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Page 64 of 911954 · PDF PAGE 86
…ven so, that it does not exist for me unless and until it takes its place as part of my consciousness. E. All this paragraph D is in the nature of a digression, for what you may think of it does not at all touch the argument of this letter. But it had to be put in, just to prevent your mind from raising irrelevant objections. Let me continue, then, from C. F. Something is.2 This something appears incalculably vast and complex. How did it come to be? This, briefly, is the "Riddle of the Universe," which has been always the first preoccupation of…
1954 · PDF PAGE 110
…ion as in Vedantism. We have, on the contrary, an attitude which was perhaps first of all, historically speaking, defined by Zoroaster, "Nature teaches us, and the Oracles also affirm, that even the evil germs of Matter may alike become useful and good. Stay not on the precipice with the dross of Matter; for there is a place for thine Image in a realm ever splendid. If thou extend the Fiery Mind to the work of piety, thou wilt preserve the fluxible body ."3 It appears that the Levant, from Byzantium and Athens to Damascus, Jerusalem, Alexandria…
1954 · PDF PAGE 383
…ing, of absorbing , of drawing all things to oneself. The Third is Vau, the Son, the Sword , the moving, penetrating element , double in nature. For it is intellect , but also the result of Genius absorbed , interpreted , transmuted and applied through the virtue of the Cup to expand , to explain , to bring into conscious existence. And the Fourth is the He final, the Daughter , Earth , the Disk, Pantacle, or Coin-the Coin on which is stamped the effigy of the Word that begat it with the aid of the other forms of Energy. It is the Princess of t…
1954 · PDF PAGE 517
…All independence, all imagination, all spirit of Adventure, will have been ground down and rolled out smooth by this ghastly engine. But-Nature is not so easily beaten; a few boys and girls will somehow escape, and either by instinct or by observation, have the sense to keep secret. Now whatever their own peculiar genius may select as their line, they will realise that nothing is possible in any way while the accursed system stands. Their first duty is Revolt. And presently some one will come along with the wit and the will and the weapon, and …
1929 · PDF PAGE 304
…uth-east to south-west, literally took the skin off our faces, even mine, which I had thought inured to all the possible devilishness of nature. Later, this wind dropped and was replaced by a much more deadly device; a steady draught from the north was infernally icy as when it started its career in the ghastly deserts of Siberia. It had the same quality as the north wind which we had on Chogo Ri; it took no notice whatever of poshtin (coats lined with sheepskin), sweaters, flannel shirts and vests. One felt as if one were absolutely naked. The…
1929 · PDF PAGE 388
…the matter was that I had hitherto clung to certain conceptions of conduct which, while perfectly proper from the standpoint of my human nature, were impertinent to initiation. I could not cross the Abyss till I had torn them out of my heart. I remember nothing of my return to Bou Saâda. There was an animal in the wilderness, but it was not I. All things had become alike; all impressions were indistinguishable. I only remember finding myself on my bed, as if coming out of some catastrophe which had blotted out in utter blackness every trace of …
1922 · PDF PAGE 87
…yself completely purged of all passion ; and in that lustration we were baptised anew and christened with the name of Love. But although nature had done her best to get rid of the excess of the poison we had taken, there remained a residual effect. We had arrived at the hotel very weary, though as a matter of course we had insisted on Feccles and Haidée coming upstairs for a final drink. But we could hardly keep our eyes open; and as soon as they were gone we made all possible haste to get between the sheets of the twin beds. I need hardly tell…
1954 · PDF PAGE 62
… man may think it his duty to act in a certain way, through having made a fancy picture of hims.elf, instead of investigating his actual nature. For example , a woman may make herself miserable for life
1929 · PDF PAGE 581
…of Frater O. P. V. made requisite. Raoul was less unlucky. How could the gods help loving him, who in so many ways partook of their pure nature. At first he suffered mostly from a recurrence of malaria of many years' standing. The attacks were hard to throw off, owning to his accident at Oxford already described. Various complications ensued. We called in the doctor at the first sign of any symptoms with which we were not familiar and able to deal. For some time he got neither better nor worse, but the, without warning, developed acute infectio…
1929 · PDF PAGE 298
…de me familiar. The atmosphere of China had by this time begun to soak into my soul. Chinese art explained itself as inspired by Chinese nature. There is a vast, free, pale, delicate expanse of colour and form, whose lines are visibly determined by the very structure of the globe itself. There is an infinite harmony and ease in a journey such as I was making. The physical geography is even more vast in its own way that that of the Himalayas; and the country seems somehow less definite, less specialized yet equally ineluctable! Small vivid patch…
1919 · PDF PAGE 139
… (a) he cannot possibly know what his Probationer needs, having no record to guide him; (b) the Probationer’s task is to explore his own nature, not to follow any prescribed course. A third objection is that by putting the Probationer in Corsets, an en- tirely flabby person may sneak through his year, and become a Neophyte, to the shame of the Order. But this objection is theoretical; for Initiation is overseen from the Third Order, where no Error may endure. O.M. 131
1922 · PDF PAGE 305
… at the very least four thousand per cent.” I have never been any sort of a business man; but a child of twelve could grasp the gigantic nature of the proposition. “IT have brought the papers for your inspection, my dear Sir Peter. You will see that the capital is only £20,000 in shares of {1 fully paid up—and I am offering you £3000 at par.” “It’s princely, my dear sir,” I exclaimed. ‘ You overwhelm me. But—excuse me—I don’t see why you need the money at all, or why you don’t sell the shares through a broker.”’ At this moment Lou popped into t…
1954 · PDF PAGE 252
…D THELEMA 219 moveable by virtue of sacrifice, devotion, or appeal. Against such, the scientific or magical mind believes in the Laws of Nature, asserts "If A, then B" - if you do so-and-so, the result will be so-and-so, aloof from arbitrary interference. Joshua, it is alleged, made the sun stand still by supplication, and Hezekiah in the same way caused it to "go back upon the dial of Ahaz"; Willett did it by putting the clock back, and getting an Act of Parliament to confirm his lunacy . Petruchio , too "It shall be what o'clock I say it is!"…
1996 · PDF PAGE 37
… identical for all; the Candidate finds himself in circumstances which afford a real test of conduct, and compel him to discover his own nature, to become aware of himself by bringing his secret motives to the surface. Some of the Rituals have been made accessible, that is, the Magical Formulas have been published.1 2 Note the reference to “not” and “all.” Also the word “known” contains the root ^gn, “to beget” and “to know”; while “concealed” indicates the other half of the Human Mystery.
1929 · PDF PAGE 24
…orce of the Uni verse by making himself a fit réceptacle for it, establishing a connection with it, and arranging conditions so that its nature compels it to flow toward him. (Illustration: If I want pure water to drink, I dig a well in a place where there is underground water; I prevent it from leaking away; and I arrange to take advantage of water’s accordance with the laws of Hydrostatics to fill it.) (19) Man’s sense of himself as separate from, and opposed to, the Universe is a bar to his conducting its currents. It insulates him. (Illustr…
1954 · PDF PAGE 175
…nsciously aiming at the sea, and is certainly not yielding to any external influence. It is acting in conformity with the law of its own nature, with the Tao. One can describe it, if necessary, as "passive love"; but it is love (in effect) raised to its highest potential. We come back to the same thing: when passion is purged of any "lust of result" it is irresistible; it has become "Law ." I can never understand why it is that mystics fail to see that their smarmy doctrine of surrender actually insists upon the duality which they have set out …
1929 · PDF PAGE 483
…r. The plan failed through her persistent efforts to cheat me out of the profits, and her obstinate ignorance of the elementary facts of nature combined with an unconquerable antagonism to the principles of applying common sense to the science. {762} I learned a good deal, nevertheless. The work kept me concentrated on the subject. At this time, it was my invariable practice to judge from the personal appearance of every stranger I met the sign rising at his birth. Having made up my mind, I would ask him to tell me either the hour or the day of…
1910 · PDF PAGE 170
…ese mystical sounds some of them of a combined beauty and wisdom which is hard to rival. Such as: When the mind, divested of its flighty nature, is bound by the cords of the Nada, it attains a state of extreme concentration and remains quiet as a bird that has lost its wings, Nada is like a snare for catching a deer, z.2., the mind. It, like a hunter, kills the deer. The mind, having become unconscious, like a serpent, on hearing the musical sounds, does not run away. * “The Voice of the Silence,” pp. 24, 25. + “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” iv, 96. F…
1910 · PDF PAGE 170
…ese mystical sounds some of them of a combined beauty and wisdom which is hard to rival. Such as: When the mind, divested of its flighty nature, is bound by the cords of the Nada, it attains a state of extreme concentration and remains quiet as a bird that has lost its wings, Nada is like a snare for catching a deer, z.2., the mind. It, like a hunter, kills the deer. The mind, having become unconscious, like a serpent, on hearing the musical sounds, does not run away. * “The Voice of the Silence,” pp. 24, 25. + “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” iv, 96. F…
1922 · PDF PAGE 21
…a man built in every line for battle, and yet with a forehead which lifted him clean out of the turmoil. The conflicting elements in his nature had played the devil with him. Jack Fordham was his name. At sixty years of age he was still the most savage and implacable of publicists. “ Red in tooth and claw,” as Tennyson said. Yet the man had found time to write great literature ; and his rough and tumble with the world had not degraded his thought or spoilt his style. Sitting next him was a weak, good-natured, working journalist named Vernon Gib…