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Page 6 of 831909 · PDF PAGE 67
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH producing a standard drug, upon isolating the substance responsible for effect (), and so on, we might find a reliable and harmless adjuvant to the process which I have optimis- tically named Scientific Iluminism. But at least for the present we have not arrived so far. In my own case I should know fairly well what to do, well enough to get my little “loosening of the girders of the soul” at a guess twice in five times, perhaps more. Not surely enough to guarantee results to other people without a lengthy series of exp…
1908 · PDF PAGE 3
MT. COLLON (Page 84) S. face of N.W. arête. Mr. Grant and myself failed to find the ordinary descent of this ridge, and cut straight down from the first gendarme (before the ridge becomes rotten) by a chimney and diffi- cult slabs below it, keeping to the left directly down the face. I understood Pierre Maitre to say that he had on one occasion adopted a similar route. The descent took just over 2 hours snow to snow. E. ALEISTER CROWLEY.
1910 · PDF PAGE 214
…emble, The saddest of all alchemists ! For gold within my crucible Turns iron ; and heaven turns to hell In cloudlands ghostly napery I find a corpsethat I loved well And in celestial gardens I Build mightiest sarcophagi
1909 · PDF PAGE 25
…the table will become clear. Let us suppose that you wish to obtain knowledge of some obscure science. In column xlv., line 12, you will find “ Knowledge of Sciences.” By now looking up line 12 in the other columns, you will find that the Planet corresponding is Mercury, its number eight, its lineal figures the octagon and octagram, the God who rules that planet Thoth, or in Hebrew symbolism Tetragram- maton Adonai and Elohim Tzabaoth, its Archangel Raphael, its Choir of Angels Beni Elohim, its Intelligence Tiriel, its Spirit Taphtatharath, its…
1909 · PDF PAGE 25
…the table will become clear. Let us suppose that you wish to obtain knowledge of some obscure science. In column xlv., line 12, you will find “ Knowledge of Sciences.” By now looking up line 12 in the other columns, you will find that the Planet corresponding is Mercury, its number eight, its lineal figures the octagon and octagram, the God who rules that planet Thoth, or in Hebrew symbolism Tetragram- maton Adonai and Elohim Tzabaoth, its Archangel Raphael, its Choir of Angels Beni Elohim, its Intelligence Tiriel, its Spirit Taphtatharath, its…
1907 · PDF PAGE 44
…y Jesus Wept " is the more characteristic of the two , and certainly the most iconoclastic of any . In “ Orpheus , " Books I and II , we find a poetic regularity almost strictly adhered to , not so , how ever , in Book III , and in “ The Argonauts .” But it is not till we get to “ Rodin in Rime ” that we find practically every sonnet and quatorzain possessing some infringement of the orthodox rules of poetry ; yet it cannot be said that these poems , chiefly in iambic verse broken by the occasional introduction of another foot , usually an anap…
1907 · PDF PAGE 33
…d in the above poems express the maximum amount of horror in the one case , and of desire in the other . Very different from Blake do we find such a poem as “ Vespers ,” which , though differing in rime , in cadence and spirit , is reminiscent of Rossetti's “ Blessed Damozel " : Still in those avenues of light, No maid , with golden zone , And lily garment that from sight Half hides the ivory throne , Lay in my arms the livelong night To call my soul her own . ? Whilst parts of the poem “ Messaline " with which “ Alice ” opens remind us of poor…
1907 · PDF PAGE 45
…pondee ; “ pity , ” a trochee . The whole metre breaks up , as if the singer's heart burst in despair . Whilst in “ Bouches d'Enfer ” we find such lines as : From the long -held leash ! The headlong , hot -mouthed girl, in which , as we read , we feel a veritable stretching of the mental leather , as it were ; our minds being held back a space by the introduction of the word “ long .' This quatorzain ends : Of smouldering infamy. Bow down in awe ! It is enough . The Gods are at feast . Withdraw ! 22 Again the same mental stress . All the above …
1910 · PDF PAGE 229
… moon, these lips of love ; And seek caresses, like a snake Playing round a crystal lake. At the pallid moons disgrace Empty thou shalt find my place That shall be cold till night appear. As others tenderness and truth Desire to rule thy life, thy youth, So will I dominate by fear !
1906 · PDF PAGE 186
…ked ! But I remember and reflect , 640 That anger makes a person blind, And my own “ Chittam” I’d neglect. Besides, it’s you, and you, I find, Are but a mode of my own mind. Objectivity of But then you argue, and with sense ; 645 universe not ‘‘T have this worthy evidence discussed. That things are real, since I cease The painter’s ecstasy of peace, And find them all unchanged.” To-day I cannot brush that doubt away ; 650 It leads to tedious argument Uncertain, in the best event : Unless, indeed, I should invoke The fourth dimension, clear the …
1907 · PDF PAGE 260
THE NEW WINE 253 » 2 the Hermetic maxim , “ That which is above is as that which is below ,” we find stated in “ The Philo sopher's Progress ": That which is highest as the deep Is fixed , the depth as that above : Death's face is as the face of Sleep ; And Lust is likest Love . ? In “ The Quest ” and in several parts of “ Tann häuser , ” we are conveyed into the maze of mystic numbers , which we do not intend to enter here . “ My womb is pregnant with mad moons and suns , and yet we ultimately feel, on reading deep into these mystical poems , …
1904 · PDF PAGE 42
… not avail ? Aum ! Let us meditate aright50 On that adorable One Light, Divine Savitri ! So may She Illume our minds ! So mote it be ! I find some folks think me (for one) So great a fool that I disclaim Indeed Jehovah’s hate for shame That man to-day should not be weaned Of worshipping so foul a fiend In presence of the living Sun, And yet replace him oiled and cleaned By the Egyptian Pantheon, The same thing by another name. Thus when of late Egyptian Gods Evoked ecstatic periods In verse of mine, you thought I praised Or worshipped them—I st…
1906 · PDF PAGE 183
…will not avail? Aum! Let us meditate aright °° On that adorable One Light, Divine Savitri! So may She Tliume our minds! So mote it be! I find some folks think me (for one) So great a fool that I disclaim Indeed Jehovah’s hate for shame That man to-day should not be weaned Of worshipping so foul a fiend In presence of the living Sun, And yet replace him oiled and cleaned By the Egyptian Pantheon, The same thing by another name. Thus when oflate Egyptian Gods Evoked ecstatic periods In verse of mine, you thought I praised Or worshipped them—I sta…
1907 · PDF PAGE 79
…est possible morality , based on Nature , and manifested to us through our divine powers of reason . And much of this new morality do we find in the love-gospel of Aleister Crowley . First turning to the love incarnate in motherhood , we find a touching case in the picture of Cora in “ The Mother's Tragedy." Cora Vavasour , late of the halls , yet as true and noble a woman as ever lived , a type of woman that , thank Heaven , is not so uncommon among those whom the prudes call fallen classes . Cora was scarcely , however , one of these ; living…
1906 · PDF PAGE 185
…his remarks upon the Rational piano, and the conclusions to whi: An explanation different For this particular event. Though surely I may find it queer That you should talk of self-hypnosis, When your own faith so very close is To similar experience ; Lies, in a word, beneath suspicion To ordinary common sense . And logic’s emery attrition. I take, however, as before Your own opinions, and demand Some test by which to understand Huxley’s piano-talk,* and find If my hypnosis may not score A point against the normal mind. (As you are pleased to te…
1907 · PDF PAGE 312
…tate of pseudo -Samadhi . To make me as one dead : To loose the girders of the soul , and gain Breathing and life for the Intelligible ; Find death , yet find it living.'1 In the midst of my complicated hallucination , I could perceive I had a dual existence . One portion of me was whirled unresistingly along the track of this tremendous experience , and the other sat looking down from a height upon its double , observing reassuring , and serenely weigh ing all the phenomena .? 3 Probably Samadhi itself acts somewhat like this . But hasheesh pr…
1905 · PDF PAGE 54
…e muck-heap Crawl and miserably die ! Seed of Abel, thine oblation Sweet to Seraphim doth smell : Seed of Cain, shall thy damnation Ever find the bounds of Hell ? Race of Abel, see thy seed And thy cattle flourish more ! Race of Cain, for hunger’s need, Like a dog thy bowels roar. Seed of Abel, warm thy paunch At thy patriarchal hall ! Seed of Cain, on shivering haunch Squat in cave, despised jackal ! 49
1904 · PDF PAGE 45
…ion pecked ! But I remember and reflect That anger makes a person blind, And my own “Chittam” I’d neglect. Besides, it’s you, and you, I find, Are but a mode of my own mind. But then you argue, and with sense; “I have this worthy evidence That things are real, since I cease The painter’s ecstasy of peace, And find them all unchanged.” To-day I cannot brush that doubt away ; It leads to tedious argument Uncertain, in the best event : Unless, indeed, I should invoke The fourth dimension, clear the smoke Psychology still leaves. This question Need…
1906 · PDF PAGE 182
…G Fact replacing folklore, the Christian snig- gers. Let him beware, For I speak subtly. Resultsof prac- tice. ‘The poet abandons all to find ‘Truth. Known as I know my consciousness, That all division’s hosts confess A master, for I know and see The absolute identity Of the beholder and the vision. How easy to excite derision In the man’s mind! Why, fool, I think { am as clever as yourself, At least as skilled to wake the elf Of jest and mockery in a wink. I can dismiss with sneers as cheap As yours this fabric of my own, One banner of my mind…
1913 · PDF PAGE 441
… thing that often happens to me; whenever I wish, that is to say, whenever I am prepared and hope humbly to be worthy of it! Yes, sir, I find the host when I ask for it; I find it real and palpable, but often ornamented with little hearts, little miraculous hearts, which one might think had been painted by Raphael.” Eliphas Levi, who felt ill at ease in discussing facts with which there was mingled a sort of profanation of the most holy things, then took his leave of the one-time Catholic writer, and went out meditating on the strange influence…