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Page 85 of 1231919 · PDF PAGE 63
…the next period. It has throughout proved impossible to elucidate the complex facts. We content ourselves, then, with observing that the death of one of his two colleagues, and the weakness of the other, secured to S.R.M.D. the sole authority. The rituals were elaborated, though scholarly enough, into verbose and pretentious nonsense: the knowledge proved worth- less, even where it was correct: for it is in vain that pearls, be they never so clear and precious, are given to the swine. The ordeals were turned into contempt, it being impos- sible…
1954 · PDF PAGE 263
…ll-most of us, anyhow-born with this hankering after the definite; it is our weakness that yearns for repose. We do not see that this is death; if any of these answers could be cut off short and neatly trimmed with paper frills like a ham, it would no longer be even an approximation to truth. I am quite sure that this is the Doctrine of the Tao, and of opinion that no other body of teaching puts forward its thought more clearly or more simply. Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666
1961 · PDF PAGE 212
…y sought Joy by a crude Denial of what Truth (or rather, Fact) they had perceived concerning he Universe, so that they set up an Idol of Death for their God, in very Rage of Hatred against the Sum of their own Selves. b
1913 · PDF PAGE 58
…ery heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. 7. Iam the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. ‘Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. 8. Who worshipped Heru-pa-kraath have worshipped me; ill, for I am the worshipper. g. Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains. 10. O prophet! thou hast ill wi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 58
…ery heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. 7. Iam the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. ‘Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. 8. Who worshipped Heru-pa-kraath have worshipped me; ill, for I am the worshipper. g. Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains. 10. O prophet! thou hast ill wi…
1961 · PDF PAGE 218
…is Wisdom unto thee, and to reveal the Mysteries of Truth. Now of all these this is the Root, that Truth is not fixed with the Rigour of Death, but vital with Lust of Change, and enflamed with the Love of its opposite. Thus even Falsehood is not alien to Truth, for the Perfection of Nature com- prehendeth all. But all these Things are written in The Book of the Law, after which do I limp painfully; afar off, upon the poor Crutch of mine Understanding of its Word; yea, I am well assured that in that Book are writ all Things soever; but we, being…
1907 · PDF PAGE 134
… lyre. Determined to die or control Those strings the immortal at last, though the strings of this heart of me bleed. Come life, or come death ; come disdain Or honour from mutable men, I cry in this passionate pain— My blood be poured out in the pen! Euterpe ! Espouse me ! Inspire My life looking up to Thy lyre! Of thy love, thine alone, am I fain! Be with me, possess me, reveal me the melodies never yet given to men. The starry and heavenly wheels, The earth and her glorious dye, The light that the darkness reveals, The river, the sea, and th…
1909 · PDF PAGE 24
…nd pencil? Is not the Buddha’s goad “ Everything is sorrow” little better than a currish whine? What do I care for old age, disease, and death? I’m a man, and a Celt at that. I spit on your snivelling Hindu prince, emasculate with debauchery in the first place, and asceticism in the second. A weak, dirty, paltry cur, sir, your Gautama! Yes, I think I have no answer to that. The sudden apprehension of some vital catastrophe may have been the exciting cause of my conscious devotion to the attainment of Adeptship—but surely the capacity was there,…
1919 · PDF PAGE 369
… hast to knead with Amrita’s clear waters. But if thou kneadest husks with Maya's dew, thou canst create but food for the black doves of death, the birds of birth, decay and SOrrow. “Amrita” means not only Immortality, but is the techni- cal name of the Divine force which descends upon man, but which is burnt up by his tendencies, by the forces which make him what he is. It is also a certain Elixir which is the Menstruum of Harpocrates. Amrita here is best interpreted thus, for it is in opposition to “Maya.” To interpret illusion is to make con…
1907 · PDF PAGE 172
…ncarnated with a leprous lover !3 Whilst these are seeking the “ Monstrous desires of secret things ,”4 others are ranting about atheist death bed scenes . For these Crowley also has a word : “ Oh , very well !” I think you say , “ Wait only till your dying day ! See whether then you kiss the rod , And bow that proud soul down to God ! ” I perfectly admit the fact ; Quite likely that I so shall act ! 1 The Fatal Force , vol .i, p . 143 . 2 The Mother's Tragedy , vol . i, p . 163 . 3 The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 168 . 4 Ibid . vol…
1910 · PDF PAGE 40
AMBERGRIS 31 Death is made change, and only change is dead. For the most holy spirit of a man Burns through the limit of the wheels that ran Through all the unrelenting skies When Icarus died, And leaps, the flight of wise omnipotent eyes, When Dædalus espied An holy habitation for the shrine Solitary, mid the night of broken brine That foamed like starlight round the desolate shore. So to the mine of that crystalline ore Golden, the electric spark of man is drawn Deep in the bosom of the world, to soar New-fledged, an eagle to the dazzling …
1912 · PDF PAGE 97
…e opened the little safe in the wall at the head of his bed, and drew forth the obscene picture from its envelope marked “ In case of my death or disability THIS PACKET is to be DESTROYED UNOPENED. T. Bugg. ” Then he would sit, and hold it in his hot hands, and gloat upon the evil thing, lifting it now and again to his mouth to cover it with greedy, slobbering kisses And afterwards, when it was- safely locked up again, he would undress with a certain unction. Once even he attempted—with the aid of a bath towelwto take the pose before the mirror…
1912 · PDF PAGE 97
…e opened the little safe in the wall at the head of his bed, and drew forth the obscene picture from its envelope marked “ In case of my death or disability THIS PACKET is to be DESTROYED UNOPENED. T. Bugg. ” Then he would sit, and hold it in his hot hands, and gloat upon the evil thing, lifting it now and again to his mouth to cover it with greedy, slobbering kisses And afterwards, when it was- safely locked up again, he would undress with a certain unction. Once even he attempted—with the aid of a bath towelwto take the pose before the mirror…
1910 · PDF PAGE 315
…did her playmates realize her superiority. The alleged miracles and the reported cases of healing were heard of some ten years after her death, when eye-witnesses had all departed from this world. Yet, of course, they were possible, quite possible, quite. Til “ALL of you, suckling babes, have read the Russian tale of the Man who bought souls—or heard of it. Men of a similar turn of mind exist in Russia, and I want you to concentrate your mind upon such a man, albeit his bargains cost him even less, and were of a more physical reality. From town…
1910 · PDF PAGE 315
…did her playmates realize her superiority. The alleged miracles and the reported cases of healing were heard of some ten years after her death, when eye-witnesses had all departed from this world. Yet, of course, they were possible, quite possible, quite. Til “ALL of you, suckling babes, have read the Russian tale of the Man who bought souls—or heard of it. Men of a similar turn of mind exist in Russia, and I want you to concentrate your mind upon such a man, albeit his bargains cost him even less, and were of a more physical reality. From town…
1910 · PDF PAGE 18
… interesting points. We went to work accordingly during my last leave in England, and accomplished (I think) a good deal. (Major Lutiy’s death left this paragraph incom- plete. I need only add that on his departure for the front he sent the MSS., with numerous further ad- ditions, to me. I have retained the paragraph to explain the occasional diversity of opinion in read- ing or interpretation, and the way in which ‘ I ’ and ‘ We ’ are alternatively used in the notes. Ed.) The verse rendering are in every case later pa- raphrases from the origi…
1919 · PDF PAGE 92
…fled away at Thy coming; I was alone before Thee. 33. I trembled at Thy coming, O my God, for Thy mes- senger was more terrible than the Death-star. 34. On the threshold stood the fulminant figure of Evil, the Horror of emptiness, with his ghastly eyes like poison- ous wells. He stood, and the chamber was corrupt; the air stank. He was an old and gnarled fish more hideous than the shells of Abaddon. 35. He enveloped me with his demon tentacles; yea, the eight fears took hold upon me. 36. But I was anointed with the right sweet oil of the Magist…
1913 · PDF PAGE 472
…eak of me.’” The trial took place with all the frightful vicissitudes with which every one is familiar, and the accused was condemned to death. The next day, Eliphas read in a legal newspaper the account of this unheard-of scene in the annals of justice, but a cloud passed over his eyes when he came to the description of the accused: “ He is blond.” 174
1913 · PDF PAGE 472
…eak of me.’” The trial took place with all the frightful vicissitudes with which every one is familiar, and the accused was condemned to death. The next day, Eliphas read in a legal newspaper the account of this unheard-of scene in the annals of justice, but a cloud passed over his eyes when he came to the description of the accused: “ He is blond.” 174
1919 · PDF PAGE 125
DE LEGE LIBELLVM phant through the Avenue of the Ages. Then, when each birth and death of yours are recognized in this perception as mere milestones on your ever-living Road, what of the fool- ish incidents of your mean lives? Are they not grains of sand blown by the desert wind, or pebbles that you spurn with your winged feet, or grassy hollows where you press the yielding and elastic turf and moss with lyrical dances? To him who lives in Life naught matters: his is eternal mo- tion, energy, delight of never-failing Change: unwearied, you pass…