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…and multiplicity. The formula of a mystery excludes necessarily the very intelligence of that formula, so far as it is borrowed from the world of known things; for, if one understood it, it would express the known and not the unknown. It would then belong to science, and no longer to religion, that is to say, to faith. 77
…d of charity. SECOND SERIES QUESTION. What is man? ANSWER. Man is an intelligent and corporeal being made in the image of God and of the world, one in essence, triple in substance, mortal and immortal. Q. You say, “triple in substance.” Has man, then, two souls or two bodies ? A. No; there is in him a spiritual soul, a material body, and a plastic medium. What is the substance of this medium ? Light, partially volatile, and partially fixed. . What is the volatile part of this light? Magnetic fluid. And the fixed part? The fluidic or fragrant bo…
…e Beata (Of the Blessèd Virgin) NDERSTAND then well this Mystery of Universal Godliness; for it is the naked Beauty of the Virgin of the World. Lo! Since the End is Perfection, as I have already shewn unto thee, and since also every Event is inexorably and ineluctably interwoven in the Web of that Fate, as it is certain that every Phenomenon is (as thou art sworn to understand) a particular Dealing of God with thy Soul. Yea, and more also, it is a necessary Rubric in this Ritual of Perfection. Turn not therefore away thine Eyes, for that they…
…ernness which postulates that he is as accountable for his actions as a fully adult man, with comprehensive knowledge of the ways of the world. The result is to hinder his development, by withholding experience from him, and at the same time to punish his inexperience by making a mere mistake ruinous. The system tends to atrophy his ethical develoúment by insisting on a narrow and inelastic code, while encouraging moral cowardice and unfitting him to face the facts which so presumptuously force themselves into notice as soon as the college conv…
…s—stay ! thou liest ! I discern In Thee no terror that my spells evoke. Begone, thou wandering corpse of night ! return Into thy shadowy world ! My symbols burn Against thee, shade of terror ! Go ! ” It spoke : “ Yea ! I am human. Know my actual truth : I am that ghost, the father of thy youth ! ” “ Poor wandering phantom ! ”—the exultant yell And wolfish howling of all damnéd souls Peals from the ravening jaws and gulfs of hell : Leaps that foul horror through the terrible Extinguished circle of the burning bowls. Then I remember, fling the gl…
…ark sea hurled, Through the cleft heart of the amazd sea, Sprang, mid deep thunderous throats of majesty, Titanic, in the waking of the world ; Sprang, one vast mass of spume and molten fire, Lava, tremendous waves of earth ; sprang higher Than the seas crest volcano-torn, to be Written in Cyclopean charactery, Hawaii. Here she stands Queen of all laughters lands That dance for dawn, lie tranced in leisured noon, Dreaming through day towards night, Craving the perfumed light Of the stars lustrous, and the gem-born moon. Dewy with clustered d…
…I get that penny? A rapid calculation assured him of the soundness of his instinct. Probably at least a hundred thousand mothers— of the world‘s six hundred million—give a penny to some child every day. A hundred thousand pence a day is over a hundred and fifty thousand pounds a year; if he could only get ten per cent. of that, he wouldn't be doing so badly. 245
…I get that penny? A rapid calculation assured him of the soundness of his instinct. Probably at least a hundred thousand mothers— of the world‘s six hundred million—give a penny to some child every day. A hundred thousand pence a day is over a hundred and fifty thousand pounds a year; if he could only get ten per cent. of that, he wouldn't be doing so badly. 245
…kind that deifiest, Being that race, most royally run, To spring sunshine through winter storm. Glory and worship be to Thee, Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree! FIRST SEMICHORUS: MEN. Glory to thee from Gilded Tomb. SECOND SEMICHORUS: WOMEN. Glory to thee from Waiting Womb. MEN. Glory to Thee from earth unploughed! WOMEN. Glory to thee from virgin vowed! MEN. Glory to thee, true Unity Of the Eternal Trinity! WOMEN. Glory to thee, thou sire and dam And Self of I am that I am! — 358
64 THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. Loved, and no sin done ! Ay, the world shall see The quest is first—a love less terrible. Yet, as I ride toward the edge of snow That cuts the blue, I think. For even so Comes reason to me : “ Oh, return, return ! What folly is it for two souls to burn With hell’s own fire ! What is this quest of woe ? What is the end ? Consider and discern ! ” Banish the thought ! My working reason still Is the rebellious vassal to my will. Because I will it. That is God’s own mind. I cast all thought and prudence to the wind : On, to th…
…ave back no light from the two solemn candlesticks of silver, crowned with long guttering tapers, which gave the only relief in all that world of night. These stood at the head of her strange couch. It wasa huge coffin, lidless, with hinged sides, whereon she lay. She had loosened the girths and lowered the sides, to stretch her- self at ease. Six black ropes of silk hung from the ceiling with their hooks, which could be attached to rings on the 187
…ave back no light from the two solemn candlesticks of silver, crowned with long guttering tapers, which gave the only relief in all that world of night. These stood at the head of her strange couch. It wasa huge coffin, lidless, with hinged sides, whereon she lay. She had loosened the girths and lowered the sides, to stretch her- self at ease. Six black ropes of silk hung from the ceiling with their hooks, which could be attached to rings on the 187
…really that one recognizes no more yesterday’s corpses in these living creatures of to-day. And why should one recognize them, since the world is renewed, since St. Paul burned at Ephesus the books of the hierophants? Was then St. Paul a barbarian, and was he committing a crime against science? No, but he burned the winding-sheets of the resuscitated that they might forget death. Why, then, do we to-day recall the qabalistic origins of dogma? Why do we join again the figures of the Bible to the allegories of Hermes? Is it to condemn St. Paul, i…
…really that one recognizes no more yesterday’s corpses in these living creatures of to-day. And why should one recognize them, since the world is renewed, since St. Paul burned at Ephesus the books of the hierophants? Was then St. Paul a barbarian, and was he committing a crime against science? No, but he burned the winding-sheets of the resuscitated that they might forget death. Why, then, do we to-day recall the qabalistic origins of dogma? Why do we join again the figures of the Bible to the allegories of Hermes? Is it to condemn St. Paul, i…
… furrows in the dust; the blotted or unfinished manuscript, the almanack where the pencil has marked the disastrous days. And this other-world perfume, in which, with a sensitiveness made perfect, I grew drunkalas! is replaced by the smell of stale tobacco mingled with I know not what sicken-
…interpretation. The pomegranate was the fruit which Persephone ate in the realms of Pluto, thereby enabling him to hold her in the lower world, even after the most powerful influence had been brought to bear. The lesson seems to be that the good things of life, although enjoyed, should be distrusted.
…nown a theosophist perform --- and the last. For many years. The rock temples of Madura are probably the finest in India, perhaps in the world. There seems no limit. Corridor after corridor extends its majestic sculptures, carved monoliths, with august austerity. They are the more impressive that the faith which created them is as vital today, as when India was at the height of its political power. My experiences of Yoga stood me in good stead. I knew, of course, that the average European would not be permitted to visit the most interesting par…
…ane ! Come, let us journey thither once again ! THE CHANT TO BE SAID OR SUNG UNTO OUR LADY ISIS. ROLL through the caverns of matter, the world’s irremovable bounds ! Roll, ye wild billows of ether ! the Sistron ? is shaken and sounds ! Wild and sonorous the clamour, vast in the region of death, Live with the fire of the Spirit, the essence and flame of the breath! Sound, O sound ! ' An allusion to the sign called ‘‘ Enterer of the Threshold,” in which the Egyptian Gods often stand, It is a sign of high initiation (if you know the rest!) and imp…
…nd it is triple to show the white Triangle of the Three Supernals, His eyes are also bandaged, symbolising that the Light of the natural world is but as darkness compared with the radiance of the Light Divine. The Ritual then continues : Hegemon : “ Child of Earth ! arise, and enter into the Path of Darkness!” The Hierophant then gives his permission, ordering the Stolistes and Dadouchos to assist the Kerux in the reception ; but the Kerux bars the way saying: “Child of Earth! unpurified and unconsecrated! Thou canst not enter our Sacred Hall.”…
…nd it is triple to show the white Triangle of the Three Supernals, His eyes are also bandaged, symbolising that the Light of the natural world is but as darkness compared with the radiance of the Light Divine. The Ritual then continues : Hegemon : “ Child of Earth ! arise, and enter into the Path of Darkness!” The Hierophant then gives his permission, ordering the Stolistes and Dadouchos to assist the Kerux in the reception ; but the Kerux bars the way saying: “Child of Earth! unpurified and unconsecrated! Thou canst not enter our Sacred Hall.”…