Collected Works (Vol. II)

170 THE SWORD OF SONG Recapitulation of principal cos- mic theories.. Bard check- mates himself. Consciousness and Christi- anity. , Dhyana and Hinduism. Sammasa- madhi and Buddhism. — You know for me the soul is nought “6 Save a mere phantom in the thought, That thought itself impermanent, Save as a casual element With such another may combine To form now water and now wine ; The element itself may be Changeless to all eternity, But compounds ever fluctuate With time or space or various state. (Ask chemists else!) So I must claim Spirit and matter are the same ” Or else the prey of putrefaction. This matters to the present action Little or nothing. Here’s your theories ! Think if you like: I find it wearies ! It matters little whether we With Fichte and the Brahmins preach That Ego-Atman sole must be ; With Schelling and the Buddha own Non-Ego-Skandhas are alone ; | With Hegel and—the Christian? téach That which completes, includes, absorbs Both mighty unrevolving orbs. In one informing masterless Master-idea of consciousness— All differences as these indeed Are chess play, conjuring. “ Proceed !” Nay! Pll go back. The exposition Above, has points. But simple fission Has reproduced a different bliss, At last a heterogenesis! — | The metaphysics of these verses Is perfectly absurd. My curse is No sooner in an iron word I formulate my thought than I Perceive the same to be absurd © (Tannhauser). So for this, Sir, why! Your metaphysics in your teeth ! _ Confer A. Crowley, “ Berashith.” But hear! The Christian is a Dualist ; 230 235 240 245 250 255 265