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Page 74 of 871905 · PDF PAGE 9
…es open to me—shall I find it sweet To give up sunlight for that mystic day That beams its torture, whose red banners beat Their radiant fire Into my shrivelled head, to wither Love’s desire? III. I was a child long years ago, it seems, Or months it may be—I am still a child ! They pictured me the stars as wheeling wild In a huge bow] of water; but my dreams Built it of Titan oak, its sides were piled Of fearful wood Hewn from God’s forests, paid with sweat and tears and blood. 1 Brothel. IV. I crept, a stealthy, hungry soul, to grasp Its vast …
1906 · PDF PAGE 14
8 ORACLES A kiss of fire ; A touch of passionate yearning Steals higher and higiier— And kisses are returning ! The strong white grasp draws me still nigher and nigher, Our fusing forms in one fierce furnace burning ! Fails to us speech In Love’s exultant leaping ! Each merved in each The golden fruit is reaping ! Wilt slumber, dear? One last kiss, I be- seech ! Come to us, Death! My love and I are sleeping! EPILOGUE TO ‘‘GREEN ALPS.”? FAREWELL, my book, whose words I have not given One tithe of those fierce fires that in me dwell ! Now, after …
1929 · PDF PAGE 131
… the ram was in his head; the bull gave the laborious endurance to his shoulders; the lion represented the courage of his heart, and the fire of his temper; his knees, which help him to spring, are under the goat — all works in, and is divided and subdivided in, beauty and harmony. In this curious language the moon signifies primarily all receptive things, because moonlight is only reflected sunlight. Hence "lunar" is almost a synonym of "feminine." Woman changes; all depends upon the influence of the man; and she is now fertile, now barren, ac…
1904 · PDF PAGE 43
…Mighty and a Powerful King, and was created next after Lucirer. He appeareth in the Form of Two Beautiful Angels sitting in a Chariot of Fire. He speaketh with a Comely Voice, and declareth that he fell first from among the worthier sort, that were before Michael, and other Heavenly Angels. His Office is to distribute Presentations and Senatorships, etc., and to cause favour of Friends and of Foes. He giveth excellent Familiars, and governeth 807 Legions of Spirits. Note well that this King Belial must have Offerings, Sacrifices and Gifts prese…
1904 · PDF PAGE 51
… did seal it up with this same seal. He by it gained the love of all manner of persons, and overcame in battle, for neither weapons, nor fire, nor water could hurt him. And this privy seal was made to cover the vessel at the top withal, etc. Note: Figures 162 to 174 inclusive are interesting as showing a marked resemblance to the central design of the Secret Seal. It will be observed that the evident desire is to represent hieroglyphically a person raising his or her hands in adoration. Nearly all are stone sepulchral steles, and the execution …
1906 · PDF PAGE 101
…not wise—and for that very cause We meet to-day to call on Wisdom. ORPHEUS, Well ! The altar stands, shadowing the Universe That with my fire of Knowledge I destroy— And there is Wisdom—but invoke Her not, Friends, Who is only when none other is, 1 Actually Proverbs i. 20.
1905 · PDF PAGE 12
… glittering with the dew-drops of his dream, And glow with exaltation ; to thy waist Gird his gold belt; the diamond settings gleam With fire drawn far Through the blue shuddering vault from some amazing star. XXVIII. Aubrey! attained in sleep when he dreamt this Wonderful dream of women, tender child And harlot, naked all, in thousands piled On one hot writhing heap, his shameful kiss To shudder through them, with lithe limbs defiled To wade, to dip Down through the mass, caressed by every purple lip. XAILX. Choked with their reek and fume and…
1929 · PDF PAGE 223
… divination of the enemy's objective. His suggestion had made Lord Antony laugh. He himself had never felt less like laughing; he was on fire with creative genius — and terrified lest his work should fall upon barren soil. Well he knew how hard it is to get Power to listen to Reason! At the corner of the Place de l'Opera he lifted his eyes to assure himself of a free crossing. * * * * * The mind of Abdul Bey was in turmoil. His first night upon the yacht had been mere wallowing in debauch; but he woke with a clear head, acutely alive to the com…
1905 · PDF PAGE 271
…bering Who once caught me by the well; And the strange loves of that misshapen Other, The feast of blood, the cold enchanted dell, Where fire was filtered up through earth to smother Sick scents of hell. And that wild night when vine-leaves wooed and clustered Round my wild limbs, and like a woman I went Over the mountains—how the Northwind blustered !— And slew with them the beast, and was content. The madness :—Oh! the dreadful light that lustred The main event. Ay! the wild whirlings in the woodland reaches ; The ghastly smile upon the Stone…
1907 · PDF PAGE 31
…? O the misery of this world ; the fear And folly that is unattained desire ! I would be master; I, the lord of Greece; 1 The spirits of fire, air, water, and earth were respectively named salamanders (fem. -drines), sylphs, undines, and gnomes.
1917 · PDF PAGE 3
…us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us.” “Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious langour, force and fire, are of us.” Later, concerning death, He says: “Think not, O king, upon that lie: That Thou must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live. Now let it be understood : if the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstasy for ever.” When you know that, what is left but delight? And how are we to live meanwhile ? “It is a lie, this folly against itself_Be strong, man! lust, enjoy all things of se…
1929 · PDF PAGE 86
…ddle. Then he began to make weird gestures, and to utter a long conjuration, harsh-sounding, and apparently in gibberish. Lastly, he set fire to the whisky in the saucer. When it was nearly burnt through, he blew it out. He took the coin, wrapped it in a piece of dark-red silk, and gave it to his pupil. "When Grey boards a traiin," he ordered, "go up to the engine-driver, give him this, and tell him to drive carefully. Let me know what the fellow looks like; get his name, if you can; say you want to drink his health. Then come straight here in …
1906 · PDF PAGE 52
…. The Bhikkhu who in Earnestness delights, who fears dispersions dire, His fetters all, both great and small, burning he moves about the fire. The Bhikkhu who in Earnestness delights, Dispersion sees with fear, He goes not to Destruction ; he unto Nibbana draweth near. Ilf. THE ARROW, Just as the fletcher shapes his shaft straightly, so shapes his thought the saint, For that is trembling, weak, impatient of direction or restraint. Mara’s dominion to escape if thought im- petuously tries Like to a fish from water snatched thrown on the ground it…
1904 · PDF PAGE 28
…mon. He is a Marquis great in power, and most stern. He appeareth like a Wolf with a Serpent’s tail, vomiting out of his mouth flames of fire; but at the command of the Magi- cian he putteth on the shape of a Man with Dog’s teeth beset in a head like a Raven; or else like a Man with a Raven’s head (simply). He telleth all things Past and to Come. He procureth feuds and reconcileth controversies between friends. He governeth 40 Legions of Spirits. His Seal is this which is to be worn as aforesaid, etc. (8.) Barsatos.—The Eighth Spirit is Barbato…
1904 · PDF PAGE 57
…ss, which is before the Divine Majesty, mighty and powerful; by the four beasts before the throne, having eyes before and behind; by the fire round about the throne; by the holy angels of Heaven; and by the mighty wisdom of Gop; I do potently exorcise thee, that thou appearest here before this Circle, to fulfil my will in all things which shall seem good unto me; by the Seal of BASDATHEA Batpacuia; and by this name PRimEuMATON, which Moses named, and the earth opened, and did swallow up Kora, Dathan, and Abiram. Wherefore thou shalt make faithf…
1905 · PDF PAGE 215
…ath! No death ye bring more godlike than de- sire, When seas roar tempest-lashed, and foam is flung Raging on pitiless crags, and gloomy fire Lurks in the master-cloud; corpses are swung Helpless and horrible in trough and crest— That death were music, and the lord of rest. No death ye bring as when the storm is rolled, An imminent giant on the sun-ripped snows, Where icy fingers grip the overbold Son of their secrets, and like springes close On his choked throat and frozen body— Nay | That death were twilight, and the gate of Day ! No death ye…
1905 · PDF PAGE 38
…ed.? Night Dwells, and I contemplate the sight That is not seeing, but the light That secretly is kindled, Though oft time its most holy fire Lacks oil, whene’er my own Desire Before desire has dwindled. I see the thin web binding me With thirteen cords of unity 4 Toward the calm centre of the sea. (O thou supernal mother !) 5 The triple light my path divides To twain and fifty sudden sides ® Each perfect as each other. ! A qabalistic description of Macroprosopus. Dew,” ‘* Deep Height,” etc., are his titles. 2 Microprosopus. ’ Malkuth, the Brid…
1905 · PDF PAGE 22
…triking with amorous finger Our lyres, whose fierce delights are all divine— O Cypris, none of thine! Quenchless, insatiable, the unholy fire Floods our red lips’ desire ; Our kisses sting, as barren as the brine— O Cypris, none of thine ! Our songs are awful, that the heavens shrink back Into their void of black. We worship at a sad insatiate shrine— © Cypris, none of thine! Scarcely the song did cease when out of heaven A little cloud grew near, all thunder-riven, Searred by the lightning, torn of ravaging wind 3 Upon it sate the herald, who …
1907 · PDF PAGE 157
… the laughter not for- bidden And love enfolding the green-woven sphere: Lastly, the burning year of flame and fume That burns men up in fire’s sepulchral womb. Fivefold: the child, the frail, the delicate: Then the strong lauzhing mischief: then the proud Fight toward manhood and the sense elate, Creative power and passion: then the loud Assertion of young will, the quickening rate And strength in blood, in youth with life endowed, And firmness fastening ; the last lustre’s span Consolidates and shows the perfect man. Fivefold : the humour cha…
1910 · PDF PAGE 151
…inal absorption by both the Vedantist and the Buddha alike. There no sun shines, no moon, nor glimmering star, nor yonder lightning, the fire of earth is quenched; from him, who alone shines, all else borrows its brightness, the whole world bursts into splendour at his shining.* And— There exists, O Brothers, a Realm wherein is neither Earth nor Water time naught save the Brahman was. Then ‘In the beginning Desire arose in it, which was the primal germ of Mind.” Where did that desire come from, if the Brahman was the All, and the Unchangeable. …