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Page 225 of 2251906 · PDF PAGE 213
…ustified in retorting that Science, if this be so, may as well be dis- carded; for these are problems which must ever intrude upon the human mind—upon the mind of the scientist most of all. To dismiss them by an act of will is at once heroic and puerile: courage is as necessary to progress as any- quality that we possess; and as courage is in either case required, the courage of ignorance (necessarily sterile, though wanted badly enough while our garden was choked by theological weeds) is less desirable than the courage which embarks on the alw…
1904 · PDF PAGE 72
…tified in retorting that Science, if this be so, may as w ell be dis- carded ; for these are problems which must ever intrude upon the human mind—upon the mind of the scientist most of all. To dismiss them by an act of w ill is at once heroic and puerile : courage is as necessary to progress as any quality that w e possess ; and as courage is in either case required, the courage of ignorance ( necessarily sterile, though wanted badly enough when our garden was choked by theological weeds) is less desirable than the courage which embarks on the …
1906 · PDF PAGE 194
…e we to take it that the eclipse gave proof unshakable of a phenomenon so portentous? In Scene ii. we have another taste of Kent’s gentlemanly demeanour; let our conven- tionalist interpreters defend this unwarrantable bullying if they dare! Another might be so gross, so cowardly; but not our greatest poet ! A good portion of this play, as will be shown later, is devoted to a bitter assault upon the essentially English notion that the pugilist is the supreme device of the Creator for furthering human happiness. (See ‘' Cashel Byron’s Pro- fessi…
1906 · PDF PAGE 198
192 THE SWORD OF SONG 97. While their Buddha I attack.—Many Buddhists think I fill the bill with the following remarks on— PANSIL.?0 Unwilling as I am to sap the foundations of the Buddhist religion by the introduction of Porphyry’s terrible catapult, Allegory, I am yet compelled by the more fearful ballista of Aristotle, Dilemma. This is the two-handed engine spoken of by the prophet Milton ! * This is the horn of the prophet Zeruiah, and with this am I, though no Syrian, utterly pushed, till I find myself back against the dead wall of Dogma. …
1906 · PDF PAGE 214
…te and barren victory of convincing without producing conviction.* It has one quality apparently not essential, that of ex- ceeding impermanence. If we. examine what we call steady thought, we shall find that its rate of change is in reality inconceivably swift. To consider it, to watch it, is bewildering, and to some people becomes intensely terrifying. It is as if the solid earth were suddenly swept away from under one, and there were some dread awakening in outer space amid the rush of incessant meteors—lost in the void. All this is old know…
1904 · PDF PAGE 53
… we to take it that the eclipse gave proof unshakable of a phenomenon so portentous ? In Scene ii. we have another taste of Kent’s gentlemanly demeanour ; let our conven- tionalist interpreters defend this unw arrantable bullying if they dare ! Another might be so gross, so cowardly ; but not our greatest poet ! A good portion of this play, as will be shown later, is devoted to a bitter assault upon the essentially English notion that the pugilist is the supreme device of the Creator for furthering human happiness. (See “Cashel Byron’s Pro-fess…
1904 · PDF PAGE 73
…te and barren victory of convincing without producing conviction.* It has one quality apparently not essential, that of ex- ceeding impermanence. If we examine what we call steady thought, we shall find that its rate of change is in reality inconceivably sw ift. To consider it, to watch it, is beweildering, and to some people becomes intensely terrifying. It is as if the solid earth were suddenly swept away from under one, and there were some dread awakening in outer space amid the rush of incessant meteors—lost in the void. All this is old kno…
1904 · PDF PAGE 57
THE SWORD OF SONG 50 97. While their Buddha I attack.30—Many Buddhists think I fill the bill with the following remarks on— PANSIL. Unwilling as I am to sap the foundations of the Buddhist religion by the introduction of Porphyry’s terrible catapult, Allegory, I am yet compelled by the more fearful ballista of Aristotle, D ilemma. This is the two-handed engine spoken of by the prophet Milton!* This is the horn of the prophet Zeruiah, and with this am I, though no Syrian, utterly pushed, till I find myself back against the dead wall of Dogma. On…
1906 · PDF PAGE 203
…with its in- mates was one of the most terrible events of the war of 1870. So died one of the must talented Englishmen of his century, a man who for wide knowledge of men and things was truly to be envied, yet one who sold his birthright for a mess of beastlier pottage than ever Esau guzzled, who sold soul and body to Satan for sheer love of sin, whose mere lust of perversion is so intense that it seems to absorb every other emotion and interest. Never since God woke light from chaos has such a tragedy been un- rolled before men, step after ste…
1904 · PDF PAGE 62
… with its in-mates was one of the most terrible events of the war of 1870. So died one of the most talented Englishmen of his century, a man who for wide knowledge of men and things was truly to be envied, yet one who sold his birthright for a mess of beastlier pottage than ever Esau guzzled, who sold soul and body to Satan for sheer love of sin, whose mere lust of perversion is so intense that it seems to absorb every other emotion and interest. Never since God woke light from chaos has such a tragedy been un-rolled before men, step after step…
1911 · PDF PAGE 308
…A few selected items below. THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIG, including The Rites and Mysteries of Gottic heurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. In Two Parts- I. An Analytical and Critical Account of the chief Macicat, Rrrvats extant. LI. A Complete Grinome of Biack Magic. By Axruur Epwarp Wate, the two chief sections are subdivided as follows: (a) Studies on the Antiquity of Magical Rituals; (2) The Rituals of Transcendental Magic, so-called; (¢) Composite Rituals; (d) The Rituals of Black Magic ; (e) The descending Hierarchy of Spirits; (7) Th…
1911 · PDF PAGE 308
…A few selected items below. THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIG, including The Rites and Mysteries of Gottic heurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. In Two Parts- I. An Analytical and Critical Account of the chief Macicat, Rrrvats extant. LI. A Complete Grinome of Biack Magic. By Axruur Epwarp Wate, the two chief sections are subdivided as follows: (a) Studies on the Antiquity of Magical Rituals; (2) The Rituals of Transcendental Magic, so-called; (¢) Composite Rituals; (d) The Rituals of Black Magic ; (e) The descending Hierarchy of Spirits; (7) Th…
1912 · PDF PAGE 423
…few selected items below. THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC, including The Rites and Mysteries of Goétic ‘Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. In Two Parts. I. An Analytical and Critical Account of the chiet Macicat Rirvats extant. II. A complete Grisorre of Black Magic. By ARTHUR EowARD WarTE. ‘The two chef sections are subdivided as follows: (e) Studies on the Antiquity of Magical Rituals; (@) The Rituals of Transcendental Magi socalled; (¢) Composite Rituals; (4) The Rivals of Black Magic: («) The descending Hierarchy of Spirits ; (/) ‘The …
1912 · PDF PAGE 423
…few selected items below. THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC, including The Rites and Mysteries of Goétic ‘Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. In Two Parts. I. An Analytical and Critical Account of the chiet Macicat Rirvats extant. II. A complete Grisorre of Black Magic. By ARTHUR EowARD WarTE. ‘The two chef sections are subdivided as follows: (e) Studies on the Antiquity of Magical Rituals; (@) The Rituals of Transcendental Magi socalled; (¢) Composite Rituals; (4) The Rivals of Black Magic: («) The descending Hierarchy of Spirits ; (/) ‘The …