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Page 20 of 1141905 · PDF PAGE 92
Art thou elder than they In their mountain of light? Is thy fugitive way Lost in uttermost night? Shalt thou not obey, Or my lyre not affright, If I call thee by Heaven and Earth with a God’s tumultu- ous might? If I curse thee or chide — Shalt thou tremble not, Thou ? Not move thee and hide From the light of my brow? Shall my arrows divide Not the heart of thee now? Art thou cased in strong iron to mock the spells that all others avow ? Art thou muffled or hidden In adamant brass? Is my music forbidden In Orcus to pass? Have I cursed thee and …
1954 · PDF PAGE 370
…only one thing to remember: IF I ever get the faintest suspicion that you are opposing me, or condemning my plans, or interfering in any way, even with the best intentions , THEN-with a single blow I sever our relations, and for ever. 'Well, that's really very nice of you, Holy One' you might say; but you are not the only one to be considered, what about the Masters? Do they ride us on the snaffle? Tradition says not so." This depends wholly on you . If you are a quite ordinary Aspirant, and a few dozen incarnations one way or the other don't m…
1929 · PDF PAGE 112
…be one Mmme. Horos. In the following year she was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for outrages on young girls. She had in some way used the rituals of the Order which she had stolen from Mathers to entice them to their doom. My arrival in London as the envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Mathers put the cat among the chickens. My identity was very soon discovered and a typhoon began to rage in the teacup. The rebels resorted to all sorts of lawless and violent acts, and spread the most stupidly scandalous stories, not only abou…
1913 · PDF PAGE 99
James Elroy Flecker . THE GOLDEN JOURNEY TO SAMARKAND . At the Gate of the Sun, Bagdad , in olden time . THE MERCHANTS (together ) WAY, for we are ready to a man ! 1 Our camels sniff the evening and are glad . Lead on, o master of the Caravan : Lead on the Merchant - Princes of Bagdad . THE CHIEF DRAPER Have we not Indian carpets dark as wine , Turbans and sashes , gowns and bows and veils , And broideries of intricate design , And printed hangings in enormous bales ? THE CHIEF GROCER We have rose - candy , we have spikenard , Mastic and terebi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 160
… ae ‘ WEA hy Ay Tin ih) Poet Re he ae ay! 4 ait Tt iJ ri yi if . f io) ‘ path iPare? ‘yjaNNi Linas ut i 4 f Ne a Mid . 4 WTO ate ne an ; Way’ hy 1cah? it Pa Athy Woe Fee. 7 4 \ MH Aa aaa Nk aGH,’RATA)a iM oy ; wy | , i ty , iy Al LM ; } [ | ) Mf any rit ih} i A i i iNNyi ; 4 i) | PAVapa yy OVE Re eee) aoe oh i ‘4 i aye ‘: , ai 7) ‘i y j Oo) £ i a VW \ a yun ne. ps Th la fA a a ae, Ve hoeaNe vl iy 1 a ‘ay ,(t } ’ : SUA SMa Lan) , Ts ASCERamada (42): , t ay i it a i, Pi ny ’ ) | Avi ' y Re aBn ui ( ay , ‘4 i hy Ja MSA AED eh thy OME fa ) , : ‘ 5 …
1929 · PDF PAGE 88
…n that men’s fixed beliefs and customs may be radically altered by a féw friendly explanations. Both show a curious fondness for oüt-the-way learning, preferring recondite sources of knowledge they adopt eccentric appearances. Both inspire what can only be called panic fear in absolute strangers, who can give no reason wFatever for a repulsion which sometimes almost amounts to I. Levi, on her deliberately abandoning him, withdrew his protection from his wife; she lost her beauty and intelligence, and became the prey of an aged and hideous pithe…
1961 · PDF PAGE 84
…their secret Nature, that is, their Unity with their true Selves, or, as they then phrased it, with God. And He discovered unto them the Way of this Attainment, and its Relation with the Formula of INRI. Also by His Mystery of Number He made plain the Path for His Successor to declare the Nature of the whole Universe in its Form and in its Structure, as it were an Analysis thereof, doing for Matter what the Buddha was decreed to do for Mind. t
1904 · PDF PAGE 124
…iberately set their face agains t such an attem pt. I am not of them; humanity has grown up; if the knowledge be dangerous in unexpected way s, what of bacteriology? I have obtained one result; a result striking at the very condition of consciousness; which I may formulate as follows: “If a single state of consciousness persist unchanged for a period exceeding a very few seconds, its duality is annihilated; its nature is violently overthrown; this phenomenon is accompanied by an indes cribable s ensation of bliss.” Very well! but I want this fo…
1954 · PDF PAGE 419
…path. Was it worth while to make this analogy? I think so, vague and unscientific as it must have seemed to you, as reminding you of the way in which unlike ideas acquire close kinship as one advanced on the path . Let us get on to your white rages! Well I do know them though I call them black-no, I shall not quarrel about the colour. To me they come almost every day. When I see the maid dust my mantelpiece-which I pay her to do-I want not merely to slay her in the extremity of torment; I want to abolish her, to annihilate her-and the mantelpie…
1939 · PDF PAGE 28
…hen he picks up an untried weapon; either it comes up sweet to the hand, or it does not. You cannot explain it, and you cannot argue it away. 21. I have treated Yama and Niyama at great length because their importance has been greatly underrated, and their nature completely misunderstood. They are definitely magical practices, with hardly a tinge of mystical flavour. The advantage to us here is that we can very usefully exercise and develop ourselves in this way in this country where the technique of Yoga is for all practical purposes impossibl…
1954 · PDF PAGE 50
…d c are really answered by the above. All the terms you use are very indefinite . I hope it will not take too long to get you out of the way of thinking in these terms. For instance , the word "initiation" includes the whole process, and how to distinguish between it and enlightenment I cannot tell you . "Probation," moreover , if it means "Proving," continues throughout the entire process. Nothing is worse for the student than to indulge in these mild speculations about ambiguous terms. 5. You can, if you like, try to work out a progress of Os…
1902 · PDF PAGE 119
… to the body of thy sin For mere delight —Ah, deadly is to us The pleasure wrapping us, and holding in All love, all hate —the miserable way ! Dawns no devouring day Still on the infinite slow tune of limbs Moving in rapture ; sleepy echo swims In the dissolving brain. Love conquering lassitude at last to win Pain out of peace, and pleasure from a pang ; 117
1904 · PDF PAGE 84
… is thy peace. O mortal, sad is love! But my dominion Extends beyond love’s ultimate abode. Eternity itself is but a minion, Lighting my way on the untravelled road. Gods shelter ’neath one shadow of my pinion. Thou only tread the path none else hath trode! Come, lover, in my breast all blooms above, Here is thy love! MEDEA. My poet, now! The one song in the world! ORPHEUS. Above us on the mast is spread The splendour of the fleece! Before us, Argive maidens tread The glowing isles of Greece! Behind us, fear and toil are dead: Below, the breake…
1954 · PDF PAGE 348
A.C. AND THE MASTERS 315 why, and so on. There was little to do but to erect a superstructure of symbolism. This, by the way, has hampered me all my life, in every way: I am so aware of my own shameful ignorance on every subject-there is no mistake about this!-that I cannot conceive of any human being who is actually more ignorant than myself. How could such an one endure to live, with the consciousness of his infamy gnawing his liver? I know this sounds mad; but it's true. Well, then, I set myself to repair the omission with Part III; this sho…
1929 · PDF PAGE 45
… whole knowledge. Fhe knowledge of exoteric science is comically limited by the fact that we hâve no access, except in the most indirect way, to any other celestial body than our own. In the last few years, the semi-educated hâve got an idea that they know a great deal about the universe, and the principal ground for their fine opinion of themselves is usually the téléphoné or the airship. It is pitiful to read the bombastic twaddle about progress, which journalists and others, who wish to prevent men from thinking, put out for consumption. We …
1902 · PDF PAGE 53
…m the scorpion ! I am — alone ! Hathoor. Light, Truth, arise, arise ! TannhAuser. I see— I see ! All blinded by the Light — Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life, the Love ! Thou, Whom I sought through ages of deep sleep Forgotten when I died. There is no death : Change alternating ; and forgetfulness Of one state in the other—easy truth I could not understand ! Oh hear me, hear ! Spare me the last illusion !—She is gone ! 51
1904 · PDF PAGE 23
…uesting turns aside, Not daring to desire; And Madness born of Ares lurks Behind the wonder of his works. Be sure that were the woodland way Tracked snakewise to the core, The dragon slain or driven away, The good Fleece won by war, Not yet should Ares sink his spear, Or fail of flinging forth a fear. The torch of Madness should be lit, And follow him afar;
1913 · PDF PAGE 129
… that looked despair ; One after one they learned at school That honesty will pay ; One after one they found the rule Broken upon life's way . And now they brought their shillings back , Their shillings five or seven , And hope once more had found a crack To shine on us from Heaven . Our spending grew and counted up To two pounds ten a week ; Each body had daily bite and sup, And each grew almost sleek . It couldn 't last, the children moved And made their scattered beds , Their mother died and I had proved Too hard my vigour 's threads. With h…
1961 · PDF PAGE 219
…f this Mystery. Understand thou this, o my son, as I take leave of thee in this Epistle, that the Summit of Wisdom is the opening of the Way that leadeth unto theCrown and Essence of all, to the Soul of the Child Horus, the Lord of the Æon. This Way is the Path of the Pure Fool. Amoun. o
1996 · PDF PAGE 63
…perfectly simple. Whatever your sexual predilections may be, you are free, by the Law of Thelema, to be the star you are, to go your own way rejoicing. It is not indicated here in this text, though it is elsewhere implied, that only one symptom warns that you have mistaken your true Will, and that is, if you should imag ine that in pursuing your way you interfere with that of another star. It may, therefore, be considered improper, as a general rule, for your sexual gratification to destroy, deform, or displease any other star. Mutual consent …