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Page 20 of 1151898 · PDF PAGE 89
…good cheer To foemen, grew one clear Concept, ideal, divine, Of a god of light and laughter, of a god of wheat and wine. Work on, strong mind, devise The outer life aright ; Dream, subtle soul, and arise To noblest litanies That pierce the mask of night— In a man work lifts his eyelids, but his dreams lend eyes their light. So dreams and days are wed, And soul and body lie Ambrosial in Love’s bed. See, heaven with stars is spread— So glad of life am I If an angel came to call me I am sure I would not die. 79
1911 · PDF PAGE 310
…lumes are now ready. HAVE YOU A STRONG WILL? How to Develop and Strengthen Will Power, Memory, or any other Faculty, or Attribute of the Mind by the Easy Process of Self-Hypnotism. By CHARLES Goprrry LeLanb. Third and enlarged Edition, containing the Celebrated Borrespondence between Kant and Hufeland, and an additional Chapter on Paracelsus and his Teaching. Price 35. 6d, net. THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT. ASelection from the Essays of PRENTICE MULFORD. Reprinted from the ‘* White Cross Library.” With an Introduction by A. E. Warre. Third Edition. 3…
1911 · PDF PAGE 310
…lumes are now ready. HAVE YOU A STRONG WILL? How to Develop and Strengthen Will Power, Memory, or any other Faculty, or Attribute of the Mind by the Easy Process of Self-Hypnotism. By CHARLES Goprrry LeLanb. Third and enlarged Edition, containing the Celebrated Borrespondence between Kant and Hufeland, and an additional Chapter on Paracelsus and his Teaching. Price 35. 6d, net. THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT. ASelection from the Essays of PRENTICE MULFORD. Reprinted from the ‘* White Cross Library.” With an Introduction by A. E. Warre. Third Edition. 3…
1907 · PDF PAGE 26
…nsignificant compared with the labours of mental un knotting , but even in such places ( where the sense becomes tangled in the reader's mind ) he loses none of the beauty of rime and rhythm , he never becomes bored , never weary . Set in the pure gold of verse and line , lie lyrics of surpassing beauty : Tannhäuser ( the longest of the poems ) would be a magnificent con templation even if we cut from it its sparkling songs , but with them it becomes superb , neither are there too many ; the queen of our poet's ideals is no gilded prostitute , …
1910 · PDF PAGE 119
…) person obtains the highest end.” Those who would practise Dharana successfully should live alone, and should take care to distract the mind as little as possible. They should not speak much or work much, and they should avoid all places, persons and food which repel them.; The first signs of success will be better health and temperament, and a clearer voice. Those who practise zeal- ously will towards the final stages of Dharana hear sounds as of the pealing of distant bells,{ and will see specks of light floating before them which will grow …
1910 · PDF PAGE 119
…) person obtains the highest end.” Those who would practise Dharana successfully should live alone, and should take care to distract the mind as little as possible. They should not speak much or work much, and they should avoid all places, persons and food which repel them.; The first signs of success will be better health and temperament, and a clearer voice. Those who practise zeal- ously will towards the final stages of Dharana hear sounds as of the pealing of distant bells,{ and will see specks of light floating before them which will grow …
1919 · PDF PAGE 151
…d the effect of making him suddenly more careful in his speech, thus showing that there was an underlying connection in his subconscious mind resulting from his former work. These practices may then be said to have a cumulative effect, which makes them all the more valuable in helping towards the general control of body and mind. But what is of still greater importance as far as Frater V.1.0. was concerned, they evidently had the effect—height- ened perhaps by a letter from his Neophyte—of causing him to make a fresh and more determined effort …
1910 · PDF PAGE 33
24 AMBERGRIS FROM MYSTERIES Perdurabo Exile from humankind ! The snows fresh flakes Are warmer than mens hearts. My mind is wrought Into dark shapes of solitary thought That loves and sympathises, but awakes No answering love or pity. What a pang Hath this strange solitude to aggravate The self-abasement and the blows of Fate ! No snake of hell that so severe a fang ! I am not lower than all menI feel Too keenly. Yet my place is not above, Though I have thisunalterable Love In every fibre. I am crucified Apart on a long burning crag of stee…
1904 · PDF PAGE 21
… Hence I account no promise worse, Fail to conceive a fiercer curse Than John’s third chapter (sixteenth verse). But now (you say) broad-minded folk Think that those words the Master spoke Should save all men at last. But mind ! The text says nothing of the kind ! Read the next verses !† Then—one third Of all humanity are steady In a belief in Buddha’s word, Possess eternal life already, And shun delights, laborious days Of labour living (Milton’s phrase) In strenuous purpose to—? to cease ! “A fig for God’s eternal peace ! True peace is to ann…
1904 · PDF PAGE 46
…stasy of Pentecost, (You now perceive my sermon’s text.) First leap to Sunward flings you vexed By glory of its own riposte Back to your mind. But gathering strength And never, you come (ah light !) at length To dwell awhile in the caress Of that strange super-consciousness. After one memory—O abide ! Vivid Savitri lightning-eyed !— Nothing is worth a thought beside. One hint of Amrita55 to taste And all earth’s wine may run to waste ! For by this very means Christ gained56 His glimpse into that world above Which he denominated “Love.” Indeed I…
1907 · PDF PAGE 245
…mpulse " , which in the homogeneous protoplasm causes fission , is as mystical to - day as that added " something " which will cause the mind of one man to admire a Wagnerian opera , and another a drawing by Beardsley . No sound is in the air , vibrations only pass . No sound is in the brain , molecular changes only result . Where then is sound ? It is a creation in the mind by the divine “ I ” ; that unextended absolute Passivity , whose dwelling is in that equilibrating activity which balances action and reaction . Hegel (outside the realms o…
1930 · PDF PAGE 83
…ion of his rapture, but rouse himself to make the relation submit to analysis, to render it in rational terms, and thereby enlighten his mind and heart in a sense as superior to fanatical enthusiasm as Beethoven’s music is to West African war-drums. Section Gg. The adept should hâve realised that his Act of Union with the angel implies (i) the death of his old mind save in so far as his unconscious éléments preserve its memory when they absorb it, and (2) the death of his unconscious elementa themselves. But their death is rather a going forth …
1907 · PDF PAGE 134
… man and woman for God is abnormal , and the abnormal in its turn breeds the lustful , whether the abnormality lies in the twists of the mind or the aberrations of the soul . Amnon lusted after Tamar , he was a mental monster ; Ezekiel devoured dung , he was a spiritual abortion . That a passionate nature is necessarily a lustful one , is often no more the case than that a lustful one need necessarily be passionate ; that lust as well as passion often inhabit the same mind is true enough , and that its forms are monstrous must be apparent to al…
1910 · PDF PAGE 205
…Thus did Frater P. by two years close and unabandoned experiment show, to his own satisfaction, that Yoga was but the Art of uniting the mind to a single idea; and that Gnana- Yoga, Raja-Yoga, Bhakta-Yoga and Hatha-Yoga* were but one class of methods leading to the same Result as attained to by The Holy Qabalah, The Sacred Magic, the Acts of Worship and The Ordeals of Western Ceremonial Magic; which again are but subsections of that One Art, the Art of uniting the mind to a Single Idea. And, that all these, The Union by Knowledge, The Union by …
1910 · PDF PAGE 205
…Thus did Frater P. by two years close and unabandoned experiment show, to his own satisfaction, that Yoga was but the Art of uniting the mind to a single idea; and that Gnana- Yoga, Raja-Yoga, Bhakta-Yoga and Hatha-Yoga* were but one class of methods leading to the same Result as attained to by The Holy Qabalah, The Sacred Magic, the Acts of Worship and The Ordeals of Western Ceremonial Magic; which again are but subsections of that One Art, the Art of uniting the mind to a Single Idea. And, that all these, The Union by Knowledge, The Union by …
1899 · PDF PAGE 208
186 MYSTERIES: PERDURABO. XILE from humankind! The snow’s fresh flakes Are warmer than men’s hearts. My mind is wrought Into dark shapes of solitary thought That loves and sympathizes, but awakes No answering love or pity. What a pang Hath this strange solitude to aggravate The self-abasement and the blows of Fate!’ No snake of hell hath so severe a fang! I am not lower than all men—I feel Too keenly. Yet my place is not above, Though I have this—unalterable Love In every fibre. I am crucified Apart on a lone burning crag of steel, Tortured, ca…
1912 · PDF PAGE 67
…ith fair symmetric line. And lo! the grain of wit I lack— This Beast is Master of Design. So studying each twisted print In this mirific mind of mine, My heart may happen on a hint.” Thus as the seeker after gold Eagerly chases grain or glint, 61
1910 · PDF PAGE 190
…onth of January he met his old College friend H. L. From the very first moment of this meeting H. L. showed considerable perturbation of mind, and on being asked by Frater P. what was exercising him, H. L. replied “Come and free Miss Q. from the wiles of Mrs. M. Being asked who Mrs. M. was, H. L. answered that she was a vampire and a sorceress who was modelling a sphinx with the intention of one day endowing it with life so that it might carry out her evil wishes; and that her victim was Miss Q. P. wishing to ease his friend’s mind asked H. L. …
1910 · PDF PAGE 190
…onth of January he met his old College friend H. L. From the very first moment of this meeting H. L. showed considerable perturbation of mind, and on being asked by Frater P. what was exercising him, H. L. replied “Come and free Miss Q. from the wiles of Mrs. M. Being asked who Mrs. M. was, H. L. answered that she was a vampire and a sorceress who was modelling a sphinx with the intention of one day endowing it with life so that it might carry out her evil wishes; and that her victim was Miss Q. P. wishing to ease his friend’s mind asked H. L. …
1911 · PDF PAGE 91
… Babylon, that understand, and they that are without under- standing, his servants. Behold! it entereth not into the heart, nor into the mind of man to conceive this matter; for the sickness of the body is death, and the sickness of the heart is despair, and the sick- ness of the mind is madness. But in the outermost Abyss is sickness of the aspiration, and sickness of the will, and sickness 89