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Page 44 of 1001910 · PDF PAGE 369
… have the virile and portentous bray of the Ass of Apuleius, not (as hitherto) the plaintive bray of the proverbial ass who hesitated so long between the two thistles that he starved to death. I warn thee, ass! We who are gods have laughed with thee these many years; beware lest in the end we laugh at thee with the laughter of a mandrake torn up, whereat thou shouldst fall dead. A. QUILLER, JR. 351
1910 · PDF PAGE 369
… have the virile and portentous bray of the Ass of Apuleius, not (as hitherto) the plaintive bray of the proverbial ass who hesitated so long between the two thistles that he starved to death. I warn thee, ass! We who are gods have laughed with thee these many years; beware lest in the end we laugh at thee with the laughter of a mandrake torn up, whereat thou shouldst fall dead. A. QUILLER, JR. 351
1919 · PDF PAGE 354
…Soul’s dim eyes. ’ This verse refers to a Meditation practice somewhat simi- lar to those described in Liber 831. (See THE Equinox.) 65. Long and weary is the way before thee, O Disciple. One single thought about the past that thou hast left behind, will drag thee down, and thou wilt have to start the Climb anew. Remember Lot’s wife. 66. Killin thyself all memory of past experiences. Look not behind or thou art lost. Remember Lot’s wife. It is a division of Will to dwell in the past. But one’s past experiences must be built into one’s Pyramid, …
1954 · PDF PAGE 253
… Can a Yogi Ever Be Worried? Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. That question I have been expecting for a very long time! And what you expect is to see my middle stump break the wicket-keeper's nose, with the balls smartly fielded by Third Man and Short Leg! I admit that it looks like a strong case. Here (you put it in your more elegant prose) we have a Yogi, nay more, a Paramahamsa, a Bodhisattva of the best; yea, further, we have a Master of the Temple-and is not his Motto Vi Veri Vniversum Vivus Vici? and yet we fin…
1907 · PDF PAGE 109
102 THE STAR IN THE WEST Of mingling fire , and stars and roses swart In the long flame of hair that leaps athwart , Live in each tingling gossamer ! Dread eyes ! Each flings its arrow of sharp sacrifice , Eating me up with poison ! I am hurled Far through the vaporous confines of the world With agony of sundering sense , beholding Thy mighty flower , blood - coloured death , unfolding ! Lithe limbs and supple shoulders and lips curled , Curled out to draw me to their monstrous world ! Tannhäuser now enters the palace of the great queen Venus ,…
1907 · PDF PAGE 111
…hose magnificent lyrics , flashing like a ruby , warm and flaming in the glowing gold of this drama . And thus does his song end : Whose long - drawn curse runs venom in my veins ? What dragon spouse consumes me with her breath ? What passionate hatred , what infernal pains , Mixed with thy being in the womb of Death ? Blistering fire runs , Scorching , terrific suns , Through body and soul in this abominable Marriage of demon power Subtle and strong and sour , 2 Ibid . vol .I, p . 236 . 1 Tannhäuser , vol . i, p . 234 . 3 Ibid . vol . I, p . 2…
1907 · PDF PAGE 132
…orm at the feet of Him in whom she found the ideal of her affection , washing those dusty feet with her tears , and drying them with the long tresses of her hair , still perfumed with the kisses of a thousand lovers . Jesus Christ and John Smith are very nearly related , and a woman who is capable of loving one is also capable of loving the other . Flaubert finely pictures this when he represents Madame Bovary , kneeling at her prie - dieu and ad dressing to her Lord the same sweet words she had
1912 · PDF PAGE 26
… daily; and, as we go, ex- perience will teach us which conditions are favourable and which not. Before we have been doing this for very long we are almost certain to get impatient, and we shall find that we have to practice many other things in order to assist us in our work. New problems will constantly arise which must be faced, and solved. For instance, we shall most assuredly find that we fidget. We shall
1912 · PDF PAGE 87
…one had sufficiently fine instruments even to per- ceive the discrepancy. To take another example, a famous man of science asserted not so long, ago that science could never discover the chemical composition of the fixed stars. Yet this has been done, and with certainty. If you were to ask your man of science for his “theory of the real,”
1912 · PDF PAGE 182
…e ale] [Re—enter OTHERS JACK. Well, did you find it all as I said? SERGEANT. Neighbour Clark, you’ll not hear the last ο’ this for many a long year. [Goes to table. Drinking bus] IST CONSTABLE. Burglars! ho! ho! ho! 2ND CONSTABLE. Murder! ha! ha! ha! SERGEANT. Here’s your health, Mr. Adams! JACK. Yours, neighbour Clark; no offence, man, no offence. [Aside] Louder, louder! they will hear it. CLARK. Well, I’m sure—— SERGEANT. Never be sure! The first great rule of a good officer. JACK. What? What? Ι say no—[louder]—I say no ! Know your own mind and …
1912 · PDF PAGE 182
…e ale] [Re—enter OTHERS JACK. Well, did you find it all as I said? SERGEANT. Neighbour Clark, you’ll not hear the last ο’ this for many a long year. [Goes to table. Drinking bus] IST CONSTABLE. Burglars! ho! ho! ho! 2ND CONSTABLE. Murder! ha! ha! ha! SERGEANT. Here’s your health, Mr. Adams! JACK. Yours, neighbour Clark; no offence, man, no offence. [Aside] Louder, louder! they will hear it. CLARK. Well, I’m sure—— SERGEANT. Never be sure! The first great rule of a good officer. JACK. What? What? Ι say no—[louder]—I say no ! Know your own mind and …
1919 · PDF PAGE 445
… “Everything is sorrow,” says the Buddha. Quite so, to begin with. We analyse the things we deem least sorrow, and find that by taking a long enough period, or a short enough period, we can prove them to be the most exquisite agony. Such is the attempt of all Buddhist writers, and their even feebler Western imitators. But once the secret of the universe is found, then everything is joy. The prop- osition is quite as universal. 80. If thou would’st have that stream of hard-earn’d knowledge, of Wisdom heaven-born, remain sweet running waters, tho…
1909 · PDF PAGE 96
…e of this entry wrongs me. I sat patiently and reverently, like a Mela with his gum, hoping to hear the Word I needed.) Thence I went my long and lonely walk to my Secret Restaurant, learning the Ritual as I went. Arrived at the Secret Restaurant. Ordered 6 oysters, Rable de Lievre poivrade puree de marrons, and Glace “ Casserole” with a small bottle of Perrier Water. I know the New Ritual down to the end of the Con- fession. It was hard to stop the mantra—the moment my thought wandered, up it popped 1 I shall add Cafe Cognac Cigare to this deb…
1912 · PDF PAGE 48
…e mantra racing in his brain; he should, however, continue to speed it up until he reaches his limit, at which he should continue for as long as possible, and then cease the practice by reversing the process above described. Any sentence may be used as a mantra, and possibly the Hindus are correct in thinking that there is a particular sentence best suited to any particular man. Some men might find the liquid mantras of the Quran slide too easily, so that it would be possible to continue another train of thought without disturbing the mantra; on…
1909 · PDF PAGE 63
… without method—bricks without straw! Just so, also, the masters of meditation have erred. They have attained the Mystic Vision, written long books about it, assumed that the conclusions drawn from their vision were true on other planes—as if a microscopist were to stand for Parliament on the platform “ Votes for Microbes” —never noted possible sources of error, fallen foul of sense and science, dropped into oblivion and deserved contempt. I want to combine the methods, to check the old empirical mysticism by the precision of modern science. Ha…
1909 · PDF PAGE 63
… without method—bricks without straw! Just so, also, the masters of meditation have erred. They have attained the Mystic Vision, written long books about it, assumed that the conclusions drawn from their vision were true on other planes—as if a microscopist were to stand for Parliament on the platform “ Votes for Microbes” —never noted possible sources of error, fallen foul of sense and science, dropped into oblivion and deserved contempt. I want to combine the methods, to check the old empirical mysticism by the precision of modern science. Ha…
1911 · PDF PAGE 150
THE EQUINOX the Holy Qabalah, concerning the Whirlpool and Leviathan, and the Great Stone. Thus long have I talked with thee in bidding thee depart, that the memory of the Aethyr might be dulled; for hadst thou come back suddenly into thy mortal frame, thou hadst fallen into madness or death. For the vision is not such that any may endure it. But now thy sense is dull, and the shew-stone but a stone. Therefore awake, and give secretly and apart the sign of the Mother, and call four times upon the name of CHAOS, that is the four-fold word that i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 136
…ist regards the destruction of life as the most shocking crime.] His brother Arahats inquired as to how this was, and Buddha spun them a long yarn as to how, in a previous incarnation, he had maliciously deprived a woman of her sight. This is only a fairy tale, a bogey to frighten the children, and probably the worst way of influencing the young yet devised by human stupidity. ^ To surrender all, one must give up not only the bad but the good ; not only weak- ness but strength. How can the mystic surrender all, while he clings to his virtues?
1922 · PDF PAGE 170
…‘ Olya,” too, reminds me of myself. I have a morbid wish to be an impossible monster of cruelty and wickedness. , Lamus had told me that long ago. He said it was the phantasm which summed up my longing to “ revert to type.” La nostalgie de la boue. Cockie lost all his dignity. He pleaded for just one sniff. We weren't really very bad, but the description of the thirst in that horrible poem had made us feel thirsty. “My dear man,” said Lamus very brutally. “ I’m not a dope peddler. You've come to the wrong shop.” Cockie’s head was drooping, and …
1910 · PDF PAGE 27
…istortions of a sodden mind. God did first work on earth when womankind He chipped from Adams riba thankless task I wot his wisdom has long since repined. Christ touched the leper and the widows son ; And thou wouldst serve the work the Perfect One Began, by folding arms and gazing up To heaven, as if thy work were rightly done. I tell thee, he should say, if ye were met : Thou hadst a talent ah, thou hast it yet Wrapped in a napkin ! thou shalt drain the cup Of that damnation that may not forget The wasted hours ! Ah, bitter interes…