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… illu mination must be as definite a phenomenon as orgasm , following which we find the material world , and its foundation the world of thought , as honestly set down to hallucination as a ghost would be . Construct the Temple in the place of the Manger , on the site of the ruins of religion and philosophy , but with the stones of the unfinished and abandoned Hall of Science . And in it let Semiramis , heavy with child by the Holy Ghost , possess the couch of labour , once crushed by the agon ized form of Mary ; and bring to light that unmista…
1909 · PDF PAGE 352
…euchain, or tobacco pouches, whilst the husbandman made thongs, which he used for the harness of his primitive plough. Seal oil was also thought to possess medicinal virtues of no mean order, and, until quite recently, a course of oal-roin was a favourite, if not a never-failing, specific for all chest diseases. Furthermore, it is asserted by Martin (circa 1695) that seal liver, pulverised and taken with aqua vita, or red wine, is a good prescription for diarrhcetic disorders. Seal oil was used for lighting purposes in the monasteries, as the s…
1909 · PDF PAGE 352
…euchain, or tobacco pouches, whilst the husbandman made thongs, which he used for the harness of his primitive plough. Seal oil was also thought to possess medicinal virtues of no mean order, and, until quite recently, a course of oal-roin was a favourite, if not a never-failing, specific for all chest diseases. Furthermore, it is asserted by Martin (circa 1695) that seal liver, pulverised and taken with aqua vita, or red wine, is a good prescription for diarrhcetic disorders. Seal oil was used for lighting purposes in the monasteries, as the s…
1910 · PDF PAGE 288
…ld tell exactly the place that my patient had reached, and treat him accordingly. Many a time, by some expression which other bystanders thought ineffably puerile, have I recognised the landmark of a field of wonders wherein I have travelled in perfect ravishment. I understood the symbolisation, which they did not. Though as perfectly conscious as in his natural state, and capable of apprehending all outer realities without halluci- nation, he still perceived every word which was spoken to him 270
1910 · PDF PAGE 288
…ld tell exactly the place that my patient had reached, and treat him accordingly. Many a time, by some expression which other bystanders thought ineffably puerile, have I recognised the landmark of a field of wonders wherein I have travelled in perfect ravishment. I understood the symbolisation, which they did not. Though as perfectly conscious as in his natural state, and capable of apprehending all outer realities without halluci- nation, he still perceived every word which was spoken to him 270
1913 · PDF PAGE 557
…ystics, and there is nothing true and serious beneath all that but the necessary struggle of order and disorder, of the instincts and of thought; the result of that struggle is balance in progress, and the devil always con- tributes, despite himself, to the glory of St. Michael. Physical love is the most perverse of all fatal passions. It is the anarchist of anarchists; it knows neither law, duty, truth nor justice. It would make the maiden walk over the corpses of her parents. It is an irrepressible intoxication; a furious madness. It is the v…
1913 · PDF PAGE 588
…th and justice remained to him for consolation | Thou alone art holy, O God of true hearts and upright souls, and thou knowest if ever I thought myself pure in thy sight! Like all men I have been the plaything of human passions. At last I conquered them, or rather thou hast conquered them in me; and thou hast given me for a rest the deep peace of those who have no goal and no ambition but Thyself. I love humanity, because men, as far as they are not insensate, are never wicked but through error or through weak- ness. Their natural disposition i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 557
…ystics, and there is nothing true and serious beneath all that but the necessary struggle of order and disorder, of the instincts and of thought; the result of that struggle is balance in progress, and the devil always con- tributes, despite himself, to the glory of St. Michael. Physical love is the most perverse of all fatal passions. It is the anarchist of anarchists; it knows neither law, duty, truth nor justice. It would make the maiden walk over the corpses of her parents. It is an irrepressible intoxication; a furious madness. It is the v…
1913 · PDF PAGE 588
…th and justice remained to him for consolation | Thou alone art holy, O God of true hearts and upright souls, and thou knowest if ever I thought myself pure in thy sight! Like all men I have been the plaything of human passions. At last I conquered them, or rather thou hast conquered them in me; and thou hast given me for a rest the deep peace of those who have no goal and no ambition but Thyself. I love humanity, because men, as far as they are not insensate, are never wicked but through error or through weak- ness. Their natural disposition i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 20
…le sent 1made it appear so. Scorri0, K.C. What about these cassuine the name of MacGregor? Mariuis, At my suggestion, He Scotland, and I thought it would atteact less r Highland same, Sconrio, KC. But why MacGregor rather than any other Highland name? Maruuns. To assert bond of sympathy—between hi to perform just published Scowvio, KC. He was at this time quite Mariens. Under my thumb, Sconrio, K.C, And why did he call himself Lord Boleskine? Marien’. "Principally to aunoy the snobbish society of Inver Scownio, KC. And did it annoy then? Marius…
1929 · PDF PAGE 137
…all a hole. The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable. 1 If one littlest thought intrude upon the mind of the Mystic, his concentration is absolutely destroyed; and his consdousness remains on exactly the same level as the Stockbroker’s. Even the smallest baby is incompatible with the virginity of its mother. If you leave even a single spirit within the circle, the effect of the conjuration will be entirely absorbed by it. 2 1. See, however, the Essay on Truth in “Konx oin Pax”. Th…
1906 · PDF PAGE 65
…d joyous, beautiful, and free: This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Vic- tory,” 3 The last phrase pealed trumpet-wise: he sank back into thought. ‘‘ Yes,” he said slowly, ‘‘ neither to change, nor falter, nor repent.” I moved forward, and he saw me. ‘Who are you?” he asked. . ‘‘T am travelling in the East,” I said. ‘‘T love Man also; I have come to see you. Who are you?” 1 See “Tristam Shandy,” by Laurence Sterne, Chap. I. 2 Image of Buddha. 3 Shelley, ‘‘ Prometheus Unbound,” iv. He laughed pleasantly. ‘‘I am the child of many prayers.”’ There …
1906 · PDF PAGE 284
…nzesthesia. Myst. Is it, though? Is the analogy so certain? Is there nothing in the attempt of all religions to secure that a man’s last thoughts should be of triumph, peace, joy, and their like ? Scept. I have been reading that somewhat mawkish book ‘‘The Soul of a People.” Disgusted as I was by its ooze of sentiment- ality, I was yet not unobservant of its cogni- sance of this fact, and I was even pleased— though this is by the way—to see that the author recognises in-the ridiculous First Pre- cept of the Buddhist Faith, or rather in the orth…
1913 · PDF PAGE 291
…ay instance his remarks on the Grimoire of Honorius. We have said that this is the masterpiece of Levi. He reaches an exaltation of both thought and language which is equal to that of any other writer known to us. Once it is understood that it is purely a thesis for the Grade of Exempt Adept, the reader should have no further difficulty.—A. C. ix
1913 · PDF PAGE 291
…ay instance his remarks on the Grimoire of Honorius. We have said that this is the masterpiece of Levi. He reaches an exaltation of both thought and language which is equal to that of any other writer known to us. Once it is understood that it is purely a thesis for the Grade of Exempt Adept, the reader should have no further difficulty.—A. C. ix
1913 · PDF PAGE 5
…ere and noble soul to protest against decadence ; to be a witness in the midst of corruption, that there is a standard of pure and lofty thought, a City of the Soul, forti- fied against all evil, and whose artillery can over- whelm the savage hordes of impurity. We do not think any one will accuse us of flat- tery in saying that Lord Alfred Douglas is just such a person, and this is the more striking pheno- menon as it is so rare to find true moral greatness associated with poetical genius. We write thus in order to direct his attention to a li…
1929 · PDF PAGE 40
…down, Magdalen!that the demon is made of all those that have died of Bright's disease. There must be different ones for each disease. I thought I once caught sight of a coughing bog of bloody slime. Let me pray. A frenzied appeal to the Creator followed. Sincere as it was, it would read like irreverence in print. And then there came the cold-drawn horror of stark blasphemy against this Godwho would not answer. Followed the bleak black agony of the conviction the absolute certitudeThere is no God! combined with a wave of frenzied wrath a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 11
…ehind, preparing the Event. Imagine me, therefore, if you will, in Paris on the last day of September. How surprised was I—though, had I thought, I should have remembered that it was so—to find all my necessary magical apparatus to my hand! Months before, for quite other reasons, I had moved most of my portable property to Paris; now I go to Paris, not thinking of a Retirement, for I now know enough to trust my destiny to bring all things to pass without anxious forethought on my part—and suddenly, therefore, here do I find myself—and nothing is…
1909 · PDF PAGE 365
…mote spot. For two hours each time did I wait and wait, longing, eager, nervous, hopeful, hopeless, desperate, distressed, with gigantic thoughts crowding my mind. I almost despaired of seeing this moment; at last it has come. I forgot the duties of art, the call of reason, the fear of uncertain meetings, the very natural care for the most precious existence on this planet. But I am well rewarded. You have come. My globe of transparent crystal had shown me the truth. You have come, escaping my enemies, and you are for the time to come at my dis…
1909 · PDF PAGE 365
…mote spot. For two hours each time did I wait and wait, longing, eager, nervous, hopeful, hopeless, desperate, distressed, with gigantic thoughts crowding my mind. I almost despaired of seeing this moment; at last it has come. I forgot the duties of art, the call of reason, the fear of uncertain meetings, the very natural care for the most precious existence on this planet. But I am well rewarded. You have come. My globe of transparent crystal had shown me the truth. You have come, escaping my enemies, and you are for the time to come at my dis…