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Page 96 of 1001913 · PDF PAGE 604
…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 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 Hinduism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Tao…
1913 · PDF PAGE 604
…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 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 Hinduism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Tao…
1929 · PDF PAGE 350
…t error. If it had only seven heads like the Lennean hydra it might be possible to sterilize the necks after each operation sufficiently long to finish the job before they grow again. But modern hydras have not this pitiful paucity of talking machines. Hardly a month passes but I hear some new and perfectly fantastic yarn about myself, sometimes flattering, sometimes the reverse, but nearly always entirely baseless, and, as often as not, bearing internal evidence of its absurdity. I have been sufficiently amused to wish to make a collection of …
1904 · PDF PAGE 122
…can bring no sorrow in their train.1 “To him who has lived so, say the Holy Books, there comes a power which is unknown to ordinary men. Long training and restraint have given him conquest of his mind, he can 1 From m y point of view, this is of cour se impossible. See Sec. III. If wilf ul in fliction o f pain only is m eant, our state becom es m oral, or even worse!—mystical. I should pr efer to cancel this sentence. Cf. Appendix I, supra.—A. C.
1929 · PDF PAGE 167
…lement of personal pride or indulgence, but only prestige. Like the Jesuits, too, these men should be sworn never to return to Europe as long as they lived. The capacity of such men to govern would be guaranteed by the fact of their having volunteered to accept such conditions. They would enjoy universal respect and absolute trust. They would require no army to enforce their authority. All the best elements of India would spontaneously unite to support it. One further condition. They would have to be guaranteed against the interference of any i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 259
…ce, as the official permit for our party to enter Nepal had not arrived; but it did so during the day and one the eighteenth came a very long march of something like eight hours of actual going. During the latter part of the march the path dips suddenly and one descends some three thousand feet into a valley. Well do I remember this camp Gamotang! Apart from the flora and fauna, the last two days might have been spent on the Welsh mountains, but the descent to Gamotang was like stepping into fairyland. There are certain places --- Sonamarg in K…
1929 · PDF PAGE 510
…ess of the Cat; it therefore became my duty to slay her. I had created truth by means of an untrustworthy material and must therefore no longer cling to the image of the ideal. I must destroy it, well knowing that it would never again be possible for me to delude myself with poetical puppets. I must face reality for good and all. The desolation in my heart was unspeakably dreadful and the seventh Chokmah day found me in the same solitude and silence as the first three; with this difference: that a minister was appointed to comfort and console m…
1929 · PDF PAGE 551
…elist of Thelema; with his abilities he might have been more important in history than St. Paul. But he could never do any great work as long as he was liable to be obsessed by the body, any more than a motorist could break the record from Land's End to John o'Groats if he shied and ran off the road every time his eye was caught by a tree. I found the abbey in admirable order. We had a new member, a boy named Godwin1, whom I had known in America. When he first wrote me, he was in Annapolis, an attendant in the naval hospital. The boy had amazin…
1929 · PDF PAGE 64
…a single rose. The second event took place in October 1897. The occasion was an attack of illness. It was nothing very serious and I had long been accustomed to expect to die before I came of age. But for some reason or other I found myself forced to meditate upon the fact of mortality. It was impressed upon me that I hadn't a moment to lose. There was no fear of death or of a possible "hereafter"; but I was appalled by the idea of the futility of all human endeavour. Suppose, I said to myself, that I make a great success in diplomacy and becom…
1910 · PDF PAGE 493
…of the complimentary adjectives which ean honestly be applied to this book.”—ALick BROWN in Ohio State Journal, . a “ Admirable! Ir is a long time since we have read a book on the fascinating subject of mind's influence over matter, especially in the building of character, with as much pleasure as this has afforded. Characterized throughout by a cheery optimism, the perusal of it is as good as any tonic, and far better than most.”—Pall Mall Gasette. MENTAL MEDICINE: Some Practical Suggestions from a Spiritual Standpoint. By Ouiver HuckEt, $.T.D…
1910 · PDF PAGE 493
…of the complimentary adjectives which ean honestly be applied to this book.”—ALick BROWN in Ohio State Journal, . a “ Admirable! Ir is a long time since we have read a book on the fascinating subject of mind's influence over matter, especially in the building of character, with as much pleasure as this has afforded. Characterized throughout by a cheery optimism, the perusal of it is as good as any tonic, and far better than most.”—Pall Mall Gasette. MENTAL MEDICINE: Some Practical Suggestions from a Spiritual Standpoint. By Ouiver HuckEt, $.T.D…
1929 · PDF PAGE 370
…resuming the task laid upon me in Cairo exactly as I might be directed to do by my superiors. Instantly my burden fell from my back. The long crucifixion of home life came to a crisis immediately on my return to London. At the same time every other inhibition was automatically removed. For the first time since the spring of 1904 I felt myself free to do my will. That, of course, was because I had at last understood what my will was. My aspiration to be the means of emancipating humanity was perfectly fulfilled. I had merely to establish in the …
1907 · PDF PAGE 249
244 INDEX OF FIRST LINES ‘* Listen to the Jataka!’’ said the Buddha, li, 225 Lo! in the interstellar space of night, ill, 155 Long days and nights succeeded in despair, i. 16 Look how it leaps towards the leaper’s curl, lil, 119 Love comes to flit, a spark of steel, ill. 113 Lured by the loud big-breasted courtesan, ii. 36 Lust, impotence,-and knowledge of thy soul, i, 116 MAKE me a roseleaf with your mouth, ili. 4 Man’s days are dim, his deeds are dust, i. 8 Mary, Mary, subtle and softly breathing, iii. 61 May I who know so bitterly the tedium…
1929 · PDF PAGE 397
…her his imitation of my endorsement would pass muster. He indignantly withdrew from the proposed company and I saw him no more. Not till long after did I discover that all this time while he was living on my bounty he had indefatigably intrigued against me. For insidious cunning he was unrivalled. He had insinuated a thousand malignant falsehoods about me, to the ears of my closest friends without their even suspecting his intention to injure me. In this way he had alienated several of my nearest and {634} dearest colleagues and his culminating…
1929 · PDF PAGE 507
… should act in the greatest circumstances. For having succeeded in completely harmonizing the various energies of my being, there was no longer any danger that I should regulate my actions by conflicting standards. When therefore I rejected the Snake and chose the Cat, I was affirming {800} 1. I say "a cube"; yet its most salient property was that it was without boundaries. Experience of similar trances is necessary for the understanding of this statement, which is a perfectly proper expression of a perfectly observed fact, despite its intellec…
1929 · PDF PAGE 120
…ginning, I sent out an urgent call for help from the Masters. It must have been heard at once, for little over a fortnight later I got a long letter from Fra. V.N. Though I had not written to him, he gave me the very word that I needed. It restore my courage and my confidence. I continued my work with deeper and truer understanding. I began to perceive the real implications of what I was doing. In particular, I gained an entirely new grip of the Cabbala. One of my results demands detailed record, because it proved later to be one of the foundat…
1929 · PDF PAGE 543
…oy down from Paris. They gave me the shock of my life. The girl was bloodless, drooping like a thirsty flower, and she dragged her brat along listlessly, he as lifeless as she. His face was ghastly white and his limbs as a damp rag. I thrilled to the marrow with pity and made up my mind then and there to begin my work of saving mankind by bringing these two back to life. The new current of courage and confidence was irresistible. I found a charming house at 11 bis rue de Neuville, Fontainebleau. We took it from February on. My new patients, who…
1929 · PDF PAGE 124
…apparently the highest summit. (The formation is that of the rim of an enormous crater.) When we got there we found that another point a long way off was higher. The next morning Eckenstein was sick and I had to go alone. There was some difficult rock climbing on the wall which led to the ridge. But once there, the summit was easily reached. There are many magnificent teeth, which I climbed conscientiously; a most exhilarating exercise. I traversed some distance till I found a gap on the other ridge from which I could run down to the crater. We…
1929 · PDF PAGE 89
…rrived was obviously an Englishman. They recognized each other and proceeded to concert measures for escape. The newcomer, a doctor with long experience of South America, suggested that if they could only cross a broad belt of country inhabited by particularly malignant Indian tribes, and the Andes, they could reach the head waters of the Amazon and canoe down to Iquitos, where they would be in clover, as the doctor was a close friend of Dom Somebody, a powerful minister or other high official. They started off on this insane programme and carr…
1929 · PDF PAGE 240
…hy implies some sort of ethical theory. The Aeon of Osiris had been succeeded by that of Horus. The Magical Formula of the Aeon being no longer that of the Dying god but that o the Crowned and Conquering Child, mankind is to govern itself accordingly. A "righteous" act may be defined as one which fulfils the existing Magical Formula. The motives which were valid in the Aeon of Osiris are sheer superstition today. What were those motives and on what basis did they rest? The old conception was that man was born to die; that eternal life had to be…