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Page 44 of 671954 · PDF PAGE 283
…Hierophant. Thus eleven, as my bride is eleven. ( 15-16) I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness. (22) I am alone: there is no God where I am. (23) I am the secret Serpent coiled about to spring: in my coiling there is joy. If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are one. There is great danger in me; for who doth not understand these runes shall make a great miss. He shall …
1907 · PDF PAGE 116
…e of a master-mind, The Egyptian force, the Greek simplicity, The Celtic subtlety. Through suffering free, The calm great courage of new art, refined In nervous majesty, indwells behind The beauty of each radiant harmony. one ignores laughingly the attack of tiny and infuriated puppies; but there are insects so loathsome, so incredibly disgusting, worms whose sight is such an abomination, whose stink is so crapulous and purulent, that, ignoring their malignity, but simply aware of their detestable presence, the heel is ground down in one genero…
1906 · PDF PAGE 237
…ry had a little faded, the Buddha, in that golden delight of sunset, explained these marvellous events. ‘‘ Thou, Abhavananda,” he said, “art the Perdu’ R Abu of my lengthy tale. The wicked Jehjaour has got something linger- ing with boiling oil in it, while waiting for his clerical clothes: while, as for me, I myself was the Bacillus in the forest of Lanka: I was the old Lady: I was (he shuddered) the British Government: I was the mosquito that buzzed in the girl’s flute : I was Bhavani: I was Huxlananda Swami; and at the last, at this blessed …
1913 · PDF PAGE 7
… unto a noble lady. On learning this, Francisco remarked :— “Blood of Christ— Betrothed !—What word is that? Curled flame of Hell ! Thou art betrothed? Giovanni! thou, my friend ! O! five red wounds of God, and Mary’s mouth! How hast thou dared it?” A mock-terrible scene follows, in which Giovanni tries to persuade his friend that it will make no real difference to their relations. Francisco pre- tends to be convinced, but determines to poison himself and his friend. So Francisco proposes to drink the health of Death as a kind of joke, saying= …
1919 · PDF PAGE 78
…15. The river also became the river of Amrit, and the little boat was the chariot of the flesh, and the sails thereof the blood of the heart that beareth me, that beareth me. 16. O serpent woman of the stars! I, even I, have fash- ioned Thee from a pale image of fine gold. 17. Also the Holy One came upon me, and I beheld a white swan floating in the blue. 18. Between its wings I sate, and the zons fled away. 19. Then the swan flew and dived and soared, yet no whither we went. 20. A little crazy boy that rode with me spake unto the swan, and sai…
1904 · PDF PAGE 15
…are at least evidence of some cause.’ Now, this fact is our base. What is the cause of my illusion of seeing a spirit in the triangle of Art? ‘ Introductory Essay. By Aleister Crowley. * This, incidentally, is perhaps the greatest argument we possess, pushed to its extreme, against the Advaitist theories.
1954 · PDF PAGE 467
434 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS De Arte Mentis Colendi (1) Mathematica Now, concerning the first Foundation of thy Mind I will say somewhat. Thou shalt study with Diligence in the Mathematics, because thereby shall be revealed unto thee the Laws of thine own Reason and the Limitations thereof. This Science manifesteth unto thee thy true Nature in respect of the Machinery whereby it worketh, and showeth in pure Nakedness, without Clothing of Personality or Desire, the Anatomy of thy conscious Self. Furthermore, by this thou mayst understand the Essence…
1909 · PDF PAGE 404
…his syllables on his fingers; he never writes by ear, as one whose ears are open to the heavenly melody of the Muses. So we have all the artifice—and perhaps the worst artifice ever invented—but no art, no humanity. As a mountaineer (I have seen very many of the greatest mountains of the earth) I must admit that “ : . . phantom fair Was Monte Rosa, hanging there, A thousand shadowy-pencilled valleys And dewy dells in a golden air” is a very decent word-picture of the great mountain. But a Man would have felt his muscles tighten; and the lust to…
1909 · PDF PAGE 404
…his syllables on his fingers; he never writes by ear, as one whose ears are open to the heavenly melody of the Muses. So we have all the artifice—and perhaps the worst artifice ever invented—but no art, no humanity. As a mountaineer (I have seen very many of the greatest mountains of the earth) I must admit that “ : . . phantom fair Was Monte Rosa, hanging there, A thousand shadowy-pencilled valleys And dewy dells in a golden air” is a very decent word-picture of the great mountain. But a Man would have felt his muscles tighten; and the lust to…
1910 · PDF PAGE 225
… ! 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 openeth his eye, and All is Not. And behold! He was balanced in the crack, and the void was filled, and Nature was content. And Elohim Gibor, and Kamael the mighty and his Seraphim, and Graphiel, and Bartzabel, …
1910 · PDF PAGE 225
… ! 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 openeth his eye, and All is Not. And behold! He was balanced in the crack, and the void was filled, and Nature was content. And Elohim Gibor, and Kamael the mighty and his Seraphim, and Graphiel, and Bartzabel, …
1911 · PDF PAGE 95
… be able to manifest in the universe. And when the sand hath sucked up the blood of the victims, let him recite the Call of the Aethyr apart secretly as aforesaid. Then will the Vision be revealed, and the Voice heard. The Oath I, Omnia Vincam, a Probationer of A.-.A.°., hereby solemnly promise upon my magical honour, and swear by Adonai the angel that guardeth me, that I will defend this magic circle of Art with thoughts and words and deeds. I promise to threaten with the Dagger and command back into the triangle the spirit incontinent, if he …
1930 · PDF PAGE 59
…ry and worship unto Thee, Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree! (These words are to jorm the substance of the anthem; but the whole or any fart thereof shall be set to musicy which may be as elaborate as art can. But even should other mthems be authorised by the Father of the Church, this shall hold its place as the first of its kindy the father of ail other s b) VIII. Of the Mystic Marriage and Consummation of the Eléments. (The PRIEST takes the Paten between the index and médius of the right hand. The PRIESTESS clasps the Cup in her right hand b…
1961 · PDF PAGE 201
…9 Zz De eadem re altera Verba (Further Words concerning the Same Matter) Y this Understanding be they rebuked that make a Reproach o our Art, saying in their Insolence that if we have all Power, why are we betimes in Stress of Poverty, and in Contempt of men, and in Pain of Disease, and so forth, mocking us, and holding our Magick for Delusion. But they behold not our Light, how it guideth us in our Path unto a Goal that is not in their Comprehension, so that we crave not that which seemeth to them the Sole Food and Comfort of Life. Also, this …
1912 · PDF PAGE 98
… of his acquaintance." Such thoughts went dully through his mind as he waited in the garden for his daughter to come in to tea from the “Art Class." But when she arrived, portfolio in hand, her beauty and the splendour of her long easy swing determined him to be gracious. Under such circumstances conversation is apt to be artificial; but Gertrude was gay and garrulous, and the tea went very pleasantly until her father's eye unluckily fell on the portfolio. “ And what has my little fairy been doing lately?” he asked with elephantine lightness. “O…
1912 · PDF PAGE 98
… of his acquaintance." Such thoughts went dully through his mind as he waited in the garden for his daughter to come in to tea from the “Art Class." But when she arrived, portfolio in hand, her beauty and the splendour of her long easy swing determined him to be gracious. Under such circumstances conversation is apt to be artificial; but Gertrude was gay and garrulous, and the tea went very pleasantly until her father's eye unluckily fell on the portfolio. “ And what has my little fairy been doing lately?” he asked with elephantine lightness. “O…
1919 · PDF PAGE 99
LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE 23. Iam thou, and the Pillar is ’stablished in the void. 24. Also thou art beyond the stabilities of Being and of Consciousness and of Bliss; for I am thou, and the Pillar is *stablished in the void. 25. Also thou shalt discourse of these things unto the man that writeth them, and he shall partake of them as a sacra- ment; for I who am thou am he, and the Pillar is ’stablished in the void. 26. From the Crown to the Abyss, so goeth it single and erect. Also the limitless sphere shall glow with the brilliance thereof.…
1930 · PDF PAGE 110
…the ground. Let this Tau be devised into io squares (See Liber CMLXIII., Illustration i.) 1. Let the magician be armed with the Sword of Art.1 2. Let him wear the black robe of a Néophyte. 3. Let a single flame of camphor burn at the top of the Tau, and let there be no other light or ornament. 1 4- Let him “open” the Temple as in DCLXXI or in any other convenient manner. 5. Standing at the appropriate quarters, at the edge of the circle, let him banish the 5 éléments by the appropriate rituals. 6. Standing at the edge of the circle, let him ban…
1961 · PDF PAGE 196
…84 Zb De Prudentia Ordinis A∴A∴ (Of the Prudence of the Order A∴A∴) ERE then o my Son, that shall be mightier than all the Kings of the Earth, as it is prophesiedan thou be Hebecause thou shalt establish the Law which I have given, even the Law of Thelema, here in this which I have written is a Point of Judgment in they Work to bring into the Light of Initiation such as come unto thee, affirming their Will to his Attainment. For every One hath his own Path and his own Law, and there is no Art in Magick but to seek out that Path and that Law, …
1919 · PDF PAGE 86
…ded the Eighth abyss; therefore is the vast sea as a veil; therefore is there a rending asunder of all things. 49. Yea, also verily Thou art the cool still water of the wizard fount. I have bathed in Thee, and lost me in Thy stillness. 50. That which went in as a brave boy of beautiful limbs cometh forth as a maiden, as a little child for perfection. 51. O Thou light and delight, ravish me away into the milky ocean of the stars! 80