Cyril Scott Knihy

This is the veiled history of an Adept who elected to hide his true identity. In this classic work, Scott weaves a wonderful teaching story riddled with profound truths that are as valid today as when this book was first written.

Written as a sequel to The Initiate, the Pupil, as Scott called himself, reconnects with his master, Justin Moreward Haig, after not seeing him for many years. Scott is invited to leave London to stay in Boston, where Justin Moreward Haig is teaching about thirty other students. As in The Initiate, Scott related his experiences as if he were keeping a diary, so that this second book is also a teaching story. For example, the master discusses concentration, meditation, and contemplating, telling the Pupil, let people meditate often but only for short periods of time. It is better to meditate, say, ten times a day for a few moments or even less, than a whole hour in succession. Or, With regard to puritywhat we mean by the word is not prudery but the exact opposite. Purity is the power to see the beautiful in all things and all functions of life, and to glorify all actions by the spirit of unselfishness. As the story unfolds, you will find yourself in the presence of a great teach, who shows you how to attain spiritual consciousness while living an ordinary life.

He asked me if I believed in ghosts.And I said, yes.Then he wanted to know if I'd ever seen one, and I said, lots.'Weren't you afraid?''Not when they're nice ghosts,' said I, 'but I don't like nasty ones ...''The Boy Who Saw True differs from all the hundreds of books I have read on Spiritualism and kindred subjects,' writes the celebrated occultist Cyril Scott in his preface to this remarkable work. 'Not one of them has ever displayed the characteristics of this highly diverting human document, with its naïve candours, its unconscious humour, its oscillations between the ridiculous and the exalted, and its power to convince, for the very reason that the young diarist never set out with the intention of convincing. Here was a precocious young boy born with clairvoyance who could see auras and spirits, yet failed to realise that other people were not similarly gifted.'This is the Victorian diary of a boy whose extraordinary supernatural talent unfurls within these pages. A compelling read, The Boy Who Saw True is a time-honoured classic of the paranormal.

The third volume in the series takes up where The Initiate and The Initiate in the New World leave off, providing more insights into the mysterious Adept known as Justin Moreward Haig. At first, we think that "the dark cycle" relates to the group of students left to their own devices when Justin Moreward Haid disappears for a time. The students meet with the astrologer David Anrias, and become aware of the concepts taught by Krishnamurti and the theosophists. But when Justin Moreward Haid reappears we learn that the dark cycle really indicates a period of destruction and war when Planetary Logos is throwing off and transmuting poisons that create disturbances in the collective astral or emotional body of the human race. In this volume we learn how the group develops, how they relate to their missing teacher, and how they continue their search for spiritual understanding.

Exploring the profound impact of music on human development, this book delves into how musical expression has shaped social structures, cultural identities, and emotional connections throughout history. It examines various cultures and epochs, highlighting music's ability to foster community, convey complex emotions, and drive social change. Through a blend of historical analysis and contemporary insights, the narrative reveals music as a fundamental aspect of what it means to be human, influencing creativity, communication, and even survival.

Tato básnická sbírka vznikala řadu let, její autor i vydavatel byli stíhání za urážku náboženské mravnosti i veřejné morálky, řada básní nesměla být uveřejněna vůbec, nakonec bylo zakázáno knihu vydávat. Kniha obsahuje celkem šest částí, celkem 145 básní. Vůbec nejslavnější a nejrozsáhlejší z nich je 1. oddíl nazvaný Splín a ideál, tyto básně vypovídají o poslání, umění nebo o postavení umělce, hovoří také o ženách, které autor současně miloval i nenáviděl, protože ho přitahovaly i odpuzovaly, tak se v básních střídá milostná touha a krutá bezcitnost.

Originally published in 1912, this book by composer and music critic Cyril Scott explores the connections between modernist art and music, arguing that the same principles of innovation and abstraction that define modernist literature and visual art can be found in the music of composers such as Debussy, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg.