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…closely related to Geburah and Chesed—Mars and Jupiter. And then finally comes the eighth stage—Right Meditation, again a summary of the three stages below it, which may be compared as the Three Supernals or the Sahasdra Chakkra. [Compare with the essay “ Science and Buddhism ” in the “ Sword of Song” by A. Crowley, and the writings of Ananda Metteya. Here are then three men who have worked both severally and collectively, who yet apparently hold irrecon- cilable views as to what Buddhism is. What better proof is needed of the fact that all int…
1910 · PDF PAGE 160
THE EQUINOX out the Four Noble Truths, that is in the understanding of the Three Characteristics—the three fundamental principles of Buddhism. Besides representing Malkuth, the Four Noble Truths (viewed in an elementary manner) represent the four lower Sephiroth—Malkuth, Yesod, Hod and Netzach, the state of Right Views carrying with its attainment a transcend- ency over all wrong views, that is to say all crude and unskilful views, all dogmas, assertions, all doubts, which are as unfertile as the elements are when uncombined, by applying to the…
1910 · PDF PAGE 142
…he greater demerit.” Enquiring into the particular nature of Ignorance Buddha discovered that the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil had three main branches, namely: Lobha, Dosa and Moha; Craving, Passion and the Delusion of Self, and that these three forms of Ignorance alone could be conquered by right understanding the Three Great Signs or Characteristics of all Existence, namely: Change, Sorrow and Absence of an Ego— Anikka, Dukkha, and Anatta, which were attained by medi- tating on the inmost meaning of the Four Noble Truths: “The Truth abo…
1910 · PDF PAGE 114
…es) keep actively engaged in their respective work. If the mind and Prana are stopped, the state of emancipation is attained.t There are three kinds of Pranayama: Rechaka Pranayama (exhaling the breath), Puraka Pranayama (inhaling the breath) and Kumbhaka Pranaydma (restraining the breath). The first kind consists in performing Rechaka first; the second in doing Puraka first; and the third in suddenly stopping the breath without Puraka and Rechaka.t * Malay pearl divers can remain from three to five minutes under water. + “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,…
1910 · PDF PAGE 8
…Y REVIEW THE EYES OF ST. LJUBOV. By J. F. C. Futter anp Georce RaFFAaLovicH MIDSUMMER EVE. By ETHEL ARCHER THE POETICAL MEMORY ADELA THE THREE WORMS. By Epwarp STORER THE FELON FLOWER. By ETHEL ARCHER THE BIG STICK GLAZIERS’ HOUSES IN THE TEMPLE. By Victor B. Nevsurc SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT THE HIGH HISTORY OF SIR PALAMEDES THE SARACEN KNIGHT AND OF HIS FOLLOWING OF THE QUESTING BEAST PAGE 281 284 291 292 293 gro 314 317 325 327 346 352
1910 · PDF PAGE 264
…vening at the house of an intimate friend. In music and conversation the time passed pleasantly. The clock struck ten, reminding me that three hours had elapsed since the dose was taken, and as yet not an unusual symptom had appeared. I was provoked to think that this trial was as fruitless as its predecessors. Ha! what means this sudden thrill? A shock, as of some unimagined vital force, shoots without warning through my entire frame, leaping to my fingers’ ends, piercing my brain, startling me till I almost spring from my chair. I could not d…
1910 · PDF PAGE 337
THE THREE WORMS citadel of her heart, which like a faded and extinguished censer, rusts in the decadence of its scented memories. The three worms dispose themselves and begin to talk. The little worm which is issuing from her mouth begins: “Tam her mouth, her beautiful mouth, that sweet frail chalice where her soul delighted to dissolve itself and to lie. That mouth of hers, so nervous, so intimately sensible, that it is pleasant to think of it as the fragile rim of the holy and wonderful amphora of her strange exultant being. “TI am—since I wa…
1910 · PDF PAGE 132
…etter towards theend; but Position 1. best after tenth break. Concentration must have then lasted quite 6 or 7 minutes. Position 1. 15m. Three breaks, but end very doubtful having become very sleepy. Position 1. 6m. Three breaks, I seemed to collapse sud- denly. Went to Devachan{ on Astral Journey. I found myself sur- * In all cases when the name alone is mentioned a meditation practice is understood. Prithivi-Apas corresponds to water of earth. It is symbolized by a silver crescent drawn within a yellow square. See Diagram 84. +t Le, Self in A…
1910 · PDF PAGE 100
… vija (seed). 59. Full of energy, and like burning gold, know this Kundalini to be the power (Shakti) of Vishnu; it is the mother of the three qualities—Satwa (good) Rajas (indifference), and Tamas (bad). 60. There, beautiful like the Bandhuk flower, is placed the seed of love; it is brilliant like burnished gold, and is described in Yoga as eternal. 61. The Sushumna also embraces it, and the beautiful seed is there; there it rests shining brilliantly like the autumnal moon, with the luminosity of millions of suns, and the coolness of millions …
1910 · PDF PAGE 181
… or “ shastra ” for “sat,” etc. Now arose, with Music of the Vina the Golden Dawn.* At 5.15 I arose. 5.42 p.m. Resumed my A’sana and did three Pranayamas of25. 15. 50. Also of 20. 10. 40. MAitrananda Swami explained above as follows: Unto the sunset, moonrise, Agni;+ then Vishvarupa Darshana,t and one’s own Personal God;§ then Atma-Darshana || and Shiva- Darshana.{ * The Golden Dawn, Dhyana of the Sun. + Or Rupa Visions, That is, visions of the three Lights of the Gunas. See “The Herb Dangerous.” THE EQUINOX, vol. i, No. 2. } The great Vision o…
1910 · PDF PAGE 391
Vv Sir PALAMEDE the Saracen Hath cast his sword and arms aside. To save the world of goodly men, He sets his teeth to ride—to ride! Three days: the black horse drops and dies. The trappings furnish them a fire, The beast a meal. With dreadful eyes Stare into death the child, the sire. Six days : the gaunt and gallant knight Sees hateful visions in the day. Where are the antient speed and might Were wont to animate that clay? Nine days; they stumble on; no more His strength avails to bear the child. Still hangs the mist, and still before Yawns t…
1910 · PDF PAGE 300
…patient (with my qualities), Slowly webbing the slightly soiled cavities— A lute, a rapturing lute aux sons clairs, (But Oh, He, Ho, for three weary years The lute hath no song!)— 282
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
…utiful as the Bandhuk flower. In the space between the two eyebrows is the seed of Shakti, brilliant as tens of millions of moons. These three seeds should be kept secret.t These three Mantras can only be learnt from a Guru, and are not given in the above book. By repeating them a various number of times certain results happen. Such as: after eighteen lacs, the body will rise from the ground and remain suspended in the air; after an hundred lacs, “the great yogi is absorbed in the Para-Brahman{ BHAKTA YOGA. Union by love. In Bhakta Yoga the asp…
1910 · PDF PAGE 125
THE EQUINOX mind, being so full of other things, seems to refuse to compose itself. Nearly always I was too tired to do two (let alone three) meditations; and the weari- ness of the morrow was another hostile factor. Let me hope that my return here (Mexico City) will work wonders. Three days after this entry on a certain Wednesday evening we find a very extraordinary mental experiment recorded in P.’s diary. D. A. made to P. the following suggestion for a meditation practice. 1. Imagine that I am standing before you in my climbing clothes. 2, W…
1910 · PDF PAGE 392
…ot stir. The child complains—how feebly now! His eyes are blank ; he looks at her; The cold sweat gathers on his brow. To save the world—three days away|! His life in knighthood’s life is furled, And knighthood’s life in his—to-day |— His darling staked against the world | Will he die there, his task undone? Or dare he live, at such a cost? He cries against the impassive sun : The world is dim, is all but lost. Then, with the bitterness of death Cutting his soul, his fingers clench The piteous passage of her breath. The dews of horror rise and …
1910 · PDF PAGE 396
… to four strong stallion steers, To tear asunder, as they thought, The paladin of Arthur's peers. But he, a-bending, breaks the spine Of three, and on the fourth he rears His bulk, and rides away. Divine The wonder when the giant fails To stir the fatuous dwarf, malign Who smiles! But Bors on Arthur rails That never a knight is worth but one. “ By Goddes death ” (quod he), “ what ails
1910 · PDF PAGE 23
…o the Lord of the Word Abrahadabra, and Glory unto Him that hath given us the Symbol of the Ankh, and of the Cross within the Circle! 1. Three are the Beasts wherewith thou must plough the Field; the Unicorn, the Horse, and the Ox. And these shalt thou yoke in a triple yoke that is governed by One Whip. 2. Now these Beasts run wildly upon the earth and are not easily obedient to the Man. 3. Nothing shall be said here of Cerberus, the great Beast of Hell that is every one of these and all of these, even as Athanasius hath foreshadowed. For this …
1910 · PDF PAGE 357
…n £ s.d. On the contrary, it closely followed the measurements of the body of Christ or of a Man which it was supposed to represent. The three great canonical numbers are 2,368 (IESOUS CHRISTOS), 1,480 (CHRISTOS) and 888 (IESOUS), Numerous other numbers also occur but most hinge on these three. Here is an example. 888, 1,480 and 2,368 are to each other in the ratio of 3, 5 and 8. 358 is numerically equal to Messiah, and and 358} x6=2,151 which is again a symbol of the Hebrew Messiah, Alpha 339
1910 · PDF PAGE 302
…pill box! On entering 70, Margaret Street I was shown upstairs and ushered into the den of Tiger Sri Agamya. Besides himself, there were three people in the room, two men and 284
1910 · PDF PAGE 58
…avoiding all, even the smallest, consideration of things occult, as also he bade me. Thus, at the beginning, I did meditate twice daily, three meditations morning and evening, upon such simple objects as—a white triangle; a red cross; Isis; the simple Tatwas; a wand; and the like. I remained after some three weeks for 593} minutes at one time, wherein my thought wandered 25 times. Now I began also to consider more complex things: my little Rose Cross;+ the these A&thyrs, “whose dominion extendeth in ever widening circles without and beyond the …