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… a change: s o that he cried, ‘W ho 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 es cape the threefold m isery. ‘The soul,’ he said, ‘the soul, the I, is a s all of these ; it is im permanent as the e phemeral flower of beauty in the water that is born and shines and dies ere sun be risen and set again.’ “And he hum iliated his heart and sang the following verse: Brahma, and Vishnu, and great Shiva ! Truly I see the Trinity in all things dwell, …
1911 · PDF PAGE 86
…age. The God alike of Jews and Moslems delights in death. Or why are men and beasts slain in His honour? Brutal force is at the heart of things. Man is dragged crying from his mother's womb in dire agony; man fights his surroundings ——the nearer they are the more bitterly must he fight them 78
1911 · PDF PAGE 86
…age. The God alike of Jews and Moslems delights in death. Or why are men and beasts slain in His honour? Brutal force is at the heart of things. Man is dragged crying from his mother's womb in dire agony; man fights his surroundings ——the nearer they are the more bitterly must he fight them 78
1913 · PDF PAGE 59
…elleth all that he hath, and buyeth that pearl. With many people custom and habit —of which ethics is but the social expression —are the things most difificult to give up: and it is a useful practice to break any habit just to get into the way of being free from that form of slavery. Hence we have prac- tices for breaking up sleep, for putting our bodies into strained and un- natural positions, for doing difficult exercises of breathing — all these, apart from any special merit they may have in themselves for any par- ticular purpose, have the …
1913 · PDF PAGE 66
…rtance not to limit the vow in any way. You must buy the egg without haggling. In a certain Society the members were bound to do certain things, being assured that there was "nothing in the vow contrary to their civil, moral, or religious obligations." So when any one wanted to break his vow he had no difficulty in discovering a very good reason for it. The vow lost all its force. When Buddha took his seat under the blessed Bo-Tree, he took an oath that none of the inhabitants of the 10,000 worlds should cause him to rise until he had attained;…
1913 · PDF PAGE 72
… he repeats it mechanically as he is tossed from w^ave to wave. But if he can stick to it he will come through. And, once he is through, things will again assum.e their proper aspect;
1919 · PDF PAGE 364
… heart of all. Alas, that so few men should profit by the gift, the price- less boon of learning truth, the right perception of existing things, the knowledge of the non-existent! This is indeed a serious metaphysical complaint. The so- lution of it is not to be found in reason. 7. Saith the Pupil: O Teacher, what shall I do to reach Wisdom? O Wise One, what, to gain perfection? 8. Search for the Paths. But, O Lanoo, be of clean heart before thou startest on thy journey. Before thou takest thy first step, learn to discern the real from the fals…
1929 · PDF PAGE 51
…ned, flamed off, free from organic form. Where was Arthur? His brain, his individuality, his life, were utterly de- stroyed. As separate things, yes: Arthur had entered the universal consciousness. And I heard this utterance: or rather this is my translation into English of a single thought whose syn- thesis is Woe. Substance is called spirit or matter. Spirit and matter are one, indivisible, eternal, inde- structible. Infinite and eternal change! Infinite and eternal pain! No absolute: no truth, no beauty, no idea, nothing but the whirlwinds…
1903 · PDF PAGE 10
…e long-lost and central Arcanum of those divine philosophers. Thave no serious objection to a finite god, or gods, distinet from men and things. In fact personally,I believe in them all, and admit them to possess inconcei- yable though not infinite power. The Buddhists admit the existence of Maha-Brahma, but his power and knowledge are limited and his age- long day must end. I find evidence every-where, even in our garbled and mutilated version of the Hebrew Scriptures, that Jehovah’s power was limited in all sorts of ways. At the Fall, for ins…
1909 · PDF PAGE 24
…ining that which records the Visuddhi- idea? Or did I at that time unconsciously think of my throat for some other reason? Bother! These things are all dog-faced demons ! Το work ! Work: Meditation and Mantra. No good. Went off into a reverie about a castle and men-at—arms. This had all the qualities of a true dream, yet I was not in any other sense asleep. I soon will be, though. It seems foolish to persist.
1909 · PDF PAGE 51
…le form of self-martyrdom. Similarly, mutilations; though it is perhaps just to observe that all these people are mad when they do these things, and their standard 01 pleasure and pain consequently so different from the sane man’s as to be incomprehensible. Look at my Uncle Toml who goes about the world bragging of his chastity. The maniac is probably happy—a peacock who is all tail! And squawk. Look at the Vegetarians and Wallaceites and all that crew of lunatics. They are paid in the coin 01 self- conceit. I shall waste no pity on them! υ 49
1912 · PDF PAGE 89
…It is, then, difficult to overrate the value that such an experience has for the individual, especially as it is his entire conception of things, including his most deep—seated conception, the standard to which he has always referred everything, his own self, that is overthrown; and when we try to explain it away as hallucination, temporary suspension of the faculties or something similar, we find ourselves unable to do so. You cannot argue with a flash of lightning that has knocked you down. Any mere theory is easy to upset. One can find flaws in t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 152
…ne Unmanifest. But this matter is too great for an elementary treatise on Magick. The Serpent which is coiled about the Crown means many things, or, rather, one thing in many ways. It is the symbol of royalty and of initiation, for the Magician is anointed King and Priest.
1910 · PDF PAGE 89
… perfect lover is calm and equable ; storms of thunder, quakings of the earth, losses of goods, punishment from great men, none of these things cause him to rise from his divan, or to remove the silken tube of the rose-perfumed huqqa from his mouth. I can even take pleasure with Laila, O no longer jealous one ! When thou wast away from me, I was unable to regard her or her companions (the thunder-smitten bitches2 !) without excessive sick- ness. It was for thy sake, o mischievous one ! that I caused the eunuchs3 to fornicate with Zuleikah in a …
1912 · PDF PAGE 26
…efore we have been doing this for very long we are almost certain to get impatient, and we shall find that we have to practice many other things in order to assist us in our work. New problems will constantly arise which must be faced, and solved. For instance, we shall most assuredly find that we fidget. We shall
1913 · PDF PAGE 16
…se who laugh last laugh best. Scourie, KC, What did you do? Maruns. I waited for my opportunity. Scourio, KC. Did it arrive? Maries, All things come to him who waits, Sconrio, K°C. Describe what happened, Matures A’ paper called “The Looking Glass ” attacked Mr. Crowley. I went to the editor (Mr. W. F. de Wend Fenton) and fold him all | knew — and a good deal that I didn’t know. Sconrio, K.C, Was the editor actuated by malice against Mr. Crowley? Marius, No, SeoKPI0, K-C. How can you be sure? Matutns. Theday after his rst article appeared hetel…
1919 · PDF PAGE 445
…wearying because of the beauty and variety of the form. “Everything is sorrow,” says the Buddha. Quite so, to begin with. We analyse the things we deem least sorrow, and find that by taking a long enough period, or a short enough period, we can prove them to be the most exquisite agony. Such is the attempt of all Buddhist writers, and their even feebler Western imitators. But once the secret of the universe is found, then everything is joy. The prop- osition is quite as universal. 80. If thou would’st have that stream of hard-earn’d knowledge, …
1905 · PDF PAGE 11
…t, and a certain advance in Scientific Knowledge, gave me, as I hope, a direct and definite view—no longer a philosophy—of the nature of things, so that the Agnosticism which is the good wine of 12
1909 · PDF PAGE 23
…ul ” was present with me. This aspect is difficult to describe; one is indifferent to everything and yet interested in it. The meaning of things is lost, pending the inception of their Spiritual Meaning; just as, on putting one’s eye to the microscope, the drop of water on the slide is gone, and a world of life discovered, though the real import of that world is not apprehended, until one’s knowledge becomes far greater than a single glance can make it. 21
1909 · PDF PAGE 238
… there are no roads to guide the pilgrim, and the sleuth-hound can no more be seen because of the shadows of the night which obscure all things. And how can one write further about these matters? for those who have been so far and have returned, on account of the darkness saw nothing, therefore they have held their tongues. But there is an old parable which relates how the hound that had tempted man the whole length of his perilous journey, devoured him on the Summit of that Mystic Moun- tain; and how that Ancient DOG was indeed GOD Himself. 23…