I Am Alone. There Is

Magick Is The Science Of Understanding Oneself And One's Conditions. It Is The Art Of Applying That Understanding In Action.

In Every Magical, Or Similar System, It Is Invariably The First Condition Which The Aspirant Must Fulfill: He Must Once And For All And For Ever Put His Family Outside His Magical Circle.even The Gospels Insist Clearly And Weightily On This.christ Himself (i.e. Whoever Is Meant By This Name In This Passage) Callously Disowns His Mother And His Brethren (luke Viii, 19). And He Repeatedly Makes Discipleship Contingent On The Total Renunciation Of All Family Ties. He Would Not Even Allow A Man To Attend His Father's Funeral!is The Magical Tradition Less Rigid?not On Your Life!

I Admit That My Visions Can Never Mean To Other Men As Much As They Do To Me. I Do Not Regret This. All I Ask Is That My Results Should Convince Seekers After Truth That There Is Beyond Doubt Something Worth While Seeking, Attainable By Methods More Or Less Like Mine. I Do Not Want To Father A Flock, To Be The Fetish Of Fools And Fanatics, Or The Founder Of A Faith Whose Followers Are Content To Echo My Opinions. I Want Each Man To Cut His Own Way Through The Jungle.

Fortunately We Have Learnt To Combine These Ideas, Not In The Mutual Toleration Of Sub-contraries, But In The Affirmation Of Contraries, That Transcending Of The Laws Of Intellect Which Is Madness In The Ordinary Man, Genius In The Overman Who Hath Arrived To Strike Off More Fetters From Our Understanding.

Adaptation To One's Environment Makes For A Sort Of Survival; But After All, The Supreme Victory Is Only Won By Those Who Prove Themselves Of So Much Hardier Stuff Than The Rest That No Power On Earth Is Able To Destroy Them. The People Who Have Really Made History Are The Martyrs.