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Page 72 of 831907 · PDF PAGE 167
… shape seen on the sea? Were I now free of this intense desire, By swift magician power I might fly westward shod with wings of fire And find my love, and in her arms expire, Or wed her for an hour. (Not for an hour as man, but even as God Whose day is like an aeon. Love hath nor station, stage, nor period : But is at once in his inane abode Beneath the spring Dircean.) Alas, the will flies ere the power began. Lo, in the Idan grove Invoking Zeus to swell the power of Pan, The prayer discomfits the demented man ! Lust lies as still as love. 1 R…
1906 · PDF PAGE 131
…r life run to waste. They jumped and They argued after their brute kind. I have two prides ; in justice, one: In mercy, one: ‘‘ No ill I find In this just man,” I cried; ‘‘the sun Is not defiled, and takes no hurt When the worm builds his house of dirt. ‘Curse ye Jehovah! He abides, Hears not, nor smites; the curse is pent Close with the speaker; ill betides When on himself the curve is bent, And like the wild man’s il]-aimed blow,? Hlits nought, swerves, swoops, and strikes him low. 1 In the East the inferior dare not leave the presence of his…
1905 · PDF PAGE 105
…od were near us to with- draw The veil of Love’s unalterable law. We feared no fury of the jealous King, But, lest in honour love should find a flaw. 17 e. the wedding ring,
1939 · PDF PAGE 12
…says 'I' he refers only to a transitory phenomenon. His 'I' changes as he utters the word. Butphilosophy apartit is rarer and rarer to find a man with a mind of his own and a will of his own, even in this modified sense. (18) I want you therefore to see the nature of the obstacles to union with the Absolute. For one thing, the Yoga which we constantly practice has not invariable results; there is a question of attention, of investigation, of reflexion. I propose to deal in a future instruction with the modifications of our perception thus cau…
1907 · PDF PAGE 18
…. But—oh ! these nudes of Rodin! I Drag one more linnet from its perch That sang to us, and sang a lie. Did Rodin strip the clothes, and find A naked truth fast underneath? Never! Where lurks the soul and mind? What is the body but a sheath? Did he ply forceps, scalpel, saw, Tear all the grace of form apart, Intent to catch some final law Behind the engine of the heart? He tried not ; whoso has, has failed. So, did I pry beneath the robe, Till stubborn will availed, nor quailed, Intimate with the naked probe ? I know the husks! to strip; name, …
1944 · PDF PAGE 14
… the Bohemians”, or “Egyptians”. When it was found that the gypsies, despite the etymology, were of Asiatic origin, some people tried to find its source in Indian art and literature. There is here no need to enter into any discussion of these disputed points.1 THE THEORY OF THE CORRESPONDENCES OF THE TAROT Unimportant to the present purpose are tradition and authority. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity does not rest on the fact that, when 1It is supposed by some scholars that the R.O.T.A. (Rota, a wheel) consulted in the Collegium ad Spiritum San…
1907 · PDF PAGE 97
…til Death should surprise him, kiss his weary will Into the last repose, profounder power Than life could compass. Now I tax my skill To find another holier name, some flower Still red, but red with the ecstasy of blood. Dear love, dear wife, dear mother of the child Whose fair faint features are a match for mine, Lurks there no secret where your body smiled, No serpent in the generous draught of wine? Did I guess all, who guessed your life well given Up to my kiss? Aha! the veil is riven! Beneath the smiling mask of a young bride Languorous, l…
1939 · PDF PAGE 50
… right! 15. Now how do we get over this difficulty of something coming from Nothing? Only by enquiring what we mean by Nothing. We shall find that this idea is totally inconceivable to the normal mind. For if Nothing is to be Nothing, it must be Nothing in every possible way. (Of course, each of these ways is itself an imaginary something, and there are AlephZero a transfinite numberof them.) If, for example, we say that Nothing is a square triangle, we have had to invent a square triangle in order to say it. But take a more homely instance.…
1905 · PDF PAGE 195
…ridge subsides, and J am flung Deep in the tears and terrors never sung. I swim with sorrow bursting at my breast. Yet Iam cleansed, and find some little rest. Still from my agonised unspeaking tongue Breaks: I must go, go onward to the quest. Again the cursed cry: ‘* What quest is this? Is it worth heaven in thy lover’s kiss? A queen, a queen, to kiss and never tire ! Thy queen, quick-breathing for your twin desire !” I shudder, for the mystery of bliss; I go, heart crying and a soul on fire !
1939 · PDF PAGE 33
… to change that position without informing you. For example, if you are sitting in the 'god' position with your knees together, you will find in a few minutes that they have moved gently apart, without your noticing it. Freud would doubtless inform you that this is due to an instinctive exacerbation of infantile sexual theories. I hope that no one here is going to bother me with that sort of nauseating nonsense. 15. Now it is necessary, in order to hold a position, to pay attention to it. That is to say: you are going to become conscious of you…
1905 · PDF PAGE 29
… (For woman’s wits through your deceptions Spy And know ye for Olympians) shalt know A maiden’s heart no lover may win so. Farewell, and find a fairer maid to love! Farewell!” But he: ‘‘ Through all the silent grove I sought thee sighing—for thy love would I Consent to be a man, consent to die, Put off my godhead.” ‘‘ If thou sayest sooth, And thy fair words bedew the flowers of truth Nor wander in the mazy groves of lying, I will be thine—speak not to me of dying Or abdication, sith I deem so far To tempt thee were unwise—we mortals are Chary …
1906 · PDF PAGE 255
…of servitude. We see, then, that in this classification a scientist will concur. We need not discuss the question whether or no he would find others to add. Buddhism may not be com- plete, but, as far as it goes, it is accurate. like
1929 · PDF PAGE 107
…be permitted {190} and aided by the gods Who live for ever, The Aeons of Infinite years; that, being lost in the Limitless Light, it may find Itself: to the Regeneration of the Race, either of man or as the Will of God shall be. And I submit myself utterly to the Will Divine. (2) To follow out with courage, modesty, loving-kindness and perseverance the course prescribed by Abra-Melin the Mage; as far as in me lies, unto the attainment of this end. (3) To despise utterly the things and the opinions of this world lest they hinder me in doing this…
1944 · PDF PAGE 57
…e‐ ginning of the present century, the practical science of the mechanician and the engineer has been forced further and further towards finding its theoretical justification in mathematical physics. Mathematics has always been the most severe, abstract, and logical of the sciences. Yet even in comparatively early schoolboy mathematics, cognisance must be taken of the unreal and the ir rational. Surds and infinite series are the very root forms of advanced mathematical thought. The apotheosis of mathematical physics is now the admission of fail…
1944 · PDF PAGE 39
…darkness deeper. It was clear that the attribution of “The Star” to the letter Tzaddi was unsatisfactory; and the question arose, how to find an‐ other card which would take its place. An incredible amount of work was done on this; in vain. After nearly twenty years the solution appeared. The Star represents Nuit, the starry heavens. “I am Infinite Space, and the Infinite Stars thereof.” (AL. 1.22.) She is represented 1The old titles of these cards were respectively “Strength” and “Justice”: they are inadequate or misleading. with two vases, on…
1919 · PDF PAGE 317
…iful thing, and that his attempt to make every one behave with the decorum of a pu- trefying corpse is bound in the long run to fail. We find, for example, the Bishop of Worcester offering a tasteless substitute for Worcester Sauce. He complains pitifully of how he saw three women in the street trying to seduce a soldier. Apparently in consequence of the appearance of the Bishop, the soldier “saw his chance and ran away,” but from what we know of Bishops it seems probable that he was trying to escape from the Episcopal rather than the feminine …
1906 · PDF PAGE 48
…eathlessly devoted Beyond the trees, and where the hills divide To take the nighted tide Into a darker, deeper, greener breast, Maybe to find—what rest? Now to those girdling mountains moon-exalted Came through the hills deep-vaulted That. pearly shallop: there the rocks were rent, And the pale element Flowed idly in their gorges: there the night Admits no beam of light ; Nor can the poet’s eye One ray espy. Therefore I saw not how the voyage ended, Only wherethrough those cliffs were rended I saw them pass: and ever closer bent - The lady and …
1905 · PDF PAGE 152
…migh’ Of the great Light above all gods, the fire Of our supreme desire. So out of grievous labyrinths of the mind The soul's desire may find Some passionate thread, the clear note ofa bird, To make the dark ways of the gods as light, And bring forth music from slow chants un- heard, And visions from the fathomless night. So is the spirit of the loftier man Made holy and most strong against his fate ; So is the desolate visage of the wan Lord of Amenti? covered, and the gate Of Ra made perfect. So the waters flow Over the earth, throughout the …
1929 · PDF PAGE 63
…, perhaps, even more so. I think it was only due to my subconscious common sense that I did not go and see Browning and ask him where to find the dark tower! {122} 14 I obtained the honour of knighthood1 from one of Don Carlos' lieutenants. It is part of the legitimist theory that the sovereign had abrogated to himself the monopoly of conferring spurs, while on the other hand a woman could not confer knighthood. All Victorian creations are invalid. The effect of adopting the the official Anglo-German theory is even more patent today than in the…
1905 · PDF PAGE 207
…the him with your kiss ; to seize the West In his gold palace where the sea-winds rest, And hurl him ravening on the breaking foam ; ‘To find the Spirit in his glimmering home And draw his secret from unwilling lips ; To master earthquake, and the dread eclipse ; To dominate the red volcanic rage ; To quench the whirlpool, conquering war to wage Against all gods not wholly made as ye, O patient, and O marvellous! I see, I see before me an archangel stand, Whose flaming scimitar, a triple brand, Quivers before him, whose vast eyebrows bend, A mi…