Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

CHAPTER XI Of Our Lady Babalon and of the Beast Whereon she Rideth. Also concerning Transformations. I The contents of this section, inasmuch as they concern Our Lady, are too important and too sacred to be printed. They are only communicated by the Master Therion to chosen pupils in private instruction. II The essential magical work, apart from any particular operation, is the proper formation of the Magical Being or Body of Light. This process will be discussed at some length in Chapter XVIII. We will here assume that the magician has succeeded in developing his Body of Light until it is able to go anyy/here and do anything. There will, however, be a certain limitation to his work, because he has formed his magical body from the fine matter of his own element. Therefore, although he may be able to penetrate the utmost recesses of the heavens, or conduct vigorous combats with the most unpronounceable démons cf the pit, it may be impossible for him to do as much as knock a vase from a mantel- piece. His magical body is composed of matter too tenuous to affect directly the gross matter of which illusions such as tables and chairs are made.1 I. The one really easy “physical” operation which the Body of Light can perform is “Congressus subtilis”. The émanations of the “Body of Desire” of the material being whom one visits are, if the visit be agreeabîe, so potent that one spontaneously gains substance in the embrace. There 88