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…e; they mounted me for Thy bridal chamber. 32. They fled away at Thy coming; I was alone before Thee. 33. I trembled at Thy coming, O my God, for Thy mes- senger was more terrible than the Death-star. 34. On the threshold stood the fulminant figure of Evil, the Horror of emptiness, with his ghastly eyes like poison- ous wells. He stood, and the chamber was corrupt; the air stank. He was an old and gnarled fish more hideous than the shells of Abaddon. 35. He enveloped me with his demon tentacles; yea, the eight fears took hold upon me. 36. But I…
1910 · PDF PAGE 502
…mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? Weshall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald ones, but of sacrifice and victory, of Inmost Enlightenment, of the soul’s deliverance from the fetters of the very soul itself—fear not; you are not ‘replacing truth of thought by mere expertness of mechanical skill.’ “You who hold …
1910 · PDF PAGE 502
…mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? Weshall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald ones, but of sacrifice and victory, of Inmost Enlightenment, of the soul’s deliverance from the fetters of the very soul itself—fear not; you are not ‘replacing truth of thought by mere expertness of mechanical skill.’ “You who hold …
1906 · PDF PAGE 271
…is: mwatnp—tios, the Aoyos—and TEU aYLoY. I admit it. Af. Then you surrender? The tripartite anatomy of ‘Tat Sat is granted me? Hegel is God, and Zoroaster his prophet? ‘ The mind of the Father said ‘Into 3!’ and immediately all things were so divided!’ ? S. Arrahmanu arrahimu al maliku al gadusu as salamu—Vete cabron! Chinga sumadre! I give in on that issue. Mf. Alhamdolillah ! For there are four letters in Allah g\Jt. A for Ab--Father, L for Lovos—double, for he is both God and man, and H for Holy Ghost. S. The language of your Notariqon is t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 416
…tery.’ Yes, but the phenome: on shall it nbt.be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be inter- preted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald ones, but of sacrifice and victory, of Inmost Enlightenment, of the Soul's deliverance from the feiters of the very ul itself—fear not ; you are not ‘ replacing truth of thought by mere expertness of mechanic” skill,’ “You who hold …
1909 · PDF PAGE 416
…tery.’ Yes, but the phenome: on shall it nbt.be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be inter- preted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald ones, but of sacrifice and victory, of Inmost Enlightenment, of the Soul's deliverance from the feiters of the very ul itself—fear not ; you are not ‘ replacing truth of thought by mere expertness of mechanic” skill,’ “You who hold …
1913 · PDF PAGE 602
…mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery5 the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald ones, but of sacrifice and victory, of Inmost Enlightenment, of the soul’s deliverance from the fetters of the very soul itself—fear not; you are not ‘replacing truth of thought by mere expertness of mechanical skill.’ “You who hold…
1913 · PDF PAGE 602
…mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery5 the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald ones, but of sacrifice and victory, of Inmost Enlightenment, of the soul’s deliverance from the fetters of the very soul itself—fear not; you are not ‘replacing truth of thought by mere expertness of mechanical skill.’ “You who hold…
1903 · PDF PAGE 12
…he Pleroma, Parabrahma, or the Allah of the Unity-adoring followers of Mehammed. (To the Musulman fakir, Allah is by no means a personal God.) +I cannot here diseuss the propriety of representing the categories a& dimensfons, It-will be obvious to anystudent of the integeal calculi, OF {© anyone who appreciates the geometrical sigaincance of the rm X*
1907 · PDF PAGE 117
…ll exceed: its lips unclean shall answer at the Judgment Day: “ The greatest of them all, I say, were this my poet and his queen l ” Ah, God! we look upon the Thames; the Arno’s palaces are gone. Dull glows the misty horizon with London’s stinking stratagems. But lift the lid of earth and see the good flame gush and wrap us round! For us, the Gods of the Profound, may England equal Italy. And 1 who revelled with Faustine in Rome make madder music here “[110 poise upon my bleeding spear the severed kisses of Katrine. H
1907 · PDF PAGE 62
…lence of the lawn Came Charicles , the darling of the dawn , Slowly , and to his steps took little heed ; He came towards the pool , his god -wrought reed Shrilling dim visions of things glorious , And saw the maiden , that disported thus , And worshipped. . . ? As Percy , “ a moment , and he flashed towards her side. " He clasps her to his breast , kisses her , is dis mayed : Her perfect eyelids drooped , her warm cheek paled, A tear stole over it.3 He is tender , pitiful, this is no Angela . My perfect love, O love ! for strange and dread Del…
1907 · PDF PAGE 107
…more perfect understanding . The great Command ment is : “ Live in the midst of Vice ; but heed that Vice doth not live in thy midst.” “ God is the Complex and the Protoplast ." And so are we ; entwined within us , as in the poem of Tannhäuser , lie the countless threads of inherited tendencies . To suspend our soul on one alone leads only to utter destruction ; to climb to heaven we must grasp the whole tangled skein of our experiences and mount from Malkuth to Kether through the gates of Knowledge , Wisdom , and Understanding . That we 1 1 Vi…
1909 · PDF PAGE 39
…ver allures, though it were Typhon and all his hosts loosed from the pit and leagued against him, though it were from the very Throne of God Himself that a Voice issues bidding him stay and be content, let him struggle on, ever on. 6. At last there must come a moment when his whole 29
1909 · PDF PAGE 39
…ver allures, though it were Typhon and all his hosts loosed from the pit and leagued against him, though it were from the very Throne of God Himself that a Voice issues bidding him stay and be content, let him struggle on, ever on. 6. At last there must come a moment when his whole 29
1911 · PDF PAGE 199
… now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing ; Good tidings of great joy for you, {or all : There is no God ; no Fiend with names divine Made us and tortures us ; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being’s gall. It was the dark delusion ofa dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; Whom we must curse because the life He gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not he killed by poison or by knife. This little life is all we must endure, The grave’s m…
1911 · PDF PAGE 199
… now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing ; Good tidings of great joy for you, {or all : There is no God ; no Fiend with names divine Made us and tortures us ; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being’s gall. It was the dark delusion ofa dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; Whom we must curse because the life He gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not he killed by poison or by knife. This little life is all we must endure, The grave’s m…
1919 · PDF PAGE 84
…s of the serpent! 14. But she was closed fast upon me, so that my Force was stayed in its inception. 15. Also I prayed unto the Elephant God, the Lord of Be- ginnings, who breaketh down obstruction. 16. These gods came right quickly to mine aid. I beheld them; I joined myself unto them; I was lost in their vastness. 17. Then I beheld myself compassed about with the In- finite Circle of Emerald that encloseth the Universe. 18. O Snake of Emerald, Thou hast no time Past, no time ToCome. Verily Thou art not. 19. Thou art delicious beyond all taste…
1919 · PDF PAGE 87
…ling, into the black shining waters, and I have plucked Thee forth as a black pearl of infinite preciousness. 61. I have gone down, O my God, into the abyss of the all, and I have found Thee in the midst under the guise of No Thing. 62. But as Thou art the Last, Thou art also the Next, and as the Next do I reveal Thee to the multitude. 81
1907 · PDF PAGE 268
THE NEW WINE 261 » 1 the one great law of Inertia ; so that the entire Uni verse lies before us , as Luther said of God , “ A blank sheet on which nothing is found , but what we our selves have written . ” Or again , in the words of the divine Spinoza : “final or first causes are only fig ments of the human mind , ” bubbles which must burst before the finite can once again dissolve into the in finite atmosphere of eternity. This seeming duality is that which Crowley infers when he states : “ In any category , infinity excludes finity , unless t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 309
…nderstand ing , ” a conscious communion with the Absolute by paths which lie beyond the dialectical ; when the con sciousness is full of God and is carried outside itself by a sublime alienation which cannot be made intel ligible in words ; and even if we could do so , we should assimilate to our minds the very qualities which con stitute our minds , concerning which it is equally a lie to exclaim . Yea or Nay ! There is no equivalence of motion in Samadhi , Samadhi being beyond motion , a perfect equilibrium . Yea and Nay are extensions in may…