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Page 120 of 2251913 · PDF PAGE 68
…so that he is free to devote his conscious energy to a yet higher task. It is impossible to overrate the value of this inhibition to the man when he comes to meditate. He has guarded his mind against thoughts A, B, and C; he has told the sentries to allow no one to pass who is not in uniform. And it will be very easy for him to extend that power, and to lower the portcullis. Let him remember, too, that there is a difference not only in the frequency of thoughts —but in their intensity. The worst of all is of course the ego, which is almost omni…
1913 · PDF PAGE 83
…ich, in the Adept, the awakened Kunda- lini takes her pleasure with the Lord of All. All these lotuses are figured by the Magick Cup. In man they are but partly opened, or only opened to their natural nourishment. In fact it is better to think of them as closed, as secreting that nourishment, which, because of the lack of sun, turns to poison. The Magick Cup must have no lid, yet it must be kept veiled most carefully at all times, except when invocation of the Highest is being made.
1913 · PDF PAGE 120
…rks. Hope and fear are only opposite phases of a single emotion; both are incompatible with the purity of the soul. With the passions of man the case is somewhat different, as they are functions of his own will. They need to be disciplined, not to be suppressed. But emotion is impressed from without. It is an invasion of the circle. As the Dhammapada says: An ill-thatched house is open to the mercy of the rain and wind ; So passion hath the power to break into an unreflecting mind. A well-thatched house is proof against the fur}' of the rain an…
1905 · PDF PAGE 39
…he intangible and blind, And seeking, shall securely find Hidden in secret places Fresh feasts for every soul that strives, New life for many mystic lives, and strange new forms and faces. My mind still searches, and attains By many days and many pains To That which Is and Was and reigns Shadowed in four and ten,! And loses self in sacred lands, And cries and quickens, and understands Beyond the first Amen.” THE ALCHEMIST. THIS POEM WAS INTENDED AS THE PRO- LOGUE ‘YO A PLAY—AT PRESENT UN- FINISHED.? An old tower, very lofty, on a small and rock…
1905 · PDF PAGE 234
…e sea that is as molten glass. I mind me of that old Egyptian, Met where Aurora streamed her rainbow hair, Who called me from the quest. man ! A crown of light scintillant in the air Shone over him: he bade me not despair. An holy ‘* The Blouu of the Osiris !”” was his word : (Meaning the Christ?) ‘‘The life, the tears, the tomb ! ‘¢The Love of Isis is its name!” (I heard This for the love of Mary.) In her womb Brews the Elixir, and the roses bloom. For the Three Maries (so he said) were One: Three aspects of the mystic spouse of God, Isis! Thi…
1919 · PDF PAGE 308
THE EQUINOX So thinks the ‘worm,’ and so he does. The only detail in which his scheme goes wrong is that his wife manages, against all odds, to survive her miscarriage. All this time, the ‘worm’ himself is living with a German prostitute; and, as he finds this expensive, he tries to keep the wolf from the door by getting this un- fortunate woman to copy out various items from the works of his wife’s lover, which are not very well known in America, and she proceeds to hawk them about New York. The man whose property they are will not be likely t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 154
…rected energy of idiots ; ceremony but an excuse for vice ; and dogma but a legitimized imposition . Such is religion ! Why , then , has man ever sought this Moloch of his nights , shedding o'er it his own blood , and drench ing it with that of others , if it prove but an incubus of sorrow and despair ? Firstly , because most men are fools ; secondly , because those who are not are knaves . I take no heed of trickery played By cunning mad Elijah's skill , When the great test of strength was made On Carmel's melancholy hill , And on the altar st…
1909 · PDF PAGE 43
… altar. The accusation and defence as antiphonies. 5. The journey. Bar and pass, and the 4 visions even as a mighty music. 6. The Hanged Man—the descent of Adonai. 7. The installation—signs, etc. ... Sealing as for opening; but insert Sacrament. During a lunch of 12 oysters, Cépes Bordelaise, Tarte aux Cerises, Cafe Noir, despatched without Yoga or ceremonial, I wrote the Ritual in verse, in the Egyptian Language. I don’t think very well. Time must show: also experience. I’d recite Tenny- son if I thought it would give Samadhil Now more mantra,…
1911 · PDF PAGE 84
…. LAYLAH. My feet have not entered his house. RINALDO. Your feet are fair. . . . Can you tell fortunes? LAYLAH. On the forehead of every man his destiny is written. RINALDO. Read mine. LAYLAH. Let me go to my house. RINALDO‘ Then I will read yours. You are to be captive to a strange knight. LAYLAH. Not to you, Sir Knightl RINALDO. The rest is dark. LAYLAH. You dare not touch me. RINALDO. Sit there I [Heseats Iter on the wall ofΜε well,] Do you guess what I have been thinking as I rode through the sun to these palms? LAYLAH. Some new plot to car…
1911 · PDF PAGE 252
…-APOPHIS. I am the Mother of the Gods and the Sister of Time and the Daughter of Space. I am Nature that holdeth sway when the effort of man is exhausted. . . . . , . Brother Leo, I am the goddess that cometh forth riding upon the Lion. Behold ! I strike thee with my wand, and inspire thee. I command thee to declare me unto the multitude. LEO. Lo ! in the interstellar space of night Clothed with deep darkness, the majestic spaces Abidethe dawn of deity and light, Vibrate before the passionless pale faces * Canzonetta: D’Ambrosio. 74
1911 · PDF PAGE 84
…. LAYLAH. My feet have not entered his house. RINALDO. Your feet are fair. . . . Can you tell fortunes? LAYLAH. On the forehead of every man his destiny is written. RINALDO. Read mine. LAYLAH. Let me go to my house. RINALDO‘ Then I will read yours. You are to be captive to a strange knight. LAYLAH. Not to you, Sir Knightl RINALDO. The rest is dark. LAYLAH. You dare not touch me. RINALDO. Sit there I [Heseats Iter on the wall ofΜε well,] Do you guess what I have been thinking as I rode through the sun to these palms? LAYLAH. Some new plot to car…
1911 · PDF PAGE 252
…-APOPHIS. I am the Mother of the Gods and the Sister of Time and the Daughter of Space. I am Nature that holdeth sway when the effort of man is exhausted. . . . . , . Brother Leo, I am the goddess that cometh forth riding upon the Lion. Behold ! I strike thee with my wand, and inspire thee. I command thee to declare me unto the multitude. LEO. Lo ! in the interstellar space of night Clothed with deep darkness, the majestic spaces Abidethe dawn of deity and light, Vibrate before the passionless pale faces * Canzonetta: D’Ambrosio. 74
1919 · PDF PAGE 388
…can explain an uncreated Universe. 58. Be humble, if thou would’st attain to Wisdom. By humility is meant the humility of the scientific man. 59. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. This is merely a paraphrase of Sir Isaac Newton’s remark about the child picking up shells. 60. Be like the Ocean which receives all streams and riv- ers. The Ocean’s mighty calm remains unmoved; it feels them not. This verse has many possible interpretations, but its main meaning is that you should accept the universe without being affected by it. 61.…
1922 · PDF PAGE 141
…ong the lines with suppressed excitement. My spirits rose. Evidently some social paragraph had identified us. The commissary changed his manner at once. His new tone was not exactly sympathetic and friendly, but I put that down to the man’s plebeian origin. He said something about ‘“ Consule,” and had us conducted to an outer room. The clerk indicated that we were to wait there—no doubt, for the arrival of the consul. It was not more than half an hour; but it seemed an eternity. Lou and I had nothing to say to each other. What we felt was a bli…
1928 · PDF PAGE 68
…appiness. The poor Fairies were extremely busy, for the crowd of clients was great, and their mid- dle kingdom, placed as it was between man and God, is like us ruled by the terrible law of Time, and of its infinite posterity,days, hours, minutes, and seconds. In good sooth they were flurried as are min- isters on a reception day, or the assistants in the Government pawn-shop when a national festival allows redemptions without interest. I even believe that from time to time they watched the hand of the clock with as much impatience as human ju…
1928 · PDF PAGE 146
…t I should cause them to blush. That evening I discharged them both, and paid them the arrears of their wages. As for me, replied the man who had inter- rupted, I have no one to complain of but my- self. Happiness came to live with me, and I did not realize it. Destiny had lately granted me the enjoyment of a woman who was indeed the sweetest, the most submissive and the most devoted creature possible, always ready, and without enthusiasm!I should like it very much, if it is agreeable to you, was her ordi-
1944 · PDF PAGE 184
…hese flames are Yods, arranged in the form of the Tree of Life. (For Yod, see Atu IX su‐ pra.) It is the primordial Energy of the Divine manifesting in Matter, at so early a stage that it is not yet definitely formulated as Will. Important: although these “small cards” are sympathetic with their Sephirotic origin, they are not identical; nor are they Divine Persons. These (and the Court Cards also) are pri‐ marily sub‐Elements, parts of the “Blind Forces” under the Demiourgos, Tetragrammaton. Their rulers are the Intelligences, in the Yetzirati…
1961 · PDF PAGE 105
…ure of these twain aforesaid albeit in Degree less notable than either of them, and Alcohol, which is Food, that is, Fuel, for the whole Man. To Water, attribute Hashish and Mescal, for they make Images, and they open the hidden Springs of Pleasure and of Beauty. Morphine, for its Ease, hath also part in Water. Air ruleth Ethyl Oxide, for it is as a Sword, dividing asunder ever Part of thee, making easy the Way of Analysis, so that thou comest to learn thyself of what Elements thou art compact. Lastly, of the Nature of Earth are the direct Hypn…
1912 · PDF PAGE 106
…g that we must dothat we must do. ALESSANDRO. Of that speak least of allI will devise a plan. Hereto his funeralso loudly struts our man. [MORTADELLO and LUCREZIA return.
1938 · PDF PAGE 14
…, He sendeth forth His Will, that, casting shadows on the clouds of Life, may be half read by him whose eyes are lightened enough by the manhood of his love. Thus then do I learn how best to make myself fit to fulfil my Life, in the Life of the Master, and offer my blood to His Heart. 0. Know Naught! All ways are lawful to Innocence. Pure folly is the Key to Initiation. Silence breaks into Rapture. Be neither man nor woman, but both in one. Be silent, Babe in the Egg of Blue, that thou mayest grow to bear the Lance and Graal! Wander alone, and …