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1910 · PDF PAGE 60

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE AGNOSTIC POSITION Direct experience is the key to Yoga; direct experience of that Soul (Atman) or Essence (Purusha) which acting upon Energy (Prana) and Substance (Akasa) differentiates a plant from a stone, an animal from a plant, a man from an animal, a man from a man, and man from God, yet which ultimately is the underlying Equilibrium of all things; for as the Bhaga- vad-Gita says: ‘“ Equilibrium is called Yoga.” Chemically the various groups in the organic and inorganic worlds are similar in structure and composition. One piece of lime…

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1916 · PDF PAGE 17

A Prophet In His Own Country

…e amazing letters. Let the reader then consider carefully this matter. Let him understand that in Mr. Stuart we have not merely the wise man, or the strong man, or the good man, but the necessary man. The eyes are clear, the heart is pure, and the hand works in entire harmony with them. When the anarchy which exists in this country becomes obvious to its people, and the dictator is required to bring order out of chaos, they have only to turn to the portrait at the commencement of this volume, and exclaim: Ecce Homo!

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1909 · PDF PAGE 10

The Soldier and the Hunchback ! and ?

…thematics is conventional, and not essential; relative, and not absolute. We go deeper and deeper, then, it seems, from the One into the Many. Our primary proposition depends no longer upon itself, but upon the whole complex being of man, poor, disputing, muddle-headed man! Man with all his limitations and ignorance ; man—man! 118

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1909 · PDF PAGE 306

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… argument are in fact part of me?” “But surely,” replies the Materialist, “you do not doubt that the world exists, that the Evolution of Man exists, that Judas McCabbage exists and is an actual fact.” “Granted they do exist,” sighs the Idealist, “‘so do the reflections of an ape’s face in a looking-glass, yes, they do exist, but not apart from my own mind.” “ Yet the world of a blind man,” says the Mystic, “isa very different place to the world a deaf man lives in, and both these worlds vary considerably from the world normally constituted man …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 306

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… argument are in fact part of me?” “But surely,” replies the Materialist, “you do not doubt that the world exists, that the Evolution of Man exists, that Judas McCabbage exists and is an actual fact.” “Granted they do exist,” sighs the Idealist, “‘so do the reflections of an ape’s face in a looking-glass, yes, they do exist, but not apart from my own mind.” “ Yet the world of a blind man,” says the Mystic, “isa very different place to the world a deaf man lives in, and both these worlds vary considerably from the world normally constituted man …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 11

Oracles

LINES ON BEING INVITED TO MEET THE PREMIER IN WALES, SEPTEMBER ’92 I WILL not shake thy hand, old man, I will not shake thy hand ; You bear a traitor’s brand, old man, You bear a liar’s brand. Thy talents are profound and wide, Apparent power to win ; It is not everyone has lied A nation into sin. And look thou not so black, my friend, Nor seam that hoary brow ; Thy deeds are seamier, my friend, Thy record blacker now. Your age and sex forbid, old man, I need not tell you how, Or else I’d knock you down, old man, Like that extremist cow.* You’v…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 213

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

Aelfrida Tillyard . * A MOTHER, ON HER SON 'S 21st BIRTHDAY . M Y son is mine no more . He is a man , IVI And as a man he meets his life alone. I'm grown as some madonna carved of stone, To kneel before , to honour, and forget. He was the child I made and now a man I thought his very blood was mine ; I made his soul and with it did entwine My soul, my life , my very self - and yet He is not I , he stands alone, a man . He cannot see I made him as he is, Gave him the breath of beauty with my kiss, · Taught him the tune of pain , with eyelids wet…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 56

Konx Om Pax

…ke a bally great rabbit with its tail in its mouth. One would say a young virgin in pink sandals with her hair in curl papers.” (For the man in the moon has read Maeterlinck and the divine Oscar.) The Angel replied: “0 Man in the Moon, this is an error which is spoken concerning silver globes, hares, dogs, rabbits, Virgins, pink slippers, and the ubiquitous products of the immortal Hinde. Let us examine more closely l” Tucking forthwith the Man under his wing, the Angel flew incontinently earthward. “The globe is bigger than I thought,” said the…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 16

The Argonauts

…TAE We once believed him reverend and refined, Saw majesty in all that tottering gait, And honour in the goat-like beard of him! FIRST WOMAN. A week ago your blue eyes were in tears, Sidelong regarding the old mountebank. SECOND WOMAN. To-day I would not be his concubine For all Iolchus—for all Thessaly! THIRD WOMAN, I see the same glance seek out Jason now. SECOND WOMAN. Ay, there’s a man! What muscles! What fine fire In the quick eye! What vigour and warm strength! FIRST WOMAN. Yes, in your wishes, But indeed he is A proper man. Away, you anc…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 168

Liber Aleph

LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 156 Ew De Viro (Of the Man) EARN now that this Lion is a natural Quality in Man, and secret, so that he is not ware thereof, except he be Adept. Therefore is it necessary for thee also to know, by the Head of the Sphinx. This then is thy Liberty, that the Impulse of the Lion should become conscious by means of the Man; for without this thou art but an Automaton. This Man moreover maketh thee to understand and to adjust thyself with Environment, else being devoid of Judgment, thou goest blindly upon an headlong Path. For ever…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 12

Oracles

LINES ON BEING INVITED 7 You bear a traitor’s brand, old man, You bear a liar’s brand ; I will not shake thy hand, old man, I will not shake thy hand. [And I didn’t.

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1906 · PDF PAGE 101

Gargoyles

The agéd man lifted his mouth And spat against the South. He clutched his throat in pang of death, As if he cried for breath. Whereat the second beat his breast And frowned upon the West. Then the man sighed, as if to say: The glow of life is gone away. At this the rusty and wroth released His eyes against the East. Then the man touched his navel, as He felt his life thence pass. Also he smote his spine; the base Of life burnt up apace. Then rose the many-coloured sage; He was right sad with age. 93

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1913 · PDF PAGE 327

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…rine of true religion; religion means charity, and God Himself is only love. I have already said to you, to love is to give. The impious man is he who absorbs others. The pious man is he who loses himself in humanity If the heart of man concentrate in himself the fire with which God animates it, it is a hell which devours all, and fills itself only with ashes ; if he radiates it without, it becomes a tender sun of love. Man owes himself to his family; his family owes itself to the fatherland; and the fatherland to humanity. The egoism of man me…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 327

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…rine of true religion; religion means charity, and God Himself is only love. I have already said to you, to love is to give. The impious man is he who absorbs others. The pious man is he who loses himself in humanity If the heart of man concentrate in himself the fire with which God animates it, it is a hell which devours all, and fills itself only with ashes ; if he radiates it without, it becomes a tender sun of love. Man owes himself to his family; his family owes itself to the fatherland; and the fatherland to humanity. The egoism of man me…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 532

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

BOOK II MAGICAL MYSTERIES CHAPTER I THEORY OF THE WILL Human life and its innumerable difficulties have for object, in the ordination of eternal wisdom, the education of the will of man. The dignity of man consists in doing what he will, and in willing the good, in conformity with the knowledge of truth. The good in conformity with the true, is the just. Justice is the practice of reason. Reason is the word of reality. Reality is the science of truth. Truth is idea identical with being. Man arrives at the absolute idea of being by two roads, ex…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 532

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

BOOK II MAGICAL MYSTERIES CHAPTER I THEORY OF THE WILL Human life and its innumerable difficulties have for object, in the ordination of eternal wisdom, the education of the will of man. The dignity of man consists in doing what he will, and in willing the good, in conformity with the knowledge of truth. The good in conformity with the true, is the just. Justice is the practice of reason. Reason is the word of reality. Reality is the science of truth. Truth is idea identical with being. Man arrives at the absolute idea of being by two roads, ex…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 125

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… name was Theophraste Goulet, drew out a cigarette and offered it to his intended victim. It is impossible in a polite nation to leave a man until you have finished the cigarette he gives you—a man, if he was a man, once gave me an Irish cigarette, but that story is a separate chequewand Placide could not have cut that knot save with his axe. However, in the first pause of the voluble ass for breath, he pointed to his work, uttered the adjective “ Hard,” and continued to chop. However, the purport of the discourse—in a highly con— densed form—was…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 125

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… name was Theophraste Goulet, drew out a cigarette and offered it to his intended victim. It is impossible in a polite nation to leave a man until you have finished the cigarette he gives you—a man, if he was a man, once gave me an Irish cigarette, but that story is a separate chequewand Placide could not have cut that knot save with his axe. However, in the first pause of the voluble ass for breath, he pointed to his work, uttered the adjective “ Hard,” and continued to chop. However, the purport of the discourse—in a highly con— densed form—was…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 59

Why Jesus Wept

… CARRUTHERS, GREUMOCH, MOLLY, and retainers on horseback enter LADY BAIRD and SIR PERCY PER- CIVALE on the battlements. CARRUTHERS. Be a man, Greumoch boy, be a man ! GREUMOCH. Sir, did she’ll no be thinking ye were greeting yersel’, mon, she’ll could find it in her heert to whang ye, whateffer. ANGELA. You are early hunting, gentlemen. Come in ! My steward shall serve somewhat. Sees Molly. Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! You bring a lady, then, Carruthers ! CARRUTHERS. Madam ! Give me that boy ! ANGELA. You fool, you are too late ! This is a man.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 401

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES A. Yes; according to faith, there is the Providence of God, and the sacrifice of man. Q. What is this sacrifice? A. It is the willing and spontaneous surrender of right. Q.. Is this sacrifice reasonable? A. No; it is a kind of folly greater than reason, for reason is forced to admire it. Q. How does one call a man who acts according to truth, reality, reason and justice? A. A moral man. g. And if he sacrifices his interests to justice? a. A man of honour. g. Andif in order to imitate the grandeur and goodness of Provide…

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