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Page 42 of 921912 · PDF PAGE 97
…ds, when it was- safely locked up again, he would undress with a certain unction. Once even he attempted—with the aid of a bath towelwto take the pose before the mirror. And he saw nothing ridiculous in that, just as he saw nothing beautiful in the photograph, Nakedness is lust: so ran his simple gospel of aesthetics. Shame quickened him, too, to measures of expiation or precaution He read family prayers twice a day instead of once, and he took the chair at the Annual Meeting of a Society for Sending Out Trousers to Converted Hindoos. As everyb…
1913 · PDF PAGE 366
…hange, nor form. Thou art one, and not one of mine imaginations can fix a limit for thee, or give a definition of thee; therefore will I take heed to my ways, lest I offend with my tongue. Thou art one indeed, whose excellence is so lofty, that it may in no wise fall, by no means like that one which may cease to be. “Thou art the existing one; nevertheless, the understand- ing and the sight of mortals cannot attain thine existence, nor place in thee the where, the how, the why. Thou art the 68
1913 · PDF PAGE 549
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES another when one wishes to take hold of that other and dominate him. The astral ascendant has been divined by other magi, who gave it the name of ¢ourdi/lon (vortex). It is, say they, a current of specialized light, representing always the same circle of images, and consequently determined and determining impressions. These vortices exist for men as for stars. ‘The stars,” said Paracelsus, “ breathe out their luminous soul, and attract each other's radiation. The soul of the earth, prisoner of the fatal laws of gravitat…
1913 · PDF PAGE 366
…hange, nor form. Thou art one, and not one of mine imaginations can fix a limit for thee, or give a definition of thee; therefore will I take heed to my ways, lest I offend with my tongue. Thou art one indeed, whose excellence is so lofty, that it may in no wise fall, by no means like that one which may cease to be. “Thou art the existing one; nevertheless, the understand- ing and the sight of mortals cannot attain thine existence, nor place in thee the where, the how, the why. Thou art the 68
1913 · PDF PAGE 549
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES another when one wishes to take hold of that other and dominate him. The astral ascendant has been divined by other magi, who gave it the name of ¢ourdi/lon (vortex). It is, say they, a current of specialized light, representing always the same circle of images, and consequently determined and determining impressions. These vortices exist for men as for stars. ‘The stars,” said Paracelsus, “ breathe out their luminous soul, and attract each other's radiation. The soul of the earth, prisoner of the fatal laws of gravitat…
1919 · PDF PAGE 65
…,” “circle,” “chapter,” “society,” “brotherhood,” or any other to designate the body of ini- tiates. 23. Deliberately, therefore, did he take refuge in vague- ness. Not to veil the truth to the Neophyte, but to warn him against valuing non-essentials. Should therefore the candidate hear the name of any God, let him not rashly assume that it refers to any known God, save only the God known to himself. Or should the ritual speak in terms (however vague) which seem to imply Egyptian, Taoist, Buddhist, Indian, Persian, Greek, Judaic, Christian, or …
1919 · PDF PAGE 419
…t Commentator might be inclined to support this theory, since, in his own ex- perience, it was this Vision of Sorrow which caused him to take the First Great Oath. He had suddenly presented to him the perception of the Three Characteristics. This is fully narrated in Book 4, Part IV. It is also evident that aspiration implies dissatisfaction of some sort. But at the same time I do not think that in all cases it is necessary that this dissatisfaction should be so conscious and so universal as appears to be implied in the text. : 26. Armed with t…
1922 · PDF PAGE 17
…different kind of rotten. I looked at my mind, as the better class of flying man soon learns to do, and I really felt ashamed of myself. Take me for all in all, I was one of the luckiest men alive. War is like a wave; some it rolls over, some it drowns, some it beats to pieces on the shingle; but some it shoots far up the shore on to glistening golden sand out of the reach of any further freaks of fortune. Let me explain. My name is Peter Pendragon. My father was a second son; and he had quarrelled with my Uncle Mortimer when they were boys. He…
1922 · PDF PAGE 157
…st 17. WE are at the Savoy. Cockie has gone to see his lawyer. He is looking awfully bad, poor boy. He feels the disgrace of having been taken in by that Feccles. But how was he to know? It was all really my fault. I ought to have had aan instinct about it. I feel rotten myself. London is frightfully hot; much hotter than it was in Italy. I want to go and live at Barley Grange. No, I don’t; what I want 1s to get back to where we were. There's frightfully little H. left. There's plenty of C.; only one wants so much. I wonder if this is the night…
1930 · PDF PAGE 11
…pirit of a people unconquerable in arms ? What but the spread of the slave morality of the Jewish communists of the period ? If you will take your
1912 · PDF PAGE 30
…ul thereof, As thou dost heal all mens misdeeds with eager love. Our Lady of Vigilance, behold me ! I am weak. My lifes inheritance to take there are those that seek. There are evil men that hunt me to destroy meThou When they arise, confront them, hear thy virgins vow. Forgive them, even as I through thee am wholly shriven ; Let that absolve whereby all men may be forgiven ! Turn thou their hearts to grace, accept their penitence, That they may see thy face, gain absolution thence ! ORLANDO. Lady, your lifes in danger. While you pray, the…
1930 · PDF PAGE 68
… the experiment either as adju¬ vants to or causes of the resuit, or as inhibiting it, or as sources of error. 4. The A.-. A.*, will not take official notice of any experi¬ ments which are not thus properly recorded. 5. It is not necessary at this stage for us to déclaré fully the ultimate end of our researchesj nor indeed would it be understood by those who hâve not become proficient in these elementary courses. 6. The expérimenter is encouraged to use his own intelligence, and not to rely upon any other person or persons, however distin- guis…
1909 · PDF PAGE 65
…l the same to me) to Haggerston Town Hall (wherever Haggerston may be; but say it’s Ν.Ε.)͵ thence to Maida Vale. From Maida Vale I could take a true line for Piccadilly again and not go five minutes walk out of my way, bar blind alleys, etc., and I should know when I got close to Scott’s again before I recognised any of the surroundings. It always seems to me that I get an intuition of the direction and length of line A (Scott’s to Haggerston bee—line ; in spite of any winding, it would make little odds if I went via Poplar), another intuition o…
1919 · PDF PAGE 74
THE EQUINOX 32. Further Adonai spake unto V.V.V.V.V. and said: 33. Let us take our delight in the multitude of men! Let us shape unto ourselves a boat of mother-of-pearl from them, that we may ride upon the river of Amrit! 34. Thou seest yon petal of amaranth, blown by the wind from the low sweet brows of Hathor? 35. (The Magister saw it and rejoiced in the beauty of it.) Listen! 36. (From a certain world came an infinite wail.) That falling petal seemed to the little ones a wave to engulph their continent. 37. So they will reproach thy servant…
1919 · PDF PAGE 357
… indicated in verse 74 is described in most books upon the Tatwas. The orifices of the face being cov- ered with the fingers, the senses take on a new shape. 75. And in the fifth, O slayer of thy thoughts, all these have to be killed beyond re-animation. It is not sufficient to get rid temporarily of one’s obstacles. One must seek out their roots and destroy them, so that they can never rise again. This involves a very deep psychologi- cal investigation, as a preliminary. But the whole matter is one between the Self and its modifications, not a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 77
…n “ playing Adam.” What? you don’t know how to play “Adam”? And you call yourself a sage? Tut! The game of “ Adam” is played as follows. Take a key, a Bible, an elastic band. 67
1909 · PDF PAGE 77
…n “ playing Adam.” What? you don’t know how to play “Adam”? And you call yourself a sage? Tut! The game of “ Adam” is played as follows. Take a key, a Bible, an elastic band. 67
1913 · PDF PAGE 525
…se degenerates : never to cure them, always to send them farther astray, and to hallucinate them more and more. If corporeal embryos can take the forms which the imagination of their mothers gives them, the wandering fluidic embryos ought to be prodigiously variable, and to transform themselves with an astonishing facility. Their tendency to give themselves a body in order to attract a soul, makes them condense and assimilate naturally the corporeal molecules which float in the atmosphere. Thus, by coagulating the vapour of blood, they remake b…
1913 · PDF PAGE 525
…se degenerates : never to cure them, always to send them farther astray, and to hallucinate them more and more. If corporeal embryos can take the forms which the imagination of their mothers gives them, the wandering fluidic embryos ought to be prodigiously variable, and to transform themselves with an astonishing facility. Their tendency to give themselves a body in order to attract a soul, makes them condense and assimilate naturally the corporeal molecules which float in the atmosphere. Thus, by coagulating the vapour of blood, they remake b…
1904 · PDF PAGE 24
…—provided they are passed Beyond all change and pain at last Out of this universe accurst. But otherwise ! I lift my voice, Deliberately take my choice Promethean, eager to rejoice, In the grim protest’s joy to revel Betwixt Iscariot and the Devil, Throned in their midst ! No pain to feel, Tossed on some burning bed of steel, But theirs : my soul of love should swell And, on those piteous floors they trod, Feel, and make God feel, out of Hell, Across the gulf impassable, That He was damned and I was God ! Ay! Let him rise and answer me That fal…