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…m the conventional commonplaces of the platitudinous, but have not yet dared to uproot the mass of their convictions, and to examine the whole question of religion from its most funda- mental source in the consciousness of mankind. Such persons may find the reasoning of Tannhauser useful, if only to brace them to a more courageous attempt to understand the " Great Arcanum," and to attain at last, no matter at what cost, to "true Wisdom and perfect Happiness." So may all happen! Kandy, Ceylon, Sept. 1901. 16
1907 · PDF PAGE 144
…r that sacrament Of shame . From that day unto this My cheek desires that hideous kiss. Her hate , her scorn , her cruel blows , Fill my whole life , consume my breath ; Her red - fanged hatred in me glows , I lust for her , and hell , and death . I see that ghastly look , and yearn Toward the brands of her that burn .? Sleep shuns him , and his parched throat thirsts for the blood of her veins , “ Aching with all the pangs of night ”; his vision grows more monstrous , a horrible 1 Jezebel : and other Tragic Poems , vol . i, p . 133 . 2 lbid . …
1919 · PDF PAGE 185
…R CCC KHABS AM PEKHT [The quotations in this Epistle are from Liber Legis —The Book of the Law.—Ep.] Son, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Firstly, let thine attention be directed to this planet, how the Zon of Horus is made manifest by the Universal War. This is the first great and direct result of the Equinox of the Gods, and is the preparation of the hearts of men for the reception of the Law. Let Us remind you that this is a magical formula of cos- mic scope, and that it is given in exact detail in the legend of the Golden F…
1919 · PDF PAGE 278
…TEss, who kisses it; he then touches her between the breasts and upon the body. He then flings out his arms upward, as comprehending the whole shrine. Let this offering be borne upon the waves of AZthyr to our Lord and Father the Sun that travelleth over the Heavens in his name ON. He closes his hands, kisses the Priestess between the breasts, and makes three great crosses over the Paten, the Cup, and himself. He strikes his breast. All repeat this action. Hear ye all, saints of the true church of old time now es- sentially present, that of ye …
1944 · PDF PAGE 150
…al, idle and untruthful. Yet with all this he pos‐ sesses an innocence and purity which are the essence of his nature. But he is, on the whole, so superficial that it is hard to reach this depth. “His name is writ in water.”
1954 · PDF PAGE 248
30 Do You Believe in God? Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. You are quite right , as usual. True, we have gone over a great deal of the ground in various learned disquisitions on Gods, Angels, Elves, et hoc genus omne. But God with a capital G in the singular is a totally different pair of Bluchers-nicht wahr? Let me go back just for a moment to the meaning of belief. We agreed that the word was senseless except as it implies an opinion , instinct, conviction-what you please!-so fIrmly entrenched in our natures that w…
1954 · PDF PAGE 400
59 Geomancy Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Your last letter has really put me up a gum tree. I do not see how I can write you an account of Geomancy. At first sight it looks as if all I could do was to refer you to the official text book of that sublime and difficult art. You will find it in The Equinox, Vol. I, No.2. The first thing to remember about Geomancy is that although the various intelligences are attributed to the twelve signs of the Zodiac they all appertain to the element of earth. Anyone therefore who …
1907 · PDF PAGE 49
…E STAR IN THE WEST from Aleister Crowley's war against poetic form , to his adoration of poetic imagery ; and then to the keynote of the whole of his poetry, and , as we shall presently see , his philosophy as well , namely --- Ecstasy . In “ Gargoyles ” we find several truly wonderful picture poems . Thus in “ The White Cat ”: Hail , sweet my sister ! hail , adulterous spouse , Gilded with passionate pomp , and gay with guilt : Rioting , rioting in the dreary house With blood and wine and roses splashed and spilt About thy dabbling feet , and …
1907 · PDF PAGE 301
…onstantly ruffled by wind and rain , by hail and thunderbolt , by the diving of birds and the fall ing of rocks. In fact, throughout the whole of volume ii of the collected works runs a great river of esoteric mystic ism , which in the earlier works was a glittering net work of sparkling streams . In “ Time ” we find the commandments of Yama and Niyama mentioned , though we must never forget that the conditions of success vary for every indi vidual , and that Crowley might advise one pupil to drink more , and another to abstain . He doubts That…
1909 · PDF PAGE 107
… the boiler bursts. Perhaps early dinner, with Ritual, may induce that Enthusiastic Energy of which the Gnostics write. This morning the whole Sankhara-dhatu (the tendency of the being John St. John) was operating aright. Now by no effort of will can he flog his tired cattle along the trail. So poor a thing is he that he will even seek an Oracle from the book of Zoroaster. Done. Zoroaster respectfully wishes to point out that " The most mystic of discourses informs us—His wholeness is in the Supra—Mundane Order ; for there a Solar World and Boun…
1954 · PDF PAGE 105
Cara Soror, 7 The Three Schools of Magick (2) Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Hoping that you are now recovered from the devastating revelations in the matter of the Yellow School, I must ask you to brace yourself for disclosures even more formidable about the Black. Do not confuse with the Black Lodge, or the Black Brothers. The terminology is unfortunate, but it wasn't I that did it. Now then, to work! The Black School of Magick, which must by no means be confused with the School of Black Magick or Sorcery, which latter is a …
1954 · PDF PAGE 524
81 Method of Training Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The first and absolutely essential task for the Aspirant is to write his Magical Record. You know some elementary Mechanics-the Triangle of Forces, and all that. Well, if we have a body acted on by two equal forces, one pulling it East, the other South, it will tend to move in a South-Easterly direction. But if the "south" force is (say) twice as strong, it will move south of South-East. Now you, sitting in your study reading this letter, got there and were compe…
1907 · PDF PAGE 135
…ace him , and a cataract Of amber - scented hair hissing about His head , and in the darkness two great eyes Flaming above him , and the whole face filled With fire and shapen as kisses . And those arms | The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 170 . 2 Mysteries : Lyrical and Dramatic , vol . i, p . 91 . ---
1910 · PDF PAGE 46
…l. To women she seemed a woman, whose hands were ever ready for a soft caress, whose lips were full and red, whose skin was velvet. As a whole, she was very manly in her life, speech and 34
1910 · PDF PAGE 46
…l. To women she seemed a woman, whose hands were ever ready for a soft caress, whose lips were full and red, whose skin was velvet. As a whole, she was very manly in her life, speech and 34
1935 · PDF PAGE 4
…in sight ! ONE STAR IN SIGHT A glimpse of the structure and system of the Great White Brotherhood. A A 1. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 1. The Order of the Star called S. S. is, in respect of its exist- ence upon the Earth, an organized body of men and women distinguished among their fellows by the qualities here enumerated. They exist in their own Truth, which is both universal and unique. They move in accordance with their own Wills, which are each unique, yet coherent with the universal will. They perceive (that is, unders…
1954 · PDF PAGE 231
Cara Soror, 27 Structure of Mind Based on That of Body Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Was the sudden cloudburst at the end of my last letter somewhat of a surprise, and more than somewhat of a shock? Cheer up! The worst is yet to come. It is surely the wise course to accept the plain facts; to try to explain them away, or to excuse them, is certain to involve one in a maelstrom of sophistry; and when, despite these laudable efforts, the facts jump up and land a short jab to the point, one is even worse off than before. This ha…
1907 · PDF PAGE 223
…God - illumined Adept ,” ) almost at the commencement of his introduction to “ The Prin ciples of Human Knowledge ,” states : “ Upon the whole ,I am inclined to think that the far greater part , if not all , of those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers , and blocked up the way to know ledge , are entirely owing to ourselves that we have first raised a dust , and then complained we cannot see ." 2 And naturally to expect , Berkeley himself , though an Adept of a very high order , starting up wards through the clear atmosphere of…
1910 · PDF PAGE 148
…and there is none like him, assauging thy desire. Worthy of glory and honour is my member, who divideth thy buttocks, and assembleth thy whole soul in thy podex, like a great king gathering an army in one place, assuaging thy desire. Rich is my member in pearly dew, and enricheth thy podex therewith ; he refuseth to withdraw the- refrom, and afficteth thee with the sweet pain of a thousand orgasms,11 like the bitings and pinchings of a courtesan,12 assuaging thy desire. [persian] Ya13 My member bestoweth much advantage upon thy podex ; he is th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 15
…y been little used.^ Again, the confusion of thought caused by the ignorance of the people who did not understand it has discredited the whole subject. It is now our task to re-establish this science in its perfection. To do this we must criticize the Authorities; some of them have made it too complex, others have completely failed in such simple matters as coherence. Many of the writers are empirics, still more mere scribes, while by far the largest class of all is composed of stupid charlatans. We shall consider a simple form of magick, harmo…