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…d is the assumption of the form of the God — by transmuting the astral body into LIis shape. This last method îs really essential to ail proper invocation, and cannot be too sedulously practised. There are many other devices to aid invocation, so many that it is impossible to enumerate them; and the Magician will be wise to busy himself in inventing new ones. We will give one example. Suppose the Suprême Invocation to consist of 20 or 30 barbarous liâmes, let hirn imagine these liâmes to occupy sections of a vertical column, each double the len…
1930 · PDF PAGE 14
…s below the horizon. 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 …
1930 · PDF PAGE 51
…n the other hand, although the adept is in daily communica¬ tion with his Angel, he ought to be careful to consult Him only on questions proper to the dignity of the relation. One should not consult one s Angel on too many details, or indeed on any matters vvhich corne within the office of one’s familiar spirits. One does not to go the King about petty personal trifles. The romance and rapture of the ineffable union which consentes Adeptship must not be profaned by the introduction of eommonplace cares. One must not appear with one’s hair in cu…
1930 · PDF PAGE 41
…and, being a book, is under Mercury, and the intelligence of each card is fundamentally Mercurial. Such symbols are therefore peculiarly proper to communicate thought. Ihey are not gross, like the geomantic daemons; but, as against this, they are unscrupulous in deceiving the diviner.1 The Y i King is served by beings free from these defects. The intense purity of the symbols prevent them from being usurped by intelligences with an axe of their own to grind.2 It is always essential lor the diviner to obtain absolute magical control over the int…
1930 · PDF PAGE 75
a microcosm in itself — and even archangels reach rarely to this centre of balance — is fit to treat on an equality with Man. The proper study of mankind is God; with Him is his business; and with Him alone. Some magicians hâve hired légions of spirits for some spécial purpose; but it has always proved a serious mistake. The whole idea of exchange is foreign to magick. The dignity of the magician forbids compacts. “The Earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof”. III The operations of Magick art are difficult to classify, as they merge into ea…
1930 · PDF PAGE 68
…m 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 more closely compared with Initi…
1930 · PDF PAGE 80
…odem educators wx>uld hâve us think. The principle of the System was to strike the brain a sériés of constantly repeated blows until the proper reaction became normal to the organism. It is not désirable to use ideas which excite interest, or may corne spiritualism without ohvious bad results, and even with good results, within limits. But such exceptions in no wise invalidate the general rule, or in any way serve as argument against the magical theory outlined above with such mild suasion. i. In Liber CXI (Aleph) the subject is treated with pr…
1930 · PDF PAGE 43
…better part — by refining one’s ratiocination to the point where it becomes instinct 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 Th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 39
…essive 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 co…
1930 · PDF PAGE 20
…agician, there is a right wav — strait and difficult •— of performing ail this. One cannot too frequently repeat that what is lawful and proper to one Path is alien to another. Immediately after the License to Départ, and the general closing up of the work,it is necessary that the Magician should sit down and write up his magical record. However much he may hâve been tired 1 by the ceremony, he ought to force himself to do this until it becomes a habit. Verily, it is better to fail in the magical ceremony than to fail in writing down an accurat…
1930 · PDF PAGE 4
…es, and tiring of her a little later, evoke Zazel to kill her; he will find that the implications of his former Oath conflict with those proper to invoke the Unity of the Godhead of Saturn. Zazel will refuse to obey him in the case of the woman whom he has sworn that he loves. To this some may object that, since ail acts are magical, every man who loves a woman implicitly takes an 1. Compare the remarks in a previous chapter. But this is a particular case. We leave its justification as a problem. 2. Of course this is for the beginner. As soon a…
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 49
…him. It îs sometimes better to act on the advice of a spirit even when one knows it to be wrong, though in such a case one must take the proper précautions against an undesirable resuit. The reason for this is that spirits of this type are very sensitive. They suffer agonies of remorse on realising that they hâve injured their Master5 for he is their God; they know themselves to be part of him, their aim is to attain to absorption in him. They understand therefore that his interests are theirs. Care must be taken to employ none but spirits who …
1930 · PDF PAGE 69
…ucharist 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 Metals must be the quintessence of some substance that serves to détermine the structure (or rate of vibration) whose manifestation is in characteristic metallic qualities. This need not be a Chemical substance at ail in the ordinary sense of the Word. The Elixir of Life will similarly consist of a living organism capable of growt…
1930 · PDF PAGE 67
…or of acting as a ferment upon other substances, seemed so absurd that he felt obliged to conclude that the alchemists who claimed these properties for their Gold must, after ail, hâve been referring not to Chemistry, but to some spiritual operations whose sanctity demanded some such symbolic veil as the cryptographie use of the language of the laboratory. The Master Therion is sanguine that his présent réduction of ail cases of the art of Magick to a single formula will both elucidate and vindicate Alchemy, while extending chemistry to cover a…
1930 · PDF PAGE 44
… formless answer. But he should approximate to this extreme sufficiently to allow ihe question entire freedom to make for itself ils own proper links with the intelligence directing the answer, — 164 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 84
… 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 extent to repair His original defects. But even to this day, despite the fact this His original inclination is much stronger towards Magick than towards mysticism, he is much less competent in Magick.1 A trace of this can be seen even in His method of combining…
1930 · PDF PAGE 81
…m for some spécial kind of work, concentration on which will unfit them for other tasks by depriving them of the elasticity which is the proper condition of life. 1 In Magick and méditation this principle applies with tremend- ous force. It is quite useless to teach people how to perform magical operations, when it may be that such operations, when thev hâve learned to do them, are not in accordance with their wills. What must be done is to drill the Aspirant in the hard routine of the éléments of the Royal Art. So far as mysticism is concerned…
1930 · PDF PAGE 26
…, they are purely passive! You can see only what is shewn you, and you are probably shewn things perfectly pointless and irrelevant. The proper metnod is as followsi — Devciop the body oi Liglil until îî is jiisl ns real to y ou as your otlier body. teacli it îo travel to any desired Symbol, and enable it te perform ail neeessary Rites and Invocations. In sbort, edncate it. Ultimately, the relation of that body with your own must be exceedingly intimâtes but before this harmonizing takes place, you should begin by a careful différentiation. The…
1930 · PDF PAGE 50
… going to happen. “Fortune-telling” is an abuse of divination. At the utmost one can only ascertain what may reasonably be expected. The proper function of the process is to guide one’s judgrnent. Diagnosis is fairly reliable; advice may be trusted, generally speaking; but prognosis should always be cautious. The essence of the business is the consultation of specialists.