Only if such efforts are genuinely made, if the striving to break free from the conditioned nature of manifested existence is truly unquenchable and truly dominates the motivational sphere of the mind, is it possible to achieve success in it.
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Observations
Every traveler must clearly understand that destruction, collapse, and downfall are utterly inevitable and necessary as part of the Way.
Theurgy as a distinct domain of Magic is aimed, above all, at the development of the Magus and the world, occurring interdependently and in mutual accord, and consists in the search for and activation of higher psycho‑ or macrocosmic forces that effect this transformation.
The Law opens those possibilities for which it was proclaimed in the first place: the right and the capacity to affirm an individual stream of mind as an autonomous supreme value, since, when considered in its absolute sense, it proves indistinguishable from the universal stream, and is also equal (though not identical) to any other particular stream.
The Myth describes the primordial duality of Mind and Medium as two consubstantial properties of the One in the aspect of its manifestation.
When making a correct “diagnosis” one must proceed with the utmost care and deliberation, understanding that a wrongly identified cause will not only fail to help therapy but may also worsen the pathogenesis.
The task of the Magus is to exhaust what can be exhausted, transform what must be transformed, and overcome what must be overcome.
Every action of a manifested being takes place under the influence of a system of two interacting stimuli — the drive to satisfy needs and the drive to obtain pleasure — which, though interdependent, can be experienced as distinct motivational schemes.
Alongside contacts with “one’s own reflections,” the ritual activity of the Magi has always been aimed at interactions with other forms of mind.
It is easiest for the mind to accumulate Power either by entering into interaction with one who possesses that Power or by objectifying within itself those states in which that Power is available.
The Magus does not lose joy while passing through pain; he does not fall into aggression when immersed in battle; he does not get caught in the trap of indifference while striving for equilibrium.
By identifying his nature — bringing the current of his mind into correspondence with its essential characteristics — the Magus performs both a microcosmic and a macrocosmic act, contributing to the harmonization of mind as such.
Whatever Way of development the evolution of the mind follows, from the standpoint of the process of manifested being it comprises three principal stages: affirmation, negation, and integration.