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Page 48 of 781954 · PDF PAGE 176
…st thou fall; thy weariness is changed into Ineffable Rest . For there is no Thou upon that Path: thou hast become The Way. As in the Yi King, the 3rd hexagram has departed from the original perfection, and it takes all the rest of the hexagrams to put things right again. The result, it is true , is superior; the perfection of the original has been enhanced and enriched by its experience. There is another way of defining the Great Work that explains to us the whole object of manifestation, of departing from the perfection of "Nothing" towards t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 307
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING obtained possession of his sight were suddenly to return to a state of blindness, would have great difficulty in explaining to his blind brothers the sights he had seen, in fact none would believe him, and his difficulty in explaining in the language of blind-land the wonders of the land of sight would probably be so great that he would find more consolation in silence than in an attempted explanation: this has generally been the case with the true adepts; and those who have tried to explain themselves have been c…
1909 · PDF PAGE 307
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING obtained possession of his sight were suddenly to return to a state of blindness, would have great difficulty in explaining to his blind brothers the sights he had seen, in fact none would believe him, and his difficulty in explaining in the language of blind-land the wonders of the land of sight would probably be so great that he would find more consolation in silence than in an attempted explanation: this has generally been the case with the true adepts; and those who have tried to explain themselves have been c…
1910 · PDF PAGE 139
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING I make a God of it it will become but an illusion, I am ready to receive the Magical Power as I should not abuse it. I must needs accomplish the Finished Work. Buddha. 33m. The best Meditation I have so far done. I regard this as a veal medi- tation; for 13 minutes quite forgot time. Rose on planes of n''b-n‘3"3 * from Malkuth to Kether. August 5th. Meditated on Thoth concerning Frater I.A. 6th. Arrived at Colombo. We now arrive at another turning-point in the progress of P. Up to the first of this year 1901 he ha…
1910 · PDF PAGE 139
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING I make a God of it it will become but an illusion, I am ready to receive the Magical Power as I should not abuse it. I must needs accomplish the Finished Work. Buddha. 33m. The best Meditation I have so far done. I regard this as a veal medi- tation; for 13 minutes quite forgot time. Rose on planes of n''b-n‘3"3 * from Malkuth to Kether. August 5th. Meditated on Thoth concerning Frater I.A. 6th. Arrived at Colombo. We now arrive at another turning-point in the progress of P. Up to the first of this year 1901 he ha…
1947 · PDF PAGE 9
…n, o man, unto thee. The length of thy longing shall be the strength of its glory. He that lives long and desires death much is ever the King among the Kings. Fear not at all : fear neither men nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries : though with fire and sword it be burnt down and shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Gre…
1910 · PDF PAGE 202
…gh the reward of our toils, are liable, like the Queen in her bedchamber, to seduce the Con- queror in spite of his having conquered the King her husband, and secretly slay him as he sleeps in her arms. These are the powers known in the West as the Miraculous Powers, in the East as Siddhis. The mind is now a blank, the senses have been subdued, the subconscious thoughts slain; it stretches before us like some unspotted canvas upon which we may write or paint whatever we will. We can produce entrancing sounds at will, beautiful sights at will, s…
1910 · PDF PAGE 202
…gh the reward of our toils, are liable, like the Queen in her bedchamber, to seduce the Con- queror in spite of his having conquered the King her husband, and secretly slay him as he sleeps in her arms. These are the powers known in the West as the Miraculous Powers, in the East as Siddhis. The mind is now a blank, the senses have been subdued, the subconscious thoughts slain; it stretches before us like some unspotted canvas upon which we may write or paint whatever we will. We can produce entrancing sounds at will, beautiful sights at will, s…
1929 · PDF PAGE 475
…t-witted Lutheran Gott and his withered hand and his moving-picture-star galaxy of uniforms as the up-to-date Messiah! What a model for "King Arthur come again", to give the heathen Schrecklichkeit! I must have been beautifully drunk to write that. I don't remember anything about it --- but I must have been much more than drunk when I sent it to Paul Carus. I suppose I had become acclimatized to the idea that all serious and eminent people are perfectly brainless. He swallowed it, hook, line and {751} sinker; and a poor little bookseller in Lon…
1905 · PDF PAGE 172
…se a peace profounder than Himalayan snows cooped in their crystalline ravines. I saw the ultimation of the one wise law. I stood in the King’s Chamber, by the tomb of slain Osiris, in the Pyramid and looked down the Great Gallery, deep, deep into the hollow of earth ; grand gloom burned royally therein ; I was well hid in the shadow ; here I realized myself to be in that sepulchral sleep wherein were mirrored all these things of mystery. So the long passage steeply sliding ever up to my feet where I stood in the emptiness ; at last a sure abid…
1907 · PDF PAGE 169
…oriflamme of Reason against the bunting of God , leading us on from the realms of gloating anthropophagi to the " magical brotherhood of kings ." The absolute crown and king dom of desire , the one God sealed in the seas and be tokened in the winds . “ The Spirit of Mankind !” Before the darkness , earlier than being , When yet thought was not , shapeless and unseeing , Made misbegotten of deity on death , There brooded on the waters the strange breath Of an incarnate hatred . Darkness fell And chaos , from prodigious gulphs of hell . Life , th…
1909 · PDF PAGE 3
… from the People). Alas ! too incomplete. But something at least is saved, honour, which if you remember was all Sir George got out of King Francis great lion at the battle of Pavium you have read Mrs Brownings scrumptious poemlet, of course. Diaper will at least avoid the Infernum pro- scribed for John Stuart Mill, Newtons dog, and Mr Warburtons housemaid. Nunquam plaudite !
1909 · PDF PAGE 317
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING “ He asked me my business. “And I answered I had come to seek of him certain formulz. “ Thereupon he opened a book which was lying on the table before him, and showed me a sigil. After I had looked at it carefully, he explained to me how I should make it, and finished by telling me that it was used to summon ‘things of earth.’ “As I looked incredulously at him, hetook hold —Dracram 55. of the sigil, and no sooner had he done so than ‘is! in Book. from out of every crack and seam in the floor there wriggled forth a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 317
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING “ He asked me my business. “And I answered I had come to seek of him certain formulz. “ Thereupon he opened a book which was lying on the table before him, and showed me a sigil. After I had looked at it carefully, he explained to me how I should make it, and finished by telling me that it was used to summon ‘things of earth.’ “As I looked incredulously at him, hetook hold —Dracram 55. of the sigil, and no sooner had he done so than ‘is! in Book. from out of every crack and seam in the floor there wriggled forth a…
1910 · PDF PAGE 111
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING power of assimilating oneself with an atom). (2) Mahima (the power of expanding oneself into space). (3) Laghima (the power of reducing gravitation). (4) Garima (the power of increasing gravitation). (5) Prapti (the power of instantaneous travelling). (6) Prakamya (the power of instantaneous realiza- tion). (7) Isatva (the power of creating). (8) Vasitva (the power of commanding and of being obeyed).* The Préna. We now come to the next great series of exercises, namely those which control the Prana (breath); and i…
1910 · PDF PAGE 115
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Kumbhaka is also of two kinds—Sahita and Kevala. The Sahita is of two sorts, the first resembling the first kind of Pranayama, namely Rechaka Kumbhaka Puraka; the second resembling the second kind of Pranayama, namely Puraka Kumbhaka Rechaka. The Sahita should be practised till the Prana enters the Sushumna, which is known by a peculiar sound* being produced in the Sushumné4; after which the Kevala Kumbhaka should be practised. This Kumbhaka is described in the “ Hatha-Yoga Pradipika” as follows: When this Kumbhak…
1910 · PDF PAGE 111
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING power of assimilating oneself with an atom). (2) Mahima (the power of expanding oneself into space). (3) Laghima (the power of reducing gravitation). (4) Garima (the power of increasing gravitation). (5) Prapti (the power of instantaneous travelling). (6) Prakamya (the power of instantaneous realiza- tion). (7) Isatva (the power of creating). (8) Vasitva (the power of commanding and of being obeyed).* The Préna. We now come to the next great series of exercises, namely those which control the Prana (breath); and i…
1910 · PDF PAGE 115
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Kumbhaka is also of two kinds—Sahita and Kevala. The Sahita is of two sorts, the first resembling the first kind of Pranayama, namely Rechaka Kumbhaka Puraka; the second resembling the second kind of Pranayama, namely Puraka Kumbhaka Rechaka. The Sahita should be practised till the Prana enters the Sushumna, which is known by a peculiar sound* being produced in the Sushumné4; after which the Kevala Kumbhaka should be practised. This Kumbhaka is described in the “ Hatha-Yoga Pradipika” as follows: When this Kumbhak…
1912 · PDF PAGE 267
…your little affair wi' Bungs? What d'ye mak’ a year oot 0' that? EEL. Ye wicked deevil l AWL. I dinna care. It's your affair to take the King's siller, and the whisky man’s gowd ! But I'm wondering 1100 it gangs wi' sae muckle releegion ! EEL. Ηοο dare ye? AWL. Or have they found your ain private still o‘er the brae? An exciseman wi' a still 0’ his ainl ha! 1131 ha! κει. Ye fausse fiend ! Hae ye gi’en me awa‘? AWL, Nal I’m no sae releegious as ye are. But I doot it's fowk ken 0‘ your dealin’s wi‘ Jeannie Maekay ! EEL. Hoo did ye ken that? AWL. W…
1912 · PDF PAGE 267
…your little affair wi' Bungs? What d'ye mak’ a year oot 0' that? EEL. Ye wicked deevil l AWL. I dinna care. It's your affair to take the King's siller, and the whisky man’s gowd ! But I'm wondering 1100 it gangs wi' sae muckle releegion ! EEL. Ηοο dare ye? AWL. Or have they found your ain private still o‘er the brae? An exciseman wi' a still 0’ his ainl ha! 1131 ha! κει. Ye fausse fiend ! Hae ye gi’en me awa‘? AWL, Nal I’m no sae releegious as ye are. But I doot it's fowk ken 0‘ your dealin’s wi‘ Jeannie Maekay ! EEL. Hoo did ye ken that? AWL. W…