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Page 1 of 11930 · PDF PAGE 12
what they call immorality, in the fact that the Christian îegend is an écho of a Phallic rite. There is also a true and positive connexion between the Creative force of the Macrocosm, and that of the Microcosm. For this reason the latter must be made as pure and consecrated as the former. The puzzle for most people is how to do this. The study of Nature is the Key to that Gâte. 132 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 37
…stem of divination each Symbol stands for a definite idea. It would not interfère with the English language to add a few new letters. In fact, some Systems of shorthand hâve done so. But a System of symbols suitable for divination must be a complété représentation of the Universe, so that each is absolute, and the whole insusceptible of increase or diminution. It is (in fact) tech- nically a pantacle in the fullest sense of the word. Let us consider some prominent examples of such System. We may observe that a common mode of divination is to in…
1930 · PDF PAGE 25
…me sort of vague and indeterminate relation between the Astrals and the Materials ; and it is possible, with great expérience, to deduce facts about material things from the astral aspect which they présent to the eyes of the Body of Light.1 This astral plane is so varied and so changeable that several clairvoyants looking at the same thing might give totally different accounts of what they saw; yet they might each make correct déductions. In looking at a man the first clairvoyant might say : “The lines of force are ail drooping”; the second : …
1930 · PDF PAGE 44
…intelligence whom he is Consulting, to be guided in their movement to make the necessary mechanical actions which détermine the physical factor of the operation. It will be obvions that this is somewhat awkward for the diviner who is also a magician, for as a magician he has been constantly at work to keep ail his forces uncler his own control,, and to prevent the slighest interférence with them by any alien Will. It is, in fact, commonly the case, or so says the expérience of The Master Therion, that the most promising Magicians are the most d…
1930 · PDF PAGE 42
…o his question, he is almost certain to influence that answer in favour of his personal inclinations. The psycho-analyst will recall the fact that dreams are phantas- mal représentations of the unconscious Will of the sleeper, and that not only are they images of that Will instead of représent¬ ations of objective truth, but the image itself is confused by a thousand cross-currents set in motion by the various complexes and inhibitions of his character. If therefore one consults the oracle, one must take sure that one is not consciously or unco…
1930 · PDF PAGE 9
…spécial stimulus. To one the mystery of the whole ceremony may appeal; another may be moved by the strangeness of the words, even by the fact that the “barbarous names” are unintelligible to him. Some- times in the course of a ceremony the true meaning of some barbarous name that has hitherto baffled his analysis may flash upon him, luminous and splendid, so that he is caught up into i. This is Qabalistically expressed in the old Formula : Domine noster, audi tuo servo! kyrie Christel O Christel 129
1930 · PDF PAGE 64
…ical powers, and transmuting material substances, especially metals, into more valuable forms. The subject is further complicated by the fact that many authors were unscrupulous quacks. Ignorant of the first éléments of the art, they plagiarized without shame, and reaped a harvest of fraudulent gain. They took advantage of the general ignorance, and the convention of mystery, in just the same way as their modem successors do in the matter of ail Occult sciences. But despite all.this, one thing is abundantly clear; ail serious writers, though th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 66
…lcliemy is. We miglit even go further and say tliat even if we liad ne ver lieard of it, we know wliat it mu si be. Let us emphasize the fact that the final product is in ail cases a living thing. It has been the great stumbling block to modem research that the statements of alchemists cannot be explained away, From the Chemical standpoint it has seemed not à 'priori impossible that lead should be turned into gold. Our recent discovery of the periodicity of the éléments has made it seem likely, at least in theory, that our apparently immutable …
1930 · PDF PAGE 36
…oyed by mathematicians, who can thus convey their ideas perfectly 1 without speaking a Word of each other’s languages. 1. As a matter of fact, they cannot. The best qualified are the most diffident as to having grasped the meaning of their colleagues with exactitude; in criticising their writings they often make a point of apologis- ing for possible misunderstanding. — 156
1930 · PDF PAGE 54
…of the Cavendish experiment, or asserts that, if fountain pens undoubtedly work now and then, their doing so is mer ely coincidence. The fact of the case is that the laws of nature are incomparably more subtle than even science suspects. The phenomena of every plane are intimately interwoven. The arguments of Aristotle were dépendent on the atmospheric pressure which prevented his blood from boiling away. Tliere is notiiing in the universe wliicli does not influence every otlier thing in one way or another. There is no reason in Nature why the …
1930 · PDF PAGE 41
… answer, that it really referred to the other party to the affair! There is, on the surface, no difficulty at ail in getting replies. In fact, the process is mechanical; success is therefore assured, bar a stroke of apoplexy. But, even suppose we are safe from deceit, how can we know that the question has really been put to another mind, understood rightly, and answered from knowledge ? It is obviously possible to check one’s operations by clairvoyance, but this is rather like buying a safe to keep a brick in. Expérience is the only teacher. On…
1930 · PDF PAGE 49
…s, become the prey of malicious daemons who use them to attack the Magician in various ways whose prospect of success is enhanced by the fact that he has him¬ self created a link with them. One more observation seems désirable while on this subject. 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
1930 · PDF PAGE 38
…tter be discarded unless the student chances to feel strongly drawn toward it. It is used by the Master Therion Himself with fairly satisfactory results, but only in spécial cases, in a strictly limited sphere, and with par- ticular précautions. Even so, He feels great diffidence in basing His conduct on the resuit so obtained. Geomancy has the advantage of being rigorously mathematical. A hand-book of the science is to be found in Equinox I, II. The objection to its use lies in the limited number of the symbols. To represent the Universe by no…
1930 · PDF PAGE 5
… be the not uncommon case. The explanation is as follows. It is perfectly true that when Bill Sykes desires to possess Nancy, he does in fact evoke a spirit of the nature of Venus, constraining him by his Oath of Love (and by his magical power as a man) to bring him the girl. So also, when he wants to kiJl her, he evokes a Martial or Saturnian spirit, with an Oath of hâte. But these are not pure planetary spints, moving in well- dehned spneres by rigidlv righteous laws. They are gross concré¬ tions of confused impulses, “incapable of understand…
1930 · PDF PAGE 45
…ice as to be able to calculate subconsciously what figures he will form; form; for this would vitiate the experiment entirely. It is, in fact, one of the objections to geomancy that sooner or later one does become aware at the time of tracing them whether the dots are going to be even or odd. This needs a spécial training to correct). Physio-psychological theory will probably maintain that the “automatic” action of the hand is controlled by the brain no less than in the case of conscious volition; but this is an additional argument for identiiy…
1930 · PDF PAGE 32
He was at first unable to pierce their veils. In fact, as the Book shows, it was only by virtue o£ successive and most exalted initia¬ tions undergone in the Aethyrs themselves that He was able to penetrate beyond the I5th. The Guardians of such fortresses know how to guard. The Master Therion has published the most important prac- tical magical secrets in the plainest language. No one, by virtue °£ being clever or learned, has understood one word; and those unworthy who hâve profaned the sacrament hâve but eaten and drunken damnation to themse…
1930 · PDF PAGE 84
…the universal application of those principles, was able to some extent to repair His original defects. But even to this day, despite the fact this His original inclination is much stronger towards Magick than towards mysticism, he is much less competent in Magick.1 A trace of this can be seen even in His method of combining the two divisions of our science, for in that method He makes concentration bear the Cross of the Work. This is possibly an error, probably a defect, certainly an impurity of thought, and the root of it is to be found in His…
1930 · PDF PAGE 50
…ows ail that is know- able about Martial matters, as no Man can possibly do. For even the most Martial man is limited as to Madim by the fact that Mars is only one element in his molécule; the other éléments both inhibit concentration on their colleague, and veil him by insisting on his being interpreted in refer- ence to themselves. No entity whose structure does not include the entire Tree of Life is capable of the Formulae of Initiation. Graphiel, consulted by the Aspirants to Adeptship, would be bound to regard the Great Work as purely a qu…