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Page 78 of 831907 · PDF PAGE 245
…ension day? ii. 163 Ah me! no fruit for guerdon, iii. 192 Ah! ten days yet to Pentecost, ii. 163 Ah! there be two sides to all shapes of truth, li, 85 | Alas! that ever the dark place, ili. 201 Ali bade Hassan to his house to sup, ili. 86 Alice was desperately ill at morn, ii. 75 A lion's mane, a leopard’s skin, i. 129 All day we chose each moment possible, ii. 70 All night no change, no whisper, li. 10 Allow me to introduce myself, ii. 206 All that we are from mind results, ii. 44 All things are branded change, iii. 18 ‘* All things are good” …
1929 · PDF PAGE 460
460 conformity. The whole history of the country has hammered into their heads the evident truth that unity is strength. Their very motto affirms it --- E Pluribus Unum. Their history itself bears witness to this. What was the Civil War but a murderous struggle against secession? Prussian methods were used to dragoon the pacifist majority into fighting Germany, and prohibition was put over by every unscrupulous trick against the will of the people. Today, we see the Ku Klux Klan attempting to impose, by secret society methods of anonymous menac…
1907 · PDF PAGE 116
…p back, Back from the contemplation. Stand and span With one great grip his cup, the Zo- diac ! Distil from all time’s art his wine, the truth ! Drink, drink the mighty health—an age’s youth —- Salut, Auguste Rodin! Ilere is a man.
1906 · PDF PAGE 147
…us on. The world is old, and I am strong— Awake, awake, O Sword of Song! Here, in the Dusk of Gods, I linger; The world awaits a Word of Truth. Kindle, O lyre, beneath my finger ! Evoke the age’s awful youth! To arms against the inveterate wrong ! Awake, awake, O Sword of Song! Sand-founded reels the House of Faith ; Up screams the howl of ruining sect ; Out from the shrine flits the lost Wraith ; ‘God hath forsaken Ilis elect !” Confusion sweeps upon the throng— Awake, awake, O Sword of Song !' Awake to wound, awake to heal By wounding, thou r…
1906 · PDF PAGE 234
…ht; stole in: her: brains and her song was ever of: love and death: and music from-beyond. — , ‘** And one day as she sang thus the deep truth stole into. being and ‘she knew ‘the Noble Truths. So she turned her flute ‘to the new song, when—horror !—there was.a mosquito in the flute. ‘Tootle! Tootle!’ she began. ‘ Buzz! Buzz!’- went.-the mos- quito from the very vitals of her delicate tube. “Indra was not unprovided with a disc, 1 Alas! Jehjaour, art thou alreadyin thé toils ? She had only lived eight months. a 0.¢ ‘** Flow you bungle!’ growled…
1944 · PDF PAGE 49
…her adapted to the intellec‐ tual capacity of the particular set of people whom it is the business of the hierophant to initi‐ ate. Such truth accordingly appears to the vulgar as fable, parable, legend, even creed. In the case of this comprehensive symbol of The Fool, there are, within actual knowl‐ edge, several quite distinct traditions, very clear; and, historically, very important. These must be considered separately in order to understand the single doctrine from which all sprang. The Green Man of the Spring Festival. April Fool. The …
1929 · PDF PAGE 215
…antage of being rather charming and entirely harmless. It is strange to look back on myself at twenty-seven, completely persuaded of the truth of the most extravagant claims of mysticism and magick yet completely disillusioned with regard to the universe. I was inclined to minimize my activity in every respect. The importation of Red-headed Arabella had only one motive --- to arrange my life so as to reduce the elements of disturbance to the lowest possible point. It may seem a little strange that I did not follow the example of Allan Bennett a…
1907 · PDF PAGE 231
…s, arguing soundly enough that women were such a cause of contention chiefly on account of their tongues, and getting a glimpse of these truths which I have so laboriously been endeavouring to expound, hoped for inspiration from the effects of silence alone, and strove (even by a symbolic silence in costume) to repeat the experiment of Pentecost. But they lacked the stimulus of Syrian air, and that of the stirring times of the already visible sparks of national revolt: they should have sought to replace these by passing the bottle round in thei…
1929 · PDF PAGE 484
…s of critically analysed experience, the general ignorance of the subject is as great as ever. I propose to demonstrate once for all the truth of the proposition, that the aspect of the heavens at the time of birth is connected with the observed characteristics of the native by collecting a large number of photographs, full face and profile for each subject, and classifying them according to the horoscope. I will thus have twelve sets, one for each sign ascending, twelve showing the possible positions of the sun. I should also examine the asser…
1944 · PDF PAGE 267
above the Abyss. The doctrinal point is that as this does not exist on the Tree in nature; it is the problem of the seeker after truth to penetrate the obscurity of Saturn, and to discover therein the Supernal Triad in a form linked to his own mind by its position in the Solar system. The tenth Sephira, which refers to Earth, is not shown on this figure. For this number represents the Nephesch, the animal soul of man, the crystallization of the mind, and the Daughter or Hé final of Tetragrammaton. In this edition very little attention has been …
1904 · PDF PAGE 64
…Jésus. Robertson, E.W . Historical Essays. Rosebery, Ld. . Napoleon. Shakespeare . . Histories. Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth . . . Tr ansactions, Vols. I.- DCLXVI. Stevenson, R. L. . A Footnote to History. Thornton, Ethel- red, Rev. . . History of the Jesuits Waite, A. E. . . The Real History of the Rosicrucians. Wolseley, Ld. . Marlborough. The above works and many others of less importance were carefully consulted by the Author before passing these lines for the press. Their substanital accuracy is further guaran- teed by th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 379
…pared by people "from the other side". On August 22nd the spirit suddenly sprang up in my soul like a serpent and bade me testify to the truth that was in me in poetry. I knew London would stifle me and rushed down to Maidenhead. I spent three days in a canoe, chiefly in the reach under the wier by Boulter's Lock. .............Choose tenderly A place for thine Academy. Let there be an holy wood Of embowered solitude By the still, the rainless river, {608}
1929 · PDF PAGE 444
…is work. My original draft of these rituals has required modification in numerous details as research made clearer, deeper and wider the truth which they comprehended; and also, as experience showed, the possibilities of misunderstanding on the one hand, and of improved presentation on the other. Great practical progress was made until the work was suspended by the outbreak of the war in 1914. One of my original difficulties was to restore the existing rituals to their perfection. There were innumerable corruptions due to ignorance of Hebrew an…
1907 · PDF PAGE 52
) WHY JESUS WEPT What follows ts strictly by request in the interest of “healthy optimism.” So far my pen has touched with vivid truth The constant story of the eternal struggle Of age and sense with flatulence and youth. Now—-see the venal poet start to juggle ! Young ladies, you desire to see a comedy ! ‘The poet’s master pen shall twist the river Of song into a simple to-and-from eddy, And you shall laugh where once you feared to shiver. So listen to the happy termination Of this apparently so sad relation ! Twill suit your rosy dreams to ad…
1907 · PDF PAGE 232
226 EPILOGUE AND DEDICATION tinguished of those who have understood this| truth.! But the orthodox Christian, confronted| with this fact, is annoyed; just as the American, knowing himself to be of the 1 EXTRACTS FROM BERKELEY'S LIFE [x] ‘‘ There is a mystery about this visit to Dublin. ‘I propose to set out for Dublin about a month hence,’ he writes to ‘dear Tom,’ ‘ but of this you must not give the least intimation to any one. It is of all things my earnest desire (and for very good reasons) not to have it known I am in Dublin, Speak not, ther…
1929 · PDF PAGE 482
…e was enough for Eckenstein to be arrested in India by a "superior person" whose Christian names were George Nathaniel. I never knew the truth of the business; and Eckenstein always {760} 1. This paper was first drafted in March 1920 e.v. I revised it finally in January 1922 e.v. in the interval Eckenstein had died. I prefer to leave the passages which relate to him as they stand. His death adds grief to my thoughts of him; nothing can add to the love I have always had for him, or the honour in which I have always held him. protested that he di…
1944 · PDF PAGE 102
…the first chapter of the Book of the Law, the conclusion is of practical importance. It gives the definite formula for the attainment of truth. “I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice.” “But to love me is better than all things: if under the night‐stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. For one kiss w…
1944 · PDF PAGE 16
… rea‐ son, one is inclined to credit the claim for the promulgators of the cipher manuscript, that they were guardians of a tradition of Truth. 3. The Tarot and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. One must now digress into the history of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the society reconstituted by Dr. Westcott and his colleagues, in order to show further evidence as to the authenticity of the claim of the promulgators of the cipher manuscript. Among these papers, besides the attribution of the Tarot, were certain skeleton rituals, whi…
1904 · PDF PAGE 5
… on. The world is old, and I am strong— Awake, awake, O Sword of Song ! Here, in the Dusk of Gods, I linger ; The world awaits a Word of Truth. Kindle, O lyre, beneath my finger ! Evoke the age’s awful youth ! To arms against the inveterate wrong ! Awake, awake, O Sword of Song ! Sand-founded reels the House of Faith ; Up screams the howl of runing sect ; Out from the shrine flits the lost Wraith ; “God hath forsaken His elect !” Confusion sweeps upon the throng— Awake, awake, O Sword of Song ! Awake to wound, awake to heal By wounding, thou re…
1906 · PDF PAGE 65
… exit of God has not wished to lag behind that of grammar. I have no use for American men, and only one use for American women.” ‘“*Of a truth,” I said, ‘‘the continent is accursed—a very limbo.” ‘‘Tt is the counterfoil of evolution,” said the man wearily. There was silence. ‘* What can I do for you?” I asked. “* Are you indeed ill?” ‘* Four days more,” he answered, thrilling with excitement, ‘‘and all my dreams will come true—until I wake. But you can serve me, if indeed— Did you hear me spouting poetry ?” I nodded, and lit my pipe. He watched…