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Page 43 of 821909 · PDF PAGE 51
…ust my readers will concede that the practice of ceremonial magic and meditation, all occult theories apart, do lead the mind to immense power over its own imaginations. The fear of being swept away in the tide of relentless images is a terrible experience. Woe to who yields! 3. The narcotic effect (y). One simply goes off to sleep. This is not necessarily due to the brain-fatigue induced by (2) and (6); for with one sample of Cannabis, I found it to occur independently.
1909 · PDF PAGE 51
…ust my readers will concede that the practice of ceremonial magic and meditation, all occult theories apart, do lead the mind to immense power over its own imaginations. The fear of being swept away in the tide of relentless images is a terrible experience. Woe to who yields! 3. The narcotic effect (y). One simply goes off to sleep. This is not necessarily due to the brain-fatigue induced by (2) and (6); for with one sample of Cannabis, I found it to occur independently.
1913 · PDF PAGE 162
…aningless scratches and scrawls on the white vellum; and these cannot be erased. In such a case, when you come to conjure a demon by the power of the Book, he will mock you; he will point to all this foolish writing, more like his own than yours. In vain will you continue with the subsequent spells; you have broken by your own foolishness the chain which would have bound him. Even the calligraphy of the Book must be firm, clear, and beautiful; in the cloud of incense it is hard to read the conjurations. While you peer dimly through the smoke, t…
1954 · PDF PAGE 296
…ne without proper perfection. Its commands as to how the work ought to be done were not wholly obeyed . . .. Yet, even so, the intrinsic power of the truth of the Law and the impact of publication were sufficient to shake the world, so that a critical war broke out, and the minds of men were moved in a mysterious manner. The Second Publication nine months before the outbreak of the World War, which broke up the West. The second blow was struck by the re-publication of the Book in September, 1913, and this time . .. caused a catastrophe to civil…
1909 · PDF PAGE 316
…id a flock of eagles, and, descending, prayed and rejoined my body. “ My body was intensely strengthened; I was filled with a feeling of power and glory. I gave thanks.’ No. 10. “Queen’s Hall. During the axdante of Beetho- ven’s Symphony in C (No. 5) I assume white astral, and fill the entire hall. Then I looked up to God, and impulses of praise and prayer possessed me. Presently I shrink forcibly and re-enter my body.” No. 14. “I draw the circle and recite the ‘ Lesser Banishing Ritual’;* but performed it badly, omitting an important section. …
1909 · PDF PAGE 316
…id a flock of eagles, and, descending, prayed and rejoined my body. “ My body was intensely strengthened; I was filled with a feeling of power and glory. I gave thanks.’ No. 10. “Queen’s Hall. During the axdante of Beetho- ven’s Symphony in C (No. 5) I assume white astral, and fill the entire hall. Then I looked up to God, and impulses of praise and prayer possessed me. Presently I shrink forcibly and re-enter my body.” No. 14. “I draw the circle and recite the ‘ Lesser Banishing Ritual’;* but performed it badly, omitting an important section. …
1913 · PDF PAGE 67
…and creeping things sacred unto me. 26. These slay, naming your enemies; & they shall fall before you. 27. Also these shall breed lust & power of lust in you at the eating thereof. 28. Also ye shall be strong in war.
1913 · PDF PAGE 67
…and creeping things sacred unto me. 26. These slay, naming your enemies; & they shall fall before you. 27. Also these shall breed lust & power of lust in you at the eating thereof. 28. Also ye shall be strong in war.
1944 · PDF PAGE 7
… Victory—Six of Wands; Valour—Seven of Wands; Swiftness—Eight of Wands; Strength—Nine of Wands; Oppression—Ten of Wands. The Root of the Powers of Water—Ace of Cups; Love—Two of Cups; Abundance—Three of Cups; Lux‐ ury—Four of Cups; Disappointment—Five of Cups; Pleasure—Six of Cups; Debauch—Seven of Cups; Indolence—Eight of Cups; Happiness—Nine of Cups; Satiety—Ten of Cups. Ace of Swords; Peace—Two of Swords; Sorrow—Three of Swords; Truce—Four of Swords; Defeat— Five of Swords; Science—Six of Swords; Futility—Seven of Swords; Interference—Eight …
1909 · PDF PAGE 66
…. 1.58. 7.35. 64 THE EQUINOX anywhere else; I think because the main thoroughfares radiate from stars, and so the angles puzzle one. The power, too, suits ill with civilised life; it fades as I live in towns, revives as I get back to God’s good earth. A seven-foot tent and the starlight—who wants more ? Well, I’ve woke myself writing this. The point that really struck me was this: what would happen if by severe training I forced my “astral body "—damn it! isn’t there a term for it free from L. . . . -pro- stitution? (One speaks of “les deux pro…
1910 · PDF PAGE 160
…rrived at in three suc- cessive steps. (1) The Aspirant contemplates the ills of life; (2) he meditates upon them; (3) by strenuous will power he commences to strip the mind of the Cause of Sorrow, namely Change. During this stage a series of humiliations must be under- gone, and, not onlymust the Nephesch be conquered, but also the lower states of the Ruach, until the illumination of the Second Noble Truth of the Eightfold Path shatter the step of Right Views which the Aspirant is standing upon just as the fire of God consumed the Elemental Py…
1910 · PDF PAGE 160
…rrived at in three suc- cessive steps. (1) The Aspirant contemplates the ills of life; (2) he meditates upon them; (3) by strenuous will power he commences to strip the mind of the Cause of Sorrow, namely Change. During this stage a series of humiliations must be under- gone, and, not onlymust the Nephesch be conquered, but also the lower states of the Ruach, until the illumination of the Second Noble Truth of the Eightfold Path shatter the step of Right Views which the Aspirant is standing upon just as the fire of God consumed the Elemental Py…
1919 · PDF PAGE 215
MANIFESTO OF THE 0.T.O. These houses are secret fortresses of Truth, Light, Power and Love, and their position is only disclosed under an oath of secrecy to those entitled to make use of them. They are also temples of true worship, specially conse- crated by Nature to bring out of a man all that is best in him. 5. The authority of the O.T.O. is concentrated in the O.H.O. (Outer Head of the Order), or Frater Superior. The name of the person occupying this office is never dis- closed except to his immediate representatives. 6. The Authority of th…
1919 · PDF PAGE 436
THE EQUINOX power to stay thy course. Thou wilt be master of the seven- fold Path; but not till then, O Candidate for trials passing speech. That we have correctly interpreted these obscure passages now becomes clear. No further personal effort is required. The gates open of themselves to the Master of the Temple. 61. Till then, a task far harder still awaits thee: thou hast to feel thyself ALL-THOUGHT, and yet exile all thoughts from out thy SOUL. The discourse again reverts to another phase of this task of Vairaga. It is just as in the ‘Earth…
1930 · PDF PAGE 9
… Gilles de Rais (or any other person of that place and period) was addicted to black magical practices, for they were all Catholics. The power of the Church was, at that time, absolute, and even research was
1929 · PDF PAGE 198
… hand. No longer was she the middle-aged woman, worn with strange lusts; but a young woman of bewitching beauty. At once recognizing the power of her sorcery, and knowing that if he even so much as contemplated her gorgon head, all the power of his Magick would be petrified, and that he would become but a puppet in her hands, but a toy to be played with and when broken cast aside, he quietly rose as if nothing unusual had occurred; and placing the bust on the mantelpiece turned towards her and commenced with her a magical conversation; that is …
1907 · PDF PAGE 305
…lf , the whole quintessence of the five senses reflecting their full glory on the mirror of their own quiescence : the sun raised to the power of a quintillion flaming on the surface of an in finite facetless diamond . There is a lake amid the snows Wherein five glaciers merge and break . Oh ! the deep brilliance of the lake ! The roar of ice that cracks and goes Crashing within the water ! Glows The pale pure water , shakes and slides The glittering sun through emerald tides , So that faint ripples of young light Laugh on the green . Is there …
1910 · PDF PAGE 225
…dred and twenty-five myriads of myriads of myriads of kotis of crores of lakhs of asankhayas of maha- kalpas did he work with his divine power—and yet that little crack was in nowise filled, but rather widened ! The god returned. ‘‘O Great White Spirit!” he whispered —and the Universe shook with fear at the voice of him— “Thou, and Thou alone, art worthy to fill this little crack that Thou hast left.” Then the Great White Spirit arose and formulated Himself as the Pillar of Infinitude, even as the Mahalingam of Great Shiva the Destroyer, who op…
1910 · PDF PAGE 225
…dred and twenty-five myriads of myriads of myriads of kotis of crores of lakhs of asankhayas of maha- kalpas did he work with his divine power—and yet that little crack was in nowise filled, but rather widened ! The god returned. ‘‘O Great White Spirit!” he whispered —and the Universe shook with fear at the voice of him— “Thou, and Thou alone, art worthy to fill this little crack that Thou hast left.” Then the Great White Spirit arose and formulated Himself as the Pillar of Infinitude, even as the Mahalingam of Great Shiva the Destroyer, who op…
1911 · PDF PAGE 163
…t. He says it is “only illusion.” He has the morphine-maniacs feeling of bien-étre, the delusions of the general paralytic. He loses the power of looking any fact in the face; he feeds himself on his own imagination; he Ι55