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Page 43 of 871919 · PDF PAGE 375
…t is the Man that was, that is, and will be, for whom the hour shall never strike. Compare Levi’s aphorism, “The Magician should work as though he had omnipotence at his command and eternity at his disposal.” Do not imagine that it matters whether you finish the task in this life or not. Go on quietly and steadily, unmoved by anything whatever. 36. If thou wouldst reap sweet peace and rest, Disciple, sow with the seeds of merit the fields of future harvests. Ac- cept the woes of birth. Accept the Laws of Nature and work with them. Do not be alw…
1954 · PDF PAGE 311
…he human self as determining the identity of the Supreme Triad plus as much Ruach as I have succeeded in organising as extensions of it. Though your Supernal Triad is in essence identical with mine, your Tiphareth is quite definitely not mine. It is like mine in its nature and many of its sympathies , but your Ruach is altogether different from mine in (at a guess) 80 percent of its components . We must add Malkuth as the medium which crystallizes the characters of our respective "Selves." This is all horribly, hatefully difficult to put into w…
1904 · PDF PAGE 101
… circle opening out into the line.” The Christian dogma is really identical, for both conceive of a previous and eternally existing God, though the Qabalists hedge by describing this latent Deity as “ Not.” Later com - mentators, notably the illustrious 2 M ac- Gregor-Mathers, have explained this Not as “negatively-existing.” Profound as is my respect for the intellectual and spiritual attainments of him whom I am proud to have been perm itted to call m y m aster,2 I am bound to express my view that when the Qabalists said Not, they meant Not, …
1906 · PDF PAGE 251
…of sentient things; that it is no accidental accompaniment, but an essential constituent of the Cosmic Process.’’ And in the same essay, though he is disposed to deny more than the rudiments of consciousness to the lower forms of life, he is quite clear that pain varies directly (to put it loosely) with the degree of consciousness. Cf. also ‘* Animal Automatism,” pp. 236-237. (2) SorRow’s CauseE.—The cause of sorrow is desire. I take desire here to include such a phenomenon as the tendency of two molecules of hydrogen and chlorine to combine un…
1907 · PDF PAGE 224
…uently misunderstood , did not deny the mean ing of substance as taken in the vulgar sense -- a com bination of sensible qualities , and though it may be possible , he stated , “ that solid , figured , movable substances may exist without the mind , corresponding to the ideas we have of bodies , yet how is it possible for us to know this ? Either we must know it by sense 1 | The Principles of Human Knowledge , p. 43.
1909 · PDF PAGE 6
…blood, and made gold from baser metals. In this they succeeded; the intelligent perceived that the gold and the lead were but shadows of thought. It became probable that the elements were but isomers of one element ; matter was seen to be but a modification of mind, or (at least) that the two things matter and mind must be joined before either could be perceived. All knowledge comes through the senses, on the one hand ; on the other, it is only through the senses that knowledge comes, We then continue our conquest of matter; and we are getting p…
1910 · PDF PAGE 90
…s our view of the allegory. 3. Eunuchs. Those from whom the testicles only are removed can still copulate, and experience sexual orgasm, though of course no fecundation results. Hence the possibility of Gibbon’s remark that a certain lady “ preferred the titillations of her favourite eunuch to the ponderous emballings of the Roman praetor ” ; and of Martial’s epigram : “ Cur tantum eunuchos habeat tua Gellia, quae- ris, Pannice ? vult frui Gellia, non parere.” 4. This jest depends on the pun — a somewhat significant one ! — between [Persian tex…
1912 · PDF PAGE 53
…ousness began to break through Ruach into Neschamah "; and two days later: “Pu Peng to Ying Wa Kuan. I ‘shoot the Reason’ by going back, though on a higher plane, to Augoeides (z'. e. the Holy Guardian Angel). Resolve to accomplish a Great Retirement on lines closely resembling Abra-melin. The ‘note-book and stop-watch method’ is too much like criticism Doubt whether I should actually do Op. or confine myself to Augoeides. Latter easy to prepare, of course." And so on, making a plan. Now, how did this come about? Not from the meditation on the R…
1912 · PDF PAGE 53
…ousness began to break through Ruach into Neschamah "; and two days later: “Pu Peng to Ying Wa Kuan. I ‘shoot the Reason’ by going back, though on a higher plane, to Augoeides (z'. e. the Holy Guardian Angel). Resolve to accomplish a Great Retirement on lines closely resembling Abra-melin. The ‘note-book and stop-watch method’ is too much like criticism Doubt whether I should actually do Op. or confine myself to Augoeides. Latter easy to prepare, of course." And so on, making a plan. Now, how did this come about? Not from the meditation on the R…
1930 · PDF PAGE 5
…nday evening, with the idea of Tuesday already looming darkly in every melancholic mind. I should like to be just friendly and sensible, though it is perhaps too much to expect me to be cheerful. The fact is that I am in a very depressed state. My attention was attracted by that little word know- ledge of which we hear so much and see so little. I dont propose to inflict upon you the M.C.H., and demonstrate that the life and opinions of Gilles de Rais were inevitably determined by the price of onions in Hyderabad. But I do think that in ap…
1929 · PDF PAGE 79
79 offered me for ten times the proper price, I would buy it on the spot, even though I knew that I had only to go round the corner to find an honest tradesman. I did this sort of thing on purpose to affirm magically that nothing mattered except the work of the moment. It was "Take not thought for the morrow" carried out in its most literal sense. I made a point of putting God on His honour, so to speak, to supply anything I might need by demonstrating to {147} him that I would not keep back the least imaginable fraction of my resources. I acqu…
1909 · PDF PAGE 47
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH Yogic doctrines, yet approximately expressed them, though in a degraded and distorted form. I was also aware of the prime agony of meditation, the “dryness ”* (as Molinos calls it) which hardens and sterilises the soul. The very practice which should flood it with light leads only to a darkness more terrible than death, a despair and disgust which only too often lead to abandonment, when in truth they should encourage, for that—as the oracles affirm— it is darkest before the dawn. Meditation therefore annoyed me, as ti…
1909 · PDF PAGE 47
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH Yogic doctrines, yet approximately expressed them, though in a degraded and distorted form. I was also aware of the prime agony of meditation, the “dryness ”* (as Molinos calls it) which hardens and sterilises the soul. The very practice which should flood it with light leads only to a darkness more terrible than death, a despair and disgust which only too often lead to abandonment, when in truth they should encourage, for that—as the oracles affirm— it is darkest before the dawn. Meditation therefore annoyed me, as ti…
1910 · PDF PAGE 65
…n the theory and practice of Yoga, it is essential that the reader should possess some slight know- ledge of the Vedanta philosophy; and though the following in no way pretends to be an exhaustive account of the same, yet it is hoped that it will prove a sufficient guide to lead the seeker from the Western realms of Magic and action to the Eastern lands of Yoga and renunciation. To begin with, the root-thought of all philosophy and religion, both Eastern and Western, is that the universe is only an appearance and not a reality, or, as Deussen h…
1910 · PDF PAGE 65
…n the theory and practice of Yoga, it is essential that the reader should possess some slight know- ledge of the Vedanta philosophy; and though the following in no way pretends to be an exhaustive account of the same, yet it is hoped that it will prove a sufficient guide to lead the seeker from the Western realms of Magic and action to the Eastern lands of Yoga and renunciation. To begin with, the root-thought of all philosophy and religion, both Eastern and Western, is that the universe is only an appearance and not a reality, or, as Deussen h…
1911 · PDF PAGE 31
…thou who art taken in the toils of mystery. For I who trample the earth thereby make whirlpools in the air; be comforted, therefore, for though I be black, in the roof of my mouth is the sign of the Beetle. Bent are the backs of my brethren, yet shall they gore the lion with their horns. Have I not the wings of the eagle, and the face of the man? And now he is turned into one of those winged Assyrian bull-men. And he sayeth: The spade of the husbandman is the sceptre of the king. All the heavens beneath me, they serve me. They are my fields and…
1910 · PDF PAGE 288
…ld tell exactly the place that my patient had reached, and treat him accordingly. Many a time, by some expression which other bystanders thought ineffably puerile, have I recognised the landmark of a field of wonders wherein I have travelled in perfect ravishment. I understood the symbolisation, which they did not. Though as perfectly conscious as in his natural state, and capable of apprehending all outer realities without halluci- nation, he still perceived every word which was spoken to him 270
1910 · PDF PAGE 288
…ld tell exactly the place that my patient had reached, and treat him accordingly. Many a time, by some expression which other bystanders thought ineffably puerile, have I recognised the landmark of a field of wonders wherein I have travelled in perfect ravishment. I understood the symbolisation, which they did not. Though as perfectly conscious as in his natural state, and capable of apprehending all outer realities without halluci- nation, he still perceived every word which was spoken to him 270
1912 · PDF PAGE 20
…ters, peruse our history and our constitutions. The best, the most humane, the bravest, and most civilized of men have been our patrons. Though the vulgar are strangers to our works, the greatest geniuses have sprung from our order. The most illustrious characters on earth have laid the foundation of their most amiable qualities in M. The wisest of princes, SOLOMON, planned our institution by raising a temple to the Eternal and Supreme Ruler of the Universe. “ Swear, my son, that you will be a true and faithful M. Know, from this moment, that I…
1912 · PDF PAGE 181
…Mr. Adams, neighbour Clark here heard a dreadful cry in the cottage, and JACK. Hal Ha! Clark, you're a funny fellow. It’s no joke to me, though, for the fact is I had the most awful dream SERGEANT. And so you shrieked, of course. Strikes me, neighbour Clark, you've found a pretty mare‘s nest. CLARK. But where’s 016 Meyer? I swear I saw him come in less than half an hour ago. JACK. I tell you he's not here. Why don’t you look for him, you dear old muddlehead? SERGEANT. Why, yes, Mr. Adams, that seems the simplest way. JACK. Just take a note first…