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Page 1 of 11913 · PDF PAGE 178
… gold, because these were called the perfect metals; it is upon perfection that the im- perfect is burned. Upon this plate burns a great fire of charcoal, im- pregnated with nitre. This charcoal is (as chemists now begin to surmise) the ultimate protean element: absolutely black, because it absorbs all light; infusible by the apphcation of any known heat; the lightest of those elements w^hich occur in the solid state in nature; the essential constituent of all known forms of life. It has been treated wnth nitre, whose potassium has the violet f…
1913 · PDF PAGE 177
CHAPTER XVI THK MAGICK KIRE; Willi CONSIDERATIONS OF THK THURIBLE, THE CHARCOAL, AND THE INCENSE INTO the Magick Fire all things are cast. It symbolizes the final burning up of all things in Shivadarshana. It is the absolute destruction alike of the Magician and the Universe. 'I'hc Thurible stands upon a small altar. "My'altar is of open brass- work; burn thereon in silver or gold." This altar stands in the East, as if to symbolize the identity of Hope and Annihilation. This brass con- tains the metals of Jupiter and ^'cnus fused in a homogeneo…
1913 · PDF PAGE 175
THE MAGICK FIRE
1913 · PDF PAGE 80
…s the path of Gimel through which the influence from the Crown descends upon the Sun of Tiphereth. And this is based upon the pyramid of fire which symboHzes the aspiration of the student. In Hindu symbohsm the Amrita or " dew of immortahty " ^ drips constantly upon a man, but is burnt up by the gross fire of his appetites. Yogis attempt to catch and so preserve this dew by turning back the tongue in the mouth. Concerning the water in this Cup, it may be said that just as the wand should be perfectly rigid, the ideal solid, so should the water …
1913 · PDF PAGE 79
… bowl, and is supported upon a conical base. This cup (crescent, sphere, cone) represents the three principles of the Moon, the Sun, and Fire, the three principles which, according to the Hindus, have course in the body.* This is the Cup of Purification; as Zoroaster says: '*So therefore first the priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral water of the loud-resounding sea." It is the sea that purifies the world. And the " Great Sea " is in the Qabalah a name of Binah, " Understanding." stands in the Circle, and the sp…
1913 · PDF PAGE 39
… to explain in other ways. But Sulphur represents the energy of things, Mercury their fluidity, Salt their fixity. They are analogous to Fire, Air and Water; but they mean rather more, for they represent something deeper and subtler, and yet more truly active. An almost exact analogy is given by the three Gunas of the Hindus; Sattvas, Rajas, and Tamas. Sattvas is Mercury, equable, calm, clear; Rajas is Sulphur, active, excitable, even fierce; Tamas is Salt, thick, sluggish, heavy, dark.^ But Hindu philosophy is so occupied with the main idea th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 45
…n. This oil is of a pure golden colour; and when placed upon the skin it should burn and thrill through the body with an intensity as of fire. It is the pure light translated into terms of desire. It is not the Will of the Magician, the desire of the lower to reach the higher ; but it is that spark of the higher in the Magician which wishes to unite the lower with itself. Unless therefore the Magician be first anointed with this oil, all his work will be wasted and evil. D
1913 · PDF PAGE 130
…firmament of heaven which is not included in this pantacle, though it be but " eight inches in diameter, and in thickness half an inch." Fire is not matter at all; water is a combination of elements; air almost entirely a mixture of elements; earth contains all both in admixture and in combination. So must it be with this Pantacle, the symbol of earth. And as this Pantacle is made of pure wax, do not forget that "every- thing that lives is holy." All phenomena are sacraments. Every fact, and even every falsehood, must enter into the Pantacle; i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 148
…O might have used other things than those which he actually does use; it seems possible that if he had not the acid or the knife, or the fire, or the oil, he might miss tending just that one flower which was to be NEMO after him! 1 NEMO is the Master of the Temple, whose task it is to develop the beginner. See Liber CDXVIII, Aethyr XIII.
1913 · PDF PAGE 190
… Sauna. See "Science and Buddhism." SepJiiroth. See " Temple of Solomon," Equinox W Shi?i. "A tooth." Hebrew letter = Sh, corresponds to Fire and Spirit. Shkui Sanliita. A Hindu treatise on physical training for spiritual ends. Skandhas. See " Science and Buddhism.'' Tao. See Konx Om Pax, " Thien Tao," jyj, etc. Tao Teh King. Chinese Classic on the Tao. Taro. See 777^ Equinox III and VIII, etc., etc. Tan. A "cross," Hebrew letter = Th corresponds to "Earth." See 777. Thaumiel. The demons corresponding to Kether. Two contending forces. Theosophi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 109
…d in this symbol. The Sword or Dagger is attributed to air, all-wandering, all-pene- trating, but unstable; not a phenomenon subtle like fire, not a chemical combination like water, but a mixture of gases.' The Sword, necessary as it is to the Beginner, is but a crude weapon. ' The Oxygen in the air would be too fierce for life ; it must be largely diluted with the inert nitrogen. The rational mind supports life, but about seventy-nine per cent, of it not only refuses itself to enter into combination, but prevents the remaining twenty-one per c…
1913 · PDF PAGE 16
…silence, and a lamen to declare his work. The book of spells or conjurations is his magical record, his Karma. In the East is the Magick Fire, in which all burns up at last.^ We will now^ consider each of these matters in detail. ^ He needs nothing else but the apparatus here described for invocation, by which he calls down that which is above him and within him ; but for evocations, by which he calls forth that which is below him and without him, he may place a triangle with- out the circle.