The Star in the West

THE NEW WINE 267 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 .