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The Elemental Attribution of the Magick Weapons
The four main implements employed by magicians are often called the Elemental Weapons because of their primary natures. These are the four familiar tools of the magician as they app in the Tarot, The Wand, The Cup, The Dagger (Swords in the Tarot) and the Disk or Pantacle While these weapons are all rightly associated with the elements as they are expressed in ceremonial magick they are not uniquely elemental and nearly all of the other implements use in the performance of a magickal ceremony corresponds to one of the elements also.
According to the strictest discipline of ceremonial magick everything that the magician uses prepare for and to perform an operation of magick should be consecrated to the accomplishm of its objective. This makes them just as much a magick weapon as the more obvious implem and so objects like the Magick Book and the Pen that are used to record the ceremony are weapons of magick art. Most literature on the magick weapons focuses solely on the four cen elemental weapons and often includes something about the magick sword. Occasionally they also mention the need to keep the paraphernalia of magickal practice quarantined from norma day to day usage but this falls well short of the true importance and use of these magick tools
The most complete work on the Magick Weapons of the Ceremonial Magician is Book 4 by Aleister Crowley which lists eighteen implements and gives detailed explanations of the uses symbolic attributions of them. This represents only a fraction of the total number of impleme used by ceremonial magicians and in his Liber 777 Crowley lists a fuller list of 50 or more magickal tools and paraphernalia. This list is an exhaustive compilation of all of the working tools used by him in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn while the collection in Book 4 represents a basic working set of weapons. Liber 777 is a book of qaballistic correspondences the list of magick weapons included there are each ascribed to a Yetzirac attribution and from these correspondences most of the magick weapons can be shown to be an elemental symbol.
Sign more up to vote on this title The weapons that are attributed to the Sephiroth are generally conceptual and correspon the planetary natures of the numbers so the Outer Robe, the of the Neophy Usefulhooded useful dark, Notrobe attributed to Saturn because it symbolizes the temporal illusion of the physical body. Hidden within this is the Inner Robe which represents the eternal spiritual principal that resides withi
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becomes more pronounced although still more conceptual than practical. Netzach which corresponds to both Venus and Fire has both the Girdle and the Lamp attributed to it. Hod, w corresponds to Mercury has the Names and Magick Words that are used in the ceremony. Ho also Watery and so the Apron, as is used in Freemasonry is intended to absorb the injuries of Great Work, corresponds elementally to this Sephirah. The Perfumes or Incenses that are to b employed in the ceremony are attributed to Yesod because of the correspondence with Air wh the Lunar attribution connects this Sephirah with the Altar and the sacrifice that is made upon
Perhaps the best well known and yet the most conceptual weapon of ceremonial magick is no even thought of as a weapon at all, the Magick Circle and its compliment the Magick Triangl These constructions of magick art correspond to the Sphere of the Elements in Malkuth and create the environment wherein all of the other weapons and their symbolism find their comp expression. The Magick Circle is the microcosm symbolically spread out and arranged in a working space that allows the magician to access the different components of his consciousn and to change them in accordance with his will. Just as Malkuth is the fulfillment of the uppe nine Sephiroth so too is the Magick Circle the product of the influence of all of the weapons above it, including those that are attributed to the Paths of the Tree of Life that join the Sephiroth.
The Magick Circle is the central symbol of the ceremonial magician and even without the oth weapons it is still possible to operate the Magick Circle while without it the effect of the othe weapons is meaningless and so ineffective. The Elements as they are found represented in the symbolism of the Magick Circle have more to do with the Four Worlds than with the elemen they are found in the physical world. While these physical elements may be useful for invoki the construction of the magick circle, especially for beginners, the object of creating the Mag Circle in the first place is to transcend these physical elements and ascend through the Four Worlds to the Unity of Kether and the completion of the Great Work. This is reflected in the natures of the four primary Elemental Weapons of ceremonial magick which correspond to th Sign up toare votetheir on this title archetypal elemental forms rather than to the earthly elements that shadows. The Magick Wand, the quintessential weapon of Fire, isn't used stirring Useful Notactual useful burning emb for up but for directing the essential fire of the magician's True Will.
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that each weapon performs. The Magick Wand, being fiery, expresses the magician's will, th Magick Cup represents the magician's discipline by which he dares to make his assault on heaven. The Magick Dagger represents the magician's ability to discriminate and to define an expresses his power to know while the Disk, or Pantacle, is the physical form of the magician which he must yoke to the Great Work.
These elemental weapons that are used to conjure and direct the more physical elements are those that express a specific aspect of that elementary force such as it might be found physica in the material world. These implements fall under the general presidency of the primary Elemental Weapons but lack their universal nature while possessing very specific and worldl properties. This second tier of elemental weapons are attributed to the Paths of the Tree of Li and so are more practical than conceptual making them the ones that will be chosen for speci tasks when planning magickal operations. The primary weapons of magick are present at all ceremonies (in most instances they should all be present in the magick circle to maintain the balance proper to the operation and so as not to handicap the magician in his ability to manipulate any of his elements) but these secondary weapons are only employed when they a specifically needed and then they act as an extension of the primary elemental weapon and ar generally subservient to it. The Magick Weapons of Fire
The weapons that correspond to the Element Fire are all expressions of the practical applicati of the magician's will. The primary weapon of Fire is the Magick Wand, also often called the Magick Rod. This implement represents the direct application of the magician's will in its pur form and is the tool that is used to direct the magick force of an operation. As the conduit of t creative force the Wand usually has a polar nature with one end considered to be female and other male. The usual practice is to direct energy from the female end, which is the proper pla to grasp the Magick Wand, to the male end. It is common for the Magick Wand to have a me up toatvote on this rod running through its length and there may also be metalSign bands either end,title depending up the design employed by the magician whose will it represents. It is usual foruseful the magician to Useful Not inscribe his magickal name and the Divine Names of Fire onto the Magick Wand as well as t central word of the magick discipline that he is following.
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Perhaps the most obvious of the weapons of Fire are the Magick Fires and Lamps. While the censer and the thurible are both attributed to air because of their association with the perfume and incenses the fire within them corresponds to the Element Fire. Generally there is more th one kind of lamp used in a Hermetic Temple with a central lamp being the prototype for all o the rest. This primary light in the temple, often called the Lamp of the Eternal Light, represen the Magick Light that is the source of the energy of the operation. The Lamp of the Kerux, th illumination from which guides the steps of the Neophyte out of the darkness and into the Lig of LVX, is the Lamp of the Eternal Light's representative in the Temple of the Elements and finds its most material expression in the lamps and lights that are used to illuminate the Magi Temple for the ceremony. This hierarchy of lights and fires represents the path that the light takes from its origin in Kether to the material world in Malkuth lighting the entire path from lowest to the highe h ighest. st.
One Magick Weapon that is often overlooked is the Holy Oil which, due to its power of consecration, corresponds to Fire. Because all of the other implements of ceremonial magick consecrated with the Holy Oil it is the most essential of the weapons of Fire. Its power is cumulative as its influence permeates the Magick Temple, mirroring the gradual developmen the True Will of the magician that is using it.
The Crown, although primarily a symbol of Kether, corresponds to the pure Fire of the Fathe and represents the pure, True Will to which the magician is aspiring. Counterpart to this are t Inner Robes that the magician wears underneath the Magick Cloak as a symbol of his Light which is concealed within the darkness of his physical form. This white tunic is the reflection the Divine Fire of the Crown from Kether to the more material level of Chokmah, and at its m essential is a symbol of the power that is concealed in the Magick Word that the magician is employing for his ceremony. Another piece of the magician's attire that corresponds to Fire is Magick Girdle or Cord. This weapon is also often associated with Venus and represents the Discipline that binds the magician in his Great Work. This belt is usually braided from three to vote on this title separate cords that are equal in length to the magician withSign oneupend as female with a loop and other end as male with a knot. Useful Not useful There are a secondary set of weapons that correspond to the Element Fire that, while not
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backed up by the True Will of the magician and his power to dominate and destroy them that is exercising in his Great Work.
While it may be easy to think of the Magick Pen, or Burin, as a weapon of Air, because it possesses no edge and exerts all of its influence through a single point it is classed as a weapo of the Element Fire. This tool is variations on the Magick Wand and exerts its influence onto Magick Book, an obvious pantacle and symbol of Earth. This makes it the symbol of the mat influence of the True Will of the Magician and so it is used to record his Great Work.
An interesting magick weapon that is rarely used but which has a long traditional history is th Magick Horns. The spiral shape of the Horns makes it a symbol of the Divine Will as it appe in its natural form. Usually used as a repository for energy, the Magick Horns are the most passive of this active class of weapons and operate on a cumulative effect, representing the enduring power of True Will.
The most important Magick Weapon of Fire that the magician keeps in his armory is the Discipline of the Great Work. Without this the other weapons are powerless to express his W or to cause any change. The Discipline corresponds to Fire because it enflames the magician identifies his True Will while being the driving force behind all of his magickal ceremonies. The Magick Weapons of Water
The weapons of the Element Water all represent enduring energy and are passive, receptive a preservative tools of magick. The central Elemental Weapon of Water is the Magick Cup or Chalice. The function of the Magick Cup is to receive and preserve the energy that is directed the Magick Wand and more symbolically the Magick Cup is the Holy Grail that the Neophyt must fill with his life's blood through his devotion to his Great Work. In practice the Magick is filled by the divine force that is invoked at the climax of the ceremony and then applied to SignCup up toisvote this title attaining the objective of the ceremony. Because the Magick theon initial repository of th magick force all of the other weapons are dependent uponit Useful in some measure to perform thei Not useful own functions and, as it corresponds to He of Tetragrammaton, it is the representative of the divine Mother in the Magick Circle who is the counterpart of the divine Father that is represe
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A Weapon of Water that is often confused is the Vial or Decanter where the magician keeps t Holy Oil. This bottle should be shaped like a teardrop and made of red glass to belie the fiery nature of its contents. The Holy Oil itself is attributed to Fire but the Vial that holds it is a variation on the Magick Cup. When full of oil the Magick Vial is a symbol of the object of th Great Work, the union of active with passive elements that is a precursor to the apprehension essential unity that is the goal of magick.
An aspect of the Magick Temple that may not have been considered as a Magick Weapon at is the Twilight of the Place in which the ceremony is being performed. Magickal ceremonies usually performed in a half light which represents the glamor of the astral planes, the darknes into which the magician will manifest the Magick Light. It is this twilight that is reflected in t Magick Mirror which is perhaps the most practical of the Magick Weapons of Water. Any reflective substance that the magician uses for the practice of skrying, because of the passive, reflective nature of the implement, will necessarily correspond to Water.
While the Names and Magick Words are most properly attributed to Air the Oath correspond Water. It is the specific instance of the application of the Magickal Discipline and receives al the exertions of the magician's will as it is the central focus of the entire ceremony. The Magi Oath corresponds to Scorpio, the transformative power of water and represents the enduring devotion of the magician to uniting his microcosm with the macrocosm. Associated with this the Pain of Obligation, the sacrifice that the magician makes in order to pursue the Path, and Devotion that he shows to the Discipline of Magick, and which binds him to the Path of Initiation.
The Magick Cloak, or the Outer Cloak of Concealment, is a weapon that may not at first be thought of as corresponding with the Element Water. The primary correspondence of the Mag Cloak is to the darkness of Binah, the Great Mother of the Qabalah, and the primeval waters from which the created universe issues. The Magick Cloak represents the magician's tempora Sign up from to votethe on this form that dwells in the darkness of the material world, separated puretitle Light of Kethe The Magick Cloak is the counterpart of the Twilight of the Useful another useful of Earth an Place, Notweapon as the cloak conceals the magician, the twilight conceals his operation.
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interchangeable with it. The Magick Dagger is often confused with the Magick Sword, most likely due to the Tarot suit of Swords being attributed to Air.
The function of the Magick Dagger is to define the area of the operation and it is used in conjunction with the Magick Cord to mark out the Magick Circle. The Magick Dagger is mo properly used to perform the banishings at the beginning of the operation and to strike the Magick Bell to mark the portions of the ceremony. The Magick Bell itself is not a weapon of and corresponds most correctly to Spirit but it is usually included amongst the weapons of Ai because its tone corresponds to this element. The Dagger should have a double edged blade to represent the polarity of the intellect and its general shape should be a cross and the overall design of the Magick Dagger should be of a utilitarian tool to represent the working intellect.
While the Magick Dagger is well suited to the work of defining the circle and inscribing the pentagrams, in cases where the dispersive power of Air is needed it may be more appropriate employ the Magick Fan. The main use of the Magick Fan is in association with the Magick F and with a secondary yet vital set of weapons, the incense and the paraphernalia that is used w it.
The Altar of Incense that is stationed in the east of the temple is most properly considered as of the furnishings but it is very obviously attributed to Air and supports several of the weapon of that element. The Altar of Incense is also the place where the Magick Fire is kept as a sym of the spirit of the Father being at the heart of the Son. The most obvious weapon used on the Altar of Incense that is attributed to Air is the incense itself. Not only is the smoke of the ince attributed to Air but the actual materials that are burnt like the resins and gums, woods, spices and plants, also correspond to Air generally. The other implements that are used to burn the incense, the Magick Censer or the Thurible also correspond to Air as they have the Magick F at their centre and issue clouds of smoke, making their attribution fairly obvious.
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symbol for life was carried by the gods of Egypt as a symbol of their power to go and their u the Magick Circle symbolizes the essential and divine course of the Path.
Perhaps the most abstract of these conceptual weapons of Air are the Divine Names and Mag Words that are used in the performance of magickal ceremonies. These words are all articulations of the magician's True Will and taken together they invoke the accomplishment the Great Work. The Magick Weapons of Earth
The weapons that correspond to the Element Earth are the most passive implements used by t magician and are generally designed to receive the force of the operation. The primary weapo of Earth is the Magick Disk or Pantacle which is usually a circle made of beeswax which has five pointed star, the pentagram, inscribed on one side and the colors of Malkuth on the other Beeswax is a basic hydrocarbon and symbolizes the foundation of all organic life while the pentagram represents the magician in his elemental, temporal form. In this way the Magick D is connected to all of the other weapons used by the magician as it represents his macrocosm is manifest in his environment the Sphere of the Elements. The form of the Magick Disk is repeated in the Paten upon which the eucharist is placed and which is counterpoint to the magickal function of the Magick Disk as a shield. This makes the Magick Disk the symbol of foundation from which all magickal action begins as well as the vehicle for redemption that results from the performance of that Great Work.
The Salt is the most material representative of the Element Earth in the Magick Circle. It is o used in conjunction with the water in the Magick Cup to purge the Magick Circle as a precur to performing the banishings. Salt is the consummate symbol of Earth as it is inert, crystalline and essential to life. As the water is related to the wine so the salt is related to the bread that i used as the eucharist in operations of pure white magick. Bread, the staff of life, corresponds up to vote thispurpose title the agricultural Virgo and represents the nourishing powerSign of Earth. Foronthe of ceremonial magick it is usual to use the Cakes of Light in place of bread and it serves the Useful useful Not purpose of the eucharist in just the same way.
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Magick Staff is a material symbol of the one True Will that the magician aspires to in his Gre Work.
Similarly, the Magick Sickle might at first appear to be a weapon of Air but its function is to the results of what has been sown by the magician and it lacks the discrimination of a truly ai weapon. The Sickle is most correctly attributed to Saturn who, as Father Time, measures out temporal universe and regulates its cycles but the correspondence with the natural cycles of E make it a symbol of the finite nature of all material things.
The most conceptual weapons of Earth are those that express the physical energy of the elem The Labor of Preparation, attributed to Taurus, is all of the physical effort that has gone into composing the ceremony and arranging the temple for the operation at hand. These labors represent the work of the Great Work and take into account the physical exertions of the magician as a vital implement that has been pressed into the service of magick. More subtle i the Secret Force that lies at the heart of the magician and corresponds to Capricorn. This is th ambition and the passion of the magician and at its heart it corresponds to Harpocrates, the C God of Silence and Secrecy the Magick Power of Earth.
Because it is the record of his operations the Magick Book or Diary is a pantacle of the magician's Great Work and so it corresponds to the element Earth. When the magician uses th Magick Pen to write in his Magickal Journal he symbolically impresses his will upon his physical form and so as he writes the words of the ceremony in his Magick Book he is also writing it into himself and making it a part of his True Will. The Holy Book of the Temple is also a Pantacle or a talisman that represents the Divine Will but it more correctly corresponds Spirit than to Earth in spite of the obvious parallel.
The ultimate weapon of ceremonial magick is also the supreme magick weapon of Earth, the Magick Circle and Triangle. With all of the furnishings and implements in their places the Sign light up to vote on this title Magick Circle is a symbol of the magician and viewed in this the Magick Disk is really secondary to it as a Weapon of Earth. Just as the Magick Circle represents entirety of wha Useful useful Notthe makes up the magician its counterpart the Magick Triangle represents the things outside of himself that he is seeking. As the Triangle is the place where that which is adverse to the
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