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Msg#: 12387 Date: 05-28-96 03:07
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Subj: Who was Aleister Crowley?
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From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:05:48 GMT
Who was Aleister Crowley?
=========================
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."
Edward Alexander (Aleister) Crowley was born October 12, 1875 in
Leamington Spa, England. His parents were members of the Plymouth
Brethren, a strict fundamentalist Christian sect. As a result,
Aleister grew up with a thorough biblical education and an equally
thorough disdain of Christianity.
He attended Trinity College at Cambridge University, leaving just
before completing his degree. Shortly thereafter he was intro-
duced to George Cecil Jones, who was a member of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn. The Golden Dawn was an occult society
led by S.L. MacGregor Mathers which taught magick, qabalah,
alchemy, tarot, astrology, and other hermetic subjects. It had
many notable members (including A. E. Waite, Dion Fortune, and
W.B. Yeats), and its influence on the development of modern western
occultism was profound.
Crowley was initiated into the Golden Dawn in 1898, and proceeded
to climb up rapidly through the grades. But in 1900 the order was
shattered by schism, and Crowley left England to travel extensively
throughout the East. There he learned and practiced the mental and
physical disciplines of yoga, supplementing his knowledge of
western-style ritual magick with the methods of Oriental mysticism.
In 1903, Crowley married Rose Kelly, and they went to Egypt
on their honeymoon. After returning to Cairo in early 1904, Rose
(who until this point had shown no interest or familiarity with
the occult) began entering trance states and insisting to her
husband that the god Horus was trying to contact him. As a test,
Crowley took Rose to the Boulak Museum and asked her to point out
Horus to him. She passed several well-known images of the god and
led Aleister straight to a painted wooden funerary stele from the
26th dynasty, depicting Horus receiving a sacrifice from the
deceased, a priest named Ankh-af-na-khonsu. Crowley was especially
impressed by the fact that this piece was numbered 666 by the
museum, a number with which he had identified since childhood.
The upshot was that he began to listen to Rose, and at her
direction, on three successive days beginning April 8, 1904, he
entered his chamber at noon and wrote down what he heard dictated
from a shadowy presence behind him. The result was the three
chapters of verse known as Liber AL vel Legis, or The Book of the
Law. This book heralded the dawning of the new aeon of Horus,
which would be governed by the Law of Thelema.
"Thelema" is a Greek word meaning "will", and the Law of Thelema
is often stated as: "Do what thou wilt". As the prophet of this
new aeon, Crowley spent the rest of his life working to develop
and establish Thelemic philosophy.
In 1906 Crowley rejoined George Cecil Jones in England, where they
set about the task of creating a magical order to continue where
the Golden Dawn had left off. They called this order the A.'. A.'.
(Astron Argon or Silver Star), and it became the primary vehicle
for the transmission of Crowley's mystical and magical training
system based on the principles of Thelema.
Then in 1910 Crowley was contacted by Theodore Reuss, the head of
an organization based in Germany called the Ordo Templi Orientis
(O.T.O.). This group of high-ranking Freemasons claimed to have
discovered the supreme secret of practical magick, which was taught
in its highest degrees. Apparently Crowley agreed, becoming a
member of O.T.O. and eventually taking over as head of the order
when Reuss suffered a stroke in 1921. Crowley reformulated the
rites of the O.T.O. to conform them to the Law of Thelema, and
vested the organization with its main purpose of establishing
Thelema in the world. The order also became independent of Free-
masonry (although still based on the same patterns) and opened its
membership to women and men who were not masons.
Aleister Crowley died in Hastings, England on December 2, 1947.
However, his legacy lives on in the Law of Thelema which he
brought to mankind (along with dozens of books and writings on
magick and other mystical subjects), and in the orders A.'. A.'.
and O.T.O. which continue to advance the principles of Thelema
to this day.
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Msg#: 12388 Date: 05-28-96 03:08
From: Blue Resonant Human Read: Yes Replied: No
To: All Mark:
Subj: What is the A.'. A.'.?
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From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:07:18 GMT
What is the A.'. A.'.?
======================
Interesting excerpts:
It is the most hidden of communities, yet it contains members
from many circles; nor is there any Centre of Thought whose
activity is not due to the presence of one of ourselves. From
all time there has been an exterior school based on the interior
one, of which it is but the outer expression. From all time,
therefore, there has been a hidden assembly, a society of the
Elect, of those who sought
[...]
The interior Order was formed immediately after the first
perception of man's wider heritage had dawned upon the first of
the adepts; it received from the Masters at first-hand the
revelation of the means by which humanity could be raised to its
rights and delivered from its misery. It received the primitive
charge of all revelation and mystery; it received the key of
true science, both divine and natural.
[...]
Faithful to the spirit of truth, the members of the interior
Order live in silence, but in real activity.
Yet, besides their secret holy work, they have from time to time
decided upon political strategic action.
[...]
This school of wisdom has been for ever most secretly hidden
from the world, because it is invisible and submissive solely to
illuminated government.
It has never been exposed to the accidents of time and to the
weakness of man, because only the most capable were chosen for
it, and those who selected made no error.
[...]
But all exterior societies subsist only by virtue of this
interior one. As soon as external societies wish to transform a
temple of wisdom into a political edifice, the interior society
retires and leaves only the letter without the spirit. It is
thus that secret external societies of wisdom were nothing but
hieroglyphic screens, the truth remaining inviolable in the
Sanctuary so that she might never be profaned.
[...]
It is a society which unites superior strength to its own, and
counts its members from more than one world. It is the society
whose members form the republic of Genius, the Regent Mother of
the whole World.
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AN ACCOUNT OF A.'. A.'.
FIRST WRITTEN IN THE LANGUAGE
OF HIS PERIOD
by
THE COUNCILLOR VON ECKARTSHAUSEN
AND
NOW REVISED AND REWRITTEN
IN THE UNIVERSAL CIPHER
A.'. A.'.
Official publication in Class C.
Issued by Order:
D.D.S. 7* = 4*
O.S.V. 6* = 5*
N.S.F. 5* = 6*
[The Revisers wish to acknowledge gratefully the translation of
Madame de Steiger, which they have freely quoted.]
IT is necessary, my dear brothers, to give you a clear idea of
the interior Order; of that illuminated community which is
scattered throughout the world, but which is governed by one
truth and united in one spirit.
This community possesses a School, in which all who thirst for
knowledge are instructed by the Spirit of Wisdom itself; and all
the mysteries of nature are preserved in this school for the
children of light. Perfect knowledge of nature and of humanity
is taught in this school. It is from her that all truths
penetrate into the world; she is the school of all who search
for wisdom, and it is in this community alone that truth and the
explantation of all mystery are to be found. It is the most
hidden of communities, yet it contains members from many circles;
nor is there any Centre of Thought whose activity is not due to
the presence of one of ourselves. From all time there has been
an exterior school based on the interior one, of which it is but
the outer expression. From all time, therefore, there has been
a hidden assembly, a society of the Elect, of those who sought
for and had capacity for light, and this interior society was
the Axle of the R.O.T.A. All that any external order possesses
in symbol, ceremony, or rite is the letter expressive outwardly
of that spirit of truth which dwelleth in the interior Sanctuary.
Nor is the contradiction of the exterior any bar to the harmony
of the interior.
Hence this Sanctuary, composed of members widely scattered
indeed but united by the bonds of perfect love, has been
occupied from the earliest ages in building the grand Temple
(through the evolution of humanity) by which the reign of L.V.X.
will be manifest. This society is in the communion of those who
have most capacity for light; they are united in truth, and their
Chief is the Light of the World himself, V.V.V.V.V., the One
Anointed in Light, the single teacher for the human race, the Way,
the Truth, and the Life.
The interior Order was formed immediately after the first
perception of man's wider heritage had dawned upon the first of
the adepts; it received from the Masters at first-hand the
revelation of the means by which humanity could be raised to its
rights and delivered from its misery. It received the primitive
charge of all revelation and mystery; it received the key of
true science, both divine and natural.
But as men multiplied, the frailty of man necessitated an
exterior society which veiled the interior one, and concealed
the spirit and the truth in the letter, because many people were
not capable of comprehending great interior truth. Therefore,
interior truths were wrapped in external and perceptible
ceremonies, so that men, by the perception of the outer which is
the symbol of the interior, might by degrees be enabled safely
to approach the interior spiritual truths.
But the inner truth has always been confided to him who in his
day had the most capacity for illumination, and he became the
sole guardian of the original Trust, as High Priest of the
Sanctuary.
When it became necessary that interior truths should be enfolded
in exterior ceremony and symbol, on account of the real weakness
of men who were not capable of hearing the Light of Light, then
exterior worship began. It was, however, always the type or
symbol of the interior, that is to say, the symbol of the true
and Secret Sacrament.
The external worship would never have been separated from
interior revel but for the weakness of man, which tends too
easily to forget the spirit in the letter; but the Masters are
vigilant to note in every nation those who are able to receive
light, and such persons are employed as agents to spread the
light according to man's capacity and to revivify the dead
letter.
Through these instruments the interior truths of the Sanctuary
were taken into every nation, and modified symbolically
according to their customs, capacity for instruction, climate,
and receptiveness. So that the external types of every religion,
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To: All Mark:
Subj: What is the A.'. A.'.?
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From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:07:18 GMT
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worship, ceremonies and Sacred Books in general have more or
less clearly, as their object of instruction, the interior
truths of the Sanctuary, by which man will be conducted to the
universal knowledge of the one Absolute Truth.
The more the external worship of a people has remained united
with the spirit of esoteric truth, the purer its religion; but
the wider the difference between the symbolic letter and the
invisible truth, the more imperfect has become the religion.
Finally, it may be, the external form has entirely parted from
its inner truth, so that ceremonial observances without soul or
life have remained alone.
In the midst of all this, truth reposes inviolable in the inner
Sanctuary.
Faithful to the spirit of truth, the members of the interior
Order live in silence, but in real activity.
Yet, besides their secret holy work, they have from time to time
decided upon political strategic action.
Thus, when the earth was night utterly corrupt by reason of the
Great Sorcery, the Brethren sent Mohammed to bring freedom to
mankind by the sword.
This being but partially a success, they raised up one Luther to
teach freedom of thought. Yet this freedom soon turned into a
heavier bondage than before.
Then the Brethren delivered unto man the knowledge of nature,
and the keys thereof; yet this also was prevented by the Great
Sorcery.
Now then finally in nameless ways, as one of our Brethren hath
it now in mind to declare, have they raised up One to deliver
unto men the keys of Spiritual Knowledge, and by His work shall
He be judged.
This interior community of light is the reunion of all those
capable of receiving light, and it is known as the Communion of
Saints, the primitive receptacle for all strength and truth,
confided to it from all time.
By it the agents of L.V.X. were formed in every age, passing
from the interior to the exterior, and communicating spirit and
life to the dead letter, as already said.
This illuminated community is the true school of L.V.X.; it has
its Chair, its Doctors; it possesses a rule for students; it has
forms and objects for study.
It has also its degrees for successive development to greater
altitudes.
This school of wisdom has been for ever most secretly hidden
from the world, because it is invisible and submissive solely to
illuminated government.
It has never been exposed to the accidents of time and to the
weakness of man, because only the most capable were chosen for
it, and those who selected made no error.
Through this school were developed the germs of all the sublime
sciences, which were first received by external schools, then
clothed in other forms, and hence degenerated.
According to time and circumstances, the society of sages
communicated unto the exterior societies their symbolic
hieroglyphs, in order to attract man to the great truths of
their Sanctuary.
But all exterior societies subsist only by virtue of this
interior one. As soon as external societies wish to transform a
temple of wisdom into a political edifice, the interior society
retires and leaves only the letter without the spirit. It is
thus that secret external societies of wisdom were nothing but
hieroglyphic screens, the truth remaining inviolable in the
Sanctuary so that she might never be profaned.
In this interior society man finds wisdom and with her All ---
not the wisdom of this world, which is but scientific knowledge,
which revolves round the outside but never touches the centre
(in which is contained all strength), but true wisdom,
understanding and knowledge, reflections of the supreme
illumination.
All disputes, all controversies, all the things belonging to the
false cares of this world, fruitless discussions, useless germs
of opinions which spread the seeds of disunion, all error,
schisms, and systems are banished. Neither calumny nor scandal
is known. Every man is honoured. Love alone reigns.
We must not, however, imagine that this society resembles any
secret society, meeting at certain times, choosing leaders and
members, united by special objects. All societies, be what they
may, can but come after this interior illuminated circle. This
society knows none of the formalities which belong to the outer
rings, the work of man. In this kingdom of power all outward
forms cease.
L.V.X. is the Power always present. The greatest man of his
times, the chief himself, does not always know all the members,
but the moment when it is necessary that he should accomplish
any object he finds them in the world with certainty ready to
his hand.
This community has no outside barriers. He who may be chosen is
as the first; he presents himself among the others without
presumption, and he is received by the others without jealousy.
It if be necessary that real members should meet together, they
find and recognize each other with perfect certainty.
No disguise can be used, neither hypocrisy nor dissimulation
could hide the characteristic qualities which distinguish the
members of this society. All illusion is gone, and things
appear in their true form.
No one member can choose another; unanimous choice is required.
Though not all men are called, many of called are chosen, and
that as soon as they become fit for entrance.
Any man can look for the entrance, and any man who is within can
teach another to seek for it; but only he who is fit can arrive
within.
Unprepared men occasion disorder in a community, and disorder is
not compatible with the Sanctuary. Thus it is impossible to
profane the Sanctuary, since admission is not formal but real.
Worldly intelligence seeks this Sanctuary in vain; fruitless
also will be the efforts of malice to penetrate these great
mysteries; all is indecipherable to him who is not ripe; he can
see nothing, read nothing in the interior.
He who is fit is joined to the chain, perhaps often where he
thought least likely, and at a point of which he knew nothing
himself.
To become fit should be the sole effort of him who seeks wisdom.
But there are methods by which fitness is attained, for in this
holy communion is the primitive storehouse of the most ancient
and original science of the human race, with the primitive
mysteries also of all science. It is the unique and really
illuminated community which is absolutely in possession of the
key to all mystery, which knows the centre and source of all
nature. It is a society which unites superior strength to its
own, and counts its members from more than one world. It is the
society whose members form the republic of Genius, the Regent
Mother of the whole World.
[From: The Equinox Vol. I No. 1]
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A.'.A.'. is the one true and invisible Order which has operated
under various names and guises throughout history to guide the
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To: All Mark:
Subj: What is the A.'. A.'.?
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:07:18 GMT
* Continuation from previous message....
spiritual evolution of humanity. The goals of the A.'.A.'. are
those which have motivated spiritual exploration and religious
inquiry throughout human history. Its methods are those of
science; its aims are those of religion.
It is the Arcanum Arcanorum, and the Holy of Holies wherein the
Sacred Ark rests inviolate. Every legitimate magical order,
mystery school, religion, or other agency disseminating some
portion of Wisdom or Light is or has been but an Outer Vehicle
of this Inner Fellowship of Light. "All words are sacred and all
prophets true; save only that they understand a little..."
(Liber Legis, I:56).
This is the highest and purest meaning of A.'.A.'..
More commonly, however, we use the name A.'.A.'. to mean not
only this Invisible and Eternal Order, but a particular outer
structure, or terrestrial incarnation of the Interior School,
which came into being, beginning in 1906 C.E., at the hands of
two Adepts named Aleister Crowley and George Cecil Jones. This
Order survives today through various authentic lineages which
can be traced back to these two Adepts.
::: LINEAGES OF THE A.'.A.'. :::
Since the death of Aleister Crowley in 1947 there have been no
universal Chiefs of the A.'.A.'. Karl Germer (S.'.H.'. Frater
Saturnus, 8=3), was the senior living A.'.A.'. member at
Crowley's death, and many turned to him for guidance; but he
never took up the mantle of governance of the Order. After
Germer's death, no single person emerged visibly as a central
guiding figure.
Yet the Order itself has continued, according to its original
plan whereby a member of sufficient Grade may admit others to
the chain.
Various lineages have survived. Claims are periodically
encountered that one individual or another is an authentic link
to A.'.A.'. Some of these claims are quite real; some are
honest mistakes; and some are fraudulent. It is not our present
purpose to play arbiter to these claims, to upraise one or knock
down another. It is a universal truth of Initiation that each
student, at each step along the way, gets the teacher he or she
"deserves," based on the real maturity and needs of the soul;
and that while sometimes spiritual growth is fostered by finding
the BEST teacher, at other times it is best fostered by lessons
of discrimination taught in the School of Hard Knocks.
In this matter we give but one sage piece of advice: "By their
fruits shall ye know them!" The Works of the Adept, the fruits
of his or her garden, are the signs of his or her attainment.
Let it be enough, therefore, that we say that the founder of the
College of Thelema is one valid link in the chain of A.'.A.'.
initiation; and that other valid links exist and can be found.
::: ADMISSION AS A PROBATIONER :::
From its beginning, the A.'.A.'. philosophy supported the
admission of any interested person soever into the instruction
and practice of Scientific Illuminism. In other words -- in the
earliest years -- anyone at all could write to the A.'.A.'. and
request an interview with a Neophyte who (all things proceeding
agreeably to the applicant) would admit the individual as a
Probationer (0=0 Grade) forthwith.
Unfortunately, this complete "open door" policy resulted in a
very high percentage of failures. By early 1912 it was found
necessary to make a change in the admission requirements. It was
thus ordered "that every person wishing to become a Probationer
of A.'.A.'. must first pass three months as a Student of the
Mysteries." A specific study and testing curriculum was
established for this Student period.
However, although Aleister Crowley inaugurated this Studentship
in 1912, and gave examination in it as late as 1945 (about two
and a half years before his death), there is little evidence
that he paid much attention to it, in that form, during the
intervening 33 years. Instead, he tried numerous ways of
preparing people to undertake the Probationer Grade of A.'.A.'.
He moved from one approach to the next, apparently adapting each
to the needs of a particular student as best he could.
Many years ago, this same approach was adopted by the Soror
Estai lineage. While each applicant is required to pass through
a formal Student period, many avenues are accepted for
accomplishing this. (For clarity, we should mention that
beginning with Probationer, the administration of the A.'.A.'.
Grades is strictly by the criteria established by Aleister
Crowley and George Cecil Jones. It is only in the Student, or
preparatory, stage that such broad variation is practiced.)
Any sincere aspirant seeking to affiliate with the A.'.A.'. as
a Probationer may write to:
College of Thelema
222 North Manhattan Place
Los Angeles, CA
90004-4018.
For further information, the principles, teachings, and
structure of the A.'.A.'. can be investigated in the various
writings of Aleister Crowley; in numerous articles in the
journal In the Continuum; and in the book The Mystical & Magical
System of the A.'.A.'., published by the College of Thelema.
Additionally, background information is available from:
http://www.crl.com/~thelema/aa.html
::: A.'.A.'. Student Programs :::
Today, the Soror Estai A.'.A.'. lineage adheres to the basic
requirement that "every person wishing to become a Probationer
of A.'.A.'. must first pass three months as a Student of the
Mysteries," and pass examination therein.
We formally note that The Master Therion employed, over the
years, many different approaches to this task, "to help people
along in the early stages of the work, even if there was no hope
of their turning out first-class." We have done the same. We
recognize three or four forms of the Student task, each an
avenue of approach to the Probationer Grade.
First, we recognize the original Student program, published in
The Equinox and quoted, in full in Chapter 1 of The Mystical &
Magical System of the A.'.A.'. A Student can get the assigned
books, study them, and take examination.
Also, we recognize the successful completion of Course I of the
College of Thelema as fulfillment of the Student requirement.
Similarly, passage through the First Order of the Temple of
Thelema satisfies the Student requirement. This is primarily
because a person who completes the First Order will, in the
course of their work, have completed the whole of C.O.T.
Course I.
Additionally, there is an occasional individual whose personal
study and life experience are clearly equivalent to any of the
foregoing. Such a seeker may be admitted as a Probationer
without further requirements. However, such individuals are
rare; and we have observed that, generally where a Probationer
has been admitted on this basis and has passed on to other
grades, they have gone back and undertaken one or more of the
other offered programs as well. This kind of behavior is not
at all surprising, considering the character type of those
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From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:07:18 GMT
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aspirants who typically succeed.
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COLLEGE OF THELEMA
==================
::: INTRODUCTION :::
Founded in service to the A.'.A.'. in the early 1970's CE by
Soror Meral, the College of Thelema seeks to guide the student
to an understanding of the Law of Thelema. Most especially,
this means a deeper understanding of oneself and of one's True
Will -- "Every man and every woman is a star" Liber Legis, I:3
For over twenty years, the College of Thelema has continued to
grow and expand, while ever maintaining its high standards of
excellence and quality in Thelemic education. Originally
composed of one individual campus headed by Soror Meral, the
College of Thelema now has several locations throughout the
United States, Canada and Europe, with a growing faculty of
experienced and dedicated individuals.
From the main campus in Oroville, California, Soror Meral has
continually published the bi-annual journal In the Continuum,
which features important (and rare) writings by Aleister
Crowley, as well as original research and other material.
All back and current issues are available.
A personal teacher is assigned to each student. Successful
completion of Course I is one way to fulfill the A.'.A.'.
Student requirement. A combination of instruction techniques is
employed, including seminars and classes, written texts, and
individual work. The organization of the College is designed
with the individual student in mind. Once enrolled, the student
works at her own pace, within a two-year time period. The
student is expected to determine how much personal instruction
she requires, and take the initiative to seek out that
instruction by maintaining contact with her teacher and
attending classes and seminars.
The College of Thelema is suitable for serious students who wish
to study Thelema and apply themselves actively to the Great
Work, while working at their own pace and providing their own
level of structure and schedule.
::: GENERAL INFORMATION :::
Experience has shown that teaching done in a classroom or on an
individualized, one-on-one basis is much more effective than any
correspondence course can possibly be. Hence, the College
requires inperson contact with students. A minimum amount of 60
class hours must be accumulated in order to complete each
Course, and these hours may be acquired through attendance at
classes, seminars, and personal instruction.
Should the student prove competent, and should she desire it,
she may request admission into A.'.A.'. after successful
completion of Course I. If accepted, she may affiliate through
that Initiate in her vicinity, or with the teacher who appeals
to her the most.
The College of Thelema holds high standards of excellency in
both its teachers and students. All teachers of the College are
Initiates of A.'.A.'., and are bound to the Order and to Its
precepts and philosophy as revealed in Liber AL vel Legis, and
through the work of TO MEGA THERION, the Prophet of the Aeon of
Horus. The College is autonomous, and is not affiliated with
any other organization other than A.'.A.'. The faculty of the
College serve without personal pay in the great tradition of A.'.
A.'.; any fees requested scarcely cover the cost of materials
and operation. The College reserves the right to expel from its
faculty and otherwise discipline any teacher who fails to live
up to the Policies of the College as stated, and to the great
principles of A.'.A.'.
::: ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS :::
Following is an outline of the minimum requirements which must
be met by the student applying for admission into enrollment in
the College of Thelema:
Acceptance of Liber AL vel Legis, with no desire to make changes
therein.
Two years of previous college work, preferably with attention
to psychology, philosophy, science, mathematics, English and
humanities. Please be prepared to submit a transcript of this
work. Exceptions to this requirement may be waived due to
equivalent experience if deemed appropriate.
Desire to explore, understand and know, in all of its detail,
and with integrity, honesty and love of Truth, the nature and
powers of one's own Being -- to Know Thyself.
::: COURSE OVERVIEW :::
The curriculum of the College of Thelema is broken into four
consecutive Courses, which deal progressively with the practical
application of psychology, Thelemic philosophy, qabalah,
astrology, and magick.
Once enrolled, the Student has two years to complete the Course.
If, at the end of this period, the Student has not completed
the course work but would like to remain enrolled, extensions
can be granted for an additional fee. Other than the two year
time frame, there are no other time restrictions on the Student.
You are free to work at your own pace, and accumulate a minimum
of 60 class hours at your convenience. As an enrolled Student,
the resources of the College will be made available to you. You
will be assigned a personal teacher, with whom you will be
responsible for keeping in contact, for arranging individual
sessions and for coordinating examinations and assignments.
Additionally, you will be informed of classes, seminars, and
other events which you may choose to attend. The amount of your
participation is left entirely up to you.
::: APPLICATION PROCEDURE :::
Write a detailed letter to the College of Thelema, introducing
yourself, explaining all aspects of your background you feel to
be relevant, and describing your reasons for seeking admission.
The mailing addresses of several of the College's campuses are
below. With the letter, be sure to include any transcripts of
previous college work. If you do not have two years of college
experience, then please explain what experience or background
you have that may be equivalent. Please be as objective and
candid as possible in your self-assessment.
In writing your letter, please include the following
information:
Your full legal name and sex.
Your complete mailing address.
Daytime and evening telephone numbers.
Date, time, and place of birth.
If necessary, you may be requested to provide further information.
If appropriate, you will be contacted for arranging a personal
interview with a member of the faculty.
[This material is copyright 1995/1996 College of Thelema.]
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Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:09:01 GMT
What is Thelema?
================
::: Thelemic Organizations :::
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."
As might be expected in a philosophy which values the uniqueness
of every human being, a number of different organizations have
arisen to provide various avenues of studying Thelema and seeking
spiritual evolution within its embrace.
The following list describes some of these organizations:
Ordo Templi Orientis
--------------------
The O.T.O. is a para-masonic order which seeks the liberty of
every man and woman. It is the first of the Old Aeon orders to
accept the Law of Thelema and redesign its entire rite accordingly,
vested by Aleister Crowley with the task of spreading this Law
throughout the world.
Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
---------------------------
The Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, or Gnostic Catholic Church,
provides a purely Thelemic religious environment centered around
celebration of Crowley's Gnostic Mass (Liber XV). The Gnostic Mass
is performed regularly at many O.T.O. local bodies throughout the
world.
College of Thelema
------------------
The College of Thelema is a Thelemic educational institution
dedicated to helping individuals to understand the Law of Thelema
and gain a deep inner knowledge of themselves and their True Will.
The College also publishes a biannual journal and books on Thelema
and related subjects. The College of Thelema was founded in service
to the A.'. A.'., and teaches its principles in addition to providing
the requisite "student" preparation for initiation into the A.'. A.'.
Temple of Thelema
-----------------
The Temple of Thelema is operated by the College of Thelema as
an Outer Order of the Mysteries, providing ceremonial initiation,
coordinated and structured training, and regular group temple work
following the model of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, of
which it is a lineal successor. The College of Thelema coursework is
included in its curriculum, in addition to much additional
instruction.
Completion of the outer degrees of the Temple of Thelema also provides
A.'. A.'. student preparation for individuals who aspire to follow
that path.
[As an interesting aside here, I was recently contacted by a local
chapter calling itself "The Abbey of Thelema," after calling them
in an attempt to ascertain why the left eye of Horus was employed
as a large part of their logo. They were reluctant to get into
much detail over the phone and set up an appointment for me to
interview with some of their muckity-mucks. Looking forward to
learning some fascinating things from such a personal interview
(which they insisted was a pre-requisite for any further contact),
I was surprised to learn that the night before the interview was
to transpire, my wife had a very disturbing dream in which she
brushed a very large and menacing spider off my shoulder. Taking
this under advisement, I called and cancelled the interview,
thanking them for the offer and explaining what had influenced my
decision. Interestingly enough, the gentleman on the phone
remarked that this was not at all an isolated occurence of such
premonitions. -d4]
A.'. A.'.
---------
The A.'. A.'. is the one true and invisible order which has
operated under various names and guises throughout history to guide
the spiritual evolution of mankind. The current outer form of this
order was formulated in 1906 by Aleister Crowley and George Cecil
Jones. It survives today through various lineages which can be
traced back to Crowley or Jones.
["Like Cdr. Cecil B. Scott Jones?" density wondered silently to
himself... -d4]
Disclaimer
----------
The above list is not meant to be inclusive of all known Thelemic
groups worldwide. These links are provided for informational
purposes only, and do not constitute an endorsement by any
particular group or individual acting in an official capacity.
Except as explicitly noted, these groups are not affiliated with
each other. Most information is supplied from the organizations'
published literature, and is copyrighted respectively.
::: Thelemic Resources :::
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."
The following sites contain information and resources which may be
of interest to the Thelemic community:
Thelema FTP Archives
--------------------
ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/th/thelema
College and Temple of Thelema
-----------------------------
http://www.crl.com/~suti/onyx.html
The official home page of the College of Thelema and Temple of
Thelema. Includes announcements of current events, information on
publications, and other resources. Also contains information on
Ceremonial Magick, Ritual and Egyptology, Occult Research, and
links to many other interesting sites.
OTO Translators' Guild
----------------------
http://www.snafu.de/~marcus/index.htm
The OTO Constitution provides for independent guilds of skilled
workers who can share resources and pursue common interests. This
is the first such guild officially recognized by the OTO. Its
charter is to support and coordinate the efforts of those trans-
lating Thelemic material into from English into other languages.
Order of the Thelemic Golden Dawn
---------------------------------
http://users.aol.com/thelemicgd/TGD/tgd.html
A Magical-Religious-Scientific Order dedicated to the vital perpet-
uation of the teachings of Aleister Crowley. The principal function
of the New Order is to assist in the initiation of aspirants into
the Magical Life of Thelema. It is a Magical Order of the New Aeon
wherein men and women, by the essential aids of Science and
Religion, can participate in the Great Work of Thelema.
Academia Masonica Borealis
--------------------------
http://www.ifi.unit.no/~janj/amb/amb.html
An organization dedicated to research into the Masonic heritage of
the Ordo Templi Orientis.
The Nihil Page
--------------
http://www.holli.com/~nihil777/thelema.html
Contains a complete collection of full texts of A.'. A.'. libers and
other Thelemic works.
A.'. A.'. Information and Libri
-------------------------------
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~eclectic/o/thelema/aa.html
Contains information about the A.'. A.'. including an index of
libers and selected texts.
The Equinox
-----------
http://www.winternet.com/~robin/equinox/equinox.html
Online version of the quintessential Thelemic periodical, The
Equinox
Albion Lodge, O.T.O.
--------------------
http://www.io.com/~albion/93lib.htm
Thelemic Library Online texts of several important Thelemic works
by Crowley and others.
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From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:10:11 GMT
Introduction to Magick
Excerpted from Magick in Theory and Practice
by Aleister Crowley
"Magick is the Highest, most Absolute, and most Divine Knowledge
of Natural Philosophy; advanced in its works and wonderful
operations by a right understanding of the inward and occult
virtue of things; so that true Agents being applied to proper
Patients, strange and admirable effects will thereby be produced.
Whence magicians are profound and diligent searchers into
Nature; they, because of their skill, know how to anticipate an
effect, the which to the vulgar shall seem to be a miracle."
-The Goetia of the Lemegeton of King Solomon
"Whenever sympathetic magic occurs in its pure unadulterated
form, it is assumed that in nature one event follows another
necessarily and invariably without the intervention of any
spiritual or personal agency. Thus its fundamental conception is
identical with that of modern science; underlying the whole
system is a faith, implicit but real and firm, in the order and
uniformity of nature. The magician does not doubt that the same
causes will always produce the same effects, that the
performance of the proper ceremony accompanied by the
appropriate spell, will inevitably be attended by the desired
results, unless, indeed, his incantations should chance to be
thwarted and foiled by the more potent charms of another
sorcerer. He supplicates no higher power: he sues the favour of
no fickle and wayward being: he abases himself before no awful
deity. Yet his power, great as he believes it to be, is by no
means arbitrary and unlimited. He can wield it only so long as
he strictly conforms to the rules of his art, or to what may be
called the laws of nature as conceived by him. To neglect these
rules, to break these laws in the smallest particular is to
incur failure, and may even expose the unskillful practitioner
himself to the utmost peril. If he claims a sovereignty over
nature, it is a constitutional sovereignty rigorously limited in
its scope and exercised in exact conformity with ancient usage.
Thus the analogy between the magical and the scientific
conceptions of the world is close. In both of them the
succession of events is perfectly regular and certain, being
determined by immutable laws, the operation of which can be
foreseen and calculated precisely; the elements of caprice, of
chance, and of accident are banished from the course of nature.
Both of them open up a seemingly boundless vista of
possibilities to him who knows the causes of things and can
touch the secret springs that set in motion the vast and
intricate mechanism of the world. Hence the strong attraction
which magic and science alike have exercised on the human mind;
hence the powerful stimulus that both have given to the pursuit
of knowledge. They lure the weary enquirer, the footsore seeker,
on through the wilderness of disappointment in the present by
their endless promises of the future: they take him up to the
top of an exceeding high mountain and shew him, beyond the dark
clouds and rolling mist at his feet, a vision of the celestial
city, far off, it may be, but radiant with unearthly splendour,
bathed in the light of dreams."
-Dr. J. G. FRAZER, "The Golden Bough"
"So far, therefore, as the public profession of magic has been
one of the roads by which men have passed to supreme power, it
has contributed to emancipate mankind from the thraldom of
tradition and to elevate them into a larger, freer life, with a
broader outlook on the world. This is no small service rendered
to humanity. And when we remember further that in another
direction magic has paved the way for science, we are forced to
admit that if the black arts has done much evil, it has also
been the source of much good; that if it is the child of error,
it has been the mother of freedom and truth."
-Ibid.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good".
-St. Paul.
"Also the mantras and the spells; the obeah and the wanga; the
work of the wand and the work of the sword: these he shall learn
and teach.
"He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals.
"The word of the Law is THELEMA."
LIBER AL vel xxxi: The Book of the Law.
This book is for ALL: for every man, woman, and child.
My former work has been misunderstood, and its scope limited,
by my use of technical terms. It has attracted only too many
dilettanti and eccentrics, weaklings seeking in "Magic" an
escape from reality. I myself was first consciously drawn to
the subject in this way. And it has repelled only too many
scientific and practical minds, such as I most designed to
influence. But MAGICK is for ALL.
I have written this book to help the Banker, the Pugilist, the
Biologist, the Poet, the Navvy, the Grocer, the Factory Girl,
the Mathematician, the Stenographer, the Golfer, the Wife, the
Consul--and all the rest--to fulfil themselves perfectly, each
in his or her own proper function.
Let me explain in a few words how it came about that I blazoned
the word MAGICK upon the Banner that I have borne before me all
my life.
Before I touched my teens, I was already aware that I was The
Beast whose number is 666. I did not understand in the least
what that implied; it was a passionately ecstatic sense of
identity.
In my third year at Cambridge, I devoted myself consciously to
the Great Work, understanding thereby the Work of becoming a
Spiritual Being, free from the constraints, accidents, and
deceptions of material existence.
I found myself at a loss for a name to designate my work, just
as H.P. Blavatsky some years earlier. "Theosophy", "Spiritualism",
"Occultism", "Mysticism", all involved undesirable connotations.
I chose therefore the name "MAGICK" as essentially the most
sublime, and actually the most discredited, of all the available
terms.
I swore to rehabilitate MAGICK, to identify it with my own
career; and to compel mankind to respect, love, and trust that
which they scorned, hated and feared. I have kept my Word.
But the time is now come for me to carry my banner into the
thick of the press of human life.
I must make MAGICK the essential factor in the life of ALL.
In presenting this book to the world, I must then explain and
justify my position by formulating a definition of MAGICK and
setting forth its main principles in such a way that ALL may
understand instantly that their souls, their lives, in every
relation with every other human being and every circumstance,
depend upon MAGICK and the right comprehension and right
application thereof.
I. DEFINITION.
MAGICK is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in
conformity with Will.
Illustration: It is my Will to inform the World of certain facts
within my knowledge. I therefore take "magical weapons", pen,
ink, and paper; I write "incantations" --these sentences-- in
the "magical language" i.e. that which is understood by the
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Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:10:11 GMT
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people I wish to instruct; I call forth "spirits", such as
printers, publishers, booksellers, and so forth, and constrain
them to convey my message to those people. The composition and
distribution of this book is thus an act of MAGICK by which I
cause Changes to take place in conformity with my Will.
II. POSTULATE.
ANY required Change may be effected by the application of the
proper kind and degree of Force in the proper manner through the
proper medium to the proper object.
Illustration: I wish to prepare an ounce of Chloride of Gold.
I must take the right kind of acid, nitro-hydrochloric and no
other, in sufficient quantity and of adequate strength, and
place it, in a vessel which will not break, leak, or corrode, in
such a manner as will not produce undesirable results, with the
necessary quantity of Gold: and so forth. Every Change has its
own conditions.
In the present state of our knowledge and power some changes
are not possible in practice; we cannot cause eclipses, for
instance, or transform lead into tin, or create men from
mushrooms. But it is theoretically possible to cause in any
object any change of which that object is capable by nature;
and the conditions are covered by the above postulate.)
III. THEOREMS.
(1) Every intentional act is a Magical Act.
(Illustration: See "Definition" above.)
(2) Every successful act has conformed to the postulate.
(3) Every failure proves that one or more requirements of the
postulate have not been fulfilled.
(Illustrations: There may be failure to understand the case; as
when a doctor makes a wrong diagnosis, and his treatment injures
his patient. There may be failure to apply the right kind of
force, as when a rustic tries to blow out an electric light.
There may be failure to apply the right degree of force, as when
a wrestler has his hold broken. There may be failure to apply
the force in the right manner, as when one presents a cheque at
the wrong window of the Bank. There may be failure to employ the
correct medium, as when Leonardo da Vinci found his masterpiece
fade away. The force may be applied to an unsuitable object, as
when one tries to crack a stone, thinking it a nut.)
(4) The first requisite for causing any change is thorough
qualitative and quantitative understanding of the conditions.
(Illustration: The most common cause of failure in life is
ignorance of one's own True Will, or of the means by which to
fulfil that Will. A man may fancy himself a painter, and waste
his life trying to become one; or he may be really a painter,
and yet fail to understand and to measure the difficulties
peculiar to that carrier.)
(5) The second requisite of causing any change is the practical
ability to set in right motion the necessary forces.
(Illustration: A banker may have a perfect grasp of a given
situation, yet lack the quality of decision, or the assets,
necessary to take advantage of it.)
(6) "Every man and every woman is a star". That is to say,
every human being is intrinsically an independent individual
with his own proper character and proper motion.
(7) Every man and every woman has a course, depending partly on
the self, and partly on the environment which is natural and
necessary for each. Anyone who is forced from his own course,
either through not understanding himself, or through external
opposition, comes into conflict with the order of the Universe,
and suffers accordingly.
(Illustration: A man may think it his duty to act in a certain
way, through having made a fancy picture of himself, instead of
investigating his actual nature. For example, a woman may make
herself miserable for life by thinking that she prefers love to
social consideration, or visa versa. One woman may stay with an
unsympathetic husband when she would really be happy in an attic
with a lover, while another may fool herself into a romantic
elopement when her only true pleasures are those of presiding at
fashionable functions. Again, a boy's instinct may tell him to
go to sea, while his parents insist on his becoming a doctor.
In such a case, he will be both unsuccessful and unhappy in
medicine.)
(8) A man whose conscious will is at odds with his True Will is
wasting his strength. He cannot hope to influence his environment
efficiently.
(Illustration: When Civil War rages in a nation, it is in no
condition to undertake the invasion of other countries. A man
with cancer employs his nourishment alike to his own use and to
that of the enemy which is a part of himself. He soon fails to
resist the pressure of his environment. In practical life, a man
who is doing what his conscience tells him to be wrong will do
it very clumsily. At first!)
(9) A man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the
Universe to assist him.
(Illustration: The first principle of success in evolution is
that the individual should be true to his own nature, and at the
same time adapt himself to his environment.)
(10) Nature is a continuous phenomenon, though we do not know in
all cases how things are connected.
(Illustration: Human consciousness depends on the properties of
protoplasm, the existence of which depends on innumerable
physical conditions peculiar to this planet; and this planet is
determined by the mechanical balance of the whole universe of
matter. We may then say that our consciousness is causally
connected with the remotest galaxies; yet we do not know even
how it arises from--or with--the molecular changes in the brain.)
(11) Science enables us to take advantage of the continuity of
Nature by the empirical application of certain principles whose
interplay involves different orders of idea connected with each
other in a way beyond our present comprehension.
(Illustration: We are able to light cities by rule-of-thumb
methods. We do not know what consciousness is, or how it is
connected with muscular action; what electricity is or how it is
connected with the machines that generate it; and our methods
depend on calculation involving mathematical ideas which have no
correspondence in the Universe as we know it.)
(12) Man is ignorant of the nature of his own being and powers.
Even his idea of his limitations is based on experience of the
past, and every step in his progress extends his empire. There
is therefore no reason to assign theoretical limits to what he
may be, or to what he may do.
(Illustration: A generation ago it was supposed theoretically
impossible that man should ever know the chemical composition of
the fixed stars. It is known that our senses are adapted to
receive only an infinitesimal fraction of the possible rates of
vibration. Modern instruments have enabled us to detect some of
these suprasensibles by indirect methods, and even to use their
peculiar qualities in the service of man, as in the case of the
rays of Hertz and Rontgen. As Tyndall said, man might at any
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moment learn to perceive and utilise vibrations of all
conceivable and inconceivable kinds. The question of Magick is
a question of discovering and employing hitherto unknown forces
in nature. We know that they exist, and we cannot doubt the
possibility of mental or physical instruments capable of
bringing us into relation with them.)
(13) Every man is more or less aware that his individuality
comprises several orders of existence, even when he maintains
that his subtler principles are merely symptomatic of the
changes in his gross vehicle. A similar order may be assumed
to extend throughout nature.
(Illustration: One does not confuse the pain of toothache with
the decay which causes it. Inanimate objects are sensitive to
certain physical forces, such as electrical and thermal
conductivity; but neither in us nor in them--so far as we know--
is there any direct conscious perception of these forces.
Imperceptible influences are therefore associated with all
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, anything which he
perceives, for everything that he perceives is in a certain
sense a part of his being. He may thus subjugate the whole
Universe of which he is conscious to his individual Will.
(Illustration: Man has used the idea of God to dictate his
personal conduct, to obtain power over his fellows, to excuse
his crimes, and for innumerable other purposes, including that
of realizing himself as God. He has used the irrational and
unreal conceptions of mathematics to help him in the construction
of mechanical devices. He has used his moral force to influence
the actions even of wild animals. He has employed poetic genius
for political purposes.)
(15) Every force in the Universe is capable of being transformed
into any other kind of force by using suitable means. There is
thus an inexhaustible supply of any particular kind of force
that we may need.
(Illustration: Heat may be transformed into light and power by
using it to drive dynamos. The vibrations of the air may be used
to kill men by so ordering them in speech as to inflame war-like
passions. The hallucinations connected with the mysterious
energies of sex result in the perpetuation of the species.)
(16) The application of any given force affects all the orders
of being which exist in the object to which it is applied,
whichever of those orders is directly affected.
(Illustration: If I strike a man with a dagger, his consciousness,
not his body only, is affected by my act; although the dagger, as
such, has no direct relation therewith. Similarly, the power of my
thought may so work on the mind of another person as to produce
far-reaching physical changes in him, or in others through him.)
(17) A man may learn to use any force so as to serve any
purpose, by taking advantage of the above theorems.
(Illustration: A man may use a razor to make himself vigilant
over his speech, by using it to cut himself whenever he
unguardedly utters a chosen word. He may serve the same purpose
by resolving that every incident of his life shall remind him of
a particular thing, making every impression the starting point
of a connected series of thoughts ending in that thing. He might
also devote his whole energies to some one particular object, by
resolving to do nothing at variance therewith, and to make every
act turn to the advantage of that object.)
(18) He may attract to himself any force of the Universe by
making himself a fit receptacle for it, establishing a
connection with it, and arranging conditions so that its nature
compels it to flow toward him.
(Illustration: If I want pure water to drink, I dig a well in
a place where there is underground water; I prevent it from
leaking away; and I arrange to take advantage of water's
accordance with the laws of Hydrostatics to fill it.)
(19) Man's sense of himself as separate from, and opposed to,
the Universe is a bar to his conducting its currents. It
insulates him.
(Illustration: A popular leader is most successful when he
forgets himself, and remembers only "The Cause". Self-seeking
engenders jealousies and schism. When the organs of the body
assert their presence otherwise than by silent satisfaction, it
is a sign that they are diseased. The single exception is the
organ of reproduction. Yet even in this case its self-assertion
bears witness to its dissatisfaction with itself, since it
cannot fulfil its function until completed by its counterpart
in another organism.)
(20) Man can only attract and employ the forces for which he is
really fitted.
(Illustration: You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
A true man of science learns from every phenomenon. But Nature
is dumb to the hypocrite; for in her there is nothing false.)
(21) There is no limit to the extent of the relations of any man
with the Universe in essence; for as soon as man makes himself
one with any idea the means of measurement cease to exist. But
his power to utilize that force is limited by his mental power
and capacity, and by the circumstances of his human environment.
(Illustration: When a man falls in love, the whole world
becomes, to him, nothing but love boundless and immanent; but
his mystical state is not contagious; his fellow-men are either
amused or annoyed. He can only extend to others the effect which
his love has had upon himself by means of his mental and
physical qualities. Thus, Catullus, Dante and Swinburne made
their love a mighty mover of mankind by virtue of their power to
put their thoughts on the subject in musical and eloquent
language. Again, Cleopatra and other people in authority moulded
the fortunes of many other people by allowing love to influence
their political actions. The Magician, however well he succeed
in making contact with the secret sources of energy in nature,
can only use them to the extent permitted by his intellectual
and moral qualities. Mohammed's intercourse with Gabriel was
only effective because of his statesmanship, soldiership, and
the sublimity of his command of Arabic. Hertz's discovery of the
rays which we now use for wireless telepathy was sterile until
reflected through the minds and wills of people who could take
his truth, and transmit it to the world of action by means of
mechanical and economic instruments.)
(22) Every individual is essentially sufficient to himself. But
he is unsatisfactory to himself until he has established himself
in his right relation with the Universe.
(Illustration: A microscope, however perfect, is useless in the
hands of savages. A poet, however sublime, must impose himself
upon his generation if he is to enjoy (and even understand)
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Msg#: 12396 Date: 05-28-96 03:02
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To: All Mark:
Subj: What is Magick?
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:10:11 GMT
* Continuation from previous message....
himself, as theoretically should be the case.)
(23) Magick is the Science of understanding oneself and one's
conditions. It is the Art of applying that understanding in
action.
(Illustration: A golf club is intended to move a special ball in
a special way in special circumstances. A Niblick should rarely
be used on the tee, or a Brassie under the bank of a bunker. But
also, the use of any club demands skill and experience.)
(24) Every man has an indefeasible right to be what he is.
(Illustration: To insist that any one else shall comply with
one's own standards is to outrage, not only him, but oneself,
since both parties are equally born of necessity.)
(25) Every man must do Magick each time he acts or even thinks,
since a thought is an internal act whose influence ultimately
affects action, though it may not do so at the time.
(Illustration: The least gesture causes in a man's own body and
in the air around him; it disturbs the balance of the entire
Universe, and its effects continue eternally throughout all
space. Every thought, however swiftly suppressed, has its effect
on the mind. It stands as one of the causes of every subsequent
thought, and tends to influence every subsequent action. A
golfer may lose a few yards on his drive, a few more with his
second and third, he may lie on the green six bare inches too
far from the hole; but the net result of these trifling mishaps
is the difference of a whole stroke, and so probably between
halving and losing the hole.)
(26) Every man has a right, the right of self-preservation, to
fulfil himself to the utmost.
(Illustration: A function imperfectly performed injures, not
only itself, but everything associated with it. If the heart is
afraid to beat for fear of disturbing the liver, the liver is
starved for blood, and avenges itself on the heart by upsetting
digestion, which disorders respiration, on which cardiac welfare
depends.)
(27) Every man should make Magick the keynote of his life. He
should learn its laws and live by them.
(Illustration: The Banker should discover the real meaning of
his existence, the real motive which led him to choose that
profession. He should understand banking as a necessary factor
in the economic existence of mankind, instead of as merely a
business whose objects are independent of the general welfare.
He should learn to distinguish false values from real, and to
act not on accidental fluctuations but on considerations of
essential importance. Such a banker will prove himself superior
to others; because he will not be an individual limited by
transitory things, but a force of Nature, as impersonal,
impartial and eternal as gravitation, as patient and
irresistible as the tides. His system will not be subject to
panic, any more than the law of Inverse Squares is disturbed by
Elections. He will not be anxious about his affairs because they
will not be his; and for that reason he will be able to direct
them with the calm, clear-headed confidence of an onlooker, with
intelligence unclouded by self-interest and power unimpaired by
passion.)
(28) Every man has a right to fulfil his own will without being
afraid that it may interfere with that of others; for if he is
in his proper place, it is the fault of others if they interfere
with him.
(Illustration: If a man like Napoleon were actually appointed by
destiny to control Europe, he should not be blamed for
exercising his rights. To oppose him would be an error. Any one
so doing would have made a mistake as to his own destiny, except
in so far as it might be necessary for him to learn the lessons
of defeat. The sun moves in space without interference. The
order of Nature provides an orbit for each star. A clash proves
that one or the other has strayed from its course. But as to
each man that keeps his true course, the more firmly he acts,
the less likely are others to get in his way. His example will
help them to find their own paths and pursue them. Every man
that becomes a Magician helps others to do likewise. The more
firmly and surely men move, and the more such action is excepted
as the standard of morality, the less will conflict and
confusion hamper humanity.)
I hope that the above principles will demonstrate to ALL that
their welfare, their very existence, is bound up in MAGICK.
I trust that they will understand, not only the reasonableness,
but the necessity of the fundamental truth which I was the means
of giving to mankind:
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."
I trust that they will assert themselves as individually
absolute, that they will grasp the fact that it is their right
to assert themselves, and to accomplish the task for which their
nature fits them. Yea, more, that this is their duty, and that
not only to themselves but to others, a duty founded upon
universal necessity, and not to be shirked on account of any
casual circumstances of the moment which may seem to put such
contact in the light of inconvenience or even of cruelty.
I hope that the principles outlined above will help them to
understand this book, and prevent them from being deterred from
its study by the more or less technical language in which it is
written.
The essence of MAGICK is simple enough in all conscience. It is
not otherwise with the art of government. The Aim is simply
prosperity; but the theory is tangled, and the practice beset
with briars.
In the same way MAGICK is merely to be and to do. I should add:
"to suffer". For Magick is the verb; and it is part of the
Training to use the passive voice. This is, however, a matter of
Initiation rather than of Magick in its ordinary sense. It is
not my fault if being is baffling, and doing desperate!
Yet, once the above principles are firmly fixed in the mind, it
is easy enough to sum up the situation very shortly. One must
find out for oneself, and make sure beyond doubt, WHO one is,
WHAT one is, WHY one is. This done, one may put the Will which
is implicit in the "Why" into words, or rather into One Word.
Being thus conscious of the proper course to pursue, the next
thing is to understand the conditions necessary to following it
out. After that, one must eliminate from oneself every element
alien or hostile to success, and develop those parts of oneself
which are specially needed to control the aforesaid conditions.
Let us make an analogy. A nation must become aware of its own
character before it can be said to exist. From that knowledge it
must divine its destiny. It must then consider the political
conditions of the world; how other countries may help it or
hinder it. It must then destroy in itself any elements
discordant with its destiny. Lastly, it must develop in itself
those qualities which will enable it to combat successfully the
external conditions which threaten to oppose its purpose. We
have had a recent example in the case of the young German
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Msg#: 12397 Date: 05-28-96 03:02
From: Blue Resonant Human Read: Yes Replied: No
To: All Mark:
Subj: What is Magick?
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:10:11 GMT
* Continuation from previous message....
Empire, which, knowing itself and its will, disciplined and
trained itself so that it conquered the neighbors which had
oppressed it for so many centuries. But after 1866 and 1870,
1914! It mistook itself for superhuman, it willed a thing
impossible, it failed to eliminate its own internal jealousies,
it failed to understand the conditions of victory, it did not
train itself to hold the sea, and thus, having violated every
principle of MAGICK, it was pulled down and broken into pieces
by provincialism and democracy, so that neither individual
excellence nor civic virtue has yet availed to raise it again to
that majestic unity which made so bold a bid for the mastery of
the race of man.
The sincere student will discover, behind the symbolic
technicalities of this book, a practical method of making
himself a Magician. The processes described will enable him to
discriminate between what he actually is, and what he has fondly
imagined himself to be. He must behold his soul in all its
awful nakedness, he must not fear to look on that appalling
actuality. He must discard the gaudy garments with which shame
has screened him; he must accept the fact that nothing can make
him anything but what he is. He may lie to himself, drug
himself, hide himself; but he is always there. Magick will teach
him that his mind is playing him a traitor. It is as if a man
were told that tailors' fashion-plates were the canon of human
beauty, so that he tried to make himself formless and
featureless like them, and shuddered with horror at the idea of
Holbein making a portrait of him. Magick will show him the
beauty and majesty of the self which he has tried to suppress
and disguise.
Having discovered his identity, he will soon perceive his
purpose. Another process will show him how to make that purpose
pure and powerful. He may then learn how to estimate his
environment, learn how to make allies, how to make himself
prevail against all powers whose error has caused them to wander
across his path.
In the course of this Training, he will learn to explore the
Hidden-Mysteries of Nature, and to develop new senses and
faculties in himself, whereby he may communicate with, and
control, Beings and Forces pertaining to orders of existence
which have been hitherto inaccessible to profane research, and
available only to that unscientific and empirical MAGICK (of
tradition) which I came to destroy in order that I might fulfil.
I send this book into the world that every man and woman may
take hold of life in the proper manner. It does not matter if
one's present house of flesh be the hut of a shepherd; by virtue
of my MAGICK he shall be such a shepherd as David was. If it be
the studio of a sculptor, he shall so chisel from himself the
marble that masks his idea that he shall be no less a master
than Rodin.
Witness mine hand:
TO MEGA THERION: The Beast 666; MAGUS 9=2 A.'. A.'. who is The
Word of the Aeon THELEMA; whose name is called V.V.V.V.V. 8=3
A.'. A.'. in the City of the Pyramids; OU MH 7=4; OL SONUF
VAORESAGI 6=5, and ..... ..... 5=6 A.'. A.'. in the Mountain of
Abeignus: but FRATER PERDURABO in the Outer Order or the A.'.A.'.
and in the World of men upon the Earth,
Aleister Crowley of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Footnotes:
1. By "intentional" I mean "willed". But even unintentional acts
so-seeming are not truly so. Thus, breathing is an act of the
Will-to-Live.
2. In one sense Magick may be defined as the name given to
Science by the vulgar.
3. For instance, "irrational", "unreal", and "infinite"
expressions.
4. I.e., except--possibly--in the case of logically absurd
questions, such as the Schoolmen discussed in connection with
"God".
5. It is no objection that the hypocrite is himself a part of
Nature. He is an "endothermic" product, divided against itself,
with a tendency to break up. He will see his own qualities
everywhere, and thus obtain a radical misconception of phenomena.
Most religions of the past have failed by expecting Nature to
conform with their ideals of proper conduct.
6. Men of "criminal nature" are simply at issue with their True
Wills. The murderer has the Will-to-Live; and his will to murder
is a false will at variance with his true Will, since he risks
death at the hands of Society by obeying his criminal impulse.
7. At least it allowed England to discover its intentions, and
so to combine the world against it.
8. Professor Sigmund Freud and his school have, in recent years,
discovered a part of this body of Truth, which has been taught
for many centuries in the Sanctuaries of Initiation. But failure
to grasp the fullness of Truth, especially that implied in my
Sixth Theorem (above) and its corollaries, has led him and his
followers into the error of admitting that the avowedly suicidal
"Censor" is the proper arbiter of conduct. Official psycho-
analysis is therefore committed to upholding a fraud, although
the foundation of the science was the observation of the
disastrous effects on the individual of being false to his
Unconscious Self, whose "writing on the wall" in dream language
is the record of the sum of the essential tendencies of the true
nature of the individual. The result has been that psycho-
analysts have misinterpreted life, and announced the absurdity
that every human being is essentially an anti-social, criminal,
and insane animal. It is evident that the errors of the
Unconscious of which the psycho-analysts complain are neither
more nor less than the "original sin" of the theologians whom
they despise so heartily.
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Msg#: 12398 Date: 05-28-96 03:03
From: Blue Resonant Human Read: Yes Replied: No
To: All Mark:
Subj: A.'. A.'. GIF
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:11:36 GMT
The Astron Argon [Silver Star or A.'. A.'.] Logo
================================================
For those who have followed the Babalon Working series, in
which Crowley, Parsons and Hubbard were rumored to have
engaged in perhaps the most profound working of this century,
you will be interested to discover that the logo of the
A.'. A.'. is precisely that of the Babalon yantra.
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Subj: Thelema GIF
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From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:12:49 GMT
Logo of the College of Thelema
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Students of geometry, symbolism and Egyptology will be quite
interested in what comprises this logo.
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Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:13:53 GMT
The Equinox of the Gods
=======================
"I, Isis, am all that has been, that is or shall be; no mortal
man hath ever me unveiled." Hence the epic theosophical tome
by Blavatsky entitled "Isis Unveiled." cf: this with the fact
that saucer-nut extraordinaire Dr. J. Allen Hynek -- longtime
project Bluebook guru/spokesperson -- noted towards the tail end
of his career that "all of the answers [to the UFO enigma] lie
in [Blavatsky's] theosophy." Tie this in with Crowley's "past
life recollection" of being "priestess of the Veiled One" [see
following] and the current upsurge of "BVM" apparitions in
conjunction with "UFO" phenomenology (a la Fatima, etc.) and
we're finally getting somewhere in this bizarre labyrinth.
Following is an absolutely fascinating missive by Aleister Crowley
which includes all the trinkets of today's UFO mythology -- star
people, laser/particle-beam weaponry, serpent "gods," interspecies
copulation, Fatima-esque phenomena (right down to the showers of
sparks and the smell of roses), Drunvalo Melchizedek's "Amennti"
and, most importantly, manipulative and tyrannical "gods and
goddesses" who pull the strings from far behind the scenes.
"The priests and the people knew nothing of this, however.
For the god manifested exceptional favour; as a new god must
do, or how shall he establish his position?"
Indeed, is this not precisely what we are witnessing today?
Although I found the above quote immensely significant in terms
of our own present-day "equinox of the [alien] gods," the very
best I could offer in commentary would be a severe injustice to
the profundity of this incredible tale.
Enjoy. And learn!
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ACROSS THE GULF
by Aleister Crowley
CHAPTER I
AT last the matter comes back into my mind.
It is now five years since I discovered my "stele" at Bulak,
but not until I obtained certain initiation in the city of
Benares last year did the memory of my life in the Twenty-Sixth
Dynasty when I was prince and priest in Thebai begin to return.
Even now much is obscure; but I am commanded to write, so that
in writing the full memory may be recovered. For without the
perfect knowledge and understanding of that strange life by
Nilus I cannot fully know and understand this later life, or
find that Tomb which I am appointed to find, and do that therein
which must be done.
Therefore with faith and confidence do I who was -- in a
certain mystical sense -- the Priest of the Princes, Ankh-f-na-
khonsu, child of Ta-nech, the holy and mighty one, and of Bes-na-
Maut, priestess of the Starry One, set myself to tell myself the
strange things that befell me in that life.
Thus.
At my birth Aphruimis in the sign of the Lion was ascending,
and in it that strange hidden planet that presides over darkness
and magic and forbidden love. The sun was united with the
planet of Amoun, but in the Abyss, as showing that my power and
glory should be secret, and in Aterechinis the second decanate of
the House of Maat, so that my passion and pleasure should likewise
be unprofance. In the House of Travel in the Sign of the Ram was
the Moon my sweet lady. And the wise men interpreted this as a
token that I should travel afar; it might be to the great temple
at the source of mother Nile; it might be...
Foolishness! I have scarce stirred from Thebai.
Yet have I explored strange countries that they knew not of:
and of this also will I tell in due course.
I remember -- as I never could while I lived in Khemi-land --
all the minute care of my birth. For my mother was of the
oldest house in Thebes, her blood not only royal, but mixed with
the divine. Fifty virgins in their silver tissue stood about
her shaking their sistrons, as if the laughter of the Gods
echoed the cries of the woman. By the bed stood the Priest of
Horus with his heavy staff, the Phoenix for its head, the prong
for its foot. Watchful he stood lest Sebek should rise from the
abyss.
On the roof of the palace watched the three chief astrologers
of Pharaoh with their instruments, and four armed men from the
corners of the tower announced each god as it rose. So these
three men ached and sweated at their task; for they had become
most anxious. All day my birth had been expected; but as Toum
drew to His setting their faces grew paler than the sky; for
there was one dread moment in the night which all their art had
failed to judge. The gods that watched over it were veiled.
But it seemed unlikely that Fate would so decide; yet so they
feared that they sent down to the priest of Thoth to say that
he must at all costs avoid the threatening moment, even if the
lives of mother and child should pay for it; and still the
watchmen cried the hour. Now, now! cried the oldest of the
astrologers as the moment grew near -- now! Below in answer
the priest of Thoth summoned all his skill.
When lo! a rumbling of the abyss. The palace reeled and fell;
Typhon rose mighty in destruction, striding across the skies.
The world rocked with earthquake; every star broke from its
fastening and trembled.
And in the midst lo! Bes-na-Maut my mother; and in her arms
myself, laughing in the midst of all that ruin. Yet not one
living creature took the slightest hurt! But the astrologers
rent their robes and beat their faces on the ground; for the
dread moment, the Unknown Terror, had gone by; and with it I had
come to light.
In their terror, indeed, as I learnt long after, they sent
messengers to the oldest and wisest of the priests; the High-
priest of Nuit, who lived at the bottom of a very deep well, so
that his eyes, even by day, should remain fixed upon the stars.
But he answered them that since they had done all that they
could, and Fate had reversed their design, it was evident that
the matter was in the hands of Fate, and that the less they
meddled the better it would be for them. For he was a brusque
old man -- how afterwards I met him shall be written in its
place.
So then I was to be brought up as befitted one in my station,
half-prince, half-priest. I was to follow my father, hold his
wand and ankh, assume his throne.
And now I begin to recall some details of my preparation for
that high and holy task.
Memory is strangely fragmentary and strangely vivid. I
remember how, when I had completed my fourth month, the priests
took me and wrapped me in a panther's skin, whose flaming gold
and jet-black spots were like the sun. They carried me to the
river bank where the holy crocodiles were basking; and there
they laid me. But when they left me they refrained from the
usual enchauntment against the evil spirit of the crocodile; and
so for three days I lay without protection. Only at certain
hours did my mother descend to feed me; and she too was silent,
being dressed as a princess only, without the sacred badges of
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Msg#: 12401 Date: 05-28-96 03:04
From: Blue Resonant Human Read: Yes Replied: No
To: All Mark:
Subj: Equinox of the Gods (1/3)
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:13:53 GMT
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her office.
Also in the sixth month they exposed me to the Sun in the
desert where was no shade or clothing; and in the seventh month
they laid me in a bed with a sorceress, that fed on the blood of
young children, and, having been in prison for a long time, was
bitterly an-hungered; and in the eighth month they gave me the
aspic of Nile, and the royal Uraeus serpent, and the deadly
snake of the south country, for playmates; but I passed
scatheless through all these trials.
And in the ninth month I was weaned, and my mother bade me
farewell, for never again might she look upon my face, save in
the secret rites of the Gods, when we should meet otherwise than
as babe and mother, in the garment of that Second Birth which we
of Khemi knew.
The next six years of my life have utterly faded. All that I
can recall is the vision of the greatness of our city of Thebai,
and the severity of my life. For I lived on the back of a horse,
even eating and drinking as I rode; for so it becometh a prince.
Also I was trained to lay about me with a sword, and in the
use of the bow and the spear. For it was said that Horus -- or
Men Tu, as we called him in Thebai -- was my Father and my God.
I shall speak later of that strange story of my begetting.
At the end of seven years, however, so great and strong had I
waxen that my father took me to the old astrologer that dwelt in
the well to consult him. This I remember as if it were but
yesterday. The journey down the great river with its slow days!
The creaking benches and the sweat of the slaves are still in
my ears and my nostrils. Then swift moments of flying foam in
some rapid or cataract. The great temples that we passed; the
solitary Ibis of Thoth that meditated on the shore; the crimson
flights of birds; -- but nothing that we saw upon the journey
was like unto the end thereof. For in a desolate place was the
Well, with but a small temple beside it, where the servants --
they too most holy! of that holy ancient man might dwell.
And my father brought me to the mouth of the well and called
thrice upon the name of Nuit. Then came a voice climbing and
coiling up the walls like a serpent, "Let this child become
priestess of the Veiled One!"
Now my father was wise enough to know that the old man never
made a mistake; it was only a question of a right interpretation
of the oracle. Yet he was sorely puzzled and distressed, for
that I was a boy child. So at the risk of his life -- for the
old man was brusque! -- he called again and said "Behold my son!"
But as he spoke a shaft of sunlight smote him on the nape of
the neck as he bend over the well; and his face blackened, and
his blood gushed forth from his mouth. And the old man lapped
up the blood of my father with his tongue, and cried gleefully
to his servants to carry me to a house of the Veiled One, there
to be trained in my new life.
So there came forth from the little house an eunuch and a
young woman exceeding fair; and the eunuch saddled two horses,
and we rode into the desert alone.
Now though I could ride like a man, they suffered me not; but
the young priestess bore me in her arms. And though I ate meat
like a warrior, they suffered me not, but the young priestess
fed me at her breast.
And they took from me the armour of gilded bronze that my
father had made for me, scales like a crocodile's sewn upon
crocodile skin that cunning men had cured with salt and spices;
but they wrapped me in soft green silk.
So strangely we came to a little house in the desert, and
that which befell me there is not given me of the gods at this
time to tell; but I will sleep; and in the morning by their
favour the memory thereof shall arise in me, even in me across
these thousands of years of the whirling of the earth in her
course.
CHAPTER II
SO for many years I grew sleek and subtle in my woman's
attire. And the old eunuch (who was very wise) instructed me in
the Art of Magic and in the worship of the Veiled One, whose
priestess was I destined.
I remember now many things concerning those strange rituals,
things too sacred to write. But I will tell of an adventure
that I had when I was nine years of age.
In one of the sacred books it is written that the secret of
that subtle draught which giveth vision of the star-abodes of
Duant, whose sight is life eternal in freedom and pleasure among
the living, lieth in the use of a certain little secret bone
that is in the Bear of Syria. Yet how should I a child slay
such an one? For they had taken all weapons from me.
But in a garden of the city (for we had now returned unto a
house in the suburbs of Thebai) was a colony of bears kept by a
great lord for his pleasure. And I by my cunning enticed a
young bear-cub from its dam, and slew it with a great stone.
Then I tore off its skin and hid myself therein, taking also its
jaw and sharpening the same upon my stone. Then at last the old
she-bear came searching for me, and as she put down her nose to
smell at me, taking me for her cub, I drove my sharpened bone
into her throat.
I struck with great fortune; for she coughed once, and died.
Then I took her skin with great labour; and (for it was now
night) began to return to my house. But I was utterly weary and
I could no longer climb the wall. Yet I stayed awake all that
night, sharpening again upon my stone the jaw-bone of that bear-
cub; and this time I bound it to a bough that I tore off from a
certain tree that grew in the garden.
Now towards the morning I fell asleep, wrapped in the skin of
the old she-bear. And the great bear himself, the lord of the
garden, saw me, and took me for his mate, and came to take his
pleasure of me. Then I being roused out of sleep struck at his
heart with all my strength as he rose over me, and quitting my
shelter ran among the trees. For I struck not home, or struck
aslant. And the old bear, sore wounded, tore up the skin of his
mate; and then, discovering the cheat, came after me.
But by good fortune I found and wedged myself into a narrow
pylon, too deep for him to reach me, though I could not go
through, for the door was closed upon me. And in the angle of
the door was an old sword disused. This was too heavy for me to
wield with ease; yet I lifted it, and struck feebly at the claws
of the bear. So much I wounded him that in his pain he dropped
and withdrew and began to lick his paws. Thus he forgot about
me; and I, growing bolder, ran out upon him. He opened his
mouth; but before he could rise, I thrust the sword down it. He
tossed his head; and I, clinging to the sword-hilt, was thrown
into the air, and fell heavily upon my shoulder. My head too
struck the ground; and I lay stunned.
When I came to myself it was that a party of men and women had
thrown water in my face and uttered the spells that revive from
swoon. Beside me, close beside me, lay mine enemy dead; and I,
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Msg#: 12402 Date: 05-28-96 03:04
From: Blue Resonant Human Read: Yes Replied: No
To: All Mark:
Subj: Equinox of the Gods (1/3)
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:13:53 GMT
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not forgetful of my quest, took the blade of the sword (for it
was snapt) and cut off the secret parts of the bear and took the
little bone thereof; and would have gone forth with my prize.
But the great lord of the house spake with me; and all his friends
made as if to mock at me. But the women would not have it; they
came round me and petted and caressed me; so that angry words
were spoken.
But even as they quarrelled among themselves, my guardian,
the old eunuch, appeared among them; for he had traced me to the
garden.
And when they beheld the ring of the holy ancient man the
astrologer they trembled; and the lord of the house threw a
chain of gold around my neck, while his lady gave me her own
silken scarf, broidered with the loves of Isis and Nephthys, and
of Apis and Hathor. Nor did any dare to take from me the little
bone that I had won so dearly; and with it I made the spell of
the Elixir, and beheld the starry abodes of Duant, even as it
was written in the old wise book.
But my guardians were ashamed and perplexed; for though I was
so sleek and subtle, yet my manhood already glowed in such deeds
as this -- how should I truly become the priestess of the Veiled
One?
Therefore they kept me closer and nursed me with luxury and
flattery. I had two negro slave-boys that fanned me and that
fed me; I had an harp-player from the great city of Memphis,
that played languorous tunes. But in my mischief I would
constantly excite him to thoughts of war and of love; and his
music would grow violent and loud, so that the old eunuch,
rushing in, would belabour him with his staff.
How well I recall that room! Large was it and lofty; and
there were sculptured pillars of malachite and lapis-lazuli and
of porphyry and yellow marble. The floor was of black granite;
the roof of white marble. On the Southern side was my couch, a
softness of exotic furs. To roll in them was to gasp for
pleasure. In the centre was a tiny fountain of pure gold. The
sunlight came through the space between the walls and the roof,
while on the other sides I could look through and up into the
infinite blue.
There was a great python that inhabited the hall; but he was
very old, and too wise to stir. But -- so I then believed -- he
watched me and conveyed intelligence to the old magus of the
well.
Now then the folly of my guardians appeared in this; that
while all day I slept and languished and played idly, at night
while they supposed I slept, I slept not. But I rose and gave
myself to the most violent exercises. First, I would go into my
bathing-pool and hold my breath beneath the water while I
invoked the goddess Auramoth one hundred times. Next, I would
walk on my hands around the room; I even succeeded in hopping on
one hand. Next, I would climb each of the twenty-four smooth
pillars. Next, I would practise the seventy-two athletic
postures. Also in many other ways I would strive to make my
strength exceeding great; and all this I kept most secret from
my guardians.
At last on one night I resolved to try my strength; so,
pushing aside the curtain, I passed into the corridor.
Springing upon the soldier that guarded me, I brought him to
the ground; and with my right hand under his chin, my left on
his right shoulder, and my knee at the nape of his neck, I tore
his head from his body before he could utter a cry.
I was now in my fifteenth year; but the deed was marvelous.
None suspected me; it was thought a miracle.
The old eunuch, distressed, went to consult the magus of the
well; whose answer was; "Let the vows of the priestess be taken!"
Now I thought this old man most foolish-obstinate; for I
myself was obstinate and foolish. Not yet did I at all
understand his wisdom or his purpose.
It often happens thus. Of old, men sent their priests to
rebuke Nile for rising -- until it was known that his rising was
the cause of the fertility of their fields.
Now of the vows which I took upon me and of my service as
priestess of the Veiled One it shall next be related.
CHAPTER III
IT was the Equinox of Spring, and all my life stirred in me.
They led me down cool colonnades of mighty stone clad in robes
of white broidered with silver, and veiled with a veil of fine
gold web fastened with rubies. They gave me not the Uraeus
crown, nor any nemyss, nor the Ateph crown, but bound my
forehead with a simple fillet of green leaves -- vervain and
mandrake and certain deadly herbs of which it is not fitting to
speak.
Now the priests of the Veiled One were sore perplexed, for
that never before had any boy been chosen priestess. For before
the vows may be administered, the proofs of virginity are sought;
and, as it seemed, this part of the ritual must be suppressed
or glossed over. Then said the High Priest: "Let it be that we
examine the first woman that he shall touch with his hand, and
she shall suffice." Now when I heard this, I thought to test
the God; and, spying in the crowd, I beheld in loose robes with
flushed face and wanton eyes, a certain courtesan well-known in
the city, and I touched her. Then those of the priests that
hated me were glad, for they wished to reject me; and taking
aside into the hall of trial that woman, made the enquiry.
Then with robes rent they came running forth, crying out
against the Veiled One; for they found her perfect in virginity,
and so was she even unto her death, as latter appeared.
But the Veiled One was wroth with them because of this, and
appeared in her glittering veil upon the steps of her temple.
There she stood, and called them one by one; and she lifted but
the eye-piece of her veil and looked into their eyes; and dead
they fell before her as if smitten of the lightning.
But those priests who were friendly to me and loyal to the
goddess took that virgin courtesan, and led her in triumph
through the city, veiled and crowned as is befitting. Now after
some days he that guarded the sacred goat of Khem died, and they
appointed her in his place. And she was the first woman that
was thus honoured since the days of the Evil Queen in the
Eighteenth Dynasty, of her that wearied of men at an age when
other women have not known them, that gave herself to gods and
beasts.
But now they took me to the pool of liquid silver -- or so
they called it; I suppose it was quicksilver; for I remember
that it was very difficult to immerse me -- which is beneath the
feet of the Veiled One. For this is the secret of the Oracle.
Standing afar off the priest beholds the reflection of her in
the mirror, seeing her lips that move under the veil; and this
he interprets to the seeker after truth.
Thus the priest reads wrongly the silence of the Goddess, and
the seeker understands ill the speech of the priest. Then come
forth fools, saying "The Goddess hath lied" -- and in their
folly they die.
While, therefore, they held me beneath the surface of the
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Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:13:53 GMT
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pool, the High Priestess took the vows on my behalf saying:
"I swear by the orb of the Moon;
I swear by the circuit of the Stars;
I swear by the Veil, and by the Face behind the Veil;
I swear by the Light Invisible, and by the Visible Darkness;
On behalf of this Virgin that is buried in thy water;
To live in purity and service;
To love in beauty and truth;
To guard the Veil from the profane;
To die before the Veil"
And then came the awful penalty of failure.
I dare not recall half of it; yet in it were these words: Let
her be torn by the Phallus of Set, and let her bowels be
devoured by Apep; let her be prostituted to the lust of Besz,
and let her face be eaten by the god ----.
It is not good to write his name.
Then they loosed me, and I lay smiling in the pool. They
lifted me up and brought me to the feet of the goddess, so that
I might kiss them. And as I kissed them such a thrill ran
through me that I thought myself rapt away into the heaven of
Amoun, or even as Asi when Hoor and Hoor-pa-kraat, cleaving her
womb, sprang armed to life. Then they stripped me of my robes,
and lashed me with fine twigs of virgin hazel, until my blood
ran from me into the pool. But the surface of the silver
swallowed up the blood by some mysterious energy; and they took
this to be a sign of acceptance. So then they clothed me in the
right robes of a priestess of the Veiled One; and they put a
silver sistron in my hand, and bade me perform the ceremony of
adoration. This I did, and the veil of the goddess glittered in
the darkness -- for night had fallen by this -- with a strange
starry light.
Thereby it was known that I was indeed chosen aright.
So last of all they took me to the banqueting-house and set me
on the high throne. One by one the priests came by and kissed
my lips: one by one the priestesses came by, and gave me the
secret clasp of hands that hath hidden virtue. And the banquet
waxed merry; for all the food was magically prepared. Every
beast that they slew was virgin; every plant that they plucked
had been grown and tended by virgins in the gardens of the temple.
Also the wine was spring water only, but so consecrated by the
holy priestesses that one glass was more intoxicating than a
whole skin of common wine. Yet this intoxication was a pure
delight, an enthusiasm wholly divine; and it gave strength, and
did away with sleep, and left no sorrow.
Last, as the first gray glow of Hormakhu paled the deep
indigo of the night, they crowned and clothed me with white
lotus flowers, and took me joyously back into the temple, there
to celebrate the mating ritual of awakening the Veiled One.
Thus, and not otherwise, I became priestess of that holy
goddess, and for a little while my life passed calm as the
unruffled mirror itself.
It was from the Veiled One herself that came the Breath of
Change.
On this wise.
In the Seventh Equinox after my initiation into her mystery
the High Priestess was found to fail; at her invocation the Veil
no longer glittered as was its wont. For this they deemed her
impure, and resorted to many ceremonies, but without avail. At
last in despair she went to the temple of Set, and gave herself
as a victim to that dreadful god. Now all men were much
disturbed at this, and it was not known at all of them what they
should do.
Now it must be remembered that the ceremonies are always
performed by a single priestess alone before the goddess, save
only at the Initiations.
The others also had found themselves rejected of her; and
when they learnt of the terrible end of the High Priestess, they
became fearful. Some few, indeed, concealed their failure from
the priests; but always within a day and a night they were found
torn asunder in the outer courts; so that it seemed the lesser
evil to speak truth.
Moreover, the affair had become a public scandal; for the
goddess plagued the people with famine and with a terrible and
foul disease.
But as for me, I wot not what to do; for to me always the
Veil glittered, and that brighter than the ordinary. Yet I said
nothing, but went about drooping and sorrowful, as if I were as
unfortunate as they. For I would not seem to boast of the
favour of the goddess.
Then they sent to the old Magus in the well; and he laughed
outright at their beards, and would say no word. Also they sent
to the sacred goat of Khem, and his priestess would but answer,
"I, and such as I, may be favoured of Her," which they took for
ribaldry and mocking. A third time they sent to the temple of
Thoth the Ibis god of wisdom. And Thoth answered them by this
riddle: "On how many legs doth mine Ibis stand?"
And they understood him not.
But the old High priest determined to solve the mystery, though
he paid forfeit with his life. So concealing himself in the
temple, he watched in the pool for the reflection of the
glittering of the Veil, while one by one we performed the
adorations. And behind him and without stood the priests,
watching for him to make a sign. This we knew not; but when it
fell to me (the last) to adore that Veiled One, behold! the Veil
glittered, and the old Priest threw up his arms to signal that
which had occurred. And the flash of the eye pierced the Veil,
and he fell from his place dead upon the priests without.
They buried him with much honour, for that he had given his
life for the people and for the temple, to bring back the favour
of the Veiled One.
Then came they all very humbly unto me the child, and besought
me to interpret the will of the Goddess. And her will was that
I alone should serve her day and night.
Then they gave me to drink of the Cup of the torment; and
this is its virtue, that if one should speak falsely, invoking
the name of the goddess, he shall burn in hell visibly before
all men for a thousand years; and that flame shall never be put
out. There is such an one in her temple in Memphis, for I saw
it with these eyes. There he burns and writhes and shrieks on
the cold marble floor; and there he shall burn till his time
expire, and he sink to that more dreadful hell below the West.
But I drank thereof, and the celestial dew stood shining on my
skin, and a coolness ineffable thrilled through me; whereat they
all rejoiced, and obeyed the voice of the Goddess that I had
declared unto them.
Now then was I alway alone with that Veiled One, and I must
enter most fully into that secret period of my life. For,
despite its ending, which hath put many wise men to shame, it
was to me even as an eternity of rapture, of striving and of
attainment beyond that which most mortals -- and they initiates
even! -- call divine.
Now first let it be understood what is the ritual of adoration
of our Lady the Veiled One.
First, the priestess performs a mystical dance, by which all
beings whatsoever, be they dogs or demons, are banished, so that
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From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:13:53 GMT
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the place may be pure. Next, in another dance, even more secret
and sublime, the presence of the goddess is invoked into her
Image. Next, the priestess goes a certain journey, passing the
shrines of many great and terrible of the Lords of Khem, and
saluting them. Last, she assumes the very self of the Goddess;
and if this be duly done, the Veil glittereth responsive.
Therefore, if the Veil glittereth not, one may know that in
some way the priestess hath failed to identify herself with Her.
Thus an impurity in the thought of the priestess must cause her
to fail; for the goddess is utterly pure.
Yet the task is alway difficult; for with the other gods one
knoweth the appearance of their images; and steadily
contemplating these one can easily attain to their imitation,
and so to their comprehension, and to unity of consciousness
with them. But with Our Veiled One, none who hath seen her face
hath lived long enough to say one word, or call one cry.
So then it was of vital urgency to me to keep in perfect
sympathy with that pure soul, so calm, so strong. With what
terror then did I regard myself when, looking into my own soul,
I saw no longer that perfect stillness. Strange was it, even as
if one should see a lake stirred by a wind that one did not feel
upon the cheeks and brow!
Trembling and ashamed, I went to the vesper adoration. I knew
myself troubled, irritated, by I knew not what. And in spite of
all my efforts, this persisted even to the supreme moment of my
assumption of her godhead.
And then? Oh but the Veil glittered as never yet; yea more!
it shot out sparks of scintillant fire, silvery rose, a shower
of flame and of perfume.
Then was I exceedingly amazed because of this, and made a
Vigil before her all the night, seeking a Word. And that word
came not.
Now of what further befell I will write anon.
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:15:05 GMT
CHAPTER IV
SO it came to pass that I no longer went out at all from the
presence of the goddess, save only to eat and to sleep. And the
favour of her was restored to the people, so that all men were
glad thereof.
For if any man murmured, he was slain incontinent, the people
being mindful of the famine and the disease, and being minded to
have no more of such, if it could by any means be avoided. They
were therefore exceeding punctual with their gifts.
But I was daily more afraid, being in a great sweat of passion,
of which I dared to speak to no man. Nor did I dare to speak
even privily in mine own heart thereof, lest I should discover
its nature. But I sent my favourite, the virgin Istarah (slim,
pallid, and trembling as a young lotus in the West Wind), with
my ring of office, to enquire of the old Magus of the well.
And he answered her by pointing upward to the sky and then
downward to the earth. And I read this Oracle as if it were
spoken "As above, so beneath." This came to me as I had flung
myself in despair at the feet of my Lady, covering them with my
tears; for by a certain manifest token I now knew that I had
done a thing that was so dreadful that even now -- these many
thousand years hence -- I dare hardly write it.
I loved the Veiled One.
Yea, with the fierce passion of a beast, of a man, of a god,
with my whole soul I loved her.
Even as I knew this by the manifest token the Veil burst into
a devouring flame; it ate up the robes of my office, lapping
them with its tongues of fire like a tigress lapping blood; yet
withal it burnt me not, nor singed one hair.
Thus naked I fled away in fear, and in my madness slipped and
fell into the pool of liquid silver, splashing it all over the
hall; and even as I fled that rosy cataract of flame that wrapt
me (from the Veil as it jetted) went out --- went out ----
The Veil was a dull web of gold, no more.
Then I crept fearfully to the feet of the goddess, and with
my tears and kisses sought to wake her into life once more. But
the Veil flamed not again; only a mist gathered about it and
filled the temple, and hid all things from my eyes.
Now then came Istarah my favourite back with the ring and the
message; and thinking that she brought bad news, I slit her
lamb's-throat with the magic sickle, and her asp's-tongue I
tore out with my hands, and threw it to the dogs and jackals.
Herein I erred sorely, for her news was good. Having
reflected thereon, I perceived its import.
For since the Veil flamed always at my assumption, it was
sure that I was in sympathy with that holy Veiled One.
If I were troubled, and knew not why; if my long peace were
stirred -- why then, so She!
"As above, so beneath!" For even as I, being man, sought to
grasp godhead and crush it in my arms, so She, the pure essence,
sought to manifest in form by love.
Yet I dared not repeat the ceremony at midnight.
Instead I lay prone, my arms outstretched in shame and pain,
on the steps at her feet.
And lo! the Veil flamed. Then I knew that She too blamed
Herself alike for her ardour and for her abstinence. Thus seven
days I lay, never stirring; and all that time the Veil flamed
subtly and softly, a steady bluish glow changing to green as my
thought changed from melancholy to desire.
Then on the eight day I rose and left the shrine and clad
myself in new robes, in robes of scarlet and gold, with a crown
of vine and bay and laurel and cypress. Also I purified myself
and proclaimed a banquet. And I made the priests and the
citizens, exceeding drunken. Then I called the guard, and
purged thoroughly the whole temple of all of them, charging the
captain on his life to let no man pass within. So that I should
be absolutely alone in the whole precincts of the temple.
Then like an old gray wolf I wandered round the outer court,
lifting up my voice in a mournful howl. And an undulation as of
one hundred thousand wolves answered me, yet deep and muffled,
as though it came from the very bowels of the earth.
Then at the hour of midnight I entered again the shrine and
performed the ritual.
As I went on I became inflamed with an infinite lust for the
Infinite; and now I let it leap unchecked, a very lion. Even so
the Veil glowed red as with some infernal fire. Now then I am
come to the moment of the Assumption; but instead of sitting
calm and cold, remote, aloof, I gather myself together, and
spring madly at the Veil, catching it in my two hands. Now the
Veil was of woven gold, three thousand twisted wires; a span
thick! Yet I put out my whole force to tear it across; and
(for she also put out her force) it rent with a roar as of
earthquake. Blinded I was with the glory of her face; I should
have fallen; but she caught me to her, and fixed her divine
mouth on mine, eating me up with the light of her eyes. Her
mouth moaned, her throat sobbed with love; her tongue thrust
itself into me as a shaft of sunlight smites into the palm-
groves; my robes fell shrivelled, and flesh to flesh we clung.
Then in some strange way she gripped me body and soul, twining
herself about me and within me even as Death that devoureth
mortal man.
Still, still my being increased; my consciousness expanded
until I was all Nature seen as one, felt as one, apprehended as
one, formed by me, part of me, apart from me -- all these things
at one moment -- and at the same time the ecstasy of love grew
colossal, a tower to scale the stars, a sea to drown the sun ...
I cannot write of this ...but in the streets people gathered
apples of gold that dropped from invisible boughs, and invisible
porters poured out wine for all, strange wine that healed
disease and old age, wine that, poured between the teeth of the
dead (so long as the embalmer had not begun his work), brought
them back from the dark kingdom to perfect health and youth.
As for me, I lay as one dead in the arms of the holy Veiled
One -- Veiled no more! -- while she took her pleasure of me ten
times, a thousand times. In that whirlwind of passion all my
strength was as a straw in the simoom.
Yet I grew not weaker but stronger. Though my ribs cracked, I
held firm. Presently indeed I stirred; it seemed as if her
strength had come to me. Thus I forced back her head and thrust
myself upon and into her even as a comet that impales the sun
upon its horn! And my breath came fast between my lips and hers;
her moan now faint, like a dying child, no more like a wild beast
in torment.
Even so, wild with the lust of conquest, I urged myself upon
her and fought against her. I stretched out her arms and forced
them to the ground; then I crossed them on her breast, so that
she was powerless. And I became like a mighty serpent of flame,
and wrapt her, crushed her in my coils.
I was the master! ...
Then grew a vast sound about me as of shouting: I grew conscious
of the petty universe, the thing that seems apart from oneself,
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From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:15:05 GMT
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so long as one is oneself apart from it.
Men cried "The temple is on fire! The temple of Asi the Veiled
One is burning! The mighty temple that gave its glory to Thebai
is aflame!
Then I loosed my coils and gathered myself together into the
form of a mighty hawk of gold and spake one last word to her, a
word to raise her from the dead!
But lo! not Asi, but Asar!
White was his garment, starred with red and blue and yellow.
Green was his Countenance, and in his hands he bore the crook
and scourge. Thus he rose, even as the temple fell about us in
ruins, and we were left standing there.
And I wist not what to say.
Now then the people of the city crowded in upon us, and for
the most part would have slain me.
But Thoth the mighty God, the wise one, with his Ibis-head, and
his nemyss of indigo, with his Ateph crown and his Phoenix wand
and with his Ankh of emerald, with his magic apron in the Three
colours; yea, Thoth, the God of Wisdom, whose skin is of tawny
orange as though it burned in a furnace, appeared visibly to all
of us. And the old Magus of the Well, whom no man had seen
outside his well for nigh threescore years, was found in the
midst: and he cried with a loud voice, saying:
"The Equinox of the Gods!"
And he went on to explain how it was that Nature should no
longer be the centre of man's worship, but Man himself, man in
his suffering and death, man in his purification and perfection.
And he recited the Formula of the Osiris as follows, even as it
hath been transmitted unto us by the Brethren of the Cross and
Rose unto this day:
"For Asar Un-nefer hath said:
He that is found perfect before the Gods hath said:
These are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering,
glorified through trial.
"For the Scent of the dying rose is the repressed sigh of my
suffering;
The Flame-Red fire is the energy of my undaunted Will;
The Cup of Wine is the outpouring of the blood of my heart,
sacrificed to regeneration;
And the Bread and Salt are the Foundations of my Body
Which I destroy in order that they may be renewed.
"For I am Asar triumphant, even Asar Un-nefer the Justified One!
I am He who is clothed with the body of flesh,
Yet in Whom is the Spirit of the mighty Gods.
I am the Lord of Life, triumphant over death; he who partaketh
with me shall arise with me.
"I am the manifestor in Matter of those whose abode is in the
Invisible.
I am purified: I stand upon the Universe: I am its Reconciler
with the eternal Gods: I am the Perfector of Matter; and without
me the Universe is not!"
All this he said, and displayed the sacraments of Osiris
before them all; and in a certain mystical manner did we all
symbolically partake of them. But for me! in the Scent of the
dying Rose I beheld rather the perfection of the love of my lady
the Veiled One, whom I had won, and slain in the winning!
Now, however, the old Magus clad me (for I was yet naked) in
the dress of a Priest of Osiris. He gave me the robes of white
Linen, and the leopard's skin, and the wand and ankh. Also he
gave me the crook and scourge, and girt me with the royal girdle.
On my head he set the holy Uraeus serpent for a crown; and
then, turning to the people, cried aloud:
"Behold the Priest of Asar in Thebai!
He shall proclaim unto ye the worship of Asar; see that ye
follow him!"
Then, ere one could cry "Hold!" he had vanished from our sight.
I dismissed the people; I was alone with the dead God; with
Osiris, the Lord of Amennti, the slain of Typhon, the devoured
of Apophis ...
Yea, verily, I was alone!
CHAPTER V
NOW then the great exhaustion took hold upon me, and I fell
at the feet of the Osiris as one dead. All knowledge of
terrestrial things was gone from me; I entered the kingdom of
the dead by the gate of the West. For the worship of Osiris is
to join the earth to the West; it is the cultus of the Setting
Sun. Through Isis man obtains strength of nature; through
Osiris he obtains the strength of suffering and ordeal, and as
the trained athlete is superior to the savage, so is the magic
of Osiris stronger than the magic of Isis. So by my secret
practices at night, while my guardians strove to smooth my
spirit to a girl's, had I found the power to bring about that
tremendous event, an Equinox of the Gods.
Just as thousands of years later was my secret revolt against
Osiris -- for the world had suffered long enough! -- destined to
bring about another Equinox in which Horus was to replace the
Slain One with his youth and vigour and victory.
I passed therefore into these glowing abodes of Amennti, clad
in thick darkness, while my body lay entranced at the feet of
the Osiris in the ruined temple.
Now the god Osiris sent forth his strange gloom to cover us,
lest the people should perceive or disturb; Therefore I lay
peacefully entranced, and abode in Amennti. There I confronted
the devouring god, and there was my heart weighed and found
perfect; there the two-and-forty Judges bade me pass through
the pylons they guarded; there I spoke with the Seven, and with
the Nine, and with the Thirty-Three; and at the end I came out
into the abode of the Holy Hathor, unto her mystical mountain,
and being there crowned and garlanded I rejoiced exceedingly,
coming out through the gate of the East, the Beautiful gate,
unto the Land of Khemi, and the city of Thebai, and the temple
that had been the temple of the Veiled One. There I rejoined my
body, making the magical links in the prescribed manner, and rose
up and did adoration to the Osiris by the fourfold sign. There-
fore the Light of Osiris began to dawn; it went about the city
whirling forth, abounding, crying aloud; whereat the people
worshipped, being abased with exceeding fear. Moreover, they
hearkened unto their wise men and brought gifts of gold, so that
the temple floor was heaped high; and gifts of oxen, so that the
courts of the temple could not contain them: and gifts of slaves,
as it were a mighty army.
Then I withdrew myself; and taking counsel with the wisest of
the priests and of the architects and of the sculptors, I gave
out my orders so that the temple might duly be builded. By the
favour of the god all things went smoothly enough; yet was I
conscious of some error in the working; or if you will, some
weakness in myself and my desire. Look you, I could not forget
the Veiled One, my days of silence and solitude with Her, the
slow dawn of our splendid passion, the climax of all that wonder
in her ruin!
So as the day approached for the consecration of the temple I
began to dread some great catastrophe. Yet all went well --
perhaps too well.
The priests and the people knew nothing of this, however.
For the god manifested exceptional favour; as a new god must do,
or how shall he establish his position? The harvest were
fourfold, the cattle eightfold; the women were all fertile --
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From: "Blue Resonant Human"
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Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:15:05 GMT
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yea! barren women of sixty years bore twins! -- there was no
disease or sorrow in the city.
Mighty was the concourse of the citizens on the great day of
the consecration.
Splendid rose the temple, a fortress of black granite. The
columns were carved with wonderful images of all the gods
adoring Osiris; marvels of painting glittered on the walls; they
told the story of Osiris, of his birth, his life, his death at
the hands of Typhon, the search after his scattered members, the
birth of Horus and Harpocrates, the vengeance upon Typhon Seth,
the resurrection of Osiris.
The god himself was seated in a throne set back unto the wall.
It was of lapis-lazuli and amber, it was inlaid with emerald
and ruby. Mirrors of polished gold, of gold burnished with
dried poison of asps, so that the slaves who worked upon it
might die. For, it being unlawful for those mirrors to have
ever reflected any mortal countenance, the slaves were both
blinded and veiled; yet even so, it were best that they should
die.
At last the ceremony began. With splendid words, with words
that shone like flames, did I consecrate all that were there
present, even the whole city of Thebai.
And I made the salutation unto the attendant gods, very
forcibly, so that they responded with echoes of my adoration.
And Osiris accepted mine adoration with gladness as I journeyed
about at the four quarters of the temple.
Now cometh the mysterious ceremony of Assumption. I took
upon myself the form of the god: I strove to put my heart in
harmony with his.
Alas! alas! I was in tune with the dead soul of Isis; my
heart was as a flame of elemental lust and beauty; I could not
-- I could not. Then the heavens lowered and black clouds
gathered upon the Firmament of Nu. Dark flames of lightning
rent the clouds, giving no light. The thunder roared; the
people were afraid. In his dark shrine the Osiris gloomed,
displeasure on his forehead, insulted majesty in his eyes. Then
a pillar of dust whirled down from the vault of heaven, even
unto me as I stood alone, half-defiant, in the midst of the
temple while the priests and the people cowered and wailed afar
off. It rent the massy roof as it had been a thatch of straw,
whirling the blocks of granite far away into the Nile. It
descended, roaring and twisting, like a wounded serpent demon-
king in his death-agony; it struck me and lifted me from the
temple; it bore me through leagues of air into the desert; then
it dissolved and flung me contemptuously on a hill of sand.
Breathless and dazed I lay, anger and anguish tearing at my
heart.
I rose to swear a mighty curse; exhaustion took me, and I
fell in a swoon to the earth.
When I came to myself it was nigh dawn. I went to the top of
the hillock and looked about me. Nothing but sand, sand all
ways. Just so was it within my heart!
The only guide for my steps (as the sun rose) was a greener
glimpse in the East, which I thought might be the valley of the
Nile reflected. Thither I bent my steps: all day I struggled
with the scorching heat, the shifting sand. At night I tried to
sleep, for sheer fatigue impelled me. But as often as I lay down,
so often restlessness impelled me forward. I would stagger on
awhile, then stumble and fall. Only at dawn I slept perhaps for
an hour, and woke chilled to death by my own sweat. I was so
weak that I could hardly raise a hand; my tongue was swollen, so
that I could not greet the sun-disk with the accustomed adoration.
My brain had slipped control; I could no longer even think of the
proper spells that might have brought me aid. Instead, dreadful
shapes drew near; one, a hideous camel-demon, an obscene brute of
filth; another, a black ape with a blue muzzle and crimson
buttocks, all his skin hairless and scabby, with his mass of mane
oiled and trimmed like a beautiful courtesan's. This fellow mocked
me with the alluring gestures of such an one, and anon voided his
excrement upon me. Moreover there were others, menacing and
terrible, vast cloudy demon-shapes...
I could not think of the words of power that control them.
Now the sun that warmed my chill bones yet scorched me further.
My tongue so swelled that I could hardly breathe; my face
blackened; my eyes bulged out. The fiends came closer; drew
strength from my weakness, made themselves material bodies,
twitched me and spiked me and bit me. I turned on them and
struck feebly again and again; but they evaded me easily and
their yelling laughter rang like hell's in my ears. Howbeit I
saw that they attacked me only on one side, as if to force me
to one path. But I was wise enough to keep my shadow steadily
behind me: and they, seeing this, were all the more enraged: I
therefore the more obstinate in my course. Then they changed
their tactics; and made as if to keep me in the course I had
chosen; and seeing this, I was confirmed therein.
Truly with the gods I went! for in a little while I came to a
pool of water and a tall palm standing by.
I plunged in that cool wave; my strength came back, albeit
slowly; yet with one wave of my hand in the due gesture the
fiends all vanished; and in an hour I was sufficiently restored
to call forth my friends from the pool -- the little fishes my
playmates -- and the nymph of the pool came forth and bowed
herself before me and cooked me the fishes with that fire that
renders water luminous and sparkling. Also she plucked me dates
from the tree, and I ate thereof. Thus was I much comforted;
and when I had eaten, she took my head upon her lap, and sang me
to sleep; for her voice was like the ripple of the lakes under
the wind of spring and like the bubbling of a well and like the
tinkling of a fountain through a bed of moss. Also she had deep
notes like the sea that booms upon a rocky shore.
So long, long, long I slept.
Now when I awoke the nymph had gone; but I took from my bosom
a little casket of certain sacred herbs; and casting a few
grains into the pool, repaid her for her courtesy. And I
blessed her in the name of our dead lady Isis, and went on in
the strength of that delicious meal for a great way. Yet I wist
not what to do; for I was as it were a dead man, although my age
was barely two and twenty years.
What indeed should befall me?
Yet I went on; and, climbing a ridge, beheld at last the
broad Nile, and a shining city that I knew not.
There on the ridge I stood and gave thanks to the great gods
of Heaven, the Aeons of infinite years, that I had come thus far.
For at the sight of Nilus new life began to dawn in me.
CHAPTER VI
WITHOUT any long delay I descended the slopes and entered the
city. Not knowing what might have taken place in Thebai and
what news might have come thither, I did not dare declare myself;
but seeking out the High Priest of Horus I showed him a certain
sign, telling him that I was come from Memphis on a journey, and
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:15:05 GMT
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intended to visit Thebai to pay homage at the shrine of Isis.
But he, full of the news, told me that the ancient priestess of
Isis, who had become priest of Osiris, had been taken up to
heaven as a sign of the signal favour of the God. Whereat I
could hardly hold myself from laughter; yet I controlled myself
and answered that I was not prepared to return to Memphis, for
that I was vowed to Isis, and Osiris could not serve my turn.
At this he begged me to stay as his guest, and to go worship
at the temple of Isis in this city. I agreed thereto, and the
good man gave me new robes and jewels from the treasury of his
own temple. There too I rested sweetly on soft cushions fanned
by young boys with broad leaves of palm. Also he sent me the
dancing girl of Sleep. It was the art of this girl to weave
such subtle movements that the sense, watching her, swooned; and
as she swayed she sang, ever lower and lower as she moved slower
and slower, until the looker-listener was dissolved in bliss of
sleep and delicate dream.
Then as he slept she would bend over him even as Nuit the
Lady of the Stars that bendeth over the black earth, and in his
ears she would whisper strange rhythms, secret utterances,
whereby his spirit would be rapt into the realms of Hathor or
some other golden goddess, there in one night to reap an harvest
of refreshment such as the fields of mortal sleep yield never.
So then I woke at dawn, to find her still watching, still
looking into my eyes with a tender smile on her mouth that cooed
whispers infinitely soothing. Indeed with a soft kiss she waked
me, for in this Art there is a right moment to sleep, and
another to waken: which she was well skilled to divine.
I rose then -- she flitted away like a bird -- and robed
myself; and, seeking my host, went forth with him to the Temple
of Isis.
Now their ritual (it appeared) differed in one point from
that to which I was accustomed. Thus, it was not death to
intrude upon the ceremony save only for the profane. Priests of
a certain rank of initiation might if they pleased behold it. I,
therefore, wishing to see again that marvellous glowing of the
Veil, disclosed a sufficient sign to the High Priest. Thereat
was he mightily amazed; and, from the foot judging Hercules,
began to think that I might be some sacred envoy or inspector
from the Gods themselves. This I allowed him to think; meanwhile
we went forward into the shrines and stood behind the pillars,
unseen, in the prescribed position.
Now it chanced that the High Priestess herself had this day
chosen to perform the rite.
This was a woman tall and black, most majestic, with limbs strong
as a man's. Her gaze was hawk-keen, and her brow commanding. But
at the Assumption of the God-form she went close and whispered
into the Veil, so low that we could not hear it; but as it seemed
with fierce intensity, with some passion that knotted up her
muscles, so that her arms writhed like wounded snakes. Also the
veins of her forehead swelled, and foam came to her lips. We
thought that she had died; her body swelled and shuddered; last
of all a terrible cry burst from her throat, inarticulate, awful.
Yet all this while the Veil glittered, though something
sombrely. Also the air was filled with a wild sweeping music,
which rent our very ears with its uncouth magic. For it was
like no music that I had ever heard before. At last the
Priestess tore herself away from the Veil and reeled -- as one
drunken -- down the temple. Sighs and sobs tore her breast; and
her nails made bloody grooves in her wet flanks.
On a sudden she espied me and my companion; with one buffet
she smote him to earth -- it is unlawful to resist the Priestess
when she is in the Ecstasy of Union -- and falling upon me, like
a wild beast she buried her teeth in my neck, bearing me to the
ground. Then, loosing me, while the blood streamed from me, she
fixed her glittering eyes upon it with strange joy, and with her
hands she shook me as a lion shakes a buck. Sinewy were her
hands, with big knuckles, and the strength of her was as cords
of iron. Yet her might was but a mortal's; in a little she gave
one gasp like a drowning man's; her body slackened, and fell
with its dead weight on mine, her mouth glued to mine in one
dreadful kiss. Dreadful; for as my mouth returned it, almost
mechanically, the blood gushed from her nostrils and blinded me.
I too, then, more dead than alive, swooned into bliss, into trance.
I was awakened by the High Priest of Horus. "Come," he said; "she
is dead." I disengaged myself from all that weight of madness --
and the body writhed convulsively as I turned it over -- I kissed
those frothy lips, for in death she was beautiful beyond belief,
joyous beyond description -- thence I staggered to the Veil, and
saluted with all my strength, so that it glittered under the force
of my sheer will. Then I turned me again, and with the High Priest
sought his house.
Strange indeed was I as I went through the city, my new robes
dark with blood of that most holy sorceress.
But no one of the people dared so much as lift his eyes; nor
spoke we together at all. But when we were come into the house
of the High Priest, sternly did he confront me.
"What is this, my son?"
And I weary of the folly of the world and of the uselessness of
things answered him:
"Father, I go back to Memphis. I am the Magus of the Well."
Now he knew the Magus, and answered me:
"Why liest thou?"
And I said "I am come into the world where all speech is false,
and all speech is true."
Then he did me reverence, abasing himself unto the ground even
unto nine-and-ninety times.
And I spurned him and said, "Bring forth the dancing girl of
Sleep; for in the morning I will away to Memphis."
And she came forth, and I cursed her and cried: "Be thou the
dancing girl of Love!"
And it was so. And I went in unto her, and knew her; and in the
morning I girded myself, and boarded the state barge of the High
Priest, and pillowed myself upon gold and purple, and disported
myself with lutes and with lyres and with parrots, and with black
slaves, and with wine and with delicious fruits, until I came even
unto the holy city of Memphis.
And there I called soldiers of Pharaoh, and put cruelly to
death all them that had accompanied me; and I burnt the barge,
adrift upon the Nile at sunset, so that the flames alarmed the
foolish citizens. All this I did, and danced naked in my
madness through the city, until I came to the Old Magus of the
Well.
And laughing, I threw a stone upon him, crying: "Ree me the
riddle of my life!"
And he answered naught.
Then I threw a great rock upon him, and I heard his bones crunch,
and I cried in mockery: "Ree me the riddle of 'thy' life!"
But he answered naught.
Then I threw down the wall of the well; and I burned the house
with fire that stood thereby, with the men-servants and the maid-
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:15:05 GMT
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servants.
And none dared stay me; for I laughed and exulted in my madness.
Yea, verily, I laughed, and laughed -- and laughed ---
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:16:20 GMT
CHAPTER VII
THEN being healed of my madness I took all the treasure of
that old Magus which he had laid up for many years -- and none
gainsaid me. Great and splendid was it of gold more than twelve
bullocks could draw, of balassius rubies, and sardonyx, and
beryl, and chrysoprase; of diamond and starry sapphire, of
emerald much, very much, of topaz and of amethyst great and
wonderful gems. Also he had a figure of Nuit greater than a
woman, which was made of lapis lazuli specked with gold, carved
with marvellous excellence. And he had the secret gem of Hadit
that is not found on earth, for that it is invisible save when
all else is no more seen.
Then went I into the market and bought slaves. I bought me
in particular a giant, a Nubian blacker than polished granite
seen by starlight, tall as a young palm and straight, yet more
hideous than the Ape of Thoth. Also I bought a young pale
stripling from the North, a silly boy with idle languishing ways.
But his mouth burned like sunset when the dust-storms blow.
So pale and weak was he that all despised him and mocked him for
a girl. Then he took a white-hot iron from the fire and wrote
with it my name in hieroglyphics on his breast; nor did his
smile once alter while the flesh hissed and smoked.
Thus we went out a great caravan to a rocky islet in the Nile,
difficult of access for that the waters foamed and swirled
dangerously about it. There we builded a little temple shaped
like a beehive; but there was no altar and no shrine therein;
for in that temple should the god be sacrificed unto himself.
Myself I made the god thereof; I powdered my hair with gold,
and inwound it with flowers. I gilded my eyelids, and I stained
my lips with vermilion. I gilded my breasts and my nails, and
as God and Victim in one was I daily sacrificed unto that
strange thing that was none other than myself. I made my giant
Nubian high priest; and I endowed his wand with magic power, so
that he might properly perform my rites. This he did to such
purpose that many men from Memphis and even from more distant
towns, leaving their gods, came thither, and did sacrifice.
Then I appointed also the pale boy warder of the Sanctuary: and
he swore unto me to be faithful unto death.
Now there arose a great strife in Memphis, and many foolish
and lewd women cried out against us. So fierce was the uproar
that a great company of women issued forth from the city and
came into the island. They slew my pale boy at the gate, though
sword in hand he fought against them. Then they frothed on, and
I confronted them in my glory. They hesitated, and in that
moment I smote them with a deadly itching, so that running forth
they tore off their clothes and set themselves to scratching,
while my people laughed until they ached.
At the term, indeed, with exhaustion and with loss of blood
they died all; four hundred and two women perished in that great
day's slaughter. So that the people of Memphis had peace for
awhile.
But as for me, I mourned the loss of that young slave. I had
his body embalmed as is not fitting for other than a king. And
at the door of the temple I placed his sarcophagus beneath a
hedge of knives and spears, so that there was no other access to
my glory.
Like honour hath no slave had ever.
Thus then I abode three cycles of the season; and at the end
of that time the high Priest died.
For mine was a strange and dreadful rite to do; none other,
and none unfortified by magic power, could have done this thing.
Yet I too sickened of that everlasting sacrifice. I was become
worn and wan; there was no blood but ice in my veins. I had indeed
become all but a god ...
Therefore I took the body of my Nubian, and slew four young
girls, and filled all the hollow spaces of his body with their
blood. Then too I sealed up his body with eight seals; and the
ninth seal was mine own, the centre of my godhead.
Then he rose slowly and staggeringly as I uttered the dreadful
words:
"A ka dua
Tuf ur biu
Bi aa chefu
Dudu ner af an nuteru!"
Then I touched him with my wand and he rose into full power
of his being; and we entered in, and for the last time did he
perform (though silent) the ceremony. At whose end he lay
shrivelled and collapsed, shrunken like an old wineskin; yet his
blood availed me nothing. I was icier than before. Yet now
indeed was I Osiris, for I sent out flames of cold gray glory
from my skin, and mine eyes were rigid with ecstasy.
Yea, by Osiris himself, I swear it! Even as the eyes of all
living men revolve ceaselessly, so were mine fixed!
Then I shook myself and went forth into the city of Memphis,
my face being veiled and my steps led by slaves.
And there I went into the temples one by one; and I twitched
aside my veil, whereat all men fell dead on the instant, and the
gods tumbled from their places, and broke in pieces upon the
floor.
And I veiled myself, and went into the market-place and lifted
up my voice in a chant and cried:
"Death, and desolation, and despair!
I lift up my voice, and all the gods are dumb.
I unveil my face, and all that liveth is no more,
I sniff up life, and breathe forth destruction.
I hear the music of the world, and its echo is Silence.
Death, and desolation, and despair!
The parting of the ways is come: the Equinox of the Gods is past.
Another day: another way.
Let them that hear me be abased before me!
Death, and desolation, and despair!"
Then I pulled away my veil, and the cold lightnings of death
shot forth, and the people of the city fell dead where they
stood.
Save only one, a young boy, a flute-player, that was blind,
and, seeing not those eyes of mine, died not.
Then to him I spake, saying:
"Arise, summon the priests and the people, all that remain. And
let them build a temple unto Osiris the God of the dead, and let
the dead be worshipped for ever and ever."
This I said, and went out from the city with the two slaves
that I had left in the gate, and we went unto Nile, unto a cave
by the bank of the river; and there I abode for many months,
weeping for Isis my Lady. For though I had avenged her in many
dreadful deeds, yet I brought her not back unto life. Moreover
the love of her was as it were dead in me, so that my heart
stirred not at the thought of her. Say that my love wandered
like a ghost unburied, frozen, adrift upon the winds!
Now of my deeds at this period it is almost too horrible to
tell. For I performed great penance, in the hope of vitalizing
that dead principle in me which men call the soul.
I starved myself shamefully, in this manner. First surrounding
myself with all possible luxuries of food, brought in steaming
and savoury from hour to hour, I yet condemned myself to subsist
upon a little garlic and a little salt, with a little water in
which oats had been bruised.
Then if any wish arose in me to eat of the dainties around me
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
From: "Blue Resonant Human"
Originally to: iufo@xbn.shore.net
Original Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 06:16:20 GMT
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function in the whole course of the Cosmos.
For he that is born in the years of the power of a God
thinketh that God to be eternal, one, alone. But he that is
born in the hour of the weakness of the God, at the death of one
and the birth of the other, seeth something (though it be little)
of the course of things. And for him it is necessary to
understand fully that change of office (for the gods neither die
nor are re-born, but now one initiates and the other guards, and
now one heralds and the other sanctifies) its purpose and
meaning in the whole scheme of things.
So I, in this year V of the Equinox of the Gods (1908)
wherein Horus took the place of Osiris, will by the light of
this my magical memory seek to understand fully the formula of
Horus -- Ra Hoor Khuit -- my god, that ruleth the world under
Nuit and Hadit. Then as Ankh-f-na-khonsu left unto me the
"stele" 666 with the keys to that knowledge, so also may I write
down in hieroglyph the formula of the Lady of the Forked Wand
and of the Feather, that shall assume his throne and place when
the strength of Horus is exhausted.
So now the service of the Gods was to be secret and their
magic concealed from men. They were to fall before the eyes of
men from their place, and little sewer-rats were to come and
mock at them, no man avenging them, and they utterly careless,
not striking for themselves. Yet was there knowledge of them
which an initiate might gain, though so much more difficult,
immeasurably higher and more intimate.
My life from this moment became highly concentrated upon
itself. I had no time either for ascetic practices or for any
pleasures; nor would I take any active part in the service of
the temple which, purified and regenerated, had become both
subtly perfect and perfectly subtle.
It was not all of the people who did at all comprehend the
change that had occurred; but the others obeyed and made believe
to understand, lest their fellows should despise them. So it
happened that the more ignorant and stupid any person was the
more he feigned understanding; so that the least devout appeared
the most devout -- as it is unto this day.
But for me all these things were as nothing; for I studied
ever the nature of Osiris, concentrating myself into mysterious
pure symbols. I understood why it was said that Isis had failed
to discover the Phallus of Osiris, and thus perceived the
necessity of Horus to follow him in the great succession of the
Equinoxes. Moreover I fashioned talismans of pure light
concerning Osiris, and I performed in light all the ceremonies
of initiation into his mysteries.
These were interpreted by wise men and translated into the
language of the twilight and graven on stone and in the memories
of men.
Yet was I even more intrigued in that great struggle to apprehend
the course of things, as it is seen from the standpoint of Destiny.
So that I might leave true and intelligible images to enlighten
the mind of him (whether myself or another) that should come after
me to celebrate the Equinox of the Gods at the end of the period
of Osiris.
As now hath come to pass.
Thus then three-and-thirty years I lived in the temple of
Osiris a High Priest; and I subdued all men under me. Also I
abolished the office of priestess, for had not Isis failed to
find that venerable Phallus without which Osiris must be so
melancholy a god? <> Therefore was Khemi to fall, and the world to
be dark and sorrowful for many years.
Therefore I made mine High Priestess into a serving-maid, and
with veiled face she served me all those many years, never
speaking.
Yet they being accomplished, I thought fit to reward her. So
magically I renewed about her the body of a young girl, and for
a year she served me, unveiled and speaking at her pleasure.
And her time being come, she died.
Then I looked again into my destiny, and perceived that all
my work was duly accomplished. Nor could any use or worth be
found in my body.
So therefore I determined to accept my great reward, that was
granted unto me as the faithful minister of the god F.I.A.T. that
is behind all manifestation of Will and of Intelligence, of whom
Isis and Osiris and Horus are but the ministers.
Of this, and of my death, I will speak on another occasion.
But first I will discourse of the inhabitants of the kingdom
that encircleth the world, so that they who "fear" may be
comforted.
CHAPTER X
BUT of these matters I am warned that I shall not now become
aware, for that there be great mysteries therein contained,
pertaining to a degree of initiation of which I am as yet
unworthy.
(Thus the record comes abruptly to an end.)
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