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Page 122 of 1731911 · PDF PAGE 43
THE VISION AND THE VOICE also above. The higher you go, the greater is the distance from one grade to another. Tam being slowly pushed backwards down the avenue, out into the wind. And this time Iam caught up by the wind and whirled away down it like a dead leaf. And a great Angel sweeps through the wind, and catches hold of me, and bears me up against it; and he sets me down on the hither side of the wind, and he whispers in my ear: Go thou forth into the world, O thrice and four times blessed who hast gazed upon the horror of the loneliness o…
1912 · PDF PAGE 51
…is, however, an entry of this date in his little MS. book 01 vellum: “I realize in myself the perfect impossibility of reason; suffering great misery. 1 am as one who should have plumed himself for years upon the speed and strength of a favourite horse, only to find not only that its speed and strength were illusory, but that it was not a real horse at all, but a clothes-horse. There being no way—no conceivable way—out of this awful trouble gives that hideous despair which is only tolerable because in the past it has ever been the Darkness of th…
1912 · PDF PAGE 51
…is, however, an entry of this date in his little MS. book 01 vellum: “I realize in myself the perfect impossibility of reason; suffering great misery. 1 am as one who should have plumed himself for years upon the speed and strength of a favourite horse, only to find not only that its speed and strength were illusory, but that it was not a real horse at all, but a clothes-horse. There being no way—no conceivable way—out of this awful trouble gives that hideous despair which is only tolerable because in the past it has ever been the Darkness of th…
1919 · PDF PAGE 128
…tter than this of pure mathematics, since already therein are gross ideas made fine, and all is ordered and ready for the Alchemy of the Great Work. Thave already written to you of how, in the Will of Love, Light ariseth as the secret part of Life. And in the first, the little, Loves, the attained Life is still personal: later, it be- cometh impersonal and universal. Now then is Will arrived, mayI say so, at its magnetic pole, whence the lines of force point alike every way and no way: and Love also is no more a work, but a state. These qualiti…
1911 · PDF PAGE 151
…nd on his left hand is a figure somewhat like the Hindoo Kali, but much more seductive. Yet I know it to be Lilith. And above him is the Great Sigil of the Arrow, downward, but it is struck through the heart of the child. This Child also is Abel. And the meaning of this part of the card is obscure, but that is the correct drawing of the Taro card; and that is the correct magical fable from which the Hebrew scribes, who were not complete Initiates, stole their legend of the Fall and the subsequent events. They joined different fables together to…
1919 · PDF PAGE 418
…t to remember is this, that in the Outer Order, and in the College of Adepts itself, it is not certain to what end any one may come. The greatest and holiest of the Ex- empt Adepts may, in a single moment, become a Brother of the Left Hand Path. It is for this reason that the Great White Brotherhood admits no essential connection with the lower branches affiliated to The Order. At the same time, The Brothers of the A..A.. refuse none. They have no ob- 96
1944 · PDF PAGE 11
…rength of her work to enlighten the world; may this Tarot serve as a chart for the bold seamen of the New Aeon, to guide them across the Great Sea of Understanding to the City of the Pyramids! The accompanying booklet was dashed off by Aleister Crowley, without help from par‐ ents. Its perusal may be omitted with advantage. S. H. Soror I.W.E. 8°=3° A A
1996 · PDF PAGE 140
…core of our Khabs, our Star, one of the Company of Heaven; but this Khabs needs a Khu or Magical Image, in order to play its part in the Great Drama. This Khu, again, needs the proper costume, a suitable “body of flesh,” and this costume must be worthy of the Play. We therefore employ various magical means to increase the vigour of our bodies and the energy of our minds, to fortify and to sublime them. The result is that we of Thelema are capable of enormously more achievement than others, even in terrestrial matters, from sexual orgia to creat…
1929 · PDF PAGE 77
…nd {144} Edward Carpenter have been treated with the foulest injustice by ignorant and prejudiced people. My mother always believed that Great Eastern, the first steamship of any size to speak of, met with repeated disasters because God was jealous, as He had been of the tower of Babel. In 1917 my cousin, Lawrence Bishop, told me that he thought that "the Lord prepared a great iceberg" for the Titanic in annoyance at the claim of the shipbilders that she was unsinkable. William Whiteley had several fires, which my mother took as the repartee of…
1929 · PDF PAGE 167
…cency. Such self-delusion marks the utmost limit of bad psychology. India could be kept in order, even now, to its own salvation and our great credit and profit, if we would eliminate the European women and tradesmen, the competition wallah, and the haw-haw officer, and entrust the government of the country to a body of sworn "amurai" vowed like the Jesuits to chastity and obedience, together with either poverty or a type of splendour in which there should be no element of personal pride or indulgence, but only prestige. Like the Jesuits, too, …
1907 · PDF PAGE 296
…r one made up by yourself , or one consisting wholly of senseless and barbarous words . Repeat it solemnly and aloud , expectant of some great and mysterious result. I pledge myself , if you have a spark of religion in you , that is , if you are properly a human being, that you will (at the very least ) experience a deeper sense of spiritual com munion than you have ever obtained by a course of church going , The Irishman whose first question on landing at New York was “ Is there a Government in this country ? ” and on being told “ Yes,” instan…
1910 · PDF PAGE 168
…rible is the Voice of the Universe. But with Puraka is a still small Voice. Concerning which Maitrananda said to me: “Listen not to that Great and terrible Voice: but penetrate and hear the subtle soul thereof.” 13th, Pranayama: Five cycles § minutes 15 seconds. Mantra (N.S.N.A.) t Half an hour. Ears begin to sing at about the twentieth minute. Towards the end I heard a soft sound as of a silver tube being struck very gently with a soft mallet. These sounds are known as the Voice of the Nada, and are a sure sign that progress is being made. The…
1910 · PDF PAGE 200
…wists and turnings that the road has taken since we left our last camp below, when the sun was rising and all was golden with the joy of great expectations. For, in truth, we have progressed many a weary league, and from this high spot are apt to mis- judge our journey, and belittle our labours, as we gaze down the precipitous slope which sweeps away at our feet. In the last two years and a half P. had journeyed far, further than he at this time was aware of; and yet the goal of his journey seemed still so distant that only with difficulty coul…
1910 · PDF PAGE 168
…rible is the Voice of the Universe. But with Puraka is a still small Voice. Concerning which Maitrananda said to me: “Listen not to that Great and terrible Voice: but penetrate and hear the subtle soul thereof.” 13th, Pranayama: Five cycles § minutes 15 seconds. Mantra (N.S.N.A.) t Half an hour. Ears begin to sing at about the twentieth minute. Towards the end I heard a soft sound as of a silver tube being struck very gently with a soft mallet. These sounds are known as the Voice of the Nada, and are a sure sign that progress is being made. The…
1910 · PDF PAGE 200
…wists and turnings that the road has taken since we left our last camp below, when the sun was rising and all was golden with the joy of great expectations. For, in truth, we have progressed many a weary league, and from this high spot are apt to mis- judge our journey, and belittle our labours, as we gaze down the precipitous slope which sweeps away at our feet. In the last two years and a half P. had journeyed far, further than he at this time was aware of; and yet the goal of his journey seemed still so distant that only with difficulty coul…
1913 · PDF PAGE 137
… without that experience could possibly carry it out, and we have seen this demand granted. We have seen him hailed by the Adepts of the Great White Brotherhood in England, as not only one of themselves, but as their Master, nay, as the Logos of the AZon. We have seen him refuse to admit it. Ultimately, when every obstacle had been cleared away, when the Adepts themselves urged him to take up the work, his will refused assent, and that with finality. ‘ For,” said he, “ it is impossible. In my copy of the Book of the Law I find it written ‘This …
1913 · PDF PAGE 137
… without that experience could possibly carry it out, and we have seen this demand granted. We have seen him hailed by the Adepts of the Great White Brotherhood in England, as not only one of themselves, but as their Master, nay, as the Logos of the AZon. We have seen him refuse to admit it. Ultimately, when every obstacle had been cleared away, when the Adepts themselves urged him to take up the work, his will refused assent, and that with finality. ‘ For,” said he, “ it is impossible. In my copy of the Book of the Law I find it written ‘This …
1922 · PDF PAGE 136
…that this particular man was English himself. He was apparently asleep ;; but presently he lifted his head from the table, stretched his great arms, and called for a drink, in Italian. He drained his glass at a gulp, and then came suddenly over to our table and addressed us in English. We could tell at once from hjs accent that the man had originally been more or less of a gentleman, but his face and his tone told their own story. He must have been going downhill for many years—reached the bottom long ago, and found it the easiest place to live…
1922 · PDF PAGE 152
… Mr. Laroche Feccles. We managed to get pretty drunk in the course of the evening; but there was no exhilaration. The shock had been too great, the disillusion too disgusting. Above all, there was the complete absence of what had, after all, been the mainspring of our lives; our love for each other. That was gone, as if it had been packed in our luggage. The only approach to sympathetic communion between us was when Lou, practical to the last, brought out our pitifully small supply of heroin and cocaine. “That’s all we've got,” she whispered in…
1929 · PDF PAGE 101
…tment of pale blue covered with silver tissue; and the secret sigils of the moon were woven cunningly upon its hem. It was frail, but of great volume; and the effect was that the wearer seemed to be wrapped in a mist of moonlight.