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Page 66 of 791939 · PDF PAGE 26
… the obstacles which confront the human being, trained as he is by centuries of evolution to receive his whole consciousness through the senses alone. And they hit us hardest because they interfere directly with the technique of our work; we are constantly gaining new powers, despite ourselves, and every time this happens we have to invent a new method for bringing their malice to naught. But, as before, the remedy is of the same stuff as the disease; it is the unswerving purity of aspiration that enables us to surmount all these difficulties. …
1907 · PDF PAGE 112
…rth as a baby’s school ! In hell one lives as one is wont. Punch said to would-be Don’t ! Might I advise the same to those Shapeless and senseless embryos Who seek to live? Yes, God is wise Enough to set a snare for lies As well as truths. The soul content On earth in his own element Will be content from flesh released. But he who strives to be a beast Or strives to be a god; would gain Long bliss for a few hours of pain, Or struggles for no matter what, Continues. I would rather not. Vv. That puzzle’s grief I did not share Because on earth J d…
1907 · PDF PAGE 98
Q2 GARGOYLES Who stood a casual on life’s slippery ledge, A blind bat hanging from the tree of sense Ifead downward, gorged with sweet banana juice, Indifferent to—incapable of—aught Beyond these simple reflexes. Is thought, Even the highest thought, of any use? IV. We are not discussing metaphysics now. I see below the beautiful low brow (Low too for cunning, like enough !) your lips, A scarlet splash of murder. From them drips This heart’s blood ; you have fed your fill on me. I am exhaust, a pale, wan phantom floating Aimless in air, than wh…
1907 · PDF PAGE 28
… turns. 1 The great task of Western occultism is to ‘ pronounce the name”’ of Jehovah ; if this be correctly done, the universe (z.e. of sense) is annihilated, and the true universe, of spirit, is made present to the consciousness. 2 To stop or silence ; to spoil the plans of. 3 The four lines above are in the metre of Tennyson’s poem ‘‘In Memoriam.” Its lack of manliness prompts Crowley's satire. 4 Mountains in Mexico climhed by Crowley in Igor. The gross and bestial demand prose. (Glance at the page, lass, stop your nose, And turn to where sh…
1939 · PDF PAGE 10
…ons have rather knocked the bottom out of Yoga; that I have reduced it to the category of common things. That was my object. There is no sense in being frightened of Yoga, awed by Yoga, muddled and mystified by Yoga, or
1906 · PDF PAGE 225
… The belief in a Trinity—ignorance of Daath. 4 Belief in Monism, or rather Advaitism. Crowley was a Monist only in the modern scientific sense of that word. 5 Confusion of the various mystic serpents. The Big-Nose-Folk=the Jews. We leave the rest to the insight of the reader. Abiegnus, Mysterium ILN.R.I. Mysterium LVX. Pastos. Trinitas. Unitas. Serpentes,
1906 · PDF PAGE 48
…nd the willows cover (As lover from a lover Even for love's sake all the wealth of love) The whole light of the skies: there came to him Sense of some being dim Bent over him, one colour and one form With the dark leaves; but warm And capable of some diviner air. Her limbs were bare, her face supremely fair, Her soul one shapely splendour, Her voice indeed as tender As very silence: so he would not speak, But let his being fade: that all the past Grew shadowy and weak, And lost its life at last, Being mere dream to this that was indeed Life : a…
1939 · PDF PAGE 24
… the difficulty which arises with every practice. Mars, moreover, is the flaming energy of passion, it is the male quality in its lowest sense; it is the courage which goes berserk, and I do not mind telling you that, in my own case at least, one of the inhibitions with which I had most frequently to contend was the fear that I was going mad. This was especially the case when those phenomena began to occur, which, recorded in cold blood, did seem like madness. And the Niyama of Mars is the ruthless rage which jests at scars while dying of one's…
1944 · PDF PAGE 92
energy. From this it will be seen that this card is, in a very strict sense, the completion of the card called Lust, Atu XI, and Atu XII represents the solution or dissolution which links them. The highest aspect of the card is the Eagle, which represents exaltation above solid matter. It was understood by the early chemists that, in certain experiments, the purest (i.e., most tenuous) elements present were given off as gas or vapour. There are thus represented in this card the three essential types of putrefaction. The card itself represents t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 139
…! I, Criosda of the Mist, see truth in all Rather than truth in none. Below the rite, The sight! Beyond the priest, the power! Above The sense, the soul! their gods Sur- So men who made
1939 · PDF PAGE 34
…es indicated in this attitude, and innumerable precedents on the part of the most respectable divinities. Do, please, forget all this nonsense! The advantage is simply that your attention is forced to maintain the awkward position. You become aware sooner than you otherwise would of any relaxation; and you thereby show the rest of the body that it is no use trying to disturb you by its irritability. But there are no rules. I said there weren't, and there aren't. Only the human mind is so lazy and worthless that it is a positive instinct to try …
1906 · PDF PAGE 33
ASSUMPTA CANIDIA 27 The mystic slumber of my sense forlorn Stirs only now and then; some deeper pang Reminds despair there is a sharper fang, Reminds my night of a tempestuous morn. For I am lost and lonely: in the skies I see no hope of any sun or star ; On earth there blooms no rose, no nenu- phar; No cross is set for hope of sacrifice. I cannot sleep, I cannot wake; and death Passes me by with his desiréd breath. No shadow in my mind to prove a sun ; No sorrow to declare that joy exists ; A cycle of dim spectres in the mists Moves just a lit…
1929 · PDF PAGE 162
…two, which is far too young for work of this kind, which requires endurance. He knew practically nothing of mountains, but he had common sense enough to do what Eckenstein told him; and as it was, he proved invaluable in Srinagar and even on the actual journey. He was a source rather of strength than of weakness. Then there was an Austrian judge named Pfannl, reputed the best rock climber in Austria, and his regular climbing companion Wessely. They had no experience beyond the Alps and proved utterly unable to make allowances for the difference…
1919 · PDF PAGE 307
…er may not fall in so simply with the scheme. He manifests reluctance to pay the expenses of the divorce, arguing with some show of good sense that he does not see why he should pay for relieving another man of his rubbish. The situation is complicated by the fact that Alice has again become pregnant. The ‘worm’ resolves upon a remarkably ingenious solution of his troubles. Past experience has shown him that his wife, when in a ‘delicate condition of health,’ cannot stand a sea voyage. Previous to the birth of the second child, she had nearly m…
1906 · PDF PAGE 191
…d, as if heralding the literary somersault of the twentieth century— we have been content to accept Shakespeare as orthodox, with common sense; moral toa fault, with certain Rabelaisian leanings: a healthy tone (we say) pervades his work. Never believe it! The sex problem is his Speciality; a morbid decadence (so-called) is hidden?’ th’ heart o’ th’ rose. In other words, the divine William is the morning star to Ibsen’s dawn, and Bernard Shaw's effulgence. The superficial, the cynical, the misanthropic will demand proof of sucha statement. Let …
1906 · PDF PAGE 231
… others duly Pitched down the steep and precipice of Hell. Nay, not your glory ye from fable borrow ! These three I see in spirit and in sense, These three, O miserable seer! Sorrow, Absence of ego, and impermanence ! And at the rhythm he swooned, for his old mantra surged up in the long-sealed vessels of sub-conscious memory, and he fell into the calm ocean of a great Meditation. Pp
1944 · PDF PAGE 89
… behave as must be done in order to get on good terms with animals and children: to treat them with absolute respect; even; in a certain sense, with worship. * * * Note on the Precession of the Aeons. “The Hanged Man” is an invention of the Adepts of the I.N.R.I.—J.A.O. formula; in the Aeon previous to the Osirian, that of Isis (Water), he is “The Drowned Man”. The two uprights of the gallows shewn in the Mediaeval packs were, in the parthenogenetic system of explaining and ruling Nature, the bottom of the Sea and the keel of the Ark. In this A…
1944 · PDF PAGE 122
…e of Mars is far beneath him. All the other gods are merely aspects of Jupiter formulated by Hermes. He is the first of the Aeons.” “The sense of humour of this god is very strong. He is not sentimental about his princi‐ pal function; he regards the Universe as an excellent practical joke; yet he recognizes that Jupiter is serious, and the Universe is serious, although he laughs at them for being serious. His sole business is to transmit the force from Jupiter, and is concerned with nothing else. The message is Life, but in Jupiter the life is …
1907 · PDF PAGE 176
…e That joy once tasted ; shall not grieve If even that should ever cease, So great a pleasure (and a peace !) I have therein. And by the sense Of love’s intuitive influence I know he wills me to remain Woman.” ‘‘ How frivolous and vain,
1944 · PDF PAGE 119
…r to the General, dissolving all Things into the One Substance of Light. CONCLUSIO DR HOC MODO SANCTITATIS Learn now that Impressions of Sense have Opposites readily conceived, as long to short, or light to dark; and so with Emotions and Perceptions, as Love to Hate, or False to True; but the more Violent the Antagonism, the more is it bound in Illusion, determined by Relation. Thus the Word “Long” hath no Meaning save it be referred to a Standard; but Love is not thus obscure, because Hate is its twin, partaking bountifully of a Common Nature