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Page 57 of 671906 · PDF PAGE 142
…n stage and bends over tt, CRIOSDA “ifts tt up and offers it reverently, Maurya. Methinks anticipation o’ the event Shoots in my veins, darting delight. Why, this is strange ! I am losing myself. Criosda ! The walls of the world fall back with a crash. Where isall this? Iam out of myself: I expand O Maurya, where art thou, little phantom of myriads of ages ago? What a memory! Ah! Ah! She is falling. [MauRYA staggers. CRIOSDA, who has been watching her narrowly, catches her and lays her tenderly on the altar. Oh, what happiness, what happiness! …
1904 · PDF PAGE 21
Art. it are vulgarly esteemed Sorcerers. The Fraternity of the Rosie Crusians thought it not fit to style them- selves Magicians, but rather Philosophers. And they be not ignorant Empiricks,’ but learned and experienced Physicians, whose remedies be not only Lawful but Divine. Hence it is that Magic lieth under disgrace, and they who seek after THE BRIEF INTRODUCTORY DESCRIPTION. (N.B. This is taken from several MS. Codices, of which the four principal variations are here composed together in parallel columns as an example of the close agreemen…
1929 · PDF PAGE 102
…her for his child, the tenderness and care of the hridegroom for his bride, and that peculiar feeling which the creator of every work of art feeïs for his masterpieee. Where this is clearly understood, the magician will find no difficulty in observing the proper ritual, not only in the actual cérémonial consécration of each weapon, but in the actuai prépara¬ tion, a process which should adumbrate this ceremony; e.g., the magician will eut the wand from the tree, will strip it of leaves and twigs, will remove the bark. He will trim the ends neat…
1907 · PDF PAGE 205
…t indigo, Shot with some violet ray ; And all the vision flames across the horizon The millionth of no time—and when we say? Hail !—Thou art gone! The moon is dark beside thy crown; the Sun Seems a pale image of thy body bare ; And for thine hair Flash comets lustrous with the dewfall rare Of tears of that most memorable One, The radiant Queen, the veiléd Paphian. The wings of light divine Beneath thy body shine ; The invisible Rayed with some tangible flame, Seeking to formulate a name, A citadel ; And the winged heels are fiery with enormous …
1909 · PDF PAGE 11
…digress. The last attempts to tabulate knowledge are the Kaddala Denudata of Knorr von Rosenroth (a work incomplete and, in some of its parts, prostituted to the service of dogmatic interpretation), the lost symbolism of the Vault in which Christian Rosenkreutzis said to have been buried, some of the work of Dr. Dee and Sir Edward Kelly, some very imperfect tables in Cornelius Agrippa, the “Art” of Raymond Lully, some of the very artificial effusions of the esoteric Theosophists, and of late years the knowledge of the Order Rosae Rubeae et Aure…
1996 · PDF PAGE 146
…re to be its first duty; for if they are for the moment dependent on it, it is also dependent on them. A man might as well cut out his heart because it was weak, and in need of cautious care. But he would be no less foolish if he tried to prevent the used-up elements from eliminating themselves from his body. We respect the Will-to-Live; we should respect the Will-to Die. The race is auto-intoxicated by suppressing the excretory processes of Nature. Each case must of course be judged on its merits. His neigh bours do well to assist one who is …
1904 · PDF PAGE 77
…hee in judgment and in extreme justice, O spirit N., bajilenu iebe totza DS ge-Darebesa na-e-el, oD ge-Darebesa Das oborela because thou art he that obeyeth not my power and obeyeth not that law which amapo Mada, od ge-llarebesa sapabe od jijipabe, das ol vinu, the Lord God made, and obeyeth not the Mighty Sounds and the Living Breath which I invoke, Das gobus: Miisa, ol, Das odiredDoO Moco aida Cabaame Enapo which I send: Come forth, I, who am the Servant of the Same Most High governor Lord Jad micaelzovo0, Jehovobe, ol Das zodiredo elonusahe,…
1904 · PDF PAGE 39
…el. He appeareth in the Form of an Angel. He is a Duke Great and Strong, speaking something Mystically of Hidden Things. He teacheth the Art of Geometry and the Liberal Sciences. He, at the Command of the Exorcist, will produce Great Noises like the Rushings of many Waters, although there be none. He warmeth Waters, and discovereth Baths. He was of the Order of Potestates, or Powers, before his fall, as he declared unto the King Solomon. He governeth 48 Legions of Spirits. Huis Seal is this, the which wear thou as aforesaid. (50.) Furcas.—The F…
1907 · PDF PAGE 174
… curl of hair, And the strange prayer’s reiterant growth Sent shining through the air. (Lavoking Aphrodite) Daughter of Glory, child Of Earth’s Dione mild By the I'ather of all, the A2gis-bearing King ! Spouse, daughter, mother of God, Queen of the blest abode In Cyprus’ splendour singly glittering. Sweet sister unto me, I cry aloud to thee! I laugh upon thee laughing, O dew caught up from sea! Drawn by sharp sparrow and dove And swan’s wide plumes of love, And all the swallow’s swifter vehemence, And, subtler than the Sphinx, The ineffable iyn…
1930 · PDF PAGE 81
…hem, are not in accordance with their wills. What must be done is to drill the Aspirant in the hard routine of the éléments of the Royal Art. So far as mysticism is concerned, the technique is extremely simple, and has been very simply described in Part I of this Book 4. It cannot be said too strongly that any amouni of mystical success whatever is 110 compensation for slackness with regard to the technique. There may corne a time when Samadhi itself is no part of the business of the mystic. But the character developed by the original training …
1906 · PDF PAGE 101
…ay grows dangerous, ‘ iaply by Her power and subtlety Se please to aid the work, and to perform A prodigy to save us! Mighty Queen, That art the balance and the sword alike In cunning Argus’ brain HERACLES. Ay! Mighty Wisdom, Who thus can overshadow such a fool, And make him capable to build a ship. ARGUS, ‘°O Thou! Athena, whose bright wisdom shone In this beef-witted fellow, making him Competent even to sweep a stable out ! Glorious task !—I shall return anon. JASON. Nay, follow not! The Goddess were dis- pleased, Coming, to find our greatest…
1996 · PDF PAGE 158
… Stèle; if I suffixed AA, 5, it might read “The Mark of Hadit.” But I did not feel inwardly that thrill of ecstasy that springs in the heart or that dawn of amaze ment that kindles the mind, when Truth’s sheer simplicity takes form. There is a definite psychological phenomenon which accompanies any important discovery. It is like First Love, at First Sight, to the one; like the recognition of a Law of Nature, to the other. It inflames one with Love for the Uni verse, and it explains all its puzzles, in a flash; and it gives an interior convic…
1996 · PDF PAGE 64
Chapter I b Verse 52 65 love. All science, all art, every elaboration should emphasize and adorn the expression of the enthusiasm. All strength and all skill should be summoned to fulfil the frenzy, and life itself should be flung with a spendthrift gesture on the counter of the Merchant of Madness. On the steel of your helmet let there be gold inlaid with the motto “Excess.” The above indications are taken from a subsequent passage of the third chapter of this Book.1 1 [See Commentary to 111:55-56, pp. 170-181.] 2 [Yvette Guilbert (1868-1944) …
1906 · PDF PAGE 67
…th may smoke, but it is our one sure light in passion and distress, Zhe sewelled stlence of the stars is, indeed, the light of a serener art; but love is human, and I give nothing for the tawdry gems of style when the breast they would adorn is ‘that of a breathing, living beauty of man’s love, the heart of all the world. Nor let us taint one sympathy with even a shadow of regret. Let us leave him where ‘* Sight nor sound shall war against him more, For whom all winds are quiet as the sun, All waters as the shore." } NoTE.—The sudden and tragic…
1909 · PDF PAGE 364
THE EQUINOX However, and as a last preliminary, the reader will be glad to mark the following part of the letter: “T beg of you, sir,” concludes the Man-Cover, “ not to send me any proofs before publication. It would be but an unnecessary trouble to you; to me such a mark of regard from an unknown benefactor would prove a burden and give occasion to my enemies for recrudescence of persecution. My mail is sure to be ransacked, if indeed I am to be blessed with any communication from the living. But when all the instalments are published and my n…
1909 · PDF PAGE 364
THE EQUINOX However, and as a last preliminary, the reader will be glad to mark the following part of the letter: “T beg of you, sir,” concludes the Man-Cover, “ not to send me any proofs before publication. It would be but an unnecessary trouble to you; to me such a mark of regard from an unknown benefactor would prove a burden and give occasion to my enemies for recrudescence of persecution. My mail is sure to be ransacked, if indeed I am to be blessed with any communication from the living. But when all the instalments are published and my n…
1929 · PDF PAGE 108
inconsistent with, the plan of his superior. The defect is inherent in all Black Magic, because that art is itself [154] a thing set up against the Universal Will. If it were not negligibly small, it would destroy the Universe, just as the bomb-throwing Anarchist would succeed in destroying society if he amounted to, say, a third of the population. Now Simple Simon, at this time, did not know Douglas for the enemy General; but he was in the closest possible magical touch with him. For he had absorbed the Thing in the garden into himself and tha…
1904 · PDF PAGE 29
…at his first coming, and his speech is such that the Magician cannot well understand unless he can compel him. This Spirit can teach all Arts and Sciences, and other secret things. He can discover unto thee what the Earth is, and what holdeth it up in the Waters; and what Mind is, and where it is; or any other thing thou mayest desire to know. He giveth Dignity, and confirmeth the same. He bindeth or maketh any man subject unto the Magician if he so desire it. He giveth good Familiars, and such as can teach all Arts. He is to be observed toward…
1913 · PDF PAGE 266
THE EQUINOX ‘exhibition of independent artists’ for ‘Salon des Independents, ‘ Bul- lier’s dancing saloon’ for ‘ Bal Bullier? ‘Lyons Bank’ for ‘Crédit Lyon- nais, ‘St. Germaine des Prés’ for ‘St. Germain des Prés, ‘ Dr. Popus’ for «Dr. Papus,’ ‘Rue de Madame’ for ‘Rue Madame, and so on. He puts the same place-name—first in translation, then in French, again and again; and as often as not gets both wrong! The constant chemical absurdities are perhaps Strindberg’s own and may have been made intentionally, as the book portrays the ravings of a mel…
1913 · PDF PAGE 266
THE EQUINOX ‘exhibition of independent artists’ for ‘Salon des Independents, ‘ Bul- lier’s dancing saloon’ for ‘ Bal Bullier? ‘Lyons Bank’ for ‘Crédit Lyon- nais, ‘St. Germaine des Prés’ for ‘St. Germain des Prés, ‘ Dr. Popus’ for «Dr. Papus,’ ‘Rue de Madame’ for ‘Rue Madame, and so on. He puts the same place-name—first in translation, then in French, again and again; and as often as not gets both wrong! The constant chemical absurdities are perhaps Strindberg’s own and may have been made intentionally, as the book portrays the ravings of a mel…