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1910 · PDF PAGE 20

The Scented Garden

…t Mahbub would never have entrusted me with his precious MS. but for the fact that he recognized me as one of the ‘ illuminati ’. Such a secret as that of Samadhi is absolutely safe, because one knows it cannot by any possibility divulge the same. It is a real, not an artificial secret. One could expose Freemason — it has been done repeatedly by idiots who did not understand what it meant — by pub- lishing the rituals and so on. But the secret re- mains and ever must remain the property of those worthy of it ; nor does it necessarily follow tha…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 154

The Scented Garden

… Amarani. 69. The method by which the vindu on the point of emission can be withheld through YONI- MUDRA, is called Sahajoni. It is kept secret in all the Tantras. 70. Though ultimately the action then (Amarani and Sahajoni) is the same, there are arisen differ- ence owing to the difference of nomenclature. Let the Yogi practise them with the greatest care and perseverance. 71. Through love for my devotees, I have re- vealed this Yoga ; it should be kept secret with the greatest care, and not be given to everybody. 72. It is the most secret of …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 145

The Scented Garden

…pearly dew, like the stars to the roses, assuaging thy desire. Beautiful is my member as it openeth thy podex, and allwise to know every secret recess thereof, holding it on its stiffness like a lion thrust through by a spear, assuaging thy desire.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 68

The Scented Garden

…an a rock, sayest thou ? But I will bottle and drown him.5 It is disgraceful, Habib, that thou lettest that lousy little tailor into thy secret beauties ; but I suppose thou needest his needle and thread to re- pair the rents made by thy boasted Qazi. Often have I sung thy podex as the sun, and of a surety he shineth upon all. Thy gait is the gait of a gravid sow ; thou admit- test every hog in Iran to thy sty ; beware, sayeth El Qahar, lest thou bring forth a litter of pigs !6 1. Ka’abah — the “ Holy Place ” at Mecca. See Burton’s Pilgrimage f…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 140

The Scented Garden

… podex close on El Qahar’s enamoured tool ! Though we mistake the world and God, at least is no mistake in this. 1. After this ode the “ secret key-number ” breaks down. It is said that there are five odes missing. But no doubt need therefore be cast upon the genuineness of the following odes. Some weight is to be given to the contention that there can be only 42 odes, neither more nor less, for mystical reasons. Their Persian dress I cannot learn ; but the Egyptians knew 42 Gods who purify the soul ; and the Jews speak of the “ Revolution of t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 152

The Scented Garden

… aim. 53. Actuated by mercy for my devotees, I shall now explain the Vajroli Mudra, the destroyer of the darkness of the world, the most secret among all the secrets. 54. Even while following all his desires, and without conforming to the regulations of Yoga, a

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1910 · PDF PAGE 146

The Scented Garden

…herein, and consoleth it with pearly dew, brighter than the eye of a fawn. assuaging thy desire. [persian] Dal My member knoweth all the secret places of thy podex, and is longsuffering therein ; great and perpendicular is he within thee like the sun at noon, assuaging thy desire. My member pardoneth the imperfections of thy podex ; worthy of thanks is he therefore, being ex- alted within thee, like a tower of ivory and gold, assuaging thy desire. Great and strong is my member, and protecteth thy podex from his rivals3 ; he exposeth it, and num…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 96

The Scented Garden

…or anybody. Undoubted- ly, a hardened tool does (in mathematical lan- guage) “ flatten the curve ” of rising excitement, and this is the secret alike of giving and receiving plea- sure. The Hindu bayadere compares the average Sahib to a village cock, and the passionate En- glishwoman jeers at her brutal and hasty husband for his “ two-puffs-and-a-spit ” performances. 4. It is more than possible that the Haji had some unpleasant experience of the magistracy, or at least a personal spite against one of its mem- bers. For the symbolizing of Fate b…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 127

The Scented Garden

…as a kind of extra insult to the Mul- lah ; (2) feared stoning if he signed it. The strong- est argument for its genuineness is that the secret key-letter is right ; if we canceled the ode it would make nonsense of all the following ones. Unless indeed, this ode replaces a genuine one. For which there is not a jot or tittle of evidence. 2. This is the boldest attack on orthodoxy that we have met in Eastern literature. The paternity of Islam — its divine origin — is said to be uncer- tain ; the character of Mohammed, its mother, is vilified, the…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 156

The Scented Garden

…15. After all this mere envy must drive us to as- sume a mystical sense for these writings. 16. Hua — He. But it is further the true and secret unpronounceable Name of God, concealed by its obviousness. The 100th name, about which people make such a fuss, is simply Allah [Persian text] itself, the other 99 merely replacing Allah in the sentence Hua Allahu alazi wailaha illa Hua, thus : Hua Arrahmanu alazi etc., and so for the rest. How [Persian text] came to mean God ([Per- sian text] the God) is a question for the profoundest scholarship ; but…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 102

The Scented Garden

… for cuddling — and for punishing.” But this is very inferior, and would have to be transferred to the early part of the odes. Which the secret key-number forbids. Habib is by now far too high an adept to fall away from Grace.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 66

The Scented Garden

…ployment of the orchitic substance gives good results by stimu- lating the nervous system, by increasing the power of work, and also the secretions, the proportion of haemoglobin and the vital resistance, etc. Such results are partially explained by the chemical composition of the orchitic extracts, which are ex- tremely rich in organic phosphorus. The results are similar to those obtained by the use of the Gly- cero-phosphates and Lecithins. Preparations. — Orchitic Desiccated powder (Armour). One part is equal to 10 parts of the raw material,…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 38

The Scented Garden

…uddering spine.” He will know that in the rites of sodomy duly done, even more than in the rites of heterosexual passion, lies the great secret of the Universe, the Key of the Gardens of God..... But I must not proselytize : many are called, but few chosen ; a sodomite is born, not made ; you can’t make a silk sodomite out of an English groc- er’s boy ; one sodomite doesn’t make a scan- dal ; take care of the boys, and the girls will take care of themselves ; strike while the tool is hot ; don’t bugger in haste, or withdraw at lei- sure ; a tur…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 12

The Scented Garden

…bring me a boy without asking ? and dissolved in laughter. He stammered, with the shamed smile of the Oriental, that he had a sacred and secret book treating of the ‘ hikmat ’ but that it was never shown to anyone but a Sufi of great and exception- al sanctity — such as “ the Protector of the Poor, my father and mother, who glances at the earth in the hot season, and the fields are immediately tall and green.” Me. The MS., produced, bore on its front the legend Bagh-i-muattar, in all the glory of the finest Talik calligraphy. Why ! I exclaimed,…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 21

The Scented Garden

…hat he has adopted the principle ‘ One mystic grace one symbol ’ ; and if he have but the wit to interpret this simple cipher, the whole secret of the East is open to our eyes. In the notes (which I have by no means stinted) I have indicated clearly to what each allusion refers ; and it is within the capacity of any reader of ordinary intelligence to erect a complete system of philosophy, practical and transcendental, on these sound if slender foundations. True, Abdullah approaches Calvin

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