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89 Buddha said that if any man became an Arahat he must either take the vows of a Bhikkhu that very day, or die, and it is this saying of Buddha's that the unknown poet wished to commemorate. Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house And stole a leg of beef. I went to Taffy's house; Taffy was in bed. I took a carving knife, And cut off Taffy's head. Taffy is merely short for Taphtatharath, the Spirit of Mercury and the God of Welshmen or thieves. " My house " is of course equivalent to " my magick circle." Note that Beth, …
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55 has not yet attained the strength which can defy Mara. Let him estimate his strength, and take a vow which is within it, but only just within it. Thus Milo began by carrying a new-born calf; and day by day as it grew into a bull, his strength was found sufficient. Again let it be said that Liber III is a most admirable method for the beginner,' and it will be best, even if he is very confident in his strength, to take the vow for very short periods, beginning with an hour and increasing daily by half-hours until the day is filled. Then let h…
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CHAPTER I THE TEMPLE THE Temple 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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…ck," 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 outline sketch only. If both parts are thoroughly studied and understood, the pupil will have obtained a real grasp of all the fundamentals and essentials of both Magick and Mysticism. I wrote this book down from Frater Perdurabo's dictation at the Villa Caldarazzo, Posilippo, Naples, where I was studying unde…
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…rse, and she found all except his sacred lingam, which was not found until quite recently {vide Fuller, "The Star in the West "). Let us take another example from this rich storehouse of magick lore.
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…ical marriage, and thus identical with the symbol- ism of the Rosy Cross, under a slightly different aspect. And since marriage can only take 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…
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…ee reciprocating paths of Daleth, Teth, and Pe, is one of the most wonderful passages in all the Holy Qabalah. His resolution of what we take to be the bond of slavery into very love, the embroidered neckband of honour bestowed upon us by the King himself, is one of the most sublime passages in this class of literature. Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her. He put her in a peanut shell; Then he kept her very well. This early authentic text of the Hinayana school of Buddhism is much esteemed even to-day by the more cultu…
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…e character of any pupil. What helped him in the past may hinder another in the future. Yet since the Master is pledged to serve, he may take up that service on these simple lines. Since all thoughts are veils of this Light, he may advise the destruction of all thoughts, and to that end teach those practices which are clearly conducive to such destruction. These practices have now fortunately been set down in clear language by order of the A.-. A.-. . In these instructions the relativity and limitation of each practice is clearly taught, and al…
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…learn something, to achieve something, which when gained does not seem worth even the utterance of the wish. But this is a wrong view to take. The discipHne necessary in order to learn Latin will stand us in good stead when we wish to do something quite different. At school our masters punished us; when we leave school, if we have not learned to punish ourselves, we have learned nothing. In fact the only danger is that we may value the achievement in itself. The boy who prides himself on his school knowledge is in danger of becoming a college p…
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i67 In this smoke illusions arise. We sought the light, and behold the Temple is darkened! In the darkness this smoke seems to take strange shapes, and we may hear the crying of beasts. The thicker the smoke, the darker grows tlie Universe. Wc gasp and tremble, beholding what foul and unsubstantial things we have evoked! Yet we cannot do without the Incense! Unless our aspiration took form it could not influence form. This also is the niyster)- of in- carnation. This Incense is based upon Gum Olibanum, the sacrifice of the human will of the hea…
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…here Calypso and the Sirens. Here, too, are those things which many have imagined to be the " spirits " of the dead. If the student once take any of these things for truth, he must worship it, since all truth is worshipful. In such a case he is lost; the phantom will have power over him; it will obsess him. As long as an idea is being examined you are free from
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…ent to express his will by taking Magical Oaths. Since such an oath is irrevocable it should be well considered; and it is better not to take any oath permanently; because with increase of understanding may come a perception of the incompatibility of the lesser oath with the greater. This is indeed almost certain to occur, and it must be remembered that as the whole essence of the will is its one-pointedness,^ a dilemma of this sort is the worst in which the Magus can find himself. Another great point in this consideration of Magick Vows is to …
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…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 altar will be found to have a length equal to some other cosmic measure, a vesica drawn on the side some other, a "rood cross" within the vesica yet another. Each Magician should work out his own system of symbolism —and he need not confine himself to cosmic measurements. He might, for example, find some relation to express the law o…
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…te indeed is he who cannot thus endure. It is useless for him to say, " I don't like the Atlantic; I will go back to the fireside." Once take one step on the path, and there is no return. You will re- member in Browning's " Childe Roland to the dark Tower came": For mark ! no sooner was I fairly found Pledged to the plain, after a pace or two. Than, pausing to throw backwards a last view O'er the safe road, 'twas gone: grey plain all round. Nothing but plain to the horizon's bound. I might go on ; naught else remained to do. And this is univers…
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85 — Hermes, the Messenger. The other prefers to take Jack simply and reverently as lacchus, the spiritual form of Bacchus. But it does not matter very much whether we insist upon the swiftness or the rapture of the Holy Spirit of God; and that it is He of whom it is here spoken is evident, for the name Horner could be applied to none other by even the most casual reader of the Holy Gospels and the works of Congreve. And the context makes this even clearer, for he sits in a corner, that is in the place of Christ, the Corner Stone, eating, that …
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…student is the Vow of Holy Obedience; and many will wish that they had the opportunity of putting themselves under a holy Guru. Let them take heart— for any being capable of giving commands is an efficient Guru for the purpose of this Vow, pro- vided that he is not too amiable and lazy.
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…a the great Arch-Devil, with his three daughters the arch-temptresses appeared, he remained still. Now it is useless for the beginner to take so formidable a vow; he
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…e the loudest in proclaiming that they will be the only ones saved) seem to ^ " One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad." — Crowley.