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Page 54 of 1081909 · PDF PAGE 87
…fects, is at last mastered in its causes; and it is indeed a Magister of the Temple who can say: Vi Veri Vniversum Vives Vict. XVII “All things subsist together in the Intelligible World.” ZOROASTER. I must insert a short note on the word Samadhi, source of infinite misunderstanding. Etymologically it is composed of Sam (Greek ow), together with, and Adhi (Heb. Adonai), the Lord, especially the Per- sonal Lord, or Holy Guardian Angel. The Hindus accordingly use it to name that state of mind in which subject and object, becoming One, have disapp…
1911 · PDF PAGE 10
THE EQUINOX He spake: It is finished! My mother hath unveiled herself! My sister hath violated herself! The life of things hath disclosed its Mystery. The work of the Moon is done! Motion is ended for ever! Clipped are the eagle’s wings: but my Shoulders have not lost their strength. I heard a Great Voice from above crying: Thou liest! For the Volatile hath indeed fixed itself; but it hath arisen above thy sight. The World is desert: but the Abodes of the House of my Father are peopled; and His Throne is crusted over with white Brilliant Stars,…
1922 · PDF PAGE 362
…in what was your true will?” “Yes,” I said, “I do. And I told you then, and I tell you again now, that I haven’t the time to think about things like that.” “That fact,” he retorted, “was quite enough to assure me that you had discovered it.” ‘“‘ Look here,” I said, “ you’re a good sort and all that, but you are really a bit queer, and half the time I don’t know what you are driving at. Can’t you put it in plain English?” — “With all the pleasure in life,” he returned. ‘‘ Just look at the facts for a moment. Fact one: Your 348
1904 · PDF PAGE 79
APPENDIX I 72 V. “Now the great elephant strode with lordly footsteps in the forest, and Jehjaour shut himself up with his caldrons and things and felt quite happy, for he knew his danger was not near till the approachin of Perdu’ R Abu’s Arahatship. But in spite of the young gently-ambling cows which Ganesha took care to throw in his way , in spite of the tender shoots of green and the soft cocoanuts, this elephant was not as other elephants. The seasons spoke to him of change—the forest is ever full of sorrow— and nobody need preach to him th…
1904 · PDF PAGE 94
… lady ! So that our Father sank into deep sleep and dreamed a dream, and in that m irific dream it seemed unto him that the walls of all things slid into and acros s each other, s o that he feared greatly, for the stability of the universe is the great enemy; the unstable being the ever- lasting, saith Adhou Bim Aram, the Arab. O Elmen Zata, our Sophic Pilaster ! Further in the dream there was let down from heaven a mighty tessaract, bounded by eight cubes, whereon sat a mighty dolphin having eight senses. Further, he beheld a cavern full of mo…
1909 · PDF PAGE 7
… a millionaire who lives in daily dread of murder or blackmail. Our happiness depends upon our state of mind. It is the mastery of these things that the Magicians of to-day have set out to obtain for humanity; they will not turn back, or turn aside. 5
1907 · PDF PAGE 125
…asion, and his only notions of fox-hunting were taken from the Christmas numbers of the illustrated papers of his childhood! Strange how things stick! THE SYMBOLISTS TITAN EVE was thewed and sinewed: all the blood of Mother Earth Sang within her veins and gave her all the might of all her girth. Vladimir was small and dainty like a fairy knight to brand Greener circles with his dancing on the green enamoured land.
1909 · PDF PAGE 61
…se, reason works ; in the world of philosophy, it doesn’t. The metaphysical deadlock is a real and not a verbal one. The inner nature of things is not rational, at least so long as we are asked to define “rational” as “rationalistic.” Why should it be? Why should the rules of golf govern the mechanics of the flight of a golf-ball ? It is this fact that has made it possible for the faith- mongers to make head against the stream of philosophy. Fichte is really and truly just as right and as wrong as Schelling; Hume is quite as impregnable as Berk…
1909 · PDF PAGE 61
…se, reason works ; in the world of philosophy, it doesn’t. The metaphysical deadlock is a real and not a verbal one. The inner nature of things is not rational, at least so long as we are asked to define “rational” as “rationalistic.” Why should it be? Why should the rules of golf govern the mechanics of the flight of a golf-ball ? It is this fact that has made it possible for the faith- mongers to make head against the stream of philosophy. Fichte is really and truly just as right and as wrong as Schelling; Hume is quite as impregnable as Berk…
1910 · PDF PAGE 16
…of doing what a wise boy would have done : gone straight to the head, and accused them of forty-six distinct unmentionable crimes, I let things slide. So, fearing that I might go, they hurried off themselves, and told him how that wicked Crowley had tried to lead them away from Jesus. Worse, I had called Page I a Pharisee. That was true ; I had said it. Dreadful of me ! And Page I, who “ walked very close to Jesus ”, of course went and told. Yes, they all walked very close to Jesus — as close as Judas did. 4. A boy named Barton was sentenced to…
1913 · PDF PAGE 16
…er wounds him; the chain binds him. It is by virtue of these three that his aspiration remains pure, and is able to consecrate all other things. He wears a crown to affirm his lordship, his divinity; a robe to symbolize silence, and a lamen to declare his work. The book of spells or conjurations is his magical record, his Karma. In the East is the Magick Fire, in which all burns up at last.^ We will now^ consider each of these matters in detail. ^ He needs nothing else but the apparatus here described for invocation, by which he calls down that…
1919 · PDF PAGE 66
…ssence of wisdom. We have sought to reveal the Arcanum; we have only profaned it. 25. Now when P. had thus with bitter toil prepared all things under the guidance of D.D.S. (even as the hand writes, while the conscious brain, though ignorant of the detailed movements, applauds or disapproves the finished work) there was a certain time of repose, as the earth lieth fallow. 26. Meanwhile these adepts busied themselves intently with the Great Work. 27. In the fullness of time, even as a blossoming tree that beareth fruit in its season, all these p…
1954 · PDF PAGE 59
… hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it. Yes, your brain is quite all right; what is wanted is to acquire the habit of pinning things down instantly. (He says 're-incarnation' -now what exactly does he mean by that? He says "it is natural to suppose . .. ": what is 'natural', and what is implied by supposition?) Practice this style of criticism; write down what happens. Within a week or two you will be astounded to discover that you have got what is apparently little less than a new brain! You must make this a habit, not letting anyth…
1904 · PDF PAGE 38
…nthinkable and wicked too, A great deal that I know is true ! In short, the mind is capable, Besides mere ratiocination, Of twenty other things as well, The first of which is concentration ! Here most philosohers agree ; Claim that the truth must so intend, Explain at once all agony Of doubt, make people comprehend 350 355 260 365 370 375 380 385 The Advaitist position. Mind’s superior functions. Does truth make itself in- stantly appa- rent ? Not reason.
1913 · PDF PAGE 397
…ss, but which the very existence of the details seems to force her to recognize and to admit. Science submits the reasons of persons and things to the universal mathematical reason ; faith seeks, or rather supposes, an intelligent and absolute reason for (and above) mathematics themselves. Science demonstrates justice by justness; faith gives an absolute justness to justice, in subordinating it to Providence. One sees here all that faith borrows from science, and all that science, in its turn, owes to faith. Without faith, science is circumscri…
1913 · PDF PAGE 397
…ss, but which the very existence of the details seems to force her to recognize and to admit. Science submits the reasons of persons and things to the universal mathematical reason ; faith seeks, or rather supposes, an intelligent and absolute reason for (and above) mathematics themselves. Science demonstrates justice by justness; faith gives an absolute justness to justice, in subordinating it to Providence. One sees here all that faith borrows from science, and all that science, in its turn, owes to faith. Without faith, science is circumscri…
1919 · PDF PAGE 64
…ts of the former one. 21. Without Authority they could not do this, exalted as their rank was among adepts. They resolved to prepare all things, great and small, against that day when such Authority should be received by them, since they knew not where to seek for higher adepts than themselves, but 58
1961 · PDF PAGE 120
…au hat springeth from the Union of the Yod and the Hé. Thus is it but a Glyph of that first Formula, not of the others. But of all these Things shalt thou thyself make Study with ardent Affection; for therein lie many Mysteries of practical Wisdom in our Magick Art. And this is the Wonder and Beauty of this Work, that for every Man is his own Palace. Yea, this is Life, that the Secrets of our Order are not fixed and dead, as are the Formulae of the Outer. Know that in the many thousand Times that I have performed the Ritual of the Pentagram or …
1907 · PDF PAGE 19
…es , The holy heaven of will ! I kindle a flame like a torrent To rush from star to star ; Your hair as a comet's horrent , Ye shall see things as they are ! I lift the mask of matter ; I open the heart of man ; For I am of force to shatter The cast that hideth -Pan ! Your loves shall lap up slaughter , And dabbled with roses of blood Each desperate darling daughter Shall swim in the fervid flood . I bring ye laughter and tears , The kisses that foam and bleed , The joys of a million years , The flowers that bear no seed . My life is bitter and…
1907 · PDF PAGE 220
… the latter postulated an eternal creation ,” a something for ever something — Matter . “ The mere terrestrial -minded man Knows not the things of God , nor can Their subtle meaning understand ? ” say , although he mentions Perhaps the best of his inventions , God .? A sage ,I Then under the daedal wand of Newton and Berke ley , Science disclosed the fact that Matter is Hylo Zoic-a fact already supposed by Spinoza - that is , that within Matter itself lives an indwelling energy and power , and also that matter as body solely exists in the autom…