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1930 · PDF PAGE 113

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

… described in the Equinox Vol. i, No. 4, p. ioi must next be practised, always with the idea that Ajna is breathing. Try to réalisé that power, not air, is being drawn into the Ajna, is being concentrated there during Kumbhakam, and is vivifying the Ajna during expiration. Try rather to increase the force of con¬ centration in Ajna than to increase so excessively the length of Kumbhakam as this is dangerous if rashly undertaken. (2) Walk slowly in a quiet place ; réalisé that the legs are moving, and study their movements. Understand thoroughly…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 24

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

CLXXX TITLES OF TAROT TRUMPS 11 The Spirit of 'Acô^o 12 The Magus of Power. 13 The Priestess of the Silver $tar. 14 The Daughter of the Mighty Ones. 15 Sun of the Morning, Chief among the Mighty. 16 The Magus of the Eternal. 17 The Children of the Voice : the Oracle of the Mighty Gods. 18 The Child of the Powers of the Waters : the Lord of the Triumph of Light. 19 The Daughter of the Flaming Sword, 20 The Prophet of the Eternal, the Magus of the Voice of Power. 21 The Lord of the Forces of Life. 22 The Daughter of the Lords of Truth; The Ruler …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 86

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…l flame that it would perhaps be visible to the eyes of a bystander, were one présent. It is alleged that some persons hâve attained the power of actually kindling fire by these means. Whether this be so or not, the power is not one to be aimed at. 3. Success in “banishing” is known by a “feeling of cleanliness” in the atmosphère ; success in “invoking” bv a “feeling of holiness”. It is unfortunate that these terms are so vague. But at least make sure of this 5 that any imaginary figure or being shall instantly obey the will of the student, whe…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 65

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…ion at one time. And let this be con- tinued until perfect success be attained therein. For this is a mighty méditation and holy, having power even upon Death, yea, having power even upon Death. (Note by Fra. O. M. At any time during this méditation the 365

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1930 · PDF PAGE 21

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…TTRIBUTIONS OF THE SWORD SUIT (SPADES) CXXXVI TITLES AND ATTRIBUTIONS OF THE COIN, DISC, OR PANTACLE SUIT (DIAMONDS) 0 1 The Root of the Powers of Water. The Root of the Powers of Air. The Root of the Powers of Earth. 2 9 in 0 Love. ü in ^ The Lord of Peace restored. ¥■ in VS The Lord of Harmonious Change. 3 5 in G Abundance. ï) in laa Sorrow. cf in VJ Material Works. 4 © in 8 Blended Pleas- ure. ,}f in aa Rest from Strife. © in le? Earthly Power. 5 0* in nj, Loss in Pleasure. 9 in ^ Defeat. 5 in y Material Trouble. 6 Q in m. Pleasure. $ in ^ E…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 32

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…is Wand, his fingers and thumbs interlaced, crying LAShTAL ! B K AI IM A ! FIAOF ! ArAIIH ! ATMFN ! (Thus shall be declared the Words of Power whereby the Energies of the Aeon of Horus work his will in the world.) The Proclamation of the Accomplishment. i. Let the Magician strike the Battery : 3-5-3, crying ABRAHADABRA. The SECOND GESTURE. The Enchantment. 1. Let the Magician, still facing Boleskine, advance to the circumference of his circle. 2. Let in turn himself towards the left, and pace with the stealth and swiftness of a tiger the precin…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 49

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

… PEOPLE : So mote it be. IV. Of the Ceremony of the opening of the Veil. The PRIEST. Thee therefore whom we adore we also invoke. By the power of the lifted Lance! He rais es the Rance. Ail repeat Hailing Sign. A phrase of triumphant music. The PRIEST takes the PRIESTESS by her right hand with his lefty keeping the Rcmce raised. I, PRIEST and KING, take thee, Virgin pure without spot; I upraise thee; I iead thee to the East; I set thee upon the summit of the Earth. He thrones the PRIESTESS upon the altar. The DEACON and the children followy the…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 123

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…sness; seven vultures of evil. Thus is the art and craft of the Magus but glamour. How shall He destroy Himself ? o. Y et the Magus hath power upon the Mother both directly and through love. And the Magus is Love, and bindeth together That and This in His Conjuration. 1. In the beginning doth the Magus speak Truth, and send forth Illusion and Falsehood to enslave the soûl. Yet therein is the Mystery of Rédemption. 2. By his Wisdom made He the Worlds: the World that is God is none other than He. 3. How then shall He end His Speech with Silence ?…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 64

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…phenomenon which will already hâve been observed in 3, the restoring of the circulation. 8. Last, imagine the return of the reproductive power, and employ this to the imprégnation of the Egg of light in which man is bathed. 9. Now represent to thyself that this Egg is the Disk of the Sun, setting in the west. 10. Let it sink into blackness, borne in the bark of heaven, upon the back of the holy cow Hathor. And it may be that thou shalt hear the moaning thereof. 11. Let it become blacker than ail blackness. And in this méditation thou shalt be u…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 47

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…widdershins ahout altary and so to the Tomb in the westf) She draws her sword and pulls down the Veil therewith. ) The PRIESTESS. By the power of + Don, I say unto thee, — 347

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1930 · PDF PAGE 132

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…e great day of M.A.A.T., that is being interpreted the Master of the Temple of A .\ A whose name is Truth. 8. Now in this is the magical power known. 9. It is like the oak that hardens itself and bears up against the storm. It is weather-beaten and scarred and confident like a sea- captain. 10. Also it straineth like a hound in the leash. 11. It hath pride and great subtlety. Yea, and glee also ! 12. Let the Magus act thus in his conjuration. 13. Let him sit and conjure3 let him draw himself together in that forcefulness ; let him rise next swo…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 90

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…ty: — Let there be an image of the Deityj first because in méditation there is mindfulness induced thereby; and second because a certain power enters and inhabits it by virtue of the ceremonies 5 or so it is said, and We deny it not. Let this image be the most beautiful and perfect which the devotee is able to procure ; or if he be able to paint or to carve the same, it is ail the better. As for Deities with whose nature no Image is compatible, let them be worshipped in an — 390

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1930 · PDF PAGE 112

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…the non-Ego and as illusion. 4. Let then the Hermit, seated in his Asana, meditate upon the Muladhara Cakkra ana its correspondence as a power of the mind, and destroy it in the same manner as aforesaid. Also by reasoning: This émotion (memory, imagination, intellect, will, as it may be) is not I. This émotion is transient: I am immovable. This émotion is passion. I am peace”, and so on. Let the other Cakkras in their turn be thus destroyed, each one with its mental or moral attribute. 5- In this let him be aided by his own psychological analys…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 103

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…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 to this because from the nature of the Method he cannot remai…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 124

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…ry of Selflessness, which is called also the Mystery of Pan. 16. Let the Magus then contemplate each in turn, raising it to the ultimate power of Infinity. Wherein Sorrow is Joy, and Change is Stability, and Selflessness is Self. For the interplay of the parts hath no action upon the whole. And this contemplation shall be performed not by simple méditation — how much less then by reason! but by the method which shall hâve been given unto Him in His initiation to the Grade. 17. Following which method, it shall be easy for Him to combine that tri…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 98

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…thou also beware of disputation with the devil and pride in the cleverness 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 a…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 39

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

… what it loathes; but theft is a vice involving the slave-idea that one’s neighbour is superior to oneself. It is admirable only for its power to develop certain moral and mental qualities in primitive types, to prevent the atrophy of such facultés as our own vigilance, and for the interest which it adds to the “tragedy, Man.” 1. The People of England hâve made two révolutions to free them- selves from Popish fraud and tyranny. They are at their tricks again; and if we hâve to make a Third Révolution, let us destroy the germ itself ! — 339

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1930 · PDF PAGE 41

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

… often on the craft or caprice of the biggest, the most savage, heartless, cunning and blood-thirsty brutes of the pack, to secure their power or pander to their pleasure in cruelty. There is no principle, even a false one, to give cohérence to the clamour of ethical propositions. Yet the very men that hâve smashed Moloch, and strewn the earth with shapeless rubble, grow pale when they so much as whisper among themelves, “While Moloch ruled ail men were bound by the one law, and by the oracles of them that, knowing the fraud, feared not, but we…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 42

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…e coula not cross the frontier even of breadth, the idea which he came to guess at only because he felt himself bound by some mysterious power. Yet breadth is equally a nothing in the presence of the Cône. His first conception must evidently be a frantic spasm, formless, insane, not to be classed as articulate thought. Yet, if he develops the faculties of his mind, the more he knows of it the more he sees that its nature is identical with his own whenever comparison is possible. The True Will is thus both determined by its équations, and free b…

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