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Page 60 of 711905 · PDF PAGE 203
…pride, sought out the - tomb Where lurking vampires battened, and my| steel 1 This poem describes the Initiation of the true ‘‘ Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn”’ in its spiritual aspect. catch breath As if I choked ; some horror creeps between The spirit of my will and its desire, Some just reluctance to the Great Unseen | That coils its nameless terrors, and its dire | fear round my heart ; a devil cold as ice Breathes somewhere, for I feel his shudder take My veins: some deadlier asp or cockatrice Slimes in my senses: I am half awake, Half …
1929 · PDF PAGE 83
…blind swine! You had him — Him! — under your hand; oh hell, you fool, you fool!" I felt sure he was somebody," said Akbar, "but I had no orders." "And no brains, no brains," snarled the other. "Look here; I'll tell you how to get your step in the Lodge if you'll give me a hundred pounds." "Do you mean it?" cried Akbar, entirely his own man in a moment, for abject fear and obsessing ambition combined to make his advancement the tyrant of his whole tormented mind. "Will you swear it?" [119] Balloch made an ugly face. "By the black sow's udder, I …
1906 · PDF PAGE 35
… brain. Surely, O Mother, thou knowest! not followed thy star? I have gone whither thou goest, bitterly followed afar, Have I 1 A secret Order, probably established by Crowley himself, Buried my heart in thy sorrow, cast down my soul at thy knees. Thou, thou hast left me no morrow. Days and desires, what are these? Nay, I have torn from my breast passion and love and despair : Sought in thy palaces rest, sleep that awaited me there ; Sleep that awaits me in vain: I have done with the hope of things ; Passion and pleasure and pain have stung me,…
1909 · PDF PAGE 266
…gate to you the duty of entrusting the Candidate with the secret signs, grip, grand word and present pass-word of the o°=o° Grade of the Order of the Golden Dawn in the Outer, of placing him between the mystic pillars, and of superintending his fourth and final consecration.” The East of the Altar is the place of the Evil Triad, and he is brought there as though affirming that he will trample upon and cast out his evil persona, which will then become a support unto him, but it must first be cast down unto its right place. The Hiereus now confer…
1909 · PDF PAGE 266
…gate to you the duty of entrusting the Candidate with the secret signs, grip, grand word and present pass-word of the o°=o° Grade of the Order of the Golden Dawn in the Outer, of placing him between the mystic pillars, and of superintending his fourth and final consecration.” The East of the Altar is the place of the Evil Triad, and he is brought there as though affirming that he will trample upon and cast out his evil persona, which will then become a support unto him, but it must first be cast down unto its right place. The Hiereus now confer…
1939 · PDF PAGE 71
…nobody can do your work for you, it is possible to make useto a certain very limited extentof other people's experience, and the Great Order which I have the honour to serve has appointed what I think you will agree is a very satisfactory and practical curriculum. 24. You are expected to spend three months at least on the study of some of the classics on the subject. The chief object of this is not to instruct you, but to familiarise you with the ground work, and in particular to prevent you getting the idea that there is any right or wrong i…
1909 · PDF PAGE 261
…OLOMON THE KING The Hierophant informs the members assembled that he holds a dispensation from the greatly honoured chiefs of the Second Order, for the purpose of commencing the process of the initiation which shall ultimately lead the Candidate to the knowledge of his Higher Self, But he is first admitted to the Grade of Neophyte which hath no number, concealing the commencement of All-Things under the simulacrum of No-Thing. The Hegemon, the representative of the Gods of Truth and Justice, is consequently sent to superintend the preparation, …
1909 · PDF PAGE 261
…OLOMON THE KING The Hierophant informs the members assembled that he holds a dispensation from the greatly honoured chiefs of the Second Order, for the purpose of commencing the process of the initiation which shall ultimately lead the Candidate to the knowledge of his Higher Self, But he is first admitted to the Grade of Neophyte which hath no number, concealing the commencement of All-Things under the simulacrum of No-Thing. The Hegemon, the representative of the Gods of Truth and Justice, is consequently sent to superintend the preparation, …
1935 · PDF PAGE 15
the correct order of events, as they are arranged in Nature; and in no case is it safe for a man to neglect to master any single detail, however dreary and distasteful it may seem. It often does so, indeed; that only insists on the necessity of dealing with it. The dislike and contempt for it bear witness to a weakness and incom- pleteness in the nature which disowns it; that particular gap in one’s defences may admit the enemy at the very turning-point of some battle. Worse, one were shamed for ever if one’s inferior should happen to ask for a…
1919 · PDF PAGE 154
…I” was Free, so it couldn’t matter much. (This is the second experience of rhythm filling the body, and causing it to whirl and dance in order to find expression somehow.) April 9th. Started to read about 8.30 this morning. Sometime during morning lost idea of “ego” to realize All as Self. (Left notes for a couple of hours) I find terrible difficulty in expressing the slightest idea of that which occurred during this state, yet it would seem of importance to do the best I can. That there is no soul struck me as a horrible blank. That J do not, …
1939 · PDF PAGE 46
…u will obviously realise that it is quite evident that one has to be in the pink of condition and in the most favourable mental state in order to make any headway at all. But when you have had a little practice in detecting and counting the breaks in your concentration, you will find that they themselves are useful, because their character is symptomatic of your state of progress. 20. Breaks are classed as follows: Firstly, physical sensations; these should have been overcome by Asana. Secondly, breaks that seem to be indicated by events immed…
1939 · PDF PAGE 41
…urs the clause: 'I will interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with my soul.' It is not for us to criticise the Great Order for expressing its idea in terms readily understandable by the ordinary intelligent person. We are to wave aside the metaphysical implications of the phrase, and grasp its obvious meaning. So every act should be an act of Yoga. And this leads us directly to the question which we have postponed until now Concentration. 6. Concentration! The sexual analogy still serves us. Do you remember the Abbe in Brow…
1907 · PDF PAGE 95
…he rest. The perfect master stands confessed. iV. Why! I supposed your wrath would burst ; My name and number stand accurst In the great Order of the West ! A. Nay: Buddha smiles; ’twas Jesus wept ! Arise, O brother and adept! MN. Master ! A. The torture-hqurs are past. 4. The peace of pain is mine at last. A, Ere the moon rise, the brethren meet. Come, let us turn toward the South. N. Lord, I embrace thy holy feet. al. Nay, let me kiss thee on the mouth. Desunt cetera. THE STUMBLING-BLOCK., I ALMOST wonder if I ought To hymn this height of hum…
1907 · PDF PAGE 30
…s sheath, Thou poisonous bitch, is rotten. Fact, atone !) Such magic liquors in his veins there seethe «As, would he master, need strong order known In life’s routine, ere he may dare to be alone. So there alone he was, and like a comet, Leaps on the utmost ridges of the hills. Then, like a dog returning to his vomit, Broods in the hall on all creation’s ills ! An idle volume with mere bosh he fills ; Ee dreams and dozes, toils and flies afar, Apace—the body by a thousand wills OF fire cross-twisted, bruised, is thrust, a spar, Wreckage of some…
1919 · PDF PAGE 163
…expecting the Result might occur, he writes as follows: At precisely 6.50. I entered the Temple, lit the incense and robed. All being in order I knelt in prayer and at 7 P.M. I arose and performed the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, then, taking the ritual in my left hand and raising the wand in my right, I slowly and clearly read the Oath and the Invocation. Afterwards, I was impressed to make a certain Sign with the wand. And the Word that came to me was... Kneeling, I felt very calm, and I waited . . . afterwards, ac- cording to my unders…
1905 · PDF PAGE 273
… We have a curious Dictionary, which was made by a very learned Man, in which the Numbers from I to 10,000 fill the left hand Column, in Order, and opposite them are written all the sacred or important Words which add up to each Number. We take this Book, and look at 17. We find that 17 is the number of Squares in the Swastika, which is the Whirling Disc or Thunderbolt. Also there
1939 · PDF PAGE 44
…. for example, the square root of 2, or the square root of minus 1, is not in itself capable of comprehension as such; it pertains to an order of thinking beyond the primitive man's invention of counting on his fingers. 17. It will be just as well then for the student to begin with the practices of Dharana. If he does so he will obtain as a by-product some of the results of Pratyahara, and he will also acquire considerable insight
1939 · PDF PAGE 51
…ho correspond closely to the seven planetary deities, Aratron, Bethor, Phaleg and the rest. These in their turn constitute a Demiurge in order to create matter; and this Demiurge is Jehovah. Not far different are the ideas both of the classical Greeks and the neo-Platonists. The differences in the terminology, when examined, appear as not much more than the differences of local convenience in thinking. But all these go back to the still older cosmogony of the ancient Egyptians, where we have Nuit, Space, Hadit, the point of view; these experien…
1904 · PDF PAGE 85
…m brose, called I.A.O., should set down the life of our great Father (who now is not, yet whose name must never be spoken among men), in order that the Brethren may know what journey s he undertook in pursuit of that Knowledge whose attainment is their constant study. It was at his 119th year,1 the S tar Suaconch2 being in the sign of the Lion, that our Father set out from his Castle of Ug 3 to attain the Quint- essence or Philosophical Tincture. The way being dark and the Golden Dawn at hand, he did call forth four se rvants to keep him in the…
1905 · PDF PAGE 211
…roperly understood, it is the Medicine of Metals and the Stone of the Wise. fAuthor’s Note.] 2 This ritual was given to Neophytes of the Order of the Golden Dawn. 3 The moon, as before, signifies Aspiration to the Highest. My forehead, bathed in her forlorn Light, with her lips is met ; My lips, that murmur in the morn, With lustrous dew are wet. My prayer is mighty with my will ; My purpose as a sword ! Flames through the adamant, to fill The gardens of the Lord With music, that the air be still, Dumb to its mighty chord. I stand above the tid…