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Page 20 of 2251903 · PDF PAGE 12
…not truly affirm : ‘Nothingness is green, or heavy, or sweet.” Let us call time, space, being, heaviness, hunger, the categories. “ If a man be heavy and hungry, he is extended in all these, besides, of course, many more. But let us suppose that these five are all. Call the man X; his formula is then Xt+#+4+», If he now eat, he will cease to be extended in hunger; if he be cut off from time and gravitation as well, he will now be repre- sented by the formula X++*, Should he cease to occupy space and to exist, his formula would then be X*. This …
1913 · PDF PAGE 300
THE EQUINOX fact; man is a religious animal. The word “religion” has then a necessary and absolute sense. Nature herself sanctifies the idea which this word represents, and exalts it to the height of a principle. The need of believing is closely linked with the need of loving; for that reason our souls need communion in the same hopes and in the same love. Isolated beliefs are only doubts: it is the bond of mutual confidence which, by creating faith, composes religion. Faith does not invent itself, does not impose itself, does not establish its…
1913 · PDF PAGE 300
THE EQUINOX fact; man is a religious animal. The word “religion” has then a necessary and absolute sense. Nature herself sanctifies the idea which this word represents, and exalts it to the height of a principle. The need of believing is closely linked with the need of loving; for that reason our souls need communion in the same hopes and in the same love. Isolated beliefs are only doubts: it is the bond of mutual confidence which, by creating faith, composes religion. Faith does not invent itself, does not impose itself, does not establish its…
1905 · PDF PAGE 145
… Here and hereafter doth he mourn, him suffering doth doubly irk, Who doeth evil, seeing now at last how evil was his work. The virtuous man rejoices here, hereafter doth he take delight, Both ways rejoices, both delights, as seeing that his work was right. Here and hereafter suffers he : the pains of shame his bosom fill Who thinks “ I did the wrong,” laments his going on the Path of Ill. Here and hereafter 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 …
1906 · PDF PAGE 240
…etch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line that shall be absolutely straight.” The definition of God as infinite therefore denies man implicitly; while if he be finite, there is an end of the usual Christian reasons for worship, though I daresay I could myself discover some reasonably good ones. [I hardly expect to be asked, somehow.] The resulting equilibrium of God and man, destructive of worship, is of course absurd. We must reject it, unless we want to fall into Positivism, Materialism, or something of the sort. But if, then, we call…
1919 · PDF PAGE 371
THE TWO PATHS father and call him “householder”; for man and beast all pity to renounce—tell them their tongue is false. This verse explains that the Adept has no business to break up his domestic circumstances. The Rosicrucian Doc- trine that the Adept should be a man of the world, is much nobler than that of the hermit. If the Ascetic Doctrine is carried to its logical conclusion, a stone is holier than Bud- dha himself. Read, however, Liber CLVI. 22. Thus teach the Tirthikas, the unbelievers. It is a little difficult to justify the epithet “…
1902 · PDF PAGE 28
…e Dawning of the Blood, even as a smile : Even as a smile on Beauty's burning cheek- Ha ! In a circle ? As this journey is ? How vain is man's imagining and weak ! Begod my lady, and my lady's kiss ? Back swing we to the pitiful abyss. Liken God's being to the life of man. So reason staggers. Angels, answer me ! Ye who have watched the far unfolding plan— How is time shorter than eternity ? Prove it and weigh ! By mind it cannot be. All our divisions spring in our own brain. See ! As upsprings on the horizon there A clefted hill contemptuous of…
1929 · PDF PAGE 260
…orce his orders, he was utterly at sea. On one occasion he actually threatened a disobedient coolie with his kukri and revolver, and the man, knowing he would not dare to use them, laughed in his face. The natives despised him as a weak man, which is the worst thing that can befall anyone that has anything to do with them. Tartarin too, though cheerful and genial, had forgotten the lesson of 1902. He was fussy and helpless. On one occasion he actually tried to bribe a man with boots and claws to do his ordinary duty. As long as I was with the m…
1911 · PDF PAGE 98
…! News l [LEDMIYA goes out Enter a Messenger. 2ND MESSENGER. The duty οί my lord to his mother! We keep the hounds at bay now. Prince Sliman is like the Angel of Death. No man can stand before him. The Christians tremble, and give back when he rides against them. LAYLAH. A man! A man! He is not hurt? 2ND MESSENGER. Scratches. As if a lion were at play with kittens ! [.₪/1.1111 I am glad he has scratches. Every one shall be sung by the poets as if it were the axe-blow of old Duke Walter. [Again the mailing surges in lhe courtyard. LEDMIYA rushes…
1911 · PDF PAGE 98
…! News l [LEDMIYA goes out Enter a Messenger. 2ND MESSENGER. The duty οί my lord to his mother! We keep the hounds at bay now. Prince Sliman is like the Angel of Death. No man can stand before him. The Christians tremble, and give back when he rides against them. LAYLAH. A man! A man! He is not hurt? 2ND MESSENGER. Scratches. As if a lion were at play with kittens ! [.₪/1.1111 I am glad he has scratches. Every one shall be sung by the poets as if it were the axe-blow of old Duke Walter. [Again the mailing surges in lhe courtyard. LEDMIYA rushes…
1912 · PDF PAGE 52
…unning and his purpose. " Only, no water's left to feed its play." “Up with it on the tripod I It's extinct." But surely I am not a dead man at thirty! ” The entry is followed by an undated entry earlier than the 25th, suggesting a method of “discipline." But nothing else. Indeed, there is absolute silence on all mystic matters until December 20, over a month later. On that day, jumping on to his Burmese pony, a few yards after fording the stream which marks the Chinese frontier, the animal backed before he was in the saddle, and fell with him …
1912 · PDF PAGE 52
…unning and his purpose. " Only, no water's left to feed its play." “Up with it on the tripod I It's extinct." But surely I am not a dead man at thirty! ” The entry is followed by an undated entry earlier than the 25th, suggesting a method of “discipline." But nothing else. Indeed, there is absolute silence on all mystic matters until December 20, over a month later. On that day, jumping on to his Burmese pony, a few yards after fording the stream which marks the Chinese frontier, the animal backed before he was in the saddle, and fell with him …
1913 · PDF PAGE 20
KE@AAH H STEEPED HORSEHAIR Mind is a disease of semen. All that a man is or may be is hidden therein. Bodily functions are parts of the machine; silent, unless in dis-ease.
1954 · PDF PAGE 540
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1909 · PDF PAGE 369
THE MAN-COVER When the cage, made of the strongest steel, was closed upon me, I found myself a prisoner in the most degrading state. I began to look around and to shake the bars of my grating, but in vain. The man-without-a-cover had gone. My next step was to inspect the prison. And in so doing I discovered in the left corner a box, resembling a coffin in shape, though it was certainly not a coffin such as I delight in seeing daily in the windows of the undertakers. It was divided into compartments! “Is this the box of lofty thoughts, I wonder?…
1909 · PDF PAGE 369
THE MAN-COVER When the cage, made of the strongest steel, was closed upon me, I found myself a prisoner in the most degrading state. I began to look around and to shake the bars of my grating, but in vain. The man-without-a-cover had gone. My next step was to inspect the prison. And in so doing I discovered in the left corner a box, resembling a coffin in shape, though it was certainly not a coffin such as I delight in seeing daily in the windows of the undertakers. It was divided into compartments! “Is this the box of lofty thoughts, I wonder?…
1901 · PDF PAGE 73
…nned to whirling fiery flight, As the spark of life is dwindled In the sacramental span, In the star that flashes white In the body of a man; By the swart Osirian power, If, when strikes the holy hour Of the holy sacrifice, Angels swoon from starry homes Full of inexpressive eyes, That the blood that swells and foams Lighten with the fervid air, To create from death’s despair Masteries of music, domes Gilded with the splendid essence of the highest hope of man; If the sombre stream that ran From the smitten breast be kindled with the sacrificia…
1910 · PDF PAGE 109
Ecstasy stronger than work of man or wrath of God. 101 XXVI THE TOWER OF SHINAR1 On Shinar plain a tower was built By man’s ambitious fear and guilt. (But Allah smote it with his fire : — Who sees it yonder in the silt ?) But I have built a higher tower Of love and fame for thee, o jilt !2 And yet a higher,3 this member firm, Fit for thy podex, an thou wilt. Nor Allah smites it, nor the Jinn, Until its pearly wine is spilt. Come in the cool of evening Beneath the figured goathair4 quilt ! Then will I gallop through the vale My spear at thy djir…
1913 · PDF PAGE 72
Aleister Crowley . No man hath seen beneath my brows Eternity 's exultant house ; No man hath noted in my brain The knowledge of my mystic spouse . I watch the centuries wax and wane. Poor , in the kingdom of strong gold , My power is swift and uncontrolled . Simple , amid the maze of lies ; A child , among the cruel old , I plot their stealthy destinies . So patient , in the breathless strife ; So silent , under scourge and knife ; So tranquil , in the surge of things ; I bring them , from the well of Life , Love , from celestial water - sprin…
1902 · PDF PAGE 113
…he strong curse rolls Over accursed and immortal souls, Covering the corners of the universe Without escape. This is the evil destiny of man : The desperate plan Made by the Ancient One, to keep His power. Limits He set, made space unsearchable Yet bounded, made time endless to transcend Man's thought to comprehend : Builded the Tower Of life, and girded it with walls of hell, The name of Death. This limit in all things Baffles the spirit wings, Chains the swift soul ; for even Death is bound. In its apparent amplitude I saw, I, who have slept …