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Page 57 of 901910 · PDF PAGE 88
…efore beginning the practice, some milk and butter should be taken.” + v. Physical considerations. The aspirant to Yoga should study his body as well as his mind, and should cultivate regular habits. He should strictly adhere to the rules of health and sanitation. He should rise an hour before sunrise, and bathe himself twice daily, in the morning and the evening, with cold water (if he can do so without harm to his health). His dress should be warm so that he is not distracted by the changes of weather. vi. Moval considerations. The Yogi shoul…
1910 · PDF PAGE 91
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING 4. Prénéyéma: Control of the Prana, and the vital forces of the body. 5. Pratyéhévra: Making the mind introspective, turning it back upon itself. 6. Dhévané: Concentration, or the wi// to hold the mind to certain points. 7. Dhydéna: Meditation, or the outpouring of the mind on the object held by the will. 8. Samadhi: Ecstasy, or Superconsciousness. As regards the first two of the above stages we need not deal with them at any length. Strictly speaking, they come under the headings of Karma and Gnana Yoga, and as i…
1910 · PDF PAGE 118
…-globe, etc., sometimes on a deity, Shiva, Isis, Christ or Buddha; but usually in India by forcing the mind to feel certain parts of the body to the exclusion of others, such as a point in the centre of the heart, or a lotus of light in the brain. ‘When the Chitta, or mind stuff, is confined and limited to a certain place, this is called Dharana.” “The Steadiness of the mind arising from the recognition of Brahma, wherever it travels or goes, is the real and great Dharana.”* * “Unity of Jiva and Brahman, Srimat Sankaracharya,” paragraph 122. 10…
1911 · PDF PAGE 135
…w this afternoon; you will yet pay the price." ”I understand,” she said. “ You devil! I love you." " And I love every inch of your white body I " They ran laughing arm in arm through the swing doors. 127
1911 · PDF PAGE 135
…w this afternoon; you will yet pay the price." ”I understand,” she said. “ You devil! I love you." " And I love every inch of your white body I " They ran laughing arm in arm through the swing doors. 127
1912 · PDF PAGE 94
THE EQUINOX heard the Sirens He was fortunately tied to the mast of his ignorance of French and his fear of asking anybody such a very peculiar question, or he would certainly have discovered and visited the Moulin Rouge. As it was, Joan of Arc was very much more than was good for him. He stared, fascinated as bya basilisk, his eyes starting further and further from his head as his moral sense dragged his body backwards along the Rue de Rivoli. By this means he cannoned into a worthy Frenchman (who refused to take him seriously) and so was shoc…
1912 · PDF PAGE 94
THE EQUINOX heard the Sirens He was fortunately tied to the mast of his ignorance of French and his fear of asking anybody such a very peculiar question, or he would certainly have discovered and visited the Moulin Rouge. As it was, Joan of Arc was very much more than was good for him. He stared, fascinated as bya basilisk, his eyes starting further and further from his head as his moral sense dragged his body backwards along the Rue de Rivoli. By this means he cannoned into a worthy Frenchman (who refused to take him seriously) and so was shoc…
1913 · PDF PAGE 575
…ool, if he willed it with perse- verance, would become a wise man. By changing the habits of the soul one certainly changes those of the body; we have already said so, and we have ex- plained the method. What contributes above all to age us by making us ugly? Hatred and bitterness, the unfavourable judgments which 1 If the fool would but persist in his folly, he would become wise—WILLIAM BLAKE. 277
1913 · PDF PAGE 575
…ool, if he willed it with perse- verance, would become a wise man. By changing the habits of the soul one certainly changes those of the body; we have already said so, and we have ex- plained the method. What contributes above all to age us by making us ugly? Hatred and bitterness, the unfavourable judgments which 1 If the fool would but persist in his folly, he would become wise—WILLIAM BLAKE. 277
1944 · PDF PAGE 76
…opriate to the sign. The vizor of his helmet is lowered, for no man may look upon his face and live. For the same reason, no part of his body is ex‐ posed. Cancer is the house of the Moon; there are thus certain analogies between this card and that of the High Priestess. But, also, Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, and here one recalls the card called Fortune (Atu X) attributed to Jupiter. The central and most important feature of the card is its centre‐ 2Hence St. John Baptist’s Day, and the various ceremonials connected with water. the Holy Grail…
1904 · PDF PAGE 107
tycarb 100 that he is the very nobody to whom I now refer. Meditation is then the m eans; but only the supreme means. The agony column of the Times is the supreme means of m eeting with the gentlem an in the brown billycock and frock coat, wearing a green tie and chewing a s traw, who was at the soirée of the Carlton Club last Monday night; no doubt ! but this means is seldom or never used in the similar contingency of a cow- elephant desiring her bull in the jungles of Ceylon. Meditation is not within the reach of every one ; not all possess t…
1904 · PDF PAGE 20
…d by him into the Study of the Black * This Preliminary Definition of Magic is found in very few Codices, and is probably later than the body of the work. * Or Actives. * Or Passives. * Or Effect. ° Or the Black Art, as distinct from mere Necromancy, or Divination by the Dead. 6
1910 · PDF PAGE 156
…lso is the Non-Ego; not only is Karma absurd, but so also is Nibbana. For, all things and no-things are absurd save “I,” who am Soul and Body, Good and Evil, Sorrow and Joy, Change and Equilibrium; who in the temple of Adonai, am beyond all these, and by the fire side in my study—Mr. X, one with each and all. Thus it came about that the study of Buddhism caused Frater P. to abandon the tinsel of the Vedanta as well as its own cherished baubles, and induced him, more than ever, to rely on Work and Work alone and not on philosophizing, moralizing…
1910 · PDF PAGE 281
…state in which the higher hasheesh exaltation really exists. It is a partial sundering, for the time, of those ties which unite soul and body. That spirit should ever lose the traces of a single impression is impossible. In the morning he awoke at the usual time; but, his temperament being perhaps more sensitive than mine, the hasheesh delight, without its hallucination, continued for several days. And now a new fact flashed before me. This agony was not new; I had felt it ages ago, in the same room, among the same people, and hearing the same …
1910 · PDF PAGE 282
…nescent phenomena, and the truth comes out. How many more such prophecies as these may have been rejected through the gross habit of the body we may never know until spirit vindicates her claim in a court where she must have audience. In this world we are but half spirit; we are thus able to hold only the perceptions and emotions of half an orb. Once fully rounded into symmetry ourselves, we shall have strength to bear the pressure of influences from a whole sphere of truth and loveliness. It is this present half-developed state of ours which m…
1910 · PDF PAGE 156
…lso is the Non-Ego; not only is Karma absurd, but so also is Nibbana. For, all things and no-things are absurd save “I,” who am Soul and Body, Good and Evil, Sorrow and Joy, Change and Equilibrium; who in the temple of Adonai, am beyond all these, and by the fire side in my study—Mr. X, one with each and all. Thus it came about that the study of Buddhism caused Frater P. to abandon the tinsel of the Vedanta as well as its own cherished baubles, and induced him, more than ever, to rely on Work and Work alone and not on philosophizing, moralizing…
1910 · PDF PAGE 281
…state in which the higher hasheesh exaltation really exists. It is a partial sundering, for the time, of those ties which unite soul and body. That spirit should ever lose the traces of a single impression is impossible. In the morning he awoke at the usual time; but, his temperament being perhaps more sensitive than mine, the hasheesh delight, without its hallucination, continued for several days. And now a new fact flashed before me. This agony was not new; I had felt it ages ago, in the same room, among the same people, and hearing the same …
1910 · PDF PAGE 282
…nescent phenomena, and the truth comes out. How many more such prophecies as these may have been rejected through the gross habit of the body we may never know until spirit vindicates her claim in a court where she must have audience. In this world we are but half spirit; we are thus able to hold only the perceptions and emotions of half an orb. Once fully rounded into symmetry ourselves, we shall have strength to bear the pressure of influences from a whole sphere of truth and loveliness. It is this present half-developed state of ours which m…
1911 · PDF PAGE 254
… things. The mighty stresses Of worlds are my nerves twitching. Branch and bole Of forests waving in deep wildernesses Are hairs upon my body. Rivers roll Το make one tear in my superb caresses, When on myself myself begets a child, A system of a thousand planets piled! I am : the least, the greatest : the frail life 01501118 small coral-insect still may tremble With love 101 1118, and call me queen and wife ; The shy plant 01 the water may dissemble
1911 · PDF PAGE 254
… things. The mighty stresses Of worlds are my nerves twitching. Branch and bole Of forests waving in deep wildernesses Are hairs upon my body. Rivers roll Το make one tear in my superb caresses, When on myself myself begets a child, A system of a thousand planets piled! I am : the least, the greatest : the frail life 01501118 small coral-insect still may tremble With love 101 1118, and call me queen and wife ; The shy plant 01 the water may dissemble