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Page 85 of 1071929 · PDF PAGE 84
…d of the Garden of Eden, and its even more malignantly debased falsification in that bitterly sectarian broadside, the Apocalypse. Sound work invariably vindicates itself by furnishing confirmatory corollaries not contemplâted by the Qabalist. In the présent instance, the Master Therion was delighted to remark that his compound letter MGN, constructed on theoretical principles with the idea of incorporating the new knowledge of the Aeon, had the value of 93 (M = 40, G = 3, N = 50). 93 is the number of the word of the Law — T helema — Will, and …
1929 · PDF PAGE 154
…I desire her. Such a flaw is enough to bring the whole operation to naught, just as no effort of Will can make oil mix with water. I may work “naturally” by wooing, of course. But, magically, I may attack her astrally so that her aura becomes uneasy, respond- ing no longer to her lover. Unless they diagnose the cause, a quarrel may resuit, and the woman’s bewildered and hungry Body of Light may turn in its distress to that of the Magician who has mastered it. Take a third case of this class 2. I wish to recover my watch, snatched from me in a c…
1929 · PDF PAGE 78
… into life and light. Il Abrahadabra is a Word to be studied in Equinox I, V., aThe Temple of Solomon the King”. It represents the Great Work complété, and it is therefore an archétype of ail lesser magical operations. It is in a way too perfect to be applied in 1. Chaos is a general name for the totality of the Units of Existence; it is thus a name féminine in form. Each unit of Chaos is itself All- Father. 42
1929 · PDF PAGE 123
… the Grimoire of any great operation must be thought out and composed; according to elaborate rules, indeed, but with the purpose of the work constantly in mind. Even when all this is done, the Grimoire is hardly begun; for it must be copied out in the way above indicated; and it should be illuminated with every kind of appropriate design. This was an ideal task for Arthwait; he was able to wallow in dog-latin and corrupt Greek-Coptic; he made sentences so complicated that the complete works of George Meredith, Thomas Carlyle, and Henry James, …
1930 · PDF PAGE 55
number of the Great Work, in 1901 e.v. He only discovered that 418 was the number of his house in conséquence of AIWAZ mentioning the fact. (b) His power to conceal a cohérent System of numbers and letters in the text of a rapidly-written document, containing ridelles and ciphers opening to a Master-Key unknown to the scribe, yet linked with his own System ; this Key and its subordi - nates being moreover a comment on the text. as the communication from Amalantrah. The letter ends as fallows: “Please inform your readers that I, Samuel bar Aiwaz…
1911 · PDF PAGE 177
… to the “Serious study ofthe occult,” and it is a pity he should have spent so much time upon the forty-five chapters which comprise this work, instead of upon some other subjects with which he might be more conversant, In short, it is a flabby, gentlemanly book, which should find a ready sale among the more “ goody " portion of Suburbia, the only place where the Hero could be appreciated 1 Despite the author‘s obvious endeavour, there is absolutely nothing immoral in this book, and I can recommend it to great-grandchildren as a suitable Christ- m…
1911 · PDF PAGE 177
… to the “Serious study ofthe occult,” and it is a pity he should have spent so much time upon the forty-five chapters which comprise this work, instead of upon some other subjects with which he might be more conversant, In short, it is a flabby, gentlemanly book, which should find a ready sale among the more “ goody " portion of Suburbia, the only place where the Hero could be appreciated 1 Despite the author‘s obvious endeavour, there is absolutely nothing immoral in this book, and I can recommend it to great-grandchildren as a suitable Christ- m…
1907 · PDF PAGE 52
…quare of 2!, Eheieh, divine name of Kether, also mystic number of Tiphereth—vzde Tiphereth clause in “]”—“I will devote my self to Great Work,” etc., you remember—meaning Truth is of Kether the end and of Tiphereth the means, also Aleph is the Fool, Kether, Mem the Hanged Man, Tiphereth ; and Tau the Sign of the Cross and the Virgin of the World. May be read by Tarot (McGregor Mathers) Fools hang Virgins! What about wise men? Hush, baby dear! Wait tillyou’re an Arahat on Ararat, and then you’ll know all about it, you beetle-headed little bitch!…
1996 · PDF PAGE 115
…peculiar to each one by employing its energies in the service of his imperial purpose. 1 [“Thien Tao” appears in Konx Om Pax (1907); see Works Cited.] 2 [Lat., “secret rites”; Crowley’s usual definition was “works.”] 3 [Possibly the commentary to ch. II, v. 21, beginning on p. 105.] 26. I am the secret Serpent coiled about to spring: in my coiling there is joy. If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are one. Commentary: The Magical power is…
1996 · PDF PAGE 178
Chapter III <#• Verses 55—56 179 If we are to have Beauty and Love, whether in begetting children or works of art, or what not, we must have perfect free dom to act, without fear or shame or any falsity. Spontaneity, the most important factor in creation, because it is evidence of the magnetic intensity and propriety of the will to create, depends almost wholly on the absolute freedom of the agent. Gulliver must have no bonds of packthread. These conditions have been so rare in the past, especially with regard to love, that their occur rence …
1929 · PDF PAGE 55
…dy in strength." "Why is it thy will that thy body may be sustained in strength?" "That it may aid me in the accomplishment of the Great Work." At this word all rose, and chanted solemnly in chorus, "So mote it be." "Love is the law, love under will," said Sister Cybele softly, and sat down. "Of course it's a most absurd superstition," remarked Morningside to Simon Iff, "to think that Food [79] sustains the body. It is sleep that does that. Food merely renews the tissues. "I agree entirely," said Cyril, before Iff could answer, "and I am about …
1905 · PDF PAGE 185
5 and that the title-work is only one of many that the book contains. ‘ Jephthah ’ is, of course, a tragedy. ‘ The Five Kisses ’ comprises a series of lyrics of impassioned character, skilful technique, and real poetic frenzy, though they may, perhaps, ‘ prove nothing,’ and puzzle the mere utilitarian. ‘ A Sonnet of Blasphemy ’ may be given as an average specimen of our poet’s verse and sentiments:— ‘ Exalted over earth, from hell arisen, There sits a woman, ruddy with the flame Of men’s blood spilt, and her uncleanly shame, And the thrice-vene…
1929 · PDF PAGE 138
…refore take the utmost care in the matter of purification, firstly, of himself, secondly, of his instru¬ ments, thirdly, of the place of working. Ancient Magicians recommended a preliminary purification of from three days to many months. Durîng this period of training they took the utmost pains with diet. They avoided animal food, lest the elemental spirit of the animal should get into their atmosphère. They practised sexual abstinence, lest they should be influenced in any way by the spirit of the wife. Even in regard to the excrements of the …
1930 · PDF PAGE 67
… to cover ail classes of Change. There is an obvious condition which limits our proposed operations. This is that, as the formula of any Work eflfects the extraction and visualization of the Truth from any “First Matter”, the “Stone” or “Elixir” which results from our labours will be the pure and perfect Individual originally inhérent in the substance chosen, and nothing else. The most skilful gardener cannot produce lilies from the wild rose; his roses will always be roses, however he hâve perfected the properties of his stock. There is here n…
1954 · PDF PAGE 362
…as pledged in honour to look after a certain person; but I was practically penniless. I could not see any possible way of carrying on my work. (It will be related in due course how this condition of things came about, and why it was necessary for me to undergo it.) I found myself at Moret, on the edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau, with nothing to do but wait. I did not throw up the sponge in passionate despair as I had done once before to my shame-I had been rapped sufficiently hard on the knuckles to cure me of that-but I said to the Gods, "…
1904 · PDF PAGE 127
…t and form and name! Shatter, lake-reflected spectre; lake, rise up in mist to sun; Sun, dissolve in showers of nectar, and the Master’s work is done. Nectar perfume gently stealing, masterful and sweet and strong, Cleanse the world with light of healing in the ancient House of Wrong! Free a million million mortals on the wheel of being tossed! Open wide the my stic portals, and be altogether lost!
1929 · PDF PAGE 70
Aeon of his. Matriarchal Age. The Great Work conceived as a straightforward simple affair. We find the theory reflected in the customs of Matriarchy. Parthenogenesis is supposed to be true. The Virgin (Yod-Virgo) contains in herself the Principle of Growth — the epicene Her- metic seed. It becornes the Babe in the Egg (A — Harpocrates) by virtue of the Spirit (A = Air, impregnating the Mother- Vulture) and this becomes the Sun or Son (F = the letter of Tiphareth, 6, even when spelt as Oméga, in Coptic. See 777). Aeon of Osiris. Patriarchal âge.…
1906 · PDF PAGE 94
…e Strides this young man and talks? Let him advance, Trembling at our offended majesty. Who art thou whose rude summons startles us From work of state to listen a young mouth Beardless? Speak, man, for shortly thou shalt die. JASON. Athena speaks. WOMEN. Ah, there’s a fine retort ! PELIAS. - Goddesses speak and men list reverently. Could he not find a fitter messenger? JASON. Her cause is Jason’s. Jason therefore speaks. PELIAS. Aha! A suppliant to our clemency ! I did mistake the gesture and the sword Angrily gripped, the foot flung terribly F…
1929 · PDF PAGE 110
…cent date to be fresh in the memory of many people now living. At a nigger camp meeting in the “United” States of America, devotees were worked up to such a pitch of excitement that the whole assembly deveioped a furious form of hysteria. The comparatively intelligible Cries of “Glory” and “Hallelujah” no longer expressed the situation. Somebody screamed out “Ta- ra-ra-boom-de-ay! ”, and this was taken up by the whole meeting and yelled continuously, until reaction set in. The affair got into the papers, and some particularly bright disciple of…
1929 · PDF PAGE 113
…r granted. I cannot say — finally — how an electric current is generated. I cannot be sure that some totally unsuspected force is not at work in some entirely arbitrary way. For example, it was formerly supposed that Hydrogen and Chlorine would unité when an electric spark was passed through the mixture ; now we “knowJ that the presence of a minute quantity of aqueous vapour (or some tertium quid) is essential to the reaction. We formulated before the days of Ross the ‘laws’ of malarial fever, without reference to the mosquitoj we might discove…