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Page 41 of 711913 · PDF PAGE 530
…ication of the infinite; that invisible whom one cannot see without dying—without dying at least to intelligence and to reason, since in order to see the invisible, one must be mad; the phantom of Him who has no body; the confused form of Him who is without form and with- out limit; it is in ¢Za¢ that, without knowing it, the greater number of believers believe. He who 7s essentially, purely, spiritually, without being either absolute being, or an abstract 232
1909 · PDF PAGE 389
…ve will appear almost incoherent if I do not at this point of the history pass over a few incidents and the daily toil of civilising, in order to state immediately the chief facts, The negroes after a while submitted to me; my two wives are most attentive, and wait upon me with a laudable zeal. The strongly built sailor, who has recovered from his fear, is my most devoted lieutenant, and as his ideas are scarce he never asks for any explanations, and follows faithfully all my orders. The man-whose-nose-sings-at-will I have put in irons. His mut…
1909 · PDF PAGE 389
…ve will appear almost incoherent if I do not at this point of the history pass over a few incidents and the daily toil of civilising, in order to state immediately the chief facts, The negroes after a while submitted to me; my two wives are most attentive, and wait upon me with a laudable zeal. The strongly built sailor, who has recovered from his fear, is my most devoted lieutenant, and as his ideas are scarce he never asks for any explanations, and follows faithfully all my orders. The man-whose-nose-sings-at-will I have put in irons. His mut…
1913 · PDF PAGE 485
…d a kerub (a bull-headed sphinx, vide the hieroglyphs of Assyria, of India and of Egypt) is placed at the gate of the garden of truth in order to prevent the pro- fane from destroying the tree of life. Here we have mysterious dogma, with all its allegories and its terrors, replacing the simplicity of truth. The idol has replaced God, and fallen humanity will not delay to give itself up to the worship of the golden calf. The mystery of the necessary and successive reactions of the two principles on each other is indicated subsequently by the all…
1913 · PDF PAGE 494
…em of writing of the disciples of Hermes being analogical and synthetical, like all the signs of the Qabalah, would it not be useful, in order to read the pages engraved upon the stones of the ancient temples, to replace these stones in their place, and to count the numbers of their letters, comparing them with the numbers of other stones? The obelisk of Luxor, for example, was it not one of the two columns at the entrance of atemple? Wasit at the right-hand or the left-hand pillar? If at the right, these signs refer to the active principle; if…
1913 · PDF PAGE 556
…from the splinters of the broken sword of justice anarchy would forge its daggers. “Tf God did away with Hell, men would make another in order to defy Him,” said a good priest to us one day. He was right: and it is for that reason that Hell is so anxious to be done away with. Emancipation! is the cry of every vice. Emancipation of murder by the abolition of the pain of death; emancipation of prostitution and infanticide by the abolition of marriage; emancipation of idleness and rapine by the abolition of property. . . . So revolves the whirlwin…
1913 · PDF PAGE 485
…d a kerub (a bull-headed sphinx, vide the hieroglyphs of Assyria, of India and of Egypt) is placed at the gate of the garden of truth in order to prevent the pro- fane from destroying the tree of life. Here we have mysterious dogma, with all its allegories and its terrors, replacing the simplicity of truth. The idol has replaced God, and fallen humanity will not delay to give itself up to the worship of the golden calf. The mystery of the necessary and successive reactions of the two principles on each other is indicated subsequently by the all…
1913 · PDF PAGE 494
…em of writing of the disciples of Hermes being analogical and synthetical, like all the signs of the Qabalah, would it not be useful, in order to read the pages engraved upon the stones of the ancient temples, to replace these stones in their place, and to count the numbers of their letters, comparing them with the numbers of other stones? The obelisk of Luxor, for example, was it not one of the two columns at the entrance of atemple? Wasit at the right-hand or the left-hand pillar? If at the right, these signs refer to the active principle; if…
1913 · PDF PAGE 556
…from the splinters of the broken sword of justice anarchy would forge its daggers. “Tf God did away with Hell, men would make another in order to defy Him,” said a good priest to us one day. He was right: and it is for that reason that Hell is so anxious to be done away with. Emancipation! is the cry of every vice. Emancipation of murder by the abolition of the pain of death; emancipation of prostitution and infanticide by the abolition of marriage; emancipation of idleness and rapine by the abolition of property. . . . So revolves the whirlwin…
1919 · PDF PAGE 336
…ing enjoyed shall not cause regret. This is too hard for the beginner, and in many cases it is necessary for him to abandon pleasures in order to prove to himself that he is indifferent to them, and it may be occasionally advisable even for the Adept to do this now and again. Of course during periods of actual concentra- tion there is no time whatever for anything but the work itself; but to make even the mildest asceticism a rule of life is the gravest of errors, except perhaps that of regarding Asceticism as a virtue. This latter always leads…
1907 · PDF PAGE 161
…ng fatter and fatter , spawning churches and breeding sects , till unfortunate man found himself so hedged in by the spiritual , that in order to maintain his life in this world he had to acknowledge the Church's supreme authority , and grovel before her in the dust of degradation . Crowley gives a curious example of this growth , and the ulti mate sameness of all religions in that gruesome and weird drama , “ The God - Eater ." Maurya the sister of Criosda says : Criosda , ever the same ! The old world runs On wheels of laughter for us little …
1913 · PDF PAGE 332
…hem wish to introduce themselves forcibly into the holy family, and perish with their people after under- going a feigned initiation. In order to dominate the vulgar, it is already necessary that the sanctuary should surround itself with sacrifices and with terror. The servitude of the children of Jacob paves the way for their deliverance: for they have an idea, and one does not enchain an idea; they have a religion, and one does not 34
1913 · PDF PAGE 332
…hem wish to introduce themselves forcibly into the holy family, and perish with their people after under- going a feigned initiation. In order to dominate the vulgar, it is already necessary that the sanctuary should surround itself with sacrifices and with terror. The servitude of the children of Jacob paves the way for their deliverance: for they have an idea, and one does not enchain an idea; they have a religion, and one does not 34
1919 · PDF PAGE 248
THE EQUINOX the Order unless he be equally well disposed to all classes of opinion. You may have six wives or none; but if you have six, you are required not to let them talk all at once, and if you have none, you are required to refrain from boring other people with dithyrambs upon your own virtue. This toler- ance is taught by a peculiar course of instruction whose na- ture it would be imprudent as well as impertinent to disclose; I will ask you to accept my word that it is efficient. With this provision, it is easy to see that intolerance an…
1919 · PDF PAGE 384
THE EQUINOX which is taught. On reaching the highest grade of the sec- ond Order, that of Exempt Adept, there are two Paths open, the right hand and the left. These are described at length in Liber 418, and we must refer the Student to that book. But the main point is that on the right hand path, stripping self, the Adept becomes Nemo, the Master of the Temple, and re- turns across the abyss, or rather is flung forth, and appears in the Heaven of Jupiter—or sphere of another planet—as a morning Star or an evening Star to bring light to them tha…
1909 · PDF PAGE 65
…nd physical poisons in turn. I smoke tobacco, the strongest tobacco, to excess, as I am told ; yet a dozen times I have abandoned it, in order to see whether it had any hold upon me. It had none; I resigned it as cheerfully as a small boy resigns the tempting second half of his first cigar. After a meal (for the first day or two) my hands would go to my pockets from habit ; finding nothing there, I would remember, laugh, and forget the subject at once. I think, therefore, that we may dismiss the alleged danger of acquiring the hashish habit as …
1909 · PDF PAGE 65
…nd physical poisons in turn. I smoke tobacco, the strongest tobacco, to excess, as I am told ; yet a dozen times I have abandoned it, in order to see whether it had any hold upon me. It had none; I resigned it as cheerfully as a small boy resigns the tempting second half of his first cigar. After a meal (for the first day or two) my hands would go to my pockets from habit ; finding nothing there, I would remember, laugh, and forget the subject at once. I think, therefore, that we may dismiss the alleged danger of acquiring the hashish habit as …
1913 · PDF PAGE 20
…e has accordingly done. The defendant has now returned to India, and has purposely refrained from bringing the boys with her to India in order to hamper the plaintiff in his efforts to recover the boys. 9. The plaintiff states that all along the defendant has been aware of the practices of Leadbeater, and that after she reached England she took the boys again to Mr. Leadbeater in Italy. The plaintiff submits that the conduct of the defen- dant as aforesaid renders her totally unfit to be in charge of the boys. The plaintiff further submits that …
1919 · PDF PAGE 400
… all, the means to reach the goal must vary with the Pilgrims. It is here admitted that there are many ways of reaching the same end. In order to assist a pupil, the Teacher should know all these ways by actual experience. He should know them in detail. There is a great deal of pious gassing about most Teachers—it is very easy to say “Be good and you will be happy,” and I am afraid that even this book itself has been taken as little better by the majority of its ad- mirers. What the pupil wants is not vague generalisa- tions on virtue, not anal…
1930 · PDF PAGE 46
…othed at first in a plain white robe. The PRIESTESS. Should be actually Virgo Intacta or specially dedicated to the service 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, open…