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Page 121 of 1971954 · PDF PAGE 382
…) obsolescent, though I saw one of his books last week on the shelves of a tuppenny shark-library,' wrote a tale Mr. Isaacs based on the life of one Mr. Jacobs, the Indian Rothschild of two generations ago, financing princes, little wars-everything. One night in Bombay the burden of his wealth broke his nerve; he stood at the window of his hotel, and flung masses of money to the mob. Soon after came a stranger, and said to him, "You have insulted the fourth of the great powers that rule this world; it shall be taken from you." It was so; he los…
1954 · PDF PAGE 527
…rols; it gains new powers as one progresses, usually by means of what is called 'initiation'; finally, one carries on almost one's whole life in this Body of Light, and achieves in its own way the mastery of the Universe. The first step in Yoga is "Keep still." The first step in Magick is "Travel beyond the world of the senses." There, that is the whole business in a nutshell, and expressed so that anyone, however ignorant of the subject, may grasp the essentials (I hope). Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666
1996 · PDF PAGE 12
…thee hate the hand & the pen; but I am stronger.”1 2 To the scribe this experience is the surest and the most significant reality in his life. I am myself persuaded that there are intelligences and powers not normally accessible to any of the senses, and that in the last hundred years such forms of energy have been discovered, or re discovered. Study of the text of this Book has confirmed my belief that in certain rare circumstances communication between such intelligences and human beings is possible. The same study may well lead others to th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 7
…ost Illustrious Bro. John Yarker, 33°, 90°, 97°, Sovereign Grand Master General of the Antient and Primitive Rite, departed this earthly life and was called to the Grand East on March 20th, 1913, E.V., and that a Convocation of Prince Patriarch Grand Conservators of the said Rite on June 30th, 1913, Εν. held in London, unanimously elected the Very Illustrious Bro. Henry Meyer, 33°, 90°, 96°, henceforth to be Sovereign Grand Master General in and for Great Britain and Ireland. With fraternal greetings, Yours in the Bonds of the Order, Leon Enger…
1913 · PDF PAGE 476
…y one hour, an hour to write to the Emperor! The Emperor is bound to save me.” Who, then, was betraying him? Who, then, had promised him life? Who, then, had assured him beforehand of a clemency which was impossible, because it would revolt the conscience of the public? Ask all that of the grimotve of Honorius! Two incidents in this tragic story bear upon the phe- nomena produced by Mr. Home: the noise of the storm heard by the wicked priest in his early evocations, and the difficulty which he found in expressing his real thought in the presenc…
1913 · PDF PAGE 476
…y one hour, an hour to write to the Emperor! The Emperor is bound to save me.” Who, then, was betraying him? Who, then, had promised him life? Who, then, had assured him beforehand of a clemency which was impossible, because it would revolt the conscience of the public? Ask all that of the grimotve of Honorius! Two incidents in this tragic story bear upon the phe- nomena produced by Mr. Home: the noise of the storm heard by the wicked priest in his early evocations, and the difficulty which he found in expressing his real thought in the presenc…
1922 · PDF PAGE 252
…ou are slaves of the wormwood star. Analysed, reason is Taving.. Feeling, examined, is pain. What heaven were to hope for a doubt of it! Life is anguish, insane; And death is—not a way out of it!”
1954 · PDF PAGE 501
…e-on-the-Boulevard, to the man of the world who has acquired a shrewd knowledge of Nature, but finds no rational guide to the conduct of life. He observes many unsatisfactory elements in the way things go, and for his own sake would like to "remould them nearer to the heart's desire," to refurbish the cliche of Fitzgerald about "this sorry scheme of things." He is not in the least interested in the learned exposition of 0 = 2. But he is aware that the A :. A:. professes a sound solution of the problem of conduct and would like to know if its pr…
1905 · PDF PAGE 170
… and beautiful strong boys, and bearded men like gods, and golden things, and bright desires with wings, all beauties, and all truths of life poets have ever prized. So showed the microscope, this agèd strife between all forms ; but seen afar, seen well drawn in a focus, 165
1907 · PDF PAGE 105
… hope and purpose of my youth , The high desire , the secret joy , the sin That coiled its rainbow dragon scales within . Hope's being , life's delight , time's eager tooth ; All , all are gone ; the serpent sloughs his skin ! The quest is mine ! Here ends mortality In contemplating the eternal Thee . Here , She is willing . Stands the Absolute Reaching its arms toward me . I am mute , I draw toward . Oh , suddenly I see The treason - pledge , the royal prostitute .? Thus does he fail at the very threshold of his higher self . He hears echoing …
1911 · PDF PAGE 232
…rane of MARS and there with MARS defies the rabble. BRO. ARIES rallies PROBATIONERS.] So, all is over. I admit Futility the lord of will. Life was an episode for me, As for the meanest monad, knit To man by mightier bonds than skill Of subtle-souled psychology May sever, Aim in chaos? None. The soul rolls senseless as the sun, [All are driven back μῤto altar. BRO. CAPRICORNUS [emis]. “ There is no God.” MARS [leaps?ושand goes ta altar with uplifted sword]. I. Silence ! [a flame]. There is no God—«but God! [ARIES and PROBATIONERS dance a war dance…
1911 · PDF PAGE 232
…rane of MARS and there with MARS defies the rabble. BRO. ARIES rallies PROBATIONERS.] So, all is over. I admit Futility the lord of will. Life was an episode for me, As for the meanest monad, knit To man by mightier bonds than skill Of subtle-souled psychology May sever, Aim in chaos? None. The soul rolls senseless as the sun, [All are driven back μῤto altar. BRO. CAPRICORNUS [emis]. “ There is no God.” MARS [leaps?ושand goes ta altar with uplifted sword]. I. Silence ! [a flame]. There is no God—«but God! [ARIES and PROBATIONERS dance a war dance…
1919 · PDF PAGE 340
…ah (the aspira- tion or Divine Mind). 24. The name of Hall the second is the Hall of LEARN- ING. Init thy Soul will find the blossoms of life, but under every flower a serpent coiled. This Hall is a very much larger region than that usually understood by the Astral World. It would certainly include all states up to Dhyana. The Student will remember that 18
1929 · PDF PAGE 77
…so the Last ! This Cup is said to be full of the Blood of the Saints ; that is, every “sainC’ or magician must give the last drop of his life’s blood to tliat cup. It is the original price paid for magick power. And if by magick power we mean the true power, the assimilation of ail force with the Ultimate Light, the true Bridai of the Rosy Cross, then is that blood the offering of Virginity, the sole sacrifice well-pleasing to the Master, the sacrifice whose only reward is the pain of child-bearing unto him. But “to sell one’s soûl to the devil…
1929 · PDF PAGE 142
…ve been perfected by his habit of Magical work. In the truest sense of that Word, he will never step outside the Circle during his whole life. But the consécration, being the application of a positive force, can always be raised to a doser approximation to perfection. Complété success in banishing is soon attained; but there can be no completeness in the advance to holiness. I. The general conception is that the three active éléments co-operate to affect earth; but earth itself may be employed as an instrument. Its function is solidification. T…
1904 · PDF PAGE 104
…HEATRE DU GRAND GUIGNOL judicious pleasure. You ask therefore in vain for detail. “La Mineure” (No. 3) was, on the other hand, even more life-like than No. 1. A witness retained by justice to identify a criminal discovers him by chance in the person of the President of the Court himself. She is hauled to the deepest dungeons of Saint Lazare, and everything thus ends happily. For one moment the nerves of the spectator are braced up to meet the sword of Damocles—and then, with a single blow, the Juge d’Instruction subtly and delicately strikes in…
1907 · PDF PAGE 142
…od , To be my mistress . If I fail in this , Or falter in this counsel of despair , May God's own curses dog me into hell , And mine own life perpetuate itself Through all the ages of eternity . Amen ! Amen ! Come , Cora , to my heart !? Madeline , whom Cora had hoped to have made Ulric's bride , appears , and for a moment his mad fury slackens only to burst out again , as he drags Cora from the room . When she re - enters her voice is hoarse and horrible : O Phædra ! lend me of thy wickedness , Lest I go mad to contemplate myself !3 Then turni…
1919 · PDF PAGE 89
…ke me a little boat of my tongue, and explore the unknown rivers. It may be that the everlasting salt may turn to sweetness, and that my life may be no longer athirst. 6. O ye that drink of the brine of your desire, ye are nigh to madness! Your torture increaseth as ye drink, yet still ye drink. Come up through the creeks to the fresh water; I shall be waiting for you with my kisses. 7. As the bezoar-stone that is found in the belly of the cow, so is my lover among lovers. 8. Ohoney boy! Bring me Thy cool limbs hither! Let us sit awhile in the …
1961 · PDF PAGE 149
…cesses therein, for it hath been said by Philosophers of old that Practice maketh Perfect, and that Manners, being the constant Habit of Life, maketh Man. t
1909 · PDF PAGE 136
…f Death. I am Amoun the Sun in His rising; I have passed from darkness into Light. Iam Asar Un—nefer the Perfected One. I am the Lord of Life, triumphant over death. . . . There is no part of me that is not of the Gods. . . . The dead man Ankh-af-na-khonsu Saith with his voice of truth and calm : 0h Thou that hast a single arm ! Ο Thou that glitterest in the moon ! I weave Thee in the spinning charm ; 1 lure Thee with the billowy tune.