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Page 71 of 921929 · PDF PAGE 19
… going to show you how a soul with a weak hold on its tenant could be expelled by another; how, indeed, half-a-dozen personalities could take turns to live in one body. That they are [29] real, independent souls is shown by the fact that not only do the contents of the mind differ — which might conceivably be a fake but their handwritings, their voices, and that in ways which are quite beyond anything we know in the way of conscious simulation, or even possible simulation. "These personalities are constant quantities; they depart and return unc…
1904 · PDF PAGE 72
…d, alike only in the inability to reconcile the ultimate antimonies of a cosmogony only grosser for its pinchbeck spirituality ; have, I take it, found their modern parallel in the ghastly laughter of Herbert Spencer, as fleshed upon the corpses of Berkeley and the Idealists from Fichte and H artman to Lotze and Tren- delenburg he drives the reeking fangs of his im- agination into the palpitating vitals of his own grim masterpiece of reconcilement, self-deluded and yet self-conscious of its own delusion. History affirms that such a deadlock is …
1929 · PDF PAGE 235
… he was back. "Rest easy, Captain Grey," he said, "we shall be ready to catch Von Kluck as he turns. Now, will you do me the pleasure to take this note back to your chief? The British must be ready to strike at the same moment. I won't ask you to stay; but — I beg of you to come to dine with me after the victory." It is impossible to give any idea of how the word "victoire" sounds in the mouth of a French soldier. It has in it the ring of a sword thrust home to the hilt, and the cry of a lover as he seizes his mistress, and the exultation of a …
1996 · PDF PAGE 47
… are means and means. Be goodly therefore: dress ye all in fine apparel; eat rich foods and drink sweet wines and wines that foam! Also, take your fill and will of love as ye will, when, where and with whom ye will! But always unto me. Commentary: The first section of this verse is connected with the second only by the word “therefore.” It appears to describe an initiation, or perhaps the initiation, in general terms. I would suggest that the palace is the “Holy House” or Universe of the Initiate of the New Law. The four gates are perhaps Light…
1929 · PDF PAGE 40
… "R. F. G. L. S. L." "What were we saying?" Lisa laughed rather excitedly. Her vivid mind told her that these instructions were going to take sudden shape. "Only your very pretty name, my dear! Now, Cyril, the cone." He took it in his hand, and poised it over a bowl of water. "We are now going to suppose that this very simple object is going to try its best to explain its nature to the surface of the water, which we will imagine as endowed with powers of observation and reasoning equal to our own. All that the cone can do is to show itself to t…
1996 · PDF PAGE 145
…up a Free State, whose directing Will shall be singly directed to the Welfare of all. We of Thelema think it vitally aright to let a man take opium. He may destroy his physical vehicle thereby, but he may produce another Kubla Khan.1 It is his own responsibility. Also we know well that “If he be a King” it will not hurt him — in the end. We trust Nature to protect, and Wisdom to be justified of, their chil dren. It is superficial to object that a man should be prevented from ruining and killing himself, for his own sake or for that of 1 [A poe…
1939 · PDF PAGE 8
… remote and elusive of all Gods to throw clear light upon the subjectthe light of common sense. (2) All phenomena of which we are aware take place in our own minds, and therefore the only thing we have to look at is the mind; which is a more constant quantity over all the species of humanity than is generally supposed. What appear to be radical differences, irreconcilable by argument, are usually found to be due to the obstinacy of habit produced by generations of systematic sectarian training. (3) We must then begin the study of Yoga by looki…
1907 · PDF PAGE 75
…lish be bad, but God save us from the Burgundians! Their own cousin- germans be we, and for that they are but bitterer. FLORIMOND. Devil take them! What, will they stand here gossiping all night? FIRST PASSER-BY. Tis a cold night: I would be home. SECOND PASSER-BY. Light me, prithee, to my door: it lieth as thou knowest, but a stone’s-throw from St. Yniold’s. FIRST PASSER-BY. Well, let us be going. [ Aveunt. FLORIMOND. Now for the moment I have longed for this three months! Blanche! Blanche! I shall see thee, touch thee—who knows what
1930 · PDF PAGE 95
…st, of Sri Sabhapaty Swami for Maheswara, of Abdullah Haji Shirazi for Allah, of St Ignatius Loyola for Mary, and many more. Now do thou take one such story every night, and enact it in thy mind, grasping each identity with infinité care and zest, and do thou figure thyself as one of the lovers and thy Deity as the other. Thus do thou pass through ail adventures of love, not omitting one 3 and to each do thou conclude : How pale a reflection is this of my love for this Deity! Yet from each shalt thou draw some knowledge of love, some intimacy w…
1929 · PDF PAGE 149
… strength in an appropriate manner. It is therefore absurd to invoke the spirit of Venus to procure us the love of an Empress, unless we take measures to transmit the influence of our work to the lady. We may for example consecrate a letter expressing our Will; or, if we know how, we may use some object connected with the person whose acts we are attempting to control, such as a lock of hair or a handkerchief
1929 · PDF PAGE 89
…Then that poor crazed Dufour had thrown him off the train. The guard was new to that section of the line, and so, no doubt, too timid to take the initiative; he certainly should have applied the brakes, even at
1929 · PDF PAGE 115
… to impose a rule of silence for seven days from sunset to-night. Excepting, of course, in the invocations. I will warn the boys; do you take up the matter with Iliel and the girls." " It shall be done." Brother Onofrio went off to the private room where he did his own particular magick. He saw that a serious inroad had been made; but his divination, on this occasion, failed to enlighten him. His favourite device was the Tarot, those mysterious cards with their twenty-two hieroglyphic trumps; and as a rule he was able to discover all kinds of u…
1930 · PDF PAGE 94
the seul. Let the muscles take grip on themselves as if one were wrestling. Let the jaw and mouth, in particular, be tightened to the utmost. Breathe deeply, slowly, yet strongly. Keep mastery over the mind by muttering forcibly and audibly. But lest such muttering tend to disturb communion with the Angel, speak only His Name. Until the Adept hâve heard that Name, therefore, he may not abide in the perfect possession of his Beloved. His most important task is thus to open his ears to the voice of his Angel, that he may know him, how he is calle…
1929 · PDF PAGE 87
…by spies; additional men would be placed at all the big terminals of Paris; for Abdul Bey meant to do the thing thoroughly. He would not take a chance; for all his fanatical faith in Douglas, he thought it prudent to provide against the possibility of an error in the chief's occult calculations. Also, his action would prove his zeal. Besides, Cyril might deliberately lay a false trail — was almost sure to play some trick of the sort. Balloch and Akbar Pasha were stationed in a [125] restaurant facing the Gare de Lyon, ready to answer the teleph…
1929 · PDF PAGE 96
…ers the idea was hardly yet assimilated. But there was no evidence of any outward constraint; even the youngest of the boys was proud to take himself so seriously as he did. A touch of frost was in the air; Cyril led Lisa within. A special set of rooms had been prepared [138] for their reception; but Lisa was displeased to find that they had been arranged entirely with reference to feminine tastes and
1929 · PDF PAGE 121
…f Gates than he telegraphed to Arthwait to get the inquest adjourned "so that the relatives of the deceased in England might attend, and take possession of the body," and to Vesquit to attend the same. On this occasion the coroner needed no threat — the job was after his own heart. Douglas met him in Paris in high glee, for he was not sorry to be rid of Gates; and, on the other hand, the man had died in full tide of battle, and
1905 · PDF PAGE 10
…ush where God privily. lurks IX. This was a dream—and how may I attain? How make myself a worthy acolyte? How from my body shall my soul take flight, Being constrained in this devouring chain Ofselfishness? Tow purge the spirit quite Of gross desires That eat into the heart with their corrupting fires ? Old Buddha gave command ; Jehovah spake ; Strange distant gods that are not dead to- day Added their voices ; ITeaven’s desart way Man wins not but by sorrow—let him break The golden image with the feet of clay !! Let him despise That earthen ve…
1909 · PDF PAGE 260
…ion is to attract and make connection between the Divine Light above and the Temple, and therefore the Hierophant quitteth his throne to take part therein, but remaineth there to attract by his sceptre the Light from beyond the Veils. Each member in passing the Throne of the East gives the sign of the enterer, pro- jecting forwards the light which cometh from the sceptre of the Hierophant. “ But Horus passes only once, for he is the son of Osiris, and inheriteth the Light, as it were by birthright from him; wherefore he goeth at once unto the s…
1909 · PDF PAGE 260
…ion is to attract and make connection between the Divine Light above and the Temple, and therefore the Hierophant quitteth his throne to take part therein, but remaineth there to attract by his sceptre the Light from beyond the Veils. Each member in passing the Throne of the East gives the sign of the enterer, pro- jecting forwards the light which cometh from the sceptre of the Hierophant. “ But Horus passes only once, for he is the son of Osiris, and inheriteth the Light, as it were by birthright from him; wherefore he goeth at once unto the s…
1929 · PDF PAGE 40
… reader will remark that ail criticism directed against the Magical Hierarchy is futile. One cannot call it incorrect — the only line to take might be that it was inconvénient. In the same way one çannot say that the Roman alphabet is better or worse than the Greek, since ail required sounds can be more or less satisfactorily represented by either; yet both these alphabets were found so liitle satisfactory when it came to an attempt at phonetic printing of Oriental languages, that the alphabet had to be expanded by the use of italics and other …