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…s is secured (Story of the play) Hence, attacks on the Mystics of History need not cause us to condemn Mysticism. Also, the Knowledge of Good and Evil is a Tree whose fruit Man has not yet tasted: so that the Devil cheated Eve indeed; or (more probably) Eve cheated Adam. Unless (most probable of all) God cheated the Devil, and the fruit was a common apple after all. Cf. H. Maudsley, ‘‘ Life in Mind and Conduct. PERSONS. CRIOSDA, aged 33. MAuRYA, Ais sister, aged 16. RuPHA, the Hag of Eternity. The scene of the Tragedy ts laidin an anctent Scott…
1907 · PDF PAGE 38
…anage the others, because till you do you can never go on to the Third House. So I said: “ It seems to me that they are all in perfectly good order.” But they took me up in the air, and then I saw that the outsides were
1919 · PDF PAGE 312
…e the stuff that one finds in this book. Page after page of misstatement and misunderstanding. He is even unable to see a thing like the good manners of the natives. In all the time I was in India I do not recall a single instance of bad manners, except on the part of Babus who had learned them from low-class Europeans, like William Archer. When he comes to talk of art and culture, it gets worse, if anything. “Remember—it is certainly not irrelevant—that India is the most tropical coun- try that ever possessed any art of importance.” This perso…
1905 · PDF PAGE 159
…niquities, Burn its foul flame out. Are ye not appeased, Even ye, O Powers of Evil, at this shame And sacrilege? And ye, Great Powers of Good, Hath not enough of misery been wrought, Enough of expiation? We have sinned, But our iniquity he purged away, Who as avenger hath denied his life, To be made one with ye. O by his blood And strong desire of holiness, and might And justice, let him mediate between And mitigate your anger, that the name Of Egypt may not perish utterly, Make, make an end! THE LEPER. All things must work themselves To their …
1929 · PDF PAGE 168
…n Paris, which he used for two types of interviewer; for although he discouraged knowledge of his authority in the Black Lodge, he did a good deal of the fishing himself, especially with rich or highly-placed people. For his
1905 · PDF PAGE 158
…f my own nobleness To soothe the rancour of my stricken soul In the abodes of night, that I have dared, With the first knowledge to make good my spirit Against its fate, to steel my flinching heart Against all men, dominions, shapes, and powers, Seen and unseen, to justice and to truth, Sought out by desolate ways of hateful deeds, And so set free myself from my own fate, Whom I will smite to end the coil of things Here, to begin—what life? lor Life I know Stands like a living sentinel behind The rugged barrier of death, the gates Where the rud…
1944 · PDF PAGE 44
…t if they boiled it up violently. The processes of Nature (they would say) are slow and temperate; let us copy them! There may have been good grounds for these views. Experience leads to that conclusion. This is by way of Introduction to a thesis most necessary to the understanding of the Tarot. Each card is, in a sense, a living being; and its relations with its neighbours are what one might call diplo‐ matic. It is for the student to build these living stones into his living Temple.
1929 · PDF PAGE 213
…a body of initiates pledged to devote themselves to the redemption of mankind.) It sounds as if I had become a bit of a prig. I expect a good deal of my attitude was due to exhausted vitality. Chogo Ri was perhaps still taking his revenge. I had picked out Boleskine for its loneliness. Lord Lovat and Mrs. Fraser-Tyler, my nearest neighbours, were eight miles away, while Grant of Glenmoriston was on the other side of Loch Ness. Besides, Boleskine was already the centre of a thousand legends. Even before I came there there was a fine crop of the …
1904 · PDF PAGE 44
…kling of an Eye. He giveth a True relation of all sorts of Theft, and of Treasure hid, and of many other things. He is of an indifferent Good Nature, and is willing to do anything which the Exorcist desireth. He governeth 26 Legions of Spirits. And this his Seal is to be worn, etc. (71.) Danration. —The Seventy-first Spiritis Dantalion. He is a Duke Great and Mighty, appearing in the Form of a Man with many Countenances, all Men’s and Women’s Faces; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and…
1906 · PDF PAGE 222
…yet this was the worst of all his bargains, for it could not strike other, but him- self only), while for a curious coin he bartered his good Bul]. Alas for our Father! Now the Suggler mocks him and cries: ‘‘ Four fool’s bargains hast thou made, and thou art fit to go forth and meet a fool for thy mate.” But our Father counted thrice seven and cried: ‘‘ One for the fool,” seeing 1 3, the number of 3. 2, the number of the card 4. 2 The equality of three and eight is attributed to Binah, a high grade of Theurgic attainment, . 3 Scil. Juggler, the…
1907 · PDF PAGE 118
…cient, let it rise Alone ; it doth not ask a friend, Nor shall it bend a fatuous knee To a fantastic deity. What crest or chrism were so good To work as Art, the crown upon Work’s brow? Thy will with love endued Lift up this loftier Parthenon| Thine art the consecrative oil To hallow us the Tower of Toil ! LA BELLE HEAULMIERE. AGE and despair, poverty and distress Bend down the head that once was blithe and fair. Embattled toward the ancient armouress Age and despair! Where is the force of youth? The beauty where? What two-edged memory of some …
1929 · PDF PAGE 169
…n his buttonhole. In presence of this splendour the American was ill at ease; but Douglas knew how to make a man his own by giving him a good conceit of himself. "I am proud to meet you, Mr. Butcher," he began, affably. "May I beg of you to take the trouble to be seated! The chair is worthy of you," he added, with a smile; "it was at one time the property of Frederick the Great." The servant, who was dressed as a Highland Gillie in gala costume, offered cigars and whisky. "Say, this is sure some whisky, Count! This is where I fall off the wagon…
1929 · PDF PAGE 50
… the Duke of Flint, his race probably Norman in the main: but he gave the impression of a Roman Emperor. Haughtiness was here, and great good-nature; the intellect was evidently developed to the highest possible pitch of which man as man is capable; and one could read the judicial habit on his deep wide brows. Against this one could see the huge force of the man's soul, the passionate desire for knowledge which burnt in that great brain. One could conceive him capable of monstrous deeds, for he would let no man, no prejudice of men, stand in hi…
1907 · PDF PAGE 124
…hall who sings Art not worship womanhood ? There is depth of calm beneath the sea’s fine foam ; Behind the great there is ever found the good. Honour and glory to the sacred house And ark of the covenant of holy trust, The unseen mother and the secret spouse Ever availing in the sorrow and dust That aye avenge the artist’s victory won, That cover up his monuments of fame, That twist his sight, once steadfast on the sun, To the fear folded in the robes of shame :— Lest he, to all the world plain victor, find Himself mere failure to his own white…
1907 · PDF PAGE 33
…ing-stick with wings, and a shining sun at the top that had been his, and I touched him on the breast to try and wake him; but it was no good. Only I seemed to hear his voice'saying wonderful things, and it was quite certain he wasn’t really dead. Sol put the walking-stick on his breast, and another little thing he had which I Pastos Patris nostri C- R. C. Bacnlum _ I. Adept-r
1929 · PDF PAGE 327
…take of it. I will confine myself to the description of some of the ancillary phenomena. Oct. 9 Tested new ritual and behold it was very good! Thanked gods and sacrificed for --- In the "thanksgiving and sacrifices for ... " I did get rid of everything but the Holy Exalted One, and must have held Him for a minute or two. I did. I am sure I did. Such is the fragmentary account1 of what was then the greatest event of Fra. P.'s career. Yet this is an account of the highest trances --- of Shivadarshana itself, as we know from other sources. The "vi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 420
…his end, indeed was marriage first ordained, And to this end today is by the Church sustained. 2. Idem, marked by a rime: Listen; in all good "faith", I gladly grant you much, Not prone to scoff, and scathe the scutcheon with a smutch. 3. After the second foot: Oh! but you're hurt! ........................Young man! she shall be tended, ........................................................................Well. No! take my shirt! Staunch the dear beast. ............................................................A miracle. 4. After the fourth…
1907 · PDF PAGE 28
…ince said: “ Isn’t it all fine?” But I knew he didn’t really mean it, so I said “ Kiss me I " and he kissed me, and we went on. He said: “Good little girl of mine, there’s many a one stays there all his life." I forgot to say that the whole place was just one mass of books, and
1929 · PDF PAGE 18
…me up, and throw me down again all the time." "Only because you try to build without foundations. Now I am going to try to show you some good reasons for thinking that the soul exists, and is omniscient and immortal, other than that about genius which we have discussed already. I am not going to bore you with the arguments of Socrates, for, although, as a member of the Hemlock Club, which he founded, I perhaps ought not to say so, the Phaedo is a tissue of the silliest sophistry. "But I am going to tell you one curious fact in medicine. In cert…
1929 · PDF PAGE 64
…mobile awaits your orders. Your use of this exit will, however, close your career in magick; in any future relations we should merely be good friends — or I hope so — but we should not consider any proposal to reconstruct the present situation." "I will wait until you send for me," cried Lisa. "I swear it." Simon Iff placed his hand upon her brow; in another instant he was gone from the room. Sister Cybele rose and took her by the hand. "Come!" said she; "but you had better bid farewell to your lover." The girl once again thrilled to the undert…