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Page 68 of 841954 · PDF PAGE 19
…eration no doubt, would call him a "beast." With his knowledge of the Bible, it did not take him long to find out about the Beast of the Book of Revelation, the Beast who was anti-Christ, the Beast whose number was 666. He ultimately identified himself with that Beast, without question aided and abetted by his mother. When the time came to revolt and to turn against the religion of his family, with all the venom and brilliance that he, and only he, could muster, there could be no alternative but that he had to ally himself with those forces whi…
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
…orld of Brahman.* At the end of the “Shiva Sanhita” there are some twenty verses dealing with the Mantra. And as in so many; other Hindu books, a considerable amount of mystery is woven around these sacred utterances. We read: 190. In the four-petalled Muladhara lotus is the seed of speech, brilliant as lightning. 1g1. In the heart is the seed of love, beautiful as the Bandhuk flower. In the space between the two eyebrows is the seed of Shakti, brilliant as tens of millions of moons. These three seeds should be kept secret.t These three Mantras…
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
…orld of Brahman.* At the end of the “Shiva Sanhita” there are some twenty verses dealing with the Mantra. And as in so many; other Hindu books, a considerable amount of mystery is woven around these sacred utterances. We read: 190. In the four-petalled Muladhara lotus is the seed of speech, brilliant as lightning. 1g1. In the heart is the seed of love, beautiful as the Bandhuk flower. In the space between the two eyebrows is the seed of Shakti, brilliant as tens of millions of moons. These three seeds should be kept secret.t These three Mantras…
1996 · PDF PAGE 40
…he static as opposed to the dynamic conception of the Universe. This explanation is not only in harmony with the general teaching of The Book of the Law, but shows how profoundly the author understands Himself.
1996 · PDF PAGE 132
…is connection. One must never be so careless as to let oneself think that even “the style of a letter” (how much less a phrase!) in this Book is casual. The expression “to hell with them” is not merely an outburst of colloquial enthusiasm. The word “hell”, that and no other, serves the purpose of the speaker. This would naturally be suggested to us, in any case, by the reflection that our Law does not indulge in the frothings of impotent fury, like the priestly frauds of Moses, the rishis, and Buddha, in the weeping and wailing and gnashing of …
1944 · PDF PAGE 163
…s based. In the Yî King, the airy part of Air is represented by the 57th hexagram, Sun. This is one of the most difficult figures in the book, on account of its ambivalence: it means both flexibil‐ ity and penetration. Immensely powerful because of its complete freedom from settled principles, capable of maintaining and putting forward any conceivable argument, insusceptible of regret or re‐ morse, glib to “quote Scripture” aptly and cunningly to support any thesis soever, indifferent to the fate of a contrary argument advanced two minutes earl…
1954 · PDF PAGE 190
…opriate Names and Figures. Lastly, the Talisman may be surrounded with a band inscribed with a suitable "versicle" chosen from some Holy Book, or devised by the Magician to suit the case. In the British Museum (and I suppose elsewhere) you may see the medal struck to commemorate the victory over the Armada. This is a reproduction, perhaps modified, of the Talisman· used by Dee to raise the storm which scattered the enemy fleet.
1954 · PDF PAGE 446
…ce to this liquid L, as it appears in Allah (compare the Hebrew L-Gods, AL, Aloah, Elohim, A'alion, etc., and look up the L-idea in your Book of Thoth, and in Magick, pp. 331 sqq.) and other peculiarly sacred names and words. Before cursing my way to dinner-oh! how I hate the need of food unless I am practising the "Ninth Art" and disguise myself as a gourmet-I must mention the letter M. This is the only letter that can be pronounced with the lips firmly closed; it is the beginning of speech, and so the Mother of the Alphabet. (Distinguish from…
1954 · PDF PAGE 490
…rs which have begun the disintegration of the world have followed, each at an interval of nine months, the operative publications of The Book of the Law. This again seems to make it almost certain that "They" not only know the future, at least in broad outline, but are at pains to arrange it. I have no doubt that the advance of Natural Science is in the charge of a certain group of "Masters." Even the spiritually
1929 · PDF PAGE 41
…of the Universe. This theory may indeed be studied iii the article already referred to in No. V of the Equinox, and, môre deeply, in the Book of the Law and the Commentaries thereon: but the true understanding dépends entirely upon the work of the Magician himself. Without magical expérience it will be meaningless. In this there is nothing peculiar. It is so with ail scientific knowledge. A blind man might cram up astronomy for the purpose of passing examinations, but his knowledge would be I. By “God” I here mean the Idéal Identity of a man’s …
1929 · PDF PAGE 222
… foam of ferocity. "Something charming, I am sure," said Cyril, silkily. "I always admired your work, you know. That translation of 'The Book of the Sacred Magick of Abramelin the Mage,' in particular. You remember the passage about the wicked Antony of Prague," he went on, with sudden force and solemnity, "the marvellous things he did, and how he prospered — and how he was found by the roadside, his tongue torn out, and the dogs at feast upon his bowels! Do you know what has saved you so far? Only one [312] bar between you and destruction — th…
1954 · PDF PAGE 262
…th Element, Spirit, is generally recognized in the Qabalah, I have deemed it proper to add a Fifth Power corresponding: to Go, Ire. (The Book of Thoth, p. 275) Then, as Spirit is the Origin, the Essence, and the Sum of the other four, so is to Go in relation to those powers. And to Go is the very meaning of the name God , as elsewhere shewn in these letters; hence the Egyptian Gods were signalized as such by their bearing the Ankh, which is a Sandal-strap, and in its form the Crux Ansata, the Rosy Cross, the means whereby we demonstrate the God…
1954 · PDF PAGE 338
…he highly-esteemed Tomcat , when at last one of his fans obtained an interview; "all he could do was to talk about his operation ." "The Book of the Law takes us back to primitive savagery," you say. Well, where are we? We're at Guernica, Lidice, Oradour-sur-Glane, Rotterdam and hundreds of other crimes, to say nothing of Concentration-camp, Stalag, and a million lesser horrors, inconceivable by the most diseased and inflamed Sadistic imagination forty years ago. You disagree with Aiwass-so do all of us. The trouble is that He can say: "But I'm…
1912 · PDF PAGE 422
… more complex intelligences, This little wor) recommended to Catholic readers,” . . Father Kent writes in ‘The Tablet'’—‘‘Among the many books which benevolent publishers are preparing as. appropriate Christmas presents we notice many new editions of favourite poetic classics. But few, we fancy, can be more appropriate for the purpose than a little volume of original verses, entitled ‘Amphora,’” which Messrs. Burns & Oates are on the point of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will surely be a better recommendation of…
1912 · PDF PAGE 422
… more complex intelligences, This little wor) recommended to Catholic readers,” . . Father Kent writes in ‘The Tablet'’—‘‘Among the many books which benevolent publishers are preparing as. appropriate Christmas presents we notice many new editions of favourite poetic classics. But few, we fancy, can be more appropriate for the purpose than a little volume of original verses, entitled ‘Amphora,’” which Messrs. Burns & Oates are on the point of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will surely be a better recommendation of…
1996 · PDF PAGE 116
…ly indicated of understanding and expressing ourselves in finite terms. Shallow indeed is the obvious objection to this passage that The Book of the Law itself is full of phrases which imply causal ity. Nobody denies that causality is a category of the mind, a form or condition of thought which, if not quite a theoretical necessity, is yet inevitable in practice. The very idea of any relation between any two things appears as causal. Even should we declare it to be 1 [Fr., “to the lamppost (with them),” i.e. hang them.]
1996 · PDF PAGE 173
…f lust we ride at the charge, with our allies, the Whores whom we love and acclaim, free friends by our sides in the Battle of Life? The Book of the Law is the Charter of Woman; the Word Thelema has opened the lock of Her “girdle of chastity.” Your Sphinx of stone has come to life; to know, to will, to dare and to keep silence. Yea, I, The Beast, my Scarlet Whore bestriding me, naked and crowned, drunk on Her golden Cup of Fornication, boasting Her self my bedfellow, have trodden Her in the Market place, and roared this Word that every woman i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 595
… by J. Mivne Bramwett, M.B., C.M. Author of ‘Hypnotism and Treatment by Suggestion.” Demy 8vo. Cloth gilt. 12s, 6d. net. ‘This important book, unanimously regarded by students as the standard work on Hypnotism, is offered ata price which should command a larger public than it bas hitherto reached. WILLIAM RIDER & SON, Ltd., 8-11 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C. In_preparation. Crown 8v0. Probable price 3s. 6d. net. CAMBRIDGE POETS 1900-1913 AN ANTHOLOGY Chosen by AELFRIDA TILLYARD The Volume will contain selections from the works of— ALEISTER CROW…
1913 · PDF PAGE 595
… by J. Mivne Bramwett, M.B., C.M. Author of ‘Hypnotism and Treatment by Suggestion.” Demy 8vo. Cloth gilt. 12s, 6d. net. ‘This important book, unanimously regarded by students as the standard work on Hypnotism, is offered ata price which should command a larger public than it bas hitherto reached. WILLIAM RIDER & SON, Ltd., 8-11 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C. In_preparation. Crown 8v0. Probable price 3s. 6d. net. CAMBRIDGE POETS 1900-1913 AN ANTHOLOGY Chosen by AELFRIDA TILLYARD The Volume will contain selections from the works of— ALEISTER CROW…
1929 · PDF PAGE 101
…y a “charge” in similar terms. The details of the préparation of each weapon should be thought out carefully by the magician. 1. See The Book of the Law and the Commentaries thereon for the true définition of this virtue. 2. This refers to the “formula of the Néophyte”. There are alter¬ natives. 65