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Page 70 of 1081911 · PDF PAGE 167
…scribe the Angel of the Aethyr until the voice begins again. He is like one’s idea of Sappho and Calypso, and all seduc- tive and deadly things; heavy eye-lids, long lashes, a face like ivory, wonderful barbaric jewellery, intensely red lips, a very small mouth, tiny ears, a Grecian face. Over the shoulders is a black robe with a green collar; the robe is spangled with golden stars; the tunic is a pure soft blue. Now the whole Aethyr is swallowed up in a forest of un- quenchable fire, and fearlessly through it all a snow-white eagle flies. And …
1913 · PDF PAGE 159
… it, divideth into the number of the terrible word that is the Key of the Abyss. Iam Hermes, that am sent from the Father to expound all things discreetly in these the last words that thou shalt hear before thou take thy seat among these whose eyes are sealed up, and whose ears are stopped, and whose mouths are clenched, who are folded in upon themselves, the liquor of whose bodies is dried up, so that nothing remains but a little pyramid of dust. And that bright light of comfort, and that piercing sword of truth, and all that power and beauty …
1913 · PDF PAGE 159
… it, divideth into the number of the terrible word that is the Key of the Abyss. Iam Hermes, that am sent from the Father to expound all things discreetly in these the last words that thou shalt hear before thou take thy seat among these whose eyes are sealed up, and whose ears are stopped, and whose mouths are clenched, who are folded in upon themselves, the liquor of whose bodies is dried up, so that nothing remains but a little pyramid of dust. And that bright light of comfort, and that piercing sword of truth, and all that power and beauty …
1922 · PDF PAGE 38
…d can never enter into the recesses of another, which are his foundation of individual life.” One feels oneself out of all relation with things, even the most essential. And yet one is aware at the same time that everything of which one has ever been aware _is a picture invented by one’s own mind. The Universe is the looking-glass of the soul. In that state one understands all sorts of non- sense. “© Thou foursquare Crown of Nothing, that _ Circlest the destruction of Worlds! I adore Thee, ' Evoe! I adore Thee,I A O!” I flushed with rage, under…
1954 · PDF PAGE 167
…hey shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this folly against self The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be strong, 0 man! lust, enjoy al/ things of sense and rapture! fear not that any God shall deny thee for this. Behold! these be grave mysteries; for there are also of my friends who be hermits. Now think not to find them in the forest or on the mountain, but in beds of purple, caressed by magnificent beasts of women with large limbs, and fire and light in their eyes. and masses of flaming hair about them; there shall ye find them. But ye, 0 my…
1996 · PDF PAGE 163
…ther use; let it be laid before me, and kept thick with perfumes of your orison: it shall become full of beetles as it were and creeping things sacred unto me. 26. These slay, naming your enemies; & they shall fall before you. 27. Also these shall breed lust & power of lust in you at the eating thereof. Commentary: The word “lust” is not necessarily to be taken in the sense familiar to Puritans. It means robustness, “merri ment” as of old understood: the Germans have retained the proper force of the term in lustig. But even the English retain …
1907 · PDF PAGE 261
…es in Space ? The great Tao is the parent of Space , and Space is the parent of Heaven and Earth , and Heaven and Earth produced men and things ...” A similar conception of the Wisdom is held in the Chaldaic , Memrah ; in the Vach , or word , of the Rig Veda ; in the Honover or word , of the Zend Avesta ; in the Avalôkitêsvara , or Kwan - Yin , the Sakti of Amitâbha , the boundless light of the later Mahayana Buddhists . Again we find it in the conception of Prana or life spirit of ancient India ; the Atharva -veda says : “ Rever ence to Prana …
1922 · PDF PAGE 228
…e our heads swim. We began kissing and wrestling. It’s all very well to laugh at magic, but after all certain ideas do belong to certain things; and you can get an idea going, if you're reminded of it by a place like this.. (Lady Pendragon’s Dtary ts interrupted by a note written on some later occasion tn the handwriting of Mr. Basil King Lamus. Ed.) Lou means all right, bless her! She makes me think of Anatole France—La Rotisserie de la Reine Pédauque —old Coignard has been warned by the Rosicrucian not to pronounce the word Agla, and the mome…
1912 · PDF PAGE 99
…ses of mistakes. There being but one more to make, he made it; and, finding himself in the frying-pan of discovery, leapt into the fire of things irrevocable and not to be forgotten His fat, heavy-jowled, coarse face all twitching, he fell on his knees and clasped his hands together. “ So you found me out? Don’t, don‘t give away your poor old father, Gertie! My little Gertie ! " 57
1912 · PDF PAGE 295
…is quite unimportant for the class of readers whom it is intended to reach, Mrs. Davies is a “professional medium "; of such I have said things which only my incapacity for invective prevented from being severe. But though (no doubt) the phenomena recorded in this book are ‘non-evidcntial,’ I do feel the sincerity of the writer. I am confident of her good faith DIOGENES. TABLOID TALES, By LOUISEי4131101316]? i:. To quote the preface of Horatio Bottomley, “ Louise Heilgers is the only female writer of short stories of the present day." She is in …
1912 · PDF PAGE 99
…ses of mistakes. There being but one more to make, he made it; and, finding himself in the frying-pan of discovery, leapt into the fire of things irrevocable and not to be forgotten His fat, heavy-jowled, coarse face all twitching, he fell on his knees and clasped his hands together. “ So you found me out? Don’t, don‘t give away your poor old father, Gertie! My little Gertie ! " 57
1912 · PDF PAGE 295
…is quite unimportant for the class of readers whom it is intended to reach, Mrs. Davies is a “professional medium "; of such I have said things which only my incapacity for invective prevented from being severe. But though (no doubt) the phenomena recorded in this book are ‘non-evidcntial,’ I do feel the sincerity of the writer. I am confident of her good faith DIOGENES. TABLOID TALES, By LOUISEי4131101316]? i:. To quote the preface of Horatio Bottomley, “ Louise Heilgers is the only female writer of short stories of the present day." She is in …
1913 · PDF PAGE 543
…rst, one feels one’s self full of love for all that is beautiful, good and generous. One is happy to have well said to her all the noble things with which she has inspired you, and to have been approved by her. One says to one’s self that life is good, since God has bestowed it on such souls as hers; one is full of courage and of hope. The other leaves you weakened and baffled, or perhaps, what is worse, full of evil designs; she makes you doubt of honour, piety and duty; in her presence one only escapes from weariness by the door of evil desir…
1913 · PDF PAGE 543
…rst, one feels one’s self full of love for all that is beautiful, good and generous. One is happy to have well said to her all the noble things with which she has inspired you, and to have been approved by her. One says to one’s self that life is good, since God has bestowed it on such souls as hers; one is full of courage and of hope. The other leaves you weakened and baffled, or perhaps, what is worse, full of evil designs; she makes you doubt of honour, piety and duty; in her presence one only escapes from weariness by the door of evil desir…
1919 · PDF PAGE 142
…ix months may be made to balance the first six, and that what is passed may yet be for the best?” At that time he had not found out that things always turn out for the best; it took him a long while to realize this, but it is evident that soon afterwards his efforts produced some result; for we find an entry on Sunday, August 7th, 1910. “I have found (for a few moments) the Peace which passeth all understanding. Amen.” This was evidently the fore- shadowing of his first really notable result, the first Dawn- ing of L.V.X. which he experienced o…
1922 · PDF PAGE 258
…r 6 ' We've arranged for a regular supply ; but the hellish thing is that the stuff doesn’t work any more. We get the insomnia and those things all mght, but we can’t get any fun out of it. We've tried all sorts of dodges. It’s no good. Being with it simply dulls the pain of being without. That’s the best I can say. What are we to do? (There are three more entries in this diary; but they are illegible, quite beyond conjecture. The only words decipherable are “‘sleep’’ near the beginning of the first; the name “ Basil” in the second ; and the wo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 58
CHAPTER III The Formula of Tetragrammaton. 1 This formula is of most universal aspect, as ail things are necessarily comprehended in it$ but its use in a magical ceremony is little understood. The climax of the formula is in one sense before even the formulation of the Yod. For the Yod is the most divine aspect of the Force —the remaining letters are but a solidification of the same thing. It must be understood that we are here speaking of the whole ceremony considered as a unity, not merely of that formula in which Yod is the God invoked, Hé t…
1996 · PDF PAGE 213
…ther use; let it be laid before me, and kept thick with perfumes of your orison: it shall become full of beetles as it were and creeping things sacred unto me. 26. These slay, naming your enemies; & they shall fall before you. 27. Also these shall breed lust & power of lust in you at the eat ing thereof. 28. Also ye shall be strong in war. 29. Moreover, be they long kept, it is better; for they swell with my force. All before me. 30. My altar is of open brass work: burn thereon in silver or gold! 31. There cometh a rich man from the West who s…
1907 · PDF PAGE 234
THE NEW WINE 227 sented by things perfectly in ert , as our own ideas are." P. 92 may form , with regard to the origin of worlds , and the sit . uation of nature , from , and to eternity ?” — P . 173 . 66 ex “ For all the notion I have of God is obtained by reflect ing on my own soul , heighten ing its powers , and removing its imperfections . I have , therefore , though not an in active idea , yet in myself some sort of an active thinking im age of the Deity . And though I perceive Him not by sense , yet I have a notion of Him , or know Him by…
1909 · PDF PAGE 309
…but these are from Kether, and the highest climber on the mystic mountain is he who will obtain the finest view, and from its summit all things will be shown unto him. A child learning to play on the violin will not at the outset be mistaken for Sarasate or Paganini; for there will be discord and confusion of sound. So now, as we start upon the first visions of P. we find chaos piled on chaos, much struggling and noise, a roaring of wild waters in the night, and then finally, melody, silence and the communication of the mystic books of V.V.V.V.…