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Page 31 of 1591939 · PDF PAGE 43
…y a final definition. Dhyana resembles Samadhi in many respects. There is a union of the ego and the non-ego, and a loss of the sense of time and space and causality. Duality in any form is abolished. The idea of time involves that of two consecutive things, that of space two non-coincident things, that of causality two connected things.' 13. Samadhi, on the contrary, is in a way very easy to define. Etymology, aided by the persistence of the religious tradition, helps us here. Sam is a prefix in Sanskrit which developed into the prefix 'syn' …
1909 · PDF PAGE 21
…on Far beyond Space to some dark-glimmering goal Where never a sun or star hath risen or shone ; Where we shall be the evil light beyond time, Beyond space, beyond thought, supreme in deathless pang : Nor shall a sound tnvade that hall of crime, Only the champing of the insatiate fang Of the undying worm our love, fast wed Unto — no happy end, Behold! I have said. — Th — I] The Alchemist
1912 · PDF PAGE 194
…x: the Child of the Sons 01 the Mighty The Lord of the Fire of the World . The Spirit of the Primal Fire . The Great One of the Night of Time. . LETTER ATTRI- Abodes or Atouts of Thooth; Mansions of the House 01 01 the my FATH ER. BUTION 821111 Δ Vand?'ן
1912 · PDF PAGE 194
…x: the Child of the Sons 01 the Mighty The Lord of the Fire of the World . The Spirit of the Primal Fire . The Great One of the Night of Time. . LETTER ATTRI- Abodes or Atouts of Thooth; Mansions of the House 01 01 the my FATH ER. BUTION 821111 Δ Vand?'ן
1930 · PDF PAGE 89
…creeps Snake-wise in royal robe Wound round that vanished glory of the globe, Unto that sky beyond the starry deeps, Beyond the Toils of Time, — then formulate In thine own mind, luminous, concentrate, The Lion of the Light, a child that stands On the vast shoulders of the Steed of God: Or winged, or shooting flying shafts, or shod With the flame-sandals. Then, lift up thine hands! Centre thee in thine heart one scarlet thought Limpid with brilliance of the Light above! Draw into naught Ail life, death, hatred, love: Ail self concentred in the …
1909 · PDF PAGE 298
…tle child, is as yet but learning to crawl. The result being, as it proved in most cases, as disastrous as it was lamentable. There is a time and a place for everything, and there is a right use for the affectation of knowledge just as there is a wrong one. When a child has learnt the simple rules of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; it is legitimate to ask it to solve some simple little problem ; but it is sheer waste of time to ask it: “ If twenty-four sprats cost a shilling, and one sprat will make a meal for two children, …
1909 · PDF PAGE 298
…tle child, is as yet but learning to crawl. The result being, as it proved in most cases, as disastrous as it was lamentable. There is a time and a place for everything, and there is a right use for the affectation of knowledge just as there is a wrong one. When a child has learnt the simple rules of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; it is legitimate to ask it to solve some simple little problem ; but it is sheer waste of time to ask it: “ If twenty-four sprats cost a shilling, and one sprat will make a meal for two children, …
1898 · PDF PAGE 20
That is not seeing, but the light That secretly is kindled, Though oft time its most holy fire Lacks oil, whene’er my own Desire Before desire has dwindled. I see the thin web binding me With thirteen cords of unity Toward the calm centre of the sea. (O thou supernal mother !) The triple light my path divides To twain and fifty sudden sides Each perfect as each other. Now backwards, inwards still my mind Must track the intangible and blind, And seeking, shall securely find Hidden in secret places Fresh feasts for every soul that strives, New li…
1906 · PDF PAGE 18
… is no self—there is no soul! XII. As man, a primate risen high Above his fellows, work thou well! As man, an incident minute And dim in time’s eternity, Work well! As man, no toy for hell And heaven to wrangle for, be mute! Let empty speculation stir The idle fool, the craven cur! XIII. Myself being idle for an hour I dare one thing to speculate: Namely, that life hath cusps yet higher On this our curve: a prize, a power Lies in our grasp: unthinking Fate Shall build a brain to nestle nigher 10
1907 · PDF PAGE 65
…e Illusion of the Pairs of Opposites. Truthfulness and Lying are just as much opposites as white and black, good and evil—— Bones. I sometimes doubt if any of these are opposites at all. Next time you run up to Kether, look down the Tree and see what Truth looks like from there! Take the case of heat and cold, at one time the typical opposites. Nowadays we conceive of a hot body as one in violent internal motion, a cold body as in moderate motion. Bowley. Fast and slow. Bones. Or even (to allow the enemy every advantage, let us say) moving and …
1922 · PDF PAGE 128
… the manager over the weekly bill, and compelled him to accept a much lower figure than his dreams had indicated. Of course, most of his time was occupied with keeping watch on the man he was trailing ; and he kept us very amused with the account of his progress. - “JT shall never be grateful enough to you, if I bring this off as I think I shall,’”’ he said. “It will be the turning point in my official career. I don’t mind telling you they’ve treated me rather shabbily at home about one or two things I’ve done. But if I bag this bird, they can …
1954 · PDF PAGE 294
…inds of men were moved in a mysterious manner . The second blow was struck by the re-publication of the Book in September 1913, and this time the might of this Magick burst out and caused a catastrophe to civilization. A t this hour, the Master THERION is concealed, collecting his forces for a final blow. When The Book of the Law and its Comment is published with the forces of His whole Will in perfect obedience to the instructions which have up to now been misunderstood or neglected, the result will be incalculably effective . The event will e…
1954 · PDF PAGE 502
… group of just such people-and they gave me three-quarters of an hour's notice . It was really more like ten minutes, as the rest of the time was bespoke by letter-writing and posting which could in no wise be postponed . So I had to devise an adequate gambit, one which ruthlessly excluded any touch of subtlety, or any assumption of previous knowledge of the subject on the part of the audience. It came off. For the first time in history, the laymen elicited intelligent and relevant questions. There were only three half-wits in the five score or…
1929 · PDF PAGE 211
211 Now, at this time, Gerald Kelly was in his Whistler-Velasquez period. Kelly's mind is in no way creative or even critical in the true sense of the word. He was a scholar. He would convince himself by elaborate argument that So-and-so was the greatest of all artists; and he would then endeavour to discover the secrets of the master in the spirit of the analytical chemist, and proceed to paint with the most pitiful perseverance in the style of his latest hero. I possess sketches by Kelly which I defy the world to distinguish from Beardsley, R…
1910 · PDF PAGE 192
… stood a hag of sixty, bent, decrepit, debauched. With dribbling curses she hobbled from the room. As Frater P. left the house, for some time he turned over in his mind these strange happenings, and was not long in coming to the opinion that Mrs. M. was not working alone, and that behind her probably were forces far greater than she. She was but the puppet of others, the slave that would catch the kids and the lambs that were to be served upon her master’s table. Could P. prove this? could he discover who the masters were? The task was a diffic…
1910 · PDF PAGE 192
… stood a hag of sixty, bent, decrepit, debauched. With dribbling curses she hobbled from the room. As Frater P. left the house, for some time he turned over in his mind these strange happenings, and was not long in coming to the opinion that Mrs. M. was not working alone, and that behind her probably were forces far greater than she. She was but the puppet of others, the slave that would catch the kids and the lambs that were to be served upon her master’s table. Could P. prove this? could he discover who the masters were? The task was a diffic…
1954 · PDF PAGE 488
…uinous ; organization breaks down altogether ; one meaningless revolution follows another ; famine and pestilence complete the job. Last time - when Osiris replaced Isis- the wreck was limited in scope- note that it was the civilized, the organized part that broke down. (Jews and Arabs could remain aloof , and keep a small torch burning until Light returned with the Renaissance.) This time there is no civilization which can escape being involved in the totality of the catastrophe. Achievement of high aims, which tends ultimately to the well-bei…
1898 · PDF PAGE 29
…23 He. And whose strong tide shall bear our spirit out Into the ocean of all happiness Whose bounds are Heaven. She. See ! the scythe of Time Sweeps on to cut the new-born flowers in twain That symbolizes the reluctant hour In which we met—and now the flower is dead And we must part. He. Fond hearts, chaste souls, as one Whose unity is sacred, still shall dwell Together—Not the cold embrace Of “ We shall meet again ”, but let us say The ritual of a lover, being this “ God be with you ! ” She. O heart too dear to me, Too much beloved for lover’s…
1901 · PDF PAGE 115
…ugh the adamant, to fill The gardens of the Lord With music, that the air be still, Dumb to its mighty chord. I stand above the tides of time And elemental strife ; T
1903 · PDF PAGE 101
…t : prescience of next year, The springtide ; may the Minotaur appear, Prodigious offspring of the fatal graft ? The worst has happened. Time must now discover What love had hidden from the wittol’s eyes (What hate may tell him if he read my song, If he be subtle : not if he be wise) In our despair came laughter to my lover : “ All’s well as yet. I calculated wrong.” 81