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…I cause Changes to take place in conformity with my Will* 1) IL POSTULATE. ANY required Change may be effected by the application of the proper kind and degree of Force in the proper manner through the proper medium to the proper object. (Illustration: I wish to préparé an ounce of Chloride of Gold. I must take the right kind of acid, nitro-hydrochloric and no other, in sufficient quantity and of adéquate strength, and place it, in a vessel which will not break, leak, or corrode, in such a manner as will not produce undesirable results, with th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 107
…such a work of practical Magick as the preaching of a new 1. The Master Therion has received this Word; it is communicated by Him to the proper postulants, at the proper time and place, in the proper circumstances. 2. Each man has a different Great Work, just as no two points on the circumference of a circle are connected with the centre by the same radius. The Word will be correspondingly unique. 71 —
1929 · PDF PAGE 15
… Works and wonderful operations by a right understanding of the inward and occult virtue of things; so that true Agents being applied to proper Patients, strange and admirable effects will thereby be produced. Whence magicians are profound and diligent searchers into Nature j they, because of their skill, know how to anticipate an effect, the which to the vulgar shall seem to be a miracle.” The Goetia of the Lemegeton of King Solomon. “Wherever sympathetic magic occurs in its pure unadulterated form, it is assumed that in nature one event follo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 103
…a circumambulation, during which the magician invokes the names of God that are on it. Any person without sufficient ingenuity to devise proper methods of préparation for the other articles required is unlikely to make much of a magician; and we shall only waste space if we deal in detail with the préparation of each instrument. There is a definite instruction in Liber A vel Armorum, in the Equinox, Volume I, Number IV, as to the Lamp and the Four Elemental Weapons. — 6?
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…t.) (6) “Every man and every woman is a star’. That is to say, every human being is intrinsically an independent individual with his own proper character and proper motion. ( 7 ) Every man and every woman has a course, depending partly on the self, and partly on the environment which is natural and necessary for each. Anyone who is forced from his own course, either through not understanding himself, or through external opposition, cornes into conflict with the order of the Universe, and suffers accordingly. XVIII
1929 · PDF PAGE 152
…nished by Nature with an apparatus adequately equipped to convey and execute its orders. It is only necessary to inflame the Will to the proper pitch and to issue its commands; they are instantly obeyed, unless — as in the case of organic disease — the apparatus is damaged beyond the art of Nature to repair. It may be necessary in such a case to assist the internai “spirits” by the “purification” of medicines, the “banishing” of diet, or some other extraneous means. But at least there is no need of any spécial device ad hoc to effect contact be…
1929 · PDF PAGE 140
…ons to départ, but invoke the Archangels and their hosts to act as guardians of the Circle during our pre-occupa- tion with the ceremony proper. In more elaborate ceremonies it is usual to banish everything by name. Each element, each planet, and each sign, perhaps even the Sephiroth themselves; ail are removed, including the very one which we wished to invoke, for that force as existing in Nature is always impure. But this process, being long and wearisome, is not altogether advisable in actual working. It is usually sufficient to perform a ge…
1929 · PDF PAGE 67
…au as prefix and affix. The full Word is then wn whose number is 93. We may analyse this new Word in detail and demonstrate that it is a proper hieroglyph of the Ritual of Self-Initiation in this Aeon of Horus. For the correspondence in the following note, see Liber 777. The principal points are these: — 3i
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…ch I came to destroy in order that I might fulfil. I send this book into the world that every man and woman may take hold of life in the proper manner. It does not matter if one’s présent house of flesh be the hut of a shepherd; by virtue of my MAGICK he shall be such a shepherd as David was. If it be the studio of a sculptor, he shall so chisel from himself the marble that masks his idea that he shall be no less a master than Rodin. Witness mine hand : TO META 0HPION (nnn) • The Beast 666; MAGUS 9°=2° A.*. A.*, who is The Word of the Aeon THEL…
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…matician, the Stenographer, the Golfer, the Wife, the Consul — and ail the rest — to fulfil themselves perfectly, each in his or her own proper function. Let me explain in a few words how it came about that I blazoned the word MAGICK upon the Banner that I hâve borne before me ail my life. Before I touched my teens, I was already aware that I was The Beast whose number is 666. I did not understand in the least — XV
1929 · PDF PAGE 124
…y the Master Therion to chosen pupils in private instruction. II The essential magical work, apart from any particular operation, is the proper formation of the Magical Being or Body of Light. This process will be discussed at some length in Chapter XVIII. We will here assume that 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 h…
1929 · PDF PAGE 52
…the “Spirit”, we hâve the completion and perfection of that force. I. Beware, O brother, lest thou bend the knee! Liber CCXX teaches the proper attitude. See also Liber CCCLXX. Infra, furthermore, there is spécial instruction : Chapter XV and elsewhere. 16
1929 · PDF PAGE 143
…ndwell that pure temple which you hâve prepared for Him. Do this with fervour and love, as if to balance the icy detachment which is the proper mental attitude for banishing.1 The words of purification are: Asperges me, Therion, hyssopo, et mundabor; lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor. Those of consécration are: Accendat in nobis Therion ignem sui amoris et flammam aeternae caritatis. 2 These, as initiâtes of the VIT of O.T.O. are aware, mean more than appears. II It is a strange circumstance that no Magical writer has hitherto treated the im…
1929 · PDF PAGE 53
…ue magical ceremonies tend to concentration. The dagger will therefore appear principally in the banishings, preliminary to the ceremony proper. The formula of the pantacle is again of no particular use; for the pantacle is inert. In fine, the formula of the wand is the only one with which we need more particularly concern ourselves.2 Now in order to invoke any being, it is said by Hermes Tris- megistus that the magi employ three methods. The first, for the vulgar, is that of supplication. In this the crude objective theory is assumed as true. …
1929 · PDF PAGE 117
the spiral, or in the opposite direction. Each combination involves a different symbolism. There is also the dance proper; it has many different forms, each God having his spécial dance. One of the easiest and most effective dances is the ordinary waltz-step combined with the three signs of L.V.X. It is much easier to attain ecstasy in this way than is generally supposed. The essence of the process consists in the struggle of the Will against giddiness; but this struggle must be prolonged and severe, and upon the degree of this the quality and …
1929 · PDF PAGE 59
… resplendent with interior light. Such modifications of the original Will may be observed in the course of the invocations when they are properly performed. The peculiar dangers of each are obvious — that of the first is a flash in the pan — a misfire; that of the second, a falling into dreaminess or reverie; that of the third, loss of concentration. A mistake in any of these points will prevent, or injure the proper formation of, the fourth. In the expression which will be used in Chapter XV: “Enflame thyself”, etc., only the first stage is sp…
1929 · PDF PAGE 109
…us Island”. 2. See “The Book of Lies”; there are several chapters on this subject. But Right Exaltation should produce spontaneously the proper mental and physical reactions. As soon as tho development is secured, there will be automatic reflex “justesse”, exactly as in normal aEairs mind and body respond with free unconscious rightness to the Will. 3. The organic development of Magick in the world due to the créative Will of the Master Therion makes it with every year that passes easier to find scientifically trained co-workers. 73
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… one is. This done, one may put the Will which is implicit in the “Why” into words, or rather into One Word. Being thus conscious of the proper course to pursue, the next thing is to understand the conditions necessary to following it out. After that, one must eliminate from oneself every element alien or hostile to success, and develop those parts of oneself which are spécially needed to control the aforesaid conditions. Let us make an analogy. A nation must become aware of its own character before it can be said to exist. From that knowledge …
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… obtain a radical misconception of phenomena. Most religions of the past hâve failed by expecting Nature to conform with their ideals of proper conduct. — XXIII
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…ormidable words which roar and moan through so many conjurations hâve a real effect in exalting the consciousness of the magician to the proper pitch — that they should do so is no more extraordinary than music of any kind should do so. Magicians hâve not confined themselves to the use of the human voice. The Pan-pipe with its seven stops, corresponding to the seven planets, the bull-roarer, the tom-tom, and even the violin, hâve ail been used, as well as many others, of which the I. A true poet cannot help revealing himself and the truth of th…