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Page 47 of 901910 · PDF PAGE 60
… let thy tender breath Woo me to life, and my desire to death ! I shall be ready for it by-and-by, That sharp initiation, when the whole Body is torn with sundering pangs, and I The very conscious essence of the soul, Am rent with agony, as when the pale Christ heard the shriek of the dividing veil. That awful mystery, its heart torn out, Palpitates on the altar-stone of life : That broken self, that hears the triumph-shout Of its own voice beneath the falling knife, When, like a bad dream changing, swiftly grows A new souls joy, a fuller-peta…
1912 · PDF PAGE 33
…m avail to save them then ! Be pleased to pardon her whose doom unfolds, a scroll All scribbled sinister, do thou receive her soul Whose body must endure what for myself she craved. A dark deed and impurebut Venice must be saved ! [ORLANDO lands from the gondola. Oh ! is it you so soon ? ORLANDO. I thought I had been slow. MONICA. Cannot we wait ? ORLANDO. Can June save Januarys snow ?
1913 · PDF PAGE 15
…ergency to members of lower degrees. 6° In the V° all members are pledged to bring immediate and perfect relief to all distress of mind, body, or estate, in which they may find any of their fellows of that degree. In
1996 · PDF PAGE 302
…155 to live 132,133,137,147 to love 70,75 transcendent of mind 118 true 31.40,41,54,56.64.67.68,71, 95.96.101,110,132,148,150,163 of the body 143,146 two as the number of 138 unconscious 60 womb 29 women 84.85.128,172-178.179-181 and childbearing 71 and children 147 doctrine of “having no soul” 27 economic independence of 43 freedom of 174-177 oppression of, by men 42,53,172- 178,180-181 political power of 128 souls of 172.180 wonder, vision of 79 work, value of 162 World War I 188 yoga 46,116 yoni 29 Zeus 30 Zeus Arrhenothelus 30 zodiac 93 dou…
1909 · PDF PAGE 18
… let me go back to my room, and Work! (11.47.) Home—undressed—robed —attended to toilet-cut cross of Blood once more to affirm mastery of Body— sat down at 11.49 and ended the day with 10 Prana- yamas, which caused me to perspire freely, but were not altogether easy or satisfactory. 16
1909 · PDF PAGE 62
…Elect of the Most Secret and Sublime Order A A He does with great difficulty (and no interior perform— ance) just four breath-cycles. Somebody once remarked that it had taken a hundred million years to produce me ; I may add that I hope it will be another hundred million before God makes such another cur. Have performed the Equilibrating Ritual of the Scourge, the Dagger, and the Chain; with the Holy Anointing Oil that bringeth the informing Fire into their Lustral Water. I am so sleepy that I cannot concentrate at all. (I was trying the “Bornle…
1909 · PDF PAGE 27
…ted in the “God” position or in the characteristic attitude of the God desired, should then imagine His image as coinciding with his own body, or as enveloping it. This must be practised until mastery of the image is attained, and an identity with it and with the God experienced. It is a matter for very great regret that no simple and certain test of success in this practice exists. 3. The Vibration of God-names. As a further means of identifying the human consciousness with that pure portion of it which man calls by the name of some God, let h…
1909 · PDF PAGE 27
…ted in the “God” position or in the characteristic attitude of the God desired, should then imagine His image as coinciding with his own body, or as enveloping it. This must be practised until mastery of the image is attained, and an identity with it and with the God experienced. It is a matter for very great regret that no simple and certain test of success in this practice exists. 3. The Vibration of God-names. As a further means of identifying the human consciousness with that pure portion of it which man calls by the name of some God, let h…
1912 · PDF PAGE 86
… absurd to suppose that to accept it would be to condemn the practice. Spasm is a normal func- tion of at least one of the organs of the body. That the brain is not damaged by the practice is proved by the fact that many people who claim to have had this experience repeatedly continue to exercise the ordinary avocations of life without diminished activity. We may dismiss, then, the physiologicalquestion. It throws no light on the main problem, which is the value of the testimony of the experience. Now this is a very difficult question, and raise…
1954 · PDF PAGE 352
…e, and satisfied vanity, that it is poisonous . e Greek word means an athlete; and the training of an thlete is not mortification of the body. Nor is there any rule hich covers all circumstances. When men go "stale" a few ays before the race, they are "taken off training ," and fed ith champagne. But that is part of the training . Observe, 00, that all men go "stale" sooner or later; bnormal , and must be stopped as soon as its object is ttained. Even so, it too often strains vital organs, especially he heart and lungs, so that few rowing "Blue…
1907 · PDF PAGE 139
devours the dead body of his beloved, in terms which do not shock us in English any more than such descriptions usually shock us in French. This is a very exceptional accomplishment, as anyone may realize who has read French novels in English. Here is one of Mr. Crowley’s typical climaxes: The host is lifted up. Behold The vintage spilt, the broken hreadl l feast upon the cruel cold Pale body that was ripe and red. Only her held, her palms, her feet, I kissed all night, and did not eat. "But had it not been for the garter, I might never have se…
1907 · PDF PAGE 272
THE NEW WINE 265 { think of sciousness in a single consciousness , that makes us say , it is of an extended body or idea . This taken together reduces the universe to a lot of minima cogitabilia , linked only by Time ; Anima explained by Ratio . ? Space is Geometry : Time is Arithmetic , i.e. , the geometrical conception , the mathematical conception . Thus , if I a blue pig ten times , that think of is ten blue pigs ; yet in Space there is but one blue pig . Can we reduce Space --which I spiritually com prehend so well , intellectually so badl…
1909 · PDF PAGE 119
…hirsty, and loathes the thought of drinking! He must do something—something pretty drastic, or he will find himself in serious trouble of body and mind, the shadows of his soul, that is sick unto death. For “ where are now their gods?” Where is the Lord, the Lord Adonai? The beast feels decidedly better; but whether he is more concentrated one may doubt. Honestly, he is now so blind that he cannot tell! Perhaps a “cafe, cognac, et Cigare” may tune him up to the point of either going back to work, or across Paris to the Hammam. He will make the e…
1909 · PDF PAGE 79
…r clasp God to herself. Having nothing mortal, she is wholly inebriated with God. For she glorieth in the harmony under which the mortal body sub- sisteth.” “ As rays of Light his locks flow forth, ending in acute points. ZOROASTER, ” Vedana.—Pertaining to Sensation we may first notice in the beginner’s concentrating mind the class of distracting thoughts which refer to the emotions. The taking of pleasure in, or the endurance of pain from, the meditation itself is in particular to be dreaded. Of mystic phenomena we may notice the immense class…
1909 · PDF PAGE 79
…r clasp God to herself. Having nothing mortal, she is wholly inebriated with God. For she glorieth in the harmony under which the mortal body sub- sisteth.” “ As rays of Light his locks flow forth, ending in acute points. ZOROASTER, ” Vedana.—Pertaining to Sensation we may first notice in the beginner’s concentrating mind the class of distracting thoughts which refer to the emotions. The taking of pleasure in, or the endurance of pain from, the meditation itself is in particular to be dreaded. Of mystic phenomena we may notice the immense class…
1911 · PDF PAGE 20
…ill of Destruction, even a Will of Annihilation. It may be that this shall be discovered at an immeasurable dis- tance from his physical body. Nevertheless, this must he reach, with this must he identify himself even to the loss of himself. 3. Third Point. Let this Will then watch vigilantly the point where thoughts arise, or the point where they are judged, and let every thought be annihilated as it is perceived or judged.‘ 4. Fourth Point. Next, let every thought be inhibited in its inception. 5. Fifth Point. Next, let even the causes or tend…
1911 · PDF PAGE 20
…ill of Destruction, even a Will of Annihilation. It may be that this shall be discovered at an immeasurable dis- tance from his physical body. Nevertheless, this must he reach, with this must he identify himself even to the loss of himself. 3. Third Point. Let this Will then watch vigilantly the point where thoughts arise, or the point where they are judged, and let every thought be annihilated as it is perceived or judged.‘ 4. Fourth Point. Next, let every thought be inhibited in its inception. 5. Fifth Point. Next, let even the causes or tend…
1913 · PDF PAGE 406
…eft hand under the feet of a person completely enveloped with wool or silk, one causes the magnetic spark to pass completely through the body, and one may thus occasion a nervous revolution in his organism with the rapidity of lightning. Magnetic passes only serve to direct the will of the mag- netizer in confirming it by acts. They are signs and nothing more. The act of the will is expressed and not operated by these signs. 116
1913 · PDF PAGE 406
…eft hand under the feet of a person completely enveloped with wool or silk, one causes the magnetic spark to pass completely through the body, and one may thus occasion a nervous revolution in his organism with the rapidity of lightning. Magnetic passes only serve to direct the will of the mag- netizer in confirming it by acts. They are signs and nothing more. The act of the will is expressed and not operated by these signs. 116
1905 · PDF PAGE 141
…t draws its music from some bubbling well, Looks long, looks deadly, looks desirable, The touch that fires, the next kiss, and the whole Body embracing, symbol of the soul, And all the perfect passion of an hour. Turn to me, pluck that amaranthine flower, And leave the doubtful blossoms of the sky ! You dare not kiss me! dare not draw you nigh Lest I should lure you to remain ! nor speak Lest you should catch the blood within your cheek Mantling. agro !— When to my blossom body clean as snow You pressed your bosom till desire was pain, And—then…