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Page 116 of 1731913 · PDF PAGE 580
…it into an unknown world by stripping it of its protective envelope. Let us study the mystery of birth, and we shall have the key of the great arcanum of death ! Thrown by the laws of Nature into the womb of a woman, the incarnated spirit very slowly wakes, and creates for itself with effort organs which will later be indispensable, but which as they grow increase its discomfort in its present situation. The happiest period of the life of the embryo is that when, like a chrysalis, it spreads around it the membrane which serves it for refuge, an…
1919 · PDF PAGE 370
…or the next two years, the man who is afraid of life, afraid to do anything lest some result should follow, is acclaimed as the best and greatest of mankind. It is very amusing in England to watch the snobbishness, particularly of the middle classes, and their absurd aping of their betters, while the cream of the jest is that the morality to which the middle classes cling does not exist in good so- ciety. Those who have Master Souls refuse to be bound by anything but their own wills. They may refrain from cer- tain actions because their main pu…
1954 · PDF PAGE 152
…y Mother Babylon, and in their lonely fortresses they pray to the false moon. And they bind themselves together with an oath, and with a great curse. And of their malice they conspire together, and they have power, and mastery, and in their cauldrons do they brew the harsh wine of delusion, mingled with the poison of their selfishness. Thus they make war upon the Holy One, sending forth their delusion upon men, and upon everything that liveth. So that their false compassion is called compassion, and their false understanding is called understan…
1910 · PDF PAGE 83
…er one or more of the other Yoga methods. Thus the devotee to the God Shiva will repeat his name over and over again until at length the great God opens his Eye and the world is destroyed. Some of the most famous mantras are: “Aum mani padme Hum.” “ Aum Shivaya Vashi.” “Aum Tat Sat Aum.” “Namo Shivaya namaha Aum.” The pranava AU M+ plays an important part, throughout the whole of Indian Yoga, and especially is it considered sacred by the Mantra-Yogi, who is continually using it. To pronounce it properly the “A” is from the throat, the “ U ” in …
1910 · PDF PAGE 155
…G taught to expect. Indeed its translation into worldly comments was a matter of education, so it came about that he discovered that the Great Attainment fer se was identical in all systems irrespective of the symbol man sought it under. Thus Yah- weh as a clay phallus in a band-box was as mucha reality to the Jews of Genesis as Brahman in Brahma-loka was to the Aryas of Vedic India; that the vision of Moses when he beheld God as a burning bush is similar to the vision of the fire-flashing Courser of the Chaldean Oracles; and that Nib- bana the…
1910 · PDF PAGE 83
…er one or more of the other Yoga methods. Thus the devotee to the God Shiva will repeat his name over and over again until at length the great God opens his Eye and the world is destroyed. Some of the most famous mantras are: “Aum mani padme Hum.” “ Aum Shivaya Vashi.” “Aum Tat Sat Aum.” “Namo Shivaya namaha Aum.” The pranava AU M+ plays an important part, throughout the whole of Indian Yoga, and especially is it considered sacred by the Mantra-Yogi, who is continually using it. To pronounce it properly the “A” is from the throat, the “ U ” in …
1910 · PDF PAGE 155
…G taught to expect. Indeed its translation into worldly comments was a matter of education, so it came about that he discovered that the Great Attainment fer se was identical in all systems irrespective of the symbol man sought it under. Thus Yah- weh as a clay phallus in a band-box was as mucha reality to the Jews of Genesis as Brahman in Brahma-loka was to the Aryas of Vedic India; that the vision of Moses when he beheld God as a burning bush is similar to the vision of the fire-flashing Courser of the Chaldean Oracles; and that Nib- bana the…
1911 · PDF PAGE 132
…: Know thou that all the religions of all the worlds end herein, but they are only the smoke of my breath, and I am only the head of the Great Dragon that eateth up the Universe; 130
1911 · PDF PAGE 172
…nd the secrecy of the hermit. And thou must turn the wheel of life. And thou must hold the balances of Truth. Thou must pass through the great Waters, a Redeemer. Thou must have the tail of the scorpion, and 170
1922 · PDF PAGE 111
…omes.” We were out of time and space. We were living according to the instruction | of our Saviour: “ Take no thought for the morrow.’ A great restlessness gripped us. Paris was perfectly impossible. We had to get to some place where time doesn’t count. The alternation of day and night doesn’t matter so much; but it’s absolutely intolerable to be mixed up with people who are working by the clock. We were living in the world of the Arabian Nights ; limitations were abhorrent. Paris was always reminding
1904 · PDF PAGE 14
…the swords beaten into absinthes, and the spears into tournedos ! S . . . , again, with a face like a portrait by Rembrandt, a man of no great intellect, but making no pretension thereto, how he was loved for his jolly humour, his broad smile, his inimitable sto- ries ! Yet it must not be supposed that the average man, however sincere, had much of a welcome there. Without intention to wound, he was yet hurt the arrows of wit shot over his head, and he could never feel at home. I am perhaps the one exception. Without a ghost of talent, even in…
1904 · PDF PAGE 17
…after all, Never attain to heaven and stand (Stephen) or sit (Paul)50 at the hand Of the Most High !—And that alone That question of the Great White Throne, Is the sole point that we debate.” I answer, Here in India wait Christian pre- misses ac- cepted. Severe mental strain involved in reading poem. The Ascension at last ! This is a common feat. Prana- yama. Difference be- tween David Douglas [sic] Home, Sri Swami Sabapati Vamadeva Bhaskara- nanda Sara- swati and the Christ. Latter com- pared to Madame Hum- bert. 300 305 310 315 320 325 330 33…
1907 · PDF PAGE 323
… has changed , is changing , it is no more a bug , but a bogey , fire surrounds it, it is Lucifer , prince of the Bottomless Pit , now a great calm , and the fumes of Hell part , and the winds roar , and the earth quakes : “ How art thou fallen from Heaven , o Lucifer , son of the morning , how art thou cut down to the ground , which didst weaken the nations ." “ Howl , fir tree ; for the cedar is fallen ; because the mighty are spoiled : howl , O ye oaks of Bashan ; for the frost of the vintage is come down .” And Lo ! There is a voice of the …
1909 · PDF PAGE 245
…rmit’s life on a Swiss glacier with one whom, though he knew it not at the time, was destined ever and anon to bring him wisdom from the Great White Brotherhood, This one we shall meet again under the initials D. A. + Afterwards known as Frater C. S. 237
1909 · PDF PAGE 245
…rmit’s life on a Swiss glacier with one whom, though he knew it not at the time, was destined ever and anon to bring him wisdom from the Great White Brotherhood, This one we shall meet again under the initials D. A. + Afterwards known as Frater C. S. 237
1910 · PDF PAGE 138
…o put (astrally) a fly on a man’s nose. It seemed to disturb him much; but he did not try to brush it off. Tried the same with Chinaman, great success. Tried to make a Chinaman look round, instant success. Tried the same with a European, but failed. 3rd. Tried in vain two “practical volitions” but was too unwell to do any work. 4th, Nirvana,Selfish- 28 m. ness, Magical Power Hiero- phantship, etc. After this meditation I arrived at the following decision: I must not cling to the Peace.t It certainly has become real to me, but if * In this exerc…
1910 · PDF PAGE 138
…o put (astrally) a fly on a man’s nose. It seemed to disturb him much; but he did not try to brush it off. Tried the same with Chinaman, great success. Tried to make a Chinaman look round, instant success. Tried the same with a European, but failed. 3rd. Tried in vain two “practical volitions” but was too unwell to do any work. 4th, Nirvana,Selfish- 28 m. ness, Magical Power Hiero- phantship, etc. After this meditation I arrived at the following decision: I must not cling to the Peace.t It certainly has become real to me, but if * In this exerc…
1910 · PDF PAGE 7
…for the purpose of illustrating the particular deity to which it is devoted ; each ritual will be both poetic and musical. Verses of the great poets appro- priate to the planet and all that the planet represents will be re- cited, and the ideas suggested to the spectators will be translated into inspired music by an accomplished violin player. There will further be mystical dances by a brilliant young poet who thus draws down the holy influence. The ceremonies will commence at nine o’clock precisely, and no one will be admitted after that hour.…
1910 · PDF PAGE 22
…er — an emotional glow of pious exhilaration — and the splendid and illuminating Union which constitutes Samadhi. Never forget that this great doctrine in- forms almost the whole of so-called Christian lite- rature ; St. Paul’s apostrophe (I Thess. iv. 16) if
1913 · PDF PAGE 514
…us, if we could admit it as a scientific fact, would prove that this state may last for four days.) Let us now come to the secret of the Great Work, which we have given only in Hebrew, without vowel points, in the Rituel de la haute magie. Here is the complete text in Latin, as one finds it on page 144 of the Sepher Yetzirah, commented by the alchemist Abraham (Amsterdam, 1642): 1 It will be objected that Lazarus stank, but this is a thing which happens frequently to healthy people, as well as to sick men, who recover in spite of it. Besides, i…