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Page 111 of 1291907 · PDF PAGE 172
…e the waterfall. There, steaming from the haze and mist Where dew is dashed in spray, Rises a halo sunrise-kissed And kissed at close of day From ruby unto amethyst, Within,the veil of grey. And there within the circled light I saw a dancing thing, Most like the tender-leavéed night Of moonrise seen in spring, A shadow luminous and white Like a ghost beckoning. And then dim visions came to me, Faint memories of fear: As when the Argo put on sea Such stories we did hear, Stories to tremble at and flee— And others worth a tear. I thought of how a…
1919 · PDF PAGE 155
…g of “Nearly but not Quite.” He had, to some extent, gazed at the Goal of Nothingness, but had failed to Become that Goal. The following day there is despondency and dissatisfaction. On April 22nd reason again holds sway, and he tries to use it to discover just where he is, of course without success, since Reason can never explain that which is Beyond Rea- son. I think at this point he also began to make another grave error; he tried to compare his experiences with those of John St. John, with the result that, later on, when he undertook a Reti…
1929 · PDF PAGE 98
… that they should be as it were new-born; then the joyous outburst of adoration as the sun rose to sight: this was a true Opening of the Day. Insensibly the years slipped from her; she became like a maiden in thought and in activity. About a week was to elapse before the new moon, [140] at the moment of which the operation was timed to commence; but it was a busy week for Cyril Grey. With Brother Onofrio, for whom he had taken an immense liking, he inspected every inch of the defences of the house. It was already a kind of fortress; the terrace…
1929 · PDF PAGE 159
…lds, and woods, little soldiers in their uniforms, little lawyers in their wigs and gowns, an innumerable multitude of replicas of every-day things. And Iliel watched the souls as they came into the [224] glow of the cone. They took human shape, and she was amazed to see among them the faces of many of the great men of the race. There was one very curious feature about the space in which this vision took place: this, that innumerable beings could occupy it at once, yet each one remain distinct from all the rest as the attention happened to focu…
1929 · PDF PAGE 189
…osing this for his place of evocation was rewarded by complete freedom from disturbance or suspicion. Any one could enter at any hour of day or night, with every precaution of secrecy, without drawing more than a laugh from the police on guard. The entrance to the sorcerer's den was similarly concealed — by cunning, not by more obvious methods. A sort of cupboard-shelf, reached by a ladder from the dancing cellar and by a few steps from one of the bedrooms in the house above, was called "Troppman's refuge," it being said that that celebrated mu…
1905 · PDF PAGE 260
… Destiny’s web, and my immense despair. LANDGRAVE. Your words are terrible! We knew them true Even while you sang. But see! the light of day ! Beauty in all things and—-for you—true love! All the blind horror of the song recedes. There is a sequel; is there not, my friend? Of love, your theme, we have not heard a note. TANNHAUSER. That is a question. I am not so sure My song was not entirely to that end. WOLFRAM. Yes, poet, true one that you are indeed ! You show us the dilemma of the soul, The Gordian knot Love only hews asunder. TANNHAUSER. O…
1929 · PDF PAGE 327
…pletely. On the twenty-first I had completed thirty-two weeks of the Operation and thirty-one weeks of actual daily invocation. The next day D.D.S. came to see me: we celebrated the Autumnal Equinox and reconstructed the old Neophyte Ritual of the G.'. D.'., eliminating all unnecessary features and quintessentializing the magical formulae. On the ninth, having prepared a full invocation and ritual, I performed it. I had no expectation, I think, of attaining any special success; but it came. I had performed the Operation of the Sacred Magick of …
1929 · PDF PAGE 114
conjurations and ceremonies perfect — for the egg must be buried with full military honours, as it were — he reached the third day without mishap. But at this point a spirit appeared — a guardian of the cemetery — and, dissatisfied with his answers, took him to the police-station as a wandering lunatic. A less other-worldly master of the dark sciences might have bribed the official; but Arthwait's self-importance once again stood in his way. He got in deeper, and in the end it was Gates who offered to be responsible for him, and persuaded the B…
1929 · PDF PAGE 155
…e whole of the twenty-five hours one or the other of the enchanters kept up their conjurations by spells, by music, and by dances. Every day witnessed some new [219] phenomenon, ever more vivid and persistent, as the imminence of the lunar world increased, and as the natures of the celebrants became more and more capable of appreciating those silvern vibrations. Cyril Grey alone took no active part. He represented the solar force, the final energy creatrix of all subordinate orbs; his work had been done when he had set the system in motion. But…
1943 · PDF PAGE 3
"For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered From the lust of result, is every way perfect." Book of the Law, I, 44. To-day practically all men must realize that humanity has arrived at a cross road. Society over the whole earth is being rocked to its foundations, and change of great magnitude is facing all established human institutions. Years ago some few foresaw the approaching cataclysm, and a small minority saw the import thereof. In a poem written in 1900 and published in 1906, it is stated: "This is the birth hour of the age of gold,…
1929 · PDF PAGE 198
…ered with the horror of the vision; it was to her a dread unspeakable, yet she was hypnotized and helpless. She felt in herself that one day she too must become the prey of that most dire and demoniac power of darkness. As she gazed, she saw that even the gods and their worshippers were morsels for its mouths. Ever and anon she beheld one of the legs crooked
1905 · PDF PAGE 36
…of man, Baffled my blind aspiring gaze With sunlight’s melancholy rays, And closed with iron hand the ways That sunder space, divide the days with fiery fan. Thine was the forehead mild and grave That shone throughout the azure nave Where Monte Rosa’s silence gave The starry organ’s measured sound. Where for an altar stood the bare Mass of Mont Cervin,” towering there; And angels dwelt upon the stair, And all the mountains were aware that stood around. Thine was the passionless divine High hope, and the pure purpose thine, Higher and purer than…
1905 · PDF PAGE 94
…his will, Let this be done for me, that I may go And the shadows fall Two months upon the mountains, and Lewail, | Sharp and black, till day is passed I and my fellows, my virginity ! Over to the ocean vast ; Where the barren rocks resound JEPHTHAH. Only to the rending roar Go! Of the shattering streams that, pour Rocks by ice eternal bound, CHORUS OF MAIDENs. Myriad cascades that crowned O the time of dule and teen! Once the far resounding throne O ihe dove the hawk has snared ! Of the mountain spirits strong, Would to God we had not been, All…
1905 · PDF PAGE 155
148 THE FATAL FORCE So absolute as I shall do to-day In this new infamy. For I must pass Desolate into the dusk of things again, Having risen so far-to fall to the abyss, Deeper for exaltation ; I must go Wailing and naked into the inane Cavernous shrineless place of misery, Forgetful, hateful, impotent, except The last initiation seize my soul, And fling me into Isis’ very self, The immortal, mortal. Let me know this night Whether my place is found among the stars That wander in the deep, or made secure As the high throne of her that dwells in…
1929 · PDF PAGE 79
…case which will even begin to exclude coincidence. For instance, I want a certain book. I use my book- producing talisman. The following day, a bookseller offers me the volume. One experiment proves nothing. My ability to do it every time is the proof. And I can't even do that under 'test conditions'; for it is necessary that I should really want the book, in my subconsciousness, whose will works the miracle. It is useless for me to think, or pretend, that I want it. Any man may
1905 · PDF PAGE 153
… hastening to fulfil Thy supreme, single will ! Alone, intense, unmoved, change, Let thy one godhead rise To move like morning, and like day to range, A furnace for the skies, That all men cry: ‘‘ The uncreated God! Formless, ineffable, just, whose period Is as his name, Eternity!” So bear The sceptre of the air ! So mayest thou avenge, all-seeing, blind, The wrath of this consuming fire, that licks The rafters and the portals of the house, The gateways of the kingdom, where behind Lurk ruinous fates and consequence; where fix Their fangs the s…
1904 · PDF PAGE 4
…ed. “Ah, you don’t understand,” the Knight said, looking a little vexed. “That’s what the name is called. The nam e really is ‘Ascension Day and Pentecost; with some Prose Essay s and an Epilogue,’ just as the title is ‘The Sword of Song’ y ou know, just in the sam e way, just in the sam e way, just in the same way . . .” Alice put her fingers in her ears and gave a little scream . “ Oh, dear me! That’s * This passage is a parody on one in “Alice through the Looking-Glass.” harder than ever!” s he s aid to hers elf, and then, looking determ ine…
1919 · PDF PAGE 303
…re is nothing but interviews with uninteresting people, whose consciousness does not in any way represent them, or, as we used to say in days of less complicated speech, who do not know what they are talking about. Has he no shame to blot the ’scutcheon of the Pooles—the other scissors-knights of Savile Row? The book is interesting enough to any one who knows Russia even slightly, if only because there is a laugh on every page. Some old poet, I forget his name, remarked: “Some minds improve by travel, others rather Resemble copper wire or brass…
1907 · PDF PAGE 103
…e nought at all, are nought at all, in this ! But brown Habiba’s fawn-wide gaze And white Zuleikha’s drowsy glance Woo me to waking unto day’s Delight from night’s unmeasured trance :— To drink, to dally, to desire, to dance. Ah! beautiful and firm your hips, Habib ! ah ! coolthsome your caress, Zuleikha ! soft your honey lips— The tongue of pleasure subtly sips The wine that age distils, and calls dis. tress. Enough ! when all is ended, when The poppied pleasure purples pain— Death—shall I laugh or smile? Amen! I'll wake, one last fond cup to …
1907 · PDF PAGE 213
…ers lave you In innermost lustral light. I lead you, lord of the maze, | In the darkness free of the sun ; In spite of the spite that is day’s We are wed, we are wild, we are one! FirsT M/AENAD. A VOICE As OF RUNNING BROOKs. Love! FIRST M4AENAD. Chase me not Love, love, I give, I give. I yield, I pant, I fall upon thy breast,