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… The Adept is not affected by his actions. 27. Both action and inaction may find room in thee; thy body agitated, thy mind tranquil, thy Soul as limpid as a mountain lake. 50
… and practically dealt with in the pages of this small volume in a manner that hould ensure wide popularity and utility. THE GROWTH OF A SOUL. By Avcusr Srrinpserc. Translated by CLaup FIELD. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt. 3s. 6d. net. A sequel to this famous writer's autobiographical work, ‘The Son of a Servant.” THE KABALA OF NUMBERS. PART IL By SEPHARIAL. Crown 8vo, cloth. 6d. net. Further considerations of the significance and predictive value of numbers, and methods of applying Kabalistic theories to numerical processes. (Cheap Edition. Now Ready.…
… and practically dealt with in the pages of this small volume in a manner that hould ensure wide popularity and utility. THE GROWTH OF A SOUL. By Avcusr Srrinpserc. Translated by CLaup FIELD. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt. 3s. 6d. net. A sequel to this famous writer's autobiographical work, ‘The Son of a Servant.” THE KABALA OF NUMBERS. PART IL By SEPHARIAL. Crown 8vo, cloth. 6d. net. Further considerations of the significance and predictive value of numbers, and methods of applying Kabalistic theories to numerical processes. (Cheap Edition. Now Ready.…
…ite with strong acid his congealing blood ! TISIPHONE. Rend out the bowels ! MEGAERA., Pour the monstrous flood Of unclean wisdom in his soul ! PERSEPHONE. Desist ! ALECTO. O face of woman wretched and unkissed, What hast thou here to do with us? TISIPHONE. -Be quiet ! MEGAERa. Quench not the fire of murder! ALECTO. Loose the riot Of worms beneath the skull !
THE DREAM CIRCEAN a dog-faced demon that seduceth thy soul from the sacred Mysteries ; the Mysteries of Life and Duty.’ “* Let me tell my story!’ I replied, ‘and you shall judge— for, whoever you may be, I feel your power and truth.’ “*T am Eliphaz Levi Zahed—men call me the Abbé Constant,’ returned the other. “©The great magician?’ “«The enemy of the great magician.’ “We went together to my house. I had begun to suspect some trick of Hell. The malice of that devilish old woman, it might be, had not slept, even at her death. She had hidden the …
THE DREAM CIRCEAN a dog-faced demon that seduceth thy soul from the sacred Mysteries ; the Mysteries of Life and Duty.’ “* Let me tell my story!’ I replied, ‘and you shall judge— for, whoever you may be, I feel your power and truth.’ “*T am Eliphaz Levi Zahed—men call me the Abbé Constant,’ returned the other. “©The great magician?’ “«The enemy of the great magician.’ “We went together to my house. I had begun to suspect some trick of Hell. The malice of that devilish old woman, it might be, had not slept, even at her death. She had hidden the …
…Scribe said: Thou canst not harm one hair of my head.) I will pull out every hair of thy head, every hair of thy body, every hair of thy soul, one by one. (Then said the Scribe: Thou hast no power.) Yea, verily I have power over thee, for thou hast taken the Oath, and art bound unto the White Brothers, and therefore have I the power to torture thee so long as thou shalt be. (Then said the Scribe unto him: Thou liest.) Ask of thy brother P. .. ., and he shall tell thee if I lie! (This the Scribe refused to do, saying that it was no concern of th…
THE EQUINOX mouth until, choking with their very volume, her voice broke to a strangled yell, and the agony of the acid bit into her soul. She fell on the floor fainting “Vile thing!” screamed Zircon, spurning her with his foot He choked: his brain fell suddenly clear with the lucidity of intellect. He walked into the dining—room, and whistled as he walked. There he sat down. The next move in his infernal revenge was the waking of Muriel, and that might be soon or later He had not calculated the effect of waiting; his nerves cried out. For the fi…
THE EQUINOX mouth until, choking with their very volume, her voice broke to a strangled yell, and the agony of the acid bit into her soul. She fell on the floor fainting “Vile thing!” screamed Zircon, spurning her with his foot He choked: his brain fell suddenly clear with the lucidity of intellect. He walked into the dining—room, and whistled as he walked. There he sat down. The next move in his infernal revenge was the waking of Muriel, and that might be soon or later He had not calculated the effect of waiting; his nerves cried out. For the fi…
…partial manifestation of the laws of eternal reason, gives a scale of proportion to all the aspirations and to all the excursions of the soul into the domain of the unknown. It is, then, faith alone that can give a solution to the mysteries of science; and in return, it is science alone that demonstrates the necessity of the mysteries of faith. Outside the union and the concourse of these two living forces of the intelligence, there is for science nothing but H2 99
…partial manifestation of the laws of eternal reason, gives a scale of proportion to all the aspirations and to all the excursions of the soul into the domain of the unknown. It is, then, faith alone that can give a solution to the mysteries of science; and in return, it is science alone that demonstrates the necessity of the mysteries of faith. Outside the union and the concourse of these two living forces of the intelligence, there is for science nothing but H2 99
…tness in the Inferior, are of the Yin. Thus the Operation of the Hexagram lieth wholly within the Order of our Plane, uniting indeed any soul with its Image, but not transcendentally, for its Effect is Cosmos, the Vau hat springeth from the Union of the Yod and the Hé. Thus is it but a Glyph of that first Formula, not of the others. But of all these Things shalt thou thyself make Study with ardent Affection; for therein lie many Mysteries of practical Wisdom in our Magick Art. And this is the Wonder and Beauty of this Work, that for every Man i…
…Magical, and so forth, so that in Mine Age I am become verily a Slave to mine own Genius and my Law is that unless I sleep or create, my Soul is sick, and fain to claim the Reward and the Recreation of my Death. But (I hear thee say it) this is not the Case of All, or even of many Men; but their Act of Will is satisfied easily at its first Guerdon. Should not hen their Wisdom be to resist themselves for a Space, as Water heaped up by a Dam gathereth Force, and Hunger feedeth upon Abstinence? Also, there is that which I have written in a former …
106 THE STAR IN THE WEST Lo ! Man is made one with God , an equal soul . For he shall know The harmony , the oneness of the Whole. This was my purpose . Remains the life of earth , which is but hell , Destiny's web , and my immense despair . And this despair -as sorrow so frequently does creates in him a deep cynical disgust for the world : Man , a bad joke ; and God , mere epigram ! If we must come to that . And likewise love .? Only a donkey fastened to a post Moves in a circle.3 He taunts them , insults God ; and tells all , shouting it far …
…ow subtly Fate Weaves its fine mesh , perceiving how to wait ; Or how accumulate The trifles that shall make it master yet Of the strong soul that bade itself forget .' This law of Cause and Effect logically leads us to the third great principle of both Buddhism | The Mother's Tragedy , vol . i, pp . 156-7 . Qabalistic Dogma of Pistorius . Factum fatum quia fatum verbum est . A supreme reason governs all , and hence there is no fatality ; all which is must be ; all which happens ought to take place . An accomplished fact is irrevocable as desti…
… sitteth upon the Holy Throne and liveth and reigneth for ever as the Balance of Righteousness and Truth, that thou comfort and exalt my soul with Thy sweet perfume, that I may be utterly devoted to this Work of the Invocation of my Lord Adonai, that I may fully attain thereto, beholding Him face to face—as it is written “ Before there was Equilibrium, Countenance beheld not Countenance ”—yea, being utterly absorbed in His ineffable Glory—yea, being That of which there is no Image either in speech or thought. What a weary world we live in! No s…
…ne so that by Habit becoming a Temple well-ordered, comely and consecrated, she may in her next Incarnation attract by her Fitness a Man-soul. For this Cause hath Man esteemed Constancy and Patience as Qualities preeminent in Good women, because by these she gaineth her Going toward Our Godliness. Her Ordeal therefore is principally to resist Moods, which make Disorder, that is of Choronzon. Also, let her be content in this Way, for verily she hath a noble and an excellent Portion in Our Holy Banquet, and escapeth many a Peril that is proper to…
…cribe a word or a sylla- ble that the most modest woman need blush to hear : I will never be a party to the ruin of one in- nocent child-soul. Cunts ! I protect you ! Nugs ! avaunt ! Come not near the pure girls and women for whom I write this book, the decent sayings of a godly light of the Church. So let us gloss over the temporary lapse from politeness of the saintly old man let us excuse one whose only fault was that he was born at a date when folk were less fastidious ! and let him return to the quiet and uneventful autobiography with …
…ngs go This once. Again? I deem not so. Once for my fellow-creature’s need ! The rest of life, for self-control,®! For liberation of the soul! ® This once, the truth! In future, best Dismissing Jesus with a jest. Ah! Christ ascends?* Ascension day? The Jest. Old wonders bear the bell ®! away? Santos-Dumont, though! Who can say?
…No maid , with golden zone , And lily garment that from sight Half hides the ivory throne , Lay in my arms the livelong night To call my soul her own . ? Whilst parts of the poem “ Messaline " with which “ Alice ” opens remind us of poor " Jenny." Tennyson , if we are to judge from the introduction to “ Alice , " does not seem to hold a very high posi tion in the opinion of Aleister Crowley . “ He is a neu rasthenic counter - jumper ” certainly would not have pleased Poe , who regarded him as the noblest poet that ever lived . Nevertheless we f…