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on our part will bring our work to naught. The same is exactly true of divination. The différence between the two sciences is no more than this : that, more minds having been at work on the former we hâve learnt to master its tricks with greater success than in the case of the latter.
what they call immorality, in the fact that the Christian îegend is an écho of a Phallic rite. There is also a true and positive connexion between the Creative force of the Macrocosm, and that of the Microcosm. For this reason the latter must be made as pure and consecrated as the former. The puzzle for most people is how to do this. The study of Nature is the Key to that Gâte. 132 —
…c individuality on the mind, to put its fingers independently on whatever notes it pleases. In this way one obtains an impression of the true purport of the answerj and one obtains it armed with a sanction superior to any sensible suggestions. It cornes from and to a part of the individual which is independent of the influence of environment ; is adjusted to that environment by true necessity, and not by the artifices of such adaptations as our purblind conception of convenience induces us to fabricate. The student will observe from the above t…
With regard to the préparations for such Sacraments, the Catholic Church has maintained well enough the traditions of the true Gnostic Church in whose keeping the secrets are. 1 Chastity 2 is a condition; fastrng for sonie Iiours previons is a condition; an carnest and continuai aspiration is a con¬ dition, Without these antécédents even the Eucharist of the One and Seven is partiaily — though such is its intrinsic virtue that it can never be wholly — baulked of its effect. A Eucharist of some sort sliould most assuredly be cou* summated daily …
… for that very reason he is now utterly impotent to achieve anything that is not in absolute accordance with his Original Oath, with his True Will, by virtue whereof he incarnated as a man. With Bill Sykes love and murder are not mutually exclusive, as they are with King Arthur. The higher the type of man, the more sensitive he becomes; so that the noblest love divines intuitively when a careless word or gesture may wound, and, vigilant, shuns them as being of the family of murder. In Magick, likewise, the Adept who is sworn to attain to the Kn…
… man in a vertical straight line. Any déviation from tliis line tends to become black magic. Any otlier operation is black magic. In the True Operation the Exaltation is equilibrated by an expansion in the other three arms of the Cross. Hence the Angel immediately gives the Adept power over the Four Great Princes and their servitors. 1 If the magician needs to perform any other operation than this, it is only lawful in so far as it is a necessary preliminary to That One Work. There are, however many shades of grey. It is not every magician who …
…ngeness of the words, even by the fact that the “barbarous names” are unintelligible to him. Some- times in the course of a ceremony the true meaning of some barbarous name that has hitherto baffled his analysis may flash upon him, luminous and splendid, so that he is caught up into i. This is Qabalistically expressed in the old Formula : Domine noster, audi tuo servo! kyrie Christel O Christel 129
…ilt shall be the Whole of the Law” confesses that he still clings to the conflict in his own nature; he is not, and does not want to be, true to himself. A fortiori, he will prove false to you. — 195 —
…iJl 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 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 cau…
V Of the powers of the Sphinx much has been written. * 1 Wisely they hâve been kept in the forefront of true magical instruction. Even the tyro can always rattle off that he has to know, to dare to will and to keep silence. It is difficult to Write on this subject, for these powers are indeed comprehensive, and the interplay of one with the other becomes increasingly évident as one goes more deeply into the subject. But there is one general principle which seems worthy of spécial emphasis in this place. These four powers are thus complex becaus…
… 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 There can, however, be no objection to preparing oneself by a general purification and consécration devised with the object of detaching oneself from one’s personality and…
…eem to speak of an infinity of different subjects, so much so that it has proved impossible for modem analytic research to ascertain the true nature of any single process, were agreed on the fundamental theory on which they based their practices. It appears at first sight as if hardly any two of them were in accord as to the nature of the “First Matter of the Work”. — 184
… 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 oî tue Aspirant, and ail magical ceremonies used in that invocation are merely intended to préparé that Aspirant; not in any way to attract or influence 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, …
…se it is the very condition of progress to build up ideas into the subconscious. The necessity of sélection should therefore be obvious. True, there cornes a time when ail éléments soever must be thus assimilated. Samadhi is, by définition, that very process. But, from the point of view of the young magician, 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 …
…is is a particular case. We leave its justification as a problem. 2. Of course this is for the beginner. As soon as it is assimilated as true, he will say : “My will which is thine be done ! ” And ultimately no more distinguish “mine” from “thine”. A sympathetic change of gesture will accompany the mental change. 124
…f qualities — pas- sionate, capricious, impulsive, irrational, selfish, short-sightedness, sensual, fickle, crazy, and desperate, to his True Will; to discipline, co-ordinate, and employ them in the Great Work, under the penalty of being torn asunder by the wild horses which he had bound fast to his own body by the act of “destroying” their independent consciousness and control of their chosen vehicle. See His Magical Record An XX, Q in bb and onward. 2. Examples of Rituals for several such purposes are given in the Equinox. 3. Moral : become a…
…casuistry in the interprétation of his questions. It is a common knavery, especially in geomancy, to render an answer which is literally true, and yet deceives. For instance, one might ask whether some business transaction would be profitable, and find, after getting an affirmative answer, that it really referred to the other party to the affair! There is, on the surface, no difficulty at ail in getting replies. In fact, the process is mechanical; success is therefore assured, bar a stroke of apoplexy. But, even suppose we are safe from deceit,…
… with our own insight.1 The Master Therion has observed on innumerable occasions that divinations, made by him and dismissed as giving untrue answers, hâve justified themselves months or years later when he was able to revise his judgment in perspective, untroubled by his Personal 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…
…f Life will similarly consist of a living organism capable of growth, at the expense of its environment ; and of such a nature that its “true Will75 is to cause that environment to serve it as its means of expression in the physical world of human life. The Universal Medicine will be a menstruum of such subtlety as to be able to penetrate ail matter and transmute it in the sense of its own tendency, while of such impartial purity as to accept perfectly the impression of the Will of the Alchemist. This substance, properly prepared, and properly …
…n, and at last returning to the dirt whence he sprang. The process of initiation consists in removing his impurities, and finding in his true self an immortal intelligence to whom matter is no more than the means of manifestation. The initiate is eternally individual; he is ineffable, incorruptible, im¬ mune from everything. He possesses infinité wisdom and infinité power in himself. This équation is identical with that of a talisman. The Magician takes an idea, purifies it, intensifies it by invoking into it the inspiration of his soûl. It is …