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Page 85 of 1041910 · PDF PAGE 345
… the 5 and the 6, and (for more universality of comprehension) the uniting of the Lingam and the Yoni, the Cross and the Rose, For as in earth-life the sexual ecstasy is the loss of self in the Beloved, the creation of a third consciousness transcending its parents, which is again reflected into matter as a child; so, immeasurably higher, upon the Plane of Spirit, Subject and Object join to disappear, leaving a transcendent unity. This third is ecstasy and death; as below, so above. It is then with no uncleanness of mind that all races of men h…
1910 · PDF PAGE 345
… the 5 and the 6, and (for more universality of comprehension) the uniting of the Lingam and the Yoni, the Cross and the Rose, For as in earth-life the sexual ecstasy is the loss of self in the Beloved, the creation of a third consciousness transcending its parents, which is again reflected into matter as a child; so, immeasurably higher, upon the Plane of Spirit, Subject and Object join to disappear, leaving a transcendent unity. This third is ecstasy and death; as below, so above. It is then with no uncleanness of mind that all races of men h…
1906 · PDF PAGE 141
…DA. I obey, having heard. MauRYa. This dawn shall see me take the final flight? CRIOSDA. It shall, Maurya. I shall be taken utterly from earth? CRIOSDA. So. Maurya. Yet abide with thee, my priest. CRIOSDA. Ay! Ay! Maurya. I feel no early prompting thither. CRIOSDA. No. It is sudden. MAURYA. What then lacks? CrIOSDA. . A draught : a word. Maurya. Where is the draught? CRIOSDA. This incense in my hand. Maurya. What is the word ? [CRIOSDA 7s szlent. Criosda, answer me. CriosDA. To invoke death it were to answer this. Maurya. Ah, then, forbear! {CR…
1929 · PDF PAGE 62
…t sense of the term in which she appears, not as the féminine corré¬ lative of the sun, but as the burnt-out, dead, airless satellite of earth. No true Magical operation can be performed by the formula of ALIM. Ail the works of witchcraft are illusory; and their apparent effects dépend on the idea that it is possible to aiter things by the mere rearrangement of them. One 1. AMA is 42, the number of sterility; AIMA, 52, that of fertility, of BN, the SON. 2. See A. Crowley “Orpheus" for an Invocation of this Goddess. 26
1996 · PDF PAGE 40
…ites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 41. The word of Sin is Restriction. O man! refuse not thy wife, if she will! O lover, if thou wilt, depart! There is no bond that can unite the divided but love: all else is a curse. Accursed! Accursed be it to the aeons! Hell. Commentary: The first paragraph is a general statement or definition of Sin or Error. Anything soever that binds the will, hinder…
1909 · PDF PAGE 270
…itual is very similar to that in the last; the chief exception being that this grade is more particularly attributed to the element of “ earth.” The Temple having been declared open, the Hierophant says : “ Except Adonai build the House their labour is but lost that build it. Except Adonai keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain! Frater Neophyte, oe aye by what aid do you seek admission to im) Pp the 1°= 10° Grade of Zelator of the G.:.D.+.?” The Hegemon, answering for him, says: Hueroppagt. “ By the guidance of Adonai; by the pos- Vv se…
1909 · PDF PAGE 270
…itual is very similar to that in the last; the chief exception being that this grade is more particularly attributed to the element of “ earth.” The Temple having been declared open, the Hierophant says : “ Except Adonai build the House their labour is but lost that build it. Except Adonai keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain! Frater Neophyte, oe aye by what aid do you seek admission to im) Pp the 1°= 10° Grade of Zelator of the G.:.D.+.?” The Hegemon, answering for him, says: Hueroppagt. “ By the guidance of Adonai; by the pos- Vv se…
1929 · PDF PAGE 79
… p. The Water therein — a The Babe in the Egg (Harpocrates on the Lotus.) That of Agape is as follows: Dionysus (Capital A) — The Virgin Earth y — The Babe in the Egg (small a — the image of the Father) — The Massacre of the Innocents, tz (winepress) — The Draught of Ecstasy, y). The student will find it well worth his while to seek out these ideas in detail, and develop the technique of their application. There is also the Gnostic Name of the Seven Vowels, which gives a musical formula most puissant in évocations of the Soûl of Nature. There i…
1954 · PDF PAGE 258
…he very outset of this letter-by saying: "Yes, I hate so-and-so like hell; I want to exterminate the very memory of the bastard from the earth, after I have personally superintended having him 'seven years a-killing' winding up by hanging, disembowelling, and quartering him. But of course I'm not necessarily right about this in any sense; it is merely that I happened to be born the kind of man that feels like that!" Of course, in no case does the Golden Mean advise hesitating, trimming, hedging, compromising; the very object of ensuring an exac…
1907 · PDF PAGE 123
…d upon the forest: groves are gray With filtered glamours of the day, the steely ray flung off his shield. She kneels, yon spirit of the earth; she kneels and looks toward the east. In her gray eyes awakes the beast from slumber into druid mirth. She is amazed, she eager, she, exotic orchid of the glade ! waits the ripe, exultant blade, life tempered by eternity. She And I who witness am possessed by awe grown crimson with desire, Its iron image wrapped in fire and branded idly on my breast. Her face is bronze, her skin is grecn, as woods and s…
1922 · PDF PAGE 5
…ell before thee, and do thy throne no wrong? Art thou grown jealous of the fiery band? Lo! thou hast spoken, and thy strong command Bade earth and air divide, and on the sea Thy spirit moved—and thou must envy me! Our love must lie beneath thy bitter ban! Thou petty, envious God! My King, be sure His brute force shall not to the end endure; Some stronger soul than thine shall wrest his crown And thrust him from his own high heaven down To some obscure forgetful hell. For me Forsake thy hopes in him. We worship, we, Rather the dear delights we k…
1954 · PDF PAGE 262
…ttributed by the Adepts of old time to their Four Elements. Air is to Know, Scire; Fire is to Will, Velie; Water is to Dare, Audere; and Earth is to Keep Silence, Tacere. But now that a fifth Element, Spirit, is generally recognized in the Qabalah, I have deemed it proper to add a Fifth Power corresponding: to Go, Ire. (The Book of Thoth, p. 275) Then, as Spirit is the Origin, the Essence, and the Sum of the other four, so is to Go in relation to those powers. And to Go is the very meaning of the name God , as elsewhere shewn in these letters; …
1930 · PDF PAGE 120
…, for example, is a body erect and motionless. Let the adept consider the many forces which maintain it 5 firstly, the attraction cf the earth, of the sun, of the planets, of the farthest stars, nay of every mote of dust in the room, one cf which (could it be annihilated) would cause that body to move, although so imper- ceptibly. Also the résistance of the floor, the pressure of the air, and ail other external conditions. Secondly, the internai forces which sustain it, the vast and complex machinery of the skeleton, the muscles, the blood, the…
1996 · PDF PAGE 173
…d with furtive glance and gesture? But we fear Her not; we cry Whore, as Her armies approach us. We beat on our shields with our swords. Earth echoes the clamour! Is there doubt of the victory? Your hordes of cringing slaves, afraid of themselves, afraid of their own slaves, hostile, despised and distrusted, your only tacticians the ostrich, the opossum, and the cuttie, will you not break and flee at our first onset, as with levelled lances of lust we ride at the charge, with our allies, the Whores whom we love and acclaim, free friends by our …
1954 · PDF PAGE 456
…hat, if you have understood this, the whole theory is not within your grasp; hold it fast, and lay about you! In the passive elements of Earth and Water is no creative virtue to cleanse themselves from such impurity as they chance to acquire ; it is therefore of cardinal importance to watch them, guard them, keep their Purity untainted and unsoiled; shall the Holy Grail brim with poison of Asps, and the golden Paten be defiled with the Bread of Iniquity? Come Fire, come Air, cleanse ye and kindle the pure instruments, that Spirit may indwell, i…
1906 · PDF PAGE 121
…l’s nod: A fragrant and a sunny air Smiles : a man’s kisses vanish there, Grow kisses of a god ; And in dreams’ darkness subtly grows No Earth-flowered bloom of rose. O dreams of love and peace, draw nigh, Hover with shadowy wings ! I.et shining shapes of ecstasy Cover the frail blue veil of sky, And speak immortal things ! Dream, lady, dream through summer noon, Lulled by the sleepy tune!
1907 · PDF PAGE 150
…will. Our little love and hate, Our hunger and our fear, Pass to a solemn state Pregnant with hope and fate. O Orpheus, we are here! THE EARTH. Life hidden in death, Life shrined in the soul, Life bright for his breath, Life dark for his goal, I am Mother, and Burier, and Friend— Look thou to the end!
1929 · PDF PAGE 101
…t moment your difficulties will be solved. For there is no power either of the firmament or of the etlier, or of the eartli or under the earth, on dry land or in the water, of whirling air or of rushing fire, or any spell or scourge of God which is not obedient to the necessity of the Magician! That which he has, he has not; but that which he is, he is; and that which he will be, he will be. And neither God nor Man, nor ail the malice of Choronzon, can either check him, or cause him to waver for one instant upon the Path. This command and this …
1929 · PDF PAGE 10
…three and four months to prepare; two hours and eight minutes to execute. It is theoretically possible to escape by air, by water, or by earth. But as we are watched day and night, it would be useless to try to drive a tunnel to the mainland; we have no aeroplanes or balloons, or means of making them. But if we could once reach the waters edge, which we must do in whatever direction we set out if we only keep in a straight line, and if we can find a boat unguarded, and if we can avoid arousing the alarm, then we have merely to cross the sea, a…
1930 · PDF PAGE 66
…of canvasses, brushes, and colours. This done, he compelled them to take the stamp of his soûl ; from those dull, valueless créatures of earth he created a vital and powerful being of truth and beauty. It would indeed be surprising to anybody who lias corne to a clear compréhension of nature if there were any différence in the essence of these various formulas. The laws of nature apply equally in every possible circumstance. We are now in a position to nnderstand wliat alcliemy is. We miglit even go further and say tliat even if we liad ne ver …