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…tion of these two DEVILS is to allow the God upon whom they prey to enter into enjoyment of existence through the Sacrament of dividual “Life” (Bread — the flesh of BESZ) and “Love” (Wine — the blood or venom of APOPHRASZ). He acclaims His Angel as having “eaten of the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil”; otherwise, having become wise (in the 275 —
…er to change, nor falter, nor repent : This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great, and joyous, beautiful, and free: This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Vic- tory,” 3 The last phrase pealed trumpet-wise: he sank back into thought. ‘‘ Yes,” he said slowly, ‘‘ neither to change, nor falter, nor repent.” I moved forward, and he saw me. ‘Who are you?” he asked. . ‘‘T am travelling in the East,” I said. ‘‘T love Man also; I have come to see you. Who are you?” 1 See “Tristam Shandy,” by Laurence Sterne, Chap. I. 2 Image of Buddha. 3 Shelley, ‘…
… human food. Nor do I cry the scoffer’s cry That Christians live and look the lie Their faith has taught them : none of these Inspire my life, disturb my peace. I go beneath the outward faith Find it a devil or a wraith, Just as my mood or temper tends ! And thus to-day that “Christ ascends,” I take the symbol, leave the fact Decline to make the smallest pact With your creative Deity, And say : The Christhood-soul in me, Risen of late, is now quite clear Even of the smallest taint of Earth. Supplanting God, the Man has birth (“New Birth” you’ll…
…=o° Grade of Neophyte. It will be at once apparent to the reader that the Diagram of the Paths is simply the ordinary Sephirotic Tree of Life, combined with the Tarot trumps, the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, the thirty-two paths of the Sepher Yetzirah, the signs of the Zodiac, and the signs of the planets and the elements. The following account of it is taken from S.A.’s copy No. 2 of the“ Ritual of the 24th, 25th, and 26th Paths leading from the First Order of the G.*. D.*.in the outer to the 5°=6°, Associate Adept speaking: “ Be…
…=o° Grade of Neophyte. It will be at once apparent to the reader that the Diagram of the Paths is simply the ordinary Sephirotic Tree of Life, combined with the Tarot trumps, the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, the thirty-two paths of the Sepher Yetzirah, the signs of the Zodiac, and the signs of the planets and the elements. The following account of it is taken from S.A.’s copy No. 2 of the“ Ritual of the 24th, 25th, and 26th Paths leading from the First Order of the G.*. D.*.in the outer to the 5°=6°, Associate Adept speaking: “ Be…
…writes: Those who really want to be Yogis must give up, once for all, this nibbling at things. Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced. Others are mere talking machines. . . . To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. “I will drink the ocean,” says the persev…
…writes: Those who really want to be Yogis must give up, once for all, this nibbling at things. Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced. Others are mere talking machines. . . . To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. “I will drink the ocean,” says the persev…
…p—chop; I’m sick of it. Even in had a fine girl from Paris like that, what could I do but chop—chop—chop—chop? " For the first time in his life he went home half an hour earlier than his custom, to the accompaniment of a terrific thunderstorm that rolled up from the valley of the Loing and fell like night upon the forest, like a dark winter's night that afternoon of May. He was wet to the skin before he reached his hut. Opening the door, he glowered with dull surprise. Equally wet, standing in one corner and wringing out a blouse, was a girl of ab…
…p—chop; I’m sick of it. Even in had a fine girl from Paris like that, what could I do but chop—chop—chop—chop? " For the first time in his life he went home half an hour earlier than his custom, to the accompaniment of a terrific thunderstorm that rolled up from the valley of the Loing and fell like night upon the forest, like a dark winter's night that afternoon of May. He was wet to the skin before he reached his hut. Opening the door, he glowered with dull surprise. Equally wet, standing in one corner and wringing out a blouse, was a girl of ab…
…netic light which causes the future to appear, also causes things at present existing, but hidden, to be guessed; as it is the universal life, it is also the agent of human sensibility, transmitting to some the sickness or the health of others, according to the fatal influence of contracts, or the laws of the will. It is that which explains the power of benedictions and of bewitchments so clearly recognized by the great adepts, and above all by the wonderful Paracelsus. An acute and judicious critic, Mr. Ch. Fauvety, in an article published by …
…netic light which causes the future to appear, also causes things at present existing, but hidden, to be guessed; as it is the universal life, it is also the agent of human sensibility, transmitting to some the sickness or the health of others, according to the fatal influence of contracts, or the laws of the will. It is that which explains the power of benedictions and of bewitchments so clearly recognized by the great adepts, and above all by the wonderful Paracelsus. An acute and judicious critic, Mr. Ch. Fauvety, in an article published by …
…that I was cured from the moment that I forgot myself altogetherin the absorption of my love for Peter; the work of bringing him back to life. And now that I have ceased to look at myself and feel for myself, I have. become able to see him and feel for him with absolute clearness. There is not the slightest possibility of error.
…at lesson of Thelema, that nothing is right or wrong in itself; as we say "Circumstances alter cases." One trains oneself to adapt one's life to the impinging facts: to "cut one's coat according to one's cloth." It leads one to the understanding of that great Principle of Compromise which has kept England's head above water through the tempests of a chiliad. Remember that the slightest sign of inelasticity means that the rubber has already "perished"; and that the test of perfection is that one can "snap back" to the original condition, with no…
…xpound the cosmic plan By symbolising God and man And nature thus? As man contains Cells, nerves, grey matter in his brains, Each cell a life, self-centred, free Yet self-subordinate to the whole For its own sake—expand !—so we Molecules of a central soul, Time’s sons, judged by Eternity. Nature is gone—our joys, our pains, Our little lives—and God remains. Were this the truth—why ! worship then Were not so imbecile for men! But that’s no Christian faith ! For where Enters the dogma of despair ? Despite his logic’s silver flow I must count Cair…
160 THE SWORD OF SONG Each life bound ever to the wheel Ay, and each being—we may guess Now that the very crystals feel !— 620 For them no harp-resounding court, No palm, no crown, but none the less A cross, be sure! The worst man’s thought In hell itself, bereft of bliss, Were less unmerciful than this! 625 No! for material things, I hear, Will burn away, and cease to be— (Nibbana! Ah! Thou shoreless Sea !) Man, man alone, is doomed to fear, To suffer the eternal woe, 630 Or else, to meet man’s subtle foe, God—and oh! infamy of terror! Be like…
… I fear death. No love worth Love’s name ever yet needed to be asked. And yet—in words! If you care for me at all, do not let me lose my life in a misappre- hension! Tho’ I would die for you blithely, faith, I had rather live on—in your service. Can you love me a little? Fool! Fool! Ay, there’s a pair of us—why do we wait here and let our happiness stand in the cold and knock at our door all night? BLANCHE. Don’t! Don’t make me more miserable and hopeless than I am. [DENYS determines to make a general advance. DENYS. [Zenderly.| Little fool ! […
…irst he slays Madeline , and then , at his mother's bidding , himself : A blood-gr vapour and a scorpion steam To poison the unrighteous life of God ! 2 Thus does this fearful tragedy end . Gruesome with lust and cruelty , Ulric , a horrible perversion , overcome by the violence of his desires , a second Amnon , a second de Sade . His ideal once at least partially pure , broke , as the truth burst on his ear , into a wild and fearful nightmare ; and in his brutal fury we find that perhaps the Sadism of to-day is but an Avatar of those past days…
…s a liar . For he that loveth not his brother whom he seeth , how can he love God whom he seeth not .” So the mystic's work lies here in life , and the greatest and most divine mystics have probably been those whose naïveté of soul was such , that they knew not that they were mystics , and whose illumination has become so brilliant , that they cannot even find expression in the most divine of symbols . Such adepts who arrive at so exalted a plane , keep silence , as Crowley says : “ the first and last ordeals and rewards of the Adept are compri…
…d if this were not the cover I am waiting for. No fallacies will induce me to free you now that at last I have found you. I was dead; my life was nothing more than a spring without motion. Every twenty-one days, according to the calendar, I came, pacing the lonely streets of this remote spot. For two hours each time did I wait and wait, longing, eager, nervous, hopeful, hopeless, desperate, distressed, with gigantic thoughts crowding my mind. I almost despaired of seeing this moment; at last it has come. I forgot the duties of art, the call of …
…d if this were not the cover I am waiting for. No fallacies will induce me to free you now that at last I have found you. I was dead; my life was nothing more than a spring without motion. Every twenty-one days, according to the calendar, I came, pacing the lonely streets of this remote spot. For two hours each time did I wait and wait, longing, eager, nervous, hopeful, hopeless, desperate, distressed, with gigantic thoughts crowding my mind. I almost despaired of seeing this moment; at last it has come. I forgot the duties of art, the call of …