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…d faith, all loyalty, all human kindness. They were absolutely courageous and cheerful, even in face of that they supposed to be certain death of a most uncomfortable kind. They had no disquietude about death and no distaste for life. They were simple-minded and merry. It was impossible not to love them, and not to contrast them with the dirty despicable insects whose squabbles and crimes make civilization itself the greatest of all crimes, and whose ignorance (for all their boasting) is actually darker and deeper and more deadly than that of t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 329
… Pan stirred himself , and awoke . But the crystal wine of lacchus had long since soured in the thunders of those dark days , yet , with death - pale lips , he drank the blood - red wine of witchcraft . “ Hark ! the cock crows ! Farewell till to - morrow , to - morrow night ! A 1 Ambrosii Magi Hortus Rosarum , vol . ii, p . 212. I do not hesitate to add here that had this extraordinary Essay been written in the days of Albertus Magnus , it would now be con sidered one of the most important and curious of magical works ; many religions have been…
1910 · PDF PAGE 152
…s World nor Another, neither Sun nor Moon. That, Brothers, I declare unto you as neither a Becoming nor yet a Passing-away:—not Life nor Death nor Birth; Unlocalised, Unchanging and Uncaused:—That is the end of Sorrow.* Gotama therefore had to hedge. Unquestionably the Soul- idea must go, but in order to account for the Universal law of Causation Karma must remain, and further, surreptitiously perform all the old duties the individual Atman had carried out. He had abandoned the animism of a low civilization, it is true, but he could not, for a …
1910 · PDF PAGE 273
…tion of that cruel masonry? Slowly my elbow bent with the ponderous pressure; nearer grew the ceiling—I fell into the fearful embrace of death. I was pent, I was stifled in the breathless niche, which was all of space still left tome. The stony eyes stared up into my own, and again the maddening peal of fiendish laughter rang close beside my ear. Now I was touched on all sides by the walls of the terrible press; there came a heavy crush, and I felt all sense blotted out in darkness. I awoke at last; the corpse was gone, but I had taken his 255
1910 · PDF PAGE 152
…s World nor Another, neither Sun nor Moon. That, Brothers, I declare unto you as neither a Becoming nor yet a Passing-away:—not Life nor Death nor Birth; Unlocalised, Unchanging and Uncaused:—That is the end of Sorrow.* Gotama therefore had to hedge. Unquestionably the Soul- idea must go, but in order to account for the Universal law of Causation Karma must remain, and further, surreptitiously perform all the old duties the individual Atman had carried out. He had abandoned the animism of a low civilization, it is true, but he could not, for a …
1910 · PDF PAGE 273
…tion of that cruel masonry? Slowly my elbow bent with the ponderous pressure; nearer grew the ceiling—I fell into the fearful embrace of death. I was pent, I was stifled in the breathless niche, which was all of space still left tome. The stony eyes stared up into my own, and again the maddening peal of fiendish laughter rang close beside my ear. Now I was touched on all sides by the walls of the terrible press; there came a heavy crush, and I felt all sense blotted out in darkness. I awoke at last; the corpse was gone, but I had taken his 255
1913 · PDF PAGE 6
…red Like poppies, and his hands he clenchéd tight, And yet again unclenchéd, and his head Was wreathed with moon-flowers pale as lips of death.”” This poem ends with a controversy between these two persons : “.. .. [pray thee speak me sooth : What is thy name?’ He said, ‘ My name is Love.’ Then straight the first did turn himself to me And cried, ‘ He lieth, for his name is Shame ; But I am Love, and I was wont to be Alone in this fair garden, till he came Unasked by night ; Iam true Love, I fill The hearts of boy and girl with mutual flame.’ ‘…
1929 · PDF PAGE 291
…normal knowledge. The atmosphere at Tengyueh was intensely oppressive. The conversation invariably turned upon battle, murder and sudden death, embroidered with fantastic wealth of disease and torture. It was an absolute nightmare. I really take great credit to myself for having spent twenty-five days in this community without losing my nerve or becoming obsessed. Everyone seemed to be preoccupied with the idea that at any moment the Chinese might break out and put us all to the most cruel death. I must admit that there was a quite unusual numb…
1907 · PDF PAGE 229
…com- munion with God when God is blowing his hat off, drenching him to the skin, whistling through his very bones, scaring him almost to death with a flash of lightning, and so on. When he gets time to think, he thinks just that. In a church all is too clearly the work of man: in the matter of man’s comfort man’s devices are so obviously superior to God’s: so that we compare hats and languidly discuss the preacher. Religion is alive in Wales, because people have to walk miles to chapel. 1 Tet me run wild for once, I beg; I am tired of emulating…
1909 · PDF PAGE 189
…let us proceed to analyse it. The number of its letters is six, the Seal of Creation, and their total numeric value is 2911. 2911 = 13 = Death, the Transformer *—the distinct formulation of the Three in One, uniting once more to produce the 4. Now Beth primarilysignifieth a House or Abode, and in Taro it is ¥, the Magus—the Vox Dei—and Thoth, the Recorder. Coalesce these two ideas and we get a. “ This is the Magical History.” 4 signifieth the Head or Beginning of Time and * Asit is written: “Thy youth shall be renewed as the Eagle’s.” Now the E…
1909 · PDF PAGE 189
…let us proceed to analyse it. The number of its letters is six, the Seal of Creation, and their total numeric value is 2911. 2911 = 13 = Death, the Transformer *—the distinct formulation of the Three in One, uniting once more to produce the 4. Now Beth primarilysignifieth a House or Abode, and in Taro it is ¥, the Magus—the Vox Dei—and Thoth, the Recorder. Coalesce these two ideas and we get a. “ This is the Magical History.” 4 signifieth the Head or Beginning of Time and * Asit is written: “Thy youth shall be renewed as the Eagle’s.” Now the E…
1929 · PDF PAGE 52
…m free to die, for I can endure no more, and above all things I dread the onset of illness, and the possibility of natural or accidental death. NOTE I am glad to have the opportunity of publishing, in a journal so widely read by the profession, the MS. of the
1929 · PDF PAGE 492
…rly bad sailor. During a previous pregnancy, she had been obliged to break the journey to save her life. She was in fact on the brink of death when they carried her ashore and she lay for weeks so ill that a breath of wind might have blown her away. It was, at least, not a bad bet that the Atlantic voyage would end in the same or even more fortunate way. I still refused to put pressure upon her. I said, "Here's my address. You're welcome whenever you like to come, and I love you and will serve you with every ounce of my strength." I went off. I…
1910 · PDF PAGE 35
…he soul tremble as mine eyes fall upon him. I have never spoken to him ; I doubt if I could command myself to speak to him. Have I faced death in a hundred forms, and never winced, to fear (at last)10 the frown of a Nubian slave ? Strange, friend monometallist ! But true !
1911 · PDF PAGE 32
… made fertile thy mother. Thou art the basilisk whose gaze turns men to stone, and the cockatrice at the breast of an harlot that giveth death for milk. Thou art the asp that has stolen into the cradle of the babe. Glory unto thee, who art twined about the world as the vine that clingeth to the bare body of a bacchanal. Also, though I be planted so firmly upon the earth, yet is my blood wine and my breath fire of madness. With these wings, though they be but little, I lift myself above the crown of the yod, and being without fins I yet swim in …
1911 · PDF PAGE 142
…n that is torn by the claws of the Eagle, and the scream of the Eagle that is strangled by the hands of the Man. Mingle all these in the death-shriek of the Sphinx, for the blind man hath profaned her mystery. Who is this, Oedipus, Tiresias, Erinyes? Who is this, that is blind and a seer, a fool above wisdom? Whom do the hounds of heaven follow, and the crocodiles of hell await? Aleph, vau, yod, ayin, resh, tau, is his name. Beneath his feet is the kingdom, and upon his head the crown. He is spirit and matter; he is peace and power; in him is C…
1907 · PDF PAGE 195
…asting . From the filthy distillations of thy life , and the golden traffic of its quintessential lusts ; from the fantastic dews of thy death , and all the gibbous glitter of its mirific mirror , shalt thou be purified : and thy cup shall be as the cusps of the hornéd moon , and thy wine as the blood of the spheres trodden by the angels of God , singing , singing , singing , throughout all Eternity . Thy joy shall be as the kiss of new - born suns , and thy bliss as a flaming cloud of bridal stars . Thou shalt sit on the throne of Time in the …
1904 · PDF PAGE 9
… gold”12 But don’t worry about it! I, you, or Simpkin13 can get on without it! If life’s task be work and love’s (the soft-lippèd) ease, Death be God’s glory ? discuss with Euripides ! * The numbered notes are given at p. 48 † Bacon, “Essay on Truth,” line 1. ‡ “Childe Roland to the dark Tower came.”—BROWNING. Curious posi- tion of poet. What is Truth? said jesting Pilate: but Crowley waits for an answer.† Alternative theories of Greek authors. Browning’s summary. 5 10 15 20 25 30
1907 · PDF PAGE 295
…earthly perfection, become true adepts , not mere men of genius. They disappear , harvested by heaven : and per fect darkness ( apparent death ) ensues until the youthful forerunners of the next crop begin to shoot in the form of artists .? During this period of darkness comes the swarm of materializing and secularizing worshippers , who perceive only the gross symbols and not the truth that lies behind them : “ The Church which begins to exteriorise ,” says Crowley , “ is already lost.” And he continues further on in the same essay : Now when …
1911 · PDF PAGE 24
…arth, that are in all the heavens and in all the hells, let them be as motes dancing in the beam of mine eye! I am he that swalloweth up death and victory. I have slain the crownéd goat, and drunk up the great sea. Like the ash of dried leaves the worlds are blown before me. Thou hast passed by me, and thou hast not known me. Woe unto thee, that I have not devoured thee altogether! On my head is the crown, 419 rays far-darting. And my body is the body of the Snake, and my soul is the soul of the Crowned Child. Though an Angel in white robes lea…