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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Saturday, 10 March 1900
[See Preparation for the Operation of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage for background information.]
I awoke tranquil and spiritually happy, but with a bad headache. So that in the morning I could do but little. Yet I walked in my garden before lunch, and after I made a telesma Kerub of Jupiter which cured me.
I began a telesmatic image of
I now purpose to read ceremonially the 7 penitential psalms having invoked the Lord of the Universe and the dwellers of the Elements to mine aid and witness. This will best be done at the end of the fast. But the Psalms may be read and studied even now.
Let me formulate the Obligation of the Operation.
I, P[erdurabo] in the presence of the Lord of the Universe, and of all Powers Divine and Angelic, do spiritually bind myself, even as I am now physically bound unto the cross of suffering:
1. To unite my consciousness with the divine, as I may be permitted and aided by the Gods Who live for ever; the Aeons of Infinite years, that, being lost in the Limitless Light, it may find Itself: to the Regeneration of the Race, either of man or as the Will of God shall be. And I submit myself utterly to the Will Divine.
2. To follow out with courage, modesty, loving kindness, and perseverance the course prescribed by Abramelin the Mage; as far as in me lies, unto the attainment of this end.
3. To despise utterly the things and the opinions of this world lest they hinder me in doing this.
4. To use my powers only to the Spiritual Well-being of all with whom I may be brought in contact.
5. To give no place to evil: and to make eternal war against the Forces of Evil: until even they be redeemed unto the Light.
6. To harmonize my own spirit that so Equilibrium may lead me to the East and that my Human Consciousness shall allow no usurpation of its rule by the Automatic.
7. To conquer the temptations.
8. To banish the illusions.
9. To put my whole trust in the Only and Omnipotent Lord God: as it is written "Blessed are they that put their trust in Him."
10. To uplift the Cross of Sacrifice and Suffering: and to cause my Light to shine before men that they may glorify my Father which is in Heaven.[1]
Furthermore: I most solemnly promise and swear: to acquire this Holy Science in the manner prescribed in the Book of Abramelin, without omitting the least imaginable thing of their contents: not to gloss or comment in any way on that which may be or may not be; not to use this Sacred Science to offend the Great God, nor to work ill unto my neighbor: to communicate it to no living person, unless by long practice and conversation I shall know him thoroughly, well examining whether such an one really intendeth to work for the Good or for the Evil. I will punctually observe, in granting it, the same fashion which was used by Abramelin to Abraham. Otherwise, let him who receiveth it draw no fruit therefrom. I will keep myself as from a Scorpion from selling this Science. Let this Science remain in me and in my generation as long as it shall please the Most High.[2]
All these points I generally and severally swear to observe under the awful penalty of the displeasure of God, and of Him to Whose Knowledge and Conversation I do most ardently aspire.
So help me the Lord of the Universe, and my own Higher Soul!
1—The reader will note that this is a sort of personal adaptation of the 5º=6o obligation.—A.C. 2—This latter portion of the obligation is taken from the Oath which Abra-Melin imposed on his pupil Abraham—A.C. 3—Some of the above phrases are prescribed by Abra-Melin itself; others are adapted from my 5º=6o documents—A.C.
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and read
of the Psalms of David until I found the Seven. I read also