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Then, we will discuss how you can best adapt it to your circumstances. Putting aside all previous ideas of a temple, let us look at what a temple really is, In short, it is nothing more than a workroom or psychic laboratory. In a real laboratory, you would expect to find test tubes, balances, Bunsen burners, and so on—the tools with which a chemist carries out his or her work, The equipment and layout is chosen and ar- ranged by the chemist to suit his or her particular needs.

The whole place is, in fact, an extension of the chemist and his or her ideas. It is a place where one can work in comfort, where everything has a place and every- thing has a use. The chemist deals with acids and alkalis, the Ma- gickian with energy. Both use their minds and exert an in- fluence over their own environment. The temple is a working laboratory. Like the chemist, the Magickian needs space to work away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

It is quite impossible to work effective rituals with the television blaring away and the neighbors dropping in for achat. Let us now have a detailed look at the building up of a typical Magickal temple. The size and dimensions are of little relevance as long as there is enough space to work in. Always allow for the fact that one day you may feel like having fellow Magickians inside your temple in order to work group rituals, The best place to put a temple is as far away from public view as possible, If you have visitors or friends staying, they may start asking awkward questions.

Cellars or attics are ideal, If this is not possible, then a spare bedroom will have to be used, Put a strong lock on the door as curiosity can often get the better of people and you will be surprised how attitudes can change when other people discover that you have these sorts of inter- ests.

Their minds—motivated by Dennis Wheatley and films like The Warlock—will get mote curious and then fear and superstition will step into the picture. You will need to invent some sort of cover story or you will need to exclude people from your home. After many years of personal experience, I have chosen the lat- ter. However, it is up to you to decide. Having found a spare room, clear everything out. If you need to decorate, then do so, There are no special col- ors. Simply decorate to taste, If the room has a window, you will have to find some way of covering this up, so that anyone outside cannot see what is going on.

What is a temple for? What are we going to use it for? The answer will dictate where everything goes. The temple is a place of work. It is a place where we find Peace from everyday life, where we can exert a Magickal influence, where we can learn about such things. You have four Walls, so each could represent an element. If you are lucky er ough to find that your chosen temple aligns to the mag- netic points of the compass, well and good.

Circumstances will often dictate choice. Pick a wall to represent east as this is the usual starting lace. The rest follow in the natural order of the compass. Now standing in the center of the temple with the eastern wall facing you, the southern wall is to your right, the western wall is behind you, and the northern wall is to your left.

These walls will be marked in some special way, so that you always know where you ate. The east represents the rising Sun at dawn and the season of Spring. It also represents the element of Air and the Magickal Sword. The western wall represents the setting Sun in the evening, the Au- tumn, and the element of Water and the Magickal Cup or Chalice, The north represents the starlit sky of midnight, the Winter, the element Harth and the Magick Shield or Pentacle.

The elemental colors are these: Air—yellow, Fire—red, Water—blue, and Earth—green. Later we will work these attributions into the temple. For now just bear in mind which of these wails represent these important points or quarters, as they are sometimes called.

Just like the laboratory, before we move in the benches and cupboards, we need to decide where we are going to put things for maximum use of space and efficiency. Also, remember that you are dealing with flammable items, such as oil lamps, candles, and hot charcoal.

You can have car- peting, but if you do, make sure you have a fire extin- guisher or at least a bucket of sand, just in case. Both carpets and oil lamps have one thing in common, they burn, With sensible precautions, a carpet is quite all right.

You could use floor tiles—the choice of color is entirely up to you. Remember, white tiles need a lot more cleaning than colored ones. So tiles or, if you can afford it, parquet flooring serve just as well. Having tried various formats over the years, have found that ordinary hardboard nailed directly to the floorboards produces a nice flat sur- face. It is not a fire hazard and does not cost a fortune. If you like, you can paint it with quick drying paint, or you can paint a floor design.

Again the choice of color is up to you, Now before you start painting Magick circles and an- gelic names on the floor, let me explain about such things. The idea of working in a circle is correct as you will see later, but the common practice of setting up a circle and clearing the place of working by various purifying and banishing rites is superstitious nonsense.

The idea is that you ought to chase away all undesirable influences and then stand protected in your Magick circle. What are these undesirable influences? They are supposed to be demons and elemental spirits. At first glance, this may appear quite logical; however, it is not. The real Magick circle lies in your mind and it certainly is not there to keep out demons and spirits.

The only un- desirable influence ever likely to invade your temple are the ones brought in by superstitious beliefs and by other people. Superstition should never be part of Magick as it will turn the whole process into a shambles. Likewise, keep other people out of the temple unless you either you can trust them or they are Magickally inclined in positive way. Magick is not a social get together or a 1obby.

It is a way of life. If you want a floor design, by all means have one, but use it to enhance the appearance of the temple. As this symbol will be the basis of your Magickal system, it is a very fitting floor design. The next thing we must consider is the altar. One of the more traditional designs is the double cube. How- ever, if you need a bigger area, say for Candle Magick, then any shape or size will do. It is all a matter of choice. A small cupboard is just as good and it has the advantage of having space to store things in, Altar cloths are always a good idea as they add color and tidy things up.

Again color is up to you and this largely depends on personal preference and the type of rit- ual that you are working. Here are some sug- gestions: you could cover the altar ina gold or yellow cloth to represent the central Sun and then use a smaller altar cloth to suit the ritual, such as blue for Jupiter or green for Venus.

Again, secondary cloths could be used for rituals. You do not have to go to this trouble, but any involvement in your temple is bound to Pay off, as you are projecting your personality into the room. You are making it an ex- tension of yourself. Try as many different ideas as you like; it will not do any harm, With altar cloths remember that you do not have ta purchase high quality silk or velvet, unless you feel like doing so, Ordinary cotton or similar cloths are just as good, They are as Magickal as you make them, However, do not allow Superstition to cloud your judgment, The placing of the altar causes Many arguments between dif- ferent practitioners when common sense ought to prevail.

Remember that the temple has to be functional. It is not a shrine to some god; it is a workroom. As always, it is a personal choice based on circumstances, It is best to have the altar in the center. This way you can face any direction, No matter what the dogmatics say, you do nat have to work toward the east. Generally you can work eastward in Spring then change to south in Summer, west in Autumn and finally north in Winter.

If you do not like the idea of a central altar, then place it on the wall of your choice, or move it around as suggested. The temple lights are the next step. Do not use electric light. Natural light from candles or oil lamps look much better and affords Opportunity for ritual work. First, have some form of illumination on or above the altar. This repre- sents the central light and is used to signify the inner power which you have; other temple lights ought to be lit from this flame.

You havea choice between candles and oil lamps. The latter are often more useful because you can get colored funnels and can control the flame light from low which is useful for meditation to high if you are reading a script. In addition to the all important central light, you should have four other lights to represent the quarters, Again, use lamps or candles—the choice is yours.

The quarter lamps are placed on shelves or stands inst the appropriate wall. They are used symbolically, Ee ally in Eberle and closing of the temple.

The more you pe in, the more you get out. The cost does not matter, but the in- ention does. If you have difficulty in getting colored on amps then use colored candles. It really is worth it an you are helping to build the correct associations. The next important items are pillars. We have talked briefly about color, an look at scent, a rcrelsno need to buy an expensive brass thurible or censer, Any metal dish will do, Fill this with sand and oe have the ideal incense burner.

Some are pure charcoal and others are quick-lighting. Igniting the pure charcoal is quite simple. Place it flaton the sand in the burner, add a small quantity of methyl alcohol, and then light it, When the flames die down, the charcoal will start to glow. The quick-lighting blocks merely need lighting with a match or taper, Take care as these things do tend to splutter. Once the block is lit, simply add a small quantity of incense and the perfume will soon fill the temple.

A word ought to be said about incense. There are many people who supply incense, but not many of these people know what they are doing. In Magick, any mixture of bits and pieces that only seems to be right will not necessarily work, and so it is with in- cense, Scents bring associations into the mind, so it is im- portant that you get the right associations.

In Magick you have to use the five senses; the mind and body react to these stimuli, There are traditional scents for all four elements, the planets, the zodiac and the spheres on the Tree of Life. In fact for any Magickal work, you need to use the right scent. It will promote the right associations and reactions.

The amount of work that goes into making incense is quite staggering. It is a job for ex- perts, Avoid using cheap readymade scents, The ideal place for your incense burner is in the south where the ele- ment Fire naturally belongs, It is a good idea to have some general incense that you can burn at regular intervals, just to keep the place smelling nice, or for peaceful meditations and deliberations of a general nature.

Evesham or Prinknash incense are very good for this. You can proba- bly buy these and charcoal blocks at your local church sup- ply shop. A useful alternative is joss sticks. Color and scent help create the right atmosphere it Magick so do use them. You will need other items in your temple. First, the lour weapons: these are the Sword, Rod, Cup and Shield.

At this stage there really is no need to buy or make these. For now it will suffice to say that the Sword and Cup inevitably have to be purchased, while the Rod and Shield need to be made.

There is not a great deal of ex- nse involved or laborious work. Having these weapons eventually a good idea, but leave the matter until later.

You are an ordinary human being outside; inside you are a Magickian, and it helps if you feel and look the part. You can compromise by having an alternative form of dress. Anything that helps you feel different should be used. Robes can be as elabo- fale or as simple as you like, but they should enhance the tual.

Many variations are possible. You can have a plain tebe—white or black. You do not need to have a different robe made specifically for every ritual. This would be very ex- nsive and totally unnecessary.

While on the subject of robes, we ought to mention the Wicean practice of working naked. You do not have to do this. Finally you ought to have some place in your temple where you can use a cassette recorder. The main use of sound reproduction in Magick is to provide you with sound effects and music. Rituals without music are very dull affairs. Modern mu- sic is not suitable, Make and keep an index of your music; head the card with the type of ritual or meditation for which you intend to use the music.

Having described the ideal temple and its basic equip- ment, we must consider those of you who have no space available. For you, think in terms of a temporary temple; any room is suitable and you do not have to move a lot of furniture around. You will need something you can use as an altar. The quarter lights and central light can be put away in a closet until you need them. Then just find a place to put them around the room when you are working, 50 you have points of reference for the all important quar- ters.

Do make certain that you are not going to be dis- turbed. Before the rite, lay everything out; and at the end, clear it away. Disguise it in some way, so that other people will not notice, You can use small wall brackets for lamps; these can be quickly converted to hold ornaments. Alter- natively you can make or purchase four stands on which you can place your quarter lights. Use a bit of ingenuity— there is always a solution to insufficient space.

In truth you do not need to have a temple. Eventually you will learn to do without such things and without any equipment. For the time being, do make every effort to find some place for your temple, since much in the way of ritual experience tan be lost.

If you cannot have the ideal, do not let this stop you. Make the best of existing circumstances. Eventually you will attain the ideal and you will learn by your experience, During many years of Magickal work, have had to get around many awkward situations, Quite often circumstances dictated how my temple had to func- tion, I was fortunate that my first temple was quite large, It was a converted spare bedroom situated upstairs, away from the view of people who came to the house.

My sec- ond temple by contrast was very stark; the altar was sand- wiched between a wardrobe and a dressing table. That was it—no floor design, no drapes, no useful brackets for thuribles, and so forth. At-the end of gach rite, everything had to be cleared away and put into a locked cupboard. The altar had to be disguised by putting ormaments on it, Certainly far from ideal, but it did work and Learned firsthand many things that 1 would not have learned otherwise.

I very rarely use a temple setup now. I carry my temple around in my mind. Before leave this subject, ought to describe my last situation, which seemed to be impossible. The only available space was a broom cupboard that mea- sured sixty-six inches long and thirty-three inches wide.

Inside this space managed to get a double cube, two six- foot high pillars, lamps, thurible, weapons, and a cassette recorder. On more than one oceasion two of us worked Magick rituals in there. You had to be very careful about the amount of incense you used.

On a hot summer day you really began to appreciate the values of nudity. How- ever, it was a challenge that was met and bettered, Life, aiid particularly Magickal work, are constant challenges.

Do not duck out—use your ingenuity; be enterprising and resourceful. Now let us have a look at the essential items. There is a mania at the present time for buying books on Magick and equipment. Usually nothing is ever done with these ar- ticles. They adorn shelves and temples and they are shown off to interested friends. Now let me make this clear—lam not saying you should not buy equipment and books. What are you reacting to? Su- perstition, not fact, Real Magick is within you and it is eas- ily found if you know where to look, Now, as far as equipment is concerned, you will actually need very little.

Every item must be there for a purpose. Avoid buying anything you can make yourself. There is a lot to be learned from these crafts and, of course, you are adding more to the general personal involvement. Apart from this, only buy those things that you really need and which you use to enhance your ritual work.

There is no point in. Instead, look around the junk shops or buy an ornamental one. They are bound to be cheaper and just as good. Wark on the Sword and personalize it, will tell you how later.

Finally, if you do havea temple, then do follow the ad- vice Lam giving you. Clear everything out and start again, looking at every item to see if it is of value. If you do not have a temple, start to think of ways you can make one, a5 you will need some quiet place in which to work undis- turbed.

King Solomon was reputed to have had a magnifi- cent temple, but then again he could afford it. It is a good idea to have a mental picture of an ideal temple. Move to- ward this, but do not try to do it ina week. Work within your present financial limit. You do not have to sacrifice to the Gods. They will not even notice, but your real-self will. In- volve yourself with your temple and inject your personal- ily inte it.

Make it yours! The Silent Center Within Those of you who are engaged in realistic Magickal work will find the practical work and advice that follow of enor- mous value. Not only will it give you peace of mind and help you to cope more easily with stress, but it will also form a valuable aid to inducing the right attitude of mind prior to ritual work.

Therefore the ability to begin Magickal work in a condition of peace ind tranquillity is bound to remove the problems of fear, doubt, uncertainty, and tension that often prevent suc- tess. The net result is stress, nervous tension, and emo- tional breakdown. As the problem increases, more and more people succumb to the misery and many give up al- together, or turn to hack remedies or modern medical tech- niques.

Apart from side effects and the fact that the individual comes to depend on these drugs, the principles used are quite wrong. Drugs treat symptoms; they do not treat causes—this is very important yet little realized, Now am not about to imply that you should abandon your medication or throw caution to the wind, Far from it. By using relaxation, you can learn how to man- age without these things, but this ts a gradual process as you will see. By practicing the techniques that you will be given shortly, ona regular basis, you will soon notice the benefits, and as you increase in strength and confidence, you will learn how to manage without artificial chemicals.

The sensible way to treat stress is by offering meaningful advice and un- derstanding. The answer is always very simple and natu- ral. We have been taught to accept everything that appears obvious as being absolute fact. Facts are created by our minds, This is the secret of Magickal work. What the mind can conceive it can achieve, The power of the mind is truly limitless—for better or for worse. Therefore it is very easy to create conditions of poverty, misery, bad luck and ill- ness, without being consciously aware you are doing it.

The conditioned reflexes we have each inherited from society are seen as facts, If you believe them to be true, you will, of course, react in a negative fashion. Stress, worry, depression, and anxiety are the result. It is just as easy to treate the opposite effect and, therefore, halt the cycle by simply changing your attitude of mind. Change your mind and you change your circumstances. Before any change an take place, it is necessary to discover peace and tran- quillity and then make this a habit.

From then on the road to recovery is open. The method [shall now describe will, if followed care- fully, result in tremendous changes in terms of health and peace of mind. So ask yourself this, do you really want a appy, peaceful life with the ability to cope easily? Or are you quite content to muddle along in a state of perpetual fonfusion, stress, and worry?

All ask is that you practice the relaxation exercise I will give youona regular basis. Do hot be put off, do not make excuses, and do not let any- ing or anybody get in the way of what is to beeyour own personal path to peace. Results are always proportionate to effort. You will enhance your life in ways you never thought possible. A bedroom is ideal.

Privacy is the key word. You can also inform people That you are not to be disturbed during relaxation sessions. Sitting is often the best way begin, but lying down gets far better results. The head may be lifted slightly, but that is all. This may sound counter pro- ductive. One would imagine that a hard floor would be very uncomfortable and distracting. The reverse is true. In- stead of being supported by a bed, the body is mildly un- comfortable.

To get around this, the body must relax even more, Try it for yourself—you will soon see that this is the case. Asa final point, it may seem crazy to lie on a bed of nails, but with the right training and attitude of mind, it is possible to relax very deeply into trance states with this method. The way that it works is quite simple: if you are uncomfortable you must relax even more to get around discomfort. The greater the discomfort the deeper the re- laxation, I do not advise you to try a bed of nails, but 1 cer- tainly endorse the use of a hard floor!

You are about to commence a period of relaxation in which you will learn to relax the whole of your body into a condition of peace, tranquillity, and calm, You will experi- ence peace and tranquillity that will stay with you throughout your daily life, providing you practice regu- larly. The more you practice, the more you will feel the benefits, as calm and poise become part of your life.

Preparing for Relaxation You are going to prepare for relaxation by putting your body into a pleasant state of rest and comfort, by turning your attention to the five extremities of your body, raising and lowering them to a position of rest, one at a time. Di- rect your attention to your right leg, raise it a few inches, hold for a moment, and allow it to sink to the floor and rest. Direct your attention to your left leg, raise it a few inches, hold, and allow it to sink to the floor and rest.

Now do the same with your right arm, raise it slowly, hold, al- low it to sink and rest. Now your left arm, raise, hold, let it Sink and rest, Finally we move to your head, raise it ighitly, hold and allow it to sink and rest.

Now you must late your breathing to. Breathe in, hold, breathe out, and so on, Continue to breathe slowly in and out for a while.

When your breathing is steady and felaxed, begin the gradual relaxation of your body. Feel them relaxing. Move your atten- jon to your thighs—these are large muscles. They are easy relax; allow them to do so, New turn your attention to he hips—let them relax and sink slowly downwards.

Feel them relax. Your legs and your feet will feel comfortably velaxed as they get heavier. Turn your attention to your ab- domen—feel the muscles relax; allow them to do this lowly and gently.

Let them sag and then become heavy. Relax into peace from your neck to your feet. Your upper arms relax and go limp. The whole of your body from neck to feet should be relaxed and comfortable. The muscles of your face are relaxing, Re- Jax your eyes under their own weight. Your forehead re- faxes and the back of your head relaxes deeply. Your entire body should be very relaxed. Continue to relax into peace- ful tranquillity. There is nothing else to do but rest, Your body will heal itself and your nervous system will be strengthened and you will acquire more energy day by day, as you practice this exercise.

Spend about fifteen minutes to half an hour relaxing; more if you wish. At conclusion return to nor- mal, carrying with you peace and tranquillity. This will stay with you and with practice will become part of your life, Move your head, lift your. Stretch and came back to normal. However, looking at this in sim- terms, there are two main areas of mental activity that are of interest to Magickal practitioners.

These are the con- scious and the subconscious mind. Using these stim- , the consciousness rationalizes and establishes so- called facts, These facts are then passed on to the subconscious mind which in turn acts on the information.

Remember the picture: the conscious mind establishes facts; the subconscious mind acts on this information and yets things done. Before moving on to the unlimited power of the sub- conscious mind, we ought to spend some time looking at hat are called facts. Since your birth, much of what you «now has been given to you by someone else—your par- ents, your teachers, society, television, and so on, You iwve been given facts and your subconscious mind has on acting on these facts ever since.

From now on you st question these facts to see if they are indeed true, or More important, if they are true for you. Apply this to yourself: you were brought up by parents who had specific views and you were educated by a system that was too big to resist, So you just accepted these ideas as a necessary part of growing up, whether you liked them or not. Religious viewpoints were forced into your mind, often by people who never even thought about the implications. Religious ideals still in this day and age control everyday life.

You do not think so? Take a deeper look at society. You will see it follows the traditional line of acceptance. Even if you are not a Christian, as 1am not, you still have to conform to Christian ideas and dogma, There are now millions of laws that prop up the original Ten Commandments. There are still many things that you cannot do on a Sunday and if you go into a court, you are expected to swear on the Christian bible and so on. There is not only religious inter- ference in the way our forebears thought.

There are many misconceptions as well. Not long ago, it was emphatically stated that humans would never fly. Luckily Orville and Wilbur Wright did not take much notice of this. Neither did Neil Armstrong, who walked on the Moon, Scientists also categorically stated that if humans traveled at speeds in excess of 60 m. You probably find this amusing now, but these individuals were experts at the time.

They taught people; they were leading lights. That was some time ago—now we know better, or do we? Has anything really changed? No, it has not! Little onder that most people are unhappy, unfulfilled, seri- ously ill, or desperate for happiness, People live in an un- y, confusing society that has no direction. Think about it! Do 1 see how everything in life is explained quite clearly— he power of the mind is unlimited, The mind takes in im- pressions and then acts on these to produce physical facts.

There Wino known fact that cannot be transcended. All that ands in the way is belief in that fact. If you change your Wliefs, you can alter the facts. It is that simple. It is a fact atif you stick a skewer through your neck you will feel lense pain. You will bleed and may even die. Yet with own eyes I have seen this done.

No blood, no pain, iid when the skewer was removed, no scar. Was it a trick or sleight of hand? Perhaps a Io trly designed skewer? No, it was all real.

The same an invited someone to break up a glass bottle with a jammer, the pieces were placed in his mouth, and they Were then chewed and swallowed with no ill effects. A fa- j0us stage hypnotist put himself into a trance and hanged jiwelf in front of an audience. After some time, he was Wi down and remained unharmed.

The facts for these people have been changed. The list of impossible events is never ending, and cannot be explained by rational thinking. There are public demonstrations of fire walking, in which people walk barefooted over red-hot coal and emerge un- scathed, without so much as a blister.

The facts have been defied, How? By using the incredible power of the subcon- scious mind. Most of these phenomena are induced through hypnosis, but before you rush out and buy a book on the subject, let us look at some other aspects of mind control.

It is generally accepted that the way to get things done is by gritting your teeth and exerting willpower. Nothing could be further from the truth, Trying to achieve results in this way is almost certain to produce stram. There has to be something better and there is. In other words, they convince themselves that they can win. Notice that this is done quietly, usually in solitude and peace, Peace and power, quiet thought— more energy.

It is calmness that produces champions; thought—then action. Ideas are put into the mind and the mind comes up with the energy, Of course, physical train- ing is necessary to accomplish these feats, but can anyone explain how a perfectly normal woman picked up a two- ton car to free her son trapped underneath? On instinct she called on pure power. If she had thought about this, the facts would have got in the way.

She used non-think- ing. She used the power of belief. Athletes use selective thinking. They reject facts and self-limiting ideas and choose constructive ideas, which they then accept or be- lieve. The way to subconscious power is by selective think- ing—choosing the ideas you want and rejecting the so-called facts. Sometimes this is a slow and deliberate process; other times it is spontaneous.

The subject is placed in a trance-like state in which the conscious mind is quietened, Suggestions are made directly to the subcon- scious mind, and these are then made to work quite easily and naturally, To study Magick, there is no need to adopt hypnotic techniques, unless you feel that you wish to ex- plore the subject in its own right.

Notice the technique that is used: relax, quiet the conscious mind, then alter the thinking to get the required results—peace and power working together to get results. So often you hear this in life yet few see its important message. The same idea is seen in Buddhism or in lrance states.

Granted little seems to be achieved by these ieas, other than a tranquil nature, Peace, poverty, and Niordship have been grouped together because of lack of derstanding. In order to still the mind, we have to apply f-discipline. We have to exercise control, Sometimes this done to excess for the wrong reasons, then the teaching i passed on for others to believe without question. This does not mean that path was completely valid for others who followed.

If tan chooses to throw away the trappings of princes to peace in nature, so be it. This helps us to better perspective on things. Poverty, starvation, and ervience to the gods are, however, inexcusable.

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