Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

called “Golden Rule”, which should not be in the impérative but the indicative mood. Every vibration awakens ail others o£ its par- ticular pitch. There is thus some justification for the assumption of previous writers on Magick that the Link is implicit, and needs no spécial attention. Yet, in practice, there is nothing more certain than that one ought to confirm one’s will by ail possible acts on ail possible planes. The ceremony must not be confined to the formally magical rites. We must neglect no means to our end, neither despising our common sense, nor doubting our secret wisdom. When Frater I. A. was in danger of death in 1899 e.v. Frater V. N. and Frater Perdurabo did indeed invoke the spirit Buer to visible manifestation that he might heal their brother; but also one of them furnished the money to send him to a climate less cruel than England’s. He is alive to day1 } who cares whether spirits or shekels wrought that which these Magicians willed ? Let the Magical Link be made strong! It is “love under will”; it affirms the identity of the Equation of the work; it makes success Necessity. I. P. S. He died some months after this passage was written : but he had been enabled to live and work for nearly a quarter of a century longer than he would otherwise hâve done. 122