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Page 141 of 1731911 · PDF PAGE 177
THE BIG STICK Heinesque moods are steeled through with a strong man’s virility.” In short, Dr Pangloss was indeed the greatest of philosophers—until Gérard Harvey wiped the floor with him. Α. L, THE LIMIT. By ADA LEVERSON. 6:. Mrs Leverson is easily the daintiest and wittiest of our younger feminine writers; but she does well to call her latest masterpiece “the limit,” Mrs Leverson offers us a picture of an aged, wrinkled, and bedizened Jewess with false hair and teeth, painted and whitewashed with kohl, rouge, and chalk, until there seems hardl…
1911 · PDF PAGE 176
…nd within. This, with the single exception of the "Bagh-i-muattar"(Probsthain& Co., 19w, 3 gh, and therefore difficult of access), is the greatest of Persian mystic treatises, though it is rather elementary- But we can recommend no better volume for those who know but a little. Dr Bricteux has no experience of mysticism, and so makes mistakes, This was to be expected, but I am surprised at the scholar’s error of asserting that the Hindu system lacks the method of love. As ninety-five Hindus practise Bhakti-Yoga for five that practise any other kin…
1911 · PDF PAGE 177
THE BIG STICK Heinesque moods are steeled through with a strong man’s virility.” In short, Dr Pangloss was indeed the greatest of philosophers—until Gérard Harvey wiped the floor with him. Α. L, THE LIMIT. By ADA LEVERSON. 6:. Mrs Leverson is easily the daintiest and wittiest of our younger feminine writers; but she does well to call her latest masterpiece “the limit,” Mrs Leverson offers us a picture of an aged, wrinkled, and bedizened Jewess with false hair and teeth, painted and whitewashed with kohl, rouge, and chalk, until there seems hardl…
1907 · PDF PAGE 52
…ohn Keats, on whom be peace. At this stage in my career—drop that silly Babu twaddle !——I offer you the following desperate alternative, greatly honoured F rater! We will go on with the Table, or I will read you my latest glorious masterpiece entitled Amath. The Hebrew for Truth, Baby! Reflect, O bat-eyed child, upon the circumstance that Amath adds up to 44!, which is the square of 2!, Eheieh, divine name of Kether, also mystic number of Tiphereth—vzde Tiphereth clause in “]”—“I will devote my self to Great Work,” etc., you remember—meaning Tru…
1930 · PDF PAGE 119
… of its inhabitants, setting down their names. Let him further enter into details of the city and its customs. And having done this with great minuteness, let him confirm the same by consultation with historians and geographers, or by a personal visit, remembering (both to the crédit of his memory and its discrédit) that historians, geographers, and himself are alike fallible. But let him not trust his memory, to assert its conclusions as fact, and act thereupon, without most adéquate confirmation. 23. - This process of checking his memory shou…
1996 · PDF PAGE 139
… for its witness to our possession of the fac ulty which made success possible. To have climbed alone to the summit of Iztaccihuatl3 is great and grand; but the essence of one’s joy is that one possesses the courage, knowledge, agility, endurance, and self-mastery necessary to have done it. The Goal is ineffably worth all our pains, as we say to our selves at first; but in a little while are aware that even that Goal is less intoxicating than the Way itself. We find that it matters little whither we go; the Going itself is our gladness. I quo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 60
…ct old one, I supposed it incumbent on my race and caste to pretend not to be hurt, so I forced myself to go on skating despite agony so great that I could hardly bite back the tears, until I thought I had done enough for honour and felt free to slip away. I was engaged that night to a committee meeting of the Climbing Club at the rooms of H. V. Reade in Jermyn Street. I managed somehow to sit through the meeting, the matter being made worse by my insane bashfulness which prevented me asking my host to let me use his bedroom. We proceeded to a …
1922 · PDF PAGE 162
…n, I mean. Besides which, he seems to be making his jokes to himself. Most of the time, I don’t get what he means. He talks to himself a great deal, for another thing. I get a feeling of absolute repulsion. I don’t know why it is. The least thing irritates me absurdly. I think it’s because every incident, even the things that are pleasant, distracts my mind from the one thing that matters—how to get a supply and go down to Kent and lay off for a bit and have a really good time like we used to last month. I am sure love would come back if we did…
1929 · PDF PAGE 55
… my body in strength." "Why is it thy will that thy body may be sustained in strength?" "That it may aid me in the accomplishment of the Great Work." At this word all rose, and chanted solemnly in chorus, "So mote it be." "Love is the law, love under will," said Sister Cybele softly, and sat down. "Of course it's a most absurd superstition," remarked Morningside to Simon Iff, "to think that Food [79] sustains the body. It is sleep that does that. Food merely renews the tissues. "I agree entirely," said Cyril, before Iff could answer, "and I am …
1930 · PDF PAGE 31
…e body” which is good enough to subsist on lower planes, a shadow among shadows, will fail to penetrate the higher strata. It requires a great development of this body,and an intense infusion of the highest spiritual constituents of man, before he can pierce the veils. The constant practice of Magick is the best préparation possible. Even though the human consciousness fail to reach the goal, the consciousness of the fine body itself may do so, wherefore whoso travels in that body on a subséquent occasion may be found worthyj and its success wi…
1930 · PDF PAGE 82
…ur work. The Master Therion has been himself somewhat to blâme in representing this technique as of value simply because it leads to the great rewards, such as Samadhi. He would hâve been wiser to base His teaching solely on the ground of évolution. But probably He thought of the words of the poet : UY ou dangle a canot in front of her no se. And she go es wherever the canot go es For, after ail, one cannot explain the necessity of the study of Latin either to imbécile children or to stupid educationalists; for, not having learned Latin, they h…
1929 · PDF PAGE 46
…theldreda's Pinnacle --- which I named after my dog, or a schoolgirl with whom I had stolen interviews, I forget which --- was the first great triumph. The second was the Devil's Chimney, and the third the Cullin Crack. I have always refused till now to claim this climb, as I finished it with the moral support of a loose rope from above. It would be formidable enough were it of the best rock in the world: there is one section which actually overhangs. I believe that these latter climbs have never been repeated. Chalk is probably the most danger…
1930 · PDF PAGE 116
… the mind retain impressions, but that it is so constituted that its tendency is to retain some more excel- lently than others. Thus the great classical scholar, Sir Richard Jebb, was unable to learn even the schoolboy mathematics required for the preliminary examination at Cambridge University, and a spécial Grâce of the authorities was required in order to admit him. 7. The first method to be described has been detailed in Bhikkhu Ananda Metteya’s aTraining of the Mind” (Equinox 1,5, pp. 28-59, and especially pp. 48-57). We hâve little to alt…
1929 · PDF PAGE 4
… which is put to any candidate for initiation. Also, it is the last. What so-and-so is, did and suffered: these are merely clues to that great problem. So then the earliest memories of any autohagiographer will be immensely valuable; their very incoherence will be an infallible guide. For, as Freud has shown, we remember (in the main) what we wish to remember, and forget what is painful. There is thus great danger of deception as to the "facts" of the case; but our memories indicate with uncanny accuracy what is our true will. And, as above mad…
1904 · PDF PAGE 60
…cloak of madness and depravity, the true heart of genius burns. No more terrible period than this is to be found in literature ; so many great minds, of which hardly one comes to fruition ; such seed of genius, such a harvest of—whirlwind ! Even a barren waste of sea is less saddening than one strewn with wreckage. In England such wild song found few fol- lowers of any worth or melody. Swinburne stands on his solitary pedastal above the vulgar crowds of priapistic plagiarists ; he alone caught the fierce frenzy of Baudelaire’s brandied shrieks,…
1905 · PDF PAGE 66
… PERCY. Let that light be drawn from [Heaven too! EsSME. Oh, Percy, I am so glad, so glad ! PERCY. Esmé ! EsMk, When will you begin your great poem-— now ?
1929 · PDF PAGE 100
…ich made the author of this book exclaim, as he took the first oath, “PERDURABO” — “I will endure unto the end!” 3 They start on it at a great pace, and then find that their boots are covered with mud. Instead of persisting, they go back to Piccadilly. Such persons hâve only themselves to thank if the very street-boys mock at them. Another recommendation was this: buy whatever may be necessary without haggling! You must not try to strike a proportion between the values of incommensurable things. * 2 The least of the Magical Instruments is worth…
1929 · PDF PAGE 108
…it — to be knocked down by a Démon of whose existence one was not really quite sure. 3. Even this is for the weaker brethren. The really great Magus speaks and acts impromptu and extempore. 4. First-rate poetry is easily memorized because the ideas and the musical values correspond to man’s mental and sensory structure. — 72 —
1929 · PDF PAGE 119
…between then consists only in this, that the instrument with which they are made seals them with its own spécial properties. It is of no great importance (even so) whether they are made by clapping the hands or stamping the feet, by strokes of one of the weapons, or by the theoretically appropriate instrument, the bell. It may nevertheless be admitted that they become more important in the ceremony if the Magician considers it worth while to take up 1 an instrument whose single purpose is to produce them. Let it first be laid down that a knock …
1996 · PDF PAGE 66
…it becomes tremendously important to a man that he should become conscious of his true inmost Will, of his essential nature. This is the Great Work whose attainment consti tutes adeptship, provided that the consciousness recognizes that its own dependence on circumstance makes it no more than a troubled image in foul water of the sun which is that Silent Self. If such a man wants to develop his powers, he must use this tremen dous talisman to create in his own image. Although this talisman has such miraculous might, it is also intensely sensi…