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Page 68 of 1061907 · PDF PAGE 64
…hou canst never be again .” The horrid spell falls upon her , and she writhes from his arms a snake . Charicles trembling , fearful , at last becomes aware that fate has overtaken them ; then all the fury of manhood rises in him : Erect , sublime , he swore so fierce an oath That the sea flashed with blasphemy , and loath Black thunders broke from out the shuddering deep . He swore again , and from its century's sleep Earthquake arose , and rocked and raved and roared .
1954 · PDF PAGE 209
…ink would do me no great harm" I shall feel that I have deserved well of my country! For-see Liber Aleph, after Rabelais-the Word of the Last Oracle is TRINe. This plaint of yours tails off-and perks up in so doing-with confession of Ambition, and considerations of what you must leave over to your next life. Very right! but all that is covered by your general programme. It is proper to assimilate these ideas with the fundamental structure of your mind: "Perhaps I had better leave 'The Life and opinion of Battling Bill, the Ballarat Bruiser' til…
1909 · PDF PAGE 7
…ll ! Surely we who await the Advent of our bles- sed Lord are emboldened to trust that this fren- zy of wickedness is a sure sign of the last days ; that He will shortly come — whose fan is in His hand, wherewith He shall throughly purge His floor — and take us His saints — however failing and humble we may be — to be with Him in His glory for ever and ever, while those who have rejected Himburn in eternal torment, with wailing and gnashing of teeth, in that Lake of Fireand Brimstone trom which — thank God! He in Hisinfinite mercy hath delivere…
1909 · PDF PAGE 73
…of the Universe and of the Self. Yet on all the paths is He, ready to smite whoso falters or swerves, though he have attained almost the last height. How many have I known, like Childe Roland and his peers, who have come to that Dark Tower! One young, one brave, one pure—lost! lost! penned in the hells of matter, swept away in the whirling waters of insane vision, true victims of the hashish of the soul. What poignant agony, what moaning abjectness, what self- disgust! What vain folly (of all true hope forlorn !) to seek in drugs, in drink, in …
1909 · PDF PAGE 73
…of the Universe and of the Self. Yet on all the paths is He, ready to smite whoso falters or swerves, though he have attained almost the last height. How many have I known, like Childe Roland and his peers, who have come to that Dark Tower! One young, one brave, one pure—lost! lost! penned in the hells of matter, swept away in the whirling waters of insane vision, true victims of the hashish of the soul. What poignant agony, what moaning abjectness, what self- disgust! What vain folly (of all true hope forlorn !) to seek in drugs, in drink, in …
1906 · PDF PAGE 60
… him Love; or else being a lover of wisdom, called him Force; or being a cynic, called him Lust; or being a pietist, called him God. The last—thou seest !—(he said), a lie of Hell’s, and alla partial course of the great circle of whirling dust (stirred by the iron rod of thought) that men call wisdom. So I looked deepin his beauty, and beheld its truth. The life of that fair youth was as a whiz of violent little whirls, helical coils of emptiness, grey curls of misty and impalpable stuff, torn, crooked, all ways and none at once, but ever press…
1910 · PDF PAGE 188
…ed his concentration practices. In his diary on this date he writes: “The fear of the future seems practically destroyed, and during the last six months I have worked well. This removes all possible selfishness of incentive (after 4% years) Maitri-Bhavana is left, and that alone. Aum!” At Benares he visited the temples, and had a long conver- sation with Sri Swami Swayam Prakashananda Maithila; and then after three days’ sojourn there journeyed to Agra. “JT saw the Taj. A dream of beauty,” he writes, “ with appallingly evil things dwelling ther…
1910 · PDF PAGE 273
…ched on all sides by the walls of the terrible press; there came a heavy crush, and I felt all sense blotted out in darkness. I awoke at last; the corpse was gone, but I had taken his 255
1910 · PDF PAGE 188
…ed his concentration practices. In his diary on this date he writes: “The fear of the future seems practically destroyed, and during the last six months I have worked well. This removes all possible selfishness of incentive (after 4% years) Maitri-Bhavana is left, and that alone. Aum!” At Benares he visited the temples, and had a long conver- sation with Sri Swami Swayam Prakashananda Maithila; and then after three days’ sojourn there journeyed to Agra. “JT saw the Taj. A dream of beauty,” he writes, “ with appallingly evil things dwelling ther…
1910 · PDF PAGE 273
…ched on all sides by the walls of the terrible press; there came a heavy crush, and I felt all sense blotted out in darkness. I awoke at last; the corpse was gone, but I had taken his 255
1911 · PDF PAGE 63
…stone. They are the Angels of the Holy Sevenfold Table. It seems that they are waiting for the Angel of the Aethyr to come forth. Now at last he appears in the gloom. He is a mighty King, with crown and orb and sceptre, and his robes are of purple and gold. And he casts down the orb and sceptre to the earth, and he tears off his crown, and throws it on the ground, and tramples it. And he tears out his hair, that is of ruddy gold tinged with silver, and he plucks at his beard, and cries with a terrible voice: Woe unto me that am cast down from m…
1954 · PDF PAGE 293
…y known as Magick in Theory and Practice. After numerous misadventures, it was published in 1928. I refer you to that book, page 96. One last word on this subject. There is a Magical Operation of maximum importance: the Initiation of a New Aeon. When it becomes necessary to utter a Word, the whole Planet must be bathed in blood. Before man is ready to accept the Law of Thelema, the Great War must be fought . This Bloody Sacrifice is the critical paint of the World-Ceremony of the Proclamation of Horus, the Crowned and Conquering Child, as Lord …
1911 · PDF PAGE 56
…ggs of the duck, or of the goose, or of the plover. And he shall be shut in, so that no man may break in upon his meditation. But in the last twelve hours he shall neither eat nor sleep. Then shall he break his fast, eating rich food, and drink- ing sweet wines, and wines that foam; and he shall banish the elements and the planets and the signs and the sephiroth; and then shall he take the holy table that he hath made for his altar, and he shall take the call of the Aethyr of which he will partake, which he hath written in the angelic character…
1922 · PDF PAGE 200
…sed by the certainty that we could never pull through. We said nothing at first. We were sunk in a solemn stupor. When it found voice at last, it was to whimper the surrender. The Unconditional Surrender of our integrity and our honour! We eked out our small allowance of H. with doses of strychnine to ward off the complete collapse of all our physical faculties, and we picked ourselves up a bit on the moral plane by means of champagne. In these moments of abdication we talked in fragile whispers, plans for getting supplies. We had both of of us…
1909 · PDF PAGE 378
…ar or moral distress to be made the recipient of my plans. SoIhad only one expedient left to me, and turned all my faculties towards the last of my companions. He is not young by any means. His temples are already crowned with the grey silver of at least fifty years and his nose with the carmine of many gallons. But his remarkable acute- ness renders him extremely valuable. When I opened my mind to him he simply lifted his eyes at me with a shrewd look and smiled gently with the smile of the Wise. I told him the story of the meeting with my kid…
1909 · PDF PAGE 378
…ar or moral distress to be made the recipient of my plans. SoIhad only one expedient left to me, and turned all my faculties towards the last of my companions. He is not young by any means. His temples are already crowned with the grey silver of at least fifty years and his nose with the carmine of many gallons. But his remarkable acute- ness renders him extremely valuable. When I opened my mind to him he simply lifted his eyes at me with a shrewd look and smiled gently with the smile of the Wise. I told him the story of the meeting with my kid…
1910 · PDF PAGE 35
… spoken to him ; I doubt if I could command myself to speak to him. Have I faced death in a hundred forms, and never winced, to fear (at last)10 the frown of a Nubian slave ? Strange, friend monometallist ! But true !
1919 · PDF PAGE 338
…ou waited at the end of the city and the roads thereof. Awake Thou! Wait no more! Nay, Lord! but I am come to Thee. It is I that wait at last. The prophet cried against the mountain; come thou hither, that I may speak with thee! The mountain stirred not. Therefore went the prophet unto the mountain, and spake unto it. But the feet of the prophet were weary, and the mountain heard not his voice. But I have called unto Thee, and I have journeyed unto Thee, and it availed me not. I waited patiently, and Thou wast with me from the beginning. This n…
1929 · PDF PAGE 21
…as forty." The nostrils of la Giuffria dilated. She understood that it was a monster that had carried her away; and she made ready for a last battle. But Simon Iff announced the meal. "Pray you, be seated!" he said. "Unfortunately, to-day is a [32] fast-day with us; we have but some salt fish with our bread and wine." Lisa wondered what kind of a fast-day it might be: it was certainly not Friday. The Pasha made a wry face. "Ah!" said Iff, as if he had just remembered it, "but we have some Caviar." The Pasha refused coldly. "I do not really want…
1930 · PDF PAGE 67
…act of will, passing into a gentle Pranayama without Kumbhakham, and meditating on Harpocrates, the silent and virginal God. 11. Then at last, being well-fitted in body and mind, hxed in peace, beneath a favourable heaven of stars, at night, in calm and warm weather, mayst thou quicken the movement of the light until it be taken up by the brain and the spine, independently of thy will. 12. If in this hour thou shouldst die, is it not written, “Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord” ? Yea, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord ! 5