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Page 31 of 741919 · PDF PAGE 281
…ST takes the Paten between the index and medius of the right hand. The Priestess clasps the Cup in her right hand. THE PRIEST. Lord most secret, bless this spiritual food unto our bodies, bestowing upon us health and wealth and strength and joy and peace, and that fulfilment of will and of love under will that is perpetual happiness. He makes ¥ with Paten and kisses it. He uncovers the Cup, genuflects, rises. Music. He takes the Host, and breaks it over the Cup. He replaces the right-hand portion in the Paten. He breaks off a particle of the le…
1961 · PDF PAGE 65
…ow prodigal is She of her Forces! The evident Will of every Acorn is to be- come an Oak; yet nigh all fail of that Will. There- fore one Secret of Magick is conomy of thy Force; to do no Act unless secure of its Effect. And if every Act has an Effect on every Plane, how canst thou do this unless thou be connected with all Planes? For this Reason must thou know thoroughly not only thy Body and thy Mind, but thy Body of Light and all its subtler Principles soever. But I will have thee consider most especially what powers thou hast within thee wh…
1961 · PDF PAGE 174
…hewn also by the God Harprocrates, the Babe in the Lotus, who is also the Serpent and the Egg, that is, the Holy Ghost. This is the most secret of all Energies, the Seed of all being, and therefore must He be sealed up in an Ark from the Malice of the Devourers. If then by thine Art thou canst conceal thyself in thine own Nature, this is Silence, this, and not Nullity of Consciousness else were a Stone more perfect in Adeptship that thou. But, abiding in thy Silence, thou art in a City of Refuge, and the Waters prevail not against the Lotus tha…
1996 · PDF PAGE 86
…be 56, 1]; but Had is only hinted obscurely. This matter is discussed later more fully; verses 15 and 16. 2. Come! all ye, and learn the secret that hath not yet been revealed. I, Hadit, am the complement of Nu, my bride. I am not extended, and Khabs is the name of my House. Commentary: Khabs—“a star”—is an unit of Nuit, and therefore Nuit Herself. This doctrine is enormously difficult of apprehension, even after these many years of study. Hadit is the “core of every star”, verse 6. He is thus the Imper sonal Identity within the Individuality …
1899 · PDF PAGE 185
…reation hymns its God with an united voice. There is a storm without. The hoary trees Stagger, the foam is angry on the sea : I know the secret mountains are at ease, And in the deepest ice-embroidery Where great men’s spirits linger there is peace. Heed not the unquiet wind ;
1904 · PDF PAGE 21
…ion ! ” Mrs. Sally G...d, The gawk and dowdy with the long grey teeth, Jumps to conclusion, instant, out of hand : “ There is some nasty secret underneath ! ” None nastier than thy name ! This verse, its sheath, Thou poisonous bitch, is rotten. Fact, atone !) Such magic liquors in his veins there seethe As, would he master, need strong order known In life’s routine, ere he may dare to be alone. So there alone he was, and like a comet, Leaps on the utmost ridges of the hills. Then, like a dog returning to his vomit, Broods in the hall on all cre…
1909 · PDF PAGE 10
Isa, the sufferer; Hoor in his secret name and splendour is the Lord initiating. 50. There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the highest! Thus ye have star and star, system and system: let not one know well the other! 51. There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver and gold; lapis—lazuli and jasper are there; and all rare scents; jasmi…
1910 · PDF PAGE 146
… of ! Wonder that I live ! This has been like a bag-pipe drone to wail Its monotone through high, low, fast and slow. It has been like a secret cancer, Forcing all servants of the life to give Their work to the usurper ; all its themes assail The main word Life ; they build their archipelago Of poison in each sea where life was holy. Their questions have no answer, But alls converted to the abominable Soul-sickening thing that one is tied to. This is I Just as God in His Nature, wholly Involved therein, its tune, its motive, its quintessence. …
1912 · PDF PAGE 95
HIS SECRET SIN and then, with sudden stealth, his back to the door, pushed down the lever and slid into the shop. “Avvy-voo photographiay?” he said hurriedly, with averted face. “ Certainly, sir, ” replied the shopkeeper in perfect English. “ What does Monsieur require? Photographs of Paris, of Fontainebleau, of the Louvre, of Versailles ?" But English would not serve the turn of Theodore Bugg. He nearly bolted from the shop. An English voice—it was almost Discovery ! “ Kelker shows, " he muttered doggedly enough, though his head hung lower tha…
1912 · PDF PAGE 249
…ld 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 cut. 4. Take the cards as cut, and hold as for dealing. First Operation This shows the situation of the Querent at the time when he consults you. I. T…
1912 · PDF PAGE 95
HIS SECRET SIN and then, with sudden stealth, his back to the door, pushed down the lever and slid into the shop. “Avvy-voo photographiay?” he said hurriedly, with averted face. “ Certainly, sir, ” replied the shopkeeper in perfect English. “ What does Monsieur require? Photographs of Paris, of Fontainebleau, of the Louvre, of Versailles ?" But English would not serve the turn of Theodore Bugg. He nearly bolted from the shop. An English voice—it was almost Discovery ! “ Kelker shows, " he muttered doggedly enough, though his head hung lower tha…
1912 · PDF PAGE 249
…ld 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 cut. 4. Take the cards as cut, and hold as for dealing. First Operation This shows the situation of the Querent at the time when he consults you. I. T…
1961 · PDF PAGE 168
LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 156 Ew De Viro (Of the Man) EARN now that this Lion is a natural Quality in Man, and secret, so that he is not ware thereof, except he be Adept. Therefore is it necessary for thee also to know, by the Head of the Sphinx. This then is thy Liberty, that the Impulse of the Lion should become conscious by means of the Man; for without this thou art but an Automaton. This Man moreover maketh thee to understand and to adjust thyself with Environment, else being devoid of Judgment, thou goest blindly upon an headlong Path. For ever…
1905 · PDF PAGE 204
…SIN. Yu rivers, and ye elemental caves, Above the fountains of the broken ice, Know ye what dragon lurks within your waves ? Know ye the secret of the cockatrice? The basilisk whose shapeless brood Take blood and muck for food? The sexless passion, the foul scorpion spawn ? The witches and the evil-chanting ones Who strangle stars and suns, Ivclipse the moon, and curse against the dawn ? Know ye the haunts of death? The hole that harboureth _ The sickening breath, Whence all disease is bred, and all corruption drawn ? Nay, these ye know not, or…
1913 · PDF PAGE 94
…hree letters of her name, B, A, and D, are the three paths which join the three supernals. To what cupboard did she go? Even to the most secret caverns of the Universe. And who is this dog? Is it not the name of God spelt Qabal- istically backwards? And what is this bone? This bone is the Wand, the holy Lingam ! The complete interpretation of the rune is now open. This rime is the legend of the murder of Osiris by Typhon. The limbs of Osiris were scattered in the Nile. Isis sought them in every corner of the Universe, and she found all except h…
1919 · PDF PAGE 273
…hem that revolve about us without diminution of substance or effulgence for ever. THE PEopLe. So mote it be. (THE LORD) Tue Deacon. Lord secret and most holy, source of life, source of love, source of liberty, be thou ever constant and 259
1926 · PDF PAGE 9
Isa, the sufferer; Hoor in his secret name and splendour is the Lord initiating. 50. There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the highest! Thus ye have star and star, system and system: let not one know well the other! 51. There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver and gold; lapis—lazuli and jasper are there; and all rare scents; jasmi…
1905 · PDF PAGE 191
…onal criticism has been combined with unimpeachable scholarship and a profound knowledge of Ceremonial Magic, as practiced to-day in the Secret Houses of Adepts. The S.P.R.T hold the whole editions of all these books, and guarantee that no copy will ever be sold by them at any lower price than those now advertised. Also, A number of these volumes in rare states— Japanese and Real Vellum, China and India Paper. Also of some other volumes, privately issued. In all forty-eight items, of which a list may be obtained on application. IN THE PRESS. Or…
1930 · PDF PAGE 61
… NOTE: The PRIESTESS and other officers never partake of the sacramenty they being as it were part of the PRIEST himself. NOTE : Certain secret formules of this Mass are taught to the PRIEST in his ordination. — 361 —
1944 · PDF PAGE 162
… by accident. This is a perfect picture of the Mind. On the head of this Prince is, nevertheless, a child’s head radiant, for there is a secret crown in the nature of this card; if concentrated, it is exactly Tiphareth. The operation of his logical mental processes have reduced the Air, which is his ele‐ ment, to many diverse geometrical 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…