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Page 19 of 1051905 · PDF PAGE 114
…yelids filled of flame, Wild lightnings from Him glancing, Lord Shiva went and came. The dancing of His feet was heard And was the final word. He danced the measure golden On dead men . . . His Saints and Rishis olden, The yogins that . . . He trampled them to dust and they Were sparks and no more clay. The dust thrown up around Him In cycles whirled and twined, Dim sparks that fled and found Him Like mist beyond the mind. The universe was peopled then With little gods, and men. In that ecstatic whirling He saw not nor . . . I09
1926 · PDF PAGE 23
…t. But remember, 0 chosen one, to be me; to follow the love of Nu in the star-lit heaven; to look forth upon men, to tell them this glad word. 77. Ο be thou proud and mighty among men! 78. Lift up thyself! for there is none like unto thee among men or among Gods! Lift up thyself, 0 my prophet, thy stature shall surpass the stars. They shall worship thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, the num- ber of the man; and the name of thy house 418. 79. The end of the hiding of Hadit ; and blessing and worship to the prophet of the lovely Star! 23
1904 · PDF PAGE 55
THE SWORD OF SONG 48 Putney) in their newly-demonstated capacity as “unnatural” sons, daughters, fathers, and so on. But I leave it. I am content—my work will have been well done—if this trifling essay be accepted as a just instalment towards a saner criticism of our holiest writers, a j uster appre- ciation of the glories of our greatest poet, a possibly jejune yet assuredly historic attempt to place of the first time William Shakespeare on his proper pedastal as an early disciple of Mr. George Bernard Shaw ; and by conse- quence to carve myse…
1907 · PDF PAGE 64
…e golden web of twain into one entity, is not lust , never was lust , never will be lust . According to the conventional meaning of that word , lust expresses something unhealthy , unclean ; and the love Charicles bore Archais was certainly not that . This love , to use a good old English word , was a “ lusty ” love , that is a healthy love , and not a lustful or perverted desire . The beauty of nature , the beauty of living , and above all the bright beauty of Archais ; intoxicated him ; before him whirled visions of loveli ness , and as her e…
1901 · PDF PAGE 61
…r without sense and horror without shape Most surely there ! O melancholy ! charming child of folly, Where is thy comfort told without a word ? Where are thy plumes, beloved melancholy, Familiar bird ? O emerald star, deep beauty’s avatar, Are thy skies dim ? What throne is thine above ? Where is the crown of thee—thy sevenfold star, My heart of love ? Then from the clinging mist there came a singing, A dirge re-echoes to the poet prayer : “ I am their child to whom thy soul is clinging, I am Despair ! ”
1902 · PDF PAGE 133
…roke your heart. Elizabeth. Oh no, I shall not die. Have I not Mary and the angels yet .'' Tannhauser. You are so pure, so pitiful —your word Cannot bring evil. Yes, I promise you ! Elizabeth. Go then the bitter pilgrimage to Rome, Gain absolution for this piteous past From him that owns the twin all-opening keys That bar your infinite on either side. Then ! look with freshness, hope, and fortitude Still to the summit— the ideal God. 131
1903 · PDF PAGE 83
…e God's responsible) to—mutter In gutter, pay your tithe to vice Since virtue kicks you down its stairs. So thus I clothed it in strange word To catch you thinking unawares. ‘Think? do you think? ‘Then, thinks a bird. Read your Descartes! Nietzsche demurred ?
1929 · PDF PAGE 85
Irue Word of the Néophyte, where existence is taken to import that phase of the whole which is the finite resolution of the Qabalistic Zéro. Finally, the total numération of the Word AUMGN is ioo, which, as initiâtes of the Sanctuary of the Gnosis of the O.T.O. are taught, expresses the unity under the form of complété mani¬ festation by the symbolism of pure number, being Kether by Aiq Bkr 1 2 ; also Malkuth multiplied by itself ~, and thus estab- lished in the phénoménal universe. But, moreover, this number IOO mysteriously indicates the Magi…
1930 · PDF PAGE 14
splendidly described as horse sensewhich comes from intimate wordless unintellectual communing with Nature (please do not take that word com- muning in any bad sense ; if it were not for Baldwin, I would be a Conservative myself)the instinct of some people, who at the bottom of their hearts, did not so much believe in these phantasms. It was not so easy to get them to go out and murder a lot of inoffensive people at the word jump. They had to be supplied with something a little more tangible. You will notice how all this sort of argument …
1996 · PDF PAGE 209
208 The Law is for All & rapture! Come in our passionate peace, & write sweet words for the Kings! 65. I am the Master: thou art the Holy Chosen One. 66. Write, & find ecstasy in writing! Work, & be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life & death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none. 67. Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon of the excellent kisses! 68. Harder! Hold up thys…
1929 · PDF PAGE 385
…ena of those worlds as ordinary men are of this. I would describe what I saw and repeat what I heard and Frater O.V. would write down my words and incidentally observe any phenomena which struck him as peculiar. (For instance: I would at times pass into a deep trance so that many minutes might elapse between two successive sentences.) Such observations may be contemptuously dismissed as imaginary; but having already shown that all knowledge is equally an illusion, the thought is no inhibition. Yet there are different degrees of falsity and crit…
1899 · PDF PAGE 29
…l be mother of Israel. CHORUS. He speaks of her who sighed for Gilead. PROPHET. A maiden shall be slain for many men. CHORUS. A doubtful word, and who shall fathom it? | PROPHET. Thy help is from the hills and desert lands. CHORUS. Our help is from the hills: we know the Lord. PROPHET. Death rides most violently against the sun.
1909 · PDF PAGE 83
Paradise swung open as Satan, cheated of his prey, sank yelling into the Pit. But alas! there is no such word: nothing but a pagan Epicureanism even in the jaws of death. A Prayer Merciful and loving Father, almighty God, grant unto us Thy humble servants and ministers a double portion of Thy Spirit that our eyes may be opened to the wickedness of them that love Thee not, that by Thy grace our ministrations may be used to bring them out of darkness into Light, by the virtue of our crucified Lord, risen and ascended, Thine only- begotten Son, in…
1909 · PDF PAGE 292
…nductor ; What is the answering sign? Associate Adept: The Sign of the closing of the Veil (gives it).t Hierophant Inductor: What is the Word ? Associate Adept: Pe. ». Hierophant Inductor: Resh. 9. Associate Adept: Kaph. 3. Hierophant Inductor: Tau. p. Associate Adept: The whole word is Paroketh m575, meaning the Veil of the ‘Tabernacle. * and +. For these signs see Liber O, No. II., vol. i., Tue Equinox. 284
1909 · PDF PAGE 292
…nductor ; What is the answering sign? Associate Adept: The Sign of the closing of the Veil (gives it).t Hierophant Inductor: What is the Word ? Associate Adept: Pe. ». Hierophant Inductor: Resh. 9. Associate Adept: Kaph. 3. Hierophant Inductor: Tau. p. Associate Adept: The whole word is Paroketh m575, meaning the Veil of the ‘Tabernacle. * and +. For these signs see Liber O, No. II., vol. i., Tue Equinox. 284
1919 · PDF PAGE 126
… as in that other intoxication given by Ether the partakers commune with infinite wit, or wisdom, as the mood taketh them, by means of a word or a gesture, being initiated to apprehension by the subtlety of the drug. So may I that am inflamed with love of this Light, and drunken on the wine Ethereal of this Light, communicate not so much with your reason and intelligence, but with that principle hidden in yourself which is ready to partake with me. Even so may man and woman become mad with love, no word being spoken between them, because of the…
1909 · PDF PAGE 38
…id He answer me; Gird up thy loins now hike a man, and find If thou canst answer like a man to Me! Who art thou darkening counsel by thy word, And in thine ignorance accusing Them Who. ere thy prayer was formulated, heard And crowned it with its passion’s diadem ? Who isthe Son of Man, that We should mind him ? Or visit the vain virgin of his pleasance ? Yet ever as he went We stood behind him And conipassed her with Our continual presence? From the black whirlwind the most high God sayeth : Why did ye doubt, 0 ye of httle faith ?
1913 · PDF PAGE 202
164 THE EQUINOX And the secret word That dies in light Is seen as a bird, As a vision heard. The sylphs that skim The upper air, Light of limb, With floating hair, Tune their lyres To the faded west, And the sacred fires, As they pass to rest, For a moment stay As a note half-heard On their homeward way As a weary bird Lingers in space. O molten air! O dying grace! O dream most rare! O fire most fair! The waves that wander Under the night, As stars that ponder The birth of light, Lift their crests To the flash of fire, And in their breasts Ther…
1913 · PDF PAGE 202
164 THE EQUINOX And the secret word That dies in light Is seen as a bird, As a vision heard. The sylphs that skim The upper air, Light of limb, With floating hair, Tune their lyres To the faded west, And the sacred fires, As they pass to rest, For a moment stay As a note half-heard On their homeward way As a weary bird Lingers in space. O molten air! O dying grace! O dream most rare! O fire most fair! The waves that wander Under the night, As stars that ponder The birth of light, Lift their crests To the flash of fire, And in their breasts Ther…
1996 · PDF PAGE 188
…tom: then behold! 74. There is a splendour in my name hidden and glorious, as the sun of midnight is ever the son. 75. The ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra. The Book of the Law is Written and Concealed. Aum. Ha.