The Magus does not play on others’ faults, but neither does he “smile condescendingly” at them; he attempts, actively yet nonviolently, to promote the development of his mind and the general harmony around him.
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The ability to “open Gates,” as well as the ability to enter Gates opened for you, are among the most essential skills a Magus must master.
Magic begins when direct experience shows that there is no other way, that one cannot pretend or stall, because the battle proves not to be a “concept” but living reality itself.
Each Magus builds his own unique Way, stringing individual beads of Power on his necklace, and, with honest and attentive regard, attains his own realization
It is equally wrong to leave something unfinished or insufficiently experienced in the present, or insufficiently analyzed in the past, as it is to have it vaguely outlined in the future.
The key to effectiveness is honesty and attentiveness, an unblinkered mind, and its readiness and striving for realization
A Magus must clearly understand that the “External Vessel” and the Inner Vessel are in close interaction — “As above, so below”
The Magus’s nonduality is a Pleroma unity, a harmony within a symphony where each is simultaneously part and whole.
Every Magus should always ask himself—what is his current state.
Proper use of the Elemental Instruments allows one to significantly increase the efficiency of realizations, and therefore to optimize one’s Way.
To detect in oneself the “open Gates” through which Power is lost, or, which is the same thing, to detect the dominion of the corresponding demon over oneself, it is important to understand exactly which principle that demon is distorting
Only by fully immersing oneself in self-realization right here and now can one achieve success, reduce the degree of one’s bondage, and perhaps even be freed and realize oneself, becoming what one is destined to be from the beginning of time — a creative intelligence.
To avoid Berith’s influence means to “enter into a covenant” only with those people or Currents with whom inner kinship already exists