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Page 100 of 1001906 · PDF PAGE 214
…is agnosticism can never change; this must ever command our moral as our intellectual assent. But I assert my strong conviction that ere long we shall have done enough of what is after all the schoolmaster work of correcting the inky and ill-spelt exercises of the theologi- cal dunces in that great class-room, the world ; and found a little peace—while they play—in the intimate solitude of the laboratory and the passionless rapture of research—research into those very mysteries which our dunces have solved by rule of thumb; determining the natu…
1906 · PDF PAGE 192
…to-night” _-but there is no eyewitness. So in Macbeth. In a host of spiritual suggestion there is always the rational sober explanation alongside to discredit the folly of the supernatural. Shakespeare is like his own Touchstone; he uses his folly as a stalking-horse, and under the presentation’of that he shoots his wit. Here, however, the mask is thrown off for any but the utterly besotted ; Edmund’s speech stands up in the face of all time as truth; it challenges the acclamation of the centuries. Edmund is then the hero; more, he is Shakespea…
1904 · PDF PAGE 59
…ules * To “ take P ansil” i s t o v ow obedience to these Precepts. † I do not propose to dila te on the m oral truth which Ibsen has so long la boured to make clear: that no ha rd a nd fa st rule of life c an be universally applicable. Al so, as in the famous case of the lady who sa ved (suc cessively) the live s of he r husba nd, her f ather, an d h er b rother, t he p recepts cl ash. To allow to die is to kill—all this is obvious to the most ordinary thinkers. Th ese p recepts ar e o f co urse excellent general guides for the vulgar and igno…
1904 · PDF PAGE 73
…icism can never change ; this must ever command our moral as well as our intellectual assent. But I assert my strong conviction that ere long we shall have done enough of what is after all the schoolmaster w ork of correcting the inky and ill-spelt exercises of the theologi- cal dunces in that great class-room, the world; and found a little peace—while they play—in the intimate solitude of the laboratory and the passionless rapture of research—research into those very mysteries of nature which our dunces have solved by a rule of thumb; determin…
1906 · PDF PAGE 193
…in the world takes the cue of his father’s ab- surdity, and actually plays it on his enemy. ISdgar's leg is not so easily pulled—(‘‘ How long have you been a sectary astronomical ?”"' ll. 169, 170)—and the bastard hero, taking alarm, gets right down to business. In Scene iii. we find lear’s senile dementia taking the peculiarly loathsome forms familiar to alienists—this part of my subject is so un- pleasant that I must skim over it; I only inention it to show how anxious Shakespeare is to show his hidden meaning, otherwise his naturally delicat…
1904 · PDF PAGE 51
… to-night” —but there is no eyewitness. So in Macbeth. In a host of spiritual suggestion there is always the rational sober explanation alongside to discredit the folly of the supernatural. Shakespeare is like his own Touchstone; he uses his folly as a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit. Here, however, the mask is throw n off for any but the utterly besotted ; Edmund’s speech stands up in the face of all time as truth ; it challenges the acclamation of the centuries. Edmund is then the hero ; more, he is Shakes…
1904 · PDF PAGE 52
…ur in the world takes the cue of his father’s ab- surdity, and actually plays it on his enemy. Edgar’s leg is not so easily pulled—(“How long have you been a sectary astronomical ?” ll. 169, 170)—and the bastard hero, taking alarm, gets right down to business. In Scene iii. we find Lear’s senile dementia taking the peculiarly loathesome form familiar to alienists—this part of my subj ect is so un- pleasant that I must skim over it ; I only mention it to show how anxious Shakespeare is to show his hidden meaning, otherwise his naturally delicate…
1906 · PDF PAGE 203
…violence of passion; the door opened, officers appeared, the arrest was effected. He was com- mitted to an asylum, for there could be no longer any doubt of his complete insanity; for three weeks he had been raving with absinthe and satyriasis. He survived his confinement no long time ; the burning of the asylum with its in- mates was one of the most terrible events of the war of 1870. So died one of the must talented Englishmen of his century, a man who for wide knowledge of men and things was truly to be envied, yet one who sold his birthrigh…
1904 · PDF PAGE 62
…violence of passion ; the door opened, officers appeared, the arrest was effected. He was com-mitted to an asylum, for there could be no longer any doubt of his complete insanity ; for three weeks he had been raving with absinthe and satyriasis. He survived his confinement no long time ; the burning of the asylum with its in-mates was one of the most terrible events of the war of 1870. So died one of the most talented Englishmen of his century, a man who for wide knowledge of men and things was truly to be envied, yet one who sold his birthrigh…
1919 · PDF PAGE 462
… translated from the French by Epenezer Storey, M.D., the famous astrologer, as it bears his name on the Title-page, and at the end of a long preface, “The first edition of the Key of Solomon published in English, is that edited by Mr. S. L. M. Mathers. SENT POST FREE TO THE READERS OF “THE EQUINOX” THE LITERATURE OF OCCULTISM Being a catalogue of books ON SALE relating to Ancient Worships, Astrology, Alchemy, Animal Magnetism, Antiquities, Behmen and the Mystics, Buddhism, Clairvoy: Dreams, Demonology, Free- masonry, Folk-lore, Gnostics, Gems,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 612
…rsion, tyanslated fom the French Uy Enxwezn Stat, M De the famous astrologer, as it bears his name on the Title-page, and at the end ofa long preface. The first edition of the Key of Solomon pudiished in English, is that edited by Mr. S. L. M. SENT POST FREE TO THE READERS OF “THE EQUINOX” THE LITERATURE OF OCCULTISM Being a catalogue of books ON SALE relating to Ancient Worships, Astrology, Alchemy, Animal Magnetism, Antiquities, Rehmen and the Mystics, Buddhism, Clairvoyance, Dreams, Demonology, Freemasonry, Folklore, Gnost dems, Ghosts, Herm…
1913 · PDF PAGE 612
…rsion, tyanslated fom the French Uy Enxwezn Stat, M De the famous astrologer, as it bears his name on the Title-page, and at the end ofa long preface. The first edition of the Key of Solomon pudiished in English, is that edited by Mr. S. L. M. SENT POST FREE TO THE READERS OF “THE EQUINOX” THE LITERATURE OF OCCULTISM Being a catalogue of books ON SALE relating to Ancient Worships, Astrology, Alchemy, Animal Magnetism, Antiquities, Rehmen and the Mystics, Buddhism, Clairvoyance, Dreams, Demonology, Freemasonry, Folklore, Gnost dems, Ghosts, Herm…