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Page 78 of 941930 · PDF PAGE 35
…r even divined by any other, whatever his grade. It is the Holy of Holies, whereof each man is his own High Priest, and none knoweth the Name of his brother’s God, or the Rite that invokes Him. The Masters of the A A .*. hâve therefore made no attempt to institute any regular ritual for this central Work of their Order, save the generalised instructions in Liber 418 (the 8th Aethyr) and the detailed Canon and Rubric of the Mass actually used with suc- cess by Frater Perdurabo in His attainment. This has been written down by Himself in Liber Sam…
1930 · PDF PAGE 6
… advanced in Adeptship, this coltishness found its mouth bittedj as soon as He took serious Oaths and was admitted to the Order which we name not, those Oaths prevented him using His powers as playthings. Trifling operations, such as He once could do with a turn of the wrist, became impossible to the most persistent endeavour. It was many years before He understood the cause of this. But little by little He became so absorbed in the Work of His true Will that it no longer occurred to Him to indulge in capricious amusements. Yet even at this hou…
1944 · PDF PAGE 147
…humour is omnivorous, and may make him a mysterious figure, dreaded without reason by people who actually know nothing about him but his name‐as a symbol of Terror. This is due to the influence of the last decan of Cancer upon this card. One of his greatest faults is pride; meanness and pettiness of any kind he holds in infinite scorn. His courage is fanatically strong, and his endurance inde‐ fatigable. He is always fighting against odds, and always wins in the long‐the very long‐run. This is principally due to his enormous capacity for work, …
1911 · PDF PAGE 206
…nd grow still. Burn thou to the core of matter, to the spirit’s utmost flame, Consciousness and sense to shatter, ruin sight and form and name! Shatter, lake-reflected spectre ; lake, rise up in mist to sun ; Sun, dissolve in showers of nectar, and the Master’s work is done. Nectar perfume gently stealing, masterful and sweet and strong, Cleanse the world with light of healing in the ancient House of Wrong!
1911 · PDF PAGE 206
…nd grow still. Burn thou to the core of matter, to the spirit’s utmost flame, Consciousness and sense to shatter, ruin sight and form and name! Shatter, lake-reflected spectre ; lake, rise up in mist to sun ; Sun, dissolve in showers of nectar, and the Master’s work is done. Nectar perfume gently stealing, masterful and sweet and strong, Cleanse the world with light of healing in the ancient House of Wrong!
1929 · PDF PAGE 40
…" Lisa laughed rather excitedly. Her vivid mind told her that these instructions were going to take sudden shape. "Only your very pretty name, my dear! Now, Cyril, the cone." He took it in his hand, and poised it over a bowl of water. "We are now going to suppose that this very simple object is going to try its best to explain its nature to the surface of the water, which we will imagine as endowed with powers of observation and reasoning equal to our own. All that the cone can do is to show itself to the water, and it can only impress the wate…
1929 · PDF PAGE 70
…eft. They joined their hands about her. "I will now complete the formality of your reception," said the old man. "Say after me: 'I (your name).'" "I, Lisa la Giuffria —" "Solemnly promise to devote myself" She repeated the phrase. To the discovery of my true purpose in this life." She echoed in a lower tone. All three concluded "So mote it be." "I receive you into this Order," which Simon Iff, "I confirm you in the robe which you have won; I greet you with [101] the right hand of fellowship; and I induct you to the Gate of the Great Work." Stil…
1907 · PDF PAGE 79
… affair. You arrived uninvited, but believe me, most welcome. DENYS. Sir, you persist in error. I am a stranger: Denys de Beaulieu is my name, and I am here under a safe-conduct. That you see me in your house is only owing to—your door. ALAIN, Ah! my door—a hospitable fancy of mine ! DENYS. I don’t understand. I did not wish... oh! ALAIN. My dear sir, we old gentlemen expect this reluctance from young bloods. [With bitter trony.] We bearit. But [flaming out] if the matter touches one’s honour—[r7ses and looks sternly at DENYS]. DENYS. Your hono…
1909 · PDF PAGE 279
…N rey refer to three conditions of heat: Aud, PAT ake, awake Se Active ; Aub, Passive ; * Aur, the Equili- brated; while wy (Ash) is the name of Fire.” “ The Thirty-first Path of the Sepher Yetzirah, which answereth to the letter yy, is called the Perpetual Intelligence ; and it is socalled because it regulateth the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order ; each in an orbit convenient for it. Itis, therefore, the reflection of the sphere of Fire; and the path connecting the material universe, as depicted in Malkuth, with the Pillar of…
1909 · PDF PAGE 279
…N rey refer to three conditions of heat: Aud, PAT ake, awake Se Active ; Aub, Passive ; * Aur, the Equili- brated; while wy (Ash) is the name of Fire.” “ The Thirty-first Path of the Sepher Yetzirah, which answereth to the letter yy, is called the Perpetual Intelligence ; and it is socalled because it regulateth the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order ; each in an orbit convenient for it. Itis, therefore, the reflection of the sphere of Fire; and the path connecting the material universe, as depicted in Malkuth, with the Pillar of…
1909 · PDF PAGE 275
…The priest with the mask of Osiris spake and said: ‘Thou canst nN not pass the gate of the Eastern Heaven : except thou canst tell me my name.’” Tablet Kerux, for Zelator: “Thou art Nu: oes P The Goddess of the Firmament of Air, Thou love art Harmakhis, Lord of the Eastern Sun.” das Martecty Hierophant : “ In what sign and symbol CH for, dost thou come ?” Kervx,for Zelator: “Inthe letter Aleph, | //\\) gs speasa (/\) with the Banner of Light, and the symbol of equated forces.” oem Wyite. Hierophant (falling back and making with fan the sign of …
1909 · PDF PAGE 275
…The priest with the mask of Osiris spake and said: ‘Thou canst nN not pass the gate of the Eastern Heaven : except thou canst tell me my name.’” Tablet Kerux, for Zelator: “Thou art Nu: oes P The Goddess of the Firmament of Air, Thou love art Harmakhis, Lord of the Eastern Sun.” das Martecty Hierophant : “ In what sign and symbol CH for, dost thou come ?” Kervx,for Zelator: “Inthe letter Aleph, | //\\) gs speasa (/\) with the Banner of Light, and the symbol of equated forces.” oem Wyite. Hierophant (falling back and making with fan the sign of …
1930 · PDF PAGE 42
…ever comparison is possible. The True Will is thus both determined by its équations, and free because those équations are simply its own name, spelt out fully. His sense of being under bondage cornes from his inability to read it; his sense that evil exists to thwart him arises when he begms to learn to read, reads wrong, and is obstinate that his error is an improvement. We know one thing only. Absolute existence, absolute motion, absolute direction, absolute simultaneity, absolute truth, ail such — 342 —
1996 · PDF PAGE 7
… eds., The Love Letters of John Cow per Powys to Frances Gregg, vol. 1 (London: Cecil Woolf, 1994). 2 Although many of the more obscure name references have been anno tated by the present editor, and translations generally given of foreign language phrases, a reader’s guide and a small classical dictionary will be useful references for some readers. By Wilkinson’s own account, he and Crowley rarely discussed Magick, but they shared a deep-seated impatience with sexual hypocrisy, and a willingness to openly defy society’s strictures. Wilkinson…
1910 · PDF PAGE 48
…. By PLOTINUS. We took up this book with avidity, thinking from the title that it was about Mr. Watkins. But no; at least not under that name. Plotinus’ method of mystic exercise is practically that of Liber XVI (A.. Ae. publication in Class D), but it takes a deal of research to discover this in his dull pages. He drones on in such an exalted kind of way, don’tcherknow! There is hardly a mystic living who wouldn’t be a better man for reading Gal’s Gossip now and then. I wish I had a copy here! Doris LESLIE (“ BABY ”). THINGS A FREEMASON SHOULD…
1910 · PDF PAGE 48
…. By PLOTINUS. We took up this book with avidity, thinking from the title that it was about Mr. Watkins. But no; at least not under that name. Plotinus’ method of mystic exercise is practically that of Liber XVI (A.. Ae. publication in Class D), but it takes a deal of research to discover this in his dull pages. He drones on in such an exalted kind of way, don’tcherknow! There is hardly a mystic living who wouldn’t be a better man for reading Gal’s Gossip now and then. I wish I had a copy here! Doris LESLIE (“ BABY ”). THINGS A FREEMASON SHOULD…
1929 · PDF PAGE 121
…e Black Lodge, and Douglas overthrew him by "carelessly" leaving, in a hansom cab, some documents belonging to the Lodge, with Vesquit's name and address attached to them, which made some exceedingly grim revelations of the necromantic practices carried on in Hampden Road. The honest cabby had turned over the papers to Scotland Yard, as his duty was; and the police had sent them on to those in authority over coroners; and Vesquit received, with his documents, an intimation that he must drop that sort of thing at once. To be chief in the Lodge s…
1930 · PDF PAGE 73
…ving the subject of Black Magic, one may touch lightly on the question of Pacts with the Devil. The Devil tloes not exist. It is a false name invenîed by tlie Black Brothers to imply a Unity in tlieir ignorant muddle of dispersions» A devil who liad unity would be a God L. It was said by the Sorcerer of the Jura that in order to invoke the Devil it is only necessary to caîl him with y our whole will. This is an universal magical truth, and applies to every other being as much as to the Devil. For the whole will of every man is in reality the wh…
1996 · PDF PAGE 299
…7,124,125,134,152,157,167 Nuit 23-86,87-89,91,92,93.95.99.100, 101,102, 111, 114,116,124,126,127, 142,144,163.166,168,171,178,192 secret name of 37 Oannes 24,30 CEdipus 54 On 24,30 Onan 60,180 O’Neill, William, see Blake ontology 189 opium 84,110,146 ordeals 38,167,187 Ordo Templi Orientis 65 ix° 34 orgasm 67,72,151 orgies 85 Origen 60 Osiris 29,31,47,163,171.184 Othello 54,68 Ouarda the Seer (Rose Edith Crowley) 28,188 ovum 172 paederasty 53,55 Paganini, Niccold 141 paganism 55,169 Pan 152 Papuans 85 Parnell, Charles Stewart 55 Parsifal 29 Pas…
1907 · PDF PAGE 31
…s me, this heaven Of thine, Adonai ! Rather be limed In the dusk, in the deep, Seven times seven Thy hells, O Jehovah ! I tune the great Name To a million vowels :— It escapes me, the flame ! But deep in my bowels Growls the deep lust, The bitter distrust, The icy fear, The cruel thought ! O! Iam here— And here is nought. I must rave on. I hate the sun. Anon! Anon! Let us both begone, Thou fiend that pourest One by one These evil words In my ear, in my heart ! Here on the summit The air is too thin. Wild as the winds Let me ride! Let me start O…