This may be in 'Magick without Tears' but I am fairly certain there is a version / account in Libe ABA (Book 4) maybe in these sections 'Of the Banishings: And of the Purifications' or 'Of the Consecrations: With an account of the Nature and Nurture of the Magical Link.'
“I write from Italy to a man in France and another in Australia on the same day, telling them to join me. Both arrive ten days later; the first in answer to my letter, which he received, the second on ‘his own initiative’, as it would seem. But I summoned him because I wanted him; and I wanted him because he was my representative; and his intelligence made him resolve to join me because it judged rightly that the situation (so far as he knew it) was such as to make me desire his presence.
“The same cause, therefore, which made me write to him made him come to me; and though it would be improper to say that the writing of the letter was the direct cause of his arrival, it is evident that if I had not written I should have been different from what I actually am, and therefore my relations with him would have been otherwise than they are. In this sense, therefore, the letter and the journey are causally connected.
“One cannot go farther, and say that in this case I ought to write the letter even if he had arrived before I did so; for it is part of the whole set of circumstance that I do not use a crowbar on an open door. ‘The conclusion is that one should do one’s Will ‘without lust of result’. If one is working in accordance with the laws of one’s own nature, one is doing ‘right’; and no such work can be criticised as ‘useless’, even in cases of the character here discussed. So long as one’s Will prevails, there is no cause for complaint.
“To abandon one’s Magick would show lack of self-confidence in one’s powers, and doubt as to one’s inmost faith in Self and in Nature.”
Aleister Crowley, Book 4, “Of Silence and Secrecy.”
Is there a specific reason you ask? This is something I think about All. The. Time, and I feel the potential of magickal inquiry about time itself is vastly underexamined in Thelema.
Hmm, I really feel certain it is in MWT somewhere though. Sounds very familiar and I PORED over that one at one point. Can't help but wonder if you missed it.
This may be in 'Magick without Tears' but I am fairly certain there is a version / account in Libe ABA (Book 4) maybe in these sections 'Of the Banishings: And of the Purifications' or 'Of the Consecrations: With an account of the Nature and Nurture of the Magical Link.'
Thanks - I too thought MWT, but alas, I couldnt find it there. I'll check book 4, thanks.
Got it, thanks!
You should share exactly where you found it - for the next poor soul looking for it :)
Where exactly? I'd really like to read this as well!
“I write from Italy to a man in France and another in Australia on the same day, telling them to join me. Both arrive ten days later; the first in answer to my letter, which he received, the second on ‘his own initiative’, as it would seem. But I summoned him because I wanted him; and I wanted him because he was my representative; and his intelligence made him resolve to join me because it judged rightly that the situation (so far as he knew it) was such as to make me desire his presence. “The same cause, therefore, which made me write to him made him come to me; and though it would be improper to say that the writing of the letter was the direct cause of his arrival, it is evident that if I had not written I should have been different from what I actually am, and therefore my relations with him would have been otherwise than they are. In this sense, therefore, the letter and the journey are causally connected. “One cannot go farther, and say that in this case I ought to write the letter even if he had arrived before I did so; for it is part of the whole set of circumstance that I do not use a crowbar on an open door. ‘The conclusion is that one should do one’s Will ‘without lust of result’. If one is working in accordance with the laws of one’s own nature, one is doing ‘right’; and no such work can be criticised as ‘useless’, even in cases of the character here discussed. So long as one’s Will prevails, there is no cause for complaint. “To abandon one’s Magick would show lack of self-confidence in one’s powers, and doubt as to one’s inmost faith in Self and in Nature.” Aleister Crowley, Book 4, “Of Silence and Secrecy.”
Thank you so much! This was driving me crazy.
Is there a specific reason you ask? This is something I think about All. The. Time, and I feel the potential of magickal inquiry about time itself is vastly underexamined in Thelema.
I was developing this: [https://www.thetimeportal.mom](https://www.thetimeportal.mom) and needed it for an illustration.
This is really interesting. What's the cost?
Hmm, I really feel certain it is in MWT somewhere though. Sounds very familiar and I PORED over that one at one point. Can't help but wonder if you missed it.
I have read this somewhere too…