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…hallus, “Naught and Two” because the plus and the minus hâve United in “love under will.” A is “the Fool”, Naught in Thought (Parzival), Word (Harpo- crates), and Action (Bacchus). He is the boundless air, the wander- ing Ghost, but with “possibilités”. He is the Naught that the Two hâve made by “love under will”. LA thus represents the Ecstasy of Nuit and Hadit conjoined, lost in love, and making themselves Naught thereby. Their child is begotten and conceived, but is in the phase of Naught also, as yet. LA is thus the Universe in that phase, …
1930 · PDF PAGE 93
14. Further, concerrimg the life of the devotee: — Let him eut away from his life any act, word or thought, that is hateful to the particular Deity; as, unchastity in the case of Artémis, évasions in the case of Ares. Besides this, he should avoid ail harshness or unkindness of any kind in thought, word, or deed, seeing that above the particular Deity is One in whom ail is One. \ et also he may deliberately practise cruelties, where the particular Deity manifests His Love in that manner, as in the case of Kali, and of Pan. And therefore, before…
1930 · PDF PAGE 37
…expressed in identical équations in which every term is perfect in itself as a mode of Naught. ShT supplies the last element; making the Word of either five or six letters, according as we regard ShT as one letter or two. Thus the Word affirms the Great Work accomplished : 5° = 6D- ShT is moreover a necessary resolution of the apparent opposi¬ tion of LA and AL, for one could hardly pass to the other without the catalytic action of a third identical expression whose function should be to transmute them. Such a term must be in itself a mode of N…
1930 · PDF PAGE 127
…em that are separate—Glory to Nuit and to Hadit, and to Him that hath given us the Symbol of the Rosy Cross ! Glory unto the Lord of the Word Abrahadabra, and Glory unto Him that hath given us the Symbol of the Ankh, and of the Cross within the Circle ! 1. Three are the Beasts wherewith thou must plough the Field; the Unicom, the Horse, and the Ox. And these shalt thou yoke in a triple yoke that is governed by One Whip. 2. Now these Beasts run wildly upon the earths and are not easily obedient to the Man. 3. Nothing shall be said here of Cerber…
1930 · PDF PAGE 38
and is the child of Set-Isis as their Logos or Word uttered by their “Angel”. The card is XX, and 20 is the value of Yod (the Angel or Herald) expressed in full as IVD. S h is the Spiritual congress of Heaven and Earth. But T is the Holy Spirit in action as a “roaring lion” or as the uold Serpent” instead of as an “Angel of Light”. The twins of Set-Isis, harlot and beast, are busy with that sodomitic and incestuous lust which is the traditional formula for producing demi-gods, as m the cases of Mary and the Dove; Leda and the Swan, etc. The car…
1930 · PDF PAGE 83
…Lux, the Light of the Cross”. (VIII). With the magical weapon trace the Hexagram of Fire in the East, saying, “ARARITA” (KJïniOtf). This word consists of the initiais of a sen¬ tence which means “One is His beginning : One is His Individuality : His Permutation is One.” Phis hexagram consists of two équilatéral triangles, both apices pointing upwards. Begin at the top of the upper triangle and trace it in a dextro-rotary direction. The top of the lower triangle and trace it in a dextro-rotary direction. The top of the lower should coincide with…
1930 · PDF PAGE 44
…ur, courage, and caution giveth his life to under- stand ail that doth encompass him, and to prevail against it, shall be increase. “The Word of Sin is Restriction” ; seek therefore Righteousness, enquiring into Iniquity, and fortify thyself to overcome it. 344
1930 · PDF PAGE 135
LIBER A vel ARMORUM SUB FIGURA CCCXII. “ The ûbeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the swordj these shall he learn and teach.” Liber L. II. 37. The Pantacle. Take pure wax, or a plate of gold, silver-gilt or Electrum Magicum. The diameter shall be eight inches, and the thickness half an inch. Let the Néophyte by his understanding and ingenium devise a symbol to represent the Universe. Let his Zelator approve thereof. Let the Néophyte engrave the same upon his plate with his own h and and weapon. Let it when finished be conse…
1930 · PDF PAGE 34
…dj the thumb and index finger of the right hand pinch the nipple of the left breast, as if ofîering it to that child). Let him utter the word 0EAHMA ! 23. Perform the spiral dance, moving deosil and whirling widdershins. Each time on passing the West extend the wand to the Quarter in question, and bow : a. “Before me the powers of LA !” (to West.) b. “Behind me the powers of AL !” (to East.) c. “On my right hand the powers of LA ! ” (to North.) d. “On my left hand the powers of AL !” (to South.) e. “Above me the powers of ShT ! (leaping in the …
1930 · PDF PAGE 123
…. By a Magus is this writing made known through the mind of a Magister. The one uttereth clearly, and the other Under- standeth; yet the Word is falsehood, and the LJnderstanding darkness. And this saying is of Ail Truth. 6. Nevertheless it is written; for there be times of darkness, and this as a lamp therein. 7. With the Wand createth He. 8. With the Cup preserveth He. 9. With the Dagger destroyeth He. 10. With the Coin redeemeth He. 11. His weapons fulfil the wheel; and on What Axle that turneth is not known unto Him. 12. From ail these acti…
1930 · PDF PAGE 47
…and the Lion, Mystery of Mystery, in his name BAPHOMET. And I believe in one Gnostic and Catholic Church of Light, Love and Liberty, the Word of whose Law is 0EAHMA. And I believe in the communion of Saints. And, forasmuch as méat and drink are transmuted in us daily into spiritual substance, I believe in the Miracle of the Mass. And I confess one Baptism of Wisdom whereby we accomplish the Miracle of Incarnation. And I confess my life one, individual, and eternal that was, and is, and is to corne. AÏMLN, ATMTN, AÏMTN. Music is now played. The …
1930 · PDF PAGE 128
…for a record. Thou shalt Write down thy daily progress in these practices, until thou art perfecily vigilant at ail times over the least word that slippeth from thy tongue. Thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be for ever free. IL o. The Morse is Action. Man, rule thine Action. How else shalt thou master the Father, and answer the Fool at the Left Hand Gateway of the Crown ? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week, or more. (a) Avoiding lifting the left arm above the waist. (b) Avoid Crossing the legs. Of thine own ingenium devise others. …
1930 · PDF PAGE 132
…d and fix his basilisk eye upon the sigil of the démon. Then let him sway the force of him to and fro like a satyr in silence, until the Word burst from his throat. 14. Then let him not fall exhausted, although he might hâve been ten thousandfold the human; but that which floodeth him is — 432
1930 · PDF PAGE 133
… 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 Eightfold Word that shall be equilibrated with the Three. *9- There is no act or passion that shall not be an hymn in mine honour. 20. Ail holy things and ail symbolic things shall be my sacraments. 21. These animais are sacred unto me 5 the goat, and the duck, and the ass, and the gazelle, the man, the woman and the child. 22. Ail corpses are sacred unto me3 they shall not be touched save in mine eucharist. Ail lonely …
1930 · PDF PAGE 94
…of the matter. And let him not perform the act until he hath done this. As it is written : Liber VII, Cap. 5. — 22. aEvery breath, every word, every thought is an act of love with thee. 23. “The beat of my heart is the pendulum of love. 24. “The songs of me are the soft sighs. 25. “The thoughts of me are very rapture. 26. “And my deeds are the myriads of Thy Children, the stars and the atoms.” And Remember Well, that if thou wert in truth a lover, ail this wouldst thou do of thine own nature without the slightest flaw or failure in the minutest…
1930 · PDF PAGE 103
…n the House of Love.” 44. Concerning secrecy and the rites of Blood. —During this practice it is most wise that the Philosophus utter no Word con¬ cerning his working, as if it were a Forbidden Love that consumeth him. But let him answer fools according to their folly; for since he cannot conceal his love from his fellows, he must speak to them as they may understand. And as many Deities demand sacrifice, one of men, another of cattle, a third of doves, let these sacrifices be replaced by the true sacrifices in thine own heart. Yet if thou must…
1930 · PDF PAGE 43
…y real meaning. If a man in delirium tremens fell into the Hudson River, he might remember the proverb and clutch at an imaginary straw. Words such as “truth” are like that straw. Confusion of thought is concealed, and its impotence denied, by the invention. This paragraph opened with, “We know”: yet, questioned, awe” make haste to deny the possibility of possessing, or even of defining, knowledge. What could be more certain to a parabola-philosopher than that he could be approached in two ways, and two only? It would be indeed little less than…
1930 · PDF PAGE 124
…! 20. And woe also be unto Him that refuseth the curse of the grade of a Magus, and the burden of the Attainment thereof. 21. And in the word CHAOS let the book be sealed, yea, let the Book be sealed. — 424 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 35
… form fulfil itself by finding its equated opposite, and satisfying its need to be the Absolute by the attainment of annihila¬ tion. The word, LAShTAL includes ail this. LA — Naught. ~ 335 ~
1930 · PDF PAGE 99
…ve been certain saints who are capable of love for an idea as such without it being otherwise than degraded by idolising it, to use this Word in its true sense. Thus one may be impassioned of beauty, without even the need of so small a concrétion of it as “The beauty of Apollo”, the “beauty of roses”, the “beauty of Attis”. Such persons are rare 5 it may be doubted whether Plato himself attained to any vision of absolute beauty without attaching to it material objects in the first place. A second class is able to contemplate ideals through this…