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Page 83 of 1041922 · PDF PAGE 326
…game and began to romp; but Hermes, though evidently eager to join in the fun, was held back by his sense of responsibility. “‘ Where on earth did you learn such extraordinary language ? ”’ cried Lou at last, the tears running down her cheeks. Hermes became more serious than ever. “It’s from the Book of the Law. Change not so much as the style of a letter,” he said. We began quite seriously to wonder whether we had not got into one of those fantastic waking dreams with which heroin had made us familiar. But this was a dream of a totally differe…
1912 · PDF PAGE 304
… Europe, as is set forth at length by the late Sir Richard Burton in the MS. which the wealthy Jews of England have compassed heaven and earth to suppress, and evidenced by the ever-recurring Pogroms against which so senseless an outcry is made by those who live among those degenerate Jews who are at least not Cannibals. Is it to such people, indeed, that we are to look for the highest and subtlest spiritual knowledge? Το this criticism there are but two answers. The first, that an esoteric tradition of great purity may co-exist with the most cr…
1912 · PDF PAGE 304
… Europe, as is set forth at length by the late Sir Richard Burton in the MS. which the wealthy Jews of England have compassed heaven and earth to suppress, and evidenced by the ever-recurring Pogroms against which so senseless an outcry is made by those who live among those degenerate Jews who are at least not Cannibals. Is it to such people, indeed, that we are to look for the highest and subtlest spiritual knowledge? Το this criticism there are but two answers. The first, that an esoteric tradition of great purity may co-exist with the most cr…
1930 · PDF PAGE 45
…e angel an “archangel”, etc. (d) We may synthesize any set of symbols, obtaining a more general form. Thus we may group various types of earth-spirit as gnomes. (e) Ail these may be attributed to the Tree of Life, and dealt with accordingly. (f) The Magician may préparé a sensible body for any of these symbols, and evoke them by the proper rites. 13) The “reality” or “objectivity” of these symbols is not pertinent to the discussion. The ideas of X4 and \/— 1 hâve proved useful to the progress of mathematical advance toward Truth 5 it is no odds…
1904 · PDF PAGE 63
created Heaven, and Earth, and Hell, and all that is in them contained, and because also thou hast obeyed. By that same power by the which I have called thee forth, I bind thee, that thou remain affably and visibly here before this Circle (or before this Circle and in this triangle) so constant and so long as I shall have occasion for thy presence; and not to depart without my licence until thou hast duly and faithfully performed my will without any falsity. THEN standing in the midst of the Circle, thou shalt stretch forth thine hand in a gest…
1930 · PDF PAGE 88
…paraphased in poetry by Aleister Crowley in his “Tannhauser”. “And when, invoking o]ten> thou shalt see That formless Fire; when ail the earth is shaken, The stars abide not, and the moon is gone, Ail Time crushed back into Eternity, The Universe by earthquake overtaken; Light is not, and the thunders roll, The World is done: When in the darkness Chaos rolls again In the excited brain: Then, O then call not to thy view that visible Image of Nature; fatal is her name! It fitteth not thy Body to behold That living light of Hell, The unluminous, d…
1930 · PDF PAGE 87
…ally be the great difficulty of the operation. 4. Let him then cause that imagined figure to rise in the air to a great height above the earth. 5. Let him then stop and look about him. (It is sometimes difficult to open the eyes.) 6. Probably he will see figures approaching him, or become conscious of a landscape. Let him speak to such figures, and insist upon being answered, using the proper pentagrams and signs, as previously taught. 7. Let him travel at will, either with or without guidance from such figure or figures. 8. Let him further emp…
1961 · PDF PAGE 163
…pret the Sphinx in Terms of the Formula of the Slain God. This did I comprehend even when as Eliphas Levi Zahed I walked up and down the Earth, seeking a Reconciliation of these Antagonisms, which was a Task impossible, for in that Plane they have Antipathy. (Even so may no Man form a Square Magical of Four Units.) But the Light of the New Æon revealeth this Sphinx as the true Symbol of this our Holy Art of Magick under the Law of Thelema. In Her is the equal Development and Disposition of the Forces of Nature, each in its Balanced Strength; al…
1911 · PDF PAGE 100
… art delivered over unto my power for this. And now one word was necessary unto me, and I could not speak it. I behold the beauty of the earth in * Originally, for “Understanding” was written “Power.” Choronzon was always using some word that did not represent his thought, because there is no proper link between his thought and speech. Note that he never seems able to distinguish between the Frater and the Scribe, and addresses first one, then the other, in the same sentence. 98
1954 · PDF PAGE 150
… a blasphemy against Babalon, for she hath shut herself up; and therefore is she the Queen of all those wicked devils that walk upon the earth, those that thou sawest even as little black specks that stained the Heaven of Urania. And all these are the excrement of Choronzon. And for this is BABALON under the power of the Magician, that she hath submitted herself unto the work; and she guardeth the Abyss. And in her is a perfect purity of that which is above; yet she is sent as the Redeemer to them that are below. For there is no other way into …
1898 · PDF PAGE 75
…tre was wielded by those who, swathed in thick darkness, and enthroned on their own thunderclouds, looked with the eye of gods upon this earth, and carried out the designs of God with tranquil power. I have depicted such a Servant of God stepping down from his throne at the precise moment when his presence was required, and the tragedy represented in the play stands for the impotent spite of the Evil One, venting itself in personal malice. In short, I have ventured (I trust that in so doing the human pathos of the story has lost nothing, even f…
1944 · PDF PAGE 70
…uit, from whose womb all phenomena are born. Taurus, the sign of the Zodiac represented by this card, is itself the Bull Kerub; that is, Earth in its strongest and most balanced form. The ruler of this sign is Venus; she is represented by the woman standing before the hierophant. Chapter III of the Book of the Law, verse xi, reads: “Let the woman be girt with a sword before me.” This woman represents Venus as she now is in this new aeon; no longer the mere vehicle of her male counterpart, but armed and militant. In this sign the Moon is “exalte…
1954 · PDF PAGE 402
…vination" Now, then , he thought , in and about Johannesburg we have both gold and diamonds; that is exactly the chance for these tricky earth spirits to take advantage of the ambiguity . I will therefore frame the question so as to cover both sources of riches. I will not specify gold or diamonds. I will say simply "mineral wealth." The answers to his series of questions indicated that he was to go out of the city where he would find a deposit. The next questions in his series were directed to finding the direction in which he should start his…
1910 · PDF PAGE 96
… the Nada. + The Sushumna may in more than one way be compared to Prometheus, or the hollow reed, who as the mediator between heaven and earth transmitted the mystic fire from the moon. Again the Mahalingam or 6 gaas, For further see “ The Canon,” p. 119. 84
1910 · PDF PAGE 96
… the Nada. + The Sushumna may in more than one way be compared to Prometheus, or the hollow reed, who as the mediator between heaven and earth transmitted the mystic fire from the moon. Again the Mahalingam or 6 gaas, For further see “ The Canon,” p. 119. 84
1899 · PDF PAGE 93
…tre was wielded by those who, swathed in thick darkness, and enthroned on their own thunderclouds, looked with the eye of gods upon this earth, and carried out the designs of God with tranquil power. I have depicted such a Servant of God stepping down from his throne at the precise moment when his presence was required, and the tragedy represented in the play stands for the impotent spite of the Evil One, venting itself in personal malice. In short, I have ventured (I trust that in so doing the human pathos of the story has lost nothing, even f…
1910 · PDF PAGE 69
… such as in Brihadaranyaka, 3. 4. 1. “It is thy soul, * “There are two persons of the Deity, one in heaven, and one which descended upon earth in the form of man (ze, the Adam Qadmon), and the Holy One, praised be It! unites them (in the union of Samadhi, that is, of Sam (Greek ody, together with), and Adhi, Hebrew Adonai, the Lord). There are three Lights in the Upper Holy Divine united in One, and this is the foundation of the doctrine of Every-Thing, this is the beginning of the Faith, and Every- Thing is concentrated therein” (“Zohar III,” …
1910 · PDF PAGE 69
… such as in Brihadaranyaka, 3. 4. 1. “It is thy soul, * “There are two persons of the Deity, one in heaven, and one which descended upon earth in the form of man (ze, the Adam Qadmon), and the Holy One, praised be It! unites them (in the union of Samadhi, that is, of Sam (Greek ody, together with), and Adhi, Hebrew Adonai, the Lord). There are three Lights in the Upper Holy Divine united in One, and this is the foundation of the doctrine of Every-Thing, this is the beginning of the Faith, and Every- Thing is concentrated therein” (“Zohar III,” …
1910 · PDF PAGE 143
… from the world, substituting in its place an implacable rationalism, a stern and inflexible morality, little seeing that the sorrows of Earth which his system substituted in place of the joys of Heaven, though they might not ruffle his self- conquered self, must perturb the minds of his followers, * We have seen how in the Chandogya Upanishad that all things, including even the four Vedas, are called “nama eva”—mere name. Now in “The Ques- tions of King Milinda” we find Nagasena stating that all things but “name and form,” the difference betwe…
1910 · PDF PAGE 143
… from the world, substituting in its place an implacable rationalism, a stern and inflexible morality, little seeing that the sorrows of Earth which his system substituted in place of the joys of Heaven, though they might not ruffle his self- conquered self, must perturb the minds of his followers, * We have seen how in the Chandogya Upanishad that all things, including even the four Vedas, are called “nama eva”—mere name. Now in “The Ques- tions of King Milinda” we find Nagasena stating that all things but “name and form,” the difference betwe…