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he was able to show the Identity-in-diversity of all, and to formulate
a method free from all dogmatic bias, and based only on the ascertained
facts of anatomy, physiology, and psychology.
"Q." Can you give me a brief abstract of this method?
"A." The main idea is that the Infinite, the Absolute, God, the Over-soul,
or whatever you may prefer to call it, is always present; but
veiled or masked by the thoughts of the mind, just as one cannot
hear a heart-beat in a noisy city.
"Q." Yes?
"A." Then to obtain knowledge of That, it is only necessary to still all
thoughts. {44}
"Q." But in sleep thought is stilled?
"A." True, perhaps, roughly speaking; but the perceiving function is
stilled also.
"Q." Then you wish to obtain a perfect vigilance and attention of the
mind, uninterrupted by the rise of thoughts?
"A." Yes.
"Q." And how do you proceed?
"A." Firstly, we still the body by the practice called Asana, and secure
its ease and the regularity of its functions by Pranayama. Thus no
messages from the body will disturb the mind.
Secondly, by Yama and Niyama, we still the emotions and passions,
and thus prevent them arising to disturb the mind.
Thirdly, by Pratyahara we analyse the mind yet more deeply, and
begin to control and suppress thought in general of whatever
nature.
Fourthly, we suppress all other thoughts by a direct concentration
upon a single thought. This process, which leads to the highest
results, consists of three parts, Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi,
grouped under the single term Samyama.
"Q." How can I obtain further knowledge and experience of this?
"A." The A.'.A.'. is an organization whose heads have obtained by
personal experience to the summit of this science. They have
founded a system by which every one can equally attain, and that
with an ease and speed which was previously impossible.
The first grade in Their system is that of
STUDENT.
A Student must possess the following books:
1. The Equinox,
2. 777.
3. Konx Om Pax.
4. Collected Works of A. Crowley; Tannhauser, The Sword of
Song, Time, Eleusis. 3 vols.
5. Raja Yoga, by Swami Vivekananda.
6. The Shiva Sanhita, or the Hathayoga Pradipika.
7. The Tao Teh "K"ing and the writings of "K"wang Tze: S.B.E.
xxxix, xl.
8. The Spiritual Guide, by Miguel de Molinos.
9. Rituel et Dogme de la Haute Magie, by Eliphas Levi, or its
translation by A. E. Waite.
10. The Goetia of the Lemegeton of Solomon the King.
These books should be well studied in any case in conjunction with the second
part -- Magick -- of this Book IV. {45}
Study of these books will give a thorough grounding in the intellectual side
of Their system.
After three months the Student is examined in these books, and if his
knowledge of them is found satisfactory, he may become a Probationer, receiving
Liber LXI and the secret holy book, Liber LXV. The principal point of this
grade is that the Probationer has a master appointed, whose experience can guide
him in his work.
He may select any practices that he prefers, but in any case must keep an
exact record, so that he may discover the relation of cause and effect in his
working, and so that the A.'.A.'. may judge of his progress, and direct his
further studies.
After a year of probation he may be admitted a Neophyte of the A.'.A.'., and
receive the secret holy book Liber VII.
These are the principal instructions for practice which every probationer
should follow out:
Libri E, A, O, III, XXX, CLXXV, CC, CCVI, CMXIII.
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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 by the cerements of will,
Corpse-rigid; thus thou mayst abort
The fidget-babes that tease the thought.
Next, let the breath-rhythm be low,
Easy, regular, and slow;
So that thy being be in tune
With the great sea's Pacific swoon.
Third, let thy life be pure and calm,
Swayed softly as a windless palm.
Fourth, let the will-to-live be bound
To the one love of the profound.
Fifth, let the thought, divinely free
From sense, observe its entity.
Watch every thought that springs; enhance
Hour after hour thy vigilance!
Intense and keen, turned inward, miss
No atom of analysis!
Sixth, on one thought securely pinned
Still every whisper of the wind!
So like a flame straight and unstirred
Burn up thy being in one word!
Next, still that ecstasy, prolong
Thy meditation steep and strong,
Slaying even God, should He distract
Thy attention from the chosen act!
Last, all these things in one o'erpowered,
Time that the midnight blossom flowered!
The oneness is. Yet even in this,
My son, thou shall not do amiss
If thou restrain the expression, shoot
Thy glance to rapture's darkling root,
Discarding name, form, sight, and stress
Even of this high consciousness;
Pierce to the heart! I leave thee here:
Thou art the Master. I revere
Thy radiance that rolls afar,
O Brother of the Silver Star!
CROWLEY "AHA!"
Issued by order of
the GREAT WHITE
BROTHERHOOD
known as the A.'.A.'.
"Witness our Seal,"
N.'.'
"Praemonstrator-General"
{Diagram: A.'.A.'. seal}
{photograph: The colotype of Crowley from EQUINOX I, 3, just before page 11,
titled underneath "ALEISTER CROWLEY"}
PART II -- MAGICK
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
{photograph: (probably colotype original) of Crowley with implements, titled
underneath "THE MAGICIAN IN HIS ROBE AND CROWN, ARMED WITH WAND, CUP, SWORD,
PANTACLE, BELL, BOOK, AND HOLY OIL."}
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CEREMONIAL MAGICK,
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PRELIMINARY REMARKS [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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