THE NEW WINE
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I trust that the
explanation
will
enable
many students
who have
hitherto , by a puerile objectivity
in their view of
the
question, obtained
no
results,
to
succeed ; that
the
apology
may
impress
upon
our scornful
men
of science
that the study of the bacillus , should give place
to that of
the baculum
, the
little to the great-how great , one only
realises when
one identifies the wand with the Mahalingam ,
up which Brahma flew at the rate of 84,000 yojanas a second
for 84,000 mahakalpas , down which Vishnu flew at the rate
of 84,000 crores of yojanas
a second for 84,000 crores of
mahakalpas
- yet neither reached an end .
This not only carries out the philosophy of Fichte ,
but also that of
Paracelsus
when
he
said , there is
“ nothing in heaven
or earth which
does not exist in
man.”
In fact this
“ one pointedness " is the crown
ing glory
of Crowleyanity .
In
the East
it is arrived
at by meditation ,
“ the absolute restraint of the mind
to the contemplation of a single object, whether gross ,
fine, or altogether
spiritual ” ” in the West by cere
monial magic .
Now true magical ceremonial is entirely directed to attain
this end , and forms a magnificent gymnasium for those who
are not already finished mental
athletes . By act, word , and
thought , both in quantity and quality , the one object of the
ceremony is being constantly indicated .
Every fumigation ,
purification , banishing , invocation , evocation , is chiefly a
reminder of a single purpose , until the
supreme
moment
arrives , and every fibre of the body , every force -channel
of
the mind , is strained , and in one overwhelming
rush of the
Will in the direction desired .
Such is the real purport of
all
the apparently fantastic directions
of
Solomon
,
Abramelin
,
and other sages
of
repute
.
When
a
man
has evoked and
mastered
such
forces
as
Taphtatharath
,
Belial
,
Amaimon
,
and the great powers
of
the elements
,
then
he
may safely
1
The Sword
of
Song
,
vol
.
ii,
pp
.
203-205
.
2
Berashith
,
vol
.
ii,
p
.
242
.