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Page 40 of 871911 · 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'…
1919 · PDF PAGE 194
THE EQUINOX middle size, and when that blazeth brightly, at the last the great logs, though they be utterly green, are nevertheless enkindled. Now, son, hearken unto this Our reproof, and lend the ear of thine understanding unto the parable of this Magick. We have for the whole Beginning of Our Work, praise be eternally unto His Holy Name, the Fire of our Father the Sun. The inspiration is ours, and ours is the Law of The- lema that shall set the world ablaze. And We have many small dry sticks, that kindle quickly and burn through quickly, leav…
1929 · PDF PAGE 34
…er been clear on any point, it would have been on that. Kelly never denied it; even Stuart was sound in this matter, and Stoney himself (though reluctantly) gave his adhesion. To hold a meeting you must have two persons present . . . Well, I need hardly say that Mr. and Mrs. Cameron took opposite sides of the controversy. When the glad wires flashed the message that Mr. Raven in the meeting at Ealing had deliberately said with slow and weighty emphasis, "He that hath the Son hath eternal life", Mrs. Cameron almost wept for joy. When (the messag…
1929 · PDF PAGE 335
…r nearly every day and worked together in perfect harmony. In "The Temple of Solomon the King" Fuller's style was already much improved, though the story of my life might have been set forth more simply. Though his tendency to burst out into ecstatic rhapsodies resulted in disordering the proportions of its events, in the main his task was admirably accomplished, and there are passages of astonishing sublimity, not only in the matter of language but in that of thought. His point of view was indeed more subtle and profound than he himself realiz…
1907 · PDF PAGE 231
…Pontius Pilate. Bill Blake took tea with Ezekiel: Tenny- son saw no more in the Arthurian legends than a prophecy of the Prince Consort (though Lancelot has little in common with John Brown), and the result of all is that Tennyson is dead and buried—as shown by the fact that he is still popular —and Blake lives, for poets read and love him. Now when Paganism hecame_ popular, organised, state-regulated, it ceased to be individual: that is to say, it ceased to exist as a religion, and became a social institu- tion little better than the Church wh…
1907 · PDF PAGE 81
… of China; and Juju, the godfather of his country. Sublime moment in eternity! To the names of Joshua and Hezekiah add that of Kwaw! For though he was a quarter of an hour late for the appointment, the hands went back on the dial of Juju’s chronometer, so that no shadow of distrust or annoyance clouded the rapture of that supreme event. III. E E (“THE Mamrasrmc or SiMPLicrrv.”) “WHAT,” said Juju, “0 great Tao, do you recommend as a remedy for the ills of my unhappy country? " The sage replied as follows: “ O mighty and magniloquent Daimio, your…
1907 · PDF PAGE 18
…t a metaphysical position. His conversation is like that of Planchette: or if William Horton were vocal But Heaven forbid! What he said, though parrot-talk, caught up in some fifth-rate sculptor’s studio, no doubt, had so much truth in it, carefully concealed by the lying misinterpre- tation he had put on it, that, as I said, the pellet hit me. This was what it came to. Rodin’s works, it is said, mean nothing. He makes a study: people see it in his studio: A. goes up and says to the Master: “Ah, how beautiful, etc., ad nauseam—“I suppose it is …
1910 · PDF PAGE 272
THE EQUINOX of hasheesh delirum, another dose, however small—yes, though it be no larger than half a pea—be employed to prolong the condition, such agony will inevitably ensue as will make the soul shudder at its own possibility of endurance without annihilation. By repeated experiments, which now occupy the most horrible place upon my catalogue of horrible remem- brances, have I proved that, among all the variable phenomena of hasheesh, this alone stands unvarying. The use of it directly after any other stimulus will produce consequences as ap…
1910 · PDF PAGE 272
THE EQUINOX of hasheesh delirum, another dose, however small—yes, though it be no larger than half a pea—be employed to prolong the condition, such agony will inevitably ensue as will make the soul shudder at its own possibility of endurance without annihilation. By repeated experiments, which now occupy the most horrible place upon my catalogue of horrible remem- brances, have I proved that, among all the variable phenomena of hasheesh, this alone stands unvarying. The use of it directly after any other stimulus will produce consequences as ap…
1996 · PDF PAGE 155
…ake easy to you the abstraction from the ill-ordered house in the Victorious City. Thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. Thou shalt have danger Sc trouble. Ra-Hoor-Khu is with thee. Worship me with fire Sc blood; worship me with swords & with spears. Let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. Trample down the Heathen; be upon them, o warrior, I will give you of their flesh to eat! 12. Sacrifice cattle, little and big: after a child. 13. But not now. 14. Ye shall see that h…
1907 · PDF PAGE 42
…day will find its historic niche in the temple of Poetry , somewhere between the “ Hudibras ” of Butler and the “ Endy mion ” of Keats . Though Crowley , as can be clearly seen throughout his works , is not only a great admirer but also a dis ciple of Browning's , he nevertheless vigorously attacks that great master's cacophony and wilful obscurity of meaning , in that eccentric curiosity of diction “ The Sword of Song ,” in which our ears are assailed by the most monstrous diversity of ‘ noises , following in a Rather than Sophocles or Aeschyl…
1907 · PDF PAGE 238
…bola is but a name , and all its qualities are directly deducible from its definitions , etc. , etc. , and therefore contained therein , though not seen . ( 6) Mathematics is based on racial experience , and even on individual learning ; only a few highly developed brains can apprehend its propositions . It may be doubted whether any synthetic judgement exists at all ; for the moment it is made it becomes analytic . This is obvious of “ A ” and “ E ” propositions , and only not so of “ I” and “ 0,” be cause the subject is impure .] Kant then re…
1910 · PDF PAGE 277
…not remember whether I have yet mentioned that in the hasheesh state an occasional awaking occurs, perhaps as often as twice in an hour (though I have no way of judging accurately, from the singular properties of the hasheesh time), when the mind returns for an exceedingly brief space to perfect consciousness, and views all objects in their familiar light. Awaking on the morrow after a succession of vague and 259
1910 · PDF PAGE 277
…not remember whether I have yet mentioned that in the hasheesh state an occasional awaking occurs, perhaps as often as twice in an hour (though I have no way of judging accurately, from the singular properties of the hasheesh time), when the mind returns for an exceedingly brief space to perfect consciousness, and views all objects in their familiar light. Awaking on the morrow after a succession of vague and 259
1912 · PDF PAGE 291
…e of such creatures of an inscrutable Providence as Coote and Torrey, he surpassed the one in sanctimonious- ness, the other in bigotry, though he always thought blackmail too risky, and slander a tactical error. Without heart or conscience, either in his family relations or his public functions, he goes to a grave covered by the flowers of those who think it politic to pretend to honour him; and it is his tragedy that of all the obituaries penned by servile or venal dupes or accomplices of his misdeeds, none will survive the century. This artic…
1912 · PDF PAGE 291
…e of such creatures of an inscrutable Providence as Coote and Torrey, he surpassed the one in sanctimonious- ness, the other in bigotry, though he always thought blackmail too risky, and slander a tactical error. Without heart or conscience, either in his family relations or his public functions, he goes to a grave covered by the flowers of those who think it politic to pretend to honour him; and it is his tragedy that of all the obituaries penned by servile or venal dupes or accomplices of his misdeeds, none will survive the century. This artic…
1922 · PDF PAGE 36
…e! I adore Thee, I A O!” Lou reached the table, with its dirty, crazy cloth, at which we were sitting. She looked straight into my eyes, though I am sure she did not see me. “O Thou red cobra of desire, that art unhooded by the hands of girls! I adore Thee, Evoe! I adore Thee, I A O!” | She went back from us like a purple storm-cloud, sun-crested. torn from the breasts of the morning by some invisible lightning. “‘Q Thou burning sword of passion, that art torn on the anvil of flesh! I adore Thee, Evoe! I adore Thee, I A O!” A wave of almost ins…
1930 · PDF PAGE 10
…hen their best was for undergraduates to be bluffed by homosexual ecclesiastics. I suppose it is all in the family. While these profound thoughts were producing a hypochondriac obnubilation of my mental faculties, it suddenly occurred to me that after all, I had heard this story before. And I saw the connection. In the pitch-dark ages, when Christianity held unchallenged sway over those portions of this globe which it had sufficiently corrupted, the pursuit of knowledgeknowledge of any kindwas justly estimated by the people in power as the on…
1904 · PDF PAGE 19
… 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.”58 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’s59 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 trend …
1910 · PDF PAGE 283
…sympathy. Of this tradition of Jamblichus I feel an appreciation which almost convinces me that the voice of the river was indeed heard, though only by the quickened mind of some hasheesh-glorified esoteric. Again, it may be that the doctrine of the metempsychosis was first communicated to Pythagoras by Theban priests; but the astonishing illustration which hasheesh would contribute to 26