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1930 · PDF PAGE 68

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

… secret self beyond self, Hadith, Ail Father! Hail, ON, thou Sun, thou Life of Man, thou Fivefold Sword of Flame! Thou Goat exalted upon Earth in Lust, thou Snake ex- tended upon Earth in Life! Spirit most hoiy! Seed most Wise! Inno¬ cent Babe. Inviolate Maid! Begetter of Being! Soûl of ail Soûls! Word of ail Words, Corne forth, most hidden Light!” “Devour thou me!” “Thou dost devour Me!” ANGELOS TON ThEON “Thou Angel of the Gods!” ANLALA “Arise thou in Me, free flowing, Thou who art Naught, who art Naught, and utter thy Word! ” EAI “I also am …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 66

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…hou Goddess of Beauty and Love, whom Satan, beholding, desireth!” ABRAIT uIhe Fathers, male-female, desire Thee! ” (The conception is of Earth, glowing, inhabited by a Solar-Phallic Hippopotamus * 1 of a Venereal nature.) Hear IVfe. and make ail Spints subject unto ]Me: so that every Spirit of the Firmament, and of the Ether: upon The Earth and under the Earth: on dry land and in the Water: of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire: and every Spell and Scourge of God may be Spirit. aMale-Female Spints!” aMale-Female Sires!” aYe that are Gods, going …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 65

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

… of a Neptunian nature.) Hear Me: and make ail Spirits subject unto Me: so that every Spirit of the Firmament and of the Ether: upon the Earth and under the Earth: on dry Land and in the Water: of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire: and every Spell and Scourge of God may be obedient unto Me. Section E. Earth. I invoke Thee: — MA BARRAIO IOEL KOThA “O Mother ! O Truth ! ” “Thou Mass!”1 “Hail, Thou that art!” “Thou hollow one!” I. “Mass”, in the sense of the word which is used by physicists. The impossibility of defîning it will not deter the intr…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 69

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…that evil should be wrought in the World! 4. I am He, that lighteneth and thundereth! 5. I am He, from whom is the Shower of the Life of Earth! 6. I am He, whose mouth ever flameth! 7. I am He, the Begetter and Manifester unto the Light! 8. I am He, The Grâce of the Worlds! 9. “The Heart Girt with a Serpent” is my name! Section H The 64Charge to the Spirit”. Corne thou forth, and follow me: and make ail Spirits subject unto Me so that every Spirit of the Firmament, and of the Ether, upon the Earth und under the Earth: on dry Land, or in the Wat…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 67

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…, Ruler and Helper. Hear Me, and make ail Spirits subject unto Me : so that every Spirit of the Fir¬ mament and of the Ether : upon ther.Earth and under the Earth : on dry Land and in the Water: of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire : and every Spell and Scourge of God may be obedient unto Me. Section G. Spirit. Hear Me :— IEOU “Indwelling Sun of Myself” PUR “Thou Fire! Thou Sixfold Star initia- tor compassed about with Force and Fire! ” “Indwelling Soûl of Myself” (Vide Supra) “Sun-lion Serpent, hail! Ail Hail, thou Great Wild Beast, thou I AO!…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 64

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…on of a Uranian nature.) Hear Me, and make ail Spirits subject unto Me: so that every Spirit of the Firmament and of the Ether: upon the Earth and under the Earth: on dry Land and in the Water: of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire, and every Spell and Scourge of God may be obedient unto Me. SOTOU MUDORIO PhALARThAO OOO AEPE Section D. Water. Hear Me : — RU-ABRA-IAF 1 “Thou the Wheel, thou the Womb, that containeth the Father IAF !” MRIODOM “Thou the Sea, the Abode !” BABALON-BAL-BIN- “Babalon! Thou Woman of Whore- ABAFT. dom!” i. See, for the f…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 63

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…of a Mercurial Nature.) Hear me, and make ail Spirits subject unto Me 5 so that every Spirit of the Firmament and of the Ether: upon the Earth and under the Earth, on dry land and in the waterj of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire, and every Spell and Scourge of God may be obedient unto Me. I. Il he letter F is used to represent the Hebrew Vau and the Greek Digamma; its Sound lies between those of the English long o and long 00, as in Rope and Tooth. — 267 —

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1930 · PDF PAGE 76

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…ramework on which ail forms are founded; it receives, records and transmits ail impulses without itself suffering mutation thereby. The “Earth” is the sphere wherein the operation of these “fundamental” and aethvric forces appears to perception. “Under the Earth” is the World of those phenomena which inform those perceived projections, and détermine their particular char- acter. “Dry land” is the place of dead “material things”, dry (i.e. unknowable) because unable to act on our minds. “Water” is the vehicle whereby we feel such things; “air” t…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 62

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…isticalJy determined and paraphrased in English. Section A. The Oath. 1. Thee I invoke, the Bornless One. 2. Thee, that didst create the Earth and the Heavens. 3* Thee, that didst create the Night and the Day. T Thee, that didst create the darkness and the Light. 5. Thou art ASAR UN-NEFER (aMyself made Perfect”) : Whom no man hath seen at any time. 6. Thou art IA-BESZ (“the Truth in Matter”). 7. Thou art IA-APOPHRASZ (athe Truth in Motion”). 8. Thou hast distinguished between the Just and the Unjust. 9. Thou didst make the Female and the Male. …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 26

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…herhood. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. i. The Order of the Star called S. S. is, in respect of its existence upon the Earth, an organised body of men and women distinguished among their fellows by the qualities here enumerated. They exist in their own Truth, which is both universal and unique. i. The Name of The Order and those of its three divisions are not disclosed to the profane. Certain swindlers hâve recently stolen the initiais A A.-, in order to profit by its réputation. 230 -

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1930 · PDF PAGE 78

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

… rays that burst from his Verendum. He invokes Water in the West, his Wand billowing forth blue radiance. He goes to the North to invoke Earth; flowers of green flame flash from his weapon. As practice makes the Adept perfect in this Work, it becomes automatic to attach ail these complicated ideas and intentions to their correlated words and acts. When this is attained he may go deeper into the formula by amplifying its correspondences. Thus, he may invoke water in the manner of water, extending — 282 —

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1930 · PDF PAGE 82

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…s thereof until it finds its proper place in Space, when its secret self flowers forth as a truth, which the Adept may then take back to earth with him. This is but a side issue. The main purpose of the Ritual is to establish the relation of the sub- conscious self with the Angel in such a way that the Adept is aware that his Angel is the Unity which expresses the sum of the Eléments of that Self, that his normal consciousness contains alien enemies I. These phenomena are not wholly subjective; they may be perceived, though often under other fo…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 74

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

… Ghost which is sacred to BAPHOMET, by its virtue that con- cealeth the Lion and the Serpent that His Image may appear adorably upon the Earth for ever. Let then the Adept extend his Will beyond the Circle in this imagined Shape and let it radiate with the Light proper to the Elément invoked, and let each Word issue along the Shaft with passionate impulse, as if its voice gave command thereto that it should thrust itself leapingly fcrward. Let also each Word accumulate authority, so that the Head of the Shaft may plunge twice as far for the Sec…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 85

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…uinox XL p. 65). Section H, This récapitulation demands the going forth together of the Adept and his Angel ato do their pleasure on the Earth among the living.” Section J. The Beast 666 having devised the présent method of using this Ritual, having proved it by his own practice to be of infallible puissance when properly performed, and now having written it down for the World, it shall be an ornament for the Adept who adopts it to cry Hail to His name at the end of his work. This shall moreover encourage him in Magick, to recall that indeed th…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 45

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…e angel an “archangel”, etc. (d) We may synthesize any set of symbols, obtaining a more general form. Thus we may group various types of earth-spirit as gnomes. (e) Ail these may be attributed to the Tree of Life, and dealt with accordingly. (f) The Magician may préparé a sensible body for any of these symbols, and evoke them by the proper rites. 13) The “reality” or “objectivity” of these symbols is not pertinent to the discussion. The ideas of X4 and \/— 1 hâve proved useful to the progress of mathematical advance toward Truth 5 it is no odds…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 88

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…paraphased in poetry by Aleister Crowley in his “Tannhauser”. “And when, invoking o]ten> thou shalt see That formless Fire; when ail the earth is shaken, The stars abide not, and the moon is gone, Ail Time crushed back into Eternity, The Universe by earthquake overtaken; Light is not, and the thunders roll, The World is done: When in the darkness Chaos rolls again In the excited brain: Then, O then call not to thy view that visible Image of Nature; fatal is her name! It fitteth not thy Body to behold That living light of Hell, The unluminous, d…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 30

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

the Heavens to enlighten the Earth, so that he may possess a vehicle wherein he may communicate with mankind. The quality and position of this star, and its functions, are determined by the nature of the incarnations transcended by him. 4. The Grade of Ipsissimus is not to be described îully; but its opening is indicated in Liber I vel MagL There is also an account in a certain secret document to be published when propriety permits. Here it is only said this : The Ipsissimus is wholly free from ail limitations soever, existing in the nature of …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 96

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…he seventh heaven”. This may not apply to the sixth. The Adept must keep himself in hand, however tempted to make a new heaven and a new earth in the next few davs by trumpeting his triumphs. He must give time a chance to redress his balance, sore shaken by the impact of the Infinité. As he becomes adjusted to intercourse with his Angel, he will find his passionate ecstasy develop a quality of peace and intelligi- bility which adds power, while it informs and fortifies his mental and moral qualifies instead of obscuring and upsetting them. He w…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 37

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…ole Order. They must accept the Crowned and Conquering Child as the Lord of the Aeon, and exert them- selves to establish His reign upon Earth. They must acknowledge that “The Word of the Law is 0EAHMA and that “Love is the Law, love under Will.” Each member must make it his main work to discover for himself his own true will, and to do it, and do nothing else. 2 He must accept those orders in the Book of the Law that apply to himself as being necessarily in accordance with his own true will, and execute the same to the letter with ail the ener…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 48

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

career on earth is his kingdom, that even the Master Therion is no more than a fellow man in another valley, and that he must explore and exploit his own inheritance with his own eyes and hands. The Magician must not accept the Master Therion’s account of the Astral Plane, His Qabalistic discoveries, His instructions in Magick. They may be correct in the main for most men; yet they cannot be wholly true for any save Him, even as no two artists can make identical pictures of the same subject. More, even in fundamentals, though these things be Tr…

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