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Page 1 of 21930 · PDF PAGE 94
…astery over the mind by 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 …
1930 · PDF PAGE 53
… vel LEGIS the Book of the Law of this New Aeon of Horus, the Crowned and Conquering Child, the Aeon whose Logos is The Beast 666, whose name in the Outer Order was Frater Perdurabo. The nature of the proof of the separate existence of praeter- human Intelligence, independent of bodily form, is extremely complicated. Its main divisions may be briefly enumerated. He telephoned a friend named Feilding at the latter’s house, and was answered b)' Mr. Feilding’s secretary, who said that his employer had left the house a few minutes previously, and c…
1930 · PDF PAGE 54
AIWAZ, the name of the Intelligence in question, proves: (a) His power to pre-arrange events unconnected with His scribe so that they should fit in with that scribe’s private calculations. E. g. The Stélé which reveals the Theogony of the Book was cfficially numbered 666, in the Boulak Muséum. The scribe had adopted 666 as His magical number, many years previously. Again, the scribe’s magical House, bought years earlier, had a name whose value was 418. The scribe had calculated 418 as the clusion of an article callecl “The Revival of Magick” by…
1930 · PDF PAGE 89
That hath no name; The Fire that darts and flashes, writhes and creeps Snake-wise in royal robe Wound round that vanished glory of the globe, Unto that sky beyond the starry deeps, Beyond the Toils of Time, — then 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 n…
1930 · PDF PAGE 40
…entific 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, and it must be studied…
1930 · PDF PAGE 85
…y his own practice to be of infallible puissance when properly performed, and now having written it down for the World, it shall be an ornament for the Adept who adopts it to cry Hail to His name at the end of his work. This shall moreover encourage him in Magick, to recall that indeed there was One who attained by its use to the Knowledge and Conversation of His Holy Guardian Angel, the which forsook him no more, but made Him a Magus, the Word of the Aeon of Horus ! For know this, that the Name IAF in its most secret and mighty sense declareth…
1930 · PDF PAGE 59
…ride 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 winnow the air, each gust of thy Spirit inspiring our Soûl, that we bear to thee Sons in Thine Image! Verily and Amen! Let not the Magician forget for a single second what is his one sole business. His uninitiated “self” (as he absurdly thinks it) is a mob of wild women, hysterical from uncomprehended and uns…
1930 · PDF PAGE 62
POINT I EVANGELII TEXTUS REDACTUS The Invocation. Magically restored, with the signifïcance of the BARBAROUS NAMES Etymologicaily or QabalisticalJy determined and paraphrased in English. Section A. The Oath. 1. Thee I invoke, the Bornless One. 2. Thee, that didst create the Earth and the Heavens. 3* Thee, that didst create the Night and the Day. T Thee, that didst create the darkness and the Light. 5. Thou art ASAR UN-NEFER (aMyself made Perfect”) : Whom no man hath seen at any time. 6. Thou art IA-BESZ (“the Truth in Matter”). 7. Thou art IA-A…
1930 · PDF PAGE 26
…nguished among their fellows by the qualities here enumerated. They exist in their own Truth, which is 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 68
… “mine” etymologically and essentially the Mercurial (transmitted) hermaphroditic virginal seed — The Hermit of the 1 aro The use of the name is therefore to invoke one5s own inmost secrecy, considered as the resuit of the conjonction of Nuit and Hadit. If the second A is included, its import is to afhrm the operation of the Holy Ghost and the formulation of the Babe in the Egg, which précédés the appearance of the Hermit. — 272 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 71
…ture Self — the Spiritual Phallus. His knowledge and Conversa¬ tion contributes occult puberty. It is therefore advisable to replace the name Asar Un-nefer by that of Ra-Hoor-Khuit at the outset, 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 i…
1930 · PDF PAGE 73
Line 2 Line 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 t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 69
…h! 7. I am He, the Begetter and Manifester unto the Light! 8. I am He, The Grâce of the Worlds! 9. “The Heart Girt with a Serpent” is my name! Section H The 64Charge to the Spirit”. Corne thou forth, and follow me: and make ail Spirits subject unto Me so that every Spirit of the Firmament, and of the Ether, 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…
1930 · PDF PAGE 86
…ies; Who knoweth it, he is adept of adepts, and Mighty among Magicians! Now this word SAB AF, being by number Three score and Ten,1 is a name of Ayin, the Eye, and the Devil our Lord, and the Goat of Mendes. He is the Lord of the Sabbath of the Adepts, and is Satan, therefore also the Sun, whose number of Magick is 666, the seal of His servant the BEAST. But again SA is 61, AIN, the Naught of Nuith; BA means go, for HADIT ; and F is their Son the Sun who is Ra — Hoor — Khuit. So then let the Adept set his sigil upon ail the words he hath writ i…
1930 · PDF PAGE 88
…hen in the darkness Chaos rolls again In the excited brain: Then, O then call not to thy view that visible Image of Nature; fatal is her name! It fitteth not thy Body to behold That living light of Hell, The unluminous, dead flame, Until that body from the crucible Hath passed, pure gold! For, from the confines of material space, The twilight-moving place, The gates of matter, and the dark threshold, Before the faces of the Things that dwell In the Abodes of Night, Spring into sight Démons, dog-faced, that show no mortal sign Of Truth, but dese…
1930 · PDF PAGE 97
His name, he approaches the solution of the ultimate problem, Who he himself truly is. Unto this final statement the Adept may trust his Angel to lead him; for the Tiphereth-consciousness alone is connected by paths with the various parts of his mind. 1 None therefore save He hath the knowledge requisite for calculating the combinations of conduct which will organise and equilibrate the forces of the Adept, against the moment when it becomes necessary to confront the Abyss. The Adept must control a compact and cohérent mass if he is to make sur…
1930 · PDF PAGE 49
… making mistakes and leaving them uncorrected grows upon one. He who begins by “spelling Jeheshua with a ‘Resh? ” may end by writing the name of the Dweller on the Threshold by mistake for that of his Angel. — 253 —
1930 · PDF PAGE 43
…Calderazzo” 1 and “Jacob” 2 make this more cogent. rebuttal. But most of these subtleties miss the point. Truth must be defined. It is a name, being a noun (nomen); and ail names are human symbols of things. Now Truth is the power to arouse a certain reaction (“assent”) in a man, under certain conditions; (“greenness”, weight, ail other qualities, are also powers). It exists in the object, whether latent or manifest; so experiencing both does and does not alter the facts. This is Solipsism, because we can only be conscious of our own consciousn…
1930 · PDF PAGE 44
…al objects”; they are the Unknown Causes of various observed effects. They may be of any order of existence. We give a physical form and name to a bell but not to its tone, though in each case we know nothing but our own impressions. But we record musical sounds by a spécial convention. We may therefore call a certain set of qualities “Ratziel”, or describe an impression as “Saturnian” without pretending to know what anything is in itself. Ail we need is to know how to cast a bell that will please our ears, or how to evoke a “spirit” that will …
1930 · PDF PAGE 52
…dence 1 2, telepathy3, and subconscious knowledge. 4 Our praeter-human Intelligence 1. The Master Therion’s regular test is to Write the name of a Force on a card, and conceal it; invoke that Force secretly, send His pupil on the Astral Plane, and make him attribute his vision to some Force. The pupil then looks at the card; the Force he has named is that written upon it. 2. The most famous novel of Fielding is called uIom Jones”. It happened that Frater Perdurabo was staying in an hôtel in London. — 256 —