The mystic slumber of my sense forlorn
Stirs only now and then; some deeper pang
Reminds despair there is a sharper fang

Aleister Crowley, Assumpta Canidia, Oracles, Collected Works, Vol II

Hermetic quote Crowley Assumpta Canidia Oracles Collected Works mystic slumber sense forlorn stirs deeper pang reminds despair sharper fang

Consider also:

  1. “Hark! they are leaping from the valley views Into the light and laughter and deep grief Of that immortal heart that sings beyond belief.”
  2. “Man has two minds: the first beholding all, As from a centre to the endless end: The second reaches from the outer wall, And seeks the centre. This I comprehend. But in the first: ‘I can–but what is worth?’ And in the second: ‘I am dust and earth!'”
  3. The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick
  4. “O maiden of the spirit of the wheat, One ripening sunbeam thrills thee to the soul, Electric from red main to amber feet!”
  5. “For a moment cease the winds of God upon the reverent head; I lose the life of the mountain, and my soul is with the dead; Yet am I not unaware of the splendour of the height, Yet am I lapped in the glory of the Sun of Life and Light:– Even so my heart looks out from the harbour of God’s breast, Out from the shining stars where it entered into rest– Once more it seeks in memory for reverence, not regret, And it loves you still, my sisters! as God shall not forget.”