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…nhabitants of the worlds. Thus are they all whirled forth in my breath. Now he is giving a demonstration of this Operation. And he says: Know thou that all the religions of all the worlds end herein, but they are only the smoke of my breath, and I am only the head of the Great Dragon that eateth up the Universe; 130
…n absurdity for it, just as a scientific statement, if given us as an article of faith, would be an absurdity on the religious plane. To know and to believe are two terms which can never be confounded. It would be equally impossible to oppose the one to the other. It is impossible, in fact, to believe the contrary of what one knows without ceasing, for that very reason, to knowit ; and it is equally impossible to achieve a knowledge contrary to what one believes without ceasing immediately to believe. To deny or even to contest the decisions of…
…n absurdity for it, just as a scientific statement, if given us as an article of faith, would be an absurdity on the religious plane. To know and to believe are two terms which can never be confounded. It would be equally impossible to oppose the one to the other. It is impossible, in fact, to believe the contrary of what one knows without ceasing, for that very reason, to knowit ; and it is equally impossible to achieve a knowledge contrary to what one believes without ceasing immediately to believe. To deny or even to contest the decisions of…
… the same with your drugs. You've ‘practically hypnotised yourself into thinking you can’t do without them. It’s not a real need, as you know. It’s a false and perverse appetite ; and as soon as you get out of the way of thinking that it’s vitally impor- tant, you'll begin to forget how much you depend on it.” Well, of course, I could see the sense of that ; and I was glad to see how gay and light-hearted Lou had become under the influence of the idea. Maisie called Lamus away to the piano to sing another song.
…u to go through a page or so with me, and tell me where the shoe pinches. Of course I have realized the difficulty long ago; but I don't know the solution-or if there is a solution. I did think of calling Magick "Magick without Tears"; and I did try having my work cross-examined as I went on by minds of very inferior education or capacity. In fact, Parts I and II of Book 4 were thus tested. Love is the law. love under will. Fraternally, 666
…rgy at their disposal which is able "to cause change to occur in conformity with the Will" -one definition of "Magick." Now this, as you know, is an exceedingly complex subject; its theory is tortuous, and its practice encompassed with every kind of difficulty. Is there no simple method? Yes: the thaumaturgic engine disposes of a type of energy more adaptable than Electricity itself, and both stronger and subtler than this, its analogy in the world of profane science. One might say, that it is electrical, or at least one of the elements in the …
…e new Word, Thelema,made upon the planet? What are we to expect as a result? And can we poor benighted outsiders help Them in any way? I know it's "cheek" to ask. Then turn the other cheek, and repeat the question! I will do my best to make it all clear. But do not forget that I am myself completely in the dark with regard to the special functions of most of my colleagues. To begin, then! Achtung! I am going to be hard-boiled; my first act is to enlist the Devil himself in our ranks, and take the Materialistic Interpretation of History from Kar…
…reation, Just at their own sweet valuation, For by this culminating scene, Close of that wondrous life of woe Before and after death, we know How to esteme the Nazarene. Where’s the wet towel ? Let us first Destroy the argument of fools, From Paul right downward to the Schools, That the Ascension’s self rehearsed Christ’s Godhead by its miracle. Grand !—but the power is mine as well ! In India levitation counts No tithe of the immense amounts Of powers demanded by the wise From Chela ere the Chela rise To knowledge. Fairy-tales ? Well, first, S…
…Carlyle puts it; and considering—as I think necessary to conclude, contrary to the immortal Scotsman—considering how very little more we know about the most important questions which concern the human race than did our tailed ancestors, it might strike the reflective mind with some surprise that, however unpleasant they may be froma personal point of view, the most wondrous and striking experiences which I am undergoing will doubtless be of no little help to the dond-fide thinkers of our present day. Dean Swift and Samuel Butler stand, no one w…
…Carlyle puts it; and considering—as I think necessary to conclude, contrary to the immortal Scotsman—considering how very little more we know about the most important questions which concern the human race than did our tailed ancestors, it might strike the reflective mind with some surprise that, however unpleasant they may be froma personal point of view, the most wondrous and striking experiences which I am undergoing will doubtless be of no little help to the dond-fide thinkers of our present day. Dean Swift and Samuel Butler stand, no one w…
… And without thought and without fatigue, I can then SEE. Where was I, my little brethren, fathers of larva, sons of the she-goat? Ah, I know. Well, poor little Ljubov was saved by her magnificent soul from despairing thoughts. She lived, very miserable at first, more resigned later on. And there was a boy, too. He was the blind-born son of an ex-soldier, and because of his father’s queer and unsocial manner, few people in the village would condescend to take interest in him. But he was no mean child, nevertheless, and his heart was big. Ljubov…
… And without thought and without fatigue, I can then SEE. Where was I, my little brethren, fathers of larva, sons of the she-goat? Ah, I know. Well, poor little Ljubov was saved by her magnificent soul from despairing thoughts. She lived, very miserable at first, more resigned later on. And there was a boy, too. He was the blind-born son of an ex-soldier, and because of his father’s queer and unsocial manner, few people in the village would condescend to take interest in him. But he was no mean child, nevertheless, and his heart was big. Ljubov…
…ge my member in the sarcophagus, the flesh-eater, the podex of my lover, and with- draw it, its strength renewed as the eagle’s, so do I know that when the Eater of all flesh devours me altogether, I shall arise in my strength, through the blessed resurrection of our Lord Jesus, the lover of John the beautiful, into a world where erectio pe- nis shall be the rule and not the exception. Where, please God, we shall all be Sapphists and Sodo- mites, joined each to each in one incredible spinth- ria, with the extreme orgasm (which is the Holy Ghost…
…e Yogi, worshipper of the lotus-feet of his Guru should, in order to obtain quick success in Yoga, drink milk or nectar in this way. 58. Know semen to be moon-like, and the germ- cells the emblem of sun ; let the Yogi make their union in his own body with great care. 59. I am the semen. Sakti (the goddess) is the germfluid : when they both are combined, then the Yogi reaches the state of success, and his body be- comes brilliant and divine. 60. Ejaculation of semen is death, preserving it within is life ; therefore, let the Yogi preserve his se…
THE EQUINOX coffee, then a burning taste, then a sour taste that I don’t know. All these tastes issue from his eyes; he signua/s them. I can see his eyes now. They are very round, with perfectly black pupils, perfectly white iris, and the cornea pale blue. The sense of desolation is so acute that I keep on trying to get away from the vision. I told him that I could not understand his taste-language, so instead he set up a humming very much like a big electric plant with dynamos going. Now the atmosphere is deep night-blue; and by the power of t…
…alt not die, but live. Now let it be under- stood: if the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstasy for ever.” When you know that, what is left but delight? And how are we to live meanwhile? “It is a lie, this folly against self{—Be strong, man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that any God shall deny thee for this.” Again and again, in words like these, He sees the expan- sion and the development of the soul through joy. 50
…. My powers had returned, and in triple force. Arthur explained my intuition as follows: The doc- tor (when you last saw him) did not know consciously that he had cancer; but subconsciously Nature gave warning. You read this subconsciously, and it sprang into your consciousness when you read on the nurse's face that he was ill. This, farfetched as it may seem, at least avoids the shallow theories about telepathy. From this time my powers constantly increased. I could read my husband's thoughts from imperceptible movements of his face as e…
…bjects are sensitive to certain physical forces, such as electrical and thermal conductivity; but neither in us nor in them-so far as we know-is there any direct conscious perception of these forces. Imperceptible influences are therefore associated with all material phenomena ; and there is no reason why we should not work upon matter through those subtle energies as we do through their material bases. In fact, we use magnetic force to move iron, and solar radiation to reproduce images.) 14. Man is capable of being, and using, anything which h…
…all the time; but we were hampered in doing so by our settled conviction as to what the Great Work might imply. For my part, at least, I know that I was always arguing that such and such a course couldn't be right on general principles, as I had done when Rose herself had told me how to invoke Horus; and I had not learned the lesson that my idea of "general Principles" was not reliable. The entry of April 24th shows how admirably the gods arrange one's affairs. One may have a perfectly right idea, but as long as one holds to it they will take p…
…ply by mixing dust with the tobacco handed out to them every morning for their work, and one therefore has to blow it out. It is said, I know not how truly, that a Mexican town, in a corner near the Rio Grande, was, in the course of the revolution and counter- revolution of the contending vultures in 1917, cut off for a time from all communication with the rest of the country. Presumably everyone buried whatever cash he happened to have. At least it vanished rapidly and strangely. The city gasped. What the devil was to be done? Being folk of se…