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Page 33 of 841961 · PDF PAGE 204
…it wholly, but a decaying Shell of the dead Man, his Mind holding together for a little his Body of Light, haunteth the Earth, seeking a new Tabernacle (in its Error that feareth Change) in some other Body. These Shells are broken away utterly from the Star that did enlighten them, and they are Vampires, obsessing them that adventure themselves into the Astral World without Magical Protection, or invoke them, as do the Spiritists. For by Death is Man released only from the Gross Body, at the first, and is complete otherwise upon the Astral Plan…
1909 · PDF PAGE 89
…—VI with the Rituals of the five Grades. [From Dr. Dee‘s and the G. '. D. '. MSS.—ED.] 5. Invocation of Thoth. 6. (No: I will not use the New Ritual, not will I discuss the matter.) An impromptu invoca- tion of Adonai. 7. Closing formulae. Το work, then ! The ceremony went well enough; the forces invoked came readily and visibly; Thoth in particularas friendly as ever—I fancy He takes this record as a compliment to Him—He’s welcome to it, poor God! The L.V.X. came, too; but not enough to pierce the awful shroud of darkness that by my folly I hav…
1909 · PDF PAGE 48
…cience would be bound to follow and to investigate, clear up the matter once for all, and, as I believed, and believe, arm itself with a new weapon ten thousand times more potent than the balance and the microscope. Imagine me, therefore, if you please, selecting these few facts from the millions of others in the armoury of my brain, dovetailing them, and at last formulating an hypothesis verifi- able by experiment. III “But I evolve all these mysteries in the profound abyss of Mind.”—ZOROASTER. This was my hypothesis : “Perhaps hashish is the …
1909 · PDF PAGE 48
…cience would be bound to follow and to investigate, clear up the matter once for all, and, as I believed, and believe, arm itself with a new weapon ten thousand times more potent than the balance and the microscope. Imagine me, therefore, if you please, selecting these few facts from the millions of others in the armoury of my brain, dovetailing them, and at last formulating an hypothesis verifi- able by experiment. III “But I evolve all these mysteries in the profound abyss of Mind.”—ZOROASTER. This was my hypothesis : “Perhaps hashish is the …
1912 · PDF PAGE 90
…s one gains further experience, when Dhyana is no longer a shock, when the student has had plenty of time to make himself at home in the new world, this conviction will become absolute.1 ᾽It should be remembered that at present there are no data for determining the
1905 · PDF PAGE 28
…et, so terrible, So fair, her image in the brook might make A passionless old god his hunger slake By plunging in the waters, though he knew Ilis drowning body drowned her image too. ¥et she seemed gentle. Never thorn assailed The tender finger that would touch, nor failed The strong desire of Zeus, who wisely went, As was his wont, with amorous intent Among those pastures, and fresh fragrant lawns, And dewy wonder of new woods, where dawns A new flower every day, a perfect flower, Each queenher than her sister, though the shower Of early dew b…
1903 · PDF PAGE 18
… ! and a crime, acrime at which the stars shake in the heaven ; men might think. Yet the stars, I will wager, are indifferent. True, the news has not reached them : true, that star I see is not a star; it was so six, ten, twenty thousand years ago— logical, I say !—and I will drink, for parenthetical is a poor substitute— [Drinks.] Why, how thou fir’st me! with that icy fire Of adamant thought. It well befits this hour If I recoil the chain whose last smooth link Slides o’er Time’s cogwheel. In the beginning then The vastness of the heavens and…
1909 · PDF PAGE 11
…verge and diverge, each fresh hill-top of knowledge disclosing a vast land unexplored ; each gain of power in our telescopes opening out new galaxies ; each improvement in our microscopes showing us life minuter and more incomprehensible. A mystery of the mighty spaces between molecules ; a mystery of the ether-cushions that fend off the stars from collision! A mystery of the fulness of things ; a mystery of the emptiness of things! Yet, as we go, there grows a sense, an instinct, a premonition—what shall I call it ?—that Being is One, and Thou…
1944 · PDF PAGE 89
nihilation of the self in the Beloved, the condition of progress. In this inferior darkness of death, the serpent of new life begins to stir. In the former Aeon, that of Osiris, the element of Air, which is the nature of that Aeon, is not unsympathetic either to Water or to Fire; compromise was a mark of that period. But now, under a Fiery lord of the Aeon, the watery element, so far as water is below the Abyss, is definitely hostile, unless the opposition is the right opposition implied in marriage. But in this card the only question is of the…
1907 · PDF PAGE 276
THE NEW WINE 269 >> tortures his very soul ; rather would he be reborn in the lowest depths of Orcus and point out to others the path of salvation , than attain to the uttermost bliss , whilst others are being damned . George Eliot , know ingly or unknowingly , set the true lyre of Buddhism reverberating in her grand and noble prayer , “ The Choir Invisible .” May I reach That purest heaven , be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony , Enkindle generous ardour , feed pure love , Beget the smiles that have no cruelty , Be the swe…
1907 · PDF PAGE 300
THE NEW WINE 293 To attain this end eight stages of perfection have to be accomplished : Yama , Niyama, Asana , Prânâ yâma, Pratyâhâra, Dharanâ, Dhyâna , and Samâdhi, the last being that state of super -knowledge in which Self and its shadow become one , an extended form of Kant's à priori . Existence is change , and change is sorrow , there fore we must overcome existence . Existence , as we know it, spins A fatal warp , a woof of woe . There is no place for God or soul . Works , hopes , prayers , sacrifices , sins Are jokes . The cosmos happe…
1909 · PDF PAGE 50
… not think so. 1. The volatile aromatic effect (a). This, the first evanescent symptom, gives the “ thrill” described by Ludlow, as of a new pulse of power pervading 40
1909 · PDF PAGE 50
… not think so. 1. The volatile aromatic effect (a). This, the first evanescent symptom, gives the “ thrill” described by Ludlow, as of a new pulse of power pervading 40
1928 · PDF PAGE 120
… be in going always straight in front of me without knowing where, without any person troubling themselves about it, and see- ing always new countries. I am never comfort- able anywhere, and I always believe that I should be better anywhere else but where I am. Well, let me tell you! I saw at the last Fair in the next village three men, who live as I should like to live. You never noticed them; they were tall, almost black, and very proud, although in rags, with the air of having need of nobody. Their large dark eyes became quite brilliant whil…
1910 · PDF PAGE 60
…t broken self, that hears the triumph-shout Of its own voice beneath the falling knife, When, like a bad dream changing, swiftly grows A new souls joy, a fuller-petalled rose. Many the spirits broken for one man ; Many the men that perish to create One God the more ; many the weary and wan Old Gods that die to constitute a Fate : How many Fates then, think you, must control The stainless aspiration of the soul ? Not one. I tell you, destiny is sure, Yet moves no finger : though it tune my tongue, My tongue shall tune it too : my words endure A…
1907 · PDF PAGE 246
THE NEW WINE 239 ment , was in a real sense Being itself, for being and Non -Being , being equally nothingness , are in the same category . Herein , however , were motion , interaction , stimulus , and no response to stimulus rendered , not only a possibility , but a reality ; and Pure Being , thus enriched or fertilized by the double interaction , be came manifested as existence—that is , conditioned Being . Pure Being , the Unconditioned , the Absolute of Potentiality rolled round into pure Non -Being , the Unconditioned ; the Absolute of Imp…
1913 · PDF PAGE 352
…otherhood, come and teach the children of Islam the mysteries of Paradise, and the secrets of beauty! Invite them to the festival of the new alliance! There, upon three thrones glittering with precious stones, three prophets will be seated. 54
1913 · PDF PAGE 352
…otherhood, come and teach the children of Islam the mysteries of Paradise, and the secrets of beauty! Invite them to the festival of the new alliance! There, upon three thrones glittering with precious stones, three prophets will be seated. 54
1954 · PDF PAGE 331
…t the rewards of Devachan, and reincarnate immediately again and again. By "immediately" is meant about 6 months before the birth of the new Adept, about 3 months after his last death . It depends to some extent, no doubt, on whether he can find a suitable vehicle. Presumably, he will make some sort of preparation while still alive. It seems that I personally must have taken this Oath quite a long while ago; for the Incarnations which I actually remember leave very few gaps to be filled in the last dozen centuries or so. Now, dear sister, I don…
1907 · PDF PAGE 272
THE NEW WINE 265 { think of sciousness in a single consciousness , that makes us say , it is of an extended body or idea . This taken together reduces the universe to a lot of minima cogitabilia , linked only by Time ; Anima explained by Ratio . ? Space is Geometry : Time is Arithmetic , i.e. , the geometrical conception , the mathematical conception . Thus , if I a blue pig ten times , that think of is ten blue pigs ; yet in Space there is but one blue pig . Can we reduce Space --which I spiritually com prehend so well , intellectually so badl…