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Page 15 of 831910 · PDF PAGE 462
… That the keen whisper of the wind May bring him that which never men Knew—on the quest, the quest, rides he! So long to seek, so far to find ! So weary was the knight, his limbs Were slack as new-slain dove’s; his knees No longer gripped the charger rude. Listless, he aches ; his purpose swims Exhausted in the oily seas Of laxity and lassitude. The soul subsides; its serious motion Still throbs ; by habit, not by will. And all his lust to win the quest Is but a passive-mild devotion. (Ay! soon the blood shall run right chill —And is not death …
1910 · PDF PAGE 462
… That the keen whisper of the wind May bring him that which never men Knew—on the quest, the quest, rides he! So long to seek, so far to find ! So weary was the knight, his limbs Were slack as new-slain dove’s; his knees No longer gripped the charger rude. Listless, he aches ; his purpose swims Exhausted in the oily seas Of laxity and lassitude. The soul subsides; its serious motion Still throbs ; by habit, not by will. And all his lust to win the quest Is but a passive-mild devotion. (Ay! soon the blood shall run right chill —And is not death …
1929 · PDF PAGE 93
…neself to oneself. Suppose, for example, that you feel an instinctive aversion to some particular kind of wine. Try as you will, you can find no reason for your idiosyncrasy. Suppose, then, that when you explore some previous incarnation, you remember that you died by a poison administered in a wine of that character, your aversion is explained by the proverb, aA burnt. child dreads the fire.” It may be objected that in such a case your libido has created a phantasm of itself in the manner which Freud has explained. The criticism is just, but i…
1954 · PDF PAGE 50
…go to make up Man according to the Qabalistic system. I have tried to define these terms as accurately as possible, and I think you will find them, in any case, clearer than those to which you have become accustomed with the Eastern systems. In India, by the way, no attempt is ever made to use these vague terms. They always have a very clear idea of what is meant by words like "Buddhi," "Manas," and the like. Attempts at translation are very unsatisfactory . I find that even with such a simple matter as the "Eight Limbs of Yoga," as you will se…
1898 · PDF PAGE 67
…d of fire, that swings Gates of adamant below Lofty minarets of snow. Thence the towering flames arise, Where the flashes white and wise Find their mortal foe. Let us thither, caring not Anything, or any more, Since the sorrow of our lot Craves to pass the abysmal door ; Never more for us shall twine Rosy fingers on the vine ; * Never maiden lips that cull Myriad blossoms beautiful ;
1899 · PDF PAGE 181
…aintily sleeping, Hard to be won. So with my fairy white maiden (you hear me ?) . Winter may yet pass away ; Spring may arrive, (will it find your heart near me?) Summer may stay. Passionate roses I seek not, whose glories Now are too fierce for the spring, While the white flames of the frost flake that hoar is Flicker, on wing.
1904 · PDF PAGE 25
…l the quest be won. Rule thou with justice in my sacred seat Until I come again. PELIAS, The Gods thy speed. MEN. The hardy hero goes to find The living Fleece of Gold; Or else, some death may chance to bind Those limbs of manly mould. In sooth, I doubt if I shall earn The singer’s fee for his return. PELIAS. Think now—I feared that.fool. It must be true That guilt is timorous. Ay! when danger’s none! Let but swords flash—and guilt grows God for might! Indeed I rule—until he come again. Ay, when the stars fall, Jason shall be king! EXPLICIT ACT…
1910 · PDF PAGE 175
…minutes 10. 20, 30, Dharana on nose 9 minutes 50 seconds. I actually lost the nose on one occasion, and could not think what I wished to find or where to find it; my mind having become a perfect blank. (Shri Maitrananda says this is very good, and means I approach “neighbourhood-concentration”). Six minutes more at 10, 20.30. Forty minutes in the A’sana. Mentally muttering “Namo Shivaya Namaha Aum” I did Dharana as before on my nose. I understand one Buddhist constipation now; for: I was (a) conscious of external things * We do not know what th…
1910 · PDF PAGE 175
…minutes 10. 20, 30, Dharana on nose 9 minutes 50 seconds. I actually lost the nose on one occasion, and could not think what I wished to find or where to find it; my mind having become a perfect blank. (Shri Maitrananda says this is very good, and means I approach “neighbourhood-concentration”). Six minutes more at 10, 20.30. Forty minutes in the A’sana. Mentally muttering “Namo Shivaya Namaha Aum” I did Dharana as before on my nose. I understand one Buddhist constipation now; for: I was (a) conscious of external things * We do not know what th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 50
…One must hâve pure materials if one wishes to brew pure beer. If one hâve an incomplète and incorrect view of the uni verse, how can one find out its laws? Thus, original omission or error tends to extend to the higher planes. Suppose a Magician, invoking Sol, were persuaded by a plausible spirit of Saturn that he was the Solar Intelligence required, and bade him eschew human love if he would attain to the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel; and suppose that his will, and that AngePs nature, were such that the Crux of their F…
1910 · PDF PAGE 80
…reaming. Yea ; there is born a fearful light Proceeding from the Infinite. However that may be, tis clear What duty bids endeavour : To find you out in London, dear, A now is worth a never ! To make to-day a heaven of cheer, And make to-day for ever ! Yea ; though we know how springs run dry, Well trust our future, you and I. Ah, madman ! was there ever yet A love that lived a lustre
1912 · PDF PAGE 14
Life is a dream, like love; and from the dream If we may wake, we never find it what ‘We would; for the wisdom ofa mightier mind Leads us in its own ways To a perfected praise. Crassus. ‘Why are these shadows thrown across the lawn From the elms and yews? They were not wont to reach Beyond the branches of that copper-beech. Aucta. Attend the dawn Of an unknown comet, that shall come From the unfathomable weils of space Into its halidom, Crassus. I know it not. Last night I walked alone Here, and saw nothing. Autcta. I was not with yout There is…
1930 · PDF PAGE 25
…tortured thee, as Love’s hope died And Love’s faith rotted. Life no least Dim star descried. Thy cringing carrion cowered and crawled To find itself a chance-cast clod Whose Pain was purposeless; appalled That aimless accident thus trod Its agony, that void skies sprawled On the vain sod ! Ail soûls eternally exist, Each individual, ultimate, Perfect -— each makes itself a mist Of mind and flesh to celebrate With some twin mask their tender tryst Insatiate. — 229
1929 · PDF PAGE 38
…An immeasurable abyss divides it from ail manifestations of Reason or the lower qualifies of man. In the ultimate analysis of Reason, we find ail reason identified with this abyss. Yet this abyss is the crown of the mind. Purely intellectual faculties ail obtain here. This abyss has no number, for in it ail is confusion. Below this abyss we find the moral qualifies of Man, of which there are six. The highest is symbolised by the number Four. Its nature is fatherly s; Mercy and Authority are the attributes of its dignity. The number Five is bala…
1907 · PDF PAGE 65
…s then her rosy door, Peeps out. And where shall } Skip to?” Dora, diving daintily, Creeps out. ** Nobody ! 59 ‘To the woodland! Shall I find Crowtoe, Violet, jessamine! I'll bind Garlands. I‘ancy ma princess. Where Go to? Persia, China, Finisterre? Far lands !” Only one Daisy Did she find. The sulking sun Slept still. Pity Dora ! Dora stamped her foot. Aurora Lazy Stirred not. Hush! A footstep. Dora Kept still. What a dreadful monster ! Mercy ! Shoot! (‘Twas a man.) Suppose the brute Ate her? By-and-by the rufhan grows ‘* Percy.” And she loves…
1898 · PDF PAGE 39
Half guide, half tempter toward the stream of error, On whose fresh bosom many a mariner Puts out with silken sail—to find his grave In its voluptuous wave. Here are few rocks whereon a ship hath peril ; No storms may ruffle its insidious stream ; Only, no fish invade its waters sterile, No white-winged birds above it glance and gleam, Only, it hath no shore, no wave, but gloom Wraps it within her womb. No sun is mirrored in its treacherous water, Only the false moon flickers and flits by Like to the bloodless phantom shape of slaughter Laughin…
1901 · PDF PAGE 74
…The imperial mind Thrice, and thrice the higher soul, Thrice the spirit, till the sun’s Utter glory burn upon him, till the freed Osiris find He is god above mankind, Thrice united unto man, As the living gold that ran Molten to the fiery sea, Mixed in its eternity. Spirit of the Gods! Unite Streams of sacramental light In the soul, thrice purified, Consecrated thrice, Till Osiris justified In the supreme sacrifice Take his kingdom. Hear the cry That the wailing vultures make, Circling in the blackening sky Over the abysmal lake. Spirit, for ou…
1929 · PDF PAGE 43
…ld upon the water. And that is all the lesson for this afternoon, child. Think it over, and see if you have it all clear, and if you can find any other little problems to straighten out. The next lesson will be of a more desperate sort — the kind that leads directly to action. Cyril broke in on the word. "We have a great deal to do," he said sharply, "even before we leave this house. It's pretty dark — and there's a Thing in the garden." [63]
1922 · PDF PAGE 297
…t out of the house and change my ideas as completely as possible. The Hot Room is an excellent place for the purpose. While I’m there, I find I can’t think of anything at all but the immediate effects of the temperature. I was annoyed, too, to find Lou comparatively cheerful. I decided I would go out after all and have lunch in the Cooling Room, when the porter called up to ask if we could see a lady and gentleman. These people had begun to obsess me. I demanded their names. There was a pause as if a discussion were taking place at the other en…
1899 · PDF PAGE 85
…d of fire, that swings Gates of adamant below Lofty minarets of snow. Thence the towering flames arise, Where the flashes white and wise Find their mortal foe. Let us thither, caring not Anything, or any more, Since the sorrow of our lot Craves to pass the abysmal door ; Never more for us shall twine Rosy fingers on the vine ; * Never maiden lips that cull Myriad blossoms beautiful ;