Magick Without Tears

278 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS approach the Frontier of the Abyss. Well, now, if that isn't too funny! The text of this stupendous sermon was AL. II: 22. I take this verse in its most obvious and ordinary sense; for instance , the following sentence: "The exposure of innocence is a lie" ; for that means clearly enough Hypocrisy. So "It is a lie, this folly against self" only means "To hell with sentimental altruism , with false modesty , with all those most insidious fiends, the sense of guilt, of shame-in a word, the 'inferiority complex' or something very like it." The whole tenor of The Book of the Law is to this effect. The very test of worth is that one should be aware of it and not afraid to sock the next man on the jaw if he disputes it! Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666 P.S. But what do I mean when I say "myself' in normal speech? I mean Tiphareth, the human self as determining the identity of the Supreme Triad plus as much Ruach as I have succeeded in organising as extensions of it. Though your Supernal Triad is in essence identical with mine, your Tiphareth is quite definitely not mine. It is like mine in its nature and many of its sympathies , but your Ruach is altogether different from mine in (at a guess) 80 percent of its components . We must add Malkuth as the medium which crystallizes the characters of our respective "Selves." This is all horribly, hatefully difficult to put into words; there is bound to be misunderstanding , however cleverly I concoct the potion. But we understand pretty well for all that, at least so far as is necessary for most practical purposes.