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Page 86 of 1121910 · PDF PAGE 318
…ium, he also spoke of the compensation. “What they mean, boy, when they call you blind, is that you cannot see,” he said; “that is, your eyes have been given unto you by the devil, and not by God. Your father must have been rather a bad fellow, you know. When you hear the women singing at the dance, it is that God has given you your ears; if you didn’t enjoy the sounds it would mean that the devil has given you your ears, as the Book says, which God wrote in Russian for our people: “ They have ears and they hear not.” However, you hear well, an…
1911 · PDF PAGE 43
… blessed who hast gazed upon the horror of the loneliness of The First. No man shall look upon his face and live. And thou hast seen his eyes, and understood his heart, for the voice of the ape is the pulse of his heart and the labouring of his breast. Go, therefore, and rejoice, for thou art the prophet of the Aeon arising, wherein He is not. Give thou praise unto thy lady Nuit, and unto her lord Hadit, that are for thee and thy bride, and the winners of the ordeal X. And with that we are come to the wall of the Aethyr, and there is a little n…
1922 · PDF PAGE 40
…the waist; but she whirled away down the floor of the club like an autumn leaf before the storm. I caught the glance of Gretel Webster’s eyes. I saw them glitter with triumphant malice; and for a moment she and Lou and cocaine and myself were all inextricably interlocked in a tangled confusion of ruinous thought. |
1929 · PDF PAGE 80
…o synthesis. He understood that I was not to be turned from my purpose and we parted, never to meet again. I repented of my decision, my eyes having been enlightened, on a little later, but the reconciliation was not written! My letter miscarried; and in the autumn, when he passed me in Bond Street, I happened not to see him; he thought I meant to cut him and our destinies drew apart. It has been my lifelong regret, for a nobler and purer comradeship never existed on this earth, and his influence might have done much to temper my subsequent tri…
1911 · PDF PAGE 51
… in his glory. Many are the champions of life, but all are unhorsed by the lance of death. Many are the children of the light, but their eyes shall all be put out by the Mother Darkness. Many are the servants of love, but love (that is not quenched by aught but love) shall be put out, as the child taketh the wick of a taper between his thumb and finger, by the god that sitteth alone. And on her mouth, like a chrysanthemum of radiant light, is a kiss, and on it is the monogram I.H.S. The letters I.H.S. mean In Homini Salus and Instar Hominis Sum…
1929 · PDF PAGE 212
…ment." "Your words touch me the more deeply because I also foresaw it from the first." "Yet you went on with it." [297] "Oh no!" Cyril's eyes were half closed. "What do you mean — Oh, no!" cried the other sharply. He knew his Cyril like a book. "I never even began," murmured the boy, dreamily. "You will be polite to explain yourself." Simon's lips took a certain grimness of grip upon themselves. "This telegram has consoled me in my grief," said Cyril, taking with languid grace a slip of paper from his pocket. "It came last week." Simon Iff turn…
1907 · PDF PAGE 74
…ow that love which I cannot declare in writing ”’—very likely—‘‘nor raise a blush on that alabaster brow”—um! um! ah !— ‘‘embrace of the eyes”—is the fellow an octopus ?—‘* Tho’ you do not respond to my letters ’’—ah !—‘‘yet I would not have you leave me” —I daresay not—‘‘ Pity me, moon- like queen ”’—moonlike? um !—‘‘ Leave the postern door ajar”’—well, it is ajar—‘‘that I may speak with your beauty on the stairs” —um—can’t meet him there. Cold! cold! [Snzfs.] A pretty letter. [Zhrozws it aside.) Andrew ! some more logs. [Her ANDREW.] I expect…
1910 · PDF PAGE 168
…ts; buzzing sound, sound of the lute, of bells, of waves, of thunder, of falling rain, etc.” Close the ears, the nose, the mouth and the eyes: then a clear sound is heard distinctly in the Sushumna (which has been purified by Pranayama).} The “ Pradipika ” further states that in all Yogi practices there are four stages. Arambha, Ghata, Parichaya and Nish- patti. In the first (Arambhavastha) that is when the Anahata Chakkra is pierced by Pranayama various sweet tinkling sounds arise from the Akasa of the heart. When the sound begins to be heard …
1910 · PDF PAGE 168
…ts; buzzing sound, sound of the lute, of bells, of waves, of thunder, of falling rain, etc.” Close the ears, the nose, the mouth and the eyes: then a clear sound is heard distinctly in the Sushumna (which has been purified by Pranayama).} The “ Pradipika ” further states that in all Yogi practices there are four stages. Arambha, Ghata, Parichaya and Nish- patti. In the first (Arambhavastha) that is when the Anahata Chakkra is pierced by Pranayama various sweet tinkling sounds arise from the Akasa of the heart. When the sound begins to be heard …
1922 · PDF PAGE 46
…took no notice. She seemed in utter oblivion of sublunary matters. Her skin was of that deep, rich night-sky blue which only very vulgar eyes imagine to be black. The face was gross and sensual, but the brows wide and com- manding. There is no type of intellect so essentially aristocratic as the Egyptian when it happens to be of the rare right strain. “Don’t be offended,” said Lamus, in a soft voice, “she includes us all in her sublime disdain.” Lou was sitting on the arm of the couch ; her ivory- white, long crooked fingers groping the dark gi…
1922 · PDF PAGE 372
… that night ? Did you suspect that our hearts would see in him a symbol of our own serene and splendid hope? We looked into each other’s eyes as we held his hands on the last steep winding path among the olives, and we did not speak. But an electric flame ran through his tiny body from one to the other, and we knew for the first time what huge happiness lay in ambush for our love. The silence of dinner shone with silken lustre. It lasted long—so long—each moment charged with litanies of love. When coffee came, Big Lion himself broke the spell. …
1904 · PDF PAGE 11
…us and self-confident, would be led on by them, seemingly in full sympathy, to make an exhibition of himself, visible and hideous to all eyes but his own. L . . . , his eager face like a silver moon starting from a thundercloud, his hair, would pierce the very soul [7]
1909 · PDF PAGE 184
…d of the Sons of the Mighty: “And the Chaos cried aloud for the unity of Form and the Face of the Eternal arose. ... That Brow and those Eyes formed the A of the Measureless Heavens: and their Reflection formed the y of the measureless Waters. And thus was formulated One Eternal Hexad: and this is the Number of the Dawning Creation.” + But herein is the Fall, that there were only six numbers, so that for the seventh was 5 repeated. Hence 1+2+3+4+5+6+5 = 26 mn. Assiah ; Tetragrammaton as the Elemental Limitation, the Jealous God.—P. $~ Remember …
1909 · PDF PAGE 184
…d of the Sons of the Mighty: “And the Chaos cried aloud for the unity of Form and the Face of the Eternal arose. ... That Brow and those Eyes formed the A of the Measureless Heavens: and their Reflection formed the y of the measureless Waters. And thus was formulated One Eternal Hexad: and this is the Number of the Dawning Creation.” + But herein is the Fall, that there were only six numbers, so that for the seventh was 5 repeated. Hence 1+2+3+4+5+6+5 = 26 mn. Assiah ; Tetragrammaton as the Elemental Limitation, the Jealous God.—P. $~ Remember …
1910 · PDF PAGE 21
… One mystic grace one symbol ’ ; and if he have but the wit to interpret this simple cipher, the whole secret of the East is open to our eyes. In the notes (which I have by no means stinted) I have indicated clearly to what each allusion refers ; and it is within the capacity of any reader of ordinary intelligence to erect a complete system of philosophy, practical and transcendental, on these sound if slender foundations. True, Abdullah approaches Calvin
1913 · PDF PAGE 368
…ou hast taken from thy knowledge a divine will, at an appointed time, to draw being from nothing; so that the light which falls from the eyes is drawn from its own centre without any instrument or tool. This divine will has hol- lowed, designed, purified and moulded; it has ordered 7°
1913 · PDF PAGE 368
…ou hast taken from thy knowledge a divine will, at an appointed time, to draw being from nothing; so that the light which falls from the eyes is drawn from its own centre without any instrument or tool. This divine will has hol- lowed, designed, purified and moulded; it has ordered 7°
1929 · PDF PAGE 16
…vis- ited the Moulin Rouge. As it was, Joan of Arc was very much more than was good for him. He stared, fascinated as by a basilisk, his eyes starting further and further from his head as his moral sense dragged his body backwards along the Rue
1907 · PDF PAGE 302
THE NEW WINE 295 With eyes well fixed on my proboscis ,' I soon absorbed the Yogi Gnosis . He taught me to steer clear of vices, The giddy waltz , the tuneful aria , Those fatal foes of Brahma - charya ; And said , “ How very mild and nice is One's luck to lop out truth in slices, And chance to chop up cosmic crises ! ” He taught me A, he taught me B , He stopped my baccy and my tea . He taught me Y, he taught me 2 , He made strange noises in my head . He taught me that , he taught me this , He spoke of knowledge , life and bliss. He taught me …
1911 · PDF PAGE 55
… of Horus which we know, but being refined it is brilliance. For the light of Horus only appears blue because of the imperfection of our eyes. But though the light pours from the pastos, yet the pastos remains perfectly dark, so that it is invisible. It hath no form: only, at a certain point in the chamber, the light is beaten back. I lie prostrate upon the ground before this mystery. Its splendour is impossible to describe. I can only say that its splendour is so great that my heart stops with the terror and the wonder and the rapture of it. I…