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Page 131 of 1541929 · PDF PAGE 227
… Turk caught it up, his eyes grown momentarily wider with surprise. "Examine it!" said Douglas, coldly. The Turkish agent held it to the light. In the figures numbering the note were two small pinpricks. "Allah!" he cried. "Then you are —" "I am. You may as well know that my colleague in the Lodge, 'A.B.', is going to stir up trouble for the British in India. Her influence with certain classes of Hindus is very great. For your part, you may try discreetly to tamper with the Mussulman section of the French troops, the Africans. But be careful — …
1930 · PDF PAGE 24
…eceiving myself m supposing that I had passed through the roof. This body, which is called by varions authors the Astral double, body of Light, body of fire, body of desire, fine body, scin-laeca and numberless other naines is naturally fiited to perceive objects of ils own class... in particular, the phantoms of the astral plane. 1. 1 he real Berkeley did nothing of the sorti the reference here is to an imaginary animal invented by Dr. Johnson ont of sturdy British ignorance. 2. We do not call electrical résistance, or économie îaws, unreal, o…
1938 · PDF PAGE 22
…oeth the Sun: for as it is now known that night is but the shadow of the Earth, so Death is but the shadow of the Body, that veileth his Light from its bearer. Of this Prophet the Word is ¸ µ»· ¼± Many and marvelous are the mysteries of this Word, and of the Numeration thereof! Nor may I declare them, save this the simplest, for the sake of little children: Love is the law, love under will. The chart was suddenly furled close, and mine Instructor bade me turn: for there had come into that place a maiden like a golden rose, with curling locks …
1899 · PDF PAGE 249
… imagery seizes and holds fast the vagueness of shifting impressions; a ‘ Farewell of Paracelsus to Aprile,’ containing some fine lyric flights; ‘ The Initiation,’ and ‘Succubus,’ a record of fearful obsessions in a metre which, in spite of a few unaccountable lapses, we think extremely effective.”—7he Manchester Guardian. “Mr. Crowley (who should drop the dreadful fore-name with which he has been afflicted) sings always melodiously, if not always intelligibly and sometimes nonsensically. There is too much of the cant of a contest between earth…
1905 · PDF PAGE 143
…ance, whose pallid pinions crease droop | By comradeship that quickens to abide, To own an Emperor where she mocked a A bond of justice, light, and liberty, king : | To make the wide earth free 1 This poem was written shortly after the. As the wild waves that slake the passion of Spanish war. ; the sea. 136
1906 · PDF PAGE 115
…foreign foam So sweet as is the hero's home? At every port the novel sights Charm for an hour—delusive bliss. On every shore the false delights Of maidens ply the barbarous kiss. But where did hero think to stay Lulled in their love beyond a day? No shoreland whistles to the wind So musically as Thrace: no town So gladdens the toil-weary mind As brave Athenae: no renown Stands so divine in war and peace As the illustrious name of Greece. This island of the subtle song Shall vanish as the shaken spray Tossed by the billow far and strong On marbl…
1910 · PDF PAGE 176
… know it. September gth. 9.50-10.20 Pranayama. Ten minutes 5. 10. 20; 4 minutes 10. 25. 30; am. am. 6 minutes 10. 25. 30. Looking at the light at the top of my head. It was of a misty blue colour, its shape was that of an ordinary cone of flame, long and homogeneous. At intervals it dropped and opened out like a flower, its texture was that of fine hair, Méitrananda told me that this result was very good, and that these petals are of the Ajna Chakkra.* 2.10-2.42 Pranayama. Seven minutes. 5. 10, 20. Dhdrana on nose p.m. p.m. thirteen minutes. Du…
1910 · PDF PAGE 176
… know it. September gth. 9.50-10.20 Pranayama. Ten minutes 5. 10. 20; 4 minutes 10. 25. 30; am. am. 6 minutes 10. 25. 30. Looking at the light at the top of my head. It was of a misty blue colour, its shape was that of an ordinary cone of flame, long and homogeneous. At intervals it dropped and opened out like a flower, its texture was that of fine hair, Méitrananda told me that this result was very good, and that these petals are of the Ajna Chakkra.* 2.10-2.42 Pranayama. Seven minutes. 5. 10, 20. Dhdrana on nose p.m. p.m. thirteen minutes. Du…
1929 · PDF PAGE 49
…to the highest conception of the God, until, in one sense or another of the Word, He appears to us and floods our consciousness with the light of His divinity. The Third Method is the Dramatic, perhaps the most attractive of ail; certainly it is so to the artist’s tempérament, for it appeals to his imagination through his aesthetic sense. Its disadvantage lies principally in the difficulty of its per¬ formance by a single person. But it has the sanction of the highest antiquity, and is probably the most useful for the foundation of a religion. …
1930 · PDF PAGE 25
…sible, with great expérience, to deduce facts about material things from the astral aspect which they présent to the eyes of the Body of Light.1 This astral plane is so varied and so changeable that several clairvoyants looking at the same thing might give totally different accounts of what they saw; yet they might each make correct déductions. In looking at a man the first clairvoyant might say : “The lines of force are ail drooping”; the second : “It seems ail dirtv and spotty”; a third; “The Aura looks very ragged.” Yet ail might agréé in de…
1996 · PDF PAGE 113
…charist; suum cuique) Observe, however, the constant factor in this enu meration of the practices proper to “hermits”: it is ecstatic delight. Let us borrow an analogy from Chemistry. Oxygen has two hands (so to speak) to offer to other elements. But contrast the cordial clasp of hydrogen or phosphorus with the weak reluc tant greeting of chlorine! Yet hydrogen and chlorine rush passion ately to embrace each other in monogamic madness! There is no “good” or “bad” in the matter; it is the enthusiastic energy of union, as betokened by the dise…
1911 · PDF PAGE 310
…ht in Mind Mastery. By Oxtson Swerr Marve. Price 38. 6d. net. “Happily written, with knowledge and insight as well as gaiety and charm."—Light. “Admirable! It is a long time since we read a book on the fascinating subject of mind’s influence over matter, especially in the building of character, with as much pleasure as this has |. Characterised throughout by a cheery optimism, the perusal of it is as good as any tonic, and far better than most,"—Pad? Mall Gazette. MENTAL MEDICINE: Some Practical Suggestions from a Spiritual Standpoint. By Oxive…
1911 · PDF PAGE 310
…ht in Mind Mastery. By Oxtson Swerr Marve. Price 38. 6d. net. “Happily written, with knowledge and insight as well as gaiety and charm."—Light. “Admirable! It is a long time since we read a book on the fascinating subject of mind’s influence over matter, especially in the building of character, with as much pleasure as this has |. Characterised throughout by a cheery optimism, the perusal of it is as good as any tonic, and far better than most,"—Pad? Mall Gazette. MENTAL MEDICINE: Some Practical Suggestions from a Spiritual Standpoint. By Oxive…
1904 · PDF PAGE 23
…, the NEw ArT, and Ars NOoTARIA, the Notary ArT. The which was revealed unto him by Mr- CHAEL, that Holy Angel of God, in thunder and in light- ning, and he further did receive by the aforesaid Angel cer- tain Notes written by the Hand of God, without the which that Great King had never attained unto his great Wisdom, for thus he knew all things and all Sci- ences and Arts whe- ther Good or Evil. THEURGIA, and are to be sought for by Di- vine seeking, etc. (5) Tue FirtuH ParT is a Book of Orations and Prayers which Wise Solomon did use upon the…
1913 · PDF PAGE 21
… of various foreign bodies, 1881-3. Among these he received the “Crown of Kether,” admitting to the 5° of the Grand Lamaistique Order of Light. In 1882-3 he acted as General Guiseppe Garibaldi’s Grand Chancellor of the Confederated Rites, which he arranged throughout the world. Hon. Grand Master of the Sovereign Grand Council of Iberico, October 5th, 1889, Rite of Swedenborg: In 1876 he was appointed Supreme Grand Master for the United Kingdom under the Charter of T. G. Harrington, P.G. Master of Craft Grand Lodge of Canada; Colonel W. Bury M’L…
1913 · PDF PAGE 21
… of various foreign bodies, 1881-3. Among these he received the “Crown of Kether,” admitting to the 5° of the Grand Lamaistique Order of Light. In 1882-3 he acted as General Guiseppe Garibaldi’s Grand Chancellor of the Confederated Rites, which he arranged throughout the world. Hon. Grand Master of the Sovereign Grand Council of Iberico, October 5th, 1889, Rite of Swedenborg: In 1876 he was appointed Supreme Grand Master for the United Kingdom under the Charter of T. G. Harrington, P.G. Master of Craft Grand Lodge of Canada; Colonel W. Bury M’L…
1944 · PDF PAGE 268
…the weaker brethren, for those who are suffering from the illusion of imperfection; it enables them to make their way to the i1limitable Light. DIAGRAM 7. THE ELEMENTAL WEAPONS This diagram shows the attribution of the four Suits of the pack to the four Elements. The fifth Element of Spirit is represented by a lamp, and this in the Tarot refers to the Twenty‐ two Trumps. The interplay of the symbols should be noticed, for the whole of the planetary, zodiacal, and elemental symbols are themselves all contained in the rays of the Lamp. Note that …
1910 · PDF PAGE 310
… appointed niche in the temple, that of a delicate, forceful spirit, if rarely capable of cosmic expan- sion. We did not look for eagle-flights; we thought of him as a wild goose sweeping from Tibet upon the poppy-fields of Yunnan. But the prose of a poet reveals the man in him, as his poetry reveals the god; and Francis Thompson the man is a pitiful thing enough. ‘It is the wounded earthworm cursing the harrow; the snipe blaspheming the lark. Shelley was a fine, pure, healthy man whose soul was habitually one with the Infinite Universe; Thomps…
1910 · PDF PAGE 310
… appointed niche in the temple, that of a delicate, forceful spirit, if rarely capable of cosmic expan- sion. We did not look for eagle-flights; we thought of him as a wild goose sweeping from Tibet upon the poppy-fields of Yunnan. But the prose of a poet reveals the man in him, as his poetry reveals the god; and Francis Thompson the man is a pitiful thing enough. ‘It is the wounded earthworm cursing the harrow; the snipe blaspheming the lark. Shelley was a fine, pure, healthy man whose soul was habitually one with the Infinite Universe; Thomps…
1929 · PDF PAGE 319
…d, keep us most from ill, ........What time the King-Ghost grips the will! Silver and rose and gold what flame resurges? ....What living light pours forth in emerald waves? What inmost Music drowns the clamorous dirges? {520} Shrieking they fly, the King-Ghost and his slaves. Lord, let Thy Ghost indwell, And keep us from the power of Hell! Amen. The triumphant answer is simply the mystic's affirmation of interior certainty. No doubt this expresses my attitude at the time: I was still a little child. But as I grew, so did the doubt. I saw that t…