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THE MASTER THERION
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Liber B
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vel Magi
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Sub Figur<75> I
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00. One is the Magus: twain His forces: four His weapons. These are
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the Seven Spirits of Unrighteousness; seven vultures of evil. Thus is
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the art and craft of the Magus but glamour. How shall He destroy
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Himself?
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0. Yet the Magus hath power upon the Mother both directly and
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through Love. And the Magus is Love, and bindeth together That and
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This in His Conjuration.
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1. In the beginning doth the Magus speak Truth, and send forth
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Illusion and Falsehood to enslave the soul. Yet therein is the Mystery
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of Redemption.
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2. By His Wisdom made He the Worlds; the Word that is God is none
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other than He.
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3. How then shall He end His speech with Silence? For He is Speech.
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4. He is the First and the Last. How shall He cease to number
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Himself?
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5. By a Magus is this writing made known through the mind of a
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Magister. The one uttereth clearly, and the other understandeth; yet
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the Word is falsehood, and the Understanding darkness. And this saying
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is Of All Truth.
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6. Nevertheless it is written; for there be times of darkness, and
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this as a lamp therein.
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7. With the Wand createth He.
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8. With the Cup preserveth He.
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9. With the Dagger destroyeth He.
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10. With the Coin redeemeth He.
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11. His weapons fulfil the wheel; and on What Axle that turneth is
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not known unto Him.
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12. From all these actions must He cease before the curse of His
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Grade is uplifted from Him. Before He attain to That which existeth
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without Form.
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13. And if at this time He be manifested upon earth as a Man, and
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therefore is this present writing, let this be His method, that the
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curse of His grade, and the burden of His attainment, be uplifted from
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Him.
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14. Let Him beware of abstinence from action. For the curse of His
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grade is that He must speak Truth, that the Falsehood thereof may
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enslave the souls of men. Let Him then utter that without Fear, that
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the Law may be fulfilled. And according to His Original Nature will
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that law be shapen, so that one may declare gentleness and quietness,
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being an Hindu; and another fierceness and servility, being a Jew; and
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yet another ardour and manliness, being an Arab. Yet this matter
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toucheth the mystery of Incarnation, and is not here to be declared.
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15. Now the grade of a Magister teacheth the Mystery of Sorrow, and
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the grade of a Magus the Mystery of Change, and the grade of
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Ipsissimus the Mystery of Selflessness, which is called also the
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Mystery of Pan.
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16. Let the Magus then contemplate each in turn, raising it to the
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ultimate power of Infinity. Wherein Sorrow is Joy, and Change is
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Stability, and Selflessness is Self. For the interplay of the parts
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hath no action upon the whole. And this contemplation shall be
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performed not by simple meditation--how much less then by reason? but
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by the method which shall have been given unto Him in His initiation
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to the Grade.
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17. Following which method, it shall be easy for Him to combine that
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trinity from its elements, and further to combine Sat-Chit-Ananda, and
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Light, Love, Life, three by three into nine that are one, in which
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meditation success shall be That which was first adumbrated to Him in
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the grade of Practicus (which reflecteth Mercury into the lowest
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world) in Liber XXVII, ``Here is Nothing under its three Forms.''
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18. And this is the Opening of the Grade of Ipsissimus, and by the
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Buddhists it is called the trance Nerodha-Samapatti.
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19. And woe, woe, woe, yea woe, and again woe, woe, woe unto seven
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times be His that preacheth not His law to men!
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20. And woe also be unto Him that refuseth the curse of the grade of
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a Magus, and the burden of the Attainment thereof.
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21. And in the word CHAOS let the Book be sealed; yea, let the Book
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be sealed.
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