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Page 41 of 1541909 · PDF PAGE 291
… in the recognition there- ©) of, I confer upon you. the mystic title of «PHAROS ILLUMI. NANS’ which signifies—the Illuminating Tower of Light, and I give you the symbol of yy (Ash), which is the Hebrew name for fire. Having passed through this grade, thenewly made Philosophusearns — Dracrant 52, the title of Honoured Frater and is eligible for the post of Hiereus, The Altar Symbol in The closing then takes place, the adoration of the King of Fire the 4° i is made, and the Prayer of the Salamanders is rehearsed, and in the name of TETRAGRAMMATO…
1906 · PDF PAGE 57
… Farthest, loose tethered, at a stake’s control, A shallop rocked before the sullen breeze. Midway, a hermit’s hut stood solitary, A dim light set therein. Near and at ease A jolly well-lit inn—no phantom airy ! Solid and warm, short snatches of light song Issuing cheery now and then. ‘‘ Be wary!” Quoth the wise Earl, ‘‘ I wander very long Far from my quest, assuredly to fall Sideways each step towards the House of Wrong, ‘Were but one choice demented. Choice is small Here though. (A flash of insight in his mind) Which of these three gets answe…
1898 · PDF PAGE 82
76 A PAEAN IN THE SPRINGTIDE This is our trust and our joy—beyond death we look on to the far light Flaming from hell our last home, this is the key of our might. Come, fiery birds of a clime we know not, and sing us your paean ; Triumph of gods that are known secretly, not by a name, Gods whose implacable feet have trampled the god Galilean, Cast though they be into hell, given to death and to shame. Heaven and hell has striven in war, Sappho and Hylas, with Christ and Jah ; We are of those, though they lose their power, Never shall fade their…
1902 · PDF PAGE 68
…s dunghill thoughts, which do themselves enure To dirty dross, no higher dare aspire. Nor can his feeble earthly eyes endure The flaming light of that celestial fire Which kindleth love in generous desire, And makes him mount above the native might Of heavy earth, up to the heaven's height. Spenser, Hymn in Honour of Love.
1905 · PDF PAGE 38
…urfold quarters, The depth and the height, We come, the bright daughters Of day shed on night; The sun and the waters Have brought us to light ; The sound of him slaughters Our soul in his sight. We hear the loud murmur; we know him; we rest; We breathe in his breast. ORPHEUS By sunlight up-gathered As dust of his cars, By moonlight unfathered, Unmothered of stars, Unpastured, untethered, Unstricken of scars, Come forth! I invoke ye, O clouds! ye veils! ye divine avatars! 39
1905 · PDF PAGE 44
…d in green. As pearls in the cloudland I slept; but I hear the loud call ; I obey it and fall! ORPHEUS Rain’s guerdon and daughter By sunlight’s spies Divided in water, O light-stream, arise! 45
1910 · PDF PAGE 155
…n the flowerless Eden of Shanghai We made immortal mischief, you and I Casting our flame-flowers on the dull brown soil ? Did we not light a lamp withouten oil Nursed by unfruitful kisses, stealthily Strewn in the caldron where our Destiny Bides broodingMother, bid its brew to boil ! Ah, Sweetheart, we were barren as Sahara, But on Sahara burns our subtle star. Soon an oasis, now too lone and far, Shall bloom with all the blossoms of Bokhara : See ! oer the brim the mystic fountain flows ! Cull from the caldron the ensanguine Rose !
1911 · PDF PAGE 25
…rit in the clod ! Kindle hope in our despair ! Be His saving mercy spilt Like a fountain on our sin ! Match His Godhead with our guilt ! Light the love of GOD within ! O majestic ! O Divine ! O most merciful and pure ! Let our spirits at Thy shrine Humbled, gladden and endure ! Help the weakness of our sight Blind before Thy radiant face ! Bring us to Thy full delight By the ardour of Thy grace ! Darkling doors and dangerous In the ways of life and death :— Cleanse us ! help us ! succour us By the beatific breath ! M 18
1911 · PDF PAGE 66
… I look toward the great event, To Mary’s bliss, the starry treasure. I scourge my body till the blood Pours from this heart that hateth light, Mix with its tide Thy crystal flood ! O Mary, cleanse Thine acolyte ! Accept this offering of pain ! Receive Thy neophyte’s devotion, Till to Thy peace he rise again, O star of love on sorrow’s ocean ! Amen. B 59
1912 · PDF PAGE 18
…atched with mirth, Shaking each other like two wrestlers. Acta. ‘What should stir Your melancholy but laughter? Crassus. Look, before us Light streams, a tremulous chorus. Oh, it is vague and vacillatin; Aucta. Love, ‘Young love of maidens, is the soul thereof. And in the midst, behold, O man! The image of great Pan. at
1913 · PDF PAGE 273
…he olive cheeks aglow Shadow-soften into snow, Breasts like Bacchanals afloat Under the proudly phallic throat! Be thou to my pilgrimage Light, and laughter sweet and sage, Till the darkling day expire Of my life in thy caress, Thou my frenzy and my fire, Lamp of living loveliness ! Thou the ruler of the rod That beneath thy clasp extends To the galaxies of God From the gulph where ocean ends, Cave of dragon, ruby rose, Heart of hell, garden-close, 235
1913 · PDF PAGE 273
…he olive cheeks aglow Shadow-soften into snow, Breasts like Bacchanals afloat Under the proudly phallic throat! Be thou to my pilgrimage Light, and laughter sweet and sage, Till the darkling day expire Of my life in thy caress, Thou my frenzy and my fire, Lamp of living loveliness ! Thou the ruler of the rod That beneath thy clasp extends To the galaxies of God From the gulph where ocean ends, Cave of dragon, ruby rose, Heart of hell, garden-close, 235
1907 · PDF PAGE 193
…hought and deed Apportioning its meed ; For evil act and mind Rewarding in its kind ; So sit we: but our power Apportions not an hour To light the dying lamp, revive the faded flower. MINOS. But thou, be strong to sing! . ALACUS. Loose arrows from the string ! RHADAMANTHUS. Bid the wild word take wing ! MINOS. Hades hath evil fame To suppliants—bitter shame !— Inexorable. AE ACUS. Aim Yet the swift prayer, abide His word whate’er betide. What worse? RHADAMANTHUS, The Gods thy guide! Go and assail him ! MINOS. Stay, The Queen of Hell! ALACUS. Th…
1907 · PDF PAGE 291
284 THE STAR IN THE WEST of mundane tar , declaring we have discovered that light which moved on the face of the waters , before sun or moon or stars were created . We rank the great adepts with the madmen of God , whose miracles are mere imitations , whose powers are mere preten sions , and whose illumination is mere reflection ; but what is it then these great beings imitate , pretend to , or reflect ? Here lies the dark question which no denial can disprove , no assertion comprehend , and which work alone through the alembic of our hearts ca…
1911 · PDF PAGE 52
…veiled one that sitteth between the pillars veiled with a shining veil, and on my lap is the open Book of the mysteries of the ineffable light. Iam the aspiration unto the higher; I am the love of the unknown. I am the blind ache within the heart of man. I am the minister of the sacrament of pain. I swing the censer of worship, and I sprinkle the waters of purification. I am the daughter of the house of the invisible. I am the Priestess of the Silver Star. And she catches me up to her as a mother catches her babe, and holds me up in her left ar…
1911 · PDF PAGE 82
THE EQUINOX is the adherent. The lover giveth his life unto the work among men. The hermit goeth solitary, and giveth only of his light unto men. And I ask him: Why does he tell me that? And he says: I tell thee not. Thou tellest thyself, for thou hast pondered thereupon for many days, and hast not found light. And now that thou art called NEMO, the answer to every riddle that thou hast not found shall spring up in thy mind, unsought. Who can tell upon what day a flower shall bloom? And thou shalt give thy wisdom unto the world, and that shall …
1930 · PDF PAGE 46
… of the Great Order. She is clothed in white, blue and gold. She bears the sword from a red girdle, and the Paten and Hosts, or Cakes of Light. Ihe DEACON. He is clothed in white and yellow. He bears the Book of the Law. Two Children. They are clothed in white and black. One bears a pitcher of water and a cellar of sait, the other a censer of lire and a casket of perfume. IIP Of the ceremony of the Introit. The DEACON, opening the door of the Temple, admïts the con¬ grégation and takes his stand between the small altar atid the font. (There sho…
1996 · PDF PAGE 133
134 The Law is for All 61. There is a light before thine eyes, o prophet, a light undesired, most desirable. 62. I am uplifted in thine heart; and the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy body. Commentary: “uplifted in thine heart”:—compare “The Book of the Heart Girt with a Serpent.”1 1 [“Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente sub figura LXV.”] See Equinox III(l) [(1919), and The Holy Books ofThelema (Equinox 111(9)) (1983).] 63. Thou art exhaust in the voluptuous fullness of the inspiration; the expiration is sweeter than death, more rapid and laught…
1898 · PDF PAGE 22
XXI. In every ecstasy exalt my heart ; Let every trance make loose and light the wings My soul must shake, ere her pure fabric springs Clothed in the secret dream-delights of Art Transcendent into air, the tomb of Things ; Let every kiss Melt on my lips to flame, fling back the gates of Dis ! XXII. Give me a master ! Not some learned priest Who by long toil and anguish has devised A train of mysteries, but some despised Young king of men, whose spirit is released From all the weariness, whose lips are prized By men not much— Ah ! let them only …
1908 · PDF PAGE 46
…ee A faint enshadowing of Thee. Our minds are dull, our lives are base ; We cannot see the maiden face. Imagination may not run From moonlight to the self-lit sun. Darkly as in a glass we gaze And lose ourselves in pious praise. How then when risen and pure of heart In heaven we see Thee as Thou art ? O let the film of earth and sin Each day by love grow clear and thin ! O let Thy worship done aright Prepare us for the eternal Light ! Amen. A 39