ecise as a theorem of trigonometry. each assumes as fundamental a certain law of nature, and the subject is complicated by the fact that each school, in a certain sense, admits the formulae of the other two. it merely regards them as in some way incomplete, secondary, or illusory. now, as will be seen later, the yellowschool stand aloof from the other two by the nature of its postulates. but the blackschool and the white are always more or less in active conflict; and it is because just at this moment that conflict is approaching a climax that it is necessary to write this essay. the adepts of the whiteschool consider the present danger to mankind so great that they are prepared to abandon their traditional policy of silence, in order to enlist in their ranks the profane of every nation
ol prevaileth, or if the threeschools be not one" we are now ready to study the philosophical bases of these threeschools. we must, however, enter a caveat against too literal an interpretation, even of the parable. it may be suspected, for reasons which should be apparent after further investigation of the doctrines of the threeschools, that this parable was invented by an intelligence of the blackschool, who was aware of his iniquity, and thought to transform it into righteousness by the alchemy of making a boast of it. the intelligent reader will note the insidious attempt to identify the doctrine of the blackschool with the kind of blackmagic sic that is commonly called diabolism. in other words, this parable is itself an example of an exceedingly subtleblackmagical operation
(2) cara soror, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. hoping that you are now recovered from the devastating revelations in the matter of the yellowschool, i must ask you to brace yourself for disclosures even more formidable about the black. do not confuse with the blacklodge, or the blackbrothers. the terminology is unfortunate, but it wasn't i that did it. now then, to work! the blackschool of magick, which must by no means be confused with the school of blackmagick or sorcery, which latter is a perversion of the whitetradition, is distinguished fundamentally from the yellowschool in that it considers the universe not as neutral, but as definitely a magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 88 curse. its primary theorem is the "first noble truth" of
e of hypnotizing themselves into anaesthesia. practically no westerns have reached the third stage of the blacktradition, the buddhist stage. it is only isolated mystics, and those men who rank themselves with a contemptuous compliance under the standard of the nearest religion, the one which will bother them least in their quest of nothingness, who carry the sorites so far. the documents of the blackschool of magick have already been indicated. they are, for the most part, tedious to the last degree and repulsive to every wholesome-minded man; yet it can hardly be denied that such books as the dhammapada and ecclesiastes are masterpieces of literature. they represent the agony of human despair at its utmost degree of intensity, and the melancholy contemplation which is induced by their
exercising the joys of combat and victory. this is, of course, a perfectly whitedoctrine; but it is regarded as the most dangerous of heresies (romans vi. 1,2, et al) for all that, the idea is there. the mass itself is essentially a typical whiteritual. its purpose is to transform crude matter directly into godhead. it is thus a cardinal operation of talismanic magick. but the influence of the blackschool has corroded the idea with theological accretions, metaphysical on the one hand, and superstitious on the other, so completely as to mask the truth altogether. at the reformation, we find a nugatory attempt to remove the black elemagic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 98 ment. the protestant thinkers did their best to get rid of the idea of sin, but it was soon se
such questions. we can hardly imagine it sufficiently interested in any events soever to react aggressively. it feels strong enough to deal satisfactorily with anything that may turn up: and generally speaking, it feels that any conceivable action on its part would be likely to increase rather than to diminish the mischief. it remains somewhat contemptuously aloof from the eternal conflict of the blackschool with the white. at the same time, there is a certain feeling among the yellowadepts that should either of these schools become annihilated, the result might well be that the victor would sooner or later turn his released energy against themselves. in accordance, therefore, with their general plan of nonaction, as expressed in the tao teh king, of dealing with mischief before it has b
that it was moribund, it made a supreme and suicidal effort, and plunged into the death-spasm of the first worldwar. it was too far corrupt to react to the injections of the white formula which might have saved it. we see today that christianity is more bigoted, further divorced from reality, than ever. in some countries it has again become a persecuting church. with horrid glee the adepts of the blackschool looked on at these magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 103 atrocious paroxysms. but it did more. it marshalled its forces quietly, and prepared to clean up the debris of the battlefields. it is at present (1924 e.v) pledged to a supreme attempt to chase the manly races from their spiritual halidom (the spasm still [1945 e.v] continues; note well the pro-german
r free on: www.abika.com 103 atrocious paroxysms. but it did more. it marshalled its forces quietly, and prepared to clean up the debris of the battlefields. it is at present (1924 e.v) pledged to a supreme attempt to chase the manly races from their spiritual halidom (the spasm still [1945 e.v] continues; note well the pro-german screams of anglican bishops, and the intrigues of the vatican) the blackschool has always worked insidiously, by treachery. we need then not be surprised by finding that its most notable representative was the renegade follower of blavatsky, annie besant, and that she was charged by her blackmasters with the mission of persuading the world to accept for its teacher a negroid36 messiah. to make the humiliation more complete, a wretched creature was chosen who, t
and his brethren, to save the theory and practice, is armed with a sword far mightier than excalibur. he has been entrusted with a new magical formula, one which can be accepted by the whole human race. its adoption will strengthen magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 105 the yellowschool by giving a more positive value to their theory; while leaving the postulates of the blackschool intact, it will transcend them and raise their theory and practice almost to the level of the yellow. as to the whiteschool, it will remove from them all taint of poison of the black, and restore vigour to their central formula of spiritualalchemy by giving each man an independent ideal. it will put an end to the moral castration involved in the assumption that each man, whatever hi
n way, develop its own proper qualities without seeking to interfere with other formulae, however (superficially) opposed to its own. what is true for every school is equally true for every individual. success in life, on the basis of the law of thelema, implies severe self-discipline. each being must progress, as biology teaches, by strict adaptation to the conditions of the organism. if, as the blackschool continually asserts, the cause of sorrow is desire, we can still escape the conclusion by the law of thelema. what is necessary is not to seek after some fantastic ideal, utterly unsuited to our real needs, but to discover the true nature of those needs, to fulfill them, and rejoice therein. this process is what is really meant by initiation; that is to say, the going into oneself, an
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ness and shadow. luciferians are deeply involved in the methods of sorcery and their own brands of witchcraft. darkness and shadow is expanded by the brightness of our illumination, thus wisdom begets darkness. one aspect of the blackorder of the dragon is to illuminate this light within each adept, to compliment an independent and opposer type of individual. by all accounts the botd is indeed a blackschool lessons are given in darkness, there is no visible master yet under this scope of study does the shadow cast down upon the ground in which the adept treads. knowledge of the enemy is essential. the luciferian must study the ways of the enemy monotheistic right hand path religionschristianity, et al. such belief indoctrinates the weak and ignorant, thus should be kept out of the mind
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erarchies are appropriately mechanical, leading in the direction of mental stasis and the inhibition of creative thought. deviations from accepted norms are not permissible; absolute obedience to superior authority is mandatory; and every effort is made to represent the mind of man, which is the only thing capable of separating itself from the naturalorder, as an integral part of that order. the blackschool, epitomized by the temple of set, strives toward an increasing intellectual separation from the restrictions of the materialuniverse, and toward the ability to manipulate universal laws according to man's own will. creativity and innovation are highly prized, and administrative systems are as flexible as possible in order to encourage and facilitate the development of the individual
iverse, and toward the ability to manipulate universal laws according to man's own will. creativity and innovation are highly prized, and administrative systems are as flexible as possible in order to encourage and facilitate the development of the individual. the majority of people are content (or preoccupied) with life as they find it, and are not particularly fond of mental exertion; hence the blackschool is necessarily selective and elitist. the stress upon individualism also makes it basically incompatible with mass movements. there are five principal causes for the failure or dissolution of magicalorders (1) disparity between the stated and actual purposes and practices of the order. if an activist political society or a free-sex club is organized which employs a little esoteric ja