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The Wolf’s Hook, in its abstract section, expresses the principle of uniting a binary into an androgyne — that is, the holding of the poles of duality by their conjugation with a third, neutral element.
Although Authority includes experience — that is, an authoritative Magus is necessarily an experienced Magus — experience does not necessarily lead to Authority, and an experienced Magus is not necessarily authoritative.
In order to bring about any realization, both on the macrocosmic and on the psychocosmic level, one must find, activate, attract, and bind together a number of energy flows.
Two differences — source of Power and the demands placed upon the operator — give rise to the methodological divergence within the directions of Graphic Magic.
All the objects, items and actions that surround the Magus perform both of the functions described — they order the environment by drawing certain energies into it, and they induce specific states in the Magus’s mind.
One must be fully clear about the specific mechanism of each carried-out realization: where it draws its energy from, how that energy is transformed and amplified, and what consequences this carries for the operator and the world.
For the Magus, the level of his Luck is a consciously appreciable factor in his development. “Luck” for the Magus is not an inexplicable play of probability, but the result of a certain energy at work—an energy that can be assessed and measured and must be used according to its purpose.
The danger that destructive forces may be actualized — forces that can “awaken” in the Interworld when potential space comes into contact with the actual mind — is perfectly real.
Over the course of Magic’s historical development, many approaches have been devised for the vision of one’s nature — the very condition for its effective realization.
Only by being aware that the Forces invoked by the Ritual and the Currents it activates have multifaceted manifestations can the Magus achieve the Ritual’s aim — the integral harmonization of world and mind.
For the Magus centering his mind on the perception of unity in diversity, valuing variety yet not denying unity, the image of Pan and the principles arising from it prove to be an invaluable instrument for actualizing in himself the power of the Pleroma.
Azazel objectifies a destructive matrix of guilt—the “inner desert” of the mind into which it drives itself when caught in the snare of a “sense of sinfulness.”
