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serve, for others a woman. There are also others appointed to serve,
but
these are not for the Zelator.
16. Eleventh practice. --- Let the Zelator at an time during the
practices, especially during the formiods of Kumbhakam, throw his will
utterly
towards his Holy Guardian Angel, directing his eyes inward and upward,
and
turning back his tongue as if to swallow it.
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1. Note that in the early stages of concentration of the mind, such
annoyances become negligible.
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(This latter operation is facilitated by severing the fraenum
linguae,
which, if done, should be done by a competent surgeon. We do not advise
this
or any similar method of cheating difficulties. This is, however,
harmless.)
In this manner the practice is to be raised from the physical to the
spiritual-plane, even as the words Ruh, Ruach, Pneuma, Spiritus, Geist,
Ghost, and indeed words of almost all languages, have been raised from
their
physical meanings of wind, breath, or movement, to the spiritual plane.
(RV
is the old root meaning Yoni and hence Wheel (Fr. roue, Lat. rota,
wheel) and
the corresponding Semitic root means "to go". Similarly spirit is
connected
with "spiral". -- Ed.)
17. Let the Zelator attach no credit to any statements that may have
been
made throughout the course of this instruction, and reflect that even
the
counsel which we have given as suitable to the average case may be
entirely
unsuitable to his own.
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MAGI
SUB FIGURA I.
00. One is the Magus: twain His forces; four His weapons. These are
the
seven Spirits of Unrighteousness; seven vultures of evil. This is the
art
and craft of the Magus but glamour. How shall He destroy Himself?
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