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Page 76 of 1031922 · PDF PAGE 82
…hour, it is not because of the paucity of incident. At its conclusion we were seated once more at the table. We took little sips of very old Armagnac; it pulled us together. But all the virtue had gone out of us; we might have been convalescents from some very long and wasting illness. “‘ There’s nothing to be alarmed about,” said Feccles, with his curious little laugh. “A trifling indiscretion.” I winced at the word. It took me back to King Lamus. I hated that fellow more than ever. He had begun to obsess me. Confound him |! Lou had confided t…
1954 · PDF PAGE 278
…ry well prepared to reincarnate at once-this means about six months after his death, for his vehicle will be a foetus about three months old, but to extirpate more deliberately all impressions that may assail its integrity. Alternatively, there may be something in the nature of such impressions that is unsuitable for carrying over into the conscious mind of the new man. Or there may be a rule-e.g., the draught of the waters of the River Lethe-and it might be possible for some Adept (whose initiation is of a higher degree than, or of a different…
1954 · PDF PAGE 503
…lleague Professor Buckmaster, who wrote a book on "Blood" which, he admitted, could not possibly be understood by more than six people, told me that the ingenuity of the structure of the human kidney "almost frightened" him. Yet in all Nature there is no trace whatever of any purpose such as human mentality can grasp. Again, apparent purpose often appears to be baffled . Take one example . Evolution, working through thousands of years to establish a most subtle scheme of cross-fertilization, found, just as it was perfect, conditions so altered …
1910 · PDF PAGE 348
…h the curl- covered head and colossal stature.” This, to my mind, establishes the Identity of Mrs. Gordon with Mr. J. M. Robertson. A.C. OLD AS THE WoRLD. By J. W. BRODIE-INNES. 6s, Rebman. A rattling good novel, with hundreds of incidents on every page, a hero and heroine who seldom talk in anything meaner than capitals, and a happy ending: “Wherever you are, there is my kingdom,” he murmured, as he folded his beloved close against his heart. Mr. Brodie-Innes belongs to what one may call the Exoteric Occult School 330
1910 · PDF PAGE 348
…h the curl- covered head and colossal stature.” This, to my mind, establishes the Identity of Mrs. Gordon with Mr. J. M. Robertson. A.C. OLD AS THE WoRLD. By J. W. BRODIE-INNES. 6s, Rebman. A rattling good novel, with hundreds of incidents on every page, a hero and heroine who seldom talk in anything meaner than capitals, and a happy ending: “Wherever you are, there is my kingdom,” he murmured, as he folded his beloved close against his heart. Mr. Brodie-Innes belongs to what one may call the Exoteric Occult School 330
1919 · PDF PAGE 165
… been laid down by Frater P.A. His duty was then fairly clear, so he practically severed himself from obtaining guidance from either his old Neophyte or his newly appointed Zelator, until that period of work, to which he felt bound by his own oath to himself, was over, and at the end of that time, having’ worked hard and well, Those who were guiding and direct- ing his life made the way clear for him, and he found himself in a position to accept the instruction of the A..A.., coming under the direct guidance of Frater O.M. This event must not b…
1922 · PDF PAGE 323
…herself. But at this moment we found ourselves confronted by a very extraordinary person indeed. It was a fair- haired boy of five years old, bare-footed but dressed in a short robe of rich blue with wide sleeves and a hood ; the lining was of scarlet. He had a very serious face, and accosted us with a military salute :— “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law,” said the little fellow stoutly, and held out his hand. “I’ve come to take you up to the Abbey.” Even Lou realised that it was quite impossible to pick up such an important litt…
1922 · PDF PAGE 345
…es with every incident. On the other side, the hill rises steeply. A tongue of grass leads to a gully which is filled by the wall of the old city which crowned the rock two thousand years or more ago, when the world was less arid and the population could depend on rainfall instead of having to cluster in the neighbourhood of springs and streams for its water. King Lamus tied himself on the middle of a rope with Dionysus at one end and Hermes at the other; while we, under the guidance of Cypris and Athena, toiled up the goat track which made a z…
1954 · PDF PAGE 292
…o its diameter, to 4 places of decimals: 3.1415; nearer would be 3.1416. If I prefix our Key, 31 putting ()« 0, Set or Satan, before the old Gods, I get 3.141593,1T correct to Six places, Six being my own number and that of Horus the Sun. And one more, this time an actual prediction. Here again is what might at first seem almost an evasion! "One cometh after him," indeed! I suppose so. It fits anybody who discovers it or claims to have done so. Not one little bit! For when the time came, and the Key was found, the finder's name in the Order was…
1909 · PDF PAGE 333
…ny of the symbols we have described, to arrive eventually at Kether. In the second, Fra. I. A. leads us as far as Daath, the head of the Old Serpent, the Knower of Good and of Evil. * The whole theory and practice of Raja Yoga is the awakening of a power named the Kundalini, which is coiled up in what is called the sacral plexus, and then forcing this awakened power up a canal called the Sushumna, which runs through the centre of the spinal column. “When the Kundalini is aroused, and enters the canal of the Sushumna, all the perceptions are in …
1909 · PDF PAGE 333
…ny of the symbols we have described, to arrive eventually at Kether. In the second, Fra. I. A. leads us as far as Daath, the head of the Old Serpent, the Knower of Good and of Evil. * The whole theory and practice of Raja Yoga is the awakening of a power named the Kundalini, which is coiled up in what is called the sacral plexus, and then forcing this awakened power up a canal called the Sushumna, which runs through the centre of the spinal column. “When the Kundalini is aroused, and enters the canal of the Sushumna, all the perceptions are in …
1922 · PDF PAGE 69
…she’d said tome. “ Your kiss is bitter with cocaine.” That chap Swinburne was always talking about bitter kisses. What did he know, poor old boy? Until you’ve got your mouth full of cocaine, you don’t know what kissing is. One kiss goes on from phase to phase like one of those novels by Balzac and Zola and Romain Rolland and D. H. Lawrence and those chaps. And you never get tired! You're on fourth speed all the time, and the engine purrs like a kitten, a big white kitten with the stars in its whiskers. And it’s always different and always the s…
1922 · PDF PAGE 240
…a that cometh down from heaven. I am perfectly happy. It is sublime not to be de- pendent any more on earthly things. Keletiel came and told me to go and prophesy to Peter, so I will hide away the diary. I must think of a new place every time, else Peter will find out where I keep it, or the old man may be hunting around in his astral body and take it away. I have been very careful what I wrote ; but he might discover some of the secrets and ruin everything. There’s another trouble. I can only remember spiritual things clearly. The material wor…
1929 · PDF PAGE 232
… Cyril, as the guest of the evening, was on the Commander-in-Chief's right hand. "You have been very highly recommended to me," said the old Cavalry leader, when the time came to smoke, "and I look to you to distinguish yourself accordingly. You will be under the orders of Colonel Mavor, of course; you should report to him at once." "May I give you some information direct?" asked Cyril. "The matter hardly brooks delay, as I see it: you should know it at once, and — to be frank — I think this my best chance of your ever hearing it." "A damned fu…
1930 · PDF PAGE 80
…ons, the best thing you can do is to place yourself cautiously and persistently among them. That is the foundation of ail éducation. The old-fashioned pédagogues were not ail so stupid as some modem educators wx>uld hâve us think. The principle of the System was to strike the brain a sériés of constantly repeated blows until the proper reaction became normal to the organism. It is not désirable to use ideas which excite interest, or may corne spiritualism without ohvious bad results, and even with good results, within limits. But such exception…
1954 · PDF PAGE 383
…s for which I am justly infamous. It is the Pearl of Great Price. Observe that , formally it is a generalization of the principle of the old injunction "to buy the egg of a perfectly black hen without haggling." I want you to realize the supreme importance of this. For one thing, it goes hand-in-hand with
1954 · PDF PAGE 517
…number of the most promising rebels should be selected to lead a life of luxury and leisure. Let every country, by dint of honouring its old traditions, be as different as possible from every other. Restore the "Grand Tour," or rather, the roving Englishman of the Nineteenth Century. Entrust them with the secrets of discipline, of authority, of power. Hardship and danger in full measure; and responsibility. A great deal of such material will be as disgustingly wasted as it has been in the past; and there will be much abuse of privilege. But thi…
1922 · PDF PAGE 72
…emony. When I had finished, Lou measured a dose for herself. She took it with a deep, grave interest. I was reminded of the manner of my old professor at U.C.H. when he came to inspect a new case; a case mysterious but evidently critical. The excitement of the cocaine had somehow solidified. Our minds had stopped still, and yet their arrest was as intense as their previous motion. We found ourselves looking into each other’s eyes with no less ardour than before; but somehow it was a different kind of ardour. It was as if we had been released fr…
1922 · PDF PAGE 94
…since Sir Thomas Malory gave us that write-up in the time of Henry VIII. We've always been a bit above our- selves. That’s where my poor old dad went gaga. However, the only thing to do was to beg the man to find a date in the near future to fight Paillard to a finish. I think Paillard is the best restaurant in Paris, don’t ou? d So out comes a little red pocket-book, and there is Mr. Feccles biting his pencil between his lips, and then cocking his head, first on one side and then on the other. “Confound Paris!” he said at last. “‘ A man gets
1944 · PDF PAGE 141
… appearance than the Prince wins her in marriage, and she is set upon the throne of her Mother. She thus awakens the Eld of the original old King; who thereupon becomes a young Knight, and so renews the cycle. The Prin‐ cess is not only the perfect Maiden, but, owing to the death of the Prince, the forsaken and la‐ menting Widow. All this occurs in the legends characteristic of the Aeon of Osiris. It is hardly possible definitely to disentangle these complications, but for the student it is sufficient if he will be content to work with one lege…