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…at more would she have? PRIEST. The situation is not usual to a young damsel, and somewhat trying to her blushes. ALAIN. She should have thought of that before. This devil’s dance is not to my piping, but since she is in it, by ’r Lady, she shall carry it through. [Afotzons PRIEST fo retire. Exit PRIEST, wth a low reverence to ALAIN and a courteous bow to DENYS. DENYS. [Azses and clears his throat.| Sir, let me —explain that ALAIN. Don’t explain. May I beg you to be seated, my dear young friend. We've been expecting you all night: the lady is r…
1930 · PDF PAGE 84
…in that method He makes concentration bear the Cross of the Work. This is possibly an error, probably a defect, certainly an impurity of thought, and the root of it is to be found in His original bad discipline with regard to Magick. If the reader will turn to the account of his astral journeys in the Second Number of the First Volume of the Equinox, he will find that these experiments were quite capricious. Even when, in Mexico, He got the idea of exploring the 30 Aethyrs systemat- ically, He abandoned the vision after only 2 Aethyrs had been …
1905 · PDF PAGE 9
…a beryl, with a flake Of olive light Struck through its dull profound, is steadfast in the night. I. I AM quite sane, quite quiet. Sober thought Isas a woof to my mad dreams. My brain Beats to the double stroke; the double strain Warps its gray fibres; all the dream is wrought A spider-tapestry ; the old blood-stain Spreads through the air Some hot contagious growth to slay men unaware, Il. I have discovered God! His ghastly way Of burning ploughshares for my naked feet Lies open to me—shall I find it sweet To give up sunlight for that mystic d…
1907 · PDF PAGE 174
…y loftier loveliness Till thy veil’s glory shrouds the earth from night ; And silence speaks indeed, Seeing the subtler speed Of its own thought than speech of the Pan- dean reed! There no voice may be heard ! No place for any word ! The heart’s whole fervour silently speeds to thee, Immaculate ! and craves Thy kisses or the grave’s, Till, knowing its unworthiness to woo thee, Remembers, grows content With the old element, And asks the lowlier grace its earlier music meant. So, Lady of all power! Kindle this firstling flower The rainbow nymph a…
1930 · PDF PAGE 42
…g in the presence of the Cône. His first conception must evidently be a frantic spasm, formless, insane, not to be classed as articulate thought. Yet, if he develops the faculties of his mind, the more he knows of it the more he sees that its nature is identical with his own whenever comparison is possible. The True Will is thus both determined by its équations, and free because those équations are simply its own name, spelt out fully. His sense of being under bondage cornes from his inability to read it; his sense that evil exists to thwart hi…
1996 · PDF PAGE 57
…f (before trying to sleep) by being rubbed with oil of wintergreen, which filled his whole house with a loathsome stench. One would have thought that the first wish of a man thus afflicted would be to sleep alone, that it would be utterly repugnant and revolting to him to sleep with another person, for his own sake, apart from any consider ation for her. But his wife, herself an invalid—a huge obese greasy woman (of middle age when I knew the family) suffer ing from rheumatoid arthritis, tubercular trouble in the arms, etc., etc.—was his Wife…
1910 · PDF PAGE 182
…ut I began to be worried by body and clouded by doubt, and an effort to return only brought up a memory-picture. The flaming clouds are “thought”; the shadowy or hinted Form is Adonai! 5.35 p.m. Three Pranayamas of 50. 25. 15. 5.40 p.m. Pranayama. Twenty minutes Io. 20. 30. 9.30 p.m. Holiday; which was fatal folly! The full account of this wonderful realization of Dhyana is set forth by P. in this note book entitled “The Writings of Truth,” in which we find the following; “After some eight hours’ discipline by Pranayama arose ‘The Golden Dawn.’…
1910 · PDF PAGE 182
…ut I began to be worried by body and clouded by doubt, and an effort to return only brought up a memory-picture. The flaming clouds are “thought”; the shadowy or hinted Form is Adonai! 5.35 p.m. Three Pranayamas of 50. 25. 15. 5.40 p.m. Pranayama. Twenty minutes Io. 20. 30. 9.30 p.m. Holiday; which was fatal folly! The full account of this wonderful realization of Dhyana is set forth by P. in this note book entitled “The Writings of Truth,” in which we find the following; “After some eight hours’ discipline by Pranayama arose ‘The Golden Dawn.’…
1929 · PDF PAGE 87
…rminals of Paris; for Abdul Bey meant to do the thing thoroughly. He would not take a chance; for all his fanatical faith in Douglas, he thought it prudent to provide against the possibility of an error in the chief's occult calculations. Also, his action would prove his zeal. Besides, Cyril might deliberately lay a false trail — was almost sure to play some trick of the sort. Balloch and Akbar Pasha were stationed in a [125] restaurant facing the Gare de Lyon, ready to answer the telephone at any moment." Now," said Abdul, "Have you photograph…
1929 · PDF PAGE 103
… capture of Diana by Pan. It is, of course, from such rites that all dramatic performance developed. The idea is to identify oneself, in thought by means of action, with the deities whom one desires to invoke. The idea of presenting a story ceremonially may have preceded the ritual, and the Gods may have been mere sublimations of eponymous heroes or personifications of abstract ideas; but ultimately it is much the same. Admit that the genius of man is divine, and the question "Which is the cart, and which the horse?" becomes as pointless as if …
1929 · PDF PAGE 121
…ghtful sect of the Palladists. The rumour was not widespread, and Vesquit need not have suffered; but he took alarm, and had the unlucky thought of employing Arthwait to write a book clearing him from all suspicion, by which it naturally was fixed on him for ever. The second trouble was his little quarrel with Douglas. Vesquit was Senior in the Black Lodge, and Douglas overthrew him by "carelessly" leaving, in a hansom cab, some documents belonging to the Lodge, with Vesquit's name and address attached to them, which made some exceedingly grim …
1930 · PDF PAGE 73
…to their level i. “The Devil” is, historically, the God of any people that one personally dislikes. This has led to so much confusion of thought that The Beast 666 has preferred to let names stand as they are, and to proclaim simply that Aiwaz — the solar-phallic-hermetic “Lucifer” is His own Holy Guardian Angel, and “The Devil” Satan or Hadit of our particular unit of the Starry Universe. This serpent, Satan, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade “Know Thyself!” and taught Initiation. He is “…
1905 · PDF PAGE 186
…ume free from morbidity ; and yet it is impossible to deny that Mr Crowley has a claim to re-cognition as a true poet. Most men who have thought deeply on life’s problems recognize that the current religion of nearly all their fellow men is an idle mockery. The relations of men and women, as well as the constitution of states and families, are based largely on organised lies. We cannot shrink form looking behind the veil, and asking ourselves—What is life at best? Is it materialism and obscenity ? or is it a sickening comedy in which nobody car…
1907 · PDF PAGE 41
…s which you have always worn, and which make you what you are. After that you take off your consciousness clothes, which you have always thought were your very own self, and you leap out into the cold abyss, and you can’t thi how lonely it is. There isn’t any light, or any path, or anything Nomen Nifl‘222 aath: 418: Abrahadabra Via l v. Gladium Via quae non C5! Vagina: Quinque Animae
1929 · PDF PAGE 223
…her hand, duty called him with clarion voice; and he wanted to have as many fingers as possible in the pie. After much consideration, he thought he would land at Barcelona, and get through with his American passport — for he had papers from most nations — as a distracted millionaire. His companions — both American citizens — would aid the illusion. Supposing that there was already trouble or suspicion, this subterfuge [314] would serve; once in Paris, he could find out how the land lay, and act accordingly. He gave orders to the captain to make…
1907 · PDF PAGE 31
… a million vowels :— It escapes me, the flame ! But deep in my bowels Growls the deep lust, The bitter distrust, The icy fear, The cruel thought ! O! Iam here— And here is nought. I must rave on. I hate the sun. Anon! Anon! Let us both begone, Thou fiend that pourest One by one These evil words In my ear, in my heart ! Here on the summit The air is too thin. Wild as the winds Let me ride! Let me start Over the plains ; For here my brain’s Numb, it is dumb, it Is torn by this passion. Down! Eagle-fashion Drive to the level! Teeth ! you may gnash…
1929 · PDF PAGE 102
…, nor any other mortal virgin had ever glowed to inherit more glorious a destiny, to feel such infinite exaltation of chastity. Even the thought of Cyril himself fell from her like a stain. He had become no more than a necessary evil. At that moment she could have shaken off the trammels of humanity itself, and joined Sister Clara in her ecstatic mood, passed on, imperial votaress, in maiden meditation fancy-free. Only the knowledge of her sublime task inured her to its bitter taste. From these meditations she was awakened by the voice of Siste…
1996 · PDF PAGE 64
…, of Whom you are, to Whom you go, your life is no more and no less than one con tinuous sacrament. You have no word but Her praise, no thought but love of Her. You have only one cry, of inarticulate ecstasy, the intense spasm, possession of Her, and Death, to Her. You have no act but the priest’s gesture that makes your body Hers. The wafer is the disk of the Sun, the star in Her body. Your blood is spilt from your heart with every beat of your pulse into Her cup. It is the wine of Her life crushed from the grape of your sun-ripened vine. On …
1929 · PDF PAGE 37
… suburban. {81} 1. The alleged antithesis between these two texts (I cannot perceive it) was actually the basis of the schism. My mother thought that one of them (I forget which) "dishonoured the Lord's person"! 8 So when it came to my writing poetry myself, my work fell naturally into three divisions. Firstly, short lyrics modelled on the hymns to which I was accustomed; secondly, parodies, principally of Scottish and English songs; and thirdly, epics based on Sir Walter Scott. I must have written over a hundred thousand lines. They have all b…
1929 · PDF PAGE 150
…ch we are trying to change. If one will the death of a sinner, it is not sufficient to hâte him, even if we grant that the vibrations of thought, when sufficiently powerful and pure, may modify the Astral light sufficiently to impress its intention to a certain extent on such people as happen to be sensitive. It is much surer to use one’s mind and muscle in service of that hâte by devising and making a dagger, and then applying the dagger to the heart of one’s enemy. One must give one’s hâte a bodily form of the same order as that which one’s e…