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…aya body, one can hang the Dharmakaya body in one’s magical wardrobe, with a few camphor-balls to keep the moths out, and put it on from time to time when feeling in need of re- freshment. In fact, one who is helping humanity is con- stantly in need of a wash and brush-up from time to time. There is nothing quite so contaminating as humanity, espe- cially Theosophists, as Mme. Blavatsky herself discovered. But the best of all lustrations is death, in which all things unessential to progress are burned up. The plan is much better than that of th…
1919 · PDF PAGE 226
…Brethren of the same Lodge are engaged in the same work, they should seek to amalgamate the same by entering into part- nership. Thus in time great and powerful corporations may arise from small individual enterprises. 7. They shall be diligent in circulating all tracts, mani- festos, and all other communications which the Order may from time to time give out for the instruction or emancipa- tion of the profane. 8. They may offer suitable books and pictures to the Li- braries of the Profess-Houses of the Order. FOURTH HOUSE 9. Every Brother who…
1919 · PDF PAGE 149
…shopping for lunch, and back again to eat same, also get shaved, in one hour. I evidently got flurried and lost control a bit. (Note the time when talking to my brother is doubtful, but have included it.) I think I should here note that on Saturday evening, Sunday and Monday I was quite aware of my task practi- cally all the time; even when I made mistakes, they were in almost every case caused through trying too hard. Probably, having got over a difficult bit of con- versation successfully, I was seduced into the error. Tuesday and to-day have…
1919 · PDF PAGE 131
…of Life . . . ‘come unto me’ is a foolish word: for it is I that go.” “For I am perfect, being Not.” For this Life is in every place and time at once, so that in It these limitations no longer exist. And you will have seen this for yourself, that in every act of Love time and space disappear with the creation of the Life by its virtue, as also doth personality itself. For the third time, then, in even subtler sense, “The word of Sin is Restriction.” Lastly, in the Way of Light this same versicle is the key to the conception of Evil. But here Re…
1919 · PDF PAGE 138
THE EQUINOX final experiment, becoming as it were ‘Omnia in Uno’ for a time, he emerged in a frame of mind well suited to the study of Scientific Iluminism, of which he was much in need, and, having signed the Probationer’s Pledge Form on December 24th 1909 E.V., he took—after careful thought—the Motto ‘Unus in Omnibus’ and has been riding very comfortably ever since. From this time onward, according to the Rules of the Order, he began keeping a written record of his Work, and this makes our task easier; but since he himself became more serious…
1919 · PDF PAGE 172
…f the floor was a circular basin of water. Someone said (of the water) “It is Thyself” (or thy mind). Could distinguish nothing for some time. Presently a star appeared in the centre of the pool, evidently reflected through a circular hole in centre of roof. Looking up, could not see this star from where I was standing on the steps at front of Temple. Someone said: “Enter the water.” Did so, finding it reached to the neck. Looked up, and could discern the star clearly. Someone said “You must travel up through the roof to the star.” Did so, and …
1919 · PDF PAGE 204
…ns Of lampless empyréans Darker and deeper and holier, caves Of night unstirred by wind, great graves Of all that is or could ever be In Time or Eternity. Drawn, drawn, inevitably spanned, Tirelessly drawn by some strange hand, Drawn inward in some sense unkenned Beyond all to an appointed end, No end foreseen or hoped, drawn still Beyond word or will Into Itself, drawn subtly, deep Through the dreamless deaths whose shadow is sleep, Drawn, as dawn shows, to the inmost divine, To the temple, the nave, the choir, the shrine, To the altar where i…
1919 · PDF PAGE 145
…ly to estimate the value of what had happened to him. He was certainly in a mental muddle, as the following entry shows, yet at the same time his one thought seems to have been to find a means of helping others to find that Light which had so transformed his whole being. Sep. 24th, 1910. Driad Hotel. Victoria, B. C. I sit here with the idea of attempting to classify the results lately obtained. (Since L.V.X. entry.) I may mention that during the interval I have carefully read and studied Crowley’s Tannhauser, Sword of Song, Excluded Middle, Tim…
1919 · PDF PAGE 83
…e Blind Worm of Slime. 1o. I gazed upon the Crystal of the Future, and I saw the horror of the End of thee. 11. Further, I destroyed the time Past, and the time to Come—had I not the Power of the Sand-glass? 77
1919 · PDF PAGE 328
… the novice is not expected to see. He will have to shew mysteries in many grades, and each reader must glean his own wheat. At the same time, the commentator has done a good deal to uproot some of the tares in the mind of the tyro aforesaid, which Madame Blavatsky was apparently content to let grow until the day of judgment. But that day is come since she wrote this Book; the New Zon is here, and its Word is Do what thou wilt. It is certainly time to give the order: “Chautauqua est delenda.” Love is the law, love under will.
1919 · PDF PAGE 144
THE EQUINOX silently, and at first I thought I must be mistaken, I had (it seemed) heard it so many times before. No other answer came, so I went out into the streets and along my way. Gradually the fuller meaning has dawned on me, and I have returned to make this entry. I need not add much more. I do not put the answer down. It was given in silence and must remain in Silence. Still there seemed to be just one little ripple of joy in the Great Silent Sea as another soul gently sank to its rest, and the silent voices whispered “Welcome brother.”…
1919 · PDF PAGE 153
… musical instrument. My Will runs over the strings, causing complete and harmonious vibrations in my being, which seems to give forth at times an unformulated and therefore most delightful melody. March 28th. How can I write it, how put into words the least idea of that which is unformed? Yet I will try while yet a vestige of the thought remains. I have conceived within my womb a child. Or is it that I have for the first time realized that I have a womb? Yet it is so, that “blank” within, into which I have projected my thoughts, and from which …
1919 · PDF PAGE 66
…es, while the conscious brain, though ignorant of the detailed movements, applauds or disapproves the finished work) there was a certain time of repose, as the earth lieth fallow. 26. Meanwhile these adepts busied themselves intently with the Great Work. 27. In the fullness of time, even as a blossoming tree that beareth fruit in its season, all these pains were ended, and these adepts and their companions obtained the re- ward which they had sought—they were to be admitted to the Eternal and Invisible Order that hath no name among men. 28. The…
1919 · PDF PAGE 426
…s it stands is misleading, as she explains further on in verse 70 —“Each failure is success, and each sincere attempt wins its reward in time.” 41. For know, that the ETERNAL knows no change. Here again we have one subject “THE ETERNAL”, and one predicate “the knower of no change”; the Hindu state- ment identical with the Buddhist, and the identity covered by crazy terminology. X=A says the Hindu, Y=A says the Buddhist. X=Y is furiously denied by both, although these two equations are our only source of information about either X or Y. Metaphys…
1919 · PDF PAGE 140
…d deed make this room a temple and a symbol of that greater Temple which is your HIGHER SELF. THE EXERCISES. The First Exercise. Rise to time, and without undue haste, wash and dress, robe yourself and enter the room you have set apart; burn a little incense and turning to the East repeat some simple orison such as: “May the light of Adonai arise within me, may it guide me through this day and be as a lamp to lighten my darkness.” Then make a general confession, as shortly as possible, of your last day’s work and enter it in your diary, after w…
1919 · PDF PAGE 171
…g I would mention. I have an intense longing for more Love, a sort of unsatisfied craving to embrace people, particularly women, and sometimes natural things (this was not meant for sar- casm) such as the earth, the grass, etc. I do not think I expect and ask the love of others so much as I feel the need of entire freedom to love without barrier or restraint; but always there seems a something holding me back, invisible, formless, but of great strength, so that I yearn and open my arms (as it were) but am not satisfied; and so I turn and direct…
1919 · PDF PAGE 84
… I beheld myself compassed about with the In- finite Circle of Emerald that encloseth the Universe. 18. O Snake of Emerald, Thou hast no time Past, no time ToCome. Verily Thou art not. 19. Thou art delicious beyond all taste and touch, Thou art not-to-be-beheld for glory, Thy voice is beyond the Speech and the Silence and the Speech therein, and Thy per- fume is of pure ambergris, that is not weighed against the finest gold of the fine gold. 20. Also Thy coils are of infinite range; the Heart that Thou dost encircle is an Universal Heart. 21. I…
1919 · PDF PAGE 439
…EVEN PORTALS 70. Remember, thou that fightest for man’s liberation, each failure is success, and each sincere attempt wins its reward in time. The holy germs that sprout and grow un- seen in the disciple’s soul, their stalks wax strong at each new trial, they bend like reeds but never break, nor can they eer be lost. But when the hour has struck they blossom forth. But if thou cam’st prepared, then have no fear. These verses explain the cumulative effect of which we spoke. It is very hard to persist, because very often we seem to make no progre…
1919 · PDF PAGE 390
… frozen bed of snow- capped heights, heights that are trodden by no sinful foot. We find the talented Author again in difficulties, this time with Botany. By the “boundless Vision” is not meant the stupid Siddhi, but one of the forms of Samadhi, perhaps that upon the snake Ananta, the great green snake that bounds the Universe. 70. No Arhan, O Lanoo, becomes one in that birth when for the first time the Soul begins to long for final liberation. Vet, O thou anxious one, no warrior volunteering fight in the fierce strife between the living and th…
1919 · PDF PAGE 169
A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE Mind must have been well concentrated as time passed quickly. (Sounds rather good. O.M.) July 7. Note. This afternoon, while reclining in an easy chair, nearly fell asleep; instead, however, I concentrated for some while. On being asked by R. to go and do some little thing for her, I put hands over eyes before rising, and saw a light so peculiar that it is worth mentioning. It had the appearance of being three distinct things at once. Dead black, a beautiful night-sky-blue, but at the same time the very essence of it was …