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Page 10 of 1071919 · PDF PAGE 33
CURRICULUM OF A..A.. COURSE II The basis of our whole work is the Book of the Law. It is essential for every Probationer to study this book and those which are directly connected with it, as commentaries: Liser CCXX. Liser L ver Lecis Sus Figura CCXX. as delivered by XCIII. unto DCLXVI. This book is the foundation of the New Zon, and thus of the whole of our Work. Liser I]. THe MEssacE oF THE Master THERION. It explains the essence of the New Law in a very simple manner. Lisrr DCCCXXXVII. THe Law or Lizerty. This is a further explanation of the…
1954 · PDF PAGE 130
…it back again. You will gather a useful impression of the value of the masterpiece by noticing the kind of difficulty that arises in the work of translation; more, by observing the effect produced on you by reading over the result; and finally, by estimating the re-translation: has the effect of the original been enhanced by the work done on it? Has it become more lucid? Has it actually given you the information which it purported to do? (I am giving you credit for very unusual ability; this test is not easy to make; and, obviously, you may hav…
1961 · PDF PAGE 187
…cine, that is of right compounded for High Purpose, to ease her Infirmity. Thus is thy Will frustrated, and thy Mind distracted, and thy Work lamed, if it be not brought to Naught. Also thy Puissance in thine Art is minished, by a full Moiety, as I do esteem it. But the Eye of Horus hath no Need, and is free in his Will, not seeking a Level, or requiring a Medicine, and is fit and worthy to be the Companion and the Ally of thee in thy Work, as a Friend to thee, not Mistress and not Slave, that seek ever with Slyness and Deceit to encompass thei…
1961 · PDF PAGE 172
…ut a Preparation, an Adornment of the Bride for the Temple of Hymen, and his Rite. Verily, o my Son, I deem in my Wisdom that this whole Work of thy Development to Sphinxhood cometh before the Work of Theurgy, for the Lord descendeth not upon a Temple ill-conceived, and builded wry, nor abideth in a Shrine unworthy. Accomplish then this Task in Patience, with Assiduity, not hasting furiously after Godliness. For this is most sure, that to the Beauty of a Maiden answereth the Lust of her Lord, spontaneous and without Effort or Appeal of her Cont…
1919 · PDF PAGE 61
… learn that unknown Crown. 3. Though none can communicate either the knowledge or the power to achieve this, which we may call the Great Work, it is yet possible for initiates to guide others. 4. Every man must overcome his own obstacles, expose his own illusions. Yet others may assist him to do both, and they may enable him altogether to avoid many of the false paths, leading no whither, which tempt the weary feet of the uninitiated pilgrim. They can further insure that he is duly tried and tested, for there are many who think themselves to be…
1961 · PDF PAGE 131
… State of Mind is notably an Appurtenance of thy Grade of Master of the Temple, and the Unveiling of the Arcanum of Sorrow, which is thy Work, as it is written in Liber Magi. Moreover, this State, assimilated in the very Marrow of thy Mind, is the first Stop toward the comprehension of the Arcanum of Change, which is the Root of the Work of a Magus of Our Holy Order. O my Son, bind this within thine Heart, for its Name is the Beatific Vision. m
1929 · PDF PAGE 46
…r of the climbing led to an amusing incident. The {95} greatest rock climber in England, A. F. Mummery, published a short account of his work on the cliffs at Dover, where he lived. He stated that at more than twenty to thirty feet above sea-level no climbing was possible, and that practically all his climbs were traverses; that is horizontal and not vertical. I wrote to him saying that my experience was precisely the opposite. All my climbing had been done at greater altitudes, and that (with hardly an exception) my climbs were vertical. He wr…
1929 · PDF PAGE 158
…ch these Magicians willed ? Let the Magical Link be made strong! It is “love under will”; it affirms the identity of the Equation of the work; it makes success Necessity. I. P. S. He died some months after this passage was written : but he had been enabled to live and work for nearly a quarter of a century longer than he would otherwise hâve done. 122
1909 · PDF PAGE 398
…most encouraging and significant signs of the times is the new Psychology, an excellent introduction to which is provided by the present work. Oswald Kilpe’s work is of an essentially Teutonic character, having nearly all the characteristics, both good and bad, that one expects to find ina German technical scientific work; eminently typical is “Outlines of Psychology” in its thoroughness. The experimental method, in which Kilpe is an adept, shows conclusively and absolutely the essential unity of body and mind. Psychology is still in its infanc…
1909 · PDF PAGE 398
…most encouraging and significant signs of the times is the new Psychology, an excellent introduction to which is provided by the present work. Oswald Kilpe’s work is of an essentially Teutonic character, having nearly all the characteristics, both good and bad, that one expects to find ina German technical scientific work; eminently typical is “Outlines of Psychology” in its thoroughness. The experimental method, in which Kilpe is an adept, shows conclusively and absolutely the essential unity of body and mind. Psychology is still in its infanc…
1903 · PDF PAGE 26
You have: the work is difficult; Effort that holds and understands May do it: shall our foes exult, The daughters of Philistia laugh, The girls of Askalon rejoice, Writing for us this epitaph : “They chose, and were not worth the choice” ? You are so pure: I am a man. I will assume the courage tried Of yonder luckless suicide, And you—awaken, if you can, The courage of the courtezan ! 24
1906 · PDF PAGE 255
…inctpit. (2) This, to a scientist, is apparently anathema. But it only means, I think, that if we are not settled in our minds we cannot work. And this is unquestionable. Suppose a chemist to set to work to determine the boiling-point of a new organic substance. Does he stop in the midst, struck by the fear that his thermometer is inaccurate? No! he has, unless he is a fool, tested it previously. We must have our principia tixed before we can do research work. (3) A scientist hardly requires conviction on this point ! (4) Do you think to combin…
1913 · PDF PAGE 89
OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS OF A... A... An elementary suggestive account of the work of the Order in its relation to the average man. The preliminary paper of M ... M .*. M .*. may be classed with this. Liper XLI.—7hien Tao (in Konx Om Pax). An advanced study of Attainment by the method of equilibrium on the ethical plane. Liser LV.—The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua. An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy. Liper LIX.—A4evoss the Gulf. A fantastic account of a previous incarnation. Its prin- cipal interest is tha…
1913 · PDF PAGE 89
OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS OF A... A... An elementary suggestive account of the work of the Order in its relation to the average man. The preliminary paper of M ... M .*. M .*. may be classed with this. Liper XLI.—7hien Tao (in Konx Om Pax). An advanced study of Attainment by the method of equilibrium on the ethical plane. Liser LV.—The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua. An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy. Liper LIX.—A4evoss the Gulf. A fantastic account of a previous incarnation. Its prin- cipal interest is tha…
1961 · PDF PAGE 106
…s, so that thou goest not altogether blindly and without Aim in hy Quest, ignorant of the Ways of thine own inner Being. Also, thou must work always for a definite End, never for Pleasure or for Relaxation, except thou wilt, as a good Knight is sworn to do. And thou being Hero and Magician art in Peril of abusing the fiery Agents only, not those of Earth, Air or Water; because these do really work with thee in Purity, making thee wholly what thou wouldst be, an Engine indefatigable, a Mind clear, calm, and concentrated, and a Heart fierce aglow…
1912 · PDF PAGE 89
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING no work is done. There was, however, much question of his position in the mystic hierarchy. He had the highest attainment known—and what did it amount to? In the meantime Fra. D. D. S. himself must have attained Samadhi —presumably Atmadarshana—for we find this entry.) Dec. 7. D. D. S. writes from Samadhi—Dhatu. (Dhatu—literally “ element "—is a word chosen to avoid such implications as would be conveyed by “place," “state," and such words.) ,, 8. D. D. S. still in Samadhi. ,, 10. D. D. S. dined with me. He thinks …
1912 · PDF PAGE 89
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING no work is done. There was, however, much question of his position in the mystic hierarchy. He had the highest attainment known—and what did it amount to? In the meantime Fra. D. D. S. himself must have attained Samadhi —presumably Atmadarshana—for we find this entry.) Dec. 7. D. D. S. writes from Samadhi—Dhatu. (Dhatu—literally “ element "—is a word chosen to avoid such implications as would be conveyed by “place," “state," and such words.) ,, 8. D. D. S. still in Samadhi. ,, 10. D. D. S. dined with me. He thinks …
1906 · PDF PAGE 245
…niverse. Closely connected with this question is that of the will of God. People argue that an Infi- nite intelligence must have been at work on this cosmos. I reply No! There is no intelligence at work worthy of the name. The Laws of Nature may be generalised in one—the Law of Inertia. Everything moves in the direction determined by the path of least resistance; species arise, develop, and die as their collec- tive inertia determines; to this Law there is no exception but the doubtful one of Free- will; the Law of Destiny itself is formally an…
1929 · PDF PAGE 81
…ve details of ail these formulæ. Before beginning any operation soever the magician must make a thorough Qabalistic study of it so as to work out its theory in symmetry of perfection. Preparedness in Magick is as important as it is in War. V It should be profitable to make a somewhat detailed study of the strange-looking word AUMGN, for its analysis affords an excellent illustration of the principles on which the Practicus may construct his own Sacred Words. This word has been uttered by the Master Therion himself, as a means of declaring his o…
1906 · PDF PAGE 257
… a profound watchfulness kept up lest the thought should for a moment stray.t. The latter portion is, to my mind, the essential one. The work is comparable to that of an electrician who should sit for hours with his finger on a delicately adjusted resistance- box and his eye on the spot of light of a galvanometer, charged with the duty of keeping the spot still, at least that it should never move beyond a certain number of degrees, and of recording the more impor- tant details of his experiment. Our work is identical in design, though worked wi…