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Page 162 of 2031922 · PDF PAGE 228
…nd And there were rows and rows of old books, mostly Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. There was a big alabaster statue of Ganesha, the elephant god. “This is the place,” I said, “to get hold of the devil.” “ That’s all right,’”’ said Cockie, “‘ but what about a little she-devil for me?” “Oh,” I said, “ if I’m not satisfactory, you’d better give me a week’s salary in lieu of notice.” We laughed like mad. Something in the room made our heads swim. We began kissing and wrestling. It’s all very well to laugh at magic, but after all certain ideas do belong…
1930 · PDF PAGE 64
II A A A “These loosen the swathings of the corpse; these unbind the feet of Osiris, so that the flaming God ma y rage through the firma¬ ment with his fantastic spearA Liber Lapidis Lazuli. vu. m. o. Be seated in thine Asana, or recumbent in Shavasana, or in the position of the dying Buddha. 1. Think of thy deathj imagine the various diseases that may attack thee, or accidents overtake thee. Picture the process of death, applying always to thyself. (A useful preliminary practice is to read textbooks of Pathology, and to visit muséums and disse…
1930 · PDF PAGE 76
…ther columns, you will find that the Planet corresponding is Mercury, its number eight, its lineal figures the octagon and octagram. The God who rules that planet Thoth, or in Hebrew symbolism Tetragrammaton Adonai and Elohim Tzabaoth, its Archangel Raphaël, its choir of Angels Béni Elohim, its Intelligence Tiriel, its Spirit Taphtatharath, its colours Orange (for Mercury is the Sphere of the Sephira Hod, 8) Yellow, Purple, Grey and Indigo rayed with Violet; its Magical Weapon the Wand or Caduceus, its Per fumes Mastic and others, its sacred pl…
1954 · PDF PAGE 493
…ter is afraid. 61. That is thy drunkenness, 0 holy one, and the winds whirl away the soul of the scribe into the happy haven. 62. 0 Lord God! Let the haven be cast down by the fury of the storm! Let the foam of the grape tincture my soul with thy light! Yes, I dare say. But is there not here a sort of moral oxymoron? Are not the Masters pursuing two diametrically opposed policies at the same time? Genius-or Initiation, which implies the liberation and development of the genius latent in us all (is not one of the names of the "Holy Guardian Ange…
1929 · PDF PAGE 523
…en an officer appeared at about the expected date, and her physical appearance told me at once where I had got to in my journey; for the god whose place is on the Threshold of the Temple, whose function is to guard the portal of the sanctuary and introduce approved candidates to the assembled deities, is Anubis. This god is always represented with the head of a jackal. (This has sometimes been interpreted as a dog; whence the dog-headed Hermes in the mythology which the Greeks borrowed from Egypt.) Now this guide exactly resembled a dog; not on…
1904 · PDF PAGE 14
…s diadem from Jesus’ Crest ! Ascends he ? ’Tis the very test By which we men may fairly judge, From the rough roads we mortals trudge Or God’s paths paved with heliotrope, The morals of the crucified. (Both standpoints joined in one, I hope, In metaphysic’s stereoscope !) But for the moment be denied A metaphysical inspection— Bring out the antiseptic soap !— We’ll judge the Christ by simple section, And strictly on the moral side. But first ; I must insist on taking The ordinary substantial creed Your clergy preach from desk and pulpit Each Su…
1906 · PDF PAGE 155
…’s diadem from Jesus’ Crest ! Ascends he? ’Tis the very test By which we men may fairly judge, From the rough roads we mortals trudge Or God’s paths paved with heliotrope, The morals of the crucified. (Both standpoints join in one, | hope, In metaphysic’s stereoscope !) But for the moment be denied © A metaphysical inspection— Bring out the antiseptic soap !-—-. We'll judge the Christ by simple section, And strictly on the moral side. But first ; I must insist on taking The ordinary substantial creed Your clergy preach from desk and pulpit Each…
1907 · PDF PAGE 51
…ay we celebrate Christ’s birth; then, Bowley’s. Bowls). I,hide my blushes in thy breast, O babe! [Does so; the child weeps] Take it, for God’s sakel [Done. The child smiles. Mrs. Bones. But I thought your birthday was in October. Bowley. It is; and why did I arrange it on that date? Because I knew that I was the Messiah—pass the baby, please !—and that people would celebrate the day according to my word. Mrs. Bones. But why? [BONES signals wildly to her, but in vain. Bowley. Because children born in summer thrive best. Mrs. Bones. But why? Bowl…
1907 · PDF PAGE 83
…touching hands and lips immutable As mortals stand a moment ; . . The universe is One ; One Soul , One Spirit , One Flame , One infinite God , One infinite Love . ' Truly the poet has here refined the dross and poured out before us the glittering metal. Yet what a differ ence he makes between the two great world forces : the love of man for a good woman , and the love of man for a bad woman ; the first is supreme , yet the other is far from being infernal . Listen : Yes . A good woman's love will forge a chain To break the spirit of the bravest…
1922 · PDF PAGE 258
…n front of a glass. Howis it thatin all the times I’ve looked at myself in these months I’ve never seen what they see in a second ? Good God! it’s too awful to talk about. My face is drawn and haggard and pale and wrinkled. I might be sixty. Well, what do I care? I’ve had three beautiful sniffs ! Madame dolled me up as well as she could. Already I looked much better, and I felt superb. Peter was out when I got to Greek Street; so I opened my dressing case and wrote this up, and had a few more sniffs. The only trouble before was simply our own f…
1929 · PDF PAGE 58
…must be understood that we are here speaking of the whole ceremony considered as a unity, not merely of that formula in which Yod is the God invoked, Hé the Archangel, and so on. In order to understand the ceremony under this formula, we must take a more extended view of the functions of the four weapons than we hâve hitherto done. The formation of the Yod is the formulation of the first créative force, of that father who is called “self-begotten,?, and unto whom it is said: <cThou hast formulated thy Father, and made fertile thy Mother”. The a…
1996 · PDF PAGE 213
… prophet shall arise, and bring fresh fever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust & wor ship of the Snake; another soul of God and beast shall min gle in the globed priest; another sacrifice shall stain the tomb; another king shall reign; and blessing no longer be poured To the Hawk-headed mystical Lord! 35. The half of the word of Heru-ra-ha, called Hoor-pa-kraat and Ra-Hoor-Khut.
1929 · PDF PAGE 140
… channel of his career. This idea at once connects mysticism with Magick; for one of the principal operations of Magick is to invoke the god appropriate to the thing you want, identify yourself with Him and flood your work with His immaculate impulse. This is, in fact, to make Samadhi with that God. The two processes are essentially identical; the apparent difference arises merely from the distinction between the European and Asiatic conceptions of the cosmos. Most European religion, including orthodox Judaism, is anthropomorphic, an expansion …
1911 · PDF PAGE 50
…that are fallen—the ground is covered with them. There is a laugh in my right ear: “This is the tree of life.” And now there is a mighty god, Sebek, with the head of a crocodile. His head is gray, like river mud, and his jaws fill the whole Aire. And he crunches up the whole tree and the ground and everything. Now then at last cometh forth the Angel of the Aethyr, who is like the Angel of the fourteenth key of Rota, with beautiful blue wings, blue robes, the sun in her girdle like a brooch, and the two crescents of the moon shapen into sandals …
1911 · PDF PAGE 98
…h. Choronzon attempted also to seduce the faithfulness of the Scribe. A long colloquy ensued. The Scribe cursed him by the Holy Names of God, and the power of the Pentagram.) I feed upon the names of the Most High. I churn them in my jaws, and I void them from my fundament. I fear not the power of the Pentagram, for I am the Master of the Triangle. My name is three hundred and thirty and three, and that is thrice one. Be vigilant, therefore, for I warn thee that I am about to deceive thee. I shall say words that thou wilt take to be the cry of …
1913 · PDF PAGE 135
…eciated. ‘Rosa Coeli’ and ‘Rosa Decidua ’ are two mag- nificent poems. The latteris ‘no tragedy of little tears,’ but the utterance of a god-like grief. ‘ The Priestess of Panormita’ is an extremely fine work of art; the right of selection has been exercised to the utmost, there are no superfluous words, no vague images, everything iis precise, clear-cut, and strong. ‘Bathyllus’ is a beautiful poem;... ‘The Ladder’ is a fine lyric describing the ascen- sion up the middle pillar of the Tree of Life, from Malkuth to Kether. ‘Telepathy,’ ‘The Opiu…
1913 · PDF PAGE 522
…ll of spectres; in the time of Vespasian the gates of the Temple of Jerusalem opened of themselves, and a voice was heard crying, “‘ The gods depart.” Now, when the gods depart, the devils return. Religious feeling transforms itself into superstition when faith is lost; for souls need to believe, because they thirst for hope. How can faith be lost? How can science doubt the infinite harmony? Because the sanctuary of the absolute is always closed for the majority. But the kingdom of truth, which is that of God, suffers violence, and the violent …
1913 · PDF PAGE 522
…ll of spectres; in the time of Vespasian the gates of the Temple of Jerusalem opened of themselves, and a voice was heard crying, “‘ The gods depart.” Now, when the gods depart, the devils return. Religious feeling transforms itself into superstition when faith is lost; for souls need to believe, because they thirst for hope. How can faith be lost? How can science doubt the infinite harmony? Because the sanctuary of the absolute is always closed for the majority. But the kingdom of truth, which is that of God, suffers violence, and the violent …
1929 · PDF PAGE 512
… thorough clearance of the rubbish of its ruined predecessors. I therefore planned and executed a Magical Operation to banish the "Dying God". I had written in "the Wizard Way": He had crucified a toad In the Basilisk abode and now I did so. The theory of the Operation was to identify the toad with the "Dying God" and slay it. At the same time I caused the elemental spirit of the slain reptile to serve me. The result was immediately apparent. A girl of the village, three miles away, asked me to employ her as my secretary. I had had no intention…
1905 · PDF PAGE 65
…all ; yes, even that woman yonder. VAUGHAN. Do you find beauty in her? PERCY. No, but I see in her history a poem, to which I trust that God will write an end. VAUGHAN. What end can come but evil? PERCY. O! if I had no hope for her I should have none for myself. , VAUGIIAN. How? Have you then fallen? PERCY. Oh, yes, I have fallen. I am older every hour. I have wasted time, I have wasted love. | VAUGHAN. Perhaps it is notall wasteafter all. There . is a use for everything, nothing is destroyed —believe so, anyhow ! FRIEND. What about this dinner…