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Page 71 of 901930 · PDF PAGE 50
…ke Thee. Then the priest answered and said unto the Queen of Space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat; O Nuit, con- tinuous one of Heaven, let it be ever thus, that men speak not of Thee as One but as None; and let them speak not of thee at ail, since thou art continuous. Euring this speech the PRIESTESS must hâve divesied her self completely of her robey See CCXX.1.61. The PRIESTESS. But to love me is better than ail things: if under the night-stars in the desert thou…
1907 · PDF PAGE 26
…. CHESTERTON, LORD RONALD GOWER, as Chorus. A Horny-Handed Brother (Plymouth), A conscientious Chemist. A Theatre-Goer. Large but unseen body of retainers. MAUD, MARCHIONESS OF GLENSTRAE, ANGELA, LADY BAIRD, HORTENSE, er maid, MOLLY TYSON, daughter of Tyson, Aged (Plymouth) Sisters, &c,, &c. The action of the play occupies three years. DEDICATIO MINIMA. My dear Christ, A person, purporting to be a friend and disciple of yours, and calling himself John, reports you to have wept. Hts testimony is now considered by the best authorities to be of av…
1930 · PDF PAGE 66
… those dull, valueless créatures of earth he created a vital and powerful being of truth and beauty. It would indeed be surprising to anybody who lias corne to a clear compréhension of nature if there were any différence in the essence of these various formulas. The laws of nature apply equally in every possible circumstance. We are now in a position to nnderstand wliat alcliemy is. We miglit even go further and say tliat even if we liad ne ver lieard of it, we know wliat it mu si be. Let us emphasize the fact that the final product is in ail c…
1922 · PDF PAGE 19
…leased me about the whole business was the clause in the will. That old crab had sat in his club all through the war, snapping at every- body he saw; and yet he had been keeping track of what I was doing. He said in the will that he had made me his heir ‘‘ for the splendid services I had rendered to our beloved country in her hour of need.” That’s the true Celtic psychology. When we've all finished talking, there’s something that never utters a word, but goes right down through the earth, plumb to the centre. And now comes the funny part of the…
1930 · PDF PAGE 95
…if he were not so pitifully dangerous to himself and others. He also tends to take his new-found “truths of illumination” for the entire body of truth, and insists that they must be as valid and vital for ail men as they happen to be for himself. I. This corresponds to the emotional and metaphysical fog which is characteristic of the emergence of thought from homogeneity. The clear and concise différentiation of ideas marks the adult mind. — 299
1954 · PDF PAGE 434
…p alive. Doubtless you will reply with some apparent justice , indeed most plausible is such ratiocination, that by taking into your own body , and so preserving the life of, his heart and liver, the whole of his "vital energies" will desert the sinking ship of the physical tissue, and rush to the lifeboat provided by the vampire. Never forget that you confer an inestimable benefit upon the victim by absorbing his lower form of Energy into your higher. Read your Magick, Chapter XII! You say this strongly , my dear Sister in the Lord; your thesi…
1930 · PDF PAGE 39
…ticles appearing in several numbers. 2. It is easy to teach the General Princi.ples of exegesis, and the main doctrines. There is a vast body of knowledge common to ail cases; but this is no more than the basis on which the student must erect his original Research. 159 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 100
…3 yet to deny one’s self bread that one’s child may hâve cake is the act of a true mother. 35. Further concerning Mortifications.—If thy body, on which thou ridest, be so disobedient a beast that by no means will he travel in the desired direction, or if thy mind be baulkish and éloquent as Balaam’s fabled Ass, then let the practice be abandoned. Let the shrine be covered in sackcloth, and do thou put on habits of lamentation, and abide alone. And do thou return most austerely to the practice of Liber Jugorum, testing thyself by a standard high…
1929 · PDF PAGE 220
… to fight," replied Lord Antony, anticipating a transpontine chameleon. "And so?" Cyril's voice trembled. A tense thrill ran through his body. He had become sober in an instant. "The Court Party wanted war, to bring back the manly spirit to the nation, and incidentally to keep their place in the sun." The boy sank with a large sigh into his seat. His tone changed to its old supercilious slurring. "Bloody Bill was afraid for his dynasty?" "Scared green." "Don't talk for five minutes, there's a good chap! I've a strange feeling come over me — alm…
1996 · PDF PAGE 51
…s of a comrade who combines Apollo with Achilles and Antinoiis at the expense of escaping from a Chimaera with Circe’s head, Cleopatra’s body, and Cressida’s character. 1 [Lat., “first among equals.”] 2 [John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) was an English translator, poet and historian.] 3 [Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss geometer.] 4 [Charles Howard Hinton (1853-1907) was a popular science writer in Crowley’s day; see Speculations on the Fourth Dimension: Selected Writings, ed. Rudolf Rucker (New York: Dover, 1980).] Why can’t they let one alo…
1910 · PDF PAGE 174
…y weight had diminishedt The A’sana gave no pain till I moved. I had my eyes turned up to the third eye. Vivekananda says: “vibration of body” is the second stage of Pranayama. I get this, but put it down to weakness, Dharana on tip of nose for five minutes, Heard a voice saying: “And if you’re passing, won’t you?” Concentration on any organ seems to make it very sensitive—a fleck of down lighting on my nose made me jump. Pranayama, Three cycles of 7 minutes (ze. Twelve cycles of 5. 10. 20=one cycle of 7 minutes) with intervals of 3 minutes aft…
1910 · PDF PAGE 174
…y weight had diminishedt The A’sana gave no pain till I moved. I had my eyes turned up to the third eye. Vivekananda says: “vibration of body” is the second stage of Pranayama. I get this, but put it down to weakness, Dharana on tip of nose for five minutes, Heard a voice saying: “And if you’re passing, won’t you?” Concentration on any organ seems to make it very sensitive—a fleck of down lighting on my nose made me jump. Pranayama, Three cycles of 7 minutes (ze. Twelve cycles of 5. 10. 20=one cycle of 7 minutes) with intervals of 3 minutes aft…
1929 · PDF PAGE 109
…ysical reactions. As soon as tho development is secured, there will be automatic reflex “justesse”, exactly as in normal aEairs mind and body respond with free unconscious rightness to the Will. 3. The organic development of Magick in the world due to the créative Will of the Master Therion makes it with every year that passes easier to find scientifically trained co-workers. 73
1929 · PDF PAGE 152
…or more persons, (3) two planes. In class (1) the machinery of Magick — the instrument — already exists. Thus, I may wish to heal my own body, increase my own energy; develop my own mental powers, or inspire my own imagination. Here the Exorcist and the Démon are already connected, consciously or subconsciously, by an excellent System of symbols. The Will is furnished by Nature with an apparatus adequately equipped to convey and execute its orders. It is only necessary to inflame the Will to the proper pitch and to issue its commands; they are …
1954 · PDF PAGE 223
… is no a priori reason why the forces which prevent them rushing together should not come into operation in respect of the earth and the body. The Allan part of this is the best evidence at my disposal. He couldn't have got where he did by hopping, and he couldn't have got into that position intentionally; he must have been levitated, lost balance, and dropped upside down. In any case, there is no trace of fascination about it, as there may have been in Soror Virakam's observation. About invisibility, now? Of this I have so much experience that…
1913 · PDF PAGE 307
…oe to the egoist who appropriates to himself a single word of this inheritance of the Word; he is a deicide, who wishes to dismember the body of the Lord. This Creed is the holy ark of charity; whoso touches it is stricken by eternal death, for charity withdraws itself from him. It is the sacred inheritance of our children, it is the price of the blood of our fathers! It is by charity that the martyrs took consolation in the prisons of the Czesars, and won over to their belief even their warders and their executioners. It is in the name of char…
1913 · PDF PAGE 307
…oe to the egoist who appropriates to himself a single word of this inheritance of the Word; he is a deicide, who wishes to dismember the body of the Lord. This Creed is the holy ark of charity; whoso touches it is stricken by eternal death, for charity withdraws itself from him. It is the sacred inheritance of our children, it is the price of the blood of our fathers! It is by charity that the martyrs took consolation in the prisons of the Czesars, and won over to their belief even their warders and their executioners. It is in the name of char…
1930 · PDF PAGE 101
that body and mind are tamed and trained to ail manner of peaceable going. 36. Concerning minor adjuvant in the ceremonies. — I. Rising on the planes. — B y this method mayst thou assist the imagination at the time of concluding thine Invocation. Act as taught in Liber Q, by the light of Liber 777. 37. Concerning minor methods adjuvant in the ceremonies. — IL Talismanic Magic. — Having made by thine Ingenium a talisman or pantacle to represent the particular Deity, and conse- crated it with infinité love and care, do thou burn it ceremonially b…
1996 · PDF PAGE 31
…experience through self-consciousness, as explained in the note to verses 2 and 3.3 This Khu is the first veil, far subtler than mind or body, and truer; for its symbolic shape depends on the nature of its Star. Why are we told that the Khabs is in the Khu, not the Khu in the Khabs? Did we then suppose the converse? I think that we are warned against the idea of a pleroma, a flame of which we are Sparks, and to which we return when we “attain.”4 That would indeed be to make the whole curse of separate existence
1996 · PDF PAGE 39
…fer this programme: 1. Furnish your mind as completely as possible with the knowledge of how to inspect and to control it. 2. Train your body to obey your mind, and not to distract its attention. 3. Control your mind to devote itself wholly to discover your true Will.