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Page 42 of 741919 · PDF PAGE 395
…is dissolved. One ‘goes out’ like the flame of a candle. But I must remark that the final clause is again painfully geocentric. 83. The “Secret Way” leads also to Paranirvanic bliss— but at the close of Kalpas without number; Nirvénas gained and lost from boundless pity and compassion for the world of deluded mortals. This is quite contrary to Buddhist teaching. Buddha cer- tainly had ‘Parinirvana,’ if there be such a thing, though, as Nirvana means ‘Annihilation’ and ‘Parinirvana’ ‘complete Annihilation,’ it requires a mind more metaphysical t…
1961 · PDF PAGE 166
…gs, and seizing hem for their Prey. His letter is Teth, whose Implication is a Serpent, and the Number thereof Nine, whereof is Aub, the secret Fire of Obeah. Also Nine is of Jesod, uniting Change with Stability. But in the Book of Thoth, He is the Atu called Strength, whose Number is ELEVEN which is Aud, the Light Odic of Magick. And therein is figured the Lion, even THE BEAST, and Our Lady BABALON with Her Hands upon His Mouth, that She may master Him. Here I would have thee to mark well how these our Symbols are cognate, and flow forth the o…
1907 · PDF PAGE 217
…THE STAR IN THE WEST carouse of the night , and ourselves become as Gods , shall we conceive God . Hic labor , hoc opus est : This is my secret —in a man's delight To lose the stubborn ecstasy for God ! To thus clear knowledge hath my path been trod In deepest hell — in the profoundest sky ! This knowledge , the true immortality , I came unto through pain and tears , Tigerish hopes , and serpent loves , and dragon fears , Most bitter kisses , salted springs and dry ; In those deep caverns and slow -moving years , When dwelt I , in the Mount of …
1919 · PDF PAGE 365
…e, that subliminal which is sublime. The “Eye” doctrine then means the exoteric, the “Heart” doctrine the esoteric. Of course, in a more secret doctrine still, there is an Eye Doc- trine which transcends the Heart Doctrine as that tran- scends this lesser Eye Doctrine. 9. Yea, ignorance is like unto a closed and airless vessel; the soul a bird shut up within. It warbles not, nor can it stir a feather; but the songster mute and torpid sits, and of exhaustion dies. The Soul, Atma, despite its possession of the attributes omniscience, omnipotence,…
1911 · PDF PAGE 72
THE EQUINOX Now at last the time being come, did I take my chamber in the House. And upon the secret things that were there shown to me I ponder yet; so that in this place I shall make no mention of them. But this treasure will I give out, that everything noble in that House seemeth vile to them that are swimming in the stream; and everything vile to them appeareth noble. Thus they endure not the delicate stuffs with rough and impure handling; and the rubbish they carry away with them, and devour. Thus wisely hath the master of the House ordain…
1911 · PDF PAGE 119
…e spade. Glory be to the Earth and to the Sun and to the holy body and soul of Man ; and glory be to Love and to the Father 01 Love, the secret Unity of things! Glory be to the Shrine within the Temple, and to the God within the Shrine, to the Word and to the Silence that bore it unto Him that is beyond the Silence and the Speech! Also thanksgiving in the Highest for the Gift of all these things, and for the maiden in whom all these things are found, for the holy body and soul 01 man, and for the sun, and for the earth. AMEN. FRANCIS BENDICK.
1911 · PDF PAGE 72
THE EQUINOX Now at last the time being come, did I take my chamber in the House. And upon the secret things that were there shown to me I ponder yet; so that in this place I shall make no mention of them. But this treasure will I give out, that everything noble in that House seemeth vile to them that are swimming in the stream; and everything vile to them appeareth noble. Thus they endure not the delicate stuffs with rough and impure handling; and the rubbish they carry away with them, and devour. Thus wisely hath the master of the House ordain…
1911 · PDF PAGE 119
…e spade. Glory be to the Earth and to the Sun and to the holy body and soul of Man ; and glory be to Love and to the Father 01 Love, the secret Unity of things! Glory be to the Shrine within the Temple, and to the God within the Shrine, to the Word and to the Silence that bore it unto Him that is beyond the Silence and the Speech! Also thanksgiving in the Highest for the Gift of all these things, and for the maiden in whom all these things are found, for the holy body and soul 01 man, and for the sun, and for the earth. AMEN. FRANCIS BENDICK.
1919 · PDF PAGE 392
… four stages ending in Arhat, the second to the Portals referred to in the third Fragment. 76. The One becomes the two, the Open and the Secret. The first one leadeth to the goal, the second, to Self-Immola- tion. The obvious meaning of the verse is the one to take. However, I must again warn the reader against supposing that “Self-Immolation” has anything to do with Sir Philip Sidney, or the Sati of the Brahmin’s widow. 77. When to the Permanent is sacrificed the Mutable, the prize is thine: the drop returneth whence it came. The Open PATH lea…
1911 · PDF PAGE 105
…LLED ZIP. (The terrible Curse that is the Call of the Thirty Aethyrs sounds like a song of ecstasy and triumph; every phrase in it has a secret meaning of blessing.) The Shew-stone is of soft lucent white, on which the Rose- Cross shows a brilliant yet colourless well of light. And now the veil of the stone is rent with a clap of thunder, and I am walking upon a razor-edge of light suspended over the Abyss, and before me and above me are ranged the terrible armies of the Most High, like unto those in the 11th Aethyr, 103
1913 · PDF PAGE 67
…up around me to support me: let all be worshipped, for they shall cluster to exalt me. Iam the visible object of worship; the others are secret; for the Beast & his Bride are they: and for the winners of the Ordeal x. What is this? Thou shalt know. 23. For perfume mix meal & honey & thick leavings of red wine: then oil of Abramelin and olive oil, and afterward soften & smooth down with rich fresh blood. 24. The best blood is of the moon, monthly: then the fresh blood of a child, or dropping from the host of heaven: then of enemies; then of the …
1913 · PDF PAGE 84
…alah, and Liber DCCCXIII to the Philosophus, as it is the foundation of the highest practical Qabalah. Lrper LXVI.—Liber Stelle Rubea. A secret ritual, the Heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use 44
1913 · PDF PAGE 67
…up around me to support me: let all be worshipped, for they shall cluster to exalt me. Iam the visible object of worship; the others are secret; for the Beast & his Bride are they: and for the winners of the Ordeal x. What is this? Thou shalt know. 23. For perfume mix meal & honey & thick leavings of red wine: then oil of Abramelin and olive oil, and afterward soften & smooth down with rich fresh blood. 24. The best blood is of the moon, monthly: then the fresh blood of a child, or dropping from the host of heaven: then of enemies; then of the …
1913 · PDF PAGE 84
…alah, and Liber DCCCXIII to the Philosophus, as it is the foundation of the highest practical Qabalah. Lrper LXVI.—Liber Stelle Rubea. A secret ritual, the Heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use 44
1919 · PDF PAGE 381
…he next verse. The student is also advised to take note of the conditions of membership of the A... A. 43. Know, O Disciple, this is the Secret PATH, selected by the Buddhas of Perfection, who sacrificed the SELF to weaker Selves. This is a statement of the conditions of performing the Alchemical operation indicated in the injunction: “Coag- ula.” In “Solve” the Adept aspires upward. He casts off everything that he has or is. But after reaching the supreme triad, he aspires downward. He keeps on adding to all that he has or is, but after anothe…
1954 · PDF PAGE 168
…Prophet and his Bride! A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. A feast for Tahuti and the child of the prophet-secret. 0 Prophet! A feast for the Supreme Ritual. and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! A feast every night unto Nu. and the pleasure of uttermost delight! Aye! feast! rejoice! there is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution. and eternal ecstasy in the kis…
1904 · PDF PAGE 28
…just Nothing I affirm. The fool (with whom is wisdom, deem The Scriptures—rightly !) in his heart Saith (silent, to himself, apart) This secret : “\yhla }ya”79 See the good Psalm ! And thus, my friend ! My diatribes approach the end And find us hardly quarelling. And yet—you seem not satisfied ? The literal mistranslated thing Must not by sinners be denied. Go to your Chapel then to pray ! (I promise Mr. Chesterton80 Before the Muse and I have done A grand ap-pre-ci-a-ti-on Of Brixton on Ascension Day.) He’s gone—his belly filled enough ! This …
1909 · PDF PAGE 110
… etc., renouncing his grades even by giving the Signs of them backwards and downwards toward the outer. He will keep only one thing, the Secret Ring that hath been committed unto him by the Masters ; for from that he cannot part, even if he would. That is his Password into the Ritual itself; and on his finger it shall be put at the moment when all else is gone. Ceremony works admirably. Magical Images strong. At Reception behold! the Sigil of the Supreme Order itself in a blaze of glory not to be spoken of. And the half-seen symbol of my Lord Ad…
1910 · PDF PAGE 96
…or anybody. Undoubted- ly, a hardened tool does (in mathematical lan- guage) “ flatten the curve ” of rising excitement, and this is the secret alike of giving and receiving plea- sure. The Hindu bayadere compares the average Sahib to a village cock, and the passionate En- glishwoman jeers at her brutal and hasty husband for his “ two-puffs-and-a-spit ” performances. 4. It is more than possible that the Haji had some unpleasant experience of the magistracy, or at least a personal spite against one of its mem- bers. For the symbolizing of Fate b…
1913 · PDF PAGE 256
…tal an importance, may easily be attached to the phrase. Crowley may only have been referring to the number of his incarnations. Or some secret meaning may lie hidden in the term. It was at least the fact that Waite was inclined to writhe under its application. So he did when any one said “ you and Westcott,” or “you and Wilmshurst” ; but this was obviously a reference to his early errors, the reopening of an old wound. Still more so Crowley’s habitual recitation from Blake— “Steiger, Steiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What im…