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Page 41 of 811899 · PDF PAGE 41
…uded over His mysterious skies, And storm and wind had no more might at all, And death and pestilence forgotten were, And angels came to holy men that call, And gracious spirits thronged the happy air; When God was very gracious to all folk, And lifted from us the Philistian yoke, And all the iron power of Edom broke, And all the Earth was fair! Now, seeing that we are sinners, wilt not thou Relent thy hateful brow, And bend on us a forehead full of peace, And bid thine anger cease, And speak sweet words most comfortable, and lose The bitter me…
1907 · PDF PAGE 129
…edium 8vo, pp. xii+ Ill, 5:. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. Boards, medium 8vo, pp. ix+ 129, 5:. [These two vols. together make “ The Temple of the Holy Ghost,” by omitting the two plays in " The Mother's Tragedy.”] CARMEN SAECULARE. Green wrapper, Demy 4to, pp. 30, 2:. 6d. TANNHAUSER. Cloth, Demy 4to, 15:. [A few copies of the first edition, boards, aux] NEW YEAR’S CARD, 1903. [Out ofprinLJ BERASHITH. 4to, pp. 24. China paper, 51'. SUMMA SPES. [Oul ofpn'na] BALZAC- [Outly'primfl] AHAB. Demy 4to, pp. 35, Japanese vellprn wrapper, 5:.
1912 · PDF PAGE 65
… violence should be used againstoneself in order to attain that passive state? And, of course, to shut out out all rivals? Help me, thou Holy One, even in this; for all my strength is weak as water, and I am but a dog. Help me, O self-glittering onel draw nigh to me in sleep and in waking, and let me ever be as a wise virgin, and expect thy coming with a lamp of oil of holiness and beautyl Hail, beautiful and strong one! I desire thy kisses more than life or death. May 5. A medium. 6. Α tired and excited, yet with great resolution. Vision good.…
1912 · PDF PAGE 65
… violence should be used againstoneself in order to attain that passive state? And, of course, to shut out out all rivals? Help me, thou Holy One, even in this; for all my strength is weak as water, and I am but a dog. Help me, O self-glittering onel draw nigh to me in sleep and in waking, and let me ever be as a wise virgin, and expect thy coming with a lamp of oil of holiness and beautyl Hail, beautiful and strong one! I desire thy kisses more than life or death. May 5. A medium. 6. Α tired and excited, yet with great resolution. Vision good.…
1944 · PDF PAGE 251
…nergy, vigour, stubbornness, impracticability, rashness, ill‐temper. V Offer thyself Virgin to the Knowledge and Conver sation of thine Holy Guardian Angel. All else is a snare. Be thou athlete with the eight limbs of Yoga: for without these thou are not disciplined for any fight. Stubborn strength, toil, endurance, placidity, manifestation, explanation, teaching, goodness of heart, help from superiors, patience, organization, peace. VI The Oracle of the Gods is the Child Voice of Love in Thine own Soul; hear thou it. Heed not the SirenVoice…
1910 · PDF PAGE 107
…ited with su- pernatural powers. There is an Arab saying — I think by Averrhoes — “ God is the square root of man ” : and a certain very holy Fakir (only recently dead) determined to discover the nature of God by working out √3. He is said to have engraved over a thousand pounds weight of thin silver plates — supplied by the faithful — with the minute charac- ters of his calculations. At his death these plates were distributed and of course worked innumera- ble miracles. Should such a plate come in the pos-
1911 · PDF PAGE 222
…C.I.C.’l‘. 1-333. The Secret of the Father is in the Secret of the Son. SPHINX. 22-22. And the Secret of the Son is in the Secret of the Holy Ghost. GANYMEDE. 4444. Gloria Patri. 42
1911 · PDF PAGE 222
…C.I.C.’l‘. 1-333. The Secret of the Father is in the Secret of the Son. SPHINX. 22-22. And the Secret of the Son is in the Secret of the Holy Ghost. GANYMEDE. 4444. Gloria Patri. 42
1913 · PDF PAGE 45
…t and only true Christians. In Fragments of a Faith Forgotten, however, we find the following passage : “After the banquet they keep the holy all-night festival. And this is how it is kept. They all stand up in a body, and about the middle of the entertainment they first of all separate into two bands, men in one and women in the other. And a leader is chosen for each, the conductor whose reputation is greatest and the one most suitable for the post. They then chant hymns made in God's honour in many metres and melodies, sometimes singing in ch…
1913 · PDF PAGE 45
…t and only true Christians. In Fragments of a Faith Forgotten, however, we find the following passage : “After the banquet they keep the holy all-night festival. And this is how it is kept. They all stand up in a body, and about the middle of the entertainment they first of all separate into two bands, men in one and women in the other. And a leader is chosen for each, the conductor whose reputation is greatest and the one most suitable for the post. They then chant hymns made in God's honour in many metres and melodies, sometimes singing in ch…
1914 · PDF PAGE 24
…ater the eternal fire! Come, Laylah, come, my sister and my spouse, Bedeck yourself with nakedness, prepare To enter the most high, most holy house, Careless what gods or devils may be there. Love me! I love you, Laylah! Laylah! mine ‘Though time and space and force and being discede, Mine is the magic that has made me thine, Mine from sublime unconsciousness to deed. Laylah! oh God! the love of my whole life, ‘My life concentred in a single act, More than a mistress, wilder than a wife, ‘Who ratified our diabolic pact? God grant my life and yo…
1919 · PDF PAGE 47
…om; but it is also the strictest pos- sible bond. Do what thou wilt—then do nothing else. Let nothing deflect thee from that austere and holy task. Liberty is 41
1954 · PDF PAGE 452
…ips deceive nobody outside a churchyard!) But what you want to know is the difference between (a) common or area morality, (b) Yogin-or "holy man's" morality, and (c) the Magical Morality of the New Aeon of Thelema. I. Area Morality: This is the code of the "Slave-Gods," very thoroughly analysed, pulverized, and de-loused by Nietzsche in Antichrist. It consists of all the meanest vices, especially envy, cowardice, cruelty and greed: all based on over-mastering Fear. Fear of the nightmare type. With this incubus, the rich and powerful have devis…
1961 · PDF PAGE 188
…hat mine Initiation was ordered as followeth. First, unto the Middle of the Way, the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, were these Men appointed to mine Aid, Jerome Politt of Kendal, Cecil Jones of Basingstoke, Allan Bennett of the Border, and Oscar Eckenstein of the Mountain, with no Woman. But after that Attainment hath Word come to me only through Women, Ouarda the Seer, and Virakam, and in mine Initiation into the Degree of Magus, the Cat `ILARIWN thy Mother, Helen the Play Actress the Serpent, with Myr…
1905 · PDF PAGE 217
2190 THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST O thou, mine angel, whom these eyes have seen, These hands have handled, mouth has kissed ! O thou, the very tongue of fire, the clean Sweet-scented presence of a holier Christ ! Listen, and answer, and behold! My wings Droop, O thou stronger than the immortal kings ! and _ this My flame burns dim! O bring the broken jar And alabaster casket, and dispense The oil that flows from that supernal star, And holy fountains of the Influence.! Bring peace, and strength, and quicken in my heart Mastery of night-fear and…
1905 · PDF PAGE 62
…teep to steep, Songs caught in solar light, we are shed Even down beyond the valleys of the dead, And smiled upon in groves ruled by the holy head. Great Pan hath heard us, children of his wooing, Great Pan, that listens to the forest, suing Vainly His peace that dwells even in the desolate halls. The delicately-chiselled flowers nod, Look to the skies, and see thee for a God, O sightless lyre that wails, O viewless voice that calls! Thy sound is in our depth and in her womb, Far in Spring’s milky breast, in Autumn’s gloom, In Summer's feast an…
1912 · PDF PAGE 117
…e is, and what she does Your very eyes, I swear, shall see. MORTADELLO. Calamitous ! My brain turns. MONICA. It shall clear. By Fatimas holy hand. O Monica, appear ! I, it is I, command ! [She drops the veil from her face. Stare, murderer, stare your eyes out ! Let them start From your pale face, despair through all your dastard heart. Yes, I have won, I have won ! Black bastardy of fear ! My auguries are done, my vengeance drawing near Is at your throat. I will be gone. Tis here ! Tis here ! [She disappears. MORTADELLO. God ! God ! Im pois…
1912 · PDF PAGE 60
… if the Op. were successfully brought to an end. Only can this right be forfeited by slackness toward the obligation. From this, then, Ο Holy Exalted One, preserve me I (The invocation had to wait till the 20th.) A rather better. A above average; but little convincing. A about the same: very tired. Studying Liber Legis. A much better; will go to sleep in vision. (The result curious : Iwoke up several times, and though I cannot at all remember, I know it was thinking of A in some way.) A fair. After-results again vaguely magnificent —memory seems…
1912 · PDF PAGE 60
… if the Op. were successfully brought to an end. Only can this right be forfeited by slackness toward the obligation. From this, then, Ο Holy Exalted One, preserve me I (The invocation had to wait till the 20th.) A rather better. A above average; but little convincing. A about the same: very tired. Studying Liber Legis. A much better; will go to sleep in vision. (The result curious : Iwoke up several times, and though I cannot at all remember, I know it was thinking of A in some way.) A fair. After-results again vaguely magnificent —memory seems…
1912 · PDF PAGE 77
…, a certain ritual of initiation. This was to combine the Eastern and the Western methods. The mind, exalted, fortified, initiated by the Holy Magick, was then in that very state of divine tension to concentrate itself on that Self-glittering One.) It is time to break off for a moment from the Diary to ask the reader to remark how extraordinarily full is this passage of P.'s life. The scene opens on the slopes of Kangchenjanga with the death of five men. It continues with a jungle inhabited by savages, naked, armed with bows and arrows, ignorant …