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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

nowledge, by sacrificing himself on the world tree. odin can be invoked for magic and divination, especially for casting runes, for inspiration with words and oratory, for expansion of horizons and for male power magic. if frigg is also invoked, the energies are more balanced. deities of change these deities may be invoked in rituals involving not only change but also good fortune. oya oya is the african goddess, also known as yoruba, who rules the winds and so controls the winds of change. she oversees trading and the marketplace, and brings good fortune to all honest traders and those who work with finance. she is very powerful, described as an amazonian warrior and life-giver with dominion over the storms. she can be invoked at times of change and for all matters of employment, commerce

efore the days of acid rain, practitioners of magick would use rainwater collected in a container before it touched the ground as sacred water. nowadays, you may find it necessary to revitalise the rainwater you use with a few drops of flower essence. there are many brands available: agrimony from dr bach's flower essences; goatbeard from the pacific flower essence remedies; coconut palm from the african and amazonian essences; alaskan soap berry; deva fig tree or morning glory; and findhorn rowan, all of which seem to work as purifiers for me. flower and tree essences are created from the living energies of the plant and this spirit water is especially good for protective baths. a protective water ritual this ritual is particularly effective for removing the effects of spite or unfair cri

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

angelic language contained in the book; he did not give further details and as far as i am aware has not published his findings. some researchers (e.g. laycock, 1978) are of the opinion that the material recorded in logaeth may be a glossolalia. liber lxxxiv 35 it appears that some unacknowledged work in the compilation of the published parts of chanokh was done by james windram, crowley s south african lieutenant; and that crowley later attempted to palm off the work of writing the continuation onto him, but without result. the first part of chanokh was reprinted as the symbolic representation of the universe by unicorn press of seattle in the 1970s. both published parts were included in the compilation gems from the equinox edited by f.i. regardie, the plates vilely reproduced and the n

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

bts and delusions, confers all blessings, teaches all truth, and contains all delights. but it is important that the adept should not rest in mere inexpressible realization of his rapture, but rouse himself to make the relation submit to analysis, to render it in rational terms, and thereby enlighten his mind and heart in a sense as superior to fanatical enthusiasm as beethoven's music is to west african war-drums- section gg. the adept should have realised that his act of union with the angel implies (1) the death of his old mind save in so far as his unconscious elements preserve its memory when they absorb it, and (2) the death of his unconscious elements themselves. but their death is rather a going forth to renew their life through love. he then, by conscious comprehension of them sep

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

if you pay sufficient attention to your heart, you will make it palpitate. i accordingly proceed to a description of the country. aleister crowley .pa i. of the plains beneath atlas, and its servile race. atlas is the true name of this archipelago--continent is an altogether false term, for every 'house' or mountain peak was cut from its fellows by natural, though often very narrow waterways. the african atlas is a mere offshoot of the range. it was the true atlas that supported the ancient world by its moral and magical strength, and hence the name of the fabled globe-bearer. the root is the lemurian 'tla' or 'tlas, black, for reasons which will appear in due course 'a' is the feminine prefix, derived from the shape of the mouth when uttering the sound 'black woman' is therefore as near a

l order. but although little difficulty was found in conquering the country in the military sense, the natives had to be almost exterminated, and the labour of the survivors proved difficult to enforce. it was even then not a tenth as efficient as that of the serviles at home. the imported serviles moreover caught native diseases, and died in hundreds; and though by prodigious sacrifices the west african empire was kept going for nearly 200 years, it had to end at last no less ingloriously than the french adventure in mexico, or the english in india, and south africa* the main causes were the impossibility of breeding children in a climate so unsuitable, even of maintaining their own women, and above all the fact that the crude zro was not of a quality equal to that obtained in atlas, and

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 2

ds to the same heaven; each method used wrongly, or mistaken for the end, side-tracks the adept into some limbo or plunges him into some hell. to all such as are of a devout disposition prayer offers an excellent means of concentration towards this end_ identification with adonai. and it matters no whit to what we pray, whether it be to buddha or to christ, or the top-hat and gin-bottle of a west african ju-ju, so long as we pray with our whole heart; and eventually, as the vision informs, belief, faith, prayer, worship and supplication vanish, the 246 burning- glass of our will has set on fire the white sheet of paper that had been our ideal; it crumples, turns brown, blackens, and bursts into flame. the gates of the mind swing apart, and the realm into which we rush is as different from

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 4 2

carefully indicated on the map at the end of the book. though it may seem strange that they crossed vast oceans, it must be born in mind that the configurations of the globe have changed since those remote periods; besides, primitive man did get about the world in a most extraordinary way, as such islands as madagascar and easter island prove. the inhabitants of the former are polynesian and not african, of the later, seemingly melanesian, judging by their skulls, and the solomon islands, the nearest melanesian islands to easter island, are thousands of miles away. ducie island, the nearest island to easter island, is many hundred miles away, and the coast of south america is no less than 2,300 miles distant. and yet in this tiny island we find proofs of very high civilization, and it is

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 6

n was low and tremulous; but the caucasions understood. it was like the scream of the typhoon, ripping the sails. ninon broke into a high hysterical sob of utmost laughter. she had not seen such a comedy since- she had never seen such a comedy. what a dull brute that black creature was! edgar rolles rose with a jerk. he did not know what was coming. and then light dawned in the dense brain of the african. 141 the thousand meshes of her spider web were torn. he understood. he understood that she cared nothing, had never cared, would never have given a hair of her head or all his body and soul. understanding was to his brain a momentary death. then with a silent snarl he sprang at her. she and her chair crashed backwards to the floor, and the black leopard was upon her, his teeth sunk in her

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

groups of human units inhabit seven continents during evolution. s. d, ii, 6, 7, 8. a. first race..the imperishable sacred land. b. the 2nd race..the hyperborean land. c. the 3rd race..l. emurian. d. the 4th race..a. tlantean. e. the 5th race..a. ryan. f. two more races will succeed the present one. 210 40: such are the veddhas of ceylon, the bushman of australia, and certain of the lowest of the african races. see s. d, ii, 206, 300, 439. 211 41: these are the lipika lords. see s. d, i, 157. 212 42: s. d, i, 494; ii, 112, 149, 333. 213 (popup- popup) 43: s. d, iii, section 41; iii, 345. 214 44 there are fundamentally three kinds of pralaya. see s. d, i, 397-398. 1. solar pralaya. this comes at the end of one hundred years of brahma. it marks reabsorption into unity. it marks end of manife

ALICE A BAILEY09 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME I ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY I

on, training and attitude of the men who practiced it. in one part of the world, one woman may have many husbands; in another, one husband is legally entitled to four wives, if so he choose, and in the harem and the kraal such conditions are always to be found. in the west, a man has legally one wife, but through his promiscuity and his so-called "romantic" adventures, he really has as many as an african chieftain; and today, women are little better. i have enumerated the above conditions with no thought of criticism in my mind, but simply as a statement of fact, and in order to awaken in the average reader a realisation of a world-wide condition which is probably quite different to their ordinary surmise. i write not for the specialists, but for the average intelligent student who needs a

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

d also came out of it for the black race. the story of these relationships is still unfinished, and unless it is conducted in the future with righteousness and justice, may terminate in tragedy. there is, however, much improvement in the internal history of these territories, and there is much reason for optimism. the problem of the negro falls into two divisions: the problem of the future of the african negro and the problem of the future of the negro in the western hemisphere. africa is potential and the destiny of its countless millions of inhabitants is still in the embryonic stage; the relationship of its true inhabitants to the alien races who seek to dominate them remains still in the realm of political manoeuvring and commercial greed. it should, however, be recognized that in spit

behind the many separative religious cults of that dark land, there emerges a fundamental and pure mysticism, ranging all the way from nature worship and a primitive animism to a deep occult knowledge and an esoteric understanding which may some day make africa the seat of the purest form of occult teaching and living. this, however, lies several centuries ahead. in considering the problem of the african negro, it is the long range vision with which we must deal and the steady rising into power of millions of people who have, as yet, only made the first steps towards modern civilization and culture, but are taking others with an almost frightening rapidity. the undesirable aspects of civilization are present, but the benefits conferred far outweigh these, and the negro, in spite of his nat

t wonderful continent, and contribute their trained skill, their proved commercial benefits and their scientific knowledge to all that africa has to offer of usefulness and productive materials to the world? the european nations and the british peoples are now following a programme leading to the release of africa into the hands of its own people. at the same time, a sane patience should lead the african peoples to concentrate on educational processes, and agricultural and economic developments- 63- problems of humanity copyright 1998 lucis trust the destiny of this great land will clarify itself and africa will take its place as a great centre of cultural light, shining within a civilized land. unless both races, the black and the white, approach the problem of their relationship with san

ALICE A BAILEY20 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME IV ESOTERIC HEALING

themselves in the path of war. this movement of millions of men everywhere is one of the paramount factors which will condition the new civilisation, and its importance is based upon the fact that in twenty-five years' time men and women will be a hybrid race whose fathers and mothers will be of every imaginable nation; white fathers will have had physical relation with women of every asiatic or african origin, thus producing a fusion of blood which if recognised and rightly handled and developed, from the educational angle and with understanding will express in embryo the nature of the sixth rootrace, and which will be in fact humanity without any racial or national barriers, with no so-called pure blood and exclusive castes, and with a new and virile sense of life because of the infusio

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

ully developed only in the following round, when it will have an opportunity of becoming entirely divine until the end of the rounds. as christian schoettgen says in horae hebraic, etc, the first terrestrial adam "had only the breath of life" nephesh, but not the living soul (b) here the inferior races, of which there are still some analogues left- as the australians (now fast dying out) and some african and oceanic tribes- are meant "they were not ready" signifies that the karmic development of these monads had not yet fitted them to occupy the forms of men destined for incarnation in higher intellectual races. but this is explained later on (c) the zohar speaks of "black fire" which is absolute light-wisdom. to those who, prompted by old theological prejudice, may say "but the asuras are

not ready: which have to evolve during the present round, as on the three remaining globes (hence on four different planes of being) so as to arrive at the level of the average class when they reach the fifth round. one remark may prove useful, as food for thought to the student in this connection. the monads of the lowest specimens of humanity (the "narrow-brained* savage south-sea islander, the african, the australian) had no karma to work out when first born as men, as their more favoured brethren in intelligence had. the former are spinning out karma only now; the latter are burdened with past, present, and future karma. in this respect the poor savage is more fortunate than the greatest genius of civilised countries. let us pause before giving any more such strange teachings. let us t

al ancestor[[footnote(s* the term here means neither the dolicho-cephalic nor the brachyo-cephalic, nor yet skulls of a smaller volume, but simply brains devoid of intellect generally. the theory which would judge of the intellectual capacity of a man according to his cranial capacity, seems absurdly illogical to one who has studied the subject. the skulls of the stone period, as well as those of african races (bushmen included) show that the first are above rather than below the average of the brain capacity of the modern man, and the skulls of the last are on the whole (as in the case of papuans and polynesians generally) larger by one cubic inch than that of the average frenchman. again, the cranial capacity of the parisian of today represents an average of 1437 cubic centimetres compar

e name for his late continent. he traces, properly enough, the centre of human evolution to "lemuria" but with a slight scientific variation. speaking of it as that "cradle of mankind" he pictures the gradual transformation of the anthropoid mammal into the primeval savage! vogt, again, holds that in america man sprang from a branch of the platyrrhine apes, independently of the origination of the african and asian root-stocks from the old world catarrhinians. anthropologists are, as usual, at loggerheads on this question, as on many others. we shall examine this claim in the light of esoteric philosophy in stanza viii. meanwhile, let us give a few moments of attention to the various consecutive modes of procreation according to the laws of evolution. let us begin by the mode of reproductio

n tradition states that man was created out of araea "red[[footnote(s* this, regardless of modern materialistic evolution, which speculates in this wise "the primitive human form, whence as we think all human species sprang, has perished this long time (this we deny; it has only decreased in size and changed in texture "but many facts point to the conclusion that it was hairy and dolichocephalic (african races are even now dolichocephalic in a great measure, but the palaeolithic neanderthal skull, the oldest we know of, is of a large size, and no nearer to the capacity of the gorilla's cranium than that of any other now-living man "let us, for the time being, call this hypothetical species homo primigenius. this first species, or the ape-man, the ancestor of all the others, probably arose

rse-shoe" doctrine already enunciated. no more striking confirmation of our position could be given, than the fact that the elevated ridge in the atlantic basin, 9,000 feet in height, which runs for some two or three thousand miles southwards from a point near the british islands, first slopes towards south america, then shifts almost at right angles to proceed in a south-easterly line toward the african coast, whence it runs on southward to tristan d'acunha. this ridge is a remnant of an atlantic continent, and, could it be traced further, would establish the reality of a submarine horse-shoe junction with a former continent in the indian ocean (cf. chart adapted from the "challenger" and "dolphin" soundings in mr. donnelly's "atlantis, the antediluvian world" p. 47) the atlantic portion

er that there, where they now rest, there are neither rocks nor mountains; and that they must have been brought over "from immense distances and with prodigious efforts" charton (voyageurs anciens et modernes, vol. i, p. 230) speaks of a specimen of such rock "from ireland" which had been submitted to the analysis of an eminent english geologist, who assigned to it a foreign origin "most probably african" this is a strange coincidence, as irish tradition attributes the origin of her circular stones to a sorcerer who brought them from africa. de mirville sees in that sorcerer "an accursed hamite" we see in him a[[footnote(s* see, among others "history of paganism in caledonia" by dr. th. a. wise, f.r.a.s, etc* ham was no more a titan or giant than shem and japhet. they are either all arkite

a, or nemesis* mankind is obviously divided into god-informed men and lower human creatures. the intellectual difference between the aryan and other civilized nations and such savages as the south sea islanders, is inexplicable on any other grounds. no amount of culture, nor generations of training amid civilization, could raise such human specimens as the bushmen, the veddhas of ceylon, and some african tribes, to the same intellectual level as the aryans, the semites, and the turanians so called. the "sacred spark" is missing in them and it is they who are the only inferior races on the globe, now happily- owing to the wise adjustment of nature which ever works in that direction- fast dying out. verily mankind is "of one blood" but not of the same essence. we are the hot-house, artificia

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

s underscored in the congo, for example, where those who have not been initiated are called vanga("the unenlightened) and those who have been initiated are the nganga("the knowing ones. after receiving this new knowledge, the initiate is reborn. if he has been swallowed by a monster, he may either be born from it or disgorged from its mouth (the mouth is often a substitute for the vagina. in some african tribes he will crawl out from between the legs of the women of the village, who stand in a long line. he is now given a new name and starts his new life. interestingly enough there are several parallels of this renaming to be found in the roman catholic church: a new name is taken at confirmation; on becoming a nun a woman takes a new name; a new name is given to a newly elected pope. on e

(take it off the hook, or that you will, in some way, be interrupted. be secure. dancing and chanting there are several ways of building up the power within your body, before releasing it. i will start by looking at the most common method: that of dancing and chanting. dancing and chanting are found universally, in ancient civilizations, and even in primitive societies today: the amerindian, the african, the australian, and many more. in his book, witchcraft today, gerald gardner gives an example of how music in this case a simple drum beat can affect the mind "they told me they could make me fighting mad. i did not believe it, so they got me to sit, fixed in a chair so that i could not get out. then one sat in front lesson eleven: magick/ 159 160/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft o

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

ificing himself on the world tree. odin can be invoked for magic and divination, especially for casting runes, for inspiration with words and oratory, for expansion of horizons and for male power magic. if frigg is also invoked, the energies are more balanced. deities of change these deities may be invoked in rituals involving not only change but also good fortune [insert pic p069- oya oya is the african goddess, also known as yoruba, who rules the winds and so controls the winds of change. she oversees trading and the marketplace, and brings good fortune to all honest traders and those who work with finance. she is very powerful, described as an amazonian warrior and life-giver with dominion over the storms. she can be invoked at times of change and for all matters of employment, commerce

efore the days of acid rain, practitioners of magick would use rainwater collected in a container before it touched the ground as sacred water. nowadays, you may find it necessary to revitalise the rainwater you use with a few drops of flower essence. there are many brands available: agrimony from dr bach's flower essences; goatbeard from the pacific flower essence remedies; coconut palm from the african and amazonian essences; alaskan soap berry; deva fig tree or morning glory; and findhorn rowan, all of which seem to work as purifiers for me. flower and tree essences are created from the living energies of the plant and this spirit water is especially good for protective baths. a protective water ritual this ritual is particularly effective for removing the effects of spite or unfair cri

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

in the film is its seamless joining of religion and magic in one powerful object. as an enduring reminder of the world to which she and her people belong, nana peazant has created this charm for her family's protection, even as some of the most destructive forces that they face have emerged from their own conflicts. in its composition, the charm consolidates some of the most significant icons of african american spirituality: the bible, a token of christian redemption; a root, a supernatural emblem and touchstone to an ancient heritage; and the most precious relic that nana owns, the bequest of a slave parent to a child.a twisted cord of her own mother's hair. bound together and made inseparable with twine, each element of the hand illustrates the charm's singularity of spirit. although t

america, with nana's charm as a metaphor for a legacy that some have chosen to preserve, and others to reject. rather than dismissing the hand as an object of superstition, i want to black magic page 4 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 argue for its deeper significance, as a symbol of the survival of a kind of magical spirituality in the african american experience. this book is about the creations that black people have woven into their quest for spiritual empowerment and meaning. it is about magic, as that term refers to the beliefs and actions by which human beings interact with an invisible reality. but it is also about religion, which may be defined as a viable system of ideas and activities by which humans mediate the sacred

experience. this book is about the creations that black people have woven into their quest for spiritual empowerment and meaning. it is about magic, as that term refers to the beliefs and actions by which human beings interact with an invisible reality. but it is also about religion, which may be defined as a viable system of ideas and activities by which humans mediate the sacred realm. in some african american spiritual traditions, ideas about magical and religious practice can enclose identical experiences. christianity may presume a person's acceptance of a kind of supernaturalism, as a religion that calls upon god, jesus, and the holy ghost to directly intervene, when petitioned, in the life of the believer. individuals may utilize the rhetoric of miracle to characterize this kind of

etween these ideas is not always apparent. it is clear, then, that we are dealing with contested notions of belief. in contemporary scholarship "magic" has acquired a plethora of associations, many negative, and others that appear to be virtually identical to "religion" in certain historical contexts. in the chapters that follow i examine the ways that these ideas have interacted.and separated.in african american experience, and the ways that they have been appropriated, critiqued, and recreated by both practitioners and antagonists. although magic is generally characterized as the antithesis of religion, it seems just as often to reflect the latter, to be its mirror image. when seen from different perspectives, the divisions sometimes break down, revealing the arbitrary nature of the cate

" then, not only pertains to the formal creeds, doctrines, and theologies of a church-based faith tradition but includes beliefs that are embedded in the ordinary experiences and the deeply held attitudes, values, and activities of members of a group or community. it may also include what david hall has called "lived religion" or the practice and "everyday thinking and doing of lay men and women" african american religion, according to this perspective, not only embodies ecclesial formations of faith but also encompasses noninstitutionalized expressions and activities.[6] it is my belief that permutations of the supernatural in practices such as conjuring, the african american tradition of healing and harming, have been resignified as "religion" generally, however, observers have not viewe

institutionalized expressions and activities.[6] it is my belief that permutations of the supernatural in practices such as conjuring, the african american tradition of healing and harming, have been resignified as "religion" generally, however, observers have not viewed conjure and religion as elements of a single complex, choosing instead to retain the "magic-religion" dichotomy when looking at african american spirituality. perhaps one reason is that most interpreters set "christian" and "non- christian" traditions against each other, with little regard for the range of relationships that might exist between them. this approach, with its value-laden assumptions, has shaped academic studies on african american religion from the past to the present. while it may be useful for academic int

exist between them. this approach, with its value-laden assumptions, has shaped academic studies on african american religion from the past to the present. while it may be useful for academic interpreters, a rigid dichotomy between christian and non-christian expressions in black folk traditions belies practitioners f own experiences.[7] instead of viewing supernaturalism as a marginal subset of african american religion, i have identified supernatural practices as they appear within and outside black spiritual traditions. these include those that might be classified as "magical" whose participants claim an allegiance to conventional spiritual authorities (e.g, christian ministers, or members of black churches) while taking part in hoodoo, conjure, and\ 5\ root-working practices. take for

too, that says we-uns don't understand" he claimed" emember the lord, in some of his ways, can be mysterious. the bible says so" spiritual powers and supernatural abilities, he argued, were available to those who were divinely gifted or specially inspired by god.[8] this book considers other cases as well, such as that of bishop charles harrison mason, the founder of what would become the largest african american pentecostal denomination, the church of god in christ. mason possessed an uncommon fascination with strangely formed natural objects.objects that were reminiscent of the "roots" or magical artifacts used by black conjurers throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. mason, however, described his roots as "wonders of god" and contemplated the miraculous as he delivered

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

elineations of the decans and contains a very long excerpt from nechepso/petosiris on detailed eclipse delineation. preserves an ancient egyptian method of prediction using the dog-star alone. c.380 sepher ha-razim (the book of the mysteries) a jewish mystical and magical grimoire from egypt. related to the sepher raziel. 385 d. st. gregory of nyssa 386: augustine (354-430, a rhetorician of north african descent currently working in milan, accepts baptism into catholic christianity from bishop ambrose of milan. 391 second burning of library at alexandria (by christians. 401 confessions of st. augustine. 404 cod. of the vulgate (latin bible. jerome (345-420) produces a new translation (from both greek and hebrew) of most of the christian scriptures into latin. 410-485 proclus: epistles on a

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

them brought about a revolution in the thinking of the privileged undergraduates of oxford and some at cambridge, too. rhodes copied ruskin's inaugural lecture in longhand and kept it with him for the rest of his life. the creation of a world government centred on britain became rhodes's obsession and lay at the heart of almost everything he did. as his wealth grew with his exploitation of south african diamonds and minerals, he established companies like debeers consolidated mines and consolidated gold fields. he also became the prime minister of the cape colony and used his wealth and influence to control parliamentary seats in britain and south africa. by the 1890s, he had an income of at least a million pounds a year (over a hundred years ago, but he was usually overdrawn on his accou

s folded, the united nations of today was already in their sights. from rhodes to ruin 81 sources 1 rabbi marvin s. antelman, to eliminate the opiate, p71-72, 82-83 2 conspiracy researcher, kitty little who had many contacts at the highest levels of the former rhodesia, says the role of rhodes has been misunderstood. she says that rhodes prevented the rothschilds from winning control of the south african gold industry. as a result, she says, they have sought to blame him for the deeds of the real head of the round table, alfred milner. 3 carroll quigley, the anglo-american establishment (books in focus, new york, 1981 edition) p312 4 ibid p5 5 carroll quigley, anglo-american establishment, pl97 6 this information on rockefeller and morgan holdings comes from wall street and the bolshevik r

t is taken to trace one's line back, often falsely, to william of orange and the british royal family, or to some wing of the british aristocracy. the aim of the eugenics movement was, and is, to create a master race by the sterilisation and forced birth control of those races considered 'inferior. the international congress of eugenics in new york in 1932 tackled the 'problem (as they saw it) of african-americans and other 'inferior' stock reproducing and expanding their numbers. it was decided that the way to deal with this 'danger' to the higher races (themselves) was through sterilisation and 'cutting off the bad stock. the congress was dedicated to the work of averell harriman's mother and averell did his best to support the proceedings. he personally arranged for the hamburg-amerika

brothers; tsb group; abbey national; midland montagu; coopers and lybrand; unilever; british american tobacco industries; british aerospace; the economist; gerard atkins and co ltd; john swire and sons ltd; and ente nazionale idrocarburi (eni. the other corporate members comprise a list of the world's leading companies, countries, and media. even the church of england is in there, along with the african national congress (anc) and amnesty international. why is amnesty international supporting an organisation through which manipulation is orchestrated that adds massively to the number of political prisoners? media organisations supporting the riia include abc news intercontinental inc; cbs news; nbc news worldwide inc; britain's channel four tv and independent television news (itn; fuji te

ee of the tc in europe through both prime minister garret fitzgerald (bil) and the then little known mary robinson, who would go on to be the first woman president of ireland. after i had spoken about these matters in a meeting at totnes in south west england, a lady in the audience sought me out "that's the first time i have heard anyone talk about this since my husband (who worked for the south african government) showed me a document which said that the trilateral commission had ordered britain to pull out of rhodesia, she said. the lady, like most people in the world, had never heard of the trilateral commission at the time she saw the document. who was the british foreign secretary at that time, i thought, during the administration of margaret thatcher (bil, when britain left rhodesia

consciousness from the fourth dimension and transmitting this vibration to the vast crowds. this affected the vibrational state of the people attracted by it and turned them into equally crazed agents of hatred. it is the pied piper principle, using a vibration instead of a pipe. as the writer alan bullock said of hitler "his power to bewitch an audience has been likened to the occult arts of the african medicine-man or the asiatic shaman; others have compared it to the sensitivity of a medium, and the magnetism of a hypnotist."7 and herman rauschning, an aide to hitler, said in his book, hitler speaks "one cannot help thinking of him as a medium. for most of the time, mediums are ordinary, insignificant people. suddenly they are endowed with what seem to be 210 .and the truth shall set yo

was working to destabilise rhodesia in order to force the dictatorship swap that lancaster house was really designed to produce. according to dr kitty little's impeccable sources, ken flower might qualify for the guinness book of records as the doublest of double agents! while head of rhodesian intelligence he was also working for mi6, the kgb, east european intelligence, the cia, and a number of african intelligence networks. he worked with the "d" group of mi6 operatives who, to quote dr little "did nasty things and had them blamed on ian smith. zimbabwe is obviously very important to the elite and the multinational corporations, one of which, rio tinto zinc, had enjoyed the experience of having lord carrington on its board. there is considerable evidence to support kitty little's conten

considerable evidence to support kitty little's contention. two months after the lancaster house conference, it was revealed that margaret thatcher (bil) and lord carrington (tc, bil, riia, comm 300) had ordered a massive surveillance operation on the delegates. telephones were tapped, rooms bugged, diplomatic communications were monitored, and the british used rhodesian security to interpret the african language. this was revealed by reporter barrie penrose in the london sunday times of february 3rd 1980, under the headline "minister's phone was tapped by secret services. this, said the article, was why "lord carrington could conduct the conference on the basis of brinkmanship. the intelligence services told him what the brinks were. which leads to another question: if the rooms and 342

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aterrestrials of many varieties. some were tall blond-haired, blue-eyed, types, while others took a reptilian form (see picture section for artists' impressions of these beings. these and others came here from constellations like orion, draco, andromeda, lyra, and bootes, and other locations like the pleiades, sirius, vega, zeta reticuli, arcturus, aldebaran, and elsewhere. australian aborigines, african tribes, the babylonians, and south american indians are just some of the diverse peoples who claim ancient connections with such places. the reptilians are a tall, mostly humanoid-type race, with snake-like eyes and skin and they are connected to the classic "greys" with the big black "eyes, which have become the very symbol of the "et. often these various extraterrestrial factions battled

tirety after 1939 when people began to fly over the region because they can only be seen in full from one thousand to 2,000 feet! rock carvings dating back more than 10,000 years were found during an expedition to the marca huasi plateau northeast of lima, peru, and these included sculptures representing people and animals, most of which are not native to peru. they included a polar bear, walrus, african lion, penguin and the stegosaurus dinosaur. but dinosaurs were unknown to science until the 1880s, and the stegosauria was not identified until 1901. talk us through that one. as other books and television documentaries in recent years have shown, these amazing structures, temples, stone circles, and standing stones, were not only lined up precisely with certain star systems, they were ali

tention that such a continent existed, but there is vast geological support for such claims. the azores, which some believe were part of atlantis, lie on the mid- atlantic ridge, a fracture line that encircles the planet. this line continues for a distance of 40,000 miles.22 the mid-atlantic ridge is one of the foremost areas for earthquakes and volcanoes. four vast tectonic plates, the eurasian, african, north american, and caribbean, all meet and collide in this region making it very unstable geologically. both the azores and the canary islands (named after dogs "canine, and not canaries) were subject to widespread volcanic activity in the time period plato suggested for the end of atlantis. tachylite lava disintegrates in seawater within 15,000 years and yet it is still found on the sea

hose who we now know as humans. credo further confirms that the stories attributed to the dogon are not the only ancient records of the sirius system. the zulu's knew sirius b as the "pit" star long before it was identified by modern technology. credo wrote in his book, song of the stars (station hill openings, barrytown, new york, 1996 "not only among the zulu, but the dogon, and many widespread african tribes, there are stories of the nommo, who resemble the king of the water people in our legend. they are said to be intelligent beings who have visited the earth several times. they are usually described as somewhat like human beings, but with skins like reptiles. i have heard them described as a cross between a little demon and a dolphin."36 the translations of the sumerian tablets by ze

itons, scots, and anglo saxons, p 231 30 professor alexander thorn, megalithic sites of britain, published in 1967 31 the return of the serpents of wisdom, p 217 32 the phoenician origin of britons, scots, and anglo saxons 33 egyptian civilisation, p 13 34 the phoenician origin of britons, scots, and anglo saxons 35 ibid 36 ibid 37 ibid 38 ibid 39 quoted by bob quinn in atlantean, ireland's north african and maritime heritage (quartet books, london, 1986) 40 the phoenician origin of britons, scots, and anglo saxons, p 27 41 egyptian civilisation, pp 60 to 70 42 ibid, p 64 43 ibid, pp 63 and 64 44 ibid, p 66 45 ibid, p 67 46 ibid 47 ibid, p 68 48 ibid 49 ibid 50 ibid 51 lorraine evans, kingdom of the ark (simon& schuster, london, 2000) 52 quoted by the uk national media when the book was la

ld connect them and explain the sudden and dramatic changes and appearance of blood brothers 75 their physical forms has never been found because the establishment of academia would rather stay ignorant than utter the "e" word- extraterrestrial. the themes of the sumerian tablets are supported by credo mutwa, one of only two surviving "sanusis" left in southern africa. a sanusi is the peak of the african shamanistic stream. credo is 79 and the other sanusi, his aunt, is in her 90s. he is the official historian and storyteller of the zulu nation and the very name "zulu" means "people from the stars" because they believe they were seeded by an extraterrestrial "royal" race. with no one for him to pass on his knowledge, and the urgent need for everyone to know the astonishing information he h

came associated with the jewish faith when the banking and illuminati bloodline dynasty, the rothschilds, 76 children of the matrix began to use it in the 18th century. a researcher who saw the symbols on the necklace at one of my talks, also saw the connections with the star, sirius, from which, according to ancient accounts, a reptilian race came to the earth. he wrote "i noticed that the south african shaman necklace with the carved hand had a picture of orion on it. orion's belt points to the binary star sirius. on the carved hand, the belt of orion points directly to the eye in the centre, suggesting a link between the eye cult and sirius. indeed, throughout the history of occultism, sirius has been seen as very important, indeed it was a most sacred location throughout the ancient wo

the nordic connection people all over the world and back into history have claimed to have been abducted by "aliens" of the nordic and reptilian description. my great friend, credo mutwa, the 79-year-old zulu shaman or "sanusi" in south africa, confirms this. when we first met back in 1998 he showed me a picture he had painted of the tall, blondhaired, blue-eyed beings that had been seen by black african tribes people throughout that continent long before the white europeans arrived. credo, the official historian of the zulu nation, said that when the europeans first came, the black africans thought they were the return of these same white "gods, which they called the mzungu (see picture section. as a result they called the european settlers by the same name. this was very much the same re

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s accounts, but there is geological support for hisbasic theme. the azores, which some believe were part of atlantis, lie on the mid-atlantic ridge which is connected to a fracture line that encircles the planet (see figure3. this line continues for a distance of 40,000 miles. the mid-atlantic ridge is one ofthe foremost areas for earthquakes and volcanoes. four vast tectonic plates, theeurasian, african, north american and caribbean, all meet and collide in this regionmaking it very unstable geologically. both the azores and the canary islands (namedafter dogs canine and not canaries, were subject to widespread volcanic activity inthe time period plato suggested for the end of atlantis. tachylite lava disintegrates insea water within 15,000 years and yet it is still found on the sea bed a

ing routes between ireland and spain and spain andnorth africa in ancient times through which the passage of bloodlines,knowledge and culture was transported. the spanish arch in galway in the west71of ireland commemorates this, as does the conamara dancing known as thebattering which is virtually the same as spanish flamenco. the stick dance performedby the wexford mummers in ireland is of north african origin. the word mummercomes from mohammedan. the irish symbol, the harp, came from north africa and sodid the name of that other classic symbol of ireland, the shamrock. any three leaf plantis known in egypt as a shamrukh. the rosary beads, the symbol of devout romancatholics, come from the middle east and are still used by the egyptians. the wordnun is egyptian and their garments are fro

urope by the druids and the giant or titan race, the reptilian-human crossbreeds ofthe ancient near east, were often symbolised as trees because of their height. in his1833 book, phoenician ireland, joachim de villeneuve, insisted that irish druidswere the snake priests of the phoenician seafarers. this would certainly explain theorigin of the balor of the evil eye, the irish version of the north african god baal,and the celebration in may of the baal ritual, beltane. the evil eye relates to thehypnotic stare of the reptilians. the sun god of the phoenicians was bel or bil andlater became known by the canaanites and babylonians as baal- nimrod. thedruids became the carriers of the mystery school tradition in britain, ireland andfrance or britannia, eire and gaul as they were then called, a

mann, the cosmic connection (gateway books, wellow, avon, england, 1996),p 107.31the phoenician origin of britons, p 231.7732richard hoagland, monuments on mars (north atlantic books, california, usa, 1996).33the cosmic connection, p 108.34the great pyramid mystery35rig veda.36the phoenician origin of britons, p 65.37ibid.38lbid,p62.39ibid, p 27.40ibid, p 54.41bob quinn, atlantean, irelands north african and maritime heritage (quartet books, london,1986, p 19. a very good summary of the evidence connecting ireland with north africa.42heinz edgar kiewe, the sacred history of knitting, quoted in atlantean, pp 159,160.43atlantean, p 30.44steve jones, in the blood (harper collins, london, 1966, p 126.45the secret teachings of all ages, pp xxi l-xxi ii.46ibid.78chapter fourthe suns of godnothin

n 1998 and it is awonderful example of what i am saying here. look at the history for a start. first thedutch settled the cape when the black nobility were centred in amsterdam. then, afterthey moved across the english channel to london, the british were used as the pawnsof occupation. the dutch east india company in south africa was pushed aside by thebritish east india company. explorers of the african interior, like doctor davidlivingstone, were funded by organisations such as the national geographical society,controlled from the city of london. another wave of reptile-aryan-british occupationwas headed by cecil rhodes and his south african company, also a city of londonoperation. rhodes was a major brotherhood frontman, especially through a secretsociety called the round table which st

hthe oppenheimers now control on behalf of the same brotherhood that funded rhodes.131another offshoot of the south africa company was the notorious london-rhodesiacompany called lonrho, headed most famously by the late tiny rowland. lonrho hasmanipulated and exploited africa and its people appallingly, which is in line with thepresent day agenda. quite clearly, the same group have controlled the african continentunder different companies, people and guises, from the time the first white settlersarrived.before the transfer of power from white minority to black majority under nelsonmandela in south africa, the oppenheimer family controlled something like 80 per centof the companies quoted on the south african stock-market and they owned the gold,diamond and other mining industries on which

d on the south african stock-market and they owned the gold,diamond and other mining industries on which the country depends. they also controlledthe media through various frontmen. then came massive change as nelson mandelawas released and the blacks were given their freedom. now, after this blow f9rdemocracy, the oppenheimers still control something like 80 per cent of the companieson the south african stock-market, they own the gold, diamond and other miningindustries on which the country depends, and they control the media via frontmen likehenry kissingers friend, tony oreilly, the irish billionaire. oreilly resigned aschairman of the brotherhood-controlled heinz corporation and began to buy upnewspapers all over the world, money apparently no object. so whats the differencebetween the

bed in kings 7:22.today you will see the fleur-de-lis used profusely on the regalia of british royalty, onofficial buildings and the fencing around them, and in churches. it is, appropriately, on apublic gate to the white house in washington, another home of the bloodlines. thethree-leafed shamrock in ireland is likewise an ancient symbol of the bloodline and theword shamrock comes from the north african term: shamrukh. all these symbols relateto the three horned depiction of nimrod in babylon and to other esoteric principles.other merovingian symbols were the fish (nimrod again, the lion (leo, the sun,authority, and the bee. three hundred golden bees were found on the burial cloak ofking childeric i, the son of meroveus, who died in the 5th century. bees are an ancientsymbol of the love g

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life was composed of three triangles plus malkuth. these triangles are: celestial triangle: the uppermost triangle, with one point up, composed of kether, chochma, and binah. moral triangle: the central triangle, with one point down, composed of geburah, chesed, and tiphereth. mundane triangle: the bottom triangle, with one point down, composed of hode, netzach, and yesode- u- umbanda: one of the african-based cults of brazil that is heavily influenced by western spiritualism via the writings of allan kardec. it involves ecstatic possession. unmanifest: a term used by don tyson for the unknowable source of existence. it is god stripped of all attributes, equivalent to the tao (q.v) of the chinese philosopher and mystic lao-tse; the unground of jacob boehme, and the ain soph (q.v) of the ka

physical plane. voice, great: silently. one vibratory formulae (q.v) method. in some situations it is impossible to vibrate words out loud. in these instances the practitioner say them to themself, thus causing the "great voice" however, the practitioner should still cause themselves and the universe to vibrate as if saying the word(s) out loud. voodoo: a religion mixing roman catholicism and the african religious practices called voudoun (q.v. magick is an important aspect of the religion. voudoun: the more pure religion created by the black slaves of haiti. it has it's roots in african tribal shamanism. the central rite is possession by spirits called loa (q.v. vril: the occult energy described by the english writer edward bulwer-lytton in his science-fiction novel, the coming race (1871

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the chapx introduction ter, council and commandery. the chapter has four degrees- mark master, past master, most excellent master and the royal arch, together with an honorary order of high priesthood. the council has two degrees-royal master and select master. the commandery has three orders-knight of the red cross, knight templar and knight of malta. free masonry has been tardy in admitting the african race to recognition. the first negroes made free masons were prince hall and fourteen colored citizens of boston. the travelling lodge of a british regiment in 1775 conferred the symbolic degrees upon them. england granted them a charter in 1787, and the first masonic lodge, with prince hall as master, was instituted. in 1797 a second negro lodge was established in philadelphia and a third

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rary scientific community.a feat that distinguishes modern esotericism from its prescientific ancestors. as the modern world developed, the esoteric tradition spread throughout all of the world s cultures. a major dialogue began with eastern traditions in the 1960s as the west welcomed large numbers of immigrants from japan, korea, china, and southeast asia into its communities. at the same time, african religions, many having found a home in the caribbean, were also integrating themselves into western life. all of these religions will be scrutinized and carefully observed in the coming decades by the more traditional western religious communities. xi encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. introduction the current need for a new edition of eop in the more than half a century si

niversities. as they travel back to africa with western ideas and the seeds for a new way of economic survival, the scene is likely to change on all fronts.even regarding their own ancient superstitions and folk legends. in the midst of these changes, western occult, metaphysical, and mystical literature has circulated through the continent since the 1920s, especially in south africa, the central african states, and such west african nations as ghana and nigeria. since world war ii there has been a noticeable popular response to such ideas. as early as 1925 the rosicrucians were present in west africa, and new thought was introduced into africa in the 1930s when several american teachers toured the country and assisted in the formation of the school of practical christianity in 1937 (now k

il movement, and some of the new japanese religions have appeared. numerous gurus, including maharishi mehesh yogi, satya sai baba, and guru maharaj ji have a following. the new age movement has been particularly strong in south africa, mostly among the white population, and has provoked the appearance of a reactionary anti-new age effort. most interesting has been the emergence of new indigenous african metaphysical movements. typical of these are the spiritual fellowship and the esom fraternity company, both operating in nigeria. the latter, for example, has established a training school specializing in the healing arts and sciences and what is called a cosmic hospital. the spiritual fellowship grew out of the literary efforts of a. peter akpan, who has developed an eclectic program of s

of consciousness. yogi kane is a hindu teacher operating in the senegal, where he teaches what he terms egyptian yoga. east and west come together in these new movements in a mutual affirmation of astrology, divination, spiritual healing, and an esoteric approach to life. these indigenous have also become an avenue for the advancement of women who often must assume a secondary role in traditional african religions as well as in christianity and islam. sources: gardiner, john. the new age cult in south africa. cape town: stuikhof, 1991. hackett, rosalind i. j. new age trends in nigeria: ancestral and or alien religion? in perspectives on the new age, edited by james r. lewis and j. gordon melton. albany: state university of new york press, 1992. religion in calabar: the religious life and h

elton. albany: state university of new york press, 1992. religion in calabar: the religious life and history of a nigerian town. berlin: mouton de gruyter, 1989. oosthuizen, gehardus c. the newness of the new age in south africa and reactions to it. in perspectives on the new age, edited by james r. lewis and j. gordon melton. albany: state university of new york press, 1992. parrinder, geoffrey. african traditional religion. london: sheldon press, 1974. reprint, new york: harper, 1977. wellard, james. lost worlds of africa. new york: e. p. dutton, 1967. african architects, order of eighteenth-century masonic order founded in prussia in 1767 by brother von kopper and c. f. koffen, under the auspices of frederick ii. the order was concerned largely with historical research into freemasonry

omprising the following degrees (1) apprentice of egyptian secrets (2) initiate into egyptian secrets (3) cosmopolitan (4) christian philosopher, and (5) alethophilos. higher grades (1) esquire (2) soldier, and (3) knight, thus supplying egyptian, christian, and templar mysteries to the initiate. in 1806 a pamphlet was published at berlin entitled a discovery concerning the system of the order of african architects. afs see american folklore society ag a red flower used by some hindus to propitiate the deity sanee (the planet saturn. it is made into a wreath with jasoon, also a red-colored flower, which is hung round the neck of the god, who is of a congenial nature. this ceremony is performed at night. agaberte daughter of a certain giant called vagnoste dwelling in scandinavia. she was a

the road. they can follow the track of anyone and cause thieves to be apprehended. those writers who mention the almoganenses, however, do not specify either the period when they flourished or the country or province they occupied, but it seems possible from their name and other considerations that they were moorish (see also ornithomancy) almusseri a nineteenth-century secret society resembling african associations, with secret rites akin to those of the cabiric and orphic mysteries. their reception took place once a year in a wood, where the candidate pretended to die. the initiates surrounded the neophyte and chanted funeral songs. he was then brought to the temple erected for the purpose and anointed with palm oil. after 40 days of probation, he was said to have obtained a new soul, w

ite of an egg as a crystal ball. panic ensued when one of the girls saw a coffin in the egg. the fearfulness soon found expression in unexplained fits, which disrupted the household and on occasion the church services. a physician suggested witchcraft and while that suggestion was under consideration, a young woman in the village suggested to tituba and john indian, a caribbean indian couple (not african as is often alleged) who were slaves in the parris household that they prepare a witch cake (rye meal mixed with the urine of the afflicted girls) to determine if in fact witchcraft was at work. when this plan came to light tituba and two other women were arrested. unfortunately, the girls fits did not end. they began to name residents of the village who were subsequently arrested. through

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large enough to be observed by the naked eye. in contrast, micro-pk refers to psychokinetic effects so minute that they require statistical analysis or special methods to detect. the macroprosopus representing one of the four magical elements in the kabala and probably representing one of the four simple elements. air, water, earth, or fire. macroprosopus means creator of the great world. macumba african-derived brazilian religions that have spirit possession as a central feature. madonna ministry the madonna ministry is a new thought metaphysical ministry founded by bishop arnold michael, formerly a minister with the united church of religious science. as a young man, in 1947 he had written a book, blessed among women, on the life of the virgin mary published in 1948. the writing of the b

rades, between the master of the temple and the ipsissimus. sources: king, francis. the rites of modern occult magic. new york: macmillan, 1970. magus a spirit control of william stainton moses, supposed to be a member of the mystic band that delivered occult teaching in moses s scripts. magus did not disclose his name on earth, but he said that he lived 4,000 years ago and belonged to an ancient african wonder-working brotherhood. in the nineteenth book of the moses scripts, a topaz is mentioned as the material counterpart of a spiritual jewel worn by magus, which was to be given to stainton moses to help him to see visions. the stone, set in a ring, was reportedly dropped from the air in stainton moses s bedroom. sources: moses, stainton. spirit identity. london: london spiritualist alli

es. he contributed to an article, phenomena of possession, published in tomorrow (autumn 1954. sources: mars, louis. the crisis of possession in voudou. port-au- prince, haiti: state printing, 1946. rev. ed. reed, cannon and johnson, 1977. mars, louis, and g. devereux. haitian voudou and the revitalization of the nightmare. psychoanlytic review 38, no. 4 (1951. marsh, maurice clement (1922) south african university lecturer in psychology who took special interest in parapsychology. he was born march 13, 1922, at bloemfontein, south africa. he studied at the university of south africa (b.a, 1942; b.a, hons. psychology, 1946; u.e.d, 1948) and rhodes university, grahamstown (ph.d, 1959. he served as a lecturer in psychology at rhodes university (1950.61) and in 1962 joined the faculty in psyc

oward a history of magical religion in the united states. listening 9, no. 3 (autumn 1974: 112.33. melton, j. gordon, jerome clark, and aidan kelly. new age encyclopedia. detroit: gale research, 1990. melton, j. gordon, and james r. lewis, eds. perspectives on the new age. albany, n.y: state unversity of new york press, 1992. murphy, larry, j. gordon melton, and gary l. ward, eds. encyclopedia of african american religion. new york: garland publishing, 1993. melusina the most famous of the fays, or fairies, of medieval french legend. being condemned to turn into a serpent from the waist downward every saturday, she made her husband, count raymond of lusignan, promise never to come near her on a saturday. this prohibition finally excited his curiosity and suspicion, and he hid himself and w

41.1801. metratton according to jewish rabbinical legend, the angel metratton is one of the agents by whom god the father works. he receives the pure and simple essence of the divinity and bestows the gift of life upon all. he dwells in one of the angelic hierarchies. metropolitan spiritual churches of christ the metropolitan spiritual churches of christ was a spiritualist church operating in the african american community in the united states. spiritualism moved into the black community in strength early in the twentieth century, but black people were not welcomed in many spiritualist congregations. as independent movements began to form around talented individual mediums, they tended to adopt the forms dominant in the pentecostal and holiness churches and retain a central emphasis upon t

erance. under cobbs s leadership, a revived metropolitan spiritual churches of christ expanded to encompass close to 100 congregations in the 1960s. it also expanded to west africa, making it the largest spiritual association operating in the united states. last known address: 4329 park heights ave, baltimore, md 21215. sources: murphy, larry g, j. gordon melton, and gary l. ward. encyclopedia of african american religions. new york: garland publishing, 1993. metzger, herman joseph (1919.1990) herman joseph metzger, the outer head of the ordo templi orientis (oto) in switzerland, was born in zezikon, switzerland, on june 20, 1919. little is known of his youth. he con- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. metzger, herman joseph 1031 sidered the priesthood at one time but event

ntained an astrological library, and facilitated access to ibm computing for members with high level projects. voting membership was open to professional or qualified astrologers, non-voting membership for associates. the society published the naso journal and the naso international astrological directory from it headquarters in new york city. national colored spiritualist association of churches african americans were among people attracted to the spiritualist movement, especially in the years following the formation of the national spiritualist association (nsa (now the national spiritualist association of churches) in 1893. a few emerged as talented mediums. because american society was segregated at that time, african american members were organized in colored auxiliary societies attac

ritualist association of churches) in 1893. a few emerged as talented mediums. because american society was segregated at that time, african american members were organized in colored auxiliary societies attached to the association. in the period of heightened racial tension following world war i, the leadership of the nsa decided to create a separate all-black spiritualist organization for their african american members and appointed president joseph p. whitwell to lead a meeting held in cleveland, ohio, on april 21, 1925. twenty delegates attended the meeting but six withdrew in protest of the establishment of yet another segregated organization. the remaining 14 formed themselves into what became the first convention of the national colored spiritualist association of churches (ncsac. i

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, a we l l- k n own ufologist from zi m b a bwe, bel i e ved her to be sincere and has helped keep her name and story alive. on the occasion of her death in fe b ru a ry 1994, hind wrote, el i z abeth klarer died in comparative pove rt y. her incredible story brought her some fame (or m o re accurately, notoriety) but certainly no r i c h e s (hind, 1994. further reading hind, cynthia, 1982. ufos african encounters. salisbury, zimbabwe: gemini, 1994. mufon forum: contactee klarer. mufon ufo journal 315 (july: 18, 1999. ufology profile: elizabeth klarer. mufon ufo journal 379 (november: 10 11. akon 15 klarer, elizabeth, 1980. beyond the light barrier. cape town, south africa: howard timmins. alien diners an alien family ate at a restaurant and stayed overnight in a motel in suburban st. lou

the hair must therefore be as the young man claims: a tall blonde female who does not need much color in her hair or skin as a form of protection against the sun, perhaps because she does not require it. could this young man really have provided, by chance, a hair sample which contains dna from one of the rarest human lineages known. that lies further from the mainstream than any other except for african pygmies and aboriginals (chalker, 1999. see also: abductions by ufos; hybrid beings; strieber, whitley further reading chalker, bill, 1999. strange evidence. interna- tional ufo reporter 24, 1 (spring: 3 16, 31. strieber, whitley, 1987. communion: a true story. new york: beach tree/william morrow. aliens and the dead in the view of ufo-abduction investigator david m. jacobs, aliens sometim

thout a further contact. cynthia hind, a ufologist from harare, zimbabwe, who investigated the story, says the women were unread in the ufo literature. they had not heard of other claims of pleiadean contacts, they claimed. see also: abductions by ufos; meier, eduard billy me-leelah 169 further reading hind, cynthia, 1996. ufos over africa. madison, wi: horus house press, 2000. highlights from an african case book. ohio ufo notebook 21: 1 10. melora melora is a channeling entity who communicates through jyoti alla-an of boulder, colo r a d o. alla-an characterizes melora as a higher-dimensional group consciousness f rom the sirius system. as is often the case with such beings, me l o r a greek for golden apple is a name of conve n i e n c e, not the entity s actual moniker; real names for

fore he disappeared. in a few months, the two were talking over the interdimensional radio. edwin learned that koldas is one planet in a twelve-world confederation. the exchange continued for years. before long, edwin channeled the messages rather than taking them through the radio. many of the messages were of a technical and scientific nature. others were occult and metaphysical. in 1986, south african ufologist carl van vlierden published a book-length account of edwin s alleged experiences and messages. further reading hind, cynthia, 1996. ufos over africa. madison, wi: horus house. van vlierden, carl, and wendelle c. stevens, 1986. ufo contact from planet koldas. tucson, az: ufo photo archives. van tassel, george w (1910 1978) besides being a contactee himself, george van tassel made

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

the trade routes between the tigris-euphrates and the indus valleys were actively traversed as early as 10,000 bce.35 when the indian buddhists went to china, they were made privy by its rulers to old chinese texts that described voyages of large junks from the south china seas to india (at a time when the saraswati river still ran all the way to the sea, to the sinai peninsula, down the western african coast, and beyond. in ancient times, traders were largely the principal conduits for transmitting a variety of information among diverse cultures, including mystical information. it is highly likely that such information traveled to and from the indus valley and the sinai peninsula along such ancient merchant routes. the arm of historical certainty as yet does not reach very far back in hu

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

o back into early, pre-human stages of consciousness by activating genetic or hereditary memory. this, for him, was not an end in itself, for his basic premise was that our greatest magical power, probably even the source of magic itself, lies hidden in these early stages of evolution. this assumption is confirmed if we take a look at the practices of siberian or south american shamans or various african fetish priests, e.g, work with power animals, animal clan totems, etc. practice also confirms this over and over again. only when the magical will (which spare is fond of calling gbelief h) has become gorganic, h meaning unconscious and carnal, is it, according to spare, most effective. the deeper we go into our magical trance, returning to earlier stages of consciousness, the easier it wi

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

that when the ionians emigrated they adopted the name to distinguish themselves as adorers of the female, in opposition to a strong sect of male worshippers which had been driven from the mother country. we are taught by the puranas that they settled partly on the borders of varaha-dwip, or europe, where they became the progenitors of the greeks; and partly in the two dwipas of cusha, asiatic and african. in the asiatic cusha-dwip they supported themselves by violence and rapine. parvati, however, or their tutelary goddess, yoni, always protected them; and at length, in the fine country which they occupied, they became a flourishing nation.[50] wilford relates that there is a sect of hindoos who, attempting to reconcile the two systems, declare in their allegorical style that "parvati and

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

s, the cure of diseases, and to learn the most suitable sacrifices to their gods. the shamans also claimed to possess the power of personal projection. they perform their wonders chiefly when in a state of hysterical delirium. as a rule the shaman priests are men only,butamong the yakuts of siberia there are female performers with the highest reputation for working wonders. negroes among the west african negroes who have a religion of fetichism, and among those negroes living in hayti, the southern parts of the united states and the west indian islands who are the descendants of west africans deported as slaves many generations ago, there is a system of magic and divination called obeah or voodooism: it is generally associated with the blood sacrifice of some victim, often of a cock, and w

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

s directed to use the formula often, as a christian of today might be directed to be regular and diligent in his devotions.iwouldhere.caution the student to beware of the very common errorofassumingthat old mythologies are nothingbutweather myths, and. the old ceremonial magic no morethanan attempttocontrol the weather, in fact a sort of glorified prayer for rainorfine weather, a matter whereinan african witch-doctor can usually give many points to the parson. arcient egypt gives us the key. the old wisdom255 religions go right to the heart of things, to the inner spiritualegyptianritual and modernwitchcraff135causes of outward material phenomena. and operating there by means of ceremonial formulae the outward effect followed. weatherwasone of the commonest examples,and,it was said,one..of

GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

and at ease, however, the opposite has proved to be the case. six years after the first humanist manifesto was published, the second world war broke out, a record of the calamity brought upon the world by the secular fascist ideology. the humanist ideology of communism wreaked, first on the people of the soviet union, then on the citizens of china, cambodia, vietnam, north korea, cuba and various african and latin american countries, unparalleled global freemasonry hi savagery. a total of 120 million people were killed by communist regimes or organizations. it is also evident that the western brand of humanism (capitalist systems) has not succeeded in bringing peace and happiness to their own societies or to other areas of the world. the collapse of humanism's argument on religion has also

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

several of the shops and caf s were playing music from loudspeakers. in the zocalo, the main square, the air was thick with humidity and the fluttering wings and songs of bright-eyed tropical birds. a leafy little park occupied the centre of this square, and in the centre of the park, like some magic talisman, stood an enormous grey boulder, almost ten feet tall, carved in the shape of a helmeted african head. full-lipped and strong-nosed, its eyes serenely closed and its lower jaw resting squarely on the ground, this head had a sombre and patient gravity. here, then, was the first mystery of the olmecs: a monumental piece of sculpture, more than 2000 years old, which portrayed a subject with unmistakable negroid features. there were, of course, no african blacks in the new world 2000 year

atic starting date of 13 august 3114 bc, which predicted the end of the world in ad 2012. lying close to the calendar stela at tres zapotes, stirling also unearthed a giant head. i sat in front of that head now. dated to around 100 bc,7 it was approximately six feet high, 18 feet in circumference and weighed over 10 tons. like its counterpart in santiago tuxtla, it was unmistakably the head of an african man wearing a close-fitting helmet with long chinstraps. the lobes of the ears were pierced by plugs; the pronounced negroid features were furrowed by deep frown lines on either side of the nose, and the entire face was concentrated forwards above thick, downcurving lips. the eyes were open and watchful, almond-shaped and cold. beneath the curious helmet, the heavy brows appeared beetling

racial characteristics. indeed, like the other pieces i had seen at santiago tuxtla and at tres zapotes, it unmistakably and unambiguously showed a negro. the reader can form his or her own opinion after examining the relevant photographs in this book. my own view is that the olmec heads present us with physiologically accurate images of real individuals of negroid stock charismatic and powerful african men whose presence in central america 3000 years ago has not yet been explained by scholars. nor is there any certainty that the heads were actually carved in that epoch. carbon-dating of fragments of charcoal found in the same pits tells us only the age of the charcoal. calculating the true antiquity of the heads themselves is a much more complex matter. it was with such thoughts that i c

aved and two animals of every kind. the sioux also spoke of a time when there was no dry land and when all men disappeared from existence.24 water water everywhere how far and how widely across the myth memories of mankind do the ripples of the great flood spread? very widely indeed. more than 500 deluge legends are known around the world and, in a survey of 86 of these (20 asiatic, 3 european, 7 african, 46 american and 10 from australia and the pacific, the specialist researcher dr richard andree concluded that 62 were entirely independent of the mesopotamian and hebrew accounts.25 20 new larousse encyclopaedia of mythology, p. 426. 21 folklore in the old testament, pp. 111-12. 22 new larousse encyclopaedia of mythology, p. 431. 23 ibid, pp. 428-9; folklore in the old testament, p. 115

for instance, it was said that the sun and the moon fell from the sky 14 and in china that the planets altered their courses. the sun, moon and stars changed their motions. 15 the incas believed that in ancient times the andes were split apart when the sky made war on the earth. 16 the tarahumara of northern mexico have preserved world destruction legends based on a change in the sun s path.17 an african myth from the lower congo states that long ago the sun met the moon and threw mud at it, which made it less bright. when this meeting happened there was a great flood. 18 the cahto indians of california say simply that the sky fell .19 and ancient graeco- roman myths tell that the flood of deucalion was immediately preceded by awesome celestial events.20 these events are graphically symbol

nd no arrangements of land elevations or sea 26 thomas huxley cited in path of the pole, p. 294. 27 scientific american, december 1985. 28 path of the pole, pp. 47-9. 29 ibid, p. 49. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 461 currents account for the fact. we may conclude that the best theory to account for an ice age is that the area concerned was at the pole. we thus account for the indian and african ice sheets, though the areas once occupied by them are now in the tropics. we account for all ice sheets of continental size in the same way.30 the logic is close to inescapable. either we accept that the antarctic ice cap is the first continent-sized ice sheet ever to have been situated at a pole which seems improbable or we are obliged to suppose that earthcrust displacement, or a simila

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

s surrounding the star sirius and the knowledge of its dark star neighbor, or semi-aquatic beings called the oannes (oannes were considered visitors from the sirius region who taught on earth and left behind a divine mythos and a priesthood awaiting their return. they are known to the sumerians and their babylonian successors, and to the egyptians, and held as legends to the present day by remote african tribal priesthoods) nor do comets and supernov explain the ascent of elijah alive into heaven, nor the vision of ezekiel the prophet, which in hebrew is even eerier than in the english translation. a priesthood protecting what it took to be the secrets of the divine visitors, whether an actuality or not, has existed since these remote times. in the early ages when the ability to build obse

f this series of ceremonies performed by parsons and hubbard was to unseal an inter-dimensional gateway that had been sealed in deep antiquity, thereby allowing other-dimensional entities known as the old ones access to our space/time continuum. george c. andrews, extra-terrestrial friends and foes enochian is the lingua franka of the space races, much as swahili was the lingua franka of the many african !dnguages. enochian is the correct time-tested traditional way for earthlings to communicate with extra-terrestrials. george c. andrews, ibid. the inner order tells us clearly, through the new aeon cipher, how to resist alien abduction and alien conquest the earth has been invaded by various claimants throughout its history. invaders have always attempted to present themselves as invincibl

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

cross; it were a far likelier theory, that floating heathen traditions of the world-tree, soon after the conversion in germany, france or england, attached themselves to an object of christian faith, just as heathen temples and holy places were converted into christian ones. the theory would break down, if the same exposition of the several pieces of the cross could be found in any early father, african or oriental; but this i doubt. as for the birds with which the 13th cent, poem provides the tree, and which correspond to the norse eagle and squirrel, i will lay no stress on them. but one thing is rather surprising: it is pre cisely to the ash that virgil ascribes as high an elevation in the air as its depth of root in the ground, georg. 2, 291: aesculus in primis, quae quantum vortice a

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

tering words, to them unintelligible; and having at length drawn three lines of chalk about the altar, and placed himself upright beside the flame, desired them to seek aseer,and he was ready to gratify them in all their desires. there were in the olden days whole schools of magicians here in europe, who could do nothing in this line without the intervention of apureseer,to wit, amaiden'seye.this african belongs to the same fraternity. he made them understand that nothing could be done until a virgin's eye was placed at his disposal; he bade them go out in the streets of cairo, and fetch any child they fancied under ten years of ago. they did so; and after walking about for half an hour, selected an arab boy, not apparently above eight, whom they found playing at marbles; they bribed him w

hat nothing could be done until a virgin's eye was placed at his disposal; he bade them go out in the streets of cairo, and fetch any child they fancied under ten years of ago. they did so; and after walking about for half an hour, selected an arab boy, not apparently above eight, whom they found playing at marbles; they bribed him with a few halfpence, and took him with them to the studio of the african roger bacon; the child was much frightened at the smoke, and the smell, and the chatter, but by and by he sucked his sugar candy, and recovered his tranquillity; and the magician made him seat himself under a window,theonlyonethat had notbeendarkened,and poured out a table-spoonful ofsomeblackliquidinto theboy'srighthand,and bade him hold the hand steady, and keep his eye fixed upon the su

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

magic and religion, abridged ed (london, 1922, 477 507. 114. for the arguments for and against this thesis, see the anthology the myth and ritual theory, edited by r. a. segal (malden and oxford, 1998. 115. see his black athena: the afroasiatic roots of classical civilization, 2 vols (london, 1987 1991. these books have contributed to a new interest in ancient egyptian history and mythology among african american writers and artists. 116. some of these stories are reprinted in c. frayling, the face of tutankhamun (london and boston, 1992. 117. the fact that most of the excavators of tutankhamun s tomb survived to old age has proved no impediment to the curse legend. for a survey of mummy movies, see a. lant, the curse of the pharaoh, or how cinema contracted egyptomania, in october 59 (199

st mentioned in the twenty-first century bce. a much later creation myth explained that apophis sprang from the saliva of the goddess neith when she was still in the primeval waters. her spit became a snake 120 yards long. he 106 handbook of egyptian mythology was the great rebel, the evil one who led the forces of chaos against the sun god ra. the idea of the apophis snake may have come from the african python, which can open its mouth wide enough to swallow a person. apophis is probably the unnamed snake demon who tried to swallow the nun, the primeval waters, but was forced to cough them up again. the eyes of apophis seem to have been particularly feared, and he was said to make a terrible roaring sound. the movement of his body could cause earthquakes, and he was associated with the hi

ading: j. g .griffiths. remarks on the mythology of the eyes of horus. chronique d gypte 33 (1958: 182 193. g. rudnitsky. die aussage ber das auge des horus. copenhagen: 1956. primary sources: pt 111, 145, 160, 587; ct 249, 157, 934 936; rdp; ad 10th hour; bd 17, 112; pbm 10059; h&s; pj feline deities many egyptian deities were represented by predators of the cat family (felidae. there were north african and near eastern species of lions, and leopards and cheetahs were found to the south of egypt. smaller cat species, such as servals, inhabited the deserts or marshes. one of these species, felis silvestris libyca, seems to have been domesticated by the egyptians by around 2000 bce. cats were chiefly prized for their ability to kill pests such as rats, mice, and snakes. similar predators, s

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

ions. the statuette, idol, fetish, or whatever it was, had been captured some months before in the wooded swamps south of new orleans during a raid on a supposed voodoo meeting; and so singular and hideous were the rites connected with it, that the police could not but realise that they had stumbled on a dark cult totally unknown to them, and infinitely more diabolic than even the blackest of the african voodoo circles. of its origin, apart from the erratic and unbelievable tales extorted from the captured members, absolutely nothing was to be discovered; hence the anxiety of the police for any antiquarian lore which might help them to place the frightful symbol, and through it track down the cult to its fountain-head. inspector legrasse was scarcely prepared for the sensation which his of

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

ter that; since our conclusions were now- notwithstanding their wildness- completely fixed, and of a nature i need not even mention to those who have read my account as far as this. perhaps we were mad- for have i not said those horrible peaks were mountains of madness? but i think i can detect something of the same spirit- albeit in a less extreme form- in the men who stalk deadly beasts through african jungles to photograph them or study their habits. half paralyzed with terror though we were, there was nevertheless fanned within us a blazing flame of awe and curiosity which triumphed in the end. of course we did not mean to face that- or those- which we knew had been there, but we felt that they must be gone by now. they would by this time have found the other neighboring entrance to th

HP LOVECRAFT HERBERT WEST REANIMATOR

; the results of defective reanimation, when lumps of graveyard clay had been galvanised into morbid, unnatural, and brainless motion by various modifications of the vital solution. one thing had uttered a nerve-shattering scream; another had risen violently, beaten us both to unconsciousness, and run amuck in a shocking way before it could be placed behind asylum bars; still another, a loathsome african monstrosity, had clawed out of its shallow grave and done a deed- west had had to shoot that object. we could not get bodies fresh enough to shew any trace of reason when reanimated, so had perforce created nameless horrors. it was disturbing to think that one, perhaps two, of our monsters still lived- that thought haunted us shadowingly, till finally west disappeared under frightful circu

HP LOVECRAFT THE CALL OF CTHULHU

wise a rambling letter to the editor of a paper in south america, where a fanatic deduces a dire future from visions he has seen. a dispatch from california describes a theosophist colony as donning white robes en masse for some 'glorious fulfilment' which never arrives, whilst items from india speak guardedly of serious native unrest towards the end of march. voodoo orgies multiply in haiti, and african outposts report ominous mutterings. american officers in the philippines find certain tribes bothersome about this time, and new york policemen are mobbed by hysterical levantines on the night of 22-23 march the west of ireland, too, is full of wild rumour and legendry and a fantastic painter named ardois-boonot hangs a blasphemous dream landscape in the paris spring salon of 1926. and so

ions. the statuette, idol, fetish, or whatever it was, had been captured some months before in the wooden swamps south of new orleans during a raid on a supposed voodoo meeting; and so singular and hideous were the rites connected with it, that the police could not but realize that they had stumbled on a dark cult totally unknown to them, and infinitely more diabolic than even the blackest of the african voodoo circles. of its origin, apart from the erratic and unbelieveable tales extorted from the captured members, absolutely nothing was to be discovered; hence the anxiety of the police for any antiquarian lore which might help them to place the frightful symbol, and through it track down the cult to its fountain-head. inspector legrasse was scarcely prepared for the sensation which his o

ISIS UNVEILED

gitizecoy google lao isb unveiled tioiu and elevated views. his influence must have been powerful, as we find epiphanius writing more than two centuries later that in his time the followers of marcton were to be found throu^iout the whole world* the danger must indeed have been pressing and great, if we are to judge it by the opprobrious epithets and vituperation heaped upon marcion by the 'great african' that patristic cerberus, whom we find ever barking at the door of the irenaean dogmas. we have but to open his celebrated rdutation of marcion's anttthe e, to acquaint our- selves with the fine-fieur of monkish abuse of the christian school; an abuse so f uthf ully carried on throu^ the middle ages, to be renewed in our present day at the vatican" now, then, ye hounds, ydping at the god o

of marcion's anttthe e, to acquaint our- selves with the fine-fieur of monkish abuse of the christian school; an abuse so f uthf ully carried on throu^ the middle ages, to be renewed in our present day at the vatican" now, then, ye hounds, ydping at the god of truth, whom the apostle casts out, to all your questions! iliese are the bones of contention which ye gnaw" etc "the povoiy (a the 'great african's' arguments keeps pace with his abuse" remarks the author of supemabtrai relijfion "their [the fathers] religious controversy bristles with misstatements, and is turbid with pious abuse. tertullian was a master of this style, and the vehement vituperatitm with which he opens and often interlards his work against 'the im- pious and sacrilegious marcion' offers anything but a guarantee (tf

the son rf god? this is a dilemma from which the theologians are bound to rescue us. it is from this veiy dilemma that the gnostics endeavored to snatch the budding christianity. justice has been wmting nineteen centuries for intelligent conmien- tators to appreciate this difference between the orthodox tertullian and the gnostic marcion. the brutal violence, unfairness, and bigotry of the "great african" repel all who accept his christianity "how can a god" inquired marcion "break his own commandments? how could he consistently prohibit idolatry and image-worship and still cause moaes to set up the brazen serpent? how command: thou sbalt not steal, and then order the israelites to poil the egyptians of their gold and silver "anticipating the results of modem criticism, marcion denies the

s alleged to have taken [jace between peter and simon the magiciaa, are now also proved to have been falsely attributed to clement the roman. this work, if written by an ebionite as the author of supemattiral religion declares, in com- mon with some other commentators" must have been written either far later than the pauline period generally assigned to it, or the dispute ddering that the 'gretlt african' ia taid to have beea expdied from the chtuch of rome. if ire believe st. jerome, it is but the envy and the uommted cajumoies ol the earif roman clergy uainit tertuiliad which forced him to renounce the catholic church and become a montanitt. however, were the unlimited adn^tion of st. cyprian (who termi tertullian "the haaler) and hu estimate of him msited, we ?bodld ee leal error and pa

s and educated br&hmanaa have never shared the popular superstitions; and aflsrms their unshaken belief in the unity of god and the soul's immortality, although most assuredly neither kapila, nor the initiated brihmanas, nor the followers of the vedanta school, would ever admit the existence of an anthropomorphic creator, a 'first cause' in the christian sense. jacouiot, in his indo- european and african traditions, is the first to make an onslau^t on professor mtiller, for remarking that the hindo gods were "masks without actors. names without being, and not beings without names" quoting, in support of his argument, numerous verses from the sacred hinda books, jacolliot adds "is it possible to refuse to the author of these stanzas a definite and clear conception of the divine 672. see cor

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

ix chel. mayan moon goddess married to the sun, is the midwife to creative ideas. goddess of fertility and freedom. patron of childbirth and medicine. hina .polynesian goddess said to be the original creator of the world, of gods and goddess and of humans. represents the ability to be nourished in all situations. brigid. celtic triple goddess of fire and inspiration, healing and divination. oya. african yoruban goddess of weather and brazilian macumba deity of change, women call on her for protection when in hard to resolve situations. baba yaga. slavic birth-death goddess who inspires us to get in touch with our wild woman and free our vital, instinctual and primal energies by integrating our self destructive behavior. maya. hindu mother of creation, weaver of the web of life and illusio

KETAB E SIYAH

s where our comrades waited, their keen eyes watching for our return else turned to heaven to descry the foe and whether they moved against our grand ambition or remained ignorant of our endeavour. yet no action of the elohim was apparent to them nor the return of satan in triumph. onwards, went ishtar and baalzebub upon my right hand and my left. onwards and yet onwards, went we three across the african plains beneath the veil of night. brave and silent, we went with haste lest the sun make too soon the journey beneath the earth and, in rising, reveal us in our quest to the wrathful eyes of heaven. 141 we stole amongst the sleeping beasts of earth, the roosting eagles upon the trees, cold lizards made languid by the chill of night, antelopes and wild horses slept upon the grasses that nou

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

way a confirmation of that which a french explorer, du chaillu, had brought some quarter of a century before, but it had not been generally accepted until stanley fs evidence arrived. 245. that pygmy race is a relic of the old lemurians, and represents them more purely than any other people. the lemurians were at one time a gigantic people, but in process of dying out they diminished in size. the african bushmen are also remnants of the same race, but with very mixed blood, and the same thing is true of those who are usually called the australian aboriginals, except that in their case there is a very alight admixture of aryan blood. 246. at one time the pygmies were spread over a great deal more of africa than at present, and some of them were the first people to enter egypt when the marsh

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

k music concerns the deal with the devil that bluesman robert johnson is said to have made at a mississippi crossroads one midnight. at least one blues scholar maintains that the story is more urban legend than rural folklore the romantic concoction of white blues fans decades later but some evidence suggests that the tale was in circulation during johnson s lifetime. to many religiously inclined african-americans in the south, the blues was the devil s music, and those who performed it were placing their souls in peril. some blues performers, however, happily took on the persona of the bad man in league with the devil. early bluesman william bunch, for example, billed himself as peetie wheatstraw, the devil s son-in-law and the high sheriff of hell (oliver 1975, 89. it was rumored that so

pernatural beliefs were ubiquitous in rural mississippi when johnson was growing up. one popular tradition concerned hellhounds, otherwise known as black or demon dogs, said to be huge and to possess glowing red eyes; they were the devil in canine form. such notions were not confined to the american south they have been richly documented in the british isles and elsewhere but their presence among african- americans of the period was noted not only by folklorists but in area folk music, for example in a j. t. funny paper smith blues with the lyric: get home an get blue an start howlin, an the hell hound get on my trail. johnson began hanging out with older, accomplished bluesmen such as brown, son house, and charlie patton and learning from them, though nothing then suggested that he would

nwood, mississippi. he and david honeyboy edwards were two weeks into an engagement there when someone, apparently the aggrieved husband, saw to it that johnson was given a bottle of poisoned alcohol. he died on august 16. sadly, his death ended his chance to fulfill his stated ambition to play in new york city. in 1938 the influential record producer john hammond, a white man with a keen ear for african-american 134 johnson, robert vernacular music, sought to introduce a larger audience to the music of black america. he arranged for a carnegie hall concert he called spirituals to swing, recruiting a wide range of gospel, jazz, folk, and blues artists. one he hoped to feature was a man he knew only from recordings, robert johnson. he called law, who got in touch with oertle. neither man ha

as (at least obliquely) lyrical ties to skip james s devil got my woman (1931, kansas joe mccoy s evil devil woman blues judaism and hebrew scriptures 135 (1934, and johnny temple s evil devil blues (1935. the devil is mentioned in the titles or texts of hundreds of blues recordings from the period, associated variously with terror, humor, sexual prowess, and difficult or unfaithful women. rural african-american musicians were also aware of the anglo-celtic tradition and in fact often sang songs and ballads they picked up from their white counterparts, with whom they sometimes performed in string bands. in anglo- american folk music the devil was a favorite character even in secular narratives. in riddles wisely expounded and the false knight on the road, innocents outwit the devil. the o

ally, spirit possession involves a dramatic change in the physiognomy and behavior of the person who is hosting the spirit, and historically it has occurred more among women and the lower classes. it was and still is widespread, for example, among south asian women (who tend to explain their problems as a result of evil spirits) and in the ancestor worship of vodoun (voodoo, santeria, and certain african religions. in shamanic cultures, possession is viewed as an integral part of the healing power of the shaman. the ritual trance that leads to spirit possession can be induced through various techniques, such as inhaling the fumes of certain substances (e.g, sri lankan witch doctor (kattadiya) holding a bottle containing an evil demon that has been exorcised from a possessed person. it will

eared in the wake of the success of michelle remembers. emergent court cases uncovered abuse situations precisely like (or almost identical to) michelle s. subsequent investigations, such as the one conducted by the authors of satan s silence, revealed that the book was a hoax. the rituals described by the coauthor dr. lawrence pazder appear to have been loosely based on his studies of indigenous african religions (robinson in lewis 2001) pazder, who apparently coined the expression ritual abuse, left his wife to marry his patient. reciprocating, smith left her husband to marry her therapist, dr. pazder. concerned that a network of secret satanists might really exist, law enforcement officials began to take charges of sra seriously in the 1980s. it quickly became evident, however, that the

dia. danbury, ct: grolier incorporated, 1993. bailey, cyril. religion in virgil. oxford: oxford university press, 1935. encyclopedia britannica. cambridge: encyclopedia britannica, 1911. quinn, kenneth. virgil s aeneid. a critical description. ann arbor: university of michigan press, 1968. vodoun (also voodoo; vodun) vodoun is a caribbean religion formed out of a syncretistic blend of traditional african religions and catholic christianity. originally a slave religion, it is especially associated with the island of haiti, although identifiably vodoun forms of spiritual expression are also present in jamaica and santo domingo. vodoun is a derivative of the nigerian word vodu, which means divinity or spirit or deity in the fon language of dahomey. the term has been variously spelled/pronounc

it is commonly associated with satanism. vodoun postulates a complex and extensive pantheon of divinities, referred to as loas or myst res. a supreme being who created the world, termed gran met, is acknowledged, although he is too distant from the world to be worshipped. vodoun focuses instead on the more immediate divinities, serving the loa in return for favors for their devotees. in line with african tradition, ancestors are revered. within vodoun, the human being is pictured as being composed of five ingredients: n me, z toile, corps cadavre, gros bon ange, and ti bon ange. corps cadavre refers to the physical flesh. n me is the vital energy that allows the body to function during life. z toile refers to the star of destiny of the particular human being. gros bon ange (literally, big

LIBER 777

pan, priapus [erect hermes and bacchus] 27. tuisco ares[[athena] 28 [athena] ganymede 29. poseidon[[hermes psychopompos] 30 vision of surya. helios, apollo 31 agni-bhawana. hades 32 [athena] 32 bis prithiva-bhawana [demeter[[gaia] 31 bis vision of the higher self, prana-yama. we have insufficient knowledge of the attributions of assyrian, syrian, mongolian, tibetan, mexican, zend, south sea, west african &c. iacchus table of correspondences 10 xxxv. some roman gods. xxxvi. selection of christian gods (10; apostles (12; evangelists (4) and churches of asia (7. xxxvii. hindu legendary demons. 0. 1 jupiter god the 3 in 1 2 janus[[mercury] god the father, god who guides parliament 3 juno, cybele, hecate &c. the virgin mary 4 jupiter[[libitina] god the rain-make (vide prayer-book, god the farme

LIBER CHANOKH

aterial in the .angelic language. contained in the book; he did not give further details and as far as i am aware has not published his findings. some researchers (e.g. laycock, 1978) are of the opinion that the material recorded in logaeth may be a glossolalia. it appears that some unacknowledged work in the compilation of the published parts of chanokh was done by james windram, crowley.s south african lieutenant; and that crowley later attempted to palm off the work of writing the continuation onto him, but without result. correspondence relating to this was recently (2003) published in the o.t.o. internal magazine the magical link. the first part of chanokh was reprinted as the symbolic representation of the universe by unicorn press of seattle in the 1970s. both published parts were i

LIBER SAMEKH

ii 23 delusions, confers all blessings, teaches all truth, and contains all delights. but it is important that the adept should not rest in mere inexpressible realization of his raputre, but rouse himself to make the relation submit to analysis, to render it in rational terms, and thereby enlighten his mind and heart in a sense as superior to fanatical enthusiasm as beethoven fs music is to west african war-drums. section gg the adept should have realized that his act of union with the angel implies (1) the death of his old mind save insofar as his unconscious elements preserve its memory when they absorb it, and (2) the death of his unconscious elements themselves. but their death is rather a going forth to renew their life through love. he then, by conscious comprehension of them separa

LIBER XCV THE WAKE WORLD

arlyl ywrflp ymq apwskb lwayu ald zynb agdygx 333 idra suta viii ra-asa isalamanu para-di-zododa ol-kari-nu aao iali-pire-gahe qui-inu enai butamonu od inoasa ni pa-ra-diala; kasaremeji ugeare kahiralanu, od zodonake lukifatanu paresa ta vavale-zodirenu tolhami. irejila kahis-a da das pa-aotza busada caosago, das kahisa, od ipuranu teloahe karekareka ois-alamahe lonukaho od vovina karebafe? ave. african proverb. de las cosas mas seguras, mas seguro es duvidar. spanish proverb. tua scienza che vuol, la cosa e piu perfetta. piu senta .l bene, e cosi la doglienza. dante. aaa..z.razazzzaie.zazaeeeiiizaie.z.akh. eoooyth.ezaozaez..zz..zaozakh.za.kheyeit yxaalethykh.this is the name which you must speak in the interior world. jesus christ. mahaparinibbanna sutta. hy is noch visch, noch vleesch:

LINDOW JOHN NORSE MYTHOLOGY A GUIDE TO THE GODS HEROES RITUALS AND BELIEFS

nd everyone agrees that he was important, but beyond that it is difficult to generalize. older (and even some modern) critics thought he could be associated with natural phenomena, such as fire (wagner made of him loge in the ring cycle) or air, the latter based on his name lopt. the most consistently useful strand of the scholarship reads loki against the trickster figures of native american and african traditions: trickster thinks only of the present and never of the future, is creative but destructive at the same time, and often has a connection with sexuality. such a view characterizes the book of jan de vries, the problem of loki, ff communications, 110 (helsinki: suomalainen tiedeakatemia, 1933, who brings out the dual aspects of culture hero and trickster. a later book in english is

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

h or without malaria) individuals. we also noted that the malarial parasite is a selective agent in the case of the a and s variants. there happens to be a mathematical equation, called the hardy-weinberg theorem, which allows one to calculate gene frequencies in populations in the absence of any selective factors. when this equation is applied to populations where malaria is absent (for example, african americans living in the united states, many of whom are descended from west african populations, the observed ratios between the three gene combinations conform to the theoretical equation, taking into account the lethality of the s /s combination. not so, however, with nigerians who live in malaria-infested areas of west africa, who have a ratio strongly skewed in favor of the a /s type

ently verified using several independent techniques. the earliest prehuman bipedal fossil agreed upon by most paleoanthropologists is that of an animal discovered in kenya called orrorin tugenensis. its fossil was dated at 5 6 million years ago, which puts it close to the generally accepted date for the pre-chimpanzee/prehuman split. later came australopithecus afarensis, a much better understood african primate because its fossil remains are more abundant. australopithecus first appeared about 4.2 million years ago. its most representative specimen, the famous lucy, lived in ethiopia about 3.2 million years ago. lucy was clearly bipedal, about 3 feet tall, and weighed about 55 pounds. her cranial capacity was about that of a modern chimp. australopithecus fossils have been found in multip

ate fire, perhaps as early as 800,000 years ago, and was probably able to build simple shelters. but it is their travels that make h. erectus fascinating. there is excellent evidence that h. erectus traveled out of africa to reach europe (georgia and elsewhere, southeast asia (indonesia, and finally eastern china. indeed, h. erectus fossils have been discovered in all these locations. all the non-african h. erectus fossils ever discovered are younger than their african counterparts, strongly indicating that h. erectus evolved in africa and in africa alone. this idea is, of course, consistent with australopithecus and h. habilis also having evolved exclusively in africa. h. erectus may have become extinct as late as 150,000 years ago, but not before differentiating about 1 million years ago

of h. floresiensis is that these creatures were descendants of asian h. erectus. but we also know that h. figure 4.1 the ancestry of homo sapiens as revealed by the fossil record. vertical bars represent the longevity of each species as determined by fossil finds. lucy, the famous a. afarensis fossil found in ethiopia, is indicated by a horizontal line. h. ergaster is the name sometimes given to african h. erectus. the genus paranthropus is not in the human lineage. mya, millions of years ago. 88 evolution and religious creation myths erectus was tall, sometimes as tall as modern humans. what then accounts for the very short size of h. floresiensis? it turns out that size reduction (dwarfism) can take place when mammalian species find refuge on isolated islands, which also explains why el

bilis and h. erectus. these other primates went extinct and left no recognizable modern descendants. just to name some, these were australopithecus africanus, paranthropus boisei, and paranthropus robustus (who must have been a fearsome sight for other bipedal primates at the time because of their sheer size. therefore, our forebears were part of a constellation of bipedal species that roamed the african savanna for a long period of time (see figure 4.1. figure 4.2 shows fossil representatives of what some of our ancestors looked like. how is it that our ancestors (starting with australopithecus) left descendants while no other bipedal primate lineages did? our best answer is that our ancestors brains evolved toward a bigger size and greater complexity. we do not know exactly how this happ

ossils. to understand what follows, one must realize that scientists strive to corroborate theories by cross-checking them with data obtained independently, sometimes from studies undertaken in a totally different area of science. fascinatingly, fossils are not the only source of information regarding human origins. dna science is also a rich trove of information, and it fully confirms an ancient african origin of modern humans. moreover, genetic science plots very well the early human diasporas that sent humans to colonize our whole planet. however, dna evidence has not been obtained from ancient human fossils. so far, it has not been possible to retrieve dna from fossils older than about 30,000 40,000 years. this is because dna is a rather fragile molecule that degrades over time. rather

nd. therefore, as already suggested by paleontology, the cradle of h. sapiens is africa, at least as far as women are concerned. the mathematical equations of population genetics also allow us to determine the size of this original population of humans: between 1,000 and 10,000 individuals. therefore, all humans on the planet are descended from one woman who was part of this relatively small east african population. interestingly (and jokingly, our common ancestress was nicknamed eve by the researchers who first discovered our african origins. but eve was not the only woman on earth at the time she had between 500 and 5,000 female companions in her population. what happened to the mtdna of all these other women? the answer is threefold (1) some of these women did not reproduce (2) others m

ld (1) some of these women did not reproduce (2) others may have had boys only, or (3) their lineages stopped at a certain point in the past because their descendants failed to reproduce and hence their mtdna lineages were lost. y chromosome studies as one can well imagine, there must have been a genetic adam as well as a genetic eve. like eve, we expect that adam must have lived in the same east african population. can science show that, indeed, there was an adam and that this adam lived at the same time as eve?we cannot rely on mtdna because it is transmitted solely through mothers. fortunately for researchers, nature has equipped human males with a stretch of dna that females do not possess: the y chromosome. what is more, the y chromosome, called a sex chromosome, is passed down exclus

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

g with "magical correspondences" such as aleister crowley's 777 and dion fortune's mystical qabalah, are very handy. classics-minded witches would do well to consult such books as robert graves's work on the classical myths, those of c. kerenyi; and of course godfrey leland's aradia and etruscan magic and occult remedies, among others. should you, on the other hand, wish to give your coven a more african flavour, then the myths of ancient egypt and maybe the magical elements inherent within the west indian voodoo cult should be incorporated. the entities involved are exactly the same. they differ only in their outer cultural manifestations. the powers are identical. only when we encounter far eastern thought do we find any radical change. the difficulty of mixing oriental and occidental ma

MEANING OF MASONRY

n both advanced and simple forms according to the understanding of their disciples. it is, of course, common knowledge that great secret systems of the mysteries (referred to in our lectures as" noble orders of architecture" i.e, of soul-building) existed in the east, in chaldea, assyria, egypt, greece, italy, amongst the hebrews, amongst mahommedans and amongst christians; even among uncivilized african races they are to be found. all the great teachers of humanity, socrates, plato, pythagoras, moses, aristotle, virgil, the author of the homeric poems, and the great greek tragedians, along with st. john, st. paul and innumerable other great names--were initiates of the sacred mysteries. the form of the teaching co mmunicated has varied considerably from age to age; it has been expressed u

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

pped for the night, mountains arose,formed from the serpent's dung. that is why if you dig down deep into a mountain, you find riches.now, when nana-buluku had finished creating, it was obvious that the earth just couldn't carry every-thing- all the mountains, trees, peoples, and animals. so, to keep the earth from capsizing, the creatorasked da to coil beneath it to cushion it- like the pads the african women and girls wear on their headswhen they are carrying a heavy load. appendix e: dragons and serpents306atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation because da cannot stand heat, the creator made the ocean for the serpent to live in. and there da hasremained since the beginning of time, with his tail in his mouth. even though the water keeps da cool,he sometimes shifts around tr

hilis outbreak in india. 1500 epidemic of syphilis. 1500 dutch establish a sugar refinery at antwerp and ships sugar to germany and england. 1501 swift development of book printing and typography. 1505 syphilis outbreak reaches canton, china. 1509 first attempts to restrict right to practice medicine to licensed doctors. 1510 king ferdinand consents to recruitment of the first large contingent of african slaves in the grow-ing spanish sugar industry. 1515 spanish monks offer loans in gold to anyone who would start a sugar mill. 1526 from 1526 to 1546, there was a tendency for syphilis to become milder and more chronic innature. 1528 severe outbreaks of plague in england. 1533 first non-medical insane asylums instituted. 1557 massive influenza epidemic in europe. 1558 tobacco first brought

issues pamphlet m-67, which calls forspecial police task forces (special multicounty or interstate police forces. 1971 united states places a nuclear weapons platform in orbit secretly. the first military-run shuttlemission would service the platform and upgrade the on-board computers. 1971 the regime of yayha khan in pakistan would murder 1,500,000 people. 1971 the cia infects pigs in cuba with african swine fever, a deadly disease. the entire swine popu-lation of cuba is slaughtered to protect humans. a second such epidemic in 1980 in cuba, with equallydevastating consequences, was of unknown but suspicious origins. 1971 a mysterious blue mold appears and threatens the tobacco crop in cuba. 1971 a damaging rust disease appears in cuba and threatens to destroy the crops of sugar cane. 19

ation of an immune virus (see 1969) and suggests that a usefulway to study the effects would be to put it into a vaccination program and observe the results. it istheorized that who used the smallpox vaccination program in central africa for this study, since thespread of hiv infection coincides precisely with the most intense and recent smallpox vaccination cam-paigns. information on the central african countries most infected with hiv precisely matches whofigures indicating the number of people vaccinated in these areas. the virus requested would selectivelydestroy the t-cell system (1972 federation proceedings of who. 1972 dr. louis j. west, director of the neuropsychiatric institute at ucla, proposes to use an aban-doned nike base for the center for the study and reduction of violence

tivities and sounds in front of the set to satellite and cia headquarters. con-firmed in 1993 investigation. 1976 malathion used in pakistan poisons 2,500 people. 1976 national institute for drug abuse estimates 5,800 deaths in hospitals between 1976-1977 fromuse of psychiatric drugs on patients. 1976 nsc directive 4a authorizes covert psych ops against u. s. citizens 1976 hiv virus discovered in african blood banks. 1976 congress concludes all emergencies are over in pl 94-12. 1976 congress leaves intact all presidential laws set up under trading enemy act. 1976 congress passes pl 94-266 to pay for national swine flu inoculation in u.s. 1976 according to a letter from the british association for parents of v accine damaged children, pub-lished in the british medical journal of february 19

of breast cancer. for men, the risk of breast cancer in those occupations is six times normal. 1994 in the united states (aug. 94) a program begins in the mind control arena which involves the useof scalar energy and photonic information fields, to last until december 1994. 1994 the sunday times in london (may 22, 1994) reports that the western blot hiv test gave a pos-itive result to some 85% of african patients found to be hiv negative. proteins from the leprosygerm, which infects millions in africa, can show up as a false positive for hiv (detected by p24 pro-tein presence. 1994 resolution trust company (rtc) places three senior criminal investigators who worked on thewhitewater investigation on administrative leave. 1994 an emergency room doctor in riverside, california, overcome by my

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

to an island, proclaiming that a flood was soon to destroy the earth, and that a fortress must be built at the center of the village. he promised to return one day, and after leaving the village the flood waters did come, which protected those who believed him. it s important to note that this tale of a chosen one who travels with 12 guys predates the arrival of europeans to north america. in the african myth from the mande people of mali, an evil god named pemba fell from heaven, and was barred from returning because he stole male seeds from god. pemba spread tainted seeds, borne from incest upon the ground. faro, his righteous twin brother that dwelled in heaven and took the form of a fish, was forced to sacrifice himself for pemba s sin. his body was cut into 60 pieces, and the pieces f

MORALS AND DOGMA

knowledge itself is not power. wisdom is power; and her prime minister is justice, which is the perfected law of truth. the purpose, therefore, of education and science is to make a man wise. if knowledge does not make him so, it is wasted, like water poured on the sands. to know the _formulas_ of masonry, is of as little value, by itself, as to know so many words and sentences in some barbarous african or australasian dialect to know even the _meaning_ of the symbols, is but little, unless that adds to our wisdom, and also to our charity, which is to justice like one hemisphere of the brain to the other. do not lose sight, then, of the true object of your studies in masonry. it is to add to your estate of wisdom, and not merely to your knowledge. a man may spend a lifetime in studying a

herefore, improperly called _hiram, is khur-om, the same as _her-ra _her-mes, and _her-acles, the"_heracles tyrius invictus" the personification of light and the son, the mediator, redeemer, and saviour. from the egyptian word _ra_ came the coptic _ouro, and the hebrew _aur, light _har-oeri, is _hor_ or _har, the chief or _master _hor_ is also heat; and _hora, season or hour; and hence in several african dialects, as names of the sun _airo, ayero, eer, uiro, ghurrah, and the like. the royal name rendered _pharaoh, was phra, that is _pai-ra, the sun. the legend of the contest between _hor-ra_ and _set, or _set-nu-bi, the same as _bar_ or _bal, is older than that of the strife between _osiris_ and _typhon; as old, at least, as the nineteenth dynasty. it is called in the book of the dead "the

be no eloquence; for eloquence is that to which other hearts respond; it is the faculty and power of _making_ other hearts respond. no one is so low or degraded, as not sometimes to be touched with the beauty of goodness. no heart is made of materials so common, or even base, as not sometimes to respond, through every chord of it, to the call of honor, patriotism, generosity, and virtue. the poor african slave will die for the master or mistress, or in defence of the children, whom he loves. the poor, lost, scorned, abandoned, outcast woman will, without expectation of reward, nurse those who are dying on every hand, utter strangers to her, with a contagious and horrid pestilence. the pickpocket will scale burning walls to rescue child or woman, unknown to him, from the ravenous flames. mo

era had its origin in english avarice and cruelty, as they suppose who trace it to the tax which warren hastings, when governor-general of india, imposed on salt, thus cutting off its use from millions of the vegetable-eating races of the east: just as that disease whose spectral shadow lies always upon america's threshold, originated in the avarice and cruelty of the slave-trade, translating the african coast fever to the congenial climate of the west indies and southern america--the yellow fever of the former, and the _vomito negro_ of the latter. but we should be slow to make inferences from our petty human logic to the ethics of the almighty. whatever the cruelty of the slave-trade, or the severity of slavery on the continents or islands of america, we should still, in regard to its su

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

a, from the hindu concept of brahman and the endless cycle of creation to the eternal dreaming of the australian aboriginals, the same themes recur, as humankind engages with the great mysteries of life and death. the best definition of myth is maya deren s in her book on the voodoo gods: myth, she writes, is the facts of the mind made manifest in the fiction of matter. the first people this west african carving shows the world in the form of a calabash gourd, with the first man and woman and the cosmic serpent. the fon call this serpent aido-hwedo, and he carried the creator in his mouth when the world was made. aido-hwedo is said to have accompanied the first man and woman to earth. introduction 7 our notion of time, the limited time of creation, is merely a trick of ahura mazda s to lim

es. in only one story of the many that reveal his wily character, is he completely outwitted. this is the story of the race between hare and tortoise, in which tortoise, instead of racing hare, simply positions members of his family along their circular racecourse, and sits waiting to greet hare at the finishing line. anansi the spider anansi the spider is a trickster figure belonging to the west african ashanti tribe. among the zande tribe he is known as ture. one of the best-known myths is the one in which anansi asks the sky god onyankopon (also called nyame) if he can buy the stories for which he is famous. what makes you think that you can buy my stories? asked the god. i have refused them to the great and powerful and you are noone important. but anansi insists on a price, so onyanko

and a man, woman, and snake. the fon believe that the first man and woman came to earth in the company of aido-hwedo, the cosmic serpent. aido-hwedo is also said to have helped the creator to shape the world like a great calabash gourd. in the mythology of the fon sky-cult, the creator parent, nana- buluku, is revered as the creator of the world, which mawu then shaped and peopled. but like many african supreme gods, nana-buluku is scarcely remembered today; the name mawu has come to mean god in fon. after the world was made, the creator is said to have made the first people from clay and water. he prepared the mixture in the same way as preparing building materials for a house. aido-hwedo can be seen as a personification of creative power a power that can still be seen in the rainbow, in

before any of the children of mawu, created by whoever created the world. a statement that aido-hwedo came with the first man and woman of the world may allude to the snake s phallic quality, or to the way in which snakes have come to be identified by the fon people with the life force. in some stories, the snake teaches the first man and woman the mystery of procreation. the origin of death many african cultures contain a myth explaining the origin of death: the zulus tell how the creator sent the chameleon unwabu to tell humankind that it would not die, and intulo, the lizard, to tell it that it must. the chameleon lingered on the way, but the lizard ran straight there, so his message arrived first. the hottentot version tells how the moon sent an insect to say. as i die, and dying live

his painting reflects the widespread belief that the gods are involved in the politics of the island, often helping to elect or get rid of a president. it shows the major deities of rada voodoo (one of the gentler forms of voodoo) in council over haiti s future. the voodoo gods the voodoo gods of haiti (and their counterparts in the candombl and santer a cults of brazil and cuba) derive from west african mythologies, but are also shaped by slavery and the influence of catholicism in the new world. the word vodu is the african fon word for god; and loa, meaning spirit, is a congolese word. voodoo is a religion with many loas, who are dedicated to serving humans as long as they are welcomed and well fed. but there is little formal mythology in the sense of a creation narrative or heroic expl

akes this form when she is agw s consort in the sea. erzulie can also appear as an old woman, gran erzulie, and, in a rage of grief and despair, as erzulie ge-rouge. azacc a azacca (or azaka, dressed in peasant clothing and carrying a straw satchel, is the patron of farming and all agricultural work. he probably derives from the corn culture of haiti s original indian population, rather than from african roots. azacca is said to be the younger brother of ghede (see above; but where ghede is sophisticated and worldly, azacca is simple and naive. cane ghede s cane is both a phallic symbol, appropriate to a god whose actions are often obscene, and a balance on which the lord of death may weigh souls. erzulie freda erzulie freda is identified here with the christian virgin of sorrows. she ofte

PIKE CUMMINGS THE SPURIOUS RITES OF MEMPHIS AND MISRAIM

odges. the demand was rejected, and marconis then again devoted his attention to masonic publications. in b i g a lie came to new york with an assortment of diplomas, charters, jewels, etc, for the purpose of propagating his rite. he had some time before his arrival constituted, by deputy, two chapters and a council of his rite at new york. one of these bodies was composed of american citizens of african descent. at troy, n.y, he instituted a so-called grand lodge, disciples of memphis, of which a bro durand was grand master.after a brief sojourn in this country,marconis and his prime minister disappeared somewhat suddenly, and were next beard of as having returned to paris. the seed sown by them has indeed sprouted in various places, and still retains a sort of spasmodic existence, but it

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

l be an entirely new revelation, though foreseen by several distinguished magi, one among whom, m. augustin chaho, thus expresses himself: gthe poem of the apocalypse presupposes in the young evangelist a complete system and traditions individually developed by himself. it is written in the form of a vision, and weaves into a brilliant framework of poetry the whole erudition, the whole thought of african civilization. an inspired bard, the author touches upon a series of ruling events; he draws in bold outlines the history of society from cataclysm to cataclysm, and even further still. the truths which he reveals are prophecies brought from far and wide, of which he is the resounding echo. he is the voice which cries, the voice which chants the harmonies of the desert and prepares paths fo

RUBY TABLET OF SET

the elements listed above for paganism, some differences and similarities are apparent. 1. the deities are more or less similar to what is known of the ancient ones, but within the various groups of neo-pagans, the deities seem to be selected in an eclectic manner. the conceptual framework is tempered by the adherent's education and cultural origin. a current example is santeria, originating from african roots, but diverse in its practice in this country. white, middle class santeria practitioners of catholic background view santeria differently from the hispanic catholics who grew up with the cultural tolerance of magical themes. 2. the mysteries are more esoteric, since today's knowledge base is greater (we think) than that of ancient common man. many things learned today in general scie

ent training conferences, it is witchcraft, santeria, paganism, and the occult that are most often referred to as forms of satanism. it may be a matter of definition, but these things are not necessarily the same as traditional satanism. the worship of lunar goddesses and nature and the practice of fertility rituals are not satanism. santeria is a combination of 17th century roman catholicism and african paganism. occult means simply "hidden" all unreported or unsolved crimes might be regarded as occult, but in this context the term refers to the action or influence of supernatural powers, some secret knowledge of them, or an interest in paranormal phenomena, and does not imply satanism, evil, wrongdoing, or crime. indeed, historically, the principal crimes deserving of consideration as "o

ut were the archetypes of balance that i felt i needed to work on. i thought that if i did a devotional rite of these god forms, i would get some kind of results. i did. magister menschel had asked me a battery of questions about my xeper. this is how i planned to bring the reality of my xeper into manifestation. the following working is a result of those questions from magister menschel. certain african religions initiate an adept into their systems by a method of trance induction. the devotee is put into a state of hypnosis whereby his astral body goes into the nether world to seek information of importance to himself. sometimes the god form is brought into this reality by means of drumming or dancing. once the adept is possessed, the god or goddess begins to speak. during the speech the

charles fort, in wild talents, deals with several suspicious cases in which porphyria cannot be worked in as an explanation. the instances related in wild talents of course are not current ones, the most recent one related there being in the 1930's, but the october, xix issue of omni ran a brief column entitled real vampires and dealt with three researched cases of vampirism reported in the south african medical journal. the two psychiatrists who made the reports were careful to deny the presence of any supernatural aspects, and go further to say that cases of vampirism are rare. this last is good news in itself since, there are enough senseless killings in society without epidemics of vampiric fatalities catching on. as a creature of pure magic, the vampire remains a resident of long stan

hey drop and the drums stop, they rest and contemplate the results of the working. terms: asson, rattle and symbol of the priesthood. hunfor/hounfor, temple/ritual space. houngan, voudoun priest. invisibles (les) generic term for all the invisible spirits, including the loa and the souls of the deceased. loa, a deity, the gods. mambo, voudoun priestess. voodoo/voudoun, the ritual practices of the african and haitian religion. veve, designs generally drawn with flour on the ground, but also painted designs to invoke the loa. the cross-roads/carrefour, access points to the realm of the invisibles. the centre post/poteau-mitan, the axis point which the ceremonies take place around, the avenue by which the loa are said to enter. references: waters of return by louis martinie (black moon publis

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a watery grave: so operatic an event, in this day and age, seemed almost indecent, an act of bad faith. he had rushed over to pamela's place the moment he heard the news, and found her dry-eyed and composed. she led him into her clutter-lover's study on whose walls watercolours of rose-gardens hung between clenched--fist posters reading _partido socialista, photographs of friends and a cluster of african masks, and as he picked his way across the floor between ashtrays and the _voice_ newspaper and feminist science--fiction novels she said, flatly "the surprising thing is that when they told me i thought, well, shrug, his death will actually make a pretty small hole in my life" jumpy, who was close to tears, and bursting with memories, stopped in his tracks and flapped his arms, looking, i

e arrival of the police, never exactly reluctant to enter such establishments, bump accidentally into a little furniture and step by chance on a few arms legs necks: he began to appear to the locals in their dreams. the mullahs at the jamme masjid which used to be the machzikel hadath synagogue which had in its turn replaced the huguenots' calvinist church- and dr. uhuru simba the man-mountain in african pill-box hat and red-yellow-black poncho who had led the successful protest against _the aliens show_ and whom mishal sufyan hated more than any other black man on account of his tendency to punch uppity women in the mouth, herself for example, in public, at a meeting, plenty of witnesses, but it didn't stop the doctor _he's a crazy bastard, that one, she told chamcha when she pointed him

mishal sufyan hated more than any other black man on account of his tendency to punch uppity women in the mouth, herself for example, in public, at a meeting, plenty of witnesses, but it didn't stop the doctor _he's a crazy bastard, that one, she told chamcha when she pointed him out from the attic one day _capable of anything; he could've killed me, and all because i told everybody he wasn't no african, i knew him when he was plain sylvester roberts from down new cross way;fucking witch doctor, if you ask me- and mishal herself, and jumpy, and hanif- and the bus conductor, too, they all dreamed him, rising up in the street like apocalypse and burning the town like toast. and in every one of the thousand and one dreams he, saladin chamcha, gigantic of limb and horn-turbaned of head, was s

dark, could scarce be seen for the flame of florence's candle- and, over there, one abdul karim, aka the munshi, whom queen victoria sought to promote, but who was done down by colour-barring ministers. they're all here, dancing motionlessly in hot wax: the black clown of septimius severus, to the right; to the left, george iv's barber dancing with the slave, grace jones. ukawsaw gronniosaw, the african prince who was sold for six feet of cloth, dances according to his ancient fashion with the slave's son ignatius sancho, who became in 1782 the first african writer to be published in england- the migrants of the past, as much the living dancers' ancestors as their own flesh and blood, gyrate stilly while pinkwalla rants toasts raps up on the stage _now-mi-feel- indignation-when-dem-talk-i

the indian subcontinent, which battuta had taken over in return for cash payments in negotiable currencies at a knockdown (37-point discount) rate. all the indian producers would chip in, and miss pimple billimoria, to guarantee her silence, was to be offered a showcase supporting role featuring at least two dance numbers. filming would be spread between three continents- europe, india, the north african coast. gibreel got above-the--title billing, and three percentage points of producers' net profits "ten" gibreel interrupted "against two of the gross" his mind was obviously clearing. sisodia didn't bat an eyelid "ten against two" he agreed "pre-publicity campaign to be as fofollows "but what's the project" allie cone demanded. mr "whisky" sisodia beamed from ear to ear "dear mamadam" he

e. there was a young black woman standing near him who gave his attire an amused once-over; he stared back at her, and she laughed "okay, sorry, no offence" she was wearing a lenticular badge, the sort that changed its message as you moved. at some angles it read _uhuru for the simba; at others _freedom for the lion "it's on account of the meaning of his chosen name" she explained redundantly "in african" which language? saladin wanted to know. she shrugged, and turned away to listen to the speakers. it was african: born, by the sound of her, in lewisham or deptford or new cross, that was all she needed to know. pamela hissed into his ear "i see you finally found somebody to feel superior to" she could still read him like a book. a minute woman in her middle seventies was led up on to the

d i want you to know what he said 'i stand here' my son declared 'because i have chosen to occupy the old and honourable role of the uppity nigger. i am here because i have not been willing to seem reasonable. i am here for my ingratitude' he was a colossus among the dwarfs 'make no mistake' he said in that court 'we are here to change things. i concede at once that we shall ourselves be changed; african, caribbean, indian, pakistani, bangladeshi, cypriot, chinese, we are other than what we would have been if we had not crossed the oceans, if our mothers and fathers had not crossed the skies in search of work and dignity and a better life for their children. we have been made again: but i say that we shall also be the ones to remake this society, to shape it from the bottom to the top. we

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conduct; one of the three jewels of jain ethical conduct. samyak darshana: right faith, or right perception; one of the three jewels of jain ethical conduct. samyak jnana: right knowledge; one of the three jewels of jain ethical conduct. sanskrit: an ancient indo-european language that is the language of hinduism, as well as of much classical indian literature. santer a: the way of the saints; an african-based religion practiced primarily in cuba and other central and south american countries. santero: a practitioner of santer a. saum: fasting. sect: a small religious group that has branched off from a larger established religion. sect (kyoha) shinto: shinto as it is practiced by a number of sects, or groups, formed primarily in the nineteenth century. secular: worldly things, of the physi

brahman. urvan: the soul. vaishnavaism: a major sect of hinduism, which sees vishnu( the preserver) as the central god. vedas: the chief sacred scriptures of hinduism; knowledge, wisdom, or vision. xxx world religions: almanac words to know virgin birth: the christian belief that jesus christ was the son of god and born of a virgin mother. vishnu: also called krishna; the preserver-god. vodou: an african-based religion practiced primarily in haiti and in other central and south american countries. vodouisant: an uninitiated practitioner of vodou. wakan: the incomprehensibility of life and death for the sioux. wakan tanka: the world s motivating force for the sioux. wen: the arts of music, poetry, and painting. wicca: the name of a neo-pagan religion that generally worships the god and the

s their lives. how are their religious beliefs seen in their actions? include a photo or drawing of each figure. figures from the past might include zarathushtra, the founder of zoroastrianism, or the chinese philosopher confucius. modern figures might include black elk, the native american who wrote about his life as a member of the lakota sioux tribe, or malidoma some, who has written about his african religious heritage. world religions: almanac xxxv research and activity ideas world religions almanac volume 1 michael j. o neal and j. sydney jones neil schlager and jayne weisblatt, editors 1 what is religion? one of the most interesting aspects of religion is that nobody agrees about its meaning. in fact, people cannot even agree on the origin of the word religion. there is agreement th

eons, perhaps as a result of a better understanding of man s part in reproduction. the ancient minoan civilization has left a graphic and very beautiful record of its female goddess in wall paintings in archaeological ruins found on the island of crete. the mother goddess was not only important in prehistoric europe, but has been found in the traditions of ancient canaan, sumeria, egypt and other african countries, india, native north america, western europe, and australia. these fertility-worshipping religions slowly gave way to more male-oriented belief systems. in europe, invasions from the east in the fourth and third millennia bce by warrior tribes from central asia introduced religions based on patriarchal beliefs. with the development and spread of judaism, christianity, and islam

ies, women s and human rights, education, health, and sustainable development (creating economic development without hurting the environment. other efforts include helping to bring literacy to all populations, educating people about proper nutrition, and assisting with farming techniques. baha s are involved, for example, in hands-on projects planting trees in barren parts of africa, in educating african farmers about proper agricultural techniques, and in providing health care workshops and vocational training to indian women. by 2002 baha s operated more than 1,300 local development projects, from mongolia to south america, and africa to australia. such projects are a way to put the baha faith into action. for baha s, social action is a spiritual activity. for more information books baha

. buswell, robert e, jr, ed. encyclopedia of buddhism. 2 vols. new york: macmillan reference, 2003. de lange, nicholas. an introduction to judaism. cambridge, u.k: cambridge university press, 2000. dundas, paul. the jains. 2nd ed. london and new york: routledge, 2002. flood, gavin d. an introduction to hinduism. cambridge, u.k: cambridge university press, 1996. glazier, stephen d. encyclopedia of african and african-american religions. new york: routledge, 2001. grimassi, raven. encyclopedia of wicca and witchcraft. st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications, 2000. hartz, paula. zoroastrianism, 2nd ed. new york: facts on file, 2004. higginbotham, joyce. paganism: an introduction to earth-centered religions. st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications, 2002. hirschfelder, arlene, and paulette molin. enc

r combination, of indigenous and nonindigenous beliefs. examples of synthetic religions can be found in the caribbean. during the time of the slave trade, africans were transported to these regions, bringing their religious beliefs with them. at the same time, spanish colonists and slave merchants carried catholicism to the new world, where it became the dominant religion. the interaction between african religions and christianity gave rise to at least two new religions: vodou, which is dominant in haiti, and santer a, which is widely practiced in cuba. strictly speaking, these religions are not indigenous to either cuba or haiti, but they have many of the characteristics of an indigenous religion and are based on indigenous practices in africa. 271 the number of indigenous religions in th

in an indigenous religion who is thought to have special powers to communicate with the spirit world; often used as a synonym for a traditional healer. shamanism: a term used generally to refer to indigenous religions that believe in an unseen spirit world that influences human affairs. supernatural: that which is beyond the observable world, including things relating to god or spirits. vodou: an african-based religion practiced primarily in haiti and in other central and south american countries. vodouisant: an uninitiated practitioner of vodou. wakan tanka: the world s motivating force for the sioux. wakan: the incomprehensibility of life and death for the sioux. 272 world religions: almanac indigenous religions the best estimate of the number of practitioners of indigenous religious bel

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d first addressed glyndon "the moment you so feel your blood creep, and your hair stand on end, some one is walking over the spot which shall be your grave "there are in all lands different superstitions to account for so common an occurrence" replied the stranger "one sect among the arabians holds that at that instant god is deciding the hour either of your death, or of some one dear to you. the african savage, whose imagination is darkened by the hideous rites of his gloomy idolatry, believes that the evil spirit is pulling you towards him by the hair: so do the grotesque and the terrible mingle with each other "it is evidently a mere physical accident, a derangement of the stomach, a chill of the blood" said a young neapolitan, with whom glyndon had formed a slight acquaintance "then wh

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t step, the next phase of consciousness expanding into the further image of becoming. spare had already succeeded in isolating and concentrating desire in a symbol which became sentient and therefore potentially creative through the lightnings of the magnetized will. dali, it seems, has taken the process a step further. his formula of 'paranoiac -critical activity' is a development of the primal (african) concept of the fetish, and it is instructive to compare spare's theory of 'visualized sensation' with dali's definition of painting as 'hand don colour photography of concret irrationality. sensation is essentially irrational, and its delineation in graphic form('hand done colour photography) i sidentical with spare's method of 'visualized sensation. these magicians utilized human embodim

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, also (photo: associated press, in austin american-statesman, august 17, 2000, p. a3) european farm commissioner franz fischler (left) in handshake with german agriculture minister karl heinz funke at a european community session in brussels, belgium (photo: spotlight newspaper, december 7, 1998) 164 codex magica nelson mandela, political leader of south africa, shakes hands (masonic) with south african communist party leader oliver tambo. mandela, lionized by the western press, is a life long communist activist and a known terrorist criminal. mandela acquired power at the helm of the south african government by arrangement with the heads of the llluminati s rockefeller, rothschild, and oppenheimer dynasties. in exchange, the llluminati cartel holds exclusive rights to south africa's mine

has this illustration of an "x" in the form of a crossed gavel and a measuring stick, or rule. pike explains the illustration by suggesting that force (the brute power of the people) must be regulated by the elite "the blind force of the people is a force that must be economized, and also managed. it must be regulated by intellect" 238 codex magica 80 morals and dogma. hour; and hence, in several african dialects, as names of the sun, airo, ayero, eer, uiro, ghurrah, and the like. the royal name rendered pharaoh, was phra, that is, pai-ra, the sun. the legend of the contest between hor-ra and set, or set-nu-bi, the same as bar or bal, is older than that of the strife between osiris and typhon; as old, at least, as the nineteenth dynasty. it is called in the book of the dead "the day of the

n the lodge. cabalistic jews also have similar signs, some using one finger, others using two fingers to the head as is customarily the case in the mark master (4th) degree. malcolm x wears a ring of the black muslims while giving the masonic sign. both malcolm x and black muslim leader louis farrakhan were initiated into the 33rd degree of prince hall freemasonry, an order exclusively made up of african ethnics. 444 codex magica magical signs of the jewish cabala 445 446 codex magica edgar bronfman, jr, son of billionaire edgar bronfman, sr, head of the world jewish congress, is ceo of seagram, the giant liquor and entertainment industry conglomerate. seagram's logo is subtly placed on the wall and includes a white horse (shades of revelation 6) and other interesting features (photo: usa

an leader yasser arafat. mubarak is giving the cabalistic sign of the ram (photo: mews from israel, october 1997) israel's ashkenazi chief rabbi yisrael lau clearly conveys a cabalistic message to egyptian president hosni mubarak. in return mubarak's left hand under his chin presents a masonic message (photo: the omega times, new zealand, january 1996, p. 7) 456 codex magica this picture of south african leader nelson mandela took up an entire page in modern maturity magazine in 2004. modern maturity is distributed by aarp, which some believe to be managed and run by a radical leftist/zionist faction purporting to represent seniors. in this picture, mandela takes joy in presenting the double v (shin) sign of cabalism. nelson mandela became a mason in 1994. he is a tool of the rothschilds a

protest demonstrations. blood red- red stars, clenched fists 573 bill clinton, an illuminatus, was made the youngest governor in the history of arkansas. here he is in 1982 with hillary after winning the governor's mansion. the late new york congresswoman bella abzug was a hardened lesbian, a feminist, and a dedicated communist. abzug and hillary clinton were dear friends. 574 codex magica south african leader nelson mandela, a devoted communist, with communist radical wife, winnie and the head of the communist party. nelson mandela and wife, winnie, give the marxist salute. winnie mandela was known to participate in torture sessions and directed a number of "necklace parties" events at which a tied up victim has a tire full of gasoline around his neck which is lit by fire (photo: from bo

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(half-human, halfbull, the satyr (half-human, half-goat, the harpy (half-woman, half-bird) and a host of other hybrid entities the vast majority unfavorably disposed toward humankind. examples could be found in other cultures as well. customs and taboos in 2001, scientists were surprised when bits of stone etched with intricate patterns found in the blombos cave, east of cape town on the southern african shores of the indian ocean, were dated at 77,000 years old, thereby indicating that ancient humans were capable of complex behavior and abstract thought thousands of years earlier than previously believed. in europe, numerous sites have been excavated and artifacts unearthed that prove that structured behavior with customs and taboos existed about 40,000 years ago. customs are those activi

st, in their present life experience or in any of their previous lives. they would see clearly and relive the situation before their inner eyes, thereby understanding the problem and be able to release it. that night a man cried out as he relived an ancient battle. a young woman relived the fear of being lost in the woods as a small child. a middle-aged woman was recalling starving to death in an african village. but when sutphen came to barbara, she cried out, screamed, and began to shake. her voice became that of a young girl on the edge of panic. the hypnotist quickly redirected her from the alarming memory to a state of peaceful sleep. later, after all the other subjects had been awakened, sutphen asked if barbara wished to explore in greater detail the prior life on which she had touc

unknown to him in his normal state. not only did he speak in foreign tongues, but he gave spontaneous lectures on philosophy, astronomy, sociology, politics, medicine, history, and the natural sciences. these speeches were delivered alternately in german, french, dutch, english, greek, polish, syrian, albanian, czech, four italian dialects, arabic, turkish, hebrew, chinese, japanese, and several african dialects, in addition to latin, ancient greek, and his native tongue, portuguese. as an automatic-writing medium, he produced lengthy and erudite written dissertations in 28 languages, in a speed impossible to achieve under normal writing conditions. while entranced, it is said that mirabelli wrote treatises in the style of lombroso, kepler, voltaire, and galileo. these works included an e

a long and varied history. marty noted that the godparents at the baptismal service in many christian faiths are asked, on behalf of the child they sponsor, if they renounce the devil and all his works and ways. that, he explained, is a mild version of exorcism. and exorcism is a smaller part of modern western religions than it was in ancient babylon, egypt, and greece. there are witchdoctors in african societies who perform exorcisms, medicine people among native american tribes who are exorcists, and shamans throughout asia who banish evil spirits. as long as there are human beings who believe in supernatural powers, there will be exorcists who will be summoned to rid the innocent of the demons who have possessed them. a survey of its readers conducted by self magazine in 1997 revealed

philosophical library, 1950. fox, robin lane. pagans and christians. new york: alfred a. knopf, 1989. o grady, joan. early christian heresies. new york: barnes& noble, 1985. tribal mysteries the tribal cults that have emerged in the past 500 years offer a blend of christianity the majority religion of the conqueror and the slave owner and the aboriginal belief structures of the native american or african tribes that were subjugated or 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 282 mystery religions and cults inthe middle ages, the term manichaean was used interchangeably with heretic. enslaved. while the early christian missionaries, ministers, and priests were sincere in preaching what they considered to be the authentic word of god to the tr

large number of brazilians who cherish the ages-old relationship between a shaman and his or her people. in its outward appearances and in some of its practices, macumba resembles voodoo ceremonies. trance states among the practitioners are encouraged by dancing and drumming, and the evening ceremony is climaxed with an animal sacrifice. macumba was born in the 1550s from a compromise between the african spirit worship of the slaves who had been brought to brazil and the roman catholicism of the slaveholders. although they were forced to honor an 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 mystery religions and cults 285 array of christian saints and the god of their masters, the native priests soon realized how complementary the two faiths cou

priests soon realized how complementary the two faiths could be especially since, unlike the slaveowners in the united states, the brazilians allowed the slaves to keep their drums. the africans summoned their gods, the orishas, with the sound of their drums and the rhythm of their dancing. from the melding of the two religious faiths, the africans created the samba, the rhythm of the saints. the african god, exu, became st. anthony; iemanja became our lady of the glory; oba became st. joan of arc; oxala became jesus christ; oxum became our lady of the conception, and so on. during this same period, roman catholic missionaries were attempting to convince the native american tribes in brazil to forsake their old religion and embrace christianity. in many instances, macumba provided the same

adolfo de jesus constanzo, the leader of the drug ring responsible for the murders, had a mother who was a practitioner of santeria, a media frenzy swept across both mexico and the united states. santeria was most often defined in the media as an obscure cult that was a mixture of satanism, voodoo, witchcraft, and demon-worship, rather than a religious amalgamation that evolved from a blending of african slaves spirit worship with their spanish catholic masters hierarchy of intercessory saints. constanzo, a drug smuggler, had created his own cruel concept of a cult and declared himself its high priest. he was joined by sara maria aldrete, an attractive young woman, who led a bizarre double life as a high priestess and as an honor student at texas southmost college in brownsville. although

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(half-human, halfbull, the satyr (half-human, half-goat, the harpy (half-woman, half-bird) and a host of other hybrid entities the vast majority unfavorably disposed toward humankind. examples could be found in other cultures as well. customs and taboos in 2001, scientists were surprised when bits of stone etched with intricate patterns found in the blombos cave, east of cape town on the southern african shores of the indian ocean, were dated at 77,000 years old, thereby indicating that ancient humans were capable of complex behavior and abstract thought thousands of years earlier than previously believed. in europe, numerous sites have been excavated and artifacts unearthed that prove that structured behavior with customs and taboos existed about 40,000 years ago. customs are those activi

cellar. in addition to wilhelm, who manifested at the 1972 seance, there was a little boy ghost, who cried for his lost mother; two female entities who had worked at the inn and had died young under bizarre circumstances; eight other hessian soldiers who had once been quartered at the inn and who had died nearby in battle; a native american who seemed primarily to be observing the others; and an african american who was an entity of few words. many customers and employees had seen the spirits of the hessians over the years. usually they played harmless pranks, such as blowing on the necks of young women, but one of their spectral number enjoyed terrifying anyone whose job it was to stay after closing and clean up. ludwig, the spirit of another hessian soldier, materialized for many nights

although well-known to the aboriginal inhabitants of the locales that were the creatures natural habitat, have been officially discovered. although hunters in kamchatka, manchuria, and sakhalin had long been telling excited stories of the giant carnivorous brown bear they had encountered, european scientists did not accept the existence of the bear until 1898. the largest land animal next to the african elephant is the white rhinoceros, which remained officially unacknowledged 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 mysterious creatures 85 until 1900. the largest of the apes, the mountain gorilla, was considered a native superstition until 1901. the dragons of komodo island, indonesia, were considered the creations of a strange myth conjur

s of thailand for conclusive proof of the sightings of large, hairy elephants that witnesses claim strongly resemble the long-extinct woolly mammoth. what these scientists and forestry officials may discover is either a new species of elephant or long-lost descendants of the great-tusked mammoth of the ice age. for at least 200 years now, stories have emerged from the swamps, rivers, and lakes of african jungles that there exists a brownishgray, elephant-sized creature with a reptilian tail and a long, flexible neck. the native people call it mokele-mbembe( the one who stops the flow of rivers) or emela-ntuka( the one who eats the tops of trees. in 1980, dr. roy mackal led an expedition into african swamps that are mokey s hangouts and stated later that the descriptions of the beast would

well as land, creature. tracking even dinosaur-sized creatures is not that simple in the likouala swampland, which is twice the size of scotland, and thick with venomous snakes and disease-bearing insects. on november 28, 1981, herman regusters, an aerospace engineer from south pasadena, california, and his wife, kia, claimed to have seen and to have photographed a dinosaurlike animal in a remote african lake. kia regusters said that the gigantic reptile was dark red with a long, thick neck, and longer than two hippopotamuses. unfortunately, the photograph taken by the regusters was rather fuzzy, and their tape recording of the roaring trumpeting noise heard frequently around lake tele was impossible to identify. dr. bill gibbons, a zoologist who specializes in attempting to track down new

such speculations were the discoveries of numerous coelacanths (crossoptergian fish) off the coast of southeast africa in 1938. the coelacanths that were dragged from the ocean by the nets of fishermen had survived almost unchanged for 70 million years from a time even before the age of reptiles. then, after nearly 200 of the supposedly extinct living fossils had been discovered on the southeast african coast, the fourth coelacanth, a female almost five and a half feet long, was caught off the coast of madagascar in march 2001. if a number of coelacanth, whose species preceded the dinosaurs, have survived, why not some aquatic descendants of the giant reptiles? a popular theory to explain the existence of sea monsters is that they may be survivors of one of the giant reptiles of the mesoz

asg is of a dual nature. if a handsome young man should capture her attention and treat her well, she may assume human shape and marry him, at the same time granting him three wishes that may make them wealthy. if she feels that she has been disrespected or treated badly, she may use her beauty to lure a fisherman to the deepest part of the lake and drown him. in lake tanganyika in the small east african country of burundi, the mambu-mutu is very much the classical mermaid, half attractive woman and half large fish. in her case, however, she does not fancy humans, and her only intention is to drag them under the lake s surface and suck their blood. in estonian folklore, the nakh are shapeshifting water demons who walk freely on land as handsome young men or beautiful women who lure their v

sychology of superstition. oxford, uk: oxford university press, 1978. walker, barbara a. the woman s encyclopedia of myths and secrets. new york: harper& row, 1983. waring, philippa. a dictionary of omens and superstitions. london: souvenir press, 1978. strange customs and taboos in 2001, bits of stone etched with intricate patterns were found in the blombos cave east of cape town on the southern african shores of the indian ocean. scientists were surprised when the chunks of stone were dated at 77,000 years old, indicating that ancient humans were capable of complex behavior and abstract thought thousands of years earlier than previously expected. in europe, thousands of sites have been excavated and artifacts unearthed that prove that what would be considered modern behavior existed ther

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

(half-human, halfbull, the satyr (half-human, half-goat, the harpy (half-woman, half-bird) and a host of other hybrid entities.the vast majority unfavorably disposed toward humankind. examples could be found in other cultures as well. customs and taboos in 2001, scientists were surprised when bits of stone etched with intricate patterns found in the blombos cave, east of cape town on the southern african shores of the indian ocean, were dated at 77,000 years old, thereby indicating that ancient humans were capable of complex behavior and abstract thought thousands of years earlier than previously believed. in europe, numerous sites have been excavated and artifacts unearthed that prove that structured behavior with customs and taboos existed about 40,000 years ago. customs are those activi

throughout europe and had been carried across the ocean to the new world by numerous immigrants. george washington, benjamin franklin (1706. 1790, john hancock (1737.1793, paul revere (1735.1818, and many other of the founding fathers of the united states were openly proud of being masons. a freed slave, prince hall, who was initiated into masonry by a british soldier in boston, later founded an african lodge, which became the still-extant prince hall masons. after the revolution (1775.83, american freemasonry became extremely powerful in the united states. lodges were constructed in the smallest of villages, and it became an undeniable sign of prestige in any community to be a member of the masons. for businessmen who wished to succeed, it was almost a requirement to join the freemasons

rnes& noble, 1998. howarth, stephen. the knights templar. new york: barnes& noble, 1993. vankin, jonathan, and john whalen. the seventy greatest conspiracies of all time: history fs biggest mysteries, coverups, and cabals. new york: citadel, 1998. the leopard men in ancient egypt, the leopard was esteemed as an aspect of divinity and associated with the god osiris, the judge of the dead. for many african tribes, the leopard is a powerful totem animal that is believed to guide the spirits of the dead to rest. for many centuries a leopard cult has existed in west africa, particularly in nigeria and sierra leone, wherein its members kill as does the leopard, by slashing, gashing, and 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 24 secret societies

ngs and killings of the powerful leopard men. even some of wilson fs men began to believe that the cultists might truly have the ability to shapeshift into leopards and to fade unseen into the shadows. one night in mid-august 1947, wilson was awakened by the warning growl from his 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 secret societies 25 formany african tribes, the leopard is a powerful totem animal. dog. when he rose to investigate, a four-footlong, barbed arrow whistled by his head, narrowly missing him and embedding itself in the wall. the next morning at police headquarters, he learned that two of his officers had also barely escaped death that previous night. wilson knew that his men were becoming unnerved. they were trying to stop a

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 26 secret societies eisler, robert. man into wolf. london: spring books, n.d. lefebure, charles. the blood cults. new york: ace books, 1969. the mau-mau it has been said that no one knows the real meaning of gmau-mau h other than a kikuyu (also gikuyu) tribesperson and that is because its name, like its origins, is shrouded in ancient african tribal mysteries and covered in blood. on the other hand, some authorities claim that the name was invented by european settlers and applied to the native insurrectionists in kenya. at any rate, the name was first heard among the white population of africa in 1948 when police officials in the british colony of kenya began to receive rumors of strange ceremonies being held late at night in

he militant head of the mau-mau, was captured by a party of kikuyu tribal police. soon after kimathi had been apprehended, the mau-mau society crumbled from lack of ammunition and arms, internal quarrels in the ranks, and disease brought about by the hardship of existing in the jungle under extremely difficult conditions. by the time the mau-mau was disbanded, they had slaughtered more than 2,000 african tribespeople and brutally maimed many thousands more native people. although the murders of kenyan civilians of european ancestry were brutal and bloody, the actual numbers of those killed at the hands of the mau-mau were greatly exaggerated by the media. actual deaths of white settlers attributed to the mau- mau insurrectionists have been listed as low as 32 to 57, to as high as less than

s of white settlers attributed to the mau- mau insurrectionists have been listed as low as 32 to 57, to as high as less than 100. dedan kimathi was executed by the british in 1957 for having ordered atrocities and mur- 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 secret societies 29 by the time the mau mau was disbanded, they had slaughtered over 2,000 african tribespeople. ders as the leader of the mau-mau. the kikuyu central association, the political party that fronted for the secret activities of the mau-mau, was headed by johnstone kamau, better known as jomo kenyatta (1892.1978. under his leadership, kenya gained independence in 1963. m delving deeper malboa, wunyabari o. mau-mau and kenya: an analysis of a peasant revolt. bloomington: ind

s. ancient christian magic. san francisco: harpersanfrancisco, 1994. seligmann, kurt. the history of magic. new york: meridian books, 1960. spence, lewis. an encyclopedia of occultism. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1960. williams, charles. witchcraft. new york: meridian books, 1960. vodun/vodoun/voodoo vodun, voudoun, or, more popularly, voodoo, means gspirit h in the language of the west african yoruba people. vodun as a religion is a mixture of african beliefs and rites that may go back as many as 6,000 years with the teachings, saints, and rituals of roman catholicism. early slaves, who were snatched from their homes and families on africa fs west coast, brought their gods and religious practices with them to haiti and other west 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

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

as been written of late years on the changes, evolution, and continuity of material culture from thepalaeolithic period down to the roman era when written accounts of western europe began. the movementsof peoples, the increase of trade, the advance of civilisation, have all been traced with considerable precision.the late palaeolithic period of europe has been linked with the capsian, which is of african origin, and thegulf between the palaeolithic and neolithic civilisations is being rapidly bridged. the material side of life hasreceived most attention, for the concrete remains of early man are very numerous. the pictorial and plasticarts of the most remote periods have also been studied, and from the arts and handicrafts the mentaldevelopment of the palaeolithic and neolithic peoples can

made by the prejudiced pens of monkish chroniclers. thesubject must be approached with the same unbiassed mind as though the religion under investigationbelonged to ancient egypt or to modern savages. that the sacrifice was repeatedly consummated within thehistoric period of our own country and of france depends upon evidence which would be accepted if it wereoffered in respect of an oriental or african religion.there are indications that in england the sacrifice took place every seven years, in normandy, scandinaviaand france every nine years. in the seven-year cycle king edmund was stabbed at pucklechurch in may,946; in november, 1016, edmund ironside was done to death, according to some authorities by a vote of thewitan, and like rufus the mode of death was by an arrow; in august, 1100

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

r of common knowledge that magnetizers give to pure water the properties and taste of wine, liqueurs and every conceivable drug, merely by the laying-on of hands, that is to say, by their will expressed in a sign. one knows, too, that those who tame fierce animals conquer lions by making themselves mentally and magnetically stronger and fiercer than lions. jules gerard, the intrepid hunter of the african lion, would be devoured if he were afraid. but, in order not to be afraid of a lion, one must make one's self stronger and more savage than the animal itself by an effort of imagination and of will. one must say to one's self: it is i who am the lion, and in my presence this animal is only a dog who ought to tremble before me. fourier imagined anti-lions; jules gerard has realized that chi

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

zealous of the ecclesiastical writers, and in the canons of the earlier councils, the alarm created by the prevalence among christians of the old popular festivals of paganism; and the revival of those particular canons and deprecatory remarks in the ecclesiastical councils and writings of a later period of the middle ages, shows that the existence of the evil had continued unabated. there was an african council in the year 381, from which burchardus, who compiled his condensation of ecclesiastical decrees for the use of his own time, professes to derive his provisions against the festivals which were held with pagan ceremonies. we are there told that, even on the most sacred of the christian commemoration days, these rites derived from the pagans were introduced, and that dancing was prac

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

. he or she must then move them an equal amount in the opposite direction lest the temerity of the magus be punished. whenever something is gained that is not his or hers by right, the magus must lose something equally precious. t he spiral is perhaps the most common of primitive symbols. it finds expression in the art of such diverse cultures as the native american, the pre-buddhist tibetan, the african tribal, and pagan norse. usually it is assumed to represent the emanating power of the sun. this is true in a limited sense, but it should be understood that the sun is only a material expression of manifesting energy and that the spiral refers the mind back to the original princi- ple, even as does the physical sun. both spiral and sun are symbols of the underly- ing reality. sometimes th

are three of the main pantheons used in modern magic. the gods of voudoun and the celtic gods are also frequently invoked. however, any god-form from any culture, once thoroughly understood, can be invoked and assumed by any magus. it is usually safer and more effective to rely on those gods from civilized soci- eties with which the magus has a personal affinity. for a white european to assume an african tribal god would be foolish, unless he or she were completely in harmony with the culture and beliefs of that african tribe. for the same reason, a black amer- ican might be better off assuming the gods of egypt or greece, since his or her living culture (the culture actually experienced every day) is american, not african. the mythology and mysticism of the east fascinates westerners, but

new one for the same spirit, guided by his or her expanded understanding. this will involve deriving a new esoteric name from the qualities of the spirit. strictly speaking, a sigil is not necessary to contact a psychic entity. only the mind-state is essential, and this can be attained through a variety of focuses not regarded as sigils by western hermetic magic. this explains why the magic of an african shaman can be as potent as that of a western adept. although the witch doctor may use dance and drugs and blood in his workings, he arrives at a mind- state as potent as that invoked through symbols, poetry, and numbers. i n traditional magic the attribution of color to the major symbols seems deter- mined by a mixture of dogmatism and caprice. no area of magic is more sub- jective. only t

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

s which lived in the kingdom of keb. the legend, or "chapter of the divine god" begins by enumerating the mighty attributes of ra as the creator of the universe, and describes the god of "many names" as unknowable, even by the gods. at this time isis lived in the form of a woman who possessed the knowledge of spells and incantations, that is to say, she was regarded much in the same way as modern african peoples regard their "medicine-women" or "witch-women" she had used her spells on men, and was tired of exercising her powers on them, and she craved the opportunity of making herself mistress of gods and spirits as well as of men. she meditated how she could make herself mistress both of heaven and earth, and finally she decided that she could only obtain the power she wanted if she posse

gyptians who lived in thebes and its neighbourhood were so numerous that it was impossible to let his statue go into outlying districts or foreign lands, and that a deputy-god was appointed to perform miracles outside thebes. this arrangement would benefit the people, and would, moreover, bring much money to the priests. the appointment of a deputy-god is not so strange as it may seem, and modern african peoples are familiar with the expedient. about one hundred years ago the priests of the god bobowissi of winnebah, in the tshi region of west africa, found their business so large that it was absolutely necessary for them to appoint a deputy. the priests therefore selected brahfo, i.e "deputy" and gave out that bobowissi had deputed all minor matters to him, and that his utterances were to

s, and examined critically such information as he could obtain, believing and hoping that he would penetrate the mystery in which these gods were wrapped. as a result of his labours he collected a number of facts about the form of the legend of isis and osiris as it was known to the learned men of his day, but there is no evidence that he had the slightest knowledge of the details of the original african legend of these gods as it was known to the egyptians, say, under the vith dynasty. moreover, he never realized that the characteristics and attributes of both isis and osiris changed several times during the long history of egypt, and that a thousand years before he lived the egyptians themselves had forgotten what the original form of the legend was. they preserved a number of ceremonies

d the festival of the blessing of the ship, which took place in the spring, were the most important festivals of the year. curiously enough, all the oldest gods and goddesses of egypt passed into absolute oblivion, with the exception of osiris (sarapis, isis, anubis the physician, and harpokrates, the child of osiris and isis, and these, from being the ancestral spirits of a comparatively obscure african tribe in early dynastic times, became for several hundreds of years the principal objects of worship of some of the most cultured and intellectual nations. the treatise of plutarch de iside helps to explain how this came about, and for those who study the egyptian legend of isis and osiris the work has considerable importance. the history of creation--a. the book of knowing the evolutions[

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

ard court, temple newsam, leeds, l515 9ay, england u.k- a major british ufo research organization consisting mainly of retired police, security and military personnel, and its investigation of what may well be the most documentable case of the crash-retrieval of an unidentified flying disk to date: on the 7th of may, 1989, norad installations allegedly tracked an unidentified object as it entered african air-space. the south african air force is also said to have tracked the craft by radar, traveling at a calculated speed of 5746 nautical miles per hour. the incident was related by a south african intelligence worker, who along with documentation of his military position, also sent documents and transcripts to two quest international investigators, tony dodd and henry azadehdel, telling of

h african intelligence worker, who along with documentation of his military position, also sent documents and transcripts to two quest international investigators, tony dodd and henry azadehdel, telling of the event. also, several recorded telephone conversations with high-ranking military and government officials were obtained which strongly suggest that "something" did in fact happen over south african terrain. some of these recorded conversations involved military officials in south africa who strongly reprimanding the intelligence worker-turned-informer over the phone. this was due to the fact that the informer had left south africa for britain, where he stayed at the house of the researchers, and then later went into hiding. quest international director graham w. birdsall has stated t

ligence community is collectively perpetrating a hoax concerning a recovered flying disk. birdsall strongly suspects that the incidents did take place, due to the weight of evidence. following is part of a word-for-word transcript given to the researchers by the informant, describing what he alleged to be the actual top secret report of the initial tracking of the object..the object entered south african air space at 13.52 gmt. radio contact was attempted with object, but all communications proved futile. as a result two armed mirage fighters were scrambled. a short time later the object suddenly changed course at great speed which would have been impossible for conventional aircraft to duplicate "at 13.59 gmt, squadron leader- the pilot of the fighter reported that they had radar and visu

mounted thor 2 laser cannon. this was done "squadron leader- reported that several blinding flashes emitted from the object which had started wavering whilst heading in a northerly direction. at 14.02 is was reported that the object was decreasing altitude at a rate of 3000 feet per minute. then at speed it dived at an angle of 25 degrees and impacted in desert terrain 80 miles north of the south african border with botswana, identified as the central kalahari desert. squadron leader- was instructed to circle the area until a retrieval team arrived. a team of air force intelligence officers, together with medical and technical staff were promptly taken to the area of impact for investigation and retrieval. the findings were as follows: 1) a crater 150 meters in diameter and 12 meters in de

is designated superior by them. conclusion: an in-depth study and analysis of the psychological make-up and behavior prediction is advised. studies performed on two alien life forms captured has proven that they cannot act independently from own acquired intelligence without access to communication, orders and instructions from a hierarchy or central command" three different aspects of the south african affair in fact coincide very closely with what other sources have revealed concerning these reptil-saurian "alien" creatures: 1) the "saurian grays" are the lower echelon of a hidden reptilian hierarchy. the other or "superior" race that is considered to be superior is a bipedal reptilian-saurian species as well, although they are a different and taller "branch" of the serpent race; 2)the

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

connections. 7- the witches and the mysteries i had always believed that witches belonged to an independent stone age cult whose rites were a mixture of superstition and reality and had no connection with any other system. but during my short stay in new orleans, though i did not succeed in getting into voodoo, i noticed some suspicious resemblances which made me think that voodoo was not solely african in origin but had been compounded in america out of european witchcraft and african mythology; and when i visited the villa of the mysteries at pompeii i realised the great resemblance to the cult. apparently these people were using the witches' processes. i know, of course, that ancient and modern writers have agreed that the greek mysteries of dionysus, zeus, orpheus, zagreus and eleusis

ove to abolish all mention of this, and there is no doubt that the bible has been tampered with to this end. 8- out of the land of egypt in mr. pennethorne hughes's book we have the following interesting passage on page 23 'studies of the magic and ritual of africa have in the last few years established with some certainty that all the systems for the disturbance of consciousness practised by the african negro are derived from ancient egypt. thousands of africans were transported to the new world and many of those who went to haiti from 1512 onwards were of the finest african stock and perhaps carried with them a synthesis of the cults then existing in the congo. it is easy to show how close the parallels are between the voodoo they practised and mediaeval witchcraft. the mysteries of delp

f freemasonry; but while the masonic working seems to be of little use, or in other words it does not work, the witch practice is most useful. everyone who has witnessed both is convinced that the one is copied from the other and believes that the witch practice must be the original working before it was 'bowdlerised. the statement that all the systems for the disturbance of consciousness used by african negroes are derived from ancient egypt is extremely interesting, as is the natural suggestion that they took these powers with them to america. in ancient times there was widespread trading up the nile, across and down to the congo. i had always thought of the africans going in for human sacrifices and orgies of rum, methods i believe entirely alien to the egyptian spirit i was told in new

, would search regularly several places where the festivals were not and then report back that they could find nothing. they would then go to the meeting, strip off their uniforms and join in the revelries. this indeed is a common joke in new orleans. i noticed several resemblances between witchcraft and certain voodoo practices. i was also told that it had been clearly proved that voodoo was not african but was compounded in the french west indies by french half-castes, from european magic, inverted roman catholicism and mixed memories of different african religions. i cannot say if this is right; but if some of these french half-castes had a witch tradition this would account for all the resemblances. for all over the world when faced with certain problems people are apt to solve them in

king solely on the mind, does not affect the matter. i was much interested in mr. pennethorne hughes's theory, vide page 23 of his book, that magic was evolved by the egyptian priests, that one branch of this knowledge came to europe, becoming witchcraft, the other going to west africa and thence to america, becoming voodoo. i know that frazer and others have mentioned the resemblance between the african cults of the divine king and egyptian myths, and i had already noted the resemblance between certain voodoo practices and european witchcraft; but it seemed to me that the proof of mr. hughes's theory must lie in west africa. if the witches or witch doctors there had the knowledge, they might have passed it on to america. so i went to the gold coast and nigeria for the winters of 1952 and

s; from what i have seen they do use two of the processes that witches use to gain power, but these two processes seem to be world-wide. a european witch is taught 'there are many paths or ways all leading to the centre, and uses many (or all) of them combined in one operation to gain all the power she can. but, nowadays at least, she is at best an amateur, only practising occasionally, while the african is a professional. perhaps he finds he can do all he wants by his methods, and so does not need the extra aids the european witch uses. and it is quite possible that they know and use all the witch-methods occasionally. there is a great language difficulty, also there was no reason why they should show me their innermost secrets; but i could find only two resemblances. as the magic was onl

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

ment psalm 104 psalm 8 from the new testament sermon on the mount i corinthians 13 sayings from the zoroastrian prayer for guidance sayings of mohammed morning star overwhelming sayings of the unitarians out of the stars sayings of baha u llah on the soul sayings from the poets a faery song the prophet fergus and the druid sayings of the psychologists green book volume two celtic, native american,african, hindu& greek writings english poetry stopping by the woods jabberwocky welsh and irish poetry the waterfall sadness in spring rain outside winter and warfare mountain snow bright trees spoils of annwn cad goddeau leadership sunshine through my window suggested further reading thirteen fold mysteries nichol s 13 williams 13 graves 13 another 13 the voyage of bran proverbs of the modern gae

ase listen the views of two men misfortune pretty pebbles the power of paper frantic fools cities the white man s dreams the vigil wisdom of the africans proverbs on wisdom proverbs on truth and falsehood proverbs on human conduct proverbs on virtue proverbs on cooperation and contentment proverbs on opportunity proverbs on human beings proverbs on nature proverbs on leadership more wisdom of the african world wisdom of the hindus and greeks frogs desiring a king the bat, the birds and the beasts the dog and the wolf the fox and the grapes the lion and the statue the man and his wives the two crabs hercules and the waggoner the man and the wooden god the miser the bundle of sticks the buffoon and the countryman the serpent and the file green book volume three oriental and monotheist wisdom

ipment and professional journals, but all too often the enterprise may become limited to a propagation of the means, with the original end, the desired objective, forgotten. selection from: robert e. ornstein. the psychology of consciousness. new york, the viking press, 1972. pp. 97-98. so ends the first volume of the green book 246 a green book of meditations volume two: celtic, native american, african, hindu and greek writings i assembled this volume during one of my more nativist phases. there is a good reason that the founders of the rdna originally chose a celtic flavor to their group, because celtic literature is full of beautiful observations of nature, as did the native americans, africans, hindus and greeks. each of the other groups have had to deal with the approach of westerniz

ices, campfires and tea parties. the translations of the works found in the green book volume two, with few exceptions, originally from old books and are probably safely past the copy-right limit, so feel free to share. it was originally titled celtic and english writings and released in 1993, during a flurry of activity when i released new printings of two volumes of green books, the book of the african jedi knight, book 2 of poetry, the dead lake scrolls, the dead bay scrolls and a new edition of the druid chronicles. i was a bit overly busy. the original edition of the green book of meditations, volume two had quite a different content than this edition, editted for arda. the english poetry section is the same, but the irish and welsh poetry section was rearranged in order to reduce spa

s on leadership people count what they are refused, not what they are given. the ears of the leader are like a strainer; there are more than a thousand openings to them. power must be handled in the manner of holding an egg in the hand: if you hold it too firmly it breaks; if you hold it too loosely it drops. the hen knows when it is dawn but she leaves the crowing to the cock. more wisdom of the african world editor s note: these quotes were taken from wisdom of the african world edited by reginald mcknight and published by the classic wisdom series of the new world library. even the most incorrigible maverick has to be born somewhere. he may leave the group that produced him he may be forced to but nothing will efface his origins, the marks of which he carries with him everywhere. james

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

, nescis# numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 66. chapter ten the hexad, s ix, 6. icomachus calls it, the form of form, the only number adapted to the soul, the distinct union of the parts of the universe, the fabricator of the soul, also harmony, and it is properly venus herself. it is also zygeia and nuptialia, and the androgynae who pliny tells us were an african tribe who had dextra mamma virilis, laeva muliebris. among the fates it is lachesis. among the muses it is thalia. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott six is also benevolence, peace and health, acmon, one of the cyclops (akmon, an anvil, and truth. by the pythagoreans, it was called the perfection of parts. as to marriage, it is a number equal to its

ALICE A BAILEY09 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME I ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY I

ithout humour and real understanding, one race is preparing to dictate terms to other races, by the weight of its thought and its achievements rather than by war. yet the ideal of a superman is a true ideal, and it needs upholding before the world. temporarily, it has been forgotten that the superman is the goal for all, and that asiatics, nordics, jews, gentiles, americans, and anglo-saxons, the africans and all other world races are children of the same father, fed from the same source of life, and saved by the same divine christ principle. therefore the superman has been and will be found emerging out of the ranks of every people, to find his way into the ranks of the spiritual hierarchy and the new group of world servers. in america, you have the dictatorship of organised business seek

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

l it creator, while recognizing, as schelling did, that the serpent is 'evil in substance and its personification* yes, the author is right, and if one would have a complete idea of the prestige which the serpent enjoys to our own day, one ought to study the matter in india and learn all that is believed about, and still attributed to, the nagas (cobras) in that country; one should also visit the africans of whydah, the voodoos of port-au-prince and jamaica, the nagals of mexico, and the pa, or men-serpents of china &c. but why wonder that the serpent is "adored" and at the same time cursed, since we[[footnote(s "sacred serpents" on p. 432 of de mirville's "memoire[[vol. 2, page] 210 the secret doctrine know that from the beginning it was a symbol* in every ancient language the word dragon

e. as said by an anthropologist in "modern thought (art "the genesis of man "the theory, scientifically based or not, of peyrere may be considered to be equivalent to that which divided man in two species. broca, virey, and a number of the french anthropologists have recognised that the lower race of man, comprising the australian, tasmanian, and negro race, excluding the kaffirs and the northern africans, should be placed apart. the fact that in this species, or rather subspecies, the third lower molars are usually larger than the second, and the squamosal and frontal bones are generally united by suture, places the homo afer on the level of being as good a distinct species as many of the kinds of finches. i shall abstain on the present occasion from mentioning the facts of hybridity, whe

being like unto men, there still exists neither in history nor any other scientific work any anthropological proof whatever of the existence in time or space of a race of giants. yet that such exist, relatively and de facto side by side with dwarfs, schweinfurth can testify. the nyam-nyam of africa are regular dwarfs, while their next neighbours (several tribes of comparatively fair-complexioned africans) are giants when confronted with the nyam-nyams, and very tall even among europeans, for their women are all above 6 1/2 feet high (vide schweinfurth's latest works) in cornwall and in ancient britain the traditions of these giants are, on the other hand, excessively common; they are said to live even down to the time of king arthur. all this shows that giants lived to a later date amongs

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, another person. the central theme of an initiation (any initiation, whether it be witchcraft, primitive tribal or even christian, in form) is what is termed a palingenesis: a rebirth. you are ending life as you have known it to this point and are being "born again. and reborn with new knowledge* all initiation rituals follow the same basic pattern. and this is worldwide: australian aboriginals, africans, amerindians, eskimos, pacific islanders, witches, ancient egyptians, greeks and romans, to name but a few. all include the same basic elements in their rites. first comes a separation. with many peoples this is a literal separation from friends and especially from family; from all they have known so far. oftimes there is a special hut, cave or building of some sort, where the novices are

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communion ceremony, for she wants to give them "a part of herself" to take with them. she clutches a leather pouch that is tightly wound with string and attached to a bible. it contains personal keepsakes, such as a twist of her mother's hair and her own, some dried flowers, and various roots and herbs. nana calls it a hand. like herself, it embodies the spirits of the "old souls" those enslaved africans who touched down more than a century earlier on the backwater jetty known as ibo landing. offering the hand to her kin, nana calls them to pay homage before embarking on their journey. she believes that their collective memory.and the power of her charm.will sustain them as conclusion 151 notes 157 index 209 black magic page 3 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk

entury. to olaudah equiano and his shipmates, the unexpected chaos of a violent squall possessed meanings that went beyond the apparent realities of the visible world. the elements of sea and air bore evidence of forces that were subject to both divine will and human intervention and manifested\ 36\ a wildly dangerous struggle for control over nature. it was an ancient conflict, one in which both africans and europeans had engaged for centuries and addressed in various theological debates and formulations. who governed the forces that could endanger and destroy life or preserve it? for equiano and this band of helpless travelers, fate rested either with the benevolence of the christian god, or in the hands of a few shipboard witches, for both forces were real, and both were powerful. equia

ns over the economic and political implications of religion. would christianity make slaves dangerous and difficult? or would baptizing slaves require their manumission?.until a formal missionary\ 42\ program was initiated by the church of england in america during the late seventeenth century. slaveholders f hostility, linguistic barriers, financial constraints, and the cultural intransigence of africans themselves greatly hindered the progress of christian missionaries who attempted to convert the enslaved in the colonial era. historians have agreed that the majority of africans in the mainland colonies remained generally untouched by missionary christianity until the early part of the eighteenth century. only after the turn of the nineteenth century did any widespread, self-perpetuating

mong the slaves. philip reading, a minister with the anglican philanthropic society thomas bray's associates in delaware, noted that african slaves bore great "prejudices" against converting to the christian faith, partly, he believed, because they were "strangely predisposed in favour of superstition and idolatry" the london-based secretary of dr. bray's associates, john waring, warned clergy of africans f fervent devotion to "the idolatrous rites and practices of their own country" francis varnod, a missionary with the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, wrote to his superiors of the spiritual disposition of slaves in south carolina, observing that "some of our negro-pagans have a notion of god and a devil, and dismal apprehensions of apparitions" other comments b

religious practice was suppressed in america.the claim that european american spiritual beliefs and practices may have actually sustained african traditions might appear to be contradictory. and yet certain elements from indigenous african religions, particularly those with european cognates, are discernible in some of the earliest descriptions of black american "magic" to take one example: both africans and europeans in colonial america held certain common cosmological perspectives, such as that of a universe that abounded with divine activity and power. both groups incorporated their otherworldly visions into their understanding of earthly experiences. english protestants often read unusual events as evidence of the divine presence in everyday life, acknowledging the activity of a creat

ivine presence in everyday life, acknowledging the activity of a creator deity who operated through omens and portents within the natural order, or signs and wonders in the heavens, a philosophy known as providentialism "comets, hailstorms, monster births and apparitions" and other disruptions of the ordinary were demonstrations that foretold god's will or signaled his displeasure with humankind. africans f understandings of the universe were also inspired by visible manifestations of spiritual forces within nature. they too viewed thunder, lightning, and other elements as heralds of sacred hierophanies, the awesome presence of numerous divine beings. these conceptions of the supernatural held firm for their free black descendants in\ 45\ america, who glimpsed the power of god in catastrop

kept conspicuously about in the open to guard against misfortune and evil. the french trader jean barbot described gris-gris charms in seventeenthcentury upper guinea (the present-day senegambia) that were displayed by elites "all over their body, on their head, neck, arms, waist and legs" that contained "scraps of paper written with moorish or arabic" in areas that had been influenced by islam, africans placed "unlimited faith" in the power of grisgris, leather and cloth packets commissioned from muslim priests and marabous that guaranteed health and protection to their wearers.[22] throughout africa charms were created that were conceived as portable containers for spiritual entities. these containers were believed to possess efficacious powers. in kongo, central africa, the manufacture

robable that african-based supernatural practices and ideas drew on christian signs and symbols, with a kinship gradually developing between these practices and black american religion.[35] how do we account for the dramatic presence of black diviners, spiritual\ 53\ healers, witchcraft, and descriptions of supernatural ritual in accounts from the late 1700s to the late 1800s, when the numbers of africans in america had been supplanted by greater numbers of american-born blacks? perhaps documentation of black spiritual life was more widely available after the turn of the nineteenth century, or perhaps the shifting demographic configurations of slave populations at this time explains its emergence. the largest percentage of enslaved africans entered the mainland british colonies between 172

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vacuum atmosphere would make the water vaporise instantly.58 the closer orbit to the sun, desborough says, would have demanded that the first earth races would have been black, with the pigmentation necessary to cope with the fiercer rays of the sun. ancient skeletons found near stonehenge and along the west coast of france have 26 children of the matrix the nasal and spinal traits of many female africans.59 ancient artefacts, statues, and artistic depictions around the world also suggest there was an advanced black race of the negro type. the sumerian tablets describe how the anunnaki "gods" left the planet to escape the devastation, even indicating that they had caused it.60 the only ones to survive the catastrophe were the extraterrestrials with the technology and foresight, perhaps pri

experience "they milked the minds of the shamen and then killed them" find out what they know and then make sure they can tell no one else. this is the reason why credo's information about the reptilian chitauri has been out of public circulation for so long. it was vital for the anunnaki-illuminati to destroy or marginalize the cultures of the native americans, central and south americans, black africans, the australian aborigines, and the "pagan" religion in general. this is what they did, of course, as even conventional history records, but it never tells you the real reason why or who was really behind it. by replacing these native cultures with imposed christianity, judaism, islam, hinduism, and all the rest, they could either crush the true knowledge with rigid dogma, or imprison it

e big black eyes, as it appears. the grey "skin, he reveals, is actually a strange type of suit, which is astonishingly difficult to break through. in credo's words, it requires not just a new axe, but one that has been sharpened to its fullest potential. when you finally breach the "suit, he says, you find inside a pinkish, scaly, reptilian, creature with pupils that go up-down like a reptile's. africans call them in this "non-suited" state "pinky, pinky. the big black eyes, he says, are not eyes, but very sophisticated goggles to protect the eyes of the grey from the sun. for some reason, the reptilian greys and at least some of the other reptilians cannot endure, or do not wish to experience, direct sunlight, and they have to either wear these suits and eye protectors or only go out at

egends and reports, and they were widely reported in africa long before the white europeans first arrived. the tribes people believed that the european settlers were the returning "mzungu" and they called them by that name. 184 children of the matrix credo mutwa's necklace of the mysteries. which is at least 500 years old and credo believes could go back 1,000 years. its symbols tell the story of africans and their extraterrestrial origin the hand of symbols attached to a classic flying saucer shape. credo mutwa says that the chitauri arrived in these craft from much bigger "motherships" that orbited the earth credo mutwa, the 79-year-old zulu sanusi or shaman. who has been initiated throughout his life into the secret knowledge of the reptilian control a painting from ancient and modern d

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d the near-vacuum atmospherewould make the water instantly vaporise.30 desborough says that the earths closerproximity to the sun demanded that the first earth humans were the black races withthe pigmentation to cope with the much fiercer rays of the sun. ancient skeletons foundnear stonehenge in england and along the west coast of france display the nasal andspinal characteristics of many female africans.31 desborough says that mars, then witha climate very much like ours, had a white race before the v enus cataclysm. hisresearch has convinced him that the white martians built the pyramids which have beenrecorded on mars and they went to war with an advanced black race to conquer theearth. these wars, he says, are the wars of the gods described in endless ancient texts,not least the hindu

f many egyptian portrayals of their god, osiris, canbe seen in irish manuscripts. the irish sweaters made on the isle of arran carry,according to at least one expert on the history of knitting, designs first given to them byegyptian coptic monks.42 the main blood group of arran (aryan) is different frommost of the irish population. the old irish sailing craft called pucan was invented by thenorth africans and used on the nile. excavations at navan fort, near armagh city,found remains of the barbary ape estimated to have lived about 500 bc. the barbaryape today is mainly associated with gibraltar, but its home in 500 bc was north africa.libyan dragonskins (mercenaries) were believed to have been at large in ireland 2,000years ago. in the second century, the geographer ptolemy, who lived in

death of diana and yet he would notrecognise truth if it bit him on the bum. you can always tell when mohamed al fayed islying- his lips are moving. he fought a long, public, and vicious battle for control ofharrods and the house of fraser with tiny rowland, the head of another brotherhoodfront, lonrho, the london-rhodesia company, which has been responsible for so muchmanipulation of africa and africans. at one stage there was a department of trade andindustry inquiry into the harrods takeover and it concluded: the lies of mohamedfayed and his success in gagging the press created a new fact: that lies were the truthand the truth was a lie.29 this would be a suitable epitaph for what private eye, the417british satirical magazine and others, have dubbed: the phony pharaoh. the report alsor

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the traditional tribal religions in the southern two-thirds of africa, especially those concerning sympathetic magic, the cult of the dead, and witchcraft. during the history of this region, the basically pantheistic and polytheistic religions have also been cross-fertilized with islamic and christian teachings, creating new beliefs and modifying old ones. today a large but undetermined number of africans follow traditional beliefs involving deities, ghosts, and spirits as well as an array of special powers in nature presided over by the supreme entity adopted from christianity and islam. the latter, somewhat remote from everyday problems, is believed to largely operate on humans through the many other deities. southern africa among the zulu and other bantu tribes of equatorial and souther

nt into the street; all the people flocked about him. with a tiger skin in his hand, he walked to and fro, until, singing all the while, he laid the tiger skin at the feet of the witch. at the conclusion of his song the people seized the witch and put him or her in chains, saying, if you don t restore our brother to health, we will kill you. western occultism in africa today more than 100 million africans follow a form of islamic faith, and an almost equal number some form of christianity. in addition to roman catholic and protestant faiths, there are many variant forms of christianity, and many christian groups have become independent of the older missionary churches and reorganized as indigenous religious bodies. the religious picture has been confused in recent years as a result of the

ionary churches and reorganized as indigenous religious bodies. the religious picture has been confused in recent years as a result of the unrest attending the throwing off of colonial regimes and the establishment of autonomous governments. another important factor in the changes surfacing on the entire continent, in addition to political reform and upheaval, has been the education of many young africans at american and european universities. as they travel back to africa with western ideas and the seeds for a new way of economic survival, the scene is likely to change on all fronts.even regarding their own ancient superstitions and folk legends. in the midst of these changes, western occult, metaphysical, and mystical literature has circulated through the continent since the 1920s, espec

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who died at age 50. still further back, she was a lady whose husband was a gentleman attached to the court. her name was madeleine de saint-marc. being brought back to the present by transversal passes mayo successively reached her real age of 18 and then was pushed, by a continuation of the passes, two years into the future. beyond this she could not go. she saw herself in a strange country with africans, in a house far away from a railway station, the name of which she could not read. she could not give any precise information that could be used for identification. rochas was also possibly the first to explore the fact that similar visions occur if a hypnotized subject is moved into the future instead of into the past. he pushed juliette durand, a girl of 16, ahead nine years up to age 2

effort (3) reliance on ritual (4) lust (5) ill-will (6) love of the world (7) egotistic longing for a future life (8) pride (9) self-righteousness (10) nescience. sources: leadbeater, charles w. the master and the path. adyar, madras, india: theosophical publishing house, 1925. saphy (or grigris) perhaps deriving from the arabic safi( pure, select, excellent, saphy were charms or amulets worn by africans as protection against thunderbolts and diseases, to procure wives, and to avert disasters of all kinds. they are composed of strips of paper on which sentences from the koran are inscribed, sometimes intermixed with kabbalistic signs. these strips are enclosed in silver tubes or silk bags, which are worn near the skin, often fastened in the dress. this is by no means a practice limited to

s protection against thunderbolts and diseases, to procure wives, and to avert disasters of all kinds. they are composed of strips of paper on which sentences from the koran are inscribed, sometimes intermixed with kabbalistic signs. these strips are enclosed in silver tubes or silk bags, which are worn near the skin, often fastened in the dress. this is by no means a practice limited to muslims; africans of both sexes and many faiths have been believers in the occult properties of such talismans. the scottish explorer mungo park (1771.ca. 1806) is said to have depended on the making of saphy or grisgris, as they are sometimes called. sapphire many legends of occult properties surround this precious stone, whose name derives from the sanskrit sanipriya, i.e, dear to the planet saturn. next

ower and mystic virtue. 1890. reprint, london: theosophical publishing society, 1911. the pymander of hermes. n.p, 1894. rosicrucians, their history and aims. n.p, 1894. the science of alchymy. n.p, 1893. sepher yetzirah, the book of formation. london, theosophical publishing society, 1893. rev. ed. gillette, n.j: heptangle books, 1987. somnium scipionis. n.p, 1894. west indies the importation of africans into the caribbean area as slaves began in the sixteenth century but expanded greatly after 1640 when the islands became a major source of sugar and workers were needed for the plantations. most of these people came from the various tribes along the coast of west africa from present-day senegal to nigeria. the white planters looked upon africans with disdain and developed the opinion that

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he plants and creatures. he sailed over the whole mediterranean sea for to come unto fez, where the arabians had directed him. it is a great shame unto us that wise men, so far remote the one from the other, should not only be of one opinion, hating all contentious writings, but also be so willing and ready, under the seal of secrecy, to impart their secrets to others. every year the arabians and africans do send to one another, inquiring of one another out of their arts, if haply they had found out some better things, or if experience had weakened their reasons. yearly there came something to light whereby the mathematics, medicine, and magic (for in those are they of fez most skillful) were amended. there is nowadays no want of learned men in germany. magicians, qabalists, physicians and

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ng hands, though seemingly clumsier than before, were entirely adequate to their mission. the book fell open, almost of its own accord and as if from frequent consultation at this place, to the repellent twelfth plate showing a butcher's shop amongst the anzique cannibals. my sense of restlessness returned, though i did not exhibit it. the especially bizarre thing was that the artist had made his africans look like white men- the limbs and quarters hanging about the walls of the shop were ghastly, while the butcher with his axe was hideously incongruous. but my host seemed to relish the view as much as i disliked it "what d'ye think o' this- ain't never see the like hereabouts, eh? when i see this i telled eb holt 'that's suthin' ta stir ye up an' make yer blood tickle' when i read in scri

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r lack of attention or for lack of empathy with others difficulties. chapter eight: everything is ready 123 altruistic organizations spend fortunes and make tremendous efforts in many ways; alas, for the most part, their help to the needy does not bring substantial changes to their situations. africa is an example of this state of affairs. in the past, before the west interfered with their lives, africans provided for themselves. today, however, despite the food and the water they receive, they are starving. the vast amount of money collected on their behalf does not change their situation; they are in constant struggle and are rapidly declining. there is almost nothing that altruistic organizations have not tried to improve the state of the world. still, the world s state is worsening. wh

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tunate offshoot of the misapplication of darwinism and genetics was the eugenics movement. started in the late 1860s in england, this movement advocated the selective breeding of human beings for the intellectual betterment of the human race. characteristically for his time, francis galton, the founder of the eugenics movement, considered that people in his society were intellectually superior to africans, which he singled out. by the early 1910s, the eugenics doctrine had reached the united states, notably through the efforts of charles davenport. he, too, considered africans inferior, as he did people of southern european origins. nordic people creationism and intelligent design 11 occupied the top of davenport s list. regrettably, this type of thinking was endorsed by many people, with

topped, the mutant gene that renders individuals resistant to aids will increase in the human population, in particular in sub-saharan africa. while the frequency of this mutation is 13% in european populations, it is extremely rare in africa. since hiv is a powerful selective factor it kills unmedicated people extremely efficiently and since anti-hiv medications are not readily available to most africans, it follows that natural selection will favor the survival and differential reproduction of the rare aids-resistant africans. the consequence will be an increase in the frequency of this particular membrane mutation, which is exactly evolution by natural selection. the designer made a mistake: hot flashes in postmenopausal women hiv is a recent problem with which humans have had to conten

es, show that it took humans only about 3,000 years to cross the distance separating india from australia, which means a leisurely pace of 2.5 miles per year. similarly, it took migrants from asia to the americas only a few thousand years to reach the tip of south america. genetic drift and natural selection during the early human migrations some people think of human variation in terms of races. africans are dark-skinned but swedes are not that much is obvious. but it takes only a few minutes of reflection to realize that not only africans but also australian aborigines, new guineans, south indians, and ceylonese, for example, have relatively dark skin. why is that so? the answer is natural selection. as we were evolving in africa, not far from the equator, our skin would have been dark b

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ace in vodou. the zombie is a person whose soul has been broken and part of it stolen. according to vodou the soul comprises three parts. one part is shared by all beings; one part allows the individual body to stay alive; and one part is the seat of the personality and spirit. it is the last part that has been stolen from a zombie. the stereotype of voodoo dolls also has a basis in vodou belief. africans made ritual carvings of the lwa and carried them to the new world on slave ships. they were forbidden to keep their carvings, but they were allowed to keep dolls, called poppets, that had been part of european folk tradition. soon, the africans began to use these dolls as a substitute for their carvings of the lwa. in time, some practitioners of vodou believed that the dolls could be used

dolls to bring misfortune to an enemy. most practitioners of vodou, however, place little stock in this belief. 282 world religions: almanac indigenous religions catholic saints. for example, the orisha babalz ayi became saint lazarus, the patron saint of the sick. oggzn became saint peter, and shangs became saint barbara. for this reason, the spanish coined the term santer a to suggest that the africans worshipped saints at the expense of god. although the term can be potentially offensive and hurtful, many who practice the religion have accepted it. it continues to be widely used. santer a blends the beliefs of the traditional yoruba and bantu peoples of west africa with catholicism. a principal belief of santeros is that the universe is motivated by ashe, a growth and movement forward

immigration from india and encouraging indians to leave south africa. gandhi experienced the prejudice that the other indians in the country were facing immediately upon arriving in the country, when a white man demanded that he give up his first class train seat and sleeping berth because he was indian. the man demanded that gandhi go to the third-class coach where other indians and black south africans were supposed to sit. gandhi refused and was forced off the train. he spent the night in a train station thinking about prejudice and how it could be cured. as he noted in his autobiography, this incident convinced him never to give in to force but also never to use force to win a cause: i object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does

n the northern city of lucknow, india. gandhi s influences on peaceful movements are honored around the world. pawan kumar/ rueters/corbis. 132 world religions: biographies mahatma gandhi british government after the war. in spite of the help great britain had received from indians during the fighting, however, they did not win the right of citizenship afterwards. in fact, the situation for south africans of other than european origin slowly became worse. in 1906 a law was passed requiring that indians be fingerprinted and registered with the government. gandhi called a mass meeting in protest and put into practice his new theory of nonviolent protest, or satyagraha( devotion to truth, or the use of ahimsa for political protest, for the first time. he was arrested and imprisoned for two mo

continent. there is a large concentration of berbers in morocco and algeria, and an estimated one million in france. the berbers speak their own language, called tamazight, in addition to the languages of the regions they inhabit. no one is sure where the berbers originally lived, but they have been in north africa as long as any records show. they are caucasoid, or white, as opposed to the black africans who live south of the sahara desert. when islamic armies came into north africa in the seventh century ce, the berbers, many of whom were christian at the time, quickly converted to islam. berbers then joined the armies and helped spread islam, particularly in spain where they created two strong muslim dynasties. the almoravids ruled morocco and muslim spain in the eleventh and twelfth ce

iding the country. opponent of apartheid on june 16, 1976, a key event in the history of apartheid took place when a riot erupted in the soweto township. a number of high school students protested the government s new policy requiring that classes at the schools be taught in the afrikaans language. afrikaans was the language of the dutch settlers who had initiated the discrimination against black africans, and the students rebelled against the idea of having to take classes taught in the language of their oppressors. police arrived and responded with tear gas and gunfire. as the rioting spread, a number of government buildings were set ablaze. in the weeks that followed, protestors and government security forces clashed on numerous occasions. by the time the rioting ended, five hundred peo

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oba became st. joan of arc; oxala became jesus christ; oxum became our lady of the conception, and so on. during this same period, roman catholic missionaries were attempting to convince the native american tribes in brazil to forsake their old religion and embrace christianity. in many instances, macumba provided the same kind of bridge between faiths for the indigenous people as it had for the africans imported to the country by the slave trade. while they paid homage to the religious practices of the europeans, they also could worship their nature spirits in the guise of paying homage to the christian saints. the ancient role of the shaman remains central to macumba. he (it is most often a male) or she enters into a trance state and talks to the spirits in order to gain advice or aid f

es were at first greatly distressed that they could no longer pay homage to their worship of the orishas, their spiritual guardians. since they were in no position to protest for the freedom to practice their native religion, their resourceful priests quickly noticed a number of parallels between the yoruba religion and catholicism. while paying respect and homage to various christian saints, the africans found that they could simply envision that they were praying to one of their own spirit beings. a secret religion was born regla de ocha, the rule of the orisha, or the common and most popular name, santeria, the way of the saints. in santeria, the principal god, the supreme deity, is referred to as olorun or olodumare, the one who owns heaven. the lesser guardians, the orisha, were the e

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l, g. a. dictionary of all scriptures and myths. new york: gramercy books, 1981. opie, iona, and moira tatem. a dictionary of superstitions. new york: barnes& noble, 1999. walker, barbara g. the woman fs dictionary of symbols and sacred objects. edison, n.j: castle books, 1988. love knots the expression gtying the knot h when one speaks of the marriage vows seems to have almost universal meaning. africans tell of similar gknot-tying h love spells in their own tribes. somehow it seems the most natural kind of symbolism to visualize the binding of one fs self to the object of one fs love while the fingers weave the knots and the lips chant a soulful litany. here is how the ancient love spell of the seven knots was woven: the magician would take a length of cord or ribbon that would sustain s

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uld suffer in the king's stead, dying at the time the king should have diedand thus giving the king a further lease of life.this, put shortly, is the theory and cult of the dying god. the belief belongs to all parts of the old world,and survives in africa into the present century. it was a fundamental dogma of the pre-christian religion ofeurope, believed in and practised as ardently as among the africans of to-day.to investigate the subject of the divine victim of the witch-cult it is essential to put aside all preconceivedideas, remembering always that the records were made by the prejudiced pens of monkish chroniclers. thesubject must be approached with the same unbiassed mind as though the religion under investigationbelonged to ancient egypt or to modern savages. that the sacrifice wa

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of universal order, partook of the nature of all the other gods. they were personifications of parti-cular modes of acting of the great allruling principle; and he, of his general law and pre-established harmony by which he governs the universe. hence he is often represented playing on a pipe; music being the natural emblem of this physical harmony. according to plutarch, the jupiter ammon of the africans was the same as the pan of the greeks.2 this explains the reason why the macedonian kings assumed the horns of that god; for, though alexander pre-tended to be his son, his successors never pretended to any such honour; and yet they equally assumed the symbols, as appears from their medals.3 the case is, that pan, or ammon, being the universe, and jupiter a title of the supreme god (as wi

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apt to solve them in the same way. if the knowledge now practised in west africa is derived from ancient egypt, there is no reason to doubt that some witch practices may have come from the same source to europe via the roman and greek mysteries, which all seem to be derived from ancient egypt. i feel that the egyptian cults were too severe and respectable to go in for the blood practices used by africans. i think pythagoras, who is generally credited with bringing the mysteries to greece, was not the sort of man who would have had anything to do with blood sacrifices or other objectionable practices. but it is conceivable that there were two sects, the worshippers of set, as well as those of osiris, who crept in with the plea 'there is a short cut; if you cannot work magic properly, you c

magicians. when i hear of this, i will believe in the power of blood. i know the bacchantes were said to tear live animals to pieces and eat them, but i think they were people who, not understanding the occult teachings they received, mistook drunkenness for divine ecstasy, doing mad things in their frenzy. the law then restrained these excesses and reforms were carried out in the sect. the west africans use blood, but, again, i think they do not have the true secrets. 10- what are witches? mr. hughes says 'witchcraft proper only exists where the powers called upon are consciously felt to be evil ones, and those concerned in the operation are seeking aid from some force exterior to accepted conditions and beliefs' if this is true, then the witches of whom i have been speaking are not witc

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sion like a hunter after buffalo, or a warrior after scalps. you were fighting the spirits. you thought they owed you a vision. suffering alone brings no vision nor does courage, nor does sheer nor will power. a vision, comes as a gift born of humility, of wisdom, and of patience. if from your vision quest you have learned nothing else, you have already learned much. think about it. wisdom of the africans source: these proverbs are from the akan people of ghana and were collected from the book; speak to the winds, proverbs from africa by kofi asare opoku, lothrop, lee and shepard company, new york 1975. proverbs on wisdom a fool s walking stick helps the wise person to stand. wisdom is not like money which should be kept in a safe. if you are greedy in conversation, you lose the wisdom of

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