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                        THE DEFINITION OF MAGICK
                   From MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
                          by Aleister Crowley
   
       DEFINITION: MAGICK is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur
               in conformity with Will.

       POSTULATE: ANY required Change may be effected by the application of
               the proper kind and degree of Force in the proper manner
               through the proper medium to the proper object.

       THEORUMS:
 
       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 man and every woman is a star."
       7) Every man and every woman has a course, depending partly on the
             self, and partly on the environment which is natural and
             necessary for each. Anyone who is forced from his own course,
             either through not understanding himself, or through external
             opposition, comes into conflict with the order of the Universe,
             and suffers accordingly.
       8) A Man whose conscious will is at odds with his True Will is wasting
             his strength. He cannot hope to influence his environment
             efficiently.
       9) A man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the Universe
             to assist him.
      10) Nature is a continuous phenomenon, through 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 idea connected with each other in a
             way beyond our present comprehension.
      12) Man is ignorant of the nature of his own being and powers. Even his
             idea of his limitations is based on experience of the past, and
             every step in his progress extends his empire. There is
             therefore no reason to assign theoretical limits to what he may
             be, or to what he may do.
      13) Every man is more or less aware that his individuality comprises
             several orders of existence, even when he maintains that his
             subtler principles are merely symptomatic of the changes in his
             gross vehicle. A similar order may be assumed to extend
             throughout nature.
      14) Man is capable of being, and using, anything which he perceives,
             for everything that he perceives is in a certain sense a part of  
 
             his being. He may thus subjugate the whole Universe of which he
             is conscious to his 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
             those orders is directly affected.
      17) A man may learn to use any force so as to serve any purpose, by
             taking advantage of the above theorems.
      18) He may attract to himself any force of the Universe by making
             himself a fit receptacle for it, establishing a connection with
             it, and arranging conditions so that its nature compels it to
             flow toward him.
      19) Man's sense of himself as separate from, and opposed to, the
             Universe is a bar to his conducting its currents. It insulates
             him.
      20) Man can only attract and employ the forces for which he is really
             fitted.
      21) There is no limit to the extent of the relations of any man with
             the Universe in essence; for as soon as man makes himself one
             with any idea the means of measurement cease to exist. But his
             power to utilize that force is limited by his mental power and
             capacity, and by the circumstances of his human environment.
      22) Every individual is essentially sufficient to himself. But he is
             unsatisfactory to himself until he has established himself in
             his right relation with the Universe.
      23) Magick is the Science of understanding oneself and one's
             conditions. It is the Art of applying that understanding in
             action.
      24) Every man has an indefeasible right to be what he is.
      25) Every man must do Magick each time that he acts or even thinks,
             since a thought is an internal act whose influence ultimately
             affects action, though it may not do so at the time.
      26) Every man has a right, the right of self-preservation, to fulfil
             himself to the utmost.
      27) Every man should make Magick the keynote of his life. He should
             learn its laws and live by them.
      28) Every man has a right to fulfil his own will without being afraid
             that it may interfere with that of others; for if he is in his
             proper place, it is the fault of others if they interfere with
             him.

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