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Page 43 of 1081913 · PDF PAGE 517
… of the medium, can they not affect the complete organism of those who, voluntarily or not, are in nervous sympathy with the medium? The things accomplished by Mr. Home prove that all this is possible. Now, let us reply to those who think that they see in these phenomena manifestations of the other world and facts of necromancy. We shall borrow our answer from the sacred book of the qabalists, and in this our doctrine is that of the rabbis who compiled the Zohar. AXIOM The spirit clothes itself to descend, and strips itself to rise. In fact : W…
1913 · PDF PAGE 93
…uck Tower. XVII. IA O adds up to 17. XXV. The square of 5, this being a ritual of the Pentagram. XXVIII. The number of permutations of 3 things taken 3 at a time, and (of course) the cube of 3. 53.
1913 · PDF PAGE 517
… of the medium, can they not affect the complete organism of those who, voluntarily or not, are in nervous sympathy with the medium? The things accomplished by Mr. Home prove that all this is possible. Now, let us reply to those who think that they see in these phenomena manifestations of the other world and facts of necromancy. We shall borrow our answer from the sacred book of the qabalists, and in this our doctrine is that of the rabbis who compiled the Zohar. AXIOM The spirit clothes itself to descend, and strips itself to rise. In fact : W…
1907 · PDF PAGE 124
…in and the United States . That friendship and dominion shall be wrought Out of the womb of thought , And all the bygone days be held as things of nought . Are we not weary of the fangéd pen ? Are we not friends , and men ? Let us look frankly face to face — and quarrel then !" Strongly advocating fraternity between the two great nations , he vehemently deprecates “ The hireling quillmen and the jingo crowd .” In a poem called “ A Valentine " in " Mysteries : Lyrical and Dramatic " —though a footnote winks , nothing more ; be it well remembered…
1909 · PDF PAGE 61
…he Sphinx With lion’s claws, bull’s breast, and eagle’s wings ! You are my riddle, and the answer sinks Below the deep essential base of things, Rises above the utmost brim of thought And bubbles over as impatient song. Yet ‘ We are one ” is all, and allis naught; And this one “ one”, and “all”, and “naught " The whole content of our imagining, [shall throng The great arcanum in the adytum hid From men, and though we carve or kiss or sing, The Sphinx is dumb, and blind the Pyramid. ~~ Now our affairs are ordered perfectly. Give me your mouth, y…
1910 · PDF PAGE 239
…ther? carr. IfI did, I should have to cut- EUPHEMIA. What? carr. My lucky! EUPHEMIA. What a dreadful expression! Where do you learn such things? carr. I notice you don’t have to ask what it means. EUPHEMIA. Stop teasing, darling! carr. I’m not teething! That’s what I complain of; you always treat me as a baby! EUPHEMIA. Come to his mummy, then! carr. You're not my mummy! That’s what I complain of; you always treat me as a Cheops, ever since that night on the Great Pyramid! EUPHEMIA. [Hides her head in his bosom.] Oh shame, shame! carr. Nota bit…
1910 · PDF PAGE 239
…ther? carr. IfI did, I should have to cut- EUPHEMIA. What? carr. My lucky! EUPHEMIA. What a dreadful expression! Where do you learn such things? carr. I notice you don’t have to ask what it means. EUPHEMIA. Stop teasing, darling! carr. I’m not teething! That’s what I complain of; you always treat me as a baby! EUPHEMIA. Come to his mummy, then! carr. You're not my mummy! That’s what I complain of; you always treat me as a Cheops, ever since that night on the Great Pyramid! EUPHEMIA. [Hides her head in his bosom.] Oh shame, shame! carr. Nota bit…
1912 · PDF PAGE 72
…t. How should I speak To you, all love of lilies wrought ? MONICA. Give me your cheek Ill kiss your fear away, sweet girl. Ill whisper things Subtler than basilisks that furl and fold their wings Over the serpent-heart. I guess your hearts desire. Bend to me closer. Whisper yes. LUCREZIA. My brains afire. MONICA. Then whisper. LUCREZIA. I dare not. MONICA. Oh dare ! LUCREZIA. My friend ! MONICA. Ah yes ! She whose black envy would not spare your loveliness ! LUCREZIA. Ay, she ! MONICA. But let me see the wound. I have a charm By a wise herm…
1913 · PDF PAGE 112
…t the daring daughters That, devout in the hour of wastrel waters, Hither bore from its house of eld the shrine. Dreams, and devils, and things of death together, Chorus glorious, wild as wind and weather, Mocking; Shine, O our God! Lord God, now shine! Is the symbol of Life indeed departed? Hath-the augur indeed found bloodless-hearted Firstling lamb, and the dove without entrails? Is the hope of the world for ever sunken? Was the dream of us dark, demented, drunken? All in vain are we vowed before the veils? Were we false to the faith? Did ho…
1913 · PDF PAGE 112
…t the daring daughters That, devout in the hour of wastrel waters, Hither bore from its house of eld the shrine. Dreams, and devils, and things of death together, Chorus glorious, wild as wind and weather, Mocking; Shine, O our God! Lord God, now shine! Is the symbol of Life indeed departed? Hath-the augur indeed found bloodless-hearted Firstling lamb, and the dove without entrails? Is the hope of the world for ever sunken? Was the dream of us dark, demented, drunken? All in vain are we vowed before the veils? Were we false to the faith? Did ho…
1928 · PDF PAGE 62
mysterious symphony for the eyes; and from all things, from every corner, from the cracks of drawers and from the folds of the curtains escapes a strange perfumea Come-back-to- me from Sumatrawhich is as it were the soul of the place. A true country of Cockaigne, I tell you, where all is rich, clean, glittering like a beauti- ful conception, like magnificent plate, like splendid gold-work, like a mosaic of jewels. All the treasures of the world flow to it as in the house of a man who has well toiled and has deserved well of the whole world.…
1939 · PDF PAGE 27
…l, at a pinch, in a suite in Claridge's. But against this it may be urged that one has to reckon with unseen forces. The most impossible things begin to happen when once you get going. It is not really satisfactory to start serious Yoga unless you are in a country where the climate is reliable, and where the air is not polluted by the stench of civilisation. It is extremely important, above all things important, unless one is an exceedingly rich man, to find a country where the inhabitants understand the Yogin mode of life, where they are sympa…
1901 · PDF PAGE 61
…ess Of horror; but I have not made myself So absolute as I shall do to-day In this new infamy. For I must pass Desolate into the dusk of things again, Having risen so far to fall to the abyss, Deeper for exaltation; I must go Wailing and naked into the inane Cavernous shrineless place of misery, Forgetful, hateful, impotent, except The last initiation seize my soul, And fling me into Isis’ very self, The immortal, mortal. Let me know this night Whether my place is found among the stars That wander in the deep, or made secure As the high throne …
1909 · PDF PAGE 42
…ave received, Amen! And then if Jordan overflows his banks, Our vines increase, and one seed turns to ten, Keep on thanksgiving! Even if things go wrong, Howls are less pleasant to the ear than song.
1907 · PDF PAGE 10
…th derides In vain; the indomitable will, Still burning in the spirit, guides Our hearts to truth ; we see, we know How foolish were the things he said, And answer in the afterglow How good it is that we are dead. Will you not come? Or, where the surf Beats on the coral, and the palm Sways slowly in the eternal calm Of spring, I know a mound of turf Good for our love to lie on; good For breezes, and for sun and shade ; To hear the murmur of the flood ; To taste the kava subtly made To rouse to Bacchic ecstasy, Since Dionysus silently Faded from…
1898 · PDF PAGE 47
…athom all the desolate winds of ocean, And draw their secrets from the hidden mines Whose gold and silver are but wisdom, seeking Rather things incorruptible above Than sordid hopes and fears. But look you, friends, Where in the sun’s eye rolls a speck of cloud Lesser than the ephemeral gnat may make Riding for sport upon a little whirl Of moving breezes, so it glows and rolls, Caught in the furnace of the sun, opaque To eyes that seek its depth, but penetrable By those long filaments of light beyond. See, the spot darkens, and a horseman spurs…
1910 · PDF PAGE 158
…re of Samadhi. Further Nagasena says “Cultivate in yourselves O Bhikkhus, the habit of medi- tation. He who is established therein knows things as they really are.”+ Under Faith, is classed Tranquillization (Sampasadana) and * “The Questions of King Milinda,” ii, 1, 7, 9, 13. t Lbid, 13. 142
1910 · PDF PAGE 158
…re of Samadhi. Further Nagasena says “Cultivate in yourselves O Bhikkhus, the habit of medi- tation. He who is established therein knows things as they really are.”+ Under Faith, is classed Tranquillization (Sampasadana) and * “The Questions of King Milinda,” ii, 1, 7, 9, 13. t Lbid, 13. 142
1912 · PDF PAGE 168
…h provided you for the Government οἱ the Earth, and her unspeakable variety, furnishing you with a power of understanding to dispose all things according to 126
1912 · PDF PAGE 168
…h provided you for the Government οἱ the Earth, and her unspeakable variety, furnishing you with a power of understanding to dispose all things according to 126