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Page 71 of 841904 · PDF PAGE 3
…rther than its pages for examples of how a change of abstract belief might break a civilisation to pieces. Under the influ- ence of this book earnest modern philosophers may, I think, begin to perceive the outlines of two vast and mystical philosophies, which if they were subtly and slowly worked out in two continents through many centuries, might pos- sibly, under special circumstances, make the East and West almost as different as they really are. THE CREED OF MR. CHESTERTON (BY ALEISTER CROWLEY) When a battle is all but lost and won, the vic…
1909 · PDF PAGE 100
…d faith transcending, who is confronted by the same foes that she has beaten, assailed by the same slanders that she has lived down, her book comes as a direct message from the Masters: “Courage, child !—there lies a great reward immediately beyond. Nay! but for the work’s sake, work! Though thou perish, let them be saved. And remember : there is not one single grain of dust that shall not attain to Buddhahood.” Self-doubt, and self-distrust : these find little place in Mrs. Besant’s story ; yet surely they attack all of us alike who strive to …
1909 · PDF PAGE 100
…d faith transcending, who is confronted by the same foes that she has beaten, assailed by the same slanders that she has lived down, her book comes as a direct message from the Masters: “Courage, child !—there lies a great reward immediately beyond. Nay! but for the work’s sake, work! Though thou perish, let them be saved. And remember : there is not one single grain of dust that shall not attain to Buddhahood.” Self-doubt, and self-distrust : these find little place in Mrs. Besant’s story ; yet surely they attack all of us alike who strive to …
1913 · PDF PAGE 270
THE EQUINOX JOHN. Oh! the black blind hideous horrible injustice of it all! [W2th convic- tion.) There is no God! As the book consists of little else but episodes of this kind, it will be seen that the entertained attention of the judicious reader need never flag. A.C. THE NEw SociaL RELIGION. By Horace HOLLey. 6s. HOLLEY, Holley, Holley, Lord God Almighty! K. H. A. K. To MALISE AND OTHER POEMS. By AELFRIDATILLYARD. W. Heffer& Sons, Cambridge. A VOLUME of sonnets, serious and not so serious—the serious portraying spiritual yearning with impelli…
1913 · PDF PAGE 270
THE EQUINOX JOHN. Oh! the black blind hideous horrible injustice of it all! [W2th convic- tion.) There is no God! As the book consists of little else but episodes of this kind, it will be seen that the entertained attention of the judicious reader need never flag. A.C. THE NEw SociaL RELIGION. By Horace HOLLey. 6s. HOLLEY, Holley, Holley, Lord God Almighty! K. H. A. K. To MALISE AND OTHER POEMS. By AELFRIDATILLYARD. W. Heffer& Sons, Cambridge. A VOLUME of sonnets, serious and not so serious—the serious portraying spiritual yearning with impelli…
1930 · PDF PAGE 65
…ead thing, impure, valueless, and powerless, and transform it into a live thing, active, invaluable and thaumaturgie. The reader of this book will surely find in this a most striking analogy with what we hâve already said of the processes of Magick. What, by our définition, is initiation ? The First Matter is a man, that is to say, a perishable parasite, bred of the earth’s crust, crawl- ing irritably upon it for a span, and at last returning to the dirt whence he sprang. The process of initiation consists in removing his impurities, and findin…
1930 · PDF PAGE 43
…ectly, just as H. H. Joachim’s reasoning demands a point-of-view beyond that of the Bushman. 1 See the story, infra, about the origin of Book 4. 2 See the story, infra, about Amalantrah. 247
1996 · PDF PAGE 115
…rum,” “Thien Tao,” and elsewhere.1 Secondly, he must impose absolute silence upon them, as may be done by the “Yoga” practices taught in Book 4 (Part I), “Liber xvi,” etc. He is then ready to analyze them, to organize them, to drill them, and so to take advantage of the properties peculiar to each one by employing its energies in the service of his imperial purpose. 1 [“Thien Tao” appears in Konx Om Pax (1907); see Works Cited.] 2 [Lat., “secret rites”; Crowley’s usual definition was “works.”] 3 [Possibly the commentary to ch. II, v. 21, beginn…
1930 · PDF PAGE 31
… The Hon. Bertrand Russell’s Princifia Mathemcitica may be said to “lie beyond” Colenso’s School Arithmetic; but one can take the former book from one’s shelves — as every one should — and read it without first going ail through the latter again.
1996 · PDF PAGE 92
…axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. Commentary: “it is I that go.” The Book Aleph must be consulted for a full demonstration of this truth. We may here say briefly that Hadit is Motion, that is, Change or “Love.” The symbol of Godhead in Egypt was the ankh, which is a sandal strap, implying the Power to Go; and it suggests the Rosy Cross, the Fulfilment of Love, by its shape. The Wheel and the Circle are evidently symbols of Nuit; this sentence insists upon the conception of lir…
1909 · PDF PAGE 398
…nate human heart throbs in the breast of one who seems to the harsh gaze of the sceptic to be a formalist and a schoolman. I commend the book to all those who wish to understand the tendencies of philosophy in the universities of to-day. A word of praise is due to Mr. Titchener. He has again performed satisfactorily his difficult task of translation. V. B. NEUBURG. 390
1909 · PDF PAGE 398
…nate human heart throbs in the breast of one who seems to the harsh gaze of the sceptic to be a formalist and a schoolman. I commend the book to all those who wish to understand the tendencies of philosophy in the universities of to-day. A word of praise is due to Mr. Titchener. He has again performed satisfactorily his difficult task of translation. V. B. NEUBURG. 390
1930 · PDF PAGE 51
…ents and feasts of the times. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. A feast for Tahuti and the children of the Prophet — secret, O Prophet! A feast for the Suprême Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! — 35i — 4
1954 · PDF PAGE 362
…ned my faith, and disproof would do nothing to shake it. I knew in myself that the Secret Chiefs had arranged that the manuscript of The Book of the Law should have been hidden under the Watch Towers and the Watch Towers under the ski; that they had driven me to make the key to my position the absence of the manuscript; that they had directed Kenneth Ward's actions for years that he might be the means of the discovery, and arranged every detail of the incident in such a way that I should understand it as I did. Yes; this involves a theory of th…
1996 · PDF PAGE 67
… and debility, are con stantly seen as the direct result of mismanaging the sexual life, either tactically, strategically, or both. The Book of the Law emphasizes the importance of these con siderations. The act of love must be spontaneous, in absolute free dom. The man must be true to himself. Romeo must not be thrust on Rosaline for family, social, or financial reasons. Desdemona must not be barred from Othello for reasons of race or religion. The homosexual must not blaspheme his nature and commit spir itual suicide by suppressing love o…
1929 · PDF PAGE 97
…ibrium is the condition of manifested existence. 2. See Bagh-i-Muattar, V, par. 2. 3. The Ring has not been described in Part II of this book, for reasons which may be or may not be apparent to the reader. It is the Symbol of Nuit, the totality of the possible ways in which he may repo¬ sent himself and fulfil himself. 4. For example, as when Firmness with one’s self or another is the truest kindness; or when amputation saves life. 5. See Liber 418, nth Aethyr. 61
1929 · PDF PAGE 100
…both. They take up the magical path with ou t sufficient reflection, without that détermination of adamant which made the author of this book exclaim, as he took the first oath, “PERDURABO” — “I will endure unto the end!” 3 They start on it at a great pace, and then find that their boots are covered with mud. Instead of persisting, they go back to Piccadilly. Such persons hâve only themselves to thank if the very street-boys mock at them. Another recommendation was this: buy whatever may be necessary without haggling! You must not try to strike…
1899 · PDF PAGE 249
…nt of a contest between earthly and heavenly love in his pages. Why any such contest? Cannot the rose and the lily bloom side by side? A book of wandering cries such as this - we cannot regard as of much significance. But we may hope that the author's indubitable singing power may gain an assured note with his further development. We would advise him to be less introspective and subjective and more objective and dramatic, to seek less to express directly his own thoughts than to present man and world in the light of his thoughts. This Spenseria…
1929 · PDF PAGE 49
…hat the symbolism of Tiphareth expresses the nature of Bacchus. It is then necessary to construct a Ritual of Tiphareth. Let us open the Book 777 ; we shall find in line 6 of each column the various parts of our required apparatus. Having ordered everything duly, we shall exalt the mind by repeated prayers or conjurations to the highest conception of the God, until, in one sense or another of the Word, He appears to us and floods our consciousness with the light of His divinity. The Third Method is the Dramatic, perhaps the most attractive of a…
1904 · PDF PAGE 52
…e rule of BagL, and to be of a mixed nature, partly good and partly evil, like the spirits of Theurgia-Goetia which follow in the second book of the Lemegeton. NotEe.—I am not responsible for the accuracy of the above note.—EDb. 38