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Page 83 of 1061929 · PDF PAGE 10
…ter, if he got away early. She begged him to excuse himself; he answered — serious for the first time — that he never broke his word. At last he rose to go. She clung to him. He pretended mere embarrassment. She became a tigress; he pretended innocence, with that silly shallow smile. He looked at his watch. Suddenly his manner changed, like a flash. "I'll telephone later, if I can," he said, with a sort of silky ferocity, and flung her from him violently on to the sofa. He was gone. She lay upon the cushions, and sobbed her heart out. The whole…
1905 · PDF PAGE 257
…e is turned—I flame! I melt! I fall! My heart is chilled and dark; My soul’s ethereal spark Is dulled for sorrow ; my despairs recall At last Thy name, O gracious Paphian, Lady of Mercy to the love of man ! Come, come, immortal, of the many thrones ! Sparrows and doves in chariot diamonded Drawn through the midmost air ! O Lady of despair, Who bound the golden helmet of Thine head ? Whose voice rings out the pitiful low tones: ‘Who, who hath wronged thee? And my power atones. ‘‘She who now doth flee, shall soon pursue thee; ‘* She who spurns th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 73
…as made him master of the Event by giving him the understanding that whatever happens to him is the execution of his true will. Thus the last stage of his initiation is expressed in our formula as the final: F — The sériés of transformations has not affected his identity; but it has explained him to himself. Similarly, Copper is still Copper after Cu 4-0 = CuO : -h H2S04 = CuS.Oi^O): -h K2S = CuS(K2S04) l 4- blowpipe and reducing agent = Cu(S). It is the same copper; but we hâve learnt some of its properties. We observe especially that it is in…
1909 · PDF PAGE 11
… it; butin the travelling there is joy. Am I no better than a staphylococcus because my ideas still crowd in chains? But we digress. The last attempts to tabulate knowledge are the Kaddala Denudata of Knorr von Rosenroth (a work incomplete and, in some of its parts, prostituted to the service of dogmatic interpretation), the lost symbolism of the Vault in which Christian Rosenkreutzis said to have been buried, some of the work of Dr. Dee and Sir Edward Kelly, some very imperfect tables in Cornelius Agrippa, the “Art” of Raymond Lully, some of t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 116
…A. But love thou me !_ My husband is distraught. ORPHEUS. . Madness is on him for thy punishment. MEDEA. Sing, therefore ! ORPHEUS. This last song of theirs was sweet, MEDEA. Thine therefore should be sweeter. ORPHEUS., The Gods grant it ! Lift up this love of peace and bliss, The starry soul of wine, Destruction’s formidable kiss, The lamp of the divine : This shadow of a nobler name Whose life is strife, whose soul is fame ! I rather will exalt the soul Of man to loftier height, And kindle at a livelier coal The subtler soul of Light. From th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 7
… case offers two instances of this principle. Frater Perdurabo specifically swore that He would renounce His Personal possessions to the last penny5 also that He would allow no human affection to hinder Elim. Ihese ternis were accepted; He was granted infinitely more than He had imagined possible to any incarnated Man. On the other hand, the price offered by Him was exacted as stnctly as if it had been stipulated by Shylock. Kvery tieasure that he had on earth was taken away, and that, usually, 111 so biutal 01 ciuel a manner as to make the los…
1906 · PDF PAGE 100
…ystic things That no man born of woman understands, And therefore does not dare to contradict. JASON. He who speaks much and bitterly at last Lays himself open to retort. I think I never heard such contradictions fly As when men talk of gods—that never were ! ARGUS. Thou wouldst do better to leave men alone. The wisest talk is folly when work waits. Look ! how these sturdy villains gape around, Fling down their task, and hang upon the words That flow like nectar from your majesty. 1 The gibe in these twenty lines is against Rudyard Kipling’s si…
1906 · PDF PAGE 143
…hat didst thou do? Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Criospa. What did I not do? RuPuHa. Tell! Tell! Tis a spell. CriosDa. I will tell all. me up With the last word ! RupuHa. It obeys? No! No! Ho! Ho! All! O sea, swallow CriospA. Thou sinister one ! I duly did ; That drugged (and dancing with delight thereof The maiden’s mind) the maiden’s body prone Lay on her altar. Then she gave consent, And I smote once. RupHa. Ha! Ha! What came then? Criospa. I tore out her heart, and held its flame aloft. The blackening Thy rite blood Gushed on my arms—and then— Rupua. Ho!…
1905 · PDF PAGE 97
…ove, to the song of the brook, its murmurs and cadences, trills and low chords ; Hark to its silence, that prelude of wonder| ringing at last like the clamour of swords That clash in the wrath of the warring of lords. Listen, oh, listen! the nightingale near us swoonsa farewell tothe blossoming brake; Listen, the thrush in the meadow is singing notes that move sinuous, lithe as a snake ; The cushats are cooing, the world is awake. 1 Crowley's biographer will note the astonish- ing coincidences of scene and incident between this poem and the eve…
1929 · PDF PAGE 19
…l have plenty of time to talk to you at Naples." Lisa sat up with a shock. Despite her interest in the subject, her brain had tired. The last words galvanized her. "I shall explain after lunch," continued the mystic, lighting a third Partaga; "meanwhile, I have wandered slightly from the subject, as you were too polite to remark. I was going to show you how a soul with a weak hold on its tenant could be expelled by another; how, indeed, half-a-dozen personalities could take turns to live in one body. That they are [29] real, independent souls i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 163
…y for the Great Adventure. So they stood like tall lilies about the coruscating cone of Light, wondering, doubting, drooping. But at the last came one taller than all the rest, sadder of mien, and lovelier of features; her robes were stained and soiled, as if by contact with other colours. Artemis drew back with quick repulsion. For the first time the maiden goddess spoke. "What is thy name?" she cried. "I am Malkah of the tribe of the Sickles." "And thy crime?" "I love a mortal." Artemis drew back once more. "Thou, too, hast loved," said Malka…
1944 · PDF PAGE 147
…ded without reason by people who actually know nothing about him but his name‐as a symbol of Terror. This is due to the influence of the last decan of Cancer upon this card. One of his greatest faults is pride; meanness and pettiness of any kind he holds in infinite scorn. His courage is fanatically strong, and his endurance inde‐ fatigable. He is always fighting against odds, and always wins in the long‐the very long‐run. This is principally due to his enormous capacity for work, which he exercises for its own sake, “without lust of result”; p…
1996 · PDF PAGE 149
…ters. I mortified my fastidiousness about caste. I masked my shyness in bravado, and tried to kill it by ostentatious eccentricity. This last mistake came from sheer panic; but all the rest were quite deliberate sacrifices on the altar of my God Magick. They were all accepted, as it then seemed. I attained all my ambitions; yea, and more also. But I know now that I should not have forced my growth, and deformed my destiny. To nail geese to boards and stuff them makes foie gras, very true; but it does not improve the geese. It may be said that I…
1996 · PDF PAGE 145
…ood he craveth, and all Pleasures natural to him, putting himself under the harsh Order of a Trainer. So by this Bondage he hath, at the last, his Will. Now then the one by natural, and the other by voluntary, Restriction have come each to a greater Liberty. This is also a general Law of Biology, for all Development is Structuraliza- tion; that is, a Limitation and Specialization of an originally indeterminate Protoplasm, which latter may therefore be called free, in the Definition of a Pedant. AX—DE ORDINE RERUM [38—On the Ordering of Things] …
1910 · PDF PAGE 350
…From the point of view of pure literature, of course. The book then slobbers off into Gentle-Darwin-meek-and-mild Theosophy. Victoria at last, thank God! I think I’ll slip into the Crack, myself! ALEISTER CROWLEY. THE LITERARY GUIDE. Messrs. Watts and Co, 2d The Journeyings of Joseph. Joseph has gone a-wandering; and, as he cannot even on the billowy waves keep his mouth shut, we are treated in the above official organ to an account of his itinerary as if he were the real original Vasco de Gama. He reminds us rather of the Shoreditch lady who w…
1910 · PDF PAGE 350
…From the point of view of pure literature, of course. The book then slobbers off into Gentle-Darwin-meek-and-mild Theosophy. Victoria at last, thank God! I think I’ll slip into the Crack, myself! ALEISTER CROWLEY. THE LITERARY GUIDE. Messrs. Watts and Co, 2d The Journeyings of Joseph. Joseph has gone a-wandering; and, as he cannot even on the billowy waves keep his mouth shut, we are treated in the above official organ to an account of his itinerary as if he were the real original Vasco de Gama. He reminds us rather of the Shoreditch lady who w…
1910 · PDF PAGE 167
…o bad breaks; third to sixth, no breaks occurred. At the end of the experiment P. was able to repeat all MAitrananda had said except the last remark.* August gth. Practised Mental Muttering of the Mantra: “Namo Shivaya Namaha Aum.” I found that with Rechaka the voice sounds as if from the Con- fines of the Universe: but with Puraka as if from the third eye. Whilst doing this in the Saivite A’sanat I found the eyes, without conscious volition, are drawn up and behold the third eye. (Ajna Chakkra.) roth, A day of revelation of Arcana. Ten minutes…
1910 · PDF PAGE 167
…o bad breaks; third to sixth, no breaks occurred. At the end of the experiment P. was able to repeat all MAitrananda had said except the last remark.* August gth. Practised Mental Muttering of the Mantra: “Namo Shivaya Namaha Aum.” I found that with Rechaka the voice sounds as if from the Con- fines of the Universe: but with Puraka as if from the third eye. Whilst doing this in the Saivite A’sanat I found the eyes, without conscious volition, are drawn up and behold the third eye. (Ajna Chakkra.) roth, A day of revelation of Arcana. Ten minutes…
1930 · PDF PAGE 41
… too much too suddenly. If John Huss had cackled more like a hen, he might hâve survived Michaelmas, and been esteemed for his eggs. The last fifty years hâve laid the axe of analysis to the root of every axiomj they are triflers who content themselves with lopping the blossoming twigs of our beliefs, or the boughs of our intellectual instruments. We can no longer assert any single proposition, unless we guard ourselves by enumerating countless conditions which must be assumed. This digression has outstayed its welcomej it was only invited by W…
1906 · PDF PAGE 74
…se And therefore mayst without attaint o’erlook The dedicated words which writers use Of their fair subjects.”’ The Sonnets. I LEARNT at last some sort of confidence, Called me the fool I was, knowing my skill Proven of old, all women’s native will To do all things soever that lack sense, Especially if evil : thoughts immense Like this I thought: plumes of my amorous quill I tickled her withal: then grave and still Waited secure: the silence grew intense. She read—and saw me but a beardless boy, Too young to fear, too gentle not to pity, Not ov…