Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

So also shall he who invoketh often behold the Formless Fire, with trembling and bewilderment ; but if he prolong his méditation, he shall résolve it into cohérent and intelligible symbols, and he shall hear the articulate utterance of that Fire, interpret the thunder thereof as a still small voice in his heart. And the Fire shall reveal to his eyes his own image in its own true glorv; and it shall speak in his ears the Mystery that is his own right Name. This then is the virtue of the Magick of The Beast 666, and the canon of its proper usage: to destroy the tendency to discriminate between any two things in theory, and in practice to pierce the veils of every sanctuary, pressing forward to embrace every image ; for there is none that is not very Isis. The Inmost is one with the Inmostj yet the form of the One is not the form of the otherj intimacy exacts fitness. He therefore who liveth by air, let him not be bold to breathe water. But mastery cometh by measure: to him who with labour, courage, and caution giveth his life to under- stand ail that doth encompass him, and to prevail against it, shall be increase. “The Word of Sin is Restriction” ; seek therefore Righteousness, enquiring into Iniquity, and fortify thyself to overcome it. 344