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Page 57 of 811919 · PDF PAGE 103
…en. 58. Moreover, I heard the voice of Adonai: Seal up the book of the Heart and the Serpent; in the number five and sixty seal thou the holy book. As fine gold that is beaten into a diadem for the fair queen of Pharaoh, as great stones that are cemented together into the Pyramid of the ceremony of the Death of Asar, so do thou bind together the words and the deeds, so that in all is one Thought of Me thy delight Adonai. 59. And I answered and said: It is done even according unto Thy word. Anditwasdone. And they that read the book and debated t…
1954 · PDF PAGE 465
…o Dispu tandi Now in this Training of the Child is one most dear Consideration, that I shall impress upon thee as is Conformity with our holy Experience in the Way of Truth And it is this, that since that which can be thought is not true, every Statement is in some sense false. Even on the Sea of pure Reason, we may say that
1904 · PDF PAGE 30
… hands Gentle, pale olive ’gainst the sand’s Amber and gold. At sight, I knew him ; Swifter than light I flashed, ran to him, And at his holy feet prostrated My head ; then, all my being sated With love, cried “Master ! I must know. Already I can love.” E’en so. The sage saluted me ram, ram,9 lmba p'av kI b'I dam , janI yh sb se m zikl kam hE, vah zavaz , t mhar nam istarae< me< sIne se iloa hE , hmare pas Aap cele , hm dva$ icÄa ke vaSte de<ge . ha< , said I : “I’m game to work through all eternity, Your holiness the Guru Swami !”* Thus I stud…
1909 · PDF PAGE 10
…ntly, subtly, persistently turning them one and all to the question of retreat and com- munion with that which I have agreed to call the Holy Guardian Angel, whose Knowledge and Conversation I have willed, and in greater or less measure enjoyed, since Ten Years. Terrible have been the ordeals of the Path; I have lost all that I possessed, and all that I loved, even as at the Begin- ning I offered All for Nothing, unwitting as I was of the meaning of those words, I have suffered many and grievous things at the hands of the elements, and of the p…
1911 · PDF PAGE 93
THE VISION AND THE VOICE is set in a jewel of threescore pearls and twelve. And He hath garnished it with the Four Holy Living Creatures for Guardians, and He hath graven therein the seal of righteous- ness,* and He hath burnished it with the fire of His Angel, and the blush of His loveliness informeth it, and with delight and with wit hath He made it merry at the heart, and the core thereof is the Secret of His being, and therein is His name Generation. And this His stability hath the number 80, for that the price thereof is War.+ Beware, ther…
1911 · PDF PAGE 170
…ted to describe in ‘The Garden of Janus.” Every volition is inhibited. I have tried to say a lot, and it has always got lost on the way. Holy art thou, O more beautiful than all the stars of the Night! There has never been such peace, such silence. But these are positive things. Singing praises of things eternal amid the flames of first glory, and every note of every song is a fresh flower in the garland of peace. This child danceth not, but it is because he is the soul of the two dances,—the right hand and the left hand, and in him they are on…
1919 · PDF PAGE 102
…land? 52. There was also an humming-bird that spake unto the horned cerastes, and prayed him for poison. And the great snake of Khem the Holy One, the royal Urzeus serpent, an- swered him and said: 53. I sailed over the sky of Nu in the car called Millions- of-Years, and I saw not any creature upon Seb that was equal to me. The venom of my fang is the inheritance of my father, and of my father’s father; and how shall I give it unto thee? Live thou and thy children as I and my fathers have lived, even unto an hundred millions of generations, and…
1961 · PDF PAGE 13
…. Firstly, then, I would have thee to know that Spiritual Experience and Perfection have no necessary connection with Advancement in our Holy Order. But for each Man is a Path: here is a Constant, and there is a Variable. Seek ever herefore in thy Work of the Promulgation of the Law to discover in each Man his own true Nature. For in each Man his Inmost Light is the Core of his Star. That is, Hadit; and his Work is the identification of himself with that Light. It is not every Man who is called to the sublime Task of the A∴A∴, wherein he must m…
1910 · PDF PAGE 163
…E OF SOLOMON THE KING withdraw himself to pray. He has become a priest unto him- self his own Guardian, he may administer to himself the holy sacrament of God in Truth and in Right, he has become Exempt from the shackles of Earth. He is the Supreme Man, one step more he enters the Sanctuary of God and becomes one with the Brotherhood of Light. Up to this stage progress has meant Work, work terrible and Titanic, one great striving after union which roughly may be compared to the five methods of Yoga. From this fifth stage work gives place to kno…
1910 · PDF PAGE 163
…E OF SOLOMON THE KING withdraw himself to pray. He has become a priest unto him- self his own Guardian, he may administer to himself the holy sacrament of God in Truth and in Right, he has become Exempt from the shackles of Earth. He is the Supreme Man, one step more he enters the Sanctuary of God and becomes one with the Brotherhood of Light. Up to this stage progress has meant Work, work terrible and Titanic, one great striving after union which roughly may be compared to the five methods of Yoga. From this fifth stage work gives place to kno…
1911 · PDF PAGE 141
…d then. All images are useless. Blackness, blackness intolerable, before the beginning of the light. This is the first verse of Genesis. Holy art thou, Chaos, Chaos, Eternity, all contradictions in terms! Oh, blue! blue! blue! whose reflection in the Abyss is called the Great One of the Night of Time; between ye vibrat- eth the Lord of the Forces of Matter. O Nox, Nox, qui celas infamiam infandi nefandi, Deo solo sit laus qui dedit signum non scribendum. Laus virgini cuius stuprum tradit salutem. O Night, that givest suck from thy paps to sorce…
1907 · PDF PAGE 263
… is lost in the universe , not even the vapour which goes out of our mouths , as all things , it has its place and destination , and the Holy One , blessed be It ! makes it concur to Its works ; not anything falls into the void , not even the words and the voice of man , but all has its place and its destination ." “ All things of which this world is composed , spirit as well as body , will again enter into the Principle , and into the root from which they went out .” Zohar , Part ii, fol . 218b . The Qabalist Abram ben Dior , says : “ When the…
1912 · PDF PAGE 103
…ng earth, one could take a short cut to Australia; or by conquering water, one can live at the bottom of the Ganges. They say there is a holy man at Benares who does this, coming up only once a year to comfort and in- struct his disciples. But nobody need believe this unless he wants to; and you are even advised to conquer that desire should it arise. It will be interesting when science really determines the variables and constants of these equations. 2 This is so complete that not only “Black is White,” but “The VVhiteness of Black is the esse…
1913 · PDF PAGE 162
…on of the Arrow. In the 4th A&thyr, the nature of the Great Work which the Master of the Temple must accomplish is shown more fully. The Holy Guardian Angel presents his Bride to the Mother, who presents her to the Father. One may remark that it is necessary to be a Master of the Temple before anything like a full understanding of these mysteries can be attained. In the 3rd A2thyr the Guards to the further Grades are exhibited. Now it may be asked, “ What has become of the blood of the Adept which was put into the cup of BABALON, for that blood…
1913 · PDF PAGE 302
…on in faith, hope, and charity. Representing the moral authority, and realizing it by the efficacy of its ministry, the priesthood is as holy and infal- lible as humanity is subject to vice and to error. The priest, A 4
1913 · PDF PAGE 529
…s, in his hand was his blasting rod; and he invited them to follow him, showing them with his finger the horizon in the direction of the Holy Land. The news of this prodigy spread abroad, and the Israelites rushed towards the shore ina mob. All saw, or pretended to see, the marvellous apparition : they were, in number, twenty thousand, according to the chronicler, whom we suspect to be slightly exaggerating in this respect. Immediately heads 231
1913 · PDF PAGE 162
…on of the Arrow. In the 4th A&thyr, the nature of the Great Work which the Master of the Temple must accomplish is shown more fully. The Holy Guardian Angel presents his Bride to the Mother, who presents her to the Father. One may remark that it is necessary to be a Master of the Temple before anything like a full understanding of these mysteries can be attained. In the 3rd A2thyr the Guards to the further Grades are exhibited. Now it may be asked, “ What has become of the blood of the Adept which was put into the cup of BABALON, for that blood…
1913 · PDF PAGE 302
…on in faith, hope, and charity. Representing the moral authority, and realizing it by the efficacy of its ministry, the priesthood is as holy and infal- lible as humanity is subject to vice and to error. The priest, A 4
1913 · PDF PAGE 529
…s, in his hand was his blasting rod; and he invited them to follow him, showing them with his finger the horizon in the direction of the Holy Land. The news of this prodigy spread abroad, and the Israelites rushed towards the shore ina mob. All saw, or pretended to see, the marvellous apparition : they were, in number, twenty thousand, according to the chronicler, whom we suspect to be slightly exaggerating in this respect. Immediately heads 231
1954 · PDF PAGE 437
…Convert (A Hundred Years Hence) There met one eveJn a sylvan glade A horrible Man and a beautiful maid. "Where are you going so meek and holy?" "I'm going to temple to worship Crowley. " "Crowley is God then? How did you know?" "Why. it's Captain Fuller that told us so. " "And how do you know that Fuller was right?" "I'm afraid you're a wicked man; good-night. " While this sort of thing is styled success I shall not count failure bitterness. Sometimes, note well! they are even frank about it, and say plainly that there would be no merit in it i…