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Page 144 of 1731907 · PDF PAGE 174
…memory mighty and mute In love’s poor substitute Of thee, thy Love too high, the impossible pursuit ! Then from the cloud a golden voice Great harmonies persuade, That all the cosmic lawns rejoice Like laughter of a maid ; Till evolution had no choice, But heard it, and obeyed. ‘¢ Show by thy magic art The hero-story ! Awake the maiden heart With tunes of glory! With mortal joys and tears, Keen woes and blisses, Awake her faiths and fears, Her tears and kisses !”’
1930 · PDF PAGE 94
… of that Name, let him repeat a Word worthy of this particular Ritual. Such are Abrahadabra, the Word of the Aeon, which signifieth aThe Great Work accom- plished”; and Aumgn interpreted in Part III of Book 4 1-y and the name of THE BEAST, for that His number showeth forth this Union with the Angel, and His Work is no other than to make ail men partakers of this Mystery of the Mysteries of Magick. So then saying this Word or that, let the Adept wrestle with his Angel and withstand Him, that he may constrain Him to consent to continue in communi…
1909 · PDF PAGE 296
…en replaced, after which the following symbols are explained to the Philosophus: The Image of Nebuchadnezzar's Vision; The Symbol of the Great Hermetic Arcanum; The Tablet of Union between the four Elements; The tablet of the Symbolic Latin Names; The Seven Palaces of the Briatic World; and the Kerubim in the Visions of Isaiah, Ezekiel and St. John. The Hierophant Inductor now congratulates the Philosophus on the progress he has made, and proclaims him Master of the 24th, 25th, and 26th Paths in the Portal of the Vault of the Adepts. After whic…
1909 · PDF PAGE 296
…en replaced, after which the following symbols are explained to the Philosophus: The Image of Nebuchadnezzar's Vision; The Symbol of the Great Hermetic Arcanum; The Tablet of Union between the four Elements; The tablet of the Symbolic Latin Names; The Seven Palaces of the Briatic World; and the Kerubim in the Visions of Isaiah, Ezekiel and St. John. The Hierophant Inductor now congratulates the Philosophus on the progress he has made, and proclaims him Master of the 24th, 25th, and 26th Paths in the Portal of the Vault of the Adepts. After whic…
1910 · PDF PAGE 48
…lly perceives the underlying realities of Christianity, a religion which is so hidden by mounds of dirt and rubbish that it needs a very great mystic to get to the bottom of things without becoming defiled. I hope Mr. Watkins is a true Christian. V. BLN. THE PorcH. Vol. I, No. 3. ON THE GOOD, OR THE ONE. By PLOTINUS. We took up this book with avidity, thinking from the title that it was about Mr. Watkins. But no; at least not under that name. Plotinus’ method of mystic exercise is practically that of Liber XVI (A.. Ae. publication in Class D), …
1910 · PDF PAGE 48
…lly perceives the underlying realities of Christianity, a religion which is so hidden by mounds of dirt and rubbish that it needs a very great mystic to get to the bottom of things without becoming defiled. I hope Mr. Watkins is a true Christian. V. BLN. THE PorcH. Vol. I, No. 3. ON THE GOOD, OR THE ONE. By PLOTINUS. We took up this book with avidity, thinking from the title that it was about Mr. Watkins. But no; at least not under that name. Plotinus’ method of mystic exercise is practically that of Liber XVI (A.. Ae. publication in Class D), …
1929 · PDF PAGE 103
… stranger in the sacred grove!" "Artemis! Artemis! Artemis!" shrilled the girls, their instruments fierce and agitated. At that moment a great cry arose from the men, who were in waiting on the upper Terrace. It was a scream of abject fear, inarticulate, save for the one word "Pan!" They fled shrieking in every direction as Cyril Grey, clad in a rough dress of goatskins, bounded from the topmost terrace into their midst. In another moment, leaping down the garden, he [147] reached the parapet that overlooked the little terrace where the girls c…
1929 · PDF PAGE 121
…llness and decay. Also, it followed that the best corpses of all were those of executed murderers, whose vitality may be assumed as very great — though on this last point Cyril Grey, for one, would have disagreed with him, saying that the most vital people would have too much respect for the principle of life to commit murder in cold blood. However, Dr Vesquit had obtained an appointment as coroner in the most murderous district of London; and uncanny were the rumours that circulated among occult sympathizers. [173] His career had nearly been r…
1929 · PDF PAGE 221
Great General Staff!" "Yes, you should certainly do that!" answered Lord Antony, laughing. [310] "Then let's stroll up the Boulevard. Dawn's breaking. We'll get a cafe- brioche at the Rotonde, and then I'll tyrannize my tailor, and get off." They went out into the cold morning air. Three hundred yards away, outside the Sante prison, a small crowd had collected. The centre of attraction seemed to be a framework, two narrow uprights crowned with a cross-bar where a triangular piece of metal glittered in the pale twilight. "Peace hath her victorie…
1996 · PDF PAGE 41
…ich it is so stupid as not even to be satisfactory to the persons concerned? The sexual act is a sacrament of Will. To profane it is the great offence. All true expression of it is lawful; all suppression or dis tortion is contrary to the Law of Liberty. To use legal or financial constraint to compel either abstention or submission, is entirely horrible, unnatural and absurd. Physical constraint, up to a cer tain point, is not so seriously wrong; for it has its roots in the original sex-conflict which we see in animals, and has often the effe…
1905 · PDF PAGE 186
…ences of his actions are injurious to others or not ? Mr Crowley seems to hold that the world is reeking with rottenness—and he is, to a great extent, right. His poems, ‘ Mors Janua Amoris ’ and ‘ The Whore in Heaven,’ will horrify the votaries of Mrs Grundy. At the same time, these daring verses contain a large share of elemental truth. But we live in a hypocritical age, and apparently the author of these extraordinary poems realises the fact, for his volume is ‘ privately printed.’ The epilogue, ‘ A Death in Sicily,’ is really a magnificent p…
1906 · PDF PAGE 101
… to sweep a stable out ! Glorious task !—I shall return anon. JASON. Nay, follow not! The Goddess were dis- pleased, Coming, to find our greatest hero gone. THESEUS. This is the midmost hour of day. JASON. Arise, All heroes, circling round the sacred stone In beautiful order and procession grave, While our chief priest, our mightiest in song, The dowered of Phoebus, great Oecager’s heir, Invokes that glory on the sacrifice That kindles all its slumber into life And vivid flame descending on the wheel And chariot of lightning, licking up | ‘The …
1929 · PDF PAGE 223
…e, and parted. Cyril went on to the Opera, to his tailor in the Rue de la Paix. His mind was full of meditations upon the details of the great idea that had come to him, the divination of the enemy's objective. His suggestion had made Lord Antony laugh. He himself had never felt less like laughing; he was on fire with creative genius — and terrified lest his work should fall upon barren soil. Well he knew how hard it is to get Power to listen to Reason! At the corner of the Place de l'Opera he lifted his eyes to assure himself of a free crossin…
1907 · PDF PAGE 31
…t mocks me, this heaven Of thine, Adonai ! Rather be limed In the dusk, in the deep, Seven times seven Thy hells, O Jehovah ! I tune the great Name To a million vowels :— It escapes me, the flame ! But deep in my bowels Growls the deep lust, The bitter distrust, The icy fear, The cruel thought ! O! Iam here— And here is nought. I must rave on. I hate the sun. Anon! Anon! Let us both begone, Thou fiend that pourest One by one These evil words In my ear, in my heart ! Here on the summit The air is too thin. Wild as the winds Let me ride! Let me s…
1929 · PDF PAGE 40
… numbers are o£ course parts of the mogician himself considérée! as the microcosm. The microcosm is an exact image o£ the Macrocosm; the Great Work is the raising of the whole man in perfect balance to the power of ïnfinity. The reader will remark that ail criticism directed against the Magical Hierarchy is futile. One cannot call it incorrect — the only line to take might be that it was inconvénient. In the same way one çannot say that the Roman alphabet is better or worse than the Greek, since ail required sounds can be more or less satisfact…
1929 · PDF PAGE 86
…not his style; who was it?" "Simon Iff." "I shall see to that." Balloch understood that, though S.R.M.D. feared Iff and loathed him, his great preoccupation was with Cyril Grey. He hated the young magician with a perfect hatred; he would never forget his ruin at those boyish hands. Also, he forgave nothing, from a kindness to an insult; he was malignant for the sake of malice. "They will have gone over to their house on Montmartre," continued Douglas, in a voice of absolute certitude. "We must have the exits watched by Abdul Bey and his men. Bu…
1929 · PDF PAGE 102
… This instruction had been given to Lisa in advance; now that it was ceremonially conferred upon her, she was struck to the heart by its great meaning. Her passion for Cyril Grey had been gross and vehement, [146] almost vulgar; he had translated it into terms of hunger after holiness, of awful aspiration, of utter purity. Nor Rhea Silvia, nor Semele, nor any other mortal virgin had ever glowed to inherit more glorious a destiny, to feel such infinite exaltation of chastity. Even the thought of Cyril himself fell from her like a stain. He had b…
1929 · PDF PAGE 148
…t aloud; and thus, uniting justice with self-sacrifice, he died the death of the righteous. The image of Brother Onofrio faded away. The great operation of necromancy had come to naught. Yet the writing remained; and, nearly a day later, when Abdul Bey came to himself, it was the first thing that caught his eye. He thrust it into his shroud, automatically; then stumbled to his feet, and sought his colleagues. At his feet the old coroner lay dead; Arthwait, his convulsions terminated by exhaustion approximating coma, lay with his head upon the c…
1905 · PDF PAGE 242
TANNHAUSER 235 TANNHAUSER. I sleep not. Those were Her mysterious words As faded the great vision, And I knew In some forgotten corner of my brain Some desperate truth. VENUS, Forget this foolishness ! [ There cometh a shadow. I am afraid, even I! What moves me thus? TANNHAUSER. I saw the mighty vision as before Forming in front of the awakening east, All permeated with the rose of dawn, And pale with delicate green light and shade, Marvellous! So, you say, she is a witch Seeking to rob or trick you of your power? VENUS. Isayso? No! Idare not! …
1906 · PDF PAGE 52
…’s reward ; Dis- persion is a thing abhorred. The Bhikkhu who in Earnestness delights, who fears dispersions dire, His fetters all, both great and small, burning he moves about the fire. The Bhikkhu who in Earnestness delights, Dispersion sees with fear, He goes not to Destruction ; he unto Nibbana draweth near. Ilf. THE ARROW, Just as the fletcher shapes his shaft straightly, so shapes his thought the saint, For that is trembling, weak, impatient of direction or restraint. Mara’s dominion to escape if thought im- petuously tries Like to a fish…