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…iuses) are men with super-consciousness of the highest order. Super-consciousness of the highest order is obtain- able by known methods. Therefore, by employing the quintessence of known methods we cause the world to progress. ESSENTIALS OF METHOD . Theology is immaterial; for both Buddha and St. Ignatius were Christs. Morality is immaterial; for both Socrates and Mohammed were Christs. Super-consciousness is a natural phenomenon ; its conditions are therefore to be sought rather in the acts than the words of those who attained it. The essentia…
1909 · PDF PAGE 401
…e truth is not so near the surface. He can hardly be called dead who never lived; and a trodden worm writhes longer than a felled ox. So therefore Tennyson succumbed to contempt, not to hatred; men twitched their robes away from the contamination of the unclean thing—there was no fight, no bloodshed. Now therefore the smirking approval of the neuters of England continues unashamed, until the younger generation (some of them) may be inclined to class Tennyson with the poets, rather than with the Longfellows and Cloughs. They can hardly imagine a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 327
…on of the Nephesch is caused to rock and waver at the extremities of the Physical Body, where the Ruach’s action is bounded, The thought therefore is dazzled by the Symbols of the Sphere of Sensations in the same way as the eye may be dazzled in front of a mirror if the latter be shaken or waved. The sensation, therefore, then conveyed by the thought is that of the Sphere of sensations oscillating and almost revolving about the physical body, that which translated to the physical body bringeth giddiness, sickness, vertigo, and loss of idea, of …
1909 · PDF PAGE 186
THE EQUINOX Pentecost was in reality the Spirit of the Christ, and therefore symbolised by the w (see Lecture on Microcosmos in MSS. of R.R. et A.C,). In Theosophical nomenclature this latter was the » anas 4, or Jeheshuah: the third Principle. ave For the same reason I have drawn the triangle with the 3) 33 3 uppermost (A, instead of v.
1909 · PDF PAGE 167
…MITY OF THE RULERS IN ASPECTS, ETC, By Essential Dignity is meant the strength of a figure when found in a particular House. A figure is therefore strongest in what is called its House; very strong in its Exaltation; strong in its Triplicity ; very weak in its Fall ; weakest of all in its Detriment. A figure is in its Fall when in a House opposite to that of its Exaltation; in its Detriment when opposite to its own House. The following list shows the Essential Dignities; that is to say, they follow the Dignities of their Ruling Planets, conside…
1909 · PDF PAGE 12
…on, already shown to be a fallacious guide. 5. There is only one Rock which Scepticism cannot shake ; the Rock of Experience. 6. We have therefore endeavoured to eliminate from the conditions of acquiring Spiritual Experience its dogmatic, theological, accidental, climatic and other inessential elements. 7. We require the employment of a strictly scientific method. The mind of the seeker must be unbiased: all prejudice and other sources of error must be perceived as such and extirpated. 8. We have therefore devised a Syncretic-Eclectic Method c…
1909 · PDF PAGE 48
… house expressly for the purpose; but at present there is on the horizon no cloud even so large as the littlest finger of aman! If only, therefore, I could reduce the necessary period to a few hours ! Moreover, I could persuade other people that mysticism was not all folly without insisting on their devoting a lifetime to studying under me; and if only I could convince a few competent observers—in such a matter I distrust even myself —Science would be bound to follow and to investigate, clear up the matter once for all, and, as I believed, and …
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…h, mwm. But I +2+43 = 6, which is the number of }, the third letter of the Venerable Name: Microprosopus and the Son of God. We are now, therefore, arrived at the Great Mystery of the Tetractys, and to go further we must resort to the Twin Sister of the Science of Number—which, indeed, is but Number made Flesh: Geometry, or Absolute Symbolism. Even as it was spoken by the holy Pythagoras: ‘‘ God geometrises.” Let us behold the Work of His Fingers! One Son Incomprehensible. 3. One Father Incomprehensible. One Mother Incomprehensible. > Fic. I.—T…
1909 · PDF PAGE 257
…lised by the impact of the paths of W and P (Fire, Pisces), terminating respectively in the russet and olive quarters of Malkuth. There, therefore, is he placed as a mighty and avenging guardian unto the Sacred Mysteries. His symbols and insignia are : The throne of the West at the limits of Malkuth; the robe of Darkness ; the sword; the Banner of the West; the Lamen. “* Avenger of the Gods,” is the name of the Hiereus, and he is “ Horus in the City of Blindness ” and of ignorance unto the Higher. The Hegemon. The place of the Hegemon is betwee…
1909 · PDF PAGE 308
… and the less you consider their names the better; for name-chang- ing only creates unnecessary confusion and is a waste of time. Let us therefore call the world a series of existences and have done with it, for it does not matter a jot what we mean by it so long as we work; very well then; Science is a part of this series, and so is Magic, and so are cows and angels, and so are landscapes, and so are visions ; and the difference between these existences is the difference which lies between a cheesemonger and a poet, between a blind man and one…
1909 · PDF PAGE 207
…ETHOD OF EQUILIBRIUM I. THE PASSIONS, Etc. I. Since the ultimate truth of teleology is unknown, all codes of morality are arbitrary. II. Therefore the student has no concern with ethics as such, III. He is consequently free ‘to do his duty in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call him.’ II. THE REASON I. Since truth is supra-rational, any rational statement is false. II. Let the student then contradict every proposition that presents itself to him. 197
1909 · PDF PAGE 264
… cannot as yet comprehend that before Mildness can be exercised rightly the Forces both of Severity and Mercy must be known and wielded. Therefore the Hegemon answers for him: “ Darkness is thy Name! Thou art the Great One of the Path of the Shades.” The Hegemon then suddenly lifts the veil, and the Candidate sees before him standing on the steps of the throne the Hiereus with sword pointed to his Breast. Slowly sinking the blade the Hiereus says : “Child of Earth, fear is failure: be thou therefore without fear! for in the heart of the coward …
1909 · PDF PAGE 329
…when projected with all the strength of the Lower Will, under the Guidance of the Reasoning Faculty, and illuminated by the Higher Will. Therefore, it is, that in thine occult working thou art advised to invoke the Divine and Angelic Names, so that thy Lower Will may wildingly receive the influx of the Higher Will, which is also the Lower Genius, behind which are all potent forces. This, therefore, is the magical manner of operation of the initiate, when “Skrying in the Spirit Vision.” He knowing ¢horoughly through his Arcane Wisdom the disposi…
1909 · PDF PAGE 330
…nswering to that symbol in the Sphere of his consciousness; but he shall receive this reflection, tinctured much by his own nature ; and therefore to an extent untrue. Because his united consciousnesses have not been able to focus along the thought-ray at the circumference of the Sphere of Sensation or M. M. of the U. And this is the reason why there are so many and multifarious errors in untrained Spirit Visions: for the untrained Skryer (i.e., Seer)—even supposing him free from the delusions of Obsession,* doth not know or understand how to u…
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… is defined as the ek-stasis of one particular tract of the brain, caused by meditating on the idea corresponding to it. Let the student therefore beware lest in that idea be any trace of imperfection. It should be pure, balanced, calm, complete, fitted in every way to dominate the mind, as it will. Even as in the choice of a king to be crowned.
1909 · PDF PAGE 190
…so shown by the Foolish Man, as the Material Tarotic emblem of that which in its proper and higher manifestation is the Spiritual Ether. Therefore we read: “ Begun ave the Whirling Motions.” w signifieth mighty in flame, whereof it is also the Hieroglyph. It is that Ruach Elohim brooding upon the Face of the Waters. So read: “ Formulated is the Primal Fire.” ’ is the Hand,* symbolising Power in Action, and its Taro Key is the Hermit and the Voice of Light, the Prophet of the Gods. Thus: “ Proclaimed is the Reign of the Gods of Light.” nis the l…
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…y thus affirm the commence- ment of his emancipation from the darkness of ignorance. The Hierophant and Hiereus return to their thrones, therefore it is not Arouerist but Osiris himself that addresseth the Candidate in the words : “The voice of my Higher Soul said unto me: let me enter the path of Darkness, peradventure thus shall I obtain the Light; I am the only Being in the Abyss of Darkness: from the Darkness came I forth ere my birth, from the silence of a primal sleep! And the Voice of Ages answered unto my soul: I am he who formulates in…
1909 · PDF PAGE 294
…l, and the Hanged Man, are of more or less sinister and terrible import, and that only the symbol of Temperance appears to promise aid. ‘Therefore by this straight and narrow Path of D let the Philosophus advance like the arrow from the centre of wp (Qsheth) the Bow of Promise; for by this hieroglyphic of the arrow hath Sagittarius ever been represented. And as this sign of Sagittarius lieth between the signs Scorpio (Death) and Capricornus (the Devil) so hath Jesus to pass through the wilderness tempted by Satan. But Sagittarius the Archer is …
1909 · PDF PAGE 170
… 2, all good figures and friendly in nature = Wellintentioned help of friends. The figures and g are 2, 2, %, which are not hostile to ; therefore shows opposition not great, "The figurein the 4th is‘},which shows a good end, but with anxiety. Forming a Reconciler, we get3. again, a sympathetic figure, but denoting delay= Delay, but helping Querent’s wishes. Adding all together— Medium ; Evil and obstacles, delay; Loss through Querent’s self; Strength for evil, medium only; Well-intentioned aid of friends ; Not much opposition from enemies; End…
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH My contribution to the subject will therefore be strictly personal, and so far incomplete; indeed in a sense valueless, since in such a matter personality may so largely outweigh all other factors of the problem. At the same time I must insist that my armour is more complete in several directions than that of my predecessors, inasmuch as I possess the advantage not only of a prolonged psychological training, a solid constitution, a temperament on which hashish acts by exciting perception (Safifia) quite unalloyed by se…