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… the Ain Soph , which in itself remained Zero . Turning now for a short time from the Mystic to the Idealistic philosophy , we find that though both are closely united , the former founds its system on man's wondering ignorance in trying to link subject and object esoterically , whilst the latter builds up reality in mind perceptions , treating nothing as illusion but the reality of the materialists . Berkeley , when he de clared in his transcendental philosophy that esse = percipi was only in reality reiterating the idea held ages pre viously …
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
…t of individualization of ideas is common in Eastern literature. We had a bad attack of it ourselves with Thomas Haines Bayley and Co. “ Though Custom may frown upon Boyhood and Beauty, And Ethics take counsel with Prudence and Breeding, Morality smiles “ But if Patience be Duty, Should Courage lament, or Repentance lie bleeding ? ” And so though on Conscience’ inviolate altar We strew the sad flowers of Repulsion and Shame, Religion and Justice must bid us not falter Till Purity mingles with Pleasure and Fame.” You go on till your stock of abs…
1904 · PDF PAGE 99
…n of God as infinite therefore denies man implicitly; while if he be finite, there is an end of the usual Christian reasons for worship, though I daresay I could myself discover some reasonably good ones. [I hardly expect to be asked, somehow.] The resulting equilibrium of God and man, destructive of worship, is of course absurd. We must reject it, unless we want to fall into Positivism, Materialism, or something of the sort. But if, then, we call God i nfinite, how are we to regard man, and Satan? (the latter, at the very least, surely no inte…
1910 · PDF PAGE 202
…Once the mind has conquered these, a fresh difficulty arises, the danger of not being strong enough to overcome the occult powers which, though the reward of our toils, are liable, like the Queen in her bedchamber, to seduce the Con- queror in spite of his having conquered the King her husband, and secretly slay him as he sleeps in her arms. These are the powers known in the West as the Miraculous Powers, in the East as Siddhis. The mind is now a blank, the senses have been subdued, the subconscious thoughts slain; it stretches before us like s…
1910 · PDF PAGE 202
…Once the mind has conquered these, a fresh difficulty arises, the danger of not being strong enough to overcome the occult powers which, though the reward of our toils, are liable, like the Queen in her bedchamber, to seduce the Con- queror in spite of his having conquered the King her husband, and secretly slay him as he sleeps in her arms. These are the powers known in the West as the Miraculous Powers, in the East as Siddhis. The mind is now a blank, the senses have been subdued, the subconscious thoughts slain; it stretches before us like s…
1912 · PDF PAGE 48
…ess occupied with magic; he spent the winter skating at St. Moritz, where his only occult exploit seems to have been parson-baiting, and though he returned to Scotland in the spring, it was only for a few days. For on April 27, 1905, one of the old comrades of his journeys in Central Asia sought him out, and proposed a new Expedition. Fra. P. gleefully accepted, and on May 6, having got together his kit, left his home, and sailed for India on theי12111? His diary is henceforth barren of all interest to us. We learn only that the success of his …
1912 · PDF PAGE 48
…ess occupied with magic; he spent the winter skating at St. Moritz, where his only occult exploit seems to have been parson-baiting, and though he returned to Scotland in the spring, it was only for a few days. For on April 27, 1905, one of the old comrades of his journeys in Central Asia sought him out, and proposed a new Expedition. Fra. P. gleefully accepted, and on May 6, having got together his kit, left his home, and sailed for India on theי12111? His diary is henceforth barren of all interest to us. We learn only that the success of his …
1904 · PDF PAGE 25
… explain to me— “ That’s Freedom’s Eagle striking!” A poet cannot sing When lofty liberty Conceals beneath her wing Such lots of misery. Though labourers drink tea And all the girls are biking, I’m not so sure that we See Freedom’s Eagle striking! Philosophers may bring Their logic—I may be A fool or anything An out-of-date, a he 13
1909 · PDF PAGE 259
…e Dadouchos, symbolic of the ending and judging of the world by fire. But also the Circumambulation commences with the Paths w and 9, as though bringing into action the solar fire; whilst the reverse commences by those of ) and ¥ as though bringing the watery reflux into action. This is the Order of the Circumambulation; first cometh Anubis, the watcher of the Gods ; next Themis, the Goddess of the Hall of Truth ; then Horus ; then the remaining members in order of precedence ; and lastly, the Goddesses of the Scales of the Balance, as though a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 259
…e Dadouchos, symbolic of the ending and judging of the world by fire. But also the Circumambulation commences with the Paths w and 9, as though bringing into action the solar fire; whilst the reverse commences by those of ) and ¥ as though bringing the watery reflux into action. This is the Order of the Circumambulation; first cometh Anubis, the watcher of the Gods ; next Themis, the Goddess of the Hall of Truth ; then Horus ; then the remaining members in order of precedence ; and lastly, the Goddesses of the Scales of the Balance, as though a…
1911 · PDF PAGE 160
…n the eyes of Him in whose hand is the hilt of the Sword. Despair! Despair! And the echo of that cry was his word, which is identical, although it be diverse: Nor canst thou win her by the Serpent, for it was the Serpent that seduced her first. Despair! Despair! (Yet he cried thus as he fled:) Iam Leviathan, the great Lost Serpent of the Sea. I writhe eternally in torment, and I lash the ocean with my tail into a whirlpool of foam that is venomous and bitter, and I have no purpose. I go no whither. I can neither live nor die. I can but rave and…
1906 · PDF PAGE 164
…ivide my devotees From those who scorned me to the close : A worm, a fire, a thirst for these ; A harp-resounding heaven for those ! And though you claim Salvation sure For all the heathen ®—-there again New Christians give the lie to plain Scripture, those words which must endure ! (The Vedas say the same !) and though His mercy widens ever so, I never met a man (this shocks, What I now press) so heterodox, Anglican, Roman, Methodist, Peculiar Person--- all the list !— I never met a man who called Himself a Christian, but appalled Shrank when …
1898 · PDF PAGE 46
…Spilt our own blood lies curdling on the ground, Crying to God from each envenomed wound While the fierce combat yet no whit abates, And though protected, confident, unspent, Sighs for relief with battle-cries are blent. 36
1910 · PDF PAGE 122
…ght To the same goal, delight, On pinions unsupported. One touchthe world went right, Its destiny distorted ! III Still no word of this Though now we surely knew How miss the abyss of bliss, When all the ambergris
1906 · PDF PAGE 149
INTRODUCTION 143 sang in words of surpassing beauty: for of course the thought in one or two passages of this poem is practically identical with that in certain parts of ‘‘ Queen Mab” and ‘‘ Prome- theus Unbound.” But the very beauty of these poems (especially the latter) is its weakness: it is possible that the mind of the reader, lost in the sensuous, nay! even in the moral beauty of the words, may fail to be impressed by their most important meaning. Sheiley himself recognised this later : hence the direct and simple vigour of the ‘‘ Masque …
1907 · PDF PAGE 209
202 THE STAR IN THE WEST 1 thought . Science will say that intelligence is last , and that matter slowly evolves into animal life ; in fact, that matter (A ) is first, and intelligence (B ) is second . The idealists and sankhyâs will put intelligence (B ) first , and the series will run B ,A , B ,A ,B ,A . Both , however , are indicating the same chain ; but Crowley, like the philosophers of the Vedanta , strides beyond both intellect and matter to find an “ I ” (purusha) or self, which is beyond all intellect , and of which in tellect is but t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 187
…n thinks He faces truth ! I know this hour, alas ! That face to face with naked truth he shrinks. His web of woven fiction may not pass (Though he believes it to be truth) with them Who see his mind as though it were a glass Without a shadow. Yet the ninefold gem And million-facet glory of my song Glittering, made splendid in the diadem Of flashing music shall assoil the wrong, A finer truth interpret. Though the heart And core of music hold a poisonous throng
1904 · PDF PAGE 23
…ivide my devotees From those who scorned me to the close : A worm, a fire, a thirst for these ; A harp-resounding heaven for those ! And though you claim Salvation sure For all the heathen68—there again New Christians give the lie to plain Scripture, those words which must endure ! (The Vedas say the same !) and though His mercy widens ever so, I never met a man (this shocks, What I now press, so heterdox, Anglican, Roman, Methodist, Peculiar Person—all the list !— I never met a man who called Himself a Christian, but appalled Shrank when I dar…
1902 · PDF PAGE 7
…ee that I love thee ! Nay ! by the Star in Heaven burning, Its ray to me at midnight turning To tell me that it beams above thee — Nay ! though thou wert, as I am, yearning, I should not tell thee that I love thee ! I know what secret thought once blossomed Into a blush that seemed a kiss, Some swift suppressed extreme of bliss In thy most fearful sigh embosomed. What oracle should prate of this ? I know the secret thought that blossomed ! Extol the truth of love's disdain ! Love, daring by no glance to gladden A heart that waits but that to ma…
1910 · PDF PAGE 33
…S Perdurabo Exile from humankind ! The snows fresh flakes Are warmer than mens hearts. My mind is wrought Into dark shapes of solitary thought That loves and sympathises, but awakes No answering love or pity. What a pang Hath this strange solitude to aggravate The self-abasement and the blows of Fate ! No snake of hell that so severe a fang ! I am not lower than all menI feel Too keenly. Yet my place is not above, Though I have thisunalterable Love In every fibre. I am crucified Apart on a long burning crag of steel, Tortured, cast out ; an…