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Page 73 of 841919 · PDF PAGE 257
…ey must each live in solitude, without more than the necessary speech even to casual neighbours, serving themselves in all respects, for three months con- tinuously, once at least in every two years. The President will summon them at the four seasons of the year, and if necessary at other times, when they will deliberate upon the affairs placed in their charge. All applications to pass to the Fifth Degree must receive their sanction. Appeal from their decisions may however be made to the Supreme Council. “The Sixth Degree is an executive or mil…
1907 · PDF PAGE 9
…nce, I'll speak, and you shall hear, the truth. 1 ‘*Comprendre, c’est pardonner.” —MME. DE STAEL., VI. TRUTH, like old Gaul, is split in three.? A lesson in anatomy, A sketch of sociology, A tale of love to end. But sce! What stirs the electric flame of eyes? One word—that word. Be destinv’s Inviolate fiat rolled athwart . The clouds and cobwebs of our speech, And image, integrate of thought, This ebony anthem, each to each :— To lie, invulnerable, alone, Valkyrie and hero, in the zone, Shielded by lightnings of our wit, Guarded by fires of int…
1905 · PDF PAGE 117
…s fail, the pulse of Life be still, God fall, all darken, she hath not her will Of deeds beyond recall, that shall endure: For us, these three divinest glasses fill, Fill to the brim with lustrous dew, nor fail To leave the blossom and the nightingale, Love’s earlier kiss, and manhood’s glowing prime, These us suffice. Shall man or Fate prevail? Lo, we are blind, and dubious fingers grope In Despair’s dungeon for the key of Hope ;? Lo, we are chained, and with a broken rhyme Would file our fetters and enlarge our scope. Yet ants may move the mo…
1939 · PDF PAGE 71
…honour to serve has appointed what I think you will agree is a very satisfactory and practical curriculum. 24. You are expected to spend three months at least on the study of some of the classics on the subject. The chief object of this is not to instruct you, but to familiarise you with the ground work, and in particular to prevent you getting the idea that there is any right or wrong in matters of opinion. You pass an examination intended to make sure that your mind is well grounded in this matter, and you become a Probationer. Your reading w…
1909 · PDF PAGE 261
… is now surrounded by a triple cord to show the restriction of the powers of Nature ; and it is triple to show the white Triangle of the Three Supernals, His eyes are also bandaged, symbolising that the Light of the natural world is but as darkness compared with the radiance of the Light Divine. The Ritual then continues : Hegemon : “ Child of Earth ! arise, and enter into the Path of Darkness!” The Hierophant then gives his permission, ordering the Stolistes and Dadouchos to assist the Kerux in the reception ; but the Kerux bars the way saying…
1909 · PDF PAGE 261
… is now surrounded by a triple cord to show the restriction of the powers of Nature ; and it is triple to show the white Triangle of the Three Supernals, His eyes are also bandaged, symbolising that the Light of the natural world is but as darkness compared with the radiance of the Light Divine. The Ritual then continues : Hegemon : “ Child of Earth ! arise, and enter into the Path of Darkness!” The Hierophant then gives his permission, ordering the Stolistes and Dadouchos to assist the Kerux in the reception ; but the Kerux bars the way saying…
1905 · PDF PAGE 83
… to the end. For see yon moon that creeps inviolate Against the corner of the mountains so, Slowly and gracefully to lighten us. So, ere three nights be gone, the course of heaven Shall be most monstrously o’erwhelmed for us Ere sundown, as for Joshua, and the moon, ‘The maiden moon, be slain that we may see By the large moveless sun to strike and slay, More utterly proud Ammon to consume. This is the omen. Shout for joy, my friends ! But who comes whirling in yon dusty cloud, [lis eayer charger dimly urging him Toward our conclave? ’Tis our me…
1905 · PDF PAGE 164
… polite, the hateful manager Led me to face a nation’s lunatic Roar of delight. I soon got over that, my And over--yes, the other thing. Three months— They used to quote me on the Stock Ex- change! I will say this to me, I will not shrink: Look up, you coward, Cora Vavaseur ! Which fathered me the bastard? Every rag,! Prurient licksores of society, Gave it a different father. Am I sure Myself? The shameful Mammon was his name, Glittering gold! I loved my opulence, Cursed my ‘‘misfortune.” Childbirth sobered me. I loved the child, the only human…
1911 · PDF PAGE 173
…pt the views of those early Fathers who assign the authorship to Cerinthus, and also the later German critics, who believe that the first three chapters and the last have been added by a later hand, and other portions altered to agree with the Scriptures held to be orthodox. Οι’ course this, if it were so, does not effect in any way the views of Mr Pryse, but rather strengthens them, as I look upon the imagery of the book as essen- tially that of the earlier and pre-Christian Gnostics. Though we may not have absolute proof of the great antiquity…
1911 · PDF PAGE 173
…pt the views of those early Fathers who assign the authorship to Cerinthus, and also the later German critics, who believe that the first three chapters and the last have been added by a later hand, and other portions altered to agree with the Scriptures held to be orthodox. Οι’ course this, if it were so, does not effect in any way the views of Mr Pryse, but rather strengthens them, as I look upon the imagery of the book as essen- tially that of the earlier and pre-Christian Gnostics. Though we may not have absolute proof of the great antiquity…
1939 · PDF PAGE 54
…undless,' which is exactly the description in general terms that he gave in more mathematical detail.[4] You will see at once that these three words do describe a curved geometry; a sphere, for instance, is a finite object, yet you can go over the surface in any direction without ever coming to an end. I said above that Riemann's Geometry was not quite sufficient to explain the phenomena of nature. We have to postulate different kinds of curvature in different parts of the continuum. And even then we are not happy! 26. Now for a spot of Sulliva…
1929 · PDF PAGE 318
…sts of angels summoned by the words. A sort of "Rising on the Planes", but in a horizontal direction. The same remarks apply to the next three sections in the other quarters. At the great invocation following he extends the Shivalingam to infinite height, each letter of each word representing an exaltation of it by {518} geometrical progression. Having seen this satisfactorily, he prostrates himself in adoration. When consciousness begins to return, he uses the final formula to raise that consciousness in the Shivalingam, springing to his feet …
1905 · PDF PAGE 204
…y : my hope is drawn From wells profounder than the very sea. Yea, I am come, where least I guessed it so, Into the very Presence of the Three That Are beyond all Gods. And nowI know What spiritual Light is drawing me Up to its stooping splendour. In my soul I feel the Spring, the all-devouring Dawn, Rush with my Rising. There, beyond the goal, The Veil is rent ! Yes: let the veil be drawn. SIN. Yu rivers, and ye elemental caves, Above the fountains of the broken ice, Know ye what dragon lurks within your waves ? Know ye the secret of the cocka…
1905 · PDF PAGE 49
…n the ground; I drop to drink, and hear the horrid strain Of chuckling devils, that grimace around, And think I catch the note of Hell’s three- headed Hound. Up still and staggering to the doubtful goal, Feet dragging horribly behind, I move Deathlike for dearth and for despair of soul ; At last Idrop. From Heaven there comes a Dove Bearing the semblance of the Man I love, And fountains and fresh grass by magic spell Are suddenly around me. And above I hear the voice my visions know so well : ‘Well striven all this day against the power of Hell…
1905 · PDF PAGE 165
…some intolerable tragedy Fit for a god to picture, not a man! I see the breaking of the rosary, And Fate’s cold fingers snap the span Of three most innocent and pleasant lives. So terrible a happening dives Swift from God’s hand to the abyss of hell, And in its torment thrives, Gathering curses from the darkest cave, Calling corruption from the grave To form one shape of aspect multiple Divided in its single spell ; One spectre smooth and suave, More horrible than any fear or active doom, Beckoning with its lewd malignant finger, Beckoning, bec…
1907 · PDF PAGE 58
…de. Their iron gates to unclose. The gross, inhospitable warder Of Love’s green garden of spice is well awake. Hell hath enough of Her _ three-headed hound ; But Love’s severer bound Knows for His watcher a more fearful shape, A formidable ape her
1939 · PDF PAGE 37
…to the air. I do not know about this at all. I never saw it happen. On the other hand, I have often felt as if it were happening; and on three occasions at least comparatively reliable people have said that they saw it happening to me. I do not think it proves anything. These practices, Asana and Pranayama, are, to a certain extent, mechanical, and to that extent it is just possible for a man of extraordinary will power, with plenty of leisure and no encumbrances, to do a good deal of the spade-work of Yoga even in England. But I should advise …
1905 · PDF PAGE 8
…d all he could to calm me; he thought I was mad! The fool! I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours. God conquered—now I have only one doubt left—which of the twain was God? I aspire ! ‘* And falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out... . Insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say—the field of blood.”-—.ACTS i. 18, T9. Howbeit, ; The poet himself would be inclined A few other early poems appear in ‘‘ Oracles,” Vol. I…
1907 · PDF PAGE 13
… Perpend! (Hark back to Hamlet !) You stand thus poised upon the cliff Freewill—I await that will; (One) laughter ; (Two) the old kiss; (Three) silence after. No? Then vacate the laboratory ! Psychology must crown the event, And sociology content, Ethics suffice, the simple story ! (Oh! that a woman ever went Through course of science, full and whole, Without the loss of beauty’s scent, And grace, and subtlety of soul. Ah God! this Law maketh hearts ache, ‘Who eateth shall not have his cake.’’) If XIV. AccEpr measIam! I give All you can take. I…
1907 · PDF PAGE 16
…ook through hardly-opened eyes One would believe you could do better. Ma foi! And is your God your debtor? So, my true love, I paint you three Portraits of women that love me. XXII. THESE portraits, darling, are they yours? And yet there sticks the vital fact That these, as you, are women. The devil of the inexact With subtle leasing? Nay! O nay! I’ll catch him with a cord, draw out By a bent fish-hook through his snout, Give to my maiden for a play. You, they, and dinner and—what else p— However unlike, coincide In composition verified Of fina…