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… will be found to be the most generally useful. While on the subject of barbarous names of évocation we should not omit the utterance of certain suprême words which enshrine (a) the complété formula of the God invoked, or (3 the whole ceremony. Examples of the former kind are Tetragrammaton, I.A.O., and Abrahadabra. An example of the latter kind is the great Word StiBeTTChe- PhMeFSHiSS, which is a line drawn on the Tree of Life (Coptic attributions) in a certain manner.1 2 With ail such words it is of the utmost importance that they should neve…
1929 · PDF PAGE 125
…, and so deprived (according to the theory of death then current) of the material vehicle for executing his will, to take on the form of certain animais, such as a golden hawk or a crocodile, and in such form to go about the earth “taking his pleasure among the living.” * 1 As a general rule, material was supplied out of which he could construct the party of the second part aforesaid, hereinafter referred to as the hawk. We need not, however, consider this question of death. It may often be convenient for the living to go about the world in som…
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conditions accompany the act, I can never be sure that they hâve always been, or ever will again be, identical. (In fact, it is certain that an event can never occur twice in precisely the same circum- stances.) 1 “Further, my ‘laws’ must always take nearly ail the more important éléments of knowledge for granted. I cannot say — finally — how an electric current is generated. I cannot be sure that some totally unsuspected force is not at work in some entirely arbitrary way. For example, it was formerly supposed that Hydrogen and Chlorine would …
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…lanets. Thus, when we say that Nakhiel is the “Intelligence” of the Sun, we do not mean that he lives in the Sun, but only that he has a certain rank and character; and although we can invoke hinij we do not necessarily mean that he exists in the same sense of the Word in which our butcher exists. When we “conjure Nakhiel to visible appearance,” it may be that our process resembles création — or, rather imagination — more nearly than it does calling-forth. The aura of a man is called the “magical mirror of the universe”; and, so far as any one …
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the decay which causes it. Inanimate objects are sensitive to certain physical forces, such as electrical and thermal conductivity ; but neither in us nor in them — so far as we know — is there any direct conscious perception of these forces. Imperceptible influences are therefore associated with ail material phenomena; and there is no reason why we should not work upon matter through those subtle energies as we do through their material bases. In fact, we use magnetic force to move iron, and solar radiation to reproduce images.) (14) Man is ca…
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…here are many other sacred words which enshrine formulæ of great efficacity in particular operations. For example, V.I.T.R.I.O.L gives a certain Regimen of the Planets useful in Alchemical work. Ararita is a formula of the macrocosm potent in certain very lofty Operations of the Magick of the Inmost Light. (See Liber 813.) The formula of Thelema may be summarized thus: Q “Babalon and The Beast conjoined” — £ unto Nuith (CCXX, 1, 51) — A The Work accomplished in Justice — y) the Holy Graal — p. The Water therein — a The Babe in the Egg (Harpocra…
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2. Eliphas Levi had a striking personal resemblarice td Aleister Growley’s father. This of course merely suggests a certain degree of suitability from a physical point of view. 3. Aleister Crowley wrote a play called “The Fatal Force” at a time when he had not read any of Eliphas Levi’s Works. The motive of this play is a Magical Operation of a very peculiar kincl The formula which Aleister Crowley supposed to be his original idea is mentioned by Levi. We hâve not been able to trace it anywhere else with such exact correspondent in every dtail.…
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( Illustration: A man ma y think it his duty to act in a certain way, through having made a fancy picture of himself, instead of investigating his actual nature. For example, a woman may make hei self misérable for life by thinking that she prefers love to social considération, or vice versa. One woman may stay with an unsympathetic nusband when she would really be happy in an attic with a lover, while another may fool herself into a romande elopement when her only true pleasures are those of presiding at fashionable functions. Again, a boy’s i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 156
…l) to enliven the afternoon, he will work in the manner following. First, what are the éléments necessary for his storms ? He .must hâve certain stores of electrical force, and the right kind of clouds to contain it. He must see that the force does not leak away to earth quietly and slyly. He must arrange a stress so severe as to become at last so intolér¬ able that it will disrupt explosively. Now he, as a man, cannot pray to God to cause them, for the Gods are but names for the forces of Nature themselves* But, as a Mystic, he knows that ail …
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and there is a certain magical voice in which they should be recited. This spécial voice was a natural gift of the Master Therion; but it can be easily taught — to the right people. Various considérations impelled Him to attempt conjurations in the English language. There already existed one example, the charm of the witches in Macbeth ; although this was perhaps not meant seriously, its effect is indubitable. * 1 He has found iambic tetrameters enriched with many rimec both internai and external very useful. “The Wizard Way” (Equinox 1,1) give…
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…résumé that it has any meaning for his successor. There is an obvious line of criticism about any recollection. It must not clash with ascertained facts. F or example one cannot hâve two lives which overlap, unless there is reason to suppose that the earlier died spiritually before his body ceased to breathe. This might happen in certain cases, such as insanity. It is not conclusive against a previous incarnation that the présent should be inferior to the past. One’s life may represent the full possibilities of a certain partial Karma. One may …
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…t the vibrations of thought, when sufficiently powerful and pure, may modify the Astral light sufficiently to impress its intention to a certain extent on such people as happen to be sensitive. It is much surer to use one’s mind and muscle in service of that hâte by devising and making a dagger, and then applying the dagger to the heart of one’s enemy. One must give one’s hâte a bodily form of the same order as that which one’s enemy has taken for his mani¬ festation. Your spirit can only corne into contact with his by me^yis of this magical ma…
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…atever we may be going to do about it; for our ethics themselves will naturally dépend upon our theory of the universe. If we were quite certain, for example, that everybody went to heaven when he died, there could be no serious objection to murder or suicide, as it is generally conceded—by those who know neither — that earth is not such a pleasant place as heaven. However, there is a mystery concealed in this theory of the bloody sacrifice which is of great importance to the student, and we therefore make no further apology. We should not hâve…
1929 · PDF PAGE 158
…umption of previous writers on Magick that the Link is implicit, and needs no spécial attention. Yet, in practice, there is nothing more certain than that one ought to confirm one’s will by ail possible acts on ail possible planes. The ceremony must not be confined to the formally magical rites. We must neglect no means to our end, neither despising our common sense, nor doubting our secret wisdom. When Frater I. A. was in danger of death in 1899 e.v. Frater V. N. and Frater Perdurabo did indeed invoke the spirit Buer to visible manifestation t…
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…t the magician has succeeded in developing his Body of Light until it is able to go anyy/here and do anything. There will, however, be a certain limitation to his work, because he has formed his magical body from the fine matter of his own element. Therefore, although he may be able to penetrate the utmost recesses of the heavens, or conduct vigorous combats with the most unpronounceable démons cf the pit, it may be impossible for him to do as much as knock a vase from a mantel- piece. His magical body is composed of matter too tenuous to affec…
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CHAPTER VII The Formula of the Holy Graal: of Abrahadabra: and of certain other Words. Also : The Magicai. Memory. The Hieroglyph shewn in the Seventh Key of the Tarot (des- cribed in the I2th Aethyr, Liber 418, Equinox I, V) is the Charioteer of Our Lady Babalon, whose Cup or Graal he bears. Now this is an important formula. It is the First of the Formulæ, in a sense, for it is the formula of Renunciation. 1 2 It is also the Last ! This Cup is said to be full of the Blood of the Saints ; that is, every “sainC’ or magician must give the last dr…
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…ese infinités is called RA-HOOR-KHUIT, 2 3 a Unity which includes and heads ail tliings. 3 (There is also a particular Nature of Him, in certain conditions, such as hâve obtained since the Spring of 1904, e.v.) This profoundly mystical conception 1. I présent this theory in a very simple form. I cannot even explain (for instance) that an idea may not refer to Being at ail, but to Going. The Book of the Law demands spécial study and initiated appréhension. 2. More correctly, HERU-RA-HA, to include HOOR-PAAR- KRAAT. 3. The basis of this theology …
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(Illustration: It is my Will to inform the World of certain facts within my knowledge. I therefore take “magical weapons”, pen, ink, and paper ; I Write “incantations” — these sentences — in the “magical language” i.e. that which is understood by the people I wish to instruct; I call forth “spirits”, such as printers, publishers, booksellers, and so forth, and constrain them to convey my message to those people. The composition and distribution of this book is thus an act of __ . MAGICK by which I cause Changes to take place in conformity with …
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…re of Hod (which is naturally dominated by Geburah) would be a madness which only a formula of the very highest Magick could counteract. Certain positions, however, such as Tiphareth *, are so sympa- thetic to the Magus himself that he may use them without reference to the nature of the spirit, or of the operation; unless he requires an exceptionally précisé spirit free of ail extraneous éléments, or one whose nature is difficultly compatible with Tiphareth. To show how these positions may be used in conjunction with the spirals, suppose that y…
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…nd method involves a little more subtlety, inasmuch as the magician endeavours to harmonize himself with the nature of the god, and to a certain extent exalts himself, in the course of the ceremony; but the third method is the only one worthy of our considération. This consists of a real identification of the magician and the god. Note that to do this in perfection involves the attain- ment of a species of Samadhi; and this fact alone suffices to link irrefragably magie k with mysticism. Let us describe the magical method of identification. The…