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What is the cause of my illusion of seeing a spirit in the triangle of Art?
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Now, this fact is our base.
What is the cause of my illusion of seeing a spirit in the triangle of Art?
Every smatterer, every expert in psychology, will answer: “That cause lies in your brain.”
The spirits of the Goetia are portions of the human brain.
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But can any of the effects described in this our book Goetia be obtained, and if so, can you give a rational explanation of the circumstances? Say you so?
The spirits of the Goetia are portions of the human brain.
Their seals therefore represent (Mr. Spencer’s projected cube) methods of stimulating or regulating those particular spots (through the eye).
“To destroy our enemies” is to realize the illusion of duality, to excite compassion.
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(2) Here we come to an interesting fact. It is curious to note the contrast between the noble means and the apparently vile ends of magical rituals. The latter are disguises for sublime truths.
“To destroy our enemies” is to realize the illusion of duality, to excite compassion.
(Ah! Mr. Waite, the world of Magic is a mirror, wherein who sees muck is muck.)
It is curious to note the contrast between the noble means and the apparently vile ends of magical rituals.
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(2) Here we come to an interesting fact.
It is curious to note the contrast between the noble means and the apparently vile ends of magical rituals.
The latter are disguises for sublime truths. “To destroy our enemies” is to realize the illusion of duality, to excite compassion.
There is no effect which is truly and necessarily miraculous.
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So for all other phenomena.
There is no effect which is truly and necessarily miraculous.
Our Ceremonial Magic fines down, then, to a series of minute, though of course empirical, physiological experiments, and whoso will carry them through intelligently need not fear the result.
Let all the company of Heaven curse thee!
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and I do bind thee in the depths of the Bottomless Abyss there to remain until the Day of Judgment, I say into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone which is prepared for all rebellious, disobedient, obstinate, and pernicious spirits.
Let all the company of Heaven curse thee!
Let the sun, moon, and all the stars curse thee! Let the Light and all the hosts of Heaven curse thee into the fire unquenchable, and into the torments unspeakable.
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PRELIMINARY INVOCATION.
Thou art Osorronophris: Whom no man has seen at any time.
Thou didst form Men to love one another, and to hate one another.
This is He Whom the Winds fear.
I am He! the Bornless Spirit! having sight in the feet: Strong, and the Immortal Fire!
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Ieou: Pūr: Iou: Pūr: Iaōt: Iaeō: Ioou: Abrasar: Sabriam: Do: Uu: Adonaie: Ede: Edu: Angelos ton Theon: Aniaia Lai: Gaia: Ape: Diathanna Thorun.
I am He! the Bornless Spirit! having sight in the feet: Strong, and the Immortal Fire!
I am He! the Truth!
I am He, that lighteneth and thundereth.
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I am He! Who hate that evil should be wrought in the World!
I am He, that lighteneth and thundereth.
I am He, from Whom is the Shower of the Life of Earth:
“The Heart Girt with a Serpent” is My Name!
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I am He; the Grace of the World:
“The Heart Girt with a Serpent” is My Name!
Come Thou forth, and follow Me: and make all Spirits subject unto Me so that every Spirit of the Firmament, and of the Ether: upon the Earth and under the Earth: on dry Land, or in the Water: of whirling Air or of rushing Fire:
Goetia The Lesser Key Of Solomon THE INITIATED INTERPRETATION OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC.
What is the cause of my illusion of seeing a spirit in the triangle of Art?
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Now, this fact is our base.
What is the cause of my illusion of seeing a spirit in the triangle of Art?
Every smatterer, every expert in psychology, will answer: “That cause lies in your brain.”
The spirits of the Goetia are portions of the human brain.
Show the passage
But can any of the effects described in this our book Goetia be obtained, and if so, can you give a rational explanation of the circumstances? Say you so?
The spirits of the Goetia are portions of the human brain.
Their seals therefore represent (Mr. Spencer’s projected cube) methods of stimulating or regulating those particular spots (through the eye).
“To destroy our enemies” is to realize the illusion of duality, to excite compassion.
Show the passage
(2) Here we come to an interesting fact. It is curious to note the contrast between the noble means and the apparently vile ends of magical rituals. The latter are disguises for sublime truths.
“To destroy our enemies” is to realize the illusion of duality, to excite compassion.
(Ah! Mr. Waite, the world of Magic is a mirror, wherein who sees muck is muck.)
It is curious to note the contrast between the noble means and the apparently vile ends of magical rituals.
Show the passage
(2) Here we come to an interesting fact.
It is curious to note the contrast between the noble means and the apparently vile ends of magical rituals.
The latter are disguises for sublime truths. “To destroy our enemies” is to realize the illusion of duality, to excite compassion.
There is no effect which is truly and necessarily miraculous.
Show the passage
So for all other phenomena.
There is no effect which is truly and necessarily miraculous.
Our Ceremonial Magic fines down, then, to a series of minute, though of course empirical, physiological experiments, and whoso will carry them through intelligently need not fear the result.
“There is a lion in the way.”
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I have all the health, and treasure, and logic, I need; I have no time to waste.
“There is a lion in the way.”
For me these practices are useless; but for the benefit of others less fortunate I give them to the world, together with this explanation of, and apology for, them.
SHEMHAMPHORASH.
The Thirty-fourth Spirit is Furfur. He is a Great and Mighty Earl, appearing in the Form of an Hart with a Fiery Tail.
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(34.) Furfur.—
The Thirty-fourth Spirit is Furfur. He is a Great and Mighty Earl, appearing in the Form of an Hart with a Fiery Tail.
He never speaketh truth unless he be compelled, or brought up within a triangle, △. Being therein, he will take upon himself the Form of an Angel. Being bidden, he speaketh with a hoarse voice. Also he will wittingly urge Love between Man and Woman.
THE GREATER CURSE.[37]
Let all the company of Heaven curse thee!
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and I do bind thee in the depths of the Bottomless Abyss there to remain until the Day of Judgment, I say into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone which is prepared for all rebellious, disobedient, obstinate, and pernicious spirits.
Let all the company of Heaven curse thee!
Let the sun, moon, and all the stars curse thee! Let the Light and all the hosts of Heaven curse thee into the fire unquenchable, and into the torments unspeakable.
Let the sun, moon, and all the stars curse thee!
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Let all the company of Heaven curse thee!
Let the sun, moon, and all the stars curse thee!
Let the Light and all the hosts of Heaven curse thee into the fire unquenchable, and into the torments unspeakable.
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