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26 On the other hand, if the student pay no attention, fail to watch the body, an opposite phenomenon may occur. He shifts to ease himself without knowing that he has done so. To avoid this, choose a position which naturally is rather cramped and awkward, and in which slight changes are not sufficient to bring ease. Otherwise, for the first few days, the student may even imagine that he has conquered the position. In fact, in all these practices their apparent simplicity is such that the beginner is likely to wonder what all the fuss is about, pe…
1912 · PDF PAGE 109
…every one can equally attain, and that with an ease and speed which was previously impossible. The first grade in Their system is that of STUDENT. A Student must possess the following books: I. 2. 777. 103. 3. 4. Collected Works of A. Crowley; Tannhause‘r,‘ The Sword of י=!י0.`ז The Equinox, No. I to the current number; KonX Om Pax. Ios. Song, Time, Eleusis. 3 vols, £2 25. Raja Yoga, by Swami Vivekananda. 35. 6d. The Shiva Sanhita, or the Hathayoga Pradipika. 5s. . The Tao Teh King and the writings of Kwang Tze: S.B.E. xxxix, ΧΙ. 155. 8. The Spi…
1912 · PDF PAGE 7
…ual conversation may prove alike more intelligible and more convincing, and at least provide a pre- liminary study which will enable the student to attack his real work from a standpoint of some little general knowledge and understanding of his ideas, and of the form in which he figures them. Part II, “ Magick,” is more advanced in style than Part I ; the student is expected to know a little of the literature of the subject, and to be able to take an intelligent View of it. This part is, however, really explanatory of Part I, which is a crude ou…
1912 · PDF PAGE 41
…esirable. Think of the tiger about to spring, or of the oarsman waiting for the gun. After a little there will be cramp and fatigue. The student must now set his teeth, and go through with it. The minor sensations of itching, etc., will be found to pass away, if they are resolutely neglected, but the cramp and fatigue may be expected to increase until the end of the practice. One may begin with half an hour or an hour. The student must not mind if the process of quitting the Asana involves several minutes of the acutest agony. It will require a…
1912 · PDF PAGE 76
…al hallucination, usually auditory. Of course, such hallucinations are infrequent, and are recog— nized for what they are; otherwise the student had better see his doctor. The usual kind consists of odd sentences or fragments of sentences, which are heard quite distinctly in a recognizable human voice, not the student’s own voice, or that of any one he knows. A similar phenomenon is observed by wireless operators, who call such messages “ atmospherics.” There is afuri/ler kind ofweak, wink/z z's Με desired ïesu]! itself. It must be dealt with l…
1912 · PDF PAGE 111
…h the generosity of a colleague a sum of money has been pro- vided to enable Messrs. Wieland to sell some of the books appointed for the Student at two-thirds of the published price to anyone who fills up and encloses the following form. To WIELAND AND CC., 33 AVENUE STUDIOS, SOUTH KENSINGTON, S.W. ] wis/z lo eater my name as a Sz‘aa’em‘ of Me “ΝΜ“ QfA . '. A Pleaseforward me [z‘ems I, 2, 3, 4, aaa’ IO, }:?: 77207223/?קשנfor w/zze/z [ enclose ................ for Six Gaz’aeas, $31 07 156f7ams. , Name A (Mi/ess . ...... Date
1912 · PDF PAGE 65
… F. It starts well above zero in the case of most educated men. The height of the perpendiculars HI indicates the dissatisfaction of the student with his power of control. Increasing at first, it ultimately diminishes to zero.
1912 · PDF PAGE 110
94 Study of these books will give a thorough grounding in the intel- lectual side of Their system. After three months the Student is examined in these books, and if his knowledge of them is found satisfactory, he may become a Pro- bationer, receiving Liber LXI and the secret holy book, Liber LXV. The principal point of this grade is that the Probationer has a master appointed, whose experience can guide him in his work. He may select any practices that he prefers, but in any case must keep an exact record, so that he may discover the relation o…
1912 · PDF PAGE 71
…ops it falls from that position. If the earth ceased to spin round the sun, it would at once fall into the sun. The moment then that the student takes a simple subject—or rather a simple object—and imagines it or visualizes it, he will find that it is not so much his creature as he supposed. Other thoughts will invade 55
1912 · PDF PAGE 52
36 There are many other mantras. Sri Sabapaty Swami gives a particular one for each of the Cakkras. But let the student select one mantra and master it thoroughly. and gradually closing the mouth. The three sounds represent the creative, preserva- tive, and destructive principles. There are many more points about this, enough to fill a volume. 2. 0 that Existent! 0 !——An aspiration after reality, truth. 3. 0 the Jewel in the Lotus! Amen !——Refers to Buddha and Harpocrates; but also to the symbolism of the Rosy Cross. 4. Gives the cycle of creati…
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…ifies both the body and the lower functions of the mind,1 and should be practised certainly never less than one hour daily by the serious student. 1 Emphatically. Emphatically. Emphatically. It is impossible to combine Prana- yama properly performed with emotional thought. It should be resorted to immedi- ately, at all times during life, when calm is threatened.
1912 · PDF PAGE 59
… this matter until it is understood as being solely a branch of athletics. We may then dismiss Yama and Niyama with this advice: let the student decide for himself what form of life, what moral code, will least tend to excite his mind; but once he has for- mulated it, let him stick to it, avoiding opportunism ; and let him be very careful to take no credit for what he does or refrains from doing—— it is a purely practical code, of no value in itself. The cleanliness which assists the surgeon in his work would prevent the engineer from doing his…
1912 · PDF PAGE 82
…are not human at all. This particular appearance is usually assumed to be “ God.” But, whatever it may be, the result on the mind of the student: is tremendous; all his thoughts are pushed to their greatest develop- ment. He sincerely believes that they have the divine sanction; perhaps he even supposes that they emanate from this “God.” He goes back into the world armed with this intense conviction.
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33 the mantra to meditate upon its meaning. This suggests that the student might construct for himself a mantra which should represent the Universe in sound, as the pantacle 1 should do in form. Occasion- ally a mantra may be “given,” i.e., heard in some unexplained manner during a meditation. One man, for example, used the words: “And strive to see in everything the will of God; ” to another, while engaged ’ apparently referring to the action of the inhibitory centres which he was using. By in killing thoughts, came the words “and push it down…
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…hysiological process, consciousness of it implies disorder or disease. In analysing the nature of this work of controlling the mind, the student will appreciate without trouble the fact that two things are involved—the person seeing and the thing seen—the person knowing and the thing known; and he will come to regard this as the necessary condition of all consciousness. We are too accustomed to assume to be facts things about which we have no real right even to guess. We assume, for example, that the unconscious is the torpid; and yet nothing i…
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58 of less frequent, the student must not be discouraged; this is partially caused by his increased accuracy of observation. In exactly the same way, the introduction of vaccination resulted in an apparent increase in the number of cases of smallpox, the reason being that people began to tell the truth about the disease instead of faking. Soon, however, the control will improve faster than the observation. When this occurs the improvementwill become apparent in the record. Any variation will probably be due to accidental circumstances; for exam…
1912 · PDF PAGE 90
…ains a half-doubt as to whether dream or waking is real. But as one gains further experience, when Dhyana is no longer a shock, when the student has had plenty of time to make himself at home in the new world, this conviction will become absolute.1 ᾽It should be remembered that at present there are no data for determining the
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75 Another rationalist consideration is this. The student has not been trying to excite the mind but to calm it, not to produce any one thought but to exclude all thoughts; for there is no connection between the object of meditation and the Dhyana. Why must we suppose a breaking down of the whole process, especially as the mind bears no subsequent traces of any interference, such as pain or fatigue? Surely this once, if never again, the Hindu image expressesthe simplest theory! That image is that of a lake into which five glaciers move. These gl…
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…ent should be continued with increased velocity and diminishing intensity until the mental muttering completelyabsorbs the physical. The student is by this time absolutely still, with the mantra racing in his brain; he should, however, continue to speed it up until he reaches his limit, at which he should continue for as long as possible, and then cease the practice by reversing the process above described. Any sentence may be used as a mantra, and possibly the Hindus are correct in thinking that there is a particular sentence best suited to an…
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…t imagine that he is meditating. It shows merely that he is incapable of concen— trating his mind in the very smallest degree. Perhaps a student may go for several days before discovering that he is not meditating. When he does, the obstinacy‘of the object will infuriate him; and it is only now that his real troubles will begin, only now that Will comes really into play, only now that his manhood is tested. If it were not for the Will- development which he got in the conquest of Asana, he would probably give up. As it is, the mere physical agon…