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Page 68 of 731906 · PDF PAGE 255
…and proceed to more practical points than are offered by these interesting but not over- useful metaphysical speculations. V. KARMA. The law of causation is formally identical with this. Karma means ‘‘ that which is ‘made,” and I think it should be considered with strict etymological accuracy. If I place a stone on the roof of a house, it is sure to fall sooner or later; z.¢., as soon as the con- ditions permit. Also, in its ultimation, the doctrine of Karma is identical with deter- minism. On this subject much wisdom, with an infinite amount o…
1906 · PDF PAGE 50
… attempt to translate this noblest of the Buddhist books into the original metres. The task soon tired.—A, C. 2 Blind, z.e., operated by law, not by caprice of a deity. 3 Crowley has imitated the punning of the Pali by the repeated rhymes, which further gives the flavour of the Old English proverbial saw.
1939 · PDF PAGE 25
…ted, that what he is and what he is not are identical. Therefore we cannot pick and choose in our Yoga. It is written in the Book of the Law, Chapter 1, verse 22, "Let there be no difference made among you between any one thing and any other thing, for thereby there cometh hurt." Venus represents the ecstatic acceptance of all possible experience, and the transcendental assumption of all particular experience into the one experience. Oh yes, by the way, don't forget this. In a lesser sense Venus represents tact. Many of the problems that confro…
1929 · PDF PAGE 315
… and brayed in a mortar, reduced to impalpable dust and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Sir Isaac Newton to the rescue! His first law of motion is sufficient to make the point clear. A body either keeps its course (or else remains at rest) Unless by some external force its motion is impressed. The effect of my ordeal had been to remove all forces soever which had impinged on my normal direction. My star had been diverted from its proper orbit by, had been held back by, the attraction of other heavenly bodies. Their influence had been rem…
1929 · PDF PAGE 162
…3). 6. Any dispute arising under this agreement shall be subjected to arbitration in the usual way and shall not be subject to appeal at law or otherwise. 7. Should a third, fourth or fifth man join the party, he shall sign this agreement before he is definitely accepted. Witness our hands. At Kandy, Oct. 12th, 1901. The expedition was composed of six members. Thanks to the Alpine Club, there was no Englishman of mountaineering ability and experience available. We had, however, a Trinity man named Knowles, aged twenty-two, which is far too youn…
1905 · PDF PAGE 18
…ze his mind beheld afar Dim and divine, Archais, like a star. It was no dream, or else the growing dawn Deepened the glory of the misted lawn, For to his eyes, half open now, there seems A figure, fairer than his dearest dreams. He sprang, he caught her to his breast, the maid Sniiled and lay back to look at him. laid Her tender body on the sloping field, And felt her sighs in his embraces yield A sweeter music than all birds. But she, Lost in the love she might not know, may see No further than his face, and yet, aware Of her own fate, resiste…
1929 · PDF PAGE 373
…ÜÜÜÜÜÜ the sun. ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ All this is clear proof of the unspeakable power and wisdom of those who have sent me to proclaim the Law.
1904 · PDF PAGE 114
…nd proceed to m ore practical points that are offered by these interesting but not over- useful metaphysical speculations. V. KARMA. The Law of Causation is formally identical with this. Karm a m eans “ that which is made,” and I think it should be considered with strict etymological accuracy. If I place a stone on the roof of a house, it is sure to fall sooner or later; i.e., as soon as the con- ditions perm it. Also, in its ultim ation, the doctrine of Karm a is identical with deter- minism. On this subject much wisdom, with an infinite amoun…
1907 · PDF PAGE 176
…lay with thunder, roll Your wheels upon the world, control The stately being of a soul? Just am IT ever! Therefore know The unrevengeful law of woe That ye invoke. Thou seekest life, Child of my water! Thou a wife, Child of my sun! Draw living breath, Maiden, and gain the guerdon—death ! Thou take the wife, and risk the fate ‘Eons could hardly culminate To lose thy soul! Not two but one Are ye. Together, as the stone, The oak, the river, or the sea, Mere elements of mine be ye, Or both resolve the dreadful life, And take death’s prize! Take tho…
1944 · PDF PAGE 119
…lieve generally, on Ground both of Theory and Experience, so little as I have, that a Man must first be Initiate, and established in Our Law, before he may use this Method. For in it is an Implication of our Secret Enlightenment, concerning the Universe, how its Nature is ut‐ terly Perfection. Now every Thought is a Separation, and the Medicine of that is to marry Each One with its Contradiction, as I have shewed formerly in many Writings. And thou shalt clap the one to the other with Vehemence of Spirit, swiftly as Light itself, that the Ecsta…
1939 · PDF PAGE 16
…possesses a function has only one duty to that function, to arrange for its free fulfilment. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 8. We shall not be surprised therefore if we find that the perfectly simple term Yama (or Control) has been bedevilled out of all sense by the mistaken and malignant ingenuity of the pious Hindu. He has interpreted the word 'control' as meaning compliance with certain fixed proscriptions. There are quite a lot of prohibitions grouped under the heading of Yama, which are perhaps quite necessary for the kin…
1929 · PDF PAGE 480
…, "Why only half a page?" The Headmaster of Eton had had a whole page about his advocating Platonic pleasures for boys. My own father-in-law, a charming old gentleman with not even a national reputation, and not an enemy in the world, but a worthless curate he had discharged, had had a whole page (inspired by the aforesaid curate) about the way in which he swindled his servant-girls out of their savings. I knew that if the great Patriot seemed to be not giving me my duty, it was from shortage of paper or writer's cramp, not from lack of kindnes…
1944 · PDF PAGE 17
…of this enquiry. It is now proper to con‐ 1Consult especially pp. 61 to 119. The message of the Secret Chiefs is even in the Book of the Law which has been published privately for initiates, and publicly in The Equinox, Vol. I, No.7 and No.10; also, with full de‐ tails, in The Equinox of the Gods, pp. 13 to 38. In a pocket at the end of that volume is a photolithographic repro‐ duction of the manuscript. There is also a cheap pocket edition of the text of the Book by itself. There are also American Editions of the text. sider the peculiar numbe…
1929 · PDF PAGE 423
…hen described in general terms with a few hints of its conditions. LIBER XI is a paraphrase of the instructions given in The Book of the Law for invoking Nuit. LIBER XVI, called "The Tower; or the House of God", describes a series of meditation practices, the general method being to destroy every thought that tends to arise in the mind by an act of will. The thought must be nipped in the bud before it reaches consciousness. Further, the causes which tend to produce any such thought must be discovered and annihilated. Finally, this process must …
1944 · PDF PAGE 178
…tes and stabilizes every‐ thing, but manages its affairs more by negotiation, by pacific methods, than by any assertion of itself. It is Law, the Constitution, with no aggressive element. THE FOUR FIVES In the “Naples arrangement”, the introduction of the number Five shows the idea of motion coming to the aid of that of matter. This is quite a revolutionary conception; the result is a complete upset of the statically stabilized system. Now appear storm and stress. This must not be regarded as something “evil”. The natural feeling about it is re…
1929 · PDF PAGE 572
…circumstances. He had committed himself to my interests irrevocably. {903} 94 In the following month, Betty arranged two lectures on the Law of Thelema in her house and brought a number of friends to seek my assistance. One such introduction proved pregnant with fate. A brilliant boy, just down from Oxford, where he had distinguished himself by his attainments in history, had long wished to meet me. For over two years, he had studied my magical writings with the utmost enthusiasm and intelligence. His character was extraordinary. He possessed e…
1944 · PDF PAGE 130
…the one love into in‐ finite loves, and each love is one, and equal with The One, and therefore is she passed ‘from the assembly and the law and the enlightenment unto the anarchy of solitude and darkness. For ever thus must she veil the brilliance of Her self.’ “O Babylon, Babylon, thou mighty Mother, that ridest upon the crownéd beast, let me be drunken upon the wine. of thy fornications; let thy kisses wanton me unto death, that even I, thy cup‐bearer, may understand. “Now, through the ruddy glow of the cup, I may perceive far above, and inf…
1929 · PDF PAGE 513
…calling it the radix of my whole philosophical outlook. I have described it, giving historical details, in my Comment on The Book of the Law, ch. I, v. 59. It seems convenient to quote this in this place, as throwing light upon the progress of my inmost apprehension of the universe from this time forward. THE "STAR-SPONGE" VISION There is a vision of a peculiar character which has been of cardinal importance in my interior life, and to which constant reference is made in my magical diaries. So far as I know, there is no extant description of th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 9
…ed by God on account of the breach with Rome. The child, who, at this period, was called by the dreadful name Alick, supposed it to be a law of nature that Queen Victoria would never die and that consols would never go below par. Crowley remembers, as if he had seen it yesterday, the dining-room and the ceremony of family prayers after breakfast. He remembers the order in which the family and the servants sat. A chapter of the Bible was read, each person present taking a verse in turn. At four years old he could
1929 · PDF PAGE 57
…e that intrigues with women are more dangerous than useful to a rising politician: while on the other side of the fence the state of the law supplies one with a pull on one's intimates on the Bench or in the Privy Council which is only the stronger because it is not, and never can be, used. {113} 13 Till the Great Gate of Trinity opened me the way to freedom I had always been obsessed more or less either by physical weakness or the incubus of adolescence. I had never known what it was to be able to work freely and gladly. Now, however, I was ab…