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Page 138 of 1541929 · PDF PAGE 39
…t we call real things. For example there are two kinds of sugar, exactly alike in every way but one. You know how a prism bends a ray of light? Well if you take a hollow prism, and fill it with a solution of one of these kinds of sugar, the ray bends to the right; use the other kind, and it bends to the left. Chemistry is full of these examples. "Then we have our hands and feet; however we move about, we can never make them fill exactly the same place. A right hand is always a right hand, however you move it. It only becomes a left hand in a lo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 59
…pockets, or my razor poised upon a mirror, when I realized that morning in the bowl of night had flung the stone that puts the stars to flight, and that the Hunter of the East had caught the Sultan's Turret in a noose of light. But in the second series of phenomena the faithful and intelligent animal had done far more than this, bringing into the house various objects from afar. It was evidently appreciated in the Beyond that a Poltergeist's reach should exceed his grasp. "One day, in the wonderful month of May with all its flowers a-blossom, t…
1905 · PDF PAGE 52
…eep within his wings, and lead my dreams Through a land of pleasant things, of woods and streams, Bind my slumber with a chain of pure delight, Though the canker of it stain at death of night, Fill with passion and distaste and wakened pleasure All the moments run to waste that else were treasure ? Who is Love ? a fury red with all men’s blood On his cruel altars shed, a deadly flood ? Or a veiléd vision black with shame and fear, Whose most loathliest attack at night is near, When the gates of spirit tense with angel’s tread Close, and all the…
1905 · PDF PAGE 60
…s that rang Through all those nights of June ; Such nights when stars in slumber hang Beneath the quiet moon. Still, in those avenues of light, No maid, with golden zone, And lily garment that from sight Half hides the ivory throne, Lay in my arms the livelong night To call my soul her own. The Christ’s cold lips my lips did taste On Time’s disastrous tide ; His bruiséd arms my soul embraced, My soul twice crucified ; And always then the thin blood raced From out the stricken side. The incense fumes, the chant is low, Perfume around is shed ; I…
1906 · PDF PAGE 79
…ENTY-FIRST DAY 73 THE EIGHTEENTH DAY. ‘Touches so soft still conquer chastity.”’ Passionate Pilgrim. SHE grew most fearful, starting at slight noise ; As knowing that the sting of shame was hers Worse than a guilty love administers, Since our pure shame unworthily destroys The love of all she had, her girls and boys, Her home, their lives: and yet my whisper stirs Into live flame her passion, and deters Her fear from spurning all the day’s due joys. She had not dared to speak one word, to tell How deep and pure a fountain sunward leapt In her l…
1929 · PDF PAGE 73
…y Brother Cyril's, with no help from me. Hinton, Rouse Ball, and others, laid the foundations; but it was he that put it in such a clear light, and correlated it with occult science. "You must give the honour to the Mahathera Phang!" interjected Cyril. "I was proving to him the metaphysical nature of the soul — and he regarded me with so amused a smile that I perceived my asininity. Of course there can be but one order of Nature!" "In any case," continued Iff, "this theory of Cyril's wipes the slate clean of every metaphysical speculation. Good…
1905 · PDF PAGE 53
… the night Is built, a bridge of fiery truth across the subtle mind. God’s angels, and His fire, Consume the soul’s desire, And strike a lighter lyre. I seek; the angels lead me on, all light and truth to find. THE INITIATION. THERE is a bare bleak headland which the sea Incessantly devours, A rock impregnable, where herb and tree Are not. A vision of it came to me In night’s most ghastly hours. I who desire, beyond all named desire, To pass the envious bounds of air and fire, And penetrate the bosom of the night, Saw in a vision such a neophyt…
1929 · PDF PAGE 112
…act that the most important people were apparently doing no magick of any kind, but, careless lovers, enjoying the firstfruits of their flight to the South. But Douglas put two and two together very cleverly, even from the first report; he noted, also, the intelligence and ability of Gates, and made a memorandum to use him up quickly and destroy him. Without divining the exact intention of Cyril Grey, he rightly concluded that this "honeymoon" was not so simple as it seemed; in fact, he recognized it as the core of the apple. He telegraphed Gat…
1907 · PDF PAGE 77
…enter FLORIMOND, 2. FLORIMOND. At last! [Goes to door and pushes it.] The devil take all women! After all, the door is shut. Laugh, thou light little fool, laugh now. One day thou shalt moan upon the stones, and Florimond de Champdivers shall shut his door tothee. Damn and damn and damn! What served love shall serve hate: ‘tis a poor game that only works one Way. [Curtacn.
1919 · PDF PAGE 168
…; there I knelt down and did breathing exercise. Felt Prana all over body. Invoked Adonai and tried to unite with Him. A brilliant White light filled sphere of consciousness. Arose as Adonai, performed the Ritual of Pentagram, then prayed aloud and fluently, trying to unite consciousness with all Nature. Knelt again in Meditation, and arose much strengthened and with a feeling of the Divine Presence. (This is excellent for a beginner. But remember—all these divine illumina- tions are mere Breaks. O.M.) Note:—I find more and more difficulty in r…
1905 · PDF PAGE 181
…ight into it, and spat} upon the face ! O Madonna of the Golden Eyes! ‘‘Come with me,” you whispered, ‘‘ come, and let the moon Lend her light to madden us through the hours of pleasure ; Let thedayspring pass and brighten intonoon! Yet no limit find our love, nor passion find a measure !” O Madonna of the Golden Eyes! Dawn brought reason back, and the violet eyes are sadder :-— O they were golden once, and I call them golden still ! Dawn has brought remorse, the sting of a foul swamp-adder— I hate you! beast of Hell! Love’s manacle ! O Murdere…
1929 · PDF PAGE 204
…rice of their attainment had been the suppression of just such darknesses of animal instinct and savage superstition as were her chief delight. The poet speaks of "the infinite rage of fishes to have wings"; but when you explain to the fish that it will have to give up pumping water through its gills, it is apt to compromise for a few million generations; though the word may rankle if you call it a flying-fish, when swimming-bird is evidently a properer and politer name. She was permanently annoyed with Sister Clara; her motive for making excur…
1907 · PDF PAGE 222
216 ORPHEUS Ah! the bitter legacy left of lyre-light ! Thou wast Nature’s prophet, a wise magician; Magic fails, and love is a false physician :— Deep our disease is ! Now to us the crouching over the firelight, Eating out for hunger of love our vitals! (Eaten out the hollower for respitals Swift as the breeze is.) Ay ! the golden age is a broken vessel. All the golden waters exhale, evanish., Joy of life and laughter of love we banish : Damued is the will dead. Now with brass and iron we writhe and wrestle. Now with clay the torrent of fire is…
1905 · PDF PAGE 157
150 THE FATAL FORCE The pale sweet blooms of lotus burn; The scent of spring is in the soul ; Men’s spirits to the loftiest turn ; Light is extended and made whole. The waters of the whispering Nile Lisp of their loves a little while, Then break, like songsters, into sighing, Because the lazy days are dying; And swift and tawny strcams must rise World’s world to fertilise. The lotus is afire for love, | Its yearnings are immortal still ; But in its bosom, fed thereof, Lust, like a child, will.have his will. Immortal fervour, strangely blent Wit…
1906 · PDF PAGE 68
…-game—the kiss ! Her moving body sobs above, And calls its lechery true love. Out from the flame of heart she plucks One flower of fiery light, and sucks Its essence up within her lips, And flings it into mine, and dips And bends her body, writhes and swims To link the velvet of our limbs, My drouthy passion worn and keen, And lusty life of Messaline. The heart’s blood in her boiling over She sucked from many a dying lover : The purple of her racing veins ILeapt from some soul’s despairing pains ; She drinks up life as from a cup ; She drains o…
1907 · PDF PAGE 99
…n is void Of aught save star or asteroid ! Or, an it please thee, idly dream A God therein, a force supreme, A heart of love, a crown of light, An infinite music of delight ;— This, but no more ; let fancy sway But never fix the transient ray! All things are lawful, so they be At most a marshalled imagery. Dream of Itarth’s glories higher and higher, Mounting the minaret, desire; Never attaining to the sky, Realization—lest thou die. So dream, possessing all; so dream, Possessing nothing: I esteem These twain as one, since dreams they are. Thus…
1929 · PDF PAGE 105
…t use them to turn an honest penny? I sate upon the mossy promontory Where the cascade cleft not his mother rock, But swept in whirlwind lightning foam and glory, Vast circling with unwearying luminous shock To lure and lock Marvellous eddies in its wild caress; And there the solemn echoes caught the stress, The strain of that impassive tide, Shook it and flung it high and wide, Till all the air took fire from that melodious roar; All the mute mountains heard, Bowed, laughed aloud, concurred, And passed the word along, the signal of wide war. A…
1929 · PDF PAGE 380
…r of his wings, Behold the starry breast begemmed With twelve stones of the twelve Kings! His forehead shall be diademmed With the faint light of stars, wherein The Eye gleams dominant and keen, Thereat thou swoonest; and thy love Shall catch the subtle voice thereof ... It was given me during these days to experience fully once more every incident in my initiation, so that I might describe them while still white-hot with their wonder. It is this that assures me that this poem is unique of its kind. Its only rival is the Bhagavad-Gita, which, d…
1911 · PDF PAGE 172
…is is the best. Such prose I have rarely found in all my reading. I am beggared of wit to review it; but I implore all who seek the pure Light mirrored in flawless imagery to obtain it. ALEISTEK CROWLEY. THE APOCALYPSE UNSEALED. Being an Exatm‘c Intznþretatian of THE INITIATION or IOANNEs. By JAMES Μ. PRVSE. New York: John M. Pryse, 9-15 Murray Street, 1910. London: J. Μ. Watkins. 85. δεῖ. net. It is possible to write upon this book in a freer manner, without ofi'ence, than upon any other book in the Canon of Scripture, for there is no other book…
1911 · PDF PAGE 172
…is is the best. Such prose I have rarely found in all my reading. I am beggared of wit to review it; but I implore all who seek the pure Light mirrored in flawless imagery to obtain it. ALEISTEK CROWLEY. THE APOCALYPSE UNSEALED. Being an Exatm‘c Intznþretatian of THE INITIATION or IOANNEs. By JAMES Μ. PRVSE. New York: John M. Pryse, 9-15 Murray Street, 1910. London: J. Μ. Watkins. 85. δεῖ. net. It is possible to write upon this book in a freer manner, without ofi'ence, than upon any other book in the Canon of Scripture, for there is no other book…