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Page 98 of 1591907 · PDF PAGE 245
…g us to the only possible way which will lead us to our much -desired haven of rest . Motion must cease , irritation must be prevented , Time and Space annihilated , and the divine “ I ” set free from the sordid rags of the world , to be clothed in the brilliancy of God .' This added “ impulse " , which in the homogeneous protoplasm causes fission , is as mystical to - day as that added " something " which will cause the mind of one man to admire a Wagnerian opera , and another a drawing by Beardsley . No sound is in the air , vibrations only p…
1907 · PDF PAGE 299
…nd though it be in the clay of its surroundings , for as Lamartine said : “ Humanity is as a weaver working on the reverse of the web of Time . One day will come when passing to the other side , she will behold the wonder and beauty she has woven , in the place of the loose threads and knots of the reverse .” That day God will be manifested . The secret theurgy of the ages is neither science , nor ethics , philosophy , nor religion ; for it is the science , the ethics , the philosophy , the religion of all times , and when manifest in the heart…
1907 · PDF PAGE 333
…ers linger , and others dawdle in the by - ways and lanes of existence , yet the most tardy will one day catch up with the fastest and a time will come when the tortoise will be one with the hare . All is one , either a mass of impressions i Berashith , vol . ii, p . 242 . Epilogue , vol . ii, p . 283 . 3 We are ourselves both Heaven and Hel ( Omar Khayyám ). 2
1910 · PDF PAGE 132
…n. In which I found my- self crossing great quantities of Coral-pearl entangled with seaweed and shells. After having journeyed for some time I came to a spot where I saw the form of a King standing above that of Venus who was surrounded by many mermaids; they all had the appearance of having just been frozen. Above the nymphs bowing towards them were many pale yellow angels chained together, and amongst them stood Archangels of a pale silver which flashed forth rays of gold. Above all was the Formless Light. The Archangels showed me curious ty…
1910 · PDF PAGE 132
…n. In which I found my- self crossing great quantities of Coral-pearl entangled with seaweed and shells. After having journeyed for some time I came to a spot where I saw the form of a King standing above that of Venus who was surrounded by many mermaids; they all had the appearance of having just been frozen. Above the nymphs bowing towards them were many pale yellow angels chained together, and amongst them stood Archangels of a pale silver which flashed forth rays of gold. Above all was the Formless Light. The Archangels showed me curious ty…
1911 · PDF PAGE 82
…can tell upon what day a flower shall bloom? And thou shalt give thy wisdom unto the world, and that shall be thy garden. And concerning time and death, thou hast naught to do with these things. For though a precious stone be hidden in the sand of the desert, it shall not heed for the wind of the desert, although it be but sand. For the worker of works hath worked thereupon; and because it is clear, it is invisible; and because it is hard, it moveth not. All these words are heard by everyone that is called NEMO. And with that doth he apply hims…
1919 · PDF PAGE 451
…ng. Is it now only that the almost-Arhat no longer wants to go to the theatre? It must not be interpreted in this low sense. At the same time, it is difficult to discover a sense high enough to fit the passage. With Tanha it is easier to find a meaning, for Madame seems to identify Tanha with the creative force of which we have spoken. But this is of course in- compatible with the Buddhist teaching on the subject. Tanha is properly defined as the hunger of the individual for continuous personal existence, either in a material or a spir- itual s…
1906 · PDF PAGE 244
…another way of expressing the same thing. And ‘‘change”’ is really not my meaning either; for change, to our minds, involves the idea of time. But the whole thing is inconceivable—to ratiocination, though not to thought. Note well too that if I say ‘© Absence-of-books is not on the _ table,” I cannot convert it into ‘‘ All books are on the table” but only to ‘‘some_ books are on the table.” The proposition is an ‘“*T” and not an ‘‘A” proposition. It is the Advaita blunder to make it so; and many a schoolboy has fed off the mantelpiece for less.…
1904 · PDF PAGE 67
…) at the same moment, and the discarded godemiche dropped idle to the floor. Allow me, madam ! Said I, step- ping forward for the first time. Thank you, father ! She answered, and I insinuated my poperine pear into her fruit-basket. She then got down to busi- ness, and her birch flashed in the air. Above the girl, the birch-rod bright Was brandishing like gleam of light ; The arse was dark below ; When with the oceans mighty swing When heaving to the tempests wing She hit that open O : As Scott so narrowly escaped singing. Ah ! she yelled,…
1907 · PDF PAGE 97
…zed by the Law . But wherever two hearts beat in unison , there is its abode , North or South , East or West , it knows no locality , no time , no space ; for it is love sublime , eternal , inscrutable ; its greatest foe is Lust , and the most fearful form of lust is Marriage : Whom God hath joined let no man put asunder . We have already seen marriage described in “ The Honourable Adulterers ” and in “ The Star and the Garter ”; we get a pregnant glimpse of it again in the one speech , “ A bargain's a bargain , a thousand a year and a flat in …
1909 · PDF PAGE 118
…e wall, and took stock of things. How well he remembered the immense Christ at the end of the room, a figure conceived by a giant of old time, one might have thought, and now covered with a dry, green lichenous rot, so that the limbs were swollen and distorted. It gave an incredibly strong impression of loathsome disease, entirely overpowering the intention of picturing inflicted pain. Roderic, who, far from being a good man, was actually a Freethinker, thought it a grimly apt symbol of the religion of our day. On His right stood a plaster Muse…
1909 · PDF PAGE 118
…e wall, and took stock of things. How well he remembered the immense Christ at the end of the room, a figure conceived by a giant of old time, one might have thought, and now covered with a dry, green lichenous rot, so that the limbs were swollen and distorted. It gave an incredibly strong impression of loathsome disease, entirely overpowering the intention of picturing inflicted pain. Roderic, who, far from being a good man, was actually a Freethinker, thought it a grimly apt symbol of the religion of our day. On His right stood a plaster Muse…
1910 · PDF PAGE 205
…ch me, most reverend Sir, the nature of Brahman.” The other however remained silent. But when the question was put for a second or third time he answered, “I teach you indeed, but you do not understand; this Atman is silent.” P. had not yet attained to this Silence; indeed it was the goal he had set out to accomplish, and though from the ridge * To which may be added Mantra Yoga and Karma Yoga, which correspond with The Invocation and The Acts of Service and represent Union through Speech and Union through Work. 189
1910 · PDF PAGE 205
…ch me, most reverend Sir, the nature of Brahman.” The other however remained silent. But when the question was put for a second or third time he answered, “I teach you indeed, but you do not understand; this Atman is silent.” P. had not yet attained to this Silence; indeed it was the goal he had set out to accomplish, and though from the ridge * To which may be added Mantra Yoga and Karma Yoga, which correspond with The Invocation and The Acts of Service and represent Union through Speech and Union through Work. 189
1911 · PDF PAGE 111
…dies itself, and is like a Pyramid of light that filleth the whole Aethyr. And in the Pyramid is one like unto an Angel, yet at the same time he zs the Pyramid, and he hath no form because he is of the substance of light, and he taketh not form upon him, 109
1919 · PDF PAGE 231
…nd our children’s children may be born free from the curse. NINTH HOUSE 35. Every Brother is expected to spend a great part of his spare time in the study of the principles of the Law and of the Order, and in searching out the key to its great and manifold mysteries. 36. He should also do all in his power to spread the Law, especially taking long journeys, when possible, to remote places, there to sow the seed of the Law. TENTH HOUSE 37. All pregnant women are especially sacred to members of the Order, and no effort should be spared to bring th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 96
…of practice; and by this standard we find that there is no particular reason for quarrelling with the conventional nomenclature. At this time I had not worked out any such apology for the theories of transcendentalism. I took everything as it came and submitted it to the test of experience. As it happened, I had no reason at any time to doubt the reality of the magical universe. I began my practical work with astral visions and found to my surprise that after half a dozen experiments I was better than my teacher. In these days I took my Magick …
1909 · PDF PAGE 124
…nture, and since, as your great poet has said, ‘Circumstance bows before those who never miss a chance,’ it was perhaps only a matter of time before I met with one. “Indeed (I will tell you, for it will help you to under- stand my story), I once found myself in an extremely absurd position through my fantastic trust in the impeccability of woman, “Tt was rather late one night, and I was walking home through a deserted street, when two brutal-looking ruffians came towards me, between them a young and beautiful girl, her face flushed with shame, …
1909 · PDF PAGE 124
…nture, and since, as your great poet has said, ‘Circumstance bows before those who never miss a chance,’ it was perhaps only a matter of time before I met with one. “Indeed (I will tell you, for it will help you to under- stand my story), I once found myself in an extremely absurd position through my fantastic trust in the impeccability of woman, “Tt was rather late one night, and I was walking home through a deserted street, when two brutal-looking ruffians came towards me, between them a young and beautiful girl, her face flushed with shame, …
1911 · PDF PAGE 140
… nerve from nerve and vein from vein, and more intimately,—cell from cell, molecule from mole- cule, and atom from atom, and at the same time all crushed together. Write down that the tearing asunder zs a crushing together. All the double phenomena are only two ways of looking at a single phenomenon; and the single phenomenon 138