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Page 57 of 1061909 · PDF PAGE 416
‘the apotheosis’ of extravagance, the last wor » KONX OM PAX THE MOS¢ REMARKABLE TREATISE ON THE MYSTIC PATH EVER WRITTEN ~ Contains an Batroduction and Four Essays ; the first an account of the progress of the soul to perfect illumination, under the guise of a charming fairy tale ; © The second, an' Essay on Truth, under the guise of a Christmas pantomime ; The third, an Essay on Magical Ethics, under the guise of the. story of a Chinese philosopher ; The fourth, a Treatise on many Magical Subjects of the profoundest importance, under the guis…
1913 · PDF PAGE 602
… Literary Guide “He is a lofty idealist. He sings like a lark at the gates of heaven. Konx Om Pax is the apotheosis of extravagance, the last word in eccentricity, “A. prettily-told fairy-story ‘for babes and sucklings’ has ‘explanatory notes in Hebrew and Latin for the wise and prudent’—which notes, as far as we can see explain nothing —together with a weird preface in scraps of twelve or fifteen languages. The best poetry in the book is contained in the last section—‘The Stone of the Philosophers.’ Here is some fine work.”
1913 · PDF PAGE 602
… Literary Guide “He is a lofty idealist. He sings like a lark at the gates of heaven. Konx Om Pax is the apotheosis of extravagance, the last word in eccentricity, “A. prettily-told fairy-story ‘for babes and sucklings’ has ‘explanatory notes in Hebrew and Latin for the wise and prudent’—which notes, as far as we can see explain nothing —together with a weird preface in scraps of twelve or fifteen languages. The best poetry in the book is contained in the last section—‘The Stone of the Philosophers.’ Here is some fine work.”
1904 · PDF PAGE 19
…bsurd —(A priest’s invention, in a word)— Of all religions, I have hope In the good Dhamma’s59 wider scope, Nay, certainty ! that all at last, However came they in the past, Move, up or down—who knows, my friend ?— But yet with no uncertain trend Unto Nibbana in the end. I do not even dare despise Your doctrines, prayers, and ceremonies ! Far from the word “you’ll go to hell !” I dare not say “you do not well !” I must obey my mind’s own laws Accept its limits, seek its cause : My meat may be your poison ! I Hope to convert you by-and-by ? Neve…
1907 · PDF PAGE 117
…heard with pride: he called: his sickness and his whore Together at his vitals tore, and rent him that he laughed and died. 50, with the last convulsive shred of spending life, his fingers fold So subtly on that face of gold that all its peace is perfected. 1- * a» i- i- it And there it hangs, a thought obscene, to haunt our love with damned ghosts— Hark to their execrable hosts exulting as I kiss Katrine! It conquers? We will show it things memorial of its splendours gone, Things grosser than it looked upon where Neva rolls or Tiber swings. We …
1907 · PDF PAGE 202
…ng by slightly different roads , ultimately arrived at the same destination : we cannot go beyond experience .” In the first half of the last century Kant's immedi ate successors , such as Fichte , Schelling and Hegel , swinging round this central point of attraction , though viewing it from different positions , ultimately , like moths round a candle , fell spluttering into the socket , burnt by that same flame they were attempting to explain away . Nevertheless , though at first their Narcissus - like self - worship may seem to have been prod…
1919 · PDF PAGE 87
… gone down, O my God, into the abyss of the all, and I have found Thee in the midst under the guise of No Thing. 62. But as Thou art the Last, Thou art also the Next, and as the Next do I reveal Thee to the multitude. 81
1922 · PDF PAGE 251
…n the acute personal anguish of the earlier part of the poem. I could not even remember the lines any more. I was wholly occupied by the last two paragraphs where the subject changes so suddenly. I began to realise what my governess used to call
1909 · PDF PAGE 86
…mptation and assault of the Enemy. In this wise. First, I found that I did not want sleep—I couldn’t stop “Waiting." Next, I said ”Since last night that Black Ritual (see entry 10.55) did at least serve to turn all my thoughts to the One Thought, I will try it again . . .“ Then I said: “No; to do so is not pure ‘waiting.’ ” And then—as by a flash of lightning—the Abyss of the Pit opened, and my whole position was turned. I saw my life from the dawn of consciousness till now as a gigantic “ pose ” ; my very love of truth assumed for the benefit of…
1911 · PDF PAGE 140
…at it should be unexpected? Other- wise, the candidate would have passed through the gate before he approached it. Which is absurd." The last word must have been audible. “Absurd!” she cried. “Indeed, it is not absurd. It is all rational. It is you who are absurd.” “ Do you understand what you are saying?" " No! No! I hate all who understand. I will bite them. I will bite their waists." Dropping her voice suddenly: “ That was when I was a mouse-trap." “ Dear God 1 this is like delirium." " Oh! go on about God. I don’t mind God. I could tell you…
1911 · PDF PAGE 140
…at it should be unexpected? Other- wise, the candidate would have passed through the gate before he approached it. Which is absurd." The last word must have been audible. “Absurd!” she cried. “Indeed, it is not absurd. It is all rational. It is you who are absurd.” “ Do you understand what you are saying?" " No! No! I hate all who understand. I will bite them. I will bite their waists." Dropping her voice suddenly: “ That was when I was a mouse-trap." “ Dear God 1 this is like delirium." " Oh! go on about God. I don’t mind God. I could tell you…
1913 · PDF PAGE 52
…n me, and my lord Hadit. 22. Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to him by a secret name which I will give him when at last he knoweth me. Since I am Infinite Space, and the Infinite Stars thereof, do ye also thus. Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among you between any one thing & any other thing ; for thereby there cometh hurt. 23. But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief ofall! 24. I am Nuit, and my word is six and fifty. 25. Divide, add, multiply, and understand. 12
1913 · PDF PAGE 161
…Candidate asks, “Is there not the Holy Guardian Angel?” And the answer is given, “ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” It is the last word of the A2thyr. And of all the horror of the Abyss, that is the one word that yet chills his blood as he remembers it. Now then, in the roth AEthyr, is given the Abyss. The Candidate is identified with the horror of that Abyss. Had not the Master already passed the Abyss, as it were, un- officially, he could not have endured this crystallization of it into name and form. In the gth AAthyr comes a furt…
1913 · PDF PAGE 258
…d patient might very well live for another four-and-twenty hours. The aged saint’s one desire was of course to see Crowley, to offer the last homage, to confess his ingratitude for the benefits with which the Master had loaded him, and to receive the final benediction. Needless to say Crowley responded to the call. To an explorer of the Himalayas the perils of a journey to South Ealing are as nothing: had they been everything, he would still have come. It was half a day later that the writer arrived, owing to his Daimler backfiring, missing a d…
1913 · PDF PAGE 52
…n me, and my lord Hadit. 22. Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to him by a secret name which I will give him when at last he knoweth me. Since I am Infinite Space, and the Infinite Stars thereof, do ye also thus. Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among you between any one thing & any other thing ; for thereby there cometh hurt. 23. But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief ofall! 24. I am Nuit, and my word is six and fifty. 25. Divide, add, multiply, and understand. 12
1913 · PDF PAGE 161
…Candidate asks, “Is there not the Holy Guardian Angel?” And the answer is given, “ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” It is the last word of the A2thyr. And of all the horror of the Abyss, that is the one word that yet chills his blood as he remembers it. Now then, in the roth AEthyr, is given the Abyss. The Candidate is identified with the horror of that Abyss. Had not the Master already passed the Abyss, as it were, un- officially, he could not have endured this crystallization of it into name and form. In the gth AAthyr comes a furt…
1913 · PDF PAGE 258
…d patient might very well live for another four-and-twenty hours. The aged saint’s one desire was of course to see Crowley, to offer the last homage, to confess his ingratitude for the benefits with which the Master had loaded him, and to receive the final benediction. Needless to say Crowley responded to the call. To an explorer of the Himalayas the perils of a journey to South Ealing are as nothing: had they been everything, he would still have come. It was half a day later that the writer arrived, owing to his Daimler backfiring, missing a d…
1929 · PDF PAGE 201
… her by the picturesqueness of his allegories, and his trick of presenting them dramatically. "What then?" "This is what really happened last night — only there's no such thing as time. This is what you should have seen, and what you will see one day, if you cling to the highest in you." He drew a note-book of white vellum from his pocket, and began to read. "The whirlwind of the Eagle and the Lion! The Tree upon the Mountain that is Zion! The marriage of the Starbeam and the Clod! The mystic Sabbath of the Saints of God! Bestride the Broomstic…
1904 · PDF PAGE 83
…in the net of Circumstance, bogged in the mire of Tanha1 and Avigga2 and all things base and vile. False Vichi-Kichi 3 had caught him at last ! XIII. “Aye! The hour was at hand. Perdu R Abu was reincarnated as a child of Western parents, ignorant of all his wonderful past. But a strange fate has brought him to this village.” The Buddha paused, probalby for effect. A young man there, sole among them not yet an Arahat, turned pale. He alone was of Western birth in all that multitude. “Brother Abhavananda, 4 little friend,” said the Buddha, “what …
1907 · PDF PAGE 184
… all sheer infamy , Thou shalt endure . Thy head beneath the mire And dung of worthless women shall desire As in some hateful dream , at last to lie ; Women must trample thee till thou respire That deadliest fume ; The vilest worms must crawl , the loathliest vampires gloom . N