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Page 48 of 1081912 · PDF PAGE 101
…eams. This sounds superstitious; but the idea is that you have already a tendency, independent of your conscious will, to think of those things, which will consequently be easier to think of than others. That this is the explanation is evident from the nature of the preceding and subsequent classes. You can also meditate on elm/Ming illa! especially appeals loyou. But in all this one feels inclined to suggest that it will be better
1930 · PDF PAGE 4
…of the audience ? He adopted the sensible course of asking the advice of an old hand at the game ; and was told You must do one of two things. You may assume that they know everything, or that they know nothing. Thomas Henry thought it over, and decided that he would assume that they know nothing. I think that merely shows how badly brought up he must have been ; and explains how it was that he became a dirty little atheist, and repented on his death-bed, and died blaspheming. No ! No ! that would be quite impossible bad manners. I shall ass…
1961 · PDF PAGE 142
…inister to thine own true Will, by Election of Nature. Heed well this, o my Son, for thy Mind passive is rightly a Mirror to reflect all Things clearly without Prejudice, and to remain unstained by them. o
1909 · PDF PAGE 103
…have forgotten the appoint- ment, so he continues and reaches Lavenue’s at 12.4 after reading his letters and doing one or two necessary things. He orders Epinards, Tarte aux Praises, Glace au Café, and % Evian. The distaste for food is great; and for meat amounts to loathing. The weather is exceedingly hot; it may be arranged thus by Adonai to enable John St. John to meditate in comfort. For he is vowed solemnly “to interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with his soul.” During lunch he will go on correcting his proofs. Lunch…
1910 · PDF PAGE 25
…the Middle Gateway of the Crown? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week or more. a Avoid thinking of a definite subject and all things connected with it, and let that subject be one which commonly occupies much of thy thought, being frequently stimulated by sense-perceptions or the conversation of others. 13
1910 · PDF PAGE 25
…the Middle Gateway of the Crown? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week or more. a Avoid thinking of a definite subject and all things connected with it, and let that subject be one which commonly occupies much of thy thought, being frequently stimulated by sense-perceptions or the conversation of others. 13
1910 · PDF PAGE 141
Satisfaction excludes speculation. 133 To grasp this sorry scheme of things entire, Would we not shatter it to bits, and then Remould it nearer to the heart’s desire. ” 2. [Persian text] huqqah. It is said that this word represents heiroglyphically the process of smoking. [Persian text] the harsh aspirate changed to [Persian text] the smooth aspirate by the me- dium of the force of [Persian text] which Arab mys- tics describe as being “ of a watery, lunar nature, and consonant to dogs, jackals, beetles, pools, old women painted, dreams, water p…
1907 · PDF PAGE 137
…e. I know not all I sat , but through it all Mark the dim hint oly ultimate sunshine. Naturz’r CalI.—And how many others have said great things, yet knew not all they said! Was there ever a poetical would-be unraveller of that skein of mystery, wherein life and death and nature work together, who could explain half of what he said? No; because it was not he who said those things, but nature speaking through him. Yet, if Mr. Crowley does not understand all he says, he sees something that is of far greater importance to him, as shown here: So I p…
1909 · PDF PAGE 46
4.15. 540- 6.15. 7.20. 44 THE EQUINOX Somehow or other I have got off the track; have been fooling about with too many odd things, necessary as they may have been. I had better take a solid hour willing the Tryst with Adonai. Have done all this, and a Work of Kindness. I will again revise the new ritual, dine, return and copy it fair for use. Let Adonai the Lord oversee the Work, that it be per- fect, a sure link with Him, a certain and infallible Conjuration, and Spell, and Working of true Magick Art, that I may invoke Him with success wheneve…
1910 · PDF PAGE 134
…ll. Like silver scales of serpenthood they fall Across the blind air of the evening ; Shadowy ghosts arise funereal And seek unspeakable things ; and dryads call The Satyr-company to the satyr-king. And all the light is over ; but the sky Shudders with blanched light of the unrisen moon. The night-birds mingle their sad minstrelsy For daylights requiem : and the seas reply Now stirs across the lands departed tune. The moon is up : the choral crowd of stars, Shapen like strange or unknown animals, Move in their measure : beyond fiolian bars T…
1910 · PDF PAGE 53
… like the sun through a dissolving mist upon Friday,4 but it is only to admit the dra- gon of El Qahar. Then there is an eclipse5 of all things : Allah is the uniter.6 1. About as vague a personage as we find in Mandeville, Malory, or Moore. It is a curious lite- rary phenomenon that in all countries poets will talk about “ Cashmere ” and “ Cathay ” and so on without the smallest fact to guide them. Yet there is a certain consistency in the conception. 2. [Persian text] Ghazi warrior ; sometimes used only of one who has slain an infidel. A comm…
1913 · PDF PAGE 57
…t only necessary to purify the temple itself and consecrate it; invocations must be made. Hence it is neces- sary to be constantly doing things of a positive, not merely of a negative- nature, to affirm that Will.
1913 · PDF PAGE 222
…hs of the skies; in the tumbling waters ; Midst the antic winds; through the red heart of the fire; How shall I know thee in the maze of things, In the monotonous gold of the rolling worlds? The mage hath seen thee with the eye of Fire ; The lover hath known thee in the sea of Air. The worlds hath hung all trembling on the lyre That the old god bears still with unwearying hand, Touching the strings to passionate mortal prayer, Answering or answering not, immortal still. Oh, through the maze how can I understand? 184
1913 · PDF PAGE 222
…hs of the skies; in the tumbling waters ; Midst the antic winds; through the red heart of the fire; How shall I know thee in the maze of things, In the monotonous gold of the rolling worlds? The mage hath seen thee with the eye of Fire ; The lover hath known thee in the sea of Air. The worlds hath hung all trembling on the lyre That the old god bears still with unwearying hand, Touching the strings to passionate mortal prayer, Answering or answering not, immortal still. Oh, through the maze how can I understand? 184
1906 · PDF PAGE 231
…lso a change: so that he cried, ‘Who then am I?’ And he saw that all this was sorrow. And he turned his thought without and saw that all things were alike in this; that nought might escape the threefold misery. ‘The soul,’ he said, ‘the soul, the I, is as all these; it is impermanent as the ephemeral flower of beauty in the water that is born and shines and dies ere sun be risen and set again.’ , ‘* And he humiliated his heart and sang the following verse : Brahma, and Vishnu, and great Shiva! Truly I see the Trinity in all things dwell, Some r…
1910 · PDF PAGE 200
… My god !Monsieur Delhomme, I am going to shock you. Oh ! Oh ! [She buries her face in her hands. He starts back, surprised at the turn things are taking, and at the violence of her emotion and of its expression. DELHOMME. What is it ! Are you ill ! Have I EUPHEMIA. [Steady and straight before him.] I am another manshishis mistress. There ! [He reels, catches a chair and saves himself. Her breast heaves ; swallowing a sob, she runs out of the room. DELHOMME. [Utterly dazed]. IIoh, my god ! My father ! My God ! I thought heroh, I dare n…
1912 · PDF PAGE 24
…The former four may turn out on examination to be merely conditions favourable to the last.) On investigating what is meant by these two things, we find that they are only one. For what is the state of either prayer or meditation? It is the restraining of the mind to a single act, state, or thought. If we sit down quietly and investigate the contents of our minds, we shall find that even at the best 05 times the principal characteristics are wandering and distraction. Any one who has had anything to do with children and untrained minds generally …
1913 · PDF PAGE 53
…was about to add self-denial, in deference to conventional speech; but how could I call that self-denial which is merely denial of those things which hamper the self? It is not suicide to kill the germs of malaria in one's blood. Now there are very great difficulties to be overcome in the training of the mind. Perhaps the greatest is forgetfulness, which is probably the worst form of what theliuddhists call ignorance. Special practices fortraining the memory may be of some use as a preliminary for persons whose memory is naturally poor. In any …
1913 · PDF PAGE 218
…be freedom when the insistent lover Shall seize thee at length in sleep, and, ravishing thee, Bear thee, unknowing, back to the heart of things, The dim, black centre whence sprang Love and Fire Who made the world, and made all suns and worlds, Tearing the thing I now make manifest From the heart of the silent god? Oh, wherefore strive? Art thou not still content to die, sweetheart? Or wilt thou seek me still through all the lives
1913 · PDF PAGE 218
…be freedom when the insistent lover Shall seize thee at length in sleep, and, ravishing thee, Bear thee, unknowing, back to the heart of things, The dim, black centre whence sprang Love and Fire Who made the world, and made all suns and worlds, Tearing the thing I now make manifest From the heart of the silent god? Oh, wherefore strive? Art thou not still content to die, sweetheart? Or wilt thou seek me still through all the lives