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Page 202 of 2251929 · PDF PAGE 15
…ch I belong," pursued Simon Iff," does not believe anything; it knows, or it doubts, as the case may be; and it seeks ever to increase human knowledge by the method of science, that is to say by observation and experiment. Therefore you must not expect me to satisfy your real craving by answering your questions as to the existence of the Soul; but I will tell you what I know, and can prove; further, what hypotheses seem worthy of consideration; lastly what experiments ought to be tried. For it is in this last matter that you can aid us; and wit…
1905 · PDF PAGE 274
…entral Pillar of the Temple of Life; also it stands for Unity, and for the Generative Force. A is the Pentagram, which means the Will of Man working Redemption. O is the Circle from which everything came, also Nothingness, and the Female, who absorbs the Male. The Progress of the Name shows then the Way from Life to Nirvana by means of the Will: and is a Hieroglyph of the Great Work. Look at all our Meanings! Every one shows that the Name, if it has any Power at all, and that we must try, has the Power to redeem us from the Love of Life which i…
1906 · PDF PAGE 86
…WE have forgotten all the days of fear, The nights of torment when the kiss expired, Lost upon lips with love not overtired, But fearing many things—the after year, The end, the man—O no, not him! the tear, The children’s sorrow, and our own shame fired Not less in doing all that love desired: We have forgotten, surely—being here! We have forgotten every shape of sorrow, Knowing no end to one night’s ecstasy In the night’s kiss from morning that we borrow, From the hard usurer, Eternity— Seeing we have it in our power to die Before the new kiss…
1907 · PDF PAGE 213
…sh from star to star ; Your hair as a comet’s horrent, Ye shall see things as they are ! I lift the mask of matter ; I open the heart of man ; For I am of force to shatter The cast that hideth—Pan ! Your loves shall lap up slaughter, And dabbled with roses of blood Each desperate darling daughter Shall swim in the fervid flood. I bring ye laughter and tears, The kisses that foam and bleed, The joys of a million years, The flowers that bear no seed. My life is bitter and sterile, Its flame is a wandering star. Ye shall pass in pleasure and peril…
1929 · PDF PAGE 122
…them, he was an ideal magical link. Vesquit's task was, if possible, to learn from Gates exactly what had happened, and so expert a necromancer had no fear of the result. He was also to create a semi-material ghost of Gates from the remains, and send it to the person who had dealt out death to that unlucky wizard. On his arrival at Naples, there was no difficulty in the way of the Black Lodge; the authorities were only too glad to return a formal verdict of death by misadventure, and to hand over the corpse to the rejoicing Vesquit. Gates had f…
1929 · PDF PAGE 132
according to the supposed nature of the stars beyond her was her influence in that phase, or, as they called it, mansion. It was in order to bring Iliel into harmony with every quality of the moon that her daily routine was ordered. But beyond such minuteness of detail is the grand character of the Moon, which is threefold. For she is Artemis or Diana, sister of the Sun, a shining Virgin Goddess; then Isis-initiatrix, who brings to man all light and purity, and is the link of his animal soul with his eternal self; and she is Persephone or Prose…
1909 · PDF PAGE 58
…n Quarters. Cours. LVII., LIX., &c.—Beth Elohim gives :— Michael, Leo, and South to V and °. Gabriel & , and North to A and 71. Raphael, Man, and West to V and fF. Uriel, Eagle, and East to Ad and }. Cot. LXIX.— Sattvas, | . In a close Rajas, ? | analogy. Tamas, Cot. LXXIX., Line 9.— Add (3321) JNNW NAYOAW IW, the Spirit of the Spirits of the Moon. The final ? is counted as 7oo, as are the final D’s in Col. LXXVIII., line 9. Cor. LXXXV.— Liner 6.—Or Seow. Ling 9.—Or Snoop. Cor. LXXXIX.—Add Daath, Nj3;1. Cor. XCIII., Linz 10.—Contains the Earth.…
1929 · PDF PAGE 104
…t was by dint of steel. The Black Lodge had not been idle; Brother Onofrio, in charge of the garrison, had found his hands full. But his manoeuvres had been successful; the enemy had not even secured their first point of vantage, a material link with the Brotherhood. It is a law of magick that causes and effects lie on the same plane. You may be able to send a ghost to frighten someone you dislike, but you must not expect the ghost to use a club, or steal a pocket handkerchief. Also, most practical magick starts on the material plane, and proce…
1910 · PDF PAGE 357
…ard erection of brick and mortar dependent on £ s.d. On the contrary, it closely followed the measurements of the body of Christ or of a Man which it was supposed to represent. The three great canonical numbers are 2,368 (IESOUS CHRISTOS), 1,480 (CHRISTOS) and 888 (IESOUS), Numerous other numbers also occur but most hinge on these three. Here is an example. 888, 1,480 and 2,368 are to each other in the ratio of 3, 5 and 8. 358 is numerically equal to Messiah, and and 358} x6=2,151 which is again a symbol of the Hebrew Messiah, Alpha 339
1910 · PDF PAGE 357
…ard erection of brick and mortar dependent on £ s.d. On the contrary, it closely followed the measurements of the body of Christ or of a Man which it was supposed to represent. The three great canonical numbers are 2,368 (IESOUS CHRISTOS), 1,480 (CHRISTOS) and 888 (IESOUS), Numerous other numbers also occur but most hinge on these three. Here is an example. 888, 1,480 and 2,368 are to each other in the ratio of 3, 5 and 8. 358 is numerically equal to Messiah, and and 358} x6=2,151 which is again a symbol of the Hebrew Messiah, Alpha 339
1929 · PDF PAGE 133
…s, there was no possibility of any internal disturbance. But now she was torn suddenly from her support; she could not even speak to her man; and she discovered her own position as the mere centre of an Experiment. She knew now that she was not of scientific mind; that her aspirations to the Unknown had been fully satisfied by mere love; and that she would have been much happier in a commonplace cottage. It says much for the personality of Sister Clara, and the force of her invocations, that this first impulse never came to so much as a word. B…
1904 · PDF PAGE 89
… one for one.” For the Lion did our Father win a little fiery wand like a flame, and for his Eagle a cup of ever flowing water : for his Man the Suggler gave him a golden-hilted dagger (yet this was the worst of all his bargains, for it could not strike other, but h im- self only), while for a curious coin he bartered his good Bull. Alas for our Father! Now the Suggler mocks him a nd cries: “Four fool’s bargains hast thou made, and thou art fit to go forth and meet a fool4 for thy mate.” But our Father counted thrice seven a nd cried: “One for …
1906 · PDF PAGE 109
…ht Now of the glory of his gain, he seemed Caught in an ecstasy, treading the earth As in a brighter dream than Aphrodite Sent ever to a man, he turned himself (We could not see him for the golden flame Burning about him !) moving hitherward. But I took horse and hasted, since reward May greet such tidings, and for joy to see Your joy exceed my joy. Then, MEDEA. Reward indeed Awaits thee from such folk as us, who stand In fear of life, when great Aeetes hears This news, and how. all came. MESSENGER. My lady’s smile Is the reward I sought, not p…
1905 · PDF PAGE 21
…ns, clad about with green, Or do their lamps grow dim in the unseen? Sing to this hero; sing, lure slumber to your queen.” And she: ‘Not many SONG OF APHRODITE’S LIANDMAIDENS. My dreams are sweet, because my heart is free, Because our locks sti]l mingle and lips meet, Because thine arms still hold me tenderly, My dreams are sweet. Visions ot waters rippling by my feet, Trees that re-weave their branches lovingly, 3irds that pass passionate on pinions fect : Such quiet joys my eyes in slumber see— Let death’s keen sickle wander through the wheat…
1905 · PDF PAGE 41
…ees and flowers, and made Their one white light divide to red and green And violet! and the hues innumerable Lesser than these, and gave man hope at last With the invariable law of death Abundant in new life, and having filled The world with music, dost demand of us ‘Is my work meaningless?” O thou, supreme, Thou, First and Last, most inconceivable All-radiating Unity, thou sphere All-comprehensive, all-mysterious, Spirit of Life and Death, bow down and hear ! [Bends deeper and prays silently. The flame grows duller, and finally leaves the room…
1907 · PDF PAGE 225
EPILOGUE AND DEDICATION November 18, 1906, My bDeEaR JIon,—I address you by the unfamiliar title in giving you, a man self-damned, God knows how unjustly, as the author of the phrase, “I am not an appreciator of poetry, and I have no Keats,” these volumes. For the matter thereof is already in great part yours and as such cannot be given. The rest I offer because it is hardly possible to close definitely, as I do now, a period of many years’ work, without reflecting upon that period as a whole. And, when I do so, I find you at the beginning like…
1905 · PDF PAGE 43
…rmament and hold it fast, To reach toward God, and, from His shrine returning, To sing in magic melodies the vast Desires of God towards man—O dreams! O years Drowned in these bitter tears! My soul was yearn- I felt the springs of youth within me leap- ing, Let loose my pleasure, never guessed that pain Was worth the holding—now, my life is weeping Itself away, those agonies to gain Which are my’one last hope. that by some cross Eld may avenge youth’s loss ! Yet still youth burns ! wasted Compel their bitter memories to grow sweet ; Like some w…
1907 · PDF PAGE 160
…, Wiser than wine? Seeing I linger Here on the beach— Let God’s own finger Here to me reach, Making me singer Each unto each— Nature and Man made one In the light and fire of the sun, And the sobbing tune Of the moon, Wedded in cyclic bonds, Where fall the zeon-fronds, Whose large bed bears a child (In its due period) Not merciful and not severe, Knowing nor love nor fear, But majesty most mild, Being indeed a God. Yea, let the very ray-hand of Apollo Lead me where none may follow Save in blind eagle-fury and full flight Pythian against the lig…
1907 · PDF PAGE 197
… for spite Of the young girl’s delight, And shame of her own age, brought forth that hour The fatal flower, Narcissus—which what soul of man shall smell Goes down to hell, Caught in the scent of sin—for such a doom Demeter’s flying loom Hath woven for revenge and punishment. The bright child went Thither; an hundred heads of blossom sprang; The green earth sang, And the skies laughed, and danced the sea’s young feet For joy of it. So the child went across that fairest plain To pluck, to strain That blossom of all blossoms to her heart. Her long…
1919 · PDF PAGE 173
A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE cloth. Landing, I was surrounded with men in an Eastern costume, Arabs or Turks I thought. One old man took me by the hand, I made the sign of the Pentagram over him, but he smiled and said “Come along, it’s all right,” and led me along a street paved with cobbles, the houses of which overhung, till we reached a sort of a mosque. Entering this he led me to the altar, which was supported by brackets from the wall, and above which was a beautiful stained window. At the sides were thin columns and sort of boxes, similar to t…