The Star in the West

296 THE STAR IN THE WEST primary by order and degree , sometimes obviously , some times obscurely , perhaps even untraceably , so that we have no real right to predicate their connection . ' Dhâranâ is mentioned at some length in “ Pente cost " : Olympus in a nutshell ! I Have a superior faculty To reasoning , which makes absurd , Unthinkable and wicked too , A great deal that I know is true ! In short , the mind is capable , Besides mere ratiocination , Of twenty other things as well , The first of which is concentration ! Bloom , Concentration's midnight flower ! After much practice to this end I gain at last the long -sought power (Which you believe you have this hour, But certainly have not , my friend !), Of keeping close the mind to one Thing at a time - suppose , the Sun. I gain this (Reverence to Ganesh '!) And at that instant comprehend (That past and future tenses vanish ) What Fichte comprehends. Division , Thought , wisdom , drop away . I see The absolute identity Of the beholder and the vision.? Then we come to the advanced stage known as Dhyana . In “ Science and Buddhism ” Crowley states : In a certain meditation one day I recorded : I was (a) conscious of external things seen behind after my nose had vanished . (6) Conscious that I was not con scious of these things . These (a) and (6) were simultaneous . 1 Science and Buddhism , vol. ii , p. 151. 2 Vol. ii, pp. 173-174.