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Page 108 of 1541913 · PDF PAGE 426
THE EQUINOX body, of which it figures every organ in light, has a sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste which are proper to itself; it may, when it is over-excited, communicate them by vibrations to the nervous apparatus in such a manner that the halluci- nation is complete. The imagination seems then to triumph over Nature itself, and produces truly strange phenomena. The material body, deluged with fluid, seems to participate in the fluidic qualities, it escapes from the operation of the laws of gravity, becomes momentarily invulnerable, and…
1913 · PDF PAGE 464
…he abandoned chapel of an old castle. A door hidden by a black drapery opened on to this room; behind the drapery one guessed the hidden light of tapers, and it seemed to Eliphas that, driven by a curiosity full of terror, he was approaching the black drapery... . Then the drapery was parted, and a hand was stretched forth and seized the arm of Eliphas. He saw no one, but he heard a low voice which said in his ear: “Come and see your father, who is about to die.” The magus awoke, his heart palpitating, and his forehead bathed in sweat. “What ca…
1913 · PDF PAGE 513
… that one must act upon the astral body in order to react upon the material visible body; it teaches also that the essence of the astral light is a double movement of attraction and repulsion; just as human bodies attract and repel one another, they can also absorb themselves, extend one into another, and make exchanges; the ideas or imaginations of one can influence the form of the other, and subsequently react upon the exterior body. Thus are produced the so strange phenomena of mater- nal impressions, thus the neighbourhood of invalids gives…
1913 · PDF PAGE 426
THE EQUINOX body, of which it figures every organ in light, has a sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste which are proper to itself; it may, when it is over-excited, communicate them by vibrations to the nervous apparatus in such a manner that the halluci- nation is complete. The imagination seems then to triumph over Nature itself, and produces truly strange phenomena. The material body, deluged with fluid, seems to participate in the fluidic qualities, it escapes from the operation of the laws of gravity, becomes momentarily invulnerable, and…
1913 · PDF PAGE 464
…he abandoned chapel of an old castle. A door hidden by a black drapery opened on to this room; behind the drapery one guessed the hidden light of tapers, and it seemed to Eliphas that, driven by a curiosity full of terror, he was approaching the black drapery... . Then the drapery was parted, and a hand was stretched forth and seized the arm of Eliphas. He saw no one, but he heard a low voice which said in his ear: “Come and see your father, who is about to die.” The magus awoke, his heart palpitating, and his forehead bathed in sweat. “What ca…
1913 · PDF PAGE 513
… that one must act upon the astral body in order to react upon the material visible body; it teaches also that the essence of the astral light is a double movement of attraction and repulsion; just as human bodies attract and repel one another, they can also absorb themselves, extend one into another, and make exchanges; the ideas or imaginations of one can influence the form of the other, and subsequently react upon the exterior body. Thus are produced the so strange phenomena of mater- nal impressions, thus the neighbourhood of invalids gives…
1944 · PDF PAGE 116
…” For until we become innocent, we are certain to try to judge our Will from the outside, whereas True Will should spring, a fountain of Light, from within, and flow unchecked, seething with Love) into the Ocean of Life. This is the true idea of Silence; it is our Will which issues, perfectly elastic, sublimely Protean, to fill every interstice of the Universe of Manifestation which it meets in its course. There is no gulf too great for its immeasurable strength, no strait too arduous for its imper‐ turbable subtlety. It fits itself with perfec…
1904 · PDF PAGE 37
…-Wickedness. —Nay ! but it may ! What shadows flit Across the awful veil of mist ? What thoughts invade, insult, impress ? There comes a lightning of my wit And sees—nor good nor ill address Itself to task, creation’s ill, But a mere law without a will,40 Nothing resolved in something, fit Phantom of dull stupidity, And evolution’s endless stress All the inanity to knit Thence : such a dark device I see ! Nor lull my soul in the caress Of Buddha’s “Maya fashioned it.”41 My mind seems ready to agree ; But still my senses worry me. Nor can I see …
1910 · PDF PAGE 118
…forcing the mind to feel certain parts of the body to the exclusion of others, such as a point in the centre of the heart, or a lotus of light in the brain. ‘When the Chitta, or mind stuff, is confined and limited to a certain place, this is called Dharana.” “The Steadiness of the mind arising from the recognition of Brahma, wherever it travels or goes, is the real and great Dharana.”* * “Unity of Jiva and Brahman, Srimat Sankaracharya,” paragraph 122. 104
1910 · PDF PAGE 118
…forcing the mind to feel certain parts of the body to the exclusion of others, such as a point in the centre of the heart, or a lotus of light in the brain. ‘When the Chitta, or mind stuff, is confined and limited to a certain place, this is called Dharana.” “The Steadiness of the mind arising from the recognition of Brahma, wherever it travels or goes, is the real and great Dharana.”* * “Unity of Jiva and Brahman, Srimat Sankaracharya,” paragraph 122. 104
1911 · PDF PAGE 1
… Bralduh Nala, just before it opens out into the valley of Askole, is the hot spring. A perfect circle; water like a beryl, crowned with light sulphurous steam, the wall a mound like the breast of a woman of purest white, an efflorescence. It is the hell of sterile passion glowing in the heart of the hell of desolation. So also is this book. The intricacy of faery pattern which the witch weaves is the flowered marble. We find such rime-webs as abaaab-babbba and AaBCcAaBCcAaBC and bAbAcBcBAcCDaADA, more exquisite than all the arabesques of the A…
1919 · PDF PAGE 138
…rom that moment, we must to a certain extent follow his example and treat what is recorded as the attempt of a struggling soul to obtain Light for himself and others. Whatever his mistakes, however poor his results, or laugh- able his failures, there is this much to be said for him, that he never turned back. Section II. DEcEMBER 24, 1909, TO May 14, 1910 Frater V.I.O. started off bravely enough. As soon as he had read the first number of THE Equinox, and before he got into touch with any Member of the A..A.. he made an attempt at Asana. The ea…
1919 · PDF PAGE 375
…worth while. One may find oneself in the Office of a Buddha. “Yea, cried the Holy One, and from Thy spark will I the Lord kindle a great light; I will burn through the grey city in the old and desolate land; I will cleanse it from its great impurity. “And thou, O prophet, shalt see these things, and thou shalt heed them not. 53
1929 · PDF PAGE 6
…strial. A change of dynasty is nothing in his young life! "Come in, for the land's sake!" cried Lavinia King. Her quick ear had caught a light knock upon the door. She had hoped for something exciting, but it was only her private tame pianist, a cadaverous individual with the manners of an undertaker gone mad, the morals of a stool-pigeon, and imagining himself a bishop. [13] "I had to wish you many happy returns," he said to Lisa, when he had greeted
1944 · PDF PAGE 76
…upiter, but its shape suggests the full moon and the Great Sea of Binah. In the centre is radiant blood; the spiritual life is inferred; light in the darkness. These rays, moreover, revolve, emphasizing the Jupiterian element in the symbol.
1996 · PDF PAGE 77
…m Confusion, sweepeth free in its right Orbit; all Heaven acclaimeth thee as thou goest, transcendental in Joy and in Splendour; and thy Light is as a Beacon to them that Wander afar, strayed in the Night. Amount The “old comment” covers the rest of this verse sufficiently for the present purpose.2 I see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to “the wise”; others will hardly understand my explanations. Tzaddi [H] is the letter of “The Emperor,” the Trump IV, and he [H] is “The Star,” the Trump XVII. Aquarius and Aries are therefore counter…
1907 · PDF PAGE 192
THE CUP 185 jowl with such squalor , such poverty , such want . Is there a God ? Could there be a God ? A power of Light compatible with such dismal darkness . Is there a life eternal ? The grim horror of such a possibility grips us by the throat . Is there an eternal Death ? Ah ! Saviour, deliver us from the misery of our lot ; lead us to the realms of eternal Rest , where rich and poor , good and bad , are made one , lost in the depths of the Lethean sea. And what can all this lead us to , this progress through misery ? To the great archetype…
1911 · PDF PAGE 34
…an innumerable com- pany of angels; these angels are of all kinds,—some brilliant and flashing as gods, down to elemental creatures. The light comes and goes on the tablet; and now it is steady, and I perceive that each letter of the tablet is composed of forty-nine other letters, in a language which looks like that of Honorius; but when I would read, the letter that I look at becomes indistinct at once. And now there comes an Angel, to hide the tablet with his mighty wing. This Angel has all the colours mingled in his dress; his head is proud …
1912 · PDF PAGE 53
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING But before this, the Light had begun to break into the ruins of his mind. On February 9 he writes: " About this full moon consciousness began to break through Ruach into Neschamah "; and two days later: “Pu Peng to Ying Wa Kuan. I ‘shoot the Reason’ by going back, though on a higher plane, to Augoeides (z'. e. the Holy Guardian Angel). Resolve to accomplish a Great Retirement on lines closely resembling Abra-melin. The ‘note-book and stop-watch method’ is too much like criticism Doubt whether I should actually do …
1912 · PDF PAGE 53
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING But before this, the Light had begun to break into the ruins of his mind. On February 9 he writes: " About this full moon consciousness began to break through Ruach into Neschamah "; and two days later: “Pu Peng to Ying Wa Kuan. I ‘shoot the Reason’ by going back, though on a higher plane, to Augoeides (z'. e. the Holy Guardian Angel). Resolve to accomplish a Great Retirement on lines closely resembling Abra-melin. The ‘note-book and stop-watch method’ is too much like criticism Doubt whether I should actually do …