Today (or Tonight depending where you are), I read Liber III vel Jugorum as a part of my daily practice and journal going down the line of Libers in the A∴A∴ curriculum. We will take the teachings provided in this book in mind for any and all future endeavors when the necessity arises. Being an extremely useful treatise it is placed in the beginning stages of the Work because the Mind is the most important weapon of the Mage.
Liber III vel Jugorum
0.
0. Behold the Yoke upon the neck of the
Oxen! Is it not thereby that the Field shall be ploughed?
The Yoke is heavy, but joineth together them that are
separate — Glory to Nuit and to Hadit, and to Him that
hath given us the Symbol of the Rosy Cross!
Glory unto the Lord of the Word
Abrahadabra, and Glory unto Him that hath given us the
Symbol of the Ankh, and of the Cross within the Circle!
1. Three are the Beasts wherewith thou
must plough the Field; the Unicorn, the Horse, and the
Ox. And these shalt thou yoke in a triple yoke that is
governed by One Whip.
2. Now these Beasts run wildly upon the
earths and are not easily obedient to the Man.
3. Nothing shall be said here of
Cerberus, the great Beast of Hell that is every one of
these and all of these, even as Athanasius hath
foreshadowed. For this matter1 is
not of Tiphereth without, but Tiphereth within.
I.
0. The Unicorn is speech. Man, rule thy
Speech! How else shalt thou master the Son, and answer
the Magician at the right hand gateway of the Crown?
1. Here are practices. Each may last
for a week or more.
(a) Avoid using some common word,
such as "and" or "the" or
"but"; use a paraphrase.(b) Avoid using some letter of the alphabet, such as "t", or "s". or "m"; use a paraphrase.
(c) Avoid using the pronouns and adjectives of the first person; use a paraphrase.
Of thine own ingenium devise others.
2 . On each occasion that thou art
betrayed into saying that thou art sworn to avoid, cut
thyself sharply upon the writs or forearm with a razor;
even as thou shouldst beat a disobedient dog. Feareth not
the Unicorn the claws and teeth of the Lion?
3. Thine arm then serveth thee both for
a warning and for a record. Thou shalt write down thy
daily progress in these practices, until thou art
perfectly vigilant at all times over the least word that
slippeth from thy tongue.
Thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be
for ever free.II.
0. The Horse is Action. Man, rule thine
Action. How else shalt thou master the Father, and answer
the Fool at the Left Hand Gateway of the Crown?
1. Here are practices. Each may last
for a week, or more.
(a) Avoiding lifting the left arm above the waist.
(b) Avoid crossing the legs.
Of thine own ingenium devise others.
2. On each occasion that thou art betrayed into doing
that thou art sworn to avoid, cut thyself sharply upon
the wrist or forearm with a razor; even as thou shouldst
beat a disobedient dog. Feareth not the Horse the teeth
of the Camel?
3. Thine arm then serveth thee both for
a warning and for a record. Thou shalt write down thy
daily progress in these practices, until thou art
perfectly vigilant at all times over the least action
that slippeth from the least of thy fingers.
Thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be
for ever free.III.
0. The Ox is Thought. Man, rule thy
Thought! How else shalt thou master the Holy Spirit, and
answer the High Priestess in the Middle Gateway of the
Crown?
1. Here are practices. Each may last
for a week or more.
(a) Avoid thinking of a definite
subject and all things connected with it, and let that
subject be one which commonly occupies much of thy
thought, being frequently stimulated by sense-perceptions
or the conversation of others.(b) By some device, such as the changing of thy ring from one finger to another, create in thyself two personalities, the thoughts of one being within entirely different limits from that of the other, the common ground being the necessities of life.2
Of thine own Ingenium devise others.
2. On each occasion that thou art
betrayed into thinking that thou art sworn to avoid, cut
thyself sharply upon the wrist or forearm with a razor;
even as thou shouldst beat a disobedient dog. Feareth not
the Ox the Goad of the Ploughman?
3. Thine arm then serveth thee both for
a warning and for a record. Thou shalt write down thy
daily progress in these practices, until thou art
perfectly vigilant at all times over the least thought
that ariseth in thy brain.
Thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be
for ever free.
1. (i.e. the matter
of Cereberus).
2. For instance, let A be a man of strong passions, skilled in the Holy Qabalah, a vegetarian, and a keen "reactionary" politician. Let B be a bloodless and ascetic thinker, occupied with business and family cares, an eater of meat, and a keen progressive politician. Let no thought proper to "A" arise when the ring is on the "B" finger, and vice versa.
2. For instance, let A be a man of strong passions, skilled in the Holy Qabalah, a vegetarian, and a keen "reactionary" politician. Let B be a bloodless and ascetic thinker, occupied with business and family cares, an eater of meat, and a keen progressive politician. Let no thought proper to "A" arise when the ring is on the "B" finger, and vice versa.
ARATRUM SECURUM
Comment
"Existence, as we know it, is full of sorrow", (see Liber ABA, beginning next) - Sabbe pi Dukkam, All is Dukkha. The formula of Existence, known as the Key of it All, is expressed in all the infinite numbers which are keys to the power that is also infinite. However, the number particularly attributed to Man and given as a Key for his Understanding so that he may overcome these SORROWS is 666 which is also that of the Power of the Sun, as well as the force and knowledge of the SUM (Mem final, 600) of all progress known as THE EVOLUTION from THE ONE CENTRAL POINT (known as the 'BANG POINT') from which THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE UNIVERSE perceived itself through, as and by Light. THE FREEMASON GOD OF LIGHT known as The Grand Architect or COSMIC FRACTAL INTELLIGENCE, veiled under 666 (SECRET MASONIC QABALAH) is simply THE MAGICKAL LIGHT BODY. It is through the MAGUS' RITUALS that this Light is generated, but it must first be given an adequate vessel through THE PHYSICAL EXERCISES accordingly needed, and then the INITIATE'S DISCIPLINE shall be focused on rightly directing that force in a pointed and focused manner as if it were to become THE ONE CENTRAL POINT around which all else revolves. Again, as THE CIRCLE 666 represents THE INITIATE'S PROCESS as well as the Evolutionary Process of All - If thy Will be God's Will then Thou Art That.
"Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains." -AL.II.9
"Hear me, ye people of sighing! The sorrows of pain and
Are left to the dead and the dying,The folk that not know me as yet." -AL.II.17
"Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest are of us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us." -AL.II.19
"There is a veil: that veil is black. It is the veil of the modest woman; it is the veil of sorrow, & the pall of death: this is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your vices in virtuous words: these vices are my service; ye do well, & I will reward you here and hereafter." -AL.II.52
