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effect so long as the magician's consciousness remains in the Ruach. But
the magician finds that their previous destructiveness now becomes a
positive force in his continuing development. Their influence always
leaves him on a higher level than he was on before their transit.
Point B is a useful effect, because it prepares the consciousness for
the "Crossing of the Abyss". By partially separating the consciousness
from its vehicles, we make it much less likely that it will attempt to
hold onto those vehicles in that crossing. Since the practice unifies
the Ruach by tying all of its energies into a single complex symbol, the
Ruach is that much more solid a thing to push against when the time to
leap into the abyss comes.
The final practices in points 18 to 21, if done forcefully enough, could
very well carry a person into the abyss. But other results are also
possible, and one can not infer that he has done so simply by getting a
powerful result in one of these practices.
It should also be pointed out that the practitioner does not have to
feel that he must continue using the natal pattern to describe events,
if circumstances indicate that a change has taken place. An effort to
change some of his behavior or thinking by an act of will can produce a
corresponding change in the astrological pattern.
Most often this change will involve a rotation of the house cusps, so
that the planets fall into different houses, but maintain their angular
relationships to each other. This type of change is the most likely
because the house cusps are determined by our relation to the earth's
surface. It is much simpler to change our viewpoint with respect to
conditions "outside" ourselves than it is to change the internal
arrangement of our powers.
So far, the author has only experimented lightly with changes in the
angular relationships between the planets, and changes in a planet's
position in the signs. But his work so far establishes that such changes
are possible to accomplish. And the change, once made, affects his
relation to the mundane world, as well as his internal perceptions.
Thus the magician could literally change his entire being as he wills,
merely by changing the positions of the symbols in his lamen. The
possibilities of such a technique appear limitless, once skill in such
changes is attained.
Another point about this practice is that it encourages working "without
lust of result". Since the major stimulating influences, the planets,
have their own timetables of motion and are outside the magician's
control, the collection of the experiences that are the material of the
work must wait upon their action. There is no way to either hurry or
retard the process. The practice must keep to their schedule regardless
of the wishes of the magician.
The practice will have many other side effects. The exact nature of
these effects will depend on the particular person doing the work. But
it can be generally said that the work will reveal to the person the
powers of his planets within the world of the spirit, the ways and
techniques by which those powers can be put to magickal use.
Some more practical points:
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