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Page 63 of 1051919 · PDF PAGE 404
… cessation of that which, after however long a period, may change. This is all clear enough, but then the Buddhist goes on and takes the word Nibbana to mean exactly that which the Hindus meant by Nirvana, insisting strenuously that it is entirely different. And so indeed it is. But if one proceeds further to enquire, “Then what is it?” one finds oneself involved in very considerable difficulty. It is a difficulty which I cannot pretend to solve, even by the logic which obtains above the abyss. I can, however, exhibit the difficulty by relating…
1906 · PDF PAGE 167
…AY 161 670 676 680 685 690 695 VOL. IT, And slide to leaning on another, God, or the doctor, or my mother. But dare you quote my fevered word For better than my health averred ? The brainish fancies of a man Hovering on delirium’s brink : Shall these be classed his utmost span ? All that he can or ought to think? No! the strong man‘and self-reliant Is the true spiritual giant. I blame no weaklings, but decline To take their maunderings for mine. You see I do not base my thesis On your Book’s being torn in pieces By knowledge ; nor invoke the sh…
1909 · PDF PAGE 57
… work of the pen. Yet my handwriting was no worse than usual—I admit this says little! Itwas the time that it apparently took to get one word written that caused the illusion of extravagant size, itself therefore a rational illusion, turned to phantastic absurdity by the excited imagina- tion, which visualised it. VII “The Intelligible is the principle of all section.” “God is never so turned away from man, and never so much sendeth him new paths, as when he maketh ascent to divine speculations or works in a confused or disordered manner, and a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 57
… work of the pen. Yet my handwriting was no worse than usual—I admit this says little! Itwas the time that it apparently took to get one word written that caused the illusion of extravagant size, itself therefore a rational illusion, turned to phantastic absurdity by the excited imagina- tion, which visualised it. VII “The Intelligible is the principle of all section.” “God is never so turned away from man, and never so much sendeth him new paths, as when he maketh ascent to divine speculations or works in a confused or disordered manner, and a…
1911 · PDF PAGE 255
…strife, and all its tiny being crumble Under my rough and warrior husband-kiss, Whose pain shall burn, and alter, and be bliss! I am: no word beside that solemn one Reigns in sound’s kingdom to express my station, Who, clothed and crowned with suns beyond the sun, Bear on the mighty breast of foam Thalassian, Bear on my bosom, jutting plenilune, Maiden, the fadeless Rose of the Creation ! The whole flower-life of earth and sky and sea From me was born, and shall return to me! I am: for men and beings passionate, For mine own self calm as the riv…
1911 · PDF PAGE 255
…strife, and all its tiny being crumble Under my rough and warrior husband-kiss, Whose pain shall burn, and alter, and be bliss! I am: no word beside that solemn one Reigns in sound’s kingdom to express my station, Who, clothed and crowned with suns beyond the sun, Bear on the mighty breast of foam Thalassian, Bear on my bosom, jutting plenilune, Maiden, the fadeless Rose of the Creation ! The whole flower-life of earth and sky and sea From me was born, and shall return to me! I am: for men and beings passionate, For mine own self calm as the riv…
1913 · PDF PAGE 136
…right kind of Mother, being covered by the Father. There is no record of any importance in the diary until the Vernal Equinox, when the “Word of the Equinox,” which is given out by the Masters to govern the events of the six months, was Perdurabo; and we find, in fact, that during this six months were some of the most important events of our history, those which finished Perdurabo. On June 15, he was at his Sacred House, and there con- ferred the Initiation of Neophyte upon his first probationer. The event of June 28 is so important that a litt…
1913 · PDF PAGE 136
…right kind of Mother, being covered by the Father. There is no record of any importance in the diary until the Vernal Equinox, when the “Word of the Equinox,” which is given out by the Masters to govern the events of the six months, was Perdurabo; and we find, in fact, that during this six months were some of the most important events of our history, those which finished Perdurabo. On June 15, he was at his Sacred House, and there con- ferred the Initiation of Neophyte upon his first probationer. The event of June 28 is so important that a litt…
1929 · PDF PAGE 60
CHAPTER IV. The Formula of Alhim, and that of Alim. A LH IM (Elohim) is the exoteric word for Gods.1 It is the masculine plural of a féminine noun, but its nature is principally féminine.2 It is a perfect hieroglyph of the number 5. This should be studied in “A Note on Genesis” (Equinox LU). The Eléments are ail represented, as in Tetragrammaton, but there is no development from one into the others. They are, as it were, thrown together — untamed, only sympathising by virtue of their wild and stormy but elastically resistless energy. The Centra…
1954 · PDF PAGE 442
…ter. Atu XVII "The Moon." You will note that either Jupiter or Luna occurs in every case; in two, doubly. Guttur, moreover, is the Latin word for 'throat'. Both planets emphasize the soft open expansive aspects of Nature; they both refer accordingly to the feminine throat, the tube either of present or of future life. (J upiter, when in Sagittarius, has an aggressive, masterful, male side; but his letter when there is Samekh.) Now pronounce these letters; observe the motions of opening and expulsion of the breath. Well, then, you will no longer…
1904 · PDF PAGE 88
…e that wrinkle about the apple ? I must really apologise for being indirectly the cause of that old curmudgeons insolence. Not a word. I am all gratitude. Only half gratitude, Duchess. ? Because you have only half the secret. And the other half is ? Naughty. You darling, tell me at once. Will you kiss me ? Kiss you come here Satan ! Eve ! And his lithe coils rolled over her naked body, his forked tongue slipped beneath the white teeth and its delicate foam maddened her tongue. It touched her tender p…
1904 · PDF PAGE 26
ASCENSION DAY 19 And slide to leaning on another, God, or the doctor, or my mother. But dare you quote my fevered word For better than my health averred ? The brainish fancies of a man Hovering on delerium’s brink : Shall these be classed his utmost span ? All that he can or ought to think ? No ! the strong man and self-reliant Is the true spiritual giant. I blame no weaklings, but decline To take their maunderings for mine. You see I do not base my thesis On your Book’s being torn to pieces By knowledge : nor invoke the shade Of my own boyhood…
1910 · PDF PAGE 86
… the least doubt that Guru is father, Guru is mother, and Guru is God even: and as such, he should be served by all, with their thought, word and deed.t ii. Place. Solitude and Silence. The place where Yoga is performed should be a beautiful and pleasant place, according to the Shiva Sanhita.{ In the * A Guru is as necessary in Yoga as a Music Master is in Music. + “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iii. $ Ibid. chap. v, 184, 185. The aspirant should firstly, join the assembly of 74
1910 · PDF PAGE 86
… the least doubt that Guru is father, Guru is mother, and Guru is God even: and as such, he should be served by all, with their thought, word and deed.t ii. Place. Solitude and Silence. The place where Yoga is performed should be a beautiful and pleasant place, according to the Shiva Sanhita.{ In the * A Guru is as necessary in Yoga as a Music Master is in Music. + “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iii. $ Ibid. chap. v, 184, 185. The aspirant should firstly, join the assembly of 74
1910 · PDF PAGE 54
…rance of hair on face or privates utterly disqualifies a boy for path- ic). 5. [Persian text] This is one of El Haji’s “ port- manteau ” words. He will not specify [Persian text] (solar) or [Persian text] (lunar) eclipse : so calmly invented a word with the third possible guttural to include all kinds ! 6. From the Q’uran. Used however to reject amorous advances, as they say “ Allah is bountiful ” to a beggar, meaning “ I am not.” But here it is meant seriously, or at worst to imply ; “ This is very disgraceful conduct — let us blame it on Al- …
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
76 The First Joy of Union. 1. The Sanskrit root Sar “ head ” has given to Europe and Asia the word for ruler ; as Sar, sir, sieur, Caesar, Sarah, Kaiser, Tsar, Shah, sirdar, sirkar, sire, signor, señor, siegneur, and a host of others. 2. [Persian text] the temple at Mecca. But I think here it means the House not made with hands. The letter [Persian text] itself (not [Persian text] but the Hebrew ב. Ed.) means house, and connotes (says Mahbub) a great Magus — “ The Magus of Power.” The passage means therefore that mystic Union is the key to Prac…
1912 · PDF PAGE 176
… he laughs oflenly ana’ struts proudly about] What do I want with his money? I'm rich, rich, incalculably rich. Why, I’ve only to say the word and all the 134
1912 · PDF PAGE 176
… he laughs oflenly ana’ struts proudly about] What do I want with his money? I'm rich, rich, incalculably rich. Why, I’ve only to say the word and all the 134
1922 · PDF PAGE 243
…man clothed with the Sun, writing down my experiences. The other is Lou Pendragon, an animal dying in agony from thirst. I said the last word aloud, and Peter caught it up. He crawled away from the grate towards me croaking out :— “Not the thirst benign That calls the worker to wine; Not the bodily thirst (Though that be frenzy accurst) When the mouth is full of sand, And the eyes are gummed up, and the ears Trick the soul till it hears Water, water at hand, When a man will dig his nails In his breast, and drink the blood Already that clots. an…
1907 · PDF PAGE 267
…proved . It remains , therefore , that it exists nowhere at all ” -i.e ., in the Absolute Zero . And again he asserts , this time by the word of Philonous : Con sequently every corporal substance being the substra tum of extension must have in itself another extension , by which it is qualified to be a substratum : and so on to infinity ? And I ask whether this be not absurd in itself , and repugnant to what you granted just now , to wit , that the substratum was something distinct from and exclusive of extension ? " 3 And what is pure extensio…