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Page 86 of 1191910 · PDF PAGE 132
THE EQUINOX At this city, on the first of May, he solemnly began anew the Operations of the Great Work, and bought a steel rod for a wand, and tools to work it. On the second he bought gold, silver, and a jewel wherewith to make a Crown; and on the third set sail for Japan. During the voyage the following practices have been recorded: May 4th. sth. 6th. 7th, Prithivi-Apas.* 45 m. Also went on an Astral Journey to Japan. In which I found my- self crossing great quantities of Coral-pearl entangled with seaweed and shells. After having journeyed f…
1910 · PDF PAGE 286
THE EQUINOX yet it may be long ere it reaches the final escape in oblivion, and it is as frightful as the domain it leaves behind. The second but rarely opens to the wretch unless he prises it open with his knife; ordinarily its hinges turn lingeringly. Towards the last let him struggle, though a nightmare torpor petrify his limbs—though on either side of the road be a phalanx of monstrous Afreets with drawn swords of flame— though demon cries peal before him, and unimaginable houris beckon him back—over thorns, through furnaces, but into —Life…
1910 · PDF PAGE 132
THE EQUINOX At this city, on the first of May, he solemnly began anew the Operations of the Great Work, and bought a steel rod for a wand, and tools to work it. On the second he bought gold, silver, and a jewel wherewith to make a Crown; and on the third set sail for Japan. During the voyage the following practices have been recorded: May 4th. sth. 6th. 7th, Prithivi-Apas.* 45 m. Also went on an Astral Journey to Japan. In which I found my- self crossing great quantities of Coral-pearl entangled with seaweed and shells. After having journeyed f…
1910 · PDF PAGE 286
THE EQUINOX yet it may be long ere it reaches the final escape in oblivion, and it is as frightful as the domain it leaves behind. The second but rarely opens to the wretch unless he prises it open with his knife; ordinarily its hinges turn lingeringly. Towards the last let him struggle, though a nightmare torpor petrify his limbs—though on either side of the road be a phalanx of monstrous Afreets with drawn swords of flame— though demon cries peal before him, and unimaginable houris beckon him back—over thorns, through furnaces, but into —Life…
1911 · PDF PAGE 52
THE EQUINOX not fall; for my plumes reach up unto the Knees of Him that sitteth upon the holy throne, and liveth and reigneth for ever and ever as the balance of righteousness and truth. I am the Angel of the moon. I am the veiled one that sitteth between the pillars veiled with a shining veil, and on my lap is the open Book of the mysteries of the ineffable light. Iam the aspiration unto the higher; I am the love of the unknown. I am the blind ache within the heart of man. I am the minister of the sacrament of pain. I swing the censer of worsh…
1911 · PDF PAGE 82
THE EQUINOX is the adherent. The lover giveth his life unto the work among men. The hermit goeth solitary, and giveth only of his light unto men. And I ask him: Why does he tell me that? And he says: I tell thee not. Thou tellest thyself, for thou hast pondered thereupon for many days, and hast not found light. And now that thou art called NEMO, the answer to every riddle that thou hast not found shall spring up in thy mind, unsought. Who can tell upon what day a flower shall bloom? And thou shalt give thy wisdom unto the world, and that shall …
1911 · PDF PAGE 96
THE EQUINOX Then the Devil of the Aethyr, that mighty devil Choronzon, crieth aloud, Zazas, Zazas, Nasatanada Zazas. Iam the Master of Form, and from me all forms proceed. IamI. I have shut myself up from the spendthrifts, my gold is safe in my treasure-chamber, and I have made every living thing my concubine, and none shall touch them, save only I. And yet I am scorched, even while I shiver in the wind. He hateth me and tormenteth me. He would have stolen me from myself, but I shut myself up and mock at him, even while he plagueth me. From me …
1913 · PDF PAGE 34
THE EQUINOX she left India for England about the end of March 1911 and returned to India only in the beginning of October 1911, during which time, so far as the plaintiff was aware, the boys were kept away from associating with the said Mr. Leadbeater. 6. In or about November 1911 the defendant told the plaintiff that the boys were making rapid spiritual progress and were approaching initiation by the Masters (a set of superhuman gurus living on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas) believed in by the Theosophists. She therefore proposed to keep…
1913 · PDF PAGE 70
THE EQUINOX 39. All this and a book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever—for in it is the word secret & not only in the English—and thy comment upon this the Book of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beautiful paper made by hand; and to each man and woman that thou meetest, were it but to dine or to drink at them, it is the Law to give. Then they shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no odds. Do this quickly! 40. But the work of the comment? That is easy; and…
1913 · PDF PAGE 154
THE EQUINOX Initiation, and it will be noticed that even in the 22nd AZthyr the Samahdi of Atmadarshana occurs, while in the 21st A2thyr is the vision of Kether, and in the 20th Shivadarshana, although not perfect. In the 19th, then, the Angel of Initiation appears, and in the 18th, Shivadarshana, in its new and higher form—“ Shiva” being replaced by “Horus ””—takes place. In the 17th the Initiation continues. The Angel took him into the Pylon of the threshold in the 19th. In the 17th he is balanced. In the 16th is the first dim dawn of the Gre…
1913 · PDF PAGE 156
THE EQUINOX must now incarnate itself ever more completely in that body, and in the bodies and minds of all men. He has made his darkness light; that light must illuminate the darkness of all. Having then received this last Initiation, this destruction of the opposition between One and the Many, he descended from the mountain, and awaited nightfall. The nature of the Initiation itself—its climax and comple- tion—can only be given in the sublime words of the Angel of the A&thyr itself. We therefore quote it in full— The Angel reappears. The blac…
1913 · PDF PAGE 332
THE EQUINOX The history of Isaac is another legend. Rebecca is the type of the oriental woman, laborious, hospitable, partial in her affections, shrewd and wily in her manoeuvres. Jacoband Esau are again the two types of Cain and Abel; but here Abel avenges himself: the emancipated intelligence triumphs by cunning. The whole of the genius of the Jews is in the character of Jacob, the patient and laborious supplanter who yields to the wrath of Esau, becomes rich, and buys his brother’s forgiveness. One must never forget that, when the ancients w…
1913 · PDF PAGE 394
THE EQUINOX screncE. Admit that if religion has produced much good, she has also done much evil. FAITH. When one kills in the name of the God who said, “Thou shalt not kill,’ when one persecutes in the name of Him who commands us to forgive our enemies, when one propagates darkness in the name of Him who tells us not to hide the light under a bushel, is it just to attribute the crime to the very law which condemns it? Say, if you wish to be just, that in spite of religion, much evil has been done upon earth. But also, to how many virtues has it…
1913 · PDF PAGE 420
THE EQUINOX tears ; the song of Castor and Pollux, whom death could not divide, and who love alternately in hell and upon earth. . . . Then he calls softly Eurydice, his dear Eurydice, his so much loved Eurydice: Ah! miseram Eurydicen anima fugiente vocabat, Eurydicen! toto referebant flumine rip. While he sings, that pallid statue of the sculptor death takes on the colour of the first tint of life, its white lips begin to redden like the dawn . . . Orpheus sees her, he trembles, he stammers, the hymn almost dies upon his lips, but she pales an…
1913 · PDF PAGE 498
THE EQUINOX In the last century all Europe resounded with the miracles of Cagliostro. Who is ignorant of what powers were attri- buted to his ‘wine of Egypt,’ and to his ‘elixir’? What can we add to the stories that they tell of his other-world suppers, where he made appear in flesh and blood the illustri- ous personages of the past? Cagliostro was, however, far from being an initiate of the first order, since the Great White Brotherhood abandoned him! to the Roman Inquisition, before whom he made, if one can believe the documents to his trial,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 34
THE EQUINOX she left India for England about the end of March 1911 and returned to India only in the beginning of October 1911, during which time, so far as the plaintiff was aware, the boys were kept away from associating with the said Mr. Leadbeater. 6. In or about November 1911 the defendant told the plaintiff that the boys were making rapid spiritual progress and were approaching initiation by the Masters (a set of superhuman gurus living on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas) believed in by the Theosophists. She therefore proposed to keep…
1913 · PDF PAGE 70
THE EQUINOX 39. All this and a book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever—for in it is the word secret & not only in the English—and thy comment upon this the Book of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beautiful paper made by hand; and to each man and woman that thou meetest, were it but to dine or to drink at them, it is the Law to give. Then they shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no odds. Do this quickly! 40. But the work of the comment? That is easy; and…
1913 · PDF PAGE 154
THE EQUINOX Initiation, and it will be noticed that even in the 22nd AZthyr the Samahdi of Atmadarshana occurs, while in the 21st A2thyr is the vision of Kether, and in the 20th Shivadarshana, although not perfect. In the 19th, then, the Angel of Initiation appears, and in the 18th, Shivadarshana, in its new and higher form—“ Shiva” being replaced by “Horus ””—takes place. In the 17th the Initiation continues. The Angel took him into the Pylon of the threshold in the 19th. In the 17th he is balanced. In the 16th is the first dim dawn of the Gre…
1913 · PDF PAGE 156
THE EQUINOX must now incarnate itself ever more completely in that body, and in the bodies and minds of all men. He has made his darkness light; that light must illuminate the darkness of all. Having then received this last Initiation, this destruction of the opposition between One and the Many, he descended from the mountain, and awaited nightfall. The nature of the Initiation itself—its climax and comple- tion—can only be given in the sublime words of the Angel of the A&thyr itself. We therefore quote it in full— The Angel reappears. The blac…
1913 · PDF PAGE 332
THE EQUINOX The history of Isaac is another legend. Rebecca is the type of the oriental woman, laborious, hospitable, partial in her affections, shrewd and wily in her manoeuvres. Jacoband Esau are again the two types of Cain and Abel; but here Abel avenges himself: the emancipated intelligence triumphs by cunning. The whole of the genius of the Jews is in the character of Jacob, the patient and laborious supplanter who yields to the wrath of Esau, becomes rich, and buys his brother’s forgiveness. One must never forget that, when the ancients w…