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Page 6 of 831910 · PDF PAGE 157
… ” the wary Rabbi would reply, “ Neither Thinkable nor Un- thinkable.” You can’t win ; but you don’t want to play any more ! All this is far, far indeed from the true practical Qabalah, which contents itself with leading the student to the next stage, which teaches the ani- mal to think, the thinker to aspire, the aspirant to wisdom, and crowneth the wise man with the glory of the 12 Stars, his holy Genius. Not that it is for a mere dabbler like myself to suggest to others even a line of research ; but love conquers modesty, and I should like t…
1903 · PDF PAGE 22
VIII Make me a roseleaf with your mouth, And I will waft it through the air To some far garden of the South, The herald of our happening there! Fragrant, caressing, steals the breeze; Curls into kisses on your lips :— I know interminable seas, Winged ardour of the stately ships, Space of incalculable blue And years enwreathed in one close crown, And glimmering laughters echoing you From reverend shades of bard’s renown :— Nature alive and glad to hymn Your beauty, my delight : her God Weary, his old eyes sad and dim In his intolerable abode. 20
1906 · PDF PAGE 57
…ws, To gardens green with many a rose, To secrets past the sense of sense, Skies virgin of experience, Untrodden avenues of mind, Things far from hurrying humankind. Thus spins out life its splendid charm :— Live, love, enjoy, yet do no harm. No rose of thought may bear or breed The poisonous thorn of word and deed. Call ** homo sapiens ” him who thinks ; Talkers and doers—missing links! Such songs are twilight’s, when I stretch My limbs, and wander down to fetch My water from the cool cascade, My wood from the enchanted glade, 49
1907 · PDF PAGE 99
… sees. Immense disdain, Egyptian silence, mastery of pain, Gargantuan laughter, shake or still the ignited Stature of the Master, vivid. Far, affrighted, The stunned air shudders on the skin. In vain The Master of “ La Comedie Humaine” Shadows the deep-set eyes, genius-lighted. Epithalamia, birth-songs, epitaphs, Are written in the mystery of his lips. Sad wisdom, scornful shame, grand agony In the coffin-folds of the cloak, scarred mountains, lie, And pity hides i’ th’ heart. Grim knowledge grips The essential manhood. Balzac stands, and laugh…
1898 · PDF PAGE 19
XV. Then thine abasement bringeth back the sheaves Of golden corn of exaltation, Ripened and sweetened by the very sun Whose far-off fragrance steals between the leaves Of the cool forest, filling every one That reaps yon gold With strange intoxications mad and manifold. XVI. Only beware gross pleasure—the delight Of fools : the ecstasy, the trance of love— Life's atom-bonds must strain—aye, and most move, And all the body be forgotten quite, And the pure soul flame forth, a deathless dove, Where all worlds end ! If thou art worthy God shall gr…
1898 · PDF PAGE 23
…r his protection, in his love, With my abasements emulating his, We surely should attain to That which Is, And lose ourselves, together, far above The highest heaven, in one sweet lover’s kiss, So sweet, so strong That with it all my soul should unto him belong. XXIV. An ecstasy to which no life responds, Is the enormous secret I have learned : When self-denial’s furnace-flame has burned Through love, and all the agonizing bonds That hold the soul within its shell are turned To water weak ; Then may desires obtain the cypress crown they seek. 2…
1902 · PDF PAGE 87
…of you ! Where have you been ? Upon the sacred quest Still riding ? Tannhauser. Ay, my lord, upon the quest. Landgrave. You travelled in far lands .-* 85
1903 · PDF PAGE 33
…and fees. Ammenfe difrain, Egyptian fitene, maftery of pain, Gargantuany laughter, fhake or feild He igniad Stature of He mafter, BiBid. Far, affrighad, Eke feunned air fhudwrs on He (Rin. Gy thin Eke marnak of He Comédie Humaine ShavwwWs He wepz(ot ews, geniuszlighad. Epitfalamia, Sirthzfongs, epitapss Are Writen in He mpftery of Gis lips. QKeind forror, foornful fhame, grand agony Ay tHe coffin folds of He cloak, feared mountains, te, And pity Fires i’ He fart. Grim knoWlroge grips Ete effenfial manfood. Galsac ftands, and laughs.
1912 · PDF PAGE 128
… that she was staying at the Savoy Hotel at Fontainebleau, and had gone for a walk and lost her way in the forest; and she asked him how far was it to the nearest village, and would he please take her there, and she would give him money. All this while Placide lit his fire, and proceeded to cook beans. He did not understand her, or try to understand her. There was a strange animal in his hut, possibly a human animal ; it might like beans; he would offer it beans. It was not his affair; his affair was to chop—chop—chop—chop. Diana was a little af…
1912 · PDF PAGE 128
… that she was staying at the Savoy Hotel at Fontainebleau, and had gone for a walk and lost her way in the forest; and she asked him how far was it to the nearest village, and would he please take her there, and she would give him money. All this while Placide lit his fire, and proceeded to cook beans. He did not understand her, or try to understand her. There was a strange animal in his hut, possibly a human animal ; it might like beans; he would offer it beans. It was not his affair; his affair was to chop—chop—chop—chop. Diana was a little af…
1902 · PDF PAGE 79
…ven ! The night falls asunder ; The darkness is riven ! Light, O eternal ! Life, O diurnal ! Love, O withdrawn ! Heart of my May, spring Far to Thy dawn ! God of the dayspring ! Sun on the lawn ! Hail to Thy splendour, Holy, I cry ! Mary shall bend her Face from the sky. Subtle and tender— Then I can die ! Tannhauser. The simple love of life and gladness there ! Merely to be, and worship at the heart. How complex, the machinery of me ! Better ? I doubt it. Hark ! he tunes again. n
1913 · PDF PAGE 197
…the cold between the stars ? But you are here where skies are grey , And shivering trees are bleak and brown , And field and fen stretch far away , Mile on mile , from Cambridge town . They ' ve made a road from me to you , And lit their lamp - posts all along ; And there is nothing left to do But sing my ineffectual song . 178
1913 · PDF PAGE 71
…ous Ones, Tatlers, Chewers of the Red Rag that inflameth Apis the Redeemer to fury, learn firstwhat isWork! and THE GREAT WORK is not so far beyond!
1910 · PDF PAGE 191
MR TODD 181 as far as we can see at present. But I assure you that I share your sentiments. I have heard very ill things said of him, I can tell you. MRS. OSSORY. Who is he ? Does any one know ? A man of family, I hope. How dreadful for poor Henry if he had been run over by a plebeian ! OSSORY. Well, we hardly knowI wonder if his credit is good. [His voice sinks to a whisper as the awful suspicion that he may be financially unsound strikes him.] CARR. [sharply, as if pained]. Oh, oh ! Dont suggest such a thing without the very best reason. It…
1910 · PDF PAGE 132
… sees. Immense disdain, Egyptian silence, mastery of pain, Gargantuan laughter, shake or still the ignited Stature of the Master, vivid. Far, affrighted, The stunned air shudders on the skin. In vain The Master of La Com die Humaine Shadows the deep-set eyes, genius-lighted. Epithalamis, birth-songs, epitaphs, Are written in the mystery of his lips. Sad wisdom, scornful shame, grand agony In the coffin-folds of the cloak, scarred mountains, lie, And pity hides i th heart. Grim knowledge grips The essential manhood. Balzac stands, and laug…
1910 · PDF PAGE 280
…to lead them constantly in pleasant paths of hallucination. If indeed they possess this power, the delirium which they control must be a far more ductile state than any I have witnessed occurring under the influence of hasheesh at its height. In the present instance I found all suggestion powerless. The inner actuality of the visions and the terror of external darkness both defeated me. And now, in the midst of the darkness, there suddenly stood a wheel like that of a lottery, surrounded by one luminous spot, which illustrated all its movements…
1910 · PDF PAGE 280
…to lead them constantly in pleasant paths of hallucination. If indeed they possess this power, the delirium which they control must be a far more ductile state than any I have witnessed occurring under the influence of hasheesh at its height. In the present instance I found all suggestion powerless. The inner actuality of the visions and the terror of external darkness both defeated me. And now, in the midst of the darkness, there suddenly stood a wheel like that of a lottery, surrounded by one luminous spot, which illustrated all its movements…
1898 · PDF PAGE 25
…with the dew-drops of his dream, And glow with exaltation ; to thy waist Gird his gold belt ; the diamond settings gleam With fire drawn far Through the blue shuddering vault from some amazing star. XXVIII. Aubrey attained in sleep when he dream this Wonderful dream of women, tender child And harlot, naked all, in thousands piled On one hot writhing heap, his shameful kiss To shudder through them, with lithe limbs defiled To wade, to dip Down through the mass, caressed by every purple lip. 2 5
1954 · PDF PAGE 176
…lt know all bitterness, thy teeth fixed in the Sodom-Apple. Thus hast thou been lured along that Path, whose terror else had driven thee far away. o thou that stridest upon the middle of the Path, no phantoms mock thee. For the stride's sake thou stridest. Thus art thou lured along that Path, whose fascination else had driven thee far away. o thou that drawest toward the End of The Path, effort is no more. Faster and faster dost thou fall; thy weariness is changed into Ineffable Rest . For there is no Thou upon that Path: thou hast become The W…
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
…sted. [There is, the Qabalist may (perhaps too hyper- critically) remark a shade of lack of Equilibrium here. Why prefer the Near to the Far ? Browning (Abt Vogler, IV) is better with his “ Earth had at- tained to heaven ; there was no more near not far.” Yet even Browning in this passage discrimi- nates against Earth in favour of Heaven : I sup- pose we are none of us perfect.] 4. Roses etc. — the cheeks, teeth, and lips. 5. I I have heard the claim that the substance of porcelain can be so impregnated with scent that “ You may break, you may …