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Page 49 of 1001909 · PDF PAGE 386
…et them have the mystical roses. As soon as I perceived their intentions I felt the most intense impulse to murder them. We talked for a long time without being able to gather much of each other’s thoughts. At last I turned to the books in the coffin, and in the book containing “ Advice to Mankind for a better use of their faculties” I saw, traced by an invisible hand, the following advice : “ Be careful of womanly traps.” “Let the roses be planted; they are meant for that purpose.” “ A cover cannot fall in love except with boards and planks. B…
1922 · PDF PAGE 249
CHAPTER VII THE FINAL PLUNGE Sunday THE church bells tell me the day. I have been through another terrible ordeal. I don’t know how long ago since I came down from the north tower. The noise was really a shot. I found Peter on the floor with the pistol by his side, and blood pouring from a wound in his breast. I understood immediately what I had to do. It was impossible to send for a doctor. The scandal of the suicide would make life impossible ever after, and he would immediately discover that it was due to dope. The burden must be on my own s…
1929 · PDF PAGE 18
…to spare. He locked the door carefully, sat down with his back to the light, and pulling the pho- tograph from his pocket, indulged in a long voluptuous gloat. Then the boots knocked with the news of his cab, and Bugg, nobler than Lord Howard of Effingham, thrust his treasure into his pocket, unlocked the door and cried Venny!
1929 · PDF PAGE 585
…re I studied these verses, the more tremendous seemed their import and should I succeed in completing my translation and commentary, the long lost secret of Pythagoras should be brought to light and Greek philosophy assume an aspect hitherto hidden which must revolutionize our ideas of the ancient wisdom. The true significance of the Atus of Tahuti, or Tarot Trumps, also awaits full understanding. I have satisfied myself that these twenty-two cards compose a complete system of hieroglyphs representing the total energies of the universe. In the …
1910 · PDF PAGE 109
…ut one of the numerous Pranayama practices, which we shall deal with shortly. 11. The Vajroli-Mudra. In the “Shiva Sanhita” § there is a long account of this Mudra in which the God says: “It is the most secret of all * “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” p. 62; “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 45-47. Again this is the union of Shiva and Shakti, and that of the solar and lunar Pingala and Ida by means of the Sushumna—the path of the gods. + “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 76-81. t “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” pp. 63, 69. § “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 53-75. 95
1910 · PDF PAGE 109
…ut one of the numerous Pranayama practices, which we shall deal with shortly. 11. The Vajroli-Mudra. In the “Shiva Sanhita” § there is a long account of this Mudra in which the God says: “It is the most secret of all * “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” p. 62; “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 45-47. Again this is the union of Shiva and Shakti, and that of the solar and lunar Pingala and Ida by means of the Sushumna—the path of the gods. + “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 76-81. t “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” pp. 63, 69. § “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 53-75. 95
1911 · PDF PAGE 163
…e really “united with " or ”absorbed in ” God, what of God? We are told in Galatians that the fruits of the Spirit are peace, love, joy, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; and somewhere else, “ By their fruits ye shall know them.” Of these evil-doers then we must either think that they are dishonest, and have never attained at all, or that they have united themselves with a devil. Such are “Brethren of the Left Hand Path,“ described so thoroughly in Liber 418 (EgUINox, Νο. ν., Special Supplement, pp. 119 5994). O…
1911 · PDF PAGE 163
…e really “united with " or ”absorbed in ” God, what of God? We are told in Galatians that the fruits of the Spirit are peace, love, joy, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; and somewhere else, “ By their fruits ye shall know them.” Of these evil-doers then we must either think that they are dishonest, and have never attained at all, or that they have united themselves with a devil. Such are “Brethren of the Left Hand Path,“ described so thoroughly in Liber 418 (EgUINox, Νο. ν., Special Supplement, pp. 119 5994). O…
1912 · PDF PAGE 180
…re-makes bed, etc.] Safe ! safe for ever from that vulture eye of blue. Safe! [A distant 011117111 clock strikes eleven] To bed! No more long watches to distract me. No more waiting to catch that evil, filmy eye, casting its vulture curses on me. How I shall sleep! shall sleep! [A loud knocking outside, !,,-(601) startled—then with 11 look of infinite cunning HE smiles]—Safe! safe! [Goes to door, L.] JACK, Who is it? I’ve gone to bed. A VOICE. [Of—muflted—seveml half 111141116 words ending “Meyer."] JACK. Old Meyer’s gone into the country. [With s…
1912 · PDF PAGE 180
…re-makes bed, etc.] Safe ! safe for ever from that vulture eye of blue. Safe! [A distant 011117111 clock strikes eleven] To bed! No more long watches to distract me. No more waiting to catch that evil, filmy eye, casting its vulture curses on me. How I shall sleep! shall sleep! [A loud knocking outside, !,,-(601) startled—then with 11 look of infinite cunning HE smiles]—Safe! safe! [Goes to door, L.] JACK, Who is it? I’ve gone to bed. A VOICE. [Of—muflted—seveml half 111141116 words ending “Meyer."] JACK. Old Meyer’s gone into the country. [With s…
1907 · PDF PAGE 226
…thering them respec- tively; so that it will meet with instant general approval if I open this paper by the remark that Christianity, as long as it flourished, was content to assimilate Paganism, never attacking it until its own life had been sapped by the _ insidious heresies of Paul. Time passed by, and they bullied Manes and Cerinthus; history repeated itself until it almost knew itself by heart ; finally, at the present day, some hireling parasites of the decaying faith—at once the origin and the product of that decay—endeavour to take adva…
1904 · PDF PAGE 88
…ions, For know a better, fresher, busier sphere, a wide, untried domain awaits, demands you. Respoasive to our summons, Or rather to her long-nurs’d inclination, Join’d with an irresistible, natural gravitation, She comes! I hear the rustling of her gown, I scent the odour of her breath’s delicious fragrance, I mark her step divine, her curious eyes a-turning, rolling, Upon this very scene. The dame of dames! can I believe then, Those ancient temples, sculptures classic, could none of them retain her? Nor shades of Virgil and Dante, nor myriad …
1907 · PDF PAGE 19
…lasquez: but here am I illustrating, however feebly, the Works, eootry: and poetry cannot, unfortunately, ever be pure technique. I have long wished to write “A Sonnet in W. and P.” (with Whip as the keynote); a triolet in U. and K.; an ode in S. Sh. Sw. Sp. and Str. —and so on; but people would merely say “Nonsense Verses” (so they do now, some of them!). So that my work is liable to the most vital misinterpretation. My best friend tells the utterly false, utterly funny story about me that I wrote one sonnet for “L’Ange déechu” and another for…
1911 · PDF PAGE 130
…Sam Hall was solid and furious, looking an ounce or two overtrained; Joe Marie looked hardly human, his black skin gleaming, his arms so long as to seem almost disproportionate. He seemed apathetic; he reminded one of indiarubber. It was not till the sixth round that any warm exchanges took place. Then Ida sat up. Joe had sent a sharp upper cut to the Englishman’s lip. She dug her nails into Rolles’ hand, that lay idly on her knee. Sam Hall returned a blow on the heart that sent the negro staggering across the ring. He was after him like a flash…
1911 · PDF PAGE 130
…Sam Hall was solid and furious, looking an ounce or two overtrained; Joe Marie looked hardly human, his black skin gleaming, his arms so long as to seem almost disproportionate. He seemed apathetic; he reminded one of indiarubber. It was not till the sixth round that any warm exchanges took place. Then Ida sat up. Joe had sent a sharp upper cut to the Englishman’s lip. She dug her nails into Rolles’ hand, that lay idly on her knee. Sam Hall returned a blow on the heart that sent the negro staggering across the ring. He was after him like a flash…
1912 · PDF PAGE 98
…en for his daughter to come in to tea from the “Art Class." But when she arrived, portfolio in hand, her beauty and the splendour of her long easy swing determined him to be gracious. Under such circumstances conversation is apt to be artificial; but Gertrude was gay and garrulous, and the tea went very pleasantly until her father's eye unluckily fell on the portfolio. “ And what has my little fairy been doing lately?” he asked with elephantine lightness. “Oh, sketches mostly, father. This week we're copying from old Greek masterpieces, though. …
1912 · PDF PAGE 98
…en for his daughter to come in to tea from the “Art Class." But when she arrived, portfolio in hand, her beauty and the splendour of her long easy swing determined him to be gracious. Under such circumstances conversation is apt to be artificial; but Gertrude was gay and garrulous, and the tea went very pleasantly until her father's eye unluckily fell on the portfolio. “ And what has my little fairy been doing lately?” he asked with elephantine lightness. “Oh, sketches mostly, father. This week we're copying from old Greek masterpieces, though. …
1913 · PDF PAGE 361
…a let the cross rise in the midst of the crescent !4 Let Mohammed set woman free to give to the true believer the houris which he has so long dreamt of, and let the martyrs of the Saviour teach chaste caresses to the beautiful angels of Mohammed! The whole earth, reclothed with the rich adornments which all the arts have embroidered for her, will no longer be anything but a magnificent temple, of which man shall be the eternal priest. All that was true, all that was beautiful, all that was sweet in the past centuries, will live once more glorif…
1913 · PDF PAGE 361
…a let the cross rise in the midst of the crescent !4 Let Mohammed set woman free to give to the true believer the houris which he has so long dreamt of, and let the martyrs of the Saviour teach chaste caresses to the beautiful angels of Mohammed! The whole earth, reclothed with the rich adornments which all the arts have embroidered for her, will no longer be anything but a magnificent temple, of which man shall be the eternal priest. All that was true, all that was beautiful, all that was sweet in the past centuries, will live once more glorif…
1919 · PDF PAGE 394
…auses; the rip- ple of effect, as the great tidal wave, thou shalt let run its course.” This verse apparently contradicts completely the long philippic against inaction, for the Object of those who counsel non-action is to prevent any inward cause arising, so that when the old causes have worked this out there is noth- ing left. But this is quite unphilosophical, for every effect as soon as it occurs becomes a new cause, and it is always equal to its cause. ‘There is no waste or dissipation. If you take an atom of hydrogen and combine it with o…