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Page 25 of 841996 · PDF PAGE 165
…-splendour, O Nuit! Bid me within thine House to dwell, O winged snake of light, Hadit! Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit! 39. All this and a book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever—for in it is the word secret & not only in the English — and thy comment upon this the Book of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beautiful paper made by hand; and to each man and woman that thou meetest, were it but to
1929 · PDF PAGE 234
…n absolute bolt from the blue. {389} P A R T T H R E E THE ADVENT OF THE AEON OF HORUS {391} {392} 49 This chapter is the climax of this book. Its contents are so extraordinary, they demand such breadth and depth of preliminary explanation, that I am in despair. It is so serious to me that my responsibility overwhelms me. My entire previous life was but a preparation for this event, and my entire subsequent life has been not merely determined by it, but wrapped up in it. I have made several attempts to write the history of these few weeks, nota…
1922 · PDF PAGE 173
… to be beaten in argument. I always am. But I, too, am the master of mine. ‘If Power asks Why, then is Power weakness,’ as we readin the Book of the Law; and it’s not my destiny to give you any drugs this morning.” “ But you're interfering with my Will,” protested Cockie, almost vivaciously. “It would take too long to explain,” returned Lamus, “ why I think that remark unfair. But to quote the Book of the Law once more, ‘Enough of Because, be he damned for a dog.’ Instead, let me tell you a story.” We tactfully expressed eagerness to hear it. “…
1903 · PDF PAGE 47
XX Yes, there are other phases, dear! Here is a pocket-book, and here Lies a wee letter. Floral thyrse? Divine-tipped narthex of the pine, Or morphia’s deceitful wine? The French is ill, the spelling worse !— But this is horrible! This, me? The upholder of propriety, Who actually proposed to form A Club to shield us from the swarm Of common people of no class Who throng the Quartier Montparnasse! I wear a collar: loudly shout That folk are pigs that go without,— And here you find me up a tree To make my concierge blush for me ! A girl ‘“‘uncomb…
1929 · PDF PAGE 550
…her back when he liked by whistling for her. The dialogue reverted after this short digression to the subject that enthralled us --- The Book of the Law. I astounded his science by setting forth the facts of its origin, and the evidence of its contents that the author possessed the key to several problems insoluble by any intellect hitherto incarnate. We talked day and night for a fortnight. On his part, he showed me a great many mysteries in The Book of the Law that I had not suspected till then. I may indeed say that more than once he asked m…
1919 · PDF PAGE 245
…HELEMA (I say) feel themselves immediately to be kings and queens. “Every man and every woman is a star” is the first state- ment in the Book of the Law. In the pamphlet, “The Law of Liberty,” this theme is embroidered with considerable care, and I will not trouble you with further quotation. You will say swiftly that the heavenly state of mind thus induced will be hard put to it to endure hunger and cold. The thought occurred also to our founder, and I will endeavour to put before you the skeleton of his plan to avert such mis- fortune (or at …
1954 · PDF PAGE 226
…treet, is as clear and vivid in my mind, in every detail, as if it were yesterday. That secret is published only in that passage of that book. And-the book was not published until three years later, and from an address of which in 1910 I had not so much as thought of. The date of my adhesion to the O.T.O. (which, by the way, upset every principle and plan that I had ever held) is equally certain by virtue of subsequent published writings. Now go away and explain that! Well I've given you a fair account of some of the principal fascinations; as …
1929 · PDF PAGE 209
…n me for the ski-läufing and salmon. We left London together in a sleeper. I had one hundred and fifty pounds in bank notes in my pocket book, which I put under my pillow. In the morning I dressed hurriedly, still half asleep, and left the book behind. I discovered the loss a few minutes later and shrugged my shoulders. I have always had a conviction that it is utterly useless to look for anything that has once been lost. I made up my mind immediately to forget about it; I take it as a matter of fact that anyone who has found anything would ste…
1954 · PDF PAGE 208
IMPROVISING A TEMPLE 175 Wha t is really more significant is the hidden, the unexpressed, soul of the Book; the way in which it leaps into wild spate of rhapsody on any excuse or no excuse. This is surely more convincing than some dreary thesis, plodding along doggedly with the "proof" (!) that "God is good," every sentence creaking with your chalk-stones and squeaking with the twinges of your toe! Yet just because I proclaim a doctrine of joy in the language of joy, people - dull camels-say I am not "serious." Yet I have found pleasure in harn…
1954 · PDF PAGE 445
…d consumed in a Cup. All same Tarot! I am not at all sure how far it is wise to take this letter. To make it complete , we should need a Book about three times the size of The Book of Thoth , and I should want another half-century of research before I started to write it! As this seems for divers reasons a little awkward in practice , I am rather afraid that we must content ourselves with this very
1944 · PDF PAGE 5
…complete, may’st thou perceive THAT Will which moved it first. [There is no first or last.] And lo! thou art past through the Abyss. The Book of Lies KEΦ.OH.
1954 · PDF PAGE 418
…ally, one may draw a quite close parallel between these four stages and those accompanying Samadhi (Probably listed in Mrs. Rhys David's book on Buddhist Psychology, or in Warren's bran-tub or translations from the Tripitaka, or Three Baskets of the Dhamma. I haven't seen either book for forty years or more, don't remember the exact titles; scholars would help us to dig them out, but it isn't worthwhile. I recall the quintessence accurately enough). Stage I is Ananda, usually translated "Bliss." This is an intensity of enjoyment altogether inde…
1919 · PDF PAGE 299
THE TANK In the meanwhile, Mr. Bishop writes a book to prove the truth of all this pre- historic nonsense. Mr. Bishop’s intelligence is very far beneath the human level. For example, he actually maintains that the claws and teeth of predatory animals have been given to them out of kindness towards their prey! You would think it was impossible for any one to miss the point of the argument that nature is cruel. The fact is that Mr. Bishop’s ideas of kindness are a little crude, like his ideas of writing a book. This is not really a book at all. I…
1929 · PDF PAGE 76
…mployed in the consécration of the actual weapons usecl by the magician, and may also be used as the first formula of initiation. In the book called Z 21 (Equinox I, III) are given full details of this formula, which cannot be too carefully studied and practised. It is unfortunately, the most complex of ail of them. But this is the fault of the first matter of the work, which is so muddled that many operations are required to unify it. i. Those sections dealing with divination and alchemy are the most grotesque rubbish in the îatter case, and i…
1944 · PDF PAGE 226
…nnected with the perhaps arbitrary differentiation 1See The Grands Annales ou croniques Tresveritables des filz. Roy des Dipsodes. 1542. Book I, Chapter LVIII, where is given not only a remarkable description of the social conditions of the twentieth century e.v., but even, in the last line of the Prophetic Riddle, a clear indication of the Magical Motto of the Adept chosen by the Masters to announce this Formula‐this Word, openly given in the name of the Abbey itself. But, as so often is the case, it was too simple and straightforward to be se…
1910 · PDF PAGE 258
…arker’s must expect to pull in some worthless fish. This accounts for Waite’s contempt of him; imagine Walford Bodie reviewing a medical book which referred to him as an authority on paralysis ! The size of the book, too, is calculated to effray: reading it has cost me many pounds in gondolas! And it is the essential impossibility of all works of this kind that artistic treatment is not to be attained. But Brother Yarker has nobly suppressed a Spencerian tendency to ramble; he has written with insight, avoided pedantry, and made the dreary fiel…
1910 · PDF PAGE 258
…arker’s must expect to pull in some worthless fish. This accounts for Waite’s contempt of him; imagine Walford Bodie reviewing a medical book which referred to him as an authority on paralysis ! The size of the book, too, is calculated to effray: reading it has cost me many pounds in gondolas! And it is the essential impossibility of all works of this kind that artistic treatment is not to be attained. But Brother Yarker has nobly suppressed a Spencerian tendency to ramble; he has written with insight, avoided pedantry, and made the dreary fiel…
1954 · PDF PAGE 22
…ters a veritable mine of important information and an encyclopedia of occult learning not to be found elsewhere. Though the title of the book may be amusing, the contents are far from being so. Crowley's reputation as a writer and teacher of the greatest magnitude must be enhanced by these letters, which are thus strongly recommended to all who seek the Light. There are some magnificent flashes of profundity in this book as when Crowley examines the necessity of keeping a diary, a personal record of all practices undertaken. A great deal of wha…
1912 · PDF PAGE 193
DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT 66᾿ 67, 68. 69. 7o. 71. 72, THE TWENTY—TWO KEYS OF THE BOOK 9. The Hermit. The Magus of the Voice of Power, the Prophet of the Eternal 10. The Wheel The Lord of the of Fate . Forces of Life 8. Justice. . The Daughterofthe Lords of Truth: the Ruler of the Balance 12. The Hanged The Spirit of Man . the Mighty Waters . 13. Death. . The Child of the Great Trans— formers:theLord of the Gates of Death 14. Temperance The Daughter of the Reconcilers : the Bringer- Forth of life 15. The Devil . The Lord of the Gates…
1912 · PDF PAGE 193
DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT 66᾿ 67, 68. 69. 7o. 71. 72, THE TWENTY—TWO KEYS OF THE BOOK 9. The Hermit. The Magus of the Voice of Power, the Prophet of the Eternal 10. The Wheel The Lord of the of Fate . Forces of Life 8. Justice. . The Daughterofthe Lords of Truth: the Ruler of the Balance 12. The Hanged The Spirit of Man . the Mighty Waters . 13. Death. . The Child of the Great Trans— formers:theLord of the Gates of Death 14. Temperance The Daughter of the Reconcilers : the Bringer- Forth of life 15. The Devil . The Lord of the Gates…