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Page 91 of 911929 · PDF PAGE 349
… the entire assembly and took a mean advantage of them. It did not matter to them that what I was supposed to have done is impossible in nature, at least to one of my very mediocre powers. However, the Senior Dean of Trinity, the Rev. R. St. J. Parry, started to make trouble. I went to see him and asked him what accusations he had to make against me. He merely became confused, tried to bluster, would not commit himself, and finally said that he had given orders that I was not to be admitted to the precincts of the college. On the following morn…
1911 · PDF PAGE 310
…thaps not much to what is ordinarily meant by observation, and everything, or nearly everything, to reflection nourished by contact with nature.”—A. E, Watre, in the Introduction. THE GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING. A Further Selection from the Works of PRENTICE MULFORD. Reprinted from the ‘‘ White Cross Library.” With an Introduction by A. E. WarTE. 3s. 6d. net. ESSAYS OF PRENTICE MULFORD. Third Series. Price 3s. 6d. net. ESSAYS OF PRENTICE MULFORD. Fourth Series. Completing the entire set of the Essays published in America under the title of ‘‘ Your F…
1911 · PDF PAGE 310
…thaps not much to what is ordinarily meant by observation, and everything, or nearly everything, to reflection nourished by contact with nature.”—A. E, Watre, in the Introduction. THE GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING. A Further Selection from the Works of PRENTICE MULFORD. Reprinted from the ‘‘ White Cross Library.” With an Introduction by A. E. WarTE. 3s. 6d. net. ESSAYS OF PRENTICE MULFORD. Third Series. Price 3s. 6d. net. ESSAYS OF PRENTICE MULFORD. Fourth Series. Completing the entire set of the Essays published in America under the title of ‘‘ Your F…
1906 · PDF PAGE 277
…ver, a cloud of dust on the horizon which may mark its position. ‘‘ Does Mr. Crowley suppose that the Buddhists do not feel the poetical nature of the books of religion?” I take this to mean: ‘‘ You have no business to take the Bible literally !” I have dealt with this contention at some length in the ‘‘Sword of Song”’ itself (Ascen- sion Day, lines 216-247): but here I will simply observe that a poem which authorises the Archbishop of Canterbury to convey Dr. Clitford’s pet trowels, and makes possible the Gilbertian (in the old sense of pertai…
1906 · PDF PAGE 213
…r, and lift up my voice and prophesy? I would indicate the direction in which this darkness must break. Evolutionists will remember that nature cannot rest. Norcan society, Stillless the brain of man. ‘* Audax omnia perpeti Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas.” * We have destroyed the meaning of vetitum | nefas and are in no fear of an imaginary cohort of ills and terrors. Having perfected one weapon, reason, and found it destructive to all falsehood, we have been (some of us) a little apt to go out to fight with no other weapon. ‘‘ FitzJames’s …
1913 · PDF PAGE 600
…nd the embroidered veil of words to which he is unable to pene- trate; others again seem to suggest events of too intimate and personala nature to have a general appli- cation or interest . . . mixed metaphors—erratic visualisation. . . .”— Theosophy in Scotland. “Passion and pain, ‘red desire’ and ‘red roses’ are frequent motifs in Mr. V. B. Neuburg’s ‘Triumph of Pan’ (‘ The Equinox’ Office), much of which merits the ambiguous distinction of being unusual. Though by no means deficient in originality, vigour or imaginative power, his verse is t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 600
…nd the embroidered veil of words to which he is unable to pene- trate; others again seem to suggest events of too intimate and personala nature to have a general appli- cation or interest . . . mixed metaphors—erratic visualisation. . . .”— Theosophy in Scotland. “Passion and pain, ‘red desire’ and ‘red roses’ are frequent motifs in Mr. V. B. Neuburg’s ‘Triumph of Pan’ (‘ The Equinox’ Office), much of which merits the ambiguous distinction of being unusual. Though by no means deficient in originality, vigour or imaginative power, his verse is t…
1912 · PDF PAGE 428
…d the embroidered veil of words to which he is unable to pene- trate; others again seem to suggest events of too intimate and personal a nature to have a general appli- cation or interest . . . mixed metaphors—erratic visualisation. . . .”— Theosophy in Scotland. «Passion and pain, ‘red desire’ and ‘red roses” are frequent motifs in Mr, V. B. Neuburg’s ‘Triumph of Pan’ (‘ The Equinox’ Office), much of which merits the ambiguous distinction of being unusual. Though by no means deficient in originality, vigour or imaginative power, his verse is t…
1912 · PDF PAGE 428
…d the embroidered veil of words to which he is unable to pene- trate; others again seem to suggest events of too intimate and personal a nature to have a general appli- cation or interest . . . mixed metaphors—erratic visualisation. . . .”— Theosophy in Scotland. «Passion and pain, ‘red desire’ and ‘red roses” are frequent motifs in Mr, V. B. Neuburg’s ‘Triumph of Pan’ (‘ The Equinox’ Office), much of which merits the ambiguous distinction of being unusual. Though by no means deficient in originality, vigour or imaginative power, his verse is t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 200
…nality be delusion, a lie is involved in the command of one to another. In short, we all lie all the time; we are compelled to it by the nature of things themselves — para- doxical as that seems—and the Buddha knew it | THE FIFTH PRECEPT. At last we arrive at the end of our weary journey—surely in this weather we may have a drink! East of Suez,+ Trombone-Macaulay (as I may surely say, when Browning writes Banjo-Byron {) tells us, a man may raise a Thirst. No, shrieks the Blessed One, the Perfected One, the Enlightened One, do not drink! It is l…
1904 · PDF PAGE 72
…r, and lift up my voice and prophesy? I would indicate the direction in which this darkness must break. Evolutionists will remember that nature cannot rest. Nor can society. Still less the brain of man. “ Audax omnia perpeti Gens human ruit per vetitum nefas.”* We have destroyed the meaning of vetitum nefas and are in no fear of an imaginary cohort of ills and terrors. H aving perfected one weapon, reason, and found it destructive to all falsehood, we have been (some of us) a little apt to go out to fight with no other weapon. “FitzJames’s blad…
1904 · PDF PAGE 59
…ality be delusion, a lie is involved in the command of one to another. In short, we all lie all the time; w e are compelled to it by the nature of things themselves—para- doxical as that seems—and the Buddha knew it! THE FIFTH PRECEPT. At last we arrive at the end of our weary journey—surely in this weather we may have a drink! East of Suez,† Trombone-Macaulay (as I may surely say, when Browning writes Banjo-Byron‡) tells us, a man may raise a Thirst. No, shrieks the Blessed One, the Perfected One, the Enlightened One, do not drink! It is like …
1909 · PDF PAGE 409
…y mind passion has no relation to penitence, and carnal desire is the very antithesis of spiritual fervour. But close observers of human nature are accustomed to discover an intimate connection between the forces of the body and the soul; and the student of psychology is continually being reminded of the Kinship between saint and sinner. Now and then we find the extremes of self and selflessness in the same soul. Dante tells us how the lover kissed the trembling mouth, and with the same thrill describes his own passionate abandonment before the…
1909 · PDF PAGE 409
…y mind passion has no relation to penitence, and carnal desire is the very antithesis of spiritual fervour. But close observers of human nature are accustomed to discover an intimate connection between the forces of the body and the soul; and the student of psychology is continually being reminded of the Kinship between saint and sinner. Now and then we find the extremes of self and selflessness in the same soul. Dante tells us how the lover kissed the trembling mouth, and with the same thrill describes his own passionate abandonment before the…
1913 · PDF PAGE 610
…pearean words and secondlya very bad catarrh. The words were these -— “Poor Tom. . . Tom's a-cold.” Ifany should doubt the Shakespearean nature of this inspiration, my informant, who knows the works of that great master, refers to the Tragedy of Lear, Act li. Scene 4. ‘ Frater Perdurabo has not’ been so fortunate. Indeed, I fear that though his method lifted me to Shakespeare's level in “Genius or Godhead "it played its inventor false." Perhaps two or three or even more ‘ways of attainment” clashed with each other. Or—and with reverence must we…
1913 · PDF PAGE 610
…pearean words and secondlya very bad catarrh. The words were these -— “Poor Tom. . . Tom's a-cold.” Ifany should doubt the Shakespearean nature of this inspiration, my informant, who knows the works of that great master, refers to the Tragedy of Lear, Act li. Scene 4. ‘ Frater Perdurabo has not’ been so fortunate. Indeed, I fear that though his method lifted me to Shakespeare's level in “Genius or Godhead "it played its inventor false." Perhaps two or three or even more ‘ways of attainment” clashed with each other. Or—and with reverence must we…