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Page 25 of 761944 · PDF PAGE 99
…e bottom part of the card, therefore, is shown the destruction of the old‐ established Aeon by lightning, flames, engines of war. In the right‐hand corner are the jaws of Dis, belching flame at the root of the structure. Falling from the tower are broken figures of the garrison. It will be noticed that they have lost their human shape. They have become mere geometrical expressions. 1See Liber AL. III. 3‐9; II ‐ 13; 17‐18; 23‐29; 46; 49‐60; 70‐72. This suggests another (and totally different) interpretation of the card. To understand this, it is…
1954 · PDF PAGE 298
…ptain Coincidence as 'Friend', whereas he is naturally the most formidable of all your foes when it comes to a question of proof." Quite right , Sergeant-Major! But it is not only about prophecy, but about all sorts of things, in particular, of course, the identification of angels and similar problems. Well, we have captured quite a few lads of the company of Captain Coincidence; let us have them up for examination and learn what we can about their weapons and other warlike matters! I take our first prisoner from Magick. The most famous novel o…
1912 · PDF PAGE 39
…e to feel The annihilation of sense and spirit in your caress, The imminent and intense bolt of your loveliness. MONICA. Well, yours the right reward of love and death. Time calls. Hells master hath toward a banquet in his halls. I am the whirlpools leap wherein the state shall founder Theres many now asleep next week shall slumber sounder. [She glides over the bridge as ORLANDO, stripped, dives for the body of the LADY MAGDALENA.
1961 · PDF PAGE 58
…and persecute the Torchbearers. Do thou therefore analyse most fully all those Ideas which Men avoid; for the Truth shall dissolve Fear. Rightly indeed Men say that the Unknown is terrible; but wrongly do they fear lest it become the Known. Moreover, do thou all Acts of which the common Sort beware, save where thou hast already full knowledge, that thou mayest learn Use and Control, not falling into Abuse and Slavery. For the Coward and the Foolhardy shall not live out their Days. Every Thing has its right Use; and thou art great as thou hast U…
1907 · PDF PAGE 16
…ORD IN N “ Frazer's Magazine ” of November, 1866 , may be found the following : “ Wherever there is any kind of true genius , we have no right to drive it mad by ridicule or invective ; we must deal with it wisely, justly , fairly . Some of these passages which have been selected as evidence of (the poet's ) plain speaking, have been wantonly misunderstood . The volume , as a whole , is neither profane nor indecent . A little more clothing in our uncertain climate might perhaps have been attended with advantage . To us this volume , for the fir…
1909 · PDF PAGE 131
…ed, bound, and shelved: who was raised again into English (of sorts),a5cended into the Pantheon of the Literary Guide and sitteth on the right hand of Edward Clodd : whence he shall come to judge the thick in the head. I believe in Charles Watts; the Rationalist Press Association; the annual dinner at the Trocadero Restaurant; the regularity of subscriptions, the resurrection in a sixpenny edition, and the Book- stall everlasting AMEN. Arrived at Brenner’s studio, and went on with the “ moulage ” of my Asana. Left the Studio; walk with mantra. …
1912 · PDF PAGE 249
…now— ledge or judgment of his character rather than dwelling on his physical characteristics 2. Take the cards in your left hand. In the right hand hold the wand over them, and say: I invoke thee, I A O, that thou wilt send Η R U, the great Angel that is set over the operations of this Secret Wisdom, to lay his hand invisibly upon these consecrated cards of art, that thereby we may obtain true knowledge of hidden things, to the glory of thine ineffable Name. Amen. 3. Hand the cards to Querent, and bid him think of the question attentively, and …
1912 · PDF PAGE 249
…now— ledge or judgment of his character rather than dwelling on his physical characteristics 2. Take the cards in your left hand. In the right hand hold the wand over them, and say: I invoke thee, I A O, that thou wilt send Η R U, the great Angel that is set over the operations of this Secret Wisdom, to lay his hand invisibly upon these consecrated cards of art, that thereby we may obtain true knowledge of hidden things, to the glory of thine ineffable Name. Amen. 3. Hand the cards to Querent, and bid him think of the question attentively, and …
1913 · PDF PAGE 399
…o laugh at such a faith would be a true act of religion, for religion, which is all charity, does not tolerate mockery; but one would be right in blaming this love for ignorance, and in saying to this rash faith, ‘Since you slight your sister, you are not the daughter of God!” Truth, reality, reason, justice, Providence, these are the five rays of the flamboyant star in the centre of which science will write the word “being,”’—to which faith will add the ineffable name of God. SOLUTION OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS FIRST SERIES QUESTION. What i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 399
…o laugh at such a faith would be a true act of religion, for religion, which is all charity, does not tolerate mockery; but one would be right in blaming this love for ignorance, and in saying to this rash faith, ‘Since you slight your sister, you are not the daughter of God!” Truth, reality, reason, justice, Providence, these are the five rays of the flamboyant star in the centre of which science will write the word “being,”’—to which faith will add the ineffable name of God. SOLUTION OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS FIRST SERIES QUESTION. What i…
1919 · PDF PAGE 273
ECCLESIAE GNOSTICAE CATHOLICAE The PRIESTESS is seated with the Paten in her right hand and the cup in her left. The PRIEST presents the Lance, which she kisses eleven times. She then holds it to her breast, while the PRIEST, falling at her knees, kisses them, his arms stretched along her thighs. He remains in this adoration while the Deacon intones the collects. All stand to order, with the Dieu Garde, that is, feet square, hands, with linked thumbs, held loosely. This is the universal position when standing, un- less other direction is given.…
1930 · PDF PAGE 26
…own the bar ! To man I corne, the number of A man my number, Lion of Light; I am The Beast whose Law is Love. Love under will, bis royal right — Behold within, and not above, One star in sight ! ONE STAR IN SIGHT. A glimpse of the structure and System of the Great White Brotherhood. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. i. The Order of the Star called S. S. is, in respect of its existence upon the Earth, an organised body of men and women distinguished among their fellows by the qualities here enumerated. They exist in their own Trut…
1912 · PDF PAGE 204
…ead, and the same symbol forms the buckle of her scale-mail buskins. A mantle lined with tiger’s skin falls back from her shoulders. Her right hand rests on a small golden or brazen altar ornamented with rams’ heads and with Flames of Fire leaping from it Her left hand leans on a long and heavy club, swelling at the lower end, where the sigil is placed; and it has flames of fire leaping from it the whole way down; but the flames are ascending This club or torch is much longer than that carried by the King or Queen Beneath her firmly placed feet are…
1912 · PDF PAGE 204
…ead, and the same symbol forms the buckle of her scale-mail buskins. A mantle lined with tiger’s skin falls back from her shoulders. Her right hand rests on a small golden or brazen altar ornamented with rams’ heads and with Flames of Fire leaping from it Her left hand leans on a long and heavy club, swelling at the lower end, where the sigil is placed; and it has flames of fire leaping from it the whole way down; but the flames are ascending This club or torch is much longer than that carried by the King or Queen Beneath her firmly placed feet are…
1913 · PDF PAGE 70
…ur judgment approves them, find the answer. Let this be done dispassionately; the more convinced you are that a certain point of view is right, the more determined you should be to find proofs that it is wrong. If you have done this thoroughly, these points of view will cease to trouble you ; you can then assert your own point of view with the calm of a master, which is more convincing than the enthusiasm of a learner.
1944 · PDF PAGE 162
…rical patterns, but in these there is no real plan; they are dem‐ onstrations of the powers of the Mind without definite purpose. In his right hand is a lifted sword wherewith to create, but in his left hand a sickle, so that what he creates he instantly destroys.
1910 · PDF PAGE 120
…rrow with heat We abode (as we glode) on the river. Every arrow he launched from his seat, From the white inexhaustible quiver, Smote us right through, Smote us and slew, As we rode on the rapturous river. Sweet sleep is perfection of love. To die into dreams of my lover, To wake with his mouth like a dove Kissing me over and over ! Better sleep so Than be conscious, and know How death hath a charm to discover. Ah ! float in the cool of the gloaming ! Float wide in the lap of the stream With his mouth ever roving and homing To the nest where th…
1944 · PDF PAGE 170
…s disk, which is an orb resembling a globe, marked with mathematical symbols as if to imply the planning involved in agriculture. In his right hand he bears an orbed sceptre sur‐ mounted by a cross, a symbol of the Great Work accomplished; for it is his function to bring forth from the material of the element that vegetation which is the sustenance of the Spirit itself. The character denoted by this card is that of great energy brought to bear upon the most solid of practical matters. He is energetic and enduring, a capable manager, a steadfast…
1905 · PDF PAGE 41
…ust and abundant might, Filled with the phantom desire to free Body and soul from the sound and sight Of a world and a God that doth not right. O thy dark daughters ! their breasts are slack, Their lips so large and as poppies red ; They lie in a furious barren bed ; They lie on their faces ; their eyelids lack Tears, and their cheeks are as roses dead ; White are their throats, but upon the back Red blood is clotted in gouts of black.
1910 · PDF PAGE 12
10 ROSA DECIDUA I am warned—that’s one word. Let my own back feel the lash ! All power of love is burnt right through to ash. Bray it in a mortar, mix with gall and ink, And give it to the children for a drink ! I’ll wait till she is dead, to bring those tears. I doubt not in the garden of my heart Whence she is torn that flowers will bloom again. May those be flowers of weeping, flowers of art. Flowers of great tenderness and pain, Broad lilied meers Lying in a lonely leafless forest Silent and motionless beneath the moon. I feel my weakness, …