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Page 94 of 1001929 · PDF PAGE 114
…estures of my grade, combined with the corresponding words. I used to set my will against the tendency to giddiness and thus postpone as long as possible the final physical intoxication. In this way I lost consciousness at a moment when I was wholly absorbed in aspiration. Thus, instead of falling into dull darkness, I emerged into a lucid state, in which I was purged of personality and all sensory or intellectual impressions. I became the vehicle of the divine forces invoked and so experienced Godhead. My results were satisfactory so far as th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 390
…iverse which to it was indeed a frightful and fatal force, fraught with every form of fear, was so only in relation to this idea "I"; so long as "I am I", all else must seem hostile. Now that there was no longer any "I" to suffer, all these ideas which had inflicted suffering became innocent. I could praise the perfection of every part; I could wonder and worship the whole. This attainment absolutely altered my outlook. Of course, I did not at once enter into full enjoyment. The habit of misunderstanding everything had to be broken, bit by bit.…
1907 · PDF PAGE 251
…h is highest as the deep, i. 34 The ashen sky, too sick for sleep, ii. 12 The conqueror rides at last, i. 85 The constant ripple of your long white hands, i, I13 The crowns of Gods and mortals within, ii. 141 The essential features of Buddhism, ii. 244 The eternal spring is in the heart of youth, ili, 116 The Evolution of Things is thus described by - the Qabalists, i. 265 The figure of the Marquis of Glenstrae, iii. 38 The foolish bells with their discordant clang, i, 202 The fragrant gateways of the dawn, i. 204 The frosty fingers of the wind…
1929 · PDF PAGE 184
…ument or complaint, and made no mistakes. I ought to mention their ingenious defence against snow blindness. They wear their hair rather long, and them make a plaited fringe to hand gown over their eyes like a curtain. The device does not sound very effective; but it seems to work. It is at least a fact that we did not have a single case. On Kangchenjunga, where this plan is not known, a number of the men were seriously affected. I was blamed subsequently for my selection of Camp 10 as main camp. Eckenstein thought that I might have chosen a mo…
1906 · PDF PAGE 60
…well hid in the shadow ; here I realised myself to be in that sepulchral sleep wherein were mirrored all these things of mystery. So the long passage steeply sliding ever up to my feet where I stood in the emptiness ; at last asure abiding only in absolute ceasing of all sense, and all perceived or understood or knowable; thus, purple and intense, I beheld the past that leads to peace, from royal heights of mastery to sleep, from self-control imperial to an end, therefore I shaped the seven tiers of the ascending corridor into seven strokes of …
1929 · PDF PAGE 356
…ber giving him a saucer to clean: it had a very small quantity of yellow oil pint in it, left over from painting some talisman. He was a long while away and we went into the bedroom to see how he was getting on. The saucer seemed as full of paint as before, like the widow's curse: nay, more he had repeated the miracle of the loaves and fishes, for he had covered the whole of his dress and his person with this paint. It was all over the washstand, all over the walls and floor, and even to some extent on the ceiling. This is not a joke. I do not …
1907 · PDF PAGE 24
…—ay ! there's the barb To stick and quiver in your heart ! Well, little lady, what of art? IV, All things are branded change, My thought Long ran in one delicious groove. Now newly sits the appointed court To try another case, to prove Another crime. Last week the law Dealt with the garter's gross offence, You were the Judge, enthroned on awe: I wove that eloquent defence, Unwove that Rhadamanthine frown Which I had made myéeelf, my star; For I was counsel for the crown, And I the prisoner at the bar. Did you not see—the sight is sad !— How tin…
1929 · PDF PAGE 291
…oid the most obvious unpleasantness. And I have certainly never been able to make up my mind whether this quality is an advantage in the long run or no. The final episode of my story at Tengyueh might indeed have caused most men to change their plan. It is in many ways the most dramatic adventure of my life and has left an ineradicable impression on my mind. I despair of describing its intensity or the wildness of the setting. The oppressively electric atmosphere of the previous three weeks, the indescribable apprehension which hung over the co…
1929 · PDF PAGE 562
… man, if it took you an hour to prove to a perfectly sensible Frenchman so simple and clear a case with all the trumps in your fist, how long would it take to persuade a prejudiced ignorant public, congenitally incapable of understanding your point of
1904 · PDF PAGE 69
…is a mirror, wherein who sees muck is muck.) (3) A careful naturalist will understand much from the voices of the animals he has studied long. Even a child knows the difference between a cat’s miauling and purring. The faculty may be greatly developed. (4) Business capacity may be stimulated. (5) Abnormal states of the body may be * A poet of great ability . He edited a book called “Of Black Magic and of Pacts” in which he vilifies the same.
1912 · PDF PAGE 432
…cise tabulated form a comparative view of all the symbols of the great religions of the world ; the perfect attributions of the Taro, so long kept secret by the Rosicrucians, are now for the first time published ; also the complete secret magical correspondence of the G.*. D.*. and R. R.et A. C. It forms, in short, a complete magical and philosophical dictionary; a key to all religions and to all practical occult working. For the first time Western and Qabalistic symbols have been harmonised with those of Iinduism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Taoi…
1912 · PDF PAGE 432
…cise tabulated form a comparative view of all the symbols of the great religions of the world ; the perfect attributions of the Taro, so long kept secret by the Rosicrucians, are now for the first time published ; also the complete secret magical correspondence of the G.*. D.*. and R. R.et A. C. It forms, in short, a complete magical and philosophical dictionary; a key to all religions and to all practical occult working. For the first time Western and Qabalistic symbols have been harmonised with those of Iinduism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Taoi…
1906 · PDF PAGE 210
…is a mirror, wherein who sees muck is muck.) (3) A careful naturalist will understand much from the voices of the animals he has studied long. Even a child knows the difference of a cat’s miauling and purring. The faculty may be greatly developed. 4) Business capacity may be stimulated. 5) Abnormal states of the body may be * A poet of great ability. He edited a book called ‘Of Black Magic and of Pacts,” in which he vilifies the same.
1929 · PDF PAGE 413
…heir followers to fight in haste and leave them to repent at leisure. I always feel that this sort of thing is somehow unfair and in the long run useless. I am content to wait until people back me up wholeheartedly without the press gang or the revival meeting. I carried on imperturbably, exactly as if nothing
1929 · PDF PAGE 531
…onal character. (An appropriately trivial spiritual error may externalize as the most appalling crimes.) Before this Council, there is a long gap of complete amnesia. I merely remember that I was Ko Hsuen, a disciple of Lao Tzu, the author of the "King Khang King", the classic of Purity; which, by the way, I translated into English verse during this Retirement. All I know is that somehow or other I made a "great miss", forfeited my Mastership, and had to climb the ladder again from the bottom. It is the shame and agony of this which have preven…
1929 · PDF PAGE 473
…to my recollection by saying that he had met me in the office of Mr Austin Harrison, the editor of the English Review. It has been a lifelong rule of mine to take no notice of my contemporaries. My companions are the great men of antiquity and my children those of posterity. I did not remember him; but as it has been another lifelong rule of mine to be polite, even to poets, I feigned the recognition and enthusiasm which I judged appropriate. Viereck is a man of considerable talent for conversation. He knows the world well. He is not deceived b…
1929 · PDF PAGE 88
…astery of the awkward craft was appreciated on shore, as the lusty cheering testified. It encouraged them to mightier efforts and before long they must have been making well over two miles an hour. Then Eckenstein's quick ear asked him whether the shouting on shore was so wholly the expression of unstinted admiration as he had supposed. He paid greater attention and thought he detected yells of coarse ridicule mingled with violent objurgation. He thought he heard a word at the conclusion of a string of extremely emphatic epithets which might ea…
1909 · PDF PAGE 410
…ncise tabulated form a comparative view of all the symbols of the great religions of the world; the perfect attributions of the Taro, so long kept secret by the Rosicru- cians, are now for the first time published ; also the complete secret magical correspondences of the G.*.D.+. and R. R. et A.C. It forms, in short, a complete magical and philosophical dictionary; a key to all religions and to all practical occult working. ___ For the first time Western and Qabalistic symbols have been harmonised with those of Hindu- ism, Buddhism, Mohammedani…
1909 · PDF PAGE 410
…ncise tabulated form a comparative view of all the symbols of the great religions of the world; the perfect attributions of the Taro, so long kept secret by the Rosicru- cians, are now for the first time published ; also the complete secret magical correspondences of the G.*.D.+. and R. R. et A.C. It forms, in short, a complete magical and philosophical dictionary; a key to all religions and to all practical occult working. ___ For the first time Western and Qabalistic symbols have been harmonised with those of Hindu- ism, Buddhism, Mohammedani…
1929 · PDF PAGE 20
… the quotation, replying sternly, "Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast!" --- I am, in a way, glad to think that at the end of his long and obscene life I was reconciled with him. The very last letter he ever received from me admitted (if a little grudgingly) that his mind was so distorted that he had really no idea how vile a thing he was. I think this must have stirred his sense of shame. At least, I never received any answer. I suppose that the household at Thistle Grove was as representative of one part of England as could possibly ha…