“The Quest of the Holy Grail, the Search for the Stone of the Philosophers - by whatever name we choose to call the Great Work - is therefore endless. Success only opens up new avenues of brilliant possibility. Yea, verily, and Amen! the task is tireless and its joys without bounds; for the whole Universe, and all that in it is, what is it but the infinite playground of the Crowned and Conquering Child, of the insatiable, the innocent, the ever-rejoicing Heir of Space and Eternity, whose name is MAN?” MenChildrenWholeJoySpiritualityUniverseNamesSpacePossibilityHolyStonesTasksEternityInfiniteBoundsPhilosopherBrilliantEndlessInnocentConquerRejoiceQuestsGreat WorkAvenuesHeirsAmenPlaygroundsInsatiableHoly Grail Book:Little Essays Toward Truth Source: Little Essays Toward Truth
“My observation of the Universe convinces me that there are beings of intelligence and power of a far higher quality than anything we can conceive of as human; that they are not necessarily based on the cerebral and nervous structures that we know, and that the one and only chance for mankind to advance as a whole is for individuals to make contact with such beings.” KnowsHumansWholeUniverseIndividualChanceQualityMankindHigherStructureContactNervousObservationConvinceCerebral Author:Aleister Crowley
“Sit still. Stop thinking. Shut up. Get out! The first two of these instructions comprise the whole of the technique of Yoga. The last two are of a sublimity which it would be improper to expound in this present elementary stage.” ThinkingFirstsStillsTwoWholeWould BeLastsStageYogaTechniqueInstructionShut UpSublimity Book:Eight Lectures on Yoga Source: Eight Lectures on Yoga
“Further, an excess of legislation defeats its own ends. It makes the whole population criminals, and turns them all into police and police spies. The moral health of such a people is ruined for ever; only revolution can save it.” PeopleEndsWholeTurnsMoralRevolutionPoliceDefeatPopulationCriminalsExcessLegislationRuinedSpy Author:Aleister Crowley
“Light, Life and Love are like three glow-worms at thy feet: the whole universe of stars, the dewdrops on the grass whereon thou walkest!” WholeLightUniverseThreeStarsFeetAnd LoveGrassWormsLife And LoveLight LifeGlow Worms Book:The Best of the Equinox, Enochian Magic Source: The Best of the Equinox, Enochian Magic
“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.” WholeLawPoliticalPoliticsFree WillThelemaWilting Author:Aleister Crowley
“The greatest, like Rembrandt, paint a gallant, a hag, and a carcass with equal passion and rapture; they love the truth as it is. They do not admit that anything can be ugly or evil; its existence justifies itself. This is because they know themselves to be part of an harmonious unity; to disdain any item of it would be to blaspheme the whole. The Thelemite is able to revel in any experience soever; in each he recognizes the tokens of ultimate Truth. It is surely obvious, even intellectually, that all phenomena are interdependent, and therefore involve each other.” KnowsWholeWould BeAblePassionEvilExistenceEqualUltimateUnityPaintObviousUglyJustifyItemsHarmoniousRaptureDisdainTokensGallantUltimate Truth Author:Aleister Crowley
“It will be seen that the formula - 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law' has nothing to do with 'Do as you please.' It is much more difficult to comply with the Law of Thelema than to follow out slavishly a set of dead regulations.” WholeLawDifficultPleaseFormulasRegulationThelema Book:Eight Lectures on Yoga Source: Eight Lectures on Yoga
“It sometimes strikes me that the whole of science is a piece of impudence; that nature can afford to ignore our impertinent interference. If our monkey mischief should ever reach the point of blowing up the earth by decomposing an atom, and even annihilated the sun himself, I cannot really suppose that the universe would turn a hair.” IfsShouldWarSometimesWholeEarthTurnsUniverseSunPiecesHairStrikesAtomsMonkeysMischiefInterferenceBlowing UpImpudence Author:Aleister Crowley