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…htening his Will, and speeding him therein. Remember also that if one speak ill of another, the Fault is first of all in himself, for we know naught but that which is within us. Did not the great Witch-Finder end by confessing hat he also was a Sorcerer? We become that which obsesseth us, either through extreme Hate or Extreme Love. Knowest thou not how the one is a Symbol of the other? For this Reason, since Love is the Formula of Life, we are under Bond to assimilate (in the End) that which we fear or hate. So then we shall be wise to mould a…
1939 · PDF PAGE 50
…ow our mathematical conceptions with three ideas which Hindu philosophers call Sat, Chit and Ananda, which are usually translated Being, Knowledge and Bliss. This really means: Sat, the tendency to conceive of an object as real; Chit, the tendency to pretend that it is an object of knowledge; and Ananda, the tendency to imagine that we are affected by it. 13. It is only after we have endowed the object with these dozen imaginary properties, each of which, besides being a complete illusion, is an absurd, irrational, and self-contradictory notion…
1913 · PDF PAGE 121
… , Till some great thought arising as a sun , Would drive the mists away and show in front The radiant living mountains of new truth . I know not if I understood aright His meaning , but I saw upon his face The rapture of a visionary inspired . And as I went from out the ancient gate , mber , Focked on a su min front 102
1928 · PDF PAGE 162
…e upon the Quai Voltaire. Hullo, do you recognize this one? Yes, it is X; the name is on the bottom of the photograph anyhow, but I know him personally. I was sure of it. See, there is Z, the man who said to his students in speaking of X, This monster who bears the blackness of his soul upon his face just because he did not agree with him. How one laughed at that in the Medical School long ago!You will remem- ber? Ah, there is K, who denounced to the Government the rebels who were in his care at the hospital. It was when the rio…
1907 · PDF PAGE 28
…ss, stop your nose, And turn to where short lines proclaim That purity has won the game !) But stow your prudery, wives and mothers, You know as much muck as—those others ! Your modest homes are dull; you need me ! Don’t let your husbands know; but—read me! SCENE I. The Poet tnducts hts matter. I draw no picture of the Fates (Recitativo—rhyming 8s) Presiding over birth and so on. I leave the Gods alone, and go on. Sir Percival de Percivale Sat in his vast baronial hall (All unsuspicious of the weird : ‘* One day a person with a beard Shall writ…
1939 · PDF PAGE 65
that the old antinomies of Magick and Yoga have been completely resolved. You all know what Yoga is. Yoga means union. And you all know how to do it by shutting off the din of the intellectual boiler factory, and allowing the silence of starlight to reach the ear. It is the emancipation of the exalted from the thrall of the commonplace expression of Nature. 5. Now what is Magick? Magick is the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with the Will. How do we achieve this? By exalting the will to the point where it is master of c…
1907 · PDF PAGE 303
…: Olympus in a nutshell ! I Have a superior faculty To reasoning , which makes absurd , Unthinkable and wicked too , A great deal that I know is true ! In short , the mind is capable , Besides mere ratiocination , Of twenty other things as well , The first of which is concentration ! Bloom , Concentration's midnight flower ! After much practice to this end I gain at last the long -sought power (Which you believe you have this hour, But certainly have not , my friend !), Of keeping close the mind to one Thing at a time - suppose , the Sun. I gai…
1928 · PDF PAGE 113
…led loudly for help, but all my neighbours had refused to come; faithful so far to the customs of civilized man, who is never willing, I know not why, to mix himself up in the business of a suicide. At last a doctor turned dup who said that the child had been dead for several hours. When later on we had to unclothe him for burial the de- gree of rigor mortis was such that, despairing of bending the limbs, we were obliged to tear and cut the clothes to take them off him. The Commissary of Police, to whom natu- rally I had to report the incident,…
1961 · PDF PAGE 106
…his weak Nature. But he will analyse himself without Pity, and he will do all Things soever that may free and fortify his Mind and Will. Know that the Technick of the Right Use of this Magick with Poisons is subtle; and since the Nature of every Man differeth from that of his Fellow, there entereth Idiosyncrasy, and thine Experience shall be thy Master in this Art. Heed also this Word following: The Right Use of these Agents is to gain a Knowledge preliminary of thine own Powers, and of High States, so that thou goest not altogether blindly and…
1961 · PDF PAGE 108
LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 96 G% De Discipulis Regendis (Of Ruling Disciples) WILL have thee to know, moreover, my dear Son, the right Art of Conduct with them whom I shall give thee for Initiation. And the Rule thereof is one Rule; Do that thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. See thou constantly to it hat this be not broken; especially in the Section thereof (if I dare say so) which readeth Mind thine own Business. This is of Application equally to all, and the most dangerous Man (or Woman, as has occurred, or I err) is the Busy-body. Oh how asha…
1939 · PDF PAGE 31
…d so to release the pain-producing energies. We cannot enter into a metaphysical discussion as to what it is that controls, or before we know where we are we shall be moonstruck by hypotheses about the soul. 5. Let us forget all this rubbish, and decide what is to be done. We have seen that to stop existing processes by an act of violence is merely to release the undesirable elements. If we want peace on Dartmoor, we do not open the doors of the prison. What we do is to establish routine. What is routine? Routine is rhythm. If you want to go to…
1910 · PDF PAGE 326
…he ritual. Brother H., fill the Holy Cups . . . Holy be the Lamps of Joy! Holy be the Lamps of Sorrow! Let us enter the Ark of Increased Knowledge!” VII A little later one of the Disciples inquired of the Master: “You spoke of a strange sect of self-mutilated followers, O Master, what of them?” “What of them?” Elphénor repeated. “ Well, they were those who listened to Ljubov, and took her word for it—that one sees a better world if one has no human eyes. They put it into practice and their ranks were soon filled. They blinded themselves; they b…
1910 · PDF PAGE 326
…he ritual. Brother H., fill the Holy Cups . . . Holy be the Lamps of Joy! Holy be the Lamps of Sorrow! Let us enter the Ark of Increased Knowledge!” VII A little later one of the Disciples inquired of the Master: “You spoke of a strange sect of self-mutilated followers, O Master, what of them?” “What of them?” Elphénor repeated. “ Well, they were those who listened to Ljubov, and took her word for it—that one sees a better world if one has no human eyes. They put it into practice and their ranks were soon filled. They blinded themselves; they b…
1912 · PDF PAGE 89
…LOMON THE KING no work is done. There was, however, much question of his position in the mystic hierarchy. He had the highest attainment known—and what did it amount to? In the meantime Fra. D. D. S. himself must have attained Samadhi —presumably Atmadarshana—for we find this entry.) Dec. 7. D. D. S. writes from Samadhi—Dhatu. (Dhatu—literally “ element "—is a word chosen to avoid such implications as would be conveyed by “place," “state," and such words.) ,, 8. D. D. S. still in Samadhi. ,, 10. D. D. S. dined with me. He thinks my attain- ment …
1912 · PDF PAGE 89
…LOMON THE KING no work is done. There was, however, much question of his position in the mystic hierarchy. He had the highest attainment known—and what did it amount to? In the meantime Fra. D. D. S. himself must have attained Samadhi —presumably Atmadarshana—for we find this entry.) Dec. 7. D. D. S. writes from Samadhi—Dhatu. (Dhatu—literally “ element "—is a word chosen to avoid such implications as would be conveyed by “place," “state," and such words.) ,, 8. D. D. S. still in Samadhi. ,, 10. D. D. S. dined with me. He thinks my attain- ment …
1913 · PDF PAGE 122
… even that the astronomers of Sirius could perceive so trifling a disturbance. Now considering that Sirius itself is only, as far as you know, but one, and one of the least important, of the ideas in your mind, why should that mind be disturbed by your toothache? It is not possible to labour this point without tautology, for it is a very simple one; but it should be emphasised, for it is a very simple one. Waugh ! Waugh ! Waugh! Waugh! Waugh !^ In the question of ethics it again becomes vital, for to many people it seems impossible to consider …
1913 · PDF PAGE 535
…what ought not to be, is to destroy. Axiom XIII Light’ is an electric fire put by Nature at the service of the will; it lights those who know how to use it, it burns those who abuse it. Axiom XIV The empire of the world is the empire of the light.t Axiom XV Great intellects whose wills are badly balanced are like comets which are aborted suns. Axiom XVI To do nothing is as fatal as to do evil, but it is more cowardly. The most unpardonable of mortal sins is inertia. 1 Meaning again the special “light” spoken of previously—TRANs, 237
1913 · PDF PAGE 535
…what ought not to be, is to destroy. Axiom XIII Light’ is an electric fire put by Nature at the service of the will; it lights those who know how to use it, it burns those who abuse it. Axiom XIV The empire of the world is the empire of the light.t Axiom XV Great intellects whose wills are badly balanced are like comets which are aborted suns. Axiom XVI To do nothing is as fatal as to do evil, but it is more cowardly. The most unpardonable of mortal sins is inertia. 1 Meaning again the special “light” spoken of previously—TRANs, 237
1919 · PDF PAGE 317
…seduce a soldier. Apparently in consequence of the appearance of the Bishop, the soldier “saw his chance and ran away,” but from what we know of Bishops it seems probable that he was trying to escape from the Episcopal rather than the feminine menace. We hope that in Mr. Wilkinson’s next novel he will try to give us the brighter side of the picture. The eternal death which the bourgeoisie calls life is not the only feature of experience. St. Paul has prophesied of the future of the church, “Many members in one body,” and it is also written, “I …
1898 · PDF PAGE 34
… veins of purple in the arms, Or cheeks that are already flushed with it, To crimson them with the intense delight Of eyes that meet and know the spirit dwells Beyond their profound depth in sympathy. Nay, my delight must find some dearest foe, And cleave his body with a lusty stroke That sets the blood sharp tingling in my arm. Yet tell me if perchance I lay aside One day the harness of cold iron, bind on The lighter reins of roses deftly twined