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…od of the Tree of Life, will be abolished, and strictly scientific standards will be the sole measure by which the executive power shall order the people. The absolute rule of the state shall be a function of the absolute liberty of each individual will.
…hell with my integrity, to hell with my spiritual development: I don't give a hoot what happens to me: all I know is that I can help the Order, and I'm jolly well going to do it." Who is going to balance that entry in his Karmic account? Might not even his willingness to give up his prospects of advance justify his title to go forward? The curious, complex, obscure and formidable path that he has chosen may quite conceivably be his best short cut to the City of the Pyramids! I have known strange, striking cases of similar "vows to end vows." I …
…of the Sow, Swine, because the Most Holy must needs take its Delight under the Omphalos of the Unclean. But this was hidden by Wisdom in Order that the Arcanum should not be profaned during the Æon of the Slain God. But now it has been given unto me to understand the Heart of Her Mystery, wherefore, o my Son, by Right of the Great Love that I bear unto thee, I will inform thee thereof. i
…is the final norm of wisdom and of morality+ (séc), the standard of truth and of righteousness, the ultimate vazsou a’étre of the Cosmic Order.” This of course is “bosh.” AmitAbha, as the Atman, is “the light which shines there beyond the heaven behind all things, behind each in the highest worlds, the highest of all.”§ Once logically having crushed out the idea of an individual soul, a personal God and then an impersonal God had to be set aside and with them the idea of a First Cause or Beginning; concerning which question Buddha refused to gi…
…is the final norm of wisdom and of morality+ (séc), the standard of truth and of righteousness, the ultimate vazsou a’étre of the Cosmic Order.” This of course is “bosh.” AmitAbha, as the Atman, is “the light which shines there beyond the heaven behind all things, behind each in the highest worlds, the highest of all.”§ Once logically having crushed out the idea of an individual soul, a personal God and then an impersonal God had to be set aside and with them the idea of a First Cause or Beginning; concerning which question Buddha refused to gi…
…nt of the will of its master. Sorrow thus appears as the result of any unsuccessful—therefore, ill- judged—struggle. Acquiescence in the order of Nature is the ultimate Wisdom. One must understand the Universe perfectly, and be utterly indifferent to its pressure. These are the virtues which constitute a Master of the Temple. Yet each man must act What he will; for he is energized by his own nature. So long as he works “without lust of result” and does his duty for its own sake, he will know that “the sorrows are but as shadows”. And he himself…
…s with which one constructs. See to it, then, that you accept no worthless material; that you select, and select again, always in proper order and proportion; organize, structuralize your thought, always with the one aim in view of accomplishing the Great Work. Well, now, before going further into this, I must behave like an utter cad, and disgrace my family tree, and blot my 'scutcheon and my copybook by confusing you about "realism." Excuse: not my muddle; it was made centuries ago by a gang of cursed monks, headed by one Duns Scotus-sQ-calle…
…azingly your mnemonic power increases by virtue thereof . But be careful always to range the new ideas as they come along in their right order of importance. It is not unlike the system of keys used in big establishments, such as hotels. First, a set of keys, each of which opens one door, and one door only. Then, a set which opens all the doors on one floor only . And so on, until the one responsible who has one unique key which opens every lock in the building. There is another point about this whole System of the Qabalah. It does more than me…
…’s own sake, the panic makes concerted action impossible. ‘‘ Every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost ”’ is not the kind of order that is likely to secure victory. It does not even ensure the safety of any one man. How quickly I had recovered my own well-being when I was forced to forget about it ! Peter is still desperately striving to save himself. “ He that loveth his life shall lose it.” I must dedicate my miraculously restored faculties to his salvation. Only I don’t see how to set to work. If only Basil were here. He would kn…
…ally, a passage was chosen where the current was least formidable. But for all that we were swept down about three-quarters of a mile in order to cross less than two hundred yards. In order to regain its starting point for the next journey the zak had to be carried up stream a couple of miles. So much for mere crossing. But the next day we were only three hours and ten minutes actual going to Shigar, which in the ordinary way is three long marches. The pace of the current varies enormously. Sometimes we were kept half an hour at a time spinning…
…while we have it—the temptation is too strong. The best way is to finish it. We probably won't be able to get any more, so we take it in order to stop taking it. 27. Claude Farrére’s story of Rodolphe Hafner. Suppose I take all this pains to stop drugs and then get cancer or something right away, what a fool I shall feel| “Help you at all? ”’ asked Lamus. Well, honestly, it did not. I had thought out most of those things for myself at one time or another ; and I seemed to have got past them. It’s a curious thing that once you've written down a …
…y for his misfortun es. But "Every man and every woman is a star" ; so don't you do it! You should treat everybody as a King of the same order as yourself. Of course, nine people out of ten won't stand for it, not for a minute ; the mere fact of your treating them decently frightens them ; their sense of inferiority is exacerbated and intensified; they insist on grovelling. That places them. They force you to treat them as the mongrel curs they are; and so everybody is happy! The Book of the Law is at pains to indicate the proper attitude of on…
…gift of the Wilkinson typescript. Thanks are due to Richard W. Gernon ix° o.T.o., who bequeathed a typescript of the commentaries to the Order on his death. Dr. W. F. Ryan of the Warburg Institute, University of London, kindly made available early typescripts in the Yorke Col lection that clarified many corrupted readings. I am very grateful to Andrea Hoehn for facilitating our research in England, and to Clive Harper for making available a copy of the 1926 “Extenua tion” typescript. The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the Universi…
CONCERNING THE LAW OF THELEMA as any member of the Order wills is handed over to the Great Officers either as a gift, or in trust. In the latter case it is administered in the interest of the donor. Property being thus pooled, immense economies are effected. One lawyer does the work of fifty; house agents let houses instead of merely writing misleading entries in books; the O.T.O. con- trols the company instead of half-a-dozen isolated and impo- tent stockholders. Whatever the O.T.O. findeth to do, it does with all its might; none dare oppose t…
…heory of meals in the Abbey was that they were deplorable interruptions to work, and that ‘‘ Will ’’ was said before beginning to eat in order to emphasise the fact that the only excuse for eating was that it was necessary to keep one’s body in con- dition to assist one in the performance of the Great Work, whatever that might be in any particular case. When any one had finished he or she got up and went away without ceremony, the interruption being over. Lamus now came out of the house in a flannel shirt and buckskin riding breeches. He sat do…
…ke any other science. Magick would yield its secrets to the infidel and the libertine, just as one does not have to be a churchwarden in order to discover a new kind of orchid. There are, of course, certain virtues necessary to the Magician; but they are of the same order as those which make a successful chemist. Idleness, carelessness, drunkenness; the like interfere with success in any serious business, but sound theology and adherence to the code of Hampstead as against that of Hyderabad are only important if the man's body may suffer if his…
…faces West. The Hiereus comes to the West of the Altar, and salutes the Hierophant, receiving the elements from him, All then partake in order of rank : Hegemon from Hiereus, Stolistes from Hegemon, Dadouchos from Stolistes, Senior Members from Dadouchos, and the Kerux from the Candidate. But the Kerux says: “It is finished,” inverting the cup, to show that the symbols of Self-sacrifice and Regeneration are accomplished. And this proclamation is confirmed by the Hierophant, and the three chief officers give the three strokes emblematic of the M…
…faces West. The Hiereus comes to the West of the Altar, and salutes the Hierophant, receiving the elements from him, All then partake in order of rank : Hegemon from Hiereus, Stolistes from Hegemon, Dadouchos from Stolistes, Senior Members from Dadouchos, and the Kerux from the Candidate. But the Kerux says: “It is finished,” inverting the cup, to show that the symbols of Self-sacrifice and Regeneration are accomplished. And this proclamation is confirmed by the Hierophant, and the three chief officers give the three strokes emblematic of the M…
…d with the echo of all former voices and their music, so that the whole Abyss is filled with their orchestration to one Symphony. 6. The Order of the Universe is the Expression of thy Rapture of Beauty. This fades away into a deep and tender tune, like nightingales beside a waterfall; and the voice comes twittering: 7. The Sensibility of the Universe is the Triumph of thine Imagination. Quick thrills inform the air, the perpetual quire of myriads of young boys and girls: 8. The Mutability of the Universe is the Splendour of thine Ingenuity. And…
… who discovers it or claims to have done so. Not one little bit! For when the time came, and the Key was found, the finder's name in the Order was-and had been from the moment of his admission as a Probationer-A chad , the Hebrew word for "One." And he came "after him" in the precise technical sense, that he was in fact the next person to undertake the Adventure of the Abyss. I hope you are not getting the idea that my Prophetic ambit is limited to these high-falutin' metaphysical masterpieces of Runic Lore. In case you do, I now propose to bre…