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Page 60 of 911996 · PDF PAGE 45
…e lust of result, is every way perfect. Commentary: This verse is best interpreted by defining “pure will” as the true expression of the Nature, the proper or inherent motion of the matter, concerned. It is unnatural to aim at any goal. The student is referred to “Liber LXV,” Cap. II, v. 24, and to the Tao Te Ching.1 This becomes particularly important in high grades. One is not to do Yoga, etc., in order to get samadhi, like a schoolboy or a shopkeeper; but for its own sake, like an artist. 1 [For “Liber LXV” with Crowley’s commentary, and his…
1904 · PDF PAGE 77
…days, and lasted but twelve hours, never more. I was consequently biffed off every time about 925 or so. The wisdom of this provision of Nature was soon evident. The desirability of breeding another Leila had lent wings (to use a metaphor) to the reproductive mechanism of the lousy-notched barrack-hack. So that what follows will occasion no surprise in the truly scientific mind. We celebrated the 900th creamy, as I said be- fore, with a brief but glad hymn of praise to the God who had made us, and I withdrew my dripping bushwhacker for a moment…
1910 · PDF PAGE 19
…f Salaman and Absal, “ on that divan which is only large enough for one ! ” Now I shall waste my rime if I prove that some- thing in the nature of sexual intercourse is the most fitting image of that passion ; for our Chris- tian theologian, anxious to avoid the reproach of the scoffer who quotes such passages as “ Me be- loved put in his hand by the hole, and my bowels were moved in me ” (Cant. v.4), have built a great rampart of argument to that effect.2 But Abdullah no doubt considered that the specific differences between man and woman viti…
1919 · PDF PAGE 122
…enchable, is this especial grace, that you will come as it were by fortune into states which transcend the practice itself, being of the nature of those Works of Pure Light of which I will to write to you in the chapter following after this. For there be certain Gates which no being who is still conscious of dividuality, that is, of the Self and not-Self as opposites, may pass through: and in the storming of those Gates by fiery assault of lust celes- tial, your flame will burn vehemently against your gross Self, though it be already divine bey…
1954 · PDF PAGE 82
THE QABALAH 49 composed) "elements of Nature" ; the Four (or Five) Elements, the Seven (or Ten) Planets, and the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac. All these are arranged in a geometrical design composed of ten "Sephiroth" (numbers) and twenty-two "Paths" joining them; this is called the Tree of Life. Every idea soever can be, and should be, attributed to one or more of these primary symbols; thus green, in different shades, is a quality or function of Venus, the Earth , the Sea, Libra, and others. So also abstract ideas; dishonesty means "an afflicte…
1954 · PDF PAGE 169
… Sutra, the Scented Garden of the Sheikh Nefzawi, and certain scientific or pseudo-scientific treatises (usually upon the deformities of nature, or the abuses of ignorance) by 2. See Chapter 12 of this book.
1929 · PDF PAGE 200
…to convey spiritual truth by plastic methods; but they were always limited by the supposed necessity of "representing" what people call "nature". The soul was to be the servant of the eye. One could only suggest the relations of a great man with the universe by surrounding a more or less photographic portrait of him with the apparatus of his life work. Nelson was painted with a background of three-deckers and a telescope under his arm; Wren with a pair of compasses in front of St. Paul's. Rodin told me how he had conceived his Balzac. He had ar…
1904 · PDF PAGE 53
…urs while the grateful sea- men swung to land in buckets. I have also, she continued more shyly, derived some gratification of a sensual nature from its employment. But noth- ing to the P......e League ! They got there, and they stayed there : they stayed there till the poor old emotion-knob was nearly torn to shreds. The Con- servative Female is a pretty randy proposition, you bet your life ! But enough of my election ! (She broke off as suddenly as she had begun, for she was of a low type of intelligence, and constant tippling had un- dermine…
1922 · PDF PAGE 113
…. I said something of the sort to Lou, and she told him off very wittily. “You've saidit, Cockie,” she cried. ‘‘ He’s a meddler, and his nature is to be rotten before he’s ripe.” I remembered something of.the sort in Shakespeare. That was the best of Lou; she was brilliantly clever, but she never forced it down one’s throat. At the same time, as I said, the man stuck in my gizzard. It annoyed me so much that we took a lot more cocaine to get the taste out of our mouths. But the irritation remained, though it took another form. The bourgeois atm…
1922 · PDF PAGE 287
…At the same time, he wanted Maisie’s back turned so that we could take our heroin. We wanted it very badly indeed; and yet—so strange is nature |—we were just as ashamed to take it secretly as a moment before we had been to take it openly. The thought hit me between the eyes. It has already been mentioned that Lou and I both had the impulse to conceal the act from each other
1954 · PDF PAGE 102
…equately represents the thought of this masterpiece. Not only is religion as such repugnant to science and philosophy, but from the very nature of the tenets of the Yellow School, its adherents are not going to put themselves to any inconvenience for the enlightenment of a lot of people whom they consider to be hopeless fools. At the same time, the theory of religion, as such, being a tissue of falsehood, the only real strength of any religion is derived from its pilferings of Magical doctrine; and, religious persons being by definition entirel…
1996 · PDF PAGE 151
…'oeuvres must take refuge from Reality in Freudian phantasies of “God.” He winces at the touch of Truth; and shivers at his nakedness in Nature. He therefore invents a cult of fear and shame, and makes it presumption and blasphemy to possess courage and self-respect. He burrows in the slime of “Reverence and godly fear,” and makes himself houses of his own excrement, like the earthworm
1996 · PDF PAGE 171
… is God. Women under Christianity are kept virgin for the market as Strasbourg geese are nailed to boards till their livers putrefy. The nature of woman has been corrupted, her hope of a soul thwarted, her proper pleasure balked, and her mind poisoned, to titillate the jaded palates of senile bankers and ambassadors. Why do men insist on “innocence” in women? 1. To flatter their vanity. 2. To give themselves the best chance of (a) escaping vene real disease, (b) propagating their noble selves. 3. To maintain power over their slaves by their po…
1904 · PDF PAGE 2
…rt, at which any philosophical Hindoo would roll about with laughter. Does Mr. Crowley suppose that Buddhists do not feel the poe- tical nature of the books of a religion ? Does he suppose that they do not rea- lise the immense importance of believing the truth ? But Mr. Crowley has got something into his soul stronger even than the beautiful passion of the man who believes in Buddhism ; he has the passion of the man who does not believe in Christianity. He adds one more testimony to the endless series of testimo- nies to the fascination and vi…
1922 · PDF PAGE 341
…t only twice her age but ugly, with that ugliness of vice and illness which is so much more repulsive than any merely zsthetic errors of nature. Lou, more than any girl I ever knew, depended for her beauty upon her spiritual state. The influence of an idea would transform her in a moment from Venus to Echidna or the reverse. It was deep spiritual satisfaction that made her so lovely this morning. But even as I stood and looked, the horrible restlessness of the heroin craving nearly drove me to take the stuff without my body telling me what it w…
1954 · PDF PAGE 533
…y-day scientific method of exploration. The only difference is that in the course of one's experiments one becomes aware of parts of the nature of the object to be examined which are subtler and perhaps more powerful , nearer to reality, than those which ordinary scientific examination discloses. You will notice, however, that the qualities above-mentioned are identical. The chemical elements which go to form a tree are subtler, more powerful and nearer to reality than the tree as it is presented to the senses. Finally, we reach the conception …
1911 · PDF PAGE 305
…ion. "VI. The Causes of Death. VII.’ Old Age: Its Scientific Study. VIII. ‘The Questionnaire on Death: Answers, IX. My Own Theory of the Nature of Death (Hereward Carrington). X. My Own Theory of the Nature of Death (John R. Meader). XI. On the Possible Unification of our Theories, XII. General Conclusions, PART Il. Historical.—I. Man's Theories of Immortality, 11. The Philosophical Aspect of Death and Immortality. III. The ‘Theological Aspect of Death and Immortality. 1V. The Common Arguments for Immortality, Part Lil. Psychological.—Introduct…
1911 · PDF PAGE 305
…ion. "VI. The Causes of Death. VII.’ Old Age: Its Scientific Study. VIII. ‘The Questionnaire on Death: Answers, IX. My Own Theory of the Nature of Death (Hereward Carrington). X. My Own Theory of the Nature of Death (John R. Meader). XI. On the Possible Unification of our Theories, XII. General Conclusions, PART Il. Historical.—I. Man's Theories of Immortality, 11. The Philosophical Aspect of Death and Immortality. III. The ‘Theological Aspect of Death and Immortality. 1V. The Common Arguments for Immortality, Part Lil. Psychological.—Introduct…
1904 · PDF PAGE 15
himself to this one by his singular versatility and charm, his sincerity and brilliance. Once they grasped the many-sided nature of his mind an operation which took about two hours hard work on the part of D . . . and L . . . , for K . . . dissimu- lated, with amusing effrontery, the real harmony of his character they knew him for a man, and loved him. It was at the Red Dog that I first had the pleas- ure of meeting him. He was then living apart from his wife, who had returned to Cairo for the sake of its vice, and he occupied a small flat…
1919 · PDF PAGE 197
…ed like specks of light, are now blazing like other great Suns, and these are truly our brothers and sisters, whose essential and Starry nature we had never before seen and realized. These are the ‘remains’ of those we thought we had left behind. There is plenty of room here, each one travels in His true Path, all is Joy. Now, if you want to step back into the Old A£on, do so. But try and bear in mind that those around you are in real- ity Suns and Stars, not little shivering slaves. If youare not willing to be a King yourself, still recognise …