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1930 · PDF PAGE 65

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

“Thou, Gâte of the Great God ON! Thou Lady of the Understanding of the Ways ! ” ASAL-ON-AI “Hail Thou, the unstirred ! Hail, sister and bride of ON, of the God that is ail and is none, by the Power of Eleven ! ” APhEN-IAF aThou Treasure of IAO!” I “Thou Virgin twin-sexed! Thou Secret Seed! Thou inviolate Wisdom!” PhOTETh “Abode of the Light. ABRASAX “.of the Father, the Sun, of Hadith, of the spell of the Aeon of Horus !” AEOOU “Our Lady of the Western Gâte of Heaven !” ISChURE “Mighty art Thou !” Mighty and Bornless One! (Vide Supra) (The conc…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 59

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…s oozes sap; thine ivy clings to it; thY Lion-skin slips from thy sleek shoulders, slips from thy lissome ioins; drunk on delight of the godly grape, thou knowest no more the burden o£ the body and the vexation of the spirit. Corne, Bacchus, corne thou hither, corne out of the East; corne out of the East, astride the Ass of Priapus! Corne with thy revel of dancers and singers! Who followeth thee, forbearing to laugh and to leap? Corne, in thy name Dionysus, that maidens be mated to God-head! Corne, in thy name Iacchus, with thy mystical fan to …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 71

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…, and by that of one’s own Holy Guardian Angel when it has been communicated. He hails Him as BESZ, the Matter that destroys and devours Godhead, for the purpose of the Incarnation of any God. He hails Him as APOPHRASZ, the Motion that destroys and devours Godhead, for the pur¬ pose of the Incarnation of any God. The combined action of these two DEVILS is to allow the God upon whom they prey to enter into enjoyment of existence through the Sacrament of dividual “Life” (Bread — the flesh of BESZ) and “Love” (Wine — the blood or venom of APOPHRAS…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 64

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

Section C. Fire. I invoke Thee, the Terrible and Invisible God: Who dwellest in the Void Place of the Spirit: — AR-O-GO-GO-RU-ABRAO “Thou spiritual Sun! Satan, Thou Eye, Thou Lust! Cry aloud! Cry aloud! Whirl the Wheel, O my Father, O Satan, O Sun!” “Thou, the Saviour!” “Silence! Give me Thy Secret!” “Give me suck, Thou Phallus, Thou Sun!” “Satan, thou Eye, thou Lust!” “Satan, thou Eye, thou Lust!” “Satan, thou Eye, thou Lust!” “Thou self-caused, self-determined, ex- alted, Most High!” The Bornless One. (Vide supra). (The conception is of Fire,…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 77

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

Ego. A <:Spell” of God is any form of conscious- ness, and a “Scourge” any form of action. The Charge, as a whole, demands for the Adept the control of every detail of the Universe which His Angel has created as a means of manifesting Himself to Himself. It covers command of the primary projection of the Possible in individuality, in the antithetical artifice which is the device of Mind, and in a balanced triplicity of modes or States of being whose combinations constitute the characteristics of Cosmos. It includes also a standard of structure,…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 89

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…hen formulate In thine own mind, luminous, concentrate, The Lion of the Light, a child that stands On the vast shoulders of the Steed of God: Or winged, or shooting flying shafts, or shod With the flame-sandals. Then, lift up thine hands! Centre thee in thine heart one scarlet thought Limpid with brilliance of the Light above! Draw into naught Ail life, death, hatred, love: Ail self concentred in the sole desire — Hear thou the Voice of Fire!” ~ 293 —

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1930 · PDF PAGE 67

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

Section Ff. 1. This is the Lord of the Gods: 2. This is the Lord of the Universe : 3. This is He whom the Winds fear. 4. This is He, Who having made Voice by His commandment is Lord of ail Thingsj King, Ruler and Helper. Hear Me, and make ail Spirits subject unto Me : so that every Spirit of the Fir¬ mament and of the Ether : upon ther.Earth and under the Earth : on dry Land and in the Water: of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire : and every Spell and Scourge of God may be obedient unto Me. Section G. Spirit. Hear Me :— IEOU “Indwelling Sun of M…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 11

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…he Law. Not yet completed. Liber VI. Liber O Vel Manus et Sagittæ. Instructions given for elementary study of the Qabalah, Assumption of God forms, Vibration of Divine Names, the Rituals of Pentagram and Hexagram, and their uses in protection and invocation, a method of attaining astral visions so-called, and an instruction in the practice called Rising on the Planes. Equinox II, p. 11 and appendix VI in this book. Liber VIL Liber Liberi vel Lafis Lazuliy Adumbratio Kabbalæ A egy'ptiorum-. sub Figura VII. Being the Voluntary Emancipation of a c…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 66

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

AThOR-e - BAI, - (3 “ i hou Goddess of Beauty and Love, whom Satan, beholding, desireth!” ABRAIT uIhe Fathers, male-female, desire Thee! ” (The conception is of Earth, glowing, inhabited by a Solar-Phallic Hippopotamus * 1 of a Venereal nature.) Hear IVfe. and make ail Spints subject unto ]Me: so that every Spirit of the Firmament, and of the Ether: upon The Earth and under the Earth: on dry land and in the Water: of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire: and every Spell and Scourge of God may be Spirit. aMale-Female Spints!” aMale-Female Sires!” a…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 63

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…: upon the Earth and under the Earth, on dry land and in the waterj of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire, and every Spell and Scourge of God may be obedient unto Me. I. Il he letter F is used to represent the Hebrew Vau and the Greek Digamma; its Sound lies between those of the English long o and long 00, as in Rope and Tooth. — 267 —

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1930 · PDF PAGE 73

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…Section B the meanings and correspondences of 9, 15, 24, 45, 300, 345-) 45 is moreover A D M, man. “Mosheh” is thus the name cf man as a God-concealing Form. But in the Ritual let the Adept replace this “Mosheh” by his own motto as Adeptus Minor. For “Ish- rael” let him prefer his own Magical Race, according to the obligations of his Oaths to Our Holy Order! (The Beast 666 Himself used “Ankh-f-n-khonsu” and aKhem” in this section.) The Adept reminds his Angel that He has created That One Substance of which Hermes hath written in the Table of Em…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 69

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…er, upon the Earth und under the Earth: on dry Land, or in the Water: of Whirling Air or of rushing Fire, and every Spell and Scourge of God, may be obedient unto me! Section J. The Proclamation of the Beast 666. IAF : SABAF 4 Such are the Words! 1. A thorough compréhension of Psycho-analysis will contribute notably to the proper appréciation of this Ritual. 2. It is said among men that the word Hell deriveth from the word ‘helan’, to hele or conceal, in the tongue of the Anglo-Saxons. That is, it is the concealed place, which since ail things …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 74

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…In these invocations he should expand his girth and his stature to the utmost2, assuming the form and the consciousness of the Elemental God of the quarter. After this, he begins to vibrate the “Barbarous Names” of the Ri tuai. Now let him not only fill his whole being to the uttermost with the force of the Names; but let him formulate his Will, understood thoroughly as the dynamic aspect of his Creative Self, in an appearance symbolically apt, I say not in the form of a Ray of Light, of a Fiery Sword, or of aught save that bodily Vehicle of th…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 93

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

… him ail his life. Conformably with this doctrine, we read of illuminations experienced by simple-minded men, such as a workman who “saw God” and likened Him to “a quantity of little pears”. Again, we know that ecstasy, impinging upon unbalanced minds, inflames the idolised idea, and produces fanatical faith fierce even to frenzy, with intolérance and insanely disordered energy which is yet so powerful as to effect the destinies of empires. But the phenomena of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel are a side issue ; the ess…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 57

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

to 93. 1 Now 93 is thrice 31 ; 31 is LA, “Not” and AL, “The” or “God”; these words run throughout the Book, giving a double meaning to many passages. A third 31 is the compound letter ShT, the two hieroglyphs of Sh and T (many centuries old) being pictures of the “Dramatis Personæ” of the Book; and ShT being a haphazard line scrawled on the MS. touch letters which added to 418, valuing “this circle squared in its failure” as tc correct to six places of décimais, etc. Again: “thou shalt know not”, meaning “thou shalt know LA”; and “he shall disc…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 47

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…ment of the student. He must be absolutely at ease in his Body of Light, and hâve made it invulnérable. He must be adept in assuming ali God- forms, in using ail weapons, sigils, gestures, words, and signs. He must be familiar with the names and numbers pertinent to the work in hand. He must be alert, sensitive, and ready to exert his authority; yet courteous, gracious, patient, and sympathetic. 16) There are two opposite methods of exploring the Astral Plane. (a) . One may take some actual object in Nature, and analyse it by evoking its astral…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 91

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…ith each internai idea as it arises. It is impossible to overcome one’s inhibitions by conscious effort; their existence justifies them. God is on their side, as on that of the victim in Browning’s înstans Tyrannus. A man cannot compel himself to love, however much he may want to, on various rational grounds. But on the other hand, when the true impulse cornes, it overwhelms ail its critics; they are powrerless either to make or break a genius; it can only testify to the fact that it has met its master. 295 —

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1930 · PDF PAGE 34

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…e is conscious of his own incompréhensible calamity, and clumsily incapable of repairing it. Achieved, he is no less than the co-heir of gods, a Lord of Light. He is conscious of his own consecrated course, and confidently ready to run it. The Adeptus Minor needs little help or guidance even from his superiors in our Order. His work is to manifest the Beauty of the Order to the world, in the way that his superiors enjoin, and his genius dictâtes. To attain the Grade Adeptus Major, he must accomplish two tasks; the équilibration of himself, espe…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 35

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…other, whatever his grade. It is the Holy of Holies, whereof each man is his own High Priest, and none knoweth the Name of his brother’s God, or the Rite that invokes Him. The Masters of the A A .*. hâve therefore made no attempt to institute any regular ritual for this central Work of their Order, save the generalised instructions in Liber 418 (the 8th Aethyr) and the detailed Canon and Rubric of the Mass actually used with suc- cess by Frater Perdurabo in His attainment. This has been written down by Himself in Liber Samekh. But they hâve pub…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 38

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…brief account, adapted as far as may be to the average aspirant to Adeptship, or Attainment, or Initiation, or Mastership, or Union with God, or Spiritual Development, or Mahatmaship, or Freedom, or Occult Knowledge, or whatever he may call his inmost need of Truth, of our Order of A.-. A.*. It is designed principally to awake interest in the possibilités of human progress, and to proclaim the principles of the A A The outline given of the several successive steps is exact; the two crises — the Angel and the Abyss — are necessary features in ev…

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