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Page 72 of 1151929 · PDF PAGE 34
…ghtness, I can communicate to you what I am consciously thinking; as soon as this con- scious ego is absorbed, you get the subconscious thought which I fearoh how I fear!is the greater and truer part of me. You have brought unguessed explana- tions from the world of sleep; you are the one woman in the worldperhaps there may never be anotherwho has such an opportunity to study the phenomena of death. He charged me earnestly to suppress my grief, to concentrate wholly on the thoughts that passed through his mind when he could no longer expr…
1929 · PDF PAGE 435
…usiness woman. She professed the utmost devotion to me and proposed to come to England and put the work of the Order on a sound basis. I thought the idea was excellent, paid her passage to England and established her as a manageress. Technically, I digress; but I cannot refrain from telling her favourite story. She boasted of her virginity and of the intimacy of her relations with Mabel Collins, with whom she lived a long time. Mabel had however divided her favours with a very strange man whose career had been extraordinary. He had been an offi…
1907 · PDF PAGE 239
…cession of knowledge is a vision of a new vista of ignorance . Summa scientia nihil scire, has yet another meaning . ) Having then as he thought discovered an à priori basis to metaphysics , he places before his reader the crucial problem . “ How are synthetic propositions à priori possible ” ? And at the very outset , assuming pure synthetic knowledge from the Reason as real (p . 22 ), attacks the problem . “ How is it possible when a conception is given me , I can pass out of it , and connect it with another which is not contained in the form…
1910 · PDF PAGE 317
… O Mexican Gaucho, pass me thy pellote pouch and let me take a helping of the leaves and root of thy wonderful mescal plant. And without thought and without fatigue, I can then SEE. Where was I, my little brethren, fathers of larva, sons of the she-goat? Ah, I know. Well, poor little Ljubov was saved by her magnificent soul from despairing thoughts. She lived, very miserable at first, more resigned later on. And there was a boy, too. He was the blind-born son of an ex-soldier, and because of his father’s queer and unsocial manner, few people in…
1910 · PDF PAGE 317
… O Mexican Gaucho, pass me thy pellote pouch and let me take a helping of the leaves and root of thy wonderful mescal plant. And without thought and without fatigue, I can then SEE. Where was I, my little brethren, fathers of larva, sons of the she-goat? Ah, I know. Well, poor little Ljubov was saved by her magnificent soul from despairing thoughts. She lived, very miserable at first, more resigned later on. And there was a boy, too. He was the blind-born son of an ex-soldier, and because of his father’s queer and unsocial manner, few people in…
1913 · PDF PAGE 157
…shall be hidden, because thou art passed beyond these things, beyond the need of these things, beyond the desire of these things. What I thought were shapes of rocks, rather felt than seen, now appear to be veiled Masters, sitting absolutely still and silent. Nor can any one be distinguished from the others. And the Angel sayeth: Behold where thine Angel hath led thee! Thou didst ask fame, power and pleasure, health and wealth and love, and strength, and length of days. Thou didst hold life with eight tentacles, like an octopus. Thou didst seek…
1913 · PDF PAGE 514
…dy as it breaks loose, and by recalling it to life through some powerful interest or some dominating affection. Jesus expressed the same thought when he said to the daughter of Jairus: “ The maiden is not dead, but sleepeth”; and of Lazarus: “ Our friend is fallen asleep, and I go to wake him.” To express this resurrection- ist system in such a manner as not to offend common sense, by which we mean generally-held opinions, let us say that death, when there is no destruction or essential alteration of the physical organs, is always preceded by a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 157
…shall be hidden, because thou art passed beyond these things, beyond the need of these things, beyond the desire of these things. What I thought were shapes of rocks, rather felt than seen, now appear to be veiled Masters, sitting absolutely still and silent. Nor can any one be distinguished from the others. And the Angel sayeth: Behold where thine Angel hath led thee! Thou didst ask fame, power and pleasure, health and wealth and love, and strength, and length of days. Thou didst hold life with eight tentacles, like an octopus. Thou didst seek…
1913 · PDF PAGE 514
…dy as it breaks loose, and by recalling it to life through some powerful interest or some dominating affection. Jesus expressed the same thought when he said to the daughter of Jairus: “ The maiden is not dead, but sleepeth”; and of Lazarus: “ Our friend is fallen asleep, and I go to wake him.” To express this resurrection- ist system in such a manner as not to offend common sense, by which we mean generally-held opinions, let us say that death, when there is no destruction or essential alteration of the physical organs, is always preceded by a…
1922 · PDF PAGE 227
…per spheres and a third for the pommel. The blade was two-edged, engraved with Arabic or some- thing. Cockie began to swing it about. We thought flashes of light came from the point, and there was a buzzing, crackling sound. “ Take this,’’ said Cockie, ‘“‘ there’s something devilish rum about it.” I took it out of his hand. Of course, it was only my fancy; but it seemed to weigh nothing at all, and it gave a most curious thrill in one’s hand and arm. Then there was a golden cup with rubies round the brim. And always more inscriptions. And there…
1930 · PDF PAGE 71
…arkable phenomena will very probably occur during these practices. They must be carefully analysed and recorded. V. Dharana — Contre! of Thought. 1. Constrain the mind to concentrate itself upon a single simple object imagined. The five tatwas are useful for this purpose; they are : a black ovalj a blue disk j a silver crescent ; a yellow square ; a red triangle. 2. Proceed to combinations of simple objects ; e.g. a black oval within a yellow square, and so on. 3. Proceed to simple moving objects, such as a pendulum swinging, a whee.1 revolving…
1907 · PDF PAGE 155
…k on his head , with his feet in the air , he , however , did and continues to do his best to carry what remains of his fungoid organ of thought as low as he possibly can , his desires in his stomach , and his thoughts in the vicinity of his prostate gland . There was a time when man did not know how to cook his dinner ; we sincerely hope there will be a time when he ceases to cook his thoughts , but that time , in spite of science and art , is in the far here after . Some people labour under the idea that a genera tion or two hence the world w…
1919 · PDF PAGE 115
…ce and Art increase constantly by this method of assimilating ideas, that in the end, become capable of apprehending the Universe in one thought, he may leap forth upon It with the massed violence of his Self, and destroying both these, become that Unity whose name is No Thing. Seek ye all therefore constantly to unite your- selves in rapture with each and every thing that is, and that by utmost passion and lust of Union. To this end take chiefly all such things as are naturally repulsive. For what is pleasant is assimilated easily and without …
1954 · PDF PAGE 78
… hold water! In the last resort, I shall have to maintain that we are justified by experience, by the empirical success in communicating thought which has attended, and continues to attend, our endeavors. But to give a complete answer, I shall have to go back to the beginning, and restate the original problem; and I beg that you will not suppose that I am evading the question, or adopting the Irish method of answering it by another, though I know it may sound as if I were. Let me set out by restating our original problem; what we want is Truth;…
1906 · PDF PAGE 263
…h realising the love and pity that is in his heart—that man _ has attained to Stage the Third. And because of the great power of a man’s thoughts and words to change his being, because by thinking of the pitiful our acts grow full of mercy, therefore is Stage the Fourth called Right Conduct. To him who has gained this Fourth Stage, his intense as- piration, his right understanding, his care- fully guarded speech—perhaps for many years of self-control— have at last borne outward fruit, till all his acts are loving, and pure, and done without hop…
1911 · PDF PAGE 64
…for he hath let loose a mighty flood of fire from his manhood, and from his woman- hood hath he let loose a mighty flood of water. Every thought of his mind is as a tempest that uprooteth the great trees of the earth, and shaketh the mountains thereof. And the throne of his spirit is a mighty throne of madness and desolation, so that they that look upon it shall cry: Behold the abom- ination! Of a single ruby shall that throne be built, and it shall be set upon an high mountain, and men shall see it afar off. Then will I gather together my char…
1919 · PDF PAGE 120
… of the wrist is not the same blood as that in the next, so individuality is in part destroyed as each life passeth; nay, even with each thought. What then maketh man, if he dieth and is reborna change- ling with each breath? This: the consciousness of continu- ity given by memory, the conception of his Self as some- thing whose existence, far from being threatened by these changes, is in verity assured by them. Let then the aspirant to the sacred Wisdom consider his Self no more as one seg- ment of the Serpent, but as the whole. Let him extend…
1922 · PDF PAGE 171
Short Commons 157 Certainly,” admitted Lamus, “and now, I’m encouraging you to stop.” , ‘“‘T thought you believed in do what you like; you're always saying it.” ‘I beg your pardon,” came the sharp retort. “Il never said anything of the kind. I said, ‘Do what thou wilt,’ and I say it again. But that’s a horse of quite a different colour.” “But we need the stuff,” pleaded Peter. ‘ We've got to have it. Why did you induce us to take it ? ” “Why,” he laughed subtly, “it’s my will to want you to do your will.” ‘Yes, and I want the stuff.” “ Acute ps…
1922 · PDF PAGE 193
…nd heroin has twined itself about my life so closely that everything is connected with it one way or another. My mind is obsessed by the thought of the drug. Sometimes it’s a weird ecstasy, sometimes a dreadful misgiving. “Not thirst in the brain black-bitten In the soul more sorely smitten ! One dare not think of the worst! Beyond the raging and raving Hell of the physical craving,
1929 · PDF PAGE 478
…ded the office of an acquaintance of mine in Regent Street. They didn't know what I was after, took my articles at their face value, and thought to annoy, perhaps to intimidate my by the raid. The person they arrested was a motherly old fool who had been prophesying with tea leaves for about twenty years at the same old stand, with the full knowledge of the police. The ordinary course in prosecuting a fortuneteller is for a polite young man to hand, with deference and apologies to his prospective victim, a summons to appear before a magistrate.…