3-45-
-3.55
י356
4,10.
4.25.
5.30.
550.
JOHN ST. JOHN
[The “Akasic Egg” is the sphere of the personality of
man. A theosophic term—Eu]
N.B.-—Mantras might with advantage be palindromes.
I try to construct a magic square from the mantra.
No good.
But the mantra is going much better, quite
mechanically and “without attachment ” (la, without
conscious ulterior design.
“Art for Art’s sake ” as it
were).
I drink a “Citron pressé.”
Alas! here comes Maryt (with a sad tale of X.
It
appears that she fainted and spent some hours at the
hospital.
I should have insisted on her staying with
me; the symptoms began immediately on her drinking
some coffee.
I have noticed with myself, that eating
has started the action).
An hour of mingled nap and mantra.
I now feel alive again.
It was very strange how calm
and balanced I was: yet now I am again energised;
may it be to the point of Enthusiasml
People will most assuredly smile at this exalted mystic;
his life seems made up of sleep and love-making.
Indeed, to-day I have been shockingly under the power
of Tamas, the dark sphere.
But that is clearly a
fatigue-effect from having worked so hard.
Oh Lord, how long?
The Mantra still ripples on.
I am so far from the
Path that I have a real good mind to get Maryt to let me
perform the Black Mass on her 31 midnight.
I would
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