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… bythe pastoral hierarchy. The elect shall reign with Jesus Christ during a thousand years, say the 1 “T do not say that Voltaire died a good Catholic, but he died a Catholic.” —E.L. Christian authors unanimously hold that, like all ‘heretics, he repented on his death-bed, and died blaspheming. What on earth does it matter? Life, not death, reveals the soul— TRANS. 60
…t for ever in the frightful silence of the tomb!” A great crime always comes to protest against great luke- warmness. A hundred thousand good priests, had their charity been more active, might have prevented the crime of the wretch Verger. The Church has the right to judge, condemn and punish an ecclesiastic who causes scandal; but she has not the right to abandon him to the frenzies of despair and the temptations of misery and hunger. Nothing is so terrifying as nothingness, and if one could ever formulate the conception of it, if it were poss…
…is resurrection to any one who would listen to him, and gave much occasion for laughter to the doctors and wiseacres of his quarter. The good man consoled himself in the vein of Galileo, and answered them: “You may laugh as much as you like. All I know is, that the death certificate was signed and the burial licence made out; eighteen hours later they were going to bury me, and here I am.” CHAPTER III THE GRAND ARCANUM OF DEATH WE often become sad in thinking that the most beautiful life must finish, and the approach of the terrible Unknown tha…
… the Bible and the Qur’dn are different translations of the same book, but treats the Incar- nation as an allegory, it is evident that a good deal of submission will be required. When he agrees with St. Augustine that a thing is not just because God wills it, but God wills it because it is just, he sees perfectly well that he is reducing God to a poetic image reflected from his own moral vii
… bythe pastoral hierarchy. The elect shall reign with Jesus Christ during a thousand years, say the 1 “T do not say that Voltaire died a good Catholic, but he died a Catholic.” —E.L. Christian authors unanimously hold that, like all ‘heretics, he repented on his death-bed, and died blaspheming. What on earth does it matter? Life, not death, reveals the soul— TRANS. 60
…t for ever in the frightful silence of the tomb!” A great crime always comes to protest against great luke- warmness. A hundred thousand good priests, had their charity been more active, might have prevented the crime of the wretch Verger. The Church has the right to judge, condemn and punish an ecclesiastic who causes scandal; but she has not the right to abandon him to the frenzies of despair and the temptations of misery and hunger. Nothing is so terrifying as nothingness, and if one could ever formulate the conception of it, if it were poss…
…is resurrection to any one who would listen to him, and gave much occasion for laughter to the doctors and wiseacres of his quarter. The good man consoled himself in the vein of Galileo, and answered them: “You may laugh as much as you like. All I know is, that the death certificate was signed and the burial licence made out; eighteen hours later they were going to bury me, and here I am.” CHAPTER III THE GRAND ARCANUM OF DEATH WE often become sad in thinking that the most beautiful life must finish, and the approach of the terrible Unknown tha…
… quite aware at the time that my moral sense and my mental sense had been thrown overboard for the moment; but my attitude was simply: “ Good- bye, Jonah!” For the first time in my life I was being absolutely myself, freed from all the inhibitions of body, intellect, and training which keep us, normally, in what we call sane courses of action. I seem to remember asking myself if I was insane, and answering, “ Of course I am—sanity is a com- promise. Sanity is the thing that keeps one back.”’ 37
…ion . . . the period of the Six Moons being expired, the Lord granted unto me His grace... ‘fa solitary life, which is the source of all good . once thou shalt have obtained the sacred science and magic the love for retirement will come to thee of its own.accord, and thou wilt voluntarily shun the commerce and conversa- tion of men, &c,” ‘‘a good death in His holy Kingdom.” the Father of Lights,’? suggests an actual phrase perhaps used as an exclamation at the Note the extreme | moment of a Vision to express, however feebly, anxiety which he di…
a Teacup, my blessed little bag-of-tricks, was ever on the qui vive for a punks cuntlet, and a good old go at Cully-shangy. But now He broke off and shed a silent tear. Reaching for a honey-pot, by which I here mean an actual jar of real china con- taining the saccharine produce of the really truly bee, he dipped his nervous nilnisitando into the glucose mass, and withdrawing, leant back and wearily chewed ginseng, while he cooled his throat with a strong infusion of Cantharides in old brandy. I am not what I was, he grumbled. These tales of…
… term must not be confounded with that applied to Theobald's toy - shop , or to such jugglery as performed by Maskelyne and Colley . 2 A good example is that of Hugo de St. Victor . He made a three - fold division , the lowest being Cogitatio , the next Medi tatio , and the last and highest , Contemplatio . On a similar basis Richard de St. Victor erected six stages of contemplation : 1. In imaginatione secundum solam imaginationem . 2. In imaginatione secundum rationem . 3. In ratione secundum imaginationem . 4. In ratione secundum rationem . …
… pure in heart, for they shall see God,” said the Master; to see with the heart is to believe; and if this faith is attached to the true good, it can never be deceived, provided that it does not seek to define too much in accordance with the dangerous inductions which spring from personal ignorance. Our judgments in questions of faith apply to 16
…eived with kindness when he was in misfortune, and with indulgence when he reached the point of thinking that his illness was a piece of good luck ; in the house of a lady born in Poland, but thrice French by the nobility of her heart, the indescribable charm of her spirit, and the European celebrity of her name. The publication of this information in the Lstafette attracted to us at that time, without our particularly knowing 128
… pure in heart, for they shall see God,” said the Master; to see with the heart is to believe; and if this faith is attached to the true good, it can never be deceived, provided that it does not seek to define too much in accordance with the dangerous inductions which spring from personal ignorance. Our judgments in questions of faith apply to 16
…eived with kindness when he was in misfortune, and with indulgence when he reached the point of thinking that his illness was a piece of good luck ; in the house of a lady born in Poland, but thrice French by the nobility of her heart, the indescribable charm of her spirit, and the European celebrity of her name. The publication of this information in the Lstafette attracted to us at that time, without our particularly knowing 128
…; otherwise he will be the slave of illusion and the prey of madness. Before entering upon any of these practices the student must be in good health, and hâve attained a fair mastery of Asana, Pranayama and Dharana. 5. There is little danger that any student, however idle or stupid. will fail to get some resuit ; but there is great danger that he will be led astray, even though it be by those which it is necessary that he should attain. Too often, moreover, he mistaketh the first resting-place for the goal, and taketh off his armour as if he we…
…e thee. (3.) Vassaco.—The Third Spirit is a Mighty Prince, being of the same nature as Agares. He 1s called Vassago. This Spirit is of a Good Nature, and his office is to declare things Past and to Come, and to discover all things Hid or Lost. And he governeth 26 Legions of Spirits, and this is his Seal. (4.) Samicina, or Gamicin.—The Fourth Spirit is Samigina, a Great Marquis. He appeareth in the form of a little Horse or Ass, and then into * I am not responsible for this ultra-Arian confusion of persons.—ED. T3
…What shadows flit Across the awful veil of mist ? What thoughts invade, insult, impress ? There comes a lightning of my wit And sees—nor good nor ill address Itself to task, creation’s ill, But a mere law without a will,40 Nothing resolved in something, fit Phantom of dull stupidity, And evolution’s endless stress All the inanity to knit Thence : such a dark device I see ! Nor lull my soul in the caress Of Buddha’s “Maya fashioned it.”41 My mind seems ready to agree ; But still my senses worry me. Nor can I see what sort of gain God finds in th…
THE EQUINOX “ «Speak; I am rich,’ “* Every Good Friday,’ said the adept, ‘take thirty silver crowns and offer them to the Hospital for the Insane.’ “Tt shall be done,’ I said. “« Swear, then,’ he went on, ‘swear, then, here to me’—he rose, terrible and menacing—‘ by Him that sitteth upon the Holy Throne and liveth and reigneth for ever and ever, that never again, neither to save life, nor to retain honour, wilt thou set foot in the Street of the Four Winds ; so long as life shall last.’ “Even as he bade me, I rose with lifted hand and swore. “A…
THE EQUINOX “ «Speak; I am rich,’ “* Every Good Friday,’ said the adept, ‘take thirty silver crowns and offer them to the Hospital for the Insane.’ “Tt shall be done,’ I said. “« Swear, then,’ he went on, ‘swear, then, here to me’—he rose, terrible and menacing—‘ by Him that sitteth upon the Holy Throne and liveth and reigneth for ever and ever, that never again, neither to save life, nor to retain honour, wilt thou set foot in the Street of the Four Winds ; so long as life shall last.’ “Even as he bade me, I rose with lifted hand and swore. “A…