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Page 107 of 1731910 · PDF PAGE 180
… to this drug, which I had never previously taken). Recovering from the Laudanum. Pranayama and Dharana hopeless.* Another month of this great work commences, and though the toil has not been wasted the reward indeed seems still far off. On the first of the month P. writes:— “Blessed be thou, O Bhavani, O Isis my Sister, my Bride, my Mother! Blessed be Thou, O Shiva, O Amoun, Concealed of the Concealed. By Thy most secret and Holy Name of Apophis be Thou blessed, Lucifer, Star of the Dawn, Satan- Jeheshua, Light of the World! Blessed be Thou, B…
1911 · PDF PAGE 86
…nto death, that even I, thy cup-bearer, may understand. Now, through the ruddy glow of the cup, I may perceive far above, and infinitely great, the vision of Babylon. And the Beast whereon she rideth is the Lord of the City of the Pyramids, that I beheld in the fourteenth Aethyr. Now that is gone in the glow of the cup, and the Angel saith: Not as yet mayest thou understand the mystery of the Beast, for it pertaineth not unto the mystery of this Aire, and few that are new-born unto Understanding are capable thereof. The cup glows ever brighter …
1912 · PDF PAGE 48
…s with this amiable despot, he went off alone into the jungle, and his thoughts immediately reverted to magic, to the performance of the Great Work, though not as yet to the Egyptian revelations. His antipathy to these, with their irrational instructions, grew and grew. It was only with the shattering of his reason that he could possibly accept them, and act on them. Yet even in this month’s wandering in the jungle we find little in the diary but the record of exercise of strange magic powers. We read three or four times that a certain adept 8
1912 · PDF PAGE 48
…s with this amiable despot, he went off alone into the jungle, and his thoughts immediately reverted to magic, to the performance of the Great Work, though not as yet to the Egyptian revelations. His antipathy to these, with their irrational instructions, grew and grew. It was only with the shattering of his reason that he could possibly accept them, and act on them. Yet even in this month’s wandering in the jungle we find little in the diary but the record of exercise of strange magic powers. We read three or four times that a certain adept 8
1913 · PDF PAGE 303
…xander VI, and we think that this name will be sufficient without other memories as justly execrated as his being brought up against us. Great criminals have been able to dishonour themselves doubly because of the sacred character with which they were invested, but they had not the power to dishonour that character, which remains always radiant and splendid above fallen humanity. We have said that there is no religion without mysteries; let us add that there are no mysteries without symbols. The symbol, being the formula or the expression of th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 465
…might have been at that time about four o’clock in the afternoon. The church was full of the faithful, and the office was performed with great concentration, and extraordinary solemnity. The banners of the parishes of the city, and of the suburbs, bore witness to the public veneration for the virgin who saved Paris from famine and invasion. At the bottom of the church, the tomb of St. Geneviéve shone gloriously with light. They were chanting the litanies, and the procession was coming out of the choir. After the cross, accompanied by its acolyt…
1913 · PDF PAGE 466
…t time, and noticed the features of his countenance. They expressed kindliness and gentleness; but one might observe the expression of a great fatigue, and even of a nervous suffer- ing painfully dissimulated. The procession descended to the foot of the church, tra- versing the nave, went up again by the aisle at the left of the door, and came to the station of the tomb of St. Geneviéve; then it returned by the right-hand aisle, chanting the litanies as it went. A group of the faithful followed the procession, and walked immediately behind the …
1913 · PDF PAGE 303
…xander VI, and we think that this name will be sufficient without other memories as justly execrated as his being brought up against us. Great criminals have been able to dishonour themselves doubly because of the sacred character with which they were invested, but they had not the power to dishonour that character, which remains always radiant and splendid above fallen humanity. We have said that there is no religion without mysteries; let us add that there are no mysteries without symbols. The symbol, being the formula or the expression of th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 465
…might have been at that time about four o’clock in the afternoon. The church was full of the faithful, and the office was performed with great concentration, and extraordinary solemnity. The banners of the parishes of the city, and of the suburbs, bore witness to the public veneration for the virgin who saved Paris from famine and invasion. At the bottom of the church, the tomb of St. Geneviéve shone gloriously with light. They were chanting the litanies, and the procession was coming out of the choir. After the cross, accompanied by its acolyt…
1913 · PDF PAGE 466
…t time, and noticed the features of his countenance. They expressed kindliness and gentleness; but one might observe the expression of a great fatigue, and even of a nervous suffer- ing painfully dissimulated. The procession descended to the foot of the church, tra- versing the nave, went up again by the aisle at the left of the door, and came to the station of the tomb of St. Geneviéve; then it returned by the right-hand aisle, chanting the litanies as it went. A group of the faithful followed the procession, and walked immediately behind the …
1929 · PDF PAGE 30
…what all this was to culminate, I suppose I should have gone mad. Thrice fortunate that I can warn humanity of what awaits each one. The great- est benefactor of his race will be he who discovers and explosive indefinitely swifter and more devastating than dynamite. If I could only trust myself to prepare Chloride of Nitrogen in sufficient quantity. . . . VI Arthur became listless and indifferent. The perfec- tion of love that had been our marriage failed without warning, and yet by imperceptible gradations. My awakening to the fact was, howeve…
1930 · PDF PAGE 87
… has also that value: EIAE TA EUH might be the phrase here intended: its number is 418. This would then assert the accomplishment of the Great Work; this is the natural conclusion of the Ritual. Cf. CCXX.III. 75. 2. These needs are modified during the process of Initiation both as to quantity and quality. One should not become anxious about one’s physical or mental health on a priori grounds, but pay attention only to indubitable symptoms of distress should such arise. 3. See Note page following. 4. See Equinox I, VIII, 22. 291 —
1907 · PDF PAGE 135
… Captain Fuller’s hero, his staunch denial of the supernatural, the divine, the mystical, must command our respect and sympathy. . . . A great future lies before Captain Fuller. , The PROPHETIC MERCURY says: A wonderful mystin book . . . [Follows a long excursus on Daniel X.] . . . The ever-present sense of God in the mind of the ct leads us to the prayerful hope that one day he may be enlightened . . . [More a ut Daniel.] . . . We congratulate Captain Fuller upon his marvellous feeling for the unseen. We feel that he is very near to a complete…
1909 · PDF PAGE 3
…le). Alas ! too incomplete. But something at least is saved, honour, which if you remember was all Sir George got out of King Francis great lion at the battle of Pavium you have read Mrs Brownings scrumptious poemlet, of course. Diaper will at least avoid the Infernum pro- scribed for John Stuart Mill, Newtons dog, and Mr Warburtons housemaid. Nunquam plaudite !
1910 · PDF PAGE 111
…ion). (7) Isatva (the power of creating). (8) Vasitva (the power of commanding and of being obeyed).* The Préna. We now come to the next great series of exercises, namely those which control the Prana (breath); and it is with these exercises that we arrive at that point where Hatha Yoga merges into Raja Yoga, and the complete control of the physical forces gives place to that of the mental ones. Besides being able by the means of Pranayama to control the breath, the Yogi maintains that he can also control the Omnipresent Manifesting Power out o…
1910 · PDF PAGE 304
…pen full of sheep. A man from Ilfracombe proposed this, and a man from Liverpool seconded that; at last a London plumber arose, and with great solemnity declared: ‘‘Gintlemen, hi taik hit ’is ’oliness his really ’oly, hin fact gintlemen hi taik hit ’e his Gawd; . . . hand so hi proposes the very least we can do for ’im his to subscribe yearly towards ’im foive shillins!” (ear, ear” from a comrade in the corner). However, the sheep wouldn’t have it, and the 286
1910 · PDF PAGE 338
…nity’s bosom from the very sight of her. Seas over which she passed on a sensuous errand as live and tremulous as the heave of their own great hearts—heaves that are the world’s sighs for the little brood that teases it, and festers the green and waving glory of its skin and hair. 320
1910 · PDF PAGE 111
…ion). (7) Isatva (the power of creating). (8) Vasitva (the power of commanding and of being obeyed).* The Préna. We now come to the next great series of exercises, namely those which control the Prana (breath); and it is with these exercises that we arrive at that point where Hatha Yoga merges into Raja Yoga, and the complete control of the physical forces gives place to that of the mental ones. Besides being able by the means of Pranayama to control the breath, the Yogi maintains that he can also control the Omnipresent Manifesting Power out o…
1910 · PDF PAGE 304
…pen full of sheep. A man from Ilfracombe proposed this, and a man from Liverpool seconded that; at last a London plumber arose, and with great solemnity declared: ‘‘Gintlemen, hi taik hit ’is ’oliness his really ’oly, hin fact gintlemen hi taik hit ’e his Gawd; . . . hand so hi proposes the very least we can do for ’im his to subscribe yearly towards ’im foive shillins!” (ear, ear” from a comrade in the corner). However, the sheep wouldn’t have it, and the 286
1910 · PDF PAGE 338
…nity’s bosom from the very sight of her. Seas over which she passed on a sensuous errand as live and tremulous as the heave of their own great hearts—heaves that are the world’s sighs for the little brood that teases it, and festers the green and waving glory of its skin and hair. 320