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Page 34 of 921907 · PDF PAGE 32
…ts have trod , Deep in the dust , the carrion that was God ; ' remind us strongly of such pieces as “Before a Cru cifix ,” whilst others take us into the mystic and simple land of Blake , such as the duet of Charicles and Archais : Hush ! the music swells apace , Rolls its silver billows up Through the void demesne of space To the heavens ' azure cup ! Hush , my love , and sleep shall sigh This is immortality !? Other lines again hold us enthralled with the extra ordinary power they contain , expressed in a single word . Thus in the poem " The …
1961 · PDF PAGE 107
…ure Light of Ekstacy. Also, as this is the strongest so also it is the most sensitive of all Things soever, and both proper and ready to take Impress of Will, not as a Seal passively but with true Recreation in a Microcosm thereof. And this is a God alive and puissant to create, and He is a Word of Magick wherein thou mayst read Thyself with all thine History and all hy Possibility. Also as to thine Eagle, is not this chosen by Nature Herself by Her Way of Attraction, without which harmony Æsthetic and Magnetic thy Lion is silent, and inert, ev…
1899 · PDF PAGE 110
…ow How perfectly I love to watch you so. Wake, lover, wake, but stir not yet the child: Wake, and thy brow serene and low and mild Shall take my kisses, and my lips shall seek The pallid roses on thy perfect cheek, And kiss them into poppies, and thy mouth Shall lastly close to mine, as in the south We see the sun close fast upon the sea; So, my own heart, thy mouth must close on me. Art thou awake? Those eyes of wondering love, Sweet as the dawn and softer than the dove, Seek no quick vision—yet they move to me And, slowly, to the child. How s…
1907 · PDF PAGE 93
… came upon them, that their influence woke them into life. I will cause them to converse, said the Man (who was the Devil), as it were to take you upon an high mountain and show you all the king doms of the earth. I have seen them, said the Socialist. But, said the Man, things look very different from that height. Poverty and vice are the same from any point of view, began the Socialist. Listen 1 said the other. Arthur Gray stretched his legs as well as the room would allow. Master, your pipe is out. Read us that yarn of your turn-to with Asmode…
1909 · PDF PAGE 21
…attains the Supreme Reward for himself alone; a Dhamma—Buddha renounces it and returns to hell (earth) to teach others the Way—Eu] I now take a few minutes “off" to make ”considera- tions." I firmly believe that the minutest dose of the Elixir would operate as a “ detonator.” I seem to be perfectly ready for illumination, if only because I am so perfectly dark. Yet my power to create magical images is still with me. ' I 1.40— Hanged Man posture. Will invoke Adonai once more 12.0. by pure thought Got into a very curious state indeed ; part of me …
1909 · PDF PAGE 252
…o that the reader may in some sort initiate himself. But the pathway must be pointed out, and that clearly, so that the pilgrim does not take at the very commencement of his mystic journey a wrong turning, one of those many turnings which at the very start lead so many into the drear and dismal lands of fear and doubt. The following description of the Temple and the Officers in the o° = o° Grade is taken from one of the official books of theG.*. D.°. called Z. 1, and is as follows : 244
1909 · PDF PAGE 252
…o that the reader may in some sort initiate himself. But the pathway must be pointed out, and that clearly, so that the pilgrim does not take at the very commencement of his mystic journey a wrong turning, one of those many turnings which at the very start lead so many into the drear and dismal lands of fear and doubt. The following description of the Temple and the Officers in the o° = o° Grade is taken from one of the official books of theG.*. D.°. called Z. 1, and is as follows : 244
1911 · PDF PAGE 93
…! Sidi Omar! Happy the prince whose wife is as faithful as thou. Thou canst not open thy mouth without uttering his name. LAYLAH. Do not take it in thine, mother of lies! FATMA. My mouth has been shut these twenty years. LAYLAH. What? Any time these twenty years thou hast 85
1911 · PDF PAGE 158
…y lonely broods Of active gnomes, and little red-capped Fays, Feasting in the Summer dead under the trees Dripping with Autumn rains—ah! take me too, Me too into the silence of the past, I 50
1911 · PDF PAGE 93
…! Sidi Omar! Happy the prince whose wife is as faithful as thou. Thou canst not open thy mouth without uttering his name. LAYLAH. Do not take it in thine, mother of lies! FATMA. My mouth has been shut these twenty years. LAYLAH. What? Any time these twenty years thou hast 85
1911 · PDF PAGE 158
…y lonely broods Of active gnomes, and little red-capped Fays, Feasting in the Summer dead under the trees Dripping with Autumn rains—ah! take me too, Me too into the silence of the past, I 50
1912 · PDF PAGE 42
… wonder what all the fuss is about, perhaps to think that he is specially gifted. Similarly a man who has never touched a golf club will take his umbrella and carelessly hole a putt which would frighten the best putter alive. In a few days, however, in all cases, the discomforts will begin. As you go on, they will begin earlier in the course of the hour’s exercise. The disinclination to practise at all may become almost unconquerable. One must warn the student against imagining that some other position would be easier to master than the one he …
1912 · PDF PAGE 102
…ee meditative methods in Liber HHH (Equinox VI).1 At the same time, one would not like to deny positively that it is very much easier to take some idea towards which the mind would naturally flow. The Hindus assert that the nature of the object determines the Samadhi; that is, the nature of those lower Samadhis which confer so— called “magic powers.” For example, there are the Yogapravritti. Meditating on the tip of the nose, one obtains what may be called the “ideal smell”; that is, a smell which is not any particular smell, but is the archetyp…
1913 · PDF PAGE 97
85 — Hermes, the Messenger. The other prefers to take Jack simply and reverently as lacchus, the spiritual form of Bacchus. But it does not matter very much whether we insist upon the swiftness or the rapture of the Holy Spirit of God; and that it is He of whom it is here spoken is evident, for the name Horner could be applied to none other by even the most casual reader of the Holy Gospels and the works of Congreve. And the context makes this even clearer, for he sits in a corner, that is in the place of Christ, the Corner Stone, eating, that …
1944 · PDF PAGE 168
…, and in her left arm is curved her proper disk, a sphere of loops and circles interlaced. She thus represents the ambition of matter to take part in the great work of Crea‐ tion. Persons signified by this card possess the finest of the quieter qualities. They are ambi‐ tious, but only in useful directions. They possess immense funds of affection, kindness, and greatness of heart. They are not intellectual, and not particularly intelligent; but instinct and intuition are more than adequate for their needs. These people are quiet, hard‐working, …
1906 · PDF PAGE 266
260 SCIENCE AND BUDDHISM I take my refuge in the Sangha. These are not isolated efforts on my part ; although in one sense isolation is eternally perfect and can never be overcome,! in another sense associates are possible and desirable. One third of humanity are Buddhists ; add men of Science and we form an absolute majority; among Buddhists a very large proportion have deliberately gone out from social life of any kind to tread these paths of Research. Is the Way very hard? Is the brain tired? The results slow to come ? Others are work- ing, …
1901 · PDF PAGE 48
…! And now A pallid coward, with sly, skulking brow, You must leave Sodom for your spouse’s sake Coward and coward and coward ! who would take The best flower of my life and leave me so, Still loving you—Ah ! weak—and turn to go For fear of such a God ! O blind ! O fool ! To heed these strangers and to be the tool Of their smooth lies and monstrous miracles. O break this bondage and cast off their spells ! Five righteous ! Thou a righteous man ! A jest ! A righteous man—you always loved me best, And even when lured by lips of wanton girls Would …
1909 · PDF PAGE 54
… and will put it right with the Pentagram Ritual. Done, but oh! how hard. Sleep fights me as Apollyon fought Christian! but I will up and take him by the throat. (See; ’tis 2.30. Twelve minutes to do that little in!) And look at the handwriting! How excellent is Prana Yama, a comfort to the soul! I did thirty-two cycles, easy and pleasant; could have gone on indefinitely. The muscles went rigid, prac— tically of their own accord; so light did I feel that I almost thought myself to be “that wise one ” who “can balance himself on his thumb.” Sleep …
1912 · PDF PAGE 78
…asts. The next scene is of attempted robbery and murder, and P.’s successful defence. Then comes one of the wildest journeys possible to take on this planet, packed with every kind of adventure and privation. After this, practically continuous ill-health, only interrupted by the most shocking domestic tragedies. Through all this, Fra. P. remains in perfect literal simplicity with his devotion to the Augoeides and his “invoking often.” He never flags, never falters, never faints, never fails. Impassive and inexorable as that Nature whom he had de…
1912 · PDF PAGE 78
…asts. The next scene is of attempted robbery and murder, and P.’s successful defence. Then comes one of the wildest journeys possible to take on this planet, packed with every kind of adventure and privation. After this, practically continuous ill-health, only interrupted by the most shocking domestic tragedies. Through all this, Fra. P. remains in perfect literal simplicity with his devotion to the Augoeides and his “invoking often.” He never flags, never falters, never faints, never fails. Impassive and inexorable as that Nature whom he had de…