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Page 68 of 821930 · PDF PAGE 41
… often on the craft or caprice of the biggest, the most savage, heartless, cunning and blood-thirsty brutes of the pack, to secure their power or pander to their pleasure in cruelty. There is no principle, even a false one, to give cohérence to the clamour of ethical propositions. Yet the very men that hâve smashed Moloch, and strewn the earth with shapeless rubble, grow pale when they so much as whisper among themelves, “While Moloch ruled ail men were bound by the one law, and by the oracles of them that, knowing the fraud, feared not, but we…
1996 · PDF PAGE 143
…me tokens of success in training the throat of the tenor and the fingers of the fiddler. But all laws are alike in this: they agree that power and tone come from persistently practicing the proper exercise with out overstraining. When a faculty is freely fulfilling its function, it will grow; the test is its willingness to “Strive ever to more”; it justifies itself by being “ever joyous”. It follows that “death is the crown of all.” For a life which has fulfilled all its possibilities ceases to have a purpose; death is its diploma, so to speak…
1929 · PDF PAGE 149
…There were doubt and répugnance in Frater Perdurabo^ mind, and they hampered His work. He was half-hearted. Yet, even so, then intrinsic power of the truth of the Law and the impact of the publication were sufficient to shake the world so that a critical war broke out, and the minds of men were moved in a mysterious manner. The second blow was struck by the re-publication of the Book in September 1913, and this time the might of this Magick burst out and caused a catastrophe to civilization. At this hour, the Master Therion is concealed, collec…
1913 · PDF PAGE 610
…ficant sum of6 guineas, 31 dollars, or 156 francs. It tells one, also, how to approach the throne of the Brother, how to gaina spiritual power not unlike his, although he is anxious, being “the most honest of all the great religious teacher,” that nobody shall believe him. Hoping some day to be able to write litle books that should ‘sell fora guinea apiece, and also to understand ‘ The Book of Lies,” I set myself vehemently to the study of “Book Four.” 1 experimented with “the seven Keys to the great gate,” thoughI admit my ambition led me, to …
1913 · PDF PAGE 610
…ficant sum of6 guineas, 31 dollars, or 156 francs. It tells one, also, how to approach the throne of the Brother, how to gaina spiritual power not unlike his, although he is anxious, being “the most honest of all the great religious teacher,” that nobody shall believe him. Hoping some day to be able to write litle books that should ‘sell fora guinea apiece, and also to understand ‘ The Book of Lies,” I set myself vehemently to the study of “Book Four.” 1 experimented with “the seven Keys to the great gate,” thoughI admit my ambition led me, to …
1905 · PDF PAGE 9
…white All rainbows kissed Into one sphere that stood, a circumambient mist. Vit. I climbed stillinwards. At the moveless point Where all power, light, life, motion con- centrate, I found God dwelling. Strong,immaculate, He knew me and he loved! His lips anoint My lips with love ; with thirst insatiate He drank my breath, Absorbed my life in His, dispersed me, gave me death. 1 Unclean—from the French zmsonde, 2 Cf. Virgil, Aeneid, vi. 20.
1906 · PDF PAGE 74
…ry in the word eleven. I took my lover’s image pale and clear, Fixed in my mind; I saw her standing near, Wooed her, conjured her by the power of heaven, Of my own mind, the Genii of the Seven, To come and live with me and be my dear, To love me in the spirit without fear ;— Leaving the body’s love to follow at even. Seemeth it not absurd? to use the thought, The utterly divine impersonal Mind of a man, the pure, the spiritual, To such a purpose rather less than nought, A woman’s love—considering that all Wise men assure us that it may be bough…
1907 · PDF PAGE 174
…rthiness to woo thee, Remembers, grows content With the old element, And asks the lowlier grace its earlier music meant. So, Lady of all power! Kindle this firstling flower The rainbow nymph above the waterfall Into a mortal shade Of thee, immortal maid, That in her love I gather and recall Some memory mighty and mute In love’s poor substitute Of thee, thy Love too high, the impossible pursuit ! Then from the cloud a golden voice Great harmonies persuade, That all the cosmic lawns rejoice Like laughter of a maid ; Till evolution had no choice, …
1930 · PDF PAGE 42
…e coula not cross the frontier even of breadth, the idea which he came to guess at only because he felt himself bound by some mysterious power. Yet breadth is equally a nothing in the presence of the Cône. His first conception must evidently be a frantic spasm, formless, insane, not to be classed as articulate thought. Yet, if he develops the faculties of his mind, the more he knows of it the more he sees that its nature is identical with his own whenever comparison is possible. The True Will is thus both determined by its équations, and free b…
1930 · PDF PAGE 94
…of the Angel in every point, wherefore also that Name is the formula of the per¬ fection to which the Adept must aspire, and also of the power of Magick by virtue whereof he must work. He then that is as yet ignorant of that Name, let him repeat a Word worthy of this particular Ritual. Such are Abrahadabra, the Word of the Aeon, which signifieth aThe Great Work accom- plished”; and Aumgn interpreted in Part III of Book 4 1-y and the name of THE BEAST, for that His number showeth forth this Union with the Angel, and His Work is no other than to …
1905 · PDF PAGE 186
…een artistic sensibility. Some passages in this drama are really very fine ; and ‘ The Fatal Force ’ is also a dramatic poem of singular power, though the subject is equally horrible. There is scarcely a poem in the entire volume free from morbidity ; and yet it is impossible to deny that Mr Crowley has a claim to re-cognition as a true poet. Most men who have thought deeply on life’s problems recognize that the current religion of nearly all their fellow men is an idle mockery. The relations of men and women, as well as the constitution of sta…
1906 · PDF PAGE 101
…e, who sprang in armour from the brain ‘4f the All-Father, may descend to bless ‘ar labours, since delay grows dangerous, ‘ iaply by Her power and subtlety Se please to aid the work, and to perform A prodigy to save us! Mighty Queen, That art the balance and the sword alike In cunning Argus’ brain HERACLES. Ay! Mighty Wisdom, Who thus can overshadow such a fool, And make him capable to build a ship. ARGUS, ‘°O Thou! Athena, whose bright wisdom shone In this beef-witted fellow, making him Competent even to sweep a stable out ! Glorious task !—I …
1929 · PDF PAGE 147
…en been foolish enough to suppose that ail classes of Magical Operations were equally easy. They seem to hâve assumed that the “almighty power of God” was an infinité quantity in presence of which ail finites were equally insignifiant. “One day is with the Lord as a thousand years” is their first law of Motion. “Faith can move mountains” they sav, and disdain to measure either the faith or the mountains. If you can kill a chicken by Magic, why not destroy an army with equal exertion? “With God ail things are possible.” This absurdity is an erro…
1929 · PDF PAGE 223
…hing; he was on fire with creative genius — and terrified lest his work should fall upon barren soil. Well he knew how hard it is to get Power to listen to Reason! At the corner of the Place de l'Opera he lifted his eyes to assure himself of a free crossing. * * * * * The mind of Abdul Bey was in turmoil. His first night upon the yacht had been mere wallowing in debauch; but he woke with a clear head, acutely alive to the complexity of his situation. He was personally triumphant; there was nothing in his private affairs to worry him. But in cha…
1929 · PDF PAGE 40
…he microcosm. The microcosm is an exact image o£ the Macrocosm; the Great Work is the raising of the whole man in perfect balance to the power of ïnfinity. The reader will remark that ail criticism directed against the Magical Hierarchy is futile. One cannot call it incorrect — the only line to take might be that it was inconvénient. In the same way one çannot say that the Roman alphabet is better or worse than the Greek, since ail required sounds can be more or less satisfactorily represented by either; yet both these alphabets were found so l…
1905 · PDF PAGE 242
… rose of dawn, And pale with delicate green light and shade, Marvellous! So, you say, she is a witch Seeking to rob or trick you of your power? VENUS. Isayso? No! Idare not! Oh forbear! TANNHAUSER (starts up). There, there She comes in waking! Hail to Thee ! I am afraid, I also, I myself! Help! lover, Venus, mistress of my life ! I cannot bear the glory of the gaze. No man shall look upon the face of God! Where art thou? Save me from scorpion ! 1 I am—alone ! the HATHOOR. Light, Truth, arise, arise ! TANNHAUSER. All blinded by the Light— Life, …
1929 · PDF PAGE 150
… If one will the death of a sinner, it is not sufficient to hâte him, even if we grant that the vibrations of thought, when sufficiently powerful and pure, may modify the Astral light sufficiently to impress its intention to a certain extent on such people as happen to be sensitive. It is much surer to use one’s mind and muscle in service of that hâte by devising and making a dagger, and then applying the dagger to the heart of one’s enemy. One must give one’s hâte a bodily form of the same order as that which one’s enemy has taken for his mani…
1909 · PDF PAGE 255
…strator of the Evil Triad, whereof the members are: Apophrasz. The Stooping Dragon. Satan-Typhon. The Slayer of Osiris. Besz. The brutal power of demoniac force. * A document which by some of the members of the G .-. D .-. was considered to be forged. It purported to be signed by S.D.A. and others, and authorised the founding of the Temple. Vide chapter called «« The Magician.” 247
1909 · PDF PAGE 255
…strator of the Evil Triad, whereof the members are: Apophrasz. The Stooping Dragon. Satan-Typhon. The Slayer of Osiris. Besz. The brutal power of demoniac force. * A document which by some of the members of the G .-. D .-. was considered to be forged. It purported to be signed by S.D.A. and others, and authorised the founding of the Temple. Vide chapter called «« The Magician.” 247
1929 · PDF PAGE 122
… of the changefulness of the moon. It may occur to him to divide this into 4 and 5, 4 being the number of fixity, law, and authoritative power 5 and 5 that of courage, energy, and triumph of the spirit 86 —