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…h a mighty effort my comrade put forth all his strength, and we gained upon this one, and greeted him. Thereupon he (and he was a goodly man, and fair) did most heartily welcome me as a fellow—traveller to that house, and confirmed me in my belief that the ark did indeed hold the secret 01 the way thereto. And as for the guide that might convey us through the darkness and the tumult 01 the stream, he spoke (something darkly) of one appointed, and more clearly that he was aware of divers marks upon the way; for, said he, to them that view it from…
1911 · PDF PAGE 66
…rom the stars, an unicorn galloped past us and was gone ere we could fix it; next a tall lighthouse upon the water. “Here,” said the dark man my comrade, “is a pleasant place for refreshment before we turn to the further journey." As he spoke, although no sun was visible, a mighty rainbow appeared, and crowned the tower. I cried out joyfully, “The bow of promise,” but they answered nothing. And at that I understood that they had travelled further already, and were but returned for an hour to succour me who had no boat. Seven days then we remaine…
1911 · PDF PAGE 256
…. Brother Leo, what is the hour? LEO. The evening star is arisen. ARIES. The sacrifice is accomplished. LEO. What is the sacrifice? ARIES. Man. LEO. Who is the priestess? ARIES. Woman. LEO. Unto what God ? ARIES. It is hidden from me. LEO. Let every man depart unto his house, ARIES. 1-333-1-1. LEO. 1-333-1-1. SCORPIO- APOPHIS. 1-1-333-1, * Romance: Saint Saens.
1911 · PDF PAGE 96
THE EQUINOX LAYLAH. The equerry of Prince Slimanl Out of the way, girl ! [She pus/1e: LEDMIYA roughly/”ram the window] Booty! He must be well and victorious! Bring him in! Now we shall know—good tidings! good tidings! [Shepaces?שקand down .]/?!”שמשמ /”?[6711631151 with a young girl. ACHMET. The duty of my Lord! Good tidings from the battle. The spoils of my lord's spear! He prays you to keep her among the women until he return and place her in his harem. LAYLAH. A man! He is a man! I have borne a man- child, a lion, a conqueror! ACHME'I‘. Indee…
1911 · PDF PAGE 310
…“The Essays of Prentice Mulford embody a peculiar philosophy, and represent a peculiar phase of insight into the mystery which surrounds man. The essays were the work, as the insight was the gift of a man who owed nothing to books, pethaps not much to what is ordinarily meant by observation, and everything, or nearly everything, to reflection nourished by contact with nature.”—A. E, Watre, in the Introduction. THE GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING. A Further Selection from the Works of PRENTICE MULFORD. Reprinted from the ‘‘ White Cross Library.” With an I…
1911 · PDF PAGE 98
…! News l [LEDMIYA goes out Enter a Messenger. 2ND MESSENGER. The duty οί my lord to his mother! We keep the hounds at bay now. Prince Sliman is like the Angel of Death. No man can stand before him. The Christians tremble, and give back when he rides against them. LAYLAH. A man! A man! He is not hurt? 2ND MESSENGER. Scratches. As if a lion were at play with kittens ! [.₪/1.1111 I am glad he has scratches. Every one shall be sung by the poets as if it were the axe-blow of old Duke Walter. [Again the mailing surges in lhe courtyard. LEDMIYA rushes…
1911 · PDF PAGE 156
…. “ Brother! ” she said faintly, “ the number of the grade is Three, and I have given myself three times. Once to the brute, once to the man—my man! (her hand pressed his, oh! too feebly !) and now—40 God!“ The tears sprang to his eyes. “ It is for you,” she whispered, “ to understand the child.” She fell back. The physician ran forward He knew that he had no useful purpose there: but he motioned Edgar away. Too late. Edgar had understood the Event. He fell upon the dead girl’s breast, crash! The nurse shook herself, half angrily, as a retrieve…
1911 · PDF PAGE 67
…rren wood bear roses, and I heard the voice of the master. After that I was shewn all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and many other things of great use and beauty. Then I took my leave of the old man of the tower, and boarded the shallop that I had made, when he cried out piteously that he feared earthquake, and asked me for my aid. So with a heart both heavy and light I abandoned my shallop and the dreadful labour of its fashioning, and came back to him. Then came earthquake as he had foreseen; and he and the boats also were sw…
1911 · PDF PAGE 210
…sset leaves go grey, And sombre loves and sober Make twilight of the day. Dark dreams and shadows tenser Throb through the vital scroll, Man’s souli Lift, shake the subtle censer That hides the cruel coal ! Still sweeter when the Bowman His silky shaft of frost Lets loose on earth, that no man May linger nor be lost. The barren woods, deserted. Lose echo of our sighs— Lovkdies ?— Love lives—in granite skirted, And under oaken skies. But best is grim December, The Goatish God his power; The Satyr blows the ember, And pain is passion’s flower; Whe…
1911 · PDF PAGE 166
THE DANCERS OF MYSTICISM humility is worth an ounce of honest pride; the man who works has no time to bother with either. And let him remember Christ’s statement of the Law “to love God with all thy heart, and thy neighbour as thyself.” ALEISTER CROWLEYi
1911 · PDF PAGE 292
…TAURUS. Thyself, the Warden of the Holy Graal. Myself, the Lord of the Bow. A nymph, a satyr— PAN, I. And Pan! CANCER. Brother Pan, I command thee to honour our Lady Artemis. TAURUS. Bear the Cup of Libation ! CANCER 333-333'333— [PAN reeifes [horas/rain Swi'nbnrne’s “ Atalanta.” When the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces . . . The wolf that follows, the fawn that flies. TAURUS. The goddess stirs not. CANCER. Silence is the secret of our Lady Artemis. PAN. Hath no man lifted her veil? CANCER No man hath lifted her veil. TAURUS. Bear the Cu…
1911 · PDF PAGE 212
…ble kiss, The lamp of the divine: This shadow of a nobler name Whose life is strife, whose soul is lame! 1 rather will exalt the soul Of man to loftier height, And kindle at a livelier coal The subtler soul of light. From these soft splendours of a dream 1 turn, and seek the Self supreme. This world is shadow-shapen of The bitterness of pain. Vain are the little lamps of love! The light of life is vain! Life, death, joy, sorrow, age and youth Are phantoms of a further truthi Beyond the splendour of the world, False glittering of the gold, A Ser…
1911 · PDF PAGE 87
…were a pebble in the sand. Nothing moves you. RINALDO. Love moves me‘ LAYLAH. We are opposites in all. RINALDO. So Nature hath ordained. Man hates his neighbour : but when he finds his opposite, he loves it. All joy is the warfare of enemies, from the clash of lance and sabre, when Saracen meets Christian on the plain to—this, when Christian crushes Saracen in his arms and— [He elasps her. LAYLAH. Oh! [The ?}]]/!67 is overturned and the water flow: oni. RINALDO. I love you. LAYLAH. I am a speck of dust in the simoom. RINALDO. Let it whirll There …
1911 · PDF PAGE 91
PERSONS OF THE TRAGEDY ACT ΙΙ LAYLAH, wife of Sidi Omar SLIMAN, her son {ψ Sir Rinaldo de la Chute/[e OTnMAN, AKBAR,?]חלשsom by Sz'di Omar MOHAMMED, FATMA, her aged Nubian nurse LEDMIYA, a young hana'maidm, Μυῖαι}. Other waiting-wamm, Pipe-slaw: ABDUL KHAN, an amat/z. Other eunuch: ACHMET, :ther to Slz'man A?ןממס-?!?גואCHRISTIAN MAIDEN, daughter to Sir Rinaldo de la Chapel/e MESSENGERS THE POPULACE 83
1911 · PDF PAGE 68
…ned me, saying: What lieth above the ark? And I answered him: The house of the silver ray, that is lighted by the ray of gold. ᾽ He: How many roofs hath the ark? [ : One. He: Thou must pass through this one. Yet thou lookest eagerly upon the four walls of the ark. 1.- I seek a door. He: The door is in the roof. 1: Lead me to it, I pray thee! He: Fix thine eyes upon it. |: Sir, I will. Yet I pray thee to tell me thy name. He: Thou didst know it of old, didst thou not? I: The son of the mountain? He: The Stone of the Crossways. [: It is enough. L…
1911 · PDF PAGE 300
…he Moon! TAURUS. Bear the Cup of Libation ! CANCER- 333'333'333- PAN. Must every star that saves the night Gleam fearfully afar, Give no man love, but only light, Or cease to be a star? Nay, there’s no man since time began Through the ages until now, But won the goal of his set soul, A star upon his brow! Oh ! though no star serene as thou Shine in my night forlorn, Come, let me set thee on my brow, And make its darkness morn! PAN. [Rises] Brother Satyr, scourge forth these that profane the sanctuary of our Lady: for they know not the secret of…
1911 · PDF PAGE 86
… God alike of Jews and Moslems delights in death. Or why are men and beasts slain in His honour? Brutal force is at the heart of things. Man is dragged crying from his mother's womb in dire agony; man fights his surroundings ——the nearer they are the more bitterly must he fight them 78
1911 · PDF PAGE 152
THE EQUINOX hood itself, not to mention humanity—while he is occupied in playing spillikins, and further insults you by explaining that he is trying to prove that, if you only do it carefully enough, you can detach planets from the solar system without hurting it. On this occasion, however, Rolles was fortunate enough to find the Brother whom he knew at leisure—even for him. His feet were on the mantelpiece; a long pipe was in his mouth, and he was twiddling his thumbs. “Ave, Frater] " said he, as Rolles entered. “Also Vale. How you young brothe…
1911 · PDF PAGE 85
THE SCORPION grumble. And a madman screamed so loud on their behalf that all Europe was infected. All pilgrims grumble All mankind grumbles. Can chivalry do nothing better than redress grievances? Progress and learning are dead in this eternal redressing. Or if we must redress grievances, let us redress the great grievance, man misunderstanding man! LAYLAH. Let me go to my house. [She tries 10 511% away.] RINALDO. Sit there! [He pm‘s her back wry accurate/y.] We worship one God, as you do. That is the essence of agree— ment. We have one prophet…
1911 · PDF PAGE 45
…l symbolic things shall be my sacraments 21. These animals are sacred unto me; the goat, and the duck, and the ass, and the gazelle, the man, the woman and the child. 22. All corpses are sacred unto me; they shall not be touched save in mine eucharist. All lonely places are sacred unto me; where one man gathereth himself together in my name, there will I leap forth in the midst of him. 23. I am the hideous god; and who mastereth me is uglier than I. 24. Yet I give more than Bacchus and Apollo; my gifts exceed the olive and the horse. 25. Who wo…