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Page 96 of 1211922 · PDF PAGE 102
… be able to write ten volumes of details, and he might, in a sense, have both aspects of his knowledge present to his mind at the same moment. _We were in a similar condition. The hours flashed by like so many streaks of lightning, yet each dis- charge illuminated every detail of the landscape; we could grasp everything at once. It was as if we had acquired a totally new mental faculty as superior to the normal course of thought as the all-comprehending brain of a great man of science is to that of a savage, though the two men are both looking …
1938 · PDF PAGE 6
…stant on that comes silence. But among us the sudden stirring warns me that not all were sleeping; that there were watchers like myself, men more intent than I. I hear a murmur on my left. I catch three words: The Zero Hour. They call me back to myself: I know now that I am one of a great armyan army baffled and broken, but yet in being. Sharp comes a whisper of swift absolute authority: Zero is Two. Somehow I am awarelike a man stricken of lightning, in the same moment slain and initiatedthat the strange phrase declares a final Mystery of…
1906 · PDF PAGE 91
…nge guerdon (or its counter- foil) Gainless or not-to-be-gained, priestly or royal, Profane, canaille—I know not, in good sooth ! books, men, strength and I might do this: or else I might repose Wrapped in the urned leaves of my love’s blown rose, Seek her in spirit, and commune, and wait Her freedom and the rapture to enclose In my own house her beauty intimate. I am a fool, tossing a coin with Fate. If. Is love indeed eternal? Otherwise Is evolution an eternal plan? Must I move upward in the stream of Man, God-ward: my life as Christ to sacri…
1907 · PDF PAGE 184
…k-lights slackened. Such is the shore Who reacheth may never Return o’er the river ! Here pace evermore The terrible ghosts Malignant of men, Whose airless hosts In wars unjust Went down to the den ; Whose fury and lust Turned poison or steel On their own bad lives. Here whirls the grim wheel Where the dead soul strives Ever to climb To the iron nave, Find Space and Time, Or a God to save, Or a way o’er the wave. The Fate contrives That he never thrives. Revolving anon, The gleam is gone, And the shadowy smile
1910 · PDF PAGE 174
…50 am, am, 6.10-6.40 p.m. p.m, THE EQUINOX Heard the following sounds: (1) A noise as of blood filtering through. (2) The tramp of armed men. This grew more distant on closing ears, (3) The noise of a distant Siren, This grew stronger on closing ears. (For a short time I distinctly saw the head of a nun in the centre of the Chakkra.) Fifty-two Suddhi-Kumbhakas or Pranayamas. 5. ro. 20 for 30 minutes. 10, 15. 30 for 6 minutes. Pranayama. 5. 10. 20 for 31 minutes without any breaks. Dharana on the Shiva Pantacle given me by Maitrananda Swami, men…
1910 · PDF PAGE 174
…50 am, am, 6.10-6.40 p.m. p.m, THE EQUINOX Heard the following sounds: (1) A noise as of blood filtering through. (2) The tramp of armed men. This grew more distant on closing ears, (3) The noise of a distant Siren, This grew stronger on closing ears. (For a short time I distinctly saw the head of a nun in the centre of the Chakkra.) Fifty-two Suddhi-Kumbhakas or Pranayamas. 5. ro. 20 for 30 minutes. 10, 15. 30 for 6 minutes. Pranayama. 5. 10. 20 for 31 minutes without any breaks. Dharana on the Shiva Pantacle given me by Maitrananda Swami, men…
1954 · PDF PAGE 336
…olf Hitler was her "Magical Child"; and she conceived it to be her duty to devote her life (for the Hermit "gives only of his Light unto men") to his Magical Education. Knowing that the hegemony of the world would fall to the nation that first accepted the Law of Thelema, she made haste to put The Book of the Law in the hands of her "child." Upon him it most undoubtedly made the deepest 1. The 'Master' roughly denotes the able, the adventurous, welcoming responsibility. The 'slave': his motto is "Safety fust," with all that this implies. Race, …
1954 · PDF PAGE 498
…emon of Digression. Back to our Gods!) 777 itself, to say nothing of The Golden Bough and the Good Lord knows how many other similar monuments of lexicography (for really they are little more) , is our text-book . We are bound to · note at once that the Gods sympathise , run into one another , coalesce much more closely than any other of the Orders of Being. There is not really much in common between a jackal and a beetle , or between a wolf and an owl, although they are grouped under Pisces or Aries respectively. But Adonis, Attis , Osiris, Me…
1922 · PDF PAGE 208
…k like a stone in deep water. The old familiar attitude, the old familiar act !—and yet how different in every point! The convulsive movements stopped immediately. He sat up almost at once on one elbow. The only sign of distress was that he still breathed heavily. All his anger, too, had disappeared. He seemed tired, like a convalescent, but as tractable as a child. He smiled faintly. I don’t know if he had any consciousness or memory of what had passed. He talked as if there had been no quarrel at all. The colour came back to his face, the lig…
1930 · PDF PAGE 103
…d. This is equally a defect characteristic of the Grade. 43. Concerning a notable danger of Success. — It may occur that owing to the tremendous power of the Samadhi, overcoming ail other memories as it should and does do, that the mind of the devotee may be obsessed, so that he déclaré his particular Deity to be sole God and Lord. This error has been the foundation of ail dogmatic religions, and so the cause of more misery than ail other errors combined. The Philosophus is peculiarly liable to this because from the nature of the Method he cann…
1907 · PDF PAGE 81
…nd Warden of the Marches under his Majesty King Charles— DENYS. Whom God preserve ! [ Waves his broken sword. ALAIN, What excellent sentiments, and what an unfortunate omen—dear, dear me! And I have the honour to offer you the hand— I presume you already possess the heart—of the Lady Blanche de Malétroit. DENYS. You—what ? ALAIN, Tut! Tut! The marriage, if you please, will take place in an hour. DENYS. [ Aszde.] Oh, he is mad after all! [Aloud.] What nightmare is this? ALAIN. You are not very polite to the lady—not as polite as your letter. DEN…
1909 · PDF PAGE 304
THE EQUINOX long as it is conditioned in Time; and that a dream is of as real a nature as awakenment, but on a different plane in existence, the conditions of which can alone be judged and measured by experimental science. Science advances by means of accumulating facts and con- solidating them, the grand generalisation of which merges into a theory when it has been accepted by universal inference. Thus, I infer that catching a ball is not a necessary sequitur to throwing a ball up in the air; however, if I had never thrown a ball up in my life…
1909 · PDF PAGE 304
THE EQUINOX long as it is conditioned in Time; and that a dream is of as real a nature as awakenment, but on a different plane in existence, the conditions of which can alone be judged and measured by experimental science. Science advances by means of accumulating facts and con- solidating them, the grand generalisation of which merges into a theory when it has been accepted by universal inference. Thus, I infer that catching a ball is not a necessary sequitur to throwing a ball up in the air; however, if I had never thrown a ball up in my life…
1954 · PDF PAGE 136
… values of all, the "Laws of Nature, " are never exactly 'true' for any two persons, for one person can never observe the identical phenomena sensible to another, since two people cannot be in exactly the same place at exactly the same time: yet it is just these facts that are equally true for all men.) Observe, I pray, the paramount importance of memory .
1954 · PDF PAGE 516
…ute relaxation of leisured luxury. Then what of the Work itself? If the Idea be truly new and important, God help it! The whole class of men affected jump on it with one accord, if haply they may crush it in the germ. Read a little of the History of Medicine! Any man who shows a sign of independent thought is watched. is thwarted. He persists and is threatened and bullied. He persists; every engine of oppression is set in motion against him. Then, something snaps; either they succeed in killing him (Ross, who defeated malaria, nearly starved to…
1907 · PDF PAGE 44
…e your pistol ; here’s a heart to hit ! [Sir Percy descends, after taking fare- well of ANGELA, and appears agatn on horseback among his men. SiR PERCY. Arnold and Ritson, tend the wounded man ! To breakfast, gentlemen ! [Looks up. Farewell ! ANGELA (waves her handkerchief and throws a kiss), Farewell ! | Axveunt. WIIY JESUS WEPT ANGELA, Ah, were such nights thy gift, dear Christ, all maids Were well thy servants. speaking ! The utmost triumph of a life well spiced With victory---this beats all. Ilortense! IJortense ! Bring me the brandy-—pour …
1929 · PDF PAGE 80
…es. 1 IV. It should also be remarked that every grade bas its peculiar magical formula. Thus, the formula of Abrahadabra concerns us, as men, principally because each of us represents the pentagram or microcosm ; and our équilibration must therefore be with the hexa- gram or macrocosm. In other words, 50 = 6° is the formula of the Solar operation $ but then 6°=5° is the formula of the Martial operation, and this reversai of the figures implies a very different Work. In the former instance the problem was to dissolve the microcosm in the macroco…
1996 · PDF PAGE 18
Introduction 19 the Church is inimical to Life.” The great majority of men and women do not now believe in “Christian morality”; do not believe in the flagrant absurdity that the impulse by which alone life is continued on our planet is sinful, and that its sinfulness can be expunged only if it is directed by a husband towards his wife and by a wife towards her husband. The creation of this artificial “sin of sex,” the attachment of a sense of guilt to a basic natural function, has brought about a disastrous perversion of sane moral feeling. It…
1906 · PDF PAGE 102
… coiled and sleep- ing upon a lotus-flower at the base of the spine. She may be aroused by various methods. 2 The ‘‘third eye,’ that rudimentary eye called the pineal gland. Coil fast all thy coils on me, dying, Absorbed in the sense of the Snake! Stir, leave the flower-throne, and up- flying | Hiss once, and hiss thrice, and awake ! Then crown me and cling ! Flash forward—and spring ! Flash forth on the fire of the altar, The stones, and the sacrifice shed ; Till the Three Worlds! flicker and falter, And life and her love be dead ! In mysterio…
1929 · PDF PAGE 25
true man of science learns from every phenomenon. But Nature is dumb to the hypocrite; for in her there is nothing false.1) (21) There is no limit to the extent of the relations of any man with the Universe in essence; for as soon as man makes himself one with any idea the means of measurement cease to exist. But liis power to utilize that force is limited by his mental power and capacity, and by the circumstances of his human environment. (Illustration: When a man falls in love, the whole world becomes, to him, nothing but love boundless and i…