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Page 96 of 1281907 · PDF PAGE 310
…rational to pure reason , has an incalculable value , probably depending on certain higher laws unknown to the rational world . When the soul has reached this point , law , in the rational sense of the term , has ceased to have any existence , and it henceforth enters into direct communion with the Good ; which is its own law . Thus when we have raised our hearts to the nth power , we become as Gods knowing good and evil ; and if this raising of the heart , which Crowley so brilliantly sets forth throughout his works , can in any way lead a man…
1909 · PDF PAGE 90
… terrible than the last. He has, to use our previous figures, suspended the law of gravitation ; the stream is still, and the Sun of the soul is faithfully reflected in its brilliance; the mighty engine is stopped. But—there it is! We have got rid of motion, but matter remains. (Again must I apologise for taking so elementary a view of physics.) And while there is a particle of matter, it must fill the Universe—there is no place for Spirit. His thought is controlled and smooth; his thought (even!) is stopped: but there the thought is. Immutable…
1909 · PDF PAGE 90
… terrible than the last. He has, to use our previous figures, suspended the law of gravitation ; the stream is still, and the Sun of the soul is faithfully reflected in its brilliance; the mighty engine is stopped. But—there it is! We have got rid of motion, but matter remains. (Again must I apologise for taking so elementary a view of physics.) And while there is a particle of matter, it must fill the Universe—there is no place for Spirit. His thought is controlled and smooth; his thought (even!) is stopped: but there the thought is. Immutable…
1910 · PDF PAGE 266
…surable chain of dreams in thirty seconds. “My God!” Icried, “I am in eternity.” In the presence of that first sublime revelation of the soul’s own time, and her capacity for an infinite life, I stood trembling with breathless awe. Till I die, that moment of unveiling will stand in clear relief from all the rest of my existence. I hold it still in unimpaired remembrance as one of the unutterable sanctities of my being. The years of all my earthly life to come can never be as long as those thirty seconds. Before entering on the record of this ne…
1910 · PDF PAGE 266
…surable chain of dreams in thirty seconds. “My God!” Icried, “I am in eternity.” In the presence of that first sublime revelation of the soul’s own time, and her capacity for an infinite life, I stood trembling with breathless awe. Till I die, that moment of unveiling will stand in clear relief from all the rest of my existence. I hold it still in unimpaired remembrance as one of the unutterable sanctities of my being. The years of all my earthly life to come can never be as long as those thirty seconds. Before entering on the record of this ne…
1911 · PDF PAGE 147
…hows them the view of their own normal eye through the medium of an accepted symbolism; the picture shows the view of an indifferent bad soul through a medium of mud. But Corotl But Whistler! But Morrice ! Corot sees a wood, and paints Pan; Bougereau sees a pretty model, and paints a pretty model. He doesn’t paint Woman. Morrice paints the Venice of Byron, of our historic and voluptuous dreams; not the Venice of the Yankee and the churning steamers. Raphael found Madonna in his mistress ; Rembrandt a queen of sombre passion and seduction in his…
1911 · PDF PAGE 253
…less flight Through lampless space, the starless wildernesses! Beyond the universal bounds that roll, There is the shrine and image of my soul. I am Nature and God : I reign, I am, alone. None odzer may abide apart: they perish, Drawn into me, into my being grown. None other bosom is. to bear, to nourish, To be: the heart of all beneath my zone Of blue and gold is scarlet-bright to cherish My own life’s being, that is, and is not other ; For I am God and Nature and thy Motherr f 75
1911 · PDF PAGE 147
…hows them the view of their own normal eye through the medium of an accepted symbolism; the picture shows the view of an indifferent bad soul through a medium of mud. But Corotl But Whistler! But Morrice ! Corot sees a wood, and paints Pan; Bougereau sees a pretty model, and paints a pretty model. He doesn’t paint Woman. Morrice paints the Venice of Byron, of our historic and voluptuous dreams; not the Venice of the Yankee and the churning steamers. Raphael found Madonna in his mistress ; Rembrandt a queen of sombre passion and seduction in his…
1911 · PDF PAGE 253
…less flight Through lampless space, the starless wildernesses! Beyond the universal bounds that roll, There is the shrine and image of my soul. I am Nature and God : I reign, I am, alone. None odzer may abide apart: they perish, Drawn into me, into my being grown. None other bosom is. to bear, to nourish, To be: the heart of all beneath my zone Of blue and gold is scarlet-bright to cherish My own life’s being, that is, and is not other ; For I am God and Nature and thy Motherr f 75
1913 · PDF PAGE 269
… hands In the dun blood of Mildred Sandys! And so on. A.C. THE SON OF A SERVANT. By AUGUST STRINDBERG. William Rider & Son. Way not “The Soul of a Servant”? The hero is a sort of Scandinavian Neuburg. He is always being “ bullied” and treated with “injustice,” however kind people are to him. Here are two cases, accurately taken from the book, but rendered in dialogue. I. In class: MASTER. What do you know of Gustavus Adolphus ? BOY [wzth gloomy pride that he knows all about G. A.], R—r—r—gr! MASTER. Come now, surely you don’t mind telling us so…
1913 · PDF PAGE 576
…ery probably, we are not as good as they are, and should do much worse in their place.” Peace! Peace! this is the supreme welfare of the soul, and it is to give us this that Christ came to the world. “Glory to God in the highest, peace upon earth, and good will toward men!” cried the Angels of Heaven at the birth of the Saviour. 278
1913 · PDF PAGE 582
…und which has caused a physical deformity, and through this wound, little by little, all of their existence leaks away. Soon their moral soul will be naked, and in order to hide its shame by making itself at all costs a new veil, it will be obliged to drag itself into the outer darkness, and pass slowly through the dead sea, the slumbering waters of ancient chaos. These wounded souls are the larvze of the second formation of the embryo; they nourish their airy bodies with a vapour of shed blood, and they fear the point of the sword. Frequently …
1913 · PDF PAGE 269
… hands In the dun blood of Mildred Sandys! And so on. A.C. THE SON OF A SERVANT. By AUGUST STRINDBERG. William Rider & Son. Way not “The Soul of a Servant”? The hero is a sort of Scandinavian Neuburg. He is always being “ bullied” and treated with “injustice,” however kind people are to him. Here are two cases, accurately taken from the book, but rendered in dialogue. I. In class: MASTER. What do you know of Gustavus Adolphus ? BOY [wzth gloomy pride that he knows all about G. A.], R—r—r—gr! MASTER. Come now, surely you don’t mind telling us so…
1913 · PDF PAGE 576
…ery probably, we are not as good as they are, and should do much worse in their place.” Peace! Peace! this is the supreme welfare of the soul, and it is to give us this that Christ came to the world. “Glory to God in the highest, peace upon earth, and good will toward men!” cried the Angels of Heaven at the birth of the Saviour. 278
1913 · PDF PAGE 582
…und which has caused a physical deformity, and through this wound, little by little, all of their existence leaks away. Soon their moral soul will be naked, and in order to hide its shame by making itself at all costs a new veil, it will be obliged to drag itself into the outer darkness, and pass slowly through the dead sea, the slumbering waters of ancient chaos. These wounded souls are the larvze of the second formation of the embryo; they nourish their airy bodies with a vapour of shed blood, and they fear the point of the sword. Frequently …
1930 · PDF PAGE 79
Section F. Section Ff. his will with majestic and irrésistible motion, mindful of its impulse gravitation, yet with a suave and tranquil appearance of weakness. Again, he may apply the formula of water to its peculiar pur- pose as it surges back into his sphere, using it with conscious skill for the cleansing and calming of the réceptive and emotional éléments in his character, and for the solution or sweeping away of those tangled weeds of préjudice which hamper him from freedom to act as he will. Similar applica¬ tions of the remaining invoca…
1905 · PDF PAGE 252
TANNHAUSER The proper minstrel! The ideal lover ! The pure, unsullied soul. Even so, forsooth! They tell no secrets in the scullery. And there is Heinrich, wastrel of the Court, Yet hides a heart beneath the foolish face. And lo! The Landgrave! Flushed, undigni- fied ! The chase was long—if he could see himself! Wind, wind the mort! What call will answer me When I step forward? Am I dead, I wonder, Or merely on my hare-brain quest? ‘Three years Since I was seen in Germany ! (He descends the hill and enters the CoM pany. Hail, friends ! Good cou…
1907 · PDF PAGE 216
THE NEW WINE 209 “ The Ultimate Voyage ,” when the Voice of God the voice of the Soul that is—says : “ The last and greatest is within you now . " Then fire too subtle and omniscient Devoured our substance, and we moved again Not down , nor up , but inwards mystically Involving self in self, and light in light . And this was not a pain , but peaceable Like young -eyed love , reviving ; it consumed And consecrated and made savour sweet To our changed senses . And the dual self Of love grew less distinct and I began To feel her heart in mine , he…
1907 · PDF PAGE 256
… is a kinetic force, so in metaphysics there is a kinetic ideation . To the Qabal ist , the Qabalah unlocks as a key the corridor of the soul , and the pent - up sense rushes forth as some prisoner released from his dungeon , a mingled mass of emotion and reality . To the sceptic no change takes place , for his mind is sterile and unable to conceive , but his ignorance in no way proves that the Qabalah is mere Buncombe . Because a weak man cannot lift a certain weight , that is no criterion that a strong man cannot . There is truth in everythin…
1907 · PDF PAGE 330
…eams . Alone , I make a black carouse With her to dominate my dreams . With skulls and knives she keeps control ( O Mother Kali !) of my soul .” Crowley's interpretation of Ceremonial Magic , the getting back to the old gods , so to say , is lucidly described , under the terms of a rational system , in his introduction to the “ Goetia ” of King Solomon . It is as follows : I am not concerned to deny the objective reality of all “ magical ” phenomena ; if they are illusions , they are at least as real as many unquestioned facts of daily life ; a…