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Page 67 of 1001954 · PDF PAGE 23
…ls apart altogether. There is enough data presented in this striking set of letters, apart from anything else the man has written in his long literary life, to thoroughly destroy any such possibility. A bohemian and eccentric he may well have been-a hippy never! Many of the young people of today are turning toward his writing with a view to resolving some of the most serious problems of our time-conflicts which affect them and our society most seriously. In this, I think they are showing some deep wisdom. But in many of their overt attitudes an…
1954 · PDF PAGE 518
…s somewhere that some species or other can never develop higher powers because its brain is shut in by its carapace? I thought this too, long ago; and I went into interminable conferences with myoId friend, Professor Buckmaster; I wanted to extend brain surgery to produce the phenomena of Yoga. Also, I wondered what would happen if we wedged apart the sections of the cranium at, or shortly after, birth, so as to prevent them closing and giving the brain a chance to grow. I suspect, by the way, that something of the sort is done in China and Bur…
1922 · PDF PAGE 30
…bly Mongolian about her face. The planes were flat; the cheek-bones high; the eyes oblique; the nose wide, short, and vital; the mouth a long, thin, rippling curve like a mad sunset. The eyes were tiny and green, with a piquantelfin expression. Her hair was curiously colourless; it was very abundant; she had wound great ropes about her head. It reminded me of the armature of a dynamo. It produced a weird effect— this mingling of the savage Mongol with the savage Norseman type. Her strange hair fascinated me. It was that delicate flaxen hue, so …
1922 · PDF PAGE 173
…ny to give you any drugs this morning.” “ But you're interfering with my Will,” protested Cockie, almost vivaciously. “It would take too long to explain,” returned Lamus, “ why I think that remark unfair. But to quote the Book of the Law once more, ‘Enough of Because, be he damned for a dog.’ Instead, let me tell you a story.” We tactfully expressed eagerness to hear it. “The greatest mountaineer of his generation, as you know, was the late Oscar Eckenstein.” He went through a rather complicated gesture quite incomprehensible; but it vaguely su…
1922 · PDF PAGE 284
270 The Diary of a Drug Fiend Lou, in a state of almost insane excitement, was calling up Barley Grange on long distance. The house- keeper was to send up something to wear that morning. While she shouted the order, I suddenly recollected that Lamus and Lala were coming in after lunch; the clothes couldn’t possibly reach us till after three o'clock. The best thing to do was to have some dressing- gowns sent up from Piccadilly. They sent people round with a selection at once, and what with that and sending out for some toilet things, and having …
1929 · PDF PAGE 169
… pass which divides Kashmir from Baltistan; twenty-one marches brings one to the foot of the Baltoro glacier; the rest is on the ice. As long as one is in Kashmir the travelling is comparatively easy, the marches reasonably short and the halting places comfortable. The scenery is exhilaratingly grand and beautiful, and the climate perfect. The whole thing may best be described as an exaggeration of all that is best and loveliest in the Alps, plus the enchantment of Asiatic atmosphere. Travellers to Chogo Ri are limited as to season by the fact …
1907 · PDF PAGE 76
…hysique of the nation had been seriously impaired by the results of a law which, by assuring them in case of injury or illness of a life long competence in idleness which they could never have obtained otherwise by the most laborious toil, encouraged all workers to be utterly careless of their health. The training of servants indeed at this time consisted solely of careful practical instruction in the art of falling down stairs; and the richest man in the country was an ex butler who, by breaking his leg on no less than thirty-eight occasions, …
1922 · PDF PAGE 177
…hat a fool I am. There was one packet of H. in the pocket of my travelling dress. We crawled towards each other and shared it. After the long abstention, the effect was miraculous.. Cockie picked himself up almost fiercely. The desperate anguish of our necessity drove him to swift resolute action. He sent for the barber and the waiter. We had the maid pack our things. We paid the bill and left our heavy trunks in the hotel, explaining that we had been called away suddenly on business. We put our dressing cases into a taxi and said, “ Euston, ma…
1922 · PDF PAGE 197
…tself. There were three principal methods of cure: Cutting the drug off at once, and trust to the patient’s surviving ; then there was a long tedious method of diminishing the daily dose. It was a matter of months. During the whole of the time, the agony of the patient con- tinues in a diluted form. It was the choice between plunging into boiling oil and being splashed with it every day for an indefinite period. Then there was an intermediate method in which the daily amount was reduced by a series of jerks. As Peter said, one was to be sentenc…
1954 · PDF PAGE 317
284 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS mildewed parchments of obsolete laws until they found some long-forgotten piece of mischief that might stop it. The withered husks of womanhood, idle, frustrated, spiteful and malignant, called up their forces, blackmailed the Church into supporting them, and began a senseless string of prosecutions. Notable in infamy stands out the name of Mrs. Ormiston Chant. So here we had the trial of some harmless girl for "accosting"; it was a scene from this that inspired Raven Hill's admirable cartoon. A "pale young curate" is i…
1910 · PDF PAGE 129
…is written the name Yow 77 71 in the letters of the alphabet of Honorius. Her feet are flesh coloured, and she wears golden sandals. Her long yellow-green drapery is rayed with olive, and beneath her feet roll black clouds lit with lurid patches of colour. How to perform it. (1) Commence with lesser pentagram Banishing Ritual. (2) Formulate rose-cross round room (First, top to bottom; second left to right; third the rose as a circle dextro-rotary). (3) The LVX signs in 5° =6° towards the four cardinal points. (4) Formulate before you in white f…
1910 · PDF PAGE 129
…is written the name Yow 77 71 in the letters of the alphabet of Honorius. Her feet are flesh coloured, and she wears golden sandals. Her long yellow-green drapery is rayed with olive, and beneath her feet roll black clouds lit with lurid patches of colour. How to perform it. (1) Commence with lesser pentagram Banishing Ritual. (2) Formulate rose-cross round room (First, top to bottom; second left to right; third the rose as a circle dextro-rotary). (3) The LVX signs in 5° =6° towards the four cardinal points. (4) Formulate before you in white f…
1922 · PDF PAGE 104
…thing was all right. “Tl have to see the fellow, I suppose,’ I said, and told the hall-boy to send him upstairs. “Don’t let him keep you long,” said Lou, with a petulant pout, and ran into the bedroom after a swift embrace, so violent that it disarranged my new Charvet necktie. The man came up. I was a little bored by the gravity of his manner, and rather disgusted by its solemn deference. Of course, one likes being treated as a kind of toy emperor in a way, but that sort of thing doesn’t go with Paris. Still less does it go with cocaine. It an…
1922 · PDF PAGE 326
…t quality. It had a strain of wholesomeness and actuality running through its incredible tissue of marvels. At last we sat up and drew a long breath. Hermes hastened to assist Lou to her feet, and the action, natural as it was, coming from such an extraordinary quarter, set us off laughing again. Dionysus was regarding us with big serious eyes. “You'll do,” he suddenly decided; and began to execute a little step-dance of his own. But we could see that Hermes, with all his unwilling- ness to interfere with other people, was impatient; and we scr…
1929 · PDF PAGE 44
Chapter5 OF THE THING IN THE GARDEN; AND OF THE WAY OF THE TAO "OH, little Brother!" said the old mystic sadly. "How long will it take you to work through this wretched business?" "I have omnipotence at my command, and eternity at my disposal," smiled the boy, using Eliphaz Levi's well-known formula. "I ought to explain," said Simple Simon, turning to Lisa. "This boy is a desperate magician confined within the circle of this forest. His plan is Action; he is all for Magick; give him a Wand and a host of Demons to control, and he is happy. For m…
1929 · PDF PAGE 20
…en for his daughter to come in to tea from the Art Class. But when she arrived, portfolio in hand, her beauty and the splendour of her long easy swing determined him to be gracious. Under such circumstances conversation is apt to be artificial; but Gertrude was gay and garrulous, and the tea went very pleasantly until her father's eye unluckily fell on the portfolio. And what has my little fairy been doing lately? he asked with elephantine lightness. Oh, sketches mostly, father. This week we're copy- ing from old Greek masterpieces, though…
1909 · PDF PAGE 54
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1912 · PDF PAGE 304
…really invented it, and if so, whether de Moivre was an immoral man, and wore whiskers. It helps me to make certain calculations; and so long as that is so, it is useful, and I stick to it, Other criticisms of the methods of the Qabalah itself have been made and disposed of in the article on the subject in “ The Temple of Solomon the King " (Equinox V) and no further reference need be made to them in this place. It is only necessary to say that that article should be studied most thoroughly, and also the article “ A Note on Genesis ” in the sec…
1912 · PDF PAGE 304
…really invented it, and if so, whether de Moivre was an immoral man, and wore whiskers. It helps me to make certain calculations; and so long as that is so, it is useful, and I stick to it, Other criticisms of the methods of the Qabalah itself have been made and disposed of in the article on the subject in “ The Temple of Solomon the King " (Equinox V) and no further reference need be made to them in this place. It is only necessary to say that that article should be studied most thoroughly, and also the article “ A Note on Genesis ” in the sec…
1922 · PDF PAGE 70
…, the Russian Easter is not the same time as our Easter. They slipped up a fortnight one way or the other—I never can remember which— as long as you know what I mean. She threw the empty silk bag in the air, and caught it in her teeth with a passionate snap, which sent me nearly out of my mind again. I would have loved to be a bird, and have my head snapped off by those white, small, sharp incisors. Practical ‘girl, my Lady Pendragon! Instead of going off the deep end, she was cutting out another packet, and when it was opened, instead of the b…