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…ths 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 of cause and effect in his working, and so that the A.*. A.\ may judge of his progress, and direct his further stud…
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…which mention has already been made, which turns all into gold. This oil which can eat into the steel, is further that which is written. Liber LXV, i, i6: "As an acid eats into steel ... so am I unto the Spirit of Man." Note how closely woven into itself is all this symbolism ! The centre of Ruach being the heart, it is seen that this Sword of the Ruach must be thrust by the Magician into his own heart. But there is a subsequent task, of which it is spoken —Liber VII, V, 47. " He shall await the sword of the Beloved and bare his throat for the …
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…eburah. 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," " The law of cause and effect." See " Science and Buddhism," Crowley, Coll. Works, Vol. II. Kether. The Crown, ist "emanation" of the Absolute. Lao Tze. Great Chinese teache…
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…s 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 demons of the Five." This Book must then be thus written. In the first place the Magician must perform the practice laid down in Liber CMXIII so that he under- stands perfectly who he is, and to what his development must necessarily tend. So much for the first page…
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… The great Universe, of which man is an exact image. Magus. A magician. Technically, also, a Master of grade 9" — 2'\ See Equinox VII, " Liber I," and elsewhere. Mahalingajii. See Lingam. Maha means great. Maha SattipattJiana. A mode of meditation. See "Science and Buddhism,' Crowley, Coll. Works, Vol. II, for a full account. Malka/i. A young girl. The "bride." The unredeemed soul. Malkuth. "The kingdom," loth "emanation" of the Absolute. Mantrayoga. A practice to attain union with God by repetition of a sacred sentence. .Master of the Temple. …
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146 which must be studied in Liber CCXX and Liber CDXVIII; but having thus dealt with special Robes, let us consider the use of the Robe in general. The Robe is that which conceals, and which protects the Magician from the elements; it is the silence and secrecy with which he works, the hiding of himself in the occult life of Magick and Meditation. This is the "going away into the wilderness " which we find in the lives of all men of the highest types of greatness. And it is also the withdrawing of one's self from life as such. In another sense…
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…and Conversation is the sole task of him who would be called Adept. An absolute method for achieving this is given in the Eighth Aethyr (Liber CDXVIII, Equinox V). M
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…isoning, and in particular refers to the poison 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 Lect…
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…represents the external Universe. The Magician must take it as he finds it, so that it is of no par- ticular shape; yet we find written, Liber VII, vi, 2: "We made us a Temple of stones in the shape of the Universe, even as thou didst wear openly and I concealed." This shape is the Vesica Piscis; but it is only the greatest of the Magicians who can thus fashion the Temple. There may, however, be some choice of rooms; this refers to the power of the Magician to reincarnate in a suitable body.
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CHAPTER X THE LAMP IN Liber A. vel Armorum, the official instruction of the A. • .A. ' . for the preparation of the elemental weapons, it is said that each symbolic representation of the Universe is to be approved by the Superior of the Magician. To this rule the Lamp is an exception; it is said : " A Magical Lamp that shall burn without wick or oil, being fed by the Aethyr. This shall he accomplish secretly and apart, without asking the advice or approval of his Adeptus Minor." This Lamp is the light of the pure soul; it hath no need of fuel, …
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…less than the All-Self; one must not come before the altar of the Most High with an impure or an imperfect offering. As it is written in Liber LXV, "To await Thee is the end, not the beginning." This training may lead through all sorts of complications, varying according to the nature of the student, and hence it may be necessary for him at any moment to will all sorts of things which to others might 39
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… strong." ^ ^ We have avoided dealing with the Pantacle as the Paten of the Sacrament, though special instructions about it are given in Liber Legis. It is composed of meal, honey, wine, holy oil, and blood.
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…g 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.
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…orce which destroys the manifested Universe. This is also the emerald snake which encircles the Universe. This matter must be studied in Liber LXV, where this is discussed incomparably. In the hood of this serpent are the six jewels, three on each side. Ruby, Emerald, and Sapphire, the three holy elements made perfect, on both sides in equilibrium.
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… "The tradition of secret wisdom of the Hebrews," Equinox V. Qliphoth. '•Shells " or demons. The excrement of ideas. Ra-Hoor-Khuit. See "Liber Legis." Ruach. The intellect and other mental qualities. See 777, etc. Saliasrara Cakkra. "The Temple of Solomon the King-." See Equinox I\'. Sammasati. See " The Training of the Mind,'"' Equinox V, and " The Temple of Solomon,'' Equinox VIII. Also "Science and Buddhism,"' Crowley, Coll. Works, Vol. II. Saiikha-ra. See " Science and Buddhism." Sauna. See "Science and Buddhism." SepJiiroth. See " Temple o…
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… See the " Interlude " follo\A'ing. ^ See Equinox V, "The Training of the Mind"'; Equinox II, "The Psychology of Hashish"; Equinox VII, "Liber DCCCCXIII."'
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…oment of time, and attends to the Will of the Magician. Let him not interrupt the sound of this Bell. Let 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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…y of the Adept " in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat."' ^ In this cup, therefore, though all things are placed, by virtue of this ^ See Liber Legis. Equinox VIT.
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…is air that carries sound. These sounds refer to those heard by the Adept at the moment of rapture. ' Compare the first set of verses in Liber XVI. (XVI in the Taro is Pc, Mars, the Sword.)
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…rrows: the Divine shot downward, the human upward. I The former is the Oil, the latter the Incense, or rather the finest pari of it. See Liber I CD.WIII, Fifth Aethyr.