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Page 27 of 871944 · PDF PAGE 184
…rimordial Energy of the Divine manifesting in Matter, at so early a stage that it is not yet definitely formulated as Will. Important: although these “small cards” are sympathetic with their Sephirotic origin, they are not identical; nor are they Divine Persons. These (and the Court Cards also) are pri‐ marily sub‐Elements, parts of the “Blind Forces” under the Demiourgos, Tetragrammaton. Their rulers are the Intelligences, in the Yetziratic world, who go to form the Schemham‐ phorasch. Nor is even this Name, “Lord of the Universe” though it be…
1928 · PDF PAGE 75
…t I found a bizarre charm in her. To define this charm, I know nothing better to compare it to than to that of very beautiful women who, though in their decadence, no longer grow older, and
1939 · PDF PAGE 9
On bread alone though a man cant thrive, Saint Luke says nothing of brandy; It may be the thing to keep us alive, And I see theres a bottle handy. Open it Bill! Theres only Five. It may be the thing to keep us alive. The Road of Excess, said William Blake, To the Palace of Wisdom leads one; Open a bottle for Wisdoms sake! And I am the boy that needs one. Its a long, long way, but its good to take Open a bottle for Mishter Blake! At the door of Burgess Fish Sauce Shop She stood, oh, how does it go, boys? Well, truly rural will do for t…
1910 · PDF PAGE 342
…X ‘You are nearer the world than I, and its weak vanity has stained you. The eye looks at the world, and the world looks at the eye, and though each learns from the other, it is not often an even bargain and exchange. . . .” Then, as the heart-worm ceased to speak, the other two, the eye-worm and the mouth-worm, drew closer to where during all his talking they had been magnetically moved. And all those years which they had passed unconsciously as the lips or the eyes of a woman became suddenly revealed, most vividly different to them. They coul…
1910 · PDF PAGE 342
…X ‘You are nearer the world than I, and its weak vanity has stained you. The eye looks at the world, and the world looks at the eye, and though each learns from the other, it is not often an even bargain and exchange. . . .” Then, as the heart-worm ceased to speak, the other two, the eye-worm and the mouth-worm, drew closer to where during all his talking they had been magnetically moved. And all those years which they had passed unconsciously as the lips or the eyes of a woman became suddenly revealed, most vividly different to them. They coul…
1912 · PDF PAGE 65
… not to pursue openly and to use force. Yet “the Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” May it not be, though, that such violence should be used againstoneself in order to attain that passive state? And, of course, to shut out out all rivals? Help me, thou Holy One, even in this; for all my strength is weak as water, and I am but a dog. Help me, O self-glittering onel draw nigh to me in sleep and in waking, and let me ever be as a wise virgin, and expect thy coming with a lamp of oil of holiness and beautyl Hai…
1912 · PDF PAGE 65
… not to pursue openly and to use force. Yet “the Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” May it not be, though, that such violence should be used againstoneself in order to attain that passive state? And, of course, to shut out out all rivals? Help me, thou Holy One, even in this; for all my strength is weak as water, and I am but a dog. Help me, O self-glittering onel draw nigh to me in sleep and in waking, and let me ever be as a wise virgin, and expect thy coming with a lamp of oil of holiness and beautyl Hai…
1928 · PDF PAGE 69
…airy might have been embarrassed, for there remained no longer anything at all; how- ever; she remembered in time a law very well known, though rarely applied in the supernatu- ral world inhabited by these impalpable deities, friendly to man, and often constrained to yield to his passions, such as the Fairies, the
1907 · PDF PAGE 61
…ns of labour Into the compass of a single day, \nd wrought into continuous tune,! One Jaughter with one languor for its neigh- bour, One thought of winiter with one word of June, Muddled and mixed in mere dismay, Chisclled with the cunning chisel of despair, Found wanting, well aware Of its own fault, even insistent Thereon ; some fragrance rare Stolen from my lady’s hair Perchance redeeming now and then the distant Fugitive tunes. 18. Ah! Love! the hour is over! The moon is up, the vigil overpast. Call me to thee at last, () Rose, O perfect mi…
1910 · PDF PAGE 13
…of them to assure them- selves that the bedridden mother was of their way of thin- king, or neither could hold the “ Morning Meeting ” ; though I suppose either could preach the Gospel — morose vulptas ! Unhappily, that excellent lady was a hard case. She was quite deaf and very nearly blind ; while mentally she had never been remarkable for anything beyond a not una- miable imbecility. However, there was but one thing to be done, to argue her into conviction. They agreed to take eight-hour shifts ; and for all I know, they are arguing still, a…
1911 · PDF PAGE 235
…SCORPIO takes m'a/in ana’ charms the qflena’ea' deity, who retirespaezfiea’fi] MARS. Brethren in arms, this is not defeat, but victory! For though I be dethroned, not to Me, not to our lady was the glory. For always is the true God hidden—behold ! [One turns on the white tight, and there stands SOL. IN ARIES 1115011 the throne of the East. MARS goes to him and 7861185.[ Unity uttermost showed, I adore the might of thy breath, Supreme and terrible God Who makest the Gods and death Το tremble before thee :— I, Ι adore thee! [He kneels O Hawk of gold…
1911 · PDF PAGE 235
…SCORPIO takes m'a/in ana’ charms the qflena’ea' deity, who retirespaezfiea’fi] MARS. Brethren in arms, this is not defeat, but victory! For though I be dethroned, not to Me, not to our lady was the glory. For always is the true God hidden—behold ! [One turns on the white tight, and there stands SOL. IN ARIES 1115011 the throne of the East. MARS goes to him and 7861185.[ Unity uttermost showed, I adore the might of thy breath, Supreme and terrible God Who makest the Gods and death Το tremble before thee :— I, Ι adore thee! [He kneels O Hawk of gold…
1913 · PDF PAGE 140
…n order to do it, it is most necessary to understand our tendencies, and to will the development of one, the destruction of another. And though all elements in the Pantacle must ultimately be destroyed, yet some will help us directly to reach a position from which this task of destruction becomes possible; and there is no element therein which may not be occasionally helpful. And so —beware ! Select ! Select ! Select ! This Pantacle is an infinite storehouse; things will always be there when we want them. We may see to it occasionally that they…
1914 · PDF PAGE 24
…, prepare To enter the most high, most holy house, Careless what gods or devils may be there. Love me! I love you, Laylah! Laylah! mine ‘Though time and space and force and being discede, Mine is the magic that has made me thine, Mine from sublime unconsciousness to deed. Laylah! oh God! the love of my whole life, ‘My life concentred in a single act, More than a mistress, wilder than a wife, ‘Who ratified our diabolic pact? God grant my life and yours be one, be one, One beyond possibility, no hour ‘But bring to ripeness in the royal sun ‘Some …
1907 · PDF PAGE 175
…oks surpassing loveliness Lulled its own light to fond distress, As if the soul were hardly yet Fit to remember or forget New-born ! and though the goddess bade The nymph-bud blossom to a maid, And soulless immortality Reach to a soul, at last to die, For love’s own sake, bliss dearly bought For change’s altering coin ill-wrought, It seemed as though the soul were strange, Not fledged, not capable to range At random through the world of sense Opened so swift and so intense Unto the being. Thus she stood Impatient on the patient flood With wonde…
1907 · PDF PAGE 250
…las . THE QABALAH Before entering upon Aleister Crowley's ontological essay on Space , it will be as well first to run through , briefly though it may be , some of the more important eclaircissements of the Qabalah , and the influence this divine theurgy has alike borne on his poetry and philosophy ; for his analysis of space is based on the ontological assertion of the absoluteness of the Qabalistic Zero . Worshippers of a personal God are by nature ultra materialistic . Their God is but a friend , a mighty man who will eventually pull them ou…
1912 · PDF PAGE 175
THE TELL-TALE H EART The SCENE represents the interior ofa millage of same þretenszbm, though (077115060/??}ושש [The CURTAIN Vises—MARTIN knock: the ashes from his long churchmen/den þzþe on tah/e].—JACKsitting on table] MARTIN. I think I’ll go round to the Blue Cow, Jack, for my night-cape [Going tum: : hand on JACK'S shun/den] I‘ve been thinking, lad, we must all die, and them as is old thinks a mort about it, jacki—never {earl I’ve been thinking, lady Jack Adams has been a son to me, and more than a son ]ACK. Why, no! Father, it’s me that is…
1912 · PDF PAGE 175
THE TELL-TALE H EART The SCENE represents the interior ofa millage of same þretenszbm, though (077115060/??}ושש [The CURTAIN Vises—MARTIN knock: the ashes from his long churchmen/den þzþe on tah/e].—JACKsitting on table] MARTIN. I think I’ll go round to the Blue Cow, Jack, for my night-cape [Going tum: : hand on JACK'S shun/den] I‘ve been thinking, lad, we must all die, and them as is old thinks a mort about it, jacki—never {earl I’ve been thinking, lady Jack Adams has been a son to me, and more than a son ]ACK. Why, no! Father, it’s me that is…
1899 · PDF PAGE 203
LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC. 181 Though for the pleasures of God’s house my heart Has no distaste, yet, should my Love resign The lips and languors it has made as mine And of our Godhead sacrifice a part? Death were a grief, a parting pang to me, And not this Fear that hunts relentlessly All thoughts about the void, whose veiléd dart Poisons before it strikes! I would the sea Swung meabout, a corpse inane and cold On her warm breast of gold! The Fear of Madness! Consciousness knows not Its own decay. I should be happy then, Cast like a leper from the …
1910 · PDF PAGE 160
…nd amours. 2. Azrael — angel of death ; Israfel — of the last Judgement, bear respectively a sword and a trum- pet. We have taken Azrael though modern Per- sians usually (Not the text here. Ed.) call him Abu Yahya [Persian text] “ Father John.” Some ignorant Persians confuse him with Ezekiel ! Result : “ to sup with Father John ” means either to eat dirt, i.e. (apologize) or “ to die.” Hence an offended Persian in a tavern brawl, may “ You must sup with Father John to-night ” meaning “ Retract, or I knife you.” 3. Venus-throw — the double six. …