Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

shalt thou feel in thy body, which shall shiver and leap with the shock, and that also must both be suffered and overcome. 4. After the lightning flash, resteth in the zénith a minute point of light. And that light shall radiate until a right cône be established upon the sea, and it is day. With this thy body shall be rigid, automatically ; and this shalt thou let endure, withdrawing thyself into thine heart in the form of an upright Egg of blacknessj and therein shalt thou abide for a space. 5. When ail this is perfectly and easily performed at will, let the aspirant figure to himself a struggle with the whole force of the Universe. In this he is only saved by his minuteness. But in the end he is overcome by Death, who covers him with a black cross. Let his body fall supine with arms outstretched. 6. So lying, let him aspire fervently unto the Holy Guardian Angel. 7. Now let him résumé his former posture. Two and twenty times shall he figure to himself that he is bitten by a serpent, feeling even in his body the poison thereof, And let each bite be healed by an eagle or hawk, spreading its wings above his head, and dropping thereupon a healing dew. But let the last bite be so terrible a pang at the nape of the neck that he seemeth to die, and let the healing dew be of such virtue that he leapeth to his feet. 8. Let there be now placed within his egg a red cross, then a green cross, then a golden cross, then a silver cross j or those things which these shadow forth. Herein is silence j for he that hath rightly performed the méditation will understand the innei mean- ing hereof, and it shall serve as a test of himself and his fellows. 9. Let him now remain in the Pyramid or Cône of Light, as an Egg, but no more of blackness. 10. Then let his body be in the position of the Hanged Man, and let him aspire with ail his force unto the Holy Guardian Angel. 11. The grâce having been grantecl unto him, let him partake mystically of the Eucharist of the Five Eléments and let him proclaim Light in Extension j yea, let him proclaim Light in Extension. 363 —