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Page 75 of 1301930 · PDF PAGE 10
…ark ages, when Christianity held unchallenged sway over those portions of this globe which it had sufficiently corrupted, the pursuit of knowledgeknowledge of any kindwas justly estimated by the people in power as the one and only dangerous pursuit. Even so, as late as 300 years ago, it was not considered very gentlemanly to be able to read and write. I am not sure that it is. In any case, it is a great error in education to teach these things. Grammar, we must never forget, appears in the word Gramarye, beloved of Sir Walter Scott, and …
1913 · PDF PAGE 446
…rts of emblems. But three especially excited the curiosity of Eliphas, to the highest point. “ Reverend sir,” said he toCharvoz, ‘do you know these three signs ?” “No,” replied the Abbé ingenuously; “but the prophet assures us that they are of the highest importance, and that 148
1913 · PDF PAGE 446
…rts of emblems. But three especially excited the curiosity of Eliphas, to the highest point. “ Reverend sir,” said he toCharvoz, ‘do you know these three signs ?” “No,” replied the Abbé ingenuously; “but the prophet assures us that they are of the highest importance, and that 148
1919 · PDF PAGE 363
…the first noble truth: “Everything is sorrow,” and he has learnt that there is no such thing as separate existence. Existence is one. He knows these things as facts, just as he knows that two and two make four. Consequently, although he has found the way of escape for that fraction of consciousness which he once called “I,” and although he knows that not only that consciousness, but all other consciousnesses, are but part of an illusion, yet he feels that his own task is not accomplished while there remains any fragment of con- sciousness thus …
1961 · PDF PAGE 164
…to distinguish them. This then is the Adept, who doth Will with solid Energy as the Bull, doh dare with fierce Courage as the Lion, doth know with swift Intelligence as the Man, and doth keep Silence with soaring Subtilty as the Eagle or Dragon. Moreover, this Sphinx is an Eidolon of the Law, for the Bull is Life, the Lion is Light, the Man is Liberty, the Serpent Love. Now then his Sphinx, being perfect in true Balance, yet taketh the Aspect of the Feminine Principle that so She may be partner of the Pyramid, that is the Phallus, pure Image of…
1904 · PDF PAGE 43
…super-consciusness ! You weary me with proof enough That all this meditation stuff Is self-hypnosis. Be it so ! Do you suppose I did not know ? Still, to be accurate, I fear The symptoms are entirely strange. If I were hard, I’d make it clear That criticism must arrange Marvellous an- swer to prayer. Prayer and averages. Are the results of meditation due to auto- hypnosis ? 550 555 560 565 570 575 580 585 590
1907 · PDF PAGE 135
… virgin I came to him stainless, When love was a pleasure and painless ! _ What Destiny dreams and discovers Sur. a. : The fragrance men know for a lover's? | Peace turned into laughter and tears, ‘Borne down the cold stream of the years ! CALLIOPE, ORPHEUS. CALLIOPE. IN the days of the spring of my being, When maidenly bent I above Ant. a. The head of the poet, and, seeing Orpuegus Not love, was the lyre of his love ; ° When laurels I bore to the harper, O mother, O queen many-minded, When bays for the lyrist I bore, | More beauty than beauty …
1909 · PDF PAGE 28
… | Lead . 9 The Vision of the Holy Guardian Angel or of | Mag. Sulph. 10 Adonai Divination . . fll Miracles of Healing, Gift of Tongues, Know- | Mercury. 12 The White linet, Clairvoyance, Divination 13 by Dreams Love-philtres . 14 Power of Consecrating Things 15 The Secret of Physical Strength . 16 Power of being in two or more places at one 17 Powes of Castiag Beckan tments. 18 Power of Training Wild Beasts . 19 Invisibility, Parthenogenesis, Initiation (?) . 20 Power of Acquiring Political and other Ascen- 21 Works of Justice and Equilibrium …
1909 · PDF PAGE 77
…nuous thought. Beware of the sheep in lions’ skins, the asses that bray and think “the tiger roars!” Physically too, the mystic is to be known by his atmo- sphere of power, cleanliness and light; by his self-control, his concentration of thought and action, his vigour, his patience. You will rarely find them at afternoon tea gossiping about clairvoyance, or even “ playing Adam.” What? you don’t know how to play “Adam”? And you call yourself a sage? Tut! The game of “ Adam” is played as follows. Take a key, a Bible, an elastic band. 67
1909 · PDF PAGE 77
…nuous thought. Beware of the sheep in lions’ skins, the asses that bray and think “the tiger roars!” Physically too, the mystic is to be known by his atmo- sphere of power, cleanliness and light; by his self-control, his concentration of thought and action, his vigour, his patience. You will rarely find them at afternoon tea gossiping about clairvoyance, or even “ playing Adam.” What? you don’t know how to play “Adam”? And you call yourself a sage? Tut! The game of “ Adam” is played as follows. Take a key, a Bible, an elastic band. 67
1913 · PDF PAGE 313
… of faith at a given epoch. It is that which proves the Church to be infallible, evidentially and in fact. God is necessarily the most unknown of all beings because He is only defined by negative experience ; He is all that we are not, He is the infinite opposed to the finite by hypothesis. Faith, and consequently hope and love, are so free that man, far from being able to impose them on others, does not even impose them on himself. “These,” says religion, “are graces.” Now, is it con- ceivable that grace should be subject to demand or exaction…
1913 · PDF PAGE 313
… of faith at a given epoch. It is that which proves the Church to be infallible, evidentially and in fact. God is necessarily the most unknown of all beings because He is only defined by negative experience ; He is all that we are not, He is the infinite opposed to the finite by hypothesis. Faith, and consequently hope and love, are so free that man, far from being able to impose them on others, does not even impose them on himself. “These,” says religion, “are graces.” Now, is it con- ceivable that grace should be subject to demand or exaction…
1922 · PDF PAGE 251
… trouble comes into his face every now and then; and he begins to repeat plaintively in a puzzled voice with his eyes fixed on mine :-— “Know you now why her eyes So fearfully glaze, beholding Terrors and infamies Like filthy flowers unfolding? Laughter widowed of ease, Agony barred from sadness, Death defeated of peace, Is she not madness ? ” Over and over again he said it, and over and over again I told him the answer. I had indeed been a personifica- tion of the seductress, of the destroying angel. But it had been a nightmare. I had awakened…
1930 · PDF PAGE 13
…owds in the Square of St. Mark and waited, howling, for the end of the world. It was accordingly easy enough to associate the pursuit of knowledge with the most abominable crimes, real or imaginary or both. For this reason, we hearnot as a demonstrated thesis, but as a commonplace of inherited knowledgethat Jews were sorcerers and wizards. In other words, they know something about grammar. We heard that they transformed themselves into cats or bats, and sucked peoples big toes. I have never, personally, investi- gated the question as to whet…
1906 · PDF PAGE 184
…super-consciousness ! You weary me with proof enough That all this meditation stuff Is self-hypnosis. Be it so! Do you suppose I did not know? Still, to be accurate, I fear The symptoms are entirely strange. If I were hard, I’d make it clear That criticism must arrange 550 655 560 aN =I Co 580 A85 590
1909 · PDF PAGE 97
…ings are.) It is useless to label the whole lot as insane: nor are they unimportant. In my view, most of the great men of the world have known them; themselves attributed their greatness to these experiences, and I really do not see why admittedly lesser men should contradict them. I hope to argue this point at greater length when I am better documented ; but at the very least, these states are of the most extraordinary interest. Even as insanities, they would demand the strictest investiga- tion from the light they throw upon the working of th…
1909 · PDF PAGE 97
…ings are.) It is useless to label the whole lot as insane: nor are they unimportant. In my view, most of the great men of the world have known them; themselves attributed their greatness to these experiences, and I really do not see why admittedly lesser men should contradict them. I hope to argue this point at greater length when I am better documented ; but at the very least, these states are of the most extraordinary interest. Even as insanities, they would demand the strictest investiga- tion from the light they throw upon the working of th…
1910 · PDF PAGE 308
…t a separate table he sneered: “X——’ (my friend present at the previous revelation of his divinity) “send this pig-one.. . eh?” “T don’t know why .. .” I began. “Grutch, butch!” he roared, “you speak to me, you cow- eater! . . . get intellect,” he yelled, “ get English,” he bellowed, and up he sprang from the table. As I did not wish to be murdered, for he had now become a dangerous maniac, I rose, keeping my eyes on him, and taking up my hat and stick, which I had purposely placed just behind me, I quietly passed round the large table at which…
1910 · PDF PAGE 308
…t a separate table he sneered: “X——’ (my friend present at the previous revelation of his divinity) “send this pig-one.. . eh?” “T don’t know why .. .” I began. “Grutch, butch!” he roared, “you speak to me, you cow- eater! . . . get intellect,” he yelled, “ get English,” he bellowed, and up he sprang from the table. As I did not wish to be murdered, for he had now become a dangerous maniac, I rose, keeping my eyes on him, and taking up my hat and stick, which I had purposely placed just behind me, I quietly passed round the large table at which…
1913 · PDF PAGE 52
…bends in ecstasy to kiss The secret ardours of Hadit. The wingéd globe, the starry blue, Are mine, O Ankh-af-na-khonsu! 15. Now ye shall know that the chosen priest & apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the Beast; and in his woman called the Scarlet Woman is all power given. They shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men. 16. For he is ever a sun, and she a moon. But to him is the winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight. 17. But ye are not so chosen. 18, Bu…