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Page 37 of 911912 · PDF PAGE 86
…ts solution. Let us see what explanations we can find. The first suggestion which would enter a well-balanced mind, versed in the study of nature, is that we have experienced a mental cata- strophe. Just as a blow on the head will make a man “see stars,” so one might suppose that the terrific mental strain of Dharana has some— how over-excited the brain, and caused a spasm, or possibly even the breaking of a small vessel. There seems no reason to reject this ex- planation altogether, though it would be quite absurd to suppose that to accept it wou…
1961 · PDF PAGE 107
…d of Magick wherein thou mayst read Thyself with all thine History and all hy Possibility. Also as to thine Eagle, is not this chosen by Nature Herself by Her Way of Attraction, without which harmony Æsthetic and Magnetic thy Lion is silent, and inert, even as Achilles before his Rage in his Tent. Now also herefore I charge thee, o my Son, to partake constantly of his Sacrament for it is proper to all Virtue, and as thou dost learn to us it in Perfection, thou wilt surpass all other Modes of Magick. Yea, in good Sooth, no Herb or Potion is like…
1961 · PDF PAGE 208
…nd to their Spirit, before he joineth the Battle. Also, there is the Restraint of Art, which includeth that other of Discipline, and its Nature is to adorn the Will and to admire its Strength and its Beauty, and to enjoy its Victory by Anticipation in full Confidence, not fearful of Time that robbeth them that are ignorant concerning him, how he is but Mirage and Illusion, incapable to besiege the Fortress of the Soul. Work thou thy Will, as I said aforetime by the Mouth of Eliphas Levi Zahed, knowing thyself Omnipotent, and thine Habitation Et…
1996 · PDF PAGE 154
… is then merely one who shall cause men to do their own Wills by Going as Gods do, instead of trying to check the irresistible course of Nature. 1 [See Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude (1816).] 2 [Lat., “in my opinion.”] 155
1909 · PDF PAGE 7
…or if you will, Cogitatur. Descartes supposed himself to have touched bed-rock with his Cogito, ergo Sum. Huxley pointed out the complex nature of this proposition, and that it was an enthymeme with the premiss Ommes sunt, gui cogitant suppressed. He reduced it to Cogito, or, to avoid the assumption of an ego, Cogitatur. Examining more closely this statement, we may still cavil at its form. We cannot translate it into English without the use of the verb to be, so, that, after all, existence is implied. Nor do we readily conceive that contemptuo…
1913 · PDF PAGE 496
…her from one end of the world to the other, to caress or strike, wound or heal, in a manner doubtless natural, but invisible, and of the nature of prodigy. There is the secret of magic. Magic, that science which comes to us from the magi! Magic, the first of sciences! Magic, the holiest science, because it establishes in the sublimest manner the great religious truths! Magic, the most calumniated of all, because the vulgar obstinately confound magic with the superstitious sorcery whose abominable practices we have denounced! It is only by magic…
1913 · PDF PAGE 496
…her from one end of the world to the other, to caress or strike, wound or heal, in a manner doubtless natural, but invisible, and of the nature of prodigy. There is the secret of magic. Magic, that science which comes to us from the magi! Magic, the first of sciences! Magic, the holiest science, because it establishes in the sublimest manner the great religious truths! Magic, the most calumniated of all, because the vulgar obstinately confound magic with the superstitious sorcery whose abominable practices we have denounced! It is only by magic…
1919 · PDF PAGE 454
… sweet-smelling Earth and rushing Wind. Hark! ... from the deep unfathomable vortex of that golden light in which the Victor bathes, ALL NATURE’S wordless voice in thousand tones ariseth to proclaim! JOY UNTO YE, O MEN OF MYALBA. A PILGRIM HATH RETURNED BACK “FROM THE OTHER SHORE.” A NEW ARHAN IS BORN. Peace to all Beings. Here, however, we get something like real poetry. This, and not the Pi-Jaw, should be taken as the key to this Masterpiece. Love is the law, love under will. 132
1929 · PDF PAGE 69
Atu No. Hebrew No. Correspondence Other of of (Tarot Trurap) Atu îetters letter in Nature Correspondences The Pool O Aleph (an ox) I Air (The con- The free breath. The (The Babe English A, dit ion of Svastika. The Holy Ghost in thc Eg£ more or ail Life, The Virgin’s Womb. Par- on the Lo- less. the impar- zi val as “der reine Thor” tus, Bacchus tial vehicle. who knows nothing. D i p h u e s, S e. x u a 11 y Horus. Christ-Bacchus as etc. undevelop- the innocent babe, pursued ed). Life j by Herod-Héré. Hercules i.e. the or- strangling the serpents…
1944 · PDF PAGE 65
…lities. For this reason, she is fitted to represent one of the three alchemical forms of energy, Salt. Salt is the inactive principle of Nature; Salt is mat‐ ter which must be energized by Sulphur to maintain the whirling equilibrium of the Universe. The arms and torso of the figure consequently suggest the shape of the alchemical symbol of
1954 · PDF PAGE 97
…it is, even more than Physical Science, its irreconcilable enemy. Let us define this difference clearly. Magick investigates the laws of Nature with the idea of making use of them. It only differs from 'profane' science by always keeping ahead of it. As Fraser has shown, Magick is science in the tentative stage; but it may be, and often is, more than this. It is science which, for one reason or another, cannot be declared to the profane. Religion, on the contrary, seeks to ignore the laws of 1. A few amendments-very few-have been necessitated b…
1954 · PDF PAGE 424
…ts. Firstly, while of course the Magical Theory supposes a kind of omnipotence, please remember that Magick is Science, that the Laws of Nature remain the same, however subtle may be the material with which one is working. It is, to put it brutally, a bigger miracle to destroy a fortress than an easy chair. You know this well enough; but the corollary is that it 391
1961 · PDF PAGE 202
…fect Peace in Light) OW shall they measure our Statue and our Success by that Canon of Relation and Illusion, and their ignorance of our Nature? Time is but Sequence, and a moment of Light outweigheth an Age of Darkness. What is Happiness but the Issue of the Harmony of our Con- sciousness with our Truth, and the Conformity of Will with Action? To the Initiate is Certainty of his Fulfilment, which to the Profane is but the Effect of Hazard, and he feareth to lose what he loveth, or thinketh he loveth. But we, loving only in Light, suffer not by…
1912 · PDF PAGE 78
…ion to the Augoeides and his “invoking often.” He never flags, never falters, never faints, never fails. Impassive and inexorable as that Nature whom he had defied, he went steadily on with his work. Wealth and health had been torn from him; he was like Job, but even worse tor- mented; greater than Job, he resisted all without a murmur, and conquered all without a glimmer of self-satisfaction. When the Books are opened and the deeds of men are known, who dare say that there shall be found aught to surpass these marvellous months which Fra. P. set…
1912 · PDF PAGE 78
…ion to the Augoeides and his “invoking often.” He never flags, never falters, never faints, never fails. Impassive and inexorable as that Nature whom he had defied, he went steadily on with his work. Wealth and health had been torn from him; he was like Job, but even worse tor- mented; greater than Job, he resisted all without a murmur, and conquered all without a glimmer of self-satisfaction. When the Books are opened and the deeds of men are known, who dare say that there shall be found aught to surpass these marvellous months which Fra. P. set…
1944 · PDF PAGE 150
…ill dignified, he is sensual, 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.”
1961 · PDF PAGE 185
…these are in the Way of Death, so that thy Wand is dissolved and corroded in the Waters of the Cup, and must be renewed by Virtue of thy Nature in its Course. For Fire is extinguished by Water; but upon Earth it burneth freely, and is inflamed by the Wind. Understand also that which is written concerning the Vesica, that it is the Mother, giving Ease, Sleep, and Death, which Consolations are eschewed by the True Man or Hero. i
1912 · PDF PAGE 327
…the secret?ךיסנ And theyare excellent,finished?ולכיו Kindness, mercy?רסה Tet, in Atziluthרוי יה ויו ?יה Maccabee?יבכמ Atziluth’s “ Secret Nature ”—?בע thickness, cloud ; Aub Demon-King of Hod, and?לאילב Night Demon of z" Decs m Gimel?למג The Wise One?המכח To trust in, shelter in?הסה A day of {east?בוטDV A leader, chief, judge?ןייר 72 T73 74
1912 · PDF PAGE 327
…the secret?ךיסנ And theyare excellent,finished?ולכיו Kindness, mercy?רסה Tet, in Atziluthרוי יה ויו ?יה Maccabee?יבכמ Atziluth’s “ Secret Nature ”—?בע thickness, cloud ; Aub Demon-King of Hod, and?לאילב Night Demon of z" Decs m Gimel?למג The Wise One?המכח To trust in, shelter in?הסה A day of {east?בוטDV A leader, chief, judge?ןייר 72 T73 74
1944 · PDF PAGE 62
… highest to the lowest. It is a symbol which will recur frequently in these hiero‐ glyphs. But in the earlier Trumps the concern is with Nature above the Abyss; the High Priest‐ ess is the first card which connects the Supernal Triad with the Hexad; and her path, as shown in the diagram, makes a direct connection between the Father in his highest aspect, and the Son in his most perfect manifestation. This path is in exact balance in the middle pillar. There is here, therefore, the purest and most exalted conception of the Moon. (At the other en…