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Page 11 of 1731912 · PDF PAGE 59
…nd fumes ; they have Greek bombs. MORTADELLO. Now mark ! You shall die in torment. GABRIELE. Fool ! we shall all die. Hark ! hark ! [The great bell of St. Marks begins to toll. That cursed witch is raising Venice on us, Jesus Christ ! Im the first fool in Europe. Stragglers must be sacrificed. Out swords ! Compact, friends, make a phalanx, and reform In the great square ! [All rush out but THE DOGE, who follows tottering, and MORTADELLO, who is bending over the corpse of MAGDALENA. THE DOGE. The square is swallowed up in storm. Give me my swo…
1912 · PDF PAGE 2
…AMEDES THE SARACEN KNIGHT AND OF HIS FOLLOWING OF THE QUESTING BEAST BY ALEIST ER CROWLEY RIGHTLY SET FORTH IN RIME WIELAND & COMPANY, 3 GREAT JAMES ST. BEDFORD ROW, LONDON. ANNO PSEUDO CHRISTI, MCMXII. PRICE FIVE SHILLINGS NET
1904 · PDF PAGE 32
… the which he oweth obedience, and which thou shalt wear in time of action, etc. (21.) Marax.—The Twenty-first Spirit is Marax.' He is a Great Earl and President. He appeareth like a great Bull with a Man’s face. His office is to make Men very knowing in Astronomy, and all other Liberal Sciences; also he can give good Familiars, and wise, knowing the virtues of Herbs and Stones which be precious. He governeth 30 Legions of Spirits, and his Seal is this, which must be made and worn as aforesaid, etc. (22.) Ipos.—The Twenty-second Spirit is Ipos.…
1907 · PDF PAGE 252
…hat have we found ? A new religion ? No. An old religion ? Yes . Rejuvenated ? Yes. Man is too lazy to build if he can reconstruct . The great mass of the people yearn for something better than the existing concep tions of Faith ; leaderless , disunited , they fall an easy prey to the charlatans who ever keep their finger on the social pulse , and are ever as willing to pose , when opportunity is offered , as seer, clairvoyant , or palmist , as they are as trickster , tout , or quack . And the result ? A vast drift of earnest aspirations seethi…
1912 · PDF PAGE 220
…UINOX Geburah of ' (Quarrelling and fighting). This Decan hath its beginning from the Royal Star of Leo: and unto it are allotted the two great Angels of the Schemhamphorash?חירהוand Saba [The proper meaning of the small cards is to be found by making thorough meditation and harmony between these four symbols of each card. It will be seen that this is how the meanings have been done; but the advanced student can go beyond this rude working] XXII THE LORD OF VICTORY Six (2/ Wamis Two hands in grip as the last, holding six wands crossed three and …
1912 · PDF PAGE 220
…UINOX Geburah of ' (Quarrelling and fighting). This Decan hath its beginning from the Royal Star of Leo: and unto it are allotted the two great Angels of the Schemhamphorash?חירהוand Saba [The proper meaning of the small cards is to be found by making thorough meditation and harmony between these four symbols of each card. It will be seen that this is how the meanings have been done; but the advanced student can go beyond this rude working] XXII THE LORD OF VICTORY Six (2/ Wamis Two hands in grip as the last, holding six wands crossed three and …
1926 · PDF PAGE 17
down mine head, and shoot forth venom, there is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are one. 27. There is a great danger in me; for who doth not understand these runes shall make a great miss. He shall fall down into the pit called Because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of Reason. 28. Now a curse upon Because and his kin! 29. May Because be accurséd for ever! 30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops and does nought. 31. If Power asks Why, then is Power weakness. 32. Also reason is a lie; for there is a …
1913 · PDF PAGE 507
…selessly outside the pale of society. So goes the world. Charlatanism, when it is successful, is then, in magic as in everything else, a great instrument of power. To fascinate the mob cleverly, is not that already to dominate it? The poor devils of sorcerers who in the Middle Ages stupidly got themselves burnt alive had not, it is easy to see, a great empire on others. Joan of Arc was a magician at the head of her armies, and at Rouen the poor girl was not even a witch. She only knew how to pray, and how to fight, and the prestige which surrou…
1913 · PDF PAGE 507
…selessly outside the pale of society. So goes the world. Charlatanism, when it is successful, is then, in magic as in everything else, a great instrument of power. To fascinate the mob cleverly, is not that already to dominate it? The poor devils of sorcerers who in the Middle Ages stupidly got themselves burnt alive had not, it is easy to see, a great empire on others. Joan of Arc was a magician at the head of her armies, and at Rouen the poor girl was not even a witch. She only knew how to pray, and how to fight, and the prestige which surrou…
1909 · PDF PAGE 237
…. But the strong man replenishing his wallet, and filling his flask, girds a goat-skin about him, and taking his staff sets forth on his Great travel to the Summit of the Mountain of God; and curious to relate, and terrible to tell, the whole length of that wizard way Satan follows behind him in the form of a sleuth-hound ever tempting him from the right path. Now he is overcome by a great loneliness, he is cold, he is hungry, he thirsts; the skyline he had thought the summit is but a ridge, and from it he sees ridge upon ridge in endless succe…
1909 · PDF PAGE 312
…UINOX me, at which I stepped back to where my guide was still standing. Then he advanced, and beckoning me to follow him, we entered the great pillar of smoke and were carried through the bright dome of the temple. “On, on we soared, through regions of cloud and air; on, on, past the stars and many myriads of burning specks of fire, till at length our journey led us to a vast blue sea, upon which was resting like a white swan a ship of silver. And without staying our flight, we made towards the ship, and descending upon it, rested awhile. “On a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 237
…. But the strong man replenishing his wallet, and filling his flask, girds a goat-skin about him, and taking his staff sets forth on his Great travel to the Summit of the Mountain of God; and curious to relate, and terrible to tell, the whole length of that wizard way Satan follows behind him in the form of a sleuth-hound ever tempting him from the right path. Now he is overcome by a great loneliness, he is cold, he is hungry, he thirsts; the skyline he had thought the summit is but a ridge, and from it he sees ridge upon ridge in endless succe…
1909 · PDF PAGE 312
…UINOX me, at which I stepped back to where my guide was still standing. Then he advanced, and beckoning me to follow him, we entered the great pillar of smoke and were carried through the bright dome of the temple. “On, on we soared, through regions of cloud and air; on, on, past the stars and many myriads of burning specks of fire, till at length our journey led us to a vast blue sea, upon which was resting like a white swan a ship of silver. And without staying our flight, we made towards the ship, and descending upon it, rested awhile. “On a…
1919 · PDF PAGE 443
…ighty. The living power made free in him, that power which is HIMSELF, can raise the tab- ernacle of illusion high above the Gods, above great Brahm and Indra. Now he shall surely reach his great reward! The temptation at this point is to createan Universe. He is able: the necessity of so doing is strong within Him, and He may perhaps even imagine that He can make one which shall be free from the Three Characteristics. Evelyn Hall —an early love of mine—used to say: “God Almighty—or words to that effect—has no conscience”; and in the tre- mendo…
1904 · PDF PAGE 44
…kinds of Birds to fly before the Exorcist, singing and drinking as natural Birds do. He governeth 30 Legions of Spirits, being himself a Great Mar- quis. And this is his Seal, which is to be worn, etc. (70.) SEERE, SEAR, or SEIR.—The Seventieth Spirit is Seere, Sear, or Seir. He isa Mighty Prince, and Powerful, under AmMaymon, King of the East. He appeareth in the Form of a Beautiful Man, riding upon a Winged Horse. His Office is to go and come; and to bring abundance of things to pass on a sudden, and to carry or re-carry anything whither thou…
1911 · PDF PAGE 126
… Mercury, and hé and vau are the perfected sulphur and salt. But now I am come into the centre of the maze, a whirling dust of stars and great forgotten gods. It is the whirling Svastika which throws off all these things, for the Svastika is in aleph by its shape and number, and in beth by the position of the arms of the Magician, and in gimel because of the sign of the Mourning of Isis, and thus is the Crown defended by these three thunderbolts. Is not thrice seventeen fifty-one, that is, failure and pain? NowI am shut out again by this black …
1902 · PDF PAGE 143
…s are buried in the mist of light. Beyond the hill the world is, and laments Existence —the wide firmament of woe ! And he—his heart was great enough for all, The fall of sparrows as the crash of stars, The tears of lonely forests, and the pain Of the least atom —all were in his heart. Was that indeed the truth ? that he should come At last a Christ upon the waiting world. Redeem it to more purpose than the last ! So fills his sorrow, and Her sympathy, My common soul, that I am fain to fall Upon my face, and cry aloud to God : " O Thou, Sole Wi…
1910 · PDF PAGE 206
THE EQUINOX of the great mountain upon which he was standing the summit seemed but a furlong above him, it was in truth many a year’s weary march away, and ridge upon ridge lay con- cealed, and each as it was gained presented an increasing difficulty. This Silence or Equilibrium is described in the “ Shiva Sanhita” * as Samadhi: “When the mind of the Yogi is absorbed in the Great God,{ then the fulness of Samadhi t is attained, then the Yogi gets steadfastness.§ Though Frater P. had not attained to this Steadfastness, he had won a decisive vict…
1910 · PDF PAGE 206
THE EQUINOX of the great mountain upon which he was standing the summit seemed but a furlong above him, it was in truth many a year’s weary march away, and ridge upon ridge lay con- cealed, and each as it was gained presented an increasing difficulty. This Silence or Equilibrium is described in the “ Shiva Sanhita” * as Samadhi: “When the mind of the Yogi is absorbed in the Great God,{ then the fulness of Samadhi t is attained, then the Yogi gets steadfastness.§ Though Frater P. had not attained to this Steadfastness, he had won a decisive vict…
1913 · PDF PAGE 367
…ive food to worms. Thou art the living one, and he that can attain thy mysteries will enjoy eternal delight and live for ever. “Thou art great; before thy greatness all other greatness bows, and all that is most excellent becomes imperfect. Thou art great above all imagination, and thou art exalted above all the hierarchies of Heaven. Thou art great above all greatness, and thou art exalted above all praise. Thou art strong, and not one among thy creatures can do the works that thou dost, nor can his force be compared with thine. Thou art stron…