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Page 46 of 731910 · PDF PAGE 269
…ough my waking or sleeping imagination, and mingled themselves with all I heard, or read, or saw. On the pages of Gibbon the palaces and lawns of Nicomedia were illustrated with a hasheesh tint and a hasheesh reality ; and journeying with old Dan Chaucer, I drank in a delicious landscape of revery along all the road to Canterbury. The music of my vision was still heard in echo; as the bells of Bow of old time called to Whittington, so did it call to me—“ Turn again, turn again.” And I turned. It will be remembered that the hasheesh states of ec…
1954 · PDF PAGE 128
…he Aeon, and do all the chores appurtenant to that particular Work. The Burden is heavier as the years go by; but-Perdurabo. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666 P.S. Reading this typescript over for "literals," it struck me that you would ask, very reasonably, "But if the Secret Masters have these boundless powers, why do They allow you to be plagued by printers, held up for lack of secretaries, worried by all sorts of practical problems? ... Why, in a word, does anything ever go wrong?" There are several lines of reply; coalesci…
1913 · PDF PAGE 327
… no more to die. For prayer is the eternal life of intelligence and love; it is the life of God upon earth. Love one another—that is the Law and the Prophets! Meditate, and understand this word. And when you have understood, read no more, seek no more, doubt no more—love ! Be no more wise, be no more learned—love! That is the whole doctrine of true religion; religion means charity, and God Himself is only love. I have already said to you, to love is to give. The impious man is he who absorbs others. The pious man is he who loses himself in huma…
1913 · PDF PAGE 377
…versal communion, the dogmatic principle of the spirit of charity. To substitute human arbitrament for the legitimate des- potism of the law, to put, in other words, tyranny in the place of authority, is the work of all Protestantism and of all democracies. What men call liberty is the sanction of illegitimate authority, or, rather, the fiction of power not sanctioned by authority. 1 The author had perhaps no space to continue with a demonstration that the Gospel legend itself is a macédoine of those of Bacchus, Adonis, Osiris, and a hundred ot…
1913 · PDF PAGE 327
… no more to die. For prayer is the eternal life of intelligence and love; it is the life of God upon earth. Love one another—that is the Law and the Prophets! Meditate, and understand this word. And when you have understood, read no more, seek no more, doubt no more—love ! Be no more wise, be no more learned—love! That is the whole doctrine of true religion; religion means charity, and God Himself is only love. I have already said to you, to love is to give. The impious man is he who absorbs others. The pious man is he who loses himself in huma…
1913 · PDF PAGE 377
…versal communion, the dogmatic principle of the spirit of charity. To substitute human arbitrament for the legitimate des- potism of the law, to put, in other words, tyranny in the place of authority, is the work of all Protestantism and of all democracies. What men call liberty is the sanction of illegitimate authority, or, rather, the fiction of power not sanctioned by authority. 1 The author had perhaps no space to continue with a demonstration that the Gospel legend itself is a macédoine of those of Bacchus, Adonis, Osiris, and a hundred ot…
1910 · PDF PAGE 285
THE HASHEESH EATER of producing muscular weakness, yet the universal law of constantly accelerating diabolisation of visions held good as much in my case as in any others; but a thing of horror once experienced became a «ria & dei, an inalienable dower of hell; it was certain to reproduce itself in some—to God be the thanks if not in all—future visions. I had seen, for instance, in one of my states of ecstasy, a luminous spot on the firmament, a prismatic parhelion. In the midst of my delight of gazing on it, it had transferred itself mysteriou…
1910 · PDF PAGE 285
THE HASHEESH EATER of producing muscular weakness, yet the universal law of constantly accelerating diabolisation of visions held good as much in my case as in any others; but a thing of horror once experienced became a «ria & dei, an inalienable dower of hell; it was certain to reproduce itself in some—to God be the thanks if not in all—future visions. I had seen, for instance, in one of my states of ecstasy, a luminous spot on the firmament, a prismatic parhelion. In the midst of my delight of gazing on it, it had transferred itself mysteriou…
1913 · PDF PAGE 547
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES assistance rises a holier and greater law: it is universal assistance, it is charity. We all admire and love Saint Vincent de Paul, but we have also a secret weakness for the cleverness, the presence of mind, and, above all, the audacity of Cartouche. The avowed accomplices of our passions may disgust us by humiliating us; at our own risk and peril our pride will teach us how to resist them. But what is more dangerous for us than our hypocritical and hidden accomplices? They follow us like sorrow, await us like the abys…
1913 · PDF PAGE 547
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES assistance rises a holier and greater law: it is universal assistance, it is charity. We all admire and love Saint Vincent de Paul, but we have also a secret weakness for the cleverness, the presence of mind, and, above all, the audacity of Cartouche. The avowed accomplices of our passions may disgust us by humiliating us; at our own risk and peril our pride will teach us how to resist them. But what is more dangerous for us than our hypocritical and hidden accomplices? They follow us like sorrow, await us like the abys…
1944 · PDF PAGE 250
GENERAL CHARACTERS OF THE TRUMPS AS THEY APPEAR IN USE KNOW NAUGHT! ALL WAYS ARE LAWFUL TO INNOCENCE. PURE FOLLY IS THE KEY TO INITIATION. SILENCE BREAKS INTO RAPTURE. BE NEITHER MAN NOR WOMAN, BUT BOTH IN ONE. BE SILENT, BABE IN THE EGG OF BLUE, THAT THOU MAYEST GROW TO BEAR THE LANCE AND GRAAL! WANDER ALONE, AND SING! IN THE KING’S PALACE HIS DAUGHTER AWAITS THEE. In spiritual matters, the Fool means idea, thought, spirituality, that which endeavours to transcend earth. In material matters, it may, if badly dignified, mean folly, eccentricity…
1954 · PDF PAGE 550
…, 86 Kwa,61 Lamb, 119 Lamen,17 Lao Tse, 40, 206, 228, 233, 236, 237,252 Lapis Lazuli, 78 La Poule aux Rats, 478 Laughter, Trance of, 387 Law of Thelema, 88, 89, 309, 312 Laylah,326 Leech, 482 Left-hand Path, 109, 110, 112, 274 Legge, 238, 239 Lehrjahre,379 Lenin, 458 Leonardo da Vinci, 29 Lethe, River of, 245 Levant, 77 Levi, Eliphas, 4, 178, 184,246,
1904 · PDF PAGE 76
…T REBELLE. §lasa babalonu gabe MQ. das ge-Dorebesa, bajilenu oborela, od vinu O thou wicked spirit N. that obeyeth not, because I made a law and invoked omaosa busada oD adapebabeta Aada CGooanu go-a-al tofijilo, od ilas the names of the glorious and ineffable God of Truth, the creator of all, and thou ge-Dorebesa sapabe Das gobas: eca ol amema ilasa pi-adapabe obeyest not the mighty sounds that I make: therefore I curse thee in the depth Abaddon pa-aotza kakoreji Hesasinu zodizoDarasa Do-mire, Do-peresi of Abaddon to remain until the day of ju…
1907 · PDF PAGE 95
… in his eyes till hers grew , shielding the sun , as a purple ring : Then in the uttermost profound I saw The veil of Love's unalterable law Lifted , and in the shadow far behind Dim and divine , within the shadow blind My own love's face most amorously draw Out of the deep toward my cloudy mind . O suddenly I felt a kiss enclose My whole live body , as a rich red rose Folding its sweetness round the honey - bee ! I felt a perfect soul embracing me , And in my spirit like a river flows A passion like the passion of the sea .* So ends the first …
1929 · PDF PAGE 378
…ncluding death by torture. In plain words, when the Engineer demanded a change from the official standard, he coerced a violation of the law. The contractor attempted to explain by saying that the size of the bricks was a matter of ancient imperial law = "from the Jade Emperor, or spirit of the past Emperors, in Heaven". 2. WEH Note: Possibly for the same reasons as the Chinese brick of the previous note. Most countries have very different laws governing the sales and distribution of periodicals over books. For example, in the USA a periodical …
1904 · PDF PAGE 12
…life— War to the knife ! War to the knife ! No ! on the other hand the Buddha Says: “I’m surprised at you ! How could a Person accept my law and still Use hatred, the sole means of ill, In Truth’s defence ? In praise of light ?” Well ! Well ! I guess Brer Buddha’s right ! I am no brutal Cain37 to smash an Abel: I hear that blasphemy’s unfashionable: So in the quietest way we’ll chat about it; No need to show teeth, claws of cat about it! With gentle words—fiat exordium; Exeat dolor, intret gaudium ! 1 It had a design of 666 and Crowley’s name i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 176
…was young and had less experience, I had many a fight with sorcerers; and it was always the end of the fight when Mr. Sorcerer broke the law. He was no longer fighting me, but the consolidated will of humanity; and he had no time to attack me when he was busy building breakwaters. "And that reminds me. We have a young friend at bay — with the worst pack of devils in the world at him. I wonder if I have done wrong to leave him so much to himself. But I wanted the boy to gain all the laurels; he's young enough to like them." "I think I know who y…
1910 · PDF PAGE 39
…hed only through the narrow postern gate of Death. 1. There is of course not the most shadowy rea- son in ethics for the attitude of the law. The most confirmed sodomite (bimetallist) may beget quite as many children as another, while monogamy is the fashion. If man were expected to fertilize some do- zens of women every night, like a stud ram, I don’t say : but he is not. But on the positive side, a strict adherence to sodomy, except for the practical purpose of begetting children, or for pacifying women, an object which a parallel development…
1911 · PDF PAGE 86
…d the one love into infinite loves, and each love is one, and equal with The One, and therefore is she passed “from the assembly and the law and the enlightenment unto the anarchy of solitude and darkness. For ever thus must she veil the brilliance of Her Self.” O Babylon, Babylon, thou mighty Mother, that ridest upon the crownéd beast, let me be drunken upon the wine of thy fornications; let thy kisses wanton me unto death, that even I, thy cup-bearer, may understand. Now, through the ruddy glow of the cup, I may perceive far above, and infini…
1912 · PDF PAGE 48
…he London Temple was dis— persed, and its chief, his occupation gone, left to the more diverting pastime of trying to dodge the Criminal Law Amendment Act. With autumn we find Fra. Ρ. still less occupied with magic; he spent the winter skating at St. Moritz, where his only occult exploit seems to have been parson-baiting, and though he returned to Scotland in the spring, it was only for a few days. For on April 27, 1905, one of the old comrades of his journeys in Central Asia sought him out, and proposed a new Expedition. Fra. P. gleefully acce…