The Book wants the Adept to work with It. To complete the Book with his actions. This Book is
an alive creature and continues to be written. Of course, it all starts somewhere. The Occult
Disciple does not need to seek to understand it. Here "understanding" is not the main thing. The
essential thing is the occult work with the Book - the extraction of the methods, the exercises, the
rituals, and their application.
By reading, the Apprentice receives from the books. The question is what he is ready to give them
in return?
THE TRAPS
The Zero Trap: The Seven Doors. Each of the Seven Doors (misunderstanding, pain, fear, anger,
compassion, passion, and prejudice) is a trap itself. This is one of the reasons they are called Doors.
You fall into prison and the Door shuts behind you and you are locked until you achieve Clarity,
Distinguish and acquire a new Approach. If you open the Door with Flawlessness, you come out
of the prison of the mind. Therefore, the Magician is guided by the Principles set forth in the "Art
of Flawlessness" and is careful not to fall into the trap of the Seven Doors.
First Trap: The comparison of Knowledge. One very basic trap into which the Apprentice can fall
is the comparison of Knowledge. In order to be called Sacred Knowledge, Knowledge must be
acquired through magical experience, not through words, explanations, and reading. Personally
accumulated Knowledge is a matter of search, experience, perception, and awareness. In this
particular sequence. In this sense, one Knowledge is never like another Knowledge. It is unique
and all the words that describe it are only approximate and give a starting point without the
necessary accuracy. The comparison of a Knowledge means that the Apprentice has caught only
some words, some terms, but not the essence. When a person does not have a Path and magical
experiences, then all he has to do is read about the true Adepts, without ever having the intention
to become one himself. All he has to do is compare one text with another, make unnecessary
comments, and quote famous Sages and Mystics. When an Apprentice begins to act in the Invisible
and manage a Magical way of life, he personally experiences the Hidden, and then it does not
matter what Sages used to say. Their words are now unnecessary. All wise words, mystics,
philosophies, and quotations perish. They are like clouds scattered by the wind. The clouds are
beautiful, but unreal - a visual illusion. The wind is invisible, but it is Real. The wind is the magical
experience and in front of it, the clouds cannot resist and disperse.
Second trap: To tell the Secret. A guiding rule in the Art of Magic is that you have no right to share
Knowledge that you have not tamed - in other words, you have not experienced. This is only one
part of the Second Trap. The obvious part. The hidden part is that the Secret, even already
experienced and tamed, under no circumstances should be told. The way to share it is not by telling
it, but passing it on as a test or as a mystery. You can't and shouldn't tell Secrets to a Warrior,
Strategist, or Magician. You can share the Secret only by introducing the Apprentice in such a way
that he must fight for the Secret and make it a part of his life. Everything else is fairy tales,
illusional wisdom, and empty philosophies.