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Page 1 of 21930 · PDF PAGE 35
…e to endure its pressure, or to breathe its atmosphère. Several instances occur in that record where the seer was unable to pass through certain gateways, or to remain in certain contemplations. He had to undergo certain Initiations before he was able to proceed. Thus, it is necessary that the technique of Magick should he perfected. The Body of Light nmst be rendered capable of going every- where and doing everything. It is, therefore, always the question of drill which is of importance. You hâve got to go out Rising on the Planes every day of…
1930 · PDF PAGE 85
…pirant by steady scientific work; he should not attempt to run before he can walk; he should not wish to go somewhere until he knows for certain whither he wills £0 go. 1. Recent developments hâve enabled Him to correct these conditions, so that this Book (as now hnally revised for the Press) may be considered practically free from serious defect in this particular. — 205
1930 · PDF PAGE 79
…s confer protection. Compare the fear felt by D. D. Home for Eliphas Levi. See Equinox I, X, “The Key of the Mysteries”. 2. It occurs in certain rare cases that a very unusual degree of personal purity combined with integrity and force of character provides even the ignorant with a certain natural defence, and attracts into his aura only intelligent and beneficent entities. Such persons may perhaps practise — 199
1930 · PDF PAGE 62
… Study, in the Roman Missal, the Canon of the Mass, and the chapter of “defects”. 2. The Word Chastity is used by initiâtes to signify a certain State of soûl and of mind déterminant of a certain habit of body which is nowise identical with what is commonly understood. Chastity in the true magical sense of the word is inconceivable to those who are not wholly emancipated from the obsession of sex. — 182 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 55
…l to the téléphoné. No man knows what electricity is, or the nature of the forces which détermine its action. We know only that by doing certain things we get certain results, and that the least error I. The main différence between a Science and an Art is that the former admits mensuration. Its processes must be susceptible of the applica¬ tion of quantitative standards. Its laws reject impondérable variables. Science despises Art for its refusai to conform with calculable conditions. But even to-day, in the boasted Age of Science, man is still…
1930 · PDF PAGE 57
CHAPTER XIX OF DRAMATIC RITUALS The Wheel turns to those effectuai methods of invocation employed in the ancient Mysteries and bv certain secret bodies of initiâtes to-day. The object of them is almost invariably1 the invocation of a God, that God conceived in a more or less material and personal fashion. These Rituals are therefore well suited for such persons as are capable of understanding the spirit of Magick as opposed to the letter. One of the great advantages of them is that a large number of persons may take part, so that there is conse…
1930 · PDF PAGE 19
…rest permanently on the higher plane to which he has aspired. 1 The whole force of the operation should be ahsorhed; but there is almost certain to be a residuum, since no operation is perfect; and (even if it were sol there would be a number of things, sympathetic to the operation, attracted to the Circle. These must be duly dispersed, or thev will degenerate and become evil. It is always easy to do this where invocations are concerned; the mere removal of the strain imposed by the will of the magician will restore things to their normal aspec…
1930 · PDF PAGE 15
…ng) and having thus temporarily dislodged them — for the power of the God invoked will suffire for this purpose — one may proceed with a certain asperity to conjure the spirit, for that he has done ill to bend before the conjurations of the Black Brothers. Indeed, some démons are of a nature such that they only understand curses, are not amenable to courteous command:— “a slave Whom stripes may move, not kindness.” Finally, as a last resource, one may burn the Sigil of the I. Of course this should hâve been done in preparing the Ritual. But he …
1930 · PDF PAGE 16
…e spirit is usually embodied, except in Works of pure évocation, which after ali are comparatively rare, in sonie kind of talisman. In a certain sense, the talisman is the Charge expressed in hieroglyphics. Yet, every object soever is a talisman, for the définition of a talisman is: something upon which an act of will (that is, of Magick) has been performed in order to fit it for a purpose. Repeated acts of will in respect of i. The précisé meaning of these phrases is at first sight obscure. The spirit is merely a récalcitrant part of one’s own…
1930 · PDF PAGE 80
… good fortune, but if it is thrown into water continuously it will drown sooner or later, unless it learns to swim. Organisms being to a certain extent elastic, they soon adapt themselves to a new environment, provided that the change is not so sudden as to destroy that elasticity. Now a change in environment involves a repeated meeting of new conditions, and if you want to adapt yourself to any given set of conditions, the best thing you can do is to place yourself cautiously and persistently among them. That is the foundation of ail éducation…
1930 · PDF PAGE 60
… éléments has its matter of the passives, The wafer (pantacle) is of corn, typical of earth; the wine (cup) represents water. (There are certain other attributions. The Wafer is the Sun, for instance : and the wine is appropriate to Bacchus). The wafer may, however, be more complex, the “Cake of Light” described in Liber Legis. This is used in the exoteric Mass of the Phoenix (Liber 333, Cap:44) mixed with the bloocl of the Magus. This mass should be performed daiJy at snnset by every magician. Corn and wine are équivalent to flesh and blood; b…
1930 · PDF PAGE 14
…ire steadfastly. Also, His will cannot constrain yours. He is so much one with you that even your will to separate is His will. He is so certain of you that He delights in your perturbation and coquetry no less than in your surrender. These relations are fully explained in Liber LXV. See also Liber Aleph CXI. ~ 134 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 74
…s. These again are hardly ever allowable.2 No Power which is not 1. Liber XC, verse 40. See The Equinox. 2. Notwithstanding, there exist certain bodies of spiritual beings, in whose ranks are not only angelic forces, but elementals, and even daemons, who hâve attained to such Right Understanding of the Universe that they hâve banded themselves together with the object of becoming Microcosms, and realize that their best means to this end is dévotion to the service of the true interests of Mankind. Societies of spiritual forces, organized on thes…
1930 · PDF PAGE 24
…art does not “die”. Now this interior body of the Magician, of which we spoke at the begmning of this chapter, does exist, and can exert certain powers which his natural body cannot do. It can, for example, pass tirough matter , and it can move freelv in every direction * ni ough space. But this is because “matter”, in the sense in which we commonly use the word, is on another plane 2. Now this fine body perceives a uni verse which we do not ordinarily . perceive. It does not necessarily perceive the universe which we do normally perceive, so a…
1930 · PDF PAGE 52
…and ready practical method which we understand hardly at ail, and operate only as empincs. Success for the best diviner alive is no more certain m any particular instance than a long putt by a champion golfer. Its calculations 1. Exce.pt in New York City. — 172 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 25
…ck; in obtaining warnings, in judging character, and especially in watching the process of his Ceremonies. I. This is because there is a certain necessary correspondence between planes; as in the case of an Anglo-Indian’s liver and his temper. The relation appears “vague and indeterminate” only in so far as one happens to be ignorant of the laws which State the case. The situation is analo- gous to that of the chemist before the discovery of the law of “Combining Weights”, etc. 145
1930 · PDF PAGE 58
…ll-known authois and composers. It would be better 1 to Write and compose specially for the ceremony 2. (f ** PERHAPS ! One can think of certain Awful Conséquences”. “But, after ail, they wouldn’t seem so to the authors! ” “But — pity the poor Gods!” “Bother the Gods! ” 2. A bodv of skilled Magicians accustomed to work in concert may be competent to conduct impromptu Orgia. To cite an actual instance in recent times; the blood of a Christian being required for some purpose, a young cock was procured and baptized into the Roman Catholic Church b…
1930 · PDF PAGE 7
given”, there are still certain Orgia beyond Him to perform, oecause to do so would be to affirm what He hath denied in those Oaths by whose virtue He is Ihat He is. This is the case, even when the spirit of such Orgia is fully consonant with His Will. Ihe literal sense of His original Oath insists that it shall be respected. The case offers two instances of this principle. Frater Perdurabo specifically swore that He would renounce His Personal possessions to the last penny5 also that He would allow no human affection to hinder Elim. Ihese tern…
1930 · PDF PAGE 17
… has used the mashie again and again, one’s love for it growing in proportion to one’s success with it, and that success again made more certain and complété by the effect of this “love under will”, which one bestows upon it by using it. It is, of course, very important to keep such an object away from the contact of the profane. It is instinctive not to let another person use one’s fishing rod or one’s gun. It is not that they could do any harm in a material sense. It is the feeling that one’s use of these things has consecrated them to one’s …
1930 · PDF PAGE 42
…answer. Unies? the diviner hâve banished utterly from his mind the minutest atom of interest in the answer to his question, he is almost certain to influence that answer in favour of his personal inclinations. The psycho-analyst will recall the fact that dreams are phantas- mal représentations of the unconscious Will of the sleeper, and that not only are they images of that Will instead of représent¬ ations of objective truth, but the image itself is confused by a thousand cross-currents set in motion by the various complexes and inhibitions of…