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Page 55 of 1071961 · PDF PAGE 179
…Twins, for Intellectual Wholeness, and for Adjustment to Environment. These Three are from this Superna and complete the Theorick of thy Work. After this, in the Praxis and Executive thereof thou hast the Hermit as an Influence from the Sphere of Jupiter in the Path of the Virgin, for Secrecy, and for Concentration, and for Prudence. Lastly, from the Sphere of Mars, travelleth Justice in the Path of the Balance, for good Judgment, and Tact, and Art. O my Son, in this Chapter is more wisdom than in Ten Thousand Folios of the Alchemists! Study th…
1904 · PDF PAGE 34
…and define Being a shadowy sort of test ; A verbal lusus at the best, At worst a wicked lie devised To bind men’s thoughts ; but we must work With our own instruments, nor shirk Discarding what we erstwhile prized ; Should we perceive it disagree With the first-born necessity. I come to tell you why I shun The sight of men, the life and fun You know I can enjoy so well, The Nature that I love as none (I think) before me ever loved. You know I scorn the fear of Hell, By worship and all else unmoved 190 195 200 205 210 215 220 225 Our logical met…
1919 · PDF PAGE 194
…n unto this Our reproof, and lend the ear of thine understanding unto the parable of this Magick. We have for the whole Beginning of Our Work, praise be eternally unto His Holy Name, the Fire of our Father the Sun. The inspiration is ours, and ours is the Law of The- lema that shall set the world ablaze. And We have many small dry sticks, that kindle quickly and burn through quickly, leaving the larger Wood unlit. And the great logs, the masses of humanity, are always with us. But our edged need is of those middle fagots that on the one hand ar…
1919 · PDF PAGE 376
…he Path: Now the discourse turns to the question of the origin of Evil. The alchemical theory is here set forth. The first matter of the work is not so worthy as the elixir, and it must pass through the state of the Black Dragon to attain thereto. 38. These vestures are: Nirménakéya, Sambhogakéya, Dharmakéya, robe Sublime. The Nirmanakaya body is the ‘Body of Light’ as described in Book 4, Part III. But it is to be considered as having been developed to the highest point possible that is compatible with incarnation. The Sambhogakaya has ‘three …
1919 · PDF PAGE 398
…ANI HUM.—Vajrapani was some kind of a universal deity in a previous Manvantara who took an oath: “Ere the Cycle reach to utter darkness, Work I so that every living being Pass beyond this constant chain of causes. If I fail, may all my being shatter Into millions of far-whirling pieces Y He failed, of course, and blew up accordingly; hence the Stars. 76
1961 · PDF PAGE 195
…t are consonant with our Art Mathe- matical, and hath Need only of the Fledging (I may say his) so that he apply them consciously to the Work, when all being in Truth, that is, in the necessary Relations that rule our Illusion, he cometh in Course to Apprehension. t
1961 · PDF PAGE 199
…e down The Book of the Law contrary o my conscious Will by the Virtue of Obedience as a Scribe, and strove constantly to escape mine own Work, and the Utterance of my Word, until by Initiation I was made All-One. h
1907 · PDF PAGE 18
…nwashen and oleaginous individuals who are a kind of Mérodack-Jauneau without the Mérodack, ie., without the gleam of intention in their work which to the lay mind redeems even the most grotesque imbecility of technique, and the most fatu@s ignorance of all subjects connected or unconnected with art. By philosophy he understands “Science and Health”: by poetry Lake Harris or Eric Mackay: he expects a painting to tell a pretty story or to upset a metaphysical position. His conversation is like that of Planchette: or if William Horton were vocal …
1907 · PDF PAGE 313
306 THE STAR IN THE WEST But by a fierce and loathly word The abomination must be told . The holy work must twist its spell From hemp of madness , grown in hell .! Others again do not possess the stability of mind , the natural health and strength so necessary in this severe mental struggle , and as Ribot says : “ It is all confined to an alienation , in the etymological sense , of certain states of consciousness which the ego does not consider as its own , but which it objectivates , and finally , by placing it outside itself , ends by attri b…
1910 · PDF PAGE 161
…the peace beyond; to where his heart may find rest, his mind become steadfast, untroubled, and serene.t At this stage the Bodhi Satva of Work commences to revolve within the heart of the aspirant and to break up the harmony of the elements only to attune his aspirations for a time to a discord nobler than all harmony, and eventually to that Peace which passeth Understanding. Ill. Right Speech. Right Speech is a furthering of Right Aspirations. It consists of a discipline wherein a man not only converses with his Holy Guardian Angel, but outward…
1910 · PDF PAGE 367
…, and suck thee down to their mother ooze unspeakable; but if not, then I too (no journalist, God knows!) must praise thee. Thee—not thy work. For the manner thereof is wholly abominable. What have all we done, that for Pegasus we have this spavined and hamstrung Rosinante, for Bucephalus this hydrocephalic hydropath? Even as god Gilbert begat the devil-brood musical comedy, so hast thou begotten the tedious stage-sermons to which our priest-loving, sin-conscious slaves now flock. Refinement of cruelty! Thou hast replaced the Trappist cell by t…
1910 · PDF PAGE 161
…the peace beyond; to where his heart may find rest, his mind become steadfast, untroubled, and serene.t At this stage the Bodhi Satva of Work commences to revolve within the heart of the aspirant and to break up the harmony of the elements only to attune his aspirations for a time to a discord nobler than all harmony, and eventually to that Peace which passeth Understanding. Ill. Right Speech. Right Speech is a furthering of Right Aspirations. It consists of a discipline wherein a man not only converses with his Holy Guardian Angel, but outward…
1910 · PDF PAGE 367
…, and suck thee down to their mother ooze unspeakable; but if not, then I too (no journalist, God knows!) must praise thee. Thee—not thy work. For the manner thereof is wholly abominable. What have all we done, that for Pegasus we have this spavined and hamstrung Rosinante, for Bucephalus this hydrocephalic hydropath? Even as god Gilbert begat the devil-brood musical comedy, so hast thou begotten the tedious stage-sermons to which our priest-loving, sin-conscious slaves now flock. Refinement of cruelty! Thou hast replaced the Trappist cell by t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 366
…he first nineteen are the keys of occult theology. The others are the keys of Nature ; we shall return to them in the third part of this work. Let us resume what we have said concerning God, by quoting a fine invocation borrowed from the Jewish liturgy. It is a page from the qabalistic poem Kether-Malkuth, by Rabbi Solomon, son of Gabirol : “Thou art one, the beginning of all numbers, and the foundation of all buildings; thou art one, and in the secret of thy unity the most wise of men are lost, because they know it not. Thou art one, and thy u…
1913 · PDF PAGE 417
…hem waking, and that is why he clothed them so well with all the colours of a shocking reality. Dr. Briére de Boismont in his remarkable work on “ Hal- lucinations,” tells the story of an Englishman otherwise quite sane, who thought that he had met a stranger and made his acquaintance, who took him to lunch at his tavern, and then having asked him to visit St. Paul’s in his company, had tried to throw him from the top of the tower which they had climbed together. From that moment the Englishman was obsessed by this stranger, whom he alone could…
1913 · PDF PAGE 552
… them to devour you. The rabble, slaves of fatality, can only enjoy liberty by absolute obedience to the will of free men; they ought to work for those who are responsible for them. But when the brute governs brutes, when the blind leads the blind, when the leader is as subject to fatality as the masses, what must one expect? What but the most shocking catastrophes? In that we shall never be disappointed. By admitting the anarchical dogmas of 1789, Louis XVI 254
1913 · PDF PAGE 366
…he first nineteen are the keys of occult theology. The others are the keys of Nature ; we shall return to them in the third part of this work. Let us resume what we have said concerning God, by quoting a fine invocation borrowed from the Jewish liturgy. It is a page from the qabalistic poem Kether-Malkuth, by Rabbi Solomon, son of Gabirol : “Thou art one, the beginning of all numbers, and the foundation of all buildings; thou art one, and in the secret of thy unity the most wise of men are lost, because they know it not. Thou art one, and thy u…
1913 · PDF PAGE 417
…hem waking, and that is why he clothed them so well with all the colours of a shocking reality. Dr. Briére de Boismont in his remarkable work on “ Hal- lucinations,” tells the story of an Englishman otherwise quite sane, who thought that he had met a stranger and made his acquaintance, who took him to lunch at his tavern, and then having asked him to visit St. Paul’s in his company, had tried to throw him from the top of the tower which they had climbed together. From that moment the Englishman was obsessed by this stranger, whom he alone could…
1913 · PDF PAGE 552
… them to devour you. The rabble, slaves of fatality, can only enjoy liberty by absolute obedience to the will of free men; they ought to work for those who are responsible for them. But when the brute governs brutes, when the blind leads the blind, when the leader is as subject to fatality as the masses, what must one expect? What but the most shocking catastrophes? In that we shall never be disappointed. By admitting the anarchical dogmas of 1789, Louis XVI 254
1910 · PDF PAGE 18
…lars might be reached by considerable extension of the notes to cover ethnographical, critical, and other interesting points. We went to work accordingly during my last leave in England, and accomplished (I think) a good deal. (Major Lutiy’s death left this paragraph incom- plete. I need only add that on his departure for the front he sent the MSS., with numerous further ad- ditions, to me. I have retained the paragraph to explain the occasional diversity of opinion in read- ing or interpretation, and the way in which ‘ I ’ and ‘ We ’ are alter…