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Page 62 of 1121907 · PDF PAGE 189
182 THE STAR IN THE WEST you Love alone is immortal , love for the good , love for the bad . Redolent with divinity, it floats onward through life , through heaven , through hell , till the flaming forms of Paolo and Francesca rise before us , an everlasting answer to the eternal word of Love . Nay ? kiss in double death -pang , if dare ! Or one day I will strangle you within My heavy hair !? Slowly , and solely through temptation can man be purified . Burns, who was possessed with the happiest knack of striking the nail full on the head , driv…
1913 · PDF PAGE 538
…the form. A statue of Nero or of Heliogabalus made like a masterpiece of Phidias, would it not be an absolutely beautiful and absolutely good work ?—and would not he deserve the execration of the whole world who would propose to break it because it was the representation of a monster? Scandalous statues are those which are badly sculptured, and the Venus of Milo would be desecrated if one placed her beside some of the Virgins which they dare to exhibit in certain churches. One realizes evil in books of morality ill-written far more than in the …
1913 · PDF PAGE 538
…the form. A statue of Nero or of Heliogabalus made like a masterpiece of Phidias, would it not be an absolutely beautiful and absolutely good work ?—and would not he deserve the execration of the whole world who would propose to break it because it was the representation of a monster? Scandalous statues are those which are badly sculptured, and the Venus of Milo would be desecrated if one placed her beside some of the Virgins which they dare to exhibit in certain churches. One realizes evil in books of morality ill-written far more than in the …
1904 · PDF PAGE 64
…: Tophiel. That I may command all spirits of air, water, fire, earth, and hell: Masloth. So that it may tend unto Thy glory and unto the good of man. Iehovah. God Almighty, God Omnipotent, hear my prayer: Elohim. God with us, God be always present with us: Binah. Strengthen us and support us, both now and for ever: Aralim. In these our undertakings, which we perform but as instru- ments in Thy hands: Zabbathi (should be Shabbathii). In the hands of Thee, the great God of Sabaoth. Hesel (should be Chesed). Thou great God, governor and creator of…
1906 · PDF PAGE 178
…! What shadows flit Across the awful veil of mist? What thoughts invade, insult, impress? There comes a lightning of my wit And sees—nor good nor ill address Itself to task, creation’s ill, But a mere law without a will,” Nothing resolved in something, fit Phantom of dull stupidity, And evolution’s endless stress All the inanity to knit Thence: such a dark device I see! Nor lull my soulin the caress Of Buddha’s “ Maya fashioned it.” # My mind seems ready to agree ; But still my senses worry me. Nor can I see what sort of gain God finds in this …
1909 · PDF PAGE 35
…did. But I do indeed ask for a Knowledge and Conversa- tion of the Holy Guardian Angel which is not left so much to be inferred from the good results in my life and work; I want the Perfume and the Vision. . . . Why am I so materially wallowing in grossness.> It matters little; the fact remains that I do wallow. T 33
1909 · PDF PAGE 44
… of the Tree of Life, at least of that other Tree, double and sinister and deadly... . Nay! forI am of the Serpent’s party; Knowledge is good, be the price what it may. Such little fruit, then, as I may have culled from her autumnal breast (mere unripe berries, I confess!) I hasten to offer to my friends. And lest the austerity of such a goddess be profaned by the least vestige of adornment I make haste to divest myself of whatever gold or jewellery of speech I may possess, to advance, my left breast bare, without timidity or rashness, into her…
1909 · PDF PAGE 44
… of the Tree of Life, at least of that other Tree, double and sinister and deadly... . Nay! forI am of the Serpent’s party; Knowledge is good, be the price what it may. Such little fruit, then, as I may have culled from her autumnal breast (mere unripe berries, I confess!) I hasten to offer to my friends. And lest the austerity of such a goddess be profaned by the least vestige of adornment I make haste to divest myself of whatever gold or jewellery of speech I may possess, to advance, my left breast bare, without timidity or rashness, into her…
1907 · PDF PAGE 181
…gel of evil , for a time will come when his name and angelic nature will be restored to him .2 Thus we rise through the microprosopus of good and evil , to the great ethical macroprosopus which is equilibrated . Many are the tracks and by -paths of life which lead over the mountains , the swamps , the forests of existence to that great road , the road of the Soul . From the supernal flights of Idealism , we now find Crowley in the most infernal depths of realism striving through a sea of blood towards that flaming pentacle which flares on the d…
1910 · PDF PAGE 305
…‘‘ Love fixed on mortal things, without the knowledge of its source, increases vibration and creates dissatisfaction (‘mortal things’ is good]).” In his book, ‘‘ Sri Brahma Dhara,” which contains some of the most astonishing balderdash ever put in print, may be found his philosophy. This is a stewed-up hash of Yoga, Vedanta, and outrageous verbosity. ‘‘ Love,” he writes, “is the force of the magician Maya, and is the cause of all disorder” (it seems to be so even in his exalted position). ‘This force of love—in the state of circumgyration in th…
1910 · PDF PAGE 305
…‘‘ Love fixed on mortal things, without the knowledge of its source, increases vibration and creates dissatisfaction (‘mortal things’ is good]).” In his book, ‘‘ Sri Brahma Dhara,” which contains some of the most astonishing balderdash ever put in print, may be found his philosophy. This is a stewed-up hash of Yoga, Vedanta, and outrageous verbosity. ‘‘ Love,” he writes, “is the force of the magician Maya, and is the cause of all disorder” (it seems to be so even in his exalted position). ‘This force of love—in the state of circumgyration in th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 462
… the profit of charity all the restless activities with which the passions of your heart furnish you, you must often be blessed for your good works.” The Abbé once more smiled that dubious and fatal smile which gave so singular an expression to his pallid counte- nance. He rose and took his leave without having given his name, and without any one having thought to ask him for it. Eliphas and Desbarrolles reconducted him as far as the staircase, in token of respect for his dignity as a priest. Near the staircase he turned and said slowly : “Befo…
1913 · PDF PAGE 462
… the profit of charity all the restless activities with which the passions of your heart furnish you, you must often be blessed for your good works.” The Abbé once more smiled that dubious and fatal smile which gave so singular an expression to his pallid counte- nance. He rose and took his leave without having given his name, and without any one having thought to ask him for it. Eliphas and Desbarrolles reconducted him as far as the staircase, in token of respect for his dignity as a priest. Near the staircase he turned and said slowly : “Befo…
1907 · PDF PAGE 41
…s displayed in the “ Primavera ” of Botticelli , so did Swinburne go back to the simple beauty of Greek tragedy as depicted in second is good , as it is musical : the extra half - step in the word “ difficult ” carrying with it a difficulty , and thus emphasizing the meaning ; whilst in the third , there is neither scansion nor music .
1909 · PDF PAGE 85
…cally wrong, even magically absurd; yet, though I see the snare,I deliberately walk into it. I suppose I shall be punished somehow . . . Good! there’s the excuse I wanted. Fear is failure: I must dare to do wrong. Goodl It has just occurred to me that this Waiting and Watching is the supreme Magical strain. Every slight sound or other impression shocks one tremendously. It is easy enough to shut out sounds and such when one is concentrating in active magic: I did all my early evocations in Chancery Lane. But now one is deliberately opening all …
1922 · PDF PAGE 245
…leep at all. We got the waiter to bring down blankets and quilts from the bedroom, and he leaves the food on the table. But fires are no good. The cold comes from inside us. We sit in front of the blaze, roasting our hands and faces; but it makes no difference. We shiver. We try to sing like soldiers round a camp fire, but the only words that come are the appropriate ones. That poem has obsessed us. It fills our souls to the exclusion of everything else except the thirst. “Every separate bone Cold, an incarnate groan Distilled from the icy sper…
1929 · PDF PAGE 132
…, nor elsewhere! I saw clearly enough that the Gods meant me to work out my own puzzles without human help. I must stand alone. Well and good, so be it! I had the sense to accept the Ordeal as a compliment. The umbilical cord was cut: I was an independent being, with his own way to make in the world. On the boat from Yokohama to Shanghai were two American spinsters of the faded variety, with parchment skin due to dryness of climate and devotion to virtue and cocktails. Hearing that I was interested in literature, hope revived. They told me thei…
1910 · PDF PAGE 159
…rseverance, the ren- dering of Support—tension (Paggaha). Under Mindfulness, Repetition (Apilapana) and “keeping up” (Upaganhana). Under Good Conduct, the whole of the Royal Road from Aspirant to Arahat—The five Moral Powers (Indriyabalain); The seven Conditions of Arahatship (Bogghanga); The Path, readiness of memory, (Satipatthana); The four kinds of Right Exertion (Sammappadhana); The four Stages of Ecstasy (Ghana); The eight forms of spiritual Emancipation (Vi- mokha); The four modes of Self-Concentration (Samadhi);* The eight states of Int…
1910 · PDF PAGE 159
…rseverance, the ren- dering of Support—tension (Paggaha). Under Mindfulness, Repetition (Apilapana) and “keeping up” (Upaganhana). Under Good Conduct, the whole of the Royal Road from Aspirant to Arahat—The five Moral Powers (Indriyabalain); The seven Conditions of Arahatship (Bogghanga); The Path, readiness of memory, (Satipatthana); The four kinds of Right Exertion (Sammappadhana); The four Stages of Ecstasy (Ghana); The eight forms of spiritual Emancipation (Vi- mokha); The four modes of Self-Concentration (Samadhi);* The eight states of Int…
1913 · PDF PAGE 289
… the Bible and the Qur’dn are different translations of the same book, but treats the Incar- nation as an allegory, it is evident that a good deal of submission will be required. When he agrees with St. Augustine that a thing is not just because God wills it, but God wills it because it is just, he sees perfectly well that he is reducing God to a poetic image reflected from his own moral vii