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Page 102 of 1301909 · PDF PAGE 327
…and inharmonious—that is, of uneven length.” This we find explained in a G.*. D.-. manuscript entitled: ‘The Secret Wisdom of the Lesser World, or Microcosm which is Man.” Further we learn from this manuscript that : In the case of the drunkard, the equilibrium of the Sphere of Sensations, and con- sequently of the Nephesch, is disturbed, and the Thought Rays in consequence are shaken at each vibration; so that the sphere of the sensation of the Nephesch is caused to rock and waver at the extremities of the Physical Body, where the Ruach’s acti…
1910 · PDF PAGE 183
…r of cloud, it began to revolve, to coruscate, to throw off streamers of jetted fire! [This from a hill-top I beheld, dark as of a dying world. Covered with black decayed wet peaty wood, a few pines stood stricken, unutterably alone.*] But behind the glory of its coruscations seemed to shape, an idea less solid than a shadow! an Idea of some Human-seeming Form! Now grew doubt and thought in P.’s miserable mind; and the One Wave grew many waves and all was lost! Alas! Alas! for P.!| And Glory Eternal unto Her, She the twin-Breasted that hath enc…
1910 · PDF PAGE 183
…r of cloud, it began to revolve, to coruscate, to throw off streamers of jetted fire! [This from a hill-top I beheld, dark as of a dying world. Covered with black decayed wet peaty wood, a few pines stood stricken, unutterably alone.*] But behind the glory of its coruscations seemed to shape, an idea less solid than a shadow! an Idea of some Human-seeming Form! Now grew doubt and thought in P.’s miserable mind; and the One Wave grew many waves and all was lost! Alas! Alas! for P.!| And Glory Eternal unto Her, She the twin-Breasted that hath enc…
1996 · PDF PAGE 174
…lpless and hard, endured these things, endured from age to age. Hers was no loud spectacular sacrifice, no cross on a hill-top, with the world agaze, and monstrous miracles to echo the applause of heaven. She suffered and triumphed in most shameful silence; she had no friend, no follower, none to aid or approve. For thanks she had but maudlin flatteries, and knew what cruel- cold scorn the hearts of men scarce cared to hide. She agonized, ridiculous and obscene; gave all her beauty and strength of maidenhood to suffer sickness, weakness, danger…
1910 · PDF PAGE 148
… ‘Does a Tathagata exist after death?” ‘Does he not exist after death?” “Does * In spite of the fact that Buddhism urges that “the whole world is under the Law of Causation,” it commands its followers to lead pure and noble lives, in place of dishonourable ones, in spite of their having no freedom of choice between good and evil. “Let us not lose ourselves in vain speculations of profit- less subtleties,” says the Dhammapada, “let us surrender self and all selfish- ness, and as all things are fixed by causation, let us practise good so that goo…
1910 · PDF PAGE 148
… ‘Does a Tathagata exist after death?” ‘Does he not exist after death?” “Does * In spite of the fact that Buddhism urges that “the whole world is under the Law of Causation,” it commands its followers to lead pure and noble lives, in place of dishonourable ones, in spite of their having no freedom of choice between good and evil. “Let us not lose ourselves in vain speculations of profit- less subtleties,” says the Dhammapada, “let us surrender self and all selfish- ness, and as all things are fixed by causation, let us practise good so that goo…
1922 · PDF PAGE 131
…sane are afraid of being insane. I'd been that way myself when I didn’t know any better. : : This rotten little race of men measures the world by Its own standard. It is lost in the vastness of' the
1944 · PDF PAGE 212
But, it will instantly be asked, what of the status of this Element in the light of other attributions? In the Yetziratic World, is not Air the first element to follow Spirit? Is not Vayu the first emergence of the phenomenal from the arcane obscurity of Akasha? How may one reconcile the doctrine of Mind with the fact that Ruh, or Ruach, actually means Spirit itself? “Achath Ruach Elohim Chum” (777) means “One is the Spirit (not Air) of the Gods of the Liv‐ ing”? And is not Air, the element attributed to Mercury, also most properly the Breath o…
1996 · PDF PAGE 36
…uliarly insane on these points; her people are desperately anxious to make the Sinhalese wear furs, and the Tibetans vote, and the whole world chew gum, utterly dense to the fact that most other nations, especially the French and British, regard “American institutions” as the lowest savagery, and forgetful or ignorant of the circumstances that the original brand of American freedom—which really was Freedom—contained the precept to leave other people severely alone, and thus assured the possibility of expansion on his own lines to every man. 32.…
1996 · PDF PAGE 160
…es 19-20 161 But 718 is expressed openly; its nature is described sufficiently and unambiguously; and it meant nothing to anybody in the world, either then or for seventeen years after. And now the meaning falls so pat, so natural, so self-justified, so evidently the unique value of the “x” of the equation, that it is impossible to quibble. The law of probabilities excludes all theories but one. The simple Truth is what I have always asserted. There is a Being called Aiwaz, an intelligence discarnate, who wrote this Book of the Law, using my ea…
1929 · PDF PAGE 192
…ays I was at Akyab it once stopped raining for nearly twenty minutes. I ought to have taken the exact time: but I thought the end of the world had come, so that it never occurred to me to look at my watch till it began again. I had been altogether sixty-eight days on the glacier, two days longer than any other member of the party. It was another world's record; and, as far as I know, stands to this hour. I hope I may be allowed to die in peace with it. It would be a sorry ambition in anyone to grasp my laurels and I can assure him that to refra…
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
…and sacrificed in the fire of the Atman, the ship on which a man voyages over the ether of the heart, the chariot which bears him to the world of Brahman.* At the end of the “Shiva Sanhita” there are some twenty verses dealing with the Mantra. And as in so many; other Hindu books, a considerable amount of mystery is woven around these sacred utterances. We read: 190. In the four-petalled Muladhara lotus is the seed of speech, brilliant as lightning. 1g1. In the heart is the seed of love, beautiful as the Bandhuk flower. In the space between the…
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
…and sacrificed in the fire of the Atman, the ship on which a man voyages over the ether of the heart, the chariot which bears him to the world of Brahman.* At the end of the “Shiva Sanhita” there are some twenty verses dealing with the Mantra. And as in so many; other Hindu books, a considerable amount of mystery is woven around these sacred utterances. We read: 190. In the four-petalled Muladhara lotus is the seed of speech, brilliant as lightning. 1g1. In the heart is the seed of love, beautiful as the Bandhuk flower. In the space between the…
1922 · PDF PAGE 26
…f the devil were at my heels. | I remember practically nothing of the next half- hour. I felt a kind of forlorn sense of being lost in a world of incredibly stupid and malicious dwarfs. I found myself in Piccadilly quite suddenly. A voice purred in my ear, ‘ Good old Peter, good old sport, awfully glad I met you—we'll make a night of it.” The speaker was a handsome Welshman still in his prime. Some people thought him one of the best sculptors living. He had, in fact, a following of dis- ciples which I can only qualify as “ almost unpleasantly s…
1922 · PDF PAGE 224
… by helping him to help me; and I’m helping her by showing that his Law has helped me, and can help others. We're the best friendsin the world, I and Lala; how could any- thing else be possible ? ”’ Well, of course, she was herself doing a notoriously impossible feat. The point of view of Basil and his crowd is simply upside down to all ordinary people. At the same time, one can’t deny that the result is amazingly invigorating to contemplate. I could quite understand his idea of developing mankind into what is practically a new species, with ne…
1944 · PDF PAGE 163
…ny one of them is just as good as any other. He reduces everything to unreality by removing its substance and transmuting it to an ideal world of ratiocination which is purely formal and out of relation to any facts, even those upon which it is based. In the Yî King, the airy part of Air is represented by the 57th hexagram, Sun. This is one of the most difficult figures in the book, on account of its ambivalence: it means both flexibil‐ ity and penetration. Immensely powerful because of its complete freedom from settled principles, capable of m…
1954 · PDF PAGE 490
…to be a sort of Rosetta Stone. There is one other matter of incomparable importance: the wars which have begun the disintegration of the world have followed, each at an interval of nine months, the operative publications of The Book of the Law. This again seems to make it almost certain that "They" not only know the future, at least in broad outline, but are at pains to arrange it. I have no doubt that the advance of Natural Science is in the charge of a certain group of "Masters." Even the spiritually
1954 · PDF PAGE 75
…imately identical-see AL, I: 22-and your perception of that fact would make you an Initiate of very high standing; but in the work-a-day world, you are "really" the Fair Lady, and leave the minstrel to grow infirm and old and hire an orphan boy to carry his banjo! Now then, what bothers me is this: Have I or have I not explained this matter of "Magick"-"Why should I (who have only just heard of it, at least as a serious subject of study) acquire a knowledge of its principles, and of the powers conferred by its mastery?" Must I bribe you with pr…
1922 · PDF PAGE 92
…s only a question of applying knowledge in a reasonable manner. We had found out how to work the machine, and there was no reason in the world why we shouldn’t fly from here to Kalamazoo. So I took three quite small sniffs at reasonable intervals, and I was on the job once more. I chased Lou around the suite; and I dare say we did upset a good deal of the furniture, but that doesn’t matter, for we haven't got to pick it up. The important thing was that I caught Lou; and by-and-by we found ourselves completely out of breath ; and then, confound …
1922 · PDF PAGE 335
…s telling you about only failed because their vanity and selfishness was so extreme. They interpreted everything wrong, and expected the world to fall down and worship them for being wastrels. And at every turn they found the Big Lion in the way, to bring them back to reality. But the truth was too bitter medicine for them. If they had accepted the facts, they could have altered the facts; and learnt to do something worth while. But they preferred to cherish delusions of persecution. They persuaded themselves that they were being crucified when…