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Monastery of the Seven Rays,
IInd Year Course in Sexual Magic Lesson 2.
The Ontological Origins of Sexual Magic
!. CO"C#R"I"$ T%# %#&'OM!'S
The science of sexual (agic, )eing )ased on logical foundations, (ust see( at first
glance to )e frightfully dull. %o*ever, it is our vie* that only )y seeing the
foundations is it +ossi)le to a++reciate the a++lication of these )asic +rinci+les to
the field of ex+eri(ental *or,. There (ust al*ays )e esta)lished, (ost fir(ly in the
(ind, the difference )et*een sexual (agic and its i(itations, as *ell as the difference
)et*een activity of a sexual nature and sexual (agic as such. The he)do(ads, as *e have
seen in our +revious lessons and +a+ers, give us certain )asic structures of (ind and
analysis *here)y *e *ill )e )uilding u+ a (agical structure of very intense +o*er. Yet,
if one single ele(ent is not in +lace in this foundation, the entire structure *ill
)eco(e unsta)le, and thus lac, the effectiveness on the inner *orlds *hich is so
desired.
In +assing, it is i(+ortant to realise that the dyna(ic (odels for the he)do(ads,
as *ell as the static counter+arts, can )e used in )uilding u+ structures fro( the
categories and +rinci+les discussed already, as *ell -- as *e have seen---fro( the
logical relations of a for(al and (aterial +ro+erty. These relations are re+laced )y
categories as follo*s
a. ideal essence
/
). ideal su)stance having for /.y.0, any desired co()ination
y +ossi)le according to the rules.
c. real essence
1
d. real su)stance
and the follo*ing sche(atis( is also +ossi)le
a. non-contradiction
/
). sufficient reason having for x,y,1. any desired co()ination
y +ossi)le according to the rules.
c. excluded-(iddle
1
d. identity
#xa(+les of this +rocedure, for the student desiring logical ex+eri(entation, *ould )e
the follo*ing exa(+les of Models !, &, and C.
Ty+e !. a. ideal essence
x non-contradiction
). ideal su)stance
y excluded - (iddle
c. real essence
1 sufficient reason and identity
d. real su)stance
Ty+e &. a. non-contradiction x ideal
). sufficient reason y ideal su)stance and real su)stance
c. excluded - (iddle 1 real essence
d. identity
Ty+e C. a. non-contradiction x ( inclusion
). sufficient reason y ( entail(ent and ( e2uivalence
c. excluded - (iddle 1 ( i(+lication
d. identity
3ro( the a)ove exa(+les it is +ossi)le to see the nu()er of ty+es of co()ination
according to the rules given in the 4Logic of the Seven Rays4. %o*ever, it (ust )e
re(e()ered that for +urity of logical for( in Sexual Magic, one cannot use for(al
relations for x, y, and 1 in exa(+les )ased on (odels !,&, and C, and one cannot use
(aterial relations for x, y 5 in exa(+les )ased on (odels ', #, and 3. %o*ever, one can
use +rinci+les6non-contradiction, etc.. and categories 6ideal essence, etc.. either
*ay, as *e have sho*n, for this ty+e of structure is (uch (ore flexi)le. "o*, in this
lesson *e *ill )e introducing a ne* ele(ent, called 4la*4, *hich )esides +rinci+les,
relation, and category serves to for( the foundations of sexual (agic at the
ontological level, *here the +attern of sexual thin,ing reflects )ac, u+on itself. This
level of analysis is concerned *ith the 2uestion of (odality, or the 4ho*4 of things
sexually related in (agic. %ere *e are concerned *ith those 7udge(ents of sexual
activity *hich are designed for a s+ecific (agical +ur+ose.
&. 8OSSI&ILITY !"' #/IST#"C#
The la* of +ossi)ility refers to that *hich (ay or can )e. It is universally
co(+rehensive and for sexual +ur+oses, it re+resents sexual (asculinity, )eing referred
to ideal essence and to non-contradiction. Thus, *e say a thing is +ossi)le, *hen it is
not self-contradictory, and thusly having a ty+e of logical existence as an ideal
essence. The universe rises in the (idst of sexual +ossi)ility, for every*here the
(asculine +rinci+le is +resent and ready for (agical action. Yet, at so(e distance
there is the fe(ale +rinci+le of identity, the category of real su)stance, and the la*
of existence. This is the eternal fe(inine, na(ely the li(itation of the (asculine )y
reason of *hat has +o*er and energy for action. 3ro( the very li(ited *orld of the
fe(inine, there e(erges the desire for the (asculine. 3e(ininity )eing li(ited see,s
the unli(ited (asculine. There results fro( this desire to +ossess the logical +hallus
of non-contradiction, t*o sexually (ixed la*s, *hich reflect the universal +attern of
desire. It (ust )e understood that the fe(inine is the +rinci+le of energy and +o*er,
in the )iological sense, *hereas (asculine +resence is +rior to the )iological and
co(es fro( the ungirding e()race of logical +assion, for as the (ale see,s to )oth
+ossess and to +rotect the fe(ale in sexual union, so (asculinity as logical )eing is
+rior and (ore universal than the fe(ale *orld of life and (atter in (otion. 3ollo*ing
the neo-+latonic and gnostic tradition, *e (a,e essences agents of causation. and *e
(a,e (atter the +atient of this sa(e causation. 3or this reason our &y1antine sexual
(agic is ca+a)le of far (ore +recise effects than any other (ethods, as they are
lac,ing the logical foundations.
C. "#C#SSITY !"' CO"TI"$#"CY
The entry of the virile +hallus of youth into the a*aiting vagina of (atter,,
+roduces the first sexual ex+erience of +ossi)ility "ecessity. 9e (ay define necessity
as that *hich (ust )e: for
if so(ething can )e,
and if that sa(e so(ething is,
then that sa(e so(ething (ust )e,
for other*ise it could not )e.
"ecessity as a la* of (odality corres+onds to sufficient reason and to ideal su)stance.
%ere *e have all of the i(ages of youth and vigor, the s+irit of first ro(ance and the
+assions of early s+ringti(e are to )e found here. Our analysis sho*s us that the
universe of sexual reality, even in this instance, is ca+a)le of exact ex+lication.
&ut, there is another level of sexual ex+erience *hich reflects the later stages of
+assion, *here there is not the youthful certainty of +ossession, *here one is )oth
a*are of hi(self and of his li(itations, *here the force of (asculinity is so(e*hat
ad7usted out of consideration for, or )y reason of the +references of fe(ale (atter.
This is the *orld ruled )y the la* of contingency, *hich asserts that a thing (ay or
(ay not )e. This la* sho*s +erfectly the influence of the +rinci+le of excluded-(iddle
in a ne* *ay. 3or according to the +rinci+le so(ething is either x or not x, and this
reflects a certain rigid stand: yet in (odality, this is softened to an al(ost
7udg(ental give-and-ta,e, *hich does not see, to as, 2uestions, *hich see,s not to
confine or to define, *hich only see,s to satisfy the re2uire(ents of sexual and
(agical art. &ecause it corres+onds to real essence, contingency reflects very strongly
the influence of the *o(an, and real su)stance, or (atter. "othing could )e (ore
certain than the fe(ale influence +resent in the 4ex+erienced lover4, *ho has learned
the art of satisfaction through (any encounters *ith (atter. %e has achieved the level
of art and sexual science )y reason of his varied ex+eriences, so that *ith this
refine(ent, he does not a++ly rigid +rinci+les, la*s or categories of sexual en7oy(ent
to the act, )ut see,s to create a fresh (aster+iece each ti(e, (a,ing use of the
various techni2ues ,no*n to hi( and (utally en7oyed )y his loves in the +ast.
Contingency is the la* of the lover as artist of +leasure. This ty+e of (ethodology, as
*ell as our (a,ing use of it in this lesson sho*s our ideological affinity *ith that
a+ostle of intellectual volu+tuousness, !natole 3rance, and *ith those refine(ents of
the history of sexual en7oy(ent, es+ecially a(ong the courtesans of ;<th century =a+an
and ancient $reece, *here every (ove(ent of the )ody carried *ith it )oth a sy()olic
reference to +leasure and an indication of intellectualised sensuality and curiousity.
'. T%# O"TOLO$IC!L %#&'OM!'S O3 MO'!LITY
O)serving the sa(e rules as given in +art ! of this +a+er, *e (ay construct
he)do(ads fro( the la*s of (odality, *hich +arallel exactly the he)do(ads constructed
*ith +rinci+les, relations and categories. 9e *ill do this only, ho*ever, to sho* that
there are certain structures +resent in the *orld of sexual (agic, *hich serve as
archety+es of sexual )ehaviour, and *hile fe* *ould ever analyse the sexual ex+eriences
of hu(anity as *e have, they (ay )e analysed exactly and *ith logical +recision, in
order to )uild u+on these analysed for(s syste(s of (agnetis( of very refined energy
and +o*er. &ut, this techni2ue is reserved to the sexual engineering of the next year
4for *e are content, no*, to exa(ine in +assing the foundations and +ot to d*ell in
detail u+on *hat (ay a++ear to the )eginner as too technical, and too (uch of a
sexually cere)ral ex+erience, and therefore dangerous to cal( nerves. %o*ever, let us
si(+ly regard the +ossi)ility of using (odality in he)do(ads of the follo*ing ty+es !.
and &.
Ty+e !. a. 8ossi)ility
x non-contradiction
). "ecessity
y excluded - (iddle
c. Contingency
1 sufficient reason and identity
d. #xistence
Ty+e &. a. 8ossi)ility
x non-contradiction
). "ecessity
c. Contingency y sufficient reason and identity
1 excluded - (iddle
d. #xistence
9e have )een considering the foundations of sexual (agic fro( the stand+oint of the
)asic logical ele(ents of thought and reflection u+on thought 6the ontical and the
ontological -- or (ethod and (ethodology.. 9e no* (ove into the s+here of ex+erience,
*here the *orld of the concrete is encountered and *here sexual ex+erience +ossesses a
(ore +ersonal and li(ited character. >+ to no* *e have )een engaged in sexual
a)stractions, *hich are i(+ortant, )ut *hich ta,e their validity not fro( ex+erience
)ut fro( the se+aration fro( ex+erience *hich is necessary to clear and +recise
thought. Sexual reality is )oth concrete and a)stract, and once *e )egin to consider
the +rocesses of ti(e and s+ace, *e are forced to thin, in ter(s (ore under the
influence of the eternal fe(ale, than under the i((ediate direction of (asculine
a)straction. 9e are no* therefore to return to the *o() of sexual ex+erience, having
seen the *orld of the father in his cold, clear, and electrifying light. "o*, it is the
(other *ho calls us to the cos(ic origins of sexual (agic, and her (ethod and her
(ethodology in the cos(ological origins of sexual (agic *ill not )e very si(ilar to the
(asculine (ethod of ideal a)straction: as (other nature is the real( of ulti(ate sexual
considerations.
Michael !2uarius and Racine