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Page 28 of 1051944 · PDF PAGE 237
…ded at some distance by a ring, six larger disks in the form of a hexagon. This signifies the multiplication of the original established Word‐by the mingling of “good luck and good management”. The three central disks are of the magical pattern as in earlier cards; but the others, since the descent into matter implies the gradual exhaustion of the original whirling energy, now take on the form of coins. These may be marked with the magical images of the appropriate planets. As a general remark, one may say that the multiplication of a symbol of…
1996 · PDF PAGE 47
…n, where and with whom ye will! But always unto me. Commentary: The first section of this verse is connected with the second only by the word “therefore.” It appears to describe an initiation, or perhaps the initiation, in general terms. I would suggest that the palace is the “Holy House” or Universe of the Initiate of the New Law. The four gates are perhaps Light, Life, Love, Liberty—see “De Lege Libellum.”1 Lapis Lazuli is a symbol of Nuit, Jasper of Hadit. The rare scents are possibly various ecstasies or samadhis. Jasmine and Rose are hiero…
1901 · PDF PAGE 62
…ough. My hour is at hand! CHORUS enter and circumambulate. Even as the traitor’s breath Goeth forth, he perisheth By the secret sibilant word that is spoken unto death. Even as the profane hand Reacheth to the sacred sand, Fire consumes him that his name be forgotten in the land. Even as the wicked eye Seeks the mysteries to spy, So the blindness of the gods takes his spirit: he shall die. Even as the evil priest, Poisoned by the sacred feast, Changes by its seven powers to the misbegotten beast.
1910 · PDF PAGE 49
…c echo in my blood ! For El Qahar thy beauty broods, Of thy perfections chews the cud. 1. [Persian text] Suli, an impaling stake. A rare word of Sanskrit origin. 2. Chokmah, the “ emanation ” referred to the Sphere of the Stars. 3. Geburah. Curiously reminiscent of Cazotte’s conception of Asmodai. There may be a pun be- tween [Persian text] camel or distortions of them. One may consult the descriptions of the 72 evil spirits of the Goetia, or the following actual results of the clairvoyance of a well known Irish lady.
1913 · PDF PAGE 72
…loved , I stand With love and worship in my hand . I commune with the Gods ; I wait Their summons , and I fire the brand . I speak their Word ; and there is Fate . 53
1901 · PDF PAGE 17
…ss catches at my feet ! A tongue of fresh, impossible, keen light Burns on my brow—a silver stream of heat. I am constrained : The Awful Word I write From the one Paraclete. 15
1913 · PDF PAGE 193
… 's chimes And dust that is not even dust . But rarely hold I converse thus Where shapes are bright and clamorous , More often comes the word divine In places motionless and far ; Beneath the white peculiar shine Of sunless summer afternoons ; At eventide on pale lagoons Where hangs reflected one pale star ; Or deep in the green solitudes Of still erect entrancéd woods . 0, in the woods alone lying , Scarce a bough in the wind sighing , Gaze I long with fervid power At leaf and branch and grass and flower , Breathe I breaths of trembling sight …
1911 · PDF PAGE 187
…he Pentagram. He next light: the hell-broth and recites :] Even as the traitor’s breath Goeth forth, he perisheth By the secret sibilant word that is spoken unto death. Even as the profane hand Reacheth to the sacred sand, Fire consumes him that his name be forgotten in the land.
1911 · PDF PAGE 187
…he Pentagram. He next light: the hell-broth and recites :] Even as the traitor’s breath Goeth forth, he perisheth By the secret sibilant word that is spoken unto death. Even as the profane hand Reacheth to the sacred sand, Fire consumes him that his name be forgotten in the land.
1929 · PDF PAGE 148
… any amateur might do, because He has matched his Will against that of the world, having undertaken the Work of a Magus to establish the Word of is Law on the whole of mankind. He will succeed, without doubt; but He hardly expects to see more than a sample of His product during His présent incarnation. But He refuses to waste the least fraction of His force on Works foreign to His Work, however obvious it may seem to the onlooker that His advantage lies in commanding stones to become bread, or otherwise making things easy for Himself. These con…
1901 · PDF PAGE 57
…THE LEPER. I am a leper, but I am the king. PACHAD. Monstrous illegible horror, let thy mouth Frame from its charnel-house some pregnant word Intelligible. THE LEPER. I am king; thy mother’s limbs Clung fast to mine when I begot thy father. PACHAD. He died in battle; thou art not the king.
1905 · PDF PAGE 154
ST PATRICK’S DAY I49 Our weapons—be they fire and cord, The shell, the rifle, and the sword ! Without a helper or a friend All means be righteous to the End ! Look not for help to wordy strife ! This battle is for death or life. Melt mountains with a word—and then The colder hearts of Englishmen ! Look not to Europe in your need ! Columbia’s but a broken reed ! Your own good hearts, your own strong hand Win back at last the Irish land. Won by the strength of cold despair Our chance is near us—slay nor spare ! Open to fate the Saxons lie, Up ! I…
1898 · PDF PAGE 63
…ve one fiery tether, Dissolving all my woe into one sea of weather. So I am ready to assume the Cross, Start on my journey with the last word said ; Turn my back resolute on dung and dross, And face the future with no twitch of dread, But dare to converse with the holy dead, And taste the earnest of the church’s bliss. Love, God be with you ! He is overhead And watches us, that nothing be amiss— Love ! our hearts bleed as one in the last lingering kiss. 53
1901 · PDF PAGE 60
…rings some cold being from the water chill, Rises between me and the world—unseen, Most terrible. Dawns that unheard-of terror ! Never a word of The spells that chain ill spirits I remember. And oh ! my soul ! What hands of ice unheard-of Disturb, dismember !
1904 · PDF PAGE 20
…sence of a king unarmed, Quelled by one mild glance of authority. JASON. A king unjust is shorn of majesty. PELIAS, Still the one fool’s-word—justice—answers all. Would thou wert older and more politic! JASON. Would I were liar with thine own foul brand! The gods are weary of thy cozening.
1913 · PDF PAGE 400
POPOPOPOPDO THE EQUINOX . What is reality? . Knowledge identical with being. What is reason? The Word identical with being. What is justice ? The motive of acts identical with being. What is the absolute ? Being. Can one conceive anything superior to being? No ; but one conceives in being itself something super- eminent and transcendental. Q. POPO> 0° What is that? The supreme reason of being. Do you know it, and can you define it ? Faith alone affirms it, and names it God. Is there anything above truth? Above known truth, there is unknown trut…
1913 · PDF PAGE 400
POPOPOPOPDO THE EQUINOX . What is reality? . Knowledge identical with being. What is reason? The Word identical with being. What is justice ? The motive of acts identical with being. What is the absolute ? Being. Can one conceive anything superior to being? No ; but one conceives in being itself something super- eminent and transcendental. Q. POPO> 0° What is that? The supreme reason of being. Do you know it, and can you define it ? Faith alone affirms it, and names it God. Is there anything above truth? Above known truth, there is unknown trut…
1961 · PDF PAGE 91
…rs as a necessary Preparation for that greatest of all Events which befell me in El-Kahira, in the Land of Khem, the Choice of me as the Word of the Æon. Now then for a while I worked with my Will, though not wholly; and again the Hand reached forth and smote me. This, albeit my Slackness was but as a Boy playing Truant, not a revolt against my Self. Wherefore, despite all, I made much Progress in short Time. n
1996 · PDF PAGE 158
…., 718, “Hail to the A.-.A.-..” I grace fully acknowledged the greeting to Our Holy Order, but went on with my search. There is no such word as AXPIETA,1 “unchristlike things”; only blind bigotry could be satisfied with so crude an invention. 1 [The ST has the numeration 6.] Then came XAPATH, 713, an “engraved character.” That was a true name for the Stèle; if I suffixed AA, 5, it might read “The Mark of Hadit.” But I did not feel inwardly that thrill of ecstasy that springs in the heart or that dawn of amaze ment that kindles the mind, when …
1901 · PDF PAGE 125
…, unloved, I stand With love and worship in my hand. I commune with the Gods : I wait Their summons, and I fire the brand. I speak their Word : and there is Fate. I know no happiness, no pain, No swift emotion, no disdain, No pity : but the boundless light Of the Eternal Love, unslain, Flows through me to redeem the night. Mine is a sad-slow life : but I, I would not gain release, and die A moment ere my task be done. To falter now were treachery— I should not dare to greet the sun !