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CHAPTER VIII THE SWORD '* 'nr^HE word of the Lord is quick and powerful, and sharper than a X two-edged sword." As the Wand is Chokmah, the Will, "the Father," and the Cup the Understanding, "the Mother," Binah; so the Magick Sword is the Reason, "the Son," the six Sephiroth of the Ruach, and we shall see that the Pantacle corresponds to Malkuth, " the Daughter." The Magick Sword is the analytical faculty; directed against any demon it attacks his complexity. Only the simple can withstand the sword. x\s we are below the Abyss, this weapon is th…
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… to gain admission to the palace, it cannot be worn at the marriage feast. One might say that the Pantacle is the bread of life, and the Sword the knife which cuts it up. One must have ideas, but one must criticize them. The Sword, too, is that weapon with which one strikes terror into the demons and dominates them. One must keep the Ego Lord of the impressions. One must not allow the circle to be broken by the demon; one must not allow any one idea to carry one away. It will readily be seen how very elementary and false all this is —but for th…
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…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 stroke." In the throat is Daath —the throne of Ruach. Daath is Knowledge. This final destruction of knowledge opens the gate of the City of the Pyramids. It is also written, Liber CCXX, iii, 11: " Let…
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96 is actually the largest of his weapons ; happy is he who can make the dagger suffice ! The hilt of the Sword should be made of copper. The guard is composed of the two crescents of the waxing and the waning moon — back to back. Spheres are placed between them, form- ing an equilateral triangle with the sphere of the pommel. The blade is straight, pointed, and sharp right up to the guard. It is made of steel, to equilibrate with the hilt, for steel is the metal of Mars, as copper is of Venus. Those two planets are male and female —and thus re…
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… AS the Magick Cup is the heavenly food of the Magus, so is the Magick Pantacle his earthly food. The Wand was his divine force, and the Sword his human force. The Cup is hollow to receive the influence from above. The Pantacle is flat like the fertile plains of earth. The name Pantacle implies an image of the All, 07n?ie in paruo; but this is by a magical transformation of the Pantacle. Just as we made the Sword symbolical of everything by the force of our Magick, so do we work upon the Pantacle. That which is merely a piece of common bread sh…
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THE SWORD
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…e mind come more slowly than before, so that the mind has time to perceive their falsity and to destroy them. On the blade of the Magick Sword is etched the name AGLA, a Notariqon formed from the initials of the sentence Ateh Gibor Leolahm Adonai, " To Thee be the Power unto the Ages, O my Lord." And the acid which eats into the steel should be oil of vitriol. Vitriol is a Notariqon of " Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Oc- cultum Lapidem." That is to say: By investigating everything and Sword, the letter H symbolises breath, and H…
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THE WAND, CUP, SWORD, AND DISK OR PANTACLE (drawn tO SCale).
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99 The Magician cannot wield the Sword unless the Crown is on his head. Those Magicians, who have attempted to make the Sword the sole or even the principal weapon, have only destroyed themselves, not by the destruction of combination, but by the destruction of division/ Weak- ness overcomes strength. The most stable political edifice of history has been that of China, which was founded principally on politeness; and that of India has proved strong enough to absorb its many conquerors." The Sword has been the great weapon of the last century. E…
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… place between one and one, it is evident that no idea can thus be united, unless it is simple. Hence every idea must be analysed by the Sword. Hence, too, there must only be a single thought in the mind of the person meditating. One may now go on to consider the use of the Sword in purifying emotions into perceptions. It was the function of the Cup to interpret the perceptions by the tendencies; the Sword frees the perceptions from the Web of emotion.
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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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…nfolded cube, which cube is this same philosophical stone. Meditation will reveal many mysteries which are concealed 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-…
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…ooks: 1. The Equinox, No. I to the current number. 2. 777. lOS. 3. K(jn.\ Om Tax. 10s. 4. Collected Works of A. Crowley; Tannhauser, The Sword of Song. Time, Eleusis. 3 vols, ^£"2 2s. 5. Raja \'oga, by Swami Vivekananda. ^s. Gd. 6. The Shiva Sanhita, or the Hathayoga Pradipika. s^- 7. 'i'hc Tao Teh A'ing and the writings of Awang Tze: S.B.IC. xxxix, xl. 155. iSi
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…the constant practice of Demons to attempt to terrify, to shock, to disgust, to allure. Against all this he must oppose the Steel of the Sword. If he has got rid of the ego-idea this task will be comparatively easy; unless he has done so it will be almost impossible. So says the Dhammapada: Me he abused, and me he beat, he robbed me, he insuhed me: In whom such thoughts find harbourage, hatred will never cease to be. And this hatred is the thought which inhibits the love whose apothe- osis is Samadhi.
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…The Divine Understanding that was the Cup is no more; for the subject and Object of intelligence are one. The Divine Reason that was the Sword is no more : for the complex has been resolved into the Simple. And the Divine Substance that was the Pantacle is no more; for the many has become the One. Eternal, unconfined, unextended, without cause and without effect, the Holy Lamp mysteriously burns. Without quantity or quality, un- conditioned and sempiternal, is this Light. It is not possible for anyone to advise or approve; for this Lamp is not …
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…n done to his own satisfaction. Those who have wished men to believe in them \vere absurd. A per- suasive tongue or pen, or an efficient sword, with rack and stake, pro- duced this "belief," which is contrary to, and destructive of, all real religious experience. The whole life of Frater Perdurabo is now devoted to seeing that you obtain this living experience of Truth for, by, and in yourselves! SoROR ViRAKAM (Mary d'Este Sturges).
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… 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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…us willed action is impeded; the march of events is now nothing but inertia. Let the Magician consider these matters before he takes the Sword in his hand. Let him understand that the Ruach, this loose combina- tion of 6 Sephiroth, only bound together by their attachment to the human will in Tiphereth, must be rent asunder. The mind must be broken up into a form of insanity before it can be transcended. David said: " I hate thoughts." The Hindu says: "That which can be thought is not true." Paul said: "The carnal mind is enmity against God." An…
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…thoughts. Within the circle stands an Altar, the solid basis on which he works, the foundation of all. Upon the Altar are his Wand, Cup, Sword, and Pantacle, to represent his Will, his Under- standing, his Reason, and the lower parts of his being, respectively. On the Altar, too, is a phial of Oil, surrounded by a Scourge, 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…