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n flesh was eaten as the bread of life. not an easy deity to use, without great experience and restraint, as the excesses carried out under his name need to be kept in check while invoking the free spirit and the renewal of life. he is potent for breaking away from destructive situations or, ironically, bad habits such as alcohol. osiris osiris became one of the most important and popular gods in ancient egypt, mainly because he promised non-royal believers that resurrection and salvation from death were for everyone, poor as well as rich. originally he was identified with each dead pharaoh, and his son horus was identified with the reigning successor. osiris married his sister isis, and his brother seth married isis's sister nephthys. according to legend, osiris was at first made an earth

rey candles are best used on wednesday when mercury cannot be seen and on saturday. black another colour of saturn and also the kings of the underworld- the roman pluto, the bestower of the hidden wealth that lay within the earth, and the greek hades, who abducted persephone (proserpine, thus causing winter. black is the colour not only of death, but also of regeneration. this belief goes back to ancient egypt when the annual flooding of the nile carried with it black silt, which brought new life to the land each year. in magick, black is the colour of endings that carry within them seeds of new beginnings. it can be used for banishing negativity, for leaving behind old sorrows and redundant relationships; for acknowledging grief, for rituals of partings, for breaking hexes and for psychic

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

ic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 97 we find the boldest and most skillful adepts deliberately seeking out the most repugnant elements of nature that their triumph may be the greater. the formula is evidently one of dauntless courage. it expresses the idea of vitality and manhood in its most dynamic sense. the only religion which corresponds to this school at all is that of ancient egypt; possibly also that of chaldea. this is because those religions are magical religions in the strict technical sense; the religious component of them is negligible. so far as it exists, it exists only for the uninitiate. there are, however, traces of the beginning of the influence of the school in judaism and in paganism. there are, too, certain documents of the pure greek spirit whic

hink of none better- which enables them to assume at times the human form. no. 1- and the rest are also rans- is the seal. there is a whole body of literature about this. then come wolves, hyaenas, large dogs of the hunting type; occasionally leopards. tales of cats and serpents are usually the other way round; it is the human (nearly always female) that assumes these shapes by witchcraft. but in ancient egypt they literally doted on this sort of thing. the papyri are full of formulas for operating such transmutations. but i think that this was mostly to afford some relaxation for the spirit of the dead man; he nipped out of his sarcophagus, and painted the town all the colours of the rainbow in one animal shape or another. 33 the only experience i have of anything of this sort was when i

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f the "moniteur" in no. 359 of the year 1809. herodotus tells us that the syrians used to gather grains of hemp and throw red-hot stones upon them; so that it was like a vapour-bath, more perfumed than that of any grecian stove; and the pleasure of it was so acute that it drew cries of joy from them. hashish, in effect, comes to us from the east. the exciting properties of hemp were well known in ancient egypt, and the use of it is very widely spread under different names in 62 india, algeria, and arabia felix; but we have around us, under our eyes, curious examples of the intoxication caused by vegetable emanations. without speaking of the children who, having played and rolled themselves in heaps of cut lucern, often experience singular attacks of vertigo, it is well known that during th

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

the guidance of the race and who were combating rampant evil in high places. that same evil is again upon the warpath and is being fought by the men of goodwill, under the direction of the great white lodge. heights of luxury were reached in atlantis of which we, with all our boasted civilisation, know nothing and have never achieved. some faint traces of it have come to us from legends and from ancient egypt, from archeological discovery and old fairy tales. there was a recurrence of pure atlantean mischief and wickedness in the decadent days of the roman empire. life became tainted by the miasma of unadulterated selfishness and the very springs of life itself became polluted. men only lived and breathed in order to be in possession of the utmost luxury and of a very plethora of things a

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mination. in ancient days it was called the leading star of the heavens, and taurus has always been connected with light and, therefore, with christ, who proclaimed himself as the light of the world. light, illumination and sound, as an expression of the creative force: these are the three basic ideas connected with this constellation. the "interpreter of the divine voice, as taurus was called in ancient egypt, can be paraphrased into christian terminology and called "the word made flesh. it is an interesting sidelight on the power of the zodiacal influences to recall that the bull's-eye lantern can be traced back to the bull's eve in taurus, and the pontifical bull, or the papal- 29- the labours of hercules enunciations which were regarded [45] as interpreters of god's voice, is a term in

h capricorn, the 'gate [86] of the gods, it reascends to heaven (e. valentia straiton, the celestial ship of the north vol. ii, p. 206. in the zodiac of denderah, the sign cancer is represented by a beetle, called in egypt, the scarab. the word "scarab" means "only begotten; it stands, therefore, for birth into incarnation, or, in relation to the aspirant, for the new birth. the month of june, in ancient egypt was called "meore, which again means rebirth, and thus both the sign and the name hold steadily before us the thought of the taking of form and of coming in physical incarnation. in an ancient zodiac in india, dated about 400- 51- the labours of hercules b.c, the sign is represented again by a beetle. the chinese called this sign "the red bird, for red is the symbol of desire, and th

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

f king solomon" is of course a mediaeval fraud. the hebrew letters are also associated with the twenty-two trumps of the tarot pack of cards; these cards have been much used for purposes of divination. the gipsies of southern europe use these cards for fortune-telling. the french author court de gebelin (1773-1782) declared that these trump cards as mystical emblems were derived from the magic of ancient egypt. occult science allots each card to a number, a letter and a natural object or force,-the planets, zodiacal signs, elements, etc "the sanctum regnum of the tarot trumps" edited by myself can be consulted. dr. encausse of paris, who writes under the pseudonym of "papus" has also a work relating to the tarots and gives a kabalistic attribution of the trump cards which rosicrucians cons

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

, kosmic and universal, of that which broods over and permeates the egg with its vivifying spirit until the germ contained in it is ripe, was the mystery god whose name was unpronounceable. it is phtah, however "he who opens" the opener of life and death* who proceeds from the egg of the world to begin his dual work (book of numbers) according to the greeks, the phantom form of the chemis (chemi, ancient egypt) which floats on the ethereal waves of the empyrean sphere, was called into being by horus-apollo, the sun god, who caused it to evolve out of the mundane egg* in the scandinavian cosmogony- placed by professor max muller, in point of time, as "far anterior to the vedas" in the poem of voluspa (the song of the prophetess, the mundane egg is again discovered in the phantom-germ of the

he "three maries" at the crucifixion and their connection with mar, the sea, or water, may close this example. this is why in judaism and christianity the messiah is always connected with water, baptism, the fishes (the sign of the zodiac called meenam in sanskrit, and even with the matsya (fish) avatar, and the lotus- the symbol of the womb, or the water-lily, which is the same. in the relics of ancient egypt, the greater the antiquity of the votive symbols and emblems of the objects exhumed, the oftener are the lotus flowers and the water found in connection with the solar gods. the god khnoom- the moist power- water, as thales taught it, being the principle of all things, sits on a throne enshrined in a lotus (saitic epoch, serapeum. the god bes stands on a lotus, ready to devour his pr

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

at the end of each lesson's examination questions, i listed books for further reading. they are books i especially recommend. to them i would add a few more that you may well find of interest. abraham, karl dreams and myths angus, s. the religious quests of the graeco-roman world bowra, c.m. primitive song bracelin, j.l. gerald gardner: witch breasted, j.h. development of religion and thought in ancient egypt budge, sir e.a.w. amulets and talismans eliade, mircea birth and rebirth; the sacred and the profane; myths, dreams and mysteries fitch, ed magical rites from the crystal well frazer, sir james the golden bough freud, sigmund totem and taboo gardner, gerald b. a goddess arrives glass, justine witchcraft, the sixth sense and us harrison, jane e. ancient art and ritual hooke, s.h. myth

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n flesh was eaten as the bread of life. not an easy deity to use, without great experience and restraint, as the excesses carried out under his name need to be kept in check while invoking the free spirit and the renewal of life. he is potent for breaking away from destructive situations or, ironically, bad habits such as alcohol. osiris osiris became one of the most important and popular gods in ancient egypt, mainly because he promised non-royal believers that resurrection and salvation from death were for everyone, poor as well as rich. originally he was identified with each dead pharaoh, and his son horus was identified with the reigning successor. osiris married his sister isis, and his brother seth married isis's sister nephthys. according to legend, osiris was at first made an earth

rey candles are best used on wednesday when mercury cannot be seen and on saturday. black another colour of saturn and also the kings of the underworld- the roman pluto, the bestower of the hidden wealth that lay within the earth, and the greek hades, who abducted persephone (proserpine, thus causing winter. black is the colour not only of death, but also of regeneration. this belief goes back to ancient egypt when the annual flooding of the nile carried with it black silt, which brought new life to the land each year. in magick, black is the colour of endings that carry within them seeds of new beginnings. it can be used for banishing negativity, for leaving behind old sorrows and redundant relationships; for acknowledging grief, for rituals of partings, for breaking hexes and for psychic

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

1924. also one at willendorf. 11 cm tall. discovered in 1908. oldest paleolithic sculptures? oldest known portrayals of women? 100 small statuettes have been found. 6500 bc catal huyuk, neolithic site in turkey (central anatolia) flourished..at catul huyuk the goddess images were shown with the bull horns emerging from her womb (june campbell pg 41) 4242 bce earliest recorded date in history (in ancient egypt. egyptian calendar which is regulated by sun and moon has 360 days with 12 months of 30 days. 4000 bce astrology begins in mesopotamia. sumerians build ziggurats, the first astrological observatories. the sun, moon and 5 visible planets are used. astrological knowledge is recorded in cuneiform on clay tablets. 3761 bc first day of jewish calendar (according to jewish sources. 3760 bc

alexander the great born 350 bc petosiris, chief administrator of the temple of khumunu (hermes) near hermopolis becomes known for mastering egyptian esoteric astrology. 350 (hist) tao-te ching [tao. 340 writings of chuang-tzu [tao] c. 330 manetho of sebennytos egyptian historian, priest at heliopolis under ptolemy i and ptolemy ii wrote aegyptiaca a collection of three books about the history of ancient egypt, commissioned by ptolemy ii in his effort to bring together the egyptian and hellenistic cultures. mentioned 36,525 manuscripts of hermes. these books state that the world was made out of fluid; that the soul is the union of light and life; that nothing is destructible; that the soul transmigrates; and that suffering is the result of motion. 330 bc alexander the great (356-323 bc) he

nt. 50-63 (n.t) colossians, philemon, ephesians, philippians. c.50 chaeremon egyptian stoic philosopher and grammarian, superintendent of the alexandrian library kept in the temple of serapis, and as custodian and expounder of the sacred books belonged to the higher ranks of the priesthood. wrote an account of the egyptian priesthood preserved by porphyry on the sanctity and symbolical secrets of ancient egypt. 60-80 (n.t) acts of the apostles. 68 destruction of qumran community (dead sea scrolls. 70 (n.t) gospel of mark. 70 destruction of the second temple in jerusalem by the forces of emperor vespasian. 2 enoch, or the slavonic apocalypse of enoch, was written late first century c.e. in egypt by a jew. it survives only in late old slavonic manuscripts. it may have been composed originall

his "mother johanna" il libro della divina ordinatione and le prime nove del altro mondo. at this, the inquisition declares him a dangerous revolutionary and mad. 1555-1625 francis anthony 1556 postel imprisoned in rome. 1556 hieroglyphica of valerianus, pierius giovanni pietro delle fosse italian humanist scholar and poet. first book to ascertain the historical truth about the writing system of ancient egypt on the basis of the bembine table, inscriptions on roman obelisks, the hieroglyphica of horapollo. 1557 catelin geofroy tarot(lyon. gabriel du preau -deus livres de mercure trismegiste hermes 1557-1607 thomas brightman. influenced by the twelfth-century monk joachim of fiore- seven churches prophesied the seven ages of church history. anticipated a jewish kingdom, separate from the c

COLLIER IRENE CHINESE MYTHOLOGY

erry, morus alba, is native to china. growing more than fifty feet tall, its leaves are used to feed silkworms. strands from the silkworms cocoons are woven together to create silk, the strongest of all natural fibers. the cloth is lightweight and cool to the touch, but retains warmth and is highly flame-resistant. its beauty and ability to absorb bright dyes made it a highly prized trade item in ancient egypt, rome, and persia. the water spinach, ung choy, has thick hollow stems and long slender leaves. it will sprout leaves and regenerate with very little water, and it will grow as much as four inches per day. this hardy plant saved people from starvation during china s many wars and is also a valuable source of iron for the people of india, vietnam, brazil, central america, and africa.2

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volution. freemasons manipulated and won the war of independence and then took control of the new united states of america. they, and other brotherhood groups, have never conceded that control to this day. how appropriate, then, that when the founding fathers commissioned a design for the great seal of the united states, it included the classic brotherhood (prison warder) symbols which go back to ancient egypt and beyond, including the pyramid and all-seeing eye. above and below this symbol are two latin phrases, annuit coeptis and novus ordo seclorum. these translate as "announcing the birth, creation, or arrival" of "a new order of ages. in other words, announcing the creation of the new world order. the founding of the united states was a massive step forward in the plan for centralised

at esteem by freemasonry because he is supposed to have supplied solomon with lebanese cedarwood for the temple. and that's another thing. the bible says the temple was built mostly of wood and was no bigger than a church hall of today (30 by 90 feet. the last thing they needed was a stonemason architect. but while the story of hiram abif is a nonsense, it is possible that its themes originate in ancient egypt when king seqenenre was murdered for refusing to reveal the most secret esoteric knowledge to a rival. if so, this is yet further confirmation that the same stream of knowledge and manipulation stretches from antiquity into modern freemasonry and the world today. my feeling is that the force that emerged as freemasonry was, and is, the knights templar, which until then had been opera

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

broken into an esoterically significant 33 segments (figure 18. pythagoras, the famous greek hero and mathematician, grew up in the mysteries of the serpent goddess cult and his very name means "i am the python" or "i am the serpent. dna of the dragon queens the author, sir laurence gardner, says that the ancient imperial royal dragon court and order can first be identified as the dragon court of ancient egypt under the patronage of the priest-prince ankhfn-khonsu in about 2170bc. it later became a "pharaonic institution" thanks to queen sobeknefru (c.1785-82bc) and operated as a sort of "royal academy, a "unique assembly of science and scholarship. that's according to its official website, anyway (http//www.mediaquest.co.uk/rdcsite/rdchome.htm. the dragon court was re-launched in the 15th

s called it ambrosia("supernatural red wine" of the goddess hera, while in india it was soma (the food of the gods) and in persia, haoma. they believed the menstrual blood was sacred and the life essence that could bring immortality. sir laurence gardner calls the anunnaki bloodlines the "dragon bloodlines, but claims that this derives only from the use of crocodile fat in the royal ceremonies of ancient egypt. right, larry, and i can hang by my willy from a hot air balloon. he dismisses any idea that these bloodlines are reptilian shape-shifters, although he acknowledges that such claims were made in ancient times. he said in a nexus magazine article that he found it hard to imagine that anyone (i.e. me) could still believe such stories in these more enlightened times. mmmm. the records o

waddell points out that in the edda text rom is another name for edin or eden, the home of the serpent cult and the "wolf tribe" of the "roms (wolf symbolism is associated with sirius. these people were not nordics, but similar to the aboriginal dark chaldeans, lycians, and what is called today the mediterranean or iberian race. rom or romil was also a title of the set and serpent worshippers of ancient egypt. muslims refer to turkey/asia minor as rum, and romania is the traditional centre for the vampire legends. fascinating, then, that romulus and remus, the mythical founders of rome, were said to have been "wolf-suckled" and this is symbolic of the mother-son cult (goddess worship) of the wolf-tribe of the roms with its associated serpent worship. the names romulus and remus came from

windows and especially the rose windows of the gothic cathedrals. at chartres they have a window featuring the "rose of france" with "mary" in the centre. rose windows face west, the sacred direction of female deities. the red rose is symbolic of the goddess and so we have the rosicrucians with their red rose and cross symbols. they are a major strand in the illuminati web and claim a lineage to ancient egypt and back to "noah, that symbol of the reptilian bloodline. another elite network is the secret society known as the order of the rose, which includes the former canadian prime ministers brian mulroney and pierre trudeau, both satanists.8 trudeau is famous for wearing a red rose in his lapel. some branches of freemasonry feature the rose and cross in their rituals. once again, the chr

ling her she is going to give birth to the coming son. another scene depicts the god, knept, impregnating the virgin with the holy ghost or spirit for the immaculate conception. then the child is seen enthroned and receiving gifts from three spirits (the three wise men in christianity) and he is adored as the incarnation of the sun god. even the story about jesus being born in a manger comes from ancient egypt, as massey explains "the birthplace of the egyptian messiah at the vernal equinox was figured in apt, or apta, the corner; but apta is also the name of the crib and the manger; hence the child born in apta was said to have been born in a manger; and this apta or crib or manager is the hieroglyphic sign of the solar birthplace. hence the egyptians exhibited the babe in the crib or man

hakespeare and all playwrights and fiction-writers create for the actors of their plays and works of admitted fiction."29 in the ancient mystery schools, long before "jesus, the spokesman for the god was called a petr or peter. this means "the rock. in the egyptian book of the dead, the name of the doorkeeper to heaven is petra. peter rushing into the water to greet jesus is part of a ritual from ancient egypt. the title peter was also given to the high priest in the babylon mystery school. peter further relates to phallic worship. the cock was a symbol of st peter and the very name peter comes from pater (phallus or male principle) and petra (phallic pillar. the cockerel, which can be seen on so many church steeples, is an expression of this and the christian churches are full of ancient

k their blood. one time she got so excited with blood-lust that she didn't cut the victim's throat from left to right in the normal ritual, she just went crazy, stabbing and ripping at the flesh after she had shape-shifted into a reptilian. when she shape-shifts, she has a long reptile face, almost like a beak and she's an off-white colour [this fits many depictions of the gods and "bird gods" of ancient egypt and elsewhere] the queen mother looks basically the same, but there are differences. she [the queen] also has like bumps on her head and her eyes are very frightening. she's very aggressive..i have seen [prince charles] shape-shift into a reptilian and do all the things the queen does. i have seen him sacrifice children. there is a lot of rivalry between them for who gets to eat what

there. it is within you. and that truth is love. source 1 bill hicks ended many of his performances with these words. appendix i the illuminati bloodline hese are just some of the stunning bloodline connections between those who ruled the people thousands of years ago and those who still rule them today. the merovingian-windsor-bush bloodline and its offshoots includes a long list of pharaohs in ancient egypt, including ramses ii (1295-1228 bc, who is considered to be the greatest pharaoh of all. he was his country's master architect (sacred geometry) and his name can be found on almost every ancient shrine. the gold mines of nubia made him rich beyond the imagination. the bloodline also includes the anunnaki-human hybrids who ruled sumer, babylon, greece, and troy, and which, today, rule

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of samson -sam-sun. he was incredibly strong and hadlong hair, but he lost his power when his hair was cut. the problems started when heentered the house of delilah- the astrological house of virgo, the virgin, through whichthe sun passes as autumn approaches. summoning his last burst of power, sam-the-sun,pushes down the two pillars, which are classic brotherhood symbolism going back atleast to ancient egypt and are still used by the freemasons today. samson is sam sun- asymbolic story of the suns annual cycle. there wasnt any such person. in hebrew,samson means i understand, the god of the sun.to the orthodox christian, jesus is the only begotten son of god who died so oursins could be forgiven. but you will find exactly the same claims for a stream of godsin the ancient world long befo

and politicalfreedom. the catholic church and the holy roman empire were fiercely condemned.the order of the rose cross or rosicrucians, however, was no new fad. it wasfounded, apparently, at least as long ago as the pharaoh thothmes iii in the 15thcentury bc. his personal seal (cartouche) is used on modern rosicrucian literature7 andthe rosicrucians connect with the royal court of the dragon in ancient egypt. it is nowwidely believed by researchers that the manifestos were written by the germanesotericist, johann v alentin andrea, who is listed as a grand master of the priory ofsion. another highly influential voice for rosicrucian thought was robert fludd, theman who preceded andrea as grand master of the priory of sion.the bacon legacyone of the most important men of this entire era wa

von might long since have won their case had theyemphasised its most important angle, namely, that sir francis bacon, the rosicrucianinitiate, wrote into the shakespearean plays the secret teachings of the fraternity of r.c.and the true rituals of the freemasonic order, of which order it may be discovered that hewas the actual founder.22the rituals and symbols of freemasonry can be traced back to ancient egypt andbeyond. in truth, its knowledge of sacred geometry, numbers and form, go back to beforethe last cataclysm. the dionysiac artificers or architects, composed of initiates of thebacchus-dionysus (sun) mysteries whose role it was to design the public buildings andmonuments, can be traced back at least three thousand years if not more.23 it was thesearchitect-initiates who designed the

ncluded eating the brain ofthe victim, became more elaborate in jericho some eight thousand years ago andevidence of the same rituals have been found in the shinto religion in japan and inancient china. anath, the legendary sister of baal, was portrayed festooned withsevered heads along with human hands hanging from her girdle, the same as the mothergoddesses of mexico and india.5written texts of ancient egypt reveal many kinds of sacrifice and torture, which laterbecame widespread.6 the egyptians would sacrifice red-headed men on the tomb ofosiris because red was the colour associated with set, the egyptian version of satan.some rituals recalled by people today who have suffered indescribably in these horrors,mirror those detailed in the egyptian book of the dead and include keeping heart

he victims is collected and mixed with arsenic, whichappears to be a necessary element for those of the human-reptilian bloodlines. this ispoured into goblets and consumed by the satanists, together with the liver and eyes.this is supposed to provide strength and greater psychic vision. fat is scraped from theintestines and smeared over the bodies of the participants- like the fat of the messehin ancient egypt. the corpse is then suspended from a tree and the satanists standnaked to allow the dripping blood to fall on them. the mother goddess says that by this304time the participants are in such a high state of excitement that they often shape-shiftinto reptilians and mostly manifest, she says, in a sort of off-white colour. they are alsoterrified, because at this point the mother goddess

dome, isthe biggest building and obelisk in europe, the canary wharf building. again in thebrotherhood cities you will invariably find a skyscraper shaped like an obelisk becauseof the effect that has on the energy field and the harnessing of solar energy. big ben, thefamous clock at the houses of parliament in westminister is also an obelisk. the wordben is cymric and gaelic for mountain and in ancient egypt ben related to the sacredben ben stone on the top of the pillars in on, the city of the sun. these pillars becamesymbolised by the obelisk and it was said to be the point where the gods descended tothe earth. the bennu bird- the inspiration for the phoenix- sat on the ben ben stone,according to legend.4 there is also another significance for the millennium dome andcanary wharf which

lumbia pictures has thelady holding the lighted torch, columbia university has the lighted torch, and columbiabroadcasting (cbs) has the eye, the all seeing eye. doves can be seen standing onmaltese crosses on the sceptres held by the queen of england in her ceremonies andthere are maltese crosses on the crown of the british monarch (see picture section).sceptres and rods were symbols of power in ancient egypt. the maltese or splayedcross (see figure 40) was found in caves in the former phoenician lands of cappadocia,now turkey, dating back many thousands of years and it became the cross of theknights hospitaller of st john of jerusalem (knights of malta, the knights templar,and the nazis. if you look in the picture section at the nazi soldier you will see that hehas the whole set- the mal

ubjects that he is desperateto ensure remain secret. certainly not a man to trust under any circumstances, in myview. i should emphasise, too, that the islamic elite, like the sultan of brunei, aresignificant players in the brotherhood pyramid and the grand lodge at cairo is one ofthe most powerful secret society centres in the world. this is hardly surprising given thebrotherhoods obsession with ancient egypt and its ritual and symbols. the reptilianbloodlines may be predominantly aryan, but they are far from exclusively so. theywork through streams within all races, the arabs and the jews most certainly amongthem. one of the predominant secret societies in the arab world is the order of themystic shrine or the shriners. they are connected to the knights templar, and theyork and scottish

city of tyre. when didos husband was killed by herbrother, pygmalion, she fled with her followers to north africa where she purchasedcarthage from the native ruler, larbus. he later threatened dido with war unless shemarried him, but instead she killed herself. but the most likely symbols for dodi fayedsdeath can be found in his birthplace, egypt. the brotherhood are obsessed with thesymbolism in ancient egypt of the osiris-horus-isis trinity (nimrod-tammuz-semiramis)which is expressed in christianity as father, son, and holy ghost. among many things, itsymbolises the male and female energies coming together to create a third force, new life.to the egyptians, and therefore the brotherhood, the son of god was horus. he was bornto isis after her husband, osiris, had been murdered by set. she

d- sun king, horus was osiris446reborn. in paris, part of this ritual was played out again. the car passed the golden-tippedegyptian obelisk, the penis of osiris, in the place de la concorde, and inside the vehiclewere diana (another name for isis) and the egyptian, dodi fayed, representing osiris. ihave heard from many sources that diana was pregnant. her foetus symbolised horus,the sun king. in ancient egypt, they said that osiris had to die before horus could comein. this will sound amazing to most people, but if you study the unbelievable obsessionthese people have with ritual and symbolism it makes perfect sense. diana may not evenhave realized she was pregnant. it could have been the foetus they were removing on theoperating table in paris while they battled to save her for hours aft

rational changes advance. the changes are taking away the reptilians vibrationalcover and the truth has to come out. in preparation for this there is a very long list ofmovies and television programmes for adults and children about reptile humanoids,friendly and otherwise. i have mentioned the arrival and v: the final battle, but thereare many more. in stargate, the story of time-travelling to an ancient egypt controlledby extraterrestrials, the possible reptile nature of the alien is revealed when his skin isripped away at the end. stargate: sg-1 continues the theme of reptilians occupyinghuman form; enemy mine and dreamscape, both starring dennis quaid, feature reptilehumanoids; theodore rex is about a seven foot tall upright-walking dinosaur; babylon5, the television series, includes th

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the entire human race. freemasonry is a worship of lucifer by the top 5% of all masons. you can spot evidences of satanism all over the world. there are numerous masonic/satanic symbols on this web site, all of which originate from this secret society called "the brotherhood of the serpent/snake" many call it "big brother" without even realizing its extraterrestrial origins. it was also known in ancient egypt as "the mystery schools" freemasonry is the secret organization famous for its use of christianity as a tool for control. the king james version of the bible, edited by sir francis bacon (a 33rd degree freemason, is used to create order in society through the implementation of a belief system geared towards their fascist ideologies. the chaos is carefully orchestrated to insure the p

the hexagram is a powerful tool to invoke satan, and is a sign of antichrist (6 points, 6 angles, 6 planes- 666) the 5 pointed pentagrams multiplied by the 13 stars equals 65, the same cabalistic number as mentioned above. this makes one wonder with whom or what, we are to dwell in unity! the eagle replaced the phoenix in 1841 as the national bird. the phoenix has been a brotherhood symbol since ancient egypt. the phoenix was adopted by the founding fathers (freemasons) for use on the reverse of the first official seal of the united states after a design proposed by charles thompson, secretary of the continental congress. to the right of george washington's portrait on the front of the american dollar bill you will see the seal of the department of the treasury. it comprises of a key, the

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nts at the great pyramid another experiment, which i will be running, is to use a sensitive fluxgate magnetometer to measure the magnetic field orientation around the great pyramid and at other ancient sites. this will test for possible distortion of the earth's magnetic field around these sites and may enable us to pinpoint possible burled metal artifacts. 9.1 evidence for advanced technology in ancient egypt the third aspect of the egypt expedition is to look for indications of advanced technologies that the ancients may have had. appendix a. sacred energy movements introduction in the summer of 1995, i decided that i needed to know more about how to personally manipulate aetheric energy. a few days later, in a very vivid spiritual experience, i found myself in an open area with three be

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jesus to st. john the apostle and the spiritual son of aleister crowley described in the book of the law. in contrast to the church of satan s professed atheism, the temple of set embraced the literal existence of set, not as a christian devil, but as an ancient egyptian god associated with the night sky and with the expanding of consciousness. according to aquino, horus and set were the gods of ancient egypt prior to the syrian invasion. later, set was personified as evil, the enemy of osiris. one of set s titles, set-hen was adopted by the jews and became satan. by using a more ancient name for satan, the temple of set was able to escape the accusation that satanism is merely an anti-christian religion. the nine angles both before and after the schism within the church of satan, there w

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nthoou, lerthexanax, aemina. the leyden papyrus, editied by f. griffith& herb thompson as set was considered to be friendly unto the shades of the dead, there is perhaps a closer connection between him and his illegitimate son anpu (anubis) than what can be commonly realized. the belief in the spirits of the dead and the survival of the psyche after physical death was a foundation of the magic of ancient egypt. in accordance with the lore, man consisted of a physical body, a double, a shadow, a soul, a heart etc. the khu itself was the spirit of the man but the ka was considered to be the spiritual body which took nourishment from the offerings at the funeral ceremonies. the dead and such were honored among the egyptians, who regularly brought food and drinks to appease the khu into stayin

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idges the gulf between malkuth and yesod. there is no other method so satisfactory, for the amount of magnetism in a living being is far greater than in any metal or crystal, however precious. 46. this ancient method is also known to us under another name; it is called by moderns, mediumship. when the spirit speaks through the entranced medium, precisely the same thing is happening as happened in ancient egypt when the priest with the mask of horus spake with the voice of horus. 47. when we consider the microcosmic tree, the physical body is malkuth; the etheric double is yesod; the astromental body is hod and netzach; and the higher mind is tiphareth. whatever the higher mind can conceive can readily be brought through into manifestation in the subjective malkuth. we do better to rely upo

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say that because the mummies and i have never struck sparks when we met in the british museum, that their reputation is groundless. at the time that tut-ankh-amen's tomb was being opened i said to myself, if the mummy's curse does not work in this case, i shall lose my faith in occultism. we all know how it has worked, even unto the third and fourth generation. no novelist, deriving his ideas of ancient egypt from an encyclopedia article on egyptology and some photographs, would have dared stretch the long arm of coincidence anything like as far. the egyptians attached great importance to the preservation of the physical body. the tombs of great men, as is well known, were protected by means of what are popularly called spells, and the power and scope of egyptian magic are things that ver

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egitimacy of the bearer or the object impressed with the seal were confirmed. it seems to me probable that the use of sigils to identify spirits has its origins in this familiar and widespread practice. in magic, the name of a spirit embodies the identity and power of the spirit. by knowing and controlling the name, the magician is able to control the spirit. this is the basis of the god-magic of ancient egypt. the sigil is a graphic form of the name. the name is manipulated upon the living breath by means of chants, mantras, invocations, imprecations, execrations, prayers, hymns and similar vocal forms used in magic. the sigil is manipulated within the imagination by means of meditation, concentration, and creative visualization. it is important to distinguish between a number of common r

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spiritual happiness after the funeral ceremonies had been duly per formed and the ritual recited. comparatively few particulars are known of the manner of life of the soul in heaven, and though a number of interesting facts may be gleaned from the texts of all periods, it is very difficult to harmonize them. this result is due partly to the different views held by different schools of thought in ancient egypt, and partly to the fact that on some points the egyptians them selves seem to have had no decided opinions. we depend upon the pyramid texts for our knowledge of their earliest conceptions of a future life. the existence in heaven. the life of the osiris of a man in heaven is at once material and spiritual and it seems as if the egyptians never succeeded in breaking away from their v

nd nephthys, at one birth, one after the other, and their children multiply upon this earth"[2] summary of theories. the reader has now before him the main points of the evidence concerning the egyptians' notions about god, and the cosmic powers and their phases, and the anthropomorphic creations with which they peopled the other world, all of which have been derived from the native literature of ancient egypt. the different interpretations which different egyptologists have placed upon the facts demonstrate the difficulty of the subject. speaking generally, the interpreters may be divided into two classes: those who credit the egyptians with a number of abstract ideas about god and the creation of the world and the future life, which are held to be essentially the product of modern christ

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an religions, known only to select initiates who had qualified for higher spiritual development. such mysteries were kept apart from popular worship, and initiates had to take a binding oath of secrecy, so that even today our knowledge of the mysteries is partly conjectural. typical mystery cults were those of eleusis in greece from about 1500 b.c.e, in turn deriving from the mystery religions of ancient egypt and the mysteries of mithras, a persian deity. traces of mithraism existed in britain. many secret societies in modern times have claimed that their rituals are a descent of an ancient tradition. sources: ulansey, david. the origins of the mithraic mysteries: cosmology and salvation in the ancient world. new york: oxford university press, 1989. ancitif a little-known demon, who, duri

prayers rather than to the aid of mercury and other gods invoked by arnuphis. aromatherapy term used for treatment of illness and maintenance of general physical health using essential oils distilled from plants. virtually unknown to the modern world twenty years ago, aromatherapy is now considered the fastest growing natural healing art in the united states. aromatherapy treatments were known in ancient egypt, greece, rome, and other civilizations, while early arabian physicians developed the distillation of aromatic oils through experiments in alchemy. the term aromatherapy derives from the writings of the french chemist rene-maurice gattefosse, whose book aromatherapie was published in 1928. however, the modern popularity of aromatherapy is generally traced to marguerite maury and jean

rvation. he thus criticized alchemy, for example, and suggested that its few successes derived from mere change occurrences. bacon tried to rehabilitate himself during the last few years of his life, but he died on april 9, 1626, without the full pardon he sought from the king. in the twentieth century, rosicrucians have invoked bacon s name in their attempt to trace a lineage of thinkers back to ancient egypt, but there is no evidence of his association with rosicrucianism, which had just appeared in germany toward the end of bacon s life. on the other hand, some modern astrologers have claimed bacon in their drive to recast their art in a post-scientific format based upon empirical observation. sources: anderson, fulton h. francis bacon: his career and thought. los angeles: university of

gan to study the occult as a teenager and in 1900 made contact with the heremetic brotherhood of luxor, a small occult order headquartered in denver, colorado. the hermetic brotherhood was the outward expression of the brotherhood of light, a mystical order of enlightened beings believed by occultists to guide the destiny of humankind. the brotherhood of light was believed to have been founded in ancient egypt and to have continued to the present under the leadership of a group of teachers not presently incarnated on the physical plane. the group is popularly known by many as the great white brotherhood. the hermetic brotherhood of luxor circulated a series of lessons written by the hermetic brotherhood s founder, thomas h. burgoyne. in 1907 benjamine directly contacted what he believed to

referred to a wide variety of scientific anomalies. the book of the damned was first published in 1919. it was followed by new lands, 1923; lo! 1931; and wild talents, 1932. a complete collected edition, the books of charles fort, was published in 1941. sources: fort, charles. the books of charles fort. new york: henry holt, 1941. book of the dead an arbitrary title given to a funerary work from ancient egypt called pert em hru, the translation of which is coming forth by day, or manifested in the light. several versions or recensions of this work are known, namely those of heliopolis, thebes, and sais, differing only inasmuch as they were edited by the colleges of priests founded at these centers. many papyri of the work have been discovered, and passages from it have been inscribed upon

he establishment of the hermetic brotherhood of luxor as an esoteric occult order and outer expression of the brotherhood of light. the hermetic brotherhood was structured with three leaders, a seer, a scribe/secretary, and an astrologer. burgoyne became the scribe. as burgoyne understood it, the brotherhood of light was an occult order formed to oppose the dominant religious powers of the day in ancient egypt. as the members died, they continued the brotherhood from their new plane of being. burgoyne wrote several more books, including the language of the stars (1892, celestial dynamics (1896, and a second volume of the light of egypt (1900. he died in march 1894, in humboldt county, california, still a relatively young man, before the last two were published. henry and belle wagner conti

, indianapolis, louisville, new york city, and st. petersburg. the church lasted only a short time. in 1974 john dehaven announced his conversion to christianity and publicly renounced satanism. church of the eternal source while the primary thrust of the modern neo-pagan movement has been the recovery of european traditions, some attempts have been made to recover the magic and spiritual life of ancient egypt. standing at the fountainhead is aleister crowley (1875.1947, whose use of egyptian themes date to the first decade of the twentieth century. when in cairo, he found several magical items of special interest, including the stele of revealing. he received a revelation contained in the small booklet the book of the law, the reception of which initiated a new era of horus (an egyptian d

third class of divination. the art of divination is usually practiced among primitive races by the shaman caste; among more sophisticated peoples by the professional diviner.as in rome and ancient mexico. and even among modern civilized people by persons who claim the faculty of divination, such as the spiritualist medium or the witch. the art is undoubtedly of great antiquity. it was employed in ancient egypt side by side with astrology, and divination by dreams was constantly resorted to, a class of priests being kept apart, whose office it was to interpret dreams and visions. instances of dreams are recorded in the ancient egyptian texts; for example those of thothmes iv, king of egypt in 1450 b.c.e, and nut-amen, king of the eastern soudan and egypt about displacement encyclopedia of o

ped. the ends are held by the operator. other materials such as right-angle wire rods are claimed to be equally effective. diviners claim that under the effect of rhabdic force, the rod twists or revolves when the operator passes over underground water or minerals. the term rhabdic derives from the greek for rod. mention of the rod used for purposes of divination are to be found in the records of ancient egypt. cicero and tacitus both wrote of the rod virgula divina. this ancient divining rod was a form of rhabdomancy or divination by means of little pieces of stick. in germany it was known as the wunschelrute or wishingrod and was used just as fortune-tellers use cards, coffee, or tea grounds today. agricola s de re metallica, published at basle at the beginning of the sixteenth century

el of wisdom school, which offered correspondence courses; and north country wicca, a networking organization for wiccans. in 1998 she accepted an ordination from the universal life church. that same year, she disbanded coven mandragora and moved back to los angeles. there she created a new form of wicca drawing heavily on egyptian themes, which she called bast.wicca, named after the cat deity of ancient egypt. through the 1990s, dunwich wrote a series of books on the craft, including several introductory texts, the wicca spellbook (1994, wicca love spells (1996, and the wicca source book (1996; and several reference books, the concise lexicon of the occult (1990) and wicca a to z (1998. she has a webpage at http//www.wicca.drak.net/dunwich/main.htm. sources: dunwich, gerina. concise lexic

yptian inscriptions on monuments and papyrus. champollion s basic work was supplemented by other philologists including, richard lepsius (1810.1884, heinrich brugsch (1827.1894, and adolf erman (1854.1916. other renowned egyptologists included sir gaston maspero (1846.1916, sir e. a. wallis budge (1857.1934, j. h. breasted (1865.1935, and sir william flinder petrie (1853.1942. popular interest in ancient egypt rose with the discovery and excavation of the tomb of tutankhamun (d. ca. 1352 b.c.e) by lord carnarvon and howard carter (see also tutankhamun curse) modern egyptian magical practice was largely initiated by aleister crowley who in 1904 in cairo received a supposedly channeled book, the book of the law. he later proclaimed its reception as the beginning of a new era, the aeon of hor

anslations of egyptian texts to ferret out their modern implications. the church of eternal source, headquartered in burbank, california, is one prominent revivalist egyptian magic religion, founded in the 1960s. the rosicrucian society has constructed an elaborate museum, the rosicrucian egyptian museum, in san jose, california, also building on the ongiong fascination with the aura and magic of ancient egypt. the elaborate museum and gardens also embodies sections that display ancient writing tablets from babylonia and assyria. much speculation has also revolved around the great pyramid of giza (built in the reign of cheops of the fourth dynasty. ever since col. howard vyse forced an entry into the pyramid and took measurements, an eccentric school of pyramidology focused upon speculatio

york: dover, 1967. reprint, new york: causeway, 1974. egyptian magic. london, 1899. the gods of the egyptians. 2 vols. london, 1898. a history of egypt. 8 vols. london, 1902. 4 vols. reprint, the netherlands: anthropological publications. the mummy. london, 1925. de camp, sprague. the ancient engineers. garden city, n.y: doubleday, 1960. reprint, new york: ballantine, 1974. erman, adolf. life in ancient egypt. london, 1894. reprint, new york: dover, 1971. ghalioungui, paul. the house of life: magic and medical sciences in ancient egypt. rev. ed, new york: wittenborn, 1975. hornung, erik. conceptions of god in ancient egypt: the one and the many. ithaca, n.y: cornell university press, 1982. knight, alfred e. amentet: an account of the gods, amulets and scarabs of the ancient egyptians. lon

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razing bison. these artifacts strengthen the theory that late paleolithic art had its origin in magic beliefs and practices.that hunters carved on the handles of weapons and implements, or scratched on cave walls, the images of the animals they desired to capture.sometimes with the secured cooperation of demons and sometimes with the aid of magic spells. a highly developed magic system existed in ancient egypt, as in babylonian (see semites) and other early cultures. from these cultures the medieval european system of magic is believed to have evolved. greece and rome also possessed distinct magic systems that were integrated into their religious practice and thus, like the egyptian and babylonian rituals, were preserves of the priesthood. magic in early europe was integral to the various

actice is covered in this encyclopedia under the headings ceremonial magic and magic. the second connotation refers to stage illusionists. these represent those who have perfected acts presenting the same phenomena as those presented by mediums and psychics. it conjures up many different images in people, some that extend into the far reaches of one s imagination and experience. since the days of ancient egypt and the pharoahs, magicians have practiced the art of magic. from the prehistoric caves of europe and north america, to ancient greece and rome, to the middle ages, long before the days of vaudeville, and television, archaeological evidence and historical records show that audiences were held captive by the masters of trickery and illusion. in america, from the 19th century success o

his final product was not well received during his lifetime, the idea of africa as the birthplace of mankind being quite unacceptable in victorian england. thus a book of the beginnings (1881) and his other texts were largely ignored or ridiculed until later archaeological discoveries provided more solid evidence in support of massey s themes. he died on october 12, 1907. sources: massey, gerald. ancient egypt. 2 vols. london, 1907. reprint, new york: samuel weiser, 1970. a book of the beginnings. 2 vols. london, 1881. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1974. the natural genesis. 2 vols. london: n.p, 1883. mass of st. secaire a form of black mass originating in the basque countryside, possibly in medieval times. it was a travesty of a christian mass and was celebrated in a ruin

british lodge of the occult society oto (ordo templi orientis) when theodor reuss, head of the german order, proposed that aleister crowley start a british section. mysteries from the greek word muein, to shut the mouth, and mustes, an initiate: a term for what is secret or concealed in a religious context. although certain mysteries were probably part of the initiatory ceremony of the priests of ancient egypt, we are ignorant of their exact nature, and the term is usually used in connection with certain semi-religious ceremonies held by various cults in ancient greece. the mysteries were secret cults, to which only certain initiated people were admitted after a period of preliminary preparation. after this initial period of purification came the mystic communication or exhortation, then t

r the minds of the sleepers to be enlightened. they had to fast one day and refrain from wine for three. amphilochus, the son of amphiaraus, had a similar oracle at mallos, in cilicia, which pausanias called the most trustworthy and credible of the age. lucian mentioned that all those who wished to question the oracle had to lay down two oboles (small silver coins. egyptian oracles the oracles of ancient egypt were as numerous as those of greece. herodotus claimed that at least seven gods in egypt spoke by oracles. supposedly, the most reliable were considered to give an intimation of their intentions by means of remarkable events. these were carefully observed by the egyptians, who recorded these events. the egyptians also considered the fate of a person was determined by the day of his b

the amorc. the organization passed through an unstable initial decade before settling in san jose, california, where its headquarters has remained and from which it has grown into a worldwide occult fellowship, possibly the largest in the contemporary world. the rosicrucian digest is built around a set of feature articles expounding upon various rosicrucian themes. the order traces its origins to ancient egypt, and has founded an egyptian museum that remains a popular tourist stop in san jose. articles discuss the museum s artifacts, its staff s archeological work, and ancient egypt in general. the emphasis upon egypt provides a foundation for regular treatments of the hermetic tradition, also traced to egyptian roots. generally each issue begins with an article by the leader of the order

ed nature of egyptian and babylonian civilization leads to the belief that these countries brought forth a long series of adepts in the higher magic. we know that alexandria was heir to the works of these adepts, but it is unlikely that their teachings were publicly disseminated in her public schools. individuals of high magical standing would, however, be in possession of the occult knowledge of ancient egypt, and it seems likely that they imparted this to the greeks of alexandria. later hellenic and byzantine magical theory is distinctly egyptian in character, and we know that its esoteric forms were disseminated in europe at a comparatively early date, placing all other systems in the background. regarding alchemy, the evidence is much more sure, and the same may be said regarding astro

dronicus to the mob to be torn to pieces. it is said that when the devil spells, he spells backwards, so that s i may be taken to represent isaac. setna, papyrus of an ancient papyrus said to have been discovered by prince setna kha-em-ust, son of rameses ii of egypt, under the head of a mummy in the necropolis at memphis. the egyptologist alfred wiedemann stated in his book popular literature in ancient egypt (1902: the first text, which has been known to us since 1867, tells that this prince, being skilled and zealous in the practice of necromancy, was one day exhibiting his acquirements to the learned men of the court, when an old man told him of a magic book containing two spells written by the hand of thoth himself, the god of wisdom. he who repeated the first spell bewitched thereby

inating in the 14th century. from middle english sorcerie, and old french sorcier, derived from the vulgar latin sortiarius, traced back to the original latin, sors, meaning lot, or chance, and sortis, the genitive case meaning of, or by, lots. indicating the practice of divination by lots. its practices date back to prehistoric and pre-columbian religions, as well as those of the middle east and ancient egypt; by the middle ages it referred to the practice of malevolent magic, or black magic, most commonly the use of supposed supernatural power by the agency of evil spirits called forth by spells by any person with a desire for malice, often motivated out of envy or revenge. contrasted from witchcraft, referring to the destructive methods that can be used by anyone, rather than by one wit

ate connection between words and the things signified by them. thus if one repeats the name of a supernatural being the effect will be analogous to that produced by the being itself. it is assumed that all things are in a sympathetic connection and act and react upon one another; things that have once been in contact continue to act on each other even after the contact has been removed. people in ancient egypt believed that certain secret names of gods, demi-gods, and demons unknown to human beings might be discovered and used against them by the discoverer. the power of the spoken word was a ubiquitous belief in nearly all ancient societies and continues among pre-industrial societies to the present. magical practitioners also developed a special language, known only to them, that became

to human beings might be discovered and used against them by the discoverer. the power of the spoken word was a ubiquitous belief in nearly all ancient societies and continues among pre-industrial societies to the present. magical practitioners also developed a special language, known only to them, that became an object of mystery and a source of their power in the society. thus the magicians of ancient egypt employed foreign words for their incantations, such as tharthar, thamara, thatha, mommon, thanabotha, opranu, brokhrex, and abranazukhel. these occurred at the end of a spell with the purpose of bringing dreams. the development of magic was integral to the development of writing, and magical writings reveal the manner in which the simple knowledge of writing, especially of a foreign

especially of a foreign language, was a magical skill of great import. the magicians and sorcerers of the middle ages likewise employed words of a similar kind that were unknown to most people, as did the medicine men of the north american indians into relatively modern times. the reason the spell was usually couched in a well-known formula may have been that it was the most efficacious. thus in ancient egypt not only were the formulas of spells well fixed, but the exact tone of voice in which they were to be pronounced was specially taught. the power of a spell remained until it was broken by an antidote or exorcism. spells belong to what modern magicians call low magic, that which attempts to effect the mundane world, as opposed to high magic, which attempts to change the consciousness

related how a certain alexander caused a statue of aesculapius to speak by using the gullet of a crane to transmit a voice through the mouth of the statue. in the fourth century, bishop theophilus described statues at alexandria that he broke open and discovered to be hollow; they were placed against a wall in such a position that priests could slip behind them and speak. it was believed that in ancient egypt there were numerous statues of gods, said to deliver oracles. the pymander asclepios (attributed to hermes trismegistus) asserted the egyptians knew how to make gods, i.e, to install deities, angels, or demons in statues, with the power to do good or evil. although such statues have not survived, it seems probable that they were animated by priests. the archaeologist gaston maspero (

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the place where human beings became civilized. atlantis sent its people all over the world and seeded the earth. the great gods and goddesses of the ancient world were based on the leaders and heroes of atlantis; worldwide legends of a mighty deluge owe their origins to dim memories of the catastrophe that overwhelmed atlantis. the historical civilization influenced most directly by atlantis was ancient egypt. these re velations sparked international i n t e rest, and do n n e l l y s book went thro u g h many printings. for a time even some re putable scientists we re willing to consider the possibility that the legend was true, after all. indeed, donnelly was elected to the american association for the ad vancement of science. be f o re long, howe ve r, as critics exposed the book s err

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life of the people. its apparently liberal side is that it encouraged scientific enquiry and invention; the solarians are interested in the copernican theory for it is important to know the "fabrica del mondo; they are also expert in mechanical devices which are used for the general well-being. but this advanced solarian science was in the hands of the supreme priesthood and regulated by it as in ancient egypt. campanella's astounding determination and pertinacity gradually had their reward; the monarchs of the world began to take an interest in the prisoner, and the man who, in 1599, had gone into prison in imminent danger of death for dangerous heresies and revolt against spain was, in 1626, released from prison through spanish influence. he was again in prison in rome for a while but ag

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and the pineal gland in the brain, gives to man a third eye as it were wherewith to see in the spiritual worlds. when this serpentine spirit fire has been sufficiently evolved, he may read by its light the wisdom of the ages. therefore christ exhorted his disciples to be wise as serpents. the egyptian word naja, which means serpent, is used at least once in the hebrew bible in the 58th psalm. in ancient egypt the pharaohs were kings and priests, holding a double office, and they therefore wore a double crown with a uraeus or serpent head so placed that when wearing this crown the uraeus seemed to protrude from the emperor's forehead between the eyebrows. the serpentine uraeus was therefore an apt symbol of the wisdom of the wearer. it will be remembered that according to the bible story t

h they possess. and the latin catholic version of the new testament (luke, chapter vii, verses 11 to 15) speaks of the person raised by christ as the widow's son of nain. as the serpent is not fully unfolded until the ninth arch of the lesser mysteries has been passed and the candidates become aspirants to the greater mysteries, and further because the lodge of phree messen (children of light) of ancient egypt are now transferred to the various branches of the anglo-saxon race, where the sound nain means "nine" the original word has been corrupted to mislead all not entitled to the knowledge. but all things change on this terrestrial sphere, and this applies also to the methods of initiation and the requirements thereof. hiram abiff failed in his great effort to make the molten sea at the

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e are dealing with a highly advanced people. a people who have had a lot of practice in their art of deceit. from the table of coincidence page in the masonic rituals section you were made aware that individuals within the u.s government and nasa have been staging major worldly events which coincide with 19.5/33 degrees from the perspective of that particular event. this again is taceable back to ancient egypt. since blavatsky mentioned another of the infernal names, typhon, and has identified him as the egyptian satan, let us review albert pike once again, as we discover that freemasonry reveres typhon as well. typhon "osiris was the son of helios (phra) the 'divine offspring congenerate with the dawn' and at the same time an incarnation of kneph or agathodaemon, the good spirit, includin

then compare them with known satanic symbols so you can easily see from whence freemasonry receives her "supernatural insights" and her "spiritual light" the double-headed eagle the double-headed eagle is probably the most easily recognizable masonic symbol in the world, even more important than the square and compass/rule. they look like two eagles, but they are not. they are the phoenix bird of ancient egypt. remember that the brotherhood was known in ancient egypt as "the mystery schools" the current presidential seal has an eagle in it. the eagle replaced the phoenix(the original national bird) in 1841 as the national bird. the phoenix has been a brotherhood symbol since ancient egypt. the phoenix was adopted by the founding fathers for use on the reverse of the first official seal of

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was given to the animal tendencies, it is evident, from certain historical and undeniable proofs in connection with this subject, that although woman's power in egypt, as in all other countries, gradually became weakened, the effect of her influence on manners and social customs was never wholly extinguished. regarding the existence of polygamy, it has been said that the high position occupied in ancient egypt by the mother of the family, the mistress of the household, is absolutely irreconcilable with the existence of polygamy as a general practice, or of such an institution as the harem. although the plurality of wives does not appear to have been contrary to law, it "certainly was unusual" and although egyptian kings frequently had many wives "they followed foreign rather than native cu

family, the mistress of the household, is absolutely irreconcilable with the existence of polygamy as a general practice, or of such an institution as the harem. although the plurality of wives does not appear to have been contrary to law, it "certainly was unusual" and although egyptian kings frequently had many wives "they followed foreign rather than native custom"[71 [71] renouf, religion of ancient egypt, p. 81. herodotus says of the women of egypt "they attend the markets and trade while the men sit at home at the loom"[72; and diodorus informs us that in egypt "women control the men [72] book ii, ch. xxxv. were we in possession of no direct historical evidence to prove that down to a late period in the history of egypt women had not lost their prestige, sufficient evidence would be

order which governs the universe, whether in its physical or its moral aspect"[89] the same writer observes further that maat "is called mistress of heaven, ruler of earth, and president of the nether world" and in a further description of the conception embodied in this deity, refers to the fact that while she is the mother of the sun she is also the first emanation from god [89] the religion of ancient egypt, p. 126. although typhon seth was long worshipped as the sole deity in egypt, in later ages the god-idea came to be represented by seth and osiris. toward the close of typhon seth's reign, horus, the child, the young sun, was represented "as rising from his hiding-place, attracting beneficent vapors to return them back as dews, which the egyptians called the tears of isis" seth and o

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hess shatranjiandchaturangabyn[on] o[mnis] m[oriar]thepresent european game of chess has been gradually developed from the more primitive form in which it reached western civilisation.itcame to us from the arabs, or saracenic races who overran spain in the 8th century.thearab races had a knowledge of the game for many centuries, and they are believed to have received it from the persians and from ancient egypt.thegame, however, in its essentials is found to exist in the descriptions of the oldest poets of india. in its oldest form traceable in literature its name is found in sanskrit works as chaturanga from chatur=four, ranga=member. among the persians and arabs the name became shatranji. introduced in europe, we find in france, echecs; italy, scacci; england, chess; perhaps from the cheq

ble, but others of the most wild and foolish nature.thestudent finds in the literary remains of all the nations of antiquity ample evidence that divination was a recognised science and art at all periods of which there is any record. references to modes of divination are to be found upon the brick cylinders and tablets of assyria, and chaldea; they are pictured on the temples, tombs and papyri of ancient egypt; they are recorded inthemost antique sanscrit books of india and china; the extant remains of greek and latin literature are full of instances of sibyls, ofsortes,and of variousmanteias.thedead civilisations of the aztecs and toltecs of central america have left records of similar attempts to divinethefuture; the dying tribes ofnorthamerican indians and the maoris of new zealand have

so charmed with the mysterious part of the institution, that they seem to draw largely upon their imagination for their facts, and have conjured up a system of religious belief and ceremonial, for which there exists but a slender basis. the information gleamed from the old greek and roman authors has been, however, to some extent amplified by the most recent discoveries in the tombs and ruins of ancient egypt, and by the acquirement of the ability to decipher the funeral papyri and the inscriptions on the monuments of that wonderful land.thereligion of the ancient romans who succeededtothe dominion of the greeks, did not demand the cult of sacred mysteries in secret assemblies.theonly rites and ceremonies of the romans were the public festivals, like the bacchanalia, which soon degenerate

must endure in the human body.thegreater mysteries or epopteia showed the gods themselves invested with a resplendent light, and taught the felicity experienced by the perfected soul when released from the baser cares of material worldly existence in a future state, and that even in this life the soul may obtain ravishing glimpses of transporting visions of divinity' egyptthatthe civilisation of ancient egypt and the building of many still existing temples and tombs long preceded the period of greek predominance is now undoubted by any students of antiquity, and so we may conclude that the kingly-priesthood of ancient egypt designed and conducted grand religious cerem255 onials such as the mysteries at a date long before those of greece. it is indeed commonly asserted that the eleusinian

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y ascribedtothe cards had seemed merely empiric, and founded on no system, as indeed are the meanings ascribed to cards by the ordinary type of fortune-teller today. more doubtful were mrs emery's sugges255 tions of egyptian correspondences. she was a diligent student of egyptology, though perhaps not quite as much of an authority as her friends claimed, and with natural enthusiasm was apt to see ancient egypt everywhere.124 the sorcerer and his apprenticeanother unexpected gleam of light came to me from a friend of the late charles godfrey leland, who told me that leland had some special knowledge of a peculiar system of gipsy cartomancy, which for reasons known to himself he was not at liberty to divulge, and of a special pack of cards used by them.thefriend who told me this had never se

er to solving the two mysteries of the origin of the tarot cards, and the origin of the gipsies, and either proving or disproving their alleged connection.[reprinted from theoccultreview, vol.xxix,no.2(february 1919, pp. 90-8.]14.an egyptian ritual against apophiandits relation to modern witchcraftsome years ago a learned and famous egyptologist said to me that the most striking characteristic of ancient egypt was its modernity. the whole life of the people, their ideas, their social and domestic customs, the very children's toys, seemed more familiar to us than, say, the tudor period in our own country. and this is notably the case with their occultism, with only this exception, that with them it was far more precise and scientific than it ever was in this country, or in modern times, and

e inch of the upper and under worlds is mapped out' wherever, therefore, we can find an egyptian prototype of modern witchcraft formulae, we are likely to find in the former a complete and reasoned scientific system, of which the latter give only vague and halting traces, much corrupted by oral transmission from the ignorant to the more ignorant. the130thesorcererand his apprenticeroot-formula of ancient egypt was that the evolution of what is materialfollowsthe type and symbol of the emanation of the spiritual; that spirit and matter are opposite faces of the same mystery. hence we have an elaborate system of correspond255 ences, according to which the. conceptions of the mind, the words of the mouth, and the functions of the body possess analogiesfrom which a complete system of the rules

n merely that which was personally annoying to himself. after all, this is but human nature, and we can. readily imagine that if a farmer on old nile should withold his temple dues, and attempt to cheat the priests, as without doubt they occasionally did, it might be a short and simple solution to devote him to typhon apophis, even as we may bid a man who has defrauded us go to the devil. only in ancient egypt we are told they did it with effect. an instance of the survivalofthis old idea was told me by a london doctor. a man came to see him from the basque, reputed to be a great magus and healer, a man of strange knowledges, desirous to learn something of bacteriology. among other things he was shown under a powerful micro255 scope a typhus germ, at this he looked very intently,egypt1an r

hatwhich was obnoxious to the witch herself; the enemies devoted to the powers ofill,and ceremonially cursed, were those who had offended her. the good sought was -the gratification of her own passions, the product of selfishness, envy ,malice, spite, jealousy, or the like, often developing into the pure delight in doing. harm for the pleasure of cruelty. in. the accurate and scientific system of ancient egypt we may find thedueto much that is puzzling in the magic, white and black, of more modern times. we haveburto suppose such a reversal of ideals as has produced thesatanists of our own day, and assume such a reversal as should set typhon apophis in the place of ra, or shouldputpure and undiluted selfishness in the place of altruism. hate sits on the throne of love, and black and white

witches who profess to have been there, and possibly it might be done. returning for a momenttothe question of the rituals. there is little doubtoftheantiquity of very many of them. we find theminthe grimoire, and in trithemius; we search back through the pages of virgil and hesiod, and we seem to see the origins of the same formulae. we look at the book of the dead, and the same meet us again in ancient egypt. in the. confessions of isabel goudie and other witches of her circle appear mutilated and corrupt forms of the same, still recognizable; and so with the kinross circle, and the north berwick circle, and many others. and today among the gipsies many of the old formulae are still current, if only we are lucky enough to find them communicative on the subject, which is very rare. charle

eclearly as possible the idea of the fall of man, of the redemption of man, of the atonement by sacrifice, and of an incarnation. besides hieroglyphics, we have the 'book of thedead',thegreat ritual which was buried with every mummy of note, and which might be taken as the guide-book of the deceased in his adventures in the world of death, the picture of what would happen to the soul.notonly from ancient egypt,butfrom the pupils of ancient egypt, we can get light. every one of the nations which came into contact with egypt in her glory took away something 255 altered it may be and modified, with omissions and additions- still everywhere is traced the wisdom of egypt. first of all of these wemusttake the tribes of beni-israel, the hebrews. moses was learned in the wisdom of the egyptians, a

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n faith-related issues, which are very useful and a pleasure to read. in them, one will not find, as in some other books, the personal views of the author, explanations based on dubious sources, styles unobservant of the respect and reverence due to sacred subjects, or hopeless, doubt-creating, and pessimistic accounts that create deviations in the heart. j introduction..8 i. from the templars to ancient egypt..10 ii. the inside story on the kabbalah..34 iii. humanism revisited..52 iv. materialism revisited..80 v. the theory of evolution revisited..118 vi. the masonic war against religion..155 conclusion..185 notes..188 contents reemasonry is a subject that has attracted much discussion for several centuries. some have accused masonry of fantastic crimes and misdeeds. instead of trying to

this book will be a means whereby many, including masons, will be able to look at the world with better awareness. after reading this book, the reader will be able to consider many subjects, from schools of philosophy to newspaper headlines, rock songs to political ideologies, with a deeper understanding, and better discern the meaning and aims behind events and factors. dc -ifrom the templars to ancient egypt the crusaders he common perception of the majority of historians of freemasonry is that the origin of the organization goes back to the crusades. in fact, though masonry was only officially established and recognized in england in the early eighteenth century, the roots of the organization do reach back to the crusades in the twelfth century. at the center of this familiar tale is an

ds military aggression. the founder of the crusades was pope urban ii. he summoned the council of clermont, in 1095, in which the former pacifist doctrine of the christians was abandoned. a holy war was called for, with the intent to wrest the holy lands from the hands of the muslims. following the council, a huge army of crusaders was formed, composed both of professional dd from the templars to ancient egypt the roots of masonry date back to the crusades against muslims initiated by pope urban ii soldiers, and tens of thousands of ordinary people. historians believe urban ii's venture was prompted by his desire to thwart the candidacy of a rival to the papacy. furthermore, while european kings, princes, aristocrats and others greeted the pope's call with excitement, their intentions were

orders, the alike of which had never existed before. members of these orders came from europe to palestine, and lived in a type of monastery where they received military training to fight against muslims. one of these orders, in particular, was different from the others. it underwent a transformation that would influence the course of history. this order was the templars. df from the templars to ancient egypt the crusaders wreaked havoc in jerusalem. the mediaeval engraving shown above depicts certain scenes of the horror. the templars the templars, or, their full name, the poor fellow-soldiers of jesus christ and the temple of solomon, was formed in 1118, that is, 20 years after the crusaders took jerusalem. the founders of the order were two french knights, hugh de payens and godfrey de

ocent of the charges. but, this manner of interpretation fails in several aspects. nesta h. webster, the famous british historian with a great deal of knowledge on occult history, analyzes these aspects in her book, secret societies and subversive movements. according to webster, the tendency to absolve the templars of the heresies they confessed to during the trial period dh from the templars to ancient egypt is unjustified. first, during the interrogations, despite the standard claim, not all the templars were tortured; moreover, do the confessions of the knights appear to be the outcome of pure imagination such as men under the influence of torture might devise? it is certainly difficult to believe that the accounts of the ceremony of initiation given in detail by men in different count

st branch of masonry, and dates back to the beginning of the fourteenth century, to those templars who took refuge in scotland. and, the names given to the highest degrees in scottish rite are titles attributed centuries earlier to knights in the order of templars. these are still employed to this day. in short, the templars did not disappear, but their philosophy, beliefs dj from the templars to ancient egypt templars fleeing the church were given refuge by the scottish king, robert the bruce. and rituals still persist under the guise of freemasonry. this thesis is supported by much historical evidence, and is accepted today by a large number of western historians, whether they are freemasons or not. in our book, the new masonic order, we examined this evidence in detail. the thesis that

night and robert lomas, entitled the hiram key reveals some important facts about the roots of freemasonry. according to these authors, it is evident that masonry is a continuation of the templars. though, in addition to this, the authors also examined the origins of the templars. dl the magazine mimar sinan, a private turkish masonic publication intended for its own members. from the templars to ancient egypt global freemasonry ec a templar-mason temple: rosslyn chapel the church known as "rosslyn chapel" near edinburgh in scotland is recognized as a symbol of the heretical pagan beliefs of the templars. in the course of the construction of this edifice, masons and rosicrucians, the successors of the templars, were employed, and decorated the whole chapel with symbols representative of th

ns and rosicrucians worked on the construction. the chief architect of the work was the templar grand master, sir william st. clair who brought itinerant mason architects and stone masons from every part of europe. new houses were built in the near-by village of roslin and a lodge was opened the plan and decoration of the chapel is unique. there is no other such example in ed from the templars to ancient egypt scotland or even europe. it captured the atmosphere of herod's temple very well and every part of it was decorated with masonic symbols. among the symbols were reliefs on the walls and arches depicting the heads of hiram and his murderer, a relief of an initiation ceremony, the keystones of the arches, and compasses. apart from the fact that the chapel was constructed in a marked pag

onduct extensive excavations under the ruins of herod's temple 12 the authors of the hiram key were not the only ones who found evidences of this. french historian gaetan delaforge makes this similar contention: the real task of the nine knights was to carry out research in the area in order to obtain certain relics and manuscripts which contain the essence of the secret traditions of judaism and ancient egypt.13 at the end of the nineteenth century, charles wilson of the royal engineers, began conducting archeological research in jerusalem. he arrived at the opinion that the templars had gone to jerusalem to study the ruins of the temple. wilson found traces of digging and excavation under the foundations of the temple, and concluded that these were done by tools that belonged to the temp

general name for a unique, metaphysically constituted, esoteric and mystical philosophy particularly connected with jewish religion. it is accepted as jewish mysticism, but some of the elements it contains show that it was composed much earlier than the torah.15 the french historian, gougenot des mousseaux, explains that the kabbalah is actually much older than judaism.16 ef from the templars to ancient egypt eg global freemasonry although the kabbalah developed within judaism, it depends on sources from outside of it. the kabbalah arose out of the pagan beliefs of ancient egypt and mesopotamia. the jewish historian, theodore reinach, says that the kabbalah is "a subtle poison which enters into the veins of judaism and wholly infests it."17 salomon reinach defines the kabbalah as "one of

es (peace be upon him. but, within this religion is a system called the kabbalah, that adopts the basic practices of magic forbidden by the religion. this substantiates what we have presented above, and demonstrates that the kabbalah is actually an element that has entered judaism from the outside. but, what is the source of this element? the jewish historian fabre d'olivet says that it came from ancient egypt. according to this writer, the roots of the kabbalah stretch back to ancient egypt. the kabbalah is a tradition learned by some of the leaders of the israelites in ancient egypt, and passed down as a tradition by word of mouth from generation to generation.19 for this reason, we must look to ancient egypt in order to find the basic origins of the kabbalah-templars-freemasonry chain

to this writer, the roots of the kabbalah stretch back to ancient egypt. the kabbalah is a tradition learned by some of the leaders of the israelites in ancient egypt, and passed down as a tradition by word of mouth from generation to generation.19 for this reason, we must look to ancient egypt in order to find the basic origins of the kabbalah-templars-freemasonry chain. eh from the templars to ancient egypt kabbalah as "one of the worst aberrations of the human mind" these pictures from modern kabbalist works reflect the dark world of the kabbalah. the jewish historian theodore reinach describes the kabbalah as "a subtle poison which enters into the veins of judaism and wholly infests it" solomon reinach defines the global freemasonry ei the dark world of the kabbalah ej from the templa

t egypt kabbalah as "one of the worst aberrations of the human mind" these pictures from modern kabbalist works reflect the dark world of the kabbalah. the jewish historian theodore reinach describes the kabbalah as "a subtle poison which enters into the veins of judaism and wholly infests it" solomon reinach defines the global freemasonry ei the dark world of the kabbalah ej from the templars to ancient egypt the magicians of ancient egypt the ancient egypt of the pharaohs was one of the most ancient civilizations of the world. it was also one of the most oppressive. the magnificent monuments that still remain from ancient egypt the pyramids, sphinxes and obelisks were constructed by hundreds of thousands of slaves, worked to the point of death, under the whip and threat of starvation. th

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clear evidence that it was known far earlier to the mayans and egyptians. this cycle is the basis of many different systems of mythology, de santillana and von dechend argue in hamlets mill that the great year may indeed be the basis for most cosmological systems. the gnostic tradition suggests that this great cycle was known to the atlanteans and was encoded into the rituals and architecture of ancient egypt. accordingly, the role of the pharaoh and later the priesthood had a special significance in relation to the unfolding of the great year. the egyptian star gnosis and the rite of rebirth the central focus of egyptian ritualism was the great pyramid, it was connected to the sphinx and operated as a initiatory structure. the pyramid was identified with the sanctuary of the sun and embo

the storage of temple equipment and for other secondary purposes. finally, there was the sanctuary, which was a dark room containing the shrine, where the figure of the neter was placed. the sancthe gnostic handbook page 66 tuary s doors were shut and sealed all year long and were open only for the great festivals. the sanctuary was called the great seat. historical deception: the untold story of ancient egypt moustafa gadalla bastet publishing, 1996. the temple symbolized the fourfold process which took place both within the heavens and the activity taken by the priesthood in their ritual activities. it has a specific application within our description of the process of cosmic mediation in the heraldic cycle. if you telescope the imagery you could image a high priest moving through the st

ator depicted in the old testament was seen as the demiurge. it has been suggested that since there was no town known as nazareth existing in the first century common era, that the epithet nazarene may actually be naasarene which means the serpentine and refers to jesus ancestry within the gnostic communion. the iconography of the serpent links the gnostics with the earliest occult traditions. in ancient egypt the serpent was the symbol of duality, it was both creative and destructive. since it had both a forked tongue and dual penis, it was used to represent the potential's for good and evil within sexuality and the intellect. as the serpent of earth it represented that which destroys, the constant returning to the earthly cycles. in this representation it was reproductive, earth bound an

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ent born of his knowledge of reincarnation. both i and thou have passed through many births, krishna tells arjuna on the battlefield. in buddhism reincarnation is also taught, but with a difference. buddhist tradition maintains that there is no soul or immortal essence, only environmental factors (sanskaras) which repeat life after life, re-creating a semblance of identity in each incarnation. in ancient egypt the followers of amen-ra derived their belief in reincarnation from the course of the sun. as it died in the west and rose again in the east at dawn, so the vital forces sank into the underworld to rise again in a different body. hermes, the great master of the mysteries, was one of the earliest egyptian priests to openly proclaim the once secret teaching of reincarnation. gnostic th

m, to allow this imagery to degenerate into nature worship or the idolisation of family is a great aberration. it must always be remembered that the sun being the gateway to the lower world also transmits the forces of the demiurge. the solar sphere can destroy as well as heal, corrupt as well as make whole. this tradition is embodied in many early myths and legends. for example, horus and set of ancient egypt, the twins of the sun, where horus is the power and glory of the solar sphere, and yet hidden within his breast is set, the fallen and dark one. in nature this can also be readily discerned, the sun can create deserts, as well as sustain the beauty of the forest- the sun burns just as quick as its causes growth. fig 34 setting sun (sophia) sun at midday: mithra/christ rising sun (log

revailing calendar of the pharisees, was solar rather than lunar based. the ancient hindus had an evolved system of surya yoga, the mayans and aztecs believed that the sun was a great source of power that had to be honoured and supplicated, and in most of the old pagan traditions the sun had an honoured place. probably one of the most outstanding examples is found in akhenaton, the sun pharoah of ancient egypt. for the gnostic the physical sun is a window through which the solar sphere shines, it emanates x and y factors which influence and control the development of humanity. by using solar meditations it is possible to increase our receipt of x factors, and hasten our spiritual development. as the energy is received from the sun the physical rays of light enter the eyes and pass their en

p the earth are simply sustaining the dominion of the demiurge. as we head towards the omega day the value of the earth cult becomes less, anti-traditions and false earth cults take precedence, and reproduction and family becomes less and less justifiable. at the same time the need for transcendence becomes paramount. egypt we are sorely in need of a truth or self understanding similar to that of ancient egypt. carl jung. it is difficult to put a pin on the map for where the modern cycle of gnosis began. we could theoretically go back to atlantis, mu and beyond, but then we are voyaging into meta-history and speculation. it is generally accepted that egypt was the point of origin, at least in the modern cycle. there has been much pioneering work done to show that egypt was not some middle

hich attempts to interpret the meaning of the shapes, angles and numbers of the great pyramids. from the perspective of the esoteric tradition the greatest legacy that egypt has left us is not found in stone, but is found in the teachings of hermes trismegistus. the teachings of hermes hermeticism takes its name from the person of hermes trismegistus. he was believed to be the greatest scholar of ancient egypt and while he is reputed to have written many texts, only a small number survive. one of the most important surviving texts is that of the poemandres. the basic principle of hermeticism is that our supreme goal must be to become part of god, to achieve this goal we must escape from the cycles of birth, death and rebirth as perpetuated by the demiurge and as represented by the planets

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and the monkey is at least 400 feet long and 300 feet wide. were the linemakers map-makers too? and why were they called the viracochas? graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 50 chapter 5 the inca trail to the past no artefacts or monuments, no cities or temples, have endured in recognizable form for longer than the most resilient religious traditions. whether expressed in the pyramid texts of ancient egypt, or the hebrew bible, or the vedas, such traditions are among the most imperishable of all human creations: they are vehicles of knowledge voyaging through time. the last custodians of the ancient religious heritage of peru were the incas, whose beliefs and idolatry were extirpated and whose treasures were ransacked during the thirty terrible years that followed the spanish conquest

assed on his teachings to them 1 south american mythology, p. 87. 2 ibid, p. 44. 3 antonio de la calancha, cronica moralizada del orden de san augustin en el peru, 1638, in south american mythology, p. 87. 4 good summaries of the plutarch account are given in m. v. seton-williams, egyptian legends and stories, rubicon press, london, 1990, pp. 24-9; and in e. a. wallis budge, from fetish to god in ancient egypt, oxford university press, 1934, pp. 178-83. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 74 by means of hymns and songs accompanied by musical instruments. while he was gone, however, he was plotted against by seventy-two members of his court, led by his brother-in-law set. on his return the conspirators invited him to a banquet where a splendid coffer of wood and gold was offered as a pr

had all of the following points in common: both were great civilizers; both were conspired against; both were struck down; both were sealed inside a container or vessel of some kind; both were then cast into water; both drifted away on a river; both eventually reached the sea. are such parallels to be dismissed as coincidences? or could there be some underlying connection? 5 from fetish to god in ancient egypt, p. 180. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 75 reed boats of suriqui the air was alpine cold and i was sitting on the front of a motor launch doing about twenty knots across the icy waters of lake titicaca. the sky above was clear blue, reflecting aquamarine and turquoise tints inshore, and the vast body of the lake, glinting in copper and silver tones, seemed to stretch away fo

rass. dozens and dozens of hulking blocks lay scattered in all directions, tossed like matchsticks, posnansky argued, in the terrible natural disaster that had overtaken tiahuanaco during the eleventh millennium bc: this catastrophe was caused by seismic movements which resulted in an overflow of the waters of lake titicaca and in volcanic eruptions. it is also possible that 8 the encyclopedia of ancient egypt ed. margaret burson, facts on file, new york and oxford, 1991, p. 23. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 94 the temporary increase in the level of the lake may have been caused in part by the breaking of the bulwarks on some of the lakes further to the north and situated at a greater altitude. thus releasing the waters which descended toward lake titicaca in onrushing and unrest

le view of the head of the great sphinx at giza, egypt. above right: profile view of olmec head from la venta, mexico. below left: front view of the head of the sphinx. below right: front view of olmec head. compare also opposite page, top left: sphinx-like olmec sculpture from san lorenzo, mexico. is it possible that the many similarities between the cultures of pre-columbian central america and ancient egypt could have stemmed from an as-yet-unidentified third-party civilization that influenced both widely separated regions at a remote and early date? graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 132 centre: double-puma statue at uxtnal, mexico. bottom: double-lion graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 133 symbolism from ancient egypt, depicting the akeru, lion gods of yesterday and today (a

l third party it occurred to me that one plausible explanation might lie in a variant of the hypothetical third party theory originally put forward by a number of leading egyptologists to explain one of the great puzzles of egyptian history and chronology. the archaeological evidence suggested that rather than developing slowly and painfully, as is normal with human societies, the civilization of ancient egypt, like that of the olmecs, emerged all at once and fully formed. indeed, the period of transition from primitive to advanced society appears to have been so short that it makes no kind of historical sense. technological skills that should have taken hundreds or even thousands of years to evolve were brought into use almost overnight and with no apparent antecedents whatever. for examp

o kind of historical sense. technological skills that should have taken hundreds or even thousands of years to evolve were brought into use almost overnight and with no apparent antecedents whatever. for example, remains from the pre-dynastic period around 3500 bc show no trace of writing. soon after that date, quite suddenly and inexplicably, the hieroglyphs familiar from so many of the ruins of ancient egypt begin to appear in a complete and perfect state. far from being mere pictures of objects or actions, this written language was complex and structured at the outset, with signs that represented sounds only and a detailed system of numerical symbols. even the very earliest hieroglyphs were stylized and conventionalized; and it is clear that an advanced cursive script was it common usag

f the negro heads or into the angular, chiselled caucasian features of uncle sam. it is by no means impossible that these great works preserve the images of peoples from a vanished civilization which embraced several different ethnic groups. that, in a nutshell, is the hypothetical third party theory as applied to 11 ibid, pp. 31, 177. 12 ibid, p. 126. 13 e. a. wallis budge, from fetish to god in ancient egypt, oxford university press, 1934, p. 155. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 141 central america: the civilization of ancient mexico did not emerge without external influence, and it did not emerge as a result of influence from the old world; instead certain cultures in the old world and in the new world may both have received a legacy of influence and ideas from a third party at

panions. in mexico, as in peru, they seemed to have confronted failure. that was what the legends implied, and not only the legends, as i discovered when we reached monte alban the next morning. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 143 chapter 19 adventures in the underworld, journeys to the stars the hypothetical third party theory explains the similarities and fundamental differences between ancient egypt and ancient mesopotamia by proposing that both received a common legacy of civilization from the same remote ancestor. no serious suggestions have been made as to where that ancestral civilization might have been located, its nature, or when it flourished. like a black hole in space, it cannot be seen. yet its presence can be deduced from its effects on things that can be seen in thi

that dwarves were directly connected to the gods.3 and in both cases dwarves were favoured as dancers and were shown as such in works of art.4 in egypt s early dynastic period, more than 4500 years ago, an ennead of nine omnipotent deities was particularly adored by the priesthood at heliopolis.5 likewise, in central america, both the aztecs and the mayas 1 see, for example, the encyclopaedia of ancient egypt, pp. 69-70; also jean-pierre hallet, pygmy kitabu, bca, london, 1974, pp. 84-106. 2 the gods and symbols of ancient mexico and the maya, p. 82. 3 ibid, the encyclopaedia of ancient egypt, pp. 69-70, and pygmy kitabu, pp. 84-106. 4 ibid. 5 the encyclopaedia of ancient egypt, p. 85. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 144 believed in an all-powerful system of nine deities.6 the pop

989. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 145 widely believed that the underworld consisted of nine strata through which the deceased would journey for four years, overcoming obstacles and dangers on the way.13 the strata had self-explanatory names like place where the mountains crash together, place where the arrows are fired, mountain of knives, and so on. in both ancient central america and ancient egypt, it was believed that the deceased s voyage through the underworld was made in a boat, accompanied by paddler gods who ferried him from stage to stage.14 the tomb of double comb, an eighthcentury ruler of the mayan city of tikal, was found to contain a representation of this scene.15 similar images appear throughout the valley of the kings in upper egypt, notably in the tomb of thutm

a canoe guided by the paddler twins, gods who appear prominently in maya mythology. other figures an iguana, a monkey, a parrot, and a dog accompany the dead ruler. we learn more of the mythological significance of dogs in part v of this book. 16 details are reproduced in john romer, valley of the kings, michael o mara books limited, london, 1988, p. 167, and in j. a. west, the traveller s key to ancient egypt, harrap columbus, london, 1989, pp. 282-97. 17 in the case of ancient egypt the dog represents upuaut, the opener of the ways, the bird (a hawk) represents horus, and the ape, thoth. see the traveller s key to ancient egypt, p. 284, and the ancient egyptian book of the dead, pp. 116-30. for ancient central america see note 15. 18 pre-hispanic gods of mexico, p. 40. 19 the egyptian bo

usive connectedness that emerges from the egyptian and central american evidence. before moving on, however, it is worth noting that a similar connectedness links the belief systems of pre-colombian mexico with those of sumer in mesopotamia. again the evidence is more suggestive of an ancient common ancestor than of any direct influence. 20 see, for example, r. t. rundle-clark, myth and symbol in ancient egypt, thames& hudson, london, 1991, p. 29. 21 henri frankfort, kingship and the gods, university of chicago press, 1978, p. 134. the ancient egyptian pyramid texts, e. g. utts. 20, 21. 22 robert bauval and adrian gilbert, the orion mystery, wm. heinemann, london, 1994, pp. 208-10, 270. 23 the gods and symbols of ancient mexico and the maya, pp. 40, 177. 24 maya history and religion, p. 17

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novels published in his lifetime, the divine invasion, dealt with this theme from a gnostic religious vantage point he maintained that the phrase king felix was a cipher for the coming of a new being, who would deliver humanity from the black iron prison. king felix= 147= resistance. much of the starseed speculation centers on sirius or sothis, the dog star so important as a calendar yardstick in ancient egypt, and the object of the sirius mystery speculations on ancient visitations from the stars. sirius= 85= of our lady (see valis= 41= her, a phrase from crowley s liber cheth. from liber al. sirsecret cipher of the ufonauts 79 ius= 85= am above and visit and follow me. the sirius tradition has apparently been perpetuated by many generations of priests, so it is interesting that sirius= 8

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

nt is advised to experiment with all of these systems. let the results of your own experience determine which to use. 25 26 27 a magical theorem every man and every woman is a star. aleister crowley, book of the law a major theorem of enochian magick is that every man and every woman is inherently a star. although this theorem is stated in crowley's book of the law, the idea is a very old one. in ancient egypt, for example, the highest and most spiritual component of man was the khabs, which together with the khu, constituted the spiritual body of man similar in dehnition to the atinan of vedanta. the egyptian word khabs also translates as star. as stars travel through the sky in their own orbits, so every man and woman have their own path to tread. everyone has an inherent right to tread

ravel to any of the aethyrs. you must be able to travel in the mental body in order to enter the 23rd aethyr, tor. also, as a preparation for tor, you are advised to carefully study the formula of kal. as soon as you enter tor you will see symbols of power and generative energy. crowley saw a black bull, furiously pawing up the ground with flames shooting from its mouth. this was the apis bull of ancient egypt which represented generative energy. whatever you see or hear, simply take mental note of it and continue into the aethyr. the three governors of this region are: ronoamb roh-noh-ah-meh-beh onizimp ohnee- zodee-em-peh zaxanin zod-ahtz-ah-neeen the aethyr of tor contains the labor that sustains the world. it generates the raw energy needed to perpetuate the lower planes by converting

. any duality will create karma. as long as you think in terms of good and evil, right and wrong, spirit and matter, or subjectivity and objectivity, you will be under the bonds of karma. a balance such as that found in tan has two pans and a scale. a known weight or standard is placed on one pan and the object to be weighed on the other. any unbalanced condition will be detected by the scale. in ancient egypt such a balance was said to be located in the after-death state. the standard weight used was one feather, the symbol of the goddess maat, the goddess of truth and justice and the wife of the god thoth. the balance of the egyptians was operated by the god anubis. in addition to measuring one's karmic propensities after each life, the balance of maat was also used as a type of ini tiat

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ons that have always troubled humanity, such as why people die. some myths seem to acknowledge that these questions may be unanswerable but provide strategies for coping with the sorrows and contradictions of human life. examples of all these different categories of myths can be found within egyptian mythology. in order to explore this mythology, we must first look at the geography and history of ancient egypt. myth and geography egypt is a large country in the northeast corner of the continent of africa, but modern geographical terms have little relevance to how the ancient egyptians saw themselves. they had no conception of the huge size of africa. in the third millennium bce the egyptians known world extended only from what are now greece and turkey in the north to what is now ethiopia

thology moment in time but went on changing and developing for thousands of years. egyptian mythology was never gathered by priests into one authorized version or harmonized in any long literary work comparable to hesiod s theogony, an important source for the study of greek mythology. comparatively few literary treatments of myths survive from any stage of the egyptian language. the mythology of ancient egypt has to be laboriously pieced together from a variety of written and visual sources. the extent and nature of these sources varied greatly during the 3,500 years that the native pharaonic culture dominated egypt. the remainder of this chapter will give a historical overview of the sources for egyptian myth. protodynastic (dynasty 0) and early dynastic periods (dynasties 1 2: c. 3200 2

to a mongoose to kill apophis. a few are fleshed out into narratives with lively dialogue. in the longest of these dramatized spells, isis is imprisoned by seth but escapes to the marshes of chemmis, where she gives birth to horus. isis is depicted as oppressed by powerful males, struggling with poverty, and in constant fear of losing her child. this was probably the lot of most ordinary women in ancient egypt. the cippi texts raise the question that must be answered by every religion: if god is good, why do innocent children suffer? an angry attitude toward divine indifference is put in the mouth of isis. her challenge to the sun god to help her dying child is one of the most powerful emotional passages in all of egyptian literature. ra responds by sending thoth to cure horus. isis as eve

been a new interest in goddesses, and isis is now worshipped again in many parts of the world. egyptian mythology has never been a key part of western literature in the way that greek mythology has. egyptian funerary religion and archaeology have provided more inspiration to writers than egyptian myths. the reanimated mummy is the image that has captured the modern imagination, but the deities of ancient egypt have appeared as peripheral characters in horror stories by writers such as th ophile gautier, arthur conan doyle, edgar allen poe, h. rider haggard, bram stoker, h. p. lovecraft, and sax rohmer (see egyptian myth: annotated print and nonprint resources).116 the sensational discovery of the tomb of tutankhamun in 1922 encouraged the cinema s fascination with the curse of the mummy. 1

y of horus and seth in egyptian culture was as a religious myth. see te velde, seth, god of confusion (leiden, 1977, 74 80. 11. for a very detailed study of these rules about the content and style of art, see heinrich sch fer, principles of egyptian art, rev. ed, trans. and ed. john baines (oxford, 1986. those with less time to spare should consult the first two chapters in gay robins, the art of ancient egypt (london, 1997. 12. a variety of views on divine kingship can be found in d. o connor and d. silverman (eds, ancient egyptian kingship (leiden, 1995. see also l. bell, mythology and iconography of divine kingship in ancient egypt (chicago, 1994. 13. this copy may date to the twenty-third century bce. see d. b. redford, pharaonic kinglists, annals, and day-books: a contribution to the

rly examples of such topographical lists are discussed and interpreted by john baines in an abydos list of gods and an old kingdom use of texts, in pyramid studies and other essays presented to i. e .s. edwards, ed. john baines (london, 1988, 124 133. 18. for a summary of recent theories about pyramid complexes, see dieter arnold, royal cult complexes of the old and middle kingdoms, in temples of ancient egypt, ed. byron e. shafer (ithaca, 1997, 31 85. 19. for a full bibliography of translations and interpretations of the pyramid texts and all the other funerary texts mentioned in this chapter, see erik hornung, the ancient egyptian books of the afterlife, trans. david lorton (ithaca and london, 1999. 20. recent research has suggested that the stars and planets were thought of as forming p

are represented among the essays in h. willems (ed, the world of the coffin texts (leiden, 1996. 30. the services in egyptian temples did not include a congregation. only priests were allowed to enter the sanctuary and touch the image of the deity. hymns were sung by temple musicians as part of the process of waking a deity each morning. for temple music, see lisa manniche, music and musicians in ancient egypt (london, 1991, chap. 4. for a selection of middle kingdom hymns, see miriam lichtheim, ancient egyptian literature, vol. 1, the old and middle kingdoms (berkeley, los angeles, and london, 1973, pt. 3, sec. 4. 31. see richard b. parkinson, individual and society in middle kingdom literature and types of literature in the middle kingdom, in ancient egyptian literature: history and form

ked to the opponents of ra were sometimes given to criminals and foreign enemies as part of a procedure to obliterate their identities in life and the afterlife. it is possible that this hyksos ruler continued to use a name that was given to him as an insult when he first came to egypt. 50 handbook of egyptian mythology 41. for a translation of this story, see w. k. simpson (ed, the literature of ancient egypt: an anthology of stories, instructions, and poetry (new haven and london, 1973, 77 80. 42. this inscription is sometimes called the king as sun priest text. it may derive from the scripts for middle kingdom rituals. the text is discussed and translated in j. assmann s egyptian solar religion in the new kingdom: re, amun, and the crisis of polytheism, trans. anthony alcock (london and

. pinch, votive offerings to hathor (oxford, 1993. 44. for the influence of solar and lunar mythology on the art and architecture of amenhotep iii s reign, see designing the cosmos in a. p. kozloff and b. m. bryan, egypt s dazzling sun: amenhotep iii and his world (cleveland, 1992, 73 124. 45. for modern myth making about akhenaten and nefertiti, see d. montserrat, akhenaten history, fantasy, and ancient egypt (london and new york, 2000. 46. at a large temple such as the one at karnak, there were four shifts, so no one had to spend more than a quarter of their time on ritual duties. for all aspects of the priesthood, see david lorton s new translation of s. sauneron s the priests of ancient egypt (ithaca and london, 2000. 47. more specifically, the temples were models of the cosmos as it w

s the priests of ancient egypt (ithaca and london, 2000. 47. more specifically, the temples were models of the cosmos as it was newly created in the first time. for a summary of the symbolic aspects of temples, see the temple as cosmos, in e. hornung, idea into image: essays on ancient egyptian thought (princeton, 1992, 115 130; or worlds within worlds, in r. h. wilkinson, the complete temples of ancient egypt (london, 2000, 52 79. 48. greek visitors such as diodorus siculus later interpreted such scenes as representing a mythical battle between gods and giants set in the far past, but the egyptians used contemporary enemies as characters in their defining myth of the war between order and chaos. 49. hatshepsut s scenes are at deir el-bahari and amenhotep iii s at luxor temple. the scenes

egyptian lyric poetry, ed. susan tower hollis (atlanta, 1995, 55 79. the problem of the nature of the relationship between the one creator deity and the myriad other gods and goddesses continued to fascinate egyptian thinkers long after akhenaten s solution had been rejected. see assmann, egyptian solar religion in the new kingdom. 59. j. assmann, death and initiation in the funerary religion of ancient egypt, in j. p. allen et al, religion and philosophy in ancient egypt, yale egyptological studies 3 (new haven, 1989, 150 152. for the possible influence of egyptian concepts of divine judgment on other religions, see s. g. f. brandon, the judgement of the dead: an historical and comparative study of the idea of post-mortem judgement in the major religions (london, 1967. 60. for example, a

e mythological basis for the story is explored by s. tower hollis in the ancient egyptian tale of two brothers: the oldest fairy tale in the world (norman, ok, and london, 1990. 64. for a discussion of all these new kingdom stories and fragments, see s. quirke, narrative literature, in loprieno, ancient egyptian literature, 263 276. most of the stories are translated in simpson, the literature of ancient egypt. 65. for varying interpretations of this story, see c. oden, a structural interpretation of the contendings of horus and seth, history of religions 18, no. 2 (1979: 352 369; and s. a. allam, legal aspects in the contendings of horus and seth, in studies in pharaonic 52 handbook of egyptian mythology religion and society in honour of j. gwyn griffiths, ed. a. b. lloyd (london, 1992, 1

ered in the nineteenth century ce. 68. the burial equipment from these tombs, which includes splendid jewelry with mythological motifs, is displayed in the cairo museum. hardly any royal tombs from the rest of the first millennium bce have survived in egypt, but it is known that underworld books continued to be used on royal sarcophagi. 69. for examples of such amulets, see c. andrews, amulets of ancient egypt (london, 1994, pls.80, 101. 70. for the myth of atum s creating life with his hand, see creation under linear time in mythical time lines. the word for hand was feminine in egyptian. for further information on these powerful royal women, see g. robins, women in ancient egypt (london and cambridge, ma, 1993, chap. 8. 71. for a translation of this inscription, see miriam lichtheim, anc

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ods were worshipped and the dead were buried as matters of course, but it goes without saying that kings, whose authority was not consolidated, and whose power was ineffective except in the immediate neighbourhood of the towns in which they lived, who were unable to wage wars in syria and sinai and to bring back much spoil, could neither establish colleges of priests nor endow new temples; for in ancient egypt, as elsewhere, the fortunes of the gods and the wealth of their sanctuaries increased or declined according as the inhabitants of the land were prosperous or otherwise. similarly also, when the community was suffering from the evil effects of a long period of civil wars, and business was at a standstill, and farmers were unable to carry on the usual agricultural operations on which b

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forty days, immediately after his baptism. to the present day, there is outside every temple in india a lake, stream, or a reservoir full of holy water, in which the brfthmanas and the hindft devotees bathe daily. such places of consecrated water are necessary to every temple. the bathing festivals, or baptiamal rites, occur twice every year; in october and april. each lasts ten days; and, as in ancient egypt and greece, the statues of their gods, goddesses, and idols are immersed in water by the priests; the object ceremony being to wash away from them the sins of their worshipers which they have taken upon themselves, and which pollute them, until washed off by holy water. during the arditt, the bathing ceremony, the principal god of every temple is carried in solemn procession t

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ing the dragon (the goddess neith, or minerva; b, a crocodile; c, gorgon's head; d, hawk (wisdom; e, feathers (soul. the first and strongest conviction which will flash on the mind of every ripe antiquary, whilst surveying the long series of mexican and toltecan monuments preserved in these various works, is the similarity which the ancient monuments of new spain bear to the monumental records of ancient egypt. whilst surveying them, the glance falls with familiar recognition on similar graduated pyramids, on similar marks of the same primeval ophite worship on vestiges of the same triune and solar deity, on planispheres and temples, on idols and sculptures, some of rude and some of finished workmanship, often presenting the most striking affinities with the egyptian. stephens and catherwo

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e us into better people. magick (the occult kind, spelled with a 'k) is one of the oldest and most general of these systems. magick is the study and application of psychic forces. it uses mental training, concentration, and a system of symbols to program the mind. the purpose of magick is to alter the self and the environment according to the will. most of the magick we see today comes to us from ancient egypt and chaldea. the chinese, hindus, and tibetans developed their own unique types of magick. western magick was locked up by the egyptian priests for thousands of years and then supressed by the rise of christianity. it was not until medieval europe that magical knowledge was rediscovered by the alchemists and cabalists. only during the past hundred years or so has western culture been

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th those which i had known six thousand years ago in the mysteries of egypt. i am quite aware that this is a startling statement; i can only say that it is literally true. no mistake is possible; coincidence will not serve as an explan-ation. the placing of the three chief officers is unusual; the symbols are significant and distinctive, and their combination is peculiar; yet they all belonged to ancient egypt, and i knew them well there. almost all the ceremonies are unchanged; there are only a few differences in minor points. the s c ps taken, the k c s given- all have a symbolical meaning which i distinctly remember. 4. egyptian evidences 5. knowing these facts to be so from my own experience, i set to work to collect ordinary physical-plane corroborative evidence for them from such boo

n the arcane schools, by bro. john yarker, and freemasonry and the ancient gods, by bro. j. s. m. ward. i will proceed to summarize, with grateful acknowledgment, the information derived from these volumes. masons of various degrees will be able to select from it the features which remind them of their own ceremonies. 6. some interesting illustrations have been collected from the wall-pictures of ancient egypt, and from vignettes on various papyri, chiefly from the book of the dead, of which there are many recensions. it is clear from these sources that the formation of the temple in egypt was 7. figure 1 8. 9. a double square, and in the centre were three cubes standing one upon another, forming an altar(*churchward, the arcana of freemasonry, p. 43) upon which were laid their volumes of

ad and as having given it to his followers. 16. the masonic square was well-known, and was called neka. it is to be found in many temples, and also appears in the great pyramid. it is said that it was used for squaring stones, and also symbolically for squaring conduct, which once more resembles the modern interpretation. to build on the square was to build for ever, according to the teachings of ancient egypt; and in the egyptian hall of judgment osiris is seen seated on the square while judging the dead (see plate ii b) 17. 18. thus the square came to symbolize the foundation of eternal law(*churchward, the arcana of freemasonry, p. 59) 19. the egyptians used the rough and the smooth ashlars with much the same meaning that masons attach to them today(*ibid, p. 60) a wand surmounted by a

n hall of judgment osiris is seen seated on the square while judging the dead (see plate ii b) 17. 18. thus the square came to symbolize the foundation of eternal law(*churchward, the arcana of freemasonry, p. 59) 19. the egyptians used the rough and the smooth ashlars with much the same meaning that masons attach to them today(*ibid, p. 60) a wand surmounted by a dove is represented, not only in ancient egypt, but also in some of the monuments in central america, and those who bore it were called gconductors h. it is a curious fact, also, that the descendants of the nilotic negroes, who emigrated long ago from egypt to central africa, when called to take an oath in a court of law, still do so with a gesture which, still do so with a gesture, were i at liberty to describe it in writing, wo

the dead was originally intended to be kept secret, although in later days certain chapters were written on papyrus and buried with the dead man. as is said in one of the texts: gthis book is the greatest of mysteries. do not let the eye of anyone look upon it- that were abomination. the book of the master of the secret house is its name. h(*w. marsham adams, the book of the master, p. 96) 22. in ancient egypt they recognized seven souls, or life-forces, coming forth from the most high. students of eastern philosophy call them the primordial seven, and they are mentioned in the book of dzyan(*see the secret doctrine, by h. p. blavatsky) six of these were prehuman; the seventh was our humanity, and was brought forth from the virgin neith. the symbol attached to that bringing forth was that

the fact that the great powers behind evolution have taken an interest in the matter, and gradually brought people back to the true lines when they had swerved somewhat away from them. this business was always in the hands of the chohan of the seventh ray, for that is the ray most especially connected with ceremonial of all kinds, and its head was always the supreme hierophant of the mysteries of ancient egypt. the present holder of that office is that master of the wisdom of whom we often speak as the comte de s. germain, because he appeared under that title in the eighteenth century. he is also sometimes called prince rakoczi, as he is the last survivor of that royal house. exactly when he was appointed to the headship of the ceremonial ray i do not know, but he took a keen interest in f

nd its possible results in delaying unfoldment; in which men looked forward with perfect certainty to their progress after death, because they knew all about it; in which their one desire was not for salvation but for advancement in evolution, because such advancement brought them greater power to do effectively the hidden work which god expected of them? 45. i am not suggesting that every one in ancient egypt was altruistic, any more than are all the people in modern england. but i do say that the country was permeated with joy and fearlessness so far as its religious ideas were concerned, and that every one who by any stretch of courtesy could be described as a religious man was occupied not with thoughts of his personal salvation, but with the desire to be a useful agent of the divine p

y more than are all the people in modern england. but i do say that the country was permeated with joy and fearlessness so far as its religious ideas were concerned, and that every one who by any stretch of courtesy could be described as a religious man was occupied not with thoughts of his personal salvation, but with the desire to be a useful agent of the divine power. 46. the outer religion of ancient egypt- the official religion in which everyone took part, from the king to the slave- was one of the most splendid that have ever been known to man. gorgeous processions perambulating avenues miles in length, amid pillars so stupendous that they seemed scarcely human work, stately boats in a medley of rainbow colours sweeping majestically down the placid nile, music triumphant or plaintive

thrilling- how shall i describe something so absolutely without parallel in our puny modern times? the common dress of all classes in egypt was white; but in contradistinction their religious processions were masses of splendid, glowing colour, the priests wearing vestments of crimson and a gorgeous blue supposed to represent the blue of the sky, and many other brilliant colours also. the life of ancient egypt, as indeed of modern egypt, centred round the river nile, slow-flowing and majestic, and richly decorated barges were used for all purposes of transit, and also for the celebration of religious festivals. on these the priests were arranged in certain symbolical figures, standing or sitting; and all wore the colours appropriate to the particular aspect of the deity which they symboliz

e not considered to be equal with god, but rather to have attained union with him at various levels, and therefore to be channels of his infinite power to mankind. 51. the cult of the gods was in reality but little different from the cult of angels and saints in the catholic church. just as christians look to st. michael and to our lady as real personages and hold festivals in their honour, so in ancient egypt adoration was offered to isis and osiris, and to other deities likewise. in the ultimate these august names referred to aspects of the godhead, amen-ra, for the trinity in egypt was represented by father, mother, son- osiris, isis and horus instead of the christian presentation of father, son, and holy spirit; but below that divine level there were then, as there are now, great being

covered the entire country. the slightest flaw in the character of one of the forty members would have seriously weakened the form through which all the work was being done. it is perhaps a relic of this paramount necessity which dictates our present regulation that any brn. who are not in perfect harmony with each other should not put on their aprons until they have settled their differences. in ancient egypt there was an intensity of brotherly feeling between the members of a lodge which is probably rarely attained now; they felt themselves bound together by the holiest of ties, not only as parts of the same machine, but actually as fellow-workers with god himself. 70. the ritual worked by the grand lodges was known as the building of the temple of amen; a translation of its actual wordi

eparing the way for the performance of a very definite service to mankind. yet, having opened our lodge and made all these preparations, we proceed at once to close down, unless we have a candidate to initiate or pass or raise, or a lecture to deliver to our own people. surely such a wonderful preparation should end in something definite, in a real piece of work for the benefit of mankind. 75. in ancient egypt there was this splendid work, the culmination to which all the preparations led up. our true purpose should be the same. we meet and go through certain ceremonies, and give them the name of work- a name that is quite inappropriate as applied to the mere ceremonies, no matter how full of meaning they may be. but if we are building a grand and beautiful form as a channel for the divine

ship the most valuable privilege and blessing of their lives, and were always in the lodge at the proper time, unless too ill to move. let us hope that freemasonry will have a future worthy of its past, and that before long such lodges as they had in egypt will be working in many parts of the world. 77. there are various lines along which the recollec-tion of the way in which the work was done in ancient egypt may be of use to us, for those people performed their ceremonies with full knowledge of their meaning, and so the points upon which they laid great stress are likely to be important to us also. 78. deep reverence was their strongest characteristic. they regarded their temple much as the most earnest christians regard their church, except that their attitude was dictated by scientific

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hieve the same result. the custom was not altogether a good one, because if the body of a man of evil life is embalmed, a good deal of additional power is thereby left to him after death; he may more easily materialize and operate on the physical plane in undesirable ways. it is on the whole fortunate that the practice has not persisted. 71. other deities 72. many other deities were reverenced in ancient egypt, in much the same way as numerous gods are adored to-day in india; and in every case the devotion addressed to the supreme obtained its response through the particular channel chosen by the worshipper. great angels of different orders and rays were appointed to represent these various qualities of the deity, and these were worshipped as gods in the older faiths. but so close is the u

mysteries of all the nations around. egypt was thus the centre of spiritual illumination for the entire western world, and all those who sought the great initiations were attracted to it; and it is this fact which explains the reverence paid to the egyptian mysteries by learned greeks in later times. 105. the principal centre for the public work of these mysteries was the great pyramid, called in ancient egypt khut, the light. it was built on the most exact astronomical and mathematical calculations, and provided a veritable key in stone to the enigmas of the universe(*see the hidden life in freemasonry, pp. 228-30) 106. the initiates of the egyptian mysteries were symbolically engaged in the building of the pyramid, just as in our modern masonry we are engaged in erecting the temple of ki

the priesthood. in the secret language of the mysteries it was not so much that different words were used, as that the familiar words had a different meaning. those who have studied the translations of egyptian texts will have noticed how widely these vary in the versions of the different scholars; i have sometimes wondered whether this is in any way due to that system of double meanings. 125. in ancient egypt we were able to talk about the secrets of the inner life before crowds of people without letting them know what we meant; and we had quite a large vocabulary of such significant words, so that an entire conversation could be conducted seemingly about ordinary every-day affairs, but in reality upon the secrets of the mysteries. much instruction was given in this way; a lecture or addr

e his true nature with him. 171. that link is still made for the brn. of the rose-croix, and each should become a radiant centre of that love wherever he goes, forgetting himself utterly in the service of others. the splendid crimson angels of the rosy cross, who now attend our sovereign chapters and pour out through them the fullness of their love for the helping of the world, were also known in ancient egypt, and these were linked with the sovereign princes in their higher principles, so that their seraphic love also was at hand to be outpoured in blessing. to their guardianship the candidate was entrusted, and he had to realize his unity with the angels as well as with his brn. 172. at this stage the intuition or buddhi in the candidate, that hidden wisdom which is horus or the christ d

y is transmitted in what to-day we should call the chair of the sovereign commander, who has the ability to pass on the sacramental grace of the degree to others. 178. white masonry in the mysteries 179. the highest and last of the great sacramental powers of the mysteries which have been transmitted to us is that which is now conferred in the 33, that of the sovereign grand inspector-general. in ancient egypt, at the time when i knew it, there were only three who held the equivalent of that supreme degree, the pharaoh and two others, who formed with him an inner triangle which was the heart of the whole system of the mysteries, and the channel to them of the hidden light from the white lodge behind. these three were all high initiates of the great white brotherhood, and the pharaoh posses

ts them and casts them off. the symbols of the sun and moon are seen to-day on the gauntlets of the sovereign grand inspector-general, and they are intended to refer to these great angelic powers in the inner worlds. 183. the powers associated with the 33 appear to have been slightly modified since those ancient egyptian times. the great white angels seemed to be sterner and more rhadamanthine in ancient egypt; today those who belong to the degree are in some ways gentler, though their power is no less splendid. this stage combined the wonderful love of horus the son with the ineffable life and strength of osiris the divine father, and isis, the eternal mother of the world; and this union of love with strength is still its most prominent characteristic. 184. it confers upon those who open

culiar shade of electric blue which is the especial sign of the presence of the king. the sovereign grand inspector-general is the bishop of masonry, and if the life of the degree is really lived he should be an ever-radiating centre of power, a veritable sun of light and life and glory wherever he goes. 185. such was the highest and holiest of the sacramental powers conferred in the mysteries of ancient egypt, such the highest degree known to us in masonry to-day, bestowed in its fullness upon but very few. the opportunity to draw down its sublime glory is offered to all who receive the degree; how far it is taken and what use is made of the power is in the hands of the bro. alone, for to use the power as it should be used needs high spiritual development and a life of constant humility

remembered as its founder or chief builder, and he was of these elder greeks, even before 10,000. b.c(*op. cit, pp. 309-10) 221. recent discoveries in crete 222. it is only since the year 1900 that, largely owing to the work of sir arthur evans, the modern world has come to know something about the cretan civilization, and to realize that in age and splendour it compared even with the grandeur of ancient egypt. but even now, though there is abundant appreciation of the archaeological value of the cretan discoveries, not much attention has yet been given by freemasons to the highly interesting fact that the minoan civilization shows us the existence, five thousand years ago at least, of a mystery-religion which in its symbols and general arrangements closely resembles our modern ritual. one

a connection as might have been brought about by primitive commerce. it may well, indeed, be asked whether, in the time of stress and change that marked the triumph of the dynastic element in the nile valley, some part of the older population then driven out may not have made an actual settlement on the soil of crete(*the palace of minos at knossos, vol. i, p. 17) 226. though the civilizations of ancient egypt and crete have much in common, yet each had distinctly a genius of its own, and much of the similarity between them can be explained by the fact that for long ages not only the delta, but middle and upper egypt stood in continuous relation with minoan crete. 227. it is not our object to enter into a further description of this minoan civilization, which in many respects was equal if

what was afterwards known as the mithraic eucharist, the ceremony of bread and wine and salt, which, as we shall see later, was transmitted through the ages until it was incorporated in the modern degree of the rose-croix of heredom. the consecration of those elements was and is wonderful, though there is not so full a descent of the divine presence as in the corresponding ritual of amen used in ancient egypt. it seems probable, however, that the lord christ took the mithraic supper as the basis of his holy eucharist, and while preserving the ancient symbolism of the elements changed them into his own special vehicle, symbolized as his body and blood- the very closest and most intimate of all the sacraments known to man. 297. the mithraic eucharist brought the worshipper into close touch

sonry- the direct descendant of the lesser and the greater mysteries of egypt and judaea, and closely akin to the mysteries of greece. greater sacramental powers were conferred and deeper spiritual instruction was given to the few who were endeavouring to prepare themselves for the true mysteries of the white lodge; but these cannot be called degrees after the manner of craft masonry, for even in ancient egypt they were not organized as such. both these lines of sucession passed down through the middle ages; the craft degrees were deliberately confused with operative building, and were thus transmitted, although in secrecy, in the outer world, but the higher instruction still belonged only to the few, and was handed down in far deeper secrecy still, being introduced from time to time into

ers of the rosy cross yet shine through certain of our high grades in the 726. ancient and accepted scottish rite. there is thus good reason why modern masons have claimed affinity with the rosy cross, and why it has exercised so fascinating an influence over the minds of men since it was first heard of in the seventeenth century. 727. it is the nearest approach to a higher degree that existed in ancient egypt; in fact, we may say that to all intents and purposes it was a higher degree, though it never called itself so. i have explained in the hidden life in freemasonry that in egypt thousands of years ago there were three grand lodges which differed from all the rest in their objects and workings, and that it was these three lodges which, at certain stated times every year, undertook the

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

lar amulet theme. catholics utilize figurines and pictures of certain saints in a similar manner. the ancient egyptians used eye amulets to protect good health. they also used the udjat eye on pottery, rings, and other amulets to ward off the forces of darkness. the udjat eye was the characteristic stylization of the eye of the youthful egyptian sun god horus. the udjat eye was placed on rings in ancient egypt. the scarab beetle symbolized resurrection after death and protection against evil magic. mummies wore a heart scarab as an amulet on their breasts. seals and jeweled charms in the form of scarabs protected wearers against evil. the hebrews, as early as 2200 b.c, wore crescent moons to ward off the evil eye and attached bells to their clothing to ward off evil spirits. in ancient rom

s bother more day by day (bierlein 1994, 212 213. like other peoples, the egyptians also populated the cosmos with all manner of demons. because of their seeming obsession with the afterlife, we know the most about the dangerous demons encountered in the underworld.however, in marked contrast to other cultures, the underworld was ruled by the just god osiris rather than an evil divinity like set. ancient egypt was a civilization with a stability and history that staggers the contemporary imagination.as long ago as 4000 b.c.e. there were significant political and agricultural centers all along the nile river. thanks in part to the invention of writing and agricultural developments in the ancient near east that allowed for greater urbanization, the many city-states in the area of today s egy

states in the area of today s egypt were gradually unified into one dynasty. the period referred to as the old kingdom was well established by the middle of the third millennium b.c.e. the middle kingdom is dated from about 2100 b.c.e. to c. 1786 b.c.e, and the new kingdom lasted from about 1580 b.c.e. to c. 1080 b.c.e. then began a series of incursions by the assyrian and persian empires, though ancient egypt was not really brought to an end until after alexander the great conquered it in 332 b.c.e. from about 3000 b.c.e, egyptian official religion recognized the pharaoh as the offspring of the sun god, re, and thus as a god himself. there were many other gods and goddesses in the egyptian pantheon, whose domains covered everything from natural phenomena like air (the god shu) to cultural

n was also important to the success of nile agriculture. thus, insofar as the pharaoh was identified with the sun god, the continuity and success of the state was assured. one of the primary sources for understanding egyptian mythologies is the book of the dead, now more accurately titled the book of going forth by day. this refers to a large number of funeral texts spanning the entire history of ancient egypt. from these texts and other sources scholars have pieced together the major stories of the gods and patterns of belief. egyptian mythology was not a tidy, uniform package of stories, but contained a number of mutually exclusive, even contradictory ideas. toward the end of the old kingdom two brothers, set and osiris, and their two sisters, nephtys and isis, seriously competed with th

new york: ballantine, 1994. burns, edward mcnall.western civilizations. vol. 1. 8th ed. new york:w.w. norton& co, 1973. eliade,mircea. from primitives to zen. new york: harper& row, 1967. lesko, leonard h. egyptian religion: an overview. in mircea eliade, ed. the encyclopedia of religion. new york:macmillan, 1989, 37 54. murnane,william j. taking it with you: the problem of death and afterlife in ancient egypt. in hiroshi obayashi, ed. death and afterlife: perspectives ofworld religions. westport, ct: greenwood press, 1992, 35 48. nigosian, s. a.world faiths. new york: st.martin s press, 1990. parrinder, geoffrey.world religions: from ancient history to the present. new york: facts on file, 1971. smart, ninian. the religious experience of mankind. 3rd ed. new york: charles scribner s sons

l. as the name of the present entry, judgment of the dead, implies, the determination of the fate of the dead is often portrayed in more personal terms, in which the deceased is brought into a kind of otherworldly courtroom to have judgment passed on her or his life by a divine or semidivine being. sources on the notion of a judgment of the dead are rather meager for mesopotamian civilization. in ancient egypt, tomb inscriptions indirectly refer to an afterlife judgment during the old kingdom. religious texts in the middle kingdom (e.g, instruction for merikare) are explicit about an afterlife judgment for sinners, whose sins will be laid beside them in a heap. in another egyptian religious text, the book of the dead, one finds magical spells for protecting oneself from divine judgment. ac

espite this diversity, it is possible to assert that, like most societies outside the influence of the zoroastrian-judeo-christian- islamic complex, all of these traditions postulated the existence of demonic forces, but none possessed a full-blown satan figure. prior to the intrusion of europeans, the native peoples of central and south america had created societies rivaling the civilizations of ancient egypt, mesopotamia, india, and china. these are the so174 mesoamerica called high cultures of mexico and peru, areas that encompassed a series of civilizations, such as the mayans on the yucatan peninsula, the incas in the highlands of peru, and the aztecs (and their predecessors) in central mexico. these cultures, unlike the other, smaller-scale societies of the americans, built cities an

place, those with supernatural powers have been able to cast spells for both harm and benefit to themselves and others. the successful casting of a spell has three essential components: the sorcerer, magician, or witch who is to perform, a ritual, and the actual spell. the importance of the wording and pronunciation of the spell varies as one moves geographically around the globe. for example, in ancient egypt the words were the most crucial elements in the casting of a spell. in western magic, however, it is the level of power invoked by the combination of the spell and the ritual that provides a spell with strength. see also hex; sorcery for further reading: marlbrough, ray l. charms, spells, and formulas. st. paul, mn: llewellyn, 1987. mickaharic, draja. a century of spells. youk beach

r that differed depending upon social status was an innovation of the ancient egyptians. aristocrats were believed to travel to celestial blessed lands to enjoy a life devoid of pain and suffering. common people, on the other hand, were believed to spend eternity near their own tombs or in the netherworld (they were buried in dry sand that accelerated the decomposition process. the netherworld of ancient egypt, as depicted in the book of the dead, was ruled by osiris (originally, possibly a divinity of the vegetation) who according to myth was dismembered by his jealous brother and recomposed by his wife isis. a less negative conception of the underworld was found in greco-roman civilization where the underworld was ruled by king hades (roman pluto) and his wife persephone (roman proserpin

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

is a part of the great work of communion with the holy guardian angel, and greater servitor or familiar. vampirism a secret art of predatory spiritualism, which involves astral projection and aspects of lycanthropy, communion with the dead and necromantic workin tluciferian sorcery and set- typhon by michael w. ford first written in 2003 and updated january 2006 suti (set) and the devil-forms of ancient egypt i am the crocodile-god (sebak) who dwelleth amid his terrors. i am the crocodile-god and i seize (my prey) like a ravening beast transformation into the crocodile-god from the egyptian book of the dead set is considered in the developing luciferian gnosis as the adversary, an early form of the adversary. the crocodile god sebak in the egyptian book of the dead draws some aspects simi

s against the natural laws and went forth upon its own course. in the luciferian path, the common element of practice is to forge with your own identification of mythology, your own path against others. that is, by antinomian practice from a spiritual foundation, the adept becomes like set or ahriman, not in any western evil definition, rather in the spiritual sense. the names of the adversary in ancient egypt (as set and apophis) were many, a few examples are: nak, sabau, apophis, suti, baba, smy, hemhemti, pakerbeth, saatet-ta, qerneru, tutu, nesht, hau-hra, iubani, amam, sebaent- seba, khak-ab, khan-ru,uai sau, beteshu, kharubu the four times wicked the smaiu and mesu betshet were the children of rebellion, those who were shape shifters and cult members who venerated the serpent as thei

phis was the demon serpent of chaos who devoured many, battled often by set, later apep was conquered and mastered by set, soon apep merged into set. just as the most common form of apep was a crocodile, this was also a form that sutekh or set took as well. suti (set) was also often a god of death, devouring spirits or befriending them as well. predatory spiritualism had its roots in the world in ancient egypt, from what the gods practice shall some adepts practice as well. in the tuat, a demon-serpent called sati-temui who was seventy cubits long and was said to grow strong from devouring the souls of the dead who were there. there is also a mention of a serpent called akriu who was also an enemy of ra as well. there was a place of fire in the tuat as well, where there was a lord in the f

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logical symbolism in vogue among them, thus "in zoroaster's cave of initiation, the sun and planets were represented, overhead, in gems and gold, as was also the zodiac. the sun appeared, emerging from the back of taurus" in the constellation of the bull are also to be found the "seven sisters--the sacred pleiades--famous to freemasonry as the seven stars at the upper end of the sacred ladder. in ancient egypt it was during this period--when the vernal equinox was in the sign of taurus--that the bull, apis, was sacred to the sun god, who was worshiped through the animal equivalent of the celestial sign which he had impregnated with his presence at the time of its crossing into the northern hemisphere. this is the meaning of an ancient saying that the celestial bull "broke the egg of the ye

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

comes from we don't know; the prevalent theory among witches is that it is produced via the nervous system. it is known variously by the names od, odyle, magnetism, telergy, or simply witch power. red-haired people are said to possess this energy in free-floating form available for projection more than any others, hence the awe and fear that the red-headed witch has been held in from the time of ancient egypt down to the present day. set, the sorcerous brother of osiris, was reputed to have had red hair; back in the old country in the eleventh century william rufus (son of william the conqueror) was publicly much feared on account of his connections with witchcraft, red hair, and the evil eye! today the red-headed witch has become something of a cliche, but the origin of the belief is roo

k, protect this house and home and all who live therein, so shall i always thank you with due faith. hertha herself may be visualized as a dark, statuesque woman of mature age, robed in russet and green and bearing in her arms a sheaf of golden corn dotted with scarlet poppies. about her ankles and forearms twine green serpents, and her full dark breasts are exposed in the manner of the queens of ancient egypt. her lambent eyes are of dark gold; above her high coif of iron-dark hair she wears a square crenellated crown, like four towers bound together. these are the four castles or watchtowers of witchcraft that stand at the four quarters of the world. beneath her feet lush vegetation springs. behind her, in the mountainside, a giant cavern yawns. great masses of creeper trail over it in p

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

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

ve andgrow in the corn that sustains the honored ones. i cover the earth, whether i live or die i ambarley, i am not destroyed. i have entered the order, i rely upon the order, i become masterof the order, i emerge in the order, i make my form distinct, i am the lord of the chennet(granary of memphis, i have entered into the order, i have reached its limits (egyptian:coffin text 330)if we turn to ancient egypt, we learn..that the religious consciousness of early egyptian civ-ilization was saturated by the aura and influence of nature (alvin boyd kuhn)in all their works [the ancients] proceeded on definite principles of fitness and in waysderived from the truth of nature. thus they reached perfection, approving only those thingswhich, if challenged, can be explained on the grounds of truth

heracial cradle was in the upper nile region. heeren, an egyptologist, believed in the indian origin of theegyptians. the discoveries in the grand canyon may throw further light on human evolution and pre-historic ages.connection between egypt and chinabeijing, aug. 7, 2001more than a dozen heads of maces dating back to between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago, extremely similarto those used by kings of ancient egypt, were recently unearthed in northwest china.the findings indicate that the contact between east and west civilizations began as early as the prehis-toric period, said li shuicheng, a professor from the archaeological department of beijing university.previously, historical documents and archaeological discoveries have shown that east and west culturalexchanges started from the qin and

e exchange ability of the ancients mighthave surpassed our imagination.li showed pictures of the mace-heads, found in gansu, shaanxi and xinjiang in northwest china. theyare made of stone, jade or bronze, and are in the shape of balls, peaches, oblates, pentagrams, sheep-heads or bull-heads. some of them even carry colored drawings. their shapes and functions are surpris-ingly similar to those of ancient egypt, said noted. the mace was a special instrument indicating statusand authority. egypt has the earliest and the most mace-head relics in the world. in addition, a largenumber of mace-heads have been discovered in the near east, mesopotamia and the prairie of eurasia.but they are seldom found in the valley of the yellow river.atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation293 appen

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

of learning in short, challenge yourself. building the mind builds the immortal spirit. 3. qi or life energy is around all of us. drain it and grow strong from it. you absorb energy from focus itself using aighash, the persian demon of the evil eye the eye represents the soul, use this to mentally connect with everything around you. one of our 18 symbols, aapep or apophis, is the devil serpent of ancient egypt. we seek to feast and drain on life force, on the astral plane and in the flesh. to join us is to be hidden mostly in society, to be the wolf among sheep. humanity seeks eternally a safety net; a god to believe will save their souls, all the while sending tsunamis, hurricanes, blizzards, and all conceivable disasters upon its own creation. would this be a spirit you would open your a

chashmih/chishmak, arashk and aighash. akoman s symbol is often an eye representing the evil mind. hakim bey wrote that the yezidi tribes would be cautious not to wear blue, as it is the color of shaitan, their lord. it was agreed that wearing this color to ward off evil would be offensive. in many rituals in the book of the witch moon specifically liber nehebkau, the tuats or underworld hells of ancient egypt have serpent-devils who seduce with their eye and devour. draining energy is best done by the connection to sight. in a crowded room, a concert, a mall, a gathering point watch for those who exhibit a lot of charisma and energy lock into their solar plexus with your eyes, watch then their breathing cycle. with your breathing, draw in and imagine their life essence draining into your

w chapters and material. the grimoire is centered around the cult of hecate, from the practice of luciferian and satanic witchcraft which exalts the dark feminine and masculine as a balanced perspective of magick. containing both old and new sections, a focus on the path of vampirism, or predatory spiritualism is a foundation focus of the luciferian path. liber nehebkau, origins of the vampire in ancient egypt, the tuat- abode of the serpents of the evil eye, liber aapep, vampirism and the red and black serpent, vampirism as technique, the nine angles, the hell gates of duzhahu, invocation of astwihad& druj nasu- the black sun rite of vampirism, nature is more atrocious- sex magick andthe birth of a lunar intelligence, the nine angles and satanic magick- a study of the symbolism of the ona

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

for building the pyramids, and the methods used. experts of our day have suggested that the pyramids were built to be tombs, the eternal resting place of ego-maniacal pharaohs (egyptian king. but without so much as a trace of the more practical construction methods, even a skeptical observer would be forced to entertain the theories of the ancient egyptians regarding their own creations. those of ancient egypt are unambiguous about the reasoning and construction methods of the pyramids. they claim that these structure were more like machines that allowed the king to join with the gods after death; they were essentially stargates to the heavens, where one could be transformed into a god. instead of masses of men dragging large, perfectly cut stones from--michael wynn's "the soul travelers"

a sleeping human is another common method for feeding. places where emotionally-charged humans gather, like churches, dance clubs, and stadiums are perfect feeding grounds for the vampire. if--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 60 a single human is under continued attack, that person will begin to feel weak, drowsy, and mentally dull. the vampires call themselves the reborn, or the many-born. in ancient egypt, those who desired initiation and transformation underwent a death and rebirth ritual by being blindfolded and led into the center of the great pyramid of giza. it was claimed that those who died in the pyramid resurrected as gods; they became powerful wizards called djedi. which is where george lucas got his jedi. in modern times, the rite of vampiric transformation still requires c

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

in dreams shall my wisdom arise from the grave, cast your spirits to the grave and awaken again reborn (each individual kisses the skull, envisioning the necromantic embrace of the sabbat queen and azrael) banish by performing the calling of the four quarters of the triple hermetic circle. seker lord of the tomb (solitary self initiation) seker is a 'developed' and 'inspired' vampyre archetype of ancient egypt, whom resided as the lord of the tombs in memphis. seker is represented as a mummy- like corpse figure, wearing a shroud, ashen white and gray, black or crimson eyes and various wolf and jackal like hairs upon its palms and body. the face is that of a long dead corpse, streaked with blood red sigils of demonic awakening, saturnus and other relevant symbols. seker was known to often a

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

98=2 x 49: now, two is the number of the will, and seven of the passive senses. 98 might then mean the full expansion of the senses (7 x 7) balanced against each other, and controlled firmly by the will. without in any way deriding the above qabalistic explanation, which should be a guide to all thelemites in search of sensuous enjoyment "98 rules" may refer to some aesthetic code in daily use in ancient egypt or sumer or even in the modern middle east. aiwass gets quite provincial at times "exceed by delicacy: this does not mean, by refraining from so- called animalism. one should make every act a sacrament, full of divine ecstasy and nourishment. there is no act that true delicacy cannot consecrate. it is one thing to be like a sow, unconscious of the mire, and unable to discriminate bet

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

to become trusted members of the new age family. worshippers of separate faiths and denominations are to be unified in a common purpose: the glorification of man. the guardians of the mysteries freemasonry, by its own accord, practices the ancient mysteries of egypt, and has as a primary goal, the re-instatement of this mystery religion for the coming world order. the magical mystery religion of ancient egypt exercised a great fascination over renaissance man, which was incorporated into the newly formed lodges at that time. the mysterious heiroglyphs were considered to be symbols of hidden knowledge. symbols and gestures became a means of conveying secrets and truths. the cosmos was seen as an organic unity. it was peopled by a hierarchy of spirits which exercised all kinds of influences

ONYX TABLET OF SET

in the growing influence and popularity of the osiris cult during the post-xx dynasty egyptian decadence, as osiris was a neter of the afterlife. as the osiris cult portrayed set as osiris' nemesis rather than an independent and pre-existing neter with no particular interest in osiris, this would also explain the simultaneous wave of setian persecution described by budge. it was characteristic of ancient egypt that each new dynasty, in an attempt to establish its own "timelessness, often doctored monuments and records to eliminate inconvenient inconsistencies. presumably the osirian dynasties followed suit, defacing or rewriting all references to set that did not support their portrayal of him as a "devil. and that is the image of set which has been accepted by most casual writers on ancie

PATRON OF SORCERY

a good group of humble, like- minded people, poets and mystics, shouldn't be worked with if you find them; but good luck finding them. the wise would do well to look to themselves, within and beyond, for the emergence of this pattern. the simple act of looking shows that it is occurrit the patron of sorcery dakhla sba 16 july xxxi, aeon of set (1996 ce) during a recent conversation, a student of ancient egypt mentioned to me the cult of isis and osiris and its survival of the fall of egypt as a mediterranean "mystery religion. as an initiate of the modern temple of set, i began to wonder to what extent the original cult of set had survived that civilization, and what documented forms this survival had taken. i found an answer in hans dieter betz's edition of the greek magical papyri in tr

o: university of chicago, 1993, p. 219. we thus have cause to think that these papyri reflect authentic temple practice, and that priests of egypt under greek and roman rule performed such rites until the temples were shut down. whether this includes the invocation of set for aggressive magic, under temple auspices, is an open question. however diabolized set ma y have become in the final days of ancient egypt, the papyri show that his esteem among magicians survived the destruction of his temples and images. the spells of the theban cache found their way onto curse tablets in rome, athens and jerusalem. details and comparisons of the papyri and tablets are found in john g. gager's curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world (new york: oxford university press, 1992. more genera

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of gods and heroes, and of the end of time. such stories explain and justify the world, and define our role within creation. once a civilization has become established, the myths that formed it may dwindle into superstition or entertainment, but even so, they never lose their intrinsic power, for the world s mythologies enshrine all the poetry and passion of which the human mind is capable. from ancient egypt to greece and rome, from west africa to siberia, from the hindu concept of brahman and the endless cycle of creation to the eternal dreaming of the australian aboriginals, the same themes recur, as humankind engages with the great mysteries of life and death. the best definition of myth is maya deren s in her book on the voodoo gods: myth, she writes, is the facts of the mind made ma

ey thought of the earth as male. symbols of life and stability this figure is ha, the god of the western desert, who protected egypt from enemies in the west, especially the libyans. raising his arms in blessing, he carries the ankh, symbol of the life-giving elements of air and water, from which hangs a sacred djed pillar, signifying stability. ankh djed pillar the egyptian gods a ll the gods of ancient egypt are, like the hindu gods, aspects of the great divine essence, named in one account of the creation as nebertcher, lord to the uttermost limit. re, the sun god, represents the creative consciousness of this all-powerful god, and the rest of the gods, brought into being by re, represent other aspects. egyptian gods were also interrelated or merged: amun, the hidden, the chief god wors

al waters of nun. she created the gods by saying their names, and then (in cow form) gave birth to the all-powerful re. re was born in an egg, and when he emerged from the egg he was dazzled by the light, and cried: mankind was formed from his tears. nun, fertility of the nile the god nun, who represents the primeval waters or flood, holds up the barque of the sun. to some extent the mythology of ancient egypt simply reflects the land of egypt itself. egypt was described by the greek historian herodotus as the gift of the nile, and without the annual flooding of the nile, which made a strip either side of the river fertile, egypt could not have survived. the importance of the sun god s journey from east to west, and the primeval flood represented by the god nun, is clear. horus the falcon

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elements, while the kerubim are the lords thereof; so tmoumathph is properly a jackal. kabexnuf in the west, in the region of water, has the form of a hawk, the subordinate form to the alchemic eagle of distillation, and the form also, of horus, the hiereus, beside whom is his station, and of whose symbology he partakes <129> ahephi in the north,has the head of an ape. the symbology of the ape in ancient egypt is very complex. here it may be taken that while apis, the bull, represents the divine strength of the eternal gods, the ape represents the elemental strength which is far inferior and blended with cunning. ahephi, however, has other symbology and other attributes. for by reason of the fertilising qualities of the nile and of the fad that what is brought down by the nile as refuse fr

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ory techniques connected to it, one of which seems to be for acquiring the sight permanently (pages 32-33) and another for a temporary experience of it (page 33. he also makes some comments upon the nature of light, and a higher order or octave of light connected to seership (pages 34-35. this octave theory is a perennial concept, with parallels in a number of magical and philosophical texts from ancient egypt, plato and the neoplatonic writers, and kabbalistic and renaissance hermetic philosophers. we may also find it in a number of sources such as john dee's hieroglyphic monad and other writings, and in the preface and centuries of nostradamus, neither of which has, at first glance, any overt connection with collective or racial or folklore traditions, though the connections are present

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tical theory: plato and his predecessors. london: methuen and company ltd, 1918. brlitz, charles, mysteries from forgotten worlds. garden city, new york: doubleday and company, 1972. brugsch-bey, heinrich, egypt under the pharaohs. new york: charles scribner's sons, 1891. budge, sir e. a. wallis, egyptian language. new york: dover publications, 1971. budge, sir e. a. wallis, from fetish to god in ancient egypt. london: onxford university press, 1934. casson, lionel, ancient egypt. new york: time, inc. 1965. christian, paul, histoire de la magie, du monde surnaturel et de la fatalitj b travers les temps et les peuples. paris, 1870 (translation- new york: citadel press, 1969. cottrell, leonard, life under the pharaohs. new york: hold, rinehart and winston, 1960. fairservis, walter a. jr, the

original xii publication printed this word in greek type. 1. whitrow, g.j, the nature of time, pages 7-8. 2. russell, bertrand, a history of western philosophy, page 3. 3. stecchini, livio, notes on the relation of ancient measures to the great pyramid in tompkins, peter, secrets of the great pyramid, pages 287-382. 4. cottrell, leonard, life under the pharaohs, pages 189-191. 5. casson, lionel, ancient egypt, page 146. 6. ibid, page 141. 7. tompkins, op. cit, pages 3-4. 8. berlitz, charles, mysteries from forgotten worlds, page 36. 9. compare this to the chinese view of china as the "middle kingdom (chhung kuo, the "focus" of civilization and creativity. 10. clark, r.t, myth and symbol in ancient egypt, page 74. 11. frankfort, henry, ancient egyptian religion, page 62. 12. fairservis, wa

oursquare, mystic, wonderful, the number of the man; and the name of thy house 418. revelation 13:12. 79. the end of the hiding of hadit; and blessing& worship to the prophet of the lovely star! i john 4:3. the third chapter 1. abrahadabra! the reward of ra hoor khut. ra-harakte was a form of harwer adopted as an aspect of ra by the priesthood of ra at heliopolis [cf. budge, from fetish to god in ancient egypt (london: oxford, 1934, page #216] crowley, whose familiarity with egyptian philosophy was limited to the osirian mythos, did not know that the cosmological systems of the great horus and ra were originally independent of the osirian movement and were only assimilated into it in corrupt forms during the final dynastic decadence. hence crowley remained confused as to the name and signi

remains an untouched image in the minds of those initiates who understand and appreciate its unique role in the development of its beastly "laird. harmakhis was one of the many forms of xepera as a symbol of regeneration, transformation, and immortality. harmakhis was portrayed in many shapes, the most famous being that of the great sphinx at giza. the "double-wanded one" is set, whose symbols in ancient egypt were the d'm (tcham) and w3s sceptres. both sceptres were set-headed, but the w3s was distinguished by a spiral shaft and the absence of a decorative base (set's forked tail on the d'm sceptre. on the stele of revealing, ra harakte holds a d'm sceptre. the setian sceptres signified magical power, as opposed to the crook& flail sceptres symbolizing the pharaoh's roles as shepherd and

f the north solstice v, and recognized by set as a magus on the night of the north solstice x. he has taken the name of the prince of darkness as a part of himself: ra-en-set "he who speaks as set" i, set, am come again to my friends among mankind- let my great nobles be brought to me. set has returned in his true identity, for the first time since the destruction of the original temple of set in ancient egypt "let my great nobles be brought to me" is the same passage that, in hieroglyphs, surrounds the seal of set at the end of the book of coming forth by night. in khem i remain no longer, for i am forgotten there, and my house at pamat-et is dust. i shall roam this world, and i shall come to those who seek me. pamat-et was the capital of the ancient egyptian xix uab nome. it was called o

an (1966 ce= i anno satani) is to be continued by the temple of set, with the initials a.s [or aes] now signifying "aon of set" and now, having looked upon the past with affection and reverence, we shall turn our gaze to the times before us. think carefully of the word of set, for it is given in witness to my bond. many factors have gone into the design of the aon of set- among them the legacy of ancient egypt; the work of john dee, aleister crowley& anton lavey; and the contributions of innumerable theorists, magicians, and metaphysicians. each is to be appreciated as appreciation is due; yet the orientation of the temple of set must be to the future- to the development of the new aon and its unprecedented identity. the word of set has been discussed previously. concerning the bond see th

rowley's confessions. concerning horus the younger/harpocrates, cf. veronica ions, egyptian mythology, new york: hamlyn publishing group, 1968, pages #68 and #72. 29. ions, op. cit, pages #67-68. 30. crowley, aleister, magical and philosophical commentaries on the book of the law. montreal: 93 publishing, 1974, page #268. 31. ions, op. cit, pages #45, 51, and #70. 32. budge, from fetish to god in ancient egypt, london: oxford university press, 1934, pages #446-447. 33. the book of the law #i-15. see also crowley's comments concerning this verse in magical and philosophical commentaries, pages #102-103. 34. it might also be said that the harwer entity is a sort of link between set and the objective universe which enables him to act upon it, although he does not directly participate in it. 3

of the heart. the question must be a quest for knowledge and a question in which the entire will is concentrated and the self is conscious. only an answer can make a question possible; therefore, every question contains its own answer. thus it was that xem came to be pronounced; thus it is that xem shall be known. not unlike the diabolicon, many of the secrets of xem are cloaked in myths- but of ancient egypt (khem) rather than of the hebrews. and so it is to khem that some of xem's initiates shall frequently turn. their intention will be to strip away the veil which hides the mysteries beyond. this veil is extremely complex and confusing, and that fact only strengthens the importance of learning the language of xem, that language which can only be learned with the intelligence of the hea

being attained. thus, there is an internal and external question occurring simultaneously, each making the other possible- each raising the other. it is vital to note that the process is not automatic just because one is setian. the process will only work for those elect who work. xem and the levels of being are ever unknown until attained. it should not be thought that the quests are limited to ancient egypt, for there are keys all around and throughout the times of mankind. but more important than where the keys are found is the knowledge of how to use them once they have been found. for those who would know, let their eyes and ears turn inward to seek their question. let them learn the language of being so that that same being might recognize xem through ma'at. the only truth is that o

philosopher's stone- xem! initiation then is the giant step toward true understanding of the mysteries and secrets of xem. xem's foundation is in the abstract. to the uninitiated, xem will always be veiled in mystery and will seem to them very much like the second foundation did to outsiders in asimov's foundation trilogy. and they won't be entirely wrong. as was true of the orders and temples of ancient egypt and greece, there must be two vital aspects of xem: the known and the secret, between which is the bridge of initiation. the process or system leading to that bridge is already established, and shall be the subject of an entire key to follow. the daemons are, the daemons were, and the daemons shall be again. they came, and we are here; they sleep, and we watch for them. they shall sl

gion, and politics; these are no part of higher man or being. those who will to participate in the lower world are conscious of that which they do and are; but those who sink into it are imprisoned, and their being is abandoned for aimlessness. do not participate in un-being, and quickly eliminate those who do from those who seek to and become and be what they are become "xem" is not the word for ancient egypt, but rather the state of higher man- the realm of higher beings. it later became the word for egypt "khem" denoting a place, but this occurred during the decay of egypt. the temples and shrines of egypt/khem were but replicas of working facilities for xem. the state of beings. there is no true egyptian architecture for its own sake. what there is possesses no significance or purpose

dead, new york, ny: dover publications, inc, 1967. j. budge, egyptian language, new york, ny: dover publications, inc, 1976. k. budge, the gods of the egyptians, two volumes, new york, ny: dover publications, inc, 1969. l. budge, the mummy, new york, ny; collier books, 1974. m. crowley, aleister, magick in theory and practice, new york, ny: castle books, n.d. n. davis, v. l, pathways to the gods, ancient egypt, washington, dc: national geographic society, 1978, pp, 154-201. o. frazer, j. g, the golden bough, new york, ny: macmillan co, 1971. p. lavey, anton szandor, the satanic bible, new york, ny: avon books, 1969. q. lockyer, j. norman, the dawn of astronomy, cambridge, ma: m.i.t. press, 1964. r. rossiter, e, the book of the dead, fribourg/geneva: miller graphics, 1979. s. watts, alan, b

lobed priest; another sacrifice shall stain the tomb; another king shall reign; and blessing no longer be poured to the hawk-headed mystical lord. harmakhis was one of the many forms of xepera as a symbol of regeneration, transformation, and immortality. harmakhis was portrayed in many shapes, the most famous being that of the great sphinx at giza. the "double-wanded one" is set, whose symbols in ancient egypt were the d'm (tcham) and ws sceptres. both sceptres were set-headed, but the ws was distinguished by a spiral shaft and the absence of a decorative base (set's forked tail on the d'm sceptre. on the stele of revealing, ra harakte holds a d'm sceptre. the setian sceptres signified magical power, as opposed to the crook& flail sceptres symbolizing the pharaoh's roles as shepherd and ta

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michael in the north, uriel about me flames the pentagram behind me shines the six rayed star 6) finally, drawing the cruciform above your head say; above my head is the glory of god, in whose hands is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever, amen. the rite of the bornless one the rite of the bornless one, otherwise translated as the headless one, has its origins in the sorcery of ancient egypt. it survived through obscure greek manuscript, and formed a part of classical western grimoire including the howling of the witches (goetia. it is a highly powerful and infamous ritual, and should be performed with respect. through aeons these words of power have become charged with the combined invested power of countless sorcerers. aleister crowley employed the bornless one to summ

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s, michigan 48331-3535; call toll-free 800-877- 4253; send faxes to 248-699-8097; or send e-mail via http//www.gale.com. world religions: almanac ix reader s guide this page intentionally left blank timeline of events 10,000 400 bce the span of the jomon period in japan, during which shinto first emerged. 3500 2000 bce duration of religion in ancient sumer. 3110 bce 550 ce duration of religion in ancient egypt. 3102 bce emergence of hinduism. 1700 bce the babylonians devise a new creation myth, the enuma elish. c. 1353 34 bce the pharaoh akhenaten rules egypt and enforces the worship of a single god, aten. all evidence of his reign is wiped out after his death. tenth century bce the jewish temple of solomon is constructed in jerusalem. seventh century bce beginning of the milesian school o

ppers who are not members of the clergy. li: the rules of behavior a person must follow to reach the confucian ideal of correct living. xxii world religions: almanac words to know logos: word, logic, or defining pattern of the universe, similar to the dao in chinese philosophy. lughnasadh: neo-pagan harvest festival on august 1. maat: divine order and justice; a central concept in the religion of ancient egypt. mabon: neo-pagan celebration of the autumn equinox; the completion of the harvest season. magen david: the so-called star of david, a symbol of the jewish faith and nation. magick: the ability to focus mental and physical energies to affect the natural world or to achieve a goal. mahavira: the twenty-fourth tirthankara often regarded as the founder of jainism. mahavira jayanti: maha

ection, such as the goddess of the home or the god of war. over time one god in this group of competing deities usually assumed more power than the rest. sometimes this may have been because competing gods represented different cities or communities. when a city conquered one of its neighbors, its god was believed to have conquered the defeated city s god. something like this may have happened in ancient egypt, where several different gods and goddesses occasionally had similar or complementary responsibilities. in some cases, such beliefs led to the concept of a supreme god or deity responsible for all creation. the hierarchy of the gods became organized and so, too, did religion itself. shamans began to form a distinct class in the clan and tribe. these men and women became the first cle

his was a turning point in the year, signaling the lengthening of days and the return of the sun. prehistoric tribes and clans throughout europe constructed sophisticated and enormous rock timepieces in the landscape, such as stonehenge in england, to measure the fall of light at the winter and summer solstices. in many cultures this all-important seasonal change has been a major festival day. in ancient egypt the god osiris was supposedly buried on the solstice. in ancient greece it was called lenaea and sacrifices were made, while in ancient rome the saturnalia was a week-long celebration that managed to blend all manner of earlier pagan celebrations from across europe into one. judaism has the eight-day festival hanukkah, and zoroastrianism gave modern iran shabe-yalda, which celebrates

their gods. the greek philosopher democritus suggested that all matter in the universe was made of an eternal element he called an atom. because atoms were eternal, democritus reasoned, there was no need for a creatorgod. bettmann/corbis. 24 world religions: almanac agnosticism and atheism the western concept of monotheism( belief in one god) began with judaism. while earlier cultures, including ancient egypt, had concepts that shared characteristics with monotheism, judaism was the first major religion in which monotheism was central to belief. christianity inherited its monotheism from judaism. with the rediscovery of works by the ancient greek philosophers, however, christian thinkers began wrestling with the problem of how to reconcile (bring together) pagan greek and christian views

iced. words to know anthropomorphism: attributing human shape or form to nonhuman things, such as the gods. astrology: the study of the movement of the planets and stars in relation to one another in order to predict future events. cuneiform: sumerian writing, so-called because of its wedge-shaped marks. deity: a god or goddess. maat: divine order and justice; a central concept in the religion of ancient egypt. monotheism: belief in one supreme being. pantheon: a collection of deities. polytheism: belief in many gods. pyramid: a stone tomb constructed to house a deceased pharaoh of egypt. theocracy: a form of government in which god or some supreme deity is the ruler. god s laws are then interpreted by a divine king or by a priest class. ziggurat: a stepped foundation or structure that hel

for much of mesopotamia was the sky god enlil; later the worship of enlil was replaced by the worship of the babylonian god marduk. for egyptians, amen-ra was the most powerful deity, chief of the pantheon. symbols. statues of winged bulls were a protective symbol related to the god sin mesopotamia, while the ankh, a kind of cross with a loop at the top, was a prominent representation of life in ancient egypt. worship. priests in both religions made daily offerings in the temples and held annual festivals open to the public. personal gods were worshipped by people in their homes. dress. priests in both mesopotamian and egyptian religions wore no special costumes. texts. the enuma elish tells the mesopotamian story of creation and explains how marduk became the chief of the gods. the egypt

imself out of the void, and then either spit or sneezed out shu, the god of air, and tefnut, the goddess of moisture. these two in turn gave birth to geb, the earth god, and nut, the sky goddess. from them came two pairs of siblings: osiris and isis, and set and nephtys. eventually ra, the sun god, took the place of atum in the pantheon; later pharaohs, for instance, called themselves sons of ra. ancient egypt and mesopotamia. reproduced by permission of thomson gale. red sea mediterranean sea nile delta river river p e r s i a n g u l f tigris euphrates nile river sinai peninsula arabian peninsula a s i a a f r i c a upper egypt lower egypt memphis aswan thebes ur luxor karnak babylon uruk nineveh khorsabad amarna (akhetaten) heliopolis giza (cairo) n 0 150 300 mi. 0 150 300 km ancient eg

under egyptian control mesopotoamia ancient coastline ancient city temple great pyramid sphinx world religions: almanac 43 ancient religions of egypt and mesopotamia another creation myth came from the city of memphis, where ptah was worshipped for creating the universe out of divine thought. ultimately, however, the ra-atum creation story became the most popular and most widely accepted myth in ancient egypt. religion during the middle kingdom during the period of the old kingdom (c. 2686 2181 bce, egyptian society built the great pyramids at giza while working as a fully organized theocracy, a government with one god as the supreme leader. this theocracy reflected the role of the pharaoh, a living god whose word was divine law. during the middle kingdom (c. 2181 1786 bce, however, the p

oclaimed the worship of aten, the god and disk of the sun. in the fourteenth century bce amenhotep iv demanded that the worship of other gods be abandoned and that aten be served by a cult in which he, himself, was the only priest. to show his dedication to aten, amenhotep changed his name to akhenaten, meaning he who is of service to aten. atenism, as it is called, was not a natural evolution of ancient egypt s religious practices. akhenaten forced it on the people. as a result he faced resistance to this change, especially from the powerful priests of amen-ra in the capital of thebes. world religions: almanac 45 ancient religions of egypt and mesopotamia further undermining the power of the traditional priesthood, akhenaten set up a new capital city, called akhetaten (modern-day tell el

in particular had a strong and lasting influence on mesopotamian culture. she was featured in many fertility rites, but was also called upon in time of war. over the course of time, with movements of new people into the area, the names of the gods changed. for instance, the sumerian goddess innana received the akkadian name of ishtar, just as nanna later became sin and enki became ea. beliefs in ancient egypt egyptians believed that the world was brought into being by atum or ra, whose descendants were osiris, set, and isis. these, however, were just a fraction of the gods worshipped by egyptians. some estimates put the total number as high as one or two thousand different deities. what began as animal worship led to an immense pantheon. amen or amen-ra became the most powerful of the god

c of gilgamesh. this text tells of the mythical exploits of gilgamesh, a king of uruk, from about 2700 bce and deals with the behavior of the gods towards him. also important are myths such as the one told in the story descent of ishtar to the underworld. in it, ishtar, the goddess of war, travels down through the seven gates of the underworld to find tammuz, the god of the seasons and fertility. ancient egypt s main religious text seems to have been the book of the dead. the book of the dead is often referred to as the papyrus of ani, after the collection of documents in which it was found. papyrus is an early form of paper made from reeds. the book is a collection of two hundred prayers, spells, and illustrations that provided a guide to the afterlife. the earliest book of the dead ever

ssyrian kings often had pairs of winged bulls flanking the entrance to their palaces. the sculptures were sometimes accompanied by inscriptions that called upon the winged bulls to deter enemies and protect the king. the mesopotamian moon god, sin (also called nanna, has a lapis lazuli beard and rides a winged bull. lapis lazuli is a blue semiprecious stone. a powerful and still popular symbol of ancient egypt s religion is the ankh. the ankh resembles a cross, but has an upside down teardrop shape at its top. in the ancient egyptian written language of hieroglyphs, the ankh represents life. it is often present in tomb carvings and other artwork. it is associated with magical protection, or sa. even those ancient egyptians who could not read hierogylphs knew the ankh symbol. the ankh may r

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tails of this cosmic lawsuit, which includes things that make dynasty look like a prayer breakfast. i have always been intrigued, though, that while all books affirm that set tore osiris to pieces, everybody knows about osiris, and it is quite hard to collect the pieces of the puzzle that is set. egyptologists have never agreed what the animal used to symbolize set actually is. since the sages of ancient egypt did not use an unrecognizable creature to represent any other major deity, we may guess that this is intentional, and points, like the tcham sceptre, to an esoteric meaning. references: budge, e.a. wallis. the gods of the egyptians. grant, kenneth. cults of the shadow. graves, robert. the white goddess. ions, veronica. egyptian mythology. massey, gerald. the natural genesis. russell

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that this is intentional, and points, like the tcham sceptre, to an esoteric meaning. references: budge, e.a. wallis. the gods of the egyptians. grant, kenneth. cults of the shadow. graves, robert. the white goddess. ions, veronica. egyptian mythology. massey, gerald. the natural genesis. russell, jeffrey burton. the devviset it straight! by denytenamun this article discusses set as portrayed in ancient egypt and as understood in the modern day temple of set. this was denytenamun's first article on set. every setian is sooner or later bound to form some sort of opinion on the entity whose name s/he has taken as a part of her/himself. whether set exists or not, and what should we think about his priesthood, are two of the bunch of very frequently discussed issues in the temple. the lack of

d was given by gods and is guarded by them, and it has a negative meaning (p. 24) in gods of the egyptians (part ii: p. 244) budge puts it that set was generally thought to be the cause of every thing which tended to reverse the ordinary course of nature and of law and order. from a moral point of view he was thus the personification of sin and evil. recalling what serge sauneron's the priests of ancient egypt has to say about the egyptian world- view, the negative connotations become understandable. sauneron explains that the egyptians thought that "the universe, predetermined since its creation, has been organized for all eternity according to patterns unvaryingly alike (p. 29, and that holding up this balance is indispensable, moreover not by 'inventing' new solutions when difficulties

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stion that =u!tika indicated the sunday. m.w. meyer in the greek magical papyri in translation, ed. h.d. betz (chicago and london 1986) 36, n. 3, simply cites preisendanz without showing knowledge of peterson's article; cf. r. kotanski "incantations and prayers for salvation on inscribed amulets" in magika hiera, ed. c.a. faraone and d. obink (new york-oxford 1991) 137, n. 110. 7 although seth in ancient egypt could be reconciled with horus and seen as the defender of the solar bark, his cult seems to have disappeared after the assyrian period and the god himself began to be turned into a demon; see h. te velde, seth, god of confusion, probleme der agyptologie 6 (leiden 1967) 139-151. 88 jarl fossum and brian glazer two points only need to be made in this connection. firstly, typhon in the

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

ge bulwer-lytph egyptian magic by e. a. wallis budge late keeper of the egyptian and assyrian antiquities in the british museum kegan, paul, trench and trubner& co, london [1901] p. iii to sir j. norman lockyer, k.c.b, f.r.s, etc, etc, etc, a token of esteem for a great astronomer, and a mark of true regard for a friend. p. vii preface. a study of the remains of the native religious literature of ancient egypt which have come down to us has revealed the fact that the belief in magic, that is to say, in the power of magical names, and spells, and enchantments, and formula, and pictures, and figures, and amulets, and in the performance of ceremonies accompanied by the utterance of words of power, to produce supernatural results, formed a large and important part of the egyptian religion. and

or at any rate in predynastic times, when it in some mysterious way symbolized the presence of a supreme power. but be this as it may, it is quite certain that magic and religion developed and flourished side by side in egypt throughout all periods of her history, and that any investigation which we may make of the one necessarily includes an examination of the other. from the religious books of ancient egypt we learn that the power possessed by a priest or man who was skilled in the knowledge and working of magic was believed to be almost boundless. by pronouncing certain words or names of power in the proper manner and in the proper tone of voice he could heal the sick, and cast out the evil spirits which caused pain and suffering in those who were diseased, and restore the dead to life

uble house of life" the future was as well known as the past, and neither time nor distance could limit the operations of his power; the mysteries of life and death were laid bare before him, and he could draw aside the veil which hid the secrets of fate and destiny from the knowledge of ordinary mortals. now if views such as these concerning the magician's power were held by the educated folk of ancient egypt there is little to wonder at when we find that beliefs and superstitions of the most degraded character flourished with rank luxuriance among the peasants p. xii and working classes of that country, who failed to understand the symbolism of the elaborate ceremonies which were performed in the temples, and who were too ignorant to distinguish the spiritual conceptions which lay at the

n papyrus or linen to produce a magical effect would be popular with all classes of men and women, and especially among the poor and the ignorant. the written word has been regarded in the east with reverence from time immemorial, and a copy of a sacred writing or text is worn or carried about to this day with much the same ideas and beliefs about its power to protect as in the earliest times. in ancient egypt the whole book of the dead, as well as the various sections of it which are usually copied on papyri, consisted of a series of "words of power" and the modern egyptian looks upon the koran in the same light as his ancestor looked upon the older work. a curious passage in the text inscribed on the inside of the pyramid of unas reads (1. 583 "the bone and flesh which possess no writing

are fortunately enabled to date the stele, for the name of nectanebus i, the last but one of the native kings of egypt, who reigned from b.c. 378 to b.c. 360, occurs on it, and we know from many sources that such a monument could have been produced only about this period. from the two illustrations of it here given we see that it is both sculptured and engraved with figures of many of the gods of ancient egypt, gods well known from the monuments of the earlier dynasties, and also with figures of a series of demons and monsters and animals which have both mythological and magical importance. many of these are accompanied by texts containing magical formula, p. 148 magical names, and mythological allusions. in the principal scene we see horus, or harpocrates, standing upon two crocodiles; on

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s of the four quarters plus the inbetweenness concepts that together compose the eightfold cross, the eight-petalled lotus, a synthetic symbol of the goddess of the seven stars plus her son, set or sirius. the mechanics of the new sexuality are based upon the dynamics of the death posture, a formula evolved by spare for the purpose of reifying the negative potential in terms of positive power. in ancient egypt the mummy was the type of this formula, and the simulation by the adept of the state of death- in tantric practice- involves also the total stilling of the psychosomatic functions. the formula has been used by adepts not necessarily working with specifically tantric or magical formulae, notably by the celebrated advaitin rishi, bhagavan shri ramana maharshi of tiruvannamalai, who att

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coeptis "favor my daring undertaking" was not a supplication to god; in conjunction with the other motto it can only refer to saturn or osiris. the reign of saturn was called "the golden age" even though he received human sacrifices and devoured his own children. he was symbolized by the serpent biting its own tail.60 the sun and the serpent ophiolatry is the worship of serpents. the religion of ancient egypt was closely interwoven with the worship of sun and serpent. the deity, kneph, was pictured as a serpent in a fiery circle''he was regarded as the first emanation of the supreme being, the good genius of the world, the demiurgus, the efficient reason of all things, and the architect of the universe. kneph is identified with the sun, hence the rays of glory around his head. both serpen

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ries, pp. 20ff. an important survey of the eleusinian cult is contained in mircea eliade, history of religious ideas, vol. i (university of chicago press, chicago, 1981, pp. 290-301. 85. the spirit of the eleusinian mysteries is brilliantly captured by edouard schur in sanctuaires d orient (paris, 1898 (r.st) 86. it has been called the greatest coherent literary work that has come down to us from ancient egypt; r. lepsius, das totenbuch der alten gypter (berlin, 1842, p. 17 (r.st) a modern english rendering is: r. faulkner, the ancient egyptian book of the dead (university of texas, austin, 1990. the ideas it contains about astral immortality are already prefigured in much older egyptian texts subsequently discovered, for example, the coffin texts and pyramid texts. on their initiatory sig

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ians that set- typhon did in late antiquity. once again set, whose name means initiation, is highly honored upon this earth. september 9, 1995 under the guidance of the researchers of the orderof setne khamuast (osk, the temple of set has a heb-sed festival at the oasis of las vegas. end quote. a few comments- the probable initial manifestation of xeper was during the first intermediate period of ancient egypt. this was a period when the first libraries were being put together, but it was also a period of time in ancient egyptian literature that often reflected a "skepticism and lamentation about the meaning of life. this is significant in terms of understanding the genesis of the antinomian character found within the left hand path. it is one of the hallmarks of the antinomian character t

to preserve the embodiment of oneself through time, they must be inscribed in some way and they must be inscribed within some sort of medium. the study of consciously created, and unconscious inscription, is what forms the basis of the science of archaeology. typically then, mant older inscriptions are the remnants of funerary practice and other types of archaeological digs. the great pyramids of ancient egypt are an example of this form of inscription, as is the taj mahal and the great burial mounds found in the united states, japan and other parts of the world. however, there are a few other forms of inscription worth mentioning. the first is the inscription of ideas through time that can be found within the writings of a culture, in its art, and within its traditions. then there is the

te is that we are not talking about science here, we are talking about understanding in accordance to the method in which the individual perceives his/her environment. this is what must be fully explored and understood in terms of the over riding principles that reflect this individuated perception. the pentagram is a symbol that is approximately five thousand years old and has its initial use in ancient egypt and mesopotamia, first as a potter mark, and in later egyptian dynasties as a mason s mark. symbolically, it was connected to the souls separate journey through the universe. gerald gardner (considered the founding father of modern wicca) utilized the inverted pentagram as representive of the second degree of wicca. the gnostics called the pentagram the blazing star and related it to

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iterature, in fact taking on the image of death, the grim reaper? does king believe that this publicly displayed ritual act by him confers on the famous novelist the "raw spiritual energy" mentioned by masonic authority jim tresner, 33? x the egyptian connection from what source do the masons draw for this funeral symbolism of the x? in my book, dark majesty, i explain the egyptian connection: in ancient egypt, the mark of "x" and the symbol of cross-bones in the symbol of an x was very prominent in religious contexts. you can find the x on the walls of a number of ancient egyptians temples and pyramids..it is the sign of osiris, the great sun god. the ancient pharaohs, when they were buried, had the legs crossed in the form of "x" as a sign of devotion to osiris' today, as in ancient egyp

surface to better understand. this is vital because of the future of the united states and the destiny of all humanity is wrapped up, and is revealed, in this collection of illuminist symbols and marks. the ashlar stones and the pyramid masonry is a peculiar egypto-babylonia-jewish institution, and so the pyramid itself hearkens back to the dynasty of the pharaohs and to the gods and goddesses of ancient egypt. the stones which make up the pyramid are also of esoteric significance. in the masonic philosophy it is taught that unenlightened man is in a rude, natural state. having little or no "light" and without the spiritual illumination offered by the mystery religions he is likened to an imperfect or rough ashlar stone. but once enlightened and illuminated, he is crafted into a man of edu

co, central and south america, the gods were also gods of sacrifice and, once again, the heart was the centerpiece of devotion. bloodthirsty followers, egged on by high priests, cut out the hearts of victims of tribal wars. on the stone altars of the temples, the priests cut the heart out of the breast of sacrificial victims while they were still alive! the hearts were eaten, just as they were in ancient egypt and as they are in a number of satanic cults in existence today. back to egypt freemasonry today freely admits its connection to the religion and rituals of ancient egypt and proudly displays egyptian idols (the sphinx, etc) in and around its lodge facilities and at its international headquarters, the house of the temple in washington, d.c. moreover, in the ritual ceremonies of the h

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of the elements, while the kerubim are the lords thereof; so tmo-oumathu is properly a jackal. kabexnuv in the west, in the region of n, has the form of a hawk, the subordinate form to the alchemic eagle of distillation, and the form also, of horus, the hiereus, beside whom is his station, and of whose symbolism he partakes. ahephi in the north, has the head of an ape. the symbology of the ape in ancient egypt is very complex. here it may be taken that while apis, the bull, represents the divine strength of the eternal gods, the ape represents the elemental strength which is far inferior and blended with cunning. ahephi, however, has other symbolism and other attributes. for by reason of the fertilizing qualities of the nile and of the fact that what is brought down by the nile as refuse f

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ized by the following days growing cooler. mabon, the second harvest festival, the fall equinox. once again daylight and night are in balance. now is the time to celebrate the gifts of the earth mother. page 6 grimoire of eclectic magick) archetype gods and goddesses( all gods are one god, all goddesses are one goddess, and there is one initiator! from aspects of occultism by dion fortune gods of ancient egypt horus imiut isis khepera khnum maat min nekhbet nephthys nut osiris ptah ra re sekhmet selket seshat set shu sobek taweret tefnut thoth wadjet agou ayizan baron cimeti re baron la croix baron samedi dambalah danbalah erzulie fr da gu d legba loco-d ogoun simbi voudoun loa celtic-gaulish deities aengus aine anu bave (babd, badhbh) belen blathnat blodeuwedd boann brigid cerridwen cernu

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n of all: do humans survive physical death? and if so, are they born again? the mystery of what lies on the other side of death has given birth to humankind s magic, mysticisms, religions, and all the diverse creatures of light and darkness that populate the mysterious regions in between. 1 chapter exploration how the major religions view the afterlife buddhism christianity hinduism islam judaism ancient egypt and the afterlife egyptian book of the dead osiris: death and resurrection pyramid texts individual human experience with death and the afterlife deathbed visions near-death experiences the mystery schools dionysian mysteries eleusinian mysteries hermetic mysteries orphic mysteries pythagorus tribal religions burial mounds land of the grandparents how the major religions view reincar

usness of their transgressions. m delving deeper jewish publication society translation. the tanakh. new york, 1992. sullivan, lawrence e, ed. death, afterlife, and the soul. new york: macmillan, 1989. unterman, alan. dictionary of jewish lore and legend. new york: thames and hudson, 1997. wilson, andrew, ed. world scripture: a comparative anthology of sacred texts. new york: paragon house, 1995. ancient egypt and the afterlife the ancient egyptians were preoccupied with the specter of death and the problem of how best to accomplish passage to the other side. there was never an ancient people who insisted upon believing that death was not the final act of a human being, that it is not death to die, with more emphasis than the egyptians. in the cosmology of the early egyptians, humans were

he ideal father and mother, and set (god of chaos) became the personification of evil. during the time of the middle kingdom (c. 2000 b.c.e) the story of osiris became a kind of gospel of righteousness, and justice was exalted in a manner found in few periods of history. egyptian book of the dead as early as the eighteenth dynasty, which began about 1580 b.c.e, most of the religious literature of ancient egypt, including the pyramid texts the oldest extant funerary literature in the world, dating back to as early as the fourth millennium b.c.e. and certain revised editions of those texts, called the coffin texts, were brought together, reedited, and added to, and painted on sarcophagi and written on papyrus. this massive literary effort, the work of many authors and compilers, is now known

eral service of the departed, called the opening of the mouth. this ceremony was a magical treatment of the mouth and other apertures of the body to ensure the spirit s ability to continue to hear, see, eat, and so forth, should it need to in the spirit world. the egyptians also performed this ceremony over statues and paintings, to endow them with a form in the afterworld. sources: ruffle, john. ancient egypt: land of the priest-king; egyptian temples: houses of power. in eerdman s handbook to the world s religions. edited by r. pierce beaver. grand rapids, mich: william b. eerdman s publishing co, 1982. egyptian journey to the next world uponan egyptian s death the greatest care was taken to preserve the body as a center of individual spirit manifestation. life to the body and make it po

the husband of isis, goddess of enchantment and magic; father of the great war god horus; and finally conqueror of northern upper egypt with his principal city at abydos. it was then that he came into conflict with set, who killed and dismembered him. the dark mists of death didn t 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 18 afterlife mysteries in ancient egypt, dead people s bodies were prepared for mummification. it was believed they would go to an afterlife (ap/wide world photos) the pyramid texts were the oldest extant funerary literature in the world, dating back to as early as the fourth millennium b.c.e. eliminate osiris. quite the opposite, in fact, for isis, incarnation of the divine mother goddess, used her magic to put him back t

nterdisciplinary cooperation of egyptologists, physicians, radiologists, physical anthropologists, and specialists in ancient languages. 10. recent discoveries of mummies in the sinai peninsula, the desert oases, and the eastern delta of the nile river are providing abundant information about the regional mummification styles. sources: teeter, emily. presentation of maat: ritual and legitimacy in ancient egypt and scarabs, scarboids, seals and seal impressions from medinet habu. n.p, n.d. person s tomb was called the het ka, the house of the ka, suggesting that the egyptians not only considered the ka an essential aspect of a human being, but understood that a provision for it, as well as for the physical body, must be made at the time of death. the ba is generally understood by modern sch

et wisdom. these divine documents were divided into six categories. the first dealt with the education of the priesthood; the second, temple ritual; the third, geographical knowledge; the fourth, astrology; the fifth, hymns in honor of the gods and a guide for the proper behavior of royalty; the sixth, medical commentary. legend has it that these sacred texts contain all the accumulated wisdom of ancient egypt, going back in an unbroken tradition to the very earliest time. as the hermetic texts continued to influence the growth of european alchemy, astrology, and magic, the author of the books was said to have been adam s grandson, who built the great pyramids of egypt; or an egyptian magician who lived three generations after moses; or a magus from babylonia who instructed pythagoras. the

the early medieval liturgies, there were three kinds of common exorcisms the exorcism or blessing of houses or objects, of those about to receive baptism, and of people believed to be possessed by demons. in various parts of europe, the priest conducting the exorcism might also use the rites to banish such pre-christian deities as thor and odin. accounts of demonic possession were commonplace in ancient egypt, babylonia, and persia from the earliest times. although there are no accounts of demonic possession or of exorcism in the old testament, the casting out of demons is an integral part of jesus ministry and it is an important aspect of the earthly assignments that he gives to his followers( then he called together his twelve apostles and sent them out two by two with power over evil s

y something bad about me. anyone who isn t against us is for us. neither jesus nor those who cast out demons in his name is called an exorcist in the new testament, and the word exorcise is never used anywhere in the bible in the context of banishing demons. by contrast to shamanic exorcisms of evil spirits in tribal cultures, which can last for hours or days; the rituals of demonic banishment in ancient egypt or pagan europe, which were dramatic ordeals of lengthy duration; or the rites of exorcism of the roman catholic church, which can go on for many days, months, even years, jesus exorcisms consisted of his/her simple and direct command to the demon to leave its unwilling host body. when jesus triumphs easily and immediately over the evil beings that have infested a human body and soul

s have some tradition of a guardian angel or type of spirit guide assigned to each individual human soul. in the ancient sanskrit texts of the vedas, the word for angel is angira; in hebrew, malakh, meaning messenger, or bene elohim, for god s children; in arabic, malakah; and in india, multiwinged angels or beings are called garudas. as early as the third millennium b.c.e, the written records of ancient egypt and mesopotamia recognized a hierarchy of supernatural beings that ruled over various parts of the earth, the universe, and the lives of human beings. they also believed in lower levels of entities that might be either hostile or benign in their actions toward humans. the mesopotamians wanted to be certain that they were well protected by their spiritual guardians, the shedu and the

ing aspect of the egyptian mystery schools is that for centuries the pharaohs themselves were the pupils and instruments of the hierophants, the magicians, who presided over the temples and cults of isis and osiris. each pharaoh received his initiation name from the temple, and the priests were honored with the roles of counselors and advisors to the throne. some have even referred to the rule of ancient egypt as government of the initiates. although the ancient egyptians never appeared to produce a philosophical system in the manner of the greeks or the romans, the mysteries produced a remarkable number of t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 258 mystery religions and cults theearliest, legible human records, known as the pyramid texts

elving deeper brandon, s. g. f. religion in ancient history. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1969. cotterell, arthur, ed. encyclopedia of world mythology. london: dempsey parr book, 1999. crim, keith, ed. the perennial dictionary of world religions. san francisco: harper collins, 1989. ferm, vergilious, ed. ancient religions. new york: philosophical library, 1950. grimal, nicolas. a history of ancient egypt.cambridge: blackwell publishers, 1994. akhenaten some scholars credit the pharaoh amenhotep iv, who ruled egypt (c. 1358 1340 b.c.e, with being an astonishing visionary who conceived of monotheism in a time when multiple gods flourished. amenhotep iv chose to call himself akhenaten. because of his revolutionary religious views, his contemporaries chose to call him heretic, and he rem

sm in a time when multiple gods flourished. amenhotep iv chose to call himself akhenaten. because of his revolutionary religious views, his contemporaries chose to call him heretic, and he remains a controversial historical figure to this day. during the so-called old kingdom period of egyptian history (c. 2700 2185 b.c.e, pharaohs were considered to be divine, representatives of the many gods of ancient egypt, and the earthly incarnation of the great god, the sun god, ra. during the middle kingdom (c. 2000 1785 b.c.e) when the egyptian power base shifted from heliopolis, near the junction of upper and lower egypt, to thebes in upper egypt, the theban god amun became combined with ra to become amun-ra. although he was generally depicted in human form, amun-ra was still considered the great

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these ancient depictions of were-animals remain among the most potent images that humankind has ever created. when modern anthropologists or archaeologists enter the caves with electric lights, he said, the paintings are still frightening. once humankind s psyche had absorbed such hybrid monsters from the stone age, it continued to fashion human-animal deities of great power, such as the gods of ancient egypt, which included the cat goddess bast, the canine-headed anubis, the hawkman horus, and so on. from such were-beings, it was a natural progression to fashion other mystical creatures, such as the minotaur (half-human, half-horse, the satyr (half-human, half-goat, the harpy (half-woman, half-bird, and a host of other hybrid entities the vast majority unfavorably disposed toward humanki

d book called beware the cat (1584) gives warning that black cats are witches in disguise, and that killing a cat does not necessarily mean killing the witch, for a witch can take on the body of a cat nine times. in the middle ages, the brain of a black cat was considered an essential ingredient in all recipes of the witches and witch doctors. the old belief that a cat has nine lives goes back to ancient egypt. the cat-headed goddess, bast (or ubasti, was associated with the benevolent aspect of hathor, the lioness, and was said to have nine lives. the egyptians did not fear the cat, but rather reverenced it, and they elevated cats far above the role of domestic pet. to the egyptians, the cat was transformed from mouse catcher to supreme deity, the sayer of great words. the egyptian word f

e among humankind s earliest tools and constitute one of its most universal symbols. but where did the superstition originate that bad luck would dog one s path if he or she walked under a ladder? it would seem to make great sense not to walk under a ladder while a carpenter is standing on it pounding in nails with a heavy-headed hammer. is this superstition just plain common sense? going back to ancient egypt, when the priests placed ladders in the tombs for the dead so they might ascend upward if they chose to do so, it was believed that spirits collected in the space that formed in the area between the ladder and the wall that it leaned against. when a ladder leans against a wall, it forms a natural triangle, and that particular geometric shape has been regarded as sacred since the most

the world s greatest love poetry, is said to have had 700 wives and 300 concubines. adultery, an act of infidelity on the part of a married individual, is one of the most universal of the taboos. the code of moses condemned both parties involved in the act to be stoned to death. the hindu religious doctrines order both man and woman, humiliated, mutilated or killed, depending upon their caste. in ancient egypt, the male offender was castrated, and the woman s nose was cut off. in ancient greece, the guilty pair might be killed by being dragged behind horses or starved. as the greek civilization matured, adulterers were seldom killed, but they were deprived of all public privileges and sometimes covered from head to foot with wool to render their guilt easily visible by others. the laws in

her future husband until the day of the wedding. in egypt, for instance, the groom was not permitted to see the face of his bride until the marriage ceremony when he engaged in the solemn ritual of uncovering her visage. the same sort of custom was observed among the arabs, the indians, and among other european and asiatic peoples. it has been a custom for brides to wear gloves since the time of ancient egypt. in egyptian hieroglyphics, the glove is the symbol of the hand. the word itself signifies to give, to honor. the something blue that brides are told to wear during their wedding is a tradition borrowed from the ancient israelites when young women were advised to place upon the borders of their fringed garments a ribbon of blue, the color of purity, love, and fidelity. according to t

s and will from that time on regard the other man as an enemy. courtesy toward guests. historical records indicate that all important guests at the pharaoh s palace in egypt had their names and symbols engraved on the guest wall, just as modern guests inscribe their names in their hosts guest book. among the wealthy of egypt, lunch was served at midday and dinner at night. when invited to dine in ancient egypt, people brought along their servants, and it wasn t considered impolite for guests to bring with them whatever items of comfort that they might need during their stay. the egyptian hosts anointed their guests with oil upon their arrival. the host and hostess, together with their guests, dined while seated in long halls and were served by household slaves. the egyptian hosts supplied

n publishers, 2000. elias, norbert. the history of manners. translated by edmund jephcott. new york: random house, 1982. fielding, william j. strange customs of courtship and marriage. london: souvenir press, 1961. frazer, sir james george. the golden bough. new york: collier/macmillan, 1950. grant, michael. the world of rome. cleveland, ohio: world publishing, 1960. grimal, nicolas. a history of ancient egypt. cambridge, mass: blackwell, 1994. hazlitt, w. c. dictionary of faiths and folklore. london: bracken books, 1995. jones, prudence, and nigel pennick. a history of pagan europe. london and new york: routledge, 1995. power, eileen. medieval people. garden city, n.y: doubleday anchor books, 1955. rees, nigel. best behavior. london: bloomsbury, 1992. walker, barbara g. the woman s encycl

s, bodies are embalmed and every effort is made to preserve the body as long as possible. coffins are sold to the bereaved families as dependable containers that will be able to preserve and protect the body of their beloved for centuries. crypts and vaults to contain family coffins are placed above ground and constructed of concrete or granite. embalming the body of the deceased was practiced in ancient egypt where the warm, dry climate assured its success. the egyptians anointed, embalmed, and buried their dead, and made mummies of the men and women of power, rank, and importance. to mummify, the egyptians extracted the brain and the intestines, cleaned out the body through an incision in the side, and filled the body cavities with spices. the body was then t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p

ead are not buried with their faces to the west. the people of the islands of samoa and fiji bury their dead with their faces directed toward the west, where, according to custom, their souls have preceded them. many scholars believe the christian minister s tradition of throwing handfuls of dirt on the coffin lid while intoning from ashes to ashes, from dust to dust, is a survival of a custom in ancient egypt in which relatives and friends of deceased persons ceremonially cast sand three times upon the body before it was entombed or buried. the coffin has taken many shapes and forms in its evolution as a final resting place for the deceased. many authorities attribute the presence of trees in the churchyard or cemetery to ancient notions concerning a hollowed- out tree as a dwelling place

on as a final resting place for the deceased. many authorities attribute the presence of trees in the churchyard or cemetery to ancient notions concerning a hollowed- out tree as a dwelling place for the spirits of the dead. in babylonia, great boxes of clay were baked to form a kind of coffin in which the dead were buried. the first actual coffins, as they are known today, probably originated in ancient egypt where the people believed that the body of the deceased must be kept safe until a future time of resurrection. the egyptian word for coffin is from kas, which means to bury. another form of the word became kast, indicating the receptacle into which the body is placed, the coffin. in the hindu faith, the deceased are given a ceremonial washing; then the body is wrapped in a burial clo

e neolithic time period (c. 8000 9000 b.c.e) humans set up great stone megaliths above burial mounds; these protected the dead from desecration and quite likely had certain religious significance. the ancient hebrews buried their dead and used stone pillars to mark the graves. the greeks often placed gravestones and various kinds of ornate sculpture on their burial sites. not everyone who died in ancient egypt was buried in a tomb. although the egyptians believed firmly in an afterlife, they were also of the opinion that only the powerful and important in the earthly life would have any notable status in the world to come. according to rank and wealth, those who were great in egypt and therefore likely to be important in the next life 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

new york: routledge, 1999. dickerson, jr, robert b. final placement. algonac, mich: reference publications, 1982. elias, norbert. the history of manners. translated by edmund jephcott. new york: random house, 1982. frazer, sir james george. the golden bough. new york: collier/macmillan, 1950. grant, michael. the world of rome. cleveland, ohio: world publishing, 1960. grimal, nicolas. a history of ancient egypt. cambridge, mass: blackwell, 1994. hazlitt, w. c. dictionary of faiths and folklore. london: bracken books, 1995. jones, prudence, and nigel pennick. a history of pagan europe. london and new york: routledge, 1995. opie, iona, and moira tatem, eds. a dictionary of superstitions. oxford, uk: oxford university press, 1989; new york: barnes& noble books, 1999. quigley, christine, and ch

likely that the government would be able to convince the populace that the pyramid was necessary in the first place. 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 invaders from outer space 247 alien footprint (archives of brad steiger) would supplying tombs for dead pharoahs be considered a worthy task on which to expend so much time and manpower? would ancient egypt, with a population of only a few million, stand such a drain of numbers for long periods of 10 or 20 years? to those who espouse the ancient astronaut theory, such massive works as the pyramids of egypt were built by intervening extraterrestrials, who used the power plants of their flying saucers to hoist such tonnage into place. spaceships of vast proportions may have brought extrat

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hard leigh. the temple and the lodge. new york: arcade, 1989. clifton, charles s. encyclopedia of heresies and heretics. new york: barnes& noble, 1998. howarth, stephen. the knights templar. new york: barnes& noble, 1993. vankin, jonathan, and john whalen. the seventy greatest conspiracies of all time: history fs biggest mysteries, coverups, and cabals. new york: citadel, 1998. the leopard men in ancient egypt, the leopard was esteemed as an aspect of divinity and associated with the god osiris, the judge of the dead. for many african tribes, the leopard is a powerful totem animal that is believed to guide the spirits of the dead to rest. for many centuries a leopard cult has existed in west africa, particularly in nigeria and sierra leone, wherein its members kill as does the leopard, by

hich enabled him to produce all the gold and precious gems necessary to allow him to build a house where he could live peacefully and well. to share the power of the legendary stone of transmutation with the unwise, the worldly, and the greedy would be disastrous. quietly, rosencreutz accepted only a handful of carefully evaluated students to whom he imparted the knowledge that he had acquired in ancient egypt and the connection that he had made with the mystery schools and the esoteric teachings of great masters. he was particularly enthusiastic about telling his students about pharaoh amenhotep and the monotheistic view of one god. at first there were only three disciples in attendance; then later, eight brothers, including rosencreutz himself, swore to uphold the following precepts: 1

e, they tend to be overly critical of others. they are quick to give vent to their opinions, and they can indulge in biting sarcasm if so moved. libra, the scales, september 23 to october 23, is an air sign. libra is the only symbol of the zodiac that does not represent either an animal or a human. long associated with harvest time and the fair measurement of crops, the scales may hearken back to ancient egypt and the belief that the god anubis weighed the souls of the dead to determine their worthiness. libra people are often attractive and conform to the idealistic picture of the model man or woman. however, libras tend to be rather moody and thin-skinned, and they hate anything painful or ugly. luxury has a great attraction for them; and with their tendency to avoid the unpleasant aspec

ndurance. although generally kind, capricorn people tend to be somewhat moody, often brooding over imagined slights and injuries. capricorns are liable to feel sorry for themselves, and they may develop into super pessimists unless they are careful. a capricorn needs to keep things carefree and light. aquarius, the water bearer, january 21 to february 19, is an air sign. aquarius hearkens back to ancient egypt and the god hap, who represented the nile river, the sustainer of all life. aquarians are difficult to describe, for they are often moody, untidy, and rather eccentric.while at the same time being highly gifted and intellectual men and women, who contribute much to art, literature, and allied subjects. aquarians do not fit into the general concept of conventional living, and they mak

stals.htm. crystal distributing company [online] http//www. heartsharmony.com/vogel.htm. crystal wings [online] http//www.crystalwings.com/vogelc.html. marcel vogel, man of crystal vision the verifiable qualities of crystals are showcased in numerous applications in modern technology, but the mystical qualities of crystals are more difficult to explain and depend more on belief. since the days of ancient egypt, crystals have been believed to have healing properties and the ability to rid the body of negative energies. crystals are believed to be able to store images and thoughts, serving as keepers of knowledge of the past. among other attributes reputed of crystals is the ability to store and discharge light; to receive impressions from humans, who are able to program crystals for certain

on crete gminoan civilization h after minos, the legendary king of crete. the palace at knossos was probably t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d places of mystery and power 223 damaged by an earthquake about 1700 b.c.e, a date that marked the end of one phase of the early history of crete. minoan civilization had regular contact and trade with ancient egypt, which lies southeast, across the mediterranean, from crete. crete, then, qualifies as a land far to the west (in those days) of egypt where atlantis was said to be by the egyptian priests who spoke of the continent to solon. archaeological excavations early in the twentieth century unearthed remarkable artifacts of minoan civilization. then, in 1939, greek archaeologist sypridon mar

assageways, corridors leading to empty spaces, and false leads confront pyramid explorers. the bodies of the pharaohs and their queens might still be buried somewhere in the pyramids.or, perhaps their remains fell victim to tomb robbing, a crime so old it is mentioned in egyptian texts and on papyrus dating back centuries before herodotus reported on the pyramids. the pyramid of khufu, largest of ancient egypt fs 70 pyramids, stands 481 feet high, measures roughly 756 feet on each side, and covers 13 acres of land. if the blocks that form the pyramid were reduced to foot-sized square cubes and lined up, the cubes would stretch for 16,600 miles. it is generally agreed that all three pyramids at giza, including those of the pharaohs khafre (chephren, in greek) and menaure (mycernius, in gree

ptian civilization of the period had no beasts of burden and no wheel to assist in moving and erecting the 11 million cubic yards of stone used in the great pyramid. the transporting of the stone may not have been overwhelming, however. limestone used for 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 266 places of mystery and power thelargest pyramid of ancient egypt is the pyramid of khufu. the pyramids distinctly matches a large bedrock on which the nearby sphinx was sculpted. the limestone may have been quarried, moved, and then chiseled into blocks for the pyramid. a 50-foot drop-off, now filled in by sand, occurs just beyond the temples in front of the sphinx, perhaps a result of quarried stone. additional stone may have arrived through shal

bers of a superior culture who had introduced a golden age to the area. the founders of tiahuanaco were taller and had distinctive facial characteristics quite apart from the high-cheekboned visages of today fs dwellers of the high plateau. in posnanksy fs view, the most startling tale told by the few artifacts left in the city was of a new world civilization that was amazingly similar to that of ancient egypt. the calassassayax (house of worship, he believed, was so similar to the egyptian temple of karnak in design and layout that its relative dimensions made it almost a scale model of the old world structure. the stones used in the temple at tiahuanaco are fitted and joined with their joints and facing parts polished to make a nearly perfect match. the incas did not build in such a mann

ften sculpted with figurines or ornaments. fulcrum from the latin fulcire, meaning gto prop up or support. h the part of something that acts as its support. geoglyphics lines, designs, or symbols left in the earth, such as those in egypt, malta, chile, bolivia, and peru with a mysterious, ancient, and puzzling origin. hieroglyphics a system of writing that uses pictures or symbols such as that in ancient egypt. ice age any of the periods of extreme cold or glacial epochs in the history of earth when temperatures fell, resulting in large areas of earth fs surface covered with glaciers; the most recent one occurring during the pleistocene epoch. megalith a very large stone that is usually a part of a monument or prehistoric architecture. 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

that rejects or contradicts established teachings or theories that are traditional in philosophy, religion, science, or politics. heretic from the greek hairetikos, meaning gable to choose. h someone who does not conform or whose opinions, theories, or beliefs contradict the conventional established teaching, doctrines, or principles, especially that of religion. hieroglyphics a writing system of ancient egypt that uses symbols or pictures to signify sounds, objects, or concepts. can also refer to any writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher. the word comes from an ancient greek term meaning gsacred carving. h hierophant from the latin hierophanta and greek hierophantes, meaning literally a gsacred person who reveals something. h an ancient greek priest who revealed or interpreted

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

iage of their gods. when by peaceful infiltration a new god ousted anold one, he was said to be the son of his predecessor. but when the invasion was warlike the conquering deitywas invested with all good attributes while the god of the vanquished took a lower place and was regarded bythe conquerors as the producer of evil, and was consequently often more feared than their own legitimatedeity. in ancient egypt the fall from the position of a high god to that of a "devil" is well exemplified in thegod seth, who in early times was as much a giver of all good as osiris, but later was so execrated that, exceptin the city of his special cult, his name and image were rigorously destroyed. in the study of the horned godthis fact of the fall from godship to devildom must be borne in mind. the god

ewhere than in europe the worshippers ate the dead body of the god,or at least some part of it. ceremonial cannibalism is found in many parts of the world, and in all cases it isdue to the desire to obtain the qualities of the dead person, his courage, his wisdom, and so on. when a divinevictim was eaten and the holy flesh thus received into the system, the worshipper became one with the deity.in ancient egypt, as in other places, it was more common to eat the animal substitute or a figure of the godmade in dough or other edible substance. the sacrifice of the god in the person of the king or his substitutewas known from very early times, and has continued in some countries until the present century. it remainedin western europe as long as the cult of the horned god lasted, and i have coll

lowly melted he would get weaker and die. the method was probably quiteeffectual if the doomed man knew that magic, in which he believed, was being practised against him; butwhen the method was not successful the witches were often prepared to supplement magic with physicalmeans, such as poison and cold steel.wax images for magical purposes are very early, there is reference to a wax crocodile in ancient egypt asearly as the xiith dynasty (before 2000 b.c, but the most detailed account is in the legal record of theharem conspiracy in the reign of the pharaoh rameses iii (about 1100 b.c. a plot was hatched to kill thepharaoh and to put one of his sons on the throne; the conspirators were the young man's mother and severalof the harem ladies and harem officials, besides people from outside

rope, believed in and practised as ardently as among the africans of to-day.to investigate the subject of the divine victim of the witch-cult it is essential to put aside all preconceivedideas, remembering always that the records were made by the prejudiced pens of monkish chroniclers. thesubject must be approached with the same unbiassed mind as though the religion under investigationbelonged to ancient egypt or to modern savages. that the sacrifice was repeatedly consummated within thehistoric period of our own country and of france depends upon evidence which would be accepted if it wereoffered in respect of an oriental or african religion.there are indications that in england the sacrifice took place every seven years, in normandy, scandinaviaand france every nine years. in the seven-y

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people or other social system, and discover who or what is functioning as the tiphareth centre of the group. note how much the social order and the actions of the group revolve from the tiphareth location. where does the tiphareth individual get his inspiration from in order to influence the group? 3. collect images of the heart from any sources you have available to you. the religious systems of ancient egypt and medieval christianity provide useful sources, as do the ancient mexican religions of the toltecs and mayans. what does the heart symbolise? chapter seven 1. make a study of the relationship between religion and love. the raptures of christian mystics, the experiences and stories told by the sufi schools, and the devotional work of magicians such as aleister crowley will provide n

THOUGHTS ON SETH

'isolator' his chief enemies are the gods of stasis and mindlessness. the first of these is osiris, death himself. set's slaying of osiris has a twofold significance for the seeker of xeper. firstly this represents the slaying of old thought patterns, the dethroning of those internal gods that we have received from society. on a second level this was the act by which set, alone of all the gods of ancient egypt, became deathless. the left hand path is a quest to become an immortal, potent, and powerful essence. set's other enemy is the demon of mindless chaos, apep. set is said to slay this creature every night just before dawn. this symbolizes overcoming self doubt and delusion, of acting at the times of greatest despair, or not being lulled to sleep by the powerful self- hypnotizing engin

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

nd orthodox bishop warburton, whose authority it is not for me to dispute, says, from the nature of any action morality cannot arise, nor from its effects;1 therefore, for aught we can tell, this ceremony, however shocking it may appear to modern manners and opinions, might have been intrinsically meritorious at the time of its celebration, and afforded a truly edifying spectacle to the saints of ancient egypt. indeed, the greeks do not seem to have felt much horror or disgust at the imitative representation of it, whatever the historian might have thought proper to express at the real celebration. several specimens of their sculpture in this way have escaped the fury of the reformers, and remained for the instruction of later times. one of these, found among the ruins of herculaneum, and

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significance of stone and the cubic shape. the earliest christians did not use altars, but in the third century it became the custom to enclose holy relics within the altar, which assumed a box shape with a stone slab for a top. in 517 the council of epaone in burgundy forbad the consecration of any but stone altars. in ancient babylon altars had square tops and were made of sun-dried bricks. in ancient egypt they were of black stone in the shapes of a cube or a truncated cone (magically, a form of the truncated pyramid. the builders of stonehenge traveled many miles to harvest the blue stones, presumably because of their enhanced power to retain spiritual energy, and these stones were cut into roughly oblong shapes away from the site of the circle. this is significant because the bible e

e magi will use their power to tilt probability with circumspection. they will not expect a direct physical solution to a problem unless it is the only possible answer. most important of all, they will never seek pleasure through the pain of others lest their own agony become a source of amusement for the gods at some future time. the prime symbol of the balance of fate occurs in the mythology of ancient egypt. it is the great scale of judgment that is presided over by osiris. on it he commands the weighing of the heart of the newly dead person, symbolizing the sum of that person's actions in life, against the cosmic law, which is represented by the single ostrich feather of mayet (maat, goddess of justice and truth. she stands guard against the forces of chaos. if the heart of the dead is

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twin sister, the second h, to the throne of the now barren mother, the first h, whom she replaces. her mature beauty arouses the creative lust of the v, who ascends to the throne of his father, the i. by this ascent he is transformed and his old identity "dies" or passes from existence. the renewed and fertile male-female pair in turn produce the next generation. it is interesting tq note that in ancient egypt it was the custom for the young prince to replace the dying king, his father, on the throne and marry his own sister, the princess, who became queen and took over the post of her mother. in this way, the king was forever renewed in his own blood and might be said symbolically to be deathless. this egyptian custom is an imitation on the human level of the creative process of tetragram

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

ave achieved purification and sanctity can enter into the hall of illumination. there are also many students that enter into our studies purely out of curiosity. they want to be wise immediately. paul of tarsus stated "we speak wisdom among them that are perfect (corinthians i, 26. therefore, only those who achieve the third step are perfect. only among them can divine wisdom be spoken of. in the ancient egypt of the pharaohs, among the occult masons, the three steps of the path were: 1. apprentice 2. companion 3. master candidates remained in the degree of apprenticeship for seven years, and sometimes longer. only when the hierophants were completely sure of the purity and sanctity of those candidates were they then able to pass them to the second stage. la gnosis primitiva ense a tres et

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

ims is collected and mixed with arsenic, which appears to be a necessary element for those of the human-reptilian bloodlines. this is poured into goblets and consumed by the satanists, together with the liver and eyes. this is supposed to provide strength and greater psychic vision. fat is scraped from the intestines and smeared over the bodies of the participants- like the fat of the 'messeh' in ancient egypt the corpse is then suspended from a tree and the satanists stand naked to allow the dripping blood to fall on them. the mother goddess says that by this time the participants are in such a high state of excitement that they often shape-shift into reptilians and mostly manifest, she says, in a sort of off-white colour. they are also terrified, because at this point the mother goddess

WICCA EIGHT SABBATS OF WITCHCRAFT

hcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 9 be made of ash. later, the yule log was replaced by the yule tree but, instead of burning it, burning candles were placed on it. in christianity, protestants might claim that martin luther invented the custom, and catholics might grant st. boniface the honor, but the custom can demonstrably be traced back through the roman saturnalia all the way to ancient egypt. needless to say, such a tree should be cut down rather than purchased, and should be disposed of by burning, the proper way to dispatch any sacred object. along with the evergreen, the holly and the ivy and the mistletoe were important plants of the season, all symbolizing fertility and everlasting life. mistletoe was especially venerated by the celtic druids, who cut it with a gold

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ns, derived from the use of the druid or pre-druid circle. at one time i believed the whole cult was directly descended from the northern european culture of the stone age, uninfluenced by anything else; but i now think that it was influenced by the greek and roman mysteries which originally may have come from egypt. but while it is fascinating to consider the cult existing in direct descent from ancient egypt, we must take into account the other possibilities. there is, of course, the orthodox roman catholic view that the cult was either invented by the devil or made up by people who hated the catholic church. if this was the case, i think it would certainly have shown in the rites or the teaching; but these all run as if the practicers had never heard of either, which points to its being

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

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

rom european magic, inverted roman catholicism and mixed memories of different african religions. i cannot say if this is right; but if some of these french half-castes had a witch tradition this would account for all the resemblances. for all over the world when faced with certain problems people are apt to solve them in the same way. if the knowledge now practised in west africa is derived from ancient egypt, there is no reason to doubt that some witch practices may have come from the same source to europe via the roman and greek mysteries, which all seem to be derived from ancient egypt. i feel that the egyptian cults were too severe and respectable to go in for the blood practices used by africans. i think pythagoras, who is generally credited with bringing the mysteries to greece, was

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

rasad s nature s finer forces. lamaism in tibet, 1895, by dr. laurence austine waddell, is a very learned work; it contains a vast store of information on the numerical occult lore of the lamas and buddhists. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott upon egyptian numbers consult the works of e. a. wallis budge; flinders petrie; sir john gardner wilkinson; life in ancient egypt, by adolf erman; and egyptian belief, by james bonwick. mystics will find much food for thought in the yi-king, a very curious product of ancient chinese lore. the gnostic philosophy has a deep numerical basis, and the works of c. w. king and g. r. s. mead my be suitably studied. 9. many volumes of bijou notes and queries have been published by s. c. gould of manchester, usa, and the

ely for everyday purposes; while the jewish rabbis added to their practical value special peculiar purposes, and looked to them to furnish deeper views of nature, existence and doctrine. no doubt can exist that the ancient egyptians were fully aware of the wondrous mysteries which numbers are able to disclose, so, considering that greece, and neither judea nor babylon, succeeded to the empires of ancient egypt, it is a curious fact how little knowledge of the dogmas of the hierophants of sais, memphis and thebes greek literature has transmitted to us. the jewish rabbis discovered so much of interest and importance behind the merely superficial value of numbers, and of words as their representatives, that they gradually developed a complete science of numerical conceptions apart from mathem

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