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Page 1 of 21929 · PDF PAGE 52
…ngel or Angels to send the intelligence in question, and this intelligence he will conjure with authority to compel the obedience of the spirit and his manifestation. To this spirit he issues commands. It will be seen that this is a formula rather of évocation than of invocation, and for the latter the procedure, though apparently the same, should be conceived of in a difiFerent manner, which brings it under another formula, that of Tetragrammaton. The essence of the force invoked is one, but the “God” represents the germ or beginning of the fo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 118
…ons, 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 extraneous éléments, or one whose nature is difficultly compatible with Tiphareth. To show how these positions may be used in conjunction with the spirals, suppose that you are invoking Hathor, Goddess of Love, to descend upon the Altar. Standing on the square of Netzach you will make your invocation to Her, and then da…
1929 · PDF PAGE 62
…the unfertilized female. But the female produces life by the intervention of the male, while the neuter does so only when impregnated by Spirit. Thus we find the féminine AM A becoming AIMA 1 through the operation of the phallic Yod, while ALIM, the congress of dead éléments, only fructifies by the brooding of Spirit. This being so, how can we describe ALIM as containing a Magical formula ? Inquiry discloses the fact that this formula is of a very spécial kind. The word adds up to 81, which is a number of the moon. It is thus the formula of wit…
1929 · PDF PAGE 144
…ondly, that he should hâve a nose capable of being blown; thirdly, that he should hâve at command an apparatus capable of expressing his spiritual Will in terms of material force, and applying that force to the object which he desires to affect. His Will may be as strong and concentrated as that of Jupiter, and his nose may be totally incapable of résistance; but unless the link is made by the use of his nerves and muscles in accordance with psychological, physiological, and physical law, the nose will remain unblown through ail eternity. Write…
1929 · PDF PAGE 138
…e days to many months. Durîng this period of training they took the utmost pains with diet. They avoided animal food, lest the elemental spirit of the animal should get into their atmosphère. They practised sexual abstinence, lest they should be influenced in any way by the spirit of the wife. Even in regard to the excrements of the body they were equally carefulj in trimming the hair and nails, they ceremonially destroyed* 1 the severed portion. They fasted, so that the body itself might destroy anvthing extraneous to the bare necessity of its…
1929 · PDF PAGE 61
…ggest the Sea at peace ; not the ordinary (initial and médial) Mem whose hieroglyph is a wave 2 And then, in the Centre of ail, broods Spirit, which combines the mildness of the Lamb with the horns of the Ram, and is the letter of Bacchus or “Christ”.8 After the magician has created his instrument, and balanced it truly, and filled it with the lightnings of his Will, then is the weapon laid away to rest; and in this Silence, a true Consécra¬ tion cornes. The Formula of Alim It is extremely interesting to contrast with the above the for¬ mula …
1929 · PDF PAGE 63
… in its own nature. Witchcraft consists in treating it as the exclusive préoc¬ cupation of Magick, and especially in denying to the Holy Spirit his right to indwell His Temple.1 I. The initiate of the XI0 of O. T. O. will remark that there is a totaliy different formula of ALIM, complementary with that here discussed. 8l may be regarded as a number of Yesod rather than of Luna. The actual meaning of the word may be taken as indicating the formula. Aleph may be referred to Harpocrates, with allusion to the well-known poem of Catullus. Lamed may …
1929 · PDF PAGE 10
To watch thy wantonness weeping through The tangled grove, the gnarléd bole Of the living tree that is spirit and soûl And body and brain — corne over the sea, (loPan! IoPan!) Devil or god, to me, to me, My man ! my man ! Corne with trumpets sounding sbrill Over the hill ! Corne with drums low muttering From the spring! Corne with flûte and corne with pipe! Am I not ripe? I, who wait and writhe and wrestle With air that hath no boughs to nestle My body, weary of empty clasp, Strong as a lion and sharp as an asp — Corne, O corne! I am numb With …
1929 · PDF PAGE 158
…oubting our secret wisdom. When Frater I. A. was in danger of death in 1899 e.v. Frater V. N. and Frater Perdurabo did indeed invoke the spirit Buer to visible manifestation that he might heal their brother; but also one of them furnished the money to send him to a climate less cruel than England’s. He is alive to day1 } who cares whether spirits or shekels wrought that which these Magicians willed ? Let the Magical Link be made strong! It is “love under will”; it affirms the identity of the Equation of the work; it makes success Necessity. I. …
1929 · PDF PAGE 68
…arthy sign tragrammaton. (See Cap. ris throned W, or vo- r u 1 e d by III). The Pentagram & crowned, wel between Venus ; the which shows Spirit master with Wand. 0 and U» Moon exalt- & reconciler of the Four ma’ajab and ed therein* Eléments. ma’aruf. but male.) Four Wor~ Liberty, i.e. The Hexagram which unités shippers; the free will. God and Man. The cons- four ele- ciousness or Ruach. ments. Parzival as the Child in his widowed mother’s care : Horus, son of Isis and the slain Osiris. Parzival as King & Priest in Montsalvat performing the mira…
1929 · PDF PAGE 137
…the same level as the Stockbroker’s. Even the smallest baby is incompatible with the virginity of its mother. If you leave even a single spirit within the circle, the effect of the conjuration will be entirely absorbed by it. 2 1. See, however, the Essay on Truth in “Konx oin Pax”. The Circle (in one aspect) asserts Duality, and emphasizes Division. 2. While one remains exposed to the action of ail sorts of forces, they more or less counterbalance each other, so that the general equilib- rium, produced by évolution, is on the whole maintained. …
1929 · PDF PAGE 60
…g by virtue of their wild and stormy but elastically resistless energy. The Central letter is Hé — the letter of breath — and represents Spirit. The first letter Àleph is the natural letter of Air, and the Final Mem is the natural letter of Water. Together, Aleph and Mem make Am — the mother within whose womb the Cosmos is conceived. But Yod is not the natural letter of Fire. Its juxta¬ position with Hé sanctifies that fire to the Yod of Tetragrammaton. Similarly we find Lamed for Earth, where we should expect Tau — in order to emphasize the in…
1929 · PDF PAGE 143
…Frazer hâve accorded the subject its full importance. Let us try to make considérations of the nature of Magick in a strictly scientific spirit, as well as, deprived of the guidance of antiquity, wc may. What is a Magical Operation? It may be defined as any event in Nature which is brought to pass by Will. We must not exclude potato-growing or banking from our définition. 1. The Hebrew legends furnish us with the reason for the respective virtues of water and lire. The world was purified by water at the Deluge, and will be consecrated by lire a…
1929 · PDF PAGE 59
…t will be necessary, therefore, to revert to the simpler view of Tetragrammaton, remembering only that the Hé final is the Throne of the Spirit, of the Shin of Pentagrammaton. The Yod will represent a swift and violent créative energy; following this will be a calmer and more reflective but even more powerful flow of will, the irrésistible force of a mighty river. This State of mind will be foliowed by an expansion of the consciousness ; it will penetrate ail space, and this will finally undergo a crystallization resplendent with interior light…
1929 · PDF PAGE 145
of himself with his sigil. It is apparently assumed that the spirit already possesses the means of working on matter. The conception seems to be that of a schoolboy who asks his father to tell the butler to do something for him. In other words, the theory is grossly animistic. The savage tribes described by Frazer had a far more scientific theory. The same may be said of witches, who appear to hâve been wiser than the thaumaturgists who despised them. - They at least made waxen images — iden- tified by baptism — of the people they wished to con…
1929 · PDF PAGE 134
…heir meaning. It is also extremely désirable that he should hâve attained an absolute degree of moral émancipation *, and that purity of spirit which resnlts from a perfect understanding both of the différences and harmonies of the planes upon the Tree of Life. For this reason Frater Perdurabo has never dared to use this formula in a fully cérémonial manner, save once only, on an occasion of tremendous import, when, indeed, it was not He that made the offering, but ONE in Him. For he perceived a grave defect in his moral character which he has …
1929 · PDF PAGE 98
…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 or falsehood, and is to that extent qliphotic 3 and dangerous. Even an idea like “truth” is unsafe unless it is realized that ail Truth is in one sense falsehood. For ail Truth is re…
1929 · PDF PAGE 132
For évocations it would be more convenient to place the blood of the victim in the Triangle — the idea being that the spirit might obtain from the blood this subtle but physical substance which was the quintessence of its life in such a manner as to enable it to take on a visible and tangible shape.* 1 Those magiciens wiio object to the use of blood bave endeavored to replace it with incense. For such a purpose the incense of Abramelin may be burnt in large quantities. Dittany of Crete is also a valuable medium. Both these incenses are very cat…
1929 · PDF PAGE 70
…ins in herself the Principle of Growth — the epicene Her- metic seed. It becornes the Babe in the Egg (A — Harpocrates) by virtue of the Spirit (A = Air, impregnating the Mother- Vulture) and this becomes the Sun or Son (F = the letter of Tiphareth, 6, even when spelt as Oméga, in Coptic. See 777). Aeon of Osiris. Patriarchal âge. Two sexes. I conceived as the Father-Wand. (Yod in Tetragrammaton). A The Babe is pursued by the Dragon, who casts a flood from his mouth to swallow it. See Rev. VIL The Dragon is also the Mother — the “Evil Mother” o…
1929 · PDF PAGE 82
… is found to possess similar properties. A is the négative, and also the unity which concentrâtes it into a positive form. A is the Holy Spirit who begets God in flesh upon the Virgin, according to the formula familial* to students of “The Golden Bough”. A is also the “babe in the Egg” thus produced. The quality of A is thus bisexual. It is the original being — Zeus Arrhenothelus, Bacchus Diphues, or Baphomet. U or V is the manifested son himself. Its number is 6. It refers therefore, to the dual nature of the Logos as divine and human; the int…