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Page 51 of 841909 · PDF PAGE 245
…seemed of a sudden to shake itself into form—vast and terrible; but the time had not been fulfilled, and the breath of the creation of a new world caught them up from his half-opened mouth and carried them back into the darkness whence they had all but been vibrated.* From midsummer until the commencement of the autumn the diaries are silent except for one entry, “ met a certain Mr. B. an alchemist of note} which though of no parti- cular importance in itself, was destined to lead to another meeting which changed the whole course of P.’s progre…
1909 · PDF PAGE 245
…seemed of a sudden to shake itself into form—vast and terrible; but the time had not been fulfilled, and the breath of the creation of a new world caught them up from his half-opened mouth and carried them back into the darkness whence they had all but been vibrated.* From midsummer until the commencement of the autumn the diaries are silent except for one entry, “ met a certain Mr. B. an alchemist of note} which though of no parti- cular importance in itself, was destined to lead to another meeting which changed the whole course of P.’s progre…
1910 · PDF PAGE 22
…s saved. It is undoubtedly the importance which he at- taches to Sin, Repentance, Penance, Grace, as the means of raising the old to the new Adam that cost el Haji so much pains in persecution by the more orthodox Muslim : possible the teaching of St. Paul had vaguely penetrated to the gulf with the mer- chant of Venice or Portugal, and their danger had been recognized by those who held to the simple grandeur of Islam. But clearly the belief in Evil — perhaps even a modified Manichaeism ;4 we must not forget that this heresy is a legacy from th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 567
…reed and his ugliness, to eternal destruction. Man can kill or vivify his faculties by negligence or by abuse. He can create for himself new faculties by the good use of those which he has received from Nature. People often say that the affections will not be commanded, that faith is not possible for all, that one does not re-make one’s own character. All these assertions are true only for the idle or the perverse. One can make one’s self faithful, pious, loving, devoted, when one wishes sincerely to beso. One can give to one’s spirit the calm …
1913 · PDF PAGE 567
…reed and his ugliness, to eternal destruction. Man can kill or vivify his faculties by negligence or by abuse. He can create for himself new faculties by the good use of those which he has received from Nature. People often say that the affections will not be commanded, that faith is not possible for all, that one does not re-make one’s own character. All these assertions are true only for the idle or the perverse. One can make one’s self faithful, pious, loving, devoted, when one wishes sincerely to beso. One can give to one’s spirit the calm …
1929 · PDF PAGE 117
… American doctor named Parsons, which whom I stuck up a warm friendship. He was certainly a "live wire". The faculty had just devised as new source of income by inventing appendicitis. Parsons heard of this and wired to the States for a partner who could perform the operation. He then proceeded to advise immediate operation every time one of his many wealthy patients had a stomach-ache. At a thousand Mexican dollars a time, it did not take many months to pile up a fortune. The English colony in Mexico City was disliked and despised. The consul …
1907 · PDF PAGE 278
THE NEW WINE 271 philosophies , n doubt they arise , with doubt they thrive , and by doubt they are urged on ; Hope , like a will- o'-the-wisp , dances before them , leading them through marsh and mire , down dale and o'er hill , deep through the frozen forest, and the broad sun scorched plain , over seas and oceans , over continents and worlds , far, far through universes and systems , past stars , past comets and suns , deep into the depths of unutterable mystery ; and there through the æons midst , the birth of worlds , in the very womb of T…
1919 · PDF PAGE 166
…ments of Fra O.M. (in parentheses) follow entries. March 2, 1913. I have got a zeal for service since the retirement, wanted to take for new Motto “I aspire to serve” but cannot find Latin equivalent. (“Volo servare” would do. But a better idea is “I want to help” rather than “serve.” OM.) 158
1954 · PDF PAGE 204
… seems to be playing practical jokes on you. This means that your manoeuvres have somehow attracted the notice of the Astral Plane: your new neighbours (May I call them?) are taking an interest in the latest Tenderfoot, some to welcome, to do all they can to help you to settle down, others indignant or apprehensive at this disturbance of routine. This is where your Banishings and Invocations come to the rescue. Of course, I am not here referring to the
1929 · PDF PAGE 390
…Europeans have any idea of foreign parts. They always wear thick veils of prejudice, and even prevent the possibility of enjoying really new experiences by their mere habit of life. They stick to the railway and see mere scraps of the country or travel in motors which blur the details of the day. When one walks, one is brought into touch first of all with the essential relations between one's physical powers and the character of the country; one is compelled to see it as its natives do. Then every man one meets is an individual. One is no longe…
1907 · PDF PAGE 139
… for Nature never permits man to borrow without paying back , the general settlement day will always sooner or later arrive , and then a new epoch of time will be heralded in . Secret vice is the very worst form of vice ; like a hidden gin we fall betwixt its jaws unawares . The crass and studied silence that mothers and fathers maintain over their children as regards all subjects of sex is probably responsible for fifty per cent : and more of all the sexual crimes and sexual ills of the present day . When mankind has grasped the fact that its …
1910 · PDF PAGE 204
…ht and Loveliness; and, as a worm will detect its approach to the earth surface by the warmth of the mould, so did he detect by a sense, new and unknown to him, a world as different from the world he lived in as the world of awakenment differs from the world of dreams. Further, did he grow to understand, that, though as a sustenance to the tree itself one root might not be as im- portant as another, yet that they all drew their strength from the self-same soil, and ultimately united in the one trunk above. Some were rotten with age, some dying,…
1910 · PDF PAGE 204
…ht and Loveliness; and, as a worm will detect its approach to the earth surface by the warmth of the mould, so did he detect by a sense, new and unknown to him, a world as different from the world he lived in as the world of awakenment differs from the world of dreams. Further, did he grow to understand, that, though as a sustenance to the tree itself one root might not be as im- portant as another, yet that they all drew their strength from the self-same soil, and ultimately united in the one trunk above. Some were rotten with age, some dying,…
1919 · PDF PAGE 242
…hido in the East, gave the best chance to develop rulers of the desired type. Chivalry failed principally because it was confronted with new problems; to-day we know per- fectly what those problems were, and are able to solve them. It is generally understood by all men of education that the general welfare is necessary to the highest development of the particular; and the troubles of America are in great part due to the fact that the men in power are often utterly devoid of all general education. I would call your attention to the fact that man…
1911 · PDF PAGE 63
…ith silver, and he plucks at his beard, and cries with a terrible voice: Woe unto me that am cast down from my place by the might of the new Aeon. For the ten palaces are broken, and the ten kings are carried away into bondage, and they are set to fight as the gladiators in the circus of him that hath laid his hand upon eleven. For the ancient tower is shattered by the Lord of the Flame and the Lightning. And they that walk upon their hands shall build the holy place. Blessed are they who have turned the Eye of Hoor unto the zenith, for they sh…
1929 · PDF PAGE 313
… the language of intellect, exactly as mathematicians have done: exactly, too, as they have been obliged to recognize the existence of a new logic. I found it necessary to create a new code of the laws of thought. One example pertinent to this period will illustrate the strangeness of the world revealed by the development of Neschamah. The human consciousness is primarily distinguishable from the divine by the fact of its dependence on duality. The divine consciousness distinguishes a peach from a pear, but is aware all the time that the differ…
1929 · PDF PAGE 339
…dom. He has no idea of abstract beauty and he is terribly afraid of meeting an idea which might stir his stagnant stupidity. To me every new scene, every new point of view, is welcome. I want to be taught. I want to enlarge my mind. Nihil humani a me alienum puto. Even so, humani is one word too many. As I wrote in The Book of Lies. The Chinese cannot help thinking that the octave has five notes. The more necessary anything appears to my mind the more certain it is that I only assert a limitation. It is natural that my attitude should be utterl…
1909 · PDF PAGE 23
…ue 14 Glowing red Brilliant flame Red . 15 Rich brown. . . . . . . «| Deep warm olive. Deep indigo 16 Reddish grev inclined to mauve . | New yellow leather . Pale mauve 17 Dark greenish brown Rich bright russet Maroon . 18 Reddish amber Grey . Deep purple 19 Plum colour Green grey . Slate grey . 20 Bright blue, rayed yellow . . .| Rich purple Blue . 21 Palegreen . . . . ss. Deep blue-green . Blue. 22! Woitesflecked purple, like mother- | Deep olive-green . Sea green . . (23 vee brown (like a black | Very dark brown. Dull brown 24 Dark vivid blu…
1909 · PDF PAGE 306
…conceive of a child being born blind (in a race of blind people) obtaining the use of its eyes when an old man, and thereupon entering a new world; why, there- fore, should it be impossible to conceive of a man with all his senses perfect obtaining another sense or entering into another dimension.* The blind man, if a few minutes after he had * “Whatever is intelligible and can be distinctly conceived implies no contradiction, and can never be proved false by any demonstration, argument, or abstract reasoning a priori.” —Hume, iv., p. 44. 298
1909 · PDF PAGE 306
…conceive of a child being born blind (in a race of blind people) obtaining the use of its eyes when an old man, and thereupon entering a new world; why, there- fore, should it be impossible to conceive of a man with all his senses perfect obtaining another sense or entering into another dimension.* The blind man, if a few minutes after he had * “Whatever is intelligible and can be distinctly conceived implies no contradiction, and can never be proved false by any demonstration, argument, or abstract reasoning a priori.” —Hume, iv., p. 44. 298