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Page 54 of 781898 · PDF PAGE 19
… herds did get And took the poor mans lamb. Thou art the man ! Our love must lie beneath thy bitter ban ! Thou petty, envious God ! My king, be sure His brute force shall not to the end endure ; Some stronger soul than thine shall wrest his crown And thrust him from his own high heaven down To some obscure forgetful hell. For me Forsake thy hopes in him ! We worship, we, Rather the dear delights we know and hold ; The first cool kiss, within the water cold That draws its music from some bubbling well, Looks long, looks deadly, looks desirable…
1909 · PDF PAGE 341
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Like all other methods, these, Travelling in the Spirit Vision and Rising on the Planes, are only to be judged by their success. It is impossible to lay down a single task for each individual; one may suit one, and another another; nevertheless it must be pointed out here that though these two methods, or rather two phases of one method, are in most cases fruitful in result, it is generally but a slight step forward, and very seldom does supreme illumination follow. However, as appetisers they are excellent, the s…
1909 · PDF PAGE 341
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Like all other methods, these, Travelling in the Spirit Vision and Rising on the Planes, are only to be judged by their success. It is impossible to lay down a single task for each individual; one may suit one, and another another; nevertheless it must be pointed out here that though these two methods, or rather two phases of one method, are in most cases fruitful in result, it is generally but a slight step forward, and very seldom does supreme illumination follow. However, as appetisers they are excellent, the s…
1911 · PDF PAGE 63
… god, and that my child is the guardian of the labyrinth that hath two-and- seventy paths. Now she is gone. And now there are Angels, walking up and down in the stone. They are the Angels of the Holy Sevenfold Table. It seems that they are waiting for the Angel of the Aethyr to come forth. Now at last he appears in the gloom. He is a mighty King, with crown and orb and sceptre, and his robes are of purple and gold. And he casts down the orb and sceptre to the earth, and he tears off his crown, and throws it on the ground, and tramples it. And h…
1909 · PDF PAGE 299
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Olympus and Sinai, the result being that unless his under- standing is as clear as these rituals are obscure, all he obtains is a theatrical impression of “ make-up” and “ make-believe,” and a general detachment from the realities of Consciousness. The words obsess him; he cannot see that Typhon is as necessary in the Egyptian Scheme as Osiris ; in the Christian, that Satan is but the twin of Christ. They fetter the freedom which they are supposed to unbind, producing not only a duality but a multiplicity of illus…
1909 · PDF PAGE 299
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Olympus and Sinai, the result being that unless his under- standing is as clear as these rituals are obscure, all he obtains is a theatrical impression of “ make-up” and “ make-believe,” and a general detachment from the realities of Consciousness. The words obsess him; he cannot see that Typhon is as necessary in the Egyptian Scheme as Osiris ; in the Christian, that Satan is but the twin of Christ. They fetter the freedom which they are supposed to unbind, producing not only a duality but a multiplicity of illus…
1911 · PDF PAGE 56
THE EQUINOX Nephthys, and they are folding their wings over, and sup- porting Ra. I wanted to go back to the King’s Chamber. The Angel pushed me away, saying: “Thou shalt see these visions from afar off, but thou shalt not partake of them save in the man- ner prescribed. For if thou change so much as the style of a letter, the holy word is blasphemed.” And this is the manner prescribed: Let there be a room furnished as for the ritual of passing through the Tuat. And let the aspirant be clad in the robes of, and let him bear the insignia of, his…
1929 · PDF PAGE 531
… this Council, there is a long gap of complete amnesia. I merely remember that I was Ko Hsuen, a disciple of Lao Tzu, the author of the "King Khang King", the classic of Purity; which, by the way, I translated into English verse during this Retirement. All I know is that somehow or other I made a "great miss", forfeited my Mastership, and had to climb the ladder again from the bottom. It is the shame and agony of this which have prevented me from facing the memory --- so far. Almost every day I found myself in some new trance, each of course pe…
1909 · PDF PAGE 55
…fe, through varying vehicles), But they were divided asunder, being by Intellectual Fire distri- buted into other Intellectuals. For the King of all previously placed before the polymorphous World a Type, intellectual, incorruptible, the imprint of whose form is sent forth through the World, by which the Universe shone forth decked with Ideas all-various, of which the foundation is One, One and alone, From this the others rush forth distributed and separated through thevarious bodies of the Universe, and are borne inswarms through its vast abys…
1909 · PDF PAGE 55
…fe, through varying vehicles), But they were divided asunder, being by Intellectual Fire distri- buted into other Intellectuals. For the King of all previously placed before the polymorphous World a Type, intellectual, incorruptible, the imprint of whose form is sent forth through the World, by which the Universe shone forth decked with Ideas all-various, of which the foundation is One, One and alone, From this the others rush forth distributed and separated through thevarious bodies of the Universe, and are borne inswarms through its vast abys…
1910 · PDF PAGE 191
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING No longer was she the middle aged woman, worn with strange lusts; but a young woman of bewitching beauty. At once recognizing the power of her sorcery, and knowing that if he even so much as contemplated her Gorgon head all the power of his magic would be petrified, and that he would become but a puppet in her hands, but a toy to be played with and when broken cast aside, he quietly rose as if nothing unusual had occurred; and replacing the bust on the mantel- piece turned towards her and commenced with her a magi…
1910 · PDF PAGE 191
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING No longer was she the middle aged woman, worn with strange lusts; but a young woman of bewitching beauty. At once recognizing the power of her sorcery, and knowing that if he even so much as contemplated her Gorgon head all the power of his magic would be petrified, and that he would become but a puppet in her hands, but a toy to be played with and when broken cast aside, he quietly rose as if nothing unusual had occurred; and replacing the bust on the mantel- piece turned towards her and commenced with her a magi…
1922 · PDF PAGE 274
…n terms of material substances of his mind interpreted through her consciousness. I had an uncanny feeling that if it vwere not for her, King Lamus would be invisible. In his mind, there was no) difference between any two things, but through her mediation he was able to pretend that there was. The studio was divided into several parts by arrange- ments of curtains. There was a perpetual soft noise of laughter, singing, and dancing; interrupted only by periods of intense silence which was somehow more significant than the sound. The firelight th…
1922 · PDF PAGE 339
… But she was trembling with excitement and eagerness. Her eyes were fixed on the face of Sister Athena with devouring ardour. She was looking forward to undergoing this terrific experience. My own mood was slightly different. Already my past life surged up before me in a series of pulsating pictures. I was revolted by the incoherence and fatuity of the past. The achievements of which I was proudest had lost their savour because they pointed to nowhere in particular. The words of Lewis Carroll came into my mind :— ‘* A wise fish never goes anywh…
1929 · PDF PAGE 21
from the mystic's theories. The others left everything to her. She rattled off some details of Lavinia King's latest success. Then suddenly noticed that Cyril Grey had laid the table. For his eager cynical voice broke into the conversation. "I was there," he said, "I liked the first number: the Dying Grampus Phantasy in B flat was extraordinarily realistic. I didn't care so much for the 'Misadventures of a pat of butter' Sonata. But the Tschaikowsky symphony was best: that was Atmosphere; it put me right back among the old familiar scenes; I th…
1909 · PDF PAGE 185
…ther, is Water; that 1, the Son, is Air, and Yellow instead of Red. This also is true, but it relates to the governance of the Elemental King- doms, which are in the Astral Worlds, and whose monads are on the descending arc of Life, whilst Man is on the Ascending ; that scale is therefore inverted. For by the mighty sacrifice of the Man Made Flesh and by His Torturous Pilgrimage is evolved that Glorified Son Who is Greater than His Father. In Alchemy we have again the descending arc, for we find that the ved powder cast upon the Water of the Me…
1909 · PDF PAGE 185
…ther, is Water; that 1, the Son, is Air, and Yellow instead of Red. This also is true, but it relates to the governance of the Elemental King- doms, which are in the Astral Worlds, and whose monads are on the descending arc of Life, whilst Man is on the Ascending ; that scale is therefore inverted. For by the mighty sacrifice of the Man Made Flesh and by His Torturous Pilgrimage is evolved that Glorified Son Who is Greater than His Father. In Alchemy we have again the descending arc, for we find that the ved powder cast upon the Water of the Me…
1919 · PDF PAGE 244
THE EQUINOX are born. Every man is in his own way a king, or at least heir to some kingdom. We have many examples of such society to-day, notably universities and all associations of sport. No. 5 in the Harvard crew does not turn round in the middle of the race and reproach No. 4 for being merely No. 4; nor do the pitcher and catcher of a crack baseball nine revile each other because their tasks are different. It is to be noted that wherever team-work is necessary social toler- ance is an essential. The common soldier is invested with a uniform…
1922 · PDF PAGE 198
… a shudder, and slung them out of the window into the street. A little crowd gathered ; they were picked up, and the passers-by began talking about what was to be done. We realised the rashness of our rage. The last thing was to attract attention! We pulled the frowsy old curtains across, and put out the light. The reaction of our reading was terrific. We venomously contrasted the calm confidence of King Lamus with the croaking clamour of the “ authori- ties.’ Cockie summed up the situation with a quota- tion. “Quoth the Raven, ‘ Nevermore!’ ” …
1922 · PDF PAGE 263
King Lamus Intervenes 249 sing remark However, I could see that he was very fortable ‘and glad to get away from our table. We had ordered a wonderful dinner; but, of course, vawe couldn’t eat anything. The mockery of having all | those expensive dishes brought, one after the other, and taken away again untouched, was irritating at } first, and then it began to be amusing. ely icipating in some weird ceremony ans. The thought mind that we already died, that cking welcome ades, the offering we were unabjé to partake. d yet, between us and the unk…