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… and finally the methods which follow in Chapter V. “Viator in Regnis Arboris” and in Chapter VI “Sagitta trans Lunam.” (In another book will be treated of the Expansion and Contrac¬ tion of Consciousness ; progress by slaying the Cakkrâms; progress by slaying the Pairs of Opposites; the methods of Sabhapaty Swami, etc., etc.) IL 1. The student must first obtain a thorough knowledge of Book 777, especially of the columns printed elsewhere in this Book. When these are committed to memory, he will begin to under- stand the nature of these corresp…
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it is merely normal. It is difficult to describe the nature of the trick, but it will be quite obvious to anyone who has done practices (a) and (b) for a day or two. They become quite easy, and he will think that he is making progress, an illusion which close analysis will dispel. 13. Having begun to train his brain in this manner and obtained some little success, let the Exempt Adept, seated in his Asana, think first of his présent attitude, next of the act of being seated, next of his entering the room, next of his robing, etc. exactly as it …
1930 · PDF PAGE 87
… his consciousness to that imagined figure 3 so that it may seem to him that he is seeing with its eyes, and hearing with its ears. This will usually be the great difficulty of the operation. 4. Let him then cause that imagined figure to rise in the air to a great height above the earth. 5. Let him then stop and look about him. (It is sometimes difficult to open the eyes.) 6. Probably he will see figures approaching him, or become conscious of a landscape. Let him speak to such figures, and insist upon being answered, using the proper pentagram…
1930 · PDF PAGE 88
Thus a hostile being may appear clothed with glory ; the appropriate pentagram will in such a case cause him to shrivel or decay. io. Practice will make the student infinitely wary in such matters. il. It is usually quite easy to return to the body, but should any difficulty arise, practice (again) will make the imagination fertile. For example, one may create in thought a chariot of fire with white horses, and command the charioteer to drive earthwaras. It might be dangerous to go too far, or to stay too long; for fatigue must be avoided. The …
1930 · PDF PAGE 73
…es and aptitudes which may occur to you. 9. Let ail these things be carefully and conscientiously recordedj for according to your powers will it be demanded of you. VIL A Course of Reading. 1. The object of most of the foregoing practices will not at first be clear to you; but at least (who will deny it?) they hâve trained you in détermination, accuracy, introspection, and many other qualities which are valuable to ail men in their ordinary avocations, so that in no case will your time hâve been wasted. 2. That you may gain some insight into th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 120
… And it may be that he being but an Exempt Adept may hold ali to be savourless and full of sorrow. 25. This being so, without réluctance will he swear the Oath of the Abyss. 26. Second Method. — Let the Exempt Adept, fortified by the practice of the first method, enter the preliminary practice of the second method. 27. Second Method. — Preliminary Practices. Let him, seated in his Asana, consider any event, and trace it to its immédiate causes. And let this be doue very fully and minutely. Here, for example, is a body erect and motionless. Let …
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…orizon of the mind. (b) An improvement of the control of the mind. 4. The student, if he attains any success in the following practices, will find himself confrontcd by things (ideas or beings) too glorious or too dreadful to be described. It is essential that he remain the master of ail that he beholds, hears or conceives; otherwise he will be the slave of illusion and the prey of madness. Before entering upon any of these practices the student must be in good health, and hâve attained a fair mastery of Asana, Pranayama and Dharana. 5. There i…
1930 · PDF PAGE 70
examination j and in the event of your passing you will be given more complex and difficult exercises. III Asana — Posture. 1. You must learn to sit perfectly still with every muscle tense for long periods. 2. You must wear no garments that interfère with the posture in any of these experiments. 3. The first position : (The God). Sit in a chair ; head up, back straight, knees together, hands on knees, eyes closed. 4. The second position : (The Dragon). Kneel; buttocks resting on the heels, toes turned back, back and head straight, hands on thig…
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point of Samadhi. Yet lose not control of the will; let not Samadhi be thy master herein. 7. Now then, being conscious both of the brain and the spine, and unconscious of ail else, do thou imagine the hunger of the one for the other; the emptiness of the brain, the ache of the spine, even as the emptiness of space and the aimlessness of Matter. And if thou hast expérience of the Eucharist in both kinds, it shall aid thine imagination herein. 8. Let this agony grow until it be insupportable, resisting by will every temptation. Not until thine wh…
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…suit upon the experiment either as adju¬ vants to or causes of the resuit, or as inhibiting it, or as sources of error. 4. The A.-. A.*, will not take official notice 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 dis…
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…7 vel Prolegomena,etc.”. “Varieties of Religious Expérience” (James). “Kabbala Denudata”. “Konx Om Pax”. 3* Careful study 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 …
1930 · PDF PAGE 71
…g the breath for 30 seconds. When this has become perfectly easy to you, you may be admit- ted for examination, and should you pass, you will be instructed in more complex and difficult practices. 6. You will find that the presence of food in the stomach, even in small quantifies, makes the practices very difficult. 7. Be very careful never to overstrain your powers; especially never get so short of breath that you are compelled to breathe out jerkily or rapidly. 8. Strive after depth, fullness, and regularity of breathing. 9. Various remarkabl…
1930 · PDF PAGE 108
…désirable that the Zelator should employ any other créature than a man, save in cases of necessity. Yet for some of these purposes a dog will serve, for others a woman. There are also others appointed to serve, but these are not for the Zelator. 15. Tenth practice. — Let the Zelator experiment if he will with inhalations of oxygen, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and other gases mixed in small proportion with his air during his practices. These experiments are to be conducted with caution in the presence of a medical man of expérience, and they …
1930 · PDF PAGE 117
…aloud to him backwards, slowly at first, then more quickly. (f) Of his own ingenium, let him devise other methods. 12. In this his brain will at first be overwhelmed by a sense of utter confusion j secondly, it will endeavour to évadé the difficulty by a trick. The brain will prétend to be workmg backwards when i. The formula of the Great Work “Solve et Coagula” may be thus interpreted. Solve, the dissolution of the self in the Infinité; Coagula, the présentation of the Infinité, in a concrète form, to the outer. Both are necessary to the Task …
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day; a week, and so on. Difficultés vanish before him as he advancesj the extension from a day to the course of his whole life will not prove so difficult as the perfecting of the five minutes. 18. This practice should be repeated at least four times daily, and progress is shown firstly by the ever easier running of the brain, secondly by the added memories which arise. 19. It is useful to reflect during this practice, which in time becomes almost mechanical, upon the way in which effects spring from causes. This aids the mind to link its memor…
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(b) The tendency to perspiration will stop as the practice is continue^ and the body become automatically rigid. Describe this rigidity with minute accuracy. (c) The State of automatic rigidity will develop into a State characterised by violent spasmodic movements of which the Practitioner is unconscious, but of whose resuit he is aware. This resuit is that the body hops gently from place to place. After the first two or three occurrences of this expérience, Asana is not lost. The body appears (on another theory) to hâve lost its weight almost …
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…l and ail in Me; I am, apart from ail and lord of ail, and one with ail. I am a God, î very God of very God; I go upon my way to work my will; I hâve made matter and motion for my mirror; I hâve decreed for my delight that Nothingness should figure itself as twain, that I might dream a dance of names and natures, and enjoy the substance of simplicity by watching the wanderings of my shadows. I am not that which is not; I know not that which knows not; I love not that which loves not. For I am Love, whereby division dies in delight; I am Knowled…
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…ot only destroys the value of ail that has gone before, but destroys the value of the Oath of Fealty that thou hast sworn, and makes thy Will a mockery to men and gods. 28. Concerning the Feceftions of the Devil. — Note well that in this State of dryness a thousand séductions will lure thee away; also a thousand means of breaking thine oath in spirit without breaking it in letter. Against this thou mayst repeat the words of thine oath aloud again and again until the temptation be overcome. Also the devil will represent to thee that it were much…
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…t way — also the speediest, most direct, least obstructed, the way of minimum effort—would be simply to jump. I should hâve destroyed my will in the act of fulfilling it, or what I mistook for it; for the true will has no goal ; its nature 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 cur…
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… mystic loves, that in us may be health and wealth and strength and divine pleasure according to the Law of Liberty; let each pursue his Will as a strong man that rejoiceth in his way, as the course of a Star that blazeth for ever among the joyous company of Heaven. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (BIRTH) The DEACON. Be the hour auspicious, and the gâte of life open in peace and in well being, so that she that beareth children may rejoice, and the babe catch life with both hands. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (MARRIAGE) The DEACON. Upon ail that this d…