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Page 64 of 1291928 · PDF PAGE 69
with any sense of charity or with any greed for the visible goods of life was doomed to find himself one day terribly embarrassed by his millions. So, too, a love of beauty and poetic power were given to the son of a dirty rascal, a quar- ryman by trade, who could not in any manner assist the development of the gifts, or supply the needs of his unlucky offspring. I forgot to tell you that the distribution in these solemn cases is without appeal, and that no one may refuse a gift. All the Fairies rose, thinking that their spell of hard labour wa…
1906 · PDF PAGE 201
… the way to destroy it is by the uprooting of Desire; nor is a task so formidable accomplished by any threepenny-bit- in-the-plate-on-Sunday morality, the '‘ deceive others and self-deception will take care of itself ” uprightness, but by the severe roads of austere self-mastery, of arduous scientific research, which constitute the Noble Eightfold Path. tor-105. There’s one. . . Six Six Six,3— This opinion has been recently (and most oppor- tunely) confirmed by the Rev. Father Simons, Roman Catholic Missionary (and head of the Corner in Kashmir…
1919 · PDF PAGE 156
…ling kindle itself into a kiss . . . also I was given to enjoy the subtle Presence of my Lord interiorly during the whole of the twelfth day. But he withdrew Himself . . . yet leaving a comfort not to be told, a Peace... The Peace.” Yes, with me also the Peace has remained, but sometimes I cannot connect myself with It, or fail to do so, being led away by Maya. Then comes the entry of the Thirteenth Day. “Being entered into the Silence let me abide in the Silence. Amen.” And here I am puzzled. Either J. St. J. attained perma- nently to a State …
1905 · PDF PAGE 13
…inicre !) Let our Jove end as other loves begin, Or, slay me in a moment, unaware ! Nay? Kiss in double death-pang, if you dare ! Or one day I will strangle you within My heavy hair !
1907 · PDF PAGE 39
…ty --thus : To me she is The rosy incarnation of a kiss , The royal rapture of a young delight , The mazy music of virginity, Sun of the day , moon of the night , All , all to me ! 1 And again : Love , love , these raptures are like springtide rain Nestling among green leaves .2 One more example of the diversity of Crowley's pen , before we deal with his place in the history of poetry . In the " God -Eater we come across a most weird form of poetic imagination in the chants of Rupha the hag of Eternity : Crafty ! Crafty ! That is the omen . Fea…
1909 · PDF PAGE 48
…sdom of the saints of old Who know that what divinely is begun Glows from dawn's grey to noon’s deliberate gold Darkens to crimson — and day's race is run. For us the glamour of the dawn suborning, We escape the enervating heat of noon : We hear Astarte for Adonis mourning, And close our lover’s calendar at June. Ah, Lola! but we suffer. Hell's own worm Aches less than this, and hath an earlier term.
1910 · PDF PAGE 107
…- cording to Mahbub) a mystic truth con- cealed. Arithmetic like all sciences was at one time considered magical by the vulgar ; to this day the “ magic squares ” of numbers of which the simplest cast is : 492 357 816 are attributed to the planets, and credited with su- pernatural powers. There is an Arab saying — I think by Averrhoes — “ God is the square root of man ” : and a certain very holy Fakir (only recently dead) determined to discover the nature of God by working out √3. He is said to have engraved over a thousand pounds weight of thi…
1911 · PDF PAGE 222
…rivers lave you In innermost lustral light. I lead you, lord of the maze, In the darkness free of the sun; In spite of the spite that is day’s We are wed, we are wild, we are one! [The light: go out and the rampant)! join in universa! dama] HERMANUBIS. Silence. TYPHON. Silence. C.I.C.’l‘. 1-333. The Secret of the Father is in the Secret of the Son. SPHINX. 22-22. And the Secret of the Son is in the Secret of the Holy Ghost. GANYMEDE. 4444. Gloria Patri. 42
1911 · PDF PAGE 222
…rivers lave you In innermost lustral light. I lead you, lord of the maze, In the darkness free of the sun; In spite of the spite that is day’s We are wed, we are wild, we are one! [The light: go out and the rampant)! join in universa! dama] HERMANUBIS. Silence. TYPHON. Silence. C.I.C.’l‘. 1-333. The Secret of the Father is in the Secret of the Son. SPHINX. 22-22. And the Secret of the Son is in the Secret of the Holy Ghost. GANYMEDE. 4444. Gloria Patri. 42
1926 · PDF PAGE 16
…y force another, King against King! Love one another with burning hearts; on the low men triumph in the fierce lust of your pride, in the day of your wrath. 25. Ye are against the people, 0 my chosen! 26. I am the secret serpent coiled about to spring: in my coiling there is joy. If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. If I droop I6
1939 · PDF PAGE 38
… this country. In Book IV., Part I., I have described it, with examples, quite fully enough. I need here only say that its constant use, day and night, without a moment's cessation, is probably as useful a method as one could find of preparing the current of thought for the assumption of a rhythmical form, and rhythm is the great cure for irregularity. Once it is established, no interference will prevent it. Its own natural tendency is to slow down, like a pendulum, until time stops, and the sequence of impressions which constitutes our intelle…
1905 · PDF PAGE 113
…the wrath of God, And rose triumphant over faith, and trod With calm victorious feet the icy way When springtide burgeoned, and the rosy day Leapt from beneath the splendours of the snow :— Christ, ultimate master of man’s hateful foe, And lord of his own soul and fate, strikes still From man’s own heaven, against the lord of ill; | Stage thunders mock the once terrific nod That spoke the fury of the Christian God, Whose slaves deny, too cowardly to abjure, Their desecrated Moloch. The impure Godhead is powerless, even on the slave, Who once co…
1913 · PDF PAGE 220
…waters of the world and the Underworld Are stirred by the quickening breath of the unknown god. Life, a strong pulse within the heart of Day, Glows in the western skies; the morning pales Before the influx of this newer dawn.— This for the argent dream that stands apart, The image of Activity unveiled, The violation of Life by the thorn of Time. Ah! fever of a strong distempered god, Stirred into life by the mystery of birth : Sure and secure is set the secret Way Through all this endless maze of whirling things. Ah! let me pierce to the heart,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 415
…holly negative; for this reason animals which are tormented by electricity, as for example, cats, love to roll themselves upon coal. One day, medicine will make use of this property, and nervous persons will find great relief from it. CHAPTER II LIFE AND DEATH.—SLEEP AND WAKING SLEEP is an incomplete death; death is a complete sleep. Nature subjects us to sleep in order to accustom us to the idea of death, and warns us by dreams of the persistence of another life. The astral light into which sleep plunges us is like an ocean in which innumerabl…
1913 · PDF PAGE 220
…waters of the world and the Underworld Are stirred by the quickening breath of the unknown god. Life, a strong pulse within the heart of Day, Glows in the western skies; the morning pales Before the influx of this newer dawn.— This for the argent dream that stands apart, The image of Activity unveiled, The violation of Life by the thorn of Time. Ah! fever of a strong distempered god, Stirred into life by the mystery of birth : Sure and secure is set the secret Way Through all this endless maze of whirling things. Ah! let me pierce to the heart,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 415
…holly negative; for this reason animals which are tormented by electricity, as for example, cats, love to roll themselves upon coal. One day, medicine will make use of this property, and nervous persons will find great relief from it. CHAPTER II LIFE AND DEATH.—SLEEP AND WAKING SLEEP is an incomplete death; death is a complete sleep. Nature subjects us to sleep in order to accustom us to the idea of death, and warns us by dreams of the persistence of another life. The astral light into which sleep plunges us is like an ocean in which innumerabl…
1928 · PDF PAGE 45
…he sparkling throng within. It is always interesting, this reflection of the rich mans joy in the depth of the poor mans eye; but this day, among this populace clad in blouses and calico, I saw a being whose nobil- ity made a startling contrast with all the sur- rounding triviality. It was a tall and majestic woman, so noble in her whole bearing that I do not remember to have ever seen her equal in the galleries of the aristocratic beauties of the past. A perfume of haughty virtue emanated from her whole per- son; her face, sad and thin, was …
1928 · PDF PAGE 115
…e by little, this tiny corpse which haunted the halls of my brain, and whose phantom with its great fixed eyes wore me out. But the next day I received a packet of letters, some from the tenants in my own house, some from next door; one from the first floor, another from the second, another from the third, and so on; some of them written in a half-jesting style as if seeking to disguise un- der the cloak of frivolity the sincerity of their request; others dully shameless and misspelt, but all of the same purport, namely, to obtain from me a pie…
1905 · PDF PAGE 217
…at supernal star, And holy fountains of the Influence.! Bring peace, and strength, and quicken in my heart Mastery of night-fear and the day-flung dart. , Yea! from the limit of the fallen day, And barren ocean of ungathered Time, Bring Night, and bring Eternity, and stay With white wings pointing where tired feet may climb: Even the pathway where shed blood ran deep To build red roses in the land of Sleep. O guardian of the pallid hours of night ! O tireless watcher of the smitten noon ! O sworded with the majesty of light, O girded with the g…
1910 · PDF PAGE 123
… hold the wondrous light Our scattering sight Yet sees, the one star in a night of woe. We trust, and so Lift up our voices in the dying day Indeed to pray : O little hands that are so soft and strong, Lead us along !