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Page 83 of 871905 · PDF PAGE 26
… doorway. Then the thing of Sin That mocked the name of woman fondled him, Stroked his flaf head, his body curved and slim, And from the fire brought milk. He drank it up From the coarse pewter of the borrowed cup And cried: ‘‘Jn eating, swear. JI have vowed to make The gods infernal on their couches quake With fear before I die; I have vowed to live With one aim only; never to forgive The wrong the gods do me, and in my form Love his high self, by whom the earth is warm To-day, by whose defiance the universe Would crash in one inextricable cur…
1905 · PDF PAGE 18
…erarms she flung Around him, and with amorous lips and tongue Tortured his palate with extreme desire, And like a Maenad maddened; equal fire leapt in his veins; locked close for love they lie, . The heart’s dumb word exprest without a sigh In the strong magic of a lover’s kiss, And the twin light of love5 but Archais Felt through her blood a sudden chill; her face Blanched and besought a moment’s breath- Ing space ; Her heart’s desire welled up, and then again Whitened her cheeks with the exceeding pain Of uttermost despair. At last her streng…
1905 · PDF PAGE 114
…glory springs King of the magical brotherhood of kings ; The absolute crown and kingdom of desire, Earth’s virgin chaplet, molten in the fire, Sealed in the sea, betokened by the wind : ‘¢ There is one God, the Spirit of Mankind !” tyranny and died in
1944 · PDF PAGE 89
…ir. In the former Aeon, that of Osiris, the element of Air, which is the nature of that Aeon, is not unsympathetic either to Water or to Fire; compromise was a mark of that period. But now, under a Fiery lord of the Aeon, the watery element, so far as water is below the Abyss, is definitely hostile, unless the opposition is the right opposition implied in marriage. But in this card the only question is of the “redemption” of the submerged element, and therefore every‐ thing is reversed. This idea of sacrifice is, in the final analysis, a wrong …
1944 · PDF PAGE 122
… the last planet where bodies are made of earth; in Venus they are fluid; on Mercury aerial; while in the Sun they are fashioned of pure fire”.1 “I now see the eightfold star of Mercury suddenly blazing out; it is composed of four fleurs‐de‐lys with rays like anthers, bulrushes in shape between them. The central core has the cypher of the Grand Master, but not the one you know. Upon the cross are the Dove, the Hawk, the Serpent and the Lion. Also, one symbol yet more secret. Now I behold fiery swords of light. All this is upon a Cosmic scale. A…
1907 · PDF PAGE 25
…nderness Even in these bitter words that press Their ardent breast, their iron face, Out to expression. Ay! remember The ancient phantom fire of flowers, The Druid altars of December, The Virgin priestess, the dread hours Of solemn love. Then quail before The deadly import of my word! Forget your silly self, and store Its vital horror, stabbed and spurred To fearful pace and torture wild Deep in your true heart’s core, my child ! For though I strip you bare, and run My red-hot iron through your flesh, There is a citadel that none May touch—not …
1907 · PDF PAGE 60
… ray Of suntivht shall flash and the dew die away f 15. Let there then be obscurity in this ! There is an after rapture in the kiss. The fire, flesh, perfume, music, that outpaced All time, fly off; they are subtle: there abides A secret and most maiden taste $ Salt, as of the invisible tides Of the molten sea of gold Men may at times behold In the rayless scarab of the sinking sun ; And out of that is won Hardly, with labour and pain that are as pleasure, The first flower of the garden, the stored treasure That lies at the heart's heart of ete…
1905 · PDF PAGE 104
THE FIVE KISSES 97 Nor even the hellish fire of Etna’s maw. But lucklessly we came upon a pool Dank, dark, and stagnant, evil to the touch, Oozing towards us, but sucked suddenly, Silently, horribly, by slow compulsion Into the slipping sand, and vanishing, Whereon we sawa little boat appear, And in it such a figure as we knew Was Death. But she, intolerant of delay, Hailed him. The vessel floated to our feet, And Death was not. She leapt within, and bent Her own white shoulders to the thwart, and bade Me steer, and keep stern waich with sword …
1904 · PDF PAGE 92
…ned the Portal and cam e to him and woke him. But during his long sleep the roses had gr own over him, crimson and flaming with interior fire, so that he could not escape. Yet they withered at his glance ; withat he knew what fearful ta sk was before him. But slay ing his disciples with long Nails, he interred them there, so that they were right sorrowful in their hearts. May we all die so ! And what further befell him ye shall also know, but not at this time. Going forth of that Mountain he met also the Fool. Then the discourse of that Fool, m…
1929 · PDF PAGE 571
…d Thighs. Teth is the letter of Leo, the House of the Sun, and therefore a hieroglyph of Light. Ayin means an eye. Shin is the letter of fire or flame; while 93 signifies Thelema --- Will. Further 542 is a number which I had long sought to interpret as being the arithmetical mean between 418 (the Magical Formula of the New Aeon) and 666, my own cipher. I had never succeeded in finding a word to express this idea of the unification of my own nature with that of my dynamic structure. It must surely strike the most sceptical mind as remarkable tha…
1929 · PDF PAGE 500
… the canvases with a triptych, my first attempt at painting in oil. The design was symbolic of the three principles, Sun, Moon and Agni (fire), of the Hindus. The bed being still visible from some parts of the room, I got a second screen of the same pattern, which brought me to fame. For some days it stood patiently pleading to be painted, but I could not think of a subject.
1906 · PDF PAGE 27
…t And of the Ether, and upon the Earth And under Earth, and of the stable land, Of water, of the whirling of the air, Of the all-rushing fire ; and every Spell And scourge of God the Vast One may be made Obedient unto me, to the All-Good And ultimate Redemption : Hear me, thou ! Eca, zodacare, Iad, goho, Torzodu odo kikale qaa ! Zodacare od zodameranu ! Zodorje, lape zodiredo Ol Noco Mada, das Iadapiel ! Ilas ! hoatahe Iaida ! 1 O crowned with. starlight! emerald Winged with 1 This conjuration is in the ‘‘ angelic” lan- guage of Dr. Dee. See th…
1944 · PDF PAGE 53
…devouring is the 1The Black Egg of the element of Spirit in some Hindu schools of thought. From it the other elements Air, Water, Earth, Fire (in that order) proceed.
1944 · PDF PAGE 133
…t. Now then art thou approached unto an august Arcanum; verily thou art come unto the ancient Marvel, the winged light, the Fountains of Fire, the Mystery of the Wedge. But it is not I that can reveal it, for I have never been permitted to behold it, who am but the watcher upon the threshold of the Aethyr. My message is spoken, and my mission is accomplished. And I withdraw myself, covering my face with my wings, before the presence of the Angel of the Aethyr. So the Angel departed with bowed head, folding his wings across. And there is a littl…
1944 · PDF PAGE 178
…urbance; the five of Wands is called Strife. On the other hand, the Five of Cups is called Disappointment, as is only natural, be‐ cause Fire delights in superabundant energy, whereas the water of Pleasure is naturally placid, and any disturbance of ease can only be regarded as misfortune. The Five of Swords is similarly troublesome; the card is called Defeat. There has been insufficient power to maintain the armed peace of the Four. The quarrel has actually broken out. This must mean defeat, for the original idea of the Sword was a manifestati…
1906 · PDF PAGE 220
…my heavens. And they that saw him saw a woman wondrous fair? robed in flames of hair, moon-sandalled, sun-belted, with torch and vase of fire and water. And he trailed comet-clouds of glory upward. Thus came our Father (Blessed be his name!) to Death, who stood, scythe in hand, opposed. And ever and anon he swept round, and men fell before him. ‘‘ Look,” said Death, ‘‘my sickle hath a cross-handle. See how they grow like flowers!” ‘‘Give me salt!” quoth our Father, And with sulphur (that the Goat had given him) and with salt did he bestrew the …
1944 · PDF PAGE 31
…e is into four, accord‐ ing to the observed seasons. This choice may also have been influenced by the division of the Elements into Four—Fire, Air, Water, Earth. (These do not mean the objects now understood by these words, as explained above.) Perhaps because they thought it necessary to introduce so sacred a number as Three into everything heavenly, or else because the observed constellations happened to be natu‐ rally divided into twelve groups, they divided the Zodiac into twelve signs, three to each Sea‐ son. The Influence of the Sun upon …
1929 · PDF PAGE 9
…thing that could happen to anyone was "to go to be with Christ, which is far better". On the other hand, the unsaved went to the lake of fire and brimstone which burneth for ever and ever. Edward Crowley used to give away tracts to strangers, besides distributing them by thousands through the post; he was also constantly preaching to vast crowds, all over the country. It was, indeed, the only logical occupation for a humane man who believed that even the noblest and best of mankind were doomed to eternal punishment. One card --- a great favouri…
1944 · PDF PAGE 23
…to the Daughter. In the language of the alchemists, these phenomena were classified for convenience under the figure of four “elements”. Fire, the purest and most active, corresponds to the Fa‐ ther; Water, still pure but passive, is the Mother; their union results in an element partaking of both natures, yet distinct from either, and this they called ‘Air”. One must constantly remember that the terms used by ancient and medieval philoso‐ phers do not mean at all what they mean nowadays. “Water” does not mean to them the chemical compound H2O; …
1944 · PDF PAGE 179
…een less energy displayed. So, from this point, as soon as the current leaves the middle pillar, the inherent weakness in the element of Fire (which is this: that, for all its pu‐ rity, it is not completely balanced) leads to very undesirable developments. The Six of Cups is called Pleasure. This pleasure is a kind of pleasure which is com‐ pletely harmonized. The zodiacal sign governing the card being Scorpio, pleasure is here rooted in its most convenient soil. This is pre‐eminently a fertile card; it is one of the best in the pack. The Six o…