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Page 86 of 1281909 · PDF PAGE 49
… let me see whether by first exalting myself mystically and continuing my invocations while the drug dissolved the matrix of the diamond Soul, that diamond might not manifest limpid and sparkling, a radiance ‘not of the Sun, nor of the Moon, nor of the Stars’;” and then, of course, I remembered that this ceremonial intoxication con- stitutes the supreme ritual of all religions. First, however, it was necessary to determine the normal action of the drug upon my particular organisation. There are various preparations of Cannabis indica, all alike…
1909 · PDF PAGE 70
…se bodies are sometimes seen (as Zoroaster taught) by more acute eyes, especially in Persia and Africa.” “Let the immortal depth of your Soul lead you, but earnestly raise your eyes upwards.”—ZOROASTER. Nama-Rupa.—Purely material, and therefore shadowy and meaningless, are the innumerable shapes which haunt the mind of man. In one sense we must here include all purely sensory phenomena, and the images which memory presents to the mind which is endeavouring to concentrate itself upon a single thought. In other systems of mysticism we must includ…
1909 · PDF PAGE 49
… let me see whether by first exalting myself mystically and continuing my invocations while the drug dissolved the matrix of the diamond Soul, that diamond might not manifest limpid and sparkling, a radiance ‘not of the Sun, nor of the Moon, nor of the Stars’;” and then, of course, I remembered that this ceremonial intoxication con- stitutes the supreme ritual of all religions. First, however, it was necessary to determine the normal action of the drug upon my particular organisation. There are various preparations of Cannabis indica, all alike…
1909 · PDF PAGE 70
…se bodies are sometimes seen (as Zoroaster taught) by more acute eyes, especially in Persia and Africa.” “Let the immortal depth of your Soul lead you, but earnestly raise your eyes upwards.”—ZOROASTER. Nama-Rupa.—Purely material, and therefore shadowy and meaningless, are the innumerable shapes which haunt the mind of man. In one sense we must here include all purely sensory phenomena, and the images which memory presents to the mind which is endeavouring to concentrate itself upon a single thought. In other systems of mysticism we must includ…
1906 · PDF PAGE 203
… men and things was truly to be envied, yet one who sold his birthright for a mess of beastlier pottage than ever Esau guzzled, who sold soul and body to Satan for sheer love of sin, whose mere lust of perversion is so intense that it seems to absorb every other emotion and interest. Never since God woke light from chaos has such a tragedy been un- rolled before men, step after step toward the lake of Fire ! At his house all his writings were seized, and, it is believed, destroyed. The single most fortunate exception is that of a superbly jewel…
1906 · PDF PAGE 232
226 THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS II. ‘‘Jehjaour! was a mighty magician; his soul was dark and evil; and his lust was of life and power and of the wreaking of hatred upon the innocent. : And it came ‘to -pass that he gazed upon a ball of crystal wherein were shown him all the fears of the time unborn as yet on earth. And by his art he saw Perdu’ R ‘Abu, who had been his friend: for do what he would, the crystal showed always that sensual and frivolous youth as a Fear to him: even to him the Mighty One! But the selfish and evil are cowards; they fea…
1902 · PDF PAGE 12
…pparently contradictory incidents of the fight were recorded in that jungle of chaotic emotions which I printed under the title of " The Soul of Osiris," calling it a history so that my readers might discover for themselves (if they chose to take the trouble) the real continuity in the apparent disjointedness. The history of any man who seriously and desperately dares to force a passage into the penetralia of nature ; not with the calm philosophy of the scientist, but with the burn- ing conviction that his immortal destiny is at stake ; must be…
1907 · PDF PAGE 167
…and these Elohim , Life's panders in the brothel , Death ! Cloudy imaginings , a dream Built up of fear and words and woe . All , all my soul must overthrow .” Crowley further writes : Nor can I see what sort of gain God finds in this creating pain.3 1 The Sword of Song , Pentecost , p . 60 ; vol . ii, p . 182 . According to Al Beidâwi , Gabriel blew into the bosom of Mary's shift , which he opened with his fingers , and his breath reaching her womb , caused the conception . It may also be remembered that the Spanish mare of Silius Italicus was…
1909 · PDF PAGE 60
…thou wilt understand it, not earnestly; but it is becoming to bring with thee a pure and inquiring sense, to extend the void mind of thy soul to that Intelligible, that thou mayst learn the Intelligible, because it subsisteth beyond Mind.” “Thou wilt not understand it, as when understanding some common thing.”—ZOROASTER, In other of my philosophical writings I have endeavoured to show that the ratiocinative faculty was in its nature unable to solve any single problem of the universe. Its veductio ad absurdum is clear enough in the gorgeous firs…
1909 · PDF PAGE 60
…thou wilt understand it, not earnestly; but it is becoming to bring with thee a pure and inquiring sense, to extend the void mind of thy soul to that Intelligible, that thou mayst learn the Intelligible, because it subsisteth beyond Mind.” “Thou wilt not understand it, as when understanding some common thing.”—ZOROASTER, In other of my philosophical writings I have endeavoured to show that the ratiocinative faculty was in its nature unable to solve any single problem of the universe. Its veductio ad absurdum is clear enough in the gorgeous firs…
1919 · PDF PAGE 358
THE EQUINOX 76. Withhold thy mind from all external objects, all ex- ternal sights. Withhold internal images, lest on thy Soul- light a dark shadow they should cast. This is the usual instruction once more, but, going further, it intimates that the internal image or reality of the object must be destroyed as well as the outer image and the ideal image. 77. Thou art now in DHARANA, the sixth stage. DHARANA has been explained thoroughly in Book 4, q.v- 78. When thou hast passed into the seventh, O happy one, thou shalt perceive no more the sacred…
1904 · PDF PAGE 42
…, And things of that unpleasant kind. 515 520 525 530 535 540 545 Nothing. The Apotheosis of Realism and Idealism alike Gayatri. Is “The Soul of Osiris” a Hymn Book ? How verse is written. Prayer.
1906 · PDF PAGE 183
…on of the mind, And things of that unpleasant kind. VOL. Il. M Nothing. The Apotheosis of Realism and Idealism alike. Gayatri. Is ‘‘ The Soul of Osiris "’ a Hymn Book? How verse is written. Prayer,
1907 · PDF PAGE 82
…t and mind . The infinite powers Of rapture are ours ; We are one , and our kisses are kind . ? A true wife , that is a woman whose very soul palpitates in harmony with that of her husband or lover , is the greatest joy of life. Burns sang : To make a happy fireside clime For weans and wife, Is the true pathos and sublime Of human life . And from the other side of the sphere the melodious lines of Kalidasa reverberate with the same perfection of pure wifehood . In the Raghuvancha the step mothers of Rama greet Sita thus , when she blames hersel…
1910 · PDF PAGE 32
… and the mo- rose pleasures of solitary vice. (Not that women themselves are unclean ; it is the worship of them as ideals that rots the soul). Again we may say that all the great men of antiquity were sodomites : Socrates, Caesar, Alexander, Martial, Catullus, Virgil, Achilles ; Napoleon, Frederick the Great, Goethe, Shakespeare, Bacon, an unbroken line of English monarchs ; Mohammed, Benvenuto Cellini, Wilde, Symonds, Emerson, Pater, Fitz-Gerald, Leighton, Whitman, Michael Angelo, Leonardo, and a host of others — even unto this hour. But of t…
1911 · PDF PAGE 109
…ut confession. Let the urge you to make peace with God and man. LAYLAH. Peace, peace! when there is no peace, BISHOP. There spoke a lost soul. Confess, my dear daughter. Break the bonds of Satan at the last. LAYI.AH [draining a! her handmfls]. They hold fast. BISHOP. We are not moved by insult from our most merciful purpose, Summon the executioners. [A CLERK goes with the order. ΕΜ!” toi/iurem with their implements. Also a Physician. LAYLAH. Your steel against my will. It is a fair bout. BISHOP. Apply the thumbscrews. [The fortia/ers bimi LAYLAH…
1911 · PDF PAGE 109
…ut confession. Let the urge you to make peace with God and man. LAYLAH. Peace, peace! when there is no peace, BISHOP. There spoke a lost soul. Confess, my dear daughter. Break the bonds of Satan at the last. LAYI.AH [draining a! her handmfls]. They hold fast. BISHOP. We are not moved by insult from our most merciful purpose, Summon the executioners. [A CLERK goes with the order. ΕΜ!” toi/iurem with their implements. Also a Physician. LAYLAH. Your steel against my will. It is a fair bout. BISHOP. Apply the thumbscrews. [The fortia/ers bimi LAYLAH…
1912 · PDF PAGE 78
…ed beam arched fierce across the firmament, Each devils dart strikes through my bosom to rend each chord, Bleach my live heart, send my soul naked to its Lord. Ay ! but the sweat of blood that stands upon my brow ! Diebut not yetmore torture brands my body now, Pangs fierce and fierce as thinethey eat me up with pain. Fangs pierce and pierce, poison runs riot in every vein,
1919 · PDF PAGE 356
…ike sun- sparks light the earth through the thick foliage of jungle growth. But, O Disciple, unless the flesh is passive, head cool, the Soul as firm and pure as flaming diamond, the radi- ance will not reach the CHAMBER, its sunlight will not warm the heart, nor will the mystic sounds of Akashic heights reach the ear, however eager, at the initial stage. The uniting of the Disciple with his Angel depends upon the former. The Latter is always at hand. “Akashic Heights”—the dwelling-place of Nuith. 34
1919 · PDF PAGE 420
…re of this, O Candidate! Beware of fear that spreadeth, like the black and soundless wings of midnight bat, between the moonlight of thy Soul and thy great goal that loometh in the distance far away. 98