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Page 105 of 1731906 · PDF PAGE 120
…to while away the idle hours While Jason hunts—— ALCESTIS. Hlow grand it were to see Our aged father rival the strong youths In feats of great agility ! MEDEA. Agreed ! But surely you should work the charm your- selves. For children magic is a blithesome game! DANAIDES. Dear lady ! teach us how to say the spell! MEDEA. Words must be aided by appalling deeds ! ALCESTIS. O! O! you frighten us. MEDEA. Be brave, my child ! I too passed through unutterable things ! ALCESTIS. Let me fetch father ! MEDEA. Nay, consider first. Would he consent? The pro…
1907 · PDF PAGE 143
…TAR IN THE WEST Can you not see ? I am cut off from God ! Loathsome bull -men in their corruption linked Whisper lewd fancies in my ear. Great fish , Monstrous and flat, with vile malignant eyes , And crawling beetles of gigantic strength , Crushed , mangled , moving , are about me . Go ! Go ! do not touch the carcass of myself That is abased , defiled , abominable .' Then Ulric enters , evidently now totally mad ; the fearful power of his Neronic lust has reft asunder the last thread of his sanity ; in his hand he carries a razor , first he sl…
1911 · PDF PAGE 69
…tting. But the brightness of the sun and its heat dazzled me and scorched me. My members refused to obey; and I slid back- ward into the great stream that was here so icy cold, and it refreshed me and comforted me. Now then I was minded to enter again the ark when there flew unto me, I wot not whence, a dove, and perched upon my shoulder. And thus I swam fora while, and the waters ofthe stream were soft and warm, caressing me. Yet I felt that this aimless drifting was enervating my limbs; so I gathered some stray planks of my raft—for they still…
1911 · PDF PAGE 69
…tting. But the brightness of the sun and its heat dazzled me and scorched me. My members refused to obey; and I slid back- ward into the great stream that was here so icy cold, and it refreshed me and comforted me. Now then I was minded to enter again the ark when there flew unto me, I wot not whence, a dove, and perched upon my shoulder. And thus I swam fora while, and the waters ofthe stream were soft and warm, caressing me. Yet I felt that this aimless drifting was enervating my limbs; so I gathered some stray planks of my raft—for they still…
1913 · PDF PAGE 13
…or evidence that the lyrical form nowadays dominates all others ; that even in Mr . Hardy 's Dynasts - yes , and even in Mr . Doughty 's great epic - other forms are perpetually haunted and worried , if not actually tyrannised over , by the lyrical . Indeed a young poet gravely informed me , the other day , that the lyric held the whole future of poesy — every other form being dead ; nor was he abashed on being reminded of the Scottish farmer 's prayer — " O Lord , take everything from everybody else , and give it ALL to me !” I note further th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 14
…your conduct in life correspond with the principles of M., my remaining years will pass away with pleasure and satisfaction. Observe the great example of our ancient masters, peruse our history and our constitutions. The best, the most humane, the bravest, and most civilized of men have been our patrons. Though the vulgar are strangers to our works, the greatest geniuses have sprung from our order. The most illustrious characters on earth have laid the foundation of their most amiable qualities in M. The wisest of princes, SoLomon, planned our …
1913 · PDF PAGE 430
…, rigorous as mathematics, but drawn for the first time from the shadows in which the hierophants of all ages have hidden it, would be a great scientific event if it could obtain sufficient light and publicity. This event we are perhaps about to prepare, for one would not permit us the audacious hope of accomplishing it. Here, in the first place, are the facts, in all their singularity. We have verified them, and we have established them with a rigorous exactitude, abstaining in the first place from all explanation and all commentary. Mr. Home …
1913 · PDF PAGE 550
…ive in isolation, deprived of all communica- tion with humanity, and who are daily in fluidic sympathy with animals gathered together in great number, as is ordin- arily the case with shepherds, are possessed of the demon whose name is /egion,; in their turn they reign despotically over the fluid souls of the flocks that are confided to their care: consequently their good-will or ill-will makes their cattle prosper or die; and this influence of animal sympathy can be exercised by them upon human plastic mediums which are ill defended, owing eit…
1913 · PDF PAGE 558
…uer love is to triumph over the whole of Nature. To submit it to justice is to rehabilitate life by devoting it to immortality; thus the greatest works of the Christian revelation are the creation of voluntary virginity and the sanctification of marriage. While love is nothing but a desire and an enjoyment, it is mortal. In order to make itself eternal it must become a sacrifice, for then it becomes a power and a virtue. It is the struggle of Eros and Anteros which produces the equilibrium of the world. Everything that over-excites sensibility …
1913 · PDF PAGE 14
…your conduct in life correspond with the principles of M., my remaining years will pass away with pleasure and satisfaction. Observe the great example of our ancient masters, peruse our history and our constitutions. The best, the most humane, the bravest, and most civilized of men have been our patrons. Though the vulgar are strangers to our works, the greatest geniuses have sprung from our order. The most illustrious characters on earth have laid the foundation of their most amiable qualities in M. The wisest of princes, SoLomon, planned our …
1913 · PDF PAGE 430
…, rigorous as mathematics, but drawn for the first time from the shadows in which the hierophants of all ages have hidden it, would be a great scientific event if it could obtain sufficient light and publicity. This event we are perhaps about to prepare, for one would not permit us the audacious hope of accomplishing it. Here, in the first place, are the facts, in all their singularity. We have verified them, and we have established them with a rigorous exactitude, abstaining in the first place from all explanation and all commentary. Mr. Home …
1913 · PDF PAGE 550
…ive in isolation, deprived of all communica- tion with humanity, and who are daily in fluidic sympathy with animals gathered together in great number, as is ordin- arily the case with shepherds, are possessed of the demon whose name is /egion,; in their turn they reign despotically over the fluid souls of the flocks that are confided to their care: consequently their good-will or ill-will makes their cattle prosper or die; and this influence of animal sympathy can be exercised by them upon human plastic mediums which are ill defended, owing eit…
1913 · PDF PAGE 558
…uer love is to triumph over the whole of Nature. To submit it to justice is to rehabilitate life by devoting it to immortality; thus the greatest works of the Christian revelation are the creation of voluntary virginity and the sanctification of marriage. While love is nothing but a desire and an enjoyment, it is mortal. In order to make itself eternal it must become a sacrifice, for then it becomes a power and a virtue. It is the struggle of Eros and Anteros which produces the equilibrium of the world. Everything that over-excites sensibility …
1929 · PDF PAGE 503
503 violence of passion and prejudice. The hatred of the Yankee and his fear of the Negro are as great as ever. In the latter case it has increased. The recent revival and the nation-wide spread of the Ku- Klux-Klan is one of the most sinister symptoms of recent years. From Atlanta I went to Detroit and then took in the Mammoth Caves of Kentucky. I need not describe them. I content myself with the remark that they make a third wonder of the world worth seeing, from Niagara to the Grand Canyon. Except for the Yellowstone Park, which I have not y…
1907 · PDF PAGE 298
…trampled by Bacchic feet , so to-day we find once again the farces of Aristophanes redacted on the grand stage of the world on which the great actors have played their part , and have retired behind the So once more , much to the joy of little children , the little Rationalias , the little Secularias , the harlequinade has again begun . Sinbad has sailed away with all his treasure ; Aladdin has departed , and has not forgotten to take with him his wonderful lamp . No more Jinn are to be unbottled from their sleep of a thousand years ; the moon …
1910 · PDF PAGE 322
… (blessed be he who murmurs her name with awe! may she gleefully look upon us!) he would have considered his vision to be a visit of the great Goddess (her name be rapidly uttered in the Vault of our beloved Brethren the Ka D Sh Knights of v P.A... P.P. v). To cut our tale short, for the time is approaching for our libations, the peasant heard the voice of the Lady. She thanked him, him, a poor peasant, her slave, and left him to his work. Her image, however, remained clear before his eyes and he did not fail in his description of her. Well, li…
1910 · PDF PAGE 322
… (blessed be he who murmurs her name with awe! may she gleefully look upon us!) he would have considered his vision to be a visit of the great Goddess (her name be rapidly uttered in the Vault of our beloved Brethren the Ka D Sh Knights of v P.A... P.P. v). To cut our tale short, for the time is approaching for our libations, the peasant heard the voice of the Lady. She thanked him, him, a poor peasant, her slave, and left him to his work. Her image, however, remained clear before his eyes and he did not fail in his description of her. Well, li…
1910 · PDF PAGE 11
… With my father’s death the small schisms which had hitherto lopped off a few members every year or two were altogether surpassed by the great Raven heresy which split the body into two equal halves, and extinguished the last sparks of its importance. I am going beyond my subject, but I cannot refrain from telling the awful story of the Meeting at Oban. The Meeting at Oban consisted of a Mr. Cameron and his wife and the bedridden mother of one of the two, I for- get which. Now as it is written : “ wheresoever two or three are gathered together …
1911 · PDF PAGE 80
… shall be NEMO. He doeth naught but tend the garden. And I said: Pleasant indeed is the garden, and light is the toil of tending it, and great is the reward. And he said: Bethink thee that NEMO hath beheld the face of my Father. In Him is only Peace. And I said: Are all gardens like unto this garden? And he waved his hand, and in the Aire across the valley appeared an island of coral, rosy, with green palms and fruit- trees, in the midst of the bluest of the seas. And he waved his hand again, and there appeared a valley shut in by mighty snow m…
1913 · PDF PAGE 56
…love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the House of God. All these old letters of my Book are aright ; but ¥ is not the Star. This also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise. 58. I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice. 59. My incense is of resinous woods & gums; and there is no blood therein : because of my …