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Page 9 of 2571996 · PDF PAGE 16
…to the general reader, to the layman like myself. I have aimed at making an abridgement that the general reader of intelligence and good will can assimilate, and by which he will powerfully gain. But I do not pretend that he will understand this Book and make it his own without any difficulty at all; it is only charlatan works that can be so quickly and easily grasped as that. It is impossible to write rewardingly on such matters as religion, death, sex, the conduct of life, and at the same time to make no more than slight and sim ple demands …
1910 · PDF PAGE 151
…nation of a Sorrow- filled Universe?” The Vedantist would naturally answer to this: “To put it in another way; you say that the Universe will go to Nibbana, and that at one time naught save Nibbana will be. Then in the end Desire dies in it, which was the primal germ of mind. Where will that desire go to, if Nibbana will be the All, and the Unchangeable. . . . Again, if Nibbana will be the All, and will be perfect, then what will be the object of this emanation of a Sorrow-filled Universe?” This is all the merest twaddle of a Hyde Park atheist …
1910 · PDF PAGE 151
…nation of a Sorrow- filled Universe?” The Vedantist would naturally answer to this: “To put it in another way; you say that the Universe will go to Nibbana, and that at one time naught save Nibbana will be. Then in the end Desire dies in it, which was the primal germ of mind. Where will that desire go to, if Nibbana will be the All, and the Unchangeable. . . . Again, if Nibbana will be the All, and will be perfect, then what will be the object of this emanation of a Sorrow-filled Universe?” This is all the merest twaddle of a Hyde Park atheist …
1912 · PDF PAGE 41
…ch knowledgehas not yet been published. However, one may safely assert that since the great men previously mentioned did not do this, it will not be necessary for their followers. Let us then choose a suitable position, and consider what happens. There is a sort of happy medium between rigidity and limpness; the muscles are not to be strained; and yet they are not allowed to be altogether slack. It is difficult to find a good descriptive word. Braced is perhaps the best. A sense of physical alertness is desirable. Think of the tiger about to spri…
1907 · PDF PAGE 236
230 EPILOGUE AND DEDICATION The comment is the Qabalah, and that I! Then will I choose you and test you and have indeed read as deeply as my poor!instruct you in the Mysteries of Eleusis, powers allow: but the text is decipherable!oh ye brave hearts, and cool eyes, and only under the stars by one who hath|trembling lips! I will put a live coal upon drunken of the dew of the moon. Under the stars will I go forth, my brothers, and drink of that lustral dew: I will return, my brothers, when I have seen God face to face, and read within those etern…
1910 · PDF PAGE 120
…nsified as to be able to pass beyond the external perception and brood as it were upon the very centre or soul of the object held by the will, it becomes known as Samadhi or Superconsciousness. The three last stages Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, which are so intimately associated, are classed under the one name of Samydma.* Thus meditation should rise from the object to the object- less. Firstly the external cause of sensations should be per- ceived, then their internal motions, and lastly the reaction of the mind. By thus doing will the Yogi co…
1910 · PDF PAGE 120
…nsified as to be able to pass beyond the external perception and brood as it were upon the very centre or soul of the object held by the will, it becomes known as Samadhi or Superconsciousness. The three last stages Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, which are so intimately associated, are classed under the one name of Samydma.* Thus meditation should rise from the object to the object- less. Firstly the external cause of sensations should be per- ceived, then their internal motions, and lastly the reaction of the mind. By thus doing will the Yogi co…
1922 · PDF PAGE 14
…99 IV. VI. Vit. Contents BOOK III—PURGATORIO KING LAMUS INTERVENES FIRST AID THE VOICE OF VIRTUE OUT OF HARM’S WAY AT TELEPYLUS THE TRUE WILL LOVE UNDER WILL PAGE 247 262 280 297 315 333 348
1907 · PDF PAGE 299
… in the clay of its surroundings , for as Lamartine said : “ Humanity is as a weaver working on the reverse of the web of Time . One day will come when passing to the other side , she will behold the wonder and beauty she has woven , in the place of the loose threads and knots of the reverse .” That day God will be manifested . The secret theurgy of the ages is neither science , nor ethics , philosophy , nor religion ; for it is the science , the ethics , the philosophy , the religion of all times , and when manifest in the heart of the adept ,…
1907 · PDF PAGE 40
…his eyes), is wit, and laughter, and wisdom; all of love, and in it; but love without these is a mawkish, moonish distemper of folly—and will pass. I shall not pass, my love!—Ah! you feel my breath upon your face |! Sir PERcY. ~Yes—do not! ANGELA. I shall do so—you dare not move away from me! I have you? No? Ah, Percy, Percy, will you break a heart that only beats for you? Sir PERCY. You woo so well that I think you must have loved before. ANGELA. Ay! but not like this. If I have loved it was but to study love, to learn his arts; to make myself…
1913 · PDF PAGE 505
…ands. Boldness united to intelligence is the mother of all successes in this world. To undertake, one must know; to accomplish, one must will; to will really, one must dare; and in order to gather in peace the fruits of one’s audacity, one must keep silent. To KNOW, TO DARE, TO WILL, TO KEEP SILENT, are, as we have said elsewhere, the four qabalistic words which corre- spond to the four letters of the tetragram and to the four hieroglyphic forms of the Sphinx. To know, is the human head; to dare, the claws of the lion; to will, the mighty flank…
1913 · PDF PAGE 505
…ands. Boldness united to intelligence is the mother of all successes in this world. To undertake, one must know; to accomplish, one must will; to will really, one must dare; and in order to gather in peace the fruits of one’s audacity, one must keep silent. To KNOW, TO DARE, TO WILL, TO KEEP SILENT, are, as we have said elsewhere, the four qabalistic words which corre- spond to the four letters of the tetragram and to the four hieroglyphic forms of the Sphinx. To know, is the human head; to dare, the claws of the lion; to will, the mighty flank…
1929 · PDF PAGE 28
… others to do likewise. The more firrnly and surely men move, and the more such action is accepted as the standard of morality, the less will conflict and confusion hamper humanity. ) I hope that the above principles will ciemonstrate to ALL that their welfare, their very existence, is bound up in MAGICK. I trust that they will understand, not only the reasonableness, but the necessity of the fundamental truth which I was the means of giving to mankind: “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.” I trust that they will assert themselves …
1904 · PDF PAGE 96
80 WHY JESUS WEPT Farewell ! A poet begs your alms, Will walk awhile among the palms. An honest love, a loyal kiss, Can show him better worlds than this ; Nor will he come again to yours While he knows champak-stars from sewers.
1912 · PDF PAGE 74
… cases of smallpox, the reason being that people began to tell the truth about the disease instead of faking. Soon, however, the control will improve faster than the observation. When this occurs the improvementwill become apparent in the record. Any variation will probably be due to accidental circumstances; for example, one night you may be very tired when you start; another night you may have headache or indigestion. You will do well to avoid practising at such times. We will suppose, then, that you have reached the stage when your average p…
1905 · PDF PAGE 247
…. Elizabeth ! VENUS. Flis far-off baby-love ! I triumph, then! The Goddess hath with- drawn. His mind works back to childhood, babydom ; Will grow to manhood and remember me. TANNHAUSER (awaking, leaps to his feet). Freedom! Elizabeth! All hail to Her! Radiant Goddess! Liberty and love! VENUS. What sayest thou? Curse Her! TANNHAUSER. My Elizabeth ! VENUS. What? art thou mad? again. Forget this nightmare. Rather, tell me it, And I will soothe thee. Have I not a balm, A sovereign comfort in my old caress? Come close to me TANNHAUSER. I must begon…
1910 · PDF PAGE 62
…aded from the sun.” Now it is thin and transparent, that tun- ic of thine, and people are saying : “ Please Allah it may not rain ; else will the horses catch cold and die ! ”.3 Every gossip comes to me and prates of thy mis- demeanours ; my beard waves with anger like an old goat’s. Come to me, and I will beat thee sound- ly ; and if thou offendest again I will carry thee be- fore this ass-calibred Qazi—Allah on him !—I know well what punishment he will give thee—love ; but ever after thou shalt have no need to be a thou- sand, but accommodate…
1913 · PDF PAGE 73
6i he will see that mere illusion were the things that seemed so real, and he will be fortified against the new trials that await him. But unfortunate indeed is he who cannot thus endure. It is useless for him to say, " I don't like the Atlantic; I will go back to the fireside." Once take one step on the path, and there is no return. You will re- member in Browning's " Childe Roland to the dark Tower came": For mark ! no sooner was I fairly found Pledged to the plain, after a pace or two. Than, pausing to throw backwards a last view O'er the sa…
1909 · PDF PAGE 309
…k of quadrating the circle, of blinding darkness, of silent voices, &c. &c., those who have learned the alphabet of any magical language will understand ; and those who have not, if they wish to read any further with profit, had better do so, as it will help them to master the new magical language and doctrines we here offer them. The vision of the adept is so much truer than ordinary vision that when once it has been attained to its effect is never relinquished, for it changes the whole life. Blake would have as soon doubted the existence of h…
1909 · PDF PAGE 309
…k of quadrating the circle, of blinding darkness, of silent voices, &c. &c., those who have learned the alphabet of any magical language will understand ; and those who have not, if they wish to read any further with profit, had better do so, as it will help them to master the new magical language and doctrines we here offer them. The vision of the adept is so much truer than ordinary vision that when once it has been attained to its effect is never relinquished, for it changes the whole life. Blake would have as soon doubted the existence of h…