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Page 16 of 1201913 · PDF PAGE 423
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES “No, look, and say what you see.” “T see a black night in which whirl sparks of every colour around two great ever-rolling eyes. From these eyes leap rays whose spiral whorls fill space. . . . Oh, it hurts me! Wake me!” “No, look.” “Where do you wish me to look now?” “Look into Paradise.” “No, I cannot climb there; the great night pushes me back, I always fall back.” “Very well then, look into hell.” Here the sleep-waker became convulsively agitated. “No, no!” she cried sobbing; ‘I will not! I shall be giddy; I should f…
1913 · PDF PAGE 423
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES “No, look, and say what you see.” “T see a black night in which whirl sparks of every colour around two great ever-rolling eyes. From these eyes leap rays whose spiral whorls fill space. . . . Oh, it hurts me! Wake me!” “No, look.” “Where do you wish me to look now?” “Look into Paradise.” “No, I cannot climb there; the great night pushes me back, I always fall back.” “Very well then, look into hell.” Here the sleep-waker became convulsively agitated. “No, no!” she cried sobbing; ‘I will not! I shall be giddy; I should f…
1922 · PDF PAGE 233
…ore one is ready to go on. Peter ate very little himself; and then he said :— | “IT know why we couldn’t get the Devil to come the other night. It was having those servants about. I remember now that grandfather only had two in the house, and he used to send them away when he had anything big on. Let’s see what we can do to-night.” - That was delightful. That was his old self. We thought it would be a good plan to coke up pretty hard before starting.
1910 · PDF PAGE 468
92 SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT How weak Sir Palamedes grows! We hear no more of bouts and blows! His weapons are his ten good toes! He that was Arthur's peer, good knight Proven in many a foughten fight, Flees like a felon in the night! Ay! this thy quest is past the ken Of thee and of all mortal men, Sir Palamede the Saracen !
1910 · PDF PAGE 468
92 SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT How weak Sir Palamedes grows! We hear no more of bouts and blows! His weapons are his ten good toes! He that was Arthur's peer, good knight Proven in many a foughten fight, Flees like a felon in the night! Ay! this thy quest is past the ken Of thee and of all mortal men, Sir Palamede the Saracen !
1911 · PDF PAGE 285
…are iron and brass :— So swift they pass And grind us down :—we hold the wondrous light Our scattering sight Yet sees, the one star in a night of woe. We trust, and so Lift up our voices in the dying day Indeed to pray : 0 little hands that are so soft and strong, Lead us along! [5012. GEMINI plays aceom’zngly.* [A fame FR. GEMINI. Brother Virgo, wilt thou not join us who love not Speech? VIRGO. Hail unto Mercury. He killeth Sol at the Close of every Twilight, and hangeth up the sky of Night on the Tree of Heaven, fastened up with the Star—head…
1911 · PDF PAGE 285
…are iron and brass :— So swift they pass And grind us down :—we hold the wondrous light Our scattering sight Yet sees, the one star in a night of woe. We trust, and so Lift up our voices in the dying day Indeed to pray : 0 little hands that are so soft and strong, Lead us along! [5012. GEMINI plays aceom’zngly.* [A fame FR. GEMINI. Brother Virgo, wilt thou not join us who love not Speech? VIRGO. Hail unto Mercury. He killeth Sol at the Close of every Twilight, and hangeth up the sky of Night on the Tree of Heaven, fastened up with the Star—head…
1929 · PDF PAGE 418
…re the oil, the Holiest Breath, With its first whisper dedicateth Its new life to a further death. This experience lasted throughout the night, and I describe the dawn, the awakening of the world and myself to what men call reality. The trout leap in the shingly shallows. Soared skyward the great sun, that hallows The pagan shrines of labour and light As the moon consecrates the night. Labour is corn and love is wine, And both are blessd in the shrine; Nor is he for priest designated. Who partakes only in one kind. I suited the action to the w…
1911 · PDF PAGE 248
…n. ARIES. There will be no more sacrifice to-day. LEO. There will be no more sacrifice to—day. ARIES. The sun is already setting. LEO. The night birds are already abroad. ARIES. It grows very dark. LEO. The path is too Steep and dangerous for any pilgrims to come hither. ARIES. There is no moon to—night. LEO. I think there will be rain. ARIES. Let us close the shrine. LEO. The disk of the sun is not yet quite obscured. ARIES. But no pilgrims can come now. LEO. No pilgrims can come now. But it is the rule of the temple that the shrine is open unto…
1911 · PDF PAGE 248
…n. ARIES. There will be no more sacrifice to-day. LEO. There will be no more sacrifice to—day. ARIES. The sun is already setting. LEO. The night birds are already abroad. ARIES. It grows very dark. LEO. The path is too Steep and dangerous for any pilgrims to come hither. ARIES. There is no moon to—night. LEO. I think there will be rain. ARIES. Let us close the shrine. LEO. The disk of the sun is not yet quite obscured. ARIES. But no pilgrims can come now. LEO. No pilgrims can come now. But it is the rule of the temple that the shrine is open unto…
1903 · PDF PAGE 39
…m :— And I—most miserable ! Still Echo wails upon the steep, “ To love—and to forget ! ” Still sombre whispers from the deep Sob through Night’s golden net, And waft upon the wings of sleep The name of Margaret. 17
1912 · PDF PAGE 40
…oung grass, Oh, have ye seen Diana pass Over the lawn? Oh, little green grasshoppers sleepily chirring, Have ye seen aught in the bright night stirring? Palest moon, and pale green grass, Have ye heard, have ye heard Diana pass? Bright moon, virgin before the dawn, Listening grass, Oh, have ye heard Diana pass Over the lawn ?
1912 · PDF PAGE 40
…oung grass, Oh, have ye seen Diana pass Over the lawn? Oh, little green grasshoppers sleepily chirring, Have ye seen aught in the bright night stirring? Palest moon, and pale green grass, Have ye heard, have ye heard Diana pass? Bright moon, virgin before the dawn, Listening grass, Oh, have ye heard Diana pass Over the lawn ?
1906 · PDF PAGE 75
…l ship To laugh and leap and dip Her brows divine ; One kiss, a starbeam faint With love ofa sweet saint, Stolen like a sacrament In the night’s shrine ! One kiss, like moonlight cold Lighting with floral gold The lake’s low tune; One kiss, one flower to fold, On its own calyx rolled At night, in June! One kiss, like dewfall, drawn A veil o’er leaf and lawn— Mix night, and noon, and dawn, Dew, flower, and moon! One kiss, intense, supreme ! The sense of Nature’s dream And scent of Heaven Shown in the glint and gleam Of the pure dawn’s first beam…
1913 · PDF PAGE 224
… my swift heart tt shall obey ; And it shall hit! And thou no more shalt say The archer was blind, for the thing that I have done. Swift night, slow-burning stars, the wavering lyre Breathes fitfully beneath the moon's white fire, In vrhythin to the cadence of the sigil Whose symbols sing, making the night to swoon, The day to tremble: from my secret vigil I shall return to meet thee, Love, and soon. 186
1913 · PDF PAGE 224
… my swift heart tt shall obey ; And it shall hit! And thou no more shalt say The archer was blind, for the thing that I have done. Swift night, slow-burning stars, the wavering lyre Breathes fitfully beneath the moon's white fire, In vrhythin to the cadence of the sigil Whose symbols sing, making the night to swoon, The day to tremble: from my secret vigil I shall return to meet thee, Love, and soon. 186
1910 · PDF PAGE 123
… no more. So we, Since hope must be, Look to the future, to the chance minute That life may shoot Some flower at least to blossom in the night, Since vital light Is sure to fail us on the hideous way. What ? Must we pray ? Verily, O thou littlest babe, too weak To stir or speak, Capable hardly of a thought, yet seed Of word and deed ? To thine assured fruition we may trust This weary dust. We who are old, and palsied, (and so wise !) Lift up our eyes To little children, as the storm-tossed bark Hails in the dark Some hardly visible harbour ligh…
1912 · PDF PAGE 77
…lgia in- stantly, Henceforth he may be considered well again. He speaks of himself on the 20th as “ an absurd but athletic ass,” after a night spent wandering about London talking to policemen and night watchmen.) Sept. 21. Did a little Invocation. Inquiring how to invoke A got the instant reply “ Oflml”—and only saw later that this was the same old order as before. Which confirms it: discard methods, rituals, etc. (and their contradictions), but do it Often! 22. D. D. S. visits me. Celebration of the Autumnal Equinox. ,, 23. Celebration of the …
1912 · PDF PAGE 77
…lgia in- stantly, Henceforth he may be considered well again. He speaks of himself on the 20th as “ an absurd but athletic ass,” after a night spent wandering about London talking to policemen and night watchmen.) Sept. 21. Did a little Invocation. Inquiring how to invoke A got the instant reply “ Oflml”—and only saw later that this was the same old order as before. Which confirms it: discard methods, rituals, etc. (and their contradictions), but do it Often! 22. D. D. S. visits me. Celebration of the Autumnal Equinox. ,, 23. Celebration of the …
1913 · PDF PAGE 61
…rituals be rightly performed with joy & beauty! 36. There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. 37. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! 38. A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. 39. A feast for Tahuti and the child of the Prophet— secret, O Prophet! 4o. A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. 41. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! 42. A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! 43.…