The most important feeling a Magus must cultivate is his readiness for the unexpected—alertness without which he may either lose precious time in battle with an enemy or miss a chance that suddenly appears around a corner.
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It seems simple: if you want to achieve something, do it. Yet how often actions diverge from intentions.
Only after the “wedding” and the “first wedding night” does the Power lawfully fill the vessel, and there occurs the union of being with mind — of the potential with the actual — which constitutes the essence and aim of the World process.
The development of consciousness within any Myth therefore falls under the action of two forces: on the one hand, the organizing, systematizing logic of the Myth, which cosmizes consciousness; on the other, the transforming force that provides “leaps” — transcensus — of consciousness.
The more the very character of a Magus’s life’s movement resembles the smoothness and beauty of a dance, the more effective and harmonious his Way.
The Egyptians believed that the cosmic cycle of time was renewed each day not by the action of the cosmos’ component parts, but by the actions of humans and gods.
The Magus’s struggle for possession is a struggle for the integrity and harmony of himself and his Way.
The main lesson for every Magus in this story should be the confidence that he is capable of creating his own viable Myth and acting within it — in the case that none of the existing Myths satisfy his individuality.
The Magus’s impeccability lies in continuing to move forward, even while convinced of its futility.
The task of the magus is to go firmly and unfalteringly along his Way, not turning aside toward either blissful idiocy or petty, swaggering brawls.
The Magus persistently and purposefully cultivates something constant behind the masks: his selfhood.
Only by cultivating sincere feelings within himself, without fearing to confront his own fears and limitations, and only by widening his outlook and his tolerance, the Magus finds himself in that awakened state so essential to his development.
Within the category of will the process occurs whereby individuality is unveiled and creatively conjoined with the world‑process in its most general sense.