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Page 62 of 711944 · PDF PAGE 28
…n 2,000 years’ time, is that its symbol is the double‐wanded one.1 But the new Aeon has pro‐ duced such fantastic changes in the settled order of things that it would be evidently absurd to attempt to carry on the outworn traditions, “the rituals of the old time are black.” It has consequently been the endeavour of the present Scribe to preserve those essential features of the Tarot which are independent of the periodic changes of Aeon, while bringing up to date those dogmatic and artistic features of the Tarot which have become unintelligible.…
1929 · PDF PAGE 351
…, alike imply something of the sort. My claim to originality is confined to the nature of my proof, which I drew from facts of a similar order to those which have finally driven modern science and mathematics to their present position; whereas the ancients, as far as we know, based their thesis on an intuitive perception of the incompetence of reason and on their experience of the results of illumination. I devoted a great deal of time to various essays demonstrative of the general truth above set forth1 and to this practical problem. I took al…
1944 · PDF PAGE 53
…he 1The Black Egg of the element of Spirit in some Hindu schools of thought. From it the other elements Air, Water, Earth, Fire (in that order) proceed.
1906 · PDF PAGE 236
230 THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS back and back, like a biograph out of order, and there’s no sort of connection between one and the other. Hullo, what’s that? Why, there’s a holy man near that Bo-Tree. He'll tell me what it all means.’ Poor silly old Lord of the Universe! Had he carried his-memory back one more step he’d have known all about Jehjaour and the con- spiracy, and that he was a Srotapatti and had only one more birth; and might well have put in the 311,040,000,000,000 myriads of aeons which would elapse before lunch in rejoicing over hi…
1939 · PDF PAGE 49
… criticising Einstein's theory of relativity. I only want to recall to your minds the simplest element of that theorem; the fact that in order to describe anything at all, you must have four measurements. It must be so far east or west, so far north or south, so far up or down, from a standard point, and it must be after or before a standard moment. There are three dimensions of space and one of time. 6. Now what do we mean by space? Henri Poincaré, one of the greatest mathematicians of the last generation, thought that the idea of space was in…
1944 · PDF PAGE 15
…y corre‐ spond wrongly; and this is only to be explained by the fact that Levi felt himself bound by his original oath of secrecy to the Order of Initiates which had given him the secrets of the Tarot.
1906 · PDF PAGE 26
…ed ‘‘y of w in Z2.”—A. C., Z2 was a MS. of magical formulze given to advanced members of the Zelator Adeptus Minor grade in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Thou Queenly Angel of my Higher Will, Formin my spirit a more subtle fire Of God, that I may comprehend the more The sacred purity of thy divine . Essence! O Queen, O Goddess of my life, Light unbegotten, Scintillating spark Of the All-Self! O holy, holy Spouse Of my most godlike thought, come forth ! I say, — And manifest unto thy worshipper In more candescent fulgours! Let the air R…
1904 · PDF PAGE 125
…rtant branch, since its promise is to break down the walls at which Science stops. When Professor Ray Lankester has to write, “The whole order of nature, i ncluding living and l ifeless matter—man, animal, and 1 i.e., on normal planes gas—is a network of mechanism, the main features and many details of which have been made more or less obvious to the wondering intelligence of m ankind by the labour and ingenuity of scientific investi- gators. But no sane man has ever pre- tended, since science became a definite body of doctrine, that we know or…
1944 · PDF PAGE 18
…ng to tile zodiacal sign of Libra, the Balance. Frater Perdurabo had made a very profound study of the Tarot since his initiation to the Order on 18th November, 1898; for, three months later, he had attained the grade of Prac‐ ticus; as such, he became entitled to know the Secret Attribution. He constantly studied this and the accompanying explanatory manuscripts. He checked up on all these attributes of the numbers to the forms of nature, and found nothing incongruous. But when (8th April, 1904 e.v.) he was writing down the Book of the Law fro…
1909 · PDF PAGE 12
…azer of the Golden Bough. Here, again, there is no tabulation; for us it is left to sacrifice literary charm, and even some accuracy, in order to bring out the one great point. This: That when a Japanese thinks of Hachiman, and a Boer of the Lord of Hosts, they are not two thoughts, but one. The cause of human sectarianism is not lack of sympathy in thought, but in speech ; and this it is our not unambitious design to remedy. Every new sect aggravates the situation. Especially the Americans, grossly and crapulously ignorant as they are of the r…
1911 · PDF PAGE 304
MR NEUBURG’S NEW VOLUME OF POEMS Imperial 16mo, pp. 200 Now ready. Order through The Equinox, or of any Bookseller THE TRIUMPH OF PAN Porms sy VICTOR B. NEUBURG This volume, containing many poems—nearly all of them hitherto unpublished— besides Tur TRIUMPH OF Pan, includes THE RomaNcE oF OLIvIA VANE. The First Edition is limited to Two Hundred and Fifty copies: Two Hundred and Twenty on ordinary paper, whereof less than Two Hundred are for sale; and Thirty on Japanese vellum, of which Twenty-five are for sale. These latter copies are numbered, …
1911 · PDF PAGE 304
MR NEUBURG’S NEW VOLUME OF POEMS Imperial 16mo, pp. 200 Now ready. Order through The Equinox, or of any Bookseller THE TRIUMPH OF PAN Porms sy VICTOR B. NEUBURG This volume, containing many poems—nearly all of them hitherto unpublished— besides Tur TRIUMPH OF Pan, includes THE RomaNcE oF OLIvIA VANE. The First Edition is limited to Two Hundred and Fifty copies: Two Hundred and Twenty on ordinary paper, whereof less than Two Hundred are for sale; and Thirty on Japanese vellum, of which Twenty-five are for sale. These latter copies are numbered, …
1929 · PDF PAGE 572
…"The rain has fallen and progress checked." Raoul's death put a stop to my regular work. Even the symbols for subordinate members of the Order forecast accurately their fortunes. For instance, Hammond had the 32nd hexagram, whose symbolism is that of a ram attempting more than he can do, becoming entangled with the obstacles, and finally being paralyzed. The description is marvellously accurate. He made fierce quick attempts to achieve his ends. They were baffled. He dashed himself against a wall, was enmeshed in the intrigues of my enemies, an…
1929 · PDF PAGE 432
… others contain obscure allusions, play upon words, secrets expressed in cryptogram, double to triple meanings which must be combined in order to appreciate the full flavour; others again are subtly ironical or cynical. At first sight the book is a jumble of nonsense intended to insult there reader. It requires infinite study, sympathy, intuition and initiation. Given these, I do not hesitate to claim that in none other of my writings have I given so profound and comprehensive an exposition of my philosophy on every plane. I deal with the inmos…
1929 · PDF PAGE 9
… Crowley remembers, as if he had seen it yesterday, the dining-room and the ceremony of family prayers after breakfast. He remembers the order in which the family and the servants sat. A chapter of the Bible was read, each person present taking a verse in turn. At four years old he could
1906 · PDF PAGE 268
…rody upon the serious essay which follows. It is an exceedingly characteristic trait that Crowley himself should have insisted upon this order, and a severe strain upon the devoted band who try to force themselves to study him. The notes are, of course, Crowley’s throughout. . To elucidate the allusions would require a note to nearly every phrase. The fact seems to be that any one with universal knowledge at the tips of his fingers can read and enjoy Crowley ; but few others.] THE EXCLUDED (OR DIVIDED) MIDDLE M. Well,! Scepticus,? are3 you‘ res…
1906 · PDF PAGE 232
…whole force went out ina mighty current of hate towards his former friend. His 1 Allan MacGregor Bennett (whose motto in the ‘‘ Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn,” was lehi Aour, z.e, ‘‘ Let there be light’’), now Ananda Metteya, to whom the volume in which this story was issuedis inscribed. 2 Taphtatharath, the spirit of Mercury. trance’ Mara! appeared to him. ‘*Now hate hath power, though not the power of love. So it came about that in his despair he fell into a trance; and in the Never before had his spells availed to call so fearful a poten…
1906 · PDF PAGE 269
… the damned don who was writing these notes was mercifully struck by lightning. He had intended to annotate every word in this manner in order (as he supposed) to attain a reputation like that of Max Miiller e¢ hoc genus omne.) 2 Auberon Quin, King of England, in a novelette called ‘‘ The Napoleon of Notting Hiil.”’ 3 Wells, ‘‘ There are better dreams’; but it turns out to mean that the young man is drowned, and at Folkestone too. 4 Cf. Prof. Rice. ‘'The waters of the Hoang-Ho rushing by intoned the Kung.” my breeches— worse than Plato’s in his…
1929 · PDF PAGE 238
…opened up communication with one such intelligence; or, rather, that I have been selected by him to receive the first message from a new order of beings. THE HISTORICAL CONCEPTION ON WHICH THE BOOK OF THE LAW IS BASED. Just as The book of the Law reconciles an impersonal and infinite interpretation of the cosmos with an egocentric and practical viewpoint, so it makes "infinite space" speak in the language of a goddess and deals with the details of eating and drinking: Be goodly therefore: dress ye all in fine apparel; eat rich foods and drink s…
1904 · PDF PAGE 82
THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS 75 back and back, like a biograph out of order, and there’s no sort of connection between one and the other. Hullo, what’s that? Why, there’s a holy man near that Bo-Tree. He’ll tell m e what it all means.’ Poor silly old Lord of the Universe ! Had he carried his memory back one more step he’d have known all about Jehjaour and the con- spiracy, and that he was a Srotapatti and had only one more birth; and might well have put in the 311,040,000,000,000 myriads of æons which would elapse before lunch in rejoicing over hi…