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… things are to be used. Of course, as the student advances in knowledge by expérience he will find a progressive subtlety in the magical universe corresponding to his own; for let it be said yet again! not only is his aura a magical mirror of the universe, but the universe is a magical mirror of his aura. In this chapter we are only able to give a very thin outline of magical theory — faint pencilling by weak and wavering fingers — for this subject may almost be said to be co-extensive with one’s whole knowledge. Fhe knowledge of exoteric scien…
1929 · PDF PAGE 85
…he symbolism of pure number, being Kether by Aiq Bkr 1 2 ; also Malkuth multiplied by itself ~, and thus estab- lished in the phénoménal universe. But, moreover, this number IOO mysteriously indicates the Magical formula of the Universe as a reverberatory engine for the extension of Nothingness through the device of equilibrated opposites.3 It is moreover the value of the letter Qoph, which means “the back of the head”, the cerebellum, where the créative or repro¬ ductive force is primarily situated. Qoph in the Tarot is “the Moon”, a card sugg…
1929 · PDF PAGE 114
…y well-being, pride, and the passionate pleasures of Personal triumph. “Magick takes every thought and act for ifs apparatus; it has the Universe for its Library and its Laboratory; ail Nature is its Subject; and its Game, free from close seasons and protective restrictions, always abounds in infinité variety, being ail that exists.* 1 Prologue.) of being forced to attribute the qualities of human conscious- ness to inanimate things (Poincaré, “La mesure du temps”), and of asserting that we know anything of the universe in itself, though the na…
1929 · PDF PAGE 37
CHAPTER O The Magical Theory of the Universe. There are tliree main théories of tlie Universe: Dualism, Monism and Nihilism. It is impossible to enter into a discussion of their relative merits in a popular manual of this sort. They may be studied in Erdmann’s “History of Philosophy” and similar treatises. Ail are reconciled and unified in the theory which we shall now set forth. The basis of this Harrnony is given in Crowley’s “Berashith” — to which reference should be made. Infinité space is called the goddess NUIT, while the infini tely smal…
1929 · PDF PAGE 23
…anytbing which he perçoives, for everything thaï he perçoives is in a certain sense a part of his being. He may thus subjugate the whole Universe of which he is conscious to his individual Will. (Illustration: Man has used the idea of God to dictate his Personal conduct, to obtain power over his fellows, to excuse his crimes, and for innumerable other purposes, including that of realizing himself as God. He has used the irrational and unreal conceptions of mathematics to help him in the construction of mechanical devices. He has used his moral …
1929 · PDF PAGE 21
…hat his conscience tells him to be wrong will do it verv clumsily. Atfirst!) (9) A man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of fhe Universe to assist him. (Illustration, fhe first principle of success in évolution is that the individual should be true to his own nature, and at the same time adapt himself to his environment.) (10) Nature is a continuous phenomenon, through we do not know in ail cases how things are connected. (Illustration: Human consciousness dépends on the properties of pi otoplasm, the existence of which dépends on innu…
1929 · PDF PAGE 25
…is dumb to the hypocrite; for in her there is nothing false.1) (21) There is no limit to the extent of the relations of any man with the Universe in essence; for as soon as man makes himself one with any idea the means of measurement cease to exist. But liis power to utilize that force is limited by his mental power and capacity, and by the circumstances of his human environment. (Illustration: When a man falls in love, the whole world becomes, to him, nothing but love boundless and immanent; but his mystical State is not contagious; his fellow…
1929 · PDF PAGE 94
… does not care a scrap of yesterday’s newspaper whether he was Marius de Aquila, or whether there ever was such a person, or whether the Universe itself is anything more than a nightmare created by his own imprudence in the matter of rum and water. His memory of Marius de Aquila, of the adventures of that person in Rome and the Black Forest, matters nothing, either to him or to anybody else. What matters is this: True or false, he has found a symbolic form which has enabled him to govern himself to the best advantage. “Quantum nobis prodest hae…
1929 · PDF PAGE 56
…”, or “Adi-Buddha”, or 61 other things —but He had discovered that these w'ere ali one, yet that each one represented some theory of the Universe which would ultimately be shattered by criticism — for He had already passed through the realm of Reason, and knew that every statement contained an absurdity. He therefore said: “Let me déclaré this Work under this title: 'The obtaining of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian AngeP ”, because the theory implied in these words is so patently absurd that only simpletons would waste much …
1929 · PDF PAGE 146
… symbols of the realities of our own nature. Our operations in that Light are really the adventures of our own personified thoughts. The universe is a projection of ourse!ves; an image as unreal as that of our faces in a mirror, yet, like that face, the necessary form of expression thereof, not to be altered save as we alter ourselves. 1 The mirror may I. This passage must not be understood as asserting that the Universe is pureîy subjective. On the contrary, the Magical Theory accepts the absolute reality of ail things in the most objective se…
1929 · PDF PAGE 66
…all) “him- self”, as one — or, rallier, sonie — among a group of phenomena. He is that “nothing” whose consciousness is in one sense the universe considered as a single phenomenon in time and space, and in another sense is the négation of that consciousness. The body and mind of the man are only important (if at ail) as the telescope of the astronomer to him. If the telescope were destroyed it would make no appréciable différence to the Universe which that telescope reveals. It will now be understood that this formula of I A O is a formula of T…
1929 · PDF PAGE 44
…mbles 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 can tell, nothing exists outside of this mirror. It is at least convenient to represent the whole as if it were subjective. It leads to less confusion. And, as a man is a perfect microcosm,1 it is perfectly easy to re-model one’s conception at any moment. Now there is a traditional correspondance, which modem experiment has shown to be fairly reliable. There is a certain natur…
1929 · PDF PAGE 46
…of compounds. Each surh detailed piece of work may be very valuable, but it does not as a rule throw light on the main principles of the universe. Its truth is the truth of one angle. It might even lead to error, if some inferior person were to generalize from too few facts. Imagine an inhabitant of Mars who wished to philosophise about the earth, and had nothing to go by but the diary of some man at the North Pôle! But the work of every explorer, on whatever branch of the Tree of Life the Caterpillar he is after may happen to be crawling, is i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 64
…r, A the child — and yet another, in which I. A. O. are ail fathers of different kir.ds balanced by H. H. H., 3 Mothers, to complété the Universe. In a third, the true formula of the Beast 666, I and O are îhe opposites which form the field for the operation of A. But this is a higher matter unsuited for this eîementary handbook. See, however, Liber Samekh, Point II, Section J. 28
1929 · PDF PAGE 47
…ity. It will then be lawful for a magician to invoke Isis, and identify himself with her; if he fail to do this, his appréhension of the Universe when he attains Samadhi will lack the conception of maternity. The resuit will be a metaphysical and — by corollary — ethical limita¬ tion in the Religion which he founds. Judaism and Islam are striking examples of this failure. To take another example, the ascetic Üfe which dévotion to 1. See the “Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage”; and Liber 418, 8th Aethyr, Liber Samekh; see Appendix 3…
1929 · PDF PAGE 39
…ssible here to explain thoroughly the complété conception; for it cannot be too clearly uriderstood that this is a classification of the Universe, that there is nothing which is not comprehended therein. The Article on the Qabalah in Vol. I, No. V of the Equinox is the best which has been written on the subject. It should be deeply studied, in connection with the Qabalistic Diagrams in Nos. II and III: “The Temple of Solomon the King”. Such is a crude and elementary sketch of this System. The formula of Tetragrammaton is the most important for …
1929 · PDF PAGE 22
…h the machines that generate it; and our methods dépend on calculations involving mathematical ideas which hâve no correspondence in the Universe as we know it. *) (12) Man is ignorant of the nature of his own being and powers. Even his idea of his limitations is based on expérience of the past, and every step in his progress extends his empire. There is therefore no reason to assign theoretical limits 1 2 to what lie may be, or to what he may do. (Illustration: A génération ago it was supposed theoretically impossible that man should ever know…
1929 · PDF PAGE 24
…ntage of water’s accordance with the laws of Hydrostatics to fill it.) (19) Man’s sense of himself as separate from, and opposed to, the Universe is a bar to his conducting its currents. It insulates him. (Illustration: A popular leader is most successful when he forgets himself, and remembers only “The Cause”. Self-seeking engenders jealousies and schism. When the organs of the body assert their presence otherwise than by silent satisfaction, it is a sign that they are diseased. The single exception is the organ of reproduction. Yet even in th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 20
…rom 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 41
…* The reader can now understand that the sketch given above of the magical Hierarchy is hardly even an outline of the real theory of the Universe. This theory may indeed be studied iii the article already referred to in No. V of the Equinox, and, môre deeply, in the Book of the Law and the Commentaries thereon: but the true understanding dépends entirely upon the work of the Magician himself. Without magical expérience it will be meaningless. In this there is nothing peculiar. It is so with ail scientific knowledge. A blind man might cram up as…