FOLLOW A WORD THROUGH THE COLLECTION
Search the corpus.
Phrase search ignores case and repeated whitespace. All-words search finds whole words anywhere on the same page. OCR errors can affect results.
5,128 matching pages
Page 47 of 2571954 · PDF PAGE 450
…nd of publicans and sinners; because his nature is ascetic. o if every-man did No Matter What, provided that it is the one thing that he will not and cannot do. That settles it. We do progress; but how? Not by the tinkering of the meliorist; not by the crushing of initiative ; not by laws and regulations which hamstring the racehorse, and handcuff the boxer; but by the innovations of the eccentric, by the phantasies of the hashish-dreamer of philosophy, by the aspirations of the idealist to the impossible, by the imagination of the revolutionar…
1904 · PDF PAGE 94
…part, O mystic and dolorous Kelly, Apostle of Art! Seven sorrows are sung by the Herald :? But thy daubs, which are seventy times seven, Will kill me my militant Gerald, And then they will haunt me in heaven ; Fierce eyebrow or famishing bosom, Rossetti or Aubrey or Jones, Some buxom, some frail as the dew, some Mere bags full of bones. You shift and bedeck and bedrape them (Though some are both nude and antique) :— Your epigrams, who shall escape them? Your metaphors often oblique ? With words you have beaten and blessed us, You caused us to s…
1909 · PDF PAGE 18
…nd there he shall perish with the dogs of Reason. 28. Now a curse upon Because and his kin! 29. May Because be accurséd for ever! 30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops and does nought. 31. If Power asks Why, then is Power weakness. 32. Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite and unknown ; and all their words are skew-wise. 33. Enough of Because! Be he damned for a dog! 34. But ye, Ο my people, rise up and awake! 35. Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty! 36. There are rituals of the el…
1911 · PDF PAGE 208
PART III TYPHON. I desire to begin the banquet. HERMANUBIS. Brother Typhon, I will inquire of the Oracle Mother of Mystery, I beseech thee to begin the Banquet; for it is certainly necessary that this should be done. [SPHINX turns, bows, and stretehes her hands in mute appeal to om.-r.] C.I.C.T. 1. Ι heed not the passion, or the reason, or the soul of man. Mother of Mystery, declare my will. [SPHINX þlays the most exalted (passim/ess because öeytma' fusion) piece that she mrg/.*] HERMANUBIS. This means nothing to me. TYPHON. I feel nothing. C.I…
1911 · PDF PAGE 208
PART III TYPHON. I desire to begin the banquet. HERMANUBIS. Brother Typhon, I will inquire of the Oracle Mother of Mystery, I beseech thee to begin the Banquet; for it is certainly necessary that this should be done. [SPHINX turns, bows, and stretehes her hands in mute appeal to om.-r.] C.I.C.T. 1. Ι heed not the passion, or the reason, or the soul of man. Mother of Mystery, declare my will. [SPHINX þlays the most exalted (passim/ess because öeytma' fusion) piece that she mrg/.*] HERMANUBIS. This means nothing to me. TYPHON. I feel nothing. C.I…
1903 · PDF PAGE 46
You shall hear all; we will not land On this or that mediate strand, Until the voyage be done, and we Pass from the river to the sea, And find some isle’s secluded nook More sacred than we first forsook.
1954 · PDF PAGE 274
… critic who thinks to rebut the whole thesis "Sunt Daemones" by the snoot-cocking query "quo Stet Olympus. " Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666
1905 · PDF PAGE 84
… Between the folk of Ammon and the folk Of Israel this day be God the judge. [Exzt Second Herald. ELEAZAR. Well spoken: but the ear that will not hear Is deafer than the adder none may charm. JEPHTHAH. IT know it, and will not await the answer. But dawn shall see a solemn sacrifice, And solemn vows, and long swords glittering, And moving columns that shall shake the earth With firm and manly stride; and victory Most like a dove amid the altar-smoke. CHORUS. We, passing here the night in prayer, will wait And with thee offer up propitious doves,…
1912 · PDF PAGE 47
CHAPTER Π PRANAYAMA AND ITS PARALLEL IN SPEECH, MANTRAYOGA HE connection between breath and mind will be fully discussed in speaking of the Magick Sword, but it may be useful to premise a few details of a practical character. You may consult various Hindu manuals, and the writings of Kwang Tze, for various notable theories as to method and result. But in this sceptical system one had better content one’s self with statements which are not worth the trouble of doubting. The ultimate idea of meditation being to still the mind, it may be considere…
1926 · PDF PAGE 17
…nd there he shall perish with the dogs of Reason. 28. Now a curse upon Because and his kin! 29. May Because be accurséd for ever! 30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops and does nought. 31. If Power asks Why, then is Power weakness. 32. Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite and unknown ; and all their words are skew-wise. 33. Enough of Because! Be he damned for a dog! 34. But ye, Ο my people, rise up and awake! 35. Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty! 36. There are rituals of the el…
1919 · PDF PAGE 230
…HE EQUINOX 29. Any injury done by any person without the Order to any person within it may be brought before the Grand Tri- bunal, which will, if it deem right and fit, use all its power to redress or to avenge it. 30. In the case of any Brother being accused of an offence against the criminal law of the country in which he resides, so that any other Brother cognisant of the fact feels bound in self-defence to bring accusation, he shall report the mat- ter to the Grand Tribunal as well as to the Civil Authority, claiming exemption on this groun…
1954 · PDF PAGE 61
… to those people. The composition and distribution is thus an act of-MAGICK-by which I cause Changes to take place in conformity with my Will.l) II. POSTULATE. ANY required Change may be effected by application of the proper kind and degree of Force in the proper manner through the proper medium to the proper object. (Illustration: I wish to prepare an ounce of Chloride of Gold. I must take the right kind of acid , nitro-hydrochloric and no other, in sufficient quantity and of adequate strength, and place it, in a vessel which will not break, l…
1904 · PDF PAGE 36
…Child. He singeth many sweet notes before the Exorcist, which he must not regard, but by-and-by he must bid him put on Human Shape. Then will he speak marvellously of all wonderful Sciences if required. He is a Poet, good and excellent. And he will be willing to perform thy requests. He hath hopes also to return to the Seventh Throne after 1,200 years more, as he said unto Solomon. He governeth 20 Legions of Spirits. And his Seal is this, which wear thou, etc. (38.) Haupuas, or Mattuus.—The Thirty-eighth Spirit is Halphas, or Malthus (or Maltha…
1907 · PDF PAGE 100
… being no definite line of division . So in Love , if one system of Ethics tends towards abuse , then we may be certain that the reverse will be uselessly sterile , and that the only possible system to follow will as usual lie directly between these extremes , and in this case , in the region of Use . If now , supposing at one end of our pole we find Lust seated crimson as a rose , then at the other we shall find Chastity white as a lily . This system of extremes has during the world's history exerted an overwhelming force on the will of man . …
1913 · PDF PAGE 135
…e thought. To us, its importance is simply that it carries him ofteninto excellent poetry. The main intellectual passions which move him will be familiar to all who have studied writers tinged or impregnated with mystical and transcendental thought... “Fnoug h has been said to show that Mr. Crowley's ‘Ambergris ’ is a volume containing notable poetry.”—Wation. “The most interesting volume of new English verse seen this year.” —Evening Post. “, Thereis life and vigour and realityin it, and a personality sincerely expressed in spite of what appea…
1903 · PDF PAGE 20
18 And in their essence? Deeper, deeper yet I dive. [He draws the dirk and tests the point.| And will to-morrow show me aught? [He extinguishes the lamps, goes to the door and opens it, The clang startles him.| I hate that door! Strange that the outer air Should bring back manhood! Man, thou pitiest her ! Man, thou art whelmed in that red tide of lust That rolls over strong loathing by vast will, Hideous rapture of death. That’s for thee, man ! Thine are the scalding tears of sympathy, The tender love for the young flower. And these Are none of…
1910 · PDF PAGE 46
…d ; Crushed, as a grape between his teeth, my fears ; Sucked out my life And stamped me with the shame, the monstrous word of wife. VI I will not weep ; nay, I will follow him. Perchance he is not far, Bathing his limbs in some delicious dim Depth, where the evening star May kiss his mouth, or by the black skys rim He makes his prayer To the great serpent that is coiled in rapture there.
1944 · PDF PAGE 159
…jecture is supported by the warning in line 6: “The topmost line, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil.” Allowing this, the image of “the extended flame of mind”, as Zoroaster calls it, may well be subjoined to the former description. It is the True Will exploding the mind spontaneously. The influence of Taurus makes for steadiness, and that of the first decanate of Gemini for in‐ spiration. So let us picture him, “integer vitæ scelerisque purus”, a light‐shaft of the Ideal ab‐ sorbing the entire l…
1954 · PDF PAGE 297
…in red ink. As follows : nine months before the Betrayal , which stripped Britain of the last rags of hQnour, prestige and security, and will break up civilisation. have always maintained that Munich marked the true outbreak of the war , because Hi tIer ' s rap e of Czecho-Slovakia , however justifiable , was irreconcilably incompatible with our Foreign Policy ; and Munich is Nine Months to a day after my Gesture . This then I consider a completely documented case of Prophecy . And I shall be a completely documented case of Brain-Fag unless I s…
1905 · PDF PAGE 65
58 THE POEM VAUGHAN. But, boy, you are starving physically. Come home with me and have some dinner. Only my daughter will be there. PERCY. You are very kind. Thank you. FRIEND [aside]. He is a gentleman. VAUGHAN. But what are you doing to be alone in London? PERCY. Where should I go? VAUGHAN. Your father— PERCY. ‘Has shown me the door. VAUGHAN. How have you quarrelled? PERCY. Because I must write. VAUGHAN. What do you write about that he dislikes? PERCY. He calls it waste of time. VAUGHAN. He may be right. What do you write about? PERCY. I writ…