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Page 60 of 811912 · PDF PAGE 16
…ts are con— tained, and we follow the only possible method in studying it, that of experience. Our place 01 meeting is the Temple of the Holy Spirit pervading the universe; easily to be found by the elect, but for ever hidden from the eyes of the vulgar. Our secrets cannot be sold for money, but we give them free to every one capable to receive them.” As to the external organization 01 that society, it will be necessary to give a glance at its history, which has been one and the same in all. Whenever that spiritual society manifested itself on …
1913 · PDF PAGE 10
…ts are con- tained, and we follow the only possible method in studying it, that of experience. Our place of meeting is the Temple of the Holy Spirit pervading the universe; easily to be found by the elect, but for ever hidden from the eyes of the vulgar. Our secrets cannot be sold for money, but we give them free to every one capable to receive them.” As to the external organization of that society, it will be necessary to give a glance at its history, which has been one and the same in all. Whenever that spiritual society manifested itself on …
1913 · PDF PAGE 30
THE EQUINOX of S.G.M.G. without due notice, to drag our holy Rite into the mire, to chain it to the chariot wheels of a Krishnamurti, to make us pandars to the antique and impotent uncleanness of a senile sodomite. Shall we allow the Antient and P. Rite to be dragged at the heels of this filthy and ridiculous movement? Shall we be beslavered by these blasphemous bestialities; we, the Conservators of a Rite hallowed alike by its own nature and by the glory with which antiquity surrounds it; we, generation after generation of whose ancestors, eve…
1913 · PDF PAGE 10
…ts are con- tained, and we follow the only possible method in studying it, that of experience. Our place of meeting is the Temple of the Holy Spirit pervading the universe; easily to be found by the elect, but for ever hidden from the eyes of the vulgar. Our secrets cannot be sold for money, but we give them free to every one capable to receive them.” As to the external organization of that society, it will be necessary to give a glance at its history, which has been one and the same in all. Whenever that spiritual society manifested itself on …
1913 · PDF PAGE 30
THE EQUINOX of S.G.M.G. without due notice, to drag our holy Rite into the mire, to chain it to the chariot wheels of a Krishnamurti, to make us pandars to the antique and impotent uncleanness of a senile sodomite. Shall we allow the Antient and P. Rite to be dragged at the heels of this filthy and ridiculous movement? Shall we be beslavered by these blasphemous bestialities; we, the Conservators of a Rite hallowed alike by its own nature and by the glory with which antiquity surrounds it; we, generation after generation of whose ancestors, eve…
1919 · PDF PAGE 119
… to determine consciously this decision, for herein true instinct is not liable to err. But now I end, without further words: for in our Holy Books are written many details of the actual practices of Love. And those are the best and truest which are most subtly written in symbol and image, especially in Tragedy and Comedy, for the whole nature of these things is in this kind, Life itself being but the fruit of the flower of Love. It is then of Life that I must needs now write to you, see- ing that by every act of Will in Love you are creating i…
1919 · PDF PAGE 433
…of this verse rather means that filling of the cup of Babalon with every drop of blood, which is explained in Liber 418. The higher Ego—“Holy Isle’”—is not the thinking self; it is the ‘“Dwarf-Self,” the self which is beyond thinking. The aspirant is now in fact beyond all thought, and this talk of building high the wall or dam is too much like poetry to be good sense. What it means is, “Beware lest the re- awakened Ego, the Chiah, should become self-conscious, as it is liable to do owing to its wedding with Neshamah.” Or, shall we say, with Ne…
1996 · PDF PAGE 134
…awn into the struggle, and one only yields at the last moment. (It needs practice and courage to get the best results.) I quote from The Holy Books: 33. Fall not into death, O my soul! Think that death is the bed into which you are falling!1 1 “Liber VII,” 1:33. A
1911 · PDF PAGE 146
THE EQUINOX “Art,” said he, " and do not imagine that Art or anything else is other than High Magic I—is a system of holy hieroglyph. The artist, the initiate, thus frames his mysteries. The rest of the world scoff, or seek to understand, or pretend to under- stand; some few obtain the truth. The technical ability of the artist is the lucidity of his language ; it has nothing to do with the degree of his illumination. Bougereau is better technically than Manet; he explains more clearly what he sees. But what does he see? He is the priest oia fa…
1911 · PDF PAGE 146
THE EQUINOX “Art,” said he, " and do not imagine that Art or anything else is other than High Magic I—is a system of holy hieroglyph. The artist, the initiate, thus frames his mysteries. The rest of the world scoff, or seek to understand, or pretend to under- stand; some few obtain the truth. The technical ability of the artist is the lucidity of his language ; it has nothing to do with the degree of his illumination. Bougereau is better technically than Manet; he explains more clearly what he sees. But what does he see? He is the priest oia fa…
1930 · PDF PAGE 82
… réalisé the nature of his attain* ment 5 and his Angel, the link once made, frequents him, and trains him subtly to be sensitive to his Holy presence, and persuasion. But it may occur, especially after repeated success, that the Adept is not flung back into his mortality by the explosion of the Star-spate, but identified with one particular “Lion-Serpent”, continuing conscious thereof until it finds its proper place in Space, when its secret self flowers forth as a truth, which the Adept may then take back to earth with him. This is but a side…
1954 · PDF PAGE 152
…nd in their cauldrons do they brew the harsh wine of delusion, mingled with the poison of their selfishness. Thus they make war upon the Holy One, sending forth their delusion upon men, and upon everything that liveth. So that their false compassion is called compassion, and their false understanding is called understanding, for this is their most potent spell. Yet of their own poison do they perish, and in their lonely fortresses shall they be eaten up by Time that hath cheated them to serve him, and by the mighty devil Choronzon, their master…
1954 · PDF PAGE 374
…al, and in no way dependent upon ideal considerations. What do we find in practice as the immediate consequence of this 'sublime', this 'holy' instinct? Quite a few species of animals habitually devour their offspring; but women "know a trick worth two of that." Next witness: Dr. Doughty, who looked after the health of Trinity College, Cambridge. A swift routine examination: then he tilted his chair backwards, thrust his hands deep into his trousers pockets, fixed the patient with a glare of ice; then these words
1905 · PDF PAGE 230
…ernal bliss of Love in birthless bowers ! There, secret! Knowit! Now forget! Betray not Wisdom unto Folly ! Less sweet is Joy than Melancholy |— Why should our eyes for this be wet.? Enough: be silent and be holy! There, secret! Know it! Now forget! Now I have told thee that I love thee! To me our Star in Heaven burning Tells me thy heart as mine is yearning; Tells me Love’s fragrance stolen above thee Thy soul to mine at last is turning Now I have told thee that I love thee! PREFACE. As, after long observation and careful study, the biologist …
1909 · PDF PAGE 25
…first leap of the babe in her womb, to him I bring the splendid vision, the perfume and the glory, the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. And to whosoever hath attained that height will I put a further Question, announce a further Glory. 133
1911 · PDF PAGE 36
…on, if so be that he pass on. Yet there is nothing higher than this, for it is perfectly balanced in itself. I cannot read a word of the holy Table, for the letters of the Table are all wrong. They are only the shadows of shadows. And whoso beholdeth this Table with this rapture, is light. The true word for light hath seven letters. They are the same as ARARITA, trans- muted. 34
1911 · PDF PAGE 172
…st man reach up to me. Thou shalt laugh at the folly of the fool. Thou shalt learn the wisdom of the wise. And thou shalt be initiate in holy things. And thou shalt be learned in the things of love. And thou shalt be mighty in the things of war. And thou shalt be adept in things occult. And thou shalt interpret the oracles. And thou shalt drive all these before thee in thy car, and though by none of these canst thou reach up to me, yet by each of these must thou attain to me. And thou must have the strength of the lion, and the secrecy of the h…
1904 · PDF PAGE 78
…t the sun, moon, __ all the stars curse thee! Christeos lukiftias od tofajilo pire peripesol amema tlasa, pujo Let the light and all the Holy Ones of Heaven curse thee unto iala-pereji Das apila, 0d pujo mite adapebabeta! the burning flame that liveth for ever, and unto the torment unspeakable! 62
1910 · PDF PAGE 7
…inspired music by an accomplished violin player. There will further be mystical dances by a brilliant young poet who thus draws down the holy influence. The ceremonies will commence at nine o’clock precisely, and no one will be admitted after that hour. They will occupy about two hours, and those who attend will be requested to centre their whole minds upon the idea of the evening, the object, of course, being to induce in the spectators a feeling of religious ecstasy. One hundred seats only will be available and the rent for these seats for th…
1910 · PDF PAGE 36
…God, we shall all be Sapphists and Sodo- mites, joined each to each in one incredible spinth- ria, with the extreme orgasm (which is the Holy Ghost) abiding upon us and within us for ever and ever. Shall I find you there, my lost darling ? As I pass from the swoon of death to feel the fresh wind of Heaven blowing on my cheek, shall I find you first to meet me in those Elysian glades ? “ In what etherial dances ? By what eternal streams ? ” shall I find you, sweet acolyte of Salmacis or of Terpsichore, of Bacchus or Sabrina ? Will it be you on y…