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Page 84 of 921929 · PDF PAGE 412
…d Mizraim Rites. A plan had already been mooted for me to reconstruct freemasonry, as will be later described. The ritual of the 30° had taken hold of my imagination. The idea of my proposed play, The Scorpion, sprang into life full-armed. I have always found that unless I jump on such inspiration like a tiger, I am never able to "recapture the first fine careless rapture". I accordingly jumped out of the train at El Kantara and wrote it that evening and next day. I had done little creative work during the walk. My Retirements, as a rule, espec…
1904 · PDF PAGE 80
…on the utmost storms of the Sahara ! “Blessed and more blessed ! For one day came a holy Bikkhu from the land of the Peacock,2 and would take up his abode in t he hollow of their very tree. And little Perdu’ R Abu us ed to keep the mosquitoes away with the gossamer of his wings, so that the good man might be at peace. “Now the British Governm ent abode in that land, and when it heard that there was a Bhikkhu living in a tree, and that the v illage folk brought him rice and onions and gramo- phones, it saw that it must not be. “And little Perdu’…
1906 · PDF PAGE 246
…your original small one.” The fallacy is obvious. The big circle is not infinite at all, but is itself limited by the little one. But to take away the little circle, that is the method of the esoteric Christian or the mystic. But the process is never perfect, because however small the little circle becomes, its relation with the big circle is still finite. But even allowing for a moment that the Absolute is really attainable, is the nothingness of the finity related to. it really identical with that attained directly by the Buddhist Arahat? Thi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 75
…horoughly understood. He showed an instinctive distrust of my religious aspirations, because he realized that sooner or later they would take me out of his reach.
1929 · PDF PAGE 409
…uch phenomena as fetishism. The saint hurries to the Thebaid to avoid the danger of Thais, only to find that the very stones rise up and take her place. Neuburg had a friend who had a friend who was an anarchist. He would not drink cocoa "because it excited his animal passions". {652} Little as I have seen of the Sahara, I have reconstructed its story in outline to my own satisfaction. I am convinced that the earth is slowly losing its water and that this explains what one sees in the Mediterranean basin, without assuming catastrophic changes i…
1907 · PDF PAGE 23
…n the matter of the Bruce Papyrus (I do not refer to the Bruce Papyrus which all whorun may read—all honour to the scribe!), and he will take pleasure in explaining it to you line by line, and letter by letter, if that will serve. Possess yourself in patience, that is to say, and, should I return from the wilds into which my restless destiny so continually drives me, you may hope for a second part which shall excel the former as realism always must excel idealism. I have no hope for your brain, and, I am sorry to add, as little for your heart ;…
1929 · PDF PAGE 49
49 Jacot Guillarmod was utterly ignorant and untrustworthy, vain and obstinate, I consented to take him to Kangchenjunga, with the disastrous result to be recorded later. There remains one remarkable incident of my climbing in Cumberland. I had been trying some new routes on the Pillar Rock one day, when I was {99} 1. See Collected Works, vol. 1, p. 127. caught by a terrific thunderstorm. Luckily for me, as it turned out, I was soaked to the skin in ten minutes. Any further serious climbing being impossible, I started back to Wastdale. In doing…
1929 · PDF PAGE 44
… instead of better as my mind developed. I explain this by reference to the analogy of such games as billiards. As soon as one begins to take lessons one spoils one's natural game and one does not recover until the artificially acquired technique has been driven down into the subconscious by continual practice.
1906 · PDF PAGE 270
264 THE EXCLUDED MIDDLE; OR, THE SCEPTIC REFUTED that of Excluded Middle,! 4 and taken together constitute the Universe. Mf. That is a proposition easy to criticise. What of the line of demarcation between A and not-A? To A it is not-A, I suppose ; Lo z0t-A it is A. S. Asin defining the boundaries of nations— Gallia est divisa in partes tres — we may suppose that half the line is of 4, and half of not-A, M. No; fora line cannot be longitudin- ally split, or bifurcated in a sense parallel with itself. As Patanjali hints in his Kama Linga Sharira…
1929 · PDF PAGE 102
…nd the main room in almost unending procession. When I finally left the flat for Scotland, it was found that the mirrors were too big to take out except by way of the black temple. This had, or course, been completely dismantled before the workmen arrived. But the atmosphere remained and two of them were put out of action for several hours. It was almost a weekly experience, by the way, to hear of casual callers fainting or being seized with dizziness, cramp or apoplexy on the stair case. It was a long time before those rooms were re-let. Peopl…
1929 · PDF PAGE 161
…y respected.) 2. This agreement only to be cancelled by death, serious illness or vital affairs of one of the parties. 3. O.E. agrees to take all responsibility of preparing the expedition in England, to have authority to accept a third or fourth member of the party, should such a one be willing to pay his full share of the expenses, and he shall be responsible for the safe arrival of the party and baggage in place and date provided by him. 4. On accomplishment of (3) "the leader" will then assume entire control of, and responsibility for, the …
1944 · PDF PAGE 123
… The end of things is come upon us; the day of Be‐with‐us is at hand! For he hath created the Universe, and overthrown it, that he might take his pleasure thereupon. And now, in the midst of the Aethyr, I behold that god. He hath a thousand arms, and in each hand is a weapon of terrible strength. His face is more terrible than the storm, and from his eyes flash lightnings of intolerable brilliance. From his mouth run seas of blood. Upon his head is a crown of every deadly thing. Upon his forehead is the upright Tau, and on either side of it are…
1906 · PDF PAGE 253
…elusion, the writhing of delusion, the fetter of delusion.” There are, it may be noted, only five (not six) notions mentioned, unless we take the last as double. Or we may consider the sixth as the contrary of the fifth, and correct. The whole passage is highly technical, perhaps un- trustworthy; in any case, this is not the place to discuss it. The sun of Agnosticism breaking through the cloud of Anatta is the phenomenon to whichI wished to call attention.—A. C., true he gets the the my true he gets conscious of the my true he gets conscious o…
1929 · PDF PAGE 13
…ould not allow himself to be addressed as "Esquire" or even "Mr." It seems a piece of atavism, for a Crowley had petitioned Charles I to take away the family coat of arms; his successor, however, had asked Charles II to restore them, which was done. This is evidence of the satanic pride of the race. Edward Crowley despised worldly dignities because he was a citizen of heaven. He would not accept favour or honour from any one less than Jesus Christ. Alick remembers a lady calling at the house for a subscription in aid of Our Soldiers in Egypt. E…
1929 · PDF PAGE 136
…import. The tyrant time took his first wound in Kandy. {236} 28 Allan's adventures in Ceylon had been varied. His first idea had been to take the Yellow Robe; that is, to become a member of the Buddhist Sangha. These men are not priests or monks, as we understand the words; it is hard for European minds to understand the conditions of their life. They have renounced the world and live as mendicants; but it may be stated roughly that the rules of their Order, which are very complex and often seem irrational or frivolous, are all devised in the i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 378
…rcury Mansions, Iodine Street, Hyde Park, about one o'clock this morning. He was discovered unconscious by the policemen on the beat and taken to Knocks Hospital, where he was found to be suffering from numerous contusions and serious internal injuries. He had not been robbed and can assign no motive for the attack, as he is not aware that he has any enemies. He had been spending a quiet evening with some old friends. Professor and Mrs. Phthisis. Once more I congratulated Gnaggs and this time quite sincerely. It was certainly quite improbable t…
1929 · PDF PAGE 138
…or the theory is that the mind is a mechanism for dealing symbolically with impressions; its construction is such that one is tempted to take these symbols for reality. Conscious thought, therefore, is fundamentally false and prevents one from perceiving reality. The numerous practices of yoga are simply dodges to help one to acquire the knack of slowing down the current of thought and ultimately stopping at altogether. This fact has not been realized by the yogis themselves. Religious doctrines and sentimental or ethical considerations have ob…
1907 · PDF PAGE 234
…Minotaur before the maiden ! Thank you, madam; would you care to look at our new line in Minotaurs at 2s. 3d. ? This way, please. I have taken a good deal of trouble lately to prove the proposition ‘‘All arguments are arguments in a circle.’ Without wearying my readers with the formal proof, which I hope to advance one day in an essay on the syllogism, I will take (as sketchily as you please !) the obvious and important case of the consciousness. A. The consciousness is made up ex-
1929 · PDF PAGE 278
…rchway. When I get out into the open street, I will walk away very quickly and very quietly, and go straight to the Dharamtolla road and take a gharry, and drive to Edward thornton and tell him what has happened. I carried out this programme to the letter. And now comes a curious circumstance. Me experiments in Mexico City in "making myself invisible" have been recorded with considerable detail; and it will be remembered that I was far from satisfied with the results. I had reached the "flickering" condition, but I had never succeeded in "putti…
1929 · PDF PAGE 92
…niversity regulations. But the proctor simply thanked the man for bringing back his cap and apologized for disturbing him. He refused to take advantage of an accident. One very instructive incident concerns that brilliant Shakespeare scholar and lecturer Louis Umfraville Wilkinson. One summer night he came into college at Oxford a little lively with liquor. His with had made the evening memorable and he went on to his rooms without curbing his conversation, which happened to deal with the defects of the dean in various directions. Fortune favou…