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…s at the Master-spell of a great sage, the charm is snapped: I soar into sanity. I must be simple indeed! How did I fail for a moment to understand that Brocken-Spectres must be shadows cast by some Star, a Sun, upon sun-lifted vapoursthat all these diverse shapes of madness are but distortions of one form upon the mountain-crest, a solitary shadowthe shadow of a Man! Lux. I stood erect. I found myself unhurt. I turned. I lifted up mine yes. Behold! The Hill! The apex of the colossal Pyramid is crowned by a stern silent figure, cut in sharp s…
1938 · PDF PAGE 15
III. This is the Harmony of the Universe, that Love unites the Will to create with the Understanding of that Creation: understand thou thine own Will! Love and let love! Rejoice in every shape of love, and get thy rapture and thy nourishment thereof! IV. Pour water on thyself: thus shalt thou be a Fountain to the Universe. Find thou thyself in every Star! Achieve thou every possibility! V. Offer thyself Virgin to the Knowledge and Conversation of thine Holy Guardian Angel! All else is a snare. Be thou athlete with the eight limbs of Yoga; for w…
1938 · PDF PAGE 9
… Phoenix, a Raven, a Hawk, a Pelican, a Dove, an Ibis and a Vulture: in his turn each one sang praises, even as it was given unto him to understand one part of the Spirit of the Master. The Voice of the Swan. A U M G N : through the Bornless, through the Eternal, the Thought of the Master goeth, afloat in the Aethyr. The Voice of the Phoenix. A L : not to be burned, not to be quenched, the Soul of the Master bathes in the Fire of Nature, and is refreshed.
1938 · PDF PAGE 8
…lt of faith in deeming that the Sunor any Starcould die. And now I, who had only felt the fear of that figure, feel the fascination. I understand that Hewhoever, whatever He may beis He for whom we all so long had waited. As I fix my eyes upon it, I become aware that its blackness against the light of the Star is only relative; and as I gain confidence in my sight, that darkness goes. The figure is a prism of pure crystalit is the distortion and interference with the Light it transmits which caused those phantoms of terror to dance their W…
1938 · PDF PAGE 24
… of certain Jews of old: All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; and this: The thought of foolishness is sin. Now did I understand that all men live in sin, being baulked of their True Will, that is, of the free function of their essential nature. This restriction cometh much from their ignorance of what their True Will is, and much from external hindrance, but most of all from the interference of ill-controlled parts of their own instruments, the body and mind. For Freedom is not found in looseness and lack of governance, but …