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…eath of the animal this energy is liberated suddenly. The animal should therefore be killed 1 within the Circle, or the Triangle, as the case may be. so that its energy cannot escape. An animal should be selected whose nature accords with that of the ceremony — thus, by sacrificing a female lamb one would not obtain any appreciate quantity of the fierce energy useful to a Magician who was invoking Mars. In such a case a ram 2 3 would be more suitable. And this ram should be virgin — the whole potential of its original total energy should not hâ…
1929 · PDF PAGE 76
… operations are required to unify it. i. Those sections dealing with divination and alchemy are the most grotesque rubbish in the îatter case, and in the former obscure and unpracticaî. — 40
1929 · PDF PAGE 22
… to detect some of these supra- sensibles by indirect methods, and even to use their peculiar qualities in the service of man, as in the case of the rays of Hertz and Rôntgen. As Tyndall said, man might at any moment learn to perceive and utilise vibrations of ail conceivable and inconceivable kinds. The question of Magick is a question of discovering and employing hitherto unknown forces in nature. We know that they exist, and we cannot doubt the possibility of mental or physical instruments capable of bringing us into relation with them.) (13…
1929 · PDF PAGE 89
temporary insanity. The ruling passion in each case is that of helping humanity. Both show quixotic disregard of their personal prosperity, and even comfort, yet both display love of luxury and splendour. Both hâve the pride of Satan. 7. When Aleister Crowley became Frater OT MH and had to write his thesis for the grade of Adeptus Exemptus, he had already collected his ideas when Levi s “Clef des Grands Mystères” fell ipto his hands. It was remarkable that he, having admired Levi for many years, and even begun to suspect the identity, had not t…
1929 · PDF PAGE 152
…s. It is only necessary to inflame the Will to the proper pitch and to issue its commands; they are instantly obeyed, unless — as in the case of organic disease — the apparatus is damaged beyond the art of Nature to repair. It may be necessary in such a case to assist the internai “spirits” by the “purification” of medicines, the “banishing” of diet, or some other extraneous means. But at least there is no need of any spécial device ad hoc to effect contact between the Circle and the Triangle. Operations of this class are therefore often succes…
1929 · PDF PAGE 134
…to experiment. The method of killing is practically uniform. The animal should be stabbed to the heart, or its throat severed, in either case by the knife. Ail other methods of killing are less efficacious; even in the case of Crucifixion death is given by stabbing.8 One may remark that warm-blooded animais only are used as victims: with two principal exceptions. The first is the serpent, which is only used in a very spécial Ritual ; 4 the second the magical beetles of Liber Legis. (See Part IV.) has taken irrevocable Oaths and been received fo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 57
… the various beings of the hierarchy with the observed facts of Magick. In the simple matter of astral vision, for example, one striking case may be quoted. Without telling him what it was, the Master Therion once recited as an invocation Sappho’s “Ode to Venus” before a Proba- tioner of the A.-. A.\ who was ignorant of Greek, the language of the Ode. The disciple then went on an “astral journey,” and everything seen by him was without exception harmonious with Venus. This was true down to the smallest detail. He even obtained ail the four colo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 49
…is method, and $o do many other Rituals, white and black. We shall presently devote some space to a clear exposition of this Art. In the case of Bacchus, however, we may roughly outline the procedure. We find that the symbolism of Tiphareth expresses the nature of Bacchus. It is then necessary to construct a Ritual of Tiphareth. Let us open the Book 777 ; we shall find in line 6 of each column the various parts of our required apparatus. Having ordered everything duly, we shall exalt the mind by repeated prayers or conjurations to the highest c…
1929 · PDF PAGE 123
… as if he appealed to the ultimate immutability of Kether, invoking that unity by placing a fourfold knock on either side of it. In this case, his battery would be 1-4-1-4-1. He will naturally hâve been careful to preserve the balance of each part of the battery against the corresponding part. This would be particularly necessary in an operation such as we hâve chosen for our example. 87 -
1929 · PDF PAGE 148
… might fail lament- ably in the Sahara. One might make a talisman to win the love of a shop-girl and find it work, yet be baffled in the case of a countess; or vice versa. One might impose one’s Will on a farm, and be crushed by that of a city; or vice versa. The Master Therion himself, with ail his successes in every kind of Magick, sometimes appears utterly impotent to perform feats which almost any amateur might do, because He has matched his Will against that of the world, having undertaken the Work of a Magus to establish the Word of is La…
1929 · PDF PAGE 130
…ndemn as irrational the practice of those savages who tear the heart and liver from an adversary, and devour them while yet warm. In any case it was the theory of ukill” Steel, and “raise it from the dead”; and flies drowned in ice- water can be resuscitated. That it should be impossible to create high organic life is scientifically unthinkable, and the Master Therion believes it to be a matter of few years indeed before this is done in the laboratory. Already we restore the apparently drowned. Why not those dead from such causes as syncope? If…
1929 · PDF PAGE 111
…e regard the act of striking as a cause- effect of my original Will to move the bail, though necessarily previous to its motion. But the case of magical Work is not quite analogous. For my nature is such that I am compelled to perform Magick in order to make my will to prevail; so that the cause of my doing the Work is also the cause of the balPs motion, and there is no reason why one should précédé the other. (Cf. Lewis Carroll, where the Red Queen screams before she pricks her finger.) “Let me illustrate the theory by an actual example. “I Wr…
1929 · PDF PAGE 104
…f Invocations in Greek of every degree of excellence ; in Latin but few, and those of inferioi quality. It will be noticed that in every case the conjurations are very sonorous, I.. See appendix 4, Liber Samekh; this is an édition of this Invoca¬ tion, with an elaborate Rubric, translation, scholia, and instruction. 68 —
1929 · PDF PAGE 96
…rtially apprehended by study of Liber Aleph, and the Book of the Law and the Commentaries thereon. It explains Existence. 2. This is the case because we happen ourselves to be Microcosms whose Law is “love under will”. But it is aîso Magick for an unit which has attained Perfection (in absolute nothingness,0°), to become “divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union”. 6o
1929 · PDF PAGE 118
… stand on that Square unless using this formula, “I, frora Chesed, rule Geburah through the Path of the Lion”; while — taking an extreme case -— to stand on the square of Hod (which is naturally dominated by Geburah) would be a madness which only a formula of the very highest Magick could counteract. Certain positions, however, such as Tiphareth *, are so sympa- thetic to the Magus himself that he may use them without reference to the nature of the spirit, or of the operation; unless he requires an exceptionally précisé spirit free of ail extra…
1929 · PDF PAGE 24
…se than by silent satisfaction, it is a sign that they are diseased. The single exception is the organ of reproduction. Yet even in this case its self-assertion bears witness to its dissatisfaction with itself, since it cannot fulfil its function until completed by its counterpart in another organisai.) (20) Man can only attract and employ the forces for which he is really fitted. (Illustration: You cannot make a silk purse ont of a sow’s ear. A XXII
1929 · PDF PAGE 20
…re proves that one or more requirements of the postuîate hâve not been fulfilled. (Illustrations: There may be failure to understand the case; as when a doctor makes a wrong diagnosis, and his treatment injures his patient. There may be failure to apply the right kind of force, as when a rustic tries to blow out an electric light. There may be failure to apply the right degree of force, as when a wrestler has his hold broken. There may be failure to apply the force in the right manner, as when one présents a chèque at the wrong window of the Ba…
1929 · PDF PAGE 41
… adopting this orderly arrangement you would be able to hâve a much more comprehensive grasp of your affairs than would otherwise be the case. By the use of this System the magician is able ultimately to unify the whole of his knowledge — to trans¬ mute, even on the Intellectual Plane, the Many into the One. * The reader can now understand that the sketch given above of the magical Hierarchy is hardly even an outline of the real theory of the Universe. This theory may indeed be studied iii the article already referred to in No. V of the Equinox…
1929 · PDF PAGE 26
…ever sublime, must impose himself upon his génération if he is to enjoy (and even to understand) himself, as theoretically should be the case.) (23) Magick is the Science of understanding oneself and one’s conditions. It is the Art of applying that under¬ standing in action. (Illustration: A golf club is intended to move a spécial bail in a spécial way in spécial circumstances. A Niblick should rarely be used on the tee, or a Brassie under the bank of a bunker. But also, the use of any club demands skill and expérience.) (24) Every man has an i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 50
…undergoes ail His trials, and emerges triumphant from beyond death. He must, however, be warned against mistaking the symbolism. In this case, for example, the doctrine of individual immortality has been dragged in, to the destruction, of truth. It is not that utterly worthless part of man, his individual consciousness as John Smith, which défiés death — that consciousness which dies and is reborn in every thought. That which persists (if anything persist) is his real John Smithiness, a quality of which he was probably never conscious in his li…