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…rd to perform the whole operation m a properïy con- secrated circle. Proceed with great caution, then, but proceed. In time your Body of Light will be as strong against the spirits as your other body against the winds of Heaven. Ail dépends upon the develop¬ ment of that Body of Light. It must be furnished with an organism as ramified and balanced as its shadowy brother, the material body. To recapitulate once more, then, the first task is to develop your own Body of Light within your own circle with out reference to any other inhabitants of th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 60
…ons. 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; but it is casier to couvert live substances into the body and blood of God, than to perform this miracle upon dead matter. The Eucharist of three éléments has fo…
1930 · PDF PAGE 83
…s important as that of mysti- asm, but here we hâve a very much more difficult problem, because the original unit of Magick, the Body of Light, is alreadv something unfamiliar to the ordinary person. Nevertheless, this body must be developed and trained with exactly the same rigid iscipline as the brain in the case of mysticism. The essence of the echnique of Magick is the development of the body of Light which must be extended to include ail members of the organism,’ and mdeed of the cosmos. The most important drill practices are : i. The fort…
1930 · PDF PAGE 27
…r geîting ouï of the body may apparently hâve been, it is most necessary to use every effort to bring it properly back. Make the Body of Light coincide in space with the physica! body, assume the God- Form, and vibrate the name of lïarpocrates with the utmost energy; then recover unity of consciousness. If you fail to do this properly you may find vourself in serious trouble. Your Body of Light may wander away uncontrolled, and be attacked and obsessed. You will become aware of this through the occurrence of headache, bad dreams, or even more s…
1930 · PDF PAGE 54
…e discovered uncounted galaxies of suns; with another, endless orders of existence in the infinitésimal. With the prism we hâve analysed light so that matter and force hâve become intelligible only as forms of light. With a rod we hâve summoned the invisible energies of electricity to be our familiar spirit serving us to do our Will, whether it be to outsoar the condor, or to dive deeper into the démon world of disease than any of our dreamers dared to dream. Since with four bits of common glass mankind has learnt to know so much, achieved so m…
1930 · PDF PAGE 29
… consecrated will in a well-deveioped astral body is such that it can even produce a permanent change in the material upon whose Body of Light you are working, e.g. ; one can heal the sick bv restoring a healthy appearance to their astral forms. On the other hand, it is possible so to disintegrate the the Body of Light even of a strong man that he will fall dead. Such operations demand not only power, but judgment. Nothing can upset the sum total of destiny — everything must be paid for the uttermost farthing. For this reason a great many opera…
1930 · PDF PAGE 26
…dy. T'ry to ima¬ gine how your own body would look if you were standing in its place j try to transfer your consciousness to the Body of Light. Your own body has its eyes shut. Use the eyes of the Body of Light to describe the objects in the room behind you. Don’t say, “It’s only an effort of subconscious memory”...the time to test that is later on. As soon as you feel more or less at home in the fine body, let it rise in the air. Keep on feeling the sense of rising; keep on looking about you as you rise until you see landscapes or beings of th…
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 10
…r possible or even thinkable, and the whole heing of the Magician, no minutes! atom saying nay, is irresistibly fJung forth. In blinding light, amid the roar of ten thousand thunders, the Union of God and man is consummated. If the Magician is stiJl seen standing in the Circle, quietly pursuing his invocations, it is that ail the conscious part of him has become detached from the true ego which lies behind that normal consciousness. But the circle is wholly filled with that divine essence 3 ail else is but an accident and an illusion. The subsé…
1930 · PDF PAGE 79
…udian fear-phantasms, is capable of concentrated thought, of persistent will, or of moral character. Devoid of every spark of the divine light which was his birthright, a prey before death to the ghastly tenants of the grave, the wretch, like the mesmerized and living corpse of Poe’s Monsieur Valdemar, is a “nearly liquid mass of loathsome, of détestable putrescence.” The student of this Holy Magick is most earnestly warned against frequenting their séances, or even admitting them to his presence. They are contagious as Syphilis, and more deadl…
1930 · PDF PAGE 4
…e consequently pauses to cast a last glance around the Temple to assure himself of the perfect readiness of ail things necessary, and to light the incense. The Oath is the foundation of ail Work in Magick, as it is an affirmation of the Will. An Oath binds the Magician for ever. In Part II of Book 4 something has already been said on this subject; but its importance deserves some further élaboration. Thus, should one, loving a woman, make a spell to compel her embraces, and tiring of her a little later, evoke Zazel to kill her; he will find tha…
1930 · PDF PAGE 35
…o 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 your life, year after year. You are not to be disheartened by failure, or too much encouraged by success, in any one practice or set of practices. What you are doing is what will be of real value to you in the …
1930 · PDF PAGE 69
…ersal homogeneity, and use the same means to prolong life as to bewitch cattle. One does not invoke “Electricity77 indiscrimi- nately to light one7s house and to propel one’s brougham; one Works by measured application of one7s powers to intelligent analytical compréhension of the conditions of each separate case. There is a Eucharist for every Grâce that we may need; we must apprehend the essential characters in each case, select suitable Eléments, and devise proper processes. To consider the classical problems of Alchemy: the Medicine of Meta…
1930 · PDF PAGE 40
…habet hâve no limit. This System is so sublime that it is unsuited to the solution of the petty puzzles of our earthly existence. In the light'of the Qabalah, the shadows of transitory things are instantly banished. Xhe Y i King is the most satisfactory System for general work. The Master Therion is engagea in the préparation of a treatise on the subject, but the labour involved is so great that He cannot pledge Himself to hâve it ready at any definite time. The ôtudent must theiefoie make his own investigations mto the mean- ing of the 64 hexa…
1930 · PDF PAGE 24
…eceiving myself m supposing that I had passed through the roof. This body, which is called by varions authors the Astral double, body of Light, body of fire, body of desire, fine body, scin-laeca and numberless other naines is naturally fiited to perceive objects of ils own class... in particular, the phantoms of the astral plane. 1. 1 he real Berkeley did nothing of the sorti the reference here is to an imaginary animal invented by Dr. Johnson ont of sturdy British ignorance. 2. We do not call electrical résistance, or économie îaws, unreal, o…
1930 · PDF PAGE 25
…sible, with great expérience, to deduce facts about material things from the astral aspect which they présent to the eyes of the Body of Light.1 This astral plane is so varied and so changeable that several clairvoyants looking at the same thing might give totally different accounts of what they saw; yet they might each make correct déductions. In looking at a man the first clairvoyant might say : “The lines of force are ail drooping”; the second : “It seems ail dirtv and spotty”; a third; “The Aura looks very ragged.” Yet ail might agréé in de…
1930 · PDF PAGE 73
…ld of the All-Father, and redeem the Virgin of the World from her virginity. II Before leaving the subject of Black Magic, one may touch lightly on the question of Pacts with the Devil. The Devil tloes not exist. It is a false name invenîed by tlie Black Brothers to imply a Unity in tlieir ignorant muddle of dispersions» A devil who liad unity would be a God L. It was said by the Sorcerer of the Jura that in order to invoke the Devil it is only necessary to caîl him with y our whole will. This is an universal magical truth, and applies to every…