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harpocrates, etc, as before; but he develops to omicron the exalted "devil (also the "other" secret eye) by the formula of the initiation of horus elsewhere described in detail. this "devil" is called satan or shaitan, and regarded with horror by people who are ignorant of his formula, and, imagining themselves to be evil, accuse nature herself of their own phantasmal crime. satan is saturn, set, abrasax, adad, adonis, attis, adam, adonai, etc. the most serious charge against him is that he is the sun in the south. the ancient initiates, 35 dwelling as they did in lands whose blood was the water of the nile or the euphrates, connected the south with life-withering heat, and cursed that quarter where the solar darts were deadliest. even in the legend of hiram, it is at high noon that he is

ode" babalon-bal-bin-abaft "babalon! thou woman of whoredom" 268 "thou, gate of the great god on! thou lady of the understanding of the ways" asal-on-ai "hail thou, the unstirred! hail, sister and bride of on, of the god that is all and is none, by the power of eleven" aphen-iaf "thou treasure of iao" i "thou virgin twin-sexed! thou secret seed! thou inviolate wisdom" photeth "abode of the light. abrasax..of the father, the sun, of hadith, of the spell of the aeon of horus" aeoou "our lady of the western gate of heaven" ischure "mighty art thou" mighty and bornless one (vide supra (the conception is of water, glowing, inhabited by a solar-phallic dragon-serpent, of a neptunian nature) hear me: and make all spirits subject unto me: so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether: upo

d scourge of god may be obedient unto me. section g. spirit. hear me: ieou "indwelling sun of myself" pur "thou fire! thou sixfold star initiator compassed about with force and fire" iou "indwelling soul of myself" pur (vide supra) iafth "sun-lion serpent, hail! all hail, thou great wild beast, thou i a o" iaeo "breaths of my soul, breaths of mine angel" ioou "lust of my soul, lust of mine angel" abrasax (vide supra. sabriam "ho for the sangraal! ho for the cup of babalon! ho for mine angel pouring himself forth within my soul" oo "the eye! satan, my lord! the lust of the goat" ff "mine angel! mine initiator! thou one with me- the sixfold star" 271 ad-on-a-i<hebrew, adni, 65. the gnostic initiates transliterated it to imply their own secret formulae; we follow so excellent an example

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

fies them with anu and adad the supreme mother and father deities of the sumerians. taken in connexion with the aiwaz identification, this is very striking indeed. it is also to be considered that nu is connected with north, while had is sad, set, satan, sat (equals "being" in sanskrit, south. he is then the sun, one point concentring space, as also is any other star. the word abrahadabra is from abrasax, father sun, which adds to 365. for the north-south antithesis see fabre d'olivet's "hermeneutic interpretation of the origin of the social state in man. note "sax" also as a rock, or stone, whence the symbol of the cubical stone, the mountain abiegnus, and so forth. nu is also reflected in naus, ship, etc, and that whole symbolism of hollow space which is familiar to all. there is also a

's daughter. this legend is derived from certain customs among exogamic tribes, for which see "the golden bough. thus one europa, semele and others claimed that zeus- air<<zeus obtained air for his kingdom in the partition with hades, who took fire, and poseidon, who took water. shu is the egyptian god of the firmament. there is a great difficulty here, etymologically. zeus is connected with iao, abrasax, and the dental sibilant gods of the great mysteries, with the south and hadit, ada, set, saturn, adonai, attis, adonis; he is even the "jesus, slain with the lance, whose blood is collected in a cup. yet he is also to be identified with the opposite party of the north and nuit, with the "john" slain with the sword, whose flesh is placed upon a disk, in the lesser mysteries, baptizing with

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OTO GNOSTIC MASS

hearts. let thy light crystallize itself in our blood, fulfilling us of resurrection. a ka dua tuf ur biu bi a'a chefu dudu nur af an nuteru. the priestess: there is no law beyond do what thou wilt. the priest parts the veil with his lance. during the previous speeches the priestess has, if necessary, as in savage countries, resumed her robe. the priest 'i(c 'i(c 'i(c 'ia(c)q s(c)abao k(c)urie'(c)abrasax k(c)urie meivras k(c)urie f(c)alle 'i(c) p(c)an 'i(c) p(c)an p(c)an 'i(c 'isx(c)urox 'i(c 'av(c)anaton 'i(c'(c)abroton 'i(c 'ia(c)q. x(c)aire f(c)alle k(c)aire p(c)anfage k(c)aire pang(c)enetor'(c)agios'(c)agios'(c)agios 'ia(c)q. the priestess is seated with the paten in her right hand and the cup in her left. the priest presents the lance, which she kisses eleven times. she then holds it

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t was already an old one. that arjuna, krishna's companion and chela, is said to have descended into patala, the "antipodes" and therein married ulupi* a naga (or nagini rather, the daughter of the king of the nagas, kauravya* and now it may be hoped the full meaning of the serpent emblem is proven. it is neither that of evil, nor, least of all, that of the devil; but is, indeed, the[[semes eilam abrasax("the eternal sun-abrasax, the central spiritual sun of all the kabalists, represented in some diagrams by the circle of tiphereth. and here, again, we may quote from our earlier volumes and enter into further explanations "from this region of unfathomable depth (bythos, aditi, shekinah, the veil of the unknown) issues forth a circle formed of spirals. this is tiphereth; which, in the langu

BLUE EQUINOX

g. encourage our hearts. let thy light crystallize itself in our blood, fulfilling us of resurrection. a ka dua tuf ur biu bi a a chefu dudu nur af an nuteru. the priestess: there is no law beyond do what thou wilt. the priest parts the veil with his lance. during the previous speeches the priestess has, if necessary, as in savage countries, resumed her robe. the priest: io io io iao sabao. kurie abrasax kurie meithras kurie phalle. io pan, io pan pan io isxuros, io athanatos io abroton io iao. xaire phalle kaire panphage kaire pangenetor. hagios, hagios, hagios iao. liber xv 259 the priestess is seated with the paten in her right hand and the cup in her left. the priest presents the lance, which she kisses eleven times. she then holds it to her breast, while the priest, falling at her kne

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

ine, the house ofsaxe-coburg-gotha, the bloodline of the british royal family and, through its branch inprussia, the supporters of adam weishaupt, the founder of the bavarian illuminati.the paedophile murder ring which came to light in belgium in 1996 is but one part ofthe satanic network operating from and in that country. it was organised by marcdutroux, who is connected to the satanic order of abrasax, based in the village offorchies-la-marche near charleroi in southern belgium, not far from the castle ofdarkness. abrasax is abraxas, a fat-bellied demon from whom, it is likely, the magiciansterm, abracadabra, originated. dutroux buried alive an accomplice, bernard weinstein,and among weinsteins effects was a letter from the abrasax group signed by someonedescribing himself as the egypti

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

as served as visiting research fellow at the parapsychology laboratory, duke university, durham, north carolina; president of the parapsychology laboratory of the university of chicago (1957.60; and charter associate of the parapsychological association. his paper extrasensory behavior was presented at the seventh annual congress of the parapsychological association at oxford in 1964. abraxas (or abrasax) the basilidian sect of gnostics of the second century claimed abraxas as their supreme god and said that jesus christ was only a phantom sent to earth by him. they believed that his name contained great mysteries, as it was composed of the seven greek letters which form the number 365, the number of days in a year. abraxas, they thought, had under his command 365 gods, to whom they attrib

ISIS UNVEILED

esents the boundless and infinite void within which is concealed in fjai-lnnwi the unknown rimal motor of all. it envelops hnf like a veil: in short we recog- nise again the' shekhinah' of the ain-soph. alone the name of iad, lao, marks the upper center, or rather the presumed spot where the unknown one may be supposed to dwell. around the lao runs the legend. celfbc euah abpasaa "the eternal sun-abrasax (the central spiritual sun of all the kabalists, represented in some diagrams of the latter by the circle of tiphereth. from this region of unfathomable depth issues forth a circle formed cycle (tmtxik, composed (rf smaller ones. celled within, so as to follow the spirals, lies the serpent emblem of wisdom and etemi^ the dual and

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

referred to for further proofs of the mystic origin of these stones, and also the celtic druids of godfrey higgins, in contradiction to those who would infer that these poised stones simply mark burial-places, or foolish conclusions of shallow and incompetent antiquaries. the basilidans were called by the orthodox docet, or illusionists. the deity of the gnostics was called abraxas in latin, and abrasax in greek. their last state, or condition for rescued sensitive entities, as they termed souls, was the pleroma, or fulness of light. this agrees precisely with the doctrines of the buddhists or bhuddists. the regulating, presiding genius was the pantheus. the pythagorean record quoted by porphyry (vit. pythag) states that the numerals of pythagoras were hieroglyphical symbols by means wher

gs, or ons, of a most excellent nature; in whom we recognise the cabalistic seven spirits before the throne. two of these first ons, called dynamis and sophia that is, power and wisdom engendered the angels of the highest order. the name of abraxas, the deity of the gnostics, is made up of the numerical letters representing the total 365 the aggregate of days of the solar year. the manifesting of abrasax rests in his son, nus (knowledge) or christ, the chief of the ons, who descended to earth and assumed the form of man; was baptized, and crucified in appearance (mosheim s eccles. hist. vol. i, pp. 181-184. the manich ans, who deny the reality of the crucifixion of the son of god, and whose tenets concerning the saviour jesus are peculiar, derive their name from manes, or mani; and their d

LEWIS JAMES SATANISM TODAY AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION FOLKLORE AND POPULAR CULTURE

being guilty of either compliance or incompetence. because the ritual abuse stereotype built up during the 1980s focused on satanists kidnapping, abusing, and murdering innocent young victims, the imaginative link between this stereotype and dutroux was easy to make. perhaps responding to public pressure, during one phase of the investigation police began focusing their attention on the institut abrasax, a college of black magic in a village not far from charleroi. the institut is a legal organization established in 1990 to teach harmful sorcery and initiation into satanic rites. abrasax, a divinity with obscure origins, is often invoked in ancient magical spells. the college s building housed a variety of different neopagan groups and two satanist organizations, the luciferian initiation

in the sunday times of london toward the end of 1996, journalist peter conradi reported that five witnesses described black masses [there] at which children were killed in front of audiences said to have included prominent members of belgian society. soon afterward, a flemish newspaper published a story that a number of officers in the charleroi municipal police force were members of the institut abrasax. these policeman all testified that the group was harmless. nevertheless, the college was raided by over a hundred investigators and searched for some eight hours. the raid turned up a number of strange items, including magical tools, videos, and frozen blood. a poster of two of marc dutroux s victims (ap photo/pierre thielmans) chick publications 45 dominique kindermans, the institut s hi

LIBER SAMEKH

bal-bin-abaft g babalon! thou woman of whoredom! thou, gate of the great god on! thou, lady of the understanding of the ways! h asal-on-ai g hail thou, the unstirred! hail, sister and bride of on, of the god that is all and is none, by the power of eleven! h aphen-iaf g thou treasure of iaf! h i g thou virgin twin-sexed! thou secret seed! thou inviolate wisdom! h photheth g abode of the light c h abrasax g c of the father, the sun, of hadit, of the spell of the aon of horus! h aeoou g our lady of the western gate of heaven! h ischure g mighty art thou! h8 mighty and bornless one (vide supra (the conception is of water, glowing, inhabited by a solar- phallic dragon-serpent, of a neptunian nature) hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the

ay be obedient unto me. section g. spirit. hear me. ieou gindwelling sun of myself! h pur g thou fire! thou sixfold star initiator, compassed about with force and fire! h iou g indwelling soul of myself! h pur (vide supra) iafth g sun-lion-serpent, hail! all hail, thou great wild beast, thou i a o! h iaeo g breaths of my soul, breaths of mine angel! h ioou g lust of my soul, lust of mine angel! h abrasax (vide supra) sabriam g ho for the sangraal! ho for the cup of babalon! ho for mine angel pouring himself forth within my soul! h oo g the eye! satan, my lord! the lust of the goat! h point i 9 ff g mine angel! mine initiator! thou one with me.the sixfold star! h ad-on-a-i* g my lord! my secret self beyond self, hadit, all-father! hail, on, thou sun, thou life of man, thou fivefold sword of

nd listed among the forthcoming official publications: liber ccclxv. the preliminary invocation of the goetia socalled, with a complete explanation of the barbarous names of evocation used therein, and the secret rubrick of the ritual, by the master therion. this is the most potent invocation extant, and was used by the master himself in his attainment. 365 might have been chosen as the number of abrasax. the same description appeared in the list of gofficial publications of a a h in appendix i of magick in theory and practice, but the number was given there as gliber ccclxv vel cxx. h the latter numeration (120 ]ms, samekh gin full h) was applied by crowley during work on the ritual circa 1920, and had been previously referred to another class d ritual of a a, gliber cadavaris h (the zela

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

gend is derived from certain customs among exogamic tribes, for which see the golden bough. thus, once europa, semele and others claimed that zeus--air [inserted footnote* zeus obtained air for his kingdom in the partition with hades, who took fire, and poseidon, who took water. shu is the egyptian god of the firmament. there is a great difficulty here, etymologically. zeus is connected with iao, abrasax, and the dental sibilant gods of the great mysteries, with the south and hadit, adad, set, saturn, adonai, attis, adonis; he is even the "jesus, slain with the lance, whose blood is collected in a cup. yet he is also to be identified with the opposite party of the north and nuit, with the "john" slain with the sword, whose flesh is placed upon a disk, in the lesser mysteries, baptizing wit

SATANGEL

are scorpion. the name of the sixth hell, corresponding to chesed. the hebrews borrowed their seven layered gehenna from the babylonians, whose dark prince is also called arsi-el (black sun. within the central pit of the bottom layer lives the serpent angel apollyon, the fallen apollo, king of locusts. again, we see the incorporation and demonisation of pagan dieties of the previous age. abraxas, abrasax, abraxis (greaco-oriental, gnostic) whose name means king, adds to 365, and the hebdomad of letters is assosciated with the seven planets. who has the head of a cockrel and snakes for legs (abrasax, abraxis, and in scientific literature, angnipede, meaning snake feet. abraxas is recognised as a devil of black witchcraft, and the name appears in various evocatory formulae. it is also applie

alarthao ooo aepe the bornless one hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether: upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water; of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of god may be obedient unto me! west: water hear me ru vabra- iao mri vo- dom lillithbal- bin-abaot asal-on-ai aphen-iao i thoteth abrasax aeoou ischure mighty and bornless one hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether: upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water; of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of god may be obedient unto me! north: earth i invoke thee ma barraio ioel kotha athor-ebal- o abraot hear me, and make

ect unto me so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether: upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water; of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of god may be obedient unto me [here takes place the binding and commanding, to whatever act of sorcery is voiced and willed] spirit passive: closing the veil hear me ieou pur iou pur iaoth iaeo ioou abrasax sabriam oo uu adonai ede edu angelos-ton-theon anlala lai gaia aepe diatharna-thorun i am he the bornless one having sight in the feet strong and immortal fire i am he the truth i am he who hates that evil should be wrought in the world i am he that lighteth and thundereth i am he from whom is the shower of the life of earth i am he whose mouth ever flameth i am he the begetter and manifes

SETH IN THE MAGICKAL TEXTS

. finally, in order "to show what relations already existed between gnosticism and the more confused magical literature in which this fantastic demon appears, doresse refers to an incantation known as the stele of jeou the painter, where the headless god, akephalos, is said to be osiris- onnophris, i.e "osiris the beautiful being. among his names, doresse counts "arbathiao, seth, iao, sabaoth and abrasax (p. 105. let us consider doresse's evidence and arguments. to begin with, it must be pointed out that there is no evidence to the effect that the egyptian god seth was seen as a positive figure in gnosticism. fauth has shown that the ass-headed seth-typhon is always a negative archon in the gnostic texts("seth-typhon [above, n. 2] 106-120. moreover, as has been stated above, seth-typhon is

t occur in the greek magical papyri (p. 28. he goes on "there is one possible occurrence in a coptic curse-manuscript now in berlin, where the only-begotten son of god is called 'seth, seth, the living christ (col. i.9, but 8 the spell in pgm iv.1167-1226 is addressed to helios, but the text does not employ the term =u!tika. 9 see now the reading text and discussion in r. merkelbach and m. totti, abrasax ii, abh. rhein.-westf. ak, sonderreihe pap. coloniensia xvii.2 (opladen 1991) 153-174. 10 akephalos (above, n. 5) 44. doresse apparently followed the reading proposed by a. delatte "etudes sur la magie grecque, v. akefalo% yeo, bulletin de correspondance hellenique 38 (1914) 196, line 12. 11 reg. vi p. 216 and 229 (nre ibet "eastern rhe [k. schmidt; reg. xii p. 244 and 247; cf. the preface

resse apparently followed the reading proposed by a. delatte "etudes sur la magie grecque, v. akefalo% yeo, bulletin de correspondance hellenique 38 (1914) 196, line 12. 11 reg. vi p. 216 and 229 (nre ibet "eastern rhe [k. schmidt; reg. xii p. 244 and 247; cf. the preface to the 3rd volume in a. henrichs' edition of 1974, p. xvi; see also delatte (above, n. 10. for rhe, the sun god, and seth, see abrasax ii (above, n. 9) p. 25 (on line 514. seth in the magical texts 89 later, in a series of magic names 'iao iao seth seth (ii.1) may reflect the identification, iao= seth-typhon."12 whereas pearson is somewhat cautious, w. vycichl is not. in the article "magic, in the recently published coptic encyclopedia, the latter says" c there can be no doubt that the egyptian god is meant."13 since vyci

pgm iii.1-124; iv.179-181, 204, 208; iv.1331-1389; iv.3255-3274. while iav stood for the shorter form of the tetragrammaton (see e.g. d.g. martinez, in his commentary on p. mich. xvi.757 [a greek love charm from egypt, american studies in papyrology 30 (atlanta, georgia, 1991] 79f, it was easily connected with iv, the sound of a braying ass, thus signifying seth; see, for example, r. merkelbach, abrasax iii, abh. rhein.-westf. ak, pap. coloniensia xvii.3 (opladen 1992) 44, 19f, 214 (gg. for a picture of seth as ass, see, e.g, suppl. mag. ii.69. 15 see procope-walter "iao und set, archiv fur religionswissenschaft 30 (1933) 64-65. he does not discuss pgm iv.1331-1389. 16 see "iao und seth" 34-48. pearson did not note this text. 17 there is no need to regard the identification of jesus as "t

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

itish museum and accompanies a spell written for thepurpose of overcoming the malice of enemies, and for giving security against alarms and nocturnal visions. 1 amulet inscribed with signs and letters of magical power for overcoming the malice of enemies (from brit. mus, greek papyrus, nu. cxxiv--4th or 5th century) but of all the names found upon gnostic gems two, i.e, khnoubis (or khnoumis, and abrasax (or abraxas, are of the most frequent occurrence. the first is usually represented as a huge serpent having the head of a lion surrounded by seven or twelve rays. over the seven rays, one on the point of each, are the seven vowels of the greek alphabet, which some suppose to p. 180 refer to the seven heavens; and on the back of the amulet, on which the figure of khnoumis occurs, is usually

of course, a form of the ancient egyptian god khnemu, or "fashioner" of man and beast, the god to whom many of the attributes of the creator of the universe were ascribed. khnemu is, however, often depicted with the head of a ram, and in the later times, as the "beautiful ram of ra" he has four heads; in the egyptian monuments he has at times the head of a hawk, but never that of a lion. the god abrasax is represented in a form which has a human body, the bead of a hawk or cock, and legs terminating in serpents; in one hand he holds a knife or dagger, and in the other a shield upon which is inscribed the great name greek iaw, or jah. considerable difference of opinion exists as to the meaning and derivation of the name abrasax, but there is no doubt that the god who bore it was a form of

ond century, seems to have regarded it as an invincible name. it is probable, however, that its exact meaning was lost at an early date, and that it p. 181 soon degenerated into a mere magical symbol, for it is often found inscribed on amulets side by side with scenes and figures with which, seemingly, it cannot have any connexion whatever. judging from certain gnostic gems in the british museum, abrasax is to be identified with the polytheistic figure that stands in the upper part of the metternich stele depicted on p. 153. this figure has two bodies, one being that of a man, and the other that of a bird; from these extend four wings, and from each of his knees projects a serpent. he has two pairs of hands and arms; one pair is extended along the wings, each hand holding the symbols of "l

SOLOMON

y means of memory (commemoration, but i supply a little to those who worship me fairly" 18. and i solomon questioned her about her birth, and she replied "i was born of a voice untimely, the socalled echo of a man's ordure [1] dropped in a wood [1. for the demon born of an echo we have an analogue in the hebrew bath kol "the daughter of a voice" in the gnostic hymn to hermes, edited by dieterich, abrasax, p 19, we read, l. 104] 19. and i said to her "under what star dost thou pass" and she answered me "under the star of the full moon, for the reason that the moon travels over most things" then i said to her "and what angel is it that frustrates thee" and she said to me "he that in thee [or "through thee] is reigning" and i thought that she mocked me, and bade a soldier strike her. but she

y house. and if, being pure [3, thou light them at dawn in the sun alight, then wilt thou see the heavenly dragons, how they wind themselves along and drag the chariot of the sun [1. perhaps the "sea-bulbs" were the balls of hair-like texture which the sea washes up on mediterranean shores, e.g. in tunisia. 2. perhaps "in a row" should be read. 3. for the condition here insisted on cp. dieterich, abrasax, p. 141, where in an incantation ceremonial purity is similarly insisted on. the ritual of a magic papyrus given by dieterich, p. 169, is very similar to that here prescribed in the testament] 32. and i solomon, having heard this, rebuked him, and said "silence for this present [1, and continue to saw the marbles as i commanded thee" and i solomon praised god, and commanded another demon t

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

he house of saxe-coburg-gotha, the bloodline of the british royal family and, through its branch in prussia, the supporters of adam weishaupt, the founder of the bavarian illuminati. the paedophile murder ring which came to light in belgium in 1996 is but one part of the satanic network operating from and in that country. it was organised by marc dutroux, who is connected to the satanic order, of abrasax, based in the village of forchies-la-marche near charleroi in southern belgium not far from the castle of darkness. abrasax is abraxas, a fat-bellied demon from whom, it is likely, the magicians term, abracadabra, originated. dutroux buried alive an accomplice, bernard weinstein, and a mong weinstein's effects was a letter from the abrasax group signed by someone describing himself as the

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

e egg (small alpha- the image of the father- the massacre of the innocents, pi (winepress- the draught of ecstasy, eta. the student will find it well worth his while to seek out these ideas in detail, and develop the technique of their application. there is also the gnostic name of the seven vowels, which gives a musical formula most puissant in evocations of the soul of nature. there is moreover abraxas; there is xnoubis; there is meithras; and indeed it may briefly be stated that every true name of god gives the formula of the invocation of that god<degree of the o.t.o. are well aware of a magick word whose analysis contains all truth, human and divine, a word indeed potent for any group which dares to use it> it would therefore be impossible, even were it desirable, t

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

dered of the virgin (l) and the serpent (s. theos (root o, first written 0) means the sun in his strength and also the lingam-yoni conjoined. christos is 'the love of passion of the rising sun (r) and the serpent (s. the i and t indicate certain details which are foreign to the present discussion. neuma (atlantean n m) is the 'arch of the woman, maria, the woman of the sun* the words meithras and abraxas are again derived from atlas "the woman entered, lingam being conjoined with yoni, bears the sun from her serpent womb" and "from the womb's mouth the sun (cometh seeking) a womb for his desire, even the womb of a serpent, the course of the year being signified in this manner, as usual with the ancients. this plan of an idea corresponding to each letter was carried out very strictly: thus

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

ring the (realm of the) spirit. but the conception of the serpent as the redeemer is truer. see my explanation of the 5=6 ritual (equinox, no. iii. 361. rah ynda, the lord of the earth. note 361 denotes the 3 supernals, the 6 members of ruach, and malkuth. this name of god therefore embraces all the 10 sephiroth. 365. an important number, though not in the pure qabalah. see the canon. meiqras and abraxas in greek. 370. really more important for part ii. cu, creation. the sabbatic goat in his highest aspect. this shows the whole of creation as matter and spirit. the material 3, the spiritual 7, and all cancelling to zero. also \lc= peace. 400. the letter t, the universe. it is the square of 20, the wheel of fortune, and shows the universe as the sphere of fortune the samsara-cakkram, where

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istian fancy- is the degraded copy of the ante-christian gnostic symbol of the "good one" or "he, who created before anything existed" the celestial priapus- truly born from venus and bacchus when that god returned from his expedition into india, for venus and bacchus are the post-types of aditi and the spirit. the later priapus, one, however, with agathodaemon, the gnostic saviour, and even with abraxas, is no longer the glyph for abstract creative power, but symbolizes the four adams, or races, the fifth being represented by the five branches cut off from the tree of life on which the old man stands in the gnostic gems. the number of the root-races was recorded in the ancient greek temples by the seven vowels, of which five were framed in a panel in the initiation halls of the adyta. the

dh (phallus, and[[hebrew] he (the opening, or[[vol. 2, page] 474 the secret doctrine. the womb) according to kabalistic authority- is of a far later date than the elohim symbols and is borrowed from the pagan exoteric rites; and jehovah is thus on a par with the lingham and yoni found on every road-side in india. just as the iao of the mysteries was distinct from jehovah, so was the later iao and abraxas of some gnostic sects identical with the god of the hebrews, who was the same with the egyptian horus. this is undeniably proven on "heathen" as on the gnostic "christian" gems. in matter's collection of such gems there is a "horus" seated on the lotus, inscribed[[abrasaxiao (abraxas iao- an address exactly parallel to the so frequent[[eis zets sarapi (eis zets sarapi) on the contemporary

f the hebrews, who was the same with the egyptian horus. this is undeniably proven on "heathen" as on the gnostic "christian" gems. in matter's collection of such gems there is a "horus" seated on the lotus, inscribed[[abrasaxiao (abraxas iao- an address exactly parallel to the so frequent[[eis zets sarapi (eis zets sarapi) on the contemporary heathen gems; and therefore only to be translated by "abraxas is the one jehovah (king's gnostics, p. 327. but who was abraxas? as the same author shows "the numerical or kabalistic value of the name abraxas directly refer to the persian title of the god 'mithra' ruler of the year, worshipped from the earliest times under the appellation of iao" thus, the sun, in one aspect, the moon or the lunar genius, in another, that generative deity whom the gno

ll who participated in the esoteric knowledge of the priests, and his phonetic counterparts, whom we find treated with so little reverence by the ophites and other gnostics[[vol. 2, page] 541 the antiquity of the cross. in the ophite gems of king("gnostics) we find the name of iao repeated, and often confounded with that of jevo, while the latter simply represents one of the genii antagonistic to abraxas. but the name iao neither originated with, nor was it the sole property of the jews. even if it had pleased moses to bestow the name upon the tutelary "spirit" the alleged protector and national deity of the "chosen people of israel" there is yet no possible reason why other nationalities should receive him as the highest and one-living god. but we deny the assumption altogether. besides

e, the "maha-kalpa" co-eternal with vishnu, and also, of course, the emblem of the sun, and solar cycle. this is shown by the details of the allegory. at his birth, garuda is mistaken for agni, the god of fire, on account of his (garuda's "dazzling splendour" and called thereupon gaganeswara "lord of the sky" again, his being represented as osiris, and by many heads of allegorical monsters on the abraxas (gnostic) gems, with the head and beak of an eagle or a hawk (solar birds, denotes garuda's solar and cyclic character. his son is jatabu, the cycle of 60,000 years. as well remarked by c. w. king "whatever the primary meaning (of the gem with the solar lion and vowels) it was probably imported in its present shape from india, that true fountain head of gnostic iconography (gnostics, p. 21

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it is thus aion, who springs as a ray from ain-soph (who does not create, and aion, who creates, or through whom, rather, everything is created, or evolves[[footnote(s* as mulaprakriti is known only to iswar, the logos, as he is called now by mr. t. subba row, of madras (see his bhagavadgita lectures[[vol. 1, page] 350 the secret doctrine. for, as the basilidians taught "there was a supreme god, abraxas, by whom was created mind (mahat, in sanskrit, nous in greek "from mind proceeded the word, logos, from the word, providence (divine light, rather, then from it virtue and wisdom in principalities, powers, angels, etc, etc" by these (angels) the 365 aeons were created "amongst the lowest, indeed, and those who made this world, he (basilides) sets last of all the god of the jews, whom he de

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ah, seven pairs of each animal go into theark and seven pairs of each type of bird. there are seven days between the prediction of thedeluge and the rain and seven days between the sending of the doves. the ark comes torest on the 17th day of the seventh month, noah leaves the ark on the 27th day, and afterthe flood he begins his seventh century. many of the names for the symbolic deities, suchas abraxas of the gnostics and serapis of greece have seven letters. then there is 40.adam enters paradise when he is 40 years old; eve follows 40 years later; during the greatflood it rains for 40 days and 40 nights; seth is carried away by angels when he is 40 andis not seen for 40 days; moses is 40 when he goes to midian and he stays for 40 years;joseph is 40 years old when jacob arrives in egypt;

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praestigiis. edited by george mora. binghamton, n.y: medieval and renaissance texts and studies, 1991. abou-ryhan an arabian astrologer whose real name was mohammedben- ahmed; he is credited with introducing judicial astrology. many stories told of him in the east show that he possessed an extraordinary power to read the future. abracadabra a magical word said to be formed from the letters of the abraxas, written thus: a ab abr abra abrac abraca abracad abracada abracadab abracadabr abracadabra or the reverse way. the pronunciation of this word, according to julius africanus, was equally efficacious either way. according to serenus 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

ed abraxas as their supreme god and said that jesus christ was only a phantom sent to earth by him. they believed that his name contained great mysteries, as it was composed of the seven greek letters which form the number 365, the number of days in a year. abraxas, they thought, had under his command 365 gods, to whom they attributed 365 virtues, one for each day. the older mythologists consider abraxas an egyptian god, and demonologists describe him as a demon with the head of a king and with serpents forming his feet. ancient amulets depict abraxas with a whip in his hand, and his name inspired the mystic word abracadabra. sources: drury, nevill, and stephen skinner. the search for abraxas. london: spearman, 1972. abred the innermost of three concentric circles representing the totality

tulasi) and regarded as sacred to the god vishnu and the goddess lakshmi. it is grown in pots near hindu homes and temples. it is used in cooking and is also believed to help secure children. basilidians a gnostic sect founded by basilides of alexandria, who claimed to have received his esoteric doctrines from glaucias, a disciple of the apostle peter. basilides recognized one supreme being named abraxas. the sect posited three grades of existence.material, intellectual, and spiritual.and possessed two allegorical statues, male and female. the doctrine had many points of resemblance to that of the ophites and the jewish kabala. sources: legge, francis. forerunners and rivals of christianity from 333 b.c. to 330 a.d. 2 vols. 1915. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1964. basilis

front of which she danced and sang in the nude until the two halves of the bird came together again and it came to life and crowed. the name of the cock was pronounced by the ancient greeks as a cure for the diseases of animals, and it was said by the romans that locked doors could be opened with its tail feathers. the bird was pictured on amulets in early times and also figured as the symbol of abraxas, the principal deity of a gnostic sect. the cock was regarded as the guide of souls to the underworld, and in this respect was associated by the greeks with persephone and hermes. the slavs of pagan times sacrificed cocks to the dead and to the household serpents, in which they believed their ancestors to be reincarnated. conversely, the cock was pictured as having an infernal connection

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in osman spare. he saw in sigils a means of concentrating the magical will. he would write his magic intention or will down in a sentence or word, and then combine the major letters (without repeating any letter) into a patterned shape, the sigil. the symbolic shape thus created could be impressed upon the subconscious for working magic. sources: drury, nevill, and stephen skinner. the search for abraxas. london: neville spearman, 1972. gettings, fred. dictionary of occult, hermetic and alchemical sigils. london: routledge& kegan paul, 1981. signs (paranormal) at various moments in history and in times of great stress, suffering, and persecution, reports of paranormal signs (believed to portend great events) frequently emerged. under these conditions it was not unusual for ecstatic states

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hem. but his career, at least as a public rabbi, was of a too short duration to allow him to establish a regular school of his own; and, with the exception, perhaps, of john, it does m>t seem that he bad initiated any other apostle. the gnostic amulets and taliamans are mostly the emblems^ the apocalyptic allegories. the 'seven vowels' are closely related to the 'seven seals; and the mystic title abraxas partakes as much of the composition c^ skvm ham-tnxjaoraah 'the holy word' or ineffable name, as the name called: the word of god, that "no man imew but he hirmdf* as john ex- it would be difbcult to escape from the well-adduced proofs that the apocalypse is the production of an initiated kabalist, when this revdo' hon presents whole passages taken from the books of enoch and danid, which

s ezaggvated every gnostic t^inioti into a monstrous absurdity, and his ai^umeots are not based on coercive reasoning but simply on the blind stubbornness of a partisan fanatic. discussing ba^des, the "pious, god-like, tbeosopbic philosopher" as clement of alex- andria thou^t him, tertullian exclaims "after this boailides, the heretic, broke looae^ he asserted that there is a supreme god, by name abraxas, by whom mind was created, whom the greeks call noiu. from her emanated the word; from the word, providence; from providence, virtue and wisdom; from these two again, princip d itiea^ power$ and angdt were made; thence infinite productions and emiaaioqs of angels. among the lowest angels, indeed, and those that made this world, he sets lah of all the god of the jews, whom he denies to be g

n who have furnished it are expended such great sums every year would still better prove the identity of the two; but we lack space, and are also spared the necessity of proving what is already thoroughly demonstrated. in the ophite gems of king onoatiet, we find the name of lao re- peated, and often confounded with that of levo, while the latter simply represents one of the genii antagonistic to abraxas. in order that these names may not be taken as identical with the name of the jewish jeho- vah we will at once explain this word. it seems to us surpasnngly strange that so many learned archaeologists should have so little insisted that there was more than one jehovah, and disclaimed that the name origin- 751. cuuider thoae two dianwtrkauy<^ipomd doctrinca the catholic and the prototant; t

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as applied to the druidical stones. had dr. borlase been acquainted with the irish mss, significantly adds colonel vallancey, he would have found that the druidical oracular stone called loghan, which yet retains its name in cornwall, is the irish logh-oun, or stone into which the druids pretended that the logh, or divine essence, descended when they consulted it as an oracle. logh in the gnostic abraxas. 47 celtic is the same as logos in the greek; both terms mean the logos( word) or the holy ghost. sanchoniathon, the phoenician, says that ouranus contrived, in boetulia, stones that moved as having life. stukeley s abury, p. 97, may be here referred to for further proofs of the mystic origin of these stones, and also the celtic druids of godfrey higgins, in contradiction to those who woul

s, who constructed the earlier cathedrals, as to the addition and as to the precise value of the second (or feminine) tower at the western end (or galilee) of a church. valentinus is called the profoundest doctor of the gnosis. according to him, the eons (angels, or effusions) number fifteen pairs, which represent the thirty degrees of each sign of the zodiac. the name of the great gnostic deity, abraxas, is derived as follows: ab, or af( let it be; rax, or rak( adore; sas, or sax, for sadshi( name. the entire gnostic system was not derived either from the kabala, or from the grecian philosophy, but from the east, as mosheim long ago maintained: so declares the author of the gnostics and their remains; but it is a thorough mistake, both in his authority (mosheim, and also in himself. we sh

important item of feminine under-attire; and king edward s knightly feeling, and the religious devo* see post, and through chapter the thirtieth, for particular facts very important in the authentic history of the garter. origin of the order of the garter. 159 tion of the object, will be perceived upon close and delicately respectful consideration. there is great obscurity as to the character of abraxas, the divinity of the gnostics. the eons, or degrees of advance in the zodiacal circle, are thirty in number to each of the twelve signs, and consequently there are 360 to the entire astronomical circle, or 365, counting for each day of the solar year. the inscription upon the gnostic gems, ceou, is probably intended for qeou; for the arabs yet substitute the s for the th in their pronuncia

r. st. irenseus, whose period is the end of the second century, draws all these startling inferences from the book of enoch, and names sophia as signifying the divine wisdom. the ophite scheme seems evidently the bhuddistic bythos, answering to the first buddha. sige, sophia, christos, achamoth, ildabaoth, answer to the successive five others (gnostics, p. 27; bellermann s drei programmer ber die abraxas-gemmen, berlin, 1820; basilides; tertullian, de prescript: serpentem magnificant in tantum, ut ilium etiam christo pr ferant. see tertullian, epiphanius, and theodoret: st. john iii. 14, also. we now refer the reader to some significant figures towards the end of our volume, which will be found according to their numbers. figure 289: the abraxas-god, invested with all the attributes of pho

, fasis ariwrif the manifestation of arioriph. venus here stands for the personification of the gnostic sophia, or achamoth, and as such is the undoubted source of our conventional representation of truth (montfaucon, pi. clxi) reverse, figure 312, which represents harpocrates seated upon the lotus, springing from a double lamp, formed of two phalli united at the base. above his head is his title abraxas, and over that is the name iao. in the field are the seven planets. the sacred animals the scarab, ibis, asp, goat, crocodile, vulture, emblems of so many deities (viz. phre, thoth, isis, merides, bebys, neith) the principal in the egyptian mythology, arranged by threes, form a frame to the design. neatly engraved on a large, bright loadstone (the gnostics, p. 211. origin of the tricolor

. talisman: the four elements. fig. 235. wizard s foot: pentalpha, listic tradition that no. 2 was destroyed in the deluge. notice also their resemblance to the phallus or phallos, lingam or lingham. lithoi= ll-th-oi. alpha l omega u bringer ch x lux fer- fero lucifer: the day-star, morning star. lucifera: an epiphet of diana. fig 236. figs. 239, 240, represent, under different aspects, the armed abraxas, the chief deity of the gnostics. in fig. 239 fig. 237. pillars of seth. fig. 238 (1) osiris, bhidd (2) thus in india (3) hermes. thus in egypt (4) bel or baal. thus in britain (all the ahove are different versions of the phallus with its meanings) he is displayed with characteristics of apollo, or the sun rising in the east, in the quadriga, or four-horsed chariot. the gnostic abraxas. 27

chief deity of the gnostics. in fig. 239 fig. 237. pillars of seth. fig. 238 (1) osiris, bhidd (2) thus in india (3) hermes. thus in egypt (4) bel or baal. thus in britain (all the ahove are different versions of the phallus with its meanings) he is displayed with characteristics of apollo, or the sun rising in the east, in the quadriga, or four-horsed chariot. the gnostic abraxas. 271 fig. 240: abraxas brandishing his whip, as if chasing away the evil genii. on his shield, the titles if. iaw. neat work. green jasper (the gnostics, p. 201. the ur on or winged solar disc, or egg, from which issue, on reversed sides, the two emblematical asps, has fig. 239. fig. 240. certain characteristics which ally it with the scarab us. both ur on and scarab us are symbols continual on the fronts of the

8. known angel, with the four stars in the angles. this is michael, or the saviour, the chief of the ons, seventy-two in number, and composed of six times twelve; there being three double decades, for the night and for fig. 249. fig. 250. the day, in each lunar period or sign of the zodiac; each of which consists of thirty degrees. in another aspect, this symbol stands for the gnostic chief deity abraxas, the letters of whose name make up the number of days of the solar circle. 274 the rosicrucians. the following group of figures gives some of the significant hieroglyphs from the egyptian sculptures (a) plume, spiritual power (b) jackal, priesthood (c) tau, fleur-de-lis, crux-ansata (d) placenta, religious solemnities (e) horns, power (f) anser, prudence (g) nonage (h) asp, sovereignty (i)

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tes, this link has been mutually acknowledged, and is not the result of regular nomenclature, but constitutes the cooperation of my branch with another. the abbey of thelema is also a subdivision of the order of thelema, and works closely and in cooperation with the holy order of rahoorkhuit and in association with the holy gnostic catholic church. it has also established the headland press a 1 2 abraxas as conceived by crowley in 1919 (though never carried out by him, in order to publish thelemic and related works. the once secret practices of the magical order ordo templi orientis (oto) revolved around sex magic, which was taught in stages as the students attained the eighth and ninth degrees of the eleven-degree system. however, in the system taught by the abbey, a student who has reach

emites. because the abbey is a secret order,much of its teachings and practices are not revealed to nonmembers. the abbey has about a hundred members, scattered throughout the united states, canada, greece, england, and australia. see also crowley, aleister;magic and magical groups for further reading: melton, j. gordon. encyclopedia of american religion. 5th ed. detroit, mi: gale research, 1996. abraxas abraxas is a term associated with gnosticism, an ancient religious movement influencing judaism, christianity, and contemporaneous paganism that was prominent during the first few centuries of the common era. its central teaching was that this world was the creation of an evil deity who had trapped human spirits in the physical world. our true home is the absolute spirit, referred to as th

ich we should seek to return. two distinct types of entities are associated with gnosticism: aeons and archons. the aeons are the higher spiritual beings who reside in the pleroma. the archons are the rulers, created by the evil demiurge, who govern this world and who act as guardians preventing the sparks of light (i.e, the divine essence of individual human beings) from returning to the pleroma.abraxas appears to have originally referred to the great unknown out of which the aeons and the pleroma itself emerged. however, in later cabalistic thought, abraxas becomes the designation of the chief aeon. yet other ancient writers portrayed abraxas as a demon and/or as an archon who ruled other archons. abraxas was also associated with magic, and was said to be the source of the familiar term

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listic characters and terrifying images in white [enter the servant of hermes, a negro uglier than an ape. he is immensely long and lean; his body hangs forward, so that his arms nearly touch the ground. he is clad in a tightly fitting suit of scarlet, and wears a scarlet skullcap. he makes deep obeisance] hermes. speak, hanuman! hanuman. a lady [hermes nods gravely. exit hanuman. hermes. abaoth! abraxas! pur! pur! aeou! thoth [enter the lady psyche with one attendant. ee! oo! uu! iao sabaoth! dogs of hell! mumble spell! up! up! up! sup! sup! sup! adonis 23 u! aoth! abaoth! abraoth! sabaoth! livid, loath, obey the oath! ah [he shuts the book with a snap. you have come to me because you are crossed in love. psyche. most true, sir! hermes. ah! you fre greek! psyche. as you yourself, sir. her

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the (realm of the) spirit. but the conception of the serpent as the redeemer is truer. see my explanation of the 5=6 ritual (equinox, no. iii. 361. rah ynda, the lord of the earth. note 361 denotes the 3 supernals, the 6 members of ruach, and malkuth. this name of god therefore embraces all the 10 sephiroth. 365. an important number, though not in the pure qabalah. see .the canon..55 meiqras and abraxas in greek. 370. really more important for part ii. co, creation. the sabbatic goat in his highest aspect. this shows the whole of creation as matter and spirit. the material 3, the spiritual 7, and all cancelling to zero. also \lc= peace. 400. the letter t .the universe. it is the square of 20 .the wheel of fortune. and shows the universe as the sphere of fortune.the samsara-cakkram, where

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becomes necessary to disentangle desires. so, conation often entails a struggle resulting in abortive and strange after-births. therefore weed out the clinging hindrances of prejudices, conventions, creeds that have intertwisted in the processes of thought, desiring a body which stultifies your ability and makes strangers of your words and acts, and a solecism of the inbred urge. we must make an abraxas of our desire, to foil all irrelevancies. everything in this world may be easily evoked and obtained through evil, which being contagious needs little evoking because everyone is relatable to it by their correlatives. i am the power of my desire (id. gods do not die but our belief in them dies through the absurdities we attribute to them. our changing is usually a renaming and a reclothing

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t mysteries and secret societies which have influenced modern masonic symbolism ancient systems of education--celsus concerning the christians--knowledge necessary to right living--the druidic mysteries of britain and gaul--the rites of mithras--the mithraic and christian mysteries contrasted. 21 the ancient mysteries and secret societies, part ii the gnostic mysteries--simon magus and basilides--abraxas, the gnostic concept of deity--the mysteries of serapis--labyrinth symbolism--the odinic, or gothic, mysteries. 25 the ancient mysteries and secret societies, part iii the eleusinian mysteries--the lesser rites--the greater rites--the orphic mysteries- the bacchic mysteries--the dionysiac mysteries. 29 atlantis and the gods of antiquity plato's atlantis in the light of modern science-the m

its fundamental principles in the preceding century. the alexandrian basilides inculcated egyptian hermeticism, oriental occultism, chaldean astrology, and persian philosophy in his followers, and in his doctrines sought to unite the schools of early christianity with the ancient pagan mysteries. to him is attributed the formulation of that peculiar concept of the deity which carries the name of abraxas. in discussing the original meaning of this word, godfrey higgins, in his celtic druids, has demonstrated that the numerological powers of the letters forming the word abraxas when added together result in the sum of 365. the same author also notes that the name mithras when treated in a similar manner has the same numerical value. basilides caught that the click to enlarge the death of si

pirits of the air, is here shown being picked up by the demons. st. peter demands that the evil genii release their hold upon the magician. the demons are forced to comply and simon magus is killed by the fall. p. 26 powers of the universe were divided into 365 ons, or spiritual cycles, and that the sum of all these together was the supreme father, and to him he gave the qabbalistical appellation abraxas, as being symbolical, numerologically, of his divine powers, attributes, and emanations. abraxas is usually symbolized as a composite creature, with the body of a human being and the head of a rooster, and with each of his legs ending in a serpent. c. w. king, in his gnostics and their remains, gives the following concise description of the gnostic philosophy of basilides, quoting from the

heir remains, gives the following concise description of the gnostic philosophy of basilides, quoting from the writings of the early christian bishop and martyr, st. iren us "he asserted that god, the uncreated, eternal father, had first brought forth nous, or mind; this the logos, word; this again phronesis, intelligence; from phronesis sprung sophia, wisdom, and dynamis, strength" in describing abraxas, c. w. king says "bellermann considers the composite image, inscribed with the actual name abraxas, to be a gnostic pantheos, representing the supreme being, with the five emanations marked out by appropriate symbols. from the human body, the usual form assigned to the deity, spring the two supporters, nous and logos, expressed in the serpents, symbols of the inner senses, and the quickeni

edict of theodosius, struck the alexandrian serapis with his ax, that instrument was shattered into fragments and sparks flew from it. it is also quite probable that serapis was worshiped in the form of a serpent, in common with many of the higher deities of the egyptian and greek pantheons. serapis was called theon heptagrammaton, or the god with the name of seven letters. the name serapis (like abraxas and mithras) contains seven letters. in their hymns to serapis the priests chanted the seven vowels. occasionally serapis is depicted with horns or a coronet of seven rays. these evidently represented the seven divine intelligences manifesting through the solar light. the encyclop dia britannica notes that the earliest authentic mention of serapis is in connection with the death of alexand

believes that originally the band of the zodiac was at right angles to the equator, with the sign of cancer opposite the north pole and the sign of capricorn opposite the south pole. it is possible that the orphic symbol of the serpent twisted around the egg attempts to show the motion of the sun in relation to the earth under such conditions. mr. mackey advances the labyrinth of crete, the name abraxas, and the magic formula, abracadabra, among other things, to substantiate his theory. concerning abracadabra he states "but the slow progressive disappearance of the bull is most happily commemorated in the vanishing series of letters so emphatically expressive of the great astronomical fact. for abracadabra is the bull, the only bull. the ancient sentence split into its component parts sta

by consulting the foregoing table of letter values, it is found that the four characters of this sacred name have the following numerical significance: yod equals 10. he equals 5, vau equals 6, and the second he equals 5. therefore, 10+5+6+5=26, a synonym of jehovah. if the english letters were used, the answer obviously would not be correct. the second example is the mysterious gnostic pantheos abraxas. for this name the greek table is used. abraxas in greek is braxav. a= 1, b= 2, r= 100, a= 1, x =60, a= 1, v= 200, the sum being 365, the number of days in the year. this number furnishes the key to the mystery of abraxas, who is symbolic of the 365 ons, or spirits of the days, gathered together in one composite personality. abraxas is symbolic of five creatures, and as the circle of the y

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ing: the first-born, thought, the word, reflection, wisdom, power, and righteousness [greek??t, f??ts, s??a??a, and [greek??a??s] protogonos, nous, logos, phronesis, sophia, dunamis, and dikarosune; from whom emanated other intelligences in succession, to the number, in all, of three hundred and sixty-five; which were god manifested, and composed the plenitude of the divine emanations, or the god abraxas; of which the thought [or intellect [greek: nou. nous] united itself, by baptism in the river jordan, with the man jesus, servant[[greek: d. diakonos] of the human race; but did not suffer with him; and the disciples of basilides taught that the [greek, put on the appearance only of humanity, and that simon of cyrene was crucified in his stead and ascended into heaven. basilides held that

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biting the hilt of a sword; for venus, a lingam; for mercury, the hermetic caduceus and the cynocephalus; for jupiter, the blazing pentagram in the talons or beak of an eagle; for saturn, a lame and aged man, or a serpent curled about the sun-stone. all these symbols are found on engraved stones of the ancients and especially on those talismans of the gnostic epochs which are known by the name of abraxas. in the collection of the talismans of paracelsus, jupiter is represented by a priest in ecclesiastical garb, while in the tarot he appears as a grand hierophant crowned with a triple tiara, holding a three-barred cross in his hands, forming the magical triangle, and representing at once the sceptre and key of the three worlds. by collating all that has been said about the unity of the tri

ostle will not set fire to our literary museums and confiscate the printing-press in the interest of some fresh religious infatuation, some newly accredited legend? the study of talismans and pantacles is one of the most curious branches of magic and connects with historical numismatics. there are indian, egyptian and greek talismans, kabalistic medals coming from ancient and modern jews, gnostic abraxas, occult tokens in use among members of secret societies and sometimes called counters of the sabbath. so also there are templar medals and jewels 92 the doctrine of transcendental magic of freemasonry. in his treatise on the wonders of nature, coglenius describes the talismans of solomon and those of rabbi chael. designs of many others that are most ancient will be found in the magical cal

RITUEL ET DOGME DE LA HAUTE MAGIE BY ELIPHAS LEVI PART II

d of an ox, goat or dog, in ancient theogonies. it is the dual serpent of the caduceus, the old serpent of genesis, but it is also the brazen serpent of moses, twined about the tau, that is, the generating lingam. it is, moreover, the goat of the sabbath and the baphomet of the templars; it is the hyle of the gnostics; it is the double tail of the serpent which forms the legs of the solar cock of abraxas. in fine, it is the devil of m. eudes de mirville and is really that blind force which souls must overcome if they would be freed from the chains of earth; for, unless their will can detach them from this fatal attraction, they will be absorbed in the current by the force which produced them, and will return to the central and eternal fire. the whole magical work consists therefore in our

ious things which we have found on this subject are indicated by the mystical figures and magical legends in a book of henry khunrath, entitled amphitheatrum sapientae aeternae. khunrath represents and resumes the most learned gnostic schools, and connects in symbology with the mysticism of synesius. he affects christianity in expressions and in signs, but it is easy to see that his christ is the abraxas, the luminous pentagram radiating on the astronomical cross, the incarnation in humanity of the sovereign sun celebrated by the emperor julian; it is the luminous and living manifestation of that ruach- elohim which, according to moses, brooded and worked upon the bosom of the waters at the birth of the world; it is the man-sun, the monarch of light, the supreme magus, the master and conqu

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which is the only legal alternative to ordinary military service in finland. on duty, many new and fascinating questions on the nature of the aggressiveness of the human being were brought to my mind, especially those dealing with the sociobiological view, which (though it often consists of rather contradictory doctrines) is held high by such l.h.p.imagery utilizing groups as the kennel of satan, abraxas foundation, o.n.a. and o.l.h.p. the purpose of this article is to discuss aggression in human beings from the sociobiological vantage point and in general. i. the sociobiological view of human nature all in all, most modern scientists are of the opinion that if man were composed only of adaptivity, capacity for learning, and desire for satisfaction, these (and any others) would have to be

SATANGEL

transformed in reward for his recording of the angelic lore for humankind into a fiery angel with six times six wings and countless eyes. in this form he is the angelic scribe who records all in the aetheric archives. in gnostic scripture, metatron is identified as the demiurge, the prince of darkness who is the creator of the material universe. thus he is identified as satan, or ha-satan, and as abraxas. the holiness or unholiness of the metatron is undecided, thrown backwards and forwards by the argumenets of theologians, priests, magicians and rabbi. as such it is a most paradoxical name to conjure with. shekinah according to the zohar the creation of the world was the work of the shekinah, who is the female aspect of the metatron. the shekinah was exiled after the fall of adam and eve

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an; on his head is a pylon-shaped object with figures of various animals, and above it a pair of horns which support eight knives and the figure of a god with raised hands and arms, which typifies "millions of years" the god stands upon an oval wherein are depicted figures of various "typhonic" animals, and from each side of his crown proceed several symbols of fire. whether in the gnostic system abraxas absorbed all the names and attributes of this god of many forms cannot be said with certainty. footnotes 157:1 line 169. 158:1 pepi ii (ed. maspero, 1. 669, ff. recueil, tom. xii. 1892, p. 146. 161:1 see my paper in archaologia, vol. lii, london, 1891. 162:1 see chapters of coming forth by day, p. 49. 163:1 see chapters of coming forth by day, p. 191. 164:1 see chapters of coming forth by

SOLOMON

. the thirty-third said "i am called agchoni n. i lie among swaddling-clothes and in the precipice. and if any one write on fig-leaves 'lycurgos' taking away one letter at a time, and write it, reversing the letters, i retire at once 'lycurgos, ycurgos, kurgos, yrgos, gos, os [1 [1. botryd n, for which bornemann conjectures boystrofyd n. there is a parallel in a magic papyrus edited by dieterich (abraxas, p. 185] 104. the thirty-fourth said "i am called autothith. i cause grudges and fighting. therefore i am frustrated by alpha and omega, if written down" 105. the thirty-fifth said "i am called phthenoth. i cast evil eye on every man. therefore, the eye muchsuffering, if it be drawn. frustrates me" 106. the thirty-sixth said "i am called bianakith. i have a grudge against the body. i lay w

TEXE MARRS CODEX MAGICA SECRET SIGNS MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS AND HIDDEN CODES OF THE ILLUMINATI

in greece wears a pendent of the crowned double-headed eagle as a talisman around his neck. the cross, meanwhile, is relegated to the left side of the satanic talisman. that ravenous dark bird 257 the magical head of zohar is a cabalistic design illustrating the concept of opposites, the principle of "as above, so below" it is widely used by cabalists and jewish rabbis as an instructional device. abraxas, the gnostic rooster god, symbolic of the sun god. notice the two serpent legs, indicating the satanic doctrine of duality. 258 codex magica in tarot card decks, one of the cards depicts "the magician (also called the magus or the juggler, a young man holding up a wand in his right hand, and pointing to the earth with his left. on a table before him are the four elemental symbols, and abov

in an inverted triangle like this: black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 365 next, the paper on which the word was written was to be tied round the patient's neck for nine days and then thrown backwards over the shoulder into a stream running eastwards. the fever then would shrink to nothing, the patient was told. the magical word abracadabra comes from worship of the gnostic god, abraxas. it literally means: the dead body, or corpse, of abraxas. witches often use the triangle as a protective symbol. they foolishly believe it can be used as a talisman, especially if the tetragrammaton, the hebrew letters for god, are inserted inside the triangle. the masons do the same thing essentially in the masters jewel of the 4th degree. the triangle is inscribed on the ring given hold

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

ss ye repent, then will the lord root out your order from its place. i the lord will laugh at your calamity; i will mock when your fear cometh. ye shall be the scorn of evil men and your reproach shall be in the mouths of women. in the great name of baphomet do i exhort you that ye turn swiftly to the lord if so be that the mercy of the lion and the serpent may be upon you in the name of meithras abraxas iao sabao. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c3.html (4 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. go then, sir knights, rejoice in dame and squire, but let not your understanding be darkened, or your wisdom be baulked of its effect. in beauty behold the crown ineffable, and beyond the crown that wonder which awaiteth hi

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splendent dragon of wisdom whereas the inferior triangle is the black dragon. the sign of the infinite or the tau cross is found in the center of the two triangles; both are phallic (sexual) signs. the soul is found between the two triangles and has to decide between the white dragon and the black dragon. such a dilemma is absolutely sexual. the clue is found in the serpent. the rooster s legs of abraxas are made by the double tail of a serpent. the tempting serpent of eden exists as well as moses serpent of brass [nachash] interlaced around the tau, in other words, entwined around the sexual lingam (the phallus; the yoni is the uterus. normally the serpent is enclosed within the chakra muladhara (church of ephesus. the serpent slumbers in that coccygeal center entwined three and a half ti

nte drag n de la sabidur a. el tri ngulo inferior es el drag n negro. en el centro de los dos tri ngulos se halla el signo del infinito o la cruz tau. ambos signos son f licos (sexuales. el alma se halla entre los dos tri ngulos, y tiene que resolverse por el drag n blanco o por el drag n negro. el problema es absolutamente sexual. la clave se encuentra en la serpiente. las patas del gallo de los abraxas, es una doble cola de serpiente. existe la serpiente tentadora del ed n y la serpiente de cobre de mois s entrelazadas en el tau, es decir en el lingam sexual (el lingam es el phalo; el yoni, el tero. la serpiente normalmente est encerrada en el chacra muladhara (iglesia de efeso. ella dormita en ese centro cox geo enroscada tres veces y media. la serpiente debe salir de su iglesia inevita

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