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Page 84 of 901910 · PDF PAGE 502
…w Age” “ Yours also is the Reincarnation and the Life, O laughing lion that is to be! “Here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the Tulip’s form, the sweet secret mystery of the Rose’s perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual. ‘So also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interprete…
1944 · PDF PAGE 26
…. This is because of the original for‐ mula “Father, Mother, Son”, which is three times repeated in a descending scale of simplicity and spirituality. The number 1is above these triangles, because it is an integration of Zero and depends from the triple veil of the Negative. Now the Sephiroth, which are emanations of the number 1, as already shown, are things‐in‐themselves, in almost the Kantian sense. The lines joining them are Forces of Na‐ ture, of a much less complete type; they are less abstruse, less abstract. THE TWENTY‐TWO KEYS, ATU, OR…
1909 · PDF PAGE 416
…w Age” “Yours ciso is the Reincarnation and the Life, O laughing lion that is to be! “ Here you have distilled for our delight the ihner spirit of the Tulip’s form, the sweet secret mystéry of the Rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual, ‘So also the old mystics were right who saw in every pheno- menon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenome: on shall it nbt.be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be inter- …
1909 · PDF PAGE 416
…w Age” “Yours ciso is the Reincarnation and the Life, O laughing lion that is to be! “ Here you have distilled for our delight the ihner spirit of the Tulip’s form, the sweet secret mystéry of the Rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual, ‘So also the old mystics were right who saw in every pheno- menon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenome: on shall it nbt.be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be inter- …
1913 · PDF PAGE 602
…w Age “ Yours also is the Reincarnation and the Life, O laughing lion that is to be ! “Here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the Tulip’s form, the sweet secret mystery of the Rose’s perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst. preservin, ail that is sensual, ‘So also the old mysties were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery5 the force of attraction still to be interpret…
1913 · PDF PAGE 602
…w Age “ Yours also is the Reincarnation and the Life, O laughing lion that is to be ! “Here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the Tulip’s form, the sweet secret mystery of the Rose’s perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst. preservin, ail that is sensual, ‘So also the old mysties were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery5 the force of attraction still to be interpret…
1944 · PDF PAGE 43
…he cloudiest speculations of Leibnitz, Spinoza or Hegel; the mod‐ ern definition of Matter reminds one irresistibly of the definition of Spirit given by such mys‐ tics as Ruysbroek, Boehme and Molinos. The idea of the Universe in the mind of a modern mathematician is singularly reminiscent of the ravings of William Blake. But the mystics were all wrong when they were pious, and held that their mysteries were too sacred to analyse. They ought to have brought in the idea of Measure. This is exactly what was done by the magicians and Qabalists. Th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 204
… but not surrendering. And the form or the poem is superb. It is in line with all the great English expressions of the essential English spirit, a certain blindness, brutality and arrogance, no doubt, as in "Rule Britannia", "Boadicea", "The Garb of Old Gaul", "The British Grenadiers", "Hearts of Oak", "Toll for the Brave", "Ye Mariners of England", et hoc genus omne; but with all that, indomitable courage to be, to do and to suffer as fate may demand. I never thought much of the rest of Henley's verse, distinguished as it is for vigour and dep…
1929 · PDF PAGE 379
…confirmed by the fact that as she advanced in flabbiness, fat and the forties, she found it harder to attract men, and took to spasms of spiritualism. She raves about her "Guides" and explains the most natural events of life as parts of various portentous plans prepared by people "from the other side". On August 22nd the spirit suddenly sprang up in my soul like a serpent and bade me testify to the truth that was in me in poetry. I knew London would stifle me and rushed down to Maidenhead. I spent three days in a canoe, chiefly in the reach und…
1904 · PDF PAGE 83
… erely a general rule. 3 In 1 The Buddha had such long ear s that he could cover the whole of his f ace with them . Ears are referred to Spirit in Hindu sy mbolism, so that the legend means he could conceal the lower elements and dwell in this alone. 2 Here is the little rift within the lute which alienated Crowley f rom a ctive w ork o n Buddhist lines; the orthodox failing to see his attitude. 3 A more likely idea that the brilliantly logical nonsense of “Pansil,” supra.
1906 · PDF PAGE 252
…ave the domain of fact; but at least as far our knowledge extends, all or nearly all the operations of Nature are vanity and vexation of spirit. Consider food, the desire for which periodically arises in all conscious beings.! The existence of these desires, or rather necessities, which I realise to be mine, is unpleasant. It is this desire inherent in me for continued consciousness that is responsible for it all, and this leads us to the Third Noble Truth. (3) SoRROW’S CEASING.—The cessation of desire is the cessation of sorrow, This is a simp…
1929 · PDF PAGE 407
…l university in that obscure corner of the world. We found him a courteous host and a most enlightened scholar. One of the advantages of spiritual development is the confirmation of one's results which one obtains from similarly disposed people whom one meets. There is a real freemasonry among such men, which does not depend upon formula and dogma. The instinctive sympathy proves that one has done right to climb beyond conscious conclusions. In the kingdom of spirit is freedom. Our course took us across a chain of mountains. It was a beautiful …
1944 · PDF PAGE 52
…ling around his ear, and that is the influence of the Highest descending upon the Brahmarandra Chakra. The ear is the vehicle of Akasha, Spirit. This is the only sali‐ ent symbol; it is the only indication that he is not merely the bald baby, because it is the only
1929 · PDF PAGE 44
…ognizable form. But when it {92} did so, it became the axis of my being. As a matter of fact, even in these early days, my real need was spiritual satisfaction; and I was a satanist or a worldling (as the case may be) in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi. My poetry during this period was either amorous or satirical. A few of my efforts are preserved in Oracles. I quote the first and last verses from a lyric about a girl I met on the sea front. ELVIRA Was thy fault to be too tender? ...Was thine error to be weak? Was my kiss the first offender…
1929 · PDF PAGE 235
… enlightened. The record says, "Thoth, invoked with great success, indwells us." But this strikes me as to some extent "written up" in a spirit of complacency, if not arrogance. I remember nothing of any result. March 18th. Possibly I repeated the invocation. The record says, "Revealed that the waiter was Horus, whom I had offended and ought to invoke." {393} "Waiter" sounds like a sneer. I thought is was sheer impudence of Ouarda to offer independent remarks. I want her to see the sylphs. I must have been impressed by one point. How did Ouarda…
1929 · PDF PAGE 378
… contractor attempted to explain by saying that the size of the bricks was a matter of ancient imperial law = "from the Jade Emperor, or spirit of the past Emperors, in Heaven". 2. WEH Note: Possibly for the same reasons as the Chinese brick of the previous note. Most countries have very different laws governing the sales and distribution of periodicals over books. For example, in the USA a periodical is not subject to sales tax, has a different postal rate and has provisions of constitutional protection quite different from those of a book. Ve…
1906 · PDF PAGE 209
…onal babe, Aundra McAbe.” Note the curious confusion of personality. This shows Absence of Ego, in Pali Anatta, and will seem to my poor spiritually-minded friends an excuse for a course of action they do not understand, and whose nature is beyond them. 782. Christ ascends .8*—And I tell you frankly that if he does not come back by the time I have finished reading these proofs, I shall give him up. 783. Bell.83—The folios have ‘‘ bun.” NOTES TQ PENTECOST 22. With sacred thirst.\—‘' He, soul-hy-! droptic with a sacred thirst.””. A Grammarian’s F…
1929 · PDF PAGE 92
…, but never without being ready to support it with the heavy artillery of patent proof. No fame is fixed with us as it is with them. The spirit of criticism never sleeps. We see accordingly much stricter discipline with them than with us. We tend to trust the good sense and good will of the fluffiest fresher. Our dons never get nervous lest a rag should go too far, and we never betrayed their trust, at least not till quite recently. Since my time the tone of both universities has been lowered. Before 1900 a rag capable of scaring the women stud…
1929 · PDF PAGE 348
…ust of fads. He was an agnostic, a vegetarian, a mystic, a Tolstoyan, and several other things all at once. He endevoured to express his spiritual state by wearing the green star of Esperanto, though he could not speak the language; by refusing to wear a hat, even in London, to wash, and to wear trousers. Whenever addressed, he wriggled convulsively, and his lips, which were three times too large for him, and had been put on hastily as an afterthought, emitted the most extraordinary laugh that had ever come my way; to these advantages he united…
1929 · PDF PAGE 127
…uring the week I was there, I spent most of my time in that quarter. It was the first time that I had come into contact with the Chinese spirit in bulk; and, though thee exiles were naturally the least attractive specimens of the race, I realized instantly their spiritual superiority to the Anglo-Saxon, and my own deep-seated affinity to their point of view. The Chinaman is not obsessed by the delusion that the profits and pleasures of life are really valuable. He gets all the more out of them because he knows their worthlessness, and is conseq…