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… even as the number of letters had the dual symbol in their midst. Now their numeration is 41, yielding by Gema- tria »x = Force: Might: Power: 5x»x2, Divine Majesty: and abnx. = Fecundity, all symbolic of the attributes of the Dual Polar Force and Mother. Moreover, 4+ 1=5 =n, Mother Supernal once again—and in its geometric symbol the Pentagram—the Star of Unconquered Will. Add the Pahinl next two letters on either side, and we get AVA? ora concealed Tetragrammaton. And this also reads 0», the Great Sea, nx, Alpha and Omega, or Essence. Add the…
1909 · PDF PAGE 188
… even as the number of letters had the dual symbol in their midst. Now their numeration is 41, yielding by Gema- tria »x = Force: Might: Power: 5x»x2, Divine Majesty: and abnx. = Fecundity, all symbolic of the attributes of the Dual Polar Force and Mother. Moreover, 4+ 1=5 =n, Mother Supernal once again—and in its geometric symbol the Pentagram—the Star of Unconquered Will. Add the Pahinl next two letters on either side, and we get AVA? ora concealed Tetragrammaton. And this also reads 0», the Great Sea, nx, Alpha and Omega, or Essence. Add the…
1910 · PDF PAGE 139
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING I make a God of it it will become but an illusion, I am ready to receive the Magical Power as I should not abuse it. I must needs accomplish the Finished Work. Buddha. 33m. The best Meditation I have so far done. I regard this as a veal medi- tation; for 13 minutes quite forgot time. Rose on planes of n''b-n‘3"3 * from Malkuth to Kether. August 5th. Meditated on Thoth concerning Frater I.A. 6th. Arrived at Colombo. We now arrive at another turning-point in the progress of P. Up to the first of this year 1901 he ha…
1910 · PDF PAGE 139
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING I make a God of it it will become but an illusion, I am ready to receive the Magical Power as I should not abuse it. I must needs accomplish the Finished Work. Buddha. 33m. The best Meditation I have so far done. I regard this as a veal medi- tation; for 13 minutes quite forgot time. Rose on planes of n''b-n‘3"3 * from Malkuth to Kether. August 5th. Meditated on Thoth concerning Frater I.A. 6th. Arrived at Colombo. We now arrive at another turning-point in the progress of P. Up to the first of this year 1901 he ha…
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
… [Persian text] itself (not [Persian text] but the Hebrew ב. Ed.) means house, and connotes (says Mahbub) a great Magus — “ The Magus of Power.” The passage means therefore that mystic Union is the key to Practical Magic. 3. This sort of individualization of ideas is common in Eastern literature. We had a bad attack of it ourselves with Thomas Haines Bayley and Co. “ Though Custom may frown upon Boyhood and Beauty, And Ethics take counsel with Prudence and Breeding, Morality smiles “ But if Patience be Duty, Should Courage lament, or Repentance…
1947 · PDF PAGE 9
…ngs. Fear not at all : fear neither men nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries : though with fire and sword it be burnt down and shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox. Now this mystery of the letters is done, and I want to go on to a holier place. Also for beautys sake and loves ! Despise also all cowards ;…
1907 · PDF PAGE 264
…o occupy space and to exist , his formula would then be X °. This expression is equal to I ; wł X may represent , if it be raised to the power of O Berashith , vol . ii, p . 236 . S
1910 · PDF PAGE 60
…r, and so also are the actual bodies of any two men, but not so their minds. There- fore, should we wish to discover and understand that Power which differentiates, and yet ultimately balances all appearances, which are derived by the apparently unconscious object and received by the apparently conscious subject, we must look for it in the workings of man’s brain.* * Verworn in his “General Physiology” says: “It was found that the sole reality that we are able to discover in the world is mind. The idea of the physical world is only a product of…
1910 · PDF PAGE 154
…evil messages; but it is an interesting fact to learn that at least certain orthodox Buddhists attribute so complex and con- siderable a power to the brain, that by the fact of leaving one body that body perishes, and of entering another that body revives. Can it be that we have got back to our old friend the Prana which in its individual form so closely resembles the individual Karma, and in its entirety the totality of Nibbana? Let us turn to Brihaddranyaka Upanishad. There in 1, 6, 3. we find a mystical formula which reads Amritam satyena ch…
1910 · PDF PAGE 60
…r, and so also are the actual bodies of any two men, but not so their minds. There- fore, should we wish to discover and understand that Power which differentiates, and yet ultimately balances all appearances, which are derived by the apparently unconscious object and received by the apparently conscious subject, we must look for it in the workings of man’s brain.* * Verworn in his “General Physiology” says: “It was found that the sole reality that we are able to discover in the world is mind. The idea of the physical world is only a product of…
1910 · PDF PAGE 154
…evil messages; but it is an interesting fact to learn that at least certain orthodox Buddhists attribute so complex and con- siderable a power to the brain, that by the fact of leaving one body that body perishes, and of entering another that body revives. Can it be that we have got back to our old friend the Prana which in its individual form so closely resembles the individual Karma, and in its entirety the totality of Nibbana? Let us turn to Brihaddranyaka Upanishad. There in 1, 6, 3. we find a mystical formula which reads Amritam satyena ch…
1910 · PDF PAGE 39
…orrida cohors malorum. As few people seem to know the fons et origo le- gis, I may here be permitted to sketch it in out- line. When the power of the Crescent menaced that of the Cross, sodomy was put down with Dra- conic rigour because the Turks believed that the
1910 · PDF PAGE 66
…. In these complaints the employment of the orchitic substance gives good results by stimu- lating the nervous system, by increasing the power of work, and also the secretions, the proportion of haemoglobin and the vital resistance, etc. Such results are partially explained by the chemical composition of the orchitic extracts, which are ex- tremely rich in organic phosphorus. The results are similar to those obtained by the use of the Gly- cero-phosphates and Lecithins. Preparations. — Orchitic Desiccated powder (Armour). One part is equal to 1…
1913 · PDF PAGE 303
…minals have been able to dishonour themselves doubly because of the sacred character with which they were invested, but they had not the power to dishonour that character, which remains always radiant and splendid above fallen humanity. We have said that there is no religion without mysteries; let us add that there are no mysteries without symbols. The symbol, being the formula or the expression of the mystery, only expresses its unknown depth by paradoxical images borrowed from the known. The symbolic form, having for its object to characteriz…
1913 · PDF PAGE 303
…minals have been able to dishonour themselves doubly because of the sacred character with which they were invested, but they had not the power to dishonour that character, which remains always radiant and splendid above fallen humanity. We have said that there is no religion without mysteries; let us add that there are no mysteries without symbols. The symbol, being the formula or the expression of the mystery, only expresses its unknown depth by paradoxical images borrowed from the known. The symbolic form, having for its object to characteriz…
1907 · PDF PAGE 169
…passion furled Its pure wings , and abased itself , and bore Fetters impure , and stopped , and was no more . But resurrection's ghastly power grew strong , And Lust was born , adulterous with Wrong , The Child of Lies ; so man was blinded still , Garnered the harvest of abortive ill, For wheat reaped thistles , and for worship wrought A fouler idol of his meanest thought : A monster , vengeful , cruel , traitor , slave , Lord of disease and father of the grave , ? Jephthah , vol . i, p . 76 .
1909 · PDF PAGE 37
…se, like a slender fountain playing in Thy courts of marble and of malachite, of jasper, of topaz, and of lapis lazuli. And by my magick power I summon all the inhabitants of the ten thousand worlds to Witness this mine oath. Iwill rise, and break my fast. I think it as well to go on with the mantra, as it started of its own accord. 35
1929 · PDF PAGE 41
…le hour, diverted my sensorium from thought. I had always found that the slightest trace of tobacco smoke in a room greatly disturbed my power. On this occasion I puffed cigarette after cigarette with excellent effect. I knew nothing of what had been going on. IV Arthur, stung by the venomous chyle, was tossing in that vast arched belly, which resembled the dome of hell, churned in its bubbling slime. I felt that he was not only disintegrated mechanically, but chemically, that his being was loosened more and more into its parts, that these were…
1930 · PDF PAGE 123
…sness; seven vultures of evil. Thus is the art and craft of the Magus but glamour. How shall He destroy Himself ? o. Y et the Magus hath power upon the Mother both directly and through love. And the Magus is Love, and bindeth together That and This in His Conjuration. 1. In the beginning doth the Magus speak Truth, and send forth Illusion and Falsehood to enslave the soûl. Yet therein is the Mystery of Rédemption. 2. By his Wisdom made He the Worlds: the World that is God is none other than He. 3. How then shall He end His Speech with Silence ?…
1910 · PDF PAGE 11
…arnestly seeks. Then came a prolonged and intense silence, after which the Master of the Ceremonies dismissed us in these words : By the Power in me vested, I declare the Temple closed. So ended a really beautiful ceremony—beautifully conceived and beautifully carried out. If there is any higher form of artistic expression than great verse and great music I have yet to learn it. I do not pretend to understand the ritual that runs like a thread of magic through these meetings of the A∴ A∴ I do not even know what the A∴ A∴ is. But I do know that …