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Page 28 of 711912 · PDF PAGE 58
42 Some of these are only the “virtues” of a slave, invented by his master to keep him in order. The real point of the Hindu “ Yama ” is that breaking any of these would tend to excite the mind. Subsequent theologians have tried to improve upon the teachings of the Masters, have given a sort of mystical importance to these virtues; they have insisted upon them for their own sake, and turned them into puritanism and formalism. Thus “ non-killing,”which originally meant “do not excite yourself by stalking tigers,” has been interpreted to mean tha…
1912 · PDF PAGE 89
…d letter. (This letter is too long and personal to pub— lish in full; but it contains these words: “ How long have you been in the Great Order, and why did I not know? Is the invisibility of the A A to lower grades so complete?") In spite of his illness he managed to do some most formidable work during this December. There is, however, nothing further in the diary of interest to our present purpose. 47
1912 · PDF PAGE 89
…d letter. (This letter is too long and personal to pub— lish in full; but it contains these words: “ How long have you been in the Great Order, and why did I not know? Is the invisibility of the A A to lower grades so complete?") In spite of his illness he managed to do some most formidable work during this December. There is, however, nothing further in the diary of interest to our present purpose. 47
1913 · PDF PAGE 60
…hing, which when gained does not seem worth even the utterance of the wish. But this is a wrong view to take. The discipHne necessary in order to learn Latin will stand us in good stead when we wish to do something quite different. At school our masters punished us; when we leave school, if we have not learned to punish ourselves, we have learned nothing. In fact the only danger is that we may value the achievement in itself. The boy who prides himself on his school knowledge is in danger of becoming a college professor. So the Guru of the wate…
1924 · PDF PAGE 8
individual obtain for his defence anything like the same order of publicity as the attack makes for itself. It may even happen, as the present case shows, that if the liar chooses his opportunity with care, and is not hampered with a sense of decency or fair play, his victim may be cut off from any chance at making a public reply at all, or even allowing it to be known that his silence is enforced and not voluntary. 6. When the issue of the Sunday Express for November 26 reached Mr. Crowley in Sicily, he at once wrote to you himself. He pointed…
1944 · PDF PAGE 211
…t card directly to be apprehended by the normal consciousness of Mankind. The errors of such cards as the 7 and 10 of Cups are yet of an Order altogether higher than the apparently much milder 4 of Swords. The study of the subtle and gradual deg‐ radation of the planes is excessively difficult. In nature, the obvious symbol of Air is the Wind “which bloweth whithersoever it listeth”. It lacks the concentrated Will of Fire to unite with Water: it has no corresponding pas‐ sion for its Twin Element, Earth. There is indeed, a notable passivity in …
1913 · PDF PAGE 587
… me to this admirable light!__ Thou, the Supreme Intelligence and the Absolute Life of those numbers and those forces which obey thee in order to people the infinite with inexhaustible creation! Mathematics proves thee, the harmonies of Nature proclaim thee, all forms as they pass by salute thee and adore thee! Abraham knew thee, Hermes divined thee, Pythagoras calculated thee, Plato, in every dream of his genius, aspired to 289
1913 · PDF PAGE 587
… me to this admirable light!__ Thou, the Supreme Intelligence and the Absolute Life of those numbers and those forces which obey thee in order to people the infinite with inexhaustible creation! Mathematics proves thee, the harmonies of Nature proclaim thee, all forms as they pass by salute thee and adore thee! Abraham knew thee, Hermes divined thee, Pythagoras calculated thee, Plato, in every dream of his genius, aspired to 289
1954 · PDF PAGE 312
…ual Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. On going over some recent letters I see that you meant not only to inquire into the order of being to which angels belong, but as to whether they are liable to accident, misfortune, and the like. The answer is that it depends on the Angel-for the purposes of this letter I propose to use the word 'angel' to include all sorts of disembodied beings, from demons to gods-in all cases, they are objective; a subjective 'angel' is different from a dream only in non-essentials. Now, some angels are ac…
1919 · PDF PAGE 299
…t of sin. He claims, however, that sin was caused by the devil, who was created by God, and that God foreknew and permitted all this, in order to inflict torture upon nearly everybody except Mr. Bishop. He would however deny furiously that the God who willingly and knowingly created the devil, was in any way responsible for him. This Kaiserlich-Chautauquameri- canisch-Bishopisch God is therefore an illogical impossibility and absurdity. But this doesn’t detract from the unmetaphysical conception of him as a monster. Mr. Bishop is one of the bes…
1913 · PDF PAGE 402
… I had to do a double task to-day. Q. What are we to think of those who impose on them- selves voluntary sufferings? A. If they do so in order to overcome the brutal fascination of pleasure, they are wise; if to suffer instead of others, they are generous; but if they do it without discretion and without measure, they are imprudent. Q. Thus, in the eyes of true philosophy, religion is wise in all that it ordains? A. You see that it is so. Q. But if, after all, we were deceived in our eternal hopes? A. Faith does not admit that doubt. But philos…
1913 · PDF PAGE 479
… signs of the occult sanctuary are the natural expressions of absolute ideas. It is this which we shall demonstrate in our book. But, in order not to send back our readers from the unknown to the future, we shall detach beforehand two chapters of that unpublished work, one upon the qabalistic Word, the other upon the secrets of the Qabalah, and we shall draw conclusions which will complete in a manner satis- factory to all the explanation which we have promised in the matter of Mr. Home. There exists a power which generates forms; this power is…
1913 · PDF PAGE 402
… I had to do a double task to-day. Q. What are we to think of those who impose on them- selves voluntary sufferings? A. If they do so in order to overcome the brutal fascination of pleasure, they are wise; if to suffer instead of others, they are generous; but if they do it without discretion and without measure, they are imprudent. Q. Thus, in the eyes of true philosophy, religion is wise in all that it ordains? A. You see that it is so. Q. But if, after all, we were deceived in our eternal hopes? A. Faith does not admit that doubt. But philos…
1913 · PDF PAGE 479
… signs of the occult sanctuary are the natural expressions of absolute ideas. It is this which we shall demonstrate in our book. But, in order not to send back our readers from the unknown to the future, we shall detach beforehand two chapters of that unpublished work, one upon the qabalistic Word, the other upon the secrets of the Qabalah, and we shall draw conclusions which will complete in a manner satis- factory to all the explanation which we have promised in the matter of Mr. Home. There exists a power which generates forms; this power is…
1944 · PDF PAGE 230
…ign in which he is reborn. The disks are very large and solid; the suggestion of the card is that of a fortress. This represents Law and Order, maintained by constant authority and vigilance. The disks themselves are square; revolution is very opposite to the card; and they contain the signs of the Four Elements. For all that, they revolve; defence is valid only when violently active. So far as it appears stationary, it is the “dead centre” of the engineer; and Capricornus is the point at which the Sun “turns again Northward”. The back‐ ground …
1905 · PDF PAGE 2
…S. ‘THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. 5 GOETIA. ats CARMEN SAECULARE. 2 6 WHY JESUS WEFT, a1, (OF which many are almost exhausted. ‘Competitors should order from this list or fom the annexed form.
1909 · PDF PAGE 12
…ing an ordinary man we can by training produce a Master. This thesis requires proof: we hope to supply such proof by producing Genius to order. 4
1909 · PDF PAGE 12
…ing an ordinary man we can by training produce a Master. This thesis requires proof: we hope to supply such proof by producing Genius to order. 4
1910 · PDF PAGE 102
… thy master-hand, Eros ! Her evil thinkings cease, Thy miracles begin. Eros ! Eros !Be silent ! It is sin Thus to invoke the oracles of order Their iron gates to unclose. The gross, inhospitable warder Of Loves green garden of spice is well awake. Hell hath enough of Her three-headed hound ; But Loves severer bound Knows for His watcher a more fearful shape, A formidable ape Skilled by lack art to mock the Gods profound In their abyss of under ground.
1939 · PDF PAGE 68
…nce us, even when awake, of their reality. Why then do we criticise and dismiss them? Because their contents are incoherent, because the order of nature to which they belong does not properly conform with the kind of experience which does hang together after a fashion. Why do we criticise the reality of waking experience? On precisely similar grounds. Because in certain respects it fails to conform with our deep instinctive consciousness of the structure of the mind. Tendency! We happen to be that kind of animal. 14. The result is that we acce…