Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 3 : CHAPTER III THE FORMULA OF TETRAGRAMMATON. Yod, He, Vau, He, the Ineffable Name (Jehovah) of the Hebrews. The four letters refer respectively to the four "elements", Fire, Water, Air, Earth, in the order named. This formula is of most universal aspect, as all things are necessarily comprehended...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 17 : CHAPTER XVII OF THE LICENSE TO DEPART After a ceremony has reached its climax, anti-climax must inevitably follow. But if the ceremony has been successful this anti-climax is merely formal. The Magician should rest permanently on the higher plain to which he has aspired. The rock-climber who...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Appendix V : APPENDIX V A FEW OF THE PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENCES OF THE QABALAH. REPRINTED WITH ADDITIONS FROM 777 TABLE I . . . . : I : II : III : : KEY SCALE : HEBREW NAMES OF NUMBERS : ENGLISH OF COLUMN II : : : & LETTERS : : : + + : : :Aleph-Yod-Nunfinal : Nothing. : : 0 :Aleph-Yod-Nunfinal : No Limit. : :...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 7 : CHAPTER VII THE FORMULA OF THE HOLY GRAAL: OF ABRAHADABRA: "and of certain other Words." Also: THE MAGICAL MEMORY. The Hieroglyph shewn in the Seventh Key of the Tarot (described in the 12th Aethyr, Liber 418, Equinox I, V) is the Charioteer of OUR LADY BABALON, whose Cup or Graal he hears. Now...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 13 : CHAPTER XIII OF THE BANISHINGS: AND OF THE PURIFICATIONS. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and had better come first. Purity means singleness. God is one. The wand is not a wand if it has something sticking to it which is not an essential part of itself. If you wish to invoke Venus, you do not...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 12 : CHAPTER XII OF THE BLOODY SACRIFICE: AND MATTERS COGNATE. It is necessary for us to consider carefully the problems connected with the bloody sacrifice, for this question is indeed traditionally important in Magick. Nigh all ancient Magick revolves around this matter. In particular all the Osiri...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 16 : CHAPTER XVI "(Part I)" OF THE OATH The third operation in any magical ceremony is the oath or proclamation. The Magician, armed and ready, stands in the centre of the Circle, and strikes once upon the bell as if to call the attention of the Universe. He then declares "who he is", reciting his...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 1 : CHAPTER I THE PRINCIPLES OF RITUAL. There is a single main definition of the object of all magical Ritual. It is the uniting of the Microcosm with the Macrocosm. The Supreme and Complete Ritual is therefore the Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel; See the "Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramel...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 18 : CHAPTER XVIII OF CLAIRVOYANCE AND THE BODY OF LIGHT ITS POWER AND ITS DEVELOPMENT ALSO CONCERNING DIVINATION I Within the human body is another body of approximately the same size and shape; i.e. as a general rule. It can be altered very greatly in these respects. but made of a subtler and less...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 5 : CHAPTER V The Formula of I.A.O. This formula is the principal and most characteristic formula of Osiris, of the Redemption of Mankind. "I" is Isis, Nature, ruined by "A", Apophis the Destroyer, and restored to life by the Redeemer Osiris. There is a quite different formula in which I is the father...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 10 : CHAPTER X OF THE GESTURES This chapter may be divided into the following parts: 1. Attitudes. 2. Circumambulations (and similar movements). 3. Changes of position (This depends upon the theory of the construction of the circle). 4. The Knocks or Knells. I Attitudes are of two Kinds: natural...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 9 : CHAPTER IX OF SILENCE AND SECRECY: AND OF THE BARBAROUS NAMES OF EVOCATION. It is found by experience (confirming the statement of Zoroaster) that the most potent conjurations are those in an ancient and perhaps forgotten language, or even those couched in a corrupt and possibly always meaningless...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 14 : CHAPTER XIV OF THE CONSECRATIONS: WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE NATURE AND NURTURE OF THE MAGICAL LINK. I Consecration is the active dedication of a thing to a single purpose. Banishing prevents its use for any other purpose, but it remains inert until consecrated. Purification is performed by water...
And Theorems : {Illustration on page VIII described: This is the set of photos originally published facing page 12 in EQUINOX I, 2 and titled there: "The Signs of the Grades."} INTRODUCTION "Esseai athanatos theos, ambrotos, oyk eti thntos" Pythagoras. "Magic is the Highest, most Absolute, and most Divine...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 20 : CHAPTER XX OF THE EUCHARIST AND OF THE ART OF ALCHEMY I One of the simplest and most complete of Magick ceremonies is the Eucharist. It consists in taking common things, transmuting them into things divine, and consuming them. So far, it is a type of every magick ceremony, for the reabsorpti...
Book Four.Part 1 : Based on the Sangreal edition of 1969 e.v., with the "Interlude" restored (absent from the Sangreal edition). Diagrams noted but not described. Copyright (c) Ordo Templi Orientis BOOK 4 by FRATER PERDURABO (Aleister Crowley) and SOROR VIRAKAM (Mary d'Este Sturges) A NOTE THIS book is intentionally...
Book Four.Part 2 : Based on the Sangreal edition of 1969 e.v., with the "Interlude" restored (absent from the Sangreal edition). Diagrams noted but not described. Copyright (c) Ordo Templi Orientis THERE are seven keys to the great gate, Being eight in one and one in eight. First, let the body of thee be still, Bound...
Of The Charge To The Spirit. With Some Account : CHAPTER XVI "(Part II)" OF THE CHARGE TO THE SPIRIT WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CONSTRAINTS AND CURSES OCCASIONALLY NECESSARY I On the appearance of the spirit, or the manifestation of the force in the talisman which is being consecrated, it is necessary to bind it by an Oath or Charge. A spirit...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Hymn To Pan : HYMN TO PAN ephrix erti periarchs d' aneptoman i i pan pan pan pan aliplankte, kyllanias chionoktypoi petraias apo deirados phanth, then choropoi anax SOPH. AJ. Thrill with lissome lust of the light, O man! My man! Come careering out of the night Of Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan! Come over the se...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 4 : CHAPTER IV. THE FORMULA OF ALHIM, AND THAT OF ALIM. "ALHIM", (Elohim) is the exoteric word for Gods. "Gods" are the Forces of Nature; their "Names" are the Laws of Nature. Thus They are eternal, omnipotent, omnipresent and so on; and thus their "Wills" are immutable and absolute. It is...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 19 : CHAPTER XIX OF DRAMATIC RITUALS. The Wheel turns to those effectual methods of invocation employed in the ancient Mysteries and by certain secret bodies of initiates to-day. The object of them is almost invariably The word is unwarrantably universal. It would not be impracticable to adopt this...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 0 : CHAPTER 0 THE MAGICAL THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE There are three main theories of the Universe; Dualism, Monism and Nihilism. It is impossible to enter into a discussion of their relative merits in a popular manual of this sort. They may be studied in Erdmann's "History of Philosophy" and similar...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 15 : CHAPTER XV I OF THE INVOCATION In the straightforward or "Protestant" system of Magick there is very little to add to what has already been said. The Magician addresses a direct petition to the Being invoked. But the secret of success in invocation has not hitherto been disclosed. It is...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 8 : CHAPTER VIII OF EQUILIBRIUM, AND OF THE GENERAL AND PARTICULAR METHOD OF PREPARATION OF THE FURNITURE OF THE TEMPLE AND OF THE INSTRUMENTS OF ART. I "Before there was equilibrium, countenance beheld not countenance." The full significance of this aphorism is an Arcanum of the grade of Ipsissimus...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 11 : CHAPTER XI OF OUR LADY BABALON AND OF THE BEAST WHEREON SHE RIDETH. ALSO CONCERNING TRANSFORMATIONS. I The contents of this section, inasmuch as they concern OUR LADY, are too important and too sacred to be printed. They are only communicated by the Master Therion to chosen pupils in private...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 6 : CHAPTER VI THE FORMULA OF THE NEOPHYTE. "See the Neophyte Ceremony, Equinox I,II." This formula has for its "first matter" the ordinary man entirely ignorant of everything and incapable of anything. He is therefore represented as blindfolded and bound. His only aid is his aspiration, represented by...
Magick In Theory And Practice.Chapter 2 : CHAPTER II THE FORMULAE OF THE ELEMENTAL WEAPONS. Before discussing magical formulae in detail, one may observe that most rituals are composite, and contain many formulae which must be harmonized into one. The first formula is that of the Wand. In the sphere of the principle which the magici...
