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Page 105 of 1121919 · PDF PAGE 172
…ious that the body had given place to a flame only. Ascended as a flame into the air. Be- came dimly conscious that the flame was in the heart of a larger body. Strove still to rise, but came to blackness. Returned and disrobed. Gave thanks and entered diary. (This is very good indeed, as a start. It should be repeated with ever-increas- ing persistence. The time occupied tells me its faults more than the text. A good ‘rising’ should take 134 to 3 hours. O.M.) Nov. 28, 11.5 to 11.27 P.M. Astral Journey. Drew, with wand, in front of me, a circle…
1906 · PDF PAGE 191
…thy tone (we say) pervades his work. Never believe it! The sex problem is his Speciality; a morbid decadence (so-called) is hidden?’ th’ heart o’ th’ rose. In other words, the divine William is the morning star to Ibsen’s dawn, and Bernard Shaw's effulgence. The superficial, the cynical, the misanthropic will demand proof of sucha statement. Let it be our contemptuous indulgence to afford them what they ask. May I premise that, mentally obsessed, mono- maniac indeed, as we must now consider Shakespeare to have been on these points, he was yet a…
1929 · PDF PAGE 201
…ery of his lips. Sad wisdom, scornful shame, grand agony In the coffin folds of the cloak, scarred mountains, lie, And pity hides i' th' heart. Grim knowledge grips The essential manhood. Balzac stands, and laughs. The upshot was that Rodin invited me to come and stay with him at Meudon. The idea was that I should give a poetic interpretation of all his masterpieces. I produced a number of poems, many of which I published at the time in the Weekly Critical Review, an attempt to establish an artistic entente cordiale. The entire series constitut…
1905 · PDF PAGE 200
…, Thou art, alone, In many forms and faces manifest ! Thou, stronger than the universe, Thy throne ! Thou, calm in strength as the sea’s heart at rest!” N
1939 · PDF PAGE 17
…not the least use to come and pester me about it. Perfect mastery of the violin in six easy lessons by correspondence! Should I have the heart to deny you? But Yama is different. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. That is Yama. Your object is to perform Yoga. Your True Will is to attain the consummation of marriage with the universe, and your ethical code must
1906 · PDF PAGE 227
…eft seven. [fe cut and left three: he cut and left one: he cut and became. Thus fourfold. Eightfold? He opened his eyes: he cleansed his heart: he chained his tongue: he fixed l Achad, unity, adds to thirteen. There follow attributions of the ‘‘ thirteen times table.”’ 2 These are the Buddhist '‘ paths of enlightenment.” 3;The eightfold path. The rest is very obscure. Tredecim Voces. Ordinis In- ceptio. Vitae, Viae.
1906 · PDF PAGE 46
…grace Even in the shape of splendour as she passed. The king’s thought turned at last To that forgotten story: and desire Filled all his heart with aureate fire Whose texture was a woman’s hair; so fine Bloomed the fair flower of pleasure : Not the wild solar treasure Of gleaming light, but the moon’s shadowy pearl, | The love of a young girl
1907 · PDF PAGE 176
…y drawn She came to me across the dawn, With open arms to me ; and sobbed ‘Ves, love!’ and ‘‘ Yes, love!” throbbed The giant glory at my heart! And I? I drew away, apart, Lest by mere chance to me she came. But curling as a wind-blown flame She turned, she found me. As the dew Melts in the lake’s dissolving blue So to my arms she came. And now, Now, now I hold her ! Broke the brow Of all wide heaven in thunder! Hear Tremendous vortices of fear Swirl in the ether. What new terror Darkens the blue pool’s silver mirror ? How bursts the mountain-ch…
1905 · PDF PAGE 115
… ocean grows as still as death ; The breezes swoon for very bliss. The sacrament of true love’s kiss Accomplishes: I feel a pain Stab my heart through and sleep again, And I am in thine arms for ever. There came a tutor, who had never Known the response of love to love ; 1 The scene of this poem is a little spinney near the wooden bridge in Love Lane, Cam- bridge.—A. C. He wandered through the woods above The river, and came suddenly
1907 · PDF PAGE 25
…t of my word! Forget your silly self, and store Its vital horror, stabbed and spurred To fearful pace and torture wild Deep in your true heart’s core, my child ! For though I strip you bare, and run My red-hot iron through your flesh, There is a citadel that none May touch—not God! The rotten rest Evacuate ; be seated there. Let there be music, and Rome burn! Then you may climb to be aware How well you serve my idle turn, There too Lies a last doubtful chance for you. Behold who dare! (Ay, you are fain !) Purblind with prejudice? No vision, Pal…
1904 · PDF PAGE 50
…hy tone (we say) pervades his work. Never believe it! The sex problem is his Speciality; a morbid decadence (so-called) is hidden i’ th’ heart o’ th’ rose. In other words, the divine William is the morning star to Ibsen’s dawn and Bernard Shaw’s effulgence. The superficial, the cynical, the misanthropic will demand proof of such a statement. Let it be our contemptuous indulgence to afford them what they ask. May I premise that, ment ally o bsessed, mono-maniac indeed, as we must now consider Shakespeare to have been on these points, he was yet …
1905 · PDF PAGE 104
… failed, and—Nothing! By-and-by we woke In a most beautiful canoe of pearl Lucent on lucent water, in a sun VOL. I. With my That was the heart of spring. But the green land Seemed distant, with a sense of aery height ; As if it were below us far, that seemed Around. And as we gazed the water grew Ethereal, thin, most delicately hued, Misty, as if its substance were dissolved In some more subtle element. We heard ‘“O passers over water, do ye dare To tread the deadlier kingdoms of the air?” Whereat Icried: Arise! And then the pearl Budded with n…
1944 · PDF PAGE 28
…t that the influence of the 3 upon the 6 is that of the intu‐ itional or inspirational voice. It is the illumination of the mind and the heart by the Great Mother. Consider again the card joining the number I to the number 6. This card is called “The High Priestess”, and is attributed to the Moon. The card represents the Heavenly Isis. It is a symbol of complete spiritual purity; it is initiation in its most secret and intimate form, de‐ scending upon the human consciousness from the ultimate divine consciousness. Looked at from below, it is th…
1919 · PDF PAGE 143
…nguish I now suffer. Whatever may have happened in this last three days, the results of my thoughts amount to this. I who have found the heart of the shining triangle, who have indeed become one with the Great White Brotherhood, who have heard the Voice of God in all Its sweetness, who have made that message a part (nay all) of my being, who have held my Beloved in my arms, who have Become my Beloved and lost myself therein, who have for ever given up my lower self, who have conquered Death, who have felt the Pain of the whole World, who have f…
1939 · PDF PAGE 49
…d to examine the elements of our normal thinking. 5. I need hardly recapitulate the mathematical theorem which you all doubtless laid to heart when you were criticising Einstein's theory of relativity. I only want to recall to your minds the simplest element of that theorem; the fact that in order to describe anything at all, you must have four measurements. It must be so far east or west, so far north or south, so far up or down, from a standard point, and it must be after or before a standard moment. There are three dimensions of space and on…
1929 · PDF PAGE 398
…etting for the soloists. These were principally three; myself, reciting appropriate lyrics --- this involved, by the way, my learning by heart many hundreds of lines of verse every week --- Leila Waddell, violinist, and Neuburg, dancer. I sometimes suspect that he was the best of the three. He possessed extraordinary powers. He gave the impression that he did not touch the ground at all, and he would go round the circle at a pace so great that one constantly expected him to be shot off tangentially. In the absence of accurate measurements, one …
1905 · PDF PAGE 69
62 THE POEM EsME. It is his heart ; see, my hand is all covered with blood. Give mea handkerchief. Here, I will staunch the wound. [She attempts to prevent the bleeding with her handkerchief.| Oh! Percy! [4 pause.] Oh! Percy! PERCY. Iam going away, Esmé. - I shall see you often. When you think of me I shall always be with you. One day you will come to me, Esmé! Kiss me! Your kisses must finish my poem. One day your pen must finish it. ESME. You know I cannot write a line. Oh, how sorry I am for that ! PERCY [Zo VAUGHAN]. Good-bye, my dear, dear…
1929 · PDF PAGE 220
…. I pass from change and thought to peace, ....woven on love's incredible loom, Rose on the breast of the world of spring! How shall the heart dissolved in joy take ....form and harmony and sing? How shall the ecstasy of light fall back to ....music's magic gloom? O China rose without a thorn, O honey-bee ....without a sting!
1929 · PDF PAGE 134
…est, that was all; it was natural that we should exchange views. Behold then! Allan, though the pupil of a Shaivite guru, was already at heart a Buddhist; and the miracle about Buddha, from the ethnological standpoint, is that an Aryan, by dint of sheer psychological acumen, should have come so near to understanding the Chinese mind. The fundamental weakness of Buddhism is that it fails to attain the indifference of Lao-Tzu. Buddha wails for Nibbana as the sole refuge from sorrow; Lao-Tzu despises sorrow as casually as he despises happiness and…
1905 · PDF PAGE 238
…l, Nay, tore Thy vesture from Thee, and behold ! Then only did I see what mystery, What ninefold forest, shade impassible, Surrounds Thy heart, as with a core of light Shut in the mystery of a dead world. Thou formless sense of gloom and terror! Thou Upas,! new tree of life—by sinister Cherubim with averted faces kept ! Nay! This one secret I suspect, and gloat Over the solemn purport of the dream With subtle shuddering of joy,—and that Keener delight, a sense of deadly fear ! This secret : Thou art darkness in Thyself, and evil wrapped in ligh…