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Page 68 of 841929 · PDF PAGE 131
… result has been to make much of their science unintelligible; we no longer know exactly what they meant by the four elements, or by the three active principles, sulphur, mercury, and salt. Some tradition has been preserved by societies of wise men, who, because of the persecutions, when to possess any other book than a missal might be construed as heresy, concealed themselves and whispered the old teaching one to another. The nineteenth century saw the overthrow of most of the old ecclesiastical tyranny, and in the beginning of the twentieth i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 96
…as contrary to the rule of the house for any sick person to lodge there; the private hospital which was attached to it was situated some three hundred yards further back from the hillside. At a glance Lisa perceived that she had come into a circle where discipline was the first consideration. Every one moved as if a Prussian sergeant had been in charge of him from infancy. Every one looked as if his responsibility were ever present to his mind. These manners sat naturally enough upon Clara and Onofrio; on the others the idea was hardly yet assi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 221
…ing. We'll get a cafe- brioche at the Rotonde, and then I'll tyrannize my tailor, and get off." They went out into the cold morning air. Three hundred yards away, outside the Sante prison, a small crowd had collected. The centre of attraction seemed to be a framework, two narrow uprights crowned with a cross-bar where a triangular piece of metal glittered in the pale twilight. "Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war!" drawled Cyril, cynically. "Confess that I have entertained you royally! Here is a choice savoury to wind up our feas…
1909 · PDF PAGE 260
…: “In the name of the Lord of the Universe, I declare that the Sun hath arisen, and that the Light shineth in Darkness.” After which the three chief officers repeat the mystic words : “KHABS AM PEKHT!” “ KONX OM PAX!” “LIGHT IN EXTENSION!” THE OPENING is then at an end, and the next ceremony is: THE ADMISSION.{ The Candidate is in waiting without the Portal, under the care of the sentinel, the “ Watcher Without,” that is, under the care of the form of Anubis of the West. "Zo + The following explanatory remarks on the Admission and Ceremony of t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 260
…: “In the name of the Lord of the Universe, I declare that the Sun hath arisen, and that the Light shineth in Darkness.” After which the three chief officers repeat the mystic words : “KHABS AM PEKHT!” “ KONX OM PAX!” “LIGHT IN EXTENSION!” THE OPENING is then at an end, and the next ceremony is: THE ADMISSION.{ The Candidate is in waiting without the Portal, under the care of the sentinel, the “ Watcher Without,” that is, under the care of the form of Anubis of the West. "Zo + The following explanatory remarks on the Admission and Ceremony of t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 36
…ing able to write a single line of good poetry, although the greatest poet in soûl is unable to express himself without the aid of those three éléments of literary composition. 3. This is not in contradiction with the absolute right o f every person to do his own true Will. But any True Will is of necessity in harmony with the facts of Existence; and to refuse to accept the Book of the Law is to create a conflict within Nature, as if a physicist insisted on using an incorrect formula of mechanics as the basis of an experiment. 240 —
1907 · PDF PAGE 29
…y, they didn’t know what they were doing. And there were cheats, and doctors, and thieves; l was really very glad to go away. There were three ways into the Seventh House, and the first was Via? _ such a funny way. We walked through a pool, each on the arm of a “ cranium great big Beetle, and then we found ourselves on a narrow winding path. There were nasty Jackals about, they made such a noise, and at the end I could see two towers. Then there was the queerest moon you ever saw, only a quarter full. The shadows fell so strangely, one could see…
1929 · PDF PAGE 37
…one of them (I forget which) "dishonoured the Lord's person"! 8 So when it came to my writing poetry myself, my work fell naturally into three divisions. Firstly, short lyrics modelled on the hymns to which I was accustomed; secondly, parodies, principally of Scottish and English songs; and thirdly, epics based on Sir Walter Scott. I must have written over a hundred thousand lines. They have all been destroyed; and I am rather sorry for it. While they possessed no merit, their contents would afford a valuable key to my thoughts at the time. The…
1935 · PDF PAGE 9
…niverse in accordance with His own Mind. He is the Master of the Law of Sorrow (Dukkha). To attain the grade of Magus he must accomplish Three Tasks; the renunciation of His enjoyment of the Infinite so that he may formulate Himself as the Finite; the acquisition of the practical secrets alike of initiating and governing His proposed new Universe and the identification of himself with the impersonal idea of Love. Any neophyte of the Order (or, as some say, any person soever) possesses the right to claim the Grade of Master of the Temple by taki…
1929 · PDF PAGE 133
…received regular initiation in the true 2 Order of the Rosy Cross, 1. Note : This paragraph was written in the summer of 1911 e.v., just three years before its fulfilment. 2. It is here désirable to warn the render against the numerous false orders which hâve impudently assumed the name of Rosicrucian. The Masonic Societas Rosicruciana is honest and harmless; and makes no false pretences; if its members happen as a rule to be pompous busy-bodies, enlarging the borders of their phylacteries, and scrupulous about cleansing the outside of the cup …
1906 · PDF PAGE 84
…ow must pay them back again. I plucked not one flower, but an hundred flowers ; I bore an hundred passions in my brain— King Solomon had three hundred para- mours, I quite agree that everything is vain. THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY. “ You whoreson villain ! will you let it fall?” Taming of the Shrew. THE inexpiable fate whose shuddering wing Fear fled from, changed the native deed of sin Into a spasmic kiss too salt and keen, Windless, that ended with a sterile sting The earlier hour whose heart was full of spring 3 And the large love grew piteously le…
1929 · PDF PAGE 90
… theatre, "will add appreciably to the length — and, may I add, to the romance — of our proposed walk. When they reached Moret more than three hours [129] later, they found the rapide inextricably tangled with a heavy freight train. It had left the line at the curve and crashed into the slower train. Cyril Grey had still a surprise in store. He produced a paper of some sort from his pocket, which the officer of the police cordon received in the manner of the infant Samuel when overwhelmed by the gift of prophecy. He made way for them with proud…
1905 · PDF PAGE 38
…one as the void uncovered: The silence of deep height was drawn’ A veil across the silver dawn On holy wings that hovered.} The music of three thoughts became The beauty, that‘is one white flame, The justice that surpasses shame, The victory, the splendour, The sacred fountain that is whirled From depths beyond that older world A new world to engender.? The kingdom is extended.? Night Dwells, and I contemplate the sight That is not seeing, but the light That secretly is kindled, Though oft time its most holy fire Lacks oil, whene’er my own Desi…
1930 · PDF PAGE 77
…ase as conclusive, however improbable it might be. A man might make a correct guess at one chance in ten million, no less than at one in three. If one pick up a pebble, the chance was infinitely great against that particular pebble; yet whichever one was chosen, the same chance “came off”. It requires a sériés of events antecedently unlikely to deduce that design is a work, that the observed changes are causally, not casually, produced. The prédiction of events is further evidence that they are effected by will. Thus, any man may fluke a ten sh…
1929 · PDF PAGE 74
…l sighed a doubt.) "I'm going to digress for a moment. Look at the finished product, the soul 'incarnated,' as we may call it. There are three forces at work upon it; the soul itself, the heredity and the environment. A clever soul will therefore be careful to choose the embryo which seems most likely to be fairly free in the two latter respects. It will look for a healthy stock, for parents who will, and can, give the child every chance [106] in life. You must remember that every soul is, from our point of view, a 'genius,' for its world is so…
1939 · PDF PAGE 64
… shall be the whole of the Law. 1. I should like to begin this evening by recapitulating very briefly what has been said in the previous three lectures, and this would be easier if I had not completely forgotten everything I said. But there is a sort of faint glimmering to the effect that the general subject of the series was the mental exercises of the Yogi; and the really remarkable feature was that I found it impossible to discuss them at all thoroughly without touching upon, first of all, ontology; secondly, ordinary science; and thirdly, t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 274
…elator: ‘Facing you are the Portals of the thirty-second, thirty- first, and twenty-ninth Paths leading from the grade of Zelator to the three other grades which are beyond. The only path now open to you, however, is the thirty-second, which leads to the 2°=9° grade of Theoricus, and which you must traverse before arriving at that degree. Take in your right hand the Cubical Cross, and in your left hand the Banner of Light, and follow your guide Anubis* the Guardian: who leads you from the Material to the Spiritual.” Kerux: “Anubis the Guardian …
1909 · PDF PAGE 274
…elator: ‘Facing you are the Portals of the thirty-second, thirty- first, and twenty-ninth Paths leading from the grade of Zelator to the three other grades which are beyond. The only path now open to you, however, is the thirty-second, which leads to the 2°=9° grade of Theoricus, and which you must traverse before arriving at that degree. Take in your right hand the Cubical Cross, and in your left hand the Banner of Light, and follow your guide Anubis* the Guardian: who leads you from the Material to the Spiritual.” Kerux: “Anubis the Guardian …
1929 · PDF PAGE 66
…l, and was casting glory upon the top of the altar. She rose instantly — and gasped in amazement, for figures were moving on the silver. Three men, with strange musical instruments, species respectively of flute, viol, and drum, were walking across a room. This room was hung with rose- coloured curtains, and lit with silver candelabra. At one end was a dais, and on this the men took their seats. They began to tune their instruments, and so strong was her fancy, that she thought she heard them. It was a fantastic Oriental dance-music. Presently …
1996 · PDF PAGE 287
…ocess: corresponding to the Stanzas of Dzyan in another system. It describes the Course of Creation under the Figure of the Interplay of Three Principles.” In (8), (15), (19), (29) and (30). [Liber 41, A/.A.-..] “Liber XLI. Thien Tao.” “An advanced study of Attainment by the method of equilibrium on the ethical plane.” In (14). [Liber 65, A/.A.-..] “Liber LXV, Liber Cordis Cincte Serpente.” “This magical treatise describes particularly the relation of the Aspirant with his Higher Self. It is, alike in conception and execution, a mas terpiece o…