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Page 58 of 1031904 · PDF PAGE 13
…ch music as once Sadi Made Persia ring with ! I who fish up No such from soul may yet cry: Vade Retro, Satanas ! Tom Bond Bishop !40 You old screw, Pegasus ! Gee (Swish !) up ! (To any who correctly rhymes41 With Bishop more than seven times I hereby offer as emolum- Ent, a bound copy of this volume.) These strictures must include the liar Copleston,42 Reverend F. B. Meyer, (The cock of the Dissenter’s midden, he !) And others of the self-same kidney:— How different from Sir Philip Sidney ! But “cave os, et claude id, ne Vituperasse inventus si…
1906 · PDF PAGE 168
…s From Genesis to Revelations, But leave me with the Flaming Star,” Jeheshua (See thou Zohar !) And thus our formidable Pigeon- Lamb-and-Old-Gentleman religion Fizzles in smoke, and I am found Attacking nothing. Here’s the ground, Pistols, and coffee—three in one, (Alas, O Rabbi Schimeon !) But never a duellist—mno Son, No Father, and (to please us most) Decency pleads—no Holy Ghost ! All vanish at the touch of truth, A cobweb trio—-like, in sooth, 705 710 716 7 to fon] 725 730 735 740
1907 · PDF PAGE 207
…hypothetical substratum of mind , i.e. , spirit .' And this , as Huxley himself | All these philosophers end in the same quandary as the old gentleman who with only one tooth in his mouth tried to spike a pickled onion .
1907 · PDF PAGE 248
…d as the latter says with Berkeley , a thing is only real to us so far as it is known by ") 2 us. ” When Scepticus asks Mysticus , • How old are you ? ” and receives the answer , “ I am but an ulti mate truth , six world -truths , fourteen grand general izations , eighty generalizations , sixty -two dilemmas , and the usual odd million impressions , " he is receiving a much more correct and scientific answer to his question than if Mysticus , like Mahatma Agamya , answered , “ sixty - two.” Mysticus then turning to Scepticus asks him the seemin…
1911 · PDF PAGE 162
… numbered ι, the first departure from 0, but referred to Beth, 2, Mercury, the god of Wisdom, Magic and Truth. And this Magus has the twofold aspect of the Magician himself and also of the “ Great Magician " described in Liber 418 (EQUINOX, No. V., Special Supplement, p. 144). Now the formula of the mystic is much simpler. Mathematically, it is 1- 1 :0. He is like a grain of salt cast into the sea; the process of dissolution is obviously easier than the shock of worlds which the magician contemplates. “ Sit down, and feel yourself as dust in the…
1911 · PDF PAGE 162
… numbered ι, the first departure from 0, but referred to Beth, 2, Mercury, the god of Wisdom, Magic and Truth. And this Magus has the twofold aspect of the Magician himself and also of the “ Great Magician " described in Liber 418 (EQUINOX, No. V., Special Supplement, p. 144). Now the formula of the mystic is much simpler. Mathematically, it is 1- 1 :0. He is like a grain of salt cast into the sea; the process of dissolution is obviously easier than the shock of worlds which the magician contemplates. “ Sit down, and feel yourself as dust in the…
1913 · PDF PAGE 544
THE EQUINOX and it is precisely that which the old ascetic writers called the power of discerning spirits. You are cruel consolers, said Job to his pretended friends. It is, in fact, the vicious that afflict rather than console. They have a prodigious tact for finding and choosing the most desperate banalities. Are you weeping for a broken affection? How simple you are! they were playing with you, they did not love you. You admit sorrowfully that your child limps; in friendly fashion they bid you remark that he is a hunchback. If he coughs and …
1913 · PDF PAGE 544
THE EQUINOX and it is precisely that which the old ascetic writers called the power of discerning spirits. You are cruel consolers, said Job to his pretended friends. It is, in fact, the vicious that afflict rather than console. They have a prodigious tact for finding and choosing the most desperate banalities. Are you weeping for a broken affection? How simple you are! they were playing with you, they did not love you. You admit sorrowfully that your child limps; in friendly fashion they bid you remark that he is a hunchback. If he coughs and …
1919 · PDF PAGE 446
…een that although she is always talking of the advance of the good Narjol, he never seems to advance in point of view. Now, on the threshold of the last Path, he is still an ordinary person with vague visionary yearnings! It is true that He wishes the unity of all that lives, complete harmony in the parts, and perfect light in the whole. It is also true that He may spend a great deal of time in killing or otherwise instructing men, but He has not got at all the old conception. The ordinary Buddhist is quite unable to see anything but details. B…
1930 · PDF PAGE 5
…n going to refer to the first and last lecture which I suffered at a dud university some- where near Newmarket, in which the specimen of old red sandstone in the rostrum began by remarking that political economy was a very difficult subject to theorize upon because there were no reliable data. Never would I tell so sad a story on a Monday evening, with the idea of Tuesday already looming darkly in every melancholic mind. I should like to be just friendly and sensible, though it is perhaps too much to expect me to be cheerful. The fact is that I…
1906 · PDF PAGE 154
…ch music as once Sadi Made. Persia ring with! I who fish up -No such from soul may yet cry : Vade Retro, Satanas! Tom Bond Bishop! ” You old screw, Pegasus! Gee (Swish!) up! (To any who correctly rhymes *! With Bishop more than seven times I hereby offer as emolum- Ent, a bound copy of this volume.) These strictures must include the har Copleston,* Reverend F. B. Meyer, (The cock of the Dissenter’s midden, he !) And others of the self-same kidney :— How different from Sir Philip Sidney ! But “ cave os, et claude id, ne Vituperasse inventus sim.…
1907 · PDF PAGE 158
THE OLD BOTTLE 151 a thousand -headed hydra , for ever battling with him on the field of the world , fearing her awful powers and dim mysteries , reversed facts which were so un palatable to him , and drinking deep of the cup of joy during those short moments when it was proffered to his lips , dimly or vividly saw through the intoxicating fumes cloudy realms of perpetual libation , of hope , and of glorious expectations . Heaven and then Hell . The former first , for man is essentially selfish ; having found a fat billet for himself , it was n…
1910 · PDF PAGE 250
THE EQUINOX Never mind that old frump of a Duchess, Mrs. Ossory— perhaps Mr. Todd may call. [Goes out with CHARLEY. mrs. ossory. I do hope he meant it. But he’s such a terrible man for pulling legs, as they call it—I can’t think where Euphemia picks up all her slang !—If that plain, quiet man should really be a crowned King! Oh! how I would frown at her! Ah! ah! Somebody coming. [Enter THOMAS. Tuomas. Mr. Todd. [Enter Topp. MRS. Ossory. Oh, my dear Mr. Todd, I am so glad to see you! I’m in such distress! You will help me, won't you? [ropp bows,…
1910 · PDF PAGE 250
THE EQUINOX Never mind that old frump of a Duchess, Mrs. Ossory— perhaps Mr. Todd may call. [Goes out with CHARLEY. mrs. ossory. I do hope he meant it. But he’s such a terrible man for pulling legs, as they call it—I can’t think where Euphemia picks up all her slang !—If that plain, quiet man should really be a crowned King! Oh! how I would frown at her! Ah! ah! Somebody coming. [Enter THOMAS. Tuomas. Mr. Todd. [Enter Topp. MRS. Ossory. Oh, my dear Mr. Todd, I am so glad to see you! I’m in such distress! You will help me, won't you? [ropp bows,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 257
… Master, to which the latter responded with the most gracious condescension, mingled with that peculiar affection which one feels for an old and worthless dog belonging to somebody else. It was an unique and altogether idyllic relation. His motto, “Fides, spes, caritas sunt virtutes ab omnibus Christianis diligende” had to be shortened for convenience’ sake to “ Fides,” or, more usually, “ Fido”; and it was excessively touching to hear the caressing austerity of the tones of the Master when he had occasion to address him. So, calm and even, pas…
1913 · PDF PAGE 455
…throat of that innocent creature! One night I had just accomplished the funereal rites, I was seated in the circle on the interior threshold of my door, and the victim had just been consumed in a great fire of alder and cypress wood. . All of a sudden, quite close to me... . I dreamt or rather I felt it pass... I heard in my ear a heartrending wail . . . one would have said that it wept; and since that moment, I think that I am hearing it always.” Eliphas had risen ; he looked fixedly upon his interlocutor. Had he before him a dangerous madman,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 470
…ying, madam? How is it possible that there should exist beings so depraved as to rejoice at so great a misfortune ?” “Silence!” said the old lady; “perhaps we are over- heard. . . . Yes,” she added, lowering her voice; ‘there are people who are exceedingly pleased at what has happened. And look there, just now, there was a man of sinister mien, who said to the anxious crowd, when they asked him what had happened, ‘Oh, it is nothing! It is a spider which has fallen.” * “No, madam, you must have misunderstood. The crowd 1 This man was presumably …
1913 · PDF PAGE 257
… Master, to which the latter responded with the most gracious condescension, mingled with that peculiar affection which one feels for an old and worthless dog belonging to somebody else. It was an unique and altogether idyllic relation. His motto, “Fides, spes, caritas sunt virtutes ab omnibus Christianis diligende” had to be shortened for convenience’ sake to “ Fides,” or, more usually, “ Fido”; and it was excessively touching to hear the caressing austerity of the tones of the Master when he had occasion to address him. So, calm and even, pas…
1913 · PDF PAGE 455
…throat of that innocent creature! One night I had just accomplished the funereal rites, I was seated in the circle on the interior threshold of my door, and the victim had just been consumed in a great fire of alder and cypress wood. . All of a sudden, quite close to me... . I dreamt or rather I felt it pass... I heard in my ear a heartrending wail . . . one would have said that it wept; and since that moment, I think that I am hearing it always.” Eliphas had risen ; he looked fixedly upon his interlocutor. Had he before him a dangerous madman,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 470
…ying, madam? How is it possible that there should exist beings so depraved as to rejoice at so great a misfortune ?” “Silence!” said the old lady; “perhaps we are over- heard. . . . Yes,” she added, lowering her voice; ‘there are people who are exceedingly pleased at what has happened. And look there, just now, there was a man of sinister mien, who said to the anxious crowd, when they asked him what had happened, ‘Oh, it is nothing! It is a spider which has fallen.” * “No, madam, you must have misunderstood. The crowd 1 This man was presumably …