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Page 55 of 711929 · PDF PAGE 163
… go back to the trenches. But these others were partial souls; they had not yet [230] attained humanity; they had not understood that in order to grow one must assimilate oneself with another being, the death of two to create the life of one, in whom the two live once more, transmuted and glorified, the corruptible having put on incorruption. To them incarnation was death; and they did not know that death was life. They were not ready for the Great Adventure. So they stood like tall lilies about the coruscating cone of Light, wondering, doubtin…
1996 · PDF PAGE 65
…uintessence, you blas pheme yourself, and betray the trust reposed in you when you accepted the obligation of that austerely chivalrous Order called Manhood. The powers of the talisman are irresistible like every other natural force. Every time they are used, a child must be begotten. This child must be in your own image, a symbol of your nature, an expression of your true subconscious Will. It is, of course, only once in many times that the conditions allow of the production of a human child. What happens when (either by chance or by design) …
1904 · PDF PAGE 72
…be, are in reality all of the same kind. If we are to have one salient fact, a fact for a real advance, it must be a fact of a different order. Have we such a fact to hand? We have. First, what do we mean by a fact of a different order? Let me take and example; the most impossible being the best for our purpose. The Spiritualists, let us suppose, go mad and begin to talk sense. (I can only imagine that such would be the result. ) All their “facts” are proved. We prove a world of spirits, the existence of G od, the immortality of the soul, etc. …
1930 · PDF PAGE 6
…aths. But as He advanced in Adeptship, this coltishness found its mouth bittedj as soon as He took serious Oaths and was admitted to the Order which we name not, those Oaths prevented him using His powers as playthings. Trifling operations, such as He once could do with a turn of the wrist, became impossible to the most persistent endeavour. It was many years before He understood the cause of this. But little by little He became so absorbed in the Work of His true Will that it no longer occurred to Him to indulge in capricious amusements. Yet e…
1930 · PDF PAGE 42
…n in the professional taster of tea or wine who can distinguish fantastîcallv subtle différences of flavour. It is a hard saying; but in order to divine without error, one ought to be a Master of the Temple, Divination affords excellent practice for those who aspire to that exalted eminence, for the faintest breath of personal preference will deflect the needle from the pôle of trnth in the answer. Unies? the diviner hâve banished utterly from his mind the minutest atom of interest in the answer to his question, he is almost certain to influenc…
1996 · PDF PAGE 145
…cel in Speed or in Battle, how he denieth himself the Food he craveth, and all Pleasures natural to him, putting himself under the harsh Order of a Trainer. So by this Bondage he hath, at the last, his Will. Now then the one by natural, and the other by voluntary, Restriction have come each to a greater Liberty. This is also a general Law of Biology, for all Development is Structuraliza- tion; that is, a Limitation and Specialization of an originally indeterminate Protoplasm, which latter may therefore be called free, in the Definition of a Ped…
1910 · PDF PAGE 350
… Joseph or Josephina aboard, no “helpmeet” worthy of Him, all Potiphar’s wives—by the way, a Second Joseph would have been rather a tall order for either Mrs, Potiphar or Ernst Haeckel—so the Great and Only 332
1910 · PDF PAGE 350
… Joseph or Josephina aboard, no “helpmeet” worthy of Him, all Potiphar’s wives—by the way, a Second Joseph would have been rather a tall order for either Mrs, Potiphar or Ernst Haeckel—so the Great and Only 332
1929 · PDF PAGE 146
…different sériés of laws. We meet with obstacles of a strange and subtle character ; and we overcome them by an energy and cunning of an order entirely alien to that which serves us in earthly life. In that Light, symbols are not conventions but realities, yet (on the contrary) the beings whom we encounter are only symbols of the realities of our own nature. Our operations in that Light are really the adventures of our own personified thoughts. The universe is a projection of ourse!ves; an image as unreal as that of our faces in a mirror, yet, …
1929 · PDF PAGE 70
…he discovery of my true purpose in this life." She echoed in a lower tone. All three concluded "So mote it be." "I receive you into this Order," which Simon Iff, "I confirm you in the robe which you have won; I greet you with [101] the right hand of fellowship; and I induct you to the Gate of the Great Work." Still holding the hand which he had grasped, he led her from the chapel. They passed through the refectory, and entered a room on its other side. This room was furnished as a library; there was nothing in it to suggest magick. "This is the…
1939 · PDF PAGE 8
… It is my will to explain the subject of Yoga in clear language, without resort to jargon or the enunciation of fantastic hypotheses, in order that this great science may be thoroughly understood as of universal importance. For, like all great things, it is simple; but, like all great things, it is masked by confused thinking; and, only too often, brought into contempt by the machinations of knavery. (1) There is more nonsense talked and written about Yoga than about anything else in the world. Most of this nonsense, which is fostered by charla…
1929 · PDF PAGE 139
…ncients, and we can therefore distinguish the real and right feeling from its imitations. A man may eat méat from self-indulgence, or in order to avoid the dangers of asceticism. We must constantly examine our- selves, and assure ourselves that every action is really subservient to the One Purpose. It is ceremonially désirable to seal and affirm this mental purity by Ritual, and accordingly the first operation in any actual ceremony is bathing and robing, with appropriate words. The bath signifies the removal of ail things extraneous or antagon…
1909 · PDF PAGE 279
…tter yy, is called the Perpetual Intelligence ; and it is socalled because it regulateth the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order ; each in an orbit convenient for it. Itis, therefore, the reflection of the sphere of Fire; and the path connecting the material universe, as depicted in Malkuth, with the Pillar of Severity and the side of Geburah through the Sephira Hod.” He then explains to the Theoricus the twentieth Key of the Tarot. It is a glyph of the powers of Fire. The angel crowned with the Sun is Michael, the ruler of Solar …
1909 · PDF PAGE 279
…tter yy, is called the Perpetual Intelligence ; and it is socalled because it regulateth the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order ; each in an orbit convenient for it. Itis, therefore, the reflection of the sphere of Fire; and the path connecting the material universe, as depicted in Malkuth, with the Pillar of Severity and the side of Geburah through the Sephira Hod.” He then explains to the Theoricus the twentieth Key of the Tarot. It is a glyph of the powers of Fire. The angel crowned with the Sun is Michael, the ruler of Solar …
1929 · PDF PAGE 86
…portant task than the exploration of one’s previous incarnations \ As Zoroaster says: “Explore the river of the soûl; whence and in what order thou hast corne.” One cannot do one’s True Will intelligently unless one knows what it is. Liber Thisarb, Equinox I, VII, gives instructions for determining this by calculating the résultant of the forces which hâve made one what one is. But this practice is confined to one’s présent incarnation. If one were to wake up in a boat on a strange river, it would be rash to conclude that the direction of the o…
1929 · PDF PAGE 30
Lauder! apart from any deception, a man in such circumstances might be willing to swear away his own reputation in order to assure her a career!" "It's rather embarrassing," said the Pasha, "especially to a Mohammedan like myself; but one must endure everything in the cause of Science. In a moment now she'll be ready for the sitting." Indeed, she changed suddenly into Personality Number Three, a very decorous young Frenchwoman named Annette, maid to the wife of a Jewish Banker. She went with rather stiff decorum to the table — she had to lay br…
1909 · PDF PAGE 296
… of the Vault of the Adepts, the connecting ritual between the grades of Philosophus and Adeptus Minor, between the First and the Second Order. But before we close this chapter, it will be necessary, briefly though it may be, to trace out the effect these six rituals and the mass of occult knowledge which appertains to them, had upon P., and further might be expected to have on the ordinary seeker in the mysteries of Truth. To even the most casual student it must be apparent, once he has finished reading these rituals, that though they contain …
1909 · PDF PAGE 296
… of the Vault of the Adepts, the connecting ritual between the grades of Philosophus and Adeptus Minor, between the First and the Second Order. But before we close this chapter, it will be necessary, briefly though it may be, to trace out the effect these six rituals and the mass of occult knowledge which appertains to them, had upon P., and further might be expected to have on the ordinary seeker in the mysteries of Truth. To even the most casual student it must be apparent, once he has finished reading these rituals, that though they contain …
1929 · PDF PAGE 221
…ice the prisoner was thrown forward on to a board, thrust up toward the framework. His caterwaul suddenly ceased. A moment later a sharp order rang out in the voice of one of the prison officials. The knife fell. From the crowd burst a most dreadful sound — an "Ah!" so [311] low, so fierce, that it had no human quality. Lord Antony Bowling could never be sure whether it was after that or before it that he heard the head tumble into the basket. "Who was it?" asked Cyril of a bystander. "Un anglais," answered the man. "Le docteur Balloch." Cyril …
1930 · PDF PAGE 73
…Unity in tlieir ignorant muddle of dispersions» A devil who liad unity would be a God L. It was said by the Sorcerer of the Jura that in order to invoke the Devil it is only necessary to caîl him with y our whole will. This is an universal magical truth, and applies to every other being as much as to the Devil. For the whole will of every man is in reality the whole will of the Uni verse. It is, however, always easy to call up the démons, for they are always calling you; and you hâve only to step down to their level i. “The Devil” is, historica…