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Page 108 of 1591912 · PDF PAGE 51
…re is no such thing as space. I have to keep an appointment at midnight; and not only is my watch stopped, but there is no such thing as time. I wish to make a cannon; and not only have I no cue, but there is no such thing as causality. “This I explain to my wife” (I ! I—Ed.), “and she, ap- parently inspired, says, ‘Shoot it I’ (I suppose she means the reason, but, 01 course, she did not understand a word of what I had been saying. I only told her for the sake 01 formulating my thought clearly in words.) I reply, ‘If I only had a gun.’ This mak…
1919 · PDF PAGE 129
… are able to pass from one side of the equation to the other at will: nay, to comprehend the whole at once, and for ever. This then your time-and-space-bound soul shall travel according to its nature in its orbit, revealing the Law to them that walk in chains, for that this is your particular function. Now here is the Mystery of the Origin of Evil. Firstly, by Evil we mean that which is in opposition to our own wills: it is therefore a relative, and not an absolute, term. For everything which is the greatest evil of some one is the 123
1922 · PDF PAGE 40
26 The Diary of a Drug Fiend But none of these thoughts occurred to me at the time. I do not think I have explained with sufficient emphasis the mental state to which I had been reduced by the appearance of Lou. She had become so far beyond my dreams—the unattainable. Leaving out of account the effect of the alcohol, this had left me with an intolerable depression. There was something brutish, something of the baffled rat, in my consciousness. “OQ Thou vampire Queen of the Flesh, wound as a snake around the throats of men! I adore Thee, Evoe! I…
1913 · PDF PAGE 604
…f the great religions of the world; the perfect attributions of the Taro, so long kept secret by the Rosicrucians, are now for the first time published ; also the complete secret magical correspondence of the G.*. D.*. and R.R.et A. C._ It forms, in short, a complete magical and philosophical dictionary ; a key to all religions and to all practical occult working. For the first time Western and Qabalistic symbols have been harmonised with those of Hinduism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Taoism, etc, By a glance at the Tables, anybody conversant with…
1913 · PDF PAGE 604
…f the great religions of the world; the perfect attributions of the Taro, so long kept secret by the Rosicrucians, are now for the first time published ; also the complete secret magical correspondence of the G.*. D.*. and R.R.et A. C._ It forms, in short, a complete magical and philosophical dictionary ; a key to all religions and to all practical occult working. For the first time Western and Qabalistic symbols have been harmonised with those of Hinduism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Taoism, etc, By a glance at the Tables, anybody conversant with…
1929 · PDF PAGE 80
80 one's personality. Yet these mistakes are not mistakes at the time: one has to pass through such periods; one must be ruthless in analysis and complete it, before one can proceed to synthesis. He understood that I was not to be turned from my purpose and we parted, never to meet again. I repented of my decision, my eyes having been enlightened, on a little later, but the reconciliation was not written! My letter miscarried; and in the autumn, when he passed me in Bond Street, I happened not to see him; he thought I meant to cut him and our d…
1929 · PDF PAGE 333
… it is especially to be noticed that within the one hundred and thirty-three pages there is no reference to The Book of the Law. (At the time of publication, therefore, I was still keeping the hem of my garment scrupulously away from the Cairo working.) By the time he had written this chapter, I had brought him to see that materialism, in any ordinary sense of the word, was thoroughly unsatisfactory as an explanation of the universe; but he was not in the least inclined to accept any theories which might involve belief of any kind in a spiritua…
1909 · PDF PAGE 235
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING winds and to weep through the storms of air. So the wheel of Time runs on through birth, death, and rebirth; and as we realise this we sink down in despair; and through our tears more clouds arise still further to obscure our path. What is the use then of doing anything if we are but as drops of water which are splashed between the wanton hands of the Sun, the Wind, and the Ocean ?—indeed the ways of God are inscrutable and past finding out. Thus the Unobtainable tempts us, and the little segments of God that we s…
1909 · PDF PAGE 272
…M 14. ‘The Hermetic Cross, symbolises the Qliphoth—or evil demons. the darkness of the outer... .” The Neophyte then retires for a short time before commencing the second ritual of this grade, which consists chiefly of symbolic explanations: The Hierophant says: “ While the o°=o° grade represents the portal of the Temple, the 1°= 10° grade of Zelator will admit you into the Holy Place. Without, the altar of Burnt Offering Between the Bayytrofthefost BappuroftheWert Hegemon._ yew Breas pcbed [Spew Bread Tandlestick, Liobts Upspedes.e D1aGRaM 15.…
1909 · PDF PAGE 350
THE EQUINOX THE SELKIE THAT DEUD NO’ FORGET A long time ago, one Mansie Meur was gathering limpets at the ebb tide, off Hackness, when he heard a strange sound coming from the rocks some distance off. Sometimes it would be like the sob of a woman, and sometimes louder, like the cry of a dying cow, but it was always a most pitiful sound. For a while Mansie could see nothing except a big seal close in to the rocks, who was craning his neck above the surface, and peering at acreek some distance off. And Mansie noticed that the seal was not frighte…
1909 · PDF PAGE 235
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING winds and to weep through the storms of air. So the wheel of Time runs on through birth, death, and rebirth; and as we realise this we sink down in despair; and through our tears more clouds arise still further to obscure our path. What is the use then of doing anything if we are but as drops of water which are splashed between the wanton hands of the Sun, the Wind, and the Ocean ?—indeed the ways of God are inscrutable and past finding out. Thus the Unobtainable tempts us, and the little segments of God that we s…
1909 · PDF PAGE 272
…M 14. ‘The Hermetic Cross, symbolises the Qliphoth—or evil demons. the darkness of the outer... .” The Neophyte then retires for a short time before commencing the second ritual of this grade, which consists chiefly of symbolic explanations: The Hierophant says: “ While the o°=o° grade represents the portal of the Temple, the 1°= 10° grade of Zelator will admit you into the Holy Place. Without, the altar of Burnt Offering Between the Bayytrofthefost BappuroftheWert Hegemon._ yew Breas pcbed [Spew Bread Tandlestick, Liobts Upspedes.e D1aGRaM 15.…
1909 · PDF PAGE 350
THE EQUINOX THE SELKIE THAT DEUD NO’ FORGET A long time ago, one Mansie Meur was gathering limpets at the ebb tide, off Hackness, when he heard a strange sound coming from the rocks some distance off. Sometimes it would be like the sob of a woman, and sometimes louder, like the cry of a dying cow, but it was always a most pitiful sound. For a while Mansie could see nothing except a big seal close in to the rocks, who was craning his neck above the surface, and peering at acreek some distance off. And Mansie noticed that the seal was not frighte…
1910 · PDF PAGE 37
…ven may be one long, long life of such bliss as we had of one another long ago by yon slow stream on whose banks I have wandered (many a time since) crying like a lost soul concerning you in the words of Milton lamenting his beauteous- buttocked Lycidas “ Oh ! who hath reft my dearest pledge ? ” Alas ! neither Fate nor God could I ac- cuse : the dread hollow voice of my own stricken soul answered me “ Thine own folly, thou miserable of the fortunate of the sons of men ! ” Ah ! but I beat my breast — in vain — in vain ! Ay ! the joy we had of ea…
1919 · PDF PAGE 418
…this reason that the Great White Brotherhood admits no essential connection with the lower branches affiliated to The Order. At the same time, The Brothers of the A..A.. refuse none. They have no ob- 96
1922 · PDF PAGE 48
…h results, she swallowed a large dose of Anhalonium Lewinii, reckless of the pharmaceutical incompatability. Presumably to pass away the time, she has drunk an entire bottle of Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge; and now, feeling herself slightly indisposed, for some reason at which it would be presumptuous to guess, she is setting things right by an occasional indulgence in this pretty good stuff of yours.” He had turned away from me and was watching the girl intently. My glance followed his. I saw her deep blue skin fade to a dreadful pallor. She had…
1929 · PDF PAGE 212
…imself in the Experiment; so Sister Cybele has been there, under the charge of the Mahathera Phang!" "You young devil!" It was the first time that Simple Simon had been startled in forty years. "So you arranged this little game to draw the enemy's fire?" "Naturally, the safety of Sister Cybele was the first consideration." "And 'Horatii'?" "It's not a code word. I think it must be Roman History." "Three Boys!" "Rather a lot, isn't it?" "They'll be needed," said Simon grimly. "I have been doing magick too." "Do tell me." "The Quest of the Golden…
1954 · PDF PAGE 144
…riction, demarcation, disappeared; and the result was an equable idea of form and colour which is beyond physical understanding. (At one time Picasso tried to work out this idea on canvas.) Destroy that eqUilibrium by one ten-millionth of an inch, and the effect is lost. The unbalanced item stands out like a civilian in the middle of a regiment. True, this faculty, this feeling for equilibrium must be acquired; but once you have done so, it is an unerring guide. Instant discomfort warns one; the impulse to scratch it (the analogy is too apt to …
1929 · PDF PAGE 77
…rld at large. Renunciation of the world is the first step toward spiritual illumination, and in the East, from the beginning of recorded time to the present day, the yogi, the fakir, the bhikkhu and the monk take this course, expecting that the piety of their neighbours will supply them with a means of livelihood. It is not only illogical to pick out of the gospels the texts which happen to suit one's own prejudices and then claim Christ as the supreme teacher, hut his claims to pre-eminence are barred by the fact that all passages which are no…
1929 · PDF PAGE 196
… about the matter in the course of the voyage, and when we arrived at Aden even the youth himself had recovered his spirits. To pass the time, we proposed fishing for sharks in the harbour and after about an hour we got a fine fish aboard. It was immediately cut up; but search as we would we could find no trace of the ring. I reached Aden on the ninth. It must be a perfectly ghastly place to live in. As I was to land in Egypt, I had to be quarantined for a day at Moses' Wells, regulation being that one must be eleven days out from Bombay, in ca…