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Page 84 of 1051929 · PDF PAGE 42
…n divine the unknown by study of the known, just as one’s knowledge of Latin and Greek enables one to understand some unfamiliar English word derived from those sources. Also, there is the similar case of the Periodic Law in Chemistry, which enables Science to prophesy, and so in the end to discover, the existence of certain previously unsuspected éléments in nature. Ail discussions upon philosophy are necessarily stérile, since truth is beyond language. Tliey are, liowever, useful if carried far enough — if carried to the point when it becomes…
1930 · PDF PAGE 37
…is absolute, and the whole insusceptible of increase or diminution. It is (in fact) tech- nically a pantacle in the fullest sense of the word. Let us consider some prominent examples of such System. We may observe that a common mode of divination is to inquire of books by placing the thumb at random within the leaves. The Books of the Sybil, the Works of Vergil, and the Bible hâve been used ’very frequently for this purpose. For theoretical justification, one must assume that the book employed is a perfect représentation of the Universe. But ev…
1906 · PDF PAGE 97
…rife Lie in his bosom for a wife ! But oh, the glory of the quest, ' The gainless goodly prize ! The fairest form man e’er caressed, The word he heard most wise ;— All lures of life avoid and cease Before the winning of the Fleece ! O nameless splendour of the Gods, Begotten hardly of Heaven ! Unspoken treasure of the abodes Beyond the lightning levin ! No misery, no despair may pay * The joy to hold thee for a day ! JASON. Athena’s servant recks not much of Ares. PELIAS. Are thine eyes kindled at thought ? the golden JASON. Mine eyes see farth…
1930 · PDF PAGE 42
which is not dépendent on cérébral structures consisting of matter in lise vulgar sense of the word ? 2) “Matter” includes ail that is moveable. Thus, electric waves are “matter”. There is no reason to deny the existence of Beings who perceive by other means those subtle forces which we only perceive by our instruments. 3) We can influence other Beings, conscious or no, as lion- tamers, gardeners, etc. ; and are influenced by them, as bv storms, bacilli, etc. 4) There is an apparent gap between our senses and their correspondances in consciousn…
1996 · PDF PAGE 14
…e gone on the principle of omitting from the Commentary anything that I cannot myself understand. I have not, however, left out a single word of The Book of the Law itself; following the strict and, without doubt, the right injunction that this should not be done. My scribe [...] shall not in one letter change this book; but lest there be folly, he shall comment thereupon [...] The Law itself must, therefore, stand wholly as it was transmitted; every sentence of it is integrated with every other; 1:36
1929 · PDF PAGE 100
… The exchange of property is not a mathematically accurate équation. The Wand is merely a conventional expression of the Will, just as a word is of a thought. It can never be anything else; thus, though the process of making it, whether it involves time, money, or labour, is a spiritual and moral synthesis, it is not measurable in terms of its éléments. 64
1929 · PDF PAGE 119
…every direction ; moreover, to influence that which lives by breath in the sense of his purpose, and to summon it to bear witness to his Word. The hands are used as symbols of his executive power, the bell to represent his consciousness exalted into music. To strike with the wand is to utter the fiat of création ; the cup vibrâtes with his delight in receiving spiritual wine. A blow with the dagger is like the signal for battle. The disk is used to express the throwing down of the price of one’s purchase. To stamp with the foot is to déclaré on…
1907 · PDF PAGE 101
…ideous way. What? Must we pray? Verily, O thou littlest babe, too weak To stir or speak, So we, Capable hardly of a thought, yet seed Of word and deed! ‘To thine assured fruition we may trust This weary dust. We who are old, and palsied, (and so wise !) Lift up our eyes To little children, as the storm-tossed bark Hails in the dark Some hardly visible harbour light ; we hold The hours of gold To our own breasts, whose hours are iron and brass :-— So swift they pass And grind us down :—we hold the wondrous light Our scattering sight Yet sees, th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 171
…r fangs upon the Cubical Stone of the Unutterable? Oh ye magistral ministrants of the Shrine of the Unspeakable Abomination! Hear ye the Word of Blasphemy!" He spoke rapidly and thickly in a tongue unknown to Butcher, who became alarmed, and even took his legs off the table. "Say!" he cried. "Have a heart! Can the rough dope, Count! This is a straight proposition, honest to God!" "I am already aware of your sincerity," answered the other. "But infinite courage is required to confront those formidable Entities that lie in wait for the seeker eve…
1930 · PDF PAGE 24
…ter , and it can move freelv in every direction * ni ough space. But this is because “matter”, in the sense in which we commonly use the word, is on another plane 2. Now this fine body perceives a uni verse which we do not ordinarily . perceive. It does not necessarily perceive the universe which we do normally perceive, so although in this body I can pass through the roof, it does not follow that I shall be able to tell what the weather is like. I might do so, or I might not; Dut if I could not, it would not prove that I was deceiving myself m…
1996 · PDF PAGE 66
…t, it is also intensely sensitive. Put in an unsuitable environment, it may pro duce grotesque or malignant perversions of its father’s Word. We are all aware that fine children are born of healthy mothers who are true and worthy mates of their husbands. The children of
1907 · PDF PAGE 159
LIBER PRIMUS VEL CARMINUM 153 I hear not a word, Though my music be rolled As the song of a bird Through fields of gold. Hast thou not heard? Have I not told The magic that bridleth the Gods, the Gods in their houses of old? Art thou elder than they In their mountain of light? Is thy fugitive way Lost in uttermost night? Shalt thou not obey, Or my lyre not affright, If I call thee by Heaven and Earth with a God’s tumultuous might? If I curse thee or chide Shalt thou tremble not, Thou? Not move thee and hide From the light of my brow? Shall my a…
1919 · PDF PAGE 149
… longer. I wanted to sing very much, and in fact did join in one song and made slip noted above. I find it very difficult to leave out a word throughout a song, even if singing with others. Thursday, Jan. 12, 7.35 P.M. Have felt much better to-day and had much more control so far. At 8.58 A.M. I recorded one failure, but this time not spoken audibly; the meaning however was in mind, so I count it. I was repeating the time after being told it by a friend, viz., one and a half minutes to nine. Again at 6.35 P.M. once, but also inaudible. I comple…
1929 · PDF PAGE 49
… we shall exalt the mind by repeated prayers or conjurations to the highest conception of the God, until, in one sense or another of the Word, He appears to us and floods our consciousness with the light of His divinity. The Third Method is the Dramatic, perhaps the most attractive of ail; certainly it is so to the artist’s tempérament, for it appeals to his imagination through his aesthetic sense. Its disadvantage lies principally in the difficulty of its per¬ formance by a single person. But it has the sanction of the highest antiquity, and i…
1906 · PDF PAGE 277
… life? Will Mr. Ches- terton never be happy until he is hanged? These then are the rear-guard actions of his retiring and beaten army. A word is * In the American Civil War, 1861-64. were not men, only Americans. t Thisis mere rhetoric. Crowley was perfectly familiar with the conditions of ‘‘ free” wage labour. But they Scept. Astronomers are: paid, insufficiently paid, it is true, but still paid, to calculate the movements of the various heavenly bodies. These, being regular, or regularly irregular, The army itself is pretty well out of sight.…
1905 · PDF PAGE 249
…y devilish lusts on me unfortunate ! There is no gateway to this fortalice? Thy fiends surround me? Hein! their pangs begin ! I have one word, one cry, one exorcism : Avé Maria ! VENUS. Mercy! Mercy, God! [ Zhunder rolls in the lightning-riven sky. All the illusion vanishes, and TANNHAUSER finds himself in a cross-way of the forest, where is a Crucifix. eis kneeling at the foot, amazed, as one awakening from a dream, orfrom aviston of mysterious power. "TANNHAUSER. I am escapéd as a little bird Out of the fowler’s net. I thank Thee, God! For in…
1929 · PDF PAGE 167
the shadow logomachoepy's — (my) story's of death nodal puncts — limits With these striking words the official Report of Douglas' chief commissioner began. It would be tedious to quote the 488 folio pages in full. Douglas himself did not read it; the transcript made by Vesquit of Abdul Bey's "inspiration," with a few [235] practical questions to the latter, told him all that he needed. Audience over, he dismissed Arthwait and his companion with orders to hold themselves in readiness for a renewal of the campaign. Douglas had many a moment of bi…
1996 · PDF PAGE 215
… is for All 39. All this and a book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever—for in it is the word secret & not only in the English—and thy comment upon this the Book of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beautiful paper made by hand; and to each man and woman that thou meetest, were it but to dine or to drink at them, it is the Law to give. Then they shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no odds. Do this quickly! 40. But the work of the comment? That is easy; and…
1909 · PDF PAGE 268
…luid is changed into the semblance of blood, so mayest thou change and perish, if thou betrayest thine oath of secrecy of this Order, by word or deed!” The Hierophant then says: “Resume your seat in the N.W., and remember that your admission to this Order gives you no right to initiate any other person without dispensation from the greatly honoured chiefs of the Second Order.” Thus ends the Admission, after which the Closing takes place. THE CLOSING The Closing Ceremony is opened by the cry: “HEKAS, HEKAS, ESTE, BEBELOI!” and the greater part o…
1909 · PDF PAGE 268
…luid is changed into the semblance of blood, so mayest thou change and perish, if thou betrayest thine oath of secrecy of this Order, by word or deed!” The Hierophant then says: “Resume your seat in the N.W., and remember that your admission to this Order gives you no right to initiate any other person without dispensation from the greatly honoured chiefs of the Second Order.” Thus ends the Admission, after which the Closing takes place. THE CLOSING The Closing Ceremony is opened by the cry: “HEKAS, HEKAS, ESTE, BEBELOI!” and the greater part o…