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ing shadows, behind his torn curtain? In sooth I did not dare, and, though the reason for my timidity will make you laugh, I will avow it: I feared to humiliate him. At the end I brought my courage to the sticking point; I resolved, as I passed, to lay some money on one of the boards, hoping that he would divine my inten- tion, when a great eddy of people, caused by I know not what disturbance, bore me far away from him. And, on my homeward round, obsessed by this sight, I sought to analyse my sudden sad- ness; and I said to myself: I have just…
1898 · PDF PAGE 71
…l peoples and all kings that move By love and sacrifice inspired In light and holiness and love, And seek some end of God desired, Pass, though they seem to sink in night, To dawns more perdurably bright. So priest and people join to praise The secret wisdom of the Lord, Awaiting the arisen rays That smite through heaven as a sword
1905 · PDF PAGE 145
…ereafter hath he joy : in both the joy of rectitude Who thinks “ I did the right ” and goes rejoicing on the Path of Good. A-many verses though he can recite of Law, the idle man who doth it not Is like an herd who numbereth cows of others, Priesthood him allows nor part nor lot. Who little of the Law can cite, yet knows and walks therein aright, and shuns the snare Of passion, folly, hate entwined : Right Effort liberates his mind, he doth not care
1912 · PDF PAGE 106
…e thing common to all which is not found in other species. Is there any such thing? Yes: all geniuses have the habit of concentration of thought, and usually needlongperiodsofsolitude to acquirethis habit. Inparticular, the greatest religious geniuses have all retired from the world at one time or another in their lives, and begun to preach immediately on their return. . Of what advantage is such a retirement? One would expect that a man who so acted would find himself on his return out of touch with his civilization, and in every way less capab…
1996 · PDF PAGE 107
…mself falsely. There is of course no ultimate difference between the Artist as here delineated and him who follows the “Way of the Tao,” though the latter finds perfection in his existing relation with his environment, and the former creates a private perfection of a peculiar and secondary character. We might call one the son, the other the daughter, of the Absolute. But the Artist, though his Work, the images of himself in the Form that he loves, is less perfect than the Work of his Father, since he can but express one particular point of view…
1906 · PDF PAGE 280
TIME religion, though we lament the paradoxical follies of its best modern professors ! Myst. A truce to all controversy, then. How shall we obtain the best from life? It is this form of the question that should give you a clue to my goal. Scept. It is so difficult to determine whether Sherlock Holmes? is dead or no that I will take no risks. But the answer to your query is obvious. He “eves the longest who remembers most. Myst. Insufficient. There are lives full of the dreariest incident, like a farmyard novel, or a window in Thrums, or the au…
1929 · PDF PAGE 126
…ill include the will to upset somebody else’s will! 1 Moreover, it is extremely difficult thus to expatriate another magical being ; for though, unless it is a complété microcosm like a human being, it cannot be called a star, it is a little bit of a star, and a part of the body of Nuit. But there is no call for ail this frightfulness. There is no need to knock the girl down, unless she refuses to do what you want, and she will always comply if you say a few nice things to her.2 You can always use the body inhabited by an elemental, such as an …
1899 · PDF PAGE 89
…l peoples and all kings that move By love and sacrifice inspired In light and holiness and love, And seek some end of God desired, Pass, though they seem to sink in night, To dawns more perdurably bright. So priest and people join to praise The secret wisdom of the Lord, Awaiting the arisen rays That smite through heaven as a sword
1910 · PDF PAGE 389
SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT Though one by one the heroes fall, Their desperate way they slowly win, And knightly cry and comrade-call Rise high above the savage din. Now, now they land, a dwindling crew ; Now, now fresh armies hem them round. They cleave their blood-bought avenue, And cluster on the upper ground. Ah! but dawn’s dreadful front uprears ! The tall towers blaze, to illume the fight; While many a myriad heathen spears March northward at the earliest light. Falls thy last comrade at thy feet, O lordly-souled Sir Palamede? Teari…
1910 · PDF PAGE 389
SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT Though one by one the heroes fall, Their desperate way they slowly win, And knightly cry and comrade-call Rise high above the savage din. Now, now they land, a dwindling crew ; Now, now fresh armies hem them round. They cleave their blood-bought avenue, And cluster on the upper ground. Ah! but dawn’s dreadful front uprears ! The tall towers blaze, to illume the fight; While many a myriad heathen spears March northward at the earliest light. Falls thy last comrade at thy feet, O lordly-souled Sir Palamede? Teari…
1910 · PDF PAGE 115
…e takhallus. A. L. (It will be observed that some of these notes are redundant. We have not altered or cut any of Ma- jor Lutiy’s notes, though we have added a small number of our own. On the rare occasions of our disagreement, we have added his initials to his note, and added our own view in brackets. Ed.)
1929 · PDF PAGE 110
110 open revolt against the Chief, though afraid to declare its intentions. I went to London and discussed the matter with Jones, Baker and Mrs. Emery. Jones saw clearly enough that if Mathers were not the head of the Order and the trusted representative of the Secret Chiefs, there was no Order at all. Baker's position was that {193} 1. WEH Note: This portion is a development of the Hebrew text of the first verse of Genesis. Mathers was behaving badly; he was sick of the whole business. Mrs. Emery, the nominal representative of the Chief, was t…
1929 · PDF PAGE 7
…ivid passion for ceremonial speech. These two qualities have played highly important parts in his development. This baptism, by the way, though it never worried him, provided a peril to the soul of another. When his wife's conduct compelled him to insist upon her divorcing him --- a formality as meaningless as their marriage --- and she became insane shortly afterward, an eminent masochist named Colonel Gormley, R.A.M.C. (dead previously, then and since) lay in wait for her at the asylum gates to marry her. The trouble was that he included amon…
1910 · PDF PAGE 349
… STICK of novelists; one feels throughout that his occultism is the result of study and not of experience. That is why I say exoteric. Although the style of the book is comparatively undistinguished, and some- times lapses into actual slovenliness, Mr. Brodie-Innes frequently attains beauty, and beauty of a positive and original kind. Some of his sea-pictures are quite fine. But the magic of style that renders Arthur Machen so marvellous is lack- ing. “Old as the World” is always interesting; it is never enthralling. “Old as the World” is much …
1910 · PDF PAGE 349
… STICK of novelists; one feels throughout that his occultism is the result of study and not of experience. That is why I say exoteric. Although the style of the book is comparatively undistinguished, and some- times lapses into actual slovenliness, Mr. Brodie-Innes frequently attains beauty, and beauty of a positive and original kind. Some of his sea-pictures are quite fine. But the magic of style that renders Arthur Machen so marvellous is lack- ing. “Old as the World” is always interesting; it is never enthralling. “Old as the World” is much …
1910 · PDF PAGE 51
…ment. I have forged a whirling Star: I seek Asar. O Nepti, sister! Arise in the dusk From thy chamber of mystery and musk! Come with me, though weary the way, To bring back his life to the rended clay! See! are not these the hands that wove Delight, and these the arms that strove With me? And these the feet, the thighs That were lovely in mine eyes? Lo! I lament. I gather in my car Thine head, Asar. 39
1910 · PDF PAGE 51
…ment. I have forged a whirling Star: I seek Asar. O Nepti, sister! Arise in the dusk From thy chamber of mystery and musk! Come with me, though weary the way, To bring back his life to the rended clay! See! are not these the hands that wove Delight, and these the arms that strove With me? And these the feet, the thighs That were lovely in mine eyes? Lo! I lament. I gather in my car Thine head, Asar. 39
1905 · PDF PAGE 192
… Scholarship. 3. As some of Mr Crowley’s works are rare or alto- gether out of print, it will not be necessary to deal with all of them, though to do so would naturally offer a better chance for the prize. The Works are being reprinted in a cheap form, and supplied to competitors at cost price. See the annexed form, which may be filled up if desired. 4. The rights of the prize essay are vested in the Society, which undertakes to publish the winning essay at its own expense, on terms of half-profits.
1910 · PDF PAGE 482
…s head upon) The devastating avalanche? He knows too much, and cares too little! His wound is more than Death can staunch. He can avoid, though by one tittle, Thy surest shaft! And now the knight, Breasting the crags, may laugh and whittle Away the demon-club whose might Threatened him. Now he leaves the spur; And eager, with a boy’s delight,
1910 · PDF PAGE 482
…s head upon) The devastating avalanche? He knows too much, and cares too little! His wound is more than Death can staunch. He can avoid, though by one tittle, Thy surest shaft! And now the knight, Breasting the crags, may laugh and whittle Away the demon-club whose might Threatened him. Now he leaves the spur; And eager, with a boy’s delight,