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Page 20 of 1301909 · PDF PAGE 58
…e. 7. Yea, even I the man beheld this wonder. 8. And I could not deliver it unto myself. 9. That which established me is invisible and unknowable in its essence. IO. Only they who know IT may be known. II. For they have the genius of the mighty sword 418. 12. And they are not deceived by any of these things; for by their subtlety do they expand them all into the Twelve Rays of the Crown. 13. And these twelve rays are One.
1928 · PDF PAGE 39
…th, one might compare you with great accuracy to a young she-frog invok- ing the Ideal. If you despise King Log (as I am at present, you know well) beware of King Stork, who will crunch you and swallow you and kill at his pleasure! Poet as I am, I am not the dupe that you would like to think; and if you weary me too often with your affected complainings I will treat you like a wild woman of the woods or throw you out of the window like an empty bottle.
1928 · PDF PAGE 180
…ay contemplate the town outspread Hospital, brothel, jail, hell, purgatory, Where each thing monstrous rears its pros- pered head! Well knowst thou Satan (ease this woe of mine!) I went not thither useless tears to shed, But an old lecher withs old concubine, To madden sense on the enormous bitch Whose hellish charm pours youth for me like wine Whether thou sleep in mornings sheets (dear witch!) Heavy, obscure, and chill; or preen thee, vain, In evenings veils, with gold embroidery rich.
1906 · PDF PAGE 153
… me) ‘“‘in that vicious style The very faith whose truths you seem (Elsewhere) * to hold, to hymn supreme In your own soul?” Perhaps you know How mystic doctrines melt the snow Of any faith : redeem it to A fountain of reviving dew. So I with Christ : but few receive The Qabalistic Balm,*® believe Nothing—and choose to know instead. But, to that terror vague and dread, External worship ; all my lfe— War to the knife! War to the knife! No! on the other hand the Buddha Says: “I’m surprised at you! How coulda Person accept my law and still Use hat…
1907 · PDF PAGE 31
…ess Your beating bosom like a living flower ; To die in your embraces , in the shower That dews like death your swooning loveliness . To know you love me ; that your body leaps With the quick passion of your soul ; to know Your fragrant kisses sting my spirit so ; To be one soul where Satan smiles and sleeps ; Ah ! in the very triumph - hour of Hell Satan himself remembers whence he fell ! ? Again , such lines as these from the “ Triumph of Man " : And all the earth is blasted ; the green sward Burns where it touches , and the barren sod 1 The …
1909 · PDF PAGE 10
…ve no sufficient reason why it should be followed. Of such we humbly crave the pardon; and in answer to a seemingly widespread desire to know if we mean anything, and if so, What? we request those who would know the Truth of Scientific lluminism to look into the open mouth of its doctrine, to follow its simple teachings step by step, and not to turn their backs on it and, walking in the opposite direction, declare so simple a problem to be an everlasting mystery. We are therefore not concerned with those who have not examined our doctrine of sc…
1909 · PDF PAGE 10
…ve no sufficient reason why it should be followed. Of such we humbly crave the pardon; and in answer to a seemingly widespread desire to know if we mean anything, and if so, What? we request those who would know the Truth of Scientific lluminism to look into the open mouth of its doctrine, to follow its simple teachings step by step, and not to turn their backs on it and, walking in the opposite direction, declare so simple a problem to be an everlasting mystery. We are therefore not concerned with those who have not examined our doctrine of sc…
1903 · PDF PAGE 21
…Maurya May The Goddess rare. The light of the stars Be hers : go, go, Ye silent folk, Harness your cars ! Brace the yoke ! It is time to Know. Ho! Ho! Desolate deeds ! She bleeds, she bleeds. The golden head Is drooped for aye. She is dead, she is dead. She is God, and I? I am might. I am power. I am light For an hour. I am strong, I grow. Ho! Ho! I taught Criosda The evil runes. _ Mine were the tunes His passion sang.
1906 · PDF PAGE 53
…ll, keep naught enshrined A lurking serpent in the mind, Deem not to catch some goodlier gain Than these; the goodliest prize were pain. Know that the utmost heaven is void Of aught save star or asteroid! Or, an it please thee, idly dream A God therein, a force supreme, 47
1910 · PDF PAGE 80
… me your red star ? THE VULTURE With the greatest pleasure, pigeon ! THE DOVE I’ll be off, then. THE LAMB So will I. THE VULTURE I shall know where I can find you. THE LAMB Would you had a moment’s patience ! I had a much better scheme — One involving pigeon-pie ! THE VULTURE Butch ! be off with you. I’ll hop Up again to the tree-top. Yaugh Waugh ! That’s me ! Always at the top of the tree ! (They depart separately, yet together. The old Philosopher wakes).
1907 · PDF PAGE 149
…into bliss, Its holier joy is in the deadlier thirst That drank his life out into the abyss Of torture endless , endless and accurst . I know him little ; liking what I know . But you —you offer me his flesh and blood . I taste it - never another vintage owe , Nor bid me sup upon another food ! This is our marriage ; firmer than the root Of love or lust could plant our joy , my wife, We stand in this , the purple - seeded fruit Of yon youth's fair and pitiable life .' So we see before us a curious form , at times cold as the marble statue of Py…
1911 · PDF PAGE 125
…answered solemnly; her eyes sank into his, like a dagger into the belly of a faithless Kabyle woman. “ But beyond that, your secret! You know life, yet you can laugh from a mad heart ! ” " It is easily said. I am going to London to—morrow. There they will make me bankrupt, because I love my neigh- bour better than myself, and prosecute me for blasphemy and indecency, because I uttered a few simple truths that every— body knows." "Why, my friend, you will be famous I " she cried. " Aux grands hommes la patrie reconnaissante 1 ” “Probably,” said …
1911 · PDF PAGE 125
…answered solemnly; her eyes sank into his, like a dagger into the belly of a faithless Kabyle woman. “ But beyond that, your secret! You know life, yet you can laugh from a mad heart ! ” " It is easily said. I am going to London to—morrow. There they will make me bankrupt, because I love my neigh- bour better than myself, and prosecute me for blasphemy and indecency, because I uttered a few simple truths that every— body knows." "Why, my friend, you will be famous I " she cried. " Aux grands hommes la patrie reconnaissante 1 ” “Probably,” said …
1912 · PDF PAGE 94
… catch his train. justas he was beginning to enjoy himself, too. What a shame! He couldn’t even send a telegram without letting somebody know where he was—and at home they supposed him to be visiting a business acquaintance in Shropshire. I'll have a mementum, thought he, if I die for it. I'll—I don’t care. I may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb— I‘ll go the whole hog. I know there‘s shops about here. So, turning,in his excitement and determination, he saw —when you invoke the devil he is usually half—way to you—a shop window full of photo…
1912 · PDF PAGE 94
… catch his train. justas he was beginning to enjoy himself, too. What a shame! He couldn’t even send a telegram without letting somebody know where he was—and at home they supposed him to be visiting a business acquaintance in Shropshire. I'll have a mementum, thought he, if I die for it. I'll—I don’t care. I may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb— I‘ll go the whole hog. I know there‘s shops about here. So, turning,in his excitement and determination, he saw —when you invoke the devil he is usually half—way to you—a shop window full of photo…
1907 · PDF PAGE 224
…ce dare open our eyes for fear of being blinded . A mystic by nature and a priest by profession , we must , in reviewing his bequests to knowledge , always remember how much of the one side to deduct from the other , should we wish to prove him either an Adept or a Bishop . But with such inborn predilection , and such outward assumption , it is easy to understand why it was that he threw the whole energy of his life into an attempt to refute the advancing scepticism latent in the works of Hobbes and Locke . He saw , and seeing fought the many c…
1909 · PDF PAGE 6
… to be but a modification of mind, or (at least) that the two things matter and mind must be joined before either could be perceived. All knowledge comes through the senses, on the one hand ; on the other, it is only through the senses that knowledge comes, We then continue our conquest of matter; and we are getting pretty expert. It took much longer to perfect the telescope than the motor-car. And though, of course, there are limitations, we know enough to be able to predict them. We know in what progression the Power to Speed co— efficient of a…
1898 · PDF PAGE 117
Á¼±ÆÁ¿´¯Ä¿Å O½±Á 111 Á¼±ÆÁ¿´ ¯Ä¿Å O½±Á I know that winged sprite Who flew from heaven—was it hell ?— Into these bounds of light And music—yesternight— Had some new song to tell. I saw a living soul Flame into mortal dress ; Whose glance—a fiery coal, Whose lips—a ruby bowl Whose wine was wickedness. They were strange lips, I ween, Whereon no kiss might be, And teeth were sharp therein ; Ivory and white and keen, Tameless as hungering sea. Strange body of my desire, Voluptuous, lithe, and wan ; For, on my eyes drawn nigher,
1902 · PDF PAGE 87
…h. Tannhauser! Yes! And we have thought you dead. Landgrave. Friends, will you swear to him .■* Heinrich. Yes, yes, 'tis he ! Wolfram. I know the blithe look in the sober eyes ! Landgrave. Changed verily. It was most urgent, cousin, I were assured of your identity. Three weeks the couriers scour the land for you. Urgent demands : —how came you here at last .'' Your horse ? Your arms ? Three years since Germany Saw the brave eyes and kindly face of you ! Where have you been ? Upon the sacred quest Still riding ? Tannhauser. Ay, my lord, upon the…
1903 · PDF PAGE 76
And I who am not, know thee well Who art not: then the chain divides From love-enlightened limbs, and swell The choral cries unutterable Out of the salt, out of the tides, The sea, whose drink is death by thirst. The triumph anthem overrides The ocean's lamentable sides, And we are done with life: accurst Who linger; lost who find ; but we Follow the gold wake of the first Who found in losing ; who reversed The dictates of eternity. Lo! in steep meditation hearsed, Coffined in knowledge, fast we flee Unto the island from the sea. 74