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Page 1 of 21930 · PDF PAGE 62
…e. The whole of the force expended is completely re-absorbed 3 yet the virtue is that vast gain represented by the abyss between Man and God. The magician becomes füled with God, fed upon God, intoxicaîed with God. Lit lie by little Ms hody will bec orne pnrified by fbe internai lustration of God; day by day bis mort ai frame, shedding its earihly éléments, will become in very truth the Temple of tbe Holy Gliost. Day by day matter is repîaeed by Spirit, tbe bmnau by the divine ; ulîimately the change will be complété; God manifest in flesh will…
1930 · PDF PAGE 10
…ician, no minutes! atom saying nay, is irresistibly fJung forth. In blinding light, amid the roar of ten thousand thunders, the Union of God and man is consummated. If the Magician is stiJl seen standing in the Circle, quietly pursuing his invocations, it is that ail the conscious part of him has become detached from the true ego which lies behind that normal consciousness. But the circle is wholly filled with that divine essence 3 ail else is but an accident and an illusion. The subséquent invocations, the graduai development and materializati…
1930 · PDF PAGE 57
… in the ancient Mysteries and bv certain secret bodies of initiâtes to-day. The object of them is almost invariably1 the invocation of a God, that God conceived in a more or less material and personal fashion. These Rituals are therefore well suited for such persons as are capable of understanding the spirit of Magick as opposed to the letter. One of the great advantages of them is that a large number of persons may take part, so that there is consequently more force available; but it is important that they should ail be initiâtes of the same m…
1930 · PDF PAGE 11
…n to rise on the planes according to the instruction given in the same book, though limiting his arising” to the particular Symbol whose God he wishes to invoke. The second is to recite a mantra suitable to the God. The third is the assumption of the form of the God — by transmuting the astral body into LIis shape. This last method îs really essential to ail proper invocation, and cannot be too sedulously practised. There are many other devices to aid invocation, so many that it is impossible to enumerate them; and the Magician will be wise to …
1930 · PDF PAGE 75
…f — and even archangels reach rarely to this centre of balance — is fit to treat on an equality with Man. The proper study of mankind is God; with Him is his business; and with Him alone. Some magicians hâve hired légions of spirits for some spécial purpose; but it has always proved a serious mistake. The whole idea of exchange is foreign to magick. The dignity of the magician forbids compacts. “The Earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof”. III The operations of Magick art are difficult to classify, as they merge into each other, owing to t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 15
and God above him. It is therefore better to repeat the Invo¬ cations than to proceed at once to curses. The Magician should also consider 1 whether die évoca¬ tion be in trnth a necessary part of the Karma of the Universe, as he has stated in his own Oath (See Cap. XVI. i), For if this be a delusion, success is impossible. It will then be best to go back to the beginning, and recapitulate with greater intensity and power of analysis the Oath and the Invocations. And this may be done thrice. But if this be satisfactorily accomplished, and the s…
1930 · PDF PAGE 27
…pirits is the most important branch of tlie whoïe tree of Magick. Without it, one is lost in the jungle of delusion. Every spirit, up to God himself, is ready to deceive you if possible, to make himself ont more important than lie is; in short, to lay in wait for your soûl in 333 separate ways. Remember thaï after ail the highest of ail the Gods is en!y the Magus, 1 Mayan, the greatest of ail the devils. Your may also try “rising on the planes”.2 With a little practice, especially if you hâve a good Guru, you ought to be able to slip in and out…
1930 · PDF PAGE 73
… false name invenîed by tlie Black Brothers to imply a Unity in tlieir ignorant muddle of dispersions» A devil who liad unity would be a God L. It was said by the Sorcerer of the Jura that in order to invoke the Devil it is only necessary to caîl him with y our whole will. This is an universal magical truth, and applies to every other being as much as to the Devil. For the whole will of every man is in reality the whole will of the Uni verse. It is, however, always easy to call up the démons, for they are always calling you; and you hâve only t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 33
is man. In man are ail things hidden, Of these the Gods, Nature, Time, ail the powers of the universe are rebellions slaves. It is these that men must fight and conquer in the power and in the name of the Beast that hath availed them, the Titan, the Magus, the Man whose number is six hundred and three score and six. III Ihe practice of Rising on the Planes is of such importance that spécial attention must be paid to it. It is part of the essential tech¬ nique of Magick. Instruction in this practice has been given with such conciseness in Liber …
1930 · PDF PAGE 59
…of consumption; but it has a more restricted application, as follows. Take a substance 1 symbolic of the whole course of nature, make it God, and consume it, There are many ways of doing this; but they may easily be clas- sifîed according to the number of the éléments of which the sacra- ment is composed. The highest form of the Eucharist is ihat in which the Elément consecrated is One» It is one substance and not two, not living and not dead, neither liquid nor solid, neither bot nor cold, neither male nor female. This sacrament is secret in e…
1930 · PDF PAGE 63
…ost reasonable opinion is that ail these objects formed the pre-occupation of the alchemists in varying proportions. Hermes is alike the God of Wisdom, Thau- maturgy, therapeutics, and physical science. Ail these may con- sequently claim the title Hermetic. It cannot be doubted that such writers as Fludd aspired to spiritual perfection. It is equally sure that Edward Kelly wrote primarily from the point of view i. This etymology differs from that given by Skeat; I can do no more than présent my submission.
1930 · PDF PAGE 60
… every magician. Corn and wine are équivalent to flesh and blood; but it is casier to couvert live substances into the body and blood of God, than to perform this miracle upon dead matter. The Eucharist of three éléments has for basis the symbols of the three Gunas. For Tamas (darkness) take opium or nightshade or some sleepy medicine ; for Rajas (activity) take strychnine or ocher excitant; for Sattvas (calm) the cakes of Light may again be suitable. 1 The Eucharist of jour éléments consists of fire, air, water, and earth. These are represente…
1930 · PDF PAGE 47
…h the same as one did the question $ as a mystical entity, till now unrelated with other phenomena. One must, so to speak, adore it as a god, uncritically: aSpeak, Lord, for thy servant heareth.” Il must be allowed to impose iis intrinsic individuality on the mind, to put its fingers independently on whatever notes it pleases. In this way one obtains an impression of the true purport of the answerj and one obtains it armed with a sanction superior to any sensible suggestions. It cornes from and to a part of the individual which is independent o…
1930 · PDF PAGE 14
… to supply a sufficient quantity of the proper kind of material. One cannot make bricks without straw. With regard to invocations of the Gods, such considérations do not apply. The Gods are beyond most material conditions. It is necessarv to hll the heart and mïnd with the proper basis for manuestauon. The higher the nature of the God, the more true tins is. The Holy Guardian Angel has always the necessary hasis. His manifestation dépends solely on the readiness oî tue Aspirant, and ail magical ceremonies used in that invocation are merely inte…
1930 · PDF PAGE 34
…ver allures, though it were Typhon and ail his hosts loosed from the pit and leagued against him, though it were from the very Throne of God himself that a voice issues bidding him stay and be content, let him struggle on, ever on. “6. At last there must corne a moment when his whole being is swallowed up in fatigue, overwhelmed by its own inertia. Let him sink (when no longer can he strive, though his tongue be bitten through with the effort and the blood gush from his nostrils) into the blackness of unconsciousness ; and then on coming to him…
1930 · PDF PAGE 49
…pirits of this type are very sensitive. They suffer agonies of remorse on realising that they hâve injured their Master5 for he is their God; they know themselves to be part of him, their aim is to attain to absorption in him. They understand therefore that his interests are theirs. Care must be taken to employ none but spirits who are fit for the purpose, not only by reason of their capacity to supply information, but for their sym- pathy with the personality of the Magician. Any attempt to coerce unwilling spirits is dangerous. They obey from…
1930 · PDF PAGE 82
…having learned Latin, they hâve not developed the brains to learn anvthing. The Hindus, understanding these difficulties, hâve taken the God-Almighty attitude about the matter. If you go to a Hindu teacher, he treats you as less than an earthworm. You hâve to do this, and you hâve to do that, and you are not allowed to know why you are doing it. 1 After years of expérience in teaching, The Master Tuerion is not altogether convinced that this is not the right attitude. 1. This does not conflict with the “go-as-you-please” plan put forward in the…
1930 · PDF PAGE 24
… useless (except as a temporary expédient) to set up one class of ideas against another as being "more real”. The advance of man towaids God is not necessarily an advance towards truth. Ail philosophical Systems hâve crumbled. But each class of ideas possesses true relations within itself. It is possible, with Berkeley, 1 to deny the existence of water and of wood; but, for ail that, wood fioats on water. The Magician becomes identical with the imrnor- tal Osins, yet the Magician dies. In this dilemma the facts must be restated. One should pref…
1930 · PDF PAGE 52
…k if he hits the bulPs eye four times in ten.” The error of ail dogmatists (from the oldest prophet with his “literally-inspired word of God” to the newest German professor with his single-track explanation of the Universe) lies in trying to prove too much, in defending themselves against critics by stretch- ing a propably excellent theorv to mclude ail the facts and th^ fables, until it bursts like the overblown bladder it is. Divination is no more than a rough and ready practical method which we understand hardly at ail, and operate only as e…
1930 · PDF PAGE 21
…Body ^uith, every successive incarnation is a Veil, and the acquisition of the Magical Memory a graduai UnveilinP- of that Star, of that God. 6