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THE EQUINOX the “thing in itself” is very certain, for it is only what “WE see.” Yet nevertheless we renounce this as being absurd, or not renouncing it, at least do not live up to our assertion; for, we name that which is a reality to a child, and a deceit or illusion to a man, an apparition or a shadow. Thus, little by little, we beget a new reality upon the old reality, a new false- hood upon the old falsehood, namely, that the thing we see is “an illusion” and is not “a reality,” seldom considering that the true difference between the one a…
1910 · PDF PAGE 66
THE EQUINOX the “thing in itself” is very certain, for it is only what “WE see.” Yet nevertheless we renounce this as being absurd, or not renouncing it, at least do not live up to our assertion; for, we name that which is a reality to a child, and a deceit or illusion to a man, an apparition or a shadow. Thus, little by little, we beget a new reality upon the old reality, a new false- hood upon the old falsehood, namely, that the thing we see is “an illusion” and is not “a reality,” seldom considering that the true difference between the one a…
1912 · PDF PAGE 63
… April 28. A poor; bodily health imperfect still, yet great ח ;: 29, clarity of vision in the matter of the four quarters. Α.'. The same thing happens every time: the me- chanical part is kept easily, but I {all instantly into a dull reverie or even slumber. This has nothing pleasant or alluring; is curiously impersonal and bewildering. 30. A exactly the same as yesterday. Will repeat. (It has struck me—in connection with reading B1ake~that Aiwass, etc., “Force and Fire" is the very thing I lack. My“ conscience " is really an obstacle and a del…
1912 · PDF PAGE 63
… April 28. A poor; bodily health imperfect still, yet great ח ;: 29, clarity of vision in the matter of the four quarters. Α.'. The same thing happens every time: the me- chanical part is kept easily, but I {all instantly into a dull reverie or even slumber. This has nothing pleasant or alluring; is curiously impersonal and bewildering. 30. A exactly the same as yesterday. Will repeat. (It has struck me—in connection with reading B1ake~that Aiwass, etc., “Force and Fire" is the very thing I lack. My“ conscience " is really an obstacle and a del…
1912 · PDF PAGE 218
…e? the Prince and Princess are thoroughly brought into action.? Therefore do they generally imply the initiation and fecunda-? tion of a thing.? Realization of action owing to the Prince being?הנינ produced. The central symbol on each card‘ Action? definitely commenced for good or evil.? Perfection, realization, completion: making a matter?רסה settled and fixed.? Opposition, strife and struggle: war; obstacle to?הרובג the thing in hand. Ultimate success or failure is otherwise? shewn.? Definite accomplishment Thing carried out.?תראפת Generally she…
1912 · PDF PAGE 218
…e? the Prince and Princess are thoroughly brought into action.? Therefore do they generally imply the initiation and fecunda-? tion of a thing.? Realization of action owing to the Prince being?הנינ produced. The central symbol on each card‘ Action? definitely commenced for good or evil.? Perfection, realization, completion: making a matter?רסה settled and fixed.? Opposition, strife and struggle: war; obstacle to?הרובג the thing in hand. Ultimate success or failure is otherwise? shewn.? Definite accomplishment Thing carried out.?תראפת Generally she…
1912 · PDF PAGE 100
…t think. ” And she stood motionless until her hapless father attracted her attention by backing into his wicker chain “ Don't touch holy things," she snapped suddenly, taking the sketch from his nerveless hand, and replacing it reverently in the portfolio. The action seemed to decide heri "I'll give you an address to send my things to, ” she said, and walked out of the garden. Theodore Bugg sat stunned “Holy things, " she had said. She called that lustful French photograph holy! Was this Original Sin; or was it that strange new thing people wer…
1912 · PDF PAGE 100
…t think. ” And she stood motionless until her hapless father attracted her attention by backing into his wicker chain “ Don't touch holy things," she snapped suddenly, taking the sketch from his nerveless hand, and replacing it reverently in the portfolio. The action seemed to decide heri "I'll give you an address to send my things to, ” she said, and walked out of the garden. Theodore Bugg sat stunned “Holy things, " she had said. She called that lustful French photograph holy! Was this Original Sin; or was it that strange new thing people wer…
1922 · PDF PAGE 159
Short Commons 145 It didn’t come off. We had a wonderful dinner; and then a horrible thing happened, the most horrible thing in my life. Cockie wanted to go to a show! You might have hit me on the head with a poker. I don’t attract him any more; and I love him so much! He went to the box office to see about tickets, and while he was gone—this was the really horrible thing— I found I was simply telling myself ‘I love him so much.” Love is dead. And yet that’s not true. I do love him with all my heart and soul; and yet, somehow, I can’t. I want t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 488
…te all the superstitions with which the adepts of occult science have been reproached. This is how they reasoned: The sign expresses the thing. The thing is the virtue of the sign. There is an analogical correspondence between the sign and the thing signified. The more perfect is the sign, the more entire is the correspondence. To say a word is to evoke a thought and make it present. To name God is to manifest God. The word acts upon souls, and souls react upon bodies; consequently one can frighten, console, cause to fall ill, cure, even kill, …
1913 · PDF PAGE 488
…te all the superstitions with which the adepts of occult science have been reproached. This is how they reasoned: The sign expresses the thing. The thing is the virtue of the sign. There is an analogical correspondence between the sign and the thing signified. The more perfect is the sign, the more entire is the correspondence. To say a word is to evoke a thought and make it present. To name God is to manifest God. The word acts upon souls, and souls react upon bodies; consequently one can frighten, console, cause to fall ill, cure, even kill, …
1913 · PDF PAGE 67
…est awhile, and attempt a two-day practice; and so on until he is perfect. He should also begin with the very easiest practices. But the thing which he is sworn to avoid should not be a thing which normally he would do infrequently ; because the strain on the memory which sub- serves his vigilance would be very great, and the practice become difficult. It is just as well at first that the pain of his arm should be ^This book must be carefully read. Its essence is that the pupil swears to refrain from a certain thought, word, or deed; and on eac…
1903 · PDF PAGE 15
…able”. By negativing both terms we get “Absence-of- book is not on the table”, which is precisely my equation backwards, and a thinkable thing, To reverse. the process, what do I mean when I say “some pigs, but not the black pig, are not in the sty"? I imply that the black pig is im the sty. All I have done is to represent the conversion as a change, rather than as merely another way of expressing the same thing. And “change” is really not my meaning either; for change, to our minds, involves the idea of time. But the whole thing is incon- ceiv…
1910 · PDF PAGE 72
…e could in no way understand, by piling up symbols of extravagant vastness. All, as with the Qabalists, was based on Zero, all, save one thing, and this one thing saved the mind of man from the fearful palsy of doubt which had shaken to ruin his brave certainties, his audacious hopes and his invincible resolutions. Man, slowly through all his doubts, began to realize that if indeed all were MAyéA, a matter of words, he at least existed. ‘I am,” he cried, no longer, “I am it.” + And with the isA Upanishad he whispered: Into dense darkness he ent…
1910 · PDF PAGE 72
…e could in no way understand, by piling up symbols of extravagant vastness. All, as with the Qabalists, was based on Zero, all, save one thing, and this one thing saved the mind of man from the fearful palsy of doubt which had shaken to ruin his brave certainties, his audacious hopes and his invincible resolutions. Man, slowly through all his doubts, began to realize that if indeed all were MAyéA, a matter of words, he at least existed. ‘I am,” he cried, no longer, “I am it.” + And with the isA Upanishad he whispered: Into dense darkness he ent…
1912 · PDF PAGE 106
Q. A. Q. A. pus SUMMARY What is genius, and how is it produced? Let us take several specimens of the species, and try to find some one 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 …
1913 · PDF PAGE 289
…he Grade of Exempt Adept, just as his Ritual and Dogma was his Thesis for the grade of Major Adept. He is, in fact, no longer talking of things as if their sense was fixed and universal. He is beginning to see some- thing of the contradiction inherent in the nature of things, or at any rate, he constantly illustrates the fact that the planes are to be kept separate for practical purposes, although in the final analysis they turn out to be one. This, and the extra- ordinarily subtle and delicate irony of which Eliphas Levi is one of the greatest…
1913 · PDF PAGE 289
…he Grade of Exempt Adept, just as his Ritual and Dogma was his Thesis for the grade of Major Adept. He is, in fact, no longer talking of things as if their sense was fixed and universal. He is beginning to see some- thing of the contradiction inherent in the nature of things, or at any rate, he constantly illustrates the fact that the planes are to be kept separate for practical purposes, although in the final analysis they turn out to be one. This, and the extra- ordinarily subtle and delicate irony of which Eliphas Levi is one of the greatest…
1911 · PDF PAGE 197
…ORNUS enters veil and walks πῤand down. He returns.] [bg/tts mir. Brother Capricornus, what do you find ? CAPRICORNUS. Master, there is nothing but a little pile of dust. AQUARIUS. There is no living thing therein? CAPRICORNUS. There is no living thing therein. MAGISTER TEMPLI. [Reni/e: poem: “ Collogue sen/z'men/al."] In the ancient frozen solitary park Two figures passed anon—now mark ! Their eyes are dead, their lips are soft and grey; One scarce can hear the words they say. In the ancient frozen solitary park Two ghosts evoke the past—oh hark…
1911 · PDF PAGE 197
…ORNUS enters veil and walks πῤand down. He returns.] [bg/tts mir. Brother Capricornus, what do you find ? CAPRICORNUS. Master, there is nothing but a little pile of dust. AQUARIUS. There is no living thing therein? CAPRICORNUS. There is no living thing therein. MAGISTER TEMPLI. [Reni/e: poem: “ Collogue sen/z'men/al."] In the ancient frozen solitary park Two figures passed anon—now mark ! Their eyes are dead, their lips are soft and grey; One scarce can hear the words they say. In the ancient frozen solitary park Two ghosts evoke the past—oh hark…