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Ecstasy stronger than Death. 103 XXVII THE CAMEL RIDER1 The camel-rider swoops across the desert, with his howling Jinn, To wreck and ravage human life ; insufferable Be- dawin !2 But shall he ravish thee from me ? I see the camel check and kneel, Vanquished by dread of the Unknown, appalled by fear of the Unseen ! To Death is Love inpregnable ; to Love seems Death desirable, Fixing the lightning flash of life and making per- mament the scene. The Zahid looks from Life to Death ; The Sufi gath- ers Death from Life ; Thy podex ’twixt thy buttock…
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The Pangs of Repentance. 67 of the dragon-camel divides it into 3 equal portions 45/3 = 15. But God transfixes the dragon-camel with an arrow ([heb. samekh] Samekh 60 “ Tem- perance ” the 15th letter of the alphabet), and 60 + 45 = 105 = 21 x 5, or the Perfect Crown 3 x 7 [Per- sian text] in the 5 quarters of the perfected Man, the Cross replaced by the Pentagram. 2. Abdullah — the unredeemed man ; Cf. Rev. III. 17. 3. A common medical practice in the East. 4. The worst of insults. The great excuse for the podex is its superior tightness — supp…
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…asis of Spiritual Sensation. 41 II THE JINN - VISION I plunged my stamen-shapen spud1 Into a pool of crimson mud. Yet stars2 I saw ; and camel-jinn3 And moons4 upon the winds that scud.5 The sun6 I saw ; and night borne up7 upon some dark eternal flood. Ay ! mine Habib ! thy body’s key Is like a scarlet poppy-bud. Strike in my bell thy clapper ; wake The cosmic echo in my blood ! For El Qahar thy beauty broods, Of thy perfections chews the cud. 1. [Persian text] Suli, an impaling stake. A rare word of Sanskrit origin. 2. Chokmah, the “ emanatio…
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…es of him.” So Mah- bub ! 2. All this implies that the adept has by now ac- quired the complete control of his mind and his senses. If a camel is shewn to the ordinary man, he is compelled to see a camel, and cannot per- suade himself that it is a house or an ox. If a drum is beaten near him, he is obliged to hear a drum, not a fife or a viol. But the adept can easily put himself out of gear with his senses, and awake others ; as, for instance, he can awake the super- nal taste by concentrating his thought upon the centre of his tongue ; hearin…
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The Results of Sin. 59 by producing a camel from a stone (Q’uran Cap. VII). But even so the joke is not obvious to my mind. 9. Very like Cromwell’s famous retort to the of- ficer who asked if his puritans should engage in prayer, as the enemy might attack at any mo- ment. “ Of a surety ; and bid them keep well dry their powder.”
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…......... 96 XXV. — The Atheist ................................... 98 XXVI. — The Tower of Shinar .................... 101 XXVII. — The Camel Rider ......................... 103 XXVIII. — The Potter .................................. 108 XXIX. — The Mirage ................................. 110 XXX. — The Scribe .................................. 112 XXXI. — The Unicorn ............................... 115 XXXII. — The Bull-Frogs ............................ 116 XXXIII. — The Mullah ................................. 118 XXXIV. — The Talisman ...…
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…nger firm. This is because thou lingerest in bawdy talk in taverns, drinking forbidden liquors ; because thou dalliest all day with that camel-backed monocular from Nubia. He serveth thee without remission from the Wolf’s Tail2 to the Evening Star, O thou eaten up with beastliness ! and for this thou forgettest the manly games of youth. When I first had thee, thou wast like a young deer, bounding over the grassy plains ; now thou waddlest like a gravid she- ass. Puffy are thy cheeks and bloated, just as if the moon were turned by a sorcerer int…
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… ills from the cripple, and 80 from the one-eyed man ; but when the hunchback arrives, say Allah help us ! ” 6. Bukhti is the two-humped camel of Bac- tria. Ali is therefore the fellow’s name ; Bukhti his laqab or nickname — which none escape.
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… death, the iron-souled. [Therefore the podex of Habib To pierce am I, thy lover, bold.]3 Only from weariness of love Was death’s unholy camel foaled.4
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…b, who walketh like a cat, Sitteth, a swan, and runneth like a deer. His face is like the moon that shines upon The labouring Hajj,6 its camel-throned Emir.7 For like a column of innumerous men Doth serpentine his body ; he is here With hugs to break this breath, and with his mouth To stop the mouth of El Qahar the seer. 1. A river which flows by the ruins of Chilminar. 2. Cedar — dove’s down. By no means chosen at random ; symbolically chosen, or perhaps even because these substances have a reputed value in mystical practices. Apollonius of Ty…
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…s, and show bare a gaping and hungry podex. On the contrary, thou wast like a young girl, and there was much shame when thy hand led the camel to the well.3 Also there was embarrassment for thee when I bade thee act as thou didst act with thy Nu- bian ; since if thou didst too well, I should re- proach thee with wantonness ; but if ill, with cold- ness. So I praise thee that thou didst murmur that “ Allah hath neither equal, son, nor compa- nion4 ; how wilt thou, master, that I act with thee ? ” Then I forgave thee, and love utterly revived, so…
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Ecstasy stronger than Death. 105 1. Death in the East rides a camel, not a white horse. 2. Bedawin — any wanderers. But the home- less necessarily live by robbery. Hence the para- doxes of Socialism. 3. Lit. sharp as [Persian text] zu’l faqar, the sword of Mohammed which he captured on the field of Badr. A sort of Eastern Excalibur, by the usual mythopoetic process. 4. I confess to fantastic license in translation of this curious passage. But some of the words are not Persian or anything else, and two or three seemed me formed in this manner. F…
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…air and swift riding thou mayest regain thy beauty. Then wilt thou be grateful to El Qahar, and faithful, if thou canst be faithful. The camel that hath learnt to bite furiously8 — only Allah and the muzzle9 avail. 1. [Persian text] : Hakim — doctor, not to be confused with [Persian text] Hakim — official. 2. Wolf’s Tail — the false dawn or Zodiacal Light. 3. One M.S. omits the sentence, and finishes the previous couplet “ O flabby and withered lips ! ” ([Persian text]) lit. “ lips of one who fasts.” 4. Probably a pun [Persian text] to kiss [Pe…
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The ruling passion strong in death. 129 And he my tool doth entertain. I speak the truth ; falter, nor feign, Seeing my camel on the plain Girt for the Journey ; spared or slain, My love’s no moon to wax and wane. Allah our love with mercy sain ! Then death’s a splendid window-pane Through which I look the world to explain. Give me the Cup ! it’s wine I’ll drain, Thy podex to my member strain, And thrust, and pull, and writhe amain :— Thrill through each raptured dying vein That El Qahar’s dissolving brain Be of his Destiny the bane ! 1. Can th…