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Page 43 of 731910 · PDF PAGE 184
… of the evil, for the firm “Tt is a fallacy,” wrote P., ‘‘that the Absolute must be the All-Good. There is zo¢ an Intelligence directing law; but onlya line of least resistance along which all things move. Its own selfishness has not even the wit to prevent Buddha, and so its own selfishness proves its destruction. “We cannot call Nature evz/: Fatal is the exact word; for Necessity implies stupidity, and this stupidity is the chief attribute of Nature.” So P. argued, for the little Bodhi Satva had started whirl- * Cf. Captain J. F. C. Fuller’s …
1910 · PDF PAGE 184
… of the evil, for the firm “Tt is a fallacy,” wrote P., ‘‘that the Absolute must be the All-Good. There is zo¢ an Intelligence directing law; but onlya line of least resistance along which all things move. Its own selfishness has not even the wit to prevent Buddha, and so its own selfishness proves its destruction. “We cannot call Nature evz/: Fatal is the exact word; for Necessity implies stupidity, and this stupidity is the chief attribute of Nature.” So P. argued, for the little Bodhi Satva had started whirl- * Cf. Captain J. F. C. Fuller’s …
1913 · PDF PAGE 546
…and without it being asked of him, twenty thousand pounds to a bankrupt. One must act properly to one’s brothers. Mutual assistance is a law of nature. To aid those who are like ourselves is to aid ourselves. But above mutual 248
1913 · PDF PAGE 546
…and without it being asked of him, twenty thousand pounds to a bankrupt. One must act properly to one’s brothers. Mutual assistance is a law of nature. To aid those who are like ourselves is to aid ourselves. But above mutual 248
1907 · PDF PAGE 19
it with “Moses breaking the Tables of the Law”; F. cocks his eye warily, and asks if it is not meant for “Mary Magdalene”; G. votes for “The Beetle-Crusher and his Muse,” and so on, day after day, till Z. comes round and recognizes it for Balzac. Rodin shakes him warmly by both hands: Balzac it is for all time—and one ceases to wonder that it was rejected! Now, of course, this paper pellet is in any case very wide of its mark. Rodin can easily sculp himself a tabernacle and go in with Whistler—and even drag in Velasquez: but here am I illustrat…
1910 · PDF PAGE 278
THE EQUINOX delicious dreams, I had not yet returned to the perfectly natural state. I now began to experience a law of hasheesh which developed its effects more and more through all future months of its use. With the progress of the hasheesh life, the effect of every successive indulgence grows more per- during until the hitherto isolated experiences become tangent to each other; then the links of the delirium intersect, and at last so blend that the chain has become a continuous band, now resting with joyous lightness as a chaplet, and now mi…
1910 · PDF PAGE 278
THE EQUINOX delicious dreams, I had not yet returned to the perfectly natural state. I now began to experience a law of hasheesh which developed its effects more and more through all future months of its use. With the progress of the hasheesh life, the effect of every successive indulgence grows more per- during until the hitherto isolated experiences become tangent to each other; then the links of the delirium intersect, and at last so blend that the chain has become a continuous band, now resting with joyous lightness as a chaplet, and now mi…
1911 · PDF PAGE 28
…have bent their backs to the yoke of slavery until they can no longer stand upright; them will I despise. 19. But you who have defied the law; you who have con- quered by subtlety or force; you will I take unto me, even I will take you unto me. 20. I ask you to sacrifice nothing at mine altar; I am the God who giveth all. 21. Light, Life, Love; Force, Fantasy, Fire; these do I bring you : mine hands are full of these. 22. There is joy in the setting—out; there is joy in the journey; there is joy in the goal. 23. Only if ye are sorrowful, or weary…
1911 · PDF PAGE 28
…have bent their backs to the yoke of slavery until they can no longer stand upright; them will I despise. 19. But you who have defied the law; you who have con- quered by subtlety or force; you will I take unto me, even I will take you unto me. 20. I ask you to sacrifice nothing at mine altar; I am the God who giveth all. 21. Light, Life, Love; Force, Fantasy, Fire; these do I bring you : mine hands are full of these. 22. There is joy in the setting—out; there is joy in the journey; there is joy in the goal. 23. Only if ye are sorrowful, or weary…
1919 · PDF PAGE 373
…an. 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
1919 · PDF PAGE 378
…ess other people with one’s knowledge, and then to forget altogether to weld this particular piece of information on to the wheel of the Law. Consequently, all Blavatsky’s talk about the sublimity of the Nirmanakaya body is no more than the speech of a politician who is thank- ing a famous general for having done some of his dirty work for him. 39. The Shangna robe, ’tis true, can purchase light eter- nal. The Shangna robe alone gives the Nirvana of destruc- tion; it stops rebirth, but O Lanoo, it also kills compassion. No longer can the perfec…
1954 · PDF PAGE 260
Cara Soror, 34 The Tao (1) Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. This is the hardest question you have yet put to me: to explain the Tao. The only proper answer would be Silence, trusting to the slow dispersion and absorption of the disturbance created by your asking it. In that sentence there lies, really, the whole explanation; but I see well enough that it won't do for you. You are not yet old or wise enough to understand that the only way to clear muddy water is to leave it alone. Still, you doubtless expect me to tell you just h…
1954 · PDF PAGE 263
…the Doctrine of the Tao, and of opinion that no other body of teaching puts forward its thought more clearly or more simply. Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666
1907 · PDF PAGE 30
…face, and yet, aware Of her own fate , resisted like a snare Her own soft wishes . As she looked and saw His eager face, the iron rod of law Grew like a misty pillar in the sky . In all her veins the blood's desires die, 2 Jephthah , vol. i, p. 66.
1907 · PDF PAGE 88
THE VIRGIN 81 Such is True Love , whether it be the love of a virgin , a harlot , or a wife . No man -made law , no convention , no ceremony can create it ; for it is spontaneous , anarchic ; few are its children , and still fewer its warriors . All that this lover sees breathes “ Alice ”; all that he hears reverberates with her name ; all that he smells holds the clinging scent of her hair , Alice , Alice , Alice ! He feels she is beyond him ; yet in his ear whispers the Master ; whose power is rapture . I drew a hideous talisman of lust In ma…
1909 · PDF PAGE 121
…l to the sunrise—and nothing comes of it! Darwin studies Nature with more reverence and enthusiasm, but without antics—and out comes the Law of Evolution. 50 it is written “ By their fruits ye shall know them" But about this question of spiritual overfeeding—what did Darwin do when he got to the stage (as he did, be sure! many a time) when he wished every pigeon in the world at the devil? Now this wish has never really arisen in John St. John ; however bad he feels, he always feels that Attainment is the only possible way out of it. This is the…
1913 · PDF PAGE 489
…metals, and of the conversion of all earthly substances into gold. Alchemy borrowed all these signs from the Qabalah, and it is upon the law of the analogies resulting from the harmony of contraries that it based its operations. An immense physical secret was, moreover, hidden under the qabalistic gl
1913 · PDF PAGE 489
…metals, and of the conversion of all earthly substances into gold. Alchemy borrowed all these signs from the Qabalah, and it is upon the law of the analogies resulting from the harmony of contraries that it based its operations. An immense physical secret was, moreover, hidden under the qabalistic gl
1930 · PDF PAGE 45
…hose top is the Stélé of Revealing in reproduction, with four candies on each side of it. Below the stélé is a place for the Book of the Law, with six candies on each side of it. Below this again is the Holy Graal, with roses on each side of it. There is room in front of the Cup for the Paten. On each side beyond the roses are two great candies. Ail this is enclosed within a great veil. Forming the apex of an équilatéral triangle whose base is a line drawn between the pillars, is a small black square altar, of two super-imposed cubes. Taking th…
1961 · PDF PAGE 218
…n Falsehood is not alien to Truth, for the Perfection of Nature com- prehendeth all. But all these Things are written in The Book of the Law, after which do I limp painfully; afar off, upon the poor Crutch of mine Understanding of its Word; yea, I am well assured that in that Book are writ all Things soever; but we, being mostly without Wit are not able to distinguish hem. For the Stature of Aiwass is beyond our Measure, seeing that he was able to comprehend the whole Mystery of Nuith and of Hadith, and yet to declare Their Message in the Langu…