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Page 46 of 901905 · PDF PAGE 17
… at Death's finger from the hour of birth ; And like the sea by limits of pale sand Be utterly confined; but so He planned To vivify the body with the soul, That fire and air were wedded to control The heavy bulk beneath them, so His breath Touched the warm clay and violated death, Gave to the spirit wings and hade it rise To seek its Maker with aspiring eyes, Gave to the body strength to hold awhile The spirit, till the passions that defile Should waste and wither, and the free soul soar. But evil lusted with the soul, and bore A thousand chil…
1906 · PDF PAGE 33
…So long ago, so miserably long ! I was a maiden—oh how rich and rare Seemed the soft sunshine woven in my hair! How keen the music of my body’s song ! How white the blossom of my body’s light ! How red the lips, how languorous the eyes, How made for pleasure, for the sleepy sighs Softer than sleep; amorous dew-dreams of night That draw out night in kisses to the day ! So was I to my seeming as I lay. That soft smooth-moving ocean of the west Under the palm and cactus as it rolled, Immortal blue, fixed with immortal gold, Moving in rapture with …
1903 · PDF PAGE 24
…, banishing, invocation, evocation, is chiefly a reminder of the single purpose, until the supreme moment arrives and every fibre of the body, every force-channel of the mind, is strained out in one. overwhelming rush of the Will in the direction desired. Such is the real purport of all the apparently fantastic directions of Solomon, Abramelin, and other sages of repute. When a man has evoked and mastered such forces as Taphtartarath, Belial, Amaimon, and the great powers of the elements, then he may safely be permitted to begin to try to stop …
1909 · PDF PAGE 25
…urning with love unto my Lord Adonai, though ashamed indeed for that thrice or four times in the night I had been awakened by this loyal body, urging me to rise and meditate—and my weak will bade it be at ease and take its rest—oh, wretched man! slave of the hour and of the worm 1 Fifteen cycles of Prana Yama put me right mentally and physically: otherwise they had little apparent success. Have breakfasted—a pear and two Garibaldis. (These by the way are the small size, half the big squares) Have smoked a pipe to show that I'm not in a hurry. H…
1919 · PDF PAGE 37
…testing physical clairvoyance. Gives instruction in Asana, Pranayama and Dharana, and ad- vises the application of tests to the physical body, in order that the student may thoroughly understand his own limita- tions. Liper XCVI. Liper Gatas. A Handbook of Geomancy. Gives a simple and fairly satisfactory system of Geomancy. Liser LXXVIII. A description of the Cards of the Tarot with their attributions, including a method of divination by their use. 31
1929 · PDF PAGE 33
…ppeared at her side with a glass of brandy. [49] "I feel better now; do give me my hat, Marquise!" Again Cyril intervened. "Over my dead body!" he cried, feigning to be a jealous lover; and adjusted it with his own hands. Presently the visitors were at the door. The Turk became voluble over the seance. "Wonderful!" he cried; one of the most remarkable I was ever present at!" "So glad, Pasha!" replied Grey, with his hand on the door; "one can't pick a winner every time at this game, can one?" Lisa ha Giuffria saw that (somehow) the courteous phr…
1901 · PDF PAGE 48
… Thou royal offspring of a kingly sire, Less kingly for the single flower of love! I hail thee, son, the secret spouse of me, King of my body and this realm to-day! For lo! the child leapt up within my womb, Hailing me mother, and my spirit leapt, Hailing him brother! Son and spouse and king, Exulting father of the royal soul That lies here, loving me, assume thy crown And sit beside me, equal to thy queen. For look ye to the burning south, and see The Sun grown amorous, and behold his fire Leap to my godhead. For without a man I single, I the …
1910 · PDF PAGE 48
…nite, One moment gives, the other takes away. (I, the mere rimer, she, the queen of rime, As sweeps her sickle in the falling wheat, Her bodys sleek intoxicating time, The music of the motion of her feet !) I swoon in that imperial embrace Lay we asleep till evening, or dead ? I knew not, but the wonder of her face Grew as the dawn and never satiated. She knew not in her strong imperial soul How hopeless was the slavery of life, How by the part man learns to love the whole, How each mans mistress calls herself a wife. I tired not of the tigr…
1910 · PDF PAGE 314
…as the little girl. Like a thick thread of scarlet were her lips, comely was her countenance, most pleasing to the sight was her earthly body, a temptation to the Angels her soul. Her eyes expressed the Infinite Sweetness, the Love Merciful; the Pure Innocence of the Eternal Equi-balanced. They were like crystalline drops of dew falling on a perfect rock of Carrara marble; eyes that looked upon you and created you holy; eyes clearer than the clearest rivulet, more beautiful than the most royal amethyst; eyes that illuminated the darkest corner …
1910 · PDF PAGE 314
…as the little girl. Like a thick thread of scarlet were her lips, comely was her countenance, most pleasing to the sight was her earthly body, a temptation to the Angels her soul. Her eyes expressed the Infinite Sweetness, the Love Merciful; the Pure Innocence of the Eternal Equi-balanced. They were like crystalline drops of dew falling on a perfect rock of Carrara marble; eyes that looked upon you and created you holy; eyes clearer than the clearest rivulet, more beautiful than the most royal amethyst; eyes that illuminated the darkest corner …
1913 · PDF PAGE 14
…f members of the M..*. M.*.M 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 inted, and conveyed in symbol, beneath veil, ‘and through sacrament. 13
1922 · PDF PAGE 76
…thing matters at all. There is not even the disinclination to do what one happens to be doing which keeps the opium smoker inactive. The body 1s left to itself so perfectly that one is not worried by its natural activities. Again, despite our consciousness of infinity, we Maintained, concurrently, a perfect sense of proportion in respect of ordinary matters.
1905 · PDF PAGE 18
…e, fairer than his dearest dreams. He sprang, he caught her to his breast, the maid Sniiled and lay back to look at him. laid Her tender body on the sloping field, And felt her sighs in his embraces yield A sweeter music than all birds. But she, Lost in the love she might not know, may see No further than his face, and yet, aware Of her own fate, resisted like a snare He Iler own soft wishes. As she Jooked and Saw [lis eager face, the iron rod of law Grew like a misty pillar in the sky, In all her veins the blood’s desires die, And then---O sud…
1909 · PDF PAGE 104
… suggested by the Rosicrucian formula of Reception: May thy mind be open unto the Higher! May thy heart be the Centre of Light ! May thy body be the Temple of the Rosy Cross ! and by the Hindu statement that in the attainedYogin
1929 · PDF PAGE 373
…Work whereby I am a Magus began in Cairo (1904) with the discovery of the stele of Ankh-f-n-Khonsu, in which the principal object is the body of our Lady Nuith. It is reproduced in colours in The Equinox, Vol. I, No. VII. Jane Chéron has a copy of this book. On Friday afternoon, then, I was in her apartment. I had attained none of my objectives in calling on her and was about to depart. She detained me to show me this "something". She went and took a folded cloth from a drawer. "Shut your eyes," she said. When I opened them, they saw a cloth fo…
1910 · PDF PAGE 93
… is like the moon that shines upon The labouring Hajj,6 its camel-throned Emir.7 For like a column of innumerous men Doth serpentine his body ; he is here With hugs to break this breath, and with his mouth To stop the mouth of El Qahar the seer. 1. A river which flows by the ruins of Chilminar. 2. Cedar — dove’s down. By no means chosen at random ; symbolically chosen, or perhaps even because these substances have a reputed value in mystical practices. Apollonius of Tyana ( ? connec- tion with Dhyana) was accustomed to wrap himself completely i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 46
…e : it renews and multiplies itself miraculously; its perfume fills the whole Temple; it is the soul of which the grosser perfume is the body.
1904 · PDF PAGE 76
… precious souls : therefore their ecstasy is clearly a diseased process. The Yogic ecstasy requires absolute calm and health of mind and body. It is useless and dangerous under other conditions even to begin the most elementary practices. 742. My Eastern Friend.60—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 dorrway there !62—This, like so many other (perhaps all) lines in these poems, is pregnant with a host of hidden meanings. Not only i…
1907 · PDF PAGE 204
…ir lover, let my embrace Still gladden thee to rapture! let my face Be like a garden of fresh flowers to cull, And all thy being and thy body full As mine of gentle love—then sink to sleep ! MEG-ERA. Ha! Ha! She mocks him! In the utter deep, Her house of evil, sleep is stranger there. ALECTO. She sings ! TISIPHONE. The final misery! Beware ! ECHIDNA. O tender lover ! My wings still cover Thy face, and my lips Are on thine, and my tresses Like Zephyr’s caresses When the twilight dips. IIADES. This passes all. Relent. Release! Depart ! I yield : …
1909 · PDF PAGE 45
…ammonia. Myrtle . | A restless man in scarlet robes, with golden bracelets | 15 Codamoms . Costum . A cmatthy man with white lashes, his body elephantine, | 16 Cinnamon . Mastick . A “nan ine ee ae aed with bow ole cad 17 Succum . Camphor A owift-footed person, with a viper in his hand, lead- | 18 Lyn Balsami . Olibanum Agee hairy man, with a drawn sword and shield | 19 Srorus . Santal Flav. An old man leaning on a staff and wrapped inamantle | 20 Bofor [?] Galbanum . A man riding on an ass, preceded by a wolf . 22 As for Asc. . Opoponax . A ho…