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Page 88 of 1301907 · PDF PAGE 155
…e possibly can , his desires in his stomach , and his thoughts in the vicinity of his prostate gland . There was a time when man did not know how to cook his dinner ; we sincerely hope there will be a time when he ceases to cook his thoughts , but that time , in spite of science and art , is in the far here after . Some people labour under the idea that a genera tion or two hence the world will be sprawling at the feet of Reason instead of those of God . Possibly , yet God is still far from being a centenarian , and our
1910 · PDF PAGE 144
…, or a brahman, or a tradesman, or a servant—I regard them all alike. When I see he is a noble I make no distinction in his favour, If I know him to be a slave I despise him * Dhammapada, v. I. 128
1910 · PDF PAGE 144
…, or a brahman, or a tradesman, or a servant—I regard them all alike. When I see he is a noble I make no distinction in his favour, If I know him to be a slave I despise him * Dhammapada, v. I. 128
1910 · PDF PAGE 16
8 Introduction It is the sort of order that acquits a man of the charge of doing nothing for posterity, for assuredly nobody who knows India will try to raise false hopes in me that I may live long enough to see it. I would warn scholars that, unless they are in some way definitely mystics and truly acknowl- edged as such, they will do better to hunt for the lost books of Livy than for the Bagh-i- muattar. There is no copy in any public library here or in the East : not surprising, when one hears Platt in 1874 complain that of so famous a class…
1911 · PDF PAGE 38
… least. And of all this shalt thou take back with thee but a little part, for the sense shall be darkened, and the shrine re-veiled. Yet know this for thy reproof, and for the stirring up of dis- content in them whose swords are of lath, that in every word of this vision is concealed the key of many mysteries, even of being, and of knowledge, and of bliss; of will, of courage, of wisdom, and of silence, and of that which, being all these, is greater than all these. Begone! For the night of life is fallen upon thee. And the veil of light hideth …
1913 · PDF PAGE 53
…netrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipre- sence of my body. 27. Then the priest answered & said unto the Queen of Space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat : O Nuit, continuous one of Heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of Thee as One but as None; and let them …
1913 · PDF PAGE 581
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES that time what God is for us, a Providence unknown and invisible, to which it aspires to the point of identifying itself with everything that she admires. It holds to her, it lives by her, although it does not see her, and would not even know how to understand her. If it was able to philosophize, it would perhaps deny the personal existence and intelligence of that mother which is for it as yet only a fatal prison and an apparatus of preservation. Little by little, however, this servitude annoys it; it twists itself, it…
1913 · PDF PAGE 53
…netrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipre- sence of my body. 27. Then the priest answered & said unto the Queen of Space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat : O Nuit, continuous one of Heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of Thee as One but as None; and let them …
1913 · PDF PAGE 581
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES that time what God is for us, a Providence unknown and invisible, to which it aspires to the point of identifying itself with everything that she admires. It holds to her, it lives by her, although it does not see her, and would not even know how to understand her. If it was able to philosophize, it would perhaps deny the personal existence and intelligence of that mother which is for it as yet only a fatal prison and an apparatus of preservation. Little by little, however, this servitude annoys it; it twists itself, it…
1919 · PDF PAGE 114
…strongly that the most violent and divine passions are those between people of utterly unharmonious natures. But now I would have you to know that in the mind are no such limitations in respect of species as prevent a man fall- ing in love with an inanimate object, or anidea. For to him that is in any wise advanced upon the Way of Meditation it appears that all objects save the One Object are distasteful, even as appeared formerly in respect of his chance wishes to the Will. So therefore all objects must be grasped by the mind, and heated in th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 66
…pyre, O my Soûl ! “Thy God is like the cold emptiness of the utmost heaven, into which thou radiatest thy little light. “When Thou shalt know me, O empty God, my flame shall utterly expire in thy great N.O.X.” Liber Lapidis Lazuli. i. 36- 40. o. Be seated in thine Asana, preferably the Thunderbolt. It is essential that the spine be vertical. 1. In this practice the cavity of the brain is the Yonij the spinal cord is the Lingam. 2. Concentrate thy thought of adoration in the brain. 3. Now begin to awaken the spine in this manner. Concen¬ trate t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 139
…nd were not ashamed ” : THIS IS VIRTUE . " And the eyes of them both were opened , and they knew that they were naked ” : THIS IS VICE . Know Thyself , Be Thyself , Honour Thyself , are the three greatest commandments we can follow . This truth , universal and in its totality , Crowley thunders forth midst sunshine and lightning . If, it is good to
1919 · PDF PAGE 124
…h his own corpse in all these imagined forms, might lose the natural horror, loathing, fear or disgust which he might have had for them. Know this, that every idea of every sort becomes unreal, phantastic, and most manifest illusion, if it be subjected to persistent investiga- tion, with concentration. And this is particularly easy to attain in the case of all bodily impressions, because all ma- terial things, and especially those of which we are first con- scious, namely, our own bodies, are the grossest and most unnatural of all falsities. Fo…
1919 · PDF PAGE 242
…he best chance to develop rulers of the desired type. Chivalry failed principally because it was confronted with new problems; to-day we know per- fectly what those problems were, and are able to solve them. It is generally understood by all men of education that the general welfare is necessary to the highest development of the particular; and the troubles of America are in great part due to the fact that the men in power are often utterly devoid of all general education. I would call your attention to the fact that many monastic orders, both …
1929 · PDF PAGE 478
…ned fools have printed it --- and it's going to turn the trick!" He read it; his face fell; he turned disgustedly and growled, "I didn't know you were a German." The secret service people, while considering my application for employment, asked a friend of mine to explain my attitude. "We don't understand him," they wailed piteously; "we don't understand him at all." "Cheer up," said my friend; "you're not the first people to fail to understand Mr. Aleister Crowley!" It is rather irrelevant; but it is certainly very amusing and very characterist…
1909 · PDF PAGE 73
…lf. Yet on all the paths is He, ready to smite whoso falters or swerves, though he have attained almost the last height. How many have I known, like Childe Roland and his peers, who have come to that Dark Tower! One young, one brave, one pure—lost! lost! penned in the hells of matter, swept away in the whirling waters of insane vision, true victims of the hashish of the soul. What poignant agony, what moaning abjectness, what self- disgust! What vain folly (of all true hope forlorn !) to seek in drugs, in drink, in the pistol or the cord, the p…
1909 · PDF PAGE 73
…lf. Yet on all the paths is He, ready to smite whoso falters or swerves, though he have attained almost the last height. How many have I known, like Childe Roland and his peers, who have come to that Dark Tower! One young, one brave, one pure—lost! lost! penned in the hells of matter, swept away in the whirling waters of insane vision, true victims of the hashish of the soul. What poignant agony, what moaning abjectness, what self- disgust! What vain folly (of all true hope forlorn !) to seek in drugs, in drink, in the pistol or the cord, the p…
1910 · PDF PAGE 307
…ck. There were already about twenty sheepish-looking tigers present, and when the Mahatma entered the room, I sat down next to him; for, knowing, in case a scrimmage should occur, that a Hindoo cannot stomach a blow in the spleen, I thought it wisest to be within striking distance of him. The Mahatma opened the evening’s discussion by saying: “Humph ... I am Agnostic, you are believers. I say ‘I don’t know,’ you contradict me.” And during the next hour and a half more Bunkum was talked in that room than I should say in Exeter Hall during the wh…
1910 · PDF PAGE 307
…ck. There were already about twenty sheepish-looking tigers present, and when the Mahatma entered the room, I sat down next to him; for, knowing, in case a scrimmage should occur, that a Hindoo cannot stomach a blow in the spleen, I thought it wisest to be within striking distance of him. The Mahatma opened the evening’s discussion by saying: “Humph ... I am Agnostic, you are believers. I say ‘I don’t know,’ you contradict me.” And during the next hour and a half more Bunkum was talked in that room than I should say in Exeter Hall during the wh…
1930 · PDF PAGE 14
…, it is quite impossible for me to dis- prove it. So now, if you want to attack anybody without the slightest fear of contradiction, you know how to set to work.