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Page 61 of 1301913 · PDF PAGE 85
…erstands and appreciates the existence of flies ! This lack of Understanding with which we all begin is so terrible, so pitiful. In this world there is so much cruelty, so much waste, so much stupidity. The contemplation of the Universe must be at first almost pure anguish. It is this fact which is responsible for most of the speculations of philosophy. Mediaeval philosophers went hopelessly astray because their theology necessitated the reference of all things to the standard of men's welfare. They even became stupid: Bernardin de St. Pierre (…
1913 · PDF PAGE 153
…me . Does He exist ?- Sometimes when earth calls : “ Nay ! ”. A voice replies from Heaven : “ Hast thou forgot ? ” Or sometimes when the world has shouted : “ Yea !” Then He Himself has murmured : “ I am not ." 134
1913 · PDF PAGE 224
…y the light of one dim star, I see thee here, Lady of the Rose, Istar. XXI THE POET SPEAKS HIERE shall be set the sigil of the sun, Gray world, soft light, strong wind, and burning day, L take the arrows cast by Blake away, Andfling them surely at the sacred One. And the barbed arrow on its way shall run More swiftly; my swift heart tt shall obey ; And it shall hit! And thou no more shalt say The archer was blind, for the thing that I have done. Swift night, slow-burning stars, the wavering lyre Breathes fitfully beneath the moon's white fire, …
1913 · PDF PAGE 224
…y the light of one dim star, I see thee here, Lady of the Rose, Istar. XXI THE POET SPEAKS HIERE shall be set the sigil of the sun, Gray world, soft light, strong wind, and burning day, L take the arrows cast by Blake away, Andfling them surely at the sacred One. And the barbed arrow on its way shall run More swiftly; my swift heart tt shall obey ; And it shall hit! And thou no more shalt say The archer was blind, for the thing that I have done. Swift night, slow-burning stars, the wavering lyre Breathes fitfully beneath the moon's white fire, …
1954 · PDF PAGE 486
…e Law. You write: Am I to understand that the A :. A :. has two main lines of Work. (1) The initiation of Individuals. (2) Action on the world in general-say "Weltpolitik "? Because your letters on the History of Magick do imply (2); and yet the A :. A :. discourages any form of group working. Is it that the Masters (8° = 3D Magistri TempliJ having been admitted to the Third Order-the A :. A :. proper; below this are R.R. et A. C and G :. D :. -are no longer liable to the dangers which make group activity in lower grades undesirable. Or do they…
1905 · PDF PAGE 262
…alm Where lightnings overwhelm The evil, and the barren, and the vile, In God’s undying smile ! Stoop not, O stoop not, to yon splendid’ world, Yon darkly-splendid, airless, void, inane, Blind confines in stupendous horror curled, The sleepless place of Terror and distress, Luring damned souls with lying loveliness, The Habitation and the House of Pain. For that is their abode, the Wretched Ones, Of all unhappiness the sons ! And when, invoking often, thou shalt see That formless Fire; when all the earth is shaken, The stars abide not, and the …
1906 · PDF PAGE 59
…is no hell but earth. Vain are the falsehoods that subserve to mirth. - Dust is to dust, create or uncreate. The wheel is bounded by the world’s great girth. By prayer and penance unregenerate, Redeemed by no man’s sacrifice or worth, _We swing: no mortal knows his ultimate. There is no hell but earth. II. In all the skies the planets and the stars Receive us, where our fate in order plies. Somewhere we live between the savage bars In all the skies. 1 Space or Ether. The Hindus say that all actions, especially important (z.e. spiritual) ones, a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 220
…EQUINOX XIX THE BLACK EGG TuE splendid summer splashes on the city In little leaping lights, the flames of spring; And the waters of the world and the Underworld Are stirred by the quickening breath of the unknown god. Life, a strong pulse within the heart of Day, Glows in the western skies; the morning pales Before the influx of this newer dawn.— This for the argent dream that stands apart, The image of Activity unveiled, The violation of Life by the thorn of Time. Ah! fever of a strong distempered god, Stirred into life by the mystery of birt…
1913 · PDF PAGE 220
…EQUINOX XIX THE BLACK EGG TuE splendid summer splashes on the city In little leaping lights, the flames of spring; And the waters of the world and the Underworld Are stirred by the quickening breath of the unknown god. Life, a strong pulse within the heart of Day, Glows in the western skies; the morning pales Before the influx of this newer dawn.— This for the argent dream that stands apart, The image of Activity unveiled, The violation of Life by the thorn of Time. Ah! fever of a strong distempered god, Stirred into life by the mystery of birt…
1899 · PDF PAGE 203
…y. I should be happy then, Cast like a leper from the paths of men, And this dull earth’s desires should be forgot In my own mind’s dear world, where Heaven is blue, And the green bosom of the land lets through The purple of the violets, begot On tears by kisses, where the early dew Glistens in no sun’s beams but in those eyes Wherein my life-love lies. The Fear of Hell is past by virtue of The sweet shed blood that burns out sin ; the Fear Of living on beyond that silent year When I shall follow to the grave of love All that is left of all tha…
1910 · PDF PAGE 261
…des of rosy ether. At one period of their history, France, Germany, and England abounded in all the characteristics of the untutored Old World mind, yet when did an echo of Oriental music ring from the lute of minstrel, 243
1910 · PDF PAGE 261
…des of rosy ether. At one period of their history, France, Germany, and England abounded in all the characteristics of the untutored Old World mind, yet when did an echo of Oriental music ring from the lute of minstrel, 243
1910 · PDF PAGE 160
152 The fame of Ecstasy the redemption of the World. Light springs and liberty is fair— o break the intoxicating jar ! It is enough that thou art Near, the shamer of the foolish Far, To glut thy jasmine podex on the member of thine El Qahar ; To glut thine almond member in the podex of thine El Qahar. 1. Riddle. In the Persian are perhaps concealed some details of the Poet’s life and amours. 2. Azrael — angel of death ; Israfel — of the last Judgement, bear respectively a sword and a trum- pet. We have taken Azrael though modern Per- sians usua…
1912 · PDF PAGE 22
…ltivating epilepsy. Of course great men will never conform with the standards. of little men, and he whose mission it is to overturn the world can hardly escape the title of revolutionary. The fads of a period always furnish terms of abuse. The fad of Caiaphas was Judaism, and the Pharisees told him that Christ“ blasphemed.” Pilate was a loyal Roman ; to him
1907 · PDF PAGE 306
…nce assumed In the soul's splendour ! Here is peace ; Here earneșt of assured release . Here is the formless all pervading Spirit of the World , rising , fading Into a glory subtler still . Here the intense abode of Will Closes its gates , and in the hall Is solemn sleep of festival . Peace ! Peace ! Silence of peace ! O visionless abode ! Cease ! Cease ! Through the dark veil pass on ! The veil Is rent asunder , the stars pale , The suns vanish , the moon drops , The chorus of the spirit stops , But one note swells . Mightiest souls Of bard an…
1909 · PDF PAGE 133
…ievre, citron presse. I am now able to concentrate OFF the Path for a little. Whether this means that I am simply slipping back into the world, or that I am more balanced on, and master of, the Path, I cannot say. Have walked home, drunk a citron pressé at the Dome, and prepare for the night. As I crossed the boulevard, I looked to the bright moon, high and stately in the east, for a message. And there came to me this passage from the Book of Abramelin: “And thou wilt begin to inflame thyself in pray— ing . . . It is the sentence which goes on t…
1954 · PDF PAGE 103
70 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS XXII: 2: Therefore the sage concentrateth upon one Will, and it is as a light to the whole world. Hiding himself, he shineth; withdrawing himself, he attracteth notice; humbling himself, he gaineth force to achieve his Will. Because he striveth not, no man may contend against him. XLIII: 1: The softest substance hunteth down the hardest. The Unsubstantial penetrateth where there is no opening. Here is the Virtue of Inertia. XLIII: 2: Few are they who attain: whose speech is Silence, whose Work is Inertia. XLVIII: 3: He w…
1929 · PDF PAGE 46
…age of the game, or broken-down rubble; but Beachy Head offers rock problems as varied, interesting and picturesque as any cliffs in the world. I began to explore the face. Popular ignorance had surrounded it with innumerable absurd rumours. The general opinion was that no one had ever climbed it. There was, however, a legend that it had once been done. I settled the point by walking up, smoking a pipe, with my dog (I had no woman available) in nine and a half minutes from the beach to the coastguard station. My cousin, Gregor Grant, was with m…
1912 · PDF PAGE 85
…n in the cave gave him that confidence which was required, the faith that moves mountains. There are a lot of solid—seemingthings in this world which a child could push over; but not one has the courage to push. Let us accept provisionallythis explanation of greatness, and pass it by. Ambition has led us to this point; but we are now interested in the work for its own sake. A most astounding phenomenon has happened to us ; we have had an experience which makes Love, fame, rank, ambition, wealth, look like thirty cents; and we begin to wonder pas…
1909 · PDF PAGE 35
…ng? And yet I grumble ! avy other day Let me too weep, weep on! weep out my soul, I might receive a message from my Lola : Weep till the world of sense was wept away ” The siege is raised. Meet me as usual!’ Nay! And, dead, I reached you at the glimmering goal For me the sofa and Verlaine or Zola, Whither you had outrun me! Weep, I say, ; ; ws Teep! It is better. Th r hrism — Till Christ’s affair is over, and the town Weep! It is better. Thus one earns a chrism . . Who ever gained one by cheap cynicism? Runs a young resurrection of its own. g y…