The Law is for All

40 The Law is for All 1:57 Magick ceremonies proper are merely organized and con­ centrated attempts to impose our Will on certain parts of the Cosmos. They are only particular cases of the general law. But all we say and do, however casually, adds up to more, far more, than our most strenuous Operations. “Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.” Your daily drippings fill a bigger bucket than your geysers of magical effort. The “ninety and nine that safely lay in the shelter of the fold”1 have no organized will at all; and their character, built of their words and deeds, is only a garbage-heap. 1 [Matthew 18:13, paraphrase.] 2 [Luke 17:21, paraphrase.] Remember, also, that, unless you know what your true Will is, you may be devoting the most laudable energies to destroying yourself. Remember that every word and deed is a witness to thought, that therefore your mind must be perfectly organized, its sole duty to interpret circumstances in terms of the Will so that speech and action may be rightly directed to express the Will appropriately to the occasion. Remember that every word and deed which is not a definite expression of your Will counts against it, indifference worse than hostility. Your enemy is at least inter­ ested in you: you may make him your friend as you never can do with a neutral. Remember that Magick is the Art of Life, there­ fore of causing change in accordance with Will; therefore its law is “love under will”, and its every movement is an act of love. Remember that every act of “love under will” is lawful as such; but that when any act is not directed unto Nuit, who is here the inevitable result of the whole Work, that act is waste, and breeds conflict within you, so that “the kingdom of God which is within you”1 2 is torn by civil war. To the beginner I would offer this programme: 1. Furnish your mind as completely as possible with the knowledge of how to inspect and to control it. 2. Train your body to obey your mind, and not to distract its attention. 3. Control your mind to devote itself wholly to discover your true Will.