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Page 96 of 1731902 · PDF PAGE 16
…annhauser's songs in Act IV. are partly adapted from the so-called " Oracles of Zoroaster," partly from the mysterious utterances of the great angel Av6, perhaps equally spurious. Of course Bertram's song is merely a rather free adaptation of the two principal fragments of Sappho, which so many people have failed to translate that one can feel no shame in making yet another attempt. There may be one or two conscious plagiarisms besides, for which I do not apologise. For any unconscious ones which
1904 · PDF PAGE 23
… of quick firers, instead of the heavy piece of field artillery which we had hoped to produce. Its speed was indeed suffi- cient. At the great Gold Medal competition of the Spunk Society in 1904, I was able to satisfy no less than twenty-seven ladies, besides an exhibition frig
1904 · PDF PAGE 34
…ledge. Why retain The husk of flesh, yet seek to merit The influx of the Holy Spirit ? And, swift as caddies pat and cap a tee, Gain the great prize all mortals snap at, he- Roic guerdon of Srotapatti ?35 With calm and philsophic mind, No fears, no hopes, devotions blind To hamper, soberly we’ll state The problem, and investigate In purely scientific mood The sheer Ananke of the mind, A temper for our steel to find Whereby those brazen nails subdued Against our door-post may in vain Ring. We’ll examine, to be plain, By logic’s intellectual pris…
1907 · PDF PAGE 190
…if we are ever to win the gates of Wisdom and Understanding and attain the Kingdom of the Holy Crown . “ Self ” we must slay , it is the great sin of life : “ The scorpion kisses , and the stings of sin , cling hard within . " 2 The small still voice calls to us , yet we must overcome it , in its conquest alone lies our salvation . “ Truth ” is our St. George , whose sword is as keen as his of “ The Nameless Quest ," and “ Self ” the dragon which we must slay : Central , supreme , most formidable , Night Gathered its garments , drew itself apar…
1909 · PDF PAGE 28
…rs the name of the God vehemently roared forth, as if by the concourse of ten thousand thunders ; and it should appear to him as if that Great Voice proceeded from the Universe, and not from himself. In both the above practices all consciousness of anything but the God-form and name should be absolutely blotted out; and the longer it takes for normal perception to return, the better. * See Illustration in Vol. I. No. 1, “ Blind Force.” + See Illustration in Vol. I. No. 1, “The Silent Watcher.” 18
1909 · PDF PAGE 28
…rs the name of the God vehemently roared forth, as if by the concourse of ten thousand thunders ; and it should appear to him as if that Great Voice proceeded from the Universe, and not from himself. In both the above practices all consciousness of anything but the God-form and name should be absolutely blotted out; and the longer it takes for normal perception to return, the better. * See Illustration in Vol. I. No. 1, “ Blind Force.” + See Illustration in Vol. I. No. 1, “The Silent Watcher.” 18
1913 · PDF PAGE 355
…most tender belief and of the proudest human dignity. And, see how she marches, how she swings herself, how she struggles, how she grows great! Often deceived and wounded, never cast down, enthusi- astic. over her triumphs, daring in her adversities, she laughs, she sings, she dies, and she teaches the world faith in immortality. 57
1913 · PDF PAGE 355
…most tender belief and of the proudest human dignity. And, see how she marches, how she swings herself, how she struggles, how she grows great! Often deceived and wounded, never cast down, enthusi- astic. over her triumphs, daring in her adversities, she laughs, she sings, she dies, and she teaches the world faith in immortality. 57
1944 · PDF PAGE 181
The Eight of Disks is called Prudence. This card is a great deal better than the last two, because, in purely material matters, especially those relating to actual money, there is a sort of strength in doing nothing at all. The problem of every financier is, first of all, to gain time; if his resources are sufficient, he always beats the market. This is the card of “putting something away for a rainy day”. Its attribution is Sol in Virgo; it is the card of the husbandman; he can do little more than sow the seed, sit back, and wait for the harve…
1907 · PDF PAGE 231
… David danced before the Lord, than a bishop who is universally respected, even by the boys he used to baste when he was headmaster of a great English public school ! That is, if religion is your aim: if you are spiritually minded: if you interpret every phenomenon that is presented to your sen- sorium as a particular dealing of God with your soul. But if you come back from the celebration of the Eucharist and say, ‘‘ Mr. Hogwash was very dull to-day,” you will never get to heaven, where the good poets live, and nobody else ; nor to hell, whose…
1906 · PDF PAGE 288
…Myst. Has not this mystical bond brought you and me together, us diverse, even re- pugnant in all other ways, yet utterly at one in this great fact? , Scept. We have talked too lightly, friend. Silence is best. Myst. Let us meditate upon the adorable light of that divine Savitri ! Scept. May she enlighten our minds!
1907 · PDF PAGE 81
…adow of distrust or annoyance clouded the rapture of that supreme event. III. E E (“THE Mamrasrmc or SiMPLicrrv.”) “WHAT,” said Juju, “0 great Tao, do you recommend as a remedy for the ills of my unhappy country? " The sage replied as follows: “ O mighty and magniloquent Daimio, your aristocracy is not an aristocracy because it is not an aristocracy. In vain you seek to alter this circumstance by paying the noxious vermin of the Dai Li Pai Pur to write fatuous falsehoods main taining that your aristocracy is an aristocracy because it is an aris…
1907 · PDF PAGE 148
…d, sprang from the immaculate womb of the Virgin -Mother , so shall this second incarnation spring blood -red from the snowy lips of the great Supernal Mother , androgynous, the Circe - Isis of the ages . In “ Alice , an Adultery ,” we see a woman passionate in her love , strenuous in her affection , yet in the end failing by abandoning her lover for her children . Not so , however , in “ Rosa Inferni ,” wherein we feel, as we read , a ferocity of passion which burns into us like a hail of molten glass : Aha ! the veil is riven ! Beneath the sm…
1907 · PDF PAGE 259
…hat crowd the brain will fade and wither : So shalt thou conquer Space , and lastly climb The walls of Time , And by the golden path the great have trod Reach up to God !6 And then : ... there gleams from Heaven The likeness of a Man in glory set ; The sun is blotted , and the skies are riven A God flames forth my spirit to beget ; And where my body and His love are met A new desire possesses altogether My whole new self as in a golden net Of transcendental love one fiery tether , Dissolving all my woe into one sea of weather ." In many other o…
1910 · PDF PAGE 40
…with dew, to call The spirit of the limitless air, made one In the amazing essence of all light Limitless, emanation of the might Of the great Light above all gods, the fire Of our supreme desire. So out of grievous labyrinths of the mind The souls desire may find Some passionate thread, the clear note of a bird, To make the dark ways of the gods as light, To bring forth music from slow chants unheard, And visions from the fathomless night. So is the spirit of the loftier man Made holy and most strong against his fate ; So is the desolate visa…
1910 · PDF PAGE 272
…outstretched upon it lay in state a most fearful corpse, whose livid face was distorted with the pangs of assassination. The traces of a great agony were frozen into fixedness in the tense position of every muscle, and the nails of the dead man’s fingers pierced 254
1910 · PDF PAGE 272
…outstretched upon it lay in state a most fearful corpse, whose livid face was distorted with the pangs of assassination. The traces of a great agony were frozen into fixedness in the tense position of every muscle, and the nails of the dead man’s fingers pierced 254
1910 · PDF PAGE 131
…s for Aeneas and fidus for Achates. 3. Fatihah, the first chapter of the Q’uran. To recite it 1,000 times nightly causes one to become a great Sheikh. 4. Surely Oriental exaggeration. A. L. (Not at all. I do not think that El Haji necessarily means separate and distinct emissions ; he may mean thrusts. Now even the uneducated Briton, with a little practice, can learn to retain his semen for 3 to 6 hours without withdrawal or prolonged rest. Allowing only four thrusts on an average per minute, it would require but four hours and ten minutes to f…
1911 · PDF PAGE 99
…e demon to proceed.) Thou canst tell me naught that I know not, for in me is all Knowledge: Knowledge is my name. Is not the head of the great Serpent arisen into Knowledge? (Here the Scribe again commanded Choronzon to continue with the call.) Know thou that there is no Cry in the tenth Aethyr like unto the other Cries, for Choronzon is Dispersion, and cannot fix his mind upon any one thing for any length of time. Thou canst master him in argument, O talkative one; thou wast commanded, wast thou not, to talk toChoronzon? He sought not to enter…
1913 · PDF PAGE 79
…eth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral water of the loud-resounding sea." It is the sea that purifies the world. And the " Great Sea " is in the Qabalah a name of Binah, " Understanding." stands in the Circle, and the spirit in the Triangle; so the Magician is in the Triangle with respect to his own God. ' An ugly form. A better is given in the illustration. ^ These " principles" are seen by the pupil when first he succeeds in stilling his mind. That one which happens to lie in course at the moment is the one seen by him. This is …