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Page 49 of 831906 · PDF PAGE 153
…es. Up with my pretty pair of fives ! # I fight no ghosts. “But why revile ” (You urge me) ‘“‘in that vicious style The very faith whose truths you seem (Elsewhere) * to hold, to hymn supreme In your own soul?” Perhaps you know How mystic doctrines melt the snow Of any faith : redeem it to A fountain of reviving dew. So I with Christ : but few receive The Qabalistic Balm,*® believe Nothing—and choose to know instead. But, to that terror vague and dread, External worship ; all my lfe— War to the knife! War to the knife! No! on the other hand the…
1907 · PDF PAGE 12
…the heart , wherein our God is born , whose name is ineffable, a Crown of Glory , exalted forever above the Balance of Righteousness and Truth . T.A.R.O. As author of the following essay to you my readers , I can but say with the four beasts of the Apocalypse : " Come and See . ” “ Behold the Lion ... hath prevailed to open the Book and to loose the seven seals thereof. " For until now “ No man in heaven , nor in earth , neither under the earth , was able to open the Book , neither to look thereon .” Yet through the astrolabe of his mind and in…
1929 · PDF PAGE 451
…was assured by a distinguished man of letters who had himself suffered from its malice, that I have expressed to the utmost the terrific truth. He could hardly believe at first that I had written it without actual knowledge. During this period the full interpretation of the central mystery of freemasonry became clear in consciousness, and I expressed it in dramatic form in "the Ship". The lyrical climax is in some respects my supreme achievement in invocation; in fact, the chorus beginning: Thou who art I beyond all I am ... seemed to me worthy…
1906 · PDF PAGE 161
… of a central soul, Time’s sons, judged by Eternity. Nature is gone—our joys, our pains, Our little lives—and God remains. Were this the truth—-why ! worship then Were not so imbecile for men! But that’s no Christian faith! For where Enters the dogma of despair? Despite his logic’s silver flow I must count Caird ® a mystic! No! You Christians shall not mask me so The plain words of your sacred books Behind friend Swedenborg his spooks ! Says Huxley ® in his works (q. v.) “The microcosmic lives change daily In state or body ”—yet you gaily Arm a…
1911 · PDF PAGE 9
… an exterior concealed such sterling qualities of heart and brain, such indomitable courage, such inflexibility of will, such loyalty and truth. We are glad to hear that he is about to accept a highly paid post on the staff of our bright little contemporary Tfie Loafing-Glam,and that he who himself sings so musically may be in his turn the means of making others sing. As we observed above, we are causing several extracts from the EquNox to be translated into French. VI A l
1911 · PDF PAGE 125
…bankrupt, because I love my neigh- bour better than myself, and prosecute me for blasphemy and indecency, because I uttered a few simple truths that every— body knows." "Why, my friend, you will be famous I " she cried. " Aux grands hommes la patrie reconnaissante 1 ” “Probably,” said he. “Already I run to a full page in the American papers, my name intimately coupled with that of a duke’s daughter whom I have never seen." “ Good, good l " she agreed—" so much for fame. But are you really great? Your laughter was better than Zarathoustra Ξ What…
1911 · PDF PAGE 9
… an exterior concealed such sterling qualities of heart and brain, such indomitable courage, such inflexibility of will, such loyalty and truth. We are glad to hear that he is about to accept a highly paid post on the staff of our bright little contemporary Tfie Loafing-Glam,and that he who himself sings so musically may be in his turn the means of making others sing. As we observed above, we are causing several extracts from the EquNox to be translated into French. VI A l
1911 · PDF PAGE 125
…bankrupt, because I love my neigh- bour better than myself, and prosecute me for blasphemy and indecency, because I uttered a few simple truths that every— body knows." "Why, my friend, you will be famous I " she cried. " Aux grands hommes la patrie reconnaissante 1 ” “Probably,” said he. “Already I run to a full page in the American papers, my name intimately coupled with that of a duke’s daughter whom I have never seen." “ Good, good l " she agreed—" so much for fame. But are you really great? Your laughter was better than Zarathoustra Ξ What…
1906 · PDF PAGE 251
…ously, 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 Buddhist parables are of a mystical’ nature, where a complicated symbolism of numbers (for example) is intended to shadow a truth, we must discard them, My experie…
1944 · PDF PAGE 118
…ace, eating Grass as doth an Ox. Now this Ox is the letter Aleph, and is that Atu of Thoth whose number is Zero, and whose Name is Maat, Truth; or Maut, the Vulture, the All‐Mother, being an Image of Our Lady Nuith, but also it is called the Fool, which is Parsifal, “der reine Thor”, and so referreth to him that walketh in the Way of the Tao. Also he is Harpo‐ crates, the Child Horus walking (as saith Daood, the Badawi that became King, in his Psalm‐ ody) upon the Lion and the Dragon; that is, he is in Unity with his own Secret Nature, as I hav…
1904 · PDF PAGE 13
…ish up ! As by a posset of Hunyadi38 Clear mind! Was Soudan of the Mahdi Not cleared by Kitchener ? Ah, Tchhup ! Such nonsense for sound truth you dish up, Were I magician, no mere cadi, Not Samuel’s ghost you’d make me wish up, Nor Saul’s (the mighty son of Kish) up, But Ingersoll’s or Bradlaugh’s, pardie ! By spells and caldron stews that squish up, Or purifying of the Nadi39 Till Stradivarius or Amati Shriek in my stomach ! Sarasate, Such strains ! Such music as once Sadi Made Persia ring with ! I who fish up No such from soul may yet cry: V…
1906 · PDF PAGE 168
…i Schimeon !) But never a duellist—mno Son, No Father, and (to please us most) Decency pleads—no Holy Ghost ! All vanish at the touch of truth, A cobweb trio—-like, in sooth, 705 710 716 7 to fon] 725 730 735 740
1907 · PDF PAGE 248
… far as it is known by ") 2 us. ” When Scepticus asks Mysticus , • How old are you ? ” and receives the answer , “ I am but an ulti mate truth , six world -truths , fourteen grand general izations , eighty generalizations , sixty -two dilemmas , and the usual odd million impressions , " he is receiving a much more correct and scientific answer to his question than if Mysticus , like Mahatma Agamya , answered , “ sixty - two.” Mysticus then turning to Scepticus asks him the seemingly simple question , “ What is a ' year ' ? ” . Scepticus answers…
1911 · PDF PAGE 162
THE EQUINOX Magus, the card numbered ι, the first departure from 0, but referred to Beth, 2, Mercury, the god of Wisdom, Magic and Truth. And this Magus has the twofold aspect of the Magician himself and also of the “ Great Magician " described in Liber 418 (EQUINOX, No. V., Special Supplement, p. 144). Now the formula of the mystic is much simpler. Mathematically, it is 1- 1 :0. He is like a grain of salt cast into the sea; the process of dissolution is obviously easier than the shock of worlds which the magician contemplates. “ Sit down, and f…
1911 · PDF PAGE 162
THE EQUINOX Magus, the card numbered ι, the first departure from 0, but referred to Beth, 2, Mercury, the god of Wisdom, Magic and Truth. And this Magus has the twofold aspect of the Magician himself and also of the “ Great Magician " described in Liber 418 (EQUINOX, No. V., Special Supplement, p. 144). Now the formula of the mystic is much simpler. Mathematically, it is 1- 1 :0. He is like a grain of salt cast into the sea; the process of dissolution is obviously easier than the shock of worlds which the magician contemplates. “ Sit down, and f…
1961 · PDF PAGE 194
…l thee, and the Emancipation from the Fetters of Thought hat thou hast won in that Praxis of Art maketh the Whirlpool and Gravitation of Truth of Competence to Draw theeunto itself. l
1929 · PDF PAGE 275
…o repentance, thus preparing the mystical union which restores man to his original privileges, free will, immortality, the preception of truth and so on. I put the last ounce of myself into this book. My previous efforts in the {451} same direction would have deceived nobody, but the Bagh-i-Muatar, despite my inability to produce the Persian original --- my excuse was that it was rare and held the most sacred and most secret, but was being copied for me --- persuaded even experienced scholars that it was genuine. It was issued by Probsthain & C…
1906 · PDF PAGE 154
…ish up! As by a posset of Hunyadi® . Clear niind ! Was Soudan of the Mahdi Not cleared by Kitchener? Ah, Tchhup! Such nonsense for sound truth you dish up, Were I magician, no mere cad, Not Samuel’s ghost you’d make me wish up, Nor Saul’s (the mighty son of Kish) up, But Ingersoll’s or Bradlaugh’s, pardie ! By spells and caldron stews that squish up, Or purifying of the Nadi,*® Till Stradivarius or Amati Shriek in my stomach! Sarasate, Such strains ! Such music as once Sadi Made. Persia ring with! I who fish up -No such from soul may yet cry : …
1906 · PDF PAGE 171
…, The giddy waltz, the tuneful aria, Those fatal foes of Brahma-charya ; !6 And said, “‘ How very mild and nice is One’s luck to lop out truth im slices, 70 And chance to chop up cosmic crises !” * The correct form of address from a pupil to his teacher. See Sab- hapaty Swami's pamphlet on Yoga.
1907 · PDF PAGE 322
…new world suddenly exists for us , scales fall from our eyes , and we are at once transported from the phenomenal world to the region of truth .' When this cloud has been lifted : “ Eloquence , poetic genius , and every faculty transcending human mediocrity , all represent under different names that destructive , tyrannical power which brings everything under subjection and which does not permit the re ception of ideas except in one single direction ," • are i Vide note Science and Buddhism , vol . ii, p . 258 . 2 The Bases of the Mystic Knowle…