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Page 73 of 831929 · PDF PAGE 109
…of light; yet through them waved a thrill of an intenser invisible light in a direction perpendicular to the tangents. I asked to go yet farther back; and behold! I am floating on my back --- cast down: in a wind of Light flashing down upon me from the immeasurable Above. (This Light is of a bluish silver tinge.) And I saw hat Face, lost above me in the height inscrutable; a face of absolute beauty. And I saw as it were a Lamb slain in the Glamour of Those Eyes. Thus was I made pure; for there, what impurity could live? I was told that not many…
1929 · PDF PAGE 198
…trange happenings and was not long in coming to the opinion that Mrs. M. was not working alone, and that behind her probably were forces far greater than she. She was but the puppet of others, the slave that would catch the kids and the lambs that were to be served upon her master's table. Could P. prove this? Could he discover who her masters were? The task was a difficult one; it either meant months of {336} work, which P. could not afford to give, or the mere chance of a lucky stroke which P. set aside as unworthy the attempt. That evening, …
1929 · PDF PAGE 45
… on study and practice and to make Eastbourne the strongest town in England. The result fell short of breaking up the club, but not very far. I used my position a editor to criticize the formation of the team and anything else that seemed to me wrong. I was absolutely unable to conceive that anyone should be anything but grateful for constructive criticism. I had moreover in my mind a firm conception of an editor as Jupiter tonans. I remember one occasion on which I made myself particularly nasty. In a club tournament I had won all my games exc…
1907 · PDF PAGE 226
…y; but, on the other hand, the Bishops will not allow us to attach a pure interpretation to the precisely similar story of the Dove.} So far am JI, indeed, from attacking Christian symbolism as such, that I am quite prepared to admit that it is, although or rather because it is the lowest, the best. Most others, especially Hinduism and Bud- dhism, lose themselves in metaphysical speculations only proper to those who are already Adepts. The Rosicrucian busies himself with the Next Step, for himself and his pupils; he is no more concerned to disc…
1929 · PDF PAGE 408
…ured. But I stuck to it; I had felt the first contention of the south wind in a momentary lull. I was right. The descent of the pass was far from easy. The "road" crosses and recrosses the bed of the river as often as it can; sometimes even follows the course. And this stream was a furious spate, slippery and dangerous for men, impassable for members of the Alpine Club, and almost impassable for camels. It was nearly night fall before we left the gorge and a barren plain confronted us. It was useless to struggle on much further. The rain still …
1944 · PDF PAGE 49
…roduction of the conquering stranger, instead of being attenuated by continual in‐breeding. In certain cases this theory was pushed very far; there was probably a great deal of chicanery about this disguised prince. It may well have been that the king, his father, fur‐ nished him with very secret letters of introduction; in short, that the old political game was old even in those primeval times. The custom is therefore developed into the condition so admirably investigated by Fra‐ zer in the Golden Bough. (This Bough is no doubt a symbol of the…
1929 · PDF PAGE 25
…ott, with insane taint, told Mr. Champney that he had visited me (twelve years old) at my mother's house during the holidays --- true so far, he had --- and found me lying drunk at the bottom of the stairs. My mother was never asked about this; nor was I told of it. I was put into "Coventry", i.e. no master nor boy might speak to me, or I to them. I was fed on bread and water; during play hours I worked in the schoolroom; during work hours I walked solitary round and round the playground. I was expected to "confess" the crime of which I was not…
1929 · PDF PAGE 215
…vival and wanted to unite the five Celtic nations in an empire. In this political project he had not wholly succeeded: but he had got as far as designing a flag. And, oh so ugly! All this seemed childish to me, but no more so than imperialism, and it had the advantage of being rather charming and entirely harmless. It is strange to look back on myself at twenty-seven, completely persuaded of the truth of the most extravagant claims of mysticism and magick yet completely disillusioned with regard to the universe. I was inclined to minimize my ac…
1929 · PDF PAGE 335
… was published in 1907 and was widely reviewed; for the most part, favourably. In particular, Soror S. S. D. D. (Mrs. Emery or "Florence Far" as she was variously known) wrote a very full criticism of it in the New Age. Some of it is so prophetic that it must be quoted here: It is a hydra-headed monster, this London Opinion, but we should not be at all surprised to see an almost unparalleled event, namely, everyone of those hydra-heads moving with a single purpose, and that the denunciation of Mr. Aleister Crowley and all his works.
1944 · PDF PAGE 181
…ne, the current returns to the middle pillar. This Sephira is the seat of the great crystallization of En‐ ergy. But it takes place very far down the Tree, at the apex of the third descending triangle, and a flat triangle at that. There is little help from low, unbalanced spheres like Netzach and Hod. What saves Yesod is the direct ray from Tiphareth; this Sephira is in the direct line of succession. Each of these cards gives the full impact of the elemental force, but in its most ma‐ terial sense; that is, of the idea of the force, for Yesod i…
1944 · PDF PAGE 267
…of the dying god”, as this is usually called, does actually exist, but it repre‐ sents a stage in human development which is now past as far as external theology is con‐ cerned. It has a sort of shadowy validity in psychology; for instance, in taking up a new task of any importance, one begins very pleasantly, the period of Isis; the task becomes tedious and baffling, one begins to despair, the period of Apophis; then suddenly the subject is mastered and one comes to a triumphant conclusion, the period of Osiris. But the whole of this formula d…
1911 · PDF PAGE 307
…rettily-told fairy-story ‘for babes and sucklings’ has ‘explanatory notes in Hebrew and Latin for the wise and prudent ’—which notes, as far as we can see, explain nothing—together with a weird preface in scraps of twelve or fifteen languages. The best poetry in the book is contained in the last section—‘The Stone of the Philosophers,’ Here is some fine work,” k
1911 · PDF PAGE 307
…rettily-told fairy-story ‘for babes and sucklings’ has ‘explanatory notes in Hebrew and Latin for the wise and prudent ’—which notes, as far as we can see, explain nothing—together with a weird preface in scraps of twelve or fifteen languages. The best poetry in the book is contained in the last section—‘The Stone of the Philosophers,’ Here is some fine work,” k
1912 · PDF PAGE 430
…prettily-told fairy-story ‘for babes and sucklings’ has ‘explanatory notes in Hebrew and Latin for the wise and prudent’—which notes, as far as we can see, explain nothing—together with a weird preface in scraps of twelve or fifteen languages. The best poetry in the book is contained in the last section—‘ The Stone of the Philosophers,’ Here is some fine work.” —.|
1912 · PDF PAGE 430
…prettily-told fairy-story ‘for babes and sucklings’ has ‘explanatory notes in Hebrew and Latin for the wise and prudent’—which notes, as far as we can see, explain nothing—together with a weird preface in scraps of twelve or fifteen languages. The best poetry in the book is contained in the last section—‘ The Stone of the Philosophers,’ Here is some fine work.” —.|
1910 · PDF PAGE 502
…rettily-told fairy-story ‘for babes and sucklings’ has ‘explanatory notes in Hebrew and Latin for the wise and pradent "—which notes, as far as we can see, explain nothing—together with a weird preface in scraps of twelve or fifteen languages. The best poetry in the book is contained in the last section—‘ The Stone of the Philosophers.’ Here is some fine work.”
1910 · PDF PAGE 502
…rettily-told fairy-story ‘for babes and sucklings’ has ‘explanatory notes in Hebrew and Latin for the wise and pradent "—which notes, as far as we can see, explain nothing—together with a weird preface in scraps of twelve or fifteen languages. The best poetry in the book is contained in the last section—‘ The Stone of the Philosophers.’ Here is some fine work.”
1909 · PDF PAGE 416
…ttily told fairy-story ‘for babes aiid sucklings* has ‘explanatory notes in Hebrew and Latin for the wise and prudent’ —“which notes, as far as we can see, explain nothing—together with a weird preface in scraps of twelve or fifteen languages. The best poetry in’ the book is contained in the last section —' The Stone of the Philosophers.’ Here is some fine work.”
1909 · PDF PAGE 416
…ttily told fairy-story ‘for babes aiid sucklings* has ‘explanatory notes in Hebrew and Latin for the wise and prudent’ —“which notes, as far as we can see, explain nothing—together with a weird preface in scraps of twelve or fifteen languages. The best poetry in’ the book is contained in the last section —' The Stone of the Philosophers.’ Here is some fine work.”
1913 · PDF PAGE 602
…prettily-told fairy-story ‘for babes and sucklings’ has ‘explanatory notes in Hebrew and Latin for the wise and prudent’—which notes, as far as we can see explain nothing —together with a weird preface in scraps of twelve or fifteen languages. The best poetry in the book is contained in the last section—‘The Stone of the Philosophers.’ Here is some fine work.”