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i am the lord their god: for i will give them an heart, and ears to hear: 32 and they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name, 33 and return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the lord. 34 and i will bring them again into the land which i promised with an oath unto their fathers, abraham, isaac, and jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and i will increase them, and they shall not be diminished. 35 and i will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their god, and they shall be my people: and i will no more drive my people of israel out of the land that i have given them. chapter 3 lord almighty, god of israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee

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not greet the guardians of the watchtowers at all, but instead light each elemental candle in turn, visualising golden energies pouring from each direction into the circle. uriel uriel, whose name means fire of god, is associated with earthquakes, storms and volcanoes and is the archangel of salvation. he is sometimes linked with the courage of mars. he warned noah of the impending flood and led abraham out of ur. believed to have given alchemy to mankind, he also imparted the wisdom of the kabbalah, the book of sacred writings, to hebrew mystics. he stands as wise protector and keeper of the sacred mysteries, hence representing the direction of magick and initiator of all who seek the mysteries. uriel stands in the north and his colour is the deep blue or purple of midnight. raphael raph

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ngs to the state. it is situated on the right bank of the seine, in the rue de sully, near the river, and not far from the place de la bastille, and is known as the biblioth que de l'arsenal. in round numbers it now possesses 700,000 printed books, and about 8000 manuscripts, many of them being of considerable value. among the latter is this book of the sacred magic of abra-melin, as delivered by abraham the jew unto his son lamech; which i now give to the public in printed form for the first time. many years ago i heard of the existence of this manuscript from a celebrated occultist, since dead; and more recently my attention was again called to it by my personal friend, the well-known french author, lecturer and poet, jules bois, whose attention has been for some time turned to occult su

ed from and suggested by that of the magical oratory and terrace, given in the eleventh chapter of the second book of this present work. certainly also the manner of instruction applied by mejnour in zanoni to the neophyte glyndon, together with the test of leaving him alone in his abode to go on a short journey and then returning unexpectedly, is closely similar to that employed by abra-melin to abraham, with this difference, 2 introduction ii that the latter successfully passed through that test, while glyndon failed. it would also be especially such experiments as those described at length in the third book, which the author of the strange story had in view when he makes sir philip derval in the ms. history of his life speak of certain books describing occult experiments, some of which

rd book, which the author of the strange story had in view when he makes sir philip derval in the ms. history of his life speak of certain books describing occult experiments, some of which he had tried and to his surprise found succeed. this rare and unique manuscript of the sacred magic of abra-melin, from which the present work is translated, is a french translation from the original hebrew of abraham the jew. it is in the style of script usual at about the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth centuries, and is apparently by the same hand as another ms. of the magic of picatrix 1 also in the biblioth que de l'arsenal. i know of no other existing copy or replica of this sacred magic of abra-melin, not even in the british museum, whose enormous collection of occult manus

e slightest degree, but is simply the work of a conscientious caligraphist wishing to give an appearance of cleanness and completeness to the title page. the wording of each is the same: livre premier (second or troisi me, as the case may be) de la sacr e magie que dieu donna moyse, aaron, david, salomon et d autres saints patriarches et prophetes qui enseigne la vraye sapience divine laiss e par abraham lamech son fils traduite de l hebreu 1458. i give the translated title at the commencement of each of the three books. on the fly-leaf of the original ms. is the following note in the handwriting of the end of the eighteenth century: this volume contains 3 books, of which here is the first. the abraham and the lamech, of whom there is here made question, were jews of the fifteenth century

mber dans des erreurs irreparables ne te fais jamais prier en aucune chose ou tu pourras aider et seccourir tonprochain et nattends pas quil tele demande mais tache descavoir afond, etc. this extract may be said to give a fair idea of the average quality of the french. the style, however, of the first book is much more colloquial than that of the second and third, it being especially addressed by abraham to lamech, his son, and the second person singular being employed throughout it. as some english readers may be ignorant of the fact, it is perhaps as well here to remark that in french tu, thou, is only used between very intimate friends and relations, between husband and wife lovers, etc; while vous, you, is the more usual mode of address to the world in general. again, in sacred books

vous, you, is the more usual mode of address to the world in general. again, in sacred books, in prayers, etc, vous is used, where we employ "thou" as having a more solemn sound than tu. hence the french verb tutoyer= to be very familiar with, to be on extremely friendly terms with any one, and even to be insolently familiar. this first book contains advice concerning magic, and a description of abraham s travels and experiences, as well as a mention of the many marvellous works he had been able to accomplish by means of this system of sacred magic. the second and third books (which really contain the magic of abra-melin, and are practically based on the two mss. entrusted by him to abraham, the jew, but with additional comments by the latter) differ in style from introduction iv the form

obtaining the magical powers desired. third book= the application of these powers to produce an immense number of magical results. though the chapters of the second and third books have special headings in the actual text, those of the first book have none; wherefore in the table of contents i have supplemented this defect by a careful analysis of their subject matter. this system of sacred magic abraham acknowledges to have received from the mage abra-melin; and claims to have himself personally and actually wrought most of the wonderful effects described in the third book, and many others besides. who then was this abraham the jew? it is possible, though there is no mention of this in the ms, that he was a descendant of that abraham the jew who wrote the celebrated alchemical work on twe

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obe acrobat edition contains the complete and unaltered text of the corresponding sections in the second (1900) edition published by john m. watkins, london. prepared and typeset by benjamin rowe, december 16, 1998. 41 the second book of the holy magic, which god gave unto moses, aaron, david, solomon, and other saints, patriarchs and prophets; which teacheth the true divine wisdom. bequeathed by abraham unto lamech his son. translated from the hebrew. 1458. the sacred magic 42 the second book of the sacred magic. prologue. he wisdom of the lord is an inexhaustible fountain, neither hath there ever been a man born who could penetrate its veritable origin and foundation. the sages and holy fathers have drunk long draughts thereof, and have been fully satisfied therewith. but with all this

er, from physiognomy, from the hand, from mirrors, from glasses, from birds, from bread, from wine, and even from the very excrements themselves; and yet, however, all this is reputed as science! i exhort you, ye who read, to have the fear of god, and to study justice, because infallibly unto you shall be opened the gate of the true wisdom which god gave unto noah and unto his descendants japhet, abraham, and ishmael; and it was his wisdom that delivered lot from the burning of sodom. moses learned the same wisdom in the desert, from the burning bush, and he taught it unto aaron his brother. joseph, samuel, david, solomon, elijah, and the apostles, and saint john particularly (from whom we hold a most excellent book of prophecy2) possessed it. let every one then know that this, this which

f you be your own master, as far as lieth in your power, free yourself from all your business, and quit all mundane and vain company and conversation; leading a life tranquil, solitary and honest. if aforetime you have been a wicked, debauched, avaricious, luxurious and proud of abramelin the mage 55 man, leave and flee from all these vices. consider that this was one of the principal reasons why abraham, moses, david, elijah, john, and other holy men retired into desert places, until that they had acquired this holy science and magic; because where there are many people, many scandals do arise; and where scandal is, sin cometh; the which at length offendeth and driveth away the angel of god, and the way which leadeth unto wisdom becometh closed unto ye. fly as far as you can the conversat

day of your death. by thus acting the mercy of the lord will never depart from you. unto the which lord be praise, and glory, and honour, for the gifts which he hath granted unto us. so be it! end of the second book of abramelin the mage 111 footnotes to the second book 1 the style of the writing here is much more quaint and obscure than that of the first book; and is evidently the translation of abraham the jew from a more ancient writer. 2 i.e, the revelation, or apocalypse. 3 this whole passage about the signification of these numbers is very obscurely worded in the original. i take the meaning to be the following: the arts or methods of magical working are twelve, if we class them under the twelve signs of the zodiac. the second number mentioned above, 5, is perfect because of its anal

gic works containing garbled and perverted words and characters; and which teach nothing but hurtful and selfish practices; the great point in which is generally the forming of a pact with an evil spirit. because true characters represent the formulas of the currents of the hidden forces of nature and true ceremonies are the keys of bringing the same into action. 13 it seems again to me here that abraham the jew stretches the matter too far. it is perfectly and utterly true without doubt that angelic magic is higher than that form of talismanic magic which has its basis in the astrological positions of the heavenly bodies; and can therefore do more, and be also independent of astrological considerations, because the matter is relegated to a higher plane than this' and one wherein the laws

evil purposes also. yet it is written in the oracles of zoroaster: change not barbarous names of evocation, for they are names divine, having in the sacred rites a power ineffable! 16 yet, notwithstanding, it is well in a sacred magical operation to employ a language which does not to our minds convey so much the commonplace ideas of everyday life, so as the better to exalt our thoughts. but, as abraham says, we should before all things understand what we are repeating. 17 the passover is about the vernal equinox and nearly corresponds to our easter; it begins on the 15th or 16th of the jewish first month= nisan or abib. the feast of tabernacles begins about the middle of their seventh month= tisri. 18 ie, religious denomination. 19 it is immaterial whether the religious conception be the

our easter; it begins on the 15th or 16th of the jewish first month= nisan or abib. the feast of tabernacles begins about the middle of their seventh month= tisri. 18 ie, religious denomination. 19 it is immaterial whether the religious conception be theistic or pantheistic. 20 the initiates of the true rosicrucian wisdom, know that there is a certain force in the observance of the equinoxes. 21 abraham evidently means his guardian angel. 22 here abraham admits to an extent what i have urged in my previous notes. 23 i.e, the astrologers to whom abraham refers in the first sentence of the chapter. 24 i.e, the moon and monday; sun and sunday; mars and tuesday (tuisco is a name of mars; venus and friday (freya's day, after freya, the scandinavian goddess, etc. 25 et jusqua ceguil tremonte so

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of the corresponding sections in the second (1900) edition published by john m. watkins, london. prepared and typeset by benjamin rowe, april 27, 1999. text set in adobe garamond. illustrations set in book antiqua. 120 the third book of the holy magic, which god gave unto moses, aaron, david, solomon, and other saints, patriarchs and prophets; which teacheth the true divine wisdom. bequeathed by abraham unto lamech his son. translated from the hebrew. b e f i. the sacred magick 121 the third book of the sacred magic (the prologue) e who shall have faithfully observed that which hath been taught unto him, and shall have with a good will obeyed the commandments of god, let him, i say, be certain that this veritable and loyal wisdom shall be accorded unto him; and also that the perfidious be

e following notes to these chapters i have classed under various heads for greater convenience of reference, thinking that besides the explanations of most of the magical names employed in the symbols, it would also be of assistance to the occult student to be able to see at a glance briefly stated at the end of each chapter, the substance of the information especially referring thereto, given by abraham the jew in other parts of the work, notably towards the end of the second book: under (a) therefore i have stated by what powers the symbols of each particular chapter are manifested. under (b) the names of the sub-princes of the evil spirits who are the especial overseers of the execution of the effect desired. under (c) whether the operations of the chapter in question can be to an exten

i have stated by what powers the symbols of each particular chapter are manifested. under (b) the names of the sub-princes of the evil spirits who are the especial overseers of the execution of the effect desired. under (c) whether the operations of the chapter in question can be to an extent performed by the familiar spirits, or not. under (d) an abridgment of any especial instructions given by abraham in other parts of the work. under (e) i have given the meanings of most of the names employed in the squares, as far as possible, and also any additional remarks which seemed necessary. these magical symbols of this third book consist solely of squares of letters, which may be roughly divided into four distinct classes( b) those in which the whole of the square is occupied by letters. in t

angels, or by the guardian angel (b) magoth alone executes the operations of this chapter (c) the familiar spirits cannot execute the operations of this chapter (d) many ancient books of magic, etc, have been lost or destroyed, in some cases by the wish of the good spirits, in others by the machinations of the evil spirits. by these symbols you can have many supposed extinct works brought to you, abraham states; but adds that he could never copy them, because the writing disappeared as fast as he wrote it; notwithstanding this he was permitted to read some of them. c o l i o d a c l a c a i c a r (1 (2) s e a r a h e l l o p a a l a t i m r o t a r a a p i r a c h a m a c s (3) k e h a h e k e h a h e k the sacred magick 153 (e) no. b is a square of b g squares. coli, probably from hebrew

pter. e z e c h i e l z e o f r a s e e o r i a l a i c f i r t a r h h r a t r i f c i a l a i r o e e s a r f o e z l e i h c e z e (1 (2) a m i g d e lo m o r b r i eo i r i d e r do g b d o d b go d r e d i r io e i r b r omo l e d g i mao (3) i o s u a o r i l u s i s i s u l i r o a u s o i (4) p e g e r e t i a e g i s i g e a i t e r e g e p of abramelin the mage 158 (d) in several places abraham warns the reader that this is the most difficult operation of any, because for it to be brought about, the concurrence of all the chief spirits must be obtained. watch for the moment when the person dies, and then at once place upon his body towards the e cardinal points the symbol required. similar symbols are to be sewn into the garments he wears. abraham moreover adds that by this means

the good angels (b) magot is said to rule the operations of this chapter (c) the familiar spirits do not execute the operations of this chapter (7) c e h a h e h a h (8) a n a n a n a n a (9) t a m a n a m a n p a t e e d a c d e (10) b e r o m i n e r o m i n (11) t a l a c a l a c t a l a a l a (12) a l a m p i s l a m p i s s i l the sacred magick 161 (d) to render oneself invisible is said by abraham to be a very easy matter. this chapter contains twelve symbols for twelve different spirits submitted unto the prince magot, who are all of the same force. place the symbol upon the top of your head (under your head covering) and then you will become invisible, while on taking it away you will appear visible again (e) no. b is a square of e j squares, whence b j squares are taken which are

3) b e t u l a h e t u l a h o s a n i t (14) i e d i d a h e d i d a h i l o q a h o q a r c a of abramelin the mage 176 notes to chapter xix (a) the symbols of this chapter are manifested in part by the angels, and in part also by the evil spirits (b) probably belzebud performs this operation; as those of the twentieth chapter are submitted to him; and these two chapters are classed together by abraham the jew in his special instructions, the one being the exact reverse of the other (c) the familiar spirits can to an extent perform the operations of this chapter (d) name aloud the person or persons by whom you wish to be loved, and move the symbol under whose class they come. but if it be not for yourself that you are operating, but for two or more other persons, whether for love or for

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yehuel \ycy ishim 10 ynda-la lakim michael \ylara aralim rypsh tnbl .h h. lebanath ha- saphir lxxxviii. translation of col. lxxxvii. lxxxix* the revolutions of hyha in briah xc. the 42-fold name which revolves in the palaces of yetzirah. xci. the saints or adepts of the hebrews 0. 1 hyha ba messias filius david 2 yhha yg mosheh 3 palace of the holy of holies hhya xf enoch 4 p. of love ayhh fcurq abraham 5 p. of merit yahh ckydgk jacob 6 p. of benevolence yhah gtxrmb elijah 7 p. of the substance of heaven hyah unmmqh mosheh 8 p. of serenity hayh qzplgy aaron 9 hhay yqc joseph (justus) 10 palace of crystalline whiteness ahhy hahy ydc la tyu david, elisha xcii. the angelic functions in the world of yetzirah. xciii. the heavens of assiah. xciv. english of palaces (col. xciii. 0. 1 2 3 above i

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n the hebrew religion we find the same thing inculcated. the first ethical lesson in the bible is that the only sacrifice pleasing to the lord is the sacrifice of blood; abel, who made this, finding favour with the lord, while cain, who offered cabbages, was rather naturally considered a cheap sport. the idea recurs again and again. we have the sacrifice of the passover, following on the story of abraham's being commanded to sacrifice his firstborn son, with the idea of the substitution of animal for human life. the annual ceremony of the two goats carries out this in perpetuity. and we see again the domination of this idea in the romance of esther, where haman and mordecai are the two goats or gods; and ultimately in the presentation of the rite of purim in palestine, where jesus and bara

it be never so true objectively, it is not true for him, because not useful for him (said we not a while ago that truth was no more than the most convenient manner of statement) it may intoxicate and exalt the seer, it may inspire and fortify him in every way, it may throw light upon most holy mysteries, yet withal be no more than an interpretation of the individual to himself, the formula not of abraham but of onan. these plastic "portraits of the artist as a young man" are well enough for those who have heard "know thyself. they are necessary, even, to assist that analysis of one's nature which the probationer of a. a. is sworn to accomplish. but "love is the law, love under will" and our lady nuit is. divided for love's sake, for the chance of union" these mirror-mirages are therefore n

cksilver, and bordereth upon the abyss, and is beset by many sirens and devils that seduce and attack it to destroy it. therefore let the devotee beware, and precise accurately his meditations, even as a man should build a canal from sea to sea. 21 "continuation- let then the philosophus meditate upon all love that hath ever stirred him. there is the love of david and of jonathan, and the love of abraham and isaac, and the love of lear and cordelia, and the love of damon and pythias, and the love of sappho and atthis, and the love of romeo and juliet, and the love of dante and beatrice, and the love of paolo and francesca, and the love of caesar and lucrezia borgia, and the love of aucassin and nicolette, and the love of daphnis and chloe, and the love of cornelia and caius gracchus, and t

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complications alien to love, assures it. just as a woman's body is deformed and diseased by the corset demanded by jaganath fashion, so is her soul by the compression of convention, which is a fashion as fitful, arbitrary, and senseless as that of the man-milliner, though they call him god, and his freakish fiat pass for everlasting law. the english bible sanctions the polygamy and concubinage of abraham, solomon and others, the incest of lot, the wholesale rape of captured virgins, as well as the promiscuity of the first christians, the prostitution of temple servants, men and women, the relations of johannes with his master, and the putting of wandering prophets to stud, as well as the celibacy of such people as paul. jehovah went so far as to slay onan because he balked at fertilizing h

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to "with "180 "illustrations, white cloth "extra, with designs in gold on cover" 1910 "post free" 15"s. net" occult science in india, and among the ancients, with an account of their initiations, and the history of spiritism, from the french of louis jacolliot, by willard l. felt. large 8vo "cloth extra, n.d. recent" 6"s" 6"d" book of the sacred magic (the) of abra-melin the mage, as delivered by abraham the jew unto his son lamech, a.d. 1458. translated from the original hebrew into french, and now rendered into english. from a unique and valuable ms, in the "biblioth de l'arsenal" at paris; with copious notes and magical squares of letters. by l. s. macgregor-mathers. 4to, black cloth, magical square on side in gold. 1900 (published at 21s) postage free 10s. 6p. the original work, of whi

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e it would be too long a journey" says a second "i could not afford it; i too will return "there are no guides here" says a third "how foolish for me to attempt so high a peak" 228 "i am not strong enough" says a fourth "i have no chart "my business won't let me "my wife is against it" thus god enters the heart of man in a thousand forms and tempts man as he tempted eve in the garden of eden, and abraham in the land of moriah. but the strong man replenishing his wallet, and filling his flask, girds a goat-skin about him, and taking his staff sets forth on his great travel to the summit of the mountain of god; and curious to relate, and terrible to tell, the whole length of that wizard way satan follows behind him in the form of a sleuth-hound ever tempting him from the right path. now he i

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sees at last the "invisible lignt" the altar shows (1) the great work as the compendium of unity (2) ihsvh symbol accomplishing this and expanded within into five circles. this shows that the five principles of man must be united perfectly.25 the lion and hb:yod with the rose cross represents the first cause, the dawn, the virgin mother, and the great work "nequaquam vaccum"26 shows that "before abraham was, i am" the eagle and hb:heh with the cup represent the blood shed for the remission of sins, and the chalice of the stoistes "libertas evangelii" shows free-will. the man with hb:vau and the dagger shows the "last result" hb:vau is taurus, the redemption. the dagger is the means. for "dei gloria intacta" is the end of all. and the bull with h and chain shows the burial and the earth, l

or may not be; not to use this sacred science to offend the great god, nor to work ill unto my neighbour: to communicate it to no living person, unless by long practice and conversation i shall know him thoroughly, well examining whether such an one really 248 intendeth to work for the good or for the evil. i will punctually observe, in granting it, the same fashion which was used by abramelin to abraham. otherwise, let him who receiveth it draw no fruit therefrom. i will keep myself as from a scorpion from selling this science. let this science remain in me and in my generation as long as it shall please the most high.46 all these points i generally and severally swear to observe under the awful penalty of the displeasure of god, and of him to whose knowledge and conversation i do most ar

ire. so help me the lord of the universe, and my own higher soul! the obligation is followed, in the book, by various preparations which we pass over in order that we may the more speedily record some of the 45 the reader will note that this is a sort of personal adaptation of the 5= 6 obligation. 46 this latter portion of the obligation is taken from the oath which abramelin imposed on his pupil abraham. visions which p. experienced at this time: the first we quote is little better than an obsession, and is as follows: in bed, i invoked the fire angels and spirits on the tablet, with names, etc, and the 6th key.47 i then (as harpocrates) entered my crystal. an angel, meeting me, told me among other things, that they (of the tablets) were "at war with the angels of the 30 aethyrs, to preve

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ntellectual progress in the bold calculations of pythagoras; fable abounded in its miracles, and history, attempting to appreciate this unknown power, became confused with fable; it shook or strengthened empires by its oracles, caused tyrants to tremble on their thrones, and governed all minds, either by curiosity, or by fear" book of the sacred magic (the) of abra-melin the mage, as delivered by abraham the jew unto his son lamech, a.d. 1458. translated from the original hebrew into french, and now rendered into english. from a unique and valuable ms, in the "biblioth que de l'arsenal" at paris; with copious notes and magical squares of letters. by l.s.macgregor-mathers. 4to, black cloth, magical square on side in gold. 1900 (published at 21s) postage free 10s. 6p. the original work, of w

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meaning "that key is given in thekabbalah" lucifer: a theosophical magazine, intended to bring to light the hidden things of darkness. edited by h. p. blavatsky, mabel collins, and annie besant. vols. i to xvii inclusive. scarce set, 1877 to 1896. with symbolical bookplates of e. d. bacon. 17 vols. 8vo, half calf "net "7 15"s" book of the sacred magic (the) of abra-melin the mage, as delivered by abraham the jew unto his son lamech, a.d. 1458. translated from the original hebrew into french, and now rendered into english. from a unique and valuable ms, in the "biblioth de l'arsenal" at paris; with copious notes and magical squares of letters. by l. s. macgregor-mathers. 4to, black cloth, magical square on side in gold. 1900 (published at 21s) postage free 10s. 6p. the original work, of whi

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m, medium and mediator, the septenary of talismans, a warning to the imprudent, the ceremonial of initiates, the key of occultism, the sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft and spells, the writing of the stars, philtres and magnetism, the mastery of the sun, the thaumaturge, the science of the prophets, the book of hermes, etc. book of the sacred magic (the) of abra-melin the mage, as delivered by abraham the jew unto his son lamech, a.d. 1458. translated from the original hebrew into french, and now rendered into english. from a unique and valuable ms. in the "bibliotheque de l'arsenal" at paris; with copious notes and magical squares of letters. by l. s. macgregor-mathers. 4"to, black cloth, magical square on side in gold" 1900 (pub. at 21"s, postage free. 10"s" 6"p" the original work, of

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saac. you're a heavy little old man of the sea! urchin. the flames are creeping up her body now. oh! i'm so angry; i'm so angry. isaac. you mustn't be angry, or you'll never be fat. urchin. i don't wan't to be fat. i wan't to kill all the people. isaac. well, well, you shall one day, if you're good. urchin. yes, i will. 106 isaac. there, the wind has blown her robe open. what's that? diamonds, by abraham! what waste! what terrible waste! rinaldo["leaping from his seat. the scorpion["he rushes to the pure and clasps" laylah "in his arms] laylah! my one love! laylah. rinaldo! rinaldo. we might not live together. god is love; he lets us die together. laylah. together at last! rinaldo. you and i, love, you and i. laylah. you and i["the flames blaze to heaven with a roar" rinaldo "and" laylah "

s his characters do; no defence to prove that norwegians always do act so. it has nothing to do with the question. romeo and juliet make love in english- nobody minds! macbeth is not obliged to say 'hoots! ma leddy' every time he addresses his wife. the fool who bothers with local colour misses the sunshine. the man with the burette misses the sea. some pious dutchman of yore, who wanted to paint abraham and isaac, gave the old man a blunderbuss. why not? you can shoot your soon with a blunderbuss! i tell you it's all symbolism, all hieroglyphics. take wagner "take a cigarette" said ida. he shrugged his shoulders, and surrendered to the event "mr rolles" she said "it is your advice on life that we are asking. let us talk seriously. this dear boy (she took the negro's lips in her slim finge

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ad to perform daily rituals. if you be your own master as far as lieth in your purpose, free yourselfofallyour business and quit all mundane and vain company and conversation, leading a life tranquil, solitary and honest. if aforetimes you have been a wicked,debauched, avaricious, luxurious and proud man, leave and flee from all these vices, consider that this was one of the principle reasons why abraham, moses, david, john and other holy men retired into desert places until they had acquired this holy science and magic. alex had to manage all this outside working hours. the house in which he lived had no bathroom and as the abramelin instructions demanded daily ritual bathing, he had to buy himself a tin bath. his bathwater had to be emptied so that no other person touched it, which meant

ALICE A BAILEY11 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME II ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY II

e world government, whose members are responsible for the spread of those ideals and ideas which have led humanity onwards from age to age. this inner centre has always existed and the great leaders of the race, in every field, have been connected with it. the great idealists and world workers (such as the christ and his great brother, the buddha, and those lesser workers, such as plato, spinoza, abraham lincoln, or florence nightingale) have all been associated with this centre. the range of these associates is tremendous and the grades of these workers are many, but self sacrificing work for the betterment of human living and love of their fellow men have distinguished them all. yet all drew their light and inspiration from this central focal point. the members of this government may be

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ter appearances who come forth from some hidden centre, remote from or near to humanity, and who "release from crisis the sons of men" these fall mainly into four relatively minor groups: 1. racial avatars. these appearances are evoked by the genius and destiny of a race. the typical man (in quality and consciousness, not necessarily physically) foreshadows the nature of some race. such a man was abraham lincoln, coming forth from the very soul of a people, and introducing and transmitting racial quality a quality to be worked out later as the race unfolds. coming forth correspondingly from the realm of cosmic evil, and responsible for the focus of materialism upon the planet today was bismarck. both men came forth within the same one hundred years, thus demonstrating the balance in nature

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

nd its use. in these three crosses is summed up the story of the cosmic christ, god crucified in matter, of hercules and of all disciples, and of the average human being. they constitute the totality of the twelve signs. the sign son of jacob remarks aries, the ram, lamb naphtali naphtali is a play upon the he brew word "talceh, the ram. it means the twisting and struggling ram. note the story of abraham and the ram caught in the thicket. taurus, the bull. issachar "he bowed his shoulders to bear" this refers to the yoke and the work of the ox in producing crops- 129- the labours of hercules gemini, the twins. simeon and levi "simeon and levi are brothers. cancer, the crab zebulon he "wished for habitation, dwelling at the haven of the sea. the crab carries its habitation on its back, and

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

itten each one in question. but these critics show the utmost divergence of opinion the moment it becomes necessary to fix on a date or an author; so much more easy is destructive criticism than the acquirement of real knowledge. let us make a short note of the chief of the old kabalistic treatises. the "sepher yetzirah" or "book of formation" is the oldest treatise; it is attributed by legend to abraham the patriarch: several editions of an english translation by myself have been published. this work explains a most curious philosophical scheme of creation, drawing a parallel between the origin of the world, the sun, the planets, the elements, seasons, man and the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet; dividing them into a triad, a heptad and a dodecad; three mother letters a, m, and

e crown of the kingdom" the teaching of the kabalah has been considered to be grouped into several schools, each of which was for a time famous. i may mention--the school of gerona, 1190 to 1210, of rabbi isaac the blind, rabbis azariel and ezra, and moses nachmanides. the school of segovia of rabbis jacob, abulafia (died 1305, shem tob (died 1332, and isaac of akko. the school of rabbi isaac ben abraham ibn latif about 1390. the school of abulafia (died 1292) and joseph gikatilla (died 1300; also the schools of "zoharists" of rabbis moses de leon (died 1305, menahem di recanti (died 1350, isaac loria (died 1572) and chajim vital, who died in 1620. a very famous german kabalist was john reuchlin or capnio, and he wrote two great works, the "de verbo mirifico" and "de arte cabalistica" in t

a, and so 10, 5, 6, 5 or 26 became 20, 6, 12, 6 or 44. by extension zain, z.7, became 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 or 28; or 28 was regarded as 2 and 8 or 10. the tetragrammaton, jehovah 26 was also at times regarded as 2 and 6 or 8: so el shaddai, god almighty, al shdi, 1, 30, 300, 4, 10, was 345 and then 12 and then 3, a trinity. a quaint conceit was that of the change of the spelling of the names of abraham and sara: at first abram abrm and sarai shri, became abrhm and shrh: they were 100 and 90 years old and were sterile: now h, heh, was deemed of a fertile type, and so the letter h was added to abram, and the yod i, converted into an h of the name sarai. in the very old "sepher yetzirah" is found the allocation of letters to the planets; from this origin arose a system of designing talisman

ANALYSIS OF THE 5 6 INITIATION

s, it is an example of the five principles of man that must be united into perfection and for this the adept does work continuously. the lion and red rose are a symbol of first cause, the beginning, the dawn. it is further symbolized by the virgin mother and the great work. nequaquam vacuum means "nowhere a void" this is the motto written about the lion. it can be summed up in saying that "before abraham was "i am" the eagle and the chalice stand for the blood that must be shed for the remission of sins. it is the purifying waters from the cup of the stolistices. libertas evangelii, the "liberty of the gospel" is the free will that only the adept can process. in addition, the sacrifice of the cross is a doorway to freedom without the restriction of the law. the man and the dagger explain t

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ordinate ones, a play upon a common word s-ph-r, or number" the prince al-chazari says to the rabbi "i wish now that thou wouldest impart to me some of the chiefest or leading principles of natural philosophy, which as thou sayest were in former times worked out by them (the ancient wise ones; to which the rabbi makes answer "to such principles appertains the number of creation of our race-father abraham (that is abram and abraham, or numbers 41224 and 41252. he then says that this book of number treats of teaching the alhim-ness and one-ness through "dbrim" viz, the numbers of the word "words" that is, it teaches the use of the ratio 31415 to one, through 41224, which last, in the description of the ark of the covenant, was divided into two parts by two tables of stone, on which these, db

the wife of the moon; vide foot-note, the goddess of increase" therefore "the grand monument and landmark of the exact period of the lunar year and month, by which this cycle (of 19 tropical years and 235 revolutions of the moon) could be calculated, was mount sinai- the lord jehovah coming down thereon. paul speaks (then) as a mystagogue, when he says concerning the freed woman and bond woman of abraham 'for this hagar (the bond-woman) is mount sinai in arabia' how could a woman be a mountain? and such a mountain! yet. she was. her name was hagar, hebrew[[hebrew, whose numbers re-read 235, or in exact measure, the very number of lunar months to equal nineteen tropical years to complete this cycle. mount sinai being, in the esoteric language of the wisdom, the monument of the exact time of

(see fuerst "the mountain of the moon (sin. so also sarai (sri, the wife of abram, could have no child until her name was changed to sarah[[hebrew, giving to her the property of this lunar influence* this may be regarded as a digression from the main subject; but it is a very necessary one with a view to christian readers. for who, after studying dispassionately the respective legends of abram or abraham, sarai or sarah, who was "fair to look upon" and those of brahma and sarasvati, or sri, lakshmi-venus, with the relations of all these to the moon and water- and especially one who understands the real kabalistic meaning of the name jehovah and its relation to, and connection with, the moon- who can doubt that the story of abram is based upon that of brahma, or that genesis was written upo

ined, it is the northern nipoor which is the centre whence chaldean (black) magic spread; and eridu (the southern) which was the primitive seat of the worship of the culture god, the god of divine wisdom- the sun-god being the supreme deity everywhere. with the jews, the moon is connected with israel's jehovah and his seed, because ur was the chief seat of the worship of the moon-god, and because abraham is said to have come from ur, when from a-bra(h)m, he becomes abraham[[vol. 2, page] 140 the secret doctrine. its story has also its dual application. in one case it has reference to that mystery when mankind was saved from utter destruction, by the mortal woman being made the receptacle of the human seed at the end of the third race* and in the other to the real and historical atlantean s

tion in the puranas about the "sweat-born" 2. kandu is a sage and a yogi, eminent in holy wisdom and pious austerities, which, finally, awaken the jealousy of the gods, who are represented in the hindu scriptures as being in never-ending strife with the ascetics. indra, the "king of the gods* finally sends one of his female apsarasas to tempt the sage. this is no worse than jehovah sending sarah, abraham's wife, to tempt pharaoh; but in truth it is those gods (and god, who are ever trying to disturb ascetics and thus make them lose the fruit of their austerities, who ought to be regarded as "tempting demons" instead of applying the term to the rudras, kumaras, and asuras, whose great sanctity and chastity seem a standing reproach to the don juanic gods of the pantheon. but it is[[footnote(

lves snakes "i am a serpent, i am a druid" they exclaimed. the egyptian karnak is twin brother to the carnac of bretagne, the latter carnac meaning the serpent's mount. the dracontia once covered the surface of the globe, and these temples were sacred to the dragon, only because it was the symbol of the sun, which, in its turn, was the symbol of the highest god- the phoenician elon or elion, whom abraham recognised as el elion* besides the surname of serpents, they were called the "builders" the "architects; for the immense grandeur of their temples and monuments was such that even now the pulverised remains of them "frighten the mathematical calculations of our modern engineers" says taliesin* de bourbourg hints that the chiefs of the name of votan, the quetzo-cohuatl, or serpent deity of

2, page] 392 the secret doctrine. sadic, was the patriarch noah (as also melchizedek; and that the name by which he is called, or sadic, corresponds to the character given of him in genesis, chap. vi, 9 "he was[[diagram, sadic, a just man, and perfect in his generation. all science and every useful art were attributed to him, and through his sons transmitted to posterity (see new encyclopaedia by abraham rees, f.r.s) now it is sanchoniathon, who informs the world that the kabiri were the sons of sydic or zedek (melchizedek. true enough, this information, having descended to us through eusebius (preparatio evangelica, may be regarded with a certain amount of suspicion, as it is more than likely that he dealt with sanchoniathon's works as he has with manetho's synchronistic tables. but let u

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a universal solvent for every identification and "connection" between[[footnote(s* see max muller's "introduction to the science of religion" lecture on false analogies in comparative theology, pp. 288 and 296 et seq. this relates to the clever forgery (on leaves inserted in old puranic mss, in correct and archaic sanskrit, of all that the pundits of col. wilford had heard from him about adam and abraham, noah and his three sons, etc, etc[[vol. 1, page] xxxii introductory. the gods of many nations. thus, though the mother of mercury (budha, thot-hermes, etc, was maia, the mother of buddha (gautama, also maya, and the mother of jesus, likewise maya (illusion, for mary is mare, the sea, the great illusion symbolically- yet these three characters have no connection, nor can they have any, sin

owy, until upon touching the ground it is as black as night[[footnote(s* the name is used in the sense of the greek word[[anthropos[[vol. 1, page] xliii introductory. the "very old book" is the original work from which the many volumes of kiu-ti were compiled. not only this latter and the siphrah dzeniouta but even the sepher jezirah* the work attributed by the hebrew kabalists to their patriarch abraham, the book of shuking, china's primitive bible, the sacred volumes of the egyptian thoth-hermes, the puranas in india, and the chaldean book of numbers and the pentateuch itself, are all derived from that one small parent volume. tradition says, that it was taken down in senzar, the secret sacerdotal tongue, from the words of the divine beings, who dictated it to the sons of light, in centr

autifully shaped. three staircases lead to the top, the steps of which are decorated with hieroglyphical sculptures and small niches arranged with great symmetry. the number of these niches seems to allude to the 318 simple and compound signs of the days of their civil calendar "318 is the gnostic value of christ" remarks the author "and the famous number of the trained or circumcised servants of abraham. when it is consi[[footnote(s* see farther on the description given of the early aryan initiation: of visvakarma crucifying the sun "vikkartana" shorn of his beams- on a cruciform lath[[vol. 1, page] 323 identity of the ancient symbols. dered that 318 is an abstract value, and universal, as expressive of a diameter value to a circumference of unity, its use in the composition of the civil

maton, so-called, at the head of the seven lower sephiroth. this was the belief of the chaldees "these chaldeans" writes philo, the jew, speaking very flippantly of the first instructors of his ancestors "were of opinion that the kosmos, among the things that exist) is a single point, either being itself god (theos) or that in it is god, comprehending the soul of all things (see his "migration of abraham" 32) chaos-theos-kosmos are but the three aspects of their synthesis- space. one can never hope to solve the mystery of this tetraktis by holding to the dead-letter even of the old philosophies, as now extant. but, even in these chaos-theos-kosmos= space, are identified in all eternity, as the one unknown space, the last word about which will, perhaps, never be known before our seventh rou

"long before his (ibn gebirol's) time. many centuries before the christian era, there was in central asia a 'wisdom religion' fragments of which subsequently existed among the learned men of the archaic egyptians, the ancient chinese, hindus, etc" and that "the qabbalah most likely originally came from aryan sources, through central asia, persia, india and mesopotamia, for from ur and haran came abraham and many others into palestine (p. 221. and such was the firm conviction of c. w. king, the author of "the gnostics and their remains" vamadeva modelyar (modely) describes the coming "night" most poetically. though it is given in isis unveiled, it is worthy of repetition "strange noises are heard, proceeding from every point. these are the precursors of the night of brahma; dusk rises at t

old this whole world as one with divine knowledge, as one with thee, o god! be favourable, o universal spirit[[vol. 1, page] 422 the secret doctrine. respective opponents and foes- the demons. thus while (according to the kabalists) jehovah assumes the shape of the tempting serpent in the garden of eden; sends satan with a special mission to tempt job; and harasses and wearies pharaoh with sarai, abraham's wife, and "hardens" his heart against moses, lest there should be no opportunity for plaguing his victims "with great plagues (genesis xii, exodus- vishnu is made in his purana to resort to a trick no less unworthy of any respectable god "have compassion upon us, o lord, and protect us, who have come to thee for succour from the daityas (demons" pray the defeated gods "they have seized u

renounce our right of abusing the gods and creeds of other nations. the foregoing statements emanating as they do from two ardent and learned roman catholics, are, to say the least, dangerous, in the presence of the bible and its prophets. indeed, if jupiter, the "chief daemon of the pagan greeks" hurled his deadly thunderbolts and lightnings at those who excited his wrath, so did the lord god of abraham and jacob. we find in i. samuel, that "the lord thundered from heaven, and the most high uttered his voice, and he sent out arrows (thunder bolts) and scattered them (saul's armies) with lightning, and discomforted them (chap. xxii. 14, 15) the athenians are accused of having sacrificed to boreas; and this "demon" is charged with having submerged and wrecked 400 ships of the persian fleet

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ine the peasants in zola s la terre to be mostly imaginary: not that zola s peasants are as disgusting as mr. bishop. he is certainly a very strong argument against evolution, though his book is not. after wearing out his sister ada, finding himself faced with this expense of this stenographer aforesaid, he decided that it would be cheaper to get married. so he went to llandudno; and, rather like abraham when he found the ram caught in the thicket by its horns, he found a cow caught in the children s special service mission by her feet, which were exceptionally large, and took her as wife in name, and secretary and general servant in function. this female, however, developed an unsuspected quality. she made him shave, and mr. bishop, who had been going about london for forty years looking

BOOK OF JASHAR

se roles here. we should notice however, that the name abram in hebrew has the same derivation as the word patriarch in its latin origins; both mean high father. so on the day when every family became a separate nation, each with its own patriarch, any father could have been called "abram" however, this particular patriarch has an ability to challenge and question god that is so like the biblical abraham on the road to sodom that we can recognize them as the same person. there are two other biblical characters who are present although unnamed in the story: isaac's new-born twin sons, esau and jacob. notice that, if isaac was sacrificed at the tower and abram was not his father, then these children would have a special status. because they were not fathers when the tower fell, they would no

daries, through intermarriage, and through the study of foreign traditions, which god has also commanded. thus, human nations can flow together and yet remain distinct from each other, like the jinn. as abram comes to understand this pluralist vision of humanity, divided into competitive groups which develop their own separate stories, which will mix and entwine forever, then he truly becomes our abraham or ibrahim, the father of many nations. translator's apology (a postscript: when i finished my book on game theory in 1991, i had some thoughts of writing a monograph about the philosophical foundations of social theory. then i read harold bloom's "book of j" an homage to the j-strand in the bible("j" is an early draft of the books of genesis and exodus, which can be extracted from the lat

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

g, gentle sound; witches' magick doth abound. earth site by tara buckland earth site witches' rite merry meet in joy tonight! sacred ground, newly bound. witness to the power found! recommended reading list at the end of each lesson's examination questions, i listed books for further reading. they are books i especially recommend. to them i would add a few more that you may well find of interest. abraham, karl dreams and myths angus, s. the religious quests of the graeco-roman world bowra, c.m. primitive song bracelin, j.l. gerald gardner: witch breasted, j.h. development of religion and thought in ancient egypt budge, sir e.a.w. amulets and talismans eliade, mircea birth and rebirth; the sacred and the profane; myths, dreams and mysteries fitch, ed magical rites from the crystal well fraz

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

ools, deluded by outward appearance, create a demon out of the web of their folly. in the last day shall the demon be cast into a lake of fire; but to each man there is appointed a last day, and none knoweth the time save he who hath appointed it [149] t h e book of t o k e n s 7 the lake of fire is that divine understanding which cometh to a man who succeedeth in contemplation. as did our father abraham, and the last day is the time of that achievement. then shall all things pass away for that man. and he shall behold all things anew. and the prince of darkness shall be cast into the lake of fire. for then shall that enlightened one see that the demon is but the shadow of the lord [150] comment on ayin* a y i n, pronounced ahyin. transcribed as" o. the number 70. meaning: eye. the renewin

resented on the tree of life by the two opposing pillars, the pillar of mercy and the pillar of severity. the pillar of mercy is that of light, and the pillar of severity is that of darkness. in hebrew the noun for "pillars" is ammoodi, o m v d i, and the number of this is 130, the same as the letter-name o i n [151] t h e book o f t o k e n s 7 "who succeedeth in contemplation, as did our father abraham" refers to the last section of the last chapter of the book of formation" and when our father abraham had come, he beheld this, revolved it in his mind, conceived it perfectly, made careful investigations and profound inquiries, pondered upon it, and when he had succeeded in his contemplations the lord of the universe appeared to him [152] the meditation on peh* 1 i am the mouth whence iss

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

ns of the watchtowers at all, but instead light each elemental candle in turn, visualising golden energies pouring from each direction into the circle. uriel seite 122 wicca01.txt uriel, whose name means fire of god, is associated with earthquakes, storms and volcanoes and is the archangel of salvation. he is sometimes linked with the courage of mars. he warned noah of the impending flood and led abraham out of ur. believed to have given alchemy to mankind, he also imparted the wisdom of the kabbalah, the book of sacred writings, to hebrew mystics. he stands as wise protector and keeper of the sacred mysteries, hence representing the direction of magick and initiator of all who seek the mysteries. uriel stands in the north and his colour is the deep blue or purple of midnight. raphael raph

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

nslation of john george hohman, der lange verborgene freund (the long lost friend; 1856. courtesy of the library company of philadelphia, rare books division\ 11\ 1 "our religion and superstition was all mixed up" black magic page 9 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 conjure, christianity, and african american supernatural traditions henry abraham, an african american farmer, migrated from the lowcountry plantations of south carolina to the pine fields of florida early in the twentieth century. a story tells that one day he was sent to draft some laborers for work in the turpentine camps. approaching a truckload of potential recruits, abraham tried to persuade them to sign on with the company he represented. then, according to one w

the twentieth century. a story tells that one day he was sent to draft some laborers for work in the turpentine camps. approaching a truckload of potential recruits, abraham tried to persuade them to sign on with the company he represented. then, according to one witness, he threatened to "throw the worste [sic] spell" on them unless they went with him. in fear, the men went along, and thereafter abraham acquired the reputation of someone who was able to "fix" whomever he wanted or to "throw a fix" that is, remove the spells of others. knowledge of his powers spread, and henry abraham thus began his career as a "hoodoo doctor" for the "sick and spell-bound" his spiritual work included creating and distributing small, powerful healing charms that he called "christian letters" to his many pa

a fix" that is, remove the spells of others. knowledge of his powers spread, and henry abraham thus began his career as a "hoodoo doctor" for the "sick and spell-bound" his spiritual work included creating and distributing small, powerful healing charms that he called "christian letters" to his many patients, including some who came from as far away as canada to see him.[1] figures such as henry abraham have held a fascinating role in black america. a supernatural practitioner who was committed to good\ 12\ works, abraham channeled his gifts into a ministry that endured for more than thirty years. his great success demonstrates how african americans in the early twentieth century, like their nineteenth-century predecessors, embraced beliefs that extended well beyond the prescribed territo

\ 12\ works, abraham channeled his gifts into a ministry that endured for more than thirty years. his great success demonstrates how african americans in the early twentieth century, like their nineteenth-century predecessors, embraced beliefs that extended well beyond the prescribed territories of the church and the sunday school and into their everyday lives. although it is not clear that henry abraham would have claimed the title, his career manifests strong parallels with those of other african american supernatural healers, the conjurers. conjure is a magical tradition in which spiritual power is invoked for various purposes, such as healing, protection, and self defense. the relationship between conjure and african american religion.in particular, christianity.is somewhat ambiguous

rer" concluded owen, whose observations point to the link between conjure and other diasporic spiritual traditions such as haitian vodou and cuban santeria, religions in which a devotee's head is believed to be governed by a particular force or divinity.[22] conjurers were sometimes summoned to their professions in ways that evoked the traditional christian "call" to ministry. the career of henry abraham, who came to be known as the "hoodoo doctor" of lawtey, florida, began with his receiving a divine revelation, as described by hurston in the following account: one day as he was plowing under the parching sun, he suddenly stopped, his face bathed in perspiration. calling his wife he said "honey, i jes f can't do dis yere work; i has a feelin f god's done called his chile for higher things

ton in the following account: one day as he was plowing under the parching sun, he suddenly stopped, his face bathed in perspiration. calling his wife he said "honey, i jes f can't do dis yere work; i has a feelin f god's done called his chile for higher things. ever since i been a boy i done had dis yere feelin f but i jes didn f obey. quench not the spirit, saith de lord" throwing down his plow abraham left the field, never to return to it again as a laborer.[23] many supernatural specialists were "born with the gift".marked, or chosen, at the start of their lives. anomalous births were considered significant in the conjuring tradition. being born with a caul, the amniotic veil covering the face of the newly delivered infant, was interpreted as evidence that one was gifted with enhanced

assachusetts press, 1993, p. xi; lawrence levine, black culture and black consciousness: afro-american folk thought from slavery to freedom (new york, oxford university press, 1977, p. 389. 10. theophus h. smith, conjuring culture: biblical formations of black america (new york: oxford university press, 1994. chapter 1 "our religion and superstition was all mixed up" 1. zora neale hurston "father abraham" in the sanctified church: the folklore writings of zora neale hurston (berkeley: turtle island press, 1981\ 159\ pp. 15.18. in addition to his career as a hoodoo doctor, abraham became one of the most highly successful strawberry farmers in florida. after his death in 1937, his daughter carried on his ministry for five years. for further sources on abraham see sherry sherrod dupree, afric

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e caucasus mountains and established the kingdom of mitanni on the nw frontier of the kassite kingdom (james:1963..aryan migration into anatolia around 2000 bc.(lincoln: 1981..pg 181) harran founded as a merchant outpost of ur, situated on the major trade route across northern mesopotamia. the name comes from the sumerian and akkadian "harran-u, meaning "journey "caravan, or "crossroad. 2000-1900 abraham, b. in ur, according to bible lived to age of 175. 1857 bc birth of shenrab in the 1st wood male mouse year, the son of king gyal tokar and queen zanga ringum (wangyal: 1993..pg 30) 1800 enuma elish, bablyonian creation myth. 1700 bc 17th and 15th centuries bc..asherah was their mother goddess. the consort of jehovah 'she who treads on the sea-(petty: 1990) 1760 gilgamesh epic. 1600 orig

ts moses ibn tibbon and samuel ibn motot 1054 rome splits from orthodox church, forms catholic church 1058-1111 ghazali (persian muslim scholar and mystic) 1060 r. solomon ibn gabirol said to have created a woman 1062-1110 petrus alfonsi proof of the trinity based on the tetragrammaton. 1071-1126 guilhelm ix duca d'aquitania, vii conte di poitiers troubadour c. 1075 yehuda ha-levi born. friend of abraham ibn ezra. helped amalgamate ismailite thought and muslim mysticism to jewish thought. 1075-1129 rupert of deutz. trinitarian division of history: the age of the father from the creation to the fall; of the son from the fall to the passion; and that of the holy spirit from the resurrection until the resurrection at the end of time. identified an "age of the spirit "during which the seven sp

, ancestor of novo cabalae philosophorum incognuorum dignissimo sodali (society of unknown philosophers "is it possible that a group of bogdadiens/harranians/sabians migrated to constantinople, and eventually established the brothers of the east? is it possible that the brothers of the east survived until the time that they were absorbed into the florentine academy(ies"-jonathan sellers 1092-1167 abraham ibn ezra 1096-99: by a combination of military force, coincidence, and unbelievable luck, the motley forces of the first crusade take jerusalem and most of the "holy land" away from seljuk muslims. the muslims start re-conquering this land within a decade, leading to a series of less successful crusading efforts. 1096 1141 hugh of saint victor. division of the mystical ascent into three st

contemporaries master of the troubadours; dante ranked him second only to arnaut daniel. 1140-1215 bertran de born troubadour 1144 earliest dated western alchemical treatise- robert of chester de compositione alchemiae c.1145- after 1208 guiot de provins. trouv re in the service of the dukes of champagne in provins; possibly in the holy land on one or more crusades. 1145 sepher zachut -ezra, ibn abraham(mantua, concerning the hebrew letters as well as principles of grammar.)sod (1100s, on the mysteries in the forms of the hebrew letters. manuscript copies of it are in the vatican library. ormat ha-mezima (also known as arugat ha-mezima, 1100s, a small philosophical book using the alphabet and poetry. bishop otto of freising of germany first recorded story of legendary christian ruler of t

d spain, judeo-christian moslem atmosphere. kabbalah came into contact with christianity. kabbalistic, talmud texts translated into spanish. d. 1230 farid al-din al-'attar. mantiq al-tayr('the speech of the birds) 1230-1306 jacopone da todi franciscan joachite poet and leader 1231 first mention of alchemy in french literature- roman de la rose 1235-1310 arnold of villanova 1235-1310 r. solomon b. abraham adret, spain. teaches llull about kabbalah. 1235 robert grosseteste, bishop of lincoln, discusses transmutation of metals in de artibus liberalibus and de generatione stellarum. 1236-1319 ramon lull 1237 -1285/88 adam de la halle troubadour 1240 abraham abulafia, sicilian kabbalist, founder of ecstatic kabbala, born in saragosa 1240 elhanan b. yakar(london) publishes sefer yetzirah comment

onaventure believed that st. francis's order would inherit the 'key of david' given to the angel of philadelphia. 1258- hulagu khan destroys baghdad; mongols destroy mesopotamia, the mother of civilization. fl 1259-1285 guilhem de cervera troubadour. 1259 peter de abano [pietro d'abano, italian physician and philosopher born. professor of medicine in padua. heptameron. knew marco polo. translates abraham ibn ezra on decanates. 1260- 1294 kublai khan c.1260 "the book of kings of merlin(liber regnum) 1260: kublai is appointed khan and declares buddhism the state religion mongols are defeated for the first time in palestine (by muslims, in the battle of ain jalut. joachite date of the anticipated apocalypse. 1264 albertus magnus, bishop of regensburg, writes de mineralibus 1265-1321 dante ali

erimented with letter combinations in visions; wrote "moreh sedek: conceptions of shekinah and shi'ur komah(measure of the body).identifies metatron with the son in the trinity. hokhmah, binah, and da'at as christological trinity. 1271 mongols conquered the area around harran. they deported the populace of the city, walled up the city gates, and left it. r. baruch torgami in barcelona, teacher of abraham abulafia. his circle had access to al-gazali's description of sufism contributing to the crystalization of prophetic kabbalah. wrote maftehot ha-kabbalah("the keys to kabbalah, containing a short commentary on the sefer yezirah. 1272 provincal chapter at narbonne forbade the franciscans to practice alchemy. 1273 dominican order at pest warned friars not to study or teach alchemy. d.1273 ja

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one when europe goes to war. this is why. it is the global elite financial centre. the idea of a central bank in each country was another elite inspiration. the first was the bank of amsterdam in 1609 and then followed the bank of hamburg (1619) and the bank of sweden (1661, chartered by the descendants of bankers in genoa and venice. these included the warburgs of hamburg, who descended from the abraham del banco family, the biggest bankers in venice. the manipulators behind the bank of amsterdam were also behind the dutch8 william of orange who took the british throne in 1689, a feat achieved by the manoeuvrings of the secret society called the orange order. the bank of england soon followed, under the charter granted by william in 1694. some researchers claim that all european monarchs

ing and control. we have a united kingdom all right- united in its subservience to the manipulated money system controlled by the few. the elite bankers were now manipulating with ever greater influence across the world. they were involved in the american civil war, in which they financed both sides. the london rothschilds funded the north while the paris rothschilds funded the south.12 president abraham lincoln also printed interestfree money, called 'greenbacks, to reduce the level of debt his government would face. this was potentially disastrous for the banks. if this had continued after the war and spread to other countries, the banks and the elite would have lost their power. lincoln was assassinated by john wilkes booth, an agent of the house of rothschild, according to some researc

ia's 'favourite american. a statue of george peabody can be seen opposite the bank of england today and his old lunchbox is still given a prominent place at the london office of the morgan stanley bank. peabody, the rothschild frontman, became the biggest trader in american securities in the world; with his partner, john peirpont morgan (comm 300, he put enormous pressure on the administration of abraham lincoln to manipulate the us economy for their personal benefit. peabody had no sons and when he died his business was passed to morgan's son, john peirpont morgan jr (comm 300, who was born in new york in 1867. this second j.p. morgan was seen, like his father, as an all-powerful banker at the helm of his own empire, but he was almost certainly a vehicle for the house of rothschild. morga

morgans and rockefellers, he once wrote. it is noteworthy, too, that the morgans had a reputation for being anti-jewish while in fact working closely with the rothschilds. this ploy of "anti-semitism" is often used to camouflage rothschild interests. the rothschilds were most powerfully represented in the united states by the banking company known as kuhn, loeb, and co. it was founded in 1867 by abraham kuhn and solomon loeb, two merchants from cincinnati, but it became an obvious rothschild front after 1875, when jacob schiff arrived from frankfurt. schiff was born in the rothschild/schiff house in frankfurt, which the two families shared. the business arrangements between schiff and kuhn, loeb, and co were consummated (as so often happens in these cases) by the marriage of schiff to sol

nto any historical situation and you will usually find the esoteric. john ruskin, the man who inspired cecil rhodes, alfred milner, and those who formed the round table secret society, was himself influenced by the esoteric writings of plato and by madame blavatsky the books of lord edward bulwer-lytton, and secret societies in the mould of the order of the golden dawn. the murder of us president abraham lincoln has been explained by some as part of the struggle between competing secret societies, although i don't accept that. one of his close friends, pascal beverly randolph, revealed that lincoln was involved with a society called the brotherhood of eulis after being initiated into the secrets of "sexual magic" in the middle east. lincoln was also believed to be a high ranking member of

bank employee, go and find a mirror and ask it some questions. your children are going to face the consequences of the new world order like everyone else's, unless you wake up. nothing would improve the lives of people quicker than an end to the charging of interest on money and for governments to print their own money, interest free, or to make the banks pay interest to the government. president abraham lincoln began to do this with his so called 'greenbacks. he was murdered soon afterwards by john wilkes booth, an alleged agent of the house of rothschild, in 1865. president john f. kennedy proposed to do it and some of his interest-free notes are still in circulation. he was murdered by the elite in dallas, texas, in 1963. another money confidence trick is that of inflation. we are told

e' had been damaged by failing to win. my god. my god. john f kennedy president kennedy's alleged tone assassin, lee harvey oswald, was an asset of the cia who was set up to take the blame. he was the 'patsy, as they say in america. investigations by new orleans district attorney, jim garrison, showed that oswald could not possibly have been responsible. anyway, as the cine film taken by onlooker abraham zapruder proves, kennedy was killed by shots from the front of the car, not the back where oswald is supposed to have been shooting from a book depository.3 the assassination was the work, not of one man, but of a highly trained and coordinated squad of professionals. oswald, who realised he'd been set up and was prepared to say so in court, was taken through a public place where the night

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nown as the sicambrian franks, the source of the name "france. they were named after cambra, their tribal queen of the late 4th century, and francio, their founder, who claimed to have been descended from noah of the biblical great flood.25 noah is a mythical name, but possibly based on a real character from the atlantean period and an anunnaki crossbreed. it should be stressed here that noah and abraham, had they actually existed, were not hebrews because there were no hebrews in this period. the hebrews were an offshoot of the sumerian-egyptian cultures, as outlined by, among others, professor cyrus gordon, in the common background of greek and hebrew civilisation (w. w. norton and company, new york, 1965. to claim descent from "noah" is used by illuminati initiates to symbolise their ge

d that in hebrew myth, the biblical "nefilim, the "sons of the gods, are called awwim, which means devastators or serpents. hebrew legends also describe the eden serpent as a being who walked and talked like a human. the hebrew book of ancient oral tradition, the haggadah, speaks of this serpent as a creature with two legs that stood upright to the "height of a camel".7 the slavonic apocalypse of abraham says the serpent with eve had hands, feet and wings,8 just like many other ancient and modern descriptions of the draco. the hebrew stories came from the earlier sumerian, atlantean, and lemurian accounts, many of them changed and twisted to suit the priesthood and to lose most of the direct reptilian references. these can be identified, however, by following the trail from which their ter

accounts, many of them changed and twisted to suit the priesthood and to lose most of the direct reptilian references. these can be identified, however, by following the trail from which their terms and names derived. the name of the hebrew winged "angels, the seraphim, means serpent and they were described as having six wings- just like the one in the garden of eden featured in the apocalypse of abraham.9 flying angels in religious texts are symbolic of the reptilians, some of which, according to ancient and modern descriptions, have wings and can fly. this is also symbolised in the flying reptilian gargoyle figures, which the bloodlines have on their homes, cathedrals, churches, and other buildings, including the british houses of parliament. seraph in the king james version of the bible

m and eve with the serpent in the garden of eden in which they were punished for eating from the tree of knowledge, the rowan tree, symbolic of the nordic religion. the levites were serpent worshippers of el and the old testament gods, the elohim, were the reptilians of the serpent cult. the edda also refers to the serpent cult as the valkyrs of ur and the levites made their invented character of abraham hail from "ur of the chaldees. the chaldeans were serpent worshippers, the valkyrs. el also came from ur according to the edda, and she was known as hrimni in the edda and ahriman, or "great serpent" by the persians. this is fascinatingly close to the biblical "abraham. they associated ahriman with aeshma. he was the origin of asmodeus, the christian demon accused of possessing nuns and yo

vage, the webmaster at davidicke.com and a long-time researcher of ancient history, tells me that the root of testament is "testes. apparently, tradition says that the ancient hebrews used to hold the other guy's balls, sorry "testes, while hearing an oath. funnily enough, they do the same in some of the illuminati rituals today, i am told. lauren says that in the king james version of the bible, abraham has his servant swear upon his "thigh" according to the translation when, in hebrew tradition, it would have been his dangly bits. it certainly gives new meaning to the term "got you by the balls. staring at a penis was another way to "god" in these times, i understand, and in some way this related to "remembering" the covenant. all it does for me is make me remember that i am not as young

ing of king solomon, the mass exodus of "israelites" from egypt, or the egyptian army drowned in the red sea. neither did the greek philosopher, plato. l.a. waddell, a fluent reader of sanskrit, sumerian, and egyptian, researched that whole region in great detail. he concluded "there is absolutely no inscriptional evidence whatsoever, nor any ancient greek or roman reference, for the existence of abraham or any of the jewish patriarchs or prophets of the old testament, nor for moses, saul, david, solomon, nor any of the jewish kings, with the mere exception of two, or at most three, of the later kings."10 nor was there any claim for the existence of any of these people until the levites were taken to babylon where the plot was hatched. the same stories that were told about abraham, like th

of the sun, moons, asteroids, and other "receptive bodies, within his "house" or "temple- the solar system.12 the stories attributed to solomon and david can be found long before in india. and if there was no david or solomon, then how can they have provided the bloodline of "jesus? answer: they didn't. that genealogy was invented to serve a purpose, as were the old testament genealogies back to "abraham" in sumer. they were part of the manufactured history, some truth mixed with endless lies and deceit, which was created to hide what really happened. edouard dujardin, in his book, ancient history of the god jesus (watts and co, 1938) documents how judaism or the "jahvehists" took the gods of other nations and turned them into mythical hebrew leaders, heroes, and prophets "where judaism fu

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d kings. the egyptian historian, manetho, reported that a strange and barbaricrace invaded and took control of egypt. when they were eventually driven out, he said,they journeyed through syria and built a city called jerusalem.14 the hyksos could wellbe a group of similar description called the habiru who came out of the former lands ofsumer, as did, according to the old testament, the one called abraham.king solomon and his temple are more symbolism. there is, again, no independentevidence for a person called king solomon. not once has his name appeared in anyinscriptions. before the levites wrote their texts, the greek historian herodotus (c. 485-425 bc, travelled and researched the lands and history of egypt and the near east. heheard nothing of the empire of solomon, the mass exodus of

written by the levites! there is no otherevidence. its a con. so is the idea of the king david-jesus bloodline being taken tofrance by mary magdalene to become the merovingians as suggested in many booksover recent years. as the scholar and researcher, l. a. waddell, points out:there is absolutely no inscriptional evidence whatsoever, nor any ancient greek orroman reference, for the existence of abraham or any of the jewish patriarchs or prophetsof the old t estament, nor for moses, saul, david, solomon, nor any of the jewish kings,with the mere exception of two, or at most three, of the later kings.1686the consequences of all this for the people who have called themselves jewish, andfor humanity in general, have been quite appalling. the mosaic law, the law ofmoses, is the law of the lev

rn russia, not israel. the hooked nose which is considered sojewish is a genetic trait of southern russia and the caucasus, not israel. in 740 ad, apeople called the khazars had a mass conversion to judaism. koestler writes:the khazars came not from jordan, but from the volga, not from canaan, but from thecaucasus. genetically they are more related to the hun, uigar and the magyar than theseed of abraham, isaac and jacob. the story of the khazar empire, as it slowly emergesfrom the past, begins to look like the most cruel hoax that history has ever perpetrated.20there are two main sub divisions of those who call themselves jewish, thesephardim and the ashkenazim. the sephardim are the descendants of those wholived in spain from antiquity until the 15th century when they were expelled. thea

sing above the horizon. the soothsayers told him that this foretoldthe birth of a child who would become a great prince.24 its allrecycling. jesus is a myth man.the invented character of jesus was a sun god, symbolic ofgods sun. the light of the world. this very phrase, light of theworld, was used by the aryan-phoenicians to symbolise the onetrue god thousands of years before the alleged birth of abraham, thequite wrongly named creator of the one-god concept.25 they alsosymbolised the one true god, the sun, with the one true cross 26 thechristians portray jesus with a halo around his head and thatsexactly how the phoenicians depicted the rays of the sun around thehead of their sun god, bel or bil. this can be seen on a phoenicianstone dating to about the 4th centurv bc (see figure 14. the

is invention.you can write an entire book about the myths in the bible and, in fact, someone has.its called, appropriately, bible myths, and if you want detailed documentation of theinformation in this chapter i thoroughly recommend it. there is no credible evidencewhatsoever for the existence of jesus. no archaeological evidence, no written evidence,nothing. so it is with solomon, moses, david, abraham, samson and countless otherbiblical stars. all we have are the levite texts and the gospel stories in their variousversions. so desperate did the religious manipulators become to cross reference jesusthat they inserted a pathetically obvious addition into the works of the jewishhistorian, josephus, to support the unsupportable. more than 40 writers are known tohave chronicled the events of

ol of nimrod.to complete the trio, along came the skull-cap-wearing muslims and the creed ofislam, inspired by the prophet mahomet (mohammed) when he had a vision in theyear 612. once more we find that islams roots are in christianity and judaism andtherefore babylon. muslims see islam as an updated continuation of thejudeo-christian stream and they, too, trace their ancestry back to our old mate,abraham, who is said to have emerged from the sumerian city of ur and headed foregypt. they believe that abraham built the kaaba, the sacred shrine at mecca, and thefocus of pilgrimage for muslims all over the world. but it was in fact originally a pagantemple of goddess (semiramis) worship featuring the famous black stone. w. wynnwestcott, founder of the hermetic order of the golden dawn, wrote i

power and many of them will not be aware of who they are andwhat is controlling them, but they are the same anunnaki-reptilian bloodlines andinvariably find themselves in the positions of royal, religious and political power.many of todays most famous financial and business families are members of theblack nobility lines of the babylonian brotherhood. the warburg banking dynasty is infact of the abraham del banco family, the biggest banking family in v enice when the citywas at the height of its powers and influence. the agnelli family, famous for the car giant,fiat (remember fiat money, is another of these black nobility bloodlines. this is whythe agnellis control italy and dictate to its governments. another of the most powerfulblack nobility families of v enice were the de medicis and

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. essentially in zoroastrian lore, zohak or azi dahaka is the second in command of ahriman s children, he is for a lack of a better term considered a prototype for an antichrist in that he expands the opposite gnosis against zoroaster. the jewish scriptures were first composed by him (i.e. zohak, and deposited in the fortress of jerusalem. and through zohak men adhered unto the jewish high-priest abraham, and through abraham they adhered unto moses, whom the jews accepted as their prophet and messengers of faith, and unto whom they ascribe the salvation of sins committed, and regarded his acquirements as being necessary for the final propagation of their faith. thus zohak cherished demoniac deceptions to harm his people. the denkard here we read that zohak, during his long life span, was c

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be assimilated. we must always test the purity of a tradition by reference to first principles, but we shall equally judge of the vitality of a tradition by its power to assimilate. it is only a dead faith which remains uninfluenced by contemporary thought. 9. the original stream of hebraic mysticism has received many tributaries. we see its rise among the nomad star-worshippers of chaldea, where abraham in his tent among his flocks hears the voice of god. but abraham has a shadowy background in which vast forms move half-seen. the mysterious figure of a great priest-king "born without father, without mother, without descent; having neither beginning of days nor end of life" administers to him the first eucharistic feast of bread and wine after the battle with the kings in the valley, the

r, without descent; having neither beginning of days nor end of life" administers to him the first eucharistic feast of bread and wine after the battle with the kings in the valley, the sinister kings of edom "who ruled ere there was a king in israel, whose kingdoms are unbalanced force" 10. generation by generation we trace the intercourse of the princes of israel with the priest-kings of egypt. abraham and jacob went thither; joseph and moses were mystical qabala page 6 intimately associated with the court of the royal adepts. when we read of solomon sending to hiram, king of tyre, for men materials to aid in the building of the temple we know that the famous tyrian mysteries must have profoundly influenced the hebrew esotericism. when we read of daniel being educated in the palaces of b

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minion are taken in the following order- orifiel representing saturn anael venus zachariel jupiter raphael mercury samael mars gabriel luna michael sol the first course of these rulers ended in anno mundi 2480. the noachian deluge is placed at 1656, in the reign of samael. the destruction of the tower of babel (see tarot trump, no. xvi, page 63) occured in the second reign of orifiel; the life of abraham in the second reign of zachariel; the life of moses in the second reign of raphael; pythagoras, xerxes, and alexander the great in the second solar reign of michael. the era of jesus christ comes in the third reign of orifiel. the third reign of anael began in 109 ad the third reign of zachariel began in 463 ad the third reign of raphael began in 817 ad the third reign of samael began in 1

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the order, a young major came forward and asked the provost-marshal to assign to him the duty of protecting the interests of-masons of raleigh. this was done, and not the slightest molestation of masonic prop- erty occurred. on friday night, april 14, 1865, the saddest calamity a typical lodge 129 that ever befell the american people occurred in the city of washington. it was the assassination of abraham lincoln, the president of the united states. the following monday evening, april 17, was the regular meeting of hiram lodge, no. 40. there were present at this meeting quite a number of fedral officers-masons, of course -and among them was the young major who interested himself in giving us a guard for the protection of our property. the news of the assassination had reached raleigh late i

a secret thus imparted to him. twenty-nine years later, when weed was attending a national republican convention in chicago, where john whitney lived, the latter called upon him with the request that he would write out what he had told him in 1831, have it witnessed, sealed up and published after his death. weed promised to do so, but in the hurry and excitement of the convention which nominated abraham lincoln for the presidency, he overlooked the matter. in 1861, weed while in london wrote to whitney, asking him to get alexander b. williams of chicago to perform the duty which weed had so unpardonably neglected. whitney died just before the letter reached chicago. such was weed's statement, but the fact remains that whitney did not die until eight years after the date given by weed, and

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us sammonicus, it was used as a spell to cure asthma. abracalan, or aracalan, another form of the word, is said to have been regarded as the name of a god in syria and as a magical symbol by the jews. it seems doubtful whether the abracadabra, or its synonyms, was really the name of a deity. sources: levi, eliphas. transcendental magic. london: rider, 1896. reprint, new york: samuel weiser, 1970. abraham the jew (ca. 1362.ca. 1460) little biographical information exists concerning this german jew, who was an alchemist, magician, and philosopher, ca. 1400. what is known is mostly derived from a manuscript in the archives of the bibliotheque de l arsenal, paris, an institution rich in occult documents. written entirely in french, the manuscript purports to be translated from the hebrew, and

arsenal, paris, an institution rich in occult documents. written entirely in french, the manuscript purports to be translated from the hebrew, and the handwriting style indicates that the scribe lived at the beginning of the eighteenth century or possibly somewhat earlier. a distinct illiteracy characterizes the french script, with the punctuation being either inaccurate or conspicuously absent. abraham was probably a native of mayence, and appears to have been born in 1362. his father, simon, was something of a seer and magician, and the boy took up his occult studies initially under parental guidance, then later under another teacher, moses, whom abraham describes as indeed a good man, but entirely ignorant of the true mystery, and of the veritable magic. abraham thereafter decided to c

nce, then later under another teacher, moses, whom abraham describes as indeed a good man, but entirely ignorant of the true mystery, and of the veritable magic. abraham thereafter decided to continue his education by traveling. with his friend samuel, a bohemian by birth, he wandered through austria and hungary into greece, and next into constantinople (now istanbul, where he remained two years. abraham then traveled to arabia, in those days a renowned center of mystic learning, and afterward to palestine and egypt. in egypt he became acquainted with abra-melin, a famous egyptian philosopher, who entrusted certain documents to him and confided to him a number of invaluable secrets. abraham then left egypt for europe, where he settled eventually at wurzburg in germany, became deeply involv

lly at wurzburg in germany, became deeply involved in research on alchemy. he married a woman who appears to have been his cousin, and had three daughters and two sons, the elder named joseph and the younger, lamech. he instructed both sons in occult affairs, while on each of his three daughters, he settled a dowry of 100,000 golden florins. this considerable sum, together with other vast wealth, abraham claimed to have earned by traveling as an alchemist. he was well known and was summoned to perform acts of magic before many rich and influential people, notably emperor sigismund of germany, the bishop of wurzburg, king henry vi of england, the duke of bavaria, and pope john xxii. no details exist about the rest of abraham s career, and the date of his death is uncertain, but it is common

rmany, the bishop of wurzburg, king henry vi of england, the duke of bavaria, and pope john xxii. no details exist about the rest of abraham s career, and the date of his death is uncertain, but it is commonly supposed to have occurred about 1460. the previously mentioned manuscript which yielded this biographical information is entitled the book of the sacred magic of abra-melin, as delivered by abraham the jew unto his son lamech. this title is rather misleading and not strictly accurate, for abra-melin had absolutely no hand in the opening part of the work, which consists of an account of abraham s own youth and early travels in search of wisdom, along with advice to the young man aspiring to become skilled in occult arts. the second part, on the other hand, is either based on the docum

mech. this title is rather misleading and not strictly accurate, for abra-melin had absolutely no hand in the opening part of the work, which consists of an account of abraham s own youth and early travels in search of wisdom, along with advice to the young man aspiring to become skilled in occult arts. the second part, on the other hand, is either based on the documents that abra-melin handed to abraham or on the confidences the egyptian sage disclosed to abraham. this part of the manuscript deals with the first principles of magic in general, and includes such chapters as how many, and what are the classes of veritable magic? what we ought to take into consideration before the undertaking of the operation, concerning the convocation of the spirits, and in what manner we ought to carry ou

be beloved by a woman and how to command the favor of popes, emperors, and other influential people. he addresses the question of summoning visions in how to cause armed men to appear, and he tells how to evoke comedies, operas, and all kinds of music and dances. many of these feats are achieved by employing kabalistic squares of letters. the manuscript details many different signs of this sort. abraham s personality and temperament as revealed in this work indicate a man heaping scorn on most other magicians aben-ragel encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 4 and speaking with great derision of nearly all mystical writings other than his own and those of his hero, abra-melin. abraham fiercely criticizes all those who recant the religion in which they were raised and contends

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. magical vestments and appurtenances the practice of magic generally prescribes various items of clothing and accessories as needful adjuncts to magical rites, in part to assist the magician in imagining himself/herself to be in an otherworldly setting. their color, name, form, and substance, which were symbolic of certain powers and elements, supposedly added greater efficacy to the evocations. abraham the jew, a magician of the middle ages, prescribed a tunic of white linen, with an upper robe of scarlet and a girdle of white silk. a crown or fillet of silk and gold was to be worn on the head, and the perfumes cast on the fire might be incense, aloes, storax, cedar, citron, or rose. according to other authorities on the subject, it was advisable to vary the robe s color and employ certa

iled by the illusory power of maya. mayavi-rupa according to theosophy and drawing on hindu religious insights, the mayavi-rupa is the invisible part of the physical body. its appearance is exactly similar to that of the physical body. maynard, henrietta sturdevant (1841.1892) american inspirational speaker known as nettie colburn before her marriage. she was born in bolton, connecticut, in 1841. abraham lincoln had a high opinion of her gift and was, to an appreciable extent, influenced by her trance exhortations in the issue of the antislavery proclamation. maynard described her meetings with the president in her book was abraham lincoln a spiritualist (1891. she visited washington in spring 1862 in order to see her brother, then in the federal army hospital. lincoln s wife had a sitting

ar; and he was assured that it was to be the crowning event of his administration and his life, even though he was being strongly counseled by certain individuals to defer the matter. according to reports, president lincoln acknowledged the pressures upon him and was deeply impressed by the medium s message. maynard died at white plains, new york, june 27, 1892. sources: maynard, henrietta s. was abraham lincoln a spiritualist? philadelphia, pa: r. c. hartranft, 1891. reprint, london: psychic book club, 1917. mayne, alan james (1927) british researcher and consultant. he was born november 29, 1927, at cambridge, england, and studied at oxford university (b.a, 1949; b.s, 1951; m.a, 1953. he held a variety of positions in industry, including work as scientific officer, united kingdom atomic

er 1905. these were held in darkness, but the medium allowed himself to be fastened into a sack. quanties of flowers and stones were apported to sitters. the operators were said to be oriental entities: curadiasamy, a hindu, who spoke with a foreign accent; lissipan, a young indian buddhist; and amakai, a man from china. quirinus, who claimed to be a roman christian of the time of diocletian, and abraham hirschkron, a jewish merchant from mahren, were other picturesque controls. by occupation melzer was a small tobacconist. it is said that at one time he was an actor, which may account for his powers of declamation under control. he visited the british college of psychic science in 1923 and in 1926. owing to a significant development in his mediumship, he was able to sit in good white or r

s carried over the heads of the sitters. one of the ladies became nervous and broke the chain of hands; the piano dropped to the floor the two carved legs were broken and the sounding board smashed. the levitation of two pianos in the presence of an 11-yearold child was described as early as 1855 in marc thury s des tables tournantes. the phenomenon of a levitated piano was witnessed by president abraham lincoln in 1862. mr. jencken, the husband of kate fox, said in a paper read before the london dialectical society, as regards the lifting of heavy bodies, i can myself testify i have seen the semigrand at my house raised horizontally eighteen inches off the ground and kept suspended in space two or three minutes. the master of lindsay, before the same body, said, i was next to him [d. d. h

, 1964. munnings, frederick t(ansley (ca. 1928) british fake trumpet medium and former bugler. writer h. dennis bradley, who held several experimental sittings with munnings in his home, dismissed his claims to direct voice mediumship. bradley stated that the sittings were entirely valueless and, in february 1926 a public warning against munnings was issued in the press by sir arthur conan doyle, abraham wallace, r. h. saunders, and h. d. bradley. for publication of the warning, munnings brought an action for libel against the daily sketch and the sunday herald in 1928. mumbo-jumbo encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1070 however, he did not face the issue before the court and judgment was entered for the defendants. thereupon munnings sold his confessions to the people news

ed, and i was told to read and publish the book oahspe. the peculiar drawings in oahspe were made with pencil in the same way. he claimed that oahspe came from the higher heavens, and was directed and looked over by god, the creator s chief representative in the heavens of this earth. a group formed around newbrough s revelations, and in 1883 they gave themselves the name faithists of the seed of abraham (a term used in oahspe. they moved to las cruces, new mexico, and established sholam, a community to implement the oahspe injunction to care for foundlings and orphans. newbrough married again, choosing a companion from the community. by 1891, a residential home had been completed, housing some 50 children, but in the following year an outbreak of influenza devastated the area, and newbrou

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

sons. strieber, whitley, 1987. communion: a true story. new york: beach tree/william morrow. sw o rds, michael d, 1988. ex t r a t e r restrial hybridization un l i k e l y. mufon ufo jo u rn a l 2 4 7: 6 1 0. 6 abductions by ufos unusual personal experiences: an analysis of the data from three national surveys conducted by the roper organization, 1992. las vegas, nv: bigelow holding corporation. abraham channeler esther hicks heard from abraham in the early 1980s. she renders the name in lowercase because abraham is not an individual but a collection of highly evolved entities speaking in one voice. in 1986 she and her husband, jerry, confided their experiences with abraham to business associates, who soon were peppering them with financial and personal questions they wanted abraham to an

case because abraham is not an individual but a collection of highly evolved entities speaking in one voice. in 1986 she and her husband, jerry, confided their experiences with abraham to business associates, who soon were peppering them with financial and personal questions they wanted abraham to answer. when the hickses saw how satisfied their friends were with the results, they decided to take abraham to a larger public. today the couple conduct workshops, put out a newsletter, and lecture widely out of their san antonio, texas, headquarters. abraham teaches that each of us is a physical extension of an essence that begins in the spiritual realm. each is here because he or she has chosen to be so, and we are here to exercise freedom and experience joy. the universe is benevolent, and it

ins in the spiritual realm. each is here because he or she has chosen to be so, and we are here to exercise freedom and experience joy. the universe is benevolent, and it gives us the potential to realize all of our dreams. there is no such thing as death; all of us live forever. further reading melton, j. gordon, 1996. encyclopedia of american religions. detroit, mi: gale research. a synopsis of abraham-hicks s teachings. http/ www.abraham-hicks.com/bio.html. abram folklorist peter m. rojcewicz relates the experiences of a young university student to whom he gives the pseudonym polly bromberger. in the early 1980s bromberger conjured up a spirit guide a personal archetype, she sometimes called it and gave it the name abram. with long, unkempt hair and wearing a white robe and sandals, abr

ing process of birth and childhood, returning directly [to] the adult b o d i e s. the motivation of the walk-in is humanitarian. he returns to physical being in order to help others help themselve s, planting seed-concepts that will grow and flourish for the benefit of mankind (mo n tg o m e ry, 1979) walk-ins, according to mo n t g o m e ry, include moses, jesus, mohammed, christopher columbus, abraham lincoln, ga n d h i, ma ry baker ed d y, thomas jefferson, be njamin franklin, and others who have playe d large roles in politics, religion, the arts, and other aspects of human life. in a later elaboration of the notion, montgomery contended that there are also extraterrestrial walk-ins, in other words the souls of kindly space people who have possessed (after mutual agreement) the bodie

o aliens, even intermarrying with one group, the elohim. another group was the titans, who helped the chaldeans vanquish the malevolent alien race known as the serpent people. eventually, warfare among alien races broke out on the earth s surface. in the midst of this conflict, one alien showed up around 1340 b.c. shaday elili athunu, otherwise known as y hova, befriended a local malcontent named abraham, whom he promised to protect if he, his family, and his people followed him. y hova is known to humans as god. fortner stated that the god of israel should not be confused with the general run of space visitors because he was either unique or very nearly unique in his decision to make a career among the people of earth [he] is a very august and ancient being. who comes from a higher order

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

round the letter of the torah, but that the living spirit of the torah was no longer there. i knew that other religions had distinct and beautiful mystical traditions, but where was ours? the rabbis never mentioned it, never taught us anything about it. moreover, what was the original hebrew religion like long before there were rabbis and temples, and we lived as nomadic tribes as the children of abraham? like many young jews in the late 1960 s, i began to voraciously read everything i could find on mystical and occult subjects. i went to see any teacher from any mystical tradition who brought their show to town xand in the late 1960 s and the 70 s there were a lot of shows! i learned and experimented with a wide spectrum of meditation practices, and was blessed with some breakthrough expe

of people over a period of two decades, he never referred to himself as a teacher. in fact, he repeatedly said that the lord is the only teacher; the lord is the only rabbi; the lord is the only guru. after he was recruited by an ancient order of mystical qabalists, called ma aseh merkabah (work of the chariot, to engage in work specifically intended to water the mystical roots of the children of abraham, he formed a religious trust through which to publish his translations of primary qabalistic texts. he never asked for any money, and gave away thousands of copies of the books he produced at his own expense. he told us that true religion xthe universal teaching of rebinding with our divine nature xwas the birthright of all humans and the purpose of all life. i continued to attend the week

quasi-philosophical. few of the rabbinical sources described actual mystical practices. those that did were often hard to follow, and provided little explanation about what happens when you ascend the tree. as i searched through miles of print on jewish mysticism, and digested what i was learning from my mentor and experiencing in my practices, many fundamental questions arose in my mind. master abraham did not come out of a spiritual vacuum, nor was his dispensation of a monotheistic worldview the first among ancient cultures. in what ways did the cosmologies of the various ancient near eastern civilizations influence the shaping of the monotheistic worldview of the tribal hebrews? did abraham s children via his concubines simply go to jordan when he divided his family and sent them east

ubject, or come from an occult, thelemic, or pagan background, you will likely discover information and diagrams in this book that you have never seen. the explanations of core ideas may lead you to think about what you do know in new ways$ this book is composed of seven chapters, an epilogue, a glossary, and two appendices. the first chapter focuses on how the mystical qabalah of the children of abraham developed and took shape through successive transmissions of the universal mystical spirituality by adam, abraham, mosheh (moses, yeshuvah' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8 (jesus, and mohammad. the ensuing discussion addresses a number of basic questions: e what is the universal mystical qabalah of the children of abraham? e in what ways is the mystical qabalah distinct from the practical or hermetic kab

imilarities between the mystical qabalah and north indian tantra? chapter one concludes with a comparison between the qabalistic teachings regarding the work of creation (ma aseh b reshith) and the work of the chariot (ma aseh merkabah, and contemporary ideas in modern scientific cosmology. chapter two introduces and describes the primary textual sources of the mystical qabalah of the children of abraham. these sources include the sefer hashmoth (book of the names; the sefer yetzirah (book of formation; the seferim hatorah (books of the law; the sefer hazohar (book of splendor, and particularly its three core texts xthe sifra detzniyutha (book of that which is concealed, the idra rabba qadusha (greater holy assembly, and the idra zuta qadusha (lesser holy assembly; merkabah (lit. throne) l

abalistic meditation practices. this chapter also describes a variety of valuable ancillary practices that might be used to complement a daily routine of qabalistic meditation. the main body of the text closes with an epilogue containing some final observations on the study and practices of the mystical qabalah, and a brief discussion of the idea of hebrew renewal i.e. a return to the religion of abraham. appendix a contains the complete listing of the divine names in the sefer hashmoth (book of names. appendix b applies the ideas of modern scientific cosmology to the qabalistic model of the work of creation. the appendices are followed by a glossary of terms. a companion volume to this book will contain the translations published by the work of the chariot trust in the early 1970 s. these

809- this book is supported by a website and by an on-line mailing list. the web address is: www.workofthechariot.com if readers are interested, they are also invited to subscribe to a private on-line discussion group, or mailing list, which supports the range of topics in this book. the name of the mailing list is abes_kids. the name abes_kids is a colloquial moniker referring to the children of abraham. the list is envisioned as a vehicle for an intelligent, respectful, non-pedantic, nondogmatic, non-philosophical discussion about the worldviews and yogic practices of the mystical qabalah from a universalistic perspective, outside the context of any orthodox religious tradition. subscribing to the list is simple. from the computer address at which you wish to receive mail from the list

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

rs, and the wisdom of the patriarchs earlier than the egyptian wisdom. and what was their [the egyptian's] goodly wisdom, think you? truly nothing but astronomy, and such other sciences as rather seemed to exercise the wit than to elevate the knowledge. for as for morality, it stirred not in egypt until trismegistus' time, who was indeed long before the sages and philosophers of greece, but after abraham, isaac, jacob, joseph, yea and moses also; for at the time when moses was born, was atlas, prometheus' brother, a great astronomer, living, and he was grandfather by the mother's side to the elder mercury, who begat the father of this trismegistus.2 augustine thus confirmed with the great weight of his authority the extreme antiquity of hermes trismegistus, who was "long before the sages a

omplementary to each other and' on the cabala, see g. g. scholem, major trends in jewish mysticism jerusalem, 1941. 1 scholem, op. cit, p. 210. 3 ibid, p. 212* ibid, p. 18. 92 pico della mirandola and cabalist magic intermingled. one branch is called the path of the sephiroth; the other the path of the names.2 an expert practitioner of the path of the names was the thirteenth-century spanish jew, abraham abulafia, who developed a most complex technique of meditation through a system for combining the hebrew letters in endless varieties of permutations and combinations. though cabala is primarily a mysticism, a way of trying to know god, there is also a magic which goes with it, which can be used mystically or subjectively on oneself, a kind of self-hypnosis, as an aid to contemplation, and

us mithridates. these and others supplied him with the necessary books and manuscripts, and he had probably read the hebrew scriptures in their original language, together with many commentaries, including cabalist commentaries and works. he seems to have had some knowledge of the zohar and of the mystical commentary on the song of solomon. and g. scholem has pointed out that he seems to refer to abraham abulafia's techniques of letter-combinations.2 the pious and enthusiastic young man above all valued his hebrew and cabalist studies because he believed that they led him to a fuller understanding of christianity, and certified the truth of the divinity of christ and the doctrine of the trinity. his seventy-two cabalist conclusiones are introduced as "confirming the christian religion from

dentem parti philosophiae, quam ego philosophiam catholicam uoco. secunda, tertia, et quarta pars est triplex merchiana, correspondentes triplici philosophiae particularis, de divinis, de mediis& sensibilibus naturis.3 the first of these parts of speculative cabala, described as "catholic" philosophy done with revolving alphabets, is thought by scholem to refer to letter-combinatory techniques of abraham abulafia and his school, the path of the names. the second with its allusion to the three worlds the supercelestial world of the sephiroth and the angels, the celestial world of the stars, and the sensible or terrestrial world would presumably correspond to the path of the sephiroth. in the third of the cabalist conclusions, pico gives a definition of practical cabala: scientia quae est pa

hings, another way of doing which is by natural magic" he adds that cabala in its original meaning does perhaps not quite apply to both these sciences, but through "transumption" they may both be given the name.1 so far as i am able to understand him, therefore, pico divides cabala into two main branches. one is the ars combinandi which is probably derived from the letter-combinatory mysticism of abraham abulafia and which pico thinks is somewhat similar to the art of ramon lull. this side of pico's cabalism i shall entirely exclude from all further discussion here, as it belongs into the history of the art of ramon lull. here we are solely concerned with pico's second kind of cabala, the kind which is a "way of capturing the powers of superior things another way of doing which is by natur

s enough to say about images" concludes agrippa "for you can now go on for yourself to find others. but you must know that these kind of figures are nothing unless they arc vivified so that there is in them. a natural virtue, or a celestial virtue, or a heroic, animastic, demonic, or angelic virtue. but who can give soul to an image, life to stone, metal, wood or wax? and who can make children of abraham come out of stones? truly this secret is not known to the thick-witted worker. and no one has such powers but he who has cohabited with the elements, vanquished nature, mounted higher than the heavens, elevating himself above the angels to the archetype itself, with whom he then becomes co-operator and can do all things.1 which shows how far, far behind him agrippa has left the timid and p

re. these verses addressed to the jesuit, athanasius kircher, by an english admirer and prefixed to his vast work on the hieroglyphs, the oedipus aegyptiacus,3 published in 1652, indicate the nature of his reputation and prepare us for the innumerable quotations from ficino's pimander, and from the asclepius with which the huge tomes are sprinkled. kircher dates hermes trismegistus in the time of abraham,4 and implicitly believes him to be the true author of the works ascribed to him. he had foreknowledge of the trinity which, however, he did not quite well define, though it cannot be denied that he spoke of it first and better than any subsequent gentile' kircher's great passion is for the egyptian hieroglyphs6 and 1 it was, of course, with continental freemasonry that mozart was in conta

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ved your baptism of fire, but he shall baptize you with water and with spirit; you, and every son of the widow, who will come to him. greater than solomon, he will build a new city and a temple wherein the nations may worship. the sons of cain and the sons of seth shall there meet in peace, at the sea of glass. and as melchisedec, king of salem (salem means peace) and priest of god, ministered to abraham, the father of nations, when mankind was yet in its infancy, so shall this new light combine in himself the dual office of king and priest after the order of melchisedec. he shall judge the nations with the law of love and to him that overcometh will be given a white stone with a name that will serve as passport to the temple. there he may meet the king face to face. hiram was again conduc

him from death and was heard in that he feared though he were a son, yet learned he obedience by the things he suffered; and being made perfect, he became author of eternal salvation unto all that obey him; called of god a high priest after the order of melchisedec, of whom we have many things to say and hard to be uttered* for this melchisedec, king of salem, priest of the most high god, who met abraham returning from the slaughter of kings and blessed him; to whom also abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being by interpretation king of righteousness and after that also king of salem, which is king of peace; without father, without mother, without ancestors, having neither beginning of days nor end of life but made like unto the son of god, abideth a priest continually* and here men t

line of descent must be kept, for otherwise those pictures in the inner vision would become mixed and would be confused. this marrying in the family or tribe was what engendered the selfishness, the clannishness, and the struggle and strife of the world. to break these up, the practice must be discontinued; thus when christ came he advocated the discontinuance of the practice when he said "before abraham was, i am" in effect he said: i do not care for the race father, but i glory in the i am, the ego that was long before he was. and he also said "who does not leave father and mother cannot follow me" as long as you are tied to the family, the nation, the tribe, you are siding with the old blood, the old ways, and cannot amalgamate into a universal brotherhood. that can only come when peopl

was long before he was. and he also said "who does not leave father and mother cannot follow me" as long as you are tied to the family, the nation, the tribe, you are siding with the old blood, the old ways, and cannot amalgamate into a universal brotherhood. that can only come when people marry internationally because when there are so many nations the way to unite them is through marriage. let abraham, the race and tribe father, die; let the "i am" live. christ knew the occult fact that the mixture of blood in international marriage always kills something; if it does not kill the body, it kills something else. if we mate a horse and a donkey, the outcome is a hybrid, the mule; in that mule something is missing on account of the mixture of strange blood, namely, the faculty of propagatio

the word becomes complete phree messen [children of light] flesh creative unit initiation by fire [light- melchisedec: male ideal christ: king& priest hiram abiff king& priest just& holy- just& holy received virgin mary baptism of spirit sacrifice female ideal- divine ruler priests--brahmins--levites divine ruler over a over human initiation by water [baptism] purged humanity called brotherhood/ abraham's seed dwelling typified by/ in the new jer-u-salem abraham ecclesiastical powers which means melchisedec is there shall be peace called king of division into races--nations- salem [peace] sects and peace hence there is war--oppression- prevailed slavery- saturn period unity and diversity vulcan period polarian epoch love and hate kingdom of god [1] heat [7- sun period venus period hyperbo

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

was first taught by god himself to a select company of angels, who formed a theosophic school in paradise. after the fall the angels most graciously communicated this heavenly doctrine to the disobedient child of earth, to furnish the protoplasts with the means of returning to their pristine nobility and felicity. from adam it passed secret wisdom of the qabalah page 10 over to noah, and then to abraham, the friend of god, who emigrated with it to egypt, where the patriarch allowed a portion of this mysterious doctrine to ooze out. it was in this way that the egyptians obtained some knowledge of it, and the other eastern nations could introduce it into their philosophical systems. moses, who was learned in all the wisdom of egypt, was first initiated into it in the land of his birth, but

GAMBLE ELIZA BURT THE GOD IDEA OF THE ANCIENTS OR SEX IN RELIGION

former of these trees is putting forth a pair of leaves and is topped by the emblems of siva, emblems which indicate the fructifying powers of nature, whilst the egyptian sacred tree, which is surmounted by the ostrich plume, the emblem of truth, is indicative of light, intelligence, or the life of the soul. in a discourse delivered by dr. stukeley in 1760, attention was directed to the grove of abraham as "that famous oak grove of beersheba, planted by the illustrious prophet and first druid--abraham; and from whom our celebrated british druids came, who were of the same patriarchal reformed religion, and brought the use of sacred groves to britain"[17 [17] barlow, symbolism, p. 98. the fact has been ascertained that in arabia, in very ancient times, there was a goddess named azra who wa

e sidonian tyrian district, there were originally three great gods, at the head of which appears astarte--a woman who represents pure reason or intelligence; then follows zeus, demarius, and adorus. without doubt this triad represents a monad deity similar in character to the one observed in egypt and other countries. in the minds of all well-informed persons, there is no longer any doubt that in abraham's time the canaanites worshipped the same gods as did the persians and all the other nations about them- namely, elohim, the dual or triune creative force in nature. as the sun was the source whence proceeded all light and life as well as reproductive or generative power, it had become the object of adoration, and as the emblem of the deity, it was worshipped by all the nations of the eart

ce in nature. as the sun was the source whence proceeded all light and life as well as reproductive or generative power, it had become the object of adoration, and as the emblem of the deity, it was worshipped by all the nations of the earth in its three capacities as creator, preserver, and destroyer or regenerator each female and male. melchizedek, who was a priest of the most high god, blessed abraham, who was a worshipper of the same deity. on this subject dr. shuckford says "it is evident that abraham and his descendants worshipped not only the true and living god, but they invoked him in the name of the lord, and they worshipped the lord whose name they invoked, so that two persons were the object of their worship, god and this lord: and the scriptures have distinguished these two pe

nd his descendants worshipped not only the true and living god, but they invoked him in the name of the lord, and they worshipped the lord whose name they invoked, so that two persons were the object of their worship, god and this lord: and the scriptures have distinguished these two persons from one another by this circumstance, that god no man hath seen at any time nor can see but the lord whom abraham and his descendants worshipped was the person who appeared to them" we are told that when chap. xxi, verse 33, of genesis is correctly translated, abraham is represented as having invoked jehovah, the everlasting god. in the hebrew name yod-he-vau (jehovah, was set forth the triune character of the creator; in other words, this name "comprehended the essential perfections of the great god"

rse 33, of genesis is correctly translated, abraham is represented as having invoked jehovah, the everlasting god. in the hebrew name yod-he-vau (jehovah, was set forth the triune character of the creator; in other words, this name "comprehended the essential perfections of the great god" and was used in their scriptures as a "kind of summary or revelation of the attributes of the deity" although abraham, while in egypt, was the worshipper of idols, we are assured that "the peculiar privilege vouchsafed to him lay in the revelation of god's holy name, yod-he-vau. there is indeed much evidence going to prove that the people represented by abraham understood the earlier conception of a deity, and that while the great universal principle whose name it was sacrilege to pronounce was still ackn

as evidently little or no spirituality among the israelites, this lord whom they worshipped was simply a life-giver in the most material or practical sense. the reproductive energy in man had become deified. it had, in other words, come to possess all the attributes of a god, or of a powerful man, which in reality was the same thing. it is this god personified which is represented as appearing to abraham and talking with him face to face. with this same god jacob wrestled, while the real god--the dual or triune principle, the jehovah or iav, no man could behold and live. to conceal the fact that the god of abraham originally consisted of a dual or triple unity, and that the deity was identical in significance with that of contemporary peoples, the priests have, as usual, had recourse to a

cquainted with the very recently discovered scientific principle, that it is possible to transmit telegraphic communications without wires, and simply by means of magnetic currents in earth and water? nor is this remarkable skill confined to the "barbarians of the old world" a correspondent from the far west to the new york press wrote that long before the news of the custer massacre reached fort abraham lincoln the sioux had communicated it to their brethren. the scouts in crook's column to the south knew of it almost immediately, as did those with gibbon farther northwest. the same writer says that several years ago a naval lieutenant ran short of provisions. he pushed on to a settlement as rapidly as possible and upon arriving there found that the inhabitants had provided for his coming

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of the kabalah is lost in the mists of antiquity; no one even professes to demonstrate who was its author, or who were its earliest teachers. consider255 able evidence might be adduced to show that its roots pass back to the hebrew rabbis who flourished at the time of the second temple.ofits existence before this time i know of no evidence. one of the chief books, thesepheryetsirah,is ascribed to abraham:butmodern criticism, which is hardly disposed to grant the existence of abraham, does not of course assent to this ascription.ithas been suggested that the captivity of the jews in babylon led to the formation of this philosphy by the effect of chaldean lore and dogma acting on jewish tradition. no doubt in the earliest stages of its existence the teaching was entirely oral, and became var

have written each one in question. but these critics show the utmost divergence of opinion the moment it becomes necessary tofixon a date or an author: so much more easy is destructive criticism, than the acquirement of real knowledge. let us take a rapid glance at the extant literature on our subject. by common consent the oldest treatise is thesepheryetzirah,or 'book of formation, attributed to abraham the patriach. this is a most curious philosophical scheme of creation, drawing a parallel between the origin of the world, the sun, the planets, the elements, seasons and man, and the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet, dividing them into a triad, a heptad and a dodecad: three mother letters a, m, and sh, referred to primeval air, water and fire; seven double letters referred to the

rate the old testament, and supply material for teaching the populace and supple255 menting their material volume, and the other a long series of treatises of a more abstruse character, designed to teach the secret doctrines and esoteric views of the priesthood, the rabbis, the teachers of israel. foremost among these latter works were thesepheryetzirah,orbookofformation,ascribed to the patriarch abraham, and that curious collection of treatises, which, later on, became collected into a singlevolume and calledzohar,orbookofsplendour.these two books are the oldest works still extant of hebrew secret doctrine. they represent the kernel of that oral instruction which the rabbis in all ages have prided themselves upon possessing, and which98themagical masonthey have always claimed as being the

xix. 7, 8, we read of the delusions of dreams.dreams189ofthesecond variety arethedreams of abimelech, genesisxx,6;andlaban,genesis xxx. 24; of pharaoh, and the chief baker and butler of the pharaoh of joseph (sesostris of the greeks; nebuchadnezzar in daniel ii.,1,2,3;andthe curious new testament dreamofpilate's wife respecting jesus and his trial and condemnation.ofthethirdsort are the dreams of abraham, see genesis xv. 1, where the wordvisionis used in the english version.ofjacob,in genesis xxxi. 10, 11, concerning the breedingofcattle.ofjoseph, in genesis xxxvii. 5-11 symbolical dreams of his rule over his brethren.ofsolomon,i.kings iii. 5. in a dream god asks solomon what gift he should prefer,andsolomon asked for an under255 standing heart.ofdaniel, vii. 1, who has a vision of four wi

er may have foreseen and told the national fate, but we have no report that they provided prevision of personal matters. dreams the old testament has many references to dreams; first to those of no value, but of common occurrence; secondly to those dreams which were considered to be intimations of god's will directly sent by jehovah and were acted upon as such; as for example the quoted dreams of abraham, jacob, joseph, solomon, daniel, joseph and the wise men; and thirdly to certain dreams believed to be divinely inspired, but yet requiring interpretaton, such were the dreams of abimelech, laban, the officers of pharaoh, and nebuchadnezzar. the new testament has a mention of one dream of great interest, that of the wife of pontius pilate in matthew xxvii. 19, and of the five dreams of jos

was broken during the seige of mecca ina.d.683, and wasputtogether with cement and enclosed in a silver band.itis built into the wall at the northeast264themagical masoncorner of the kaaba, at a height suitable for men to kiss it in adoration.thisstone or a similar one called ai-lat was deemed a holy relic by the arab tribes even before the time of mahomet, and was associated with the history of abraham and the casting out of hagar and ishmael, the bond-woman andherson, when preference was given to the free woman sarah and her son isaac. as already stated, jerusalem had in its temple also a consecrated stone, and there is still a sacred stone in the churchoftheholy sepulchure in that city which was once said to be the centre or navelomphalosof the earth, the temple the navel of jerusalem

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refused to admit them to the knowledge of sacred things entrusted to himself alone; that, after the fall, this book was taken back into heaven; that after many prayers and tears god restored it to adam; and that it passed from adam to seth.thebook being lost, and the mysteries contained in it almost forgotten, in the degenerate age preceding the flood, they were restored by special revelation to abraham who transmitted them to writinginthe book 'yetzirah; and that the revelation was renewed to moses, who received a traditionary and mystical as well as athekabbalah17written and preceptive law from god. accordingly the jews believe, that god gave to moses on mount sinai, not only the law,butalso the explication of that law; and that moses, after his coming down, retiring to his tent, rehear

rs. eliphas levi says in hishistoirede lamagie:'theabsolute hieroglyphical science had for its basis an alphabet of which all the gods were letters, all the letters ideas, all the ideas numbers, and all the numbers perfect signs 'this hieroglyphical alphabet of which moses made the great secret of his cabala, and which he retook from the egyptians; for, according to thesepheryetzirah,it came from abraham; this alphabet, we say, is the famous book of thoth, suspected by court de gebelin to be preserved to the present time under the form of that peculiar pack of cards, which is called thetarot .theten numbers and twenty-two letters are what are called in the cabala the thirty-two paths of science, and their philosophical description is the subject of that primitive and revered work known as

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worship them? what was the source of this inclination? clearly, a society that had never before believed in idols would not suddenly adopt such inane behavior as to construct an idol and begin to worship it. only those for whom idolatry was natural inclination could have believed in such nonsense. however, the israelites were a people that had believed in one god since the days of their ancestor abraham. the name "israelites" or "the sons of israel" was given first to the sons of jacob, abraham's grandson, and afterwards to the whole jewish people who derived from him. the israelites had safeguarded the monotheistic faith that they had inherited from their ancestors abraham, isaac and jacob, peace be upon them. together with joseph, peace be upon him, they went into egypt and preserved th

hose who worshipped idols believed that the statues and totems they worshipped had spirit and power. in other words, they attributed consciousness and great power to lifeless, unconscious matter. surely, this is obviously nonsensical. in the qur'an, god refers to the irrationality of paganism. in the stories of the prophets, the spuriousness of pagan beliefs is especially emphasized. for example, abraham asked his father "father, why do you worship what can neither hear nor see and is not of any use to you at all (qur'an, 19: 42) it is clear that, to attribute divinity to lifeless matter, that cannot hear or see "is not of any use to one at all" and has no power, is evidently very foolish. materialists are modern examples of idolaters. they do not worship statues and totems made of wood an

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y themselves to consider. but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of god, being the children of the resurrection. now that the dead are raised, even moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the lord the god of abraham, and the god of isaac, and the god of jacob. luke 20:35-37. but thou, bethlehem ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. micah 5:2 i think from these references it becomes quite clear that reincarnation was taught by the early gnostic c

teachings of the gnosis, that of the mysteries. to appreciate the esoteric or mystery teachings that are at the centre of gnosticism we need to understand that the gnosis is a progressive revelation. the divine will reveals to man knowledge (gnosis) only as man is capable and willing to receive it. certainly the knowledge that the lord revealed to moses was more advanced than that he revealed to abraham and certainly the teachings of jesus to his twelve disciples was different from that which he gave to the multitudes. in recent studies it has been discovered that jesus laid the groundwork for the imparting of the mysteries in the secret teachings he gave to his disciples, but even at his death did not believe they were ready for the inner mysteries. it now seems likely that these teachin

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ly sure. the emphasis on the logos or divine word as the son of god relates the hermetic tradition to later christian gnosticism, indeed many early church fathers used hermeticism as part of their apologetics. israel where did the people of israel originate? it seems that this is a quirk of history which will not be easily solved. from biblical accounts we know that moses came from sumer and that abraham was a chaldean, so the assumption can be made that the people of israel were racially similar to the many tribes of the region (including the sumerians and egyptians. there is also a suggestion that they were part and parcel of egyptian society, however, as egypt became more cosmopolitan and came to loose its spiritual values, the israelites slowly developed as a distinct religious communi

asties of egypt and sumer- they were white. the modern jews who claim the old testament have no racial link to israel whatsoever, according to arthur koestler (author of the thirteenth tribe) the ancestors of the modern jews did not come from jordan, but from the volga, not from canaan but from the caucasus. genetically they are more related to the hun, uigar and magyar tribes than to the seed to abraham, isaac and jacob (and this is from a zionist jewish writer) it seems likely that the traditions of modern jewry were evolved by the edomite tribes while in babylon, here gained precedence while the real people of israel migrated to the west. the migration of isreal created a void and substitute israelites stepped in. accordingly, we need to totally review our interpretation of judaism. whe

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but seeing the truth is peaceable, brief, and always like herself in all things, and especially accorded with by jesus in omnia parte and all members, and as he is the true image of the father, so is she his image, so it shall not be said, this is true according to philosophy, but true according to theology; and wherein plato, aristotle, pythagoras, and others did hit the mark, and wherein enoch, abraham, moses, solomon, did excel, but especially wherewith that wonderful book the bible agreeth. all that same concurreth together, and maketh a sphere or globe whose total parts are equisdistant from the center, as hereof more at large and more pain shall be spoken in christianly conference. but now concerning, and chiefly in this our age, the ungodly and accursed goldmaking, which hath gotten

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ng encompassed the first and second millennia bc, it was the constellation of aries the ram which had the honour of carrying the sun on the vernal equinox. again, readers must judge whether it is a coincidence that the religious iconography of that epoch was predominantly ram-oriented.18 is it a coincidence, for example, that yahweh, god of old testament israel, provided a ram as a substitute for abraham s offered sacrifice of his son isaac?19 (abraham and isaac are assumed by biblical scholars and archaeologists to have lived during the early second millennium bc20. is it likewise coincidental that rams, in one context or another, are referred to in almost every book of the old testament (entirely composed during the age of aries) but in not a single book of the new testament?21 and is it

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aphy, it was known as the right and averse table of combinations of the letters, revealed to us in cornelius agrippa s seminal magnum opus, the three books of occult philosophy, from renaissance times. later it was badly paraphrased by one of the foundation authors of the western occult revival, francis barrett, in his the magus, or celestial intelligencer. these, in their turn were influenced by abraham abulafia s rational tables of ziruph. while working on the typesetting of the second revised edition of secret cipher of the ufonauts, i have seen an interesting film, and run across some interesting items elsewhere dealing with the idea of art being used to conceal messages. in fact, some of the early work presented on the antiquities of the illuminati website deals with the concept of ci

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ord; since you shall see your guardian angel appear unto you in unequalled beauty; who also will converse with yyou, and speak in words so full of affection and of goodness, and with such sweetness, that no human tongue could express the same. in one word, you shall be received by him with such affection that this description which i here give unto you shal l appear a me re nothing in comparison. abraham the jew, the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage this invocation, the knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel, is the primary goal of enochian magick. it is the magical experience of your encounter with your own inner divinity, the divine spark at the core of your being. it will be fully experienced in the 8th aethyr, zid. until then, you can achieve various degre

oes, it would seem that such magic words do exist. h.p. blavatsky, isis unveiled these symbols (i.e, magick squares, then, be made for you to avail yourself of them when you be in the company of other persons; also you must have them upon you, so that in touching or handling them simply, they may represent your wish. immediately then he unto whom the symbol appertaineth will serve you punctually. abraham the jew, the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage the theory of magick squares is a very old one. their use stems from the principle of the power of words to name things, and that knowing the name of something gives you a degree of power or control over it. refer to the sacred magic of abramelin the mage translated by mathers for the theory and use of magick squares. enochian mag

alt perfectly observe these rules, all the followingsymbols (i.e, magick squares) and an infinitude of others will be granted unto thee by the holy guardian angel; thou thus l iving for the honour and glory of the true and only god, for thine own good, and that of thy neighbors. let the fear of god be ever before the eyes and the heart of him who shall possess this divine wisdom and sacred magic. abraham the jew, thebook of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage when used for meditation, each letter represents a force. the nature and relational positions of each letter one to another, in each square, comprise a statement describing an important part of your magical universe. such magical statements often lose their power when put into words or when they are logical ly defined by the ration

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ikeman or blacksmith in the fairy-tale got on better by flinging his knapsack or apron (sledgehammer in asbiornsen p. 1 36 is still more archaic) into heaven. of course these wanderings of the saviour and one of his disciples have something in common with the journeys of jesus and his apostles in judea, the dwarf visitor might be compared to the angels who announced god's mercies and judgments to abraham and lot, as philemon and baucis have a certain resemblance to abraham and sarah; but the harmony with heathen legend is incomparably fuller and stronger. the angels were simply messengers; our mythology, like the greek and indian, means here an actual avatara of deity itself. another example, of smaller compass, but equally instructive as to the mingling of christian with heathen ideas, ma

t dem wolf und der vohin irn drussel, dass si weder plut lassen noch bein schroten. des helf mir der man, der chain ubel nie hat getan (i.e. christ, conf 'sinless man* p. 24, and the contrast p. 988, und die heilisren v wunden behiiten mein vieh vor alien holzhnnden.y pater et v ave maria^ here the rhymes peep out fitfully. the xvood-liounds are 1 today my herd i drove into our lady's grove, into abraham's garden; be pood st. martin this day my cattle's warden, may good st. wolf-^ang, good st. peter (whose key can heav'n unlock, throat of wolf and vixen block, blood from shedding, bone from crunching! help me the holy one. who ill hath never done. and his v holy wounds keep my herd from all wood-hounds! 1242 spells and charms. wuotan's forest-hounds (p. 147, the as' holtes gehle^an/ silvae

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turned home singing, with constant repetition of the words: we have driven out death, we bring back summer/ 3 so it is not everywhere that the banished idol represented winter or death in the abstract; in some cases it is still the heathen divinity giving way to christianity, whom the people thrust out half in sorrow, and uttering songs of sadness. 1 lausitz. mag. for 1770, p. 84-5, from a ms. of abraham frencel. 2 chr. arnold s append, to alex. eossen s unterschiedn. gottesdienst, heidelb. 1674. p. 135. 3 anton s first versuch iiber die alten slaven, p. 73-4. expulsion of gods. 773 dlugosz, 1 and others after him, report that by order of king miecislaus all the idols in the land were broken up and burnt; in remembrance of which the people in some parts of poland, once a year, singing mour

lled; death came in as messenger of a deity, to whom he conducted the parting soul. dying is announced, not caused, by his arrival. so to that child in the fairytale the angel of death had given a flower-bud: when it blossomed, he would come again. and the jewish notion, which christianity retained, is in harmony with this. the soul of the beggar is fetched away by angels of god, and carried into abraham s bosom, luke 16, 22; or, as the heliand 103, 5 expresses it: godes engilos andfengon is ferh, endi leddon ine an abraharnes barm; x and it completes the picture of the rich man s fate by adding the counterpart (103, 9: letha wihti bisenkidun is seola an thene suarton hel/ loathly wights (devils) sank his soul into swart hell. a sermon in leyser 126 has: wane ir ne wizzit niht, zu welicher

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power thereby to work many things; bless these, o lord, framed and written by the hand of me thine unworthy servant that being filled with divine virtue and influence by thy commands, o most holy god, they may shew forth their virtue and power to thy praise and glory through jesus christ our lord. amen. i bless and consecrate you in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost, the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob. asperges me, etc. amen. benediction of the garment o holy, blessed and eternal lord god who art the god of purity and delightest that our souls should appear before thee in clean and pure and undefiled vestments being cleansed, blessed, and consecrated by thee, i may put them on, being therewith clothed i may be whiter than snow both in soul and body in thy presence this

n and pure and undefiled vestments being cleansed, blessed, and consecrated by thee, i may put them on, being therewith clothed i may be whiter than snow both in soul and body in thy presence this day, in and through the ment, death, and passion of our onty lord and saviour jesus christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the holy spirit, ever one god, world without end. the god of abraham, isaac and jacob bless thee, purge thee, and make thee pure, and be thou clean in the name of the father, son and holy ghost. amen. the secret grimoire in this thy holy sign o god, fear no evil. by thy holy power, and by this thy holy sign all evil doth flee. by thy holy name and thy power which secret was revealed to moses, through the holy names written in this book, depart far from me a

m me all ye workers of iniquity. bless, o lord, i beseech thee, this place and drive away all evil and wickedness far from it. sanctify and make it become meet and convenient for thy servant to finish and bring to pass therein his desires, through jesus christ our lord, amen. be thou blessed and purified in the name of the father, son, ami holy ghost. amen. benediction of the perfumes: the god of abraham, the god of isaac, the god of jacob, bless here the creatures of these kinds that they may give forth the power of their odours so that neither the enemy nor any false imaginaions may be able to enter into them, through our lord jesus christ, to whom be honour and glory now, henceforth, and for ever. amen. sprinkle them with holy water, saying, asperges me, domine, etc. exorcism of fire i

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the selfishand cowardly prince, who was the cause of the transformation of the white lotus into the blue lotus, be calledharischandra or ambarisha? names have nothing to do with the naive poetry of the legend, nor with itsmoral- for there is a moral to be found if looked for well. we shall soon see that the chief episode in thestory is curiously reminiscent of another legend- that of the story of abraham and the sacrifice of isaac inthe bible. is not this one more proof that the secret doctrine of the east may have good reason to maintainthat the name of the patriarch was neither a chaldean or a hebrew name, but rather an epithet and a sanskritsurname, signifying abram, i.e, one is non-brahman* a debrahmanised brahman, one who is degraded orwho has lost his caste? after this how can we avo

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the earth in winter. geremiah. the names of the sun and moon in winter. the consecrations and benedictions: and first of the benediction of the circle. when the circle is ritely perfected, sprinkle the same with holy or purging water, and say, thou shalt purge me with hysop (o lord) and i shall be clean: thou shalt wash me, and i shall be whiter then snow. the benediction of perfumes. the god of abraham, god of isaac, god of jacob, bless here the creatures of these kindes, that they may fill up the power and vertue of their odours; so that neither the enemy, nor any false imagination, may be able to enter into them: through our lord jesus christ &c. then let them be sprinkled with holy water. the exorcisme of the fire upon which the perfumes are to be put. the fire which is to be used for

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ice forbidden knowledge? about 4.50 in paperback actually. ridiculous! so i set forth to compile a .living. grimoire. a product of the technocratic aeon, i use its debris to mould my dreams .the howling- the hiss, roar and static screams of radios tuned to dead channels. to the work then. some loose structure being required (or so i thought, i devised a hierarchy based on the work of psychologist abraham maslow- ranging from .survival demons. such as hunger or thirst, working up towards .ego. demons- the need for self-respect or a particular self-image, and more abstract conceptions: the hunger for knowledge or wisdom. the deeper the level of the hierarchy, the more primal the desires and urges. the techniques: flooding and vomiting (eating and excreting- to flood awareness with specific i

onally, demons and devils are organised according to ranks and hierarchies with .princes. ruling lesser demons. the grimoires seem to imply that if hell exists, then it is a bureaucracy, and so by the same token, earthly bureaucracies are demonic structures- as anyone who has had any dealings with the dhss will readily testify. the hierarchy used in the babblogue was developed by the psychologist abraham maslow, to show how the various levels of .need. influence behaviour and motivation. his hierarchy of human needs is a pyramid of desires, ranging from biological survival needs (food, shelter, etc) to more complex needs: biological hunger, thirst, warmth safety i.e. freedom from fear affiliative to be given consideration esteem status, praise, belonging cognitive intellectual stimulation

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edge? about 4.50 in paperback actually. ridiculous! so i set forth to compile a living grimoire. a product of the technocratic aeon, i use its debris to mould my dreams. the howling- the hiss, roar, and static screams of radios tuned to dead channels. 57 oven-ready chaos to the work then; some loose structure being required (or so i thought, i devised a hierarchy based on the work of psychologist abraham maslow, that ranged from survival demons- hunger, thirst etc, ego demons- self-esteem, selfimage etc, and more abstract conceptions such as the hunger for knowledge or wisdom. the deeper the level of hierarchy, the more primal the desires. the techniques: flooding and vomiting (eating and excreting- to flood awareness with specific images, to bring forth (evoke) the demon, giving it form

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phical society at newport, and was a man of very broad perceptions; john carter, publisher of the gazette; all four of the brown brothers, john, joseph, nicholas, and moses, who formed the recognised local magnates, and of whom joseph was an amateur scientist of parts; old dr. jabez bowen, whose erudition was considerable, and who had much first-hand knowledge of curwen's odd purchases; and capt. abraham whipple, a privateersman of phenomenal boldness and energy who could be counted on to lead in any active measures needed. these men, if favourable, might eventually be brought together for collective deliberation; and with them would rest the responsibility of deciding whether or not to inform the governor of the colony, joseph wanton of newport, before taking action. the mission of capt

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were hungry. many had left home due to emotional problems. looking back on their stage of history, one can understand the people and events. there were, however, educated people who practised witchcraft. it is known that jackson and benjamin franklin dabbled in it. they surmised that environment could be controlled through emotional self-control. franklin investigated this area quite extensively. abraham lincoln had some strange ideas; he had several psychic experiences that are recorded in the history books. this phenomenon is not unusual among powerful men in any society. rasputin in czar nicholas' court attempted to exert control through sorcery. mackenzie, the canadian prime minister, openly delved into the supernatural. many professional men and women and political leaders practice fo

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ved throughout, and impressed upon the ages. they are known as moses, aholiab, and besaleel, the son of uri, the son of hur, as plato, philo, and pythagoras, etc. at the transfigura- tion we see them as jesus, moses, and elias, the three trismegisti; and three kabahsts, peter, james, and john whose revelation is the key lo all wisdom. we found them in the twiught of jewish history as zoro- aster, abraham, and terah, and later as henoch, ezekiel, and daniel. who of those who ever studied the ancient philosophies who understand intuitionally the grandeur of their conceptions, the boundless sublimity of their views of the unknown deity can hesitate for a moment to give the preference to their doctrines over the incompre- hensible, dogmatic and contradictory theology of the hundreds of christi

ordsts most yearned after, was to release miserable spirits wkich haunt spots v^ere hidden treasures lie. the exorcist sprinkles the circle with the blood of a black lamb and a white pigeon. the priest had to adjure the evil spirits of hell acheront, magoth, asmodei, bedzebub, beual, and all the damned souls, in the mighty names of jehovah, adonai, elohah, and sabaoth, which latter was the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob, who dwelt in the urim and thummim. when the damned souls flung in the face of the exorcist that he was a sinner, and could not get the treasure from them, the priest-sorcerer had to reply that "all his sins were washed out in the blood of christ" and he bid them depart as cursed ghosts and damned flies" when the exorcist dislodged them at last, the poor soul was "comfort

r decision. only they will have to admit, either that moses was an impostor, or that his books are forgeries, written at different times and by different persons; or, again, that they are full of fraudulent interpolations. in either case the work loses all claims to be considered divine revdaiion. here is the problem, which we quote from the bible the word of the god of truth "and i appeared unto abraham, unto isaac, and unto jacob, by the name of god almighty, but by my name jehovah was i not known to them (exodus, vi, 3, spake god unto moses. a very startling bit of information that, when, before arriving at the book of exodus, we are told in genesis (xxii, 14) that "abraham called the name of that place" where the patriarch had been preparing to cut the throat of his beloved son "jehova

n that, when, before arriving at the book of exodus, we are told in genesis (xxii, 14) that "abraham called the name of that place" where the patriarch had been preparing to cut the throat of his beloved son "jehovah-jireh (jehovah sees. which is the inspired text? both cannot be which the spurious one? 376. kircber: oedip. aegt/pt. iii. v, p. 203. digitizecoy google 108 isis unveiled now if both abraham and moses had not belonged to the same holy group, we mi^t perhaps help theologians by suggesting to them a con- venient means of escape from this dilemma. they ou^t to cau the reverend jesuit fathers especially those who have been missionaries in india to their rescue. the latter would not be for a moment discon- certed, lliey would coolly tell us that beyond doubt abraham had heard the n

enatttral rtiigioit, pwt m (flth edition. digitizecoy google the source of christ's insfiration 195 seems to be utterly ignorant of the logos, and his speculation is confined to sophia, the gnosuc wisdom. there is no trace in it of a hypostatic trinity, but the same overshadowing of the gnostic wisdom (christos and sophia) is attributed in the case of jesus as it is in those of adam, enoch, noah, abraham, isaac, jacob and moses* these personages are all placed on one level, and called 'true prophets* and the seven pillars of the world. more than that, peter vehemently denies the fall of adam, and with him the doctrine of atonement, as taught by christian theology, utterly falls to the ground, for he combaie it as a hlaapkemy" peter's theory of sin is that of the jewish kabalists, and is ev

of the israelities if they can claim any autonomy b^ore the return from babylon, and were anything more than migratory septs of hindq pariahs cannot be carried back a day beyond moses; and if this ex-egyptian priest must from theological necessity be transformed into a hebrew patriarch, we must insist that the jewish nation was lifted with that smiling infant out of the bulrushes of lake moeris. abraham, their alleged father, belongs to the univeisal mythology. most likely be is but one of the numerous aliases of zenum(^tum, the king of the golden age, who is also called the dd man (emblem of time" it is now demonstrated by assyriologists that in the old chaldaean books abraham is called zeru-an, or zerb-an meaning one very rich in gold and silver, and a mighty prince" he is also called z

it belongs to the world's history. its appropriation by the jew- ish authors in the days of the so-called restoration of the destroyed books of the israelites by ezra proves nothing, and until now has been self- h^pped on an alleged divine revelation. it is simply a compilation of the universal legends of tjie universal humanity. bunsen says that in the "chaldaean tribe immediately connected with abraham, we find remi- niscences of dates disfigured or misunderstood, as genealogies of single men, or indications of epochs. the abrahamic tribe-recollections go back at least three millenia beyond the grandfather of jacob* eupolemus says that abraham was bom at kamarina or una, a city of soothsayers, and invented astronomy' josephus claims the same birthplace for terab, abraham's father. the to

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, or decumens, or lenders of hosts. they are also astronomically called stalls, or stables. we may here refer to porphyry, horapollo, and chifflet s gnostic gems. the speckled beetle was flung into hot water to avert storms (pliny, nat. hist, lib. xxxvii, ch. x) the antiquary pignorius has a beetle crowned with the sun and encircled with the serpent. amongst the gnostic illustrations published by abraham gorl eus is that of a talisman of the more abstruse gnostics an onyx carved with a beetle which threatens to gnaw at a thunderbolt. see notes and queries; bee mythology. the lilies are said not to have appeared in the french arms until the time of philip augustus. see montfau on s monumens de la monarchie fran aise, paris, 1729, also jean-jacques chifflet, anutasis de childerie, 1655. see

he lord filled the house (2 chronicles vii. i. and much about a hundred years afterwards, when elijah made that extraordinary sacrifice in proof that baal was no god, the fire of the lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench (1 kings xviii. 38. and if we go back long before the times of moses, as early as abraham s days, we meet with an instance of the same sort: it came to pass that when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace and a burning lamp, that passed between these pieces (genesis xv. 17. the first appearances of god, then, being in glory or, which is the same thing, in light or fire and he showing his acceptance of sacrifices in so many instances by consuming them with

has its origin in the rite of circumcision unaccountable as are both the symbol and the rite. the real meaning of the bonnet rouge, or cap of liberty, has been involved from time immemorial in deep obscurity, notwithstanding that it has always been regarded as a most important hieroglyph or figure. it signifies the supernatural simultaneous sacrifice and triumph. it has descended from the time of abraham, and it is supposed to emblem the strange mythic rite of the circumcisio preputii. the loose phrygian bonnet, bonnet conique, or cap of liberty, may be accepted as figuring, or standing for, that detached integument or husk, separated from a certain point or knob, which has various names in different languages, and which supplies the central idea of this sacrificial rite the spoil or refus

secrets which lie locked, is heaven, in the rosicrucian profundities. old and new testament, and their historical accounts, are alike hermetic in this respect. the grand magisterium the great work, as the alchemists call it is mythed by moses in genesis, in the deliverance from egypt, in the passage of the red sea, in the jewish ceremonial law, in the lives of the patriarchs and prophets, such as abraham, david, solomon, jacob, job. in this manner the true cabalists are supposed to be alchemists in common with the magi, the sages, philosophers, and priests, when these possessed the true and only knowledge. the just man made perfect is the alchemist, who, having found the philosopher s stone, becomes glorified and immortal by the use of it. to be said to die, is when the material elements c

te of the things hidden thence its name &c, are cabalistic and alchemical, similarly to all the mythologies, which are, in their fanciful and mystic range of supposed facts, cabalistic and alchemical. the true cabalist are none other than alchemists and rosicrucians. likewise the magi, wise men, philosophers, priests, and heroes; from jason and the three kings to king arthur, and from adam, noah, abraham, and moses, to numa, paracelsus, borrichius, robertus de fluctibus (nearer our own time, and others. the rosicrucian system took the following forms: these philosophers believed that there were two principles in the beginning light and darkness, or form and the material out of which the form was. that before the creation (distinctively so called, the light itself was as divinity latent, or

59 que la seule bergerie du christ c est l eglise, laquelle la predication de l evangile devait amener les gentils, qui taient d une autre bergerie que celle des hebreux. pour eux, en effet, la bergerie du christ, c tait la synagogue, d abord parce que david avait dit, psaume 94, v. 7: nous sommes son peuple et ses brebis qu il nourrit dans ses paturages; puis, parce que la promesse avait t faite abraham et david que la messie sortirait de leur race, parce qu il tait attendu par le peuple h breu, annonc par les proph tes, qui taient h breux, et que son av nement, ses actes, sa passion, sa mort et sa r surrection taient comme figur s d avance dans les sacrifices, le culte et les c r monies de la loi des h breux. les anges ne sont pas tous de purs esprits: d cision conforme du deuxieme conci

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re are ten double letters, and not only seven, as is believed by all commentators since saadya. in spite of the numerous works written on hebrew orthography since the beginning of the tenth century, there is not one which may be considered as really based on the hebrew [on which the sy is based. many more troubling statements could be quoted; however, i shall leap to mordell s conclusion: already abraham abulafia perceived that the pythagorean number philosophy is identical with the sefiroth philosophy of the sefer yetzirah. the relation they bear to each other is variously explained. a. f. thimus shares the view that the pythagorean philosophy is an adaptation from the sefer yetzirah. others hold that the author of sefer yetzirah borrowed his philosophy from pythagoras and plato. would it

bbalah, f. merkabah mysticism and jewish gnosticism= f17* waite s version of the thirty-two paths can be found in the holy kabbalah, pp. 213-219* this item came up for sale on ebay (november 2004; the display page provided numerous images of the cover, text, and illustrations, which, alas, are rather adolescent. a passage from what is almost certainly this book is used to introduce the section on abraham abulafia in meltzer s secret garden, pp. 117-119. there, the book is called kabbalah, book of creation, the zohar, but the date is the same. the ebay images confirm the title as given by spector and kaplan. 20073 9 the more recent cycle of sy translations that of the last few decades begins with an obscure, homespun production: work of the chariot. book of formation (sepher yetzirah. the l

eltzer s secret garden, pp. 117-119. there, the book is called kabbalah, book of creation, the zohar, but the date is the same. the ebay images confirm the title as given by spector and kaplan. 20073 9 the more recent cycle of sy translations that of the last few decades begins with an obscure, homespun production: work of the chariot. book of formation (sepher yetzirah. the letters of our father abraham [wc #1b. 2nd edition, hollywood: work of the chariot, 1971 [also at www.workof thechariot.com] the 2nd edition includes two appendices: 1. diagrams; 2. shuo kua/i ching with diagrams; plus sy in hebrew and gezer/sinatic, and a depiction of the gan eden alphabet. this version has been neither well known nor, until recently [see the website shown above, generally available. it is included he

vol. 6, nos. 3- 4: proceedings of the second international conference on the history of jewish mysticism: the beginnings of jewish mysticism in medieval europe, edited by joseph dan english section (jerusalem: the hebrew university, 1987. langermann, y. tzvi. introduction to a new redaction of sefer yesira? in kabbalah: journal for the study of jewish mystical texts 2, edited by daniel abrams and abraham elqayam (los angeles: cherub press, 1997. shulman, david. is there an indian connection to the sefer yesirah? in aleph: historical studies in science and judaism, number 2: 2002, edited by gad fruedenthal, indiana university press, at http//inscribe.iupress.org/loi/ale. wasserstrom, steven m. further thoughts on the origins of sefer yesirah, in aleph: historical studies in science and juda

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lt indicate that on the contrary, the theurgic efficacy of a kabbalist fs worship is a product of his experiential adhesion and absorption into divinity. h (from the abstract, p. vii. dauber, jonathan victor. standing on the heads of philosophers: myth and philosophy in early kabbalah. ph.d. dissertation, new york: new york university, 2004. chapters include gthe opening to myth in the thought of abraham bar hiyya, h gmyth and philosophy in sefer ha-bahir, h gascent and decent h (in sefer ha-bahir, r. jacob ben sheshet, and r. azriel of gerona, and gmyth and discursive thinking in r. asher b. david. h. goldberg, joel r= yechiel shalom goldberg. mystical union, individuality, and individuation in provencal and catalonian kabbalah. ph.d. dissertation, new york: new york university, 2001. foc

icism in geronese kabbalah, h in the journal of jewish thought and philosophy, vol. 3, issue 1 (1993. other references: 1. r. ezra ben solomon. altmann, alexander. ga note on the rabbinic doctrine of creation, h in (idem) studies in religious philosophy and mysticism (ithaca: cornell university press, 1969. includes excerpts from r. ezra ben solomon fs perush eal shir ha-shirim and a letter to r. abraham on god fs garments.in english. brody, seth. commentary on the song of songs= perush eal shir ha-shirim. kalamazoo: western michigan university, 1999. along with r. ezra fs commentary are the ghidden midrash to the book of lamentations h from the zohar hadash and r. bahya ben asher of sargossa fs commentary on genesis 1:1-2 (composed 1291. 20081 6. gavarin, martelle. grabbi ezra ben solomon

e: association of jewish studies, 1980; in essential papers on kabbalah, edited by lawrence fine (new york: new york university press, 1995. also jmii: chapter 11. further, see. kanarfogel, ephraim. grabbinic figures in castilian kabbalistic pseudepigraphy: r. yehudah he-hasid and r. elhanan of corbeil, h in journal of jewish thought and philosophy, vol. 3 (1993. 20081 9 developmental period 2.a. abraham abulafia: abulafia is the focus of scholem fs 4th lecture in major trends in jewish mysticism. further, refer to the following. abulafia, abraham ben samuel. gthe book of the sign, h in revelation and redemption: jewish documents of deliverance from the fall of jerusalem to the death of nahmanides, translated and edited by george w. buchanan (dillsboro: western north carolina press, 1978:

and hebrew. 04/2006. belize city: providence university, 2006. for information, go to www.everburninglight.org. albotini, yehuda. sulam aliyah: ladder of ascent. translated by yodfat glazer and adam shohom. integral edition in english and hebrew. belize city: providence university, 2007. for information, go to www.everburninglight.org. gin particular, rabbi albotini followed a system advanced by abraham ben samuel abulafia that is generally referred to as eecstatic f or eprophetic f kabbalah, as outlined in abulafia fs sefer ha-ot (book of the sign. h .preface, page viii. berger, abraham. gthe messianic self-consciousness of abraham abulafia: a tentative evaluation, h in 1. essays in life and thought presented in honor of s. w. baron, edited by j. l. blau (new york, columbia university pr

in life and thought presented in honor of s. w. baron, edited by j. l. blau (new york, columbia university press, 1959; 2. essential papers on messianic movements and personalities in jewish history, edited by marc saperstein (new york: new york university press, 1992. bokser, ben zion. the jewish mystical tradition (1981, 9: gabraham abulafia. h. hames, harvey j. like angels on jacob fs ladder: abraham abulafia, the franciscans, and joachimism. albany: state university of new york press, 2007. idel, moshe. ga unique manuscript of an untitled treatise of abraham abulafia in biblioteca laurentiana medicea, h in kabbalah: journal for the study of jewish mystical texts, volume 17, edited by daniel abrams and avraham elqayam (los angeles: cherub press, 2008. gabraham abulafia and menahem ben

nio mystica, h in studies in medieval jewish history and literature iii, edited by isadore twersky and jay m. harris (cambridge. london: harvard university press, 2000. 20081 10. gabulafia fs secrets of the guide: a linguistic turn, h in perspectives on jewish thought and mysticism, edited by a. l. ivry, e. wolfson, and a. arkush (amsterdam: harwood academic publishers, 1998. gthe contribution of abraham abulafia fs kabbalah to the understanding of jewish mysticism, h in gershom scholem fs major trends in jewish mysticism 50 years after (1993. language, torah, and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia. albany: state university of new york press, 1989. ghitbodedut as concentration in ecstatic kabbalah, h in jewish spirituality i: from the bible through the middle ages, edited by arthur green (ne

n ecstatic kabbalah, h in jewish spirituality i: from the bible through the middle ages, edited by arthur green (new york: crossroad publishing company, 1985. messianic mystics. new haven: yale university press, 1998: chapter two: gabraham abulafia: ecstatic kabbalah and spiritual messianisms h and appendix one: gego, ergo sum messiah: on abulafia fs sefer ha-yashar. h. the mystical experience in abraham abulafia. albany: state university of new york press, 1988. studies in ecstatic kabbalah. albany: state university of new york press, 1988. jacobs, louis. jewish mystical testimonies. new york: schocken books, 1976: chapter six: gthe prophetic mysticism of abraham abulafia. h. kaplan, aryeh. meditation and kabbalah. york beach: samuel weiser, inc, 1982: chapter 3: grabbi abraham abulafia

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red them by flame and bronze. then went they to the altars of adonai yahweh and poured there libations to the nephilim shades and the people of deep chadel. thus did they restore to me the children of noah. for nine generations then was there peace amongst the nations of men. of all those descend of noah's line were restored to me save one who yet would not cast of his chains 288 and his name was abraham. even when all others came before my altars and acknowledged those truths that i taught them this one alone yielded not to my love and of all my children stood apart from me. o my children, brave nephilim, when shall you learn the truth? adonai yahweh nor all his angels have not one chain's link to bind you save those that you would forge and put about yourself with full will. no fire is t

u save that which your minds would kindle. they have no authority over man save that man would, deluded, kneel and acknowledge such illusion of power with which the elohim would beguile. why are you led again and again into that same trap which snared those that came before? what words are there for me to speak by which you would realise this and take care against such deceits? no words had i for abraham that would sway his foolish heart nor unblind him to the fraud of heaven that led him on such evil paths. in heaven, in his tower, where yet he brooded on defeat and saw no way to salvage what was lost to him, michael heard the prayers of abraham. yet where had he once used noah he had met with failure now offered once more the same prize he dared not to reach out to it least he once lose

saw no way to salvage what was lost to him, michael heard the prayers of abraham. yet where had he once used noah he had met with failure now offered once more the same prize he dared not to reach out to it least he once lose as he had once lost before. rather then he reasoned to wreak some mischief upon this one of the nephilim if all others would give to him no opportunity to be so seized. upon abraham, so did he resolve, he would work such sorrows 289 as his own defeats had worked on him. thus would abraham be a partner to michael's misery. so thinking, the prince of heaven went before his king, kneeling low like some hungry hound before the table to beg for some morsel of the meat. so did fawning michael plead "almighty and eternal, lord of infinitude, tyrant of existence, all-illumini

of sin, scourge of evil, most high, most merciful, most just, most sagacious, most perfect, most mighty, most noble, most majestic, my god, my lord, my father, echoing up from the earth beneath your proud kingdom, eternal and invincible, have i heard the voice of a man, one of satan's children that does renounce his father, even as you were yourself renounce by that apostate angel, once your son. abraham sings daily your praise and raises his voice in prayer. let me then claim him for your possession. yet after the failure of the flood and gabriel's humiliation at the hands of that most wicked of the nephilim, utanapishtim who defied your will, 290 little traffic do i desire with that blasphemous race of men. let me rather sport with this one and avenge upon this one at least those wrongs

ce in prayer. let me then claim him for your possession. yet after the failure of the flood and gabriel's humiliation at the hands of that most wicked of the nephilim, utanapishtim who defied your will, 290 little traffic do i desire with that blasphemous race of men. let me rather sport with this one and avenge upon this one at least those wrongs that his race has done you. let me then test well abraham's resolve to worship adonai yahweh and let him prove his worth to you by suffering capricious whimsy. in this at least shall we teach satan and his people some lesson and show to them that not yet do they have dominion over earth" and adonai yahweh did but nod to show to michael that his words seemed good to him that had been so wronged by that tongue that slandered brothers and deceived t

capricious whimsy. in this at least shall we teach satan and his people some lesson and show to them that not yet do they have dominion over earth" and adonai yahweh did but nod to show to michael that his words seemed good to him that had been so wronged by that tongue that slandered brothers and deceived the king whose praises it should have sung. then michael descended to the earth and went to abraham where he dwelt in the land of haran. as a great image, one hundred cubits high and burning with a white flame came michael before abraham and spoke unto him these words "abraham, son of terah, go you from this land of haran and take from this place your wives and those servants of your household. you must forsake your kindred and people that dwell in the land of haran for they are most cor

ndred and people that dwell in the land of haran for they are most corrupt and worship not the true god. yet you of all men would he save and remove hence to another land which he has allotted to you. go then from haran and place your trust in adonai yahweh for he shall show to you another land 291 which shall be for you and your nation that you shall be a father to. the land of mamre is for you, abraham, and it shall be your children's also. go then to this land with your household and forsake these evil people that you would dwell amongst" so gathered to him abraham his household and his consorts, sarai and hagar, the egyptian, and went from the land of haran unto the land mamre. well amused was michael at this work for mamre was a land but of sand and the kingdom of scorpions and jackal

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n from above to write the book of zohar. kabbalah was forbidden for almost fifteen centuries, until the kabbalist ari (rabbi yitzhak luria) appeared and spiritually attained the whole kabbalah. in his works he revealed the zohar for us: in 600 years of the sixth millennium the sources of wisdom will open up above and flow down. k e y c o n c e p t s 95 in one of the ancient manuscripts, kabbalist abraham azulai (sixth century ce) found that from the year 5,300 (1,539 ce) since creation, everyone will be permitted to openly study kabbalah, adults and children, and just because of this, the redeemer shall come. as a sign that we live at the end of days, the great kabbalist yehuda ashlag (baal hasulam) appeared in our time and explicated the whole kabbalah in a clear and comprehensible langua

, calm, and the sensation of immortality. question: how is the kabbalistic information conveyed? kabbalists have passed on their knowledge about the upper world both orally and in writing. initially, it appeared in mesopotamia in the 18th century bce. the accumulated knowledge was f r e q u e n t ly a s k e d q u e s t i o n s 105 expounded upon in the book of creation (sefer yetzira, ascribed to abraham. this book is still available in bookstores. in every generation, kabbalists wrote their books for the souls of that particular generation. several languages have been used in kabbalah over the centuries. this is because the development of the human soul occurs gradually. from generation to generation, the increasingly coarser souls return to this world with the experience of past lives. t

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feel it yet, those who induce this change will sense it immediately. thus, the more we pursue these thoughts and actions to increase our awareness that we are parts of a single system, the sooner we will feel that we are living in a welcoming world, a joyful and good place. man s power of thought and his crucial impact on reality are expressed in the following words of the great kabbalist, rabbi abraham isaac hacohen kook (manuscript, p. 60: it requires much accustoming to feel the power of life and the reality of the power of thought, to chapter five: obeying nature s law 85 know the might of the concept and the enforcement of life, and strength of the reality of the thought. and by awareness, to understand that the more the thought ascends, refines, and polishes, man and the world ascen

e ego directly. as their egos grew, it separated them from one another. previously, the people of babel had lived as one people. but now, when the ego began to speak in them, they stopped understanding each other. this moment is described as the evolution of different languages. thus, hatred drew them apart, and they were scattered all over the world. yet, in one of those babylonians, a man named abraham, there surfaced a desire to know the secret of life, along with the growth of the ego. it was the same desire that had first appeared in adam. until that point, abraham had been helping his father build idols and sell them. but once he began to feel that the idols no longer satisfied his growing desire, he began to search for higher forces. this story symbolizes abraham s sensation that he

ire that had first appeared in adam. until that point, abraham had been helping his father build idols and sell them. but once he began to feel that the idols no longer satisfied his growing desire, he began to search for higher forces. this story symbolizes abraham s sensation that he was idolizing every egoistic desire he d had, bowing before his desire and surrendering to its domination. thus, abraham began to feel that such a life leads nowhere. he felt that if he wanted to transcend to a more highly evolved life, he would have to break the idols and to try to escape the ego s domination. when he did, he discovered nature s inclusive force and called it god, which, in gimatria (a method of using hebrew letters as numbers, is equal to the nature. israel s role 159 abraham realized that

would have to break the idols and to try to escape the ego s domination. when he did, he discovered nature s inclusive force and called it god, which, in gimatria (a method of using hebrew letters as numbers, is equal to the nature. israel s role 159 abraham realized that nature s force necessitates all people to come into balance with it, and that the imbalance is the source of all suffering. as abraham continued to search, he discovered that the ego comprises 613 desires, each of which must be adapted to nature s general law of altruism. in other words, in all one s desires, one must reach the state of love thy neighbor as thyself, the service of others. when we correct each of the desires by using them altruistically instead of egoistically, kabbalah calls this performing mitzvot (keepi

the state of love thy neighbor as thyself, the service of others. when we correct each of the desires by using them altruistically instead of egoistically, kabbalah calls this performing mitzvot (keeping commandments. this refers to changing the intention with which we use our desires, not to any physical actions. the method for achieving equilibrium with nature, beyond the ego, was discovered by abraham. it is called the wisdom of kabbalah. sefer yetzira (the book of creation) is also ascribed to abraham. abraham began to teach this wisdom to his people, the ancient babylonians. it was written that abraham the patriarch would bring them into his home, give them food and drink, and would bring them closer (bereshit raba 84:4. however, most of the people did not take interest in correcting

the wisdom of kabbalah. sefer yetzira (the book of creation) is also ascribed to abraham. abraham began to teach this wisdom to his people, the ancient babylonians. it was written that abraham the patriarch would bring them into his home, give them food and drink, and would bring them closer (bereshit raba 84:4. however, most of the people did not take interest in correcting their egos. but after abraham and his wife, sarah, made considerable efforts to teach the correction method, they managed to organize a group of people that became the first group of kabbalists in human history. this group later received the name, israel. 20 160 from chaos to harmony from that point on, humanity has been divided into two paths: kabbalists and the rest of humanity. as the ego continued to grow, both amo

o has reached its final degree; hence, many are sensing that millennia of the evolving ego have yielded only helplessness and a general, global crisis. realizing this puts humanity in the same position it occupied in babylon. but this time humanity, which has spread across the globe and proliferated into billions of people, is ready to listen. now, the time is ripe to absorb the method founded by abraham, intended to teach everyone how to use their egos correctly, how to achieve balance with nature, and how to feel like the whole of nature: eternal and whole. until recently, kabbalists were compelled to conceal this method from humanity. they had to wait until the final degree of the ego appeared, a level that humanity would despair of fulfilling. they waited for a time when people needed

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urged many to search for and discover nature s plan for them, and coincidentally, for all of us. those pioneers in nature s research wanted to know if nature actually had a goal, and if so, what humanity s role might be in this master plan. those individuals who received the highest level of knowledge, that of the master plan, are known as kabbalists. a unique individual among those pioneers was abraham. when he discovered the master plan, he not only researched it in depth, but first and foremost taught it to others. he realized that the only guarantee against misery and fear was for people to fully understand nature s plan for them. and once he realized this, he spared no effort teaching whoever wished to learn. for this reason, abraham became the first kabbalist to start a dynasty of k

ying to control the creator and take over the driver s seat. h i d i n g, s e e k i n g, b u t n o t f i n d i n g the level of egoism in humanity has kept growing, with each level driving us farther away from nature (the creator. in kabbalah, distance is not measured in inches or yards; it s measured in qualities. the creator s quality is whole- at the time when all this bilbul was taking place, abraham was living in babylon, helping his father build little idols and sell them in the family shop. it s not hard to see that abraham was right in the middle of all this vibrant mishmash of ideas that thrived in babylon, the new york of the ancient world. this confusion also explains abraham s persistent question, whose answer led him to discover nature s law: who is the owner of the capitol? w

source of all the spiritual worlds as well as the corporeal world. 68 kabbalah revealed so let s talk some more about phase four and how it works with the masach. after all, phase four is us, so if we understand how it works, we might learn something about ourselves. phase four, malchut, didn t just pop up out of nowhere. it evolved from phase three, which evolved from phase two, etc. similarly, abraham lincoln didn t just pop up as president. he grew from baby abe, to a child, to a youth, and to an adult who finally became president. but the preliminary phases don t disappear. without them, president lincoln would not have become president lincoln. the reason we can t see them is because the most developed level always dominates and overshadows the less developed. but the last, highest l

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ya. each level provides a different perception of the creator, depending on each level s particular properties. therefore, those who have acquired the properties of a specific level see kabbalah and the creator in a completely new way. everyone who attains a particular level of the spiritual world receives the same perception as everyone else on the same level. when the kabbalists said "thus said abraham to isaac" it indicated that the kabbalists were situated on the same level as abraham. thus, the kabbalists understood how- 82- attaining the worlds beyond abraham responded to isaac, since in their spiritual state they were like abraham. in his lifetime, the kabbalist rabbi yehuda ashlag reached all 125 levels. from this exalted place, he dictated the kabbalah, which we are now able to en

e desire to derive joy from him- 120- attaining the worlds beyond for example, in our world, if a person were given unexpected honors, which were then taken away, that person would crave the familiar pleasures derived from those honors. the desire to get back the taken pleasure is known as a "vessel (kli. the light gradually makes the vessel grow in order to fill it with pleasure (from the light. abraham asked the creator "how can i be sure that you will save my descendants? how can i be sure that my children will be able to break away from egoism with the help of kabbalah? why give them the light if they have no yearning for it" the creator answered that they would be given a sensation of enslavement by their egoism, and so, for contrast, they would be given a sensation of the light. in a

e influence of egoistic forces and to receive such qualities from them that would separate them from the spiritual; then, to come under the influence of the spiritual forces. finally, while working on their own spiritual center in the heart, with the help of kabbalah they must correct those desires they had received from the ego s forces. spiritual work- 327- 24 faith it is told in the bible that abraham declared that sarah was his sister, and not his wife, because he feared that he would be killed so that she could become available to others. since kabbalah equates the entire world to one person, because the soul was divided into 600,000 parts only in order to simplify the attainment of the ultimate goal, abraham is regarded as the personification of the faith within us. a wife is permitt

lled so that she could become available to others. since kabbalah equates the entire world to one person, because the soul was divided into 600,000 parts only in order to simplify the attainment of the ultimate goal, abraham is regarded as the personification of the faith within us. a wife is permitted only to the husband, as opposed to the sister forbidden only to the brother, but not to others. abraham saw that he himself (faith) was the only one (the only quality of human beings) capable of making sarah the basis of life. he also realized that other men (other qualities of a person) could harm him (faith) because they were enthralled by sarah s beauty and wished to possess her eternally for their own ego s sake. for this reason, abraham declared sarah (the goal of creation) as his siste

hand, one does not ask for a gift. rather, a gift is given to one who is loved. one who demands does not consider having received either as charity or as a gift, but by right. this latter feeling is characteristic of the righteous who demand of the creator, thinking that they are entitled to something intended for them in the very design of creation. thus, it is said "the righteous take by force" abraham (the right line: faith above reason) was ready to sacrifice yitzhak (the left line: reason and control of one s spiritual condition) in order to constantly progress only along the right line. consequently, he advanced to the middle line, which combines the two. simple faith is an uncontrolled faith and is usually known as "faith below reason" faith that is checked by reason is known as "fa

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d, this discovery is accompanied by the wondrous sensation of eternal life, and endless, boundless stream of pleasures. this is where our lives are leading us. 26 t h e n at u r e o f m at t e r the wisdom of kabbalah has evolved over thousands of years and been disseminated among kabbalists throughout history. i would like to briefly review the key points in this process. the first kabbalist was abraham the patriarch (approximately 1,800 bce. sefer yetzira (the book of creation) is ascribed to him. 500 years after abraham, moses wrote his book of torah (the pentateuch, around 1,350 bce. in the 2nd century ce rabbi shimon bar-yochai wrote sefer ha zohar (the book of splendor. kabbalah thrived in the 16th century israeli town of safed, led by the kabbalist rabbi yitzhak luria ashkenazi, the

charms, amulets or magical drawings of letters. rabbi yehuda ashlag (1884-1954, known as baal hasulam (owner of the ladder) for his sulam (ladder) commentary on the zohar, paved the way for our generation. his writings enable all of us to connect to the ancient, authentic sources that the past giants left behind. the kabbalah that we study today contains the same knowledge that was passed on from abraham through all the generations. i was privileged to spend twelve years beside baal hasulam s eldest son and successor, kabbalist rabbi baruch shalom ashlag, and from him i received this knowledge. t h e n a t u r e o f m a t t e r 27 the wisdom of kabbalah is a method for discovering the hidden part of reality, that imperceptible realm of reality that our five senses cannot grasp. it develops

egetative, animate, and speaking. although the will to receive is the substance of all reality, the desire in itself is neither matter nor atoms, which came later. everything that was created, that exists as the basis of reality, is based on the desire to enjoy, an aspiration for pleasure. in each level of reality, this aspiration takes on different forms. every kabbalist, without exception, from abraham to the last great kabbalist, baal hasulam, maintained that the entire substance of creation consists of a desire to receive. every kabbalah book speaks of the same thing, and all kabbalists are in agreement in that regard. kabbalists are people who attain the upper world; they speak from tangible attainment, not from theory. the word, attainment, refers to the ultimate degree of understand

kabbalah as the means to achieve both our evolution and the purpose of creation should reach all of humanity. the more people engage in kabbalah, and the more we circulate it throughout the world, the better off we will all be. baal hasulam writes about it very clearly in his introduction to the book of zohar. the first researcher to ask about the universe and the forces that conduct humanity was abraham. he was one of many people who lived in mesopotamia (ancient persia, and in those days there was no division into nations. he discovered the method by which we can know the reality beyond our ordinary perception, and described his research and discoveries in his sefer yetzira (book of creation. abraham began to gather students and teach them the wisdom of kabbalah. in time, this group of k

al degrees forward to a specific level of reality that the rest of humanity will someday reach. they speak to us from there and tell us what they feel in their present time. they could just as easily be great historians, regressing to states that humanity once experienced, relive them, and tell us about them. we can often find kabbalistic writings that depict events before their own time, such as abraham wandering from one place to another, meeting people, learning what he said and what he did. to know all that, a kabbalistic researcher must turn back in time to reach the same state that abraham did, meaning a specific degree, and tell us about that reality by being fully present in it. a kabbalist can gather impressions from that time and convey them to us. baal hasulam describes it in th

what he said and what he did. to know all that, a kabbalistic researcher must turn back in time to reach the same state that abraham did, meaning a specific degree, and tell us about that reality by being fully present in it. a kabbalist can gather impressions from that time and convey them to us. baal hasulam describes it in the following manner: but, because those that reached the degree where abraham stood, or anyone, they see and know what abraham saw and knew. for this reason they know what abraham would say, and likewise in all the sayings of our sages when they interpreted the verses of the torah. all that was because they too attained the degree, and each degree in spirituality is a reality. everyone sees the reality, as all those who come to the city of london in england see what

the wisdom of medicine and growth; d) the wisdom of reason, grammar and law; e) the wisdom of playing music and sanctity; f) the wisdom of correction and integration; g) the wisdom of brw k a b b a l a h, s c i e n c e, a n d t h e m e a n i n g o f l i f e 204 (between rain and wind, and the mental forces. our rabbi thoroughly knew all these teachings. the voice of the turtle-dove, p. 120 rabbi abraham yitzhak hacohen kook (1865-1935) rationality evolves only because beyond the threshold of its consciousness, the hidden does its scientific and moral work. the prevalent assumption that the hidden obscures the clear science and the accurate critique, is false. it is precisely through the hidden, with the might of its singing and the depth of its reason, that the sound foundation of science

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the aim for me, and by the nearness to the degree of the creator, meaning the intent for him. t h e t h o u g h t o f c r e a t i o n 17 q: to the best of my understanding, there is always only one man on earth, who is in the upper world, higher than all other kabbalists. who is that man today? a: it is said: israel is not widowed, and also, there is not a generation when there are no such men as abraham, isaac and jacob. there are hidden kabbalists in the world known only to the kabbalists themselves, and then there are recognized kabbalists. all of them work in this world and perform their tasks according to the instructions of the creator. their business is only their own and the creator s. we need not know of their work because we should only deal with what we were born to accomplish:

erialize into the lowest forms v the objects of this world. t h e t h o u g h t o f c r e a t i o n 35 of course, we have developed from the more primitive forms, but not by natural (darwinian) selection. our development came about by the surfacing reshimot v spiritual genes. the first manifestation of the point in the heart is adam in this world. its first development into sensing the creator is abraham. the first manifestation of the method of uniting with the root is the receiving of the torah. i can say only one thing in response to your question: until the point in your heart manifests and forms the first ten sefirot, you will be absolutely unable to understand where you come from and where everything is headed! no explanation will help, since there is no vessel to receive it. t wo l

a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 72 las, it depicts the control room of reality in a form much like a user s manual. these visuals teach us how the laws work in spirituality, and how we can influence them with mind and will, consequently affecting the results that return to affect us. t h e b o o k o f c r e at i o n q: rav laitman, when you say that sefer yetzira (the book of creation) was written by abraham the patriarch, should we imagine one man who reached the spiritual level called, abraham, or was it abraham, the historical figure. in the second case, if abraham wrote the book before moses, then how is the name of the prophet, yehezkel (ezekiel, mentioned there (mishnah 8, p.1? this prophet lived centuries after abraham did. a: the book of creation was supposedly written by abraham. this

of creation was supposedly written by abraham. this is the opinion of judaism, not my own. i actually never say anything on my own and can always provide a reference for my words. that is why my adversaries do not oppose me, they oppose kabbalah! baal hasulam says in his letters that sefer yetzira was written by some other kabbalist. regarding the time, this is a question only for you and not for abraham or another kabbalist. however, nothing will help until you, too, see from the beginning of the world to its end. the kabbalist mastering a certain spiritual level sees, feels and bonds with everyone on that level regardless of whether it already happened in our world or is yet to come. the spiritual world is everlasting; it is timeless. hence the commentaries on the torah, even those that

il you, too, see from the beginning of the world to its end. the kabbalist mastering a certain spiritual level sees, feels and bonds with everyone on that level regardless of whether it already happened in our world or is yet to come. the spiritual world is everlasting; it is timeless. hence the commentaries on the torah, even those that are not kabbalistic, often are written along such lines as, abraham said k. but how could the author have possibly known what abraham said, if he never wrote it anywhere? the answer is, he knows it from having attained the same spiritual level that abraham reached when he said it! in fact, the answer to all questions can only exist in one s own attainment of the higher world. t h e w i s d o m o f k a b b a l a h 73 t h e b o o k o f z o h a r q: what is t

it ourselves, and get accurate feedback from reality. that is the science involved, and today it can be revealed to anyone who seeks it. 85 c h a p t e r 3. t h e s t u dy o f k a b b a l a h i n t r o d u c t i o n kabbalah has always been taught through books. the first books about kabbalah were written thousands of years ago. adam ha rishon (the first man) wrote the book, the angel raziel, and abraham the patriarch wrote the book sefer yetzira (book of creation. the zohar was written some 1900 years ago. all of these books are still for sale today. through them, we can study the wisdom of kabbalah. the principal, fundamental book that we study by is called talmud eser hasefirot (the study of the ten sefirot. it consists of six volumes and more than 2000 pages that depict the laws of the

of 620 parts, with each part joining the others. the mixture of the parts together creates one collective vessel. t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 92 q: what v if any v effect does language have on the study? a: kabbalah can be studied in any language. but hebrew is the natural language because the jews are the group that should lead humanity to spirituality. they are the descendants of abraham, the first jew, the first to have crossed the barrier and entered the land of israel. this is why he is called a hebrew (ivri, from the word over, and his language was hebrew. most kabbalists wrote in hebrew because they were the heirs of abraham, meaning his sons, his children. but in principle, kabbalah is a study about the creation of the world and can be expressed in any language. q: c

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pose is to build an additional sensory instrument with which to feel the spiritual world and the creator. that is how it was done before and that is what kabbalists describe. there is no other revelation of the creator to man. we can feel the spiritual world and the creator only by changing ourselves. that is what we can write about and convey to others. the first man wrote about his attainments. abraham the patriarch followed in his footsteps, which in turn was followed by moses, who named his attainments of the creator and creation, torah. the kabbalists that followed wrote about their feelings and attainments in additional books, the mishnah, the talmud and so on. every kabbalist describes our world and how to enter the spiritual world. we call these books, holy books, or torah, from th

like to realize. they are presented with obscenity within them as if on a screen before their eyes, but at the same time they understand that it is the creator who plants these attributes there. thus, they are presented with creation as it is inside them. q: is there not a paradox here? on the one hand, the creator wants to give us delight and pleasure, but on the other he sends us pain! a: take abraham, for example. we see that he did not want to go down to egypt (symbolic of those of us who don t wish to occupy ourpa r t o n e: t h e b e g i n n i n g 57 selves with spiritual development. he thinks: what do i need it for? it is hard, unpleasant, and goes against my ego. a person can be pushed only by hunger, just as the famine forced abraham to do down to egypt. spiritual famine, physic

will be a thought that follows it, because that is the creator s way of showing us how despicable and dirty we are. along with the desire will be the sensation of repulsion at such a desire appearing in us. that is why the recognition of evil exists. an ordinary person does not regard such desires as evil, but rationalizes, well, i m no different than anybody else. it is written that god said to abraham, look now towards heaven and promised him that his seed and his people would be like the stars in the sky innumerable. stars are sparks of returning light that broke from the collective soul. one collects these sparks, corrects them, t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 132 and thus ascends. for that reason, the sparks, which are souls that rise upward, are called stars. the creator promised a

piritual guides in every generation who adapt the wisdom of kabbalah to the unique properties of their time. there have been hundreds of books written over the years on the subject of the wisdom of kabbalah. these began with the very first book on the wisdom of kabbalah, raziel hamalaach (the angel raziel, written by adam ha rishon, and the second book, sefer yetzira (book of creation, written by abraham the patriarch. however, the most popular book in the wisdom of kabbalah is the book of zohar. it was written in the second century ad by rabbi shimon bar-yochay. the contemporary kabbalist, rabbi yehuda ashlag (1884-1954) wrote a commentary on the zohar and on all the writings of the ari in a contemporary language so that we could understand it. today, the souls that descend to our world a

e lord appeared unto abram, and said 'unto thy seed will i give this land; and he built there an altar unto the lord, who appeared unto him (genesis 12:7. and there was a famine in the land; and abram went down into egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land (genesis 12:10. does the torah speak of immigrating to a better country, meaning egypt, and does the creator himself compel abraham to go there? why did the creator choose abraham? at that time he was the same as all the others who lived in the area spreading from east of syria to mesopotamia. abraham did not go to egypt right away. rather, he first went to beit-el, made a sacrifice to the creator, and seemed to be soothed afterwards. pa r t s i x: g e n e s i s 327 it is written that this was followed by a famine, and

s with us. it deals with each and every one of us; with who we are and what we are and what we must do with our lives. that is how the torah explains the entire system of creation. man contains everything that exists in all the worlds inside him, including our own world. besides man, there is only the creator. man is the representative of creation and of all the other worlds. the creator turns to abraham, meaning to a specific attribute in us, which is like all other properties( nations) in man (the name abraham means the father of the nation in hebrew av ha am) and tells him: i now separate this specific trait in you, which is called abraham, and you must leave your country, meaning your situation, all the desires that you are currently in, from your homeland, and break free from the desi

the state you were born into. it is neither good nor bad, but you must leave it, leave the home of your father. i (the creator) am inside your primary egoistic desires and you must leave them and go to the land that i will show you. there is where you will find me. the words, that i will show thee mean desires that the creator will show and in them he will appear. the creator only appears before abraham in order to compel him to take the path at the end of which he will appear before him in completeness. in that state, the entire creation will appear before abraham and he will obtain the opposite properties: eternity and completeness, and the degree of the creator himself. the creator appears before every single one of us. we have all felt an inner voice, an inner power, at least once in

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s of the craft handed down from operative times in the old charges. thus it was put forward in all seriousness by dr. anderson in his first book of constitutions that adam, our first parent, created after the image of god, the great architect of the universe, must have had the liberal sciences, particularly geometry, written on his heart, while others, less fanciful, have attributed its origin to abraham, moses, or solomon. dr. oliver, writing as late as the first part of the nineteenth century, held that masonry, as we have it to-day, is the only true relic of the faith of the patriarchs before the flood, while the ancient mysteries of egypt and other countries, which so closely resembled it, were but human corruptions of the one primitive and pure tradition. as scientific and historical

ft) 550. the legend begins with an account of lamech and his four children, who founded all the sciences of the world before the flood. these sciences were engraved on two pillars, one of which was later found by hermes, who taught its contents to the people. nimrod is next mentioned as having employed masons at the building of the tower of babel, and as having given them their first charge. next abraham and sarah are said to have taught the seven sciences to the egyptians, and especially to a worthy scoller that hight ewclyde. the latter was commissioned by the king to teach masonry to a large number of children of the lord and estates of the realm. the legend passes then to david, who, when he began the temple of jerusalem, learned the charges and manners of masons from egypt and gave th

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the third-century acts of thomas, as well as in john bunyan s puritan classic, pilgrim s progress.within modern ceremonial magic, it constitutes the name for god invoked by moses to bring down the rain over egypt, as reported by samuel liddell mathers in the greater key of solomon. there is also a reference to abaddon as the sixth of the seven lodges of hell in the work of the cabalist joseph ben abraham gikatilla. in various sources,abaddon is identified as the angel of death and destruction, demon of the abyss, and chief of the demons of the underworld. see also demons;magic and magical groups for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including the fallen angels. new york: the free press, 1967. strayer, joseph r. dictionary of the middle ages. vol. 1. new york: charle

intellect is above sense, there must be some creatures who are incorporeal and therefore comprehensible by the intellect alone.he thus assigned to angels an incorporeal nature, departing from earlier philosophers who had asserted that angels were constituted from a subtle material substance. in spite of their incorporeal nature, angels can sometimes assume bodies, since the scriptural account of abraham s entertaining angels makes this plain. at the time, it was generally recognized by the church that the angels were impeccable. their state of perfection is such that they are unable to sin as men and women do. aquinas held that lucifer, like all the angels, was created in a state of grace. nevertheless, he exercised the free will with which all angels are endowed in a wrong direction. oth

s was popular long before the full development of the notion of purgatory, which eventually supplanted the idea of limbo. limbo had been necessary because christians of the first few centuries of the common era imagined that only christian souls could go to heaven. this, however, creates the problem of what happened to such righteous and deserving individuals as the old testament patriarchs (e.g, abraham, moses, etc) who died before the christian gospel was preached? placing them in a limbo realm, from which christ later rescued them and conducted them to heaven, solved this problem. the story of the messiah s harrowing of hell and rescue of infernal prisoners is actually older than christianity. in the pre-christian testament of the twelve patriarchs, for example, the future messiah rescu

hell. another question limbo answered for the early church concerned the fate of righteous people who had passed away in the eras before the good news of christianity. in other words, christians of the first few centuries of the common era imagined that only christian souls could go to heaven. but where does that leave such righteous and deserving individuals as the old testament patriarchs (e.g, abraham, moses, etc? placing them in a limbo realm, from which christ later rescued them and conducted them to heaven, solved this problem. see also purgatory for further reading: eliade,mircea, ed. encyclopedia of religion. new york:macmillan, 1987. eliade,mircea. shamanism: archaic techniques of ecstasy. princeton, nj: princeton university press, 1964. mcdannell, colleen, and bernhard lang. heav

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ehuel \ycy ishim 1010 ynda-la lakim michael \ylara aralim rypsh tnbl .h h. lebanath ha- saphir lxxxviii. translation of col. lxxxvii. lxxxix* the revolutions of hyha in briah xc. the 42-fold name which revolves in the palaces of yetzirah. xci. the saints or adepts of the hebrews 0. 1 hyha ba messias filius david 2 yhha yg mosheh 3 palace of the holy of holies hhya xf enoch 4 p. of love ayhh fcurq abraham 5 p. of merit yahh ckydgk jacob 6 p. of benevolence yhah gtxrmb elijah 7 p. of the substance of heaven hyah unmmqh mosheh 8 p. of serenity hayh qzplgy aaron 9 hhay yqc joseph (justus) 1010 palace of crystalline whiteness ahhy hahy ydc la tyu david, elisha xcii. the angelic functions in the world of yetzirah. xciii. the heavens of assiah. xciv. english of palaces (col. xciii. 0. 1 2 3 above

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icksilver, and bordereth upon the abyss, and is beset by many direns and devils that seduce and attack it to destroy it. therefore let the devotee beware, and precise accurately his meditations, even as a man should build a canal from sea to sea. 21. continuation. let then the philosophus mediate upon all love that hath ever stirred him. there is the love of david and of jonathan, and the love of abraham and isaac, and the love of lear and cordelia, and the love of damon and pythias, and the love of sappho and atthis, and the love of romeo and juliet, and the love of dante and beatrice, and the love of paolo and francesca, and the love of casar and lucrezia borgia, and the love of aucassin and nicolette, and the love of daphnis and chloe, the love of 1 [this refers to the three volumes of

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dition included in the qabalah of aleister crowley. 800. gliber samekh, theurgia goetia summa (congressus cum damone) sub figura dccc. h in book 4, part iii, appendix iv; reprinted (minus point iii) in gems from the equinox; reprinted in duquette, magick of thelema. 860. gjohn st. john. h in equinox i (1) and aleister crowley and the practice of the magical diary. b. published books, essays, etc. abraham ben simeon of worms (attrib: the book of the sacred magic of abra- melin the mage (trans& ed. by s.l. gmacgregor h mathers. london: privately published, 1898; reprinted new york: dover, 1975; wellingborough: aquarian, 1976; kila, montana: kessinger, 1992. betz, hans dieter (ed: the greek magical papyri in translation, including the demotic spells; volume 1: texts. chicago: university of ch

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a estate. the angel raziel was dispatched from heaven to instruct adam in the mysteries of the qabbalah. different angels were employed to initiate the succeeding patriarchs in this difficult science. tophiel was the teacher of shem, raphael of isaac, metatron of moses, and michael of david (see faiths of the world) christian d. ginsburg has written "from adam it passed over to noah, and then to abraham, the friend of god, who emigrated with it to egypt, where the patriarch allowed a portion of this mysterious doctrine to ooze out. it was in this way that the egyptians obtained some knowledge of it, and the other eastern nations could introduce it into their philosophical systems. moses, who was learned in all the wisdom of egypt, was first initiated into it in the land of his birth, but

mon were most initiated into the kabbalah (see the kabbalah) according to eliphas levi, the three greatest books of qabbalism are the sepher yetzirah, the book of formation; the sepher ha zohar, the book of splendor; and the apocalypse, the book of revelation. the dates of the writing of these books are by no means thoroughly established. qabbalists declare that the sepher yetzirah was written by abraham. although it is by far the oldest of the qabbalistic books, it was probably from the pen of the rabbi akiba, a.d. 120. the sepher ha zohar presumably was written by simeon ben jochai, a disciple of akiba. rabbi simeon was sentenced to death about a.d. 161 by lucius verus, co-regent of the emperor marc aurelius antoninus. he escaped with his son and, hiding in a cave, transcribed the manusc

nty-two letters three are called "mothers" sewn "double" and twelve "simple" 3. the ten numbers (sephiroth) out of nothing are analogous to the ten fingers and the ten toes: five over against five. in the center between them is the covenant with the only one god. in the spiritual world it is the covenant of the voice (the word, and in the corporeal world the circumcision of the flesh (the rite of abraham. 4. ten are the numbers (of the sephiroth) out of nothing, ten--not nine; ten--not eleven. comprehend this great, wisdom, understand this knowledge and be wise. inquire into the mystery and ponder it. examine all things by means of the ten sephiroth. restore the word to its creator and lead the creator back to his throne again. he is the only formator and beside him there is no other. his

on in all eternity. god is one above three, three are above seven, seven are above twelve, yet all are linked together. 9. there are twenty-two letters by which the i am (yah, the lord of hosts, almighty and eternal, designed and created by three sepharim (numbers, letters, and sounds) his universe, and formed by them all creatures and all those things that are yet to come. 10. when the patriarch abraham had comprehended the great truths, meditated upon them, and understood them perfectly, the lord of the universe (the tetragrammaton) appeared to him, called him his friend, kissed him upon the head, and made with him a covenant. first, the covenant was between the ten fingers of his hands, which is the covenant of the tongue (spiritual; second, the covenant was between the ten toes of his

perfectly, the lord of the universe (the tetragrammaton) appeared to him, called him his friend, kissed him upon the head, and made with him a covenant. first, the covenant was between the ten fingers of his hands, which is the covenant of the tongue (spiritual; second, the covenant was between the ten toes of his feet, which is the covenant of circumcision (material; and god said of him "before abraham bound the spirit of the twenty-two letters (the thora) upon his tongue and god disclosed to him their secrets. god permitted the letters to be immersed in water, he burned them in the fire and imprinted them upon the winds. he distributed them among the seven planets and gave them to the twelve zodiacal signs. next: fundamentals of qabbalistic cosmogony sacred texts esoteric index previous

e ix, figure 9. figure 9 is a synthesis of the old and new testaments and represents the interblending planes of being. in the right margin the seven outer circles contain the names of the planetary angels. the words in the graduated circles from the top triangle downward read (1) abyss of compassion (2) zion (3) the new heaven and the new earth (4) the new jerusalem (5) paradise (6) the bosom of abraham (7) the outer courts of the lord. from below the circles of darkness reach upward, each divine principle being opposed by an infernal opposite. the small circle on the left containing a triangle and cross is named the tree of life, and that on the right the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. in the center of the diagram is the trinity, joined with the superior and inferior planes by l

t of the fourteenth century there lived in paris one whose business was that of illuminating manuscripts and preparing deeds and documents. to nicholas flammel the world is indebted for its knowledge of a most remarkable volume, which he bought for a paltry sum from some bookdealer with whom his profession of scrivener brought him in contact. the story of this curious document, called the book of abraham the jew, is best narrated click to enlarge title page of alchemical tract attributed to john cremer. from mus um hermeticum reformatum et amplificatum. john cremer, the mythical abbot of westminster, is an interesting personality in the alchemical imbroglio of the fourteenth century. as it is not reasonably certain that m abbot by such a name ever occupied the see of westminster, the quest

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n mss; 288 king s mss; and 3091 sloane mss, are similar, and contain the same matter and nearly the same wording; but the latter ms. has many errors of transcription. they are all in french. the conjurations and wording of these are much fuller than in 10,862 add. mss. and 1202 lansdowne mss. the title is the key of solomon, king of the hebrews, translated from the hebrew language into italian by abraham colorno, by the order of his most serene highness of mantua; and recently put into french. the pentacles are much better drawn, are in colored inks, and in the case of 3091 sloane mss, gold and silver are employed. 1307 sloane mss. is in italian; its title is la clavicola di salomone redotta et epilogata nella nostra materna lingua del dottissimo gio peccatrix. it is full of black magic, a

cain his brother. book one page 25 i conjure ye by the name tetragrammaton elohim, which expresseth and signifieth the grandeur of so lofty a majesty, that noah having pronounced it, saved himself, and protected himself with his whole household from the waters of the deluge. i conjure ye by the name of god el strong and wonderful, which denoteth the mercy and goodness of his majesty divine, which abraham having invoked, he was found worthy to come forth from the ur of the chaldeans. i conjure ye by the most powerful name of elohim gibor, which showeth forth the strength of god, of a god all powerful, who punisheth the crimes of the wicked, who seeketh out and chastiseth the iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation; which isaac having invoked, he was

hy to come forth from the ur of the chaldeans. i conjure ye by the most powerful name of elohim gibor, which showeth forth the strength of god, of a god all powerful, who punisheth the crimes of the wicked, who seeketh out and chastiseth the iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation; which isaac having invoked, he was found worthy to escape from the sword of abraham his father. i conjure ye and i exorcise ye by the most holy name of eloah va-daath, which jacob invoked when in great trouble, and was found worthy to bear the name of israel, which signifieth vanquisher of god; and he was delivered from the fury of esau his brother. i conjure ye by the most potent name of el. adonai tzabaoth, which is the god of armies, ruling in the heavens, which joseph

the key of solomon page 30 i conjure ye anew, i constrain and command ye with the utmost vehemence and power, by that most potent and powerful name of god, el, strong and wonderful, by him who spake and it was done; and by the name iah, which moses heard, and spoke with god; and by the name agla, which joseph invoked, and was delivered out of the hands of his brethren; and by the name vau, which abraham heard, and knew god the almighty one; and by the name of four letters, tetragrammaton, which joshua named and invoked, and he was rendered worthy and found deserving to lead the army of israel into the promised land; and by the name anabona, by which god formed man and the whole universe; and by the name arpheton, and in the name arpheton, by which the angels who are destined to that end w

the incense, and shalt repeat devoutly the following psalms of david my father: psalms viii, xxi, xxvii, xxix, xxxii, li, lxxii, cxxxiv. after this thou shalt repeat the following oration: the oration. o adonai most powerful, el most strong, agla most holy, on most righteous, the aleph and the tau, the beginning and the end; thou who hast established all things in thy wisdom; thou who has chosen abraham thy faithful servant, and hast promised that in his seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed, which seed thou hast multiplied as the stars of heaven; thou who hast appeared unto thy servant moses in flame in the midst of the burning bush, and hast made him walk with dry feet through the red sea; thou who gavest the law to him upon mount sinai; thou who hast granted unto solomon thy s

e it in thy right hand, and seek thou what thou wilt it shall not be denied thee. but if thou doest not the experiment carefully and rightly, assuredly thou shalt not succeed in any manner. for obtaining grace and love write down the following words: sator, arepo, tenet, opera, rotas, iah, iah, iah, enam, iah, iah, kether, chokmah, binah, gedulah, geburah, tiphereth, netzach, hod, yesod, malkuth, abraham, isaac, jacob, shadrach, meshach, abednego, be ye all present in my aid and for whatsoever i shall desire to obtain. which words being properly written as above, thou shalt also find thy desire brought to pass. book one page 55 chapter xvi how operations of mockery, invisibility, and deceit should be prepared. experiments relating to tricks, mockeries, and deceits, may be performed in many

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the evil. for perfumes of good odour, take thou aloes, nutmeg, gum benjamin, musk, and make a mixture which will give off a good perfume. for a suitable suffumigation, thou may burn incense, as it gives forth a most fragrant odour which seems to possess the power to attract the good spirits, and force the evil ones to go away from thee; over which thou shalt say: the exorcism of incense. o god of abraham, god of isaac, god of jacob, deign to bless this odoriferous incense so that it may receive strength, virtue, and power to attract the good spirits, and to banish and cause to retire all hostile phantoms. through thee, o most holy adonai, who livest and reignest unto the ages of the ages. amen. i exorcise thee, o spirit impure and unclean, thou who art a hostile phantom, in the name of god

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ishtims story into the lifetime of the much later noah (p. 23)jehovah= el elyonthe prototype of jehovah was the canaanite king, el elyon. he was the bestower of titles of lordship.his headquarters was between the tigris and euphrates (see p. 24)el shaddaianother canaanite precursor to jehovah, an appellation for deity used by the hebrews.the hebrew allegiance to jehovahwas not made in the time of abraham, nor even in the time of moses it occurred much later, in the time of samuel the judge, when the children of israel did put away baal and ashtoreth, and served the lord only (1 samuel 7:4 (p. 25)elohimconsidered in some texts to be foreign rulers and judges (see p. 25)abrahamwhen abraham migrated to canaan in about 1900 b.c, he arrived neither as a jew, nor as a canaan-ite, but as a sumeri

f israel did put away baal and ashtoreth, and served the lord only (1 samuel 7:4 (p. 25)elohimconsidered in some texts to be foreign rulers and judges (see p. 25)abrahamwhen abraham migrated to canaan in about 1900 b.c, he arrived neither as a jew, nor as a canaan-ite, but as a sumerian (p. 25)hebrew and israelitethe name hebrew derives from the patriarch eber (heber/abhar, six generations before abraham.the term israelite comes from the renaming of abrahams grandson jacob, who became known asisrael (p. 26)long kept records the opening verses of genesis were composed in the sixth century b.c, roughly 1,400 years afterthe time of abraham, 2,000 years after noah and 3,500 years after the mesopotamian flood. but fromwhere would such ancient genealogical records have been obtained? who would h

n the sixth century b.c, roughly 1,400 years afterthe time of abraham, 2,000 years after noah and 3,500 years after the mesopotamian flood. but fromwhere would such ancient genealogical records have been obtained? who would have recorded andmaintained the patriarchal lineage through so many centuries (p. 27)atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation213 appendix b: book abstracts line of abraham prestigiousthe most intriguing factor is not that this influential line was recorded from early times, but that it wasdesignated prestigious in the first place some 6,000 years ago, long before the israelites wrote up thestory (p. 27)nebuchadnezzar ii sacked jerusalem and judah and captured the israelites, destroying the temple of solomon. it was inbabylon about 600 b.c. that the first boo

f the primal pair tiamat and apsu (see p. 62)enki and nin-khursag (wife and half-sister)it is they who hold the key to the story of adam the original story that was adapted for the genesisaccount (p. 63)el (title of enlil) the definition eloh (lofty one) derived from the akkadian term ilu, which was another name foranus son enlil. it was the long-standing eloh tradition of enlil the el elyon that abraham and some ofhis familys forbearers were transported into canaan, having made their respective journeys from thecities of mesopotamia (p. 63)mazdaanother name for enki and his line. origin of jehovahthen some five generations after abraham, jehovah (i am that i am) emerged as the god of mosesand the children of israel when they returned to canaan from egypt. the book of exodus furtherexplain

canaan, having made their respective journeys from thecities of mesopotamia (p. 63)mazdaanother name for enki and his line. origin of jehovahthen some five generations after abraham, jehovah (i am that i am) emerged as the god of mosesand the children of israel when they returned to canaan from egypt. the book of exodus furtherexplains how god told moses that he was the very same god who spoke to abraham, except that abra-ham had called him el shaddai (el of the mountain) because he did not know the divine name of jeho-vah (exodus 6:3. the jehovah of the jews (el elyon of the canaanites) was, therefore, synonymouswith enlil of the annunaki, son of the great anu (p. 64)sumaire (sumerian)an old irish word meaning serpent or dragon.adamthe definition applied to both the male and the female (s

in the ancienttimes. it is similar to the serpent sign, as well as that of libra, which is a v enusian sign (p. 77)no satan in genesisnowhere in the genesis account is there any mention, direct or indirect, of satans involvement, andyet it has become common practice for the church to portray the serpent as an emissary of satan, oreven as satan himself (p. 960)the kabalacame into the possession of abraham when he went with his cult of enlil (el) to canaan (see p. 100)kbl (root of kabala)kbl means to twist.samaelthis lord was said to be samael, or the serpent of evil or enki. enki was indeed the patron saint ofthe region known as sama, in northern mesopotamia.eves first bornthe jewish midrash (meaning inquiry)emphasizes the point that hawahs first son was the son ofthe lord, whereas the seco

bers quite bewildered as to the true scientific nature of the order.(p. 161)canaanitesnamed after the cursed son of noah, canaan (see p. 162)the canaanites were generally perceived as enemies of the hebrews who emerged from the linefrom shem (p. 162)abrahams familyhis wife sarai is renamed sarah, meaning princess. she is said to be barren but conceives issac any-way.hagar and ishmaelwhile barren, abraham takes hagar, the handmaiden of sarah. from this union comes ishmael. sincehagar, is reported to not only be egyptian, but a pharaohs daughter, ishmael is noble.ishmaels wifeshe was called mahalath and was the daughter of pharaoh amenemhet ii and granddaughter of senus-ret i, the half-brother and husband of sarah, abrahams wife. the daughter of ishmael and mahalath,bashemath goes on to marr

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forms of man, and the people were but beasts of burden. the true mason is he who labors strenuously to help his order effect its great purposes. not that the order can effect them by itself; but that it, too, can help. it also is one of god's instruments. it is a force and a power; and shame upon it, if it did not exert itself, and, if need be, sacrifice its children in the cause of humanity, as abraham was ready to offer up isaac on the altar of sacrifice. it will not forget that noble allegory of curtius leaping, all in armor, into the great yawning gulf that opened to swallow rome. it will try. it shall not be _its_ fault if the day _never_ comes when man will no longer have to fear a conquest, an invasion, a usurpation, a rivalry of nations with the armed hand, an interruption of civi

of abode, and understood literally the mode and path of its descent, these were but the accessories of the great truth, and probably, to the initiates, mere allegories, designed to make the idea more palpable and impressive to the mind. they are at least no more fit to be smiled at by the self-conceit of a vain ignorance, the wealth of whose knowledge consists solely in words, than the _bosom_ of abraham, as a home for the _spirits_ of the just dead; the gulf of actual fire, for the eternal torture of _spirits; and the city of the new jerusalem, with its walls of jasper and its edifices of pure gold like clear glass, its foundations of precious stones, and its gates each of a single pearl "i knew a man" says paul "caught up to the third heaven. that he was caught up into paradise, and hear

are the word that expresses, the word that conceals, and the word that signifies; the whole hieratic intelligence is in the perfect knowledge of these three degrees" pythagoras enveloped doctrine with symbols, but carefully eschewed personifications and images, which, he thought, sooner or later produced idolatry. the holy kabalah, or tradition of the children of seth, was carried from chald a by abraham, taught to the egyptian priesthood by joseph, recovered and purified by moses, concealed under symbols in the bible, revealed by the saviour to saint john, and contained, entire, under hieratic figures analogous to those of all antiquity, in the apocalypse of that apostle. the kabalists consider god as the intelligent, animated, living infinite. he is not, for them, either the aggregate of

[illustration] xiii. royal arch of solomon. whether the legend and history of this degree are historically true, or but an allegory, containing in itself a deeper truth and a profounder meaning, we shall not now debate. if it be but a legendary myth, you must find out for yourself what it means. it is certain that the word which the hebrews are not now permitted to pronounce was in common use by abraham, lot, isaac, jacob, laban, rebecca, and even among tribes foreign to the hebrews, before the time of moses; and that it recurs a hundred times in the lyrical effusions of david and other hebrew poets. we know that for many centuries the hebrews have been forbidden to pronounce the sacred name; that wherever it occurs, they have for ages read the word _adona_ instead; and that under it, whe

and reaching their highest elevation among the poets. among _all_ the ancient nations there was one faith and one idea of deity for the enlightened, intelligent, and educated, and another for the common people. to this rule the hebrews were no exception. yehovah, to the mass of the people, was like the gods of the nations around them, except that he was the _peculiar_ god, first of the family of abraham, of that of isaac, and of that of jacob, and afterward the _national_ god; and, as they believed _more powerful_ than the other gods of the same nature worshipped by their neighbors-"who among the baalim is like unto thee, o yehovah--expressed their whole creed. the deity of the early hebrews talked to adam and eve in the garden of delight, as he walked in it in the cool of the day; he con

of jacob, and afterward the _national_ god; and, as they believed _more powerful_ than the other gods of the same nature worshipped by their neighbors-"who among the baalim is like unto thee, o yehovah--expressed their whole creed. the deity of the early hebrews talked to adam and eve in the garden of delight, as he walked in it in the cool of the day; he conversed with kayin; he sat and ate with abraham in his tent; that patriarch required a visible token, before he would believe in his positive promise; he permitted abraham to expostulate with him, and to induce him to change his first determination in regard to sodom; he wrestled with jacob; he showed moses his person, though not his face; he dictated the minutest police regulations and the dimensions of the tabernacle and its furniture

umber of the seven principal heavenly bodies. through these the aspirants passed, until they reached the summit of the whole; and this passage was styled a transmigration through the spheres. jacob saw in his dream a _ladder_ planted or set on the earth, and its top reaching to heaven, and the malaki alohim ascending and descending on it, and above it stood ihuh, declaring himself to be ihuh-alhi abraham. the word translated _ladder, is [hebrew _salam, from [hebrew _salal, raised, elevated, reared up, exalted, piled up into a heap _aggeravit [hebrew] salalah, means a heap, rampart, or other accumulation of earth or stone, artificially made; and [hebrew _salaa_ or _salo, is a rock or cliff or boulder, and the name of the city of petra. there is no ancient hebrew word to designate a pyramid

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lama sabachthani" which is an aramaic transliteration "according to (jewish) tradition, this psalm, a cry of supreme anguish, is customarily recited when one is about to make an appeal to a head of state. queen esther recited it when she entered the court of the king to appeal to him for mercy. wherever god is present, there is mercy. wherever there is no mercy, god is absent and we are forsaken" abraham joshua heschel jewish theological seminary, new york city serious students should remember the description of the initiation of the master of the temple in liber 418. they should remember the commentaries to al ii, vv. 5, 7, 8, 21, 23, 48, 49, 59, 60. we quote now three passages from the case of the drowsy mosquito, by mr. erle stanley gardner [inserted footnote* copyright 1943 erle stanle

complications alien to love, assures it. just as a woman's body is deformed and diseased by the corset demanded by jaganath fashion, so is her soul by the compression of convention, which is a fashion as fitful, arbitrary, and senseless as that of the man-milliner, though they call him god, and his freakish fiat pass for everlasting law. the english bible sanctions the polygamy and concubinage of abraham, solomon and others, the incest of lot, the wholesale rape of captured virgins, as well as the promiscuity of the first christians, the prostitution of temple servants, men and women, the relations of johannes with his master, and the putting of wandering prophets to stud, as well as the celibacy of such people as paul. jehovah went so far as to slay onan because he balked at fertilizing h

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covered, taught it to humanity, and became the father of all sages. the legend goes on to state that nimrod (or nimroth, king of babylon, provided his masons with a "rule" stating that they should be loyal to each other and love each other. it is said that he also gave them two other rules concerning their science, though it is not known what these were. the next major figure in the narrative was abraham. he left his native region on the euphrates river for egypt, where he taught the egyptians the seven sciences. one of his students was euclid. during this time, the nobility were giving birth to so many children that they were at a loss as to how to find uses for all of them. it was euclid who, with the king's permission, taught the noble children geometry (and it was during this era that

, which, from the ninth to the sixteenth century, accompanied all editions of the bible* emile male describes this book as one of the most valuable to come down to us from the middle ages. this view of the figures of the hebrew scriptures as those who heralded the coming of christ was traditional among the fathers of the church. the same perspective held true for adam and noah; for the patriarchs abraham, isaac, jacob, and joseph; for melchizadek, the pontiff king; and for the prophets moses, ezra, aggee, and zerubbabel. as disorienting as this may appear to our modern logic, the people of the middle ages did not understand the hebrew scriptures in solely their literal sense, as the record of a historical and chronological process (which would be too narrow and anti-christian. truth for th

doniram (kings i in modern editions of the bible, in which the former kings i and kings ii have become the book of samuel. this reference comes from the latin bible of froben (basel, 1498; bibliotheque national, res. a 807) see also emile male, l'art religieux du iiiieme stecle en france, vol. 1, 23 ff. speculative freemasonry 227 historical foundations of the scripture should not be disregarded; abraham, david, solomon, and all other biblical characters truly existed. but god made these men the heralds of his son yet to come upon the earth. therefore, it is necessary to search through all they said and did, and in doing so, we will find christ "the old testament" saint augustine said "is nothing other than the new testament covered with a veil and the new testament is merely the old one u

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in complete control. it is for this reason that according to torah law, a child may sell movable property at the age of 13. 5) the next stage takes place at age 20. this is the level of a tzaddik. at this point not only can he overpower and control his desires, but he has actually transformed his very nature. an example of this is what took place during the binding of yitzchak. the verse states "abraham sent his hand, and took the knife etc" why did it not simply state "abraham took the knife? the reason is because abraham had so transformed his nature to be sublimated to g-d s desire that his hand refused to respond. this is because the binding of yitzchack was just to test avraham. g-d never actually intended for yitzchak to be sacrificed, therefore avraham had to force his hand to go a

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numerical value of sheshach is the same as that of keter. sheshach in at-bash is bavel, babylonia. sheshach: shin-shin-kaf= 300+ 300+ 20= 620. keter: kaf-taf-reish= 20+ 400+ 200= 620. g-d, in his mercy, confounded his plan and ruined his intentions, and the statue fell on its face, for it was overcome by chananiah, misha fel, and azariah. they were saved from the fiery furnace just as our father abraham had been saved. similarly, g-d humbled nimrod before our father abraham, and he was saved from the fiery furnace. when abraham became known as a crusader against idolatry, nimrod had him thrown in a fiery furnace, but abraham emerged unscathed. when nimrod saw that his scheme [to get rid of abraham] failed, he gathered four kings and waged war against five kings, all in order to snatch the

-d humbled nimrod before our father abraham, and he was saved from the fiery furnace. when abraham became known as a crusader against idolatry, nimrod had him thrown in a fiery furnace, but abraham emerged unscathed. when nimrod saw that his scheme [to get rid of abraham] failed, he gathered four kings and waged war against five kings, all in order to snatch the divine beneficence from our father abraham. after the incident with nimrod and the fiery furnace, abraham and his family left babylonia to eventually settle in the land of israel. the torah then relates how king amrafel of shinar (another name for babylonia) joined forces with three other neighboring kings and waged war against five kings of city-states in the land of israel. when they conquered them, abraham went to rescue his nep

d of the forces of evil. gcity h is another appellate for malchut, the sefirah of expression, inasmuch as letters are called gstones h and words ghouses. h the gtower h is a phallic symbol. g-d, however, foiled their plans, so that these souls not be totally ruined and left without rectification forever. by confounding their language, or means of expression. their gcity h was thus destroyed. then abraham came and rectified [them] through chesed. he revealed [divine] chesed and thereby blinded [the forces of evil] and elevated the sparks of holiness. 12 genesis 11:3. the arizal on parashat noach (2) 56 nonetheless, he did not rectify [them] that much, so isaac came and rectified [them] more than he did, using gevurah. the gevurah [isaac revealed] struck [the forces of evil] and thereby elev

d unified they are, the more the world (and all worlds) are in a state of heightened spiritual consciousness and harmonious, productive functioning. the arizal will now discuss the dynamics of the development and relationship of z feir anpin and nukva in the context of history. we will now discuss whether z feir anpin and nukva coupled before the era of the patriarchs, or during their era. before abraham was born, z feir anpin and nukva did not couple, for in those days, z feir anpin was in the gnursing h-stage and still consisted only of the six extremities [mature] intellect had not yet entered it. and as is known, the drop of gmale water h [i.e, semen] can be elicited only from the mind. therefore, there was until then no coupling of z feir anpin and nukva. as rabbi wolf ashkenazi point

h communicating on only the most superficial level. but life in this house during this period will certainly be dull, dreary, and even somewhat oppressive. when their consciousness gmatures h and they turn to each other in order to relate on a deeper level, the effect of this heightened type of relationship will spill over into all the elements that make up life in their home. in any case, until abraham, z feir anpin remained in the gnursing h stage, i.e, selfishly connected to ima, concerned only with its own maturation process (as we have seen previously, there are three stages of consciousness: fetal-consciousness, nursing-consciousness, and intellectual-consciousness) the six gextremities h are the six sefirot from chesed to yesod, which, as we know, are the raw material out of which

ld (of course, on the absolutely physical level, all this ideal conceptualization of sexuality is subordinated to the g-d-implanted nature of male-female gmating h instincts necessary for the survival of the species. still, from the way things operate on an animal-physical level we can deduce, especially with the help of the torah fs insights, the way things are supposed to work spiritually) when abraham was born, there started to be above an arousal toward the supernal coupling [of z feir anpin and nukva. this is why he was named abram, for this name alludes to the coupling of yesod of z feir anpin, known as the glimb h [eiver] with the yesod of its nukva, known as the final mem. as the midrash relates, abraham was blessed from a very young age with the ability to see through the sham of

lef-veit-reish-mem. the first three letters spell the word for glimb, h and the last letter is a final mem. the glimb h refers to the male sexual organ, which corresponds to the yesod of z feir anpin, and the final, closed mem refers to the virginal female sexual organ. abram fs name thus alluded to the union of these two principles. nonetheless, the supernal coupling did not actually occur until abraham went to the land of israel; only then was he able to effect the supernal coupling. this, of course, is because the spiritual nature of the land of israel is conducive to g-d consciousness, and abraham was only able to achieve the level of consciousness required to influence the dynamics of the partzufim once he was there. this is the mystical meaning of g-d fs command to abraham: ggo forth

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advantage of wealth, so as to become its dispenser. raymund lully enriched sovereigns, planted europe with institutions and remained poor. nicholas flamel, who in spite of his legend is really dead, only attained the great work when asceticism had detached him completely from riches. he was initiated by a suddenly imparted understanding of the book aesh mezareph, written in hebrew by the kabalist abraham, possibly the compiler of the sepher yetzirah. now this understanding was for flamel an intuition deserved, or rather, rendered possible, by the personal preparations of the adept. i believe that i have spoken sufficiently. divination is therefore an intuition, and the key of this intuition is the universal and magical doctrine of analogies. by means of these analogies the magus interprets

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stances are those which have been assimilated and magnetized by the science and will of the operator. there-fore the great work is something more than. chemical operation: it is an actual creation of the human word initiated into the power of the word of god himself. this hebrew text, which we transcribe in proof of the authenticity and reality of our discovery, is derived from the rabbinical jew abraham, the master of nicholas flamel, and it is found in his occult commentary on the sepher yetzirah the sacred book of the kabalah. this commentary is extremely rare, but the sympathetic potencies of our chain led us to the discovery of a copy which has been preserved since the year 1643 in the protestant church at rouen. on its first page there is written: ex dono, then an illegible name, fol

for men, animals, vegetables and minerals. h the winged dragon, dominated by the triangle, represents therefore the christ of khunrath. that is, the sovereign intelligence of light and life. it is the secret of the pentagram; it is the highest dogmatic and practical mystery of traditional magic. thence unto the grand and ever-incommunicable maxim there is only one step. the kabalistic figures of abraham the jew, which imparted to flamel the first desire for knowledge, are no other than the twenty-two keys of the tarot, imitated and resumed elsewhere in the twelve keys of basil valentine, there the sun and moon reappear under the figures of emperor and empress; mercury is the juggler; the great hierophant is the adept or abstractor of the quintessence; death, judgement, love, the dragon or

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countries than all the art of us mortals could possibly dispatch it st. augustine [commenting] on mark 9:4, gives no small intimation of this truth, averring that elias appeared with jesus on the mount in his proper body, but moses [appeared] in an aerial body [which he had] assumed [that is, taken on [moses aerial body was] like [those of] the angels who appeared and had the ability to eat with abraham, though no necessity, on the account of their bodies, as likewise the late doctrine of the preexistence of souls, living into aerial vehicles [these examples] give a singular hint of the possibilities of the thing, if not a direct proof of the whole assertion; which [may] yet, moreover, be illuminated by diverse other instances of the like nature, and [just] as wonderful beside what is [sa

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aught the mighty mystery of the father and the aeons; and he could reveal it to no one else" the terms used denote that the demiurge received instruction, but was not given the higher power or initiation, whereby he could become a teacher or initiator in his turn; he received the "mnesis" but not the "epopteia" this is the meaning, according to the writer, of his words unto moses "i am the god of abraham, and the god of isaac, and the god of jacob, and the name of god i have not made known unto them- that is to say 'i have not declared the mystery, nor explained who is god, but i kept to myself in secret the mystery which i heard from wisdom' since then the things above (in the pleroma, ogdoad, and hebdomad) had been set right, by the same law of succession the things here (on earth) were

as once described as a terrible suspicion that someone somewhere might be happy, and the same applies equally to christianity in general. but christianity is not exactly an accurate way of getting a clear idea of the man jesus. we have time and perspective on our side; with it let us take another look at this man and his own brand of magic. traced back through forty grand and great-grand sires to abraham, jesus emerges as a rather nondescript infant born circa 30 ce, amid what has been calculated as the time of some spectacular astronomical displays. described in biblical commentaries as "perhaps a miraculously governed meteor, star or comet"(1) the star of bethlehem was more probably an alignment of the major planets or a supernova than any god-guided phenomenon. still, no random associat

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by the angel dobiel. rapha-el originally known in chaldea as labbi-el, the name rapha-el means the shining one who heals. in the zohar it is said that he is charged to heal the earth. the earth which furnishes a place for man, whom he also heals of his illnesses. in enoch i he is declared to be one of the four presences set over all the diseases and all the wounds in the children of men. he heals abraham of the pain of his (belated) circumcision, and in the prayer of joseph heals jacob of his wounded knee, sustained whilst fighting with uri-el. as with the seraphim, rapha-el is commonly associated with the serpent. he is a chief ruling over the second heaven, and the order of virtues, regent of the sun, and the angel of science and knowledge. guardian of the tree of life in eden, and accor

or bad, to the one god. he encapsulated both darkness and light, destruction and creation, corruption and purity. such is clearly stated in isaiah 45:7; i form the light, and create darkness: i make peace, and create evil: i the lord do all these things. in the old testament it is god himself who slays the first born of egypt, sends plagues and famine, strikes down with lightning, and demands of abraham that he sacrifice his first born son. the idea of a separate evil only gradually arrives from the 2nd century b.c. the dilemma of evil created a paradoxical tension between the essentially monist concept of a single divinity underlying existence and the dualistic principle of a lord of light and a lord of darkness. whilst the rabbis have extricated judaism from these early conflicts, the m

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

e library world religions: almanac is only one component of the three-part world religions reference library. the set also includes a twovolume set of biographies and one volume of primary source documents: world religions: biographies (two volumes) presents the biographies of fifty men and women who have played a critical role in the world s religions throughout history. among those profiled are abraham, whose influence is seen in three of the modern world s most influential religions: judaism, christianity, and islam; muhammad, considered the final and most important prophet by muslims; and siddhartha gautama, who became known as the buddha. modern figures include the hindu teacher swami vivekananda and baha u lla h, the founder of the baha faith. women who made significant impacts on re

shinto creation myth. izanami: the female figure in the shinto creation myth. jinja: shrine. jinn: evil spirits that tempt a person away from dedication to allah. jinn: literally, conquerors; the great teachers of jainism who have conquered their earthly passions. world religions: almanac xxi words to know jiva: the soul. junzi: a gentleman or superior man. ka aba: the shrine built by the prophet abraham in the holy city of mecca and the focal point of pilgrimages to the city. kama: gratification of the senses. kami: the gods or divinities of shinto; the life force or spirit associated with places, natural objects, and ancestors. kami-dana: a kami shelf or altar in a private home. kara: a steel bracelet, worn by sikhs as a symbol of god. karma: the result of good or bad actions in this lif

rships ancient norse, celtic, egyptian, and other pagan (pre-christian) gods. god has many names as different religions developed over time and geographic regions, they all established one or more gods that the faithful could call upon and worship. the names of these gods differed across religions, although many shared similar characteristics. this is true in the monotheistic faiths that consider abraham as a founder of their religion. these are judaism, christianity, and islam. the jewish name for god is yahweh, or yhwh. another common variation on the name is jehovah. christianity refers to god as the father, the son, and the holy spirit. this refers to the christian trinity, in which god is believed to exist as himself, within jesus christ, the son of god, and as a purely physical repre

thics, or proper behavior, and justice not only in the followers of that particular religion, but also in society as a whole. in fact, many observers divide a religion into two categories: its ethical teachings and its spiritual teachings. examples abound for the moral teachings of religions. in the abrahamic religions of judaism, christianity, and islam, which have a common source in the prophet abraham, there are similar codes of ethical behavior contained in basic rules, such as the ten commandments. religions with their origins in asia also have codes of moral behavior and right living, as seen in buddhism s five precepts and eightfold path. in addition to instructions for proper living, religions have also been responsible, in part, for the rule of law in society. religious law was on

het. islam is a monotheistic religion, meaning that its followers believe in one supreme god. the god of islam is called allah, a name that comes from the arabic phrase al-ilah, meaning the one true god. core beliefs of the religion include belief in one god, allah, and in allah s messengers, the angels. muslims believe in allah s many prophets, which include muhammad, moses (c. 1392 c. 1272 bce, abraham (c. 2050 c. 1950 bce, jesus christ (c. 6 bce c. 30 ce, and others. islam also contains as its core beliefs a last day, when the world will end; allah s judgment of human affairs; and life after death. it is the world s second largest religion, with approximately one to 1.3 billion members. while islam is thought of as a predominantly middle eastern religion, the country with the largest nu

f referring to declaring faith, daily prayer, charitable giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. hadiths: the sayings of the prophet muhammad recorded by his followers. haj: pilgrimage to the holy city of mecca. halal: permissible activities for muslims. haram: prohibited activities for muslims. jinn: evil spirits that tempt a person away from dedication to allah. ka aba: the shrine built by the prophet abraham in the holy city of mecca and the focal point of pilgrimages to the city. mecca: a city in present-day saudi arabia, the holiest site of islam, where the religion was founded. muezzin: the person who issues the call to prayer. muslim: a follower of islam, from the arabic phrase bianna musliman, meaning submitted ourselves to god. qur an: the sacred scriptures of islam; contain the revelati

nd 5. haj, pilgrimage. the shahadah is the declaration of faith that a person recites before witnesses to become a muslim. in addition, however, each muslim is expected to recite the shahadah at least seventeen times each day. it serves as a daily reminder islam and christianity islam and christianity are the two largest religions in the world. both trace their roots back to the jewish patriarch, abraham. both recognize one god. they each identify sites in the city of jerusalem as holy. for muslims, jerusalem is the site of the haram al-sharif, or the dome of the rock, the location from which the prophet muhammad ascended to heaven and toured paradise. christians believe that the church of the holy sepulcher in jerusalem is the site where its founder, jesus christ, died on the cross. both

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this world and the next" the world to come is likened to the sea, as it is written (job 11:9 "it is wider than the sea" the present world is referred to as the south. it is thus written( joshua 15:19 [give me a blessing] for you have set me in the land of the south [therefore give me springs of water" the targum translates this "behold the earth is the south" 8. why did god add the letter heh to abraham's name, rather than any other letter? this was so that all parts of man's body should be worthy of life in the world to come, the bahir 5 which is likened to the sea. to the extent that we can express it, the structure was completed in abraham [regarding this structure] it is written (genesis 9:6 "for in the form of god, he made the man" the numerical value of abraham is 248, the number of

hes us that the sabbath sustains all souls. it is therefore written that it souled. 58. another explanation: this teaches us that it is from there that souls fly forth. it is thus written, and he souled. this continues for a thousand generations. it is thus written (psalm 105:8, the word that he commanded until a thousand generations. immediately after this it says [the covenant] that he cut with abraham. what is the meaning of cut? he cut a covenant between the ten fingers of his hands and the ten toes of his feet. abraham was ashamed. god then said to him (genesis 17:4, and i, behold my covenant is with you, and with it, you will be the father of many nations. 59. why is heaven called shamayim? this teaches that god kneaded fire and water, and combined them together. from this he made th

re angry at them, remember love. what is the meaning of remember love? that regarding which it is written (psalm 18:2, i love (rachem) you o god, my strength. and you have him this attribute, which is the divine presence of israel. he recalled his son whom he inherited, and whom you gave to him. it is thus written (i kings 5:26, and god gave wisdom to solomon. and you should remember their father abraham, as it is written (isaiah 41:8, the seed of abraham my friend in the midst of years make it known. 78. where do we see that abraham had a daughter? it is written (genesis 24:1, and god blessed abraham with all (bakol. it is also written (isaiah 43:7, all that is called by my name, for my glory i created it, i formed it, also i made it. was this blessing his daughter, or was it not? yes, it

the slave in many ways, but the slave withstood all temptation. the king said, what will i give that slave? what should i do for him? i can do nothing but command my older brother to advise him, watch over him and honour him. the slave thus went to the older brother and learned his attributes. the brother loved him very much, and called him his friend. it is thus written (isaiah 41:8, the seed of abraham my friend. he said, what will i give him? what can i do for him? behold i have made a beautiful vessel, and in it are beautiful jewels. there is nothing like it in the treasuries of kings. i will give it to him, and he will be worthy in his place. this is the meaning of the verse, and god blessed abraham with all. 79. another explanation [it is written (habakkuk 3:2, i heard a report of yo

s glory and the heart of heaven are therefore both identical. 135. rabbi yochanan said: what is the meaning of the verse (exodus 17:11, and it was when moses would raise his hands, israel would prevail, and when he would lower his hands, amalek would prevail? this teaches us that the whole world endures because of the lifting of hands. why? because the name of the power given to jacob is israel. abraham, isaac and jacob were each given a particular power. the counterpart of the attribute in which each one walked was given to him. abraham did deeds of kindness. he prepared food for everyone in his area and for all wayfarers. he acted kindly and went out to greet them, as it is written (genesis 18:2, and he ran to greet them. not only that, but (genesis 18:2, he bowed to the earth. this was

everyone in his area and for all wayfarers. he acted kindly and went out to greet them, as it is written (genesis 18:2, and he ran to greet them. not only that, but (genesis 18:2, he bowed to the earth. this was a complete act of kindness. god therefore granted him the same measure and gave him the attribute of kindness (chesed. it is thus written (micah 7:20, you give truth to jacob, kindness to abraham, as you swore to our fathers from days of yore. what is the meaning of from days of yore? this teaches us that if abraham did not do deeds of kindness, then he would not have been worthy of the attribute of truth. jacob would then not have been worthy of the attribute of truth. in the merit through which abraham was worthy of the attribute of kindness, isaac became worthy of the attribute

itten (isaiah 55:1, ho, let all who are thirsty come for water, let he without silver come [stock up and eat come, stock up wine and milk, without silver and without payment [kindness is therefore] silver. it is thus written, come, stock up and eat come, stock up wine and milk, without silver and without payment. he fed you torah and taught you, for you have already earned it through the merit of abraham, who did deeds of kindness. without silver, he would feed others, and without payment, he would give them wine and milk. the bahir 35 137. why wine and milk? what does one have to do with the other? but this teaches us that wine is terror and milk is kindness. why is wine mentioned first? because it is closer to us. do you then think that this refers to actual wine and milk? we must say th

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hiroth, the ideals of macroprosopus and microprosopus, and the doctrine of re-incarnation. the "sepher yetzirah" on the other hand, is mainly concerned with our universe and with the microcosm. the opinions of hebrew kabalistic rabbis and of modern mystics may be fitly introduced here. the following interesting quotation is from rabbi moses botarel, who wrote his famous commentary in 1409-"it was abraham our father--blessed be he--who wrote this book to condemn the doctrine of the sages of his time, who were incredulous of the supreme dogma of the unity. at least, this was the opinion of rabbi saadiah--blessed be he--as written in the first chapter of his book the philosopher's stone. these are his words: the sages of babylon attacked abraham on account of his faith; for they were all agai

a rabbinica of bartoloccio de cellerio, rome, 1678-1692; to basnage, history of the jews, 1708; and to the doctrine and literature of the kabalah, by a. b. waite, 1902.the following copies of the "sepher yetzirah" in hebrew, i have also examined, but only in a superficial manner- 1. a version by saadiah, ab. ben david, and three others, mantua, 1562, 4to. 2. a version with the commentary of rabbi abraham f. dior, amsterdam, 1642, 4to. 3. a version with preface by m. ben j. chagiz, amsterdam, 1713, 16mo.4. a version, constantinople, 1719, 8vo. 5" zolkiew, 1745, 4to. 6" by moses ben jacob, zozec, 1779, 4to. 7" grodno, 1806, 4to. 8" dyhernfurth, 1812, 8vo. 9" salonica, 1831, 8vo. 10. a ms. copy dated 1719, in the british museum. i add here the full titles of the three latin versions; they are

idem abrahami tempora praecedentibus revelatus, sed ab ipso etiam abrahamo expositus isaaco, et per pro prophetarum manus posteritati conservatus, ipsis autem 72 mosis auditoribus in secundo divinae veritatis loco, hoc est in ratione, quoe est posterior authoritate, habitus" parisiis, 1552. gulielmus postellus."id est liber jezirah, qui abrahamo, patriarchae adscribitur, una cum commentario rabbi abraham f.d. super 32 semitis sapientiae, a quibus liber jezirah incipit: translatus et notis illustratus a joanne stephano rittangelio, ling. orient. in elect. acad. regiomontana prof. extraord" amstelodami, 1642.in tomas primus of "artis cabalisticae hoc est reconditae theologiae et philosophiae scriptorum" basileae 1587, is found "liber de creatione cabalistinis, hebraice sepher jezira; authore

canis et profundissimis sensibus literis commendatus" johannes pistorius. the "sepher yetzirah" consists of six chapters, having 33 paragraphs distributed among them, in this manner: the first has 12, then follow 5, 5, 4, 3, and 4. yet in some versions the paragraphs and subject-matter are found in a different arrangement. the oldest title has, as an addition, the words "the letters of our father abraham" or "ascribed to the patriarch abraham" and it is spoken of as such by many mediaeval authorities: but this origin is doubtless fabulous, although perhaps not more improbable than the supposed authorship of the "book of enoch" mentioned by st. jude, of which two mss. copies in the ethiopic language were rescued from the wilds of abyssinia in 1773 by the great traveller james bruce. in esse

in warfare; three are friends, three are enemies; three are life givers; three are destroyers. the three friends are the heart, the ears, and the mouth; the three enemies are the liver, the gall, and the tongue (52) while god (53) the faithful king rules over all. one above three, three above seven, and seven above twelve: and all are connected the one with the other. 4. and after that our father abraham had perceived and understood, and had taken down and engraved all these things, the lord most high (55) revealed himself, and called him his beloved, and made a covenant with him and his seed; and abraham believed on him (56) and it was imputed unto him for righteousness. and he made this covenant as between the ten toes of the feet--this is that of circumcision; and as between the ten fin

are called "ineffbilis" not to be spoken of, from their sacred nature. 10. the classification of the hebrew letters into a triad, heptad and dodecad, runs through the whole philosophy of the kabalah. many ancient authors added intentional blinds, suds as forming the triad of a.m.t, ameth, truth; and of amn, amen. 11. the two covenants, by the word or spirit, and by the flesh, made by jehovah with abraham, genesis xvii. the covenant of circumcision was to be an outward and visible sign of the divine promise made to ahraham and his offspring. the hebrew word for circumcision is mulah, mulh: note that mlh is also synonymous with dbr, dabar--verbum or word. 12. rittangelius gives "replace the formative power upon his throne" postellus gives restore the device to its place" 13. abyss; the word

private, concealed, hidden; and the other meaning liquefied. 48. the elohim--divine powers--not ihvh the tetragrammaton. chapter 6 this chapter is a resum of the preceding five; it calls the universe and mankind to witness to the truth of the scheme of distribution of the powers of the numbers among created forms, and concludes with the narration that this philosophy was revealed by the divine to abraham, who received and faithfully accepted it, as a form of wisdom under a covenant. 49. the dragon, tli, theli. the hebrew letters amount in numeration to 440, that is 400, 30 and 10. the best opinion is that tali or theli refers to the 12 zodiacal constellations along the great circle of the ecliptic; where it ends there it begins again, and so the ancient occultists drew the dragon with its

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ng of the christian era, still thinks in the same way. considering the legal sections of the bible he writes: there are those who take a purely symbolic view of the written law. they inquire diligently after its spiritual meaning, but scorn the actual laws. but i can only blame such people, for they ought to observe both the hidden meaning and the obvious one (r.st) see philo, on the migration of abraham, 89. 33. daimon is used here in its greek sense of spiritual being (r.st. heraclitus, fragment 119. 34. reincarnation formed an important element in the thought of several pre-socratic thinkers, notably empedocles and of course pythagoras. rudolf steiner arrived at an understanding of reincarnation, not through ancient doctrines, but out of evolutionary and developmental ideas, and the fac

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orida mason, january, 2004, p. 7) russian mikhail katkov (1818-1880, occult publisher of moscow gazette. katkov brought hindu and theosophy teachings to russia. he also published some books of russian mystic, helena blavatsky. 66 codex mag1ca above, john wilkes booth (left, a well known stage actor, with his brothers in a production of caesar, in 1864, just a year before he assassinated president abraham lincoln. booth and his elder brother, edwin, were both members of the masonic lodge, but because of john wilkes' notoriety, the freemasons quietly removed his name from their rolls. to this day the scottish rite's membership office maintains that only brother edwin was a mason (photo from book, american brutus, by michael w. kaufman. this photograph of lt. elisha hunt rhodes is from a 1993

ates and the masonic/occultic world to know he was one of them and that the elite's power has now been established in the former soviet-bloc nation. the fabulously wealthy salomon rothschild, founder and overseer of the vienna, austria branch of the rothschild clan. 76 codex magica how deeply was the vatican and its black pope of the jesuit order involved in the 1865 plot to assassinate president abraham lincoln? burke mccarty, in an extraordinary 1924 book, the suppressed truth about the assassination of abraham lincoln, alleges that the powerful and influential giacomo antonelli, cardinal and secretary of the papal states under pope pius ix, supervised the plot from afar and even hid a murderous associate of assassin john wilkes booth in the vatican state, where he had fled, to protect h

: jesse and frank james, outlaws celebrated as "robin hoods" who, it is claimed, showered some of their stolen wealth on the poor; anton lavey, who founded the church of satan in 1966 proclaiming it a temple of reason for those of wisdom and who sought mass membership as patronage; socialist eugene debs, who claimed to represent the common man; and john wilkes booth, alleged assassin of president abraham lincoln. booth was a freemason and as such, was a fomenter of international revolutions of the people; lincoln was not a mason and sought to quell insurrection of the masses. the sign of a fellow craft mason is made by raising the right hand to the left breast, with the palm towards the breast and the fingers crooked. then, draw the hand smartly across the breast from left to right and let

ter, a jewish leader, naturally. this belief system of the coming of a jewish utopia fits in well with the teachings of the illuminati. lady queensborough, quoting the jewish authority bernard lazare, in the classic occult theocracy, reported that "there were jews behind weishaupt, founder of the order of the illuminati..jewish financiers such as daniel itzig, friedlander, ceerfbeer, benjamin and abraham goldsmid, moses mocatta, veitesl heine ephram..also moses mendelsohn, naphtali wessely, moses hersheim."16 david ben gurion, the first prime minister of the newly formed nation of israel, performs the first sign of a select master mason. ben gurion, a dedicated marxist/leninist, was quoted as saying "i am in favor of bolshevism (american spectator, january, 1998 (photos: richardson's monit

ofane" and the "vulgar (the non-illuminists. interestingly, the meaning is the same in the canons of buddhism.13 dr. peter ruckman, in his fascinating study of things occulticly black and evil, mockingly titled black is beautiful, comments about the raised, clenched fist: you will find this 'salute' being given by all members of the communist party in new york, in the 1920s and by the (stalinist) abraham lincoln brigade, during the civil war in spain in the 1930s. by some quirk of 'fate' this salute was adopted by the black panthers in america during the 1960s..the followers of martin luther king called it the 'black power'salute.14 liberal afro-american leaders continue to employ this salute to this day. jesse jackson does it almost as an automatic response. the clenched fist salute, or h

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wareness of "ourselves, which we considered so simple and solid, is but a reflection, in a very elementary plane, of that which (now) seems to us more our selves than "ourselves. whether demoniac entities "really" exist or not, on a certain plane they definitely "exist; and are interwoven with the very structure of our existence as egos. the four great princes of the damoniac world, described by "abraham the jew" in the sacred magic of abramelin the mage exist, not only in the qliphoth but in ourselves; they make part of the forces that compose the structure of our brains. it would be extremely difficult to define here what faculties they especially stimulate or fight in us, for this depends on the plane where we try to consider their influence. let us merely assert tht they act as demons

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ams attempting to revive their physical bodies. many reported their life literally flashing before their eyes, and others said that they were welcomed to the other world by previously deceased relatives or friends. whether or not they were of a religious background, they often reported an encounter with a brilliant, intense white light that assumed the form of an angel, a guide, a teacher, father abraham, or a christ-figure. in 1977, dr. kenneth ring, professor of psychology at the university of connecticut, began a scientific investigation of 102 men and women who had undergone the near-death experience. in his life at death, published in 1980, ring released the results of the data that he had compiled. according to his assessment of his subjects experiences, ring tabulated that t h e g a

and nationalist spiri- t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mediums and mystics 133 tualist association of churches numbers about 200,000 members) in the second half of the nineteenth century, though, several important americans were either members of a spiritualist church or were in sympathy with its philosophy of spirit contact. shortly after abraham lincoln s (1809 1865) election to the presidency, cleveland s plain dealer dealt the president-elect some harsh criticism for having consulted spooks. lincoln s honest reply was that the only falsehood in the story was that the half of it has not been told. the article does not begin to tell of the wonderful things i have witnessed. lincoln made no secret of having consulted backwoods gran

ual phenomena, but they are in sharp disagreement with spiritualists as to the source of the manifestations. some of the disagreement stems from the accusation that spiritualism may be treading dangerously close to demonology. religious orthodoxy, which believes survival t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 134 mediums and mystics shortly after abraham lincoln s (1809 1865) election to the presidency, cleveland s plain dealer dealt the president-elect some harsh criticism for having consulted spooks. after death to be assured, holds that contact with departed mortals cannot be established and warns that those who attempt to establish communication with the dead may find themselves involved with deceptive evil spirits. the oft-quoted alle

ternoon, three at sunset, and four at night. jewish liturgy did not begin to achieve its fixed form until the centuries after the destruction of the second temple, and the prayer book did not appear in its classical form until the middle ages. but spontaneous prayers are found throughout the tanakh, the hebrew bible, and the old testament in the christian bible. to list only a few: the prayers of abraham (genesis 15:2 3, isaac (genesis 25:21 23, and hannah (1 samuel 1:9 13) petitioning god for an heir; moses prayers for plagues on the egyptians (exodus 8:12, for the red sea to part its waters (exodus 14:21, for a glimpse of god s glory (exodus 33:18, for aaron s forgiveness after his sin of making the gold calf (deuteronomy 9:20; samson s prayer for strength to bring the columns down t h e

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nd 117 dreams, or night visions, might be auditory and present a direct message (as in job 33:15 17, genesis 20:3,6) or at other times be symbolic, requiring skilled interpretation. jacob had a dream of a ladder set up on earth, the top of it reaching to heaven. he beheld in this dream angels of god ascending and descending on the ladder with the lord standing above it, confirming the covenant of abraham to jacob (genesis 28:12. king solomon received both wisdom and warning in dreams (i kings 3:5, 9:2. the new testament accounts surrounding the birth of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) record a number of revelatory dreams. joseph was instructed to wed mary and was assured of her purity (matthew 1:20, in spite of the apparent fact that she was already pregnant. later, joseph was warned to flee

en, prohibited, and those who transgress may be ostracized by others or, in extreme instances, killed. while the marriage of near-blood relations is prohibited in contemporary civilization, in earlier societies it was quite common. the ancient gods of egypt, isis and osiris, brother and sister, provided an example for royal couples, as pharaohs commonly married their sisters. the hebrew patriarch abraham took as a t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d superstitions, strange customs, taboos, and urban legends 201 some stories of alleged supernatural occurrences cannot really be classified as either urban legends or hoaxes, but as accounts that have been told so often that the truth of the original report has become obscured over the years

arthur e. p. weigal the honorable mervyn herbert richard bethel sources: curse of king tut s tomb [online] http//www.mummytombs.com/ egypt/kingtut.htm. howard carter and the mummy s curse. the unmuseum [online] http//www.unmuseum.org/mummy.htm. wilson, colin, and damon wilson. the mammoth encyclopedia of the unsolved. new york: carroll& graf, 2000. the curse of king tut wife his half-sister, and abraham s nephew lot committed incest with his own daughters. polygamy, the marriage of one man and several women or one woman and several men, is prohibited in modern civilization, but there are still religious groups in nearly every nation who justify plural marriages as being ordained by the deity they worship. the history of every modern culture is replete with accounts of kings, caliphs, empe

fering a prayer or asking a blessing before every meal became a custom that would eventually be practiced by the followers of all major world religions. the israelites appear to have been among the first to offer prayer before eating out of gratitude for having food to eat. surely it is of what belongs to god that you have eaten. so praise and bless him by whose word the world was created, father abraham admonished (talmud, sota 10b. born into the jewish tradition before his conversion to christianity, paul writes to the church in ephesus that god created foods to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for then it is consecrated by the word of god and prayer (i timothy 4:3 5. in the koran, the hol

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and peculiar notions. san diego, calif: harcourt brace jovanovich, 1984. jerusalem jerusalem stands in the middle of the nation of israel, a holy city to three of the world fs great religions.judaism, christianity, and islam. before muslims underwent pilgrimages to mecca, the most venerated holy place in all of islam was the dome of the rock, a magnificent mosque built over the sacred rock where abraham prepared to sacrifice his son isaac to the lord and where the prophet muhammad (c. 570.632) is believed to have ascended to paradise. for the jews, jerusalem is the site of king david fs (d. 932 b.c.e) ancient capital of judea and a massive wall, called the gwailing wall, h which is all that remains of the great temple that was destroyed by the romans in 70 c.e. christian pilgrims revere t

ders of the world. h [online] http//library.advanced. org/23378. the seven wonders of the ancient world according to hebrew tradition, jerusalem was chosen to be the earthly headquarters for the lord fs work among humankind in very ancient times, for melchizedek, a priest, a survivor of the pre-flood world, the oldest living human at that time, was living there as king of salem even before father abraham set out on his quest for the promised land. obeying a commandment of the lord, melchizedek had come out of babylonia to south central canaan to build a city on the summit of the watershed between the jordan river and the mediterranean. salem was constructed on the southeast hill of a mountain ridge with deep valleys on its east, south, and west sides. with the spring of gihon at its feet t

m army under caliph omar ibn al-khattab (ruled 634.644) conquered jerusalem. a devout follower of the prophet muhammad, the caliph was also tolerant of other religions. he ordered that the church of the holy sepulchre be respected as a christian place of worship and forbade it to be converted into a mosque. when he was taken to the temple mount, he was shocked to discover that the holy rock where abraham had taken isaac to be sacrificed, the place that had held the ark of the covenant in solomon fs temple, and the spot where muhammad had ascended to paradise, lay exposed to the elements. after the area had t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 244 places of mystery and power jerusalem is the holy city to three of the world fs great religi

and evil, will begin before the messiah appears.or for the christians, returns in a second coming. for the muslims, it is here that jesus will conquer the antichrist and the chief eschatological figure, the mahdi (guided one) will appear to help destroy the forces of evil and to bring about the conversions of all jews and christians to islam. when the muslims assumed control of the sacred rock of abraham and the site of solomon fs temple in the seventh century, the jews began to focus their devotion on the huge blocks of stone along the western edge of the old city, all that remained of the retaining wall of the temple built by king herod (73.4 b.c.e. herod had begun the construction of the temple in 19 b.c.e. and the main building was completed about 18 months later. however, herod fs int

tely adjoining the mosque courtyard. the third aspect of the pilgrimage involves walking about five miles to the town of mina, then onward to the plain of arafat, 10 miles farther to the east. the time of the journey is spent in prayer and meditation. as the pilgrims walk back toward mina, they stop to throw small stones at three pillars, an act which symbolically recalls the three occasions when abraham threw stones at satan, who was tempting him to disobey t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 258 places of mystery and power large crowd of muslims making their pilgrimage to mecca (the library of congress) t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d places of mystery and power 259 above the t

m.net/isk/starskno7.html. thomas, david hurst. exploring ancient native america. new york: macmillan, 1994. medicine wheel of the big horn mountains god fs command to sacrifice his son. after they walk the five miles back to mecca, the final stage of the hajj is achieved with a festival in which a sheep, goat, cow, or camel is sacrificed to commemorate the moment when god rescinded the command to abraham to sacrifice his son and permitted him to slay a ram and offer its blood in isaac fs stead. the hajj concludes with a final procession around the ka faba. the hajj generally lasts about 13 days, but when as many as two million pilgrims crowd into mecca to observe the annual event, it may last a day or two longer to accommodate the vast numbers of the faithful. m delving deeper crim, keith

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

the prayers relate to the tree of life. the ave maria exposes the greatest qabalistic truth in that through the feminine principle, we are taught about the justified one, and through the justified one, we learn of the infinite. as it is written: whomsoever sees me, sees the father. i and my father are oneit(la clef des grands mysteres) by eliphas levi the key of the mysteries according to enoch, abraham, hermes trismegistes and solomon by eliphas levi translated, with an introduction by aleister crowley "religion says 'believe and you will understand' science comes to say to you 'understand and you will believe "at that moment the whole of science will change front; the spirit, so long dethroned and forgotten, will take its ancient place; it will be demonstrated that the old traditions ar

osed of absolute ideas attached to signs and numbers; by its combinations, it realizes the mathematics of thought. solomon represented this alphabet by seventy-two names, written upon thirty-six talismans. eastern initiates still call these the "little keys" or clavicles of solomon. these keys are described, and their use explained, in a book the source of whose traditional dogma is the patriarch abraham. this book is called the sepher yetzirah; with the aid of the sepher yetzirah one can penetrate the xiii hidden sense of the zohar, the great dogmatic treatise of the qabalah of the hebrews. the clavicles of solomon, forgotten in the course of time, and supposed lost, have been rediscovered by ourselves; without trouble we have opened all the doors of those old sanctuaries where absolute t

ream whose fulfilment was sought successively by the assyrians, the medes, the persians, alexander, rome, napoleon, the successors of peter the great, and always unfinished because of the dispersion of interests, symbolized by the confusion of tongues. the universal empire could not realize itself by force, but by intelligence and love. thus, to nimrod, the man of savage 'right' the bible opposed abraham, the man of duty, who goes voluntarily into exile in order to seek liberty and strife in a strange country, which he seizes by virtue of his "idea" he has a sterile wife, his thought, and a fertile slave, his force; but when force has produced its fruit, thought becomes fertile; and the son of intelligence drives into exile the child of force. the man of intelligence is submitted to rude t

orders him to immolate his son, that is to say, doubt ought to test dogma, and the intellectual man should be ready to sacrifice everything on the altar of supreme reason. then god intervenes: universal reason yields to the efforts of labour, and shows herself to science; the material side of dogma is alone immolated. this is the meaning of the ram caught by its horns in a thicket. the history of abraham is, then, a symbol in the ancient manner, and contains a lofty revelation of the destinies of the human soul. taken literally, it is an absurd and revolting story. did not st. augustine take literally the golden ass of apuleius? poor great men! 33 the history of isaac is another legend. rebecca is the type of the oriental woman, laborious, hospitable, partial in her affections, shrewd and

the number of fusion, of association, and of universal unity, and it is in the name of what it represents that we shall here make an appeal to the nations, beginning with the most ancient and the most holy. children of israel, why, in the midst of the movement of 52 the nations, do you rest immobile, guardians of the tombs of your fathers? your fathers are not here, they are risen: for the god of abraham, of isaac, and of jacob, is not the god of the dead! why do you always impress upon your offspring the bloody sigil of the knife? god no longer wishes to separate you from other men; be our brethren, and eat with us the consecrated bread of peace on altars that blood stains never. the law of moses is accomplished: read your books and understand that you have been a blind and hard-hearted r

ur forehead the brand of cain, and the peoples seeing you pass will no longer say "there go the jews" they will cry "room for our brethren! room for our elders in the faith" and we shall go every year to eat the passover with you in the city of the new jerusalem. and we shall take our rest under your vine and under your fig-tree; for you will be once more the friend of the traveller, in memory of abraham, of tobias, and of the angels who visited them. and in memory of him who said "he who receiveth the least of these my little ones, receiveth me" for then you will no longer refuse an asylum in your 53 house and in your heart to your brother joseph, whom you sold to the gentiles. because he has become powerful in the land of egypt where you sought bread in the days of famine. and he has rem

erhaps, they contain a force sufficient to overturn the world. we say "perhaps" on philosophical grounds, for, personally, we have no doubt whatever of the high importance of this great hermetic arcanum. we have just said that alchemy is the daughter of the qabalah; to convince oneself of the truth of this it is sufficient to look at the symbols of flamel, of basil valentine, the pages of the jew abraham, and the more or less apocryphal oracles of the emerald table of hermes. everywhere one finds the traces of that decade of pythagoras, which is so magnificently applied in the sepher yetzirah to the complete and absolute notion of divine things, that decade composed of unity and a triple ternary which the rabbis have 192 called the berashith, and the mercavah, the luminous tree of the seph

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

n no single instance enable us to know things in themselves, but only their appearances, and as these are mere representations. all bodies, together with the space in which they are, must be held to be nothing but mere representations in us, and exist nowhere else than merely in our thought" the actual world is termed by kant the ding-an-sich, the "thing-initself. the medieval kabbalists, such as abraham ibn ezra, followed on from the neoplatonic school of plotinus in utilising a threefold division of the functions of the psyche. these were; nefesh (npsh; breath, spirit, soul, person, character in drama, tombstone) ru'ah (rvch; wind, spirit, ghost, disposition) neshamah (nshmh; breath, soul, life, living creature) this trinity, as developed by such kabbalists as rabbi moses korduero and ra

THE PATH OF KABBALAH

to build an additional sensory instrument, with which to feel the spiritual world and the creator. that is how it was done before and that is what kabbalists write about. there is no other revelation of the creator to man. a person can feel the spiritual world and the creator only by changing himself. that is what he can write about and convey to others. the first man wrote about his attainments, abraham the patriarch followed in his footsteps, which in turn was followed by moses, who named his attainments of the creator and creation torah. the kabbalists that followed wrote their feelings and attainments in additional books the mishnah, the talmud and so on. every kabbalist wrote about his research of our world and the way to enter the spiritual world. we call these books holy books, or i

nd not as ones that he would like to realize. he is presented with the obscenity in him as if on a screen before his eyes, but at the same time he understands that it is the creator who plants them in him. he is presented with creation as it is inside him. q: is there not a paradox here? on the one hand, the creator wants to give us delight and pleasure, but on the other he sends us pain! a: take abraham for example: we see that he did not want to go down to egypt; meaning a person doesn t want to occupy himself with spiritual development. he thinks: what do i need it for? it is hard, unpleasant, and goes against my ego. a person can be pushed only by hunger, just as the famine forced abraham to do down to egypt. the spiritual famine, the physical famine and the agony are the only things t

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t is the creator s way of showing us how despicable and dirty we are. along with the desire there is the sensation of repulsion at such a desire appearing in me. that is what the recognition of evil exists for. an ordinary person does not have such feelings, he does not regard his desires as evil, but as a normal person: well i am like that but so is everybody else. it is written that god said to abraham, look now toward heaven and promised him that his seed and his people will be like the stars in the sky innumerable. stars are sparks of returning light that broke the collective soul. one collects these sparks, corrects them and thus ascends. for that reason, the sparks, which are tiny souls that rise upward, are called stars. for that reason the creator promised abraham that if he follow

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ritual guides in every generation, who adapt the wisdom of kabbalah to the unique properties of their time. there are hundreds of books that were written over the years on the subject of the wisdom of kabbalah. beginning with the very first book on the wisdom of kabbalah, raziel the angel that was written by adam harishon, and the second book, sefer yetzira (book of creation, which was written by abraham the patriarch. however, the most popular book in the wisdom of kabbalah is the book of zohar. it was written in the third century ac by rabbi shimon bar-yochay. the contemporary kabbalist, rabbi yehuda ashlag (1885-1954) wrote a commentary on the zohar and on all the writings of the ari in a language that is adapted to our generation so that we can understand it. today, the souls that desc

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THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS

gs; but seeing the truth is peaceable, brief, and always like herself in all things, and especially accorded by with jesus in omni parte and all members. and as he is the true image of the father, so is she his image; it shall not be said, this is true according to philosophy, but true according to theologie; and wherein plato, aristotle, pythagoras and others did hit the mark, and wherein enoch, abraham, moses, solomon did excel; but especially wherewith that wonderful book the bible agreeth. all that same concurreth together, and make a sphere or globe, whose total parts are equidistant from the center, as hereof more at large and more plain shal be spoken of in christianly conference. but now concerning (and chiefly in this our age) the ungodly and accursed gold-making, which hath gotte

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unto him, i [am] the almighty god; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 17:2 and i will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 17:3 and abram fell on his face: and god talked with him, saying, 17:4 as for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 17:5 neither shall thy name any more be called abram, but thy name shall be abraham; for a father of many nations have i made thee. 17:6 and i will make thee exceeding fruitful, and i will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 17:7 and i will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a god unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 17:8 and i will give unto thee, and to thy seed

me out of thee. 17:7 and i will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a god unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 17:8 and i will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of canaan, for an everlasting possession; and i will be their god. 17:9 and god said unto abraham, thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 17:10 this [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; every man child among you shall be circumcised. 17:11 and ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 17:12 and he that is eight days old shal

ney of any stranger, which [is] not of thy seed. 17:13 he that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 17:14 and the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 17:15 and god said unto abraham, as for sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name sarai, but sarah [shall] her name [be] 17:16 and i will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, i will bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17:17 then abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and s

r name sarai, but sarah [shall] her name [be] 17:16 and i will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, i will bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17:17 then abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 17:18 and abraham said unto god, o that ishmael might live before thee! 17:19 and god said, sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name isaac: and i will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant [and] with his seed after him. 17:20 and as for ishmael, i have heard thee: behold, i have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;

seed after him. 17:20 and as for ishmael, i have heard thee: behold, i have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and i will make him a great nation. 17:21 but my covenant will i establish with isaac, which sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 17:22 and he left off talking with him, and god went up from abraham. 17:23 and abraham took ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of abraham s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as god had said unto him. 17:24 and abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 17:25 and ishmael his son [was]

bought with his money, every male among the men of abraham s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as god had said unto him. 17:24 and abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 17:25 and ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 17:26 in the selfsame day was abraham circumcised, and ishmael his son. 17:27 and all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. 18:1 and the lord appeared unto him in the plains of mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 18:2 and he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw [them] he ran to meet them from the

d said, my lord, if now i have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, i pray thee, from thy servant: 18:4 let a little water, i pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 18:5 and i will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. and they said, so do, as thou hast said. 18:6 and abraham hastened into the tent unto sarah, and said, make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead [it] and make cakes upon the hearth. 18:7 and abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave [it] unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 18:8 and he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set [it] before them; and he stood by them under the

TURNER ROBERT ARBETEL OF MAGICK

is, to counterfeit the highest and most noble part of it. a second kind of magick is astrologie, which judgeth of the events of things to come, natural and humane, by the motions and influences of the stars upon the lower elements, by them observed and understood. philo judaeus affirmeth, that by this part of magick or astrologie, together with the motions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, abraham found out the knowledge of the true god while he lived in caldea, qui contemplatione creaturarum, cognovit creatorem (saith damascen) who knew the creator by the contemplation of the creature. josephus reporteth of abraham, that he instructed the egyptians in arithmetic and astronomy; who before abraham s coming unto them, knew none of these sciences. abraham sanctitate& sapientia omnium p

cognovit creatorem (saith damascen) who knew the creator by the contemplation of the creature. josephus reporteth of abraham, that he instructed the egyptians in arithmetic and astronomy; who before abraham s coming unto them, knew none of these sciences. abraham sanctitate& sapientia omnium pr stantissimus, primum cald os, deinde phoenices, demum egyptios sacerdotes, astrologia& divina docuerit. abraham the holiest and wisest of men, did first teach the caldeans, then the phoenicians, lastly the egyptian priests, astrologie and divine knowledge. without doubt, hermes trismegistus, that divine magician and philosopher, who (as some say) lived long before noah, attained to much divine knowledge of the creator through the study of magick and astrologie; as his writings testifie. the third ki

he truth, the purity, in every kinde, may well be embraced: as in the ancient worshipping of god by sacrifice, there was no man knowing god among the elders, that did not forbear to worship the god of all power, or condemn that kinde of worship, because the devil was so adored in the image of baal, dagon, astaroth, chemosh, jupiter, apollo, and the like. neither did the abuse of astrology terrify abraham (if we believe the most ancient and religious writers) from observing the motions and natures of the heavenly bodies. neither can it dehort wise and learned men in these days from attributing those vertues, influences, and inclinations, to the stars and other lights of heaven, which god hath given to those his glorious creatures. i must expect some calumnies and obtrectations against this

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

hole proceeding. 3 johannis goropii becani origines antwerpianae, 1569, lib. i, pp. 26, 101. generative powers 145 for the protection of priapus under this obscene name. goropius becanus adds that there was in his time, over the door of a house adjoining the prison, a statue which had been furnished with a large phallus, then worn away or broken off. among other writers who mention this statue is abraham golnitz, who published an account of his travels in france and belgium, in 1631,1 and he informs us that it was a carving in stone, about a foot high, with its arms raised up, and its legs spread out, and that the phallus had been entirely worn out by the women, who had been in the habit of scraping it and making a potion of the dust which they drank as a preservative against barrenness. g

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

said in true grimoires that to achieve a mastery of magic the magus needs nothing beyond a devoted and open heart, and repeated and sincere prayers of invocation. when rightly called, the light will manifest itself in some perceptible form and instruct the magus in all manner of signs and words of the art necessary to achieve his or her ends. in the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage, abraham the jew writes to his son, lamech: pray unto god and ask him for his assistance, and place all thy confidence in him alone. and although thou canst not have the understanding of the qabal- ah, nevertheless the holy guardian angels at the end of the six moons or months [of the abramelin working] will manifest unto thee that which is suffi- cient for the possession of this sacred magic.34 th

ngs they always have in abundance-but simply through an ignorance of karma, the law of the cosmos. cosmic law is the way things work in the universe. by denying the way of the light, adepts of chaotic magic close their eyes to cosmic law. they are like blind men and women trying to drive their cars through a crowded city. they can only blunder along so far before disaster strikes. on this matter, abraham the jew writes: the infamous belial hath no other desire than that of obtaining the power of hiding and obscuring the true divine wisdom, so that he may have more means of blinding simple men and of leading them by the nose; so that they may always remain in their simplicity, and in their error, and that they may not dis- cover the way which leadeth unto the true wisdom; seeing that otherw

ters. it is an inspired work, descended from the ancient mysteries of the kabbalah. in it is given a system of living that has been proven effective for attaining the conversation of the guardian angel. the ritual process in abramelin should not necessarily be copied, but rather should be used as a pattern and guide. the spirit names and magic squares that appear in the book belong to the writer, abraham the jew, and should not be used by the magus, who must rely on his or her own guardian to provide a personal hierarchy of spirits and their sigils. the book ofthe sacred magic ofabrarnelin recommends a physical withdrawal from society for a period of six lunar cycles, during which the working to achieve the conversation of the guardian is prepared. this withdrawal into isolation will not b

is no more than self-deception, a kind of hypnosis that can take on a drug-like attrac- tion for weak, hysterical minds, critics observe that when adepts claim to visit the psychic, or astral, realm, outwardly they close their eyes and slip into a kind of trance, their physical bodies traveling nowhere. from this they conclude that psychic travel is the same as daydreaming. this account given by abraham the jew in the book of the sacred magic of abramelin concerning abraham's experience with an austrian witch is typical: she rubbed herself with the same unguent, and i was very expectant to see her fly away; but she fell to the ground and remained there about three hours as if she were dead, so that i began to think that she really was dead. at last she began to stir like a person who is w

gan to give me the account of her expedition, saying that she had been in the place where my friend was, and all that he was doing; the which was entirely contrary to his profession. whence i concluded that what she had just told me was a simple dream, and that the unguent was a causer of a phantastic sleep; whereon she confessed to me that this unguent had been given to her by the the disgust of abraham is understandable inasmuch as he expected to see the witch born physically away on the air. however, behind his words is the automat- ic, unquestioned assumption shared by the skeptics of modern times-that dreams and other illusions are of no importance, therefore psychic travel is of no practical value, at best an amusement, at worst a dangerous fascination. it is true that some psychic t

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

incited by the fear that they would misuse the name in secular magic and thus profane it. biblical tradition has it that the name was first revealed to moses when he went up upon horeb, the mountain of god, and saw the burning bush history of the name 3 (exod. 3:14-51, and it is explicitly stated that prior to this revelation to moses the name was not known among the hebrews "and i appeared unto abraham, unto isaac, and unto jacob, by the name of god almighty (shaddai; but by my name jehovah (ihvh) was i not known to them (exod. 6:3. this has led to speculation that the name originally belonged to the resident deity of the holy mountain who was worshipped by the tribes that dwelt in the region south of palestine. in receiving the name, moses also took on the authority of the god of the mo

of europe. human sacrifice was extremely uncommon, even in earliest times, among the ancient hebrews. however, there is evidence that it did take place, and it may have been deleted from the religious records at a later date by revisionists to bring the scriptures more in line with the religious practices contemporary with the editors of the old testament books. in the most famous incident, where abraham is tempted by god to sacrifice his first-born son, isaac, as a test of faith, it is said "and abraham built an altar there (gen. 22:9, presumably of unhewn stones in the prescribed manner. in demanding the sacrifice of isaac, god was only asking for what was rightfully his. by law, the first-born male of every mother, human or animal, belonged to god (exod. 34:19-20. the first-born males o

rictly speaking they belonged to god in return for sparing the first-born of the hebrews during the last plague of egypt, when the first-born of the egyptians, including the son of the pharaoh, were taken (exod. 13:15. it is very possible that the twelve selected by joshua to carry the stones across the jordan were first-born sons. again, there is no mention of the number of the stones erected by abraham, but it would be reasonable to suspect that it was a set number and that the stones were erected in an established pattern. we can make some general observations about the stones used in altars. they were small enough to be carried on the back of a single man, probably about the size of the human head or smaller. they may have been rounded-at least, the stones taken from the bed of the jor

ily there is repetition, because many authors say much the same thing about the name and indeed have little else to say. the wide variety of transliterations of the hebrew ihvh into latin characters takes a little getting used to, but should not prove confusing. moses and god said moreover unto moses, thus shalt thou say unto the children of israel, the lord god (ihvh) of your fathers, the god of abraham, the god of isaac, and the god of jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations (pentateuch [ninth century bc, exod. 3:15, king james translation) tetragrammaton philo judaeus if anyone, i do not say should blaspheme against the lord of men and gods, but should even dare to utter his name unseasonably, let him expect the penalty of dea

of the encyclopedia britannica (4) amulets and superstitions by e. a. wallis budge (reprinted by university books under the title amulets and talismans, new york, 1968 (5) william wiston's translation of the works of flavius josephus (london: george routledge and sons, no date (6) w. e. addis' documents of the hexateuch, mentioned above (7) the pentateuch and rashi's commentary, translated by r. abraham ben isaiah and r. benjamin sharfman (brooklyn: s. s& r. publishing, 19491, volume 2 "exodus. no two of these sources agree in all respects, as can be seen in the accompanying table: 260 tetragrammaton james knox brit. budge josephus addis rashi 1. sardius sardius sard carnelian sardonyx carnelian carnelian or sard 2. topaz topaz topaz topaz or topaz topaz topaz peridot 3. carbuncle emerald

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

, open to us, and he shall answer saying to you, i have not known you whence ye are, 26 then ye may begin to say, we did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach; 27 and he shall say, i say to you, i have not known you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of the unrighteousness. 28`there shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye may see abraham, and isaac, and jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of god, and yourselves being cast out without; luke 13: 24-28 indeed, those who are saved are very few, because few are those who enter through that strait, narrow and difficult door of sex. there is no other door, it has never existed and will never exist! the mechanical evolution of nature does not save anybody; time does not save

uerta y comenzareis a estar fuera, y llamar a la puerta, diciendo: se or, se or, brenos; y respondiendo os dir "no os conozco de donde se is. entonces comenzareis a decir "delante de ti hemos comido y bebido, y en nuestras plazas ense asteis. y os dir "digoos que no os conozco de donde se is "apartaos de mi todos los obreros de iniquidad "all ser el llanto y el crujir de dientes, cuando viereis a abraham y a isaac, y a jacob, y a todos los profetas en el reino de dios, y vosotros excluidos. lucas 13: 24-28 realmente son muy pocos los que se salvan. porque son muy pocos los que se meten por la puerta angosta, estrecha y dif cil del sexo. no existe otra puerta. no ha existido, no existir jam s. la evoluci n mec nica de la naturaleza no salva a nadie, el tiempo no salva a nadie. es necesario

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

ccult philosophy, book 4 (p. 62-3, attributed to agrippa, but probably written by one of his students: 1. after the casting of the circle of protection, repeat the biblical phrase "thou shalt purge me with hyssop, o lord and i shall be clean; thou shalt wash me and i shall be whiter than snow" 2. then light the incense attributed to the sphere or planetary energy being invoked and say "the god of abraham, god of isaac, god of jacob, bless here the creatures of these kinds, that they may fill up the power and virtue of their odors, so that neither the enemy, nor any false imagination, may be able to enter into them, through our lord jesus christ" numerous other prayers and affirmations may be used in keeping with the student's own personal inclinations, but these should be studied, at least

have said is the true nature of god. in qabalah, the ain soph is not a part of the tree at all, being beyond all attributes. it is incomprehensible nothingness, beyond and behind all manifestation, whose number is zero. zero is the number of infinite space and time, and any number multiplied by it vanishes into its ocean of infinity. however, from it proceeds all things. the jewish kabbalist ben abraham ha-lavan once said "nothingness is more existent than all the being of the world" and the christian mystic meister eckhart echoed this thought when he said that "god's nichts fills the entire world; his something though is nowhere" this "nowhere" is often thought of in qabalistic terms as the chaos from which the divine being created the world. god, it is thought, made the universe from no

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

slider. sthn, satan, adversary. 29. i cannot, without hebrew letters, explain well the change of sound in the shin sh, from sh to s, but it is marked by a dot over the right or left tooth of the three teeth of the letter. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott a deep mystery is concealed in the genetic account of the conversion of the names of abram, abrm, into abraham, abrhm, and that of his wife, sarai, shri, into sarah, shrh, see genesis xvii. v. 5-15, on the occasion of the conception of isaac, ytzchq or yshchq, from the root shchq or tzchq, laugh, when sarah was 90 and abraham 100 years old. this was on the occasion of the covenant made by jehovah with abram and the institution of circumcision of males in token thereof. now here we have the addition

, shrh, see genesis xvii. v. 5-15, on the occasion of the conception of isaac, ytzchq or yshchq, from the root shchq or tzchq, laugh, when sarah was 90 and abraham 100 years old. this was on the occasion of the covenant made by jehovah with abram and the institution of circumcision of males in token thereof. now here we have the addition of an h or 5, the essentially female letter, to the name of abraham, and a conversion of a yod into he, y into h, in the case of sarah; and then their sterility is destroyed. some learned men consider abraham to be a conversion of brahma, the hindu deity. the name splits up curiously. ab is father, br is son, am is like om or aum, a deific name of power. rm meant, he is lifted up. blavatsky remarks that abraham and saturn were identical in astro-symbology

rah; and then their sterility is destroyed. some learned men consider abraham to be a conversion of brahma, the hindu deity. the name splits up curiously. ab is father, br is son, am is like om or aum, a deific name of power. rm meant, he is lifted up. blavatsky remarks that abraham and saturn were identical in astro-symbology. the father of the pharisees was jehovah, and they were of the seed of abraham. the number of abrm is 1, 2, 200, 40 or 243, the number of the man figure, seir anpin, representing microprosopus. read pistorius, ars cabalistica, for the effect of adding h 5 to men s names, see page 969. also inman, numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott ancient faiths, article abraham. secret doctrine, i. 578, ii. 77. also c. w. king, the gnostics. t

essential fire of god which consumed evil angels. yoma, 21. 2. the table of moses were said to have been 6 handsbreadths long, 6 wide and 3 thick. talmud; nedarim, 38.8. hershon reckons that if cut out of sinaitic stone, each table would have weighed 28 tons, but he is in error, reckoning hands-breadth as ells, as 18 inches instead of 4 inches. the angel of death had no power over 6 holy persons; abraham, isaac, jacob, moses, aaron and miriam. bava bathra, 17. i. these died by the divine kiss of death, but it is not so definitely stated in the case of miriam, for fear of scandal. 71. the lion has 6 names in the book of job; ari, shchl, kpir, lish, lbia and shchtz. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the serpent has 6 names; nchsh, okshub, apoh, tzpoun

sociated with voice and sound, with clio the muse; with osiris the egyptian deity; with nemesis, fate--adrastia, not to be escaped from; and with mars. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott as to the sacredness of the number 7, note among the hebrews, oaths were confirmed by seven witnesses; or by seven victims offered in sacrifice; as see the covenant between abraham and abimelech with seven lambs, genesis, chapter xxi. vv. 28, 21-28. the hebrew word seven, also sh b o h, is derived from, or is similar to sh b, o, to swear. 75. clean beasts were admitted into the ark by sevens, whilst the unclean only in pairs. the goths had 7 deities from whom come our names of weekdays; sun, moon, tuisco, wotan, thor, friga, seatur, corresponding, of course, to the s

of persia (whatever that may mean. pesachim, 54. 2. the talmud in chagijah names 7 heavens and occultists recognize 7 planetary heavens; raquie, zebul, makum, maon, sagun, ghereboth and shamaim. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott in micah, chapter v. verse 5, we read that 7 shepherds shall waste assyria; the talmud says they were adam, jacob and methuselah, abraham, jacob and moses, and david. succah. 52. 2. of prophetesses there were 7--sarah, miriam, deborah, hannah, abigail, huldah and esther. in the talmud, kethuboth, 17. i, it is said that it is permissible to the jew to look into his wife s face for 7 days after marriage. after this it is presumably wrong, in their opinion. on the 7th day of the month, adar, moses died and the rain of manna cea

ewish month ab. on the 9th day of ab, modern jews do not wear the talith and phylacteries until evening. the day should be spent in tears, and no good comes of work done on that day. the talmud in soteh, 20. i, says that a woman prefers one measure of fun to 9 of pharisaic professional goodness. nine persons have entered alive into the jews paradise; enoch, elijah, messiah, eliezer the servant of abraham, hiram, king of tyre, ebed melek the ethiop, jabez the son of jehuda the prince, bathia daughter of pharaoh, and sarah the daughter of asher. some rabbis add rabbi yoshua son of levi, but he entered not at the door, but climbed over the wall. see kethuboth, 7. 2. in the 145th psalm, we find 9 reasons for praising god. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tco

WOLFSON ELLIOT ALEF MEM TAU KABBALISTIC MUSINGS ON TIME TRUTH AND DEATH

is hermeneutical standpoint: the temporality of time imparts the meaning of otherness as the otherness of meaning encoded in the secret of the other, the mystery that constitutes the alterity engendered as feminine, the visibly invisible rendered invisibly visible from within the site of hiding, a blindness bestowed on the modest that visualizes time in its genealogical heterogeneity. 359 nicolas abraham expresses the matter in terms of the category of the transphenomenal, which he considers the special dimension that defines the field of psychoanalysis. time, he writes, is understood in its internal genesis; it is someone s time, of course, but it can only be perceived by someone else. 360 in contemplating the texture of time that may be mined from the works of kabbalistic theosophy, we m

uch of historical irony, on this key doctrinal point (though surely not exclusively on this point) there is a basic agreement between the lithuanian kabbalist and the view espoused by the lubavitch masters. focusing especially on the gender implications of this eschatological conception of time as the reconstitution of the male androgyne, the comment of shneur zalman on the verse on that very day abraham was circumcised, be-esem ha-yom ha-zeh nimmol avraham (gen 17:26) is relevant: abraham merited the disclosure of the aspect the lord will circumcise your heart (deut 30:6, and thus it is written abraham was circumcised (gen 17:26. and this is [the import of] on that very day [be-esem ha-yom ha-zeh] abraham was circumcised (ibid, that is, in the essence of that day [be-asmiyyut shel ha-yom

ha-zeh, and that day is the day that is entirely long and entirely good [ha-yom she-kullo arokh kullo tov. the essence of that day is the great disclosure that will occur in the future, the disclosure of the aspect of the abundance of your goodness (ps 31:20, 145:7, and this [is the aspect of the day] that is entirely good, and when the aspect of the essence of that very day was revealed to him, abraham was circumcised.294 to do justice to this passage, one would have to examine in greater detail its fuller exegetical context, an eminently worthy task but one that lies beyond the concerns of this chapter. su ce it to note, however, that the circumcision of abraham, which is emblematic of the eschatological moment, is identified as the second circumcision (milah sheniyyah, an act performed

ow of the aspect of the great circumcision come about by means of the thirteen attributes of mercy, which are above wisdom and intellect. therefore it is above the aspect of the name yhwh and above the aspect of torah (just as the thirteen attributes of mercy are the aspect that is above the torah and hence forgiveness of transgression is found there. through this one can understand the matter of abraham having fulfilled the entire torah before it was given, but he did not fulfill the commandment of circumcision, as he wanted to attain that great circumcision from above to below. therefore, he fulfilled all of the torah that is below that circumcision and afterwards he merited that great circumcision that is above.297 the circumcision of abraham s membrum virile resulted from his having me

the esoteric gnosis of kabbalah, which underlies the hasidic teaching championed by shneur zalman, advocates the transubstantiation of the flesh into word in 114 chapter two contrast to the christological incarnational emphasis on the word becoming flesh.300 the implication of body transposing into letter for the kabbalistic understanding of time may be inferred from the scriptural statement that abraham was circumcised on that very day, be-esem ha-yom ha-zeh, which, read hyperliterally, is decoded as in the essence of that day, be-asmiyyut shel ha-yom ha-zeh. the import of circumcision illumines and is illumined by the essential nature of the day, which is conveyed by the eschatological images employed in rabbinic literature: the day that is entirely long, yom she-kullo arokh, and the day

okhmah, she is depicted iconographically as the final mem, in the shape of a square closed on all four sides. in this state, binah, the divine mother, cannot give birth, as the zoharic author explicitly declares: this is the mystery of abram, ever mem, this one does not reproduce, for it is the closed mem, and it is not generative. 59 however, when the he is added to abram, his name is changed to abraham, which can be decoded as ever-he-mem, that is, the organ (ever) that turns mem into he, the open womb that signifies fertility and reproductivity. i translate here the section of the homily in which the polemical intent of the messianic explication is rendered overtly in the specific terms of circumcision, a long-standing issue that divided the religious sensibilities of the two liturgical

ty. i translate here the section of the homily in which the polemical intent of the messianic explication is rendered overtly in the specific terms of circumcision, a long-standing issue that divided the religious sensibilities of the two liturgical communities: when the he is added [to abram, that final mem opens up. and that organ [ever] produces offspring, and this is the mystery of [the name] abraham, ever he-mem, this is the one that reproduces and brings about progeny [t]his organ was not rectified until the he came along. whence do we know that this organ is rectified only by the he? when [his name was] abram, that organ was not circumcised and it was not rectified. after the he came along, that organ was rectified, and it was circumcised to produce offspring by means of the final h

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