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Page 1 of 21930 · PDF PAGE 84
…efore it. There musî be no sélection of spécial expérience which appeals to one’s immédiate desire. One must go steadily through ail the possible pylons. Frater Perdurabo was very unfortunate in not having magical teachers to explain these things to Him. He was rather encouraged in unsystematic working. Very fortunate, on the other hand, was He to hâve found a Guru who instructed Him in the proper principles of the technique of Yoga, and He, having suffirent sense to recognize the universal application of those principles, was able to some exte…
1930 · PDF PAGE 36
…ind.) We assume that such intelligences are able to reply correctly — within limits — to the questions asked. 2. We postulate that it is possible to construct a compendium of hieroglyphs sufficiently elastic in meaning to include every possible idea, and that one or more of these may always be taken to represent any idea. We assume that any of these hieroglyphics will be understood by the intelligences with whom we wish to communicate in the same sense as it is by ourselves. We hâve therefore a sort of language. One may compare it to a lingua j…
1930 · PDF PAGE 14
…luence Him. It is His constant and et ornai "W ill to hecome one with the Aspirant, and the moment the coiiditions of the lutter muke it possible, That Bridai is consummaled. III. The obstinacy of a spirit (or the inertia of a talisman) usually implies a defect in invocation. The spirit cannot resist even for a moment the constraint of his Intelligence, when that Intelligence is working in accordance with the Will of the Angel, Archangel 1. It is not possible in this elementary treatise to explain the exact nature of the connexion between the r…
1930 · PDF PAGE 29
…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 operations theoretically possible cannot be performed. Suppose, for example, you see two men of similarly unhealthy astral appearance. In o…
1930 · PDF PAGE 45
…sh ail thoughts which concern himself, those of appré¬ hension no less than those of ardour. He must carry his introspec¬ tion as far as possible. He must observe with ail the subtletv at his command whether it pains him to abandon any of these thoughts. So long as his mind is stirred, however slightly, by one single aspect of the subject, he is not fit to begin to form the figure. He must sink his persouality in that of the intel¬ ligence hearing the question propounded by a sîrarager to whom he is indifferent, but whom it is his business to s…
1930 · PDF PAGE 68
…k 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 more closely compared with Initiation; for the effective element of the Product is of the essence of its own nature, and inhér…
1930 · PDF PAGE 10
…in, on the very brink of that spasm, until a time arrives when the idea of exercising that will fails to occur \ Inhibition is no longer 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 …
1930 · PDF PAGE 66
…compréhension of nature if there were any différence in the essence of these various formulas. The laws of nature apply equally in every possible circumstance. We are now in a position to nnderstand wliat alcliemy is. We miglit even go further and say tliat even if we liad ne ver lieard of it, we know wliat it mu si be. Let us emphasize the fact that the final product is in ail cases a living thing. It has been the great stumbling block to modem research that the statements of alchemists cannot be explained away, From the Chemical standpoint it…
1930 · PDF PAGE 27
…lie whoïe tree of Magick. Without it, one is lost in the jungle of delusion. Every spirit, up to God himself, is ready to deceive you if possible, to make himself ont more important than lie is; in short, to lay in wait for your soûl in 333 separate ways. Remember thaï after ail the highest of ail the Gods is en!y the Magus, 1 Mayan, the greatest of ail the devils. Your may also try “rising on the planes”.2 With a little practice, especially if you hâve a good Guru, you ought to be able to slip in and out of your astral body as easily as you sl…
1930 · PDF PAGE 41
…how can we know that the question has really been put to another mind, understood rightly, and answered from knowledge ? It is obviously possible to check one’s operations by clairvoyance, but this is rather like buying a safe to keep a brick in. Expérience is the only teacher. One acquires what one may almost calî a new sense. One feels in one’s self whether one is right or not. The diviner must develop this sense. It resembles the exquisite sensibility of touch which is found in the great billiard player whose fingers can estimate infinitésim…
1930 · PDF PAGE 53
…passion. It is mdeed surprising how often the most careless divinations give accurate answers. When things go wrong, it is almost always possible to trace thæ error to one’s own self-willed and insolent presumption in insisting that events shall accommodate themselves to our egoism and vanity. It is comically unscientific to adduce i. The question of the sense in which an answer is true arises. One not mix up the planes. Yet, as Mr. Russell shows, Of Cit. f. 61, the worlds which lie behind phenomena must possess the same structure as our own. E…
1930 · PDF PAGE 69
…Will of the Alchemist. This substance, properly prepared, and properly charged, is able to perform ail things soever that are physically possible, within the limits of the proportions of its momentum to the inertia of the object to which it is applied. It may be observed in conclusion that, in dealing with forms of Matter-Motion so subtle as these, it is not enough to pass the Pons Asinorum of intellectual knowledge. The Master Therion has possessed the theory of these Powers for many years; but Elis practice is still in progress towards perfec…
1930 · PDF PAGE 40
…th of hoth. It is in some ways the most perfect hieroglyph ever constructed. It is austere and sublime, yet withal so adaptable to every possible emergency that its figures may be interpreted to suit ail classes of questions. One may résolve the most obscure spiritual difficultés no less than the most mundane dilemmas; and the symbol which opens the gates of the most exalted palaces of initiation is equally effective when employed to advise one in the ordinary business of life. The Master Therion has found the Yi King entirely satisfactory in e…
1930 · PDF PAGE 31
…on of the highest spiritual constituents of man, before he can pierce the veils. The constant practice of Magick is the best préparation possible. Even though the human consciousness fail to reach the goal, the consciousness of the fine body itself may do so, wherefore whoso travels in that body on a subséquent occasion may be found worthyj and its success will react favourably on the human consciousness, and increase its likelihood of success in its next magical operation. Similarly, the powers gained in this way will strengthen the magician i…
1930 · PDF PAGE 82
…Concerto 3 you train him to play every conceivable consecution of notes with perfect ease, and you keep him at the most monotonous drill possible for years and years before you allow him to go on the platform. You make of him an instrument perfectly able to adjust itself to any musical problem that may be set before him. This technique of Yoga is the most important detail of ail our work. The Master Therion has been himself somewhat to blâme in representing this technique as of value simply because it leads to the great rewards, such as Samadhi…
1930 · PDF PAGE 24
…an advance towards truth. Ail philosophical Systems hâve crumbled. But each class of ideas possesses true relations within itself. It is possible, with Berkeley, 1 to deny the existence of water and of wood; but, for ail that, wood fioats on water. The Magician becomes identical with the imrnor- tal Osins, yet the Magician dies. In this dilemma the facts must be restated. One should preferably say that the Magician becomes tonscious of that part of himself which he calls the immortal Osins j and that Part does not “die”. Now this interior body …
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 7
…o that He would allow no human affection to hinder Elim. Ihese ternis were accepted; He was granted infinitely more than He had imagined possible to any incarnated Man. On the other hand, the price offered by Him was exacted as stnctly as if it had been stipulated by Shylock. Kvery tieasure that he had on earth was taken away, and that, usually, 111 so biutal 01 ciuel a manner as to make the loss îtself the least part of the pang. Every human affection that He had in His hea.it and that heart aches for Love as few hearts can ever conceive was t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 6
…tinate, allured the seductive, routed the aggressive, made himself invisible, and generaliy behaved like a Young-Man-About-Town on every possible plane. He would afflict one vampire with a Sending of Cats, and appoint another his private Enchantress, neither aware of any moral oxymoron, nor hampered by the implicit incongruity of his oaths. But as He advanced in Adeptship, this coltishness found its mouth bittedj as soon as He took serious Oaths and was admitted to the Order which we name not, those Oaths prevented him using His powers as playt…
1930 · PDF PAGE 83
en peop.e begin to argue about things instead of doing them they become absolutely impossible. Their minds begin to work about it and about, and they corne out by the same door as in they went. ey remain brutish, voluble, and uncomprehending. . lheLtechmque of Magick is just as 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 sa…