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The Camel
Rides Again
A Primer in Magick
by
Alan Chapman
HEPTARCHIA PRESS
www.thebaptistshead.co.uk
Heptarchia Press
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Copyright © Alan Chapman 2007
First printing August 2007
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VII: 22. Resolve me the wonder of it all
into the figure of a gaunt swift camel
striding over the sand.
― Liber Liberi vel Lapdis Lazuli
Adumbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum
Sub Figura VII
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C HAPTER O NE
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T HE S CIENCE OF E XPERIENCING T RUTH
T The greatest unknown is why we exist, or ‘the meaning of
life’. If appearances are anything to go by, the majority of
people are too busy eating, excreting and exchanging pieces of
paper to concern themselves with ontology. However, if we
don’t know what life is for, the reason we exist, or even if there
is a reason, then on what basis do we proceed with our lives?
A situation that impinges upon physical survival, such as not
having enough food, or lacking shelter, is obviously of primary
concern. Yet in the West, we enjoy the luxury of experiencing
dire conditions such as these very infrequently.
If someone is not starving to death, or lying in hospital with
a debilitating disease, what is it that keeps them from looking
for the answer? To indulge materialism at the expense of getting
to the bottom of why we appear to be floating on a rock in the
middle of infinity, is to choose the easy anaesthesia of the state
of ignorance.
But how can we be truly happy if we don’t understand what
happiness is? How can we be successful in life if we don’t
understand what life is? In order to do anything genuinely
worthwhile, we need to first wake up and know the truth .
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o understand the fundamental purpose of magick, why you
might want to practise it, and how best to approach
becoming a magician, we must first discuss ignorance .

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