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Page 63 of 671913 · PDF PAGE 593
…est style, they are devotional in the highest degree, and to Roman Catholics, for whom devotion to the Virgin Mary forms so important a part of their religious belief, these poems should indeed. be welcome; personallyT have found them just what I desired, and T have no doubt other Catholics will be equally pleased with them,” “Vanity Fair’ says—"'To the ordinary mind passion has no relation to penitence, and carnal desire is the very anti- thesis of spiritual fervour, But close observers of human nature are accustomed to discover an intimate co…
1913 · PDF PAGE 593
…est style, they are devotional in the highest degree, and to Roman Catholics, for whom devotion to the Virgin Mary forms so important a part of their religious belief, these poems should indeed. be welcome; personallyT have found them just what I desired, and T have no doubt other Catholics will be equally pleased with them,” “Vanity Fair’ says—"'To the ordinary mind passion has no relation to penitence, and carnal desire is the very anti- thesis of spiritual fervour, But close observers of human nature are accustomed to discover an intimate co…
1907 · PDF PAGE 137
…n are men in women’s clothes and places. He should take away some of their vigour, and in its stead give them grace, suppleness, and the art of winning by seeming capitulation. Amongst his other moods and imitations, conscious or unconscious, Mr. Crowley has much of Heine, without the latter’s petulance ; his Heinesque moods are steeled through with a strong man’s virility. But it is when we come to him in more abstract conditions of mind that we find him in a higher state. He says: I have dreamed life a circle or a lineI Called God and Fate and…
1929 · PDF PAGE 201
201 truth --- and experience (often humiliating) of such reactions --- is of much use against this particular kind of bondage. While other defenders of Rodin were apologizing for him in detail I brushed aside the nonsense --- "a plague o' both your houses!" --- and wrote a sonnet, which is, in its way, to conventional criticism exactly what the Balzac was. It was translated into French by Marcel Schwob and made considerable stir in Paris. Even at this length of time, I attach a certain importance to it. For one thing, it marks a new stage in my…
1905 · PDF PAGE 200
…ke of some convulsive love ! | The leopard changed his spots; for in me leapt The mate, the tiger. Murderous I sprang Across the mellow earth: my senses swept, * One torrent flame, one soul-dissolving pang. How queenly bent her body to the grip! How lithe it slips, her bosom to my own ! The throat leans back, to tantalise the lip :— The sudden shame of her is overthrown ! O maiden of the spirit of the wheat, One ripening sunbeam thrills thee to the soul, Electric from red mane to amber feet ! The blue skies focus, as a burning bowl, The restles…
1905 · PDF PAGE 115
…eaven. The stars awake ; The very stars bend down to take From its fresh fragrance for the sake Of their own cloud-compelling peace. On earth there lies a silver fleece Of new-fallen snow, secure from sun, In alleys, leafy every one This year already with the spring, The breeze blows freshly, thrushes sing, And all the woods are burgeoning With quick new buds ; across the snow The scent of violets to and fro Wafts at the hour of dawn. Alone I wait, a figure turned to stone (Or salt for pain). A week ago Thine arms embraced me; now I know Far of…
1905 · PDF PAGE 27
…ose promises are foam.” And she, indignant, would have hied her “home And left him to despair, but pitying His soul struck through with darts: “A bitter thing” (She cried) “thou sayest, yet perchance my power Is not as great as thine, for while I cower Tnder the lash of Zeus, stand thou upright, And laugh him to his beard for all his spite.” ‘©T even now beneath hisdoom?” ‘‘ Even thou! For learn this law, writ large upon the brow Of white Olympus, writ by him who made Thee, yea and Zeus, of whom is Zeus afraid, Graven by Him with an eternal pen…
1907 · PDF PAGE 32
… of the golden sphere ; I the swift spirit of the primal fire :— All theseI am, not will be. O blind ape! All these are shapeless ; thou art but a shape, A blind, bad-blooded bat! Ugh! Ugh! The snake Wriggling to death amid his burning brake Is wiser, holier, lordlier. Open, page Of the old Rabbi | * tell me of the mage; Of him who would; of him who dared and did ; Of him who feared and failed; of him who. fell ; One peéring .lightwards through a coffin-lid, One aching heavenwards—and achieving hell! O let me do and die as they !_ The wand, The…
1944 · PDF PAGE 28
Queen of Disks, Water of Earth Prince of Disks, Air of Earth Princess of Disks, Earth of Earth The Tarot trumps are twenty‐two in number; they represent the elements between the Sephiroth or Things‐in‐Themselves, so that their position on the Tree of Life is significant. Here are one or two examples. The card called “The Lovers”, whose secret title is “The Chil‐ dren of the Voice, the Oracle of the Mighty Gods”, leads from the number 3 to the number 6. The number 6 is the human personality of a man; the number 3 is his spiritual intuition. Ther…
1904 · PDF PAGE 92
…t, being seventeen, they were but one, and that one none, as before hath been showed. And this enumera- tion is a great Mysterium of our art. Whence a light hidden in a Cross. Now therefore having brooded upon the ocean, and sm itten with the Sword, and the Py ramid being builded in just proportion, was that Light fixed even in the Vault of the Caverns. With one stroke he rent asunder the Veil; with one stroke he closed the sam e. And entering the Sarcophagus of that Roy al Tomb he laid him down to sleep. Four guarded him, and One in the four; …
1912 · PDF PAGE 422
…st style, they are devotional in the highest degree, and to Roman, Catholics, for whom devotion to the Virgin Mary forms so important a part of their religious belief these poems should indeed be welcgme; personallyI have found them just what I desired, and I have no doubt other Catholics will be equally pleased with them,” “ y Fair’? says—‘To the ordinary mind passion has no relation to penitence, and carnal desire is the very ant thesis of spiritual fervour. But close observers of human nature are accustomed to discover an intimate connection…
1912 · PDF PAGE 422
…st style, they are devotional in the highest degree, and to Roman, Catholics, for whom devotion to the Virgin Mary forms so important a part of their religious belief these poems should indeed be welcgme; personallyI have found them just what I desired, and I have no doubt other Catholics will be equally pleased with them,” “ y Fair’? says—‘To the ordinary mind passion has no relation to penitence, and carnal desire is the very ant thesis of spiritual fervour. But close observers of human nature are accustomed to discover an intimate connection…
1906 · PDF PAGE 220
… a crown every day. The second a phallus. The third a silver vase of blood. The fourth a royal sceptre. The fifth a sword. The sixth a heart. The seventh a garland of flowers. The eighth a grass-snake. The ninth a sickle. And the tenth week did he daily offer up his own body. Said the goat: ‘‘Though I be not an ox, yet am la sword.” ‘‘ Masked, O God!” cried the Adept. ‘‘ Verily, an thou hadst not sacrificed—’”’ There was silence. And under the Goat's throne was a rainbow? of seven colours: our Father fitted himself as an arrow to the string (an…
1944 · PDF PAGE 85
…ll be in them a joy a million times greater than this. Beware lest any force another, King against King! Love one another with burning hearts; on the low men trample in the fierce lust of your pride, in the day of your wrath.” “There is a light before thine eyes, O prophet, a light undesired, most de‐ sirable. “I am uplifted in thine heart; and the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy body. “Thou art exhaust in the voluptuous fulness of the inspiration; the expi‐ ration is sweeter than death, more rapid and laughterful than a caress of Hell’s…
1904 · PDF PAGE 87
… crown every day. The second a p hallus. The third a silver vase of blood. The fourth a roy al sceptre. The fifth a sword. The sixth a heart. The seventh a garland of flowers. The eighth a grass-snake. The ninth a sickle. And the tenth week did he daily offer up his own body . Said the goat: “Though I be not an ox, yet am I a sword.” “ Masked, O God !” cried the Adept. “ Verily, an thou hadst not sacrificed—” There was silence. And under the Goat’s throne was a rainbow 2 of seven colours: our Father fitted himself as an arrow to the string (and…
1929 · PDF PAGE 437
…He gave the alarm and the fire was quickly got under. The mysterious and significant point about the incident is that the fire had got started in the one place in a house where there is no rational explanation for an outbreak --- in the coal cellar! One further illustration of the peculiar qualities of this Brother. I had advised him to evoke the forces of Fire and Air on return to South Africa, they being naturally plentiful in that part of the world. He began with the fiery part of Fire, which includes lightning. When he began his ceremony th…
1944 · PDF PAGE 124
… the bones of Choronzon. Terrible and wonderful is the Mystery thereof, O thou Titan that hast climbed into the bed of Juno! Surely thou art bound unto, and broken upon, the wheel; yet hast thou uncovered the nakedness of 1These are the Paths forming a Current 1‐2‐6‐8‐9‐10 on the Tree of Life. the Holy One, and the Queen of Heaven is in travail of child, and his name shall be called Vir, and Vis, and Virus, and Virtus, and Viridis, in one name that is all these, and above all these.1 * * * The following excerpt from Liber Aleph, the Book of Wis…
1906 · PDF PAGE 234
…d. Perdu’ R Abu was only three years old. VIIL. ‘It really seemed as if fate was against him. Poor Jehjaour! In despair he cried to his partner, ‘O Ganesha, in the world of Gods only shall we be safe. Let him be born as a flute-girl before Indra’s throne!’ ‘Difficult is the task,’ replied the alarmed deity, ‘but I will use all my influence. I 1 The Government, in the interests of Bud- dhists themselves, reserves all ground within 50 feet of a dagoba. The incident described in this section actually occurred in 1901. 2 Siam. | example—— know a th…
1907 · PDF PAGE 134
…sire, Melpomene’s terrible lyre, That lifts up her life in the wild, The star-piercing pean, and floats in mid- ether, and sinks to the earth. These three of the Muses were mine; They nurtured and knew me and kissed. Erato was hidden in wine; Polymnia dawned in the mist: Melpomene shone in the pyre Ofterrors that burned in her lyre; But all of their passion divine I lost in the life and the stress of the world ere ever the soul of me wist. But, Orpheus, thy splendider light Was the veil of thyself the moresplendid. Thou leapedst as a fountain i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 542
…T.O. to the Grand Treasurer, George Macnie Cowie, VIII°, Frater Fiat Pax, a Neophyte of A.'. A.'.. He was a man of over fifty years, the art editor of Nelson's, the publishers of Edinburgh. He was deaf and dumb. His character was unselfish and noble, his aspiration intense and sincere. He was a gentleman on whom I built ............An absolute trust. During the war, he wrote voluminously to keep me informed of the affairs of the Order. I had but one complaint to make of his conduct. I asked repeatedly for his accounts as treasurer and he would …