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…ted by most responsible men. ( (f) His power to comprehend and control these various orders of ideas and events, demonstrating thereby a mind and a means of action intelligible to, yet immensely above, ail human capacity; to bind the whole into a compact cryptograph displaying mastery of English, of mathematical and philosophical conceptions, of poetic splendour and intense passion, while concealing in the letters and words a complex cipher involving the knowledge of facts never tili then existing in any human mind, and depending on the control…
1930 · PDF PAGE 20
…n in poetic language of severaJ of the ways of attainment and the results obtained. Equinox III, p. 9. Liber CCLXV. The Structure of the Mind. A Treatise on psychology from the mystic and magical stand- point. Its study will help the aspirant to make a detailed scientific analysis of his mind, and so learn to control it. Uupublished. Liber CGC. Khabs am Tekht. A spécial instruction for the Promulgation of the Law. This is the first and most important duty of every Aspirant of whatever grade. It builds up in him the character and Karma which for…
1930 · PDF PAGE 94
…wrestling. Let the jaw and mouth, in particular, be tightened to the utmost. Breathe deeply, slowly, yet strongly. Keep mastery over the mind by muttering forcibly and audibly. But lest such muttering tend to disturb communion with the Angel, speak only His Name. Until the Adept hâve heard that Name, therefore, he may not abide in the perfect possession of his Beloved. His most important task is thus to open his ears to the voice of his Angel, that he may know him, how he is called. For hearken! this Name, understood rightly and fully, declaret…
1930 · PDF PAGE 84
…Universe to knowledge of itself through the formula of génération1 ; a soûl implants itself in sense-hoodwinked body and reason-fettered mind, makes them aware of their Inmate, and thus to partake of its own conscious- ness of the Light. “Grâce” has here its proper sense of “Pleasant- I. That is, Yod Hé realizing Themselves, Will and Undcrstanding, m the twias Vau Hé, Mind and Body. 288 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 7
…d, is to assure sound éducation in occult matters, so that when spiritual illumination cornes it may find a well-built temple. Where the mind is strongly biased towards any spécial theory, the resuit of an illumination is often to inflame that portion of the mind which is thus overdeveloped, with the resuit that the aspirant, instead of becoming an Adept, becomes a bigot and fanatic. 211
1930 · PDF PAGE 83
…ion of his rapture, but rouse himself to make the relation submit to analysis, to render it in rational terms, and thereby enlighten his mind and heart in a sense as superior to fanatical enthusiasm as Beethoven’s music is to West African war-drums. Section Gg. The adept should hâve realised that his Act of Union with the angel implies (i) the death of his old mind save in so far as his unconscious éléments preserve its memory when they absorb it, and (2) the death of his unconscious elementa themselves. But their death is rather a going forth …
1930 · PDF PAGE 89
…d round that vanished glory of the globe, Unto that sky beyond the starry deeps, Beyond the Toils of Time, — then formulate In thine own mind, luminous, concentrate, The Lion of the Light, a child that stands On the vast shoulders of the Steed of God: Or winged, or shooting flying shafts, or shod With the flame-sandals. Then, lift up thine hands! Centre thee in thine heart one scarlet thought Limpid with brilliance of the Light above! Draw into naught Ail life, death, hatred, love: Ail self concentred in the sole desire — Hear thou the Voice of…
1930 · PDF PAGE 25
… that void skies sprawled On the vain sod ! Ail soûls eternally exist, Each individual, ultimate, Perfect -— each makes itself a mist Of mind and flesh to celebrate With some twin mask their tender tryst Insatiate. — 229
1930 · PDF PAGE 75
… is vital that the Adept should train his inteilectual faculties to tell him the truth, in the measure of their capacity. To despise the mind on account of its limitations is the most disastrous blunder; it is the common cause of the calamities which strew so many shores with the wreckage of the Mystic Armada. Bigotry, Arrogance, Éewilderment, ail fcrms of mental and moral disorder, so often observed in people of great spiritual attainment, hâve brought the Path ’tself into discrédit; almost ail such catastrophes are due to trying to build the …
1930 · PDF PAGE 22
…ucting from a priori théories. Unpublished. Liber DXXXVI. B ATP AXOfcPENOBOOKOEMOM AXIA. An instruction in expansion of the field of the mind. Equinox X, p. 35. Liber DLV. Liber HAD. An instruction for attaining Hadit. Equinox VII, p. 83. Liber DCXXXII1. De Thaumaturgie. A statement of certain ethical considérations concerning Magick. Unpublished. Liber DCLXVI. The Beast. An account of the Magical Personality who is the Logos of the présent Aeon. Unpublished. Liber DCCLXXVIL (777). Vel Proiegomena Symbolica Ad Systemam Sceptico-IÆysticœ Vice Ex…
1930 · PDF PAGE 92
…périence might indeed be the proof of perfection. If the Adept is to be any wise conscious of his Angel it must be that some part of his mind is prepared to réalisé the rapture, and to express it to itself in one way or another. This involves the perfection of that part, its freedom from préjudice and the limita¬ tions of rationality so-called. For instance: one could not receive the illumination as to the nature of life which the doctrine of évolution should shed, if one is passionately persuaded that humanity is essentially not animal, or con…
1930 · PDF PAGE 13
Liber XVI. Liber Turris Vet Domus Dei. An Instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind. Equinox 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.…
1930 · PDF PAGE 19
…es. Equinox IV, Spécial Supplément. Liber CC. Res h vel Helios. An instruction for the adoration of the with the object of composing the mind regularising the practices. Equinox VI, p. 29. Liber CCVI. Liber RU Vel Spiritus. Full instruction in Pranayama. Equinox VII, p. 59. Liber CCV1I. Syllabus. An énumération of the Official publications of the A.*. A .'. with a brief description of the contents of each book. Equinox XI (vol. iii part 1), p. 11. This appendix is extracted therefrom. Liber CCXX (L vel Legis). The Book of the Law, which is the …
1930 · PDF PAGE 5
…mann’s “History of Philosophy”. A compendious account of philosophy from the earliest times. Most valuable as a general éducation of the mind. — 209 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 70
… The Unmani- fested and the Manifest; and (c) the IJnmoved and the Moved. Otherwise, the Négative and the Positive in respect of Matter, Mind and Motion. Line 5 He acclaims his Angel as “Himself Made Perfect”; adding that this Individuality is inscrut- able and inviolable. In the Néophyte Ritual of 1. Any such formula should be used only when the adept has full knowledge based on experîence of the management of such matters. — 274 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 41
…sh. Hence: no a friori reason to deny the existence of conscious intelligences with insensible bodies. Indeed we know of other orders of mind (flies, etc., possibly vegetables) thinking by means of non-human brain-structures. But the fundamental problem of Religion is this: Is there any praeter-human Intelligence, of the same order as our own, 1. On considération these notes hâve been left as they were originally written. In An XVII, Sol in Virgo, Soror Rhodon, a probatîoner of A .*. A at that time in enjoyment of the privilège of sojourning in…
1930 · PDF PAGE 90
… & Gg. The Adept who has mastered this Ritual, successfully realising the full import of this controlled rapture, ought not to allow his mind to loosen its grip on the astral imagery of the Star-spate, Will-Symbol, or Soul-symbol, or even to forget its duty to the body and the sensible surroundings. Nor should he omit to keep his Body of Light in close touch with the phenonema of its own plane, so that its privy consciousness may fulfil its proper functions of protecting his scattered ideas from obsession. But he should hâve acquired, by previo…
1930 · PDF PAGE 77
…mself. 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, a rigidity to make reference possible. Upon these foundations of condition which are not things in themselves, but the canon to which things conform, is builded the Temple of Being, whose materials are themselves perfectly mysterious, inscrutable …
1930 · PDF PAGE 82
…he Will-Symbol, and is scattered over the sky in glit- tering galaxies. This dispersion destroys the con¬ centration of the adept, whose mind cannot master such multiplicity of majesty; as a rule, he simply sinks stunned into normality, to recall nothing of his expérience but a vague though vivid impression of complété release and ineffable rapture. Répéti¬ tion fortifies him to réalisé the nature of his attain* ment 5 and his Angel, the link once made, frequents him, and trains him subtly to be sensitive to his Holy presence, and persuasion. B…
1930 · PDF PAGE 73
…o 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 virtue is to unité in itself ail opposite modes of Being, thereby to serve as a Talisman charged with the Spiritual Energy of Existence, an Elixir or Stone composed of the physical basis of Life. This Commémoration is placed between the two Per¬ sonal appeals to the Angel, as if to claim privilège…