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Page 156 of 2031909 · PDF PAGE 188
…that the six central letters are obtained ; and we read mnxo, which signifies orn, swollen, extended, or expanded; and hence Zhou (¢.e., God, Ateh, the All) a extension. But by Metathesis of these six letters is obtained nox mn = “Truth Was,” as if affirming solemnly the presence in the Creation of the Supernal Truth. Now let us take the first and last letters of the verse and “cast into the midst thereof the Fire of the Sun "—z.e., y (6), “ the Seal of Creation ”—and we have y12,an Egg. Where we see the whole universe enclosed in the Cosmic Eg…
1909 · PDF PAGE 188
…that the six central letters are obtained ; and we read mnxo, which signifies orn, swollen, extended, or expanded; and hence Zhou (¢.e., God, Ateh, the All) a extension. But by Metathesis of these six letters is obtained nox mn = “Truth Was,” as if affirming solemnly the presence in the Creation of the Supernal Truth. Now let us take the first and last letters of the verse and “cast into the midst thereof the Fire of the Sun "—z.e., y (6), “ the Seal of Creation ”—and we have y12,an Egg. Where we see the whole universe enclosed in the Cosmic Eg…
1910 · PDF PAGE 86
…with every attention, readily obtains success therein. 13. There is not the least doubt that Guru is father, Guru is mother, and Guru is God even: and as such, he should be served by all, with their thought, word and deed.t ii. Place. Solitude and Silence. The place where Yoga is performed should be a beautiful and pleasant place, according to the Shiva Sanhita.{ In the * A Guru is as necessary in Yoga as a Music Master is in Music. + “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iii. $ Ibid. chap. v, 184, 185. The aspirant should firstly, join the assembly of 74
1910 · PDF PAGE 149
…which fact conversely also postulates the Beginning as Nibbana. Therefore we have all things originating from an x sign, Atman, Nibbana, God, Ain or First Cause, and eventually returning to this primordial Equilibrium. The difficulty which now remains is the bridging over of this divided middle. To Gotama there is no unit, and existence fer se is Ignorance caused as it were by a bad dream in the head of the undefinable Nibbana; which itself, however, * “The Questions of King Milinda,” iv, 2, 5. + Lbid,, iii, 5, 6. t Lbid,, iii, 4, 4. 133
1910 · PDF PAGE 86
…with every attention, readily obtains success therein. 13. There is not the least doubt that Guru is father, Guru is mother, and Guru is God even: and as such, he should be served by all, with their thought, word and deed.t ii. Place. Solitude and Silence. The place where Yoga is performed should be a beautiful and pleasant place, according to the Shiva Sanhita.{ In the * A Guru is as necessary in Yoga as a Music Master is in Music. + “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iii. $ Ibid. chap. v, 184, 185. The aspirant should firstly, join the assembly of 74
1910 · PDF PAGE 149
…which fact conversely also postulates the Beginning as Nibbana. Therefore we have all things originating from an x sign, Atman, Nibbana, God, Ain or First Cause, and eventually returning to this primordial Equilibrium. The difficulty which now remains is the bridging over of this divided middle. To Gotama there is no unit, and existence fer se is Ignorance caused as it were by a bad dream in the head of the undefinable Nibbana; which itself, however, * “The Questions of King Milinda,” iv, 2, 5. + Lbid,, iii, 5, 6. t Lbid,, iii, 4, 4. 133
1915 · PDF PAGE 3
…Kaio-Chau was an easy enough prey; well, then, snatch it, and chance the wrath of schoolmarmed America and the egregious Wilson. But for God's sake, and by the navel of Daibutsu, and the twelve banners of the twelve sects of Buddha, let us spew out the twaddle about honor, and justice, and oppressed China, and the sanc- tity of alliance! The English are ever on the look-out for atrocities. Bulgarian atrocities, Armenian atrocities, Tripolitan atrocities, Congo atrocities, and now German atrocities. One notices that the atrocity of the atrocitat…
1907 · PDF PAGE 267
260 THE STAR IN THE WEST his Reason , forsakes his God- (Ain Soph )-- and sacri fices his only begotten son (Unity ) on the blood stained altar of Evolution , by ascribing to it a ten dency to dividuality , thus barbarously immolating his sacred child by rendering him one with the divine fiat of Genesis .' Berkeley , nearly two hundred years ago now , answered the scientists apparently for all time , by stating : “ ... it seems no less absurd to suppose a substance without accidents , than it is to suppose accidents without a substance .” And t…
1910 · PDF PAGE 60
… and Substance (Akasa) differentiates a plant from a stone, an animal from a plant, a man from an animal, a man from a man, and man from God, yet which ultimately is the underlying Equilibrium of all things; for as the Bhaga- vad-Gita says: ‘“ Equilibrium is called Yoga.” Chemically the various groups in the organic and inorganic worlds are similar in structure and composition. One piece of limestone is very much like another, and so also are the actual bodies of any two men, but not so their minds. There- fore, should we wish to discover and u…
1910 · PDF PAGE 202
…e flames that mock obedience, and scorn our word. Directly we perform a miracle we produce a change: a change is Mara the Devil, and not God the Changeless One. And though we may have scraped clean the palimpsest of our 186
1910 · PDF PAGE 60
… and Substance (Akasa) differentiates a plant from a stone, an animal from a plant, a man from an animal, a man from a man, and man from God, yet which ultimately is the underlying Equilibrium of all things; for as the Bhaga- vad-Gita says: ‘“ Equilibrium is called Yoga.” Chemically the various groups in the organic and inorganic worlds are similar in structure and composition. One piece of limestone is very much like another, and so also are the actual bodies of any two men, but not so their minds. There- fore, should we wish to discover and u…
1910 · PDF PAGE 202
…e flames that mock obedience, and scorn our word. Directly we perform a miracle we produce a change: a change is Mara the Devil, and not God the Changeless One. And though we may have scraped clean the palimpsest of our 186
1913 · PDF PAGE 303
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES qué priest, is always the representative of God. Of little account are the faults or even the crimes of man. When Alexander VI consecrated his bishops, it was not the poisoner who laid his hands upon them, it was the pope. Pope Alexander VI never corrupted or falsified the dogmas which condemned him, or the sacraments which in his hands saved others, and did not justify him. At all times and in all places there have been liars and criminals, but in the hierarchical and divinely authorized Church there have never been, a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 577
…thin ourselves a principle of death and a principle of immortality. Death is the beast, and the beast produces always bestial stupidity. God does not love fools, for his divine spirit is called the spirit of intelligence. Stupidity expiates itself by suffering and slavery. The stick is made for beasts. Suffering is always a warning. So much the worse for him who does not understand it! When Nature tightens the rein, it is that we are swerving; when she plies the whip, it is that danger is imminent. Woe, then, to him who does not reflect! When w…
1913 · PDF PAGE 303
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES qué priest, is always the representative of God. Of little account are the faults or even the crimes of man. When Alexander VI consecrated his bishops, it was not the poisoner who laid his hands upon them, it was the pope. Pope Alexander VI never corrupted or falsified the dogmas which condemned him, or the sacraments which in his hands saved others, and did not justify him. At all times and in all places there have been liars and criminals, but in the hierarchical and divinely authorized Church there have never been, a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 577
…thin ourselves a principle of death and a principle of immortality. Death is the beast, and the beast produces always bestial stupidity. God does not love fools, for his divine spirit is called the spirit of intelligence. Stupidity expiates itself by suffering and slavery. The stick is made for beasts. Suffering is always a warning. So much the worse for him who does not understand it! When Nature tightens the rein, it is that we are swerving; when she plies the whip, it is that danger is imminent. Woe, then, to him who does not reflect! When w…
1929 · PDF PAGE 128
…portant in Magick. Nigh ail ancient Magick revolves around this matter. In particular ail the Osirian religions — the rites of the Dying God — refer to this, The slaying of Osiris and Adonis ; the mutilation of Attis; the cuits of Mexico and Peruj the story of Hercules or Melcarth; the legends of Dionysus and of Mithra, are ail connected with this one idea. In the Hebrew religion we find the same thing inculcated. The first ethical lesson in the Bible is that the only sacrifice pleasing to the Lord is the sacrifice of bloodj Abel, who made this…
1907 · PDF PAGE 234
228 EPILOGUE AND DEDICATION for the others. God forbid that I should rest this paper on a historical basis! I am talking about the certain results of human psychology: and science can neither help nor hinder me. True, when Huxley and Tyndall were alive, their miserable intelligences were always feeding us up with the idea that science might one day be able to answer some of the simpler questions which one can put: but that was because of their mystical leanings; they are dead, and have left no successors, To-day we have the certitude, ‘Science …
1906 · PDF PAGE 187
…very deed ; machina. Pon- Yet, being an illiterate man, tius Pilate as a Not his to balance or to scan, Surrey Magis- . : trate, To call God stupid or unjust ! He took the universe on trust ; He reconciled the world below With that above ; rolled eloquence »teel-tired® o’er reason’s “why?” and “whence?” Discarded all proportion just, And thundered in our ears “I know,” And bellowed in our brains “ ye must.”
1909 · PDF PAGE 37
…, keep me to this vow! And if I turn aside, even for a moment, I pray Thee, warn me by some signal chastisement, that Thou art a jealous god, and that Thou wilt keep me veiled, cherished, guarded in Thine harem a pure and perfect spouse, like a slender fountain playing in Thy courts of marble and of malachite, of jasper, of topaz, and of lapis lazuli. And by my magick power I summon all the inhabitants of the ten thousand worlds to Witness this mine oath. Iwill rise, and break my fast. I think it as well to go on with the mantra, as it started …