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Page 82 of 1591913 · PDF PAGE 441
…l at ease in discussing facts with which there was mingled a sort of profanation of the most holy things, then took his leave of the one-time Catholic writer, and went out meditating on the strange influence of this Vintras, who had so overthrown that old belief, and turned the old savant’s head. Some days afterwards, the qabalist Eliphas was awakened very early in the morning by an unknown visitor. It was a man with white hair, entirely clothed in black; his physio- 143
1913 · PDF PAGE 441
…l at ease in discussing facts with which there was mingled a sort of profanation of the most holy things, then took his leave of the one-time Catholic writer, and went out meditating on the strange influence of this Vintras, who had so overthrown that old belief, and turned the old savant’s head. Some days afterwards, the qabalist Eliphas was awakened very early in the morning by an unknown visitor. It was a man with white hair, entirely clothed in black; his physio- 143
1907 · PDF PAGE 226
…ourished, was content to assimilate Paganism, never attacking it until its own life had been sapped by the _ insidious heresies of Paul. Time passed by, and they bullied Manes and Cerinthus; history repeated itself until it almost knew itself by heart ; finally, at the present day, some hireling parasites of the decaying faith—at once the origin and the product of that decay—endeavour to take advantage of the ‘‘Greek movement” or the ‘‘ Neo-pagan revival” in the vain hope of diverting the public attention from the phalanx of Rationalism—traitor…
1904 · PDF PAGE 88
…ions hither come, ended the strata of her former themes, Hidden and cover’d by to-day’s, foundation of to-day’s, Ended, deceas’d through time, her voice by Castaly’s fountain Silent the broken-lipp’d Sphynx in Egypt, silent all these century-baffling tombs, Ended for aye the epics of Asia’s, Europe’s helmeted warriors, ended the primitive call of the muses, 76
1907 · PDF PAGE 19
… and so on, day after day, till Z. comes round and recognizes it for Balzac. Rodin shakes him warmly by both hands: Balzac it is for all time—and one ceases to wonder that it was rejected! Now, of course, this paper pellet is in any case very wide of its mark. Rodin can easily sculp himself a tabernacle and go in with Whistler—and even drag in Velasquez: but here am I illustrating, however feebly, the Works, eootry: and poetry cannot, unfortunately, ever be pure technique. I have long wished to write “A Sonnet in W. and P.” (with Whip as the ke…
1912 · PDF PAGE 112
…ple's fears. Dr. F. (laughifzg) Oh, Mrs. Bob, come nowl W. S. They can't frighten me; but they do mother. She wants to coddle me all the time. Dr. F. You're a No. I size pet. W. S. Rather; I'm the strongest man in college. If this silly old heart hadn't started to play the goat. [DR. BOB's bel! rings. SERVANT enters, Show: VVILL STANLEY into 7784017112!!!/?שחתcloses doors, mini/71s, ”πᾶς“: aut,] 70
1912 · PDF PAGE 112
…ple's fears. Dr. F. (laughifzg) Oh, Mrs. Bob, come nowl W. S. They can't frighten me; but they do mother. She wants to coddle me all the time. Dr. F. You're a No. I size pet. W. S. Rather; I'm the strongest man in college. If this silly old heart hadn't started to play the goat. [DR. BOB's bel! rings. SERVANT enters, Show: VVILL STANLEY into 7784017112!!!/?שחתcloses doors, mini/71s, ”πᾶς“: aut,] 70
1913 · PDF PAGE 4
…el able to use, sum up my thesis. A SLIM GILT SOUL.* Few men are given, ‘twixt heaven and hell, ‘To play one part supremely well. On all time's tablets there are few Who make a first-rate show of two, While those who perfectly play three We knew not, until you were he. For what were lovelier on the lawn Than you, pearl-naked to the dawn, Wrapped in a scarlet dressing-gown Not thirty miles from London town, The " observed of all observers ""—save That Scotland Yard, serene and suav When trouble came, went tramping by ; Closed one, and winked the…
1919 · PDF PAGE 373
…uties and pleasures exactly as another man would do, but he is not moved by them as the other man is. 28. Wouldst thou become a Yogi of “Time’s Circle”? Then, O Lanoo: 29. Believe thou not that sitting in dark forests, in proud seclusion and apart from men; believe thou not that life on roots and plants, that thirst assuaged with snow from the great Range—believe thou not, O Devotee, that this will lead thee to the goal of final liberation. 30. Think not that breaking bone, that rending flesh and muscle, unites thee to thy “Silent Self’ Think n…
1922 · PDF PAGE 347
…had only occupied three- quarters of an hour, and we should certainly never have reached the top without recourse to heroin. But all the time we were lost in amazement at the behaviour of the boys; their independence, their fearlessness, and their instinctive economy of force. We had no idea that it was possible for children of that age to achieve, even physically, what they had done, apparently without effort. And as for their moral attitude, it was entirely outside our experience. I said something of the sort ; and King Lamus retorted at once…
1930 · PDF PAGE 110
…e circle, let him banish the 7 planets by the appropriate rituals. Let him face the actual position of each planet in the heavens at the time of his working. 7. Let him further banish the twelve signs of the Zodiac by the appropriate rituals, facing each sign in turn. 8. Let him at each of these 24 banishings make three circumambulations widdershins, with the signs of Horus and Harpocrates in the East as he passes it. 1. In circumstances where this is inappropriate let him be armed with wand and lamp instead of as in text. — N. — 410
1904 · PDF PAGE 70
…y sat- isfying their lust upon the smoking arses of the negroes. My father and mother appeared with my sister and myself, and we lost no time in getting into position for those delights that are the cardi- nal of the family system all the world over. As it was my birthday, I had the chief place. My fathers handsome quickening-peg burrowed my juicy bot- tom-hole, while my mothers central furrow was crushed upon my ploughshare as I lay on my back with my legs in the air. My sister squatted astride my head, and her cauliflower discharged its swe…
1909 · PDF PAGE 121
…hall know them" But about this question of spiritual overfeeding—what did Darwin do when he got to the stage (as he did, be sure! many a time) when he wished every pigeon in the world at the devil? Now this wish has never really arisen in John St. John ; however bad he feels, he always feels that Attainment is the only possible way out of it. This is the good Karma of his ten years’ constant striving. Well, in the upshot, he will get back to Work at once, and hope that his few hours in the world may prove a true strategic movement to the rear, …
1910 · PDF PAGE 122
THE EQUINOX OBJECT MEDITATED UPON. TIME, REMARKS, Pendulum* (E).t ry Good as regards plane kept by the pendulum; but thoughts wandered. Winged-Globe. ry The result was pretty good. Tejas-Vayu (E): >, Fair. Ankh ¢ (a green). ry Not bad. Pentagram (E). ry Rather good. The L. I. L§ (E). ry Burning till extinct. Rather good, but oil level descended very irre- gularly,|| Cross. ry Result fair. Cross. 10m. 15s, Three breaks, Isis1 (E). 18 m. 30s. Five breaks. A very difficult prac- tice, as Isis behaved like a living object.** Winged-Globe. 29 m. Sev…
1910 · PDF PAGE 271
…sal by repeated experiment, which fall into their place here as aptly as they can in the course of my narrative. First: At two different times, when body and mind are apparently in precisely analogous states, when all circumstances, exterior and interior, do not differ tangibly in the smallest respect, the same dose of the same preparation of hasheesh will frequently produce diametrically opposite effects. Still further, I have taken at one time a pill of thirty grains, which hardly gavea perceptible phenomenon, and at another, when my dose had…
1910 · PDF PAGE 122
THE EQUINOX OBJECT MEDITATED UPON. TIME, REMARKS, Pendulum* (E).t ry Good as regards plane kept by the pendulum; but thoughts wandered. Winged-Globe. ry The result was pretty good. Tejas-Vayu (E): >, Fair. Ankh ¢ (a green). ry Not bad. Pentagram (E). ry Rather good. The L. I. L§ (E). ry Burning till extinct. Rather good, but oil level descended very irre- gularly,|| Cross. ry Result fair. Cross. 10m. 15s, Three breaks, Isis1 (E). 18 m. 30s. Five breaks. A very difficult prac- tice, as Isis behaved like a living object.** Winged-Globe. 29 m. Sev…
1910 · PDF PAGE 271
…sal by repeated experiment, which fall into their place here as aptly as they can in the course of my narrative. First: At two different times, when body and mind are apparently in precisely analogous states, when all circumstances, exterior and interior, do not differ tangibly in the smallest respect, the same dose of the same preparation of hasheesh will frequently produce diametrically opposite effects. Still further, I have taken at one time a pill of thirty grains, which hardly gavea perceptible phenomenon, and at another, when my dose had…
1913 · PDF PAGE 58
…erywhere the centre, as she, the circumference, is nowhere found. 4. Yet she shall be known & I never. 5. Behold! the rituals of the old time are black. Let the evil ones be cast away; let the good ones be purged by the prophet! Then shall this Knowledge go aright. 6. I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. 7. Iam the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. ‘Come unto m…
1913 · PDF PAGE 58
…erywhere the centre, as she, the circumference, is nowhere found. 4. Yet she shall be known & I never. 5. Behold! the rituals of the old time are black. Let the evil ones be cast away; let the good ones be purged by the prophet! Then shall this Knowledge go aright. 6. I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. 7. Iam the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. ‘Come unto m…
1929 · PDF PAGE 542
…nding my arrival. But I found myself disinclined for some obscure reason to go there. I wanted to be within easy reach of London for the time being, and accordingly wired her to join me in Paris, which she did on January 11th, the first anniversary of our liaison. With her was her two- year-old son who appears in The Diary of a Drug Fiend as Dionysus. We were hoping to "put his nose out of joint" in February or March. My object in staying near London was as follows. When I left for New York, I had confided the administration of the O.T.O. to th…