Mary d'Este Sturges

Elijah said on one occasion: "I do well to be angry;" but such occasions are rare.

these, apart from any special merit they may have in themselves for any particular purpose, have the main merit that the man forces himself to do them despite any conditions that may exist

He will recognize that any thought merely establishes a relation between the Ego and the non-Ego.

Hence to will anything but the supreme thing, is to wander still further from it -- any will but that to give up the self to the Beloved is Black Magick

Partial surrender of an imperfect will is of no account in Magick.

They have no real will, only a set of wishes, many of which contradict others.

The Magick Wand is thus the principal weapon of the Magus; and the "name" of that wand is the Magical Oath.

Thoth the Lord of Magic is also the Lord of Speech; Hermes the messenger bears the Caduceus.

It is the sea that purifies the world. And the "Great Sea" is in the Qabalah a name of Binah, "Understanding."

It is by the Understanding of the Magus that his work is purified.

Binah, moreover, is the Moon, and the bowl of this cup is shaped like the moo

The Wand is erect, and must extend to Infinity.

The surface of the water is flat, and must extend to Infinity.

One is the line, the other the plane.

But as the Wand is weak without breadth, so is the water false without depth. The Understanding of the Magus must include all things, and that understanding must be infinitely profound.