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ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF THE LAW

khabs. i,9: worship then the khabs, and behold my light shed over you! 10: let my servants be few& secret: they shall rule the many& the known. i,11: these are fools that men adore; both their gods& their men 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 glo

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 their brows, o splendrous serpent! i,19: o azure-lidded woman, bend upon them! i,20: the key of the rituals is in the secret word which i have given unto him. i,21: with the god& the adorer i am nothing: they do not see me. they are as upon the earth; i am heaven, and there is no other god than me, and my lord hadit. i,22: now, therefore, i am known to ye by my name nuit, and to him by a secret name which i will give him when at last he kn

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atisfies the seer's standards. there is nothing to puzzle him or oppose him; so he spins out his story with careless contempt of criticism. he can always prove himself right; the qabalah can always be stretched; and red being so nearly orange, which is really a shade of yellow, and yellow a component of green which merges into blue, what harm if a fiend in vermilion appears instead of an angel in azure? the true, the final test, of the truth of one's visions is their value. the most glorious experience on the astral plane, let it dazzle and thrill as it may, is not necessarily in accordance with 254 the true will of the seer; if not, though it be never so true objectively, it is not true for him, because not useful for him (said we not a while ago that truth was no more than the most conve

matter. and if thou hast experience of the eucharist in both kinds, it shall aid thine imagination herein. 8. let this agony grow until it be insupportable, resisting by will every temptation. not until thine whole body is bathed in sweat, or it may be in sweat of blood, and until a cry of intolerable anguish is forced from thy closed lips, shalt thou proceed. 9. now let a current of light, deep azure flecked with scarlet, pass up and down the spine, striking as it were upon thyself that art coiled at the base as a serpent. let this be exceedingly slow and subtle; and though it be accompanied with pleasure, resist; and though it be accompanied with pain, resist. 10. this shalt thou continue until thou art exhausted, never relaxing the control. until thou canst perform this one section 9 d

piece of silver and fashion therefrom a cup. the height shall be 8 inches, and the diameter 3 inches. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a number to represent the universe. let his philosophus approve thereof. let the practicus engrave the same upon his cup with his own hand and instrument. let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of azure blue "the baculum" let the philosophus take a rod of copper, of length eight inches and diameter half an inch. let him fashion about the top a triple flame of gold. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a deed to represent the universe. let his dominus liminis approve thereof. let the philosophus perform the same in such a way that the baculum may be partaker therein. let it when

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

ofter than any earthly moss and more elastic to the tread. on every darker leaf might glow dew-drops of self-strung diamond formed from the carbon dioxide of the air by the action of the 'seed of light. another grotto would be a monochrome of blue, various copper salts being 'planted' everywhere, and growing in incrustations and festoons of every shade of blue from the faintest tinge of coerulean azure and green and grey, in whose abyss would be seen shapes of anemonies, perhaps of such hues as iron oxide, silver chromate, and cupramonium cyanurate. all this floor would in all respects resemble water but for its greater solidity, and floating on it would be giant lilies, great green leaves of emerald with cups of pearl not less than twelve feet in diameter, with corollae of pure gold, so f

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

of reaction may be as overwhelmingly interesting as those which happen to affect us. what unimaginable rapture to be able to observe magnetic fields or molecular movements as directly as we do the ocean and the ant-heap! it is the task of the initiate to adapt himself to the totality of existence, and to develop in himself the means of apprehending it wholly and fully. al i,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" the old comment 14. this verse is a direct translation of the first section of the stele. it conceals a certain secret ritual of the highest rank, connected with the two previous verses. the new comment this is a poetic description of the

e symbol of divinity and royalty. it is also a symbol of hadit, invoked upon them. the new comment for the images in this and the next verse see the stele of revealing, to which they allude. the serpent is the uraeus, with the powers of life and death, wise, ecstatic, immortal; winged and hooded, that he may go as a god swiftly and silently. it refers in this place especially to hadit. al i,19 "o azure-lidded woman, bend upon them" the old comment 19. nuit herself will overshadow them. the new comment these two verses 18, 19, seem to be interpolated by aiwaz, invoking the gods to the beast and the scarlet woman, perhaps as a formal consecration. al i,20: the key of the rituals is in the secret word which i have given unto him. the old comment 20. this word is perhaps abrahadabra, the sacre

ers who are of us. the five pointed star, with a circle in the middle& the circle is red. my colour is black to the blind, but the blue& gold are seen of the seeing. also i have a secret glory for them that love me" the old comment 60. nu= 56 and 5+ 6= 11. the circle in the pentagram? see liber nv. the uninitiated perceive only darkness in night; the wise perceive the golden stars in the vault of azure. concerning that secret glory it is not here fitting to discourse. the new comment the general significance of the number 11 is magick, particularly that form of it which is love under will; for it unites the 5 and the 6. thus abrahadabra has 11 letters; and 418= 11 x 38. this number must be thoroughly studied by the qabalah. see appendix weh note: appendix not yet recovered. in the original

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light-riven, from the lift there shot and fell an admirable miracle. 41 carved minute and clean, a key of purest lapis-lazuli more blue than the blind sky that aches (wreathed with the stars, her torturing snakes, for the dead god's kiss that never wakes; shot with golden specks of fire like a virgin with desire. look, the levers! fern-frail fronds of fantastic diamonds, glimmering with ethereal azure in each exquisite embrasure. on the shaft the letters laced, as if dryads lunar-chaste with the satyrs were embraced, spelled the secret of the key "sic pervenias" and he went his wizard way, inweaving dreams of things beyond believing. when he will, the weary world of the senses closely curled like a serpent round his heart shakes herself and stands apart. so the heart's blood flames, expan

e and sublime that crown of thine (brother) shall glitter in the frosty void of the abyss, its twelve stars filling that silence and solitude with a music and a motion that are more silent and more still than they; thou shalt sit throned on the invisible, thine eyes fixed upon that which we call nothing, because it is beyond everything attainable by thought, or trance, thy right hand gripping the azure rod of light, thy left hand clasped upon the scarlet scourge of death; thy body girdled with a snake more brilliant than the sun, its name eternity; thy mouth curved moonlike in a smile, in the invisible kiss of nuit, our lady of the starry abodes; thy body's electric flesh stilled by sheer might to a movement closed upon itself in the controlled fury of her love- nay, beyond all these image

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matter. and if thou hast experience of the eucharist in both kinds, it shall aid thine imagination herein. 8. let this agony grow until it be insupportable, resisting by will every temptation. not until thine whole body is bathed in sweat, or it may be in sweat of blood, and until a cry of intolerable anguish is forced from thy closed lips, shalt thou proceed. 9. now let a current of light, deep azure flecked with scarlet, pass up and down the spine, striking as it were upon thyself that art coiled at the base as a serpent. let this be exceedingly slow and subtle; and though it be accompanied with pleasure, resist; and though it be accompanied with pain, resist. 10. this shalt thou continue until thou art exhausted, never relaxing the control. until thou canst perform this one section 9 d

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beginning. look in the beneath and thou shalt see a new world! i looked and saw a great abyss and a dark funnel of whirling waters or fixed airs, wherein were cities and monsters and trees and atoms and mountains and little flames (being souls) and all the material of an universe. and all are sucked down one by one, as necessity hath ordained. for below is a glittering jewelled globe of gold and azure, set in a world of stars. and there came a voice from the abyss, saying "thou seest the current of destiny! canst thou change one atom in 8 its path? i am destiny. dost thou think to control me? for who can move my course" and there falleth a thunderbolt therein: a catastrophe of explosion: and all is shattered. and i saw above me a vast arm reach down, dark and terrible, and a voice cried:

est just so much of god as thy capacity affordeth thee. but behold! thou must pierce deeply into this aethyr before true images appear. for tan is that which transformeth 56 judgment into justice. bal is the sword, and tan the balances. a pair of balances appears in the stone, and on the bar of the balance is written: motion about a point is iniquity. and behind the balances is a plume, luminous, azure. and somehow connected with the plume, but i cannot divine how, are these words: breath is iniquity (that is, any wind must stir the feather of truth) and behind the plume is a shining filament of quartz, suspended vertically from the abyss to the abyss. and in the midst is a winged disk of some extremely delicate, translucent substance, on which is written in the "dagger" alphabet: torsion

cup of babalon.this is he that sitteth, a little pile of dry dust, in the city of the pyramids"(refrain (v. iv) until the light of the father of all kindle that death. until the breath touch that dry dust. until the ibis be revealed unto the crab, and the sixfold star become the radiant triangle"(refrain (v. v) blessed is not i, not thou, not he, blessed without name or number who hath taken the azure of night, and 104) crystallized it into a pure sapphire-stone, who hath taken the gold of the sun, and beaten it into an infinite ring, and hath set the sapphire therein, and put it upon his finger"(refrain (v. vi) open wide your gates, o city of god, for i bring no-one with me. sink your swords and your spears in salutation, for the mother and the babe are my companions. let the banquet be

ey of the abyss.19 and this thou shalt find, revolving it in thy mind. 19 these words are probably babalon, c"h"aos, taro. hide therefore thine eyes. and i will set my key in the lock, and open it. yet still let thine eyes be hidden, for thou canst not bear the glory that is within. so, therefore, i covered mine eyes with my hands. yet through my hands could i perceive a little of those bowers of azure flame. and a voice said: it is kindled into fire that was the blue breast of ocean; because this is the bar of heaven, and the feet of the most high are set thereon. now i behold more fully: each tongue of flame, each leaf of flame, each flower of flame, is one of the great love-stories of the world, with all its retinue of "mise-en-sc ne" and now there is a most marvelous rose formed from t

ore are they parallel from the circumference, although they diverge from the centre. in all this is no voice and no motion. and yet it seems that the great snake feedeth upon the plumes of truth as upon itself, so that it contracteth. but ever so little as it contracteth, without it gloweth the golden rim, which is that minute point in the centre. and all this is the sigil of the aethyr, gold and azure and green. yet also these are the severities. it is only in the first three aethyrs that we find the pure 141 essence, for all the other aethyrs are but as malkuth to complete these three triads, as hath before been said. and this being the second reflection, therefore is it the palace of two hundred and eighty judgments. for all these paths21 are in the course of the flaming sword from the

ory and great thank be given unto the holy one, who hath permitted us to come thus far, who hath revealed unto us the ineffable mysteries, that they might be disclosed before men. and we humbly beseech his infinite goodness that he will be pleased to manifest unto us even the mystery of the first aethyr (here followeth the call of the aethyr) the veil of the aethyr is like the veil of night, dark azure, full of countless stars. and because the veil is infinite, at first one seeth not the winged globe of the sun that burneth in the centre thereof. profound peace filleth me- beyond ecstasy, beyond thought, beyond being itself, iaida (this word means "i am, but in a sense entirely beyond being("note- in hebrew letters it adds to 26. in hebrew letters the name of the aethyr is 70, ayin; but by

s crown and purple nemmes, in the latter a silver nemmes should be worn. the practicus' robe is fitted for all rituals involving i i, and for the rites of mercury. in the former case an uraeus crown and green nemmes, in the latter a nemyss of shot silk, should be worn. the philosophus' robe is fitted for all rituals involving o o, and for the rites of venus. in the former case an uraeus crown and azure nemmes, in the latter a green nemmes, should be worn. the dominus liminis' robe is fitted for the infernal rites of sol, which must never be celebrated. the adeptus minor's robe is fitted for the rituals of sol. a golden nemmes may be worn. the adeptus' robe is fitted for the particular workings of the adeptus, and for the postulant at the first gate of the city of the pyramids. the adeptus

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te of all these monsters dead yet animate. i match &c. 326 yesod hail, thou full moon, o flame of amethyst! stupendous mountain on whose shoulders rest the eight above. more stable is my crest than thine- and now i pierce thee, veil of mist! even as an arrow from the war-bow springs i leap- my life is set with loftier things. i match &c. samech (and the crossing of the path of pe) now swift, thou azure shaft of fading fire, pierce through the rainbow! swift, o swift! how streams the world by! let sandalphon and his quire of angels ward me! no! what planet beams this angry ray? thy swords, thy shields, thy spears! thy chariots and thy horsemen, lord! showered spheres of meteors war and blaze; but i am i, horus himself, the torrent of the sky aflame- i sweep the stormy seas of air towards th

rt abyss. i match &c. 328 da th i am insane. my reason tumbles; the tower of my being crumbles. here all is doubt, distress, despair: there is no force in strength or prayer. if pass i may, it is by might of the momentum of my flight. i match &c. gimel (and the crossing of daleth) free from that curse, loosed from that prison; from all that ruin am i risen! pure still, the virgin moon beguiles my azure passage with her smiles. now! o what love divine redeems my death, and bathes it in her beams! what sacring transubstantiates my flesh and blood, and incarnates the quintessential pan? what shore stretches beyond this secret door? hail! o thou sevenfold star of green, thou fourfold glory- all this teen caught up in ecstasy- a boon to pass me singing through the moon! nay! i knew not what glo

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invocation of amon and toum maal t.t.e.g. and q.f.d.r. respectively charge the talisman with enterer sign. in part i, t.t.e.g. will imagine herself throughout as clothed with a violet light and between two mighty pillars, of smoke and flame. a white light must pervade the violet from above. her station is in the place of jupiter. i invoke thee, the terrible and invisible god! i call thee from the azure throne! i raise my voice in the abyss of water! i raise my soul to contemplate thy face! amoun! come unto me! hear me! appear in splendour unto these who worship at thy feet! for who am i before thy face? what is man, that thou art mindful of him; or the son of man that thou visitest him! thou hast made him a little lower than the elohim_ thou hast crowned him with glory and honour! amoun! h

"t.t.e.g" my power is to give strength and health "p" i am the reconciler between you "q.f.d.r" toum maal hath made me to this end "t.t.e.g" amoun hath made me to this end "p" i am the reconciler between you! 195 "q.f.d.r" pain could not dwell before us if we wed "t.t.e.g" death could not come where we are if we wed "p" i am the reconciler between you "q.f.d.r" my robes were blue: where is their azure gone "t.t.e.g" my robes were violet: is their purple past "p" i am the reconciler between you "q.f.d.r" i am the eagle: and my form remains "t.t.e.g" i am the square: and still the square abides "p" i am the reconciler between you["q.f.d.r" and "t.t.e.g" together in grip of 5= 6 over the talisman: we were two: are we not made one "p" i am the reconciler between you! o maker and creator and p

page 222 described "diagram 76. the black calvary cross" this is a large stylized rose in the form of a petaled and divided circle on the point of intersection of a large black calvary cross. the rose is divided into five sections by five radii, one radius straight down. within the five partitions thus created, there are five petaled rings marked with colors. top partition petals, top to center: azure, pink, grey, lt. yellow and white. upper right partition petals, outside to center: purple, indigo, green, lt. azure, blue. lower right partition petals, outside to center: russet, orange, pink, purple, red. lower left partition petals, outside to center: citrine grey, grey, indigo, russet, black. upper left partition petals, outside to center: lemon yellow, green, orange, cit. grey, yellow

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d on scarlet. libra. scarlet on emerald. taurus. greenish blue on orange-red. scorpio. orange-red on greenish blue. gemini. royal blue on orange. sagittarius. orange on royal blue. cancer. indigo on amber. capricorn. amber on indigo. leo. violet on greenish yellow. aquarius. greenish yellow on violet. virgo. crimson on yellow-green. pisces. yelow-green on crimson. spirit. black on white. serpent. azure, with golden scales. border. gold_ pisces_ scorpio_ cancer_ gemini aquarius libra< aries leo sagittarius_ capricorn_ taurus_ virgo_ this is a black and white half tone on clay paper, tipped in. about and beneath the above figure of the creek cross are the interlaced coils of a serpent. this serpent does not pass beneath the spirit square, but circles from head to tail clockwise in a loose se

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esus' heart! a mighty guard of fire are they with sabres turning every way! their eyes are millstones greater than the earth; their mouths run seas of blood. woe be to that accurs d man of whom they are the iniquities! swept in their wrath's avenging flood to black immitigable seas! 24 woe to the seeker who shall fail to rend that vexful virgin veil! fashion thyself by austere craft into a single azure shaft loosed from the string of will; behold the rainbow! thou art shot, pure flame, past the reverberated name into the hall of death. therein the rosy cross is subtly seen. olympas. is that a vision, then? marsyas. it is. olympas. tell me thereof! marsyas. o not of this! of all the flowers in god's field we name not this. our lips are sealed in that the universal key lieth within its myste

me in a single robe, crowned richly! girdle of the globe, i love thee! pale and purple, veiled, voluptuous, swan silver-sailed, i love thee. i am drunkness of the inmost sense; my soul's caress is toward thee! let my priestess stand bare and rejoicing, softly fanned by smooth-lipped acolytes, upon mine iridescent altar-stone, and in her love-chaunt swooningly say evermore: to me! to me! i am the azure-lidded daughter of sunset; the all-girdling water; the naked brilliance of the sky in the voluptuous night am i! with song, with jewel, with perfume, wake all my rose's blush and bloom! drink to me! love me! i love thee, my love, my lord_ to me! to me! olympas. there is no harshness in the breath of this_ is life surpassed, and death? marsyas. there is the snake that gives delight 48 and kno

eye fixes itself upon a tree, bent by the wind into an harmonious curve; in some seconds that which in the brain of a poet would only be a very natural comparison becomes in yours a reality. at first you lend to the tree your passions, your desire, or your melancholy; its creakings and oscillations become yours, and soon you are the tree. in the same way with the bird which hovers in the abyss of azure: at first it represents symbolically your own immortal longing to float above things human; but soon you are the bird itself. suppose, again, you are seated smoking; your attention will rest a little too long upon the bluish clouds which breathe forth from your pipe; the idea of a slow, continuous, eternal evaporation will possess itself of 82 your spirit, and you will soon apply this idea t

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s crown and purple nemmes, in the latter a silver nemmes should be worn. the practicus' robe is fitted for all rituals involving i i, and for the rites of mercury. in the former case an uraeus crown and green nemmes, in the latter a nemyss of shot silk, should be worn. the philosophus' robe is fitted for all rituals involving o o, and for the rites of venus. in the former case an uraeus crown and azure nemmes, in the latter a green nemmes, should be worn. the dominus liminis' robe is fitted for the infernal rites of sol, which must never be celebrated. the adeptus minor's robe is fitted for the rituals of sol. a golden nemmes may be worn. the adeptus' robe is fitted for the particular workings of the adeptus, and for the postulant at the first gate of the city of the pyramids. the adeptus

piece of silver and fashion therefrom a cup. the height shall be 8 inches, and the diameter 3 inches. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a number to represent the universe. let his philosophus approve thereof. let the practicus engrave the same upon his cup with his own hand and instrument. let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of azure blue "the baculum" let the philosophus take a rod of copper, of length eight inches and diameter half an inch. let him fashion about the top a triple flame of gold. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a deed to represent the universe. let his dominus liminis approve thereof. let the philosophus perform the same in such a way that the baculum may be partaker therein. 18 let it wh

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s crown and purple nemmes, in the latter a silver nemmes should be worn. the practicus' robe is fitted for all rituals involving i i, and for the rites of mercury. in the former case an uraeus crown and green nemmes, in the latter a nemyss of shot silk, should be worn. the philosophus' robe is fitted for all rituals involving o o, and for the rites of venus. in the former case an uraeus crown and azure nemmes, in the latter a green nemmes, should be worn. the dominus liminis' robe is fitted for the infernal rites of sol, which must never be celebrated. the adeptus minor's robe is fitted for the rituals of sol. a golden nemmes may be worn. the adeptus' robe is fitted for the particular workings of the adeptus, and for the postulant at the first gate of the city of the pyramids. the adeptus

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love you. laylah. i am a speck of dust in the simoom. rinaldo. let it whirl! there is no more christian and saracen, but man and woman- as it was in the beginning and for ever shall be "he has borne her in his arms to the tall grasses. she struggles uselessly. they are now invisible" laylah. help me, o god of battles! rinaldo. god is love["music. from the well issues a nymph dressed in silver and azure gauze, with jewels and roses in her hair. after her a cluster of children] 79 the nymph["sings] in the well where i dwell, it is cool, it is dusk; but the truth of my youth is a palace of musk. truth comes bubbling to my brim; light and night are one to him! in the dark you may mark the slow ooze of my springs, but you know not the glow where the soul of me sings. truth comes bubbling to my

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ight of life shines in; the warmth inspires. the lords on-looking see the work commence. the fourfold one becomes the seven. the chant of those who flame rises to all creation. the moment of achievement is attained. proceedeth the work anew. creation moveth on its way, while waxeth the light within the cavern. stanza vii riseth the cave of beauty rare, of colour iridescent. shineth the walls with azure tint, bathed in the light of rose. the blending shade of blue irradiates the whole and all is merged in gleaming. within the cave of iridescent colour, within its arching circle, standeth the fivefold one demanding further light. he struggleth for expansion, he wrestleth towards the day. the five demand the greater sixth and seventh. the surrounding beauty meeteth not the need. the inner war

BELL CHRISTOPHER PAUL TSIU MARPO THE CAREER OF A TIBETAN PROTECTOR DEITY

the enemy [3] the bitch marnak trakmikma (dmar nag khrag mig ma "dark red blood-eyed woman" gathers clouds of poisonous vapors. her iron teeth and claws are sharp like weapons. she steals the life-force of the enemy and gulps down the life-force of the vow-violator. she follows the serpentine might demon and cuts the lifeline of the enemy [4] the bitch marmo tingmikma (dmar mo mthing mig ma "red azure-eyed woman" opens her mouth, bares her fangs, and vomits warm blood. she catches the smell of blood from afar. she catches the breath of the enemy and gulps down the warm blood of his heart. she is the follower of the red knife might demon and drinks the enemy s blood [5] the bitch marmo zimikma (dmar mo gzi mig ma "red bright onyx-eyed woman" opens her mouth and shouts in the ten directions

l of diseases is bound to her neck. she who catches the breath of the enemy in the evening gives infectious diseases to the vow-violator, the enemy. she who is the follower of the black obstacle might demon. run [run! now run] now run great iron she-wolf [314] be incited [and] give infectious diseases to the enemy! descend at the time of radiant iron wolf! 428 "dark red blood-eyed woman" 429 "red azure-eyed woman" 430 the tibetan is actually more ambiguous concerning the distance. the word translated as six miles is dpag tshad, which is variously translated as an unspecified distance, a league, a mile, or about six miles. this suggests that a specific distance is not important, that the author is simply trying to convey the extreme acuteness of this deity s sense of smell. 431 three small

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rceptive powers, and is ever present before its mind's eye. it is this soul-voice, perhaps, which tells those who believe in tradition more than in written history, that what is said below is all true, and relates to pre-historic facts. this is what is written in one passage "the kings of light have departed in wrath. the sins of men have become so black that earth quivers in her great agony. the azure seats remain empty. who of the brown, who of the red, or yet among the black (races, can sit in the seats of the blessed, the seats of knowledge and mercy! who can assume the flower of power, the plant of the golden stem and the azure blossom[[footnote(s* this may account for the similarity of the artificial mounds in the u. s. of america, and the tumuli in norway. it is this identity that l

does not conflict with that other fact that the secret doctrine of the land which was the cradle of physical man, and of the fifth race, had found its way into the so-called new world ages and ages before the "sacred doctrine" of buddhism[[vol. 2, page] 425 the oldest records about atlantis. the "kings of light" is the name given in all old records to the sovereigns of the divine dynasties. the "azure seats" are translated "celestial thrones" in certain documents. the "flower of power" is now the lotus; what it may have been at that period, who can tell. the writer proceeds, like the later jeremiah, to bewail the fate of his people. they had become bereft of their "azure (celestial) kings, and "they of the deva hue" the moon-like complexion, and "they of the refulgent (golden) face" have

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sevens are given to four genii that preside over the four cardinal points (in chinese buddhism and esotericism the genii are represented by four dragons- the "maharajahs" of the stanzas "the seven northern constellations make up the black warrior; the seven eastern (chinese autumn) constitute the white tiger; the seven southern are the vermilion bird; and the seven western (called vernal) are the azure dragon. each of these four spirits presides over its heptanomis during one lunar week. the genetive of the first heptanomis (typhon of the seven stars) now took a lunar character. in this phase we find the goddess sefekh, whose name signifies number 7, is the feminine word, or logos in place of the mother of time, who was the earlier word, as goddess of the seven stars("typology of time" vol

the chinese, the black warrior, white tiger, ver[[footnote(s* for the same reason the division of the principles in man into seven are thus reckoned, as they describe the same circle in the human higher and lower nature* thus the septenary division is the oldest and preceded the four-fold division. it is the root of archaic classification[[vol. 1, page] 409 dragon and crocodile. milion bird, and azure dragon, is called in the secret books- the "four hidden dragons of wisdom" and the "celestial nagas" now, as shown, the seven-headed or septenary dragon-logos had been in course of time split up, so to speak, into four heptanomic parts or twenty-eight portions. each lunar week has a distinct occult character in the lunar month; each day of the twenty-eight has its special characteristics; as

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

hache; insomnia; convulsions. emerald (green: eye diseases (a traditional eyewash was made by simply steeping an emerald in water; general healing. garnet (red: anaemia; blood diseases. jade (green: kidney diseases; stomach pains; blood purifier; muscle strengthener; urinary problems; eye diseases (eyewash, as with emerald. jasper (yellow; green: stomach problems; nervousness. lapis (deep blue to azure; violet-blue; green-blue) lapis lazuli; lapis linguis: eye problems; helps attune to higher spiritual vibrations; vitality; strength. lapis ligur-ius: cholera; rheumatism. moonstone (light blue; resembles opal "watery" disturbances; dropsy; gives strength. opal (red to yellow; black; dark green: heart; eyes; bubonic plague(i; gives protection and harmony. pearl (white: soothing; dissipates a

CHYMICAL WEDDING OF CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ

hardly have been so weighty. now as i was diligently viewing it, i found a little seal, on which a curious cross with this inscription, in hoc signo vinces, was engraved. o page 2 now as soon as i espied this sign i was the more comforted, as not being ignorant that such a seal was little acceptable, and much less useful, to the devil. whereupon i tenderly opened the letter, and within it, in an azure field, in golden letters, found the following verses written. this day, today is the royal wedding day. for this thou wast born and chosen of god for joy thou mayest go to the mountain whereon three temples stand, and see there this affair. keep watch inspect thyself and shouldst thou not bathe thoroughly the wedding may work thy bane. bane comes to him who faileth here let him beware who is

COLLIER IRENE CHINESE MYTHOLOGY

emperors.2 although most gods were male, nuwa is a very powerful female goddess in early mythology. she creates mankind and is responsible for repairing the earth. 24 the world was indeed a sparkling jewel. sturdy pine trees dotted the mountains, and weeping willows lined the streams. apple, quince, and plum blossoms burst into bloom and later yielded ripe, heavy fruit. birds flitted about in the azure sky, leaving their black, crimson, and iridescent green feathers drifting in the wind. silverfish and carp splashed gleefully in the waterways. fierce beasts like tigers and gentle creatures like deer roamed with equal abandon across the rocky hills. nuwa, a goddess, stumbled accidentally upon this vibrant world during her travels. the earth was humming and teeming with life. she marveled at

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

sy. gluttony. tyranny. correspondence in the microcosm: the left arm. symbols: the solid figure- tetrahedron. pyramid. equal armed cross. orb. wand. sceptre. crook. tarot cards: the four f ours. four of wands: perfected work. four of cups: pleasure. four of swords: rest from strife. four of pentacles: earthly power. colour in atziluth: violet. deep briah: blue. yetzirah: deep purple. assiah: deep azure, flecked yellow. i 1. between the three supernals and the next pair of balancing sephiroth upon the tree there is a great gulf fixed [page 162] which is called by mystics the abyss. the next six sephiroth, chesed, geburah, tiphareth, netzach, hod, and yesod, constitute what qabalists call microprosopos, the mystical qabala page 110 lesser countenance, adam kadmon, the king. the queen, the br

ce. vice: idleness. correspondence in the microcosm: reproductive organs. symbols: the perfumes and sandals. mystical qabala page 172 tarot cards: the four nines. nine of wands: great strength. nine of cups: material happiness. nine of swords: despair and cruelty. nine of pentacles: material gain. colour in atziluth: indigo. briah: violet. yetzirah: very dark purple. assiah: citrine, flecked with azure. i i. the study of the symbolism of yesod reveals two apparently incongruous sets of symbols. upon the one hand [page 252] we have the conception of yesod as the foundation of the universe, established in strength; this is indicated by the recurrence of the idea of strength, as in the magical image of a beautiful naked man, very strong, the god-name of shaddai, almighty, the kerubim, the str

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

ns of pe and nekhen (5) exalt him, the apes of dawn adore him, and all beasts and cattle praise (6) him with one accord. the goddess seba overthroweth thine enemies, therefore rejoice (7) within thy boat; and thy mariners are content thereat. thou hast arrived in the atet boat, and thy heart swelleth with joy. o lord of the gods, when thou (8) dost create them, they ascribe praises unto thee. the azure goddess nut doth compass thee on every side, and the god nu floodeth thee with his rays of light (9) o cast thou thy light upon me and let me see thy beauties, me, the (10) osiris qenna the merchant, triumphant! when thou goest forth over the earth i will sing praises unto thy fair (11) face. thou risest in the horizon of heaven, and [thy] disk is adored [when] it resteth upon the mountain t

ta-her-seta-nef;[4] he toweth along the earth in triumph in his name seker.[6] he is (7) exceeding mighty and most terrible in his name osiris. he endureth for ever and for ever in his name un-nefer.[6 (8) homage to thee, king of kings, lord of lords, prince of princes, who from the womb of nut hast possessed the world (9) and hast ruled all lands and akert.[7] thy body is of gold, thy head is of azure, and emerald light encircleth thee. o an[8] of millions of years (10) all-pervading with thy body and [1. the name tettet or tattu was borne by two towns in lower egypt: busiris, the metropolis of the 9th nome, and mendes, the metropolis of the 16th nome. see brugsch, dict. g og, p. 978, and de roug, g ographie ancienne de la basse gypte, p. 58. 2. both busiris and abydos claimed to be the r

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

ical practice. sources: bracelin, jack l. gerald gardner: witch. london: octagon press, 1960. valiente, doreen. the abc of witchcraft past and present. new york: st. martin s press, 1973. athanor according to philostratus in his life of apollonius, athanor is an occult hill surrounded by mist except on the southern side, which is clear. it has a well, which is four paces in breadth, from which an azure vapor ascends, which is drawn up by the warm sun. the bottom of the well is covered with red arsenic. near it is a basin filled with fire from which rises a livid flame, odorless and smokeless, and never higher or lower than the edge of the basin. also there are two black stone reservoirs, in one of which the wind is kept, and in the other the rain. in extreme drought the rain cistern is ope

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d his little boy in the sitting room of the jewel house. swifte stated: i had offered a glass of wine and water to my wife when, on putting it to her lips, she exclaimed, good god! what is that? i looked up and saw a cylindrical figure like a glass tube, seemingly about the thickness of my arm, and hovering between the ceiling and the table; its contents appeared to be dense fluid, white and pale azure. this lasted about two minutes, when it began to move before my sister-in-law; then, following the oblong side of the table, before my son and myself, passing behind my wife, it paused for a moment over her right shoulder. instantly crouching down, and with both hands covering her shoulder she shrieked out, o christ! it has seized me! it was ascertained that no optical action from the outsid

FAUST

each right hand, around their loins a bulging band, apron of twigs and leaves uncouth; such guards the pope has not, in truth. nymphs in chorus [surrounding great pan. he s really here- of this world-sphere the all we fete in pan the great. ye gayest ones, surround him here, dance madly, hov ring round him here, for since he s solemn and yet kind, man s happiness he has in mind. even beneath the azure, vaulted roof he ever kept slumber far aloof; yet purling brooks seek him in quest and soft airs cradle him to rest. and when he sleeps at mid of day, no leaflet stirs upon its spray; health-giving plants with balsam rare pervade the still and silent air. then may the nymph in joy not leap and where she stood, she falls asleep. but when at unexpected hour, his voice is heard in all its power

fair and great now he wakes, divine life has crowned him. doctor marianus [in the highest, purest cell. here is the outlook free, the soul uplifting. women i yonder see, heavenward drifting, and glorious, midway seen, star-crowned, yet tender, heaven s own lofty queen! it is her splendour. enraptured. highest mistress of the world, let me, of thy pleasure, see thy mystery unfurled in the vaulted azure. look with grace on what doth move human hearts to greet thee and with holy bliss of love bears them up to meet thee. all invincible we feel when supreme thou willest, swiftly tempered is our zeal when its glow thou stillest. virgin, pure in fairest sense, mother sweet, supernal, chosen queen of our defence, peer of gods eternal! little clouds circle around her splendour: penitent women, of

FRATER ELIJAH ANGELS OF CHAOS

hoor-paar-kraat. 42: let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. so with thy all, thou hast no right but to do thy will. 8: the khabs is in the khu, not the khu in the khabs. 13: i am above you and in you. my ecstasy is yours. my joy is to see your joy. 4: every number is infinite; there is no difference (76/2=38)38: he must teach, but he may make severe the ordeals (76/4=19 prime)19: o azure lidden woman, bend upon them (11*7=(77=(76+1) and (2^2)*19=76 in it's prime factorization (by the fundamental theorem of arithmetic. ii (liber al) 6: i am the flame that burns in every heart of man and in the core of every star. i am life, and the giver of life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death (daath) 7: i am the magician and the exorcist. i am the axle of the whe

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

gns of the zodiac, etc. christian, the disciple of levi, in his recent work on magic, has made the explanation of the twenty-two hieroglyphics of the tarot form part of the initiatory ceremonies of the egyptian mysteries of crata repoa. the symbols of three of the twenty-two trumps of the tarot were thus restored by eliphas levi.7. the chariot.a cubical chariot with four columns, surmounted by an azure and star-decked canopy. within the chariot and between the four columns stands a conqueror crowned with a circlet, from which rise and shine three pentagrams of gold. on his cuirass are three right angles; and on his shoulders the urim and thummim symbolised by the two crescents of the moon in increase and decrease. in his hand is a sceptre surmounted by a globe, a square, and a triangle. hi

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS U7

d black& crimson= dull dark brown grey flecked pink 4. deep violet blue deep purple deep orange flecked yellow 5. orange scarlet red bright scarlet red flecked black 6. clear rose pink yellow (gold) rich salmon golden amber 7. amber emerald green bright yellow green olive flecked golden 8. violet purple orange red russet yellow brown flecked white 9. indigo violet very dark purple citrine flecked azure 10. yellow citrine, olive, russet, black tertiaries flecked glowing gold black rayed yellow 11. bright pale yellow sky blue blue green emerald green flecked golden 12. yellow purple grey indigo rayed violet 13. blue silvery white very cold pale blue silver rayed sky blue 14. emerald green sky blue early spring green cerise rayed pale green 15. scarlet red brilliant flame glowing red 16. deep

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

space. imagine your spine to be a l ingam, the phal lus of osiris, a receptacle of infini te energy. step 4. concentrate to the brink of samadhi. be conscious of both brain and spine. imagine a hunger of one for the other. imagine this hunger to be increasing. continue to increase this tension as long as you can. step 5. imagine a current of light about the width of a fine hair, the color of deep azure flecked with scarlet, pass up and down your spine. step 6. release the tension. relax. imagine your body as completely empty. review the exercise that you have just finished and consider its implications. record the results in your magical diary. notes on step 1. it is very important to be comfortable. the exact mudra or position you assume is up to you. the reason for hands and feet togethe

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

o life, in the cool, old bower at the hour of sunset. the shadows on the sun-dial becomewith every moment thicker, and animate nature awakens busier than ever in the cooler hours of approachingnight. birds and insects chirrup and buzz their last evening hymns around the tall and still powerful form, asit paces slowly and wearily along the gravel walk. and now its heavy gaze falls wistfully on the azure bosomof the tranquil sea. the gulf sparkles like a gem-studded carpet of blue-velvet in the farewell dancingsunbeams, and smiles like a thoughtless, drowsy child, weary of tossing about. further on, calm and serene inits perfidious beauty, the open sea stretches far and wide the smooth mirror of its cool waters- salt andbitter as human tears. it lies in its treacherous repose like a gorgeous

e boy finishedhis mantram, the aged rishi plunged his knife into the breast of sunahsepha. but, oh! the miracle of it! at that very moment indra, the god of the blue vault (the universe) issued fromthe heavens and descended right into the midst of the ceremony. enveloping the pyre and the victim in a thickblue mist, he loosed the ropes which held the youth captive. it seemed as if a corner of the azure heavens hadlowered itself over the spot, illuminating the whole country and colouring with a golden blue the wholescene. filled with terror, the crowd, and even the rishi himself, fell on their faces, half dead with fear. when they came to themselves, the mist had disappeared and a complete change of scene had been wrought. the fires of the funeral pyre had rekindled of themselves, and stret

part from the altar, also lying stretched out, but on a bed of lotuses, peacefully sleptsunahsepha; and in the place on his breast where the knife had descended was seen to bloom a beautiful bluelotus. the pushkara lake, itself, covered a moment before with white lotuses, whose petals shone in the sunlike silver cups full of amrita's waters [the elixir which confers immortality, now reflected the azure of theheavens- the white lotuses had become blue. then like to the sound of the vina [a species of the lute. an instrument, the invention of which is attributedto shiva] rising to the air from the depth of the waters, was heard a melodious voice which uttered thesewords and this curse "a prince who does not know how to die for his subjects is not worthy to reign over the children of the sun

HP LOVECRAFT THE WHITE SHIP

f the cities as blissful gods view them from the distant peaks. fairest of all is the palace of the great monarch dorieb, whom some say to be a demi-god and others a god. high is the palace of dorieb, and many are the turrets of marble upon its walls. in its wide halls many multitudes assemble, and here hang the trophies of the ages. and the roof is of pure gold, set upon tall pillars of ruby and azure, and having such carven figures of gods and heroes that he who looks up to those heights seems to gaze upon the living olympus. and the floor of the palace is of glass, under which flow the cunningly lighted waters of the narg, gay with gaudy fish not known beyond the bounds of lovely cathuria. thus would i speak to myself of cathuria, but ever would the bearded man warn me to turn back to t

light had failed for the first time since my grandfather had assumed its care. and in the later watches of the night, when i went within the tower, i saw on the wall a calendar which still remained as when i had left it at the hour i sailed away. with the dawn i descended the tower and looked for wreckage upon the rocks, but what i found was only this: a strange dead bird whose hue was as of the azure sky, and a single shattered spar, of a whiteness greater than that of the wave-tips or of the mountain snow. and thereafter the ocean told me its secrets no more; and though many times since has the moon shone full and high in the heavens, the white ship from the south came never again. 1998-1999 william johns last modified: 12/18/1999 18:4618through the gates of the silver key by h.p. lovec

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early royalty could have maintained. however, in earlier moments, as is still true today, an occasional "freak" was born. he may have been frightened by unusual "sensations" his modern eyes detected. and he probably remained silent most of the time rather than admit to such an undesirable abnormality. but if one waits long enough, the rest of the world catches up. pumpkin yellow, passionate pink, azure blue and psychedelic green have now left the poets, the dreamers and the schizoids and have turned on the bourgeoisie. cavemen angels from way back in b.c, who had experienced extra sensory perception, now sigh in relief at their own vindication, and straighten their persimmon-tinted halos! it has only been in the last hundred years or so that the aware and hungry eye was given the chemical

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

r the sake of the inexpressibly sublime things which it symbolised. although so mean in itself, and although so far off, this implied the beginning of all sublunary things. the bees of charlemagne, the bees of the empire in france, are scarabs, or figures of the same affinity as the bourbon lilies. they deduce from a common ancestor. now, the colour heraldic on which they are always emblazoned is azure, or blue which is the colour of the sea, which is salt. in an anagram it may be expressed as c. following on this allusion, we may say that ventre-saintgris! is a very ancient french barbarous expletive, or oath. literally (which, in the occult sense, is always obscurely, it is the sacred blue (or gray) womb, which is absurd. strange myths. 41 now, the reference and the meaning of this we wi

mounted with fleurs-de-lis. at p. 332, fig. 211, the assyrian helmet is surmounted with a fleur-de-lis; at p. 334, fig. 217, the head-dress of the figure in the assyrian standard has a fleur-de-lis; at p. 340, fig. 245, the bronze resembles a fleur-de-lis; at p. 350, fig. 254, an egyptian example of the god nilus, as on the thrones of pharaoh- necho, exhibits the fleur-de-lis. vert, or green, and azure, or blue (feminine tinctures, are the colours on which respectively the golden bees, or the silver lisses, are emblazoned. the egyptian scarab i are frequently cut in stone, generally in green-coloured basalt, the scarab us. 45 or verdantique. some have hieroglyphics on them, which are more rare; others are quite plain. in the tombs of thebes, belzoni found scarab ei with human heads. there

sword of solomon, or gladius of saint michael the archangel (with the celebrated seal of solomon, he solomon thegenii) it is tehmost potentcabalistic, or talismanic, sign. linea viridis seu benedicata viriditas: mastered y. 1. violet (red and blue) most refrangible ray. sanguine. sardonyx. dragon s tail. w. 2. indigo (opaque blue) purpure amethyst) mercury. matter qualified by light. u. 3. blue (azure) sapphire. jupiter. o. 4. green (yellow and blue) vert emerald venus. i. 5. yellow or topaz gold sol. e. 6. orange (red and yellow) tawny tenne jacynth dragon s head. a. 7. red least refrangible ray gules ruby mars) dragon s head. vowels. matter coagulate (as the sea. pure elemental matter (as the sky. living forms in matter (disclosed in light. fixed and stationary natural forms, and their

ationale of the tricolor, or the three united,national, successive colours of france. teraphim. seraphim. cherubim. 1. fire. gaulois. represented by vertical lines, as indicative of the aspiring rays of this noblest and most active element. salique, or salic, from thesalii, or priests ofmars. red. in heraldry, there are only two chief colours: red (gules, or the princedom of this world; and blue (azure, or the queendom of thisworld* 2. illumination. light: synthesis of colours. it is magic, or sacred, because it stands for the third person of the triune. it is the colour of the bourbons. it also supplies the field, or ground-colour, to the emblazonment of the order of the saint-esprit, or of the h.g. it also refers mystically to revelation, and tosaint john. white 3. it stands for the grea

hether of the sea or of the air. this colour is assigned to the blessed lady, or notre dame de paris. in heathen representations of theruling feminine principle, it stands for the virgin of thesea. blue also, in regard to the heraldicmetals, sol is the sun, the procreative or producing power (gold; and luna, the moon, astarte( receptive, or female power, is the metal argent (or silver* the colour azure, or blue,mystically signifies the deep, or the world usurped, or won, out of chaos (chronos, saturn, or time; and it is represented by the planet jupiter (zeus, as lord of theworlds* these are the two chiefmetals of the alchemists, and the two chief mystic symbols of the rosicrucians red is blazoned by the old priestly heralds, or augurs, by the name of the planet mars vert (or verd, and arg

name-giver, the sun. on monday, pearls and white stones (but not diamonds) are to be worn, because this is the day of the moon, or of the second power in nature. tuesday, which is the day of mars, claims rubies, and all stones of a fiery lustre. wednesday is the day for turquoises, sapphires, and all precious stones which seem to reflect the blue of the vault of heaven, and that imply the lucent azure of the supposed spiritual atmosphere, wherein, or under which, the rosicrucian sylphs dwell those elementary children who, according to the cabalistic theogony, are always striving for intercourse with the race of adam, seeking a share of his particular privilege of immortality, which has been denied to them. thursday demands amethysts and deep-coloured stones of sanguine tint, because thurs

ythic figures which have a rosicrucian expression. in the spandrels of the arches of the long church, besides the beaus ant, which is repeated in many places, there are the armorial figures following: argent, on a cross gules, the agnus dei, or paschal lamb, or; gules, the agnus dei, displaying over the right shoulder the standard of the temple; or, a banner, triple cloven, bearing a cross gules; azure, a cross prolonged, potent, issuant out of the crescent moon argent, horns upwards; on either side of the cross, a star or. this latter figure signifies the virgin mary, and displays the cross as rising like the pole, or mast of a ship (argha, out of the midst of the crescent moon, or navis biprora, curved at both ends; azure, sem e of estoiles or. the staff of the grand master of the templa

KETAB E SIYAH

ng those prior with yet further cruel ingenuity. chief of all these braggarts was moloch, telling heaven's hosts with a leering cry of the two and twenty hundred humiliations he devised to wreak upon their bright-mailed warriors and which or other part the crows would so enjoy. now the sun, passing the post of noon, did continue on its path, descending from the sky into the western reaches of the azure vault 173 without hope of the confrontation's resolution. even as day's embers died, to seek new advance, my strength recalled new sorceries did i now work. once more with magicks of no little power did i effect the transformation of my form as once i had done before the gates of heaven to match and best the elohim-king in war and that fatal contention that i had won but at so dear a cost to

fame of that great state and, as had princes before him, became jealous of that city. proud lamech resolved in his heart that by his hand would the shining walls of shurupuk be cast down and by his torch would her towers burn. thus arrayed in the hides of lion and battle-dress, ash-shafted spear in his hand and shield upon his arm, painted bright with the ensign of his line, the six-pointed star, azure upon argent, did he convoke his thegns before him. addressing them with a thunderous voice he proclaimed his new destiny and purpose "i am lamech, mighty in battle, 216 as was cruel methuselah before me by whose blood i am descended from original man. hear then the decree of lamech, your king, who seeks new glories and new booties, richer than any spoils before. bright in runes of flame shal

e and so must you do if you are indeed his allegiant slave. speak then these words with me and let this cataclysm begin" so stood michael and noah at the prow of that constructed in the desert, the vessel of heaven's wrongful purpose. from the dawn unto the dusk they sang discordantly the syllables that convoked the waters of heaven and earth. as that remorseless bore on and the sun traversed the azure dome upon its appointed path unto the west the sky became black with clouds and all was in shadow on the land. now shrieked the wind amongst the trees, tearing from them leaves and wood and everywhere both man and beast sought shelter from the coming rains. as the sun descended to die once more in the western sky it was seen not save for the crimson staining of the fatal clouds. and the rain

khu in the khabs. 9. worship then the khabs, and behold my light shed over you! 10. let my servants be few& secret: they shall rule the many& the known. 11. these are fools that men adore; both their gods& their 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 glor

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 brows, o splendrous serpent! 19. o azure-lidded woman, bend upon them! 20. the key of the rituals is in the secret word which i have given unto him. 415 21. with the god& the adorer i am nothing: they do not see me. they are as upon the earth; i am heaven, and there is no other god than me, and my lord hadit. 22. now, therefore, i am known to ye by my name nuit, and to him by a secret name which i will give him when at last he know

LIBER 777

nd black (quartered) 31 bis. all 22 trumps white, merging grey table of correspondences 6 xvi* the queen scale of colour (h. xvii* the emperor scale of colour (v. xviii* the empress scale of colour. 0. 1 white brilliance white brilliance white flecked gold 2 grey blue pearl grey, like mother-of pearl white, flecked red, blue, and yellow 3 black dark brown grey flecked pink 4 blue deep purple deep azure flecked yellow 5 scarlet red bright scarlet red flecked black 6 yellow (gold) rich salmon gold amber 7 emerald bright yellow green olive flecked gold 8 orange red-russet yellow-brown flecked white 9 violet very dark purple citrine flecked azure 1010 citrine, olive, russet, and black* as queen scale, but flecked with gold black rayed yellow 11 sky blue blue emerald green emerald flecked gold

enish brown 19 deep purple grey reddish amber 20 slate grey green grey plum colour 21 blue rich purple bright blue rayed yellow 22 blue deep blue-green pale green 23 sea-green deep olive-green white flecked purple 24 dull brown very dark brown livid indigo brown (like a black beetle) 25 yellow green dark vivid blue 26 black blue black cold dark grey near black 27 red venetian red bright red rayed azure or orange 28 sky blue blueish mauve white tinged purple 29 buff, flecked silver-white light translucent pinksh brown stone colour 30 gold yellow rich amber amber rayed red 31 vermillion scarlet, flecked gold vermillion flecked crimson& emerald 32 black blue black black rayed blue 32 bis amber dark brown black and yellow 31 bis deep purple (near black) the 7 prismatic colours, the violet bein

LIBER A

silver, and fashion therefrom a cup. the height shall be eight inches, and the diameter three inches. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a number to represent the universe. let his philosophus approve thereof. let the practicus engrave the same upon his cup with his own hand and instrument. let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of azure blue. the baculum. let the philosophus take a rod of copper, of length eight inches and diameter half an inch. let him fashion about the top a triple flame of gold. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a deed to represent the universe. let his dominus liminis approve thereof. let the philosophus perform the same in such a way that the baculum may be partaker therein. let it when

LIBER CCXLII AHA

mighty guard of fire are they with sabres turning every way! their eyes are millstones greater than the earth; their mouths run seas of blood. liber ccxlii 10 woe be to that accursed man of whom they are the iniquities! swept in their wrath fs avenging flood to black immitigable seas! woe to the seeker who shall fail to rend that vexful virgin veil! fashion thyself by austere craft into a single azure shaft loosed from the string of will; behold the rainbow! thou art shot, pure flame, past the reverberated name into the hall of death. therein the rosy cross is subtly seen. olympas. is that a vision, then? marsyas. it is. olympas. tell me thereof! marsyas. o not of this! of all the flowers in god fs field we name not this. our lips are sealed in that the universal key lieth within its myst

me in a single robe, crowned richly! girdle of the globe, i love thee! pale and purple, veiled, voluptuous, swan silver-sailed, i love thee. i am drunkness of the inmost sense; my soul.s caress is toward thee! let my priestess stand bare and rejoicing, softly fanned by smooth-lipped acolytes, upon mine iridescent altar-stone, and in her love-chaunt swooningly say evermore: to me! to me! i am the azure-lidded daughter of sunset; the all-girdling water; the naked brilliance of the sky in the voluptuous night am i! with song, with jewel, with perfume, wake all my rose fs blush and bloom! drink to me! love me! i love thee, my love, my lord.to me! to me! olympas. there is no harshness in the breath liber ccxlii 32 of this.is life surpassed, and death? marsyas. there is the snake that gives del

LIBER CXLVIII SOLDIER AND THE HUNCHBACK

le and sublime that crown of thine (brother) shall glitter in the frosty void of the abyss, its twelve stars filling that silence and solitude with a music and a motion that are more silent and invisible than they; thou shalt sit throned on the invisible, thine eyes fixed upon that which we call nothing, because it is beyond everything attainable by thought, or trance, thy right hand gripping the azure rod of light, thy left hand clasped upon the scarlet scourge of death; thy body girdled with a snake more brilliant than the sun, its name eternity; thy mouth curved moonlike in a smile, in the invisible kiss of nuit, our lady of the starry abodes; the body fs electric flesh stilled by 1 [hebrews, xii, 6] the soldier and the hunchback 19 sheer might to a movement closed upon itself in the co

LIBER CXX

nuit! bid me within thine house to dwell, o winged snake of light, hadit! abide with me, ra-hoor-khuit (followeth the mystical dance as taught in secret: or let the magus trace 11 circles around the room, traveling against the course of the sun, for that is in effect he that is still, the earth revolving (let the hymn be sung, or the mantra recited. but ere he end, let him sing "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 (then he cometh to the east of the throne of ra and crieth "unity uttermost showed! i adore the might of thy breath, supreme and terrible god, who makest the gods and death to tremble before thee- i- i adore thee (prostrating himself to th

LIBER HHH

matter. and if thou hast experience of the eucharist in both kinds,12 it shall aid thine imagination herein. 8. let this agony grow until it be insupportable, resisting by will every temptation. not until thine whole body is bathed in sweat, or it may be in sweat of blood, and until a cry of intolerable anguish is forced from thy closed lip, shalt thou proceed. 9. now let a current of light, deep azure flecked with scarlet, pass up and down the spine, striking as it were upon thyself that art coiled at the base as a serpent. let this be exceeding slow and subtle; and though it be accompanied with pleasure, resist; and though it be accompanied with pain, resist. 10. this shalt thou continue until thou art exhausted, never relaxing the control. until thou canst perform this one section 9 dur

LIBER NU

uction of v.v.v.v.v) 0. first let the aspirant learn in his heart the first chapter of the book of the law (instruction of v.v.v.v.v) 1. worship, i.e, identify thyself with, the khabs, the secret light within the heart. within this, again, unextended is hadit. this is the first practice of meditation (ccxx. i. 6 and 21. 2. adore and understand the rim of the stele of revealing. gabove, the gemmed azure is the naked splendour of nuit; she bends in ecstasy to kiss the secret ardours of hadit. h this is the first practice of intelligence (ccxx. i. 14. 3. avoid any act of choice or discrimination. this is the first practice of ethics (ccxx. i. 22. 4. consider of six and fifty that 50 6= 0.12. 0 the circumference, nuit. the centre, hadit. 1 the unity proceeding, ra-hoor-khuit. 2 the world of il

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ative signs of the zodiac. the six gods are jupiter, vulcan, apollo, mars, neptune, and mercury; the six goddesses are juno, ceres, vesta, minerva, venus, and diana. jupiter rides his eagle as the symbol of his sovereignty over the world, and juno is seated upon a peacock, the proper symbol of her haughtiness and glory. p. 34 oath of loyalty upon the sacred inscription. here also the kings donned azure robes and sat in judgment. at daybreak they wrote their sentences upon a golden tablet: and deposited them with their robes as memorials. the chief laws of the atlantean kings were that they should not take up arms against each other and that they should come to the assistance of any of their number who was attacked. in matters of war and great moment the final decision was in the hands of t

d from atlantis, whose submergence obliterated every vestige of its part in the drama of world progress? atlantean sun worship has been perpetuated in the ritualism and ceremonialism of both christianity and pagandom. both the cross and the serpent were atlantean emblems of divine wisdom. the divine (atlantean) progenitors of the mayas and quich s of central america coexisted within the green and azure radiance of gucumatz, the "plumed" serpent. the six sky-born sages came into manifestation as centers of light bound together or synthesized by the seventh--and chief--of their order, the "feathered" snake (see the popol vuh) the title of "winged" or "plumed" snake was applied to quetzalcoatl, or kukulcan, the central american initiate. the center of the atlantean wisdom-religion was presuma

robed in sky-colored garments spangled with stars. in one hand she held a trumpet and in the other a bundle of letters in every language. handing a letter to c.r.c, she immediately ascended into the air, at the same time blowing upon her trumpet a blast which shook the house. upon the seal of the letter was a curious cross and the words in hoc signo vinces. within, traced in letters of gold on an azure field, was an invitation to a royal wedding. c.r.c. was deeply moved by the invitation because it was the fulfillment of a prophecy which he had received seven years before, but so unworthy did he feel that he was paralyzed with fear. at length, after resorting to prayer, he sought sleep. in his dreams he found himself in a loathsome dungeon with a multitude of other men, all bound and fette

uthrie interprets the words popol vuh to mean "the senate book" or "the book of the holy assembly; brasseur de bourbourg calls it "the sacred book; and father ximinez designates the volume "the national book" in his articles on the popol vuh appearing in the fifteenth volume of lucifer, james morgan pryse, approaching the subject from the standpoint of the mystic, calls this work "the book of the azure veil" in the popol vuh itself the ancient records from which the christianized indian who compiled it derived his material are referred to as "the tale of human existence in the land of shadows, and, how man saw light and life" the meager available native records contain abundant evidence that the later civilizations of central and south america were hopelessly dominated by the black arts of

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

sky should be clear and serene. it is necessary that thou shouldest have one or more pieces of virgin paper prepared and arranged ready, as we shall tell you more fully later on, in its place. thou shalt commence the writing or construction of the pentacles in the hour aforesaid. among other things, thou shalt chiefly use these colours: gold, cinnabar or vermilion red, and celestial or brilliant azure blue. furthermore, thou shalt make these medals or pentacles with exorcised pen and colours, as we shall hereafter show thee. whensoever thou constructest them, if thou canst complete them in the hour wherein thou didst begin them, it is better. however, if it be absolutely necessary to interrupt the work, thou shouldest await the proper day and hour before re-commencing it. the pentacles be

when thou shalt be desirous to make thine interrogations, choose the night of full or of new moon, and from midnight until daybreak. thou shalt transport thyself unto the appointed spot if it be for the purpose of discovering a treasure; if not, any place will serve provided it be clean and pure. having had the precaution on the preceding evening to write upon a slip of virgin parchment coloured azure-blue, with a pen made from the feather of a dove, this character and name (see figure 9; taking thy carpet, thou shalt cover thy head and body therewith, and taking the censer, with new fire therein, thou shalt place it in or upon the proper place, and cast thereon some incense. then shalt thou prostrate thyself upon the ground, with thy face towards the earth, before the incense beginneth t

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 2

naireton, by simulator, and by the name adonai, and by the name of him through whom all things were made, that thou be unto me an aid and succor in all things which i wish to perform by thine aid. as it sometimes happeneth that it is necessary to write with some noble color, it is well to have a new and clean box wherein to keep them. the principal colors will be yellow or gold, red, celestial or azure blue, green, and brown; and any other colors that may be requisite. thou shalt exorcise, perfume, and sprinkle them in the usual manner. figure 85. book two page 111 chapter xv. of the pen of the swallow and of the crow. take the feather of a swallow or of a crow, and before plucking it thou shalt say: may holy michael the archangel of god, and midael and mirael, the chiefs and captains of t

MORALS AND DOGMA

infinitely small; the echoing of causes in the abysses of beginning, and the avalanches of creation? a fleshworm is of account; the small is great; the great is small; all is in equilibrium in necessity. there are marvellous relations between beings and things; in this inexhaustible whole, from sun to grub, there is no scorn: all need each other. light does not carry terrestrial perfumes into the azure depths, without knowing what it does with them; night distributes the stellar essence to the sleeping plants. every bird which flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw. germination includes the hatching of a meteor, and the tap of a swallow's bill, breaking the egg; and it leads forward the birth of an earth-worm and the advent of a socrates. where the telescope ends the microscope b

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

e tarot. and so forth. such sub-meanings may mislead, and their perusal or pursuit is better left 'to the right ingenium of the practicus' if to investigate them be his will. 13. i am above you and in you. my ecstasy is in yours. my joy is to see your joy. the link between nuit and us human beings, insofar as we are incarnated stars, is in the sahashara cakkram. 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 pr

and presumably went vacationing on the riviera. 17. but ye are not so chosen. those who are chosen for those offices 'are not; that is, they passed through the annihilation; they crossed the abyss. nor could they perform, unless they crossed. see liber 156; also, verses 11 and 45 of this chapter. 18. burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent! in them, kundalini must have reached the ajna. 19. 0 azure-lidded woman, bend upon them! the eternal sakhti (nuit) must activate the sahashara in them, attracted by the awakening of the ajna. 20. the key of the rituals is in the secret word which i have given unto him. this word is communicated directly to any serious aspirant when needed. 21. with the god& the adorer i am nothing: they do not see me. they are as upon the earth; i am heaven, and the

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

anted saint blaise. the litre des confreries indicates that pope alexander vii (1655-1667) granted one brotherhood of saint joseph to the carpenters, though it is likely that this was actually a confirmation of a brotherhood that was much older in origin. it was installed in the church of saint nicolas des champs, near the temple, a parish where builders were numerous, and its coat of arms was an azure field behind a golden image of the infant jesus holding a compass and measuring a drawing given to him by saint joseph. the livre des confreries also mentions an organization of stonecutters "brotherhood of the ascension of our lord, erected in the parish church of notre dame de bonne nouvelle for the brotherhood of journeymen stonecutters, having then in charge philippe hubert and pierre jo

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ths. fifth knowledge lecture 99 <199-200-201-202> the four colour scales yod-fire hm-water vau-air heh (final) earth king scale queen scale emperor or prince empress or knave (atsiluth (briah (yetsirah (assiah) wands cups swords pentacles 1 brilliance 2 soft blue white brilliance grey white brilliance white flecked gold bluish mother of pearl white flecked red, blue, yellow grey flecked pink deep azure flecked yellow red flecked black gold amber olive flecked gold yellow-brown flecked white cihine flecked azure black rayed yellow 3 crimson 4 deep violet black blue dark brown deep purple 5 orange 6 clear pink rose 7 amber 8 violet-purple scarlet-red yellow (gold) emerald orange bright scarlet rich salmon bright yellow green red russet 9 indigo 10 yellow violet citrine, olive, russet, black

18 amber 19 greenish- yellow 20 yellowish-green 21 violet 22 emerald-green 23 deep blue maroon deep purple rich bright russet grey slate grey blue blue sea-green green grey rich purple deep blue green deep olive green plum colour bright blue rayed yellow pale green white flecked purple l i e mother of earl livid indigo grownblack- beetle dark vivid-blue cold-dark-grey near black bright red ra ed azure or emeralck white tinged purple stone colour dull brown very dark brown 25 blue 26 indigo 27 scarlet yellow black red green blue black venetian red 28 violet 29 ultra violet crimson 30 orange 31 glowing scarlet- orange 32 indigo 31 citrine, olive, russet black 32 white, merging grey daath lavender sky blue buff flecked silver-white gold yellow verrnillion bluish mauve light translucent pinki

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

the sun, which the fraters and officersare standing, and the following ode is sung:ere god the universe began, in one rude heap all matter laywhich wild disorder over-ran, nor knew the light one glimmering raywhile darkness o222er the whole confusion reigned without controlthen god arose, his thunders hurl222d, and bade the elements arisein air he hung the pendant world, and o222er it spread the azure skies;stars in circles caused to run, and in the centre fixed the sun.then man he called forth out of dust, and formed him with a living soulall things committed to his trust, and made him lord of all, the wholebut yet ungrateful unto heaven he proved, and was from eden driven.from thence proceeded all our woes, nor could mankind one comfort shareuntil the rosicrucians rose and formed anothe

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

, to idealism and beauty. the number six represents the antagonism of the two triads, that is, absolute negation and absolute affirmation. it is therefore the number of toil and liberty, and for this reason it connects also with moral beauty and glory. z weapon, sword, cherubic sword of fire, the sacred septenary, triumph, royalty, priesthood. hieroglyph, a cubic chariot, with four pillars and an azure and starry drapery. in the chariot, between the four pillars, a victor crowned with a circle adorned with three radiant golden pentagrams. upon his breast are three superposed squares, on his shoulders the urim and thummim of the sovereign sacrificer, represented by the two crescents of the moon in gedulah and geburah; in his hand is a sceptre surmounted by a globe, square and triangle: his

RUBY TABLET OF SET

h: the essence of the black flame, emitted from the stars, is captured and sustained in the persons of the elect. the intelligence of the flame, both chaotic (harwer) and composed (set, takes pleasure in the generation and preservation of similar qualities in the elect. for their part, the elect experience a unique exhilaration at night, especially when exposed to starlight. 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-f-n-khonsu. crowley's poetic rendering of the juxtaposition of nuit and "hadit" on the stele of revealing. his misidentification of behdety is again apparent, as the lover of nuit was a god of the earth, not [either] horus. the name "ankh-f-n-khonsu" tr

haraoh's role was that of a priest-king: a divinely inspired and sanctioned guardian of the initiatory elect of egypt. nuit announces crowley's ascent to his station as magus of the aon. once again the authenticity of the book of the law is subtly evidenced, as the exclusive symbolism of the uraeus is unmistakable "this is the uraeus which came forth from set. utterance #683, pyramid texts. 19. o azure-lidded woman, bend upon them! nuit is the "azure-lidded woman" considered together with verse #i-18, this implies that the priest-king powers and perceptions of the beast and scarlet woman will be more fully realized during the hours of darkness. horus, however, is a deity of daylight; consider the three 12-1 pm transmissions of the book of the law itself. 20. the key of the rituals is in th

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

t thither her thoughtful way. she threaded the narrow path, she passed the gloomy vineyard that clambers up the rock, and gained the lofty spot, green with moss and luxuriant foliage, where the dust of him who yet soothes and elevates the minds of men is believed to rest. from afar rose the huge fortress of st. elmo, frowning darkly amidst spires and domes that glittered in the sun. lulled in its azure splendour lay the siren's sea; and the grey smoke of vesuvius, in the clear distance, soared like a moving pillar into the lucid sky. motionless on the brink of the precipice, viola looked upon the lovely and living world that stretched below; and the sullen vapour of vesuvius fascinated her eye yet more than the scattered gardens, or the gleaming caprea, smiling amidst the smiles of the sea

he purple air serving to render distinct the features of a range of country that a conqueror of old might have deemed in itself a kingdom. lonely and desolate as the road which glyndon had passed that day had appeared, the landscape now seemed studded with castles, spires, and villages. afar off, naples gleamed whitely in the last rays of the sun, and the rose-tints of the horizon melted into the azure of her glorious bay. yet more remote, and in another part of the prospect, might be caught, dim and shadowy, and backed by the darkest foliage, the ruined pillars of the ancient posidonia. there, in the midst of his blackened and sterile realms, rose the dismal mount of fire; while on the other hand, winding through variegated plains, to which distance lent all its magic, glittered many and

t and to come reposes in thy smile. ah, zanoni, play not with the foolish credulities of my youth! i have been better and humbler since thy presence has dispelled the mist of the air. the future! well, when i have cause to dread it, i will look up to heaven, and remember who guides our fate" as she lifted her eyes above, a dark cloud swept suddenly over the scene. it wrapped the orange-trees, the azure ocean, the dense sands; but still the last images that it veiled from the charmed eyes of glyndon were the forms of viola and zanoni. the face of the one rapt, serene, and radiant; the face of the other, dark, thoughtful, and locked in more than its usual rigidness of melancholy beauty and profound repose "rouse thyself" said mejnour "thy ordeal has commenced! there are pretenders to the sol

tions; the cipher again changed. he now looked steadily and earnestly round the chamber. the moonlight came quietly through the lattice as his hand opened it, and seemed, as it rested on the floor, and filled the walls, like the presence of some ghostly and mournful power. he ranged the mystic lamps (nine in number) round the centre of the room, and lighted them one by one. a flame of silvery and azure tints sprung up from each, and lighted the apartment with a calm and yet most dazzling splendour; but presently this light grew more soft and dim, as a thin, grey cloud, like a mist, gradually spread over the room; and an icy thrill shot through the heart of the englishman, and quickly gathered over him like the coldness of death. instinctively aware of his danger, he tottered, though with d

m! why is adon- ai deaf to thy solemn call? it comes not, the luminous and delightsome presence! cabalist! are thy charms in vain? has thy throne vanished from the realms of space? thou standest pale and trembling. pale trembler! not thus didst thou look when the things of glory gathered at thy spell. never to the pale trembler bow the things of glory: the soul, and not the herbs, nor the silvery-azure flame, nor the spells of the cabala, commands the children of the air; and thy soul, by love and death, is made sceptreless and discrowned! at length the flame quivers, the air grows cold as the wind in charnels. a thing not of earth is present, a mistlike, formless thing. it cowers in the distance, a silent horror! it rises; it creeps; it nears thee dark in its mantle of dusky haze; and und

save them both "but at some unconjectured and most fatal sacrifice to thyself "to myself! icy sage, there is no self in love! i go. nay, alone: i want thee not. i want now no other guide but the human instincts of affection. no cave so dark, no solitude so vast, as to conceal her. though mine art fail me; though the stars heed me not; though space, with its shining myriads, is again to me but the azure void, i return but to love and youth and hope! when have they ever failed to triumph and to save" book vii. the reign of terror. orrida maesta nei fero aspetto terrore accresce, e piu superbo il rende; rosseggian gli occhi, e di veneno infetto come infausta cometa, il guardo splende, gil involve il mento, e sull 'irsuto petto ispida efoita la gran barbe scende; e in guisa de voragine profond

be; but that without faith there is no excellence in this, faith in something wiser, happier, diviner, than we see on earth! the artist calls it the ideal, the priest, faith. the ideal and faith are one and the same. return, o wanderer, return! feel what beauty and holiness dwell in the customary and the old. back to thy gateway glide, thou horror! and calm, on the childlike heart, smile again, o azure heaven, with thy night and thy morning star but as one, though under its double name of memory and hope" as he thus spoke, zanoni laid his hand gently on the burning temples of his excited and wondering listener; and presently a sort of trance came over him: he imagined that he was returned to the home of his infancy; that he was in the small chamber where, over his early slumbers, his mothe

ther's love! they are saved, for what? the mother, for the death of violence and shame and blood, for the doomsman's hand to put aside that shining hair which has entangled thy bridegroom kisses; the child, first and last of thine offspring, in whom thou didst hope to found a race that should hear with thee the music of celestial harps, and float, by the side of thy familiar, adon-ai, through the azure rivers of joy, the child, to live on a few days as a fungus in a burial-vault, a thing of the loathsome dungeon, dying of cruelty and neglect and famine. ha! ha! thou who wouldst baffle death, learn how the deathless die if they dare to love the mortal. now, chaldean, behold my boons! now i seize and wrap thee with the pestilence of my presence; now, evermore, till thy long race is run, mine

hing was gone, and through the room rushed, luminous and sudden, the presence of silvery light. as the heavenly visitor stood in the atmosphere of his own lustre, and looked upon the face of the theurgist with an aspect of ineffable tenderness and love, all space seemed lighted from his smile. along the blue air without, from that chamber in which his wings had halted, to the farthest star in the azure distance, it seemed as if the track of his flight were visible, by a lengthened splendour in the air, like the column of moonlight on the sea. like the flower that diffuses perfume as the very breath of its life, so the emanation of that presence was joy. over the world, as a million times swifter than light, than electricity, the son of glory had sped his way to the side of love, his wings

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

orals and dogma. according to these principles, the oroboros serpent shown in this design (levi's occult magic of "as above, so below) represents eternity and the holy spirit of the triune godhead. in other words, the illuminists are declaring that the serpent, identified in the scriptures as the devil, is, in their religion, the divine holy spirit! a blasphemous concept, indeed. a company called azure green puts out a catalog offering "egyptian deity wall plaques" including this one, a depiction of the combined gods of egypt, horns and set. two entities represented by one body. once again, we discover the principle of integration, or synthesis. horns is the son of the sun god and is said to be one with his father, osiris. the god set is the dialectical opposite, or mirror of horns and osi

THE STAR IN THE WEST BY CAPTAIN FULLER A CRITICAL ESSAY ON THE WORKS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY

high thoughts have trod, deep in the dust, the carrion that was god *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, pp. 106, 107. remind us strongly of such pieces as gbefore a crucifix, h whilst others take us into the mystic and simple land of blake, such as the duet of charicles and archais: hush! the music swells apace, rolls its silver billows up through the void demesne of space to the heavens f azure cup! hush, my love, and sleep shall sigh this is immortality *the tale of archais, vol. i, p. 27. other lines again hold us enthralled with the extraordinary power they contain, expressed in a single word. thus in the poem gthe lesbian hell, h we find ourselves in the unutterable void of orcus, where kisses are flung in vain, and where around us pale women fleet: whose empty fruitlessness as

he bow be unbended! the labour is past, and the victory won. the arrows of song through hell cease to hurtle. away to the passionate gardens of greece, where the thrush is awake, and the voice of the turtle is soft in the amorous places of peace, and the tamarisk groves and the olive and myrtle stir ever with love and content and release. o bountiful bowers and o beautiful gardens! o isles in the azure ionian deep! ere ripens the sun, ere the spring-wind hardens your fruits once again ye shall have me to keep. the sleep-god laments, and the love-goddess pardons, when love at the last sinks unweary to sleep *orpheus, vol. iii, pp. 200. as also does the song of orpheus: o hawk of gold with power enwalled, whose face is like an emerald; whose crown is indigo as night; smaragdine snakes about

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

y blue purple silver sky blue red deep indigo pale mauve white brilliance bluish mother of pearl deep brown deep purple bright scarlet rich salmon bright yellow- green red russet very dark purple as queen scale, flecked gold blue-emerald green gray cold pale blue early spring green brilliant flame deep warm olive new yellow white-flecked gold white-flecked red, blue, yellow gray-flecked pink deep azure-flecked with yellow red-flecked black gold-amber olive-flecked gold yellow-brown flecked with white citrine-flecked azure black-rayed yellow emerald-flecked gold indigo-rayed violet silver-rayed sky-blue bright rose of cerise rayed pale yellow glowing red rich brown reddish gray inclined to mauve 18. amber maroon 19. greenish deep purple yellow 20. yellowish slate gray green 21. violet blue

n gray rich purple deep blue-green deep olive green very dark brown green blue black venetian red bluish mauve light translucent pinkish brown rich amber scarlet-flecked gold blue-black dark greenish brown reddish amber plum color bright blue-rayed yellow pale green white-flecked purple like mother of pearl livid indigo brown-black-beetle dark vivid blue cold dark gray near black bright red-rayed azure or emerald white-tinged purple stone color amber-rayed red vermilion-flecked crimson and emerald black-rayed blue as can be readily appreciated, the four scales are a bit overwhelming. it is not always easy to know exactly what colors are intended based upon the descriptions. nor do the scales always make good sense symbolically. for these reasons it was deemed necessary to create a simpler

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

and landscapes. this ability is essential in ritual magic. the penny acts as a physical focus. pennies are composed of bronze, a mixture of copper, the metal ofvenus, and tin, the metal ofjupiter. venus and jupiter are both positive, helpful deities. in traditional astrology, jupiter is known as the greater fortune and venus as the lesser fortune. red is the color associated with the ajna chakra. azure blue is the color of jupiter, the sky god. think of the penny as payment for your astral passage through the heavenly gateway of your ajna chakra. the contact of the penny will stimulate your ajna chakra and help to activate it. this center is more active in some individuals than in others. to gauge its level of sensitivity, perform this test. get a sharp pencil and hold it in both hands abo

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

are who never trouble themselves to think at all about these matters, whilst others rest satisfied with the most superficial accounts of them "they pay a peculiar veneration to the sheep,[fn#267] therefore they think it their duty not only to abstain from eating its flesh, but likewise from wearing its wool. they are continually mourning for their gods, therefore they shave themselves. the light azure blossom of the flax resembles the clear and bloomy colour of the ethereal sky, therefore they wear linen; whereas the true reason of the institution and observation of these rites is but one, and that common to all of them, namely, the extraordinary notions which they entertain of cleanliness, persuaded as they are, according to the saying of plato "none but the pure ought to approach the pu

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

o me from the chariot of two wheels. bran sees the number of waves beating across the clear sea: i myself see in mag mon rosy-colored flowers without fault. sea-horses glisten in summer as far as bran has stretched his glance: rivers pour forth a stream of honey in the land of manannan son of lir. the sheen of the main, on which thou art, the white hue of the sea, on which thou rowest, yellow and azure are spread out, it is land, and is not rough. speckled salmon leap from the womb of the white sea, on which thou lookest: they are calves, they are colored lambs with friendliness, without mutual slaughter. though but one chariot-rider is seen in mag mell of many flowers, there are many steeds on its surface, though them thou seest not. the size of the plain, the number of the host, colors g

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