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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING 4. Prénéyéma: Control of the Prana, and the vital forces of the body. 5. Pratyéhévra: Making the mind introspective, turning it back upon itself. 6. Dhévané: Concentration, or the wi// to hold the mind to certain points. 7. Dhydéna: Meditation, or the outpouring of the mind on the object held by the will. 8. Samadhi: Ecstasy, or Superconsciousness. As regards the first two of the above stages we need not deal with them at any length. Strictly speaking, they come under the headings of Karma and Gnana Yoga, and as i…
1910 · PDF PAGE 91
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING 4. Prénéyéma: Control of the Prana, and the vital forces of the body. 5. Pratyéhévra: Making the mind introspective, turning it back upon itself. 6. Dhévané: Concentration, or the wi// to hold the mind to certain points. 7. Dhydéna: Meditation, or the outpouring of the mind on the object held by the will. 8. Samadhi: Ecstasy, or Superconsciousness. As regards the first two of the above stages we need not deal with them at any length. Strictly speaking, they come under the headings of Karma and Gnana Yoga, and as i…
1907 · PDF PAGE 207
…y , a great wave of materialism sweeps over the face of the globe . This system of thought , built on the illusive phantasmagoria of the mind , found in the West a master - mind to mould it into shape , in the personality of Democritus of Abdera ; and from the day when that sage materialized the creations of his brain to that of Büchner and the present - day mud - larks , it has formed the stumbling - block to nearly every great thinker , and the veritable pus puriens of the common mind . However , out of the slough grew , as must always happen…
1939 · PDF PAGE 6
…ETH REST AS SILENCE MAKETH STRESS. IF MAN WERE STILL, THEN HEAVEN SHOULD THRILL WITH EARTH TO NOTHINGNESS. SELF LOVETH SILENCE. YEA, BUT MIND DISTRACTETH IT. MIND LOVETH REST ; BUT PASSIONS PEST ALLURES THE TREMBLING WIT.
1954 · PDF PAGE 412
THE ELASTIC MIND 379 present themselves, be judged as false or true, and rejected or accepted accordingly . The inelastic mind, on the other hand, is tied by training to a rigid sequence, so that it never gets a chance to think for itself. To develop a mind properly it needs (I) "Lehrjahre" (a first-class public school and university education, or the equivalent) when it learns all sides of a question, and is left free to judge for itself and (2) "Wanderjahre," when it sees the world for itself, not by any pre-arranged course (Cooks', Lunns', U…
1939 · PDF PAGE 10
MEN WIN NOT TRUTH OF TAO BECAUSE THEIR MINDS ARE WIRED. THE MIND UNCURBED, THE SELFS PERTURBED, AND LOSES TUNE OF TIDE. LOST, THE EXTERNAL LURES ; THEY TURN TO SEEK IT : THEN ALL THINGS PERPLEX, CONFUSE, AND VEX THOSE MISERABLE MEN. DISORDERED THOUGHTS ARISE ; BODY AND MIND GROW SICK. DISGRACE AND FEAR GROW YEAR BY YEAR TO THEIR CLIMACTERIC. WILD, THEY ARE TOSSED ABOUT THROUGH LIFE AND DEATH ; THEY QUIVER, SUNK IN SEA-STRESS OF BITTERNESS, AND LOSE THE TAO FOR EVER. THE TRUE, THE ABIDING TAO ! WHO UNDERSTANDETH HATH ; WHO HATH THE TAO IS HERE …
1910 · PDF PAGE 60
…re and composition. One piece of limestone is very much like another, and so also are the actual bodies of any two men, but not so their minds. There- fore, should we wish to discover and understand that Power which differentiates, and yet ultimately balances all appearances, which are derived by the apparently unconscious object and received by the apparently conscious subject, we must look for it in the workings of man’s brain.* * Verworn in his “General Physiology” says: “It was found that the sole reality that we are able to discover in the…
1910 · PDF PAGE 60
…re and composition. One piece of limestone is very much like another, and so also are the actual bodies of any two men, but not so their minds. There- fore, should we wish to discover and understand that Power which differentiates, and yet ultimately balances all appearances, which are derived by the apparently unconscious object and received by the apparently conscious subject, we must look for it in the workings of man’s brain.* * Verworn in his “General Physiology” says: “It was found that the sole reality that we are able to discover in the…
1961 · PDF PAGE 123
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 111 Dz De Viris Magnanimis, Amore Præclarissimis (Of Great Men, most Distinguished in Love) NOW that in the Mind of Man is much Wisdom that is hidden, being the Treasure of his Sire that he inheriteth. Thus, night all of his moral Nature is unknown to him until his Puberty; that is, this Nature pertaineth not unto the Recording and Judging Apparatus of his Brain until it is put herein by the Stirring of that deeper Nature within him. Thou wilt mark also that great Men are commonly great Lovers; and this is in Part al…
1912 · PDF PAGE 65
49 A !) »,, / 33 P : 1-1g Ξ ω: : !? Ο H’ = oi“ : Ξ l = ᾿ : Ξ £ ᾽ Ξ ;! ! Ι’ B c Tm: ; BD shows the Control of the Mind, improving slowly at first, afterwards more quickly. It starts from at or near zero, and should reach absolute control at D. EF shows the Power of Observation of the contents of the mind, improving quickly at first, afterwards more slowly, up to perfection at F. It starts well above zero in the case of most educated men. The height of the perpendiculars HI indicates the dissatisfaction of the student with his power of control. Inc…
1907 · PDF PAGE 299
…o an unchangeable changelessness . The yogi proposes to himself no less a task than to master the entire universe , and finding that the mind has the reflexive power of looking back into its own depths , does his utmost to develop this power by turning the mind , as it were , by artificial means , inside on itself , concentrating all its powers on itself , and stopping it at every turn from wandering outside of itself . Then the mind , slowly learning its own nature , analyzes itself and discovers the Divinity which is itself . And I have cease…
1961 · PDF PAGE 161
… thou, concerning this my Counsel unto thee? I say Sooth, it is of my Will to bring up this my Wisdom from its Silence into my conscious Mind, that I may the more easily reflect thereon. Thou art but a Pretext for my Action, and a Focus for my Light. Nevertheless heed these my Words, for they shall profit thee, thou being of Age responsible in Judgment, and free in the Law of Thelema. Thus thou mayst read or no, concur or no, as thou wilt. Have I not tutored thee in the way of the Balance, or of Antithesis, shewing thee the art of Contra- dicti…
1913 · PDF PAGE 76
KE®AAH NZ THE DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS Dirt is matter in the wrong place. Thought is mind in the wrong place. Matter is mind; so thought is dirt. Thus argued he, the Wise One, not mindful that all place is wrong. For not until the PLACE is perfected by a T saith he PLACET. The Rose uncrucified droppeth its petals; without the Rose the Cross is a dry stick. Worship then the Rosy Cross, and the Mystery of Two-in-One. And worship Him that swore by His holy T that One should not be One except in so far as it is Two. Iam glad that LAYLAH is afar; no dou…
1954 · PDF PAGE 183
150 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS 1. Immediate physical interruption: Asana should stop these. 2. Things that are "on your mind ." 3. Reverie, and "Wouldn't it help if I were to- ?" 4. Atmospherics-e.g. voices apparently from some alien source. 5. Aberrations of the control itself; and the result itself. (Remember the practice of some Hindu schools : "Not that, not that!" to whatever it is that presents itself as Tat Sat-reality, truth.) Need I remind you how urgent the wish to escape will assuredly become, how fantastic are the mind's devices and excus…
1944 · PDF PAGE 162
…CE OF SWORDS This card represents the airy part of Air. With its particular interpretation, it is intellec‐ tual, it is a picture of the Mind as such. He rules from the 21st degree of Capricornus to the 20th degree of Aquarius. The figure of this Prince is clothed with closely woven armour adorned with definite device, and the chariot which bears him suggests (even more closely) geometrical ideas. This chariot is drawn by winged children, looking and leaping irresponsibly in any direction that takes their fancy; they are not reined, but perfect…
1961 · PDF PAGE 143
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 131 Ea De Cursu Sapientis (Of the Course of Wisdom) HEREFORE consider this again in a Figure, that thy Mind is as the Marshal of an Army, to observe the Dispositions of the Enemy, and to order his own Forces rightly, according to that Information; but he hath no will, only Obedience to the Word of his King to outwit and to overcome the Opposite. Nor doth that King make War by his own Whim, if he be wise and true, but solely because of the Necessity of his Country, and its Nature, whereof he is but Executive Officer a…
1912 · PDF PAGE 111
XL Sir PALAMEDE the Saracen Hath seen the All; his mind is set To pass beyond that great Amen. Far hath he wandered; still to fret His soul against that Soul. He breaches The rhododendron forest-net, His body bloody with its leeches. Sternly he travelleth the crest Of a great mountain, far that reaches Toward the King-snows; the rains molest The knight, white wastes updriven of wind In sheets, in torrents, fiend-possessed, Up from the steaming plains of Ind. They cut his flesh, they chill his bones : Yet he feels naught; his mind is pinned To t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 84
… allows itself to be convinced.' Further meditation of certain sorts is useful : not the strict meditation which endeavours to still the mind, but such a meditation as Sam- masati.- On the exoteric side if necessary the mind should be trained by the study of any well-developed science, such as chemistry, or mathematics. The idea of organization is the first step, that of interpretation the second. The Master of the Temple, whose grade corresponds to Binah, is sworn to "interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with his soul." ^ …
1909 · PDF PAGE 180
THE EQUINOX Fire w. “ For all things did the Father of All Things perfect, and delivered them over unto the Second Mind; whom all Races of Men call First.”) Behold, then, in these two great Numbers 1 and 2 the Father and the Mother of the Worlds and of Numbers. Now these twain being Conjoined and manifest in ONE, produce the Number 3; asitis written : ‘‘ For the Mind of the Father said that ‘ All Things should be cut into Three,’ Whose Will * assenting All Things were so divided. For the Mind of the Father said /uto three, governing All Things …
1909 · PDF PAGE 180
THE EQUINOX Fire w. “ For all things did the Father of All Things perfect, and delivered them over unto the Second Mind; whom all Races of Men call First.”) Behold, then, in these two great Numbers 1 and 2 the Father and the Mother of the Worlds and of Numbers. Now these twain being Conjoined and manifest in ONE, produce the Number 3; asitis written : ‘‘ For the Mind of the Father said that ‘ All Things should be cut into Three,’ Whose Will * assenting All Things were so divided. For the Mind of the Father said /uto three, governing All Things …