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…of them. For though a plane fills a square completely, it must always leave a cube entirely empty. Concerning the laws which govern this new realm we can say nothing here. The most mystics have been led away from the proper line of research, usually by the baser (é.¢, the emotional or devotional) attractions of the Vedana-phenomena which we are about to notice; but perhaps even the best must be baffled by the non-congruity of their Experience with the symbols of language. One may add that the language difficulty is in some ways an essential one…
1909 · PDF PAGE 76
…of them. For though a plane fills a square completely, it must always leave a cube entirely empty. Concerning the laws which govern this new realm we can say nothing here. The most mystics have been led away from the proper line of research, usually by the baser (é.¢, the emotional or devotional) attractions of the Vedana-phenomena which we are about to notice; but perhaps even the best must be baffled by the non-congruity of their Experience with the symbols of language. One may add that the language difficulty is in some ways an essential one…
1913 · PDF PAGE 357
…r we struggle against the invasion of the barbarians, and their brutalizing orthodoxy. It is for ever an accomplished fact. In admitting new dogmas, the chair of St. Peter has solemnly proclaimed itself progressive. The fatherland of Catholic Christianity is that of the sciences and of the fine arts; and the eternal Word of the Gospel, living and incarnate in a visible authority, is still the light of the world. 59
1913 · PDF PAGE 357
…r we struggle against the invasion of the barbarians, and their brutalizing orthodoxy. It is for ever an accomplished fact. In admitting new dogmas, the chair of St. Peter has solemnly proclaimed itself progressive. The fatherland of Catholic Christianity is that of the sciences and of the fine arts; and the eternal Word of the Gospel, living and incarnate in a visible authority, is still the light of the world. 59
1929 · PDF PAGE 509
… I was moved to write what was shortly afterwards published first as a pamphlet in England, secondly as an article in the International, New York, thirdly in The Equinox, vol. III, no. i, and fourthly as a pamphlet in Australia by Frater Ahah.1 In this I summarized shortly the events which had led to my attainment of the Grade, and explained that I was thereby committed to an irrevocable and absolute identification of myself with my office as the Logos of the Aeon of Horus. For the future my whole essence must be {803} 1. G.H. Frater AHAH 6° = …
1906 · PDF PAGE 234
…song was ever of: love and death: and music from-beyond. — , ‘** And one day as she sang thus the deep truth stole into. being and ‘she knew ‘the Noble Truths. So she turned her flute ‘to the new song, when—horror !—there was.a mosquito in the flute. ‘Tootle! Tootle!’ she began. ‘ Buzz! Buzz!’- went.-the mos- quito from the very vitals of her delicate tube. “Indra was not unprovided with a disc, 1 Alas! Jehjaour, art thou alreadyin thé toils ? She had only lived eight months. a 0.¢ ‘** Flow you bungle!’ growled Ganesha. ‘Fortunately we are bett…
1907 · PDF PAGE 240
THE NEW WINE 233 thoroughly entangled the sceptic , as he thinks , he launches out an “ apodictic certainty ," very similar to Berkeley's “ God -idea , " and defines “ Idealism " to “ consist in the assertion that there exist none but thinking entities.” [Crowley at once denies the “ cer tainty ," and demands an explanation of “ thinking . ” ] Then working through the Berkeleyan arguments backwards , he arrives at defining . [Thing as a (unknowable ) power to produce sense impressions , which is purely Berkeley or his antithesis according as th…
1909 · PDF PAGE 129
…ave learnt that any death brings with it a strange sense of relief. There is a certain finality. La comédie est jouée—and one turns with new life to the next business. “The golden child had never stirred. But now she crouched lower, and fell to soft, sweet crying. “«Your mother is dead,’ I said abruptly. ‘ May I offer you the guardianship of my godmother, the Duchess of Castelnaudary? Come, mademoiselle, let us go.’ “«T thank you, sir, she answered, still sobbing; ‘ but Jean is awake and at the door. Jean is fierce and lean as an old wolf.’ “T …
1909 · PDF PAGE 129
…ave learnt that any death brings with it a strange sense of relief. There is a certain finality. La comédie est jouée—and one turns with new life to the next business. “The golden child had never stirred. But now she crouched lower, and fell to soft, sweet crying. “«Your mother is dead,’ I said abruptly. ‘ May I offer you the guardianship of my godmother, the Duchess of Castelnaudary? Come, mademoiselle, let us go.’ “«T thank you, sir, she answered, still sobbing; ‘ but Jean is awake and at the door. Jean is fierce and lean as an old wolf.’ “T …
1913 · PDF PAGE 361
…h, brightened by the marvellous gilded apologues of the Qur’an ! Let the East adore Jesus Christ in its mosques, and on the minarets ofa new Santa Sophia let the cross rise in the midst of the crescent !4 Let Mohammed set woman free to give to the true believer the houris which he has so long dreamt of, and let the martyrs of the Saviour teach chaste caresses to the beautiful angels of Mohammed! The whole earth, reclothed with the rich adornments which all the arts have embroidered for her, will no longer be anything but a magnificent temple, o…
1913 · PDF PAGE 361
…h, brightened by the marvellous gilded apologues of the Qur’an ! Let the East adore Jesus Christ in its mosques, and on the minarets ofa new Santa Sophia let the cross rise in the midst of the crescent !4 Let Mohammed set woman free to give to the true believer the houris which he has so long dreamt of, and let the martyrs of the Saviour teach chaste caresses to the beautiful angels of Mohammed! The whole earth, reclothed with the rich adornments which all the arts have embroidered for her, will no longer be anything but a magnificent temple, o…
1916 · PDF PAGE 4
…ers. Mr. Stuart was born in 1864 in Brooklyn, N.Y. His father, John Stuart, was a Captain of the 51st and Lieutenant Colonel of the 63rd New York Volunteers. His is the perfect and ideal type, fast disappearing, of the aristocratic American. Mr. Stuart was educated in San Francisco, California; but it is one of his favorite claims that he is not educated. Rather, he would say, he is beginning to educate himself. And this is one of the secrets of his immense power of brain. By education in the ordinary sense we mean that an old fool bullies a yo…
1919 · PDF PAGE 63
… after this, one called S.R.M.D. announced that he had formulated such a link, and that himself and two others were to govern the Order. New and revised rituals were issued, and fresh knowledge poured out in streams. 11. We must pass over the unhappy juggleries which characterized the next period. It has throughout proved impossible to elucidate the complex facts. We content ourselves, then, with observing that the death of one of his two colleagues, and the weakness of the other, secured to S.R.M.D. the sole authority. The rituals were elabora…
1919 · PDF PAGE 394
… causes have worked this out there is noth- ing left. But this is quite unphilosophical, for every effect as soon as it occurs becomes a new cause, and it is always equal to its cause. ‘There is no waste or dissipation. If you take an atom of hydrogen and combine it with one hundred thousand other atoms in turn, it still remains hydrogen, and it has not lost any of its qualities. The harmony of the doctrines of Action and Non-Action is to be found in The Way of the Tao. One should do what is perfectly natural to one; but this can only be done w…
1922 · PDF PAGE 172
…the roar and the rattle Of all the armies of sin, This is the only battle He never was known to win.’ You children are the flower of the new generation. You have got to fear nothing. You have got to conquer everything. You have got to learn to make use of drugs as your ancestors learnt to make use of lightning. You have got to stop at the word of command, and go on at the word of command according to circum- stances.” He paused. The dire need of the drug kept Peter alert. He followed the argument with intense activity. “Quite,” he agreed, ‘‘ an…
1919 · PDF PAGE 457
…—... . And we must thank the mysterious V. B. N. for a really inspired line— ‘Thou lyric laughter of the enfranchised male.’ The naughty new ‘male, smashing our windows with his inverted commas... . unless, indeed, as Mr. Aleister Crowley authoritatively hints in his sacerdotal preface, . . . But the time, we think, is hardly ripe for such disclosures, although the more intelligent among us may have seen a certain Writing upon the Wall, setting forth, in clearest language, that r+1=3.”—The English Review. “Poems by a new writer who possesses im…
1913 · PDF PAGE 325
…h is common to the whole of humanity. The more one discusses with the object of obtaining greater accuracy, the less one believes; every new dogma is a belief which a sect appropriates to itself, and thus, in some sort, steals from universal faith. Let us leave sectarians to make and remake their dogmas; let us leave the superstitious to detail and formulate their superstitions. As the Master said, “ Let the dead bury their dead!” Let us believe in the indicible truth; let us believe in that Absolute which reason admits without understanding it…
1913 · PDF PAGE 325
…h is common to the whole of humanity. The more one discusses with the object of obtaining greater accuracy, the less one believes; every new dogma is a belief which a sect appropriates to itself, and thus, in some sort, steals from universal faith. Let us leave sectarians to make and remake their dogmas; let us leave the superstitious to detail and formulate their superstitions. As the Master said, “ Let the dead bury their dead!” Let us believe in the indicible truth; let us believe in that Absolute which reason admits without understanding it…
1919 · PDF PAGE 450
… is again a totally un-Buddhistic description. It appears to me rather a paraphrase of the well-known “Sweeping through the gates of the New Jerusalem, Washed in the Blood of the Lamb.” gt. Such is the Dhyana Path, the haven of the Yogi, the blessed goal that Srotépattis crave. Again the confusion of the attainment of the Student with regard to spiritual experience, and his attainment with re- gard to his grade. There is connection between these, but it is not a close and invariable one. A man might get quite a lot of Samadhi, and still be many…
1909 · PDF PAGE 90
…t they seduce me from going on to the really big ones. I am quite happy as a result of my little ceremony—— whereas I ought to be taking new and terrible oaths! Yet why should Tahuti be so kind to me, and Asar Un-nefer so unkind ? The answer comes direct from Tahuti himself : Because you have learned to write perfectly, but have not yet taught yourself to suffer. True enough, the last part! Asar Un-nefer, thou perfected One, teach me Thy mysteries! Let my members be torn by Set and devoured by Sebek and Typhonl Let my blood be poured out upon N…