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Page 87 of 1591913 · PDF PAGE 12
… afraid of the penalty? Marans. Yes. ScoxPIO, KC. On April and, 1900, you write to the revolting members, saying: “I shall for the first time be compelled to for- mulate my request to the Highest Chiefs to prepare the Punitive Current.” Mariuns. Yes, Scorrio, K.C. If they refused to obey you, you would cause them ‘to fall slain or paralysed, as if blasted by the Lightning Flash"? Marans, ‘They deserved it, andl worse. Sconrio, K.C. Is ita threat of assassination? Marin’. "Of occult assassination, yes ly raitle peas in a sieve, ceremo- nt to be …
1916 · PDF PAGE 9
…types of genius. And it is the innate perception of this fact that causes the people to look for prophets always, but most especially in times of crisis. For this reason also false prophets abound. It is only natural that the valuable should be counterfeited. But the test of the true prophet is a very simple one. It is the independence of his mind. False prophets are venal, time-servers, flatterers. They make it a rule to say what other people wish to hear. They have no grasp of fundamentals, of essentials, of the spiritual truths that lie bene…
1906 · PDF PAGE 243
…ive are all. Call the man X; his formula is then Xttstb+ht, If he now eat, he will cease to be extended in hunger; if he be cut off from time and gravitation as well, he will now be repre- sented by the formula XS+>, Should he cease to occupy space and to exist, his formula would then be X°. This expression is equal to 1; whatever X may represent, if it be raised to the power of 0 (this meaning mathematically ‘‘if it be extended in no dimension or category’), the result is Unity, and the unknown factor X is eliminated. This is the Advaitist ide…
1906 · PDF PAGE 280
TIME religion, though we lament the paradoxical follies of its best modern professors ! Myst. A truce to all controversy, then. How shall we obtain the best from life? It is this form of the question that should give you a clue to my goal. Scept. It is so difficult to determine whether Sherlock Holmes? is dead or no that I will take no risks. But the answer to your query is obvious. He “eves the longest who remembers most. Myst. Insufficient. There are lives full of the dreariest incident, like a farmyard novel, or a window in Thrums, or the au…
1929 · PDF PAGE 32
32 the time I was genuinely sorry for the animal; I simply forced myself to carry out the experiment in the interest of pure science. The combination of innocence, ignorance, knowledge, ingenuity and high moral principle seems extraordinary. It is evident that the insanely immoral superstition in which I had been brought up as responsible for so atrocious an absurdity. Again and again we shall see how the imposition of the antinatural theory and principles of Christianity upon a peculiarly sane, matter-of-fact, reality- facing genius created a …
1913 · PDF PAGE 113
…ama. By this exercise some thoughts are barred, and those which do come into the mind come more slowly than before, so that the mind has time to perceive their falsity and to destroy them. On the blade of the Magick Sword is etched the name AGLA, a Notariqon formed from the initials of the sentence Ateh Gibor Leolahm Adonai, " To Thee be the Power unto the Ages, O my Lord." And the acid which eats into the steel should be oil of vitriol. Vitriol is a Notariqon of " Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Oc- cultum Lapidem." That is to sa…
1913 · PDF PAGE 491
…e have spoken at some length in our book entitled Dogme et vituel dela haute magie of a hieroglyphic monu- ment (preserved up to our own time under a futile pretext) which alone explains all the mysterious writings of high initiation. This monument is that Tarot of the Bohemians which gave rise to our games of cards. It is composed of twenty-two allegorical letters, and of four series of ten hiero- glyphs each, referring to the four letters of the name of Jehovah. The diverse combinations of those signs, and the numbers which correspond to them…
1913 · PDF PAGE 491
…e have spoken at some length in our book entitled Dogme et vituel dela haute magie of a hieroglyphic monu- ment (preserved up to our own time under a futile pretext) which alone explains all the mysterious writings of high initiation. This monument is that Tarot of the Bohemians which gave rise to our games of cards. It is composed of twenty-two allegorical letters, and of four series of ten hiero- glyphs each, referring to the four letters of the name of Jehovah. The diverse combinations of those signs, and the numbers which correspond to them…
1922 · PDF PAGE 116
CHAPTER VIII VEDERE NAPOLI E POI—PRO PATRIA—MORI WE had just time to get down to the Gare de Lyon for the train de luxe. A sense of infinite relief enveloped us as we left Paris behind; and this was accompanied with an overwhelming fatigue which in itself was unspeakably delicious. The moment our heads. touched the pillows we sank like young children into exquisite deep slumber, and we woke early in the morning, exhilarated beyond all expression by the Alpine air that enlarged our lungs; that thrilled us with its keen intensity; that lifted us …
1907 · PDF PAGE 232
…«* T would have the house with necessary fur- niture taken by the month (or otherwise as you can), for I propose staying not beyond that time, and yet perhaps I may. ‘*« Take it as soon as possible. . Let me entreat you to say nothing of this to anybody, but to do the thing directly. . . 1 would of all things have a proper place in a retired situation, where I may have access to fields, and sweet air, provided against the moment I arrive. I am inclined to think one may be better concealed in the outermost skirt of the suburbs, than in the count…
1904 · PDF PAGE 22
…o the Buddha leading) Calls real not-self. In any case There is not, there can never be A soul, or sword or armour needing, Incapable in time or space Or to inflict or suffer. We I think are gradually weeding The soil of dualism. Pheugh ! Drop to the common Christian’s view ! This is my point ; the world lies bleeding :— (Result of sin ?)—I do not care ; I will admit you anywhere ! I take your premises themselves And, like the droll deceitful elves They are, they yet outwit your plan. I will prove Christ a wicked man. Free will. Herbert Spencer…
1910 · PDF PAGE 159
…Vi- mokha); The four modes of Self-Concentration (Samadhi);* The eight states of Intense contemplation (Sam4patti). It would be waste of time to compare the above states with the states of the Hindu Yoga, or enumerate other simi- larities which exist by the score, but one point we must not overlook, and that is The Noble Eightfold Path, which con- tains the very essence of Gotama’s teaching, as he said: There is a Middle Path, O Monks, the Two Extremes avoiding, by the Tathagata attained:—a Path which makes for Insight and gives Understanding, …
1910 · PDF PAGE 159
…Vi- mokha); The four modes of Self-Concentration (Samadhi);* The eight states of Intense contemplation (Sam4patti). It would be waste of time to compare the above states with the states of the Hindu Yoga, or enumerate other simi- larities which exist by the score, but one point we must not overlook, and that is The Noble Eightfold Path, which con- tains the very essence of Gotama’s teaching, as he said: There is a Middle Path, O Monks, the Two Extremes avoiding, by the Tathagata attained:—a Path which makes for Insight and gives Understanding, …
1911 · PDF PAGE 20
… my burden even unto the borders of the universe. They that blaspheme me are stoned, and my veil is fallen about me even unto the end of time. Now there arises a great raging of thousands and thousands of mighty warriors flashing through the aethyr so thickly that nothing is to be seen but their swords, which are like blue- gray plumes. And the noise is confused, thousands of battle- cries harmonizing to a roar, like the roar of a monstrous river in flood. And all the stone is dull, dull gray. The life is gone from it. There is no more to see. …
1913 · PDF PAGE 579
…in a well warmed bed, and a few hours afterwards he was entirely restored to life. The name of this person was Candy. He lived from that time without ever being ill. In 1845 he was still alive, and was living at Place du Chevalier du Guet, 6. He would tell the story of his resurrection to any one who would listen to him, and gave much occasion for laughter to the doctors and wiseacres of his quarter. The good man consoled himself in the vein of Galileo, and answered them: “You may laugh as much as you like. All I know is, that the death certifi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 579
…in a well warmed bed, and a few hours afterwards he was entirely restored to life. The name of this person was Candy. He lived from that time without ever being ill. In 1845 he was still alive, and was living at Place du Chevalier du Guet, 6. He would tell the story of his resurrection to any one who would listen to him, and gave much occasion for laughter to the doctors and wiseacres of his quarter. The good man consoled himself in the vein of Galileo, and answered them: “You may laugh as much as you like. All I know is, that the death certifi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 218
…ropriate? He told me that I could have the banns published and get married in three weeks. That wouldn't do at all; it would give Howell time to arrive from America and put pressure on the Kellys. I asked him if there was not some less drawn-out form of execution. "Well," he said, after scratching his head, "you can be expoased on a bnoorrrd along o' yer young 'ooman for a week." Not in vain had I been studying The Golden Bough, but I had no idea that these obscene forms of torture still lingered --- even in the Scottish Highlands. "Come, come,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 426
…harm of her spirit, and the European celebrity of her name. The publication of this information in the Lstafette attracted to us at that time, without our particularly knowing 128
1913 · PDF PAGE 426
…harm of her spirit, and the European celebrity of her name. The publication of this information in the Lstafette attracted to us at that time, without our particularly knowing 128
1911 · PDF PAGE 309
…t, giving the chief documents én extenso, together with an elaborate summary ant analysis of the various views which have prevailed from time to time about The Virgin Fraternity of the Rose. MYSTERIES OF MAGIC: a Digest of the Writings of Eliphas Lévi, with Biographical and Critical Essay by ARTHuR E- Warre, Second edition, revised and enlarged, Svo, cloth, x897 (pub. 408. 6d.) 65. This work fulfils a purpose quite distinct from that of Transcendental Magic, inasmuch as it is not simply translation, but presents in an abridged and digested form…