Book 4 Part II Magick.pdf
Book 4 Part II Magick.pdf Book 4 Part II Magick.pdf
34 This oil is compounded of four substances. The basis of all is the oil of the olive. The olive is, traditionally, the gift of Minerva, the Wisdom of God, the Logos. In this are dissolved three other oils; oil of myrrh, oil of cinnamon, oil of galangal. The Myrrh is attributed to Binah, the Great Mother, who is both the understanding of the Magician and that sorrow and compassion which results from the contemplation of the Universe. The Cinnamon represents Tiphereth, the Sun—the Son, in whom Glory and Suffering are identical. The Galangal represents both Kether and Malkuth, the First and the Last, the One and the Many, since in this Oil they are One. These oils taken together represent therefore the whole Tree of Life. The ten Sephiroth are blended into the perfect gold. This Oil cannot be prepared from crude myrrh, cinnamon, and galangal. The attempt to do so only gives a brown mud with which the oil will not mix. These substances must be themselves refined into pure oils before the final combination. This perfect Oil is most penetrating and subtle. Gradually it will spread itself, a glistening film, over every object in the Temple. Each of these objects will then flame in the light of the Lamp. This Oil is like that which was in the widow’s cruse: it renews and multiplies itself miraculously; its perfume fills the whole Temple; it is the soul of which the grosser perfume is the body.
35 The phial which contains the Oil should be of clear rock crystal, and some magicians have fashioned it in the shape of the female breast, for that it is the true nourishment of all that lives. For this reason also it has been made of mother-of-pearl and stoppered with a ruby.
- Page 1 and 2: BY:FRATER:PERDURABO AND:SOROR:VIRAK
- Page 3 and 4: BOOK 4 (Liber ABA) by FRATER PERDUR
- 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
- Page 11 and 12: 5 by wise men of old; they have mad
- 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 28 and 29: 22 the ground of the navel of the M
- 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: T CHAPTER V THE HOLY OIL HE Holy Oi
- 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
- Page 79 and 80: 73 But even the beginner may attemp
- Page 81 and 82: 75 flections; while the tendencies
- Page 83 and 84: 77 dew all lose their identity. And
- Page 85: AN INTERLUDE
- Page 88 and 89: 82 The cupboard was bare, And so th
35<br />
The phial which contains the Oil should be of clear rock crystal, and<br />
some magicians have fashioned it in the shape of the female breast, for<br />
that it is the true nourishment of all that lives. For this reason also it<br />
has been made of mother-of-pearl and stoppered with a ruby.
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