Book 4 Part II Magick.pdf
Book 4 Part II Magick.pdf
Book 4 Part II Magick.pdf
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CHAPTER V<br />
THE HOLY OIL<br />
HE Holy Oil is the Aspiration of the Magician; it is that<br />
which consecrates him to the performance of the Great Work; and<br />
such is its efficacy that it also consecrates all the furniture of the Temple<br />
and the instruments thereof. It is also the grace or chrism; for<br />
this aspiration is not ambition; it is a quality bestowed from<br />
above. For this reason the Magician will anoint first the top of his<br />
head before proceeding to consecrate the lower centres in their turn.<br />
This oil is of a pure golden colour; and when placed upon the skin it<br />
should burn and thrill through the body with an intensity as of fire.<br />
It is the pure light translated into terms of desire. It is not the Will<br />
of the Magician, the desire of the lower to reach the higher;<br />
but it is that spark of the higher in the Magician which<br />
wishes to unite the lower with itself.<br />
Unless therefore the Magician be first anointed with this oil, all his<br />
work will be wasted and evil.<br />
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