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…hen foemen bade good cheer To foemen, grew one clear Concept, ideal, divine, Of a god of light and laughter, of a god of wheat and wine. Work on, strong mind, devise The outer life aright ; Dream, subtle soul, and arise To noblest litanies That pierce the mask of night— In a man work lifts his eyelids, but his dreams lend eyes their light. So dreams and days are wed, And soul and body lie Ambrosial in Love’s bed. See, heaven with stars is spread— So glad of life am I If an angel came to call me I am sure I would not die. 79
1954 · PDF PAGE 254
…p out of it" and recover my normal serenity requires only a minute effort, and the whole of my magical energy is earmarked for the Great Work. I have none left to make that effort . Of course, if the worry is enough to interfere with that Work, I must detail a corporal's fIle to abate the nuisance. The other way may be called the Taoist aspect. First, however, let me explain the point of view of the Master of the Temple, as it is so similar. You should remember from your reading what happens in this Grade. The new Master is "cast out" into the …
1930 · PDF PAGE 36
working together and so blurring each other’s individuality; also to prevent work developing into social intercourse. The Grades of the Order of the G. D. are fully descrihed in Liber 185 1, and there is no need to amplify what is there stated. It must however, be carefuliy remarked that in each of these preliminary Grades there are appointed certain tasks appropriate, and that the ample accomplishment of each and every one of these is insisted upon with the most rigorous rigidity. 2 3 * * * * Members of the A A of whatever grade are not bound …
1919 · PDF PAGE 161
…E TEMPLE had now arrived at a stage when he might undertake an Operation for the Invocation of Adonai,’ which would re- quire Six weeks’ work, the last Twelve days of which must be in complete Retirement. At first he could see no possible way to undertake this, owing to, (1) Family Affairs, (2) Office work, (3) Lack of money. He determined however to go ahead in spite of apparent obstacles, and duly made a start at Midnight, August 31. From that time until Sep- tember 18th he was occupied by the Preparatory work, and from Midnight September 18t…
1898 · PDF PAGE 111
…e ; Your patience stand when mountains shake and quail Before the gale Of God’s great tribulation. Make thee sure Thou canst endure. And work, work ever, sleep not, gird thy head With garlands red Of blood from swollen veins forced in bitter toil To win some spoil Of knowledge from the caverns of the deep. So shall the steep Pathways of heaven gleam with loftier fires Than earth’s desires. So shalt thou conquer Space, and lastly climb The walls of Time, And by the golden path the great have trod Reach up to God ! ” 101
1906 · PDF PAGE 18
… known: Though change and sorrow range and roll, There is no self—there is no soul! XII. As man, a primate risen high Above his fellows, work thou well! As man, an incident minute And dim in time’s eternity, Work well! As man, no toy for hell And heaven to wrangle for, be mute! Let empty speculation stir The idle fool, the craven cur! XIII. Myself being idle for an hour I dare one thing to speculate: Namely, that life hath cusps yet higher On this our curve: a prize, a power Lies in our grasp: unthinking Fate Shall build a brain to nestle nighe…
1954 · PDF PAGE 486
…anet Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. You write: Am I to understand that the A :. A :. has two main lines of Work. (1) The initiation of Individuals. (2) Action on the world in general-say "Weltpolitik "? Because your letters on the History of Magick do imply (2); and yet the A :. A :. discourages any form of group working. Is it that the Masters (8° = 3D Magistri TempliJ having been admitted to the Third Order-the A :. A :. proper; below this are R.R. et A. C and G :. D :. -are no longer liable to the dangers which …
1954 · PDF PAGE 344
…s say) I could persuade a dying person to leave me a couple of hundred thousand in his will. I shall use every penny of it for the Great Work; it sounds easy! "Of course! Damn your integrity! Damn you! The Work is all that matters." All the same, I say NO. I should never be the same man again. I should have lost that confidence in myself which is the spine of my work. No need that the fraud should be discovered openly: it would appear in all my subsequent work, a subtle contamination. But suppose that it were not the matter of gulling a moribun…
1913 · PDF PAGE 57
…ILO ." The SCULPTOR SPEAKS. N OTHING of strange , or exquisite , or rare , No tortured limbs, or godlike pose , for me . Doubtless their work was good ; I found it fair But knew my masters — and I let them be . I wrought unbidden , without hope of fame , Such simple work as our plain fathers knew , Content with little honour , and a name Unlauded . Thus my patience reaps its due ; A woman , weary from the vineyard , rests Her laden basket on the plinth , and now Before my Aphrodite stays and sighs , Something of Woman finding in the breasts I m…
1954 · PDF PAGE 40
…ould meet other members first is quite impossible. Even after affiliation, you would not meet anyone unless it were necessary for you to work in co-operation with them. I am afraid you have still got the idea that the Great Work is a tea-party. Contact with other students only means that you criticize their hats, and then their morals; and I am not going to encourage this. Your work is not anybody else's; and undirected chatter is the worst poisonous element in human society. When you talk of the "actual record" of the "Being called Jesus Chris…
1924 · PDF PAGE 5
man, or the man wrapped up in creative work, in taking legal action against a wealthy and power- ful corporation. To him a libel suit, even if not actually impossible, means, at the very least, financial chaos and the indefinite paralysis of his work. More than this, the libel, however false in point of fact, may be so damaging in purport, and make so unscrupulous an appeal to violent popular passions, that it robs its victim, in advance, of any of the normal means of redress. The man of letters is peculiarly ill-protected against sensational n…
1929 · PDF PAGE 18
…that implied; it was a passionately ecstatic sense of identity. In my third year at Cambridge, I devoted myself consciously to the Great Work, understanding thereby the Work of becoming a Spiritual Being, free from the constraints, accidents, and déceptions of material existence. I found myself at a loss for a name to designate my work, just as H. P. Blavatsky some years earlier. “Theosophy”, “Spiritua- lism”, “Occultism”, “Mysticism”, ail involved undesirable con¬ notations. I chose therefore the name. “MAGICK” as essentially the most sublime,…
1924 · PDF PAGE 1
…etor of the Sunday Express, to redress a most grave and indefensible injury committed by that paper against the social honour, life, and work of an English gentleman and man of letters, and against the personal virtue of three very noble women who have renounced their private ambitions in order to help in his work. I. The case is as follows : Between November 1922 and March 1923, the Sunday Express published a series of sensa- I
1929 · PDF PAGE 17
“Prove ail things; hold fast that which is good”. St. Paul. “Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword: these he shall learn and teach. “He must teach ; but he may make severe the ordeals. “The word of the Law is 0EAHMA.” LIBER AL vel xxxi: The Book of the Law. This book is for ALL: for every man, woman, and child. My former work has been misunderstood, and its scope limited, by my use of technical terms. It has attracted only too many dilettanti and eccentrics, weaklings seeking in “Ma…
1996 · PDF PAGE 166
…e” when one recognizes anyone as a potential king by accepting his hospitality. An alternative meaning is “in their honour.” 40. But the work of the comment? That is easy; and Hadit burning in thy heart shall make swift and secure thy pen. 41. Establish at thy Kaaba a clerk-house: all must be done well and with business way. 42. The ordeals thou shalt oversee thyself, save only the blind ones. Refuse none, but thou shalt know & destroy the traitors. I am Ra-Hoor-Khuit; and I am powerful to protect my servant. Success is thy proof: argue not; co…
1930 · PDF PAGE 4
…ives seven rituals of the dramatic order, as described in Chapter XIX. Pages 29-32 — A highly important magical ritual for daily use and work. Number VII. — Pages 21-27 — Classical ritual to invoke Mercuryj for daily use and work. Pages 117-157 — Example of a dramatic ritual in modem style. Pages 229-243 — An elaborate magical map of the universe on particular principles. Pages 372-375 — Example of a seasonal ritual. Pages 376-383 — Ritual to invoke Horus. Number VIII. — Pages 99-128 — The conjuration of the elemental spirits. Number IX. — Page…
1906 · PDF PAGE 40
How do you work yourself?” He spoke To empty space—the poet woke; And catching up a carving-knife He slit the weasand of his wife.
1913 · PDF PAGE 329
… what is not. Evil is the disordered appetite of good, the unfruitful attempt of an unskilful will. Every one possesses the fruit of his work, and poverty is only the spur to toil. For the flock of men, suffering is like the shepherd dog, who bites the wool of the sheep to put them back in the right way. It is because of shadow that we are able to see light; because of cold that we feel heat; because of pain that we are sensible to pleasure. Evil is then for us the occasion and the beginning of good. But, in the dreams of our imperfect intellig…
1913 · PDF PAGE 329
… what is not. Evil is the disordered appetite of good, the unfruitful attempt of an unskilful will. Every one possesses the fruit of his work, and poverty is only the spur to toil. For the flock of men, suffering is like the shepherd dog, who bites the wool of the sheep to put them back in the right way. It is because of shadow that we are able to see light; because of cold that we feel heat; because of pain that we are sensible to pleasure. Evil is then for us the occasion and the beginning of good. But, in the dreams of our imperfect intellig…
1903 · PDF PAGE 18
…e necessary quiet and resources for investigating, and learning to bring under our control, all the divergent phenomena of our prison, a work which we undertake that at last we may be able to break down the walls, and find that freedom which an inconsiderate Inversion has denied. ‘The mystical precepts of pseudo-Zoroaster, Buddha, Gankaracharya, Pseudo-Christ and the rest, are for advanced students only, for direct attack on the problem. Our servants, the soldiers, lawyers, all forms of government, make this our nobler work possible, and it is …