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Page 34 of 711913 · PDF PAGE 431
…d his written and signed attestation. He declares even that he has seized them, and drawn them towards himself with all his strength, in order to withdraw from their incognito the arm to which they should naturally be attached. But the invisible object has proved stronger than the English novelist, and the hands have escaped him. A Russian nobleman who was the protector of Mr. Home, and whose character and good faith could not possibly be doubted, Count A. B——, has also seen and seized with 133
1913 · PDF PAGE 431
…d his written and signed attestation. He declares even that he has seized them, and drawn them towards himself with all his strength, in order to withdraw from their incognito the arm to which they should naturally be attached. But the invisible object has proved stronger than the English novelist, and the hands have escaped him. A Russian nobleman who was the protector of Mr. Home, and whose character and good faith could not possibly be doubted, Count A. B——, has also seen and seized with 133
1919 · PDF PAGE 355
… all the necessities which the traditions of earthly life involve should be to rule them, neither by mortification nor by indulgence. In order to do the work you must keep in proper physical and mental condition. Be sane. Asceticism always excites the mind, and the object of the Disciple is to calm it. However, ascetic originally meant athletic, and it has only acquired its modern meaning on account of the corruptions that crept into the practices used by those in ‘training.’ The prohibi- tions, relatively valuable, were exalted into general ru…
1930 · PDF PAGE 28
…ning, and in particular to study the Qabalah. Philosophus. — Is expected to complété his moral training. He is tested in Dévotion to the Order. Dominus Liminis. — Is expected to show mastery of Pratyahara and Dharana. Adeptus (without). — Is expected to perform the Great Work and to attain the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. Adeptus (within). — Is admitted to the practice of the formula of the Rosy Cross on entering the College of the Holy Ghost. Adeptus (Major). — Obtains a general mastery of practical Magick, though wit…
1930 · PDF PAGE 41
… distinguish. Hence: no a friori reason to deny the existence of conscious intelligences with insensible bodies. Indeed we know of other orders of mind (flies, etc., possibly vegetables) thinking by means of non-human brain-structures. But the fundamental problem of Religion is this: Is there any praeter-human Intelligence, of the same order as our own, 1. On considération these notes hâve been left as they were originally written. In An XVII, Sol in Virgo, Soror Rhodon, a probatîoner of A .*. A at that time in enjoyment of the privilège of soj…
1913 · PDF PAGE 363
… universal Church, Mary! Happy is he who has dared all to know thee and to understand thee, and who is ready to suffer all once more, in order to serve thee and to love thee ! XVIII THE NUMBER EIGHTEEN Tus number is that of religious dogma, which is all poetry and all mystery. F 65
1913 · PDF PAGE 363
… universal Church, Mary! Happy is he who has dared all to know thee and to understand thee, and who is ready to suffer all once more, in order to serve thee and to love thee ! XVIII THE NUMBER EIGHTEEN Tus number is that of religious dogma, which is all poetry and all mystery. F 65
1916 · PDF PAGE 4
… his immense power of brain. By education in the ordinary sense we mean that an old fool bullies a young fool into agreeing with him. In order to obtain a university degree it is necessary to stultify oneself by agreeing with the particular clique of fifth rate minds who, having been totally unable to carve out any way in the world, have become sodden in the backwater of a university; and taken up teaching as a profession, because they are incapable of learning. One has only to think of a subject like history to see how lop-sided conventional e…
1919 · PDF PAGE 378
…f speech. They do not believe in them as actual realities. It is one of the regular Oriental tricks to exaggerate all sorts of things in order to impress other people with one’s knowledge, and then to forget altogether to weld this particular piece of information on to the wheel of the Law. Consequently, all Blavatsky’s talk about the sublimity of the Nirmanakaya body is no more than the speech of a politician who is thank- ing a famous general for having done some of his dirty work for him. 39. The Shangna robe, ’tis true, can purchase light e…
1929 · PDF PAGE 62
…ade farewell to the three guests; Cyril and Sister Cybele conducted them to the boat, and bade them God-speed. The other brethren of the Order dispersed, one to one task, one to another. Presently Simon and Cyril, Cybele and Lisa were together alone. The old man led the way to a cell cunningly hidden in the wall. There they took seats. Lisa la Giuffria recognized that the critical moment of her life was come upon her. [90]
1907 · PDF PAGE 64
…-IUSHTAN, andpery‘orms Serpentine Dance. Exit. Bones. In answer to your last remark, you and I are near enough to the Halls of the Great Order to know how secret is the Brother hood. What if your fool with his silly question should be a Master of the Temple talking to you in Samadbic language? Bowie]. My dear man, I will destroy him as soon as the rest. 61':pi'y is my reply to Binah as well as to Jesod. But hushl who comes here?
1907 · PDF PAGE 283
…tard he had himself intended to tie to the wagging tail of the Christian Deity . Thus by render ing all knowledge automorphological , in order to an nihilate the unity of thirty - nine articles without parts or passions , rearing himself up , he plunged down , creating in his fall , “ a footless stocking without a leg ” -Unknowability . In “ Eleusis ” Crowley illustrates this , and says : “ Evolution is no better than creation to explain things , as Spencer showed .” 2 Huxley the sublime philosopher , the true agnostic , the periphery of whose …
1913 · PDF PAGE 518
… For an airy, or rather an ethereal, spirit, it would be necessary to have an artificial body similar to the apparatus of our divers, in order that it might come to us. All that we can see of the dead are the reflections which they have left in the atmospheric light, light whose imprints we evoke by the sympathy of our memories. The souls of the dead are above our atmosphere. Our respirable air becomes earth for them. This is what the Saviour declares in His Gospel, when He makes the soul of a saint say : “Now the great abyss is established bet…
1913 · PDF PAGE 518
… For an airy, or rather an ethereal, spirit, it would be necessary to have an artificial body similar to the apparatus of our divers, in order that it might come to us. All that we can see of the dead are the reflections which they have left in the atmospheric light, light whose imprints we evoke by the sympathy of our memories. The souls of the dead are above our atmosphere. Our respirable air becomes earth for them. This is what the Saviour declares in His Gospel, when He makes the soul of a saint say : “Now the great abyss is established bet…
1913 · PDF PAGE 355
… immortal writings which the century of Augustus brought forth. Thus, perhaps, Rome only shook the world with the convulsions of war, in order to bring forth Vergil. Christianity is the fruit of the meditations of all the sages of the East, who live again in Jesus Christ. Thus the light of the spirits has risen where the sun of the world rises; Christ conquered the West, and the soft rays of the sun of Asia have touched the icicles of the North. Stirred by this unknown heat, ant-heaps of new men have spread over a worn-out world; the souls of d…
1913 · PDF PAGE 355
… immortal writings which the century of Augustus brought forth. Thus, perhaps, Rome only shook the world with the convulsions of war, in order to bring forth Vergil. Christianity is the fruit of the meditations of all the sages of the East, who live again in Jesus Christ. Thus the light of the spirits has risen where the sun of the world rises; Christ conquered the West, and the soft rays of the sun of Asia have touched the icicles of the North. Stirred by this unknown heat, ant-heaps of new men have spread over a worn-out world; the souls of d…
1944 · PDF PAGE 38
…upiter in Leo, and called the Lord of Victory. This dictates not only what victory is like, but also the condi‐ tions to be fulfilled in order to obtain victory. There is need of the fiery energy of the suit of Wands, the balance of the number 6, the stubborn courage of Leo, and also the influence of Jupiter, the little bit of luck that tips the scale. These considerations are particularly important in dealing with the Atu, or Trumps. The Planets are already represented in the numbers or Sephiroth of the Tree of Life. But they have also attribu…
1905 · PDF PAGE 12
… contradicted by its climax. This is a pitiable sort of confession for a man to make ! What was I todo? I could not rewrite the whole in order to give it a philosophic unity. Gerald Kelly forcibly prevented me from throwing it into the river at Marlotte, though he admitted quite frankly that he could not read even through Book I. and did not see how any one could. Tell me, he said, conjuring the friendship of years, can you read it? Even a poet should be honest; I confessed that I could not! Taking it in sections, with relays and an ambulance, …
1910 · PDF PAGE 161
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING permanent principles which constitute the eternal Reality in the Cosmic Order.”* In Tiphareth the aspirant attains to no less a state than that of conversation with his Holy Guardian Angel, his Jechidah, ‘The permanent principle behind the conflicting opinions.” Once Right Comprehension has been attained to, he has discovered a Master who will never desert him until he become one with him. Il. Right Resolutions or Right Aspirations. Having perceived the changing nature of all things, even of men’s minds, and havin…
1910 · PDF PAGE 161
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING permanent principles which constitute the eternal Reality in the Cosmic Order.”* In Tiphareth the aspirant attains to no less a state than that of conversation with his Holy Guardian Angel, his Jechidah, ‘The permanent principle behind the conflicting opinions.” Once Right Comprehension has been attained to, he has discovered a Master who will never desert him until he become one with him. Il. Right Resolutions or Right Aspirations. Having perceived the changing nature of all things, even of men’s minds, and havin…