Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

the seul. Let the muscles take grip on themselves as if one were wrestling. Let the jaw and mouth, in particular, be tightened to the utmost. Breathe deeply, slowly, yet strongly. Keep mastery over the mind by muttering forcibly and audibly. But lest such muttering tend to disturb communion with the Angel, speak only His Name. Until the Adept hâve heard that Name, therefore, he may not abide in the perfect possession of his Beloved. His most important task is thus to open his ears to the voice of his Angel, that he may know him, how he is called. For hearken! this Name, understood rightly and fully, declareth the nature of the Angel in every point, wherefore also that Name is the formula of the per¬ fection to which the Adept must aspire, and also of the power of Magick by virtue whereof he must work. He then that is as yet ignorant of that Name, let him repeat a Word worthy of this particular Ritual. Such are Abrahadabra, the Word of the Aeon, which signifieth aThe Great Work accom- plished”; and Aumgn interpreted in Part III of Book 4 1-y and the name of THE BEAST, for that His number showeth forth this Union with the Angel, and His Work is no other than to make ail men partakers of this Mystery of the Mysteries of Magick. So then saying this Word or that, let the Adept wrestle with his Angel and withstand Him, that he may constrain Him to consent to continue in communion until the consciousness becomes capable of clear compréhension, and of accurate transmission2 of the 1. The essence of this matter is that the Word A U IM, which expresses the course of Breath (spiritual life) from free utterance through controlled concentration to Silence, is transmuted by the création of the compound letter MTN to . replace M: that is, Silence is realised as passing into continuous ecstatic vibration, of the nature of “Love” under “Will” as shewn by MPN = 40 + 3 + 50 = 93 ArAIlH, 0EAHMA etc., and the whole word has the value of 100, Perfection Perfected, the Unity in completion, and équivalent to KP the conjuncticn of the essential male and female principles. 2. The “normal” intellect is incapable of these functions; a superior faculty must hâve been developed. As Zoroaster says: “Extend the void mind of thy soûl to that Intelligible that thou mayst learn the Intelligible, because it subsisteth beyond Mind. Fhou wilt not understand It as when understanding some common thing.” 298 —