Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

only itself, but everything associated with it. If the heart is afraid to beat for fear of disturbing the liver, the liver is starved for blood, and avenges itself on the heart by upsetting digestion, which disorders respiration, on which cardiac welfare dépends.) (27) Every man should make Magick the keynote of liis life. He should learn its laws and live by them. (Illustration: The Banker should discover the real meaning of his existence, the real motive which led him to choose that profes¬ sion. He should understand banking as a necessary factor in the économie existence of mankind, instead of as merelv a business whose objects are independent of the general welfare. He should learn to distinguish false values from real, and to act not on accidentai fluctuations but on considérations of essential impor¬ tance. Such a banker will prove himself superior to others; because he will not be an individual limited by transitory things, but a force of Nature, as împersonal, impartial and eternal as gravitation, as patient and irrésistible as the tides. His System will not be subject to panic, any more than the law of Inverse Squares is disturbed by Elections. He will not be anxious about his affairs because they will not be his; and for that reason he will be able to direct them with the calm, clear-headed confidence of an onlooker, with intelligence unclouded by self-interest and power unimpaired by passion.) (28) Every man has a right to fulfil his own will without being afraid that it may interfère with that of others; for if he is in his proper place, it is the fault of others if they interfère with him. (Illustration: If a man like Napoléon were actually appointed by destiny to contrai Europe, he should not be blamed for exercising his rights. To oppose him would be an error. Any one so doing would hâve made a mistake as to his own destiny, except in so far as it might be necessary for him to learn the lessons of defeat. The sun moves in space without interférence. The order of Nature provides an orbit for each star. A clash proves that one or the other has strayed from its course. But as to each man that keeps his true course, the more firmly he acts, the Jess likely are others to get in his way . His example will help XXV