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Page 154 of 1731906 · PDF PAGE 224
…hth virgin came forth with rent attire and cried the eighth riddle : The sea hath conceived. Our Father raised his head, and there was a great darkness. The ninth virgin, sobbing at his feet, the ninth riddle : By wisdom. | Then our Father touched his crown and they all rejoiced : but laughing he put them aside and he said: Nay! By six hundred and twenty’ do ye exceed ! Whereat they wept, and the tenth virgin came forth, bearing a royal crown having twelve jewels: and she had but one eye, and from that the eyelid had been torn. A prodigious bea…
1939 · PDF PAGE 71
…hough nobody can do your work for you, it is possible to make useto a certain very limited extentof other people's experience, and the Great Order which I have the honour to serve has appointed what I think you will agree is a very satisfactory and practical curriculum. 24. You are expected to spend three months at least on the study of some of the classics on the subject. The chief object of this is not to instruct you, but to familiarise you with the ground work, and in particular to prevent you getting the idea that there is any right or w…
1919 · PDF PAGE 258
…eep philo- sophical principles; and the Areopagus of the Eighth Degree is charged with the duty of resolving them in accordance with the great principles of the Order. “Before the face of the Areopagus stands an independent Parliament of the Guilds. Within the Order, irrespective of grade, the members of each craft, trade, science, or profession form themselves into a Guild, make their own laws, and prosecute their own good, in all matters pertaining to their labour and means of livelihood. Each Guild chooses the man most eminent in it to repre…
1911 · PDF PAGE 173
…ubject. He believed it to represent the Apocalyptic church of Adam, and found in its addresses to the “Seven Churches” the existence of agreat Asian hierarchy of the seven temples of the “twenty-four Ancients," and further, in its various characters, the acts of the twelve divine incarnations, or messengers, who follow each other at periods of 600 years, as taught in regard to the manifestations 01 Vishnu. Then, in (906, we have a book of the astronomer, Nicholas Marazofi‘, verified by the astronomers Ramin and Lanin, who attempt an astrological …
1911 · PDF PAGE 173
…ubject. He believed it to represent the Apocalyptic church of Adam, and found in its addresses to the “Seven Churches” the existence of agreat Asian hierarchy of the seven temples of the “twenty-four Ancients," and further, in its various characters, the acts of the twelve divine incarnations, or messengers, who follow each other at periods of 600 years, as taught in regard to the manifestations 01 Vishnu. Then, in (906, we have a book of the astronomer, Nicholas Marazofi‘, verified by the astronomers Ramin and Lanin, who attempt an astrological …
1929 · PDF PAGE 318
…f "Rising on the Planes", but in a horizontal direction. The same remarks apply to the next three sections in the other quarters. At the great invocation following he extends the Shivalingam to infinite height, each letter of each word representing an exaltation of it by {518} geometrical progression. Having seen this satisfactorily, he prostrates himself in adoration. When consciousness begins to return, he uses the final formula to raise that consciousness in the Shivalingam, springing to his feet at the moment of uniting himself with it, and…
1906 · PDF PAGE 229
… and the smile changed not on his face, and the whole grove was filled with sweet and subtle perfumes. Now on the 71st day arose there a great dispute about tis body; for the angels and spirits and demons did contend about it, yat they might possess it. But our eldest brother V. N. bade all be still ; -nd thus he apportioned the sacred relics of our Father. To the Angel Agbagal, the fore part of the skull ; To the demon Ozoz, the back left part of the skull; To the demon Olcot,! the back right part of the skull ; To ten thousand myriads of spir…
1943 · PDF PAGE 5
…nto you this Mystery of the Law, as it hath been made known unto me in divers places, upon the mountains and in the deserts, but also in great cities, which thing I speak for your comfort and good courage. And so be it unto all of you! Know first, that from the Law spring four Rays or Emanations: so that if the Law be the center of your own being, they must needs fill you with their secret goodness. And these four are Light, Life, Love and Liberty. By Light shall ye look upon yourselves and behold All Things that are in Truth One Thing only, wh…
1905 · PDF PAGE 204
…ow, I know it in my soul, despite of this, The clinging darkness of the Long Ago, Cruel as death, and closer than a kiss, This horror of great darkness. I am come Into this darkness to attain the light : To gain my voice I make myself as dumb: That I may see I close my outer sight : So, I am here. My brows are bent in prayer ; I kneel already in the Gates of Dawn ; And I am come, albeit unaware, To the deep sanctuary : my hope is drawn From wells profounder than the very sea. Yea, I am come, where least I guessed it so, Into the very Presence o…
1907 · PDF PAGE 194
…est measure in deep awe. Now as a yew-tree sends a mighty limb Shooting to sunset, the black road’s black maw Gapes to the westward; the great trunk divides And all the armies of infernal law Stand ranked about the venerable sides Of the black cave: they speak not; dumb they stand And all the frost of all the air abides Upon them, as a vampire stooped and spanned The white throat ofa maiden and held still Her powers by virtue of its hate’s command, Somewhat like love’s: so all the solemn chill Invades those statued ranks of warriors, And I pass…
1904 · PDF PAGE 91
…th virgin cam e forth with rent attire and cried the eighth riddle : The sea hath conceived. Our Father raised his head, and there was a great darkness. The ninth virgin, sobbing at his feet, the ninth riddle : By wisdom. Then our Father touched his crown and they all rejoiced : but laughing he put them aside and he said : Nay ! By six hundred and twenty 1 do ye exceed! Whereat they wept, and the tenth virgin cam e forth, bearing a royal crown having twelve jewels : and she had but one ey e, and from that the eyelid had been torn. A prodigious …
1905 · PDF PAGE 193
… The fact observed is at least subjectively true to many people. After a while he took the word again : ‘Go thou then. moonwards? on the great salt plain; — So to a pillar. It stands. King, earl, and knight. ing slain, A thousand years forgotten—bone by bone. Adamant, alone, Around it see them overthrown, There lie the quest- ‘*No more is spoken—the tradition goes : ‘There learns the seeker what he seeks or knows.’ Thence—none have passed. leagues may keep Some other secret—some profounder deep Than this one echoed fear: the desert shows Its gh…
1911 · PDF PAGE 174
…d their doctrine. Before the issue of the “ Unsealing," the same translatorpublished the " Magical Message of IGannes,” a translation of great value which receives much additional light from the later work, and the more so as it supplies, in a know- ledge of HermeticGreek, muchmeaningwhich escapes us in the authorised version. In the “ Unsealing,” Mr Pryse goes solid for the book, the whole book, and nothing but the book, as the veritable work of the Apostle John, hence the clergy may extend a welcome hand to it. He quite believes it is a work …
1911 · PDF PAGE 174
…d their doctrine. Before the issue of the “ Unsealing," the same translatorpublished the " Magical Message of IGannes,” a translation of great value which receives much additional light from the later work, and the more so as it supplies, in a know- ledge of HermeticGreek, muchmeaningwhich escapes us in the authorised version. In the “ Unsealing,” Mr Pryse goes solid for the book, the whole book, and nothing but the book, as the veritable work of the Apostle John, hence the clergy may extend a welcome hand to it. He quite believes it is a work …
1907 · PDF PAGE 58
…d key-stone of the Royal Arch of Sex ; Unsolved the ultimate x ; The virginal breeding breeze Was yet of either unstirred ; Unspoken the Great Word. 7. Then on a sudden, we knew. From deep to deep Reverberating, lightning unto lightning Across the sundering brightening Abyss of sorrow’s sleep, There shone the sword of love, and struck, and clove The intolerable veil, The woven chain of mail Prudence self-called, and folly known to who May know. Then, O sweet drop of dew, Thy limpid light rolled over and was lost In mine, and mine in thine. Peac…
1907 · PDF PAGE 122
…petals wide, Is like the wind, is like the moon-wrought tide, Is most like life: so soft to man, so hard To the all-gathering brain of a great bard| Christ answered: Peace to man amid the strife | I am the Resurrection and the Life. Let the graves open: see the woman grip Her goodly love, her gainful fellowship ! - See the man, hungry, grasp the willing bride, Grope through the dark dawn to her glow- ing side! There is the resurrection trump: confess The mystery of life is happiness ! Rodin discerned. We see the eagle-eyed Glory of echoing kiss…
1939 · PDF PAGE 41
…le occurs the clause: 'I will interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with my soul.' It is not for us to criticise the Great Order for expressing its idea in terms readily understandable by the ordinary intelligent person. We are to wave aside the metaphysical implications of the phrase, and grasp its obvious meaning. So every act should be an act of Yoga. And this leads us directly to the question which we have postponed until now Concentration. 6. Concentration! The sexual analogy still serves us. Do you remember the Abbe i…
1904 · PDF PAGE 98
…I have but one hope of making any profound impression, viz.—that my theory has the merit of explaining the divergences between the three great forms of religion now existing in the world—Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity , and of adapting them to ontological science by conclusions not mystical but mathematical. Of M ohamme- dism I s hall not now treat, as , in whatever light we may decide to regard it (and its esoteric schools are often orthodox), in any case it must fall under one of the three heads of Nihilism, Advaitism, and Dvaitism. Taki…
1905 · PDF PAGE 8
…himself would be inclined A few other early poems appear in ‘‘ Oracles,” Vol. IL, chosen as illustrative of the progress of his art. The great bulk of the early MSS. from 1887 destroyed. They were very voluminous.| DEDICATION. i DIvINE PHILOSOPHER !? Dear Friend !? Lover and Lord !* accept the verse That marches like a sombre hearse, Bearing Truth’s coffin, to the end. Let man’s distorted worships blend In this, the worthier and the worse, And penetrate the primal curse. Alas! They will not comprehend. Accept this gospel of disease In wanton wo…
1907 · PDF PAGE 13
THE STAR AND THE GARTER Little or great, determinate In law from Fate, the Ultimate. If this be meaningless, much more Vacant your speech and sophic skill (My feminine and fair Escobar ! 1) To prove mere circumstance is no bar Against the freedom of the will. However this may be, we are Here and not otherwhere, star to star ! Hence then act thou! Restrain the ‘‘ Damn!” Evoked by ‘‘ I am that I am.” Perpend! (Hark back to Hamlet !) You stand thus poised upon the cliff Freewill—I await that will; (One) laughter ; (Two) the old kiss; (Three) silen…