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Page 44 of 921913 · PDF PAGE 513
…n has, so to speak, a family air which is peculiar to it. In orphan schools conducted by nuns all the girls resemble each other, and all take on that obedient and effaced physiognomy which characterizes ascetic education. Men become hand- some in the school of enthusiasm, of the arts, and of glory; they become ugly in prison, and of sad countenance in seminaries and in convents. Here it will be understood we leave Paracelsus, in order that we may investigate the consequences and applications of his ideas, which are simply those of the ancient m…
1913 · PDF PAGE 513
…n has, so to speak, a family air which is peculiar to it. In orphan schools conducted by nuns all the girls resemble each other, and all take on that obedient and effaced physiognomy which characterizes ascetic education. Men become hand- some in the school of enthusiasm, of the arts, and of glory; they become ugly in prison, and of sad countenance in seminaries and in convents. Here it will be understood we leave Paracelsus, in order that we may investigate the consequences and applications of his ideas, which are simply those of the ancient m…
1909 · PDF PAGE 88
…e is gone. There is the tube, and it is full of HCl out of all relation to its elements, through the result of their union. (I purposely take the “elementary chemistry” view of the matter.) Samadhi is therefore with the Hindua result, the result of results indeed. There are higher and lower forms. That called Nirvikalpa-Samadhi, when the trance results from banishing thought altogether, instead of concentrating on one thought, ‘is the highest kind. But, with the Buddhist, Samadhi, though the state of mind meant is the same, is not an end, but a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 138
THE EQUINOX “ «Speak; I am rich,’ “* Every Good Friday,’ said the adept, ‘take thirty silver crowns and offer them to the Hospital for the Insane.’ “Tt shall be done,’ I said. “« Swear, then,’ he went on, ‘swear, then, here to me’—he rose, terrible and menacing—‘ by Him that sitteth upon the Holy Throne and liveth and reigneth for ever and ever, that never again, neither to save life, nor to retain honour, wilt thou set foot in the Street of the Four Winds ; so long as life shall last.’ “Even as he bade me, I rose with lifted hand and swore. “A…
1909 · PDF PAGE 88
…e is gone. There is the tube, and it is full of HCl out of all relation to its elements, through the result of their union. (I purposely take the “elementary chemistry” view of the matter.) Samadhi is therefore with the Hindua result, the result of results indeed. There are higher and lower forms. That called Nirvikalpa-Samadhi, when the trance results from banishing thought altogether, instead of concentrating on one thought, ‘is the highest kind. But, with the Buddhist, Samadhi, though the state of mind meant is the same, is not an end, but a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 138
THE EQUINOX “ «Speak; I am rich,’ “* Every Good Friday,’ said the adept, ‘take thirty silver crowns and offer them to the Hospital for the Insane.’ “Tt shall be done,’ I said. “« Swear, then,’ he went on, ‘swear, then, here to me’—he rose, terrible and menacing—‘ by Him that sitteth upon the Holy Throne and liveth and reigneth for ever and ever, that never again, neither to save life, nor to retain honour, wilt thou set foot in the Street of the Four Winds ; so long as life shall last.’ “Even as he bade me, I rose with lifted hand and swore. “A…
1911 · PDF PAGE 9
…e able to publish them in every important language of the world within the next two years. Your overworked Editor, too, has been able to take the longest and happiest holiday of his life. River and forest have given him all that nature can ; and this was the least part of his contentment. Moreover, he has been able to prepare, under sublime guidance, a dozen Official Instructions of A.'.A.'., to conclude the great Qabalistic Dictionary of Gematria, and to begin the almost equally important Greek Dic- tionary on similar lines. He has had leisure …
1911 · PDF PAGE 9
…e able to publish them in every important language of the world within the next two years. Your overworked Editor, too, has been able to take the longest and happiest holiday of his life. River and forest have given him all that nature can ; and this was the least part of his contentment. Moreover, he has been able to prepare, under sublime guidance, a dozen Official Instructions of A.'.A.'., to conclude the great Qabalistic Dictionary of Gematria, and to begin the almost equally important Greek Dic- tionary on similar lines. He has had leisure …
1912 · PDF PAGE 94
…as his moral sense dragged his body backwards along the Rue de Rivoli. By this means he cannoned into a worthy Frenchman (who refused to take him seriously) and so was shocked into himself. He pulled out his watch. Only an hour and a half to catch his train. justas he was beginning to enjoy himself, too. What a shame! He couldn’t even send a telegram without letting somebody know where he was—and at home they supposed him to be visiting a business acquaintance in Shropshire. I'll have a mementum, thought he, if I die for it. I'll—I don’t care. …
1912 · PDF PAGE 94
…as his moral sense dragged his body backwards along the Rue de Rivoli. By this means he cannoned into a worthy Frenchman (who refused to take him seriously) and so was shocked into himself. He pulled out his watch. Only an hour and a half to catch his train. justas he was beginning to enjoy himself, too. What a shame! He couldn’t even send a telegram without letting somebody know where he was—and at home they supposed him to be visiting a business acquaintance in Shropshire. I'll have a mementum, thought he, if I die for it. I'll—I don’t care. …
1919 · PDF PAGE 375
…erit the fields of future harvests. Ac- cept the woes of birth. Accept the Laws of Nature and work with them. Do not be always trying to take short cuts. Do not complain, and do not be afraid of the length of the Path. This treatise being for beginners, reward is offered. And—it is really worth while. One may find oneself in the Office of a Buddha. “Yea, cried the Holy One, and from Thy spark will I the Lord kindle a great light; I will burn through the grey city in the old and desolate land; I will cleanse it from its great impurity. “And thou…
1954 · PDF PAGE 311
…THOUT TEARS approach the Frontier of the Abyss. Well, now, if that isn't too funny! The text of this stupendous sermon was AL. II: 22. I take this verse in its most obvious and ordinary sense; for instance , the following sentence: "The exposure of innocence is a lie" ; for that means clearly enough Hypocrisy. So "It is a lie, this folly against self" only means "To hell with sentimental altruism , with false modesty , with all those most insidious fiends, the sense of guilt, of shame-in a word, the 'inferiority complex' or something very like …
1954 · PDF PAGE 492
…s the Masters responsible for the agony of the planet. I refer you to The Book of the Heart Girt with a Serpent, Cp.I: 33-40. 33. Let us take our delight in the multitude of men! Let u-s shape unto ourselves a boat of Mother-ofpearl from them, that we may ride upon the river of Amrit! 34. Thou seest yon petal of Amaranth, blown by the wind from the low sweet brows of Hathor? 35. (The magister saw it and rejoiced in the beauty of it.) Listen! 36. (From a certain world came an infinite wail.) That falling petal seemed to the little ones a wave to…
1904 · PDF PAGE 101
…, he took refuge in silence, which his disciples very conveniently interpreted as meaning that the question tended not to edification. I take it that the Buddha (ignorant, doubt- less, of algebra) had sufficiently studied philosophy and possessed enough worldly wisdom to be well aware that any system he might promulgate would be instantly attacked and annihilated by the acumen of his numer- ous and versatile opponents. Such teaching as he gave on the point may be summed up as follows. “Whence, whither, why, we know not; but we do know that we a…
1906 · PDF PAGE 251
…ioned English orthodoxy! But when Buddhism condescends to be vulgarly scientific; to observe, to classify, to ¢hzzk ; -I conceive we may take the matter seriously, and accord a reasonable investigation to its assertions. Examples of such succinctness and clarity may be found in The Four Noble Truths; The Three Characteristics; The Ten Fetters; and there is clearly a definite theory in the idea of Karma. Such ideas are basic, and are as a thread on which 1 See Huxley's classical example of the horse, zebra, and centaur. 2 Similarly, where Buddhi…
1906 · PDF PAGE 168
…. I go beneath the outward faith Find it a devil or a wraith, Just as my mood or temper tends! And thus to-day that “ Christ ascends,” I take the symbol, leave the fact, Decline to make the smallest pact With your creative Deity, And say: The Christhood-soul in me, Risen of late, is now quite clear Even of the smallest taint of Earth. Supplanting God, the Man has birth (“ New Birth” you'll call the same, I fear,) Transcends the ordinary sphere And flies in the direction ‘‘x.” (There lies the fourth dimension.) Vex My soul no more with mistransl…
1909 · PDF PAGE 355
…he trows became dis- satisfied with their residence upon Pomona. They deter- mined, therefore, to leave the Pomona hills and knowes, and take up their dwelling beside the Dwarfie Stone on the island of Hoy. The change was to be effected one evening at midnight, when the moon would be full and everything in favour of their flitting. The fateful night arrived, and the fairy train set out upon their journey. They bade farewell to the grassy hillocks upon which they had danced so often, and to the rocky caverns, the scene of their nightly revels, a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 355
…he trows became dis- satisfied with their residence upon Pomona. They deter- mined, therefore, to leave the Pomona hills and knowes, and take up their dwelling beside the Dwarfie Stone on the island of Hoy. The change was to be effected one evening at midnight, when the moon would be full and everything in favour of their flitting. The fateful night arrived, and the fairy train set out upon their journey. They bade farewell to the grassy hillocks upon which they had danced so often, and to the rocky caverns, the scene of their nightly revels, a…
1911 · PDF PAGE 26
… into the earth by the hand of the sower debate within itself, saying, am I oats or barley? Bond-slave of the curse, we give nothing, we take all. Be thou content. That which thou art, thou art. Be content. And now the lion passeth over through the Aethyr with the crowned beast upon his back, and the tail of the lion goes on instead of stopping, and on each hair of the tail is some- thing or other—sometimes a little house, sometimes a planet, at other times a town. Then there is a great plain with soldiers fighting upon it, and an enormously hi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 254
…hy he wears an apron. It is tradition, and the Word of God is thereby made of none effect. But Waite was not content with this. He would take an intelligible living English word and meta- grabolize it deliberately that he might appear pontifical. 1 In actual life he sold Horlick’s Malted Milk, but was for all practical purposes a T—totaller. 216