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Page 157 of 1961911 · PDF PAGE 163
… if such are really “united with " or ”absorbed in ” God, what of God? We are told in Galatians that the fruits of the Spirit are peace, love, joy, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; and somewhere else, “ By their fruits ye shall know them.” Of these evil-doers then we must either think that they are dishonest, and have never attained at all, or that they have united themselves with a devil. Such are “Brethren of the Left Hand Path,“ described so thoroughly in Liber 418 (EgUINox, Νο. ν., Special Supplement, pp. 1…
1911 · PDF PAGE 163
… if such are really “united with " or ”absorbed in ” God, what of God? We are told in Galatians that the fruits of the Spirit are peace, love, joy, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; and somewhere else, “ By their fruits ye shall know them.” Of these evil-doers then we must either think that they are dishonest, and have never attained at all, or that they have united themselves with a devil. Such are “Brethren of the Left Hand Path,“ described so thoroughly in Liber 418 (EgUINox, Νο. ν., Special Supplement, pp. 1…
1913 · PDF PAGE 9
…y conceal themselves in order to pursue the Great Work without hindrance. These houses are secret fortresses of Truth, Light, Power, and Love, and their position is only disclosed under an oath of secrecy to those entitled to make use of them. ‘They are also temples of true worship, specially con- secrated by Nature to bring out of a man all that is best in him. 6. The authority of the O.T. O. is concentrated in the O. H. O. (Outer Head of the Order), or Frater Superior. The name of the person occupying this office is never disclosed except to …
1930 · PDF PAGE 59
…this spiritual food unto our bodies, bestowing upon health and wealth and strength and joy and peace, and that fulfilment of will and of love under will that is perpétuai happiness. {He makes -j- voit h Paten and kisses it. He uncovers the C up, genuflects, ris es. Music. He takes the Host, and breaks it over the Cup. He replaces the right hand portion in the Paten. He breaks off a particle of the left hand portion.) TOTTO ESTI TO EIIEPMA MOT. HO nATHP E2TIN HO HTIOS OIA TO nNEYMA AriON. ATMPN. ATMPN. AÏMrN. (He replaces the left hand part of t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 234
…oba :.and the children: of light would gather round it ‘in the.coal:of.the evening, or in the misty glamour: of dawn, and turn.forth in. love and pity towards all mankind—nay, to the smallest grain of dust tossed on. the utmost storms of the Sahara! ‘¢ Blessed and more blessed! For one day came a holy Bhikkhu from the land of the “Peacock,? and would take up his abode in the hollow of their very tree. And little Perdu’ R Abu used to keep the mosquitoes away with the gossamer of his wings, so that the good man might be at peace. ‘‘Now the Britis…
1912 · PDF PAGE 98
…ld have trusted Mudie’s !) called ‘The Stolen Bacillus,‘ which he understood to be of a grossly immoral tendency. (Nasty filth about free love or something, isn’t it?) Theodore Bugg was not a sensitive man; excess of intuitive sympathy had not made his life a hell; but he felt that his domestic relations were strained. Especially since “that Mrs. Grahame“ had evinced a liking for Gertrude. Her husband‘s colonelcy was the gilding of the pill; but the pill was a bitter one, for Mrs. Grahame went motoring and even golfing on Sunday instead of going…
1912 · PDF PAGE 98
…ld have trusted Mudie’s !) called ‘The Stolen Bacillus,‘ which he understood to be of a grossly immoral tendency. (Nasty filth about free love or something, isn’t it?) Theodore Bugg was not a sensitive man; excess of intuitive sympathy had not made his life a hell; but he felt that his domestic relations were strained. Especially since “that Mrs. Grahame“ had evinced a liking for Gertrude. Her husband‘s colonelcy was the gilding of the pill; but the pill was a bitter one, for Mrs. Grahame went motoring and even golfing on Sunday instead of going…
1913 · PDF PAGE 4
…lets there are few Who make a first-rate show of two, While those who perfectly play three We knew not, until you were he. For what were lovelier on the lawn Than you, pearl-naked to the dawn, Wrapped in a scarlet dressing-gown Not thirty miles from London town, The " observed of all observers ""—save That Scotland Yard, serene and suav When trouble came, went tramping by ; Closed one, and winked the other eye. How pleasantly you must have smiled: ““T left them, and I left them wild Though certainly they had abhorred| The task of locking up a l…
1929 · PDF PAGE 62
…uddenly. Sister Cybele rose and bowed to Simon Iff. But Cyril Grey's voice rose in a high-pitched drawl: "Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled prawn, and discontentment therewith!" The Master frowned him down. "Gentlemen!" he said, "It is the custom of this House that its guests pay for their entertainment. Lord Antony Bowling has done so by his delightful story; Mr. Morningside by his brilliant theory upon the function of food; and the Mahathera Phang by his silence. I may say that I expected no less, and no different, from a…
1961 · PDF PAGE 212
…n a perpetual By-coming, the Vessel of every Permutation of infinity, wherein every Phen- omenon is a Sacrament, Change being the act of Love, and Duality the Condition prodromal to that Act even as an Axe must be taken back from a Cedar that it may deliver its Stroke. The Error therefore of these Philosophers lay in their false Assumption that Bliss, Knowledge and Being (the Qualities of their Changeless Unity) could be States. O my Son, how pitiful is their Beggary, these Paupers of Sense and of Experience and of Observation! The Emptiness of…
1906 · PDF PAGE 177
…t not be that one step further *?Tis lotused Buddha roaring murther !” ?” Nibbana is the state above you Christians and them Hindus—Lord love you !—- Where Nothing is perceived as such. This clever thought doth please me much. But if das Essen ist das Nichts— Ha! Hegel’s window! Ancient Lichts! And two is one and one is two— ‘** Bother this nonsense! Go on, do !” My wandering thoughts you well recall ! I focus logic’s perfect prism : Lo! the informing syllogism ! The premiss major. Life at best Is but a sorry sort of jest ; At worst, a play of …
1907 · PDF PAGE 30
…d Her tender body on the sloping field , And felt her sighs in his embraces yield A sweeter music than all birds . But she , Lost in the love she might not know , may see No further than his face, and yet, aware Of her own fate , resisted like a snare Her own soft wishes . As she looked and saw His eager face, the iron rod of law Grew like a misty pillar in the sky . In all her veins the blood's desires die, 2 Jephthah , vol. i, p. 66.
1909 · PDF PAGE 121
…- ache after a bout of drunkenness. A less grave fault, by far; it is easy and absurd to get a kind of hysterical ecstasy over religion, love, or Wine. A German will take off his hat and dance and jodel to the sunrise—and nothing comes of it! Darwin studies Nature with more reverence and enthusiasm, but without antics—and out comes the Law of Evolution. 50 it is written “ By their fruits ye shall know them" But about this question of spiritual overfeeding—what did Darwin do when he got to the stage (as he did, be sure! many a time) when he wish…
1909 · PDF PAGE 192
…n the beginning Desire, TANHA, arose in It: which was the Primal Germ of Mind.” Now in the Aryan Mythology Tanha, Desire, was the God of Love, Kama ; whereof the symbolic tint was Pink : as it were the first pink blush of Dawn in the Macrocosmic Sky: Herald of the Rising Sun of the Worlds, when the Great Night of Brahma was over and done. The next word is the Great Name of God the Vast One: onyx. Let us meditate upon its Mystery! Herein behold 182
1909 · PDF PAGE 192
…n the beginning Desire, TANHA, arose in It: which was the Primal Germ of Mind.” Now in the Aryan Mythology Tanha, Desire, was the God of Love, Kama ; whereof the symbolic tint was Pink : as it were the first pink blush of Dawn in the Macrocosmic Sky: Herald of the Rising Sun of the Worlds, when the Great Night of Brahma was over and done. The next word is the Great Name of God the Vast One: onyx. Let us meditate upon its Mystery! Herein behold 182
1913 · PDF PAGE 325
…t understanding it; let us believe in what we feel without knowingit | Let us believe in the supreme reason ! Let us believe in Infinite Love, and pity the stupidities of scholasticism and the barbarities of false religion! Oman! Tell me what thou hopest, and I will tell thee what thou art worth. Thou dost pray, thou dost fast, thou dost keep vigil ; dost thou then believe that so thou wilt escape alone, or almost alone, from the enormous ruin of mankind—devoured by a jealous God? Thou art impious, and a hypocrite. Dost thou turn life into an o…
1913 · PDF PAGE 325
…t understanding it; let us believe in what we feel without knowingit | Let us believe in the supreme reason ! Let us believe in Infinite Love, and pity the stupidities of scholasticism and the barbarities of false religion! Oman! Tell me what thou hopest, and I will tell thee what thou art worth. Thou dost pray, thou dost fast, thou dost keep vigil ; dost thou then believe that so thou wilt escape alone, or almost alone, from the enormous ruin of mankind—devoured by a jealous God? Thou art impious, and a hypocrite. Dost thou turn life into an o…
1961 · PDF PAGE 218
…ow of all these this is the Root, that Truth is not fixed with the Rigour of Death, but vital with Lust of Change, and enflamed with the Love of its opposite. Thus even Falsehood is not alien to Truth, for the Perfection of Nature com- prehendeth all. But all these Things are written in The Book of the Law, after which do I limp painfully; afar off, upon the poor Crutch of mine Understanding of its Word; yea, I am well assured that in that Book are writ all Things soever; but we, being mostly without Wit are not able to distinguish hem. For the…
1904 · PDF PAGE 34
…e first-born necessity. I come to tell you why I shun The sight of men, the life and fun You know I can enjoy so well, The Nature that I love as none (I think) before me ever loved. You know I scorn the fear of Hell, By worship and all else unmoved 190 195 200 205 210 215 220 225 Our logical method. Clas- sical allusion, demonstrating erudition of poet. Whether or not spirit and matter are dis- tinct, let us in- vestigate the fundamental necessities of thought. Impermanence of the soul.
1907 · PDF PAGE 162
… mutters Rupha the hag of eternity , as Criosda falls dead before the mummy of the murdered girl , his sister Maurya : Murder a mode And love a mode of the unknown that is , That not thyself nor I can ever see.3 A fitting cry indeed to herald us into the pustulous domains of Jahveh and his murdered Son . In dealing with the Christian faith , Aleister Crowley by no means goes simply baldheaded for it like the unread secularist of the sixpenny platform ; for, we find a distinct growth from a reverential regard towards its founder , to a satirical…