Mortadello
MORTADELLO OR THE ANGEL OF VENICE A COMEDY BY ALEISTER CROWLEY LONDON WIELAND AND COMPANY 3. GREAT JAMES STREET, BEDFORD ROW MCMXII
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MORTADELLO OR THE ANGEL OF VENICE A COMEDY BY ALEISTER CROWLEY LONDON WIELAND AND COMPANY 3. GREAT JAMES STREET, BEDFORD ROW MCMXII
Issued by order of the GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD known as the A /. A .•. Witness our Seal, N .-.• Praemonstrator- General.
Issued by order of the GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD known as the A.\ A.*. Witness our Seal, N.-.- PraemonstrcUor- General.
64 KONX OM PAX these men, while yet unbalanced, seek to attain to unity with the great Tao. But for those whose intellect is purified and co-ordinated, for those whose bodies are in health, and whose passions are at once eager and controlled, it shall be lawful to choose their own way to the One Goal; wkielicet, identity with that great Tao which is above the antithesis of Yang and Yin.” Even Kwaw felt tired, and applied himself to saké-and-soda. Refreshed, he continued: “ The men who are willing by this means to become the saviours of their cou…
…ssions. Strong forces beyond the Querent‘s control. Society, meetings of many persons. Strength generally. Aces are always strong cards. Great power and force. Riches, success. Swiftness, rapidity, Unexpectedmeetings. Knights, in general, shew news. Authority, influence. Powerful friends. Meetings with the great. Rank and honour. New ideas or plans. Society of the young. Anxiety, responsibility. Buying and selling (commerce). Added responsibilities. Much correspondence. Much news. Much journeying. 205
…ssions. Strong forces beyond the Querent‘s control. Society, meetings of many persons. Strength generally. Aces are always strong cards. Great power and force. Riches, success. Swiftness, rapidity, Unexpectedmeetings. Knights, in general, shew news. Authority, influence. Powerful friends. Meetings with the great. Rank and honour. New ideas or plans. Society of the young. Anxiety, responsibility. Buying and selling (commerce). Added responsibilities. Much correspondence. Much news. Much journeying. 205
…rlet tissue of silk for his robes) flitting about, brandishing his tiny sword and spear in a thoroughly warlike manner. “Shun!” said the Great White Spirit. “ By the right, dress! “ Sappers, one pace forward, march ! “ Prepare to stop leak! “ Stop leak !” But the matter was not thus easily settled. After five hours’ strenuous work, the little spirit was exhausted, and the hole apparently no nearer being filled than before. He returned to the Great White Spirit. “ Beg pardon, sir!” he said; ‘but I can’t fill that there ‘ole nohow.” “No matter,” …
…rlet tissue of silk for his robes) flitting about, brandishing his tiny sword and spear in a thoroughly warlike manner. “Shun!” said the Great White Spirit. “ By the right, dress! “ Sappers, one pace forward, march ! “ Prepare to stop leak! “ Stop leak !” But the matter was not thus easily settled. After five hours’ strenuous work, the little spirit was exhausted, and the hole apparently no nearer being filled than before. He returned to the Great White Spirit. “ Beg pardon, sir!” he said; ‘but I can’t fill that there ‘ole nohow.” “No matter,” …
350 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS Money being the fourth great power, "what are the other three?" Come, come, you can surely do that in your head. Four's Tetragrammaton, isn't it? Very well, then! The First Great Power is Yod, the Father , Fire, the Wand, the Flame of Creative Genius. The Second is He, the Mother , Water, the Cup, the Sea to which all things tend ; it is the gift of pleasing, of absorbing , of drawing all things to oneself. The Third is Vau, the Son, the Sword , the moving, penetrating element , double in nature. For it is intellect , b…
…ell rim. TODD has a face of keen pallor ; he is dressed in black, with a flowing black cape, black motor-cap. He gives the impression of great age combined with great activity.
…us] In the name of RPAL and in the Sign of the Man, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator! [Make the Cross] In the Names and Letters of the Great Eastern Quadrangle, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator! [Hold dagger aloft] In the Three great Secret Names of God, ORO IBAH AOZPI that are borne upon the Banners of the East, Spirits of Air, adore your Creatorl [Again elevate dagger] In the Name of ΒΑΤΑΙνΑΗ, great King of the East, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator] In the Name of Shaddai AL Chai, I declare that the Spirits of Air have been duly invoke…
…us] In the name of RPAL and in the Sign of the Man, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator! [Make the Cross] In the Names and Letters of the Great Eastern Quadrangle, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator! [Hold dagger aloft] In the Three great Secret Names of God, ORO IBAH AOZPI that are borne upon the Banners of the East, Spirits of Air, adore your Creatorl [Again elevate dagger] In the Name of ΒΑΤΑΙνΑΗ, great King of the East, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator] In the Name of Shaddai AL Chai, I declare that the Spirits of Air have been duly invoke…
…ate consciousness, The reason and the mind ! This middle way Ancients called safe —that damns it instantly ! Without some danger nothing great is done ! Let me be God ! Or, failing of that task. Were it but by an unit, let me fall ! And, falling, be it from so great a height That I may reach some uttermost Abyss, Inhabit it and reign, most evil one Of all the Horrors there — and in that path Seem, even deluded, to approach once more Infinity. For all the limitless Hath no distinction —evil is no more, And good no more. Elizabeth. But God is abs…
…hell rim. Topp has a face of keen pallor; he is dressed in black, with a flowing black cape, black motor-cap. He gives the impression of great age combined with great activity.
…hell rim. Topp has a face of keen pallor; he is dressed in black, with a flowing black cape, black motor-cap. He gives the impression of great age combined with great activity.
…ver: Schemes (or Shemesh). To assist us in these our undertakings. Tehovah. God Almighty, God Omnipotent, hear my prayer : Sabioth. Thou great God of Sabdoth : Netzah (or Netzach). All-seeing God: Elohim. God be present with us, and let thy presence be now and alway present with us: Haniel. Let thy holy angel Haniel come and minister unto us at this present. Elohim. O God! be present with us, and let thy presence be now and alway present with us: Sabioth. O thou great God of Sabidoth, be present with us at this time and for ever: Hodben (should…
S∴S∴ and this is, being interpreted, The Great White Brotherhood. Below was written: With Us Two Thousand Years is as One Day. Then my Instructor showed me that the Brotherhood send forth one of their fellows every two thousand years, bringing one Word to serve Mankind as a new Formula of Magick, that it may take one further step on the long road that leadeth to Perfection. Also, twice in that period, that is, at intervals of a little more than three, and a little less than seven, centuries, they send a lesser prophet to prepare the Way of th…
…ion are written in the Qabalah in characters of light upon a page of shadow. The page of shadows consists of blind beliefs. Light is the great plastic medium. The alliance of the soul and the body is a marriage of light and shadow. Light is the instrument of the Word, it is the white writing of God upon the great book of night. Light is the source of thought, and it is in it that one must seek for the origin of all religious dogma. But there is only one true dogma, as there is only one pure light; shadow alone is infinitely varied. Light, shado…
…ion are written in the Qabalah in characters of light upon a page of shadow. The page of shadows consists of blind beliefs. Light is the great plastic medium. The alliance of the soul and the body is a marriage of light and shadow. Light is the instrument of the Word, it is the white writing of God upon the great book of night. Light is the source of thought, and it is in it that one must seek for the origin of all religious dogma. But there is only one true dogma, as there is only one pure light; shadow alone is infinitely varied. Light, shado…
… be‐ ginning to shew themselves amid the wastes. Before her stands a goat upon a sphere. There is here a reference to the dogma that the Great Work is fertility. Her armour is composed of small scales or coins, and her helmet is adorned with the great spiral horns of the markhor. In her right hand she bears a sceptre surmounted by a cube, within which is a three‐ dimen‐ sional Hexagram, and in her left arm is curved her proper disk, a sphere of loops and circles interlaced. She thus represents the ambition of matter to take part in the great wo…