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Page 58 of 1141913 · PDF PAGE 432
…g, only one feels no bones.” Pressed by an unavoidable constraint, those hands did not struggle to escape, but grew smaller, and in some way melted, so that the Count ended by no longer holding anything. Other persons who have seen them, and touched them, say that the fingers are puffed out and stiff, and compare them to gloves of india-rubber, swollen with a warm and phosphorescent air. Sometimes, instead of hands, it is feet which produce themselves, but never naked. The spirit, which probably lacks footwear, respects (at least in this partic…
1913 · PDF PAGE 432
…g, only one feels no bones.” Pressed by an unavoidable constraint, those hands did not struggle to escape, but grew smaller, and in some way melted, so that the Count ended by no longer holding anything. Other persons who have seen them, and touched them, say that the fingers are puffed out and stiff, and compare them to gloves of india-rubber, swollen with a warm and phosphorescent air. Sometimes, instead of hands, it is feet which produce themselves, but never naked. The spirit, which probably lacks footwear, respects (at least in this partic…
1919 · PDF PAGE 343
… ‘dweller on the threshold.’ It is absurd to call this light ‘evil’ in any com- monplace sense. It is the two-edged sword, flaming every way, that keeps the gate of the Tree of Life. And there is a further Arcanum connected with this which it would be im- proper here to divulge. 33. The moth attracted to the dazzling flame of thy night lamp is doomed to perish in the viscid oil. The unwary Soul that fails to grapple with the mocking demon of illusion, will return to earth the slave of Méra. The result of failing to reject rewards is the return …
1919 · PDF PAGE 379
THE TWO PATHS 40. Know, O beginner, this is the Open PATH, the way to selfish bliss, shunned by the Bodhisattvas of the “Secret Heart,” the Buddhas of Compassion. The words “selfish bliss” must not be taken in a literal sense. It is exceedingly difficult to discuss this question. The Occidental mind finds it difficult even to attach any meaning to the conditions of Nirvana. Partly it is the fault of language, partly it is due to the fact that the condition of Arhat is quite beyond thought. He is beyond the Abyss, and there a thing is only true …
1961 · PDF PAGE 182
…of that most holy Man of God. And because, (as it was written) he was a vowed Virgin from his Birth, and had no Commerce with any in the Way of Carnality, I disabled his Judgment herein, as if he, being a Fish, had disallowed the Flight of Birds. But I, o my Son, am not wholly ignorant of Women, save as all Mem must be in the Limitation of their Nature, for the Number of my Concubines is not notably or shamefully exceeded by that of the Phases of he Moon since my Birth. Many also have been my Disciples in Magick that were Women; and (more also)…
1909 · PDF PAGE 77
…xpence the second, you must not be surprised at the shrewd silliness of my replying that I will take the second hour first. But that is always the way; the love 01 besting our dearest friends in a bargain is native to us : and so, even in religion, when we are dealing with our own souls, we try to cheat. I go out to cut an almond rod at midnight, and, finding it inconvenient, I "magically affirm” that ash is almond and that seven o’clock is twelve. It seems a pity to have become a magician, capable of forcing Nature to accommodate herself to your …
1910 · PDF PAGE 65
…f Yoga, it is essential that the reader should possess some slight know- ledge of the Vedanta philosophy; and though the following in no way pretends to be an exhaustive account of the same, yet it is hoped that it will prove a sufficient guide to lead the seeker from the Western realms of Magic and action to the Eastern lands of Yoga and renunciation. To begin with, the root-thought of all philosophy and religion, both Eastern and Western, is that the universe is only an appearance and not a reality, or, as Deussen has it: The entire external …
1910 · PDF PAGE 156
…apour- ings of Buddhism, the more he saw that personal endeavour was the key; not the Scriptures, which at best could but indi- cate the way. It (the Dharma) is to be attained to by the wise, each one for himself. Salvation rests on Work and not on Faith, not in reforming the so-called fallen, but in conquering one- self. “If one man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men: and another conquer but himself;—he is the greatest of conquerors.”* This is the whole of Buddhism, as it is of any and all systems of self-control. * Dhammapada, …
1910 · PDF PAGE 65
…f Yoga, it is essential that the reader should possess some slight know- ledge of the Vedanta philosophy; and though the following in no way pretends to be an exhaustive account of the same, yet it is hoped that it will prove a sufficient guide to lead the seeker from the Western realms of Magic and action to the Eastern lands of Yoga and renunciation. To begin with, the root-thought of all philosophy and religion, both Eastern and Western, is that the universe is only an appearance and not a reality, or, as Deussen has it: The entire external …
1910 · PDF PAGE 156
…apour- ings of Buddhism, the more he saw that personal endeavour was the key; not the Scriptures, which at best could but indi- cate the way. It (the Dharma) is to be attained to by the wise, each one for himself. Salvation rests on Work and not on Faith, not in reforming the so-called fallen, but in conquering one- self. “If one man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men: and another conquer but himself;—he is the greatest of conquerors.”* This is the whole of Buddhism, as it is of any and all systems of self-control. * Dhammapada, …
1911 · PDF PAGE 134
… thou withdraw thyself from the Vision, and on the morrow, at the appointed hour, shall it be given thee further, as thou goest upon thy way, meditating this mystery. And thou shalt summon the Scribe, and that which shall be written, shall be written. Therefore I withdraw myself, as I am commanded. THE DESERT BETWEEN BENSHRUR AND TOLGA. December 12, 1909. 7-8.12 p.m. Now then art thou approached unto an august Arcanum; verily thou art come unto the ancient Marvel, the winged light, the Fountains of Fire, the Mystery of the Wedge. But it is not …
1912 · PDF PAGE 128
THE EQUINOX She told him that she was staying at the Savoy Hotel at Fontainebleau, and had gone for a walk and lost her way in the forest; and she asked him how far was it to the nearest village, and would he please take her there, and she would give him money. All this while Placide lit his fire, and proceeded to cook beans. He did not understand her, or try to understand her. There was a strange animal in his hut, possibly a human animal ; it might like beans; he would offer it beans. It was not his affair; his affair was to chop—chop—chop—cho…
1912 · PDF PAGE 128
THE EQUINOX She told him that she was staying at the Savoy Hotel at Fontainebleau, and had gone for a walk and lost her way in the forest; and she asked him how far was it to the nearest village, and would he please take her there, and she would give him money. All this while Placide lit his fire, and proceeded to cook beans. He did not understand her, or try to understand her. There was a strange animal in his hut, possibly a human animal ; it might like beans; he would offer it beans. It was not his affair; his affair was to chop—chop—chop—cho…
1922 · PDF PAGE 311
CHAPTER IV OUT OF HARM’S WAY Lamus’s motor was at the door. Maisie sprang to the wheel and drove off without saying a word. I shivered at her side, filled with inexplicable qualms. The exaltation of the cocaine had completely left me. It seemed to increase my nervousness; and yet I resorted to it again and again during the short drive. When we got to the studio, Lala was sitting as usual at the desk, but Lamus was walking up and down the room with his hands behind his back; his head bowed in thought so deep that he seemed not to notice our arri…
1913 · PDF PAGE 610
…ition led me, to concentrate my energies chiefly on ‘ Meditation,” as Soror Virakam says that this, as described in “Book Four,” is “The Way of Attainment of Genius or Godhead considered as development of the Human Brain.” Genius or Godhead; either would suit me well. I will not describe my experiments in detail but rather their results, which were a very bad cold in the head, and a few words of poetry which I am informed are ‘worthy of Shakespeare and were indeed used by him in his noblest tragedy. oe ae in Hssing page 25 of Book Four” is a ph…
1913 · PDF PAGE 610
…ition led me, to concentrate my energies chiefly on ‘ Meditation,” as Soror Virakam says that this, as described in “Book Four,” is “The Way of Attainment of Genius or Godhead considered as development of the Human Brain.” Genius or Godhead; either would suit me well. I will not describe my experiments in detail but rather their results, which were a very bad cold in the head, and a few words of poetry which I am informed are ‘worthy of Shakespeare and were indeed used by him in his noblest tragedy. oe ae in Hssing page 25 of Book Four” is a ph…
1912 · PDF PAGE 135
…,” he had said, “ if we could only crystallize it, what splendid diamonds we could have ! But we can’t—not to any effect. Diamonds are always found in a kind of blue mud—I suppose there can’t be any here?" leading her to a box full of modelling clay which he used in some of his experiments. And he made her dive and dirty her dear little fingers ever so, before she ran against the necklace. And when they retrieved it quite, and washed it, and he put it round her neck for her very own ! She played in her demure, modest way; not very good, but plea…
1912 · PDF PAGE 181
…K. I tell you he's not here. Why don’t you look for him, you dear old muddlehead? SERGEANT. Why, yes, Mr. Adams, that seems the simplest way. JACK. Just take a note first of all of what the burglars have done, Sergeant. Three large patent safes carried bodily away—shutters broken—[Goes and mfi/es [hand—Room n disorder—[Pulls the hedc/athes an to Με fand—Pan of the swag lying on the floor—shows the burglars were disturbed in their nefarious occupation. [HE salt/er: same coþþeafsκύσαι] Murdered body of Meyer up the chimney—go and look, Clark, don't…
1912 · PDF PAGE 135
…,” he had said, “ if we could only crystallize it, what splendid diamonds we could have ! But we can’t—not to any effect. Diamonds are always found in a kind of blue mud—I suppose there can’t be any here?" leading her to a box full of modelling clay which he used in some of his experiments. And he made her dive and dirty her dear little fingers ever so, before she ran against the necklace. And when they retrieved it quite, and washed it, and he put it round her neck for her very own ! She played in her demure, modest way; not very good, but plea…
1912 · PDF PAGE 181
…K. I tell you he's not here. Why don’t you look for him, you dear old muddlehead? SERGEANT. Why, yes, Mr. Adams, that seems the simplest way. JACK. Just take a note first of all of what the burglars have done, Sergeant. Three large patent safes carried bodily away—shutters broken—[Goes and mfi/es [hand—Room n disorder—[Pulls the hedc/athes an to Με fand—Pan of the swag lying on the floor—shows the burglars were disturbed in their nefarious occupation. [HE salt/er: same coþþeafsκύσαι] Murdered body of Meyer up the chimney—go and look, Clark, don't…