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Page 148 of 2251910 · PDF PAGE 161
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING permanent principles which constitute the eternal Reality in the Cosmic Order.”* In Tiphareth the aspirant attains to no less a state than that of conversation with his Holy Guardian Angel, his Jechidah, ‘The permanent principle behind the conflicting opinions.” Once Right Comprehension has been attained to, he has discovered a Master who will never desert him until he become one with him. Il. Right Resolutions or Right Aspirations. Having perceived the changing nature of all things, even of men’s minds, and havin…
1910 · PDF PAGE 272
…f assassination. The traces of a great agony were frozen into fixedness in the tense position of every muscle, and the nails of the dead man’s fingers pierced 254
1912 · PDF PAGE 97
…him with the original remark: " To the pure all things are pure.“ It was knowing when to be bold that had made Theodore the fine business man he was. And very bold it was, for conscience makes cowards of us all. The secret shame of his orgies 1 Every week—night— once even on a Sunday l—after everyone had gone to bed, he opened the little safe in the wall at the head of his bed, and drew forth the obscene picture from its envelope marked “ In case of my death or disability THIS PACKET is to be DESTROYED UNOPENED. T. Bugg. ” Then he would sit, and…
1912 · PDF PAGE 97
…him with the original remark: " To the pure all things are pure.“ It was knowing when to be bold that had made Theodore the fine business man he was. And very bold it was, for conscience makes cowards of us all. The secret shame of his orgies 1 Every week—night— once even on a Sunday l—after everyone had gone to bed, he opened the little safe in the wall at the head of his bed, and drew forth the obscene picture from its envelope marked “ In case of my death or disability THIS PACKET is to be DESTROYED UNOPENED. T. Bugg. ” Then he would sit, and…
1913 · PDF PAGE 549
…al laws of gravitation, frees itself by specializing itself, and passes through the instinct of animals to arrive at the intelligence of man. The active portion of this will is dumb, but it preserves in writing the secrets of Nature. The free part can no longer read this fatal writing without instantaneously losing its liberty. One does not pass from dumb and vegetative contemplation to free vibrating thought without changing one’s surroundings and one’s organs. Thence comes the forgetfulness which accompanies birth, and the vague reminiscences…
1913 · PDF PAGE 549
…al laws of gravitation, frees itself by specializing itself, and passes through the instinct of animals to arrive at the intelligence of man. The active portion of this will is dumb, but it preserves in writing the secrets of Nature. The free part can no longer read this fatal writing without instantaneously losing its liberty. One does not pass from dumb and vegetative contemplation to free vibrating thought without changing one’s surroundings and one’s organs. Thence comes the forgetfulness which accompanies birth, and the vague reminiscences…
1919 · PDF PAGE 353
…tantly changes and develops with progress. The beginner can only see a certain distance. Just so with our first telescopes we discovered many new stars, and with each improvement in the instrument we have discovered more. The second and more obvious meaning in the verse preaches the practice of Yama, Niyama, before serious practice is started, and this in actual life means, map out your career as well as you can. Decide to do so many hours’ work a day in such conditions as may be possible. It does not mean that you should set up neuroses and hy…
1922 · PDF PAGE 17
… and smokes and drinks champagne. No, I was feeling quite a different kind of rotten. I looked at my mind, as the better class of flying man soon learns to do, and I really felt ashamed of myself. Take me for all in all, I was one of the luckiest men alive. War is like a wave; some it rolls over, some it drowns, some it beats to pieces on the shingle; but some it shoots far up the shore on to glistening golden sand out of the reach of any further freaks of fortune. Let me explain. My name is Peter Pendragon. My father was a second son; and he h…
1922 · PDF PAGE 34
…dancing room was a ridiculous, meaningless, gaudy, bad imitation of Klimmt. Damn it all, I may not be a great flyer, but I ama fresh-air man. I detest these near-artists with their poses and their humbug and their swank. I hate shams. I found myself in a state of furious impatience before five minutes had passed. Mrs. Webster and Lou had not arrived. Ten minutes—twenty—I fell into a blind rage, drank heavily of the vile liquor with which the place was stinking, and flung myself with I don’t know what woman into the dance. A shrill-voiced Danish…
1904 · PDF PAGE 78
…t could perceive it not. ‘Avaunt !’ he shrieked, ‘false soul of darkness !’ And the crystal flashed up red, the swarthy red of hate in a man’s cheek, and darkened utterly. “Foaming at the fouth the wretched J eh- jaour clutched at air and fell prone. III. “To what God should he appeal? His own, Hanuman, was silent. Sacrifice, prayer, all were in vain. So Jehjaour gnashed his teeth, and his whole force went out in a mighty current of hate towards his former friend. 1 Allan M acGregor Bennett ( whose motto in the “ Hermetic Order of the Golden Da…
1909 · PDF PAGE 53
NOTES TO TABLE OF CORRESPONDENCES Cor. II.—0Q-10 are the names of the Numbers or Emanations; 11-84 the Letters spelt in full. Linz 1.—Some of the common titles of Kether are =~ MW Ap? oF orn AWN TMI) TN Nw TON xdpw WN xbp moyp on HIN JIN DDN IN wy DyNy The Small Point. The Profuse Giver. The Primordial Point. The White Head. Amen. Lux occulta. Mirum occultum. Inscrutable Height. Long of Nose. Long of Face. The Ancient of Days. (Also name of seven inferiors !) VAN WN AN YDINYT NP NY NWID NDINY DIY IN MDT NOY wry OOD NN dy son noo aw Existence of…
1910 · PDF PAGE 102
94 The Mystic the true support of all religion. So, seeing man beloved of Allah, jinn Aim at that bliss ; their crowns and jewels fling From star to star before the crystal throne, And El Islam goes ever widening.7 To Allah praise ! and El Qahar his slave Taketh reward in offering thanksgiving. 1. Mirrikh. Mars the planet. 2. I have often seen Mars — in the Red Sea es- pecially — with its apparent diameter something like a quarter that of the moon, and its brightness sufficient to wake me, who am the soundest of sleepers. Thus seen for the firs…
1912 · PDF PAGE 137
PROFESSOR ZIRCON Then a gleam of sanity crossed the bigoted scientific mind of the man. She might be able to explain. But he brushed away the ideal How can a fact ever be upset? Credulity itself is reason compared to the mind of the logician who has once allowed emotion to infect his brain, who has missed the {actor of the personal equation. The idea returned. 50 long she had sat there 111 her childish purity that the conservatism of his hard old brain reacted. It could not be. Things could not change. Yet? In the upshot he was English enough to…
1912 · PDF PAGE 137
PROFESSOR ZIRCON Then a gleam of sanity crossed the bigoted scientific mind of the man. She might be able to explain. But he brushed away the ideal How can a fact ever be upset? Credulity itself is reason compared to the mind of the logician who has once allowed emotion to infect his brain, who has missed the {actor of the personal equation. The idea returned. 50 long she had sat there 111 her childish purity that the conservatism of his hard old brain reacted. It could not be. Things could not change. Yet? In the upshot he was English enough to…
1919 · PDF PAGE 229
…n should be referred firstly to the Master or Masters of their Lodge or Lodges in conference; if a composition be not arrived at in this man- ner, the dispute is to be referred to the Grand Tribunal, which will arbitrate thereon, and its decision is to be ac- cepted as final. 27. Refusal to apply for or to accept such decision shall entail expulsion from the Order, and the other party is then at liberty to seek his redress in the Courts of Profane Justice. 28. Members of the Order are to regard those without its pale as possessing no rights of …
1906 · PDF PAGE 271
…im- portant distinction between mere absence of line and presence of a non-existing line, which is as gross a fallacy as to argue that a man who has gone out to lunch has been annihilated. M. But he Aas been annihilated, from the point of view of the emptiness of his bungalow. S. No! for the traces of his presence remain and will do so for ever. M. Then a mehta’s: broom may be as mortal as a femme-de-ménage ! S. A trois: mwatnp—tios, the Aoyos—and TEU aYLoY. I admit it. Af. Then you surrender? The tripartite anatomy of ‘Tat Sat is granted me? H…
1907 · PDF PAGE 117
…ONE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS 97 “With cooing laughter she shall press the monster to her golden teats, Feed its desire on all her sweets with many a masterful caress. “Its wisdom shall invigorate her soul to heights of hideous joy To match her with the equal boy that shall be master of her fate. “ She shall attain a man to excel her strong satanic womanhood: Their love shall break the mask of wood, reveal the authentic face of Hell." All this the craftsman heard with pride: he called: his sickness and his whore Together at his vitals tore, and rent …
1907 · PDF PAGE 62
…e ; I am as one dead Beating at Heaven's gate with nerveless wing .* Charicles then sings the rather mystic song which opens as follows: Man's days are dim , his deeds are dust, His span is but a little space , He lusts to live , he lives to lust , His soul is barren of love or trust, His heart is hopeless , seeing he must Perish , and leave no trace.5 He bids her gaze into his eyes , With love, my cheeks with passion burn As thy clear eyes may well discern By gazing into mine . 1 The Tale of Archais , vol . i, p. 7. 3 Ibid . vol. i, p. 8. • Ib…
1907 · PDF PAGE 107
100 THE STAR IN THE WEST has plunged through the Cytherean sea as a winter in Gaul . Thus Ignorance has bound , fettered , and manacled love to the dingy fornices of the lupanar . Once sink , and instead of extending a helping hand , your head is thrust for a second and third time beneath the waters of affliction by the hands of lechers and louts . The drama entitled “ Tannhäuser " is (as the author states in his preface ) almost identical with “ The Pilgrim's Progress .” It is an intricate mass of psycho logy and philosophy closely interwoven …
1911 · PDF PAGE 164
…iterature; phylacteries increase about the hem of the perfect prig, prude, and Pharisee. Corollary to this attitude is the lack of all human virtue. The greatest magician, when he acts in his human capacity, acts asia man should. In particular, he has learnt kind— heartedness and sympathy. Unselfishness is very often his long suit. just this the mystic lacks. Trying to absorb the lower planes into the higher, he neglects the lower, a mistake no magician could make. I56