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Page 4 of 871910 · PDF PAGE 286
… opens to the wretch unless he prises it open with his knife; ordinarily its hinges turn lingeringly. Towards the last let him struggle, though a nightmare torpor petrify his limbs—though on either side of the road be a phalanx of monstrous Afreets with drawn swords of flame— though demon cries peal before him, and unimaginable houris beckon him back—over thorns, through furnaces, but into —Life! To the first restaurant at hand we hastened. Passing in, I called for that only material relief which I have ever found for these spiritual sufferings…
1910 · PDF PAGE 286
… opens to the wretch unless he prises it open with his knife; ordinarily its hinges turn lingeringly. Towards the last let him struggle, though a nightmare torpor petrify his limbs—though on either side of the road be a phalanx of monstrous Afreets with drawn swords of flame— though demon cries peal before him, and unimaginable houris beckon him back—over thorns, through furnaces, but into —Life! To the first restaurant at hand we hastened. Passing in, I called for that only material relief which I have ever found for these spiritual sufferings…
1910 · PDF PAGE 53
THE GARDEN OF JANUS 43 XXVII This thought I bred within my bowels, I am. I am in him, as he in me ; And like a satyr ravishing a lamb So either seems, or as the sea Swallows the whale that swallows it, the ram Beats its own head Upon the city walls, that fall as it falls dead. XXVIII Come, let me back unto the lilied lawn ! Pile me the roses and the thorns Upon this bed from which he hath withdrawn ! He may return. A million morns May follow that first dire dæmonic dawn When he did split My spirit with his lightnings and enveloped it ! XXIX So …
1919 · PDF PAGE 111
…been sufficient to attain emi- nence in one is wasted on the others: they are null. Here then let me make open confession, and say thus: though I pledged myself almost in boyhood to the Great Work, though to my aid came the most puissant forces in the whole Universe to hold me to it, though habit itself now constraineth me in the right direction, yet I have not fulfilled my Will: I turn aside daily from the appointed task. I waver. I falter. I lag. Let this then be of great comfort to you all, that if I be so imperfect—and for very shame I have…
1907 · PDF PAGE 234
… have of God is obtained by reflect ing on my own soul , heighten ing its powers , and removing its imperfections . I have , therefore , though not an in active idea , yet in myself some sort of an active thinking im age of the Deity . And though I perceive Him not by sense , yet I have a notion of Him , or know Him by reflexion and reasoning .” — P. 93 . " The existence , therefore , of any being can only be proved by arguments from its cause or its effect ; and these arguments are founded entirely on perience . . . It is only ex perience , wh…
1930 · PDF PAGE 82
…ied by a tempest of brilliant light, almost always, and also in many cases by an outburst of sound, stupendous and sublime in ail cases, though its character may vary within wide limits. 1 The spate of stars shoots from the head of the Will-Symbol, and is scattered over the sky in glit- tering galaxies. This dispersion destroys the con¬ centration of the adept, whose mind cannot master such multiplicity of majesty; as a rule, he simply sinks stunned into normality, to recall nothing of his expérience but a vague though vivid impression of compl…
1910 · PDF PAGE 189
…great temple of Self- Control. Working upon Eastern lines he had laid stone upon stone, and yet when the work was completed, magnificent though it was, there was no God yet found to indwell it. It was indeed but an empty house. Though we have now arrived at this turning point, it will be necessary before we review the contents of this chapter to narrate the events from the present date—March 1902, down to the 11th of August 1903; when, by the chance (destined) meeting with Ouarda the Seer, he was eventually enabled to set in motion the great po…
1910 · PDF PAGE 189
…great temple of Self- Control. Working upon Eastern lines he had laid stone upon stone, and yet when the work was completed, magnificent though it was, there was no God yet found to indwell it. It was indeed but an empty house. Though we have now arrived at this turning point, it will be necessary before we review the contents of this chapter to narrate the events from the present date—March 1902, down to the 11th of August 1903; when, by the chance (destined) meeting with Ouarda the Seer, he was eventually enabled to set in motion the great po…
1912 · PDF PAGE 69
…I4. [5. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. do A Still {rightfully ill—sleep and nightmares. A again conquered by these, though I did my very utmost. . A shade better. A in Turkish hath not bad considering. A futile. A a shade better. A and a further renewal of the Vow. Went to sleep doing A Am still very ill with throat. '. better. Throat better. '. mediocre. `. I went to sleep, I fancy. '. a shade better. poor again. There seems little intention; perhaps owing to my bad health and the general uncertainty of things. A sleepy bu…
1912 · PDF PAGE 69
…I4. [5. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. do A Still {rightfully ill—sleep and nightmares. A again conquered by these, though I did my very utmost. . A shade better. A in Turkish hath not bad considering. A futile. A a shade better. A and a further renewal of the Vow. Went to sleep doing A Am still very ill with throat. '. better. Throat better. '. mediocre. `. I went to sleep, I fancy. '. a shade better. poor again. There seems little intention; perhaps owing to my bad health and the general uncertainty of things. A sleepy bu…
1961 · PDF PAGE 72
…issa (Allegory of Chess) ONSIDER for an Example the Game and Play of the Chess, which is a Pastime of Man, and worthy to exercise him in Thought, yet by no means necessary to his Life, so that he sweepeth away Board and Pieces at the least Summons of that which is truly dear to him. Thus unto him this Game is as it were an Illusion. But insofar as he entereth into the Game he abideth by the Rules thereof, though they be artificial and in no wise proper to his Nature; for in this Restriction is all this Pleasure. Therefore, though he hath All-Po…
1910 · PDF PAGE 106
…aster, catch me backward by the hair ! Fasten thy fangs upon my mouths gasped anguish, and split my dream-clouds with thy thunderbolt ! Though thou be God or Satan, do thou master my death- pang with thy life-pang, and possess All that I am with all thou art, my Vampire, my Siren that I thought a nightingale ! Abase me ! Spit on me ! Scourge me ! Murder me ! Take thy wolfs meal of my loveliness ! Give me the reek of thy foul breath, and show me the lepers face behind the shining veil ! Yea ! Though I sink through measureless abysses, I trace…
1905 · PDF PAGE 142
…ok’s surpassing loveliness Lulled its own light to fond distress, As if the soul were hardly yet Fit to remember or forget New-born! and though the goddess bade The nymph-bud blossom to a maid, And soulless immortality Reach to a soul, at last to die, For love’s own sake, bliss dearly bought For change’s altering coin ill-wrought, It seemed as though the soul were strange, Not fledged, not capable to range At random through the world of sense Opened so swift and so intense Unto the being. Thus she stood Impatient on the patient flood With wonde…
1905 · PDF PAGE 175
I70 THE HILLS Though the desolate waste be enchaunted By a spell that bewilders and chills, To me it is granted to worship the haunted Delight of the hills. To me all the blossoms are seedless, Yet big with all manner of fruit : And a voice in the waste is needless Since my soul in its splendour is mute. Though the height of the hill be deserted, The soul of a man has its mate ; With the wide sky skirted his heart is reverted To commune with Fate. Far flings out the spur to the sunset ; Its help to the hope of the sun That all be unfolded if on…
1961 · PDF PAGE 62
…est causes chemical Change by Combustion, and giveth Heat and Motion to the Air about it by the Operation of physical Laws, and exciteth thought and Emotion in the Man whom it reacheth through his Organs of Perception. Consider (even though it were but Legend) the Fall of the apple of Isaac Newton, its Effect upon the Spiritual Destinies of Man! Consider also that no Force cometh ever to the end of its work! The Air that is moved by my Breath is a Disturbance or Change of Equilibrium that cannot be fully compensated and brought to naught, thoug…
1899 · PDF PAGE 73
…th : so sweet, so terrible, So fair, her image in the brook might make A passionless old god his hunger slake By plunging in the waters, though he knew His drowning body drowned her image too. Yet she seemed gentle. Never thorn assailed The tender finger that would touch, nor failed The strong desire of Zeus, who wisely went, As was his wont, with amorous intent Among those pastures, and fresh fragrant lawns, And dewy wonder of new woods, where dawns A new flower every day, a perfect flower, Each queenlier than her sister, though the shower Of …
1905 · PDF PAGE 43
…ave robbed of the masteries of desire ? Who can give garlands of fadeless bays Unto the sorrow and pain we praise ? Yea, we must praise, though the deadly shade Fall on the morrow, though fires of hell Harrow our vitals ; a miracle Springs at thy kisses, for thou hast made Anguish and sorrow desirable ; Torment of hell as the leaves that fade Quickly forgotten, despised, decayed. They are decayed, but thou springest again, Mother of mystery, barren, who bearest Flowers of most comeliest children, who wearest Wounds for delight, whose desire sha…
1909 · PDF PAGE 11
… shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my heart and my tongue, unto Whom I send this kiss. Also, O scribe and prophet, though thou be of the princes, it shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee. But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To me! To me ! 54. Change not as much as the style of a letter; for behold! thou, Ο prophet, shalt not behold all these mysteries hidden therein. 55. The child of thy bowels, he shall behold them. 56. Expect him not from the East, nor from the West ; for from no expected house cometh that chil…
1913 · PDF PAGE 130
…the Abyss. There is, therefore, nothing movable or immovable under the whole firmament of heaven which is not included in this pantacle, though it be but " eight inches in diameter, and in thickness half an inch." Fire is not matter at all; water is a combination of elements; air almost entirely a mixture of elements; earth contains all both in admixture and in combination. So must it be with this Pantacle, the symbol of earth. And as this Pantacle is made of pure wax, do not forget that "every- thing that lives is holy." All phenomena are sacr…
1912 · PDF PAGE 224
…through suffering; pleasure after pain. Sacrifice and trouble, yet strength arising therefrom, symbolized by the position of the rose, as though the pain itself had brought forth beauty. Arrangement, peace restored; truce; truth and untruth; sorrow and sympathy. Aid to the weak; arrangement; justice, unselfishness; also a tendency to repetition of affronts on being pardoned; injury when meaning well; given to petitions; also a want of tact, and asking questions of little moment; talkative. Chokmah of Vau. Quarrel made up, yet still some tension i…