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1930 · PDF PAGE 49

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…bject. Divination of any kind is improper in matters directly concerning the Great Work itself. In the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel, the adept is possessed of ail he can possibly need. To consult any other is to insnlt one’s

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1930 · PDF PAGE 51

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…t Manner of Statement?) . ^ may intoxicate and exalt the Seer, it may inspire and fortify him in every way, it may throw light upon most holy mysteries, yet withal be no more than an interprétation of the individual to himself, the formula not of Abraham but of Onan. These plastic "Portraits of the Artist as a Young Man” are well enough for those who hâve heard “Know Thyself”. They are necessary, even, to assist that analysis of one’s nature which the Probationer of A.-. A.*, is sworn to accomplish. But "Love is the Law, love under Will”. And O…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 73

The Goetia

…and west; by pereje Do tala-pire-gabe otabila: do pire peripesol: od Do ananael the fire in the fire of just Glory of the Throne; by the Holy ones of Heaven; and by the secret Jada : Glonusabe larinuji ilasa ol: zodDameranu asapeta vaunesa wisdom of God, I, exalted in power, stir thee up. Appear before this komeselabe; Darebesa Do tofajilo Das gobus;: Do emetajisa Basdathea circle ; obey in allthings that Isay; in _ the seal Basdathea Baldachia: od DO vaunesa Do-o-a-inu JPrimeumaton, das Aosbeb Baldachia ; and in this Name Primeumaton, which Mo…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 110

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…h with his purple feet, Heedless of stones and serpents. Hail! he holloaed To the new Rahan! whom he bowed to greet Kissing the earth: O holy master, say If a fair female hath passed by this way ! Vv. The Bhikkhu blessed the irritated man. Then the slow sloka? serpentine began: ‘‘ Friend ! neither man nor woman owns This being’s high perception, owed Only to Truth ; nor beams nor stones Support the Arahat’s abode. Who grasps one truth, beholds one light, Becomes that truth, that light ; discedes From dark and deliquescent night, From futile tho…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 100

The Law is for All

…hey may be “Nothing under its three forms”1 of negativity, action, and individuality. 1 [From “Liber Trigrammaton sub figura XXVII,” The Holy Books of Thelema (The Equinox 111(9)) (1983), p. 45.] 18. These are dead, these fellows; they feel not. We are not for the poor and sad: the lords of the earth are our kinsfolk. Commentary: This idea is confirmed. Those who sorrow are not real people at all, not “stars”—for the time being. The fact of their being “poor and sad” proves them to be “shadows,” who “pass & are done.” The “lords of the earth” a…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 38

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…world, except my Molly! And her scent ! O she is like some intimate tropical plant, luring and deadly! 1 See above, ‘‘’The Temple of the Holy Crhost,” vol. i. p. 181, —I am afraid. (He discovers ANGELA,) Madam, can I aid you? ANGELA. Leave me! Leave me! I am the wretched- est girl on the wide earth. SiR PERCY. The comeliest, mademoiselle, (Aside.) I see this is a woman of the world. To her with speeches fit for such, then. ANGELA, I have seen all. Pity me! is a sword in my heart ! Your flattery Sir PErRcy, Seen ? ANGELA, Your love—you call it s…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 219

Liber Aleph

…them, the Reference thereof being Aleph, that is One indeed, but also an Hundred and Eleven in his full Orthography; to signify the Most Holy Trinity, and by Metathesis it is Thick Darkness, and Sudden Death. This is also the Number of AUM, which is AMOUN, and the Root-Sound of OMNE, or, in Greek, PAN, and it is a Number of the Sun. Yet is the Atu of Thoth that correspondeth thereunto marked with ZERO, and its Name is MAT, whereof I have spoken formerly, and its Image is the Fool. O my Son, gather thou all these Limbs together in One Body, and …

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1996 · PDF PAGE 28

The Law is for All

…Harpocrates, the “Babe in the Egg of Blue,” is not merely the God of Silence in a conventional sense. He represents the Higher Self, the Holy Guardian Angel. The con­ nection is with the symbolism of the Dwarf in Mythology. He contains everything in Himself, but is unmanifested. See ILS.1 1 [See page 95.) 2 [Richard Wagner, Parsifal (1882). Wagner used the spelling Parsifal (rather than Percivale or Parzival) to emphasize a supposed Arabic ety­ mology of parsi “pure one” and fal “foolish.”] He is the First Letter of the Alphabet, aleph, whose n…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 162

The Law is for All

…he connection of the Will of this “child” with the True or Unconscious Will, and so for clarifying our doctrine of the “Silent Self” or “Holy Guardian Angel.” They are of course totally igno­ rant of magical phenomena, and could hardly explain even such terms as “Augoeides”; and they are seriously to blame for not stating more openly that this True Will is not to be daunted or suppressed; but within their limits they have done excellent work. 1 [Matthew 18:3, paraphrase.]

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1907 · PDF PAGE 53

Collected Works (Vol. III)

… ! ISt AGED SISTER (sotto woce). So now they’re come out of sect, a most marvellous example, my dear, of the wonder- iul workings of the Holy Ghost, don’t you think ‘so, my dear? and [ hear they’re to be received into fellowship next Lord’s Day. 2N1I) AGED SISTER (do.). The young people are interested in one another,” are they not? Ist AGED SISTER (d@o.). Yes! it’s all very dear and blessed. But hush! how beautifully Mr. Worcester is expounding about Barabbas ! | Godly for ‘* become a Plymouth Brother.” —ALC, * Godly for ‘fare in love with one …

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1929 · PDF PAGE 98

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

… of Résurrection. Will itself must be ready to culminate in the surrender of that Will: 2 the aspirations arrow that is shot against the Holy Dove must transmute itself into the wondering Virgin that receives in her womb the quickening of that same Spirit of God. Any idea that is thus in itself positive and négative, active and passive, male and female, is fit to exist above the Abyss; any idea not so equilibrated is below the Abyss, contains in itself an unmitigated duality or falsehood, and is to that extent qliphotic 3 and dangerous. Even an…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 50

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

… that he was the Solar Intelligence required, and bade him eschew human love if he would attain to the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel; and suppose that his will, and that AngePs nature, were such that the Crux of their Formula was Lyrical Exaltation! Apart from the regular tests —- made at the time — of the integrity of any spirit, the Magician must make a careful record of every vision, omitting no detail ; he must then make sure that it tallies in every point with the correspondences in Book 777 and in Liber D. Should h…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 26

The Law is for All

…Appendix B in 777 Revised (1955); see Works Cited.] 4. Every number is infinite; there is no difference. Commentary: This is a great and holy mystery. Although each star has its own number, each number is equal and supreme. Every man and every woman is not only a part of God, but the Ultimate God. “The Centre is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.” The old definition of God takes new meaning for us. Each one of us is the One God. This can only be understood by the initiate; one must acquire certain high states of consciousness to apprecia…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 78

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…verse, and thus ultimately rewarding the Magician (the Son) ten thousandfold, it would be still more improper to speak in this place. So holy a mystery is the Arcanum of the Masters of the Temple, that it is here hinted at in order to blind the presumptuous who may, unworthy, seek to lift the veil, and at the same time to lighten the darkness of such as may be requiring only one ray of the Sun in order to spring into life and light. Il Abrahadabra is a Word to be studied in Equinox I, V., aThe Temple of Solomon the King”. It represents the Grea…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 82

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…he above “The Wisdom of Solomon,” eg.: “For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit, holy, one only, manifold, subtle, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good, quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good... . for wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness. For she is the breath of the power of God.” (Chap. VII, 22, 24, 25.) 70

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1910 · PDF PAGE 82

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…he above “The Wisdom of Solomon,” eg.: “For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit, holy, one only, manifold, subtle, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good, quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good... . for wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness. For she is the breath of the power of God.” (Chap. VII, 22, 24, 25.) 70

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1907 · PDF PAGE 35

Collected Works (Vol. III)

… and get help, Sa nee , lise ~ y I wonder? (Puts him cently down and half G Ys 3 Ss you . . Spirit of holiness? vases. His eyes open.) , Holy I hold you! Swift as a rapier Sir PERCY. Stabbed me your charms, Oh! I am but a coward. I am not il, Broken with lowliness, Iwas awake. I let you hold me. Forgive Smitten with rapture :— me! Allis so mixed ; All is a whirl ;— MOLLY. (et me recapture Forgive you, sir? Iam a poor girl of the This lock 5 °tis unfixed.) dale. Ay, little girl, Bury my head Sir PERcy. In the scent of your hair ! Your voice is l…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 253

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…Father, and (Glorified) Mother. } The Theosophical term ‘Higher Self,” is usually termed in the G.+. D.-. “Genius.” Abramelin calls it “ Holy Guardian Angel,” vide Preface. § The Sephirotic Scheme, it will be remembered, is divided into four worlds: Atziloth; Briah; Yetzirah and Assiah. Each world contains ten Sephiroth, and each of these Sephira again ten, making the total number four hundred. || “Paroketh ” is the Veil which separates Hod and Netzach from Tiphereth ; and as we shall see later on, in the Portal Ritual, the First Order from the…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 253

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…Father, and (Glorified) Mother. } The Theosophical term ‘Higher Self,” is usually termed in the G.+. D.-. “Genius.” Abramelin calls it “ Holy Guardian Angel,” vide Preface. § The Sephirotic Scheme, it will be remembered, is divided into four worlds: Atziloth; Briah; Yetzirah and Assiah. Each world contains ten Sephiroth, and each of these Sephira again ten, making the total number four hundred. || “Paroketh ” is the Veil which separates Hod and Netzach from Tiphereth ; and as we shall see later on, in the Portal Ritual, the First Order from the…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 91

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…re ; (d) to concentrate the necessary spiritual forces from every element, and fling them simultaneously into the aspiration towards the Holy Guardian Angel ; and (e) to attract the Angel by the vibration of the magical voice which invokes Him. The method of the Ritual is thus manifold. There is firstly an analysis of the Adept, which enables him to calculate his course of action. He can décidé what must be banished, what purified, what concentrated. He can then con¬ centrate his will upon its one essential element, over-coming its résistance —…

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