9.0.
9.40.
10.20.
10.22.
10.42.
JOHN ST. JOHN
immortality to trying to “drink the air through the
crow-bill ”
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in the hope of curing a consumption of the lungs
which he probably never had and which was in any
case cured by his former effort l
Have been practising a number of these mudras and
asanas.
Concerning the Visuddi Cakkram which is ‘of brilliant
gold or smoke colour and has sixteen petals correspond—
ing to the sixteen vowel sounds,’ one might make a
good mantra of the English vowel sounds, or the
Hebrew.
”Curiouser and curiouser!”
The Yogis identify the
Varana (Ganges) with the Ida-Nadi, the Asi (?) with
the Pingala—Nadi, and Benares with the space between
them.
Like my identification of my throat with the
Gate of the cimetiere du Montparnasse.
Well, it requires very considerable discrimination and a
good sound foundation of knowledge, if one means to
get any sense at all out of these Hindu books.
A little Pranayama, I think.
Can’t get steady and easy at all!
Will try Hanged
Man again.
Not much good.
The mantra goes on, but without
getting hold of the Cakkrarn.
’Tis difficult to explain ; the best simile I can get is that
of a motor running with the clutch out; or of a man
cycling on a susPended machine.
There's no grip to it.
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