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Page 49 of 951907 · PDF PAGE 204
…ere is a universal harmony ; then , as that terrific night engulfs all and envelops us , O children of the Day ! Let us rise up with the whole dawn of our understanding , encircle and an nihilate this dismal unity , and conglobe all into a per fect nothingness , an ineffable bliss — attainment is ours . It matters little whether we With Fichte and the Brahmins preach That Ego - Atman sole must be ; With Schelling and the Buddha own Non - Ego - Skandhas are alone ; With Hegel and — the Christian ? teach That which completes , includes , absorbs …
1909 · PDF PAGE 139
…t could I obtain; Islackened. Followed the folly of my life: I rationalised. “Thus: one day, leaning over the Pont St. Michel, I let the whole strange story flow back through my brain. I re- membered my agony; my present calm astonished me. I thought of Levi, of my oath. ‘He did not mean for all my “fe; I thought ; ‘he meant until I could contemplate the affair without passion. Is not fear failure? I will walk through just once, to show my mastery.’ In five minutes—with just one inward qualm—again I was treading the well-worn flags of that enso…
1909 · PDF PAGE 139
…t could I obtain; Islackened. Followed the folly of my life: I rationalised. “Thus: one day, leaning over the Pont St. Michel, I let the whole strange story flow back through my brain. I re- membered my agony; my present calm astonished me. I thought of Levi, of my oath. ‘He did not mean for all my “fe; I thought ; ‘he meant until I could contemplate the affair without passion. Is not fear failure? I will walk through just once, to show my mastery.’ In five minutes—with just one inward qualm—again I was treading the well-worn flags of that enso…
1910 · PDF PAGE 322
… clear before his eyes and he did not fail in his description of her. Well, little Piotr heard it all. As there was but one woman in the whole world whom he loved, the description of another woman did not in the least attract his attention. Only when mention was made of her magnificent jewels did his ears stand up. “What are ear-rings?” he asked of Ljubov, when he felt her tiny hand in his, a little later. “ They are beautiful things, Piotr,” she answered. “ They are beautiful to the eye.” “Hah!” he sighed—for that was the one thing he could no…
1910 · PDF PAGE 322
… clear before his eyes and he did not fail in his description of her. Well, little Piotr heard it all. As there was but one woman in the whole world whom he loved, the description of another woman did not in the least attract his attention. Only when mention was made of her magnificent jewels did his ears stand up. “What are ear-rings?” he asked of Ljubov, when he felt her tiny hand in his, a little later. “ They are beautiful things, Piotr,” she answered. “ They are beautiful to the eye.” “Hah!” he sighed—for that was the one thing he could no…
1913 · PDF PAGE 327
…rd. And when you have understood, read no more, seek no more, doubt no more—love ! Be no more wise, be no more learned—love! That is the whole doctrine of true religion; religion means charity, and God Himself is only love. I have already said to you, to love is to give. The impious man is he who absorbs others. The pious man is he who loses himself in humanity If the heart of man concentrate in himself the fire with which God animates it, it is a hell which devours all, and fills itself only with ashes ; if he radiates it without, it becomes a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 327
…rd. And when you have understood, read no more, seek no more, doubt no more—love ! Be no more wise, be no more learned—love! That is the whole doctrine of true religion; religion means charity, and God Himself is only love. I have already said to you, to love is to give. The impious man is he who absorbs others. The pious man is he who loses himself in humanity If the heart of man concentrate in himself the fire with which God animates it, it is a hell which devours all, and fills itself only with ashes ; if he radiates it without, it becomes a…
1922 · PDF PAGE 49
…nterruption occurred. The bell rang. Lamus sprang to the door. A tall old man was standing on the steps. “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law,” said Lamus. “ Love is the law, love under will,” replied the other. It was like a challenge and countersign. “T’ve got to talk to you for an hour.” “Of course, I’m at your service,” replied our host. “The only thing is——’”’ He broke off. My brain was extraordinarily clear. My self- confidence was boundless. I felt inspired. I saw the way out. A little devil laughed in my heart: ‘“ What an ex…
1929 · PDF PAGE 109
…eblest opponent for such a man. Brother Onofrio, while successfully practising magick, was quite ready at a moment's notice to throw the whole theory overboard with a horse laugh — and at the same time to reckon his action in so doing a branch of magick also. It was the beginning of the duplicate brain-development which Cyril Grey had cultivated to so high a point of perfection. But Arthwait was in the fetters of his own egoism; while he pronounced himself father and grandfather [157] of all spiritual science, in language that would have seemed…
1930 · PDF PAGE 34
… Father’s face, the Star of Force and Fire.” i. “And in the Column stands His six-rayed Splendour !” (This dance may be omitted, and the whole utterance chanted in the attitude of Phthah.) The FINAL GESTURE. This is identical with the First Gesture. (Here followeth an impression of the ideas implied in this Paean.) — 334 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 74
…t extreme divergencies side by side. 5. He may at any time that he wishes apply for examination in this course of reading. 6. During the whole of this elementary study and practice he will do wisely to seek out and attach himself to, a master, one competent to correct him and advise him. Nor should he be discouraged by the difficulty of finding such a person. 7. Let him further remember that he must in no wise rely upon, or believe in, that master. He must rely entirely upon himself, and crédit nothing whatever but that which lies within his ow…
1913 · PDF PAGE 599
…tire volume is eminently recommendable.” —/Jewish Chronicle, “A gorgeous rhapsody. . . . Fortunately, there are the police. . . . On the whole, we cannot help regretting that such splendid powers of imagination and expression are flung away in such literary rioting.” —Light. © Sometimes of much beauty of rhythm and phrase. . . .”—Times. «Poets who have any originality deserve to be judged by their own standard. . . . A Neo-mystic or semi-astrological pantheist. . . .”—Liverpool Echo. a “Love-making appears to have an added halo in his eyes if i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 599
…tire volume is eminently recommendable.” —/Jewish Chronicle, “A gorgeous rhapsody. . . . Fortunately, there are the police. . . . On the whole, we cannot help regretting that such splendid powers of imagination and expression are flung away in such literary rioting.” —Light. © Sometimes of much beauty of rhythm and phrase. . . .”—Times. «Poets who have any originality deserve to be judged by their own standard. . . . A Neo-mystic or semi-astrological pantheist. . . .”—Liverpool Echo. a “Love-making appears to have an added halo in his eyes if i…
1910 · PDF PAGE 285
… on it, it had transferred itself mysteriously to my own heart, and there became a circle of fire, which gradually ate its way until the whole writhing organ was in a torturous blaze. That spot, seen again in an after-vision, through the memory of its former pain instantly wrought out for me the same accursed result. The number of such re- membered faggots of fuel for direful suggestion of course increased proportionally to the prolonging of the hasheesh life, until at length there was hardly a visible or tangible object, hardly a phrase which …
1910 · PDF PAGE 285
… on it, it had transferred itself mysteriously to my own heart, and there became a circle of fire, which gradually ate its way until the whole writhing organ was in a torturous blaze. That spot, seen again in an after-vision, through the memory of its former pain instantly wrought out for me the same accursed result. The number of such re- membered faggots of fuel for direful suggestion of course increased proportionally to the prolonging of the hasheesh life, until at length there was hardly a visible or tangible object, hardly a phrase which …
1913 · PDF PAGE 510
… already spoken of the thumb; the index is the finger which points out, it is that of the word and of prophecy; the medius dominates the whole hand, it is that of destiny; the ring-finger is that of alliances and of honours: chiromancers have consecrated it to the sun; the little finger is insinuating and talkative, at least, so say simple folk and nursemaids, whose little finger tells them so much. The hand has seven protuber- ances which the qabalists, following natural analogies, have attributed to the seven planets: that of the thumb, to Ve…
1913 · PDF PAGE 510
… already spoken of the thumb; the index is the finger which points out, it is that of the word and of prophecy; the medius dominates the whole hand, it is that of destiny; the ring-finger is that of alliances and of honours: chiromancers have consecrated it to the sun; the little finger is insinuating and talkative, at least, so say simple folk and nursemaids, whose little finger tells them so much. The hand has seven protuber- ances which the qabalists, following natural analogies, have attributed to the seven planets: that of the thumb, to Ve…
1919 · PDF PAGE 112
…fear. The end of all is the power to live according to your own nature, without danger that one part may develop to the detriment of the whole, or concern lest that danger should arise. The sot drinks, and is drunken: the coward drinks not, and 106
1919 · PDF PAGE 404
THE EQUINOX Jhana, has already disappeared, never to return, in the sec- ond. The whole question of Nibbana is hopelessly entangled with moonshine metaphysic and mis-interpretation and false tradition. It must be remembered that Nibbana is merely the Pali, the vulgar dialect, for the Sanskrit NIR- VANA, and that Nirvana is a state characterising Moksha, which is the liberation resulting from Nirvikalpa-Samadhi. But then Moksha is defined by the Hindus as unity with Parabrahman; and Parabrahman is without quantity or quality, not subject to chan…
1944 · PDF PAGE 123
…ult, the seal of the marriage of the great White King and his black slave.” So I looked into the Stone, and beheld the sixfold Star: the whole Aethyr is as tawny clouds, like the flame of a furnace. And there is a mighty host of Angels, blue and golden, that throng it, and they cry: Holy, Holy, Holy art thou, that art not shaken in the earthquakes, and in the thunders! The end of things is come upon us; the day of Be‐with‐us is at hand! For he hath created the Universe, and overthrown it, that he might take his pleasure thereupon. And now, in t…