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Page 8 of 811913 · PDF PAGE 11
…of Knight Hermetic Philosophers Knights of the Red Eagle. VI? Illustrious Knight (Templar) of the Order of Kadosch, and Companion of the Holy Graal. Grand Inquisitor Commander, Member of the Grand Tribunal, Prince of the Royal Secret. VII? Very Illustrious Sovereign Grand Inspector General. Member of the Supreme Grand Council, VIII? Perfect Pontiff of the Illuminati. IX° Initiate of the Sanctuary of the Gnosis. X° Rex Summus Sanctissimus (Supreme and Most Holy King). to, Every man or woman that is of full age, free, and of good report, has an i…
1911 · PDF PAGE 57
THE VISION AND THE VOICE Then shall he kneel before the holy table, and it shall be given him to partake of the mystery of the Aethyr. And concerning the ink with which he shall write; for the first Aethyr let it be gold, for the second scarlet, for the third violet, for the fourth emerald, for the fifth silver, for the sixth sapphire, for the seventh orange, for the eighth indigo, for the ninth gray, for the tenth black, for the eleventh maroon, for the twelfth russet, for the thirteenth green-gray, for the four- teenth amber, for the fifteent…
1909 · PDF PAGE 177
PART I In the First Verse of the First Chapter of the First Five Books of the Holy Law: it is written :-—B’RAShITh Ba RA ALoHIM ATh HaShaMaIM VaATh HaAReTz, or in Aramaic script PNA nN) OvT nN ODN NID TwNID Such are the Seven Words which constitute the Beginnings or Heads of One Law; and I propose to show, by applying to the Text the Keys of the Qabalah, that not merely the surface meaning is contained therein. In the Beginning, created, God, the Essence of the Heavens, and the Essence, of the Earth. In the Beginning God f th In Wisdom Created …
1909 · PDF PAGE 177
PART I In the First Verse of the First Chapter of the First Five Books of the Holy Law: it is written :-—B’RAShITh Ba RA ALoHIM ATh HaShaMaIM VaATh HaAReTz, or in Aramaic script PNA nN) OvT nN ODN NID TwNID Such are the Seven Words which constitute the Beginnings or Heads of One Law; and I propose to show, by applying to the Text the Keys of the Qabalah, that not merely the surface meaning is contained therein. In the Beginning, created, God, the Essence of the Heavens, and the Essence, of the Earth. In the Beginning God f th In Wisdom Created …
1898 · PDF PAGE 41
…God, Thou Art, And I am chosen of Thee for this folk, To break the foreign yoke, Therefore, Existence of Existence, hear! Bend low Thine holy ear, And make Thyself, unseen, most terrible To these fierce fiends of hell That torture holiest ears with false complaint: Bend down, and bid me faint Into the arms of night, to see Thine hosts March past the holy coasts, A wall of golden weapons for the land, And let me touch Thy hand,
1907 · PDF PAGE 16
…journey thence ? O Rose of gramarye, My riddle you shall ree. My head was happy, laid betwixt your breasts. XII NOTHER time I passed the holy well And plunged (as Phoebus in the western ocean) Into a forest of fine flame that crowned The holy hill ; all was enchaunted ground, The flames like scented tendrils of a vine Or sensitive rays that spell Strange curves to match their master-gods emotion. 11 A
1913 · PDF PAGE 45
CHAPTER V THE HOLY OIL THE Holy Oil is the Aspiration of the Magician; it is that which consecrates him to the performance of the Great Work; and such is its efficacy that it also consecrates all the furniture of the Temple and the instruments thereof. It is also the grace or chrism ; for this aspiration is not ambition ; it is a quality bestowed from above. For this reason the Magician will anoint first the top of his head before proceeding to consecrate the lower centres in their turn. This oil is of a pure golden colour; and when placed upon…
1899 · PDF PAGE 59
…God, Thou Art, And I am chosen of Thee for this folk, To break the foreign yoke, Therefore, Existence of Existence, hear! Bend low Thine holy ear, And make Thyself, unseen, most terrible To these fierce fiends of hell That torture holiest ears with false complaint: Bend down, and bid me faint Into the arms of night, to see Thine hosts March past the holy coasts, A wall of golden weapons for the land, And let me touch Thy hand,
1913 · PDF PAGE 141
…evere Thy radiance that rolls afar, O Brother of the Silver Star! Yet, immediately following this, comes the Method of Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel, and an account of the attainment of that knowledge. marsyaS. I teach the royal road of light. Be thou, devoutly eremite, Free of thy fate. Choose tenderly A place for thine Academy. Let there be an holy wood Of embowered solitude By the still, the rainless river, Underneath the tangled roots Of majestic trees that quiver In the quiet airs: where shoots Of the kindly grass are green, Moss a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 141
…evere Thy radiance that rolls afar, O Brother of the Silver Star! Yet, immediately following this, comes the Method of Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel, and an account of the attainment of that knowledge. marsyaS. I teach the royal road of light. Be thou, devoutly eremite, Free of thy fate. Choose tenderly A place for thine Academy. Let there be an holy wood Of embowered solitude By the still, the rainless river, Underneath the tangled roots Of majestic trees that quiver In the quiet airs: where shoots Of the kindly grass are green, Moss a…
1919 · PDF PAGE 135
…be of, and described by His name as, a Probationer, as if to assert His Simplicity. He isin His favourite Asana, the Dragon, in profound holy meditation.
1911 · PDF PAGE 56
…m afar off, but thou shalt not partake of them save in the man- ner prescribed. For if thou change so much as the style of a letter, the holy word is blasphemed.” And this is the manner prescribed: Let there be a room furnished as for the ritual of passing through the Tuat. And let the aspirant be clad in the robes of, and let him bear the insignia of, his grade. And at the least he shall be a neophyte. Three days and three nights shall he have been in the tomb, vigilant and fasting, for he shall sleep no longer than three hours at any one time…
1901 · PDF PAGE 131
THE HOLY OF HOLIES. 119 The steep rude stair that mocks the hero’s might, Casts off the wise, and crumbles with the great. Yet from the highest crown no blossom fell, Save one, to bring salvation unto Hell. O angel of my spiritual desire ! O luminous master of the silver feet ! O passionate rose of infinite white fire ! O cross of sacrifice made bitter-sweet ! O wide-wing, star-brow, veritable lord ! O mystic bearer of the flaming sword ! O brows half see, O visionary star Seen in the fragrant breezes of the East ! O lover of my love, O avatar …
1907 · PDF PAGE 30
… flames like kisses. And we could see through the floor, and there were terrible lions, like furnaces for fury, and they all roared out: “ Holy! Holy! Holy!” and leaped and danced for joy. And when I saw myself in the mirrors, the dome was one mass of beautiful green mirrors, I saw how serious I looked, and that I had to go on. I hoped the Fairy Prince would look serious too, because it is a most dreadful business going beyond the Seventh House; but he only looked the same as ever. But oh! how I kissed him, and how I clung to him, or I thinkl sho…
1911 · PDF PAGE 113
…art of lignum aloes, or of cedar, or of sandal. And this is enough. And he shall also keep ready in a flask of crystal within the altar, holy anointing oil made of myrrh and cinnamon and galangal. And even if he be of higher rank than a Probationer, he shall yet wear the robe of the Probationer, for the star of flame showeth forth Ra Hoor Khuit openly upon the breast, and secretly the blue triangle that descendeth is Nuit, and the red triangle that ascendeth is Hadit. And I am the golden Tau in the midst of their marriage. Also, if he choose, h…
1913 · PDF PAGE 35
23 of the elements, and the sigils of the holy elemental kings, as shown in The Equinox, No. VII; for these are syntheses of the forces of Nature. Yet these are rather special than general symbols, and this book purports to treat only of the grand principles of working.
1919 · PDF PAGE 418
…pid. In the lower stages there is only one way right, and all the rest wrong. You are to aspire to the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, and of course to do any other things which may subserve that one purpose; but nothing else. And of course it is a mistake, unless under very special circum- stances, to perform any miracles, on the ground that they diminish the supreme energy reserved for the performance of the Main Task. It will be remembered that the Knowl- edge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel is attrib- uted…
1909 · PDF PAGE 273
… concentrated into a focus by the Planets. .. .” } The Hierophant then resumes: “ Within DIAGRAM 19. the mystic veil which separated the Holy ‘The Altar of Incense. Place from the Holy of Holies stood the Ark of the Covenant. Before the veil stood the altar of Incense, of which this altar is a symbol. It was in the form of a Double Cube, thus representing material form as the reflection and the duplication of that which is spiritual. The sides of the altar, 265,
1909 · PDF PAGE 273
… concentrated into a focus by the Planets. .. .” } The Hierophant then resumes: “ Within DIAGRAM 19. the mystic veil which separated the Holy ‘The Altar of Incense. Place from the Holy of Holies stood the Ark of the Covenant. Before the veil stood the altar of Incense, of which this altar is a symbol. It was in the form of a Double Cube, thus representing material form as the reflection and the duplication of that which is spiritual. The sides of the altar, 265,
1911 · PDF PAGE 195
…removes his disguise and dons his dancing robe] MAGISTER TEMPLI. Silencel [A pause. MAGISTER TEMPLI. I. AQUARIUS. I. MAGISTER TEMPLI. Ι. Holy be the Lamps οἱJoy! AQUARIUS. Holy be the Lamps of Sorrow! MAGISTER TEMPLI. Let us enter the ark οἱ Increased Knowledge! CAPRICORNUS. Hail, thou that sittest in the City of the Pyramids! AQUARIUS. Hail, thou that art encamped upon the Great Sea! MAGISTER TEMPLI. Hail, brethren! CAPRICORNUS. Master, what is Increased Knowledge? MAGISTER TEMPLI. Death. AQUARIUS. Master, what is the Ark thereof? MAGISTER TEM…