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.Loyalty is rare in the current world, and those who have it learn how to break the fettersof the untrue world.Lastly seek out examples in the Temple of Set among all degrees.(6) ShockWe always have what we need for what we need to do, but we are almost alwaysasleep to this fact.A  shock is a something from the outside, from either a non-consciousor a fully conscious source, that causes you to put together two disparate elements withinyourself into a new synthesis.An example of a shock would be encountering a professor in graduate school who toldyou he was going to grade you by a tougher standard than the average student, becauseyou were better than the average student.At first you would simply hate his guts.Butthen, if you are noble, you would realize that [he realizes that] you are better and that ifyou work harder you can get farther.Consequently you work harder and do get farther.One cannot seek out shocks, since they are surprises, but one deals with them bydisplacement of one s emotional aspect.This is difficult work.In a conventional religion one does not give shocks, because it is feared that themember will leave and the donations will dry up.In the Temple of Set we know that theweak-willed will fail anyway, and those who remain turn loyal because they got goodinformation at the right time.Members of the Priesthood III° are rather good at giving shocks, because they havereceived them.The III° and the V° are shocks delivered by Set to the system.(7) MemoryWe all have  good and  bad days, but because of our filtering process we seldomthink about the overwhelming significance of this fact.The significance is that we all havememories of feeling stronger, acting better, thinking more clearly, and being more magical.These  peak experiences serve two functions.One, they tend to change our coursefor the better without much effort on our part.Two, they are experiential proof that at anygiven moment we can be better.We can strive to return to excellence and make it a permanent rather than a fleetingstate.This is turning Fichte s dictum of  Become what you are! up a notch to  Becomewhat you were! This is the bedrock of Xeper.You know that you can be better becauseyou have been better.This is not something gained from a book, nor from a teacher, nor from Set - but fromyour own experience.Understanding this truth is an entirely personal affair, but from itsprings the motivation to do all things.If you have a great day/night, it is important tothink about it, visualize it, consider what you heard before going to sleep.It is even a goodidea to thank your emerging godhood for the good day, much as a conventional religionistmight thank his god.This helps focus your memory on states to which you wish to return.A note on the types: Most of these things don t occur in some pure form, but aremixed and interrelated - partially under the conscious control of your intellect, partially up- 18 -to  chance - that is to say your or another s magic.Learning to use them, however, isentirely under your increasing control._______________Essay Four: MagicBy this time you have discovered a secret about the Crystal Tablet and about this essayin particular.We have a tendency to repeat important points in different ways.In additionto the vast amount of surface material, there are also semi-concealed threads which youfind as you read the material and mix it with your self-observation, interactions with otherSetians, and most importantly your own experience.This section has an essay by Magister Michael Kelly on magic, two models of Setianmagic, and two sample rites.___________________Magic, Not Occultism- by Michael Kelly IV°Paradoxically, it is probably much more difficult for people who are already steeped in occult knowledge to acclimate themselves to the philosophies and technologies of theTemple of Set than it is for those who come to us with no prior esoteric knowledge.This isbecause the occultist tends to carry around huge quantities of excess baggage, beliefs, andsuppositions that have been accepted into his worldview without question, simply becausethey are ranked among the ideas that occultists currently find it trendy to believe.The Setian needs to discard such baggage, to exercise a far more analytical and criticalintelligence.Esoteric principles are difficult enough to isolate as it is without clutteringthem with garbage for no better reason than that such garbage has always been associatedwith them in the past.New Setians should read Magister Menschel s essay included in the Crystal Tabletreferring to Recognition to the Adepthood very carefully indeed, but should also note thecentral principle of that essay, namely that all II° Recognitions are based around theobservable exercise of a single faculty: Xeper [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]