THE EQUINOX
9.0. invincible Will ideas omniform, which flying forth
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from that one Fountain issued: whose Foundation is
One, One and Alone.”
As therefore Discipline of whatever kind is only one
way of going into a wood at midnight on Easter Eve
and cutting the magic wand with a single blow of the
magic knife, etc. etc. etc., we can regard the Western
system as the essential one. Yet of course Pranayama,
for one thing, has its own definite magical effect, apart
from teaching the practitioner that he must last out
those three
seconds—those
deadly long last three
seconds—even if he burst in the process.
All this I am writing during breakfast.
My devotees may note, by the way, how the desire to
sleep is breaking up.
Night
I.
7% hours, unbroken from 12.30.
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II. 7 hours nearly, with dreams.
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III. 8 hours nearly; but woke three or {our
times, and if I had not been a worm
would have scattered it like chaff I
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IV. δὲhours ; and I wake fresh.
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V. I%+4§+ I hour; and real good work done
in the intervals.
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VI. Probably 4 hours.
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VII. 2+2+§ hours.
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VIII. 6 hours much broken.
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IX.
112—4-2—0-2 hours.
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X. 4+ 1}; hours.
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XI.
1%+4-21 hours.
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XII. Back tothe normal—7 hours perfect sleep]