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Page 91 of 1281911 · PDF PAGE 124
…, of a saint, of an ascetic—but of a saint who, strong in his agony through faith and hope and love, still endures the Dark Night of the Soul. "You shall lunch with me, nice boy " (she said), ”and beg my pardon for your stumble, and pay for your lunch by tell- ing me what drives you mad with laughter at the sight of the Pantheon. Is it ‘L’homme aux trois sous’?” For so the irreverent Frenchman, mindful of his daily need, calls Rodin’s " Le Penseuri" “ Mademoiselle,” said Rolles, “I accept your kind invita— tion; I abandon the Church for the Tav…
1911 · PDF PAGE 124
…, of a saint, of an ascetic—but of a saint who, strong in his agony through faith and hope and love, still endures the Dark Night of the Soul. "You shall lunch with me, nice boy " (she said), ”and beg my pardon for your stumble, and pay for your lunch by tell- ing me what drives you mad with laughter at the sight of the Pantheon. Is it ‘L’homme aux trois sous’?” For so the irreverent Frenchman, mindful of his daily need, calls Rodin’s " Le Penseuri" “ Mademoiselle,” said Rolles, “I accept your kind invita— tion; I abandon the Church for the Tav…
1913 · PDF PAGE 495
…al fluid, the astral light, being the mediating principle between the ideas and the forms, is obedient to the extraordinary leaps of the soul which seeks the unknown, and furnishes it naturally with the signs already found, but forgotten, of the great revelations of occultism. Thus are formed the pretended signatures of spirits, thus were produced the mysterious writings of Gablidone, who appeared to Dr. Lavater, the phantoms of Schroepfer, of St. Michel-Vintras, and the spirits of Mr. Home. If electricity can move a light, or even a heavy body…
1913 · PDF PAGE 495
…al fluid, the astral light, being the mediating principle between the ideas and the forms, is obedient to the extraordinary leaps of the soul which seeks the unknown, and furnishes it naturally with the signs already found, but forgotten, of the great revelations of occultism. Thus are formed the pretended signatures of spirits, thus were produced the mysterious writings of Gablidone, who appeared to Dr. Lavater, the phantoms of Schroepfer, of St. Michel-Vintras, and the spirits of Mr. Home. If electricity can move a light, or even a heavy body…
1907 · PDF PAGE 231
224 THE STAR IN THE WEST principle , that perceives , knows , wills , and operates about ideas . ” 1 This “ human soul " of Hume , the “ I myself ” of Berkeley are synonymous terms ; in fact , they are one with the “ purusha ” of the Yogins , and the “ magical stone " of the philosophic alchymists . Hume arrives at the conclusion : “ that there is a species of sceptic ism , antecedent to all study and philosophy , which is much inculcated by Des Cartes and others , as a sovereign preservative against error and precipitate judgement . It recomme…
1911 · PDF PAGE 62
…nces of the evil of the world, nor by Choronzon, that mighty Devil, nor by the wrath of God, nor by the affliction and feebleness of the soul. Yet with this assurance be not thou content; for though thou hast the wings of the Eagle, they are vain, except they be joined to the shoulders of the Bull. Now, therefore, I send forth a shaft of my light, even as a ladder let down from the heaven upon the earth, and by this black cross of Themis that I hold before thine eyes, do I swear unto thee that the path shall be open henceforth for evermore. The…
1929 · PDF PAGE 45
… silence followed, age upon age of fear and loneliness and shame. About midnight there appeared a grey ocean of bowels below the falling soul. This ocean seemed to be limitless. It fell headlong into it, and the splash awak- ened it to a new consciousness of things. This sea, though infinitely cold, was boiling like tu- bercles. Itself a more or less homogeneous slime, the stench of which is beyond all human conception (human language is singularly deficient in words that describe smell and taste; we always refer our sensations to things genera…
1930 · PDF PAGE 7
…n laying and Hougomont and La Haye Sainte would not have been able to nourish the contending forces. But though it is profitable for the soul to contemplate the extent of what we dont know, it is in some ways more satisfying to our baser natures to consider what we do know in a reasonable sense of the word. It is not disputable that the battle of Waterloo was fought and won. It is not disputable that it was the climax, or rather the denouement, of cam- paigns lasting over a number of years. And there is no reason for doubting that Napoleon was…
1904 · PDF PAGE 22
…I think we easier understand Where Schelling (to 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 …
1911 · PDF PAGE 111
…N with God and His holy church. My own chaplain shall baptize her and administer the sacrament. Glory to God in the Highest for one more soul torn from the grasp of Satan. My beloved daughter, behold you now at peace with God and with His holy church. Your sins are forgiven you. But the secular arm is not yet satisfied ; your crimes, the crimes 10 which you have confessed, must be expiated according to law, The sentence of the Court is that you be handed over to the secular arm ; and I beg of you [turning lo the Representative of the King efferu…
1911 · PDF PAGE 111
…N with God and His holy church. My own chaplain shall baptize her and administer the sacrament. Glory to God in the Highest for one more soul torn from the grasp of Satan. My beloved daughter, behold you now at peace with God and with His holy church. Your sins are forgiven you. But the secular arm is not yet satisfied ; your crimes, the crimes 10 which you have confessed, must be expiated according to law, The sentence of the Court is that you be handed over to the secular arm ; and I beg of you [turning lo the Representative of the King efferu…
1913 · PDF PAGE 358
…that, like all ‘heretics, he repented on his death-bed, and died blaspheming. What on earth does it matter? Life, not death, reveals the soul— TRANS. 60
1913 · PDF PAGE 358
…that, like all ‘heretics, he repented on his death-bed, and died blaspheming. What on earth does it matter? Life, not death, reveals the soul— TRANS. 60
1904 · PDF PAGE 57
…or so. The flies were by this time a seeth- ing mass upon his manly master-member ; they fed like coffin-worms at a ladys eyes. The sad soul stiffened ; Captain Standish was himself again. This is an excellent method, explained the Archbishop ; I have known it to succeed even in the direst ex- tremity. When pross and prugge have done their dirtiest : when jill and jomer have given up the job : when Abbess and Artichoke have abandoned the article in derision : then has Beelzebub come to the rescue, and Father Abraham has believed the yarn about…
1906 · PDF PAGE 153
… revile ” (You urge me) ‘“‘in that vicious style The very faith whose truths you seem (Elsewhere) * to hold, to hymn supreme In your own soul?” Perhaps you know How mystic doctrines melt the snow Of any faith : redeem it to A fountain of reviving dew. So I with Christ : but few receive The Qabalistic Balm,*® believe Nothing—and choose to know instead. But, to that terror vague and dread, External worship ; all my lfe— War to the knife! War to the knife! No! on the other hand the Buddha Says: “I’m surprised at you! How coulda Person accept my la…
1907 · PDF PAGE 258
…rible is its path ; the very blood of the heart hisses , as water on hot iron , as it rushes through its fiery veins fanned by a flaming soul : By the sun's heat , that brooks not his eclipse And dissipates the welcome clouds of rain . God ! have Thou pity soon on this amazing pain ." Struggling on , the hideous path is strewn with | Songs of the Spirit , vol . i, p . 41 .
1913 · PDF PAGE 513
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES souls to possess themselves of the existence of the others, and to make auxiliaries of them ; it explains sympathetic currents either near or distant, and gives the whole secret of occult medicine, because the principle of this medicine is the grand hypothesis of universal analogies, and, attributing all the phenomena of physical life to the universal agent, teaches that one must act upon the astral body in order to react upon the material visible body; it teaches also that the essence of the astral light is a double mo…
1913 · PDF PAGE 513
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES souls to possess themselves of the existence of the others, and to make auxiliaries of them ; it explains sympathetic currents either near or distant, and gives the whole secret of occult medicine, because the principle of this medicine is the grand hypothesis of universal analogies, and, attributing all the phenomena of physical life to the universal agent, teaches that one must act upon the astral body in order to react upon the material visible body; it teaches also that the essence of the astral light is a double mo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 451
451 {713} which many Russians competent to judge have assured me struck surer to the soul of Russia than anything of Dostoyevsky. Their witness fills me with more satisfaction as to the worth of my work than anything else has ever done. Another poem, "Morphia", has no ostensible reference to Russia, but the insight into the psychology of the "addict" was indubitably conferred by my illumination. I had no experience, even at second hand, of the effects of the drug; yet I was assured by a distinguished man of letters who had himself suffered from…
1906 · PDF PAGE 161
… self-centred, free His interpreta- Yet self-subordinate to the whole tion false. For its own sake—expand !—so we Molecules of a central soul, Time’s sons, judged by Eternity. Nature is gone—our joys, our pains, Our little lives—and God remains. Were this the truth—-why ! worship then Were not so imbecile for men! But that’s no Christian faith! For where Enters the dogma of despair? Despite his logic’s silver flow I must count Caird ® a mystic! No! You Christians shall not mask me so The plain words of your sacred books Behind friend Swedenborg…