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Page 27 of 791954 · PDF PAGE 436
…n the third kind, which is moral, not intellectual; as in "good faith," bona fide, yours faithfully; and this is probably the hallmarked sense, for it implies just that endurance which goes with bide, and is not dependent in any way upon reason or conviction . This then I may dismiss as impertinent to the question in your letter, and stick to the other two. Faith in its Meaning Number One was perfectly well defined by the schoolboy: "the faculty of believing that which we know to be untrue." It is at least the acceptance of 403
1909 · PDF PAGE 124
… to stick to it. I find myself, at the end of above sentence, automatically crawling into bed. No, John! Have been trying to extract some sense from that extraordinary treatise on mysticism, “ Konx Om Pax." Another failure, but an excusable one. I will now beseech Adonai as best I may to give me back my lost powers. For I am no more even a magician! So lost am I in the illusions that I have made in the Search for Adonai, that I am become the vilest of them all! A strange and unpleasant experience. My thought suddenly transmuted itself into a mus…
1909 · PDF PAGE 45
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH My contribution to the subject will therefore be strictly personal, and so far incomplete; indeed in a sense valueless, since in such a matter personality may so largely outweigh all other factors of the problem. At the same time I must insist that my armour is more complete in several directions than that of my predecessors, inasmuch as I possess the advantage not only of a prolonged psychological training, a solid constitution, a temperament on which hashish acts by exciting perception (Safifia) quite unalloyed by se…
1909 · PDF PAGE 45
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH My contribution to the subject will therefore be strictly personal, and so far incomplete; indeed in a sense valueless, since in such a matter personality may so largely outweigh all other factors of the problem. At the same time I must insist that my armour is more complete in several directions than that of my predecessors, inasmuch as I possess the advantage not only of a prolonged psychological training, a solid constitution, a temperament on which hashish acts by exciting perception (Safifia) quite unalloyed by se…
1944 · PDF PAGE 154
…drawn by an eagle. His wings are tenuous, almost of gas.. This is a reference to his power of volatilization understood in the spiritual sense. In his right hand he bears a Lotus flower, sacred to the element of Water, and in his left hand is a cup from which issues a serpent. The third totem, the scorpion, is not shewn in the picture, for the putrefaction which it represents is an extremely secret process. Beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water of a lake upon which rain falls heavily. The whole symbolism of this card is exceedingly…
1954 · PDF PAGE 307
… supposed to depend for origin upon "Selfishness. " This question is one of the most critical in the whole of Magical Theory; for in one sense it is certainly true that every error without exception is due to exacerbation of the Ego. Yet The Book of the Law flings at us disdainfully: "It is a lie, this folly against self." How then? I fear there is nothing for it but to go thoroughly into the who I e matt e r of the 'self'. This may involve some recapitulation. 'Self' is one of the trickiest words afloat . Skeat gives merely the equivalents, al…
1961 · PDF PAGE 142
…we as Children afeared of Night. Thus we have Need of Naught but to consider the Matter by Wit of Reason, and of Prudence, and on Common Sense, and of Experience, and of Science, adjusting ourselves so far as we may. Here is the Key of Success, and its Name is the Skill to make right Use of Circumstance. This, then is the Virtue of the Mind, to be the Wazir of the Will, a true Counsellor, through Intelligence of the Universe. But o, my Son, do thou lay this Word beneath thine Heart, that the Mind hath no Will, nor Right thereto, so the Usurpati…
1906 · PDF PAGE 181
…es Pillar by pillar, and is lost. Life after life in wild appeal Cries to the master ; he remains And thinks not. The polluting tides Of sense roll shoreward. Arid plains Of wave-swept sea confront me. Nay! Looms yet the glory through the grey, And in the darkest hours of youth I yet perceive the essential truth,
1910 · PDF PAGE 25
…nd all things connected with it, and let that subject be one which commonly occupies much of thy thought, being frequently stimulated by sense-perceptions or the conversation of others. 13
1910 · PDF PAGE 25
…nd all things connected with it, and let that subject be one which commonly occupies much of thy thought, being frequently stimulated by sense-perceptions or the conversation of others. 13
1910 · PDF PAGE 141
…. 3. Cannabis — Hashish, bhang, ganja, mariju- ana, kif, a drug much used by Yogis and Fakirs. It induces maniacal attacks, destroys the sense of proportion in time and space, and give powerful emotions to its victims. 4. Ambergris. Without much perfume of its own, it is priceless for bringing out the best of any others with which it may be mixed. The price in 1906 was 135 shillings the ounce. 5. i.e. it is useless to explore the universe until the problem of personality is satisfactorily settled. 6. Hakim — doctor. 7. Gonorrhoea is known in Pe…
1913 · PDF PAGE 129
…l drama, teaching that whatever may be the foundation of a religion, we must judge it by its present state. “ The play awakens a curious sense of sympathy. ... —Glasgow Herald. The Star and the Garter. 1s. A popular edition of the greatest love-poem of modern times. The private edition of this wonder- ful poem sold out before publication, and thereis not a single copy to be had at any price whatever. The Argonauts. 55. A masterpiece of ripe scholarship and fine poetic feeling. A charming gift for a school boy, who might thus be led to pursue wi…
1919 · PDF PAGE 389
THE TWO PATHS entirely beyond the Law of cause and effect. The words “Self Divine” are somewhat misleading in view of the sense in which they have been used previously. 65. Guard thou the Lower lest it soil the Higher. The Student is told to ‘guard’ the lower, that is to say he should protect and strengthen it in every possible way, never allowing it to grow disproportionately or to overstep its boundaries. 66. The way to final freedom is within thy SELF. In this verse we find the “SELF” identified with the Uni- verse. 67. That way begins and e…
1910 · PDF PAGE 101
…ords tire ; All lights, all sounds, all perfumes, all gold stress Of the honey-palate, all soft strokes expire In abject agony of broken sense To hymn the emotion tense Of somewhat higherO ! how highest !than all Their mystery : fall, O fall, Ye unavailing eagle-flights of song ! O wife ! these do thee wrong. 5. Thou knowest how I was blind ; How for mere minutes thy pure presence Was nought ; was ill defined ; A smudge across the mind, Drivelling in its brutal essence, Hog-wallowing in poetry, Incapable of thee. 6. Ah ! when the minutes grew…
1901 · PDF PAGE 98
86 THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. My veins : some deadlier asp or cockatrice Slimes in my senses : I am half awake, Half automatic, as I move along Wrapped in a cloud of blackness deep as hell, Hearing afar some half-forgotten song As of disruption ; yet strange glories dwell Above my head, as if a sword of light, Rayed of the very Dawn, would strike within The limitations of this deadly night That folds me for the sign of death and sin— O Light ! descend ! My feet move vaguely on In this amazing darkness, in the gloom That I can touch with trembling sens…
1907 · PDF PAGE 47
…wift hour , Eternity , thy shrine Yea , by the holy lotus -flower , Even mine ! Further on in the same series of poems a sudden whirring sense of madness is produced by introducing the word “ lunatic ” into an otherwise regular line : Silence , deep silence . Not a shudder stirs The vast demesne of unforgetful space , No comet's lunatic rush : no meteor whirs , No star dares breathe . Again , in such lines as : Secure the sacred fastness of the soul , Uniting self to the absolute , the whole ,3 our ears tell us at once that the extra half- step…
1912 · PDF PAGE 38
…ch is steady and easy.” And again, “any posture which is steady and easy is an Asana; there is no other rule.” Any posture will do. In a sense this is true, because any posture becomes uncomfortable sooner or later. The steadiness and easiness mark a definite attain- ment, as will be explained later on. Hindu books, such as the “Shiva Sanhita,” give countless postures; many, perhaps most of them, im- possible for the average adult European. Others insist that the head, neck, and spine should be kept vertical and straight, for reasons connected w…
1919 · PDF PAGE 348
…Advaitism is a spiritual Monism.— Ep.] 48. Ere thy Soul’s mind can understand, the bud of per- sonality must be crushed out; the worm of sense destroyed past resurrection. This is again filled with deeper meaning than that which 26
1922 · PDF PAGE 76
… that one is not worried by its natural activities. Again, despite our consciousness of infinity, we Maintained, concurrently, a perfect sense of proportion in respect of ordinary matters.
1929 · PDF PAGE 18
what that implied; it was a passionately ecstatic sense of identity. In my third year at Cambridge, I devoted myself consciously to the Great Work, understanding thereby the Work of becoming a Spiritual Being, free from the constraints, accidents, and déceptions of material existence. I found myself at a loss for a name to designate my work, just as H. P. Blavatsky some years earlier. “Theosophy”, “Spiritua- lism”, “Occultism”, “Mysticism”, ail involved undesirable con¬ notations. I chose therefore the name. “MAGICK” as essentially the most sub…