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0. Yet the Magus hath power upon the Mother both directly and through
love.
And the Magus is Love, and bindeth together That and This in His
Conjuration.
1. In the beginning doth the Magus speak Truth, and send forth
Illusion and
Falsehood to enslave the soul. Yet therein is the Mystery of
Redemption.
2. By his Wisdom made He the Worlds: the World that is God is none
other
than He.
3. Now then shall He end His Speech with Silence? For He is Speech.
4. He is the First and the Last. How shall He cease to number
Himself?
5. By a Magus is this writing made known through the mind of a
Magister.
The one uttereth clearly, and the other Understandeth; yet the Word is
falsehood, and the Understanding darkness. And this saying is of All
Truth.
6. Nevertheless it is written; for there be times of darkness, and
this as
a lamp therein.
7. With the Wand createth He.
8. With the Cup preserveth He.
9. With the Dagger destroyeth He.
10. With the Coin redeemeth He.
11. His weapons fulfil the wheel; and on What Axle that turneth is not
known unto Him.
12. From all these actions must He cease before the curse of His Grade
is
uplifted from Him. Before He attain to that which existeth without
Form.
13. And if at this time He be manifested upon earth as a Man, and
therefore
is this present writing, let this be His method, that the curse of His
grade,
and the burden of His attainment, be uplifted from Him.
14. Let Him beware of abstinence from action. For the curse of His
grade
is that he must speak Truth, that the Falsehood thereof may enslave the
souls
of men. Let Him then utter that without Fear, that the Law may be
fulfilled.
And according to His Original Nature will that law be shapen, so that
one may
declare gentleness and quietness, being an Hindu; and another fierceness
and
servility, being a Jew; and yet another ardour and manliness, being an
Arab.
Yet this matter toucheth the mystery of Incarnation, and is not here to
be
declared.
15. Now the grade of a Magister teacheth the Mystery of Sorrow, and
the
grade of a Magus the Mystery of Change, and the grade of Ipsissimus the
Mystery of Selflessness, which is called also the Mystery of Pan.
16. Let the Magus then contemplate each in turn, raising it to the
ultimate
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