Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

All-Father. In this complex family relationship1 is sym¬ bolisée! the whole course of the Universe. It will be seen that (after ail) the Climax is at the end. It is the second half of the formula which symbolises the Great Work which we are pledged to accomplish. The first step of this is the attainment of th^ Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, which constitutes the Adept of the Inner Order. The re-entry of these twin spouses into the womb of the mother is that initiation described in Libe»* 418, which gives admission to the Inmost Order of the A.*. A.*. Of the last step we cannot speak. It will now be recognised that to devise a practical magical ceremony to correspond to Tetragrammaton in this exalted sense might be difficult if not impossible. In such a ceremony the Rituals of purification alone might occupy many incarnations. It will be necessary, therefore, to revert to the simpler view of Tetragrammaton, remembering only that the Hé final is the Throne of the Spirit, of the Shin of Pentagrammaton. The Yod will represent a swift and violent créative energy; following this will be a calmer and more reflective but even more powerful flow of will, the irrésistible force of a mighty river. This State of mind will be foliowed by an expansion of the consciousness ; it will penetrate ail space, and this will finally undergo a crystallization resplendent with interior light. Such modifications of the original Will may be observed in the course of the invocations when they are properly performed. The peculiar dangers of each are obvious — that of the first is a flash in the pan — a misfire; that of the second, a falling into dreaminess or reverie; that of the third, loss of concentration. A mistake in any of these points will prevent, or injure the proper formation of, the fourth. In the expression which will be used in Chapter XV: “Enflame thyself”, etc., only the first stage is specified; but if that is properly done the other stages will follow as if by necessity. So far is it written concerning the formula of Tetragrammaton. I. The formula of Tetragrammaton, as ordinarily understood, ending with the appearance of the daughter, is indeed a dégradation. 23 —