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Page 9 of 881922 · PDF PAGE 323
…t of Harm’s Way 309 take it easy. I'll tell them to get some refreshments ready and send some one down to bring you along.” He waved his hand and strode up the hill with the steady swinging step of the practised mountaineer. Lou’s hand crept into mine. We were alone with nature. A new feeling had been born in us. The sense of personality had somehow faded out. I drew her gently into my arms; and we exchanged a long kiss such as we had never done before. We were not kissing each other. We were parts of the picture, whose natural expression it wa…
1909 · PDF PAGE 190
…s also the Hieroglyph. It is that Ruach Elohim brooding upon the Face of the Waters. So read: “ Formulated is the Primal Fire.” ’ is the Hand,* symbolising Power in Action, and its Taro Key is the Hermit and the Voice of Light, the Prophet of the Gods. Thus: “ Proclaimed is the Reign of the Gods of Light.” nis the last letter of the Alphabet, the fizis, the Omega, the Universe, Saturn, the outermost Planet, and it is also xynn, Throa, the Gate of the Universe; and by Qabalah of nine Chambers it is 3, the Gateway of Initiation. Hence: “ At the T…
1909 · PDF PAGE 190
…s also the Hieroglyph. It is that Ruach Elohim brooding upon the Face of the Waters. So read: “ Formulated is the Primal Fire.” ’ is the Hand,* symbolising Power in Action, and its Taro Key is the Hermit and the Voice of Light, the Prophet of the Gods. Thus: “ Proclaimed is the Reign of the Gods of Light.” nis the last letter of the Alphabet, the fizis, the Omega, the Universe, Saturn, the outermost Planet, and it is also xynn, Throa, the Gate of the Universe; and by Qabalah of nine Chambers it is 3, the Gateway of Initiation. Hence: “ At the T…
1912 · PDF PAGE 121
…A. A distant bell, the Great Bell of St. Marks, still tolls. MONICA. Embrace me ! Here we stand at the cross-roads of Fate. Enlace me ! hand in, hand what ardours we await ! The merry play is played, the comedy that Pan On very Ida made, the comedy of man ! LUCREZIA. I gave her steel to twist and writhe herself upon. MONICA. One flicker of my wrist, and his black soul was gone. ALESSANDRO. I have done nothing yet. MONICA. Oh, you have laughed ! The key. The secret coronet of all the comedy ! ALESSANDRO. Yes : it is only now when I am sure we w…
1910 · PDF PAGE 30
…evise a Word to represent the Universe. Let his Practicus approve thereof. Let the Zelator engrave the same upon his dagger with his own hand and instruments. Let him further gild the wood of the hilt. Let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of golden yellow. The Cup. Let the Practicus take a piece of Silver, and fashion there- fromacup. The height shall be eight inches, and the diameter three inches. Let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a Number to represent the Universe. Let his Ph…
1910 · PDF PAGE 30
…evise a Word to represent the Universe. Let his Practicus approve thereof. Let the Zelator engrave the same upon his dagger with his own hand and instruments. Let him further gild the wood of the hilt. Let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of golden yellow. The Cup. Let the Practicus take a piece of Silver, and fashion there- fromacup. The height shall be eight inches, and the diameter three inches. Let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a Number to represent the Universe. Let his Ph…
1928 · PDF PAGE 101
…life of this poor devil, perhaps even of discovering the divers conse- quences, unfortunate or otherwise, which a bad coin in a beggars hand may produce. Might it not multiply itself into genuine pieces? Might it not, on the other hand, bring him to gaol?An inn-keeper, or a baker for example, might perhaps have him arrested as a coiner, or utterer. Equally well the bad coin might pos- sibly be in his poor little speculations the germ of several days wealth, and so my fancy went journeying, lending wings to the spirit of my friend, and drawin…
1901 · PDF PAGE 80
…ce thy spirit up To drink at that imagination’s cup ! Then, shriek, and pass ! For thou shalt understand A little of the pressure of the hand That crushed me now. Yes, yes ! let fancy sup That grislier banquet than old Atreus planned ! Mind cannot fathom, nor the brain conceive, Nor soul assimilate, nor heart believe The horror of that Thing without a Name. Full on me, boasting, like Death’s hand it came, And struck me headlong. Linger, while I weave The web of mine old agony and shame. A little shadow of that hour of mine Touches thy heart ? F…
1928 · PDF PAGE 73
…om this living girdle were suspended alternatively phials full of deadly liquids, shining knives, and surgical instruments. In his right hand he held another phial, filled with a luminous red liquid, and which bore these strange words: Drink, this is my blood, the perfect cordial. In the left hand he bore a violin, which he used, no doubt, to sing his pleasures and his sorrows, and to spread the contagion of his folly on the nights of the Witches Sabbath. From his delicate ankles dragged some rings of a broken chain of gold and when the cons…
1922 · PDF PAGE 39
…; and then some- thing, I hardly know what, made me turn and look into the face of Gretel Webster. She was sitting at my right; her left hand was beneath the table, and she was looking at if. I followed her glance. In the little quadrilateral of the veins whose lower apex is between the first and middle fingers, was a tiny heap of sparkling dust. Nothing I had ever seen before had so attracted me. The sheer bright infinite beauty of the stuff! I had seen it before of course, often enough, at the hospital ; but this was quite a different thing. …
1909 · PDF PAGE 76
X Are not the poppy-fields one snowy flame ? Come, let us wander hand in hand therein, Staining with joyous juice our lips of shame, Draining their bitter draught of sterile sin! Are not the eyes of sleep already dull, The lashes drooping over their desire? Are not the gods awaiting to annul With Lethe the last flicker of the fire? Ay, let us kiss, my darling; let us twitch For the last time the flesh against the flesh, Before the coming of the lovely witch That shall excite our sleepy souls afresh, Anointing us with subtle drugs and suave, Vit…
1912 · PDF PAGE 227
… 53‘". XXXII THE LORD OF ILLUSIONARV SUCCESS Seven of Ckalz‘ces THE seven cups are arranged as two descending triangles above a point: a hand, as usual, holds lotus stems which arise from the central lower cup. The hand is above this cup and below the middle one. With the exception of the central lower cup, each is overhung by a lotus flower, but no water falls from these into any of the cups, which are all quite empty. Above and below are the symbols of the Decanate 9 and “L. Possible victory, but neutralized by the supineness of the person : i…
1912 · PDF PAGE 227
… 53‘". XXXII THE LORD OF ILLUSIONARV SUCCESS Seven of Ckalz‘ces THE seven cups are arranged as two descending triangles above a point: a hand, as usual, holds lotus stems which arise from the central lower cup. The hand is above this cup and below the middle one. With the exception of the central lower cup, each is overhung by a lotus flower, but no water falls from these into any of the cups, which are all quite empty. Above and below are the symbols of the Decanate 9 and “L. Possible victory, but neutralized by the supineness of the person : i…
1899 · PDF PAGE 185
…C. 163 Amid the mob, to lift my cross, to share Its burden : not one friend - Whose love were silence, whose affection knows To press my hand and close my dying eyes There, at the endless end. I am alone on earth, and from the skies Sometimes I seem so far—and yet, thy kiss Re-quickens Hope ; through zther’s emptiness Thou guidest me to touch the Hand of Him who Is Thou hadst a torch to lume my lips to song ; Thou hast a cooler fountain for my thirst, Lest my young love should work thy fame a wrong ; So the grape’s veins in purple ardour burst,…
1910 · PDF PAGE 116
…ma- randhra.t This exercise may also be practised with an additional meditation on the Pranava OM. 3. Close with the thumb of your right hand the right ear, and with that of the left hand the left ear. Close with the two index fingers the two eyes, place the two middle fingers upon the two nostrils, and let the remaining fingers press upon the upper and the lower lips. Draw a deep breath, close both the nostrils at once, and swallow the breath. . . . Keep the breath inside as long as you conveniently can; then expire it slowly.t * “Hatha Yoga P…
1910 · PDF PAGE 116
…ma- randhra.t This exercise may also be practised with an additional meditation on the Pranava OM. 3. Close with the thumb of your right hand the right ear, and with that of the left hand the left ear. Close with the two index fingers the two eyes, place the two middle fingers upon the two nostrils, and let the remaining fingers press upon the upper and the lower lips. Draw a deep breath, close both the nostrils at once, and swallow the breath. . . . Keep the breath inside as long as you conveniently can; then expire it slowly.t * “Hatha Yoga P…
1912 · PDF PAGE 204
…nd the same symbol forms the buckle of her scale-mail buskins. A mantle lined with tiger’s skin falls back from her shoulders. Her right hand rests on a small golden or brazen altar ornamented with rams’ heads and with Flames of Fire leaping from it Her left hand leans on a long and heavy club, swelling at the lower end, where the sigil is placed; and it has flames of fire leaping from it the whole way down; but the flames are ascending This club or torch is much longer than that carried by the King or Queen Beneath her firmly placed feet are leapi…
1912 · PDF PAGE 204
…nd the same symbol forms the buckle of her scale-mail buskins. A mantle lined with tiger’s skin falls back from her shoulders. Her right hand rests on a small golden or brazen altar ornamented with rams’ heads and with Flames of Fire leaping from it Her left hand leans on a long and heavy club, swelling at the lower end, where the sigil is placed; and it has flames of fire leaping from it the whole way down; but the flames are ascending This club or torch is much longer than that carried by the King or Queen Beneath her firmly placed feet are leapi…
1944 · PDF PAGE 162
…patterns, but in these there is no real plan; they are dem‐ onstrations of the powers of the Mind without definite purpose. In his right hand is a lifted sword wherewith to create, but in his left hand a sickle, so that what he creates he instantly destroys.
1944 · PDF PAGE 170
…ned with the head of a bull; and his chariot is drawn by an ox, this animal being peculiarly sacred to the Element of Earth. In his left hand he holds his disk, which is an orb resembling a globe, marked with mathematical symbols as if to imply the planning involved in agriculture. In his right hand he bears an orbed sceptre sur‐ mounted by a cross, a symbol of the Great Work accomplished; for it is his function to bring forth from the material of the element that vegetation which is the sustenance of the Spirit itself. The character denoted by…