Temple Construction.
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I have begun preliminary organization for the constructional of my personal temple space, my first of such. I've reached a point where I believe myself ready to begin ritual work, but am quite the perfectionist and wouldn't be able to conjure the necessary fervour if I didn't have an at least semi-proper atmosphere for doing it in. I was planning to follow Book 4's guidance in the matter as closely as I am able. Is there any advice or insight any of you can give me before I commit to anything?
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My advice is not exactly what you might be looking for, but here it is anyway, on the off chance it will be useful.
If you have the means of equipping a dedicated space as a temple, more power to you. Just be aware that you can do a lot without such a space. My experience has shown me that learning to make do with less than ideal situations is really valuable. A simple example revolves around a commitment to work under any and all circumstance. Limitation in this regard can be a tremendous boon to the power of the will. As a symbol of the will the wand can become a much more potent reality because of those times when one didn't actually have a physical wand.
Speaking just for myself, I would go as far as to say, that waiting until you have the perfect temple is probably a defect in both ones approach to magick, and just shows up the inherent poverty of the most sumptuous and well funded temples. Your circumstances should not be an excuse to avoid working.
Good luck on your preparations...
Love and Will
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Thank you for the advice, as it was greatly helpful. Crowley(at least in Book 4) made it out to be quite important, so I was under the impression I had quite a lot of work cut out for me.
This place is a godsend.
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@OneOneEleven said
"Thank you for the advice, as it was greatly helpful. Crowley(at least in Book 4) made it out to be quite important, so I was under the impression I had quite a lot of work cut out for me.
This place is a godsend."
No One is the single authority you should listen to about this other than your own Will. And less is he an authority who has not had it both ways, for he judges without experience.
Follow the instructions to the best of your ability and desire, but I don't feel you need to make your own tools etc. You can do well to buy what you wish to buy, and build what you wish to build. You may not be able to make it to exact specifications (such as nine feet in diameter or whatnot) but make the room as proportional as possible to the original plan. Later you will also be adding new and interesting regalia to your Temple dressings - this is all good.
As far as the designs on the altar, for instance, I recommend you devise a method where you can switch out plaque boards, for later use of your alter will have other designs on it and this makes for a great convenience.
Working within a dedicated temple and without one is something I am quite familiar with and I will honestly state that no matter where I am on this planet, visualizing my actual battery in its actual location is a great boon to my works.
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I would start with whatever I have instead of trying to construct a perfect temple beforehand. You can improve gradually with experience and insight.
@Liber 175 said
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Further concerning the life of the devotee: --- Now, as many are fully occupied with their affairs, let it be known that this method is adaptable to the necessities of all.
And We bear witness that this which followeth is the Crux and Quintessence of the whole Method.
First, if he have no Image, let him take anything soever, and consecrate it as an Image of his God. Likewise with his robes and instruments, his suffumigations and libations; for his Robe hath he not a nightdress; for his instrument a walking stick; for his suffumigation a burning match; for his libation a glass of water?
But let him consecrate each thing that he useth to the service of that particular Deity, and not profane the same to any other use.
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Thank you all for the advice. Out of pure intrest, I will attempt making all of the "weapons" to the best of my ability. I have access to a small smelter, so I was going to try and extract gold and silver from old jewlery for use in making electrum for the bell; the other metals needed are luckily fairly cheap and can be used in making the dagger as well. I enjoy the craftiness involved. Aside from the tools, I will only be building an alter and circle platform. The rest can be easily baught, it seems, and augmented over time as suggested.
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Good luck!
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Dar, 93,
" If you had two Suns in the sky at once - one Sun at sunset, and the other Sun at sunrise... wouldn't that mean that all the shadows on the Earth disappear? "
Cool idea, but ... you would actually have double the number of shadows. They'd be less well-defined than with one Sun but the fact that there is the light of only one Sun in one area means its surfaces would be a little darker than those surfaces hit by the light of both.
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Edward
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Dar, 93,
I ain't making this one up, since I once had this demonstrated by a guy whose life consisted of working in a lab with ultra-brilliant lights that mimicked solar rays, which were used to age and test paints, pigments and industrial coatings. You theory might appear conceptually correct, and my assumption being the same as yours was why the techie showed me I was wrong (since it was less boring than setting up his next aging test).. In practice you get multiple shadows, albeit faint ones if the lights are bright enough.
93 93/93,
Edward
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Dar, 93,
I think I'm going to increase my insurance coverage if you're doing all of that...
93 93/93,
Edward
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@OneOneEleven said
"Is there any advice or insight any of you can give me before I commit to anything?"
Make sure you have both a Phillips- and a flathead-screwdriver.
