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Page 46 of 831913 · PDF PAGE 498
…l of his other-world suppers, where he made appear in flesh and blood the illustri- ous personages of the past? Cagliostro was, however, far from being an initiate of the first order, since the Great White Brotherhood abandoned him! to the Roman Inquisition, before whom he made, if one can believe the documents to his trial, so ridiculous and so odious an explanation of the Masonic trigram, L.°. P.*. D.. But miracles are not the exclusive privilege of the first order of initiates; they are often performed by beings with- out education or virtue…
1907 · PDF PAGE 225
… the mind , from what we perceive ." 1 This point Crowley fully em phasizes in “ Time ” when he writes : “ a thing is only real to us so far as it is known by us ; even its Un knowability is a species of knowledge of it : and , by Savitri ! when I say real to us , I say real absolutely , since all things lie to me in the radius of my , sensorium . * To others ' is a vain phrase .". And as it has already been shown in the chain A, B, A, B, A, B, it matters not if the Materialist chooses to place his finger on A , or the Idealist on B; so in the …
1909 · PDF PAGE 118
…ave an incredibly strong impression of loathsome disease, entirely overpowering the intention of picturing inflicted pain. Roderic, who, far from being a good man, was actually a Freethinker, thought it a grimly apt symbol of the religion of our day. On His right stood a plaster Muse, with a lyre, the effect being decidedly improved by some one who had affixed a comic mask with a grinning mouth and a long pink nose; on His left a stone plaque of Lakshmi, the Hindu Venus, a really very fine piece of work, clean and dignified, in a way the one sa…
1909 · PDF PAGE 118
…ave an incredibly strong impression of loathsome disease, entirely overpowering the intention of picturing inflicted pain. Roderic, who, far from being a good man, was actually a Freethinker, thought it a grimly apt symbol of the religion of our day. On His right stood a plaster Muse, with a lyre, the effect being decidedly improved by some one who had affixed a comic mask with a grinning mouth and a long pink nose; on His left a stone plaque of Lakshmi, the Hindu Venus, a really very fine piece of work, clean and dignified, in a way the one sa…
1913 · PDF PAGE 10
…knew he must pay for it, in being subject to the reading and hearing of so many ill verses as he was sure would be made upon it.' Now so far as we can separate it from the literary skill let us particularly consider the courage of this opening — which may challenge anything in Plato . Dryden no more fears to introduce a high literary dis cussion straight upon the retreating Dutch cannon than did Boccaccio to oppose his merry tales against a back ground of plague - swept Florence : for Boccaccio and Dryden , as greatmen , saw and trusted that ma…
1904 · PDF PAGE 123
…gle. that I make this appeal ; that I seek to enlist genuine, not pseudo-scientific men in the Research ; so that our children may be as far in advance of us in the study of the supernormal phenomena of the mind as we are in advance of our fathers in the s ciences of the physical world.1 Note carefully this practical s ense of m y intention. I care nothing for the academic meanings of the steps in the Path; what they meant to the Arahats of old is indifferent to me. “Let the dead pas t bury its dead!” What I require is an advance in the Know- l…
1911 · PDF PAGE 140
…By the senses are meant the spiritual correlations of the senses, not the physical senses. But this matters little, because the Seer, so far as he is a seer, is the expression of the spirit of humanity. What is true of him is true of humanity, so that even if he had been able to receive the full Aethyrs, he could not have communicated them. And an Angel speaks: Behold, this vision is utterly be- yond thine understanding. Yet shalt thou endeavour to unite thyself with the dreadful marriage-bed. So I am torn asunder, nerve from nerve and vein fro…
1909 · PDF PAGE 20
…s them- selves be infinite in number? However that may be, here is the point; it takes a moment for a hunchback to kill his man, and the farther we get from our base the longer it takes. You may crumble to ashes the dream-world of a boy, as it were, between your fingers; but before you can bring the physical universe tumbling about a man’s ears he requires to drill his hunchbacks so devilish well that they are terribly like soldiers themselves. Anda question capable of shaking the consciousness of Samadhi could, I imagine, give long odds to one…
1954 · PDF PAGE 39
…s that it is much more difficult to retain one's purity if one is living in the world than if one simply cuts oneself off from it. It is far easier to achieve technical attainments if one is unhampered by any such considerations. These regulations operate as restrictions to one's usefulness in helping the world. There are terrible dangers, the worst dangers of all, associated with complete retirement. In my own personal judgment, moreover, I think that our own ideal of a natural life is much more wholesome. When you have found out a little abou…
1929 · PDF PAGE 523
…ork in analysing and interpreting the mysterious events which had characterized my sojourn in America. From this time on my progress was far less unintelligible than had hitherto been the case. I was therefore not surprised when an officer appeared at about the expected date, and her physical appearance told me at once where I had got to in my journey; for the god whose place is on the Threshold of the Temple, whose function is to guard the portal of the sanctuary and introduce approved candidates to the assembled deities, is Anubis. This god i…
1907 · PDF PAGE 83
…wo great world forces : the love of man for a good woman , and the love of man for a bad woman ; the first is supreme , yet the other is far from being infernal . Listen : Yes . A good woman's love will forge a chain To break the spirit of the bravest Greek ; While with an harlot one may leap again Free as the waters of the western main , And turn with no heart -pang the vessel's beak Out to the oceans that all seamen seek. Another , this time a weird , charming little picture of a lewd little mistress with " a generous baby soul," 2 · Mysterie…
1907 · PDF PAGE 203
…ubject, in other words , that subjective creation can outstep its own creator and vice versa . For there is a sense sublime Of something far more deeply interfused , Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns , And the round ocean and the living air , And the blue sky , and in the mind of man ; A motion and a spirit , that impels All thinking things , all objects of all thoughts , And rolls through all things .? To the uninitiated this matter must for the present remain dark , and though at first the neophyte may think that the following solut…
1929 · PDF PAGE 58
…ur letters refer respectively to the four “éléments”, Fire, Water, Air, Earth, in the order named. 2. There is a further mystery herein, far deeper, for initiâtes. 22
1904 · PDF PAGE 65
…re like an eruption of Mont-Pelee than a poor priest spunk-spitting at a meat-market. More, the acrid juice of the morbid secretion was far more exciting to the worn-out waste pipe of my gay Flirtina Cop-all than any mere baby-bouillon would have been. Her finish was more like that of a man in delirium tremens dying of strychnine poisoning, tetanus, and rattle- snake bites than a simple but merry-arsed Chris- tian easing her yum-yum on a clergymans sore throat. With profound art she reserved her explosions till the supreme moment, and then, w…
1919 · PDF PAGE 460
…mé C. Wingfield-Stratford Cambridge, England: W. HEFFER & SONS, Ltd. A GREEN GARLAND V. B.NEUBURG Green Paper Cover . . 2s, 6d. net. “As far as the verse is concerned there is in this volume something more than mere promise; the performance is at times remarkable; there is beauty not only of thought and invention—and the invention is of a positive kind—but also of expression and rhythm. There is a lilt ir, Neuburg’s poems; he jas the impulse to sing, and makes his readers feel that impulse.”—The Morning Post. “There is a certain grim power in s…
1906 · PDF PAGE 99
…ou art wroth, A second kindness from Alcides’ hand. ARGUS. Spare me that, King, and take, thyself, a club. JASON. King Theseus, thou art far reputed wise. Hast thou not learnt a lesson from the hap Of Heracles supreme in—shipbuilding? I by my meekness will abash thy strength. Good Argus, thou art unsurpassed in art To curve the rougher timbers, to make smooth The joints and girders, and to plane and work The iron and the nailheads, and to lift Row after row the tiers of benches thrice In triple beauty, and to shape the oars, To raise the mast——…
1909 · PDF PAGE 81
…ly Nothing is. — Thereis much metaphy- sical nonsense culled from German Atheistic philosophy, in these poems. A wicked philo- sopher is far more dangerous than a mere voluptuary, Doomisday. — An affected archaism for the Day of Judgment. How can the writer dare to speak of this great day, on which he shall be damned for ever? “ For he that believeth not 1s condemned already, Mother. — Nature. How true would be these striking words, if only for “ the love-taught magus, the hermaphrodite ” with all its su- perstition, blasphemy, and obscenity, o…
1909 · PDF PAGE 302
…er, was gained by his workings with Fras. C.S., V. N. and I. A.; and so ardent was he in his search after knowledge that he even went so far as to invoke Mercury by obtaining access to and copying the 5°=6° Rituals and Knowledges belonging to Fra. F. L., saying to himself: “ All for Knowledge, even life, even honour, All!” 294
1909 · PDF PAGE 302
…er, was gained by his workings with Fras. C.S., V. N. and I. A.; and so ardent was he in his search after knowledge that he even went so far as to invoke Mercury by obtaining access to and copying the 5°=6° Rituals and Knowledges belonging to Fra. F. L., saying to himself: “ All for Knowledge, even life, even honour, All!” 294
1919 · PDF PAGE 423
… the spot. It is true that the further one advances the more subtle and deadly are the enemies, up to the crossing of the Abyss; and, as far as one can judge, the present discourse does not rise above Tiphareth. I am very sorry to have to remark at this point that Madame Blavatsky is now wholly obsessed by her own style. She indulges, much more than in the earlier part of this treatise, in poetic and romantic imagery, and in Miltonic inversion. (I do not here refer to Lycidas.) Consequently we get quite a long passage on a somewhat obvious poin…