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Page 15 of 2571930 · PDF PAGE 118
it is merely normal. It is difficult to describe the nature of the trick, but it will be quite obvious to anyone who has done practices (a) and (b) for a day or two. They become quite easy, and he will think that he is making progress, an illusion which close analysis will dispel. 13. Having begun to train his brain in this manner and obtained some little success, let the Exempt Adept, seated in his Asana, think first of his présent attitude, next of the act of being seated, next of his entering the room, next of his robing, etc. exactly as it …
1907 · PDF PAGE 84
78 A DRAMATIC VERSION OF DENYS. A moment, of your grace, Mademoiselle. Do not think that I am some obscure fortune- hunter who will jump at the chance so strangely offered him. My nameis as noble as your own—ay! were things otherwise, I would still spare you. As itis, I have but to do as my duty and my interest—and yours— demand. We will see if Monsieur de Malé- troit can cage me here for ever. [Looks at sword meditatively.| That is unfortunate. BLANCHE, I am so afraid, sir: I know my uncle well: but—thank you,—thank you ! DENYS. Is Monsieur de…
1912 · PDF PAGE 16
THE EQUINOX will be taught directly by the spirit of wisdom; but those who still need external advice and support will find this in the external organization of that society. In regard to the spiritual aspect 01 this secret order, one of the Brothers says—« “Our community has existed ever since the first day of creation when the gods spoke the divine command: ‘Let there be lightl’ and it will continue to exist till the end of time. It is the Society of the Children 01 Light, who live in the light and have attained immortality therein. In our scho…
1912 · PDF PAGE 16
THE EQUINOX will be taught directly by the spirit of wisdom; but those who still need external advice and support will find this in the external organization of that society. In regard to the spiritual aspect 01 this secret order, one of the Brothers says—« “Our community has existed ever since the first day of creation when the gods spoke the divine command: ‘Let there be lightl’ and it will continue to exist till the end of time. It is the Society of the Children 01 Light, who live in the light and have attained immortality therein. In our scho…
1913 · PDF PAGE 10
THE EQUINOX will be taught directly by the spirit of wisdom; but those who still need external advice and support will find this in the external organization of that society. In regard to the spiritual aspect of this secret order, one of the Brothers says— “Our community has existed ever since the first day of creation when the gods spoke the divine command: ‘Let there be light!’ and it will continue to exist till the end of time. It is the Society of the Children of Light, who live in the light and have attained immortality therein. In our sch…
1913 · PDF PAGE 10
THE EQUINOX will be taught directly by the spirit of wisdom; but those who still need external advice and support will find this in the external organization of that society. In regard to the spiritual aspect of this secret order, one of the Brothers says— “Our community has existed ever since the first day of creation when the gods spoke the divine command: ‘Let there be light!’ and it will continue to exist till the end of time. It is the Society of the Children of Light, who live in the light and have attained immortality therein. In our sch…
1913 · PDF PAGE 112
…s, has tried to replace them by ideals which are only saved from destruction, at the very moment of their birth, by their vagueness. The Will of the King was at least ascertainable at any moment; nobody has yet devised a means for ascertaining the will of the people. All conscious willed action is impeded; the march of events is now nothing but inertia. Let the Magician consider these matters before he takes the Sword in his hand. Let him understand that the Ruach, this loose combina- tion of 6 Sephiroth, only bound together by their attachment…
1961 · PDF PAGE 106
…VEL CXI 94 Go De Virtute Experientiæ in hoc Arte (Of the Value of Experience in this Art) OT Sleep, not Rest, not Contentment are of the Will of the Hero, but these Things he hateth, and consenteth to enjoy them only with Shame of his weak Nature. But he will analyse himself without Pity, and he will do all Things soever that may free and fortify his Mind and Will. Know that the Technick of the Right Use of this Magick with Poisons is subtle; and since the Nature of every Man differeth from that of his Fellow, there entereth Idiosyncrasy, and t…
1996 · PDF PAGE 148
…ghbours, or overgrows itself, and is transformed. Nor need one fret about the harmony and proportion of one’s various faculties; the fit will survive, and the perfection of the whole will be understood as soon as the parts have found them selves, and settled down after fighting the matter out in the bal anced stability which represents their right reaction to each other, and to their environment. It is thus policy for an Aspirant to initi ation to analyze himself with indefatigable energy, shrewd skill, and accurate subtlety; but then to con…
1905 · PDF PAGE 66
…o con- fused, and IT woke up. I hear steps ! Est [2 covr/dor). Did you call, Percy? you were in pain, I heard a cry as if PERCY, Esme, I will come and talk to you in the moonlight. IT want to say something that I couldn’t say before, because my heart choked me. oSME. Come out, Percy, the moon is so white, looking out of the black sky. The sky is quite black near the moon; only far down where there are no more bright stars it is a deep, deep blue. It is bluer and deeper than the sea, PERCY. It is like your eyes. [Comes oud into corridor.) Esmé! …
1996 · PDF PAGE 68
…, so that it may truly apprehend the Silent Self, judge partial pleas and unbalanced opinions, while supporting the concentration of the Will by its fortified frontiers, and, with unanimous enthusiasm, acclaiming the Lordship of the thought which expresses the act. The Will must seal itself upon the substance of the talisman. It must be, in alchemical language, the Sulphur which fixes the Mercury which determines the nature of the Salt. The whole man, from his inmost Godhead to the tip of his tiniest eyelash, must be one engine, cumbered with n…
1913 · PDF PAGE 60
48 And though a man may have a tremendous Will in one direction it need not always be sufficient to help him in another ; it may even be stupid. There is the story of the man who practised for forty years to walk across the Ganges; and, having succeeded, was reproached by his Holy Guru, who said: "You are a great fool. All your neighbours have been crossing every day on a raft for two pice." This occurs to most, perhaps to all, of us in our careers. We spend infinite pains to learn something, to achieve something, which when gained does not see…
1913 · PDF PAGE 74
…e force of Their great oaths, avail against the weakest oath of the most trivial of beginners. The attempt to interfere with the Magical Will of another person would be wicked, if it were not absurd. One may attempt to build up a Will when before nothing existed but a chaos of whims; but once organization has taken place it is sacred. As Blake says: "Everything that lives is holy"; and hence the creation of life is the most sacred of tasks. It does not matter very much to the creator what it is that he creates; there is room in the universe for…
1961 · PDF PAGE 25
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 13 m De Somniis. d: Sequentia (Of Dreams. IV: Contination) NOW firmly, o my son, that the true Will cannot err; for this is thine appointed course in Heaven, in whose order is Perfection. A Dream of Horror is therefore the most serious of all Warnings; for it signifieth that thy Will, which is Thy Self in respect of its Motion, is in Affliction and Danger. Thus thou must instantly seek out the Cause of that subconscious Conflict, and destroy thine Enemy utterly by bringing thy conscious Vigour as an Ally to that true…
1912 · PDF PAGE 104
…nd we run. All odds that I should lose you or forget, But, soul and spirit and body, we are one. Is this the child of Chance, or Law, or Will? Is None or All or One to thank for this ? It will not matter if thanksgiving fill The endless empyrean with a kiss. ALEISTER CRO\VLEY,
1912 · PDF PAGE 104
…nd we run. All odds that I should lose you or forget, But, soul and spirit and body, we are one. Is this the child of Chance, or Law, or Will? Is None or All or One to thank for this ? It will not matter if thanksgiving fill The endless empyrean with a kiss. ALEISTER CRO\VLEY,
1910 · PDF PAGE 72
…nd breath like wine ; and buttocks fair and firm and fine ; and a podex like a ruby mine ; have cast him off.4 Until Shahrava5 return he will no more pass current. Let him buy a dildo, for his cry for mem- bers is ceaseless as the jackal’s ! Nay ! But come to me, Habib ! I will cherish thee as my life ; I will take thee in my garden and love thee ever as of old. El Qahar will make new songs for thee, till thy fame standeth for ever among men, as the sun standeth in the sky, not to be denied.6 So sayeth El Qahar. 1. Often the case in Persia. 2. …
1928 · PDF PAGE 51
ing shadows, behind his torn curtain? In sooth I did not dare, and, though the reason for my timidity will make you laugh, I will avow it: I feared to humiliate him. At the end I brought my courage to the sticking point; I resolved, as I passed, to lay some money on one of the boards, hoping that he would divine my inten- tion, when a great eddy of people, caused by I know not what disturbance, bore me far away from him. And, on my homeward round, obsessed by this sight, I sought to analyse my sudden sad- ness; and I said to myself: I have just…
1912 · PDF PAGE 29
I5 Almost always, the moment that one becomes conscious of this, it stops, and the dreary old struggle between the cowboy will and the buckjumper mind begins again. Like every other physiological process, consciousness of it implies disorder or disease. In analysing the nature of this work of controlling the mind, the student will appreciate without trouble the fact that two things are involved—the person seeing and the thing seen—the person knowing and the thing known; and he will come to regard this as the necessary condition of all conscious…
1954 · PDF PAGE 84
THE QABALAH 51 When investigating the name and other words communicated to you by such beings as you meet there, or invoke, many more will come up in their proper connections. Very soon you will have quite a nice little Sepher Sephiroth of your very own. Remember to aim, above all things, at coherence. It is excellent practice, by the way, to do some mental arithmetic on your walks; acquire the habit of adding up any names that you have come across in your morning's reading. Nietzsche has well observed that the best thoughts come by walking; an…