Book 4 Part II Magick.pdf
Book 4 Part II Magick.pdf Book 4 Part II Magick.pdf
22 the ground of the navel of the Magician. The Altar is connected with the Ark of the Covenant, Noah’s Ark, the nave (navis, a ship) of the Church, and many other symbols of antiquity, whose symbolism has been well worked out in an anonymous book called “The Canon,” (Elkin Matthews), which should be studied carefully before constructing the Altar. For this Altar must embody the Magician’s knowledge of the laws of Nature, which are the laws through which he works. He should endeavour to make geometrical constructions to symbolize cosmic measurements. For example, he may take the two diagonals as (say) the diameter of the sun. Then the side of the alter will be found to have a length equal to some other cosmic measure, a vesica drawn on the side some other, a “rood cross” within the vesica yet another. Each Magician should work out his own system of symbolism—and he need not confine himself to cosmic measurements. He might, for example, find some relation to express the law of inverse squares. The top of the altar shall be covered with gold, and on this gold should be engraved some such figure as the Holy Oblation, or the New Jerusalem, or, if he have the skill, the Microcosm of Vitruvius, of which we give illustrations. On the sides of the Altar are also sometime drawn the great tablets
23 of the elements, and the sigils of the holy elemental kings, as shown in The Equinox, No. VII; for these are syntheses of the forces of Nature. Yet these are rather special than general symbols, and this book purports to treat only of the grand principles of working.
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- Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS PRELIMINARY REMARKS . . .
- Page 7 and 8: PART II MAGICK (THEORY)
- Page 9 and 10: H CEREMONIAL MAGICK, 1 THE TRAINING
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- Page 13: CHAPTER I THE TEMPLE
- Page 17 and 18: CHAPTER II THE CIRCLE
- Page 19 and 20: T CHAPTER II THE CIRCLE HE Circle a
- Page 21 and 22: 15 sides; they have therefore the s
- Page 23: 17 forms a link between the two sym
- Page 26 and 27: THE ALTAR. SIDE DESIGNS FROM DR. DE
- Page 30 and 31: THE HOLY OBLATION DESIGN SUITABLE F
- Page 32 and 33: THE SCOURGE, THE DAGGER, AND THE CH
- Page 34 and 35: 28 (even Sattvas) as evil. This is
- Page 36 and 37: 30 It is now evident why these weap
- Page 39 and 40: T CHAPTER V THE HOLY OIL HE Holy Oi
- Page 41: 35 The phial which contains the Oil
- Page 44 and 45: THE WAND, CUP, SWORD, AND DISK OR P
- Page 46 and 47: 40 seem unconnected with the goal.
- Page 48 and 49: 42 This Magical Will is the wand in
- Page 50 and 51: 44 simply stripping himself of ener
- Page 52 and 53: 46 Renunciation and sacrifice are n
- Page 54 and 55: 48 And though a man may have a trem
- Page 56 and 57: 50 we do perceive that one is bigge
- Page 58 and 59: 52 thin in proportion to its length
- Page 60 and 61: 54 The only reason for choosing a G
- Page 62 and 63: 56 there at the time when he would
- Page 64 and 65: 58 The Tendencies are, however, muc
- Page 66 and 67: 60 Just as if you tell a child not
- Page 68 and 69: 62 exalted; nor can Their force, th
- Page 71 and 72: A CHAPTER VII THE CUP S the Magick
- Page 73 and 74: 67 So that which is round to him is
- Page 75 and 76: 69 H. G. Wells has said that “eve
- Page 77 and 78: 71 There is the lotus of three peta
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of the elements, and the sigils of the holy elemental kings, as shown in<br />
The Equinox, No. V<strong>II</strong>; for these are syntheses of the forces of Nature.<br />
Yet these are rather special than general symbols, and this book purports<br />
to treat only of the grand principles of working.
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