The Magic Chain - Dogma

THE GREAT Magical Agent, by us termed the AstralHenry Khunrath bore the word COAGULA and
Light, by others the soul of theearth, and designatedtheother SOLVE. To collect and diffuse are Nature's
by old chemists under the names of Azoth andtwo words – but after what mannercan we
MAGNESIA,this occult, unique and indubitable force, isaccomplish these operations on the Astral Light or
the key of all empire, the secret of allpower. It is thesoul of the world?
winged dragon of Medea, the serpent of the EdenicConcentration is by isolation and distribution by the
Mystery; it isthe universal glass of visions, the bondmagical chain. Isolation consistsin absolute
of sympathies, the source of love, prophecyandindependence of thought, complete liberty of the
glory. To know how to make use of this Agent is toheart and perfectcontinence of the senses. Every
be the trustee of God'sown power; all real, effectiveman who is obsessed by prejudices and fears,every
Magic, all occult force is there, and its demonstrationispassionate person who is slave of his passions, is
the sole end of all genuine books of science. To haveincapable of concentratingor coagulating, according to
control of the Greatthe expression of Khunrath, the Astral Light or soulof
Magical Agent there are two operations necessarythe earth. All true adepts have been independent
– to concentrate and project, or,in other words,even amidst torture, soberand chaste unto death.
to fix and to move. Fixity has been provided as theThe explanation of such anomaly is this: in order to
basis andguarantee of movement by the Author ofdisposeof a force, you must not be surprised by this
all things: the Magus must go to work inlike manner.force in a way that it may disposeof you. But then,
It is said that enthusiasm is contagious – andwill exclaim those who seek only in Magic for a
why? Because it cannot be producedin the absencemethod ofinordinately satisfying the lusts of nature:
of rooted faith. Faith produces faith; to believe is to"Of what avail is power which must notbe used for
have areason for willing; to will with reason is to willour own satisfaction?" Unhappy creatures who ask, if
with power – I do not say with aninfinite butI told you, howshould you understand? Are pearls
with an indefinite power. What operates in thenothing because they are worthless to thehorde of
intellectual and moralworld obtains still more in theEpicurus? Did not Curtius prefer the government of
physical, and when Archimedes was in want of aleverthose who had goldrather than its possession by
to move the world, he was seeking simply the Greathimself?
Magical Arcanum. Onearm of the androgyne figure of