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Page 1 of 11930 · PDF PAGE 29
…p will be at first very difficult. Phantasmal and fleeting as the astral is in general, those forms which are definitely attached to the material possess enormous powers of résistance, and it consequently requires very high potential to influence them. Their material analogues seem to serve as a fortress. Even where a temporary effect is produced, the inertia of matter draws it back to the normal; yet the power of the trained and consecrated will in a well-deveioped astral body is such that it can even produce a permanent change in the material…
1930 · PDF PAGE 30
…There is some reason for this, as the délimitations are somewhat vague. Just as the vegetable kingdom merges into the animal, and as the material plane has beings which encroach upon the boundaries of the astral, so do we hnd it in the higher planes. The mental images which appear during méditation are subjec¬ tive, and pertain not at ail to the astral plane. Only verv rarely do astral images occur during méditation. It is a bad break in the circle, as a rule, when they do. There is also a Magical Plane. This touches the material, and even incl…
1930 · PDF PAGE 14
…izon. 1 2 In order to counteract a natural deficiency of this sort, one would hâve to supply a sufficient quantity of the proper kind of material. One cannot make bricks without straw. With regard to invocations of the Gods, such considérations do not apply. The Gods are beyond most material conditions. It is necessarv to hll the heart and mïnd with the proper basis for manuestauon. The higher the nature of the God, the more true tins is. The Holy Guardian Angel has always the necessary hasis. His manifestation dépends solely on the readiness o…
1930 · PDF PAGE 28
…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 the world to which it belongs. That which you hâve accomplished with the subject you may now proceed to do with the object. You will learn to see the astral appearance of material thingSj and although this does not properïy belong to pure clai…
1930 · PDF PAGE 8
…f His abilities, though they hâve made Him famous through the whole world, nor by the utmost rnight of his Magick, is He able to acquire material wealth beyond the minimum necessary to keep Him alive and at work. It is in vain that He protests that not He but the Work is in need of money ; He is barred by the strict Jetter of His Oath to give ail that He hath for His magical Attainment. Yet more awful is the doom that He hath invoked upon Himself in renouncing His right as a man to enjoy the Love of those whom He loves with passion so selfless,…
1930 · PDF PAGE 70
… the general objection to the diversion of channels of Initiation to the Sea of Attainment, into ditches of irrigation for the fields of material advantage. It is bad business to pay good coin for perishable products; like marrying for money, or prostituting poetic genius to political purposes. The converse course, though equally — 190
1930 · PDF PAGE 23
…IVINATION 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 a basket of unusual shape. His curiosity mastered him, and he leant across and said: “Say, stranger, wha…
1930 · PDF PAGE 57
…ecret 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 consequently more force available; but it is important that they should ail be initiâtes of the same mysteries, bound by the same oaths, and fil…
1930 · PDF PAGE 68
… test”) when the ordinary form of the gas is inert. Again, oxygen satisfied by sodium or diluted by nitrogen will not attack combustible materials with the vehemence proper to the pure gas. We may summarize this thesis by sayîng that Àlcîiemy includes as many possible operations as tliere are original ideas inberent in nature. Alchemy resembles évocation in its sélection of appropriate material bases for the manifestation of the Will5 but differs from it in proceeding without personification, or the intervention of alien planes. 1 It may be mor…
1930 · PDF PAGE 10
…y filled with that divine essence 3 ail else is but an accident and an illusion. The subséquent invocations, the graduai development and materialization of the force, require no effort. It is one great mistake of the beginner to concentrate his force upon the actual stated purpose of the ceremony. This mistake is the most frequent cause of failures in invocation. A coroliary of this Theorem is that the Magician soon discards évocation almost altogether — only rare circumstances demand any action what ever on the material plane. The Magician dev…
1930 · PDF PAGE 60
material plane. It is the Medicine of Metals, the Stone of the Wise, the Potable Gold, the Elixir of Life that is consumed therein. The altar is the hosom of Isis, the eteraal motlier ; the chalice is in effect the Cnp of our Lady Bah al on lier self ; the Wand is that which Was and Is and Is To Corne. The Eucharist of two 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 appropri…
1930 · PDF PAGE 72
… magic power is dangerous. There are even more debased and evil forms, things in themselves black. Such is the use of spiritual force to material ends. Christian Scientists, Mental Healers, Professional Diviners, Psychics and the like, are ail ipso facto Black M agi ci ans. Thev exchange gold for dross. They sell their higher powers for gross and temporary benefit. That the most crass ignorance of Magick is their principal characteristic is no excuse, even if Nature accepted excuses, which she does not. If you drink poison in mistake for wine, …
1930 · PDF PAGE 64
… the span of life, increasing human abilities, perfecting the nature of man in every respect, conferring magical powers, and transmuting material substances, especially metals, into more valuable forms. The subject is further complicated by the fact that many authors were unscrupulous quacks. Ignorant of the first éléments of the art, they plagiarized without shame, and reaped a harvest of fraudulent gain. They took advantage of the general ignorance, and the convention of mystery, in just the same way as their modem successors do in the matter…
1930 · PDF PAGE 39
… helps the diviner to understand them by stimulating his aesthetic perceptions. The Master Therion finds that the Tarot is infallible in material questions. The successive 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 …
1930 · PDF PAGE 61
… of the Sacrament, so will its results be. In some one may receive a mvstic grâce, culminating in Samadhi ; in others a simpler and more material benefit may be obtained. The highest sacrament, that of One elemenf, is universal in its operation; according to the declared purpose of the work so will the resuit be. It is a universal Key of ail Magick. These secrets are of suprême practical importance, and are guarded in the Sanctuary with a two-edged sword flaming every way 2 y for this sacrament is the Tree of Life itself, and whoso partaketh of…
1930 · PDF PAGE 65
…ghty to prevail throughout the sphere of its purport. The évocation of a spirit is precisely similar in essence. The exorcist takes dead material substances of a nature sympathetic to the being whom he intends to invoke. He banishes ail impurities there- fiom, prevents ail interférence therewith, and proceeds to give life to the subtle substance thus prepared by instilling his soûl. - 185 -
1930 · PDF PAGE 25
There is some sort of vague and indeterminate relation between the Astrals and the Materials ; and it is possible, 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”; th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 17
… 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 self. Of course, the outstanding example of ail such talismans is the wife. A wife may be defined as an object specially prepared for taking the stamp of one’s Creative will. This is an example of a very complicated magical operation, extending over centuries. But, theoretically, it is just an ordinary case of talism…
1930 · PDF PAGE 26
…oking about you as you rise until you see landscapes or beings of the astral plane. Such hâve a quality ail their own. They are not like material things — they are not like mental pictures — they seem to lie between the two. After some practice has made you adept, so that in the course 146