Extract: Volume 4
In having looked at all twenty-one and, in fact, at all twenty-two aspects of awareness, we have also seen how these interrelate with one another. Thus it should now be relatively clear how the warrior uses the different aspects of awareness in his or her pursuit of power and freedom, for although we have been considering the aspects of awareness in relation to the Toltec unit, realise that the Toltec unit is only a physical plane model of true man - that magical creature of the universe that is essentially a fourth-dimensional being. Consequently, when we look at the result of intelligent co-operation between all of the warriors within a Toltec unit, we see that this result is, as we can expect, the sum of the totals in each direction, that is: 13 + 13 + 11 + 14 = 15.
The implication here is that through their combined efforts, the Toltec unit of warriors brings forth light through darkness, which, in the final analysis, boils down to the ability to choose between the old and the new, for realise that 15 reduces to 6. This is the purpose of true man, standing erect along the vertical axis, North-South, and with his arms stretched sideways along the horizontal axis, East-West. By embracing both life and death equally, man unites the faculties of mind and heart to bring about a stability acquired through the death of the old.
Then by “grounding” that stability in a strength acquired through his predilection for warmth, for nurturing and for power, he triumphs in achieving a knowledge through his daring action that enables him to transmute darkness into light - a knowledge which is true power, and a knowledge that places him firmly within the realm of magical creatures. Such is the nature of true man, and such is his divine destiny.
By having the ability to wield the power inherent within each of the twenty-one aspects of awareness, man is the master of The World of Sorcerers – a world in which he is as much at home as he is upon the dense physical plane and as he is in his natural abode termed MEST.
In all of the above we have at least gained some perspective on how man is meant to use the twenty-one keys to The World of Sorcerers, and what the results are in making use of those keys. If we look carefully at everything we have learned so far, we see that the four female directions, embodied within the nagal woman, all add up to completion, jewel 9. However, when this completion is added to any one of the male directions, the quality of that particular male direction is not changed in any way; that is, the quality remains untouched, although, clearly, it has been enhanced by the addition of completion. Such is the nature of true completion, and such then is also the nature of The World of Sorcerers, for in essence it is the world of completion.
If you are not already a sorcerer, The World of Sorcerers is nothing! And because it is nothing it cannot make you a sorcerer. Yet to become a sorcerer in order to be able to access The World of Sorcerers is a fatal mistake, for to do so is never to learn the use of the twenty-one keys required to enter and exit that world. Those keys can only be mastered upon the Path of Freedom, and to enter The World of Sorcerers without them is a fool’s venture - a venture from which you will not return to tell your tale.
Time and time again I am questioned on why it is not possible to access The World of Sorcerers safely without the twenty-one keys, and time and time again am I forced to shake my head in silence, for how does one verbalise the ineffable? The only thing I can do is to stress over and over that The World of Sorcerers is a fantasy that is not a fantasy; to stress that it is a potential that is more real than reality because of its nonmateriality; to stress that it is the fourfold purpose of the Unspeakable which has neither beginning nor end, neither definition nor substance in terms of human definition and substance. To enter such a world without the relevant keys that enable one to remain untouched by the power of that world, is to become lost in a maze of endlessness or beginningness, depending upon where we should choose to place the focus.
Yet, once the twenty-one aspects of awareness have been mastered, any warrior can safely enter and exit The World of Sorcerers at will, for with those keys he or she is master of the four directions, and with four directions at his or her fingertips, no warrior can ever become lost; not even in the utterly deceptive maze that constitutes The World of Sorcerers. In this respect, remember that The World of Sorcerers, like all of the worlds, exists in four different dimensions, collectively termed MEST; the fourth dimension. However, since each expression of MEST is a particular expression of the fourfold purpose of the Unspeakable, it stands to reason that The World of Sorcerers is a very different place within, say time, as opposed to, say energy.
Although this is true of all ten of the worlds, it is particularly relevant with regard to The World of Sorcerers, for being the reflection of the fourfold purpose of the Unspeakable, it is impossible to distinguish in which dimension one finds oneself once one is within this world. Yet, again, it is only by being able to use the twenty-one keys with skill that one can find one’s way around and, most importantly, out of The World of Sorcerers.
In time to come, once it becomes possible to give the Sorcerer’s Explanation, all of the above should make a great deal more sense than it possibly does right now. And yet, you, as the reader, have already been given more than enough information here to start working at “collecting” the twenty-one keys to The World of Sorcerers, and to start learning how to use these keys with skill, for with every skill mastered, you are in effect beginning to align The World of Sorcerers consciously.
In conclusion, remember that in all of what you have learned throughout this book, you have taken your first few steps towards beginning to coalesce the Mists of what in time will become Dragon Lore – the divine ability of man to conjure, and to work true magic – the magic of life. In this respect, aligning The World of Sorcerers is only one of those steps. Already in this book, and in the previous two books, you have learned many more. Whether you put those steps into practice and begin to walk, is up to you. Whether you turn your steps into sprinting, is also up to you. And whether you will ever gain enough impetus from your steps to fly, is equally much up to you. That you may find your way, and in finding your way, take flight, is my deepest wish for you all, for at the end of the day, there is no greater joy than when you go in there, to give it your everything, your all! Remember this always, for in treading the Warrior’s Path the odds against us are truly astronomical. I say this, not because I wish to dismay you, or to dishearten you, but to point out that so often even a highly-talented apprentice will turn away from the Warrior’s Path just because he has succumbed to his folly. In moments like that, should you ever feel it is too much to go on, should you ever feel that you will never make it, then remember my words:
AS WARRIORS WE GO IN THERE AND WE GIVE IT OUR EVERYTHING. AND WHEN WE FEEL AS IF WE HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE, THEN WE RECALL THAT THE ONLY FAILURE IN LIFE IS THE FAILURE TO FIGHT. IN THAT MOMENT THE IMPECCABILITY OF THE WARRIOR’S SPIRIT SURFACES TO SPUR US ON INTO RENEWED EFFORT, AND TO INSPIRE US WITH AN EVEN GREATER STRENGTH OF PURPOSE THAN EVER BEFORE.
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