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Page 34 of 901912 · PDF PAGE 95
…d him. The most reasonable statement, of any acknowledged authority, is that of Yajna Valkya, who says: “ By Pranayama impurities of the body are thrown out?,־by Dharana the impurities of the mind; by Pratyahara the impurities of attachment ; and by Samadhi is taken off everything that hides the lordship of the soul.” There is a modest statement in good literary form. If we can only do as well as that! In the first place, what is the meaning of the term? Etymologically, Sam is the Greek συν-, the English prefix “syn-” meaning “together 79
1910 · PDF PAGE 98
…aster, Till thou art arisen, O sun ! Why should I wait in the wild, Who am thine, as a dove undefiled In the arms of an ivory child ? My body is oiled and anointed With dews of Thessalian bud ; My nails are all polished and pointed And gilded, wherethrough is the blood Like to a roseate stream In the hills of the west set agleam That flows in its channel of cream. Let us drink, O my Lord, let us fill us With purple Falernian wine ! Thy lips on the lips of Bathyllus As we lock us and link and entwine, Eyes ever burning like coals For the passion…
1912 · PDF PAGE 37
… able to think one chosen thought for as long as he will without interruption As previously remarked, the first difficulty arises from the body, which keeps on asserting its presence by causing its victim to itch, and in other ways to be distracted. He wants to stretch, scratch, sneeze. This nuisance is so persistent that the Hindus (in their scientific way) devised a special practice for quieting it. The word Asana means [505126763 but, as with all words which have caused debate, its exact meaning has altered, and it is used in several distinct s…
1905 · PDF PAGE 191
…im that saith: “*T will!” Droop lower to my knees ! Sink gently to the leopard’s skin !1 I must not stoop and take my ease, Or touch the body lithe and thin. Bright body of the myriad smiles, Sweet serpent of the lower life, The smooth silk touch of thee defiles, The lures and languors of a wife. Slip to the floor, I must not turn : There is a lion in the way !? The stars of morning rise and burn: I seek the dim supernal day! Sleep there, nor know me gone: sleep there And never wake, although God’s breath Catch thee at midmost of the prayer Of …
1901 · PDF PAGE 39
… admit My lordship over her—and it. The host is lifted up. Behold The vintage spilt, the broken bread ! I feast upon the cruel cold Pale body that was ripe and red. Only, her head, her palms, her feet, I kissed all night, and did not eat. So, and not otherwise, the word Of God was utterly fulfilled. So, and not otherwise. I heard Her spirit cry, by death not stilled : “ My sin is perfect in thy blood, And thou and I have conquered God.” Now let me die, at last desired, At last beloved of thee my queen ; Now let me die, with blood attired, Thy s…
1905 · PDF PAGE 36
…rs out ; scarce a melody Of measured pulses quickened with the blood Of that desire which pours its deadly flood Through soul and shaken body ; scarce a thought, But sense through spirit most divinely wrought To perfect feeling ; only through the lips Electric ardour kindles, flashes, slips Through all the circle to her lips again, And thence, unwavering, flies to mine, to drain All pleasure in one draught. No whispered sigh ; No change of breast ; love’s posture perfectly Once gained, we change no more. The fever grows Hotter or cooler, as the…
1899 · PDF PAGE 21
…lanced beneath the wave, His eyes grew bright and burning, his lips clave— A sudden cry broke from him ; from the height His swift young body, like a ray of light, Divides the air, a moment, and the pool Flings up the spray like dew, divinely cool : A moment, and he flashed towards her side And caught her trembling, as a tender bride At the first kiss ; he caught her, and compelled Her answer, in his arms securely held. And she no word might say, her red lips quailed,
1909 · PDF PAGE 144
…ies spin I saw my face in the tide, But I knew the trick Narcissus had done, So I shook back my hair to stare at the sun ; My slim brown body I’d keep within The shade of the green hillside. x I found the groves of Pan; I came At length to a daisied field, And the sun shone out with his yellow flame That makes the harvest yield. Yellow and purple are corn and grape, But scarlet the god when he takes his shape At the sound of the awful hidden name In earth’s eclipse revealed. XI And as he clasped me, slim and slight, I roared with the pain he ga…
1909 · PDF PAGE 144
…ies spin I saw my face in the tide, But I knew the trick Narcissus had done, So I shook back my hair to stare at the sun ; My slim brown body I’d keep within The shade of the green hillside. x I found the groves of Pan; I came At length to a daisied field, And the sun shone out with his yellow flame That makes the harvest yield. Yellow and purple are corn and grape, But scarlet the god when he takes his shape At the sound of the awful hidden name In earth’s eclipse revealed. XI And as he clasped me, slim and slight, I roared with the pain he ga…
1919 · PDF PAGE 17
…ar era. He wishes to call attention to the general principles of the Great White Brotherhood, which is also known as the Primarily, this Body exists for the purpose of conferring Initiation. Secondarily, It prepares people for Initiation by means of courses of instruction. These courses are divided into two main parts, theoretical and practical. INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO BOTH THESE COURSES The Order issues printed books of instruction. They cover the classics of all previous systems, and explain the particular system of A... A... These instruc…
1954 · PDF PAGE 7
27 Structure of Mind Based on That of Body 198 28 Need to Define "God" and "Self" 202 29 What Is Certainty? 209 30 Do You Believe in God? 215 31 Religion: Is Thelema a "New Religion"? 218 32 How Can a Yogi Ever Be Worried? 220 33 The Golden Mean 223 34 The Tao (1) 227 35 The Tao (2) 231 36 Quo Stet Olympus: Where the Gods 240 and Angels Live 37 Death-Fear-Magical Memory 242 38 Woman-Her Magical Formula 247 39 Prophecy 255 40 Coincidence 265 41 Are We Reincarnations of the 271 Ancient Egyptians? 42 This "Self" Introversion 274 43 The Holy Guardi…
1906 · PDF PAGE 77
…, and whose bread The dew, fresh-fallen above, the flower Because my lover swoons, and slakes Of fast and fervent cleaving breast to Her body’s thirst of love. breast. This night no dewfall from the blue !— As lily bends to lily we were bent, Unless my Alice be the dew. Not t : all th ° inwer man fo womans 3 “| This night—O never dawn shall crest Of martyred Virgins crowned our dan- The world of wakening, Because my lover has my breast gerous quest. : On hers for dawn and spring. This night shall never be withdrawn— Unless my Alice be the dawn.…
1898 · PDF PAGE 60
… know thee, breast and thigh, Lips, hair and eyes and mouth : I will not die But thou come with me o’er the gate of death. So, blood and body furious with breath That pants through foaming kisses, let us stay Gripped hard together to keep life away, Mouths drowned in murder, never satiate, Kissing away the hard decrees of Fate, Kissing insatiable in mad desire Kisses whose agony may never tire,
1899 · PDF PAGE 37
…ound she lies Struggling, and rending Heaven with her cries. Like light, in one convulsive pang the snake Leapt in the sunlight, and its body brake With glistening scales that golden skin of hers, And writhing with pure shame, the long grass whirrs With her sharp flight of fury and despair. Then Charicles at last became aware Of the fell death that had him by the throat To mar his music ; like one blind he smote The quivering air with cries of sorrow ; then, Disdaining fear and sorrow, cried to men And gods to help him ; then, resolved to dare …
1911 · PDF PAGE 269
…SATURN and LIBRA linked; LUNAana' PISCES linked; and?!לעשla him,] LUNA. The Treason is accomplished. PISCES. The mind is nobler than the body. SATURN. Friendship is holier than love. LIBRA. Nature is overcome by wit. PISCES. How shall we adore thee? TAURUS. As you like it. SATURN. What shall we sacrifice? TAURUS. What you will. [LUNAplays a meto "811203?/??מוALL bowing in adoration to MERCURVJ LIBRA. Brother, what is the hour? PISCES. Dawn. LIBRA. Let us depart unto the work of the clay. ALL. Amen. * Moto perpetuo: Ries. g 9Ι
1911 · PDF PAGE 269
…SATURN and LIBRA linked; LUNAana' PISCES linked; and?!לעשla him,] LUNA. The Treason is accomplished. PISCES. The mind is nobler than the body. SATURN. Friendship is holier than love. LIBRA. Nature is overcome by wit. PISCES. How shall we adore thee? TAURUS. As you like it. SATURN. What shall we sacrifice? TAURUS. What you will. [LUNAplays a meto "811203?/??מוALL bowing in adoration to MERCURVJ LIBRA. Brother, what is the hour? PISCES. Dawn. LIBRA. Let us depart unto the work of the clay. ALL. Amen. * Moto perpetuo: Ries. g 9Ι
1899 · PDF PAGE 58
…e years that are, and those that seem ; One with my essence, as your lips absorb My breath, and make it breezes for your bed, And all my body, to fill full the orb Of golden splendour of your royal head. King of my life and crown of my desire, King of all death when lifes last lips expire ; Mine, in the straitest wedlock rightly wed, Till God be pleased to kindle us a pyre.
1901 · PDF PAGE 29
…t Black as the wind of frost ; but oh ! her face ! Whoso may know it is no more a man, But walks with God, and sees the Lady sweet Whose body was the vehicle of grace. III. Eternal beauty in eternal truth, Isis ! And Thoth, the scribe of destiny, And Mary’s excellent virginity ! Ye are the witness of the ageless youth That crowns the sonnet. In your wondrous eyes Lie hidden all the secrets of the world, And as the lightning of your look is hurled So glean I something of life’s harmonies. Look then upon me ! Let my insight pierce The clouds of t…
1912 · PDF PAGE 210
… Palace of Fire. Her attire is similar The Feet seem springy, giving the idea of swiftness. Weight changing from one foot to another and body swinging around. She is a mixture of Minerva and Diana: her mantle resembles the A-Egis of Minerva. She wears as a crest the head of the Medusa with serpent hairi She holds a sword in one hand; and the other rests upon a small silver altar with grey smoke (no fire) ascending from it, Beneath her feet are white clouds. Wisdom, strength, acuteness; subtlety in material things: grace and dexterity. If ill dig…
1912 · PDF PAGE 210
… Palace of Fire. Her attire is similar The Feet seem springy, giving the idea of swiftness. Weight changing from one foot to another and body swinging around. She is a mixture of Minerva and Diana: her mantle resembles the A-Egis of Minerva. She wears as a crest the head of the Medusa with serpent hairi She holds a sword in one hand; and the other rests upon a small silver altar with grey smoke (no fire) ascending from it, Beneath her feet are white clouds. Wisdom, strength, acuteness; subtlety in material things: grace and dexterity. If ill dig…