The Theorems of Magick

The Definition, Postulate and 28 Theorems of Magick listed below were
stated by Aleister Crowley. They apply to all branches of Magick,
including Enochian Magick.

Definition; Magick is the science and art of causing change to accur
in conformity with will.

Postulate; Any required change may be effected by the application of
the proper kind of force in the proper manner through the proper
medium to the proper object.

Theorems

1). Every intentional act is a magical act.

2). Every successful act has conformed to the postulate.

3). Every failure proves that one or more requirements of the
postulate have not been fulfilled.

4). The first requisite for causing any change is thorough
qualitative and quantitative understanding of the conditions.

5). The second requisite of causing any change is the practical
ability to set in right motion the necessary forces.

6). Every person is a star.

7). Every person has a course, depending partly on self, and partly
on the environment which is natural and necessary for each. Anyone
who is forced from his/her own course, either through not
understanding him/herself, or through external oppositon, comes into
conflict with the order of the universe, and suffers accordingly.

8). A man/woman whose conscious will is at odds with his/her True
Will is wasting his/her strenght. He/She cannot hope to influence
his environment efficiently.

9). A man/woman who is doing his/her True Will has the inertia of the
universe to assist him/her.

10). Nature is a continuous phenomenon, though we do not know in all
cases how things are connected.

11). Science enables us to take advantage of the continuity of nature
by the empirical application of certain principles whose interplay
involves different orders of ideas connected with each other in a way
beyond our present comprehension.

12). Man/Woman is ignorent of the nature of his/her own being and
powers. Even his/her idea of self limitations is based on experience
of the past, and every step in self progress extends on his/her
empire. There is, therefore, no reason to assign theoretical limits
to what he/she may be, or to what he/she may do.

13). Every man/woman is more or less aware that self individuality
comprises several orders of existence, even when he/she maintains
that his/her subtler principles are merely symptomatic of the changes
in his/her gross vehicle. A similar order may be assumed to extend
throughout nature.

14). Man/Woman is capable of being, and using, anything which he/she
perceives, for everything that he/she perceives is in a certain sense
a part of his/her own being. He/She may subjugate the whole universe
of which he/she is conscious to his/her individual will.

15). Every force in the universe is capable of being transformed into
any other kind of force by using suitable means. There is thus an
inexhaustible supply of any particular kind of force that we may need.

16). The application of any given force affects all the orders of
being which exist in the object to which it is applied, whichever of
these orders is directly affected.

17). A man/woman may learn to use any force so as to serve any
purpose, by taking advantage of the above theorems.

18). He/She may attract to him/herself any force in the universe by
making him/herself a fit receptacle for it, establishing a connection
with it, and arranging conditions so that its nature compels it to
flow towards him/her.

19). Man/Woman's sense of self as separate from, and opposed to, the
universe is a bar to his/her conducting currents. It insulates
him/her.

20). Man/Woman can only attract and employ the forces for which
he/she is fitted.

21). There is no limit to the extent of the relations of any
man/woman with the universe in essence; for as soon as man/woman
makes him/herself one with any idea the means of measurement cease to
exist. But his/her power to utilize that force is limited by self
mental power and capacity, and by the circumstances of his/her human
environment.

22). Every individual is essentially sufficient to oneself. But
he/she is unsatisfactory to him/herself until he/she has established
him/herself in his/her right relation with the universe.

23). Magick is the science of understanding oneself and one's
condition. It is the art of applying that understanding in action.

24). Every man/woman has an inalienable right to be what he/she is.

25). Every man/woman must do Magick each time that he/she acts or
even thinks, since a thought is an internal act whose influence
ultimately affects motion, though it may not do so at the time.

26). Every man/woman has a right, the right of self-preservation, to
fulfill him/herself to the utmost.

27). Every man/woman should make Magick the keynote of his/her life.
He/She should learn its laws and live by them.

28). Every man/woman has a right to fulfill his/her own will without
fear that it may interfere with that of others; for if he/she is in
his/her proper place, it is the fault of others if they interfere
with him/her.