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Page 124 of 1541996 · PDF PAGE 176
…tions against imaginary or artificial dangers; and the quacks who trade on fear will be put out of business. All this must follow as the Light the night as soon as Woman, true to Herself, finds that She can no longer be false to any man. She must hold Herself and Her Will in honour; and She must compel the world to accord it. The modern woman is not going to be dupe, slave, and victim any more; the woman who gives herself up freely to her own enjoyment, without asking recompense, will earn the respect of her brothers, and will openly despise he…
1907 · PDF PAGE 179
LIBER SECUNDUS VEL AMORIS 173 Nothing but love : in vain my thoughts evoke That light amidst the deadly night and smoke Of this dread hour: there’s nothing serves nor skills Here, since that hateful ‘‘ I” of me awoke, Making ime separate from the wings of life, Nothing avails me of the cruel strife With my own being : hideous sorrow fills My heart—O misery ! my wife! my wife! Stay ! if I cannot be the Absolute, Let me be man! discard the wailing lute And wake the lyre: the mightier than me Drag up the courage in me to dispute The battle with de…
1910 · PDF PAGE 74
…hman bright as the sun, endowed with all might, beyond the reach of darkness, that shines in yonder sun as in the moon, the fire and the lightning. Thus the Atman little by little came to be known and no longer believed in; yet at first it appears that those who realized it kept their methods to themselves, and simply explained to their followers its greatness and splendour by parable and fable, such as we find in Brihadaranyaka, 2. 1. 19. That is his real form, in which he is exalted above desire, and is free from evil and fear. For just as on…
1910 · PDF PAGE 74
…hman bright as the sun, endowed with all might, beyond the reach of darkness, that shines in yonder sun as in the moon, the fire and the lightning. Thus the Atman little by little came to be known and no longer believed in; yet at first it appears that those who realized it kept their methods to themselves, and simply explained to their followers its greatness and splendour by parable and fable, such as we find in Brihadaranyaka, 2. 1. 19. That is his real form, in which he is exalted above desire, and is free from evil and fear. For just as on…
1910 · PDF PAGE 40
…sense, so he brings up his dinner instead, under the equally absurd delusion that the process is physically dir- ty. In the interests of Light and Truth, one cannot too widely disseminate the grossly phrased, but noble, American proverb that “ A turd jumps away from a live prick like a grasshopper from a snake.” Anyway, one can wash1 ! The sole effect of the law as it stands is to make life in England insupportable for the wretched Urn- ing, and to expose every man, whether he be a so- domite or not to the attacks of blackmailers of the vilest …
1954 · PDF PAGE 387
…ne-or to something we haven't yet got. Notice also Verse 28, a surprising conclusion to the long magical instruction about the "Cakes of Light." Then the mysterious opening of Verse 46 demands attention and research! Can "the Forties" refer to the years '39 (e.v.) onward-will this war last till '49 (e.v.)? Can the "Eighties" be symbolic, as the decade in which universal peace seemed to nearly everybody as assured for an indefinite period? There are any number of other passages, equally warlike; but see II: 24. It is a warning against internecin…
1904 · PDF PAGE 9
… he would employ his fine wit in the service of piety and charity. Many are the good and generous deeds done by him under the cover of a light practical joke or quaint whim. Still less need I speak of this side of my friend ; all the world knows more than I could say. His character was more than dual, how- ever. Not only did the r of predicor vanish and re- turn, as in the epigram of Priapus, but the devo- tion to literature of all kinds bore many diverse fruits. Before he was thirty he had published a volume of semi-sacred verse, a notable col…
1910 · PDF PAGE 124
…possible, as regards hours and even days, and the * The Akasic egg of spirit set between the Pillars of Mercy and Severity with a ray of light descending upon it from Kether. + The Golden Dawn Symbol here meditated upon consisted of a white triangle surmounted by a red cross. See Diagram 4. } This meditation took place whilst P. was on a journey. § These meditations are called Objective Cognitions, by concentrating on certain nerve centres super-physical sensations are obtained. 109
1910 · PDF PAGE 124
…possible, as regards hours and even days, and the * The Akasic egg of spirit set between the Pillars of Mercy and Severity with a ray of light descending upon it from Kether. + The Golden Dawn Symbol here meditated upon consisted of a white triangle surmounted by a red cross. See Diagram 4. } This meditation took place whilst P. was on a journey. § These meditations are called Objective Cognitions, by concentrating on certain nerve centres super-physical sensations are obtained. 109
1929 · PDF PAGE 21
…God! Damn it! he screamed, how did you get the keys of my little safe? The girl had frozen colder than the stone, but there was a new light in her eye, and if the curl of a lip could tread a worm into the dust, that lip was hers and that worm the author of her being. She had withdrawn as one who comes suddenly upon a toad, and the first flaming of her face had died instantly to deadlier ice. Bugg saw his mistake, his masses of mistakes. There being but one more to make, he made it; and, finding himself in the frying-pan of discovery, leapt i…
1954 · PDF PAGE 22
… writer and teacher of the greatest magnitude must be enhanced by these letters, which are thus strongly recommended to all who seek the Light. There are some magnificent flashes of profundity in this book as when Crowley examines the necessity of keeping a diary, a personal record of all practices undertaken. A great deal of what we know about him is due to the fact that he kept a diary throughout his life. Most of these are intact and have been preserved, thanks to the scrupulousness and care of Mr. Gerald Yorke, to whom posterity will have m…
1907 · PDF PAGE 247
… a change, ili. 87 Holy as heaven, the home of winds, i. 95 Horace, in the fruitful Sabine country, 1. 127 How barren is the Valley of Delight, i. 179 How easy to excite derision, ii. 176 How hardly a man, iii. 151 How light and how agreeable, i. 156 How sweet the soft looks shoot, ii. 78 How tedious I always find, ii. 184 How things are changed since Alice was so ill, li, 81 ‘* How very hard it is to be,” ii, 168 ‘* How you bungle!’”’ growled Ganesha, ii, 228 I ALMOST wonder if I ought, iii. 89 Iam a boy in this. Alas! ili. 3 Iamaman. Consider…
1954 · PDF PAGE 74
…contrive are "Tom Fool" knots, and unravel at the proper touch. Always either Naught or Two! But every new re-arrangement throws further light on the possible tangles, that is, on the Nature of the String itself. It is always "Nothing" when you pull it out ; but becomes "Everything" as you play about with it,· since there is no limit to the combinations that you can form from it, save only in your imagination (where the whole thing belongs!) and that grows mightily with Experience. It is accordingly well worth while to fulfill oneself in every …
1954 · PDF PAGE 220
… frog." One is wafted, without one's Asana being disturbed, about the floor, rather as fragments of paper, or dry leaves, might be in a slight draught under the door. If one is quite perfectly balanced one cannot be moved sideways; so one rises. And there you are! Personally, I reached the Bhuchari-Siddhi quite a number of times; but I never observed No.4. On several occasions other people have seen me levitated, though never to a height of more than a foot or so. Here is the best account of such an incident, of those at my immediate disposal. …
1954 · PDF PAGE 326
…lt AL. II: 24, 25, 48, 49, 58, 59, and III : 18, 58, 59. It might be confusing to quote these texts in full; but they throw much further light on the subject.) The word "compassion " in its accepted sense- which is bad etymology-implies that you are a fine fellow, and the other so much dirt ; that is, you insult him by pity for his misfortun es. But "Every man and every woman is a star" ; so don't you do it! You should treat everybody as a King of the same order as yourself. Of course, nine people out of ten won't stand for it, not for a minute…
1929 · PDF PAGE 78
78 light and love upon all that came within their scope, yet they were free from spiritual pride. They enjoyed intimate communion with the immanent divine soul of nature. Inheritors of innocence and illumination, they were not self-seekers; and their one passion was to bring mankind into the sphere of their own sublimity, dealing with each individual as his circumstances required. To them the members of the Trinity were nearer and more real than anything else in the universe. But they were pure ideas of incorruptible integrity. The incarnation …
1922 · PDF PAGE 348
…hard against the temptation to indulge, that the period between doses, however prolonged it might be, were being regarded merely in that light. In other words, it was a negative thing. Life consisted in taking heroin. The intervals be- tween the doses did not count. It was like the attitude of the normal man with regard to sleep. It suddenly dawned upon me that this painful process of gradually learning to abstain, was not a cure at all in any right sense of the word. Basil was perfectly right.. I must reverse the entire process and reckon my l…
1996 · PDF PAGE 202
…ve only that they understand a little; solve the first half of the equation, leave the second unattacked. But thou hast all in the clear light, and some, though not all, in the dark. 57. Invoke me under my stars! Love is the law, love under will. ' Nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the for tress, and the great mystery of the House of God. All these old letters of my Book are aright; but is not the Star. This a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 269
…es emblematic of the Mystic Triad, and in the three different languages repeat the three mystic words: “KHABS AM PEKHT!” “KONX OM PAX!” “LIGHT IN EXTENSION!” The Hierophant then finally closes the ceremony by saying : ‘May what we have this day partaken of, sustain us in our search for the Quint- essence ; the Stone of the Philosophers ; the True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness, and the Summum Bonum.” All then disrobe and disperse. Undoubtedly the passing through the Ritual of the Neophyte had an important influence on P.’s mind, and on his Spirit…
1909 · PDF PAGE 269
…es emblematic of the Mystic Triad, and in the three different languages repeat the three mystic words: “KHABS AM PEKHT!” “KONX OM PAX!” “LIGHT IN EXTENSION!” The Hierophant then finally closes the ceremony by saying : ‘May what we have this day partaken of, sustain us in our search for the Quint- essence ; the Stone of the Philosophers ; the True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness, and the Summum Bonum.” All then disrobe and disperse. Undoubtedly the passing through the Ritual of the Neophyte had an important influence on P.’s mind, and on his Spirit…