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ALI SLOPER; OR, T and the falsehood thereof hath rung its sepulchral summons down the Halls that men call Time. [BONES boils ot/er. MRS. BONES strokes his marble brow. Now it hath occurred that some of the younger Adepts, the light hearted and foolish of the Great White Brotherhood, those who slip back oftenest to normal consciousness of the Universe, so that even their pure wings are soiled in the mire of sense, perception, reason, and their foul kind, some of those boys, I say, forget the Writing on the outer Veil of the Indicible Arcanum, th…
1907 · PDF PAGE 92
… with Denzil Roberts, that foolish globe-trotter, secularist, and philanthropist-at-large. Den zil had just returned from a silly “ sentimental journey” through Spain, and gazing on the sunset from the western tower of the Alhambra he had come nigh to seeing God. Saddened and sane, be yet could recognize the magnificent insanity of Basil, and had come home with him to learn the way to the gate that men call Madness. The fourth occupant of the room was Arthur’s oldest friend—nay, master. Desperate research, life risked again and again in strange …
1907 · PDF PAGE 84
64 KONX OM PAX these men, while yet unbalanced, seek to attain to unity with the great Tao. But for those whose intellect is purified and co-ordinated, for those whose bodies are in health, and whose passions are at once eager and controlled, it shall be lawful to choose their own way to the One Goal; wkielicet, identity with that great Tao which is above the antithesis of Yang and Yin.” Even Kwaw felt tired, and applied himself to saké-and-soda. Refreshed, he continued: “ The men who are willing by this means to become the saviours of their cou…
1907 · PDF PAGE 83
…it must be acknowledged that one who is but slightly unbalanced needs a milder correction than whoso is obsessed by prejudice. There are men who make a fetish of cleanliness; they shall work in a fitter’s shop, and learn that dirt is the mark of honourable toil. There are those whose lives are rendered wretched by the fear of infection; they see bacteria of the deadliest sort in all things but the actual solutions of carbolic acid and mercuric chloride with which they hysterically combat their invisible foemen; such would I send to live in the b…
1907 · PDF PAGE 91
…t that once a man lay dead in his room for seven weeks, all undisturbed? Thus far the Socialist. To him enter a Man. Sayeth, the fate of men is naught; we measure mountain ranges by their peaks, not by their plains. And forthwith the Man must seek in Holbein House for some crown of the age, some Venus floating new-born in that Dead Sea, some God new-lit upon that Limbo. As also it is written. We follow him to its smallest garret, deserted by the rats, since they found nor room nor victual, but tenanted by men. Arthur Gray was a poet who had aban…
1907 · PDF PAGE 87
…d us a confused and angry mob; he left us a diverse, yet harmonious, republic; while let us never forget that not only have we developed men of genius in every branch of practical life, but many among us have had our equilibrium crowned by that supreme glory of humanity, realization of our identity with the great and holy Tao." Wherewith he set aside no less than three hundred and sixty-five days in every year, and one extra day every fourth year, as days of special rejoicing.
1907 · PDF PAGE 16
…rophe of thy career canst thou escape from the ruins. Otherwise, what answer hast thou (0 perfect mystic !) to whom the doctor speaks of men “ self-hypnotized into cataleptic trances,” to whom the historian denies thy Christ or Mahomet, to whom the ethicist flings his snarls of “ anti-social” ; whom, indeed, all men, thyself the foremost, charge with insanity, with ignorance, with error? Naught but an infinite skepsis saves thee here. Do not defend thy Christ; attack the place of thine opponent; challenge all his premiés, dispute the validity of …
1907 · PDF PAGE 122
… the poor old fellow wheezed. He sought the Mighty Powers of Good, Invoked the Great White Brotherhood. Like smart and punctual business men, They sent a man round there and then. How gladly reverent doth he greet The sage’s venerable feet! But in a while suspicion grows. “ This fellow, now, by Jove, who knows? Perhaps he too is in the Plot. 1 like Scotch \Vhisky: he does not. He prefers Job to Second Kings. We disagree on many things.” He sniffed around the Adept (who lay low). He searched his luggage for his halo. He asked him frequently to d…
1907 · PDF PAGE 94
…ts in Ibis flight Who whirls the Sword and Scales of Right. The tall ship strikes: the rending roar 0f death devours the horrid war Where men dash women to the deck, Leave children wailing on the wreck. . . . Behold the lightning-‘5 jagged flash Spell out the signal with its lash— “ Hua is God " (it tore the sea) “There is none other God than He.” He conjures up the greasy glare Of Rupert Street by Leicester Square, Whose sodden slaves with sweat and paint Sicken the soul and make it faint. Build of the slimy scales of vice One concentrated cocka…
1907 · PDF PAGE 103
…s hurt, and hurt’s erasure. The pain transmuted into passion; And passion’s min was not pain; But my pain wears another fashion; My dead men do not rise again. You hurt me, and the silent skin Whispers no word of bleeding bruises; Your subtle hate, your cunning sin Brands and corrodes me where it chooses. I fear not them that kill the body, But rather them that hurt the soul: My soul with your disdain is bloody; Your stripes are none to make me whole. Could you but see my vitals torn, My nerves on rack, my tortured spirit— Of all the ills to mo…
1907 · PDF PAGE 95
…“ Your boyhood was so badly taught. The riddle ’s simple—here ’s the key! There is none other God than He.” He conjures up the Universe, Men bitter bad, and women worse. The whole disgusting Pan is shown, Filth from the spirit to the stone. “ Read that l ” he yelled. “Your eyeballs squint, But That is surely plain as print.” “ It is,” I said, “ for all to see— There is none other God than He.” And now the Devil strides and spins Most furiously widdershins. He causes two deceitful moons To dance upon the driving dunes. “ If all ’s illusion, gent…
1907 · PDF PAGE 124
…ou knew the man? I did, returned the big man. As nice a fellow as you could find in three continents. And lost! lost! lost! Oh! when will men be free of all this superstition? groaned Denzil. Never, said the Scholar. Now, said the big man. I can’t see it, cried Denzil, but it shall be! it shall be! And he rolled off this great oath: I SWEAR by all the stars that stream Through all the lofty leaves of night: I swear by the tremendous towers That crown Granada’s vale of flowers: M
1907 · PDF PAGE 137
…k there is the ringing note of mastery. But when he has seen the wisdom of not flinging splendid lines away on those subjects which wiser men remember only to themselves, when he has ceased to prefer the lurid and quickly evanescent gems of the rubbish-heap of sensations for the enduring and unsurpassable beauty of the stars, then will he give us more and better even than Hush—the music swells apace, Rolls its silver billows up Throu h the void demesne of space To l. e heavens' azure cup! Hush, my love, and Sleep shall sigh “ This is immortality…
1907 · PDF PAGE 125
… God and death and hate I swear That man shall rise, shall understand. I swear by this my lucid Eye, By all the freedom I have won, That men shall learn to love and doubt, Put faith and slavery to the rout, And eagle-pinioned even as I Soar to the splendour of the sun! All right! all right! said the doctor, rather testily. But you want everybody to use your methods. Hurrah for Huxley! Down with Jesus! By heaven, your tyranny will soon be as bad as that of Rome or Geneva. Every man must find his own way to freedom. Let me read to you about my mad…
1907 · PDF PAGE 132
…gle, ever steadfastly beholding the sun, that swoops down upon carrion, and thanks God for the meal. It is the urblind race of miserable men that turn fastidioust from wholesome and natural f . However this may be, it is undoubtedly no easy task to follow the royal bird in his dazzling flight through illimitable oathyr. Yet the attempt will avail us much; even if we can rise only some few feet above the ground, we may say, “something attempted, something done.” And as we grow bolder, we shall be more at ease in the new ele ment, or even, like th…
1907 · PDF PAGE 35
…ch other now. There was the way out of the little room with millions of changing colours, ever so beautiful, and it was lined with armed men, waving their swords for joy like flashes of lightning; and all about us glitter ing serpents danced and sang for joy. There was a winged horse ready for us when we came out on the slopes of the mountain. You see the Sixth House is really in a mountain called Mount Abiegnus, only one doesn’t see it because one goes through indoors all the way. There’s one House you have to go outdoors to get to, because no …
1907 · PDF PAGE 57
…ntitled him to wear a Dark Blue ribbon round his crown (for “As above, so Beneath ”— Oxford produces Angels and Cinaedes, Cambridge only men). “Go back to the Moon—and mindl A'o Tranellers’ Tales!” This question of the point of view leads us naturally to a considera tion of the speech of those for whom the Mastery of Samadhi has radically changed the aspect of the Universe. How shall a god answer a man? Frater Neophyte K. asks our S. H. Frater L. 8°= 3°. “Are there such things as elemental spirits in the scientific sense?” Now Frater L. knows th…
1907 · PDF PAGE 76
…ains were still esteemed, but they had been interpreted as the knack of passing examinations. The recent extension of the franchise to women had rendered the Yoshiwara the most formidable of the political organizations, while the physique of the nation had been seriously impaired by the results of a law which, by assuring them in case of injury or illness of a life long competence in idleness which they could never have obtained otherwise by the most laborious toil, encouraged all workers to be utterly careless of their health. The training of …
1907 · PDF PAGE 39
THE WAKE WORLD 19 horribly disfigured with great advertisements, and every single house had written all over it: FIRST HOUSE This is his Majesty’s favourite'Residence. No other genuine. Beware of worthless imitations. Come in HERE and spend lifel Come in HERE and see the Serpent eat his Taill So I was furious, as you may imagine, and had men go and put all the proper numbers on them, and a little sarcastic remark to make them ashamed; so they read: Fifth House, and mostly dream at that. Seventh House. External splendour and internal corruption. …
1907 · PDF PAGE 127
…nd our love upon your month— With our wonder and our worship be the world aflame anew! My Gitana, my Saliya! I am coming back to you! The men breathed freer. So powerfully did the song lift them that through the open window all the fragrance of Spain and its roses seemed to flow into the room. Only Arthur Gray never smiled. The big man looked at him. What is it? he said sharply. We are all Gods! (said Arthur) knowing good and evil, and that which is beyond. But I love Holbein House and London—dear vile London! What can I do? And he began moumfull…