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Page 50 of 901919 · PDF PAGE 345
…aters. This partly refers to certain Iddhi, concerning Under- standing of Devas (gods) etc.; here the word ‘wind’ may be interpreted as ‘spirit.’ It is comparatively easy to reach this state, and it has no great importance. The ‘walker of the sky’ is much superior to the mere reader of the minds of ants. 39. Before thou seti’st thy foot upon the ladder’s upper rung, the ladder of the mystic sounds, thou hast to hear the voice of thy INNER God in seven manners. The word “seven” is here, as so frequently, rather poetic than mathematic; for there …
1913 · PDF PAGE 152
…hich is its life. The band of gold is the eternal circle of perfection. The three pentagrams symbolize the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, while the hexagram represents the Magician him- self. Ordinarily, pentagrams represent the microcosm, hexagrams the macrocosm; but here the reverse is the case, because in this Crown of Perfection, that which is below has become that which is above, and that which is above has become that which is below. If a diamond be worn, it is for the Light which is before all manifestations in form ; if an opal, …
1913 · PDF PAGE 354
…souls. The impious world of the giants raised to Heaven the soul of Enoch; above the Bacchanals of primitive Greece rises the harmonious spirit of Orpheus. Socrates and Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle, resume, in explaining them, all the aspirations and all the glories of the ancient world; the fables of Homer remain truer than history, and nothing remains to us of the grandeur of Rome 56
1913 · PDF PAGE 354
…souls. The impious world of the giants raised to Heaven the soul of Enoch; above the Bacchanals of primitive Greece rises the harmonious spirit of Orpheus. Socrates and Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle, resume, in explaining them, all the aspirations and all the glories of the ancient world; the fables of Homer remain truer than history, and nothing remains to us of the grandeur of Rome 56
1906 · PDF PAGE 27
…ins at the Well of Life, I may be mighty in the Universe. Yea, come thou forth, I mightily conjure Thy radiant Perfection, to compel All Spirits to be subject unto Me, That every spirit of the Firmament And of the Ether, and upon the Earth And under Earth, and of the stable land, Of water, of the whirling of the air, Of the all-rushing fire ; and every Spell And scourge of God the Vast One may be made Obedient unto me, to the All-Good And ultimate Redemption : Hear me, thou ! Eca, zodacare, Iad, goho, Torzodu odo kikale qaa ! Zodacare od zodame…
1907 · PDF PAGE 111
… glitter of serpenthood , That I may look once more into his face , And , kissing , kill him ! Thus to hold him fast , Drawing his human spirit into mine For strength , for life , for poison ! Ah , my God ! These pangs , these torments ! See ! the sleeper wakes ! I am triumphant ! For he reaches out The sleepy arms , and turns the drowsy head To catch the dew dissolving of my lip . Wake , lover , wake ! Thy Venus waits for thee ! Draw back , look , hunger ! —and thy mouth is mine !" The vision of Elizabeth , the loved one of his boy hood - his …
1912 · PDF PAGE 123
… less than half a thousand words. In such conditions he deserved his Christian name. In the forest even an hour calms the most turbulent spirit; a day will cure most worries ; and a week with an axe may be recommended to neurasthenics as more than the equivalent of the most expensive Weir-Mitchell treatment and rest-cures If fashionable doctors could afford to be honest, they would order work-cures for nine—tenths of their patients. Forty-eight years with an axe in the forest had turned Placide Gervez into a mixture of Stoic, Cynic, and Epicure…
1912 · PDF PAGE 123
… less than half a thousand words. In such conditions he deserved his Christian name. In the forest even an hour calms the most turbulent spirit; a day will cure most worries ; and a week with an axe may be recommended to neurasthenics as more than the equivalent of the most expensive Weir-Mitchell treatment and rest-cures If fashionable doctors could afford to be honest, they would order work-cures for nine—tenths of their patients. Forty-eight years with an axe in the forest had turned Placide Gervez into a mixture of Stoic, Cynic, and Epicure…
1944 · PDF PAGE 81
…n. Compare the Ten of Disks, and the general doctrine that the climax of the Descent into Matter is the signal for the redintegration by Spirit. It is the Formula of the Princess, the mode of ful‐ filment of the Great Work. This card recalls the Legend of Persephone, and herein is a dogma. Concealed within Mercury is a light which pervades all parts of the Universe equally; one of his titles is Psychopompos, the guide of the soul through the lower regions. These symbols are indi‐ cated by his Serpent Wand, which is actually growing out of the A…
1910 · PDF PAGE 104
… damned afresh Since my redemption, that is vocal at all, For I am wrapt away from light and call In the sweet heart of the red rose. My spirit only knows This woman and no more ; who would know more I, I am concentrate In the unshakable state Of constant rapture. Who should pour His ravings in the air for winds to whirl, Far from the central pearl Of all the diadem of the universe ? Let God take pen, rehearse Dull nursery tales ; then, not before, O rose, Red rose ! shall the beloved of thee, Infinite rose ! pen puerile poetry That turns in wr…
1907 · PDF PAGE 86
… grave , “ To love , and to forget ;” And sea - winds whisper o'er the wave The name of Margaret .” In these two short poems we have the spirit of Alice offered us , passionate and sublime ; a harmonious · Alice , an Adultery , vol . ii, p . 63 . 2 Ibid .
1913 · PDF PAGE 484
…allegories of Genesis. “In the beginning (10p the unity of being,) Elohim, the equilibrated forces (Jakin and Boaz), created the heaven (spirit) and the earth (matter), or in other words, good and evil, affirmation and negation.” Thus begins the Mosaic account of creation. Then, when it comes to giving a place to man, and a sanctuary to his alliance with divinity, Moses speaks of a garden, in the midst of which a single fountain branched into four rivers (the 1op and the TETRAGRAM), and then of two trees, one of life, and the other of death, pl…
1913 · PDF PAGE 484
…allegories of Genesis. “In the beginning (10p the unity of being,) Elohim, the equilibrated forces (Jakin and Boaz), created the heaven (spirit) and the earth (matter), or in other words, good and evil, affirmation and negation.” Thus begins the Mosaic account of creation. Then, when it comes to giving a place to man, and a sanctuary to his alliance with divinity, Moses speaks of a garden, in the midst of which a single fountain branched into four rivers (the 1op and the TETRAGRAM), and then of two trees, one of life, and the other of death, pl…
1922 · PDF PAGE 170
…and his eyes were glassy. But the need of dope drove him desperately to try every dodge. “ Hang it all,”’ he said with a little flash of spirit. “You encouraged us to go on.”
1906 · PDF PAGE 176
…ay be Changeless to all eternity, But compounds ever fluctuate With time or space or various state. (Ask chemists else!) So I must claim Spirit and matter are the same ” Or else the prey of putrefaction. This matters to the present action Little or nothing. Here’s your theories ! Think if you like: I find it wearies ! It matters little whether we With Fichte and the Brahmins preach That Ego-Atman sole must be ; With Schelling and the Buddha own Non-Ego-Skandhas are alone ; | With Hegel and—the Christian? téach That which completes, includes, ab…
1907 · PDF PAGE 232
…some other mind wherein they exist. As sure , there fore, as the sensible world really exists , so sure is there an infinite omnipresent Spirit who contains and supports it . " ' Midnight is striking, and we once again begin the eternal ( and infernal ) chain A , B , A , B , A , B. | Three Dialogues , p. 29. 3 Ibid . p. 18. Q ? Ibid . p. 165. 4 Ibid . p. 65.
1912 · PDF PAGE 323
…ce of h?לאיבא Adam?םרא The Fool?רמא Redemption, liberation?הלואג To grow warm?םה Heaven of Tipllareth?לינו Hesitated. [Vide no. 405]?לחז Spirit of h?לאח She who ruins?הלבה Tet. in Yetzirahאה ואי ?אהἼἸ᾿ Greatly, strongly?ךאמ Yetzirah’s ‘Secret Nature ᾿?המ [Vide Ιαιρ, xxxiv.[ 45 A name of GOD?יהלא A female slave ; cubitus?המא Tin, the metal of 7.1?לחנ A dividing, sundering,?הלרגה separation Angel of 7 s.?לאההה A ruine:?לבוה Angel ruling δ?לאוש Levi, Levite?ייל Foolish, sillyi (Stultus)?ליא A weeping?ה"כב Cloud; high place ; waves;?המב fortress An…
1912 · PDF PAGE 323
…ce of h?לאיבא Adam?םרא The Fool?רמא Redemption, liberation?הלואג To grow warm?םה Heaven of Tipllareth?לינו Hesitated. [Vide no. 405]?לחז Spirit of h?לאח She who ruins?הלבה Tet. in Yetzirahאה ואי ?אהἼἸ᾿ Greatly, strongly?ךאמ Yetzirah’s ‘Secret Nature ᾿?המ [Vide Ιαιρ, xxxiv.[ 45 A name of GOD?יהלא A female slave ; cubitus?המא Tin, the metal of 7.1?לחנ A dividing, sundering,?הלרגה separation Angel of 7 s.?לאההה A ruine:?לבוה Angel ruling δ?לאוש Levi, Levite?ייל Foolish, sillyi (Stultus)?ליא A weeping?ה"כב Cloud; high place ; waves;?המב fortress An…
1961 · PDF PAGE 180
…the Fruit of thy Magick, o my Master, then let me, me also, even me, give myself utterly to this Holy Art! Then did I, becoming heavy in Spirit, make Question of her, saying: To what End? And at this was she confounded and brought into Bewilderment; but after a great While, fumbling in her Mind, made Answer, like a Scarecrow in a Field, so was it for Rags and Tatters of Thought. Thus yet more Atrabilious and Sluggard was this Liver of thy Father, so that I fell into a Gloom night unto Weeping. Then she beholding me with Amazement cried upon me …
1929 · PDF PAGE 398
…ing the promise of the Future. She is Isis and Mary, Istar and Bhavani, Artemis and Diana. But Artemis is still barren of hope until the spirit of the Infinite All, great Pan, tears asunder the veil and displays the hope of humanity, the Crowned Child of the Future. I throw myself no bouquets about these Rites of Eleusis. I should have given more weeks to their preparation than I did minutes. I diminished the importance of the dramatic elements; the dialogue and action were little more than a setting for the soloists. These were principally thr…