Anthony Testa - The Key of the Abyss.pdf

is for the soul to attempt to flee from these beings in stark, screaming,
blood-curdled terror; but if he does, all is lost. ..he is told to awaken to
the fact that all these fearsome creatures are not real, but are merely
illusions emanating from his own mind. If he can recognize this, they
will vanish and he will be liberated. If he can't, he eventually wanders
down to the third bardo. 245 The Key is the recognition of what is real
and what is illusory and the rejection of fear.
This Way, is not an easy one, however, particularly in the West where
the illusion of the phenomenal world has been elevated to the position
of Truth. We may see in Parsons a seeker on this Path, recalling what
he wrote; "...because of this mystery BABALON is incarnate upon the
earth today, awaiting the proper hour for Her manifestation. And this
my book, that is dedicated to Her, is preparation and a portent for that
time. And in that day my work will be accomplished, and I shall be
blown away upon the Breath of a Father, even as it is prophesied. And
thus I labour lonely and outcast and abominable, an he-goat upon the
muck heaps of the world. Yet I am content with my lot, since though I
am clothed with barncloth, yet shall I come in power and purple, for of
this also am I contemptuous. Yea, I am. 246
Magick is a dangerous business, though not as the Ego-self would
have it – a danger of damnation – but the possibility that one may “call
up what you cannot put down” 247 . In perhaps the last letter he wrote,
Parsons said; No doubt you will be delighted to hear from an adept
who has undertaken the operation of his H.G.A. in accord with our
traditions.
245 http://www.near-death.com/experiences/buddhism01.html
246 Beloved of Babalon http://www.skeptictank.org/belovob.htm
247 This is a phrase from Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, in which a letter from
a necromancer discusses the dangers of being unable to control the forces one may contact.
This is certainly a subject relevant to the subject of this study and, additionally is from one of
Lovecraft’s more successful stories. The quote from the book is:
say to you againe, doe not call up Any that you can not put downe; by the Which I meane, Any
that can in Turne call up Somewhat against you, whereby your Powerfullest Devices may not
be of use. Ask of the Lesser, lest the Greater shal not wish to Answer, and shal commande
more than you.
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