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Page 31 of 1151906 · PDF PAGE 248
…ualifica- tion. By meditation I do not mean merely. ‘‘thinking about’’ anything, however pro- foundly, but the absolute restraint of the mind to the contemplation of a single object, whether gross, fine, or altogether spiritual. Now true magical ceremonial is entirely directed to attain this end, and forms a magnificent gymnasium for those who are not already finished mental athletes. By act, word, and thought, both in quantity and quality, the one object of the ceremony is being constantly indicated. Every fumiga- tion, purification, banishing…
1910 · PDF PAGE 82
…o cut up bullocks I saw before me simply whole Judlocks. After three years’ practice I saw no more whole animals, And now I work with my mind and not with my eye. When my senses bid me stop, but my mind urges me on, I fall back upon eternal * «The Bhagavad-Gita,” iv, 33, 37, 38. Compare with the above “The Wisdom of Solomon,” eg.: “For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit, holy, one only, manifold, subtle, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good, …
1910 · PDF PAGE 82
…o cut up bullocks I saw before me simply whole Judlocks. After three years’ practice I saw no more whole animals, And now I work with my mind and not with my eye. When my senses bid me stop, but my mind urges me on, I fall back upon eternal * «The Bhagavad-Gita,” iv, 33, 37, 38. Compare with the above “The Wisdom of Solomon,” eg.: “For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit, holy, one only, manifold, subtle, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good, …
1930 · PDF PAGE 119
…o reflect during this practice, which in time becomes almost mechanical, upon the way in which effects spring from causes. This aids the mind to link its memories, and préparés the adept for the preliminary practice of the second method. 20. Having allowed the mind to return for some hundred times to the hour of birth, it should be encouraged to endeavour to penetrate beyond that period. 1 If it be properly trained to run backwards, there will be little difficulty in doing this, although it is one of the distinct steps in the practice. 21. It m…
1904 · PDF PAGE 41
… coiled and constricted and chosen! O tortured and twisted and twined! Deep spring of my soul deep frozen, The sleep of the truth of the mind! As a bright snake curled Round the vine of the World! E
1904 · PDF PAGE 80
66 WHY JESUS WEPT. THE WOMAN. O God ! I am punished. Sir Percy here ! What is the matter, dear my love ? SIR PERCY. Never mind love — you are ? MOLLY. O sir, your Molly, that you broke the heart of. See what has come to me ! SIR PERCY. Ah, if you knew. You are the lucky one ! I am in grips with a more dread disease Than all your wildest nightmares figure you ! A carriage rolls by, as from the theatre. It stops owing to a block in the traffic. MOLLY. O sir ! I am so sorry for you. SIR PERCY. And a lot of good that does ! Enter, on the pavement, …
1907 · PDF PAGE 57
…to have made Hell! Then would He stand forgiven—nay! acquitted! I, as I look on this tight coil of bliss, Swift clasp of Rodin’s magical mind love-witted, See all creation fade; abide, one kiss. Then to my own soul’s bow this shaft be fitted; Thank God for all, seeing that all is this! 33 F
1911 · PDF PAGE 55
THREE POEMS FOR JANE CHERON Doth not the World's great Alchemist Rule earth's alembic with the sun ? Is not the mind a foolish mist, And is not water one? The slim white body that you gave, Wild Jaja’, with exotic nautches Wanton and wonderful, a wave Of debonair debauches, Is worth the virgin limbs and lips Of her the virtuous, the viceless, With life who never came to grips, Who gave me nothing priceless. Give me the purity distilled From dervish sweat and satyr bruises. The Holy Graal with wine is filled From no unbroken cruses. Doth not the …
1911 · PDF PAGE 55
THREE POEMS FOR JANE CHERON Doth not the World's great Alchemist Rule earth's alembic with the sun ? Is not the mind a foolish mist, And is not water one? The slim white body that you gave, Wild Jaja’, with exotic nautches Wanton and wonderful, a wave Of debonair debauches, Is worth the virgin limbs and lips Of her the virtuous, the viceless, With life who never came to grips, Who gave me nothing priceless. Give me the purity distilled From dervish sweat and satyr bruises. The Holy Graal with wine is filled From no unbroken cruses. Doth not the …
1996 · PDF PAGE 67
68 The Law is for All hate, of debauch, of sickness, nearly always bear witness in body and mind to the abuse of the talisman. Not only the sins of the father but those of the mother, yes, more, those of their social surroundings, are visited on the children to the third and fourth generation. Nay, more, the mischief can never be mended. A man can destroy in a minute his kingdom, inherited from unnumbered dynasties of biological prudence. It will also be admitted, without reference to Magick, that the abuse of the talisman leads to moral, menta…
1910 · PDF PAGE 171
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING The fire, that burns a piece of wood, dies, as soon as the wood is burnt out. So the mind concentrated upon the Nada gets absorbed with it. When the Antahkarana, like a deer, is attracted by the sound of bells, etc., and remains immovable, a skilful archer can kill it. Whatever is heard of the nature of sound is only Shakti.* The conception of Akasat (the generator of sound) exists, as long as the sound is heard. The Soundless is called Parabramha or Paramatma.} August 14th. Bought a meditation-mat and also a bron…
1910 · PDF PAGE 171
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING The fire, that burns a piece of wood, dies, as soon as the wood is burnt out. So the mind concentrated upon the Nada gets absorbed with it. When the Antahkarana, like a deer, is attracted by the sound of bells, etc., and remains immovable, a skilful archer can kill it. Whatever is heard of the nature of sound is only Shakti.* The conception of Akasat (the generator of sound) exists, as long as the sound is heard. The Soundless is called Parabramha or Paramatma.} August 14th. Bought a meditation-mat and also a bron…
1899 · PDF PAGE 25
…ame like winter wine To understand my amorous tale, For words and looks of Love must fail To touch thee, since a snowy veil Is twixt my mind and thine. Dear goddess, at whose early breast I drank in all desires and woes ; Most reverend god, who oft caressed Her pale chaste wifehood, and who pressed Upon my forehead kisses blest ; Bid blossom out this rose, This fair white bud whose heart is pure, Whose bosom fears not, neither knows The long vague mysteries that endure Of life uncertain, of love sure, Teach her the mystic overture To Loves tr…
1929 · PDF PAGE 227
… too much to do just now. But — as a preliminary — ?" how do you stand with Germany?" Abdul shrank back, startled out of his presence of mind. "Germany!" he stammered at last. "Why, [319] Colonel," (he emphasized the title) "I know nothing. I have no instructions from my Government."He met the eye of his master, and read its chill contempt. "I—er—er—" "Dare you play with me?" The young man protested that no such thought had crossed his mind. "In that case," pursued the sorcerer, "you won't know what that means?" Douglas took from his pocket a f…
1904 · PDF PAGE 86
TO AN UNAPPRECIATIVE UNIVERSITY WITH all my mental pabulum I like to be a ruminant, Not gobble up too hastily my fodder ; My mind is busy as a bloomin’ spider or a bloomin’ ant, But I don’t despise the necessary plodder. I’m assured by all who know me I’m a most transcendent genius ; I’m as clever as a Cayley or a Newton ; I breast the tape with Kelvin, and with Ramsay, and Arrhenius, But I copy the stolidity that’s Teuton. I envy not the lightning of the insight of an Oscar Wilde ; My mental motto is Festina lente; I might have made the eminen…
1909 · PDF PAGE 207
…nd what sense they have written is so far untrue. III. Yet as a still lake yields a truer reflection of the sun than a torrent, he whose mind is best balanced will, if he become a mystic, become the best mystic. THE METHOD OF EQUILIBRIUM I. THE PASSIONS, Etc. I. Since the ultimate truth of teleology is unknown, all codes of morality are arbitrary. II. Therefore the student has no concern with ethics as such, III. He is consequently free ‘to do his duty in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call him.’ II. THE REASON I. Since truth…
1909 · PDF PAGE 207
…nd what sense they have written is so far untrue. III. Yet as a still lake yields a truer reflection of the sun than a torrent, he whose mind is best balanced will, if he become a mystic, become the best mystic. THE METHOD OF EQUILIBRIUM I. THE PASSIONS, Etc. I. Since the ultimate truth of teleology is unknown, all codes of morality are arbitrary. II. Therefore the student has no concern with ethics as such, III. He is consequently free ‘to do his duty in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call him.’ II. THE REASON I. Since truth…
1930 · PDF PAGE 52
… is itself as subject to change without notice” as a musical programme. Divination, in the nature of things, can do no more than put the mind of the querent into conscious connection with another mind whose knowledge of the subject at issue is to bis own as that of an expert to a layman. The expert is not infallible. 1 he client may put his question in a misleading manner, or even base it on a completely erroneous conception of the facts. He may misunder- stand the expert’s answer, and he may misinterpret its purport. Apart from ail this, exclu…
1954 · PDF PAGE 242
…hall be the whole of the Law. The Chinese cannot help thinking that the Octave has five notes. The more necessary anything appears to my mind, the more certain it is that I only assert a limitation . I slept with Faith, and found a corpse in my arms on awaking. I drank and danced all night with Doubt , and found her a virgin in the morning. (The Book of Lies) I wouldn't start to argue with the Chinese, if I were you; they might remind you that you exude the stench peculiar to corpses. Again, that other "Hymn to St. Thomas ," as I ought perhaps …
1905 · PDF PAGE 9
… do thee wrong. Thou knowest how I was blind ; How for mere minutes thy pure presence Was nought ; was ill-defined ; A smudge across the mind, Drivelling in its brutal essence, Hog-wallowing in poetry, Incapable of thee. Ah ! when the minutes grew to hours, And yet the beast, the fool, saw flowers And loved them, watched the moon rise, took delight In perfumes of the summer night,