Magick Without Tears

36 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS (Illustration: The least gesture causes a change in a man's own body and in the air around him; it disturbs the balance of the entire Universe and its effects continue eternally throughout all space. Every thought, however swiftly suppressed, has its effect on the mind. It stands as one of the causes of every subsequent thought, and tends to influence every subsequent action. A golfer may lose a few yards on his drive, a few more with his second and third, he may lie on the green six bare inches too far from the hole; but the net result of these trifling mishaps is the difference of a whole stroke, and so probably between halving and losing the hole.) 26. Every man has a right, the right of self-preservation, to fulfill himself to the utmost. 6 (Illustration: A function imperfectly performed injures, not only itself, but 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 depends.) 27. Every man should make Magick the keynote of his 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 profession . He should understand banking as a necessary factor in the economic existence of mankind, instead of as merely a business whose objects are independent of the general welfare. He should learn to distinguish false values from real, and to act not on accidental fluctuations but on considerations of essential importance . Such a banker will prove 6. Men of "criminal nature" are simply at issue with their true Wills. The murderer has the Will-to-Iive; and his will to murder is a false will at variance with his true Will, since he risks death at the hands of Society by obeying his criminal impulse.