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Page 50 of 841909 · PDF PAGE 309
… understand ; and those who have not, if they wish to read any further with profit, had better do so, as it will help them to master the new magical language and doctrines we here offer them. The vision of the adept is so much truer than ordinary vision that when once it has been attained to its effect is never relinquished, for it changes the whole life. Blake would have as soon doubted the existence of his wife, his mother or of himself, as that of Urizen, Los, or Luvah. Dreams are real, hallucinations are real, delirium is real, and so is ma…
1913 · PDF PAGE 135
… 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 appears to be wilful eccentricities.” —Book- man. The Winged Beetle. ros. A collection of lyrical poems. ‘In the face of the whole horde of reviewers, critics, and in the face of the British public,I declare that Aleister Crowleyis among the first of living poets…
1922 · PDF PAGE 134
…l of our sparkling passion. _ Even the last few miles into Naples, where the road runs through tedious commercialised suburbs, took on a new aspect. The houses were a mere irregular sky- line. Somehow they suggested the jagged contour of a score of Debussy. But all this, exquisite as it was, gripping as it was, was in a way superficial. At the bottom of our hearts there seethed and surged a white hot volcanic lake of molten, of infernal, metal. We did not know what hideous, what monstrous abominations were in store for us at the Gatto Fritto. -…
1929 · PDF PAGE 512
…ew feet. So much for the sufficiently remarkable truth. Of course imagination improved on the story. I received an indignant letter from New York from the lady who had lent me the cottage, reproaching me for having built a dam right across the lake, to the detriment of navigation! This spasm of energy continued without abatement for some three weeks, after which I gradually recovered the balance of my normal faculties. The effect of my operations was now to increase the energy of each of them, but in reasonable proportion. I was now able to beg…
1929 · PDF PAGE 488
488 impression of being a pure machine. Its artistic and cultured side shares the deadness of the rest. It compares with New York rather as Manchester with London. I called on Narnet Munroe, described in the charge sheet as a poetess. She edits a periodical called Poetry. I am still not sure if she knew my name and my work, but she showed no interest whatever! She was loaded to the gunwhale with a cargo of conceit. She was the standard of perfection by which Milton and Keats might be measured in terms of their inferiority to her. Incidentally t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 249
… after this, one called S.R.M.D. announced that he had formulated such a link, and that himself with two others was to govern the Order. New and revised rituals were issued, and fresh knowledge poured out in streams. “We must pass over the unhappy juggleries which characterised the next period. It has throughout proved impossible to elucidate the complex facts. “We content ourselves, then, with observing that the death of one of his two colleagues, and the weakness of the other, secured to S.R.M.D. the sole authority. The rituals were elaborate…
1909 · PDF PAGE 368
…ing thought, which constitutes an extra sense for me; and to my nose He gave a voice of its own. I was a dentist. Indeed, I have found a new way of extracting teeth without gas. You merely press the neck of your patient, who faints in consequence, and you can then safely operate. How did you come to this? What caused you to take the attire of a man in place of the usual brown coat of a cover ?” His companion—friend or master—bade him keep silent for a while, and we journeyed in silence. When we came in sight of Brighton the motor-car stopped su…
1909 · PDF PAGE 249
… after this, one called S.R.M.D. announced that he had formulated such a link, and that himself with two others was to govern the Order. New and revised rituals were issued, and fresh knowledge poured out in streams. “We must pass over the unhappy juggleries which characterised the next period. It has throughout proved impossible to elucidate the complex facts. “We content ourselves, then, with observing that the death of one of his two colleagues, and the weakness of the other, secured to S.R.M.D. the sole authority. The rituals were elaborate…
1909 · PDF PAGE 368
…ing thought, which constitutes an extra sense for me; and to my nose He gave a voice of its own. I was a dentist. Indeed, I have found a new way of extracting teeth without gas. You merely press the neck of your patient, who faints in consequence, and you can then safely operate. How did you come to this? What caused you to take the attire of a man in place of the usual brown coat of a cover ?” His companion—friend or master—bade him keep silent for a while, and we journeyed in silence. When we came in sight of Brighton the motor-car stopped su…
1912 · PDF PAGE 288
THE EQUINOX That night, as he said his prayers at his mother's knee, she was surprised and pleased to hear a new petition: “ And oh] dear Jesus, do let me do ever such a great work for other little children I Bring them all in ! Don’t let me miss one out." Hot stuff for six, I don't think. It was evident, to his astuteness and business capacity, that this work demanded the most complete organization He therefore obtained a post under Government, so that, while touching a good salary, his whole time was free to devote to his great scheme. “Punct…
1912 · PDF PAGE 288
THE EQUINOX That night, as he said his prayers at his mother's knee, she was surprised and pleased to hear a new petition: “ And oh] dear Jesus, do let me do ever such a great work for other little children I Bring them all in ! Don’t let me miss one out." Hot stuff for six, I don't think. It was evident, to his astuteness and business capacity, that this work demanded the most complete organization He therefore obtained a post under Government, so that, while touching a good salary, his whole time was free to devote to his great scheme. “Punct…
1922 · PDF PAGE 229
… the idea of being touched. My skin is very sensitive. It’s part of the spiritualising of my life, I suppose. I’m glad, though, that the new honeymoon didn’t last more than three or four days. It is irritating to one’s vanity. But that is merely a memory. How can vanity co-exist with the spiritual life? e I saw the Spirit of heroin to-day when I went up to the magic room. It is tremendously tall and thin, with tattered rags fluttering round it, and these turn into D.D.F. P
1911 · PDF PAGE 146
…does he see? He is the priest oia false God. Form has no importance except in this sense; we must not be revolted by the extravagance of new symbolic systems. Gauguin and Matisse may live to be understood. We acquiesce in the eccentricities of Raphael.” Ida gave a little laugh of pleased scorn of him. “ My good girl, perspective is an eccentricity, a symbol; no more. How can one ever represent a three—dimensional world in two dimensions? Only by symbolism. We have acquiesced in the method of the primitives—d0 you think men and women are really …
1911 · PDF PAGE 146
…does he see? He is the priest oia false God. Form has no importance except in this sense; we must not be revolted by the extravagance of new symbolic systems. Gauguin and Matisse may live to be understood. We acquiesce in the eccentricities of Raphael.” Ida gave a little laugh of pleased scorn of him. “ My good girl, perspective is an eccentricity, a symbol; no more. How can one ever represent a three—dimensional world in two dimensions? Only by symbolism. We have acquiesced in the method of the primitives—d0 you think men and women are really …
1911 · PDF PAGE 37
…the Kingdom of the West after my Father. Behold! where are now the darkness and the terror and the lamentation? For ye are born into the new Aeon; ye shall 35
1954 · PDF PAGE 374
…ar-seeing of our prophetically minded writers, Aldous Huxley, brands this black fact upon our foreheads. The first condition of a "Brave New World" must be the dissociation of sexual from reproductive life. The word "mother" must be as nauseating to all properly human minds as it now is to every one that has contemplated the subject with clear vision. I know there is an answer to all this; in fact, The Book of the Law enables us to take it in our stride. But there is another aspect of "mother-love" which is urgent, practical, and in no way depe…
1954 · PDF PAGE 487
…he answer is that Convenience would decide. Then you go on, after a digression: Then how are They acting at present? What impact has the new Word, Thelema,made upon the planet? What are we to expect as a result? And can we poor benighted outsiders help Them in any way? I know it's "cheek" to ask. Then turn the other cheek, and repeat the question! I will do my best to make it all clear. But do not forget that I am myself completely in the dark with regard to the special functions of most of my colleagues. To begin, then! Achtung! I am going to …
1898 · PDF PAGE 18
…x thy mouth upon me for such bliss Of sudden rage rekindled. Turn again, And make delight the minister of pain, And pain the father of a new delight. And light a lamp of torture for the night Too grievous to be borne without a cry To rend the very bowels of the sky And make the archangel gaspa sudden pang, Most like a traveller stricken by the fang Of the black adder whose squat head springs up, A flash of death, beneath a cactus cup. Ah turn ! my bosom for thy love is cold ; My arms are empty, and my lips can hold No converse with thee far aw…
1907 · PDF PAGE 230
THE NEW WINE 223 » 1 0 “ We must , therefore , know both the cause and effect , and the relation between them . But do we pretend to be acquainted with the nature of the human soul and the nature of an idea , or the aptitude of one to produce the other ? This is a real creation , a pro duction of something out of nothing ... such a power is not felt, nor known , nor even conceivable by the mind We are now fairly on our road to Crowleyanity . Having left Berkeley in the dark , feeling on the dusty shelves of his reason for a flint and steel in t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 239
232 THE STAR IN THE WEST obtained is merely a statement of limitation , and there fore every accession of knowledge is a vision of a new vista of ignorance . Summa scientia nihil scire, has yet another meaning . ) Having then as he thought discovered an à priori basis to metaphysics , he places before his reader the crucial problem . “ How are synthetic propositions à priori possible ” ? And at the very outset , assuming pure synthetic knowledge from the Reason as real (p . 22 ), attacks the problem . “ How is it possible when a conception is g…