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Page 36 of 1591899 · PDF PAGE 38
… the shuddering deep. He swore again, and from its centurys sleep Earthquake arose, and rocked and raved and roared. He swore the third time. But that Heavens Lord Curbed their black wrath, the stars of Heavens vault Had rushed to whelm the sun with vehement assault. The heavens stood still, but oer the quaking earth, That groaned and shrank with the untimely birth Of fury and freedom, Charicles strode on With fervid foot, to Aphrodites throne In seagirt Paphos, to exact her aid— The sun stood still, creation grew afraid At his firm step …
1910 · PDF PAGE 186
176 SCENE : The sitting-room in OSSORYS house in Grosvenor Square. TIME : Midday. The persons are in correct morning dress, except the invalid GRANDFATHER, who is in a scarlet dressing-gown, with gold embroidery, and CARR, who affects a pseudo-Bohemian extravagance. He wears a low collar, a very big bow-tie of gorgeous colours, a pale yellow waistcoat, a rich violet lounge suit with braid, patent leather boots, pale blue socks. But the refinement and breeding of the man are never in question. His hair is reddish, curly, luxuriant. He is clean-…
1929 · PDF PAGE 201
… exactly what the Balzac was. It was translated into French by Marcel Schwob and made considerable stir in Paris. Even at this length of time, I attach a certain importance to it. For one thing, it marks a new stage in my own art. BALZAC Giant, with iron secrecies ennighted, Cloaked, Balzac stands and sees. Immense disdain, Egyptian silence, mastery of pain, Gargantuan laughter, shake or still the ignited Stature of the Master, vivid. Far, affrighted, The stunned air shudders on the skin. In vain The Master of La Comédie Humaine Shadows the dee…
1919 · PDF PAGE 139
A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE On December roth his practice lasted 46 minutes. He hoped to do 60 minutes next time. But he does not appear to have done so, for after signing his Probationer’s Oath on December 24th I find no record till January 11th 1910. E.V. the day he received his first written instructions from his Neophyte, Frater P.A. As those instructions represent the basis upon which he worked for a considerable period, I shall include them here, in spite of the fact that it may have been out of order for him to work on definite instructions a…
1922 · PDF PAGE 364
…d been an ideal companion in debauchery of all sorts. A woman like that was bound to be the ruin of a hard-working engineer. At the same time I was madly in love with her, especially after seeing her for the first time that morning; and she belonged to me. It was only too clear to me what he meant by saying she had discovered her true will. She had shown that plainly enough when she had begged him to take her away. He had simply worked one of his devilish tricks on me, and got rid of me, as he thought, by getting me absorbed in my helicopter. I…
1944 · PDF PAGE 141
…e counter‐balancing, the re‐absorption of the Energy. They represent the Silence into which all things return. They are thus at the same time permanent and non‐existent. An audit of the equation 0=2. The Princesses have no Zodiacal attribution. Yet evidently they represent four types of human being. They are those numerous “elemental” people whom we recognize by their lack of all sense of responsibility, whose moral qualities seem to lack “bite”. They are sub‐divided according to planetary predominance. Such types have been repeatedly described…
1901 · PDF PAGE 120
… 106) STYX (To M. M. M.) “The number nine is sacred, as the Oracles inform us, and attaineth the summits of philosophy.”—-ZOROASTER. INE times I kissed my lover in her sleep: The first time, to make sure that she was there ; The second, as a sleepy sort of prayer; The third, because I wished that she should weep; The fourth, to draw her kisses and to keep; The fifth, for love; the sixth, in sweet despair; The seventh, to destroy us unaware ; The eighth, to dive within the infernal deep. The last, to kill her—and myself as well! Ah! joy of sweet…
1905 · PDF PAGE 7
… of Earth-Spirits Massed Semichorus f* of Living Creatures of Earth Chorus—The Earth . . . Str. 8 Orpheus in alternate invocation Ant. 8 Time— Semichorus a5 The Hours ” B® The Seasons— Semichorus a® Spring 99 p® Summer » > Autumn » 5° Winter Semichorus 7° The Years » 5° The Lustres Spirit Water . the five- Earth . . fold idea. Fire Semichorus e® The Centuries a’ Centuries Semichorus . vate sae # Eternity Str. y Orpheus Ant. y Death— (Suppressed antistrophe, Death being silent. His reply is really given in Books II., III., IV.) Parabasis: The Po…
1905 · PDF PAGE 26
…ing only if my lover stay ; Listening to her breathing, Laughing, lover-weaving All the silken gold and glory of her head, Kissing as if time Forgot its steeps to climb, Made eternity’s, one with all the dead. Sirny CALLIOPE Listen, then listen, O Thracian ! Oeager lay on the lea: I, from my heavenly station ; I, from my house of creation, Stooped, as a mortal to be Passionate, mother and bride ; Flashed on wide wing to his side, Caught him and drew him to me. 27
1905 · PDF PAGE 67
…eld | Are cancelled and expelled, And the miserable throes. All we are shapen fair In many forms of grace, But change is everywhere, And time is all our share And all the ways of space. One lives an hour of day ; One even man’s life exceeds ; One loves to chase and slay ; One loves to sing and play ; Each soul to his own deeds! A share of joy is ours, A double share of grief ; So sum the many hours In many hopes and powers, All powers except the chief. 68
1919 · PDF PAGE 255
…ITUTION OF THE ORDER Any province of the O.T.O. is governed by the Grand Master and those to whom he delegates his authority, until such time as the Order is established, which is the case when it possesses eleven or more Profess-Houses in the province. Then the regular constitution is automatically promulgated. The quotation is slightly adapted from an address in one of the rituals. “This is the Constitution and Government of our Holy Order; by the study of its Balance you may yourself come to apprehension of how to rule your own life. For, in…
1922 · PDF PAGE 160
…hey call “ Drug virginity.” The thing was to get it back; and according to the books the only way to do it is to take nothing for a long time. He said it was really just the same as any other appetite. If you have a big lunch you can't expect to be hungry at tea-time. But then, what is one to do in the meanwhile? August 18 We lay in bed very late. I didn’t seem to miss my sleep; but I was too weak to get out of bed. We had to buck ourselves up in the usual way, and manage to get downstairs for lunch. London is quite empty and terribly dull. We …
1929 · PDF PAGE 199
199 time in Paris known as the Sibyl, his own "belle amie". That night they called on her; and from her P. discovered, for he led her in the spirit, the following remarkable facts. The vision at first was of little importance, then by degrees the seer was led to a house which P. recognized as that in which D.D.C.F. lived. He entered one of the rooms, which he also at once recognized; but curious to say, instead of finding D.D.C.F. and V.N.R. there, he found Theo and Mrs. Horos. Mr. Horos (M.S.R.) incarnated in the body of V.N.R. and Mrs. Horos …
1904 · PDF PAGE 35
…re was more to that quim than may appear on the surface. Vast and cumbrous as it appeared, at the first glimpse of my juvenile and at no time big twat-teaser, she screwed up the jaws of her rat-trap so that I subsequently (as you shall hear) had the utmost difficulty in effecting a lodgement. You have not long to wait, for excited by the voluptuous spectacle she afforded, I rushed upon her with my plug, like a ravening and a roar- ing lion. She caught me in her black and hairy arms, and gently commenced to chew my tender lips and to mouth them …
1922 · PDF PAGE 272
…h oneself for saying ‘no’ so often that one is tempted to reward oneself by saying ‘yes’ just once. I can promise you a very interesting time watching your minds and spotting all the little dodges. The great thing I want you to remember is that you have to learn to take pleasure in what.is really the most pleasurable thing. in the world—introspection. You have got to find amusement in observing the details of the dis- comfort of being without the drug. And I don’t want you to overdo it, either. When the discomfort becomes so acute that you can’…
1922 · PDF PAGE 319
…did not find expression. We were far too weary. And yet we were aware in some deepest part of our consciousness, laid bare for the first time by the remorseless stripping off of all its upper layers, that it existed. It always had existed “before the beginning of years,”’ and always would exist. It had nothing to do with conditions of time and space. It was an ineffable union, in infinity, of our individualities. I must not describe our journey to Telepylus in any detail. If once the beauty of the place were discovered, it would soon be spoilt.…
1954 · PDF PAGE 186
… and Protection"; be careful to assume his God-form, as standing on two crocodiles.) Then you increase your consumption, and at the same time put in a whole lot of extra Work. If you perform this "Act of Truth" properly, with genuine conviction that nothing can go wrong, your messenger will arrive a day early, and bring an extra large supply . This, let me say at once, is very difficult, especially at first , until one has gained confidence in the efficacy of the Formula; and it is very nastily easy to "fake." Going through the motions (as they…
1898 · PDF PAGE 64
…sultry air, Hot with the lust of night and shame, Brooded on dust, when thy shoulders bare Shone on the sea with a sudden flame Into all Time to abundant fame ? CHORUS Daughter of Lust by the foam of the sea ! Mother of flame ! Sister of shame ! Tiger that Sin nor her son cannot tame ! Worship to thee ! Glory to thee ! Venus Callipyge, mother of me. Fruitless foam of a sterile sea, Wanton waves of a vain desire, Maddening billows flecked with fire, Storms that lash on the brine, and flee, Dead delights, insatiate ire Broke like a flower to the …
1904 · PDF PAGE 12
ARGONAUTAE Long stablished is young amity Maid-blushing over Greece: And fair Iolchus stands sublime, A monument to lesson time. WOMEN. But if such fear were come indeed, Who reads the riddle dread Spoken in frenzy by the seer Against the royal head? We know the Rhyme’s involving spell— Its purport is impenetrable. MEN. We heard his foolish maundering: But, bred in wiser ways, We have forgotten: do ye sing The rune of ancient days! To-day his curse cacophonous Shall earn at least a laugh from us! WOMEN. “OQ! when the arméd hand is nigh, Tolchus…
1905 · PDF PAGE 131
…And midmost hollow of earth, I followed Hamadryads’ feet That made at eve their mirth To where the streamlet wandered fleet To show what time was worth. I watched the waters wake and laugh Running o’er pebbly beaches, Writing amazement’s epitaph With freshets, turns, and reaches :— The only tale too short by half That nature ever teaches. Then growing grander as it swept Past bulrushes and ferns, 132