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Page 211 of 2251919 · PDF PAGE 463
…ietta Street, Southampton Street, Strand, London TELEPHONE-5400 Central MR. NORTHAM begs to announce that he has been entrusted with the manufacture of all robes and other ceremonial apparel of members of the A-. A.. and its adepts and aspirants. No. 0. Prospationer’s Rose . . . . . £00 I “ “superior quality =. 700 2, NEopHyTE’s . . . . . 6 00 3. ZELATOR Symbol added to No. 2 100 4. Pracricus “ “ 3 100 5. PHILosopHus “ 4 100 6. Dominus Limrnis “ 5 . 100 7. AvEPTUS (without) “ “ oorr 3.00 8 (within) . oe. 100 0 9. Avertrus Major . . . . . . » 10…
1904 · PDF PAGE 85
…d before him to bid the opposers beware of his coming. On the Bull he rode, and on his left hand and his right marched the Eagle and the Man. But his b ack was uncovered, seeing that he would not turn. And the Spirit of the Path met him. It was a y oung girl of two and twenty y ears, and she warned him that without the Serpent5 his way s were but as wool c ast into the dy er’s vat. Two-and-twenty scales had t he Serpent, and every scale was a path, and every path was alike an enemy and a friend. So he set out, and th e darkness grew upon him. Y…
1907 · PDF PAGE 61
… 2?) Enough; [see This I can answer—or Ernst Llaeckel can ! Now, God Almighty, rede this mystery ! What of the love that is the heart of man? Take stars and airs, and write it down ! Mill all the interstices of space With myriad verse——own Thy disgrace ! Diminish Thy renown ! Approve my riddle ! This Thou canst not do. 17. O living Kose ! O dowered with subtle dew Of love, the tiny eternitics of time, Caucht between flying seconds, are well filled With these futilides of fragrant rhyme ; In Love’s retort distilled, [In sunrays of fierce loathin…
1944 · PDF PAGE 171
…ge rocks”, then “advanced to the dry plains—the trees—the high mound”; finally, to “the large heights”. It thus symbolizes slow, steady emancipation from repressive conditions. The description is even happier than that given by the Qabalah, although in every way congruous with it. Practical considerations are never absent from Chinese thought, even at its most abstruse and metaphysical. The fundamental heresy of the Black Lodge is con tempt for “the world, the flesh, and the devil”, all which are essential to the plan of the Universe; it is car…
1906 · PDF PAGE 62
…ks are rended asunder, And the wings of the Night are released. As in travail a maiden demented, Afraid of the deed she hath done, By no man lamented, springs up the sweet- scented Pale flower of the sun. So change not the heights and the hollows ; The hollows are one with the heights In that pallid grave dawn of Apollo’s Confusion of shadows and lights. Unreal save to sense that can sense her That maiden of sunrise refills The air’s grey censer with perfumes intenser The higher the hills. So, vague as a ghost swift faded, Steals dawn, and so s…
1939 · PDF PAGE 26
…These are all help and encouragement; these are all intolerable hindrances; these are the greatest of the obstacles which confront the human being, trained as he is by centuries of evolution to receive his whole consciousness through the senses alone. And they hit us hardest because they interfere directly with the technique of our work; we are constantly gaining new powers, despite ourselves, and every time this happens we have to invent a new method for bringing their malice to naught. But, as before, the remedy is of the same stuff as the di…
1919 · PDF PAGE 300
…ted quality. She made him shave, and Mr. Bishop, who had been going about London for forty years looking like a most venerable old gentleman, was seen to be a monkey. He looked like a monkey so much that the local zoologists used to frequent the neigh- bourhood of his house on Sunday afternoon. We have also seen that he thinks like a monkey, the god whom he has made in his own image being more ferocious than a gorilla, and far less intelligent. What then are the differences between Mr. Bishop and a monkey? They are not obvious, and I do not thi…
1907 · PDF PAGE 112
…bridegrooms : They only die whom one forgets. Remember that each action sets Its mark still deeper in the mind ! VII. O piteous lot of humankind Whose history repeats itself ! Dinner is cleared by gnome and elf; I pay the bill, take Baal’s receipt, And stroll off smoking. Soon I meet The fairest foulest whore that burns. High feeding pays: desire returns. She willing (for a copper rin)! For any ecstasy of sin Gaily embraces me. A room Starts up in the half-light, half-gloom, Perfectly purposed for debauch. In mirrors shines a wicked nautch, And…
1944 · PDF PAGE 176
…rds in the same way as Kether is said to be symbolized only by the topmost point of the Yod of Tetragrammaton. In these cards is no real manifestation of the element in its material form. They form a link between the small cards and the Princesses, who rule the Heavens around the North Pole. The Meridian is the Great Pyramid, and the Ele‐ ments rule, going Eastward, in the order of Tetragrammaton, Fire, Water, Air, Earth. Thus, roughly, Aces‐Princesses Wands cover Asia, Cups the Pacific Ocean, Swords the Americas, Disks Europe and Africa. To ma…
1905 · PDF PAGE 217
…with the glory of the moon ! Angel of absolute splendour! Link mine Old weary spirit with the All-Divine! of Ship that shalt carry me by many winds Driven on the limitless ocean! Mighty sword, By which I force that barrier of the mind’s Miscomprehension of its own true lord ! Listen, and answer, and behold my brow Fiery with hope! Bend down, and touch it now ! 1 From Kether, the Vast Countenance, are said to flow ‘' 13 fountains of magnificent oil”’ through Mezla, the Influence, upon Tiphereth, thejLesser Countenance. Press the twin dawn of thy…
1905 · PDF PAGE 103
…low,) Where our storm-strengthened dragon rests at last, 1 Referring to the story of the accidental discovery of the mine of Potosi by a man who, plucking a plant, found its roots shining with silver. 2 "Yhe Spiritual Journey towards the Supreme IWnowledge which is life and bliss. And by whose borders we have made a home, More like a squirrel’s bower than a house. For in this blue Sicilian summertime The trees arch tenderly for lovers’ sleep, And all the interwoven leaves are fine To freshen us with dewdrops at the dawn, Or let the summer showe…
1913 · PDF PAGE 605
… 9 Henrietta Street, Southampton Street, Strand ‘TELEPHONE-5400 Central MR. NORTHAM begs to announce that he has been entrusted with the manufacture of all robes and other ceremonial apparel of members of the A.’ A.*. and its adepts and aspirants. No. 0. PROBATIONER’S ROBE . . . . £5.00 1 » » superior quality 700 2. NEOPHYTE'S . soe ooo. 600 3. ZELATOR Symbol added to No.2 100 4. PRACTICUS » ” 3 . . 100 5. PHILOSOPHUS » 7 4. . . 100 6. Dominus LIMINIS_,, » 5 . 100 7. ADEPTUS (without) ,, » Oort 3.00 8. » (within)... an 10 0 0 9. ADEPTUS MAJOR .…
1913 · PDF PAGE 605
… 9 Henrietta Street, Southampton Street, Strand ‘TELEPHONE-5400 Central MR. NORTHAM begs to announce that he has been entrusted with the manufacture of all robes and other ceremonial apparel of members of the A.’ A.*. and its adepts and aspirants. No. 0. PROBATIONER’S ROBE . . . . £5.00 1 » » superior quality 700 2. NEOPHYTE'S . soe ooo. 600 3. ZELATOR Symbol added to No.2 100 4. PRACTICUS » ” 3 . . 100 5. PHILOSOPHUS » 7 4. . . 100 6. Dominus LIMINIS_,, » 5 . 100 7. ADEPTUS (without) ,, » Oort 3.00 8. » (within)... an 10 0 0 9. ADEPTUS MAJOR .…
1905 · PDF PAGE 195
…d— There was no jewel in the ring she gave ! | My face grows grim and Oh! my pure heart! Adulterous love began So subtly to identify the man With its own perfumed thoughts. the grape Into the furtive brain—-a spirit shape Kisses my spirit as no woman can. 1 love her—yes; and I have no escape. So steals I never spoke, I never looked! But she Saw through the curtains of the soul of me, And loved me also! It is very well. Tam well started on the road to Hell. Loved, and no sin done! Ay, the world shall] see The quest is first—a love less terrible.…
1939 · PDF PAGE 33
… this connection of Yoga. For instance, in the matter of endurance, such as holding out a weight at arm's length, you can usually beat a man stronger than yourself. If you attend to your arm, you will probably tire in a minute; if you fix your mind resolutely on something else, you can go on for five minutes or ten, or even longer. It is a question of active and passive; when Asana begins to annoy you the reply is to annoy it, to
1906 · PDF PAGE 255
…y} 7. Aruparaga. Desire for spiritual im- said, ‘‘ What has posterity done for me?” mortality. But something does persist; something} 8. Mano. Pride. changing, though less slowly. What evi-| 9. Udhasfa. Self-righteousness. dence have we afier all that an animal does| I0. Avigga. Ignorance. not remember his man-incarnation? Or, as Levi says, ‘‘In the suns they remember, and in the planets they forget.” I think it unlikely (may be), but in the total absence of all evidence for or against—at least with regard to the latter hypothesis !—I suspend m…
1907 · PDF PAGE 28
…y-bosh on ? Jesus Christ. I sing a tale of modern life (Suited for reading to my wife) Of how Sir Percy Percivale Grew from a boy into a man ; Well ware of every metric plan A bard may dream, a rhymester scrawl, Avoiding with deliberate ‘‘ Damn!” (Ut supra) In Memoriam ;8 For such suggestion would suffice To turn your blood to smoke or ice, Dismissing with a hearty curse Eunuch psychology, pimp verse. Moreover, lest my metre move From year to year in one dull groove, Invention, hearme! Strange device Hatch from this egg a cockatrice Of novel st…
1929 · PDF PAGE 107
…; while in "The Mountain Christ", "The Rosicrucian" and others, it is evident that my ambition was not to become superior to the rest of mankind except in order that I might redeem them. I quote: The Oath of the Beginning. I, Perdurabo, Frater Ordinis Roase Rubeae et Aureae Crucis, a Lord of the Paths in the Portal of the Vault of the Adepts, a 5° = 6ř of the Order of the Golden Dawn; and an humble servant of the Christ of God; do this day spiritually bind myself anew: By the Sword of Vengeance: By the Powers of the elements: By the Cross of Su…
1939 · PDF PAGE 67
…rm of ritual forced upon me, first by external and next by internal circumstances, was anything else but a new form of Asana, Pranayama, Mantra-Yoga, and Pratyahara in something very near perfection; and it is therefore not surprising that the Magical exaltation resulting from such ceremonies was in all essential respects the equivalent of Samyama. On the other hand, the Yoga training was an admirable aid to that final concentration of the Will which operates the magical ecstasy. 11. This then is reality: direct experience. How does it differ f…
1906 · PDF PAGE 50
…eaves no egg of thought to hatch its serpent Thrice detested for unnatural breeding— Basilisk, to slay the maddened gazer. Thus the wise man, for no glory-guerdon, Hope of life or joy in earth or heaven, Works, rejecting all the flowers of promise Dew-lit that surround his path; but keepeth Steady all his will to one endeavour, Till the light, the might, the joy, the sorrow, Life and death and love and hate are broken : Work effaces work, avails the worker. Strength, speed, ardour, courage and endur- ance (Needed never more) depart for ever. Al…