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Page 82 of 1211913 · PDF PAGE 522
THE EQUINOX the mockery of the normal man, even when these normal men are as witty as this or that editor of this or that comic journal. These phenomena of the light which produce apparitions always appear at epochs when humanity is in labour. They are phantoms ofthe delirium of the world-fever; it is the hysteria of a bored society. Virgil tells us in fine verse that in the time of Caesar Rome was full of spectres; in the time of Vespasian the gates of the Temple of Jerusalem opened of themselves, and a voice was heard crying, “‘ The gods depa…
1913 · PDF PAGE 522
THE EQUINOX the mockery of the normal man, even when these normal men are as witty as this or that editor of this or that comic journal. These phenomena of the light which produce apparitions always appear at epochs when humanity is in labour. They are phantoms ofthe delirium of the world-fever; it is the hysteria of a bored society. Virgil tells us in fine verse that in the time of Caesar Rome was full of spectres; in the time of Vespasian the gates of the Temple of Jerusalem opened of themselves, and a voice was heard crying, “‘ The gods depa…
1929 · PDF PAGE 13
…s of 1761 are luminous in the gardens of Ver- sailles. Or again: Hunt; the imprisoned Pope; the Pompa- dour; the Stag and Cross. The men of the fourth of September; their leader divided by the letters of the Vic- tim of the Eighth of Thermidor. Crillon was unfortunate that day, though braver than ever. Such were the indications from which I sought to piece together our plan of escape! Perhaps rather by intuition than by reason, I gath- ered from some two hundred of such clues that the guards Bertrand, Rolland, and Monet, had been bribe…
1929 · PDF PAGE 155
…had ever been there, and it was very dangerous, and everyone who went there died, and all that sort of thing. But {267} he could give us men to go about twenty miles, and no doubt we should be able to get more coolies there. I thought there was more than a little doubt; and, taking one thing with another, decided it would be best to give up the idea and go instead back to the Irrawaddy down the Mindon Chong; we consequently hired a boat of the dug-out type, about thirty-five feet long and just broad enough for two men to pass; over the middle o…
1909 · PDF PAGE 237
… it is to read of mountain ascents than to accomplish them. These ones talk loudly and beat the drums of their valour in the ears of all men. At the next stage few return, most perish on the way back; for the higher you climb that great mountain the more difficult it becomes to return. Plod on, and when your legs tremble and give way under you, crawl on, crawl on if on all fours, and clench your teeth 229
1909 · PDF PAGE 237
… it is to read of mountain ascents than to accomplish them. These ones talk loudly and beat the drums of their valour in the ears of all men. At the next stage few return, most perish on the way back; for the higher you climb that great mountain the more difficult it becomes to return. Plod on, and when your legs tremble and give way under you, crawl on, crawl on if on all fours, and clench your teeth 229
1910 · PDF PAGE 154
…s between the twins of rapture. greatness of this preservation (i.e., through celiba- cy) one becomes like me in glory. 63. The vindu (semen) causes the pleasure and pain of all creatures living in this world, who are infatuated, and are subject to death and de- cay. For the Yogi, this preservation of semen is the best of all Yogas, and it is the giver of happiness. 64. Though immersed in enjoyments, men get powers through its practice. Through the force of his practice, he becomes an adept in due season, in his present life. 65. The Yogi certa…
1919 · PDF PAGE 119
DE LEGE LIBELLVM In the achievement of Love are two principles, that of mastering and that of yielding. But the nature of these is hard to explain, for they are subtle, and are best taught by Love Himself in the course of the Operations. But it is to be said generally that the choice of one formula or the other is automatic, being the work of that inmost Will which is alive within you. Seek not then to determine consciously this decision, for herein true instinct is not liable to err. But now I end, without further words: for in our Holy Books …
1919 · PDF PAGE 412
THE EQUINOX ations of metaphysics, and it was about these that the battle raged. I fancy that their critics imagine the Schoolmen dis- puting whether the number was 25 or 26, which argues their own shallowness by the readiness with which they attribute the same quality to others. However, a great deal of mis- chief has been done by the pedant, and the distinctions be- tween the various Jhanas will convey little to the Western mind, even of a man who has some experience of them. The question of mistranslation alone renders the majority of Buddhi…
1930 · PDF PAGE 8
…of Joan of Arc. We know that he had a passion for science, for the basis of his reputation was that he frequented the society of learned men. We know finally that he was accused of the same crimes as Joan of Arc by the same people who accused her, and that he was condemned by them to the same penalty. I do not think that I have left out any verifiable fact. I think that all the rest amounts to speculation. The real problem of Gilles de Rais amounts, accord- ingly, to this. Here we have a person who, in almost every respect, was the male equival…
1929 · PDF PAGE 337
337 loved men for their weaknesses. He reminded one of an owl; the resemblance was very striking indeed. He knew all the secrets of London. People of all ranks, from the courtier and the cabinet minister, to the coachman and the courtesan, made him their father confessor. While he never betrayed a confidence, he had a fund of stories which never failed. His lightest remarks vibrated with wisdom. When one spoke to him, it was like blowing the bellows of a blacksmith's forge; a shower of scintillating sparks came crackling from the sombre heart o…
1909 · PDF PAGE 372
…est of my story. I should raise no sympathy in your heart by whimpering over myself. It is true that I am inclined to run riot in self-lamen- tations ; but great men always are. And I shall try henceforth not to give way to that unwholesome tendency. I have much already to be forgiven. In my cage, then, to resume, I was just passing from a state of dreadful mental agony to a more settled and hopeful disposition. For the second time the man-who-had-lost-his- cover left me alone; and I felt more relieved. He will never dare, thought I; and, after…
1909 · PDF PAGE 372
…est of my story. I should raise no sympathy in your heart by whimpering over myself. It is true that I am inclined to run riot in self-lamen- tations ; but great men always are. And I shall try henceforth not to give way to that unwholesome tendency. I have much already to be forgiven. In my cage, then, to resume, I was just passing from a state of dreadful mental agony to a more settled and hopeful disposition. For the second time the man-who-had-lost-his- cover left me alone; and I felt more relieved. He will never dare, thought I; and, after…
1910 · PDF PAGE 57
…ll it come to pass that he will return to that far distant land where hung that Fleece of Gold, the Fleece he brought to the Children of Men so that they might weave from it a little garment of comfort; and there on that Self-same Tree shall he hang himself, and others shall crucify him; so that in that Winter which draweth nigh, he who is to come may find yet another garment to cover the hideous nakedness of man, the Robe that hath no Seam. And those who shall receive, though they cast lots for it, yet shall they not rend it, for it is woven f…
1910 · PDF PAGE 57
…ll it come to pass that he will return to that far distant land where hung that Fleece of Gold, the Fleece he brought to the Children of Men so that they might weave from it a little garment of comfort; and there on that Self-same Tree shall he hang himself, and others shall crucify him; so that in that Winter which draweth nigh, he who is to come may find yet another garment to cover the hideous nakedness of man, the Robe that hath no Seam. And those who shall receive, though they cast lots for it, yet shall they not rend it, for it is woven f…
1911 · PDF PAGE 146
…e laugh of pleased scorn of him. “ My good girl, perspective is an eccentricity, a symbol; no more. How can one ever represent a three—dimensional world in two dimensions? Only by symbolism. We have acquiesced in the method of the primitives—d0 you think men and women are really like Fra Angelicos pictures look to the eye of the untaught? We may one day acquiesce in all the noughts and crosses of Nadelmann ! It’s the same everywhere. I draw a curve and a circle and a waggle up and down; and everybody who can read English is perfectly satisfied t…
1911 · PDF PAGE 146
…e laugh of pleased scorn of him. “ My good girl, perspective is an eccentricity, a symbol; no more. How can one ever represent a three—dimensional world in two dimensions? Only by symbolism. We have acquiesced in the method of the primitives—d0 you think men and women are really like Fra Angelicos pictures look to the eye of the untaught? We may one day acquiesce in all the noughts and crosses of Nadelmann ! It’s the same everywhere. I draw a curve and a circle and a waggle up and down; and everybody who can read English is perfectly satisfied t…
1911 · PDF PAGE 25
… with her water all the fire of God. Alas! my lord, thou art joined with him that knoweth not these things. When shall the day come that men shall flock to this my gate, and fall into my furious throat, a whirlpool of fire? This is hell unquenchable, and all they shall be utterly consumed therein. Therefore is that asbestos unconsumable made pure. Each of my teeth is a letter of the reverberating name. My tongue is a pillar of fire, and from the glands of my mouth arise four pillars of water. TAOTZEM is the name by which Iam blasphemed. My name…
1954 · PDF PAGE 152
… wine of delusion, mingled with the poison of their selfishness. Thus they make war upon the Holy One, sending forth their delusion upon men, and upon everything that liveth. So that their false compassion is called compassion, and their false understanding is called understanding, for this is their most potent spell. Yet of their own poison do they perish, and in their lonely fortresses shall they be eaten up by Time that hath cheated them to serve him, and by the mighty devil Choronzon, their master, whose name is the second Death, for the bl…
1911 · PDF PAGE 132
…re is no god in the ultimate shrine, so there is no I in thine own Cosmos. They that have said this are of them that understood. And all men have misinterpreted it, even as thou didst misin- terpret it. He says some more: I cannot catch it properly, but it seems to be to the effect that the true God is equally in all the shrines, and the true I in all the parts of the body and the soul. He speaks with such a terrible roaring that it is impossible to hear the words: one catches a phrase here and there, or a glimpse of the idea. With every word h…