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MAGICAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY …

The Journey Begins …                         

“As above, so below.  It’s one of the Hermetic rules, whatever happens in heaven is reflected down here on Earth.  There is this constant flow of energy between opposite poles.  So if we consider heaven as being in a constant state of congress, as in the Hindu definition; the gods and goddesses constantly making love and in a state of bliss, we can see this reflected down here on Earth in water which is not H²O as a discreet molecule but two molecules H³O⁺ = OH^– in a state of constant flow or sharing of electrons back and fore.  In a state of congress, if you will.  Think of that the next time you drink a glass of water.”

“As in ‘Holy Water’?”

“All water is holy; sacred … it becomes whatever is put into it.  It’s the basis of life on Earth.  You are seventy percent water.

And, of course, whatever happens on Earth is reflected in heaven.  That is largely what the ritual and spells and words are all about.  Whatever we do down here reflects up in heaven.”

“So, there’s a hell in heaven too.”

“In a way.  There are opposites that people define as good and evil.  Trouble is, most of the time people are espousing ‘goodness’ they are actually espousing ‘restriction’ … and, as Aliester was told, ‘restriction is sin’.”

“Did you know Crowley?”

“Yes, you would do well to study his postulates.”  He stands up and walks over to one of the bookshelves, takes down a volume, opens it up to a page and hands me the open book.

On the open page I see

1. “DEFINITION.”

MAGICK

is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will.

“Read it out loud.”

I do so

“II. POSTULATE.

ANY required Change may be effected by the application of the proper kind and degree of force in the proper manner through the proper medium to the proper object.

III. THEOREMS.

(1) Every intentional act is a Magical Act

(2) Every successful act has conformed to the postulate.

(3) Every failure proves that one or more requirements of the postulate have not been fulfilled.”

 

“Of course’, interrupts Steven, “Crowley didn’t actually define those postulates that would lead to the ‘right’ results.  Okay, that’s enough.  You may borrow the book and I suggest you write a copy of those theorems in your journal.  You can browse the rest of the book too but a lot of it won’t make sense to you.  Or, at least, it shouldn’t make sense to you.  You’ll only understand Crowley when you start doing ritual work on your own.  That, of course, includes any ritual you do with Peter or any other members.  I’ll give you a hint.  Crowley is well aware that words are magic, as in spells and incantations.  If you try and define magic using words you are immediately defeated.  People that get into this stuff constantly fail to recognise this.  ‘But it’s easy, they say, Crowley says “face Boleskine and utter the name Therion”’  Sure, it sounds straight forward and logical and they take that at face value.  They miss the point that the words saying ‘face a certain direction and say a certain word’ are, indeed, logical and easy to act out, but why you would do that is not necessarily logical.  They get caught out by thinking they understand the sentence because they understand the words and can physically do what it says.  But Crowley always, always, always writes obliquely.  He never approaches a subject head on.  He constantly hints at the truth or tells you the exact opposite.  He has to if he is to stay true to magic.  Does that make sense to you?”

“Sort of … I guess.”

“At the stage you’re at, if you understand everything I’ve just told you, I haven’t told you well.  The less you understood the better.  You’ll begin to notice this as you start doing more magic and you evaluate your results.  Just keep it in mind and question everything, even the things I tell you …. especially the things I tell you.”

I’m a little overwhelmed by all these ideas.  Steven probably sees the doubt and perplexity in my expression.

“Don’t worry, magic, real magic, is a very lonely journey.  But you’ll have help on the way.”

I start to close the book and as the pages slip back into their places, the title page appears; ‘Magick in Theory and Practice’.   “Why does he have a ‘k’ in the word magic?  Is that to differentiate it from stage magic?”

“That’s what most people think, but no.  It has a very special meaning that you will come to understand a little later.”

Oh no, there it is again. ‘You’ll understand when you’re older’.  How does he know I won’t understand now?  I bite my tongue and don’t say anything.  But I feel like a child again.  Above the title of the book are the words ‘Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law’.  I read them out loud..

“Ah”, he smiles, “dear old Aliester.  The original quote is from St Augustine but it probably predates Augustine too.  Aliester’s appropriated it and twisted for his own purposes.  But, as he’s the consummate magician I guess we must allow him that.  You could look up the original quotation, it may help you understand Aliester a little better.  However, I’m not saying you should copy Aleister and do what he did.  What I’m saying is, consider what he did and the results he seems to have got and evaluate it.  In fact don’t copy anyone but look at how they work and try things for yourself.  Try different things.  That’s what Aleister did.  He experimented.  Some things didn’t work the way he expected.   What I find interesting is his relationship with the spirits and elementals.  It’s certainly different to mine and it should be different to yours.”

“So you’re saying I shouldn’t copy you either?”

“Oh god, no!  But look at what I do and learn from my mistakes …. and my successes.”

“The elementals rule the Earth.  Most of the ideas people get are from elementals whispering in their ears.  This is the reason for gaining the ‘knowledge and conversation of your HGA.  That way you can be independent of the elementals banging on.  The trick is working out which ideas are coming from your HGA and which from the elementals.” 

“Why is it so complicated?” 

“Maybe it’s not.  Maybe we make it complicated.  I honestly don’t know.  To me, finding out is what this journey is all about.”

One of the first conversations I had with my Steven Tymes, my first Mentor. 

(Ocean, 6⁰ = 5^, Adeptus Major, RRetAC, HORD)

      Romany

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