimus, and by the Buddhists it is called the trance Nerodha-Samapatti. 19* And woe, woe, woe, yea woe, and again woe, woe, woe, unto seven times be His that preacheth not His law to men ! 20. And woe also be unto Him that refuseth the curse of the grade of a Magus, and the burden of the Attainment t…
1929 · PDF PAGE 355
…pear at the breakfast table hardly able to speak. I went back to Paris on July 8th. I worked on Clouds Without Water, Sir Palamedes, The World's Tragedy and "Mr. Todd". In particular, I wrote the autobiographical preface to The World's Tragedy, some ten thousand words, at a stretch; and certain lyrics, mostly about Dorothy, of whom more in a moment. "Mr. Todd", as the name implies, is a personification of death an the idea of the play is to introduce him as deus ex machina, helping the characters one by one out of their various troubles. The id…
1929 · PDF PAGE 27
…the blasphemous and superstitious premisses of Christian theology. Besides this, I had never a moment's inclination to take the material world seriously. In the Apologia pro Vita Sua, Cardinal Newman tells us, I suspect truthfully, that as a child he wished that The Arabian Nights were true. As we all know, he gratified his ambitions by accepting for reality the Freudian phantasm of hashed-up paganism with Semitic sauce which led him to the hat. But I went further. My senses and my rational judgment created a subconscious feeling of uneasiness …
1930 · PDF PAGE 31
…mula of an infant : when teeth appear it marks a new “Aeon”, whose “Word” is “Eating”). A Magus can therefore only appear as such to the world at inter- vais of some centuries ; accounts of historical Magi, and their Words, are given in Liber Aleph. This does not mean that only one man can attain this Grade in any one Aeon, so far as the Order is concerned. A man can make Personal progress équivalent to that of a “Word of an Aeon”; but he will identify himself with the current word, and exert his will to establish it, lest he conflict with the …
1954 · PDF PAGE 180
…inmost light and the outermost light.) This Yod, this spark of intense brilliance, is of that pale greenish gold which one sees (in this world) in the fine gold leaf of Tibet . It glows with ever greater intensity as you concentrate upon observing him, which you could not do while you were preoccupied with investigating his credentials . Confidence being thus established, you inquire why he has appeared to you at this time and at this place; and the answer to this question is of course your original idea, that is to say, he is presenting to you…
1996 · PDF PAGE 205
… Compassion is the vice of kings: stamp down the wretched 8c the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy of the world. Think not, o king, upon that lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live. Now let it be understood: If the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstasy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength & Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star 8c the Snake. 22. I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men wi…
1907 · PDF PAGE 110
…t on her jewels, off the word of wife, Resolved to play the painted courtesan, So ran along the village path. Her laughter Wooed all the world to follow tumbling after. III. Then when she met the venerable monk Her shamelessness desired a_ leprous wreath Of poisonous flowers, seducing him. He shrunk Back from her smile, seeing her close white teeth. Bones ! he exclaimed, and meditating that, From a mere Bhikkhu grew an Arahat. IV. Her husband found her gone, in fury followed Lashing the pale path with his purple feet, Heedless of stones and ser…
1996 · PDF PAGE 100
…es not necessarily mean people with coro nets and automobiles; there are plenty of such people who are the most sorrowful slaves in the world. The sole test of one’s lordship is to know what one’s true Will is, and to do it. 19. Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest are of us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us. Commentary: A god living in a dog would be one who was prevented from fulfilling his function properly. The highest are those who have mastered and transcended accidental environ ment. They rejoice, be…
1954 · PDF PAGE 146
…Typhon . I am the snake that devoureth the spirit of man with the lust of light. i am the sightless storm in the night that wrappeth the world about with desolation. Chaos is my name, and thick darkness. Know thou that the darkness of the earth is ruddy , and the darkness of the air is grey, but the darkness of the soul is utter blackness. The egg of the spirit is a basilisk egg, and the gates of the understanding are fifty, that is the sign of the Scorpion. The pillars about the Neophyte are crowned with flame, and the vault of the Adepts is l…
1930 · PDF PAGE 69
…ronment ; and of such a nature that its “true Will75 is to cause that environment to serve it as its means of expression in the physical world of human life. The Universal Medicine will be a menstruum of such subtlety as to be able to penetrate ail matter and transmute it in the sense of its own tendency, while of such impartial purity as to accept perfectly the impression of the Will of the Alchemist. This substance, properly prepared, and properly charged, is able to perform ail things soever that are physically possible, within the limits of…
1954 · PDF PAGE 35
2 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS Mysticism in general, especially my integration of the various thought-systems of the 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…
1919 · PDF PAGE 459
… the volume... strange allusions to unpleasant gods, and the imagery is occasionally repellent ‘ . " sche fremendous conception of that ‘world so wide’ . .. at his best in some of the shorter poems . . « stirring ‘rhythm. ° HIS swe linger with delight over the splendid line— “The murmurous song of the morning star, aflame o'er the birth of day.” ... . Melodious and plaintive with a haunting rhythm... viyid_and pictorial . . . a painter's vision as well as a poet's ears .”.'a fine simile in “Osiris is all hig own.”—-Co-Mason “.. «delirious mu th…
1906 · PDF PAGE 151
…the way Intuition shall shove her. Spirit and Truth in my darkness I seek. Little by little they bubble and leak ; Such as I have to the world I discover. Words—are they weak ones at best? They shall speak ! VOL, IL K Apology of poet. Skeleton of poem. Valu- able fact for use of lovers. Invocation. Imperfect scholastic at- tainments of author reme- died by his great spiritual insight. His intention.
1954 · PDF PAGE 138
…t was also called "idealism," apparently to cheer and comfort the student on his rough and rugged road!) Is not Atziluth the "archetypal world"? Is not . .. Oh, all right, all right! Keep your blouse on! I didn't go for to do it. You're quite right: the Tree of Life is like that, in appearance. But that is the wrong way to look at it. We get our number two, for example, as "that which is common to a bird's legs, a man's ears, twins, the cube root of eight, the greater luminaries, the spikes of a pitchfork," etc., but having got it, we must not …
1954 · PDF PAGE 163
…e of Life when unripe, she has not only the bad taste in the mouth , but indigestion to follow. Then , living as she does so much in the world of imagination, constantly living shadow-pictures of her Desire, she is not nearly so liable to the violent insanities of sheer blind lust, as is the male. The essential difference is indicated
1910 · PDF PAGE 5
…and flowers upon your eyes, and a sword in your hearts, and ye also shall see God face to face. Thus shall we give back its youth to the world, for like tongues of triple flame we shall look upon the Great Deep—Hail unto the Lords of the Groves of Eleusis ! ” ALEISTER CROWLEY in “ Eleusis.” ALEISTER CROWLEY is one of those men who can never remain satisfied. His ambitions are insatiable. He desires the unattain- able with the fervour of a fanatic. Whether he is climbing volcanoes in Mexico or traversing the vast snowfields of Kinchinjunga, edit…
1930 · PDF PAGE 28
…ore, then, the first task is to develop your own Body of Light within your own circle with out reference to any other inhabitants of the world to which it belongs. That which you hâve accomplished with the subject you may now proceed to do with the object. You will learn to see the astral appearance of material thingSj and although this does not properïy belong to pure clairvoyance, one may here again mention that you should endeavour to the utmost to develop and forîify this Body of Light. The hest and simpîest way to do this is to use it cons…
1996 · PDF PAGE 42
…. The result is that she instantly asserts her right to have as many or as few men or babies as she wants or can get; and she defies the world to interfere with her. More power to her—elbow! The War has seen this emancipation flower in four years. Primitive people, the Australian troops for example, are saying that they will not marry English girls, because English girls like a dozen men a week. Well, who wants them to marry? Russia has already formally abrogated marriage. Germany and France have tried to “save their faces” in a thoroughly Chin…