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Page 62 of 781922 · PDF PAGE 271
King Lamus [ntervenes 257 -“ Hardly a salubrious neighbourhood,” he remarked. “T think we ought to celebrate the occasion by making a night of it in my studio, and to-morrow morning we must see about getting you some decent rooms.” I remembered that our supply of heroin was in Greek Street. “You know, Lamus,’”’ I stammered, ‘‘ I’m ashamed to admit it, but we really can’t get on without H. We ‘tried—in fact, once we got clean away—but we couldn’t - possibly go through that again.” _-“ Nothing to be ashamed of, my dear man,” returned our physicia…
1930 · PDF PAGE 16
Spirit in a black box wiîh stinking substances, alï îiaving been properly prepared beforehand, and tlie magical links properîy made, so that lie is really tortured by the Operation. 1 This is a rare event, however. Only once in the whole of his magical career was Frater Perurabo driven to so harsh a measure. IV In this connexion, beware of too ready a compliance on the part of the spirit. If some Black Lodge has got wind of your operation, it may send the spirit, full of hypocritical submission, to destroy you. Such a spirit will probably prono…
1954 · PDF PAGE 110
…t of view altering the situation as in Vedantism. We have, on the contrary, an attitude which was perhaps first of all, historically speaking, defined by Zoroaster, "Nature teaches us, and the Oracles also affirm, that even the evil germs of Matter may alike become useful and good. Stay not on the precipice with the dross of Matter; for there is a place for thine Image in a realm ever splendid. If thou extend the Fiery Mind to the work of piety, thou wilt preserve the fluxible body ."3 It appears that the Levant, from Byzantium and Athens to Da…
1996 · PDF PAGE 137
… for All This then being understood, that we cannot call any given pas sion good or bad absolutely, any more than we can call Knight to King’s Fifth a good or bad move in chess without study of the position, we may see more clearly what this verse implies. There is here a general instruction to refine Pleasure, not by excluding its gross elements, but by emphasizing all elements in equilibrated development. Thus one is to combine the joys of Messalina with those of Saint Teresa and Isolde in one single act. One’s rapture is to include those of…
1954 · PDF PAGE 269
…e any conceivable doctrine. It has been my continual study since 1898, and I have found it of infinite value in the study of The Tao Teh King. By its aid I was able to attribute the ideas of Lao-tze to an order with which I was exceedingly familiar, and whose practical worth I had repeatedly proved by using it as the basis of the analysis and classification of all Aryan and Semitic religions and philosophies. Despite the essential difficulty of correlating the ideas of Lao-tze with any others, the persistent application of the Qabalistic keys e…
1944 · PDF PAGE 141
…earance than the Prince wins her in marriage, and she is set upon the throne of her Mother. She thus awakens the Eld of the original old King; who thereupon becomes a young Knight, and so renews the cycle. The Prin‐ cess is not only the perfect Maiden, but, owing to the death of the Prince, the forsaken and la‐ menting Widow. All this occurs in the legends characteristic of the Aeon of Osiris. It is hardly possible definitely to disentangle these complications, but for the student it is sufficient if he will be content to work with one legend a…
1906 · PDF PAGE 12
… mercy Over the Cast Away. Melt me its gold to money, Coin me that small, small ring Stamped with the Hoof of Satan, Bearing the name of King. Then, in the murky midnight, Silently lead me down, Down into Hell’s dark portals, Far in the West of Town. Then to the shrieks of devils Writhing in torments keen, Sing me the song that tells me Ever of Walham Green. Sing of the little half-sovereign Dancing in golden sheen ; Leave me in Hell—or, better, Leave me in Walham Green. ODE TO SAPPHO. O LESBIAN maiden ! O pluméd and snowlike in glory of white-…
1919 · PDF PAGE 255
…ose four persons, two men and two women, from among themselves, to stand continually before the face of the Father, the Supreme and Holy King, serving him day and night. These persons must not 241
1922 · PDF PAGE 281
…rounds of its own. Two mighty yew trees stood one on either side of the gate. Lala told us that the place belonged to the Order of which King Lamus was the head, and that he occasionally sent people down here for certain parts of his training which could only be carried out in solitude and silence. A great longing came upon me to experience the subtle peace which indwelt this simple habitation. For some reason or other I felt a natural disinclination to take the dose of heroin which was offered to me. It seemed out of keeping with the spirit of…
1954 · PDF PAGE 219
…om contact with her saddle, and then , after a morning's hard gallop, to find an excuse for using it to wipe the brows of the perspiring king. It took him years to recover! The story is well known, and the plan widely adopted with remarkably unvarying success. But be careful not to overdo it; for if the source of the perfume is recognized the consciousness takes charge, and the result is an tipa thy. Many years ago I composed a scent based on similar principles, which I intended to market under the title "Potted Sex Appeal." We tried it out wit…
1929 · PDF PAGE 347
…ame, and there were several similar "burgs" in the university register, but having drawn my bow at a venture, the first arrow struck the King of Israel between the harness at the very first shot. I use the words "King of Israel" advisedly, for Neuburg was certainly a most distinguished specimen of that race. He was a mass of nervous excitement, having reached the age of twenty-five without learning how to manage his affairs. He had been prevented from doing so, in fact, but all sorts of superstitions about the terrible danger of leading a norma…
1904 · PDF PAGE 60
…re, come thou quickly and peaceably, in and by these names of Gop, Aponat, ZABAOTH, ADONAI, AMIORAN; come thou! come thou! for it is the King of Kings, even Aponal, who commandeth thee. WuHeEN thou shalt have rehearsed thus far, but still he cometh not, then write thou his seal on parchment and put thou it into a strong black box ;* with brimstone, assafcetida, and such like things that bear a stinking smell ; and then bind the box up round with an iron wire, and hang it upon the point of thy sword, and hold it over the fire of charcoal; and sa…
1910 · PDF PAGE 133
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING rounded by a wonderful pearly lustre, and then among great trees between the branches of which bright birds were flying. After this I saw a captain on his ship and also a lover contemplating his bride. The real inhabitants of this land to which I went were as of flame, and the imaginary ones were depicted as we physical beings are. Then the images of my vision sped past me rapidly. I saw a mountaineer; my father preaching with me in his old home; my mother; his mother; a man doing Rajayoga on white god-form. At la…
1910 · PDF PAGE 133
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING rounded by a wonderful pearly lustre, and then among great trees between the branches of which bright birds were flying. After this I saw a captain on his ship and also a lover contemplating his bride. The real inhabitants of this land to which I went were as of flame, and the imaginary ones were depicted as we physical beings are. Then the images of my vision sped past me rapidly. I saw a mountaineer; my father preaching with me in his old home; my mother; his mother; a man doing Rajayoga on white god-form. At la…
1922 · PDF PAGE 174
…to get those coolies across. It seemed impossible that a man could possess such absolute power and confidence. In other words, he judged King Lamus by himself. He knew himself not to be a first-rate airman. He had flattered himself that he had dared so many dangers. It cut him like a whip that Lamus should despise what people call the heroic attitude; that he looked upon taking unnecessary risks as mere animal folly. To be ready to take them, yes. “I do not set my life at a pin’s fee.” Lamus had no admiration for the cornered rat. His ideal was…
1922 · PDF PAGE 272
258 The Diary of a Drug Fiend “Tt leads you by the nose, and prevents your doing your will. I remember once when I was making experiments with it myself, how I would go out with the intention of keeping away from the stuff all day, and how, without my knowing it, I took advantage of ali sorts of little incidents that cropped up to get back to the studio some hours before I had intended. I found myself out at once, of course, having learnt some of the tricks of the mind. And I sat and watched myself finding excuses for starting in. One gets into…
1954 · PDF PAGE 271
238 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS From 1905 to 1918 The Tao Teh King was my continual study. I constantly recommended it to my friends as the supreme masterpiece of initiated wisdom, and I was as constantly disappointed when they declared that it did not impress them, especially as my preliminary descriptions of the book had aroused their keenest interest. I thus came to see that the fault lay with Legge's translation , and I felt myself impelled to undertake the task of presenting Lao-tze in language informed by the sympathetic understanding which init…
1954 · PDF PAGE 453
…reason for controlling himself. This suits nearly everybody pretty well; the shrewd Wazir can govern while his "master" fills up on "The King's Peg" (we must try one when champagne is once again reasonably cheap) and all the other sensuous and sensual delights unstinted. The result is that by the time he is twenty-he was probably married at 12-he is no longer fitted
1996 · PDF PAGE 46
…arkness,” “Illusion,” whatever one chooses to call it, is simply a phenomenon of accidental and temporary sepa rateness. If you are “walking in darkness,” do not try to make the sun rise by self-sacrifice, but wait in confidence for the dawn, and enjoy the pleasures of the night meanwhile. The general allusion is to the Equinox Ritual of the G.'.D.-. where the officer of the previous six months, representing Horus, took the place of the retiring Hierophant, who had represented Osiris.1 1 [See “The Temple of Solomon the King,” The Equinox 1(7) …
1922 · PDF PAGE 278
…stop drugs by our own efforts ; and we knew only too well from experience that we had got to a state where even a few moments delay in taking a dose might result in complete collapse and death. “T shall leave you children alone for an hour to get | settled in, and then we might drive down and have lunch in the country, don’t you think? But of-course ' you'll be needing heroin all the time, and I notice that you have a plentiful supply, so there’s nothing to worry about there. It’s not taking the drug that does the ' . harm, it’s the not knowing…