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| '''Abramelin oil''' is a ceremonial oil blended from several powerful smelling ]s and used in ritual practices connected to ]. The oil was seen as highly important by ] and used throughout his life. In Crowley's mystical system called ] the oil came to symbolize the aspiration to the ]—"The oil consecrates everything that is touched with it; it is his aspiration; all acts performed in accordance with that are holy." | |||
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| Crowley goes on to say (''Book 4'', Ch.5): | |||
| :"The Holy Oil is the Aspiration of the Magician; it is that which consecrates him to the performance of the Great Work; and such is its efficacy that it also consecrates all the furniture of the Temple and the instruments thereof. It is also the grace or chrism; for this aspiration is not ambition; it is a quality bestowed from above. For this reason the Magician will anoint first the top of his head before proceeding to consecrate the lower centres in their turn." | |||
| :"This oil is of a pure golden colour; and when placed upon the skin it should burn and thrill through the body with an intensity as of fire. It is the pure light translated into terms of desire. It is not the Will of the Magician, the desire of the lower to reach the higher; but it is that spark of the higher in the Magician which wishes to unite the lower with itself." | |||
| This oil is currently used in several ceremonies of ], including the rites of ], ], and ]. It is also commonly used to consecrate ] implements and Temple furniture. The ]ic host of the ]—called the ]—includes this oil as an important ingrediant. | |||
| ==The four essential oil ingredients== | |||
| * ] (4 parts) | |||
| * ] (2 parts) | |||
| * ] (1 part) | |||
| * ] (half of that total weight) | |||
| Some also add 1 part of a previously ] batch of the oil. | |||
| In ''Book 4'' (Ch. 5), Crowley discusses the ingrediants: | |||
| :"This oil is compounded of four substances. The basis of all is the oil of the olive. The olive is, traditionally, the gift of Minerva, the Wisdom of God, the Logos. In this are dissolved three other oils; oil of myrrh, oil of cinnamon, oil of galangal. The Myrrh is attributed to Binah, the Great Mother, who is both the understanding of the Magician and that sorrow and compassion which results from the contemplation of the Universe. The Cinnamon represents Tiphereth, the Sun -- the Son, in whom Glory and Suffering are identical. The Galangal represents both Kether and Malkuth, the First and the Last, the One and the Many, since in this Oil they are One. These oils taken together represent therefore the whole Tree of Life. The ten Sephiroth are blended into the perfect gold." | |||
| ==References== | |||
| *Crowley, Aleister. (1997). ''Magick: Book 4.'' 2nd ed. York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser. | |||
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