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CBAPTER V The Formula of I.A.O. This formula is the principal and most characteristic formula of Osiris, of the Rédemption of Mankind. I is Isis, Nature, ruined by A, Apophis the Destroyer, and restored to life by the Redeemer Osiris.1 The sanie idea is expressed by the Rosicrucian formula of the Trinity: Ex Deo nas ci mur. In Je su morimur. Per Sfiritum Sanctum reviviscimus. This is also identical with the Word Lux L.V.X., which is formed by the arrns of a cross. It is this formula which is implied in those ancient and modem monuments in which…
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…an example of such an operation may be studied in Equinox I, VII, “The Temple of Solomon the King”, where an invocation of Horus on this formula is given in full. Note the réverbération of the ideas one against another. The formula of Horus has not yet been so fully worked out in details as to justify a treatise upon its exoteric theory and practice; but one may say that it is, to the formula of Osiris, what the turbine is to the reciprocating engine. III There are many other sacred words which enshrine formulæ of great efficacity in particular…
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in Equinox I, Nos. II and III. It is the formula of the Néophyte Ceremony of G.D. It should be employed in the consécration of the actual weapons usecl by the magician, and may also be used as the first formula of initiation. In the book called Z 21 (Equinox I, III) are given full details of this formula, which cannot be too carefully studied and practised. It is unfortunately, the most complex of ail of them. But this is the fault of the first matter of the work, which is so muddled that many operations are required to unify it. i. Those secti…
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might suppose that, as ALIM is the masculine plural of the masculine noun AL, its formula wouîd be more virile than that of ALHIM, which is the masculine plural of the féminine noun ALH. A moments investigation is sufficient to dissipate the illusion. The Word masculine has no meaning except in relation to some féminine corrélative. The word ALIM may in fact be considered as neuter. By a rather absurd convention, neuter objects are treated as féminine on account of their superficial resemblance in passivity and inertness with the unfertilized f…
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given, and the magician must himself work out his own formula for particular cases. 1 IV. It should also be remarked that every grade bas its peculiar magical formula. Thus, the formula of Abrahadabra concerns us, as men, principally because each of us represents the pentagram or microcosm ; and our équilibration must therefore be with the hexa- gram or macrocosm. In other words, 50 = 6° is the formula of the Solar operation $ but then 6°=5° is the formula of the Martial operation, and this reversai of the figures implies a very different Work.…
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CHAPTER III The Formula of Tetragrammaton. 1 This formula is of most universal aspect, as ail things are necessarily comprehended in it$ but its use in a magical ceremony is little understood. The climax of the formula is in one sense before even the formulation of the Yod. For the Yod is the most divine aspect of the Force —the remaining letters are but a solidification of the same thing. It must be understood that we are here speaking of the whole ceremony considered as a unity, not merely of that formula in which Yod is the God invoked, Hé t…
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…invocation is sufficient. The God bethinks him that the spirit of Mercury should now appear to the magician; and it is so. This Egyptian formula is therefore to be preferred to the Hierarchical formula of the Hebrews with its tedious prayers, conjurations, and curses. It will be noted, however, that in this invocation of Thoth which we hâve summârized, there is another formula contained, the Reverberating or Reciprocating formula, which may be called the formula of Horus and Harpocrates. The magician addresses the God with an active projection …
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genesis-idea persists, but is now the formula for incarnating demi-gods, or divine kings; these must be slain and raised from the dead in one way or another. 1 Aeon of Horus. Two sexes in one person. FIAOF: 93, the full formula, recognizing the Sun as the Son (Star), as the pre-existent manifested Unit from which ail springs and to which ail returns. The Great Work is to make the initial FF of Assiah (the world of material illusion) into the final FIF of Atziluth,2 the world of pure reality. Spelling the Name in full, FF -f- IFD -f- ALP -f- OIN…
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… the Circle. It is of no more conséquence to Him than the dust of the floor. 1 But before entering into the details of LA.O. as a magick formula it should be remarked that it is essentially the formula of Yoga or méditation; in fact, of elementary mysticism in ail its branches. In beginning a méditation practice, there is always 2 a quiet pleasure, a gentle natural growth; one takes a lively interest in the work; it seems easy; one is quite pleased to hâve started. This stage represents Isis. Sooner or later it is suc- ceeded by dépréssion -— t…
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The formula of the Cup is not so well suited for Evocations, and the magical Hierarchy is not involved in the same way; for the Cup being passive rather than active, it is not fitting for the magician to use it in respect of anything but the Highest. In practical working it consequently means little but prayer, and that prayer the “prayer of silence”.1 The formula of the dagger is again unsuitable for either pur- pose, since the nature of the dagger is to criticise, to destroy, to disperse j and ail true magical ceremonies tend to concentration…
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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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CHAPTER II J I The Formulae of the Elemental Weapons. Before discussing magical formulae in detail, one may observe that most rituals are composite, and contain many formulae which must be harmonized into one. The fîrst formula is that of the wand. In the sphere of the principle which the magician wishes to invoke, he rises from point to point in a perpendicular line, and then descends 5 or else, beginning at the top, he cornes directly down, invoking fîrst the god of that sphere by devout supplication 1 that Fie may deign to send the appropria…
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…, and the 5®—6° ceremony of the G.D. described in Equinox I, III. A cérémonial self-initiation may be constructed with advantage on this formula. The essence of it consists in robing yourself as a king, then stripping and slaying vourself, and rising from that death to the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel \ There is an etymological identitv between Tetragrammaton and I A 09 but the m agi cal formulæ are entirely different, as the descriptions here given hâve schewn. Professor William James, in his “Varieties of Religious Ex…
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CHAPTER VI The Formula of the Néophyte \ This formula has for its “first matter” the ordinary man entirely ignorant of everything and incapable of anything. He is therefore represented as blindfolded and bound. His only aid is his aspira¬ tion, represented by the officer who is to lead him into the Temple. Before entering, he must be purified and consecrated. Once within the Temple, he is required to bind himself by an oath. His aspiration is now formulated as Will. He makes the mystic circumambulation of the Temple for the reasons to be descri…
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…e on that ground, for ail operations which do not transmute matter fall strictly speaking under this heading. The real objection to this formula is not inhérent in its own nature. Witchcraft consists in treating it as the exclusive préoc¬ cupation of Magick, and especially in denying to the Holy Spirit his right to indwell His Temple.1 I. The initiate of the XI0 of O. T. O. will remark that there is a totaliy different formula of ALIM, complementary with that here discussed. 8l may be regarded as a number of Yesod rather than of Luna. The actua…
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…oneself, the epicene Virgin who is io (Malkuth) but spelt in fui! 20 (Jupiter). This Yod in the Virgin expands to the Babe in the Egg by formulating the Secret Wisdom of Truth of Hermes in the Silence of the Fool. He acquires the Eye-Wand, beholding and acting and being adored. The Inverted Pentagram — Baphomet — the Hermaphrodite fully grown — begets himself on himself as V again. Note that there are now two sexes in one person throughout, so that each individual is self-procreative sexually, whereas Isis knew only one sex, and Osiris thought …
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… sym¬ bolisée! the whole course of the Universe. It will be seen that (after ail) the Climax is at the end. It is the second half of the formula which symbolises the Great Work which we are pledged to accomplish. The first step of this is the attainment of th^ Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, which constitutes the Adept of the Inner Order. The re-entry of these twin spouses into the womb of the mother is that initiation described in Libe»* 418, which gives admission to the Inmost Order of the A.*. A.*. Of the last step we …
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The undulatory formula of putréfaction is represented in the Qabalah by the letter N, which refers to Scorpio, whose triune nature combines the Eagle, Snake and Scorpion. These hiero- glyphs themselves indicate the spiritual formulæ of incarnation. He was also anxious to use the letter G, another triune formula expressive of the aspects of the moon, which further déclarés the nature of human existence in the following manner. The moon is in itself a dark orb; but an appearance of light is communicatec! to it by the surij and it is exactly in th…
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…ord represents the Hindu Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva; and the operations in the Universe of their triune energy. It is thus the formula of a Manvantara, or period of manifested existence, which alternâtes with a Pralaya, during which création is latent. Analysed Qabalistically, the Word is found to possess similar properties. A is the négative, and also the unity which concentrâtes it into a positive form. A is the Holy Spirit who begets God in flesh upon the Virgin, according to the formula familial* to students of “The Golden Bough”.…
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CHAPTER IV. The Formula of Alhim, and that of Alim. A LH IM (Elohim) is the exoteric word for Gods.1 It is the masculine plural of a féminine noun, but its nature is principally féminine.2 It is a perfect hieroglyph of the number 5. This should be studied in “A Note on Genesis” (Equinox LU). The Eléments are ail represented, as in Tetragrammaton, but there is no development from one into the others. They are, as it were, thrown together — untamed, only sympathising by virtue of their wild and stormy but elastically resistless energy. The Centra…