Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

POINT II ARS CONGRESSUS CUM DAEMONE. S®clion A Let the Adeptus Minor be standing in this circle on the square of Tiphereth, armed with his Wand and Cup; but let him perform the Ritual throughout in his Body of Light. He may burn the Cakes of Light, or the Incense of Abramelin; he may be prepared by Liber CLXXV, the reading of Liber LXV, and by the practices of Yoga. He may invoke HADIT by awine and strange drugs5’ if he so will. 1 He préparés the circle by the usual formulæ of Banishing and Consécration, etc. He recites Section A as a rehearsal before His Holy Guardian Angel of the attributes of that Angel. Each phrase must be realized with full concentration of force, so as to make Samadhi as perfectly as possible upon the truth proclaimed. Line i He identifies his Angel with the Ain Soph, and the Kether thereof; one formulation of Hadit in the boundless Body of Nuith. Lines 2, 3, 4 He asserts that His Angel has created (for the purpose of self-realisation through projection in conditioned Form) three pairs of opposites: (a) The Fixed and the Volatile; (b) The Unmani- fested and the Manifest; and (c) the IJnmoved and the Moved. Otherwise, the Négative and the Positive in respect of Matter, Mind and Motion. Line 5 He acclaims his Angel as “Himself Made Perfect”; adding that this Individuality is inscrut- able and inviolable. In the Néophyte Ritual of 1. Any such formula should be used only when the adept has full knowledge based on experîence of the management of such matters. — 274 —