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… is the devil's name for vice , And all your righteousness is filthy rags Wherein ye strut , and hide the one base thought . To mask the truth , to worship , to forget ; These three are one .“ The moral character of a nation is its true capital , and the two great laws of existence are The 2 Ibid . 414 . 1 Beverland , 238 . 3 Oracles , vol . ii, p . 5. 4 Orpheus , vol . iii, p . 208 .
…e Mysteries of Life and Duty.’ “* Let me tell my story!’ I replied, ‘and you shall judge— for, whoever you may be, I feel your power and truth.’ “*T am Eliphaz Levi Zahed—men call me the Abbé Constant,’ returned the other. “©The great magician?’ “«The enemy of the great magician.’ “We went together to my house. I had begun to suspect some trick of Hell. The malice of that devilish old woman, it might be, had not slept, even at her death. She had hidden the house beneath a magicveil? Or had her death itself in some strange way operated to—to wha…
…e Mysteries of Life and Duty.’ “* Let me tell my story!’ I replied, ‘and you shall judge— for, whoever you may be, I feel your power and truth.’ “*T am Eliphaz Levi Zahed—men call me the Abbé Constant,’ returned the other. “©The great magician?’ “«The enemy of the great magician.’ “We went together to my house. I had begun to suspect some trick of Hell. The malice of that devilish old woman, it might be, had not slept, even at her death. She had hidden the house beneath a magicveil? Or had her death itself in some strange way operated to—to wha…
…f their own business. Even worse, they have become ensnared by the greatest of all possible delusions; not only are they ignorant of the truth, but they believe most firmly its exact
… to have this idea in one’s mind, because otherwise one fails to grasp the whole spirit of modern Science‐Philosophy. It does not aim at Truth; it does not conceive of Truth (in any ordinary sense of the word) as possible; it aims at maximum convenience. 2. To return to the picture of the Solar System. The Sun is the Hub of the Wheel; the outermost Planet is on its rim; and beyond, but laterally within that rim, are the Twelve Con‐ stellations of the Zodiac. Why twelve? The first rough division of the circle is into four, accord‐ ing to the obs…
…of Incense! I conjure thee by Him that sitteth upon the Holy Throne and liveth and reigneth for ever as the Balance of Righteousness and Truth, that thou comfort and exalt my soul with Thy sweet perfume, that I may be utterly devoted to this Work of the Invocation of my Lord Adonai, that I may fully attain thereto, beholding Him face to face—as it is written “ Before there was Equilibrium, Countenance beheld not Countenance ”—yea, being utterly absorbed in His ineffable Glory—yea, being That of which there is no Image either in speech or though…
…d is chocolate, which you chew unceasingly, even in your dreams. Yet no sooner have you taken it into you than you awake to the terrible truth demonstrated by Guterbock Q. Hosenscheisser, Fourth Avenue, Grand Rapids, that chocolate is the cause of constipation, and con- stipation of cancer, and proceed to get it out of you by means of an enema which would frighten a camel into convulsions. A similar madness attacks even real men of science. Metchnikoff
LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 202 Zs De Veritate Rerum (Of the Truth of Things) O do thou apprehend this Wisdom, o my Son, laying it to hine Heart, as a Mistress, and hiding it in the Treasury of hy Mind as a Jewel of Enlightenment. Consider a Dream, how it is unreal in Respect of thine Experience of the Objects of thy Waking Sense, but real also, both as it did in Fact impress thy Mind, and as it did express some Hunger of thy Secret Nature, as I have already shewed in this Letter. Consider the Play of the Chess, how its Law hath made for itself a Langu…
…? I deem not so. Once for my fellow-creature’s need ! The rest of life, for self-control,®! For liberation of the soul! ® This once, the truth! In future, best Dismissing Jesus with a jest. Ah! Christ ascends?* Ascension day? The Jest. Old wonders bear the bell ®! away? Santos-Dumont, though! Who can say?
…f Dew , the Rose of Love and Night , The Rose of Silence , covering as with a vesture The solemn unity of things Beheld in the mirror of truth , The Rose indifferent to God's gesture , The Rose on moonlight wings 1 Rosa Mundi , vol . iii , p . 52 . 2 Ibid . vol . iii , p . 54 .
…pened his eyes and perceiving the world of Sam- sara* exclaimed: “Quod erat demonstrandum!” True, he had attained to the spotless eye of Truth and had become Buddha the Enlightened One; he had entered the Nothing- ness of Nibbdna,j and had become one with the Uncreated and the Indestructible. And now he stood once again on the shore line of existence and watched the waves of life roll landwards, curve, break and hiss up the beach only to surge back into the ocean from which they came. He did not deny the existence of the Divine, (how could he w…
…pened his eyes and perceiving the world of Sam- sara* exclaimed: “Quod erat demonstrandum!” True, he had attained to the spotless eye of Truth and had become Buddha the Enlightened One; he had entered the Nothing- ness of Nibbdna,j and had become one with the Uncreated and the Indestructible. And now he stood once again on the shore line of existence and watched the waves of life roll landwards, curve, break and hiss up the beach only to surge back into the ocean from which they came. He did not deny the existence of the Divine, (how could he w…
…ariety and Beauty of Her Stars in Her Space. Nor is there any one Law of her Nature, but in Her are all Laws, so that each Thing or each Truth that thou perceiveth is as it were one Gesture of Her Dance. Shut up the Book of thy Questions, o my Son, concerning nature, Her Way, Her Origin, or Her Purpose, except in those Matters which concern thee and thine own Orbit, o thou Star, begotten of my Loins in my Lust of Hilarion, the Golden Rose, mystic and Joyous, the Lily of a Thousand Petals and One Petal, subtle and perverse, that thou mightest fu…
… conceptions which transcend time and space with a conventional, historical point of view. In the first place it announces unconditional truth, but in the second is careful to state that the "Magical Formula" (or system of principles) on which the practical part of the book is based is not an absolute truth by one relative to the terrestrial time of the revelation. (It is a strong point in favour of the Book that it make no pretence to settle the practical problems of humanity once and for all. It contents itself with indicating a stage in evol…
…ces he may wish to visit. g. Let him beware of the thousand subtle attacks and deceptions that he will experience, carefully testing the truth of all with whom he speaks. Thus a hostile being may appear clothed with glory; the appropriate pentagram will in such a case cause him to shrivel or decay. 10. Practice will make the student infinitely wary in these matters. 11. It is usually quite easy to return to the body, but should any difficulty arise, practice (again) will make the imagination fertile. For example, one may create in thought a cha…
…ces he may wish to visit. g. Let him beware of the thousand subtle attacks and deceptions that he will experience, carefully testing the truth of all with whom he speaks. Thus a hostile being may appear clothed with glory; the appropriate pentagram will in such a case cause him to shrivel or decay. 10. Practice will make the student infinitely wary in these matters. 11. It is usually quite easy to return to the body, but should any difficulty arise, practice (again) will make the imagination fertile. For example, one may create in thought a cha…
…f you knew what it says of me, you would easily understand why I despise its opinion!” “ The world speaks evil of you, madam ?” “Yes, in truth, and the greatest evil that can be said.” “ How so?” “Tt accuses me of sacrilege.” “You frighten me. Of what sacrilege, if you please?” “Of an unworthy comedy that I am supposed to have played in order to deceive two children, on the mountain of the Salette.” “What! You must be——” “Tam Mademoiselle de la Merliére.” “T have heard speak of your trial, mademoiselle, and of the scandal which it caused, but i…
…f you knew what it says of me, you would easily understand why I despise its opinion!” “ The world speaks evil of you, madam ?” “Yes, in truth, and the greatest evil that can be said.” “ How so?” “Tt accuses me of sacrilege.” “You frighten me. Of what sacrilege, if you please?” “Of an unworthy comedy that I am supposed to have played in order to deceive two children, on the mountain of the Salette.” “What! You must be——” “Tam Mademoiselle de la Merliére.” “T have heard speak of your trial, mademoiselle, and of the scandal which it caused, but i…
…Great Masters in every time and country. He should make a critical exam- ination of them; not so much with the idea of discovering where truth lies, for he cannot do this except by virtue of his own spiritual experience, but rather to discover the es- sential harmony in those varied works. He should be on his guard against partisanship with a favourite author. He should familiarize himself thoroughly with the method of mental equilibrium, endeavoring to contradict any state- ment soever, although it may be apparently axiomatic. The general obje…
…n . Vain are the little lamps of love ! The light of life is vain ! Life , death , joy , sorrow, age and youth Are phantoms of a further truth . This is but the chant of the Brahmin and the Buddhist as it has risen and fallen over the East for hundreds and thousands of years . There no sun shines , no moon , nor glimmering star , Nor yonder lightning , the fire of earth is quenched , From him , who alone shines , all else borrows its brightness , The whole world bursts into splendour at his shining . Kathaka Upanishad , v, 15 . The veil of Maya…