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…orget not that this practice is dangerous, and may cause the manifestation of evil things, hostile and malicious, to thy great hurt. 45. Concerning a further sacrifice. — Of this it shall be under- stood that nothing is to be spoken; nor need anything be spoken to him that hath wisdom to comprehend the number of the para- graph. And this sacrifice is fatal beyond all,unless it be a sacrificium indeed. Yet there are those who hâve dared and achieved thereby. 46. Concerning yet a further sacrifice. — Here it is spoken of actual mutilation. Such a…
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that body and mind are tamed and trained to ail manner of peaceable going. 36. Concerning minor adjuvant in the ceremonies. — I. Rising on the planes. — B y this method mayst thou assist the imagination at the time of concluding thine Invocation. Act as taught in Liber Q, by the light of Liber 777. 37. Concerning minor methods adjuvant in the ceremonies. — IL Talismanic Magic. — Having made by thine Ingenium a talisman or pantacle to represent the particular Deity, and conse- crated it with infinité love and care, do thou burn it ceremonially b…
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empty shrine. Such are Brahma, and Allah. Also some post- captivity conceptions of Jéhovah. 5- Further concerning the shrine. — Let this shrine be furnished appropriately as to its ornaments, according to the book 777. With ivy and pine-cones, that is to say, for Bacchus, and let lay before him both grapes and wine. So also for Ceres let there be corn, and cakes ; or for Diana moon-wort and pale herbs, and pure water. Further it is well to support the shrine with talismans of the planets, signs and éléments appropriate. But these should be made…
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…. It is by virtue of this completeness that no human love may in a 113/ way attain to more than to foreshadow a little part thereof. 34. Concerning Mortifications. — These are not necessary to this method. On the contrary, they may destroy the concentration, as counter-irritants to, and so alleviations of, the suprême mortifi¬ cation which is the Absence of the Deity invoked. Yet as in mortal love arises a distaste for food, or a pleasure in things naturally painful, this perversion should be endured and allowed to take its course. Yet not to t…
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22. Further concerning méditation. — Moreover let the Philosophus imagine to himself that he hath indeed succeeded in his dévotion, and that his Lord hath appeared to him, and that they converse as may be fitting. 23. Concerning the JVLysterious Triangle. — Now as three cords separately may be broken by a child, while those same cords duly twisted may bind a giant, let the Philosophus learn to entwine these three methods of Magick into a Spell. To this end let him understand that as they are One, because the end is One, so are they One because …
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…austere as Saturn, or intellectual as Thoth. But for such deities as in them- selves partake in anywise of love ît is a perfect mode. 2. Concerning the frime method of this Magick Art : — Let the devotee consider well that although Christ and Osiris be one, yet the former is to be worshipped with Christian, and the latter with Egyptian, rites. And this, although the rites themselves are ceremonially équivalent. There should, however, be one symbol declaring the transcending of such limitations 3 and with regard to the Deity also, there should b…
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…n. And therefore, before the beginning of his periods of dévotion, let him practise according to the rules of Liber Jugorum. 15. Further concerning the life of the devotee: — Now, as many are fully occupied with their affairs, let it be known that this method is adaptable to the necessities of ail. And We bear witness that this which followeth is the Crux and Quintessence of the whole Method. First, if he hâve no Image, let him take anything soever, and consecrate it as an Image of his God. Likewise with his robes and instruments, his suffumiga…
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26. Concerning silence. — Now there may corne a time in the course of this practice when the outward symbols of dévotion cease, when the soûl is as it were dumb in the presence of its God. Mark that this is not a cessation but a transmutation of the barren seed of prayer into the green shoot of yearning. This yearning is spon- taneous, and it shall be left to grow, whether is be sweet or bitter. For often times it is as the torment of hell in which the soûl burns and writhes unceasingly. Yet it ends, and at its end continue openly thy Method. 2…
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…t in truth a lover, ail this wouldst thou do of thine own nature without the slightest flaw or failure in the minutest part thereof. 19. Concerning the Lections. — Let the Philosophus read solely in his copies of the holy books of Thelema, during the whole period of his dévotion. But if he weary, then let him read books which hâve no part whatever in love, as for récréation. But let him copy out each verse of Thelema which bears upon this matter, and ponder them, and comment thereupon. For therein is a wisdom and a magick too deep to utter in a…
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Ànother objection lies in the partiality of this Method. This is equally a defect characteristic of the Grade. 43. Concerning a notable danger of Success. — It may occur that owing to the tremendous power of the Samadhi, overcoming ail other memories as it should and does do, that the mind of the devotee may be obsessed, so that he déclaré his particular Deity to be sole God and Lord. This error has been the foundation of ail dogmatic religions, and so the cause of more misery than ail other errors combined. The Philosophus is peculiarly liable…
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…ments: (a) The dance becomes independent of the will. (b) Similar phenomena to those described in 5 (a), (b), (c), (d), occur. 9. A note concerning the depth and fullness of the breathing. In ail proper expiration the last possible portion of air should be expelled. In this the muscles of the throat, chest, ribs, and abdomen must be fully employed, and aided by the pressing of the upper arms into the flanks, and of the head into the thorax. In ail proper inspiration the last possible portion of air must be drawn into the lungs. In ail proper ho…
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…e thyself. It is easy to tell the live force from the dead matter. It is 110 easier to tell the live snake from the dead snake. 16. Also concerning vows. Be obstinate, and be not obstinate. Understand that the yieldmg of the Yoni is 011e with the lengthening of the Lingam. Thou art both these; and thy vow is but the rustling of the wind on Mount Meru. 17. How shalt thou adore me who am the Eye and the Tooth, the Goat of the Spirit, the Lord of Création. I am the Eye in the Triangle, the Silver Star that ye adore. 18. I am Baphomet, that is the …
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…sed after instead of before expiration. Let him gradually increase the period of this Kumbhakarn as in the case of the other. 14. A note concerning the conditions of these experiments. The conditions favourable are dry, bracing air, a warm climate, absence of wind, absence of noise, insects and ail other disturbing influences,1 a retired situation, simple food eaten in great modéra¬ tion at the conclusion of the practices of morning and afternoon, and on no account before practising. Bodily health is almost essential, and should be most careful…
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… therefore according to his discrétion on the one hand and his aspiration on the other ; and let not one overrun his fellow. 42. Further concerning the value of this Method. — Certain objections arise. Firstly, in the nature of ail human love is illusion, and a certain blindness. Nor is there any true love below the Veil of the Abyss. For this reason we give this method to the Philoso¬ phus, as the reflection of the Exempt Adept, who reflects the Magister Templi and the Magus. Let then the Philosophus attain this Method as a foundation of the h…
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… during the whole méditation. 31. On another day, let him begin with a question of another kind, and every day devise new questions, not concerning his présent situation, but also abstract questions. Thus let him connect the prevalence of water upon the surface of the globe with its necessity to such life as we know, with the spécifie gravity and other physical properties of water, and let him perceive ultimately through ail this the necessity and concord of things, not concord as the school- men of old believed, making ail things for man’s ben…
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…erness of thine answers to him. Therefore, if thou hast not lost the power of silence, let it be hrst and last employed against him. 30. Concerning the Enflaming of the Heart. — Now learn that thy methods are dry, one and ail. Intellectual exercises, moral exercises, they are not Love. Yet as a man, rubbing two dry sticks together for long, suddenly found a spark, so also from time to time will true Love leap unasked into thy méditation. Yet this shall die and be reborn again and again. It may be that thou hast no tinder near. In the end shall …