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Page 104 of 1041906 · PDF PAGE 276
270 TIME not easily grasp Western ideas. What is a “year”? Scept. Hm! Well, ah, the earth moves round importance of believing the truth? But Mr. Crowley has got something into his soul stronger even than the beautiful passion of the man who believes in Buddhism; he has the passion of the man who does not believe in Christianity. He adds one more testimony to the endless series of testimonies to the fas- cination and vitality of the faith. For some mysterious reason no man can contrive to be agnostic about Christianity. He always tries to prove …
1904 · PDF PAGE 58
…ver minute, the volition of others. If I breathe, I diminish the stock of oxygen available on the planet. In those far distant ages when Earth shall be as dead as the moon is to-day, my breathing now will have robbed some being then living of the dearest necessity of life. That the theft is minute, incalculably trifling, is no answer to the moralist, to w hom degree is not known; nor to the scientist, who sees the chain of nature miss no link. If, on the other hand, the store of energy in the universe be indeed constant (whether infinite or no)…
1913 · PDF PAGE 600
… as is contained, for example, in ‘The Sunflower,’ where we are informed how, among other portents— “6a greater god arose, And stole the earth by standing on his toes And blowing through the air.” “Tt is difficult to believe that the persons to whom certain poems are inscribed will experience any very lively gratification at the compliment.”—Ashenaum. «really notable fluency and fecundity of expression. He gives us little of that boring stuff that is usually termed ‘strong meat.’ . . . his dedicatory poem is the one that fascinates me most, It …
1913 · PDF PAGE 600
… as is contained, for example, in ‘The Sunflower,’ where we are informed how, among other portents— “6a greater god arose, And stole the earth by standing on his toes And blowing through the air.” “Tt is difficult to believe that the persons to whom certain poems are inscribed will experience any very lively gratification at the compliment.”—Ashenaum. «really notable fluency and fecundity of expression. He gives us little of that boring stuff that is usually termed ‘strong meat.’ . . . his dedicatory poem is the one that fascinates me most, It …
1912 · PDF PAGE 428
… as is contained, for example, in ‘The Sunflower,’ where we are informed how, among other portents— “6a greater god arose, And stole the earth by standing on his toes ‘And blowing through the air,” ‘It is difficult to believe that the persons to whom certain poems are inscribed will experience any very lively gratification at the compliment.”—Atheneum. «©. really notable fluency and fecundity of expression. . . . He gives us little of that boring stuff that is usually termed ‘strong meat.’ . . . his dedicatory poem is the one that fascinates me…
1912 · PDF PAGE 428
… as is contained, for example, in ‘The Sunflower,’ where we are informed how, among other portents— “6a greater god arose, And stole the earth by standing on his toes ‘And blowing through the air,” ‘It is difficult to believe that the persons to whom certain poems are inscribed will experience any very lively gratification at the compliment.”—Atheneum. «©. really notable fluency and fecundity of expression. . . . He gives us little of that boring stuff that is usually termed ‘strong meat.’ . . . his dedicatory poem is the one that fascinates me…
1906 · PDF PAGE 214
…inconceivably swift. To consider it, to watch it, is bewildering, and to some people becomes intensely terrifying. It is as if the solid earth were suddenly swept away from under one, and there were some dread awakening in outer space amid the rush of incessant meteors—lost in the void. All this is old knowledge; but who has taken steps toalterit? The answer is forbidding: truth compels me to say, the mystics of all lands. Their endeavour has been to slow the rate of change; their methods perfect quietude of body and mind, produced in varied an…
1906 · PDF PAGE 202
…the boat with him by stealth. A small sailing vessel conveyed them to Malta, where they disappeared. The only trace left in the books of earth records that this fascinating character was accused, four years later, in Vienna, of poisoning her paramour, but thanks to the wealth and influence of her newer lover, she escaped. The legal father, left by himself with a squall- ing child to amuse, to appease in his tantrums, * Will it be believed that a clergyman (turned Plymouth Brother and schoolmaster) actually made an identical confession to a boy …
1904 · PDF PAGE 73
…conceivably sw ift. To consider it, to watch it, is beweildering, and to some people becomes intensely terrifying. It is as if the solid earth were suddenly swept away from under one, and there were some dread awakening in outer space amid the rush of incessant meteors—lost in the void. All this is old knowledge; but who has taken steps to alter it ? The answer is forbidding: truth compels me to say, the mystics of all lands. Their endeavour has been to slow the rate of change ; their methods perfect quietude of body and mind, produce in varied…
1904 · PDF PAGE 61
…the boat with him by stealth. A small sailing vessel conveyed them to Malta, where they disappeared. The only trace left in the books of earth records that this fascinating character was accused, four years later, in Vienna, of poisoning her paramour, but thanks to the wealth and influence of her newer lover, she escaped. The legal father, left by himself with a squall- ing child to amuse, to appease in his tantrums, * Will it be be lieved tha t a clergyman (turned Plymouth B rother a nd sc hoolmaster) actually made an identical confession to a…