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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES you know them? Have you promised themanything? Have you signed a pact ?” “No,” interrupted the owner of the gv/moire; “I do not know them, and I have entered into no agreement with them. I only know that among them the chiefs are good, the inter- mediate rank partly good and partly evil; the inferiors bad, but blindly, and without its being possible for them to do better. He whom I evoked, and who has often appeared to me, belongs to the most elevated hierarchy; for he was good- looking, well dressed, and always gave me…
1913 · PDF PAGE 453
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES you know them? Have you promised themanything? Have you signed a pact ?” “No,” interrupted the owner of the gv/moire; “I do not know them, and I have entered into no agreement with them. I only know that among them the chiefs are good, the inter- mediate rank partly good and partly evil; the inferiors bad, but blindly, and without its being possible for them to do better. He whom I evoked, and who has often appeared to me, belongs to the most elevated hierarchy; for he was good- looking, well dressed, and always gave me…
1913 · PDF PAGE 182
144 THE EQUINOX Thou art too pure to love, too sweet to know, Too fair to bear unsullied through the world, Where love is blind with lust, and hate grows strong On thine immortal song; Nor do the world’s winds blow Abroad the forbidden word, in thee, in thee impearled. My Rose! my Rose! my Rose! my ensanguined Rose, Blood o’ the heart of the love transcending life, Than death more cool, more eloquent, more still : There is moonlight on the hill, But thou art gone, as goes The promised joy of thee, the world’s still-virgin wife. They spurn thee …
1913 · PDF PAGE 182
144 THE EQUINOX Thou art too pure to love, too sweet to know, Too fair to bear unsullied through the world, Where love is blind with lust, and hate grows strong On thine immortal song; Nor do the world’s winds blow Abroad the forbidden word, in thee, in thee impearled. My Rose! my Rose! my Rose! my ensanguined Rose, Blood o’ the heart of the love transcending life, Than death more cool, more eloquent, more still : There is moonlight on the hill, But thou art gone, as goes The promised joy of thee, the world’s still-virgin wife. They spurn thee …
1902 · PDF PAGE 42
…n the face of God ! Yet Moses looked upon His hinder parts. And I —yes, goddess ! in this passionate Life in our secret mountain, well I know Thy beauty, and Thy love, (although they be Infinite, far beyond the mortal mind, Body, or soul to touch, to comprehend. And dwell in) that the utter intimate Knowledge of Thee, if once I ravelled out Thy secret, laid Thee naked to the bone— Nay, to the marrow ! were to come, aware. Face to face full with deity itself And this I strive at ! Therefore is my love Wholly in tune with that concealed desire Br…
1913 · PDF PAGE 455
…who, then, was the victim?” At this question, the workman had a slight trembling; he paled, and his glance became troubled. “Master, you know better than I what it is,” said he humbly in a low voice. ‘Oh, it cost me a great deal to do it; above all, the first time, with a single blow of the magic knife to cut the throat of that innocent creature! One night I had just accomplished the funereal rites, I was seated in the circle on the interior threshold of my door, and the victim had just been consumed in a great fire of alder and cypress wood. .…
1913 · PDF PAGE 455
…who, then, was the victim?” At this question, the workman had a slight trembling; he paled, and his glance became troubled. “Master, you know better than I what it is,” said he humbly in a low voice. ‘Oh, it cost me a great deal to do it; above all, the first time, with a single blow of the magic knife to cut the throat of that innocent creature! One night I had just accomplished the funereal rites, I was seated in the circle on the interior threshold of my door, and the victim had just been consumed in a great fire of alder and cypress wood. .…
1905 · PDF PAGE 146
… or the sea, Mere elements of mine be ye, Or both resolve the dreadful life, And take death’s prize! Take thou the wife, Thou, who didst know. Her ignorance Resolve itself upon a chance! She shall decide the double fate. Be still, my child, and meditate ! This is an hour in heaven.” He ceased And I was silent. She released Her soul from that tremendous birth Of fear in gentle-minded mirth. “ Great Sir!” she cried, “the choice is made! An hour ago I was afraid, Knew nothing, and loved not. But I Know now not this you say—to die. Some doubtful ch…
1899 · PDF PAGE 76
…F ARCHAIS Angry and wonderful, began to range Over her cheeks ; she bitterly began : I will not yield to thee—a mortal man Alone shall know my love. No God shall come From his high place and far immortal home To bend my will by force. Freeborn, I live In freedom, and the love that maidens give To men I give to one, but thou, most high, (For womans wits through your deceptions spy And know ye for Olympians) shall know A maidens heart no lover may win so. Farewell, and find a fairer maid to love! Farewell ! But he : Through all the silent…
1902 · PDF PAGE 7
…ght turning To tell me that it beams above thee — Nay ! though thou wert, as I am, yearning, I should not tell thee that I love thee ! I know what secret thought once blossomed Into a blush that seemed a kiss, Some swift suppressed extreme of bliss In thy most fearful sigh embosomed. What oracle should prate of this ? I know the secret thought that blossomed ! Extol the truth of love's disdain ! Love, daring by no glance to gladden A heart that waits but that to madden 5
1919 · PDF PAGE 400
…with the Pilgrims. It is here admitted that there are many ways of reaching the same end. In order to assist a pupil, the Teacher should know all these ways by actual experience. He should know them in detail. There is a great deal of pious gassing about most Teachers—it is very easy to say “Be good and you will be happy,” and I am afraid that even this book itself has been taken as little better by the majority of its ad- mirers. What the pupil wants is not vague generalisa- tions on virtue, not analyses of Nirvana and explorations in Hindu me…
1905 · PDF PAGE 143
…rt thou, love, by what sweet name I quicken ? By whom, O love, my soul is subtly stricken? O Love, O Love, I linger On the dear word and know not any meaning, Nor why I chant; there is a whisper weaning My soul from depths I knew to depths I guess, Centred in two words only: ‘“‘ Love” and “ Yes.” What lyrist’s gentle finger Strikes out a note, a key, a chord unheard of? What voice intones a song I know no word of ? Who am I, Love, and where? What is the wonder of this troublous singing? What is the meaning of my spirit’s clinging Still to the t…
1902 · PDF PAGE 127
…re ? You must wield power to keep them silent so, When the first word had culminated else In twice the tempest echoed to the last! The Unknown Minstrel. It was most necessary for yourself To formulate your thought in word. Enough — The thought transmuted in the very act. Tannhauser. You know ? You know ! The new illusion gone ! Bitter, O bitter will it be to say ! The Unknown Minstrel. Due grace and courage will be found for you. Farewell, Tannhauser ! Tannhauser. Shall we meet again .'' & The Unknown Minstrel. There is one glamour you must wre…
1909 · PDF PAGE 46
…O fain To feel the murderous ardour of the priest Clutch at his throat, theurgic frenzy fly About the initiates of the Paschal feast And know it centred in the dim dead I Loosed by the pang — even thus you know it is, Even thus, when I invoke your harsh caress, Put up my mouth to your immortal kiss, Confess you for my lady and murderess — In mine own life-blood I exult to float Even as your white fangs fasten in my throat.
1909 · PDF PAGE 62
…he fine adjustment—that screw there—to and fro very slowly ! I can’t see—— Keep the left eye open ; you'll see better! Ah !—But how do I know?... Oh, there are a thousand questions to ask! Is it fair observation to use lenses, which admittedly refract light and distort vision ? How do I know those specks are not dust? Couldn’t those things be in the air? And so on. The Professor can convince me, of course, and the more sceptical I am the more thoroughly I shall be convinced in the end; but not until I have learned to use a microscope. And when …
1909 · PDF PAGE 62
…he fine adjustment—that screw there—to and fro very slowly ! I can’t see—— Keep the left eye open ; you'll see better! Ah !—But how do I know?... Oh, there are a thousand questions to ask! Is it fair observation to use lenses, which admittedly refract light and distort vision ? How do I know those specks are not dust? Couldn’t those things be in the air? And so on. The Professor can convince me, of course, and the more sceptical I am the more thoroughly I shall be convinced in the end; but not until I have learned to use a microscope. And when …
1912 · PDF PAGE 100
…us. MONICA. The joy it would have been if only she had seen us Thusnearso nearso near MORTADELLO. She played me false ! MONICA. You know The black rocks that uprear amid the tinted snow ! You know what fangs were fleshed on her adulterous throat, How her perfume refreshed the rank reek of the goat ! MORTADELLO. You were his mistress too ! MONICA. I thought the form was due Preliminal to sue exchange of troth with you. MORTADELLO. You mock me and you shock. MONICA. The people wait to see Unlock the barren rock of this fine colloquy. Which w…
1898 · PDF PAGE 13
… divinely lifted From our dim space-bounds to a vaster sphere The spirit, through the vision of clouds rifted, Soars quick and clear. We know the dance that hails the golden pinions The sun waves over an awakening earth ; We know the joy that floods the heart’s dominions At true love’s birth. Even so, the mists that roll o’er earth are riven, The spirit flashes forth from mortal sight, And, flaming through the viewless space, is given A robe of light. As when the conqueror Christ burst forth of prison, And triumph woke the thunder of the sphere…
1907 · PDF PAGE 56
…I shall not go there till I must ; And when I must—-ah, you suppose Even I must !—I hold my nose. Farewell, you filthy-minded people ! I know a stable from a steeple. Farewell, my decent-minded friends ! I know arc lights from candle-ends. Farewell! A.poet begs your alms, Will walk awhile among the palms, An honest love, a loyal kiss, Can show him better worlds than this ; Nor will he come again to yours While he knows champak-stars! from sewers. 1 The champak, one of the most beautiful of tropical flowers, has a star-shaped blossom.
1913 · PDF PAGE 583
… OF THE MYSTERIES CHAPTER IV ARCANUM ARCANORUM THE great arcanum—that is to say, the unutterable and inexplicable secret—is the absolute knowledge of good and of evil. “When you have eaten the fruit of this tree, you will be as the gods,” said the Serpent. ABSURDITE “Tf you eat of it, you will die,” replied Divine Wisdom. Thus good and evil bear fruit on one same tree, and from one same root. Good personified is God. Evil personified is the Devil. To know the secret or the formula of God is to be God. To know the secret or the formula of the De…