Aleister Crowley - Liber B vel Magi sub figurâ I

Liber B vel Magi sub figurâ I LIBER

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Liber B vel Magi sub figurâ I

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00 One is is the Magus: Magus: twain twain His forces: four His His weapons. weapons. These These are are the Seven Spirits of Unrighteousness; seven vultures of evil. Thus is the art and cra ! t of the Magus but glamour. How shall He destroy Himsel! ? 0 Yet the the Magus Magus hath powe powerr upon the the Mother Mother both both directl directlyy and through Love. And the Magus is Love, and bindeth together That and This in His Conjuration. 1 In the the beginn beginning ing doth doth the the Magus Magus speak speak Truth, Truth, and and send send forth forth Illusion and Falsehood to enslave the soul. Yet therein is the Mystery of Redemption. 2 By his Wisdom made He the the Worlds; Worlds; the the Word that is is God is none none other than He. 3 How then then shall shall He end end His speech with Silence? Silence? For For He is Speech. Speech. 4 He is the the First First and and the Last Last.. How shal shalll He cease cease to to number number Himsel! ? 5 By a Magus Magus is this this writin writingg made made known known throug through h the mind mind of of a Magister. The one uttereth clearly, and the other understandeth; yet the Word is falsehood, and the Understanding darkness. And this saying is Of All Truth. 6 Nevertheless Nevertheless it is written; written; for there there be times of darkness, darkness, and this this as a lamp therein. 7 With With the the Wan Wandd cre creat atet ethh He. He. 8 With With the the Cup Cup pres preserv ervet ethh He. He. 9 With With the the Dag Dagge gerr destr destroy oyet ethh He. He. 10 With With the the Coi Coinn rede redeem emet ethh He. He.






11 His weapons weapons fulfil the wheel; wheel; and on on What What Axle Axle that that turneth turneth is not known unto Him. 12 From all all these these actions actions must must He cease cease before before the curse curse of His His Grade Grade is upli! ted ted from Him. Before He attain to That which existeth without Form. 13 And ifif at this this time time He be be manifested manifested upon earth earth as as a Man, Man, and and therefore is this present writing, let this be His method, that the curse of His grade, and the burden of His attainment, be upli ! ted ted from Him. 14 Let Him Him beware beware of abstinence abstinence from from action. action. For the the curse of His grade is that He must speak Truth, that the Falsehood thereof may enslave the souls of men. Let Him then utter that without Fear, that the Law may be fulfilled. And according to His Original Nature will that law be shapen, so that one may declare gentleness and quietness, being an Hindu; and another fierceness and servility, being a Jew; and yet another ardour and manliness, being an Arab. Yet this matter toucheth the mystery of Incarnation, and is not here to be declared. 15 Now the the grade grade of a Magiste Magisterr teachet teacheth h the Myste Mystery ry of Sorrow Sorrow,, and the grade of a Magus the Mystery of Change, and the grade of Ipsissimus the Mystery of Selflessness, which is called also the Mystery of Pan. 16 Let the the Magus Magus then then contempla contemplate te each each in turn, raising raising it to to the ultimate power of Infinity. Wherein Sorrow is Joy, and Change is Stability, and Selflessness is Self. For the interplay of the parts hath no action upon the whole. And this contemplation shall be performed not by simple meditation—how much less then by






17 Following Following which which method method,, it shall shall be easy for for Him to combine combine that that trinity from its elements, and further to combine Sat-ChitAnanda, and Light, Love, Life, three by three into nine that are one, in which meditation success shall be That which was first adumbrated to Him in the grade of Practicus (which reflecteth Mercury into the lowest world) in Liber XXVII, «Here is Nothing under its three Forms.» 18 And this this is the the Openin Openingg of the Grad Gradee of Ipsiss Ipsissimu imus, s, and and by the Buddhists it is called the trance Nerodha-Samapatti. 19 And woe, woe, woe, woe, woe, woe, yea yea woe, woe, and again woe, woe, woe, unto seven seven times be His that preacheth not His law to men! 20 And woe woe also also be unto unto Him that that refus refuseth eth the the curse curse of the the grade grade of a Magus, and the burden of the Attainment thereof. 21 And in in the word word CHAOS CHAOS let let the book book be seale sealed; d; yea, yea, let the the Book Book be sealed.






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