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Page 39 of 871910 · PDF PAGE 109
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING must be learnt from the Guru himself, and though, as we are told in the ‘“ Pradipika,” a theoretical study of crores of Shastras cannot throw any light upon it, yet nevertheless in the “Shiva Sanhita” the difficulty seems to be solved by standing on one’s head.* 10. Shakti Chalana Mudra. Let the wise Yogi forcibly and firmly draw up the goddess Kundalini sleeping in the Adhar lotus, by means of the Apana-Vayu. This is Shakti- Chalan Mudra. . . .t The “Hatha Yoga Pradipika” is very obscure on this Mudra, it says: A…
1903 · PDF PAGE 5
…n of God as infinite therefore denies man implicitly; while if he be finite, there is an end of the usual Christian reasons for worship, though I dare- say I could myself discover some reasonably good ones. I hardly expect to be asked, somehow. The resulting equilibrium of God and man, des- tructive of worship, is of course absurd. We must reject it, unless we want to fall into Positivism, Material- ism, or something of the sort. But if, then, we call God infinite, how are we to regard man, and Satan? (the latter, at the very least, surely no i…
1907 · PDF PAGE 96
…ates the freedom of the children of love ; he does not visit the sins of the fathers on the children , as conventionality cruelly does . Though he is a firm believer in the chain of cause and effect as is strongly shown in “ The Mother's Tragedy , ” he does not carry it further into the realms of Biblical vice . The children of what is known as an illicit love-which in most cases is true free love - have time after time proved themselves better and greater than those engendered in the unimpassioned embrace of the marriage - bed . Shakespeare br…
1907 · PDF PAGE 240
…ined by a cause according to fixed laws " (p . 42 ). Concerning which Huxley states : “ not one of these events is more than probable '; though the probability may reach such a very high degree that , in ordinary language , we are justified in saying that the opposite events are impossible ." This is even going a step in advance of Hume , who stated : “ a miracle is a violation of the laws of na ture ." 2 As to the conservation of energy and matter , Crowley would say : [" they were arguments in a circle (A); for the use of scientific instrumen…
1910 · PDF PAGE 127
…inions, and the symbol is lucid and keen. 5. One M.S. has “ cornered ” (shashdar shudan), a technical term in backgammon, when the game, though not actually finished, is seen to be hopeless for one of the players.
1912 · PDF PAGE 98
THE EQUINOX of thought and action. There had been a very unpleasant scene when he threw into the firea book from Mudie’s (I thought one could have trusted Mudie’s !) called ‘The Stolen Bacillus,‘ which he understood to be of a grossly immoral tendency. (Nasty filth about free love or something, isn’t it?) Theodore Bugg was not a sensitive man; excess of intuitive sympathy had not made his life a hell; but he felt that his domestic relations were strained. Especially since “that Mrs. Grahame“ had evinced a liking for Gertrude. Her husband‘s colone…
1912 · PDF PAGE 98
THE EQUINOX of thought and action. There had been a very unpleasant scene when he threw into the firea book from Mudie’s (I thought one could have trusted Mudie’s !) called ‘The Stolen Bacillus,‘ which he understood to be of a grossly immoral tendency. (Nasty filth about free love or something, isn’t it?) Theodore Bugg was not a sensitive man; excess of intuitive sympathy had not made his life a hell; but he felt that his domestic relations were strained. Especially since “that Mrs. Grahame“ had evinced a liking for Gertrude. Her husband‘s colone…
1913 · PDF PAGE 4
… came, went tramping by ; Closed one, and winked the other eye. How pleasantly you must have smiled: ““T left them, and I left them wild Though certainly they had abhorred| The task of locking up a lord. For a more tragic role you played Your master neatly who betrayed. His shame and torture turned your leer To a snarl, your drab’s smile to a sneer; Quickened, when afterwards your help He needed, to a currish yelp. Now—-so the wheel of Fortune whirls !— Your kindly love for little girls And ardour for the fine old faith Makes all that past a wi…
1919 · PDF PAGE 373
…dvanced upon the path of Evolution. It is not so. Minerals have no inherent power of motion save intramolecularly. Plants grow and move, though but little. Animals are free to move in every direction, and space itself is no hindrance to the higher principles of man. Advance is in the direction of more continuous and more untiring energy. 31. The blessed ones have scorned to do so. The Lion of the Law, the Lord of Mercy, perceiving the true cause of hu- man woe, immediately forsook the sweet but selfish rest of 51
1922 · PDF PAGE 172
…frame, very plain, of dark mahogany, over the mantelpiece, perhaps.” For some reason or other, the conversation was pulling us together. Though we had had no dope, we both felt very much better. Cockie fired his big gun.
1922 · PDF PAGE 347
…air by alien aid; and in all probability coming to earth with a bump. We had found ourselves repeatedly out of breath during the ascent, though it had only occupied three- quarters of an hour, and we should certainly never have reached the top without recourse to heroin. But all the time we were lost in amazement at the behaviour of the boys; their independence, their fearlessness, and their instinctive economy of force. We had no idea that it was possible for children of that age to achieve, even physically, what they had done, apparently with…
1929 · PDF PAGE 324
…d, Salama as the most unlikely prophet imaginable; on the other, the tale as one which I could not possibly dismiss as trivial. In fact, though I cannot remember making a record of the incident, and indeed probably took pains to avoid doing so as a rebuke to self-importance, it remains as vivid and distinct as almost anything else in my life. I can see the pass, I can almost taste the tobacco: I can see his shy honest weather-beaten old face and hear his timid loyal accents. In the background the coolies, singing and talking, pass over the mist…
1907 · PDF PAGE 64
…nter NOGAI-I. My little bit of sweet-stufi'l [She exhibits her External Splendour and Internal Corrup tion, and exit. Bones. As to levels though, all levels are one. If I cancel out a and —a, the result is the same as if I cancel roooa and -- ioooa. I am only concerned to cancel. Bowley. All right, my gay Io=I—in Kether it’s all very well. In the Ruach one must do as the Ruach does. [MRS. BONES, without, sereaming, “My spoons! My silver spoons! Where are my spoons?” Bones. Then what becomes of our Great Work? Bowley. Ignore the fool and his sill…
1910 · PDF PAGE 142
…erefore who would attain to merge his member therein offers nothing, but on the contrary employs to the best advantage whatever he hath, though in the Pursuit he forgetteth that he hath it, not valuing it. To him who so acts the Attainment of thy bed is certain. It is only necessary to have seen thy buttocks agitated in walking beneath thy tunic for a wise man to abandon all other pursuits.3 All this hath El Qahar achieved ; therefore for him thou wilt push out thy buttocks, causing that blush rose, thy podex, to expand. The member of El Qahar …
1930 · PDF PAGE 80
…e ail the conscious éléments of his nature. The “Universe” includes ail possible phenomena of which he can be aware. The “Winds” are his thoughts, which hâve prevented him from attaining to his Angel. His Angel has made “Voice”, the magical weapon which produces “Words”, and these words hâve been the wisdom by which He hath created ail things. The “Voice” is necessary as the link between the Adept and his Angel. The Angel is “King”, the One who “can”, the “source of author- ity and the fount of honour”; also the King (or King’s Son) who deliver…
1902 · PDF PAGE 16
…re is not one whose function is not thus double) the realisa- tion of his true unity with all life. This circumstance serves to explain, though perhaps not to excuse, the lack of dramatic action in the story. Love being throughout the symbol of his method, as Beauty of its object, it is through Love, refined into Pity, that he at last attains the Supreme Knowledge, or at least sufficient of it to put the last straw on the back of his corporeal camel, and bring the story to a fitting end. To pass to more mundane affairs. I may mention for the be…
1906 · PDF PAGE 160
… Hell’s fevers As fit, as just, for unbelievers— These are the things that stick beside And hamper my quite serious wish To harbour kind thoughts of the “ Fish.” °8 Here goes my arrow to the gold! I’ll make no magpies! Though I hold Your Christianity a lie, Abortion and iniquity, The most immoral and absurd — —(A priest’s invention, in a word)— Of all religions, I have hope In the good Dhamma’s ® wider scope, Nay, certainty ! that all_at last, However came they. in the past, Move, up or down—who knows, my friend ?— But yet with no uncertain tre…
1909 · PDF PAGE 28
…er, or to perspire violently, and it should so weaken him that he will find it difficult to remain standing. 6. It is a sign of success, though only by the student himself is it perceived, when he hears the name of the God vehemently roared forth, as if by the concourse of ten thousand thunders ; and it should appear to him as if that Great Voice proceeded from the Universe, and not from himself. In both the above practices all consciousness of anything but the God-form and name should be absolutely blotted out; and the longer it takes for norm…
1909 · PDF PAGE 28
…er, or to perspire violently, and it should so weaken him that he will find it difficult to remain standing. 6. It is a sign of success, though only by the student himself is it perceived, when he hears the name of the God vehemently roared forth, as if by the concourse of ten thousand thunders ; and it should appear to him as if that Great Voice proceeded from the Universe, and not from himself. In both the above practices all consciousness of anything but the God-form and name should be absolutely blotted out; and the longer it takes for norm…
1911 · PDF PAGE 149
… false note in her voice. He understood. He was angry, angry at his implication in such an affair. His teeth snapped. " Yes ? " he said, though he wanted to shout, to break the furniture. ”We cannot marry," she went on, and this time the mordant malice almost tore her silky pathos with a rending shriek. “So, Joe . . .” She turned her great eyes on him, lustrous, pleading. " Ι want you ! " was all he said. But his voice was like the low and terrible cry of an elephant. “You would not make me”—she hesitated a moment— “you would not make me—z'mþm'…