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…f Apuleius, not (as hitherto) the plaintive bray of the proverbial ass who hesitated so long between the two thistles that he starved to death. I warn thee, ass! We who are gods have laughed with thee these many years; beware lest in the end we laugh at thee with the laughter of a mandrake torn up, whereat thou shouldst fall dead. A. QUILLER, JR. 351
…zation is bad; for it resembles the damp heat which ripens the harvest, it rapidly develops the principles of life and the principles of death, it kills and it vivifies. It is like the angel of the judgment who separates the wicked from the good. Civilization transforms men of good will into angels of light, and lowers the selfish man beneath the brute; it is the corruption of bodies and the emancipation of souls. The impious world of the giants raised to Heaven the soul of Enoch; above the Bacchanals of primitive Greece rises the harmonious sp…
…zation is bad; for it resembles the damp heat which ripens the harvest, it rapidly develops the principles of life and the principles of death, it kills and it vivifies. It is like the angel of the judgment who separates the wicked from the good. Civilization transforms men of good will into angels of light, and lowers the selfish man beneath the brute; it is the corruption of bodies and the emancipation of souls. The impious world of the giants raised to Heaven the soul of Enoch; above the Bacchanals of primitive Greece rises the harmonious sp…
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II ORACLES— ‘ ORACLES— Continued PAGE | PAGE TH: DEATH OF ‘THE DRUN- | THE STORM : . . ~ 25 KARD . . . . . I ASSUMPTA CANIDIA . . - 26 A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES . I VENUS. . . . . . 29 LINES ON BEING INVITED TO A LITANY . . . . - 30 MEET THE PREMIER IN MARCH IN THE TROPICS . . 3I WALES, SEPTEMBER 1892 . I NIGHT IN THE VALLEY. . 32 THE BALLOON . . . . 2 METEMPSYCHOSIS : . - 33 SPOLIA OPIMA . .. . . 2 ADVICE OF A LETTER . . 33 A WELCOME TO JABEZ . . 3: On WAIKIKI BEACH. . . 33 ELVINA . . . . . 3 | THE TRIADS OF IDESPAIR. . 34 AD…
…T . . . . 89 A NUGGET FROM A MINE. 90 GARGOY LES— Continued Au CAVEAU DES INNOCENTS Rosa INFERNI DIOGENES SAID EPILOGUE—PRAYER IMAGES OF DEATH— PROLOGUE— PATCHOULI KALI THE JILT THE EYES OF PHARAOH BANZAI! . LE JOUR DES Mors AVE Mors THE MORIBUND BHIKKHU. IMMORTALITY. RODIN IN RIME— A StubDy IN SPITE FRONTISPIECE—RODIN VARIOUS MEASURES— THE TOWER OF TOIL La BELLE HEAULMIERE FEMME ACCROUPIE CARYATIDE JEUNE MERE . L’AMOUR QUI PASSE TETE DE FEMME (MUSEE DU LUXEMBOURG) . LA CaAsQuE D’orR REVEIL D’ADONIS . LA MAIN DE DIEU DESESPOIR . EPERVIER ET COL…
… am hurled Far through the vaporous confines of the world With agony of sundering sense , beholding Thy mighty flower , blood - coloured death , unfolding ! Lithe limbs and supple shoulders and lips curled , Curled out to draw me to their monstrous world ! Tannhäuser now enters the palace of the great queen Venus , the false Isis , Life ! Life ! This Kiss ! Draw in thy breath ! To me ! To me ! He is lost ! Act II opens with two beautiful songs . Venus sings the praise of spring and summer , and Tannhäuser that of autumn and winter . He finds th…
…ns ? What dragon spouse consumes me with her breath ? What passionate hatred , what infernal pains , Mixed with thy being in the womb of Death ? Blistering fire runs , Scorching , terrific suns , Through body and soul in this abominable Marriage of demon power Subtle and strong and sour , 2 Ibid . vol .I, p . 236 . 1 Tannhäuser , vol . i, p . 234 . 3 Ibid . vol . I, p . 237 .
… my Beloved in my arms, who have Become my Beloved and lost myself therein, who have for ever given up my lower self, who have conquered Death, who have felt the Pain of the whole World, who have found Wisdom, Love and Power, who have given up All to become Nothing, I who have seen the need of the World, have found that books (hitherto my dearest companions) have no longer any word to say to me—have found that knowledge (relative) or what I thought was knowledge, is of no avail to supply the need of all that other part of my Being that my great…
…vel in the Mustagh Tagh. Orpheus slept. Book IV. was begunin Cairo on my way to England, and bears marks of confirmed Buddhism up to the death of Orpheus. But a year’s rest, and a certain advance in Scientific Knowledge, gave me, as I hope, a direct and definite view—no longer a philosophy—of the nature of things, so that the Agnosticism which is the good wine of 12
…hing attainable by thought, or trance, thy right hand gripping the azure rod of Light, thy left hand clasped upon the scarlet scourge of Death; thy body girdled with a snake more brilliant than the sun, its name Eternity; thy mouth curved moonlike in a smile, in the invisible kiss of Nuit, our Lady of the Starry Abodes; thy body’s electric flesh stilled by sheer might to a movement closed upon itself in the con- trolled fury of Her love—nay, beyond all these Images art thou (little brother!) who art passed from I and Thou, and He unto That whic…
…hy presence, O Ra-Hoor-Khuit! Unity uttermost showed! I adore the might of Thy breath, Supreme and terrible God, Who makest the gods and death To tremble before Thee:— I, I adore thee! Appear on the throne of Ra! Open the ways of the Khu! Lighten the ways of the Ka! The ways of the Khabs run through To stir me or still me! Aum! let it fill me! 38. So that thy light is in me; 8c its red flame is as a sword in my hand to push thy order. There is a secret door that I shall make to establish thy way in all the quarters, (these are the adorations, a…
…shamefacedly, went on: ‘¢* But what I really wished to know was about my incarnation. How is it I have so suddenly risen from change and death to the unchangeable ?’” . ‘“‘ ‘Child !’ answered Gautama, ‘ your facts are wrong—you can hardly expect to make 1 Feet. 2 This astonishing piece of bombastic drivel is verbatim from. a note by S. L. Mathers to the ‘‘ Kabbalah Unveiled.” correct deductions.’ ‘Yes, you can, if only your logical methods are unsound. That’s the Christian way of getting truth.’ ‘True!’ replied the sage, ‘but precious little th…
…hat the memory of the Aethyr might be dulled; for hadst thou come back suddenly into thy mortal frame, thou hadst fallen into madness or death. For the vision is not such that any may endure it. But now thy sense is dull, and the shew-stone but a stone. Therefore awake, and give secretly and apart the sign of the Mother, and call four times upon the name of CHAOS, that is the four-fold word that is equal to her seven-fold word. And then shalt thou purify thyself, and return into the World. So I did that which was commanded me, and returned. BIS…
…t of which a single fountain branched into four rivers (the 1op and the TETRAGRAM), and then of two trees, one of life, and the other of death, planted near the river. There are placed the man and the woman, the active and the 186
…t of which a single fountain branched into four rivers (the 1op and the TETRAGRAM), and then of two trees, one of life, and the other of death, planted near the river. There are placed the man and the woman, the active and the 186
…d star. Analysed, reason 1s raving. Feeling, examined, is patn. What heaven were to hope for a doubt of it! Life is anguish, insane; And death is—not a way out of it! “‘ Olya,” too, reminds me of myself. I have a morbid wish to be an impossible monster of cruelty and wickedness. , Lamus had told me that long ago. He said it was the phantasm which summed up my longing to “ revert to type.” La nostalgie de la boue. Cockie lost all his dignity. He pleaded for just one sniff. We weren't really very bad, but the description of the thirst in that hor…
…pearing in (9.j), with principal editions prepared by Crowley issued as (10), (5), and (6). Many other editions appeared after Crowley’s death; (30) and (3) include Liber CCXX and are of particular impor tance. Liber XXXI first appeared in (9.g), later appearing (with the “short” 1-page Comment) as (1) and in (10); it first appeared with new photography in (4). The Old Commentary first appeared in (9.g), and appears with the New Commentary in (19), (15), and in an abridged form in (8). Works by Aleister Crowley Cited These books and papers are…
…d deed wrought, One kind word spoken, one immortal thought Born in thee, all is paid : the weary strife Grows victory. Love is all and Death is nought ! Such an one wrote that work as I would meet, Lay my lifes burden at his silver feet, Have him give ear if I say Master. Yea ! I know no heaven, no honour, half so sweet ! He passed before me on the wheel of Time, He who knows no Timethe intense sublime Master of all philosophy and play, Lord of all love and music and sweet rime.
… star. Analysed, reason is Taving.. Feeling, examined, is pain. What heaven were to hope for a doubt of it! Life is anguish, insane; And death is—not a way out of it!”
…she beholding me with Amazement cried upon me hus: Art thou not glad in Heart, o my Master? At this I gave a Sigh even as one night unto Death. And She: if this be so, then is no need anymore for me to give myself to Magick. Thereat, perceiving yet again the Just Universal of Our Lord Pan, was I swallowed up (like unto Jonah of the Old Fable) in the Belly of the Whale called Laughter, and it seemeth to me at this present Writing that I am like to abide therein for the Time that remaineth to me in this Body. o