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Page 69 of 911930 · PDF PAGE 51
…tist as a Young Man” are well enough for those who hâve heard “Know Thyself”. They are necessary, even, to assist that analysis of one’s nature which the Probationer of A.-. A.*, is sworn to accomplish. But "Love is the Law, love under Will”. And Our Lady Nuit is “divided for love s sake, for the chance of union.” These mirror-mirages are therefore not Works of Magick, according to the Law of Thelema. the true Magick of Horus requires the passionate union of opposites. Now the proof that one is in contact with an independent entity dépends on a…
1907 · PDF PAGE 315
… over itself is limited, as well as its command over the body ;) and these limits are not known by reason , or any acquaintance with the nature of cause and effect , but only by experience and observation , as in all other natural events and in the operation of external objects . Our authority over our sentiments is much weaker than over our ideas ; and even the latter authority is cir cumscribed within very narrow boundaries . Will any one pretend to assign the ultimate reason of these boundaries , or show why the power is deficient in one cas…
1912 · PDF PAGE 298
…nd on the M.W.S. jewel, Jeheshua is usually spelt with a Resh ! There was a {air Maid of Bombay Who was put in an awkward situation, the nature of which it is unnecessary to discuss, By the mate ofa lugger, An ignorant Sovereign Prince of Rose Croix Who always spelt Jeheshua with a Resh. Prate not of scholarship, Bro. Crowe! Such ignorance, when combined with the Satanic Pride to which the possession of an apron with blue silk and silver tassels, value three hal(~bull! naturally predisposes mankind, leads to presumption, bigotry and intolerance…
1912 · PDF PAGE 298
…nd on the M.W.S. jewel, Jeheshua is usually spelt with a Resh ! There was a {air Maid of Bombay Who was put in an awkward situation, the nature of which it is unnecessary to discuss, By the mate ofa lugger, An ignorant Sovereign Prince of Rose Croix Who always spelt Jeheshua with a Resh. Prate not of scholarship, Bro. Crowe! Such ignorance, when combined with the Satanic Pride to which the possession of an apron with blue silk and silver tassels, value three hal(~bull! naturally predisposes mankind, leads to presumption, bigotry and intolerance…
1930 · PDF PAGE 121
…e Brothers of the A A .'. if I cross the Abyss, and am admitted to the City of the Pyramids ? 33. Now that he may clearly understand the nature of this question, and the method of solution, let him study the reasoning of the anatomist who reconstructs an animal from a single bone. To take a simple example. — 34. Suppose, having lived ail my life among savages, a ship is 421
1906 · PDF PAGE 199
…is minute, incalculably trifling, is no answer to the moralist, to whom degree is not known; nor to the scientist, who sees the chain of nature miss no link. If, on the other hand, the store of energy in the universe be indeed constant (whether infinite or no), if personality be indeed delusion, then theft becomes impossible, and to forbid it is absurd. We may argue that even so temporary theft may exist; and that this is so is to my mind no doubt the case. All theft is temporary, since even a millionaire must die; also it is universal, since e…
1904 · PDF PAGE 18
…ely, we cannot stop there. Solomon promises us that we can (1) obtain information; (2) destroy our enemies; (3) understand the voices of nature; (4) obtain treasure; (5) heal diseases, etc. I have taken these five powers at random; considerations of space forbid me to explain all. (1) Brings up facts from sub-consciousness. (2) Here we come to an interesting fact. It 1s curious to note the contrast between the noble means and the apparently vile ends of magical rituals. The latter are disguises for sublime truths. “To destroy our enemies” is to…
1929 · PDF PAGE 140
… perhaps even the Sephiroth themselves; ail are removed, including the very one which we wished to invoke, for that force as existing in Nature is always impure. But this process, being long and wearisome, is not altogether advisable in actual working. It is usually sufficient to perform a general banishing, and to rely upon the aid of the guardians invoked. Let the banishing therefore be short, but in no wise slurred — for it is useful as it tends to produce the proper attitude of mind for the invocations. “The Banishing Ritual of the Pentagra…
1929 · PDF PAGE 153
…r the matter; a mood may make mischief; external events may interfère; the lover may match me in Magick; the Operation itself may offend Nature in many ways; for instance, if there is a subconscious incompatibility between myself and the woman, I deceive myself into thinking
1930 · PDF PAGE 53
…ombining delicacy with strength in such perfection and to such extremes as to make its existence appear monstrous and miraculous against Nature. To admit this is not to discrédit oracles. On the contrary, the oracles fell mto disrepute just because they pretended to do more than they could. To divine concerning a matter is little more than to calculate probabilities. We obtain the use of minds who hâve access ro knowledge beyond ours, but not to omniscience. Hru; the gréai angel set over the Tarot, is beyond us as we are beyond the antj but, fo…
1996 · PDF PAGE 111
… The Law is for All truthfully from lack of imagination and analysis. Idealist painters like Bouguereau, awake to the divergence between Nature and their academic standards of Beauty, falsify the facts in order to delude themselves. The greatest, like Rembrandt, paint a gallant, a hag, and a carcass with equal passion and rapture; they love the truth as it is. They do not admit that anything can be ugly or evil; its existence justifies itself. This is because they know themselves to be part of an harmonious unity; to disdain any item of it woul…
1906 · PDF PAGE 201
…ce is sorrow, sorrow by the inherent necessity of the way it is made; sorrow not by volition, not by malice, not by carelessness, but by nature, by ineradicable tendency, by the incurable disease of Desire, its Creator, is it so, and the way to destroy it is by the uprooting of Desire; nor is a task so formidable accomplished by any threepenny-bit- in-the-plate-on-Sunday morality, the '‘ deceive others and self-deception will take care of itself ” uprightness, but by the severe roads of austere self-mastery, of arduous scientific research, whic…
1906 · PDF PAGE 75
…ewfall, drawn A veil o’er leaf and lawn— Mix night, and noon, and dawn, Dew, flower, and moon! One kiss, intense, supreme ! The sense of Nature’s dream And scent of Heaven Shown in the glint and gleam Of the pure dawn’s first beam, With earth for leaven ; Moulded of fire and gold, Water and wine to fold Me in its life, and hold !— In all but seven! I would not kiss thee, I! Lest my lip’s charactery Ruin thy flower. Curve thou one maidenly Kiss, stooping from thy sky Of peace and power ! Thine only be the embrace !— I move not from my place, Fee…
1910 · PDF PAGE 134
…crum * The colour of Chokmah. + See Plate VI. “The Kabbalah Unveiled,” S, L. Mathers, t It is to be noted that this Vision is of a fiery nature, and that it was experienced shortly after meditating upon Tejas-Apas. § Very similar to the older form of “Temperance” in the Taro, l| See Liber O, THE Equinox, vol. i, No. 2; Plate, “Signs of the Grades,” i; and vol. i, No, 1; Plates the “Silent Watcher” and “ Blind Force.” 118
1910 · PDF PAGE 134
…crum * The colour of Chokmah. + See Plate VI. “The Kabbalah Unveiled,” S, L. Mathers, t It is to be noted that this Vision is of a fiery nature, and that it was experienced shortly after meditating upon Tejas-Apas. § Very similar to the older form of “Temperance” in the Taro, l| See Liber O, THE Equinox, vol. i, No. 2; Plate, “Signs of the Grades,” i; and vol. i, No, 1; Plates the “Silent Watcher” and “ Blind Force.” 118
1910 · PDF PAGE 13
…e pure idea of austerity and melancholy which we call Saturn, or with the idea of force and fire which we call Mars, or with the idea of nature and love which we call Venus, and so for the others, if he becomes identified with this idea the union is one of ecstatic bliss, and its only imperfection is due to the fact that the idea in question, whatever it may be, is only partial. Ecstasy is therefore progressive. Gradually the adept unites himself with holier and higher ideas until he becomes one with the Universe itself, and even with That whic…
1922 · PDF PAGE 296
282 The Diary of a Drug Fiend It was our fault, of course, for trying to outwit nature. But at the same time, one couldn't shut one’s eyes to the facts, and I knew Lamus would have had no hesitation in giving us a little snow, feeling the way I was. I don’t know why I felt such a disinclination to go back and ask him. It may have been the instinctive dislike of bothering him; and besides, it was rather humiliating to have to admit. There was also a trace of sturdy British feeling that the thing to do was to stick it out and trust a night’s rest…
1954 · PDF PAGE 163
…acute. For Binah, even while she winks at Chokmah, has the other eye wide-open, swivelled on Tiphareth. Her True Will is thus divided by Nature from the start, and her tragedy is if she fails to unite these two objects. Oh, dear me, yes, I know all about spretae injuria formae and furens quid femina possU; but that is only because when she misses her bite she feels doubly baffled, robbed not only of the ecstatic Present, but of the glamorous Future. If she eat independently of the Fruit of the Tree of Life when unripe, she has not only the bad …
1996 · PDF PAGE 82
…aw something of this sort may become possible. It is only necessary to kill out the sense of “sin,” with its false shame and its fear of nature.
1930 · PDF PAGE 40
…r to any but the most obscure questions. With regard to the intelligences whose business it is to give information to the diviner, their natures differ widely, and corre¬ spond more or less to the character of the medium of divination. Thus, the geomantic intelligences are gnomes, spirits of an earthy nature, distinguished from each other by the modifications due to the various planetary and zodiacal influences which pertain to the several symbols. The intelligence governing Puella is not to be confused with that of Venus or of Libra. It is sim…