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Page 68 of 751929 · PDF PAGE 181
…ind, the most correct trains of idea, may accompany a dangerous lunacy. The difference is that the madman makes a secret of his fancies. Lord Dunsany's [255] stories are the perfect prose jewels of a master cutter and polisher, lit by the rays of an imagination that is the godlike son of the Father of All Truth and Light; but if he kept them to himself, they would be the symptoms of an incurable lesion of the brain. A madman will conceal the Terrible Secret that "today is Wednesday," perhaps "because the devil told him to do so." "I am He who i…
1905 · PDF PAGE 133
…’s hand he laid the sword : With reverent ear The poet listened to His word Cleansed through of fear. The brightness of the glory of the Lord Grew adamant, a spear ! «And when he took the falchion in his hand Lo! kings and princes bowed to his command. Then shall the flag of England flaunt In peaceful might, The sceptred isle of dying Gaunt! Shall rule by right. The sons of England shall bid Hell avaunt And priest and harlot smite. Then all the forces of the earth shall be Untamable, a shield of Liberty. Freedom shall burgeon like a rose, While…
1919 · PDF PAGE 318
…ibulation to the latter end of the Apocalypse, and shall we not cry with the Apostle, “The spirit and the bride say: come.”? “Yea, come, Lord Jesus, come quickly.” Joun Sr. Joun. On THE THRESHOLD OF THE UnsEEN. An Examination of the Phenomena of Spiritualism and of the Evidence for Survival after Death. By Sir WiL- LiaM F, Barrett. E. P. Dutton & Co. Srp WiitraM Barretr’s book is decidedly well worth reading by those who im- agine that there is nothing in spiritualism and kindred subjects. Sir William Bar- rett has marshalled his facts and fict…
1906 · PDF PAGE 10
…trines, nary charity. Church and chapel perish ! hell! But Our kind of Brethren still in safety dwell. Raven’s lot can never ‘gainst the lord prevail, We are his brave followers, you are Satan’s tail. Open Plyms to Come then, outside peoples, join Our noble throng ! Blend with Ours your voices in the triumph song ! Glory, praise and honour unto Us alone! Christians’ necks our footstool, Heaven itself Our throne ! P.S.— BELOVED BRETHREN,—The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. For I, like Balaam (in the old legend), was com- pelled …
1935 · PDF PAGE 13
…is defined, and accept Their Will* as concentratin, the Will of our Whole Order. They must accept the Crowne and Conquering Child as the Lord of the Aeon, and exert them- selves to establish His reign upon Earth. They must acknowled; that “The word of the Law is @EAHMA” and that “Love is the law, love under will.” Each member must make it his main work to discover for him- self his own true will, and to do it, and do nothing else. He must accept those orders in the Book of the Law that apply to himself as being necessarily in accordance with hi…
1919 · PDF PAGE 157
… dear, I am certainly having a spell of ‘dryness.’ But I will plod on, On, ON, and in, In, IN. O for one kiss, or the echo of a Kiss, My Lord Adonai. I yearn for Thee, I am Parched for Thee. Let me be utterly consumed in Thee! Amen. Saturday, June 10, 1911. Tonight I must write an entry. I MUST. And it is time. Why have I not done so before? Because I have experienced a ‘dryness’ for the last month, and have made no definite effort to overcome it, but have just kept a firm hold on the little atom of real Knowledge I have obtained, & setting my …
1905 · PDF PAGE 100
…here summer’s hand is heavy on the snow, And springtide bursts the insuperable floe, North, by the limit of the ocean, stands ‘A castle, lord of those far footiess lands That are the wall of that world About whose pillars Behemoth is curled, About whose gates Leviathan is strong, Whose secret terror sweetens not for song. The hoarse loud roar of gulphs of raging brine most monstrous That break in foam and fire on that divine Chiff-base, is smothered in the misty air, And no sound penetrates them, save a rare
1907 · PDF PAGE 62
…y, my lady may! The wind is fair and free ; Away, away, the glint of day Is faded from the ghostly grey That shines beyond the sea.” The lordly bridegroom took the bride As giants grasp a flower. ‘A night of nights, my queen, to ride Beyond the midnight hour.” The bride still slept ; the lonely tide Of sleep was on the tower. ‘* Awake, awake ! for true love’s sake! The blood is pulsing faster. My swift veins burn with keen desire Toward those ebony wings of fire, The monarchs of disaster !” The golden bride awoke and sighed And looked upon her …
1907 · PDF PAGE 54
…oo, is doing well. After the—ah—event we all deplored so, he entered the Benedictines at Fort Augustus; and to-morrow they instal him as Lord Abbot. Sir HERPES Z, What? And he a Highlander? S1R GRABSON J. It seems that was a mere disguise; his true name was Jchann Schmidt.! Sir HERPES Z. So? Why the deception? S1R GRABSON J. A Jesuit, no doubt! But about Lady Percivale now? SiR HERPES Z, Better and better. Old Farmer Tyson, luckily enough, as it turned out, insisted on examination, and no less than: twenty-three skilled surgeons—all men of note…
1929 · PDF PAGE 346
…With clamour glad. At the foot of the Cross is the Mother of God, And Her tears are like rain to enliven the sod, While the Blood of the Lord from his Body that runs Is the heat of the summer, the fire of its suns. See where the cherubim pallid and plumed Swing with their thuribles praises perfumed! Jesus is risen and Mary assumed: Ave Maria! {560} O sorrow of pure eyes beneath The heavy-fringed estatic lids, Seeing for maiden song and wreath Sphinxes and pagan pyramids! O Mary, like a pure perfume Do thou receive this failing breath,
1905 · PDF PAGE 102
… their limits gray, To watch the red lips move For slow delight of love Till the moon sigh and sink, and yield her sway Unto the eastern lord That draws a sanguine sword And starts up eager in the dawn, to see Bright eyes grow dim for sleep, And lazy bosoms keep Their slumber perfect and their sorcery, While dawny winds arise, And fast the white ship flies
1919 · PDF PAGE 321
…in other persons whom I will not mention, at the moment when free men decide that it is time to strike for freedom. Hear the word of the Lord: In the next few years Sanine and his like are going to hang a lot of people to a lot of lamp-posts. 666. 307
1909 · PDF PAGE 267
… the Watcher Anubis, announceth in the following words that the Candidate has been admitted as an initiate Neophyte: «In the name of the LORD OF THE UNIVERSE and by command of the V. H. Hierophant, hear you all that I proclaim that A: B: who hereafter will be known unto you by the motto X Y Z, has been admitted in due form to the o° = o° Grade of Neophyte of the Order of the Golden Dawn in the Outer.” The Hiereus then addresseth the Neophyte and congratulates him upon being admitted a member of the Order, “ whose professed object and end is the…
1909 · PDF PAGE 267
… the Watcher Anubis, announceth in the following words that the Candidate has been admitted as an initiate Neophyte: «In the name of the LORD OF THE UNIVERSE and by command of the V. H. Hierophant, hear you all that I proclaim that A: B: who hereafter will be known unto you by the motto X Y Z, has been admitted in due form to the o° = o° Grade of Neophyte of the Order of the Golden Dawn in the Outer.” The Hiereus then addresseth the Neophyte and congratulates him upon being admitted a member of the Order, “ whose professed object and end is the…
1905 · PDF PAGE 196
… Jostlers and hurried folk and mad they are, A million actions and a single mind. 1 The '‘ Higher Self.” ‘‘What is thy purpose, sweet my lord?” I pressed One stalwart.. ‘*Ah! the quest,” he cried, ‘* the quest.” God’s heart! the antics, as they toil and shove ! One grabs a coin, one life, another love. All shriek, ‘‘ The prize is mine!” as men possessed. . I was not fooled at anything thereof. Rather I hated them, and scorned for slaves; ‘*Fools! all your treasure is at last the grave’s !” Mine eyes had fixed them on the sphinx, the sky. ‘*Ts t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 41
…e ; Here,in the Law’s impassive shrine, no hope is of release. All things escape me, all repine, all alter, ruin, cease. I], But thou, O Lord, O Apollo, Must thou utterly change and pass? Thy light be lost in the hollow? Thy face as a maid’s in a glass Go out and be lost and be broken - As the face of the maid is withdrawn, And thy people with sorrow unspoken ~ Wait, wait for the dawn? But thou, O Diana, our Lady, Shall it be as if never had been? The vales of the sea grown shady And silver and amber and green As thy light passed over and kisse…
1905 · PDF PAGE 214
… Grief! O pale with suffering, and dumb hours of pain! OQ worn with Thought ! springs again The Soul of Resurrection: thou art chief And lord of all thy mind: O patient thief Of God’s own fire! What mysteries find fane In the white shrine’ of thy white spirit’s reign, Thou man of Sorrows: O, beyond belief! thy purpose Let perfect Peace be with thee: let thy days Prosper in spite of thine unselfish soul ; And as thou lovest, so let Love increase Upon thee and about thee: till thy ways Gleam with the splendour of that secret goal Whose long war g…
1938 · PDF PAGE 25
…ht. As it is written: And blessing and worship to the Prophet of the lovely Star! Thou, thereforego on, go on in my strength, saith the Lord of the Aeon, and ye shall turn not back for any. While he thus spoke, I felt constantly in myself a cleansing of heart; and my stature was increased, because of the straightening of my nature. And as I thought thus, mine instructor, perceiving it, smiled upon me saying: In truth, O Khaled Khan, O child of the dawn of the Aeon, thou hast divined aright and profited in thy being by the Law of Thelema. For t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 35
…lost, upon the lifeless, deathless plane, The desert desolate, the air inane; Fallen, O fallen to eternity ! I, who have looked upon the Lord of Light ; I, Iam Nothing, and dissolved in Night ! (THE SPIRIT OF GOD, DESCENDING, ASSUMETH HER INTO THE GLORY OF Gon.) VENUS. Written in the temple of the L.I.L.,1 No. 9, Central America. MISTRESS and maiden and mother, im- mutable mutable soul! Love, shalt thou turn to another? I give thee the whole ! Light, shalt thou flicker or darken? Thou and thy lover are met. Bend from thy heaven and hearken! Lif…
1905 · PDF PAGE 206
…e face of God, to sink before His Shrine, Weeping: O Beauty, Majesty, and Terror, Wisdom and Mind and Soul, Crown simplex, Mighty Whole, Lord of the Gods! O Thou, the King of Kings ! To me a sinner, me, Lowest of all that be, Be merciful, O Master Soul of things ! Show me thy face of ruth, And in thy way of truth Guide my weak youth, That stumbles while it walks, makes discord when it sings ! So, Mighty Mother! Pure, Eternal Spouse, Isis, thou Star, thou Moon, thou Mightiest, Lead my weak steps to thine Eternal House ! Rest my vain head on thin…