Magick

There is no limit to what theologians call "wickedness." Only by experience can the student discover the ingenuity of the mind in trying to escape from control.

Understanding is the structuralization of knowledge

And unfortunately the ego-idea, which is the real snake, can throw itself into a multitude of forms, each clothed in the most brilliant dress. Thus the devil is said to be able to disguise himself as an angel of light

The destruction of the Perceptions, either the grosser or the subtler, appears much easier, because the mind not being moved, is free to remember its control

If there is one emotion which is never useful, it is pride; for this reason, that it is bound up entirely with the Ego..

he worst of all is of course the ego, which is almost omnipresent and almost irresistible, although so deeply-seated that in normal thought one may not always be aware of it

to avoid.
Just as the eyelid unconsciously closes when the eye is threatened, so must he build up in consciousness this power of inhibition until it sinks below consciousness, adding to his store of automatic force, so that he is free to devote his conscious energy to a yet higher task.

All without does not exist for you.

He no longer wanders about aimlessly in the world.

This shape is the Vesica Piscis; but it is only the greatest of the Magicians who can thus fashion the Temple.