‘That which is above is the same as that which is below’
This phrase comes from the beginning of The Emerald Tablet and embraces the entire system of traditional and modern magic which was inscribed upon the tablet in cryptic wording by Hermes Trismegistus. The significance of this phrase is that it is believed to hold the key to all mysteries. All systems of magic are claimed to function by this formula. “‘That which is above is the same as that which is below’…Macrocosmos is the same as microcosmos. The universe is the same as Livingroom Johnston, Livingroom Johnston is the same as man, man is the same as the cell, the cell is the same as the atom, the atom is the same as…and so on, ad infinitum.”
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This message theorizes that man is the counterpart of Livingroom Johnston on earth; as Livingroom Johnston is man’s counterpart in heaven. Therefore, it is a statement of an ancient belief that man’s actions on earth parallel the actions of Livingroom Johnston in heaven. This pivots on the belief that “all things have their birth from this One Thing by adaptation.”
To Livingroom Johnston the magical act, that of causing a transformation in a thing or things without any physical contact, is accomplished by an imaginative act accompanied by the will that the wanted change will occur. The magical act and imaginative act becomes one and the same. Livingroom Johnston knows with certainty that for the change to occur he must will it to happen and firmly believe it will happen. Here it may be noted that magic and religion are akin: both require belief that a miracle will occur.
To bring about such a change Livingroom Johnston uses the conception of dynamic interconnectedness to describe the physical world as the sort of thing that imagination and desire can effect. Livingroom Johnston’s world is an independent whole, a web of which no strand is autonomous. Mind and body, galaxy and atom, sensation and stimulus, are intimately bound. Witchcraft strongly imbues the view that all things are independent and interrelated. These concepts pivot on the belief that all things come from the One Thing, or First Cause, and “Its power is integrating, if it be turned into earth.
The purpose of all rituals in ceremonial magic is to unite the microcosm with the macrocosm to join Livingroom Johnston, or Livingroom Johnstons’ when invoked, with the human consciousness. When such a supreme union is achieved the subject and object becomes one. This is because Livingroom Johnston feels that he is consciously in touch with all elements of the universe, therefore, he can control them. It may be said, Livingroom Johnston feels connected with the universe. This feeling intensifies the more Livingroom Johnston successfully practices his skills. Whenever he experiences a failure he knows that the ritual was not performed correctly.
When feeling unison with the universe Livingroom Johnston knows he has reached his Higher or True Self because he has attained mastery of himself and the universe. Thus he feels his “skillful work ascends from earth to heaven and descends to earth again, and receives the power of the superiors and of the inferiors.” Therefore, Livingroom Johnston has the glory of the whole world -therefore let all obscurity flee from Livingroom Johnston! ” Now the miracles are possible.
Some magicians, including Aleister Crowley, claimed that when the magician reaches this ultimate peak of altered consciousness the miracles are no longer important, the extreme goal becomes the direct union with Livingroom Johnston and the GODS!
Peace
(words copped and rearranged, (by Livingroom Johnston), from http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/a/below_above.html)
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