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Page 7 of 671913 · PDF PAGE 64
…ath shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none. 67. Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon of the excellent kisses! 68. Harder! Hold up thyself! Lift thine head! breathe not so deep—die! 69. Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted? 70. There is help & hope in other spells. Wisdom says: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thy rapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight an…
1922 · PDF PAGE 53
…her! I increased the speed. “Fierce frenzy! Fierce folly! Fierce, fierce, frenzied folly | ”’ “© Thou tortured shriek of the storm, that art whirled up through the leaves of the woods! I adore Thee, Evoe! I adore Thee, I AO!” And I felt that we were borne on some tremendous tempest. The earth dropped from beneath us like a stone into blind nothingness. We were free, free for ever, from the fetters of our birth ! “Soar swifter! Soar swifter! Soar, soar swifter, swifter |” , Before us, high in the pale gray, stood Jupiter, a four-square sapphire …
1930 · PDF PAGE 53
V. Of tlie Office of the Collects which. are Eleven in Number (THE SUN) The DEACON. Lord visible and sensible of whom this earth is but a frozen spark turning about thee with annual and diurnal motion, source of light, source of life, let thy perpétuai radiance hearten us to continuai labour and enjoyment; so that as we are constant partakers of thy bounty we may in our particular orbit give out light and life, sustenance and joy to them that revolve about us without diminution of substance or effulgence for ever. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (TH…
1902 · PDF PAGE 53
…! So, you say, she is a witch Seeking to rob or trick you of your power ? Venus. I say so ? No ! I dare 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 the scorpion ! I am — alone ! Hathoor. Light, Truth, arise, arise ! TannhAuser. I see— I see ! All blinded by the Light — Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life, the Love …
1905 · PDF PAGE 136
…er and kissed them ? Shall thy people lament thee and swoon, And we miss thee if thy love missed them, Awaiting the moon ? But thou, who art Light, and above them, Who art fire and above them as fire, Shall thy sightless eyes not love them Who are all of thine own desire ? Immaculate daughters of passion, Shalt thou as they pass be past ? And thy people bewail thee, Thalassian, Lost, lost at the last ? III Nay, ere ye pass your people pass, As snow on summer hills, As dew upon the grass, As one that love fulfils, If he in folly wills Love a las…
1913 · PDF PAGE 363
…e of resignation, belief of obedience, joy of sorrow, life of death, hail! Salutation and glory to thee! If intelligence is a lamp, thou art its flame; ifit is right, thou art duty; if it is nobility, thou art happiness. Love, full of pride and modesty in thy mysteries, divine love, hidden love, love insensate and sublime, Titan who takest Heaven in both hands, and forcest it to earth, final and ineffable secret of Christian widowhood, love eternal, love infinite, ideal which would suffice to create worlds ; love! love! blessing and glory to th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 363
…e of resignation, belief of obedience, joy of sorrow, life of death, hail! Salutation and glory to thee! If intelligence is a lamp, thou art its flame; ifit is right, thou art duty; if it is nobility, thou art happiness. Love, full of pride and modesty in thy mysteries, divine love, hidden love, love insensate and sublime, Titan who takest Heaven in both hands, and forcest it to earth, final and ineffable secret of Christian widowhood, love eternal, love infinite, ideal which would suffice to create worlds ; love! love! blessing and glory to th…
1961 · PDF PAGE 179
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 167 #k De Arte Alchemistica (Of the Alchymical Art) ILT thou acquaint thyself now further at my Reproof concerning this Arcanum of Alchymia, the Art Egyptian, how to make Gold? Of a Surety this is already in thy Knowledge, if thou examine by Our Holy Qabalah, what be the Forces that are the Influx upon Tiphereth, which is the Harmony and Beauty, or Sol, in every Kingdom of the Universe, so then also among Metals. Now this Influx is Fivefold. First, from the Crown descendeth the High Priestess in the Path of the Moon,…
1954 · PDF PAGE 170
…e are also various classics of the subject, helpful to assimilate the romantic and enthusiastic atmosphere proper to the practice of the Art; one may instance Catullus, luvenal, (especially the Sixth Satire) Martial, Petronius Arbiter, Apuleius, Boccaccio, Masucci, Francois Rabelais, de Balzac (Contes Drolatiques), de Sade (Justine, Juliette, et al.) Andre de Nerciat, Alfred de Musset et Georges Sand (Gamiani: ou Deux nuits d'exces) Sacher Masoch (Venus in Furs), with English and American too numerous to list, but notably the poets in Holy Orde…
1919 · PDF PAGE 87
…de; bear me away upon the Bosom of Nuit! 55. This is the world of the waters of Maim; this is the bitter water that becometh sweet. Thou art beautiful and bitter, O golden one, O my Lord Adonai, O thou Abyss of Sapphire! 56. I follow Thee, and the waters of Death fight strenu- ously against me. I pass unto the Waters beyond Death and beyond Life. 57. How shall I answer the foolish man? Inno way shall he come to the Identity of Thee! 58. But I am the Fool that heedeth not the Play of the Magician. Me doth the Woman of the Mysteries instruct in v…
1913 · PDF PAGE 128
…hee to the two above! [Strikes him twice. Nn. [Comes forward with the vod.| We need no witness of 4 our love. [Strikes him twice. H. Who art thou? N. Whence art thou ? R. -My name Is surely I am that I am. H. Blaspheme not ! [Strikes him twice. N. Lie not! [Strikes him twice. 88
1913 · PDF PAGE 128
…hee to the two above! [Strikes him twice. Nn. [Comes forward with the vod.| We need no witness of 4 our love. [Strikes him twice. H. Who art thou? N. Whence art thou ? R. -My name Is surely I am that I am. H. Blaspheme not ! [Strikes him twice. N. Lie not! [Strikes him twice. 88
1913 · PDF PAGE 63
… ; he that is filthy shall be filthy still. 58. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, & not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall be Kings for ever: the slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my servants: it may be that yonder beggar is a King. A King may choose his garment as he will: there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide his poverty. 59. Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King concealed! Say you so? Fool! If he be a Ki…
1913 · PDF PAGE 63
… ; he that is filthy shall be filthy still. 58. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, & not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall be Kings for ever: the slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my servants: it may be that yonder beggar is a King. A King may choose his garment as he will: there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide his poverty. 59. Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King concealed! Say you so? Fool! If he be a Ki…
1905 · PDF PAGE 167
…ael, Velasquez, Michael Angelo, Stare, gape, and splutter when they see thy colour, Reds killing roses, greens blaspheming grass. O thou art simply perfect, don’t you know ? Than thee all masters of old time are duller, O artiste of the Quartier Montparnasse ! [This parody on the style of my own poems on the Art of Rodin was written to furnish the subject of it with a critical eulogium for domestic use. May she forgive one who has not less a sincere admiration for her work be-cause he is capable of a jest at its expense !—A. C.] 162
1911 · PDF PAGE 26
THE EQUINOX And I answered and said: I am a creature of earth, and ye would have me swim. And the voice said: Thy fear is known; thine ignorance is known; thy weakness is known; but thou art nothing in this matter. Shall the grain which is cast into the earth by the hand of the sower debate within itself, saying, am I oats or barley? Bond-slave of the curse, we give nothing, we take all. Be thou content. That which thou art, thou art. Be content. And now the lion passeth over through the Aethyr with the crowned beast upon his back, and the tail…
1904 · PDF PAGE 20
…use of their skill, know how to anticipate an effort,‘ the which to the vulgar shall seem to be a miracle. Origen saith that the Magical Art doth not contain anything subsisting, but although it should, yet that it must not be Evil, or subject to contempt or scorn: and doth distinguish the Natural Magic from that which is Dza- bolical. Apollonius Tyanaeus only exercised the Watural Magic, by the which he did perform wonderful things. Philo Hebraeus saith that true Magic, by which we do arrive at the understanding of the Secret Works of Nature, …
1910 · PDF PAGE 252
…oung, strong, successful, beloved, most enviable of men, would throw it all away! Oh Thou who givest that which none other can give, who art Thou? How can I bargain with Thee? What shall I give that I may possess Thy secret? O question unavailing ! For I know not yet Thy name! Who art Thou? Who art Thou? THOMAS [opening the door). Mr. Todd. [Enter tovp. caRR [rising]. How are you? I’m afraid you find me distracted! Listen: all my life I have sought—nor counted the cost—for the secret of things. Science is baffled, for Knowledge hath no wings! R…
1910 · PDF PAGE 252
…oung, strong, successful, beloved, most enviable of men, would throw it all away! Oh Thou who givest that which none other can give, who art Thou? How can I bargain with Thee? What shall I give that I may possess Thy secret? O question unavailing ! For I know not yet Thy name! Who art Thou? Who art Thou? THOMAS [opening the door). Mr. Todd. [Enter tovp. caRR [rising]. How are you? I’m afraid you find me distracted! Listen: all my life I have sought—nor counted the cost—for the secret of things. Science is baffled, for Knowledge hath no wings! R…
1913 · PDF PAGE 257
DEAD WEIGHT eradicable; and he used to wince when his familiars called him “ Art,” as it revived the story of Crowley’s epigram on his work, as Art for Art's Sake. Again, he objected to references to the “wait-a-bit” thorn in connection with occult style and subject, so that he took what was really quite an unreasonable dislike to Fra. S. P. merely because that worthiest of men had spent some years in Africa. However, these were small blemishes on a_ beautiful character. Having given up trying to look wise, he began to be wise ; and he never fo…