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Page 55 of 811913 · PDF PAGE 257
…e, he began to be wise ; and he never forgot that the fear of Crowley is the beginning of wisdom. To the end he combined an intensity of holy awe with a kind of timid audacity of reverential love for the Master, to which the latter responded with the most gracious condescension, mingled with that peculiar affection which one feels for an old and worthless dog belonging to somebody else. It was an unique and altogether idyllic relation. His motto, “Fides, spes, caritas sunt virtutes ab omnibus Christianis diligende” had to be shortened for conve…
1913 · PDF PAGE 506
… had a more dangerous enemy, and they recognized the fact, for Julian was assassinated; and the Golden Legend still bears witness that a holy martyr, awakened in his tomb by the clamour of the Church, resumed his arms, and struck the Apostate in the darkness, in the midst of his army and of his victories. Sorry martyrs, who rise from the dead to become hangmen! Too credulous Emperor, who believed in his gods, and in the virtues of the past! When the kings of France were hedged around with the adoration of their people, when they were regarded a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 257
…e, he began to be wise ; and he never forgot that the fear of Crowley is the beginning of wisdom. To the end he combined an intensity of holy awe with a kind of timid audacity of reverential love for the Master, to which the latter responded with the most gracious condescension, mingled with that peculiar affection which one feels for an old and worthless dog belonging to somebody else. It was an unique and altogether idyllic relation. His motto, “Fides, spes, caritas sunt virtutes ab omnibus Christianis diligende” had to be shortened for conve…
1913 · PDF PAGE 506
… had a more dangerous enemy, and they recognized the fact, for Julian was assassinated; and the Golden Legend still bears witness that a holy martyr, awakened in his tomb by the clamour of the Church, resumed his arms, and struck the Apostate in the darkness, in the midst of his army and of his victories. Sorry martyrs, who rise from the dead to become hangmen! Too credulous Emperor, who believed in his gods, and in the virtues of the past! When the kings of France were hedged around with the adoration of their people, when they were regarded a…
1919 · PDF PAGE 439
…LS 70. Remember, thou that fightest for man’s liberation, each failure is success, and each sincere attempt wins its reward in time. The holy germs that sprout and grow un- seen in the disciple’s soul, their stalks wax strong at each new trial, they bend like reeds but never break, nor can they eer be lost. But when the hour has struck they blossom forth. But if thou cam’st prepared, then have no fear. These verses explain the cumulative effect of which we spoke. It is very hard to persist, because very often we seem to make no progress. There …
1907 · PDF PAGE 219
…and philosophy , but with the stones of the unfinished and abandoned Hall of Science . And in it let Semiramis , heavy with child by the Holy Ghost , possess the couch of labour , once crushed by the agon ized form of Mary ; and bring to light that unmistak able phenomenon , by which no woman could doubt whether or no she has ever been a mother , and in which no adept can doubt that he is one . Religion and Science have for many years seemingly run antagonistic to each other , but in reality their antagonism has been of a superficial nature , a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 588
…ose whom he loved:—and yet never did he find himself un- happy, since truth and justice remained to him for consolation | Thou alone art holy, O God of true hearts and upright souls, and thou knowest if ever I thought myself pure in thy sight! Like all men I have been the plaything of human passions. At last I conquered them, or rather thou hast conquered them in me; and thou hast given me for a rest the deep peace of those who have no goal and no ambition but Thyself. I love humanity, because men, as far as they are not insensate, are never wi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 588
…ose whom he loved:—and yet never did he find himself un- happy, since truth and justice remained to him for consolation | Thou alone art holy, O God of true hearts and upright souls, and thou knowest if ever I thought myself pure in thy sight! Like all men I have been the plaything of human passions. At last I conquered them, or rather thou hast conquered them in me; and thou hast given me for a rest the deep peace of those who have no goal and no ambition but Thyself. I love humanity, because men, as far as they are not insensate, are never wi…
1904 · PDF PAGE 27
…s, and coffee—three in one, (Alas, O Rabbi Schimeon !) But never a duellist—no Son, No Father, and (to please us most) Decency pleads—no Holy Ghost! All vanish at the touch of truth, A cobweb trio—like, in sooth, 705 710 715 720 725 730 735 740 Mystical mean-ing o f “Ascen-sion Day.” Futility of whole discus- sion, in view o f facts.
1909 · PDF PAGE 280
…plains the two tablets: “The Ten Ex Sephiroth in Seven Palaces,” and “The attribution of the Ten ty Sephiroth to the four letters of the Holy Name.” And the SZ Hegemon: “ The Seven Heavens of Assiah,” * and “ The Ten (Tei (o) ri] evil Sephiroth of the Qliphoth.”+ V3) The Hierophant then confers on the Theoricus the title of Ke} the Thirty-first Path, which ends the first part of the Ceremony TM of 3° = 8°. Dia GRAM 29. The second part consists of the ritual of the Thirtieth Path. The Hierophant explains the Solar Greek Cross, and then says: “Th…
1909 · PDF PAGE 280
…plains the two tablets: “The Ten Ex Sephiroth in Seven Palaces,” and “The attribution of the Ten ty Sephiroth to the four letters of the Holy Name.” And the SZ Hegemon: “ The Seven Heavens of Assiah,” * and “ The Ten (Tei (o) ri] evil Sephiroth of the Qliphoth.”+ V3) The Hierophant then confers on the Theoricus the title of Ke} the Thirty-first Path, which ends the first part of the Ceremony TM of 3° = 8°. Dia GRAM 29. The second part consists of the ritual of the Thirtieth Path. The Hierophant explains the Solar Greek Cross, and then says: “Th…
1904 · PDF PAGE 80
…ttle stranger, very welcome to Mamma and Papa Nat. “Blessed indeed was the fam ily. Five- and-forty feet1 away stood a most ancient a nd holy dagoba: and the children of light would gather round it in the cool of the evening, or in the misty glamour of dawn, and turn f orth in love and pity towards all mankind—nay , to the smallest grain of dust tossed on the utmost storms of the Sahara ! “Blessed and more blessed ! For one day came a holy Bikkhu from the land of the Peacock,2 and would take up his abode in t he hollow of their very tree. And l…
1907 · PDF PAGE 193
…e golden chalice filled with the vanities of life , the latter a leaden cup replete with the excretum of existence . · The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 182 . 2 The Argonauts , iv, vol . ii, p . 110 .
1913 · PDF PAGE 436
…of Catholicism in the most exalted way, received most flattering encouragements from ecclesiastical authority, and even letters from the Holy See. Then he saw Vintras; and, led away by the prestige of his miracles, became a determined sectarian, and an irreconcil- able enemy of the hierarchy and of the clergy. At ‘the period when Eliphas Levi was publishing his Dogme et vituel de la haute magie, he received a pamphlet from Mr. Madrolle which astonished him. In it, the author vigorously sustained the most unheard of paradoxes in the disordered s…
1913 · PDF PAGE 436
…of Catholicism in the most exalted way, received most flattering encouragements from ecclesiastical authority, and even letters from the Holy See. Then he saw Vintras; and, led away by the prestige of his miracles, became a determined sectarian, and an irreconcil- able enemy of the hierarchy and of the clergy. At ‘the period when Eliphas Levi was publishing his Dogme et vituel de la haute magie, he received a pamphlet from Mr. Madrolle which astonished him. In it, the author vigorously sustained the most unheard of paradoxes in the disordered s…
1910 · PDF PAGE 11
VI PREFACE. than the minister of God and the mouthpiece of the Holy Ghost ; just as on the other hand it was only natural that the orders from the Hall should come his way, and leave the first-best butcher lamenting, and the second-best bewil- dered. So that in my time the sect (though it is only fair to point out that they refused to be described as a sect, since what they had done was not to form a new sect, but to “ come out of sect ”, — this they maintained in spite of the fact that they were far more exclusive than any other religious body…
1919 · PDF PAGE 98
THE EQUINOX 15. Also he taught me the holy unutterable word Ararita, so that I melted the sixfold gold into a single invisible point, whereof naught may be spoken. 16. For the Magistry of this Opus is a secret magistry; and the sign of the master thereof is a certain ring of lapis- lazuli with the name of my master, who am I, and the Eye in the Midst thereof. 17. Also He spake and said: This is a secret sign, and thou shalt not disclose it unto the profane, nor unto the neo- phyte, nor unto the zelator, nor unto the practicus, nor unto the phil…
1919 · PDF PAGE 390
…be his. Before he casts his shadow off, his mortal coil, that pregnant cause of anguish and illimitable pain—in him will men a great and holy Buddha honour. The words “mortal coil” suggest Stratford-on-Avon rather than Lhassa. The meaning of the verse is a little ob- scure. It is that the conqueror will be recognised as a Buddha sooner or later. This is not true, but does not mat- ter. My God! if one wanted ‘recognition’ from ‘men’! Help! 68
1947 · PDF PAGE 10
… and life, sustenance and joy to them that revolve about us without diminution of substance or effulgence for ever. Lord secret and most holy, source of light, source of life, source of love, source of liberty, be thou ever constant and mighty within us, force of energy, fire of motion ; with diligence let us ever labour with thee, that we may remain in thine abundant joy. Lady of night, that turning ever about us art now visible and now invisible in thy season, be thou favourable to hunters, and lovers, and to all men that toil upon the earth,…
1907 · PDF PAGE 103
…rit shape Kisses my spirit as no woman can . I love her - yes ; and I have no escape .? 1 Aceldama , vol . i, p . 2. 2 The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 188 .