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1907 · PDF PAGE 233

The Star in the West

… and feel .” — P. 91 . and knows not what to an swer .” — P. 169 . “ Now , it is plain they [ things ] have an existence ex terior to my mind ; ... There is therefore some other mind wherein they exist , during the intervals between the times of my perceiving them : as like wise they did before my birth , and would doafter my supposed annihilation ... it necessarily follows that there is an omni present eternal Mind .” — P. 91 . “ When he awakes from his dream , he will be the first ... to confess , that ... mankind .. must act and reason and b…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 170

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…change his attention from the lull to the subtle sounds, but should never allow his attention to wander to other extraneous objects. The mind fixes itself upon the Nada to which it is first attracted until it becomes one with it.t Many other passages occur in this little text book on Yoga dealing with these mystical sounds some of them of a combined beauty and wisdom which is hard to rival. Such as: When the mind, divested of its flighty nature, is bound by the cords of the Nada, it attains a state of extreme concentration and remains quiet as …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 170

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…change his attention from the lull to the subtle sounds, but should never allow his attention to wander to other extraneous objects. The mind fixes itself upon the Nada to which it is first attracted until it becomes one with it.t Many other passages occur in this little text book on Yoga dealing with these mystical sounds some of them of a combined beauty and wisdom which is hard to rival. Such as: When the mind, divested of its flighty nature, is bound by the cords of the Nada, it attains a state of extreme concentration and remains quiet as …

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1902 · PDF PAGE 130

Tannhäuser

I hate myself because I love you still In that strange intermediate consciousness, The reason and the mind ! This middle way Ancients called safe —that damns it instantly ! Without some danger nothing great is done ! Let me be God ! Or, failing of that task. Were it but by an unit, let me fall ! And, falling, be it from so great a height That I may reach some uttermost Abyss, Inhabit it and reign, most evil one Of all the Horrors there — and in that path Seem, even deluded, to approach once more Infinity. For all the limitless Hath no distincti…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 79

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…h in comparison with himself, and let him not be content until by assiduity he has well succeeded. Let him add the Moon, keeping well in mind the relative sizes of, and the distance between, the planet and its satellite. He will probably find the final trick of mind to be a constant disappearance of the image, and the appearance of the same upon a smaller scale. This trick he must outwit by constancy of endeavour. He will then add in turn Venus, Mars, Mercury and the Sun. It is permissible at this stage to change the point of view to the centre…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 79

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…h in comparison with himself, and let him not be content until by assiduity he has well succeeded. Let him add the Moon, keeping well in mind the relative sizes of, and the distance between, the planet and its satellite. He will probably find the final trick of mind to be a constant disappearance of the image, and the appearance of the same upon a smaller scale. This trick he must outwit by constancy of endeavour. He will then add in turn Venus, Mars, Mercury and the Sun. It is permissible at this stage to change the point of view to the centre…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 157

Liber Aleph

…se. For though this be a right Conclusion in the Term of thy Comprehension as a Master of the Temple, yet it is false in the Eyes of the Mind that hath not attained this Understanding. So there- fore any Change (or phenomenon) appeareth noble or base to the imperfect Mind, according to its Consonance and Harmony with the Will that governeth the Mind. Thus if it be thy Will to delight in Rythm and Œconomy of Words, the Advertise-ment of a Commodity may offend thee; but if thou art in Need of that Merchandise, thou wilt rejoice herein. Praise the…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 79

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH XIV “There is a certain Intelligible One whom it becometh you to understand with the Flower of Mind.” “Having mingled the Vital Spark, from two according sub- stances, Mind and Divine Spirit, as a third to these He added Holy Love, the venerable Charioteer uniting all things.” “Filling the Soul with profound Love.” “The Soul of man does in a manner clasp God to herself. Having nothing mortal, she is wholly inebriated with God. For she glorieth in the harmony under which the mortal body sub- sisteth.” “ As rays of Light…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 79

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH XIV “There is a certain Intelligible One whom it becometh you to understand with the Flower of Mind.” “Having mingled the Vital Spark, from two according sub- stances, Mind and Divine Spirit, as a third to these He added Holy Love, the venerable Charioteer uniting all things.” “Filling the Soul with profound Love.” “The Soul of man does in a manner clasp God to herself. Having nothing mortal, she is wholly inebriated with God. For she glorieth in the harmony under which the mortal body sub- sisteth.” “ As rays of Light…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 36

The Argonauts

…. To clamp the decks—— ARGUS. I stand with brows abashed. Thou art the master—build the ship thyself. JASON. Nay, but my knowledge is of mind alone. I cannot so apply it as to build An Argo. ARGUS. Yet I verily believe Such mind must pierce far deeper than these names, Seeking the very nature of the things Thou namest thus so pat. Perchance to thee These logs, nails, bolts, tools, have some life of sense, Some subtle language. Tell us what they say! THESEUS. ’Tis but a giber—leave the churl alone. JASON. Indeed I spake of things I knew not of. …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 91

Book 4 (Part I)

75 Another rationalist consideration is this. The student has not been trying to excite the mind but to calm it, not to produce any one thought but to exclude all thoughts; for there is no connection between the object of meditation and the Dhyana. Why must we suppose a breaking down of the whole process, especially as the mind bears no subsequent traces of any interference, such as pain or fatigue? Surely this once, if never again, the Hindu image expressesthe simplest theory! That image is that of a lake into which five glaciers move. These gl…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 181

Diary of a Drug Fiend

… makes something happen. One can’t get away from the cage, but the complexity makes me... there, I can’t think what I started to say. My mind stops suddenly. It’s like dropping a vanity bag. You stop to pick it up and the things are all over the place and it always seems as if something were missing. One can never remember what it is, but the feeling of annoyance is acute. It’s mixed up with a vague fear. I’ve often forgotten things before—every one does all the time, but it doesn’t bother one. But now, every time that I remember that I’ve forg…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 69

John St. John

…he consciousness intact, as has been the case with me all day. It is true that some people find that if they hurt the body, they make the mind unstable. True ; they predispose it to hallu- cination. One should use strictly corporeal methods to tame the body; strictly mental methods to control the mind. This latter restriction is not so vitally important. Any weapon is legitimate against a public enemy like the mind. No truce nor quarter] 67

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1922 · PDF PAGE 178

Diary of a Drug Fiend

… in her face. It was because he was angry at her attitude. She rather shut up. Either she thinks we're police spies or she’s made up her mind to rob us. The sight of the cash knocked her out of time! It destroyed her sense of proportion. It put all her ideas of straight dealing out of her mind. Her manner changed. She went off. Pete told me to go and see the dope girl myself. It’s the first time he ever spoke to me like that. All sexual feeling is dead between us. We've tried to work up the old passion. It was artificial, horrible, repulsive ; …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 4

Handbook of Geomancy

A.*.A.*. Publication in Class B. Issued by Order : DDS. 7° = 4° OSV. 6° = 5° NSF. 5° = 6° “ Direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the earth ; for the Plant of Truth grows not upon the ground. Nor measure the motions of the Sun, collecting rules, for he is carried by the Eternal Will of the Father, and not for your sake alone. Dismiss from your mind the impetuous course of the Moon, for she moveth always by the power of Necessity. The pro- gression of the Stars was not generated for your sake. The wide aerial flight of birds gives no true …

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1917 · PDF PAGE 2

The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse

…ther !*) ‘The triple light my path divides ‘To twain and fifty sudden sides* Each perfect as each other. Now backwards, inwards still my mind Mast track the intangible and blind, ‘And seeking, shall securely find Hidden in secret places Fresh feasts for every soul that strives, New life for many mystic lives, ‘And strange new forms and faces. ‘My mind still searches, and attains By many days and many pains To That which Is and Was and reigns ‘Shadowed in four and ten ;# ‘And loses self in sacred lands, And cries and quickens, and understands Be…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 84

Liber Aleph

…R ALEPH VEL CXI 72 Bs De Tahuti (Of Tahuti) AHUTI, or Thoth, confirmed the Word of Diony- sus by continuing it; for he showed how by the Mind it was possible to direct the Operations of the Will. By Criticism and by recorded Memory Man avoideth Error. But the true Word of Tahuti was AMOUN, whereby He made Men to understand their secret Nature, that is, their Unity with their true Selves, or, as they then phrased it, with God. And He discovered unto them the Way of this Attainment, and its Relation with the Formula of INRI. Also by His Mystery o…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 125

The Book of Thoth

in its Form and in its Structure, as it were an Analysis thereof, doing for Matter what the Bud‐ dha was decreed to do for Mind.”

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1907 · PDF PAGE 214

The Star in the West

…weird play— “ The God - Eater ” — we have already heard him solemnly utter : Mystery ninefold closed upon itself That matter should move mind - Ay ! darker yet That mind should work on matter ? And the proof Extant , implicit in the thought thereof ! Else all our work were vain . These twain be one .? 3 In these five lines we find a clinching of the whole argument . " These twain be one .” No more than this did Berkeley ever arrive at : " But , though it were possible that solid , figured , movable substances may exist without the mind , corres…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 148

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

A.*.A.*. Publication in Class B. Issued by Order : DDS. 7° = 4° OSV. 6° = 5° NSF. 5° = 6° “ Direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the earth ; for the Plant of Truth grows not upon the ground. Nor measure the motions of the Sun, collecting rules, for he is carried by the Eternal Will of the Father, and not for your sake alone. Dismiss from your mind the impetuous course of the Moon, for she moveth always by the power of Necessity. The pro- gression of the Stars was not generated for your sake. The wide aerial flight of birds gives no true …

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