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Page 1 of 21929 · PDF PAGE 26
…tandards is to outrage, not only him, but oneself, since both parties are equally born of necessity.) (25) Every man must do Magick each time that he acts or even thinks, since a thought is an internai act whose influence ultimately affects action, though it may not do so at the time. (Illustration: The least gesture causes a change in a man’s own body and in the air around him; it disturbs the balance of the entire Universe, and its effects continue eternally throughout ail space. Every thought, however swiftly suppressed, has its effect on th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 157
…l the disturbance is compensated. Just as a handful of fanatics, insane with one over-emphasised truth, may infect a whole country for a time bv inflaming that thought in their neighbours, so the Magician créâtes a commotion by disturbing the balance of power. He transmits his particular vibration as a radio operator does with his ray 5 rate-relation détermines exclusive sélection. In practice, the Magician must aevoke the spirits of the storm” by identifying himself with the ideasof which atmospheric phenom- ena are the expressions as his huma…
1929 · PDF PAGE 56
…tion of the Holy Guardian AngeP ”, because the theory implied in these words is so patently absurd that only simpletons would waste much time in analysing it. It would be accepted as a convention, and no one would incur the grave danger of building a philosophical system upon it. With this understanding, we may rehabilitate the Hebrew System of invocations. The mind is the great enemy; so, by invoking enthusiastically a person whom we know not to exist, we are rebuking that mind. Yet we should not refrain altogether from philosophising in the l…
1929 · PDF PAGE 146
occupy the samc space at the same time without interferîng wkh each other or losing their outlines. In that Light, objects can change their appearance completely without suffering change of Nature. The same thing can reveal itself in an infinité number of different aspects5 in fart, it iden¬ tifies itself by so doing, much as a writer or a painter reveals himself in a succession of novels or pictures, each of which is wholly himself and nothing else, but himself under varied conditions, though each appears utterly différent from its fellows. In…
1929 · PDF PAGE 46
few simple and comprehensive propositions stated in very general terms I might expend a life-time in exploring the details of one plane, just as an explorer might give his life to one corner of Africa, or a chemist to one subgroup of compounds. Each surh detailed piece of work may be very valuable, but it does not as a rule throw light on the main principles of the universe. Its truth is the truth of one angle. It might even lead to error, if some inferior person were to generalize from too few facts. Imagine an inhabitant of Mars who wished to…
1929 · PDF PAGE 18
…my own career; and to compel mankind to respect, love, and trust that which they scorned, hated and feared. I hâve kept my Word. But the time is now corne for me to carry my banner into the thick of the press of human life. I must make MAGICK the essential factor in the life of ALL. In presenting this book to the world, I must then explain and justify my position by formulating a définition of MAGICK and setting forth its main principles in such a way that ALL may understand instantly that their soûls, their lives, in every relation with every …
1929 · PDF PAGE 128
…en Bough”, where it is most learnedly set forth by Dr. J. G. Frazer. Enough has now been said to show that the bloody sacrifice has from time immémorial been the most considered part of Magick. 92 —
1929 · PDF PAGE 75
…rification and consécra¬ tion, he is allowed for one moment to see the Lord of the West, and gains courage 1 2 to persist. For the third time he is purified and consecrated, and he sees the Lord of the East, who holds the balance, keeping him in a straight line. In the West he gains energy. In the East he is prevented from dissipating the same. So fortified, he may be received into the order as a néophyte by the three principal officers, thus uniting the Cross with the Triangle. He may then be placed between the pillars of the Temple, to receiv…
1929 · PDF PAGE 107
…s the preaching of a new 1. The Master Therion has received this Word; it is communicated by Him to the proper postulants, at the proper time and place, in the proper circumstances. 2. Each man has a different Great Work, just as no two points on the circumference of a circle are connected with the centre by the same radius. The Word will be correspondingly unique. 71 —
1929 · PDF PAGE 88
…y suggests a certain degree of suitability from a physical point of view. 3. Aleister Crowley wrote a play called “The Fatal Force” at a time when he had not read any of Eliphas Levi’s Works. The motive of this play is a Magical Operation of a very peculiar kincl The formula which Aleister Crowley supposed to be his original idea is mentioned by Levi. We hâve not been able to trace it anywhere else with such exact correspondent in every dtail. 4. Aleister Crowley found a certain quarter of Paris incom- prehensibly familiar and attractive to him…
1929 · PDF PAGE 21
…him. (Illustration, fhe first principle of success in évolution is that the individual should be true to his own nature, and at the same time adapt himself to his environment.) (10) Nature is a continuous phenomenon, through we do not know in ail cases how things are connected. (Illustration: Human consciousness dépends on the properties of pi otoplasm, the existence of which dépends on innumerable physical conditions peculiar to this planetj and this planet is determined by the mechanical balance of the whole universe of matter. We may then sa…
1929 · PDF PAGE 57
…nowledge and understanding of those facts increase, so should we endeavour to adjust our idea of what we mean by any symbol. At the same time let us reflect that there is a certain definite consensus of expérience as to the corrélation of 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 ig…
1929 · PDF PAGE 78
…rs of the Temple, that it is here hinted at in order to blind the presumptuous who may, unworthy, seek to lift the veil, and at the same time to lighten the darkness of such as may be requiring only one ray of the Sun in order to spring into life and light. Il Abrahadabra is a Word to be studied in Equinox I, V., aThe Temple of Solomon the King”. It represents the Great Work complété, and it is therefore an archétype of ail lesser magical operations. It is in a way too perfect to be applied in 1. Chaos is a general name for the totality of the …
1929 · PDF PAGE 70
…nd ignorance of nature. The partheno- 1. Her sole speech in the last Act is “Dienen: Dienen ”. 2. Note that alî these three remain for a time as neuters among women, prevenled from living the male life.
1929 · PDF PAGE 110
…the other fools in the world. He accordingly wrote a song, and produced the desired resuit. This is the most notorious example in recent times of the power exerted by a barbarous name of évocation. A few words may be useful to reconcile the general notion of Causality with that of Magick. How can we be sure that a person waving a stick and howling thereby produces thunderstorms ? In no other way than that familiar to Science ; we note that whenever we put a lighted match to dry gunpowder, an unintelligibly arbitrary phenomenon, that of sound, i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 113
…in terms of the object measured, thus avoiding the absurdity of defining metaphysical ideas by mutable standards, (Cf. Eddington “Space, Time, and Gravitation . — 77
1929 · PDF PAGE 100
…n of the Will, just as a word is of a thought. It can never be anything else; thus, though the process of making it, whether it involves time, money, or labour, is a spiritual and moral synthesis, it is not measurable in terms of its éléments. 64
1929 · PDF PAGE 54
…hold! I am yesterday, to~day, and the brother of to- morrow.” The magician should imagine that he is hearing this voice, and at the same time that he is echoing it, that it is true also of himself. This thought should so exalt him that he is able at its conclusion to utter the sublime words which open the third part: “Behold! he is in me, and I am in him.” At this moment, he loses con- sciousness of his mortal being; he is that mental image which he previously but saw. This consciousness is only complété as he goes on: “Mine is the radiance whe…
1929 · PDF PAGE 151
…se conjurations year after year, making the Magical gestures of healing the sick, until I compel the visible appearance of the Spirit of Time, and make him acknowledge me his master. I hâve used the appropriate kind of means, in adéquate measure, and applied them in ways pertinent to my purpose by projecting my incorporeal idea of ambition in a course of action such as to induce in others the incorporeal idea of satisfying mine. I made my Will manifest to sense} sense swayed the Wills of my fellow- meii} mind wrought on mind through matter. I d…
1929 · PDF PAGE 91
…hat Aleister Crowley remembers that he was Sir Edward Kelly. It does not follow that he will be able to give us details of Cracow in the time of James I of» England. Material events are the words of an arbitrary languagej the symbols of a cipher previously agreed on. What happened to Kelly in Cracow may hâve meant something to him, but there is no reason to présumé that it has any meaning for his successor. There is an obvious line of criticism about any recollection. It must not clash with ascertained facts. F or example one cannot hâve two li…