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Page 83 of 1151922 · PDF PAGE 257
…ear after all.” October 31 It only struck us when we got into the train that we couldn't possibly go to the Savoy with no clothes, Peter thought it would be a joke to go round to that place of ours in Greek Street. It certainly will be amusing to look at it from the new point of view. He will take the bags on there, while I get one or two nice people together. We ought to give a little dinner to celebrate. Here’s London at last. I'll lock this up in my dressing case... . Later—I can pocket the creature’s insolence at the price. It must have bee…
1929 · PDF PAGE 232
"Great. But I thought — " "Prehistoric. It's perfectly Cocker." [325] Such conversations lack the merit of intelligibility to the outsider; but then the outsider is particularly to be kept from understanding. Dialogues of this curious sort determine most important events in English society and "haute politique." "Then see to it that I get taken seriously." "Surely, Kurille!" "Precetur oculis mellitis!" "Kurille, Catulle!" When Englishmen return to the use of the dead languages, it is a sign of that moral state which is said by the Psalmist to r…
1954 · PDF PAGE 401
… particularly anxious to wind up the first volume of The Equinox with a No. 10, which should be a really massive contribution to Magical thought. That meant a very considerable increase in the cost of production. All this my Disciple, of course, knew, and on arriving in Johannesburg he said to himself "Well, here I am in a part of the world where the earth teems with gold and diamonds. I will procure the necessary funds for The Equinox and various
1954 · PDF PAGE 482
…me to open his post, there would be just enough, sometimes exactly enough, to cover that amount. This story was told me by an enemy, who thought quite seriously that he would go to Hell for being "Open." ("Open" Brethren were lax about the Lord's Supper, let people partake who were not sound upon the Ramsgate Question; and other Theological Atrocities!) It meant that the facts were so undeniable that the "advertisement for Answer to Prayer" outweighed the "miracle of a Heretic." I knew a poetess of great distinction who used to amuse herself by…
1929 · PDF PAGE 494
…sixteen-year-old Alma, "I've found it doesn't pay to tell the truth." This visit opened up an expanse and depth of heartache which I had thought impossible. Cousin Lawrence saw how ill I was. The family fed on offal which I would not have thrown to a decent pig. He had stayed with us in England and realized that I could not be expected to eat such garbage, so he asked me kindly what I would like to eat so as to build up my strength. I said, "Don't bother about that. All I need is plenty of fruit and milk." It seems too rotten to be true but his…
1954 · PDF PAGE 269
…ng to do with any of the Platonic conceptions of the nature of things. The least abject asset in the intellectual bankruptcy of European thought is the Hebrew Qabalah. Properly understood, it is a system of symbolism indefinitely elastic, assuming no axioms, postulating no principles. asserting no theorems, and therefore adaptable, if managed adroitly, to describe any conceivable doctrine. It has been my continual study since 1898, and I have found it of infinite value in the study of The Tao Teh King. By its aid I was able to attribute the ide…
1907 · PDF PAGE 112
…nd the Uniting of the Lingam and the Yoni! All, mind you, by a most elaborate ritual. But, on the other hand, there is perfect purity of thought in much of the avowedly Phallic symbolism of the world. For just as the sexual pleasure is entirely in a class by itself among (or rather, above) physical pleasures; so is Samadhi—union with God—in a class by itself among (or rather, above) mental pleasures. Who, therefore, would make an hieroglyph of the latter formless ecstasy can do no better than by drawing a picture of the former, under the image …
1922 · PDF PAGE 364
…plainly enough when she had begged him to take her away. He had simply worked one of his devilish tricks on me, and got rid of me, as he thought, by getting me absorbed in my helicopter. I was to be the complacent husband, and allow my wife to go off with another man right under my nose, while I was busy with my calculations. I was to be the mars complaisant, was I? Well, the fiend was ingenious, but he had calculated wrong for once. I got up and deliberately slapped him in the face. “‘ Before breakfast,” he said to Sister Athena,“ we shall req…
1930 · PDF PAGE 131
… that thou attain to the Sacrament of the Graal in the Chapel of Abominations. 12. And behold ! If by stealth thou keep unto thyself onc thought of thine, then shalt thou be cast out into the abyss for ever; and thou shalt be the lonely one, the eater of dung, the afflicted in the Day of Be-With-Us. 13. Yea! verily this is the Truth, this is the Truth, this is the l'ruth. Unto thee shall be granted joy and health and wealth and wisdom when thou art no longer thou. 14. Then shall every gain be a new sacrament, and it shall not défile thee; thou …
1944 · PDF PAGE 141
…the Name are extraordinarily complex, quite beyond the limits of any ordinary treatise to discuss; they change with every application of thought to their meaning. For instance, no sooner has the Princess made her appearance than the Prince wins her in marriage, and she is set upon the throne of her Mother. She thus awakens the Eld of the original old King; who thereupon becomes a young Knight, and so renews the cycle. The Prin‐ cess is not only the perfect Maiden, but, owing to the death of the Prince, the forsaken and la‐ menting Widow. All th…
1954 · PDF PAGE 236
… myself to put a name to my "mission" - the contemplation carried me half-way across South-West China-I considered these alternatives. I thought to cut the Gordian Knot, and call it by Abramelin's title the "Holy Guardian Angel" because (I mused) that will be as intelligible to the villagers of Pu Peng as to the most learned Pundits; moreover, the implied theory was so crude that no one need be bound by it. 2. 'Within'. If you don't mind, we'll tackle this now, while 'higher' is fresh in our minds; for it is also a preposition. First you want t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 215
…ha-grass.*8—The sacred grass of the Hindus. 509. Mantra.*8—A sacred verse, suitable for constant repetition, with a view 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…
1929 · PDF PAGE 142
…is food very quietly (from time to time) into the room adjoining that where he was working. One day he missed two successive meals and I thought I ought to look into his room to see if all was well. I must explain that I have known only two European women and three European men who could sit in the attitude called Padmasana, which is that usually seen in seated images of the Buddha. Of these men, Allan was one. He could knot his legs so well that, putting his hands on the ground, he could swing his body to and fro in the air between them. When …
1905 · PDF PAGE 182
…vade the white, Love and life are but a span ; Woe is me ! and woe is man ! ’ “ In conclusion, as far as descriptive power and beauty of thought are concerned, we consider that the author of ‘ The Tale of Archais ’ holds the first place among the latter-day poets.”— Cambridge Magazine. Songs of the Spirit. 3s. 6d. A collection of delicate lyrics, illustrative of the vague yet holy aspirations of adolescence. “ We shall be sorry if any one who cares much for verse in itself, who is curious of new tendencies in contemporary poetry, and values the…
1929 · PDF PAGE 24
my thought may so work on the minci of another person as to produce far-reaching physical changes in him, or in others through him.) (17) A man may learn to use any force so as to serve any purpose, by taking advantage of the above theorems. (Illustration: A man may use a razor to make himself vigilant over his speech, by using it to eut himself whenever he unguardedly utters a chosen word. He may serve the same purpose by resolving that every incident of his life shall remind him of a particular thing, making every impression the starting poin…
1954 · PDF PAGE 120
…r formula has attained the destruction of all positive qualities. It is only one step to the stage when the annihilation of all life and thought will appear as a fatal necessity. The materialism and vital scepticism of the present time, its frenzied rush for pleasure in total disregard of any idea of building for the future, testifies to a condition of complete moral disorder, of abject spiritual anarchy. The White School has thus been paralysed. We are reminded of the spider described by Fabre, who injects her victims with a poison which paral…
1954 · PDF PAGE 392
…e. In particular, there was a helmet suggesting Athene (or, horror! Brittania!), part of a tunic or chlamys, and very solid footgear. (I thought of "the well-greaved Greeks.") Now this was very far from satisfactory; it corresponded in no wise with the appearance of Buer which
1929 · PDF PAGE 347
…ssible to administer ordeals of the real kind required, but I found by experience that I did not even have to give the matter a moment's thought. My magical self took complete charge of the business without wasting a moment or disturbing me. It may be through some act of my own, it may be entirely without my intention, that aspirants to the Order find themselves in circumstances where they are tested in the qualities necessary to their stage of initiation. There is thus no possibility of evading the intentions of the Order. It is not conducted …
1910 · PDF PAGE 87
… it. He should not renounce the duties of his profession, caste or rank, but let him perform these merely as an instru- ment without any thought of the event. By thus doing there is no sin.” This is sound Rosicrucian doctrine, by the way. * “ Hatha-Yoga Pradipika,” pp. 5,6. Note the similarity of these conditions to those laid down in “The Book of the Sacred Magic,” Also see “Gheranda Sanhita,” p. 33. 75
1910 · PDF PAGE 87
… it. He should not renounce the duties of his profession, caste or rank, but let him perform these merely as an instru- ment without any thought of the event. By thus doing there is no sin.” This is sound Rosicrucian doctrine, by the way. * “ Hatha-Yoga Pradipika,” pp. 5,6. Note the similarity of these conditions to those laid down in “The Book of the Sacred Magic,” Also see “Gheranda Sanhita,” p. 33. 75