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Page 81 of 811929 · PDF PAGE 362
362 resuming my creative work in a way that I had never yet done. Till now I had written what was given me by the Holy Ghost. Everything I did was sui generis and had no conscious connection with any other outburst of my genius; but I understood that from this time on I should find myself writing with a sense of responsibility, that my work would be coherent, each item (however complete in itself) an essential part of a pyramid, a monument whose orientation and proportions should proclaim my purpose. I should do nothing in future that was not a…
1906 · PDF PAGE 215
…ew to quieting the thought. Anyone can see how simple and effective a means this is. 519. Gayatri,.°—This is the translation of the most holy verse of the Hindus. ‘The gender of Savitri has been the subject of much discussion, and I believe grammatically itis masculine. But for mystical reasons I have made it otherwise. Fool! 557- Prayer\—This fish-story is literally true. The condition was that the Almighty should have the odds of an unusually long line,—the place was really a swift stream, just debouching into a lake—and of an unusual slownes…
1904 · PDF PAGE 74
…w to quieting the thought. Any one can see how simple and effective a means this is. 519. Gayatri.50—This is the translation of the most holy verse of the Hindus. The gender of Savitri has been the subject of much discussion and I believe grammatically it is masculine. B ut for mystical reasons I have made it otherwise. Fool ! 557. Prayer.51—This fish-story is literally true. The condition was that the Almighty should have the odds of an unusually long line,—the place was really a swift stream, just debouching into a lake—and of an unusual slow…
1929 · PDF PAGE 517
…Absinthe House itself in particular, and the atmosphere of the quarter in general. It may be regarded as the only rival to "The Heart of Holy Russia" for literary excellence
1929 · PDF PAGE 27
…d I had not the smallest idea how to set about it. There was a good deal of morbid curiosity among the saints about "the sin against the Holy Ghost" which "could never be forgiven". Nobody knew what it was. It was even considered rather blasphemous to offer any very positive conjecture on the point. The idea seems to have been that it was something like an ill-natured practical joke on the part of Jesus. This mysterious offence which could never be forgiven might be inadvertently committed by the greatest saint alive, with the result that he wo…
1904 · PDF PAGE 67
…to bear, I took too adamant a cross ; This sackcloth rends my soul to wear, My self-denial is as dross. O, Shu, that holdest up the sky, Holy up thy servant, lest he die ! We have all possible respect for Mr. Crowley’s re- ligious symbols, and we do not object to his calling upon Shu at any hour of the night. Only it would be unreasonable of him to complain if his r eligious exercises were generally mistaken for an effort to drive away cats. Moreover, the poets of M r. Crowley’s school have, among all their merits, some genuine intellectual…