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the cessation of desire , which can only be realized by
following
the
Noble
Eightfold
path .
This intimate
connection
between sorrow
and desire ,
as we
have
seen , is vividly described
by Crowley
in many of his
poems .
In “ The Nameless
Quest
” we find the yearn
ing
“ For One beyond
all
song
.”
1
In
“
The Triumph
of
Man
”
we
again find the same
idea crystallized
,
but
in
“
The Ultimate Voyage
,”
the
aspirant
,
on
his spiritual journey towards the Supreme
Knowledge
,
at
one point
on
his journey
all
but attains
Nirvana
.
In
many other poems
do
we find this
idea
of
Nir
vana
.
In
“
Why Jesus Wept
”
we
have
:
Thy flower
-
life
is
shed
Into eternity
,
A
waveless lake
.2
Which reminds us
of
Sir Edwin
Arnold's
:
OM
,
MANI
PADME
,
OM
!
The Dewdrop slips
Into the shining Sea
!
Again
,
in
“
The Farewell
of
Paracelsus
to
Aprile
"
:
My whole new self
as
in
a
golden net
Of transcendental love one fiery tether
,
Dissolving
all
my woe into one sea
of
weather.3
Or
,
Those souls that cast their trammels off
,
and spring
On eager wing
,
Immaculate
,
new
born
,
toward the sky
,
And shall not die
Until they cleave
at
last the lampless
dome
,
And lose their tent
because
they find their home
.“
21
The Temple
of
the Holy Ghost
,
vol
.
i,
p
.
189
.
Why Jesus Wept
,
vol
.
iii,
p
.
41
.
3
Songs
of
the Spirit
,
vol
.
i,
p
.
43
.
4
Ibid
.
vol
.
I,
p
.
55
.