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Page 46 of 1001907 · PDF PAGE 244
…with his un knowable appulse as the only potency of the not -self, which assuaged the raging thirst of inquiry as would a bottle of wine long since dry. Behind him Schelling , who leaping into the clouds , grasped at object and subject as existing actualities , calling the bastard child ren of his brain manifestations of the Absolute . Then Hegel who , instead of sitting out on the universal stairs with Berkeley's “ Bishop ," waltzed wildly with some ethereal Absolute , which , whether object or sub ject , was in no case existence , merely the …
1909 · PDF PAGE 102
10.25. י11.30 100 THE EQUINOX so long striven to obtain: yet he dared not. He had the loaded pistol to his head; he could not pull the trigger. This must have gone on for some time; his agony of failure was awful; {or he knew that he was failing; but though he cried a thousand times unto Adonai with the Voice of Death, he could not—he could not. Again and again he stood at the gate, and could not enter. And the Violet Flames of Ajna triumphed over him. Then Brenner said: “ Let us take a little rest!”—oh irony l—and he came down from his throne,…
1909 · PDF PAGE 61
…hilosophy, it doesn’t. The metaphysical deadlock is a real and not a verbal one. The inner nature of things is not rational, at least so long as we are asked to define “rational” as “rationalistic.” Why should it be? Why should the rules of golf govern the mechanics of the flight of a golf-ball ? It is this fact that has made it possible for the faith- mongers to make head against the stream of philosophy. Fichte is really and truly just as right and as wrong as Schelling; Hume is quite as impregnable as Berkeley. Let us not try to shirk the tr…
1909 · PDF PAGE 61
…hilosophy, it doesn’t. The metaphysical deadlock is a real and not a verbal one. The inner nature of things is not rational, at least so long as we are asked to define “rational” as “rationalistic.” Why should it be? Why should the rules of golf govern the mechanics of the flight of a golf-ball ? It is this fact that has made it possible for the faith- mongers to make head against the stream of philosophy. Fichte is really and truly just as right and as wrong as Schelling; Hume is quite as impregnable as Berkeley. Let us not try to shirk the tr…
1930 · PDF PAGE 23
…you see”, said the second man (in a confidential whisper) “my brother sees snakes”. The hrst man was more puzzled than ever; but after a long think, he continued rather pathetically : “But say, them ain’t real snakes”. “Sure”, said the man with the basket, “but this Mongoose ain’t real either”. This is a perfect parable of Magick. There is no such thing 1. i. e. as a general rule. It can be altered very greatly in these respects. — 143
1930 · PDF PAGE 78
…s is an event which does not happen. Ail expériences contribute to make us complété in ourselves. We feel our- selves subject to them so long as we fail to recognise this; when we do, we perceive that they are subject to us. And whenever we strive to évadé an expérience, whatever it may be, we thereby do wrong to ourselves. We thwart our own tendencies. To live is to change; and to oppose change is to revoit against the law which we hâve enacted to govern our lives. To resent destiny is thus to abdicate our sovereignty, and to invoke death. Ind…
1930 · PDF PAGE 89
… rise above them. Yea, though his very life tremble on his lips, let him force his way upward and onward! 5. Let him continue in this so long as the breath of life is in him. Whatever threatens, whatever allures, though it were Typhon and ail his hosts loosed from the pit and leagued against him, though it were from the very Throne of God Himself that a voice issues bidding him stay and be content, let him struggle on, ever on. 6. At last there must corne a moment when his whole being is swallowed up in fatigue, overwhelmed by its own inertia. …
1954 · PDF PAGE 404
60 Knack Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I am very glad that it has not been necessary in all this long correspondence with you, to discuss the question of Knack. You seem to be specially gifted; you were able to get the results directly from following out the instructions, and I am glad that it is through you, on behalf of other people, to whom you have communicated these instructions, that this letter has become necessary. When Otto Morningstar was trying (with indifferent success) to teach me how to play French B…
1903 · PDF PAGE 78
…fast in the skies above, till the skies are abolished and cease| And for me, may I never forget how things came well as they are| It was long I had wandered yet ere my eyes found out the star. Be silent, love, and abide; the wanton strings must go To the vain tumultuous tide of the spirit’s overflow. I sing and sing to the world; then silence soon Be about us clasped and furled in the light of the moon. Forget not, never forget the terrible song I have sung; How the eager fingers fret the lute, and loose the tongue Tinkles delicate things, fain…
1911 · PDF PAGE 102
… power over thee, for thou hast taken the Oath, and art bound unto the White Brothers, and therefore have I the power to torture thee so long as thou shalt be. (Then said the Scribe unto him: Thou liest.) Ask of thy brother P. .. ., and he shall tell thee if I lie! (This the Scribe refused to do, saying that it was no concern of the demon’s.) 100
1919 · PDF PAGE 150
…he near future. Note. I have got over the feeling of shrinking at cutting myself. The first cuts were quite short and about half an inch long, afterwards I increased them to as much as 3 inches in length. From Jan. 21 to 28th, Frater V.I.O. experimented with control of body, by not crossing legs. Same penalty as before. Total breaks for week 24. On Feb. 25th, he records the fact that he had succeeded in performing this practice for a clear week with one doubtful break only during sleep. 142
1929 · PDF PAGE 490
…m nowhere in particular, could have gouged out the gorges. I prefer to suspect that the original event was an earthquake, which opened a long crack, and that the river took advantage of this natural channel. I went down the Colorado River by Angel Trail. I wanted to make {772} sure I had not lost my old speed and surefootedness. The previous record from the edge of the cliff to the river was some minutes over two hours. I did it in one hour twenty minutes to a second! I paid the price; the nails of my big toes were so badly bruised that the cam…
1944 · PDF PAGE 51
… the day of darkness and death. Where shall he seek his salvation? Where is Monsalvat, the mountain of salvation, which he has sought so long in vain? He worships the lance: immediately the way, so long closed to him, is open; th£ scenery revolves rapidly, there is no need for him to move. He has arrived at the Temple of the Graal. All true ceremonial religion must be solar and phallic in character. It is the wound of Amfortas which has removed the virtue frorn the temple. (Amfortas is the sym‐ bol of the Dying God.) Accordingly, to redeem the …
1907 · PDF PAGE 115
…fools! The second, bright as burning coal, a white and wanton wolf of sin Who had an icy flame within the ulcer that she called her soul. Long years he bent him to the task; he worked his torture and his lust Out of the horror of the dust into the horror of the mask. The mewing lecherous devils crept out of the strongholds of the hills, And filled their blood with noisome thrills before the work of the adept. The ghuls that gloat on corpses cold would gather, glutted with their meat, And give it dead man’s chops to eat, and dead man’s bones to ru…
1907 · PDF PAGE 220
… which were being extended round its welcome fire . The God - idea cling ing to Philosophy , similarly as the phlogiston - idea clung so long to the principles of chemistry . Now follows the philosophic fall . Seeking the Absolute in sense - perceptions , and listening to the chatter of the carnal snake , these wise men , these latter - day philo sophers , not finding eternal knowledge in the deific apple , ceased munching so wry a pippin , declaring the God of Religion , the Matter of Science , Unknowable , a thing in itself , like the jinnee …
1913 · PDF PAGE 469
…hop was frightened, and has fainted,” said some. “He is dead !” replied others. “ Did you see the knife?” added a third comer. “It is as long as a sabre, and the blood was streaming on.the blade.” “The poor Archbishop has lost one of his slippers,” remarked an old woman, joining her hands. “Tt is nothing! It is nothing!” cried a woman who rented chairs. ‘‘You can come back to the church: Mon- seigneur is not hurt; they have just said so from the pulpit.” The crowd then made a movement to return to the church. 171
1913 · PDF PAGE 469
…hop was frightened, and has fainted,” said some. “He is dead !” replied others. “ Did you see the knife?” added a third comer. “It is as long as a sabre, and the blood was streaming on.the blade.” “The poor Archbishop has lost one of his slippers,” remarked an old woman, joining her hands. “Tt is nothing! It is nothing!” cried a woman who rented chairs. ‘‘You can come back to the church: Mon- seigneur is not hurt; they have just said so from the pulpit.” The crowd then made a movement to return to the church. 171
1907 · PDF PAGE 183
…led head , to wither Love's desire ?? The picture becomes grander still , the child of life becomes old in thought : III . I was a child long years ago , it seems , Or months it may be - I am still a child ! They pictured me the stars as wheeling wild In a huge bowl of water ; but my dreams Built it of Titan oak , its sides were piled Of fearful wood Hewn from God's forests , paid with sweat and tears and blood . Yet to what does this infinite yearning lead ? The soul looks “ out to the beyond ,” and from the shape less and unstayed there burst…
1910 · PDF PAGE 141
THE DOCTRINES OF BUDDHISM Having sat for seven long years under the Bédhi tree Gotama opened his eyes and perceiving the world of Sam- sara* exclaimed: “Quod erat demonstrandum!” True, he had attained to the spotless eye of Truth and had become Buddha the Enlightened One; he had entered the Nothing- ness of Nibbdna,j and had become one with the Uncreated and the Indestructible. And now he stood once again on the shore line of existence and watched the waves of life roll landwards, curve, break and hiss up the beach only to surge back into the o…
1910 · PDF PAGE 316
… his arrival in the village where Ljubov lived, he noticed the child and her marvellous beauty. For hours, having retired to the house belonging to a rich lady whose guest he was, he drivelled, with before him the enrapturing vision of Ljubov’s priceless jewels. He proceeded carefully; made friends with all the children; and, the seventh day having come, he met her outside the village, by chance— so she thought—and made her a present of a few trifling ornaments. Then he placed over his own eyes two empty shells of walnut, and pretended to play …