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Page 68 of 741905 · PDF PAGE 193
…re is spoken—the tradition goes : ‘There learns the seeker what he seeks or knows.’ Thence—none have passed. leagues may keep Some other secret—some profounder deep Than this one echoed fear: the desert shows Its ghastly triumph—silence. There they sleep. The desert ‘There, brave and pure, there, true and strong, they stay Bleached in the desert, till the solemn day Of God’s revenge—none knoweth them: they rest Unburied, unremembered, unconfessed. What names of strength, of majesty, had they? What suns are these gone down into the West? ‘Even I…
1911 · PDF PAGE 174
…r Nile, but said that they were not equal to those of India. The British Druids must have had a knowledge of the “Serpent fire ” in their secret instruction, or why exclaim, “I am a serpent.” The Mythraic Mysteries, and all the Eranoi Societies, were equally protected by the laws of Solon seven centuries BL, and Mr Pryse observes that only once does the word Halleluiah occur in the Bible, yet we know that it formed the close of a chant in the “ Rites of Purification” in a call to the slain god {or deliverance, in pre— Christian centuries, and fur…
1911 · PDF PAGE 174
…r Nile, but said that they were not equal to those of India. The British Druids must have had a knowledge of the “Serpent fire ” in their secret instruction, or why exclaim, “I am a serpent.” The Mythraic Mysteries, and all the Eranoi Societies, were equally protected by the laws of Solon seven centuries BL, and Mr Pryse observes that only once does the word Halleluiah occur in the Bible, yet we know that it formed the close of a chant in the “ Rites of Purification” in a call to the slain god {or deliverance, in pre— Christian centuries, and fur…
1907 · PDF PAGE 122
…? The mystery of this our life is sorrow. LYETERNEL PRINTEMPS. I. THE eternal spring is in the heart of youth. | They are nearest to the secret of the world, These lovers with their lithe white bodies curled Into the rhythm of a dance; the truth Is theirs that feel, not ours that idly see ; Theirs that inhabit, and not ours that flee The intimate touch of love and think to sleuth By intellect all the scent of being, whirled In the wheel of time—roll back, slow years, and be A monument, a memory for me; That I may in their passion have a part, A…
1909 · PDF PAGE 263
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING he pledges himself to keep secret the Order, its name, and the names of the members, as well as the proceedings which take place at its meetings. To maintain kindly and benevolent relation with all the Fratres and Sorores of the Order. To prosecute with zeal and study the occult sciences, &c. &c. He then swears to observe the above under the awful penalty of submitting “ myself to a deadly and hostile current of will set in motion by the chiefs of the Order, by which I should fall slain or paralysed without visibl…
1909 · PDF PAGE 263
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING he pledges himself to keep secret the Order, its name, and the names of the members, as well as the proceedings which take place at its meetings. To maintain kindly and benevolent relation with all the Fratres and Sorores of the Order. To prosecute with zeal and study the occult sciences, &c. &c. He then swears to observe the above under the awful penalty of submitting “ myself to a deadly and hostile current of will set in motion by the chiefs of the Order, by which I should fall slain or paralysed without visibl…
1944 · PDF PAGE 264
…d two at a time, we obtain four figures, called the Hsiang, which may be compared to Tetragrammaton, and this stage of development is so secret in the Chinese idea that practically nothing is said about these forms. They only come out into the clear light when the combinations of the Yang and the Yin are taken three at a time as shown in the lower part of this diagram. It will be noticed that there are eight of these forms; they are called Kwâ. Two of these are completely balanced in purity, Khien and Khwan with three Yangs and three Yins respe…
1944 · PDF PAGE 66
…girdle, is the Zodiac. Beneath the throne is a floor of tapestry, embroidered with fleurs‐de‐lys and fishes; they seem to be adoring the Secret Rose, which is indicated at the base of the throne. The sig‐ nificance of these symbols has already been explained. In this card all symbols are cognate, because of the simplicity and purity of the emblem. There is here no contradiction; such op‐ position as there seems to be is only the opposition necessary to balance. And this is shown by the revolving moons. The heraldry of the Empress is two‐fold: o…
1919 · PDF PAGE 304
…is is exactly what Yvette Guilbert has done for song. She has not done it for one century only. She has made all time speak, give up its secret, to those who are capable to live in that divine air of the spirit which magazines, cocktails, and automobiles so easily pollute. I see in Yvette Guilbert not only an artist in the ordinary sense of the word, but an artist like Blake. Her preface on Time might have come from a Book of Ecclesiastes written by Solomon in the period before that in which he could not do it any more. Vanity of vanities? Cont…
1905 · PDF PAGE 273
…hion. All these and their Varieties and Combinations, with some other more abstruse or less important Methods, may be used to unlock the Secret of a Word. Of course with Powers so wide it is easy for the Partisan to find his favourite Meaning in any Word. Even the formal Proofo=1=2=3=4=5=....... =n is possible. But the Adept who worked out this Theorem, with the very Intent to discredit the Qabalistic Mode of Research, was suddenly dumbfounded by the Fact that he had actually stumbled upon the Qabalistic Proof of Pantheism or Monism. What reall…
1905 · PDF PAGE 39
…SONGS OF THE SPIRIT Now backwards, inwards still my mind Must track the intangible and blind, And seeking, shall securely find Hidden in secret places Fresh feasts for every soul that strives, New life for many mystic lives, and strange new forms and faces. My mind still searches, and attains By many days and many pains To That which Is and Was and reigns Shadowed in four and ten,! And loses self in sacred lands, And cries and quickens, and understands Beyond the first Amen.” THE ALCHEMIST. THIS POEM WAS INTENDED AS THE PRO- LOGUE ‘YO A PLAY—AT…
1905 · PDF PAGE 199
…fourfold bond. Not dead to earth, but living as divine, A priest, a king, an oracle, a shrine, A saviour! Yet my misty spirit conned The secret murmur: ‘‘ Gereth, Iam thine !” [ must have listened to the voice of hell. The earthly horror wove its serpent spell Against the Beauty of the World: I heard Desolate voices cry the doleful word “*Unready !”’ All the soul invisible Of that vast desert echoed, and concurred. The voices died in mystery away. I passed, confounded, lifeless as the clay, Somewhere I knew not. Many a dismal league Of various …
1906 · PDF PAGE 134
…e a devil-fish is cruel, And like a devil-fish is hate. Beneath those kisses songs of sadness Sob, in the pulses of desire, Seeking some secret in the deep ; Low melodies of stolen gladness, The bitterness of death ; the lyre Broken to bid the viol weep : And like a Maenad’s chants are madness, And like a Maenad’s chants are fire, And like a Maenad’s chants are sleep. A house of pain is her bedchamber. Her skin electric clings to mine, Shakes for pure passion, moves and hisses $ Whose subtle perfumes half remember Old loves, and desolate divine…
1929 · PDF PAGE 418
…Such a suggestion completely ruins the point of the story, which is that his mind had room for no idea of any kind except chopping. "His Secret Sin" was written on an idea given me by Neuburg. I heard afterwards it had already been used by Punch. It is admitted, of course, that this kind of plagiarism is allowable. A prosperous English grocer is in Paris on business. He wants desperately to be "wicked", but is ashamed to inquire how these things are done. On the last day of his stay he is goaded to madness by seeing the statue of Joan of Arc as…
1905 · PDF PAGE 105
… or be at all, outside of Me, Myself Existence of Existences. We had passed unknowing to the woody crown Of the little hill. There was a secret Vault. We entered. All without the walls appeared As fire, and all within as icy light ; The altar was of gold, and on it burnt Some ancient perfume. Then I saw myself And her together, as a priest, whose robe Was white and frail, and covered with a cope Of scarlet bound with gold: upon the head A golden crown, wherein a diamond shone ; Within which diamond we beheld our self The higher priest, not clot…
1907 · PDF PAGE 19
…and moulded by the moon. XXVIII. AND who is then the moon? Bend close, And clothe me in a silken kiss, And I will whisper to my rose The secret name of Artemis. Words were not needed then: to-day Must I begin what never I thought To do: mould flowers in common clay? Mud casket of mere words is nought, When by love’s miracle we guess What either always thinketh. Yes? XXIX. So, love, not thus for you and me! And if Iam man, no more, expect T shall remain so, till, maybe, The anatomist, old Time, dissect Me, nerve from flesh, and bone from bone, A…
1944 · PDF PAGE 60
…ained. He is thus continu‐ ous creation. Logically also, being the Word, he is the law of reason or of necessity or chance, which is the secret meaning of the Word, which is the essence of the Word, and the condition of its utterance. This being so, and especially because he is duality, he represents both trnth and falsehood, wisdom and folly. Being the unexpected, he unsettles any established idea, and therefore appears tricky. He has no conscience, being creative. If he cannot attain his ends by fair means, he does it by foul. The legends of …
1944 · PDF PAGE 90
… able to partake of the Sacrament, and accomplish for him‐ self‐and for all men!‐the Great Work. But let him also remember the practical secret cloistered in all these wind‐swept cor‐ ridors of music, the actual preparation of the Stone of the Wise, the Medicine of Metals, and the Elixir of Life!
1906 · PDF PAGE 62
… better than singing Though a Shelley wove songs in the sky, And hovering is sweeter than winging; To live is less good than to die. The secret of secrets is hidden Not in lives nor in loves, but in wills That are free and unchidden, that wander unbidden To home in the hills. A strength that is more than the summer Is firm in that silence and rest, Though stiller the rocks be and dumber That the soul of its slumber oppressed. For stronger control is than urging, And mightier the heart of the sea Than her waves deep-merging and striving and surg…
1907 · PDF PAGE 84
…N smiles more and more|—I—er—er-— [ALAIN’S saizle becomes positively insupportable, BLANCHE smiles through her tears in gratitude and zs secretly tickled at hts confusion. DENYS gets annoyed, and swings away on his heel with an expression of disgust. ALAIN. I am afraid, Monsieur de Beaulieu, that you do not perfectly understand—the alterna- tive. Follow me, I beseech you, to this window. [TZhey cross to the window, DENYS shrugging his shoulders.) Look out! [DENYS looks out into the blackness. ALAIN points to just below.) Were are hooks. Iron ho…