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By Franz Bardon (Extracted from “The Practice of Magical Evocation”)
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The Magic Triangle
A magic triangle is, contrary to the magic circle, which symbolizes infinity, endlessness,
the connection with God, the Alpha and the Omega, the symbol of manifestation, of
everything that is made, of everything that has ever been created.
Without the knowledge of the symbolism of the magic triangle and of all other magic
aids, ritual and ceremonial work would not be possible.
All grimoires or rites of exorcism generally require that the magician who is working
with a magic triangle sees that the invoked spirit, the being and power, is manifested. The
manifestation of a being - a spirit - in a triangle is but one aspect of ritual magic, and no
being will be fully manifested unless the magician understands the whole symbolism of
the magic triangle.
To get the right idea of this symbolism one must, to some extent, be acquainted with the
Quabbalah and must have a complete knowledge of the secret of the number three. The
more one knows about the analogy of the mystical number three, the deeper one will be
able to penetrate into the symbolism of the triangle one draws and the easier it will be for
a being to manifest itself.
It would lead us too far if I were to deal fully, at this point, with the mystical number
three and its analogies. I can only give a few hints which may serve the magician as
guiding principles. Above all, the triangle is a diagram of the three dimensional world we
know, i. e. the mental, the astral and the physical world. Each power which is to be
projected into the physical world must run through the three planes mentioned above.
The diagram shows us that the triangle must be constructed with its point upward and
thus indicates that two powers project from a point at the top to the right and the left and
end in a line fixing their limits. Taking the picture of these two diverging lines as a
whole, it shows the two universal powers, the Plus and the Minus, electricity and
magnetism, which are united by the line below. By this the manifested causal world is
symbolized, which, from the astrological point of view, is equivalent to Saturn, i. e. the
mystical number three. In the mental world it symbolizes will-power, intellect and
feeling; in the astral world it symbolizes power, legality und life; and in the physical
world it symbolizes, as already said above, the Plus and the Minus, and the Neutral. The
triangle with its conformity is thus reflected in everything and on every plane, for it is the
beginning of everything that has been created, the cause of everything comprehensible.
The mystical number three, i. e. the symbolism of the triangle, plays, as is well known, a
very important role in every religion. In the Christian religion, for example, there is the
Trinity: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost; in Indian religion there is
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, i. e. the creator, the preserver and the destroyer, etc.
Hundreds of symbolic analogies could be given here, but it is left to the magician to go
deeper into the details of this symbolism and its analogies. The most important thing for
him to know is the equilateral triangle, which is, for the magician, the universal symbol
ranking immediately after the magic circle.
A magician would never be able to get a certain power or a certain being into a circle
without the help of the magic triangle, for the circle is, as we now know, the symbol of
the infinite and not the symbol of manifestation. No magician should ever forget this fact.
One could, of course, also call a being or a power into a figure different from the triangle,
and this is usually done with lower spirits, but when dealing with high powers or high
ranking beings the magician will never be able to work without having drawn the relevant
diagram, i. e. a triangle, immediately after having constructed the magic circle.
The magician will now be aware of the fact that the circle is the first diagram having no
limits; the triangle is the first diagram with limits or space-symbol in which a being, a
power, etc. may be projected. In the case of magical evocation the triangle has to be large
enough to give sufficient space for the power or being evoked or projected, for the being
or power must never be bigger than the triangle itself.
The magician must make sure that the being or power he has called into the triangle is
under his full control, and that he himself, while standing in the centre of the circle, is
thus representing a superior power, a universal, a divine idea. Therefore, a being which
has been called into a triangle is not able to leave the triangle again without the
magician's permission or, to use a magical term, without "abdication". As for the shape of
the triangle, it may either be acute or right angled.
For the triangle the same material is used as for the circle. When operating in the open
air, the triangle can be drawn with a magical weapon such as the magic sword or dagger.
If the circle has been inscribed on a piece of cloth, then the triangle has to be drawn on it
also.
The construction, of the triangle must be done magically; not the physical hand of the
magician is employed, it must be drawn whilst the magician is fully conscious of his
mental and astral hand, similar to the construction of the magic circle. Otherwise the
triangle will produce no effects and will have no influence on the power or being to be
invoked. The magician has to meditate, so that with the help of the triangle as the highest
symbol, the manifestation of the desired being or power is effected.
The magician will soon realize that the more he knows about the symbolism of the
magical triangle, the greater will be his influence on the being or power he has evoked.
Furthermore, it is a great advantage for the magician to know that already at the point of
drawing the triangle, he is, in his consciousness, connected with God, which state he has
brought about by having meditated or used his imagination, so that actually not the
magician is drawing the triangle, but the deity incorporated in the magician.
It is quite useful to re-draw the line of an old triangle with one of the magical weapons
mentioned above each time before using it again, in order to revive the analogies within
the triangle and also within the magician's mind.
In case the triangle is painted on a piece of cloth, the magician should gently follow the
lines with the weapon. In the case of magical operations for which no magical weapons
are needed the lines of the triangle may be traced by a magic wand or with the forefinger
alone.
The seal or the talisman of the being concerned is usually placed into the centre of the
triangle, in order to express its symbolic meaning. I shall give a full description of how a
seal or talisman has to be made in one of the subsequent chapters.
A well trained magician can place a fluid condenser, relevantly charged, in the centre of
the triangle, instead of a seal, pouring it into a flat vessel, into the so-called magic cup.
But he can also use a piece of blotting paper impregnated with the fluid condenser and
relevantly charged for the manifestation of the power or being to be called up. It is, in
principle, up to the magician's individual taste which of the two described possibilities he
makes use of. In some cases these details may, however, depend on the choice of the
powers or beings which are to be evoked or manifested by the magician's will.
I have already dealt with fluid condensers, with liquid and solid ones as well as with the
simple and the complicated types, in my first book "Initiation into Hermetics"; the
magician may use either simple or complicated fluid condensers, whichever serves his
purpose best.
The magic triangle is, as can be seen from what has been said, mainly a diagram for
putting the magician into contact with the power or being he wants to employ. It may
serve a certain purpose, or, if necessary, also more than one purpose. Its main object is
firstly to get into contact with the being or the power the magician wants to employ,
secondly to call a certain being from the macrocosm into our physical world, and thirdly
to condense this being in a manner that it may even have certain effects on our physical
world. All this is directed by the magician's will. The being or power evoked by the
magician will either effect the mental, or the astral, or the physical world, just as the
magician wishes to have it.
Following the principles which by now are already well known to the magician, each
power or being will only have effects within the spheres into which it has been called and
in which it has been condensed. This means that, for instance, a being projected into the
mental sphere will naturally not be able to influence the physical world, but will only
become effective in the mental world. The same is valid for the astral and the physical
world.

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