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Page 83 of 1201911 · PDF PAGE 28
…e rest shall be a young universe rejoicing in its strength; the meadows thereof shall be covered with flowers. There shall we rest but a night, and in the morning we shall flee away, comforted. Now, to myself, I have imagined the chariot of which the voice spake, and I looked to see who was with me in the chariot. It was an Angel of golden hair and golden skin, whose eyes were bluer than the sea, whose mouth was redder than the fire, whose breath was ambrosial air. Finer than a spider’s web were her robes. And they were of the seven colours. Al…
1911 · PDF PAGE 130
…X Then again arose the God Thoth, in the sign of the Enterer, and he drove the seer from before his face. And he fell through the starry night unto the little village in the desert. BENISHRUR, ALGERIA. December 10, 1909. 7.40-9.40 p.m. Tue Cry OF THE 5TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED LIT There is a shining pylon, above which is set the sigil of the eye, within the shining triangle. Light streams through the pylon from before the face of Isis-Hathor, for she weareth the lunar crown of cows’ horns, with the disk in the centre; at her breast she beareth…
1911 · PDF PAGE 238
…ings the world enfold. I alight in mighty splendour from the throned boats of light; Companies of Spirits follow me ; adore the Lords of Night. Yea, with gladness did they paean, bowing low before my car, In my ears their homage echoed from the sunrise to the star. I have risen! I am gathered as a lovely hawk of gold, I the first—born of the Mother in her ecStasy of old. Lo! I come to face the dweller in the sacred snake of Khem; Come to face the Babe and Lion, come to measure force with them! Ah! these locks flow down, a river, as the earth’s be…
1911 · PDF PAGE 238
…ings the world enfold. I alight in mighty splendour from the throned boats of light; Companies of Spirits follow me ; adore the Lords of Night. Yea, with gladness did they paean, bowing low before my car, In my ears their homage echoed from the sunrise to the star. I have risen! I am gathered as a lovely hawk of gold, I the first—born of the Mother in her ecStasy of old. Lo! I come to face the dweller in the sacred snake of Khem; Come to face the Babe and Lion, come to measure force with them! Ah! these locks flow down, a river, as the earth’s be…
1913 · PDF PAGE 555
… great prophet of drunkards, Edgar Poe, that sublime madman, that genius of lucid extravagance, has depicted with terrifying reality the night- mares of perversity. ... “T killed the old man because he squinted.” “I did that because I ought not to have done it.” There is the terrible antistrophe of Tertullian’s Credo guia absurdun.. To brave God and to insult Him, is a final act of faith. “The dead praise thee not, O Lord,” said the Psalmist; and we might add if we dared: ‘‘ The dead do not blaspheme thee.” “O my son!” said a father as he leane…
1913 · PDF PAGE 555
… great prophet of drunkards, Edgar Poe, that sublime madman, that genius of lucid extravagance, has depicted with terrifying reality the night- mares of perversity. ... “T killed the old man because he squinted.” “I did that because I ought not to have done it.” There is the terrible antistrophe of Tertullian’s Credo guia absurdun.. To brave God and to insult Him, is a final act of faith. “The dead praise thee not, O Lord,” said the Psalmist; and we might add if we dared: ‘‘ The dead do not blaspheme thee.” “O my son!” said a father as he leane…
1919 · PDF PAGE 331
…anayama (control of breath-force). At first it resembles distant surf, though in the adept it is more like the twittering of innumerable night- ingales; but this sound is premonitory, as it were, the veil of more distinct and articulate sounds which come later. It corresponds in hearing to that dark veil which is seen when the eyes are closed, although in this case a certain degree of progress is necessary before anything at all is heard. 3. Having become indifferent to objects of perception, the pupil must seek out the Rajah (king) of the sens…
1922 · PDF PAGE 206
CHAPTER IV BELOW THE BRUTES September 13 I wonDER: how I have lived through this. Peter camé in last night just after I had closed my diary. I had never seen him like it before; his eyes were half out of his head, bloodshot and furious. He must have been drinking like a madman. He was trembling with rage. He came straight up to me, and hit me de- liberately in the face. “ That'll teach you,’ he shouted, and called me a foul name. : I couldn’t answer. I was too hurt, not by the blow, but by the surprise. I had pictured it so differently. He stag…
1911 · PDF PAGE 135
…gin to wonder if you have not the Ring!" " ‘This is a secret sign,’ " he quoted, “ ‘and thou shalt not disclose it unto the profane.’ To—night yours be the ring— the Eternal Ring, the Serpent to twine about my heart.” “ Ahl could I crush it I " He closed the door. Like a priest celebrating his first high mass he led her through Paris Neither spoke. Only as they mounted the steps of the Café he took her arm and said, sharply and sternly: “Attention! From this moment I am Edgar Rolles, and you are Ida Pendragon. No more: not a thought of our real …
1911 · PDF PAGE 135
…gin to wonder if you have not the Ring!" " ‘This is a secret sign,’ " he quoted, “ ‘and thou shalt not disclose it unto the profane.’ To—night yours be the ring— the Eternal Ring, the Serpent to twine about my heart.” “ Ahl could I crush it I " He closed the door. Like a priest celebrating his first high mass he led her through Paris Neither spoke. Only as they mounted the steps of the Café he took her arm and said, sharply and sternly: “Attention! From this moment I am Edgar Rolles, and you are Ida Pendragon. No more: not a thought of our real …
1944 · PDF PAGE 76
The canopy of the Chariot is the night‐sky‐blue of Binah. The pillars are the four pillars of the Universe, the regimen of Tetragrammaton. The scarlet wheels represent the original energy of Geburah which causes the revolving motion. This chariot is drawn by four sphinxes composed of the four Kerubs, the Bull, the Lion, the Eagle and the Man. In each sphinx these elements are counter‐changed; thus the whole represents the sixteen sub‐elements. The Charioteer is clothed in the amber‐coloured armour appropriate to the sign. He is throned in the c…
1996 · PDF PAGE 77
…aimeth thee as thou goest, transcendental in Joy and in Splendour; and thy Light is as a Beacon to them that Wander afar, strayed in the Night. Amount The “old comment” covers the rest of this verse sufficiently for the present purpose.2 I see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to “the wise”; others will hardly understand my explanations. Tzaddi [H] is the letter of “The Emperor,” the Trump IV, and he [H] is “The Star,” the Trump XVII. Aquarius and Aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of Pisces, just as, in the Tru…
1909 · PDF PAGE 135
…y private seal. Each railed house I investigated separately and thoroughly. By virtue of my position I was welcome everywhere. But every night I paced the Rue des Quatre Vents, awaiting . . . “ Awaiting what? Well, in the end, perhaps death. The children gibed at me; passers-by shunned me. 125
1909 · PDF PAGE 355
…ls and knowes, and take up their dwelling beside the Dwarfie Stone on the island of Hoy. The change was to be effected one evening at midnight, when the moon would be full and everything in favour of their flitting. The fateful night arrived, and the fairy train set out upon their journey. They bade farewell to the grassy hillocks upon which they had danced so often, and to the rocky caverns, the scene of their nightly revels, and all hied to the trysting-place, which was the Black Craig of Strom- ness, chanting an elfin song as they went. Ther…
1909 · PDF PAGE 135
…y private seal. Each railed house I investigated separately and thoroughly. By virtue of my position I was welcome everywhere. But every night I paced the Rue des Quatre Vents, awaiting . . . “ Awaiting what? Well, in the end, perhaps death. The children gibed at me; passers-by shunned me. 125
1909 · PDF PAGE 355
…ls and knowes, and take up their dwelling beside the Dwarfie Stone on the island of Hoy. The change was to be effected one evening at midnight, when the moon would be full and everything in favour of their flitting. The fateful night arrived, and the fairy train set out upon their journey. They bade farewell to the grassy hillocks upon which they had danced so often, and to the rocky caverns, the scene of their nightly revels, and all hied to the trysting-place, which was the Black Craig of Strom- ness, chanting an elfin song as they went. Ther…
1910 · PDF PAGE 90
82 The Peace, the Jealousy, and the Ecstasy of God. The night is full of small breezes, blowing apple- blossoms hither and thither. All the stars shine, and thou shalt have a caress for every star. But there is only one moon, and only once shall thy podex be invaded ; for not until the dawn breaks will El Qahar withdraw his member. Even so that happy one, who is united with Al- lah, shall never leave Him ; so the crimson of the West shall fade into the blue of the whole sky, and the blue be illumined by the streamers of the false dawn, which is…
1919 · PDF PAGE 343
… a further Arcanum connected with this which it would be im- proper here to divulge. 33. The moth attracted to the dazzling flame of thy night lamp is doomed to perish in the viscid oil. The unwary Soul that fails to grapple with the mocking demon of illusion, will return to earth the slave of Méra. The result of failing to reject rewards is the return to earth. The temptation is to regard oneself as having at- tained, and so do no more work. 34. Behold the Hosts of Souls. Watch how they hover o’er the stormy sea of human life, and how, exhaust…
1907 · PDF PAGE 36
THE LOOKING -GLASS 29 The work is finished , and the Night rolled back ! I am the rising Sun of Life and Light , The Glory of the Shining of the Dawn ! I am Osiris ! I the Lord of Life Triumphant over death O Sorrow , Sorrow , Sorrow of the World ! 1 That such similarities as we have pointed out above show Aleister Crowley to be a copyist , must be far from the minds of all his readers . Youth most certainly tends towards certain ideals , and frequently results in a definite hero - worship ; but genius cannot be bound for long ; it will eventua…
1907 · PDF PAGE 324
THE NEW WINE 317 bush—or a flaming chariot-or a still small voice , and joining myself to God I become one spirit with him . As : O night ! Fade , love ! Fade , light ! I pass beyond Life's law . I melt as snow ; as ice 1 thaw ; As mist I dissipate : I am borne , I draw Through chasms on the mountains : stormy gusts Of ancient sorrows and forgotten lusts Bear me along : they touch me not : I waste. The memory of long lives interlaced Fades in my tading . I disintegrate Fall into black oblivion of Fate . My being divides . I have forgot my name …