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Page 1 of 11930 · PDF PAGE 43
…nstinct or intuition, whichever one likes to call it. It is proper in cases where the sphere of the question is well marked to begin the divination by invocations of the forces thereto appropriate. An error of judgment as to the true character of the question would entail penalties proportionate to the extent of that error 3 and the delusions resulting from a divination fortified by invocation would be more serious than if one had not employed such heavy artillery.3 There can, however, be no objection to preparing oneself by a general purificat…
1930 · PDF PAGE 47
…ices of such adaptations as our purblind conception of convenience induces us to fabricate. The student will observe from the above that divination is in one sense an art entirely separate from that of Magick; y et it interpénétrâtes Magick at every point. The fundamental laws of both are identical. The right use of divination has already been explained; but it must be added that proficiency therein, tremendous as is its importance in furnishing the Magician with the information necessary to his strategical and tactical plans, in no wise enable…
1930 · PDF PAGE 37
…of transcribing the sounds employed in speaking it. The letters tnemselves h ave not necessarily any meaning as such. But in a System of divination each Symbol stands for a definite idea. It would not interfère with the English language to add a few new letters. In fact, some Systems of shorthand hâve done so. But a System of symbols suitable for divination must be a complété représentation of the Universe, so that each is absolute, and the whole insusceptible of increase or diminution. It is (in fact) tech- nically a pantacle in the fullest se…
1930 · PDF PAGE 52
relation of two ideas each of winch is itself as subject to change without notice” as a musical programme. Divination, in the nature of things, can do no more than put the mind of the querent into conscious connection with another mind whose knowledge of the subject at issue is to bis own as that of an expert to a layman. The expert is not infallible. 1 he client may put his question in a misleading manner, or even base it on a completely erroneous conception of the facts. He may misunder- stand the expert’s answer, and he may misinterpret its …
1930 · PDF PAGE 56
on our part will bring our work to naught. The same is exactly true of divination. The différence between the two sciences is no more than this : that, more minds having been at work on the former we hâve learnt to master its tricks with greater success than in the case of the latter.
1930 · PDF PAGE 36
… It is therefore useful to possess an art by which one can obtain at a moments notice any information that may be necessary. This art is divination. The answers to one’s questions in divination are not conveyed directly but through the medium of a suitable sériés of symbols. These symbols must be interpreted by the diviner in terms of his problem. It is not practicable to construct a lexicon in which the solution of every difficulty is given in so many words. It would be unwieldy 3 besides, nature does not happen to work on those lines. The the…
1930 · PDF PAGE 51
…r with one’s hair in curl-papers, or complain of the cook’s impertinence, if one wants to make the most of the honeymoon. 1 To the Adept divination becomes therefore a secondary consid¬ ération, although he can now employ it with absolute confidence, and probably use it with far greater frequency than before his attainment. Indeed, this is likely in proportion as he learns that resort to divination (on every occasion when his Will does not mstantly instruct him) with implicit obedience to its counsels careless as to whether or no they may land …
1930 · PDF PAGE 50
…tri fies ? One must therefore be prepared for dis- appointment at every stage until one attains to adeptship. This is especially true of divination, because the essence of the horror of not knowing one’s Angel is the utter bewilderment and anguish of the mind, complicated by the persécution of the body, and envenomed by the ache of the soûl. One puts the wrong ques¬ tions, and puts them wrong 3 gets the wrong answers, judges them wrong, and acts wrongly upon them. One must nevertheless persist, aspiring with ardour towards one’s Angel, and comf…
1930 · PDF PAGE 42
…îcallv subtle différences of flavour. It is a hard saying; but in order to divine without error, one ought to be a Master of the Temple, Divination affords excellent practice for those who aspire to that exalted eminence, for the faintest breath of personal preference will deflect the needle from the pôle of trnth in the 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-analys…
1930 · PDF PAGE 48
… if a general panic knocks the bottom ont of it a few weeks later. The advice only referred to the prospects of the stock in itself. The divination must not be blarned any more than one would blâme a man for buying a house at Ypres three vears before the World-War. As against this, one must insist that it is obviously to the advan- tage of the diviner to obtain this information from beings of the most exalted essence available. An old witch who has a familiar spirit of merely local celebritv such as the toad in her tree, can hardly expect him t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 55
… the possibility of aéroplanes was derisively denied by those very engineers accounted most expert to give their opinions. The method of divination, the ratio of it, is as obscure to-day as was that of spectrum analysis a génération ago. That the Chemical composition of the fixed stars should become known to man seemed an insane imagining too ridiculous to discuss. To-day it seems equally irrational to enquire of the desert sand concerning the fate of empires. Yet surely it, if any one knows, should know! To-day it may Sound impossible for inan…
1930 · PDF PAGE 23
CHAPTER XVIII Of CLAIRVOYANCE AND OF THE BODY OF LIGHT Il'S POWER AND ITS DEVELOPMENT A.LSO CONCERNING DIVINATION I Within ilie liuman body is another body of approximately the same size and sliape; L but made of a subîler and less iilnsory materiaL It is of course not “real” 5 but then no more is the other body! Before treating of clairvoyance one must discuss briefly this question of reality, for misapprehension on the subject has given rise to endless trouble. There is the story of the American in the train who saw another American carrying …
1930 · PDF PAGE 75
…ht from dead matter. 2. Consécrations of talismans in which a live spirit is bound înto “dead” matter and vivifies the same. 3. Works of divination, in which a live spirit is made to control operations of the hand or brain of the Magician. Such works are accordingly most dangerous, to be used only by advanced magicians, and then with great care. 4. Works of fascination, such as operations of invisibility, and transformations of the apparent form of the person or thing concerned. This consists almost altogether in distracting the attention, or d…
1930 · PDF PAGE 39
…operations describe the course of events with astonishing wealth of detail, and the judgments are reliable in ail respects. But a proper divination means at least two hours’ hard work, even by the improved method developed by Him from the traditions of initiâtes. Any attempt to shorten the proceedings leads to disappointment; furthermore, the symbols do not lend them¬ selves readily to the solution of spiritual questions. The Holy Qabalah, based as it is on pure number, evi- dently possesses an infinité number of symbols. ïts scope is contermin…
1930 · PDF PAGE 35
… real value to you in the end j and that is, developing a character, creating a Karma, which will give you the power to do your Will. IV Divination is so important a bran ch of Magick as almost to demand a separate treatise. Genius is composed of two sidesj the active and the passive. The power to execute the Will is but blind force unless the Will be enlightened. At every stage of a Magical Operation it is necessary to know what one is doing, and to be sure that one is acting wisely. Acute sensitiveness is always associated with genius; the po…
1930 · PDF PAGE 49
…cess is enhanced by the fact that he has him¬ self created a link with them. One more observation seems désirable while on this subject. Divination of any kind is improper in matters directly concerning the Great Work itself. In the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel, the adept is possessed of ail he can possibly need. To consult any other is to insnlt one’s
1930 · PDF PAGE 40
…s it is to give information to the diviner, their natures differ widely, and corre¬ spond more or less to the character of the medium of divination. Thus, the geomantic intelligences are gnomes, spirits of an earthy nature, distinguished from each other by the modifications due to the various planetary and zodiacal influences which pertain to the several symbols. The intelligence governing Puella is not to be confused with that of Venus or of Libra. It is simply a particular terrestrial daemon which partakes of those natures. — 160 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 44
…hich a few lines hâve strayed from another column. It is equally necessary that the muscles with wliicli he manipulâtes the apparatus of divination must he entirely independent of any volition of his. lie must lend them for the moment to the intelligence whom he is Consulting, to be guided in their movement to make the necessary mechanical actions which détermine the physical factor of the operation. It will be obvions that this is somewhat awkward for the diviner who is also a magician, for as a magician he has been constantly at work to keep …