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Page 77 of 811944 · PDF PAGE 117
…them, the Reference thereof being Aleph, that is One indeed, but also an Hundred and Eleven in his full Orthography; to signify the Most Holy Trinity. And by metathesis it is Thick Darkness, and Sudden Death. This is also the Number of AUM, which is AMOUN, and the Root‐Sound of OMNE or, in Greek, PAN; and it is a Number of the Sun. Yet is the Atu of Thoth that correspondeth thereunto marked with ZERO, and its Name is MAT, whereof I have spoken formerly, and its Image is The Fool. 0, my son, gather thou all these Limbs together into one Body, an…
1905 · PDF PAGE 55
… and tore him Limb from wet limb, and devoured, and bore his stained soul into space Far from the regions of hope and the lands that are holy with grace. Alway the battle proceeds and alway the tempest re-quickens, Pregnant with thunder, delivered when the swift knife is let flash ; Alway the wind has its will and the slaughter- steam rises and thickens ; Alway the sea is a lion, enraged by the wind and its lash; . Alway the heavens resound with the thunder’s reverberate crash. Heaven has conquered, behold! and the hosts of the demons are fleei…
1905 · PDF PAGE 78
…d over His mysterious skies. Then storm and wind had no more might at all, And death and pestilence forgotten were ; Then angels came to holy men that call, And gracious spirits thronged the happy air; Then God was very gracious to all folk ; He lifted from us the Philistian yoke, And all the iron power of Edom broke :—
1905 · PDF PAGE 25
… Charicles despair !” Yet of her presence was the maiden ’ware, Although her mortal eyes might see her not ; So she knelt down upon that holy spot And greeted her with tears; for now at last The fountains of her sorrow, vague and vast, Burst from the strong inexorable chain Of too great passion, and a mortal pain Beyond belief, and so in sudden waves Tears welled impatient from their crystal caves. (Men say those barren pinnacles are set Since then with jewels ; the white violet Was born of those pure tears; the snowdrop grew Where wakening hop…
1929 · PDF PAGE 63
…entalism leapt out towards it. The Morte d'Arthur, Lohengrin and Parsifal were my world. I not only wanted to go out on the quest of the Holy Grail, I intended to do it. I got the idea of chastity as a positive virtue. It was delightful to be pure. Previously, chastity had been my chief abomination; the sign-manual of cowardice, heartlessness and slavery. In the Celtic Church there was no fear of God, but a communion with Him as nobly familiar as the relations of Roland and Charlemagne. I still too everything very literally. Browning's quotatio…
1905 · PDF PAGE 207
200 THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST Too light for fairy fingers to have woven, oo strong for mere archangels to have cloven With adamantine blades from the armoury Of the amazing forges of the sea: The folk that follow with undaunted mien The utmost beauty that their eyes have seen— O patient sufferers! yet your storm-scarred brows Burn with the star of majesty : your vows Have given you the wisdom and the power To weld eternities within one hour, To bind and braid the North wind’s serpent hair, And track the East wind to his mighty lair Even in t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 593
… frankincense and myrch (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh ‘The root of David shoots a stem. ‘The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !) (O Holy Spirit, shadow her!)”" Lieut,-Col, Gormley writes—“The hymns ordinarily used in churches for devotional purposes are no doubt excellent in their way, but it can scarcely be said, in the case of many of them, that they are of much literary merit, and some of them indeed are little above the familiar nursery rhymes of our childhood; it is therefore somewhat of a relief and’a pl…
1913 · PDF PAGE 593
… frankincense and myrch (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh ‘The root of David shoots a stem. ‘The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !) (O Holy Spirit, shadow her!)”" Lieut,-Col, Gormley writes—“The hymns ordinarily used in churches for devotional purposes are no doubt excellent in their way, but it can scarcely be said, in the case of many of them, that they are of much literary merit, and some of them indeed are little above the familiar nursery rhymes of our childhood; it is therefore somewhat of a relief and’a pl…
1905 · PDF PAGE 84
… in the east is rekindled, The hope of the passionate world. The stars for a token of glory Flash fire in the eyes of the night, And the holy immaculate story Of Heaven is flushed into light. For the night has a whisper to wake us, And the sunset a blossom to kiss, And the silences secretly take us To the well of the water that is?; For the darkness is pregnant with being, As earth that is glad of the rain, And the eyes? that are silent and seeing Are free of the trammels of pain. Like light through the portals they ? bounded, Their lithe limbs…
1905 · PDF PAGE 18
… Of their own wickedness discover sin Unguessed at, by slow treason creeping in, To spread corruption, and destroy the earth. sut in the holy hour and happy birth That swam through stars propitious, meadows white, And fresh with newer flowers of the night In the pale fields supernal, when his sire Took from the nurse the child of his desire, Aman, the prayers of many maidens sent So sweet a savour through the firmament That no false spirit might draw nigh. And still THis angel ministers defend from ill The head they nurtured. Evil dreams and sp…
1905 · PDF PAGE 114
… lambent in the listening glade ; As Sappho’s yearning to the amorous sea ; As Man’s Prometheus, in captivity Master and freeman; as the holy tune All birds, all lovers, whisper to the moon. So, passionate and pure, the strong chant rolls, Queen of the mystic unity of souls ; So from eternity its glory springs King of the magical brotherhood of kings ; The absolute crown and kingdom of desire, Earth’s virgin chaplet, molten in the fire, Sealed in the sea, betokened by the wind : ‘¢ There is one God, the Spirit of Mankind !” tyranny and died in
1939 · PDF PAGE 22
…sentation of the universe given by astrology and the Tree of Life is extremely valuable, especially when reinforced and amplified by the Holy Qabalah. This Tree of Life is susceptible to infinite ramifications, and there is no need in this connection to explore its subtleties. We ought to be able to make a fairly satisfactory diagram for
1906 · PDF PAGE 227
… they, who are one. Once is a oneness: twice is the Name: thrice let us say not: by four is the Son: by five is the Sword: by six is the Holy Oil of the most Excellent Beard, and the leaves of the Book are by six: by seven is that great Amen.” Then our Father saw one hundred and four horses that drove an ivory car over a sea of pearl, and they received him therein and bade him be comforted. With that he awoke and saw that he would have all his desire. In the morning therefore he arose and went his way into the desert. There he clomb an high roc…
1907 · PDF PAGE 32
…ds are done Or truck my spirit to the Evil One ; Or else,—I wot not what. I am drunk with will, Will toward some destiny most high, most holy ! Some of those glories sung with awful skill By the loud brabble of the monster Crowley, That poet of the muck-heap! Oh, enough ! ‘The wind is harsh and vital on the hills. Forth let me fare! I am other than the stuff His dreams are made of! Aye! I shall endure ! I am destined Lord of many magic wills. Another Rosencreutz another order Founds—to a better end than his, be sure! Away ! away, my lad! and o’…
1944 · PDF PAGE 28
…ations, adopted for convenience. For instance: the Emperor and the Empress, in the medieval packs, were referred quite definitely to the Holy Roman Emperor and his Consort. The card origi‐ nally called “The Hierophant”, representing Osiris (as is shown by the shape of the tiara) be‐ came, in the Renaissance period, the Pope. The High Priestess came to be called “Pope Joan”, representing a certain symbolic legend which circulated among initiates, and became vulgar‐ ised in the fable of a Female Pope. More important still, “The Angel”, or “The La…
1906 · PDF PAGE 228
…e, it is not fitting that I, the poor old fool who loved him, shall now dis- course. But it is most necessary that I should speak of his holy death and of his funeral and of the bruit thereof, for that is gone into divers lands as a false and lying report, whereby much harm and ill-luck come to the Brethren. In this place, therefore, will I set down the exact truth of all that happened. In the year of the Great Passing Over were signs and wonders seen of all men, O my Brethren, as it is written, and well known unto this day. And the first sign …
1912 · PDF PAGE 422
…incense and myrrh !) (Bring gold and frankincense and myrth !) ‘The root of David shoots a stem. ‘The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !) (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !)"" Gormley writes—‘The hymns ordinarily used in churches for devotional purposes are no doubt excellent in their way, but it can scarcely be said, in the case of many of them, that they are of much literary merit, and some of them indeed are little above the familiar nursety rhymes of our childhood ; it is therefore somewhat ofa relief and a pleasure to r…
1912 · PDF PAGE 422
…incense and myrrh !) (Bring gold and frankincense and myrth !) ‘The root of David shoots a stem. ‘The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !) (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !)"" Gormley writes—‘The hymns ordinarily used in churches for devotional purposes are no doubt excellent in their way, but it can scarcely be said, in the case of many of them, that they are of much literary merit, and some of them indeed are little above the familiar nursety rhymes of our childhood ; it is therefore somewhat ofa relief and a pleasure to r…
1929 · PDF PAGE 571
…umbers, so accurately interwoven, so complete an hieroglyph of an idea which defied my skill to analyse. As is my custom I sought in the Holy Books and in the Yi King for an interpretation of the word in terms of the events of the ensuing six months. I will mention one or two signal examples of the trustworthiness of such divination. 1. The hexagram which defined the scope of the work of the Order was "Kieh" meaning "Regulations". In the first three months I am described as unable to organize the affairs of the Order. But in the last three, a s…
1906 · PDF PAGE 282
…his pupils thought him idle or insane ! Scept. Spencer Myst. The noble, ascetic, retired spirit; the single-hearted, the courageous, the holy —~ Scept. Yes: all these and many others. But what mean your comments? Myst. That extreme virtue is a necessary condition for one who is desirous of atfaining this state of bliss. Scept. There, my friend, you generalise from three. Let me _ stand fourth (like Ananias) and tell you that after many vain attempts while virtuous, I achieved my first great result only a week after a serious lapse from the cond…