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18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

ings (superst. d, g: like herodias, she appears as domina and hcra. the life of st. caesarius arelatensis mentions a' daemonium, quod rustici dianavi vocant' so that the name was familiar to the common people; that statue of diana in greg. tur. 8, 15 i have spoken of on p. 110. but the strongest testimony to the wide diffusion of diana's cultus seems to be a passage in the life of st. kilian, the apostle of the east franks (t 689: gozbertusdux franciae. volens crebra apud se tractare inquisitione, utrum ejus quem (kilianus) praedicabat, vel dianae potius cultus praeferendus esset. diana namque apud ilium in summa veneratione .habebatur (surius 4, 133; acta sanct. bolland. 8 jul (p. 616. as it is principally in thuringia, franconia and hesse that frau holda survives, it is not incredible th

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

, which is his name for the enemy, owing to his ignorance of the history of the world, as the prince of the power of the air; that is, of the ruach, of the intellect; and we must never forget that what operated the conversion of st. paul was the vision on the road to damascus. it is particularly significant that he disappeared into the desert of arabia for three years before coming forward as the apostle to the gentiles. st. paul was a learned rabbi; he was the favourite pupil of the best expositor of the hebrew law, and in the single moment of his vision all his arguments were shattered at a single stroke! 10. we are not told that st. paul said anything at the time, but went quietly on his journey. that is the great lesson: not to discuss the results. those of you who possess a copy of 't

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

the entities of good and evil having roughly equivalent powers, is perhaps best illustrated by the belief, common among the orthodox churches of the east, in a personal devil as well as a personal angel. this concept has been amplified by the roman catholic church to such an extent- perhaps subconsciously- that a missal in the editor's possession contains an engraving for the feast of st. andrew, apostle, for november 30, that bears the legend "ecce qui tollis peccata mundi- behold him who taketh away the sins of the world- and the picture above it is of the atomic bomb! basically, there are two "sets" of gods in the mythos: the elder gods, about whom not much is revealed, save that they are a stellar race that occasionally comes to the rescue of man, and which corresponds to the christian

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF THE LAW

are fools. i,12: come forth, o children, under the stars& take your fill of love! i,13: i am above you and in you. my ecstasy is in yours. my joy is to see your joy. i,14: above, the gemm d azure is the naked splendour of nuit; she bends in ecstasy to kiss the secret ardours of hadit. the winged globe,the starry blue, are mine, o ankh-af-na-khonsu! i,15: now ye shall know that the chosen priest& apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the beast; and in his woman called the scarlet woman is all power given. they shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men. i,16: for he is ever a sun, and she a moon. but to him is the winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight. i,17: but ye are not so chosen. i,18: burn upon the

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

is mystical in character, the "child" does not appear at all in this manifested form as two, but as naught. in the consciousness of the adept, this is called samadhi. he has united himself with, and lost himself in, nuit. when the "child" appears as two, it is magick, as the other is mysticism. this is the essential difference between these arts. al i,15 "now ye shall know that the chosen priest& apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the beast; and in his woman called the scarlet woman is all power given. they shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men" the old comment 15. the authority of the beast rests upon this verse; but it is to be taken in conjunction with certain later verses which i shall leave to the research

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t us, like the sighs of love unsatisfied- or satisfied. his lips move. i cannot say the words at first. and afterwords "shalt thou not bring the children of men to the sight of my glory 'only thy silence and thy speech that worship me avail 'for as i am the last, so am i the next, and as the next shalt thou reveal me to the multitude' fear not for aught; turn not aside for aught, eremite of nuit, apostle of hadit, warrior of ra hoor khu! the leaven taketh, and the bread shall be sweet; the ferment worketh, and the wine shall be sweet. my sacraments are vigorous food and divine madness. come unto me, o ye children of men; come unto me, in whom i am, in whom ye are, were ye only alive with the life that abideth in light" all this time i have been fading away. i sink. the veil of night comes

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so much disquiet to theologians, in all ages, as has the "revelation of st john the divine" and it is but in comparatively recent times that it has been generally accepted as canonical, and this even by those who admit that they do not understand it; and to such as these the "apocalypse unsealed" will be a veritable "revelation" indeed. mr james m. pryse accepts it unreservedly as the work of the apostle john, but we ought to mention that there is a long string of authorities against this view. dionysius, who was surnamed the great, of alexandria, was a pupil of origen, and he of clement of alexandria, all catechists of the "arcane discipline" which taught a christianised version of the older gnosis, which clement and others had brought into the church from the older secret, or occult, soc

of origen, and he of clement of alexandria, all catechists of the "arcane discipline" which taught a christianised version of the older gnosis, which clement and others had brought into the church from the older secret, or occult, societies of which they were, or had been members. this dionysius makes a certain john the presbyter, as of note in asia minor in the 1st century, and distinct from the apostle, to be the author of the book. presbyter cajus, or gaius, of rome, and the alogi, attributed it to cerinthus, a gnostic of the independent sect of these, and eusebius quotes both dionysius and these alogi; nicephorus callistus uses the same as saying that some who had preceded them had manipulated the book in such way, in every chapter, that the original could not be recognised. this may b

apter, that the original could not be recognised. this may be an exaggeration, but amongst the eminent critics who have denied the authenticity of the book may be mentioned these, and what else can we expect when none to the present time could understand it? against it are de wett, bleek, ewald, credner, schott, lucke, neander, michaelis, who treat the style as utterly foreign to that of john the apostle. the first-named observes that "revelation" is characterised by strong hebraisms, ruggedness, and exhibits the absence of pure greek words, whilst in the gospel of john is to be found a calm, deep feeling, but in the apocalypse we have great creative power of fancy- the two minds are at variance with each other. st jerome had an 164 exalted opinion of the book, and says that it has much of

mystery therein; possibly he saw it with the same eyes as mr pryse. even both luther and erasmus were doubtful as to its acceptance. the "encyclopaedia britannica" argues that its allusions are of the 4th or 5th century. it may be mentioned here, that dom john chapman, d.o.s, has made an examination of the question this year, and argues, with doubtful success, that john the presbyter and john the apostle were the same person, and accepts both the gospel and the apocalypse as the works of apostle john, and accounts for the difference in style as that of the amanuensis whom the apostle john employed. two noticable, but irreconcilable, attempts have in recent years been made to interpret the book, theologically and historically. the learned dr e. v. kenealy made sense out of it, but overdid t

" the same translator published the "magical message of ioannes" a translation of great value which receives much additional light from the later work, and the more so as it supplies, in a knowledge of hermetic greek, much meaning which escapes us in the authorised version. in the "unsealing" mr. pryse goes solid for the book, the whole book, and nothing but the book, as the veritable work of the apostle john, hence the clergy may extend a welcome hand to it. he quite believes it is a work of the apostle john, and defends the style; amongst these there are some doubtless who are narrow-minded, but here, and still more prominently in america, there are broad-minded clergy who will welcome the unsealing. the freemasons too in their higher grades, which have more or less reached us through th

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

or the logos, the existence who is expressing himself through the medium of the solar system. in the christian bible the same thought is borne out by st. paul in a letter to the church at ephesus. in the second chapter of the epistle to the ephesians he says "we are his workmanship" literally, the correct translation from the greek is "we are his poem, or idea" and the thought in the mind of the apostle is that through the medium of every human life, or in the aggregate of lives which compose a solar system, god is, through the form, whatever it may be, working out an idea, a specific concept, or detailed poem. a man is an embodied thought, and this is also the concept latent in the definition of plutarch. you have therein first the idea of a self-conscious entity, you have then to recogn

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

n of god is also the son of man! this fact has, perhaps, been forgotten in the emphasis laid upon his divinity. that divinity is there, and nothing can touch or hide it; it is radiance and pure white light. but the manhood is there also, a guarantee to us of our opportunity and of our potentialities, an endorsement of our faith. in the magnetic power, breathed out through the words of the beloved apostle as he portrayed christ as the son of god who speaks divinely, we have fallen down in love and adoration before that divinity. but his manhood is emphasised by- 36- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust st. luke and st. matthew, just as his life as the great server was emphasised by st. mark. we have fought over the divinity of christ. had there been no gospel but the gospel

there been no gospel but the gospel of st. john, only his divinity would have been known to us. christ as man, and what he did and was as man, is not considered by this writer. any modern writer, when responsible for a biography of the christ, would come under most serious criticism (from the theologians and the orthodox) had he omitted these important points. but evidently, in the opinion of the apostle, they were not of paramount importance. it was the spirit of christ that was vital and necessary. the other three apostles supplied the setting and the detail, and apparently did much to bring that detail into conformity with the teaching of the past, as to the environment and lives of the past world-teachers and saviours, for there is a curious identity in events and occurrences. we have

der and its finality. we have not yet, as a race, passed through the new birth; the jordan experience is only attained as yet by the few. it is the rare and developed soul which has climbed the mountain of transfiguration, and there seen and met with god in the glorified person of jesus christ. we have looked on at this episode through the eyes of others. peter and james and john, through another apostle, matthew, have told us about it. we remain as onlookers, but it is an experience in which we shall some day share. this we have forgotten. we have taken to ourselves the language of the fourth great event in christ's life, and many of us have attempted to share and enter into the meaning of the crucifixion. we have looked on at the transfiguration, but have not attempted to become actively

yet been made. it was almost as if christ had foreseen the turn which theology would give to his death, and endeavoured to offset it by making the recognition of the dying thief one of the outstanding events at his death. he made no reference to the remission of sins through his blood as the reason for that admission. the real issue was the issue between love and hate. only st. john, the beloved apostle, the one closest to jesus, really understood; and in his epistles the emphasis is entirely upon love, and the usual orthodox interpretation is nowhere to be found. just love and hate; the desire to live as children of god and the inclination to live as ordinary human beings: herein lies the distinction between the citizen of the kingdom of god and a member of the human family. it was love

as his. thus in these two words of power "father, forgive them for they know not what they do" and "to day thou shalt be with me in paradise" we have the significances of the first two initiations summarised for us. now we come to the extraordinary and much debated episode between christ and his mother, summed up in the words "woman, behold thy son" and followed by the words spoken to the beloved apostle "behold thy mother" what did these words mean? below christ stood the two people who meant the most to him, and from the agony of the cross he spoke to them a special message, relating them to each other. our consideration of the previous initiations may make the meaning clear. john typifies the personality which is reaching perfection and whose nature is becoming irradiated by divine love

involved. it is a question of understanding and of a new and regulated inner attitude, one which is oriented to god because it is oriented to the service of- 163- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust man, in whom god is expressing himself "if we do not love our brother whom we have seen, how can we love god whom we have not seen?"4 this is the question which st. john, the beloved apostle, asks and which we have not yet, as a race, attempted to answer. the vital need is to return to the simple fundamental instruction which christ gave, and to learn to love our brother. love is not a sentimental, emotional state of consciousness. it takes into account the point in evolution and the development of character of those to be loved; but in spite of all, it is a love which sees tr

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

mbodied this way superlatively. others emerged along the way of the mind and were the intellectual knowers. theirs is the more strictly occult way and it has become increasingly the way of our present day aspirants. the reason for this is that the polarisation of the race is shifting ever more steadily on to the mental plane. some of the individuals on this way of the mind were sankaracharya, the apostle paul, and meister eckhart. today, many are coming out along this way under the name of science. there were also those outstanding individuals, such as the christ and the buddha, who combined both ways in their perfection and who towered above their fellowmen from the- 36- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust heights of their achievement. they swayed hemispheres

ALICE A BAILEY24 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME V THE RAYS AND THE INITIATIONS

ic counterpart of the physical brain; the instinct to self-preservation (one of the lowest aspects of law) and the tendency to sensitivity (feeling or emotion, one of the lowest forms of love) could be expressed in a more comprehensive manner. another rending of the veil, and one of relatively minor importance, took place when saul of tarsus saw the glory of the lord and was changed into paul the apostle. his forward moving and potent directness and sincerity, pushing along "the road to damascus" forced him to penetrate through one of the separating veils. the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by force. this force, working in saul, drove him through the veil which prevented vision, and the rent thereby made brought him a new revelation. he was, we are told, compl

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

cal and viewed as the abomination of the times- will become more comprehensible. we may understand how it was that the sect of satanians came to be degraded, and were anathematized without any hope of vindication in a future day, since they kept their tenets secret. how, on the same principle, the cainites came to be degraded, and even the (judas) iscariotes; the true character of the treacherous apostle having never been correctly presented before the tribunal of humanity. as a direct consequence, the tenets of the gnostic sects also become clear. each of these sects was founded by an initiate, while their tenets were based on the correct knowledge of the symbolism of every nation. thus it becomes comprehensible why ilda-baoth was regarded by most of them as the god of moses, and was held

hich we now detect an obvious reference to the allegorical shepherds of enoch" it is too late in the day to claim that it is enoch who borrowed from the new testament, instead of vice versa. jude (14- 15) quotes verbatim from enoch a long passage about the coming of the lord with his 10,000 saints, and naming specifically the prophet, acknowledges the source. this "parallelism between prophet and apostle, have placed beyond controversy that, in the eyes of the author of an epistle accepted as divine revelation, the book of enoch was the inspired production of an antediluvian patriarch" and further. the cumulative coincidence of language and ideas in enoch and the authors of n.t. scripture. clearly indicates that the work of the semitic milton was the inexhaustible source from which evangel

he true esoteric meaning, and it took centuries of scholastic casuistry to give them the present false colouring in their interpretation. the verbum and lucifer are one in their dual aspect; and the "prince of the air (princeps aeris hujus) is not the "god of that period" but an everlasting principle. if the latter was said to be ever circling around the world- qui circumambulat terram- the great apostle referred simply to the never-ceasing cycles of human incarnations, in which evil will ever predominate unto the day when humanity is redeemed by the true divine enlightenment which gives the correct perception of things. it is easy to disfigure vague expressions written in dead and long[[vol. 2, page] 516 the secret doctrine. forgotten languages, and palm them off as truths and revealed fa

en all error will be made away with, and the advent of truth will be heralded by those sishta, the holy "sons of light" the latin church is not always logical, nor prudent either. she declares the "book of enoch" an apocrypha, and has gone so far as to claim, through cardinal cajetan and other luminaries of the church, the rejection from the canon of even the book of jude, who, though an inspired apostle, quotes from and thus sanctifies the book of enoch, which is alleged to be an apocryphal work. fortunately, some of the dogmatics perceived the peril in time. had they accepted cajetan's resolution, they would have been forced to reject likewise the fourth gospel; as st. john borrows literally from enoch, and places in the mouth of jesus, a whole sentence (vide supra, xviii, sub-sect. a, a

vangel of the gnostics, ascribed at random to valentinus, but much more probably a pre-christian work in its original. it was discovered in a coptic ms. by schwartze, in the british museum, quite accidentally, and translated by him into latin; after which text and (latin) version were published by petermann in the year 1853. in the text itself the authorship of this book is ascribed to philip the apostle, whom jesus bids to sit down and write the revelation. it is genuine and ought to be as canonical as any other gospel. unfortunately it remains to this day untranslated* in the cycle of initiation, which was very long, water represented the first and lower steps toward purification, while trials connected with fire came last. water could regenerate the body of matter; fire alone, that of t

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

incorrect. space is neither a "limitless void" nor a "conditioned fulness" but both: being, on the plane of absolute abstraction, the ever-incognisable deity, which is void only to finite minds* and on that of mayavic perception, the plenum, the absolute container of all that is, whether manifested or unmanifested: it is, therefore, that absolute all. there is no difference between the christian apostle's "in him we live and move and have our being" and the hindu rishi's "the universe lives in, proceeds from, and will[[footnote(s* the very names of the two chief deities, brahma and vishnu, ought to have long ago suggested their esoteric meanings. for the root of one, brahmam, or brahm, is derived by some from the word brih "to grow" or "to expand (see calcutta review, vol. lxvi, p. 14; an

nature of the essence; brahma-vishnu being this infinite space, of which the gods, the rishis, the manus, and all in this universe are simply the potencies, vibhutayah[[vol. 1, page] 9 proem. return to, brahma (brahma: for brahma (neuter, the unmanifested, is that universe in abscondito, and brahma, the manifested, is the logos, made male-female* in the symbolical orthodox dogmas. the god of the apostle-initiate and of the rishi being both the unseen and the visible space. space is called in the esoteric symbolism "the seven-skinned eternal mother-father" it is composed from its undifferentiated to its differentiated surface of seven layers "what is that which was, is, and will be, whether there is a universe or not; whether there be gods or none" asks the esoteric senzar catechism. and t

be more than illogical to refuse to recognise this quality which is inherent in the material elements, or rather, in their com[[footnote(s* we cannot be taken to task by the protestants for interpreting the verse from the corinthians as we do; for, if the translation in the english bible is made ambiguous, it is not so in the original texts, and the roman catholic church accepts the words of the apostle in their true sense. for a proof see the commentaries on st. paul's epistles, by st. john chrysostom "directly inspired by the apostle" and "who wrote under his dictation" as we are assured by the marquis de mirville, whose works are approved by rome. and st. chrysostom says, commenting on that special verse "and, though there are (in fact) they who are called gods- for it seems, there are

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nce. st. paul has prophesied of the future of the church .many members in one body. and it is also written "i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. the equinox 304 do not even the most pious and pig-headed agree that these are the last days? are we not come through much tribulation to the latter end of the apocalypse, and shall we not cry with the apostle "the spirit and the bride say: come "yea, come, lord jesus, come quickly" john st. john. on the threshold of the unseen. an examination of the phenomena of spiritualism and of the evidence for survival after death. by sir william f. barrett. e. p. dutton& co. sir william barrett.s book is decidedly well worth reading by those who imagine that there is nothing in spiritualism and kindred su

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

1209 ruzbihan baqli of shiraz persian sufi. kitab-e 'abhar al-'ashiqin( le jasmin des fideles d'amour)dialectic of poetic love which precedes the sufi poet hafiz and resonates with the fedele d'amore. 1209: francis of assisi (1182-1226, along with twelve companions, gets permission from pope innocent iii to follow a new rule of life based on an extremely strict interpretation of christ's and the apostle's poverty. francis's group is called the order of friars minor. 1209-1229: the albigensian crusade marks the first crusade officially called against christian (in this case, cathar) enemies and christian lands. the eventual winners are the capetian kings of france, who wind up incorporating the sizeable domains of the count of toulouse into their kingdom. c.1210- 1272 jehan brete. trouv re

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

hools was called a muse, mose or. moses.7 manetho, the egyptianhistorian of the third century bc, quoted by the jewish historian, josephus, says that hewas a priest at heliopolis or on (place of the sun, and that afterwards he took thename of mosheh or moses.8 the word moses means: he who has been taken away, hewho has been put out from the waters, who has been made a missionary, an ambassador,an apostle.9 the chief priest in the egyptian temples was called eove or eov a, hencethe emergence of the name jehovah,10 and the hebrew language is really the sacredlanguage of the egyptian mystery schools.11 the general language of egypt was calledcbt, qbt or cbt, and is better known as copt or coptic. the sacred language of themystery schools took its name from obr or abr which, in these times, me

?the christian eucharist, when they eat bread and drink wine to symbolise thebody and blood of christ, originates with a cannibalistic ritual when they ate anddrank the real thing in animal and human sacrifices. most of the christian termscome from the greek, including christ and christianity. among many others arechurch (the lords house, ecclesiastical (ecclesia, the greek assembly orparliament, apostle (missionary, presbyter/priest (elder, and baptism(immersion).even according to the gospel stories, jesus was surrounded by terrorists. simonmagus was known as simon zelotes (the zealot) to acknowledge his role as acommander of the zealots, the freedom fighters who advocated a war against theromans. another description is simon kananites, a greek word meaning fanatic.this was translated int

DEMONIC BIBLE

e pre-christian pagan world. the aeon of osiris, which followed the aeon of isis, was a time when man rejected the natural world, accepting self-denial and sacrifice of the flesh and body as the ideal. christianity rose as the dominant religion in the west during the aeon of osiris. crowley, who came to believe that he was the beast described in the book of the revelation of jesus to st. john the apostle, wrote the book of the law, which he claimed was revealed to him by the spirit aiwass and was a true revelation from the egyptian deities nuit, hadit, and ra hoor khut. in the book of the law we read dowhat thou will shall be the whole of the law and love is the law, love under will. the word of the aeon of horus was thelema, the greek word for will. the will in this context was a magical

y night in which he declared the start of the aeon of set, a succession to the aeon of horus. the word of the aeon was xeper, an egyptian word which means to become or to come into being. the egyptian god xepera was associated with the scarab beetle and was the god of expansion of consciousness. michael aquino claimed to be the second beast from the book of the revelation of 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

n, were the first to acknowledge the birth of christ, for through their magical art and the practice of astrology, they recognized him as a naturally born magician. the eighteen lost years of his life were surely spent in the east studying the knowledge of the magi. the practitioner of the black arts may be the truest christian and he who would follow the dark path set out in this book the truest apostle of christ. the aeon of lucifer to the true sorcerer there is no "good" and no "evil; there is only his will. this is the basis of crowley's law of thelema. those who interpret crowley's law "do what thou will" as "do what you want" fail to understand that it is the magical will crowley is referring to. what the sorcerer desires (or thinks that he desires) may not be the thing which his "hi

wrapped in a blanket of darkness, i shall nurse upon the breast of the great harlot. as you have given me life, i dedicate this life to thy service. receive my life as your own that we may become one in body, mind, and soul. accept my life as a sacrifice to thy might and thy grandeur. open to me the gates of thy knowledge that we may become one.receive me as thy servant& disciple, as thy priest& apostle, as thy son* i shall pass through the abyss unharmed wearing a black halo and a diadem of blood upon my brow. i shall ride upon a nightmare with hellhounds before me and gryphons soaring above exalted by the glory of the dark lord, the king of all being. i shall cross through the gates of hell, and the demons of the abyss shall follow me. i shall lead the armies of hell in battle against h

DONALDTYSON DEMON

refuses to obey its directives to commit criminal and hurtful actions. there is no advantage for a demon when a human being ignores its temptations, and ceases to surrender to its abuse and intimidations. the demon leaves. the notion that the name of jesus in itself has power over demons was disproved by the biblical incident of the jewish exorcists who attempted to use the names of jesus and the apostle paul as magical words of power to cast out a possessing demon from a man. the demon said through the voice of its human host "jesus i know, and paul i know; but who are ye" the demon then used its host body to beat the jewish priests until they were compelled to flee for their lives. this story is usually interpreted to mean that only a follower of christ can cast out demons in his name, b

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod03.htm (36 of 36 [8/10/2001 11:22:57 am] sacred texts egypt index previous next the legend of osiris. the main features of the egyptian religion constant. the chief features of the egyptian religion remained unchanged from the vth and vith dynasties down to the period when the egyptians embraced christianity, after the preaching of st. mark the apostle in alexandria, a.d. 69, so firmly had the early beliefs taken possession of the egyptian mind; and the christians in egypt, or copts as they are commonly called, the racial descendants of the ancient egyptians, seem never to have succeeded in divesting themselves of the superstitious and weird mythological conceptions which they inherited from their heathen ancestors. it is not necessary h

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ng employed in occasional offices; and lastly, men in office as priests or bishops. the angel of the congregation among the jews was the chief of the synagogue. this later usage is also found in revelation 1 and 2, where the angel of the church is regularly addressed. today, the term is now limited to its principal meaning, and pertains only to the inhabitants of heaven. biblical angels mark, the apostle of the gentiles, speaks of the angels as ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation, in strict keeping with the import of the term itself. in mark 1:2, it is applied to john the baptist: behold i send my messenger (i.e, angel) before my face, and the word is the same( malak) in the corresponding prophecy of malachi. in hebrews 12: 22, 24, we read:

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

hostile to the occult. this has especially been the case in the wake of the late medieval trials in which witchcraft was reinterpreted as the work of satan. in the post-enlightenment world, in which many occult practices have disappeared, readers of the bible may miss the occult element in the text, as for example the casting of lots, a popular divinatory practice, to choose the successor of the apostle judas in the first chapter of the book of the act of the apostles. the bible versus popular occultism among the major themes of the history of israel was its struggle to institute the exclusive worship of yahweh, the god of abraham. this effort involved them in separating jewish life from that of their pagan neighbors, especially those who practiced human sacrifice, keeping to a minimum th

so seen to possess such powers but to a lesser extent. the book of the acts of the apostles recounted numerous miraculous experiences of the apostles and other church members, none more extensively than paul, whose christian life begins with a visionary encounter with the risen christ. he later speaks of being caught up into the third heaven. the bible closes with the visionary experiences of the apostle john, the revelation. paul spelled out the church s early understanding of its encounter with what today would be considered the psychic world (1 cor. 12. psychic gifts were seen as gifts of the holy spirit and included the words of wisdom and knowledge (clairvoyance and telepathy, prophecy, working miracles (psychokinesis, discerning spirits, and speaking in tongues (xenoglossia. the oper

ced these words. who are you? whence come you? what would you? then the count and countess cagliostro prostrated themselves, and the former answered after a long pause, i come to invoke the god of the faithful, the son of nature, the sire of truth. i come to demand of him one of the fourteen thousand seven hundred secrets which are treasured in his breast, i come to proclaim myself his slave, his apostle, his martyr. the divinity did not respond, but after a long silence, the same voice asked. what does the partner of thy long wanderings intend? to obey and to serve, lorenza answered. simultaneously with her words, profound darkness succeeded the glare of light, uproar followed on tranquillity, terror encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. cagliostro 237 on trust, and a sharp a

e of the experiments that yielded, at the time of dissolution, substantial profit to its members. after the dissolution chase began to take a more active part in politics, became a senator in wisconsin in 1848, and was nominated for governor the following year. the philosophy of andrew jackson davis made a deep impression on him, and when the spiritualist movement was born, he became its untiring apostle for over thirty years. his spiritualist experiences are embodied in his forty years on the spiritual rostrum (1888) and his socialist activities in the life line of the lone one, an autobiography of the world s child (1857. sources: chase, warren. forty years on the spiritual rostrum. boston, 1888. the life line of the lone one, an autobiography of the world s child. boston: b. marsh, 1857

n religious teachings has intensified his ecumenical outlook. in addition to his many official tasks at the rishikesh ashram, he has served the lepers of the district and was elected by the government authorities to the leper welfare association. in recent years he has made occasional tours in the united states and europe, but spends most of his time in rishikesh. sources: divine life society. an apostle of india s spiritual culture: souvenir released on the auspices of the sixtieth birthday anniversary of h.h. sri swami chidaananda. shivanandanagar, india: divine life society, 1976. chidananda, swami. destiny of man. shivanandanagar, india: divine life society, 1989. path to blessedness. shivanandanagar, india: divine life society, 1975. the philosophy, psychology, and practice of yoga. s

rs, victoria (1838.1927) and tennessee celeste (1846.1923) early american feminists who gave spiritualist seances during childhood (see victoria claflin woodhull) clairaudience the faculty of clear hearing, the ability to hear sounds inaudible to the normal ear, such as spirit voices; a faculty analogous to clairvoyance, but considerably less frequently met with. one such incident occurred to the apostle paul on the road to damascus. he saw a light and heard a voice. as he later told of the events, they that were with me saw the light and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him who spoke to me (acts 23:9. perhaps the best-known case is that of joan of arc (see jeanne d arc. she was not the only martyr who heard the voices of saints and angels urging them to perform some special ta

ntrol of d. d. home always spoke in plural and never gave his name. stainton moses was attended by an organized band of controls that included biblical characters, philosophers, sages, and historic personalities. the biblical characters called themselves imperator (malachias, preceptor (elijah, the prophet (haggai, vates (daniel, ezekiel, theophilus (st. john the baptist, theosophus (st. john the apostle, and theologus (st. john the divine. the philosophers and sages included a prestigious selection of the famous and a few unknowns: solon, plato, aristotle, seneca, athenodorus (doctor, hippolytus (rector, plotinus (prudens, alexander achillini (philosophus, algazzali or ghazali (mentor, kabbila, chom, said, roophal, and magus. moses was torn by doubts for a long time as to their identity a

osmic consciousness a higher peak in human evolution that the race will universally attain in the distant future. according to bucke, it seemed to appear primarily in men between the ages of thirty and forty, who were highly developed, of good intellect, high moral quality, superior physique, and earnest religious belief. he considered the 13 greatest cases to be gautama buddha, jesus christ, the apostle paul, plotinus, mohammed, dante, las casas, john ypes, francis bacon, jacob behmen, william blake, balzac, and bucke s friend walt whitman. coscinomancy encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 340 as described by bucke the experience comes suddenly, with a sensation of being immersed in a flame or rose-colored cloud. it is accompanied by a feeling of ecstasy and moral and intell

open court, 1915. reprinted as encyclopedia of eccentrics. n.p, 1971. de morgan, sophia elizabeth. three score years and ten; reminiscences of the late sophia elizabeth de morgan. london: r. bentley, 1895. prince, walter f. noted witnesses for psychic occurrences. boston: boston society for psychical research, 1928. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1963. denis, leon (1846.1927) the apostle of french spiritism (the name by which spiritualism is generally termed in france, distinguished by its acceptance of the ideas surrounding reincarnation) on whom the mantle of allan kardec fell. he claimed to have been directly inspired by the spirit of kardec in his activity as a tireless propagandist, teacher, and author of important and popular books. another influence was a spirit, je

ng a 1995 account of a woman who claimed that she was cured by the ghost of elvis. sources: holzer, hans. elvis speaks from the beyond and other celebrity ghost stories. new york: dorset press, 1993. i was cured by ghost of elvis. sun (january 24, 1995. elymas the sorcerer (ca. 47 c.e) as reported in the christian new testament (acts 13:7.12, a magician of paphos, in cyprus, who openly defied the apostle paul before the roman governor. oh, full of all subtlety and mischief, said paul in righteous anger, child of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the lord? and, now, behold, the hand of the lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. how elymas exercised his talents is not related, nor are the characterist

tered at 2536 collier ave, san diego, ca 92116. it has a number of affiliated missions scattered across the western united states (california, oregon, arizona, new york, and arkansas. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. the essene foundation 517 sources: berskov, per. strange tales about jesus. philadelphia: fortress press, 1983. szekely, edmond bordeaux. the gospel of peace by the apostle john. london: c. h. daniels, 1937. reprinted as the essene gospel of peace. san diego: academy of creative living, 1971. the essene way, biogenic living. cartago, costa rica: international biogenic society, 1978. talks. san diego: academy of creative living, 1972. the essenes an esoteric jewish sect that flourished in palestine in the century immediately prior to the emergence of the chris

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the gospel tradition. they formed the balm of the good samaritan, and in the apocalypse, when describing the last plagues, the prophet prays the avenging powers to spare these substances, that is, to leave a hope and a remedy for so many wounds. what we term extreme unction was the pure and simple practice of the master s traditional medicine, both for the early christians and in the mind of the apostle saint james, who has included the precept in his epistle to the faithful of the whole world. is any man sick among you, he writes, let him call in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the lord. this divine therapeutic science was lost gradually, and extreme unction came to be regarded as a religious formality, as necessary preparation

and, joined to those of copernicus and darwin, he will complete the triad of geniuses who have the most profoundly revolutionised scientific thought, in the order, cosmological, biological and psychological. walter leaf compared myer to ruskin and considered him in some respects his peer. according to charles richet if myers were not a mystic, he had all the faith of a mystic and the ardour of an apostle, in conjunction with the sagacity and precision of a savant. i never knew a man so hopeful concerning his ultimate destiny, wrote sir oliver lodge in memoriam. he once asked me whether i would barter.if it were possible.my unknown destiny, whatever it might be, for as many aeons of unmitigated and wise terrestrial happiness as might last till the secular fading of the sun, and then an end

had been venerated equally by buddhists and hindus, who ascribe it respectively to gautama, buddha, or the god siva. some believed eden represented the whole earth, which was of surprising beauty and fertility before the fall. a curious notion prevailed to a great extent among the various nations that the old world was under a curse and the earth became very barren. this view is reflected in the apostle paul s letter to the romans (8:22) where he refers to the whole of creation groaning in pain. eastern philosophies of paradise some eastern philosophies shared the idea that nature had been contaminated, and that the earth labored under some defilement. a sentiment that might have resulted from obscure traditions connected with the first human pair. the hebrew historian josephus stated tha

six-pointed version or hexagram is often known as the seal of solomon (see also magical diagrams) sources: valiente, doreen. the abc of witchcraft past and present. new york: st. martin s press, 1973. pentecost miracles (with d. d. home) pentecostalism a modern revival movement within free church protestantism characterized by the appearance of the biblical gifts of the spirit as outlined in the apostle paul s first epistle to the corinthians 12. these gifts include the working of miracles, healing, prophecy, and speaking in tongues. of the several gifts, the speaking in tongues has been the most controversial. the pentecostal movement began in 1901 in a bible school in topeka, kansas. the school s teacher, charles parham, assigned his students the project of researching the sign of the b

d in the man jesus, that jesus was the christ (or anointed one, and that jesus died an agonizing death and three days later came back to life in the flesh. underlying christianity is a belief in the goodness of material creation and the necessity of a body for a human individual to be a complete person. future existence will be in a spiritual body, though there is some disagreement as to what the apostle paul means by that term (i cor. 15:44. jesus in his resurrected body, as recorded in the gospel accounts and the books of acts, had what appeared to be a physical body. he ate food and invited thomas to touch his body. again, he did extraordinary things such as suddenly appear in a closed room. many spiritualists and christians acceptance of spiritualist claims have argued for resurrection

t (are, through which he studied the edgar cayce materials and learned to meditate. one evening, during a meeting of his are study group, ryerson slipped into a trance, and a voice claiming to be a spirit guide, john, began to speak through him. the study group members became fascinated with john and with ryerson s channeling and began to tape the sessions. john identified himself as the biblical apostle john and said that he had returned to assist people in the transformational process and make them aware of the christ within. ryerson later sought out richard ireland, a spiritualist medium from phoenix, arizona, and was eventually licensed as a minister by ireland s university of life church. in 1976 ryerson became a full-time professional channel. ryerson s career has encompassed several

o states that st. peter, alarmed at the spread of the doctrine of simon in rome, hurried there to combat it. when nero was made aware of peter s arrival, he imagined peter to be a rival sorcerer and resolved to bring simon and peter together for his amusement. an account ascribed to st. clement states that upon the arrival of peter, simon flew gracefully through a window into the outside air. the apostle made a vehement prayer, whereupon the magician, with a loud cry, crashed to the earth and broke both his legs. nero, greatly annoyed, immediately imprisoned the saint, and it is related that simon died of his fall. he had, however, founded a distinct school, headed by merrander, that promised immortality of soul and body to its followers. in the mid-nineteenth century, a sect existed in fr

hese signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. while pentecostals had practiced speaking in tongues and healing.both also mentioned as gifts of the holy spirit in the writings of the apostle paul.no one had paid attention to the signs in the passage in mark until 1909. that year george w. hensley of tennessee captured a rattlesnake and brought it to a church service for snake handling as a test of religious faith. in 1914, hensley was invited to an annual meeting of the church of god, whose leader ambrose tomlinson gave the practice tacit approval. in 1928, the leadership of t

rucifixion story of jesus was a symbolic myth of the ecstasy produced by a psychedelic drug. intoxicating (as opposed to psychedelic) beverages have certainly been known since ancient times in egypt, india, greece, and rome. warnings about intoxication abound in ancient writings, notably in the bible, in the proverbs of solomon, in isaiah, jeremiah, amos, and hosea. in the christian religion, the apostle paul complained of drunkenness at the agape, or love feasts, celebrated in common. novatian, a church father of the third century, spoke of christians who, in the morning after fasting, began the day by drinking, pouring wine into their still empty veins, and were drunk before eating. in india, the manava dharma shastra (ordinances of manu, a code of religious and civil duties, prohibited

center. he then canceled his travel plans and joined the 15-member community for three years. here spangler began to articulate an idea that the coming new age would be a cooperative venture between humans and cosmic forces. he disagreed with findhorn leader peter caddy, who believed that the new age would be brought in by a cataclysmic event. in 1973 spangler returned to the united states as an apostle of the new age movement and founded the lorian association in belmont, california, based on the findhorn model. he lectured widely and wrote a series of books about the new age. major titles include revelation: the birth of a new age (1976, towards a planetary vision (1977, explorations: emerging aspects of the new culture (1980, and his autobiography emergence: the rebirth of the sacred (

e german province. his earlier writings included: the paradoxes of john of westphalia refuted (1479) and the institution and approbation of the confraternity of the most holy rosary, which was first erected at cologne on 8 september in the year 1475 (1475. this latter work recorded his activities for the confraternity of the most holy rosary, which brought him praise from leading dominicans as an apostle of the rosary. in 1484, at the time the pope released the inquisition to deal with witchcraft, now redefined as satanism, sprenger became involved with heinrich kramer in trying alleged witches and sorcerers. in the following year, kramer prepared a treatise on witchcraft (later published as the malleus maleficarum) that circulated in manuscript. sprenger then added his name to the finishe

on the bodies of women. in spite of some actual or suspected frauds, most of these cases seem genuine, and some individuals bearing stigmata have been canonized or beatified by the roman catholic church. in those cases, the stigmata was one of many criteria used to determine canonization and church authorities have never used belief in stigmatization as a mark of holiness. some people believe the apostle st. paul was the first stigmatic. he wrote in an epistle: ego enim stigmata domini jesus in corpore meo porto. in the first twelve centuries of the history of the church his words were taken figuratively. there were ascetics who had wounds attributed to the teeth and claws of the devil on their body, but it was st. francis of assisi (died 1226) from whom the history of stigmatic wounds rea

o redeem man, and this he did not wish to do, merely to conquer them. the unity of god is an essential of swedenborgian theology, and swedenborg thoroughly believed that god did not return to his own place without leaving behind him a visible representative of himself in the word of scripture, which is an eternal tripartite incarnation.natural, spiritual, and celestial. of this swedenborg was the apostle. nothing seemed hidden from him; he claimed to be aware of the appearance and conditions of other worlds, good and evil, heaven and hell, and of the planets. the life of religion, he stated, is to accomplish good. the kingdom of heaven is a kingdom of uses. central to understanding his system is the doctrine of correspondences. there are two realms of created existence, the spiritual, whic

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

for this is taken away by augustine's statement that he had this foreknowledge of the future from the demons whom he worshipped. hermes presages these things as the devil's confederate, suppressing the evidence of the christian name, and yet foretelling with a sorrowful intimation, that from it should proceed the wreck of all their idolatrous superstitions: for hermes was one of those who (as the apostle says "knowing god, glorified him not as god, nor were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was full of darkness' yet, continues augustine "this hermes says much of god according to the truth, though in his admiration for the egyptian idolatry he was blind, and his prophecy of its passing he had from the devil. in contrast, he quotes a true prophet, like

eller, studies, pp. 252, 255. 171 religious hermetism in the sixteenth century of religious experience.1 a french translation of the crater hermetis was included in a french translation of the hermetica dedicated to cardinal charles de lorraine in 1549, which suggests that hermetic religious enthusiasm was making headway in french ecclesiastical circles. symphorien champier of lyons was a leading apostle of neoplatonism in france, and an admirer of ficino. in his de quadruplici vita (lyons, 1507) he is imitating ficino's libri de vita, but without the talismans of the de vita coelitus comparanda against which he utters a warning. and it is champier who first put forward the comforting view that the magical passage in the asclepius was not by the holy hermes himself but was interpolated int

uch good effect that he was able to overcome pharaoh's magicians.2 in reply to interrogation as to what was his view of christ's miracles, bruno said that they were a testimony to his divinity, but he thought that a still greater testimony was the gospel law. when others, such as the apostles, did miracles this was in virtue of christ; so that, although externally the miracles of christ and of an apostle or a saint were the same, nevertheless christ's miracles 1 sommario, p. 101. 2 sommario, pp. 86-7. 353 giordano bruno: return to italy were done through his own power, those of others by the power of another' we unfortunately do not have the report of bellarmine and tragagliolo on the eight heretical propositions which bruno was required to recant, but there is in the sommario a summary of

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all the pomps and works of lucifer [ibid] it seems to contradict the sentence first quoted above, it appears to contradict the quote above where pike identifies lucifer as the masonic light-bearer. however when you understand the esoteric explanation from doc marquis, your understanding clears up completely. the apocalypse is identified first by pike as being the book of revelation written by the apostle john. pike then states that similar books from other religions are just as 'inspired' as revelation, mentioning plato, philo, the sephar yezirah, and the sohar. pike says all three of these books- apocalypse [revelation, the sephar yezirah, and the sohar, are all identically "inspired" and since the last two books are of non-christian faiths, albert pike is saying that the contents of reve

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

ensive the abstract thought in an association of ideas. philo names it messiah, and st. john christ. st. paul says: but we speak the wisdom of god in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which god ordained before the world unto our glory: which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the lord of glory. 14 referring to christ as the sun, this same apostle says: who is the image of the invisible god, the firstborn of every creature: for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist [exist. 15 many other comparisons could

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e of the infancy, and after furnishing conclusive evidence that the latter must have been copied from the former, waite says "the conclusion must be, that while for some of the salient points of the gospels of the infancy, the authors were indebted to zoroaster, and the legends of persia, the outline of the story was largely filled up from the history of crishna, as sent back to palestine, by the apostle thomas, from the land of the brahmins" concerning the story of herod and his order to slay all the male infants, there has been discovered in a cavern at elephanta, in india, a sculptured representation of a huge and ferocious figure, bearing a drawn sword and surrounded by slaughtered children, while mothers appear weeping for their slain. this figure is said to be of great antiquity. mar

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merit.theprophet zechariah had a vision of joshua the high priest with satan standing beside him as an adversary; incap.iv, we read of a very mysterious stone:'forbehold the stone that i have set before joshua, upon one stone are seven eyes.'thecommentators declare this to refer to christ the messiah, to show by the number seven his perfect wisdom.truebelievers in christ are called stones by the apostle peter 'ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house' we may read in job, chap. xxxviii, that the almighty, speaking to job, said 'where wert thou when i laid the foundations of the earth? whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? who laid the corner stone thereof?'theold hebrew writings of the talmud and similarreligious and masonic symbolism of stones 261rabbinical books

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

guos de los naturales del piru, this idol took the form of a marble statue of the god a statue described as to the hair, complexion, features, raiment and sandals, just 8 tan. terumah, xi; also, with slight variations, yoma 39b. cited in the jewish encyclopaedia, funk and wagnell, new york, 1925, vol. ii, p. 105. 9 peru, p. 182. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 53 as painters represent the apostle saint bartholomew .10 other accounts of viracocha likened his appearance to that of the saint thomas.11 i examined a number of illustrated ecclesiastical manuscripts in which these two saints appeared; both were routinely depicted as lean, bearded white men, past middle age, wearing sandals and dressed in long, flowing cloaks. as we shall see, the records confirmed this was exactly the app

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ite a different connexion, and perhaps are founded on mere comparison. ohg. glosses give us no epurdrunc, but its relation to luwaring and iring was pointed out, p. 359 note. in the latter part of the mid. ages our three mowers or the scandinavian mary s distaff is called jacobs-stab, boh. jahubahul; the heathenish spindle, like the heathenish irmin-street (p. 357 note, is handed over to the holy apostle, who now staff in hand, paces the same old heavenly path; in some parts peter s staff is preferred. the esthonians call orion warda iahlied, spear stars, from wardas spear, and perhaps staff, like st. james s staff. the lithuanians szenpjuwis, hay- star? from f szen foenum (nesselmann 515, as august is called szenpjutis; because the constellation rises at hay-harvest? perhaps also with ref

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patient to the mesmeric infirmary, and had the good fortune of bringing him under the notice ofdrelliotson anddrsymes. those gentlemen pronounced it a favourable case, enjoined the continuance of mesmerism, and deemed a cure might be expected in abouttwoyears.nowitmust be allowed that a two years' case would prove a damper to most mesmerists, but as my young friend wrote me word,'drelliotson, the apostle of mesmerism, had pronounced a cure possible, and he was determined to achieveit,'and d.v. he has done so. at the end ofjunethe ulcer discharged very copiously and then healed up, but was followed by two others about an inch higher up, which, by his medical adviser's direction, was poulticed, and mesmerised water was given, for which the patient had considerable relish.mrmoreton also const

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lation. the personal soul must, of course, be disintegrated into its particles, before it is able to link its purer essence forever with the immortal spirit. but the translators of both the acts and the epistles, who laid the foundation of the kingdom of heaven, and the modern commentators on the buddhist sutra of the foundation of the kingdom of righteousness, have muddled the sense of the great apostle of christianity as of the great reformer of india. the former have smothered the word psuchikos, so that no reader imagines it to have any relation with soul; and with this confusion of soul and spirit together, bible readers get only a perverted sense of anything on the subject. on the other hand, the interpreters of buddha have failed to understand the meaning and object of the buddhist

was more than once imprisoned, and very justly so. it is one of the blackest spots of india. vedanta (sans) meaning literally, the "end of all knowledge" among the six darshanas or the schools of philosophy, it is also called uttara mimansa, or the "later" mimansa. there are those who, unable to understand its esotericism, consider it atheistical; but this is not so, as shankaracharya, the great apostle of this school, and its popularizer, was one of the greatest mystics and adepts of india. vidya (sans) knowledge, or rather "wisdom-knowledge" vij ana (sans) one of five skandhas; meaning literally "mental powers (see skandhas) wisdom-religion the same as theosophy. the name given to the secret doctrine which underlies every exoteric scripture and religion. yoga (sans) a school of philosop

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chevious occurences, creative flashes of inspiration, and wild parties. she does get a little bitchy at times, but who doesn t? 26 phil hine discordian opening ritual by prince prance 1. clap x5 2. the erisian cross: light in my head fire in my genitals strength at my right side laughter at my left side love in my heart. 3. trace spiral pentagrams* at the 4 quarters& zenith. 4. face east: blessed apostle hung mung1, great sage of cathay, balance the hodge and podge and grant us equilibrium. 5. face south: blessed apostle van van mojo2, doctor of hoodoo and vexes, give us the voodoo power and confuse our enemies. 6. face west: blessed apostle sri syadasti3, patron of psychedelia, teach us the relative truth and blow our minds. 27 oven-ready chaos 7. face north: blessed apostle zarathud4, ha

e south: blessed apostle van van mojo2, doctor of hoodoo and vexes, give us the voodoo power and confuse our enemies. 6. face west: blessed apostle sri syadasti3, patron of psychedelia, teach us the relative truth and blow our minds. 27 oven-ready chaos 7. face north: blessed apostle zarathud4, hard-nosed hermit, grant us the erisian doubt, and the constancy of chaos. 8. look up (or down: blessed apostle malaclypse5, elder saint of discordia, grant us illumination and protect us from stupidity. 9. look all over the place: great goddess discordia, holy mother eris, joy of the universe, laughter of space, grant us life, light, love and liberty and make the bloody magick work! 10. hail eris! all hail discordia! notes* for more on the spiral pentagrams, see the next section. 1.hung mung is the

. hail eris! all hail discordia! notes* for more on the spiral pentagrams, see the next section. 1.hung mung is the discordian link to the chinese mysteries and it is none other than he who devised the sacred chao. he is patron of the season of chaos. 2.dr. van van mojo is a fellow of the intergalactic haitian guerillas for world peace and is patron of the season of discord. 3.sri syadasti is the apostle of psychedelia and the patron of the season of confusion. 4.zarathud, a hermit of medieval europe, has been dubbed offender of the faith. he is patron of the season of bureaucracy. 5.malaclypse the elder is alleged to have been an ancient wiseman who carried as sign bearing the legend dumb through the alleys of rome, baghdad, mecca, jerusalem, and some other places. he is patron of the sea

ISIS UNVEILED

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

ought to be the motto of all brothers on earth. not so is it with the interpreters of the biue. the seed of the reformation was sown on the day that the second chapter of the caiiudic eputle ofjamet jostled the eleventh chapter of the eptgue to the hd^rewa in the same new testament. one who believes in paul cannot believe in james, peter, and john. the paulists, to remain chris* tians with their apostle, must withstand peter "to the face; and if peter "was to be blamed" end loaa vorong, then he was not infauible. how then can his successor) boast of his infallibihtyp every kingdom divided agunst itself is brought to desolation; and every house divided against itself must fall. a plurality of masters has proved as fatal in reli- gions as in politics. what paul preached, was pr^tched by eve

typ every kingdom divided agunst itself is brought to desolation; and every house divided against itself must fall. a plurality of masters has proved as fatal in reli- gions as in politics. what paul preached, was pr^tched by every other mystic philosopher "stand /lut aerefore in the liberty wherewith christ hath made us free, and be not eniangled again wuh the yoke of bondage" exclums the honest apostle-philosopher; and adds, as if prophetically inspired "but v ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another" that the neo-platonists were not always despised or accused of demonolatry is evidenced in the adoption by the roman church of their veiy rites and theurgy. the identical evocations and incantations of the. pagan and jewish kabahst are now repeated by

n of avarice, cause of discord, prince of homicide, whom god curses; author of incest and sacrilege, inventor of all obscenity, professor of the most detestable actions, and qrand master of heretics [doetor kaa^eiieorumf] what. dost thou still stand? dost dare to resist, and thou knowest that christ our lord is coming. give place to jesus christ, give place to the holy ghost, which by his blessed apostle peter has sung thee down before the public, in the person of simon the magician" te manifede atramt in simone mo* after such a shower of abuse no devil having the slightest feeling of self-respect could remain in such company; unless indeed he should chance to be an italian liberal, or king victor emmanuel himself; both of whom, thanks to pius ix, have become anathema-proof. it really seem

difference in religious views, however great, is insuf- ficient per e to send one person te heaven and the other to hell. such uncharitable and peremptory doctrines might have been taught in the middle ages; but it is too late now for even the church to put forward this traditional scarecrow. research begins to suggest that which, if ever verified, will bring eternal disgrace on the church of the apostle peter, whose very imposition of herself upon that disciple must be re- garded as the most unverified and unverifiable of the assumptions of the catholic clergy. the erudite author of supernatural religion" assiduously endeavors to prove that by simon magus we must understand the apostle paul, whose epistles were secretly as well as openly calumniated by peter, and charged with containing "

y imposition of herself upon that disciple must be re- garded as the most unverified and unverifiable of the assumptions of the catholic clergy. the erudite author of supernatural religion" assiduously endeavors to prove that by simon magus we must understand the apostle paul, whose epistles were secretly as well as openly calumniated by peter, and charged with containing "dyanditic learning" the apostle of the gentiles was brave, outspoken, sincere, and very learned; the apostle of circumcision, cowardly, cautious, insincere, and very ignorant. that paul had been partially at least, if not completely, initiated into the tfaeurgic mysteries, admits of little doubt. his language, the phraseology so peculiar to the greek philosophers, certain expressions used but by the initiates, are so man

s, and the lectures of the [greek] philosophers. he [paul] designates himself an idiota a person unskilful in the world, hut not in the gnosit or philosophical learning 'we speak wisdom among the perfect or initiated' he writes 'not the wisdom of this worid, nor of the archons of this world, but divine wisdom in a mystery, secret which none of the arehone of thia world knotoeth" what else can the apostle mean by these unequivocal words, but that be himself, as belonging to the mgatae (initiated, spoke of things shown and explained only in the mysteries? the "divine wisdom in a mystery which none of the archona of this world knoweth" has evidently some direct reference to the basueua of the eleusinian initiation, who did know. the basheua belonged to the staff of the great hierophant, and w

d know. the basheua belonged to the staff of the great hierophant, and was an arckon of athens; and as such was one of the chief mytiae belonging to the interior mysteries, to which a very select and small number obtained an entrance' the magistrates supervising the eleu- siniana were called archons. another proof that paul belonged to the circle of the 'initiates' lies in the following fact. the apostle had his head shorn at cenchrea (where lucius, apideiua, was initiated) because "he had a tow" the nazart or set apart as we see in the jewish scriptures, had to cut their hair which they wore long, and which "no razor touched" at any other time, and sacrifice it on the altar of initiation. and the nazars were a class of chaldaean theurgists. we will show further that jesus belonged to this

well as to obtatn' the word epoptma is a compound one, from tri upon, and swraiuu to look, or an overseer, an inspector alao uaed for a masterbuuder. the title of tuastor-mason. in free- masomy, is derived from this, in the sense used in the mysteries. therefore, when paul entitles himself a "masterbuilder" he is using a word pre-eminently kabalistic, theurgic, and masonic, and one which no other apostle uses. he thus declares himself an ade, having the right to iniiiate others. if we search in this direction with those sure guides, the grecian mysteries and the kabala, before us, it will be easy to find the secret reason why paul was so persecuted and hated by peter, john and james. hie author of the revelation was a jewish kabalist pur sang, with all the hatred inherited by him from his

aturally appeared as a magician, a man polluted with the 'qntma' with the 'wisdom' of the greek mysteries hence, perhaps "simon" the magician" as to peter, biblical critidsm has shown before now that he had probably no more to do with the foundation of the latin church at rome, than to furnish the pretext so readily seized upon by the cunning benaeus to benefit this church with the new name of ^e apostle pefra or ki^ffa, a name which allowed itself so readily, by an easy play upon words, to be connected with petroma, the double set of stone. 182. in iu numt ectenaite meaniag, tbe sanskrit wisd has tbe mme litenl wnse u the gte^ term; both imply 'reveutioii \tj no bumui agcnl, irat through th 'receiviiig of the axred drink' in india the initiated receited the 'soma' aacrad drink, whi^ helpe

he office assigned by him to one of his apostles. this word ptr was partially interpreted, owing to another word similarly written in another group of hieroglyphics on a iss. tayiar: e3etu. and baedtie myieria. ed. a. wuder. pp. 17-18 (4tli ed. hwi we not tnutwthliir kabalutic traditiod to rdy upon, we might be perhaps tonxa to qucatiod whether the kuthonbip of the rmdalmm u to be ascribed to tlw apostle of that name. he seems to be termed john the theologitt. 186. buosed: efy^t plant in vnmtrtal biitoq. v, pp. 8&-b0. digitizecoy google the true interprktation op 'ptb' 03 stele, the sign^ used for it being an opened eye. bunsen menuons as another explanation of ptr 'to show "it appears to me" he re- marks "that our ftr is literally the old aramaic and hebrew tatar' which occurs in the hist

es a sure clew to the real cause of the hatred felt by the early and medieval christian toward his pagan brother and dangerous rival. we hate only what we fear. the christian thaumaturgist once having broken all association with the is^steries of the temples and with "these schoob so renowned for magic" described by st. hilarion* could certainly little expect to rival the pagan wonder-workers. no apostle, with the exception perhaps of healing by mesmeric power, has ever equaled apollonius of tyana; and the scandal created among the apostles by the miracle-doing simon magus is too notorious to be re- peated here "how is it" asks justin martyr, in evident dismay "how is it that the talismans of apollonius the (tcxat^to] have power in certain members of creation, for tiiey prevent, at we see

r and other critics at precisely this year. but we believe that his best argument is in proving that it was not in the character of the cowardly peter to risk him- self in such close neighborhood with nero, who "was feeding the wild beasts of the amphitheater with the flesh uid bones of christians* at that time. perhaps the church of rome was quite connstent in choosing as her titular founder the apostle who thrice denied his master at the moment of danger; and the only one moreover, except judas, who provolnd christ in such a way as to be addressed as the 'enemy" get thee behind me, satan" exclaims jesus, rebuking the tempting apostle* there is a tradition in the greek church which has never found favor at tbe vatican. the former traces its origin to one of the gnostic leaders baailides

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

rested by the waie, the king caused a crosse of cunning workmanship to be erected in remembrance of hir. two of the like crosses were set up at london, one at westcheape (the last but one, and the other at charing, which is now charing cross, and where the last cross was placed. the final obsequies were solemnised in the abbey church at westminster, on the sunday before the day of st. thomas the apostle, by the bishop of lincoln; and the king gave twelve manors and hamlets to the monks, to defray the charges of yearly obits, and of gifts to the poor, in lasting commemoration of his beloved consort. some writers have stated the number of crosses raised as above at thirteen. these were, lincoln, newark, grantham, leicester, stamford, geddington, northampton, stoney- stratford, woburn, dunst

the dragonbeak, the prow, or frow, the figure-head and fiddlehead. they have all a feminine origin. fig. 174 represents s. johan (st. john, from an early woodcut of the twelve apostles. his right hand is raised in the act of the holy sign, whilst his left clasps the chalice of the s.s, or sacrament of wine; in the cup is a salamander, signifying the h.g. this is st. john the 242 the rosicrucians. apostle, the author of the apocalypse; or the sanctus spiritus, who baptises in the mystic eucharist with the holy ghost and with fire. fig. 174. the following are the names of the angels of the planets, according to the gnostics. at the beginning of all things, is jehovah (sabaoth, victory; at the end, the old serpent (ophis. between these are the seraphim (intelligences) and cherubim (benevolenc

ence, and retained their beliefs from his twentieth to his twenty-ninth year viz, from 374 to 383 a.d. their books have for titles: the mysteries, the chapters or heads, the gospel, and the treasure. refer to beausobre, walch, fuesslin, and hahn. the gnostics held that christ s teaching was not fully understood even by his disciples; and therefore he promised to send, in due time, a still greater apostle, the paraclete, who should effectually separate truth from falsehood. this paraclete appeared in mani. the west front of lichfield cathedral displays accurately the mythic idea of the union of the male and female principles in the parallel double towers, which are uniform. 268 the rosicrucians. the claims for the real reading of the egyptian hieroglyphics are distinct and unhesitating, as

ng to the gnostics. fig. 252: the good shepherd bearing upon his shoulders the lost lamb, as he seems to the uninitiated eye: but on close inspection he becomes the double-headed anubis; having one head human, the other a jackal s, whilst his girdle assumes the form of a serpent, rearing aloft its crested head. in his hand is a long hooked staff. it was perhaps the signet of some chief teacher or apostle among the gnostics, and its impression one of the tokens serving for mutual recognition mentioned by epiphanius. neatly engraved in a beautiful red sard, fashioned to an octagon form; phallic idols. 275 a shape never met in the class of antique gems, though so much affected in mediaeval art, on account of its supposed mystic virtues (the gnostics, p. 201. fig. 252. one of the gnostic gems

e greal is of emerald, and consequently green, or glastonbury, where he founds an abbey (glastonbury abbey, and institutes the round table (arthur did this, in imitation of the holy supper, which was partaken-of at a round table with the twelve disciples in their mythical double-places, twenty-four in all, and with the double chief-seat, or cathedra, for the president, or the saviour. lastly, the apostle of the britons builds a palace, in which he preserves his precious relics, the sacred cup (refused to the laity as a communion, which takes the name of san greal, the bloody spear (the upright of the st. george s cross, to whom the garter is dedicated, with which the centurion longinus pierced the side of the lord, from whence issued blood and water the rosicrucian heraldic colours (royal

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eir men are fools. 12. come forth, o children, under the stars& take your fill of love! 13. i am above you and in you. my ecstasy is in yours. my joy is to see your joy. 14. above, the gemmed azure is the naked splendour of nuit; she bends in ecstasy to kiss the secret ardours of hadit. the winged globe, the starry blue, are mine, o ankh-af-na-khonsu! 15. now ye shall know that the chosen priest& apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the beast; and in his woman called the scarlet woman is all power given. they shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men. 16. for he is ever a sun, and she a moon. but to him is the winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight. 17. but ye are not so chosen. 18. burn upon their bro

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ot correspond with the conjurations found in theugia goetia. steganographia was written in 1500, but was not published until 1608. it was, however, widely circulated in manuscript form. ars paulina the spirits in part 1 of this book coincide exactly with those found in trithemius' steganographia, book 2. according to thorndike [5, the "the pauline art" was purported to have been discovered by the apostle paul after he had been snatched up to the third heaven, and delivered by him at corinth. robert turner mentions a sixteenth-century manuscript in the biblioth que nationale [6. although this text is based on earlier versions, repeated mention of the year 1641 and guns, shows a late redaction. the "table of practice" has similarities with dee's "holy table. in the former the seven seals hav

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

e of jesus teachings and what might be understood as the folklore of new testament times. this folklore would include the prescientific belief in demons and the like, which liberal christians feel can be ejected without disturbing the central message of the gospels. conservative christians generally view liberal christianity as being under the sway of demonic forces. furthermore, in line with the apostle paul s assertion in 1 corinthians cited above, conservative christians also believe that demons founded and continue to shape all non-christian traditions. as asserted in demons in the world today, the great ethnic faiths of india, china and japan major in demonism, as well as the animistic religions of africa, south america and some islands. conservative christians take a similar position

as a diabolical celebration, and struck it from their holiday calendar. 104 harrowing of hell see also chick publications; church of satan for further reading: dictionary of folklore,mythology and legend. vol. 1. new york: funk& wagnalls, 1949. kastenbaum, robert, and beatrice kastenbaum. encyclopedia of death. new york: avon, 1989. harrowing of hell in christian denominations that adhere to the apostle s creed, there is an unusual line that asserts that, after jesus was crucified, he descended into hell. this line obscure to most contemporary christians but an important piece of the new faith to early believers refers to the widely accepted doctrine that christ invaded hell during the period between his death and resurrection. as recounted in the gospel of nicodemus, a document accepted

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

r poise, and seek to reach a solution by obtaining facts bearing upon the question. those of immature mentality, on the other hand, when similarly confronted, are overwhelmed. while the former may be qualified to solve the riddle of their own destiny, the latter must be led like a flock of sheep and taught in simple language. they depend almost entirely upon the ministrations of the shepherd. the apostle paul said that these little ones must be fed with milk, but that meat is the food of strong men. thoughtlessness is almost synonymous with childishness, while thoughtfulness is symbolic of maturity. there are, however, but few mature minds in the world; and thus it was that the philosophic-religious doctrines of the pagans were divided to meet the needs of these two fundamental groups of h

not agree they declared to be inspired by the devil. that simon magus had mysterious and supernatural powers is conceded even by his enemies, but they maintained that these powers were lent to him by the infernal spirits and furies which they asserted were his ever present companions. undoubtedly the most interesting legend concerning simon is that which tells of his theosophic contests with the apostle peter while the two were promulgating their differing doctrines in rome. according to the story that the church fathers have preserved, simon was to prove his spiritual superiority by ascending to heaven in a chariot of fire. he was actually picked up and carried many feet into the air by invisible powers. when st. peter saw this, he cried out in a loud voice, ordering the demons (spirits

alled the syrian cult and the alexandrian cult. these schools agreed in essentials, but the latter division was more inclined to be pantheistic, while the former was dualistic. while the syrian cult was largely simonian, the alexandrian school was the outgrowth of the philosophical deductions of a clever egyptian christian, basilides by name, who claimed to have received his instructions from the apostle matthew. like simon magus, he was an emanationist, with neo-platonic inclinations. in fact, the entire gnostic mystery is based upon the hypothesis of emanations as being the logical connection between the irreconcilable opposites absolute spirit and absolute substance, which the gnostics believed to have been coexistent in eternity. some assert that basilides was the true founder of gnost

nix to be purely mythical, pliny describes the capture of one of these birds and it exhibition in the roman forum during the reign of the emperor claudius. p. 90 from the days of noah by all those who were of the church of god. the prophet sent to ninevah as god's messenger was called jonah or the dove; our lord's forerunner, the baptist, was called in greek by the name of ioannes; and so was the apostle of love, the author of the fourth gospel and of the apocalypse, named ioannes (bryant's analysis of ancient mythology) in masonry the dove is the symbol of purity and innocence. it is significant that in the pagan mysteries the dove of venus was crucified upon the four spokes of a great wheel, thus foreshadowing the mystery of the crucified lord of love. although mohammed drove the doves f

king (solomon, whose glory no earthly monarch shall ever equal, passes in stately pomp down the avenues of space. whereas chiram represents the active physical light of the sun, solomon signifies its invisible but all-powerful, spiritual and intellectual effulgency. the second symbolic temple is the human body-the little house made in the image of the great universal house "know ye not" asked the apostle paul "that ye are the temple of god, and that the spirit of god dwelleth in you" freemasonry within a temple of stone cannot be other than speculative, but freemasonry within the living temple of the body is operative. the third symbolic temple is the soular house, an invisible structure, the comprehension of which is a supreme freemasonic arcanum. the mystery of this intangible edifice is

d he remained among them up to the time of trajan. some of them, moreover, saw not only john, but the other apostles also, and heard the very same account from them, and bear testimony as to the'(validity of) the statement. whom then should we rather believe? whether such men as these, or ptolem us, who never saw the apostles, and who never even in his dreams attained to the slightest trace of an apostle" commenting on the foregoing passage, godfrey higgins remarks that it has fortunately escaped the hands of those destroyers who have attempted to render the gospel narratives consistent by deleting all such statements. he also notes that the doctrine of the crucifixion was a vexata questio among christians even during the second century "the evidence of iren us" he says "cannot be touched

y; also that the tomb of st. john the divine was located there. according to legend, st. john did not depart from this life in the usual manner but, selecting his vault, entered it while still alive, and closing the entrance behind him, vanished forever from mortal sight. a rumor was current in ancient ephesus that st. john would sleep in his tomb until the return of the savior, and that when the apostle turned over on his sepulchral couch the earth above moved like the coverlets of a bed. subjected to more criticism than any other book now incorporated in the new testament, the apocalypse--popularly accredited to st. john the divine--is by far the most important but least understood of the gnostic christian writings. though justin martyr declared the book of revelation to have been writte

ve been written by "john, one of christ's apostles" its authorship was disputed as early as the second century after christ. in the third century these contentions became acute and even dionysius of alexandria and eusebius attacked the johannine theory, declaring that both the book of revelation and the gospel according to st. john were written by one cerinthus, who borrowed the name of the great apostle the better to foist his own doctrines upon the christians. later jerome questioned the authorship of the apocalypse and during the reformation his objections were revived by luther and erasmus. the once generally accepted notion that the book of revelation was the actual record of a "mystical experience" occurring to st. john while that seer was an exile in the isle of parmos is now regard

attributes they entertain and express the most awful ideas; while they consider our doctrine as perfect blasphemy, and insist that our copies of the scriptures have been corrupted both by jews and christians" the following lines are declared by the followers of the prophet to have been deleted from the christian gospels "and when jesus, the son of mary, said, o children of israel, verily i am the apostle of god sent unto you, confirming the law which was delivered before me, and bringing good tidings of an apostle who shall come after me, and whose name shall be ahmed" in the present text containing the prophecy of jesus concerning a comforter to come after him, it is further claimed that the word comforter should be translated illustrious and that it had a direct reference to mohammed; al

MEANING OF MASONRY

ophy. they required also a philosophic method of living--or rather of dying. for as socrates said (in plato's phoedo, from which much masonic teaching is directly drawn and which every masonic student should study deeply" the whole study of the philosopher (or wisdom-seeker) is nothing else than to die and be dead; an assertion repeated by plutarch" to be initiated is to die; and by the christian apostle" i die daily" their method was divided into two parts, the lesser and the greater mysteries. the lesser were those in which the more elementary instruction was imparted, so that candidates might forthwith set about to purify and adapt their lives to the truths disclosed. the greater mysteries related to the developments of consciousness within the soul itself, as the result of fidelity to

tion, therefore, meant a process whereby natural man became transformed into spiritual or ultra-natural man, and to effect this it was necessary to change his consciousness, to gear it to a new and higher principle, and so, as it were, make of him a new man in the sense of attaining a new method of life and a new outlook upon the universe" be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds" says the apostle, referring to this process. as has previously been shown in these papers, the transference of the symbol of the divine presence from the ceiling to the floor of the masonic lodge is to indicate how the vital and immortal principle in man can be brought down from his remoter psychological region into his physical o rganism and function there through his body and brain, thus as it were dislo

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

ome was britains prince linus (son ofcaractacus the pendragon, who was appointed by st. paul in ad 58, during peters lifetime (preface)council of carthagewhen the criteria for gospel selection were determined at the council of carthage in ad 397, it wasfirst stipulated that the authorized new testament gospels must be written in the names of the originaltwelve apostles. matthew was, of course, an apostle, as was john, but neither luke nor mark werenamed in the original twelve. thomas, on the other hand, was one of the original apostles and yet thegospel in his name was excluded (preface)he has already affirmed that the contrived authenticity of the church as being handed down by petermeant nothing at all, which is why the church would ruthlessly purge any and all peoples or cults thatdisse

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-i yosht-i fryan. akhtya was the founder and member of the yatus, a coven of demons and sorcerers who wandered persia, practicing and developing sorcery. the name akht itself means evil, filth and pestilence, thus relates to the initiatory nature of akhti as a sorcerer of the adversary, by the darkness shall he come into light. akhtya or azyta is thus considered a symbol of the zanda, which is an apostle or priest of ahriman. algol a word which derives from the arabic al ra s al ghul, al-ghul, or ri b al ohill, which is translated the demon s head. algol was in hebrew known as rosh ha shaitan, or satan s head, as some traditions have referred to algol as the head of lilith. the chinese called algol tseih she, which is piled up corpses and was considered a violent, dangerous star due to its

MOODY RAYMOND A LIFE AFTER LIFE

them told me "i didn't ever see a person in this light, but to me the light was a christ-consciousness, a oneness with all things, a perfect love. i think that jesus meant it literally when he said he was the light of the world" in addition, in my own reading i have come across a few seeming parallels which none of my subjects have mentioned. the most interesting ones occur in the writings of the apostle paul. paul was a persecutor of christians until he had his famous vision and conversion on the road to damascus. he says: acts 26:13-26: at midday, o king, i saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. and when we were all fallen to the earth, i heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the hebrew tongue

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he senior warden, and the junior warden; and these are said to be the columns that support the lodge "because wisdom, strength, and beauty, are the perfections of everything, and nothing can endure without them "because" the york rite says "it is necessary that there should be wisdom to conceive, strength to support, and beauty to adorn, all great and important undertakings "know ye not" says the apostle paul "that ye are the temple of god, and that the spirit of god dwelleth in you? if any man desecrate the temple of god, him shall god destroy, for the temple of god is holy, which temple ye are" the wisdom and power of the deity are in equilibrium. the laws of nature and the moral laws are not the mere despotic mandates of his omnipotent will; for, then they might be changed by him, and o

n architectural improvements, yet built on a cyclop an foundation laid by the etruscans, and with many a stone of the superstructure taken from dwellings and temples of the age of hadrian and antoninus. christianity taught the doctrine of fraternity; but repudiated that of political equality, by continually inculcating obedience to caesar, and to those lawfully in authority. masonry was the first apostle of equality. in the monastery there is _fraternity_ and _equality, but no _liberty. masonry added that also, and claimed for man the three-fold heritage, liberty, equality, and fraternity. it was but a development of the original purpose of the mysteries, which was to teach men to know and practice their duties to themselves and their fellows, the great practical end of all philosophy and

er. another will call one "brother" and then play toward him the part of judas iscariot, or strike him, as joab did abner, under the fifth rib, with a lie whose authorship is not to be traced. masonry does not change human nature, and cannot make honest men out of born knaves. while you are still engaged in preparation, and in accumulating principles for future use, do not forget the words of the apostle james "for if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass, for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was; but whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his work. if any man am

balance the great thoughts of the earth, like hollow straws, on the finger-tips of disputation. it is not this kind of warfare which makes the cross triumphant in the hearts of the unbelievers; but the actual power that lives in the faith. so there is a political scholasticism that is merely useless. the dexterities of subtle logic rarely stir the hearts of the people, or convince them. the true apostle of liberty, fraternity and equality makes it a matter of life and death. his combats are like those of bossuet--combats to the death. the true apostolic fire is like the lightning: it flashes conviction into the soul. the true word is verily a two-edged sword. matters of government and political science can be fairly dealt with only by sound reason, and the logic of common sense: not the c

d like clear glass, its foundations of precious stones, and its gates each of a single pearl "i knew a man" says paul "caught up to the third heaven. that he was caught up into paradise, and heard ineffable words, which it is not possible for a man to utter" and nowhere is the antagonism and conflict between the spirit and body more frequently and forcibly insisted on than in the writings of this apostle, nowhere the divine nature of the soul more strongly asserted "with the mind" he says "i serve the law of god; but with the flesh the law of sin. as many as are led by the spirit of god, are the sons of god. the earnest expectation of the created waits for the manifestation of the sons of god. the created shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, of the flesh liable to decay, into

hought, sooner or later produced idolatry. the holy kabalah, or tradition of the children of seth, was carried from chald a by abraham, taught to the egyptian priesthood by joseph, recovered and purified by moses, concealed under symbols in the bible, revealed by the saviour to saint john, and contained, entire, under hieratic figures analogous to those of all antiquity, in the apocalypse of that apostle. the kabalists consider god as the intelligent, animated, living infinite. he is not, for them, either the aggregate of existences, or existence in the abstract, or a being philosophically definable. he is _in_ all _distinct_ from all, and _greater_ than all. his name even is ineffable; and yet this name only expresses the human ideal of his divinity. what god is in himself, it is not give

d world, yezirah, or of formation, it is revealed in the perfect form, the form of forms, the world, the supreme beauty and excellence, the created perfection. thus the principle is at once the first, the second, and the third, since it is all in all, the centre and cause of all. it is not _the genius of plato_ that we here admire. we recognize only _the exact knowledge of the initiate. the great apostle saint john did not borrow from the philosophy of plato the opening of his gospel. plato, on the contrary, drank at the same springs with saint john and philo; and john in the opening verses of his paraphrase, states the first principles of a dogma common to many schools, but in language especially belonging to philo, whom it is evident he had read. the philosophy of plato, the greatest of

t rather than your own, and rather than the pleasure and gratification of the people, which are often at variance with their welfare. be faithful to masonry, which is to be faithful to the best interests of mankind. labor, by precept and example, to elevate the standard of masonic character, to enlarge its sphere of influence, to popularize its teachings, and to make all men know it for the great apostle of peace, harmony, and good-will on earth among men; of liberty, equality, and fraternity. masonry is useful to all men: to the learned, because it affords them the opportunity of exercising their talents upon subjects eminently worthy of their attention; to the illiterate, because it offers them important instruction; to the young, because it presents them with salutary precepts and good

glect of which, the politeness, refinement, and knowledge accumulated in the higher orders and wealthier classes will some day perish like dry grass in the hot fire of popular fury. it is not the mission of masonry to engage in plots and conspiracies against the civil government. it is not the fanatical propagandist of any creed or theory; nor does it proclaim itself the enemy of kings. it is the apostle of liberty, equality, and fraternity; but it is no more the high-priest of republicanism than of constitutional monarchy. it contracts no entangling alliances with any sect of theorists, dreamers, or philosophers. it does not know those as its initiates who assail the civil order and all lawful authority, at the same time that they propose to deprive the dying of the consolations of religi

hat fill his immensity; the only principle, the _light_ of heaven, the father of all. he _produces everything; he orders and disposes everything; he is the reason, the life, and the motion of all being "i am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" so said the founder of the christian religion, as his words are reported by john the apostle. god, say the sacred writings of the jews, appeared to moses in a flame of fire, in the midst of a bush, which was not consumed. he descended upon mount sinai, as the smoke of a _furnace; he went before the children of israel, by day, in a pillar of cloud and, by night, in a pillar of _fire, to give them _light "call _you_ on the name of _your_ gods" said elijah the prophet to the priests

e, dethroned the bourbon, and drove the last king of the house of orleans into exile. he, in his coffin, and not the people, voted the crown to the third napoleon; and he, and not the generals of france and england, led their united forces against the grim northern despotism. mahomet announced to the arabian idolaters the new creed"_there is but one god, and mahomet, like moses and christ, is his apostle" for many years unaided, then with the help of his family and a few friends, then with many disciples, and last of all with an army, he taught and preached the koran. the religion of the wild arabian enthusiast converting the fiery tribes of the great desert, spread over asia, built up the saracenic dynasties, conquered persia and india, the greek empire, northern africa, and spain, and da

s it _he_ who bears the _light, and with its splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? doubt it not! for traditions are full of divine revelations and inspirations: and inspiration is not of one age nor of one creed. plato and philo, also, were inspired. the apocalypse, indeed, is a book as obscure as the sohar. it is written hieroglyphically with numbers and images; and the apostle often appeals to the intelligence of the initiated "let him who hath knowledge, understand! let him who understands, calculate" he often says, after an allegory or the mention of a number. saint john, the favorite apostle, and the depositary of all the secrets of the saviour, therefore did not write to be understood by the multitude. the sephar yezirah, the sohar, and the apocalypse are th

anus, a kabalist or judaizing gnostic of the times of the apostles; and knowing those of bardesanes and harmonius, derived his doctrines from zoroasterism, christianity, and gnosticism. he claimed to be the ?a??t [parakletos] or comforter, in the sense of a teacher, organ of the deity, but not in that of the holy spirit or holy ghost: and commenced his _epistola fundamenti_ in these words "manes, apostle of jesus christ, elect of god the father; behold the words of salvation, emanating from the living and eternal fountain" the dominant idea of his doctrine was pantheism, derived by him from its source in the regions of india and on the confines of china: that the cause of all that exists is in god; and at last, god is all in all. all souls are equal--god is in all, in men, animals, and pla

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see liber v. 14. above, the gemmed azure is the naked splendour of nuit; she bends in ecstasy to kiss the secret ardours of hadit. the winged globe, the starry blue, are mine, 0 ankh-af-na-khonsu! exoterically, this is a straightforward description of the relative positions of nuit and hadit in the stele. the esoteric meaning had better remain secret. 15. now ye shall know that the chosen priest& apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the beast; and in his woman called the scarlet woman is all power given. they shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men. the authority of the beast rests upon this verse; but it is to be taken in conjunction with certain later verses which i shall leave to the research of students to inter

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s also existed in lucca, italy, where they remained until 1590. the head of the order had the title magister meaning "master" jean de medici was the master of the order in 1562. monastic associations in great britain and ireland, including the culdees benedictines spread throughout great britain under the impetus of the monk austin or augustine, who came from the monastery in lerins. this english apostle became the first bishop of canterbury in 596. in england, as on the continent, the creation of builders associations allied with monasteries was becoming quite commonplace. saint augustine himself left behind a reputation as a great architect. what exactly were the relations between the continental benedictines, who had traveled to britain across the english channel, and the native culdees

templars 63 paien or payan de montdidier; archambaud de saint-armand or saint- aignan; andre de montbard, maternal uncle of saint bernard de clairvaux; godefroy; gondemar; roral or roland; and godefroy de bissot or bissor. in 1126 hugues, count of champagne and donor of clairvaux, joined this number. together they drew their authority from the patriarch theocletes, sixty-seventh successor of the apostle john, for whom the templars maintained, along with the holy virgin, a special worship. these men took the three vows of obedience, poverty, and chastity and swore an oath to do all in their power to safeguard the roads and protect pilgrims against the attacks of brigands and infidels. initially the order, which at first followed the rule of saint augustine, did not expand greatly. in the n

members will be bound to administer to 160 from the art of building to the art of thinking his wants for only one meal and to give him two sols and six deniers."15 the same patron saints found in paris were also worshipped by the brotherhoods of these provincial builders, with the addition of saint gregor, saint alpinien, saint martin, saint marin, saint etienne, saint barbara, and especially the apostle saint thomas, who is often depicted holding a square. purposes and traditions of the brotherhoods the purpose of the brotherhoods is defined as follows in an edict issued on march 1319 restoring a brotherhood of saint james and saint louis that had been abolished in 1306 "to provide through one's work the gifts of large alms, to feed the indigent brothers, to have masses said for both the

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mplished facts and the advance of time, i calculate the chances analogous to those which i owe already to the influence of the same planets, and i conclude that in 1851 i had employment which was moderately but sufficiently remunerative, with some embarrassment of position; in 1847 i was separated violently from my family, with great attendant sufferings for mine and me; in 1843 i travelled as an apostle, addressing the people, and suffering the persecution of illmeaning persons: briefly, i was at once honoured and proscribed. finally, in 1825 family life came to an end for me, and i entered definitely on that fatal path which led me to science and misfortune. i may suppose therefore that this year i shall experience toil, poverty, vexation, heart exile, change of place, publicity and cont

to destroy originals gives a kind of originality to copies, as was doubtless in the mind of st. paul when, prompted beyond question by the most laudable intention, he accomplished his scientific auto-da-fe at ephesus. in the same way, six centuries later, the true believer omar sacrificed the library of alexandria to the originality of the koran, and who knows whether in the time to come a future apostle will not set fire to our literary museums and confiscate the printing-press in the interest of some fresh religious infatuation, some newly accredited legend? the study of talismans and pantacles is one of the most curious branches of magic and connects with historical numismatics. there are indian, egyptian and greek talismans, kabalistic medals coming from ancient and modern jews, gnosti

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, who was resuscitated by st. paul after falling from a third storey, had doubtless suffered no serious internal injuries, but had succumbed to asphyxia, occasioned by the rush of air during his fall, or alternatively to violent shock and terror. in a parallel case, he who feels conscious of the power 70 the ritual of transcendental magic and faith necessary for such an achievement must, like the apostle, practise insufflation, mouth to mouth, combined with contact of the extremities for restoration of warmth. were it simply a matter of what the ignorant call miracle, elias and st. paul, who made use of the same procedure, would have spoken in the name of jehovah or of christ. it is enough sometimes to take the person by the hand and raise them quickly, summoning them in a loud voice. this

s of gospel tradition. they formed the balm of the good samaritan, and in the apocalypse. when describing the last plagues. the prophet prays the avenging powers to spare these substances, that is, to leave a hope and a remedy for so many wounds. what we term extreme unction was the pure and simple practice of the master's traditional medicine, both for the early christians and in the mind of the apostle saint james, who has included the precept in his epistle to the faithful of the whole world. gif any man be sick among you, h he writes, glet him call in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the lord. h this divine therapeutic science was lost gradually, and extreme unction came to be regarded as a religious formality, a necessary pre

the cataclysm, exhibited at first from afar, is portrayed in the fulness of the book of hermes 143 time. the description of the cataclysm and its duration; the new world emerging from the waves and spreading in all its beauty under heaven; the great serpent, bound for a time by an angel in the depths of the abyss; finally, the dawn of that age to come, prophesied by the word, who appeared to the apostle at the beginning of the poem: ehis head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. and he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strengt

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ament. when jesus refuted satan's biblical charges, he referred to the old testament. as we will learn later, the satanic authority of modern man makes up two parts of the diabolical trinity. this diabolical trinity can absorb strength via the new testament. as satanists, we have biblical authority to explain the satanic truths, for the purpose of self advancement. satan possesses great will. the apostle paul instructs the youthful timothy to be firm but gentle with christians who are frustrated with their religion. again we find a keen draw to satanism is its great will that manifests within its initiates. 2 timothy 2:26 they may recover themselves out of the snare of satan, who are taken captive by him at his will. satan possesses emotions. biblical accounts of satan's emotions are limit

the moon-god of thebes, son of the family triad amon/mut/khons. by the time of the xxvi dynasty, the priesthoods at thebes and memphis were among the few remaining non- osirian centers of learning. by the time of the new empire, amon was usually combined with ra as amon-ra, which explains the solar disc and ra-harakte on the stele of a theban priest. 15. now ye shall know that the chosen priest& apostle of infinite space is the princepriest the beast; and in his woman called the scarlet woman is all power given. they shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men "infinite space" characterizes nuit. the initiatory role and authority of crowley and his scarlet woman are herein defined. they are charged to bring the a:.a. into existe

ings within its frame than the three figures alone, but i suspect the forepart is that which would more immediately concern and interest the setian reader. be prepared for the unexpected: great forces are generated through the theory and dynamics of magic and who can say what will suddenly appear or in which way it will remanifest itself? trump xi lust now ye shall know that the chosen priest and apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the beast; and in his woman called the scarlet woman all power is given. they shall gather my children into their fold; they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men. p> formerly called strength, as the old ipsissimus wrote, trump xi is far more than the generally accepted meanings of the world. as is usual with dclxvi's manner of exp

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houted at nasreen and kasturba "we're going to the hospital. now" the proof of changez's decline was that, this last time, he permitted his son to help him out "black shit is bad" he said, panting for breath. his lungs had filled up alarmingly; the breath was like bubbles pushing through glue "some cancers are slow, but i think this is very fast. deterioration is very rapid" and sala- huddin, the apostle of truth, told comforting lies _abba, don't worry. you'll be fine. changez chamchawala shook his head "i'm going, son" he said. his chest heaved; salahuddin grabbed a large plastic mug and held it under changez's mouth. the dying man vomited up more than a pint of phlegm mixed up with blood: and after that was too weak to talk. this time salahuddin did have to carry him, to the back seat o

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om and then on the bride, and the two drink from a common cup to signify the life they will be sharing. portions of the bible, including the letters of paul, are read at these services. finally, christianity also provides for believers at their time of death. for christians, death is not an ending, but a beginning. christians believe that there is a life after death. this is stated clearly in the apostle s creed: i believe in the holy spirit; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and life everlasting. for christians, death is a passage to eternal life. just before death, if possible, ministers or priests will give a final sacrament to the believer. this is called the anointing (touching with oil) of the sick. the priest or

ture of platonic belief, however, god became all-powerful and able to know everything. it was also from the greeks that the christian concept of geocentrism arose. this concept holds that the earth is the center of the universe, and that the sun, moon, and stars revolve around it. it was developed by the greek mathematician and astronomer ptolemy, who lived in the second century ce. the christian apostle, or follower, of jesus, paul (died 67 ce; also known as saint paul, was well trained in platonic and other forms of greek philosophy. neoplatonism was also a strong influence on christianity in its concept of original sin and the trinity. additionally, as greek was the common language for much of the middle east at the time of the beginnings of christianity, early forms of the bible appear

ered chapter 12, verse 2 (12:2) and 12:3, god told abram: i will make you into a great nation and i will bless you; will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. i will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you i will curse; and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you. this passage from the old testament became an important part of a later christian argument from the apostle paul (c. 3 bce c. 67 ce; see entry. an apostle was one of a group of people in the new testament of the bible who were sent out to preach the words of jesus christ. paul believed that these words showed that abraham passed on god s blessing to all humankind, not just to jews, paving the way for the rise of christianity. into canaan abram listened to the word of god and set out from haran w

ies. over the course of this and later missionary journeys, he endured many hardships, faced persecution, and was imprisoned. on at least one occasion he was almost murdered. on some of these trips, he took along a number of his followers. the council of jerusalem in the year 49 paul traveled back to jerusalem, where he met with leaders of the christian church, including peter, james, and another apostle, saint john (died c. 100. this meeting is generally called the council of jerusalem. the precise purpose of the council remains unclear. it most likely revolved around the ongoing issue of the relationship between judaism and christianity. in the early decades of the common era (the years after jesus s birth and death, christianity was a sect of judaism. christ himself was born a jew, as w

sh law, he argued that salvation was to be achieved through faith in christ, not through the law. related to this issue was the question of whether christianity was intended just for jews or also for gentiles, many of whom at the time practiced polytheism, or the belief in more than one god. paul took the position that christianity provided a new path to god for gentiles, earning him the nickname apostle to the gentiles. paul also gave prominence to the holy spirit. he said that the holy spirit, a representation of god s divinity, became part of a person with crete rhodes cyprus m e d i t e r r a n e a n s e a aegean sea ephesus attalia paphos salamis damascus derbe cilician gates antioch iconium antioch in pisidia dorylaeum lystra seleucia jerusalem perga amphipolis philippi thessalonica

her in heaven; the son, jesus christ; and the holy spirit. for more information books conybeare, w. j, and j. s. howson. life and epistles of st. paul. grand rapids, mi: eerdmans, 1949. may, herbert g. and bruce m. metzger. the holy bible. new york: oxford university press, 1962. stalker, james a. the life of saint paul. grand rapids, mi: zondervan press, 1984. wilson, a. n. paul: the mind of the apostle. new york: norton, 1998. web sites prat, f. st. paul. catholic encyclopedia. http//www.newadvent.org/cathen/ 11567b.htm (accessed on march 25, 2006. world religions: biographies 309 saint paul this page intentionally left blank plato born: c. 427 bce athens, greece died: 347 bce athens, greece greek philosopher; writer; teacher until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called k

is known about the life of matthew. in fact, the gospel does not identify him as the author of the book. about all that is known is that he had been a tax collector for the roman empire before he became a disciple of jesus christ. this made him a social outcast. he wrote the book sometimes between the years 50 and 100, and the main source of his information was peter, another of the apostles. an apostle is a close follower of christ. the bible exists in numerous translations. the excerpt given here is taken from the king james version of the bible. this was a translation made especially for king james i of england early in the seventeenth century. it is thought of as the most literary doctrine: a set of guidelines. world religions: primary sources 211 bible translation of the bible, meani

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78:3 british museum, gnostic gem, no. g. 33. 178:4 kenyon, greek papyri, p. 123. 178:5 ibid, p. 123. these names read michael, raphael, gabriel, souriel, zaziel, badakiel, and suliel. 179:1 kenyon, op. cit, p. 121. 180:1 he of alexandria, who lived about a.d. 120. he was a disciple of menander, and declared that he had received the esoteric doctrine of saint peter from glaucias, a disciple of the apostle. p. 182 chapter vi. magical ceremonies. in the preceding pages we have seen how the egyptians employed magical stones or amulets, and magical words, and magical pictures, and magical names, in the performance of deeds both good and evil; it remains to consider these magical ceremonies in which the skill of the magician-priest was exerted to its fullest extent, and with the highest objects

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enity, what a breath of eternity! how shall i describe it? it has been expressed, as far as it could be, by those great incomparable souls who we admit have beheld and still behold. we reach a point at which we acknowledge how true is what we have been commanded to believe and how well and beneficently we have been brought up by our mother the church, and of what benefit was the milk given by the apostle paul to the little ones.190 this is not the place to explore what might be made of the other path of developing a mode of thinking from the knowledge of the mysteries enriched by the event of christ.191 in pre-christian times, the search for the spiritual foundations of life led inevitably to the path represented by the mysteries. augustine, however, can direct even those who do not find i

1:41. 121. john 11:42. 122. j.burckhardt, die zeit konstantins (basel, 1929, p. 163. 123. apocalypse 1:1. steiner identified the john who writes under his own name in the apocalypse with the enigmatic author of the fourth gospel; steiner, from jesus to christ (rudolf steiner press, london, 1991, pp. 99 100. he rejected, however, the church s rather belated claim that this john was the same as the apostle john, son of zebedee. see further, for the whole nature and interpretation of the document, steiner s lectures the apocalypse of st. john (anthroposophic press, hudson, ny, 1993; also reading the pictures of the apocalypse (anthroposophic press, hudson, ny, 1993, and for related themes the fall of the spirits of darkness (rudolf steiner press, london, 1993. the apocalypse is important to s

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after his resurrection show how completely they believed that they beheld him in the flesh, even to the extreme of the skeptical thomas placing his fingertips into the still-open wounds of the crucifixion. a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that i have, jesus told them. then, to prove his physicality still further, he asks if they have anything for him to eat. paul? c. 68 c.e, the apostle and once avid persecutor of christians, received his revelation from the voice of jesus within a blinding light while he was traveling on the road to damascus. he discovered it to be a challenge to convince others in the belief in the physical resurrection of the dead when he preached in athens. although the assembled athenians listened politely to his message of a new faith, they mocked h

ay in the direction of mecca during an islamic holiday at coney island, new york (ap/wide world photos) the islamic paradise is in many ways an extension of the legendary garden of eden in the bible. it is a beautiful place filled with trees, flowers, and fruits, but it really cannot be expressed in human terms. it is far more wonderful than any person could ever imagine. all who obey god and the apostle are in the company of those on whom is the grace of god of the prophets who teach, the sincere lovers of truth, the witnesses [martyrs] who testify, and the righteous who do good: ah! what a beautiful fellowship (qur an 4:69) hell is a place of torment, and, like the image held by many christians, a place of fire and burning. in the islamic teachings, neither heaven nor hell last throughou

understanding for divine wisdom. before the fall, the flow of these virtues from god into the human spirit was perfect, but the intervention of evil and the sins of humankind itself had interrupted this onceperfect communion. the purpose of religion is to accomplish good and to establish a connection between god and the human spirit. swedenborg came to recognize that even though he had become an apostle of god for whom no mysteries were hidden, it was not necessary for him to form a new church. all sincere members of all existing religious systems were connected as one in a spiritual sense. in spite of this apparent change of focus, swedenborgianism did become a religion, with churches established in england in 1778 and in the united states in 1792. swedenborg believed strongly in what he

e d religious phenomena 183 john collins, author of the encyclopedia of apocalypticism (ap/wide world photos) although the term antichrist is frequently used by those christians who adhere to the new testament book of revelation as a literal guide to the end of days which they feel is here, the word is nowhere to be found within its text. traditionally, it was believed for many centuries that the apostle john, the one especially loved by jesus, was the author of revelation. contemporary scholarship generally disputes that st. john was the lonely visionary on the island of patmos who foresaw the time of great tribulation. it is, however, likely that the apostle john is the first to mention the antichrist. in 1 john 2:18, he declares that the enemy of christ has manifested and that many fals

prior to that period, the holy fam- 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 272 mystery religions and cults ily and the apostles were most often depicted as semitic people whose dark skin tones reflected the hot arid climate in which they lived. if the black madonna of czestochowa was truly a portrait of mary that had been painted from life by the apostle luke, he would surely have captured a woman with olive or dark brown skin and black or brown hair. other researchers into the mystique of the black madonna state that the reasons that the roman catholic church in general has not warmly embraced such depictions of the holy mother or virgin mary are because they fear that such representations are actually paying tribute to the ancient goddes

http//www. religioustolerance.org/gnostic.htm. main leaders of gnosticism of 12 books, plus eight leaves removed from a thirteenth book and tucked inside the front cover of the sixth. these eight leaves make up the complete text of a work that has been taken out of a volume of collected works. each of the books, except the tenth, consists of a collection of brief works, such as the prayer of the apostle paul, the gospel of thomas, the sophia of jesus christ, the gospel of the egyptians, and so on. although the nag hammadi library is written in coptic, the texts were originally composed in greek and contain many references to egyptian sites and beliefs. and although the work is ascribed to christian gnostics, there are many essays within the library that do not seem to reflect much of the

ing deeper clifton, charles s. encyclopedia of heresies and heretics. new york: barnes& noble, 1992. crim, keith, ed. the perennial dictionary of world religions. san francisco: harper collins, 1989. o grady, joan. early christian heresies. new york: barnes& noble, 1985. robinson, james, ed. the nag hammadi library. san francisco: harper& row, 1981. manichaeism mani (c. 216 277, a self-proclaimed apostle of christ who spoke in syrian, a version of the aramaic language in which jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) taught, proclaimed that his church would preach a universal religion that would be for all people, regardless of nationality or tongue. the well-educated child, born to a persian family that lived near babylon and who worshipped with the elkesaites, fell under the influence of gnostic te

was 24, the twin appeared again, and he instructed the young visionary that it was now time to leave the elkesaite community and to begin his public ministry. mani believed that his visions qualified him to preach a new gospel that combined the words and works of jesus with other great messianic teachers. he sought to pattern his life after that of st. paul (d. 62 68 c.e, and he called himself an apostle through the will of christ before he set out on his extensive missionary travels. however, unlike paul, mani believed, as did so many christian heretics, that as the son of god jesus could not have been born of a woman and he would never have subjected himself to a death upon a cross. in true apostle fashion, however, mani did heal the sick and the lame, and he did perform miracles. in add

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sorcery and began to traffic once again with demons. to prove his power, simon announced to all of rome that he would fly into the sky and ascend to the heavens, just as jesus had done. remarkably, simon, supported by demons, began to fly upward. peter, however, fearful that many innocents would be attracted to this false prophet, prayed that god would end simon fs flight. frightened away by the apostle fs prayers, the demons fled the artificial wings supporting simon, and the magus crashed to the ground, breaking both legs. the story of simon magus fueled the beliefs of generations of magi and alchemists that there was a secret oral tradition that had been passed down from jesus that had much greater power and authority than the scriptures and epistles offered by the orthodox teachers of

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ch conscience rejects, is a courageous and sublime act of faith. every man who suffers for his convictions is a martyr of faith. he explains himself badly, it may be, but he prefers justice and truth to everything; do not condemn him without understanding him. to believe in the supreme truth is not to define it, and to declare that one believes in it is to recognize that one does not know it. the apostle st. paul declares all faith contained in these two things- to believe that god is, and that he rewards them who seek him. 26 faith is a greater thing than all religions, because it states the articles of belief with less precision. any dogma constitutes but a belief, and belongs to our particular communion; faith is a sentiment which is common to the whole of humanity. the more one discuss

tes it without, it becomes a tender sun of love. man owes himself to his family; his family owes itself to the fatherland; and the fatherland to humanity. the egoism of man merits isolation and despair; that of the family, ruin and exile; that of the fatherland, war and invasion. the man who isolates himself from every human love, saying "i will serve god" deceives himself. for, said st. john the apostle, if he loveth not his neighbour whom he hath see, how shall he love god whom he hath not seen? one must render to god that which is god's, but one must not refuse even to caesar that which is caesar's. 29 god is he who gives life; caesar can only give death. one must love god, and not fear caesar; as it is written in the holy book "he that taketh the sword shall perish by the sword" you wi

es when he wishes. cagliostro may have been only a charlatan, but as soon as opinion had made of him "the divine cagliostro" he was expected to work miracles; and they happened. when cephas barjona was nothing but a jew proscribed by nero, retailing to the wives of slaves a specific for eternal life, cephas barjona, for all educated people of rome, was only a charlatan; but public opinion made an apostle of the 208 spiritualistic empiric; and the successors of peter, were they alexander vi, or even john xxii, are infallible for every man who is properly brought up, who does not wish to put himself uselessly outside the pale of society. so goes the world. charlatanism, when it is successful, is then, in magic as in everything else, a great instrument of power. to fascinate the mob cleverly

t is that danger is imminent. woe, then, to him who does not reflect! when we are ripe for death, we leave life without regret, and nothing would make us take it back; but when death is premature, the soul regrets life, and a clever thaumaturgist would be able to recall it to the body. the sacred books indicate to us the proceeding which must be employed in such a case. the prophet elisha and the apostle st. paul employed it with success. the deceased must be magnetized 279 by placing the feet on his feet, the hands on his hands, the mouth on his mouth. then concentrate the whole will for a long time, call to itself the escaped soul, using all the loving thoughts and mental caresses of which one is capable. if the operator inspires in that soul much affection or great respect, if in the th

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will hear it. 28:29 and when he had said these words, the jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves. 28:30 and paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, 28:31 preaching the kingdom of god, and teaching those things which concern the lord jesus christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. page 647 romans the epistle of paul the apostle to the romans 1:1 paul, a servant of jesus christ, called [to be] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of god, 1:2 (which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures) 1:3 concerning his son jesus christ our lord, which was made of the seed of david according to the flesh; 1:4 and declared [to be] the son of god with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resur

down their back alway. 11:11 i say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? god forbid: but [rather] through their fall salvation [is come] unto the gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 11:12 now if the fall of them [be] the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the gentiles; how much more their fulness? 11:13 for i speak to you gentiles, inasmuch as i am the apostle of the gentiles, i magnify mine office: 11:14 if by any means i may provoke to emulation [them which are] my flesh, and might save some of them. 11:15 for if the casting away of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be] but life from the dead? 11:16 for if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy] and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branc

christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 16:26 but now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting god, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: 16:27 to god only wise [be] glory through jesus christ for ever. amen. page 655 1 corinthians the first epistle of paul the apostle to the corinthians 1:1 paul, called [to be] an apostle of jesus christ through the will of god, and sosthenes [our] brother, 1:2 unto the church of god which is at corinth, to them that are sanctified in christ jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of jesus christ our lord, both theirs and ours: 1:3 grace [be] unto you, and peace, from god our father

weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 8:11 and through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom christ died? 8:12 but when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against christ. 8:13 wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, i will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest i make my brother to offend. 9:1 am i not an apostle? am i not free? have i not seen jesus christ our lord? are not ye my work in the lord? 9:2 if i be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless i am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the lord. 1 corinthians page 658 9:3 mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 9:4 have we not power to eat and to drink? 9:5 have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as ot

seen of cephas, then of the twelve: 15:6 after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 15:7 after that, he was seen of james; then of all the apostles. 15:8 and last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 15:9 for i am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because i persecuted the church of god. 15:10 but by the grace of god i am what i am: and his grace [which was bestowed] upon me was not in vain; but i laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not i, but the grace of god which was with me. 15:11 therefore whether [it were] i or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. 15:12 now if christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say s

ch that is in their house. 16:20 all the brethren greet you. greet ye one another with an holy kiss. 16:21 the salutation of [me] paul with mine own hand. 16:22 if any man love not the lord jesus christ, let him be anathema maranatha. 16:23 the grace of our lord jesus christ [be] with you. 16:24 my love [be] with you all in christ jesus. amen. page 663 2 corinthians the second epistle of paul the apostle to the corinthians 1:1 paul, an apostle of jesus christ by the will of god, and timothy [our] brother, unto the church of god which is at corinth, with all the saints which are in all achaia: 1:2 grace be to you and peace from god our father, and [from] the lord jesus christ. 1:3 blessed [be] god, even the father of our lord jesus christ, the father of mercies, and the god of all comfort;

christ may rest upon me. 12:10 therefore i take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for christ s sake: for when i am weak, then am i strong. 12:11 i am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for i ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am i behind the very chiefest apostles, though i be nothing. 12:12 truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 12:13 for what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except [it be] that i myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. 12:14 behold, the third time i am ready to come to you; and i will not be burdensome to you: for i seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for th

truction. 13:11 finally, brethren, farewell. be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the god of love and peace shall be with you. 13:12 greet one another with an holy kiss. 13:13 all the saints salute you. 13:14 the grace of the lord jesus christ, and the love of god, and the communion of the holy ghost [be] with you all. amen. page 669 galatians the epistle of paul the apostle to the galatians 1:1 paul, an apostle (not of men, neither by man, but by jesus christ, and god the father, who raised him from the dead) 1:2 and all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of galatia: 1:3 grace [be] to you and peace from god the father, and [from] our lord jesus christ, 1:4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, acc

r circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. 6:16 and as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy, and upon the israel of god. 6:17 from henceforth let no man trouble me: for i bear in my body the marks of the lord jesus. 6:18 brethren, the grace of our lord jesus christ [be] with your spirit. amen. page 673 ephesians the epistle of paul the apostle to the ephesians 1:1 paul, an apostle of jesus christ by the will of god, to the saints which are at ephesus, and to the faithful in christ jesus: 1:2 grace [be] to you, and peace, from god our father, and [from] the lord jesus christ. 1:3 blessed [be] the god and father of our lord jesus christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in christ: 1:4 according

the lord, shall make known to you all things: 6:22 whom i have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and [that] he might comfort your hearts. 6:23 peace [be] to the brethren, and love with faith, from god the father and the lord jesus christ. 6:24 grace [be] with all them that love our lord jesus christ in sincerity. amen. page 677 philippians the epistle of paul the apostle to the philippians 1:1 paul and timotheus, the servants of jesus christ, to all the saints in christ jesus which are at philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 1:2 grace [be] unto you, and peace, from god our father, and [from] the lord jesus christ. 1:3 i thank my god upon every remembrance of you, 1:4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 1:5 for your fellow

acceptable, wellpleasing to god. 4:19 but my god shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by christ jesus. 4:20 now unto god and our father [be] glory for ever and ever. amen. 4:21 salute every saint in christ jesus. the brethren which are with me greet you. 4:22 all the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of caesar s household. page 679 colossians the epistle of paul the apostle to the colossians 1:1 paul, an apostle of jesus christ by the will of god, and timotheus [our] brother, 1:2 to the saints and faithful brethren in christ which are at colosse: grace [be] unto you, and peace, from god our father and the lord jesus christ. 1:3 we give thanks to god and the father of our lord jesus christ, praying always for you, 1:4 since we heard of your faith in christ jes

lly; and [i pray god] your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our lord jesus christ. 5:24 faithful [is] he that calleth you, who also will do [it] 5:25 brethren, pray for us. 5:26 greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. 5:27 i charge you by the lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. page 683 2 thessalonians the second epistle of paul the apostle to the thessalonians 1:1 paul, and silvanus, and timotheus, unto the church of the thessalonians in god our father and the lord jesus christ: 1:2 grace unto you, and peace, from god our father and the lord jesus christ. 1:3 we are bound to thank god always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each othe

he may be ashamed. 3:15 yet count [him] not as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother. 3:16 now the lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. the lord [be] with you all. 3:17 the salutation of paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so i write. 3:18 the grace of our lord jesus christ [be] with you all. amen. page 685 1 timothy the first epistle of paul the apostle to timothy 1:1 paul, an apostle of jesus christ by the commandment of god our saviour, and lord jesus christ [which is] our hope; 1:2 unto timothy [my] own son in the faith: grace, mercy [and] peace, from god our father and jesus christ our lord. 1:3 as i besought thee to abide still at ephesus, when i went into macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 1

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nk they see it also, even when it does not physically exist. similarly, one person witnessing a miracle can convey to others by the strength of faith the ability to see the same miracle. perhaps as a deliberate echo of the old testament account of the hand of god reaching down to lift ezekiel up by the hair, the author of the new testament book of matthew told of jesus walking across the sea. the apostle peter wanted to imitate him and, encouraged by jesus, stepped from his boat onto the surface of the water, but became afraid and began to sink. jesus reached down his hand and drew him up, while still standing on top of the water (matthew 1431. it is an eastern belief common in india that the holy men called fakirs can so reduce the weight of their bodies through prayers and devotions that

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mlessness. the breath of spirit that shaped chaos into the archetypal pattern of the world was not exhaled silently, but was articulated by divine will. that is why the next verse reads "and god said, let there be light: and there was light (gen. 1:3. first comes the verbal expression of the archetypal pattern through the mystical power of the name; then follows the actual manifest structure. the apostle john understood this quite clearly when he wrote "in the beginning was the word, and the word was with 38 tetragrammaton god, and the word was god (john 1:l. this creative (and destructive) word is tetragrammaton. when god created the microcosm, or lesser adam, he used the same method by which he had created the universe "and the lord god formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed

of the new magus, will be available in may 1996 from llewellyn worldwide, ltd. form and function of the wings i angel: kethahel (qthh+al) pronounced: keth'-a-he1 hebrew ?kr;illp enochian: clc32c3/113 banner: ihvh polarity: sun qpe: mercy side: right invoking sex: male element: fire quality: cardinal sign: aries house: first direction: east-northeast banishing stone: sard (orange-red) dibe: reuben apostle: peter enochian god name: mor enochian senior: laidrom appearance: short, slender, muscular. triangular face. flushed complexion; flared nostrils; curling, flame-red hair; very pale gray eyes that are bloodshot or burning; small projecting ears. nature: explosive, hot-tempered, in constant motion, impatient, eager, enthusiastic, vigorous, and easily angered, with stormy emotions, rapid spe

al dignity. mairs of honor. duels or other fonns of personal combat. self-assertion. 124 tetragrammaton i1 angel: hatakiah (hthq+ih) pronounced: ha-tak'-i-ah hebrew: 7'3tl7 enochian: c)?113/$c3 banner: ihvh polarity: moon qpe: severity side: left sex: female element: fire quality: cardinal sign: aries house: first direction: north-northeast invoking banishing stone: sard (orange-red) pibe: reuben apostle: peter enochian god name: mor enochian senior: aczinor appearance: short but muscular woman with narrow hips and small breasts, a pointed chin, very pale gray eyes, flushed cheeks, thin lips, small teeth, upturned nose, flame-red hair cut short, small ears. nature: cynical, mocking, overbearing, hasty, quick to respond with anger, sensitive to slights, arrogant, harsh. contemptuous of weak

ont intimidation, destroy the will of foes, bring about violent retribution for personal attacks. form and function of the wings angel: kazahel (qtzh+al) pronounced: kaz8-a-he1 hebrew??473p enochian: clc)$p;)u banner: ihhv polarity: sun ripe: mercy side: right sex: male element: fire quality: mutable sign: sagittarius house: ninth direction: west-northwest stone: topaz (yellow-green) dibe: simeon apostle: philip enochian god name: dial enochian senior: lzinopo invoking banishing appearance: tall, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. pale gray eyes, a long face, straight nose, small mouth, long neck, large graceful hands. a light complexion touched with highlights of golden pink. golden-orange hair that falls to his shoulders in loose curls. nature: benevolent, restless, cheerful, freed

, escape from all forms of prison or bondage. new vistas of thought or experience. 126 tetragrammaton angel: hazekiah (htzq+ih) pronounced: ha-zek'-i-ah hebrew: 7'337 enochian: c321131pm banner: ihhv polarity: moon qpe: severity side: left sex: female element: fire quality: mutable sign: sagittarius house: ninth invoking direction: west-northwest banishing stone: topaz (yellow-green) dibe: simeon apostle: philip enochian god name: dial enochian senior: alhctga appearance: she is tall and slender, with clear gray eyes, high cheekbones, a high forehead, a long face and straight nose, a golden-pink complexion, and very fine orange-blond hair that falls over her shoulders. her gaze is intense and searching. her movements are graceful but energetic. nature: critical, moralizing, tactless, carel

g down false prophets, stop mail and communications fraud, to punish falsehoods in media and advertising. form and function of the wings angel: keliel (qli+al) pronounced: ke1'-i-el hebrew '78'513 enochian: c7-lc113 banner: ivhh polarity: sun ripe: mercy side: right sex: male element: fire quality: fixed sign: leo house: fifth direction: south invoking banishing stone: emerald (green) ifibe: levi apostle: james the lesser enochian god name: hctga enochian senior: liiansa appearance: well-proportioned, powerful figure above middle height, with a large head, large yellow-gray eyes, thick rusty-blond hair, a broad forehead, wide mouth with full lips, golden complexion, a very erect posture, and a proud manner. nature: he speaks commandingly in a resonant voice and is warmhearted, enthusiastic

splays of personal talents or skills to win love or money. leadership. projection of a winning self-image. 128 tetragrammaton angel: yelekiah (ilq+ih) pronounced: ye-1ek'-i-ah hebrew: il'j? enochian: c32-ll37c1-l banner: nthh polarity: moon qpe: severity side: left invoking sex: female element: fire quality: fixed sign: leo house: fifth direction: south banishing stone: emerald (green) nibe: levi apostle: james the lesser enochian god name: hctga enochian senior: ahrnlicv appearance: tall, with broad shoulders; full hips; and prominent, well-separated breasts; a proud face with large amber-orange eyes; very pale eyebrows; a strong nose; a wide mouth with full but colorless lips; golden complexion; and long, tawny orange hair. nature: sensual, pleasure-loving, and self-indulgent. her pride

ment in the creative arts and drama. to oversee the happiness of loved ones and protect them from harm. fornz and function of the wings vii angel: daviel (dvi+al) pronounced: dav'-i-el hebrew: h4'711 enochian: c7-la2l: banner: hvhi polarity: sun tjpe: mercy side: right sex: male element: water quality: cardinal sign: cancer house: fourth direction: south-southeast stone: garnet (red) ifibe: judah apostle: andrew enochian god name: oip enochian senior: aaetpio invoking banishing appearance: slightly built and active, with a domed forehead and prominent narrow chin; small eyes of a deep blue color; pale-white complexion; short, dark-brown hair; large pores; feminine mannerisms. nature: a facade of self-assurance conceals a sensitive and imaginative nature. resourceful, tenacious, loyal, arti

conception of a child in the womb. acquiring objects for collections. care and protection of private property. 130 tetragrammaton viii angel: yodiah (ivd+ih) pronounced: yo-di'-ah hebrew ;1"71' enochian: c$ u l- l banner: hvhi polarity: moon qpe: severity side: left sex: female element: water quality: cardinal sign: cancer house: fourth direction: south-southeast stone: garnet (red) ifibe: judah apostle: andrew enochian god name: oip enochian senior: adoeoet invoking banishing appearance: full breasts and wide hips, with a roundness to the belly. a very pale, wide face with a prominent chin and high, domed forehead. black hair and dark blue, watery eyes. a short neck. small hands and feet. a slight curve in the back. nature: impressionable, receptive, emotional, easily aroused with desire

in making women fertile. controlling biorhythms. perceiving ghosts or other spirits. fornz and function of the wings ix angel: demuel (dmv+al) pronounced: dem8-u-el hebrew: 5 1 7 enochian: claelz banner: hvih polarity: sun vpe: mercy side: right invoking sex: male element: water quality: mutable sign: pisces house: twelfth direction: north-northeast banishing stone: sapphire (blue) dibe: issachar apostle: bartholomew enochian god name: teaa enochian senior: alndvod appearance: soft, overweight figure of below average height; wavy, darkbrown hair on a round skull; pale complexion with a tendency to perspire; small nose and small ears that lie flat; very dark blue eyes; heavy eyelids and dark, arched eyebrows; a sensual mouth with a full bottom lip and a weak chin. nature: intuitive and awar

caring for the sick. protecting and caring for animals. encouraging pleasant dreams. 132 tetragrammaton x angel: vamediah (vmd+ih) pronounced: va-med'-i-ah hebrew: 3'7137 enochian: c32u-i&?l banner: hvih polarity: moon ripe: severity side: left invoking sex: female element: water quality: mutable sign: pisces house: twelrh direction: north-northeast banishing stone: sapphire (blue) dibe: issachar apostle: bartholomew enochian name of god: teaa enochian senior: aapdoce appearance: thin limbs; a long, thin neck; small head with short, straight hair, very glossy and of a dark-brown color. small nose and ears; dark blue eyes surrounded by blue shadows under the skin; poor posture; very thin hands held limp at the wrists; a small, pale mouth and weak chin. small breasts, narrow hips. nature: un

writing. enforces service and self-sacrifice upon those who would flee from their responsibilities. form and function of the wings xi angel: dabael (dab+al) pronounced: dab0-a-el hebrew: 5 1 7 enochian: cl$v?z banner: hhw polarity: sun ripe: mercy side: right invoking sex: male element: water quality: fixed sign: scorpio house: eighth direction: west banishing stone: jasper (green) dibe: zebulun apostle: thaddeus enochian god name: pdoce enochian senior: arinnap appearance: economical body, lean and muscular, with a narrow waist, his movements are quick and precise. black hair cut short over a round skull; penetrating dark eyes of a blue-black color; a compressed, bloodless mouth; small dimpled chin; small hooked nose; round white ears that lie close to the skull; a very pale face with bl

bles in matters dealing with wills, legacies, or bequests or in practical matters requiring great concentration and precision. 134 tetragrammaton angel: badiah (bad+ih) pronounced: ba-di'-ah hebrew: n'fw2 enochian: c)$ix$\r' banner: hhiv polarity: moon dpe: severity side: ler sex: female element: water quality: fixed sign: scorpio house: eighth direction: west stone: jasper (green) ifibe: zebulun apostle: thaddeus enochian god name: pdoce enochian senior: anodoin invoking banishing appearance: compact but well-developed body with a very narrow waist. long, straight dark hair hangs over her white shoulders. intense black eyes beneath a domed forehead, small nose with flared nostrils, sensual but small mouth which she often wets with the tip of her tongue. small, white ears. good posture and

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owledge; argument an exchange of ignorance. robert quillen the man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. chinese nothing is so firmly believed as that which is least known michel de montaigne too much knowledge never makes for simple decisions. ghanima atreides, dune an intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. albert camus a book is a mirror. when a monkey looks in, no apostle can look out. george lichtenberg many complain of their looks, but none complain of their brains. yiddish there is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have. don herold one learns from books and reads only that certain things can be done. actual learning requires that you do those things. farad n corrino (harq al-ada, dune most men, when they think

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order of relation is a rosicrucian private doctrine. 108. there were 12 recorded appearances of jesus after his death; to mary magdalene, to the galician women, to two disciples, to peter, to ten apostles, to eleven apostles, to seven apostles and others when fishing, to 500 brethren at once, to james the less, to eleven apostles, to stephen at his martyrdom, to paul at his conversion and to the apostle john. the 12 hours marked in a watch face can be used to find the cardinal points, if the time is correct, and the sun is visible. lay the watch flat and point the hour hand to the sun, and then the south will be half way between that hour and the figure xii. the author of the hymns of orpheus, the scholiast on hesiod, and porphyry state that the 12 labors of hercunumbers--th eir occu lt p

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

t manifests the reason (ratio) of the timeless deity in the transitory world.37 augustine opines further about this matter in his explication of john s statement concerning jesus, they sought therefore to seize him, and no one laid hands on him because his hour had not yet come (jn 7:30: he was waiting for the time when he would die, because he also waited for the time when he was to be born. the apostle, speaking about this time, said, but when the fullness of time came, god sent his son (gal 4:4. that is why many ask: why did not the christ come before? to them it must be answered that the fullness of time had not yet come, inasmuch as he, through whom times were made, regulates [them; for he knew when he ought to come. finally, when the fullness of time came, he who was to free us from

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great mother of heaven, symbolized by the letter heh, the first of the single letters, and by its number 5, the pentagram, malkah the bride, ruling in her kingdom malkuth, crowned with a crown of twelve stars. these twelve circles further represent the 12 foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse while in christian symbolism the sun and the twelve signs are referred to christ and his twelve apostles. heg: leads neophyte to hiereus and then returns to his place and is seated. hiereus: leads neophyte to the south, and says: hiereus: on the southern side of the holy place stood the seven branched candlestick, wherein was burned pure olive oil. it is an image of the mystery of the elohim, the seven creative ideas. the symbolic drawing before you represents its occult meaning. the seven c

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

older speech and that of the common people ^may also have a connexion with heathen notions. thus it is thrown in, as it were, to intensify a personal pronoun (see suppl. poems in]\i.h.g. have, by way of giving a hearty welcome: gote unde mir willekomen; trist. 504. frib. trist. 497. 1 writers of the 16-1 7th centuries use olgotze for statue (stieler says, from an allegorical representation of the apostles asleep on the mount of olives, 61= oil. hans sachs freqiiently has' den olgotzen tragen' for doing house drudgery, i. 5, 418'i 528. iii. 3, 24* 49^ iv. 3, 37^ 99^ the o.h.g. coz, simpuvium numae (juvenal 6, 343, which graff 4, 154 would identify with gotze, was a vessel, and belongs to giozan=fundere. 2 such a fear may arise from two causes: a holy name must not be abused, or an unholy dr

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and to study justice, because infallibly unto you shall be opened the gate of the true wisdom which god gave unto noah and unto his descendants japhet, abraham, and ishmael; and it was his wisdom that delivered lot from the burning of sodom. moses learned the same wisdom in the desert, from the burning bush, and he taught it unto aaron his brother. joseph, samuel, david, solomon, elijah, and the apostles, and saint john particularly (from whom we hold a most excellent book of prophecy2) possessed it. let every one then know that this, this which i teach, is that same wisdom and magic, and which is in this same book, and independent of any other science, or wisdom, or magic, soever. it is, however, certainly true that these miraculous operations have much in common with the qabalah; it is

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phil. tom ii cap xiv) in his orphic scale of the number twelve refers the twelve principle gods of rome to the zodiac: a pallas (minerva) b venus c phoebus d mercury e jupiter f ceres g vulcan h mars i diana j vesta k juno l neptune. crowley included most of these, omitting only jupiter and phoebus. col. xxxvi. the evangelists follow their traditional attribution to the kerubim. godwin gives the apostles thus (he does not state his source: a matthias b thaddeus c simon d john e peter f andew g bartholemew h phillip i james son of zebedee j thomas k matthew l james son of alpheus. col. xxxviii. line 7: iynx: grk, iugx (pl. iuggej, the wryneck: a bird of the woodpecker family which had the misfortune to be used in early greek love magick (hence the attribution; but in the chald an oracles t

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

n, not to dullards that hated the idea of "lessons" so with pretty well everything; we first excited the child's will in the desired direction. but (you ask) are there any special branches of learning which you regard as essential for all? yes. our old unvalued friend st. paul, the cunning crook who turned the magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 250 jewish communism of the apostles into an international ramp, saw in a vision a man from macedonia who said "come over and help us" this time it has been a woman from california, but the purport of her plaints was identical. much as i should like to see my father the sun once more before i die, nothing doing until- if ever- life recovers from the blight of regulations. luckily, one thing she said helps us out: someone had

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE BANNED LECTURE

ntly ignore what should be if they realised it their best argument. what was the ultimate cause of the destruction of the great civilisation of rome? what corrupted the spirit of a people unconquerable in arms? what but the spread of the slave morality of jewish communists of the period? if you will take your new testaments from your pockets, you will find in the fourth chapter of the acts of the apostles and the thirty-second verse "and the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not one of them said that aught of the things that he possessed was his own, but that they had all things in common" of course one of them, and he too was a jew, tried to hold out on the kitty, and was struck miraculously dead for his pains. lenin and trotsky never did as well! so, as roma

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lars, and a canopy above it, and without there is a circle of marble paving-stones, and without them a great outer circle of pillars. and beyond there is the forest of the stars. but the urn is the wonderful thing in all this; it is made of fixed mercury; and within it are the ashes of the book tarot, which hath been utterly consumed. and this is that mystery which is spoken of in the acts of the apostles; that jupiter and mercury (kether and chokmah) 126 visited (that is, inspired, ephesus, the city of diana, binah- was not diana a black stone- and they burnt their books of magick. now it seems that the centre of infinite space is that urn, and hadit is the fire that hath burnt up the book tarot. for in the book tarot was preserved all of the wisdom (for the tarot was called the book of t

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ich is most complicated, but consists mainly of twelve circles and a lamp in the centre to represent the sun "the whole figure represents the rose of creation, and is a synthesis of the visible universe. furthermore the twelve circles represent the twelve foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse, while in the christian symbolism the sun and the twelve signs typify our saviour and the twelve apostles."2 after which the hiereus says "at the southern side of the holy place stood the seven-branched candlestick. the symbolic drawing before you represents its occult meaning. the seven circles which surround the heptagram represents its occult meaning. the seven circles which surround the heptagram represent the seven planets and the seven qabalistic palaces of assiah, the material world wh

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but it is important not to confuse. the christians have terribly muddled their trinity by making the son the second instead of the third principle; whilst with them the holy spirit at one time symbolizes the mother and at another the son. thus at the annunciation and at the baptism of the christ the s.s. appeareth as a dove, emblem of venus and the mother: whilst the s.s. that descended upon the apostles at 175 pentecost was in reality the spirit of the christ, and therefore symbolised by the hb:shin("see" lecture on microcosmos in mss. of r.r. et a.c. in theosophical nomenclature this latter was the m anas or jeheshuah: the third principle\ a--u for the same reason i have drawn the triangle with the 3 uppermost 3 instead of 3--2. 1--2 1 176 part ii it was necessary that i should go thus

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

be able to help 'they are devout christians, evangelists, but they are eager to obey the teachings of the old testament and talk with angels, and they might be prepared to use witchcraft to do so' bill and eunice turned out to be crusaders in revivalist christianity and while bill was quite willing to invoke alien gods, his wife wasreluctant. she felt it disobeyed.the teachings of christ 'but the apostles themselves said "seek ye good gifts, alex told her 'and one ofthe gifts they listed was to speak with angels. would you deny your husband the right to obey, just because you are bigoted' she admitted her bias but asked for more details before committing herself alex explained that he had mastered the abra-melin system of magic which, while akin to witchcraft, was different in that it coul

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he shared with his three favourite disciples, with the three people closest to him. his demonstrated self-control, and henceforth his immunity from temptation, as we can understand it, had been succeeded by a period of intense activity. he had also laid the foundation of the kingdom of god which it was his mission to found, and whose inner structure and skeleton outline were built upon the twelve apostles, the seventy disciples whom he chose and trained, and the groups of men and women everywhere which responded to his message. so far he was successful. now he faced another initiation and a further expansion of consciousness. these initiations, to which he subjected himself on our behalf, and to which we may all in due time aspire, constitute in themselves a living synthesis of revelation

s message. so far he was successful. now he faced another initiation and a further expansion of consciousness. these initiations, to which he subjected himself on our behalf, and to which we may all in due time aspire, constitute in themselves a living synthesis of revelation which it may profit us to study before we consider the detail of the stupendous revelation which was accorded to the three apostles on the mountain-top. three of these crises are perhaps of greater significance than has hitherto been grasped by humanity, which is prone to lay the emphasis mainly upon one of them only, the crucifixion. one wonders sometimes whether the other tremendous experiences through which christ passed would have been relatively overlooked in favour of the crucifixion had the epistles never been

y is dual and therefore unmanageable or groups and nations are divided into opposing camps, and again duality emerges in intense dynamic difficulty. it is integration which christ so fully exemplified, thus resolving the dualities of higher and lower in himself, making "of twain one new man,"1 and it was this "new man" which shone forth at the transfiguration before the startled gaze of the three apostles. it is this basic integration or unification which religion should aim to produce, and it is this coordination between two fundamental aspects of human nature the natural and the divine which education should effect. this problem of the two selves, which christ so strikingly synthesised in himself, is the strictly human problem. the secondary self, in contradistinction to the divine self

luence him nor determine his conduct. he had achieved contact with that realm of being in which there is not only understanding, but peace, through unity. rules and fixations and considerations christ had surmounted, and consequently he functioned as an individual and not as a human personality. he was governed by the rules which control in the realm of the spirit, and it was this which the three apostles recognised at the transfiguration, and which led to their submission to him henceforth as the one who represented to them divinity. christ, therefore, at the transfiguration, unified in himself god and man, his developed personality blending with his individuality. he stood forth as the perfect expression of the uttermost possibility to which humanity could aspire. the dualities, of which

e distinguishing characteristic of the transfiguration initiation "radiation is transmutation in process of accomplishment" transmutation being the liberation of the essence in order that it may seek a new centre, the process may be recognised as `radio activity' as far as humanity is concerned."8 it was these processes, carried on in the form nature, which led eventually to the revelation to the apostles of the essential nature of the master they loved and followed, and it is this aspect of christ the inner radiant reality to which the mystics of all times bear testimony, not only in connection with christ, but in lesser degree in connection with each other also. once the world of the senses has been transcended, and the higher correspondences have become active, revealing the inner world

one knows. for i am spirit, am being" 9 the mass of literature that has been written in an attempt to portray the wonder of the transfiguration and the vision of god, is an outstanding phenomenon of the religious life, and one of the strongest testimonies to the fact of the revelations. the very simplicity of the story as related in the gospels has a majesty and a convincing power of its own. the apostles saw a vision and they participated in an experience wherein christ jesus stood before them as perfected man, because fully divine. they had shared with him his service; they had left their various vocations in order to be with him; they had gone with him from place to place and helped him in his work, and now, as a reward for faithfulness and recognition, they were permitted to see the tr

t the light of the ages is focussed, and the light of god is centred. his disciples came into the radius of this light for the first time on the mountain-top, after six days of work, so the story runs, and could not bear the sight of so much brilliance. nevertheless, they felt that "it was good for them to be there" yet in our consideration of the light which was in christ, and the rapture of the apostles at its revelation, let us not lose sight of the fact that he himself tells us that there is in us also a light, and that it too must blaze forth for the helping of the world and the glorification of our father which is in heaven.12 to this light the mystics testify, and it is this light into which they enter, and which enters into them, revealing the light which is latent and drawing it f

the three aspects of his human nature, and it was upon this integrated, focussed and consecrated personality that the transfiguration made its impact and produced revelation. thus again the essential duality of humanity is revealed through christ, and his threefold personality and his essential divinity are portrayed for us in such a way that the lesson (and the possibility) cannot be evaded. the apostles recognised god in their master, taking their stand upon the fact of this divinity, as have the mystics of all time. they "knew whom they had believed."14 they saw the light which shone in the person of jesus christ, and for them he was more than the person they had known heretofore. through this experience god became a reality to them. in the synthesis of the past, the present and the fut

th such splendour through the garment of the flesh that all the beholders perceive it, and, their eyes and ears attuned to finer subtle vibration, they behold their master in all his divine- 98- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust humanity."16 it is interesting to note that, in spite of their recognition of the significance of the event in which they were participating, the three apostles, speaking through the mouth of st. peter, were able to do no more than express their awe and their bewilderment, their recognition and belief. they could not explain or understand what they had seen, nor do we find any record of their ever having done so. the meaning of the transfiguration is something which has to be wrought out in the life before it can be defined or explained. when hum

ration in his life history, and in the five gospel episodes. more and more men will pass through the birth chamber, enter the stream and climb the mountain, furthering god's work for humanity; and christ's example is rapidly bearing fruit and bringing results. divinity cannot be gainsaid, and man is divine. if he is not, then the fatherhood of god is but an empty form of words, and christ and his apostles were in error when they recognised, as they constantly did, the fact of our sonship. the divinity of man cannot be explained away. it is either a fact or it is not. god can be known in the flesh through the medium of his children or he cannot. all rests back on god, the father, the creator, the one in whom we live and move and have our being. god is immanent in all his creatures, or he is

every-day life, and there subject our knowledge to the test, discover its reality and truth, and find out also wherein lies for us our next point of expansion, and what new knowledge must be acquired. the task of the disciple is the understanding and the use of his divinity. the knowledge of god immanent, yet based on a belief in god transcendent, is our endeavour. this was the experience of the apostles upon the mountain-top. we are told that "when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save jesus only."25 the familiar appeared to them again. it is of real interest to compare a somewhat similar story related in the bhagavad gita, wherein arjuna has had revealed to him the glorious form of the lord. at the close of the revelation god, in the person of krishna, says to him, with t

this initiation is divided into two halves, and of neither of them do we know very much. the detail of the resurrection episode, or crisis, in christ's life is left untold by the writers of the new testament. it was not possible for them to know more. after the crucifixion we are told little of christ's own life, or what occupied him between the time he rose again until he left the company of the apostles, and "ascended into heaven" a symbolic phrase which can mean very little to any of us. the crucial initiation for humanity to understand at this time is the fourth. only when we have mastered the significance of service and sacrifice can the fact of immortality and its true meaning be revealed to us. how christ rose, what were the processes undergone, in exactly what body he appeared, we

" a symbolic phrase which can mean very little to any of us. the crucial initiation for humanity to understand at this time is the fourth. only when we have mastered the significance of service and sacrifice can the fact of immortality and its true meaning be revealed to us. how christ rose, what were the processes undergone, in exactly what body he appeared, we cannot tell. we are assured by the apostles that it resembled the one he had previously employed, but whether it was the same body miraculously resurrected; whether it was his spiritual body, which appeared to be the same to the physical eyes of those who loved him, or whether he had constructed an entirely new body on the same general lines as the previous one, it is not possible for us to say; neither is it possible for us to be

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h which humanity is faced at the portal of the new age will not be found by deciding upon some line of action and forcing it on public attention by propaganda and by campaigning. it will come by advocating and developing a spirit of goodwill (with its results: a right atmosphere and a sound attitude) and an understanding heart. the christian era was ushered in by a mere handful of men, the twelve apostles, the seventy disciples and the five hundred who recognized the message of the christ. the new era in which christ will "see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied, is being ushered in by the hundreds of thousands of the men of goodwill now active in the world and who can become still more active if recognized, reached and organized- 70- problems of humanity copyright 1998 lucis trust

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is parents in the temple "wist ye not that i must be about my father's business" we should note here that he was twelve years old at the time and, therefore, the work with which he had been occupied (as a soul) was finished; twelve is the number of completed work, as witness the twelve labours of hercules, another son of god. the symbolism of his twelve years is now replaced by that of the twelve apostles, the symbol of service and sacrifice. he was also in the temple of solomon, which is the symbol of the perfect life of the soul, just as the tabernacle in the wilderness is the symbol of the imperfect ephemeral life of the transient personality; christ was, therefore, speaking on soul levels and not only as the spiritual man on earth. he was also serving, when he spoke these words, as a w

ed surely by his realisation of the universal implications of his mission and the intense focussing of his life in a universal sense. the gethsemane experience was an experience uniquely possible only to those sons of god who have reached his rare point in evolution; it had no real relation to the crucifixion episode, as the orthodox commentators emphasise. 4. the final words of the christ to his apostles were "lo, i am with you all the days, even unto the end of the age" or cycle (matt. 28.20) the important word is "end" the word used is the greek "sun-teleia" which means the end of the time period, with another immediately following after (what would be called the end of a cycle. in greek the final end is another word "telos" in matt. 24.6 "but the end is not yet" the other word telos is

ly present on earth and the kingdom which they rule, with its laws and modes of activity, is familiar to many and has been throughout the centuries. christ is the world healer and saviour. he works because he is the embodied soul of all reality. he works today, as he worked in palestine two thousand years ago, through groups. there he worked through the three beloved disciples, through the twelve apostles, through the chosen- 26- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust seventy, and the interested five hundred. now he works through his masters and their groups, and thereby greatly intensifies his efforts. he can and will work through all groups just insofar as they fit themselves for planned service, for the distribution of love, and come into conscious alignment with the

nd a place where every man has full scope for the exercise of his divinity in human service. 3. at the transfiguration, christ revealed the glory which is innate in all men. the triple lower nature physical, emotional and mental is there shown as prostrate before the glory which was revealed. in that moment, wherein christ immanent was in incarnation, wherein humanity was represented by the three apostles, a voice came from the father's home in recognition of the revealed divinity and the sonship of the transfigured christ. on this innate divinity, upon this recognised sonship, is the brotherhood of all men based one life, one glory which shall be revealed, and one divine relationship. today, on a large scale (even when by-passing the implications of divinity, the glory of man and his fund

the indications of the success of the evolutionary process, as applied to humanity. this method of- 98- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust work the use of human beings as agents to carry forward the work of salvation and of world uplift was initiated by the christ himself; he worked with men very frequently through others, reaching humanity through the medium of his twelve apostles, regarding paul as substituting for judas iscariot. the buddha tried the same system but the relation of his group was, in the first instance, to him and not so much to the world of men. christ sent his apostles out into the world to feed the sheep, to seek, to guide and to become "fishers of men" the relation of the disciples of the christ was only secondarily to their master but primari

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e blood relationship and not upon the life aspect which the blood veils and symbolises. it is the creed of a crucified and dead christ which rules christianity and not that of the risen master. one of the reasons for this travesty of the truth has been that st. paul, that great initiate, prior to taking the third initiation which he did at the time he was functioning as related in the acts of the apostles, was potently under martian influence and was born in scorpio; a study of his horoscope would demonstrate this were you in a position to study as can we who are connected with the hierarchy. it was he who gave the scorpio-mars slant to the interpretation and exposition of the christian teaching and deflected its energy into channels of teaching which its founder had never intended. such i

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logy which conditioned the religious life of the people of that era. this becomes still more apparent when the sun transitted into the next constellation, the sign of pisces the fishes. then we had the appearance of christ and the fish symbology which ran so characteristically through the entire gospel story. his disciples were largely fishermen. he performed the miracles with fishes and sent his apostles out after his death under the leadership of st. peter with the injunction to be fishers of men. it is for this reason that the mitre which the pope wears is the mouth of the fish. now, according to astronomy we are transitting into the sign of aquarius, the sign of the water-carrier, the sign of universality, for water is a universal symbol. prior to his death christ sent his disciples ou

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t be upon our hearts and not upon our canvases. we arrive at knowledge of him because he is ours, as we are his. do you understand that whereof i speak? he is the world healer and saviour. he works because he is the embodied soul of all reality. he works today, as he worked in palestine two thousand years ago, through groups. there he worked through the three beloved disciples, through the twelve apostles, through the chosen seventy, and the interested five hundred. ponder on this fact, little emphasised. now he works through his masters and their groups, and thereby greatly intensifies his efforts. he can and will work through all groups just in so far as they fit themselves for planned service, for the distribution of love, and come into conscious alignment with the greater potency of th

ays held it, and from the western angle they are heathen and the heathen "in their blindness bow down to wood and stone" to quote one of your fundamentalist hymns. how curious it is to realise that, to the man from eastern countries, the religious people in the west do likewise, and can be seen on their knees before the christian altars bearing statues of the christ, of the virgin mary and of the apostles. the occultists of the world, through the theosophical societies and other occult bodies, so-called, have greatly damaged the presentation of the truth anent reincarnation through the unnecessary, unimportant, inaccurate and purely speculative details which they give out as truths anent the processes of death and the circumstances of man after death. these details are largely dependent up

nd as one in whom monadic consciousness was firmly established, the powers then available to jesus could not be used in the saving of his physical body. at the same time, it must be remembered that he would have no desire to save it, because he now possessed the power (demonstrated later in the gospel story) to create a body at will in order to meet his needs. the subtle and subjective sin of the apostles was that they were not interested in evoking the living activity of the master on his own behalf (even though he would never do so: this they did not know, but were entirely preoccupied with their own grief. the evocation, had they attempted it, would have been useless, but the good that might have- 387- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust

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ight 1998 lucis trust the kingdom which they rule, with its laws and modes of activity are familiar to many, and have been throughout the centuries. christ is the world healer and saviour. he works because he is the embodied soul of all reality. he works today, as he worked in palestine two thousand years ago, through groups. there he worked through the three beloved disciples, through the twelve apostles, through the chosen seventy, and the interested five hundred. now he works through his masters and their groups, and thereby greatly intensifies his efforts. he can and will work through all groups just in so far as they fit themselves for planned service, for the distribution of love, and come into conscious alignment with the great potency of the inner groups. esotericists, occult stude

lace where every man has full scope for the exercise of his divinity in human service. 3. at the transfiguration, christ revealed the glory which is innate in all men. the triple lower nature physical, emotional and mental is there shown as prostrate before the glory which was revealed. in that moment, wherein christ immanent was in the physical form, wherein humanity was represented by the three apostles, a voice came from the father's home in recognition of the revealed divinity and the sonship of the transfigured christ. on this innate divinity, upon this recognised sonship, is the brotherhood of all men based one life, one glory which shall be revealed, and one divine relationship. today, on a large scale (even when by-passing the implications of divinity) the glory of man and his fund

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f the pledged disciple and away from the immediate attention of the accepting master. he is thus freed for other fields of service. this, in itself, is one of the major indications of the success of the evolutionary process as applied to humanity. this "shift" was initiated by the christ himself; he worked with men very frequently through others, reaching humanity through the medium of his twelve apostles, regarding paul as substituting for judas iscariot. the buddha tried the same system, but the relation of his group was, in the first instance, to him and not so much to the world of men. christ sent his apostles out into the world to feed the sheep, to seek, to guide and to become "fishers of men" the relation of the disciples of the christ was only secondarily to their master, and prima

t be about my father's- 204- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust business" i would have you note that: a. he was twelve years old at the time, and therefore the work upon which he had been occupied as a soul was finished, for twelve is the number of completed labour. the symbolism of his twelve years is now replaced by that of the twelve apostles. b. he was in the temple of solomon, ever a symbol of the causal body of the soul, and he was therefore speaking on soul levels and not as the spiritual man on earth. c. he was serving as a member of the hierarchy, for he was found by his parents teaching the priests, the pharisees and the sadducees. d. he spoke as an expression of the substance aspect (he spoke to his mother) and also as

nts would do well to bear in mind that the christ never underwent the crucifixion subsequent to this episode, but that it was the master jesus who was crucified. the crucifixion lay behind him in the experience of the christ. the episode of renunciation was a high point in the life of the world saviour, but was no part of the experience of the master jesus. 4. the final words of the christ to his apostles, gathered together in the upper chamber (in the hierarchy, symbolically) were "lo, i am with you all the days, even unto the end of the age" or cycle. here he was speaking as head of the hierarchy, which constitutes his ashram, and also speaking as the monad and expressing his divine will to pervade or inform the world continuously and endlessly with his overshadowing consciousness; he ex

ven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust in the gospel story there are two major episodes in the life of the master jesus which throw some light upon this fourth entrance through the door of initiation: the transfiguration and the crucifixion. in both of them the three aspects of the personality are symbolised. in the first case, they are symbolised by the three apostles who in bewilderment and profound humility took part in the third initiation, the transfiguration; in the second case, the three were depicted by the three crosses the two thieves and the central master. the difference in the fourth initiation is definite; it lies in the fact that the four aspects of the personality (counting the dense physical body as one aspect and the etheric vehicle as

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and siva are the most powerful energies of god, brahma, the neuter, says a[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] tion" it is answered "study first the abc of occult alchemy" in their anxiety, however, to identify pymander "the mouth of mystery" with st. john the baptist prophetically, they thus identified also the 7 kabeiri and the assyrian bulls with the cherubs of the jews and the apostles. having, moreover, to draw a line of demarcation between the four and the three- the latter being the fallen angels; and furthermore to avoid connecting these with the "seven spirits of the face" the archangels, they unceremoniously threw out all they did not choose to recognise. hence the perversion in the order of the elements, in order to make them dovetail with the order of the gospel

he real meaning of the dragon, the serpent, the goat, and all those symbols of powers now called evil, can be seen the best; as it is they who divulged the esoteric nature of the jewish substitute for ain-soph in their teachings; of the true meaning of which, while the rabbins concealed it, the christians, with a few exceptions, knew nothing. surely jesus of nazareth would have hardly advised his apostles to show themselves as wise as the serpent, had the latter been a symbol of the evil one; nor would the ophites, the learned egyptian gnostics of "the brotherhood of the serpent" have reverenced a living snake in their ceremonies as the emblem of wisdom, the divine sophia (and a type of the all-good, not the all-bad, were that reptile so closely connected with satan. the fact is, that even

hael is the mercury of the pagans, and maury and other french writers corroborate him, and add that "according to great theologians mercury and the sun are one) and no wonder, they think, since "mercury being so near the wisdom of the verbum (the sun, must be absorbed by and confounded with him" this "pagan" view was accepted from the first century of our era, as shown in the original acts of the apostles (the english translation being worthless. so much is michael the mercury of the greeks and other nations, that when the inhabitants of lystra mistook paul and barnabas for mercury and jupiter "the gods have come down to us in the likeness of men- verse 12 (xiv) adds "and they called barnabas zeus, and paul, hermes (or mercury, because he was the leader of the word (verbum" and not "the ch

have placed beyond controversy that, in the eyes of the author of an epistle accepted as divine revelation, the book of enoch was the inspired production of an antediluvian patriarch" and further. the cumulative coincidence of language and ideas in enoch and the authors of n.t. scripture. clearly indicates that the work of the semitic milton was the inexhaustible source from which evangelists and apostles, or the men who wrote in their names, borrowed their conceptions of the resurrection, judgment, immortality, perdition, and of the universal reign of righteousness under the eternal dominion of the son of man. this evangelical plagiarism culminates in the revelation of john, which adapts the visions[[vol. 2, page] 483 vedas, once universal. of enoch to christianity, with modifications in

the mighty hand of this greater deity, the cause awakened by our actions generating smaller causes, which is called the law of retribution* see "isis unveiled" before the veil, xii (vol. i* plato "parmenides" 141, e[[vol. 2, page] 556 the secret doctrine. they did it- by their one divine incarnation. exoterically- both are wrong; esoterically both of them are very near the truth. alone, among the apostles of the western religion, paul seems to have fathomed- if not actually revealed- the archaic mystery of the cross. as for the rest of those who, by unifying and individualizing the universal presence, have thus synthesized it into one symbol- the central point in the crucifix- they have shown thereby that they have never seized the true spirit of the teaching of christ, and by their interp

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r are pitris also; and these are the "fashioners of the inner man (see book ii) they are "the sons of fire- because they are the first beings (in the secret doctrine they are called "minds, evolved from primordial fire "the lord is a consuming fire (deuteronomy iv. 24 "the lord (christos) shall be revealed with his mighty angels in flaming fire (2 thessal. i. 7, 8. the holy ghost descended on the apostles like "cloven tongues of fire (acts ii. v. 3; vishnu will return on kalki, the white horse, as the last avatar amid fire and flames; and sosiosh will be brought down equally on a white horse in a "tornado of fire "and i saw heaven open and behold a white horse, and he that sat upon him. is called the word of god (rev. xix. 13) amid flaming fire. fire is aether in its purest form, and hence

others of an immaculately born son- the sun. raoul rochetti shows the moon-goddess of the athenians- pallas, or cybele, minerva, or again diana- holding her child-son on the lap, invoked in her festivals as[[monogenes theou "the one mother of god" sitting on a lion, and surrounded by twelve personages; in whom the occultist recognises the twelve great gods, and the pious christian orientalist the apostles, or rather the grecian pagan prophecy thereof. they are both right, for the immaculate goddess of the latin church is a faithful copy of the older pagan goddesses; the number (twelve) of the apostles is that of the twelve tribes, and the latter are a personification of the twelve great gods, and of the twelve signs of the zodiac. every detail almost in the christian dogma is borrowed from

, 624 years b.c. the old testament is full of allusions to the twelve zodiacal signs, and the whole scheme is built upon it- heroes, personages, and events. thus in the dream of joseph, who saw eleven "stars" bowing to the twelfth, which was his "star" the zodiac is meant. the roman catholics have discovered in it, moreover, a prophecy of christ, who is that twelfth star, they say, and the eleven apostles; the absence of the twelfth being also regarded as a prophetic allusion to the treachery of judas. the twelve sons of jacob are again a reference to the same, as justly pointed out by villapandus (temple de jerusalem, vol. ii, p. 2nd part, chap. xxx. sir james malcolm, in his history of persia (ch. vii, shows the dabistan echoing all such traditions about the zodiac. he traces the inventi

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phesians, 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 originally in aramaic or hebrew, later being tra

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ons 'i dare not name them at this moment and in this place. i cannot bring myself entirely to tear asunder the veil that covers this profound mystery of antiquity. but i can affirm most positively that among the authors of this plot are agents of that system of corruption and extravagance, the most powerful of all the means invented by foreigners for the undoing of the republic; i mean the impure apostles of atheism and the immorality that is at its base" paper power 51 at 2am that night, robespierre was shot and the next day he was taken to the guillotine. he was getting too close to speaking the truth about the 'glorious' french revolution, and in the strange world of the illuminati/ elite, that meant he had to go. think on that, those of you in the brotherhood who believe you are in con

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ave originated, at least in the post cataclysmic era, in the phoenician/st george centre of cappadocia. john the baptist, and his association with water, further symbolises the water sign of aquarius, through which the sun travels to be "baptised, according to myth. the sun enters aquarius at 30 degrees and jesus is baptised at 30. the zodiac circle was renamed the crown of the circle of the holy apostles (zodiac signs) by medieval monks and they placed john the baptist in the position where aquarius is located (king arthur and the 12 knights of the round table are also sun and zodiac symbolism) in the roman julian calendar john the baptist dies on august 29th and john jackson points out in christianity before christ (american atheists, 1985 "on that day, a specially bright star, represent

two of his tombs are still shown. this tale comes from the fact that when portuguese christian missionaries arrived in southern india they found a sect who worshipped a god named "thomas" and whose religion was nearly identical to christianity. so disturbed were the christian missionaries that they created elaborate stories to explain the presence of the st. thomas "christians, claiming that the apostles thomas and/or bartholomew had at some point travelled to india, preached and died there."31 the missionaries were bewildered by the fact that the religion was "christian" in virtually every aspect except one: they did not worship jesus and had never heard of him. the "thomas" they were worshipping was tammuz, the hero of the "jesus" story for thousands of years before christianity. signs

rcle, he says, are the religious, political, and literary leaders, who knew the truth about jesus, but didn't want anyone else to know. he writes "the new testament, the church and christianity, were all the creation of the calpurnius piso (pronounced peso) family, who were roman aristocrats. the new testament and all the characters in it- jesus, all the josephs, all the marys, all the disciples, apostles, paul, john the baptist- all are fictional. the pisos created the story and all the characters; they tied the story to a specific time and place in history; and they connected it with some peripheral actual people, such as the herods, gamaliel, the roman procurators, etc. but jesus and everyone involved with him were created (that is fictional) characters."38 the pisos were bloodline and

t. two other women raised as catholics told her that they had seen the abusers shape-shift into reptilians and eat a human sacrifice. jane said that joseph smith, the founder of the mormons, was from "the occult bloodlines (very true) and the whole official story was a lie "the 246 children of the matrix leaders are mostly reptilian" she said "one witness says that only one of the twelve [mormon] apostles did not shape shift at the ritual" she goes on "i was so mad to find out that the alien abuse was connected to the ritual abuse in the church when i had believed the church was true [now i know that..our families are from occult bloodlines of england and europe. this has gone on for hundreds and thousands of years."9 for certain, satanic ritual goes on within the mormon church. in fact th

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is extremely compelling. i do recommendyou try to get hold of a copy if you want the full details. the opening paragraphencapsulates its findings:the new t estament, the church and christianity, were all the creation of the calpurniuspiso (pronounced peso) family, who were roman aristocrats. the new t estament and allthe characters in it- jesus, all the josephs, all the marys, all the disciples, apostles, paul,john the baptist- all are fictional. the pisos created the story and the characters; they tiedthe story to a specific time and place in history; and they connected it with some peripheralactual people, such as the herods, gamaliel, the roman procurators, etc. but jesus andeveryone involved with him were created (that is fictiotional) characters.2the pisos were a bloodline family des

. luke was writtenin the very years that pliny began to visit pontus.14 plinys letters, written under his ownname, say that justus piso was in bithynia in the years 96 and 98 using the name, tulliusjustus, and that the pisos also located in ephesus, the home of the cult and temple to thegoddess diana, another version of isis, semiramis, barati, ad infinitum. as they108travelled they claimed to be apostles and bishops, the successors to their inventions,peter and paul. they claimed to be ignatius (pliny, justinus (justus, clement of rome(julius, polycarp (proculus, and papias (julianus, son of justus).15 by this time, apiso, pompeia plotina (real name claudia phoebe, was the wife of the romanemperor, trajan, and so they had tremendous support from the highest level for theirmanipulation.16

e edited the texts as he saw fitand rejected those which didnt support the creed of nicaea. he worked with anotherchurch father, the sex bomb, augustine. jerome and augustine both agreed thatwomen were morally and spiritually inferior and that sex and earthly pleasures were asource of evil which kept men from their spiritual path. poor sods. they examined 13gospels, nine acts and teachings of the apostles, plus 31 letters and other writings. theydecided which were orthodox and which were to be rejected. their choice wassupported by the council of carthage in 397 and confirmed again by pope innocent i ahundred years later. jeromes vulgate bible became widely accepted as the version. thecouncil of trent in 1545 decreed that it was the only acceptable one for romancatholics.most christians co

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ius acontius, jacobus (ca. 1500.ca. 1566) also known as jacques aconcio. theologian, philosopher, and engineer. born in trent, tyrol, he became curate of that diocese, then became a calvinist in 1557. acontius came to england about two years later, where he dedicated his major work, stratagemata satanae (the stratagems of satan, to queen elizabeth. the book attributes all doctrines other than the apostles creed to satan as stratagems to tempt mankind from truth. however, the book was also a strong plea for religious toleration. an english translation was first published in 1648 under the title satan s stratagems; or, the devil s cabinet-council discovered. abyssum encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 6 active-agent telepathy term used by parapsychologists for situations in wh

y f. c. conybeare. london: macmillan, 1912. apollyon the destroying angel or prince of the underworld (rev. 9:11, synonymous with abaddon. sources: barrett, francis. the magus. 1801. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1967. apostolic circle a sectarian group of early american spiritualists that claimed to be in communication (through the mediumship of mrs. benedict of auburn) with the apostles and prophets of the bible. the sect also believed in a second advent. james l. scott, a seventh day baptist minister of brooklyn, joined the group in 1849. he delivered trance utterances in the name of st. john and edited, jointly with the rev. thomas lake harris, a periodical of the apostolic movement: disclosures from the interior and superior care for mortals. not long after, the partn

s contained many evidential messages, but their main purpose was the delivery of religious teaching. the scripts of cleophas, paul in athens, and the chronicle of ephesus, produced by cummins under the alleged influence of philip the evangelist, and cleophas, bear signs of close acquaintanceship with the apostolic circle, an early american spiritualist group which claimed close contact with jesus apostles and other new testament characters. sir oliver lodge claims to have received independent evidence concerning the inspiration of the road to immortality, cummins s fourth book, with communications said to be from the spirit of f. w. h. myers. the quantity of automatically written books is such that it is difficult to mention more than a few. w. t. stead s after death: letters from julia (1

child. n.p, 1955. bendit, phoebe, and laurence j. bendit. the psychic sense. london: faber and faber, 1943. this world and that. london: faber and faber, 1950. benedict, mrs (ca. 1850) of auburn, new york, official medium of the apostolic circle, the first american psychic after the fox sisters. her psychic faculties were developed in katie fox s circle in auburn. her channeling from the biblical apostles and prophets was edited and published by thomas lake harris. benedict xiv, pope (1675.1758) pope benedict xiv, born prospero lambertini of a noble italian family, is credited with making the first modern objective scientific studies of the paranormal in italy. lambertini became one of the best educated people of his day, attaining doctorates in both law and theology. ordained to the pries

etting. church leaders responded that spiritualism merely reproduced the pagan phenomena forbidden in the jewish old testament and cited the story of the woman of endor as a clear prohibition of spirit contact. this interpretation still dominates the more conservative segments of christianity. spiritualists countered with a biblical exposition centered upon the new testament, the encounter of the apostles with the long-dead moses and elijah at the mount of transfiguration (matt. 17, and the appearances of the resurrected jesus. in the twentieth century, spiritualism as a movement withered as many mediums became involved in efforts to fake extraordinary events in spirit contact, materialization, and psychokinesis. the continued exposures to which it was subjected pushed it to the fringe, le

ew nothing, i never found her deviating from the truth as far as i could discover. in the course of these investigations, buchanan received a direct penciled message signed by st. john. this was followed by startling communications which, after having been held in reserve for 17 years, were published in 1897 under the title primitive christianity: containing the lost lives of jesus christ and the apostles and the authentic gospel of st. john. buchanan stated that he tested the st. john script, properly concealed, through three psychometrists: cornelia h. buchanan, mrs. w. r. hayden, and dr. james m. peebles, and that all three agreed as to its source, giving similar descriptions of a great spirit devoted personally to jesus christ. the book was also adorned by an engraving of the spirit fo

ety for parapsychological research in stockholm. sources: pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. carpocratians a sect of gnostics founded by carpocrates of alexandria. the sect claimed christ derived the mysteries of his religion from the temple of isis in egypt, where he was said to have studied for six years, and that he taught them to his apostles, who transmitted them to carpocrates. members used theurgic incantations and had their own peculiar greetings, signs and words, and symbols and degrees of rank. the carpocratians believed in metampsychosis and the preexistence of the soul, but rejected the resurrection of the body. they had some beliefs in common with the basilideans. the sect endured until the sixth century. sources: leg

te of powerful and ancient earth currents. he examines the mystery of the amazing architecture of the cathedral, its historic connection with the knights templar, and its symbolic and esoteric meanings. sources: charpentier, louis. the mysteries of chartres cathedral. london: research into lost knowledge organization, 1972. reprint, new york: avon, 1972. chase, warren (1813.1891) one of the first apostles of spiritualism in america. born in pittsfield, new hampshire, chase began to study mesmerism in southport, wisconsin, by 1843. he was street commissioner and road master at the time, and discussed both this subject and charles fourier s scheme of socialism in the local lyceum through that winter. the result was a socialist settlement in may 1844 in fond-du-lac county. the wisconsin phala

the real history of the crucifixion was never written. at the resurrection, the gnostics believed, the man jesus was given another body, made up of ether, which was why the disciples did not recognize him after the resurrection. during his sojourn on earth after he had risen, he received from god the perfect knowledge of spiritual truth, or gnosis, which he communicated to the small number of the apostles who were capable of receiving it. sources: lacarriere, jacques. the gnostics. london, 1977. mead, g. r. s. pistis sophia: a gnostic miscellany. london, 1921. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1974. crumbaugh, james c(harles (1912) american psychologist and parapsychologist. he was born december 11, 1912, in terrell, texas, and educated at baylor university (b.a, 1935, souther

gibbes. ordinarily her work of encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. cummins, geraldine dorothy 367 composition was very slow, but her automatic writing speed was remarkable. on march 16, 1926, for example, she channeled 1,750 words in one hour and five minutes. her first books, beginning with the spirits of cleophas (1928, claimed to supplement the biblical books of the acts of the apostles and the epistles of st. paul. it was a historic narrative of the early church and the work of the apostles from immediately after the death of jesus to st. paul s departure from berea for athens. in the production of the first two sections of the book, cummins was associated with f. bligh bond, but she received the scripts independently afterward. in her second volume, paul in athens (193

ward. in her second volume, paul in athens (1930, the narrative is taken up and continued. the third, the great days of ephesus (1933, followed the same line of thought. the production of these automatic scripts was witnessed by several theologians, and the scholars who edited her books endorsed their intrinsic merit. they offered new interpretations of several obscure passages in the acts of the apostles, apparently showing close acquaintance with the early church and that age. for example, it was claimed that only a profound student could have given the head of the jewish community in antioch the title archon, because the usual title was ethnarch not long before the time referred to in the chronicle of cleophas. cleophas was not the immediate agent in the production of the scripts. they

causing various illnesses and physical ailments. demons were named as causative factors in disease in a prescientific age. demons have an expansive role in the biblical record. they can affect the behavior of swine (matt. 8:30.32) and speak with a knowledge beyond that of an ordinary person (mark 1:23.24. biblical authors did understand demons as objectively present in the world and pictured the apostles as trying to drive them away. considering demons as having an objective existence placed many questions about the nature of their origin, existence, operation, and habitation on the theological agenda. by the third century, the angel lucifer, who fell from heaven (isa. 14:12, was identified with satan, and the fallen angels with demons. the gnostics (who competed for members with the earl

m the accused. although malleus maleficarum was published only a generation before the reformation, protestants accepted its perspective and were as active as roman catholics in the persecution of people believed to be worshiping the devil and practicing malevolent magic. as devil worship came to be understood, it included gatherings of people, often in groups of 13 (a parody of christ and the 12 apostles, and the performance of a black mass that might include the repetition of the lord s prayer backward, the profanation of a eucharistic host, the sacrifice of a baby, or sexual debauchery. while many were accused of participation in devil worship, the first solid evidence of the existence of a devilworshiping group came in the court of french king louis xiv (1638.1715. with the assistance

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ose that mourn. nine is the number of the muses and of the moving spheres. ten is completeness, because one cannot count beyond it except by combinations formed with other numbers. in the ancient mysteries, ten days of initiation were prescribed. in ten is found evident signs of a divine principle. eleven is the number of the commandments, while twelve is the number of signs in the zodiac, of the apostles, of the tribes of israel, of the gates of jerusalem. this theory of numbers agrippa applied to the casting of horoscopes. divination by numbers was one of the favorite methods employed in the middle ages. in magical rites, numbers played a great part. the power of the number three is found in the magic triangle, in the three prongs of the trident and fork, and in the three-fold repetition

h phenomena, not limited to spiritualism, can, for example, be found scattered through religious literature, such as the incident reported in the journal of george fox, the quaker founder: at mansfield, where was a great meeting, i was moved to pray, and the lord s power was so great that the house seemed to be shaken. when i had done, some of the professors said, it was now as in the days of the apostles, when the house was shaken where they were. the levitation of john lacy, as described in warnings of the eternal spirit (part 2, 1707, made the chamber shake. the wesley family, during physical manifestations known collectively as the epworth phenomena, heard vast rumblings and clattering of doors and shutters. felicia scatcherd writes of a seance with etta wriedt in light (august 3, 1912

ughout history there have been documentations of individuals making agreements with the devil. an agreement said to have been entered into between louis gaufridi and the devil follows: i, louis, a priest, renounce each and every one of the spiritual and corporal gifts which may accrue to me from god, from the virgin, and from all the saints, and especially from my patron john the baptist, and the apostles peter and paul and st. francis. and to you, lucifer, now before me, i give myself and all the good i may accomplish, except the returns from the sacrament in the cases where i may administer it; all of which i sign and attest. on his side, lucifer made the following agreement with louis gaufridi: i, lucifer, bind myself to give you, louis gaufridi, priest, the faculty and power of bewitch

s include the working of miracles, healing, prophecy, and speaking in tongues. of the several gifts, the speaking in tongues has been the most controversial. the pentecostal movement began in 1901 in a bible school in topeka, kansas. the school s teacher, charles parham, assigned his students the project of researching the sign of the baptism of the holy spirit in the lives of the first christian apostles. upon questioning, the students agreed that the baptism of the spirit was always accompanied by the individual speaking in tongues. thus the group began to pray for the baptism, and on january 1, 1901, agnes oznam was the first to receive an answer to her prayer and began to speak in tongues. the other students also soon spoke in tongues, and over the next few years news of the experience

ly ecclesiastical writers have left a record of his doings. they claimed that he could make himself invisible when he pleased, assume the appearance of another person or of one of the lower animals, pass unharmed through fire, cause statues to come alive, make furniture move without any visible means of imparting motion, and perform many other miracles. in explanation of his desire to possess the apostles power of working miracles, he is said to have affirmed that his sorceries took a great deal of time and trouble to perform, owing to the necessity for a multitude of magical rites and incantations, while the miracles of the apostles were accomplished easily and successfully by the mere utterance of a few words. the adept from whom simon was supposed to have learned the art of magic was do

t erudition, and owed his power chiefly to the hysterical conditions into which he was capable of throwing himself. through these, he was able to make himself look either old or young, returning at will to childhood or old age. it seems that he had not been initiated into transcendental magic, but was merely consumed by a thirst for power over humanity and the mysteries of nature. repulsed by the apostles, he is said to have undertaken pilgrimages, like them, in which he permitted himself to be worshiped by the mob. he declared that he himself was the manifestation of the splendor of god, and that helena, his greek slave, was its reflection. thus he imitated christianity in the reverse sense, affirmed the eternal reign of evil and revolt, and was, in fact, an antichrist. after a while, acc

g an article in la paix universelle in which, after flattering allusions to smith, mention was made of the claims of certain yogis of psychic visits to the inhabitants of that side of the moon that is turned away from the earth. the duration of the astronomic cycle was not long. it was superseded, after a complete break with the spiritualists, by a religious cycle in which christ, the virgin, the apostles, and the archangels played the dominant roles. in 1903, a luminous vision filled smith s room. christ appeared and she heard the voice of leopold: you will draw him. two years later, smith began with crayon. this was later changed to oil. on large wooden boards, in a state of trance, she executed 12 religious tableaus. lemaitre stated in a study that, according to certain mediumistic comm

nly through surrendering their life to yeshu-maria the christ and subsequently developing a relationship with the heavenly hierarchy in the holy temple ordinances and ritualistic ceremonies. the sai also follows the old testament feasts and holy days. the sai is headed by a presiding patriarch and matriarch under whom function (when the organization is at full strength) a first presidency, twelve apostles, seven arch seventies, and twelve stake princes. each stake is headed by twelve high counselmen, a quorum of seventy, and twelve bishops. the church endorses the practice of polygamy, but also believes in perfect equality of the sexes. women are accepted into the priesthood on an equal basis with men. sundari, t(irunelveli) a(vudaippan) encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1

teleportation is by no means new in human experience. we find in ezek. 11:1, moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the lord s house which looketh eastward. elijah, walking with elisha, was carried away by a whirlwind. habakkuk was carried from judea to babylon to bring food to daniel in the lion s den, then carried back to judea through the air. in the acts of the apostles 5:23, the warders of st. peter s prison testify: the prison house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing before the doors; but when we opened we found no man within. when st. philip baptized the ethiopian, the author of the acts of the apostles notes (8:39.40, and when they were come up out of the water, the spirit of the lord caught away philip that the eunuch saw him no m

ecognize. in the bible, glossolalia is referred to as the tongues of angels (1 cor. 13:1, possibly suggesting that the unintelligible sounds are an angelic language. glossolalia is familiar to most from its association with the birth of christianity at pentecost as described in the christian new testament (acts 2, though what in fact is described is an event of xenoglossia. those listening to the apostles speak were amazed to hear the sermon each in their own language. the more obvious example of glossolalia occurred in the corinthian church of which paul spoke when he said, for he that speaks in a tongue speaks not unto men but unto god; for no man understands, but in the spirit he speaks mysteries (1 cor. 14:2. there are accounts of how the gift of tongues descended on the london congreg

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

t he called the divine fi re. he believe d that a dramatic rise was occurring in visionary experience, channeling, and other contact with ostensible higher intelligences. clergymen, c l e rks, professors, public relations exe c u t i ve s, h o u s ew i ves, students, servicemen, and factory w o rkers have been demonstrating that pe n t ecost was not just a one-shot special designed to e xcite the apostles and their kibitzers in je rusalem of a.d. 30, he said (st e i g e r, 1973. according to steiger, these extraordinary experiences and communications were taking a variety of forms, but the message was the same in its essence as those given to prophets five thousand years ago. he suggested that the very repetition of a basic message may be evidence of the vital relevancy and universality of

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

ey have been assigned an exclusive licensing agreement or that only their watch tells the correct time* 4 #4 '0' mystical christianity is an outgrowth of the same universal spirituality found in the hebrew tradition as the mystical qabalah. christianity began as a sect of judaism that sprang from the messianic advent of master yeshuvah, who was born a jew and lived in a jewish culture. all of his apostles and early disciples were also jews. master yeshuvah, as with every appearance of messiah, brought a fresh transmission of universal mystical spirituality clothed in the context of the historical setting, cultural milieu, environment, language, characteristic worldview, and prevailing body of discourse among the people to whom it was being delivered. the mainstream of jews at the time mast

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

ng of christ, and twelve hebrew prophets. i would suggest that lactantius and the siena pavement teach us to look for the greatest gentile prophet, hermes trismegistus, as likely to be present in the room of the sibyls, and i think he is there, as the prophetic figure with the zodiac (pi. 3) who ends the series of the planets, above the sibyls. in the next room are twelve prophets with the twelve apostles; the christianity foretold by hebrew and gentile prophets has arrived, represented by the apostles. in the following rooms come the seven liberal arts, with astrology the most prominent, seven saints, and seven scenes from the life of the virgin. it is, so far, a perfectly orthodox programme. but very strange are the egyptian scenes in the room of the saints. the emblem of the borgia fami

is own. the differing activities of the hierarchies, which are not so specifically defined in pseudo-dionysius, he got from thomas aquinas.2 the linking of the hierarchies with the spheres of the cosmos he got from dante who, in his convivio correlates the hierarchies with the spheres3 and, above all, in the paradiso, sets out the souls of the blest on the spheres of the seven planets; places the apostles and the church triumphant in the eighth sphere; in the ninth sphere ranges the nine angelic hierarchies; and crowns all with the trinity in the empyrean. ficino was a great student of dante, and was certainly thinking of the paradiso in the passage on the hierarchies analysed above for he makes a reference to dante's poem in it.4 the analysis of the varying quality of the light, expressed

anied by ficino's 1 walker suggests (pp. 70-1) that the experience described in the crater hermetis is somewhat like a magical operation by which the master provided his disciple with a good demon, and is analogous to the introduction of demons into idols described in the asclepius. lefevre reports lazzarelli as having interpreted the idol-making passage in the asclepius "as if the idols were the apostles and the man making them were christ (quoted by walker "the prisca theologia in france, p. 241, from lefevre's commentary on the asclepius. 2 walker "the prisca theologia in france, pp. 234-9. 3 corpus hermeticum xvi (divided into three parts by modern editors; c.h, ii, pp. 231-55. lazzarelli's latin translation is reprinted from the edition of 1507 by c. vasoli "temi e fonti della tradizi

k, now to before moses. francois de foix de candale, bishop of aire, reaches new heights of ecstatic religious hermetism. in 1574 he published another edition of the greek text of the hermetica, based on that of turnebus with emendations suggested by scaliger and others. he thinks that hermes attained to a knowledge of divine things surpassing that of the hebrew prophets and equalling that of the apostles and evangelists. he lived at an earlier date than moses and must have been divinely inspired. the bad passages in the asclepius were put in by apuleius. in 1579, foix published a french translation of the hermetica, the preface to which repeats these statements and seems almost to elevate the works of hermes trismegistus to the level of canonical scriptures.2 in spite of this growing chor

e hermetic reform condemnation of the "pedants" who despise good works, and in which, under the constellations fluvius eridanus and ara there are obscure remarks which evidently refer to the eucharist, or to some magical interpretation of it.1 mocenigo, in one of his reports about bruno to the venetian inquisitors in 1592, reports him as having said "that the church to-day does not proceed as the apostles used to proceed, for they converted men by their preaching and the example of a good life, but to-day whoever wishes not to be a catholic must endure punishment and pain, for force is used and not love; that the catholic religion pleases him better than any other, but that this too has need of much reformation; that this is not good, but that soon the world would see a general reform of i

the history of hercules. there is little doubt that bruno thought of himself as a messiah, an illusion not uncommon in the renaissance. a remarkable example is the case of the man who called himself "mercurius" and who thought that he was a kind of christ.5 the divinising hermetic experience, thought to be transmitted in a miraculous way, like the way in which christ transmitted experience to the apostles, is described by ludovico lazzarelli, who was a disciple of the "mercurius-christ, in his crater hermetis. this work was published by symphoricn champier in the same volume as lazzarelli's latin translation of the sixteenth treatise of the corpus hermeticum. we have thought earlier that bruno knew the sixteenth treatise in lazzarelli's translation, and if so it is likely that he would als

m compositione the notions behind the spaccio della bestia trionfante are rising with renewed force in the inner life. the prior of the carmelite monastery at which bruno stayed in frankfort told ciotto that he was always writing and dreaming and astrologising about new things("se occupava per il piu in scriver ed andar chimerizando e strolegando cose nove; that he said that he knew more than the apostles, and that, if he had a mind to it, he could bring it about that all the world should be of one religion("egli dice, che sa piu che non sapevano li apostoli, a che gli bastava l'animo de far, se avesse voluto, che tutto il mondo sarebbe stato d'una religione).2 most important of all in influencing bruno's return to italy was the turn which events in europe had taken by the middle of 1591

isplayed, on the inner side of the wall, all the mechanical arts and their inventors, and the different ways in which these are used in different parts of the world. and on its outer side were images of inventors of sciences and laws. there were moses, osiris, jupiter, mercury, mahomet, and many others. in a higher and more honourable place on this wall were placed images of christ and the twelve apostles, whom the solarians greatly venerated. 1 cittd del sole, ed. cit, pp. 3-5. 368 giordano bruno and tommaso campanella the city was thus a complete reflection of the world as governed by the laws of natural magic in dependence on the stars. the great men were those who had best understood and used those laws, inventors, moral teachers, miracle workers, religious leaders, in short, magi, of

y venerated. 1 cittd del sole, ed. cit, pp. 3-5. 368 giordano bruno and tommaso campanella the city was thus a complete reflection of the world as governed by the laws of natural magic in dependence on the stars. the great men were those who had best understood and used those laws, inventors, moral teachers, miracle workers, religious leaders, in short, magi, of whom the chief was christ with his apostles. the ruler of this city was the chief priest whose name meant the sun (in the manuscripts, the name is represented by the symbol of the sun, a circle with a dot in the centre, and, in our language, metaphysics. the sun priest was the head in all things, both spiritual and temporal. he was assisted by three collaborators, power, wisdom, and love. power had charge of all military matters; w

ant period in paris, that richelieu was getting interested in it in relation to the french monarchy. in the dedication to richelieu of his de sensu rerum et magia (the paris edition of 1637, campanella appeals to the great cardinal to build the city of the sun. the paris edition of the civitas solis (1637) revises the city in a slightly more orthodox direction; mahomet is left out; christ and the apostles are put into a much higher place; aristotle is called a logician, instead of a pedant. but another change is that the solarians are described as actually practising the magic.1 how was it that campanella could believe that the magical reform could come within a catholic framework? one way was through the continuity of the stars with the pseudo-dionysian hierarchies of angels, and here, ag

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concerning them. curious information on the subject of creating dreams by sleeping with talismans will be found inthegnostics,by c. w. king, 1887, 2nd edition, page 40, in quotations from camillo de leonardo [uvenal alleges that some jewish magi could send dreams to order upon payment of certain fees. hippolytus affirms that the simonians, the pupils and successors of simon magus (see acts of the apostles viii, 9-13, were able to plague their opponents by sending to them 'dream producing de255 mons, concerning which matter see also the hebrew zohariii.25 a,brody edition.thejewish kabalah teaches that the human spiritual soul, neshamah, may during sleep rise from the body, and in higher spheres gain knowledge, and returningtoman before he awakes, can, if a man be pure, intellectual and psyc

spilling salt, of seeing a single magpie, of walking under a ladder and of hearing a dog howl at night.thenwe hear of the misfortunes likely to occur from a work undertaken on a friday, and from being one of thirteen at any function.theevil omen of friday the day of venus, goddess of love, is difficult to explain: while the maliceofthirteen is associated for some mysterious reason with the twelve apostles of jesus.summaryas a result of this survey of the history of divination we must conclude that the desire of man for prescience as to the events of his earth life has always existed, and does still exist. almost as universal has been and is the desire to discover what is the fate ofmanafter the obvious death of his material body. the earnest desires and the arduous labours of men performed

astronomy, say about the fifth centuryrc.,and this was, so far as we know, among the chaldeans, but we still lack definite knowledge. claudius ptolemy compiled a catalogue of stars about 137a.d.,but a description of many constellations is given in the poem of aratus of soli, called 'phainomena, written 400 years before or about 270b.c.st paul in his sermon on mars hill, related in his acts of the apostles, xvii, quotes from this poem; both these authors were natives of cilicia. they give 48 constellations. the poem of aratus is said to be a versificationof the knowledge imparted by eudoxus a hundred years before. hesiod, in hisworks and days,mentions, orion, canis, arcturus, and the seven virgins as stars; and homer in the odyssey refers to the pleiades, the northern team, orion and the be

arly christians; as, for example, both sought the kingdom of god, condemned riches, were advised to give up property and to possess all things in common, to put all members on an equality and to call no man master, to live in poverty of body and be poor in spirit; in addition, it is said they had some gifts of healing and some such powers in the performance of miraclesas were promised to the true apostles of jesus. on the other hand, as already mentioned, some authors have suggested a relation between the essenes and the followers of pythagoras, but there were very great differences between them; the essenes were purely monotheistic worshippers of jehovah, the pythagoreans reverenced only pythagoras and his lessons and were polytheists; the essenes were celibates, the240 the magical masonp

school, and was eloquently set forth by dr anna kingsford in her notable book upon christian doctrine, entitled,the perfectway,and in her personal teachings given at the hermetic society of 1885-7, of which i was a member. the present rosicrucian continental schools suggest that there is an esoteric view of the origin and doctrine of the christian faith; that the works of the evangelists, of the apostles and of st paul and notably of st john in the fourth gospel and in the apocalypse are all full of an inner illumin255 ation (in addition to their obvious meaning) which men of intellectual attainments should study and assimilate if truly desirous of spiritual progress, which is still possible even while we are clothed in coats of skin, and while our senses are limited by material defects o

uty to be shown in life work.thechristian mystics of old taught that the christian way to spiritual perception was by entire devotion to christ as to god, andbythe completely moral life and temperate care of the body, by retirement from the world with prayers, thanks255 givings and constant meditation, upon seven stages (1)theattainment of complete personal humility typified by christ washing the apostles' feet (2) meditation upon the scourging and sufferings of christ (3) the crown of thorns, gaining a contempt for having been humiliated (4) the crucifixion, the offering of oneself as a sacrifice (5) the mystical death and rending of the veil of matter (6) contemplation upon the burial and the resurrection of the christ (7) production of the vision of the ascension to heaven. these steps

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

upon the connection between the signs and the tribes shown by the blessings of jacob, and of moses, from the former of which the armorial bearings of the twelve tribes are derived. let us note also that as in the tribes levi was withdrawn, and the two tribes of ephraim and manasseh substituted for the simple one of joseph, so in the new testament, judas is withdrawn from the number of the twelve apostles and his place filled by another, matthias, who is chosen by lot to fill his place.thefollowing is the order by birth of the children of jacob: leah bore reuben);simeon);levi, afterwards withdrawn, and judah (s).bilhah (rachel's maid) bore dan (m )and naphtali (ji.l7).zilpah (leah's maid) bore gad('y),and asher).leah again bore issachar=(qo);zebulon()and dinah (a daughter. rachel bore jose

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

ages past was kept hidden in god, who created all things. ephesians 3:9 the word of god is now god as he had been man, in order to deify mankind together with himself. eusebius, demonstratio evangelica iv:14 the mysteries are a special teaching which is not covered in most biblical studies. it is the final secret teaching revealed by christ (after his ascension) to st.paul and then onto the other apostles. the teaching was the last stage of the continuing development of the spiritual system given by jesus. the mysteries are described in a range of new testament books as the mystery (ephesians 3:3, the mystery of christ (ephesians 3:4, the great mystery (ephesians 5:32, the administration of the mystery (ephesians 3;9) and in many other verses. this teaching was the gnostic handbook page 92

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

entation (first steps. re-education (education. baptism (initiation. anointing (holy spirit. overcoming dialectic system (communion, feasts, gnostic practise. rebirth. ascension. fig 36 gnostic theurgy page 129 the mysteries are a special teaching that is not covered in most biblical or gnostic studies. it is the final secret teaching revealed by christ to james, his brother and then to the other apostles. the teaching was the last stage of the continuing development of the mystery teachings. the mysteries are described in a range of new testament books as the mystery (ephesians 3:3, the mystery of christ (ephesians 3:4, the great mystery (ephesians 5:32) and the administration of the mystery (ephesians 3;9. this teaching was a special process for a unique class. certain gnostics would fee

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

n other ways also has changed places with the goddess (pp. 61. 305. 673; but we can easily see why the heathen counterpart to a saint's legend is oftener to be found in the eoman than in our german mythology. the church in her saints and canonizations had not the wit to keep within bounds, and the disproportion comes out most glaringly in the fact that the acts and miracles of the saviour and his apostles are in some cases outdone by those of the saints. whoever would push these investigations further, as they deserve to be pushed, will have to take particular notice, what saints are the first to emerge in the popular faith of any country, and which of them in poems and in forms of benediction have gradually slipt into the places of the old gods. here let me illustrate the more or less tho

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

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is general meaning. there is perhaps more of a mythic meaning in the name nahtfare for eveningstar (heumanni opusc. 453. 460, as the same word is used of the witch or wise-woman out on her midnight jaunt. the anglo-saxons called the eveningstar swdna steorra (bubulcorum stella, because the swains drove their herd home when it appeared. again, in o. iv. 9, 24 christ is compared to the sun, and the apostles to the eleven daystars, dagasterron here meaning not so much luciferi as the signs of the zodiac. there are no native names for the polar star (see suppl. twice the edda relates the origin of particular stars, but no one knows now what constellations are meant. the legend of orvandils-td and the as. earendel, ohg. orentil, has been cited, p. 374; this bright luminary may have meant the mo

t erhuop (up-hove, und muoter ir kint getruoc (bore, eol. 285, 12. sit (since) diu werlt erste wart, ulr. trist. 3699; or thus: sit dhiu erde geleget wart, rol. 187, 7. sit diu erde alrerst begunde bern (to bear, karl 70b. 2 in matthesius s sermons 84a: now this cyrus hath a silver kingdom, wherein the word of god, as silver refined in the fire, is preached zu breitem plick. 91b: he hath sent his apostles into all the world, that they may preach the gospel zu breitem plick, as ye mining folk say. 101a: elsewhere lead appeareth in blocks, as at goslar, where the eamelsberg is zu breitem plick almost all 16<1(1. 3 nine choirs of angels, fundgr. 1, 101. pass. 339. 341. niu fylkingar engla, fornald. sog. 3, 663; conf. the nine punishments of hell, wackernagel s basel mss. 24b [buddhist

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ercession of his son, god saves those who believe in him, but through his own love and charity to the creation (the human race) he saves others. father and son were one long before the world was created. for the good of mankind the son descended to the earth, took the form of man, and died for salvation of souls. judas iscariot is not condemned to everlastingmisery-heis now the same as the twelve apostles and one ofthem-hewas only the instrument by which the son of man was betrayed.itwas ordered that he should beso-he(ludas) went out of sight of man and starved himself-destroyed not hanged.itis his will that mankind should be saved. to effect that he allows us in our different way to inform man according to our degrees of knowledge as we get higher and nearer tohim255nothing is wrong that

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

i say it again, such oblivion and hallucination-if you call it so-are only a merciful law of nature and strict justice. at any rate, it is a far more fascinating prospect than the orthodox golden harp with a pair of wings. the assurance that the soul that lives ascends frequently and runs familiarly through the streets of the heavenly jerusalem, visiting the patriarchs and prophets, saluting the apostles, and admiring the army of martyrs -may seem of a more pious character to some. nevertheless, it is a hallucination of a far more delusive character, since mothers love their children with an immortal love, we all know, while the personages mentioned in the "heavenly jerusalem" are still of a rather doubtful nature. but i would, still, rather accept the "new jerusalem" with its streets pav

, is not the attainment of personal happiness, but of the happiness of others; the fulfillment of right for the sake of right, not for what it may bring us. happiness, or rather contentment, may indeed follow the performance of duty, but is not and must not be the motive for it. q. what do you understand precisely by "duty" in theosophy? it cannot be the christian duties preached by jesus and his apostles, since you recognize neither? a. you are once more mistaken. what you call "christian duties" were inculcated by every great moral and religious reformer ages before the christian era. all that was great, generous, heroic, was, in days of old, not only talked about and preached from pulpits as in our own time, but acted upon sometimes by whole nations. the history of the buddhist reform i

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

e making her repeat the lord's prayer, all the time watching carefully for lapsus lingu, and thence drawing deductions as to her being in league with the devil, was particularly absurd in the case of such a person as mrs. glover, whose memory was confused by age. at any rate there are probably very few of us at the present day who would care to be forced to say in public either that prayer or the apostles' p. 192 creed if we knew that our lives depended on absolute verbal accuracy, and that the slightest slip might mean death. it is possible, too, that some of the fits of goodwin's children were due to conscious imposture; and certain it is, from a study of the whole case, that the deep-rooted belief of the self-opinionated cotton mather in the truth of such things, as well as the flatteri

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es, in common with nearly every other goddess, she is entirely veiled from head to foot, as a symbol of a mother's chastity. it would not do us any harm were we to borrow from the ancients some of the poetic sentiment in their religions, and the innate veneration they entertained for their symbols. it is but fair to say at once that the last of the true christians died with the last of the direct apostles. max mtlller forcibly asks "how can a missionary in such circumstances meet the surprise and questions of his pupils, unless he may point to that seed" and tell them what christianity was meant to be; unless he may show that, like all other reu- gions, christianity, too, has had its history; that the christianity of the nineteenth century is not the christianity of the middle ages, and th

y point to that seed" and tell them what christianity was meant to be; unless he may show that, like all other reu- gions, christianity, too, has had its history; that the christianity of the nineteenth century is not the christianity of the middle ages, and that the christianity of the middle ages was not that of the early councils; that the christianity of the early councils was not that of the apostles, and that what has been said by christ, that alone was well said" thus we may infer that the only characteristic difference between modem christianity and the old heathen faiths is the beuef of the former in a personal devil and in hell "the aryan nations had no devil" says max mtlller "pluto, though of a somber character, was a very 13. the fact ii ^ven to ui bf ui eye-mtnesb who hu vuit

inter- vention could be produced exclusively by her chosen ministers and holy saints. neither could the protestant church well mtuntain on the same ground that miracles had ended with the apostolic ages. for, whether of the same nature or not, the modem phenomena claimed close kinship with the biblical ones. the magnetists and healers of our century came into direct and open competition with the apostles. the zouave jacob, of france, had outrivaled the prophet elijah in recalling to life persons who were seeming dead; and alexis the somnambulist, mentioned by mr. wallace in his work* was, by his lucidity, putting to shame apostles, prophets, and the sibyls of old. since the burning of the last witch the great revolution of france, so elaborately prepared by the league of the secret societ

robable that jcsiu and john the baptift were in- itiated inta the eaietie mfstcriea, to which chriitionity may be indd>ted for many a form of eipmsuod; m indeed the community of therapeutae, an offnring ol the ewe n e order, aood bekmged wholly to cbriitianity (i. m. joat: tht lirato* indeed, 1. 411 qiiotdd by the authw ot sid, ilu sonisis unveiled nor his apostles, but long after their time by some unknown persons, vrfio, jud^g well that they would hardly be believed when telling of things they had not seen themselves, he&ded their narratives with the names of the apostles or of disciples contemporaneous with the latter* commenting upon the subject, a. franck, the learned hebrew scholar of the institute and translator of the kabala, expresses the s

e must have learned somewhere from some one that power which he pretends to possess. for. how could one know had he not been taught by the demona thenuebea. the name watca auraeta, or that which forces them iruo obedience" asks augustine. useless to remark that we know the answer beforehuid "revela- tion. divine gift. the son of god; nay, god himself, throng hi direct spirit, who descended on the apostles as the pentecostal fire" and who is now alleged to overshadow every priest who sees fit to ezordze tar either glory or a gift. are we then to believe that the recent scandal of public exordsm, performed about the 14th of october 1876, by the senior priest of the church of the holy spirit, at barcelona, spain, was also done under the direct superintendence of the holy ghost' it will be urg

t, and ba convulsive stnigglee leadi their dimas when she enten the sacred bouse of tbe bifost hi' turning to tbe pnwtratc, diuddtring, moat unh^ipy object irf bia attack, tbe priest commenced 'in the name of digitizecoy google a papal buix against spmitualism 69 cognisant of this freak of the clergy; but even if be were, how could be have protested against a rite considered since the days of the apostles one of uie most holy prerogatives of the church of romep so late as in 1862, only twenty-five years ago, these rites received a public and solemn sanction from the vatican, and a new ritual of exorcam was published in rome, paris, and other catholic capitals. des mous- aeaux, writing under the immediate patronage of father ventura, the general of the theatines of rome, even favors us with

n histoty as the associate and counsellor of the infamous simon de montfort, the, papal general, whom he helped to butcher the unfortunate ajbigenses in and hear toulouse. the story goes that this saint and the church aftn i him claim that he received from the virgin, in proprid persond, a rosary ^ose virtues produced such stupendous miracles that they threw entire- ly into the shade those of the apostles, and even of jesus himself. a man, s^s the biographer, an abandoned sinner, was bold enough to doubt the 146. told by luther in di niui jmtata el unetione moeenkiian. 147. see the lffe i^ st. dontinie, mad the itoiy about the minctiloui ttmazyi tht oauen legend; also j. bo\i ndn. s.i: ada ianclorum,aagaati, lean. xxxv [9. 409, 410: pari. 148. james de varuse, known by the latin obine of j

k upon them all with contempt" for such men as i^otinus, porphyry, lamblichus, apollonius, and even simon magus, to be accused of having formed a pact with the devil, whether the latter personage exist or not, is so absurd as to need but little refutation. if simon magus the most problematical of all in a faisterical sense ever existed otherwise than in the overheated fancy of peter and the other apostles, he was evidently no worse than any of his adversaries. a difference in religious views, however great, is insuf- ficient per e to send one person te heaven and the other to hell. such uncharitable and peremptory doctrines might have been taught in the middle ages; but it is too late now for even the church to put forward this traditional scarecrow. research begins to suggest that which

kabala, before us, it will be easy to find the secret reason why paul was so persecuted and hated by peter, john and james. hie author of the revelation was a jewish kabalist pur sang, with all the hatred inherited by him from his forefathers toward the mysteries* his jealousy during the life of jesus extended even to peter; and it u only after the death of their common master that we see the two apostles the former of whom wore the miter and the petaloon of the jewish rabbis preach so zealously the rite of drcumosioa. in the eyes of peter, paul, who had humiliated him, and whom he felt so much his superior in 'greek learning' and philosophy, must have naturally appeared as a magician, a man polluted with the 'qntma' with the 'wisdom' of the greek mysteries hence, perhaps "simon" the magic

esnenu: 0p4b1)2 ahanta. 241. wron^y aacribed to clement, who however describes tbe btuilidean doctrine ai in part occupied with "divine teaching" cf. strom. viii, xi "he the gnoatic conceives truly and grsodly in virtue of his reception of divine teaching; d. king: the qnoitici tte, p. 258 (edit. 1887. digitizecoy google 124 isk unveiled the retigiod wliich the primitive tesching t^ the early few apostles most resembled a religion preached by jesus himself is the ^der (tf these two. buddhism. the utter as taught in its primitive purity, and carried to perfection by the last of the buddhas, gautama, based its moral ethics on three fundamental principles. it alleged, 1, that every thing existing exists from natural causes; 2, that virtue brings its own reward, and vice and sin their own puni

h. we wiu devote the present chapter mainly to a brief survey of the nu- merous sects which have claimed to be christian; that is to say, have be- lieved in a chriatos, or an anointed one. we will also endeavor to ex- plain the latter appellation from the kabalistic standpoint, and show it reappearing in every religious system. it might be profitable, at the same time, to see how far the earliest apostles paul and peter agreed in their preaching of the new dispensation. we will begin with peter. we must once more return to that greatest of all the patristic frauds; the one which has undeniably helped the roman catholic church to its unmerited supremacy, viz: the barefaced assertion in the teeth of his- torical evidence that peter suffered martyrdom at rome. it is only too natural that the

und. there have been many able works of lat in r^utation of this pre- posterous claim. among others we note mr. g. reber's the chriat of paid, which overthrows it quite ingeniously. the author proves, 1, that there was no church established at rome until the reign of antoninus pius; 2, that as eusebius and irenaeus both agree that linus was the second bishop of rome, into whose hands 'the blessed apostles' peter and paul conunitted the church after building it* this could not have been at any other time than between a. d. 64 and 68; 3, that this interval states that linus held this ofbce twelve years eccuaiaatical hittory, iii, xiii, entering 242. irenaeiu: agaiiut beraiei, ih. iii, 2, 3. digitizecoy google the fiction of apostouc suc

heard whether there be any holy ghost! veri^ the disciples who wrote the codex nazaraeus were right. only it is not jesus himself, but those who came after him, and who concocted the bstle to suit themselves, that "perverted john's doctrine, dianged the baptism of the jordan, and perverted the sayings of justice" it b useless to object that the present codex was written centuries after the direct apostles of john preached. so were our gospels. when this astounding interview of paul with the 'baptists' took place, barde- sanes had not yet appeared among them, and the sect was not considered a 'heresy' moreover we are enabled to judge how bttle st. john's promise of the "holy ghost" and the appearance of the "ghost" him- self, had affected his disciples, by the displeasure shown by them towa

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known order of knighthood, but only to the very highest order of knighthood, the magian, or to magic; all these point, as in the diverging radii of the greatest of historical light-suns, to the central, intolerable ring of brilliancy, or the phenomenon the original god s revelation, eldest of all creeds, survivor, almost, of time of the sacred spirit, or ghostly flame, the baptism of fire of the apostles! magic symbols. 113 in this apparently strange nay, to some minds, alarming classification, and throwing under one head, of symbols diametrically opposed, as holy and unholy, benign and sinister, care must be taken to notice that the types of the snake or the dragon stand for the occult world- fire, by which we mean the light of the human reason, or manifestation in the general sense, as

ply for arrangement, and totally devoid of the intense and exclusive sense usually attached to them. in the memoirs of the life and writings of mr. william whiston, part ii (1749, there occur the following observations: n.b. i desire the reader to take notice that the very learned gerard john vossius, in his three accurate dissertations, de tribus symbolis, or of the three creeds, that called the apostles creed, that called the athanasian creed) and that called the nicene or constantinopolitan creed, with the filioque, has proved them to be,all falsely so called: that the first was only the creed of the roman church about a. d. 400; that the second was a forgery 146 the rosicrucians. about 400 years after athanasius had been dead, or about a.d. 767, and this in the west and in the latin ch

. his presence was denoted by torrents of flame, and in the form of fire he preceded the band of israelites by night through the dreary wilderness; which is perhaps the origin of the present custom of the arabians, who always carry fire in front of their caravans (reade s veil of isis. all the early fathers held god the creator to consist of a subtile fire. when the holy spirit descended upon the apostles on the day of pentecost, it was in the form of a tongue of fire, accompanied by a rushing wind. see anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 627 (parkhurst, in voce, grb. the personality of jehovah is, in scripture, represented by the material trinity of nature; which also, like the divine antitype, is of one substance. the primal, scriptural type of the father is fire; of the word, light; and of the holy

ceforward he consisted of the two first rosicrucian principles only, soul and spirit; which was the cause that the disciples did not recognise him after the resurrection. during his sojourn upon earth of eighteen months after he had risen, he received from sophia (soph, suph, or holy wisdom, that perfect knowledge or illumination, that true gnosis, which he communicated to the small number of the apostles who were capable of receiving the same. the gnostic authorities are st. irenaeus in the first place, tertullian, clemens alexandrinus, origen, st. epiphanius. the gnostics are divided into sects, bearing the names of valentinians, carpocratians, basilideans, and manich ans. gnwsij, gnosis, gnossos: thence gnostics. as the son of god remained unknown to the world, so must the disciple of b

hole world had been set on fire. it was also at the same period that they celebrated the pyrrhic or fire-dance (and this illustrates the origin of the purifications by fire and water) there are seven planets in the solar system. these seven planets are signified in the seven-branched candlestick of the jewish ritual. the number is a sacred number. these seven prophets, or angels, have each twelve apostles, places, stella, stalls, or regions or dominions (stalls as stables, for the exercise of their powers. these are the twelve divisions of the great circle, or the twelve signs of the zodiac. all this is cabalistic, magical, sabaistical, and astrological. the name ashtaroth or astarte has been derived from ashre, aster, ast, star, or starred; in the same way as the word sephi-roth comes fro

rshals of france should be twelve in number. the judges of england, according to old constitutional rationale, should be twelve; as the number of a jury are twelve. all these are mythical of the twelve signs, or divisions, of the zodiac, the twelve jewish tribes, the twelve oracular stones in the breastplate of the high priest of the jews, and, in the christian aspect of the mysticism, the twelve apostles; with the reprobate condemned central sign as judas, the traitor. the whole is cabalistic in the highest degree; and therefore ordinarily unintelligible. it signifies the second dispensation, or the astrological reproduction and re-arrangement of the zodiac, when the original ten signs of the ecliptic (mythically the gladius of the archangel michael) became twelve; and when the mystic sys

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turn. i allow everyone to follow the dictates of his own 408 nature, but he that opposes me will regret it sorely. no god has a right to interfere in my affairs, and i have made it an imperative rule that everyone shall refrain from worshiping all gods. all the books of those who are without are altered by them, and they have declined from them, although they were written by the prophets and the apostles. that there are interpolations is seen in the fact that each sect endeavors to prove that the others are wrong and to destroy their books. truth and falsehood are known to me. when temptation comes, i give my covenant to him that trusts in me. moreover, i give counsel to the skilled directors, for i have appointed them for periods that are known to me. i remember necessary affairs and exe

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ear witness to this belief, and point the way to a truth in the background. there is the beautiful legend of joseph of arimathaea and the holy thorn of glastonbury; there is the story told by theodoret and fortunatus that s. paul visited britain, which appears to receive some confirmation from s. clement of rome; while eusebius, the great ecclesiastical historian, mentions that some of the twelve apostles visited the british isles(*foundation stones. austin clare, p. 16) indeed it was not until the twelfth century that celtic christianity was finally brought into line with the usages of roman catholicism(*enc. brit, loc. cit) 488. the holy island of iona, once the heart of the old celtic church, lies off the west coast of scotland among the inner hebrides. it was called hy or icolmkill (th

when a certain architect, who had joined a survival of the stonemasons and was subsequently admitted into masonry, recognized the e.a. grip as identical with that of the steinmetzen of strasburg(*ibid, p. 146) a ceremony of admission was in use among them; but what it was is not known(*concise history, gould, p. 22) 533. at daberan in mecklenburg there is a carving of the last supper, wherein the apostles are depicted in well-known masonic attitudes(*an outline history of freemasonry, j. s. m. ward, p. 35) while according to the bulletin of the supreme council of the ancient and accepted scottish rite (southern jurisdiction, u.s.a) the legend of hiram abiff is carved in stone at strasburg(*op, cit, vii, 200) in the cathedral at wurzburg two pillars, inscribed jachin and boaz, originally st

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y and other monotheisms, possession is almost always viewed as demonic. the gospels and the book of acts contain many stories of demonic possession and exorcism by jesus or the disciples. in christianity, however, one may also be possessed by the holy spirit. the 210 possession and exorcism biblical model for this type of possession is the descent of the holy spirit in the form of flames over the apostles after christ s crucifixion and resurrection in the day of the pentecost. reestablishing this unusual experience as the touchstone of the christian life was the thrust of the pentecostal movement, which recognized such phenomena as the ability to speak in tongues (glossolalia) as gifts of the holy spirit. the majority of traditions outside of the judeo-christian-islamic family accept the i

om of god, he will be ultimately defeated. in fact, satan was already defeated by christ with his descent to hell and ultimately with his death on the cross. the dualistic view of the opposing forces of good and evil was reinforced by the hellenistic opposition of flesh and spirit. the term devil, from the greek word diabolos (slanderer) developed in the hellenistic world in which the acts of the apostles were written. but this also was to be reduced to the underlying monotheistic view. islam shares with christianity a number of concepts about satan. he is found in the koran as al-shaytan (the demon, and was conceived of as a tempter. he is also associated with the lower human principle, the flesh, or the nafs, and has the power to lead humans astray by disguising his identity and inducing

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hopompos] 30 vision of surya. helios, apollo 31 agni-bhawana. hades 32 [athena] 32 bis prithiva-bhawana [demeter[[gaia] 31 bis vision of the higher self, prana-yama. we have insufficient knowledge of the attributions of assyrian, syrian, mongolian, tibetan, mexican, zend, south sea, west african &c. iacchus table of correspondences 10 xxxv. some roman gods. xxxvi. selection of christian gods (10; apostles (12; evangelists (4) and churches of asia (7. xxxvii. hindu legendary demons. 0. 1 jupiter god the 3 in 1 2 janus[[mercury] god the father, god who guides parliament 3 juno, cybele, hecate &c. the virgin mary 4 jupiter[[libitina] god the rain-make (vide prayer-book, god the farmer s friend 5 mars christ coming to judge the world 6 apollo[[bacchus, aurora] god the son (and maker of fine we

by page number, such references are usually coupled with reference to the column. for ease of reading, columns are arranged from left to right across a single page. obvious typos have been corrected; other questionable readings are noted below. last revised and checked 08.12.2003; fixed a couple of errors in the column numeration of coptic alphabet; added reference to the canon re: attribution of apostles to zodiac; a few minor corrections and clarifications in the endnotes; still not done the arabic. 51 endnotes notes to crowley s preface 1 s.l. macgregor mathers. 2 the reference is probably to the heptameron seu elementa magica, a 16th-century grimoire of planetary magick (published with the fourth book of pseudo-agrippa) deriving in part from the solomonic cycle and in part from the lib

occ. phil. tom ii cap xiv) in his orphic scale of the number twelve refers the twelve principle gods of rome to the zodiac: a pallas (minerva) g vulcan b venus h mars c phoebus i diana d mercury j vesta e jupiter k juno f ceres l neptune. crowley omitted jupiter and phoebus from these for some reason. col. xxxvi. the evangelists follow the traditional attribution to the kerubim. godwin gives the apostles thus (he does not state his source: a matthias b thaddeus c simon d john e peter f andew g bartholemew h phillip i james son of zebedee j thomas k matthew l james son of alpheus. stirling (the canon, p. 102) gives a completely different arrangement. col. xxxviii. line 7: iynx: grk, iugx (pl. iuggej, the wryneck: a bird of the woodpecker family which had the misfortune to be used in early

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the name \yhla jwr is 300= c [lat .fire of god [lat .o lamb of god! who takest away.who takest away the sins of the world.give us peace] liber mmcmxi 10 whilst with them the holy spirit at one time symbolizes the mother and at another the son. thus at the annunciation and at the baptism of the christ the s.s. appeareth as a dove, emblem of$ and the mother: whilst the s.s. that descended upon the apostles at pentecost was in reality the spirit of the christ, and therefore symbolised by the c (see lecture on microcosmos in mss. of r.r. et a.c* in theosophical nomeclature this latter was the ad m u anas or jeheshua: the third principle. for the same reason i have drawn the triangle with the 3 uppermost 1d 3 2 instead of 3 c 1 2 [see note at end. t.s] 11 part ii it was necessary that i should

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he signs and symbols of primordial man, sums up the influence of the zodiac upon religious symbolism in the following words "the division here [is] in twelve parts, the twelve signs of the zodiac, twelve tribes of israel, twelve gates of heaven mentioned in revelation, and twelve entrances or portals to be passed through in the great pyramid, before finally reaching the highest degree, and twelve apostles in the christian doctrines, and the twelve original and perfect points in masonry" the ancients believed that the theory of man's being made in the image of god was to be understood literally. they maintained that the universe was a great organism not unlike the human body, and that every phase and function of the universal body had a correspondence in man. the most precious key to wisdom

blems or reminders of invisible powers and principles. similarly, the body of man must not be considered as the individual but only as the house of the individual, in the same manner that the temple was the house of god. in a state of grossness and perversion man's body is the tomb or prison of a divine click to enlarge hand decorated with effigies of jesus christ, the virgin mary, and the twelve apostles. from an old print, courtesy of carl oscar borg. upon the twelve phalanges of the fingers, appear the likenesses of the apostles, each bearing its own appropriate symbol. in the case of those who suffered martyrdom the symbol signifies the instrument of death. thus, the symbol of st. andrew is a cross; of st. thomas, a javelin or a builder's square; of st. james the less, a club; of st ph

ho suffered martyrdom the symbol signifies the instrument of death. thus, the symbol of st. andrew is a cross; of st. thomas, a javelin or a builder's square; of st. james the less, a club; of st philip, a cross; of st. bartholomew, a large knife or scimitar; of st. matthew, a sword or spear (sometimes a purse; of st. simon, a club or saw; of st. matthias, an axe; and of st. judas, a halbert. the apostles whose symbols do not elate to their martyrdom are st. peter, who carries two crossed keys, one gold and one silver; st. james the great, who bears a pilgrim's staff and an escalop shell; and st. john, who holds a cup from which the poison miraculously departed in the form of a serpent (see handbook of christian symbolism) the figure of christ upon the second phalange of the thumb does not

a, is often symbolized riding through the sea of the sky in a wonderful ship called the boat of the sun. the scorpion is the symbol of both wisdom and self-destruction. it was called by the egyptians the creature accursed; the time of year when the sun entered the sign of scorpio marked the beginning of the rulership of typhon. when the twelve signs of the zodiac were used to represent the twelve apostles (although the reverse is true, the scorpion was assigned to judas iscariot--the betrayer. the scorpion stings with its tail, and for this reason it has been called a backbiter, a false and deceitful thing. calmet, in his dictionary of the bible, declares the scorpion to be a fit emblem of the wicked and the symbol of persecution. the dry winds of egypt are said to be produced by typhon, w

mber twelve frequently occurs among ancient peoples, who in nearly every case had a pantheon consisting of twelve demigods and goddesses presided over by the invincible one, who was himself subject to the incomprehensible all-father. this use of the number twelve is especially noted in the jewish and christian writings. the twelve prophets, the twelve patriarchs, the twelve tribes, and the twelve apostles--each group has a certain occult significance, for each refers to the divine duodecimo, or twelvefold deity, whose emanations are manifested in the tangible created universe through twelve individualized channels. the secret doctrine also caught the priests that the jewels represented centers of life within their own constitutions, which when unfolded according to the esoteric instruction

owing are typical: according to popular conception, jesus was crucified during the thirty-third year of his life and in the third year of his ministry following his baptism. about a.d. 180, st. iren us, bishop of lyons, one of the most eminent of the ante-nicene theologians, wrote against heresies, an attack on the doctrines of the gnostics. in this work iren us declared upon the authority of the apostles themselves that jesus lived to old age. to quote "they, however, that they may establish their false opinion regarding that which is written 'to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord' maintain that he preached for one year only, and then suffered in the twelfth month [in speaking thus, they are forgetful of their own disadvantage, destroying his whole work, and robbing him of that age

fe no doubt were spent in familiarizing himself with that secret teaching later to be communicated by him to the world. having consummated the ascetic practices of his order, he attained to the christening. having thus reunited himself with his own spiritual source, he then went forth in the name of the one who has been crucified since before the worlds were and, gathering about him disciples and apostles, he instructed them in that secret teaching which had been lost--in part, at least--from the doctrines of israel. his fate is unknown, but in all probability he suffered that persecution which is the lot of those who seek to reconstruct the ethical, philosophical, or religious systems of their day. to the multitudes jesus spoke in parables; to his disciples he also spoke in parables, thou

dition during which time the mysteries of the invisible world were revealed to him. it has been said of jakob b hme that he revealed to all mankind the deepest secrets of alchemy. he died surrounded by his family, his last words being "now i go hence into paradise" p. 180 but brief mention. these were nicodemus and joseph of arimathea, both devout men who, though not listed among the disciples or apostles of the christos, were of all men chosen to be custodians of his sacred remains. joseph of arimathea was one of the initiated brethren and is called by a. e. waite, in his a new encyclop dia of freemasonry "the first bishop of christendom" just as the temporal (or visible) power of the holy see was established by st. peter, so the spiritual (or invisible) body of the faith was entrusted to

als of the "table round" in one story the table was endowed with the powers of expansion and contraction so that fifteen or fifteen hundred could be seated around it, according to whatever need might arise. the most common accounts fix the number of knights who could be seated at one time at the round table at either twelve or twenty-four. the twelve signified the signs of the zodiac and also the apostles of jesus. the knights' names and also their heraldic arms were emblazoned upon their chairs. when twenty-four are shown seated at the table, each of the twelve signs of the zodiac is divided into two parts--a light and a dark half--to signify the nocturnal and diurnal phases of each sign. as each sign of the zodiac is ascending for two hours every day, so the twenty-four knights represent

niversal 'secret' doctrines; the weird laboratory whence, fashioned in elegant grecian phraseology, sprang the quintessence of buddhistic, zoroastrian, and chaldean philosophy. artemis, the gigantic concrete symbol of theosophico-pantheistic abstractions, the great mother multimamma, androgyne and patroness of the 'ephesian writings' was conquered by paul; but although the zealous converts of the apostles pretended to burn all their books on 'curious arts, ta perierga, enough of these remained for them to study when their first zeal had cooled off (see isis unveiled) being a great center of pagan learning, ephesus has been the locale for many early christian myths. the assertion has been made that it was the last domicile of the virgin mary; also that the tomb of st. john the divine was lo

lared its whiteness to be due to the physical agony attendant upon his periods of inspiration. if the writings attributed to mohammed be considered as merely the hallucinations of an epileptic--and for that reason discounted--his christian detractors should beware lest with the doctrines of the prophet they also undermine the very teachings which they themselves affirm, for many of the disciples, apostles, and saints of the early church are known to have been subject to nervous disorders. mohammed's first convert was his own wife, khadijah, who was followed by other members of his immediate family, a circumstance which moved sir william muir to note "it is strongly corroborative of mohammed's sincerity that the earliest converts to islam were not only of upright character, but his own boso

h was delivered before me, and bringing good tidings of an apostle who shall come after me, and whose name shall be ahmed" in the present text containing the prophecy of jesus concerning a comforter to come after him, it is further claimed that the word comforter should be translated illustrious and that it had a direct reference to mohammed; also that the tongues of flame that descended upon the apostles on the day of pentecost in no way could be interpreted as signifying the promised comforter. when asked, however, for definite proof that the original gospels contained these so-called expurgated references to mohammed, the moslems make a counter-demand for production of the original documents upon which christianity is founded. until such writings are discovered, the point under dispute

MORALS AND DOGMA

he two greater ones, the sun and moon, constituted the _seven_ celestial spheres. seven was the peculiarly sacred number. there were _seven_ planets and spheres presided over by _seven_ archangels. there were _seven_ colors in the rainbow; and the phoenician deity was called the heptakis or god of _seven_ rays _seven_ days of the week; and _seven_ and _five_ made the number of months, tribes, and apostles. zechariah saw a golden candlestick, with _seven_ lamps and _seven_ pipes to the lamps, and an olive-tree on each side. since he says "the _seven_ eyes of the lord shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of zerubbabel" john, in the apocalypse, writes _seven_ epistles to the _seven_ churches. in the _seven_ epistles there are _twelve_ promises. what is said of the churches in

ngs. this symbol is sometimes composed of dots or points, sometimes of commas or yods, and in the kabalah, of the letters of the name of deity. it is thus arranged, the patriarchs from adam to noah, inclusive, are _ten_ in number, and the same number is that of the commandments. twelve is the number of the lines of equal length that form a cube. it is the number of the months, the tribes, and the apostles; of the oxen under the brazen sea, of the stones on the breast-plate of the high priest. iii. the master. to understand literally the symbols and allegories of oriental books as to ante-historical matters, is willfully to close our eyes against the light. to translate the symbols into the trivial and commonplace, is the blundering of mediocrity _all_ religious expression is symbolism; sin

niverse. believe as you may, my brother; if the universe is not, to you, without a god, and if man is not like the beast that perishes, but hath an immortal soul, we welcome you among us, to wear, as we wear, with humility, and conscious of your demerits and shortcomings, the title of grand elect, perfect, and sublime mason. it was not without a secret meaning, that _twelve_ was the number of the apostles of christ, and _seventy-two_ that of his disciples: that john addressed his rebukes and menaces to the _seven_ churches, the number of the archangels and the planets. at babylon were the seven stages of bersippa, a pyramid of seven stories, and at ecbatana seven concentric inclosures, each of a different color. thebes also had seven gates, and the same number is repeated again and again i

the man of intellect, devotee of one system, rarely displaces it with another in all its purity. the people take such a creed as is offered them. accordingly, the distinction between the esoteric and the exoteric doctrine, immemorial in other creeds, easily gained a foothold among many of the christians; and it was held by a vast number, even during the preaching of paul, that the writings of the apostles were incomplete; that they contained only the germs of another doctrine, which must receive from the hands of philosophy, not only the systematic arrangement which was wanting, but all the development which lay concealed therein. the writings of the apostles, they said, in addressing themselves to mankind in general, enunciated only the articles of the vulgar faith; but transmitted the my

nd it is equally plain, that the very large body of the jews that adopted his doctrines, were neither pharisees nor sadducees, but the humble, common people. they must, therefore, have been essenes. it is plain, too, that christ applied for baptism as a sacred rite, well known and long practiced. it was becoming to him, he said, to fulfill all righteousness. in the 18th chapter of the acts of the apostles we read thus "and a certain jew, named apollos, born at alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to ephesus. this man _was instructed in the way of the lord, and, being fervent in spirit _he spake and taught diligently the things of the lord, knowing only the baptism of john; and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue; whom, when aquilla and priscilla had heard

f souls, since the darkness of idolatrous superstition settled down, thick and impenetrable, upon the earth, have flocked up toward the eternal throne of god, to receive his judgment? the religion of love proved to be, for seventeen long centuries, as much the religion of hate, and infinitely more the religion of persecution, than mahometanism, its unconquerable rival. heresies grew up before the apostles died; and god hated the nicolaitans, while john, at patmos, proclaimed his coming wrath. sects wrangled, and each, as it gained the power, persecuted the other, until the soil of the whole christian world was watered with the blood, and fattened on the flesh, and whitened with the bones, of martyrs, and human ingenuity was taxed to its utmost to invent new modes by which tortures and agon

in the vast catacombs which stretched for miles in every direction under the city of rome, and are supposed to have been of etruscan origin. there, amid labyrinthine windings, deep caverns, hidden chambers, chapels, and tombs, the persecuted fugitives found refuge, and there they performed the ceremonies of the mysteries. the basilideans, a sect of christians that arose soon after the time of the apostles, practised the mysteries, with the old egyptian legend. they symbolized osiris by the sun, isis by the moon, and typhon by scorpio; and wore crystals bearing these emblems, as amulets or talismans to protect them from danger; upon which were also a brilliant star and the serpent. they were copied from the talismans of persia and arabia, and given to every candidate at his initiation. iren

rity and darkness are the portion of the unbelievers and ignorant. just so the church discovers its mysteries to those who have advanced beyond the class of catechumens: we employ obscure terms with others" st. basil, the great bishop of c sarea, born in the year 326, and dying in the year 376, says "we receive the dogmas transmitted to us by writing, and those which have descended to us from the apostles, beneath the mystery of oral tradition: for several things have been handed to us without writing, lest the vulgar, too familiar with our dogmas, should lose a due respect for them. this is what the uninitiated are not permitted to contemplate; and how should it ever be proper to write and circulate among the people an account of them" st. gregory nazianzen, bishop of constantinople, a.d

g that jesus was destroying his empire and abolishing his worship, caused the jews to hate and crucify him; before which happened, christos and wisdom had ascended to the celestial regions. they restored jesus to life and gave him an ethereal body, in which he remained eighteen mouths on earth, and receiving from wisdom the perfect knowledge [g??s. gnosis, communicated it to a small number of his apostles, and then arose to the intermediate region inhabited by ialdabaoth, where, unknown to him, he sits at his right hand, taking from him the souls of light purified by christos. when nothing of the spiritual world shall remain subject to ialdabaoth, the redemption will be accomplished, and the end of the world, the completion of the return of light into the plenitude, will occur. tatian adop

, and the many sects of the gnostics, confuse us with their _eons, emanations, powers, wisdom superior_ and _inferior, ialdabaoth, adam-kadmon, even to the three hundred and sixty-five thousand emanations of the malda tes. and while the pious christian believes that the word dwelt in the mortal body of jesus of nazareth, and suffered upon the cross; and that the holy ghost was poured out upon the apostles, and now inspires every truly christian soul. while all these faiths assert their claims to the exclusive possession of the truth. masonry inculcates its old doctrine, and no more. that god is one; that his thought uttered in his word, created the universe, and preserves it by those eternal laws which are the expression of that thought: that the soul of man, breathed into him by god, is i

mber of wise men _qu_ what do you mean by the number 9 _ans_ the exaltation of religion. the exaltation of matter _qu_ what do you mean by the number 10 _ans_ the ten commandments. the ten precepts of nature _qu_ what do you mean by the number 11 _ans_ the multiplication of religion. the multiplication of nature _qu_ what do you mean by the number 12 _ans_ the twelve articles of faith; the twelve apostles, foundation of the holy city, who preached throughout the whole world, for our happiness and spiritual joy. the twelve operations of nature: the twelve signs of the zodiac, foundation of the _primum mobile, extending it throughout the universe for our temporal felicity [the rabbi (president of the sanhedrim) adds: from all that you have said, it results that the unit develops itself in 2

igation, the light of christian hope shines down into the darkness of the heart of the humble penitent, and blazes upon his pathway to heaven. and this is symbolized by the candidate's being brought to light, after he is obligated, by the worshipful master, who in that is a symbol of the redeemer, and so brings him to light, with the help of the brethren, as he taught the word with the aid of the apostles. in the second degree there are two symbols: 4th. the christian assumes new duties toward god and his fellows. toward god, of love, gratitude, and veneration, and an anxious desire to serve and glorify him; toward his fellows, of kindness, sympathy, and justice. and this assumption of duty, this entering upon good works, is symbolized by the fellow-craft's obligation; by which, bound as a

itation. that life is an undenied and undeniable gospel. its teachings cannot be passed by and discarded. all must admit that it would be happiness to follow and perfection to imitate him. none ever felt for him a sincere emotion of contempt, nor in anger accused him of sophistry, nor saw immorality lurking in his doctrines; however they may judge of those who succeeded him, and claimed to be his apostles. divine or human, inspired or only a reforming essene, it must be agreed that his teachings are far nobler, far purer, far less alloyed with error and imperfection, far less of the earth earthly, than those of socrates, plato, seneca, or mahomet, or any other of the great moralists and reformers of the world. if our aims went as completely as his beyond personal care and selfish gratifica

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

e skilled at building, however. the barbarians also distinguished themselves in the art of building, a significant fact: toward 475 a governor of auvergne saw to the building of saint julien de brioude, with its superb columns, on the orders of king euric. it eventually became a popular pilgrimage site. around 530-535, the terrible clotaire employed goth architects to build the church of the holy apostles (saint ouen) in rouen. this work was described as admirable by the people of the time. under the reign of clotaire's son, launebode, the governor of toulouse, the former visigoth capital, guided the construction of a church dedicated to saint saturnien. according to the poet fortunatus, this project was attended to by more talent than a roman outside of italy would display. a large portio

d at what time the ideas connected to the convivium became more specific and eventually led to the formation of legitimately constituted societies. various theories have been offered on the subject of the origin of guilds. for some, the guild owes its origin to the influence of christian ideas and fraternity. for others, the guild was once the roman collegia, specifically the kind imported by the apostles of the christian faith into southern lands, where it was subsequently transformed. it is quite possible that these two hypotheses can be reconciled by the acceptance of a third factor: pagan traditions. the coincidence of the first manifestations of the guild and the conquests of christianity are especially notable in england. christianity, which had been preached anew by saint augustine

ept of the cathedral of valence; the bell tower of saint peter's basilica in vienne; the nave of the church of champagne (ardeche; and the multifoil portals of numerous churches in the southern half of the former bourges diocese. the same influences have also been detected in the dormitory of the convent of saint gereon in cologne, in the church of saint quirin in neuss, in the church of the holy apostles in cologne and in many of the houses of this same city, and in the church of limburg.30 no less curious are the borders and frames that derive from arabic letters and that even carry transcriptions in kufic of passages of the qur'an (which can be seen in moissac, puy, and saint guilhem le desert in the herault region. templars and muslims on the christian side, the benedictines and templa

me (1798. the germans krause and eckert espoused it again during the nineteenth century* the theory is based on the notion that the leaders of manicheism, the quintessential gnostic sect, joined forces to wage all-out war against the catholic church. because rome was the center of the church's strength that flowed out in all directions, the manicheans resolved to make it the headquarters of their apostles. during this time, the church's monasteries were bringing up the flower of youth and educating citizens in the arts. hence, the necessity for the manicheans to feign a fervent piety and devote themselves to the monastic profession, where, through teaching, they could win the credit and authority of both nobles and craftsmen and converts to their sect. the manicheans did not hesitate to se

on the horizon, brought with him his own pertinent opinion. the resulting understanding generally agreed upon was that freemasonry was the "original religion" handed down from such diverse sources as king arthur, richard i, ramon lulle, the gnostics and the school of alexandria, the templars (as instructed by judas of galilee, disciple of the hermit banon, pythagoras, plato, jesus christ and the apostles, the persian philosopher each-ben-mohammed- eleansi, ormus, the egyptians, the benedictines, the rosicrucians, zoroaster, abbaris, channondas, eudoxus, hermippis, hermes trismegistus, porphyrus, plotinus, proclus, jamblique, the priesthood schools of india, the gauls, the hebrews, the essenes, and the persian magi.22 the temple of solomon had been transformed into the tower of babel. only

of infinity. humans can lay claim to this perfection because they possess it as something virtual, a sacred trust of which we must become aware. the great lesson to be drawn from this by all humanity is found in the words of the good jeremiah "behold the days come, oracle of the eternal. i will set my law within them and write it on their hearts. behold the days come that city shall be built" the apostles paul and james in turn stressed the divine truth of the indestructible unity and reciprocal demands of faith and works in order to aspire to transcendence. the key to the holy of holies promised to all is love, the major factor of the comprehensive illumination: love for everything in creation that is an immanent sign of the light from above; love for all beings, who are all brothers by v

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

reat mother of heaven, syrnbolised by the letter heh, the first of the simple letters, and by its number 5, the pentagram, malkah the bride, ruling in her kingdom malkuth, crowned with a crown of twelve stars. these twelve circles further represent the 12 foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse, while in christian symbolism the sun and the twelve signs are referred to christ and his twelve apostles <62> hegemon leads neophyte to hiereus and then returns to his place and is seated. hiereus leads neophyte to the south, and says: hiereus on the southern side of the holy place stood the seven-branched candlestick, wherein was burned pure olive oil. it is an image of the mystery of the elohim, the seven creative ideas. the symbolic drawing before you represents its occult meaning. the se

RELIGIOUS TENANTS OF THE YEZIDI

t for christianity. for ages the christians have been co-sufferers with them, they have lived under the same yoke of bondage and oppression, and this community of endurance has doubtless tended to engender something akin to sympathy between the two parties. beyond this vague acknowledgment of the saviour of mankind, and an equally uncertain homage which they profess to render to the prophets arid apostles, as well as to the old fr. 1 and new testament scriptures, the yezeedees practise no rites distinctively christian. their ceremonial washings at sheikh adi, which have been thought by some to be borrowed from the sacrament of holy baptism, have a much closer resemblance to an almost universal practice among the heathen, who deem it an act of devotion to bathe in the pools near which their

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

ire and flood are to give place to a serene, calm, passionless and pure existence of allthings terrestrial and celestial; the heavens and. the earth are to take form, system and harmony. therituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliaphilosophus37 fair urania, the goddess of astronomy, by the aid of the divine will, is to guide our mentalfootsteps. as the pure and heavenly teacher appointed 12 apostles to make known his holy laws, soastronomy, through the wondrous mower of the great creator of all things, has 12 instructors called"gates, or signs of the zodiac, which typify the 12 stones of foundation of the holy city. the mindof the father also decreed that all things should be divided into threes, and so the gates of the zodiacare divided into threes, accomplishing four in all, or the

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

ng the fundamental principle of the whole kabalah, or sacred tradition of our fathers, was necessarily the fundamental dogma of christianity, the apparent dualism of which it explains by the intervention of a harmonious and all-powerful unity. christ did not put his teaching into writing, and only revealed it in secret to his favoured disciple, the one kabalist, and he a great kabalist, among the apostles. so is the apocalypse the book of the gnosis or secret doctrine of the first christians, and the key of this doctrine is indicated by an occult versicle of the lord's prayer, which the vulgate leaves untranslated, while in the greek rite, which preserves the traditions of st. john, the priests only are permitted to pronounce it. this versicle, completely kabalistic, is found in the greek

ense vogue of his genius of christianity. to oppose one's self to a current at the beginning of its career is to court being destroyed by that current, like the great and unfortunate emperor julian; to oppose one's self to a current which has run its course is to take the lead of a contrary current. the great man is he who comes seasonably and knows how to innovate opportunely. in the days of the apostles, voltaire would have found no echo for his utterances, and might have been merely an ingenious parasite at the banquets of trimalcyon. now, at the epoch wherein we live, everything is ripe for a fresh outburst of evangelical zeal and christian self-devotion, precisely by reason of the prevailing general disillusion, egoistic positivism and public cynicism of the coarsest interests. the su

charity, and he will draw round him an immense following: he will accomplish a complete moral revolution in the world. but the high place is before all things necessary for such a personage, because, in these days of meanness and trickery, any message issuing from the lower ranks is suspected of interested ambition and imposture. ye, then, who are nothing, ye who possess nothing, aspire not to be apostles or messiahs. if you have faith, and would act in accordance therewith, get possession, in the first place, of the means of action, which are the influence of rank and the prestige of fortune. in olden times gold was manufactured by science; nowadays science must be renewed by gold. we have fixed the volatile and we must now volatilize the fixed in other words, we have materialized spirit

, before promising their adepts the elixir of long life or the powder of projection, counselled them to seek for the philosophical stone. what is this stone, and why is it so called? the great initiator of the christians invites his believers to build on the stone or rock, if they do not wish their structures to be demolished. he terms himself the cornerstone, and says to the most faithful of his apostles, thou art peter (petrus, and upon this rock (petram) i will build my church. this stone, say the masters in alchemy, is the true salt of the philosophers, which is the third ingredient in the composition of azoth. now, we know already that azoth is the name of the great hermetic and true philosophical agent; furthermore, their salt is represented under the figure of a cubic stone, as may

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it is possible to bind a man but not to make captive the word of god; speech is free, and nothing can repress it. this living introduction 9 speech is the condemnation of the wicked, and hence they seek to destroy it; but it is they only who die, and the word of truth remains to judge their memory! orpheus may have been rent by bacchantes; socrates may have quaffed the poisoned cup; jesus and his apostles have perished in the utmost tortures; john hus, jerome of prague, and innumerable others, have been burned; st. bartholomew and the massacres of september may have had in turn their victims; cossacks, knouts and siberian deserts are still at the disposal of the russian emperor; but the spirit of orpheus, of socrates, of jesus and of all martyrs will live for ever in the midst their dead p

dy; the maiden opened her eyes, rose up and the master commanded immediately that food should be given her, so that the functions of life might begin a new cycle of absorption and regeneration. the history of eliseus raising up the daughter of the shunamite, and of st. paul raising eutychus are facts of the same order; the resurrection of dorcas by st. peter, narrated so simply in the acts of the apostles, is also a history the truth of which it is difficult to dispute with reason. apollonius of tyana seems to have accomplished similar miracles, while we ourselves have been the witness of facts which are not wanting in analogy with these; but the spirit of the century in which we live imposes in this respect the most careful reserve upon us, the thaumaturge being liable to a very indiffere

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e closely in cosmological speculations, magical practices and living habits. basilides has given immense development to the doctrines of menander and simon. the next gnostic is carpocrates, and his associates practiced also magical arts and incantations; philters also and love potions "another man is cerdo who came to live in rome" and who held the ninth place in the episcopal succession from the apostles downward. marcion from pontus succeeded him and developed his doctrine. iii. some basic gnostic methods the exact meanings of the gnostically employed terms can only be determined by a careful study of the entire gnostic system. on the basis of my study, i suggest that the following aspects of gnosticism are properly understood if we consider the spirit of scientism to be the basic motif

and pursued them with tenacity. by doing this they hoped to undermine to authority of the dark lord, and free themselves and others from the slavery of his laws. they claimed that christ sanctified this activity when he said "do not resist evil (mat. 5:39) this view was often promoted by the most prominent gnostics. simon magus is often considered to be the first gnostic, as a contemporary of the apostles, and he appears in the new testament. according to the records, he preached that laws were meant to enslave people, and therefore we should ignore them and live the way that we want. he quoted the bible to support this view "by his grace men are saved, not just by works (ephesians 2:8. he was not antiarchal, but led the way. some antiarchal gnostics claimed that there were a limited numbe

t only are the criteria also present in these religions, but some interesting developments show up in modern judaism. 11. roman catholicism is a valid example, since it is largely imitated in the various sects that are followed by hundreds of millions of people worldwide from the coptic christians of africa to the russian and greek orthodox of middle and eastern europe. 12. which established the "apostles' creed" as the basic statement of belief for each baptized catholic 13. though not admitted in centuries that followed, or at that time for that matter 14. an innovation which occurred to them after seeing similar movements in egypt 15. today called syncretisms 16. changed to holy spirit in the 60's 17. mass, or more properly holy mass, is the name of the liturgical service commemorating

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ot always explain that. yet this is more than just me trying to be clever. this fluidity of expression is a central part of spiritist witchcraft. the gods and goddesses that are the mysteries couple and breed incestuously, and our familiars copulate with everything all the time. many of the genuinely old spells of english witchcraft call as readily on the power of odin as they do upon the saints, apostles and martyrs. hell, some even call on devils and demons as well. people are sometimes a little baffled by this. whatever our interests and spirituality as adults, most of us have been subjected to christian brainwashing of one sort or another since early childhood. as such, its iconography and mystery are imprinted quite thoroughly in our deeper minds. hence our asylums have more patients

'sacrifice children' may in fact be instruction to the magical use of non-procreative sex, classically either masturbatory, homosexual, or during the menstrual cycle of the sorceress. although these are perversions of catholic iconography, they are not inversions in the sense of satanism. the power of god, jesus, the virgin mary, the archangels, thrones, dominations, powers, patriarchs, prophets, apostles and evangelists are called upon to bully the demonic forces into submission to the will of the summoner. the danger of the heresy here is that it is not seen as at all incongruous that a holy man might also be conversing with the powers of darkness, even if it is to subordinate them. the book of abra-melin sometimes called the sacred magick of abra-melin the mage, the text claims to have

chief of all devils (mathew 12:24-27. tutelary god of the philistines (ii kings 1:2. lucifer s closest companion in heaven, now his second in command. tempts men into envy and pride. patron devil of heresy. originally a canaanite deity, whose name may also mean lord of the house. as lord of the flies, his role was perhaps originally that of psychopomp to the dead souls. no less than three of the apostles identify him as incarnate evil and lord of chaos. johann weyer in pseudographica demonica makes him supreme overlord of the underworld and founder of the great order of the fly. the grand grimoire and grimorium verum have him as the prince of hell. corresponds to chokmah. behemoth (hebrew behema, meaning animal. apocalyptic beast of jewish eschatology. identified in the middle ages with s

e. hold for a second. lunge forward suddenly, shouting; procul! o procul! este pofani! bahlasti! ompheda! in the name of the great and terrible one i declare that i have banished these shells to their habitations! finally, the gesture of silence, standing erect with fingers on lips. exorcism i conjure you, o devil, by the father and the son and the holy spirit, and by the patriarchs and prophets, apostles, evangelists, martyrs, confessors, virgins, and all the holy men and holy women of god. and by our lord jesus christ i conjure, that you should recede from this servant of god [n, i conjure you, o devil, by the passion of our lord jesus christ, which he endured for the human race, that you should recede from this servant of god,[n. i conjure you, o devil, by the holy cross on which our lo

on, and the holy spirits, amen. i conjure you, elves and all kinds of demons, of the night and of the day, by the father, and the son, and the holy spirit, and the undivided trinity, and by the intercession of the most blessed and glorious ever virgin mary, by the prayers of the prophets, by the merits of the patriarchs, by the intercession of the angels and archangels, by the intervention of the apostles, by the passion of the martyrs, by the faith of the confessors, by the chastity of the virgins, and by the intercession of all the saints, and by the seven sleepers, whose names are malchus, maximian, dionysius, john, constantine, serapion, and mortian, and by the name of the lord god which is blessed forever a g l a, that you should cause or inflict no harm or any evil on this servant of

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own turn. i allow everyone to follow the dictates of his own nature, but he that opposes me will regret it sorely. no god has a right to interfere in my affairs, and i have made it an imperative rule that everyone shall refrain from worshiping all gods. all the books of those who are without are altered by them, and they have declined from them, although they were written by the prophets and the apostles. that there are interpolations is seen in the fact that each sect endeavors to prove that the others are wrong and to destroy their books. truth and falsehood are known to me. when temptation comes, i give my covenant to him that trusts in me. moreover, i give counsel to the skilled directors, for i have appointed them for periods that are known to me. i remember necessary affairs and exe

SCHEM HA MEPHORESH

and yielded her fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. and there shall be no more curse; but the throne of god and of the lamb shall be in it. this is exemplified in the drawing taken from the 3-8 altar diagram. the twelvemanner of fruits yielded every month answer to the signs of the zodiac and the twelve tribes of the sons of jacob. also to the twelve apostles. the healing leaves are those of schem ha-mephoresch or the divided name of zauir anpin, the microprosopus, the christ, the lamb of elohim, whose throne is in the tree, from which throne issues the river of the waters of life. 3 the seventy two leaves of the tree of life are zauir anpin or microprosopus. now the twelve sons of jacob go down into egypt, that is the kingdom, malkuth, which

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

n their own interpretations of his life and words. his followers and believers called themselves an assembly. by the third or fourth century ce, this specific type of assembly took on the name church, from the greek, kuriakon, which means belonging to the lord. church came to mean not just the building where christians worship, but also the group of believers. these early believers, including the apostles( jesus s twelve closest followers, or disciples) peter, james, matthew, john, and thomas, preached the word of jesus only to jews at first. but soon the word of the resurrection spread across the mediterranean world. the spreading of the religion outside the community of jews was largely due to the work of a converted jew, saul of tarsus (died c. 67 ce, who later became known as paul or s

or disciples) peter, james, matthew, john, and thomas, preached the word of jesus only to jews at first. but soon the word of the resurrection spread across the mediterranean world. the spreading of the religion outside the community of jews was largely due to the work of a converted jew, saul of tarsus (died c. 67 ce, who later became known as paul or saint paul. paul was not one of the original apostles. in fact, he had been involved in persecutions (campaigns of mistreatment aimed at stopping the growth of a religion) directed against disciples of jesus. it was only long after the execution of jesus that paul had his conversion experience (or change of beliefs) and began his ministry. he was the first to begin preaching to the gentiles (those who were not jewish. through the writings an

ty and 60 ce. much of the rest of the new testament was written in the succeeding fifty to one hundred years. the organization of the books in the bible, however, does not reflect the chronology, or order in time, of its writing. rather, the new testament begins with the gospels of matthew, mark, luke, and john, which tell of the life of jesus and what he said and did. then follow the acts of the apostles, a history of the missionary efforts of the apostles. this, in turn, is followed by the pauline epistles (those written by saint paul, clarifying and enlarging on religious doctrines, and then by general epistles. in all, thirteen of the epistles have been attributed to paul, accounting for about one-third of the new testament. the final book of the new testament is revelation, which reve

a number of events in the new testament, including jesus s birth; the time when jesus went missing for several days at age twelve; the marriage in the town of cana when jesus turned water into wine; her son s crucifixion, when she remained by his side; her visit to christ s tomb after his resurrection; and pentecost, the seventh sunday after easter, when the holy spirit descended upon the twelve apostles. a tradition arose in the fifth century ce that mary was taken, or assumed, directly into heaven after her death, still a virgin. this event came to be celebrated on august 15 as the assumption. catholic tradition holds that mary remained a virgin throughout her life. this had led to much speculation by scholars about not only the miraculous birth of jesus but also those of his brothers a

1 and 2 timothy, and titus. a number of biblical historians, however, suspect that someone else wrote some or all of these books. it is virtually impossible to construct an accurate picture of paul s life. this is mainly because the only two sources of information known to exist on his life are paul s own epistles, mostly written from the years 50 to 58 ce, and the new testament book, acts of the apostles. the acts contain a number of passages informally referred to as the we passages, which were apparently narrated by an observer, likely one of paul s followers. most modern-day biographers regard paul s epistles as their primary source but also draw on information contained in acts. two other books from the new testament, acts of paul and thecla, also contain information on paul s life. e

found practicing christianity and bring them to jerusalem for trial and probable execution. his goal, he said, was to wipe out the sect of the nazarene, referring to jesus of nazareth (nazareth is the town from which his mother, mary, and her husband, joseph, traveled before jesus was born) along the road, however, saul had a miraculous experience, as described in the ninth chapter of acts of the apostles: now as he journeyed he approached damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about him. and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, saul, saul, why do you persecute [mistreat] me? and he said, who are you, lord? and he said, i am jesus, whom you are persecuting; but rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do. saul arose from the ground; and wh

biographies saint paul savior, that is, the messiah whose coming had been predicted by the old testament prophets. he then traveled to jerusalem, where he met saint peter (died c. 64) and saint james the just (died c. 62. peter was the leader of the christian church. in effect, he could be considered the first pope. he and james, who some believe was christ s brother, were two of christ s twelve apostles. the apostles were followers that jesus christ had chosen to help him spread his teachings. paul s travels may have then taken him to antioch, a city in asia minor, then to cyprus, a mediterranean island south of asia minor. during this journey, often referred to as his first missionary journey, paul preached christianity and established christian communities. over the course of this and

ce, all three of which were published in 1855. he published several other novels later in the 1850s. wise also wrote about history, theology (the study of religion, and judaism. some of his major works on these subjects include the history of the israelitish nation from abraham to the present time (1854, the essence of judaism (1861, the origin of christianity, and a commentary on the acts of the apostles (1868, judaism, its doctrines and duties (1872, the cosmic god (1876, and judaism and christianity, their agreements and disagreements (1883. many of these books remain in print in the early twenty-first century. death on march 24, 1900, wise preached his last sermon at his temple. that afternoon, he suffered a stroke. soon thereafter he slipped into a coma and died on march 26. as wise w

at they may be seen of men. 6:6 but thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy father which is in secret; and thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. alms: money or other contributions made to aid the poor. hypocrites: people who claim to have high principles and beliefs but do not. jesus shares his sermon on the mount with his apostles. in the sermon, he reveals that people should show compassion, understanding, and forgiveness towards one another. massimo listri/corbis. world religions: primary sources 209 bible 6:9 after this manner therefore pray ye: our father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 6:10 thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 6:11 give us this day our daily bread. 6:12 a

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ea i; trans. j.a. baker (london 1964) 121-127 (theologie du judeo-christianisme, histoire des doctrines chretiennes avant nicee, i, bibliotheque de theologie [tournai 1958] 171-177. 20 see kropp, zaubertexte 1.25. f.j. dolger, ixyu, 5 vols (munster 1928-43) 1.267-268, discusses a couple of gems where the name of iao as well as the name of ichthys denotes the good shepherd surrounded by the twelve apostles. cf. also his discussion on p. 270-272. 21 see worrell "a coptic wizard's hoard, american journal of semitic languages and literatures 46 (1930) 239-262. standing in the tradition inaugurated by wunsch (see n. 5, worrell says that the god is "set- typhon-seth.the good, the evil, the powerful god, the storm demon, the hebrew patriarch, the gnostic christ, the ass-headed on the crucifix (25

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the first one: write to the angel of the community in ephesus: these are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, and who walks among the seven golden lights, i know your deeds, and what you have suffered and also your patient endurance, and that you will not support those who are evil; also, that you have called to account those who call the apocalypse of john 125 themselves apostles and are not, and that you have recognized them as false. and you are enduring patiently and are building up your work upon my name, and you have not grown weary. but i demand of you that you should attain the highest love: consider from what you have fallen, change your way of thinking, and achieve the highest deeds. otherwise, i will come to you and remove your light from its place unles

mmunicate those divine mysteries and that holy light to those who are able to receive them. he certainly did not disclose to the many what did not belong to the many, but to the few to whom he knew that they belonged, and who were capable of receiving and being molded according to them. but secret things are entrusted to speech, not to writing, as is the case with god. god gave to the church some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors, and teachers for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of christ. 164 individuals sought by the most varied routes to find their way from the ancient ideas to christian ones. the gnostic crisis meanwhile, however, the external organization of the church was becoming more and m

aning. 186 the content of what the mysteries had guarded was thereby incorporated for him into the historical tradition preserved in the gospels and the church. he came to accept it as a reasonable ordinance, that within the bounds of moderation and honesty things for which there was no proof should simply be believed. 187 his conclusion was: who could be so blind as to say that the church of the apostles deserves to have no faith placed in it, when it is so loyal and is supported by the conformity of so many brethren; when these have handed down their writings to posterity so conscientiously and when the church has so strictly maintained the succession of teachers down to our present bishops?188 augustine s mode of thought gave him the assurance that since the event of christ the conditio

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orway leading to the tombs, my secret indiana jones hunt for the satan's den interrupted by a vatican security guard who escorted me to the top of the stairs after showing my press card and saying i was lost "one night alone in this place and i know i could break the biggest story in my lifetime" i thought to myself, as i walked through st. peter's square and looked up at the sculptures of the 12 apostles staring down at me from the vatican roof. rome is like a huge small town with many neighborhoods, functioning like dozens of little villages within the city proper, each having its own distinct feel and flavor. that particular day after trying to uncover the exact location of the illuminati's secret induction ceremonies, i stopped for cheese and a glass of white wine on the first narrow

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er his death on the cross and the promise of life everlasting to all who accept his divinity and believe in him. because christianity rose out of judaism, the teachings of jesus as recorded in the gospels reflect many of the jewish beliefs of the soul and the afterlife, primarily that a reunion of body and soul will be accomplished in the next world. the accounts of the appearance of jesus to his apostles after his resurrection show how completely they believed that they beheld him in the flesh, even to the extreme of the skeptical thomas placing his fingertips into the still-open wounds of the crucifixion. a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that i have, jesus told them. then, to prove his physicality still further, he asks if they have anything for him to eat. paul? c. 68 c

to these cultured men and women who had been exposed to plato s philosophy that the material body was but a fleshly prison from which the soul was freed by death, the very notion of resurrecting decaying bodies was repugnant. paul refused to acknowledge defeat. because he had been educated as a greek, he set about achieving a compromise between the resurrection theology being taught by his fellow apostles and the platonic view of the soul so widely accepted in greek society. paul knew that plato had viewed the soul as composed of three constituents: the nous (the rational soul, is immortal and incarnated in a physical body; the thumos (passion, heart, spirit; and epithumetikos (desire. after many hardships, imprisonments, and public humiliation, paul worked out a theology that envisioned h

parents on earth. essentially, orthodox contemporary christianity continues to maintain the position that each new person born receives a new soul that has never before existed in any other form. in christian doctrine, the soul is superior to the body because of its divine origin and because it is immortal, but belief in a resurrection of the physical body is also an essential aspect of both the apostles creed and the nicene creed, which declare that after the last judgment jesus shall once again appear to judge the living and the dead. in chapter 25 of matthew, jesus tells a parable of how the son of man is to come and sit on his throne as the people of all nations gather before him so that he might separate them as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. those individuals who lov

was created by god to be immortal and individual, irrevocably connected to the afterlife. in acts 17:31, it is stated that god has appointed jesus christ to judge the world; acts 10:42 again names christ as the one ordained by god to be judge of the living and the dead. the early christian church believed that the second coming of jesus was imminent and that many who were alive in the time of the apostles would live to see his return in the clouds. when this remarkable event occurred, it would signal the end of time and jesus christ would raise the dead and judge those who would ascend to heaven and those who would suffer the everlasting torments of hell. the delay in the second coming forced the church to adjust its theology to acknowledge that the time of judgment for each individual wou

e righteous will be nourished forever by the radiance of god. to most orthodox christians, the profound meaning of the new testament is that jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) will one day return in the last days and his second coming will prompt the resurrection of the dead and the final judgment. the heart of the gospels is eschatological, or end-oriented. the essential theme of jesus and the apostles is that the last stage of history, the end time, was being entered into with his appearance. in matthew 24:3 44, 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 182 religious phenomena jesus speaks to his disciples at great length concerning false messiahs and prophets who will deceive many people with their rumors about the end of the world. he m

one of the holy father s close friends, the magazine oggi broke the story in its november 19, 1955, issue. on december 12, the vatican confirmed the remarkable disclosure, declaring the vision not to have been a dream. sources near to the pope said that he had been wide awake and lucid. vatican authorities said that there had not been a more vivid or specific vision of jesus since the days of the apostles than that reported by the pontiff. according to church records, christ had appeared to a pope only once before, and that was in the fourth century, when pope sylvester (d. 335) consecrated the mother church of st. john lateran in rome after emperor constantine had ended the brutal persecutions of the christians. although devout christian laypersons occasionally report apparitions of vario

nd 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 spirits [mark 6:7. finally, paul turned and said to the spirit, in the name of jesus christ, i order you to leave this girl alone [acts 16:18. the new testament also refers to jewish exorcists who begin to cast out demons in jesus name (mark 9:38 40: teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of people. but he wasn t one of

condition through supernatural means, such as the power of prayer or an intervention of god through a miracle. in the new testament, one of the principal facets of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) earthly ministry was the healing of those who sought surcease of pain and suffering. throughout the gospels, jesus heals the lame, the blind, the diseased, and those possessed by demons, and he charges his apostles to go out into the world to do as he has done in their presence. the early churches included a time for the healing of its members within the formal service, a practice which many contemporary christian congregations still maintain, as a prayer for the sick if not as an actual time for the laying on of hands. the pattern for such a procedure within the church service was set forth in the

rhood and reported in usa today (february 7, 1997) americans are great practitioners of prayer: 24 percent of those polled said that they prayed more than once a day; 31 percent prayed every day; 16 percent, several times a week; 10 percent, several times a month; 9 percent, several times a year. for christians worldwide the perfect prayer is the one that jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) gave to his apostles and which has been known for centuries as the lord s prayer: and as [jesus] was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, lord, teach us to pray as john [the baptist] also taught his disciples. and he said unto them, when ye pray, say, our father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. thy kingdom come. thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth

a i n e d religious phenomena 225 prayer is a basic element of religious expression. 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 226 religious phenomena the phenomenon of speaking in tongues during ecstatic religious experiences is also known as glossolalia, and began among the first christians. described in acts 2:1 18, the holy spirit granted to the apostles the ability to speak in the languages of the foreigners who had assembled in jerusalem for the observance of pentecost. the visitors were amazed they could speak with them in their native language. while holy spirit allowed the apostles to converse suddenly in a foreign language, later references implied that glossolalia was a kind of religious ecstasy or unintelligible babbling. in i cor

ainstream church bodies was that, while it may be legitimate gift from the holy spirit, glossolalia was hardly the normative expression for christians and did not denote a superiority over those who did not practice it. however, today s approximately 500,000 practicing pentecostals continue to believe in the power of the holy spirit to bring about a baptism of the spirit like that received by the apostles that enabled them to speak in tongues. sources: dyer, luther b. tongues. jefferson city, mo: le roi, 1971. rosten, leo. religions of america. new york: simon& schuster, 1975. sherrill, john l. they speak with other tongues. new york: pyramid books, 1965. speaking in tongues gethsemane (matthew 26: 36 44, and on the cross (luke 24:30) to name only some of the most significant prayers recor

east is 666 and that the number stands for a person. in john s world of the first century, the beast that ruled the earth would have been the emperor, the caesar, of the roman empire, nero (37c.e. 68 c.e. using the hebrew alphabet, the numerical value of caesar nero, the merciless persecutor of the early christians, is 666. although jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) made it clear when speaking to the apostles that no one will know the exact hour or day of his second coming, for many centuries certain christian theologians have associated the rise of the antichrist to power and his achievement of a seven-year reign over all the earth as a kind of catalyst that would set in motion armageddon, the last final battle between good and evil the ultimate clash between the armies of jesus christ and sa

resence of divinity. the ancient mystery rites dedicated to such gods as osiris, isis, and dionysus, together with the magical formulas discovered by hermes trimegistus and other masters of the art of theurgy, compelled the gods to manifest and share their powers. the myths of the old gods and the holy scriptures of the christians, the secret experiences of the ancients and the revelations of the apostles, the personal sense of god developed by the pagan cults, and the promise of the church fathers that one could know god through his son all seemed to some individuals to be harmonious. the rich inheritance of the pagan world seemed too valuable to abandon when such mysteries could be so easily adapted and kept alive in the new rituals. the church fathers disagreed sharply with the devotees

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f the hierarchy of the gods, the number 13 came to be looked upon as an omen of ill luck. another explanation for the origin of this superstition also comes from scandinavian mythology, which states the winged valkyries, who waited to escort the heroes fallen in battle to valhalla, were 13 in number. the most popular explanation for the superstition surrounding the number 13 is that there were 12 apostles and their master jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) who partook of the last supper, judas iscariot being represented as the 13th guest. according to christian tradition, judas betrayed his master after they had observed the passover meal. judas later hanged t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d superstitions, strange customs, taboos, and urba

urth floor, the chinese air force will not assign the number to any of its aircraft, and even cartoon characters that have only four fingers are deemed bad luck. among many jews, even numbers are considered unlucky, even dangerous. while there are no official christian teachings regarding any numbers being lucky or unlucky, many people believe that the number 12 has significance because of the 12 apostles. and then there is the unholy number 666, which many christians attribute to satan or the antichrist. rabbit s foot experts cannot agree why the rabbit s foot has become synonymous with good luck. the superstition that a front paw or a hind paw of a rabbit can bring good fortune is so old that its origins are lost in the mists of time. while it may be forgotten exactly why the furry littl

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the left breast. pope honorius ii (d. 1130) approved the following rules of conduct and discipline for the order in 1128. to recite vocal prayers at certain hours. to abstain from meat four days in the week; to cease hunting and hawking. to defend with their lives the mysteries of the christian faith. to observe the seven sacraments of the church, the fourteen articles of faith, the creeds of the apostles and athanasius; 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 20 secret societies knights templar parade in 1930 (corbis corporation. to uphold the doctrines of the two testaments, including the interpretations of the church fathers, the unity of god and the trinity of his persons, and the virginity of mary both before and after the birth of jes

l of ggnostic h arose in the first century, very strongly competing with the advent of christianity. many of the gnostic sects blended elements of christianity with the eleusianian mysteries, combining them with indian, egyptian, and babylonian magic, and bringing in aspects of the jewish kabbalah as well. the first gnostic of importance was simon magus, a samarian sorcerer, a contemporary of the apostles, who was converted to christianity by philip. although he had been a highly respected magus, simon continued to be impressed by the remarkable powers of the apostles and their ability to heal and to manifest miracles. when he saw peter and john baptizing people by the laying on of hands, he asked that he might be taught the power of transferring the holy spirit to others. eagerly, simon o

converted to christianity by philip. although he had been a highly respected magus, simon continued to be impressed by the remarkable powers of the apostles and their ability to heal and to manifest miracles. when he saw peter and john baptizing people by the laying on of hands, he asked that he might be taught the power of transferring the holy spirit to others. eagerly, simon offered to pay the apostles a fee to teach him how to manifest the holy spirit. peter strongly rebuked him for attempting to buy this profound spiritual gift (acts 8:9.24. simon accepted the rebuke and asked peter to pray for his forgiveness. the term gsimony h to describe the purchasing of ecclesiastic blessings has come down through the ages. simon apparently brooded over his inability to acquire the holy spirit f

a fee to teach him how to manifest the holy spirit. peter strongly rebuked him for attempting to buy this profound spiritual gift (acts 8:9.24. simon accepted the rebuke and asked peter to pray for his forgiveness. the term gsimony h to describe the purchasing of ecclesiastic blessings has come down through the ages. simon apparently brooded over his inability to acquire the holy spirit from the apostles, and, according to legend, he fell back on his old ways of sorcery and began to traffic once again with demons. to prove his power, simon announced to all of rome that he would fly into the sky and ascend to the heavens, just as jesus had done. remarkably, simon, supported by demons, began to fly upward. peter, however, fearful that many innocents would be attracted to this false prophet

in the middle ages, magi, alchemists, scholars, and even the papacy embraced astrology. pope julius ii (1443.1513) trusted his astrologers to set the date for his coronation; pope paul iii (1468.1549) was guided throughout life by his horoscope; and pope leo x (1475.1521) established a chair of astrology at a major university. church scholars began to associate the signs of the zodiac with the 12 apostles, and cathedrals throughout europe were decorated with zodiacal symbols. danish astronomer tycho brahe (1546. 1601, who built the first astronomical observatory in the western world, practiced and defended astrology. brahe fs exact planetary figures allowed his pupil johannes kepler (1571.1630) to work out his great laws of motion. sir isaac newton (1642.1727, who followed in kepler fs foo

onsibility for themselves and for their actions. in one sense it imposes an even greater responsibility, for having been made aware of their greatest potentials, according to the best knowledge and techniques available, 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 126 prophecy and divination churchscholars associated the signs of the zodiac with the 12 apostles. those who steer their lives by the stars can no longer plead their failures due to blind chance and the fickleness of fate. according to the astrologer, free will includes the prerogative of individuals to avail themselves of the best advice and direction from any and all sources they deem creditable before embarking on any course, before setting foot on any path, before making any decis

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sans conquered the world; they loved truth more than life, and they went without followers to speak it to peoples and to kings; tested by torture, 8 they were found faithful. they showed to the multitude a living immortality in their death, and they watered the earth with a blood whose heat could not be extinguished, because they were burning with the ardours of charity. it is by charity that the apostles built up their creed. they said that to believe together was worth more than to doubt separately; they constituted the hierarchy on the basis of obedience- rendered so noble and so great by the spirit of charity, that to serve in this manner is to reign; they formulated the faith of all and the hope of all, and they put this creed in the keeping of the charity of all. woe to the egoist wh

sufficient that it should have flowed uselessly for you! viii the number eight the ogdoad is the number of reaction and of equilibrating justice. 37 every action produces a reaction. this is the universal law of the world. christianity must needs produce anti-christianity. antichrist is the shadow, the foil, the proof of christ. antichrist already produced itself in the church in the time of the apostles: st. paul said "for the mystery of iniquity doth already work; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. and then shall that wicked one be revealed<<2 thess. ii. 7,8. this passage is presumably that referred to by the author. cf. 1 john iv. 3, and ii, 18- trans> the protestants said "antichrist is the pope" the pope replied "every heretic is an antichrist" the an

ies, she laughs, she sings, she dies, and she teaches the world faith in immortality. 57 the old guard does not surrender, but neither does it die! the proof of it is the enthusiasm of our children, who mean, one day, to be also soldiers of the old guard! napoleon is no more a man: he is the very genius of france, he is the second saviour of the world, and he also gave for a sign the cross to his apostles. st. helena and golgotha are the beacons of the new civilization; they are the two piles of an immerse bridge made by the rainbow of the final deluge, and which throws a bridge between the two worlds. and can you believe that a past without aureole and without glory, might capture and devour so great a future? could you think that the spur of a tartar might one day tear up the pact of our

ied like gold by the critical acid of voltaire, and realized, in the kingdom of the world, by the genius of the christian napoleon. those who will not march will be dragged or trampled by events. immense calamities may again hang over the world. the armies of the apocalypse may, perhaps, one day, unchain the four scourges. the sanctuary will be cleansed. rigid and holy poverty will send forth its apostles to uphold what staggers, lift up again what is broken, and anoint all wounds with sacred oils. those two blood-hungered monsters, despotism and anarchy, will tear themselves to pieces, and annihilate each other, after having mutually sustained each other for a little while, by the embrace of their struggle itself. and the government of the future will be that whose model is shown to us in

oubt being on the hb:heh 's looking like hb:chet 's. below this is what appears to be gr:omicron-tau-iota omicron-delta epsilon-delta-iota-nu, but the poor penmanship makes certain identification impossible. the entire figure gives the impression of a man with head in heaven and feet on earth. religion is patient- the religion of great thinkers and of martyrs. it is benevolent like christ and the apostles, like vincent de paul, and like fenelon. it envies not either the dignities or the goods of the earth. 74 it is the religion of the fathers of the desert, of st. francis, and of st. bruno, of the sisters of charity, and of the brothers of saint- jean-de- dieu. it is neither quarrelsome nor intriguing. it prays, does good, and waits. it is humble, it is sweet-tempered, it inspires only dev

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ually "as is above, so below. the upper sephiroth cannot flow into the lower in an optimum state if the lower are unbalanced, and neither can the lower sephiroth function correctly when the upper sephiroth are disturbed. tiphareth, the sephirah representing human self-awareness, is the key-stone on which this balance rests. indeed, in ephesians 2.20, paul makes reference to "the foundation of the apostles and prophets, jesus christ himself being the chief corner-stone" which in kabbalah can be read to say that yesod (meaning the "foundation) is the sephirah of prophecy and communication to the outside world (malkuth, but the corner-stone is self-awareness as practised by christ, a personification of tiphareth. equally, the role of a mediator is often that of translation, and it is in trans

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inhabited by thy creatures and far away from thy creatures themselves. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator meditates awhile and resumes his prayer, that the works of man be spared from the winds, tornadoes and hurricanes: o almighty and eternal god, thou who deigned to sanctify the breath of the elementary air on the holy day of pentecost when thou made thy holy ghost descend upon the assembled apostles and "a rushing mighty wind" come, we beseech thy immense goodness and thy inexhaustible mercy to spare, o lord of mercy, by the power of thy angels and the merits of thy saints, the places where thy creatures live or take shelter, and to spare thy creatures themselves from the ravages of tempests, whirlwinds and hurricanes. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator meditates for a moment and

themselves from the ravages of tempests, whirlwinds and hurricanes. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator meditates for a moment and then prays that the whole nature be spared from the ravages of fire, but especially the works of man: o almighty and eternal god, thou who deigned to manifest thyself to thy servant moses under the form of a burning bush and who made thy holy ghost descend upon the apostles and disciples under the form of fire of pentecost, o lord of mercy, we beseech thy immense goodness and thy inexhaustible mercy, to spare by the power of thy angels and the merits of thy saints the places where thy creatures live or take shelter as well as the creatures themselves, from the flames of the 23 subterranean fire, terrestrial conflagration and those caused by lightning. by ies

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osing pentagon (see figure 12, p. 189. the pentagon is a figure that is implied, if not actually traced, when drawing a pentagram. in length every line of the pentagon is composed of thrteen units. the number thirteen is associated with a multitude of occult references: twelve spheres are needed to surround a central (thirteenth) sphere; moses and the twelve tribes of israel; jesus and the twelve apostles; the sun and the twelve signs of the zodiac. in addition, many important qabalistic words have the numerical value of thrteen, including achad (yilk "unity" and ahavah( 7 1 7 k "love" other words tied to this number include gahah (ti "healing" or "health; ziv (lt "glory; and hegeh (717 "to separate" or "to imagine" the thrteenth key of the tarot is titled "death" and it is attributed to s

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e (1811) by fabre palaprat, who claimed to be grand master of the order. the order of the temple saw itself as the true church of christ, preserving through the centuries a true egyptian gnostic christian tradition. it claimed that the son of god. was brought up in the schools of alexandria. he was able to reach all the degrees of egyptian initiation. jesus conferred evangelical initiation on his apostles and disciples. how this mystic christianity had supposedly passed on to the templars was recounted in the order s legend: file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c2.html (4 of 5 [12/28/2001 2:01:22 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. up to the year 1118 the mysteries and the hierarchic order of the initiation of egypt, transmitted to the jews b

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o his disciples, the harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the labourers [are] few; 9:38 pray ye therefore the lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. 10:1 and when he had called unto [him] his twelve disciples, he gave them power [against] unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 10:2 now the names of the twelve apostles are these; the first, simon, who is called peter, and andrew his brother; james [the son] of zebedee, and john his brother; 10:3 philip, and bartholomew; thomas, and matthew the publican; james [the son] of alphaeus, and lebbaeus, whose surname was thaddaeus; 10:4 simon the canaanite, and judas iscariot, who also betrayed him. 10:5 these twelve jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying

akes which sat with him, he would not reject her. 6:27 and immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 6:28 and brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. 6:29 and when his disciples heard [of it] they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 6:30 and the apostles gathered themselves together unto jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 6:31 and he said unto them, come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 6:32 and they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 6:33 and the people saw them departing

hand. and he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. 6:11 and they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to jesus. 6:12 and it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to god. 6:13 and when it was day, he called [unto him] his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 6:14 simon (whom he also named peter) and andrew his brother, james and john, philip and bartholomew, 6:15 matthew and thomas, james the [son] of alphaeus, and simon called zelotes, 6:16 and judas [the brother] of james, and judas iscariot, which also was the traitor. 6:17 and he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of peopl

ing every where. 9:7 now herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that john was risen from the dead; 9:8 and of some, that elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. 9:9 and herod said, john have i beheaded: but who is this, of whom i hear such things? and he desired to see him. 9:10 and the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. and he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called bethsaida. 9:11 and the people, when they knew [it] followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of god, and healed them that had need of healing. 9:12 and when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and

with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 11:47 woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 11:48 truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. 11:49 therefore also said the wisdom of god, i will send them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they shall slay and persecute: 11:50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 11:51 from the blood of abel unto the blood of zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily i say unto you, it shall be required of this generation. 11:52 woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have t

r him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 17:3 take heed to yourselves: if thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 17:4 and if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, i repent; thou shalt forgive him. 17:5 and the apostles said unto the lord, increase our faith. 17:6 and the lord said, if ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. 17:7 but which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, go and sit down to meat? 17:8

ntereth in. 22:11 and ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, the master saith unto thee, where is the guestchamber, where i shall eat the passover with my disciples? 22:12 and he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. 22:13 and they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. 22:14 and when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. 22:15 and he said unto them, with desire i have desired to eat this passover with you before i suffer: 22:16 for i say unto you, i will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of god. 22:17 and he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, take this, and divide [it] among yourselves: 22:18 for i say unto you, i will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until

ying, the son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 24:8 and they remembered his words, 24:9 and returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. 24:10 it was mary magdalene, and joanna, and mary [the mother] of james, and other [women that were] with them, which told these things unto the apostles. 24:11 and their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. 24:12 then arose peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. 24:13 and, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called emmaus, which was from jerusalem [about] threescore fu

arry till i come, what [is that] to thee? 21:24 this is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. 21:25 and there are also many other things which jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, i suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. amen. page 627 acts the acts of the apostles 1:1 the former treatise have i made, o theophilus, of all that jesus began both to do and teach, 1:2 until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the holy ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 1:3 to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaini

s surnamed justus, and matthias. 1:24 and they prayed, and said, thou, lord, which knowest the hearts of all [men] shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, 1:25 that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. 1:26 and they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. 2:1 and when the day of pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2:2 and suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 2:3 and there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 2:4 and they were all filled with the holy ghost, and began to speak wi

not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, the lord said unto my lord, sit thou on my right hand, 2:35 until i make thy foes thy footstool. 2:36 therefore let all the house of israel know assuredly, that god hath made that same jesus, whom ye have crucified, both lord and christ. 2:37 now when they heard [this] they were pricked in their heart, and said unto peter and to the rest of the apostles, men [and] brethren, what shall we do? 2:38 then peter said unto them, repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of jesus christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy ghost. 2:39 for the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off [even] as many as the lord our god shall call. 2:40 and with many other words did he testi

is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off [even] as many as the lord our god shall call. 2:40 and with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, save yourselves from this untoward generation. 2:41 then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls. 2:42 and they continued stedfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 2:43 and fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 2:44 and all that believed were together, and had all things common; 2:45 and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all [men] as every man had need. 2:46 and they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and bre

en they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the holy ghost, and they spake the word of god with boldness. 4:32 and the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any [of them] that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 4:33 and with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the lord jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 4:34 neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, 4:35 and laid [them] down at the apostles feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. 4:36 and joses, who by the ap

TURNER ROBERT ARBETEL OF MAGICK

us the whole creature, and things visible and invisible? whatsoever ye ask, ye shall receive. beware that ye do not abuse the gifts of god, and all things shall work together unto you for your salvation. and before all things, be watchful in this, that your names be written in heaven: this is more light, that the spirits be obedient unto you, as christ admonisheth. aphorism 12. in the acts of the apostles, the spirit saith unto peter after the vision, go down, and doubt not but i have sent them, when he was sent for from cornelius the centurion. after this maner, in vocal words, are all disciplines delivered, by the holy angels of 1. 10 god, as it appeareth out of the monuments of the gyptians. and these things afterwards were vitiated and corrupted with humane opinions; and by the instiga

, but shalt attain to the desired bound; thou shalt not erre from the mark, and god himself by his holy spirit will teach thee true and profitable things: he will give also his ministring angels unto thee, to be thy companions, helpers, and teachers of all the secrets of the world, and he will command every creature to be obedient unto thee, so that cheerfully rejoycing thou maist say with the 20 apostles, that the spirits are obedient unto thee; so that at length thou shalt be certain of the greatest thing of all, that thy name is written in heaven. aphorism 26. there is another way which is more common, that secrets may be revealed unto thee also, when thou art unwitting thereof, either by god, or by spirits which have secrets in their power; or by dreams, or by strong imaginations and i

se& of the secrets of nature contained therein, whether they are visible or invisible. this description of a magitian plainly appeareth, and is universal. an evil magician is he, whom by the divine permission the evil spirits do serve, to his temporal and eternal destruction and perdition to deceive men, and draw them away from god; such was simon magus, of whom mention is made in the acts of the apostles, and in clemens; whom saint peter commanded to be thrown down upon the earth, when as he had commanded himself, as it were a god, to be raised up into the air by the unclean spirits. unto this order are also to be referred all those who are noted in the two tables of the law; and are set forth with their evil deeds. 28 the subdivisions and species of both kindes of magick, we will note in

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

not have been maintained with impunity, provided it was maintained merely as a speculative opinion, and not employed as an engine of faction, ambition, or oppression. the romans even carried their condescension so far as to enforce the observance of a dogmatical religion, where they found it before established; as appears from the conduct of their magistrates in judea, relative to christ and his apostles; and 1 hesiod. erga kai 'hmer, ver. 252. murioi &c, are always used as indefinites by the ancient greek poets. 2 see homer, odyss. e, ver. 445& seq. the greeks seem to have adopted by degrees into their own ritual all the rites practised in the neighbouring countries. of priapus 111 from what josephus has related, of a roman soldier s being punished with death by his commander for insulti

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

rom pico and argues that history can be divided into three periods: the first period, of nature, in which god revealed himself to the patriarchs through the name of three letters, shaddai c'tw; the second period, of the torah, in which god revealed himself to moses through the name of four letters, tetragrammaton; and the third period, of grace and redemption, in which god revealed himself to the apostles through the name of five letters, yeheshuah. reuchlin held that with the birth of jesus, the name of four letters had been rendered powerless, its ability to cause miracles having passed into the name of jesus. this is why in the gospels the name of jesus has such force in casting out demons from the bodies of the possessed and in healing the sick. by using the holy tongue, hebrew, and th

16. concerning the power of the fivefold name of jesus, cornelius agrippa quotes directly from the conclusions of pico della mirandola when he writes: as john in the revelations describeth that heavenly city, whose twelve gates are guarded with twelve angels, infusing on them what they receive from the divine name, twelve times revolved; and in the foundations of that city the names of the twelve apostles, and the lamb; for as in the law, in the stones of the ephod, and foundations of the holy city described by ezekiel, were written the names of the tribes of israel, and the name of four letters did predominate over them; so in the gospel, the names of the apostles are written in the stones of the foundation of the heavenly city, which stones stand for the tribes of israel in the church, o

rom all the tribes. each wall has three gates, for the three banners of each element. each gate is made of pearl. at the twelve gates, twelve angels stand guard. upon each gate is written one of the names of the twelve tribes. the walls of new jerusalem are founded upon twelve foundationsthat is, twelve foundation stones, every stone inscribed with one of the 74 tetragrammaton names of the twelve apostles of christ and garnished with a different variety of precious jewel: and the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. the first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chryso

ationships will not be found in books on the kabbalah, which give conflicting assignments of the tribes to the signs of the zodiac, the stones of the breastplate, and the months of the year (see appendix f for the occult correspondences of the banners given by the great renaissance magician, henry cornelius agrippa, in his three books of occult philosophy, to the the tribes, the zodiac signs, the apostles, the months, and the stones. however, it seems reasonable to assign the sons of jacob to the stones of the breastplate in order of their birth. this assignment is provided in the notes to the king james bible for exodus 39:lo-3, and also appears in aryeh kaplan's meditation and the bible (weiser, 1978, p. 143. because of the explicit correspondence presented in the notes of the king james

e inscribed with the name of an angel (signifjrlng a banner) and a tribe of israel. the foundation of the holy city is composed of twelve different kinds of stones, which are very similar 154 tetragrammaton to the stones of the breastplate, and which are probably intended by the author to be identical to those stones. st. john the divine makes a further correspondence of the banners to the twelve apostles (rev, 21:14, in this way connecting the magic of jesus to the magic of moses through the banners of the name. we can use the magical information conveyed in these few verses of revelation to construct an effective ritual for assuming the christ-form, which is a vital preliminary step to the effective use of the banners and the wings in magical works. assuming the christ-form you will need

er right quadrant, the addition of which results in two equal halves that are divided down the middle. the senior names for the pair of fured banners in each watchtower define the lower right and lower lefi quadrants, resulting in four equal quarters that are divided by a cross. this very well reflects the three sigil shapes of the banners. table of the banners wings of enochian enochian tribe of apostles letter no. banners the winds god names seniors polarity direction zodiac israel of christ gem beast of ihvh 1. ihvh kethahel mor laidrom+ ene aries reuben peter sard 2. ihvh hatakiah aczinor- 3. ihhv kazahel dial lzinopo+ wnw sagittarius simeon philip topaz lion yod 4. ihhv hazekiah alhctga- 5. ivhh keliel liiansa+ hctga ahmlicv- south leo levi james the emerald 6. ivhh yelekiah lesser 7

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

c regions of the infrasexual sphere of nahemah live the don juans [tenarios] types of men and do a in s [the madam of the whore house] or rather the beautiful hetaeras13, sometimes sweet and sometimes cruel in others. if people of normal sexuality do not live alert and vigilant, they can convert themselves into fatal proselytes of these infrasexual people, since they dress themselves like saints, apostles, anchorites, etc. and believing themselves to be superior; they go and deceive the people of normal sexuality, and convert them into their henchmen. understand that those people of normal sexuality are those who have no sexual abberations of any kind. sexuality amoung people of normal sexuality is in perfect equilibrium with the spheres of thought, feeling and will. those types of people

jinas con mi cuerpo. oguara! oguara! oguara! llevadme (esta invocaci n se repite millares de veces antes de adormecerse. 97 the transubstantiation (third part of the 14th arcanum) the last supper of the adorable savior of the world comes from archaic epochs. the great lord of atlantis also practiced this ceremony, as the christ jesus did. this is a blood ceremony, a pact of blood. each one of the apostles brought their blood in a cup and then they mixed their blood with the royal blood of the adorable one within the chalice of the last supper (the holy grail. thus, this is how the astral bodies of the apostles joined the astral body of the christ, by means of this pact of blood. the apostles drank the blood contained within the chalice and jesus likewise drank from it. the holy gnostic unc

days) wants to enter into the physical world, he then exercises his willpower and is able to appear and disappear at will, instantaneously. jesus the christ is a resurrected master that for three days had his physical body in the holy sepulcher. after the resurrection, jesus appeared before the disciples of emmaus on the road and dined with them. after this, he presented himself before the eleven apostles and then before the unbelieving thomas, who only believed after putting his fingers in the wound of the holy body of the great master. hermes, cagliostro, paracelsus, nicholas flamel, quetzalcoatl, st. germain, babaji, etc, have preserved their physical bodies for thousands, and even millions of years, without death harming them. they are resurrected masters. elixir of long life only with

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

ood that a philospher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on infinity. will and ariel durant returning from visiting her friend s church, a woman said, the minister kept talking about epistles this morning. i didn t know what they were. her friend replied, oh, my dear, your ignorance is refreshing. i thought everyone knew that the epistles are the wives of the apostles. anonymous in the primitive church there were chalices of wood and priests of gold; in the modern church there are chalices of gold and priests of wood. german if you offer words of the spirit to a man who does not ask for them, you waste the words. but if a man asks for those words and you do not offer them, you waste the man. planet steward, stephen levine at a certain dinner, the chair

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

hrones, dominions, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels and angels. from a christian point of view, the number nine represents: 1. unity of the godhead. 2. the hypostatic union of christ. 3. trinity. 4. evangelists. 5. wounds of jesus. 6. is the number of sin. 7. gifts of the spirit, rev. i. 12; and jesus 7 times spoke on the cross. 8. beatitudes. 9. orders of angels. 10. commandments. 11. apostles besides judas. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 12. original apostolic college. 13. college completed by st. paul. the nine muses of ancient greece were called daughters of zeus and mnemosyne (memory, and were calliope, poetry; clio, history; melpomene, tragedy; euterpe, music; erato, love, inspiration and pantomime; terpsichore, dancing; urania

ccu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott schemes of attribution are given by athanasius kircher and others. that by sir william drummond is- aries to gad, taurus to ephraim, gemini to benjamin, cancer to issachar, leo to judah, virgo to naphtali, libra to asher, scorpio to dan, sagittarius to manasseh, capricorn to zebulun, aquarius to reuben and pisces to simeon and levi. the 12 apostles of jesus were simon, peter, andrew, james and john the sons of zebedee, phillip, bartholomew, thomas, matthew also called levi, james son of alphaeus, judas called lebbaeus and thaddeus, simon the canaanite, and judas iscariot. the venerable bede proposed to rename the signs with the names of the apostles, and a scheme of allotment is to be found in the sphere of marcus manilius, by edwar

is number is referred to elijah, alihv, and to the word prophet, hnbia. these names number 120, add 10 to this, the number of letters. the kabalists make a mystical square (rectangle) or kamea of alihv of 130 permutations--ten by thirteen. 152. the number of maria, the greek name for mary the virgin, being 40, 1, 100, 10, 1=152. 153. the number of the great fishes caught in an unbroken net by the apostles after the resurrection. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 118. 200. the number of bones in the human body. 207. this is the number of ain soph, ain, svp, the boundless, and aur, avr, light, and of adonai olam, adni ovlam, lord of the universe. 216. the cube of six (6; 216 years, the period of the pythagorean metempsychosis. 221. the cup of david in

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