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…oddess keen, And sighs and laughters caught between. For, swooning at the fervid lips Of Artemis, the maiden kisses Sob, and the languid body slips Down to enamelled wildernesses. Fallen and loose the shaken tresses; Fallen the sandal and girdling gold, [arg]
…ted from the ‘* White Cross Library.” With an Introduction by A. E. Warre. Third Edition. 3s. 6d. net. “The Essays of Prentice Mulford embody a peculiar philosophy, and represent a peculiar phase of insight into the mystery which surrounds man. The essays were the work, as the insight was the gift of a man who owed nothing to books, pethaps not much to what is ordinarily meant by observation, and everything, or nearly everything, to reflection nourished by contact with nature.”—A. E, Watre, in the Introduction. THE GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING. A Furt…
…ted from the ‘* White Cross Library.” With an Introduction by A. E. Warre. Third Edition. 3s. 6d. net. “The Essays of Prentice Mulford embody a peculiar philosophy, and represent a peculiar phase of insight into the mystery which surrounds man. The essays were the work, as the insight was the gift of a man who owed nothing to books, pethaps not much to what is ordinarily meant by observation, and everything, or nearly everything, to reflection nourished by contact with nature.”—A. E, Watre, in the Introduction. THE GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING. A Furt…
…d you to a clearer perception of Life’s secrets, becomes your benefactor.” “The men living in my company being unable to realise that my body is nothing but an illusion of their deficient sight, it is useless for me to try and oblige them to recognise it as a mere wood cover.” “ Their error will appear even more plausible and explicable when one considers that a few days ago I was myself unaware of my real personality; and that I am still at times under the influence of insufficiently keen senses.” “The destiny of a Man-Cover being a case of ex…
…d you to a clearer perception of Life’s secrets, becomes your benefactor.” “The men living in my company being unable to realise that my body is nothing but an illusion of their deficient sight, it is useless for me to try and oblige them to recognise it as a mere wood cover.” “ Their error will appear even more plausible and explicable when one considers that a few days ago I was myself unaware of my real personality; and that I am still at times under the influence of insufficiently keen senses.” “The destiny of a Man-Cover being a case of ex…
…The man is conceived as a mere accretion about his ‘Dwarf-Self,’ and he is now wholly absorbed therein. For IT is also ALL, being of the Body of Nuith. 82. And now, Lanoo, thou art the doer and the witness, the radiator and the radiation, Light in the Sound, and the Sound in the Light. Important, as indicating the attainment of a mystical state, in which you are not only involved in an action, but apart fromit. There is a higher state described in the Bha- gavad Gita. “I who am all, and made it all, abide its sepa- rate Lord.” 83. Thou art acqu…
… as worship’s, though as dark as death Her soul had been for weary days no few ; Now, lightened by the spirit thrust anew As into a dead body breath of life, She gave sweet thanks with gentle lips that ope, Like buds of roses on the sunny slope Of lily gardens falling toward a stream That flashes back the intolerable beam Of sunlight with light heart. They fled away At Cypris’ word, beyond the bounds of day Into the awful caverns of the night, Eerie with ghosts imagined, and the might Of strange spells cast upon them by the dead. So, ere the dy…
…rself with the physical, your results will only be on that plane; and the principal effect of these concentrations on small parts of the body is the understanding, or rather the appreciation, of sensuous pleasure. This, however, is infinitely refined, exquisitely intense. It is often possible to acquire a technique by which the skilled artist can produce this pleasure in another person. Map out, say, three square inches of skin anywhere, and it is possible by extreme gentle touches to excite in the patient all the possible sensations of pleasur…
…ssed over me. My old fancy took possession of my brains again, and I imagined myself made of flesh and bones. I began to suffer as if my body had in reality become stiff and benumbed. Happily it was enough for me to turn and see the coffin, and my delusion fled. Moreover, I noticed that I had forgotten one of the most important things. The very colour of the coffin ought to have told the truth to me long ago. Of course I was now of a dark brown complexion, almost black, and this was the reason of their surprise. A movement which I detected amon…
…ssed over me. My old fancy took possession of my brains again, and I imagined myself made of flesh and bones. I began to suffer as if my body had in reality become stiff and benumbed. Happily it was enough for me to turn and see the coffin, and my delusion fled. Moreover, I noticed that I had forgotten one of the most important things. The very colour of the coffin ought to have told the truth to me long ago. Of course I was now of a dark brown complexion, almost black, and this was the reason of their surprise. A movement which I detected amon…
…that meet and know the spirit dwells Beyond their profound depth in sympathy. Nay, my delight must find some dearest foe, And cleave his body with a lusty stroke That sets the blood sharp tingling in my arm. Yet tell me if perchance I lay aside One day the harness of cold iron, bind on The lighter reins of roses deftly twined
…ir precious souls: therefore their ecstasy is clearly a diseased process. The Yogic ecstasy requires absolute calm and health of mindand body. It is useless and dangerous under other conditions even to begin the most elementary practices. 742. My Eastern friend.—Abdul Hamid, of the Fort, Colombo, on whom be peace. 755. Heart,61— Heart is a trifling misquotation: This poem is for publication. 810. Mind the dark doorway there /®2—This, like so many other (perhaps all) lines in these poems, is pregnant with a host of hidden meanings. Not only is i…
… is silent : it is a blissful extravagance . . I have often been carried away by it . . . there is such per fection of joy that soul and body cannot express it ... if they could the perfect union of all the powers would be at an end ." So Crowley finely describes : . Death from the universal force Means to the forceless universe Birth . I accept the furious course , Invoke the all - embracing curse . Blessing and peace beyond may lie When I annihilate the “ 1. " Therefore , O holy mother , gnash Thy teeth upon my willing flesh ! Thy chain of sk…
…meaning, until the intuition pierces that blank wall of ignorance. Let O.M. meditate upon this Oracle on his way to feed John St. John‘s body—and thus feed his ownl Out, out, to feed! Trimming his beard in preparation for going out, he reflects that the deplorable tone (as one’s Dean would say) of the last entry is not the cry of the famished beast, but that of the over-driven slave "Adonai, ply Thou thy scourge! Adonai, load Thou the chain l” What the devil is the matter with the time ? The hours flit just like butterflies—the moon, dead full, sh…
…eges of members of the O.T.O. are very numerous. These are the principal: 1° They have not only access to, but instruction in, the whole body of hidden knowledge preserved in the Sanctuary from the beginning of its manifestation. In the lower grades the final secrets are hinted, and conveyed in symbol, beneath veil, and through sacrament. In this way the intelligence of the initiate is called into play, so that he who well uses the knowledge of the lower grades may be selected for invitation to the higher, where all things are declared openly. …
…o various “ nerves”, equally mythical. The second class is ob./eois ofdooofz'ofz, such as the idea or form of the Deity, or the heart or body of your Teacher, or of some man whom you respect profoundly. This practice is not to be commended, because it implies a bias of the mind. You can also meditate on your dreams. This sounds superstitious; but the idea is that you have already a tendency, independent of your conscious will, to think of those things, which will consequently be easier to think of than others. That this is the explanation is ev…
…nvoked all these powers of mine. Yet after, by a strong effort of will, I banished my sore throat and my surroundings, and went up in my Body of Light. Reached a room in which a cruciform table was spread, a naked man being nailed thereto. Many venerable men sat around, feast- ing on his living flesh and quaffing his hot blood. These (I was told) were the Adepts, whom I might one day join. This I understood to mean that I should get the power of taking only spiritual nourishment—but probably it means much more than this. Next I came into an appar…
…nvoked all these powers of mine. Yet after, by a strong effort of will, I banished my sore throat and my surroundings, and went up in my Body of Light. Reached a room in which a cruciform table was spread, a naked man being nailed thereto. Many venerable men sat around, feast- ing on his living flesh and quaffing his hot blood. These (I was told) were the Adepts, whom I might one day join. This I understood to mean that I should get the power of taking only spiritual nourishment—but probably it means much more than this. Next I came into an appar…
…very un-English, and the context hardly helpful. But the meaning is clear enough ; the idea is to dismiss, curtly and rudely, the entire body of doctrine which insists on altruism as a of spiritual progress. Why do I jump in with this text without warning? Because at the end of my letter on Sammasati the Dweller of the Threshold popped up, and that brings us to the Black Brothers , and the Left-hand path, all of which subjects are very generally supposed to depend for origin upon "Selfishness. " This question is one of the most critical in the …
… maintain the awkward position. You become aware sooner than you otherwise would of any relaxation; and you thereby show the rest of the body that it is no use trying to disturb you by its irritability. But there are no rules. I said there weren't, and there aren't. Only the human mind is so lazy and worthless that it is a positive instinct to try to find some dodge to escape hard work. These tricks may help or they may hinder; it is up to you to find out which are good and which are bad, the why and the what and all the other questions. It all…