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Page 62 of 1061910 · PDF PAGE 338
…and when men hear them, they live a lifetime in an instant, mate, rear children, are widowed, or have their eyes closed for them for the last time by these women whose souls they thus secretly and inviolately espouse.” After a little silence the worm which issued from her eyes then spoke: “IT am her eyes, and she was bad, bad as her mouth says. Some of that mouth’s warm tribute came indeed to me, and I was shut from seeing with the close lips of men beating time to the superb madness of their love music with rhythmic kisses. And I saw—O what I …
1929 · PDF PAGE 75
… of the Temple, to receive the fourth and final consécration. In this position the secrets of the grade are communicated to him, and the last of his fetters is removed. Ail this is sealed by the sacrament of the Four Eléments. It will be seen that the effect of this whole ceremony is to endow a thing inert and impotent with balanced motion in a given direction. Numerous examples of this formula are given 1. See the Néophyte Ceremony, Equinox I, II. 2. Fear is the source of ail false perception. Even Freud had a glimpse of this fact. 39
1930 · PDF PAGE 123
…World that is God is none other than He. 3. How then shall He end His Speech with Silence ? For He is Speech. 4. He is the First and the Last. How shall He cease to number Himself ? 5. By a Magus is this writing made known through the mind of a Magister. The one uttereth clearly, and the other Under- standeth; yet the Word is falsehood, and the LJnderstanding darkness. And this saying is of Ail Truth. 6. Nevertheless it is written; for there be times of darkness, and this as a lamp therein. 7. With the Wand createth He. 8. With the Cup preserve…
1909 · PDF PAGE 90
…nept as he may be to do so by any ordinary methods. In the case of the aspirant to meditation, this stage is even more terrible than the last. He has, to use our previous figures, suspended the law of gravitation ; the stream is still, and the Sun of the soul is faithfully reflected in its brilliance; the mighty engine is stopped. But—there it is! We have got rid of motion, but matter remains. (Again must I apologise for taking so elementary a view of physics.) And while there is a particle of matter, it must fill the Universe—there is no place…
1909 · PDF PAGE 90
…nept as he may be to do so by any ordinary methods. In the case of the aspirant to meditation, this stage is even more terrible than the last. He has, to use our previous figures, suspended the law of gravitation ; the stream is still, and the Sun of the soul is faithfully reflected in its brilliance; the mighty engine is stopped. But—there it is! We have got rid of motion, but matter remains. (Again must I apologise for taking so elementary a view of physics.) And while there is a particle of matter, it must fill the Universe—there is no place…
1922 · PDF PAGE 109
…wer of calculation. We had already discovered the fact when we found that the supply we had got from Gretel, with the idea that it would last almost indefinitely, was running very short, when the dressing-gown came to solve the problem. We had only been a few days on the stunt, and what we had got from three or four sniffs, to begin with, meant almost perpetual stoking to carry on. However, that didn’t matter, because we had an ample supply. There must have been a couple of kilograms of either C. or H. in that kimono. And when you think that an…
1930 · PDF PAGE 79
…hat Self, duplex as is its form, reluctant to acquiesce in its failure to coincide with the Sphere of Nuith. Let him now imagine, at the last Word, that the Head of his will, where his consciousness is fixed, opens its fissure (the Brah- marandra-Cakkra, at the junction of the cranial sutures) and exudes a drop of clear crystalline dew, and that this pearl is his Soûl, a virgin offering to his Angel, pressed forth from his being by the intensity of his Aspiration. With these words the Adept does not withdraw his will within him as in the previo…
1907 · PDF PAGE 227
… then we do not wish to do so; certainly not gud historian. We leave him alone. Whoso hath ears to hear, let him hear! and the first and last ordeals and rewards of the Adept are comprised in the maxim “ Keep silence!” There should be no possible point of contact between the Church and the world: Paul began the ruin of Christianity, but Constantine completed it. The Church which begins to exteriorise is already lost. To control the ethics of the state is to adopt the ethics of the state: and the first duty of the state will be to expel the riva…
1904 · PDF PAGE 30
…lijah-like, Mt. Carmel in : All gave me nothing. I slid back To common sense, as reason bids, And “hence,” my friend, “the Pyramids.” At last I met a maniac With mild eyes full of love, and tresses Blanched in those lonely wildernesses Where he found wisdom, and long hands Gentle, pale olive ’gainst the sand’s Amber and gold. At sight, I knew him ; Swifter than light I flashed, ran to him, And at his holy feet prostrated My head ; then, all my being sated With love, cried “Master ! I must know. Already I can love.” E’en so. The sage saluted me …
1905 · PDF PAGE 252
… verily. It was most urgent, cousin, I were assured of your identity. — Three weeks the couriers scour the land for you, Urgent demands: last? Your horse? Your arms? since Germany Saw the brave eyes and kindly face of you! Where have you been? Upon the sacred quest Still riding? how came you here at Three years TANNHAUSER. Ay, my lord, upon the quest. LANDGRAVE. Vou travelled in far lands? TANNUAUSER. Far, very far ! LANDGRAVE. You fought with Turks? > TANNHAUSER. I fought within myself, LANDGRAVE., Why is such suffering written in dark lines, …
1907 · PDF PAGE 211
… descend! What claim To feel the immortal fire had then the -Theban dame ! Caught in that fiery wave Her love and life she gave With one last kissing cry the unborn child to save. And thou, O Zeus, the sire Of Bromius—hunter dire !— Didst snatch the unborn babe from Olympian fire : that In thine own thigh most holy That ofispring melancholy Didst hide, didst feed, on light, ambrosia, and moly.
1907 · PDF PAGE 216
THE NEW WINE 209 “ The Ultimate Voyage ,” when the Voice of God the voice of the Soul that is—says : “ The last and greatest is within you now . " Then fire too subtle and omniscient Devoured our substance, and we moved again Not down , nor up , but inwards mystically Involving self in self, and light in light . And this was not a pain , but peaceable Like young -eyed love , reviving ; it consumed And consecrated and made savour sweet To our changed senses . And the dual self Of love grew less distinct and I began To feel her heart in mine , he…
1909 · PDF PAGE 10
…ined the grade of 7°=4°; received the great Initiation in October 19—; and, continuing, received ........ in October 19—. So then in the last days of September 19— do I begin to collect and direct my thoughts; gently, subtly, persistently turning them one and all to the question of retreat and com- munion with that which I have agreed to call the Holy Guardian Angel, whose Knowledge and Conversation I have willed, and in greater or less measure enjoyed, since Ten Years. Terrible have been the ordeals of the Path; I have lost all that I possesse…
1911 · PDF PAGE 93
…ani. Such an ecstasy of anguish racks me that I cannot give it voice, yet I know it is but as the anguish of Gethsemane. And that is the last word of the Aethyr. The outposts are passed, and before the seer extends the outermost Abyss. I am returned. Bou-SAaba. December 5, 1909. 10.10-11.35 p.m. * Full title of Jesod is Tzediq Jesod Olahm, “ The Righteous is the Founda- tion of the World.” + 1. S. V. D., Jesod,=80, the number of pé, the letter of Mars. gi
1907 · PDF PAGE 210
…ad earth as ’twere a winepress ! AU TONOE, Drink its blood, The sweet red wine ! MANADS. Ay, drink the old earth dry! AGAVE. Squeeze the last drops out till the frame collapse Like an old wineskin ! AUTONOE. So the sooner sup Among the stars ! AGAVE. The swift, swift stars ! MAENADS. O night ! Night, night, fall deep and sure !
1907 · PDF PAGE 52
… -wind hardens Your fruits once again ye shall have me to keep. The sleep -god laments, and the love -goddess pardons , When love at the last sinks unweary to sleep .? 1 Orpheus, vol. iii, p . 168 . 3 Ibid . vol . iii, pp . 146 , 147 . s Ibid . vol . iii, pp . 182-187 . Ibid . vol . iii, p . 200 . 2 Ibid . vol . iii, p . 145 . 4 Ibid . vol . iii , p . 177 . 6 Ibid . vol . iii, pp . 194-199 .
1911 · PDF PAGE 85
…t wxder- stand. Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night! This is that which is written, ““O my God, in one last rapture let me attain to the union with the many.” For she is 83
1913 · PDF PAGE 509
…ird to the will. Greasy and thick palms denote sensual tastes and great force of physical life; a thumb which is long, especially in its last phalanx, reveals a strong will, which may go as far as despotism ; short thumbs, on the contrary, show characters gentle and easily controlled. The habitual folds of the hand determine its lines. These lines are, then, the traces of habits, and the patient observer will know how to recognize them and how to judge them. The man whose hand folds badly is clumsy or unhappy. The hand has three principal funct…
1913 · PDF PAGE 509
…ird to the will. Greasy and thick palms denote sensual tastes and great force of physical life; a thumb which is long, especially in its last phalanx, reveals a strong will, which may go as far as despotism ; short thumbs, on the contrary, show characters gentle and easily controlled. The habitual folds of the hand determine its lines. These lines are, then, the traces of habits, and the patient observer will know how to recognize them and how to judge them. The man whose hand folds badly is clumsy or unhappy. The hand has three principal funct…
1906 · PDF PAGE 162
…hn’s third chapter (sixteenth verse), But now (you say) broad-minded folk Think that those words the Master spoke Should save all men at last. But mind! The text says nothing of the kind! Read the next verses ! t Then—one-third Of all humanity are steady In a belief in Buddha’s word, Possess eternal life already, And shun delights, laborious days Of labour living (Milton’s phrase) In strenuous purpose to—? to cease ! “A fig for God’s eternal peace ! True peace is to annihilate The chain of causes men call Fate, So that no Sattva ®& may renew On…