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Page 49 of 821911 · PDF PAGE 64
…pened, and I was left darkling. Yet I had this candle of hope, that within the ark, could I reach it, might be some help of knowledge or power whereby that house might be attained. So I swam steadily toward, though with some fear, for the eddies in that great stream were numerous, and my sole guide was a slender snake of light that moved upon the water. Or so it appeared ; for I have since discovered that I had an interior sense of direction as trusty as the mariner’s com- pass; so that, though I knew it not, it was never possible for me to go …
1913 · PDF PAGE 377
…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 others, and that the Mass, and Christian ceremonies generally, have similarly pagan sources.—O. M. 2 This and many similar phrases employed in the controversies of the period are to-day practically unintelligible. L…
1913 · PDF PAGE 384
…mummeries; they no longer give grace; they no longer make God seen and touched; they are no longer, in a word, the signs of the almighty power of faith, but the compelled witnesses of the eternal impotence of doubt. It is, then, against faith itself that the Reformation pro- tested! Protestants were right only in their protest against the inconsiderate and persecuting zeal which wished to force consciences. They claimed the right to doubt, the right to have less religion than others, or even to have none at all; they have shed their blood for t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 377
…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 others, and that the Mass, and Christian ceremonies generally, have similarly pagan sources.—O. M. 2 This and many similar phrases employed in the controversies of the period are to-day practically unintelligible. L…
1913 · PDF PAGE 384
…mummeries; they no longer give grace; they no longer make God seen and touched; they are no longer, in a word, the signs of the almighty power of faith, but the compelled witnesses of the eternal impotence of doubt. It is, then, against faith itself that the Reformation pro- tested! Protestants were right only in their protest against the inconsiderate and persecuting zeal which wished to force consciences. They claimed the right to doubt, the right to have less religion than others, or even to have none at all; they have shed their blood for t…
1922 · PDF PAGE 7
…blood! Behold! How utterly I yield, how gladly dower Our sin with my own spirit’s quenched gold, Clothe love with my own soul’s immortal power, Give thee my body as a fire to hold— O love, no words, no songs—your breast my bower! NON SUM QUALIS ERAM BONAE SUB REGNO CYNARAE (By Ernest Dowson. From Poems. 1905) LAs? night, ah yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my soul between the kisses and the wine; And I was desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea, I was desolate and bowed my head: I …
1961 · PDF PAGE 181
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 169 #m De Formula Feminæ (Of the Formula of Woman) OW this is the right Power and Property of a Woman, to arrange and to adjust all Things that exist in their proper Sphere, but not to create or to transcend. Therefore in all practical Matters is she of Might and of Wit to produce an Effect consonant with her Mood. And her Symbol is Water, that seeketh the Level, whether for Wrath, eating away the Mountains (yet even in this making smooth the Plains) or for Love, in Fecundity of Earth. But it is the Fire of Man that …
1906 · PDF PAGE 180
…ng years, too, in thy season Bloom, Concentration’s midnight flower ! 405 After much practice to this end I gain at last the long sought power (Which you believe you have this hour, - But certainly have not, my friend !) Of keeping close the mind to one 410 Thing at a time — suppose, the Sun. I gain this (Reverence to Ganesh’ !) ® And at that instant comprehend (The past and future tenses vanish) What Fichte comprehends, Division, 415 Thought, wisdom, drop away. I see The absolute identity Of the beholder and the vision. Some poetry. There is a…
1907 · PDF PAGE 73
…asylums . In Love , mankind eternally verges between folly and knavery , because man is a non -essential being , and Nature an un -moral power . But before we enter on the above idea as demon strated in the poems of Aleister Crowley , it will be necessary to elucidate matters , and first to enter on a brief description of the Essential and the Moral ; showing that man as usual has got hold of “ the muddy end of the stick ; ” that the majority of the human species live in a state of purulent hypocrisy and mental indolence , and that the minority…
1911 · PDF PAGE 122
…ord for God, and Eve, whom he created for love, is tempted by the snake, Nechesh, who is Messiah her child. And the snake is the magical power, which hath destroyed the primordial equili- brium. And the garden is the supernal Eden, where is Ayin, 70, the Eye of the concealed One, and the creative Lingam; and Daleth, love; and Nun the serpent. And therefore this con- stitution was implicitly in the nature of Eden (f Liber L., L., 29, 30), so that the call of the Aethyrs could not have been any other call than that which it is. But they that are …
1913 · PDF PAGE 510
…not its sign. Thus, for the trained eyes of the observer, no hypocrisy is possible. One will understand that such a science is already a power indeed sacerdotal and royal. The prediction of the principal events of life is already possible by means of the numerous analogical probabilities of this observation : but there exists a faculty called that of pre- sentiments or sensitivism. Events exist often in their causes before realizing themselves in action; sensitives see in advance 212
1913 · PDF PAGE 510
…not its sign. Thus, for the trained eyes of the observer, no hypocrisy is possible. One will understand that such a science is already a power indeed sacerdotal and royal. The prediction of the principal events of life is already possible by means of the numerous analogical probabilities of this observation : but there exists a faculty called that of pre- sentiments or sensitivism. Events exist often in their causes before realizing themselves in action; sensitives see in advance 212
1919 · PDF PAGE 112
…and toys. Until you have reached this point, you are not wholly free. You must kill out desire, and kill out fear. The end of all is the power to live according to your own nature, without danger that one part may develop to the detriment of the whole, or concern lest that danger should arise. The sot drinks, and is drunken: the coward drinks not, and 106
1944 · PDF PAGE 250
…nt, Omnipresent, in and for Eternity. Skill, wisdom, adroitness, elasticity, craft, cunning, deceit, theft. Sometimes occult wis‐ dom or power, sometimes a quick impulse, “a brain‐wave”. It may imply messages, business transactions, the interference of learning or intelligence with the matter in hand. II Purity is to live only to the Highest; and the Highest is All; be thou as Artemis to Pan. Read thou in the Book of the Law, and break through the veil of the Virgin. Pure, exalted and gracious influence enters the matter. Hence, change, alterna…
1906 · PDF PAGE 241
…l a non-existent body with imaginary food cooked in thought only over an illusionary fire by a cook who is not there? Whyshould infinite power usesuch finite means, and very often fail even then?” What is the sum total of the Vedantist position? ‘‘I’ am an illusion, externally. In reality, the true ‘I’ am the Infinite, and if the illusionary ‘1’ could only realise Who ‘I’ really am, how very happy we should all be!’ And here we have Karma, rebirth, all the mighty laws of nature operat- ing nowhere in nothing ! There is no room for worship or fo…
1907 · PDF PAGE 59
52 THE STAR IN THE WEST greater than wisdom , greater than the power of the Gods themselves ; for they too must worship at the shrine of Love , the shrine of the great World Mother , the mystic Isis , goddess of beauty , mother of love , queen of laughter , mistress of pleasure . “ I am all that has been , that shall be, and none among mortals has hitherto taken off my veil.” Innocent friendship or platonic love can never be a success where the rapture of a kiss is burning on the lips of two lovers ; the first spells ignorance and the second fa…
1907 · PDF PAGE 94
… overcome all except a false society ; which overwhelms it not by bravery , or craft , or even by cunning , but by the dull and stunning power of a leaden club . In the “ Honourable Adulterers " we find a poem strik ingly reminiscent of “ Alice ," a boundless , and what Ydgrunites would call “ an illicit love ,” but more , a well - aimed shaft against the horrors of the social marriage tie , which is denominated as “ The devilish circle of the fiery ring ,” which , as their love grew , “ Became one moment like a little thing .” If I am right , …
1910 · PDF PAGE 101
…brilliant gold * “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. v, 76, 77. Compare this Chakkra to the lunar and sexual Yesod of the Qabalah; also note that the power here attained to is that of Skrying. + Ibid, chap. ii, 32. This Chakkra corresponds to Tiphareth. }¢ Lbid., chap. v, 82. § Lbid,, chap. v, 85, 86, 87. 89
1910 · PDF PAGE 101
…brilliant gold * “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. v, 76, 77. Compare this Chakkra to the lunar and sexual Yesod of the Qabalah; also note that the power here attained to is that of Skrying. + Ibid, chap. ii, 32. This Chakkra corresponds to Tiphareth. }¢ Lbid., chap. v, 82. § Lbid,, chap. v, 85, 86, 87. 89
1904 · PDF PAGE 39
…r long years, too, in thy season Bloom, Concentration’s midnight flower ! After much practice to this end I gain at last the long sought power (Which you believe you have this hour, But certainly have not, my friend !) Of keeping close the mind to one Thing at a time—suppose, the Sun. I gain this (Reverence to Ganesh’ !)46 And at that instant comprehend (The past and future tenses vanish) What Fichte comprehends. Division, Thought, wisdom, drop away. I see The absolute identity Of the beholder and the vision. There is a lake* amid the snows Whe…