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…ous éléments of his nature. The “Universe” includes ail possible phenomena of which he can be aware. The “Winds” are his thoughts, which hâve prevented him from attaining to his Angel. His Angel has made “Voice”, the magical weapon which produces “Words”, and these words hâve been the wisdom by which He hath created ail things. The “Voice” is necessary as the link between the Adept and his Angel. The Angel is “King”, the One who “can”, the “source of author- ity and the fount of honour”; also the King (or King’s Son) who delivers the Enchanted …
1930 · PDF PAGE 8
…out Magick. The Blossom and the Fruit, by Mabel Collins. Valuable for its account of the Path. Petronius Arbiter. Valuable for those who hâve wit to under- stand it. The Golden Ass, by Apuleius. Valuable for those who hâve wit to understand it. Le Comte de Gahalis. Valuable for its hints of those things which it mocks. The Râpe of the Lock, by Alexander Pope. Valuable for its account of elementals. Undine, by de la Motte Fouqué. Valuable as an account of elementals. Black Magie, by Marjorie Bowen. An intensely interesting story of sorcery. La P…
1930 · PDF PAGE 52
There must always be some slight pang of pain in a true Astral Vision ; it hurts the Self to hâve to admit the existence of a not- Self ; and it taxes the brain to register a new thought. This is true at the first touch, even when exaltation and stimulation resuit from the joy of making an agreeable contact. There is a deeper eiïect of right reaction to a strange Self: the impact invariably tends to break up some complex in the Seer. The class of ideas concerned has always been tied up, labelled, and put away. It is now necessary to unpack it, …
1930 · PDF PAGE 35
…ach 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 published such accounts as those in The Terrifie of Solomon the K…
1930 · PDF PAGE 78
…by do wrong to ourselves. We thwart our own tendencies. To live is to change; and to oppose change is to revoit against the law which we hâve enacted to govern our lives. To resent destiny is thus to abdicate our sovereignty, and to invoke death. Indeed, we hâve decreed the doom of death for every breach of the law of life. And every failure to incorporate any impression starves the particular faculty which stood in need of it. This Section B invokes Air in the East, with a shaft of golden glory. The adept now invokes Fire in the South; flamc r…
1930 · PDF PAGE 41
…ntal problem of Religion is this: Is there any praeter-human Intelligence, of the same order as our own, 1. On considération these notes hâve been left as they were originally written. In An XVII, Sol in Virgo, Soror Rhodon, a probatîoner of A .*. A at that time in enjoyment of the privilège of sojourning in a certain secret Abbey of Thelema, asked Him to add to this book an out- line of the uranography of the Astral Planes, in less technical language than that of Liber 777. These notes were accordingly jotted down by Him. To elaborate them fur…
1930 · PDF PAGE 40
…as systematic and scientific as chemistry; to rescue it from the ill repute which, thanks both to the ignorant and dishonest quacks that hâve prostituted its name, and to the fanatical and narrow-minded enthusiasts that hâve turned it into a fetish, has made it an object of aversion to those very minds whose enthusiasm and integrity make them most in need of its benefits, and most fit to obtain them. It is the one really important science, for it transcends the condi¬ tions of material existence and so is not liable to perish with the planet, a…
1930 · PDF PAGE 29
…entirely beyond the limits of this small treatise. We append a more detailed account. 3. The Order of the S. S. is composed of those who hâve crossed the Abyss; the implications of this expression may be studied in Liber 418, the 14Ü1, I3th, I2th, nth, ioth and 9th Aethyrs in particular. Ail members of the Order are in full possession of the Formulae of Attainment, both mystical or inwardly-directed and Magical or outwardly-directed. They hâve full expérience of attainment in both these paths. They are ail, however, bound by the original and fu…
1930 · PDF PAGE 51
…to himself, the formula not of Abraham but of Onan. These plastic "Portraits of the Artist as a Young Man” are well enough for those who hâve heard “Know Thyself”. They are necessary, even, to assist that analysis of one’s nature which the Probationer of A.-. A.*, is sworn to accomplish. But "Love is the Law, love under Will”. And Our Lady Nuit is “divided for love s sake, for the chance of union.” These mirror-mirages are therefore not Works of Magick, according to the Law of Thelema. the true Magick of Horus requires the passionate union of o…
1930 · PDF PAGE 50
…e. One’s appréhension of the Astral Plane must be accurate, for Angels, Archangels, and Gods are derived therefrom by analysis. One must hâve pure materials if one wishes to brew pure beer. If one hâve an incomplète and incorrect view of the uni verse, how can one find out its laws? Thus, original omission or error tends to extend to the higher planes. Suppose a Magician, invoking Sol, were persuaded by a plausible spirit of Saturn that he was the Solar Intelligence required, and bade him eschew human love if he would attain to the Knowledge an…
1930 · PDF PAGE 55
… communication from Amalantrah. The letter ends as fallows: “Please inform your readers that I, Samuel bar Aiwaz bie Yackou de Sherabad, hâve counted the number of the Beast, and it is the number of a man. î 1 1 i n /p 1 r • , , , , N O I R Th (Read from nght to left) 50 6 10 200 400 666 Ileie, then, we see the most striking solution possible of the problem presented to Amalantrah. Observe that Amalantrah had refused to give the correct solution directly; as it would seem, in order to emphasize the remarkable character of the intervention of th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 91
…l times to respond to rightly ordered approach. I. A high degree of initiation is required. This means that the process of analysis must hâve been carried out very thoroughly. The Adept must hâve become aware of his deepest impulses, and understood their true significance. The “résistance” here mentioned is automatic; it increases indefinitely against direct pressure. It is useless to try to force oneself in these matters; the uninitiated Aspirant, however eager he may be, is sure to fail. One must know how to deal with each internai idea as it…
1930 · PDF PAGE 96
It is wise to keep silence about those things “unlawful to utter” which one may hâve heard “in the seventh heaven”. This may not apply to the sixth. The Adept must keep himself in hand, however tempted to make a new heaven and a new earth in the next few davs by trumpeting his triumphs. He must give time a chance to redress his balance, sore shaken by the impact of the Infinité. As he becomes adjusted to intercourse with his Angel, he will find his passionate ecstasy develop a quality of peace and intelligi- bility which adds power, while it in…
1930 · PDF PAGE 94
…y muttering forcibly and audibly. But lest such muttering tend to disturb communion with the Angel, speak only His Name. Until the Adept hâve heard that Name, therefore, he may not abide in the perfect possession of his Beloved. His most important task is thus to open his ears to the voice of his Angel, that he may know him, how he is called. For hearken! this Name, understood rightly and fully, declareth the nature of the Angel in every point, wherefore also that Name is the formula of the per¬ fection to which the Adept must aspire, and also …
1930 · PDF PAGE 53
…lding”, when he met her. He did this, and she advanced toward Plim with the same gesture, and said in the same breath, “Remind me that I hâve to téléphoné to Tom Jones” —the name of a music-hall agent employed by her. It will be seen that there is here no question of any connection between the éléments of the coincidence. If a similar occurrence had taken place in the course of communication with an alleged spirit, it would hâve been regarded as furnishing a very high degree of proof of the existence of an independent intelligence. To make this…
1930 · PDF PAGE 56
…he general improbability of this hypothesis, it is strange that if “Amalantrah” were really the subconscious mind of the seer, he should hâve given a wrong orthography. His doing so (if he knew the correct spelling) is only explicable by his wish not to take the edge off his plan for making the Assyrian’s letter a fulminating révélation of his existence, as would hâve happened if the secret had been prematurely disclosed. The case is here cited in order to illustrate the extreme care which ought to be taken in excluding ail alternative hypothès…
1930 · PDF PAGE 27
…nus Liminis — the link) Philosophus. 40 = ju Practicus. 3° — gD Zelator. 2° — 9D Néophyte. 1° = 10D Probationer . 0° = 0G (These figures hâve spécial meanings to the initiated and are commonly employed to designate the grades.) The general characteristics and attributions of these Grades are indicated by their correspondences on the Tree of Life, as may be studied in detail in the Book 777. Strident. — His business is to acquire a general intellectua! knowledge of ail Systems of attainment, as declared in the prescribed books. (See curriculum i…
1930 · PDF PAGE 26
…both universal and unique. i. The Name of The Order and those of its three divisions are not disclosed to the profane. Certain swindlers hâve recently stolen the initiais A A.-, in order to profit by its réputation. 230 -
1930 · PDF PAGE 60
… other than these are of value only as extending and equi- Jibrating Knowledge, or possibly as supplying Energy to such Magicians as may hâve found their way to the Sources of Strength. In ail cases, naught is worth an obol save as it serve to help the One Great Work. He who would reach Intelligences of the type under discussion may expect extreme difficulty. The paths are guarded; there is a lion in the way. Technical expertness will not serve here; it is necessary to satisfy the Warders of one’s right to enter the presence of the Master. Part…
1930 · PDF PAGE 84
…hings soever are equally illusion and equally Absolute. He is in Tiphereth, whose office is Rédemption, and he déplorés the events which hâve caused the apparent Sorrow from which he has just escaped. He is also aware, even in the height of his ecstasy, of the limits and defects of his Attainment. This refers to the phenomena which accompany his Attainment. This means the récognition of the Angel as the True Self of his subconscious self, the hidden Life of his physical life. The Adept réalisés every breath, everv word of his Angel as charged w…