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Page 38 of 871909 · PDF PAGE 16
…ew and strange instrument. And the Judge patiently investigated all sources of error, and concluded in the end that the instrument was a true revealer of the secrets of the water. And he pronounced just judgment. But the others were blinded by passion and self-interest. They only quarrelled more noisily, and were finally turned out of court. But the Judge caused the Man with the Microscope to be appointed Government Analyst at £12,000 a year. Now the Water Man is the Believer, and the Inhabitant the Unbeliever. The Judge is the Agnostic—in Huxl…
1909 · PDF PAGE 16
…ew and strange instrument. And the Judge patiently investigated all sources of error, and concluded in the end that the instrument was a true revealer of the secrets of the water. And he pronounced just judgment. But the others were blinded by passion and self-interest. They only quarrelled more noisily, and were finally turned out of court. But the Judge caused the Man with the Microscope to be appointed Government Analyst at £12,000 a year. Now the Water Man is the Believer, and the Inhabitant the Unbeliever. The Judge is the Agnostic—in Huxl…
1954 · PDF PAGE 256
… a second side to any question, headstrong, haughty, a seething hell-broth of hate; and this fact disables your judgment." All perfectly true. My equable nature is congenitally hostile to extreme measures, except in imagination. I cannot bear sudden violent movements. Climbing rocks, people used to say that I didn't climb them, that I oozed over them! This explains, I think, my deep-seated dislike of many passages in The Book of the Law. "0 prophet! thou hast ill will to learn this writing. I see thee hate the hand and the pen; but I am stronge…
1961 · PDF PAGE 211
…e and Illuminated in this Truth, mayst accept thine own Sorrow, or rather that of thy Vehicle, as Lackey to the Joy hat thou hast in thy True Self, the Star among the Stars of Her Body. The Adept of our Art is not compassionate concerning Sin, in his own Vehicle or another's, unless the Healing thereof were proper to his Will, for he is aware of he whole Truth of the Matter. So goeth he upon his Way, and ighteneth not a Rein upon the Horses of the Universe, but is content, beholding the Speed of their Course. Verily, o my Son, it is well writte…
1906 · PDF PAGE 122
…reath Destroys all life CHORUS. Thou dealest in such arts? ‘THIRD WOMAN. Ay ! for this hate’s sake. Herein? Are we sisters all CHORUS. _ True sisters ! THIRD WOMAN. The familiar soul Sucks at her mouth—She sickens not nor dies ; More poisonous than he. FIRST WOMAN. Ah! beast of hell ! What may avail us? SECOND WOMAN. Jason is quite lost In her black sorceries. FOURTH WOMAN. Our chance gone ! FIRST WOMAN. Our life Degraded to her service. SECOND WOMAN. We, who are Born nobly, are become her minions. THIRD WOMAN. Slaves, not handmaidens ! ALCESTI…
1909 · PDF PAGE 8
…know more about his mind before I gave a final opinion. But apart from purely formal objections, we may still inquire: Is this Cogétatur true? Yes; reply the sages; for to deny it implies thought; Negatur is only a sub-section of Cogitatur. This involves, however, an axiom that the part is of the same nature as the whole; or (at the very least) an axiom that Ais A. Now, I do not wish to deny that 4 is 4, or may occa- sionally be 4. But certainly 4 7s A is a very different statement to our original Cogitatur. The proof of Cogitatur, in short, re…
1919 · PDF PAGE 327
… the power of expression. It is infernally difficult to comment on such a Book. The principal reason for this is that every statement is true and untrue, alternately, as one advances upon the Path of the Wise. The question always arises: For what grade is this Book meant? To give one simple concrete example, it is stated in the third part of this treatise that Change is the great enemy. This is all very well as meaning that one ought to stick to one’s job. But in another sense Change is the Great Friend. As it is marvelous well shewed forth by …
1944 · PDF PAGE 129
…royed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compas‐ sion. I understand by ‘Compassion’ the sacrament of suffering, partaken of by the true wor‐
1911 · PDF PAGE 101
…r golden hair, and the com- plexion like a shaved sow? And the simper, and the grey eyes? I have grey eyes too; but mine are steel—grey, true as steel; and yours are chill and watery. But you have your father’s temper, and his silence, and his will. THE CHILD. What do you know of my father? LAYLAH. Nothing. I only jested ; Ι wanted to try you, to hear what you would say. Tell me about your mother. THE CHILD. She was a fair and noble lady. She died when I was born. LAYLAH. Thank Godl THE CHILD. I do not understand LAYLAH. Oh I will your father s…
1911 · PDF PAGE 101
…r golden hair, and the com- plexion like a shaved sow? And the simper, and the grey eyes? I have grey eyes too; but mine are steel—grey, true as steel; and yours are chill and watery. But you have your father’s temper, and his silence, and his will. THE CHILD. What do you know of my father? LAYLAH. Nothing. I only jested ; Ι wanted to try you, to hear what you would say. Tell me about your mother. THE CHILD. She was a fair and noble lady. She died when I was born. LAYLAH. Thank Godl THE CHILD. I do not understand LAYLAH. Oh I will your father s…
1954 · PDF PAGE 12
… end, a condition which some felt to be due to the "softening" of his brain through his use of drugs. He was troubled by emphysema it is true, brought about by many years of asthma and heavy smoking. Heroin had long before been prescribed to manage his bronchial asthma and because it was about the only medication that gave him relief, permitting him to breathe with some ease, he eventually became addicted. For the benefit of those who would like to believe Xl
1961 · PDF PAGE 217
…ion, it shall serve every Man in his Measure as a Text-Book or Comment upon the Theorick and Praxis of Magick. By it may he discover his true Nature, and its Will, and apply his Force and his Intelligence to the right Fulfilment thereof. It shall be a beacon to enlighten him, to comfort him, and to direct him; and it shall be a Witness and Memorial of my Word and of my Work, as of mine Attainment unto Wisdom. o
1907 · PDF PAGE 275
…ow of my pinion . Thou only tread the path none else hath trode ! Come , lover , in my breast all blooms above , Here is thy love !3 The true Buddhist scorns the selfishness of heaven , the idea of hell is utterly repugnant to him , to feel that he is gaining eternal bliss whilst others are sink ing into everlasting torment , burns into his heart and 1 Jephthah , vol . i, pp . 83 , 84 . 2 Tannhäuser , vol . i, p . 227 . 3 The Argonauts , vol . ii, p . 108 .
1909 · PDF PAGE 63
…have erred. They have attained the Mystic Vision, written long books about it, assumed that the conclusions drawn from their vision were true on other planes—as if a microscopist were to stand for Parliament on the platform “ Votes for Microbes” —never noted possible sources of error, fallen foul of sense and science, dropped into oblivion and deserved contempt. I want to combine the methods, to check the old empirical mysticism by the precision of modern science. Hashish at least gives proof of a new order of conscious- ness, and (it seems to …
1909 · PDF PAGE 63
…have erred. They have attained the Mystic Vision, written long books about it, assumed that the conclusions drawn from their vision were true on other planes—as if a microscopist were to stand for Parliament on the platform “ Votes for Microbes” —never noted possible sources of error, fallen foul of sense and science, dropped into oblivion and deserved contempt. I want to combine the methods, to check the old empirical mysticism by the precision of modern science. Hashish at least gives proof of a new order of conscious- ness, and (it seems to …
1911 · PDF PAGE 152
…at recension was re-written and edited in the interests of Christianity, because people were complaining that Christianity could show no true spiritual knowledge, or any food for the best minds: nothing but miracles, which only deceived the most ignorant, and Theology, which only suited pedants. Soa man got hold of this recension, and turned it Christian, and imitated the style of John. And this explains why the end of the world does not happen every few years, as advertised. There is nothing whatever in the Stone but a White Rose. And a voice …
1913 · PDF PAGE 99
…of the Sun. BEHIND a veil is a column, on which ave poised two intersecting disks, terrestrial and celestial, the cut-off part Sorming a true Vesica, fitting which is a shrine, capable of being opened and removed at will, The column is of gold and ivory. The veil is of azure blue. Before this column, but without the veil, is a single candle by whose side stands the high priest John. He is of mature age, and has a black beard. He is dressed in robes of gold and scarlet embroidery. A crown is on his head; in one hand he holds a sceptre, in the ot…
1913 · PDF PAGE 554
…l more alive than a soul without love. Activity for evil can and should lead back a man to good, by counter- stroke and by reaction. The true evil, that for which there is no remedy, is inertia. The abysses of grace correspond to the abysses of per- versity. God has often made saints of scoundrels; but He has never done anything with the half-hearted and the cowardly. Under penalty of reprobation, one must work, one must act. Nature, moreover, sees to this, and if we will not march on with all our courage towards life, she flings us with all 25…
1913 · PDF PAGE 99
…of the Sun. BEHIND a veil is a column, on which ave poised two intersecting disks, terrestrial and celestial, the cut-off part Sorming a true Vesica, fitting which is a shrine, capable of being opened and removed at will, The column is of gold and ivory. The veil is of azure blue. Before this column, but without the veil, is a single candle by whose side stands the high priest John. He is of mature age, and has a black beard. He is dressed in robes of gold and scarlet embroidery. A crown is on his head; in one hand he holds a sceptre, in the ot…
1913 · PDF PAGE 554
…l more alive than a soul without love. Activity for evil can and should lead back a man to good, by counter- stroke and by reaction. The true evil, that for which there is no remedy, is inertia. The abysses of grace correspond to the abysses of per- versity. God has often made saints of scoundrels; but He has never done anything with the half-hearted and the cowardly. Under penalty of reprobation, one must work, one must act. Nature, moreover, sees to this, and if we will not march on with all our courage towards life, she flings us with all 25…