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…hose hands were ever ready for a soft caress, whose lips were full and red, whose skin was velvet. As a whole, she was very manly in her life, speech and 34
…hose hands were ever ready for a soft caress, whose lips were full and red, whose skin was velvet. As a whole, she was very manly in her life, speech and 34
XVIII PREFACE. THE WRITING OF THE WORLD’S TRAGEDY It has been necessary to sketch this part of my life in order to exhibit the atmosphere which I am bound to connect with Christianity, or at least English Christianity. Certainly the vast majority of English people, of those who are religious at all, belong either to Evangelicalism or Dissent ; and the tyranny of these is nearly if not quite as bad as that of the Plymouth Brethren. I had, however, cut myself adrift from all these things. I had lived among the great men of the earth, and the grea…
…persists in denying the absurd, even in the presence of the unknown. Faith is a sentiment necessary to the soul, just as breathing is to life; it is the dignity of courage, and the reality of enthusiasm. Faith does not consist of the affirmation of this symbol or that, but of a genuine and constant aspiration towards the truths which are veiled by all symbolisms. Ifa man rejects an unworthy idea of divinity, breaks its false images, revolts against hateful idolaters, you will call him an atheist! The authors of the persecutions in fallen Rome c…
…persists in denying the absurd, even in the presence of the unknown. Faith is a sentiment necessary to the soul, just as breathing is to life; it is the dignity of courage, and the reality of enthusiasm. Faith does not consist of the affirmation of this symbol or that, but of a genuine and constant aspiration towards the truths which are veiled by all symbolisms. Ifa man rejects an unworthy idea of divinity, breaks its false images, revolts against hateful idolaters, you will call him an atheist! The authors of the persecutions in fallen Rome c…
…t should die, mistake Themselves for their own shadow-scheme. One star can summon them to wake To self ; star-souls serene that gleam On life’s calm lake. That shall end never that began. All things endure because they are. Do what thou wilt, for every man And every woman is a star. Pan is not dead ; he liveth, Pan ! Break down the bar ! To man I come, the number of A man my number, Lion of Light; I am The Beast whose Law is Love. Love under will, his royal right — Behold within, and not above, One star in sight ! ONE STAR IN SIGHT A glimpse of…
…esignate the grades.) The general characteristics and attributions of these Grades are indicated by their correspondences on the Tree of Life, as may be studied in detail in the Book 777 Student. — His business is to acquire a general intellectual knowledge of all systems of attainment, as declared in the prescribed books. (See curriculum in Appendix I of “Magick” by To Mega Therion, and Equinox Vol III, No. 1.) Probationer. — His principal business is to begin such practices as he may prefer, and to write a careful record of the same for one y…
…he shape of the bow, and the occult signifi‐ cance of Sagittarius is the arrow piercing the rainbow; the last three paths of the Tree of Life make the word Qesheth, a rainbow, and Sagittarius bears the arrow which pierces the rain‐ bow, for his path leads from the Moon of Yesod to the Sun of Tiphareth. (This explanation is highly technical; but this is necessary because the card represents an important scientific formula, which cannot be expressed in language suited to common comprehension.) This card represents the Consummation of the Royal Ma…
…. THE FORMULA OF TETRAGRAMMATON It is explained in this essay (see 16, 34, et al.) that the whole of the Tarot is based upon the Tree of Life, and that the Tree of Life is always cognate with Tetragrammaton. One may sum up the whole doctrine very briefly as follows: The Union of the Father and the Mother produces Twins, the son going forward to the daughter, the daughter returning the energy to the father; by this cycle of change the stability and eternity of the Universe are assured. It is necessary, in order to understand the Tarot, to go bac…
by wise men of old; they have made a Science of Life com- plete and perfect; and they have given to it the name of MAGIC K. It is the chief secret of the Ancients, and if the keys have never been actually lost, they have certainly been little used.^ Again, the confusion of thought caused by the ignorance of the people who did not understand it has discredited the whole subject. It is now our task to re-establish this science in its perfection. To do this we must criticize the Authorities; some of them have made it too complex, others have compl…
…o it may be in Love, that two Souls, meeting, discover each in the other such Wealth and Richness of Light and Love, and in one Phase of Life (or Incarnation) or even in many, they exhaust not that Treasure. Or will I say that such are not in their degree and quality thrice fortunate. But to persist in Dulness, in Satiety, and in mutual Irritation and Abhorrence, is contrary to the Way of Nature. So therefore there is no Rule in any such Case, but the Law shall give Light to every one that hath it in his Heart, and by that Wisdom let him govern…
head is the Uraeus serpent, Lord of Life and Death. She is masked, and her expression shows her secret intimate satisfaction in her domination of every element of dis‐equilibrium in the Universe. This condition is symbolized by the Magic Sword which she holds in both hands, and the balances or spheres in which she weighs the Universe, Alpha the First balanced ex‐ actly against Omega the Last. These are the Judex and Testes of Final Judgment; the Testes, in particular, are symbolic of the secret course of judgment whereby all current experience …
…ber of the Great Saviour’s Name (m wis = 29 = 11), and this is also in the Taro the Wheel of the Great Law, 5, the Lord of the Forces of Life. 185,
…ber of the Great Saviour’s Name (m wis = 29 = 11), and this is also in the Taro the Wheel of the Great Law, 5, the Lord of the Forces of Life. 185,
…elody, her Siren melody, her desþairihg “ Venus in Tahnheïiiser " melting/.* She clasþs Με feel and knees of SOL but he gives ne sign of life.] [At Με emi ARIES mm’ LEO rixe from their thrones— a þama] ARIES. (Laud/y). 333—333. LEO. (Lauder). 333-333. ARIES. The hour of sacrifice is past. SCORPIO-APOPHIS. The hour of sacrifice is to come. * Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde: Wagner. 69
…elody, her Siren melody, her desþairihg “ Venus in Tahnheïiiser " melting/.* She clasþs Με feel and knees of SOL but he gives ne sign of life.] [At Με emi ARIES mm’ LEO rixe from their thrones— a þama] ARIES. (Laud/y). 333—333. LEO. (Lauder). 333-333. ARIES. The hour of sacrifice is past. SCORPIO-APOPHIS. The hour of sacrifice is to come. * Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde: Wagner. 69
…DINGS AT MAN- CHESTER, WITH Α ΝΟΤΕ ΟΝ ΤΗΕ CIRCUM- STANCES WHICH LED UP ΤΟ ΤΗΕΜ ALTHOUGH the Sovereign Grand Master General departed this life on March 20, 1913, no official notice of the fact was sent out by the senior active officer, the Grand Chancellor General; but a few days after he had received the summons issued in default of such action by the Acting Sovereign Grand Master General, he sent another summons couched in similar terms, calling a special Convocation at Manchester fer 4 p.m., June 28, 1913. This was illegal for two reasons : Fir…
…DINGS AT MAN- CHESTER, WITH A NOTE ON THE CIRCUM- STANCES WHICH LED UP TO THEM ALTHOUGH the Sovereign Grand Master General departed this life on March 20, 1913, no official notice of the fact was sent out by the senior active officer, the Grand Chancellor General; but a few days after he had received the summons issued in default of such action by the Acting Sovereign Grand Master General, he sent another summons couched in similar terms, calling a special Convocation at Manchester for 4 p.m., June 28, 1913. This was illegal for two reasons: Fi…
…DINGS AT MAN- CHESTER, WITH A NOTE ON THE CIRCUM- STANCES WHICH LED UP TO THEM ALTHOUGH the Sovereign Grand Master General departed this life on March 20, 1913, no official notice of the fact was sent out by the senior active officer, the Grand Chancellor General; but a few days after he had received the summons issued in default of such action by the Acting Sovereign Grand Master General, he sent another summons couched in similar terms, calling a special Convocation at Manchester for 4 p.m., June 28, 1913. This was illegal for two reasons: Fi…
… and make clean thy heart. The Lunar body is Nephesh, and the Mind body Ruach.: The heart is Tiphareth, the centre of Ruach. 43. Eternal life’s pure waters, clear and crystal, with the monsoon tempest’s muddy torrents cannot mingle. We are now again on the subject of suppressing thought. The pure water is the stilled mind, the torrent the mind in- vaded by thoughts. 44. Heaven’s dew-drop glittering in the morn’s first sun- beam within the bosom of the lotus, when dropped on earth becomes a piece of clay; behold, the pearl is now a speck of mire…