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Page 43 of 741913 · 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…
1919 · PDF PAGE 62
…se who discovered the ciphers wrote to S.D.A., and in accordance with instructions received, an Order was founded which worked in a semi-secret manner. g. After some time S.D.A. died: further requests for help were met with a prompt refusal from the colleagues of S.D.A. It was written by one of them that S.D.A.’s scheme had always been regarded with disapproval. But since the absolute rule of the adepts is never to interfere with the judgment of any other person whomsoever—how much more, then, one of themselves, and that one most highly revered…
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…
1907 · PDF PAGE 187
…ster hand , the hand which supports but does not hold , directing but never compelling . Then the Isis of Aceldama is unveiled , and the secret is caught from the age - worn lips of the Sphinx . On the crimson field of the Exoteric the body of ex clusive Esoterism lies dead , the soul has sloughed the skin of caste , has riven the fetters of law , has smitten the last head from the hydra of religion ; and rises as an eagle - winged serpent , sublime , neither good nor evil , pristine , Adamic , immaculate :
1910 · PDF PAGE 109
…th shortly. 11. The Vajroli-Mudra. In the “Shiva Sanhita” § there is a long account of this Mudra in which the God says: “It is the most secret of all * “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” p. 62; “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 45-47. Again this is the union of Shiva and Shakti, and that of the solar and lunar Pingala and Ida by means of the Sushumna—the path of the gods. + “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 76-81. t “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” pp. 63, 69. § “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 53-75. 95
1910 · PDF PAGE 109
…th shortly. 11. The Vajroli-Mudra. In the “Shiva Sanhita” § there is a long account of this Mudra in which the God says: “It is the most secret of all * “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” p. 62; “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 45-47. Again this is the union of Shiva and Shakti, and that of the solar and lunar Pingala and Ida by means of the Sushumna—the path of the gods. + “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 76-81. t “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” pp. 63, 69. § “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 53-75. 95
1912 · PDF PAGE 328
…erald Sun?לליה [Vide K. of S,, fig. 53] ”?לשוכ A lamenting, wailing?הלל The Pleiades?המיכ Night; by night?הליל NUIT,THE STAR GODDESS?םיוב Secret, put away ; a hiding-?ןויבה place Rest, peace nl'l‘J Slave, servant?ךנע Frayed ny: The river Gihon. [Gem ii. 13]?ןוחיג Ονἁτῆσννἰπς. [Ps. :»(₪. 5] [WI Towers, citadels?לדגמ The Influence from Kether?לזמ Strength; 3 he-goat?יע There are 78 cards in the Tarot. 2(I—r2)r The Mystic Number of Kether as Huar The sum 01 the Key-Numbers 01 the Super- nal Beard Angel of?וסW.?לאשא Angel of Ra Ηοοκ Khuit DNl‘N Briat…
1912 · PDF PAGE 328
…erald Sun?לליה [Vide K. of S,, fig. 53] ”?לשוכ A lamenting, wailing?הלל The Pleiades?המיכ Night; by night?הליל NUIT,THE STAR GODDESS?םיוב Secret, put away ; a hiding-?ןויבה place Rest, peace nl'l‘J Slave, servant?ךנע Frayed ny: The river Gihon. [Gem ii. 13]?ןוחיג Ονἁτῆσννἰπς. [Ps. :»(₪. 5] [WI Towers, citadels?לדגמ The Influence from Kether?לזמ Strength; 3 he-goat?יע There are 78 cards in the Tarot. 2(I—r2)r The Mystic Number of Kether as Huar The sum 01 the Key-Numbers 01 the Super- nal Beard Angel of?וסW.?לאשא Angel of Ra Ηοοκ Khuit DNl‘N Briat…
1919 · PDF PAGE 235
…here circumstances warrant it, in cases of lives of great value to the Order and the like, he may even permit the administration of that secret Medicine which is known to members of the IX°. 60. Members of the Order may expect Brethren to busy themselves in finding remunerative occupation for them, where they lack it, or, if possible, to employ them personally. SEVENTH HOUSE 61. Members of the Order may expect to find suitable marriage partners in the extremely select body to which they belong. Community of interest and hope being already estab…
1930 · PDF PAGE 41
…. In An XVII, Sol in Virgo, Soror Rhodon, a probatîoner of A .*. A at that time in enjoyment of the privilège of sojourning in a certain secret Abbey of Thelema, asked Him to add to this book an out- line of the uranography of the Astral Planes, in less technical language than that of Liber 777. These notes were accordingly jotted down by Him. To elaborate them further would hâve been to make them disproportionate to the rest of this treatise. 2. See Poincaré, passages a^oted infra. 245
1930 · PDF PAGE 59
… takes the Paten between the index and médius of the right hand. The PRIESTESS clasps the Cup in her right hand b) The PRIEST. Lord most secret, bless this spiritual food unto our bodies, bestowing upon health and wealth and strength and joy and peace, and that fulfilment of will and of love under will that is perpétuai happiness. {He makes -j- voit h Paten and kisses it. He uncovers the C up, genuflects, ris es. Music. He takes the Host, and breaks it over the Cup. He replaces the right hand portion in the Paten. He breaks off a particle of th…
1910 · PDF PAGE 127
…as a kind of extra insult to the Mul- lah ; (2) feared stoning if he signed it. The strong- est argument for its genuineness is that the secret key-letter is right ; if we canceled the ode it would make nonsense of all the following ones. Unless indeed, this ode replaces a genuine one. For which there is not a jot or tittle of evidence. 2. This is the boldest attack on orthodoxy that we have met in Eastern literature. The paternity of Islam — its divine origin — is said to be uncer- tain ; the character of Mohammed, its mother, is vilified, the…
1910 · PDF PAGE 156
…15. After all this mere envy must drive us to as- sume a mystical sense for these writings. 16. Hua — He. But it is further the true and secret unpronounceable Name of God, concealed by its obviousness. The 100th name, about which people make such a fuss, is simply Allah [Persian text] itself, the other 99 merely replacing Allah in the sentence Hua Allahu alazi wailaha illa Hua, thus : Hua Arrahmanu alazi etc., and so for the rest. How [Persian text] came to mean God ([Per- sian text] the God) is a question for the profoundest scholarship ; but…
1911 · PDF PAGE 14
…s lost in the clouds. But he shall rejoice in the sunlight above them, and come to the eternal snows. 16. Or as a scholar may learn some secret language of the ancients, his friends shall say: “ Look! he pretends to read this book. But it is unintelligible—it is nonsense.” Yet he delights in the Odyssey, while they read vain and vulgar things. 17. We shall bring you to Absolute Truth, Absolute Light, Absolute Bliss. 6
1911 · PDF PAGE 14
…s lost in the clouds. But he shall rejoice in the sunlight above them, and come to the eternal snows. 16. Or as a scholar may learn some secret language of the ancients, his friends shall say: “ Look! he pretends to read this book. But it is unintelligible—it is nonsense.” Yet he delights in the Odyssey, while they read vain and vulgar things. 17. We shall bring you to Absolute Truth, Absolute Light, Absolute Bliss. 6
1913 · PDF PAGE 363
…ivine love, hidden love, love insensate and sublime, Titan who takest Heaven in both hands, and forcest it to earth, final and ineffable secret of Christian widowhood, love eternal, love infinite, ideal which would suffice to create worlds ; love! love! blessing and glory to thee! Glory to the intelligences which veil themselves that they may not offend weak eyes ! Glory to right which trans- forms itself wholly into duty, and which becomes devotion! To the widowed souls who love, and burn up without being loved! To those who suffer, and make n…
1913 · PDF PAGE 363
…ivine love, hidden love, love insensate and sublime, Titan who takest Heaven in both hands, and forcest it to earth, final and ineffable secret of Christian widowhood, love eternal, love infinite, ideal which would suffice to create worlds ; love! love! blessing and glory to thee! Glory to the intelligences which veil themselves that they may not offend weak eyes ! Glory to right which trans- forms itself wholly into duty, and which becomes devotion! To the widowed souls who love, and burn up without being loved! To those who suffer, and make n…
1907 · PDF PAGE 64
…orms Serpentine Dance. Exit. Bones. In answer to your last remark, you and I are near enough to the Halls of the Great Order to know how secret is the Brother hood. What if your fool with his silly question should be a Master of the Temple talking to you in Samadbic language? Bowie]. My dear man, I will destroy him as soon as the rest. 61':pi'y is my reply to Binah as well as to Jesod. But hushl who comes here?
1909 · PDF PAGE 243
… road of the valley and struck out on the mountain-track towards that ultimate summit which gleams with the stone of the Wise, and whose secret lies in the opening of the “Closed Eye”—the consuming of the Darkness. He who dismisses Paracelsus with a twopenny clyster, or Raymond Lully with a sixpenny reprint, is not a fool, no, no, nothing so exalted; but merely a rabbit-brained louse, who, flattering himself that he is crawling in the grey beard of Haeckel and the scanty locks of Spencer, sucks pseudo- scientific blood from the advertisement le…
1909 · PDF PAGE 243
… road of the valley and struck out on the mountain-track towards that ultimate summit which gleams with the stone of the Wise, and whose secret lies in the opening of the “Closed Eye”—the consuming of the Darkness. He who dismisses Paracelsus with a twopenny clyster, or Raymond Lully with a sixpenny reprint, is not a fool, no, no, nothing so exalted; but merely a rabbit-brained louse, who, flattering himself that he is crawling in the grey beard of Haeckel and the scanty locks of Spencer, sucks pseudo- scientific blood from the advertisement le…