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Page 93 of 1211930 · PDF PAGE 93
… his idéal. A musician may be rapt away by majestic mélodies such as he never hoped to hear. A philosopher may attain appréhension of tremendous truths, the solution of problems that had baffled him ail his life. Conformably with this doctrine, we read of illuminations experienced by simple-minded men, such as a workman who “saw God” and likened Him to “a quantity of little pears”. Again, we know that ecstasy, impinging upon unbalanced minds, inflames the idolised idea, and produces fanatical faith fierce even to frenzy, with intolérance and in…
1954 · PDF PAGE 86
…"Existence," or "The Universe." Cosmos is not so good for this purpose; that word implies "order," which in the present stage of our argument, is a mere assumption. D. We also tend to think of the Universe as containing things of which we are not aware; but this is altogether unjustifiable, although it is difficult to think at all without making some such assumption. For instance, one may come upon a new branch of knowledge-say, histology or Hammurabi or the language of the Iroquois or the poems of the Hermaphrodite of Panormita. It seems to be…
1922 · PDF PAGE 232
… life. I expect my spiritual guide put it into their minds to go, but I’m very doubtful about Cockie. He’s not ready for any high development. Men are always revoltingly gross. Think how they are even about love. I must say this for Cockie, he’s all right about that. The very flower of purity—a perfect knight ! Yet we went through a period of a very evil character. No doubt we had to be purged of all our baser elements. There is a great sympathy between us at times, and it is not soiled by any animality. The only thing is I’m not sure whether i…
1996 · PDF PAGE 120
Chapter II A Verses 32—33 121 More yet, all the instruments used have been tested and declared “true” on the evidence of those very eyes, distrust of which drove me to the research. Modern Science has at last grown out of the very-young-man cocksureness of the 19th century. It is now admitted that axioms themselves depend on definitions, and that Intuitive Certainty is simply one trait of homo sapiens, like the ears of the ass or the slime of the slug. That we reason as we do merely proves that we cannot reason otherwise. We cannot move the upp…
1996 · PDF PAGE 37
…a deep trance or swoon, & said unto the Queen of Heaven; Write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals; write unto us the law! Commentary: Law, in the common sense of the word, should be a formulation of the customs of a people, as Euclid’s proposi tions are the formulation of geometrical facts. But modern knav ery conceived the idea of artificial law, as if one should try to square the circle by tyranny. Legislators try to force the people to change their customs, so that the “business men” whose greed they are bribed to serve may inc…
1929 · PDF PAGE 142
…uccessive meals and I thought I ought to look into his room to see if all was well. I must explain that I have known only two European women and three European men who could sit in the attitude called Padmasana, which is that usually seen in seated images of the Buddha. Of these men, Allan was one. He could knot his legs so well that, putting his hands on the ground, he could swing his body to and fro in the air between them. When I looked into his room I found him, not seated on his meditation mat, which was in the centre of the room at the en…
1954 · PDF PAGE 480
…, Master, have not you too led a life as strange, as glamourous, as weird and as romantic, as the best of them? Then why this cold detachment from that ambience?" Well, if you put it like that, I can only say that I feel at the same time more guilty and entirely innocent! For, while the charge is true, the defence is not to be shaken. The worst of all teachers are the Boloney Magnates, of whom I have already given some account. But the next worst are just exactly those who try to create an atmosphere of romance, and succeed only in a crude thea…
1929 · PDF PAGE 199
… like Hardy and Conrad; the greatness of his art debars him utterly from taking the smallest {337} part in the artistic affairs of the moment. In a way, this is not to his disadvantage, for the supreme genius does not need specialized human society; he is a home in the slums or on the countryside. The salon stifles him. The social intercourse between artists in France tends to civilize them, to bring them to a common level; and thus, though the average of good writers is far higher than in England, we can show more men of supreme attainment; we…
1922 · PDF PAGE 21
…f the peasant and—something that is not yet properly developed. I went into the café and sat down at one of the marble tables. I had a momentary thrill of joy—it reminded me of France so much—of all those days of ferocious gambling with Death. I couldn't see a soul I knew. But at least I knew by sight the two men at the next table. Every one knew that gray ferocious wolf—a man built in every line for battle, and yet with a forehead which lifted him clean out of the turmoil. The conflicting elements in his nature had played the devil with him. J…
1922 · PDF PAGE 174
…d first, swept down like a sack of oats, and sprang to my feet on the very edge of the precipice. _“ There was a great gasp of awed amazement while I walked up to the men. They followed me across the mauvis pas without a moment’s hesitation. They probably thought it was magic or something. No matter what. But at least they felt sure that they could come to no harm by following a man so obviously under the protection of the mountain gods.” Cockie had gone deathly white. He understood with absolute clarity the point of the anecdote. He felt his m…
1929 · PDF PAGE 23
…now — is there any direct conscious perception of these forces. Imperceptible influences are therefore associated with ail 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, anytbing which he perçoives, for everything thaï he perçoives is in a certain sense a part of his being. He may thus subjugate the whole Universe of whi…
1954 · PDF PAGE 361
…gnificant. Further, it seemed as if it were filled with a peculiar emanation . This impression must not be dismissed as sheer fancy. Few men but are sufficiently sensitive to distinguish the spiritual aura of certain buildings. It is impossible not to feel reverence in certain cathedrals and temples. The most ordinary dwelling houses often possess an atmosphere of their own ; some depress, some cheer; some disgust, others strike chill to the heart. Virakam of course was entirely certain that this was the Villa for us. Against this was the posit…
1929 · PDF PAGE 7
…of the Warwickshire Hig- ginbothams (what has that to do with his stupid- ity? thought Bevan) and the majority of my compan- ions were men not only devoid of intelligence, but of education. The one pinnacled exception was the great Doduha! you start? Bevan had not done anything of the sort; he had continued to exhibit the most stolid in- difference to the story. Yes, you are not mistaken; it was indeed the world- famous philosopher, the discoverer of Dodium, rarest of known elements, supposed only to exist in the universe to the extent of …
1954 · PDF PAGE 218
…um, a spell. " Yes, surprisingly; for the word is one of the many that mean the Phallus. The implication is that there is some sexual element in the exciting and alluring quality, which lifts it altogether above mere "pleasing." To my mind the implication is that there is some quality inherent which is cognate to that too totally irrational quasimagnetic force which has been responsible not only for innumerable personal tragedies-and comedies-but for the fall of dynasties and even the wreck of Empires. "Christ" is reported as having said: "If I…
1909 · PDF PAGE 349
…y foreign source. Mr. Walter Traill Dennison in his “ Orcadian Sketches” tells us that the seal held a far higher place among the North- men than any of the lower animals. He had a mysterious connection with the human race, and had the power of assum- ing the human form and faculties, and every true descendant of the Vikings looks upon the seal as a kind of second cousin in disgrace. Old beliefs die hard, and, in illustration of this, the following paragraph from a Scottish daily newspaper may be appropriately given : A MERMAID ON AN ORKNEY ISL…
1909 · PDF PAGE 349
…y foreign source. Mr. Walter Traill Dennison in his “ Orcadian Sketches” tells us that the seal held a far higher place among the North- men than any of the lower animals. He had a mysterious connection with the human race, and had the power of assum- ing the human form and faculties, and every true descendant of the Vikings looks upon the seal as a kind of second cousin in disgrace. Old beliefs die hard, and, in illustration of this, the following paragraph from a Scottish daily newspaper may be appropriately given : A MERMAID ON AN ORKNEY ISL…
1922 · PDF PAGE 73
…, and I feel that I’m not making out very well. Come to think of it, the English language has its limitations. When mathemati- cians and men of science want to exchange thoughts, English isn’t much good. They've had to invent new words, new symbols. Look at Einstein’s equations. I knew a man once that knew James Hinton, who invented the fourth dimension. Pretty bright chap, he was, but Hinton thought, on the most ordinary subjects, at least six times as fast as he did, and when it came to Hinton’s explaining himself, he simply couldn’t do it. T…
1996 · PDF PAGE 83
…ks Cited.] 63. Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love you! Commentary: All those acts which excite the divine in man are proper to the Rite of Invocation. Religion, as understood by the vile Puritan, is the very oppo site of all this. He—it—seems to wish to kill his—its—soul by forbidding every expression of it, and every practice which might awaken it to expression. To hell with this Verbotenism! In particular, let me exhort all men and all women, for they are Stars! H…
1996 · PDF PAGE 49
50 The Law is for All also Love is a sacrament of transubstantiation whereby we initiate our own souls; it is the Wine of Intoxication as well as the Bread of Nourishment. “Nor is he for priest designed Who partakes only in one kind.”1 1 [Crowley, “The Sevenfold Sacrament,” The Equinox III(l) (1919), p. 193.] 2 [Phyrne was a 4th century b.c.e. Greek courtesan who was the model for several famous images of Aphrodite.] We therefore heartily cherish those forms of Love in which no question of generation arises; we use the stimulating effects of ph…
1996 · PDF PAGE 174
…buckling, cart’s tail dragging, whipping, pillory posting, walling-up, divorce court, eunuch, harem, mind-crippling, house-imprisoning, menial-work wearying, creed-stultifying, social-ostracism marooning, Divine wrath-scaring, and even the device of creating and encouraging prostitution to keep one class of women in the abyss under the heel of the police, and the other on its brink, at the mercy of the husband’s boot at the first sign of insubordination or even of failure to please. Man’s torture-chamber had tools inexhaustibly varied; at on…