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Page 84 of 1231909 · PDF PAGE 66
…in-Laeca. See Lord Lytton’s ”Strange Story.“—ED.] I will now devote myself to sleep, willing Adonai. Lord Adonai, give me deep rest like death, so that in very few hours I may be awake and active, full of lion- strength of purpose toward Thee! My heroic conduct was nearly worth a “ Nuit Blanche.” For, being so thoroughly awake, I had all my Prana irritated, a feeling like the onset of a malarial attack, twelve hours before the temperature rises. I dare say it was after 3 o’clock when I slept ; I woke too, several times, and ought to have risen …
1913 · PDF PAGE 339
… of all men are common, and they expiate each other’s faults, as they make merit for each other by their virtues. “The penalty of sin is death. “Sin itself, moreover, is a penalty, and the greatest of penalties. A great crime is nothing but a great misfortune. “ The worst of men is he who thinks himself better than his fellows. “ Passionate men are excusable, because they are passive; passion means suffering, and also redemption through sorrow. “What we call liberty is nothing but the all-mightiness of divine compulsion. The martyrs said: ‘It i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 339
… of all men are common, and they expiate each other’s faults, as they make merit for each other by their virtues. “The penalty of sin is death. “Sin itself, moreover, is a penalty, and the greatest of penalties. A great crime is nothing but a great misfortune. “ The worst of men is he who thinks himself better than his fellows. “ Passionate men are excusable, because they are passive; passion means suffering, and also redemption through sorrow. “What we call liberty is nothing but the all-mightiness of divine compulsion. The martyrs said: ‘It i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 585
… Wolfe is of interest in that it relates to the events of this final chapter: "A villifying report of what took place at the time of the death of Raoul Loveday, at the Abbey of Thelema in Cefalu, having come to my attention, leads me to write a brief account of that unhappy event, as I was not only there during Raoul's brief sojourn at the Abbey, but I took care of him on his deathbed. "He arrived in Cefalu from London late in November, or early December, 1922, pale and aenemic, and had just recovered from a rather severe septic throat. "The we…
1904 · PDF PAGE 37
…the last survivor of what had been the gallant 72nd. The G.rd.ns had perished to a man the day before, and the Bl.ck W.tch, loyal to the death, had barely lasted through the morning. I was pulled, rather than led, by the despairing maids of honour into the royal bedchamber. By the bed the P....e of W...s with dogged heroism, game and grit to the last, was lifting for the final effort his fantastically- tattooed bean-tosser upon the stupendous crinkum-crankum of the Imperial fuckstress.
1907 · PDF PAGE 187
…xistence . At length filled with the experience of worldly things seeking the Sublime , he finds it. The kingdom of Dis , the terrors of Death are vanquished , “ and , like this in substantial pageant faded , leave not a rack behind .” Yet how difficult is all this without the guidance of a master hand , the hand which supports but does not hold , directing but never compelling . Then the Isis of Aceldama is unveiled , and the secret is caught from the age - worn lips of the Sphinx . On the crimson field of the Exoteric the body of ex clusive E…
1909 · PDF PAGE 66
… the fullest itching from the use of the drug. I recommend it to them for, slaves and swine as they are, it must inevitably drag them to death by the road of a certi- fiable insanity less dangerous to society than their present subtler moral beastliness. I think, too, that Baudelaire altogether exaggerates the reaction. I never felt the slightest fatigue or lassitude ; but went from the experiments to my other work with accustomed freshness and energy. Probably, however, these effects depend largely on the sample of the drug employed ; some may…
1909 · PDF PAGE 66
… the fullest itching from the use of the drug. I recommend it to them for, slaves and swine as they are, it must inevitably drag them to death by the road of a certi- fiable insanity less dangerous to society than their present subtler moral beastliness. I think, too, that Baudelaire altogether exaggerates the reaction. I never felt the slightest fatigue or lassitude ; but went from the experiments to my other work with accustomed freshness and energy. Probably, however, these effects depend largely on the sample of the drug employed ; some may…
1944 · PDF PAGE 124
… the Black Sabbath when thou didst kiss the hairy buttocks of the goat, when the gnarled god tore thee asunder, when the icy cataract of death swept thee away. Shriek, therefore, shriek aloud; mingle the roar of the gored lion and the moan of the torn bull, and the cry of the man that is torn by the claws of the Eagle, and the scream of the Eagle that is strangled by the hands of the Man. Mingle all these in the death‐shriek of the Sphinx, for the blind man hath profaned her mystery. Who is this, Oedipus, Tiresias, Erinyes? Who is this, that is…
1907 · PDF PAGE 96
…ould never have released his neck .” The King dies and soon the Queen also . Love is symbolized in this poem in its higher form as above death . She seeks and finds " There is no sin .” And I? I knew not anything , but know We are still silent , and united so , And all our being spells one vast To Be , A passion like the passion of the sea .? Besides the freedom of lovers , Aleister Crowley advocates the freedom of the children of love ; he does not visit the sins of the fathers on the children , as conventionality cruelly does . Though he is a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 129
…ng do not lie, and her white hair was blackening, lapped by a congealing stream. “T withdrew into the room. Since I have learnt that any death brings with it a strange sense of relief. There is a certain finality. La comédie est jouée—and one turns with new life to the next business. “The golden child had never stirred. But now she crouched lower, and fell to soft, sweet crying. “«Your mother is dead,’ I said abruptly. ‘ May I offer you the guardianship of my godmother, the Duchess of Castelnaudary? Come, mademoiselle, let us go.’ “«T thank you…
1909 · PDF PAGE 129
…ng do not lie, and her white hair was blackening, lapped by a congealing stream. “T withdrew into the room. Since I have learnt that any death brings with it a strange sense of relief. There is a certain finality. La comédie est jouée—and one turns with new life to the next business. “The golden child had never stirred. But now she crouched lower, and fell to soft, sweet crying. “«Your mother is dead,’ I said abruptly. ‘ May I offer you the guardianship of my godmother, the Duchess of Castelnaudary? Come, mademoiselle, let us go.’ “«T thank you…
1910 · PDF PAGE 156
…Zero. Now [Persian text] has the value of 12. The symbolism of this number will occur to all students. But without coursing that hare to death, we may lightly touch upon the traces of Hua through the languages He- brew Hua, English He ; and note the remarkable similarity to Allah of Ille, Il, Lui, Le and so on. The Hebrew Allah is [He, Lamed, Aleph] usually transli- terated by our empirics Eloah, perhaps dropping an L. because 36 is the value of [He, Lamed, Aleph] and the sum of the first nine numbers (0 to 8) 9 being the number of their Divine…
1911 · PDF PAGE 14
…verse conditions of life upon this earth. In all 01 these is some seed of sorrow. Who can escape from sickness and from old age and from death ? 12᾿We are come to save our fellows from these things. For there is a life intense with knowledge and extreme bliss which is untouched by any of them. 13. To this life we attain even here and now. The adepts, the servants 01 V.V.V.V.V., have attained thereunto. 14. It is impossible to tell you 01 the splendours of that to which they have attained. Little by little, as your eyes grow stronger, will we un…
1911 · PDF PAGE 14
…verse conditions of life upon this earth. In all 01 these is some seed of sorrow. Who can escape from sickness and from old age and from death ? 12᾿We are come to save our fellows from these things. For there is a life intense with knowledge and extreme bliss which is untouched by any of them. 13. To this life we attain even here and now. The adepts, the servants 01 V.V.V.V.V., have attained thereunto. 14. It is impossible to tell you 01 the splendours of that to which they have attained. Little by little, as your eyes grow stronger, will we un…
1911 · PDF PAGE 78
…e poison of life. Fifty are the gates of understanding, and one hundred and six are the seasons thereof. And the name of every season is Death. During all this speech, the figure of the Angel has dwindled and flickered, and now it is gone out. And I come back in the body, rushing like a flame in a great wind. And the shew-stone has become warm, and in it is its own light. Bou-SAaDa. December 3, 1909. 9.50-11.15 p.m. Tue Cry OF THE 13TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED ZIM Into the Stone there cometh an image of shining waters, glistening in the sun. Unf…
1912 · PDF PAGE 116
…VANT ushers ih 11 !111181111 Eli/er L. MRS. B013 iii a state of 7/10/8111 exeilemezzfl Mrs. B. Go! go! Why will you stay in this house of death ? (The Patient mohifeSis surprise.) Go! go! I say. My husband can see no more patients to—day. [She shows him om‘, returns lo centre of siege, breaks out crying, and goes of L. as DR. BOB and DR. FIELDING return. Their loud voices are heard arguing without] Dr. F. It might have killed her; and it very nearly did. Dr. B. Look here, Fielding, this is too bad. Hang it, if you’d brought me the girl a year ag…
1912 · PDF PAGE 116
…VANT ushers ih 11 !111181111 Eli/er L. MRS. B013 iii a state of 7/10/8111 exeilemezzfl Mrs. B. Go! go! Why will you stay in this house of death ? (The Patient mohifeSis surprise.) Go! go! I say. My husband can see no more patients to—day. [She shows him om‘, returns lo centre of siege, breaks out crying, and goes of L. as DR. BOB and DR. FIELDING return. Their loud voices are heard arguing without] Dr. F. It might have killed her; and it very nearly did. Dr. B. Look here, Fielding, this is too bad. Hang it, if you’d brought me the girl a year ag…
1913 · PDF PAGE 363
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES itself, and the reward of virtue; force of resignation, belief of obedience, joy of sorrow, life of death, hail! Salutation and glory to thee! If intelligence is a lamp, thou art its flame; ifit is right, thou art duty; if it is nobility, thou art happiness. Love, full of pride and modesty in thy mysteries, divine love, hidden love, love insensate and sublime, Titan who takest Heaven in both hands, and forcest it to earth, final and ineffable secret of Christian widowhood, love eternal, love infinite, ideal which would …
1913 · PDF PAGE 363
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES itself, and the reward of virtue; force of resignation, belief of obedience, joy of sorrow, life of death, hail! Salutation and glory to thee! If intelligence is a lamp, thou art its flame; ifit is right, thou art duty; if it is nobility, thou art happiness. Love, full of pride and modesty in thy mysteries, divine love, hidden love, love insensate and sublime, Titan who takest Heaven in both hands, and forcest it to earth, final and ineffable secret of Christian widowhood, love eternal, love infinite, ideal which would …