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CHAPTER XIII THE BOOK THE Book of Spells or of Conjurations is the Record of every thought, word, and deed of the Magician; for everything that he has willed is willed to a purpose. It is the same as if he had taken an oath to perform some achievement. Now this Book must be a holy Book, not a scribbling-book in which you jot down every piece of rubbish that comes into your head. It is written, Liber VII, v, 23: "Every breath, every word, every thought, every deed is an act of love with Thee. Be this devotion a potent spell to exorcise the demon…
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I50 inharmonious or untrue. Nor can he avoid this writing, for this is a Magick Book. If you abandon even for an hour the one purpose of your life, you will find a number of meaningless scratches and scrawls on the white vellum; and these cannot be erased. In such a case, when you come to conjure a demon by the power of the Book, he will mock you; he will point to all this foolish writing, more like his own than yours. In vain will you continue with the subsequent spells; you have broken by your own foolishness the chain which would have bound …
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The pages of this Book are of virgin vellum, made from the calf which was borne by Isis-Hathor the Great Mother, to Osiris-Apis the Redeemer. It is bound in blue leather on which the word Thelema is written in gold. Let the pen with which the writing is done be the feather of a young male swan — that swan whose name is Aum. And let the ink be made of the gall of a fish, the fish Cannes. Thus far concerning the Book.
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THE BOOK
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BOOK FOUR BY PRATER PERDURABO AND SOROR VIRAKAM
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THE MACrlCIAX IN HIS ROBE AND CROWN, ARMED WITH WAND, CUP, SWORD, PANTACLE, BELL, BOOK, AND HOLY OIL.
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… Ankh, q.v. Dadth. Knowledge, child of Chokmah and Binah in one sense ; in another, the home of Choronzon. Dhammapada. A sacred Buddhist book. Elemental Kings. See jyj. Geburah. Strength, the 5th "emanation" of the Absolute. Gunas. Three principles. See Bhagadvadgita, yyj, etc. Guru. Teacher. Hadit. See " Liber Legis," Equinox VII. Also " Liber 555." Hathayoga Pradipika. A book on physical training for spiritual purposes. Hod. Splendour, the 8th " emanation " of the Absolute. Kavnna. Pali dialect of Karma, q.v. Karma. " That which is made," " T…
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…wn in The Equinox, No. VII; for these are syntheses of the forces of Nature. Yet these are rather special than general symbols, and this book purports to treat only of the grand principles of working.
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A NOTE THIS book is intentionally not the work of Frater Perdurabo. Ex- perience shows that his writing is too concentrated, too abstruse, too occult, for ordinary minds to apprehend. It is thought that this record of disjointed fragments of his casual 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…
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ORDER FORM Part III of this BOOK FOUR ['' RITUAL "] is in the Pi'css, and zuill be published as early as possible. Three shillings net. Orders should be sent in at once to Wieland and Co., 2^1^ Avenue Studios (76, Fulham Road), South Kensington, London, SAV. Tel: 2632 Ken.
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… the subtler, appears much easier, because the mind, not being moved, is free to remember its control. It is easy to be so absorbed in a book that one takes no notice of the most beautiful scenery. But if stung by a wasp the book is immediately forgotten.
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…, by Eliphas Levi, or its translation by A. E. Waite. 7^. 6d. 10. The Goetia of the Lemegeton of Solomon the King, ^i is. 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 …
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M.. M.-. M/. A Society to illustrate the principles of this book in practice has been formed. The method chosen is that of a series of Initiations. Further practical instruction is given to Initiates ac- cordinor to their crrade. This School is in alliance with all the principal Bodies of High Grade Freemasonry. Besides the Ceremonies of Initiation, there are a number of other Ceremonies to develop further instruc- tion. Fuller information may be obtained at a personal interview with the Grand Secretary General, to whom
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…rge, a Dagger, and a Chain, while above the Altar hangs a La7?ip. The Magician wears a Crown, a single Robe, and a Lamen, and he bears a Book of Conjura- tions and a Bell. The oil consecrates everything that is touched with it; it is his aspiration; all acts performed in accordance wdth that are holy. The scourge tortures him; the dagger wounds him; the chain binds him. It is by virtue of these three that his aspiration remains pure, and is able to consecrate all other things. He wears a crown to affirm his lordship, his divinity; a robe to sym…
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…NLY words nowhere explained in the preceding pages are given in this list. Several others, mentioned in passing in the early part of the book, are sufficiently dealt with later on. In these cases the references in the Index should be turned up. y/ .". A .'. The Great White Brotherhood which is giving this Method of Attainment to the world. See Equinox I. Adeptus Minor. A grade of adeptship, ^S^t'Equinox III. Aethyrs. See Equinox V and VII. Aima. The Great Fertile Mother Nature. Ama. The Great Mother not yet fertile. A?noufi. The God Amen = Zeus…
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…t this be that which is written. Liber VII, v, 31 : "There is a solemnity of the silence. There is no more voice at all." As the Magical Book was the record of the past, so is the Magick Bell the prophecy of the future. The manifested shall repeat itself again and again, always a clear thin note, always a sim- plicity of music, yet ever less and less disturbing the infinite silence until the end.
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…rk, the nave {navis^ a ship) of the Church, and many other symbols of antiquity, whose symboUsm has been well worked out in an anonymous book called "The Canon," (Elkin Mathews), which should be studied carefully before constructing the Altar. For this Altar must embody the Magician's knowledge of the laws of Nature, which are the laws through which he works. He should endeavour to make geometrical constructions to symbolize cosmic measurements. For example, he may take the two diagonals as (say) the diameter of the sun. Then the side of the al…
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…in which arrows are dipped (Greek ro^or, " a bow "). Think of the Vision of the Arrow in Liber 418, and look at the passages in the Holy Books which speak of the action of the spirit under the figure of a deadly poison. For to each individual thing attainment means first and foremost the destruction of the individuality. Each of our ideas must be made to give up the Self to the Beloved, so that we may eventually give up the Self to the Beloved in our turn. It will be remembered in the History Lection ^how the Adepts "who had with smiling faces …
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Ill ism. But since to admit that it was this would never do for a canonical book, they had to pretend that it was symbolical. They tried to refine away the grossness of the expressions, but even their hardihood proved unequal to the task. This form of dishonesty reaches its climax in the expurgating of the classics. " The Bible is the Word of God, written by holy men, as they were inspired by the Holy Ghost. But we will cut out those passages which we think unsuitable." " Shakespeare is our greatest poet — but, of course, he is very dreadful." …
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…f God with my soul." In Liber CLXXV many practical devices for attaining this one- pointedness are given, and though the subject of that book is devotion to a particular Deity, its instructions may be easily generalized to suit the development of any form of will. This will is then the active form of understanding. The Master of