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Page 36 of 801907 · PDF PAGE 27
…or enemtes it is perhaps hard to say: it has sometimes seemed to me that human freedom and hap- piness are our common goal, but that you found your muddied oafs in Gods, ministers, passive resisters, and all the religious team— the ** Brixton Bahinchuts,” we might call them ; while I, at once a higher mystic and a colder sceptic, found my Alessiah in Charles Watts, and the Devil and all his angels. While wns and mwrp altke add to 358, tndeed, tt is no odds: did you once see this 1 A metathesis of Crowley’s own name; ‘‘spelt in full,” it adds up…
1904 · PDF PAGE 47
…” I sat in vague expectant bliss. The story as it runs is thus : (I quote my Eastern friend60 verbatim !) The Virgin, going to the bath, Found a young fellow in her path, And turned, prepared to scold and rate him ! “How dare you be on me encroaching ?” The beautiful young gentleman, With perfect courtesy approaching, Bowed deeply, and at once began : “Fear nothing, Mary ! All is well ! I am the angel Gabriel.” She bared her right breast ; (query why ?) The angel Gabriel let fly * Concerning conception of a virgin. 715 720 725 730 735 740 745 7…
1906 · PDF PAGE 168
…he Flaming Star,” Jeheshua (See thou Zohar !) And thus our formidable Pigeon- Lamb-and-Old-Gentleman religion Fizzles in smoke, and I am found Attacking nothing. Here’s the ground, Pistols, and coffee—three in one, (Alas, O Rabbi Schimeon !) But never a duellist—mno Son, No Father, and (to please us most) Decency pleads—no Holy Ghost ! All vanish at the touch of truth, A cobweb trio—-like, in sooth, 705 710 716 7 to fon] 725 730 735 740
1907 · PDF PAGE 207
…reat wave of materialism sweeps over the face of the globe . This system of thought , built on the illusive phantasmagoria of the mind , found in the West a master - mind to mould it into shape , in the personality of Democritus of Abdera ; and from the day when that sage materialized the creations of his brain to that of Büchner and the present - day mud - larks , it has formed the stumbling - block to nearly every great thinker , and the veritable pus puriens of the common mind . However , out of the slough grew , as must always happen , a su…
1907 · PDF PAGE 224
…ldren which had sprung from the fertile womb of the Cartesian doctrine , of abstract general ideas and secondary qualities ; which alone found birth in the powers of language, and in the delusion of words . But behind the didactic Berkeley stands the mystic , that other Berkeley , whose knowledge has alone been attained by a very few ; for he spoke with God face to face . “ Could men but forbear to amuse themselves with words, we should , I believe , soon come to an agree ment in this point . that the absolute existence of unthinking things are…
1919 · PDF PAGE 446
…le to see anything but details. Bhikkhu Ananda Metteya once refused to undertake the superintendence of a coconut plantation, because he found 124
1904 · PDF PAGE 20
… so that true Agents’ being applied to proper Patients,’ strange and admirable effects will thereby be produced. Whence magicians are profound and diligent searchers into Nature: they, because of their skill, know how to anticipate an effort,‘ the which to the vulgar shall seem to be a miracle. Origen saith that the Magical Art doth not contain anything subsisting, but although it should, yet that it must not be Evil, or subject to contempt or scorn: and doth distinguish the Natural Magic from that which is Dza- bolical. Apollonius Tyanaeus onl…
1906 · PDF PAGE 171
… maniac My Mahatma. With mild eyes full of love, and tresses What price . ‘, Kut Humi? 40 Blanched in those lonely wildernesses Where he found wisdom, and long hands Gentle, pale olive ‘gainst the sand’s Amber and gold. At sight, I knew him ; Swifter than light I flashed, ran to him, 46 And at his holy feet prostrated My head ; then, all my being sated With love, cried “ Master! I must know. Already I can love.” E’en so. The sage saluted me r7q1 trav? 2222? 20h, how wise 50 @aaqT ATF mt qzt ava 1 Grampa must ° ~ ° have been, Wat Ve wa B ayfas A…
1909 · PDF PAGE 47
… obtain any Result, such as Samadhi in one of its greater or lesser forms; and in England the difficulties were hardly to be overcome. I found it impossible to meditate in the cold, and fires will not last equably. Gas stinks abominably; heating apparatus does not heat; electricity has hitherto not been available. When I build my temple, I shall try it. The food difficulty could be overcome by Messrs. Fortnum and Mason, the noise difficulty by training, the leisure difficulty * The period of the rule of Apophis in the mystic regenerative proces…
1909 · PDF PAGE 47
… obtain any Result, such as Samadhi in one of its greater or lesser forms; and in England the difficulties were hardly to be overcome. I found it impossible to meditate in the cold, and fires will not last equably. Gas stinks abominably; heating apparatus does not heat; electricity has hitherto not been available. When I build my temple, I shall try it. The food difficulty could be overcome by Messrs. Fortnum and Mason, the noise difficulty by training, the leisure difficulty * The period of the rule of Apophis in the mystic regenerative proces…
1910 · PDF PAGE 252
…an? Who dost distinguish between the just and the unjust? Thou keeper of all secrets, of this great secret which I seek, and have nowise found! This secret for whose very shadowing-forth in parable I, who am young, strong, successful, beloved, most enviable of men, would throw it all away! Oh Thou who givest that which none other can give, who art Thou? How can I bargain with Thee? What shall I give that I may possess Thy secret? O question unavailing ! For I know not yet Thy name! Who art Thou? Who art Thou? THOMAS [opening the door). Mr. Todd…
1910 · PDF PAGE 252
…an? Who dost distinguish between the just and the unjust? Thou keeper of all secrets, of this great secret which I seek, and have nowise found! This secret for whose very shadowing-forth in parable I, who am young, strong, successful, beloved, most enviable of men, would throw it all away! Oh Thou who givest that which none other can give, who art Thou? How can I bargain with Thee? What shall I give that I may possess Thy secret? O question unavailing ! For I know not yet Thy name! Who art Thou? Who art Thou? THOMAS [opening the door). Mr. Todd…
1912 · PDF PAGE 128
…s a little afraid of this silent beast at first. But the offer of food seemed kindly, and she ate some beans lest he should take offence, found them surprisingly good, nodded satisfaction, and even asked for more. This part concluded, she went to the door: The rain poured unceasingly; the forest stood in pools; and it was too dark to tell one tree from another. The woodcutter joined her, shook his head, said “ far " and " to-morrow," and pointed to a heap of straw. This strong-minded young lady knew when to bow to the inevitable; she took an arm…
1912 · PDF PAGE 128
…s a little afraid of this silent beast at first. But the offer of food seemed kindly, and she ate some beans lest he should take offence, found them surprisingly good, nodded satisfaction, and even asked for more. This part concluded, she went to the door: The rain poured unceasingly; the forest stood in pools; and it was too dark to tell one tree from another. The woodcutter joined her, shook his head, said “ far " and " to-morrow," and pointed to a heap of straw. This strong-minded young lady knew when to bow to the inevitable; she took an arm…
1913 · PDF PAGE 457
…ne works! People whom I did not know have come to place at my disposal the funds which were necessary to carry out my enterprise; I have found again peace in sleep; and all that thanks to your power!” 159
1913 · PDF PAGE 460
…e in the company of his faithful disciple, Desbarrolles. At the hour and date appointed they went, in fact, tothe house of Mme. A——, and found that the ecclesiastic had been waiting for them for some moments. He was a young and slim man; he had an arched and pointed nose, with dull blue eyes. His bony and projecting forehead was rather broad than high, his head was dolicho- cephalic, his hair flat and short, parted on one side, of a greyish blond with just a tinge of chestnut of a rather curious and disagreeable shade. His mouth was sensual and…
1913 · PDF PAGE 457
…ne works! People whom I did not know have come to place at my disposal the funds which were necessary to carry out my enterprise; I have found again peace in sleep; and all that thanks to your power!” 159
1913 · PDF PAGE 460
…e in the company of his faithful disciple, Desbarrolles. At the hour and date appointed they went, in fact, tothe house of Mme. A——, and found that the ecclesiastic had been waiting for them for some moments. He was a young and slim man; he had an arched and pointed nose, with dull blue eyes. His bony and projecting forehead was rather broad than high, his head was dolicho- cephalic, his hair flat and short, parted on one side, of a greyish blond with just a tinge of chestnut of a rather curious and disagreeable shade. His mouth was sensual and…
1919 · PDF PAGE 439
…” took a knife, and removed all danger of his ever making the same mistake again. Returning, full of honest pride in his achievement, he found himself more ignomin- iously rejected than before. Ultimately the sacred lance is brought back into the Hall where is the Graal, and there, at the right moment, not moved by desire, not seduced by 117
1909 · PDF PAGE 125
…ootpads. Nothing, however, occurred until—I always preferred to walk through the narrow streets ; there is romance in narrow streets !—I found myself in the Rue des Quatre Vents ; not a stone’s-throw from this house, as you know. “T had been thinking of my previous misadventure, and, with the folly of youth, had been indulging in a reverie of the kind that begins ‘If only.’ If only she had been a princess ravished by a wicked ogre. Ifonly... Ifonly... “On the south side of the Rue des Quatre Vents is a house standing well back from the street, …