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Page 20 of 1121911 · PDF PAGE 125
…lready I run to a full page in the American papers, my name intimately coupled with that of a duke’s daughter whom I have never seen." “ Good, good l " she agreed—" so much for fame. But are you really great? Your laughter was better than Zarathoustra Ξ What is your real secret? Why did you love your neigh— bour? Why did you speak the truth? How did you come to know anything at all well enough to be able to laugh as 117
1912 · PDF PAGE 53
…culous " Then I am some use after all ! " was his conclusion. “I am indeed SENT to do something.” For whom? For the Universe; no partial good could possibly satisfy his equation. “I am, then, the ‘chosen Priest and Apostle of Infinite Space.’ Very good: and what is the message? What shall I teach men?” And like the lightning from heaven fell upon him these words: “THE KNOWLEDGE AND CONVERSA- TION OF THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL." Just that. No metaphysical stuff about the “higher self ”; a thing that the very villagers of Pu Peng could under- stand. …
1912 · PDF PAGE 53
…culous " Then I am some use after all ! " was his conclusion. “I am indeed SENT to do something.” For whom? For the Universe; no partial good could possibly satisfy his equation. “I am, then, the ‘chosen Priest and Apostle of Infinite Space.’ Very good: and what is the message? What shall I teach men?” And like the lightning from heaven fell upon him these words: “THE KNOWLEDGE AND CONVERSA- TION OF THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL." Just that. No metaphysical stuff about the “higher self ”; a thing that the very villagers of Pu Peng could under- stand. …
1919 · PDF PAGE 446
…velops the same doctrine. You have ac- quired the supreme creative force. You are the Word, and it must be spoken (verse 83). There is a good deal of anti- climax in verse 83, and a peculiarly unnecessary split infin- itive. Blavatsky’s difficulty seems to have been that although she is always talking of the advance of the good Narjol, he never seems to advance in point of view. Now, on the threshold of the last Path, he is still an ordinary person with vague visionary yearnings! It is true that He wishes the unity of all that lives, complete h…
1904 · PDF PAGE 31
…! The song of the level and line! The whirr of the whistling wheel! The ring of the axe on the pine! The joy of the ended labour, As the good ship plunges free By sound of pipe and tabor To front the sparkling sea! The mystery-woven spell! The voyage of golden gain! The free full sails that swell On the swell of the splendid main!
1912 · PDF PAGE 78
72 In all the seasons and the tides. But ah! the more it changed and changed” — (The good knight laughed to split his sides !) “What? Is the soul of things deranged? The more it changed, and rippled through Its changes, and still changed, and changed, The liker to itself it grew. Bear me,” he cried, “ to purge my bile To the old land of Hormakhu, That I may sit and curse awhile At all these follies fond that pen My quest about—on, on to Nile! Tread tenderly, my merry men! For nothing is so void and vile As Palamede the Saracen.”
1910 · PDF PAGE 250
…him! Oh, what a world of ecstasy is this! To be his, and he mine! Tobe—oh! oh! I cannot bear the joy of it. I want to sit down and havea good cry. [S¢ts, crying and laughing with the joy of tt.) Oh, loving Father of all, what a world Thou hast made! What a gift is life! How much it holds of love and laughter! Is there anything more, anything better? I cannot believe it. Is there anything, anybody that could make me happier? tHomas. Mr. Todd. [Enter Topp. EUPHEMIA. Good afternoon, Mr. Todd! So glad to see you! Why, how strange you look! What hav…
1910 · PDF PAGE 250
…him! Oh, what a world of ecstasy is this! To be his, and he mine! Tobe—oh! oh! I cannot bear the joy of it. I want to sit down and havea good cry. [S¢ts, crying and laughing with the joy of tt.) Oh, loving Father of all, what a world Thou hast made! What a gift is life! How much it holds of love and laughter! Is there anything more, anything better? I cannot believe it. Is there anything, anybody that could make me happier? tHomas. Mr. Todd. [Enter Topp. EUPHEMIA. Good afternoon, Mr. Todd! So glad to see you! Why, how strange you look! What hav…
1922 · PDF PAGE 261
CHAPTER I KING LAMUS INTERVENES It is only three months ago; but it seems a lifetime. My memory is now very good, and I remember more details of the past every day. I am writing this account of the past three months, partly because my best friend tells me that it will strengthen it if I exercise it by putting down what has occurred in sequence. And you know, even a month ago, I couldn’t have recalled anything at all with regard to certain periods. My friend tells me that memory fails me in part because nature mercifully wishes to hide from us t…
1910 · PDF PAGE 191
…mily, I hope. How dreadful for poor Henry if he had been run over by a plebeian ! OSSORY. Well, we hardly knowI wonder if his credit is good. [His voice sinks to a whisper as the awful suspicion that he may be financially unsound strikes him.] CARR. [sharply, as if pained]. Oh, oh ! Dont suggest such a thing without the very best reason. It would be too terrible ! [This time EUPHEMIA laughs. OSSORY. My dear boy, I deliberately say it. I have the very best of reasons for supposing him to be very deeply dipped. Very deeply dipped. CARR. [Hides …
1929 · PDF PAGE 24
…, especially distinguishing the shape of its base and the degree of its opacity to heat and light. From these data I could make a pretty good guess at what the object was. This faculty of mine was repeatedly tested, and al- ways with success. Extreme sensitiveness to minute de- grees of heat was its obvious cause. I was also a singularly good thought-reader, even at this time. The other girls feared me absolutely. They
1906 · PDF PAGE 120
…EA. Nay, consider first. Would he consent? The process is severe ! DANAIDES. We know the sire is not exactly brave, Though very wise and good. MEDEA. Tis clear to me ; Without his knowledge we must do the deed. ALCKSTIS. What is this ‘‘ deed ” ? MEDEA. A caldron is prepared ; And, having hewn your father limb from limb, We seethe him in a broth of magic herbs. ALCESTIS. And then ? MEDEA. The proper incantations said, There rises from the steam a youthful shape More godlike than like man. And he will fall In kind embraces on his children’s necks…
1913 · PDF PAGE 439
…he least thing!. . .” “By permission, sir; it is in religious matters, above all, that authority can never be wrong. . . ._ In religion, good is hierarchy, and evil is anarchy; to what would the influence of the priesthood be reduced, in effect, if you set up the prin- ciple that one must rather believe the testimony of one’s senses than the decision of the Church? Is not the Church more visible than all your miracles? Those who see miracles and who do not see the Church are much more to be pitied than the blind, for there remains to them not e…
1913 · PDF PAGE 439
…he least thing!. . .” “By permission, sir; it is in religious matters, above all, that authority can never be wrong. . . ._ In religion, good is hierarchy, and evil is anarchy; to what would the influence of the priesthood be reduced, in effect, if you set up the prin- ciple that one must rather believe the testimony of one’s senses than the decision of the Church? Is not the Church more visible than all your miracles? Those who see miracles and who do not see the Church are much more to be pitied than the blind, for there remains to them not e…
1922 · PDF PAGE 219
… silly I was. Maisie Jacobs had a flat in Park Mansions. I knew she would stand for anything, and keep her mouth shut. She was in, thank goodness. I don’t know what tale I told her. I don’t know why I was stupid enough to trouble my head to invent one. She's a real good sport, Maisie, and doesn’t care what you do as long as you don’t interfere with her. She had some white silk, and we sewed up the H. in little packets, and stitched them in the flounces of my dress. I kept about half, and put it in an old envelope she had. That was to make my pe…
1909 · PDF PAGE 122
…y, deeply,” he said. “TI called to see you; you had gone—none knew where. I am indeed glad to have met you at last. Perhaps you would be good enough to show me your pictures —you have other pictures of Paris? I am interested in Paris—in Paris itself—in the stones and bricks of it. Might I—if you have nothing better to do—come to your studio now, and see them ?” “Tm afraid the light——” began Roderic. It was now ten o'clock. “That is nothing,” returned the other. “I have my own criteria of excellence. A match-glimmer serves me.” There was only on…
1909 · PDF PAGE 122
…y, deeply,” he said. “TI called to see you; you had gone—none knew where. I am indeed glad to have met you at last. Perhaps you would be good enough to show me your pictures —you have other pictures of Paris? I am interested in Paris—in Paris itself—in the stones and bricks of it. Might I—if you have nothing better to do—come to your studio now, and see them ?” “Tm afraid the light——” began Roderic. It was now ten o'clock. “That is nothing,” returned the other. “I have my own criteria of excellence. A match-glimmer serves me.” There was only on…
1919 · PDF PAGE 260
…......eceeeee eens 100. 200... 220. 4 40 Prince of Jerusalem ............. 5.0. oO. Every man or woman that is of full age, free, and of good report, has an inde- feasible right to these degrees. Beyond this, admission is only granted by invitation from the governing body concerned. Knight of the East and of the West 5.0 . wee TIO V° Sovereign Prince of Rose Croix. (Knight of the PelicanandEagle) 15.0. 260... 330. 5 50 Member of the Senate of Knight Hermetic Philosophers, Knights of the Red Eagle ..... ....... 10.0 . wee 220. VI° Illustrious Kn…
1919 · PDF PAGE 403
… one might better say, men- tal, that of Paramita, moral: But it may well be asked whether these Paths are mutually exclusive, whether a good man is always an idiot and a clever man always a brute, to put the antithesis on a somewhat lower plane. Does anyone really think that one can reach supreme mental control while there are ‘seven cruel, crafty powers, passions incarnate,’ worrying you? The fact is that this dichotomy of the Path is rather dramatic than based on experience. 6. Be of good cheer, Disciple; bear in mind the golden rule. Once t…
1944 · PDF PAGE 221
INTERFERENCE EIGHT OF SWORDS The number Eight, Hod, here signifies lack of persistence in matters of the intellect and of contest. Good fortune, however, attends even these weakened efforts, thanks to the influ‐ ence of Jupiter in Gemini, ruling the Decan. Yet the Will is constantly thwarted by accidental interference. The centre of the card is occupied by two long Swords pointed downward. These are crossed by six small swords, three on each side. They remind one of weapons peculiar to their countries or their cults; we see here the Kriss, the …