Magic

After Reading the Upanishads

Out of the dusky chamber of the brain

Flows the imperial will through dream on dream:

The fires of life around it tempt and gleam;

The lights of earth behind it fade and wane.

Passed beyond beauty tempting dream on dream,

The pure will seeks the heart-hold of the light:

Sounds the deep OM, the mystic word of might:

Forth from the heart-hold breaks the living stream.

Passed out beyond the deep heart music-filled,

The kingly will sits on the ancient throne,

Wielding the sceptre, fearless, free, alone,

Knowing in Brahma all it dared and willed.

Notes: First published in the Irish Theosophist June 15, 1894.