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Page 1 of 11930 · PDF PAGE 31
…e to find bis way to any desired plane, and operate therein as itts rnler. The Neopliyte of A.*. A.’, is examined most strictly in tliis practice before he is passed to the degree of Zelaîor. In “Rising on the Planes” one must usuallv pass clear through the Astral to the Spiritual. Sonie will be unable to do this. The “fine body” which is good enough to subsist on lower planes, a shadow among shadows, will fail to penetrate the higher strata. It requires a great development of this body,and an intense infusion of the highest spiritual constitue…
1930 · PDF PAGE 33
…the name of the Beast that hath availed them, the Titan, the Magus, the Man whose number is six hundred and three score and six. III Ihe practice of Rising on the Planes is of such importance that spécial attention must be paid to it. It is part of the essential tech¬ nique of Magick. Instruction in this practice has been given with such conciseness in Liber O, that one cannot do better than quote Verbatim (the “previous experiment” referred to in the first sen¬ tence is the ordinary astral journey.) : “i. The previous experiment has little val…
1930 · PDF PAGE 22
…n the various numbers of the Equinoxy and the student will hâve no difficulty in acquiring the necessary technique, if he be diligent in practice. — 142
1930 · PDF PAGE 35
practice to exhaustion, as described in the instructions, but this is the proper thing to do whenever definitely practising, in order to acquire the power of Rising. But, having obtained this power, it is, of course, legitimate to rise to any particular plane that may be necessary for the purpose of exploration, as in the case of the visions recorded in Liber 418, where the method may be described as mixed. In such a case, it is not enough to invoke the place you wish to visit, because you may not be able to endure its pressure, or to breathe i…
1930 · PDF PAGE 83
…t 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 fortification of the Body of Light by the constant use of rituals, by the assumption of God-forms, and by the right use of the liucharist. 2.1 he purification and consécration and exaltation of that üody by the use of rituals of invocation. 3- The éducation of that Body by expérience. It must learn to travel on every plane; to break down every obstacle which may confront it This expérien…
1930 · PDF PAGE 30
… by incomparable brilliance. There are also a number of sub-planes, as, for example, the Alchemical. This plane wiil often appear in the practice of uRising on the Planes” ; its images are usually those of gardens curiously kept, mountains furnished with peculiar symbols, hiero- glyphic animais, or such figures as that of the aHermetic Arcanum”, and pictures like the “Goldseekers” and the ‘Mas¬ sacre of the Innocents” of Basil Valentine. There is a unique quality about the alchemical Plane which renders its images imme- diately recognisable. 15…
1930 · PDF PAGE 16
…understood by the analogy of teaching oneself some mental-physical accomplishment (e. g. billiards), by persistent and patient study and practice, which often involves considérable pain as well as trouble. 136 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 43
…s able to detach oneself entirely from the question. The oracle is a judgej it must be beyond bribery and préjudice. It is impossible in practice to lay down rules for the inter¬ prétation of symbols. Their nature must be investigated by intel- lectual methods such as the Qabalah, but the précisé shape of meaning in any one case, and the sphere and tendency of its application, must be acquired partlv by expérience, that is, by induction, by recording and classifying one’s experiments over a long période and — this is the better part — by refini…
1930 · PDF PAGE 27
…est 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 slip and out of a dressing-gown. It will then no longer be so necessary for your astral body to be sent far off ; without moving an inch you will be able to “turn on” its eyes and ears — as simplv as the man with the microscope (mentioned above) can transfer his complété attention from one…
1930 · PDF PAGE 38
natural correspondence with microcosmic affairs. But in practice the calculations involved are overwhelmingly complicated. A horoscope is never complété. It needs to be supplemented by innumerable other horoscopes. For example, to obtain a judgment on the simplest question, one requires not only the nativities of the people involved, some of which are probably inaccessible, but secondary figures for directions and transits, together with pro- gressed horoscopes, to say nothing of prénatal, mundane, and even horary figures. To appreciate the ent…
1930 · PDF PAGE 69
…o 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 perfection. Even efficiency in the préparation is not ail; there is need to be judicious in the manipulation, and adroit in the admi¬ nistration, of the product. Ele does not perform haphazard miracles, but applies His science and skill in conformity with the laws of nature.
1930 · PDF PAGE 28
…physical body remains silent and still. In doing this it will often be necessary to create a Temple on the astral plane. Il is excellent practice to create symbols. This one précaution is needed: after using them, they should be reabsorbed. 148
1930 · PDF PAGE 46
…so afraid of an unfavourable answer that he made actual mistakes in the simple mechanical construction of the figure! Finally, in the i. Practice soon teaches one to count subconsciously.yes, and that is the other difficulty again! — i66 —•
1930 · PDF PAGE 44
…es more difficult the necessary detachment from it. Once again, the diviner stands in need of a considérable degree of attainment in the practices of méditation. He must hâve succeeded in destroying the tendency of the ego to interfère with the ohject of thought. He must be able to conceive of a thing out of ail relation with anything eise. The regular practice of concentration leads to this resuit; in fact, it destroys the thing itself as we hâve hitherto conceived it; for the nature of things is always veiled from us by our habit of regarding…
1930 · PDF PAGE 45
…d to the touch of the Will of that intelligence. (It is of course understood that he has not become so familiar with geomancy by dint of practice as to be able to calculate subconsciously what figures he will form; form; for this would vitiate the experiment entirely. It is, in fact, one of the objections to geomancy that sooner or later one does become aware at the time of tracing them whether the dots are going to be even or odd. This needs a spécial training to correct). Physio-psychological theory will probably maintain that the “automatic”…
1930 · PDF PAGE 42
…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-analyst will recall the fact that d…
1930 · PDF PAGE 26
…lity 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
1930 · PDF PAGE 55
…al philosophers”. The Magicians of to-morrow will be armed with mathematical theory, organized observation, and experimentally- verified practice. But their Art will remain inscrutable as ever in essence; talent will never supplant genius. Education is impotent to produce a poet greater than Robert Burns; the perfection of laboratory apparatus préparé» indeed the path of a Pasteur, but cannot make masters of mediocrities. 175 “