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Page 65 of 821909 · PDF PAGE 287
…vat| spake and said: ‘Iam the rain of Heaven Proven CH bution descending upon the Earth, bearing with it the fructifying and germinating power. fas I am the plenteous yielder of Harvest; I Sa cnr of sew do [Me | am the cherisher of Life.’” the bast WK ‘ A 5 ee “The Priestess with the Mask of Tarot . 7 5 7 Nephthys spake and said: ‘I am the dew a descending, viewless, Cases] | | civ. ie » sore — bomen | and silent, gemming |_\“% 4 Roomex 2 Via fitsize] | the Earth with count- 2 0 mor . Fart, ere less Diamondsof Dew, ma bearing down the in- fluen…
1996 · PDF PAGE 96
…inably intense ecstasies, of beatitudes prolonged for whole months, of initiations indescribably exalted, of proof piled on proof of His power, His vigilance, His love, after being protected and energized with incredible aptness, I find myself still only too ready to grumble, nay even to doubt. It seems as if I resented the whole business. There are times when I feel that the amoeba, the bourgeois, and the cow represent the abc of enviable creatures. There may be a melancholic strain in me, as one might expect in a case of venal weakness such a…
1929 · PDF PAGE 157
…whole country for a time bv inflaming that thought in their neighbours, so the Magician créâtes a commotion by disturbing the balance of power. He transmits his particular vibration as a radio operator does with his ray 5 rate-relation détermines exclusive sélection. In practice, the Magician must aevoke the spirits of the storm” by identifying himself with the ideasof which atmospheric phenom- ena are the expressions as his humanity is of him; this achieved, he must impose his Will upon them by virtue of the superiority of his intelligence and…
1907 · PDF PAGE 215
…ht of thy breath, Supreme and terrible God Who makest the Gods and death To tremble before thee :— I, I adore thee ! O Hawk of gold with power enwalled, Whose face is like an emerald ; Whose crown is indigo as night ; Smaragdine snakes about thy brow Twine, and the disc of flaming light Is on thee, seated in the prow Of the Sun’s bark, enthroned above With lapis-lazuli for love And ruby for enormous force Chosen to seat thee, thee girt round With leopard’s pell, and golden sound Of planets choral in their course! O thou self-formulated sire! Se…
1906 · PDF PAGE 75
…en! I would not kiss thee, I! Lest my lip’s charactery Ruin thy flower. Curve thou one maidenly Kiss, stooping from thy sky Of peace and power ! Thine only be the embrace !— I move not from my place, Feel the exultant face — Mine for an hour ! THE THIRTEENTH DAY. ‘‘If it be a sin to make a true election, she is damned.” Cymbeline. In the dim porchway where the sea’s deep boom Under our very feet made ceaseless song, We sate, remote, the lone lanai! along Sequestered from the young mcon in the gloom 1 The South Sea word for balcony, or rather ve…
1907 · PDF PAGE 39
…l come to my castle, I say; there I will prepare all for you and your young bride: my chaplain shall marry you at midnight ; my name and power shall shield you from all mischance. SIR PERCY. I am my own master. ANGELA. You think so? They have kept it from you, but you have a guardian: ask him if you may marry a mere country lass—-and you now not yet seventeen. SIR PERCY. And you—how old are you? ANGELA. That is a rude, rude boy! SIR PERCY. Oh, I am so sorry, I forgot. ANGELA. I will tell you, though. Iam all but twenty- two! Sir Percy. That is …
1910 · PDF PAGE 13
…s find him calmer, happier, healthier, his eyes bright and his skin clear even when he is old. But he has this, which they have not, the power of slipping instantly out of this changeful consciousness into the Eternal, and then abiding, supremely single and complete, bathed in unutterable bliss, one with the All. And he knows that this body subject to disease and Death is not himself, but only as it were the instrument of his pleasure, a sort of houseboat that he has taken for the summer. The present series of ceremonies is designed for beginne…
1930 · PDF PAGE 28
… seized and vampirized by the démon masquerading as “Christ” or “Mary”, or whoever may be the object of worship. Complété absence of ail power to concentrate thought, to follow an argument, to formulate a Will, to hold fast to an opinion or a course of action, or even to keep a solemn oath, mark indelibly those who hâve thus lost parts of their soûls. They wander from one new cuit to another even crazier. Occasionally such persons drift for a moment into the surroundmgs of The Master Therion, and are shot out by the simple process of making the…
1996 · PDF PAGE 42
… asserts her right to have as many or as few men or babies as she wants or can get; and she defies the world to interfere with her. More power to her—elbow! The War has seen this emancipation flower in four years. Primitive people, the Australian troops for example, are saying that they will not marry English girls, because English girls like a dozen men a week. Well, who wants them to marry? Russia has already formally abrogated marriage. Germany and France have tried to “save their faces” in a thoroughly Chinese manner, by “marrying” pregnant…
1996 · PDF PAGE 141
…lf-realization which is properly ours. In our initiation the tests must be thorough and exhaustive. The neglect to develop even a single power can only result in deformity. However slight this might seem, it might lead to fatal consequences; the ancient adepts taught that by the parable of the heel of Achilles. It is essential for the Aspirant to make a systematic study of every possible passion, icily aloof from all alike, and setting their armies in array beneath the banner of his Will after he has perfectly gauged the capacity of each unit, …
1929 · PDF PAGE 132
… War must be fought. This Bloody Sacrifice is the critical point of the Worïd- he sacrifices is not the material blood, but his Creative power. ” This initiated interprétation of the texts was sent spontaneously by Soror I. W E., for the sake of the younger Brethren. 1. See Equinox (I, V. Supplément: Tenth Aethyr) for an Account of an Operation where this was done. Magical phenomena of the créative order are conceived and germinate in a peculiar thick velvet darkness, crimson, purple, or deep blue, approximating black: as if it were said, In th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 154
…romising letter, which is really as much part of him as his liver; he may then master the will of that man by intimidating his mind. His power to publish the letter is as effective as if he could injure the man’s body directly. These “natural” cases may be transposed into subtler terms; for instance, one might master another man, even a stranger, by sheer concentration of will, ceremonially or otherwise wrought up to the requisite potential. But in one way or another that will must be i. The cérémonial method would be to transfer to the watch —…
1930 · PDF PAGE 65
…ly such as pertain to a living being, not to an inanimate mass. In a Word, the alchemist is to take a dead thing, impure, valueless, and powerless, and transform it into a live thing, active, invaluable and thaumaturgie. The reader of this book will surely find in this a most striking analogy with what we hâve already said of the processes of Magick. What, by our définition, is initiation ? The First Matter is a man, that is to say, a perishable parasite, bred of the earth’s crust, crawl- ing irritably upon it for a span, and at last returning …
1930 · PDF PAGE 74
…ces as the Balance of Righteousness and Truth” is your duty to your Holy Guar¬ dian Angel, and the duty of the démon world to you. These powers of “evil” nature are wild beasts; they must be tamed, trained to the saddle and the bridle; they will bear you well. There is nothing useless in the Universe: do not wrap up your Talent in a napkin, because it is only “dirty money”! With regard to Pacts, they are rarely lawful. There should be no bargain struck. Magick is not a trade, and no hucksters need apply. Master everything, but give generouslv t…
1910 · PDF PAGE 82
… wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness. For she is the breath of the power of God.” (Chap. VII, 22, 24, 25.) 70
1910 · PDF PAGE 82
… wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness. For she is the breath of the power of God.” (Chap. VII, 22, 24, 25.) 70
1996 · PDF PAGE 115
…ne. If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are one. Commentary: The Magical power is universal. The Free Man directs it as He Will. Leave Him alone, or He will make you sorry you tried to interfere! There is here a reference to the two main types of the orgia1 2 of Magick; I have already dealt with this matter in the Comment.3 Observe that in the “mystic” work, the union takes place sponta neously; in the other, venom is shot forth. This awakes the earth to rapture; not until then do…
1996 · PDF PAGE 178
…ne cannot exactly give rules for producing a “genius” to order, a genius in this sense being one who has the Idea, and is fortified with power to enflame the enthusiasm of the crowd, with wit to know, and initiative to seize, the psychological moment. But one can specify certain conditions incompatible with the manifestation of this spontaneity; and the first of these is evi dently absolute freedom from obstacles, internal or external, to the idea of the “genius.” It is clear that a woman cannot love naturally, freely, whole somely, if she is…
1954 · PDF PAGE 481
… miss, and mum says can I have a penny if I bring back the bottle?), bring about the needlessness of counting, but also one acquires the power to command! A century ago, very nearly, there lived in Bristol an "Open Brother" named Muller, who was a wizard at this; Grace before breakfast, the usual palaver about the Lord and His blessings and His bounty et cetera, da capo; to conclude "and, Blessed Lord, we would Humbly venture to remind Thee that this morning Thou art £3 4s. 6 1/2d. short in the
1996 · PDF PAGE 92
…fly that Hadit is Motion, that is, Change or “Love.” The symbol of Godhead in Egypt was the ankh, which is a sandal strap, implying the Power to Go; and it suggests the Rosy Cross, the Fulfilment of Love, by its shape. The Wheel and the Circle are evidently symbols of Nuit; this sentence insists upon the conception of liriga-yoni. But beyond the obvious relation, we observe two geometrical definitions. The axle is a cylinder set perpendicularly to the plane of the wheel; thus Hadit supplies the third dimension to Nuit. It suggests that Matter …