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Page 52 of 1071906 · PDF PAGE 186
180 THE SWORD OF SONG Destroying passion, feeling, thought, 630 The very practice you have sought Unconscious, when you work the best. I carry on one step firm-pressed Further than you the path, and you For all my trouble, comment : “ True! 635 “ Auto-hypnosis. Very quaint!” No one supposes me a Saint—* Some Saints to wrath would be inclined With such a provocation pecked ! But I remember and reflect , 640 That anger makes a person blind, And my own “ Chittam” I’d neglect. Besides, it’s you, and you, I find, Are but a mode of my own mind. Objec…
1909 · PDF PAGE 60
THE EQUINOX worker, who grips life’s throat and wrings out its secret, who selects austerely and composes concisely, whose work is as true and clean as razor-steel, albeit its sweep is vaster and swifter than the sun’s ! The discursive prattle of such superficial twaddlers as Longfellow and Tennyson is the most deadly poison of the mind. All this is true enough in the merest exoteric necessity of adult civilisation. But if we are to go further into the nature of things, to dive deeper than the chemist, soar higher than the poet, look wider than…
1909 · PDF PAGE 60
THE EQUINOX worker, who grips life’s throat and wrings out its secret, who selects austerely and composes concisely, whose work is as true and clean as razor-steel, albeit its sweep is vaster and swifter than the sun’s ! The discursive prattle of such superficial twaddlers as Longfellow and Tennyson is the most deadly poison of the mind. All this is true enough in the merest exoteric necessity of adult civilisation. But if we are to go further into the nature of things, to dive deeper than the chemist, soar higher than the poet, look wider than…
1910 · PDF PAGE 39
XXXIV PREFACE. it seems to me important to explain the form to a reader before he begins. For the work so transcends my own critical faculties that I am sure others will find difficulty in getting my point of view without very serious attention. In the first place, my predecessor Shelley was so natu- rally gentle that his Prometheus can be read to-day by our young ladies without their ever suspecting that he was getting at God. Nietzsche on the other hand is very obscure, very super- ficial, very philosophical, and he did not write English. I h…
1913 · PDF PAGE 250
… indecipherable cryptogram. Such a science was found for little Arthur (the future saint!) in Alchemy. To establish a reputation was the work of a moment. To be “editor” of Paracelsus, Trithemius, Flamel, Eugenius Philalethes, Ripley, Starkey, Sendivogius, Basil Valentine, and a dozen others is a splendid position in the world of humane letters. To achieve this : obtain copies of their works, and forward carriage paid to a printer, with the remark— worthy of Julius Czesar at his tersest-—‘ Reprint !’ Would God it had stopped there! But (remembe…
1913 · PDF PAGE 250
… indecipherable cryptogram. Such a science was found for little Arthur (the future saint!) in Alchemy. To establish a reputation was the work of a moment. To be “editor” of Paracelsus, Trithemius, Flamel, Eugenius Philalethes, Ripley, Starkey, Sendivogius, Basil Valentine, and a dozen others is a splendid position in the world of humane letters. To achieve this : obtain copies of their works, and forward carriage paid to a printer, with the remark— worthy of Julius Czesar at his tersest-—‘ Reprint !’ Would God it had stopped there! But (remembe…
1919 · PDF PAGE 75
…nowest the black, and thou knowest that these are one. But why seekest thou the knowledge of their equivalence? 55. And he said: That my Work may be right. 69
1954 · PDF PAGE 427
…d it is! Then, again, when these powers have sprung naturally and spontaneously from the exercise of one's proper faculties in the Great Work, they ought to be a little more than leaks. You ought to be able to organize and control them in such wise that they are of actual assistance to you in taking the Next Step. After all, what moral or magical difference is there between the power of digesting one's food, and that of transforming oneself into a hawk? That being the case, let me transform myself into a butterfly, and flit on to other honeysuc…
1907 · PDF PAGE 284
…; but no one trained in the methods of science would imagine that any law of nature was really violated thereby . He would simply set to work to investigate the conditions under which so highly un 1 Gargoyles , vol . iii, p . 89 .
1912 · PDF PAGE 49
…him by night in the magical body. And on one night— " Had long colloquy with Golden Hawk; invited——(the Adept) and learnt that the Great Work was to create a new Universe. Whence severe self-criticism.” This at the end of his journey. Yet during this journey We find that he had written down the secrets of the Mystic Path in a myterious MS., which few indeed have been privi- leged to see. In Calcutta he was very busy. He had been attacked by armed robbers, and, slaying two of them, was, in the then political condition of Bengal, likely to be offe…
1912 · PDF PAGE 49
…him by night in the magical body. And on one night— " Had long colloquy with Golden Hawk; invited——(the Adept) and learnt that the Great Work was to create a new Universe. Whence severe self-criticism.” This at the end of his journey. Yet during this journey We find that he had written down the secrets of the Mystic Path in a myterious MS., which few indeed have been privi- leged to see. In Calcutta he was very busy. He had been attacked by armed robbers, and, slaying two of them, was, in the then political condition of Bengal, likely to be offe…
1930 · PDF PAGE 73
… ordinary avocations, so that in no case will your time hâve been wasted. 2. That you may gain some insight into the nature of the Great Work which lies beyond these elementary trifles, however, we should mention that an intelligent person may gather more than a hint of its nature from the following books, which are to be taken as serious and learned contributions to the study of Nature, though not necessarily to be implicitly relied upon. aThe Yi King” (S.B.E. Sériés, Oxford University Press.) “The Tao Teh King” (S.B.E. Sériés.) “Tannh'âuser”,…
1954 · PDF PAGE 195
162 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS one or more factors of which we know nothing at all, by which the basic possibilities of a figure are set to work. (Just as a car with engine running will not start until the clutch is put in.) I will conclude by announcing a rather remarkable position. 1. I see no objection at all to postulating that certain "rays," or other means of transmitting some peculiar form or forms of energy, may reach us from the other parts of the solar system; for we can in fact point to perfectly analogous phenomena in the discoveries of t…
1910 · PDF PAGE 15
…. I was put into “ Coventry ” i.e. nor master nor boy might speak to me, or I to them. I was fed on bread and water ; during playhours I worked in the school- room ; during work-hours I walked solitary round and round the playground. I was expected to “ confess ” the crime of which I was not only innocent, but unaccused. This punishment, which I believe criminal authorities would consider severe on a poisoner, went on for a term and a half. I was, at last, threatened with expulsion for my refusal to “ confess ”, and so dreadful a picture of the…
1912 · PDF PAGE 280
…ect ofthe Saered Curtain, Prinee Pontifir of the Mystit City, Sovereign Master ofMasonry, and Per/"ed Pontifir Sublime Master of the Great Work: Grand Defender of the Order, Sublime Catechist, Adept of Sirius, Adept of Babylon, Companion Banuke, Companion Zerdust, Companion of the Luminous Ring, Sage of Elea, Sage of Delphi, Sublime Sage of Symbols Intendant of Hieroglyphics, Sublime Sage of Wisdom, Sublime Sage of the Mysteries, Sublime Sage of the Sphinx, Priest of On, Grand Inspector Regulator General of the Order, Prince and Pontiff of Memphi…
1912 · PDF PAGE 280
…ect ofthe Saered Curtain, Prinee Pontifir of the Mystit City, Sovereign Master ofMasonry, and Per/"ed Pontifir Sublime Master of the Great Work: Grand Defender of the Order, Sublime Catechist, Adept of Sirius, Adept of Babylon, Companion Banuke, Companion Zerdust, Companion of the Luminous Ring, Sage of Elea, Sage of Delphi, Sublime Sage of Symbols Intendant of Hieroglyphics, Sublime Sage of Wisdom, Sublime Sage of the Mysteries, Sublime Sage of the Sphinx, Priest of On, Grand Inspector Regulator General of the Order, Prince and Pontiff of Memphi…
1919 · PDF PAGE 422
…verwhelmed with the illusion, for even the highest ecstasy is still illusion. The result, in many cases, of obtaining Dhyana is that the workers cease to work. Vairaga is an indifference ap- proaching disgust for everything. It reminds one a good deal of the Oxford Manner. Cambridge men have this feel- ing, but do not think other people worth the trouble of flat- tering. 34. Beware of trembling. ’Neath the breath of fear the key of Kshanti rusty grows: the rusty key refuseth to un- lock. The word “trembling” seems to imply that it is giddy ecst…
1919 · PDF PAGE 438
…man is perfectly hopeless if, on finding one Mantra unsuccessful, he tries another. There is cumulative effect in all mystic and magical work; and the Mantra you have been doing, however bad, is the best one to go on with. 68. Prepare, and be forewarned in time. If thou hast tried and failed, O dauntless fighter, yet lose not courage: fight on and to the charge return again, and yet again. Verse 68 confirms our interpretation of these verses. 69. The fearless warrior, his precious life-blood ooging from his wide and gaping wounds, will still at…
1954 · PDF PAGE 377
…ly the Individual, and him, merely as a unit in the welter of the state . Experience will doubtless prove that this idea simply will not work. The Individual will come to his own, but it will be impossible to reconstruct the Family System. It will in particular be impossible to maintain the intimate relation between Mother and Child, which has been so dominant a feature of past civilizations. The very social and economic causes which in the old time tended to cement the relationship, have become centrifugal in their effect.
1907 · PDF PAGE 325
…orm and name ! Shatter , lake -reflected spectre ; like , rise up in mist to sun ; Sun , dissolve in showers of nectar, and the Master's work is done . Nectar perfume gently stealing , masterful and sweet and strong , Cleanse the world with light of healing in the ancient House of Wrong ! Free a million million mortals on the wheel of being tossed ! Open wide the mystic portals , and be altogether lost !! The ecstasy of the saints and mystics , is , this enter ing into the kingdom of God which is within them . ” Hugo de Saint -Victor says : “ T…