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… not défile thee; thou shalt revel with the wantons in the market place, and the virgins shall fling roses upon thee, and the merchants bend their knees and bring thee gold and spiees. Also young boys shall pour wonderful wines for thee, and the singers and the dancers shall sing and dance for thee. 15. Yet shalt thou not be therein, for thou shalt be forgotten, dust lost in dust. 16. Nor shall the aeon itself avail thee in this; for from the dust shall a white ash be prepared by Hermes the Invisible. 17. And this is the wrath of God, that thes…
1930 · PDF PAGE 134
…es that are about her neck, Amen ! 38. Therefore lift up thyself as I am lifted up. Hold thyself in as I am master to accomplish. At the end, be the end far distant as the stars that lie in the navel of Nuit, do thou slay thyself as I at the end am slain, in the death that is life, in the peace that is mother of war, in the darkness that holds light in his hand, as an harlot that plucks a jewel from her nostrils. 39. So therefore the beginning is delight, and the end is delight, and delight is in the midst, even as the Indus is water in the cav…
1930 · PDF PAGE 65
…th rose and gold shalt thou arise in the East, with the cry of an Hawk resounding in thine ear. Shrill shall it be and harsh. 13. At the end shalt thou rise and stand in the mid-heaven, a globe of glory. And therewith shall arise the mighty Sound that holy men hâve likened unto the roaring of a Lion. 14. Then shalt thou withdraw thyself from the Vision, gathering thyself into the divine form of Osiris upon his throne. 15. Then shalt thou repeat audibly the cry of triumph of the god re-arisen, as it shall hâve been given unto thee by thy Superio…
1930 · PDF PAGE 94
…Or: whatever it may be that he is doing, let him reason it out in his mind, drawing it through circumstance and circumstance to that one end and conclusion of the matter. And let him not perform the act until he hath done this. As it is written : Liber VII, Cap. 5. — 22. aEvery breath, every word, every thought is an act of love with thee. 23. “The beat of my heart is the pendulum of love. 24. “The songs of me are the soft sighs. 25. “The thoughts of me are very rapture. 26. “And my deeds are the myriads of Thy Children, the stars and the atoms…
1930 · PDF PAGE 96
…those same cords duly twisted may bind a giant, let the Philosophus learn to entwine these three methods of Magick into a Spell. To this end let him understand that as they are One, because the end is One, so are they One because the method is One, even the method of turning the mind toward the particular Deity by love in every act. And lest thy twine slip, here is a little cord that wrappeth tighdy round and round ail, even the Mantram or Continuous Prayer. 24. Concerning the Aîantram or Continuous Prayer. — Let the Philosophus weave the Name …
1930 · PDF PAGE 98
…Love leap unasked into thy méditation. Yet this shall die and be reborn again and again. It may be that thou hast no tinder near. In the end shall corne suddenly a great flame and devouring, and burn thee utterly. Now of these sparks, and of these splutterings of flame, and of these beginnings of the Infinité Fire, thou shalt thus be aware. For the sparks thy heart shall leap up, and thy ceremony or médi¬ tation or toil shall seem of a sudden to go of its own will 3 and for the little fiâmes this shall be increased in volume and intensity; and …
1930 · PDF PAGE 27
…ing the circle widdershins, retire to the centre and raise thy voice in the Paian, with these words Iü IIAN, with the signs of N.O.X. Extend the arms in the form of a Tau and say low but clear: npo mot ixrrES omxû mot teaetapxai eiii aesia XTNOXES EüAPISTEPA AAIMONOS $Er El TAP IIEPI MOT 0 ASTHP TON IIENTE KAI EN THI STHAHI ü ASTHP TON ES ESTHXE. Repeat the Cross Qabalistic, as above, and end as thou didst begin. I. The secret sense of these words is to be sought in the numération thereof. — 327
1930 · PDF PAGE 55
…n.) The DEACON. Term of ail that liveth, whose name is inscrutable, be favourable unto us in thine hour. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (THE END) The DEACON. Unto them from whose eyes the veil of life 355
1930 · PDF PAGE 68
…ice of any experi¬ ments which are not thus properly recorded. 5. It is not necessary at this stage for us to déclaré fully the ultimate end of our researchesj nor indeed would it be understood by those who hâve not become proficient in these elementary courses. 6. The expérimenter is encouraged to use his own intelligence, and not to rely upon any other person or persons, however distin- guished, even among ourselves. 7. The written record should be intelligently prepared so that others may benefit from its study. 8. The Book John St John publ…
1930 · PDF PAGE 72
rising and falling while a pendulum is swinging. The relation between the two movements should be varied in different experi- ments. Or even a System of flywheels, eccentrics, and governor. 5. During these practices the mind must be absolutely confined to the object determined upon; no other thought must be allowed to intrude upon the consciousness. The moving Systems must be regular and harmonious. 6. Note carefully the duration of the experiments, the number and nature of the intruding thoughts, the tendency of the object itself to départ fro…
1930 · PDF PAGE 74
…of these books will enable the pupil to speak in the language of his master, and facilitate communications with him. 4* The pupil should endeavour te discover the fundamental harmony of these very varied Works ; for this purpose he will find it best to study the most extreme divergencies side by side. 5. He may at any time that he wishes apply for examination in this course of reading. 6. During the whole of this elementary study and practice he will do wisely to seek out and attach himself to, a master, one competent to correct him and advise …
1930 · PDF PAGE 123
…love. And the Magus is Love, and bindeth together That and This in His Conjuration. 1. In the beginning doth the Magus speak Truth, and send forth Illusion and Falsehood to enslave the soûl. Yet therein is the Mystery of Rédemption. 2. By his Wisdom made He the Worlds: the World that is God is none other than He. 3. How then shall He end His Speech with Silence ? For He is Speech. 4. He is the First and the Last. How shall He cease to number Himself ? 5. By a Magus is this writing made known through the mind of a Magister. The one uttereth clea…
1930 · PDF PAGE 132
…tossed about in the grip of the storm for an aeon and an aeon and an aeon. But thou givest not thy sap; thou fallest not. 6. Only in the end shalt thou give up thy sap when the great God F.I.A.T. is enthroned on the day of Be-With-Us. 7. For two things are done and a third thing is begun. Isis and Osiris are given over to incest and adultery. Horus leaps up thrice armed from the womb of his mother. Harpocrates his twin is hidden within him. SET is his holy covenant, that he shall display in the great day of M.A.A.T., that is being interpreted t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 111
… will falter or his courage fail. 13. Finally, let him, advancing to the square of Kether, banish that also by what means he may. At the end whereof let him set his foot upon the light, extinguishing it1 ; and, as he falleth, let him falJ within the circle. SECOND METHOD 1. Let the Hermit be seated in his Asana, robed, and let him meditate in turn upon every several part of his body until that part is so unreal to him that he no longer includes it in his compréhension of himself. For example if it be his right foot, let him touch that foot, and…
1930 · PDF PAGE 112
… turn, concen- trating upon each until it ceases to stimulate. (The senses of sight and touch are extremely difficult to conquer. In the end the Hermit must be utterly unable by any effort to see or feel the object of those senses, O. M.) 2. This being perfected, let him combine them two at a time. For example, let him chew ginger (taste and touch), and watch a waterfall (sight and hearing) and watch incense (sight and smell) and crush sugar in his teeth (taste and hearing) and so on. 3. These twenty-five practices being accomplished, let him c…
1930 · PDF PAGE 117
…hâve corne ; so that although you hâve become a servant to the body, you may again rise to that Order (the A.*. A.*.) from which you descended, joining Works (Kamma) to the Sacred Reason (the Tao)”. io. The Resuit of the Second Method is to show the Adept to what end his powers are destined. When he has passed the Abyss and becomes Nemo, the return of the current causes him ato appear in the Heaven of Jupiter as a morning star or as an evening star” 1 In other words he should discover what may be the nature of his work. Thus Mohammed was a Brot…
1930 · PDF PAGE 63
…ntil a right cône be established upon the sea, and it is day. With this thy body shall be rigid, automatically ; and this shalt thou let endure, withdrawing thyself into thine heart in the form of an upright Egg of blacknessj and therein shalt thou abide for a space. 5. When ail this is perfectly and easily performed at will, let the aspirant figure to himself a struggle with the whole force of the Universe. In this he is only saved by his minuteness. But in the end he is overcome by Death, who covers him with a black cross. Let his body fall s…
1930 · PDF PAGE 97
…row, whether is be sweet or bitter. For often times it is as the torment of hell in which the soûl burns and writhes unceasingly. Yet it ends, and at its end continue openly thy Method. 27. Concerning Dryness. — Another State wherein at times the soûl may fall is this dark night. And this is indeed purifying, in such depths that the soûl cannot fathom it. It is less like pain than like death. But it is the necessary death that cornes before the rising of a body glorified. This State must be endured with fortitude; and no means of alleviating it…
1930 · PDF PAGE 42
…e being to Go. Similarly a paraboia is bound by one law which fixes its relations with two straight lines at every point ; yet it has no end short of infinity, and it continually changes its direc¬ tion. The initiate who is aware Who he is can always check his conduct by reference to the déterminants of his curve, and calculate his past, his future, his bearings and his proper course at any assigned moment 5 he can even comprehend himself as a simple idea. He may attain to measure fellow-parabolas, ellipses that cross his path, hyperbolas that …