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… this world idea , no better than the rest : Baal and Jehovah , Ashtoreth And Chemosh and these Elohim , Life's panders in the brothel , Death ! Cloudy imaginings , a dream Built up of fear and words and woe . All , all my soul must overthrow .” Crowley further writes : Nor can I see what sort of gain God finds in this creating pain.3 1 The Sword of Song , Pentecost , p . 60 ; vol . ii, p . 182 . According to Al Beidâwi , Gabriel blew into the bosom of Mary's shift , which he opened with his fingers , and his breath reaching her womb , caused t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 260
…ch is below ,” we find stated in “ The Philo sopher's Progress ": That which is highest as the deep Is fixed , the depth as that above : Death's face is as the face of Sleep ; And Lust is likest Love . ? In “ The Quest ” and in several parts of “ Tann häuser , ” we are conveyed into the maze of mystic numbers , which we do not intend to enter here . “ My womb is pregnant with mad moons and suns , and yet we ultimately feel, on reading deep into these mystical poems , “ Too wise to grieve , too happy to rejoice. ” With one number , however , or …
1912 · PDF PAGE 47
…he whole earth contain a wiser, holier head ? [To the third.] Greetings my lord. I was sure indeed you were of the Ten. [To the fourth.] Death, by my sword ! Ist you, most luck- less of all men ? Poor and exiled I thought youand I meet you here I am glad you smiledwhere we strike angels dumb with fear ! [To the fifth.] Why, body o God ! you died ten years ago, we thought. [To the sixth.] And you ? Am I odd ? Do eyes still serve me as they ought ? My sworn foe, vowed to stab meso the fine farce ends. Aw, well I know you now ; so kiss me, b…
1919 · PDF PAGE 85
…er in the Deep. Thou art Typhon, the Wrath of the Elements, O Thou who transcendest the Forces in their Concourse and Cohesion, in their Death and their Dis- ruption. Thou art Python, the terrible serpent about the end of all things! 31. I turned me about thrice in every way; and always I came at the last unto Thee. 32. Many things I beheld mediate and immediate; but, beholding them no more, I beheld Thee. 33. Come thou, O beloved One, O Lord God of the Uni- verse, O Vast One, O Minute One! I am Thy beloved. 34. All day I sing of Thy delight; a…
1954 · PDF PAGE 282
WOMAN 249 ... the Law is for all. (34) I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy, nor do I demand aught in sacrifice. My incense is of resinous woods & gums; & there is no blood therein: because of my hair the trees of Rternity. My number is 11 as all their numbers who are of us. The Five Pointed Star, with a Circle in the Middle, & the circle is Red. My color is black to the blind, but the blue & gold are seen of the seeing. Also I have a secret glory for them that love…
1907 · PDF PAGE 215
…e sang : This world is shadow -shapen of The bitterness of pain . Vain are the little lamps of love ! The light of life is vain ! Life , death , joy , sorrow, age and youth Are phantoms of a further truth . This is but the chant of the Brahmin and the Buddhist as it has risen and fallen over the East for hundreds and thousands of years . There no sun shines , no moon , nor glimmering star , Nor yonder lightning , the fire of earth is quenched , From him , who alone shines , all else borrows its brightness , The whole world bursts into splendour…
1912 · PDF PAGE 78
…ked men upon the cross, Now hear me, assailed by villains. All my gain is loss. Breath fails me, dark as hell mine eyes foresee my doom, Death, stern and stark, the glutton shark the tomb, my bloom Blasted. Thy maid, Lord Christ, kept vigil before Thee, Fasted and prayed, endured a lifes Gethsemane ; Now, scourged and spat upon, mocked before priest and king Thou, gaze on thought, come crowned, come armed, come conquering, Come, save me, save thy maiden ! Strike each barbèd dart Home to the grave convent and cloister of my heart, Where all th…
1904 · PDF PAGE 82
…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. M athers to the “Kabbalah Unveiled.” correct deductions.’ ‘Yes, y ou can, if only your logical methods are unsound. That’s the Christian way of getting truth.’ ‘True!’ replied the sage, ‘but precious little they get.…
1906 · PDF PAGE 281
TIME 275 dreams !””—and a damned good way to look at death, by heaven ! Myst. Yes! But I meant that some dreams are more vivid than some waking states, even adult states hours long. You remember the ‘‘ Flying dream,” though I daresay you have not experienced it since childhood : it is part of your identity, ashape or defining idea of your mind: but you have forgotten the picnic at—-where you will. Scept. There is something to be thankful for in that. Then, there are incidents of sport Alyst. Mysteries of initiation —— Scept. Narrow escapes Myst…
1907 · PDF PAGE 113
… E1 Maghrab’ in the West, and makes his low luxurious moan! How still the stars that watch above! how still his lever, lapsed for joy To death upon the dying boy, the boy dissolved and lost in love! Even as a serpent in the grass their passion stole upon them there Within the warm ambrosial air, the intoxicating midnight mass. The pale boy lifted high the cup; the swarthy priest insanely poured That utmost unction of the Lord, that only Gods might drink it up. Wherefore indeed the holy Jinn that have embraced “ addin Islam ” Arose from their co…
1913 · PDF PAGE 182
…or of the mind left the body exhausted. Otherwise, one must be morally insane. Which of us can sleep if one we love is in danger of mere death? We cannot even see a dog drown without at least interrupting all our business to look on. Who then can live in London and reflect upon the fact that of its seven million souls, all but about a thousand Plymouth Brethren will be damned? Yet the thousand Plymouth Brethren (who are the loudest in proclaiming that they will be the only ones saved) seem to ^ " One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously…
1913 · PDF PAGE 333
… the right to do one’s duty. Man has the right to do his duty, and he has no other right. O Man! thou hast the right to resist even unto death any who prevents thee from doing thy duty. Mother! Thy child is drowning; a man prevents thee from helping him; thou strikest this man, thou dost run to save thy son! . . . Who, then, will dare to condemn thee? Christ came to oppose the right of duty to the duty of right. ‘Right,’ with the Jews, was the doctrine ot the Pharisees. And, indeed, they seemed to have acquired the privilege of dogmatizing; wer…
1913 · PDF PAGE 333
… the right to do one’s duty. Man has the right to do his duty, and he has no other right. O Man! thou hast the right to resist even unto death any who prevents thee from doing thy duty. Mother! Thy child is drowning; a man prevents thee from helping him; thou strikest this man, thou dost run to save thy son! . . . Who, then, will dare to condemn thee? Christ came to oppose the right of duty to the duty of right. ‘Right,’ with the Jews, was the doctrine ot the Pharisees. And, indeed, they seemed to have acquired the privilege of dogmatizing; wer…
1919 · PDF PAGE 395
…here Buddha gravely explains that he is passing away by that kind of passing away which leaves nothing whatever behind, and compares his death to the extinction of alamp. Canoni- cal Buddhism is certainly the only thing upon which we can rely as a guide to the teachings of the Buddha, if there ever was a Buddha. But we are in no wise bound to accept such teachings blindly, however great our personal reverence for the teacher. 84. But it is said: “The last shall be the greatest.” Sam- yak Sambuddha, the Teacher of Perfection, gave up his SELF fo…
1906 · PDF PAGE 17
…But raise no head! I know thee, breast and thigh, Lips, hair, and eyes, and mouth: I will not die But thou come with me o’er the gate of death. So, blood and body furious with breath That pants through foaming kisses, let us stay Gripped hard together to kiss life away, Mouths drowned in murder, never satiate, Kissing away the hard decrees of Fate, Kissing insatiable in.mad desire, Kisses whose agony may never tire, Kissing the gates of hell, the sword of God, Each unto each a serpent or a rod, No whispered Thick sweet salt tears, till, A well …
1907 · PDF PAGE 109
… vegetarianism. Very likely it never happened at all, said Denzi! thoughtfully. Nothing ever did. Look at the Christ-myth. The Trial and Death and so on—mere stage-directions from a ritual of Mithraism. . . . But who was Mithras? asked the big man. Like any other question, it goes on for ever, til! you get to the big question. With your answer to it, said Basil. On the question of motive, though, said the Doctor, I like your theory of Messalina as an ascetic. Since the divine consciousness only appears as the negation of the human, and is only …
1907 · PDF PAGE 191
… scaly essences Like Lucian's sailor writhing in the clutch Of those witch - vines-- I slashed about like light , And noises horrible of death devoured That hateful suction of their clinging arms And wash of slippery bellies . . > 3 » 5 Life is a boiling cauldron of purposes , actions , and desires . At one moment all pessimistic with the “ toad spotted dew of Reality , at the next all full - hearted optimism , “ Yet I believe what e'er we do is best for me and best for you ” ;4 then as stoical as Marcus , “ I conquer , and most silently await …
1910 · PDF PAGE 297
…r flickered and went out. The spirit laid her violin and bow upon the ground. The music went on—a panting, hot melody like mad eagles in death struggle with mountain goats, like serpents caught in jungle fires, like scorpions tormented by Arab girls. And in the dark she sobbed and screamed in unison. She had not expected this: she had dreamt of love more pas- sionate, of lust more fierce-fantastic, than aught mortal. And this? This real loss of a real chastity? This degradation not of the body, but of the soul? This white-hot curling flame—ice …
1910 · PDF PAGE 297
…r flickered and went out. The spirit laid her violin and bow upon the ground. The music went on—a panting, hot melody like mad eagles in death struggle with mountain goats, like serpents caught in jungle fires, like scorpions tormented by Arab girls. And in the dark she sobbed and screamed in unison. She had not expected this: she had dreamt of love more pas- sionate, of lust more fierce-fantastic, than aught mortal. And this? This real loss of a real chastity? This degradation not of the body, but of the soul? This white-hot curling flame—ice …
1913 · PDF PAGE 138
…e next two days he remained in meditation, as in his previous Samma Sati meditation in Burma and China, where his marvellous escape from death supplied the last factor in the equation, and brought him to the understanding of who he was and what his work. So 98