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Ego. A <:Spell” of God is any form of conscious- ness, and a “Scourge” any form of action. The Charge, as a whole, demands for the Adept the control of every detail of the Universe which His Angel has created as a means of manifesting Himself to Himself. It covers command of the primary projection of the Possible in individuality, in the antithetical artifice which is the device of Mind, and in a balanced triplicity of modes or States of being whose combinations constitute the characteristics of Cosmos. It includes also a standard of structure,…
1930 · PDF PAGE 13
…x VI, p. 9. Liber XVII. Liber LA.O. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed sériés of thoughts. Unpublished. It is the active form of Liber CCCLXI. Liber XXL The Classic of Purity, by Ko Hsuen. A new translation from the Chinese by the Master Therion. Unpublished. Liber XXV. The Ritual of the Star Ruby. An improved form of the lesser ritual of the Pentagram, Liber CCCXXXIII, The Book of Lies, pp. 34 & 35. Also Appendix VI of this book. Liber XXVII. Liber T rigrammaton> being a book of Trigrams of the Muta¬ tions of the T ao with the …
1930 · PDF PAGE 46
…as its keynote, sometimes concealed by Christian nomenclature: the “Alchemical” plane, where the Great Work is often presented under the form of symbolically constructed landscapes occupied by quasi-heraldic animais and human types hieroglyphically distinguished, who carry on the mysterious operations of the Hermetic Art. There are also “planes” of Parable, of Fable, and of Folk-lore; in short, every country, creed, and literature has given its character- istic mode of présentation to some “plane” or other. But there are “planes” proper to ever…
1930 · PDF PAGE 74
… I, No. 2, Plate “The Signs of the Grades”. In these invocations he should expand his girth and his stature to the utmost2, assuming the form and the consciousness of the Elemental God of the quarter. After this, he begins to vibrate the “Barbarous Names” of the Ri tuai. Now let him not only fill his whole being to the uttermost with the force of the Names; but let him formulate his Will, understood thoroughly as the dynamic aspect of his Creative Self, in an appearance symbolically apt, I say not in the form of a Ray of Light, of a Fiery Sword…
1930 · PDF PAGE 44
…ntion. Every aspect of every object may thus be referred to the Tree of Life, and evoked by using the proper keys. 9) Time and Space are forms by which we obtain (distorted) images of Ideas. Our measures of Time and Space 1 are crude conventions, and differ widely for different Beings. (Hashish shows how the same mind may vary.) 10) We may admit that any aspect of any object or idea may be presented to us in a symbolic form, whose relation to its Being is irrational. (Thus, there is no rational link between seeing a bell struck and hearing its …
1930 · PDF PAGE 17
…al”, New York, 1917. Liber CXI (Aleph). The B00k of Wisdom or Folly. An extended and elaborate commentary on the Book of the Law, in the form of a letter from the Master Therion to his magical son. Contains some of the deepest secrets of initiation, with a clear solution of many cosmic and ethical problems. Unpublished. Liber CL. De Lege Libellum. 221
1930 · PDF PAGE 62
…ween the Just and the Unjust. 9. Thou didst make the Female and the Male. 10. Thou didst produce the Seeds and the Fruit. 11. Thou didst form Men to love one another, and to hâte one another. Section Aa. 1. I am ANKH - F - N - KHONSU thy Prophet, unto Whom Thou didst commit Thy Mysteries, the Ceremonies of KHEM. 2. Thou didst produce the moist and the dry, and that which nourisheth ail created Life. 3. Hear Thou Me, for I am the Angel of PTAH - APO- PHRASZ - RA (vide the Rubnc) : this is Thy True Name, handed down to the Prophets of KHEM. 266
1930 · PDF PAGE 3
…for preparing a ritual of self-initiation. This supplément is also a perfect model of what a magical record should be, in respect of the form. 'Number IL — On pages 244-288 are given several rituals of Initiation. Pages 302-317 give an account of certain astral visions. Pages 326-332 give a formula for Rising on the Planes. Number III. — Pages 151-169 give details of certain magical formulae. Pages 170-190 are a very perfect example — classical, old style — of a magical ritual for the évocation of the spirit of Mercury. Pages 190-197 — a ritual…
1930 · PDF PAGE 5
…of the Soûl; the Tannhauser story slightly remodelled. The Upanishads. (S.B.E. Sériés.) The Classical Basis of Vedantism, the best-known form of Hindu Mysticism. The Rhagavad-Gita. A dialogue in which Krishna, the Hindu “Christ”, expounds a System of Attainment. The Yoice of the Silence, by H. P. Blavatsky, with an elaborate commentary by Frater O. M. The Goetia. The most intelligible of the mediaeval rituals of Evocation. Contains also the favorite Invocation of the Master Therion. The Shiva Sanhita. A famous Hindu treatise on certain physical…
1930 · PDF PAGE 64
…ineth the Father IAF !” MRIODOM “Thou the Sea, the Abode !” BABALON-BAL-BIN- “Babalon! Thou Woman of Whore- ABAFT. dom!” i. See, for the formula of IAF, or rather FIAOF, Book 4 Part III, Chapter V. The form FIAOF will be found préférable in practice. — 268 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 16
… VII, p. 143. Liber LXXXI. The Butterfly Net. An account of a magical operation, particularly concerning the planet Luna, written in the form of a novel. Published under the title “Moon-child” by the Man¬ drake Press, 41, Muséum St., London, W.C.i. 220
1930 · PDF PAGE 4
…er IX. — Pages 117-136 — Ritual for invoking the spirit of Mars. Number X. — Pages 57-79 — Modem example of a magical ritual in dramatic form, commemorating the return of Spring. Pages 81-90 — Fragment of ritual of a very advanced character. VOL. III. No. 1. — This volume contains an immense number of articles of primary importance to every student of magick. The rituals of the Book of Lies and the Goetia are also to be studied. The “preliminary invocation” of the Goetia is in particular recommended for daily use and work. Orfheusy by Aleister …
1930 · PDF PAGE 70
…MONE. S®clion A Let the Adeptus Minor be standing in this circle on the square of Tiphereth, armed with his Wand and Cup; but let him perform the Ritual throughout in his Body of Light. He may burn the Cakes of Light, or the Incense of Abramelin; he may be prepared by Liber CLXXV, the reading of Liber LXV, and by the practices of Yoga. He may invoke HADIT by awine and strange drugs5’ if he so will. 1 He préparés the circle by the usual formulæ of Banishing and Consécration, etc. He recites Section A as a rehearsal before His Holy Guardian Angel…
1930 · PDF PAGE 41
…e of the “Astral Plane” \ i) What are “Astral” and “Spiritual” Beings? Man is one: it is a case of any consciousness assuming a sensible form. Microcosms and elementals. Maybe an elemental (e.g. a dog) has a cosmic conception in which he is a microcosm and man incomplète. No means of deciding same, as in case of kinds of space. 1 2 Similarly, our gross matter may appear unreal to Beings clad in fine matter. Thus, science thinks vulgar perceptions “error”. We cannot perceive at ail except within our gamut; as, concentrated perfumes, which seem m…
1930 · PDF PAGE 79
…d irrésistible motion, mindful of its impulse gravitation, yet with a suave and tranquil appearance of weakness. Again, he may apply the formula of water to its peculiar pur- pose as it surges back into his sphere, using it with conscious skill for the cleansing and calming of the réceptive and emotional éléments in his character, and for the solution or sweeping away of those tangled weeds of préjudice which hamper him from freedom to act as he will. Similar applica¬ tions of the remaining invocations will occur to the Adept who is ready to us…
1930 · PDF PAGE 73
…eanings and correspondences of 9, 15, 24, 45, 300, 345-) 45 is moreover A D M, man. “Mosheh” is thus the name cf man as a God-concealing Form. But in the Ritual let the Adept replace this “Mosheh” by his own motto as Adeptus Minor. For “Ish- rael” let him prefer his own Magical Race, according to the obligations of his Oaths to Our Holy Order! (The Beast 666 Himself used “Ankh-f-n-khonsu” and aKhem” in this section.) The Adept reminds his Angel that He has created That One Substance of which Hermes hath written in the Table of Emerald, whose vi…
1930 · PDF PAGE 45
…onify them as “trolls”, or the destructive énergies of the simoom, as “jinn”. (c) We may analyse any of these symbols, obtaining a finer formj thus the “spirit” contains an “angel”, the 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”…
1930 · PDF PAGE 88
…e 291). The Oracles of Zoroaster utter this : “And when, by often invoking, ail the phantasms are vanished, thou shalt see that Holy and Formless Fire, that Fire which darts and flashes through ail the Depths of the Universe; hear thou the Voice of the P'ire! “A similar Fire flashingly extending through the rushings of Air, or a Fire formless whence cometh the Image of a voice, or even a flashing Light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. Also there is the vision of the fire-flashing Courser of Light, or also a Child, borne aloft…
1930 · PDF PAGE 93
receive a visual impression of his Angel in a physical form which is sublimely quintessential of his idéal. A musician may be rapt away by majestic mélodies such as he never hoped to hear. A philosopher may attain appréhension of tremendous truths, the solution of problems that had baffled him ail his life. Conformably with this doctrine, we read of illuminations experienced by simple-minded men, such as a workman who “saw God” and likened Him to “a quantity of little pears”. Again, we know that ecstasy, impinging upon unbalanced minds, inflame…
1930 · PDF PAGE 47
…of the student. He must be absolutely at ease in his Body of Light, and hâve made it invulnérable. He must be adept in assuming ali God- forms, in using ail weapons, sigils, gestures, words, and signs. He must be familiar with the names and numbers pertinent to the work in hand. He must be alert, sensitive, and ready to exert his authority; yet courteous, gracious, patient, and sympathetic. 16) There are two opposite methods of exploring the Astral Plane. (a) . One may take some actual object in Nature, and analyse it by evoking its astral form…