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ASCENSION DAY 151 Are dumb, the drum doth come and make us mute: The Englishman, half huckster and half brute, 260 Raves through his silk hat of the Absolute. The British Don, half pedant and half hermit, Begins: ‘‘The Ding an sich *—as Germans term it—” We stop him short ; he readjusts his glasses, Turns to his folio—'twill eclipse all precedent, 265 Reveal God’s nature, every dent a blessed dent ! The Donkey : written by an ass, for asses. So, with permission, let us be Orthodox to our finger-ends ; What the bulk hold, High Church or Friends,…
1910 · PDF PAGE 108
…s Southey did to Byron. Yet the Eastern is a terrible slave to convention, and may perhaps acquiesce in Hafiz as the undergraduate of to-day acquiesces in Milton. 7. The central thought of these two chapters is represented in the Buddhist philosophy, per- haps ; but in the Hindu practice, certainly. It is true that the Hindu claims the extinction of self in Parabrahm (Jivatma in Paramatma) as the pheno- menon in question ; but this is clearly a petitio principii, since we can always retort that any per- ception however glorious is less than the…
1904 · PDF PAGE 76
…e: therefore I curse thee in the depth Abaddon pa-aotza kakoreji Hesasinu zodizoDarasa Do-mire, Do-peresi of Abaddon to remain until the day of judgment in torment in fire oD Do salaberotsa Ds lu tpamisa, kakareji tlas 3oDameranu asapeta and in sulphur without end, until thou appear before kromeselabé oD Dorebesa na-e-el. IMiisa, eca, ol€ oanio, asapeta our will and obey my power. Come, therefore, in the 24th of a moment, before komesalabe Do i-be-Da, Do-0-0-apé YAaUNesa, OD quo-O-i-ape MWBada the circle in the triangle in this name and by this…
1906 · PDF PAGE 167
ASCENSION DAY 161 670 676 680 685 690 695 VOL. IT, And slide to leaning on another, God, or the doctor, or my mother. But dare you quote my fevered word For better than my health averred ? The brainish fancies of a man Hovering on delirium’s brink : Shall these be classed his utmost span ? All that he can or ought to think? No! the strong man‘and self-reliant Is the true spiritual giant. I blame no weaklings, but decline To take their maunderings for mine. You see I do not base my thesis On your Book’s being torn in pieces By knowledge ; nor in…
1907 · PDF PAGE 94
… I am right , the heart of this poem bleeds gener ous indignation against the marriage bond . We read : It was no wonder when the second day Showed me a city on the desert way , Whose brazen gates were open , where within I saw a statue for a sign of sin , And saw the people come to it and pray , Before its mouth set open for a gin.3 Before this statue he is brought ; her bronze and chilly loins are girded with the sacred gold of lust , her lips are lecherous and large , inviting to kiss : But somehow blood was black upon them ; blood In stains…
1909 · PDF PAGE 14
…s, mere straws before the blast of our hunchback friend! Well, one of the buttresses is just the small matter of common sense. The other day I was with Dorothy, and, as I foolishly imagined, very cosy: for her sandwiches are celebrated. It was surely bad taste on the part of Father Bernard Vaughan, and Dr. Torrey, and Ananda Metteyya, and Mr. G. W. Foote, and Captain Fuller, and the ghost of Immanuel Kant, and Mr. Bernard Shaw, and young Neuburg, to intrude. But intrude they did; and talk! I never heard anything like it. Every one with his own …
1930 · PDF PAGE 16
…ed to have spread. As I think you must all feel sure by now, I know nothing what- ever of my subject. But scientific experiment in those days was always a very prolonged operation. They thought nothing of exposing some unknown substance to the rays of the sun and moon for periods of three months at a time, in the hope that in some mysterious way the first stage of some dimly-visaged operation might be satisfactorily accomplished. And even if they sacrificed a child every day, it would have taken a matter of two and a half years to dispose of 80…
1904 · PDF PAGE 12
ASCENSION DAY 5 Ho ! I adopt the number. Look At the quaint wrapper of this book !* I will deserve it if I can: It is the number of a Man.33 So since in England Christ still stands With iron nails in bloody hands Not pierced, but grasping ! to hoist high Children on cross of agony, I find him real for English lives. Up with my pretty pair of fives !34 I fight no ghosts. “But why revile” (You urge me) “in that vicious style The very faith whose truths you seem (Elsewhere)35 to hold, to hymn supreme In your own soul ?” Perhaps you know How mystic…
1904 · PDF PAGE 25
…endeavour, And seek a refuge from my grief, O never in Heaven—but in Hell! “Oh, very well !” I think you say, “Wait only till your dying day ! See whether then you kiss the rod, And bow that proud soul down to God !” I perfectly admit the fact ; Quite likely that I so shall act ! Here’s why Creation jumps at prayer. You Christians quote me in a breath This, that, the other atheist’s death;73 How they sought God ! Of course ! Impair By just a touch of fever, chill, My health—where flies my vivid will? My carcase with quinine is crammed; I wish S…
1904 · PDF PAGE 26
ASCENSION DAY 19 And slide to leaning on another, God, or the doctor, or my mother. But dare you quote my fevered word For better than my health averred ? The brainish fancies of a man Hovering on delerium’s brink : Shall these be classed his utmost span ? All that he can or ought to think ? No ! the strong man and self-reliant Is the true spiritual giant. I blame no weaklings, but decline To take their maunderings for mine. You see I do not base my thesis On your Book’s being torn to pieces By knowledge : nor invoke the shade Of my own boyhood…
1912 · PDF PAGE 113
…e got such a good idea. [The bell rings. Enter JANE, ushered by SERVANT. Dr. F. Well, here you are, Jane. How splendid you’re looking to-day. Fit as fit, eh ? Jane. It's this weather. I do love the snow. I‘m as happy as happy; every fibre of my being quivers with joy. How do you do, Mrs. Roberts? Mrs. B. I'm so glad to see you. I'm so sorry to see you. Jane. Oh, it's nothing. Dr. Fielding tells me it's sure to be all right. Dr. Bob—oh, I mean Dr. RobertsAwill say the very worst he can, and then we’ve got to hope for the best. Dr. F. Yes. I always…
1912 · PDF PAGE 113
…e got such a good idea. [The bell rings. Enter JANE, ushered by SERVANT. Dr. F. Well, here you are, Jane. How splendid you’re looking to-day. Fit as fit, eh ? Jane. It's this weather. I do love the snow. I‘m as happy as happy; every fibre of my being quivers with joy. How do you do, Mrs. Roberts? Mrs. B. I'm so glad to see you. I'm so sorry to see you. Jane. Oh, it's nothing. Dr. Fielding tells me it's sure to be all right. Dr. Bob—oh, I mean Dr. RobertsAwill say the very worst he can, and then we’ve got to hope for the best. Dr. F. Yes. I always…
1904 · PDF PAGE 26
…his throat and began thus. The first real scene of passion that I ever saw was in this fashion. I had been left alone in the house one day ; and, weary of confinement, I determined to stroll into the street. Not far had I gone before my attention was attracted by a small galvanized iron mission room. To my surprise, the door was ajar, and from the pulpit I heard the well known tones of a Salvation Army preacher crying Whoso- ever will may come ! In the centre of the hall I saw that the forms had been removed and replaced my mat- tresses…
1910 · PDF PAGE 180
…hua, Light of the World! Blessed be Thou, Buddha, Osiris, by whatever Name I call Thee Thou art nameless to Eternity. Blessed be Thou, O Day, that Thou hast risen in the Night of Time; First Dawn in the Chaos of poor P.’s poor mind! Accursed be Thou, Jehovah, Brahma, unto the Aeons of Aeons: thou who didst create Darkness and not Light! Mara, vile Mask of Matter! Arise, O Shiva, and destroy! That in destruction these at last be blest. Pranayama. Mantra seventeen minutes. Noise of glass being rubbed persistent. From now I decide to work more ser…
1910 · PDF PAGE 180
…hua, Light of the World! Blessed be Thou, Buddha, Osiris, by whatever Name I call Thee Thou art nameless to Eternity. Blessed be Thou, O Day, that Thou hast risen in the Night of Time; First Dawn in the Chaos of poor P.’s poor mind! Accursed be Thou, Jehovah, Brahma, unto the Aeons of Aeons: thou who didst create Darkness and not Light! Mara, vile Mask of Matter! Arise, O Shiva, and destroy! That in destruction these at last be blest. Pranayama. Mantra seventeen minutes. Noise of glass being rubbed persistent. From now I decide to work more ser…
1910 · PDF PAGE 66
…ertion and for convenience of reference only. 8. According to Mahbub, this is an attack on the Q’uran. (He being like so many Persian to-day not only a Sufi, but a follower in secret of El Baab, delights to point out these things). For furious [Persian text] is a pun on [Persian text] Salir, a prophet, who converted some of the Thamud Tribe
1913 · PDF PAGE 321
… who has promised victory over earth and over heaven to the angel of liberty! The angel of liberty was born before the dawn of the first day, before even the awakening of intelligence, and God called him the morning star. O Lucifer! Voluntarily and disdainfully thou didst detach thyself from the heaven where the sun drowned thee in his splendour, to plow with thine own rays the unworked fields of night! Thou shinest when the sun sets, and thy sparkling gaze precedes the daybreak! Thou fallest to rise again; thou tastest of death to under- stand…
1913 · PDF PAGE 321
… who has promised victory over earth and over heaven to the angel of liberty! The angel of liberty was born before the dawn of the first day, before even the awakening of intelligence, and God called him the morning star. O Lucifer! Voluntarily and disdainfully thou didst detach thyself from the heaven where the sun drowned thee in his splendour, to plow with thine own rays the unworked fields of night! Thou shinest when the sun sets, and thy sparkling gaze precedes the daybreak! Thou fallest to rise again; thou tastest of death to under- stand…
1930 · PDF PAGE 87
…sk, for two moons, next, thrice, noon added, for three moons, afterwards, midnight making up his course, for four moons four times every day. Then let the Eleventh Moon be consecrated wholly to this Work; let him be instant in continuai ardour, dismissing ail but his sheer needs to eat and sleep.2 For know that the true Formula3 whose virtue sufficed the Beast in this Attainment, was thus : INVOKE OFTEN 4 So may ail men corne at last to the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel : thus sayeth the Beast, and prayeth His own Angel …
1929 · PDF PAGE 129
…ht I had never seen so much as a photograph. These numerous practices were assigned to a regular schedule. Five different periods of the day were to be devoted to one or the other. On May 3rd I left for Honolulu on the Nippon Maru, arriving on the ninth. A strange destiny lay in ambush for me among the palms. The poetical side of me is annoyed to this day when I think of it. I ought to have followed the ideal of Gauguin. It was absurd to have got so far only to fall in love with a white woman. I know now that white women introduce the idea of i…