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…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
… members may conceal themselves in order to pursue the Great Work without hindrance. 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 con- secrated by Nature to bring out of a man all that is best in him. 6. 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 disclosed…
…ning 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 which we attain, though it be the Essence of Omnisc…
THE EQUINOX of truth, and all that power and beauty that they have made of themselves, is cast from them, as itis written, “ I saw Satan like lightning fall from Heaven.” And as a flaming sword is it dropt through the abyss, where the four beasts keep watch and ward. And it appeareth in the heaven of Jupiter as a morning star, or as an evening star. And the light thereof shineth even unto the earth, and bringeth hope and help to them that dwell in the darkness of thought, and drink of the poison of life. Fifty are the gates of understanding, an…
…l form will remain inseparable from the true idea, as the body will one day be inseparable from the soul, when the soul, come to its own power, will have made itself a body in its own image. That will be the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth, and the body will be the temple of the soul, as the regenerated universe will be the body of God. And bodies and souls, and form and thought, and the whole universe, will be the light, the word, and the permanent and visible revelation of God. Amen. So be it. 1 It is amusing to remark that this very symbol is c…
…l form will remain inseparable from the true idea, as the body will one day be inseparable from the soul, when the soul, come to its own power, will have made itself a body in its own image. That will be the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth, and the body will be the temple of the soul, as the regenerated universe will be the body of God. And bodies and souls, and form and thought, and the whole universe, will be the light, the word, and the permanent and visible revelation of God. Amen. So be it. 1 It is amusing to remark that this very symbol is c…
… claims that he is not educated. Rather, he would say, he is beginning to educate himself. And this is one of the secrets of his immense power of brain. By education in the ordinary sense we mean that an old fool bullies a young fool into agreeing with him. In order to obtain a university degree it is necessary to stultify oneself by agreeing with the particular clique of fifth rate minds who, having been totally unable to carve out any way in the world, have become sodden in the backwater of a university; and taken up teaching as a profession,…
…t by reducing himself to the condition of a vegetable he is advanced upon the path of Evolution. It is not so. Minerals have no inherent power of motion save intramolecularly. Plants grow and move, though but little. Animals are free to move in every direction, and space itself is no hindrance to the higher principles of man. Advance is in the direction of more continuous and more untiring energy. 31. The blessed ones have scorned to do so. The Lion of the Law, the Lord of Mercy, perceiving the true cause of hu- man woe, immediately forsook the…
…s holds the clinging scent of her hair , Alice , Alice , Alice ! He feels she is beyond him ; yet in his ear whispers the Master ; whose power is rapture . I drew a hideous talisman of lust In many colours where strong sigils shone ; Crook'd mystic language of oblivion , Fitted to crack and scorch the terrene crust And bring the sulphur steaming from the thrust Of Satan's winepress , was ill written on The accurséd margin , and the orison Scrawled backwards , as a bad magician must . By these vile tricks , abominable spells , I drew foul horror…
… three letters, then, symbolise the three in One Unmanifest. Yet is there in them the All-potency of Life. For 2+ 2+ 1= 5, the Symbol of Power, Mother Supernal, and n also is », Lamb of God and Dawn of the Life of the Year. Wherefore in them lieth concealed and hidden, not alone the Divine White Brilliance of the Three Supernals (xin, wrtp,, W732), but even also that Gleaming Glory which partaketh of the Redness, and which cometh from the Bornless Age, which is beyond Kether. As it is writtten in Ancient Hindu Scripture, ‘In the beginning Desir…
… three letters, then, symbolise the three in One Unmanifest. Yet is there in them the All-potency of Life. For 2+ 2+ 1= 5, the Symbol of Power, Mother Supernal, and n also is », Lamb of God and Dawn of the Life of the Year. Wherefore in them lieth concealed and hidden, not alone the Divine White Brilliance of the Three Supernals (xin, wrtp,, W732), but even also that Gleaming Glory which partaketh of the Redness, and which cometh from the Bornless Age, which is beyond Kether. As it is writtten in Ancient Hindu Scripture, ‘In the beginning Desir…
THE EQUINOX without limit, created spirits would lose themselves in the infinite, and from lack of the power to concentrate themselves somewhere, they would be dead and impotent everywhere, lost as they would be in the immensity of God. All created spirits have, then, bodies, some subtler, some grosser, according to the surroundings in which they are called to live. The soul of a dead man would, then, not be able to live in the atmosphere of the living, any more than we can live in earth or in water. For an airy, or rather an ethereal, spirit, …
THE EQUINOX without limit, created spirits would lose themselves in the infinite, and from lack of the power to concentrate themselves somewhere, they would be dead and impotent everywhere, lost as they would be in the immensity of God. All created spirits have, then, bodies, some subtler, some grosser, according to the surroundings in which they are called to live. The soul of a dead man would, then, not be able to live in the atmosphere of the living, any more than we can live in earth or in water. For an airy, or rather an ethereal, spirit, …
…piration, and Imagination, and Idea: see to it that this Virgin be Pure, for herein Error is Illusion. Next, from the Father floweth the Power of the Emperor in the Path of the Ram, for Initiative, and Energy, and Determination. Third, from the Mother are the Lovers in the Path of the Twins, for Intellectual Wholeness, and for Adjustment to Environment. These Three are from this Superna and complete the Theorick of thy Work. After this, in the Praxis and Executive thereof thou hast the Hermit as an Influence from the Sphere of Jupiter in the Pa…
… Holy Ghost ; Such gift implying, as I guess, This very super-consciousness.TM Miracles follow as a dower ; But ah! they used that fatal power And lost the Spirit in the act. ‘This may be fancy or a fact ; At least it squares with super-sense Or “spiritual experience.” You do not well to swell the list Of horrid things to me imputed By calling me “materialist.” At least this thought is better suited To Western minds than is embalmed Among the doctrines of Mohammed, The dogma parthenogenetic * As told me by a fat ascetic. He said : “ Your worthy…
…scal, it is she who is the synthesis of all peoples; it is she who consecrates the alliance of reason and of faith, of revolution and of power, of the most tender belief and of the proudest human dignity. And, see how she marches, how she swings herself, how she struggles, how she grows great! Often deceived and wounded, never cast down, enthusi- astic. over her triumphs, daring in her adversities, she laughs, she sings, she dies, and she teaches the world faith in immortality. 57
…scal, it is she who is the synthesis of all peoples; it is she who consecrates the alliance of reason and of faith, of revolution and of power, of the most tender belief and of the proudest human dignity. And, see how she marches, how she swings herself, how she struggles, how she grows great! Often deceived and wounded, never cast down, enthusi- astic. over her triumphs, daring in her adversities, she laughs, she sings, she dies, and she teaches the world faith in immortality. 57
… don’t know why I should remember it like I do. Have I been reading it, I wonder? Or perhaps it is the incredible access of intellectual power which heroin gives that has improved my memory. Anyhow, the fact is that odd bits of it come swimming into my mind like goldfish darting in and out among streaming seaweed. Oh, yes, my quarrel with Cockie. He said we mustn’t risk being absolutely short of the suit ; and I must go and get a new supply from Mabel before we ran clean out. I can’t help seeing that Cockie is degenerating morally. He ought to …
…of To Mega Therion. In his left hand he bears the Phoenix wand of the Second Adept (in the Ritual of 5°=6° of R.R. at A.C.), the wand of Power and Energy, while with his other arm he reins the lion which draws his chariot, the chariot which is fortified by a wheel radiating flame. He rides upon a sea of flames, both waved and salient. The moral qualities appropriate to this figure are swiftness and strength. But he is sometimes inclined to act on impulse; sometimes easily led by external influences; some‐ times, especially in trifles, a prey to…
…principally Fire, for obvious reasons; but he would have also in him the Airy quality of Mobility. The Watery part would be shown by his power to create Im‐ ages; and the Earthy part, his immense Stability. Similarly, of a Serpent, they would call his power of Death fiery; his Swiftness, airy; his undulatory motion, Watery; and his habit of life, Earthy. These descriptions are obviously quite inadequate; they have to be filled up by attrib‐ uting planetary qualities and zodiacal qualities to all objects. Thus, the Bull in the Zodiac is an Earth…