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Page 167 of 1961922 · PDF PAGE 134
120 The Diary of a Drug Fiend strolling lovers, parties of peasants singing as they walked to the guitar, and two or three tired happy fishermen strolling home from the wine-shop. We found the motor-boat at the quay, and lay lapsed in delight. It seemed hardly a minute later when we found ourselves in Sorrento couched in a huge roadster. Without a word spoken, we were off at top speed. The beauty of the drive is notorious; and yet :— “We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea.” The world had been created afresh for our sakes. It wa…
1996 · PDF PAGE 138
Chapter II a Verse 70 139 Now when Brillat-Savarin1 (was it not?) served to the King’s table a pair of old kid gloves, and pleased the princely palate, he certainly proved himself a Master-Cook. The feat is not one to be repeated constantly, but one should achieve it at least once—that it may bear witness to oneself that the skill is there. One might even find it advisable to practice it occasionally, to retain one’s confidence that one’s “right hand hath not lost its cunning.”1 2 On this point hear furthermore our Holy Books: 1 [Anthelme Brill…
1907 · PDF PAGE 92
72 KONX OM PAX the love of his only brother burnt strong in him, and the hunger for his face. Basil, looking upon the blind face of the desert, his body withered in the furnace of the sand, had seen God face to face, and died. Basil spoke, therefore, as a dead God speaks, and only children understood him. At Gibraltar, on the way home, he had fallen in with Denzil Roberts, that foolish globe-trotter, secularist, and philanthropist-at-large. Den zil had just returned from a silly “ sentimental journey” through Spain, and gazing on the sunset fro…
1909 · PDF PAGE 81
… for ever? “ For he that believeth not 1s condemned already, Mother. — Nature. How true would be these striking words, if only for “ the love-taught magus, the hermaphrodite ” with all its su- perstition, blasphemy, and obscenity, one were to write “ The Christ-saved sinner, brought into the light”, The arcanum in the adytum. — More classical affectation for “ the secret thing in the holy place ”, THE VAMPIRE Savonarola. — An ascetic Florentine doctor, For a good modern account of vampires and their habits, consult Mr Bram Stoker's Dra- cula. K…
1910 · PDF PAGE 154
…en differ- ence owing to the difference of nomenclature. Let the Yogi practise them with the greatest care and perseverance. 71. Through love for my devotees, I have re- vealed this Yoga ; it should be kept secret with the greatest care, and not be given to everybody. 72. It is the most secret of all secrets that ever were or shall be ; therefore let the prudent Yogi keep it with the greatest secrecy possible.
1911 · PDF PAGE 54
THE EQUINOX there are three; the desire of light, the desire of life, the desire of love. (And the thorns are thoughts, and the whips are regrets, and the wine is ease, or perhaps unsteadiness, especially in ecstasy, and the spear is attachment.) And now there dawns the scene of the Crucifixion; but the Crucified One is an enormous bat, and for the two thieves are two little children. It is night, and the night is full of hideous things and howlings. And an angel cometh forth, and saith: Be wary, for if thou change so much as the style of a let…
1912 · PDF PAGE 288
…ls. A secretary being necessary to him, he pressed his sister A—— into the service, thereby saving her from such terrible temptations as love, marriage, or even occasional relaxation, which is known to be the devil's subtlest engine, and saving himself from the expense of hiring a drudge. He applied the same fine intelligence to all the problems of life. Onanism, he argued, is demonstrably safe and eco- nomical ; further, it is secret, and can be passed off as chastity; hence credit with the pious Again, “I am out to get the money that parents g…
1912 · PDF PAGE 288
…ls. A secretary being necessary to him, he pressed his sister A—— into the service, thereby saving her from such terrible temptations as love, marriage, or even occasional relaxation, which is known to be the devil's subtlest engine, and saving himself from the expense of hiring a drudge. He applied the same fine intelligence to all the problems of life. Onanism, he argued, is demonstrably safe and eco- nomical ; further, it is secret, and can be passed off as chastity; hence credit with the pious Again, “I am out to get the money that parents g…
1913 · PDF PAGE 55
…odly therefore: dress ye all in fine apparel; eat rich foods and drink sweet wines and wines that foam! Also, take your fill and will of love as ye will, when, where and with whom ye will! But always unto me. 52. If this be not aright; if ye confound the space-marks, saying: They are one; or saying, They are many; if the ritual be not ever unto me: then expect the direful judgments of Ra Hoor Khuit! 15
1913 · PDF PAGE 55
…odly therefore: dress ye all in fine apparel; eat rich foods and drink sweet wines and wines that foam! Also, take your fill and will of love as ye will, when, where and with whom ye will! But always unto me. 52. If this be not aright; if ye confound the space-marks, saying: They are one; or saying, They are many; if the ritual be not ever unto me: then expect the direful judgments of Ra Hoor Khuit! 15
1919 · PDF PAGE 430
…of a man with extraordinary ease, and frequently deceive him into thinking that they know what they are saying. Levi re- marks that ‘the love of the Magus for such beings is in- sensate, and may destroy him.’ He had had some. This doctrine is magnificently expounded in Wagner’s Parsifal. The way to redeem such creatures is to withstand them, and their Path of Redemption is the Path of Service to the man who has withstood them. However, when at the right mo- 108
1996 · PDF PAGE 134
…nience. 66. Write, & find ecstasy in writing! Work, & be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life & death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none. Commentary: The first part of this text appears to be a digression in the nature of a prophecy. The word “Come!” is a summons to reenter the full Trance. Its essence is declared in the last six words. Notice that the transition from one to none is i…
1907 · PDF PAGE 18
…never sated , and as our lips taste the nectar of true poetry we tremblingly clutch the crags of Parnassus in search for the Asphodel of Love , Wisdom , and Beauty . Here , as we turn some beetling height , the dying rays of the Swinburnian sun sink , those rays that ruffled the vestal purity of the clouds to the rosy blush of a lover's kiss , and in the departing light we again find the mystic Trinity midst the hellebore and thistles of existence , en throned , eternal . The sun sinks , and the last notes of the nightingale die into the stilln…
1912 · PDF PAGE 177
… man in the world ! Think of it! I'll do wonderful things. I’ll buy the Tower of London for poor old Martin, dear old boy. On my soul, I love him like a father. [A þama] What was it now? I’ve forgotten—I knew a minute ago. However did the idea strike me? Such a beautiful idea. Aha! Aha! [Manner again change: to intense/y furtive hate inspired by horror] It is his eye—that pale blue filmy eye. It is like the eye of a vulture. My blood runs cold. I will cut it out; the blood will run warm all over me. I shall bathe in it. I shall never shiver agai…
1912 · PDF PAGE 177
… man in the world ! Think of it! I'll do wonderful things. I’ll buy the Tower of London for poor old Martin, dear old boy. On my soul, I love him like a father. [A þama] What was it now? I’ve forgotten—I knew a minute ago. However did the idea strike me? Such a beautiful idea. Aha! Aha! [Manner again change: to intense/y furtive hate inspired by horror] It is his eye—that pale blue filmy eye. It is like the eye of a vulture. My blood runs cold. I will cut it out; the blood will run warm all over me. I shall bathe in it. I shall never shiver agai…
1954 · PDF PAGE 68
WHAT IS MAGICK? 35 by allowing love to influence their political actions. The Magician, however well he succeeds in making contact with the secret sources of energy in nature, can only use them to the extent permitted by his intellectual and moral qualities. Mohammed's intercourse with Gabriel was only effective because of his statesmanship, soldiership, and the sublimity of his command of Arabic. Hertz' discovery of the rays which we now use f or wireless telegraphy was sterile until reflected through the minds and wills of the people who coul…
1954 · PDF PAGE 152
THE LEFT-HAND PATH 119 These are they that have shut themselves up in fortresses of Love. (Ibid., 7th Aethyr) Moreover, this also: And this is the meaning of the Supper of the Passover, the spilling of the blood of the Lamb being a ritual of the Dark Brothers, for they have sealed up the Pylon with blood, lest the Angel of Death should enter therein. Thus do they shut themselves off from the company of the saints. Thus do they keep themselves from compassion and from understanding. Accursed are they, for they shut up their blood in their heart.…
1911 · PDF PAGE 172
…the fool. Thou shalt learn the wisdom of the wise. And thou shalt be initiate in holy things. And thou shalt be learned in the things of love. And thou shalt be mighty in the things of war. And thou shalt be adept in things occult. And thou shalt interpret the oracles. And thou shalt drive all these before thee in thy car, and though by none of these canst thou reach up to me, yet by each of these must thou attain to me. And thou must have the strength of the lion, and the secrecy of the hermit. And thou must turn the wheel of life. And thou mu…
1907 · PDF PAGE 114
…irific joys! The boy is prone upon the sand; he lies as one who nestles in Some arbour delicate of sin built by the Everlasting Hand. His lover is the Open Eye, that kindles Light within the Abyss, And wakes with His immortal kiss enthusiastic energy. Weep Thou again, 0 weeping One! Thy tears that gush within the goal Are songs that shudder in the soul, and springs that gladden at the sun. They flood me with irradiate tunes of life and ecstasy and light As though some misty maid of night were girded with a million moons. They make my pulsing bloo…
1907 · PDF PAGE 323
316 THE STAR IN THE WEST exalted in one single mono-ideism and the result is a very high state of contentment . * And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy mind , and with all thy strength : this is the first com mandment , ” to all who would arrive at their true state of “ Self - hood .” God here represents any one object , for in the end all objects are the same . I look at a bug and my five senses tell me it is flat , of a certain odour , brown , etc. , etc .; only phenomena which I ca…