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Page 43 of 811913 · PDF PAGE 60
…pid. There is the story of the man who practised for forty years to walk across the Ganges; and, having succeeded, was reproached by his Holy Guru, who said: "You are a great fool. All your neighbours have been crossing every day on a raft for two pice." This occurs to most, perhaps to all, of us in our careers. We spend infinite pains to learn something, to achieve something, which when gained does not seem worth even the utterance of the wish. But this is a wrong view to take. The discipHne necessary in order to learn Latin will stand us in g…
1913 · PDF PAGE 74
…efore nothing existed but a chaos of whims; but once organization has taken place it is sacred. As Blake says: "Everything that lives is holy"; and hence the creation of life is the most sacred of tasks. It does not matter very much to the creator what it is that he creates; there is room in the universe for both the spider and the fly. It is from the rubbish-heap of Choronzon that one selects the material for a god ! This is the ultimate analysis of the Mystery of Redemption, and is possibly the real reason of the existence (if existence it ca…
1909 · PDF PAGE 65
…ay wear against thee ? No succour in the consecrated Host? ~ Nay, if thou slay not it is thou restrainst thee. I am the virgin, thou the Holy Ghost. There is no comfort nor defence nor peace From thee (and all thy malice) in the world : Thou sittest through the aching centuries Like the old serpent in his horror curled Ready to strike, strike home —and yet not striking Till thou hast lipped the victim to thy liking!
1911 · PDF PAGE 15
…e ages have sought to do this; but their words have been perverted by their successors, and again and again the Veil has fallen upon the Holy of Holies. 19. Το you who yet wander in the Court of the Profane we cannot yet reveal all; but you will easily understand that the religions of the world are but symbols and veils of the Absolute Truth. So also are the philosophies. To the adept, seeing all these things from above, there seems nothing to choose between Buddha and Mohammed, between Atheism and Theism. 20. The many change and pass; the one …
1911 · PDF PAGE 15
…e ages have sought to do this; but their words have been perverted by their successors, and again and again the Veil has fallen upon the Holy of Holies. 19. Το you who yet wander in the Court of the Profane we cannot yet reveal all; but you will easily understand that the religions of the world are but symbols and veils of the Absolute Truth. So also are the philosophies. To the adept, seeing all these things from above, there seems nothing to choose between Buddha and Mohammed, between Atheism and Theism. 20. The many change and pass; the one …
1912 · PDF PAGE 85
…ng she is here, goes down and slobbers on the stones, Kisses the turnkey, deaves the captain with his groans, Wants to repent and live a holy life henceforth, Prays and sings hymns to avert Gods overwhelming wrath, Compares himself, dear God, to the thief upon the cross, Pities his gaolers, doomed to everlasting loss ALESSANDRO. Why, but it seems you have a model set of scamps. What harms done ? GOVERNOR. Harm enough when common sense decamps Its bad enough to guard ones self against attacks, But theres no dealing with religious maniacs.…
1913 · PDF PAGE 323
…te ourselves to God? If one must break the law, it is when law imprisons love in fear. “He that saveth his life shall lose it,” says the Holy Book; ‘‘and he who consents to lose it will save it.” Duty is love; perish every obstacle to love! Silence, ye oracles of hate! Destruction to the false gods of selfishness and fear! Shame to the slaves, the misers of love! God loves prodigal children! Vv THE QUINARY Tue Quinary is the number of religion, for it is the number of God united to that of woman.! 2 Almost too visibie a sucer of the Atheist and…
1913 · PDF PAGE 323
…te ourselves to God? If one must break the law, it is when law imprisons love in fear. “He that saveth his life shall lose it,” says the Holy Book; ‘‘and he who consents to lose it will save it.” Duty is love; perish every obstacle to love! Silence, ye oracles of hate! Destruction to the false gods of selfishness and fear! Shame to the slaves, the misers of love! God loves prodigal children! Vv THE QUINARY Tue Quinary is the number of religion, for it is the number of God united to that of woman.! 2 Almost too visibie a sucer of the Atheist and…
1922 · PDF PAGE 2
…. ‘When the slow wind from her sweet word In all their conchéd ears is heard. And like the slumber of the seas, There murmur through the holy trees The kisses of the goddess keen, And sighs and laughters caught between. For, swooning at the fervid lips Of Artemis, the maiden kisses Sob, and the languid body slips Down to enamelled wildernesses. Fallen and loose the shaken tresses; Fallen the sandal and girdling gold, [arg]
1954 · PDF PAGE 312
Cara Soror, 43 The Holy Guardian Angel An Objective Individual Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. On going over some recent letters I see that you meant not only to inquire into the order of being to which angels belong, but as to whether they are liable to accident, misfortune, and the like. The answer is that it depends on the Angel-for the purposes of this letter I propose to use the word 'angel' to include all sorts of disembodied beings, from demons to gods-in all cases, they are objective; a subjective 'angel' is different f…
1930 · PDF PAGE 63
…ast that whirlest forth, a thunder- bolt, begetter of Life!” (The conception is of Air, glowing, inhabited by a Solar-Phallic Bird, “the Holy Ghost”, of a Mercurial Nature.) Hear me, and make ail Spirits subject unto Me 5 so that every Spirit of the Firmament and of the Ether: upon the Earth and under the Earth, on dry land and in the waterj of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire, and every Spell and Scourge of God may be obedient unto Me. I. Il he letter F is used to represent the Hebrew Vau and the Greek Digamma; its Sound lies between those of…
1907 · PDF PAGE 326
…ept the furious course , Invoke the all - embracing curse . Blessing and peace beyond may lie When I annihilate the “ 1. " Therefore , O holy mother , gnash Thy teeth upon my willing flesh ! Thy chain of skulls wild music clash ! Thy bosom bruise my own afresh , Sri Maharani ! draw my breath Into the hollow lungs of death ! There is no light , nor any motion . There is no mass , nor any sound . Still , in the lampless heart of ocean , Fasten me down and hold me drowned Within thy womb , within thy thought , Where there is nought - where there i…
1909 · PDF PAGE 59
…ust as I always live in order to get a definite piece of work done: concentrating as it were 017 the Work. As Levi also adjures us by the Holy Names. Coming back from lunch (a dozen Marennes Vertes and an Andouillette aux Pommes) I met Zelina Visconti, more lovely-ugly than ever in her wild way. She says that she is favourably disposed towards me, on the recommendation of her concierge ! l! " The tongue of good report hath already been heard in his favourl Advance, free and of good report! ” 57
1910 · PDF PAGE 47
38 AMBERGRIS FROM THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST The Reaper In middle music of Apollos corn She stood, the reaper, challenging a kiss ; The lips of her were fresher than the morn, The perfume of her skin was ambergris ; The sun had kissed her body into brown ; Ripe breasts thrown forward to the summer breeze ; Warm tints of red lead fancy to the crown, Her coils of chestnut, in abundant ease, That bound the stately head. What joy of youth Lifted her nostril to respire the wind ? What pride of being ? What triumphal truth Acclaimed her queen to h…
1961 · PDF PAGE 55
…test of all the Magicians of his time: in medio tutissimus ibis. Which Thing has also been said by many wise Men in other Lands; and the Holy Qabalah confirmeth the same, placing Tipheret, which is the Man, and the Beauty and Harmony of Things, and Gold in the Kingdom of the Metals, and the Sun among the Planets, in the Midst of the Tree of Life. For the Centre is the Point of Balance of all Vectors. So then if thy wilt live wisely, learn that thou must establish this Relation of Balance with every Thing soever, not omitting one. For there is n…
1909 · PDF PAGE 277
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING The Hierophant then says: ‘“ The symbols before you represent alike the Garden of Eden,* and the Holy of Holies: Sephiroth and their connecting paths. . . number, and are distinguished by the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, making with the ten Sephiroth themselves the thirty-two paths of Wisdom of the Sepher Ai fet fst Y Dave Rata} “ Meow lov Tree lof Lise] ial Meoy| ste cotene, Tallekesfart| lineal figures Tree of Lise [_ i [| Geopantic Figures [ Ty |] ernie Sirens iL DracraM 23. Arrangement of the Tem…
1909 · PDF PAGE 277
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING The Hierophant then says: ‘“ The symbols before you represent alike the Garden of Eden,* and the Holy of Holies: Sephiroth and their connecting paths. . . number, and are distinguished by the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, making with the ten Sephiroth themselves the thirty-two paths of Wisdom of the Sepher Ai fet fst Y Dave Rata} “ Meow lov Tree lof Lise] ial Meoy| ste cotene, Tallekesfart| lineal figures Tree of Lise [_ i [| Geopantic Figures [ Ty |] ernie Sirens iL DracraM 23. Arrangement of the Tem…
1909 · PDF PAGE 12
…enchanted Sceptic is too prone to think! Well, shall we define Him as a loving Father, as a jealous priest, as a gleam of light upon the holy Ark? What does it matter? All these images are of wood and stone, the wood and stone of our own stupid brains! The Fatherhood of God is but a human type; the idea of a human father con- joined with the idea of immensity. Two for One again! No combination of thoughts can be greater than the think- ing brain itself; all we can think of God or say of Him, so long as our words really represent thoughts, is le…
1911 · PDF PAGE 237
…hath looked forth upon the Bier That goeth to the House of Rest! His heart is lit with melody; Peace in his house is master of fear; His holy Name is in the West e 59
1911 · PDF PAGE 237
…hath looked forth upon the Bier That goeth to the House of Rest! His heart is lit with melody; Peace in his house is master of fear; His holy Name is in the West e 59