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Page 35 of 731907 · PDF PAGE 105
…nishment. If a supreme aesthete like the Prince botches it (this is their idea) how much more must we detest the crude melodramas of the Law! The proceeds are to be devoted to the artistic education of the Common Hangman—as a palliative measure. Wiertz and Beardsley, Sime and O’Sullivan? suggested the Scholar, separating his fingers widely to illustrate his “Three fingers only, please l " to their host. Now, doctor, said Basil, your Italian Prince! THE DISAPPOINTED ARTIST SHALL we sit here? Aflovely night !— \Vhat you were saying, though, is righ…
1954 · PDF PAGE 227
Cara Soror, 26 Mental Processes Two Only Are Possible Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. "Occult" science is the most difficult of them all. For one thing, its subject-matter includes the whole of philosophy, from ontology and metaphysics down to natural history. More, the most rarefied and recondite of these has a direct bearing upon the conduct of life in its most material details, and the simplest study of such apparently earthbound matters as botany and mineralogy leads to the most abstruse calculations of the imponderables . …
1954 · PDF PAGE 528
Cara Soror, 82 Epistola Penultima The Two Ways to Reality Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. How very sensible of you, though I admit somewhat exacting! You write-Will you tell me exactly why I should devote so of my valuable time to subjects like Magick and Yoga. That is all very well. But you ask me to put it in syllogistic form. I have no doubt this can be done, though the task seems somewhat complicated. I think I will leave it to you to construct your series of syllogisms yourself from the arguments of this letter. In your ma…
1954 · PDF PAGE 196
22 How to Learn the Practice of Astrology Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. "Up, Guards, and at 'em!" First, you must know your correspondences by heart backwards and upside down (air connu) . They are practically all in The Book of Thoth; but "if anyone anything lacks," look for it in 777. Then, get a book on Astrology, the older the better. Raphael's Shilling Handbook is probably enough for the present purpose. Get well into your head what the menu says about the natures of the planets, the influence of the aspects,…
1954 · PDF PAGE 312
Cara Soror, 43 The Holy Guardian Angel An Objective Individual Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. On going over some recent letters I see that you meant not only to inquire into the order of being to which angels belong, but as to whether they are liable to accident, misfortune, and the like. The answer is that it depends on the Angel-for the purposes of this letter I propose to use the word 'angel' to include all sorts of disembodied beings, from demons to gods-in all cases, they are objective; a subjective 'angel' is different f…
1954 · PDF PAGE 479
74 Obstacles on the Path Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Peccavi! And how! But my excuse is good, and I will try to make amends . First, a little counter-attack-your letter is so rambling and diffuse that at first I couldn't make out what you were getting at, and at last decided that it is much too random to reproduce, or even to deal with in detail. I shall simply formulate the case for the Prosecution, plead guilty, and appeal for clemency. The gravamen is that the Path of the Wise is gay with flowers, gilded with…
1911 · PDF PAGE 139
…ink. I think. I think. By the power of my thought I created the Word; and by the Word came the Worlds. I am the creator. I will write my law upon tablets of jade and onyx." Rolles bowed his head in silence. “I am thought itself,” she went on quietly, “And all thought is Ι. Ι am knowledge. All knowledge is in three. Three hundred and thirty-three. I am half the Master. I have cut him in two." The adept shuddered. ”That was when I was an axe. I will not be an arrow. I will be an axe, . . .᾽᾽ She gave a giggle. “ Ι am gleeful by reason of hate.” T…
1911 · PDF PAGE 139
…ink. I think. I think. By the power of my thought I created the Word; and by the Word came the Worlds. I am the creator. I will write my law upon tablets of jade and onyx." Rolles bowed his head in silence. “I am thought itself,” she went on quietly, “And all thought is Ι. Ι am knowledge. All knowledge is in three. Three hundred and thirty-three. I am half the Master. I have cut him in two." The adept shuddered. ”That was when I was an axe. I will not be an arrow. I will be an axe, . . .᾽᾽ She gave a giggle. “ Ι am gleeful by reason of hate.” T…
1944 · PDF PAGE 230
…s, the Sign in which he is reborn. The disks are very large and solid; the suggestion of the card is that of a fortress. This represents Law and Order, maintained by constant authority and vigilance. The disks themselves are square; revolution is very opposite to the card; and they contain the signs of the Four Elements. For all that, they revolve; defence is valid only when violently active. So far as it appears stationary, it is the “dead centre” of the engineer; and Capricornus is the point at which the Sun “turns again Northward”. The back‐…
1954 · PDF PAGE 84
…n a word, a sort of cipher; for these are almost always frivolous. To base any serious calculations on them would be absurd. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666 P.S. You should study The Equinox. Vol. I, No.5, The Temple of Solomon the King for a more elaborate exposition of the Qabalah.
1954 · PDF PAGE 182
18 The Importance of our Conventional Greetings Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. From time to time I have exhorted you with mine accustomed matchless eloquence never to neglect the prescribed Greetings; but I think it just as well to collect the various considerations connected with their use-and in "Greetings" I include "saying Will" before set meals, the four daily adorations of the Sun (Liber CC vel Resh) and the salutation of Our Lady the Moon. I propose to deal with the general object of the combined rituals, no…
1909 · PDF PAGE 191
…s Hermes, who guides the souls of the dead, in the Greek Ritual of o = o.—P.] + The Name Dw, the Spirit of God, second Deity-Name in the Law, the Trigrammaton, or Threefold Name, by which the Universe came forth. 181
1909 · PDF PAGE 191
…s Hermes, who guides the souls of the dead, in the Greek Ritual of o = o.—P.] + The Name Dw, the Spirit of God, second Deity-Name in the Law, the Trigrammaton, or Threefold Name, by which the Universe came forth. 181
1904 · PDF PAGE 47
BALLADE OF LAWN TENNIS 35 (If I do bore him, I’m not in a disgusting music hall set!) Though he chatter and chortle and chuckle, at last to the point he will get, Which as I have previously observed is to make it perfectly plain to the initiated, whether by force of language or mere loudness of call, That this truth is a type of true triumph beyond the bad odds of a bet, In fact I won’t take your money (the first law of betting is that you mayn’t bet on a certainty) so perfectly convinced by this time are all wise men that the score of life is …
1928 · PDF PAGE 164
…ows how to walk about and how to look! Life swarms with innocent monsters. Oh Lord my God, Thou Creator, Thou Master, Thou who hast made law and lib-
1954 · PDF PAGE 85
5 The Universe: The 0=2 Equation Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Yes, I admit everything! It is all my fault. Looking over my past writings , I do see .that my only one-pointed attempt to set forth a sound ontology was my early fumbling little brochure Berashith. 1 Since then , I seem to have kept assuming that everybody knew all about it ; referring to it, quoting it, but never sitting down seriously to demonstrate the thesis, or even to state it in set terms. Chapter 0 of Magick in Theory and Practice skates gentl…
1954 · PDF PAGE 185
19 The Act of Truth Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. It seems that last Wednesday I so far forgot myself as to refer to the "Act of Truth" in conversation, and never mentioned what it is when it's at home, or why anyone should perform it, or what happens when one does perform it! All right, I will remedy that; luckily, it is a very simple matter; very important, perfectly paradoxical, and devastatingly effective. Analysed, it is to make the assumption that something which seems very wrong is actually all right, that …
1954 · PDF PAGE 255
…effort to abate the nuisance, always most careful to do as little damage as possible to the main current of my total Energy. Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 436
67 Faith Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Dear me! dear me! this is very unexpected. I wrote you a long while ago about doubt, and now I suppose the seed fell in fertile ground! My chaste remarks have prompted a new question "arising out of the previous answer, Sir." You point out quite correctly that the doubt of which I wrote in passages of such burning eloquence is after all what used to be called "philosophic" doubt; and by "philosophic" people apparently meant something rather Ii ke "Pickwickians. " Not the genu…
1909 · PDF PAGE 19
A HANDBOOK OF GEOMANCY Law. e ee Rw. J. (Rw. J. (RW. J. (RW. J. fRwe J. fRaw. J RaW. J. [RAW J Fortuna Minor | * . wy ve Life, &c. 1| Good | Med. | Med. | Good | Evil Med. | Good | Med. Money, &c, 2] Good | Med. | Med. | Good | Evil Evil | Good | Med. Rank, &c, Good | Med. | Med. | Good | Evil Med. | Good | Evil 3 Property 4| Good | Med. | Med. | Good | Evil | Med. | Evil | Med. 5 6 Wife, &c. Good | Med. | Med. | Good | Evil Med. | Evil Med. Sex of Child 5 5 5 Son Dau. | Son Dau. Dau. Sickness 7 | Health} Death | Health| Health| Asc. | Health| …