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THE TREE OF LIFE 249
consistency and a continuity which will disclose to the right people
in a quite accurate manner the processes of its technique.
The Mass of the Holy Ghost ! Thus is this particular technique
named. It is unique in the whole of Magic, for therein are
comprehended almost every known form of Theurgic procedure.
Simultaneously, it is the quintessence and the synthesis of them all.
Among other things it concerns the Magic of Talismans. By this
method a living spiritual force is bound into a specific telesmatic
substance. Not dead or inert is this telesmata as obtains in the
customary ceremonial talismanic evocation ; but it is one at once
vibrant, dynamic, and containing in germ and potentiality the
possibility of all growth and development. In a very special way,
it concerns moreover the formula of the Holy Grail. A golden
Chalice of spiritual grace is employed, into which the very essence
and life-blood of the Theurgist must be poured for the redemption
not of his own soul but that thereby all mankind might be saved.
The Eucharist too is implicit, and the Chalice is used as the communion
cup, the hallowed contents of which-thaumaturgic and
iridescent ; the sacramental wine, in short-must be dedicated and
consecrated to the service of the Most High. The Oblation to be
consumed with the Eucharistic wine is, by this interpretation, the
secret essence of both the intoxicated Magician and the supreme
God whom he has invoked. In this method also is imputed to a very
large degree the alchemical technique, inasmuch as it concerns for
the most part the production of the potable Gold, the Stone of the
Philosophers, and the Elixir of Life which is Amrita, the Dew
of Immortality.
Above all should the reader retain in mind the philosophical
formula of the Tetragrammaton which is the method of this Mass.
This demonstrates the necessity for a practical acquaintance with
the numerical principles of the Holy Qabalah, for the more knowledge
one possesses and has systematically classified under the index
system of the Tree of Life, the more meaning and significance
attaches itself to the Tetragrammaton formula. In the chapter
sketching the magical theory of the universe the general implications
of the sacred Name were briefly explained in those connections.
These ideas should be thoroughly assimilated in relation to the Tree.
With that understanding the reader should apply his powers to the
symbolic scheme which now follows.
Illustrating one chapter-head in Franz Hartman's Secret Sylnbols