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Page 11 of 821937 · PDF PAGE 5
…by football pools, cross-word prizes, or spotting the winner of the 3.30. He is ignorant as no illiterate peasant is ignorant; he has no power of independent thought. He is the prey of panic. But he has the vote. 2. The men in power can only govern by stampeding him into wars, playing on his fears and prejudices until he acquiesces in repressive legislation against his obvious interests, playing on his vanity until he is totally blind to his own misery and serfdom. The alternative method is undisguised dragooning. In brief, we govern by a mixtu…
1910 · PDF PAGE 214
…te, By the might of the right Of the night of our fate. Though I fall, though I faint, Though I char, though I choke, By the hour of our power I invoke, I invoke! By the mystical union Of fairy and faun, Unspoken, unbroken— The dusk to the dawn!— A secret communion Unmeasured, unsung, The listless, resistless, Tumultuous tongue!— O virgin in armour, Thine arrows unsling, In the brilliant resilient First rays of the spring! No Godhead could charm her, But manhood awoke— O fiery Valkyrie, I invoke, I invoke! ALEISTER CROWLEY.
1910 · PDF PAGE 214
…te, By the might of the right Of the night of our fate. Though I fall, though I faint, Though I char, though I choke, By the hour of our power I invoke, I invoke! By the mystical union Of fairy and faun, Unspoken, unbroken— The dusk to the dawn!— A secret communion Unmeasured, unsung, The listless, resistless, Tumultuous tongue!— O virgin in armour, Thine arrows unsling, In the brilliant resilient First rays of the spring! No Godhead could charm her, But manhood awoke— O fiery Valkyrie, I invoke, I invoke! ALEISTER CROWLEY.
1910 · PDF PAGE 91
…Ah ! by the evil glint Of sun, portends an hint. Shall I the childless king, Chaste in thy praise, resign That which was never mine, The power of — spring ? Ay ! by the fierce glad gleam On thy dark lips, I see Thy sober ecstasy To watch the soft bright stream Bubble and curl, like passion-flowers alight On the seductive malachite, To take with greedy joy This — toy. The jewels all-precious of a man Waste death before thee — Pan !
1907 · PDF PAGE 202
…PHONE. Mercy! I plead, sweet sisters! ORPHEUS. And I plead Vengeance, and help in my extremest need. Pile up the torture! Had he not the power, And silence mocked me? MEGARA. Urge us hour by hour, Thou couldst not add one particle of pain. ALECTO. He speaks not! Bid his torture speak again ! TISIPHONE. Speak, murderer ! MEG-ERA. Hades! answer us! ALECTO. Expel These torments from thy being, us from [lel], Or Zeus from Heaven ! TISIPHONE. Or else obey ! MEG-ERA. Obey ! ALECTO. Obey ! HADEs. O throne of Hell! Onight! Oday Of anguish exquisite bey…
1906 · PDF PAGE 164
…ss To all the anguish and distress About him—save to him it clung And prayed. Give me omnipotence? I am no fool that I should fence That power, demanding every tongue To call me God—I would exert That power to heal creation’s hurt ; Not to divide my devotees From those who scorned me to the close : A worm, a fire, a thirst for these ; A harp-resounding heaven for those ! And though you claim Salvation sure For all the heathen ®—-there again New Christians give the lie to plain Scripture, those words which must endure ! (The Vedas say the same !…
1910 · PDF PAGE 119
…gic,” p. 195. || Imagine the objective world to be represented by a sheet of paper covered with letters and the names of things, and our power of concentration to be a magnifying glass: that power is of no use, should we wish to burn that paper, until the rays of light are focussed. By moving the glass or paper with our hand 105
1910 · PDF PAGE 119
…gic,” p. 195. || Imagine the objective world to be represented by a sheet of paper covered with letters and the names of things, and our power of concentration to be a magnifying glass: that power is of no use, should we wish to burn that paper, until the rays of light are focussed. By moving the glass or paper with our hand 105
1904 · PDF PAGE 23
…ss To all the anguish and distress About him—save to him it clung And prayed. Give me omnipotence? I am no fool that I should fence That power, demanding every tongue To call me God—I would exert That power to heal creation’s hurt ; Not to divide my devotees From those who scorned me to the close : A worm, a fire, a thirst for these ; A harp-resounding heaven for those ! And though you claim Salvation sure For all the heathen68—there again New Christians give the lie to plain Scripture, those words which must endure ! (The Vedas say the same !)…
1912 · PDF PAGE 15
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS conquering error, and aiding men and women in their efforts of attaining the power of recognizing the truth‘ This order has existed already in the most remote and prehistoric times; and it has manifested its activity secretly and openly in the world under different names and in various forms; it has caused social and political revolutions, and proved to be the rock of salvation in times of danger and misfortune. It has always upheld the banner of freedom against tyranny, in whatever shape this appeared, whether as cle…
1912 · PDF PAGE 15
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS conquering error, and aiding men and women in their efforts of attaining the power of recognizing the truth‘ This order has existed already in the most remote and prehistoric times; and it has manifested its activity secretly and openly in the world under different names and in various forms; it has caused social and political revolutions, and proved to be the rock of salvation in times of danger and misfortune. It has always upheld the banner of freedom against tyranny, in whatever shape this appeared, whether as cle…
1913 · PDF PAGE 9
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS conquering error, and aiding men and women in their efforts of attaining the power of recognizing the truth. This order has existed already in the most remote and prehistoric times; and it has manifested its activity secretly and openly in the world under different names and in various forms; it has caused social and political revolutions, and proved to be the rock of salvation in times of danger and misfortune. It has always upheld the banner of freedom against tyranny, in whatever shape this appeared, whether as cle…
1913 · PDF PAGE 9
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS conquering error, and aiding men and women in their efforts of attaining the power of recognizing the truth. This order has existed already in the most remote and prehistoric times; and it has manifested its activity secretly and openly in the world under different names and in various forms; it has caused social and political revolutions, and proved to be the rock of salvation in times of danger and misfortune. It has always upheld the banner of freedom against tyranny, in whatever shape this appeared, whether as cle…
1898 · PDF PAGE 82
… death and to shame. Heaven and hell has striven in war, Sappho and Hylas, with Christ and Jah ; We are of those, though they lose their power, Never shall fade their fiery flower.
1907 · PDF PAGE 180
…ferior things . Thou wilt possess by this means the glory of the whole world , and all darkness will depart from thee . It is the strong power of every power , for it will over come all things subtle and penetrate all things solid . It is thus that the world was created .1 Tannhäuser also separated the higher from the lower self , the good from the evil . Christ also at tempted the same course , not living alone for either good or bad , but for the whole , as Jeláládeen sang , “ I am the song and singer ,” etc. , the surest centre of immortalit…
1907 · PDF PAGE 299
…elessness . The yogi proposes to himself no less a task than to master the entire universe , and finding that the mind has the reflexive power of looking back into its own depths , does his utmost to develop this power by turning the mind , as it were , by artificial means , inside on itself , concentrating all its powers on itself , and stopping it at every turn from wandering outside of itself . Then the mind , slowly learning its own nature , analyzes itself and discovers the Divinity which is itself . And I have ceased to think ! That is, h…
1913 · PDF PAGE 498
THE EQUINOX In the last century all Europe resounded with the miracles of Cagliostro. Who is ignorant of what powers were attri- buted to his ‘wine of Egypt,’ and to his ‘elixir’? What can we add to the stories that they tell of his other-world suppers, where he made appear in flesh and blood the illustri- ous personages of the past? Cagliostro was, however, far from being an initiate of the first order, since the Great White Brotherhood abandoned him! to the Roman Inquisition, before whom he made, if one can believe the documents to his trial,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 498
THE EQUINOX In the last century all Europe resounded with the miracles of Cagliostro. Who is ignorant of what powers were attri- buted to his ‘wine of Egypt,’ and to his ‘elixir’? What can we add to the stories that they tell of his other-world suppers, where he made appear in flesh and blood the illustri- ous personages of the past? Cagliostro was, however, far from being an initiate of the first order, since the Great White Brotherhood abandoned him! to the Roman Inquisition, before whom he made, if one can believe the documents to his trial,…
1904 · PDF PAGE 123
SCIENCE AND BUDDHISM 116 now bring all his powers with tremendous force to bear upon any one object he may have in view, and this ability so to use the energies of his being to put forth a constant and tremendous effort of the will, marks the attainment of the Sixth Stage, Sammávayamo, usually translated Right Effort, but perhaps Right Will-Power would come nearer to the meaning, or Right Energy , for effort has been m ade even to attain to Sammaditthi.1 And this power being gained by its use he is enabled to concentrate all his thoughts and ho…
1954 · PDF PAGE 160
…ouder and more cacophonous, the better! Brief intervals between one din and the next can be filled with appeals, repeated 'till hypnotic power gives them the force of orders, to buy this or that product of the "Business men" who are the real power in the State. Men who betray their country as obvious routine. The history of the past thirty years is eloquent enough, one would think. What these sodden imbeciles never realize is that a living organism must adapt itself intelligently to its environment, or go under at the first serious change of ci…