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…nd yet exile all thoughts from out thy SOUL. The discourse again reverts to another phase of this task of Vairaga. It is just as in the ‘Earth-Bhavana,’ where you have to look at a frame of earth, and reach that impres- sion of Earth in which is no Earthly quality, “that earth which is not earth,” as the Qabalah would say. So on this higher plane you must reach a quintessence of thought, of which all thoughts are perhaps debased images, but which in no way partakes of anything concerning them. 62. Thou hast to reach that fixity of mind in which…
1919 · PDF PAGE 255
…Learn then that our Holy Order has but Three True Grades; as it is written in the Book of the Law: The Hermit, The Lover, and the Man of Earth. “It is but for convenience that these grades have been separated into Three Triads. “The Third Triad consists of the degrees from Minerval to Prince of Jerusa- lem. The Minerval degree is a Prologue to the First; the degrees subsequent to the Third but pendants to it. In this, the Man of Earth series, there are then but Three Degrees; and these Three are One. “The Man of Earth takes no share in the Gove…
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THE EQUINOX Lift yourselves up, my brothers and sisters of the earth! Put beneath your feet all fears, all qualms, all hesitancies! Lift yourselves up! Come forth, free and joyous, by night and day, to do your will; for “There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.” Lift yourselves up! Walk forth with us in Light and Life and Love and Liberty, taking our pleasure as Kings and Queens in Heaven and on Earth. The sun is arisen; the spectre of the ages has been put to flight. “The word of Sin is Restriction,” or as it has been otherwise said on this t…
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…Melusine; she is Nuit Herself, specially concentrated and incarnated in a human form to give you infinite love, to bid you taste even on earth the Elixir of Im- mortality. “But ecstasy be mine and joy on earth; ever To me! To me!” Again She speaks: “Love is the law, love under will.” Keep pure your highest ideal; strive ever toward it without allowing aught to stop you or turn you aside, even as a star sweeps upon its incalculable and infinite course of glory, and all is Love. The Law of your being becomes Light, Life, Love and Liberty. All is …
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…crude conceptions of many Christian Sects. 100. Behold, the mellow light that floods the Eastern sky. In signs of praise both heaven and earth unite. And from the four-fold manifested Powers a chant of love ariseth, both from the flaming Fire and flowing Water, and from sweet-smelling Earth and rushing Wind. Hark! ... from the deep unfathomable vortex of that golden light in which the Victor bathes, ALL NATURE’S wordless voice in thousand tones ariseth to proclaim! JOY UNTO YE, O MEN OF MYALBA. A PILGRIM HATH RETURNED BACK “FROM THE OTHER SHORE…
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…r about us art now visible and now invisible in thy season, be thou favourable to hunters, and lovers, and to all men that toil upon the earth, and to all mariners upon the sea. THE PEopte. So mote it be. (THE LADY) Tue Deacon. Giver and receiver of joy, gate of life and love, be thou ever ready, thou and thine handmaiden, in thine office of gladness. THE PEopLe. So mote it be. (THE SAINTS) Tue Deacon. Lord of Life and Joy, that art the might of man, that art the essence of every true god that is upon the surface of the Earth, continuing knowle…
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…ything is Sorrow”; v. 15 as the coward’s attempt to escape Sorrow by Retreat; and v. 16 as the acceptance of the Astral as SAT. 17. This earth, Disciple, is the Hall of Sorrow, wherein are set along the Path of dire probations, traps to ensnare thy EGO by the delusion called “Great Heresy.” Develops still further these remarks. 18. This earth, O ignorant Disciple, is but the dismal en- trance leading to the twilight that precedes the valley of true light—that light which no wind can extinguish, that light which burns without a wick or fuel. “Tw…
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… and to which we shall return; and in one Father of Life, Mystery of Mystery, in His name CHAOS, the sole viceregent of the Sun upon the Earth; and in one Air the nourisher of all that breathes. And I believe in one Earth, the Mother of us all, and in one Womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, Mystery of Mystery, in Her name BABALON. And I believe in the Serpent and the Lion, Mystery of Mystery, in His name BAPHOMET. And I believe in one Gnostic and Catholic Church of Light, Life, Love and Liberty, the Word of whose Law…
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…ght lamp is doomed to perish in the viscid oil. The unwary Soul that fails to grapple with the mocking demon of illusion, will return to earth the slave of Méra. The result of failing to reject rewards is the return to earth. The temptation is to regard oneself as having at- tained, and so do no more work. 34. Behold the Hosts of Souls. Watch how they hover o’er the stormy sea of human life, and how, exhausted, bleeding, broken-winged, they drop one after another on the swelling waves. Tossed by the fierce winds, chased by the gale, they drift …
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…ed by his impressions, though there is that part of him which suffers. 59. For, as the diamond buried deep within the throbbing heart of earth can never mirror back the earthly lights, so are thy mind and Soul; plunged in Dhyéna-Marga, these must mirror nought of Maya's realm illusive. It is now evident that a most unfortunate metaphor has been chosen. A diamond is not much use when it is buried deep within the throbbing heart of earth. The proper place for a diamond is the neck of a courtesan. 60. When thou hast reached that state, the Portals…
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…ffable bliss; it is the taint of generation. 43. Yea, though the flower wave bright in the sunshine, the root is deep in the darkness of earth. 44. Praise to thee, O beautiful dark earth, thou art the mother of a million myriads of myriads of flowers. 45. Also I beheld my God, and the countenance of Him was a thousandfold brighter than the lightning. Yet in his heart I beheld the slow and dark One, the ancient one, the devourer of His children. 46. In the height and the abyss, O my beautiful, there is no thing, verily, there is no thing at all,…
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…ht of the Body of Our Lady Nuit in which we live and move and have our being. Then, from this height we look back upon the little planet Earth, of which we, a moment ago, were a part, and think of Ourself as shedding our Light upon all those little individuals we have called our brothers and sisters, the slaves that serve. But we do not stop there. Imagine the Sun concentrating His rays for a moment on one tiny spot, the Earth. What happens? It is burnt up, it is consumed, it disappears. But in our Solar Conscious- ness is Truth, and though we …
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…ord; rejoice in Him, ye sons and daughters of enlightenment. Behold, the Lord is exalted in righteousness; His upright- ness filleth the earth with praise. For the Lord filleth my mouth with silence; and the blessing of the Lord is my satisfaction. With secret song do I magnify the Lord; and His utterance is Light. 62
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…ace and eternity, And where the oil, the Holiest Breath, With Its first whisper dedicateth Its new life to a further death. Iwas cold as earth: the night Had given way. One star hung bright Over the church, now gray; I rose up to greet the ray That thrilled through elm and chestnut, lit The grass, made diamonds of it, And bade the weir’s long smile of spray Leap with laughter for the day. The birds woke over all the weald; The sullen peasants slouched afield; The lilies swayed before the breeze That murmured matins in the trees; The trout leapt…
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…n Seven, Where God and priest and worshipper, Deacon, asperger, thurifer, chorister, Are one as they were one ere time began, Are one on earth as they are one in heaven; Where the soul is given a new name, Confirming with an oath the same, And with celestial wine and bread Is most delicately fed,
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…HE ELEMENTS The PRIEST makes the five crosses. “KI on paten 3 ke and cup; 4 on paten alone; 5 on cup alone. Tue PRIEST. Life of man upon earth, fruit of labour, sustenance of endeavour, thus be thou nourishment of the Spirit! He touches the Host with the Lance. By the virtue of the Rod Be this bread the Body of God! He takes the Host. TOUTO ESTI TO SOMA MOU. 263
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…umes it. Silence. The Priestess takes, uncovers, and offers the Cup, as before. Tue PRIEST. In my mouth be the essence of the joy of the earth! He takes the Cup, makes * on the PRiEstTEss, drains it and returns it. Silence. 268
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…s to the Brethren? The Priestess takes from the child the water and the salt, and mixes them in the font. Tue Priestess. Let the salt of Earth admonish the Water to bear the virtue of the Great Sea. (Genuflects.) Mother, be thou adored. She returns to the West. *K on PRIEST with open hand doth she make, over his forehead, breast, and body. Be the PRIEST pure of body and soul! The Priestess takes the censer from the child, and places it on the small altar. She puts incense therein. Let the Fire and the Air make sweet the world! (Genu- flects.) F…
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…en as the Sun standeth eternal in the heavens, equal at midnight and at noon. He riseth not: he setteth not: it is but the shadow of the earth which concealeth him, or the clouds upon her face. Let me then declare unto you this Mystery of the Law, as it hath been made known unto me in divers places, upon the mountains and in the deserts, but also in great cities, which thing I speak for your comfort and good courage. And so be it unto all of you! Know first, that from the Law spring four Rays or Emanations: so that if the Law be the centre of y…
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…s carried backwards for some distance, during which time I watched a changing landscape below. Wishing to descend, I dropped towards the Earth, and found body supported by another. When near the ground, skimmed over the earth and eventually came to a dark gateway or tunnel. Walked into this and pro- ceeded, lighted by a silver star on brow, till I arrived at a circular room at the end, lit by one candle placed on a round table at which sat an old white-bearded man writing in a book. I approached him, and said: “Why writest thou, Father?” and he…