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Page 43 of 1061910 · PDF PAGE 160
…. Riddle. In the Persian are perhaps concealed some details of the Poet’s life and amours. 2. Azrael — angel of death ; Israfel — of the last Judgement, bear respectively a sword and a trum- pet. We have taken Azrael though modern Per- sians usually (Not the text here. Ed.) call him Abu Yahya [Persian text] “ Father John.” Some ignorant Persians confuse him with Ezekiel ! Result : “ to sup with Father John ” means either to eat dirt, i.e. (apologize) or “ to die.” Hence an offended Persian in a tavern brawl, may “ You must sup with Father John …
1961 · PDF PAGE 172
LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 160 #d De Pyramide (Of the Pyramid) OW then at last art thou made ready to confront the Pyramid, if thou art established as a Sphinx. For It also hath the foursquare Base of Law, and the Four Triangles of Light, Life, Love and Liberty for its Sides, that meet in a Point of Perfection that is Hadith, poised to the Kiss of Nuith. But in this Pyramid there is no Difference of Form between the Sides, as it is in thy Sphinx, for these are wholly One, save in Direction. Thou art then an Harmony of the Four by Right of thy Attainme…
1899 · PDF PAGE 137
… dying? Be kind to her ‘always, moon, when I am gone beyond you! You must finish my poem, Esmé; there is only a little todo. Kiss me the last time! Good-bye, my dear friends, I wish I could take your hands, but I am so weak. Kiss me, Esmé, quickly. I fee] the voice of God come like a shudder in my blood; I must goto Him. Esmé! Esmé! Esmé! I amsohappy! y,,,, set/- [ Dees. [Bsmé fings keérsetf passionately on to the body, weeping and kissing the dead face, while all the others kneel in prayer. Curtain.
1910 · PDF PAGE 295
THE VIOLINIST THE room was cloudy with a poisonous incense: saffron, opoponax, galbanum, musk, and myrrh, the purity of the last ingredient a curse of blasphemy, the final sneer; as a degenerate might insult a Raphael by putting it in a room devoted to debauchery. The girl was tall and finely built, huntress-lithe. Her dress, close-fitted, was of a gold-brown silk that matched, but could not rival, the coils that bound her brow—glittering and hissing like snakes. Her face was Greek in delicacy; but what meant such a mouth in it? The mouth of a …
1910 · PDF PAGE 295
THE VIOLINIST THE room was cloudy with a poisonous incense: saffron, opoponax, galbanum, musk, and myrrh, the purity of the last ingredient a curse of blasphemy, the final sneer; as a degenerate might insult a Raphael by putting it in a room devoted to debauchery. The girl was tall and finely built, huntress-lithe. Her dress, close-fitted, was of a gold-brown silk that matched, but could not rival, the coils that bound her brow—glittering and hissing like snakes. Her face was Greek in delicacy; but what meant such a mouth in it? The mouth of a …
1913 · PDF PAGE 56
…pplication, is the vow of Holy Obedience; for not only does it lead to perfect freedom, but is a training in that surrender which is the last task. It has this great value, that it never gets rusty. If the superior to whom the vow is taken knows his business, he will quickly detect which things are really displeasing to his pupil, and familiarize him with them. Disobedience to the superior is a contest between these two wills in the inferior. The will expressed in his vow, which is the will linked to his highest will by the fact that he has tak…
1928 · PDF PAGE 147
…own enjoyments which you have possibly neglectedI mean the comic side of love; a side which does not ex- clude admiration. I admired my last mistress more than I think you hated or loved yours. And everyone admired her as much as I did. When we went into a restaurant, at the end of some minutes everyone forgot to eat in order to look at her. The waiters themselves, and the lady at the cash-desk, felt the contagious ec- stasy so strangely that they would forget their duties. In short, I lived for some time alone with a living phenomenon. She at…
1954 · PDF PAGE 77
…life and Language Necessarily Symbolic Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Very natural, the irritation in your last! You write: But why? Why all this elaborate symbolism? Why not say straight out what you mean? Surely the subject is difficult enough in any case- must you put on a mask to make it clear? I know you well enough by now to be sure that you will not fob me off with any Holy-Willie nonsense about the Ineffable, about human language being inadequate to reveal such Mysteries, about the necessity of constructing…
1954 · PDF PAGE 367
52 Family: Public Enemy No.1 Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. In your last letter you mention "family pressure." Horrid word, family! Its very etymology accuses it of servility and stagnation. Latin, famulus, 'a servant'; Oscan, Faamat, 'he dwells'. Think what horrid images it evokes from the mind. Not only Victorian; wherever the family has been strong, it has always been an engine of tyranny. Weak members or weak neighbours: it is the mob spirit crushing genius, or overwhelming opposition by brute arithmetic. Of co…
1961 · PDF PAGE 60
… in the original Language. For by this thou shalt discover the History of the Structure of thy Mind, that is, its Nature regarded as the last term in a Sequence of Causes and Effects. For thy Mind hath been built up of these Elements, so that in these Books thou mayst bring into the Light thine own subconscious Memories. And thy Memory is as it were the Mortar in the House of thy Mind, without which is no Cohesion or Individuality possible, so that the Lack thereof is called Dementia. And these Books have lived long and become famous because th…
1912 · PDF PAGE 96
…the scene she throws off her reserved and modest manner, and behaves as a shame- less and alluring wanton. MORTADELLO. And so we meet at last ! MONICA. The hour I waited for ! MORTADELLO. Its omen overcast with crimson clouds of war ! MONICA. Ah ! thats for Venice folk, good sentimental fools ! We know that lifes a joke. MORTADELLO. You play with plaguy tools ! I know you, who you arewanton and murderess. MONICA. Oh, if you knew how far the truth was from your guess ! MORTADELLO. Assassin, hypocriteyour sham stigmata bleed ! MONICA. O man o…
1912 · PDF PAGE 9
…HTannhäuser, by Α. Crowley. . "The Sword of Song,” by A. Crowley. I I. 12. ”Time,” by A. Crowley. “ Eleusis,” by A, Crowley. [These four last items are to be found in his Collected Works] ”The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-melin the Mage.” The Tao Teh King and the Writings 01 Kwany Tzu) (Sacred Books of the East, Vols. XXXIX, XL. An examination in these books will be made. The Student is expected to show a thorough acquaintance with them, but not necessarily to understand them in any deeper sense. On passing the examination he may be admitte…
1912 · PDF PAGE 9
…HTannhäuser, by Α. Crowley. . "The Sword of Song,” by A. Crowley. I I. 12. ”Time,” by A. Crowley. “ Eleusis,” by A, Crowley. [These four last items are to be found in his Collected Works] ”The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-melin the Mage.” The Tao Teh King and the Writings 01 Kwany Tzu) (Sacred Books of the East, Vols. XXXIX, XL. An examination in these books will be made. The Student is expected to show a thorough acquaintance with them, but not necessarily to understand them in any deeper sense. On passing the examination he may be admitte…
1944 · PDF PAGE 235
…s is in one sense the fullest possible establishment of Matter—compare Atu XV—the lowest fallen and therefore the highest exalted. These last three cards seem to prepare the explosion which will renew the whole Cycle. Note that Virgo is Yod, the secret seed of Life, and also the Virgin Earth awaiting the Phallic Plough. The interest of this card is the interest of the common people. The rulership of the Sun in Virgo suggests also birth. The disks are arranged in the form of the geomantic figure Popu‐ lus. These disks may be represented as the f…
1907 · PDF PAGE 46
… call and climb ; Faces , half - formed , arise ; and He Looked from the shadow of His throne , The curtain of Eternity ;: whilst in the last verse of “ The Palace of the World " the sudden dropping of a whole foot produces with it a sudden sense of finality : | The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 183 . 2 Jezebel , vol . i, p . 131 . 3 Tannhäuser , vol . I, p . 251. ( The italics are mine .)
1907 · PDF PAGE 303
…ings as well , The first of which is concentration ! Bloom , Concentration's midnight flower ! After much practice to this end I gain at last the long -sought power (Which you believe you have this hour, But certainly have not , my friend !), Of keeping close the mind to one Thing at a time - suppose , the Sun. I gain this (Reverence to Ganesh '!) And at that instant comprehend (That past and future tenses vanish ) What Fichte comprehends. Division , Thought , wisdom , drop away . I see The absolute identity Of the beholder and the vision.? The…
1909 · PDF PAGE 68
…ackals howl among the holy courts; Your monster brood of devils in my brains T.aughs; oh! they feast on my decaying blood; They gnaw the last sweet morsel from my bones. — As on the parched-up earth there flames the flood Of the monsoon, black dust and barren stones [.eap into green, so I whose epitaph Your passion writes, awake to live — to laugh! — 10 — Al Even to the end of all must I resist. New deaths, new births, each minute bolling oyer. I can go on for ever, an you list — Now, now! O no! I will not. O my lover! Spare me! Enough! Take pi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 421
…ot: Come, save me, save Thy Maiden! Strike each barbed dart Home to the grave convent and cloister of my heart. 9. After the fifth foot: Last, to the lords who by their attitude applaud This day of burial to faction, feud and fraud. 10. After the second and fourth feet, but each line rimed within itself: Of for the blind kiss of the wind, the desert air Thrilling the blue and shrilling through my soul's despair. ("Thrilling" and "shrilling" are here thrown in without extra charge. This device frequently recurs.) There may be one or two other co…
1907 · PDF PAGE 136
THE MOTHER 129 And kisses and mad movements of quick love Burnt up his being , and his life was lost In woman's love at last ! 1 This was the love , or rather lust , of “ that filthy sorceress . We are now rapidly approaching the realms of the abnormal ; for good and evil are the toys of love as well as those of fate . The nymph and the satyr , the fair and the faulty alike are the guests of these amorous shades.2 The virility of lust is vividly illustrated in “ The Blood -Lotus " : Foam whips their reeking lips , and still the flower -witch ne…
1912 · PDF PAGE 63
…od, seems to have been constantly struggling with his “conscience.” He had completely destroyed his intellect; now he was up against the last bulwark of the Ego, the moral self, the tendencies. Notice that in speaking of destruc- tion of the intellect, nothing more is meant than recognition of the vanity of the intellect in 23