Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

LIBER V vel REGULE A.\ A.*, publication in Class D. Being the Ritual of the Mark of the Beast: an incantation proper to invoke the Energies of the Aeon of Horus, adapted for the daily use of the Magician of whatever grade. THE FIRST GESTURE. The Oath of the Enchantment, which is called The Elevenfold Seal. The Animadversion towards the Aeon. 1. Let the Magician, robed and armed as he may deem to be fit, turn his face towards Boleskine,1 that is the House of The Beast 666. 2. Let him strike the battery i-3-3-3-1 - 3. Let him put the Thumb of his right hand between its index and médius, and make the gestures hereafter following. The Vertical Com'ponent of the Enchantment. 1. Let him describe a circle about his head, crying NUIT ! 2. Let him draw the Thumb vertically downward and touch the Muladhara Cakkra, crying, HADIT ! 3. Let him, retracing the line, touch the centre of his breast and cry RA-HOOR-KHUIT ! The Horizontal Comfonents of the Enchantment. 1. Let him touch the Centre of his Forehead, his mouth, and his larynx, crying AIWAZ! 2. Let him draw his thumb from right to left across his face at the level of the nostrils. 3. Let him touch the centre of his breast, and his solar plexus, crying, THERION ! 4. Let him draw his thumb from left to right across his breast, at the level of the sternum. 1. Boleskine House is on Loch Ness, 17 miles from Xnverness, Lati¬ tude 57.14 N. Longitude 4.28 W. 331 —