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82 THE EQUINOX comprehend the holiness of sex. Chastity forms part of that training, and I should hope to see her one day a happy wife and mother. To the prude equally I prescribe a course of training by which she shall comprehend the holiness of sex. Unchastity forms part of that training, and I should hope to see her one day a happy wife and mother. To the bigot I commend a course of Thomas Henry Huxley; to the infidel a practical study of ceremonial magic. Then, when the bigot has knowledge of the infidel faith, each may follow without prejudice his natural inclination; for he will no longer plunge into his former excesses. So also she who was a prostitute from native passion may indulge with safety in the pleasure of love; and she who was by nature cold may enjoy a virginity in no wise marred by her disciplinary course of unchastity. But the one will understand and love the other.* Once and for all do not forget that nothing in this world is permanently good or evil; and, so long as it appears to be so, then remember that the fault is the seer's and not in the thing seen, and that the seer is still in an unbalanced state. Never forget Blake's words: “Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place and governs the unwilling.”† Do not restrain your desires, but equilibrate them, for: “He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.”‡ Verily: “Arise, and drink your bliss, for everything that lives is holy.”§ The six acts of purifying the body by Hatha-Yoga are Dhauti, Basti, Neti, Trataka, Nauli and Kapâlabhâti,ƒƒ each of * “Konx Om Pax,” by A. Crowley, pp. 62, 63. † The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. ‡ Ibid. § Visions of the Daughters of Albion. ƒƒ “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” p. 30. Dhauti is of four kinds: Antardhauti (internal washing); Dantdhauti (cleaning the teeth); Hriddhauti (cleaning the heart); Mulashodhana (cleaning the anus). Basti is of two kinds, Jala Basti (water Basti) and Sukshma Basti (dry Basti) and consists chiefly in dilating and contracting the sphincter muscle of the anus. Neti consists of inserting a thread
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING which is described at length by Swâtmârân Swami. But the two most important exercise which all must undergo, should success be desired, are those of A'sana and Prânâyâma. The first consists of physical exercises which will gain for him who practises them control over the muscles of the body, and the second over the breath. The A'sanas, or Positions. According to the “Pradipika” and the “Shiva Sanhita,” there are 84 A'sanas; but Goraksha says there are as many A'sana as there are varieties of beings, and that Shiva has counted eighty-four lacs of them.* The four most important are: Siddhâsana, Padmâsana, Ugrâsana and Svastikâsana, which are described in the Shiva Sanhita as follows:† The Siddhâsana. By “pressing with care by the (left) heel the yoni,‡ the other heel the Yogi should place on the lingam; he should fix his gaze upwards on the space between the two eyebrows ... and restrain his senses." The Padmâsana. By crossing the legs “carefully place the feet on the opposite thighs (the left on the right thing and vice versâ, cross both hands and place them similarly on the thighs; fix the sight on the tip of the nose.” The Ugrâsana. “Stretch out both the legs and keep them apart; firmly take hold of the head by the hands, and place it on the knees.” The Svastikâsana. “Place the soles of the feet completely under the thighs, keep the body straight and at ease.” For the beginner that posture which continues for the into the nostrils and pulling it out through the mouth, Trataka in steadying the eyes, Nauli in moving the intestines, and Kapâlabhâti, which is of three kinds, Vyât-krama, Vâma-krama, and Sit-krama, of drawing in wind or water through the nostrils and expelling it by the mouth, and vice versâ. Also see “Gheranda Sanhita,” pp. 2-10. This little book should be read in conjunction with the “Hatha Yoga Pradipika.” * The “Gheranda Sanhita” gives thirty-two postures. † The “Shiva Sanhita,” pp. 25, 26. ‡ The imaginary “triangle of flesh” near the perinaeum. 83
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING<br />
which is described at length by Swâtmârân Swami. But the<br />
two most important exercise which all must undergo, should<br />
success be desired, are those of A'sana and Prânâyâma. The<br />
first consists of physical exercises which will gain for him who<br />
practises them control over the muscles of the body, and the<br />
second over the breath.<br />
The A'sanas, or Positions.<br />
According to the “Pradipika” and the “Shiva Sanhita,”<br />
there are 84 A'sanas; but Goraksha says there are as many<br />
A'sana as there are varieties of beings, and that Shiva has<br />
counted eighty-four lacs of them.* The four most important<br />
are: Siddhâsana, Padmâsana, Ugrâsana and Svastikâsana,<br />
which are described in the Shiva Sanhita as follows:†<br />
The Siddhâsana. By “pressing with care by the (left) heel the yoni,‡ the other<br />
heel the Yogi should place on the lingam; he should fix his gaze upwards on the<br />
space between the two eyebrows ... and restrain his senses."<br />
The Padmâsana. By crossing the legs “carefully place the feet on the opposite<br />
thighs (the left on the right thing and vice versâ, cross both hands and place them<br />
similarly on the thighs; fix the sight on the tip of the nose.”<br />
The Ugrâsana. “Stretch out both the legs and keep them apart; firmly take<br />
hold of the head by the hands, and place it on the knees.”<br />
The Svastikâsana. “Place the soles of the feet completely under the thighs, keep<br />
the body straight and at ease.”<br />
For the beginner that posture which continues for the<br />
into the nostrils and pulling it out through the mouth, Trataka in steadying<br />
the eyes, Nauli in moving the intestines, and Kapâlabhâti, which is of three<br />
kinds, Vyât-krama, Vâma-krama, and Sit-krama, of drawing in wind or water<br />
through the nostrils and expelling it by the mouth, and vice versâ. Also see<br />
“Gheranda Sanhita,” pp. 2-10. This little book should be read in conjunction<br />
with the “Hatha Yoga Pradipika.”<br />
* The “Gheranda Sanhita” gives thirty-two postures.<br />
† The “Shiva Sanhita,” pp. 25, 26.<br />
‡ The imaginary “triangle of flesh” near the perinaeum.<br />
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