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Page 78 of 1061909 · PDF PAGE 270
THE EQUINOX RITUAL OF THE 1° = 10° GRADE OF ZELATOR* The opening in this ritual is very similar to that in the last; the chief exception being that this grade is more particularly attributed to the element of “ earth.” The Temple having been declared open, the Hierophant says : “ Except Adonai build the House their labour is but lost that build it. Except Adonai keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain! Frater Neophyte, oe aye by what aid do you seek admission to im) Pp the 1°= 10° Grade of Zelator of the G.:.D.+.?” The Hegemon, answering…
1910 · PDF PAGE 193
…our history, in a prefatory note to one of Frater P.’s note-books, we find him recapitulating, in the following words, the events of the last four years: In the year 1899 I came to C . . . House, and put everything in order with the object of carrying out the Operation of Abramelin the Mage. I had studied Ceremonial Magic, and had obtained very remarkable success. My Gods were those of Egypt, interpreted on lines closely akin to those of Greece, In Philosophy I was a Realist of the Qabalistic School. In 1900 I left England for Mexico, and later…
1910 · PDF PAGE 193
…our history, in a prefatory note to one of Frater P.’s note-books, we find him recapitulating, in the following words, the events of the last four years: In the year 1899 I came to C . . . House, and put everything in order with the object of carrying out the Operation of Abramelin the Mage. I had studied Ceremonial Magic, and had obtained very remarkable success. My Gods were those of Egypt, interpreted on lines closely akin to those of Greece, In Philosophy I was a Realist of the Qabalistic School. In 1900 I left England for Mexico, and later…
1922 · PDF PAGE 39
…w the little heap of powder through my nostrils with one long breath. I felt even then like a choking man in a coal mine released at the last moment, filling his lungs for the first time with oxygen. I don’t know whether this is a common experience. I suspect that my medical training and reading, and hearing people talk, and the effect of all those ghoulish articles in the newspapers had something to do with it. On the other hand, we must make a good deal of allowance, I think, for such an expert as Gretel Webster. No doubt she was worth her wa…
1922 · PDF PAGE 101
The Glitter on the Snow 87 air of a Worshipful Master calling the Lodge to order, “TI said to myself when I met you last night, ‘it’s better to be born lucky than rich, and there’s a man who was born lucky.’ ” It was perfectly true. I had never been able to do anything of my own abilities, and after all I had tumbled into a reasonably good fortune. ‘ You’ve got the touch, Pen,’ he said, with animation. “* Any time you're out of a job, I'll give you ten thousand a year as a mascot.” Lou and I were both intensely excited. We could hardly find the…
1929 · PDF PAGE 187
…rances) by transforming all their wealth into a shape that fire cannot touch. The sorcerer never sees thus clearly. He hopes that at the last his accumulation of corruptible things will outweigh the laws of Nature; much as a thief might argue that if he can only steal enough, he can corrupt the judges
1954 · PDF PAGE 512
…ss ; I thought of Artemis as I sang softly to myself, "When the hounds of spring are on winter's traces." Bllt she pursued ; snapped the last spine, and flung it into the gallery with a yell of triumph .
1907 · PDF PAGE 123
…ere dwells Force to avail the childish heart that swells With aught that is. The golden prime is past— Aye! but a nobler gain is ours at last Who see man weary, but within our span The perfect promise of the overman. FAUNESSE. THE veil o’ th’ mist of the quiet wood is lifted to the seer’s gaze; He burns athwart the murky maze beyond into beatitude. A solemn rapture holds the faun: an holy joy sucks up the secr Within its rose-revolving sphere, the orient oval of the dawn. Light’s graven old cartouche is sealed upon the forest: groves are gray W…
1922 · PDF PAGE 378
364 The Diary of a Drug Fiend been doing in the last week, heroin might have helped you to concentrate your mind, and cocaine to overcome the effects of fatigue. And the reason you did not use them was that a burnt child dreads fire. We had the same trouble with teaching Hermes and Dionysus to swim. They found themselves in danger of being drowned and thought the best way was to avoid going near the water. But that didn’t help them to use their natural faculties to the best advantage, so I made them face the sea again and again, until they deci…
1939 · PDF PAGE 29
…OGA FOR YAHOOS FOURTH LECTURE. ASANA AND PRANAYAMA. The Technical Practices of Yoga. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 1. Last week we were able to go away feeling that the back of the job had been broken. We had got rid of bad ways, bad wives, and bad weather. We are comfortably installed in the sunshine, with no one to bother us. We have nothing to do but our work. Such being our fortunate state, we may usefully put in an hour considering our next step. Let us recall, in the first place, what we decided to be the quintessence o…
1954 · PDF PAGE 262
…ho had succeeded with Mahasatipatthana might call it the Consciousness of the Tendency to Perceive the Sensation of Anything. For in the last resort, and through the pursuit of one line of analysis, this structure is all that we can call our consciousness. Everything of which we can in any way be aware may be interpreted as being some function of this structure. Note! Function. For now we see why Tao may also be translated "The Way"; for it is the motion of the structure that we observe. There is no Being apart from Going. You are familiar with…
1922 · PDF PAGE 92
… he were the only tie that bound one to home, I think most of us would vote for foreign travel. But he’d played the game pretty straight last night; and hang it, one couldn’t do less than invite the fellow to lunch. He might have a few more tips about the technique of this business anyhow. I’m not one of those cocksure fellows that imagine when they have one little scrap of knowledge, that they have drained the fount of wisdom dry. So I said, “‘ Ask him to be good enough to come up by all means.” Lou flew to the other room to fix her hair and h…
1910 · PDF PAGE 120
…ood as it were upon the very centre or soul of the object held by the will, it becomes known as Samadhi or Superconsciousness. The three last stages Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, which are so intimately associated, are classed under the one name of Samydma.* Thus meditation should rise from the object to the object- less. Firstly the external cause of sensations should be per- ceived, then their internal motions, and lastly the reaction of the mind. By thus doing will the Yogi control the waves of the mind, and the waters of the great Ocean will…
1910 · PDF PAGE 120
…ood as it were upon the very centre or soul of the object held by the will, it becomes known as Samadhi or Superconsciousness. The three last stages Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, which are so intimately associated, are classed under the one name of Samydma.* Thus meditation should rise from the object to the object- less. Firstly the external cause of sensations should be per- ceived, then their internal motions, and lastly the reaction of the mind. By thus doing will the Yogi control the waves of the mind, and the waters of the great Ocean will…
1922 · PDF PAGE 370
…I felt with utmost bitterness the shame of having wronged so sublime a love, of having brought her into such infamy. “My God!” I said at last. ‘‘ What we owe to Big Lion |” She shook her head. ‘“‘'No,” she said, with a strange smile, ‘‘ we’ve helped him as much as he’s helped us—helped him to do his will. The secret of his power is that he doesn’t exist for himself. His force flows through him unhindered. You have not been yourself till this morning when you forgot yourself, forgot who you were, didn’t know who kissed you and brought you your b…
1922 · PDF PAGE 181
Indian Summer 167 and all the trickery of commerce arose from artificial restriction. Last night’s swindle was made possible by the great philanthropist Jabez Platt. His Diabolical Dope Act has created the traffic which he was trying to suppress. It didn’t exist before except in his rotten imagination. .. . I get such sudden spells of utter weariness. Dope would put me right. Nothing else has any effect. Everything that happens makes me want a sniff; and every sniff makes something happen. One can’t get away from the cage, but the complexity ma…
1929 · PDF PAGE 101
the purse of Fortunatus. No matter in what extremity you may seem to be, at the last moment your difficulties will be solved. For there is no power either of the firmament or of the etlier, or of the eartli or under the earth, on dry land or in the water, of whirling air or of rushing fire, or any spell or scourge of God which is not obedient to the necessity of the Magician! That which he has, he has not; but that which he is, he is; and that which he will be, he will be. And neither God nor Man, nor ail the malice of Choronzon, can either che…
1930 · PDF PAGE 50
…llowed by the DEACON and the children as before. (Thesey when not using their handsy keep their arms crossed upon their breasts.) At the last circumambulation they leave him and go to the place between the font and the small altary where they kneel in adorationy their hands joined palm to palmy and raised above their heads. Ail imitate this motion. The PRIEST returns to the East and mounts the first step of the Altar. The PRIEST. O circle of Stars whereof our Father is but the younger brother, marvel beyond imagination, soûl of infinité space, …
1913 · PDF PAGE 3
…the death of Brother John Yarker, of Didsbury, Manchester, England, whom the Great Architect of the Universe called from labour in March last, Masonry has lost her greatest living authority on high grades, of all of which Brother Yarker was a Past Master, an ardent devotee, and on which he was a voluminous writer. We had the honour of Brother Yarker’s acquaintance nearly three decades ago, he having been a contributor to the Scottzlsk Free- mason when we edited that. journal. The following leading events in Brother Yarker’s Masonic career we qu…
1922 · PDF PAGE 377
… the Abbey. Song and dance were in full swing. Basil and I fell into a quiet chat. ‘“* How long is it, by the way,” he said, “ since you last took a dose of anything ? ”’ ‘I’m not quite sure,’”’ I answered, dreamily watching Lou and Lala, who had arrived a week since with the apparatus I required for my experiments, as_ they waltzed together on the court. They were both radiant. It seemed as if the moon had endowed them with her pure subtlety and splendour. “IT asked you,” continued Big Lion, pulling at a big meerschaum and amber pipe of the Bo…