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Page 35 of 831929 · PDF PAGE 111
…proposal for dealing with the refractory "temple". I. The Second Order to be summoned at various times during two or three days. They to find, on being admitted one by one, a masked man in authority and a scribe. These questions, etc. pass, after pledge of secrecy concerning interview. A. Are you convinced of the truth of the doctrines and knowledge received in the grade of 5° = 6ř? Yes or No? If yes (1) Then their origin can spring from a pure source only? If no (2) I degrade you to be a Lord of the Paths in the Portal in the Vault of the Adep…
1907 · PDF PAGE 227
…orcibly asserts , that ideas of primary qualities are attained by abstraction— " an opinion which if we examine it accurately , we shall find to be unintelligible , and even absurd .” He further agrees with Berkeley in stating that : “ An extension that is neither tangible nor visible , cannot possibly be conceived ,” and that , “ The mind has never anything present to it but the perceptions , and cannot possibly reach any experience of their connexion with objects ."' And again that the " ... universal and primary opinion of all men is soon de…
1910 · PDF PAGE 11
…my leisure hours : so that a genuine friendship soon sprang up between pupil and teacher. After some months, indeed, — and this is how I find myself transformed into that glorious being, an Editor — the munshi, with the childlike frank- ness of the Kashmiri, blurted out : The Sahib is not like other sahibs ; they begin by casting dirt at my people for their bad life, and end by spitting upon my beard, bidding me procure for them a fat and fair boy : but the Asylum of the World, who lives like a great prince and a fakir (mean- ing : “ You have i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 376
…present by the untranslatable ~. Now science progresses in vain; its progress is indefinite, but always relatively finite; it will never find in the language of the finite the complete expression of the infinite. Mystery is therefore eternal. To bring into the logic of the known the terms of a profession of faith is to withdraw them from faith, which has for positive bases anti-logic, that is to say, the impossibility of logically explaining the unknown. For the Jew, God is separate from humanity; He does not live in His creatures, He is infini…
1913 · PDF PAGE 376
…present by the untranslatable ~. Now science progresses in vain; its progress is indefinite, but always relatively finite; it will never find in the language of the finite the complete expression of the infinite. Mystery is therefore eternal. To bring into the logic of the known the terms of a profession of faith is to withdraw them from faith, which has for positive bases anti-logic, that is to say, the impossibility of logically explaining the unknown. For the Jew, God is separate from humanity; He does not live in His creatures, He is infini…
1903 · PDF PAGE 17
…in its own category, a circumstance which gives room for a fractional amount of freewill. If this be not so, it matters little; for if I find myself in a good state, that merely proves that my destiny took me there, We are, as Herbert Spencer observes, self-deluded with the idea of freewill; but if this is so, norhing matters at all. If, however, Herbert Spencer is mistaken (unlikely as it must appear), then our reason is valid, and we should seek out the right path and pursue it. The question therefore need not trouble us at all. Here, then we…
1910 · PDF PAGE 31
…claim your pearly gos- pel to the swinish multitude ! The old law, silence, is the master : therefore whoso looketh for my name, let him find it darkling in these lines of power ! R. is the Father, W. the Son, And E. the Holy Spirit, three and one : But if they esoterically are read My equal name shall glitter out instead. Yes ! we must not sing hymns to Pan to- day : we must pretend to be German professors, with a keen scientific interest in these very re- markable phenomena which look so much like madness, and which our own perfect sanity and…
1907 · PDF PAGE 140
…as the frequent attraction of contraries . Good attracts bad , and bad good , in the love - history of life over and over again shall we find this : Have they divined This simplest spirit - bond , The joy of some bad woman's deadly kiss ;? In the “ Lesbian Hell ” we see those white unsated women , and in “ The Fatal Force ” one so flushed with lust , that she has become blind to reality : Then said the goddess : “ I indeed am pure In my impurity ; immaculate In misconception ; maiden in my whoredom ; Chaste in my incest , being made a god Throu…
1909 · PDF PAGE 9
THE SOLDIER AND THE HUNCHBACK What is Existence? The question is so fundamental that it finds no answer. The most profound meditation only leads to an exasperating sense of impotence. There is, it seems, no simple rational idea in the mind which corresponds to the word. It is easy of course to drown the question in definitions, leading us to further complexity—but “ Existence is the gift of Divine Providence,” “ Existence is the opposite of Non-Existence,” do not help us much ! The plain Existence is Existence of the Hebrews goes farther. It is…
1910 · PDF PAGE 247
…ry. That’s it! they won’t trust, those dogs! To put it short—{fa spasm of agony crosses his face|—Good Lord alive, /’m short! If I can’t find a couple of hundred thousand before the twelfth I’ll be hammered. EUPHEMIA. And so ? ossory. Very decent young fellow, little Delhomme. I can borrow half a million from him if I want it; but I don’t care to unless—unless things—unless you EUPHEMIA. I’m the goods, am I? You old bear! ossory. I know, Phemie, I know. It’s those damned bulls on Wall Street! How could I foresee—— EUPHEMIA. At least you might h…
1910 · PDF PAGE 247
…ry. That’s it! they won’t trust, those dogs! To put it short—{fa spasm of agony crosses his face|—Good Lord alive, /’m short! If I can’t find a couple of hundred thousand before the twelfth I’ll be hammered. EUPHEMIA. And so ? ossory. Very decent young fellow, little Delhomme. I can borrow half a million from him if I want it; but I don’t care to unless—unless things—unless you EUPHEMIA. I’m the goods, am I? You old bear! ossory. I know, Phemie, I know. It’s those damned bulls on Wall Street! How could I foresee—— EUPHEMIA. At least you might h…
1913 · PDF PAGE 138
…Dee. The house was ransacked by the three men and by the servants; no trace was discovered, and the search was abandoned. On June 28, we find this entry— “Glory be to Nuit, Hadit, Ra-Hoor-Khuit in the Highest! A little before midday I was impelled mysteriously (though exhausted by playing fives, billiards, etc. till nearly six this morning), to make a final search for Elemental Tablets. And lo! when I had at last abandoned the search, I cast mine eyes upon a hole in the loft, where were ski, etc., and there, O Holy, Holy, Holy! were not only al…
1913 · PDF PAGE 138
…Dee. The house was ransacked by the three men and by the servants; no trace was discovered, and the search was abandoned. On June 28, we find this entry— “Glory be to Nuit, Hadit, Ra-Hoor-Khuit in the Highest! A little before midday I was impelled mysteriously (though exhausted by playing fives, billiards, etc. till nearly six this morning), to make a final search for Elemental Tablets. And lo! when I had at last abandoned the search, I cast mine eyes upon a hole in the loft, where were ski, etc., and there, O Holy, Holy, Holy! were not only al…
1919 · PDF PAGE 219
…ees. In the V° all members are pledged to bring immediate and perfect relief to all distress of mind, body, or estate, in which they may find any of their fellows of that degree. In the higher degrees the Bonds of Fraternity are still further strengthened. The Order thus affords a perfect system of insurance against every misfortune or accident of life. Members of the IX° become part proprietors of the Estates and Goods of the Order, so that the attain- ment of this degree implies a return with interest of the fees and subscriptions paid. The O…
1909 · PDF PAGE 179
…oducing all. The next step is the division into TWO. Thus was manifested the Great Dual Power of Nature. As above, so below. And thus we find that the simple division into two is the method of multiplication of the Amceba, the lowest, simplest, and most absolute form of physical life that we know. The Dual Power of Nature is the Great Mother of the Worlds. Again, to draw an analogy from the Material World, consider the Moon, our Mother. Behold in her the Typic representative of the Powers of the Two. Light and Dark- ness, Flux and Reflux, Ebb a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 179
…oducing all. The next step is the division into TWO. Thus was manifested the Great Dual Power of Nature. As above, so below. And thus we find that the simple division into two is the method of multiplication of the Amceba, the lowest, simplest, and most absolute form of physical life that we know. The Dual Power of Nature is the Great Mother of the Worlds. Again, to draw an analogy from the Material World, consider the Moon, our Mother. Behold in her the Typic representative of the Powers of the Two. Light and Dark- ness, Flux and Reflux, Ebb a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 162
…untrue. Nor can he avoid this writing, for this is a Magick Book. If you abandon even for an hour the one purpose of your life, you will find a number of meaningless scratches and scrawls on the white vellum; and these cannot be erased. In such a case, when you come to conjure a demon by the power of the Book, he will mock you; he will point to all this foolish writing, more like his own than yours. In vain will you continue with the subsequent spells; you have broken by your own foolishness the chain which would have bound him. Even the callig…
1996 · PDF PAGE 6
…e was too close to The Book of the Law, on too many levels, to be able to easily write about it, let alone judge what other people might find helpful by way of commentary. He made numerous attempts over the years, only the first of which was published in his lifetime.1 The rest, including the “new” or “long” commentary that comprises the present book — remained unedited in typescript. He produced the first draft of the “new commentary” in 1919 E.v. and more than doubled its length dur ing 1921-22; he later added the occasional note. 1 A histor…
1906 · PDF PAGE 175
…rating The problem, and investigate erudition of In purely scientific mood poet. The sheer Ananke of the mind, A temper for our steel to find Whereby those brazen nails subdued Against our door-posts may in vain Ring. We'll examine, to be plain, By logic’s intellectual prism The spiritual Syllogism. We know what fools (only) call Whether or Divine and Supernatural not spirit and And what they name material tinct, Tet us in Are really one, not two, the line vestigate the By which divide they and define fundamental necessities of Being a shadowy …
1907 · PDF PAGE 38
THE LOOKING -GLASS 31 Little , if any , poetry of a truly epic nature can we find ; the nearest is the song of Tannhäuser , somewhat of a prophecy , somewhat of an anthem : I rose within the elemental ball, And lo ! the Ancient One of Days did sit ! His head and hair were white as wool . His eyes A flaming fire : and from the splendid mouth Flashed the Eternal Sword ! Lo ! Lying at his feet as dead , I saw The leaping - forth of Law : Division of the North wind and the South , The lightning of the armies of the Lord ; East rolled asunder from t…