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Magi must now be especially vigilant against possible demonic interventions and triple their protective measures during any Rituals that open the Lower Gates.
Any perfect magical action must have the structure of a perfect vortex — the Chariot.
The blade the Magus must walk lies precisely between the abyss of Dionysus and the abyss of Apollo — between the madness of ecstasy or trance, and the sterility of cold reason.
By pushing another being toward the abyss, the mind falls under the sway of the dark forces of chaos, and the more of these “compassionate” pushes it gives, the more firmly and securely the darkness takes root in it.
The real situation at present is that the Threshold is thinning, and the number of beings pressing into our world is constantly and inexorably increasing.
With sufficient preparation and discipline on the operator’s part, the summoning of these forces can, of course, be governed by his will—especially since, like other branches of Fairy Magic, Enochian rests primarily upon the Middle Pillar.
The greater the transparency, the more springlike the traveler’s mind, and the more freely and without delay Power flows through him, the more effective his progress becomes
The Magus’s soul-hunger is insatiable; the Magus thirsts for the Infinite and cannot be satisfied with anything finite, finding harmony only in the ceaseless wandering of his spirit.
For a Magus it is very important to find that maximal degree of burning in which his desires are aflame yet still under control, the energy intense but not yet destructive.
For the Magus, both the state of “coolness”—the relaxed condition typical of humanity—and the “molten” condition characteristic of trance-based, “altered” states of mind are equally unsuitable.
By subjecting itself to scrutiny by mind and feelings, the mind stakes its claim to govern the Psychocosmos, ousting the usurpers who compel it to function inefficiently, and thereby takes the Way of growth and development.
The Magus must find the set of properties, traits, and desires that are essential to him—whose realization constitutes the very essence of his existence—and establish the order in which they are to be fulfilled.
