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Page 196 of 2251929 · PDF PAGE 56
…and metaphysical spéculation. He who became the Master Therion was once confronted by this very difficulty. Being determined to instruct mankind, He sought a simple statement of his object. His will was sufficiently informed by common sense to décidé him to teach man T he Nexi Step, the thing which was immediately above him. He might hâve called this “God”, or “The Higher Self”, or “The Augoeides”, or “Adi-Buddha”, or 61 other things —but He had discovered that these w'ere ali one, yet that each one represented some theory of the Universe which…
1904 · PDF PAGE 54
…ice, is killed by his servant. Regan avenges her husband promptly, and I have little doubt that this act of excessive courtesy towards a man she did not love is the moral cause of her unhappy end. I would not that we should not attempt to draw any opinions as to the author’s design from the conversation of the vulgar ; even had we not Coriolanus to show us what he thought. IV. Act IV. develops the plot and is little germane to our matter, save that w e catch a glimpse of the unspeakably vile Cordelia, with no pity for her father’s serious condi…
1905 · PDF PAGE 14
THE TALE OF ARCHAIS. A ROMANCE IN VERSE. 1898. TO THE WHITH MAID THIS TALE OF GRE THE AUTHOR'S BALLADE OF HIS TALE. Go to the woodlands, English maid, Or where the downs to seaward bend, When autumn is in gold arrayed, Or spring is green, or winters send A frosty sun, or summers blend Their flowers in every dainty dye, And take, as you would take a friend, This pleasant tale of Thessaly. Lie on the greensward, while the shade Shortens as morning doth ascend The gates of Hfeaven, and bud and blade Laugh at the dawn, while breezes lend Their musi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 37
instructions." Lisa went to the telephone. Instead of getting her room, she was connected with the manager of the hotel. "I much regret to have to tell you, madame, that your maid was seized with epileptic fits shortly after you left this morning." Lisa was too stunned to reply. She dropped the receiver. Cyril crossed to her instantly, and told the man that his news had upset Madame; she would telephone again later. Lisa repeated what the manager had said. "I thought as much," said Cyril. "I didn't," said Iff frankly, "and it worries me. I'm no…
1930 · PDF PAGE 5
…ossess Nancy, he does in fact evoke a spirit of the nature of Venus, constraining him by his Oath of Love (and by his magical power as a man) to bring him the girl. So also, when he wants to kiJl her, he evokes a Martial or Saturnian spirit, with an Oath of hâte. But these are not pure planetary spints, moving in well- dehned spneres by rigidlv righteous laws. They are gross concré¬ tions of confused impulses, “incapable of understanding the nature of an oath”. They are also such that the idea of murder is nowise offensive to the Spirit of Love…
1930 · PDF PAGE 7
…le. Frater Perdurabo specifically swore that He would renounce His Personal possessions to the last penny5 also that He would allow no human affection to hinder Elim. Ihese ternis were accepted; He was granted infinitely more than He had imagined possible to any incarnated Man. On the other hand, the price offered by Him was exacted as stnctly as if it had been stipulated by Shylock. Kvery tieasure that he had on earth was taken away, and that, usually, 111 so biutal 01 ciuel a manner as to make the loss îtself the least part of the pang. Every…
1996 · PDF PAGE 130
…of mental acquirements of universal benefit. It is a form of sectarian bigotry. We should recognize the fact that the vast majority of human beings have no ambition in life beyond mere ease and animal happiness. We should allow these people to fulfil their destinies without interference. We should give every opportunity to the ambitious, and thereby establish a class of morally and intellectually superior men and women. We should have no compunction in utilizing the natural qualities of the bulk of mankind. We do not insist on trying to train s…
1906 · PDF PAGE 100
…eed I spake of things I knew not of. ARGUS. You speak more wisely when you float away Into pure dream, and talk of mystic things That no man born of woman understands, And therefore does not dare to contradict. JASON. He who speaks much and bitterly at last Lays himself open to retort. I think I never heard such contradictions fly As when men talk of gods—that never were ! ARGUS. Thou wouldst do better to leave men alone. The wisest talk is folly when work waits. Look ! how these sturdy villains gape around, Fling down their task, and hang upon…
1907 · PDF PAGE 80
…You speak of a lady tome. You mistake me ALAIN. [I hope so. DENYS. Do not entrust a stranger with your family secrets, is my advice—as a man of the world. ALAIN. But my nephew !— DENYS. I do not even know your lordship’s honourable nephew. ALAIN. I may yet show you a sneaking rascal in his person. DENYs. This really cannot go on. I must beg you, sir, to allow me to go from your house. I came here by an ill chance enough—though it saved my life in sooth. ALAIN. And secured you a splendid marriage. DENYS. [sede.] Never, never again will I mix my …
1929 · PDF PAGE 155
made to impinge on the manj by the normal means of contact if possible, if not, by attacking some sensitive spot in his subconscious sensonum. But the heaviest rod will not land the smallest fish unless there be a line of some sort fixed firmly to both. The Third Class is characterized by the absence of any existing link between the Will of the Magician and that controlling the object to be affected. (The Second Class may approximate to the 1 hird when there is no possibility of approaching the second mind by normal means, as sometimes happens)…
1906 · PDF PAGE 200
…ly go quite as far as mine—it must be remembered that ‘‘scepticism” is merely the indication of a possible attitude, not a belief, as so many good fool folk think; but Buddha not only denies ‘‘ Cogito, ergo sum"’ ; but ‘‘ Cogito, ergo nonsum.” See Sadsasava Sutta, par. 10.* At any rate Sakkyaditthi, the delusion of personality, is in the very forefront of his doctrines; and it is this delusion that is con- stantly and inevitably affirmed in all normal consciousness. That Dhyanic thought avoids it is doubtful; even so, Buddha is here repre- sent…
1930 · PDF PAGE 45
…he norm of nothingness. \\ e may recapitulate the above reflections in a practical form. We will suppose that one wishes to divine by geomancy whether or no one should marry, it being assumed that one’s emotional impulses suggest so rash a course. The man takes his wand and his sand; he traces the question, makes the appropriate pentagram, and the sigil of the spirit. Before tracing the dashes which are to détermine the four “Mothers”, he must strictly examine himself. He must banish from his mind every thought which can possibly act as an atta…
1996 · PDF PAGE 65
…kespeare, Macbeth i, 7.] The act of love can no more “trammel up the consequence”1 2 than any other act. As long as you possess the talisman, it must be used from time to time, whether you will or no. If you injure the quality, or diminish the quantity, of that quintessence, you blas pheme yourself, and betray the trust reposed in you when you accepted the obligation of that austerely chivalrous Order called Manhood. The powers of the talisman are irresistible like every other natural force. Every time they are used, a child must be begotten. …
1929 · PDF PAGE 235
…h all expectation. "Let me hear it!" The General reached for a memorandum. Grey laughed. In a few words he repeated his theory of the German plans. "But it is certain!" cried Foch. "One moment; excuse me; I must telephone." He left the room. In five minutes he was back. "Rest easy, Captain Grey," he said, "we shall be ready to catch Von Kluck as he turns. Now, will you do me the pleasure to take this note back to your chief? The British must be ready to strike at the same moment. I won't ask you to stay; but — I beg of you to come to dine with …
1944 · PDF PAGE 147
the object of his boast and at himself for making it. He is romantic, especially in matters of his‐ tory and tradition, to the point of folly, and may engineer “stunts” or play elaborate practical jokes. He might select some inoffensive nobody, and pursue him for years with every weapon of ridicule) as Swift tormented the unhappy Partridge, all without the least animus, ready to give the shirt off his back, should his victim be in need. His sense of humour is omnivorous, and may make him a mysterious figure, dreaded without reason by people who…
1904 · PDF PAGE 77
…fore komeselabe, Do i-be-Da, ole, oanio azodiazoDore olalore, ge-kiaisi the circle in the A in the 24th of a moment in the likeness of a man _ not unto the nore-mo-lape, tol-toregi, q-tofajilo poresa adoianu cadsago, Dorebesa terror of the sons of men the creatures or all things on the face of the earth. Obey na-e-el, marebe koredazodiz00a, Dorebesa jijipabe, oborela Das gobus. my power like reasoning creatures ; obey the living breath, the law which I speak. 61
1919 · PDF PAGE 153
…oy it. Is it not written in Liber LXV “As an acid eats into steel, and as a cancer utterly corrupts the body, so am I unto the spirit of Man. I shall not rest until I have destroyed it utterly”? Sunday April 2nd (Fra V.1.0.’s 25th Birthday) During practice I had a dis- tinct consciousness of the ‘centre of consciousness’ being not ‘within’ as usual, but above head. April 3rd. I alternate between a state of ‘enjoying any task or position because it is the first that comes to hand and therefore the simplest and best course of action’, and ‘a feel…
1929 · PDF PAGE 70
…ttle child. She wanted to climb on to everybody's knee, and be hugged! She had regained at a single [100] stroke the infant's faith in human nature; she looked at the universe as simply as a great artist does. (For in him too lives and rejoices the Eternal Babe). But her greatest surprise was in her physical health and energy. She had passed through a fierce and furious day, a night of infernal torture; yet she was unaccountably buoyant, eager, assiduous in every act, from her smiled word of pleasure to the drinking of her coffee. Everything at…
1907 · PDF PAGE 42
…e dark-browed horsemen lashing, crying, Urging their weary steeds? Half-dying he beasts bend bitter to the storm’s Assault: they hunt? A man, be sure! 1 A pass, and mountains, in the Lake district. These figures touch my soul with fear. What of my love? These caitiffs chase him, May be. Who rides? I'll catch his bridle, Plough with his heifer, learn his riddle. [Enter CARRUTHERS, riding madly, crying “° Str Percy ! Sir Percy |” You, sir, what makes your honour here ! Sir Percy? Who then dares to face him? CARRUTHERS. Let go my bridle, girl, I s…
1929 · PDF PAGE 72
…ons of an arbitrary device for representing our icleas in a pluralistic symbolism based on duality. “Good” must be defined in terms of human ideals and instincts. “East” has no meaning except with reference to the earth’s internai aff airs ; as an absolute direction in space it changes a degree every four minutes. “Up” is the same for no two men, unless one chance to be in the line joining the other with the centre of the earth. “Hard” is the private opinion of our muscles. “True” is an utterly unintelligible epithet which has proved refractory…