Book Four - Magick

The circle is protected by divine names, which represent the influences the Magician relies upon to keep out hostile thoughts. Within the circle stands an Altar, the solid basis on which he works and the foundation of everything. Upon the Altar are his Wand, Cup, Sword, and Pantacle original: Pantacle; a ritual disk, often engraved with symbols, representing the element of Earth and the physical body., which represent his Will, his Understanding, his Reason, and the lower parts of his being, respectively. On the Altar, too, is a vial original: phial of Oil, surrounded by a Scourge, a Dagger, and a Chain, while a Lamp hangs above the Altar. The Magician wears a Crown, a single Robe, and a Lamen Lamen A symbolic plate or pendant worn over the chest that declares the Magician’s authority or specific purpose., and he carries a Book of Conjurations and a Bell.

The oil consecrates To make sacred or to dedicate to a divine purpose. everything it touches; it represents his aspiration, and all acts performed in accordance with that aspiration are holy. The scourge disciplines original: tortures; here referring to the ascetic practice of self-discipline. him; the dagger wounds him; and the chain binds him. It is by virtue of these three that his aspiration remains pure and is able to consecrate all other things. He wears a crown to assert his lordship and his divinity; a robe to symbolize silence; and a lamen to declare his work. The book of spells or conjurations is his magical record, his Karma. In the East is the Magick Fire, in which everything is eventually burned up.¹

We will now consider each of these matters in detail.

¹ He needs nothing else but the equipment described here for invocation, by which he calls down that which is above him and within him; but for evocations, by which he calls forth that which is below him and outside of him, he may place a triangle outside the circle.