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DE MATRIMONIUM ET RECONCILIATIO INTER INGENIUM ET MOTUS
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ET FRUCTUS CONIUNCTIO SUUM
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
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Balance has lately become the object worthy of much controversy
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within the Oasis recently. Hod and Netzach, Intellect and
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Emotion: in particular. And much good advice was given as to
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how to co-exist with people of one or the other preference. It
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is an important issue for many good reasons. One of which that
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Hod could be seen as Law and Netzach as Love.
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I have been distressed by statements like: "practical Magick is,
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by nature, a Hod activity". I disagree in this wholeheartedly.
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Crowley's interpretation of Magick is as follows: "The Science
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and Art of causing change to occur in conformity with Will".
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Science being attributed to Hod and Art to Netzach. Meditation
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on the Art Tarot card will reveal this and many other mysteries.
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While Magick has alot to offer to those who are adept in
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Mathematics, Geometry, Qabalah, Astrology, etc., it has just as
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much to offer to those who move instinctively and are sensitive
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to the energies and images around them, those adept at Tarot,
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Iching, and other methods of divination. They rely not so much on
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the Hod activity we call "Intellectual Knowledge", but trust on
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the inner voice of the Beloved to guide them through life.
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While things like Musick sound great when played properly it must
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be remembered that Musick is a Netzach function, those who allow
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the musick to move them through their emotions are much better
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musicians than those who have attempted to turn it into a
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mathematical procedure. Sometimes a "mistake" sounds better than
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the way in which the piece was written. The best known musicians
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are those who dared to defy the laws of musick and create
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something totally new. If nobody dared to deviate from the norm
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from fear of breaking tradition I am afraid that music would be
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rather boring.
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Balance is the basis of the Work. Those of us who are
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intellectual by nature, should aspire to use this Hod function to
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stimulate the emotional aspects of Netzach. Failing to do so
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would make us cold, calculated and calloused, incapable of
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feeling the subtle energies stimulated by our Magick. Nothing
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more than a thinking machine, unable to hear The Voice within
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because we feel it is beyond logic. We would be lost in Its
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simplicity.
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On the other hand, those of us who are of an emotional nature
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should use this Netzach purpose and employ it to stir the
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discriminating genius within us all. Should we fail to
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accomplish this task we would become nothing more than foolish
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idiots, gullible to the point of abuse and superstitious to the
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level schizophrenia. We would not recognize The Voice of The
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Beloved or the intricacy of His language, thereby falling prey to
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the Demons of deceit.
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Per chance what is needed is for those who are
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Intellectually inclined to lend a helping hand and help those
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who are having a difficult time expressing the Hod aspects
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of Magick. Maybe making the time to help a fellow Brother or
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Sister would be a positive step in opening the heart?
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And perhaps those who are Emotionally responsive should take the
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time to touch those who are having difficulty displaying their
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emotions. Just reach out and hold them an extra few seconds the
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next time you give them the famous Thelemic bear-hug we greet
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each other with. Acknowledge that it is more than a habit we
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have gotten into.
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It is far more important to have Hod/Netzach balanced people in a
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group, than to have a group balance by people who are either Hod
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or Netzach. Thelema is primarily concerned with the growth of
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the individual. Any group that is genuinely connected to the
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Universal Order is a vessel capable of distributing Knowledge and
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Wisdom to its members; if the emphasis is removed form the
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individual and focused on the group, forgetting that it exists
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solely for the service of the aspirant, it will soon become an
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empty vessel.
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Love is the law, love under will.
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Gerald del Campo
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