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tand what the probable outcome is if you do not perform the ritual. it will also tell you the probable outcome if you do perform the ritual. this is very important later, 110 when you progress into more active magical workings, understanding whether your magic will even be effective, or at least whether it will be karmically correct to perform this magic. we never want to venture into the area of black magic. black magic is essentially magic that is against your true will or against your holy guardian angel, the bornless part of you. most instances of harming other people could probably, generally speaking, be considered black magic. i will not get into the debate at this time about black magic versus white magic. suffice it to say that any magic that hurts you or another human being is no

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control of the secret forces of nature, there have always been two great schools, the one great in good, the other in evil; the former the magic of light, the latter that of darkness; the former usually depending on the knowledge and invocation of the angelic natures, the latter on the method of evocation of the demonic races. usually the former is termed white magic, as opposed to the latter, or black magic. the invocation of angelic forces, then, is an idea common in works of magic, as also are the ceremonies of pact with and submission to the evil spirits. the system, however, taught in the present work is based on the following conception (a) that the good spirits and angelic powers of light are superior in power to the fallen spirits of darkness (b) that these latter as a punishment h

purity and self-denial to obtain the knowledge of and conversation with one s guardian angel, so that thereby and thereafter we may obtain the right of using the evil spirits for our servants in all material matters. this, then, is the system of the secret magic of abra-melin, the mage, as taught by his disciple abraham the jew; and elaborated down to the smallest points. except in the professed black magic grimoires, the necessity of the invocation of the divine and angelic forces to control the demons is invariably insisted upon in the operations of evocation described and taught in mediaeval magical manuscripts and published works. so that it is not so much, as i have before said, this circumstance, as the mode of its development by the six moons preparation, which is unusual; while ag

ham the jew it appears to me, in his anxiety to save his son from dangerous errors in magical working, has preferred to endeavour to fill him with contempt for any other systems and methods of operation than the one here laid down. for also besides the unintentional perversions of magical symbols i have above mentioned, there was further the circumstance not only possible but probable of the many black magic grimoires falling into his hands, as they evidently had into abraham's, the symbols in which are in many cases intentional perversions of divine names and seals, so as to attract the evil spirits and repel the good. for the third book of this work is crowded with qabalistic squares of letters, which are simply so many pentacles, and in which the names employed are the very factors whic

alendar, the symbols for which are given in the twenty-first chapter of our third book. again these chapters will recall to many of my readers the extraordinary magical effects which faust is said to have produced; who, by the way, as i have before remarked, was in all probability contemporary with abraham the jew. introduction xvi but the mode of their production as given in this work is not the black magic of pact and devil-worship, against which our author so constantly inveighs, but instead a system of qabalistic magic, similar to that of the key of solomon the king and the clavicles of rabbi solomon, though differing in the circumstance of the prior invocation of the guardian angel once for all, while in the works i have just mentioned the angels are invoked in each evocation by means

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apresent vous devez donc penser avant que d entrer dans ce bal" etc. 9 ie, he who intends to undertake the operation. 10 i doubt this assertion very much. 11 here comes another touch of prejudice. in the present day many of the profoundest students of the qabalah are women, both married and single. 12 it is necessary that the reader should not misunderstand this passage. what are meant are those black magic works containing garbled and perverted words and characters; and which teach nothing but hurtful and selfish practices; the great point in which is generally the forming of a pact with an evil spirit. because true characters represent the formulas of the currents of the hidden forces of nature and true ceremonies are the keys of bringing the same into action. 13 it seems again to me he

but equally it would be an error which, though not so great, would still entail failure, to apply laws exclusively of the angelic plane to those experiments which would mainly depend on the physical rays of the planets; though undoubtedly the angels of a planet govern its rays. but the angels of mars do not govern the rays of jupiter, nor those of the latter the rays of mars. 15 the grimoires of black magic would usually come under this head. but, nevertheless, the extravagant words therein will be usually found to be corruptions and perversions of hebrew, chaldee, and egyptian titles of gods and angels. but it is undoubtedly evil to use caricatures of holy names; and these for evil purposes also. yet it is written in the oracles of zoroaster: change not barbarous names of evocation, for

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

f the rosy cross, then is that blood the offering of virginity, the sole sacrifice well-pleasing to the master, the sacrifice whose only reward is the pain of child-bearing unto him. but "to sell one's soul to the devil, to renounce no matter what for an equivalent in personal gain<"supposed" personal gain. there is really no person to gain; so the whole transaction is a swindle on both sides, is black magic. you are no longer a noble giver of your all, but a mean huckster. 41 this formula is, however, a little different in symbolism, since it is a woman whose cup must be filled. it is rather the sacrifice of the man, who transfers life to his descendants. for a woman does not carry in herself the principle of new life, except temporarily, when it is given her. but here the formula implies

al meetings" will be familiar to almost every one, and though such 73 meetings<ceremonial, equinox i, ix "energized enthusiasm, and equinox iii, l. liber xv, ecclesiae gnosticae catholicae cannon missae. the "revival meetings" here in question were deliberate exploitations of religious hysteria> are the foulest and most degraded rituals of black magic, the laws of magick are not thereby suspended. the laws of magick are the laws of nature. a singular and world-famous example of this is of sufficiently recent date to be fresh in the memory of many people now living. at a nigger camp meeting in the "united" states of america, devotees were worked up to such a pitch of excitement that the whole assembly developed a furious form of hyst

therefore be killed<blessed and merciful of all deaths, for the elemental spirit is directly built up into godhead- the exact goal of its efforts through countless incarnations. on the other hand, the practice of torturing animals to death in order to obtain the elemental as a slave is indefensible, utterly black magic of the very worst kind, involving as it does a metaphysical basis of dualism. there is, however, no objection to dualism or black magic when they are properly understood. see the account of the master therion's great magical retirement by lake pasquaney, where he "crucified a toad in the basilisk abode> within the circle, or the triangle, as the case may be, so that its energy cannot e

rion has possessed the theory of these powers for many years; but his practice is still in progress towards perfection. even efficiency in the preparation is not all; there is need to be judicious in the manipulation, and adroit in the administration, of the product. he does not perform haphazard miracles, but applies his science and skill in conformity with the laws of nature. 189 chapter xxi of black magic of the main types of the operations of magick art and of the powers of the sphinx i as was said at the opening of the second chapter, the single supreme ritual is the attainment of the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel "it is the raising of the complete man in a vertical straight line" any deviation from this line tends to become black magic. any other operation is

yss, are lost. not so the masters of the temple, that sit as piles of dust in the city of the pyramids, awaiting the great flame that shall consume that dust to ashes. for the blood that they have surrendered is treasured in the cup of our lady babalon, a mighty 192 medicine to awake the eld of the all-father, and redeem the virgin of the world from her virginity. ii before leaving the subject of black magic, one may touch lightly on the question of pacts with the devil. the devil does not exist. it is a false name invented by the black brothers to imply a unity in their ignorant muddle of dispersions. a devil who had unity would be a god<"the devil" is, historically, the god of any people that one personally dislikes. this has led to so much confusion of thought that the beast 666 has pre

pirical skill that his success is not chance and coincidence> perform an operation to bring gold- your rich uncle dies and leaves you his money; books- you see the book wanted in a catalogue that very day, although you have advertised in vain for a year; woman- but if you have made the spirits bring you enough gold, this operation will become unnecessary<black magic> it must further be remarked that it is absolute black magic to use any of these powers if the object can possibly be otherwise attained. if your child is drowning, you must jump and try to save him; it won't do to invoke the undines. nor is it lawful in all circumstances to invoke those undines even where the case is hopeless; maybe it is necessary to you and to the child that it shou

its account of the path. petronius arbiter. valuable for those who have wit to understand it. the golden ass, by apuleius. valuable for those who have wit to understand it. le comte de gabalis. valuable for its hints of those things which it mocks. the rape of the lock, by alexander pope. valuable for its account of elementals. undine, by de la motte fouque. valuable as an account of elementals. black magic, by marjorie bowen. an intensely interesting story of sorcery. le peau de chagrin, by honore de balzac. a magnificent magical allegory. number nineteen, by edgar jepson. an excellent tale of modern magic. dracula, by bram stoker. valuable for its account of legends concerning vampires. scientific romances, by h. hinton. valuable as an introduction to the study of the fourth dimension

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

s which should be apparent after further investigation of the doctrines of the three schools, that this parable was invented by an intelligence of the black school, who was aware of his iniquity, and thought to transform it into righteousness by the alchemy of making a boast of it. the intelligent reader will note the insidious attempt to identify the doctrine of the black school with the kind of black magic sic that is commonly called diabolism. in other words, this parable is itself an example of an exceedingly subtle black magical operation, and the contemplation of such devices carried far enough beings us to an understanding of the astoundingly ophidian processes of magicians. let not the profane reader dismiss such subtleties from his mind as negligible nonsense. it is cunning of thi

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE BANNED LECTURE

improbable. gilles de rais was the lord of a district whose population would not have been very extensive, and even in that age of slavery, dirt, disease, debauchery, poverty and ignorance, which seems to mr. g. k. chesterton the one ideal state of society, it must have been a little difficult to carry out abductions and murders on such wholsale principles. whenever questions arise with regard to black magic or black masses, invocations of the devil, etc, etc, it must never be forgotten that these practices are strictly functions of christianity. where ignorant savages perform propitiatory rites, there and there only christianity takes hold. but under the great systems of the civilised parts of the world, there is no trace of any such perversion in religious feeling. it is only the bloodth

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

aphic pictures showed how to acquire the art of flying. during all the generations of atlas, not one man had been known to take advantage of these instructions. the principal fear of the populace was a variation of any kind from routine. for any such the people had one word only, though this word changed its annotation in different centuries 'witchcraft 'heresy 'madness 'bad form 'sex-perversion 'black magic' were its principal shapes in the last four thousand years of the dominion of atlas. sneezing, idleness, smiling, were regarded as premonitory. any cessation from speech, even for a moment to take breath, was considered highly dangerous. the wish to be alone was worse than all; the delinquent would be seized by his fellows, and either killed outright or thrust into the compound of the

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

he world of magic is a mirror, wherein who sees muck is muck (3) a careful naturalist will understand much from the voices of the animals he has studied long. even a child knows the difference between a cat s miauling and purring. the faculty may be greatly developed (4) business capacity may be stimulated (5) abnormal states of the body may be* a poet of great ability. he edited a book called of black magic and of pacts in which he vilifies the same. the sword of song 66 corrected, and the involved tissues brought back to tone, in obedience to currents started from the brain. so for all the other phenomena. there is no effect which is truly and necessarily miraculous. our ceremonial magic fines down, then, to a series of minute, though of course empirical, physiological experiments, and w

hant-headed god was in great spirits. never say die! he cried genially, on beholding the downcast appearance of his fellow-conspirator. this ll break the slate. there is no change in the arupa- brahma-loka! 3 rupe me no rupes! howled the necromancer. get up, fool! roared the god. i have got perdu r abu elected maha brahma. oh lord, have you really? said the wizard, looking a little 1 the world of black magic. 2 heaven. 3 the highest heaven of the hindu. formless place of brahma is its name. less glum. ay! cried ganesha impassively, let on follow on down the vaulted and echoing corridors of eternity: pile mahakalpa upon mahakalpa until an asankhya1 of crores2 have passed away; and maha brahma will still sit lone and meditate upon his lotus throne. good, good! said the magus, though there se

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t she was calling at the flat, they were at the boarding-house where she lodged, and secretly distributing the drug about the house. its function was a strange one: hardly had they left the house when from a thousand quarter came a lamentable company of cats, and made the winter hideous with their cries "that (chuckled the master "will give her mind something to occupy itself with. she will do no black magic for our friend awhile" indeed the link was broken; swanoff had peace "if she comes again" ordered the master "i leave it to you to punish her* a month passed by; then, unannounced, once more hypatia gay knocked at the flat. her virginal eyes still smiled; her purpose was yet deadlier than before. swanoff fenced with her awhile. then she began to tempt him "stay" he said "first you must

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y crapulous contemporaries no. iv wisdom while you waite [the hibernation of a. quiller, senior, and the approaching marriage of a. quiller, junior, have prevented either of them from contributing their columns as usual- ed] wisdom while you waite the book of ceremonial magic. a. e. waite. wm. rider& son, ltd, 15s. it would ill become us to review this book; which, when it was called "the book of black magic and of pacts" was dismissed by the editor of the "goetia" as "a farrago of twenty-fifth-rate shoddy schoolboy journalism" and we are glad to see that in the new edition mr waite has corrected his logic by that editor's light. but the introduction is new, and deserves comment. mr waite still talks as if his mouth were full of hot potatoes. the length and obscurity of his archaisms rende

er "it is waste of power (the most (pertains to) the sciences of the expensive kind of power) to 'make the abyss" spirits bring us all kinds of food, etc "john st john" 1908 "the tradition rebours is de "divination should be discarded from finitely and clearly that of mira- the start" ib. culous power in the quest and "to use the spiritual forces to secure attainment thereof" health is the vilest black magic" ib "he asked him (i.e. the adept) frequently to dine, forgetting purposely the wine (though the arcana of nibbana ignore the very name of cana. he could not pass a heard of swine without a hint; in fact, in fine, he took his silence as a sign: this is an enemy of mine "konx om pax" 1907 "fifth house, and mostly dream at that (the fifth house is that of geburah, the house of magical po

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an extraordinary book. if its matter is at all similar to that of the present volume, there is little wonder that lowndes should call it "extraordinary" waite (a. e) the book of ceremonial magic, including the rites and mysteries of go tic theurgy, sorcery, and infernal necromancy, in two parts. i. an analytical and critical account of the chief magical rituals extant. ii. a complete grimoire of black magic. 4to "with "180 "illustrations, white cloth "extra, with designs in gold on cover" 1910 "post free" 15"s. net" occult science in india, and among the ancients, with an account of their initiations, and the history of spiritism, from the french of louis jacolliot, by willard l. felt. large 8vo "cloth extra, n.d. recent" 6"s" 6"d" book of the sacred magic (the) of abra-melin the mage, as

ographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc. etc. portrait of the author, and all the original engravings. 8vo, 406 pp, cloth, 1896. published 15s offered at 7s. 6p. the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realisation, imitation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram. medium and mediator, the septenary of talismans, a warning to the imprudent, the ceremonial of initiates, the key of occultism, the sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft and spells, the writing of

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s. or, perhaps worse, i fail to apprehend the true magical purport of my work: hence all sort of aimless formulae, leading naturally enough to no result. it just strikes me it may be this isis apophis osiris iao formula that i have preached so often. certainly the first two days were isis natural, pleasant, easy events. most certainly too to-day has been apophis! think of the wild cursing and black magic, etc. we must hope for the osiris section to-morrow or next day. birth, death, resurrection! iao! 7.35. the sandwich duly chewed, and two coffees drunk, i resume the mystic mantra. why? because i dam well choose to. 31 7.50.'tis a rash thing to say, and i burn incense to the infernal gods that the omen may be averted; but i seem to have conquered the real dweller of the threshold once

hey predispose it to hallucination. one should use strictly corporeal methods to tame the body; strictly mental methods to control the mind. this latter restriction is not so vitally important. any weapon is legitimate against a public enemy like the mind. no truce nor quarter! 67 on the contrary, to use the spiritual forces to secure health, as certain persons attempt to do to-day, is the vilest black magic. this is one of the numerous reasons for supposing that jesus christ was a brother of the left-hand path. now my body has been treating me well, waking nicely at convenient hours, sleeping at suitable times, keeping itself to itself an admirable body. then why shouldn't i take it out and give it the best dinner lavenue can serve? provided that it doesn't stop saying that mantra! it wo

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nything is better than a second book like this! bathshebah tina. i found "the maniac" both entertaining and instructive, a very valuable study of psychology. it is so far as i know the only really illuminating book on madness; and i strongly recommend its perusal to all alienists, psychologists, and members of the grade of neophyte. it throws an admirable light on the true nature of obsession and black magic. two things impressed me in particular (1) the statement that the arguments held with a patient never reach his consciousness at all, despite his rational answers. this phenomenon is true of my own sane life. i sometimes chat pleasantly to bores for quite a long time without any consciousness that i am doing so (2) the statement that medical men have no idea of the real contents of a m

graphical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc. etc. portrait of the author, and all the original engravings. 8vo, 406 pp, cloth, 1896. published 15s offered at 7s. 6p. the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realisation, initiation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram, medium and mediator, the septenary of talismans, a warning to the imprudent, the ceremonial of initiates, the key of occultism, the sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft and spells, the writing of

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his most sensitive strings; below him, at the foot of the mountain, in the brambles and the mud, the human fracas; the helot band imitates the grimaces of enjoyment and utters howls which the sting of the poison tears from its breast; and the poet, saddened, says to himself "these unfortunate ones, who have neither fasted nor prayed, who have refused redemption by the means of toil, have asked of black magic the means to raise themselves at a single blow to transcendental life. their magic dupes them, kindles for them a false happiness, a false light; while as for us poets and philosophers, we have begotten again our soul upon ourselves by continuous toil and contemplation; by the unwearied exercise of will and the unfaltering nobility of aspiration we have created for ourselves a garden o

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al slovenliness, mr. brodie-innes frequently attains beauty, and beauty of a positive and original kind. some of his sea-picture are quite fine. but the magic of style that renders arthur machen so marvellous is lacking "old and the world" is always interesting; it is never enthralling "old as the world" is much better than "morag the seal" and there is a marked improvement in the style. v. b. n. black magic. by marjorie bowen. alston rivers. 6"s" marjorie bowen knows nothing of the real magic, but she has learnt the tales spread by fools about sorcerers, and fostered by them as the best possible concealments of their truth. of these ingredients she has brewed a magnificent hell-broth. no chapter lacks its jewelled incident, and the web that she has woven of men's passions is a flame-red t

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ographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc. etc. portrait of the author, and all the original engravings. 8vo, 406 pp, cloth, 1896. published 15s offered at 7s. 6p. the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realisation, imitation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram. medium and mediator, the septenary of talismans, a warning to the imprudent, the ceremonial of initiates, the key of occultism, the sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft and spells, the writing of

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should write to frank hollings for his catalogue of over 1000 items. sent post free on receipt of name and address, and all future issues. a few selected items below. the book of ceremonial magic, including the rites and mysteries of goetic theurgy, sorcery, and infernal necromancy. in two parts. i. an analytical and critical account of the chief magical rituals extant. ii. a complete grimoire of black magic. by arthur edward waite. the two chief sections are subdivided as follows("a) studies on the antiquity of magical rituals["b) the ritual of transcendental magic, so- called("c) composite rituals("d) the rituals of black magic("e) the descending hierarchy of spirits("f) the lesser key of solomon the king("g) the mystery of the "sanctum regnum("h) the rite of "lucifuge("i) the method of

hierarchy of spirits("f) the lesser key of solomon the king("g) the mystery of the "sanctum regnum("h) the rite of "lucifuge("i) the method of honorius, etc, etc, etc. the main objects of the work are (1) to determine the connection, if any, between the literature of ceremonial magic and the secret tradition in christian times (2) to show the fantastic nature of the distinction between white and black magic, so far, at least, as the texts are concerned. the work is issued in crown 4to, and includes about 180 engravings, some of which are full-page plates. price 15"s. net" post free. handsomely bound "just published" waite (a. e. the secret tradition in freemasonry, and an analysis of the inter-relation between the craft and the high degrees, in respect of their term of research, expressed

aphical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc, etc "portrait of the author, and all the original engravings" 8vo, 406 pp "cloth" 1896 (pub. 15"s. postage free. 10"s" 6"d" the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realsation, initiation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram, medium and mediator, the septenary of talismans, a warning to the imprudent, the ceremonial of initiates, the key of occultism, the sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft and spells, the writing of

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ysticism is the "safe" path to the highest, and magic the dangerous path to the lowest. there are several comments to be made on this assertion. one may doubt whether anything worth doing at all is free from danger, and one may wonder what danger can threaten the man whose object is his own utter ruin. one may also smile a little grimly at the integrity of those who try to include all magic under black magic, as is the present trick of the mystic militant here on earth. now, as one who may claim to a slight acquaintance with the literature of both paths, and to have been honoured by personal exposition from the adepts of both paths, i believe that i may be able to bring them fairly into the balance. this is the magical theory, that the first departure from the infinite must be equilibrated

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

walked to the reference library where he delved into books on the hebrew abramelin system of magic, reputed to be of great value for purification. he studied the 360 magical symbols, each relating to an aspect of nature, and he began to feel that perhaps he could rehabilitate himself the months of physical humility and menial drudgery had washed away some of the guilt inspired by his practice of black magic. now he needed spiritual exercise to rid himself of it completely. he was precipitated into action when in 1959 eric decided to emigrate to australia. alex had no wish to stay on alone, and no money to go anywhere else. in the years since he had worked for the chemicalfirm, advances in the trade had been so great that his knowledge was now virtually useless. with no formal qualificatio

ourage, he cailedout exorcism to banish the powers, urging his companions to do likewise. the dust settled and the power ebbed away 'we must never meet again' alex told them as he surveyed the wreckage 'any one of us could have been killed; we are obviously playing with powers beyond our control and it for one, don't like it' although the men had said nothing to suggest they were dabbling in black magic, alex felt that the manifestation could only have been caused by evil, even though it might have been in the subconscious of one of them. the three of themcleanedup the damage and, swearing to each other to keep their escapade a secret, they promised never to repeat the experiment nor to meet alex again. but one of them talked. a garbled .version of his story found its way to a local n

of the magic symbols gleaned from the key ojsolomon, and laid on an initiation ceremony compounded half of egyptian magic and half of witchcraft. deep in the woods at alderley edge outside manchester they performed their homogenized ritual, the like of which had never been done before nor ever would be.again. it was quite meaningless except to the journalists who described it in their article as 'black magic'and illustrated it with photographs of the, prostrate figures in decorated robes. when alex arrived for work the following monday morning, he was shown into the librarian's office. the photographs ofalex at his rituals had been recognized by the li1 a:ry sta.ffover the week-end, and so had the egyptian symbolson his clothes. how, they asked, could a humble book-duster know so much abou

y not use new-laid eggs? this has been done in europe with excellent results 'perhaps' mr r. interrupted delicately 'perhaps you might be persuaded if we were to increase the fee by, say, five hundred pounds' alex assured him that it was not a question of money. i-ie could marvel at his own honesty, for here was an opportunity to gain wealth such as he had not seen since he ended his .practice of black magic, and he happened to be sorely pressed for money. he had less than ten shillings in his pocket andcould not possibly have paid for even a round of drinks. no matter how hard he tried, however, he could not convince the priests of kalithat he would never agree to their offer. when he became angry they looked hurt and shook their heads sadly at his lack of consideration 'manyof our follow

he man that he must see the young witch back to his hotel by nine c/clock the next morning, failing which the police would be informed. the woman smiled slightly, but her husband was willing to. agree to anything so long as alex wo d leave. there was little sleepfor alex that night as he tried to work spells to counteract the evil that .hadenvelope his frie d. but his magic was overpowered by the black magic emanating from the couple and helped by the willingness of their victim. shortly before nine the next morning, however, the young man arrived at the hotel sober, his injuries hidden by his clothes. 106 alex explained to him what he had got himself mixed up with, and then said 'i don't usually order my witches around, but 1 am ordering you now to pack your bag and come home with us. if

e next coven meeting, he had the unenviable task of uttering the witches' curse, which lasts fora year and a day but which can be rescinded during that time if the excommunicant asks forforgiveness and readmission. alex knew, however, that there would be no tumingback for his young friend, no seeking of forgiveness; he had taken the path to perversion and there was nothing alex could do about it. black magic can only be overcome by white when the victim co-operates and is not in leaguewith his tormentors. but the bitterest blow had yet to fall. at a party one evening a young girl asked alex to prove that he was a witch 'i don't have to prove it' alex replied. then, seeing her crestfallen face, he added 'but 1can tellyou that you are going through an unpleasanttime now, living at your grand

was lying. two nuns were standing by. the london witch snatched the knife from the priest and stabbed him in the throat, killing him. he and his companions were allowed to leave the church and no further action was. taken although one had committed a murder. enquiries showed that the ritual about to have been done was black witchcraft. q: but what is. the difference between. black witchcraft and black magic? a: very little. the former is done in the name of a god ora devil, while the latter is.non-religious. q. is either pra(;tised to any extent nqwa,days? a: both are, very much..people are still murdered by them, and unlike voodoo, the victim need not v.ecessa.illy be told of the curse. q: what equipment does a witch require /1: to begin with, nothing more than a, simple robe<\j:ld an at

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

sm will become non-existent. the dangers then will be along other lines those incident to the very influence of this ray itself: the dangers of crystallisation into form so that the true spiritual devotee may become rare, and the scientific aspirant will take his place. the true occultist is a scientist and a devotee, and where these two are not merged, we have the mystic and the man in danger of black magic, being governed by the intellect and not by selflessness; there are dangers incident also upon contact with the deva evolution and the knowledge of the powers and forces made available through their agency. the coming into incarnation of numbers of old magicians and occultists, and the rapid growth therefore of recognised psychic powers among the people. this psychism, being tinged wit

the consummation, interferes with the ordered progress of development, and puts all the factors involved in a bad position. the life (or entity) concerned receives a setback, the devas work destructively, and without participation in the purpose of the plan, and the magician is in danger, under the law of karma, and through the materialising of his own substance by affinity with the third aspect. black magic of this nature creeps into all religions along this very line of the destruction of the form through outer agency, and not through the liberation of the life through inner development and preparedness. it produces the evils of hatha yoga in india and similar methods as practised in certain religious and occult orders in the occident also. both work with matter on some plane in the thre

plane in the three worlds, and do evil that good may come; both control the devas, and attempt to produce specific ends by manipulation of the matter of the form. the hierarchy works with the soul within the form and produces results that are intelligent, self-induced and permanent. wherever attention is centred on the form and not on the spirit, the tendency is to deva worship, deva contact and black magic, for the form is made of deva substance on all planes- 290- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust this must be considered well in connection with every form for it holds the key to many mysteries. we have seen how in this question of the transference of the life from form to form, the work proceeds under rule and order, and is effected through the co-operation of the dev

the ethers. d. elementals and the microcosm. iii. man, as a creator in mental matter 1. the creation of thought forms. 2. the process of thought form building. iv. man and the fire spirits 1. the will aspect and creation. a. the condition of the magician. b. construction of thought forms. c. the occult significance of speech. 2. the nature of magic. a. black magicians and white. b. the source of black magic. c. conditions for white magic. 3. fifteen rules for magic. a. six rules for the mental plane. b. five rules for the astral plane. c. four rules for the physical plane. under this division we shall briefly give an outline of the study which we will undertake upon this vast and stupendous subject, for, as it definitely concerns the evolution of man and his power eventually to create, it

re of influence. there is one such constellation, situated between the lesser dipper and our system, and another, interrelated with the pleiades and our system which still have a profound effect upon the physical body of the solar logos. the above paragraph is specifically worded thus because the effects are felt in the lowest sheath of all, and are responsible for much that is ignorantly termed "black magic" these two constellations have run their cycles and are "dissolving" some of their life force and energy has been transferred to our solar system, just as the lunar life force was transferred to our earth, and this it is that is the cause of much cyclic evil. the process of decay and the evil emanations induced still have power to influence forms which are responsive to what was for th

e, it is proposed to impart the necessary teaching under the formula of "rules of magic" with certain elucidating comments. in this way, the magical work is fully safeguarded, and at the same time sufficient is imparted to those who have the inner ear attentive, and the eye of wisdom in process of opening. a. black magicians and white. much is said among occult students these days anent white and black magic,94(260) and much that is said is without force, or truth. it has been truly said that between the two types of workers, the line of demarcation is so slight as to be difficult of recognition by those who, as yet, merit not the term "knower" the distinction between the two exists in both motive and method, and might be summed up as follows: the white magician has for motive that which w

nts, and not the directing intelligences in the three worlds, and he therefore works primarily on the astral and physical planes, only in rare cases working with the mental forces, and only in a few special cases, hidden in cosmic karma, is a black magician found working on the higher mental levels. yet the cases which are there to be discovered are the main contributing causes of all manifesting black magic. the brother of light works ever through the inherent force of the second aspect as long as he is functioning in connection with the three lower planes. after the third initiation, he works increasingly with spiritual energy, or with the force of the first aspect. he impresses the lower substances, and manipulates the lesser building lives with the vibration of love, and the attractive

brother on the two lower planes in the three worlds. the white brother works under the hierarchy, or under the great king, carrying out his planetary purposes. the dark brother works under certain separated entities, unknown to him, who are connected with the forces of matter itself. much more could be given in this connection, but what is here imparted suffices for our purpose. b. the source of black magic. in touching upon this point, we are trespassing into the realms of the mystery and the domain of the inexplicable. certain statements can, however, be made here which, if pondered upon, may throw a little light upon this dark subject. first. it should be remembered that the whole subject of planetary evil (and students must distinguish carefully between planetary and cosmic evil) lies

rces of the three kingdoms (the spiritual or fifth kingdom, the human, and the animal, and secondly, by the negation of the attractive power of the three lower kingdoms (the mineral, the vegetable, and the animal, who thus form one unit, by the spiritual kingdom, utilising the fourth or human kingdom. in all these cases, triangles of force are formed which, when balanced, procure the desired end. black magic is spoken of as making its appearance upon our planet during the fourth root race.97(263) it should be borne in mind here that this means strictly in connection with the fourth kingdom and its conscious use by wrongly developed men. the forces of evil of the planetary and cosmic kind have been present since manifestation set in, being latent in the karma of the planetary logos, but hum

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llows: 1. yajna vidya. the performance of religious rites in order to produce certain results. ceremonial magic. is concerned with sound, therefore with the akasa or the ether of space. the "yajna" is the invisible deity who pervades space. 2. mahavidya. the great magic knowledge. it has degenerated into tantrika worship. deals with the feminine aspect, or the matter (mother) aspect. the basis of black magic. true maha-yoga has to do with the form (2nd aspect) and its adaptation to spirit and its needs. 3. guhya vidya. the science of mantrams. the secret knowledge of mystic mantrams. the occult potency of sound, of the word. 4. atman vidya. true spiritual wisdom. the four noble truths have been stated for us in the words of the buddha in the following terms "now the exalted one thus addres

he occult method. let us, therefore, deal briefly with our three points. i. the external control of the prana or life currents concerns those breathing exercises and rhythmic practices which bring the physical organs, allied with the etheric centres, into proper condition. these physical organs are themselves never specifically dealt with by the white magician or occultist. they are dealt with in black magic, and consist of the brain, the lungs, the heart, the spleen and the generative organs. the black magician definitely utilizes these physical parts of the body to generate a type of force which is a mixture of etheric force and dense physical energy, to enable him to do certain forms of magical work and also to produce effects on the physical bodies of animals and men. it is the knowled

dhis are the only ones that are practised by initiates, being the synthesis and sublimation of the realizations achieved on the astral and mental planes. it might, therefore, be observed that (for the seeker after truth) incarnation, intense desire and meditation are the three permissible methods, and the only ones to be practised; drugs and words of power or mantric incantations are the tools of black magic and concern the lower powers. the question might here be asked, is it not true that words of power and the use of incense form part of the ceremonies of initiation and therefore are used by initiates and aspirants. certainly, but not in the sense understood here, or for the purpose of developing psychic powers. the masters and their disciples use words of power in order to deal with th

e, or of preference for wrong action, in spite of knowledge and in defiance of the voice of the spiritual nature, then this type of karma leads to what the oriental occultist called "avitchi" or the eighth sphere, a term synonymous with the christian idea of the condition of being a lost soul. these cases are, however, exceedingly rare, and have relation to the left hand path, and the practice of black magic. though this condition involves the severing of the highest principle (that of pure spirit from its two expressions, the soul and the body, or from the six lower principles, yet the life itself remains, and after the destruction of the soul in avitchi, a fresh cycle of becoming will again be offered. 2. that type of activity which is neither all good nor all bad, which is spoken of as

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has power to work in all three worlds at once, and yet remain detached, and therefore karmically free from the results of such work. 4. only the soul is truly group-conscious and actuated by pure unselfish purpose. 5. only the soul, with the open eye of vision, can see the end from the beginning, and can hold in steadiness the true picture of the ultimate consummation. you ask, whether workers in black magic possess not an equal power? i answer, no. they can work in the three worlds, but they work from and in the plane of mind, and do not function, therefore, outside their field of endeavour, as does the soul. they can achieve, from their- 74- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust proximity and identification with their working materials, results more potent temporarily and

. one is therefore involutionary and involves him in deepest matter; the other leads him out of the body nature, and makes him eventually aware of his spiritual body, through which he can function in the kingdom of the soul. one path, later on (when he is a true and pledged chela) is known to him as the left hand path and the other the path of right activity. on one path, he becomes proficient in black magic, which is only the developed powers of the personality, subordinated to the selfish purposes of a man whose motives are those of self interest and worldly ambition. these confine him to the three worlds and shut the door which opens on to life. on the other path, he subordinates his personality and exercises the magic of the white brotherhood, working always in the light of the soul wi

equally hurting and harming those who vibrate to his note. granted all this you might appositely inquire: are there some simple rules which the earnest and sincere beginner could apply to this science of building and which are so clear and concise that they will produce the needed effect? there are, and i will state them simply so that the beginner will, if he follows them, escape the dangers of black magic, and learn to build in line with the plan. he will, if he follows the rules i give, avoid the intricate problem which he has himself blindly constructed and which will indeed shut out the light of day, darken his world, and- 273- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust imprison him in a wall of forms which will embody for him his own peculiar great illusion. these rules ma

uld be most unwise to give more explicit directions. enough has been left unsaid to make it impossible for any but a deeply learned student to arrive at the necessary correlations which will enable him to carry forward the "work of the interludes, in which alone magical work can be done. you might ask: why is this so? why are the secrets of the breath so carefully guarded? because the efficacy of black magic is found right here. there is a point where both black and white magic employ necessarily one similar stage in the work. certain men, with potent wills and clear and trained minds, but animated by purely selfish purpose, have learnt to use the lower of the two soul interludes that which concerns the relation of mind and brain. through an intense application- 299- a treatise on white ma

uality. beyond that we need not go, for the humanity of the sixth round will be so different in nature to ours and those who will differentiate into the black and the white forces will be so unlike what we now understand by the words, that we need not concern ourselves with that far distant problem. let it be remembered that the true black magician (i refer not here to a person with a tendency to black magic) is a soulless entity. he is a being in whom the ego is as we understand the term today non-existent. it is oft overlooked and seldom grasped or told that they, therefore, do not exist in physical bodies. their world is ever the world of illusion. they work, from the lower mental plane, on desire matter and on the sentient desire bodies of those on the physical plane who are swept by d

in order to "precipitate" or cause to emerge objective forms. these forms will either be in line with divine purpose and plan and, consequently, will further the cause of evolution, or they will be animated by personal intent, characterized by separated, selfish purpose, and constitute, therefore, part of the work of the retro-active forces and the material element. they will be of the nature of black magic. again the four appear: 1. the thinker. 2. the potency. 3. the quality of that potency. 4. the precipitation. the precipitation of thought forms what is a precipitation? many definitions could be given and most of them being clothed in words would lose much of their true significance, but some idea may be conveyed in the following terms- 318- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lu

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

se energies are made potent and embody our purpose through the use of thought; they follow along the well-defined thought currents of the group. it must be remembered, however, that it is in this region of thought that the cleavage comes between black and white magic. it is in the use of thought power that the two aspects of magic can be seen functioning, and therefore it is true that there is no black magic, per se, until one reaches the realm of mind. no one can be a black magician until the will and the thought work in unison, until mind control and the creative work of the focussed mind can be seen. it has oft been said the black magician is rare, indeed, and that is verily true, because the creative thinker, with power to use the sustained will, is also rare. let me illustrate. there

r clear thinking on these matters, for as we study the psychology of the microcosm and arrive at an understanding of his ray impulses and energies we shall need to see clearly the way we go so that we shall tread the path of selflessness, leading to group awareness, and not the path of individualism, leading eventually and inevitably (as the mind aspect becomes organised) to the left hand path of black magic. those strong souls who consciously and knowingly enter into the realms of spiritual force and take thence that which they need and that which they choose, must work with intelligence, so that there may be a subsequent wise distribution of force within a chosen area. those who know themselves to be in the rank and file of aspirants, but who possess the persistence which will drive them

e hierarchy should begin to be understood. the work of what in the west is called "the christ principle" is to build the forms for the expression of quality and life. that is the characteristic work of the second aspect of divinity. the work of the antichrist is to destroy forms, and this is essentially the work of the first expression of divinity. but the work of the destroyer is not the work of black magic, and when ignorant humanity regards antichrist as working on the black side, their error is great. his work is as beneficent as that of the building aspect, and it is but man's hatred of the death of forms which makes him regard the work of the destroyer as "black" as being against the divine will, and as subversive of the divine programme. the work of the representatives of that myste

s that of individual sacrifice or service, and the mystical vision was the high water mark of the period; the numerous guiding mystics of the occident and the orient have appeared. the seventh ray influence will in time produce the magician, but in this age the magician will be predominantly in the class of white magic (not as in atlantean days, when the predominance was on the side of selfish or black magic. the white magician works with the forces of nature and swings them back into control of advanced humanity. this can already be seen working out through the activity of the scientists which the latter end of the last century and this twentieth century have produced. that much of their magical work has been turned into selfish channels by the tendency of this materialistic age, and that

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capacity to be personal and emphasise personalities, leading to directed, inclusive idealism. steadiness of perception through the expansion of consciousness. reaction to, and sympathy with, the point of view of others. willingness to see the work of other people progress along their chosen lines. the choosing of the middle way. peace and not war. the good of the whole and not the part. ray seven black magic, or the use of magical powers for selfish ends. the power to "sit upon the fence" till the selfish values emerge. disorder and chaos, through misunderstanding of the plan. the wrong use of speech to bring about chosen objectives. untruth- 27- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust sex magic. the selfish perversion of soul powers. lead

materially minded, selfishly ambitious and unloving, the inpouring energy will stimulate the personality nature and he will immediately be warring furiously with all that we mean by the instinctual, psychic, intellectual nature. when all these three are stimulated, the disciple is often for a time swung off the centre into a maelstrom of magical work of the lower kind sex magic and many forms of black magic. he is glamoured by the beauty of his motive, and deceived by the acquired potency of his personality. if, however, he is warned of the danger and aware of the possibility, he will stand steady at the centre within the mystical pentagram, and there suffer until the light in the east rises upon his darkness, discovering him still at the midway point. then comes the revelation of the pla

ty. it will be apparent at this point how- 237- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust important is motive, for it determines the line of activity and differentiates man's activity into what is called (by esotericists) black and white magic. it is interesting also to note that it is the very rare man indeed who swings into the field of so-called black magic. this indicates, does it not, my brother, the extraordinarily triumphant work of the great white lodge. 2. the fiat which initiated this creative activity, as far as it relates to man, has been inadequately couched in the words "let the earth bring forth abundantly, thus inaugurating the age of creativity. this creative fecundity has steadily shifted during the past few thousand years

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hich is formulated in terms of individual belief, prejudice, dogmatism or ideas. i would ask you to study the above few words most carefully. the moment that there is the least tendency on the part of a group, or of an individual in a group, to force an issue, to bring so much mental pressure to bear that an individual or group is helpless under the impact of other minds, you have what is called "black magic" right motive may protect the group from any serious results to themselves, but the effect upon their victim will be definitely serious, rendering him negative, and with a weakened will. the result of all true telepathic work and rightly directed effort to "impress" a subject will be to leave him with a strengthened will to right action, an intensified interior light, an astral body fr

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

nsanities. m ysticism. harmony. dogmatism. fifth ray. throat lower psychism. wrong metabolism. creativity knowledge. certain cancers. sensitivity. inspiration sixth ray. s olar plexus emotionalism. nervous diseases. a spiration. devotion. gastritis right direction. liver trouble. seventh ray. b ase of the self-interest. h eart diseases. white magic. organisation. s pine pure selfishness. t umors. black magic. please remember in studying this tabulation that it is a generalisation, and only a partial listing of the types of disease which can be the result of the inflow of energy. it is only intended to be suggestive; the complexity of the human equipment and the intricacy of the ray energies are such that no hard and fast rules can be laid down. the ray forces manifest differently, accordin

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ration and trained techniques. d. he is slowly being integrated into the very heart of humanity; this puts him in touch with the heart of the hierarchy and through the hierarchy energies from the heart of the sun can reach him. 5. he indicates a growing sensitivity to all that is spiritually esoteric (forget not that there is an esotericism which is not spiritual, but which is strictly related to black magic; his inner hearing and his eye of vision are rapidly being brought into an occult focus- 265- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust these are simply some of the capacities unfolded by the individual aspirant and if you study them with care you will realise that they are of fundamental importance. it is the fusion of all these capacities in group work which e

that you can profit from this, and this is a fact which you must accept. your astral body is first ray in nature and hence the potent hold which glamour has had on you a glamour inherited from three previous lives and rendered one-pointed and powerful in this life through your first ray astral nature. you willed to deal with glamour; you ran, last life, a great risk of wandering on to the path of black magic. your recognition of me and my work and your instantaneous cooperation, completely negated that possibility, but the tendency to glamour remained and still does. your physical body is third ray in type, and this has intensified the worst aspects of that ray, because soul energy (undirected by an illumined mind) at times stimulates it and the glamour can take effect in physical plane ac

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jor task it is to work solely in the world of illusion and with astral matter. this department came into being in atlantean days when the great controversy took place between those who embodied the consciousness or soul aspect of deity and those who were similarly representative of the matter aspect of deity. symbolically speaking, the left-hand and the right-hand paths came into being; white and black magic were brought into conflict with each other and the pairs of opposites (always existent in manifestation) became active factors in the consciousness of advanced humanity. the battle of discrimination was opened, and humanity became active upon the field of kurukshetra. where there is no conscious response to a condition and no registered awareness, there is no problem of responsibility

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

overned our activities until now have simply come to an end and we wonder how we could possibly have thought as we did. that line of thought has died. it is valuable to get the big picture and learn to interpret it in the various aspects of the personality. scorpio, the sign of magic magic does not mean doing curious things: true magic is the expression of the soul through the medium of the form. black magic is the use of form in order to gain what we want for the form. black magic is unadulterated selfishness. white magic is use of the soul for purposes of human uplift, utilizing the personality. why is scorpio the sign of magic? an ancient book says "virgo is the witch, she prepares the ingredients which are weighed in the balances in libra, and in scorpio the magical work is carried for

BALANONES TEMPLE OF SET FAQ

an spare, the previously unseen spirit world has become tangible and palpable, more reachable and more real. powerful stuff indeed. john balaohbalanone's temple of set faq contents: 1.0 introduction 2.0 philosophy 2.1 xeper 2.2 initiation 2.3 satanism 2.4 left hand path 2.5 metaphysics 2.6 dogma vs doctrine 3.0 religion 3.1 the temple of set as a religion 3.2 set 3.3 the gift of set 4.0 magic 4.1 black magic 4.2 ritual practices 4.3 occult studies 5.0 the organization 5.1 membership in the temple 5.2 relations with other organizations 5.3 why the temple of set? 5.4 our reputation(s) 5.5 pylons and orders 5.6 the high priest 6.0 setians and setianism 6.1 activities 6.2 setians 6.3 why are we here? 6.4 miscellaneous 7.0 contact and information 7.1 formal and official contact 7.2 informal con

work (or at least conceive of) magic. etc. the gift of set is whatever happens to separate us (those with potential) from animals (those without quite as much potential, which is one of the grey areas that haven't been clarified very well (some of us not seeing very much difference between humans and "higher" animals. there is more discussion of the gift of set in the ref document> 4.0 magic 4.1 black magic what is black magic? how does the temple of set teach it? black magic is consciously-directed alteration of one's environment through obscure natural (lesser black magic) or non-natural (medial black magic) means, or apprehension of the forms/principles of the natural/non-natural universe (greater black magic. black magic inverts the formula of religion from "thy will be done" to "my w

ral/non-natural universe (greater black magic. black magic inverts the formula of religion from "thy will be done" to "my will be done" the temple of set teaches both theory and practice of lbm/mbm/gbm, along with individual and social ethical considerations to which the initiate must be sensitive in order to use such magical knowledge creatively, constructively, and responsibly [descriptions of "black magic" as involving human or animal sacrifice, rape, or other illegal or reprehensible practices are merely judaeo/christian propaganda, and have no basis in truth whatever] 4.2 ritual practices setian ritual practice is generally not discussed in public forums. however, some specific questions seem to require answers- do you sacrifice animals (or children? no. see the ref document for a mor

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

thropological evolution, they are gods and men- when incarnated in the nether world. let the reader be reminded, in this connection, of the fact that apollonius met in kashmir buddhist nagas- which are neither serpents zoologically, nor yet the nagas ethnologically, but "wise men" the bible, from genesis to revelations, is but a series of historical records of the great struggle between white and black magic, between the adepts of the right path, the prophets, and those of the left, the levites, the clergy of the brutal masses. even the students of occultism, though some of them have more archaic mss. and direct teaching to rely upon, find it difficult to draw a line of demarcation between the sodales of the right path and those of the left. the great schism that arose between the sons of

magic, and that the orthodox levites did not belong to the holy one, is shown in the words pronounced by the dying jacob. and here it may be well to quote a few sentences from "isis unveiled" the dying jacob thus describes his sons "dan" he says "shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse-heels, so that his rider shall fall backwards (i.e, he will teach candidates black magic. i have waited for thy salvation, o lord" of simeon and levi the patriarch remarks that they. are brethren; instru[[footnote(s "pantheon" text 15[[vol. 2, page] 212 the secret doctrine. ments of cruelty are in their habitations. o my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly* now in the original, the words "their secret" really are "their sod* and sod was the name for

ief of the mysteries, he was the hierophant thereof, and further, if, at the same time, we find the prophets thundering against the "abominations" of the people of israel, that there were two schools "fiery serpents" was, then, simply the epithet given to the levites of the priestly caste, after they had departed from the good law, the traditional teachings of moses: and to all those who followed black magic. isaiah, when referring to the "rebellious children" who will have to carry their riches into the land whence come "the viper and fiery flying serpent (xxx. 6, or chaldea and egypt, whose initiates had already greatly degenerated in his day (700 b.c, meant the sorcerers of those lands* but these must be carefully distinguished from the "fiery dragons of wisdom" and the "sons of the fir

marrying and giving in marriage, no change, no individual consciousness* all is absorbed in the spirit of the most powerful. it is emphatically a kingdom of peace and loyal submission as that of the 'arch-rebel' is one of war and revolution. it (the[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] master, a guru, he became a mystic; then a theosophist who doubted, despaired; threw up white for black magic, went insane and joined the roman church. then again turning round, anathematized her, re-became an atheist, and died cursing humanity, knowledge, and god, in whom he had ceased to believe. furnished with all the esoteric data to write his "war in heaven" he made a semi-political article out of it, mixing malthus with satan, and darwin with the astral light. peace be to his- shell. he

ans, or the rakshasas of the ramayana and the children of bharata varsha, or india; the ante- and the post-diluvians of the bible. gyan (or rather gnan, true or occult wisdom and knowledge, also called gian-ben-gian (or wisdom, son of wisdom, was the king of the peris* he had a shield as famous as that of achilles, only instead of serving against an enemy in war, it served as a protection against black magic, the sorcery of the devs. gian-ben-gian had reigned 2,000 years when iblis, the devil, was permitted by god to defeat the devs and scatter them to the other end of the world. even the magic shield, which, produced on the principles of astrology, destroyed charms, enchantments, and bad spells, could not prevail against iblis, who was an agent of fate (or karma* they count ten kings in t

of that period is allegorized in the ramayana, which is the mystic narrative in epic form of the struggle between rama- the first king of the divine dynasty of the early aryans- and ravana, the symbolical personation of the atlantean (lanka) race. the former were the incarnations of the solar gods; the latter, of the lunar devas. this was the great battle between good and evil, between white and black magic, for the supremacy of the divine forces, or of the lower terrestrial or cosmic powers. if the student would understand better the last statement, let him turn to the anugita episode of the mahabharata, chapter v, where the brahmana tells his wife "i have perceived by means of the self the seat abiding in the self (the seat) where dwells the brahman free from the pairs of opposites and

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

e shall see, at this period- during the highest point of civilization and knowledge, as also of human intellectuality, of the fourth, atlantean race- that, owing to the final crisis of physiologico-spiritual adjustment of the races, humanity branched off into its two diametrically opposite paths: the right- and the left-hand paths of knowledge or of vidya "thus were the germs of the white and the black magic sown in those days. the seeds lay latent for some time, to sprout only during the early period of the fifth (our race (commentary[[vol. 1, page] 193 the first cause of sin. spirit per se is an unconscious negative abstraction. its purity is inherent, not acquired by merit; hence, as already shown, to become the highest dhyan chohan it is necessary for each ego to attain to full self-co

ere in the earth- for there was no earth then such as it is now; and the herb of the field was in existence before it grew as it does now in the fourth round. discussing and explaining the nature of the invisible elements and the "primordial fire" mentioned above, eliphas levi calls it invariably the "astral light" it is the "grand agent magique" with him; undeniably it is so, but- only so far as black magic is concerned, and[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] philadelphia. for others, however, it is discovered, yet must remain almost useless "so far shalt thou go" all the above is as practical as it is correct, save one error, which we will explain in the text further on. eliphas levi commits a great blunder in always identifying the astral light with what we call akasa

e] 416 the secret doctrine. all that man obtains. and prevents the attainment of emancipation. the sages shun wrath. be not thou, my child, subject to its influence. let not those unoffending spirits of darkness be consumed; let thy sacrifice cease. mercy is the might of the righteous (vishnu purana, book i, ch. i. thus, every such "sacrifice" or prayer to god for help is no better than an act of black magic. that which parasara prayed for, was the destruction of the spirits of darkness, for his personal revenge. he is called a pagan, and the christians have doomed him as such, to eternal hell. yet, in what respect is the prayer of sovereigns and generals, who pray before every battle for the destruction of their enemy, any better? such a prayer is in every case black magic of the worst ki

fortunately, no authenticated instance is on the records of christian wars showing a like catastrophe on the same scale happening to one christian fleet owing to the "prayers" of its enemy- another christian nation. but this is from no fault of theirs, for each prays as ardently to jehovah for the destruction of the other, as the athenians prayed to boreas. both resorted to a neat little piece of black magic con amore. such abstinence from divine interference being hardly due to lack of[[footnote(s* cosmolatry, p. 415[[vol. 1, page] 468 the secret doctrine. prayers, sent to a common almighty god for mutual destruction, where, then, shall we draw the line between pagan and christian? and who can doubt that all protestant england would rejoice and offer thanks to the lord, if, during some fu

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of the path. petronius arbiter. valuable for those who have wit to understand it. the equinox 24 the golden ass, by apuleius. valuble for those who have wit to understand it. le comte de gabalis. valuable for its hints of those things which it mocks. the rape of the lock, by alexander pope. valuable for its account of elementals. undine, by de la motte-fouqu. valuable as an account of elementals. black magic, by marjorie bowen. an intensely interesting story of sorcery. le peau de chagrin, by honor de balzac. a magnificent magical allegory. number nineteen, by edgar jepson. an excellent tale of modern magic. dracula, by bram stoker. valuable for its accounts of legends concerning vampires. scientific romances, by h. hinton. valuable as an introduction to the study of the fourth dimension

now this man is also called a black magician, and a great deal of confusion has arisen in connection with this phrase. even the author, to judge by the note, seems to confuse the matter. red caps and yellow gaps alike are in general altogether beneath the stage of which we have been speaking. and from the point of view of the master of the temple, there is very little to choose between white and black magic as ordinarily understood by the man in the street, who distinguishes between them according as they are helpful or hurtful to himself. if the magician cures his headache, or gives him a good tip on the stock exchange, he is a white magician. if he suspects him of causing illness and the like, he is black. to the master of the temple either proceeding appears blind and stupid. in the lo

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a hand. like herself, it embodies the spirits of the "old souls" those enslaved africans who touched down more than a century earlier on the backwater jetty known as ibo landing. offering the hand to her kin, nana calls them to pay homage before embarking on their journey. she believes that their collective memory.and the power of her charm.will sustain them as conclusion 151 notes 157 index 209 black magic page 3 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 facing page illustration: advertisement from an eighteenth-century newspaper for an escaped slave, described as "a fortuneteller and conjurer" hall's wilmington gazette (north carolina, october 1798\ 2\ they enter into a new and uncertain future beyond the shores of these sea islands.[1]

serve memory. it is also a story of the cultural and spiritual resources to which a people might turn when they are in need. i suggest that daughters might be read as an allegory of the religious sojourn of blacks in america, with nana's charm as a metaphor for a legacy that some have chosen to preserve, and others to reject. rather than dismissing the hand as an object of superstition, i want to black magic page 4 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 argue for its deeper significance, as a symbol of the survival of a kind of magical spirituality in the african american experience. this book is about the creations that black people have woven into their quest for spiritual empowerment and meaning. it is about magic, as that term refer

ch as work, recreation, or leisure. hence the boundaries of "religion" can be difficult to locate. charles long, who has most strongly advocated an original methodological approach to black religion, asserts that "the church [is] not the only context for the meaning of religion" for black people, but that "religion c mean[s] orientation.orientation in the ultimate sense, that is, how one comes to black magic page 5 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 terms with the ultimate significance of one's place in the world" these "extrachurch orientations" long adds "have had great critical and creative power" often touching "deeper religious issues regarding the true situation of black communities"[5 "religion" then, not only pertains to the

, which viewed african american magic as expressing a cultural idiom, and conjuring rituals, performative signs, and symbols as articulating human intention. at the other end of the bibliographic spectrum stand older studies, such as newbell niles puckett's folk beliefs of the southern negro (1926, which offered the author's particular insights into the social and cultural milieu from which black black magic page 6 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 spiritual traditions in late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century america were derived. first-person narratives of conjure traditions are best exemplified by the vast collection of supernatural charms, mystical experiences, spiritual formulae, and other raw materials collected in hoodo

l truth" for those who recount it, giving evidence of a "deeper" reality that endures in shared, communal recollections of the past. accordingly i have also relied on documents such as the federal writers f project slave narratives, compiled from interviews with former bondmen and their descendants in the united states after the turn of the twentieth century. other materials used as resources for black magic include oral "texts" such as those drawn from the black performative tradition, including folk music and the blues, whose contents have circulated for generations as valuable repositories of african american thought.[9] although this book opens with a fictional sequence situated among the gullah-speaking people of the sea islands, the book's focus is not on that territory, nor on any s

he traditions that, in african societies, had once encompassed all human relations and institutions. among enslaved blacks, older cosmologies gradually merged with concepts that were extracted from newly formed afro-christian ideas such as a radical monotheism, dualistic notions of good and evil, and concepts of spiritual intervention. elements of the older african worldview also intersected with black magic page 7 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 a network of anglo-american supernatural traditions. the simultaneous emergence of african-based supernaturalism (later identified as conjure and hoodoo) and black americans f embrace of christianity resulted in the reinforcement of magic and religion as convergent phenomena. chapters 3

y innovative profiteers, and appropriated by commercial interests and industries. although black american spirituality was still oriented toward human interaction with efficacious powers, other expressions of the supernatural informed black american popular culture, with the blues and literature as two important artistic products that manifested the influences of conjure in the twentieth century. black magic does not purport to be a definitive history of african american magic or religion; rather, it is a selective examination of key themes in african american religious history. it is my contribution to a conversation among students of black religion that provides a more nuanced view of "religion" and "magic" by tracing the elements of these two parallel and sometimes indistinguishable ide

her, it is a selective examination of key themes in african american religious history. it is my contribution to a conversation among students of black religion that provides a more nuanced view of "religion" and "magic" by tracing the elements of these two parallel and sometimes indistinguishable ideas. ultimately, the effacing of these categories may lead to a richer understanding of the myriad black magic page 8 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006\ 9\ dimensions of human spirituality. it is a reminder that as we look at african american religion, certain themes appear to be inescapable: where there are preachers, there are also conjurers; where there are conversions, there are dreams and visions. and where there is faith, there is

d ever continues to be, magic\ 10\ facing page illustration: texts favored by black hoodoo practitioners included magic manuals of european christian extraction, such as this english translation of john george hohman, der lange verborgene freund (the long lost friend; 1856. courtesy of the library company of philadelphia, rare books division\ 11\ 1 "our religion and superstition was all mixed up" black magic page 9 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 conjure, christianity, and african american supernatural traditions henry abraham, an african american farmer, migrated from the lowcountry plantations of south carolina to the pine fields of florida early in the twentieth century. a story tells that one day he was sent to draft some lab

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'belief' to magical purposes. the positive and negative aspects of this arcanum are dealt with in azoetia (xoanon: 1992, 2002) under the name 'the iconostasis of blasphemy' and readers are directed there for more detailed understanding of this matter. one must be wise to discern the use of veil upon veil: the use of demonological terms should not be misconstrued as advocacy for vulgar 'satanism 'black magic' or such like; neither should our positive use of judaeo-christian terms imply religious adherence in any conventional sense. the sabbatic craft uses sorcerous teachings of a specialised gnostic character, an outer part of which combines a coded use of both luciferic and christo -pagan terms. one must be careful to interpret this; it is a test! few pass beyond it. a defining feature of

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but the physical version of the multidimensional prison, within which our lower consciousness has been, until now, entrapped for hundreds of thousands of years. those at the higher levels of the elite-illuminati-brotherhood are, i believe, vehicles for the manipulation of the physical world by the prison warders of the fourth dimension. there are many connections between the elite-brotherhood and black magic, and once you get involved in that, it is easy for your consciousness to be taken over by an extreme negative force. such ceremonies and ritual can conjure up very dark and malevolent energies, which can possess the people involved. most freemasons learn the lines of their ceremonies and go through the ritual without any idea of what they are playing around with and attracting to them

hroughout this pyramid there is one common and all-pervading force, guide, and motivation. it decides the policy and holds the strings of those who manipulate our lives. this force is the guiding light, or rather darkness, which controls the thinking and the direction of those at the top of this pyramid of deceit. it is the prison warders' consciousness and its principal vehicle is known to us as black magic. postscript to 21st century edition in the 2004 presidential election both candidates, george w. bush and john kerry, were initiates of the skull and bones society- two masks on the same face as usual. and an initiate of licio gelli's p2 freemasonry lodge in rome was a man called silvio berlusconi. he went on to become prime minister of italy and the country's major media mogul. just a

arty. another committed occultist and friend of sebottendorff now becomes highly significant. this was dietrich eckart, a heavy-drinking, drug-taking writer who believed he was here to prepare the way for a dictator of germany. he met hitler in 1919 and decided he was the one, the 'messiah, he was looking for. it is eckart who is credited with hitler's advanced esoteric knowledge and probably the black magic ritual, or rituals, which plugged him so completely into the prison warder the super elite- the black magicians 211 vibration. from now on, hitler's power to attract support grew rapidly. eckart wrote to a friend in 1923 "follow hitler! he will dance, but it is i who have called the tune. we have given him the means of communication with them. do not mourn for me: i shall have influenc

the double s or 'sig' rune, which looks like two flashes of lightning. the ss was a virtually self-contained body and the epitome of all of the esoteric knowledge in which the nazis believed so passionately. only those considered racially pure were allowed to join, and instruction in the esoteric arts, including the rune stones, was fundamental to their training. the ss was run and governed as a black magic secret society. their rituals were taken from others such as the jesuits and the knights templar. the highest 212. and the truth shall set you free ranking initiates were the thirteen members of the grand council of knights (led by their grand master, heinrich himmler, and the black rituals were performed at the ancient castle of wewelsberg in westphalia. they celebrated the festivals

mler, and the black rituals were performed at the ancient castle of wewelsberg in westphalia. they celebrated the festivals of the nordic pagans and the summer solstice. here they worshiped satan, lucifer, set, whichever name you prefer, the consciousness which was the nazis and is the elite today. prince bernhard, one of the founders of the bilderberg group, was in the ss. esoteric knowledge and black magic pervaded all that hitler and the nazis did, even down to the use of pendulums on maps to identify the positions of enemy troops. the original swastika symbol was right-handed which, in esoteric terms, means light and creation, the positive. hitler insisted it be turned around to symbolise black magic and destruction. the mass rallies that hitler used so effectively were designed with t

e had such a hold over the tsar that he was, in effect, the ruler of the country. stories have come to light of the black esoteric basis of the kgb in the former soviet union. today the kgb under other titles plays exactly the same role in 'free' russia. only its name has changed. one report highlights the manipulation within the kremlin by general georgy georgievich rogozin who, it is said, uses black magic to program the psyche of those he wishes to control.14 he heads a highly secretive intelligence group in boris yeltsin's presidential team. the global intelligence network is founded on the misuse of esoteric knowledge. the global elite and those who abuse the esoteric knowledge also know that if you can control the key energy power points (acupuncture points and chakra vortexes) on th

ld him that the 'hess' in spandau was a look-alike. when cameron tried to prove identification by examining 'hess' and locating a first world war wound, he was not allowed to do so. 218..and the truth shall set you free 12 gerald suster, hitler and the age of horus (sphere, london, 1981) 13 enrique de vicente "the occult roots of the new world order, exposure magazine, vol. 1, no. 2 (1993) p7 14 "black magic holds sway over a paranoid kremlin, the european (may llth-15th 1995) p4 15 in 1965, for example, the bilderbergers met alongside lake como in italy, the ancient headquarters of the order of comocine, the forerunners of the medieval masons. i spent a lot of time at lake como in 1995 before later realising its esoteric significance. among those attending the bilderberg meeting at lake c

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und 2000bc when it infiltrated the more positive egyptian mystery schools and made them vehicles of the reptilian "gods. manly p. hall, the freemasonic historian, summarises what happened, although for "black magicians of atlantis" also read "reptilians "while the elaborate ceremonial magic of antiquity was not necessarily evil, there arose from its perversion several false schools of sorcery, or black magic [in egypt..the black magicians of atlantis continued to exercise their superhuman the unholy alliance 105 powers until they had completely undermined and corrupted the morals of the primitive mysteries..they usurped the position formerly occupied by the initiates, and seized the reigns of spiritual government "thus black magic dictated the state religion and paralysed the intellectual

uld become the nazi party. another committed occultist and friend of sebottendorff was highly significant. this was dietrict eckart, a heavy drinking, drug-taking writer, who believed he was here to pave the way for a dictator of germany. he met hitler in 1919 and decided he was the one, the messiah he was looking for. it is eckart who is credited with hitler's advanced esoteric knowledge and the black magic rituals that plugged him so completely into the demonic reptilians. from now on, hitler's power to attract support grew rapidly. eckart wrote to a friend in 1923 "follow hitler! he will dance, but it is i who have called the tune. we have given him the means of communication with them. do not mourn for me; i shall have influenced history more than any other german."22 calling the demon

e ground to form the symbol of the hermetic cross, also known as the hammer of thor. it was the badge of power in the order of the golden dawn and we know this symbol as the swastika, an ancient sun symbol of the atlanteans-phoenicians. the original swastika was right-handed which, in esoteric terms, means light and creation, the positive. the nazis reversed this to symbolise the left- hand path- black magic and destruction. lanz von liebenfels (real name adolf lanz) used the swastika on a flag that flew over his temple overlooking the danube and for these two black magicians it symbolised the end of christianity and the dawning of the age of blond-haired, blue-eyed aryan supermen. they believed in the racial inferiority of those they called the dark forces, such as the jews, slavs, and ne

was the double s or "sig rune, which looks like two flashes of lightning. the ss was a virtually self-contained body and the epitome of all the esoteric knowledge in which the nazis believed so passionately. only those considered racially pure were allowed to join, and instruction in the esoteric arts, including the rune stones, was fundamental to their training. the ss was run and governed as a black magic secret society. their rituals were taken from others, such as the jesuits and the knights templar. the highest-ranking initiates were the 12 members of the grand council of knights led by the 13th, their grand master heinrich himmler. their black rituals were performed at the ancient castle of wewelsberg in westphalia. they celebrated the rituals of the nordic pagans and the summer sol

eation, on behalf of his friends and backers.21 russell's family was formerly known as roessel and went to scotland from germany. both are massive occult centres. germany is where the rothschilds emerged and scotland is one of the key areas of the world for illuminati bloodlines.22 from the start, charles russell used his new watchtower society, based at bethel, brooklyn, new york, as a front for black magic, or enochian magic as his brand of satanism was called. he put the flying sun disk on the front of his books, an ancient illuminati symbol going back to egypt and babylon. the watchtower magazine has always been a mass of subliminal and less subliminal occult symbolism and the very name, watchtower, is part of illuminati and freemasonic legend and code. to them watchtowers are areas of

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it all to see whatenormous evidence there is that this is true. the station from which the reptiliansoperate is the lower level of the fourth dimension, the one closest to this physical world.other people know this as the lower astral dimension, the legendary home of demonsand malevolent entities going back to antiquity. it is from here that todays satanistssummon their demonic entities in their black magic rituals. they are actuallysummoning the reptilians of the lower fourth dimension. it is suggested by someresearchers, with good reason, that the non-physical reptilians were able to pour intothis dimension through holes or portals in the time-space fabric caused by the nucleartests and explosions which started in the deserts of new mexico in the early 1940s. buti think such holes began

ne wears out they simply occupy another. it is fromthis process of possession by the reptilians and other low vibrational entities that wehave the ancient tales, indeed modern ones too, of demons, devils and evil spirits takingover a human mind and body. it is the reptilians and other consciousness of the lowerfourth dimension, the cesspit vibration as i call it, which are summoned during satanic,black magic rituals and it is during these rituals that many unsuspecting puppets areplugged in to the reptilian consciousness and taken over. so it was in babylon and soit is today. as i revealed in i am me i am free, and will elaborate upon in this book, thebrotherhood hierarchy today are seriously into satanic ritual, child sacrifice, blooddrinking and other abominations that would take your br

ople they believed would use it wisely and i am not suggesting that all theseschools were malevolent, certainly not. but even the positive ones were eventuallyinfiltrated by the servants of the reptilians. as manly p. hall, the freemasonichistorian, wrote:while the elaborate ceremonial magic of antiquity was not necessarily evil, there arosefrom its perversion several false schools of sorcery, or black magic (in egypt. the blackmagicians of atlantis continued to exercise their superhuman powers until they hadcompletely undermined and corrupted the morals of the primitive mysteries. they usurpedthe position formerly occupied by the initiates, and seized the reins of spiritual government.thus black magic dictated the state religion and paralysed the intellectual and spiritualactivities of th

nd i certainly do not wish to casta negative interpretation on the work of modern druids. knowledge is neutral and thesame knowledge can be used with good or malevolent intent. but there is no doubt thatthe druidic religion was infiltrated and began to manifest the classic rituals andbehaviour of the reptilians, including human sacrifice. the brotherhood today still usesdruidic rituals in its own black magic ceremonies.going home?the evidence of the connections between the middle-near east and the british islesand ireland is simply enormous. you can follow the flow of peoples, knowledge,culture, language, deities, symbols and rituals, very comfortably. i wonder, however, ifthis was all travelling between these two areas of the world for the first time fromaround 3,000 bc or whether, in the

en by god on the top of a mountain. the levites wrote itand then invented moses to hide this fact. other laws have been constantly added orrevised since, to cover all eventualities. the pages of these levite texts contain aconstant and sickening theme of extreme racism against non-judeans and the need toutterly destroy anyone who defies them- exactly the way manly hall described themethods of the black magic priests. they encourage murder and mayhem of everyconceivable kind. the talmud must be the most racist document on earth. here are justa few examples of the depth of its spiritual sickness:just the jews are humans, the non-jews are no humans, but cattle kerithuth 6b, page78, iebhammoth 61the non-jews have been created to serve the jews as slaves midrasch talpioth 225sexual intercourse

es and cathedrals, like westminster abbey and notredame in paris, also have black and white squares on the floor, because the christianchurch is a front for the babylonian brotherhood. many police forces, including thosein the uk and the usa, have black and white squares on their uniform because they arecontrolled by the freemasons and the templars. the skull and bones is symbolic, inpart, of the black magic rituals the brotherhood have employed since their very earliestdays and these same sickening rituals, often involving human sacrifice, are still goingon today. if you look at the v atican or papal crest, you will see that the dome of stpeters basilica and the crossed keys of peter also form the same skull and crossbones.theyre all in it together. this theme could well be the reason tha

of the european unionwith its single central bank and currency is one of the pillars of the brotherhood agenda.some of the advanced knowledge inherited by the templars was that of the earthsenergy grid, the network of magnetic force lines known as ley lines, dragon lines ormeridians. the major sacred sites are where many of these lines cross, creatingenormous vortices of energy. if you perform a black magic ritual and human sacrifice atthese points the deeply negative energy it produces is carried on the force linesemanating from the vortex and pumped throughout the network. this affects thevibrational state of the earths magnetic energy field within which we all live. if thatenergy field is full of fear, people will be more likely to feel that emotion. and fear isthe four letter word tha

ser, richard wagner, used unusual names from the rennes area in his operasand in his work, the v alkyrie, we see again the theme of someone condemned to eternalsleep in the ruins of an enchanted castle. there are many ruined enchanted castles aroundrennes-le-chateau and wagners castle of v alhalla is a castle on the paris meridian afew miles from the village.26 adolf hitler, who was obsessed with black magic, said thatto under-stand the nazis, one had to understand wagner. one legend has it that wagnervisited sauniere at rennes-le-chateau. jules v erne, the science fiction writer, was ahigh initiate who knew much secret knowledge. his book, chateau of the carpathians,includes several names unique to the rennes-le-chateau area, and in v ernes clovisdardentor, one the characters is captain b

the nazi party. another committedoccultist and friend of sebottendorff now becomes highly significant. this was dietricheckart, a heavy-drinking, drug-taking writer who believed he was here to pave the wayfor a dictator of germany. he met hitler in 1919 and decided he was the one, themessiah, he was looking for. it is eckart who is credited with hitlers advancedesoteric knowledge and probably the black magic rituals which plugged him socompletely into the reptilian frequency. from now on, hitlers power to attract supportgrew rapidly. eckart wrote to a friend in 1923:follow hitler! he will dance, but it is i who have called the tune. we have given him themeans of communication with them. do not mourn for me; i shall have influenced historymore than any other german.13another of hitlers obse

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sons praising lucifer with references "the mysteries of magic' by eliphas levi "what is more absurd and more impious than to attribute the name of lucifer to the devil, that is, to personified evil. the intellectual lucifer is the spirit of intelligence and love; it is the paraclete, it is the holy spirit, while the physical lucifer is the great agent of universal magnetism" page 428 'the book of black magic' by arthur edward waite 33 "first conjuration addressed to emperor lucifer. emperor lucifer, master and prince of rebellious spirits, i adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me. i command and i conjure thee in the name of the mighty living god, father, son and holy ghost, to appear without noise and wi

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our nature are correlated with the higher self, instead of being dissociated into the quphothic underworld of the freudian unconscious. 76. elemental operations are not, of course, performed in the sphere of tiphareth, but it is essential that they should be controlled from the sphere of tiphareth if they are to remain white magic. if there is no such higher control, they will soon slide off into black magic. it is said that at the fall the four lower sephiroth became detached from tiphareth and assimilated to the quphoth. when the elemental forces become detached from their spiritual principles in our concepts so that they become ends in themselves, even if no mystical qabala page 143 ev'l but merely experimentation is intended, a fall takes place and degeneration soon follows. but when w

into obedience to the central power of unified consciousness. 43. in entering upon the region of the four lower sephiroth we are coming into the sphere of the human mind. subjectively considered, they constitute the personality and its powers. it is the aim of occult initiation to develop these powers and, if taken from the higher standpoint, as it always should be if it is not to degenerate into black magic, to unite them with tiphareth, which is the focussing-point of the higher self, or individuality. in discussing netzach, therefore, we have definitely passed within the portal of the mysteries, and are treading upon the sacred ground reserved for initiates. 44. i am no advocate of a secrecy which is s mply priest-craft, but there are certain practical secrets of the mysteries which it

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there is no essential difference between sticking pins into a 7 of 103 wax image of an enemy and burning candles in front of a wax image of the virgin. you may think that both these practices are gross superstition, but you can hardly think that one is real and potent and deny reality and potency to the other "the weapons of our warfare are not carnal may as truly be said of the practitioners of black magic as of the church. my own case belongs more to the realm of psychology than to occultism, the method employed being an application of hypnotic power to improper ends; i have given it, however, because i am convinced that hypnotic methods are very largely used in black magic, and that telepathic suggestion is the key to a large proportion of its phenomena. i cite my own case, painful as

had to be found which would resume these three and explain their inter-relationship. a dream is commonly the first way in which psychic manifestations make themselves known, the subconscious perceptions being reflected into consciousness in this form. it is held by many occultists that congenital epilepsy, as distinguished from that due to tumours of the brain, has its roots in the operations of black magic or witchcraft in which the sufferer participated in a past life, whether as practitioner or victim, the fit being an astral struggle with a discarnate entity, reflected on the physical body by means of the well-known phenomenon of repercussion. the moon plays a very important part in all occult operations, different tides being available at different phases of her cycle. persephone, di

play so large a part in so-called psychic impressions that one is chary of accepting confirmatory testimony from a psychic who knows what is expected of him, but a spontaneous reaction is in my opinion evidential. when the treatment of miss l. had progressed some way towards her final recovery, much interesting information was elicited. she told us that she had distinct memories of dealings with black magic in her previous lives. this, she said, had been confirmed by several independent psychics, and i would certainly have been willing to add my testimony to theirs had i been asked. as a child, she used to day dream that she was a witch, willing the death or misfortune of those who annoyed her, and she also averred, though whether this was true or not i cannot say, that her wishes were so

of 103 another person than to absorb one's own, and could only have been accomplished by an initiate of a very high grade, which z. indubitably was. his opinion concerning the case, though there was no means of obtaining independent confirmation of this, was that some eastern european troops had been brought to the western front, and among these were individuals with the traditional knowledge of black magic for which south eastern europe has always enjoyed a sinister reputation among occultists. these men, getting killed, knew how to avoid going to the second death, that is to say, the disintegration of the astral body, and maintained themselves in the etheric double by vampirising the wounded. now vampirism is contagious; the person who is vampirised, being depleted of vitality, is a psy

reat affection for the buddha, and have his statue in their rooms (though sometimes they confuse it with chenresi, the stout and beaming god of good-luck. that the influence of that great 34 of 103 being, the light of asia, is noble and benignant, i would be the last to deny; but the statues of the buddha are a different matter, and need to be approached with caution if genuine. some of the worst black magic in the world is a debased form of buddhism. to say this is not to insult that venerable faith, for it is only lack of opportunity that prevents the black mass from occupying that dubious eminence. in the thibetan monasteries of the dugpa sect there are temples each one of which contained literally thousands of statues of the buddha. on various occasions one or another of these monaster

iniquity since the days of atlantean magic, through the decadence of babylon and rome, down to the great war, we can guess what rises up from them when their seals are broken. not only do influences emanate from them which tempt and corrupt souls, each according to its susceptibility, but time has served for the formulation of evil intelligences. these probably originated through the workings of black magic, which took the essential evil essence and organised it for purposes of its own. the beings thus formulated assumed an independent existence, developed, and multiplied their kind. they appear as dreams and hallucinations, and may produce a considerable degree of objective phenomena, such as noise, deposit of slime or blood, balls of light, and, above all, stenches of an amazing pungenc

ink that it is this method, combined with hypnosis, which is used by the obsessing entity, which first identifies itself with its victim and then superimposes its own personality upon his, thus obtaining a vehicle of manifestation. i am also of the opinion, however, that it is only in certain abnormal states, whether induced by disease of mind or body, or by some of the more drastic operations of black magic, that this imposition can take place. part iii the diagnosis of a psychic attack chapter xii methods employed in making a psychic attack anyone who reads the old books on witchcraft, usually compiled by the professional witch-finders from the confessions of alleged witches extorted under torture, will find that the phenomena described fall into certain broad categories which are so con

tting his victim into the first stages of hypnosis. by means of the magnetic link he has gamed the psychic ear of his victim, who will hear his suggestions subconsciously. it now remains to be seen whether the thought-seeds thus planted will strike root or be cast out from the mind. in any case the victim is rendered disturbed and uneasy. if a magnetic link cannot be obtained, the practitioner of black magic has to fall back upon other devices. one of the most common is that of substitution. something is chosen and by means of ceremonial is identified with the intended victim. for instance, a small animal may be baptised with the victim's name, and then immolated, usually with torture, the operator meanwhile concentrating upon the personality of the original. the old device of making a wax

r device is used by the workers of black occultism. magnetised objects are placed in the rooms habitually occupied by the victim, or buried in his path, so that he must pass over them frequently. these talismans of evil not only work by their own power, but also serve the sorcerer as a point of concentration for his meditations. harmful effects are also produced by objects which have been used in black magic and have become impregnated with 62 of 103 the forces they were employed in generating. odds and ends of magical equipment turn up in some queer places. i was present at an auction in a country town when the twelve signs of the zodiac, neatly painted on a blackboard, came up for sale. various of my friends have picked up magical treasures, such as altar lamps and incense burners that o

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d. but the older folk explanation for how our eyes see the world helps to explain the underlying beliefs about the evil eye. the evil eye in its purest form was understood to be the deliberate projection of a ray of occult energy with the malicious intention to cause harm. several factors were thought to make it more powerful. if the person sending it was from a family or tribe noted for works of black magic, it would derive increased power from this hereditary predisposition. if the eye from which the evil was projected was bloodshot, or deformed in some way, this also increased its force. if a glance from the evil eye was sent in a sidelong way, from the corner of the eye of the malicious person, it was more powerful. most important of all, the effect was believed fatal if the person "ov

t as old as pliny's source, which places it before the time of christ. the term "witch" was used in an extremely negative way in past centuries. it was a catch-all term for sorcerers, murders, poisoners, baby-killers, heretics and other wicked types. what they had in common was the belief by their accusers- usually an incorrect belief- that they accomplished their evil deeds through the agency of black magic. it is important to realize that the witches of modern times are sane, decent folks who do not perform black magic. nor do they have the evil eye. there is nothing in common between the modern witch and the poor unfortunate innocents falsely accused in the middle ages of witchcraft. nor is there any similarity between the modern witch and the ugly fantasy that existed in the minds of t

DONALDTYSON PENTA

stinction existed. an upright pentagram has a single point at its top. it is used in white magic- magic worked for constructive, benevolent purposes. it represents the body of man standing with arms and legs spread apart. the points of the upright pentagram fall upon the head, two hands, and two feet, of the human figure. by contrast, an inverted pentagram has two points at its top. it is used in black magic- magic worked for destructive, evil purposes. the inverted pentagram represents the head of a goat, regarded as a satanic symbol by levi. the points of the inverted pentagram fall on the goat's two horns, two lowered ears, and beard. an upright pentagram can be made into an inverted pentagram, and vice versa, merely by rotating the pentagram slightly, or by reflecting it from top to bo

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osophy in the nineteenth. out of freemasonry came a tradition of initiatory magic represented in the neo-templar orders of continental europe, as well as a rebirth of ritual/ceremonial magic in the english-speaking world. western esotericism s shared belief that magic was real, has led roman catholicism to oppose this movement, defining it as evil and using such labels as sorcery, witchcraft, and black magic. however, beginning with protestantism (in its reformed presbyterian version) and the secular enlightenment of the eighteenth century, the situation changed. protestants and modern secularists opposed esotericism because it perpetuated an archaic, superstitious, unreal world. secularists also accused esotericists of perpetuating a prescientific worldview. under the combined forces of p

ience, its preservation was a crucial part of the mummification process. abaddon the destroyer, from a hebrew word meaning destruction. chief of the demons of the seventh hierarchy. abaddon is the name given by st. john in the apocalypse to the king of the grasshoppers. he is sometimes regarded as the destroying angel or prince of the underworld, also synonymous with apollyon (rev. 9:11 (see also black magic) sources: barrett, francis. the magus. london, 1801. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1967. 1 abadie, jeannette see jeannette d abadie abaris a scythian high priest of apollo and a renowned magician. he chanted the praises of apollo, his master, so flatteringly that the god gave him a golden arrow on which he could ride through the air like a bird. therefore, the greeks c

is also available on the internet at http//www.krsna.com. backward masking a technique claimed to be used in some rock music (especially heavy metal) in order to convey secret, destructive messages. some conservative evangelical christians have claimed that various words and sentences in rock music songs indicate satanic messages when played backwards. reversed rituals are a traditional aspect of black magic spells. the belief in backward masking rests largely on an understanding of subliminal perception, the ability of the brain to take in and store information quite apart from any conscious realization that the information is being received. while a certain amount of subliminal learning seems possible, the idea of backward masking carries the idea to an extreme by suggesting that the bra

of parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. bergier, jacques (1912.1978) co-author with louis pauwels of the sensational best-selling work le matin des magiciens (france, 1960, translated as the dawn of magic (london, 1963) and the morning of the magicians (1971. this book significantly influenced the magical revival in europe with its observations about the part that black magic played in the career of hitler and the establishment of nazi philosophy. bergier, born in 1912 in doessa in a jewish family, emigrated to france in 1920. in 1931, he and fellow student alfred eskenazi established a laboratory in paris to study chemical and nuclear reactions, propagating the release of nuclear energy from lighter elements. bergier was arrested and tortured by the gestap

phetic apocalypse and tells the history and destiny of the world. it was handed down by the gnostics and printed in the mirabilis liber. there are no grounds, however, to suppose that the writings were the work of either of the saints mentioned. the book recounts how seth sought a new country in the east and came to the country of the initiates, and how the children of cain instituted a system of black magic in india. the author identifies the ishmaelites with those tribes who overthrew the roman power and tells of a powerful northern people whose reign will be overturned by the antichrist. a universal kingdom will thereafter be founded, governed by a prince of french blood, after which a prolonged period of justice will supervene. bermuda triangle an area of the western atlantic between b

the in hungary and adjacent countries it was believed that if a person who had been robbed wished to discover the thief, then the victim must take a black hen and fast strictly for nine fridays. the thief would then either return the plunder or die. this is called taking up a black fast against someone. a great deal of lore concerning black hens may be found in the works of angelo de gubernatis. black magic black magic as practiced in medieval times may be defined as the use of the supernatural knowledge of magic for evil purposes; the invocation of diabolic and infernal powers to blind them as slaves and emissaries to man s will; in short, a perversion of legitimate mystical science. while black magicians certainly existed, there is every reason to believe that the majority of the report

agic as practiced in medieval times may be defined as the use of the supernatural knowledge of magic for evil purposes; the invocation of diabolic and infernal powers to blind them as slaves and emissaries to man s will; in short, a perversion of legitimate mystical science. while black magicians certainly existed, there is every reason to believe that the majority of the reports of the spread of black magic were simply polemics against idealogical and personal enemies. thus, members of the hermetic order of the golden dawn accused aleister crowley of practicing black magic while crowley complained that black magicians had perverted his system. the existence of the black art and its attendant practices can be traced from the time of the ancient egyptians and persians, from the greeks and h

st idealogical and personal enemies. thus, members of the hermetic order of the golden dawn accused aleister crowley of practicing black magic while crowley complained that black magicians had perverted his system. the existence of the black art and its attendant practices can be traced from the time of the ancient egyptians and persians, from the greeks and hebrews, to the period when reports of black magic were most numerous, during the middle ages, thus forming an unbroken chain. in medieval magic may be found a degraded form of popular pagan rites.the ancient gods had become devils, their mysteries orgies, their worship sorcery. some historians have tried to trace the areas in europe most affected by these devilish practices. spain is said to have excelled all in infamy, to have plumbe

cted by these devilish practices. spain is said to have excelled all in infamy, to have plumbed the depths of the abyss. the south of france next became a hotbed of sorcery, branching northward to paris and the countries and islands beyond, southward to italy, finally extending into the tyrol and germany. many diseases, including catalepsy, somnambulism, hysteria, and insanity, were attributed to black magic. it followed that curative medicine was also a branch of magic, not a rational science, the suggested cures being such fantastic treatments as incantations and exorcisms, amulets and talismans of precious stones, medicines rendered powerful by spells and philters and enchanted drinks. the use of herbs and chemicals, which later became the foundation of modern curative science, then had

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ritain and north america, fueled largely by reprints of key books published during the 1930s. this modern interest in magic, however, had little in common with the outlook and ideals of medieval magicians and followers of the hermetic art. it stemmed largely from the trendiness of postwar affluence and the desire for sensationalist indulgence. the occult explosion led in the 1960s to satanism and black magic cults. much of modern occultism has been influenced by the use of mindaltering drugs. during this modern period, one long-kept secret of occultism became generally discussed.that of the importance of sexual energy in dynamizing the processes of magic. although this factor was well known to some occultists in persia, china, and india, it was rediscovered in the early twentieth century a

efe, daniel lawrence. stolen lightning: the social theory of magic. new york: continuum, 1982. seligmann, kurt. the history of magic. new york: pantheon books, 1948. reprinted as magic, supernaturalism, and religion. 1971. shah, sayed idries. oriental magic. london: rider, 1956. the secret lore of magic: the books of the sorcerers. london: frederick muller, 1957. summers, montague. witchcraft and black magic. london: rider, 1946. reprint, new york: causeway, 1974. thomas, keith. religion and the decline of magic. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1971. thompson, c. j. s. the mysteries and secrets of magic. london, 1927. reprint, new york: causeway, 1973. waite, arthur edward. the book of ceremonial magic. london, 1911. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1961. webb, james. the

with bracelets and ring of the same metal. the tiara must be bound with gold and the wreaths woven of absinthe and rue. to bring misfortune and death on a person, the vestment must be black and the neck encircled with lead. the ring must be set with an onyx and the garlands twined of cypress, ash, and hellebore; the perfumes to be used were sulfur, scammony, alum, and assafoetida. for purposes of black magic, a seamless and sleeveless robe of black was donned, while on the head was worn a leaden cap inscribed with the signs of the moon, venus, and saturn. the wreaths were of vervain and cypress, and the perfumes burned were aloes, camphor, and storax (see also ceremonial magic; magic; magical diagrams; magical instruments and accessories) sources: knight, gareth. the practice of ritual mag

, which he spent in giving shows to entertain the troops. after a bullet wound and a bout of malaria, he was sent back to base at innsbruck in the tyrol. after the war, he returned to his music hall demonstrations, and in 1920 met the remarkable stage clairvoyant erik jan hanussen, who combined extraordinary talents with blatant trickery. marion warned hanussen that his growing preoccupation with black magic would have disastrous consequences, but the warning was not heeded. according to marion, it was hanussen who instructed the inner circle of the young nazi party in the power of signs and words and first proposed the swastika as the party symbol. hanussen was murdered by nazi thugs in 1933, for disclosures that were embarrassing to the party. in his later years marion appeared less freq

es (the formula for the evocation of spirits is given under necromancy) the white magician did not concern himself as a rule with such matters as the raising of demons, animal transformations, and the like, his whole desire being the exaltation of his spiritual nature, and the questions put by him to the spirits he evoked were all directed to that end. however, the dividing line between white and black magic is extremely ambiguous, and it seems likely that the entities evoked might be deceptive as to their nature. sources: de villars, l abbe de montfaucon. comte de gabalis. paris, 1670. reprint, london: old bourne press, 1913. the greater key of solomon. translated by s. l. macgregor mathers. london: george redway, 1888. levi, eliphas. the history of magic. london: william rider, 1913. rep

, and mark douglas. diet, sex and yoga. york harbor, maine: arcane publications, 1966, with howard s. alltourian. journeys into the bright world. a personal account of the ketamite experience. rockport, maine: pararesearch, 1978. mopses, order of the a secret association founded in germany in the eighteenth century, spreading through holland, belgium, and france. it was popularly believed to be a black magic order, replacing the satanic goat with a dog as an object of worship. however, it seems clear that it was really a somewhat whimsical crypto- masonic order, founded partially in reaction to the papal bull of pope clement xii on april 24, 1738, which condemned freemasonry. immediately after their establishment, they departed from masonic tradition by admitting females to membership and

tal magic. london: rider, 1956. the secret lore of magic: books of the sorcerers. london: frederick muller, 1957. smedley, edward, w. c. taylor, henry thompson, and elihu rich. the occult sciences. london and glasgow: richard griffin, 1855. waite, arthur e. the book of ceremonial magic. london: william rider& son, 1911. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1961. reprinted as the book of black magic and ceremonial magic. new york: causeway books, 1973. the occult sciences. 1891. reprint, secaucus, n.j: university books, 1974. necronomicon a grimoire, or textbook of black magic for evoking demons, supposedly compiled by the mad arab abdul alhazred, but in fact an invention of h. p. lovecraft, early twentieth-century writer of supernatural and fantasy fiction. the name abdul alhazre

e unquestioned belief in possession and obsession by the devil and his demonic legions. many believed that all madness was caused by possession, the visible manifestation of the evil one. such madness had to be exorcised by charms and averted by the observance of sacred rites. in extreme cases the possessed body was to be burned and destroyed for the good of the tortured soul within. the rites of black magic, in all ages and places, deliberately evoked this possession by the devil and his demons to obtain the benefit of the extensive knowledge it was believed they conferred and the consequent power and control over man and his destinies. in the middle ages, when an intense belief in angels, saints, and devils flourished, the imagination of the individual was dominated by such beings. a var

nt, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1966. reprinted as possession and exorcism. new york: causeway books, 1974. pettiward, cynthia. the case for possession. uk: colin smythe, 1975. sargant, william. the mind possessed: a physiology of possession, mysticism& faith healing. london: heinemann, 1973. reprint, philadelphia: j. b. lippincott, 1974. shepard, leslie. how to protect yourself against black magic& witchcraft. new york: citadel, 1978. walker, sheila s. ceremonial spirit possession in africa and afro-americana. leiden, netherlands: e. j. brill; new york: humanities press, 1972. wickland, carl a, et al. thirty years among the dead. los angeles: national psychological institute, 1924. occidental society of metempiric analysis founded in 1977, to investigate all types of anomalistic

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

l church on magic had forced it into dark holes and corners, where the magician plied his abominated art in secrecy. respectable people might sometimes employ him surreptitiously and he was much feared. but he was certainly not publicly admired as a religious philosopher. renaissance magic, which was a reformed and learned magic and always disclaimed any connection with the old ignorant, evil, or black magic, was often an adjunct of an esteemed renaissance philosopher. this new status of magic was undoubtedly mainly due to that great flood of hterature which came in from byzantium, so much of which dated from those early centuries after christ in which the reigning philosophies were tinged with occultism. the learned and assiduous reader of such authors as lamblichus, porphyry, or even 1 k

FRATER TENEBROUS CULTS OF CTHULHU

con through which the evocation of the alien gods could be effected. in the case of charles dexter ward, he suggests that the very roots of the magical arts lie in the ritual veneration of these trans-dimensional beings, attributing a common and unifying source to the many and diverse strands of occult belief. over the centuries, these ceremonies have been observed and mis-interpreted in terms of black magic and devil worship. a point to note here is that lovecraft never actually used the term cthulhu mythos, which was introduced after his death by his protege, august derleth. cthulhu is only one of a pantheon of deities which includes yog-sothoth, azathoth, nyarlathotep, and shubniggurath, amongst others. the manifestations of these beings varies from story to story sometimes they are des

tion, and from the literary material pertaining to it. in his essay, supernatural horror in literature, he mentions academic works such as frazer s the golden bough, and margaret murray s the witch cult in western europe, as well as authentic grimoires such as the keys of solomon and dr. john dee s book of enoch, or liber logaeth. he had also read waite s collection of medieval texts, the book of black magic and pacts, macgregor mathers translation of the sacred magic of abra-melin the sage, and cotton mathers, wonders of the invisible world, which documents the witchcraft phenomena centred around salem in 1692. the titles of these volumes are echoed in those which were created by lovecraft and his fellow contributors to the cthulhu mythos: de vermis mysteriis, the pnakotic manuscripts, le

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

ix is formed by the sides of each triangle formed by facing the counterclockwise direction; the third six is formed by the sides of the inner hexagon. the hexagram was used as a "stand-by for magicians and alchemists. the sorcerers believed it represented the footprint of a special kind of demon called a 'trud, and used it in ceremonies both to call up demons and to keep them away [gary jennings, black magic, white magic, eau claire, wi, the dial press, 1964, p. 51. also harry e. wedeck, treasury of witchcraft, new york, philosophical library, 1961, p. 135] the hexagram is used to conjure up demons, making them appear in this dimension to do the bidding of the witch. doc marquis (former illuminist satanist) confirms that hexagrams are used to call forth demons to place spells and curses on

ted into th e symbolism of myth, magic, astrology and witchcraft [claire chambers, the siecus circle: a humanist revolution, 1977, p. v "another ancient magical sign called the yin-and-yang first appeared sometime before the 3rd century, b.c, in china. this emblem became the favorite of sorcerers and mystics throughout the orient because it, too, embodies so many possible meanings [gary jennings, black magic, white magic, the dial press, 1964, p. 50; emphasis in original] does freemasonry adopt and use the symbolism of yin/yang? indeed, they do, but in a way as to hide the meaning form the "profane" listen to albert pike. the black and white pavement symbolizes "the good and evil, principles of the egyptian and persian creed. it is the warfare of michael and satan. light and shadow, which

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

n this wickedness is followed by the magical prostitution of evil, or the act of magical incest, through the intermingling of the sons of god (the demoniac powers engendered by the disruption of tetragrammaton) with the daughters of men11- the carnal lusts of humankind. here is symbolized a process of levelling down (a carnal communism) and not of rising up, and the result is the establishment of black magic, the earth being peopled by gmighty men h, 12 or despots. why not white magic? because the sons of god (the above) came down to the daughters of men (the below; that is light is absorbed by darkness. thus mankind sank into the qliphoth, the reflection of the world of assiah upon the chaos of human passions, and hell is created- the materialized mental pit. thus also it came about that

entiates him from and also unites him to all things which surround him. whilst this vision lasts he is the messiah, but once it has faded away he is again man, yet charged with a terrific power which according to his will is a power for good or for evil. the existence and possible employment of this force constitute the great secret of practical magic; it is the wand of thaumaturgy and the key of black magic. it is the edenic serpent who transmitted to eve the seductions of a fallen angel. the astral light warms, illuminates, magnetizes, attracts, repels, vivifies, destroys, coagulates, separates, breaks and conjoins everything under the impetus of powerful wills. god created it on the first day, when he said: glet there be light. h this force of itself is blind but is directed by egregore

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

to the order, as frater avallaunius, on 21 november1899-thelast member to have had the original form of the order's 'obligation' administered tohim-andprogressed to the grade ofpracticus, at which point he stopped.nothingwithin.theorderseemed of value to him and he found that it 'shed no ray of any kind on my path',butwaite had done hisworkwell: machen had pulled back from the destructive path of black magic and would soon leave allofoccultism for a new career on the stage.hehad also metwithinthe confines of the goldendawn'a dark young man,ofquiet and retiring aspect,whowore glasses' andwhotoldhim'a queer taleofthe manner in which his life was in daily jeopardy'(thingsnearandfar,p. 148: a living counterpart, to all intents, oftheyoung man in spectacleswhofigures so prominently inthethreeim

'bensonian magic is preposterous, for the operator is caused, despite all precedent&ignoring alldangers to stand outside the circle. plrater] avallanius burning to have the blackartperformed satisfactorilyhas set himself to remedy the mischief of all this ignorance, and hence this request' he added, complacently, that hisownconjuration 'has the merit of being much wickeder than the grimoires, for black magic, as i have already shown, isnotnearly so black as it is painted. it is doubtful if machen spoke the conjuration himself in 1901 as he isnotknownto have played the partofbolingbroke the conjuror until he took it up his final role before leaving the benson company in 1909. at that time, he told oliver stonor in 1932 'i wrote three or four pages of highclassincantation,withmattersnotgener

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

behind which i hoped to see is (i remembered after) not sword symbolism. please send me any thoughts which any of you gather. 1 am very pleasediflcan join you inthis way,'thevision brings to mind the frontispiece of mathers' book,thebookofthesacredmagicof abra-melin themage(1898),which was widely known in the order.thisisrealmagic, but mathers makes clear in the introduction his own rejection of black magic, which he sets in opposition to the qabalistic magic that was practised in his order.healso reiterates his firm belief in the reality and malice of 'such fearful potencies as amaymon, egyn and beelzebub' and the necessity of right preparation 'pentacles and symbols are valuable as an equilibrated and fitting basis for the reception of magical force; but unless the operator canreallyatt

ed, possibly because ithadbecome, in1923,an independent temple (miss stoddart, however, claimed that sheandherfellow chiefshadmerely 'released them fromourauth255 ority; felkin had given them their independence by cable) in timedionfortuneset up atempleofherown atqueens255borough terrace, the headquartersofthe inner light, in whichherformerchiefofhermes(hope hughes) became convincedthatshe worked black magic. black or otherwise she continued writing about magic and became oneofthe few magicians to earn a successful living fromherbooks. in this she was equalled byherfellowhermesinitiate, israel regardie. as a young man regardiehadacted for a time as secretary to aleister crowley, whom he greatly admired; as a resultofcrowley's influence he produced his first two books,agardeno/pomegranates(

mongst them. she decided that she would go to bed early; she was not in the mood for sitting alone that night. she had yet to realize that she would never be alone any more" from such beginnings magical fiction slipped out of the handskmgmmof golden dawn magicians, to be treated well by some and dismallyby others, reaching its nadir in the lurid nonsense foisted on to the public in the guiseofthe black magic talesofdennis wheatley, a blow from which neither the genre itself nor the critical acumen of the public has ever recovered. but there were other and better writers more directly influenced by those offshootsofthe golden dawn to which they belonged.ofthese dion fortune, as violet firth preferred to be known, stuck most closely to magic proper. she further modelled her fictional charact

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

of our senses, and the shadows of our materiality that hide us from the knowledge of the supernal.ifwe do become so pure, so refined, so strong in will, so perceptive by aspiration, astocatch some glimpses of the supernal, then practical magic is but the knowledge so attained, transferred into the sphere of action; and he who can attain tothiswisdom can never misuse it.ltis not to be denied that black magic exists, it is a terrible fact that a man may attain abnormal powers over others, and over events, by a concentration of will and earnestness of purpose towards an evil object.thesorcery of medieval europe was a fact, although it is the modern fashion to laugh at the credulity of our predecessors. times have changed since then, and evil still works, although with different tools. the ju

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enra(no. 10188, dated in the twelfth year of pharaoh alexander, the son of alexander (i.e. alexander ii, about 312be,almost every detail of which may be paralleled from the witchcraft trials. it must be recited over the name of apophi, written in green ink on new papyrus, and over a wax figure of apophi inscribed with his name in green ink. this green ink was for some time a puzzle to me, for the black magic rituals mostly prescribe the writing of namesinblood, usually the blood of a crow, but occasionallyof other birds or beasts. but an old minister from the western islands, a great gaelic scholar, knowing that i was curious in such matters, showed me an ancient gaelic ms of fairy lore, wherein it was said that one may perhaps be afflicted by ill-disposed fairies, and for remedy thereof a

wed me an ancient gaelic ms of fairy lore, wherein it was said that one may perhaps be afflicted by ill-disposed fairies, and for remedy thereof a certain fairy name should be written in green, the same being the fairy colour, andifthis were buried by the doorstep of the afflicted person the fairies would be unable to attack him. the wax image of course appears constantly in all the literature of black magic.inthe first of the witchcraft trials in scotland buchanan relates that the witches roasted upon a wooden spit the image of king duffus, made of wax. the clavicula salomonis has particulars for making and consecrating the wax. other materials, however, were sometimes used. the details of the making of isabel goudie's moon-paste i have recorded inthe devil's mistress,the lacunae in the s

pt my own counsel as to the formula, burning the tell-tale parchment. my family diagnosed a vividnightmare, and the doctor spoke learnedly about overwrought nerves, globus hystericus, and other slangofhisprofession, and adrriinistered sedatives.ofcourseheknew nothing of the formula. but i suspect, even if he had, his opinion would have remained the same. naturally, i was properly scared, and left black magic severely alone for some time. years after meeting with a psychometrist, whom i was asked totest,iwrote the same names in ordinal' ink on a piece of paper,putthem in a sealed envelope and handedittothepsychometrist, who at once spoke of being strangled, and threw the paper away, refusing to proceed any farther. hence perhaps there might have been more in it than the doctor couldfathom.b

to repeat itself, as marked onthegreat clock on the zodiac; by that hand of the sign at the vernal equinox.which is one of the great time-markers of the stellar year. well now, do we seek to know what is coming hereafter? two thousand years hence the sun will be rising in the next sign, andthat next sign is capricomus, the he-goat- the goat of mendes, the goat of the inverse pentagram,thegoat of black magic and sorcery that will bethedominant power in the world two thousand years hence,orthe whole system of prophecy is wrong. and one may ask whether one does not see certain,signs' of it already267- certain signs that the seed may even now' be 225 sown,w-hichis to produce that evil fruit two thousandfive,hundred years or so hence. then lookatprophecy-the prophecies that we have. take the b

lity, where we have not. and since that time the whole course of the world has been the gradual increase of materialisminevery civilisationthathas been born, grownup,andperished ontheface of the earth.thatwas prophesied long ago in the oldhinduand chinese records. and now we are entering upon a second five thousand yearsofthe kali yug, which will be,ifthatprophecy be right, spiritual degradation, black magic and sorcery, and every kind of abomination of that nature. we are emerging from materialism now, and the evil potencies of this planet are getting into something worse- spiritual insteadofmaterial degradation. so it looks at any rate, and so say the propheciesbothof east and west. and in the same way you can go on- you can traceoutthe plagues in the sign sagittarius, the plagues shot b

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that changed the way they saw the world. in addition, many researchers are of the same opinion. there must have been something that led the templars, despite the fact that they had previously been christian and came from a christian part of the world, to adopt a system of beliefs and a philosophy so completely different from that of christianity, celebrate heretical masses, and perform rituals of black magic. according to the common views of many researchers, this "something" was the kabbalah. the meaning of the word kabbalah is "oral tradition" encyclopedias and dictionaries define it as an esoteric, mystical branch of jewish religion. according to this definition, the kabbalah investigates the hidden meaning of the torah and other jewish religious writings. but, when we examine the matte

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he esoteric teachings while under persecution from the apostate church and transmitted them, via small sects and cults, to today's gnostics. the gnostic handbook page 109 wisdom from india to give an example from hinduism of the amoral path. we find in traditional hindu (tantric- vedic) tantra there are two distinct traditions, the right and left hand path. these have nothing to do with white and black magic as the ignorant suggest but are two distinct methodologies of redemption. the right hand path is symbolic and the images regarding sexuality are applied symbolically with strict moral codes enforced. the left hand path is literal and uses the very things that the right hand path condemns to achieve liberation. these two paths have many similarities to the terrestrial and celestial trad

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n of this work will no doubt open some gates which should not have been opened, or rather needed to opened for sometime. zazas, zazas, nasatanada zazas in these words, i weave this spell -michael w. ford, dark moon, april 1st, 2003. 7 8 the goetia ancient and modern considered for centuries a grimoire of low magic, the goetia (loosely translated as howling or wailing) has been a tome of forbidden black magic. the 72 spirits of solomon were meant as a tool of cursing and empowering ones lusts. while this may continue to be an aspect of lesser or low black magic, the magic of theurgy (high sorcery) has not been a connection in detail explored until now. theurgy is high magick, or high sorcery. it is the development of the self in light and aimed at bettering ones being on numerous levels. li

ic or luciferian sorcery and magick, a definitive purpose is expounded in the nature of the goetic spirits. magick as itself is defined to raise one up, to ascend. as magick is a celestial work, which defines and strengthens the will (or the will strengthens magick) so that a union be brought with the baphometic statements, as above, so below. the goetia is a work of black magick. one often views black magic (k) in the perception of aleister crowley, being the malicious workings of sorcery. a modern or should i say realistic perception is 9 that black magick is the arte of ensorcelling the self, building and isolating the psyche. the goal is specifically a higher articulation of the soul and the will of the individual. it is considered black because this is the symbol of the unknown, such

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ope without foundation. a mystic should have no beliefs, but should supplant them with knowledge or a frank admission that he does not know.(see knowledge. birth.mystically, birth occurs when the animal body takes its first breath of life. then the body becomes a conscious being. birth is the opposite phase of the passing of the breath (and consciousness) which is falsely called death.(see death. black magic.the erroneous belief that man can invoke supernatural powers which he considers demoniacal and satanic in order to do his evil bidding. such so-called "black arts" are usually motivated by the intent to inflict harm upon others. black magic depends upon the false premises of primitive reasoning. the only person who is harmed by it is the one who believes that such a power exists and th

harm upon others. black magic depends upon the false premises of primitive reasoning. the only person who is harmed by it is the one who believes that such a power exists and that it can affect him. actually, if harm does occur it is self-induced by autosuggestion. consequently, one is being subjected to the mental poisoning of his own mind and its superstitious beliefs. to deny the existence of black magic is to dissolve its implied force. borderline state.this term is used to designate that mental and psychic condition where the objective consciousness and objective mental functioning as well as the subjective processes of man are merging into the subconscious. this state can be induced through concentration, or occurs naturally on going to sleep, or when awakening, or through suggestio

t means "the truth shall be, or "so mote it be. the confession to maat is taken from the confession.contained in the book of the dead.spoken in the chamber of maat in egyptian temples of initiation. magic.presumes there are occult powers in nature which must be invoked by the application of certain agencies. both natural and supernatural forces, it is believed, can be brought to serve human will. black magic is the superstitious use of magical rites for malevolent purposes. white magic is the use of these rites for benevolent purposes. magnetism.every electrified body has its aura, and when that aura is active it constitutes a magnetic field and the aura is sometimes called magnetism. magnetism, from a purely electrical point of view, is described somewhat differently; but even so, the fun

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e been more careful, for i might have saved myself even then, but i relied on the aid that had been given to me before: i did wonders that could not be reconciled with the actionofnature. it was evident to all that i did them by the aid of spirits, but i did not know any more than they the nature or the qualityofthose who helped me 'i was tried for being possessed by the devil, and for practising black magic. i attempted to deny it, and i solemnly swear that i did not on that ocasion, when i knew the sentence would be death, use one word that i knew to be untrue. i would not compromise my dignity sufficiently to evade them or their questions, and when i denied their accusations it was with a sincere conviction of their falsehood. every spirit that i had seen wasofa pleasing form. i believe

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rds his pupil, he whispered to him in hoarse and broken tones "nein, nein! thou art wrong, my franz! i have taught thee, and thou hast learned all of the great art that asimple mortal, and a christian by baptism, can learn from another simple mortal. am i to blame becausethese accursed italians, in order to reign unequalled in the domain of art, have recourse to satan and thediabolical effects of black magic" franz turned his eyes upon his old master. there was a sinister light burning in those glittering orbs; a lighttelling plainly, that, to secure such a power, he, too, would not scruple to sell himself, body and soul, to the nightmare talesiii67 evil one. but he said not a word, and, turning his eyes from his old master's face, gazed dreamily at the dying embers. the same long-forgotte

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arded by some as necromancy, and was generally forbidden. a travestied practice of the theurgy of iamblichus lingers still in the ceremonial magic of some modern cabalists. modern theosophy avoids and rejects both these kinds of magic and "necromancy" as being very dangerous. real divine theurgy requires an almost superhuman purity and holiness of life; otherwise it degenerates into mediumship or black magic. the immediate disciples of ammonius saccas, who was called theodidaktos "god-taught"-such as plotinus and his follower porphyry-rejected theurgy at first, but were finally reconciled to it through iamblichus, who wrote a work to that effect entitled de mysteriis, under the name of his own master, a famous egyptian priest called abammon. ammonius saccas was the son of christian parents

for one reason out of many others, no books on occultism or theurgy exist in our day which give out the secrets of alchemy or medieval theosophy in plain language. all are symbolical or in parables; and as the key to these has been lost for ages in the west, how can a man learn the correct meaning of what he is reading and studying? therein lies the greatest danger, one that leads to unconscious black magic or the most helpless mediumship. he who has not an initiate for a master had better leave the dangerous study alone. look around you and observe. while two-thirds of civilized society ridicule the mere notion that there is anything in theosophy, occultism, spiritualism, or in the cabala, the other third is composed of the most heterogeneous and opposite elements. some believe in the my

ient wisdom to the cabala and the jewish zohar, which each interprets in his own way according to the dead-letter of the rabbinical methods. others regard swedenborg or bo hme as the ultimate expressions of the highest wisdom; while others again see in mesmerism the great secret of ancient magic. one and all of those who put their theory into practice are rapidly drifting, through ignorance, into black magic. happy are those who escape from it, as they have neither test page 14 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt nor criterion by which they can distinguish between the true and the false. q. are we to understand that the inner group of the t.s. claims to learn what it does from real initiates or masters of esoteric wisdom? a. not directly. the personal presence of such masters is not req

ess bringing about physical results? a. i do. will-power becomes a living power. but woe unto those occultists and theosophists, who, instead of crushing out the desires of the lower personal ego or physical man, and saying, addressing their higher spiritual ego immersed in atma-buddhic light "thy will be done, not mine" etc, send up waves of will-power for selfish or unholy purposes! for this is black magic, abomination, and spiritual sorcery. unfortunately, all this is the page 35 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt favorite occupation of our christian statesmen and generals, especially when the latter are sending two armies to murder each other. both indulge before action in a bit of such sorcery, by offering respectively prayers to the same god of hosts, each entreating his help to

killed adept of the black brotherhood("brothers of the shadow" and dugpas, we call them) has far less difficulties to labor under. for, having no laws of the spiritual kind to trammel his actions, such a dugpa "sorcerer" will most unceremoniously obtain control over any mind, and subject it entirely to his evil powers. but our masters will never do that. they have no right, except by falling into black magic, to obtain full mastery over anyone's immortal ego, and can therefore act only on the physical and psychic nature of the subject, leaving thereby the free will of the latter wholly undisturbed. hence, unless a person has been brought into psychic relationship with the masters, and is assisted by virtue of his full faith in, and devotion to, his teachers, the latter, whenever transmitti

illed, experience great difficulties in penetrating into the cloudy chaos of that person's sphere. but this is no place to treat of a subject of this nature. suffice it to say, that if the power exists, then there are intelligences (embodied or disembodied) which guide this power, and living conscious instruments through whom it is transmitted and by whom it is received. we have only to beware of black magic. q. but what do you really mean by "black magic? a. simply abuse of psychic powers, or of any secret of nature; the fact of applying to selfish and sinful ends the powers of occultism. a hypnotist, who, taking advantage of his powers of "suggestion" forces a subject to steal or murder, would be called a black magician by us. the famous "rejuvenating system" of dr. brown-sequard, of par

o selfish and sinful ends the powers of occultism. a hypnotist, who, taking advantage of his powers of "suggestion" forces a subject to steal or murder, would be called a black magician by us. the famous "rejuvenating system" of dr. brown-sequard, of paris, through a loathsome animal injection into human blood-a discovery all the medical papers of europe are now discussing-if true, is unconscious black magic. q. but this is medieval belief in witchcraft and sorcery! even law itself has ceased to believe in such things? a. so much the worse for law, as it has been led, through such a lack of discrimination, into committing more than one judiciary mistake and crime. it is the term alone that frightens you with its "superstitious" ring in it. would not law punish an abuse of hypnotic powers

of nature both visible and invisible, objective and subjective, comprehensible and-never to be fully comprehended. bhagavad-gita (sans) lit "the lord's song" a portion of the mahabharata, the great epic poem of india. it contains a dialogue wherein krisha (the "charioteer) and arjuna (his chela) have a discussion upon the highest spiritual philosophy. the work is preeminently occult or esoteric. black magic sorcery; necromancy, or the raising of the dead and other selfish abuses of abnormal powers. this abuse may be unintentional; still it has to remain "black" magic whenever anything is produced phenomenally simply for one's own gratification. b hme, jacob a mystic and great philosopher, one of the most prominent theosophists of the medieval ages. he was born about 1575 at old diedenberg

hich is of the same nature throughout, undifferentiated, non-compound, as gold is supposed to be. hypnotism (gr) a name given by dr. braid to the process by which one man of strong will-power plunges another of weaker mind into a kind of trance; once in such a state the latter will do anything suggested to him by the hypnotist. unless produced for beneficial purposes, the occultists would call it black magic or sorcery. it is the most dangerous of practices, morally and physically, as it interferes with the nerve fluids. iamblichus a great theosophist and an initiate of the third century. he wrote a great deal about the various kinds of demons who appear through evocation, but spoke severely against such phenomena. his austerities, purity of life, and earnestness were great. he is credited

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creating .theoretical models. prior to embarking on practical projects. in a way, i was prompted to .specialise. in methods of evocation by virtue of the fact that at the time, i hadn.t encountered much in the way of useful information concerning this magical practice. in the minds of some occultists, evocation seems inextricably linked with .calling up demons. and the notion that it constitutes .black magic- a notion much in favour with those who have been exposed to too many dennis wheatley novels! fortunately, the rise of a more eclectic approach to practical magic, in which i feel the so-called chaos magic movement has palyed a significant part, has done much to banish the old dogmas surrounding what is after all, a very practical and useful set of magical techniques. phil hine, march

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hat you have got some of ragon's works, i specially maconnerie occulte, tho' redway' has, as usual, made you pay quite enough for them. alas! unfortunate walter moseley' it is not exactly true that all of eliphas levi is from the cabala. it is true that a great part of it is, but he has borrowed from all sorts of sources, as you will see. no treatise on magic would be complete without a reference black magic. 1 got my langlet du fresnoy for less than that, and 1 think you may if you look out. 1 will tell you immediately if 1 see a copy anywhere. 1 had a letter from the countess [wachtmeister' telling me of movements of h.p.b. and herself. 1 should be very doubtful about mrs b[esant' but will suspend judgement till 1 see her. you are not the only occultist impeded by the cares of business

of l[uxor& thomas, of frodsham, cheshire, the spiritualist and medium. as you did not belong to the h.b. of l. and i did not send you the particulars of the smashing-up of the whole wretched affair [sic. it came to my knowledge that burgoyne, the secretary, of whom i had always been suspicious, was no other than a man i had known previously under the name of d'alton who made such a confession of black magic that i rejected him altogether as being impossible. subsequently to that he committed a felony, and underwent many months of imprisonment for it in armley gaol, leeds. i did not know him under the name of burgoyne and he took care that i should never see him. when i told davidson that his secretary was a convicted felon, he made very light of it, so lightly, that i thought he must be a

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understorms in the hills and trying to read the great odorous books which her father had inherited through two centuries of whateleys, and which were fast falling to pieces with age and wormholes. she had never been to school, but was filled with disjointed scraps of ancient lore that old whateley had taught her. the remote farmhouse had always been feared because of old whateley's reputation for black magic, and the unexplained death by violence of mrs whateley when lavinia was twelve years old had not helped to make the place popular. isolated among strange influences, lavinia was fond of wild and grandiose day-dreams and singular occupations; nor was her leisure much taken up by household cares in a home from which all standards of order and cleanliness had long since disappeared. there

of wholesale regional decadence, sent several officers and medical experts to investigate; conducting a survey which new england newspaper readers may still recall. it was the publicity attending this investigation which set reporters on the track of the whateleys, and caused the boston globe and arkham advertiser to print flamboyant sunday stories of young wilbur's precociousness, old whateley's black magic, and the shelves of strange books, the sealed second storey of the ancient farmhouse, and the weirdness of the whole region and its hill noises. wilbur was four and a half then, and looked like a lad of fifteen. his lips and cheeks were fuzzy with a coarse dark down, and his voice had begun to break. earl sawyer went out to the whateley place with both sets of reporters and camera men

said no man can tell, for it spoke in an unknown tongue, but this is the writing luke fenner set down to portray the daemoniac intonations 'deesmees jeshet bone dosefe duvema enitemoss' not till the year 1919 did any soul link this crude transcript with anything else in mortal knowledge, but charles ward paled as he recognised what mirandola had denounced in shudders as the ultimate horror among black magic's incantations. an unmistakable human shout or deep chorused scream seemed to answer this malign wonder from the curwen farm, after which the unknown stench grew complex with an added odour equally intolerable. a wailing distinctly different from the scream now burst out, and was protracted ululantly in rising and falling paroxysms. at times it became almost articulate, though no audit

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who had once dwelled on our estates, a person of no small accomplishments, though little above the rank of peasant, by name, michel, usually designated by the surname of mauvais, the evil, on account of his sinister reputation. he had studied beyond the custom of his kind, seeking such things as the philosopher's stone or the elixir of eternal life, and was reputed wise in the terrible secrets of black magic and alchemy. michel mauvais had one son, named charles, a youth as proficient as himself in the hidden arts, who had therefore been called le sorcier, or the wizard. this pair, shunned by all honest folk, were suspected of the most hideous practices. old michel was said to have burnt his wife alive as a sacrifice to the devil, and the unaccountable disappearance of many small peasant c

rts, antoines, and armands snatched from happy and virtuous lives when little below the age of their unfortunate ancestor at his murder. that i had left at most but eleven years of further existence was made certain to me by the words which i had read. my life, previously held at small value, now became dearer to me each day, as i delved deeper and deeper into the mysteries of the hidden world of black magic. isolated as i was, modern science had produced no impression upon me, and i laboured as in the middle ages, as wrapt as had been old michel and young charles themselves in the acquisition of demonological and alchemical learning. yet read as i might, in no manner could i account for the strange curse upon my line. in unusually rational moments i would even go so far as to seek a natur

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minor arcane corresponding to the tarot cards, likewise symbolizing small mysteries, and each of these cards requires a description. divine providence will decide what and how much i shall be permitted to write and publish about the single tarot cards. having penetrated to the real inner significance of this book, the reader will have arrived at the conclusion that there is neither a white nor a black magic. in fact, there is no difference at all between magic and mysticism or sciences like that. as i have mentioned at the outset, any science is neither good nor bad; it can, however, become a hindrance or a help according to the use man makes of it. the opinion of the existence of black magic is to be attributed to the fact that up to now men had not the least idea of what magic is. in th

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p. 3, g; uid ouio' worlu. 7. da moiumtiiiz: lti kauu jmn. it la mogie, p. 24- ij 3rd ed. digitizecoy google 6 isis unveiled of human blood shed by this chrishan institution, and the number of its human sacrifices, are unparalleled in the annals of paganism. another still more prominent feature in which the clergy surpassed their mastois, the 'heathen' is tarcery. certainly in no pagan temple was black magic, in its real and true sense, more practised than in the vatican. while strongly supporting exorcism as an important source of revenue, they neglected magic as little as the ancient heathen. it is easy to prove that the toriilegium, or sorcery, was widely practised among the clergy and monks so late as the ust century, and is pmctised occasional^ even now. anathematizing every manifesta

like the sadduoec^ jealou* of tb^ uder. 325. juitin martyr: dial. vuk tryjiio, liz. 7. 326. qorp. o nieodemta, ii, 3 (hone, and grynacui. 327. origen: conl. cdt, i, liriii; ii, xlviii, tq. 328. johanan: mtt- 51. 32b. auguitbw: de ooiimmu mfv, i, 9; fabrkiut: cod. ofcer. jv. t, i, p. 906, tq. 330. i, iviil digitizecoy google jbsds in the gabb op a hagiaan im hieropliaiits and adepts of sorcery and black magic. so apuleius, vho had been initiated, was likewise accused of witchcraft, and of carrying about him the figure of a skeleton a potent agent, as it is asserted, in the operations of the black art. but one of the beat and most un- questionable proofs of our assertion may be found in the so-called museo gregoriano. on the sarcophagus, which is paneled with bas- reliefs representing the mi

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proclaimed. the statement of belial hail, man, who shall bring to the end of the universe the glory of thy satanic will! i am belial, who bring to thee the third great key of hell, by whose power ye shall confound 461 all the laws of heaven and earth. before thee shall chaos fall, and thou shalt wield for thyself the great mysteries of the macrocosmos. i speak to thee of that which is called the black magic, for it is true spawn of that great black flame which first brought thy will to life long ages ago. to council with satan i also was called, and the lord of light said to me, into thy charge, daemon of essence, i give the essence of my own being, the black fire whose power alone can effect creation by force of will. against thee who wield the black magic no law shall stand, and thus i

nd the black flame with care and wield it with wisdom, preserving for man this key to infinite will. and i answered, so it shall be, and this church of satan shall herald the glories of the satanic age of man. the days of the god-churches shall pale with decay and dissolution, and the realm of messiah upon earth shall crumble to ruin with the coming of the satanic man. to those who would dare the black magic- know that what ye accept is the very mastery of all that ye have supposed impossible, by force of will alone. the black magus need fear no power save his own, but he must conquer his own will that he cause not his destruction through ill chance or purpose. satan himself is not god, and hell can offer no salvation to those who abuse the gift of satan. for the gift itself is beyond the

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colf, or morolf) is held responsible for creating carousels, music, dancing, and drama. see also demons; judaism for further reading: godwin,malcolm. angels: an endangered species. new york: simon and schuster, 1990. ronner, john. know your angels. murfreesboro, tn: mamre, 1993. astaroth astaroth is mentioned in a variety of sources, often without much detail. in arthur edward waite s the book of black magic and of pacts it is declared that, before he fell from heaven, astaroth was a prince of the order of thrones. in lewis spence s an encyclopedia of occultism, it is argued that astaroth belonged to the order of seraphim. in the grimorium verum, it is maintained that he has set up residence in america. waite, in the lemegeton, refers to astaroth as a great duke in the infernal regions, wh

dark rite, however, the fully developed black mass seems to have had almost no existence outside of the literary productions of ecclesiastical writers. the basis of most early accounts were the confessions extracted under torture by officials of the inquisition. the one well-documented case of devil-worshipers practicing a form of the black mass was a group of courtiers around louis xiv who used black magic in the attempt to remain in favor with the king. the government was almost brought down when the practice was discovered. see also sabbat for further reading: cavendish, richard. the black arts. new york: capricorn books, 1967. guiley, rosemary ellen. the encyclopedia ofwitches and witchcraft. new york: facts on file, 1989. lavey, anton szandor. the satanic bible. new york: avon, 1969

r compliance or incompetence. because the ritual abuse stereotype built up during the 1980s focused on satanists kidnapping, abusing, and murdering innocent young victims, the imaginative link between this stereotype and dutroux was easy to make. perhaps responding to public pressure, during one phase of the investigation police began focusing their attention on the institut abrasax, a college of black magic in a village not far from charleroi. the institut is a legal organization established in 1990 to teach harmful sorcery and initiation into satanic rites. abrasax, a divinity with obscure origins, is often invoked in ancient magical spells. the college s building housed a variety of different neopagan groups and two satanist organizations, the luciferian initiation order and the belgian

ys in the latter section of anton lavey s the satanic bible. during the reign of the catholic mary tudor, he was accused of being a heretic and a conjurer. however, he was able to clear his charge and he was not burned, though he spent some time in prison. during a journey abroad, he learned that a mob had broken into his house at mortlake and sacked his library, believing that he was a worker of black magic. eventually he was favored by the court of queen elizabeth i, who was much more superstitious and interested in astrology than her sister.dee became her occult adviser, although she never granted him the generous pension he was seeking. during his numerous trips abroad, he also acted as a secret agent for her, under the code name 007. john dee is, however, best known for his enochian m

a feature article on his courageous decision. in the last scene of the movie, the reporter morphs into the devil s advocate (1997 (kobol collection/warner brothers/monarchy) 70 the devil s bride john milton, who smirkingly remarks to the audience, pride, one of my favorite sins. evelyn oliver the devil s bride this 1968 movie is hammer studios film adaptation of dennis wheatley s most celebrated black magic novel, the devil rides out. it features, unsurprisingly, a satanist devil-worshiping cult. this is considered by many to be hammer s best work. devil s daughter in the 1991 film devil s daughter, the entrance to hell is none other than the basement of a german tenement. the filmmaker uses a scant story line about satanists looking forward to the birth of the nameless one s baby as an e

most do not. a gamer who wants her or his pretend character to cast a spell in order to protect itself from attack might simply say to the gm, i am casting a healing spell now. neither the player nor their character actually casts a spell or practices magic. the player simply describes what the imaginary character is doing. gaming is basically an adult version of make believe. it does not promote black magic or manipulative magic. bruce a. robinson see also demons for further reading: abyeta, suzanne, and james forest. relationship of role-playing games to self-reported criminal behavior. psychological reports 69 (1991. anderson, neil, and steve russo. the seduction of our children. eugene, or: harvest house, 1991. fannon, sean patrick. the fantasy role-playing gamer s bible. rocklin, ca:

and the waldenses. the accusation of the oscularum infame was also leveled against the knights templar,who were said to require new initiates to kiss the anus as well as certain other parts of the anatomy of their superiors. both the templars and the cathars were accused of kissing satan, in the form of a black cat, underneath the tail. the british novelist dennis wheatley, who wrote a series of black magic novels, includes a description of the kiss of shame in his novel, the devil rides out. after satan has manifested in the form of the goat of mendes during a sabbat, the gathered devil-worshipers line up: the goat rose, towing above the puny figures of its unhallowed priests, and turned its back k 141 142 kiss of shame on them; upon which one stooped slightly to give the osculam-infame

clopedia of hell. new york: thomas dunne books, 1998. neopagan witchcraft the word witch has several possible meanings (1) in the academic discipline of anthropology, a witch is a negative sorcerer found in the folklore of societies across the globe (2) the english word witch, from which the anthropological term was taken, refers specifically to a female wizard, traditionally viewed as practicing black magic and as being in league with satan (3) finally, a significant number of participants in the neopagan movement refer to themselves as witches or wiccans. although contemporary satanists and neopagan witches both draw from a number of the same intellectual currents and are similar on many points, there is animosity between the two movements. thus while some contemporary satanist groups th

967. ronner, john. know your angels: the angel almanac with biographies of 100 prominent angels in legend and folklore, and much more. murfreesboro, tn:mamre, 1993. netherworld in this 1990 film, corey thornton, seeking to know more about his family s past, visits the swampy old louisiana plantation where his decease father lived. he soon discovers that he has stumbled into a realm saturated with black magic and devil-worship. newcastle ritual abuse case like many previous satanic ritual abuse (sra) scares, the newcastle case revolved around abuse charges at a child-care facility, in this case a nursery run by the newcastle council in northeast england. after social workers received a report of suspected abuse from the mother of one of the children, a nurse was suspended (later, a young wo

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inappropriate to allude to a method of vampirism commonly practised. the vampire selects the victim, stout and vigorous as may be, and, with the magical intention of transferring all that strength to himself, exhausts the quarry by a suitable use of the body, most usually the mouth, without himself entering in any other way into the matter. and this is thought by some to partake of the nature of black magic. the exhaustion should be complete; if the work be skilfully executed, a few minutes should suffice to produce a state resembling, and not far removed from, coma. experts may push this practice to the point of the death of the victim, thus not merely obtaining the physical strength, but imprisoning and enslaving the soul. this soul then serves as a familiar spirit. the practice is held

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s worse, i fail to apprehend the true magical purport of my work: hence all sort of aimless formulae, leading.naturally enough.to no result. it just strikes me.it may be this isis apophis osiris iao formula that i have preached so often. certainly the first two days were isis.natural, pleasant, easy events. most certainly too to-day has been apophis! think of the wild john st. john 27 cursing and black magic, etc. we must hope for the osiris section to-morrow or next day. birth, death, resurrection! iao! 7.35. the sandwich duly chewed, and two coffees drunk, i resume the mystic mantra. why? because i dam well choose to. 7.50 .tis a rash thing to say, and i burn incense to the infernal gods that the omen may be averted; but i seem to have conquered the real dweller of the threshold once and

; they predispose it to hallucination. one should use strictly corporeal methods to tame the body; strictly mental methods to control the mind. this latter restriction is not so vitally important. any weapon is legitimate against a public enemy like the mind. no truce nor quarter! on the contrary, to use the spiritual forces to secure health, as certain persons attempt to do to-day, is the vilest black magic. this is one of the numerous reasons for supposing that jesus christ was a brother of the left- hand path. 1 [chaldaan oracles, fragment 183 in westcott edition; quoted by proclus in his commentary on plato.s parmenides] john st. john 57 now my body has been treating me well, waking nicely at convenient hours, sleeping at suitable times, keeping itself to itself. an admirable body. the

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e world of magic is a mirror, wherein who sees muck is muck (3) a careful naturalist will understand much from the voices of the animals he has studied long. even a child knows the difference between a cat.s miauling and purring. the faculty may be greatly developed (4) business capacity may be stimulated (5) abnormal states of the body may be* a poet of great ability. he edited a book called .of black magic and of pacts. in which he vilifies the same. notes 63 corrected, and the involved tissues brought back to tone, in obedience to currents started from the brain. so for all the other phenomena. there is no effect which is truly and necessarily miraculous. our ceremonial magic fines down, then, to a series of minute, though of course empirical, physiological experiments, and whoso will c

nt-headed god was in great spirits .never say die. he cried genially, on beholding the downcast appearance of his fellow-conspirator .this.ll break the slate. there is no change in the arupa- brahma-loka!.3 .rupe me no rupes. howled the necromancer .get up, fool. roared the god .i have got perdu r. abu elected maha brahma .oh lord, have you really. said the wizard, looking a little 1 the world of black magic. 2 heaven. 3 the highest heaven of the hindu .forml-ess place of brahma. is its name. less glum .ay. cried ganesha impassively .let on follow on down the vaulted and echoing corridors of eternity: pile mahakalpa upon mahakalpa until an asankhya1 of crores2 have passed away; and maha brahma will still sit lone and meditate upon his lotus throne .good, good. said the magus .though there

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ols. leipzig: teubner, 1928-31; second edition stuttgart: teubner, 1973. regardie, francis israel: ceremonial magic. wellingborough: aquarian, 1980 (ed) the golden dawn (full title: the teachings, rites and ceremonies of the hermetic order of the golden dawn (4 vols) chicago: aries press, 1937-1940; 6th edition in one volume, st. paul, minnesota: llewellyn, 1989. waite, arthur edward: the book of black magic and of pacts, including the rites and mysteries of goetic theurgy, sorcery and infernal necromancy. london: 1898. second edition as the book of ceremonial magic, london: rider, 1911; reprinted new hyde park, ny: university books, 1961; secaucus, nj: citadel, 1973; ware, herts: wordsworth editions, 1995 (as the wordsworth book of spells. 51 endnotes liber samekh 1 the goetia version of

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s, fruits, and trees the flower, a phallic symbol--the lotus blossom--the scandinavian world tree, yggdrasil--the sprig of acacia--the juice of the grape--the magical powers of the mandrake. 93 stones, metals, and gems prehistoric monuments--the tablets of the law--the holy grail--the ages of the world- talismanic jewels--zodiacal and planetary stones and gems. 97 ceremonial magic and sorcery the black magic of egypt--doctor johannes faustus--the mephistopheles of the grimores--the invocation of spirits--pacts with demons--the symbolism of the pentagram. 101 p. 8 the elements and their inhabitants. the paracelsian theory of submundanes--the orders of elemental beings--the gnomes, undines, salamanders, and sylphs--demonology--the incubus and succubus- vampirism. 105 hermetic pharmacology, c

e weird light seen ten miles below the surface of the earth by i-am-the-man in that remarkable masonic allegory etidorhpa (aphrodite spelt backward) may well refer to the mysterious midnight sun of the ancient rites. primitive conceptions concerning the warfare between the principles of good and evil were often based upon the alternations of day and night. during the middle ages, the practices of black magic were confined to the nocturnal hours; and those who served the spirit of evil were called black magicians, while those who served the spirit of good were called white magicians. black and white were associated respectively with night and day, and the endless conflict of light and shadow is alluded to many times in the mythologies of various peoples. the egyptian demon, typhon, was symb

f the mysteries, the universal savior. 2. the architect ctesiphon, in the fifth century b.c, submitted to the ionian cities a plan for erecting a joint monument to their patron goddess, diana. the place chosen was ephesus, a city south of smyrna. the building was constructed of marble. the roof was supported by 127 columns, each 60 feet high and weighing over 150 tons. the temple was destroyed by black magic about 356 b.c, but the world fixes the odious crime upon the tool by means of which the destruction was accomplished--a mentally deranged man named herostratus. it was later rebuilt, but the symbolism was lost. the original temple, designed as a miniature of the universe, was dedicated to the moon, the occult symbol of generation. 3. upon his exile from athens, phidias--the greatest of

so the spiritual nature of man is in the dark part of his being, for the heart is on the left side. among the curious misconceptions arising from the false practice of associating darkness with evil is one by which several early nations used the right hand for all constructive labors and the left hand for only those purposes termed unclean and unfit for the sight of the gods. for the same reason black magic was often referred to as the left-hand path, and heaven was said to be upon the right and hell upon the left. some philosophers further declared that there were two methods of writing: one from left to right, which was considered the exoteric method; the other from right to left, which was considered esoteric. the exoteric writing was that which was done out or away from the heart, whi

and when its head and neck were tucked under its wing its body closely resembled a human heart (see montfaucon's antiquities) the black and white ibis was sacred to the moon; but all forms were revered because they destroyed crocodile eggs, the crocodile being a symbol of the detested typhon. nocturnal birds were appropriate symbols of both sorcery and the secret divine sciences: sorcery because black magic cannot function in the light of truth (day) and is powerful only when surrounded by ignorance (night; and the divine sciences because those possessing the arcana are able to see through the darkness of ignorance and materiality. owls and bats were consequently often associated with either witchcraft or wisdom. the goose was an emblem of the first primitive substance or condition from w

on of certain formul. a magician, enveloped in sanctified vestments and carrying a wand inscribed with hieroglyphic figures, could by the power vested in certain words and symbols control the invisible inhabitants of the elements and of the astral world. while the elaborate ceremonial magic of antiquity was not necessarily evil, there arose from its perversion several false schools of sorcery, or black magic. egypt, a great center of learning and the birthplace of many arts and sciences, furnished an ideal environment for transcendental experimentation. here the black magicians of atlantis continued to exercise their superhuman powers until they had completely undermined and corrupted the morals of the primitive mysteries. by establishing a sacerdotal caste they usurped the position former

d sciences, furnished an ideal environment for transcendental experimentation. here the black magicians of atlantis continued to exercise their superhuman powers until they had completely undermined and corrupted the morals of the primitive mysteries. by establishing a sacerdotal caste they usurped the position formerly occupied by the initiates, and seized the reins of spiritual government. thus black magic dictated the state religion and paralyzed the intellectual and spiritual activities of the individual by demanding his complete and unhesitating acquiescence in the dogma formulated by the priestcraft. the pharaoh became a puppet in the hands of the scarlet council--a committee of arch-sorcerers elevated to power by the priesthood. these sorcerers then began the systematic destruction

ch appeared to him was actually the great philosopher, for levi realized only too well the proclivity of elementals to impersonate those who have passed on. the majority of modern mediumistic apparitions are but elemental creatures masquerading through bodies composed of thought substance supplied by the very persons desiring to behold these wraiths of decarnate beings. the theory and practice of black magic some understanding of the intricate theory and practice of ceremonial magic may be derived from a brief consideration of its underlying premises. first. the visible universe has an invisible counterpart, the higher planes of which are peopled by good and beautiful spirits; the lower planes, dark and foreboding, are the habitation of evil spirits and demons under the leadership of the f

l magic it is possible to contact these invisible creatures and gain their help in some human undertaking. good spirits willingly lend their assistance to any worthy enterprise, but the evil spirits serve only those who live to pervert and destroy. third. it is possible to make contracts with spirits whereby the magician becomes for a stipulated time the master of an elemental being. fourth. true black magic is performed with the aid of a demoniacal spirit, who serves the sorcerer for the length of his earthly life, with the understanding that after death the magician shall become the servant of his own demon. for this reason a black magician will go to inconceivable ends to prolong his physical life, since there is nothing for him beyond the grave. the most dangerous form of black magic i

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

i, says as much in his histoire de la magie. i see no reason to doubt the tradition which assigns the authorship of the key to king solomon, for among others josephus, the jewish historian, especially mentions the magical works attributed to that monarch; this is confirmed by many eastern traditions, and his magical skill is frequently mentioned by the old adepts. there are, however, two works on black magic, the grimorium verum, and the clavicola di salomone ridolta, which have been attributed to solomon, and which have been in some cases especially mixed up with the present work; but which have nothing really to do therewith; they are full of evil magic, and i cannot caution the practical student too strongly against them. there is also another work called legemeton, or the lesser key of

they are full of evil magic, and i cannot caution the practical student too strongly against them. there is also another work called legemeton, or the lesser key of solomon the king, which is full of seals of various spirits, and is not the same as the present book, though extremely valuable in its own department. in editing this volume, i have omitted one or two experiments partaking largely of black magic, and which had evidently been derived from the two goetic works mentioned above; i must further caution the practical worker against the use of blood; the prayer, the pentacle, and the perfumes, or temple incense, rightly used, are sufficient as the former verges dangerously on the evil path. let him who, in spite of the warnings of this volume, determines to work evil, be assured that

to italian by abraham colorno, by the order of his most serene highness of mantua; and recently put into french. the pentacles are much better drawn, are in colored inks, and in the case of 3091 sloane mss, gold and silver are employed. 1307 sloane mss. is in italian; its title is la clavicola di salomone redotta et epilogata nella nostra materna lingua del dottissimo gio peccatrix. it is full of black magic, and is a jumble of the key of solomon proper, and the two black magic books before mentioned. the pentacles are badly drawn. it, however, gives part of the introduction to 10,682 add. mss, and is the only other ms. which does, save the beginning of another italian version which is bound up with the former ms, and bears the title zecorbenei. 1202 lansdowne mss. is the true keys of king

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it is the only one in your area, or because you like one of the members. please in all manners and means focus on the core of the coven, what the skeleton represents. many simply seek fleshly pleasures yet have no concept or grasp on their responsibility. that 48 48 responsibility is to seek to perfect the self in all ways. it is also essential to enjoy yourself and to harness your skills at both black magic and holy magick. the history of the dedication was perpetrated by medieval witch hunters who in base were impotent bigots, who could not understand nor accept the equality of women within a cultural context. the kiss was assumed into a feminine submission because that to take up with the devil, one should intimately know this spirit. the males, or heterosexual males would in turn have

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ting in europe, which helped them to establish the united states for apeculiar and particular purpose known only to the initiated few (peter tompkins quotingm. p. hall in secrets of the great pyramid)i have been convinced that we, as an order, have come under the power of some very eviloccult order, profoundly versed in science, both occult and otherwise, though not infallible,their methods being black magic, that is to say, electro-magnetic power, hypnotism, andpowerful suggestion. we are convinced that the order is being controlled by some sunorder, after the nature of the illuminati, if not by that order itself (duke of brunswick,grand master of world freemasonry. while the real brothers died ignominious deaths, the spurious order which tried to stepinto their shoes became exclusively a

lish machines with stars? have we asked why it is that the u. s. pentagon is thatshape or why it is oriented due north towards one of the ancient pole stars, thubin, the starof war and evil, previous to mars? if one imagines the arms put back onto the perimeter of ageometrical pentagon, they will see it become a pentaclea symbol, which though not nega-tive in itself, has long been associated with black magic and which is often utilized bymembers of satanic cabals. as we mentioned before, all we know, or think we know aboutthe theme of satanism actually refers to the alien presence and influence on this planet, andto no other source. it has rarely been revealed that the v atican (one of the most truly satanic edifices in mankindshistory) has spent literally billions of dollars to give manki

th letter, washington, dc. public citizens health research group 400,000 human guineapigs in the persian gulf, feb. 12, 1991. see 1991 gulf war entry. 1990 approximate time period where dr. michael aquino, a colonel in u.s. army intelligence, isleader of a church of satan spinoff named the temple of set. aquino is an expert in military mind con-trol, and has expounded on what he terms lbm (lesser black magic) used in the control of popula-tions, including psychological operations and conventional forms of terrorism. he was investigated bymilitary and civilian authorities on claims of child sexual abuse at san francisco's presidio militarybase. it is also curious that today, mikhail gorbachev, ex russian kgb, has his office at the samepresidio facility. the presidio is home for the gorbache

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

s lead to whackyland [3.2] until now i ve have resisted an urge many authors fail to resist, inundating their books with personal stories. here i believe one is order, but if i play my cards right, you can still keep learning about important topics. how s that sound? at first, my research was completely geared to the illuminati and satanism specifically. i started reading books about satanism and black magic and noticed something many satanists partake in; using the names of multiple religions and mythologies to describe the same character. in the same breath (sentence, satanists would name 5 different gods, from 5 different religions, and declare that they were in fact the same entity. this was a conclusion i came to independently. these black magicians made casual references to the bibli

the ultimate truth. from jay-z to david rockefeller, the individual members of the illuminati come from many different backgrounds, and from many times and places, but the tie that is interwoven in all they do, the tie that truly binds, is the occult. indeed, from where i was standing, all roads led to the occult. so my researching eye began to wander away from the exclusive realm of satanism and black magic, and turned its attention towards the occult as a whole. in regards to the wider world of the occult, you ll generally run into two types of books: the philosophy of the occult--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 44 and magic. avoid the former; books about occult philosophy that make no mention of the laws of magic are often laced with deliberate misinformation, cryptic terms, veiled

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is here you may spark a fire, sit and listen carefully to his tale. this path is dangerous, it may prove ones menial downfall. however, it is not advocating criminal or aggressive behaviour. nox umbra is a spiritual work, and should be viewed as such. primal sorcery and vampirism vampyrism is indeed a sinistral (left way or lhp) collection of various aspects of folklore and initiatory currents in black magic and sorcery. what enables sorcery to occur in a productive or destructive aspect is the combination of will-desire-belief. vampyrism within the current of modern witchcraft is a development from the sabbat- the infernal awakening of the sorcerer as a shadow-manifestation of ahriman, the persian- zoroastrian sorcerous being who was evil, or adversarial chaos embodied. black magic has lo

man, the coiled beast that is of serpent wisdom. the dragon has fueled the myths of dracula, the dragon race from wallachia. dracos, draconum is the very shadow of the immortal fountain of life, which the vampyre seeks to bask in eternally. remember, in bram stoker's immortal "dracula" novel, the prince of vampyres is transformed not by another vampyre. but rather his own self-iniliatory work and black magic. dracula itself was based from two historical figures, vlad dracul, whom was of a family of the order of the dragon, and elizabeth bathory, whose family crest depicted three wolf teeth surrounded by a dragon(leviathan, ahriman. the history of bram stoker's novel dracula has its own curious beginnings in association with folklore and historical figures. specifically, in dracula was a wo

ned about yourself by it. this shadow form is but of you, thus you should seek a regular communion with such spirits. prayer of akhtya purpose of ritual to achieve aethyric communication, inspiration and self-initiation through the anthropomorphic assumption of identity. akhtya was considered an "evil" sorcerer, the founder of yatus, or yatuk-dinoih (witchcraft- a guild of sorcerers who practiced black magic or adversarial rites under the direction or path of ahriman in ancient persia. yatuk/yatus is considered now a left hand path approach to witchcraft, that is by encircling the self one may achieve self-initiation into the mysteries of the adversary, the opposition of self against the natural order. the image or archetype through which self is in awakening is the image of ahriman, refer

MORALS AND DOGMA

d evil. the absolute, is reason. reason is, by means of itself. it is because it is, and not because we suppose it. it is, where nothing _exists; but nothing could possibly exist without it. reason is necessity, law, the rule of all liberty, and the direction of every initiative. if god is, he is by reason. the conception of an absolute deity, outside of, or independent of, reason, is the idol of black magic, the phantom of the d mon. the supreme intelligence is necessarily _rational. god, in philosophy, can be no more than a hypothesis; but a hypothesis imposed by good sense on human reason. to personify the absolute reason, is to determine the divine ideal. necessity, liberty, and reason! behold the great and supreme triangle of the kabalists! fatality, will, and power! such is the magic

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

mental abilities. however, they were not of the type you would normally associate with magical practice. i tried to read aleister crowley s magick in theory and practice; but it was written in such a convoluted manner that it was, to me, almost like trying to read latin without ever having learned the language. as a consequence, i began forming my own spells and rituals based on occult tradition. black magic, sex magic, mind power and, of course, witchcraft. what witches do the cornerstone of witchcraft is the coven. a coven is just a fancy name for a group of people who like to get together every so often, take all their clothes off, and dance about in a circle, in the open air. it is lead by a coven master. the purpose of the coven is to build magical energy amongst its members to achiev

even when you reach the point when you realize that much of the paraphernalia associated with witchcraft, i.e. candles, incense and so forth, can be dispensed with you will find that the moon still holds sway over certain things. the ancient witch cults knew this and timed their activities to the different phases of the moon. positive magic is worked from the first quarter until a full moon, and black magic from the last quarter until a new moon. the more things change, the more they stay the same. creating your personal grimoire once the magic begins to flow, things are going to happen so fast and so often that it will be difficult to keep track of them by mere memory alone< the easiest way to remember all the practical expressions of your magical workings is to keep a small notebook in

er wit s end. so when i suggested that she use the golden square to draw money to her, she was only too happy to give it a try. she followed my instructions. one week later, laura s mother-in-law came to visit and handed her an envelope. a gift, she told laura. it contained $300 in cash. the elemental forces worked for laura, and they will work for you. the devil s treasurer this is a very potent black magic spell to bring money. if black magic didn t work, there would be no reason for me to include this spell in this chapter or for you to try it. but black magic really works. not the old fashioned kind with bats and black cats, but an entirely new magical system based on principles thousands of years old that, under the correct conditions, works every time. this spell is the result of yea

ze yourself surrounded by admiring members of the opposite sex. and as you visualize in this way, chant asmodeus name over and over again. ideally, the chant will begin as a whisper and gradually rise until a shout. when you have ended the chant, extinguish the candle and, in a clear and distinct voice, affirm: so mote it be. now sit back and wait for the opposite sex to come to you. this is pure black magic. if you have a particular person in mind, try to obtain something that has been in contact with the person you wish to seduce. a hair or a fingernail clipping is best, and hold the item in your hand as you cast the spell< thank you letter #6 first of all i decided on the sex spell because i needed a woman purely for sex to fulfill my frustrations. i tried the asmodeus seduction spell a

k alone and with just as good results using the magic power of witchcraft as if they were working with a group. using this magical power is simplicity itself. the warlock of the middle ages, desiring to arouse love and passion, was required to make a figure of wax to represent the woman whose company he desired above all else. positive magic is worked from the first quarter until a full moon, and black magic from the last quarter until a new moon< the knights templar was a debased christian sect that practiced occult rituals. it's a good idea to work a protection ritual on a regular basis. the pentagram (five-pointed star) is a tool used by both witches and magicians to keep evil forces at bay. the pentagram represents man- the five points being his head, two arms, and two legs. in reading

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cant has probably never met a setian before and it is your job to reveala glimpse into a temple of set that functions at its highest level. you are not just meeting with this one person, but with all the others he or she will talk to for the rest of their lives about the temple. you are tryingto pull off a masterful piece of public relations. this requires using your most potent and subtle lesser black magic. you have not the foggiest notion of what this stranger really thinks about the temple. she may have been exposed to us through the largely negative garbage floating around out therein mainstream books, television and other media. it's up to you to either explicitly or implicitly change any of these wrong notions through the authenticityand clear integrity of your presence. only do thi

dramatic and radical growth can transform a psyche who wills it. we are looking for the spark of potential, not the certainty of perfection. here's my personal checklist of some qualities i'd like to see: ambition. can the candidate tell you even one dream of self- improvement she is aiming for? does he have a goal that is not mere delusion but something that hard work and dedication can achieve? black magic is goal-driven and even more so in the beginning phase of learning its skills. original thought. we don't expect every candidate to be nietzsche right off the bat. what i mean here is a certain personal style in expressing ideas. is this an individual or someone who wants to gain an identity in a group? are they merely telling you what you want to hear or sincerely speaking from their

better at it. once you are a magician your magic will work, even in directions you don't want it to. if you or some setian in your charge has substance abuse issues, don't approach them in a "hellfire and brimstone" manner. christ, they found us by running away from that nonsense. don't be patronizing, don't be easy. stick to your principles and: 1. give them this essay to read. 2. emphasize that black magic and substance abuse don't mix. period. 3. remember that these people are interested in self change, if they can strengthen that emotion over such human things as guilt and denial, they've got an edge. 4. getting free of the substance is the most important thing they can do. that really means getting out of the temple and into an accredited support group. that's what they owe themselves

ery. 3. i will make a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself. with step three, it is time to be more honest with yourself than you have ever been in your entire existence. addicted persons are masters of deception. we learn to be that way in order for the addicted part of ourselves o survive. not so strangely, in many ways initiates of the temple of set,who are already masters of lesser black magic, may truly be the most adept at disguising an addiction from the rest of the world and, most unfortunateof all, from ourselves. in a sense, we were practicing lbm on ourselves.when taking moral inventory, you must face the mirror of maat and, holding nothing back, be as fearless as you were when you first "dared theblack magic" 4. i will admit to myself and to other human beings the ex

rstanding to interpret and apply them as their authors intended. the amethyst and topaz tablets are properly considered as additions to the sapphire tablet in that they are available to all masters of the temple. they will contain documents of sapphire tablet level which pertain specifically to the initiatory functions of magus and ipsissimus respectively. the function of the priesthood in lesser black magic as a priest or priestess of set you are no longer perceived by other setians and by profane society to be acting on your own, but to be acting as an official of the temple of set as a whole whenever you undertake magical workings. quite obviously the impact of your workings will be magnified accordingly in the eyes of others, hence will be that much more powerful with little if any add

with little if any additional effort on your part. the analogy is a bit like that of getting into a formula one racing car after being accustomed to drive a street-tuned automobile. if you floor the accelerator as you were previously accustomed to do, you'll get a real surprise- and quite possibly a dangerous one. the procedural, contextual, and ethical provisions relating to lbm as discussed in black magic are all the more critical at the iii* level. where your contacts with i*/ii* setians are concerned, you will be regarded as an expert in the application of lbm. your advice will be sought. do not fall into the trap of being asked to "do lbm for" i*/ii* setians. they are quite capable of applying lbm principles for themselves, at a level appropriate to their initiatory status. your lbm

regarded as an expert in the application of lbm. your advice will be sought. do not fall into the trap of being asked to "do lbm for" i*/ii* setians. they are quite capable of applying lbm principles for themselves, at a level appropriate to their initiatory status. your lbm workings should be for your own purposes and priorities as a priest or priestess. the function of the priesthood in greater black magic by virtue of the fact that you are recognized to the priesthood of set, very little need be said here. the function of gbm remains as it was when you entered upon the left-hand path, save with one difference: you are now a sacred being yourself; you have quite literally become a part of that to which gbm opens a door. therefore there is an element of "circularity" in gbm at this level;

est expresses the function of the priesthood within the temple as i understand it and as i try to live it. i feel the function of the priest is to remember. more than anything else, i feel the priesthood reminds the temple at large of our origins, of our mandate, of our purpose. the priesthood represents the fundamental core philosophies that lie at the heart of the aeon of set. the magistri take black magic down new and largely unexplored avenues, seeking new mysteries to unfold, new answers which lead to new questions. adepts also follow such research projects, keeping the temple's research fresh and exciting as they work on various projects within orders, etc. i feel the priesthood serve to remind us what all of this is for, to place new concepts and magical technologies within the fram

rking toward balance no one can fully impress upon you what the sensation of priesthood is like. as with so many things in life, one can only know of it by being it. no one can approach the experience fully prepared for all that will happen. i recall thinking soon after my own ordination "why didn't anyone tell me about this" but the funny thing is- they did. in looking back through dr. aquino's "black magic" essay in the crystal tablet, i found a most relevant passage "as black magic is merely a tool for use by magicians, so the temple of set as an institution is ultimately a vehicle for the identification and formalization of the priesthood of set, through whose soul flow the current of the aeon of set. each priest and priestess of set is a temple of set: a psyche so purified, educated

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ork with cain in the next grade. the book of cain 6. goetic work and sorcery within the yatuk dinoih, a minimum of 13 of the spirits called and formed by the sorcerer. evocation and invocation. results and records submitted. the goetia luciferian edition 7. grimoires and a modern approach to the daemonum and how they relate to our positive advancement of being. examples of such as goetia, book of black magic by a.e. waite, abramelin, faustbook, etc. 8. study of anubis as the initiator into the current of azothoz. a minimum of two months dedicated to anubis as self and the pathway to the realm of shades. a focus of azrael as the angel of death and connections therein of anubis. 9. the initiate will study and move forward in the areas of goetic sorcery as a means of self-transformation and s

PHOSPHORUS THE SHADOWING FORTH OF LUCIFER

to ascend the individual from the beast like qualities so inherent within our subconscious. blavatsky wrote "thus it stands proven that satan, or the red fiery dragon, the "lord of phosphorus" and lucifer, or "light bearer" is in us; it is our mind-our temptor and redeemer, our intelligent liberator and saviour from pure animalism" asmodeus/ahriman is the fountain head of sorcery and earth based black magic. asmodeus is the god of black witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy and diabolism. the balance of asmodeus/ahriman is to unite the materialistic flesh side of life with the spiritual, or luciferic. falling to either side could result in the destruction of the self. black magic is the focus of making the psyche immortal, surviving earth bound after death. luciferic magick is the focus of astr

tastic path of selfillumination and godhood. ever woman and man have their own orbit, their own star to develop upon this earth. nothing is rejected which develops integrity and self-strength of spirit. within the sigil of varcolaci, the image of the vampire is presented as a mark point towards self-evolution and godhood. the trapezoid sigil of varcolaci opens the gates of the shadow side through black magic. the varcolaci sigil was designed to manifest the essence of the varcolaci vampire, the astral being that rose from the flesh of the sorcerer to ascend to the night sky. this is the evermorphing version of lucifer, to eternally seek knowledge and the faustian spark which ignites into the black flame. the inverse pentagram that the varcolaci hold is the eye of lucifer, devilcosm that wo

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d cop. how tiresome. but, just think what would happen if at the wrong time, a bunch of that goop, upchucked all over your freshly pressed, black robe and stopped the proceedings? wouldn't you feel silly? i mean, if you have to stop and ask a demon if it is politically incorrect to rip the soul out of mary jo smith because she angered you, then you better get yourself into another business 'cause black magic ain't for you! that's right, you gotta grab control and keep it! admittedly, there is a fine line between having the villagers chase you back to your castle with shovels and hoes and that of successfully avenging yourself for some foul indiscretion visited upon your person by some ingrate, namely mary jo smith. however, civilization being what it is, full of the fearful, we true magici

reacher's soul attempts to escape the festivities, your demon's tongue lashes out like a snake and slurp. then for the finale, the very gates of hell open wide and a whole crew of frothing demons join the feeding frenzy and drag their accursed, unholy prey back into the darkness of hell where they belong. aftermath well, you see kinda how it works, no? this is why preachers always rail on against black magic and the magicians who practice it! they know what can happen. of course, after your fete of magick, there is nothing much left of that tormented twosome but a bit of hair and a few rags, so the newspapers report that they were kidnapped by some biker gang and never heard of again. however the locals all know that there wasn't any biker gang in town- no, none at all. hey, that wasn't to

black magick, 101 is it not? what did you expect- a bunch of light workers at the local new -age book shop? if you are going to do dark, you gotta be dark. now, you see why this control thing is so important. if you ever let go of the reins, even for an instant, there's no telling what would happen to you in the cusp of your magickal experience. i mean that people don't practice wheelin& dealin' black magic in hopes that pennies and lollipops will come raining out of the sky. magicians perform high ritual black magic for power, money, revenge or love. wars have been fought over these incentives with power at the top of the list. love or lust is transitory and comes in last. of course, i once did raise my wife from the dead, but i'll never do that again. i got her body up all right, but he

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exist apart from perfect equilibrium. magical equilibrium is hence one of the first conditions of success in the operations of science, and must be sought even in occult chemistry, in learning to combine contraries without neutralizing them by one another. magical equilibrium explains the great and primeval mystery of the existence and relative necessity of evil. this relative necessity gives, in black magic, the measure of the power of demons or impure spirits, to whom virtues practised upon earth are a source of increased rage and apparently of increased 34 the doctrine of transcendental magic power. at the epochs when saints and angels work miracles openly, sorcerers and fiends in their turn operate marvels and prodigies. rivalry often creates success; we lean upon that which resists. 3

hat which rendered him still more famous was a certain elixir of life, which immediately restored to the aged the strength and vitality of youth. the basis of this composition was malvoisie wine, and it was obtained by distilling the sperm of certain animals with the sap of certain plants. we are in possession of the recipe, but our reasons for withholding it will be understood readily. 73 xv y p black magic samael auxiliator we approach the mystery of black magic. we are about to confront, even in his own sanctuary, the black god of the sabbath, the formidable goat of mendes. at this point those who are liable to fear should close the book; even persons who are a prey to nervous impressions will do well to divert their attention or to abstain. we have undertaken a task, and we must comple

there a devil? what is the devil? as to the first point, science is silent, philosophy denies it at hazard, religion only answers in the affirmative. as to the second point, religion states that the devil is the fallen angel; occult philosophy accepts and explains this definition. it will be unnecessary to repeat what we have said previously on the subject, but we may add a further revelation: in black magic, the devil is the great magical agent employed for evil purposes by a perverse will. the old serpent of the legend is nothing else than the universal agent, the eternal fire of terrestrial life, the soul of the earth, and the living centre of hell. we have said that the astral light is the receptacle of forms, and these when evoked by reason are produced harmoniously, but when evoked b

ng from horror at that sight, to escape catalepsy or idiocy, one must be already mad. grandier was a libertine through indevotion and perhaps also through scepticism; excessive zeal, following on the aberrations of asceticism and blindness of faith, depraved girard and made him deprave in his turn. in the fifteenth chapter of our ritual we shall give all the diabolical evocations and practices of black magic, not that they may be used, but that they may be known and judged, and that such insanities may be put aside for ever. m. eudes de mirville, whose book upon table-turning made a certain sensation recently, will be contented possibly and discontented at the same time with the solution here given of black magic and its problems. as a fact, we maintain like himself the reality and prodigi

tor, and serves to fix and confirm his will, by formulating it with persistence and travail, the two conditions which make volition efficacious. the more difficult or horrible the operation, the greater is its power, because it acts more strongly on the imagination and confirms effort in direct ratio of resistance. this explains the bizarre nature and even atrocious character of the operations in black magic, as practised by the ancients and in the middle ages, the diabolical masses, administration of bewitchments 77 sacraments to reptiles, effusions of blood, human sacrifices and other monstrosities, which are the very essence and reality of goetia or nigromancy. such are the practices which from all time have brought down upon sorcerers the just repression of the laws. black magic is rea

of the ancients, who better than us understood the great magical agent and did not regard the astral light, azoth, the universal magnesia of the pages, as a special animal fluid emanating only from a few secular creatures. in his occult philosophy, paracelsus opposes ceremonial magic, the terrible power of which he did not certainly ignore, but he sought to decry its practices so as to discredit black magic. he locates the omnipotence of the magus in the interior and occult magnes, and the most skilful magnetizers of our own day could not express themselves better. at the same time he counselled the employment of magical symbols, talismans above all, in the cure of diseases. in our eighteenth chapter we shall have occasion to return to the talismans of paracelsus, while following gaffarel

elf-existent; it is because it is, and not because we suppose it; it is, or nothing is; and how should one desire anything to exist apart from reason? madness itself does not occur without it. reason is necessity, is law, is the rule of all liberty and the direction of all initiative. if god exists, it is by reason. the conception of an absolute god outside or independent of reason is the idol of black magic and the phantom of the fiend. the demon is death masquerading in the tattered garments of life, the spectre of hirrenkesept throned upon the rubbish of ruined civilizations, and concealing a loathsome nakedness by the cast-off clothes of the incarnations of vishnu. here ends the doctrine of transcendental ma reliphas levi dogma et rituel de la haute magie translated by a. e. waite dogm

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the persons on whom we are operating. bad faith and bad will in subjects constitute the gravest hindrance to the direction of magnetism. women above all. who are essentially and invariably actresses, who take 18 the ritual of transcendental magic pleasure in impressing others so that they may impress themselves, and are the first to be deceived when playing their neurotic melodramas. are the true black magic of magnetism. so is it for ever impossible that magnetizers who are uninitiated in the supreme secrets and unassisted by the lights of the kabalah should govern this refractory and fugitive element. to be master of woman, we must distract and deceive her skilfully by allowing her to suppose that it is she who is deceiving us. this advice, which we offer chiefly to magnetic physicians

strange cultus of this monstrous animal, which represented nature doomed to anathema but ransomed by the sign of light. the gnostic agapae and pagan priapic orgies which followed in its honour sufficiently revealed the moral consequence which the adepts drew from the exhibition. all this will be explained, together with the rites, decried and now regarded as fabulous, of the great sabbath and of black magic. within the grand circle of evocations a triangle was usually traced, and the side towards which the upper point should be directed was a matter for careful observation. if the spirit were supposed to be from heaven, the operator placed himself at the top, and set the altar of fumigations at the bottom; but if the spirit came from the abyss this method was reversed. moreover, the sacre

h! by the holy eloim and by the names of the genii cassiel, sehaltiel, aphiel and zarahiel, at the command of orifiel, depart from us, moloch! we deny thee our children to devour. the most important magical instruments are the wand, the sword, the lamp, the chalice, the altar and the tripod. in the operations of transcendental and divine magic, the lamp, wand and chalice are used; in the works of black magic, the wand is replaced by the sword and the lamp by the candle of cardan. we shall explain this difference in the chapter devoted to black magic. let us come now to the description and consecration of the instruments. the magical wand, which must not be confounded with the simple divining rod, with the fork of necromancers, or the trident of paracelsus, the true and absolute magical wan

y peace be with thee! i have not wished to trouble thee; do thou torment me not. i shall labour to improve myself as to anything that vexes thee. i pray and will still pray, with thee and for thee. pray thou also both with and for me, and return to thy great slumber, expecting that day when we shall awake together. silence and adieu! h we must not close this chapter without giving some details on black magic for the benefit of the curious. the practices of thessalian sorcerers and roman canidias are described by several ancient authors. in the first place, a pit was dug, at the mouth of which they cut the throat of a black sheep; the psyllae and larvae presumed to be present, and swarming round to drink the blood, were driven off with the magic sword; the triple hecate and the infernal god

eyards. their howlings were heard from afar, and belated travellers imagined that legions of phantoms rose out of the earth. the very trees, in their eyes, assumed appalling shapes; fiery orbs gleamed in the thickets; frogs in the marshes seemed to echo mysterious words of the sabbath with croaking voices. it was the magnetism of hallucination and the contagion of madness. the end of procedure in black magic was to disturb reason and produce the feverish excitement which emboldens to great crimes. the grimoires, once seized and burnt by authority everywhere, are certainly not harmless books. sacrilege, murder, theft, are indicated or hinted as means to realization in almost all these works. thus, in the grand grimoire and its modern version the red dragon, there is a recipe entitled gcompo

f the devil: on the contrary, for them it is that of the god pan, the god of our modern schools of philosophy, the god of the alexandrian theurgic school and of our own mystical neo-platonists, the god of lamartine and victor cousin, the god of spinoza and plato, the god of the primitive gnostic schools; the christ also of the dissident priesthood. this last qualification, ascribed to the goat of black magic, will not astonish students of religious antiquities who are acquainted with the phases of symbolism and doctrine in their various transformations, whether in india, egypt or judea. the bull, the dog and the goat are the three symbolical animals of hermetic magic, resuming all the traditions of egypt and india. the bull represents the earth or salt of the philosophers; the dog is herma

the extent of their participation in being and in truth. there are no shadows without reflections, no nights without moon, the planet of morning and stars. if hell be just, it is good. no one has ever blasphemed god. the insults and mockeries addressed to his disfigured images attain him not. we have named manichaeanism, and it is by this monstrous heresy that we shall explain the aberrations of black magic. the misconstrued doctrine of zoroaster and the magical law of two forces constituting universal equilibrium, have caused some illogical minds to imagine a negative divinity, subordinate but hostile to the active deity. an impure duad comes thus into being. men were mad enough to halve god; the star of solomon was separated into triangles, and the manichaens imagined a trinity of night

gative divinity, subordinate but hostile to the active deity. an impure duad comes thus into being. men were mad enough to halve god; the star of solomon was separated into triangles, and the manichaens imagined a trinity of night. this evil god, product of sectarian fancies, inspired all manias and all crimes. sanguinary sacrifices were offered him; monstrous idolatry replaced the true religion; black magic traduced the transcendent and luminous magic of true adepts, and horrible conventicles of sorcerers, ghouls and stryges took place in caverns or desert places, for dementia soon changes into frenzy and from human sacrifices to cannibalism there is only one step. the mysteries the sabbath have been described variously, but they figure always in grimoires and in magical trials. the revel

th have been described variously, but they figure always in grimoires and in magical trials. the revelations made on the subject may be classified under three heads: 1. those referring to a fantastic and imaginary sabbath; 2. those which betray the secrets of certain occult assemblies of veritable adepts; 3. revelations of foolish and criminal gatherings, having for their object the operations of black magic. for a large number of unhappy men and women, given over to such mad and abominable practices, the sabbath was but a prolonged nightmare, where dreams appeared realities and were induced by means of potions, fumigations and narcotic frictions. baptista porta, whom we have signalized already as a mystifier, gives in his natural magic, a pretended recipe for the sorcerers' unguent, by me

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or wishes you to view these words with their symbolic meanings, rather than their normal meanings. during group ritual, certain words will be spoken more flamboyantly, perhaps louder, perhaps longer, and often with more gesturing. these words are then generally being used symbolically, with special meaning at least to the speaker, if not to other participants. symbolism can also be used in lesser black magic, as tools to influence certain people (singular or multiple) in certain ways. the magician (or politician or religious leader or arts director or other manipulator) will use lighting, music, fragrance, and other symbols in ways particular to their audience's response to the symbols. symbolism can be used upon ourselves in a similar manner, to bring out responses from us that we want to

less-savvy, this is surely proof of deceit and ignorance, not disproof of noesis. reason is a reliable machine; we should test intuition. we should be equally wary of language. on no account should we reject nonverbal symbolic thought simply for difficulty of exposition. miserable is the craftsman who discards a screwdriver because it is not a hammer. footnotes 1. see "the concept of initiation, black magic in theory and practice, in the crystal tablet the gnosis as an integral part of the hermetic science table of contents i. introduction ii. the gnosis as a philosophical hermetism 1. philo, the man and his thought 2. the evidence from hippolytus 3. the old gnostics iii. some basic gnostic methods 1. cosmology 2. anthropology 3. soteriology iv. results of research in gnostic science 1. t

coming peril, that they and their blood may endure. the book of coming forth by night other references. matti bergstrom "aivojen fysiologiasta ja psyykesta (on brain physiology and the psyche. kirsti lagerspetz: psykologia, jarjen ja tunteen tiede (psychology, the science of reason and emotion. f. alberoni& s. veca: hyva ja paha (good and evil) footnotes 1. winkler, franz, in dr. michael aquino's black magic in the crystal tablet of set 2. according to desmond morris. 3. a.j. wihuri's summary of ken wilber's book no boundary: eastern and western approaches to personal growth 4. aquino, op. cit. 5. ibid. 6. lavey, anton, the satanic bible of the handedness metaphor as a student of the black arts, i knew of the terms "left hand path" and "right hand path" long before encountering the temple

ptian initiate 5. pronounced kheffer 6. often loosely translated as "gods" but perhaps more accurately conceptualized as analogous to the platonic forms 7. the outer temple is an actual "place" in the physical and spatial sense of the term, whereas the inner temple exists within the soul of the individual initiate [de lubicz, her bak- egyptian initiate. 8. from the greek thelema "will" 9. aquino, black magic in theory and practice, from the crystal tablet of set 10. lavey, the satanic bible, page 89. 11. aquino, temple of set informational letter; the crystal tablet of set 12. lavey, the satanic bible, the satanic rituals; aquino, the church of satan 13. lavey, the satanic bible, page 40 14. lavey, the satanic bible, the satanic rituals; aquino, the church of satan 15. aquino, the church o

tablet 48. for a more complete discussion of these two concepts, see isha schwaller de lubicz's her bak- egyptian initiate. 49. magic: in the section of the satanic bible entitled the theory and practice of satanic magic [p. 110, anton lavey defines magic generally as "the change in situations or events in accordance with one's will, which would, using normally accepted methods, but unchangeable" black magic: setian black magic can be divided into two categories: lesser and greater black magic "lesser black magic is the influencing of beings, processes, or objects in the objective universe by the application of obscure physical or behavioral laws [aquino, the crystal tablet, p. 211] lesser black magic would include everything from stage magic to the application of cosmetics to machiavellia

magic can be divided into two categories: lesser and greater black magic "lesser black magic is the influencing of beings, processes, or objects in the objective universe by the application of obscure physical or behavioral laws [aquino, the crystal tablet, p. 211] lesser black magic would include everything from stage magic to the application of cosmetics to machiavellian power politics "greater black magic is the causing of change to occur in the subjective universe in accordance with the will. this change in the subjective universe will cause a similar and proportionate change in the objective universe [crystal tablet, p. 28] working: a ritual or ceremony; also- and perhaps more importantly "an exploration of essence [aquino, the church of satan, the process whereby the higher self or s

and respect for ethical behavior, to include the ideals of whatever social group- or political state- they have chosen to identify themselves with. in addition to conventional means of influencing the environment about them, setians also employ "magic, by which they mean universal forces and psychological influences generally unknown to or unrecognized by society. setian magic is referred to as "black magic" to distinguish it from "white magic (invocation of non-existent forces/influences for purposes of self-delusion. the term "black magic" carries no connotation of evil or destructive intentions or ends. organizational structure: the individual initiate is the conceptual focus of the temple, as it is a device for the interaction of individuals as such. it is not a "mass" organization. s

for dismissing from the temple any person who cannot or will not uphold its initiatory or ethical standards. worship: there are no regularly scheduled, group "services" in the temple. nor would individual setians be comfortable with the term "worship- conveying as it does admiration of or devotion to a god or gods based on fear and faith. what the setian performs instead are workings of "greater black magic (as distinct from lbm discussed above, in which the personal consciousness is raised to direct association with that of set. collective gbm workings involving any number of setians may take place over great distances, or at gatherings called conclaves. dietary standards: it is the individual consciousness that is sacred within each setian. therefore any substance which impairs or disto

argument is valid, because neither actually knows what a political system is for. both are proceeding from arbitrary assumptions which have nothing to do with the actual purpose of a political system. my own point is that ms sklar evidently does not know what a magical order is for. classification: v5- 366.c- 1 author: l. dale seago iv date: january 27, xiii html revision: sept. 15, 1998 subject: black magic reading list #14 the principal aim of esoteric systems, usually stated in flowery rhetoric of some sort, is the deification of man. but there are two main avenues of approach, based upon differing concepts of the meaning of deification. for the purpose of convenience in this essay, i will label them the white and black schools of esotericism. since this is not intended to develop into

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amed; and in his dreams, a shape, a face, was floating closer, ghostly still, unclear, but one day soon he would be able to call it by its name _i am, he accepted _that i am. submission. o o o his cocooned life at the shaandaar b and b blew apart the evening hanif johnson came in shouting that they had arrested uhuru simba for the granny ripper murders, and the word was they were going to lay the black magic thing on him too, he was going to be the voodoo-priest baron-samedi fall guy, and the reprisals- beatings--up, attacks on property, the usual- were already beginning "lock your doors" hanif told sufyan and hind "there's a bad night ahead" hanif was standing slap in the centre of the caf, confident of the effect of the news he was bringing, so when hind came across to him and hit him in

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ear. when he comes, quench the fire, and make sweet perfumes. shew him the pentacle on your vestment and then say; behold thy confusion, if thou be disobedient to man or beast. the magician then puts the necessary questions and demands to the spirit (sloane ms. british museum) license to depart depart, i say, and be thou ready and willing to come whensoever exorcised, and conjured by the rites of black magic. i now conjure thee to withdraw, peaceably and quietly, and may the peace of god continue for ever between thee and me. amen (sloane ms. british museum) prayer to dismiss a spirit o omnipotent god, who has created all things for thy service and the convenience of men, we return thee most humble thanks for the benefits which, in thy great bounty, thou hast allowed us to experience this

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were hints in the 1920s and '30s of a "black order" in germany. to this seemingly old story lavey and his organization of contemporary faustians offered two strikingly new chapters. first, they blasphemously represented themselves as a "church, a term previously confined to the branches of christianity, instead of the traditional coven of satanism and witchcraft lore. second, they practiced their black magic openly instead of underground. rather than arrange a preliminary interview with lavey for discussion of his heretical innovations, my usual first step in research, i decided to watch and listen to him as an unidentified member of an audience. he was described in some newspapers as a former circus and carnival lion tamer and trickster now representing himself as the devil's representati

. out of all that i produced a serious article, only to find that was not what the publishers of "respectable" magazines wanted. they were interested in only the freak show kind of article. finally, it was a so-called "girlie" or "man's" magazine, knight of september 1968, that published the first definitive article on lavey, the church of satan, and lavey's synthesis of the old devil legends and black magic lore into the modern philosophy and practice of satanism that all followers and imitators now use as their model, their guide, and even their bible. my magazine article was the beginning, not the end (as it has been with my other writing subjects, of a long and intimate association. out of it came my biography of lavey, the devil's avenger, published by pryamid in 1974. after the book

tian bible. in the satanic bible, anton lavey has explained the philosophy of satanism more profoundly than any of his ancestors in the kingdom of darkness, while describing in detail the innovative rituals and trappings he has devised to create a church of realists. it has been clear from the first edition that many people want to read this book to learn how to start satanic groups and ritualize black magic. the satanic bible and the satanic rituals are the only books that have demonstrated, in a way that is authentic and true to relevant traditions, how all of that can be done. there have been many imitators, never attributing their source, and with good reason; because once the shabbiness and shallowness of the imitators have been compared to lavey's pioneering work, there can no longer

ok was written because, with very few exceptions, every tract and paper, every "secret" grimoire, all the "great works" on the subject of magic, are nothing more than sanctimonious fraud- guilt-ridden ramblings and esoteric gibberish by chroniclers of magical lore unable or unwilling to present an objective view of the subject. writer after writer, in efforts to state the principles of "white and black magic, has succeeded instead in clouding the entire issue so badly that the would-be student of sorcery winds up stupidly pushing a planchette over a ouija board, standing inside a pentagram waiting for a demon to present itself, limply tossing i-ching yarrow stalks like so many stale pretzels, shuffling pasteboards to foretell a future which has lost any meaning, attending seminars guarante

personal power is the worst kind of hypocrite. the satanist respects christianity for, at least, being consistent in its guiltridden philosophy, but can only feel contempt for the people who attempt to appear emancipated from guilt by joining a witchcraft group, and then practice the same basic philosophy as christianity. white magic is supposedly utilized only for good or unselfish purposes, and black magic, we are told, is used only for selfish or "evil" reasons. satanism draws no such dividing line. magic is magic, be it used to help or hinder. the satanist, being the magician, should have the ability to decide what is just, and then apply the powers of magic to attain his goals. during white magical ceremonies, the practitioners stand within a pentagram to protect themselves from the "

he god which was then called dionysus, or pan, depicted as a satyr or faun, by the greeks. pan was originally the "good guy, and symbolized fertility and fecundity. whenever a nation comes under a new form of government, the heroes of the past become villains of the present. so it is with religion. the earliest christians believed that the pagan deities were devils, and to employ them was to use "black magic. miraculous heavenly events they termed "white magic; this was the sole distinction between the two. the old gods did not die, they fell into hell and became devils. the bogey, goblin, or bugaboo used to frighten children is derived from the slavonic "bog" which means "god, as does bhaga in hindu. many pleasures revered before the advent of christianity were condemned by the new religi

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h more precious to man is a small piece of bread than a large ship! but how much money is required for a ship! he that can understand, let him understand -grigory yefimovitch rasputin few scholars have explored the existence of devil worship in russia during the hundreds of years its pagan spirit was in thrall to the orthodox church. if questions were asked, the answer was invariably that russian black magic was either nonexistent or a discipline cloaked in christian euphemism. the latter assumption is, of course, the most accurate. there is no culture more steeped in dark forces and deities than the slavonic in general and the russian in particular. the proportion of satanic entities in slavonic mythology far exceeds the usual quota. what is remarkable is that, unlike die shunned forces o

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o wage the war! leviathan, come forth to fill the minds of men with the wisdom of evil! diabolus, come forth to judge and imprison the lambs of the nazarene! set, come forth to destroy the xian faith and its masses! the sword is replaced on the altar. 8 the celebrant closes the rite by dousing the smoldering charcoal with a plentiful amount of conjuration saltatsatanism- an examination of satanic black magic introduction the aim of this dissertation is to focus upon some of the ritual magical aspects of modern satanism without recourse to the sensationalism that is only too evident when satanism is misunderstood. it is only when one steps aside from one's preconceptions and morality that satanism can be understood in a clear and balanced light. there has been in the past a tendency to appr

gic, the definition of which is generally understood to mean causing changes in the world or the individual's consciousness in accordance with the individuals will using psychical or occult forces. the second spelling of magic adds a 'k' to the end of the word, thus 'magick' this spelling dates back to the writings of aleister crowley's system of magick- itself satanism- an examination of satanic black magic side 1 af 21 file//c:\windows\skrivebord\nyt%20til%20bibilotek\ona\various\satanism_an_examin. 20-04-03 a collection of sacred-magick.com< the esoteric library based upon older qabalistic and eastern magical traditions. crowley added the letter 'k' in order to differentiate between his own brand of sex magick and other non-sexual forms of magic. in this essay i have however used both f

ch a satanic initiation begins simply with the feeling 'that there is more to life than the normal round of work and pleasure'(4) it is from this perspective that the individual may seek and join a satanic temple or tradition, yet this will usually only occur if the individual is to some extent free from the manipulations of society and its adherent morality as satanism- an examination of satanic black magic side 2 af 21 file//c:\windows\skrivebord\nyt%20til%20bibilotek\ona\various\satanism_an_examin. 20-04-03 mentioned earlier. once the ritual initiation has been completed there then begins a process of psychological change. to a large extent this change is simply a development of conscious awareness of one's actions, thoughts and feelings. the individual, having successfully passed throu

rowned replaced wine and a black triangular host was duly consecrated. the progression from the mass of the dead into the modern black mass took a new turn when it was linked to the medieval witches sabbath. accordingly the inclusion of a horned figure who presided over the ceremony and who came to be associated with the hebraic scape-goat came to be one of the satanism- an examination of satanic black magic side 3 af 21 file//c:\windows\skrivebord\nyt%20til%20bibilotek\ona\various\satanism_an_examin. 20-04-03 a collection of sacred-magick.com< the esoteric library central aspects of the black mass. the orgy was also then included, something that was most likely derived from the rites of the bacchanalia or dionysiac cults of ancient rome and greece, of which shall be spoken presently. in h

nts wear white (priestess, scarlet (mistress of the earth) and purple (master of the temple) and whilst the church of satan exclude the sexual element that seems to have been prevalent in many of the previous versions of the black mass, the order of nine angles have included two specifically sexual elements, the first being the masturbation of the priest by the satanism- an examination of satanic black magic side 4 af 21 file//c:\windows\skrivebord\nyt%20til%20bibilotek\ona\various\satanism_an_examin. 20-04-03 priestess, who then ejaculates over the host, which is duly trampled upon by the congregation and the inclusion of an orgy at the end of the ritual. the usefulness of the black mass has a number of different features. its first and most universal function within satanic orders is tha

tury predecessor the mass of the dead and cause the death of an opponent or adversary. the importance of the black mass in modern satanism therefore has a number of purposes and even though some groups- such as the society of dark lily- regard its cathartic use as something of the past, such catharsis being performed intellectually- it still remains one of the most potent and blasphemous rites of black magic. one form of modern blasphemy is the mass of heresy of the order of nine angles. the theory behind this mass is based upon the assumption that christianity has produced an effect not only on the magical or psychic level of human life but also on the sociological level. this social aspect of christianity is considered to be manifest mainly in the political forms of communism and liberal

satori- or sudden enlightenment- and are thus led to an increase in their consciousness as well as an enhanced vitality because they have broken free of constraining opposites'(11) yet probably the best example to show the blasphemous nature of the mass of heresy is that in some countries individuals who perform it may be liable to prosecution and imprisonment. satanism- an examination of satanic black magic side 5 af 21 file//c:\windows\skrivebord\nyt%20til%20bibilotek\ona\various\satanism_an_examin. 20-04-03 a collection of sacred-magick.com< the esoteric library ritualised sexual magic 'if sex magick is the most popular subject within occultism this merely proves that it is also the most misunderstood'(12) this introduction to the subject of ritualised sexual magic by the society of dar

after this vibration has been completed, the priestess lies on the ground, still holding the crystal whilst the priest performs cunnilingus. when the priestess is suitably aroused the priest then begins copulation, during which the priestess visualises a gateway situated in the stars above them opening and a black nebulous chaos flowing downwards to the earth. satanism- an examination of satanic black magic side 6 af 21 file//c:\windows\skrivebord\nyt%20til%20bibilotek\ona\various\satanism_an_examin. 20-04-03 the second form of the rite of nine angles, known as the cthonic form, is performed with the addition of a congregation who hold an orgy after the rite whilst the priest and priestess vibrate specific words of power and trained cantors chant a particularly difficult and elaborate sin

un and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit'(15) according to andrew collins, writing in the black alchemist (abc books. 1988, the friends of hekate and associated individuals have used this form of symbolism in their magical activities where they have utilised the apocryphal imagery of the christian bible in an attempt to construct a magical satanism- an examination of satanic black magic side 7 af 21 file//c:\windows\skrivebord\nyt%20til%20bibilotek\ona\various\satanism_an_examin. 20-04-03 a collection of sacred-magick.com< the esoteric library version of the antichrist. a second interpretation of the abyss comes from the order of nine angles who suggest the abyss to be located where the world of causality meets with the world of a-causality. whilst the former is under

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eight hundred thousand in the united states, one million in brazil, and three million in cuba. vodou a proper understanding of vodou, sometimes spelled vodun or vodoun, requires distinguishing it from the western stereotype. in the west (the countries of europe and the americas, particularly in the united states, voodoo (as it is usually spelled) is associated in the popular mind with witchcraft, black magic rituals, zombies, and other beliefs that are regarded as superstitious, such as sticking pins into voodoo dolls to bring bad luck to another person. while practitioners of voodoo can be found in the united states, voodoo is a stereotype that has little to do with the religion of vodou as it is practiced. vodou is practiced primarily in haiti, the western portion of the central american

inn: neo-pagan holiday celebrated on october 31. solstice: the points in the year when the day is longest (the summer solstice, generally on june 21) and the shortest (the winter solstice, generally on december 21. wicca: the name of a neo-pagan religion that generally worships the god and the goddess. 372 world religions: almanac neo-paganism part in bizarre rituals involving blood sacrifice and black magic, or magic practiced for selfish and bad purposes. neo-paganists, however, use the word pagan freely to refer to their religious beliefs. they resist stereotypes and emphasize that theirs is an earth-centered religion whose members find fulfillment in the cycles and rhythms of the natural world. estimating the number of neo-pagans is difficult. the groups tend to be loosely organized. t

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or wishes you to view these words with their symbolic meanings, rather than their normal meanings. during group ritual, certain words will be spoken more flamboyantly, perhaps louder, perhaps longer, and often with more gesturing. these words are then generally being used symbolically, with special meaning at least to the speaker, if not to other participants. symbolism can also be used in lesser black magic, as tools to influence certain people (singular or multiple) in certain ways. the magician (or politician or religious leader or arts director or other manipulator) will use lighting, music, fragrance, and other symbols in ways particular to their audience's response to the symbols. symbolism can be used upon ourselves in a similar manner, to bring out responses from us that we want to

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erent set possibilities that now have the potential to manifest. it is a probabilities game. a very important element of initiatory work is being mentioned. a portion of consciousness must be utilized to observe oneself, and the filter it is examining life through at any given moment. it is the image cast by the filter that will emerge as the vision of what-isto- be. magic, in particular, greater black magic, can be seen as the magic which transcends the path changing visions of what is to be, and arrives in the future with its principles intact. the form may have changed, but the underlieing energies have extended themselves through time. these energies are carried along through synchronicity and resonance to those individuals influenced, and who have the essential tendency and affinity t

moments of power. there are two means to accomplish the goal of ritual. the first is to alter the external environment which will have an effect upon the perception of that environment. the other is to alter the psychological cognitive structures; this will also change how the environment is perceived. these are lesser and greater technical approaches to individuated transformation- in two words, black magic. an advanced proportional element- stochastic resonance proxemics, angularism, and polaric methodologies such as resonance, all form the basic ingredients that constitute a practical left hand path ritual prosthesis. however, there is one element i want to discuss that can be critical in manufacturing transformative ritual environments. this element is called stochastic resonance. stoc

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rd sublime mysteries of the illuminati's 241 double-headed eagle 1 3 the riddle of the great seal of the united states, and the all-seeing eye 265 of the serpent of wisdom 14 "silence, slaves, or we'll cur your throat from ear to ear' 285 15 up to their necks in mischief 295 16 hand on heart sign of devotion to the chiefs 307 17 triangles up, triangles down, triangles, triangles all around 327 18 black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 361 19 part devil, part angel 393 20 the merovingian dynasty, the priory of sion, and the spear of longinus 405 21 magical signs of the jewish cabala the six-pointed star, babylonian 419 witchcraft, and the hollywood perdition of jerry seinfeld and associates 22 scorched by the sun solar signs, circles, and serpents 459 23 "i fell in to a burnin

nsion" or the "ethereal atmosphere" the megalomania and rage of the psychopaths 29 thus he may well lay claim that his magical work, or activity, is benign that it is simply white magic, good magic, the right-handed path as the satanists and other occultist call it. but as we shall see, the highest authorities in the occult world admit that there is no essential difference between white magic and black magic (the supposedly bad, evil, left-handed path. magic is magic. who, or what, then, is the illuminist accessing in his ritual performance of magic? from my many years of research and investigation into the works and plans of the illuminati, witches, satanists, shamans, masons, and other occultists, i declare without hesitation that what these men are doing knowingly in some cases, unwitti

arnwell refers to this psychic energy force by the hindu term "kundalini" or "serpent power."6 a man possessing serpent power is said to operate in a spiritual realm. as such, he is immune to and beyond any human spectrum of morality. whatever he wills is good, based solely on the results and not on any relative moral scale. in essence, the ends justify the means. in such a relativistic theology, black magic is no lesser in moral standing than is white magic. black is white, bad is good, and all things are reversed. power is the ultimate aphrodisiac oh, how thrilling to the egomaniacal illuminati is the realization that they possess 32 codex magica and wield such awesome power within the planetary realm. power is addictive. former secretary of state and illuminati insider extraordinaire he

ing out of the eyes of a "traitor" on the other hand. there is a great symbolic difference between the use of the left and right hands. the right hand is said to be the hand of blessing, a good and positive influence, and those who use it in the occult world are known as those on the "right-handed path" this is considered "white magic" those on the left-handed path, however, are practitioners of "black magic" full-fledged satanists are typically of the left-handed path, though, in reality, it does not matter to the devil which hand is used! the left hand is ever considered the sinister hand. it is associated with words like diabolical, witchlike, clever, deceptive, sly, cunning, evil, wrong, backward, and perverse. the evil eye is said to be the left eye. some early christians (for example

re each initiates of the skull& bones, john heinz and john kerry (teresa married kerry after heinz was killed in a mysterious airplane crash. teresa, a jewess whose maiden name was simoes-ferreira, is a board member of the illuminati run carnegie institute, a member of the council on foreign relations, and a member of the brookings institute. illuminati institutions all. 360 codex magica eighteen black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers ever wonder why the masons installed the statue of a woman in stone atop the u.s. capitol building in washington, d.c, and the statue of a woman called "liberty" in new york city's harbor? well, now you know. america, meet your satanic mistress, isis. texe marrs t h e triangle is of primary importance in all illuminati realms, whether in the rit

stalled the statue of a woman in stone atop the u.s. capitol building in washington, d.c, and the statue of a woman called "liberty" in new york city's harbor? well, now you know. america, meet your satanic mistress, isis. texe marrs t h e triangle is of primary importance in all illuminati realms, whether in the ritual ceremonies of the rosicrucians and masons or the witchcraft, astrological and black magic practices of other illuminist followers. always the triangle is used. among satanists and witches, the double triangle, the seal of solomon, also called the hexagram, is of great interest. this seal, known as the magen david of the jews, is actually composed of two triangles, superimposed on each other. one triangle pointed upward represents the flesh or material matter and the male ge

the three masons who were present at the opening of the first lodge of intimate secretaries. it is further claimed that king solomon was one of those three present. it is significant that in the first book of kings in the holy bible, king solomon rebelled against god and his commandments and began to worship the god and goddess of the heathen in his temple. he also required of the high priests of black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 363 solomon's temple that they annually render to him, as tribute, the sum of 666 talents of gold. undoubtedly the number 666 is symbolically the triple triangle, because the holy number of the goddess was 666. in mackey's masonic ritualist, the author, sovereign grand commander of the scottish rite, albert mackey, emphasized the key importance

abracadabra that is repeatedly used in kids tv cartoons and programs by supposedly mythical creatures like wizards and witches and fairies. actually, this word is of ancient origins. in a poem on occult medicine written by a pagan doctor in ancient rome about 250 ad, to ward off fevers and sickness, the physician recommended the word abracadabra be written down in an inverted triangle like this: black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 365 next, the paper on which the word was written was to be tied round the patient's neck for nine days and then thrown backwards over the shoulder into a stream running eastwards. the fever then would shrink to nothing, the patient was told. the magical word abracadabra comes from worship of the gnostic god, abraxas. it literally means: the dea

this letter g represents "god" and "geometry" this, then, is the "geometrical god" that, yarker observes "was the emblem of isis" ever wonder why the masons installed the statue of a woman in stone atop the u.s. capitol building in washington, d.c, and the statue of a woman called "liberty" in new york city's harbor? well, now you know. america, meet your satanic mistress: isis. 366 codex magica black magic masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 367 pages 800 and 801 from encyclopedia of freemasonry by albert g. mackey, 33 and charles t. mrclenachan, 33. 368 codex magica a dark scene inside a masonic temple in greece. the human sacrifice lays straddled as a five point star on the altar. superimposed behind are the descendant (hell) triangle and the tau symbol of the royal arch. the delta

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itual distinction from the natural universe, which in the judeo/christian west has been called satanism, but they choose to call the left-hand path. to follow such a path, they promise, is to enter a process that will create an individual, powerful essence that exists above and beyond animal life. it is thus the true vehicle for personal immortality. the temple of set emphasizes the employment of black magic of a sort that focuses on self-determined goals. while this form of magic may be utilized to accomplish everything from healing one s ill friends or relatives to obtaining a better paying position, the temple stresses that the practitioner must first learn to develop a system of ethics and discernment before putting such power to use. using magic for impulsive, trivial, or egoistic des

self-determined goals. while this form of magic may be utilized to accomplish everything from healing one s ill friends or relatives to obtaining a better paying position, the temple stresses that the practitioner must first learn to develop a system of ethics and discernment before putting such power to use. using magic for impulsive, trivial, or egoistic desires is not considered to be setian. black magic is the means by which setian initiates experience being gods, rather than praying to imaginary images of gods. the temple of set does not tolerate congregations of docile setians. those who attend must be considered cooperative philosophers and magicians. according to their general information distributed to those who inquire about the temple, executive authority is held by the council

y the council of nine, which is responsible for appointing both the high priest and the executive director. there are six degrees of initiates: setian 1, adept ii, priest/priestess of set iii, magister/ magistra templi iv, magus/maga v, and ipsissimus/ipissima vi. to be recognized as an adept ii, one must demonstrate that he or she has successfully mastered and applied the essential principles of black magic. reading materials available to the initiates include the newsletter scroll of set and the encyclopedias entitled the jeweled tablets of set. the temple of set emphasizes that the black arts may be as dangerous to the newcomer as volatile chemicals may become to the inexperienced lab technician. it cautions that the practice of magic is not for unstable, immature, or emotionally weak-m

hy, it is a natural moral law rather than a divine judgment which provides the process of development, enabling the soul into higher or lower states, according to the laws of cause and effect to be met. knockings/rappings tapping sounds said to be coming from deceased spirits in an attempt to communicate with or frighten the living. left-hand path in occult tradition, a practitioner who practices black magic. leprous from the greek, lepros, meaning scale. something resembling the symptoms of or relating to the disease of leprosy, which covers a person s skin with scales or ulcerations. loa a spirit that is thought to enter the devotee of the haitian voodoo, during a trance state, and believed to be a protector and guide that could be a local deity, a deified ancestor or even a saint of the

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arned that local weather bureau records showed no lightning in st. petersburg on the night reeser met her bizarre death. krogman remarked that he had never seen a skull so shrunken or a body so completely consumed by heat. such evidence was contrary to normal experience, and he regarded it as the most amazing thing he had ever seen. if he were living in the middle ages, he mused, he would suspect black magic. spontaneous human combustion seems to strike without warning and without leaving a clue. it seems to occur primarily among the elderly and among women, but there is no standard rule for these grim cases of preternatural combustibility. nearly every theory, such as that those who imbibe heavily might be more susceptible to the burning death, has been disproved and rejected. at this tim

or seasoning. contrary to the legend popularized by hollywood horror films, one does not undergo a painful transformation into a wolf after being bitten or scratched by a werewolf. according to the ancient traditions, those who became werewolves were generally of two types: 1) powerhungry sorcerers who deliberately sought the ability to shapeshift into the form of a wolf through an application of black magic so that they might more effectively rob or attack their victims. those who became werewolves through incantations, potions, or spells took evil delight in their savage strength and their ability to strike fear into the hearts of all those whom they encountered. 2) innocent men or women who ran afoul of a sorcerer who had vengefully placed a curse of lupine transformation upon them. tho

, and bushy red hair. rather, trolls are nasty monsters who can assume gigantic proportions and wreak havoc wherever they choose. they are fiendish giants, often associated with dark-side sorcerers. to the old norse, the term troll was applied only to hostile giants. by the time of the high middle ages, trolls had become a bit smaller and more fiendish, but they had also become capable of working black magic and sorcery. regardless of their size, trolls are unrelenting enemies of humankind. those occasional scandinavian folk heroes who dared to engage them in mortal combat were able to defeat the trolls with their superior intelligence, rather than might of arm or sword. trolls are most often quite slow-witted, and they become confused and weak if they can be somehow tricked into stepping

irits and frighten them away. in the twenty-first century, the good luck charm is intended to attract good rather than to repel evil. the transition has given rise to the custom of accepting certain objects and certain happenings as good luck omens. the word luck itself appears to have been derived from an old anglo-saxon verb meaning to catch. magic practices were divided into two distinct kinds black magic and white magic. simply stated, the term black magic applied to all those practices that caused evil and harm to others, and the practices termed white magic were intended to counter the influences of black magic, achieving good instead of evil. as human society continued to evolve into cities with a hierarchy of rulers, a class system of the citizenry, and respected priests to guide g

hy, it is a natural moral law rather than a divine judgment which provides the process of development, enabling the soul into higher or lower states, according to the laws of cause and effect to be met. knockings/rappings tapping sounds said to be coming from deceased spirits in an attempt to communicate with or frighten the living. left-hand path in occult tradition, a practitioner who practices black magic. leprous from the greek, lepros, meaning scale. something resembling the symptoms of or relating to the disease of leprosy, which covers a person s skin with scales or ulcerations. loa a spirit that is thought to enter the devotee of the haitian voodoo, during a trance state, and believed to be a protector and guide that could be a local deity, a deified ancestor or even a saint of the

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ntieth-century civilization. sources: hoagland, richard c.the enterprise mission [online] http/ www.enterprisemission.com..the monuments of mars: a city on the edge of forever. berkeley, calif: north atlantic books, 1987. vankin, jonathan, and john whalen. the 60 greatest conspiracies of all time. new york: barnes& noble, 1996. nasa covers up evidence of alien life on mars had begun by practicing black magic and the administration of blood oaths had degenerated into the most violent sorts of barbarism. the mau-mau weapon of choice was the panga, the broad-bladed machete commonly used to hack a path through thick jungle vegetation. the society appeared to favor bloody and brutal attacks as a means of striking fear into the hearts and minds of all who might oppose them, but their choice of e

a. bacon recognized that there were mysterious forces that appeared to be magical, such as those that moved the stars and the planets; but he argued that all knowledge that existed on earth depended upon the power of mathematics. the friar also admitted the difficulties in discerning between the natural magic of science and the black arts. he was convinced, though, that natural magic was good and black magic was evil. this thirteenth-century alchemist seemed to have powers of prediction when he told his contemporaries that physics, not magic, would produce huge vessels that would be able to navigate the oceans and rivers without sails or oars, cars without horses that would be able to move at tremendous speed, flying machines that would soar across the skies guided by a single man seated a

and homosexual in nature, was the chief form of worship. drawing upon ancient gnostic magical texts, crowley added to an old graeco-egyptian text and performed the rite of liber samekh, celebrating sexual release and the passage of the spirit from a lower level of consciousness to a higher one. crowley added his own contributions to the original gnostic text, some of which were ghigh supernatural black magic h and gintercourse with the demon. h according to crowley the ritual was the one to be employed by the beast 666 for the attainment of knowledge and conversation with his holy guardian angel. in the black arts (1968) richard cavendish comments on the liber samekh: gto know the angel and have intercourse with the demon. means to summon up and liberate the forces of the magician fs uncon

sicians to attend to him. the queen also conveyed additional proofs of her high regard for him and made further promises. when he recovered, dee returned to england and settled at mortlake in surrey. here he accumulated an extensive library of works on occultism and allied subjects, prompting his neighbors to decree that he was in league with the devil. while dee insisted that he did not practice black magic, it seemed apparent that he knew a great deal about the subject. after elizabeth fs death, james i (1566. 1625) refused to extend patronage to dee because of his troubled reputation as a practitioner of the dark arts. dee returned to mortlake, where he died in 1608 in a state of neglect and poverty. dr. john dee fs globes, magic stone, and other items of his occult practices may be see

attacked and killed 153 people who were accused of practicing sorcery. in an eight-yearperiod, from 1990 to 1998, more than 2,000 cases of witchcraft-related violence, including 577 murders, were recorded in the northern corner of south africa. in june 2001, the london sunday times reported that the president of zimbabwe, robert mugabe, feared that he and his government had become the victims of black magic directed at them by powerful sangomas (witchdoctors. in august 2001, a teenaged girl in nigeria confessed to taking part in the ritual killing of 48 people after being initiated into a secret witchcraft cult. three men were arrested by police in that african nation after they were found in possession of a human skull that they were using in black magick rituals. the washington post rep

owerful sangomas (witchdoctors. in august 2001, a teenaged girl in nigeria confessed to taking part in the ritual killing of 48 people after being initiated into a secret witchcraft cult. three men were arrested by police in that african nation after they were found in possession of a human skull that they were using in black magick rituals. the washington post reported on november 28, 2001, that black magic murders in the state of maranhao in northeastern brazil had claimed the lives of at least 26 boys. although as many as one in six brazilians practice a form of religion that combines roman catholicism with the ancient beliefs of african and amazonian magic, such as tambo de mina, umbanda, and macumba, the priests of those religions denied any part of the mutilation deaths of the young

ao in northeastern brazil had claimed the lives of at least 26 boys. although as many as one in six brazilians practice a form of religion that combines roman catholicism with the ancient beliefs of african and amazonian magic, such as tambo de mina, umbanda, and macumba, the priests of those religions denied any part of the mutilation deaths of the young boys. authorities remained convinced that black magic witchcraft was somehow behind the murders. in december 2001, the romanian parliament announced that it was passing new laws to regulate the thousands of witches practicing in their country. it was suggested that politicians be given special advice on how to deal with the witches after the finance minister sufferred a broken leg the day after he introduced a special tax on witches. alth

. trevor-roper, h. r. the european witch-craze. new york: harper& row, 1967. pierre de lancre (1553.1631) by his own boast, witch trial judge pierre de lancre tortured and burned more than 600 men and women accused of consorting with demons. in his books tableau de l finconstance des mauvais anges (1613) and l fincredulite et mescreance du sortilege (1622, de lancre defended the belief in demons, black magic, and witchcraft. in his considered opinion, even to deny the possibility of witchcraft was heresy, for god himself in the holy bible had condemned magicians and sorcerers. de lancre, however, was not a member of the clergy, and his concerns were social, rather than theological. he believed that sorcerers and witches were a well-organized anti-social force that sought to overthrow the e

mbols and talismans: people, places, and customs. philadelphia: chelsea house publishers, 1997. gregor, arthur s. amulets, talismans, and fetishes. new york: scribner, 1975. making the connection invocation the act of calling upon or appealing to a higher power such as a deity, spirit, or god for assistance. a form of prayer, inviting god fs presence, at the beginning of a ceremony or meeting. in black magic, can be the casting of a spell or formula to invite an evil spirit to appear. manna the food miraculously supplied to the israelites by god, according to the old testament, as they wandered in the wilderness during their flight from egypt. spiritual nourishment or something of value received of divine origin or unexpectedly. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

and seventeenthcenturies, and to describe them the christian recorders ransacked their vocabularies for invectives andabusive epithets. the favourite adjectives to apply to witches and their doings were: hellish, diabolical,devilish, infernal, abominable, horrible. a fine bloodcurdling effect can be built up by a judicious use of suchepithets, especially when accompanied by capital letters. thus black magic has a more sinister appearancethan the same words written in ordinary characters; a hellish altar raised on infernal columns or a rampanthag attending a diabolical sacrament sound more wicked than if the description were couched in moremoderate language. in the same way the chief or grandmaster was more horror-striking and awful whencalled satan, the foul fiend, the enemy of salvation

ude of the ecclesiastical recorders and judges.magic ceremonies. in the trials of witches the magical element plays a large part. in all studies of witchesand magic, one point must be kept in mind, that when anything regarded as out of the ordinary course ofnature is brought about by human means it is called a miracle if the magician belongs to the beholder's ownreligion, but it is magic2424often black magic2424if the wizard belongs to another religion. in grimm's words,"miracle is divine, magic is devilish. this is markedly the case in the christian records of the wondersperformed by witches.the cauldron is one of the most important accessories of a witch in popular estimation, but in spite of itsprominence in macbeth it does not often appear in the trials. in alsace,[24] at the end of th

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

riest "it is the case" replied eliphas, with determination. now, the signs were these: 1 degree- the star of the micrososm, or the magic pentagram. it is the five-pointed star of occult masonry, the star with which agrippa drew the human figure, the head in the upper point, the four limbs in the four others. the flaming star, which, when turned upside down, is the hierolgyphic sign of the goat of black magic, whose head may then be drawn in the star, the two horns at the top, the ears to the right and left, the beard at the bottom. it is the sign of antagonism and fatality. it is the goat of lust attacking the heavens with its horns. it is a sign execrated by initiates of a superior rank, even at the sabbath<circular host, how could it be upside down- o. m> 2 degree

least recognize this" said the stranger, taking from his pocket a little, much-used black book. it was the "grimoire" of pope honorius. one word upon this little book so much decried. the "grimoire" of honorius is composed of an apocryphal constitution of honorius ii, for the evocation and control of spirits; then of some superstitious receipts. it was the manual of the bad priests who practised black magic during the darkest periods of the middle ages. you will find there bloody rites, mingled with profanations of the mass and of the consecrated elements, formulae of bewitchment and malevolent spells, and practices which stupidity alone could credit or knavery counsel. in fact, it is a book complete of its kind; it is consequently become very rare, and the bibliophile pushes it to very h

little blood to the head. now, i am perfectly well. be assured, then, and return to your work" strange as may be the facts which we have just related, there remains for us to unveil a tragic drama much more extraordinary still. it refers to the deed of blood which at the beginning of this year plunged paris and all christendom into mourning and stupefaction; a deed in which no one suspected that black magic had any part. here is what happened: during the winter, at the beginning of last year, a bookseller informed the author of the "dogme et rituel de la" 161 "haute magie" that an ecclesiastic was looking for his address, testifying the greatest desire to see him. eliphas levi did not feel himself immediately prepossessed with confidence towards the stranger, to the point of exposing hims

is in the public libraries" 162 "you are not occupied in the ministry in paris "no, not now; i was for some little while employed in the parish of st. germain-auxerrois "and you now spend your time, i understand, in curious researches in occult science "not precisely, but i am seeking the realization of a thought. i have something to do "i do not suppose that this something can be an operation of black magic. you know as well as i do, reverend sir, that the church has always condemned, and still condemns, severely, everything which relates to these forbidden practices" a pale smile, imprinted with a sort of sarcastic irony, was all the answer that the abbe gave, and the conversation fell to the ground. however, the cheiromancer desbarrolles was attentively looking at the hand of the priest

onsequences that they draw from them, there resulted for superstitious qabalists and absolute confidence in enchantments, evocations, conjurations and mysterious prayers. now, as faith has always accomplished miracles, apparitions, oracles, mysterious cures, sudden and strange maladies, have never been lacking to it. it is thus that a simple and sublime philosophy has become the secret science of black magic. it is from this point of view above all that the qabalah is still able to excite the curiosity of the majority in our so distrustful and so credulous century. however, as we have just explained, that is not the true science. men rarely seek the truth from its own sake; they have always a secret motive in their efforts, some passion to satisfy, or some greed to assuage. among the secre

res (empuses. they loved the vapour of shed blood, and fled from the blade of the sword. theurgy evoked them, and the qabalah recognized them under the name of elementary spirits. they were not spirits, however, for they were mortal. they were fluidic coagulations which one could destroy by dividing them. there were a sort of animated mirages, imperfect emanations of human life. the traditions of black magic say that they were born owing to the celibacy of adam. paracelsus says that the vapours of the blood of hysterical women people the air with phantoms; and these ideas are so ancient, that 226 we find traces of them in hesiod, who expressly forbids that linen, stained by a pollution of any sort, should be dried before a fire. persons who are obsessed by phantoms are usually exalted by t

ss his hideous stigmata upon consecrated materials, which have become the actual body of jesus christ" we declared immediately, that it was equally impossible for us to pronounce in favour of such a blasphemy; and yet, as we demonstrated in our articles in the "estafette" the signs printed in bleeding characters upon the hosts of vintras, regularly consecrated by charvoz, were those which, in 229 black magic, are absolutely recognized for the signatures of demons. astral writings are often ridiculous or obscene. the pretended spirits, when questioned on the greater mysteries of nature, often reply by that coarse word which became, so they say, heroic on one occasion, in the military mouth of cambronne. the drawings which pencils will trace if left to their own devices very often reproduce

ood, and they fear the point of the sword. frequently they attach themselves to vicious men and live upon their lives, as the embryo lives in its mother's womb. in these circumstances, they are able to take the most horrible forms to represent the frenzied desires of those who nourish them, and it is these which appear under the figures of demons to the wretched operators of the nameless works of black magic. these larvae fear the light, above all the light of the mind. a flash of intelligence is sufficient to destroy them as by a thunderbolt, and hurl them into that dead sea which one must not confuse with the sea in palestine so-called. all that we reveal in this place belongs to the tradition of seers, and can only stand before science in the name of that exceptional philosophy, which p

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

ho employ such methods [of black magic] should be severely shunned by the theurgist as he would a foul disease" in the neophyte ritual of the golden dawn, the candidate swears..i will not debase my mystical knowledge in the labour of evil magic at anytime tried or under any temptationj'(regardie, the golden dawn, 123. it should be clear that serious, ethical magicians do not engage in satanism or black magic. 5. the two pillars are a major part of the symbolism of the qabalah, an ancient hebrew mystical tradition that is the cornerstone of modem western magic and spiritual growth. for more information about the qabalah, see regardie's a garden of pomegranates (llewellyn, 1988) or our own book, the golden dawn journal, book ii, qabalah: theory and magic (llewellyn, 1994. 6. in a golden dawn

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

airport in the philippines and the scene described to me in 1967 suddenly became a reality. a man dressed in the black garments of a priest came out of the crowd and sprang at the pope with a long black knife in his hands. fortunately, security guards wrestled him to the ground and the pontiff was unhurt. the would-be assassin was a bolivian painter named benjamin mendoza who allegedly practiced black magic and witchcraft. witnesses said that he had glassy eyes and seemed to be in some kind of trance during the attack. the entities had correctly described the general circumstances of the attempt, but their dates were all wrong, and it took place in the far east rather than the middle east (in january 1968, i received a phone call informing me that the reverend martin luther king would be

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

r the shoulder of the spirit indicates the perpetual fecundation of matter, as symbolized by the cloak, by spirit. this ensemble pictures the combination and interchange of masculine and feminine forces throughout nature, working ceaselessly in all kingdoms, as the instigators and cause of all movements and life. the black magician- arcanum xv. in divination, arcanum xv may be read as fatality or black magic. arcanum xv is figured by typhon, genius of evil, standing triumphantly over the ruins of a temple. in his right hand he holds a scepter surmounted by a circle resting between two divergent bars. these spreading bars signify the inversive forces that hem in and hamper the influence of spirit, represented by the circle. it is the emblem of hatred and division. in the other hand this cre

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ound the inside of its circumference, it flows naturally out from the body. however, when it is projected clockwise from the right hand, it must be sent across the front of the body of the person walking forward around the circumference, which has a more awkward feel. despite this awkwardness, it was the usual ancient practice to project circles clockwise for white magic, and counterclockwise for black magic. most who claim an understanding of magic simply leave the circle hanging in the air when the ritual is over and step heedlessly through it. this is very bad prac- tice. it shows that they have not yet understood what the circle is. that they get any results at all is due to the fact that when they turn their minds away from the cir- cle, they unconsciously unmake it. however, some pra

rst principles, or in groups of four to stand for the powers of the mate- rial world: if it is necessary, the magus can destroy the cross by tracing it in reverse order to the way it was formed, first mentally absorbing the horizontal ray from the right to the left of the thing crossed, then the vertical ray from the bottom to the top. potencies are always absorbed into the left side of the body. black magic sometimes employs the inverted christian cross in its rituals as a mockery of christ. when the christian cross, which has a man shape with a head and a foot, is inverted, it becomes a symbol of futility and waste. a similar sus- pension from the course of world events is seen in the tarot trump the hanged man, who depends from a cord tied around one ankle, his legs crossed and his head

ves. the crossing liberates a power that makes them special for one reason or another, depending on how the power is manifested. it is responsible for genius and for the moments of glory that light up otherwise drab lives like blazing stars. it is also responsible for the acts of inspired evil that have too often shocked the world. einstein was a nat- ural magician. so was hitler. white magic and black magic use fundamentally the same methods and rely on the same principles. they differ, not in their practice, but in their purpose. white magic concerns the elevation and purification of souls through the expan- sion of consciousness. black magic is preoccupied with the gratification of the pas- sions, both of the mind and the body, and results in a degradation of the soul and a contraction

the newly exalted status of the initiate. he or she is given the most secret and holy wisdom of the secret society compressed into emblems and parables. occult initiation is patterned after this model. since the time of its initial descent from the eleusinian mysteries of the greeks, its rough edges have been softened, and ritual scarring and mutilation is not customary; although in the rites of black magic these practices still go on to satisfy the sadism of the initiators. true magical initiation is the highest form of initiation-the death of the material life and the rebirth into the spiritual life. the actual rite of initiation into a magical group occurs when the candidate is without great knowledge of occult matters. usually the actions and symbolism in the rite are a complete myste

dians of the quarters, the magical instru- ments, and any curses, chants, or banishments that do not include the names of god. signs of power do not directly invoke the light but rely on the authority that has been infused into their forms and functions by the mind and will of the magus. since there is nothing inherently holy in these symbols of the art, they can be per- verted to the purposes of black magic. both their power and their affiliation with the light must be created within the personal subconscious of the magus through long meditation upon their nature and their frequent use in rituals. an invariable feature of any ritual (at least, it should besome groups omit its for- mation, the magic circle is drawn around the magus physically and at the same time mentally projected around

, they desert them and leave them to die in madness or squalor, usually from drugs, violent attack, or more directly by their own hands. the legend of faust has much to say on this matter. as faust discovered, in the early stages the demons in the dark depths of the subconscious wear the masks of beguiling angels. they reveal, or promise to reveal, knowledge of real value, and set the magician of black magic lusting for more. as he or she progresses in a spiral descent from the light, these demons become more gross in their presentations. although the erring magician might still escape their claws with a single word spo- ken from the heart, that word becomes ever more difficult to pronounce. ulti- mately it cannot even be remembered. how is the magus to guard against deception when seeking

pronounce. ulti- mately it cannot even be remembered. how is the magus to guard against deception when seeking the inspiration of the light? by remembering that part of cosmic law which says nothing is for noth- ing. whenever the magus tries to profit at the expense of others from what has not been earned or merited, it may be assumed that he or she is in danger of straying into the shadows. all black magic is a vain attempt by foolish individuals to cheat their personal destiny and gain more than their allotted portion. in ritual magic, the magus should always use the names and symbols of the light, excluding from the circle of protection anything that is disharmonious to the will of the all. when these symbols of light are linked in the mind of the magus to a true understanding of what

the action of magic is consciously intended, the action of luck is not intended. it is impossible to predict the specific outcome of a magical act since magic adapts itself idiosyncratically to achieve the magi- cal desire by those means that strain the laws of probability the least. magic, black: magic is neither good nor evil-it is an art. magic used for evil pur- poses is traditionally termed black magic. magic, white: magic used for good or benign purposes is traditionally termed white magic. during the dark ages of europe, white magic was generally tol- erated by the church when it was used for healing or other beneficial pur- poses. with the onset of the witch craze, both white and black magic were condemned and prohibited. magus: a person who uses magic in the pursuit of his or her

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it was fundamentally christian, as all rosicrucian societies must be. the primary symbol of the golden dawn was the rosy-cross-a cross with a red rose at its intersection. many of the early members of the golden dawn were also theosophists. at first this troubled blavatsky, who prohibited theosophists from joining the golden dawn or other occult societies, out of apprehension that they practiced black magic. but when members of her own society appealed to her to rescind her decision, she relented and permitted theosophists to also belong to the golden dawn. as a gesture of fraternity, a group of twenty-one golden dawn members joined the theosophical society.l13 history of the golden dawn the golden dawn was founded by three master freemasons: dr. william robert woodman (1828-1891, dr. wil

atch the progress of the flames are as helpless as you are. they inform you that the owners of the tower, a wealthy nobleman and his wife, were so fearful of being robbed that they built this impregnable citadel on the hill, where they could live with their children and trusted servants in complete security from intrusion. they may whisper rumors of dark doings in the tower concerning torture and black magic. as you watch, the tower collapses and falls into a heap of rubble. the ruling intelligence of the trump is mars, the god of warfare and destruction. if you listen, you may hear his voice speaking in the crackle and roar of the flames. xvli the star hebrew letter: tzaddi (fish-hook) correspondence: aquarius path: twenty-eighth an attractive, naked woman pours out the contents of two pi

ly the military force of the nobleman that owns the tower, lie sleeping in their beds as though drugged, and cannot be awakened. crossing to the other tower, you discover an identical situation, but the guards wear the crest of a different noble house. something moves in the higher chambers of the tower. the ruling intelligence of this trump is hecate, triple goddess of the moon who presides over black magic, nightmares, and the use of drugs and poisons. among her beasts are the dog and the wolf. if you sit on the grass with a bowl of water on the ground so that you can see the moon reflected in its depths, you can establish a communication with this goddess and learn of her many dark secrets of deception and glamoury (false appearance. xix the sun hebrew letter: resh (head) correspondence

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

nomical movements. nature: intense, secretive, penetrating, driven by sexual desires, often of a perverted kind. broods over slights of others and responds with vindictive cruelty. suspicious, untrusting, manipulative, clings jealously to her lover and will kill him rather than let him escape. function: to arouse aberrant desires. aids in vindictive acts. to hold a lover against the lover's will. black magic, dealings with evil spirits, poisons, curses. perverse dreams and fantasies. acts requiring great self-control and brutality. form and function of the wings xi11 angel: vahael (vah+al) pronounced: va-ha8-el hebrew ?n>h enochian: cl$c3$a banner: vhih polarity: sun ripe: mercy side: right invoking sex: male element: air quality: cardinal sign: libra house: seventh direction: west-southwe

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ BECOME EVIL AND RULE THE WORLD1

updated and expannouncle setnakt sez- become evil and rule the world:1 don webb it's the silver anniversary of satanism. we see indulgence- albeit unconscious in all levels of our society, and we are beginning to see xeper manifest in the world. so it's time we took seriously the task of becoming evil to rule the world. 1. develop a strong memory. this will aid in a variety of lesser and greater black magic endeavors. in lesser black magic (lbm) we know that leadership comes from position (you're the foreman and everyone listens to you, charisma (you've got a forceful personality or looks, or knowledge (you're the one everyone consults. developing memory, which is largely a matter of practice, will open that third position. become group historian. you'll be surprised at the control you ha

come group historian. you'll be surprised at the control you have by simply remembering what was said, done, or what you read. as historian others will seek you to be sure you know their side of things, which provides a tremendous opportunity for manipulation. finally, when your memory/knowledge becomes accepted as an authority, you can manipulate the past for your own best interests. the greater black magic (gbm) uses of memory are beyond the scope of this essay. the accomplished magicians out there know what i mean- for the beginners, developing memory for gbm is like developing leg muscles for ballet. 2. develop a thick skin. don't get me wrong you can smite people on the other cheek all you want. effective revenge requires intelligence and information about your target. learn to let th

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him. in white light religions, you're supposed to pray first and then hope big g will send you things. in the left hand path, you must achieve your goals on your own. as you achieve them- as you become yourself- only then can you feel the presence of other intelligences that have separated themselves from the universe. 2. create your own goals. some people join the left hand path to learn lesser black magic to gather all the status tokens of the american dream. others pour themselves into greater black magic to become some muddy-thinking occultists. these people try and try, but all they're practicing is white magic- the art of transforming yourself into one of the herd. consider the true black magician. she's always wanted to be that vampire she saw on a movie when she was five. she uses

she accomplishes this carefully chosen goal, then the lord of darkness may dwell within her. the lady vampire in the movie? no, it wasn't an outside goal she fixated on. it was a touch from her future self. we are gods after all. don't look for omens- you only recognize them long afterwards. 3. personalize your magic. white magic insists on repetitions. you say this, do that, breathe this way. in black magic, we move toward our own godhood. this is a harder path. we actively use our own memories and moods in the ritual chamber. this is not to be confused with introspection or simple moments of religious ecstasy. we refine and use our moods deliberately. they are just as concrete as swords, bells, incense, etc. and much more powerful. but like tools, we pick up our moods and use them and pu

e toward our own godhood. this is a harder path. we actively use our own memories and moods in the ritual chamber. this is not to be confused with introspection or simple moments of religious ecstasy. we refine and use our moods deliberately. they are just as concrete as swords, bells, incense, etc. and much more powerful. but like tools, we pick up our moods and use them and put them away. since black magic requires a tremendous self awareness, it is not for psychotics or weak-willed individuals. we do not deny that unaware individuals may achieve great sorcery, but they will never achieve godhood. when you find those moments that you truly are, you have a glimpse of godhood. awareness first, then magic. 4. satanism has comon aspects with feminism. both insist on politics of the personal

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ PRACTICE DIVINITY IN YOUR OWN LIFE

y. 5. encourage the worship of yourself by others. now don't be a prig about it like ihvh- don't insist on no gods but me- etc. certainly don't be a jealous god, you can help others in their self deification. be sure you have a nice birthday party, that others have chance to praise you when you do well etc. then when you've created a little friend and fan club, begin to practice the simple lesser black magic of telling the story that people who do good things for you have good things happen to them (and the converse- eventually these people's unconscious greater black magic will make this a condition of the world. continue this practice at least until you can discover that some good has come your way because some one you do not know (directly) has been told you're a worthy individual by so

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ THE HEROIC SOCIETY

y writing. i had to turn it down because i had already given my word to sell the article to someone else for a pittance. an acquaintance told me "i thought you should have taken the bucks "i gave my word, i said "i thought you were a satanist "i am a satanist" then i realized my acquaintance would never be a sata nist. he didn't understand that we neither lie nor cheat- and that the use of lesser black magic is to move zombies out of our way when all else fails. if you understand that, then something of our word reaches you. let's consider the heroic society: 1. in an heroic society inequality is recognized as a fact- not to bring about stagnation but to encourage a constant striving on the part of all. 2. in an heroic society the state would not be idealized. there would be discord- since

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ TIMING IN GREATER AND LESSER BLACK MAGIC

es sparkling, free and joyous. the hero speaks with the justified voice the ma'at kheru- and his word changes the worlds. this is setnakt's vision. if it is yours- take it into the depths of yourself- and cast it upon the world with the strongest of your magical might! magic can be in every intentional act. uncle setnakt hopes you have a pleasant de uncle setnakt sez- timing in greater and lesser black magic don webb uncle setnakt would like to share a few tips about timing in lesser and greater black magic. 1. when you need to establish yourself as a control figure, arrive early. it may seem boorish, but if you help the host do the set up, you can greet each newcomer with phrases like "we have decided to" or "we were just talking about- this set you up as being a member of the inner circl

e. these exercises will tell you more about yourself than any number of cabala textbooks. an important thing here- while recording these exercises in your magical diary, do not tell anyone else about them (they may notice the behaviour- particularly the sex, but keep them quiet. you will also begin to see the arbitrary nature of the world and this experiential insight will strengthen your greater black magic and your becoming. 5. if you want to train will, test your concentration against the clock. like the athlete trains his body, the magician must train his psyche. many beginners find that they cannot concentrate for more than seconds at a time. they perceive this as a failure rather than the natural outcome of societal training (docile sheeple aren't supposed to concentrate. a simple an

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

e in most indian tantric traditions, the sexual aspect was quickly singled out as the most infamous and most shocking aspect of this terrible perversion of true religion. as the great sanskritist, sir monier williams, put it, tantra is "hinduism arrived in last and worst age of medieval development" in which the noble philosophy of the vedas had been replaced by the obscene sexual perversions and black magic of the left-hand (vamacara) tantras "the rites, or rather, orgies, of the left hand worshippers presuppose the meeting of men and woman of all castes in the most unrestrained manner."lxviii -152- this identification of tantra with sexual licentiousness was only further complicated in the late 19th century, as tantra became increasingly confused with various pornographic and sexological

indian religious figures, such as swami vivekananda (1863-1902- one of the first to bring hindu philosophy to the west- had a singular disdain for tantra, particular in its left-hand forms.lxxix even many western occultists such as madame blavatsky (1831-1891- who had a great admiration for indian philosophy and eventually re-located the theosophical society to south india- identified tantra with black magic of the most foul and depraved variety"[t]he tantras..are the embodiment of ceremonial black magic of the darkest dye.[t]hose kabbalists who dabble in the ceremonial magic described..by eliphas levi are as full blown tantrikas as those of bengal."lxxx it seems probable that crowley was influenced by these views of tantra, which were widely circulated in both india and england from the l

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

many nights before a copper container filled with water. this great seer, by looking into these waters, saw the future events that he left written in his famous prophesies. if we add mercury to water and place a mirror at the bottom of the copper container, a marvelous clair-tele-idoscope is formed. we advise the use of any copper container with the exception of the cauldron which is a symbol of black magic. copper is intimately related with the pituitary gland and has the power of awakening clairvoyance. salt is also used often in white magic. salt must be combined with alcohol. if alcohol and salt are placed within a container and if this mixture is put upon the fire, a marvelous smoke offering is obtained. this can only be done when invoking the gods of medicine, when a sick person nee

of the solar and lunar atoms in order to awaken the kundalini. the outcome of such black tantrism is the negative awakening of the serpent. therefore instead of ascending, the serpent descends downwards into the atomic infernos of the human being and becomes the tail of satan. this is how these black yogis end up separating themselves from their inner god forever; they are demons. so, that is the black magic. through this way the two witnesses of the apocalypse never resurrect because this way leads into the abyss and the second death. therefore, whosoever ejaculates his seminal liquor withdraws himself from his inner god. los gn sticos sabemos que el cad ver, la muerte de la octava llave de basilio valent n, representa a los dos testigos del apocalipsis que ahora est n muertos. mediante l

f eden are mutually combating each other. the entire secret of the tree of knowledge is enclosed within this wheel; the four rivers of paradise flow from this unique fountain, one of them runs through the thick jungle of the sun watering the philosophical earth of gold and light and the other circulates tenebrously and turbulently into the kingdom of the abyss. light and darkness, white magic and black magic are mutually combating each other. eros and anteros, cain and abel live within us in an intense battle, until by discovering the mystery of the sphinx, we grasp the flaming sword, and then we liberate ourselves from the wheel of the centuries. lunar conscience the lunar conscience sleeps profoundly, it is the product of our unfaithful memory. the human being only has consciousness of t

. certainly, we do not want to follow the same hebraic monotony. we, the gnostics, are only interested in that which is called comprehension. we want our students to comprehend each arcanum and thereafter develop it within themselves. first, we want our disciples to discover each arcanum firstly within themselves, then within all of nature. the arcanum xviii is light and darkness, white magic and black magic. on the eighteenth card appears a dog and a wolf barking/howling at the moon. we can also see, in that illustration, two pyramids, one is white and the other is black. in that arcanum the symbol of the crab [scorpion] isn t missing. in the arcanum xviii, the number nine is found twice, 9 plus 9 equals 18. in this arcanum, the ninth sphere is repeated twice. we already know that the num

n mero nueve dos veces, 9 m s 9 es igual a 18. en este arcano se repite la novena esfera dos veces. ya sabemos que el n mero 1 es positivo, y que el n mero 2 es negativo. as que si repetimos la novena esfera, por primera vez, y por segunda, tendremos al sexo en sus dos aspectos, positivo y negativo. 117 now our disciples will understand why the arcanum xviii is light and darkness, white magic and black magic. the secret enemies of the initiation are found in the eighteenth arcanum. you must know, beloved disciples, that the kundalini rises very slowly through the medullar canal, the ascension of the kundalini, from vertebra to vertebra, is performed very slowly according to the merits of the heart. each vertebra represents certain virtues. the ascension to a certain vertebra is never acqui

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ese 2 teenagers who killed 15 students (due to extra malevolent influence. icke published the book in february, two months before it happened. there may be something to it. below is the mechanism or rather the connection between reptilian, satanism and blooddrinking/sacrifices, etc. very interesting. show this to your kids or potential satanists who think it is only a fad or game. icke wrote "the black magic rituals we know as satanism are the modern expression of the rituals and human sacrifice in ancient babylon and the brotherhood infiltrated societies of the sumerian, phoenician, hittite, egyptian, canaanite and akkadian, peoples, among many others across the world. it has been a seamless procession through history of the same rituals to the same deities and this remains of fundamental

uropean union, nato, and, i am told, a massive computer centre where databases on all the people of the world are being compiled. it is known apparently as 'the beast' and there are a number of these around the world. an elite mind control operation called the janus group is also based in the nato headquarters. nimrod was eannus, the god with two faces, who was later known to the romans as janus. black magic rituals are going on all over the world and i have spoken with victims in country after country in england i met a brave woman, then aged 40. the story she told me of her experiences mirrored those of so many others. she was born in darlington in the 1950s, and soon after she was sold by her satanic father to two other satanists. she knew them only as thomas and helena. she was brought

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ing his soul for so many years of wealth and power. when his time came he prayed to the particular saint, who called up the devil and by force or trickery got the pact back. the sorcerer then promptly gave all the profits of his sorcery to the saint's shrine and died in an odour of sanctity. the story of these pacts is rather naive, but there was a belief in them, and grimoires, textbooks of semi-black magic, were printed, professing to tell one how to raise the devil and conclude a pact with him, and at the same time to trick him. this was usually done by a play of words, giving him your body and soul, whether you be buried inside or outside the church, and then getting buried inside the church wall, that is, neither inside nor outside- in other words, cheating him. they seemed actually t

ape the inquisition? a number of the kings of benin were noted magicians and astrologers. they might easily have protected a fellow-worker and picked his or her brains; so, while i am very much interested in mr. hughes's theory and would like to know that it was true, i can only say that as far as i am concerned it is 'not proven. to recapitulate, ritualistic magic, kabalistic magic, art magic or black magic are alike attempting to evoke genii, demons or elemental spirits and forcing or bribing them to cause events to occur, the practitioner believing that such spirits have the power to alter nature, to cause storms, floods or earthquakes for instance. they often use blood, skulls and other nasty things for this purpose. the witch dislikes these methods and thinks her ways are best. true

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me distinction if we can trust the works of agrippa (some of the names of the "sons of the sons of light" being one such example) while others do not consider them so. the definition of good and evil, as far as the angelic entities goes, seems to depend entirely on the author of the text one is reading. most if not all of the names given in the seven tablets can be found in old grimoires, such as black magic and pacts by waite, dictionary of angels by gustav davidson, and dictionary of demons by fred gettings. these three books contain bibliographies which contain more than enough material to do research on this subject. we now come to the planetary associations of the seven tablets presented in rudd's manuscript. upon close inspection, you will find that there are a number of different pl

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uter order. the inner order group was an extremely wealthy one and had members in many of the key local bodies throughout the havelock north and hastings area and collectively wielded a tremendous amount of power for the area. some felt this when they tried to divulge information on whare ra to outsiders. one such individual (whose wife was apparently a member) was convinced that felldn practiced black magic in his basement and was determined to close the temple down. he went to a number of local bodies and authorities to have him stopped. needless to say, the individuals he approached on these committees were all whare ra members who "persuaded" him, after "thorough investigations" that his actions were unjustified. within recent years, some occult historians have accused felldn of being

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new life to the land each year. in magick, black is the colour of endings that carry within them seeds of new beginnings. it can be used for banishing negativity, for leaving behind old sorrows and redundant relationships; for acknowledging grief, for rituals of partings, for breaking hexes and for psychic protection. some people do not like using black candles because of their associations with black magick. if you feel that these associations are too strong for you, substitute dark blue, dark purple or brown candles in rituals. in a positive sense, black, like brown, is a colour of acceptance, whether of a restriction or of the frailties of self and others, and so it is a candle colour of forgiveness. black candles are best used on saturday. silver silver is the colour of the moon and a

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urture of the magical link. xvi (1) of the oath. xv of the invocation. xvi (2) of the charge to the spirit: with some account of the constrains and curses occasionally necessary. xvii of the license to depart. xviii of clairvoyance: and of the body of light, its powers and its development. also concerning divinations. xix of dramatic rituals. xx of the eucharist: and of the art of alchemy. xxi of black magick: of the main types of the operations of magick art: and of the powers of the sphinx. xxvii chapter 0 the magical theory of the universe there are three main theories of the universe; dualism, monism and nihilism. it is impossible to enter into a discussion of their relative merits in a popular manual of this sort. they may be studied in erdmann's "history of philosophy" and similar tr

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society for the advancement of knowledge) it is customary to describe these three schools as yellow, black, and white. the first thing necessary is to warn the reader that they must magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 81 by no means be confounded with racial distinctions of colour; and they correspond still less with conventional symbols such as yellow caps, yellow robes, black magick, white witchcraft, and the like. the danger 28* a few amendments- very few- have been necessitated by the lapse of time. 29^ weh note: mention fraser source, locate it in g.b. 46 is only the greater that these analogies are often as alluring as the prove on examination to be misleading. these schools represent three perfectly distinct and contrary theories of the universe, and, theref

you are now recovered from the devastating revelations in the matter of the yellow school, i must ask you to brace yourself for disclosures even more formidable about the black. do not confuse with the black lodge, or the black brothers. the terminology is unfortunate, but it wasn't i that did it. now then, to work! the black school of magick, which must by no means be confused with the school of black magick or sorcery, which latter is a perversion of the white tradition, is distinguished fundamentally from the yellow school in that it considers the universe not as neutral, but as definitely a magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 88 curse. its primary theorem is the "first noble truth" of the buddha "everything is sorrow" in the primitive classics of this school the

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ves. for this reason also it has been made of mother-of-pearl and stoppered with a ruby. 68 chapter vi the wand the magical will is in its essence twofold, for it presupposes a beginning and an end; to will to be a thing is to admit that you are not that thing. hence to will anything but the supreme thing, is to wander still further from it- any will but that to give up the self to the beloved is black magick- yet this surrender is so simple an act that to our complex minds it is the most difficult of all acts; and hence training is necessary. further, the self surrendered must not be less than the all-self; one must not come before the altar of the most high with an impure or an imperfect offering. as it is written in liber lxv "to await thee is the end, not the beginning" this training m

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3 circle the circle itself is important. when magick is to be done, the circle must be constructed with more care than might otherwise be the case. dimensions may be as given in the earlier lesson, but the circle must be very carefully cast and consecrated at the erecting the temple. make sure lesson eleven: magick/ 157 done for good purposes is labeled "white magick; that done for evil purposes "black magick. these terms have no racial connotations. they come from the early persian concepts of good and evil. zoroaster (zarathustra) decided that of all the many, until then, good spirits or devi, there was actually only one who was fl/-good. this was ahura-mazda the sun; the light. now if you have an all-good deity then you need an all-evil opposite (you can't have white unless you have bla

the sun; the light. now if you have an all-good deity then you need an all-evil opposite (you can't have white unless you have black as a contrast, so the role was given to ahriman the darkness. the other minor devi became "devils. this concept of all-good/all-bad was picked up later in mithraism and then moved west into christianity. so from persia do we get the basic ideas for white magick and black magick. since anyone can do magick, there can be white magicians and black magicians those trying to help others and those trying to harm them. by virtue of the craft belief in retribution, of course, you cannot have a "black witch; it would be a contradiction in terms. aleister crowley defined magick as "the art or science of causing change to occur in conformity with will. in other words

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new life to the land each year. in magick, black is the colour of endings that carry within them seeds of new beginnings. it can be used for banishing negativity, for leaving behind old sorrows and redundant relationships; for acknowledging grief, for rituals of partings, for breaking hexes and for psychic protection. some people do not like using black candles because of their associations with black magick. if you feel that these associations are too strong for you, substitute dark blue, dark purple or brown candles in rituals. in a positive sense, black, like brown, is a colour of acceptance, whether of a restriction or of the frailties of self and others, and so it is a candle colour of forgiveness. black candles are best used on saturday. silver silver is the colour of the moon and a

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part of a satanic group which had orchestrated themurders. in letters to a church minister, berkowitz said..this group contained a mixture of satanic practices, including the teachings of aleistercrowley and eliphas levi (another notorious satanist. it was (and still is) totally bloodorientated. the covens doctrines are a blend of ancient druidism, teachings of the secretorder of the golden dawn, black magick, and a host of other unlawful and obnoxiouspractices..satanists (genuine ones) are peculiar people. they arent ignorant peasants or semi-literate natives. rather, their ranks are filled with doctors, lawyers, businessmen, andbasically highly responsible citizens. they are not a careless group who are apt to makemistakes. but they are secretive and bonded together by a common need and

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okopos" meaning "to look upon" as in an overseer. 1) in the christian faith, a high ranking member of the clergy (priesthood) who has been consecrated to have ecclesiastical and administrative authority over a district diocese. 2) in the astral star, a prelate of a state curia, and a member of the general synod. bitom: pronounced "bee-toh-ehm" it is the enochian (q.v) name for the spirit of fire. black magick: 1) the science and art of causing change (in reality or in consciousness) in conformity with will, using means not currently understood by traditional western science, for the purpose of causing either physical or non-physical harm to yourself or others, and is done either consciously or unconsciously. 2) magick (q.v) that is worked for evil purposes or that involves malign actions

others, and is done either consciously or unconsciously. 2) magick (q.v) that is worked for evil purposes or that involves malign actions, agents, or entities. black mass: a satanic parody of the mass of the christian church, specifically the catholic church, in which allegedly the body of naked woman serves as the altar, and other noxious substances is used including excrement, urine, and blood. black magick (q.v) is said to be practiced at these services. it had it's origins in decadent france but was so rare as to be virtually mythical. blavatsky, helena petrovna: a ukrainian woman who was the principle founder and guiding force behind the theosophical society. many members of the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v) were also members of this society. her importance is also due

shins [windershins: counterclockwise. movement against the movement of the sun. occasionally the direction moved in within a magickal circle, but rarely so. movement in this direction is used to help dispel excess energy within the circle that was built up, but not used. a grounding technique in ceremonial rituals. sometimes used to build malefic energies for the intentional purpose of performing black magick (q.v. will, true: the impulse inherent in human nature to realize individual human potential and thereby achieve harmony between the individual, the universe, and the almighty (q.v. aleister crowley (q.v) coined the term to distinguish this constant, unvarying impulse from what is called will but which is really no more than the vague impulse of the moment born of circumstance. opposi

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sothis was a short-lived occult organization that made its public appearance in 1973 through ads placed in a variety of occult periodicals. it stressed a system of practical theurgy (magick) as the best form of communication between the individual and the inner self. it offered a set of lessons on the occult and magical disciplines, including the pentagram, the deities, initiation, reincarnation, black magick, divination, and the construction of talismans. progressing through the lessons led the student to a realization of the great concealed one, i.e, god. the shrine was headquartered in san francisco. after several years it dropped out of sight. shrine of the eternal breath of tao/ universal society of the integral way organization founded by master ni, hua ching, who had studied taoism

FLY THE LIGHT

, this is done by two tones being at different frequencies in each ear, causing then by the difference of the number between tones, the brainwave itself. this process can be very intense, and combined with lyric and musical approach, can be a deprogramming and luciferian tool of self-awakening. psychonaut 75 encourage individuals to look at fly the light as like a grimoire itself, a book of sonic black magick, and to view it as the serpent which speaks to you, offering a knowledge only if you have the desire to be independent and strong. fly the light is not just a ceremony, it is movement, pumping industrial, chaos and synthesizer driven songs layered with vocal disharmonies and distinct structures. psychonaut 75 has created a unique sound which brings a touch of dirtiness and filth to eb

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ght of the crossover. it is quite insane, as a matter of fact, it is completely beyond any concept of sanity, even of the lower quliphoth. when encountering this gibbering soup, silence of both mind and thought is your weapon. the word of our silence sends the quaklephant scattered. you are reminded again that our addiction is mind. nothing is true; everything is permitted. appendix vii god-forms black magick is more like a 7, than 11- the voices (h-hebrew (e-english qblh (se- standard english) babalon- goddess of ecstasy. see journal exerts b1, b2, and appendix iii. a sigil of babalon is in liber chrnzn (h156;(e65;(se47) choronzon- daemon sultan of dispersion. dyonysis- lord of consumption, indulgence and gluttony. harakhan- owl of wisdom. the sigil of harakhan is in liber chrnzn. the num

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he influence of her demon possessing her- master d.k- identifies samael as satan [the secret doctrine, p. 378] in fact, satanists have a symbol of samael. the pentagram on the left with the one point up represents the divine man specifically and lucifer the good god generally; the pentagram on the right with two stars up and the goats head is called the goats head of mendes by most satanists, but black magick satanists call him samael. thus, hall is admitting that freemasonry is the worst kind of black magick satanism possible! now you should no longer be deceived, no matter what propaganda freemasonry is trying to put forth to deceive you! freemasonry proven to worship satan, as it adores and worships the serpent part 4 of 5 serpent worship in freemasonry the serpent is a very important s

nry as coming from the druid religion, this admission is extremely damning "masons. admire the druids and some of them even claim that masonry came from druidism. of course, the druids were occultic priests, practiced astrology, and offered human sacrifices [dr. c. burns, masonic and occult symbols illustrated, p. 28] wonderful. this statement means that freemasonry practices both white magic and black magick witchcraft. the illuminati practices black magick witchcraft, and so will antichrist! albert pike then reveals that other mysteries' religions throughout the globe and at different times also worshipped the serpent, in various ways. for example [quotes below taken from morals and dogma, p. 496-500] 1 "the phoenicians represented the god nomu (kneph or amun-kneph) by a serpent" 2 "in e

evil symbol before we leave the subject of the masonic emblem of the square and compass, i want to show you a particularly evil symbol depicting the square and compass. this scene depicts several unmistakable satanic images, tied in with the masonic emblem, also known as the square and compass. first, note the hexagram to the far left of the picture. remember, the hexagram is the most evil of all black magick symbols. witches have used it for years to cast curses on people; many people in the past few thousand years have died by having a hex placed on them. second, notice the sun over head in this picture. just as the egyptians did in the days when god cursed them and their religion, freemasons worship the sun in general and the egyptian sun god, ra, particularly. finally, note that the sh

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they re calling down curses on their enemies, sticking pins in voodoo dolls, summoning the mighty devil choronzon to fall upon the earth and afflict it with madness, chanting to invoke the 777 servitors of beelzebub. well, yes. but lets not lose our heads about it. the first and foremost thing to learn about evil is that it generally exists only in your own alarmed imagination. don t be afraid of black magick. robert anton wilson in gnostica feb-march 1977. the above quote is a great place to start when talking about psychic self defence. too many people today are just plain paranoid and this is not, i repeat, not the state to start contemplating psychic self defence from. it is all too easy to stand in the position of being so self righteous, that we attribute psychic attack to all those

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of its blood one who may take the knowledge of the pages in the in-between worlds of dreams do come forth, that the seeker shall be transformed in new shadow to the presence of the emerald light. i charge thee with guarding this book by the dreams of those unwilling to grow and become in the light of the serpent-angel. by air and dream we enter the circle 4 5 the preliminary definition of magick& black magick it is significant to explain the definitions within the context of this book, to not only in some manner set the foundation but also the suggestion of a successful application of this grimoire. this book is not meant for the individual to develop profane behavior, antisocial actions nor abhorrent philosophy which may be defined as not-healthy for the self. the essence of this book is

tion of self. magick is the arte of the sun, which is fertile and beautiful, the very foundation built in gold brilliance. magick is the evolution of the spirit and the self, the very path of mediation between us and our gods. it is ultimately however the separation from us from all gods and the emerald crown of which we adopt we become as gods and goddesses individual and beautiful in many ways. black magick as revealed in current standards is the art of self-deification through antinomianian processes, that by the self separating from the natural order do we move in-between the world of waking and dreaming. in the art of primal sorcery this is defined as encircling/ensorcelling the self in the dragon s being. the circle in the modern context of magick and ceremonial workings is not desig

ore developed aspects of the self i.e. communion with the initiatic guide/holy guardian angel. demons are spirits/fallen angels which proceed to grow in shadows and the darkness of the earth, but are as significant and beneficial as angelic spirits. in unity these djinn are of fire and air, thus enflame the very essence of self in the illumination of being (black flame self- perception and being. black magick is the development and refinement of the self on every level. it can be unpleasant such as questioning yourself and testing your limits, and it can be pleasure filled. it is necessary not to grow lazy while working with these spirits, as the work will then disintegrate and cause numerous problems. stay focused and resilient to the purpose of the work yet do not allow spirits to contro

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e albert k. bender story and the world-wide wave of silencings. they knew too much about the flying saucers was an international success. it was widely assumed that the men in black were either government agents or extraterrestrials, but as researchers wilgus and keel have shown, the eye in the triangle was sometimes their only insignia, while my own research showed startling parallels to certain black magick rituals in medieval times which provoked visitations by what was often called the man in black- widely understood to be the devil himself. even barker noted that albert k. bender s experiments were more like a magical conjuration than an attempt at extraterrestrial communication. any initiated magician reading bender s accounts would recognize the elements of magical conjuration immed

elings- the kind of stuff that was old hat to hardened ufologists by the late 1950s. compare phil dick s musings in the last testament with, for example, the mark probert or dick miller or gloria lee bird materials of ufo contactee lore. the magick of the black lodge can be defined and thus identified in only one way and by one set standard: the subversion of the true will. this is the essence of black magick, and is its only true definition. aleister crowley explained it this way: the magical will is in its essence twofold, for it presupposes a beginning and an end, to will to be a thing is to admit you are not that thing. hence to will anything but the supreme thing is to wander still further from it any will but that to give up the self to the beloved is black magick yet the surrender i

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b and belial, being heard now from under ground by above a score of credible witnesses now living. i myself did not more than a fortnight ago catch a very plain discourse of evill powers in the hill behind my house; wherein there were a rattling and rolling, groaning, screeching, and hissing, such as no things of this earth could raise up, and which must needs have come from those caves that only black magick can discover, and only the divell unlock. mr. hoadley disappeared soon after delivering this sermon, but the text, printed in springfield, is still extant. noises in the hills continued to be reported from year to year, and still form a puzzle to geologists and physiographers. other traditions tell of foul odours near the hill-crowning circles of stone pillars, and of rushing airy pre

INFERNAL UNION

eminine fertility,seduction ,the cycles of the moon, and perhaps one of the reasons she is considered evil being her ability to seduce, to take what she wishes, and disregard those who displease her. she is feminine strength and individualized focus. as samael is considered, according to gender, to be the daemon of wizards and warlocks, lilith is the patroness and queen of witches. through lesser black magick as well as dream magick (dayside and nightside respectively) allows them to seduce and command their wills. her various aspects include az (related to death,blood and darkness),that of lilith as the goddess of the earth, lilith hecate(or lucifera) as air or the bride of lucifer, and of babalon(also sekhet or sekhemet) who is fire, death, blood, passion and life. lilith has an angelic

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e kind of magick (ie. active or passive) than they are at the other kind; only rarely does an individual excell at both. traning and practice will, of course, improve ability somewhat. although the forces of magick are neutral, various the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 11 systems may take on the qualities of good and evil. there is so-called white magick or good magick, black magick or evil magick, and gray magick between them. when many people refer to white magick they mean magick for unselfish purposes, also healing and mental influence with specific permission. by black magick they refer to magick for self-interest and healing *without* specific permission. using magick to forcefully control another's will is, in a sense, black magick too. there are also some

nterest and healing *without* specific permission. using magick to forcefully control another's will is, in a sense, black magick too. there are also some people on the occult fringe who claim to be, possibly even think they are 'satanists, devil worshipers, or black magicians. these people are most likely charlatans, hoaxters, dablers, or merely misinformed. they may be attracted by the 'art' of black magick, or even by the 'glamor' of doing something against the 'rules. but a real black magician is very dangerous. because he has dedicated his life to evil. we usually think of 'white magick' as having *unselfish intent, and (in the extreme case) of 'black magick' as being actual satan worship, human or animal sacrifice, dangerous unconventional magical practices, and other bizarre stuff a

asier to heal someone else by occult means than yourself. in addition to healing in the presence of the person, there is 'absent healing' in which the healing the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 28 occurs at a distance. note that there are some who maintain that influence on another person without his specific knowledge and permission (yes, even in healing and helping) is black magick (after all, everybody is living according to his own true will, so that healing or helping someone without permission is affecting his will. this means it is important to tell the person what you are planning to do and to ask his permission. the theory of psychic healing is that sickness is characterized (although not necessarily caused) by a deficiency and imbalance of vital energy

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be mysteries of sex. a provisional grand lodge of eulis was established in tennessee, but internal problems among the members led to its closing down. randolph s teachings on occult sexuality soon became the source for the sex magick system developed by the ordo templi orientis (oto, which however was in contradiction with randolph s thought on the moral level.oto teachings have been denounced as black magick by twentieth- century followers of randolph. among other teachings of the order are the basic ideas of the secret schools, including reincarnation and karma, as well as the law of justice and noninterference with the rights of others. members learn how to contact the hierarchies of the heavenly realm, as well as the process of transmutation, and the acquisition of health and strength

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ent. the essence of witchcraft should be explored within its dream based roots, the touch of witches sabbat initiation. as the angels brought us the lore of the wise in the early times, so we must continue to change and progress such ideas into new ways and techniques. sorcery is efficient as a manner of implicating your immediate surroundings. this involves the specific use of lesser and greater black magick in of its aspects healing, cursing, astral projection, love spells and more are essential yet undefined in their approach of performance. this alone is up to the witch who develops his/her system 1 see yatuk dinoih, second edition by michael ford and nox umbra by same author. 6 based on personal and individual preference. the use of this type of sorcery is not enough in itself, it dem

the self by delving the depths of the mind is best described by his art alone. the writings of spare, while being confusing and cryptic, were very poetic and strong. yet, in the face of his art were under matched, quite simply, the man was a genius! spare developed an arcane letter system called the alphabet of desire which contained the structure for contact with the subconscious. this aspect of black magick, allowed the individual to tap the latent powers of the mind and make such work for him or her. the letter itself should be developed by each individual initiate for his/her own alphabet of desire, this is where the connection and development of witches sabbat emerges. witchcraft itself, was silently expanded upon by spare in his later years. it is known that he had many dream experie

e self with the avenue of god or the creative force itself. this form may be defined or named as lucifer, as the eldest angel of the creative source who has journeyed through both paths. the left side of the path is that of sorcery/witchcraft and the mysteries of astral vampirism. this is the area of which the individual who seek the control of the self and the exterior through sorcery and goetic black magick, more properly, the left hand path. the lhp is defined as a system that is relative, and realistic towards the inner or deep desire within humans to be free, independent and strong. to seek knowledge, wisdom and areas of personal growth and betterment is the great desire of humanity itself. this is why essentially the left hand path is the foundation for human advancement, as it teach

he pathal elements within a left hand path manner as the following for an example. direction element god form archetypical image planet south fire satan-shaitan peacock saturn/mercury east air lucifer eye venus north earth belial goat or ram sun/saturn west water leviathan serpent/snake moon 18 while the alternate version may be used for many witches sabbat callings and works of lesser or greater black magick, the suggested use of the triple hermetic circle of the different representations and egyptian god forms are highly suggested for a development of association. once one is able to move through these well balanced aspects, may the potential be view therein. the colors within the center are of particular significance. in the center there are four small triangles representing the four el

he ritual of the evil genius immolation or god form absorbing evocation/invocation rituals (meaning you would invoke the spirit within you after it was evoked, the act of possession which allows one who is strong of will to absorb it thus it shall have no power over you. vampiric rituals of qlippothic power channeling. the triple hermetic circle is a foundation of the darker luciferian aspects of black magick, thus the god forms are indeed different. the purposes may remain the same in regards to their use. the triple hermetic circle is designed for high or holy magick, being the ceremonial aspects of one seeking to illuminate the self in the light of phosphorus, which one 22 becomes as the force of fire and light. holy magick is not opposed to greater of lesser black magick, the differenc

higher octaves of inspiration and initiation. you essentially step outside the concept of self to study it, and in invocation, commanding gods, spirits and other forms to comprehend association within the mind. holy magick itself is essential for any witches sabbat luciferian or any magickian; this will strengthen through discipline the individual for the difficult and challenging path of greater black magick. as holy magick is described as ascending and stepping outside the concept of self toward the light of godhead, greater black magick is the challenge of the self. to isolate the consciousness from moving with the laws of nature, which is called antinomianism, the individual seeks to reach areas of self-deification. this means essentially that the individual isolates the self to build

moving with the laws of nature, which is called antinomianism, the individual seeks to reach areas of self-deification. this means essentially that the individual isolates the self to build him or herself as a god, to become something better. this proves challenging because many in this society, are designed at an early age to be the exact opposite which is to submit to a concept of god. greater black magick demands that you devour those gods and make your consciousness the arena for their manifestation according to your will. it is therefore, very dangerous to open gateways of evocation (to summon outside the body) and invocation (to call inside the body or mind) of any force, as the black magickian seeks to absorb and bring initiations into the psyche to build the individual as a being

tive. if one seeks to become as set, to master chaos and the depths of the subconscious, then one opens a direct communication with the setian gnosis. this is when the great illumination known as the black flame takes place, and the individual is able to perceive that life is what he or she makes of it, and everything is possible with a positive outlook. the christians would have you believe that black magick itself is the path of death and destruction, however it is honestly quite the opposite. the christian monotheistic religion is self-destruction by placing exterior worship of a deity alien to you. it teaches that man and women are to be subservient to it s will and that we must ignore the natural desires and impulses we were born with. the luciferian laughs at such, and we with discip

iman and the dream plane of lucifer. allow the gates to open before me! so it is done! 27 the rite of shaitan a self-initiation invocation the circle represents the oath of perfection, from which nothing shall enter. the mind is a source of heaven and hell, from which we may align ourselves better through ritualistic tools and techniques, it is the command to look in progress, in terms of greater black magick. robed in crimson or black, white candles upon the altar, and upon two points: north and east representing belial and lucifer respectively. black candles should be at the point of west and south, representing leviathan and shaitan, the force reversed of lucifer. holding athame, trace the averse pentagram and focus: the black of night from which i have dwelled longs for a return to the

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT AN INTRODUCTION

velopment. the essence of witchcraft should be explored within its dream based roots, the touch of sethanic initiation. as the angels brought us the lore of the wise in the early times, so we must continue to change and progress such ideas into new ways and techniques. sorcery is efficient as a manner of implicating your immediate surroundings. this involves the specific use of lesser and greater black magick in of its aspects healing, cursing, astral projection, love spells and more are essential yet undefined in their approach of performance. this alone is up to the witch who develops his/her system based on personal and individual preference. the works of austin osman spare (1886-1956) was an artist who talents of draftsmanship allowed direct expression of his developed gnosis of sorcer

the self by delving the depths of the mind is best described by his art alone. the writings of spare, while being confusing and cryptic, were very poetic and strong. yet, in the face of his art were under matched, quite simply, the man was a genius! spare developed an arcane letter system called the alphabet of desire which contained the structure for contact with the subconscious. this aspect of black magick, allowed the individual to tap the latent powers of the mind and make such work for him or her. the letter itself should be developed by each individual initiate for his/her own alphabet of desire, this is where the connection and development of luciferian witchcraft emerges. witchcraft itself, was silently expanded upon by spare in his later years. it is known that he had many dream

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT THE MYSTERY REVEALED

avenues, toph intend to move magickal initiation into new areas of science and folklore. this is the primary tool of the order, working with phi brainwave patterns to control ones own initiation into the mysteries. systems are very important to the order, and its works. while some may find interest in the witchcraft tradition developed within toph, some may find especial interest in the medieval black magick systems worked with through the group. finding a strength and beauty in the left hand path allows a balanced and positive ascent into the high mysteries of the goddess and god forms from which flows our inherent myth. much of the doctrine of the order of phosphorus flows directly from the grimoire the book of the witch moon, whic h unites the luciferian witchcraft with the dark and sh

balanced and positive ascent into the high mysteries of the goddess and god forms from which flows our inherent myth. much of the doctrine of the order of phosphorus flows directly from the grimoire the book of the witch moon, whic h unites the luciferian witchcraft with the dark and shadow elements of sorcery and magick. written by michael ford, the book of the witch moon is a dangerous tome of black magick that offers a direct gnosis for the individual, while considering they are of stable mind. another avenue of doctrine if you will is based on luciferian magick, which is the modeling of spirit by that of the opposer, the bringer of light. the sabbatic mysteries as they are essential separated into two specific areas of workings. the right side of the path is the magickal path that is

e self with the avenue of god or the creative force itself. this form may be defined or named as lucifer, as the eldest angel of the creative source who has journeyed through both paths. the left side of the path is that of sorcery/witchcraft and the mysteries of astral vampirism. this is the area of which the individual who seek the control of the self and the exterior through sorcery and goetic black magick, more properly, the left hand path. the lhp is defined as a system that is relative, and realistic towards the inner or deep desire within humans to be free, independent and strong. to seek knowledge, wisdom and areas of personal growth and betterment is the great desire of humanity itself. this is why essentially the left hand path is the foundation for human advancement, as it teach

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

trianism, wolves were hated creatures which were said to be created by ahriman. the term khrafstra is a general word for noxious beasts, attributed to the druj or demons of the dragon ahriman. such imagery is used in the work of the black order of the dragon, a secret guild of witches and sorcerers who develop a left hand path initiatory guild based on (among others) persian sorcery and so-called black magick centered around the dragons ahriman and tiamat, who is of sumerian origin. the botd which is headed by a triad of witches called coven maleficia of the order of phosphorus have worked in vampyric areas of dreaming sorcery for some years. in the botd the initiate works through the symbolism of the transformation of the vampyre to the werewolf to the dragon in a dreaming centered develo

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

ng useful in workings of magick. summon them with blood and bones, sexual energy and the will sharp and focused. they will respond and prove useful guardians while in the astral plane. they feed from our 57 57 lifeforce just as we absorb from the sacred opfer. never mind harm, they do not seem to draw enough lifeforce to cause any alarm of challenge. these shades, if made malicious by destructive black magick, may cause considerable harm to the intended victim, or even seek havoc upon the caster. be cautious. it is however mostly a chore to create and empower such elementals that one would be focused for an extended period of time to create such beings. a traditional banishing ritual proves useful as it allows complete control and cleansing of the individual who performs it. it also, just

al interesting questions to pose to the student would be the following: if black eagle is merely an elemental, why would such appear much more powerful than any normal servitor that one would have created? 108 108 if black eagle is already a spirit connected with vampirism, why is one not able to evoke it through the qlippothic system? often such spirits are bound to the earth, as within rites of black magick and sorcery, could such eventually take the flesh of another -our work with black eagle has proven it to be a very powerful vampire spirit, adept in sorceries which would possible cause a initiate student to fall prey to its apparent "charms. proceed with caution because such a mighty daemon knows no compassion for the naked spirit. substance is substance. once a sigil is consecrated

he spirit by the same means as creating it. spirits born of blood the vampire spirit which can be trapped and absorbed is often an imposing or seemingly uncontrollable force which can cause psychic damage and eventually physical wear and tear to the self if permitted to grow stronger. this type of sorcery, that of trapping spirits is derived from petro or fire voudoo, which raises the question of black magick. morals beyond the oath of the magickian are not of general interest to me, however the question of strength and diligence is. vampire spirits can prove significant as servitors, either as defense guardians or dream predators who can invariably destroy your enemy within weeks. it would be recommended however that one should seek any other means before working death magick on a victim

bound to this vial for the duration of the time needed, to be released by me when thy task is complete. this is the price of the blood and life i have given i bind you in the name of your father, belial in the name of your mother lilith in the name of your kin, cain. so it is done" seal now the jar and banish. the spirit shall now be at your disposal, so be careful in your commands. such works of black magick for the use of terror or the abuse of terror can invoke pain or destruction of the self. banishing once the demon has served the purpose, it should then be set free or re-absorbed. if you did not create it, do not attempt to absorb it, for the results could be disastrous at the best. such demons are generally eldritch creatures waiting for the chance of absorbing human life force on t

his is due to the fact that such workings invoke bestial and demonic incarnations, like flesh taking atavisms which would drive one to the brink of madness and death. the primal stygian daemons who stand waiting at the threshold are going to run through the gate finally and i can only hope that the couple who undertake this rite are willing to reap the consequences of such an undertaking. this is black magick in every sense of the word, it creates or evokes an offspring of your sorcery. the spirit is first given essence through the desire and will of the couple. energy is fed to it by belief and the blood offering. this is obtained from the workers themselves several days before and fed into a jar, so that the blood may coagulate. the blood given would give the entity initial substance, wh

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

d immortality tiamat the words of the dragon- tiamat energy and blood life essence astral projection preparing the luciferian spirit moving the astral body servitor creation astral vampyrism from the material body types of vampirism vampyrism and nocturnal feeding leaving the physical body absorbing astral energy the chakras and vampyrism angra mainyu the practice of vampyrism part two qlippothic black magick and vampyric sorcery the qlipphoth and their servitors part three vampyric rituals the conjuration of the abyssic dragon the ritual of fearsome rays leviathan mastery of darkness the mirror of arashk shadow of astwihad 6 introduction how this book should be used vampirism has for long been a fascination and desire sought by many. no doubt you have considered what it would be like to f

ou are not connected to their body or the object this applies to being car, bike, cart, etc, interaction with them then it is reasonable to recognize you are separate. if you are separate there is no direct linking connection, you are significant to the number one. one is alone and observe the rule of birth and death: you enter the world alone and you leave the world alone. 50 part two qlippothic black magick and vampyric sorcery 51 advanced vampyrism qlippothic sorcery so-called psychic vampyrism is directly associated with the predatory spirit as it is developed in the subconscious. it must be considered that vampyrism is an initiatory process, like luciferian witchcraft, which is never quelled or sated. the vampyre magickian will always move forward. transformation over time will change

the gift of shaitan/set, being individual perception and deific consciousness. the 80 black flame or black light of iblis is the gift of individual awakening which separates the magician from the natural universe, being an antinomian gift of luciferian perception. the black flame is strengthened by the initiation of the black adept, who is able to balance a spiritual path with the physical world. black magick the practice of antinomian and selffocused transformation, self-deification and the obtainment of knowledge and wisdom. black magick in itself does not denote harm or wrongdoing to others, rather describes black as considered to the arabic root word fhm, charcoal, black and wisdom. black is thus the color of hidden knowledge. magick is to ascend and become, by willed focus and directi

ecognize there must be balance 84 between the material and spiritual, the darkness and light. luciferians view their own being as holding the black flame of lucifer samael and lilith within, this is intellect and wisdom. this is beyond good and evil, the spirit has two aspects the demonic (instinct, desire) and angelic (intelligence, consciousness. luciferian magick essentially close to the term, black magick but specifically focuses on ascending in a self-deified and isolated way in reference to lucifer, the bringer of light. luciferian magick may in this term make reference to seeking light and darkness through magickal development, not an abstract concept, but to manifest the will in both the spiritual and physical world. magick- to ascend and become. in a luciferian sense, magick is to

m/succubusbooks "this is the revealed grimoire of the left-hand path. there is power for those willing to drink from the cup of the beast and his bride, the devil's harlot. herein is the path as walked by one who seeks to reveal the true path of ahriman and lilith-az, to manifest in flesh the spirit of azi dahaka and cain. herein is magick from the foundation to higher pathworkings of sorcery and black magick. here the works which burn away the modern white-washing of so-called magick and or witchcraft. herein are the rituals of lucifer, ancient persian sorcery, goetic magick and forbidden sex magick" for more than a decade left hand path and dark withcraft expert michael w. ford has laboured in the forbidden fields of the dark side of the occult, lit by the pale moon of luciferian ambitio

e. luciferian witchcraft represents perhaps the major part of his published accomplishments to date. the first editions of most of his works are disappearing into private libraries of occult collector's items-and their prices are increasing enormously. with this fact in mind, luciferian witchcraft gathers together in one huge compendium many of the shocking rituals and bizarre initiation rites of black magick that have established ford as the most cutting-edge exponent of the left hand path tradition in america today. the book begins with a lengthy and highly scholarly exposition of the place of the draconic adversary within historical magick. set typhon, the egyptian god of darkness, ahriman, the persian devil and his whore of darkness, the adversary and the bride of the devil, cain the s

nfamous graveyard workings, together with the complete version of the luciferian goetia- a completely revised and updated version of the goetia grimoire from the lesser key of solomon the king. part three covers yatukan and ahrimanic persian sorcery. as i have mentioned before, it is the willingness and creativity of ford to look beyond worn-out christian- and hebrew-based demonology in search of black magick inspiration that marks his work as unique. here, forbidden heresies of millenia-old zoroastrian thought reveal their diabolic secrets to the sorceror. 91 liber hvhi magick of the adversary by michael w. ford succubus publishing 2005 isbn: 1411660862 198 pages, 8.5 x 11.0 in, perfect-bound, 60# white interior paper, black and white interior ink, 100# white exterior paper, fullcolor ext

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

ho work sorcerous arts and whom spirits ride. an alchemical working is the creation of baphomet, or al-aswad, the black head of wisdom. this is a state of coming into being, of whien the torch of wisdom (the black flame) is illuminated and revealed within. it is a rite of passage, of when the baphometic spirit of fire becomes separate from the natural order. thus the ritual of infernal union is a black magick working of self-empowerment and the beginning process of creating baphomet, or cain the lord of horsemen in the sethanic/luciferian witchcraft current. the work of babalon and lilith within an initiatory aspect is made through the alignment with the spirit of lilith, babalon and her children who would be your kin. by summoning and absorbing their knowledge and impulses, we become clos

communicated within a dreaming gnosis. imagination, not only being shaitan/iblis as described by some areas of sufism, is the gateway to sorcerous art. the following working is a designed, inspired working to ahriman, through the shadows encircled by akhtya, the sorcerer mentioned in the madigan-i-fryano. the methods of summoning in these texts is focused and derived from high sorcery and greater black magick. if utilized, they can be made manifest through the process of will-desire-belief, thus inspiring and producing inner change and development. akhtya is considered an ancient sorcerer, by immortal essence does this spirit remain, and upon earth the vessel of ahriman is akhtya the enfleshed wizard of the left hand path. instruments and preparation create in black cloth a circle, painted

hriman is as half-beast, werewolf type vampyre from. ahriman is a spirit of darkness, whom resides in the depths of the subconscious- the gates of arezura. one should focus on encircling the self in these shadows, which are revealed by the work itself. the essence of yatus/yatuk is the mysteries of sorcery within the self, the keys to the spirit of man. one works this type of considered dangerous black magick as the self-transformation through the image of the adversary. akhtya is the sorcerer on earth who drinks of the graal of ahriman and az, serpent and wolf. this inversion leads to the strengthening of self under the activity of encircling belief into tangible form. one should prepare for the ritual of arezura by a deep introspection, becoming aware of what you wish to achieve and beco

MIDNIGHTS CIRCLE A COMMENTARY OF AZOTHOZ

y michael w. ford in working with the adversary, one must be focused on the great work of becoming like lucifer, thus keeping by will developing in the higher octave, being the luciferian sabbat the ecstasy of the light of iblis, the very knowledge and communication of the holy guardian angel or angelic familiar. this is the essence of the great work, the bare root or essence of what the focus of black magick and luciferian witchcraft/sorcery entails. a study of the janus-headed adversary is essential in the context of the sabbatic/luciferian path as well as others. in the brotherhood of saturn the god of the saturnian sphere is baphomet temohpab, being a angel-demon of both a positive and negative side. in azothoz, lucifer is the baphometic spirit which presents in lyrical prose the sides

PHOSPHORUS

s and develops the consciousness, the continual process of self-initiation. the witches sabbat is one of individualized practice, that any element of practice must be a focus of sharpening and bringing forth consciousness. any practice which is irrelevant to magickal advancement i.e. self-initiation should not be regarded as magick. this is the very essence of magick regardless of any other title black magick, dark witchcraft, sorcery, etc. luciferian and the witches sabbat are constantly evolving, do not hold to traditions which neither resonate nor improve the student to the aim of adept. definition of adept a practitioner of magick who aspires to develop and define the core essence of the individual and who by this focus has displayed the mastery of the basic principles of sorcery the a

PRELUDE TO THE BLACK ARTS

ever happened to you from this very moment until you were a scrawny, little kid. then sort through it, looking for anything that might ruin your eternity. yes, recount every action and inaction, positive or negative back to day one. then, delete your limitations, fears, taboos and all religious nonsense and limitation, as any of those things could be harmful to your health while performing ritual black magick. it would be just your luck to have some solicitous spirit jump up right in the middle of your ritual and cry "but you are just as guilty as she" now, if instead of assuming the proper posture and commanding "die, son-of-a-bitch" you instead inquire "i am" then all is lost. you can see the possibilities. so, if you are harboring any guilt about anything, anything at all, crush it unde

RUBY TABLET OF SET

xem may be a word, but it wears a mask. it is either hidden or it hides something. i then asked "what is xem-set" for i had thought this was the word, and the answer included the nine of serpents, self-completion, and the seeker "seek further" april 11th is the birthday of anton szandor lavey, and his word came to mind as i reopened my working of the previous day. totally indulging our selves in black magick to the point of obliterating the mundane is how we must accomplish the statement on the "red sheet" of the temple of set, inc:(2 "in the aeon of set the elect will seek transmutation of the individual will from that of a mutant beast to that of a god" i soon found myself so immersed in my working that i was drawing hieroglyphs, some of which i didn't know the meaning of. instead of tr

he travels in perfect wisdom. as a final indication that khem/harwer is vanquished, his hands are no longer seen. they are wrapped in the mummy's cloths. two lines on the stele of xeper say that mastery of the will of set is the will of set, and that those who do so will live in the company of the elect. by accepting the will of set to look into its eyes, and by accepting the symbols of power of black magick, xem-set has fulfilled this will. he has been brought, as a noble, to set. the symbolism of the stele of xem-set is valid for all who understand. although we define our being as xem-set in terms such as anxembastet, anubis, or ra-en-set, this does not alter who we are. xem-set is all of us who travel on the path of set. the three panels of symbolism are framed by the two feathers of m

your natural realm, your existence is consequently more real than in any other realm. now let us return to the card. ptah: i admit to being baffled by the bowl in the horned figure's hand. set: that brew, ptah, is promise. the promise of everything that is possible through the use of my gift, that man has forgotten, rejected, avoided, condemned, or called "sinful" it is the promise of self and of black magick. it is the promise of all that men want, yet fear to taste. it is the promise of the elect which overflows for want of those who will brave the taste. there is no way that the tasting of promise can be unconscious, and for that reason it tastes sweet, though it smells of the grave; the grave of humankind, and the sweetness of self. ptah: it is then the promise that the elect are charg

surround us. the area inside the triangle is symbolic of the elect as there is a definite separation between the elect and the great order, and the "bungled and botched" it is also rather obvious that the triangle could represent your separation from consistency. set: and the reverse side of the triangle? ptah: is the hidden, or difficult to locate and master side of magick- that which is called black magick. it, the reverse side of the triangle, is also the demarcation between those who can xeper to xem, and those who cannot. set: on the whole, not a bad analogy. you can now see that you understand more of the message than you previously realized. ptah: at least the analogy serves for the moment. set: agreed. for the next thirty minutes the rest of the geometric relationships were placed

id that survival of the will was an incidental occurrence to the xeper process. set: yes. ptah: that actually attempting to work towards this end was both distracting and counterproductive. set: again correct. ptah: could it be that other than the mathematical representation, the symbol itself is a sort of signpost to point out the method and direction of this survival? that the active pursuit of black magick eventually brings about not only the development of the self, but ensures survival of the will by the lack of attention directed to that end? in effect, the active achievement is guaranteed by the passive effort. or conversely, the passive achievement is guaranteed by active effort directed to another cause. the less we are concerned with survival of will, instead directing all of our

k eventually brings about not only the development of the self, but ensures survival of the will by the lack of attention directed to that end? in effect, the active achievement is guaranteed by the passive effort. or conversely, the passive achievement is guaranteed by active effort directed to another cause. the less we are concerned with survival of will, instead directing all of our energy to black magick, the more progress we actually see in this survival's achievement. set: excellent, but again only half an answer. why is this method successful where others fail? ptah: because only through the practice of black magick is the full potential of the will realized: only black magick demands mental effort. it utilizes the entire intellect. set: you have done well in your analysis of the s

leaving several days in between each application. beach stones can be used, especially the more porous limestone, for placing around a hearth or near a wood burning stove. the above suggestions for designing an aromatic atmosphere are only a start. it is a good idea to get familiar with a few aromatic oils from each of the classes. in time, any magician can skillfully use this modality of lesser black magick to augment one's will of controlling others. appendix- sources of supplies for aromatic substances please check the stores listed in the crystal tablet resources section that retail magickal supplies. frontier cooperative herbs, p.o. box 299, norway, iowa 52318. minimum order is $20- a $1 service charge is added for orders under $20. all orders received before noon are shipped the sam

SATANGEL

in the west, the bible. like the wand or sword, the powers of the grimoire were applied with conviction. consider that in the above confession of jubertus of bavaria, three devils appeared..when he who spoke opened this book. it is not merely the formulae, names, signs and prayers, or the astrological charts and recipes for spells and potions that provide the value of such a work. in the rites of black magick, the grimoire were understood to be inhabited in themselves by devils. the actual grimoire were often considered to be teachers; spirits capable of creating change or imparting knowledge like any of the devils described in the binding rituals they contain, or any mentor a student might otherwise learn from. if a grimoire let a sorcerer down, they would not simply blame the author or o

ave developed my own system. i have no name for what i do other than witchcraft, which might cause some confusion with the more modern pagan religion, but is otherwise a fair description that will be understood anywhere in the world. indeed, the belief that the average rural cunning men and witches of old were unable to read or write is now considered to be largely error. that these operations of black magick are otherwise known as goetia, meaning witchcraft or the howling of the witches, goety being an obsolete english word derived from the above latin employed to mean the performing of magick by summoning spirits, should be clue enough to their origins. indeed, before conversion a huge portion of pagan gods could easily have been described as devils anyway- however benevolent they were t

onsidered more likely to date from the 18th century, the oldest known version being in french and preserved in the arsenal library in paris. the art described within is called the attainment of the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel, which later became the principal goal of the thelemic current, as inspired by the magician, psychonaut, and publicity freak aliester crowley. true black magick this 18th century grimoire follows the basic formula of the key of solomon. it deals primarily with acts of malice and spite. the fourth book of agrippa this text has for centuries remained a favourite amongst country wizards. however, the claim that its author is none other than cornelius agrippa is generally accepted as spurious. agrippa did write and publish, however, and his works

ster of the devil s stables who can render objects invisible, and may be invoked to find lost objects. teaches rhetoric, mathematics, and logic. forneus (goetia, 30th spirit. marquis commanding 29 legions. appears as a great sea monster. teaches rhetoric, causes men to have a good name, understands languages, makes one beloved of friends and foes. appears again and again in medieval literature of black magick. possibly a parodic version of fornjotr, the germanic father of the frost giants hler, logi and kari. frimost (grimorium verum. a subordinate spirit of lucifer. has power over wives and maids, and will help thee enjoy them. frucissiere (grimorium verum. brings the dead to live. frutimiere (grimorium verum. a subordinate spirit of lucifer. dights thee all kind of festivals. furfur (goe

thed and armoured in red. procures love, makes women barren. zimimay, ziminair (goetia. demon king of the north. zomelak) a name employed to designate the horned one of the witches, together with its counterpart azarak. it made its way through major fuller s article the black arts (form, where it is given as a name for the devil, to become included in the gardnerian charge of wicca. chapter four; black magick the rites and rituals detailed within the classical grimoire of antiquity follow similar essential formulae, being that which is held in common amongst spiritist witchcraft generally. details in common include the casting of the circle, both as protection for the summoner and also as a kind of preparation for consciousness shifting. there are the usual sacrifices and supplications, as

ions, as were performed by the magicians and witches of pagan europe, the hindu tantrics, or even the voodoun practitioner of modern new orleans. here follow a selection of well used tried and tested ritual formulae, drawn on the most part of those grimoire spoken of in the introduction, and supplimented by more modern works illustrating the evolution of what might be termed a goetic tradition of black magick. the lesser rite of the pentagram in the ceremonial magick of the western tradition, the archangels are commonly attributed to the influences of the planets, hours, and days, corresponding also to the sephiroth of the tree of life, their demonic counterparts corresponded to the reverse side of the quabalah, otherwise called the tree of death. most commonly they are evoked called in th

ual, and should be performed with respect. through aeons these words of power have become charged with the combined invested power of countless sorcerers. aleister crowley employed the bornless one to summon the holy guardian angel, and adapted it for use within the o.t.o. it is this version that is presented here. as may be seen, crowley has employed various names from the classical grimoire and black magick. to the less disciplined sorcerer the rite of the bornless one may seem lengthy and pompous. it takes many reiterations and great determination to commit to memory. however, with each use it gains a certain power, as with any of the tools employed over time it becomes imprinted with a charge. the only advice of any use is to employ it often. the structure follows the quintessential fo

eving dominance and superiority over mankind; a statement of spiritual elitism. the fourth calls out to the sons of pleasure, and bids them to visit the earth. the fifth is a call to the mysteries; the seeking of illumination. the sixth key invokes the power of the luciferian mystery. the seventh is a charge and celebration of glamour and sexuality. the eighth concerns the coming of the new aeon; black magick as a confrontational and subversive path to be effective in the entire circle of our existence. the ninth concerns the hedonistic indulgence of mind altering substances; specifically wormwood. the tenth is a lightning blast of wrath and violence. the eleventh is a necromantic call, summoning wraiths, or specific shades. the twelfth increases the distress of those who are already suffe

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he doctrine of antichrist..4 the ascension of satan in the third year of the age of evil..5 true xian creationism and the fall of man..6 the xian critique..7 the satanic creed..9 the precepts of evilution..9 the satanic philosophy of sexual love..10 book ii: the satanic philosophy. 11 infernal romance. 12 hellscapes and the rise of evil man. 12 creative darkness. 15 core theory and application of black magick. 16 lycanthropy..18 book iii: the satanic soul. 20 the articles and their arrangements..21 the satanic ritual..25 book iv: the satanic philosophy..27 pandemonium: the infernal hierarchy. 28 book v: the rituals of satanic proper. 29 the pact of satan. 30 the ritual of antichrist..33 -vi- preface to the original edition as we approach the dawning of the millennium, we will continue to s

rt will break the chains which bind him (the widespread re-embrace of evil) and then proceed to wage a furious war (armageddon) against his spiritual adversaries. archetypal lycanthropy is a return to the noble and fierce attributes of devaxcus librt, which when experienced, unleashes the beast again upon the earth -15- creative darkness creative darkness is the term which describes this order of black magick which consists of two (2) essential elements: inner magical art: ima describes the celebrant s regression to an emotionally base state. his imagination is operating at peak efficiency and the elements of time and space are in a state of disorder. the imagery is intense and abundant for the series of events that take place within the black magician s domain of darkness, the black chape

e physical plane. the demons of pandemonium utilize three (3) basic elements which are the outer magickal art formulae: 1 the satanist(s) must have profound confidence in the efficacy of the spell or curse. 2 in most cases there must be inducement of strategically-placed suggestion on a repetitive basis. 3 there must be symbolism which reinforces the spell or curse. core theory and application of black magick satanicon black magick and its rituals (excepting its lycanthropy rites) are best performed at the witching hour (midnight) and at the darkest hour before dawn. symbolically these are the peak times for the practice of sorcery. the effecting of results through the rituals of black magick are two-fold (ritualistic and worldly, which leads us initially to an examination of a popular the

tanist s willed emotional energy may be conjured, directed upon the image of the target (which i concur with) and then sent out into the etherical atmosphere -17- traveling through time and space to its intended all the while maintaining its emotional potency and intelligence of thought. the latter part of this theory i find highly questionable and too idealistic for infernal realism and hardcore black magick. the implantation of a satanist s desire is better effected by using the more practical methods of direct contact, suggestion and magickal symbolism during the waking hours: the hours of suggestibility of the intended. ritual is simply a method by which the black magician expresses his deepest desires. though this act of sacred symbolism, the emotions involved may be (sporadically) re

r effected by using the more practical methods of direct contact, suggestion and magickal symbolism during the waking hours: the hours of suggestibility of the intended. ritual is simply a method by which the black magician expresses his deepest desires. though this act of sacred symbolism, the emotions involved may be (sporadically) relieved. concerning the reverent the conducting of a ritual of black magick also, of course, presupposes a personal commitment to realizing one s desires outside of and sometime after ritual. the act of kissing, licking, sucking and fucking one s love object by proxy (the demon-lover in a fantasy/ritual context) is only satisfactory for the moment; and if one s desire is long-term, the act will most likely happen again. such a fantasy and its on-going moments

am, lust and kill as he desires. he is his own master, the mysterious dweller in darkness, and a terrifying superior to his civilized /sterilized fellow man -20- book iii: the satanic soul -21- the articles and their arrangements the satanagram this symbol encompasses all of the philosophical and psychological aspects of diabolism. the inverted pentagram is the traditional symbol of carnality and black magick. the parallelogram represents the causative mental and physical phenomenon at work in black magick. the figure in the center of the symbol is devaxcus librt, the beast of revelation. devaxcus librt represents the beast within man. the satanagram altarpiece is placed on the wall above the altar. a satanagram pendant or inverted cross is worn by the priest and all congregants. the infer

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nning. abyss from late latin abyssus and greek abussos, which literally means bottomless, stemming from bussos, meaning bottom. a gorge or chasm that is unfathomably deep, vast or infinite, such as the bottomless pit of hell or a dwelling place of evil spirits. anti-christ from the greek antikhristos. any antagonist, opponent, or enemy of jesus christ, whether a person or a power. a false christ. black magick the use of magic for evil purposes, calling upon the devil or evil spirits. blasphemy something said or done which shows a disrespect for god or things that are sacred. conquistadores from the latin conquirere meaning to conquer. spanish soldiers or adventurers, especially of the sixteenth century who conquered peru, mexico, or central america. coven from the anglo-norman, mid-sevente

lls in a bodily form or condition. one of a series of lives spent in a physical form. indigenous from a mid-seventeenth century word indigena, literally meaning born-in, and from gignere, meaning to beget. inborn, intrinsic, or belonging to a place, such as originating, growing, or living in an area, environment, region, or country. left-hand path in occult tradition, a practitioner who practices black magick. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mystery religions and cults 321 l. ron hubbard (1911 1986, the founder of the church of scientology (ap/wide world photos) neophyte from the latin neophytus and greek neophutos or phuein, to plant or cause to grow literally meaning newly planted. a beginner or novice at a particular task or ende

ated with it. it is believed that if a person wears the stone assigned their birth month, good fortune or luck will follow. bitumen any of a variety of natural substances, such as tar or asphalt, containing hydrocar- t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 324 glossary bons derived from petroleum and used as a cement or mortar for surfacing roads. black magick the use of magic for evil purposes, calling upon the devil or evil spirits. blasphemy something said or done which shows a disrespect for god or things that are sacred. an irreverent utterance or action showing a disrespect for sacred things or for god. cadaver a dead body that is usually intended for dissection. from the latin cadere, meaning to fall or to die. charlatan from the ita

surrectionist someone who is in rebellion or revolt against an established authority, ruler, or government. intergalactic something that is located, or is moving, between two or more galaxies. invocation the act of calling upon or appealing to a higher power such as a deity, spirit, or god for assistance. a form of prayer, that invites god s presence, at the beginning of a ceremony or meeting. in black magick, can be the casting of a spell or formula to invite an evil spirit to appear. ions an atom or group of atoms that are electrically charged through the process of gaining or losing one or more electrons. from the greek ion meaning moving thing; and from the present participle of ienai meaning to go from the movement of any ion toward the electrode of the opposite charge. jinni in islam

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ated with it. it is believed that if a person wears the stone assigned their birth month, good fortune or luck will follow. bitumen any of a variety of natural substances, such as tar or asphalt, containing hydrocar- t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 304 glossary bons derived from petroleum and used as a cement or mortar for surfacing roads. black magick the use of magic for evil purposes, calling upon the devil or evil spirits. blasphemy something said or done which shows a disrespect for god or things that are sacred. an irreverent utterance or action showing a disrespect for sacred things or for god. cadaver a dead body that is usually intended for dissection. from the latin cadere, meaning to fall or to die. charlatan from the ita

surrectionist someone who is in rebellion or revolt against an established authority, ruler, or government. intergalactic something that is located, or is moving, between two or more galaxies. invocation the act of calling upon or appealing to a higher power such as a deity, spirit, or god for assistance. a form of prayer, that invites god s presence, at the beginning of a ceremony or meeting. in black magick, can be the casting of a spell or formula to invite an evil spirit to appear. ions an atom or group of atoms that are electrically charged through the process of gaining or losing one or more electrons. from the greek ion meaning moving thing; and from the present participle of ienai meaning to go from the movement of any ion toward the electrode of the opposite charge. jinni in islam

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sed tribal kin. throughout the evolving centuries to the present day, humankind continues to seek magical means of improving its lot in life, providing order to the chaos of the physical world, and winning the favor of the inhabitants of the unseen world. 39 chapter exploration alchemy valentine andreae roger bacon. helvetius hermes trismegistus albertus magnus. paracelsus magick abremelin magick black magick enochian magick vodun/vodoun/voodoo white magick magi agrippa count allesandro cagliostro aleister crowley. john dee dr. faust. marie laveau eliphas levi. simon magus pico della mirandola. pythagoras count saint-germain wicca people of wicca margot adler philip emmons (isaac) bonewits raymond buckland gavin frost and yvonne frost gerald brosseau gardner sybil leek margaret alice murra

er. alchemists could not change base metals into gold, and witches could not shapeshift into animals. church punishment of those who persisted in practicing magic or witchcraft remained virtually nonexistent until exaggerated claims of the powers of the cathar sect reached the ears of the papacy. according to startling reports, the cathars were practicing foul sorceries, blasphemous heresies, and black magick. what was worse, they appeared to be prospering in their cities in southern france. in 1208, pope innocent iii (1160 or 1161.1216) ordered a crusade launched against the cathars, who were able to resist the armies sent against them until their central city of montesegur fell in 1246. hundreds of cathars were burned at the stake as heretics, witches, and sorcerers, for by the time thei

er cavendish, richard. the black arts. new york: capricorn books, 1968. meyer, marvin, and richard smith, eds. ancient christian magic. san francisco: harpersanfrancisco, 1994. seligmann, kurt. the history of magic. new york: meridian books, 1960. spence, lewis. an encyclopedia of occultism. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1960. williams, charles. witchcraft. new york: meridian books, 1960. black magick black magick is the use of supernatural knowledge and powers for the purpose of doing evil or for working evil upon another human being. practitioners of black magick deliberately seek to invoke demonic entities in order to control their powers and to force them to obey their will. black magick is, therefore, a perversion of the mystical sciences. rather than attempting to be of servi

tions, transforming the gods of the earlier cultures into the demons of their own time. this process of deity transmutation was continued into medieval times when the earlier gods of the middle east became devils, the ancient mysteries and fertility rites became orgies, and the orders of worship for the old hierarchy of gods and goddesses became patterns for sorcery. by the middle ages, belief in black magick and the powers of evil became so intense that the world had become a dark and shadowy place of dread ruled by satan. the sorcerers of the middle ages who practiced black magick followed to the letter the instructions recorded in the great grimoires, books filled with rites, rituals, incantations, conjurations, and evocations of demonic entities. the deity most often invoked by the dar

ican beliefs and rites that may go back as many as 6,000 years with the teachings, saints, and rituals of roman catholicism. early slaves, who were snatched from their homes and families on africa fs west coast, brought their gods and religious practices with them to haiti and other west t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 52 magic and sorcery black magick is the use of supernatural knowledge and powers for doing evil. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d magic and sorcery 53 among certain hispanic and native american cultures of the southwest, the practice of burjeria is feared as a manifestation of evil. those who use rituals, spells, incantations, potions, and powders to work ill a

tities whose sacred spaces were violated, how to eject an unwelcome possessing spirit from a human body, and where to find the herbs that could banish illness. all of these tasks were accomplished with the good of the tribal members as the priest/magician fs primary objective. by the middle ages in europe, magic and religion remained intertwined for those who would practice white magick. although black magick certainly existed as a power and claimed those dark magicians who succumbed to personal greed and were paid to use their craft against others, the practitioners of the higher magic attracted such gifted minds as that of eliphas levi, agrippa, and paracelsus, all of whom considered magic as the true road to communion with god and believed that the fruits of such communion should be exp

constant and prolonged choice of one path or the other. on one side are what some religions would call gsaints h and on the other, those who habitually choose evil, with the great majority of men and women falling somewhere in between the two extremes. at this point, one can see an important difference between wicca and satanism. witches seek the good by willing the good, while those who practice black magick or who follow the gleft-hand path h have yielded control of their thoughts and actions to the flesh, that part of human nature motivated solely by the search for satisfaction of instinctual and egotistical demands. that is not to say that witches believe the material aspect of humankind is evil, but, rather, that the striving for evil inherent in the instinctually ordered flesh must b

author somerset maugham. although leek had nostalgic feelings for that particular time, her later life was to show her an even more exciting use for her astrological skills. sybil leek was determined to aid in the understanding of witchcraft. unfortunately, she found some of the gravest misunderstandings in her adopted country of the united states. the press persistently confused witchcraft with black magick and satanism, but sybil leek was instrumental in bringing a greater awareness of witchcraft to those persons who wished to form traditional covens, and she never ceased using her wit and celebrity to advance the truth about wicca, the craft of the wise. she became a major force on the psychic scene, and her rich and varied life consistently led her to prove the deeper meanings and int

ated with it. it is believed that if a person wears the stone assigned their birth month, good fortune or luck will follow. bitumen any of a variety of natural substances, such as tar or asphalt, containing hydrocar- t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 282 glossary bons derived from petroleum and used as a cement or mortar for surfacing roads. black magick the use of magic for evil purposes, calling upon the devil or evil spirits. blasphemy something said or done which shows a disrespect for god or things that are sacred. an irreverent utterance or action showing a disrespect for sacred things or for god. cadaver a dead body that is usually intended for dissection. from the latin cadere, meaning to fall or to die. charlatan from the ita

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/content/112297 "this is the revealed grimoire of the left-hand path. there is power for those willing to drink from the cup of the beast and his bride, the devil's harlot. herein is the path as walked by one who seeks to reveal the true path of ahriman and lilith-az, to manifest in flesh the spirit of azi dahaka and cain. herein is magick from the foundation to higher pathworkings of sorcery and black magick. here the works which burn away the modern white-washing of so-called magick and or witchcraft. herein are the rituals of lucifer, ancient persian sorcery, goetic magick and forbidden sex magick" for more than a decade left hand path and dark witchcraft expert michael w. ford has labored in the forbidden fields of the dark side of the occult, lit by the pale moon of luciferian ambitio

e. luciferian witchcraft represents perhaps the major part of his published accomplishments to date. the first editions of most of his works are disappearing into private libraries of occult collector's items-and their prices are increasing enormously. with this fact in mind, luciferian witchcraft gathers together in one huge compendium many of the shocking rituals and bizarre initiation rites of black magick that have established ford as the most cutting-edge exponent of the left hand path tradition in america today. the book begins with a lengthy and highly scholarly exposition of the place of the draconic adversary within historical magick. set typhon, the egyptian god of darkness, ahriman, the persian devil and his whore of darkness, the adversary and the bride of the devil, cain the s

nfamous graveyard workings, together with the complete version of the luciferian goetia- a completely revised and updated version of the goetia grimoire from the lesser key of solomon the king. part three covers yatukan and ahrimanic persian sorcery. as i have mentioned before, it is the willingness and creativity of ford to look beyond worn-out christian- and hebrew-based demonology in search of black magick inspiration that marks his work as unique. here, forbidden heresies of millenia-old zoroastrian thought reveal their diabolic secrets to the sorceror. finally, the last part of the tome has chapters on sethanic and angelic magick, in which the primal force of set typhon and the infamous watchers of the book of enoch are invoked for cosmic diabolism, and several new and strange sex mag

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proving useful in workings of magick. summon them with blood and bones, sexual energy and the will sharp and focused. they will respond and prove useful guardians while in the astral plane. they feed from our lifeforce just as we absorb from the sacred opfer. never mind harm, they do not seem to draw enough lifeforce to cause any alarm of challenge. these shades, if made malicious by destructive black magick, may cause considerable harm to the intended victim, or even seek havoc upon the caster. be cautious. it is however mostly a chore to create and empower such elementals that one would be focused for an extended period of time to create such beings. a traditional banishing ritual proves useful as it allows complete control and cleansing of the individua l who performs it. it also, just

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nges and the responsibility of invoking positive change. moderation is also a certain factor of success. it is easy to abuse the gifts of the devil when he presents them; it is even easier to create situations for you eventual self-destruction by actions you take now. be thoughtful before your actions. it is essential that the practitioner of the left hand path is able to master the path of inner black magick or what can be called high sorcery or magick before one undertakes lower forms. the true self must be sought, the desire and will within the self the imagination in controlled study and introspection. the congressus cum daemone will reveal your true nature, both often a beast and an angel. some view this as an exterior spirit, but rather more correctly it is an interior force; one whi

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and charles gonzales) or 'bornless one' ritual as developed and adapted by aleister crowley and the greek papyrus. one may perform the rite as one of self-isolated stimulation via sex magick. enflame the self through invocation, all the while focusing upon the luciferian aspects of self, the light and the darkness. task #1: study the luciferian path in base, the difference of sorcery and magick, black magick (lesser and greater. a two page minimum on the foundations of the sabbatic path to the initiate in question. ok for this task you will need read and study both sabbatic sorcery and shades of algol from cover to cover both books. task #2: study of shaitan (satan) the adversary and how the opposer relates to our own self-initiation. the forms of shaitan and how we coommune with this for

homet. a detailed study in writing of the results in a minimum of 3 pages and how this primal gnosis relates to the self. baphomet and the basics of sex magick will be sought 11 to be understood. read page 4 of shades of algol for information about the 8 pointed sabbatic star. for baphomet study the following booklets. read page 6 of luciferian sorcery read pages 4 through 9 starting with greater black magick. be prepared to perform the infernal sabbat this will help later on with preparing for task #7 which is mastery over the astral plane as well. task #5 luciferian transference- sigils of mastery and how lucifer represents the self in isolation and beautiful perfection. a minimum three page essay on how the sigils of luciferian transference hold a demonstration in ones personal life. lu

ception. the symbol is made of an averse pentagram which signifies divinity brought down to humanity. this is the gift of seth and lilith, who bring knowledge (gnosis) in different forms. he or she who would begin this path of luciferian transcendence must visualize this symbol, expand upon the essence of what it means to them and how it may be a point of direction in their own lesser and greater black magick. the sabbatic path flourishes upon the direction chosen within the lunar (lilith hecate) or solar (lucifer saturnus samael) paths of self-deification. mastery over ones environment through lesser black magick and sorcery. the sorcerous path is one of obstacles and tests, strengthening the self and exploring the very essence of what we are. this sigil also represents the fall and obtai

his sigil also represents the fall and obtaining the knowledge of the serpent. this is workable through developing ones own specific system of sorcery the alphabet of desire. ceremonial and solitary magick should be explored through the individual, from whence they become magick themselves, being that change and ones willed desire shall become flesh. one will begin the practical avenues of lesser black magick such as concepts as command to look, wherein ones own design of environments through visuals, music or writing causes willed change according to the individuals wishes. 13 this is the sigil of dream control and astral projection. the witches sabbat is explored in its language of magickal awakening. the dream gateway to the sabbat is the very essence of a gathering of spirits, when the

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