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Page 1 of 21929 · PDF PAGE 136
…baffles the unworthy. I hâve chosen the expressions in this Chapter in such a way that it is likely to mislead those magicians who allow selfish interests to cloud their intelligence, but to give useful hints to such as are bound by the proper Oaths to devote their powers to legitimate ends. Thou hast no right but to do thy will.” “It is a lie, this folly against self.” The radical error of ail uninitiates is that they define “self” as irreconciliably opposed to “not-self.” Each élément of oneself is, on the contrary, stérile and without meanin…
1929 · PDF PAGE 24
… to use any force so as to serve any purpose, by taking advantage of the above theorems. (Illustration: A man may use a razor to make himself vigilant over his speech, by using it to eut himself whenever he unguardedly utters a chosen word. He may serve the same purpose by resolving that every incident of his life shall remind him of a particular thing, making every impression the starting point of a connected sériés of thoughts ending in that thing. He might also devote his whole energies to some one particular object, by resolving to do nothi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 109
than any other man can be. It is only the divine self within the man, a self as far above the possession of will or any other qualities whatsoever as the heavens are high above the earth, that should reabsorb itself into that illimitable radiance of which it is a spark. 1 The great difficulty for the single Magician is so to perfect himself that these multifarious duties of the Ritual are adequately performed. At first he will find that the exaltation destroys memory and paralyses muscle. This is an essential difficulty of the magical process, …
1929 · PDF PAGE 98
The Cross is both the death of the “Saviour” 1 and the Phallic symbol of Résurrection. Will itself must be ready to culminate in the surrender of that Will: 2 the aspirations arrow that is shot against the Holy Dove must transmute itself into the wondering Virgin that receives in her womb the quickening of that same Spirit of God. Any idea that is thus in itself positive and négative, active and passive, male and female, is fit to exist above the Abyss; any idea not so equilibrated is below the Abyss, contains in itself an unmitigated duality o…
1929 · PDF PAGE 67
…rd is then wn whose number is 93. We may analyse this new Word in detail and demonstrate that it is a proper hieroglyph of the Ritual of Self-Initiation in this Aeon of Horus. For the correspondence in the following note, see Liber 777. The principal points are these: — 3i
1929 · PDF PAGE 66
…important initiations, notably the Third degree in Masonry, and the 5®—6° ceremony of the G.D. described in Equinox I, III. A cérémonial self-initiation may be constructed with advantage on this formula. The essence of it consists in robing yourself as a king, then stripping and slaying vourself, and rising from that death to the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel \ There is an etymological identitv between Tetragrammaton and I A 09 but the m agi cal formulæ are entirely different, as the descriptions here given hâve schewn. …
1929 · PDF PAGE 112
…e character here discussed. So long as one’s Will prevails, there is no cause for complaint. “To abandon one’s Magick would shew lack of self-confidence in one’s powers, and doubt as to one’s inmost faith in Self and in Nature.1 Of course one changes one’s methods as expérience indicates; but there is no need to change them on any such ground as the above. “Further, the argument here set forth disposes of the need to explain the modus operandi of Magick. A successful operation does not involve any theory soever, not even that of the existence o…
1929 · PDF PAGE 30
Magician. The processes described will enable him to discriminate between what he actually is, and what he has fondly imagined himself to be. 2 He must behold his soûl in ali its awful nakedness, he must not fear to look on that appalling actuality. He must discard the gaudy garments with which his shame has screened him; he must accept the fact that nothing can make him anything but what he is. He may lie to himself, drug himself, hide himself; but he is always there. Magick will teach him that his mind is playing him traitor. It is as if a ma…
1929 · PDF PAGE 114
… human conscious- ness to inanimate things (Poincaré, “La mesure du temps”), and of asserting that we know anything of the universe in itself, though the nature of oui senses and our minds necessanly détermines our observations, so that the limit of our knowledge is subjective, just as a thermometer can record nothing but its own reaction to one particular type of Energy. Magick recognizes frankly (i) that truth is relative, subjective, and apparent; (2) that Truth implies Omniscience, which is unattainable by mind, being transfînite; just as i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 74
The first process is to find the I in the V — initiation, purifica¬ tion, finding the Secret Root of oneself, the epicene Virgin who is io (Malkuth) but spelt in fui! 20 (Jupiter). This Yod in the Virgin expands to the Babe in the Egg by formulating the Secret Wisdom of Truth of Hermes in the Silence of the Fool. He acquires the Eye-Wand, beholding and acting and being adored. The Inverted Pentagram — Baphomet — the Hermaphrodite fully grown — begets himself on himself as V again. Note that there are now two sexes in one person throughout, so t…
1929 · PDF PAGE 69
…elop- the innocent babe, pursued ed). Life j by Herod-Héré. Hercules i.e. the or- strangling the serpents. t gan of nos- The Unconscious Self not sible exprès- yet determined in any sion. direction. The Devil XV A y i n (a n 70 Capricornus Parzival in Black Armour, (Baphomet eye) En- (an earthy ready to return to Mont- throned & glish A, or sign ruled salvat as Redeemer-King: adored by O more or by Saturn; Horus corne to fulî Male & Fe- less : the Mars exalt- growth. Christ-Bacchus male. See bleat of a ed therein. with Calvary-Cross Ki- E 1 i p…
1929 · PDF PAGE 58
…apons than we hâve hitherto done. The formation of the Yod is the formulation of the first créative force, of that father who is called “self-begotten,?, and unto whom it is said: <cThou hast formulated thy Father, and made fertile thy Mother”. The adding of the Hé to the Yod is the marriage of that Father to the great co-equal Mother, who is a reflection of Nuit as He is of Hadit. Their union brings forth the son Vau who is the heir. Finally the daughter Hé is produced. She is both the twin sister and the daughter of Vau.2 His mission is to re…
1929 · PDF PAGE 20
…ost common cause of failure in life is ignorance of one’s own True Will, or of the means by which to fulfil that ill. A man may fancy himself a painter, and waste his life trying to become one; or he may be really a painter, and yet fail to understand and to measure the difficulties peculiar to that career.) (5) The second requisite of causing any change is the practical ability to set in right motion the necessary forces. (Illustration: A banker may hâve a perfect grasp of a given situation, yet lack the quality of decision, or the assets, nec…
1929 · PDF PAGE 26
hands of savages. A poet, however 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 expérie…
1929 · PDF PAGE 50
…all and decayj but in the union of the Cross and the Rose is a constant 1. There is a much deeper interprétation in which Pentheus is himself “The Dying God”. See my “Good Hunting!” and Dr. J. G. Frazer’s “Golden Bough 2. See “The Book of Lies,” Liber 333, for se vend sermons to this effect. Caps. A, Af H, LE, II, IH, KA, KH, in particular. The réin¬ carnation of the Khu or magical Self is another matter entirely, too abstruse to discuss in this elementary manual. 14
1929 · PDF PAGE 93
…ely linked with one’s peculiar tendencies to imagine one thing rather than another. 1 Genuine recollections almost invariably explain oneself to oneself. Suppose, for example, that you feel an instinctive aversion to some particular kind of wine. Try as you will, you can find no reason for your idiosyncrasy. Suppose, then, that when you explore some previous incarnation, you remember that you died by a poison administered in a wine of that character, your aversion is explained by the proverb, aA burnt. child dreads the fire.” It may be objected…
1929 · PDF PAGE 21
( Illustration: A man ma y think it his duty to act in a certain way, through having made a fancy picture of himself, instead of investigating his actual nature. For example, a woman may make hei self misérable for life by thinking that she prefers love to social considération, or vice versa. One woman may stay with an unsympathetic nusband when she would really be happy in an attic with a lover, while another may fool herself into a romande elopement when her only true pleasures are those of presiding at fashionable functions. Again, a boy’s i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 97
…h may be or may not be apparent to the reader. It is the Symbol of Nuit, the totality of the possible ways in which he may repo¬ sent himself and fulfil himself. 4. For example, as when Firmness with one’s self or another is the truest kindness; or when amputation saves life. 5. See Liber 418, nth Aethyr. 61
1929 · PDF PAGE 27
only itself, but everything associated with it. If the heart is afraid to beat for fear of disturbing the liver, the liver is starved for blood, and avenges itself on the heart by upsetting digestion, which disorders respiration, on which cardiac welfare dépends.) (27) Every man should make Magick the keynote of liis life. He should learn its laws and live by them. (Illustration: The Banker should discover the real meaning of his existence, the real motive which led him to choose that profes¬ sion. He should understand banking as a necessary fa…
1929 · PDF PAGE 56
…se to décidé him to teach man T he Nexi Step, the thing which was immediately above him. He might hâve called this “God”, or “The Higher Self”, or “The Augoeides”, or “Adi-Buddha”, or 61 other things —but He had discovered that these w'ere ali one, yet that each one represented some theory of the Universe which would ultimately be shattered by criticism — for He had already passed through the realm of Reason, and knew that every statement contained an absurdity. He therefore said: “Let me déclaré this Work under this title: 'The obtaining of th…