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…7 for the correspondences of the various forces of Nature with drugs, perfumes, etc. 2. Such details, however, may safely be left to the good sense of the Student. Expérience here as elsewhere is the best teacher. In the Sacrifice during Invocation, however, it may be said without fear of contradiction that the death of the victim should coincide with the suprême invocation. 96
…d, "with an arrow, and an adder, and an arquebus; for there are terrible dangers in the beginning — in this country." "But what are they good for?" "Nothing at all — in this country. But I'm changing them for a newt, and a narwhal, and a net, hoping that one day I may get to the end, where one needs a zebra, a zither, and a zarape', and one can always exchange those for something round, and red, and ripe — in this country. It was really a sort of child's fairy story that Iliel was telling herself; but the teller was independent of her conscious…
… are, nothing in themselves, but the diverse forms of expression employed by the Will. One must preserve discipline. A passion cannot be good or bad, too weak or too strong, etc., by an arbitrary standard. Its virtue consists solely in its conformity with the plan of the Commander-in-Chief. Its initiative and elanx are limited by the requirements of his strategy. For instance, mod esty may well cooperate with ambition; but also it may thwart it. This verse counsels us to train our passions to the highest degree of efficiency. Each is to acquir…
…t was Thames Water that he examined through the Angel’s 90 h.-p. Mercedes Pocket Microscope. “And oh! if God thought that they were very good, what peculiar tastes He must have!” “Look more closely!” said the Angel, hand ing him a pair of Spectacles from the firm of Kelvin, Boscovitch, Son, and Haeckel. “ Nothing is now visible,” said the Man, “but a purely geometrical conception of the mind, and a self-contradictory one at that.” “ Go back to the moon,” said the Angel, throwing him thither with the supple yet powerful jerk which had won him the…
…nce, and the cognate doctrines of “mental healing” and the like. The theory of such people, stripped of dogmatic furbelows, is perfectly good Magic of its kind, its negroid kind. The idea is correct enough: matter is an illusion created by Will through mind, and consequently susceptible of alteration at the behest of its creator. But the practice has been lacking. They hâve not developed a scientific technique for applying the Will. It is as if they expected the steam of Watts’ kettle to convey people from place to place without the trouble of …
…he same thing probably applies. The point you raise in particular as baffling them is the getting on to the astral plane. It is not much good explaining why the failure occurs, or at what point it occurs; the only thing that is any use is for the pupil to go on and on and on eternally. He must find out for himself where the snag is, and he must continue his experiment until he acquires the knack. All this should be perfectly obvious; the same sort of thing applies to every kind of game which you know. There is a particular knack for instance in…
…e dung of witches, and the Elixir of Life from Hip pomanes;1 2 but we do not advocate ostentatious addiction to these operations. It is good to know that one is man enough to spend a month or so at a height of twenty thousand feet or more above the sea-level; but it would be unpardonably foolish to live there permanently. This illustrates one case of a general principle. We consider the Attainment of various Illuminations, incomparably glorious as that is, of chief value for its witness to our possession of the fac ulty which made success pos…
… said something absurd, it merely meant that he was airing his fads; when Lord Antony did so, it meant a story. And all his stories were good ones. Simon Iff jumped at the opening. He turned immediately, and asked for the yarn. "It's rather long," said Bowling, a little dubiously. "But it's very, very beautiful." Unacknowledged quotations gave a curious fascination to his narrative style. People became interested through the psychological trick involved. They recognized, yet could not place, the remark, and they were stirred by the magick of as…
…n the Planes” one must usuallv pass clear through the Astral to the Spiritual. Sonie will be unable to do this. The “fine body” which is good enough to subsist on lower planes, a shadow among shadows, will fail to penetrate the higher strata. It requires a great development of this body,and an intense infusion of the highest spiritual constituents of man, before he can pierce the veils. The constant practice of Magick is the best préparation possible. Even though the human consciousness fail to reach the goal, the consciousness of the fine body…
…ndicate that Mr Crowley is still in the thick of his passions ; the ferment is discernible to all who have passed that way. But there is good wine there ; he must be reckoned with. If he progresses, his will become a great name. If he has arrived at his limits we shall hear no more of him. But from the power and earnestness of the book before us we are inclined to favour his chances in the future. He has shown at least the foot of Hercules.” —Birmingham Gazette. The Mother’s Tragedy, etc. 5s. The two dramas in this volume are of a nature to fre…
…s provided by the present work. Oswald Kilpe’s work is of an essentially Teutonic character, having nearly all the characteristics, both good and bad, that one expects to find ina German technical scientific work; eminently typical is “Outlines of Psychology” in its thoroughness. The experimental method, in which Kilpe is an adept, shows conclusively and absolutely the essential unity of body and mind. Psychology is still in its infancy; when it attains maturity it will be the most dread enemy that Supernaturalism has to face. The subjective vi…
…s provided by the present work. Oswald Kilpe’s work is of an essentially Teutonic character, having nearly all the characteristics, both good and bad, that one expects to find ina German technical scientific work; eminently typical is “Outlines of Psychology” in its thoroughness. The experimental method, in which Kilpe is an adept, shows conclusively and absolutely the essential unity of body and mind. Psychology is still in its infancy; when it attains maturity it will be the most dread enemy that Supernaturalism has to face. The subjective vi…
…shed” that of our bodies; and we should crumble to dust if we rebelled successfully against cohésion. A man who is normally an “allround good sorr* often becomes intolérable when he gets rid of his collection of vices; he is swept into monomania by the spiritual pride which had been previously restrained by counter- vailing passions. Again, there is a worse draught when an ill-fitting door is closed than when it stands open. It is not as necessary to protect his mother and his cattle from Don Juan as it was from the Hermits of the Thebaid. 1. S…
…even Platitudes . "The more certain I am of anything, the more certain it is that I am only asserting a limitation of my own mind." Very good, but what am I to do about it? Some at least of such certainties must surely be "of aU Truth." The test of admission to this class ought to be that, if one were to accept the contradictory of the proposition, the entire structure of the Mind would be knocked to pieces, as is. not at all the case with the Astronomer's determination, which may turn out to be wrong for a dozen different reasons without anybo…
…ow, and all our duty. [A noise of timbrels and singing. Surely some merriment—-our news hath reached. Glad news and welcome: God is very good. Enter ADULAH, ranntiug, followed by sensing Maidens. ADULAH. Father ! JEPHTHAH. My daughter ! [He suddenly stops, and blanches, understanding. Alas my daughter ! [Ae continues in a dazed, toneless voice. Thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back. ADULAH. My father, O my father !
…s up. Stay! In the wood By the waterway, stands ! A delicate fairy ! [MOLLY TYSON zs discoverec Tt I’ll steal from above, Watch her. How good ! How sweet of her hands! How dainty and airy ! How perfect, how kind! How bright in her thoughts! How subtle, refined, The least light of her mind ! Let me approach ! O fear! O sorrow! I fear to encroach. Scree-king, I borrow Thy frown, thy pride, Thy magical targe. To her side I glide, To the mystical marge Of this lake enchaunted. O waters elf-haunted, Bear me toward her, A cruel marauder, A robber of …
…n the case of a book, such a book as the Book of the Law which is the suprême truih and the perfect rule of life, it is not répugnant to good sense to dérivé an oracle from its pages. It will of course be remarked that the Book of the Law is not mereiy a literary compilation but a complex mathematical structure. It îherefore fulfiïs the required conditions. The principal means of divination in history are astrology, geo- mancy, the Tarot, the Holy Qabalah, and the Yi King. There aie hundreds of othersj from pyromancy, oneiromancy, auguries from…
…s Behind the wonder of his works. Be sure that were the woodland way Tracked snakewise to the core, The dragon slain or driven away, The good Fleece won by war, Not yet should Ares sink his spear, Or fail of flinging forth a fear. The torch of Madness should be lit, And follow him afar: Upon his prow should Madness sit, A baleful beacon-star ; And in his home Despair and Strife Lie in his bosom for a wife ! But oh, the glory of the quest, ' The gainless goodly prize ! The fairest form man e’er caressed, The word he heard most wise ;— All lures …
…ng the line too much; so that if Foch should see any sense in your scheme, by any chance, we shan't be too backward in coming forward." "Good for you. So long!" "Ta." Cyril drove off. It was a terrible and ominous journey to the headquarters of General Foch. The line sagged hideously here and there so that long detours were necessary. The roads were encumbered not only with every kind of military supply, all in disorder, but with fugitive soldiers and civilians, some burdened with their household goods, some wounded, a long trail of agony lumbe…
…lapse of time he wrote a second Commentary,3 which superseded the first; so I have not included the first in this volume. And there is a good deal of the second Commentary that I have not included. Sometimes the understanding of the Commentary involves mathematical or philosophical or scientific or magical knowledge such as the gen eral reader cannot be assumed to possess; and this edition of the Commentary on the Book of the Law is for the general reader. It is intended as a Primer; it is for the layman. I am a layman myself, as regards speci…