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one times a night for one thousand nights and one did i affirm th unity. but "night" only means laylah(34; and unity and god are not worth even her blemishes. al-lah is only sixty-six; but laylah counteth up to seven and seventy.(35 "yea! the night shall cover all; the night shall cover all" book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 139 [142] commentary( xi-digamma) 66 is the number of allah; the praying mantis is a blasphemous grasshopper which caricatures the pious. the chapter recurs to the subject of laylah, whom the author exalts above god, in continuation of the reasonings given in chapter 56 and 63. she is identified with n.o.x. by the quotation from liber 65. notes (34) laylah is the arabic for night (35) a l l h= 1+ 30+ 30+ 5= 66. l+ a+ i+ l+ a+ h= 77, which also gives

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

at angel wrote on the lamen the word of the aeon. the book of the law is this writing. to this lamen the master therion gave life by devoting his own life thereto. we may then regard this talisman, the law, as the most powerful that has been made in the world's history, for previous talismans of the same type have been limited in their scope by conditions of race and country. mohammed's talisman, allah, was good only from persia to the pillars of hercules. the buddha's, anatta, operated only in the south and east of asia. the new talisman, thelema, is master of the planet. but now observe how the question of the magical link arises! no matter how mighty the truth of thelema, it cannot prevail unless it is applied to any by mankind. as long as the book of the law was in manuscript, it could

ond because a certain power enters and inhabits it by virtue of the ceremonies; or so it is said, and we deny it not. let this image be the most beautiful and perfect which the devotee is able to procure; or if he be able to paint or to carve the same, it is all the better. as for deities with whose nature no image is compatible, let them be worshipped in an 390 empty shrine. such are brahma, and allah. also some postcaptivity conceptions of jehovah. 5 "further concerning the shrine- let this shrine be furnished appropriately as to its ornaments, according to the book 777. with ivy and pine-cones, that is to say, for bacchus, and let lay before him both grapes and wine. so also for ceres let there be corn, and cakes; or for diana moon-wort and pale herbs, and pure water. further it is well

, and the love of demeter and persephone, and the love of venus and adonis, and the love of lakshmi and vishnu, and the love of siva and bhavani and the love of buddha and ananda, and the love of jesus and john, and many more. also there is the love of many saints for their particular deity, as of st. francis of assisi for christ, of sri sabhapaty swami for maheswara, of abdullah haji shirazi for allah, of st ignatius loyola for mary, and many more. now do thou take one such story every night, and enact it in thy mind, grasping each identity with infinite care and zest, and do thou figure thyself as one of the lovers and thy deity as the other. thus do thou pass through all adventures of love, not omitting one; and to each do thou conclude: how pale a reflection is this of my love for this

al, as, for artemis: gr:epsilon-pi-epsilon-lambda-theta-omicron-nu, gr:epsilon-pi-epsilonlambda- theta-omicron-nu, gr:alpha-rho-tau-epsilon-mu-iota-sigma; or, for shiva: namo shivaya namaha aum; or, for mary; ave maria; or for pan, gr:chi-alpha-iota-rho-epsilon gr:sigma-omega-tau-eta-rho gr:kappa-omicronsigma- mu-omicron-upsilon, gr:iota-omega gr:pi-alpha-nu, gr:iota-omega gr:pi-alpha-nu; or, for allah, hua allahu alazi lailaha illa hua. let him repeat this day and night without cessation mechanically in his brain, which is thus made ready for the advent of that lord, and armed against all other. 25 "concerning the active and the passive- let the philosophus change from the active love of his particular deity to a state of passive waiting, even almost a repulsion, the repulsion not of dist

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

h elementals, demons or what not; for when he was in paris, arrangements were made for him to meet eliphas l vi; forthwith "he abandoned the unequal contest, and fled in terror from the accursed spot" what annoyed browning was that he had added to his collection of "femora i have pulled, those appendages of elizabeth barrett; and where r.b. was there was no room for anyone else- as in the case of allah! r.b. was accordingly as spiteful as he could be, and that was not a little. it is not fair to tar all mediums with the sludge brush; there are many magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 170 who could advance quite sincerely some of the apologia of sludge. why should a medium be immune to self-deception spurred by the wish-fiend? while there are people walking about out

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

aum ma-ni pad-me hum :under it 4. aum shivaya vashi; three trochees. note that "shi" means rest, the absolute or male aspect of the deity "va" is energy, the manifested or female side of the deity. this mantra therefore expresses the whole course of the universe, from zero through the finite back to zero. iv. illustration: line of music with: aum shi-va-ya va-shi aum shi-va-ya vashi :under it 5. allah. the syllables of this are accented equally, with a certain pause between them; and are usually combined by fakirs with a rhythmical motion of the body to and fro. 6. hua allahu alazi lailaha illa hua. 20 here are some longer ones: 7. the famous gayatri. aum! tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dimahi dhiyo yo na pratyodayat. scan this as trochaic tetrameters. 8. qol: hua allahu achad; allah

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

e. the structure of the state includes all elements; it were stupid and suicidal to aim at homogeneity, or to assert it. spiritual experience soon enables the aspirant to assimilate these ideas, and he can enjoy life to the full, finding his true self alike in the contemplation of every element of existence. al ii,23 "i am alone: there is no god where i am" the old comment 23. the atheism of god "allah's the atheist! he owns no allah" to admit god is to look up to god, and so not to be god. the cures of duality. the new comment this refers to the spiritual experience of identity. when one realizes one's truth there is no room for any other conception. it also means that the god-idea must go with other relics of the fear born of ignorance into the limbo of savagery. i speak of the idea of g

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

riced church. i ve seen them at twenty thousand feet on the ice, in a snow-storm, at night fall, repeat their prayer23 will your grace do as much for your three 130 as they do for their one? i have seen may you see! they sleep and know not what a mat is; seem to enjoy their cold chapaties* are healthy, strong and some are old. they do not care a damn24 for cold, 135 behave like children, trust in allah (flies in mohammed s spider-parlour) they may not think: at least they dare live out their lives, and little care worries their souls worse fools they seem 140 than even christians. do i dream? probing philosophy to marrow, what thought darts in its poisoned arrow but this (my wisdom, even to me, seems folly) may their folly be 145 true wisdom? o esteemed tahuti !25 you are, you are, you are

l to 1; whatever x may represent, if it be raised to the power of 0 (this meaning mathematically if it be extended in no dimension or category, the result is unity, and the unknown factor x is eliminated. this is the advaitist idea of the future of man; his personality, bereft of all qualities, disappears and is lost, while in its place arises the impersonal unity, the pleroma, parabrahma, or the allah of the unity-adoring followers of mohammed (to the musulman fakir, allah is by no means a personal god) unity is thus unaffected, whether or no it be extended in any of the categories. but we have already agreed to look to 0 for the uncaused. now if there was in truth 0 before the beginning of years, that 0 was extended in none of the categories, for there could have been no categories in wh

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ight. these are the phantoms pale of mine astonied view, yet none but i their blasted beauty can renew; for to the abyss of hell i plunge without affright: on them will i impose my will, the law of light. 109 the soldier and the hunchback! and? 111 the soldier and the hunchback! and "expect seven misfortunes from the cripple, and forty-two from the one-eyed man; but when the hunchback comes, say 'allah our aid" arab proverb i inquiry. let us inquire in the first place: what is scepticism? the word means looking, questioning, investigating. one must pass by contemptuously the christian liar's gloss which interprets "sceptic" as "mocker; though in a sense it is true for him, since to inquire into christianity is assuredly to mock at it; but i am concerned to intensify the etymological connot

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ath he made the worlds, and from that wisdom issue judgements 70 by 4, that are the 4 eyes of the double-headed one; that are the 4 devils, satan, lucifer, leviathan, belial, that are the great princes of the evil of the world. 142 and satan is worshipped by men under the name of jesus; and lucifer is worshipped by men under the name of brahma; and leviathan is worshipped by men under the name of allah; and belial is worshipped by men under the name of buddha (this is the meaning of the passage in liber legis, chap. iii) moreover, there is mary, a blasphemy against babalon, for she hath shut herself up; and therefore is she the queen of all those wicked devils that walk upon the earth, those that thou sawest even as little black specks that stained the heaven of urania. and all these are t

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h-cycle? this would mean 28 seconds for a breath-cycle; quite enough for a marching man. we might try 4-8-8 to start; or even 8-8-8 (for the chariot, wherein the geburah of me rises to binah strength winning the wings of understanding)[these symbols, allusions, and references will all be found in 777, just published by "the equinox" see advt. ed. 30 6.55. i shall now ceremonially defile the beyt allah with pig, to express in some small measure my utter disgust and indignation with allah for not doing his job properly. i say in vain "labbaik![i am here. ed. he answers,"but i'm "not" here, old boy another leg-pull! he little knows his man, though, if he thinks he can insult me with impunity. andr un sandwich![beyt allah, the mosque at mecca, means "house of god" ed. 7.5. i shall stop mant

aking just now, and instantly concentrating on adonai, i found my body seized with a little quivering, very curious and pleasant, like trembling leaves in a continuous air. i think i have heard this state of interior trembling described in some mystic books. i think the shakers and quakers had violent shudderings. abdullah haji of shiraz writes: just as the body shudders when the soul gives up to allah in its quick career itself. it is the tiniest, most intimate trembling, not unlike that of kambhakham or "vindu-siddhi"[see the shiva sanhita. ed. properly performed; but of a female quality. i feel as if i were being shaken; in 77 the other cases i recognize my own ardour as the cause. it is very gentle and sweet. so now i may turn back to wait for him. 3.50. the voice of the nadi has chang

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st he must travel the circumference of the circle; and, when mystically he has discovered that the goal is the starting- point, and where he entered that circle there also will it break and open out, so that the adytum of its centre becomes as an arch in its outer wall, then indeed will he be worthy of the name of magus. the keystone to this arch some have called god, some brahma, some zeus, some allah, some even iao the god of the sounding name; but in truth, o seeker, it is thy-self_ this higher dimension in which the inner becomes the outer, and in which the single eye alone can see the throbbing heart, master of the entangled skein of veins. let us for example's sake call this attainment by the common name of god (self as opposed to self. and as we have seen the path of union with god

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air- there stood the indian god, the 666th incarnation of haram zada, stung to the very marrow of his bones by this bitterest insult. beside himself with fury he sprang up, murder written on every line of his face; tried to leap across the table- and fell in an epileptic fit. as he did so, i shut the door in his face. aum. sam hardy. 290 the thief-taker sa d jaellal ud din ben messaoud trusted to allah for his daily food; and so with favour was the saint anointed that never yet had he been disappointed. one day this pious person wished to shave his head; a sly and sacrilegious knave passed; when the good man would resume his prayer, alas! his turban was no longer there. in rushed mohammed, hassan, and husein "see! there he goes, the bastard of a swine. hasten, and catch him" but the good m

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hanters alive when he catches them. ledmiya["at window. there is a great concourse without. the men are returning. they ride slowly, as in peace. 93 but one rides fast, for i can hear his hoofs ring the gallop above all the trampling. laylah. it is sliman! his horse has silver shoes. wait there, child! i have joy for you to come["a horse is heard galloping into the courtyard, and a battle-cry, la allah illa allah, rings out in a boy's clear voice, a voice weary yet supremely happy["almost beside herself] sliman! to me! to your mother["sliman enters, in his right hand his sword still dripping blood" sliman. splendid fun, mother! we should have had the whole city, but those cursed knights of malta threatened our flank. and father told me i was a better leader for withdrawing than if i had go

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

nd any point in space we call absolute consciousness. it is the all, the eternal, the infinite, the changeless. consciousness, thinking time and space, and of all forms as existing in them in succession and in places, is the universal consciousness, the one, called by the hindu the saguna brahman the eternal with attributes the pratyag-atma the inner self; by the parsi, hormuzd; by the mussulman, allah. consciousness dealing with a definite time, however long or short, with a definite space, however vast or restricted, is individual, that of a concrete being, a lord of many universes, or a- 767- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust universe or of any so-called portion of a universe, his portion and to him therefore a universe these terms varying as to extent with the power

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est and sabian scientist. 858- 929 abu abdallah mohammad ibn jabir al-battani. harran astrologer. c. 860: john scotus eriugena (c. 800-880) translates pseudo-dionysius's works into latin and adds a commentary. 873-950 al farabi islamic philosopher mystic influenced by plotinus. 875 d. abu yazid al-bistami sufi said to have first expressed symbolism of wine, cup, and cupbearer "i have come to know allah through allah, and i have come to know what is other than allah with the light of allah "praise to me, for my greatest glory "i set forth on an ocean when the [earlier] prophets were still by the shore" 882-942 se'adia ga'on of fajum. commentary on the "sefer yezirah" 10th ce sword of moses composed 900- beginning of the bogomils of bulgaria, a manicheian sect, roots of cathari. 904 abu bakr

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is and for this reason many religions were founded on a stone or a "rock, as with peter the rock and christianity. in the old testament tale of jacob, he anointed his stone with oil, which sounds like great fun. must try that one. the koran, the islamic holy book, which is supposed to have been inspired by god, mentions jesus in 93 verses and treats him as a living person when clearly he was not. allah, the islamic god, is the same god, the muslims say, as the judeo-christian jehovah. they give credence to the pentateuch, the first five books of "moses" in the old testament, but in truth the books of the levites. muslims say that mohammed was the latest prophet (apart from all the others since) and therefore, the most valid. as such, all christians and hebrews should convert to islam, the

ultimately controlled by the same force. islam, like christianity and judaism, was also a vehicle for the systematic suppression of women and the feminine principle. again we see the connection to freemasonry. after earning the three blue lodge degrees of freemasonry and completing the scottish or york rite degrees, masons can petition to become a shriner. these who swear a blood oath and confess allah as god.43 allah is a moon god. this is why you will see a crescent moon at the top of mosques around the world, and why the shriners have the crescent moon on their fez hats. this symbol is on the flags of various islamic nations and muslims fast during the month that begins and ends with the appearance of the crescent moon in the sky "i liked your face" the city of jerusalem, the ironically

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

ed. howfitting that islam means to submit or surrender and muslim means one who submits.some of the bloodiest conflict in history has resulted from the desire of islam,christianity and judaism to impose their creed on each other, when they all come fromthe same source and the same manipulation! excuse me, did i come in late and misssomething? beam me up scotty, get me out of here..the islamic god allah is the same god, the muslims say, as the judeo-christian,jehovah. the koran is the islamic holy book, but muslims also give credence to thepentateuch, the first five books of the old testament attributed to moses. in truth theywere written by the levites after babylon and not by moses, which was a title in theegyptian mystery schools. is it really a coincidence that these three massive priso

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church. and catholics, we are told, are damned to hell for bowing down to and worshipping graven images. the irony of organized religious thought is the damnation of all, regardless of belief or quality of life. it has often been said by scholars that devils are "fallen" gods, or deities men no longer worship. but then, are not gods simply devils men choose to worship? could it be that yahweh and allah are simply more "politically correct" devils than astaroth and beelzebub? the followers of every religion have been condemned by others as "devilworshippers" at some time or another. in the "tolerant" social climate of today, the christian still condemns the jew; the jew still condemns the muslim, and the muslim still condemns the christian. each is willing to kill and commit heinous crimes

p waging war on the heavens, by stealth i have conquered the heavens, i sit upon the throne of all creation, as lord of heaven, and earth, and hell. i force all the angels to kneel and supplicate themselves before me. i crucify jesus upon his cross. i rape the virgin mary and make her my concubine. i mock the cabala saying, i am the yod he vau he, i am the divine tetragrammaton, i am yahweh, i am allah, i am the elohim. i mock the cabala as i sit upon the throne of all creation. proclaiming a new aeon this ritual, like the one before it, was not included in the first edition of the demonic bible. it is not intended that the practitioner of the demonic bible perform this ritual. i include it now simply for the sake of completeness. these are the words which established the aeon of lucifer

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

ch has been fortunate enough to receive translation at the hands of those who reverenced it" except ye become as a little child" i am not a sinologue, but i incline to the opinion that the translation "eternal child" would have been equally accurate and in better taste. 3. there is a saying in the mysteries "see that ye blaspheme not the name by which another knoweth his god. for if ye do this in allah, ye will do it in adonai" 4. and after all, was primitive man so very far off the mark when he attributed the causation of natural phenomena to activities of the same nature as the thought-processes of the [page 86] human mind, but upon a higher arc? is not that the point towards which both physics and metaphysics are gradually converging? supposing we were to re-cast the statement of the sa

d which taketh away the sins of the world is only another version of the bull of mithra which does the same thing, the only difference being that the ancient initiate was literally "washed in blood" and the modern one takes it metaphorically. autres temps autres mours. 9. if we approach those whom we elect to call pagans, both ancient and modern, in a reverent and sympathetic spirit, knowing that allah and brahma and amen ra are but other [page 88] names for that which we worship as god, we shall learn a very great deal that was forgotten in europe when the gnosis was stamped out and its literature destroyed. 10. we shall find, however, that the pagan faiths present their teaching in a form that is not readily assimilable by the european mind, and that if we are to arrive at its significan

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ut she continued to follow the young nun for a time, teaching her, on her last visit, five secret prayers composed by st. john the evangelist. the alister hardy research centre see religious experience research centre alford, alan f. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 28 allat (or ellat) goddess of the ancient arabs of pre-islamic times, associated with the god dhu-shara, known as allah (supreme god, worshiped in the form of a rectangular stone, reminiscent of the later kaaba of mecca. allat is mentioned in the koran as a pagan goddess. she is said to have been joint ruler with allah and judge of the afterlife. allegro, john (marco (1923.1988) british scholar who assisted in the deciphering of the dead sea scrolls, and created a sensation with his book the sacred mushroom a

am, isma il, the eldest son of the sixth imam, died before his father. while most shias supported the younger son as the new imam, a minority refused to recognize him and declared the lineage extinct with the passing of isma il in 762. they became known as ismailis, or seveners, as isma il would have been the seventh imam. the ismailis developed an esoteric doctrine built around the number seven. allah (god, for example, was seen as the seventh dimension who held the other six in balance. the world would last for seven millennia. more importantly, they took one of isma il s descendents as their new imam, suggesting that a new line of seven imams was beginning. their belief was finally put together in a book, rasa il ikhwan al-safa (epistles of the brethren of purity. as a minority, in orde

eived his mantle from ahmed yesevee, who claimed descent from the father- in-law of mohammed. bektash established a path to spiritual truth consisting nominally of seven degrees, only four of which, however, were essential. these aimed to establish an affinity between the aspirant and the sheik, the latter leading the aspirant, through the agency of the spirit of bektash, and that of mohammed, to allah. the initiation ceremony provided a severe test. the aspirant was tried for a year with false secrets. when his time of probation expired, a lamb was slain, from the carcass of which a cord was made for his neck and a girdle for his loins. two armed attendants then led him into a square chamber, where he was presented to the sheik as a slave who desires to know truth. he was then placed befo

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, with glowing embers in a censer, and carry them to the head-post of the grave of the deceased. fumigate the grave, going three times round it, and call upon the murdered man by name: hearken, so-and-so, and assist me; i am taking (this boat) to the saints of god, and i desire to ask for a little magic. here take the first midrib, fumigate it, and lay it upon the head of the grave, repeating kur allah( cluck, cluck, god) seven times. you and your companion must now take up a sitting posture, one at the head and the other at the foot of the grave, facing the grave post, and use the canoe-paddles which you have brought. in a little while the surrounding scenery will change and take upon itself the appearance of the sea, and finally an aged man will appear, to whom you must address the same

rites as emptying and refilling water pots, regarded by devotees as symbolic gestures relating to divine grace. his actions and instructions were unconventional and erratic but often culminated in a great many extraordinary miracles and an outpouring of divine grace. his following grew among both hindus and moslems. in 1886, almost as a rehearsal for death, he told a devotee that he was going to allah and that his body should be preserved carefully for three days against a possible return. his heart stopped beating, his breathing ceased, and local authorities pronounced him dead. on the third day he opened his eyes and started breathing again. sai baba died october 15, 1918, and was buried in a hindu shrine. since his death, the miracle-working guru satya sai baba has been regarded by man

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

eturn to nowhere like a dream, and in which all name and form emanate, manifest, and dissolve. in the qabalah, the lord hvhy is the immense i-ness that knows itself as pure being in the unmanifest supernal realm, and pervades everything from elohim down to the lowest creature in the lower worlds of manifestation. this supreme, unifying i-ness is worshipped in christianity as christos, in islam as allah, and in the tantras as the divine mother kali. it is worshipped in hinduism as ishvara, in tibetan buddhism as vajradhara or avalokiteshvara, in taoism as the divine mother kwan yin, and in the polynesian kahuna tradition as the goddess pele.9 an individual with this level of awareness directly perceives the innate identity of themselves and all beings with that one indwelling spirit. the pe

ther names and eloquent titles by which they refer to themselves, such as possessors of the kernel and community of the bench. the tradition itself is also given a variety of prominent epitaphs, such as haqiqah( way of truth, reflecting the goal of union with the singularity of the divine essence. as it is written: the highest truth is that i alone am. 23 everywhere you look, there is the face of allah. 24 several centuries after the birth of islam, a number of informal private sufi teaching circles in iraq and persia grew in numbers and organized into orders (tariqa. soon thereafter, dozens of other orders, most of which evolved as sub-branches of the initial ones, arose throughout the middle east, central asia, india, east africa, and spain. sufi influence continued to expand with the sp

ami, and the rose garden (galistan) by sa adi are masterful works of mystical allegory.28 all sufis use the symbol of the rose as an allusion to contemplative practice.29 sufism has also been enriched by numerous mystical commentaries, such as the niche for lights (mishkat al anwar) by al ghazzali (d.1111, and the recorded teachings of sufi masters such as rumi, ibn arabi, al- suhrawardi, ibn ata allah, al bayazid al bistami, al junaid of bagdad, abdul qadir al jilani, al hallaj and others.30 western alchemy was derived in great measure from the writings of a number of sufis concerning the mystical analogy of the purification and transformation of metals into the stone of unity, known as the philosopher s stone. 31 33' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% the mystical worldview of sufism, as delineated in th

regular component of their spiritual practices. one list is composed of ninety-nine names, and another one of a thousand and one. many of the names in the sefer hashmoth (book of 8- f e 30 the names) are also found in the qur an. in the same way that the name hvhy is a central element in the meditation and ancillary practices of many qabalists, most sufi meditation practices center upon the name allah, the principal divine name in the qur an (see figure 1.2. the name allah is found in the sefer hashmoth (book of the names) as aleh (hla lit. these, with one lamed l instead of two. the addition of the second lamed l extends the name into asiyah (qabalistic world of activity. 2 f# name allah the silent and oral recitation (dikhr) of the affirmation of unity (la illaha il allah, which is the

reater holy assembly, and the idra zuta qadusha (lesser holy assembly) 03' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% e the ma aseh merkabah( work of the chariot) material from the nabiyim (the prophets, the remaining remnants of the seferim hachanokh (books of enoch ben yared, and the shi r qoma (measure of the divine body) from the sefer raziel hagadol (book of the secrets of raziel the great) e the qur an, the song of allah transmitted through master mohammed e the peshitta (gospels, including the gospel of thomas) describing the life and teachings of master yeshuvah, and the revelation of john e the etz hachayyim (tree of life) dictated by rabbi yitza aq luria to chayyim vital( the five component books of the torah (hrvt) are conventionally known outside of judaism as genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, and d

the series of images listed in the revelation provide an allusion for the process of mystical awakening through the four worlds in the ascension of a specialized version of the single-column tree of life of the treasuries of the house of elohim. the series of images from revelation are presented in the qabalistic tree format in chapter six" the qur an is the final revelation of the lord hvhy (as allah) to the children of abraham. it was transmitted through the prophet mohammed, the seal of the shemite prophets. the only prophet yet to come is the reappearance of eliyahu (elijah, who will herald the final messianic advent of allah as the last, which the qur an calls the day of judgment (yom ah- din. the qur an encompasses 6,666 verses in 114 titled surahs (chapters) of varying length. mast

essence as la (also the not. like the qabalah, the face of god is a prominent component in sufi mysticism, and like the torah (as well as, virtually all other mystical traditions, the qu ran has allusions to both vast and small face. for instance, in the light surah, allusions are given for the tree of life, for small face as light upon light, and for vast face as darkness upon thick darkness. 26 allah is the light of the heavens and the earth. the similitude of his light is that of a niche,27 within which is a lamp.28 the lamp is within a glass orb.29 the glass, as it were, a shining star,30 lit with the oil of a blessed olive tree, not of the east, not of the west. its light luminous even though fire touches it not, light upon light. 31 and, later in the surah, or like darkness upon a va

which is a lamp.28 the lamp is within a glass orb.29 the glass, as it were, a shining star,30 lit with the oil of a blessed olive tree, not of the east, not of the west. its light luminous even though fire touches it not, light upon light. 31 and, later in the surah, or like darkness upon a vast ocean,32 covered with waves upon waves, over them clouds, darkness upon thick darkness.33 and whoever allah gives not- light, has not- light in all. in islam, judaism and christianity are regarded as revealed religions, and therefore given protected status. in the qur an, there are a number of references to the jews as the people of the book (i.e. torah) whom muslims are exhorted to honor and respect. in the most high surah, the torah is called the book of mosheh and the sefer yetzirah (book of fo

in the possibility of messiah (notwithstanding their tradition of the hidden maghdi, and the messianic beliefs of some sufis),35 have an ambiguous respect for master mosheh and the people of the book. they regard master yeshuvah (called isa in the qur an) as an immaculately conceived master of the highest rung. they are waiting for the last to take action on the day of judgment (yom ah-din, when allah will resurrect the souls of the faithful in paradise. 2" 2' 8: 2 f# acharit wielding a sword riding a white horse many details found in the torah, peshitta (gospels, and apocrypha regarding the nature, lives, experiences, powers, and teachings of master mosheh and master yeshuvah find parallels in those of messiahs in other traditions. messianic appearances are called avatara in sanskrit. th

f name and form as a great unity in small face. it is characterized by unconditional love and surrender to one s small face chosen ideal, intimacy, compassion, sense of beauty, ritual, and mental renunciation. by far the most common meditative practices in small face yoga in all mystical traditions involve root mantra, visualizations, and often breathing exercises. so remember (dikhr) the name of allah and devote thyself with a complete devotion. 1 the great sage of arunachala sri ramana maharshi2 taught: the eternal, unbroken, natural state of abiding in the self is jnana [knowledge of the ayn. to abide in the self, you must love the self. since god is verily the self, love of the self is love of god and that is bhakti [devotion to one small face. jnana and bhakti are thus ultimately one

eturns to the station of small face with the repetition of hvhy. it climaxes with echad (dxa, alluding to the great unity of vast and small face. in using the shem ayn for meditation, one can visualize the name hvhy as dancing letters of fire on a black circular background against a light blue background, as previously described. the root mantra and holiest utterance in the qur an is la illaha il allah (hu. maimomades the rambam asserted that this utterance and the shem ayin are essentially the same.15 la is the not (al, illaha is vast face, il is the glue between vast and small face, and allah is the small face totality archetype. hu refers to the visible sefirah knowledge/first in the throat center seen from the sefirah crown/above in atziluth on a perfect tree. allah, the most important

s the not (al, illaha is vast face, il is the glue between vast and small face, and allah is the small face totality archetype. hu refers to the visible sefirah knowledge/first in the throat center seen from the sefirah crown/above in atziluth on a perfect tree. allah, the most important name of small face in islam, is also a brilliant name of fire. an aspirant attracted to% e2 2 e" 2' 8: h f e 2 allah as their chosen ideal would repeat a root mantra containing the name allah, and would visualize allah as dancing letters of fire on a background as described above. sufis, the qabalists of islam, call the process of taking the name or repeating root mantra dikhr (lit. remembrance, which is the equivalent of the hebrew word zakhor (rkz) in the context of the mystical qabalah. unify the holy n

of days in the revelation of john, described as having fiery eyes and a two-edged sword coming from his mouth (figure 6.2. then, there is the reference to darkness upon thick darkness in the light surah of the qur an.23 or like darkness in a vast ocean [vast face, covered with waves upon waves% e2 2 e" 2' 8: h f e 2 0 over them clouds, darkness upon thick darkness [i.e. face to face. and whoever allah gives not- light has notlight in all. the night of power surah in the qur an also alludes to the direct experience of vast face consciousness: in the name of allah, the merciful, the compassionate, truly, we have sent this [vast face name] in the night of power [vast face samadhi. and what [vast face name] is the night of power. the night of power is better than a thousand nights; the angels

ishing co, surrey, england, 1992. al jilani, abdul qadir. the secret of secrets, interpreted by shaykh tosun bayrak, islamic text society, cambridge, 1992. rumi, jalal al-din. discourses of rumi, translated by a.j. arberry, samuel weiser, new york, 1972. al suhrawardi, abu al najib. a sufi rule for novices (abridged, translated by menahem milson, harvard university press, cambridge, 1975. ibn ata allah. the book of wisdom, translated by victor danner and kwaja abdullah ansari; and intimate conversations, translated by wheeler m. thackston, paulist press, new york, 1975. 31 sufis whose writings substantially influenced western alchemists included jabir ibn chayyan (known in the west as geber, abu al-qasim al iraqi, and el malik al fatih. 32 ernst, carl. sufism, shambhala, boston, 1997; fadi

audience with his address. 25 the akashic record is the karmic archive of a planet, which can be accessed through psychic mediation. akasha is the plastic medium of the planet s astral body. 26 the torah begins with the word b reshith; the zohar begins with the word beshoshanah( by the rose; the sefer yetzirah begins with bishaloshym( by thirty; and the qu ran begins with bismaallah( in the name allah. 27 idra rabba 29. 28 idra zuta 56, 57. 29 saradananda, swami. sri sri ramakrishna lilaprasanga, trans. as sri ramakrishna the great master by swami jagadananda. sri ramakrishna math, madras, india. sannyasin is a title denoting that one has completely and literally renounced all for the sake of the lord xmoney, fame, wife, family, power, possessions, personal comfort, etc. true sannyasins r

one of the three world views in vedantic spiritual philosophy, which perceives all name and form as illusory, and only brahman (i.e. ayn) as real and existent. affirmation of unity: refers to the proclamations of the absolute unity of existence at the foundation of judaism and islam. in judaism, it is the verse in the torah known as the shema. in islam, it is the verse in the qur an, la illaha il allah. after-the-world sequence: a version of the taoist trigram tree that is the equivalent of the qabalistic fallen tree. ajna chakra: the forehead-center on the chakric tree, portrayed as a lotus with two petals. corresponds to the sefiroth wisdom/east and understanding/north on the qabalistic tree, the latifa khafiya on the sufi tree, and the upper tan on the taoist tree. 0' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8%

corresponds to the sefiroth wisdom/east and understanding/north on the qabalistic tree, the latifa khafiya on the sufi tree, and the upper tan on the taoist tree. 0' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% alef of unity: small face; the word of god manifest in sefirah knowledge/first and unmanifest in the negativelyexistent roots of the tree. alef worlds: unmanifest witness states of vast face in sefirah crown/above. allah: the principal name of small face in islam. anahata chakra: the thoracic center on the chakric tree, portrayed as a lotus with six petals. corresponds to sefirah beauty/last on the qabalistic tree, the latifa siriya on the sufi tree, and the middle tan on the taoist tree. ananda (sanskrit: bliss: one of the three innate aspects of vast face as sat-chit-ananda. angelic tree language: an array

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ere. abramelin the magie, a medieval jewish magician, enjoins retirement. in his book the sacred magic we are informed: i resolved to absent myself suddenly, and go away into the hercynian forests, and there remain during the time necessary for this operation, and lead a solitary life. 14 the mad mullah of sudan fame sat in a cave under the nile and repeated to himself the two-andseventy names of allah until allah appeared to him. the qabalist hayyim samuel jacob falk, born in 1708, did much the same; an admirer, sussman shesnowzi, writes on one occasion he abode in seclusion in his house for six weeks without meat and drink. when at the conclusion of this period ten persons were summoned to enter, they found him seated on a sort of throne, his head covered with a golden turban, a golden c

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derived or compounded from some word which originally meant the sun. max muller says that surya was the sun as shining in the sky. savitri was the sun as bringing light and life. vishnu was the sun as striding with three steps across the sky, etc. inman, whose etymological researches have given him considerable prominence as a sanskrit and hebrew scholar, says that ra, ilos, helos, bil, baal, al, allah, and elohim were names given to the sun as representative of the creator. we are assured by godfrey higgins that brahme is the sun the same as surya. brahma sprang from the navel of brahme. faber in his pagan idolatry says that all the gods of the ancients "melt insensibly into one, they are all equally the sun" the word apollo signifies the author or generator of light. in the rig veda, sur

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the earth, truths 1-2, the western world turns to god, the evolution deceit, precise answers to evolutionists, the blunders of evolutionists, confessions of evolutionists, the misconception of the evolution of the species, the qur'an denies darwinism, perished nations, for men of understanding, the prophet musa, the prophet yusuf, the prophet muhammad (saas, the prophet sulayman, the golden age, allah's artistry in colour, glory is everywhere, the importance of the evidences of creation, the truth of the life of this world, the nightmare of disbelief, knowing the truth, eternity has already begun, timelessness and the reality of fate, matter: another name for illusion, the little man in the tower, islam and the philosophy of karma, the dark magic of darwinism, the religion of darwinism, t

already begun, timelessness and the reality of fate, matter: another name for illusion, the little man in the tower, islam and the philosophy of karma, the dark magic of darwinism, the religion of darwinism, the collapse of the theory of evolution in 20 questions, engineering in nature, technology mimics nature, the impasse of evolution i (encyclopedic, the impasse of evolution ii (encyclopedic, allah is known through reason, the qur'an leads the way to science, the real origin of life, consciousness in the cell, technology imitates nature, a string of miracles, the creation of the universe, miracles of the qur'an, the design in nature, self-sacrifice and intelligent behaviour models in animals, the end of darwinism, deep thinking, never plead ignorance, the green miracle: photosynthesis

racle of the immune system, the miracle of creation in plants, the miracle in the atom, the miracle in the honeybee, the miracle of seed, the miracle of hormone, the miracle of the termite, the miracle of the human body, the miracle of man's creation, the miracle of protein, the miracle of smell and taste, the miracle of microworld, the secrets of dna. the author's childrens books are: wonders of allah's creation, the world of animals, the glory in the heavens, wonderful creatures, let's learn our islam, the miracles in our bodies, the world of our little friends: the ants, honeybees that build perfect combs, skillful dam builders: beavers. the author's other works on quranic topics include: the basic concepts in the qur'an, the moral values of the qur'an, quick grasp of faith 1-2-3, ever

erful creatures, let's learn our islam, the miracles in our bodies, the world of our little friends: the ants, honeybees that build perfect combs, skillful dam builders: beavers. the author's other works on quranic topics include: the basic concepts in the qur'an, the moral values of the qur'an, quick grasp of faith 1-2-3, ever thought about the truth, crude understanding of disbelief, devoted to allah, abandoning the society of ignorance, the real home of believers: paradise, knowledge of the qur'an, qur'an index, emigrating for the cause of allah, the character of the hypocrite in the qur'an, the secrets of the hypocrite, the names of allah, communicating the message and disputing in the qur'an, answers from the qur'an, death resurrection hell, the struggle of the messengers, the avowed

nce of satan, prayer in the qur'an, the theory of evolution, the importance of conscience in the qur'an, the day of resurrection, never forget, disregarded judgements of the qur'an, human characters in the society of ignorance, the importance of patience in the qur'an, general information from the qur'an, the mature faith, before you regret, our messengers say, the mercy of believers, the fear of allah, jesus will return, beauties presented by the qur'an for life, a bouquet of the beauties of allah 1-2-3-4, the iniquity called "mockery" the mystery of the test, the true wisdom according to the qur'an, the struggle against the religion of irreligion, the school of yusuf, the alliance of the good, slanders spread against muslims throughout history, the importance of following the good word

heavens and on earth of the existence of god. those proofs pointed out in the qur'an are such phenomena as, not only the balance and order in the universe, but the suitability of the world to human life, the design of plants and animals, the design of the human body, and the spiritual qualities of human beings, all of which has been substantiated by modern science (for details, see harun yahya's allah is known through reason, the creation of the universe, darwinism refuted, for men of understanding, design in nature) rather, dogmatism is a quality of those who refuse to consider these things, and reject god while continuing to defend the view that the universe exists by its own accord and that living things came to be by chance. masons are a true example of such an outlook. despite the fa

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dview is the understanding of the role of personalism in religion. by personalism we mean not only theism (the worship of a personal god) but the use of gods and goddess with personality, character and humanness. this tendency is found in all religious traditions, while in the pagan traditions the gods seem more human, it is certainly also found in the monotheistic traditions as well. jehovah and allah at times seem all too human. for the gnostic the impersonal is the highest principle, the unoriginate originator is without personality in a human sense of the word since it is beyond all of our preconceptions and projections. while the three principles of the divine will, sophia and the logos can be given iconographic and literary form they too are essentially what they are called principle

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the presidency of madras; the magician signed, and the boy again answered,"isee a red-haired frank, with a short red jacket and white trousers; he is standing by the sea-shore, and behind him there is a black man in a turban holding a beautiful horse richly caparisoned""godin heavenl" cried major felix "nay" the boy resumed "this is an old frank; he has turned round while you are speaking, and by allah he has but one arm" major felix's brother lost his arm in the campaign of ava''itis here evident' says dr collyer 'that he did not see any real spirit or apparition, but merely theembodiedideaof the travellers, who depicted in their minds the imageofshakespear as he isgenerallyrepresented &c &c.drcollyer then proceeds to state that he has proved the 'possibility of mental transfer' beyond th

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, we hadbeen half deafened by the shouts and incessant ear-piercing cries and the babel-like confusion of tongues. inthis part of the city it is useless to expect to be guided by either house numbers, or names of streets. thelocation of any desired place is indicated by its proximity to some other more conspicuous building such as amosque, bath, or european shop; for the rest, one has to trust to allah and his prophet. it was with the greatest difficulty, therefore, that we finally discovered the british ship-chandler's store, atthe rear of which we were to find the place of our destination. our hotel guide was as ignorant of thedervishes' abode as we were ourselves; but at last a small greek, in all the simplicity of primitive undress,consented for a modest copper backsheesh to lead us to

e deity. they appeared to have lost all power of sight and hearing, for none of themresponded to our questions until a great gaunt figure, wearing a tall cap that made him look at least seven feethigh, emerged from an obscure corner. informing us that he was their chief, the giant gave us to understandthat the saintly brethren, being in the habit of receiving orders for additional ceremonies from allah himself,must on no account be disturbed. but when our interpreter had explained to him the object of our visit, whichconcerned himself alone, as he was the sole custodian of the "divining rod" his objections vanished and heextended his hand for alms. upon being gratified, he intimated that only two of our party could be admitted atone time into the confidence of the future, and led the way

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ing to do with them anyway. 4. the last act of the witches sabbeth and the talkmongers have me stumped too. but, you might check with jesse unruh and see what he can come up with. 5. i'd say that's the star of david with an arrow going through it. and last but not least: if it's o.k. with you i would just as soon not incriminate myself concerning the grand bois, carrafour, cematiere, and the damb-allah. are you sure you won't settle for the griffith observatory, pershing square, forest lawn and the los angeles city hall? i guess by your description i am not a very 'good' witch! but, if what you say is true about most people thinking all witches are stupid or sick. then i guess you would probably qualify for the role quite easily. oh. gee. i almost forgot! mandrake: i guess he is good for s

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d to it. it is impossible to point out the details, for this would overstep the frame of this book. sticking to a carefully planned, step-by-step development, there will be neither a mishap nor a failure nor bad consequences, for the simple reason that ripening takes place slowly but surely. it is quite an individual matter whether the adept will choose as his idea of god, christ, buddha, brahma, allah, or someone else. all depends on the idea, in the initiation. the pure mystic wishes to approach his god only in the all-embracing love. the yogi, too, walks toward one single aspect of god. the bhakti-yogi keeps to the road of love and devotion, the raja and hatha yogi choose the path of self-control or volition, the jnana yogi will follow that of wisdom and cognition. now let us regard the

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f ike fopa (u, p. 7, narrates that in the yrai 1662, while cleaning one of the chairs "the 'twdve labors of hercules' unluckily appeared en- gnved upon it" after which the chair was removed and another substituted. but in it^s when bonaparte's troops occupied home, the chair was again examined. this time there was found the mohammedan confessioii of faith, in arabic letters "there is no deity but allah, and mohammed is his apostle (see appendix to ancient sym- mic worihip. by h. m. weatropp and c. staniland wake) in this appendix prof. alexander witdo' voy justly remarks as follows "we presume that the apostle of the circumcision, as paul, his great rival, styles him, was never at the impenal city, nor had a successor there, not even in the ghetto. the 'chair of peter' therefore, is tacred

happened to be situated on the way of the great stream of the earliest hindfl emigration, and the babylonians were one of the first peoples benefited thereby" these khaldi were the worshipers of the moon-god, deus-lunus, from which fact we may infer that the akkadi- ans if such must be their name: belonged to the race of the kings of the moon, whom tradition shows as having reigned in praydga now allah&bad. with them the trinity of deus-lunus was manifested in the three lunar phases, completing the quaternary with the fourth, and typi- fying the death of the moon-god in its gradual waning and final disap- pearance. this death was allegorised by them, and attributed to the triumph of the genius of evil over the light-giving deity; as the later na- tions allegorized the death of their sun-go

ter the presumed deicide. the graeco-roman world was still convulsed with religious dissensions, withstanding all the past imperial edicts and the forcible christianization. while the cotmcil of trent was dispuung about the vulgate, the unity of god quietly superseded the trinity, and soon the mohammedans outnumbered the christians. why? because their prophet never sought to identify himself with allah. otherwise, it is safe to say, he would not have lived to see his religion flourish. till the present day mohammedanism bas-made and is now making more prose- lytes than christianity. buddha-siddhjtrtha came as a simple mortal, centuries before christ. the religious ethics of this faith [buddhism] are 599. profagortu, s84. 600. psuthier: la ckim, n. p. 376. 601. aeti, ii, 22. 602. jolm, i, 6

ng a christian. aa to the uninitiated, they are never allowed even to see the sacred writings, and none of them have the remotest idea where these are kept. there are missionaries in syria who boast of having in their possession a few copies. the volumes alleged to be correct expositions of these secret books (such as the translation by p^tis de la croix, in 1701, from the works presented by nasr-allah to the french king, are nothing more than a compilation of 'secrets' known more or less to every inhabitant of the southern ranges ot lebanon and anti-libanus. they were the work of an apos- tate dervish^ who was expelled from the sect hanafi for improper con- duct the embezzlement of the money of widows and orphans, llie expoai de la rdigian dea druxes, in two volumes, by silvestre de sacy

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m the smokeless flame. no other is there with the art to make such as beautiful and wise as man. forget that which you did perceive for it was but a dream that played you false wrought by base imps, most mischievous, to pleasure and fulfil their desire for the tricks and traps they work. know, then, that this is true, my own soul does well know it: but for god himself there is no god, la ilaha il allah! thus is it written. forget it not ever, for those that would a fire burns forever and eternal torment is their lot. this is the answer to your inquiry" much troubled were my children by this informance, to be told that their own senses worked deceit when they had seemed so sure to them. yet the emissary of heaven, appearing so terrible, did command much belief within their hearts and they w

ave the searing flame. this reply gave the voice of trumpets. this reply was given as words of power that burned as flame upon muhammed's heart, 361 as script upon his heart's parchment "recite in the name of the lord that created, created man of a blood-clot. recite! your lord is the most bountiful who taught man by the pen that which he knew not. man knows not his master and transgresses for to allah does all return. see! the man that rebukes the servant of allah. think! is this right or pious? think! he that he denies truth and heeds not realises not that allah perceives all. let him then desist of this else he shall be dragged by the hair to hell. let him call to him his allies. we shall call the keepers of the eternal flame. obey not the sinful man. be abased and thus approach" so did

ght avenge the slight against him. thus went he against the people that once had taken him in as an orphan. now gabriel's voice was ever in his ear 363 that he became bloated with flattery. thus did gabriel bend to his will a man born most noble amongst men. seeking that which was right muhammed was led far from truth. thus went he at the column's head thus went he against mecca, a very parody of allah himself who had heard the lying tongue of gabriel. elohim, you but hold the earth as a mirror and you make not in men but that which you are in heaven. now went the herald's to mecca, bringing news of that host which came to cast down the walls of mecca to cast down the people of mecca to their knees. now sent the people of mecca forth from their city gates their own host to meet upon the sa

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ll forever because they denied the truth when it was once showed to them: and they shall call, o malik, let thy lord have done with us! he will say, you will surely tarry. most of you were averse to the truth (arberry 1969, 205. malik makes life even worse for them by stoking the fires and making jokes. the only relief comes for the muslim sinners in hell who can escape such treatment by reciting allah, the compassionate, the merciful. malik knows that these true believers will one day be freed from hell by muhammad. in an interesting variation on tradition, sufis (islamic mystics) reinterpreted iblis s disobedience as an act of love for god, and as an act of obedience to the law that only god should be worshiped. to bow down to adam, in other words, would have been an acknowledgment of an

is aided by nineteen other angel guards (sbires or zabayniya. when the sinful residents of hell beg malik for help, he tells them that they must stay in hell forever because they denied the truth when it was once showed to them. malik makes life even worse for them by stoking the fires and making jokes. the only relief comes for the muslim sinners in hell who can escape such treatment by reciting allah, the compassionate, the merciful. malik knows that these true believers will one day be freed from hell by muhammad. see also islam for further reading: the encyclopaedia of islam. leiden: e. j. brill, 1978. glass, cyril. the concise encyclopedia of islam. san francisco: harper san francisco, 1989. mammon in folklore, mammon is a fallen angel, now residing in hell as the demon of avarice. he

ding to the talmud, satan s sin lay not in his rivalry with god but in his envy of man. the rabbis say that when adam was created all the angels had to bow to the new king of the earth, but satan refused. thus god flung satan and his host out of heaven, down to the earth. the enmity between satan and jehovah dates from that moment. a similar account is contained in the koran, which says that when allah created man, he called all the angels to worship this crowning work of his hands. however, eblis refused to worship adam and was banished from heaven for failing to obey the command of allah. some medieval philosophers asserted that the conflict lasted three seconds, and that lucifer and certain devils fell to hell while others stayed in the earth s air to tempt mankind. also a few church fa

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ley, as above] astarte vel liber berylli 2 inhabits it by virtue of the ceremonies; or so it is said, and we deny it not. let this image be the most beautiful and perfect which the devotee is able to procure; or if he be able to paint or to carve the same, it is all the better. as for deities with whose nature no image is compatible, let them be worshipped in an empty shrine. such are brahma, and allah. also some postcaptivity conceptions of jehovah. 5. further concerning the above. let this shrine be furnished appropriately as to its ornaments, according to the book 777. with ivy and pine-cones, that is to say, for bacchus, and let lay before him both grapes and wine. so also for ceres let there be corn, and cakes; or for diana moon-wort and pale herbs, and pure water. further, it is well

and the love of demeter and persephone, and the love of venus and adonis, and the love of lakshmi and vishnu, and the love of siva and bhavani, and the love of buddha and ananda, and the love of jesus and john, and many more. also there is the love of many saints for their particular deity, as of st francis of assisi for christ, of sri sabhapaty swami for maheswara, of abdullah haji shirazi1 for allah, of st ignatius loyola for mary, and many more. now do thou take one such story every night, and enact it in thy mind, grasping each identity with infinte care and zest, and do thou figure thyself as one of the lovers and thy deity as the other. thus do thou pass through all adventures of love, not omitting one; and to each do thou conclude: how pale a reflection is this of my love for this

tle cord that wrappeth tightly round and round all, even the mantram or continuous prayer. 24. concerning the mantram or continuous prayer. let the philsophus weave the name of the particular deity into a sentence short and rhythmical; as, for artemis 'epelqon 'epelqon 'artemij, for shiva: nama shivaya namaha aum; or, for mary, ave maria;1 or, for pan, caire swthr kosmou 'iw pan 'iw pan;2 or, for allah: hua allahu alazi lailaha illa hua.3 let him repeat this day and night without cessation mechanically in his brain, which is thus made ready for the advent of that lord, and armed against all other. 25. concerning the active and the passive. let the philosophus change from the active love of his particular deity to a state of passive awaiting, even almost a repulsion, the repulsion not of di

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impotent teacher of many lies, you have been judged and found contemptible. although you never sought to conquer the world, you allowed others to make a god out of you, though you knew better. you taught others to be meek and passive, and so the blood of all your martyrs cries out against you. receive the sentence of cain, and depart to the land of nod. you are no longer desired on this earth. 5. allah, and your bitch-servant muhammad, most bloodthirsty of prophets, you have both been judged and found detestable. prostrate yourselves before me, five times five, it will not be enough. for seeking to make the earth your pit of slaves, you are the most accursed of all. your followers will be isolated and hunted down, and history will remember you as the paragons of barbarism. 6. all false pro

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steps to a mantra, and 4-8-16 steps to a breath-cycle? this would mean 28 seconds for a breath-cycle; quite enough for a marching man. we might try 4-8-8 to start; or even 8-8-8 (for the chariot, wherein the geburah of me rises to binah.strength winning the wings of understanding [these symbols, allusions, and references will all be found in 777..ed] 6.55. i shall now ceremonially defile the beyt allah with pig, to express in some small measure my utter disgust and indignation with allah for not doing his job properly. i say in vain .labbaik [i am here..ed] he answers .but i.m not here, old boy.another leg-pull. he little knows his man, though, if he thinks he can insult me with impunity. andre, un sandwich [beyt allah, the mosque at mecca, means .house of god..ed] 7.05. i shall stop mantr

and quakers had violent shudderings. abdullah haji of shiraz2 writes. 1 now called .aerials. from analogous occurences in wireless telegraphy [ms. note by ac. in equinox i (1, transcribed by yorke] 2 [another one of crowley.s pseudonyms. the quotation is from the scented garden of abdullah the satirist (bagh-i-muattar, cap. xix] john st. john 65 just as the body shudders when the soul gives up to allah in its quick career itself. it is the tiniest, most intimate trembling, not unlike that of kumbhakha or .vindu-siddhi [see the .iva sam.hita. ed] properly performed; but of a female quality. i feel as if i were being shaken; in the other cases i recognize my own ardour as the cause. it is very gentle and sweet. so now i may turn back to wait for him. 3.50. the voice of the n.d.i has changed

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s-high-priced church. i.ve seen them at twenty thousand feet on the ice, in a snow-storm, at night fall, repeat their prayer23.will your grace do as much for your three as they do for their one? i have seen.may you see! they sleep and know not what a mat is; seem to enjoy their cold chapaties* are healthy, strong.and some are old. they do not care a damn24 for cold, behave like children, trust in allah (flies in mohammed.s spider-parlour) they may not think: at least they dare live out their lives, and little care worries their souls.worse fools they seem than even christians. do i dream? probing philosophy to marrow, what thought darts in its poisoned arrow but this (my wisdom, even to me, seems folly) may their folly be true wisdom? o esteemed tahuti !25 you are, you are, you are a beaut

to 1; whatever x may represent, if it be raised to the power of 0 (this meaning mathematically .if it be extended in no dimension or category, the result is unity, and the unknown factor x is eliminated. this is the advaitist idea of the future of man; his personality, bereft of all qualities, disappears and is lost, while in its place arises the impersonal unity, the pleroma, parabrahma, or the allah of the unity-adoring followers of mohammed (to the musulman fakir, allah is by no means a personal god) unity is thus unaffected, whether or no it be extended in any of the categories. but we have already agreed to look to 0 for the uncaused. now if there was in truth 0 .before the beginning of years. that 0 was extended in none of the categories, for there could have been no categories in w

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ion and religious creation myths there conflicts between the two in these religions? and are creationist movements present within world religions outside christianity? in what follows, we discuss these matters in relation to islam, judaism, hinduism, and buddhism. islam islam is an arabic word meaning both submission and peace. at the core of the islamic faith is the idea that a muslim submits to allah (god, thus finding spiritual peace. islam emphasizes the oneness and unity of allah, that muhammad was his final prophet (in arabia in the seventh figure 1.2 representatives of some of the major non-christian denominations in the world. clockwise from top left: a jewish woman celebrating hanukkah with a nouveau menorah; nepalese women celebrating the hindu festival of teej; a buddhist monk i

figure 1.2 representatives of some of the major non-christian denominations in the world. clockwise from top left: a jewish woman celebrating hanukkah with a nouveau menorah; nepalese women celebrating the hindu festival of teej; a buddhist monk in thailand; a muslim bridegroom from bangladesh (from linda stone s collection. creationism and intelligent design 21 century c.e, and that the quran is allah s divine word recited by muhammad. the general belief is that the quran is to be fully understood only in the original arabic. lives of muslims are governed by the five pillars of islam (1) the witness i witness that there is no god but allah; i witness that muhammad is his prophet (2) five daily prayers to allah (3) the giving of alms to the less fortunate (4) fasting, as an expression of g

ne word recited by muhammad. the general belief is that the quran is to be fully understood only in the original arabic. lives of muslims are governed by the five pillars of islam (1) the witness i witness that there is no god but allah; i witness that muhammad is his prophet (2) five daily prayers to allah (3) the giving of alms to the less fortunate (4) fasting, as an expression of gratitude to allah, especially during the month of ramadan; and (5) a pilgrimage, if feasible, to the holy sites in the city of mecca in saudi arabia once in one s lifetime. as with christianity, there is within the vast world of islama wide spectrum of opinions on evolution versus creationism or id. on the one hand, many muslims around the world maintain that there is no conflict whatsoever between evolution

the other hand, jews do not recognize jesus christ as the messiah, and the christian view of the new testament is not shared by them. nonetheless, jews, muslims, and christians alike are people of the book; that is, all believe in revealed religions. it is probably safe to say that god (gott in german, yeob in greek, deus in latin, dieu in french, dio in italian( in russian, and so on, yhwh, and allah are very similar if not identical concepts. one complication in the jewish interpretation of genesis, however, is the existence of several main branches of judaism: orthodox, conservative, and reform, as well as many other variants such as reconstructionist and ultra- orthodox. another complication is the absence in judaism of a centralized authority in matters of doctrine, leaving it up to

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epodge made up of these four ingredients: 1. of contradictions. 2. of blasphemy. 3. of ridiculous fables. 4. of lies" the accusation of blasphemy is emphasized against mohammed because he affirmed that god, being unmarried, was incapable of having a son! the fallacious argument, however, is apparent from the prophet's own views of the nature of god as contained in the second sura of the koran "to allah [god] belongeth the east and the west; therefore, whithersoever ye turn yourselves to pray, there is the face of allah; for allah is omnipresent and omniscient. they say, allah hath begotten children: allah forbid! to him belongeth whatever is in heaven, and on earth; all is possessed by him, the creator of heaven and earth; and when he decreeth a thing, he only saith unto it, be, and it is"

d entered mecca after practically a bloodless victory and established it as the spiritual center of his faith. planting his standard to the north of mecca, he rode into the city, and after circling seven times the sacred caaba, ordered the 360 images within its precincts to be hewn down. he then entered the caaba itself, cleansed it of its idolatrous associations, and rededicated the structure to allah, the monotheistic god of islam. mohammed next granted amnesty to all his enemies for their attempts to destroy him. under his protection mecca increased in power and glory, becoming the focal point of a great annual pilgrimage, which even to this day winds across the desert in the months of pilgrimage and numbers over threescore thousand in its train. in the tenth year after the hegira, moha

oslems of either sex, and the true believers of either sex, and the devout men, and the devout women, and the men of veracity, and the women of veracity, and the patient men, and the patient women, and the humble men, and the humble women, and the alms-givers of either sex, and the men who fast, and the women who fast, and the chaste men, and the chaste women, and those of either sex who remember allah frequently: for them hath allah prepared forgiveness and a great reward" here the attainment of heaven is clearly set forth as a problem whose only solution is that of individual merit. on the day of his death mohammed told fatima, his beloved daughter, and safiya, his aunt "work ye out that which shall gain acceptance for you with the lord: for i verily have no power with him to save you in

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ght to usurp the unexercised prerogative of god, and condemn and punish another for his belief. born in a protestant land, we are of that faith. if we had opened our eyes to the light under the shadows of st. peter's at rome, we should have been devout catholics; born in the jewish quarter of aleppo, we should have contemned christ as an imposter; in constantinople, we should have cried"_allah il allah, god is great and mahomet is his prophet" birth, place, and education give us our faith. few believe in any religion because they have examined the evidences of its authenticity, and made up a formal judgment, upon weighing the testimony. not one man in ten thousand knows anything about the _proofs_ of his faith. we believe what we are taught; and those are most fanatical who know least of t

l; and it is a mere change of name to call the possessor of those qualities _nature, and not _god. the real question is, whether such qualities exist, as we call god; and not, by what particular name we shall designate the qualities. one man may call the sum total of these qualities, nature; another, heaven; a third, universe, a fourth, matter; a fifth, spirit; a sixth, god, theos, zeus, alfadir, allah, or what he pleases. all admit the existence of the being, power, or ens, thus diversely named. the name is of the smallest consequence _real_ atheism is the denial of the existence of _any_ god, of the actuality of all possible ideas of god. it denies that there is _any_ mind, intelligence, or ens, that is the cause and providence of the universe, and of any thing or any existence, soul, sp

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ention to. it is impossible to point out details, for this would overstep the frame of this thesis. sticking to a carefully planned, step-by-step development, there will be neither a mishap nor a failure or bad consequences, for the simple reason that ripening takes place slowly, but surely. it is quite an individual matter, whether the adept will choose as his idea of god christ, buddha, brahma, allah, or someone else. all depends on the idea, in the initiation. the pure mystic wishes to approach his god only in the all-em-bracing love. the yogi, too, walks towards one single aspect of god. the bhakti yogi keeps to the road of love and devotion; the raja and hatha yogi choose the path of self-control or volition; the jnana yogi will follow that of wisdom and cognition. let us regard the i

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his unbelief and the pig's trotters of secularism; and then, standing there in the middle of the hall, while photographers popped up from nowhere, he began to eat as fast as possible, stuffing the dead pigs into his face so rapidly that bacon rashers hung out of the sides of his mouth. during his illness he had spent every minute of consciousness calling upon god, every second of every minute. ya allah whose servant lies bleeding do not abandon me now after watching oven me so long. ya allah show me some sign, some small mark of your favour, that i may find in myself the strength to cure my ills. o god most beneficent most merciful, be with me in this my time of need, my most grievous need. then it occurred to him that he was being punished, and for a time that made it possible to suffer t

ds demanded, why must i die when i have not killed, are you vengeance or are you love? the anger with god carried him through another day, but then it faded, and in its place there came a terrible emptiness, an isolation, as he realized he was talking to _thin air, that there was nobody there at all, and then he felt more foolish than ever in his life, and he began to plead into the emptiness, ya allah, just be there, damn it, just be. but he felt nothing, nothing nothing, and then one day he found that he no longer needed there to be anything to feel. on that day of metamorphosis the illness changed and his recovery began. and to prove to himself the non-existence of god, he now stood in the dining-hall of the city's most famous hotel, with pigs falling out of his face. he looked up from

utched at his giant transistor radio and began to retch. chamcha noticed that the man had not fastened his belt, and pulled himself together, bringing his voice back to its haughtiest english pitch "look here, why don't you" he indicated, but the sick man, between bursts of heaving into the paper bag which saladin had handed him just in time, shook his head, shrugged, replied "sahib, for what? if allah wishes me to die, i shall die. if he does not, i shall not. then of what use is the safety" damn you, india, saladin chamcha cursed silently, sinking back into his seat. to hell with you, i escaped your clutches long ago, you won't get your hooks into me again, you cannot drag me back. once upon a time _it was and it was not so, as the old stories used to say _it happened and it never did- m

lly he had become a recluse, perhaps in order to escape this world in which demons could steal his own son's body, a world unsafe for a man of true religious faith. his father's transformation disconcerted saladin, even at such a great distance. his parents had been muslims in the lackadaisical, light manner of bombayites; changez chamchawala had seemed far more godlike to his infant son than any allah. that this father, this profane deity (albeit now discredited, had dropped to his knees in his old age and started bowing towards mecca was hard for his godless son to accept "i blame that witch" he told himself, falling for rhetorical purposes into the same language of spells and goblins that his father had commenced to employ "that nasreen two. is it i who have been the subject of devilmen

like this, the humiliation "there was" said saladin chamcha "a wallet of pounds, and there was a roasted chicken" o o o of what did the son accuse the father? of everything: espionage on child-self, rainbow-pot-stealing, exile. of turning him into what he might not have become. of making-a-man of. of whatwill-i-tell-my-friends. of irreparable sunderings and offensive forgiveness. of succumbing to allah-worship with new wife and also to blasphemous worship of late spouse. above all, of magic-lampism, of being an open-sesamist. everything had come easily to him, charm, women, wealth, power, position. rub, poof, genie, wish, at once master, hey presto. he was a father who had promised, and then withheld, a magic lamp. o o o changez, zeeny, vallabh, kasturba remained motionless and silent unti

he sun god, manaf! look, there flaps the giant nasr, the god in eagleform! see quzah, who holds the rainbow. is this not a glut of gods, a stone flood, to feed the glutton hunger of the pilgrims, to quench their unholy thirst. the deities, to entice the travellers, come- like the pilgrims- from far and wide. the idols, too, are delegates to a kind of international fair. there is a god here called allah (means simply, the god. ask the jahilians and they'll acknowledge that this fellow has some sort of overall authority, but he isn't very popular: an all--rounder in an age of specialist statues. abu simbel and newly perspiring baal have arrived at the shrines, placed side by side, of the three best-beloved goddesses in jahilia. they bow before all three: uzza of the radiant visage, goddess o

they bow before all three: uzza of the radiant visage, goddess of beauty and love; dark, obscure manat, her face averted, her purposes mysterious, sifting sand between her fingers- she's in charge of destiny- she's fate; and lastly the highest of the three, the mother-goddess, whom the greeks called lato. ilat, they call her here, or, more frequently, al--lat _the goddess. even her name makes her allah's opposite and equal. lat the omnipotent. his face showing sudden relief, baal flings himself to the ground and prostrates himself before her. abu simbel stays on his feet. the family of the grandee, abu simbel- or, to be more precise, of his wife hind- controls the famous temple of lat at the city's southern gate (they also draw the revenues from the manat temple at the east gate, and the t

omething dark" mahound sits on the edge of the well and grins "i've been offered a deal _by abu simbel_ khalid shouts _unthinkable. refuse. faithful bilal admonishes him: do not lecture the messenger. of course, he has refused. salman the persian asks: what sort of deal. mahound smiles again "at least one of you wants to know "it's a small matter" he begins again "a grain of sand. abu simbel asks allah to grant him one little favour" hamza sees the exhaustion in him. as if he had been wrestling with a demon. the water--carrier is shouting "nothing! not a jot" hamza shuts him up "if our great god could find it in his heart to concede- he used that word _concede- that three, only three of the three hundred and sixty idols in the house are worthy of worship "there is no god but god" bilal sho

our" hamza sees the exhaustion in him. as if he had been wrestling with a demon. the water--carrier is shouting "nothing! not a jot" hamza shuts him up "if our great god could find it in his heart to concede- he used that word _concede- that three, only three of the three hundred and sixty idols in the house are worthy of worship "there is no god but god" bilal shouts. and his fellows join in "ya allah" mahound looks angry "will the faithful hear the messenger" they fall silent, scuffing their feet in the dust "he asks for allah's approval of lat, uzza and manat. in return, he gives his guarantee that we will be tolerated, even officially recognized; as a mark of which, i am to be elected to the council of jahilia. that's the offer" salman the persian says "it's a trap. if you go up coney

mza speaks very gently to the water--carrier "wasn't it you, khalid, who wanted to fight me just now because you wrongly assumed that, when i called the messenger a man, i was really calling him a weakling? now what? is it my turn to challenge you to a fight" mahound begs for peace "if we quarrel, there's no hope" he tries to raise the discussion to the theological level "it is not suggested that allah accept the three as his equals. not even lat. only that they be given some sort of intermediary, lesser status "like devils" bilal bursts out "no" salman the persian gets the point "like archangels. the grandee's a clever man "angels and devils" mahound says "shaitan and gibreel. we all, already, accept their existence, halfway between god and man. abu simbel asks that we admit just three mo

saw this, but still they worship stones. and when you came at night and flew me to jerusalem and i hovered above the holy city, didn't i return and describe it exactly as it is, accurate down to the last detail? so that there could be no doubting the miracle, and still they went to lat. haven't i already done my best to make things simple for them? when you carried me up to the throne itself, and allah laid upon the faithful the great burden of forty prayers a day. on the return journey i met moses and he said, the burden is too heavy, go back and plead for less. four times i went back, four times moses said, still too many, go back again. but by the fourth time allah had reduced the duty to five prayers and i refused to return. i felt ashamed to beg any more. in his bounty he asks for fiv

ess, is it just a dream of power? must i betray myself for a seat on the council? is this sensible and wise or is it hollow and self-loving? i don't even know if the grandee is sincere. does he know? perhaps not even he. i am weak and he's strong, the offer gives him many ways of ruining me. but i, too, have much to gain. the souls of the city, of the world, surely they are worth three angels? is allah so unbending that he will not embrace three more to save the human race- i don't know anything- should god be proud or humble, majestic or simple, yielding or un _what kind of idea is he? what kind am i_ o o o halfway into sleep, or halfway back to wakefulness, gibreel farishta is often filled with resentment by the non--appearance, in his persecuting visions, of the one who is supposed to h

mble, majestic or simple, yielding or un _what kind of idea is he? what kind am i_ o o o halfway into sleep, or halfway back to wakefulness, gibreel farishta is often filled with resentment by the non--appearance, in his persecuting visions, of the one who is supposed to have the answers _he_ never turns up, the one who kept away when i was dying, when i needed needed him. the one it's all about, allah lshvar god. absent as ever while we writhe and suffer in his name. the supreme being keeps away; what keeps returning is this scene, the entranced prophet, the extrusion, the cord of light, and then gibreel in his dual role is both above-looking-down and below-staring-up. and both of them scared out of their minds by the transcendence of it. gibreel feels paralysed by the presence of the pro

the audience is losing patience. religion is for the temple; j ahilians and pilgrims alike are here for entertainment. silence the fellow! throw him out- but abu simbel speaks again "if your god has really spoken to you" he says "then all the world must hear it" and in an instant the silence in the great tent is complete"_the star" mahound cries out, and the scribes begin to write "in the name of allah, the compassionate, the merciful "by the pleiades when they set: your companion is not in error; neither is he deviating "nor does he speak from his own desires. it is a revelation that has been revealed: one mighty in power has taught him "he stood on the high horizon: the lord of strength. then he came close, closer than the length of two bows, and revealed to his servant that which is rev

even the poorest orphan would be cared for. god is in the desert, he'd say, not here in this miscarriage of a place. and she'd reply, nobody's arguing, my love, it's late, and tomorrow there are the accounts. she has long ears; has already heard what he said about lat, uzza, manat. so what? in the old days he wanted to protect the baby daughters of jahilia; why shouldn't he take the daughters of allah under his wing as well? but after asking herself this question she shakes her head and leans heavily on the cool wall beside her stone-screened window. while below her, her husband walks in pentagons, parallelograms, six--pointed stars, and then in abstract and increasingly labyrinthinc patterns for which there are no names, as though unable to find a simple line. when she looks into the cou

away across the desert; the carnival is over. she turns to him again "i am your equal" she repeats "and also your opposite. i don't want you to become weak. you shouldn't have done what you did "but you will profit" mahound replies bitterly "there's no threat now to your temple revenues "you miss the point" she says softly, coming closer to him, bringing her face very close to his "if you are for allah, i am for al-lat. and she doesn't believe your god when he recognizes her. her opposition to him is implacable, irrevocable, engulfing. the war between us cannot end in truce. and what a truce! yours is a patronizing, condescending lord. al-lat hasn't the slightest wish to be his daughter. she is his equal, as i am yours. ask baai: he knows her. as he knows me "so the grandee will betray his

in truce. and what a truce! yours is a patronizing, condescending lord. al-lat hasn't the slightest wish to be his daughter. she is his equal, as i am yours. ask baai: he knows her. as he knows me "so the grandee will betray his pledge" mahound says "who knows" scoffs hind "he doesn't even know himself. he has to work out the odds. weak, as i told you. but you know i'm telling the truth. between allah and the three there can be no peace. i don't want it. i want the fight. to the death; that is the kind of idea i am. what kind are you "you are sand and i am water" mahound says "water washes sand away "and the desert soaks up water" hind answers him "look around you" soon after his departure the wounded men arrive at the grandee's palace, having screwed up their courage to inform hind that

not disappoint them. he stands in front of the statues of the three and announces the abrogation of the verses which shaitan whispered in his ear. these verses are banished from the true recitation _al-qur"an. new verses are thundered in their place "shall he have daughters and you sons" mahound recites "that would be a fine division "these are but names you have dreamed of, you and your fathers. allah vests no authority in them" he leaves the dumbfounded house before it occurs to anybody to pick up, or throw, the first stone. o o o after the repudiation of the satanic verses, the prophet mahound returns home to find a kind of punishment awaiting him. a kind of vengeance- whose? light or dark? goodguy badguy- wrought, as is not unusual, upon the innocent. the prophet's wife, seventy years

my beyond ayesha, and it is history herself. history is the blood--wine that must no longer be drunk. history the intoxicant, the creation and possession of the devil, of the great shaitan, the greatest of the lies- progress, science, rights- against which the imam has set his face. history is a deviation from the path, knowledge is a delusion, because the sum of knowledge was complete on the day allah finished his revelation to mahound "we will unmake the veil of history" bilal declaims into the listening night "and when it is unravelled, we will see paradise standing there, in all its glory and light" the imam chose bilal for this task on account of the beauty of his voice, which in its previous incarnation succeeded in climbing the everest of the hit parade, not once but a dozen times

are commanded to walk from this place to mecca sharif, to kiss the black stone in the ka"aba at the centre of the haram sharif, the sacred mosque. there we must surely go" now the panchayat's quintet began to debate heatedly. there were the crops to consider, and the impossibility of abandoning their homes en masse "it is not to be conceived of, child" the sarpanch told her "it is well known that allah excuses haj and umra to those who are genuinely unable to go for reasons of poverty or health" but ayesha remained silent and the elders continued to argue. then it was as if her silence infected everyone else and for a long moment, in which the question was settled- although by what means nobody ever managed to comprehend- there were no words spoken at all. it was osman the clown who spoke

this new being extended a trembling arm at whose end was a quivering, pudgy, scarlet-nailed index finger "that over there" she howled "what thing is come upon us "it is a friend of joshi's" sufyan said mildly, and continued, turning to chamcha "please forgive- the unexpectedness et cet, isn't it- anyhow, may i present my mrs- my begum sahiba- hind "what friend? how friend" the croucher cried "ya allah, eyes aren't next to your nose" the passageway- bare-board floor, torn floral paper on the walls- was starting to fill up with sleepy residents. prominent among whom were two teenage girls, one spike-haired, the other pony-tailed, and both relishing the opportunity to demonstrate their skills (learned from jumpy) in the martial arts of karate and wing chun: sufyan's daughters, mishal (sevent

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e prince of light, who leads a host against belial. in this role he is the viceroy of heaven, which was also the title of lucifer before the fall. there are muslim traditions which describe micha-el as possessing wings the colour of green emerald k covered with saffron hairs, each of them containing a million faces and mouths and as many tongues which, in a million dialects, implore the pardon of allah. he is the angel of the last judgement and weigher of souls. in the middle ages he was considered the psychopomp, conducting souls to the other world. such a pedigree dates from when the tribes of israel were in captivity in egypt. thus he may be equated here with anubis, the dog star, whose name in persian is tistar, chief, and in akkadian kasista, prince. the equation of micha-el and the g

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ny living creature. ahura mazda: the supreme god of zoroastrianism. akaranga sutra: one of the sacred texts of jainism, which contains the teachings of mahavira. akhand paath: any occasion, such as a marriage or a death, when the granth sahib is read in its entirety. alchemy: an ancient science that aimed to transform substances of little value into those of greater value, such as lead into gold. allah: the name of god in islam, derived from the arabic word al-ilah, meaning the one true god. amaterasu: the sun-goddess. amesha spentas: the bounteous immortals, aspects, or sides, of ahura mazda. amrit: a solution of water and sugar, used in the ceremony when sikhs are initiated into the faith. xv amrit sanskar: the initiation ceremony for young sikhs. anand karaj: the sikh wedding ceremony

a particular geographical region. indulgence: in the roman catholic church, the belief that paying money to the church would allow a person to get into heaven or be forgiven for sins that were not yet committed. izanagi: the male figure in the shinto creation myth. izanami: the female figure in the shinto creation myth. jinja: shrine. jinn: evil spirits that tempt a person away from dedication to allah. jinn: literally, conquerors; the great teachers of jainism who have conquered their earthly passions. world religions: almanac xxi words to know jiva: the soul. junzi: a gentleman or superior man. ka aba: the shrine built by the prophet abraham in the holy city of mecca and the focal point of pilgrimages to the city. kama: gratification of the senses. kami: the gods or divinities of shinto;

marily in the nineteenth century. secular: worldly things, of the physical world, as opposed to religious and spiritual. world religions: almanac xxvii words to know sedreh-pushi: the zoroastrian initiation rite. sephardic: term used to refer to jews of north africa, the middle east, spain, and portugal. shahadah: the islamic declaration of faith. it consists of the words ashahadu an la ilaha ill allah wa ashahadu ann muhammadar rasulullah, or i declare there is no god except god, and i declare that muhammad is the messenger of god. shaman: in indigenous tribes, an intermediary between the gods and the tribal members; also one who controls various spiritual forces, can look into the future, and can cure the ill with magic. shamanism: a term used generally to refer to indigenous religions t

s last interpretation, religion serves the state and society by binding its believers to social rules and norms. definitions of religion vary. some are extremely broad, such as that of the american religious scholar paul tillich (1886 1965, who called religion anything that deals with ultimate concern. some definitions are very narrow, such as those that claim religion is only a belief in god, or allah, or the buddha, or some other divine or spiritual being. definitions can be so broad as to include even such nonreligious belief systems as communism (a political theory that people should live and govern communally, or as a group) and atheism (the belief that there is no god) or so narrow that they confine themselves to only one organized form of religion and leave out all other forms. even

aism, christianity, and islam. the jewish name for god is yahweh, or yhwh. another common variation on the name is jehovah. christianity refers to god as the father, the son, and the holy spirit. this refers to the christian trinity, in which god is believed to exist as himself, within jesus christ, the son of god, and as a purely physical representation in the holy spirit. islam refers to god as allah. muslims, the followers of islam, have ninety-nine different variations of god s name. the religion of baha grew out of islam and came to call baha (glory or splendor) its god. zoroastrianism calls upon ahura mazda( lord wisdom) as its god. hinduism recognizes one supreme being, brahma, but brahma can manifest, or take form, in many different shapes. this includes taking shape as other gods

turies. this control, however, soon found new competition in the form of another religion, islam. early conflict between christianity and islam in the eighth century the eastern orthodox church and the byzantine empire faced another challenge. traditional christian areas of north africa, egypt, and palestine came under the control of the followers of islam (a religion marked by belief in one god, allah, and the acceptance of muhammad as the chief and last prophet of god. the catholic church in the west also felt the power of islam when spain was invaded in the eighth century and muslim, or moorish, rule was established there. although in some instances the two religions managed to live peacefully side-by-side, relations were more typically hostile. such hostility was a result of different

mysteries, the sorrowful mysteries, and the glorious mysteries. each series of ten beads on a rosary is known as a decade. a sibbah, or string of prayer beads, is used by muslims, followers of islam. there are 99 beads on a strand, and they can be made from wood, stone, or gems or may even be knots in cords. muslims pray with the beads to keep track of how many times they have recited a prayer to allah, or god. world religions: almanac 257 hinduism right hip. brahmins, the highest caste consisting of priests, wear a thread made of cotton, while rulers wear hemp and merchants wear wool. often, however, worship is performed at shrines and temples, either alone or with the help of priests, who often lead groups of worshippers by reading from the vedas. a typical temple, or mandir, consists of

ere recorded by muhammad s followers and preserved to become islam s sacred scripture, the qur an. in older texts islam is sometimes called muhammadanism, but muslims find this term offensive because if suggests that muhammad was divine rather than simply god s messenger or prophet. islam is a monotheistic religion, meaning that its followers believe in one supreme god. the god of islam is called allah, a name that comes from the arabic phrase al-ilah, meaning the one true god. core beliefs of the religion include belief in one god, allah, and in allah s messengers, the angels. muslims believe in allah s many prophets, which include muhammad, moses (c. 1392 c. 1272 bce, abraham (c. 2050 c. 1950 bce, jesus christ (c. 6 bce c. 30 ce, and others. islam also contains as its core beliefs a last

he arabic phrase al-ilah, meaning the one true god. core beliefs of the religion include belief in one god, allah, and in allah s messengers, the angels. muslims believe in allah s many prophets, which include muhammad, moses (c. 1392 c. 1272 bce, abraham (c. 2050 c. 1950 bce, jesus christ (c. 6 bce c. 30 ce, and others. islam also contains as its core beliefs a last day, when the world will end; allah s judgment of human affairs; and life after death. it is the world s second largest religion, with approximately one to 1.3 billion members. while islam is thought of as a predominantly middle eastern religion, the country with the largest number of muslims is indonesia, with 130 million, representing 90 percent of the nation s population. other countries with large muslim populations includ

the number variously at one to three million. canada s roughly 580,000 muslims represent about 2 percent of that nation s population. becoming a muslim requires no formal rituals or ceremonies, such as baptism in christianity. to become a muslim, a person has to recite the shahadah, or declaration of faith, in front of two witnesses. this declaration consists of the words ashahadu an la ilaha ill allah wa ashahadu ann muhammadar rasulullah, or i declare there is no god except god, and i declare that muhammad is the messenger of god. history and development in the late sixth century ce the religion of mecca was based on idolatry, or the worship of physical objects, such as statues, as if they were gods. these idols were kept in special houses or temples called shrines. the most famous of th

wealthy merchants and traders who traveled through the city. muhammad, however, did not accept idol worship. as a member of one of the most prominent families of the city, and as a widely traveled merchant, he had an interest in maintaining the tourist trade in mecca. instead, he launched a movement that became one of the world s most significant monotheistic religions. receives revelations from allah in 610, when he was about forty years old, muhammad had his first visitation from the archangel jabra il. according to islamic tradition, he was meditating in a cave on mount hira, outside mecca, when a voice spoke to him. his wife s cousin, a christian monk, told him that the voice was that of a holy messenger 292 world religions: almanac islam and that muhammad had been selected as a proph

senger 292 world religions: almanac islam and that muhammad had been selected as a prophet of god. soon muhammad began to preach his new religion in mecca. he attracted a number of followers, but meccan leaders saw islam as a threat. they persecuted (mistreated) muhammad and his followers, often beating them or hurling garbage at them. a key event took place eleven years later, when words to know allah: the name of god in islam, derived from the arabic word al-ilah, meaning the one true god. caliph: one of muhammad s successors as leader of the faith. fitrah: an inborn tendency to seek the creator. five pillars: the core of islamic belief referring to declaring faith, daily prayer, charitable giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. hadiths: the sayings of the prophet muhammad recorded by his foll

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

to prayer. muslim: a follower of islam, from the arabic phrase bianna musliman, meaning submitted ourselves to god. qur an: the sacred scriptures of islam; contain the revelations given to the prophet muhammad revealed to him beginning in 610. ra kah: a unit of prayer. salat: daily prayer. saum: fasting. shahadah: the islamic declaration of faith. it consists of the words ashahadu an la ilaha ill allah wa ashahadu ann muhammadar rasulullah, or i declare there is no god except god, and i declare that muhammad is the messenger of god. shari ah: islamic law. shiite: one of the main sects of islam; from the phrase shi at ali, or the party of ali. sufism: a trend in or way of practicing islam; characterized by an ecstatic, trancelike mysticism. sunnah: the example of the prophet muhammad, conta

aders) of the roman catholic church. the iberian peninsula was one of the first regions where muslims and western christians came into contact. by the end of the eighth century muslims occupied most of the southern regions of iberia, limiting christians to the northern regions. on the peninsula they established the about islam belief. the core belief of muslims is total allegiance to the one god, allah, who controls every aspect of people s lives and to whom people owe total submission. followers. islam is the second largest religion in the world, with about one to 1.3 billion followers. most muslims live in the middle east and in such asian countries as india and indonesia. name of god. the god of islam is allah, from the arabic term al-ilah, meaning the one true god. symbols. because it

ty in present-day saudi arabia, where islam was founded. also considered holy is medina, saudi arabia, to which muhammad and his followers fled to escape persecution in mecca. observances. the primary observance of all muslims worldwide is ramadan, a month of fasting. phrases. the most commonly used phrase by muslims is allahu akbar, meaning god is greater. the sentence is left incomplete because allah is infinite and unknowable, and therefore greater than anything that could be named. world religions: almanac 295 islam umayyad caliphate in the city of co rdoba, spain. a caliphate is a region or domain ruled by a caliph; umayyad is the name of a family dynasty. spanish christians were determined to reclaim their country. they defeated the muslims at the battle of las navas de tolosa in 121

teachings of jala l by spinning rhythmically and chanting the ninety-nine names of god. sufis practice patience, a total reliance on god s knowledge of the future, and thankfulness to god. basic beliefs there are seven core beliefs in islam: belief in god, the angels, the revealed books of god, god s many prophets, the last day, divine judgment, and life after death. muslims believe that god, or allah, is the same god that revealed himself to jews and christians (arab christians even use the name allah when referring to god) this belief in the same god is expressed in the qur an, where muslims are told to tell christians islamic calligraphy praises allah with the words bismillah ir-rahman ir-rahim, meaning in the name of god, most gracious, most compassionate. world religions photo librar

e told to tell christians islamic calligraphy praises allah with the words bismillah ir-rahman ir-rahim, meaning in the name of god, most gracious, most compassionate. world religions photo library/alamy. world religions: almanac 303 islam and jews, we believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; our god and your god is one; and it s to him we surrender. allah one of the most memorized passages of the qur an, called the ayatul kursi, or verse of the throne, expresses the islamic concept of god: allah! there is not god but he, the living, who needs no other but whom all others need. he is never drowsy [sleepy] nor does he rest. space and the earth belong to him; who can intercede [intervene] without his consent? he knows everything people have done

onsent? he knows everything people have done and will do, and no one can grasp the least of his knowledge, without his review. his throne extends over the heavens and the earth and he doesn t tire in their safekeeping. he alone is the most high, the lord sovereign supreme. another frequently memorized passage in the qur an is a chapter called sincerity that states: tell people that he is one god; allah, the eternal absolute. he neither gives birth nor was he ever begotten, and there is nothing equal to him. allah, in other words, is the only true reality. he is eternal and uncreated, and everything that exists does so because of allah s will. muslims even regard the physical universe as muslim, for in following natural law as created by allah, everything in the universe submits to allah s

the eternal absolute. he neither gives birth nor was he ever begotten, and there is nothing equal to him. allah, in other words, is the only true reality. he is eternal and uncreated, and everything that exists does so because of allah s will. muslims even regard the physical universe as muslim, for in following natural law as created by allah, everything in the universe submits to allah s will. allah has no form or substance and can be known only by his characteristics, expressed by the ninety-nine names of god, such as the strong, the loving, the everlasting, the caring, the merciful, and so on. allah is an abstract concept rather than a person. the word he is used to refer to allah because arabic does not have a word for it. like many european languages, nouns in arabic have grammatica

erciful, and so on. allah is an abstract concept rather than a person. the word he is used to refer to allah because arabic does not have a word for it. like many european languages, nouns in arabic have grammatical gender, so that, for example, the word for fork might be masculine, referred to as a he, while the word for spoon might be feminine, referred to as a she. in arabic, the -ah ending in allah is a feminine form. but when allah is paired with the word hoowa, meaning he is, the masculine he and the feminine ending -ah cancel one another out, suggesting to the arabic ear that allah has no gender. submission to allah according to muslim belief, each individual is given free will, including the opportunity to submit to allah s will. the process 304 world religions: almanac islam of su

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aced the history of the eye in the triangle back to ancient chaldea and its appearance as the solar eye, the eye of jove or jupiter, of phoebus or apollo, the eye of baal, and as the eye of providence. the eye of jove appeared on the front of jove's temple at peloponnessus. as the solar eye it was the symbol of the arabian god of. jethro, the black father-in-law of moses, and of the arabic motto "allah" or "i am that i am" all ancient temples of arabia were decorated with the eye, which had first appeared as the symbol of osiris, isis and horus of egypt.42 the eye represented the mystic symbol of the so-called egyptian "trinity" expressed in these words, often inscribed on the statues of isis "i am all that has been, that is, or shall be, and none among mortals has hitherto taken off my ve

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ented singer/dancer said that as a satanist he painted the fingernail of his left-hand "pinkie" finger ebony black as a sign "the chicks loved it" said davis "and found it really a sexual turn-on" some islamic imams (teachers) preach that the hand of fatima, a revered daughter of mohammed, represents the summation of the whole religion of islam, and that fatima's index finger points heavenward to allah. a hand with finger pointed to or touching the lip indicates "be silent" a finger touching or pointing to the head signifies "intellect or wisdom" the pictures and illustrations in this section and the immediately following sections give evidence of the importance the illuminati minions give to the use of hands, either in handshakes and grips, or in various poses. the old phrase "a show conc

s, clenched fists 581 the similarity of the ussr emblem and the united nations emblem is undeniable. a friend tells me a resemblance is also found on products and in commercials for cadillac automobiles, lenox china, george dickel whiskey, winston cigarettes, and on the design of "wheat" pennies. the shriners, an islamic-oriented freemasonry organization whose members take an oath at the altar of allah, erected and dedicated the peace monument in toronto, canada in 1930. observe how the globe, the angel's arms position and the sheathes in the angel's hands are elements found in both the u.s.s.r. and the u.n. emblems. the statue is called "lady of peace" just as the u.s.s.r. called itself a peaceloving country and the u.n. proclaims itself to be devoted to world peace (photo: from book, par

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c reflections, representing division, or duality. please notice that manifested existence would be impossible without this; that are the 4 devils, satan, lucifer, leviathan, belial, that are the great princes of the evil of the world "and satan is worshiped by men under the name of jesus; and lucifer is worshiped by men under the name of brahma; and leviathan is worshiped by men under the name of allah; and belial is worshiped by men under the name of buddha (see al iii 48-56 "moreover, there is mary (the reflex, in the qliphoth of malkuth, of our lady babalon, the guardian of the abyss. she is the scarlet woman who rides the beast, and her cup of abominations is the holy grail. but again, this is an arcane of the grade of practicus of the a .a. and if we tried to explain it here we would

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l. no soul will be able to help a friend or family member, he warns; no soul will be able to give satisfaction or to make intercession for another. while the doctrine of the resurrection of the body has never been abandoned in islam, later students of the qur an sought to define the soul in more metaphysical terms, and a belief in the preexistence of souls was generally established. in this view, allah kept a treasure house of souls in paradise available for their respective incarnations on earth. 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 afterlife mysteries 13 muslims pray in the direction of mecca during an islamic holiday at coney island, new york (ap/wide world photos) the islamic paradise is in many ways an extension of the legendary gar

ose on whom is the grace of god of the prophets who teach, the sincere lovers of truth, the witnesses [martyrs] who testify, and the righteous who do good: ah! what a beautiful fellowship (qur an 4:69) hell is a place of torment, and, like the image held by many christians, a place of fire and burning. in the islamic teachings, neither heaven nor hell last throughout eternity. infinity belongs to allah alone, and there may exist various stages of paradise and hell for those souls who dwell there. m delving deeper ali, ahmed, trans. the qur an. new york: akrash publishing karachi for the book of the month club, 1992. crim, keith, ed. the perennial dictionary of world religions. san francisco: harper collins, 1989. larousse dictionary of beliefs and religions. new york: larousse, 1994. sulli

ia, and babylonia were developed in that region. old testament the first of the two main divisions of the christian bible that corresponds to the hebrew scriptures. omen a prophetic sign, phenomenon, or happening supposed to portend good or evil or indicate how someone or something will fare in the future. qur an (koran) the sacred text, or holy book, of islam. for muslims, it is the very word of allah, the absolute god of the islamic faith, as revealed to the prophet muhammad (c. 570c.e. 632 c.e) by the archangel gabriel. shamanic exorcism when a shaman, or tribal medicine-holy person, performs a ceremonial ritual to expel the disincarnate spirits from a person. tanakh (also known as tanach) from the hebrew tenak, an acronym formed from torah. it is the sacred book of judaism, consisting

ing but mental powers. pulsar a star generally believed to be a neutron star and that appears to pulse as it briefly emits bursts of visible radiation such as radio waves and x-rays. putrefy causing something to decay, usually indicating a foul odor. from the latin stem, putr, meaning rotten, plus facere, to make. qur an the sacred text, or holy book, of islam. for muslims, it is the very word of allah, the absolute god of the islamic faith, as revealed to the prophet muhammad (c. 570 c.e. 632 c.e) by the archangel gabriel. rectory the house or dwelling that a rector (clergyman) lives in. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical man

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to be lucky gems and to possess supernatural powers. the sapphire has also been a symbol of good luck since the most ancient of times. the greeks believed that to wear the sapphire was to invite the favor of the gods. the diamond was also considered lucky, particularly among the romans. in many arabian countries the favorite good-luck amulet is turquoise, which is often engraved with the name of allah or a verse from the koran. while certain people believe that pearls bring bad luck, the romans and greeks wore pearls to win the favor of the goddess venus. asians generally esteem pearls to have medicinal properties and believe that to wear them greatly improves the clearness and beauty of the skin. the custom of wearing one s birthstone as a lucky gem still exists. following are the births

virtues. in order to establish a more complete relationship with the divine, according to the prophets and teachers of judaism, christianity, islam, hinduism, taoism, and other faiths, it is important to recognize all people as brothers and sisters and to minister to their needs when the opportunity to do so presents itself. the forty hadith of an-nawawi 15 (islam) admonishes those who believe in allah and in the last day to be generous to their neighbors and to their guests. in the apastamba dharma sutra 8.2 (hinduism) it is written that the husband and wife of the house should never turn away those who come to their door asking for food. and hebrews 13:2 (christianity) offers the provocative suggestion that people should not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have

ed in three cotton burial cloths. those who follow the religion of islam believe that the soul of the deceased is guarded by the angel of death in a place called barzakh until the day of judgment. if at all possible, friends and relatives gather around a dying person and read verses from the koran. with his or her last breath, the dying person always tries to say the shahadah: there is no god but allah, and muhammad is his messenger. large graves and headstones are not permitted to mark a muslim burial site, but the grave itself is to be raised above ground level. as the body is being taken to the burial ground, the salatul janazah, a prayer for the deceased, is read. the body is buried facing mecca, the sacred city toward which all muslims turn when they pray. in times of death, the human

ing but mental powers. pulsar a star generally believed to be a neutron star and that appears to pulse as it briefly emits bursts of visible radiation such as radio waves and x-rays. putrefy causing something to decay, usually indicating a foul odor. from the latin stem, putr, meaning rotten, plus facere, to make. qur an the sacred text, or holy book, of islam. for muslims, it is the very word of allah, the absolute god of the islamic faith, as revealed to the prophet muhammad (c. 570 c.e. 632 c.e) by the archangel gabriel. rectory the house or dwelling that a rector (clergyman) lives in. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical man

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hree feet wide and weighs more than two tons. source: gamulets history h [online] http//www.paralumun.com/amulet. htm. november 11, 2002. bring good luck and to ward off evil. a favorite contemporary muslim amulet consists of a square-inch miniature of the koran enclosed in metal and worn around the neck. muslims also believe they gain power by wearing amulets inscribed with a form of the name of allah. amulets are frequently mentioned in talmudic literature where they are called kemiya and often consist of a written parchment or root of herbs worn on a small chain, a ring, or a tube. many such amulets had healing purposes: they were considered legitimate only after having worked successfully in healing on three different occasions. another kind of parchment amulet was the mezuzah, a hebre

heir vices and pagan practices. in 622, muhammad left mecca for yathrib, which was later renamed medina, city of the prophet, where he began to amass many followers. after eight years of strife between the people of mecca and muhammad, he returned to the city of his birth with an army and met with little resistance when he proceeded to cleanse the ka faba of pagan idols and dedicate the shrine to allah, the one god. on the plains of arafat in 632, muhammad preached to an assembled crowd that tradition numbers as some 30,000 of his followers. after he had completed his message, he declared that he had now fulfilled his mission on earth. two months later, he died at medina. within 100 years, the muslim faith had spread from spain to india. in the twenty-first century, islam is one of the wor

cubeshaped structure that stands about 43 feet high, with regular sides from 36 to 43 feet. the building is draped in a black cloth (kiswah) that bears a band of sacred verses embroidered in gold and silver thread. in the southeastern corner of the ka faba is the sacred black stone, an ancient holy relic about 11 inches wide and 15 inches high that has been mounted in silver. muslims believe that allah sent the black stone from heaven. it is the fortunate pilgrim who manages to break free from the press of the crowd and kiss the black stone. because of the great mass of humanity crowding into the ka faba at any given moment, it had been decreed centuries ago that the gesture of a kiss toward the stone will suffice and merit a great blessing. the second element of the hajj is the run seven

ng but mental powers. pulsar a star generally believed to be a neutron star and that appears to pulse as it briefly emits bursts of visible radiation such as radio waves and x-rays. putrefy causing something to decay, usually indicating a foul odor. from the latin stem, putr, meaning rotten, plus facere, to make. qur fan the sacred text, or holy book, of islam. for muslims, it is the very word of allah, the absolute god of the islamic faith, as revealed to the prophet muhammad (c. 570 c.e..632 c.e) by the archangel gabriel. rectory the house or dwelling that a rector (clergyman) lives in. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical man

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hatever x may represent, if it be raised to the power of 0 (this meaning mathematically, eif it be extended in no dimension or category f, the result is unity, and the unknown factor x is eliminated. gthis is the advaitist idea of the future of man; his personality, bereft of all its qualities, disappears and is lost, while in its place arises the impersonal unity, the pleroma, parabrahma, or the allah of the unity-adoring followers of mohammed (to the mussulman fakir, allah is by no means a personal god) gunity is thus unaffected, whether or no it be extended in any of the categories. but we have already agreed to look to 0 for an uncaused. gnow if there was in truth 0 ebefore the beginning of years, f that 0 was extended in none of the categories, for there could have been no categories

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of the ring. he says that it was composed of stamped stone, iron, copper, and lead (the book of the thousand nights and a night, 6.84, and elsewhere (7.317) says that it was set with four jewels presented to solomon by four angels to rule the winds, the birds, the land and sea, and the spirits. each of these jewels was inscribed with a holy verse. on the jewel that ruled the winds was written "to allah belong majesty and might" on the jewel that ruled the birds was written "all created things praise the lord" on the jewel that ruled the land and sea was written "heaven and earth are allah's slaves" on the 92 tetragrammaton jewel that ruled the spirits was written "there is no god but the god, and mohammed is his messenger" an illustration in a syriac magical text called the little book of

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

um the majesty of the sea ambition acquaintance the guest the man with the really ugly face the mirror is it me? the gypsy and his son where there s a will the sermon of nasrudin nasrudin and the wise men first things first whose shot was that? same strength the value of the past second thoughts the orchard the grammarian not a good pupil hidden depths the secret the wisdom of silence grateful to allah safety happiness is not where you seek it there is more light here the blind man and the lamp salt is not wool the trip something fell the tax man appreciation forgotten question a moment in time all i needed was time the short cut to deal with the enemy various other quotes art, beauty, and poetry community and conversation custom, justice, and law death and fate earth and ecology education

f thee: speak to me truly! how shall i carry out the object inspired by you, namely, my attachment to you, in order that my speech may grow mighty, and that by that word of mine the adherent of justice may in the future commune with health, and immortality? selections from: robert o. ballou. world bible. new york, the viking press, 1944. p.210 sayings of muhammad (the morning star) in the name of allah, the beneficent, the merciful: by what heaven and the morning star ah, what will tell thee what the morning star is! the piercing star! no human soul but hath a guardian over it. so let man consider from what he is created. he is created from a gushing fluid that issued from between the loins and ribs. lo! he verily is able to return him (unto life) on the day when hidden thoughts shall be s

have no might nor any helper. by the heaven which giveth the returning rain, and the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants) lo! this (qur an) is a conclusive word, it is no pleasantry. lo! they plot a plot (against thee, o muhammad) and i plot a plot (against them. so give a respite to the disbelievers. deal thou gently with them for a while (the overwhelming) in the name of allah, the beneficent, the merciful. hath there come unto thee tidings of the overwhelming? on that day (many) faces will be down cast, toiling, weary, scorched by burning fire, drinking from a boiling spring, no food for them save bitter thorn-fruit which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. in that day other faces will be calm, glad for their effort past, in a high garden where they hear no

in is a gushing spring, wherein are couches raised and goblets at hand and cushions ranged and silken carpets spread. will they not regard the camels, how they are created? and the heaven, how it is raised? and the hills, how they are set up? and the earth, how it is spread? remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer, thou art not at all a warder over them. but whoso is averse and disbelieveth, allah will punish him with direst punishment. lo! unto us is their return and our their reckoning. selections from: mohammed marmaduke pickthall, trans. the meaning of the glorious koran. new york, mentor (mt223, 1953. p. 437, 438. 243 sayings of the unitarian universalists (out of the stars) out of the stars in their flight, out of the dust of eternity, here have we come, stardust and sunlight, m

nd day, his host and his hostess began to take a dislike for nasruddin. they began to plot for an excuse to rid themselves of his company. they devised a scheme in which they would pretend to have a fight and ask nasruddin to adjudicate a decision in favor of the husband or the wife. after that, the other party would take offense and kick him out of the house, and possibly have him beaten too. by allah who will protect you on the journey that is but one day away, said the host, tell us who is in the right, myself or my wife. by allah who will be my protector in this house during these three weeks, replied mulla, i don t know. the man with a really ugly face there once was a many with such an ugly face, that few could stand to look at him. despite this, the ugly man never acted as if he was

erries. hearing the second orangutan, the hunters discovered its hiding place and began to beat it with sticks. as they were killing it, the second orangutan mourned out loud, now i know the wisdom of silence. if i had held my tongue, i wouldn t have gotten killed. hearing his companion s dying words, the third orangutan said, thank god i was wise enough to keep silent. he was killed. grateful to allah one day mulla found that his donkey was missing and began to cry. suddenly he stopped crying and began to laugh and sing. he ran about the village rejoicing in his good fortune. a villager asked him why he was so happy about losing a donkey. mulla replied, at least i wasn t riding the donkey when it disappeared. if i had been riding it, i would also have vanished! safety there was a slave on

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

the divine essence of the creator god. almost all the peoples of antiquity possessed a name for deity consisting of four letters, and many of them considered 4 to be a divine number, thus- in hebrew we find also ihih called eheie; and ahih called aheie. assyrian adad, egyptian amun, persians syre of sire, greek theos, latin deus, german gott, french dieu, turkish esar, tartar itga, arabian allh, allah, samaritan jabe, egyptian teut, taut, thoth. in sanchoniathon we find the deity called ievo. in clemens alexandrinus, the deity is called jaqu. attention should be paid to the sanskrit holy phrase, aspiration or prayer of four syllables- aum mani padme hum--literally, oh, the jewel in the lotus (meaning, the divine spark within man. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w

golden emerods and 5 golden mice. joseph gave benjamin 5 suits of raiment joseph presented only 5 of his brethren to pharaoh. david took 5 pebbles when he went to fight goliath. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 62. the jews classed a bride s attendants by fives five wise and five foolish virgins. there are five articles of belief in the mahometan faith in allah, in angels, in the prophet, the day of judgment, and predestination. the five duties of a member of the christian church were stated by the fathers. to keep holy the festivals; to observe the fasts; to attend public worship; to receive the sacraments; and to adhere to the customs of the church. st. paul said he preferred to speak 5 words in a language understood by his hearers than 10,000 in

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

ed in another work attributed to eybeschuetz, we-avo ha-yom el ein ha-hokhmah, ms oxford, bodleian library 955, fol. 112a. 142. cordovero, pardes rimmonim, 4:4, 17d. 143. ibid, 18:3, 84c. 144. see n. 111, this chapter. 145. i borrow this expression from rappaport, ritual, p. 12. 146. the kabbalistic understanding of time as attributable to the divine nature is reminiscent of the identification of allah as time (dahr) attested in various dicta (for example, fa inna allaha huwa al-dahr, god himself is time) traceable to an old strand in the islamic tradition, indeed, a tradition transmitted in the name of god as the speaker (hadith qudsi: god said: man insults me in blaming time (dahr; i am time (ana al-dahr. in my hands is the command (amr, and i cause the alternation of night and day. see

rand in the islamic tradition, indeed, a tradition transmitted in the name of god as the speaker (hadith qudsi: god said: man insults me in blaming time (dahr; i am time (ana al-dahr. in my hands is the command (amr, and i cause the alternation of night and day. see b wering, ideas of time, pp. 206 207. consider also the remark of ibn arabi, divine governance, p. 240: our master, the messenger of allah, said: do not curse time, for allah is time. pointing out that allah s being is free from likeness or equals or partners, but is manifest in eternal time. for discussion of the ascription of temporality to the divine centered around the terms dahr (aeon) and zaman (time, see chittick, self-disclosure of god, pp. 128 132. in a manner strikingly analogous to the kabbalistic idea, time is treat

hemselves a death decree. perhaps it would be fruitful to consider these verses in relation to the death of nadab and abihu. 240. zohar 3:58a b. 241. ibid, 58b. it is instructive to compare the thematic nexus of prayer and the mystery of time related to the divine in zoharic texts and the comments in mysteries of purity, pp. 184 185. ibn al- arabi relates the esoteric gnosis to the qur anic verse allah s is the command before and after; and on that day the believers shall rejoice (30:4. 242. also relevant is the verse koh amar yhwh be-et rason anitikha u-ve-yom yeshu ah azarttikha, thus said the lord: in a moment of favor i will answer you, and on the day of salvation i will help you (isa 49:8. it is of interest to consider the principle derived or linked exegetically to this verse by abra

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