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ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

ns out on enquiry to be unintelligible only serves to fortify our ingrained conviction that experience itself is reality. 32. we may then ask ourselves whether it is not possible to obtain experience of a higher order, to discover and develop the faculty of mind which can transcend analysis, stable against all thought by virtue of its own self-evident assurance. in the language of the great white brotherhood (whom i am here to represent) you cross the abyss 'leave the poor old stranded wreck- ruach 'and pull for the shore' of neschamah. for above the abyss, it is said, as you will see if you study the supplement of the fifth number of the first volume of 'the equinox, an idea is only true in so far as it contains its contradictory in itself. 33. it is such states of mind as this which cons

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

d priesthood of osiris. for of the three hundred only nine were found worthy. the high priestess, however, i brought through by my magic, for she had amused me mightily, and i took great pleasure in her love, that was wilder than the rage of all the elements in one. so i called together the nine who had survived, all being men, and gave them instruction and counsel, that they should form a secret brotherhood to learn and to teach the formula of the osiris in its supreme function of initiating the human soul. that they should keep discipline in the temple only for the sake of the people, permitting every corruption yet withdrawing themselves from it. is not the body perishable, and the skin most pure? so page 39 gulf.txt also he ancient practice of embalming should fall into desuetude, and

discipline in the temple only for the sake of the people, permitting every corruption yet withdrawing themselves from it. is not the body perishable, and the skin most pure? so page 39 gulf.txt also he ancient practice of embalming should fall into desuetude, and that soon; for the world was past under the rule of osiris, who loveth the charnel and the tomb. all being sworn duly into this secret brotherhood i appointed them, one to preside over each grade, and him of the lowest grade to select the candidates and to govern the temple. then did i perform the invoking ceremony of osiris, having destroyed the blasphemous machinery; and now at last did the god answer me, glittering with infinite brilliance. then i disclosed myself to the priests, and they rejoiced exceedingly that after all th

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

save your life. below these in one sense, yet far above them in another, are the brothers of the left hand path<matter. equinox i, v, supplement. these are they who "shut themselves up, who refuse their blood to the cup, who have trampled love in the race for self-aggrandisment. as far as the grade of exempt adept, they are on the same path as the white brotherhood; for until that grade is attained, the goal is not disclosed. then only are the goats, the lonely leaping mountain-masters, separated from the gregarious huddling valley-bound sheep. then those who have well learned the lessons of the path are ready to be torn asunder, to give up their own life to the babe of the abyss which is- and is not- they. the others, proud in their purple, refu

morum" an instruction for the preparation of the elemental instruments. equinox iv, p. 15 "liber ccccxviii. liber xxx aerum vel saeculi" being of the angels of the thirty aethyrs, the vision and the voice. besides being the classical account of the thirty aethyrs and a model of all visions, the cries of the angels should be regarded as accurate, and the doctrine of the function of the great white brotherhood understood as the foundation of the aspiration of the adept. the account of the master of the temple should in particular be taken as authentic. equinox v, special supplement "liber cdlxxiv. os abysmi vel da'ath" an instruction in a purely intellectual method of entering the abyss. equinox vii, p. 77 "liber d. sepher sephiroth" a dictionary of hebrew words arranged according to their 2

things endure because they are. do what thou wilt, for every man and every woman is a star. pan is not dead; he liveth, pan! break down the bar! to man i come, the number of a man my number, lion of light; i am the beast whose law is love. love under will, his royal right- behold within, and not above, one star in sight! one star in sight. a glimpse of the structure and system of the great white brotherhood. a. a<order and those of its three divisions are not disclosed to the profane. certain swindlers have recently stolen the initials a. a. in order to profit by its reputation. do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. 1. the order of the star called s. s. is, in respect of its existence upon the earth, an organized body of men and women distinguished among their

ey dare not face the phantoms. still, too, the fallen fetich seems awful; it is frightful to them that there is no longer an idol to adore with anthems, and to appease with the flesh of their firstborn. each scrambles in the bloody mire of the floor to snatch some scrap for a relic, that he may bow down to it and serve it. so, even to-day, a mass of maggots swarm heaving over the carrion earth, a brotherhood bound by blind greed for rottenness. science still hesitates to raze the temple of rimmon, though every year finds more of her sons impatient of naaman's prudence. the privy council of the kingdom of mansoul sits in permanent secret session; it dares not declare what must follow its deed in shattering the monarch morality into scraps of crumbling conglomerate of climatic, tribal, and p

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

bout rosicrucians, because magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 23 their name has become a signal for letting loose the most devastating floods of nonsense. what is really known about the original rosicrucians is practically confined to the three documents which they issued. the eighteenth century rosicrucians may, or may not, have been legitimate successors of the original brotherhood- i don't know. but from them the o.t.o. derived its authority; the late o.h.o. theodor reuss possessed a certain number of documents which demonstrated the validity of his claim according to him; but i only saw two or three of them, and they were not of very great importance. unfortunately he died shortly after the last war, and he had got out of touch with some of the other grand mast

ith the distinct mission to destroy, on the one hand, the crude schools of christianity, and, on the other, to eradicate the materialism from physical science. she made the necessary connection with edward maitland and anna kingsford, who were trying rather helplessly to put the exoteric formulae of the white school into th hands of students, and with the secret representatives of the rosicrucian brotherhood. it is not for us in this place to estimate the degree of success with which she carried out her embassy; but at least we see today that physical science is at last penetrating to the spiritual basis of material phenomena. the work of henry poincar, einstein, whitehead, and bertrand russell is sufficient evidence of this fact. christianity, too, has fallen into a lower degree of contem

r will. yours fraternally. 666 p.s. most of this is stated or implied in aha! marsyas. be ever as you can a simple honest gentleman! body and manners be at ease, not bloat with blazoned sanctities! who fights as fights the soldier-saint? and see the artist-adept paint! weak are the souls that fear the stress of earth upon their holiness! they fast, they eat fantastic food, they prate of beans and brotherhood, wear sandals, and long hair, and spats, and think that makes them arahats! how shall man still his spirit-storm? rational dress and food reform! olympas i know such saints. marsyas an easy vice: so wondrous well they advertise! o their mean souls are satisfied with wind of spiritual pride. they're all negation "do not eat; what poison to the soul is meat! drink not; smoke not; deny th

ca! chapter lxxiii "monsters" niggers, jews, etc. cara soror, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. come now, is this quite fair? when i agreed to tip you off about magick and the rest, i certainly never expected to be treated as if i were being interviewed by an american sunday newspaper. what do i prefer for breakfast, and my views on the future of the theatre, and is the great white brotherhood in favour of eugenic babies? no, dear sister- i nearly said sob-sister. but this i will say, you have been very artful, and led me on very cleverly- you must have been a terror to young men- for the matter of that, i dare say you are still! magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 262 and i don't see how to get out of swallowing this last sly bait; as you say "every

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

columns from 777, etc. 777- a complete dictionary of the correspondences of all magical elements. it is to the language of occultism what webster is to the english language. i n d e x magic without tears get any book for free ogabook 4 by aleister crowley part i meditation the way of attainment of genius or godhead considered as a development of the human brain issued by order of the great white brotherhood known as the a'.a "witness our seal" n "praemonstrator-general" diagram: a'.a. seal preliminary remarks existence, as we know it, is full of sorrow. to mention only one minor point: every man is a condemned criminal, only he does not know the date of his execution. this is unpleasant for every man. consequently every man does everything possible to postpone the date, and would sacrific

d! the oneness is. yet even in this, my son, thou shall not do amiss if thou restrain the expression, shoot thy glance to rapture's darkling root, discarding name, form, sight, and stress even of this high consciousness; pierce to the heart! i leave thee here: thou art the master. i revere thy radiance that rolls afar, o brother of the silver star! crowley "aha" issued by order of the great white brotherhood known as the a'.a "witness our seal" n "praemonstrator-general" diagram: a'.a. seal photograph: the colotype of crowley from equinox i, 3, just before page 11, titled underneath "aleister crowley" part ii- magick preliminary remarks photograph (probably colotype original) of crowley with implements, titled underneath "the magician in his robe and crown, armed with wand, cup, sword, pan

s by surprise, and as it were from behind, may strangle us. this is the legend of the sorcerer strangled by the devil! 120 glossary only words nowhere explained in the preceding pages are given in this list. several others, mentioned in passing in the early part of the book, are sufficiently dealt with later on. in these cases the references in the index should be turned up "a'.a" the great white brotherhood which is giving this method of attainment to the world "see" equinox i "adeptus minor" a grade of adeptship "see" equinox iii "aethyrs "see" equinox v and vii "aima" the great fertile mother nature "ama" the great mother not yet fertile "amoun" the god amen= zeus= jupiter, etc, etc "ankh" the symbol of "life" a form of the rosy cross "see" equinox iii "apophis" the serpent-god who slew

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE HEART OF THE MASTER

oint with a little wand to a great chart not wholly filled, and there came the shadow of a man's hand, and drew the image of a lion at the end of the writing. above this parchment, which was partly furled, was a square tablet of white marble, on which, inlaid in gold, i read these characters about the image of an eye within a radiant triangle. s. s. and this is, being interpreted "the great white brotherhood" below was written: with us two thousand years is as one day. then my instructer showed me that the brotherhood send forth one of their fellows every two thousand years, bringing one word to serve mankind as a new formula of magick, that it may take one further step on the long road that leadeth to perfection. also, twice in that period, that is, at intervals of a little more than thre

book for free on: www.abika.com 17 several diverse forms- to enlighten six great civilizations, about to be drawn together by the opening up of communications over the planet by the expansion of the roman power. after these there stood almost alone the name: apollon. but above that extract, the whole width of the chart, the word i a o. then came a blackness over the whole map, for at one time the brotherhood had been nigh utterly destroyed by a great sorcery of the black lodge, and the darkening of all counsel, and the confusion of all truth. i saw only one glimmer bare legible: plotinus. and at the end of the darkness, amid many names which i could not read, jacobus burgundus molensis. for his name was in letters of fire. did not the order of the temple prepare the renaissance by fusing t

he midst of the mediterranean sea an xx sol in 3 deg. libra die jovis by me to mega therion (in greek letters) logos aionos thelema (in greek letters) having read these words with deep attention eleven times, i besought mine instructor (for the maiden had returned to her master) that he would clear those things which were dark to my weak understanding "in the light of the chart of the work of the brotherhood" i said "the will of the master, and his word, are made plain. but of his hour i know not; and i tremble before the darkness of this mystery of sin "of his hour" answered my teacher "it is easy to speak. the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 19 the work of our sister helena petrowna blavatsky was inaugurated at the very season of the birth on earth of our brot

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

logical development of the observed facts; whoso is with me so far is sammaditthi, and has taken the first step on the noble eightfold path. let him aspire to knowledge, and the second step is under his feet. the rest lies with research. aum! i take my refuge holy in the light and peace of buddh. aum! i take my refuge, slowly working out his law of good. aum! i take my refuge lowly in his pitying brotherhood. 102 listen to the jataka! said the buddha. and all they gave ear. long ago, when king brahmadatta reigned in benares,1 it came to pass that there lived under his admirable government a weaver named suraj ju2 and his wife chandi.3 and in the fulness of her time did she give birth to a man child, and they called him perdu r abu.4 now the child grew, and the tears of the mother fell, and

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 1

f leopards' skins; on the walls hung a great crucifix in ivory and ebony. before the blazing fire lay the poet (who had concealed his royal celtic descent beneath the pseudonym of swanoff) reading in a great volume bound with vellum. he rose to greet her "many days have i expected you" he exclaimed "many days have i wept over you. i see your destiny- how thin a 101 thread links you to that mighty brotherhood of the silver star whose trembling neophyte i am- how twisted and thick are the tentacles of the black octopus whom you now serve. ah! wrench yourself away while you are yet linked with us: i would not that you sank into the ineffable slime. blind and bestial are the worms of the slime: come to me, and by the faith of the star, i will save you" the girl put him by with a light laugh "i

purity has left them, and they are become as the bilge which poureth forth from the stern of a ship full of hogs. o! eros, fly, speed! await not the awakening oil to scorch thy cheek, lest thou discover that thy darling has grown hideous and wanton, and that in the place of a fair maiden there slimeth a huge slug fed of the cabbage-stalks of decay. o theos! o pantheos! o atheos! triple god of the brotherhood of warriors. evoe! i adore thee, o thou trinity of might and majesty- thou silent unity that rulest the hearts of the great. alas! that men are dead, their thrones of gold empty, and their palaces of pearl fallen into ruin! grandeur and glory have departed, so that now in the elysian fields the sheep of woolly understanding nibble the green turnip-tops of reason and the stubble in the

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the iniquity of that which bindeth her unto the crown, and barreth her from the crown; for not until thou art made one with chaos canst thou begin that last, that most terrible projection, the three-fold regimen which alone constitutes the great work. for choronzon is as it were the shell or excrement of these three paths, and therefore is his head raised unto daath, and therefore have the black brotherhood declared him to be the child of wisdom and understanding, who is but the bastard of the svastika. and this is that which is written in 147 the holy qabalah, concerning the whirlpool and leviathan, and the great stone. thus long have i talked with thee in bidding thee depart, that the memory of the aethyr might be dulled; for hadst thou come back suddenly into thy mortal frame, thou had

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ich he had been, until the present, casting up in chaotic heaps around him. knorr von rosenroth's immense storehouse of qabalistic learning seems to have kept p. fully employed until the autumnal equinox, when b, the 1 at this time p. was leading a hermit's life on a swiss glacier with one whom, though he knew it not at the time, was destined ever and anon to bring him wisdom from the great white brotherhood. this one we shall meet again under the initials d.a. 2 afterwards known as frater c.s. alchemist of note, introduced him to a mr. c (afterwards, as we shall see, frater v. n. of the order of the golden dawn. this meeting proved all-important, as will be set forth in the following chapter. through c, p. had for the time being laid aside von rosenroth, and was now deep in "the book of t

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2

hish of the soul. what poignant agony, what moaning abjectness, what self-disgust! what vain folly (of all true hope forlorn) to seek in drugs, in drink, in the pistol or the cord, the paradise they have forfeited by a moment's weakness or a moment's wavering! this "two-handed engine at the door stands ready to smite" each one of us who has not attained to arahatship, admission to the great white brotherhood. is it not enough to make us throw away our atheism and exclaim "o god be merciful to me a sinner, and keep me in the way of truth" nay, for those of us who know what triple silver cord of moonlight binds the red blood of our heart to the ineffable crown of brilliance, who have seen what angel stands in the moon-ray, who have known the perfume and the vision, seen the drops of dew supe

ble author was an adept familiar with many systems of symbolism, and able to harmonise them for himself, even as now is accomplished for all men in the book "777. in the year 1899 he was graciously pleased to receive me as his pupil, and, living in his house, i studied daily under his guidance the holy qabalah. upon his withdrawal- whether to enjoy his earned reward, or to perform the work of the brotherhood in other lands or planets matters nothing here- he bequeathed to me a beautiful garden, the like of which hath rarely been seen upon earth. it has been my pious duty to collate and comment upon this arcane knowledge, long treasured in my heart, watered alike by my tears and my blood, and sunned by that all-glorious ray that multiplieth itself into an orb ineffable. in this garden no fl

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he tallest peaks most straitly hide with clouds their holy heads. divide the planes! be ever as you can a simple honest gentleman! body and manners be at ease, not bloat with blazoned sanctities! who fights as fights the soldier-saint? and see the artist-adept paint! weak are those souls that fear the stress of earth upon their holiness! they fast, they eat fantastic food, they prate of beans and brotherhood, wear sandals, and long hair, and spats, and think that makes them arahats! how shall man still his spirit-storm? rational dress and food reform! olympas. i know such saints. marsyas. an easy vice: so wondrous well they advertise! o their mean souls are satisfied 44 with wind of spiritual pride. they're all negation "do not eat; what poison to the soul is meat! drink not; smoke not; de

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s bed into the temple that he had constructed at c. house, for convenience of more absolute retirement. in this temple he was afflicted by dreams and visions of the most appalling abramelin devils, which had evidently clung to the spot ever since the operations of february 1900. on the night of the 16th of june he began to practise mahasatipatthana,275 274 till 1906. the theory of the great white brotherhood, as set forth in the story called "the blossom and the fruit" by miss mabel collins. 275 the practice of mahasipatthana is explained by mr. a. crowley in his "science and buddhism" very fully. briefly: in this mediation the mind is not restrained to the contemplation of a single object, and there is no interference with the natural functions of the body. it is essentially an observatio

our brains, and our eyelids were heavy with sleep. ah love! they are banished, yet not so the strength of the spell which holds both our beings in bondage, a bondage so fell that even the angels above cannot alter its power; it lives in the memory yet of one passionate hour, when from the dark bosom of hell sprang a fair felon flower. ethel archer. 326 the big stick counterparts. vol. xvi of the brotherhood of the new life. an epitome of the work and teaching of thomas lake harris. by respiro. 2"s. 6"d. net. a new edition. c. w. pearce and co, 139, west regent street, glasgow. if we are in any way to shadow forth the ineffable, it must be by a degradation. every symbol is a blasphemy against the truth that it indicates. a painter to remind us of the sunlight has no better material than du

o wonder how they got into this funny world. 334 the devil "let us giggle" theodorus "hush, you have committed a horrible black magical act, you have slept with. leila["a creamy girl "good heavens, sir, i faint; call a policeman" theodorus "become acquainted with the queen of the nymphs. sister helen["nursing expert "a douche, smelling salts, eau de cologne, quinine" theodorus "from the abode of. brotherhood you are expelled["sobs, to the british museum you must go["snuffles, and read["pause 'the secret symbols of the rosicrucians" the devil "tut, tut. dear sisters, the train has stopped, we are at streatham hill- let us get out" alicia de gruys. on the loose. by george raffalovich. publishing office of the equinox, 124 victoria street, s. w. 1"s" net. the author of the man-cover is well-k

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dainty grains of gilded corn their beauty spill to tempt the quarry to the range of palamede his archer skill. all might he sits, with ardour strange and hope new-fledged. a gambler born aye things the luck one day must change, though sense and skill he laughs to scorn. so now there rush a thousand rats in sable silence on the corn. they sport their square or shovel hats, a squeaking, tooth-bare brotherhood, innumerable as summer gnats 43 buzzing some streamlet through a wood. sir palamede grows mighty wroth, and mutters maledictions rude, seeing his quarry far and loth and thieves despoiling all the bait. now, careless of the knightly oath, the sun pours down his eastern gate. the chase is over: see ye then, coursing afar, afoam at fate sir palamede the saracen! 44 xvii sir palamede hath

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her ridge of the great mountain and become a 7= 4, an exempt adept in the second order, master over the ruach and king over the seven worlds. by destroying those who had usurped control of the order of the golden dawn, he not only broke a link with the darkening past, but forged so might an one with the gleaming future, that soon he was destined to weld it to the all encircling chain of the great brotherhood. the golden dawn was now but a deserted derelict, mastless, rudderless, with a name of opprobrium painted across its battered stern. p. however did not abandon it to to cast himself helpless into the boiling waters of discontent, but instead, he leapt on board that storm-devouring argosy of adepts which was destined to bear him far beyond the crimsoning rays of 43 this dying dawn to th

swallowed up in the one atman of the beginning. this individualistic conception gotama banned, he would have none of it; a soul, a spirit, a separate entity was anathema to him; but in overthrowing the corrupt ved nta of the latter-day pundits, like luther, who many centuries later tore the tawdry vanities from off the back of prostitute rome, approximating his reformed church to the communistic brotherhood of christ, gotama, the enlightened one, the buddha, now similarly went back to vedic times and to the wisdom of the old rishis. but, fearing the evil associations clinging to a name, he, anathematizing the atman, in 129 its place wrote nibb na, which according to n gasena is cessation,206 a passing away in which nothing remains, and end.207 soon however, under mah y na-buddhism, was th

ht, but his very life is right, in fact his actions have become a temple wherein he can at will 146 withdraw himself to pray. he has become a priest unto himself his own guardian, he may administer to himself the holy sacrament of god in truth and in right, he has become exempt from the shackles of earth. he is the supreme man, one step more he enters the sanctuary of god and becomes one with the brotherhood of light. up to this stage progress has meant work, work terrible and titanic, one great striving after union which roughly may be compared to the five methods of yoga. from this fifth stage work gives place to knowledge, qabalistically the aspirant enters da th. vi "right effort" man is now master of virtue and vice and no longer their slave, servant, enemy or friend. the lvx has desc

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password. but it is not always easy to get that brother to tell you what you want. he is almost certain to be exceedingly rude; he is extremely likely to insist on talking common sense, which is annoying when you go for exalted mysticism; and quite possibly he may just nod, and continue his labours, which is maddening when your business is of the highest importance to you, and to him, and to the brotherhood 143 itself, not to mention humanity- while he is occupied in playing spillikins, and further insults you by explaining that he is trying to prove that, if you only do it carefully enough, you can detach planets from the solar system without hurting it. on this occasion, however, rolles was fortunate enough to find the brother whom he knew at leisure- even for him. his feet were on the

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

happening to you '1 think so' paul's voice tailed oft: gradually the temperature returned to normal and hisheavy breathing grew calmer. he wiped the perspiration from his face and sat up, looking about the shadowy .room 'is it always like that' he asked alex. carefully, alex explained that usually initiates sought the power, not the other way round, but that paul could not be a full member of the brotherhood until he had been formally initiated and had taken the oath. he would need a. special ceremony. fortunately alex had been preparing for such an eventuality ever since he had first read about spontaneous initiates and the need for them to be bound by ritual. he described the ornate white robes that paul would want, on which alex had already stitched hundreds of pearls, and the scarlet v

why not now' she asked. she loved him and could see no reason for postponing the wedding, alex then told her of her mother's impending death which, of course. she had seen so often in the tarot cards 'your mother will never approve of witchcraft. and it is your duty to do the best you can to makeher happy. these last few months' as a third-grade witch maxine was denied no knowledge k.w -7 of the.brotherhood or the higher magic..she found she had a special aptitude for opening .locked doors-alex always kept his flat locked when he .was out but maxine could 'wish' it open. it was a talent that might havenetted her a fortune had she applied it dishonestly, but she only used it to take refuge in alex's flat when the discord with her mother became toomuchfor her or she wanted to avoid the peop

ified it with incense and calleddown the powers with invocations and incantations. only his enormous confidence in his ability to baaish the curse and protect his wife and his covens prevented the rise of panic among his followers. eventually the curse was banished and no one ever doubted alex's mastery of witchcraft again. it was plain that he was innocent ofrevealing the innermost secretsof the brotherhood and had no intention of following huysmans. the witches of his covens.realized that their leader was not going to succumb to cancer. in the end alex was persuaded to be their king. he put on the new robes. in a ceremony made up partly of rites for the crowning of egyptian pharaohs, partly of witch rituals; the elders placed a crown ofcopper, brass with a little silver, and blue velvet

they have put their trust in us to supply them with a new temple to which they can .bring their problems, safe in the 102 knowledge that kaii will help them in return for all they have done. would you deny them help and prosperity because you have, let us say, grown squeamish? we. have read detailed account5.of british witchcraft, of potions compounded of baby's blood and.fat' other membersofyour brotherhood must.havefewer inhibitions than, you' ahardm;ss came into his voice 'perhaps you. reserve your. sacrifices for your own countrymen and-would deny them to us' alex went .into detail explaining how modem .witchcraft had evolved using. symbolism .instead of ritual murder. without giving.away secrets, he assuredthem that.the powers he could raise were everything. anyone could wish for, 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 you don't, we shall put the curse.of the brotherhood on you and banish you from every coven in the country: the young witch refused 'i a1l1staying here with my friends' was all he would sa.y,and alex had togo home without him. at the 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 readmis

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

heir kin and friends be in danger of torture, 59. so destroy everything not necessary. 60. if your book be found on you 'tis clear proof against you alone, you may be arraigned. persecution 61. keep all thoughts of the craft from your mind. if the torture be too great to bear, say "i will confess. i cannot bear this torture. what do you want me to say" 62. 63. if they try to make you speak of the brotherhood, do not. but if they try to make you speak of impossibilities such as flying through the air, consorting with a christian devil or sacrificing children, or eating men's flesh, 64. 65. to obtain relief from torture say "i had an evil dream, i was beside myself, i was crazed" 66. not all magistrates are bad, if there be an excuse, they may show mercy. if you have confessed aught, deny it

h a christian devil or sacrificing children, or eating men's flesh, 64. 65. to obtain relief from torture say "i had an evil dream, i was beside myself, i was crazed" 66. not all magistrates are bad, if there be an excuse, they may show mercy. if you have confessed aught, deny it afterwards, say you babbled under torture, say you knew not what you said. 67. 68. if you are condemned, fear not. the brotherhood is powerful and will help you to escape if you stand steadfast, but if you betray aught there is no hope for you in this life or in that to come. 69. be sure, if steadfast you go to the pyre, drugs will reach you, you will feel naught. you go to death and what lies beyond, the ecstasy of the goddess. 70. tools 71. to avoid discovery, let the working tools be as ordinary things that any

th you those who will go" 97. 98. to those who cannot rule justly, the answer be "those who cannot bear your rule will leave you" 99. for none may come to meetings with those with whom they are at variance. 100. so, an either cannot agree, get hence, for the craft must ever survive. so be it ordained. curses in the olden days when we had power, we could use the art against any who ill-treated the brotherhood. but in these evil days we must not do so. for our enemies have devised a burning pit of everlasting fire into which they say their god casteth all the people who worship him, except it be the very few who are released by their priest's spells and masses. and this be chiefly by giving monies and rich gifts to receive his favour for their great god is ever in need of money. 101. but as

thereby puts you under suspicion. 129. 130. but ever say "i know not of it here, perchance there may be but afar off, i know not where" 131. but ever speak of them as old crones, consorting with the devil and riding through the air. 132. and ever say "but how may many ride the air if they be not as light as thistledown" 133. but the curse of the goddess be on any who cast suspicion on any of the brotherhood. 134. or who speak of any real meeting-place or where they bide. wortcunning 135. the craft keep books with the names of all herbs which are good, and all cures so all may learn. but keep another book with all the bales and apies and let only the elders and other trustworthy people have this knowledge. so be it ordained. 136. and may the blessings of the gods be on all who keep these l

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

e may belong. we do not belong to all groups, nor can we consciously realise our place in the one great body, but we can find some group in which we have our place, some body of people with whom we can cooperate and work, some brother or brothers whom we can succour and assist. it really involves the- 9- the consciousness of the atom copyright 1998 lucis trust conscious contacting of the ideal of brotherhood, and until we have evolved to the stage where our concept is universal it means finding the particular set of brothers whom we can love and help by means of the law of sacrifice and by the transmutation of selfishness into loving service. thus we can co-operate in the general purpose, and participate in the mission of the group. lecture ii the evolution of substance it is obvious that

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

correspond to the four "initiations of the threshold" prior to the first cosmic initiation. the fifth initiation corresponds to the first cosmic initiation, that of "entered apprentice" in masonry; and makes a master an "entered apprentice" of the lodge on sirius. the sixth initiation is analogous to the second degree in masonry, whilst the seventh initiation makes the adept a master mason of the brotherhood on sirius. a master, therefore, is one who has taken the seventh planetary initiation, the fifth solar initiation, and the first sirian or cosmic initiation. at-one-ment, the result of initiation. a point that we need to grasp is that each successive initiation brings about a more complete unification of the personality and the ego, and on higher levels still, with the monad. the whole

themselves, and the world rhythm be stabilised. this cannot be as yet, for this knowledge is of a dangerous kind, and at present the race as a whole is not group conscious, and therefore cannot be trusted to work, think, plan, and act for the group. man is as yet too selfish, but there is no cause for discouragement in this fact; group consciousness is already somewhat more than a vision, whilst brotherhood, and the recognition of its obligations, is beginning to permeate the consciousness of men everywhere. this is the work of the hierarchy of light, to demonstrate to men the true meaning of brotherhood, and to foster in them response to that ideal which is latent in one and all. to set an example to humanity. the fourth thing that men need to know and to realise as a basic fact is that

intuition to comprehend the meaning conveyed by terms which are handicapped by having a purely material connotation. in lemurian days, after the great descent of the spiritual existences to the earth, the work they planned to do was systematised. offices were apportioned, and the processes of evolution in all the departments of nature were brought under the conscious wise guidance of this initial brotherhood. this hierarchy of brothers of light still exists, and the work goes steadily on. they are all in physical existence, either in dense physical bodies, such as many of the masters employ, or in etheric bodies, such as the more exalted helpers and the lord of the world occupy. it is of value for men to remember that they are in physical existence, and to bear in mind that they exist upon

r way to his study in the himalayas. he concerns himself largely with the vitalising of certain of the great philosophies, and interests himself in a number of philanthropic agencies. to him is given the work very largely of stimulating the love manifestation which is latent in the hearts of all men, and of awakening in the consciousness of the race the perception of the great fundamental fact of brotherhood. at this particular time the master m, the master k. h. and the master jesus are interesting themselves closely with the work of unifying, as far as may be, eastern and western thought, so that the great religions of the east, with the later development of the christian faith in all its many branches, may mutually benefit each other. thus eventually it is hoped one great universal chur

embered that this inner substantiation is of no value to anyone but the initiate. he has to prove himself to the outer world through his life of service and the work accomplished and thereby call forth from all his environing associates a recognition that will show itself in a sanctified emulation and a strenuous effort to tread the same path, actuated ever by the same motive, that of service and brotherhood, not self-aggrandisement and selfish acquirement. it- 59- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust should also be remembered that if the above is true in connection with the work, it is still more true in connection with the initiate himself. initiation is a strictly personal matter with a universal application. it rests upon his inner attainment. the initiate will know f

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

ive electrons, and the totality of the outer manifestation, the result of the relation of the other two- 10- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the three aspects of every form are inter-related and susceptible of intercourse, because a. energy is in motion and circulates. b. all forms in the solar system form part of the whole, and are not isolated units. c. this is the basis of brotherhood, of the communion of saints, and of astrology. these three aspects of god, the solar logos, and the central energy or force (for the terms are occultly synonymous) demonstrate through seven centres of force, three major centres and four minor. these seven centres of logoic force are themselves so constituted that they form corporate entities. they are known as a. the seven planetary lo

d colour. 8. full knowledge of the mystery of the cycles is the possession only of the perfected adept. iii. all souls are identical with the oversoul. 1. the logos of the solar system is the macrocosm. man is the microcosm. 2. soul is an aspect of every form of life from a logos to an atom. 3. this relationship between all souls and the oversoul constitutes the basis for the scientific belief in brotherhood. brotherhood is a fact in nature, not an ideal. 4. the law of correspondences will explain the details of this relationship. this law of correspondences or of analogy is the interpretive law of the system, and explains god to man- 12- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 5. just as god is the macrocosm for all the kingdoms in nature, so man is the macrocosm for all the

d, and brought within the radius of control of the indwelling entity. the point to be emphasised is that when this is realised the true significance of the esoteric and the occult will be appreciated, and the endeavor of all knowers will be to draw within the zone of their knowledge other units who are ready for a similar expansion of consciousness. in this thought lies the key to the work of the brotherhood. they attract by their force into certain fields of realisation and endeavor and by that attraction and the response of those human atoms who are ready, the group soul on the upward arc, or a particular centre of a heavenly man, is co-ordinated. in the same way the animal is brought at a certain stage into the zone of influence of the lesser sons of mind human beings who are the elder

of force to certain erroneous ends, not along the line of evolution, account for much of the moon mystery. certain results, such as the finding of its polar opposite, were hastened unduly on the moon chain, and the consequence was an uneven development and a retardation of the evolution of a certain number of deva and human groups. the origin of the feud between the lords of the dark face and the brotherhood of light, which found scope for activity in atlantean days, and during the present root race, can be traced back to the moon chain. we have here all that it is possible to give out at this time, and much that has hitherto not been- 244- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust permitted publication. it is necessary again to emphasise the need of attaching no importance to t

treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust ego upon the lower personality, a period of real danger may ensue. hence the need of pointing out and of realising the menace, so that the truth of the inner life and the need of serving the race as an essential to advancement may be proclaimed far and wide. paralleling the incoming of this large band of seventh ray magicians (some linked to the brotherhood and some to the purely manasic groups) is the proposed advent of certain members of the hierarchy (initiates below the fourth initiation) and of certain disciples and probationers, all on this ray and all true psychics, who hope through their endeavours to offset the vibrations, and ward off the menace incident to the advent of the other group. the arranging of this and the preparing o

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

in cyclic evolution. 2. the science of the breath, or the vitalisation of the lower man through inhalation and exhalation. man knows himself occultly to be a "living soul" and utilizes the factor of the breath. through this he becomes aware of the unity of life and the relationship existing between all forms wherein the life of god is found. he becomes a brother as well as an adept and knows that brotherhood is a fact in nature and not a sublime theory. 3. the science of the centres, or laya yoga; this is the application of the law to the forces of nature and the scientific utilisation of those forces by the man. it involves the passing of certain septenates of energy through the centres up the spine and into the head by a certain specified geometrical progression. this makes a man a maste

her feels aversion or desire. he is balanced between these pairs of opposites. hate causes separation, whereas love reveals the unity underlying all forms. hate is the result of concentration upon form and of a forgetfulness of that which every form (in more or less degree) reveals; hate is the feeling of repulsion and leads to a withdrawal of the man from the object hated; hate is the reverse of brotherhood and therefore is the breaking of one of the basic laws of the solar system. hate negates unity, causes barriers to be built and produces those causes which lead to crystallization, destruction and death. it is energy used to repudiate instead of to synthesize and therefore runs counter to the law of evolution. hate is really the result of the sense of personality and of ignorance plus

cal 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 knowledge of this which is the basis of voodooism and of all those practices which cause the depletion and death of men and women who obstruct the path of the black magician or are regarded by him as enemies. with these the aspirant to the mysteries of the brotherhood of the great white lodge has nothing to do. he brings about the merging of the two parts of the dense physical, and the synchronization of the rhythm of the two bodies and the consequent unity of the entire lower man through attention to the etheric breath and rhythm. this inevitably produces the "external control of the life currents" the internal control of the life currents is broug

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

amazing things occur: organized big business, with its selfish interests and material ideas, has, notwithstanding, been brought to a condition where it is group-conscious; group interplay and the interests of the greatest number are being for the first time seriously considered. these are purely spiritual results; they indicate a growing soul awareness, and are the faint indications of the coming brotherhood of souls. applied science in all fields has now been so developed that it has entered the realm of energy and of pure metaphysics. the study of- 89- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust matter has landed us in the realm of mysticism and of transcendentalism. science and religion are joining hands in the world of the unseen and intangible. these are steps in the right

re not interested in the good opinion of any person, incarnate or discarnate, and care only for the approval of their own soul, and are vitally interested in the pioneering work of the world. they will do nothing to feed hatred and separativeness or to foster fear. there are numbers of people in the world only too ready to do that. they will fan the flame of love wherever they go; they will teach brotherhood in its true inclusiveness, and not a system which will teach brotherhood to a few and leave the rest outside. they will recognize all men as sons of god and will not set themselves upon a pedestal of righteousness and knowledge from whence they proclaim the truth as they see it and consign those to destruction who do not see as they do, or do not act as they feel they should, placing t

s from the depths and mounts to the very throne of god himself. from the heart of the temple of god, to which we may have fought and wrestled our way, we turn back and work on earth. we rest not in our endeavor till the last of the world's seekers has found his way home. what is going to save this world from its present agony, economic distress, and chaos? what is going to usher in the new age of brotherhood and group living? who, or what, will save the- 116- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust world? may it not be the emergence into active being of a group of practical mystics, who, banded together in the sense of a divine unity, work in practical ways on earth? they will not retire into monasteries or to the silent places of the world, no matter how alluring that may a

in all fields of human achievement the scientific field, the political, the religious, the educational and the philosophical. they are not interested in terminologies, nor do they waste time seeking to impose on others their pet theories, their peculiar terms, or their particular approach to truth. they recognize the truth underlying all presentations and are only interested in the principles of brotherhood, in the emphasizing of essentials and in living the life of the spirit in the world of every day. they know the meaning of meditation and they are with us now. ours is the privilege of joining their ranks by submitting ourselves to the technique of meditation, to the discipline of right daily living and to the influence of the pure motive of service- 117- from intellect to intuition co

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

, hidden in every form, and- 14- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust will produce right relations between the various parts of the inner nervous structure to be found in every kingdom of nature, subhuman and superhuman. this is as yet practically unknown but is rapidly coming into recognition, and when it is proven and realised it will be discovered that therein lies the basis of brotherhood and of unity. as the liver, the heart, the lungs, the stomach, and other organs in the body are separate in existence and in function and yet are unified and brought into relation through the medium of the nervous system throughout the body, so will it be found that in the world such organisms as the kingdoms in nature have their separate life and functions yet are correlated and coord

re interested in the more metaphysical approach and in the soul-life more than in the form aspect express their concept in terms of soul manifestation and passing beyond the personal selfish reactions of the body nature think in terms of life, in terms of quality, of group will or power, group coordination or love-wisdom, and of group intelligence or knowledge, covering all by the generic term of brotherhood. but even that is found to be separative, through the separation into larger units than the lower is capable of grasping. therefore the initiate, especially after the third initiation, begins to think even more synthetically and to express truth to himself in terms of spirit, life, the one. these terms mean to him something significant, but something so far removed from the concept of

at an understanding of etheric forms or bodies. secondly, the etheric body is composed of force currents, and in it are vital centers linked by lines of force with each other and with the nervous system of the physical man. through these lines of force, it is connected also with the etheric body of the environing system. note that in this lies the basis for a belief in immortality, for the law of brotherhood or unity and for astrological truth. thirdly, the need of realizing that the etheric body is vitalized and controlled by thought and can (through thought) be brought into full functioning activity. this is done by right thinking and not by breathing exercises and holding the nose. when this is grasped, much dangerous practice will be avoided and people will come into a normal and safe

will embody as much of the great plan (on which the hierarchy is working) as the man can vision, grasp, and embody on the mental plane. this, in the early stages of a man's aspiration, in his first steps along the path of discipleship, and for the first two initiations, is covered by the word "service. he grasps, gropingly at first, the idea of the unity of the life, and its manifestation as the brotherhood existing between all forms of that divine life. this subjective ideal gradually leads to an appreciation of the way in which this essential relationship can work out practically. this can be seen finding its expression in the great humanitarian efforts, in the organisations for the relief of human and animal suffering, and in world wide efforts for the betterment of the internal relati

tion? is there not such a thing (by comparison) as a spiritual inferiority complex on the part of such as are sensible (and perhaps over-sensitive) of the fact that while their lives intellectually are replete with interest, the desert of their hearts has not yet been made to blossom like the rose "in other words, provided one repairs to his appointed station and there serves in his acceptance of brotherhood in the presence of fatherhood, what difference does it make that the fundamental postulate is with him a thing of the head rather than of the heart- 66- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust i would answer such a questioning as follows: it is not a question of ray or even of the basic distinction between the occultist and the mystic. in the rounded-out individual both he

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

these two aspects of the soul, its two basic qualities, bring into being the human kingdom and enable man to contact both the lower kingdoms in nature and the higher spiritual realities. the first, the quality of mind in its lower manifestation, is owned potentially by every atom in every form in every kingdom in nature. it is a part of the body nature, inherent and potential, and is the basis of brotherhood, of absolute unity, of universal synthesis and divine coherence in manifestation. the other, the higher aspect, is the principle of self-awareness, and when combined with the lower aspect produces the self-consciousness of the human being. when the lower aspect has informed and pervaded the forms in the subhuman kingdoms, and when it has worked upon those forms and their latent sentien

little more simply. we are told in the new testament that we must endeavour to let the mind which was in christ also be manifest in us. we are working towards the perfecting of the rule of christ on earth; we are aiming at the development of the christ consciousness and at the bringing in of the rule or law of christ, which is love. this will come to fruition in the aquarian age, and we shall see brotherhood established on earth. the rule of christ is the dominance of the basic spiritual laws. the mind of christ is a phrase conveying the concept of the rule of divine intelligent love, which stimulates the rule of the soul within all forms, and brings in the reign of the spirit. it is not easy to express the nature of the revelation which is on the way. it involves the recognition by men ev

f christ, and his main mission two thousand years ago, was to demonstrate the divine possibilities and powers latent in every human being. the proclamation which he made to the effect that we were all sons of god and own one universal father will, in the future, no longer be regarded as a beautiful, mystical and symbolic statement, but will be regarded as a scientific pronouncement. our universal brotherhood and our essential immortality will be demonstrated and realised to be facts in nature. he came, he said, not to bring peace but a sword, and esoterically, he has been the "cosmic divider" why? because, in establishing unity, he also makes a distinction between body and soul. body and soul are, however, only two parts of one whole, and this must not be forgotten. in establishing the fac

realise politically that isolation, separativeness, and the cultivation of a national egoism must go, and that a national spirit coloured by a sense of superiority, by class hatreds and racial antagonisms, constitutes a barrier to the true development of humanity. the people must be taught that the longing to increase possessions is a deterrent to real expansion. thus plans were laid whereby the brotherhood of nations, based on mutual need, mutual understanding, and mutual helpfulness, should gradually come into being. it was the establishing of a state of mind which was the primary objective, and not the establishing of some impossible and mythical utopia, or of those material conditions whereby one group is entirely subordinated by the will-to-power of another group which enforces a sta

ate those principles of national relations which underlie a world state or federation, and their instructions were to get the ear of the leaders in various countries, and thus slowly and gradually awaken the masses (through them) to the true significance of that easily spoken, but little understood word- 110- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust brotherhood. this work is perhaps one of the hardest of the tasks which the society of organised minds has ever set itself. racial hatreds and national aspirations are so strong, and the ignorance of the masses is so great, that all the resources of the workers along the line of government and power (the first ray) were necessary to make the needed impact upon the public consciousness. there has b

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nd economic ideals, and the beauty of the civilisation which could be founded upon the ethical teaching of the sermon on the mount are frequently emphasised by many who refuse to recognise his mission as an expression of divinity. from the rational point of view, the question as to the historical accuracy of his story remains as yet unsolved, though his teaching upon the fatherhood of god and the brotherhood of man is endorsed by the best minds of the race. those who can move in the world of ideas, of faith and of living experience testify to his divinity and to the fact that he can be approached. but such testimony is often passed over lightly as being mystical, futile and incapable of proof. individual belief is, after all, of no value to anyone except to the believer himself, or as it t

t towards which we are, as a race, rapidly moving. some day the great communion service will be held, of which every communion service is the forecast. we are slowly passing into this new sign. for more than two thousand years its potencies and forces will play upon the race and will establish the new types, foster the new expansions of consciousness, and lead man on to a practical realisation of brotherhood. it is interesting to note how it was that the energies playing upon our planet when the sun was in aries, the ram, produced in religious symbology the emphasis of the goat or ram, and how in our present age of pisces, the fishes, those influences have coloured our christian symbology so that the fish preponderates in our new testament and in our eschatological symbology. the new incom

vil which is in us is dominating. it is gradually dawning on the human consciousness that a separative attitude has in it the elements of sin and of evil. when we are separative in our attitudes or do anything which produces separation, we are transgressing a fundamental law of god. what we are really doing is breaking the law of love, which knows no separation, but sees only unity and synthesis, brotherhood and interrelation everywhere. herein lies our major problem. our study in connection with sin and evil will, as dr. grensted tells us, serve "in the main to reveal the fundamental character of our problem as resulting from a failure of faith and a refusal of love. the psychologists do not escape from this view of sin when they deal with it as moral disease, for their one hope of treati

eviation of pain and disappointment in minds that cannot understand the inner dream; and for the warm reassurance of mundane honours. this conflict is the rock upon which the religious mind founders and is split against itself."42 upon this rock christ did not founder, but he had his moments of intensest agony, finding relief only in the realisation of the fatherhood of god and its corollary, the brotherhood of man "father" he said. it was this sense of unity with god and his fellowmen which led him to institute the last supper, to originate that communion service, the symbolism of which has been so disastrously lost in theological practice. the keynote of that communion service was fellowship "it is only thus that jesus creates fellowship among us. it is not as a symbol that he does it. i

istics of the citizen of that kingdom. through the example of its founder, christianity has also had a unique mission in inaugurating the era of service. world service, world welfare, world interest, world inter-communication and the importance of the general good are all products of the emphasis christ laid upon human- 159- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust divinity and on the brotherhood of man, based upon the fatherhood of god. no other religion or era has thus emphasised these points. they still remain in many ways ideals, but are slowly in process of becoming facts. christ therefore achieved through his work the following things: 1. he externalised the mysteries so that they have become known to humanity as a whole, and are not only the secret possession of the init

ALICE A BAILEY11 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME II ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY II

is often made that the "jargon" of occultism and its academic information is of no true importance where knowledge of the divine is concerned. it is claimed that it is not necessary to know about the planes and their various levels of consciousness, or about the law of rebirth and the law of attraction; it is an unnecessary tax upon the human mind to study the technical foundation for a belief in brotherhood, or to consider our distant origin and our possible future. it is nevertheless just possible that if the mystics down the ages had recognised these truths we might have had a better managed world. it is only today that those forces are being set in motion which will lead to a truer understanding of the human family- 309- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii c

yalty or to arrest any activity, but to gather into one organised whole all these people, without creating a new organisation or sidetracking any of them from the work they have already undertaken. the new group of world servers is already a functioning active group. every man and woman in every country in both hemispheres, who is working to heal the breaches between people, to evoke the sense of brotherhood, to foster the sense of mutual inter-relation, and who sees no racial, national or religious barriers, is a member of the new group of world servers, even if he has never heard of it in these terms. the members of the new group of world servers belong to no party or religion and yet belong to all parties and religions; they assume no attitude or position either for or against any exist

ch they find themselves, but will (in that situation and under that government or religious older) work for good will, for the breaking down of barriers, and for world peace. they will avoid all attack of existing regimes and personalities; they will keep the laws of the land in which they have to live, but they will cultivate the spirit of non-hatred, utilising every opportunity to emphasise the brotherhood of nations, the unity of faith, and our economic interdependence. they will endeavour to speak no word and do no act which can separate and breed dislike. these are broad generalities, governing the conduct of the men of good will who seek to cooperate with the work being done by the new group of world servers. as they learn effective cooperation and achieve steadiness in the right att

anise for itself a programme covering this period, under the direction of those who watch, on the inner, spiritual side of life. this programme must have three objectives: 1. to discover, educate and blend together the men of good will, demonstrating to them the fact that in every country in the world, without exception, much is being done along the lines of a. international understanding and the brotherhood of nations. b. the betterment of human conditions by groups, churches and organisations, working along the new lines, without hatred, eliminating attack on groups or persons and the expressing of a partisan spirit, c. religious unity and spiritual unfoldment within and without the churches, d. educational activity, carried forward along lines of non-separativeness and broad inclusivene

onsequent general emphasis upon group good, group understanding, group inter-relation, and group good will. these four are the ideals of that subjective group, working on the physical plane, which we call the new group of world servers. if these ideals can be materialised, this new group provides a nucleus for that future world group which will gradually knit together all men in the cause of true brotherhood. this group will not be occupied with experiments in the various fields of human life or in connection with world problems. its members will not work for political prominence or for the success of any particular experiment in the field of economics, politics or religion. their work is the emphasis of the underlying principles and the education of public opinion along the new lines. the

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erarchy can work with greater surety than heretofore. there will (through this and analogous groups) be set in motion on earth a network of spiritual energies which will facilitate the regeneration of the world. the influence of these groups when permanently established and potently working will have a wider objective than just the elevation of humanity. the potent rhythm which animates the inner brotherhood of the lodge of masters will make itself felt everywhere on earth and these groups, if successful, may be regarded as the first step toward the emergence into manifestation of the great white lodge. but remember this: the keynote of the lodge is not attainment or degree. it is stable relationship, unity of thought, plus diversity of method, of effort and of function and its quality is

will make itself felt everywhere on earth and these groups, if successful, may be regarded as the first step toward the emergence into manifestation of the great white lodge. but remember this: the keynote of the lodge is not attainment or degree. it is stable relationship, unity of thought, plus diversity of method, of effort and of function and its quality is friendship in its purest sense. the brotherhood is a community of souls who are swept by the desire to serve, urged by a spontaneous impulse to love, illumined by one pure light, devotedly fused and blended into groups of serving minds, and energised by one life. its members are organised to further the plan which they consciously contact and with which they deliberately cooperate. it will be apparent to you, therefore, that the pur

of those who personify the mind of god, the universal mind, and to register the thoughtforms of those who are as far beyond the hierarchy of masters as they, in their turn, are beyond the disciples of the world. those lives who carry out the ideas of the divine mind, exist in their graded orders, and with the detail of their groupings we are not concerned, except with the fact that the planetary brotherhood is in telepathic rapport with those who are responsible for the planetary conditions in the solar system, with the great council, therefore, at shamballa. they are also in immediate telepathic rapport with each other. the slowly manifesting powers of the radio and the sensitive workings of the perfecting radio mechanisms and of television are but the response in physical matter of the

nselfishness will gradually perfect in you a similar relation to other workers. this will work out in three directions: 1. in a demonstrated ability to be in telepathic rapport with me and with those with whom i am associated. 2. in power to communicate with each other at any time. 3. in sensitivity to the thoughts of humanity as a whole. can you not see, therefore, how a miniature replica of the brotherhood can be established on earth and how in decades to come the working disciples of the world, the isolated initiates in the many world organisations and the personnel of the new group of world servers will automatically respond to the telepathic sensitivity of such groups as will be found working in the many ashrams of the masters? the result of this success will not be the recognition of

n the many ashrams of the masters? the result of this success will not be the recognition of any particular group but it will lead to the recognition of a universal power and the state of mind of disciples of all degrees. this will establish in time and without controversy the unity of all beings. the revelation of unity through the power of thought is the glorious consummation of the work of the brotherhood and to this you do, as do all disciples, respond in your highest moments. it can, in a smaller way and according to the measure of your consecration, be your glory and- 22- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust your goal also if you hold the thought of oneness, of service and above all else of love. second: the power of the intuition, which is the goal of muc

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

ity is seen as an integral and effective part of the city, state or nation. dimly, and as yet ineffectually, we are projecting this same concept into the field of international relations. thinkers throughout the world are functioning internationally; this is the guarantee of the future because only when men can think in these wider terms will the fusion of all men everywhere become possible, will brotherhood come into being and humanity be a fact in our consciousness. most men today think in terms of their own nation or group and this is their largest concept; they have progressed beyond the stage of their individual physical and mental well-being and are visioning the possibility of adding their quota of usefulness and of stability to the national whole; they are seeking to be cooperative

germinating revelation of great spiritual value and group significance a revelation for all mankind. it is the dimly sensed and somewhat inaccurate realization of this which has led to her insidious propaganda. russia has created fermentation in other countries before she herself really knows what is the revelation of which she is custodian. her activity is therefore premature. the true secret of brotherhood (one hitherto unknown and unrealized) is hers to give the world, but as yet she knows not what it is. this fact, that russia is the spiritual custodian of a revelation, is sensed by the other nations in the world; and the first reaction has been fear, based on certain initial mistakes and her premature activity upon the physical plane. nevertheless, all peoples view russia with expecta

of oriental traits and occidental purposes, and distrusted by the world, owing to earlier moves falsely taken. these moves were an attempt to infiltrate into other nations, in order to upset their stability and so weaken them that they could be easily swept into the house of humanity which russia is attempting to build. russia is inwardly (but as yet unconsciously) motivated by a desire to bring brotherhood into being. can you accept this diagnosis of that great unknown quantity which is russia? time alone can prove the accuracy of this statement, plus wise activity and sound propaganda on the part of russia. the psychological problem of the u.s.s.r. is, in the last analysis, to mind her own business, to stabilize and integrate a vast population, and to lead her peoples still further into

blem before russia is to give to the other nations of the world such an example of wise rule, free expression of individual purpose, and the use of an inclusive and sound education, that other nations will pattern themselves upon what russia has demonstrated, yet will at the same time, preserve their own cultural approach, their own self-chosen form of government, and their own mode of expressing brotherhood. russia inherently stands for a new world consciousness, and through her means, a new planetary expression will gradually be wrought out in the fire of experiment and experience. that great nation (a synthesis of east and west) must learn to rule without cruelty, without infringing the free will of the individual and because she has complete confidence in the beneficence of the ideals

ect of individual or national problems or undertakings but it seeks to incorporate them into the whole as integral and effective parts, and thus avoids the separative attitudes which have brought about the downfall of our modern world. it might prove later (when true religion is again restored) that this training will be fundamentally spiritual, using that word to mean understanding, helpfulness, brotherhood, right human relations and a belief in the reality of the world behind the phenomenal scene. the fitting of a man for citizenship in the kingdom of god is not a religious activity to be handled exclusively by the churches and through theological teaching, though there is much that they can do to help. it is surely the task of the higher education, giving purpose and significance to all

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

be happy. the steps on this path are: right values. right aspiration. right speech. right conduct. right modes of living. right effort. right thinking. right rapture or happiness. this message is uniquely needed today in a world in which most of these right steps to happiness have been consistently ignored. it is on the foundation of this teaching that christ will raise the superstructure of the brotherhood of man, for right human relations are an expression of the love of god; they will constitute man's major and next demonstration of divinity. today, in the midst of this devastated, chaotic and unhappy world, mankind has a fresh opportunity to reject selfish materialistic living and to begin to tread the lighted way. the moment that humanity shows its willingness to do this, then the ch

ong us since 700 b.c. and founded the great modern world faiths, and above all else in the christ himself who embodied the perfection of god immanent, plus awareness of god transcendent; recognition of those major spiritual concepts of love, life and relationship which have hovered ever in the background of man's thinking and which are now on the verge of right expression; recognition of the true brotherhood of man, based on the one divine life, working through the one soul and expressing itself through the one humanity; recognition, therefore, of relationship both to the divine life throughout the world and to mankind itself. it is this developing spiritual attitude which will lead to right human relations and eventual world peace. today, another recognition is becoming possible. it is th

ature physical, emotional and mental is there shown as prostrate before the glory which was revealed. in that moment, wherein christ immanent was in incarnation, wherein humanity was represented by the three apostles, a voice came from the father's home in recognition of the revealed divinity and the sonship of the transfigured christ. on this innate divinity, upon this recognised sonship, is the brotherhood of all men based one life, one glory which shall be revealed, and one divine relationship. today, on a large scale (even when by-passing the implications of divinity, the glory of man and his fundamental relationships are already a fact in the human consciousness. accompanying those characteristics which as yet remain deplorable and which would appear to negate all claims to divinity

nce of great powers. his work when he reappears will be to prove the fact of these possibilities and to reveal the true nature and potency of man. the proclamation he made that we were all sons of god and own one universal father will, in the near future, no longer be regarded as a beautiful, mystical and symbolic statement, but will be regarded as a proved scientific pronouncement. our universal brotherhood and our essential immortality will be proven to be facts in nature. the ground is being prepared at this time for the great restoration which the christ will engineer. the world religions (including christianity) and masonry are today before the judgment seat of humanity's critical mind; the word has gone forth almost unanimously that both of them have failed in their divinely assigned

slightest understanding. each of the three present concepts of divinity of the trinity were entirely new when first sequentially presented to the mind or consciousness of man. for some years now the spiritual hierarchy of our planet has been drawing nearer to humanity and its approach is responsible for the great concepts of freedom which are so close to the hearts of men everywhere. the dream of brotherhood, of fellowship, of world cooperation and of a peace, based on right human relations, is becoming clearer in our minds. we are also visioning a new and vital world religion, a universal faith which will have its roots in the past, but which will make clear the new dawning beauty and the coming vital revelation. of one thing we can be sure, this approach will, in some way deeply spiritua

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

ducing form. 2. the nations and the rays. in connection with this discussion which governs and influences the leading nations of the world, the student should bear in mind the fact that all are today primarily conditioned by the law of cleavages; however, advanced groups in every nation are beginning to respond to the law of understanding. this is a law which will eventually emphasise the eternal brotherhood of man and the identity of all souls with the oversoul. this will be recognised in the racial consciousness, as well as the oneness of the life which pours through, permeates, animates and integrates the entire solar system. this life functions in and through all planetary schemes, in all their kingdoms of forms and with all that can be included under the phrase "form life" that- 25- t

gh a group of unscrupulous and ambitious men in every country. they will not finally succeed. they may delay and hinder the emergence of freedom. the charge against them under the lords of destiny is mounting up, but divinity will triumph. 6. spiritual life in the new age. one point i would like here to bring to your attention and that is that the two great groups of divine agents the great white brotherhood and the lodge of materialistic forces are both of them seeking to divert these energies into channels which will further the ends for which they work and for which they were formed and exist. therefore, i would ask you to remember that behind all the outer events are these two directing agencies. you have, as a consequence: 1. two groups of advanced minds, both equally illumined by the

of all the turmoil has been to shift the focus of human attention on to the mental plane and thereby nearer to the sources of light and love. it is right here and in connection with this eventful change of focus that the world disciples can shoulder responsibility and proceed to active work. when i here speak of disciples, i am using the term in connection with all who aspire to true humanity, to brotherhood, and to the living expression of the higher and spiritual values. i am not using it altogether in the technical sense, which involves a recognised relation to the hierarchy through the grades of probationary or accepted discipleship, though these are included in my thought. i refer to all aspirants and to all who have any sense of true values and an urge to meet the world's need. to un

eficent task. the second initiation is closely related to the hierarchy as a planetary centre and to the activity- 75- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust of the second ray. this initiation will produce in the initiate a growing sense of relationships, of a basic unity with all that breathes, and a recognition of the one life which will lead eventually to that state of expressed brotherhood which it is the goal of the aquarian age to bring into being. this major centre, the hierarchy, brings to bear upon humanity the focussed life of love and it is this basic love which the second decanate of aquarius governed as it is by mercury will bring into manifestation. mercury, the messenger of the gods (that is, of the hierarchy of souls, carries always the message of love and se

ty and henceforth constitute the motivating impulse of the initiate's life. aspiration ends and the intensest conviction takes its place. it is interesting also to note that venus now comes into control in the third decanate of the aquarian age. venus is esoterically recognised as that mysterious force which is a blend of love and knowledge, of intelligence and synthesis, and of understanding and brotherhood. within the hierarchy itself, the two great messengers who have embodied the dual venusian energy were the buddha and the christ. the messenger who will later come and express the shamballa urge to synthesis, the hierarchial aspiration towards love and the desire of humanity for intelligent activity with combined power will gather all into himself. all these qualities will focus in him

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

and in the lives of all initiates prior to taking the third initiation. 5. the subhuman kingdoms in nature are free from glamour and illusion, but are immersed in the world maya. 6. the buddha and his 900 arhats struck the first blow at the world glamour when he promulgated his four noble truths. the christ struck the second blow with his teaching of the nature of individual responsibility and of brotherhood. the next blow will be struck by the new group of world servers, acting under the direction of christ and his disciples, symbolically described as "christ and his 9000 initiates" 7. the four keynotes to the solution of the problem of glamour are: intuition. illumination. inspiration. the angel of the presence. the aspects of glamour see table i would call your attention to the fact tha

turn of the spiral) of that spiritual relationship which characterised the race in its child state, in its primitive condition. then, under the wise guidance and the paternalistic attitude of the hierarchy and the initiate-priests of the time, men knew themselves to be one family a family of brothers and achieved this through a feeling and a developed sensuous perception. today, under the name of brotherhood, the same idea is seeking mental form and the establishment of a renewed spiritual relationship (the idea) through training in right human relations (the ideal. this is the immediate goal of humanity. this result will be inevitably brought about by means of the cycle of necessity through which we are now passing and the dimly sensed idea will as a result of dire necessity impose its rh

t but simply to serve a need and to indicate a way out of the past into a more adequate future. all the present ideals, expressing themselves through the current ideologies, will serve their purpose and eventually pass away, as all else has passed in the history of the race and will give place, eventually, to a recognised spiritual relationship, a subjective fellowship, as a defined and expressed brotherhood. these will produce, when sufficiently developed and understood, a form of control and guidance and a species of government which it is not possible for even advanced thinkers at this time to grasp. when ideals and mental concepts and formulated thoughtforms dominate the mind of an individual, a race or humanity in general, to the exclusion of all perspective or vision and to the shutt

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

ons to the need of the hour and to the service of mankind; it takes courage to attack life problems on behalf of others and to obliterate one's own personal wishes in the emergency and need, and to do so consistently and persistently. however, there is much to encourage the server. humanity has now reached a point in development where there is a definite grasp of the plan of the hierarchy call it brotherhood, sharing, internationalism, unity or what you will. this is a growing and factual apprehension and is a general recognition by the thinkers and esotericists of the world, by the religious people of enlightenment, by broad minded statesmen, by industrialists and business men of inclusive vision and humanitarian insight, and even today by the man in the street. there is also a more defin

ALICE A BAILEY18 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME III ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY

ive usefulness of the present general trend towards meditation processes which bring about the capacity to be "impressed from on high (technically understood) and to be illumined by the light of the soul. when the task of saturn and of mercury has been accomplished, then during the third decanate, venus, which is the union of heart and mind, will usher in the long hoped for era of love-wisdom, of brotherhood and of expressed brotherly relationships. opportunity- 89- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust illumination brotherhood: these are the gifts that shamballa is planning to confer upon mankind during the aquarian age, if man will but prepare for them, accept them, and use them. only the future will make clear man's reaction. according t

a pitcher of water" aquarius, and in the upper room introduced them to union and unity under the symbolism of the communion feast. for that feast, humanity is today preparing, as we saw when studying the last constellation. the astrological significance of the new testament is as yet little understood. christ was born in capricorn, fulfilled the law under saturn, initiated the era of intelligent brotherhood under venus and is the perfect example of the capricornian initiate who becomes the world server in aquarius, and the world saviour in pisces, thus completing the round of the zodiac and able to say triumphantly in pisces "it is finished" the polar opposite to capricorn is cancer and, as you have been taught, these two signs are the two great gates of the zodiac one opening the door in

cession of the waters. thus does he know himself initiate" the present world crisis should and will see a close merging of the two triangles in a most potent manner and this partial synchronisation (for close though it may be it will not yet be a process of general identification) will produce the sixfold energy needed to bring in the new sixth race and the new world period wherein fellowship and brotherhood will be manifest in all human relations. triangle one is produced by the inter-relation of energies from leo, saturn and shamballa. its potency is naturally felt more directly in the triangle of the hierarchy than in that of humanity. these three energies are sometimes called (in an effort to make understanding more easy and to simplify comprehension) the "triple energy of will: 1. the

r all this, the combination of signs leo, capricorn and pisces is preparing the race. the evil men who guided the destiny of germany talked of world groups and of the european order of nations but it was a grouping around germany as the centre and for the selfish interests of germany. the grouping which is a part of the divine plan is not around any one nation but a grouping based on the ideal of brotherhood, on the will-to-good and on the freedom of the whole. one expresses a selfish materialistic distortion and the other a spiritual objective. capricorn is related, as you have been told, to initiation; it is also the sign of the coming world saviour and these higher aspects of the capricornian influences can be potently demonstrated if humanity so wills it and will take advantage of the

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

hings. the group who have shared our work along with many other groups, responding to the same inspiration of love of humanity will have done our tiny part in bringing about much needed changes. the world trend towards federation, towards understanding and cooperation, and towards those things which will benefit all and not just a chosen few is of encouraging importance. we are on our way towards brotherhood. the third thing which i would like to do is to show how wonderful human beings are. i have lived on three continents and in many nations. i have known the very rich and the very poor, intimately and from the angle of close friendship; the very highest in the world have been my friends and the very lowest; and in all classes, nations and races i have found the same humanity, the same b

biography copyright 1998 lucis trust society in the united states, and still more so in adyar (the international centre, was at that time reactionary and old-fashioned whereas the new approach to life and truth, freedom of interpretation and impersonality were the characteristics which should have governed policies and methods but did not. the society was founded for the establishing of universal brotherhood but it was degenerating into a sectarian group more interested in founding and sustaining lodges and increasing the membership than in reaching the general public with the truths of the ageless wisdom. their policy of admitting nobody into the e.s. for spiritual teaching unless they had been for two years a member of the t.s. is proof of this. why should spiritual teaching be withheld

intelligence, in full measure, are the hall-mark of the initiate. amongst the advanced membership there was competition and claim making and, therefore, constant fighting between personalities fighting that was not confined just to oral battles but which found its expression in magazine articles. i shall never forget my horror one day when a man in los angeles said to me "if you want to know what brotherhood is not, go and live at krotona" he did not know i lived there- 90- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust the whole situation was so serious and the split in the section so great between those who stood for brotherhood, for impersonality, for non claim-making and for dedication to the service of humanity that foster cabled mrs. besant to the effect that if the e.s. did

e unspeakable atrocities, cruelties and enslavement policies of the axis nations, his position has been justified. all this time the situation at krotona was getting more acute. wadia had arrived at krotona (as the representative of mrs. besant) and was stirring up trouble and we collaborated with him to the full in order to swing back the theosophical society to its original impulse of universal brotherhood. we collaborated because at this time wadia seemed sound and sincere and to have the interest of the society truly at heart. the cleavage in the society was steadily widening and the line of demarcation between those who stood for the democratic point of view and those who stood for spiritual authority and the complete control of the theosophical society by the esoteric- 96- the unfini

n the hierarchy and in the future coming civilisation were all mr. leadbeater's personal friends. i knew some of these people worthy, kind, and mediocre, none of them intellectual giants and most of them completely unimportant. i had travelled so widely and had met so many people whom i knew to be more effective in world service, more intelligent in serving the christ, and more truly exponents of brotherhood that my eyes were opened to the futility and uselessness of this kind of literature. owing to all these various causes many people were leaving the theosophical society in disgust and bewilderment. i have often wondered what would have been the fate of the t.s. if they had had the grit to stay in, if they had refused to be ousted, and if they had fought for the spiritual basis of the m

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

s of his life and on various planes, will be developed- 64- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. to teach him that the life which he feels pulsing through his veins is only one small part of the total life pulsing throughout all forms, all kingdoms in nature, all planets, and the solar system. he will learn that he shares it with all that exists, and that therefore a true "blood brotherhood" is everywhere to be found. consequently, from the very start of his life, he can be taught relationship, and this the small child will be apt to recognise more quickly than will the average adult, trained in the ways and attitudes of the old age. when these two realisations responsibility and relationship are inculcated in the child from infancy, then the third objective of the new ed

tantly being made sensitive to these patterns, so that the individual mind can recognise them and wrest them out of the darkness into the light of day. thus will the true patterns be made available, to play their part in leading the race towards its destiny, towards those deeper realisations which mould the racial types, and to that synthesis of understanding which will result in a realisation of brotherhood. thus thoughts play their part, and the problem of ideas will be increasingly understood, until the time may come when we shall have our trained intuitives and thinkers who will be able to work directly in the world of concepts and bring through (for the use of the race) the pattern ideas upon which to build. in saying this i realise that i may be accused of romancing and of communicat

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

magnetised line along which the fire may travel. you have preserved your interest and effort for many years now. can you continue with this enterprise? it is for you a task of perseverance and of faith. you may not in your various lifetimes see the world results. that i frankly tell you. you can undoubtedly realise and reap the benefit of the group results, for your fusion into one close bond of brotherhood and devotion, into one united band treading the path together is adequate reward. it will offset the usual loneliness of the disciple's way and enable him to realise that he travels not alone. above and beyond your personal compensation (which some of you know already to be your group relation and its persistence) will be the building of an aspect of the mechanism of contact and of app

of mankind with the fact of the subjective world, and finally bring the most developed of the sons of men into a faint glimmer of understanding of the essential reality underlying all phenomena, and give some grasp of the purpose of shamballa and the will of the lord of the world. humanity has now reached a point of development where there is a definite grasp of the plan of the hierarchy call it brotherhood, sharing, internationalism, unity or what you will. this is a growing and factual apprehension and is a general recognition by the thinkers and esotericists of the world, by the religious people of enlightenment, by broad minded statesmen, and even today by the man in the street; divine purpose, however, implemented or engineered by the divine will, eludes as yet the most advanced. the

lanetary unfoldment. so much has been discussed in relation to these laws from the mystical and strictly christian angle that the terms used are essentially meaningless; the whole subject requires revitalising; it needs to be endowed with a fresh and new presentation and a new terminology, more suited to the growing mental grasp of the scientific and modern mind. there has been endless talk about brotherhood and the establishing of the principle that we are all the children of god, and this has done little to change men's approach to each other and to the shared human problems. the new group of world servers will talk in other terms and their emphasis will be upon: 1. the law of right human relations. 2. the principle of goodwill. 3. the law of group endeavour. 4. the principle of unanimit

ed by the individual initiate, and has been down the ages, but now, for the first time, it is being entered by humanity itself and as a whole. this is the result of the experience of the war, 1914-1945. humanity, entering this circle, will be confronted by the first major lesson: the unity of the one life. this form of presentation will be more easily recognised by the masses than such phrases as brotherhood, relationship, fraternity. life and its balancing partner, death, are old and familiar aspects of general livingness to the masses, and their starting point in all revelation is life, and the result of all revelation is death or the disappearance of veils. the formula with which i present you today consists of three closely related words, and the theme with which the student must conce

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

f the temple) which separates the physical and astral planes was rent or torn asunder, and the amazing process of unifying the two worlds of physical plane living and of astral plane experience was begun and is now slowly going on. it will be obvious, therefore, that this must bring about vast changes and alterations in the human consciousness. whilst it will usher in the age of understanding, of brotherhood and of illumination, it will also bring about states of reaction and the letting loose of psychic forces which today menace the uncontrolled and ignorant, and warrant the sounding of a note of warning and of caution. 3. a third factor is as follows. it has been known for a long time by the mystics of all the world religions and by esoteric students everywhere, that certain members of t

safely meditate and aspire and work. his motive is pure, and he is seeking to decentralise his personality and shift the focus of his attention away from himself to the group. thus the life of the soul can pour through him, and express itself as love to all beings. he knows himself to be a part of a whole and the life of that whole can flow through him consciously, leading him to a realisation of brotherhood and of his oneness in relation to all manifested lives. the present urgency october 10, 1934 i have somewhat to say to those who are the recipients of my words as embodied in my books and pamphlets and who, with mental interest and devotion, follow out as far as may be my line of thought. i have for years ever since 1919 sought to aid you to the best of my ability. the hierarchy (a nam

to three results or happenings, and these we are today experiencing. the first was a fresh inflow of the christ principle of spiritual or true love which is ever free from emotionalism and selfish intent. this inflow resulted in the immediate and rapid growth of all movements towards peace, world understanding, goodwill, philanthropic effort and the awakening of the masses of men to the issues of brotherhood. the second was the stimulation of the principle of relationship and this led to the growth and the perfecting of all sources of inter-communication such as the press, the radio and travel. the inner objective of all this was to bring human beings closer together upon the outer plane of existence and thus parallel objectively the developing inner, spiritual unity. the third was the inf

itely and consciously offset. groups who are adhering to the principles of the forces of light, who are bending every effort to end the spirit of aggression and to rid the world of the focal points for material influence and power, must yet carry forward the task of binding men and women of every nation together in a spirit of loving understanding; they must interpret nation to nation in terms of brotherhood and of the new order. this is no easy thing to do at this time. the astral or emotional bodies of human beings (which constitute the astral body of humanity as a whole) are today in a state of chaos, and are swept by ancient desires, ancient and deep-seated selfish attitudes and by ancient hatreds. the task is also complicated by the activity of the mental processes of man which is cha

and the endeavour to teach the meaning of the will-to-good. this is the main task of the new group of world servers. we inculcated a non-separative attitude and the need for right human relations. we endeavoured to make clear that differing forms of government and varying ideological systems were right and possible, provided that human beings lived together in goodwill and recognised their blood brotherhood. then humanity made its decision to fight, and the war broke out: one group, the instigators of the war, fighting to acquire material power, the glory of a nation and the subjugation of the defenceless; and the other, fighting to preserve its own liberty of action, the preservation of its integrity, the right of the little nations and the spiritual values. immediately, the issue was ab

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

strate. in the first volume of this treatise, i called attention to the three divine aspects: life, quality and appearance. they are now in process of making their appearance in final form for this particular cycle. synthesis dictates the trend of all the evolutionary processes today; all is working towards larger unified blocs, towards amalgamations, international relationships, global planning, brotherhood, economic fusion, the free flow of commodities everywhere, interdependence, fellowship of faiths, movements based upon the welfare of humanity as a whole, and ideological concepts which deal with wholes and which militate against division, separation and isolation. little as people realise it, these concepts are relatively new factors in the human consciousness, and the fact that they

s from the smallest atom of matter up to and including the lord of life himself must be unfolded; the essential and spiritual interdependence of all and the interrelation of every unit of divine life must be proved. this will eventually lead to that established unity of effort which will express itself in the merging of the fourth and the fifth kingdoms in nature, and to the establishment of that brotherhood which will constitute the germ or the seed of the coming manifestation of the hierarchy as the heart of god (directly related to the heart of the sun) in physical expression. this is necessarily an ambiguous phrase; but is as close an expression, in words, of hierarchical purpose as i find it possible to make- 87- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations cop

the significance of negation. the above sentence is in all probability of little meaning to you, but it nevertheless contains a truth for which the trials, experiences and initiations of planetary existence prepare the initiate. they endow him with those qualities which will enable him to contact cosmic evil and yet remain untouched, eventually to play his part in bringing the black lodge and its brotherhood to an unholy finish. the roots of the black lodge are on the cosmic astral plane, as the roots of the white lodge and its brotherhood are on the cosmic mental plane; this is, in reality, only for the time being and in order to see certain organised activities upon the star sirius perfected and carried to a consummation. this has oft been hinted in my writings "the way of the higher evo

alue. just as the attainment of physical control sets the neophyte free for the learning of higher lessons in preparation for the major initiations, so the surmounting of the conditions presented by the seven planes of our planetary life sets the initiate (such as the buddha or the christ) free for still higher and more important conditioning circumstances. their real work as members of the white brotherhood is on the point of beginning, and the true purpose of the existence of the great white lodge begins faintly to dawn upon their entranced and amazed understanding. it is of real value to us, therefore, to endeavour to grasp the continuity of revelation and the vast future or vista of unfolding wonder which, stage by stage, grade by grade and plane by plane, unfolds before the initiate-c

mber of sanat kumara and of those who constitute its membership. i would pause here to remind you of two facts: 1. shamballa is a state of consciousness or a phase of sensitive awareness wherein there is acute and dynamic response to divine purpose a response made possible by the synthesis of purpose and of spiritual relationship which exists between those who are associated with sanat kumara. 2. brotherhood, as it essentially is, constitutes a major mystery; also it is one which is only in process of solving, and that only on the two higher levels of the cosmic physical plane those levels which we call the logoic and the monadic. i am aware that you understand brotherhood in terms of the one father and his children. that understanding is in itself so limited and inaccurate that it serves

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

truggling individual out of his environment of stabilized world condition and makes him the earnest aspirant, who knows no rest until he has emerged out of the water and climbed steadily on until he finds himself on the summit of the mount in capricorn, the birth not the consummation of the world savior "christ was born in capricorn, fulfiled the law under saturn, initiated the era of intelligent brotherhood under venus, and is the perfect example of the capricorn initiate, who becomes the world server in aquarius; and the world savior in pisces. cancer admits the soul into the world center which we call humanity. capricorn admits the soul into conscious participation in the life of that world center which we call the hierarchy (esoteric astrology, p. 168) the three symbolic constellations

is longing for harmony strengthens in him the desire to be a peacemaker. he can usually understand both sides of an issue, and this ability serves him well as a mediator and arbitrator. the energies he employs are persuasion, courtesy, and cooperation; when these fail, he disdains harsher methods. he is naturally inclined towards group work, and is attracted by all programs of action that promote brotherhood and unity. there is a strongly feminine element in the libran, and this is natural, since venus rules the zodiacal sign. the hard, driving thrust of modern life is too aggressively masculine; the softer grace and artistic beauty of the feminine component should act [135] as a complementary influence. the libran instinctively understands this. he knows that masculine assertiveness must

n the libran has assimilated the soft harmonies of venus, he begins to respond to another vibration, that of uranus. the statement in the bible which describes this impulse is expressed in the words "behold, i make all things new" the old forms are understood to be chains and shackles. they must be discarded. the broom of god must sweep away the debris of the ages in order that the high ideals of brotherhood and unity may be incorporated into the very structure of our institutions, that the lives men lead may reflect the divine image that is indelibly imprinted in their essential being. yet, this revolutionary change is not to be accomplished by a rearrangement of outer shapes, forms, or institutions; it must originate within the human mind, in the silence of a man's heart, when he turns t

disequilibrium. power, when unrelated to love, is a corrupting force. many tragedies in human relations result from the uncontrolled desire to dominate- 85- the labours of hercules the lives of others, to prescribe and regulate their conduct. he who substitutes, power considerations for ethical principles engenders perpetual strife. the high ideals that have served as beacons over the centuries, brotherhood, cooperation, idealism, glow dimly as long as power is the determining factor in society. when transmuted, however, the will to power becomes the will to achieve and the will to sacrifice. the harsh, self-centered will is transformed into a distributing agent of beneficent gifts. then, indeed, power serves love and love glorifies power. 7. pride. the walls built by pride incarcerate a

self-centered will is transformed into a distributing agent of beneficent gifts. then, indeed, power serves love and love glorifies power. 7. pride. the walls built by pride incarcerate a man more securely than prison bars. fastened by the heavy chains of self-exalting thoughts, he looks at other human beings with condescension. thus he weakens the link that binds all men together in indissoluble brotherhood. setting himself apart, he steps further and further beyond the circle of human sympathies. hercules falls to his knees as he struggles with the hydra, symbolizing in this posture the spirit of humility that must be [149] attained. the exaltation of personality inclinations must be replaced by the expression of self-sacrificing tendencies. 8. separativeness. the analytical mind divides

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

eat tree of ritual, and it happens, moreover, that we are in a position to affirm the kind of root from which it sprang. twenty years after the date of the london grand lodge, and when that of scotland may not have been twelve months old, the memorable scottish freemason, andrew michael ramsay, delivered an historical address in a french lodge, in the course of which he explained that the masonic brotherhood arose in palestine during the period of the crusades, under the protection of christian knights, with the object of restoring christian churches which had been destroyed by saracens in the holy land. for some reason which does not emerge, the foster-mother of masonry, according to the mind of the hypothesis, was the chivalry of st. john. ramsay appears to have left the masonic arena, a

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

teric nature of the jewish substitute for ain-soph in their teachings; of the true meaning of which, while the rabbins concealed it, the christians, with a few exceptions, knew nothing. surely jesus of nazareth would have hardly advised his apostles to show themselves as wise as the serpent, had the latter been a symbol of the evil one; nor would the ophites, the learned egyptian gnostics of "the brotherhood of the serpent" have reverenced a living snake in their ceremonies as the emblem of wisdom, the divine sophia (and a type of the all-good, not the all-bad, were that reptile so closely connected with satan. the fact is, that even as a common ophidian it has ever been a dual symbol; and[[footnote(s* these "evil spirits" can by no means be identified with satan or the great dragon. they

in antiquity as it was during the middle ages. maimonides speaks of it, and refers more than once to this chaldeo-arabic ms, calling the nabatheans by their co-religionary name, i.e "star-worshippers" or sabeans, but yet failing to see in this disfigured word "nabatheans" the mystic name of the caste devoted to nebo (god of secret wisdom, which shows on its face that the nabatheans were an occult brotherhood* the nabatheans who, according to the persian yezidi, originally came to syria from busrah, were the degenerate members of that fraternity; still their religion, even at that late day, was purely kabalistic* nebo is the deity of the planet mercury, and mercury is the god of wisdom or hermes, and budha, which the jews called[[hebrew "the lord on high, the aspiring. and the greeks nabo[[

d in so many of the oldest mss. of india, only toward their fall, the submersion of their continent having been brought on by it. what is claimed is simply the fact that the wisdom imparted by the "divine ones- born through the kriyasakti powers of the third race before its fall and separation into sexes- to the adepts of the early fourth race, has remained in all its pristine purity in a certain brotherhood. the said[[footnote(s* the theosophist, 1887 (madras* according to svetasvatara-upanishad (357) the siddhas are those who are possessed from birth of superhuman powers, as also of "knowledge and indifference to the world" according to the occult teachings, however, siddhas are the nirmanakayas or the "spirits (in the sense of an individual, or conscious spirit) of great sages from sphe

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ich could never be answered on account of their esoteric nature, and thus would only become embarrassing" it had been declared from the first and has been repeatedly asserted since that (1st) no theosophist, not even as an accepted chela- let alone lay students- could expect to have the secret teachings explained to him thoroughly and completely, before he had irretrievably pledged himself to the brotherhood and passed through at least one initiation, because no figures and numbers could be given to the public, for figures and numbers are the key to the esoteric system (2) that[[footnote(s* in this same letter the impossibility is distinctly stated "try to understand that you are putting me questions pertaining to the highest initiation; that i can give you (only) a general view, but that

is the knowledge of this occult doctrine that found expression in the review of "the idyll of the white lotus" when mr. t. subba row wrote "every buddha meets at his last initiation all the great adepts who reached buddhahood during the preceding ages. every class of adepts has its own bond of spiritual communion which knits them together. the only possible and effectual way of entering into such brotherhood. is by bringing oneself within the influence of the spiritual light which radiates from one's own logos. i may further point out here. that such communion is only possible between persons whose souls derive their life and sustenance from the same divine ray, and that, as seven distinct rays radiate from the 'central spiritual sun' all adepts and dhyan chohans are divisible into seven c

erved from one generation to another, achieved discoveries which would not be despised even in our modern days of exact sciences. roger bacon, the friar, was laughed at as a quack, and is now generally numbered among 'pretenders' to magic art; but his discoveries were nevertheless accepted, and are now used by those who ridicule him the most. roger bacon belonged by right, if not by fact, to that brotherhood which includes all those who[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 582 the secret doctrine. magic and alchemy, having a key to the real meaning of words. but see what mr. crookes says of protyle, next neighbour to the unconscious mulaprakriti of the occultists "let us start at the moment when the first element came into existence. before this time, matter, as we know it, was

ive plane of existence" this state will last till man's spiritual intuitions are fully opened, which will not happen before we fairly cast off our thick coats of matter; until we begin acting from within, instead of ever following impulses from without; namely, those produced by our physical senses and gross selfish body. until then the only palliative to the evils of life is union and harmony- a brotherhood in actu, and altruism not simply in name. the suppression of one single bad cause will suppress not one, but a variety of bad effects. and if a brotherhood or even a number of brotherhoods may not be able to prevent nations from occasionally cutting each other's throats- still unity in thought and action, and philosophical research into the mysteries of being, will always prevent some

BLUE EQUINOX

nature, no false fables of the origin of things. the psychology and ethics of thelema are perfect. it has destroyed the damnable delusion of original sin, making every one unique, independent, supreme and sufficient. the law of thelema is given in the book of the law [equinox i, vii and x. the equinox has been founded to promulgate and demonstrate this law. the equinox 10 the a.a, or great white brotherhood, through whom this law was obtained, is a body of the highest initiates, pledged to aid mankind. it offers instruction in the way of spiritual progress and illumination to individual seekers. the work of the a.a. is called scientific illuminism. this may be briefly expressed by quoting its motto .the method of science: the aim of religion. each seeker is taught how to realise truth for

of force from our father the sun) secondly, in accordance with this, publication takes place at the equinoxes of spring and autumn of each year. the rule of the a.a. is to alternate 5 years of silence with 5 years of speech. hence publication has been from 1909-1914, an v-ix; and now from 1919-1924, an xv-xix. love is the law, love under will. 11 a.a. pr monstrance a manifesto of the great white brotherhood do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. the pr monstrator of the a.a. wishes it to be known that the period of silence, which (according to the rule of the order) lasts during every alternate five years, will end at the equinox of spring in the year 1919 of the vulgar era. he wishes to call attention to the general principles of the great white brotherhood, which is also known

account of initiation, and an indication as to those who are suitable for the same. the equinox 28 liber cdxviii. liber xxx rum vel s culi, being of the angels of the thirty aethyrs the vision and the voice. besides being the classical account of the thirty thyrs and a model of all visions, the cries of the angels should be regarded as accurate and the doctrine of the function of the great white brotherhood understood as the foundation of the aspiration of the adept. the account of the master of the templi should in particular be taken as authentic. the instruction in the 8th thyr pertains to class d, i.e. it is an official ritual, and the same remarks apply to the account of the proper method of invoking thyrs given in the 18th thyr. liber lxv. liber cordis cincti serpente. an account of

t be supposed to imply any religious or metaphysical theory. to do this utterly was found impossible, since all language has a history, and the use (for example) of the word .spirit. implies the scholastic philosophy and the hindu and taoist theories concerning the breath of man. so was it difficult to avoid implication of some undesirable bias by using the words .order .circle .chapter .society .brotherhood. or any other to designate the body of initates. 23. deliberately, therefore, idid he take refuge in vagueness. not to veil the truth to the neophyte, but to warn him against valuing non-essentials. should therefore the candidate hear the name of any god, let him not rashly assume that it refers to any known god, save only the god known to himself. or should the ritual speak in terms (

een my life work, indeed it must have been, to help others to the path. therefore to those who follow after are these lines written in the hope that they may be saved one drop of the anguish i now suffer. whatever may have happened in this last three days, the results of my thoughts amount to this. i who have found the heart of the shining triangle, who have indeed become one with the great white brotherhood, who have heard the voice of god in all its sweetness, who have made that message a part (nay all) of my being, who have held my beloved in my arms, who have become my beloved and lost myself therein, who have for ever given up my lower self, who have conquered death, who have felt the pain of the whole world, who have found wisdom, love and power, who have given up all to become nothi

BOOK OF DOOM

al attack unless you destroy these materials! the magical trap, staffed by the spirits of hell, is wide open and waiting! you are allowed to upload this material, provided that it is exactly the same copy, with nothing omitted, added, or changed in any other way. liber primum the book of lucifer caput primum: about the book of doom 1.1. eons ago, long before mankind roamed this planet, there is a brotherhood of sorcerers. 1.2. they are masters of wisdom, science, and knowledge unheard of yet in the history of mankind of our days. 1.3. they decide to have their knowledge accessible to all who are ready, willing, and worthy. 1.4. therefore they create a book that contains the keys to all their power, science, knowledge, and wisdom. 1.5. the name of this book is the book of doom. 1.6. this is

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

of the witches. an attempt was made, a few years back, to create a denomination known as "algard" a blending of alexandrian and gardnerian. since alexandrian is already blended with gardnerian, there didn't seem much point to it and i don't believe it caught on to any great extent. alexandrian wicca is now found in many countries around the world. american celtic wicca "the american order of the brotherhood of the wicca" covens stem from jessica bell("lady sheba, a self-styled witch queen. the tradition's rites are virtually the same as the gardnerian, though covens work robed. they follow the same practice of gardnerians in preferring couples; preferably husband and wife "ceremonial magick is the primary work of the american celtic tradition and it is conceived as being the most powerful

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

om corresponding to teth [95] the meditation on yod* iam the creative hand, which fashioneth the worlds and establisheth the spheres, while yet the primal fire circleth untrammeled in the womb of space. that fashioning is not as the handiwork of man. it is my self-utterance through the voice of vision. by it i declare myself. yea, i utter myself as the father of all, and from my fatherhood is the brotherhood of all creatures. therefore do the wise see in the letter yod the fatherhood of chokmah, the unbounded wisdom which establisheth all. that father, ab, am i, the source of all; one. in mine inmost being, two in my self-utterance, and three in my union with my divine manifestation: creating, preserving, transforming, throughout endless ages [99] t h e b o o k of t o k e n s 3 from my pre

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

habet and poetry. bishop otto of freising of germany first recorded story of legendary christian ruler of the east, prester john, in his "chronicon" 1148 hildegard of bingen writing on science 1147-9: the second crusade ends in relative disarray with an abortive siege of damascus. d. 1149 yosef ben ya aqob ibn saddiq. olam qatan( the microcosm) borrowed in large part from the encyclopaedia of the brotherhood of purity whose sacred writings of this sect of ismailites were to play an important role also in jewish gnosis< h. corbin, storia della filosofia islamica, milano, 1973, p.142. 1150 turba philosophorum translated from arabic. c. 1150: abbess hildegard of bingen (1078-1179, hailed as the "sibyl of the rhine" writes the scivias and a series of important letters; she also composes music

abbot of the famous abbey school at saint-victor, writes the mystical ark, also known as benjamin major, and makes considerable use of pseudo-dionysius. 1160: birth of isaac the blind "the father of kabbalah" in provence. 1160-1170 yehuda ibn tibbon translates book of the duties of the heart by bahya ibn pequda which apparently was influenced by the rasa'il of ikhwan as-safa (encyclopaedia of the brotherhood of purity) and, possibly, by hermetic sources< bahya s the duties of the heart, written in arabic in around 1075, denote the first complete assimilation of muslim ascetic theology into judaism -s.d. goitein, ebrei e arabi, 1980, p. 179> 1162 to 1227- life of genghis khan, conqueror of china and russia, invader of europe and islamic empire, destroyer of assassin power. approximate begin

a-hokhmah, a major part of which is concerned with exegesis of holy names. 1165-1235 isaac the blind. provencal kabbalist. 1165-1240 ibn arabi (spanish muslim mystic poet) d.1166 abd al-qadir al-jilani founds one of the earliest sufi orders(prominent in india and north africa. d. 1170 natanael ben al-fayyumi, the garden of intellects,astrological thought influenced by ismaili encyclopaedia of the brotherhood of purity "also by the esoteric teachings which were not widespread among the ordinary people. c.1170- 1230 gaucelm faidit -troubadour- travelled to italy and went on the fourth crusade. 1170-1200 rigaut de barbezieux troubadour refers to his beloved as the holy grail. 1172: benjamin of tudelo returns from palestine, having left in 1159. he describs his travels in sefer ha-massa ot (bo

es to the interpretation of the bible. 1225-1295 shem tob ben yosef falaquerra of tudela sefer ha-mebaqqesh( the book of the seeker) expositions taken from the arab encyclopaedia of the brethren of purity. 1225 michael scot liber introductorius, liber particularis 1225-1295 shem tob ben yosef falaquerra. sefer ha-mebaqqesh( the book of the seeker )borrows extensively from the encyclopaedia of the brotherhood of purity. 1228 guilhem figueira troubadour's attack on the roman church in 23 stanzas "d'un sirventes far. 1229- 1241 gedei khan c.1230- 1292 guiraut riquier troubadour who survived the albigensian crusade. 1230-1284 alfonso x ruled spain, judeo-christian moslem atmosphere. kabbalah came into contact with christianity. kabbalistic, talmud texts translated into spanish. d. 1230 farid a

the two testaments. 1861-1925 rudolf steiner 1863 publication of l homme rouge des toileries (red man of the tuileries) by paul christian. 1865 william butler yeats born in ireland. 1865 papus (i.e. g.a.v. encausse, french occultist and author born 1867 lethierry-barrois, ad. hebrew primitif. 1868 die harmonikale symbolik des altertum by albert von thimus 1868 paschal beverly randolph forms eulis brotherhood 1870 paul christian- histoire de la magie, du monde surnaturel et de la fatalite `a travers les temps et les peuples. 1871 nouveau liber mirabilis -adrien peladan, the father of sar, made postel a place among the prophets of events awaited. 1872-1949 georges ivanovitch gurdjieff 1872-1950 sri aurobindo 1872 desbarrolles a& jean-hippolyte. les myst res de l'ecriture. art de juger les ho

COMMENTARY ON THE SEAL OF THE NINE ANGLES

the addition of 4+5+9= 18, which takes you into the "returning' qualities of 9 as expounded upon in anton lavey's "unknown known' in the satanic rituals. in geometry 5 creates the pentagram, hence the golden section, hence the concept of perfection. this is why to pythagoras (and his priestly mentors) 5 was the most sublime of numbers, and why the pentagram was used as the seal of the pythagorean brotherhood. sixth angle: if crowley considered his tenth aether to be accursed, then this would be the accursed (or should i say "hexed) of the nine angles. it is the hexagon and hexagram (also the seal of the jews, authors and proponents of the world's most nihilistic and self- hating monotheism) the hexagon corrupts the golden rectangle; it adds an angle and a line to the pentagram and pentagon

CONCERNING THE CEREMONY OF THE CONSECRATING THE VAULT

es as symbolized by the hexagram and the notarikon which states "one beginning of his unity, one beginning of his individuality, his permutation is one" note that there are three sentences in this notarikon in english. this alludes to the supernals that unite in rtk. one more important factor is present in the r.r. et. a.c. this factor is the unity of our order. we must remain united in truth and brotherhood if we are to complete the group egregore of the "great work" and the reason we were called to this sacred mystical path. upon the calling forth of the d.w.b, the old current of energy is broken and a new energy is installed. the various calling of the elemental forces are now employed via the watchtower. all four watchtowers are activated through the four enochian tablets. this relates

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

were also quoted in richard l. thompson's alien identities (govardhan hill publishing, san diego, 1993) pl97-198 13 zecharia sitchin, the 12th planet (avon, new york, 1976) 14 virginia essene and sheldon nidle, you are becoming a galactic human (s.e.e. publishing co, santa clara, 1994) 15 d.s. allan and j.b. delair, when the earth nearly died (gateway books, bath, 1995) chapter 2 the birth of the brotherhood he most effective way to close down a human mind and to manipulate its sense of self is to programme into it some form of dogma. a dogma will always vehemently defend itself from other information and repel any alternative opinion which contradicts its narrow, solidified view. dogmas become a person's sense of security and means of retaining power. humanity tends to cling to both until

lly the other way around. they were rebelling against the control. after atlantis, other civilisations began to emerge from the reincarnation of atlantean consciousness. the knowledge they passed on through the generations, and extraterrestrial intervention, was both positive and negative. there was the civilisation called sumer in mesopotamia (now iraq, which developed alongside the birth of the brotherhood 23 the tigris and euphrates rivers. sumer is believed to have originated from around 6000bc, although such figures must be treated as only estimates. this would later become part of the babylonian empire, which greatly influenced the beliefs of judaism and, through that, christianity, as did the egyptian civilisation. you can read the detailed history of all this in the robots' rebelli

ndation of the manipulation of the world has always been the control of knowledge. while the religions were using fear, guilt and imposition to sell the people a desperately narrow view of life and themselves, a secret network developed to pass on far more advanced knowledge to the privileged few. even within this vibratory prison, there is knowledge that remains hidden from most the birth of the brotherhood 25 figure 3 people. it does not compare with the knowledge available outside the prison, but it is still far in advance of that which humanity in general has been allowed to know. if you want to manipulate people, it is essential that you have knowledge which they don't have. one of the first rules of control and manipulation is "don't let your victims know what you know. i will call t

to keep humanity in the spiritual dark will crumble and fall. it is already doing so. a key part of this process is to reveal the nature of the deception and why it is being perpetrated. the vehicle for keeping this knowledge from the public arena has been the system of initiations used by the ancient mystery schools and the now immense secret society network all over the world, which i call the brotherhood. each higher level of initiate is given more knowledge than those below. this sets up a pyramid structure, with the few who reach the top levels of initiation knowing far, far more than the majority further down the ladder (see figure 3. this makes it easy for those few to manipulate the rest. the content of this esoteric knowledge relates to an understanding of the laws and potential

their higher levels, this network of secret societies and the knowledge it has inherited are being used, i believe, for almost entirely negative reasons, under the direction of its highest, controlling core: the global elite or simply the elite. the members of this elite are either direct incarnations of the fourth dimensional prison warders or have their minds controlled by them. the aim of the brotherhood and its interdimensional controllers has been to centralise power in the hands of a few. this process is very advanced and it is happening on a global scale thanks to modern technology. the game plan is known as the great work of ages or the new world order, and it seeks to introduce a world government to which all nations would be colonies; a world central bank and currency; a world a

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

their land was once part of a continent destroyed by cataclysm.42 a chinese text found in a buddhist cave called dunhuang in western china in 1900 included fragments of a map that featured an island continent in the pacific.43 south american legend tells the same story of their ancestors arriving from a lost continent, among them a guy called aramu muru, who carried the knowledge of the lemurian brotherhood or mystery school.44 the hopi tribe in arizona remember lemuria as a series of islands by which they travelled to the american continent.45 why isn't the story of the atlantis and mu a key part of official history? because the knowledge has been systematically suppressed and destroyed. the astronomer, carl sagan, said that a text detailing atlantis, called the true history of mankind o

as 13 schools (levels of initiation, they say, with each one more advanced than the one below.40 this is the classic structure of secret societies throughout history. those who passed the initiation into the 13th school would then be allowed to teach the knowledge themselves as a member of the "order of the serpents. william bramley in the gods of eden (avon books, new york, 1993) calls this the brotherhood of the snake. you can see snake and serpent symbolism in the logos of llluminati companies and the logo of the leading uk communications network, british telecom, is one example (figure 7. lemurian kings and queens were 13thlevel initiates of the "dragon bloodline, according to the lemurian fellowship. as i with the serpent cult or serpent brotherhood through the ages, the lemurian ini

some authors to descend from the old testament tribe of dan, but so much in the bible is symbolic rather than literal or downright untrue. the name danaans derived from their serpent moon goddess, dana or diana. the danaans made the headquarters of their serpent-worshipping culture on the island of rhodes, a name that originates from a syrian word for serpent.51 rhodes was the home of the danaan brotherhood of initiates and magicians known as the telchines.52 the greek historian, diodorus, said these initiates had the ability to heal, change the weather, and "shape-shift" into any form. thousands of years later, one of the most important of the illuminati secret societies, the knights hospitaller of st john of jerusalem, now the knights of malta, located on rhodes and for a while were kno

ted many of the ancient mystery schools to hoard the knowledge of true history, and the esoteric and technological expertise of atlantis, lemuria, and the post-cataclysmic world, especially the sumer empire. they also seized control of the other mystery schools, which were formed with a more enlightened agenda. this was one of the roles assigned to the royal court of the dragon (also known as the brotherhood of the snake) from around 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 sev

with a positive and negative agenda fought for control of the mystery schools restored after the deluge. eventually the malevolent force won that battle and began to expand its power covertly across the world again. with them they carried their own secret language, the language of symbols, which their initiates were taught to read and understand. i call this network the serpent cult, the serpent brotherhood, or the illuminati. those three are the same force. their secret language includes the lighted torch (illuminated ones; the pyramid and all-seeing eye (apparently used by the serpent sirians in atlantis; the lion (the "sun" and symbol of the serpent cult; the snake, fish, and flying reptile (gargoyle, and other reptilian symbolism; the hard "k" sound used in names and words (ka, ki, et

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societies to covertly introducetheir agenda while, at the same time, creating institutions like religions to mentally andemotionally imprison the masses and set them at war with each other. the hierarchy ofthis tribe of bloodlines is not exclusively male and some of its key positions are held bywomen. but in terms of numbers it is overwhelmingly male and i will therefore refer tothis group as the brotherhood. even more accurately, given the importance of ancientbabylon to this story, i will also call it the babylonian brotherhood. the plan they termtheir creat work of ages, i will call the brotherhood agenda. the present magnitudeof brotherhood control did not happen in a few years, even a few decades or centuries:it can be traced back thousands of years. the structures of todays instituti

hey termtheir creat work of ages, i will call the brotherhood agenda. the present magnitudeof brotherhood control did not happen in a few years, even a few decades or centuries:it can be traced back thousands of years. the structures of todays institutions in2government, banking, business, military and the media have not been infiltrated by thisforce, they were created by them from the start. the brotherhood agenda is, in truth,the agenda of many millennia. it is the unfolding of a plan, piece by piece, for thecentralised control of the planet.the bloodline hierarchy at the top of the human pyramid of control and suppressionpasses the baton across the generations, mostly sons following fathers. the children ofthese family lines who are chosen to inherit the baton are brought up from birth

rol and suppressionpasses the baton across the generations, mostly sons following fathers. the children ofthese family lines who are chosen to inherit the baton are brought up from birth tounderstand the agenda and the methods of manipulating the great work into reality.advancing the agenda becomes their indoctrinated mission from very early in theirlives. by the time their turn comes to join the brotherhood hierarchy and carry thebaton into the next generation, their upbringing has moulded them into highlyimbalanced people. they are intellectually very sharp, but with a compassion bypassand an arrogance that they have the right to rule the world and control the ignorantmasses who they view as inferior. any brotherhood children who threaten to challengeor reject that mould are pushed aside

united states which produces the american presidents, business leaders, bankersand administrators. but at the very top, the cabal which controls the human raceoperates from the shadows outside the public domain. any group which is soimbalanced as to covet the complete control of the planet will be warring within itselfas different factions seek the ultimate control. this is certainly true of the brotherhood.there is tremendous internal strife, conflict and competition. one researcher describedthem as a gang of bank robbers who all agree on the job, but then argue over how thespoils will be divided. that is an excellent description and through history differentfactions have gone to war with each other for dominance. in the end, however, they areunited in their desire to see the plan implem

enes moreefficiently than enkis birth via another mother. later the tablets describe how theanunnaki created bloodlines to rule humanity on their behalf and these, i suggest, arethe families still in control of the world to this day. the sumerian tablets describe howkingship was granted to humanity by the anunnaki and it was originally known as anu-ship after an or anu, the ruler of the gods. the brotherhood families are obsessedwith bloodlines and genetic inheritance and they interbreed without regard for love. theroyal families (family) and aristocracy of europe and the so-called easternestablishment families in the united states are obvious examples of this. they are ofthe same tribe and genetically related. this is why the brotherhood families havealways been obsessed with interbreedin

DAVID ICKE RELATED THE HIDDEN GEARS OF FREEMASONRY

red by the scottish rite journal, who called hall 'the illustrious manly p. hall' in september, 1990, and further called him 'masonry's greatest philosopher, saying "the world is a far better place because of manly palmer hall, and we are better persons for having known him and his work. manly p. hall said "freemasonry is a fraternity within a fraternity- an outer organization concealing an inner brotherhood of the elect. it is necessary to establish the existence of these two separate and yet interdependent orders, the one visible and the other invisible. the visible society is a splendid camaraderie of 'free and accepted' men enjoined to devote themselves to ethical, educational, fraternal, patriotic, and humanitarian concerns. the invisible society is a secret and most august [defined a

to offer. as you can see on the back of the u.s. one dollar bill there is a pyramid with the all-seeing-eye of god, with the message "new order of the ages" or "new world order" you are about to learn that the u.s. government is linked to satanism. you have already learned that the u.s. government is linked to several other governments and the church. and that it is all run by the secret society brotherhood. the street design in washington, d.c, has been laid out in such a manner that certain luciferic symbols are depicted by the streets, cul-de-sacs and rotaries. this design was created in 1791, a few years after freemasonry assumed the leadership of the new world order, in 1782. in europe, occult leaders were told by their familiar spirits as early as the 1740's that the new american co

the end is apparently in sight. the third world war, envisioned by albert pike in 1870 between israel and her arab neighbors, is apparently at hand. out of this war is to come antichrist. are you spiritually ready? is your family? are you adequately protecting your loved ones? from the rest of my website, you should make the connection that the churches and governments are all controlled by this brotherhood as well. statue of liberty- information compiled by a list member the statue of liberty is another brotherhood symbol highlighting the lighted torch, statue of liberty is actually the statue of liberties- the liberties perpetrated on the american people by the brotherhood. it was given by french freemasons, a mirror image stands on an island in the river seine in paris. initiates into

ch? the individuals who are in control of this world are not who they might seem. they are evil spirits set out to enslave other spiritual beings. us! christ was trying to teach us the truth about spirituality but they had him killed for trying. i do respect all those who died defending our 'freedom, but it is time to wake up and realize who the real enemy is! the american flag is a symbol of the brotherhood and the brotherhood is linked to satanism. the flag has 50 pentagrams on it with thirteen stripes. but again, as mentioned in an earlier page, the number 13 is not evil. they have programmed us to think that it is evil because they do not want us to go near the knowledge that is behind it. the real matrix: freemasonry there is more to this "clever system" than meets the eye. it is call

at freemasonry deliberately misleads its members. this behavior of course, is not limited to just members of freemasonry, it extends to the entire human race. freemasonry is a worship of lucifer by the top 5% of all masons. you can spot evidences of satanism all over the world. there are numerous masonic/satanic symbols on this web site, all of which originate from this secret society called "the brotherhood of the serpent/snake" many call it "big brother" without even realizing its extraterrestrial origins. it was also known in ancient egypt as "the mystery schools" freemasonry is the secret organization famous for its use of christianity as a tool for control. the king james version of the bible, edited by sir francis bacon (a 33rd degree freemason, is used to create order in society thr

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rosicrucians, the brethren of the rosy cross. among them was the magician francis barrett, author of the magus, a classic on the subject of ceremonial magic, and eliphas levi, author of numerous books on the cabala. this was followed a century later by another occult order, known as the golden dawn, of which the magician aleister crowley was a member. the golden dawn, like the earlier rosicrucian brotherhood, explored the study of the jewish cabala, egyptian magic, and the enochian keys of dr. john dee. the cabala is a system of hebrew mysticism which identifies ten sephiroth, or emanations of god in graduated order from pure spirit to the course material world. even the shells or husks (evil spirits) are manifestations of god s power. in jewish belief, god is infinite and therefore beyond

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chnique rather than spontaneously. the different types or techniques of divination are too may to mention here, but western occultism favors astrology (q.v, palmistry (q.v, the tarot (q.v, numerology (q.v, and more recently, the runes (q.v. dowsing: a method for seeking out material objects, and living beings, usually with the use of a "fork" or other instrumental aid. druidism: an ancient celtic brotherhood of scholarly priests that underwent a modern revival in minnesota in the early 1960's. druids worship in groups called groves (q.v) and venerate the goddess through trees, especially the oak. like modern witches (q.v, they believe in reincarnation- e- earth: 1) one of the five magickal elements. it has the qualities of coolness and dryness. the element of the north. 2) one of the plane

t of the goddess of the witches. early christian priests either mistook this pagan god for satan (q.v) or deliberately misidentified this pagan god for satan for political reasons. old religion: a modern day reference for wicca (q.v) or witchcraft (q.v, which many occultists believe to be the descendant of an ancient pagan goddess religion. order of the argentium astrum, the [a.a: the great white brotherhood. the order of the silver star. founded by aleister crowley (q.v) as a replacement for the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d. crowley was the first member to re-produce the golden dawn's rituals in a public publication called the equinox. today, the a.a. is co-sponsored by the o.t.o. order of the astral star, the [o.a.s: the order of the astral star, inc. founded in 1980 in the com

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

gnetic link with her old order, and also taught her how to prevent her subconscious mind from giving disruptive suggestions to her bodily systems of functional control. for some years she remained in good health, but later, unfortunately, took up the study of occultism again and relapsed into a condition approximating to her previous one, having presumably re-forged the contacts with the thibetan brotherhood which had proved so disastrous to her. chapter xx methods of defence iv there are so many stories of the appearance of guardian angels at moments of crisis that even the most sceptical must admit that there is a case to be answered. there is a tradition in devon that if drake's drum, which is preserved at buckland abbey near tavistock, is beaten in a time of crisis, drake himself will

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

the period of the xxvith dynasty the texture becomes coarser and the material is darker in colour. the theban papyri of this period are lighter in colour than those found in the north of egypt and are less brittle; they certainly suffer less in unrolling [1. the books of the dead written in the hieroglyphic and hieratic characters which belong to the period of the rule of the priest-kings of the brotherhood of amen form a class by themselves, and have relatively little in common with the older versions. a remarkable example of this class is the papyrus of nesi-khonsu which m. maspero published (les momies royales de d ir el-bahar, p. 600 f. the text is divided into paragraphs, which contain neither prayers nor hymns but a veritable contract between the god amen-ra and the princess nesi-kh

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tter said in i9oi "free masonry, however, is in my view of it a great deal more than a mutual benefit association. in one sense, wild and extravagant as the words may sound, it is the most remarkable and altogether unique institution on earth. will you tell me of any other that girdles the world with its fellowship and gathers all races and the most ancient religions, as well as our own, into its brotherhood? will you tell me of any other that is as old or older; more brilliant in its history; more honored in its constituency; more picturesque in its traditions? to-day it lies in the hand of the modern man largely an unused tool, capable of great achievements for god, for country, for mankind, but doing very little. for one, i believe that circumstances may easily arise when the highest an

putable, but as much can hardly be said of the negro royal arch masons, commandery and scottish rite. liberia, on the west coast of africa, has had a legitimate grand lodge for sixty years. in some parts of germany jews are not admitted as candidates, nor are they recognized as such individually. these isolated instances of race prejudice must disappear with the progress of enlightenment and real brotherhood. it has seemed to me and many of the brethren that a collection of incidents illustrative of the true nature of free masonry will be interesting and instructive. i find these incidents so numerous that a selection is difficult. i have been careful to give only those that in my judgment are authentic. truth compels me to admit, however, that the principal sketch which follows, although

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izations are envious of something that only the church of satan provides [21. there is probably an element of truth in the statement, because a larger portion of the groups tend to select names that are very close to the name the church of satan, indicating their primary source of inspiration. we thus find groups emerging named the first church of satan, new church of satan, the church of satanic brotherhood, the original church of satan, etc. lending further credibility to the church of satan s view the behavior of many new high priests of various new and improved church of satans (not necessarily including or limited to the organizations mentioned above) seem rather focused on being high priests and little else. finally, it is common to observe rebellious behavior against the original or

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dr. melton either c/o gale group, 27500 drake rd, farmington hills, mi 48331-3535, or at his office: dr. j. gordon melton institute for the study of american religion box 90709 santa barbara, ca 93190.0709 a a a a secret society founded by aleister crowley (1875.1947) comprised of three orders: the silver star, the rosy cross, and the golden dawn. this society is also described as the great white brotherhood, although that is a term more properly applied by theosophists. the initials a a indicate argenteum astrum, and the triangle of dots signify a secret society connected with ancient mysteries. during his period in the hermetic order of the golden dawn (gd, crowley believed that he had reached the exalted stage of the silver star and was thus a secret chief of the golden dawn. after 1906

cal name assumed by charles stansfeld jones (1886.1950, a british occultist and author who lived in canada and founded the fellowship of ma-ion. he was a follower of magician aleister crowley who designated him his magical child. jones is to be distinguished from theosophical writer george graham price who channeled two popular texts, melchizedek truth principles (1963) and ancient mystical white brotherhood (1971, both published under the pseudonym frater achad. little is known of price s life apart from his channeling the two books. sources: achad, frater [charles stansfeld jones. the anatomy of the body of god. new york: samuel weiser, 1969. achad, frater [george graham price. ancient mystical white brotherhood. lakemont, ga: csa press, 1971. melchizedek truth principles. phoenix, ariz:

the activities of adepts are multifarious, being concerned with the direction and guidance of the activities of other human beings. theosophists claim that their knowledge, like their powers, far exceeds that of other mortals; they can control forces both in the spiritual and the physical realm and are said to be able to prolong their lives for centuries. adepts are also known as the great white brotherhood, rishis, rahats, or mahatmas. ordinary people who earnestly desire to work for the betterment of the world may become chelas, or apprentices to adepts, in which case the latter are known as masters, but the apprentice must first have practiced self-denial and self-development in order to become sufficiently worthy. the master imparts teaching and wisdom otherwise unattainable (and thus

1924, amalgamated flying saucer clubs of america (afsca) grew out of the los angeles interplanetary study groups, which green had started in 1956. that same year green also began issuing a magazine, thy kingdom come. a photographer, green became interested in flying saucers after his own sighting of a ufo. he also claimed to have made telepathic contact with the space masters and the great white brotherhood. green intended the afsca to create public acceptance of flying saucers, and to further his aims he planned petitions to congress and held national conventions. at its peak in the early 1960s the afsca had 5,000 members in 24 countries. in 1959 thy kingdom come was renamed world report (1959.61, then ufo international (1962.65. a second periodical, flying saucers international, began i

ls of yoga. new york: lancer books, 1969. reprint, yoga sutras: the textbook of yoga psychology. new york, 1973. isha upanishad. dayton, ohio: yoga society of dayton, 1962. self analysis and self knowledge. lakemont, ga: csa press, 1978. ananda church of self-realization an international group formed by j. donald walters (also known as swami kriyananda. the church has its base at the ananda world brotherhood village (formerly known as the ananda cooperative village. ananda is based upon the teachings of paramahansa yogananda, with whom walters studied. after yogananda s death in 1952, walters served as a minister in the self-realization fellowship (srf, the organization yogananda had founded, and eventually became srf s vice president. he left srf in 1962 and in 1968 founded ananda village

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er of the temple and the ipsissimus. sources: king, francis. the rites of modern occult magic. new york: macmillan, 1970. magus a spirit control of william stainton moses, supposed to be a member of the mystic band that delivered occult teaching in moses s scripts. magus did not disclose his name on earth, but he said that he lived 4,000 years ago and belonged to an ancient african wonder-working brotherhood. in the nineteenth book of the moses scripts, a topaz is mentioned as the material counterpart of a spiritual jewel worn by magus, which was to be given to stainton moses to help him to see visions. the stone, set in a ring, was reportedly dropped from the air in stainton moses s bedroom. sources: moses, stainton. spirit identity. london: london spiritualist alliance, ltd, 1908. spirit

ersity press, 1977. white, john. everything you want to know about tm, including how to do it. new york: pocket books, 1976. mahatma letters communications allegedly from the mahatmas (masters or adepts) of the theosophical society to helena petrovna blavatsky and other leading theosophists during the nineteenth century. these mahatmas were said to be eastern teachers belonging to the great white brotherhood, a group providing overall guidance to human destiny. the brotherhood was said to be living in the himalayas of tibet. it included koot humi lal singh (k. h) and morya (m, the primary masters with whom blavatsky claimed contact. notes signed with the initials of these masters would be mysteriously precipitated out of the air or discovered in unexpected places. recipients of such letter

cquainted with robert fludd, the kentish mystic. in the controversy that convulsed germany on the appearance of his rosicrucian manifestos in the early 1600s, he took a vigorous and enthusiastic share and wrote several works in defense of the mysterious society. he is alleged to have traveled in order to seek members of the college of teutonic philosophers r.c, and, failing to find them, formed a brotherhood of his own, based on the form of the fama fraternibus. there is no adequate authority to support the opinion held by some that toward the end of his life he was initiated into the genuine order (there being serious doubt that any such genuine order ever existed. a posthumous pamphlet of maier s called ulysses was published by one of his personal friends in 1624. there was added to the

satanic mass. london, 1954. reprint, london: arrow, 1964. masters occult adepts who are supposed to have reached a superhuman stage but have elected to remain on earth and guide seekers after wisdom. the founding and guidance of the theosophical society was supposed to be due to the activity of hidden masters or mahatmas living in remote tibet. since the idea of the masters and their great white brotherhood has been popularized, numerous groups such as the several alice bailey groups, the i am movement, and the church universal and triumphant, now advocate a relationship to the masters. much of western occultism derives from romantic concepts of adepts with magical powers, but in hinduism, mystical awareness of god-realization is considered superior to paranormal feats, and to the hindu p

dedicated himself to odin and the whole of the norse pantheon, though he kept this commitment to himself and a few friends. however, in the winter of 1971.72, as his college career was coming to an end, he released the first issue of the runestone. previously he had placed an ad in fate magazine, and compiled a list of potential subscribers from it. from those who responded he founded the viking brotherhood. mcnallen completed his degree in political science and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the army. he did his basic training at fort benning (georgia) and was assigned to a unit in germany, where he served for the remainder of his term. the viking brotherhood continued at a minimal level until he returned to the states in 1976. he settled in california and began to meet with

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

us speaks to earth (later cosmic voice. in august 1956 king established the aetherius society, among the most successful and enduring contactee groups. king died on july 12, 1997, in los angeles, where he had been living for many years. in the theology of the aetherius society, good and evil extraterrestrials are engaged in constant warfare. from time to time, during crisis situations, the cosmic brotherhood will place its spaceships above earth and direct positive energy downward. society members receive the energy and make sure that it reaches its targets. over a three and a half year period, beginning in 1958, king climbed no fewer than eighteen mountains at the behest of the space people. the society maintains headquarters in london and los angeles, as well as chapters all over the wor

literally as a concrete happening (jung, 1959. see also: contactees further reading angelucci, orfeo, 1955. the secret of the saucers. amherst, wi: amherst press, 1959. son of the sun. los angeles: devorss and company. jung, c. g, 1959. flying saucers: a modern myth of things seen in the skies. new york: harcourt, brace and company. anoah anoah, associated with the melchizedek order of the white brotherhood, consisting of wise extraterrestrial and spiritual entities, channeled through austin, texas, psychic medium jann weiss in the 1980s. the planetary light association, which at its peak had some 3,200 members around the world, distributed books and tapes of these channeling sessions. it also held workshops at which enthusiasts listened to anoah discuss the transi- anoah 23 the cover of

eir physical bodies died( ascended, they continued to oversee the affairs of humanity. they channel wisdom to those who will listen to them. one source observes, it is important for students and people to come to realize that all ascended beings are real, tangible beings. their bodies are not physical but they can make them as tangible as our physical bodies are( ascended masters. the great white brotherhood, a spiritual council that exists in the supernatural realm, consists of ascended masters. further reading ascended masters. http//www.ascension-research. org/masters.html. ashtar ashtar is among the most popular and most powerfully positioned of all channeling entities. as (according to most contactees who have dealings with him) head of the ashtar command he is, in the words of his sp

y of modern radical feminists (kafton-minkel, 1989. see also: atlantis; lemuria further reading bernard, raymond [pseud. of walter siegmeister, 1974. escape to the inner earth. clarksburg, wv: saucerian press. kafton-minkel, walter, 1989. subterranean worlds: 100,000 years of dragons, dwarfs, the dead, lost races and ufos from inside the earth. port townsend, wa: loompanics unlimited. great white brotherhood the great white brotherhood figures in such schools of occultism as theosophy and rosi- 114 great white brotherhood crucianism. the brotherhood is thought to consist of ascended masters who oversee the spiritual and physical evolution of the human race. greater nibiruan council the greater nibiruan council (gnc) is described as the main governing arm of the galactic federation, compris

ced several incarnations, including one in atlantis and another on venus. in his most recent one, during the mid-century california gold rush, he( he being walter pierson, the name he held during that lifetime) met quong, a chinese man. quong, a knower of mystical secrets, led pierson into shasta via a hidden tunnel. inside the mountain they found huge chambers and treasures belonging to a secret brotherhood of advanced beings who had lived there for a very long time, devoting themselves to humanity s spiritual betterment. in his astral body, pierson traveled to venus, where he learned many secrets; he also learned of his previous lives. once enlightened, he was rechristened phylos and became a guardian of the cosmos. a modern chronicler remarks that the tibetan part of his title seems to

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reat. see there! the cranes, the swarthy cloud, they menace the excited crowd and they would menace thus the king. with beaks sharp-pointed, talons fierce, the little ones they tear and pierce; already doom comes thundering. herons had suffered impious slaughter, standing about the tranquil water. but from that rain of murd rous engines has sprung a blessed, bloody vengeance; it stirs the rage of brotherhood and lust for pygmies impious blood. shield, helmet, spear- how profit these? what use to dwarfs the heron feather? how ant and dactyl hide together! the host now wavers, breaks, and flees. anaxagoras [after a pause, solemnly. if till now subterranean i praised, in this case be my prayer to heaven raised. o thou on high, the same eternally, in name and form threefold supernally, by all

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) he uses most abusive language against the monk, and quotes the passages against himself in the quaestiones in genesim with detailed rejoinders. in this "strife of wisdom with folly, fludd presents himself as the representative of deep wisdom, whilst mersenne is the superficial fool. in his earlier works, fludd had identified himself with the rosicmcians and mersenne had included this mysterious brotherhood in his censures on fludd, so that the rosicrucian cause became involved in the fludd-mersenne controversy. hence in another publication, probably partly by fludd, against mersenne entitled sumrnum bonum (1629),1 the highest good is defined on the title-page as "the magia, cabala and alchymia of the brothers of the rosy cross. in this work, when replying to a passage against ficino in m

ology (see above, pp. 246, 248, 265, note 1. 2 baillet, vie de descartes, i, p. 81. 452 hermes trismegistus and the fludd controversies la rose croix" who were said to be in possession of a "veritable science' he tried to learn more of them and their secret, but could find out nothing about them, though, on his return to paris from germany in 1623 he was suspected of having joined the rosicrucian brotherhood.2 this was not true, but it became clear that such a brotherhood was not entirely imaginary because "several germans and also the englishman, robert fludd, have written in their favour."3 the atmosphere in which descartes is casting about for truth is the atmosphere of the great controversy about fludd and the rosicrucians. at about diis time, says baillet, descartes had almost given u

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is, don t ask! do as i do! seek out gold- but not my gold- and guard it- the dragon (grendel) contents introduction- 0 theory- 1 the formulation of the rite of godhood- 2 rite of godhood/ grendels had an accident- 3 results of the rite of godhood- 4 the summation of the techniques- 5 the bindings- the rite of suffering- 6 6a) the bindings 6b) what are demons? 6c) some journal entries the scarlet brotherhood- 7 phuture- 8 even the gods deserve their pain- the lady s law appendices i notes on chrnzn ii commentary on liber chrnzn iii the nature of babalon iv some notes on i v the binding of the i vi results of the binding of the i vii god-forms viii bibliography 0 introduction one thing which i seemed to have lost at first was trust; trust in myself and belief in the vomit of others -we 99 i

alled the rite of suffering as my own version of this operation (in extension. a little theory based upon my song of illusion. the hga is a manifestation from probable time, of the self (distinguished from the self) in unity and perfection of it s will. the hga is a reflection of perfection of the magus. unity is desired to align more fully with the will [i shall not touch upon the black or white brotherhood, and shall talk more fully of something called the scarlet brotherhood. there is another aspect of the angel which is a reflection across the tree of life into the tree of death, this is a natural course, as every action includes it s inverse. the hga is also an independent being. as the hga is partly an astral construct of which energy (prayer-form) is devoted to allow for manifestati

w i was left reeling for months after the babalon incident. i cannot emphasize the great deal of truth which was felt at the time of these revelations. now this is treading dangerous territory here, because obsession is sure to follow. thus we get now into the subject of liber chrnzn see now appendix i and ii. afterwards i shall explicate the relations to the goddess-force babalon and the scarlet brotherhood. 6 the rite of suffering death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful. thou art not so- some dead poet being a chaotic interpretation of the holy guardian angel operation, as one summons the angel of light, the reverse impulse is attracted and mastery& integration of the darkness is necessary for unity. a thorough selfexamination and analysis is a must, and iden

s? simply. ye cannot. i made her swear to be and bind herself to me. a trick? no, her arousal is her nature. she understands the magus& the way. she is to be a tool by us also and a sweet succubus. it is truly frightening how she manifests. she is the queen of the quliphoth, for we are of her. as our heart swells upward to heaven, the self of i comes to understanding in her burning. 7 the scarlet brotherhood i hate to use the words, i understand, because this is better said in silence, but these writings are one of shared view. i am left to wonder sometimes on the grand illusion and if in fact, this exists separate from deity. maybe my perspective of in fact is at fault here and a more appropriate phrase would be in mind as i write this a woman on the bus wants me to move into a corner sea

l. the one in absolute awareness, realized that it is (one. so it set about to make love with itself. another one? now this idea is absolutely satanic in the light of us becoming as it, but this is done (and realized) for the love of it s sorrow. not with the pride of the black brother nor the reverence of the white-brother of it s magnificence (although this is easily understandable. the scarlet brotherhood seeks to extend existence, in hopes of becoming another, in the void, for companionship. i do not grasp the physics so do not ask. we (the scarlet brotherhood) use truth to our ends, neither falling into the vices or virtues of the other extremes (hopefully, but amassing know-ledge and truth through it s various filters. the path of the scarlet brother is one of the highest manifestati

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system combined western cabbalistic magic with eastern tantrism, taoism, buddhism and yoga. f s on personal symbolism rather than a traditional system. experimental and free form, chaos is the field of potential from which we can tap magical forces. dogmatic magic.this type of magic forces a practitioner to use symbols and systems that may or may ot be part of the magic n fraternitas saturni.the brotherhood of saturn is a german magical order. highly secretive, some of their teachings are just coming to light. hermetic b 0. its importance is in its unique combining of numerous magical systems into a coherent whole. its membership included william butler yeats, arthur machen, sax rohmer, macgregor mathers, dion fortune, aleister crowley, israel regardie, a.e. wait n iot (the magical pact o

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in the text book allows the book to remain current. the "digest of decisions" can be purchased separately or with the constitution and standing regulations of the grand lodge of maine. john e. anagnostis grand secretary chapter i masonry. its organizations. history the institution of masonry, or freemasonry (for these terms are used indiscriminately, is founded upon the fatherhood of god and the brotherhood of man: it. therefore, necessarily teaches morality, brotherly love, and charity: its method of teaching is chiefly by symbols: it has many forms and ceremonies, but these are all intended to teach and impress upon the mind the great principles of the institution: its votaries are seeking after truth, symbolized by light. a provincial grand lodge was formed in massachusetts under the a

ead, that ran down upon the beard, even aaron's beard; that went down to the skirts of his garments; as the dew of hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of zion; for there the lord commanded the blessing, even life forevermore. the following hymn may be used instead of the lesson: musicauld lang syne. i.behold! how pleasant and how good, for brethren such as we, of the accepted brotherhood, to dwell in unity. ii 'tis like the oil on aaron's head, which to his feet distils;like hermon's dew, so richly shed on zion's sacred hills. iii.for there the lord of light and love, a blessing sent with power; o may we all this blessing prove, e'en life for evermore. iv. on friendship's altar rising here, our hands now plighted be, to live in love, with hearts sincere, in peace and u

y day, nor the moon by night. the lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. the lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and even forevermore. master:death and the dead are with us again, my brethren, teaching us the brevity and uncertainty of human life, the instability of human fortune, and demanding of us the last sad offices of charity and brotherhood. again we lament the loss of a brother who sleeps the sleep that, on this earth, knows no wakening. the body of our late brother lies before us, overtaken by that relentless fate which is sooner or later to overtake us all, and which no worth or virtue, no wealth or honor, no tears of friends and loving ones can avert or delay, teaching us the impressive lesson, continually repeated, y

sits it on the casket (if at the house; in the grave (if at the burial place) and continues as follows: master: the lambskin apron is an emblem of innocence and the badge of a mason. here we have no permanent lodge or place of abode, but we look for one to come. not trusting in ourselves, but in god, who preserveth the living and enliveneth the dead, we hope to pass an everlasting day of blissful brotherhood in a lodge in that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. this evergreen is an emblem of our faith in the immortality of the soul. by it we are reminded there dwells within our tabemacle of clay an imperishable,immortal spirit over which the grave has no dominion and death no power (the master then brings his right hand to his left breast; then extends it, palm downward, ov

ial and sorrow. thou hast assured us that when we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, thou art with us. thy rod and thy staff comfort us. thou art our light and our salvation, our refuge and our strength in every time of trouble. we thank thee for the life of our brother. we thank thee that he was one of our fellowship and that we were privileged to labor with him in the mystic tie of brotherhood. we are grateful to thee for the precious memories of him which we shall always carry in our hearts. we thank thee for all that he has meant to those who were near and dear to him through the ties of family and friendship. most of all, we are grateful to thee for teaching us that, while the body is mortal, the soul is immortal. though the outward form we knew and loved be removed from

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coming more pronounced regardless of sex. this accounts for the growing tendency towards altruism which is even being brought out by the suffering entailed by the great war we are now fighting (1918) for all agree that the nations are seeking to obtain a lasting peace where the swords may be made into plowshares, and the spears into pruning hooks. in the past, humanity has been claiming universal brotherhood as a great ideal, but we must come closer than that to being in full accord with the christ. he said to his disciples "ye are my friends" among brothers and sisters, hate and enmity may exist, but friendship is the expression of love and cannot exist apart from that. universal friendship is therefore the magic word which will eventually level all distinctions, bring peace upon earth an

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y after thee have the like" it was this characteristic of unselfishness developed in former lives that fitted the spirit of solomon which inhabited the body of jesus for the high mission it was destined to fulfill; to serve as a vehicle for the unifying unselfish christ spirit, for the purpose of bringing to an end the division between the sons of seth and the sons of cain and uniting them in the brotherhood forming the kingdom of heaven. when faust made the pact with mephistopheles, as recorded in the ancient soul-myth of that name, he was about to sign it in ink but mephisto says "no, sign it in blood" for this request faust asks the reason and mephistopheles says knowingly and cunningly "blood is a most peculiar essence" it is said in the bible that the blood of bulls and calves will no

ance of the practice when he said "before abraham was, i am" in effect he said: i do not care for the race father, but i glory in the i am, the ego that was long before he was. and he also said "who does not leave father and mother cannot follow me" as long as you are tied to the family, the nation, the tribe, you are siding with the old blood, the old ways, and cannot amalgamate into a universal brotherhood. that can only come when people marry internationally because when there are so many nations the way to unite them is through marriage. let abraham, the race and tribe father, die; let the "i am" live. christ knew the occult fact that the mixture of blood in international marriage always kills something; if it does not kill the body, it kills something else. if we mate a horse and a do

ng initiates\ the word becomes complete phree messen [children of light] flesh creative unit initiation by fire [light- melchisedec: male ideal christ: king& priest hiram abiff king& priest just& holy- just& holy received virgin mary baptism of spirit sacrifice female ideal- divine ruler priests--brahmins--levites divine ruler over a over human initiation by water [baptism] purged humanity called brotherhood/ abraham's seed dwelling typified by/ in the new jer-u-salem abraham ecclesiastical powers which means melchisedec is there shall be peace called king of division into races--nations- salem [peace] sects and peace hence there is war--oppression- prevailed slavery- saturn period unity and diversity vulcan period polarian epoch love and hate kingdom of god [1] heat [7- sun period venus p

in the new jer-u-salem abraham ecclesiastical powers which means melchisedec is there shall be peace called king of division into races--nations- salem [peace] sects and peace hence there is war--oppression- prevailed slavery- saturn period unity and diversity vulcan period polarian epoch love and hate kingdom of god [1] heat [7- sun period venus period hyperborean epoch new galilee [2] fire [6] brotherhood- moon period [3] fire--male sex--state [5] jupiter period lemurian epoch water--female sex--church aryan epoch- earth period fire/male--air/nations atlantean epoch end of involution water/female--earth/races beginning of evolution [4- and the division of the rulership into state and church caused war and strife. the state espouses the cause of fatherhood and man and upholds the male id

the greatest feat of alchemy has been performed; the base metal has been changed to gold, the wonderful alloy of the molten sea has been made from the dross of the earth. all that then remains is to "pull the plugs" and pour it. the natural golden color is the christ ray finding its chemical expression in the oxygen, a solar element, and as we advance upon the path of evolution towards universal brotherhood even those who are not professedly religious acquire a tinge of gold in their auras due to the higher altruistic impulses common to the west. paul speaks of this as "christ being formed in you" for when we have learned to mix the alloy by spiritual lives, when we vibrate to the same pitch as he, we are christ-like, ready, as said, to pull the plugs of the crucibles and to pour the molt

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

waters, she holds in her outreached arm and hand a torch of fire and light. a gift of the masonic order, the modern inheritors of the illuminati heritage, the statue of liberty was sculptured by frederic bartholdi, a member of the masonic lodge of alsace-lorraine in paris, france. the statue is significant to the secret societies plotting the new world order [texe marrs, dark majesty: the secret brotherhood and the magic of a thousand points of light, p. 212] please note that our symbol of the statue of liberty was the actual terra cota model constructed in 1870 by the masonic sculptor. in satanism, virtually any perpendicular symbol is the phallus, so the torch certainly qualifies; indeed, one might wonder, from the explanation given, above, that the torch is lucifer's phallus, if the oc

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is he from understanding me"[118 [118] quoted by amberley, analysis of religious belief, vol. i, p. 197. the fact seems evident that confucius had not sufficient strength of character to attempt a change in the social conditions of his time. he had not that grandeur of soul which enabled him to strike the key-note of reform. monarchical institutions and social distinctions he did not rebuke. the brotherhood of man and the levelling processes in human society were probably never thought of by him; certainly they were never attempted. by certain writers confucius has been accused of insincerity in a few minor matters; still, the wisdom contained in his religious doctrines, the philosophical value of his teachings relative to the regulation of human conduct, and, above all, his purity of pur

cientific truths enunciated by an ancient race. the fact is observed in these later times that the altruistic principles involved in these teachings contain the highest wisdom--that they form the basis of a true social science, and that a high stage of civilization will never be reached until these principles are recognized as the foundation of human conduct unselfishness, purity of life, and the brotherhood of man will never be realized so long as man shifts the responsibility of his wrong-doing upon another. quite recently the fact has been proved that the progressive principle originated in the female constitution; that in sympathy, a character which has its root in maternal affection, lies the key to human progress. conscience and the moral sense are outgrowths of sympathy; therefore

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riesofmagic,revisededn, p. xiii, levi represented the summit of occultism, but waitewas seeking for something more. nor wasthere anything to be found in theosophy-not, at least,as presented byh.p.blavatsky.267the theosophical society had been founded in1875,bymadame blavatsky and colonel h. s. olcott, for 'the study of occultscience;91_'hethataspiredtoknow. 90the formation of a nucleusofuniversal brotherhood; and the revival of oriental literature and philosophy';butby the time waite came toknowthe society, in 1883, the apparent harmony between east and west suggested byisisunveiledhad given way to an increased emphasis on 'esoteric buddhism' and its supposed superiority over all western formsofoccultism. waite had no interest in eastern philosophy, was unconcerned by the furore that follo

eianain anglia held its first meeting, although it waslooked upon as a reconstitution rather than an inauguration, for the members maintained that they were reviving a dormant society that had been active during the 1850s. this society, in turn, wasthoughtto have preservedthe ethos, ifnotthe historical continuity, of the original rosicrucian brotherhoodofthe early seventeenth century; that such a brotherhood may never have existed 225 didnottroublethe members of the s.r.i.a: what mattered was that they should preserve its principles.thethree pamphlets (known as the rosicrucian manifestos) on which the rosicrucian myth was founded, were published in germany between 1614 and1616.they were thefamafraternitatis,confessiofraternitatis,andchymischehocnzeit(the chemical wedding; anthoughtto have

o have the sub-committee revived. at this time waite evidently had little interest in the futureoftheorderand hadnotconsideredwhathisownrole in that future might be. he received yeats's letter on10january:thefraterdemonest deus inversus [yeats'smottoin theorder],otherwise frater diabolus and yet otherwise brother devil, wellknownpoet, also polytheist, idolater, vision-monger and theurgist, of the brotherhood of the house of the hidden stairs, writes me under the hand oftheimpossible soror fortiter et recte [anniehorniman]askingwhetheri willjoinhim in petitioning the unspeakable triad to reappoint the ritual sub-committee, more especially as regards the 2=9 ritual on which he and i worked together,butowing to throes, convulsions and revolutions the revision was suspended and our labours thr

counsels'thesoul-student at the thresholdofmystic research' to 'overcome this gravitationofhis desires towards masonry, because 'there is no light there; there is no secretofthe soul enshrined in the recesses of its suggestive ceremonial.'butalthough masonry 'has been corrupted by worldly wealth and magnificence, its true principles still lie hiddenwithinit,and waite hopes'thatwithintheranksofthe brotherhood,butwithoutifnotwithin, it will be possible to. inform themwithnewlife'(pp. 213,215).it is also madequite clear that if the restorationofthose principles is donefromwithout,it will be theworkofwaite himself. waite doesnotexpect his readers to take him on trust 'at the sametimewe ask only a tentative faith. in a forthcoming 'esoteric history of freemasonry, he will find the entire subjec

llege. westcott approached waite, told him of strong objections to his candidature and advised him to withdraw. waite was furious and promptly resigned-takingwithhim yearsof bitterness at what he saw as shabby treatment by the society. hetookhis revenge by sprinkling acidcomments-onboth westcott and the society as awhole-throughouthis masterly study of rosicrucianism,the_'brotherhoodisreligion'131brotherhood of the rosy cross(1924).he remained active in most of the additional degrees whose ranks he had joined, acting as secretaryfor both his rose-croix chapter and knights templar preceptory for periods of twenty and thirty years respectively. but his principal concernin masonrynow becamethe dissemination of hisideasthrough hiswriting. his first major 'contribution to masonic literature' wa

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the reference tomystery!!schools 'there, however, was one great secret and sacredj lodge, an inner circle, in possession of the great secrets ofj human generation and human regeneration; something, though! far in degree, different from our notions of an inner circle. it was from this source that the final consummation of the new dis255 pensation was proclaimed. from the quabbala [sic, the essene brotherhood, and on to the present time, there are glimpses given; us, which tell us of the work that sacred lodge performed. its secrets still survive, and esoteric christians see unequivocal proofs that the church of christendom is the direct successor'.9during the same period she provided a. e. waite with a series of singularly uninspiring illustrations for his journaltheunknownworld,compensati

printed ritual removed theneedfor manual copying. a further result of his action was the birth of'thebrothersofthe path, a movement founded in yorkshire by anthony greville-gascoigne; it was inspired by regardie's works, devoted to the promotion of his type of occultism, and it published a journal calledthegoldendawn,to which regardie contributed a justification of his work. but the journal, the brotherhood and its ideals allvanishedin the second world war. none of the original templessurvived-thehermes temple in bristol lasted longest, dying in1972with its last chief, who protested to the end the non-existence of the rival hermanubis temple described by francis king. my own efforts to find it went no further than an accommodation address in the balls pond road and i believe it to have be

manubis temple described by francis king. my own efforts to find it went no further than an accommodation address in the balls pond road and i believe it to have been no more than a chimaera. other, more recent innovations exist, claiming descent from the cipher manuscripts, and the various offshoots of the old order that straggled across the atlantic still surviveinthe form of paul foster case's brotherhood of the adytum. but mathers has gone, felkin has gone and waite has gone. perhaps only the secret chiefs remain. in1966a box was found on the beach near seisey bill which had fallen from the cliffsinwhich it had been buried.itcontained the robes, banners and magical instruments of maiya tranchell255 hayes,buthighmagic was quite unknown to the experts to whom the finders took it. they sa

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emarks on alchemy and the alchemists,1857. and, lastly, we may make researches into that most interesting problem- did speculative masonry arise from the rosicrucians? i am given to understand that the german rosicrucians say that before the masonic revival of 1717 these were identical in europe. let us not forget, that not only as rosicrucians, but even as freemasons, we are pledged, not only to brotherhood and benevolence,butalso to look below the surface of things, and to seek and to search out the hidden secrets of nature and of science. let us bear in mind that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,butthat deeper study reveals the roots of knowledge, as well as increases our store of information. let us not, with folded arms, float with the tide of indolence,butever strive after inc

heism trembled, and had to shroud its head for a long period from the dominant pagan conquerors. hence arose one series of secret associations which has extended down to our own times and whose development is now in our midst as freemasonry, to me the lineal descendant of the early schemes and associations designed to perpetuate a pure religion and a corresponding system of moral ethics.oursecret brotherhood, note, has a specially judaic basis, our main legend is connected with that greatest jewish law giver and ruler, solomon.ourpresent doctrine is a unitarianism, clothed with the christian virtues.iffreemasonry arose as an entirely new scheme in the 16th or 17th century it must have arisen in a christian land, and would certainly have been marked by specially trinitarian features, which

pliny. the talmud, that quaint collection of jewish legends, does not mention the essenes as such, but some jewish authors hold that its references to the sect of assideans or chasidim(chsidim)refer to the essenes as a religio-philosophic sect of maccabean times (see macc.i.,2, 42) it is not easy to understand why this sect of essenes should have been considered as a conspicuous prototype of the brotherhood of freemasons, for the notable features of our association are the culture of brotherly love, relief and truth; that is to say, charity and benevolence with universal tolerance; the performance of ceremonials, which include most solemn oaths to keep secret themodesof recognition; and an extensive ritual use of builders' terms and material things as symbols of moral and spiritual truths

iety ever existed, and the name itself was never heard of, so far as i can find, until the nineteenth century. that there were sodalities among the priests of ancient pharaonic egypt may no doubt be true,butafter these priest-kings there followed persian, greek, and mohammedan governance, and it is not at all probable that hermetic societies survived through these periods. blavatsky mentions this brotherhood, but states that its origin was from looksur, in beluchistan: she adds that it has many ramifications in the u.s.a. i have heard of a group of persons who adopted this title about 1880 in yorkshire, and that their chief was exposed and went off to america.myoidpersonal friend and fellow-student in hermetic and rosicrucian lore, the revd a. f. a. woodford, in hiscyclopediaoffreemasonry1

er religious or civil. some have gone beyond the assertion of resemblances and have declared that freemasonry, as we know it to-day, has descended from these institutions, or has been beholdentothem for its inspiration and for many peculiaritiesof doctrine and procedure. freemasonry hasbeenaffiliated by essayists to the ancient mysteries of egypt and greece, to the collegia of rome, to the essene brotherhood and to the culdees of old, as well as to the much later vehm-gerichte of westphalia, the steinmetzen, the trade guilds, the french compagnonageand the rosicrucians; even our origin from the celtic druids of britain and nor255 mandy has.been inferred. i have upon a former occasion expressed my dissent from the assertion that modern freemasonry has relation to the essene fraternity, whic

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ndental philosophy is the doctrine of interior regeneration, and its end is the perfect man. this also is the foundation, and such the end, of masonry (p. 213. these principles are now obscured, but can yet be recovered 'it has been corrupted by worldly wealth and magnificence; it has turned away its eyes from its objects. but the principles are there, and let us hope that within the ranks of the brotherhood, but without if not within, it will be possible to inform them with new life (p. 213. and the reader is left in little doubt that it is waite who can and will restore freemasonry to its lost glory 'at the same time, we ask only a tentative faith. in a forthcoming "esoteric history of freemasonry he will find the 15[15] westcott pointed out the lack of copyright at the high council meet

er. waite and the higher degrees 99[99] diary, 12 march 1921. the review appeared in the occult review for april, 1921 100[100 'occult freemasonry and the jewish peril, the occult review, vol. 32, september 1920, pp. 142-53 101[101] slt, p. 208 by this time he was turning away from the world of masonic scholarship, although he was still to produce his highly important study of rosicrucianism, the brotherhood of the rosy cross102[102, and in 1924 he resigned from the masonic study society which he had helped to found in 1921, confining such lectures as he still gave to those higher degree bodies with which he was increasingly involved. he was now a member of virtually every rite that was worked in england and he played an active role in many of them. in 1905 he had entered mark masonry, whi

re now bent towards the creation of rituals for his fellowship of the rosy cross (f.r.c, an androgynous and avowedly christian order structured in a series of grades that represented a symbolical ascent of the kabbalistic tree of life. its rituals and officers were based on those of the independent and rectified rite of the golden dawn, but the ultimate derivation from freemasonry is 102[102] the brotherhood of the rosy cross, being records of the house of the holy spirit in its inward and outward history (rider, 1924) 103[103] slt, p. 177 104[104] the details of the quarrel and of the demise of the isis-urania temple are given in r. a. gilbert, the golden dawn: twilight of the magicians (aquarian press, 1983) immediately evident when the rituals are read105[105. the first meeting of the f

d had at last recognized his ability. by the time of the visit waite had retired from virtually all masonic activity and spent his days revising his works on the secret tradition. the last of these was the secret tradition in freemasonry, which was published in 1937; it was more than a simple revision of his earlier work. it incorporated much of emblematic freemasonry (1925) and material from the brotherhood of the rosy cross and, in his own words 'it is so altered, extended and transformed that it may claim to be a new undertaking and to supersede in fact that which it preserves in name'113[113. for all its transformations, and its attempt to be less cavalier over matters of fact, the book is still principally a restatement of waite's thesis that the essence of masonry lies in the mystic

nds and symbolism (new york, rebman, 1909 (book ix, chapter 8: the analogies of masonry) a new encyclopaedia of freemasonry (ars magna latomorum) and of cognate instituted mysteries: their rites, literature and history (rider, 1921) 2 vols (the issue of 1934 adds an account of the masonic peace memorial 'robert fludd and freemasonry, manchester association for masonic research (offprint, 1922 the brotherhood of the rosy cross, being records of the house of the holy spirit in its inward and outward history (rider, 1924 (chapters xv to xxi and xxiv relate to freemasonry) emblematic freemasonry and the evolution of its deeper issues (rider, 1925) the liturgy of the rite of the strict observance (warrenton, n.c, 1934, mimeographed) the secret tradition in freemasonry (rider, 1937) shadows of l

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d 1903. back to homepage back to waite appendix a appendix b appendix c appendix d the masonic career of a.e. waite the publications of a.e. waite lectures given by a.e. waite constitution of the secret college of ride freemasonry is a subject that has attracted much discussion for centuries. some have accused masonry of fantastic crimes and misdeeds. however, instead of trying to understand "the brotherhood" and criticizing it objectively, critics have been unduly hostile to the organization. this book contains a true exposition of masonry as a school of thought. the most important unifying influence among masons is their philosophy which can be best described according to such terms as "materialism" and "secular humanism" but, it is an errant philosophy based on false suppositions and fl

0 ii. the inside story on the kabbalah..34 iii. humanism revisited..52 iv. materialism revisited..80 v. the theory of evolution revisited..118 vi. the masonic war against religion..155 conclusion..185 notes..188 contents reemasonry is a subject that has attracted much discussion for several centuries. some have accused masonry of fantastic crimes and misdeeds. instead of trying to understand "the brotherhood" and criticizing it objectively, critics have been unduly hostile to the organization. for their part, masons have deepened their traditional reticence in the face of these accusations, preferring to present themselves as an ordinary social club which they are not. this book contains a correct exposition of masonry as a school of thought. the most important unifying influence among mas

fs concerning solomon, believe that there is a "secret" in this temple passed down from ancient pagan civilizations. it is for this reason that masonic literature places so much emphasis on the temple of solomon. the inside story on the kabbalah he -iiihumanism revisited umanism" is considered a positive idea by the majority of people. it brings to mind notions such as love of humanity, peace and brotherhood. but, the philosophical meaning of humanism is much more significant: humanism is a way of thinking that posits the concept of humanity as its focus and only goal. in other words, it calls human beings to turn away from god their creator, and concern themselves with their own existence and identity. a common dictionary defines humanism as "a system of thought that is based on the value

help of moral principles that they have set. however they relate their principles with metaphysical concepts like god, il humanism revisited heaven, hell, worship. and people have to find their principles of life without being involved in metaphysical problems, which they need to believe in without comprehending. freemasonry has been declaring these principles for centuries as freedom, equality, brotherhood, the love of working and peace, democracy, etc. these release a person totally from the religious creeds but still give a principle of life. they search their bases not in metaphysical concepts but inside a mature person living on this earth.50 masons who think in this way are totally opposed to a person believing in god and performing acts of charity to gain his approval. for them, ev

aritable establishments, the suppression of the religious orders and the spoliation of the church, professedly culminate in an anti-christian and irreligious reorganization of human society, not only in france but throughout the world. thus french freemasonry, as the standard- bearer of all freemasonry, pretends to inaugurate the golden era of the masonic universal republic, comprising in masonic brotherhood all men and all nations "the triumph of the galilean" said the president of the grand orient, senator delpech, on 20 september, 1902 "has lasted twenty centuries. but now he dies in his turn. the romish church, founded on the galilean myth, began to decay rapidly from the very day on which the masonic association was established"125 by the "galilean" the masons mean jesus, because acco

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ndental philosophy is the doctrine of interior regeneration, and its end is the perfect man. this also is the foundation, and such the end, of masonry (p. 213. these principles are now obscured, but can yet be recovered 'it has been corrupted by worldly wealth and magnificence; it has turned away its eyes from its objects. but the principles are there, and let us hope that within the ranks of the brotherhood, but without if not within, it will be possible to inform them with new life (p. 213. and the reader is left in little doubt that it is waite who can and will restore freemasonry to its lost glory 'at the same time, we ask only a tentative faith. in a forthcoming "esoteric history of freemasonry he will find the 15[15] westcott pointed out the lack of copyright at the high council meet

er. waite and the higher degrees 99[99] diary, 12 march 1921. the review appeared in the occult review for april, 1921 100[100 'occult freemasonry and the jewish peril, the occult review, vol. 32, september 1920, pp. 142-53 101[101] slt, p. 208 by this time he was turning away from the world of masonic scholarship, although he was still to produce his highly important study of rosicrucianism, the brotherhood of the rosy cross102[102, and in 1924 he resigned from the masonic study society which he had helped to found in 1921, confining such lectures as he still gave to those higher degree bodies with which he was increasingly involved. he was now a member of virtually every rite that was worked in england and he played an active role in many of them. in 1905 he had entered mark masonry, whi

re now bent towards the creation of rituals for his fellowship of the rosy cross (f.r.c, an androgynous and avowedly christian order structured in a series of grades that represented a symbolical ascent of the kabbalistic tree of life. its rituals and officers were based on those of the independent and rectified rite of the golden dawn, but the ultimate derivation from freemasonry is 102[102] the brotherhood of the rosy cross, being records of the house of the holy spirit in its inward and outward history (rider, 1924) 103[103] slt, p. 177 104[104] the details of the quarrel and of the demise of the isis-urania temple are given in r. a. gilbert, the golden dawn: twilight of the magicians (aquarian press, 1983) immediately evident when the rituals are read105[105. the first meeting of the f

d had at last recognized his ability. by the time of the visit waite had retired from virtually all masonic activity and spent his days revising his works on the secret tradition. the last of these was the secret tradition in freemasonry, which was published in 1937; it was more than a simple revision of his earlier work. it incorporated much of emblematic freemasonry (1925) and material from the brotherhood of the rosy cross and, in his own words 'it is so altered, extended and transformed that it may claim to be a new undertaking and to supersede in fact that which it preserves in name'113[113. for all its transformations, and its attempt to be less cavalier over matters of fact, the book is still principally a restatement of waite's thesis that the essence of masonry lies in the mystic

nds and symbolism (new york, rebman, 1909 (book ix, chapter 8: the analogies of masonry) a new encyclopaedia of freemasonry (ars magna latomorum) and of cognate instituted mysteries: their rites, literature and history (rider, 1921) 2 vols (the issue of 1934 adds an account of the masonic peace memorial 'robert fludd and freemasonry, manchester association for masonic research (offprint, 1922 the brotherhood of the rosy cross, being records of the house of the holy spirit in its inward and outward history (rider, 1924 (chapters xv to xxi and xxiv relate to freemasonry) emblematic freemasonry and the evolution of its deeper issues (rider, 1925) the liturgy of the rite of the strict observance (warrenton, n.c, 1934, mimeographed) the secret tradition in freemasonry (rider, 1937) shadows of l

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

us occult author and master of the societas rosicruciana in london, franz hartmann (1838-1912, theodor reuss (founder of the ordei templi orientis) and eliphas levi (1810-1875, whose works helped trigger the french occult revival. in more recent time a plethora of authors have claimed membership of the order. it seems likely that in the 1990 s the rosicrucians are a spiritual rather than physical brotherhood. x gnostic theurgy page 209 introduction it seems such a long time between the revelation of jesus and 1844, but in some sense things had not changed that much. light was still battling against darkness, and the gnostic message was still being twisted and manipulated by the dominions of the demiurge. while the names of the enemies may have changed, their approach was remarkably similar

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the usual corner, but with the stamp turned around, so that the face looks upwards like c.r. in the pastos. you are particularly requested to think and speak at all times with tolerance and respect of all other schools of true occultism, and of the eastern philosophy as contrasted with hermeticism and the rosicrucian fraternity. the works of the lake harris school are better avoided: the hermetic brotherhood of luxor is condemned, as of course are luciferian or palladistic teachings: the so-called rose croix of sar peladan, is considered as an ignorant perversion of the name, containing no true knowledge and not even worthy of the title of an occult order: the black mass is naturally by its own confession of the evil magic school: the martinists, as long as they adhere to the teachings of

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM21

r lord, we are hopeless and defenseless. unto thee sole wise, sole merciful one, be thou praised and glorified for ever and ever. thou alone art lord, thou alone art holy, thou alone art king of all that is seen and unseen. enflame us with strength and persistence to do thy will, for thy will is our true will. teach us to reflect your light in thy honor and glory. protect and preserve this sacred brotherhood of the rose and cross, through thy mercy oh lord. amen (all rise) chief adept "let us now adore the lord of the universe. holy art thou" chief adept "let us now close the vortex" chief adept "magus of water, will you now perform the l.b.r.p (done) chief adept "magus of fire, will you now perform the b.r.h (done) chief adept (moves to behind the cubical altar of the universe "i now rele

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k a c p q 5 b f y y h h w a d n h n w d h a y y dwh y y h h w a d n b 16 hmkj hnyb hrwbg trapt dwh twklm twklm dwsy jxn dsj rtk 17 a b c d e f g h i j k l a b c d e f g h i j k l 18 rtk a b c 5 f k l 5 hmkj hnyb dsj hrwbg jxn trapt dwh dwsy twh recommendation of the adeptus minor r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 official letter of recommendation for admission to the sacred brotherhood of the rose and cross r. r. et a. c. official letter of recommendation and dispensation for advancement to the second order of the hermetic order of the golden dawn. in the name of the lord of the universe, and by special dispensation from the chiefs of the second order of the temple of isis and the supreme chief of the second order of the hermetic order of the golden dawn internationa

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

s. no more, and no less.17 and in rigveda 1:164 (a typical stanza) we read of the 12- spoked wheel in which 720 sons of agni are established .18 in the hebrew cabala there are 72 angels through whom the sephiroth (divine powers) may be approached, or invoked, by those who know their names and numbers.19 rosicrucian tradition speaks of cycles of 108 years (72 plus 36) according to which the secret brotherhood makes its influence felt.20 similarly the number 72 and its permutations and subdivisions are of great significance to the chinese secret societies known as triads. an ancient ritual requires that each candidate for initiation pay a fee including 360 cash for making clothes, 108 cash for the purse, 72 cash for instruction, and 36 cash for decapitating the traitorous subject. 21 the cas

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

her of the royal arch mason. with it, those present are able to decode the mysterious writing on the ark, which includes the long-lost word of the master mason, the ancient names of three sky gods drawn together to form a single word. by such ciphers and codes have the initiates of all times communicated with each other and with their ultraterrestrial masters, the secret chiefs of the great white brotherhood. others have used the same or similar ciphers to communicate with their opposition. the simple english-based cipher of 26 letters discussed in this book is directly traceable to the qabala of nine chambers, a hebrew-based cipher of unknown antiquity; used for centuries to decode messages and secrets communicated in mystical writings, names and holy books. 2 allen h. greenfield symbolic

on. a physical contactee of the adamski type, bethurum seemed a down-to- earth person with an extraordinary story to tell. secret cipher of the ufonauts 9 bimstein, louis m, also known as max theon and aia aziz. the son of a polish rabbi, bimstein traveled in nineteenth century egypt and became a disciple of the coptic initiate paolos metamon, under whom he became the grand master of the hermetic brotherhood of light. bimstein later married the trance medium mary ware and became the conduit of the cosmic philosophy. virtually every modern occult movement, from the theosophical society to the followers of sri aurobindo in india, owe him a debt in their origins. bimstein was a high initiate, quite a mysterious person, and probably in constant contact with ufonauts early on. he died in the ea

was a high initiate, quite a mysterious person, and probably in constant contact with ufonauts early on. he died in the early 1920s and has been largely forgotten until recently. blavatsky, madame helena p, affectionately known as hpb by her followers, co-founder and primary moving force of the theosophical society. a high initiate, she was in communication with exalted adepts of the great white brotherhood through the main years of her career. she appears to be the first major historical personality to actively conceal the true names and origins of initiates using the cipher of the ufonauts. 10 allen h. greenfield crowley, aleister, the scribe of the book of the law as dictated to him by the intelligence aiwass. crowley is the most significant figure of the occult revival of the 20th cen

personal charisma, keel s hidden asset is his ability to tune one in to the high strangeness aspect of the ufo phenomenon in a way that can only result from direct field work. king, george, one of the premiere trance channel contactees since 1955. king and his aetherius society form one of the direct links between occultism and ufology, in that king claims to be a direct agent of the great white brotherhood working diligently with our extraterrestrial allies against the black lodge. lamed, frater who, as the former timothy coutu, a chief of the qblh and computer programming specialist, learned computer programming for an opportunity to do serious original work with the cipher. laying out the 1974 cipher solution on a 26-point star pattern, frater lamed was eventually able to generate thou

der of the golden dawn. at the end of the 19th century, this society developed its rituals from certain rosicrucian cipher manuscripts based in the teachings of the third order, or secret chiefs, or ascended masters which are identical with the space people in contact lore. that so much cipher material shows up in and around layne, who was said to be in frequent communication with the great white brotherhood, is highly suggestive that he was one of those who introduced the cipher into ufo trance-channeled contactee lore. layne was also writing about flying discs before kenneth arnold s sightings. he also introduced the idea of channeled masters to ufology. moseley, james w, the founder of the saucers and unexplained celestial events research society (saucers. since 1954 he has published so

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

the ideal mart. virgo: organized matter purifed and refined, the ideal woman. libra: ideal relationships, perfect harmony and balance, universal harmony. scorpio: emotional power, regeneration, death. sagittarius: aspiration, transformation of consciousness, the principie of perfection. 71 72 capricorn: crystallization of matter, matter organized for use, governing authority. aquarius: universal brotherhood, trae lmowledge. pisces: emotion as universal solvent, dissolving of form, elimination of boundaries, cosmos finto chaos. 73 planetary influences the universe is in equilibrium; therefore he that is without it, though his force be but a feather, can overturn the universe. be not caught within that web, o child of freedom! be not entangled in the universal l e, o child of truth! aleiste

the words limlal meaning "a treasure" and mad-netaab meaning "divine government" also 180=90x2 where 90 is the number for sonf which means "to reign" using aik bkr, the word nemo reduces to 9, the number for "stability through change" also zim is equal to 153 which reduces to 9. nemo is the title of the silent watcher who tends the garden in zim. it is therefore a magical grade in the great white brotherhood (white refers to the color of the magick used, not to race) which is sometimes called the hierarchy of compassion. it is this esoteric organization that keeps the spirit of love and brotherhood alive in the world. if you have love for your fellow man in your heart, then you are already a member of this organization. it is this organization or lodge that periodically sends selected memb

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elvish nature, and lastly the human race restored the equilibrium. the abrupt ness of these gradations is a good deal softened down by the giants or dwarfs forming frequent alliances with men, affording clear evidence that ancient fiction does not favour steep contrasts: the very earliest giants have sense and judgment ascribed to them (see suppl. on one side we see giants forming a close tie of brotherhood or servile dependence with human heroes, on the other side shading off into the type of schrats and woodsprites. there is a number of ancient terms corresponding in sense to our present word riese (giant. 2 1 not a trace of the finer features of gods is to be seen in the titans. mullet s proleg. 373. 2 some are mere circumlocutions (a counterpart to those quoted on p 450) der groze man

s and seasons (eoprrj, vo-reprj, yjuptov, cap, even of mere emotions, as love, shame (epw, ala-^vvrj. our own simple-hearted eld loves to emphasize this livingness by the formalities of address and rela tionship: horse, ship and sword are gravely apostrophized by the hero (gramm. 3, 331. 434. 441; such entities receive the title of herr or frau (3, 346; as animals are invested with gossiphood and brotherhood (reinh. p. xxvii, the edda makes air (the awl) brother to knifr, sn. 133. under this head too i bring the practice of coupling( father and l mother with lifeless things (gramm. 4, 723. things deeply intergrown with speech and story can at no time have remained foreign to mythology, nay, they must have sucked up peculiar nourishment from her soil, and that universal life conceded in gra

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

companies or societies use the term rosicrucian order, nor do they use the title ancient and mystical order rosae cruris. ever since the a.m.o.r.c. was organized in america it has made its definite and unequivocal claim of genuineness. its supreme lodge was duly incorporated, not as a society or fellowship of rosicrucians, but as "the ancient and mystical order of rosae cruris of the great white brotherhood" please note the word order and the latin term rosae crucis in the title. its colleges and university were also incorporated, and a patent was secured from the united states government protecting the name and symbols of the order in the united states and throughout the world. the name and symbols are also registered with many other nations of this jurisdiction. amorc is the only rosicr

he initials amorc represent the translated term. ques. has the a.m.o.r.c. any relation to any other rosicrucian society? ans. the a.m.o.r.c. is not a part of, or related to, any other socalled rosicrucian society, movement, or any other organization using the name rosicrucian. the genuine fraternity is always known as the rosicrucian order, and never as society or fellowship. the term rosicrucian brotherhood is used sometimes by the order as a substitute general term. there is only one rosicrucian order in the americas, australasia, europe, africa, and asia, recognized as the authorized body perpetuating the ancient organization, and which was affiliated with the international federation of esoteric orders and societies. the a.m.o.r.c. is affiliated in the fraternal and federation sense, h

a number of european and american educational societies, and had been received into the highest degrees of fourteen or more of the leading esoteric, mystical, and philosophical societies of the world, including the rose-croix kabalistique de france, the martinist order of france, belgium and switzerland, the rose-croix alchemical society of france, the unknown samaritans of europe, the brahmanist brotherhood, the egyptian rites of memphis and mizraim, and others; he was also one of the few initiates to be received in a mystery temple of luxor, egypt, in 1929. he was distinguished with high honors at the international congress of the federation universelle des ordres et societes initiatiques (fudosi) held in brussels, belgium, in 1934. he was the only rosicrucian officer in north america ha

s, kut-hu-mi, the illustrious, is shown in a portrait in another part of the manual. he was one of the two masters referred to by the ancient mystics and made somewhat known to advanced theosophists by the late mme. helena p. blavatsky, who was one of the personal students of the master. the great masters the master k-h-m is deputy grand master of the great white lodge of the symbolic great white brotherhood.(see definition of great white brotherhood, p. 167. he was at one time known on earth as thutmose iii of egypt, and at one time resided at lake moeris (morias) he was referred to in the zend-avesta as the illuminator and was also known in egypt as the kroomata (kai-ra- au-meta) from which comes our rosicrucian word used in our rituals and salutations: cromaat.(it is interesting to note

rnations. during his most recent incarnation on the earth plane, he lived at a secret monastery and temple near kichingargha, called variously kichinjirgha, kichi-jirg-jargha, or parcha-jarg-hatba by the tibetans and sikkimese. cosmic initiation hence, the real preparation of which we are speaking is for the purpose of ultimately being admitted, by cosmic initiation, into the symbolic great white brotherhood, that herein the master will [145] appear to the student who is ready, to take him under personal instruction, and lead him (or her) on to higher development, where, someday, mastership in the great white brotherhood is certain, and assignment to service as imperator, magus, or hierophant in some phase of the work on earth will then bring affiliation with the great white lodge. how is

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

owards practice rather than theory later joined the golden dawn. hockley's firm belief that the rosicrucian path lay through the crystal would probably have met with little support amongst the generality of the sria's membership. hockley is claimed as a memberofanother very shadowy rosicrucian group, which 'may have formed the model for the golden dawn: the fratres lucis, also known either as the brotherhood of the cross of light or the orderofthe swastika.thefratres lucis had its origins in 1873 when between 31 october and 9 november count cagliostro, by means of herbert irwin and the crystal, gave to f. g. irwin the history and ritualsoftheorder. cagliostro informed irwin that the order had originated in fourteenth-century florence, from whence it spread to rome, paris, and vienna. among

s were fulfilled, and i saw beings disembodied.'iwas uneducated in thewaysof the world, but brought up to be conversant with horrors. i was hardened by sights of penance and sufferings, and 1 was constantly employed in hypocrisy anddeceit-mycalling obliged me to be so. 1 saw and conversed with spirits to whom these things were hateful.bythem 1 was persuaded, and 1 believe helped, to flee from the brotherhood that would have persecuted me to death.indwellersof theworldofspirits135right to the left. now it has opened one fly leaf and then the tide.thecolour of the paper is like your oldmss-thedrawings are very beautiful.thelight which comes from the top makes the figure on the left (of the tide) all of a golden light.theother figure is altogether darker' i then requested that the characters

s in.future, i have got to write to bro. hughan anditis now past10pm and with kindest regards, i remain, yours most fraternally.1hockley was to be constantly troubled for the remainder of his life by headaches and pressure on the brain.2this appears to be a humorous comment on some form of 'argument by letter' between hockley and hughan, and the latter's rather extravagant whiskers! 3 rosicrucian brotherhood. 4 correspondence between irwin and benjamin cox, treasurer of the bristol college sria, shows the latter to have been laxinhis duty; subscriptions were allowed to go years into arrears. 5 george bumstead, bookseller,12king william street, strand. oswald croll (d. 1609. hockley is presumably referring to h. pinnell'sphilosophyrljormedandimpruvedinfourprofoundtractates. byo.c.(1657).6 t

s allude tothelettersofthe hebrew&greek alphabets and corresponding letters also adopted to the latin by which you take out the lettersofyour name, father, mother, house etc. a very antient practice given by heydon in book2therosicrucianseerbefore i received your last favor i had come to the conlusion that something unpleasant must have occurred in reference to my being admitted a memberofyourr.c.brotherhood- as i have not been applied to for my fees or subscription or received my diploma and i am now much concerned to find from your last letter that you had written (date not mentioned) to me enclosing my certificate, this i have never received, and i shall be much obliged by your letter to know the date and whether you addressed it to me here or to my offices 3 raymond buildings, grays in

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ith others of later periods, and it seems as if, at the time when the "pyramid texts" were cut into stone, these religious compositions were intended to contain expressions of pious thought about the hereafter which would satisfy both those who accepted the ancient indigenous beliefs, p. 4 and those who were prepared to believe the doctrines which had been promulgated by the priests of the famous brotherhood of ra, the sun-god, who had made their head-quarters in egypt at annu, i.e, on, or heliopolis. the old native beliefs of the country were of a more material character than the doctrines which the priests of heliopolis taught, but it was found impossible to eradicate them from the minds of the people, and the priests therefore framed religious works in such a manner that they might be a

the gold-producing districts of the eastern sudan. his next care was to rebuild, or perhaps to repair and add to, the sanctuary p. 18 of amen, and he founded the famous college of priests of amen, whose counsels guided, both for good and for evil, the destinies of egypt for several hundreds of years. he richly endowed these priests and their god and his temple, and on many of the coffins of this brotherhood are representations of members of the order in the act of worshipping his names, and of pouring out libations before his cartouches. the priests of amen had, no doubt, good reason for worshipping amen-hetep with such devotion. it is unnecessary to describe in detail the growth of the cult of amen under the xviiith dynasty, and it will suffice to say that the history of his cult is, pra

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

y human soul. such a thing as orthodoxy must be wrought out by each individual according to his nature and his needs, and according to his varying experience. this may explain why those who have imagined theosophy to be a new religion have hunted in vain for its creed and its ritual. its creed is loyalty to truth, and its ritual "to honor every truth by use" how little this principle of universal brotherhood is understood by the masses of mankind, how seldom its transcendent importance is recognized, may be seen in the diversity of opinion and fictitious interpretations regarding the theosophical society. this society was organized on this one principle, the essential brotherhood of man, as herein briefly outlined and imperfectly set forth. it has been assailed as buddhist and anti-christi

sity of opinion and fictitious interpretations regarding the theosophical society. this society was organized on this one principle, the essential brotherhood of man, as herein briefly outlined and imperfectly set forth. it has been assailed as buddhist and anti-christian, as though it could be both these together, when both buddhism and christianity, as set forth by their inspired founders, make brotherhood the one essential of doctrine and of life. theosophy has been also regarded as something new under the sun, or, at best as old mysticism masquerading under a new name. while it is true that many societies founded upon, and united to support, the principles of altruism, or essential brotherhood, have borne various names, it is also true that many have also been called theosophic, and wi

exoteric and esoteric sections. q. what is the difference? a. the members of the theosophical society at large are free to profess whatever religion or philosophy they like, or none if they so prefer, provided they are in sympathy with, and ready to carry out one or more of the three objects of the association. the society is a philanthropic and scientific body for the propagation of the idea of brotherhood on practical instead of theoretical lines. the fellows may be christians or muslims, jews or parsees, buddhists or brahmins, spiritualists or materialists, it does not matter; but every member must be either a philanthropist, or a scholar, a searcher into ryan and other old literature, or a psychic student. in short, he has to help, if he can, in the carrying out of at least one of the

think he deserves being called a dishonorable man, a coward? q. i believe so; but some think otherwise. a. so much the worse for them. but we will talk on this subject later, if you please. the working system of the t.s *1) the objects of the society q. what are the objects of the "theosophical society? a. they are three, and have been so from the beginning. 1. to form the nucleus of a universal brotherhood of humanity without distinction of race, color, or creed. 2. to promote the study of aryan *2) and other scriptures, of the world's religions and sciences, and to vindicate the importance of old asiatic literature, namely, of the brahmanical, buddhist, and zoroastrian philosophies. 3. to investigate the hidden mysteries of nature under every aspect possible, and the psychic and spiritu

eosophical glossary, london, 1892 and also the glossary at the end of this file) page 22 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt q. can you give me some more detailed information upon these? a. we may divide each of the three objects into as many explanatory clauses as may be found necessary. q. then let us begin with the first. what means would you resort to, in order to promote such a feeling of brotherhood among races that are known to be of the most diversified religions, customs, beliefs, and modes of thought? a. allow me to add that which you seem unwilling to express. of course we know that with the exception of two remnants of races-the parsees and the jews-every nation is divided, not merely against all other nations, but even against itself. this is found most prominently among th

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he united grand lodge of england; to the staffs of the london library (as so often during the past forty years, the chiswick public library and the library of the theosophical society of england. the letters device used by ayton on his writing paper t he earliest of ayton's surviving letters was written in 1886 to captain francis george irwin (1828-93, of bristol. a. e. waite described him in the brotherhood of the ro y cross (19 24, pp 568 ff) as 'a believer in the occult arts within the measure of a thinking and reading person of his particular mental class. for the rest [he] was satisfied apparently with the pursuits of spiritualism, to the truth ofwhich his circle bears witness in unpublished writings. waite mentioned too that irwin 'was a zealous and amiable mason, with a passion forr

tenced to seven months imprisonment at leeds borough sessions in january 1883 on a charge of conspiring to obtain money by false pretences. he and another were running a fraudulent 'national employment agency and mercantile assistants' bureau (see the leeds mercury, ro january 1883. after his release from prison dalton, who now used the pseudonym burgoyne, became secretary of a spurious 'hermetic brotherhood of luxor, which was founded by a so-called occultist called peter davidson. according to a. e. waite (in a new and revised encyclopaedia offreemasonry, new and revised [it was not] edition, 1923, art 'hermetic brotherhood of luxor) ayton, whom he clearly identified, although not by name, was unwittingly involved to the extent that he not only joined the 'h.,b. ofl' but 'appears to have

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appreciate the audacity of the patristic scheme to reduce a purely metaphysical figure into concrete form, and make it appear as if the finger of prophecy had from ume immemorial been pointing down the vista of ages to jesus as the coming messiah. a thtomythos intended to ^mbolize the coming day, near the close of the great cycle, when the 'glad tidings* from heaven should proclaim the universal brotherhood and common faith of humanity, the day of regeneration was violently distorted into an accomplished fact "why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that i* god" says jesus. is this the language of a god? of the second person in the trinity, who is identical with the first? and if this messiah, or holy ghost of the gnostic and pagan trinities, had come in his person, what did

hat mysterious school, and many the side-shoots of that one primitive stock. the secrecy preserved by th^e sub-lodges, as well as by the one and supreme great lodge, has ever been proportionate to the activity of religious persecutions; and now, in the face of the growing materialism, their very existence is becoming a mystery* but it must not be inferred, on that account, that such a, mysterious brotherhood is hut a fiction, not even a naitie, though it remaioa unknown to this day. whether its affiliates are called by an egyptian, hindfl, or fersian name, it matters not. persons belonging to one of these sub- brotherhoods have been met by trustworthy and not unknown persons, besides the present writer, who states a few facts concerning them, by the qiecial permission of one who has a righ

red to be men of forty to forty-five years of age, and evi- deotly of vast erudition. their knowledge of languages not to be doubted. they never remained long in any one country, but passed away without creating notice' another of such sub-brotherhoods is the sect of the fitris in india. known by name, now that jacolliot has brought it into pubhc notice, it is still more arcane, perhaps, than the brotherhood that mr. mackenzie names the 'hermetic brothers' what jacolliot learned of it, was from fragmentary manuscripts delivered to him by brdhmanas, who had their reasons for doing so, we must believe. the affruskada parilahai gives certain details about the association, as it was in days of old, and when explaining mystic rites and magical incantations explains nothing at all, so that tjie

ty. we have heard of two in fifty years, and both have finished their careers in prison, for drunkenness and theft. they proved to be "real i)ru2 a* 704. wbkt will perhap* still more utoniih american remders, a the fact that in the united states a mystical fraternity now ensts. which claims an intimate relationship with one of the oldest and moat powerful of eutem brotherhoods. it is known as the brotherhood of luxor, and its faithful members have the custody of very important ecrets of science. its ramifications extend widely throughout the great bepublic of the west. thou^ this brotherhood has be n long and bard at work, the secret of its existence hu been jealously guarded. mackeniie describes it as having "a roaicruciui baaia. and numbering many members (royal matonie cyclopaedia, p. 4

irit. the doctrine taught by the druzes on that particular questiduality of spiritual man, consisting of one soul mortal, and another immortal, is identical with that of the gnostics, the older greek philosophers, and other initiates. outside the east we have met one initiate (and only (hoe) who, tot some reasons best known to himself, does not make a secret d his initia- tion into the brotherhood of lebanon. it is the learned traveler and artist, frofeasor a. l. rawson. of new york city. this gentleman has passed many years in the east, four times vinted palestine, and has 'digitizecoy google a letter from an initiate 313 traveled to mecca. it is safe to say that he has a priceless store of facts about the beginnings of the christian church, which none but one who had had free

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e testimony to this activity, and to the fact that he has found or made time to write or edit some seven-and-twenty different works, i have, without asking his permission, much pleasure in penning the above. london, january 1st, 1870. preface to the present edition he authors of this important book such must obviously be the fact of any work speaking with authority in regard of that extraordinary brotherhood, the rosicrucians feel assured that it will only be necessary to penetrate but to the extent of two or three pages therein, to secure vivid curiousity and attention. the producers particularly in the instance of this muchenlarged present edition are particularly desirous that no one shall identify them with, or consider them as maintaining personally, the strangely abstruse, and, in so

d we find them all prejudiced and misrepresenting, really telling no truth, and only displaying a deplorable amount of mischevious ignorance. they are, besides, in the main copied from each other which is notably they case with the early encyclop dias. old fuller, who has some notices of robert flood, a famous english member of the order of the rosicrucians, fully admits his ignorance of whom the brotherhood comprised, and of their constitution or purpose. all generally received accounts, therefore, are wrong, principally for three reasons: first, through ignorance; secondly, through prejudice; thirdly, as instigated by distrust, dislike and envy, for in criticism it is a dogma that the subject must be always under the critic, never that, by a chance, the subject may be above the critic th

n rumbled sullenly to sleep, as through unknown, inaccessible passages. what these were if any passages nobody ever found out. it was only suspected that this hidden place referred in some way to the rosicrucians, and that the mysterious people of that famous order had there concealed some of their scientific secrets. the place in staffordshire became aftwards famed as the sepulchre of one of the brotherhood, whom, for want of a more distinct recognition or name, the people chose to call rosicrucians, in general reference to his order; and from the circumstances of the lamp, and its sudden extinguishment by the figure that started up, it was supposed that some rosicrucian had determined to inform posterity that he had penetrated to the secret of the making of the ever-burning lamps of the

ret knowledge do wrap ourselves in mystery, to avoid the objurgation and importunity or violence of those who conceive that we cannot be philosophers unless we put our knowledge to some ordinary worldly use. there is scarcely one who thinks about us who does not believe that our society has no existence; because, as he truly declares, he never met any of us. and he concludes that there is no such brotherhood because, in his vanity, we seek not him to be our fellow. we do not come, as he assuredly expects, to that conspicuous stage upon which, like himself, as he desires the gaze of the vulgar, every fool may enter: winning wonder, if the.man's appetite be that empty way; and, when he has obtained it, crying out, lo, this is also vanity! dr. edmund dickenson, physician to king charles the s

ury, which stands a few miles from it. this is called the ambres of the abiri. it is two words, and means the ambres of the dii potentes, or of the yryba, or cabiri, for they are the same. the star of the l gion d honneur bears the inscription napol on, empereur des fran ais. this order was instituted by the emperor napeleon the first, after the discovery and elimination of the secret society, or brotherhood, of which general pichegru, georges cadoudal, the famous moreau, and other noted revolutionary men, were members. this order possessed, it is stated, a talisman, or mystic head, which served as a recognitive mark, and was supposed to be a sort of bond to the brotherhood. after their death, their secret insignia were discovered; and it has been stated that the emperor napoleon, whose at

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

y, strange marks and footprints, and other things which we have not solved. these men seem to feel that it is too late for man to obtain space flight. they feel that mankind could not cope with "those mind wrecking conditions that space and sea contain" for mankind is to 10 egotistical, values too much the material, wars over mer parcels of the planet, is too filled with jealously, and lacks true brotherhood. how much truth is there in this? that cannot be answered. it is evident that these men provide some very intriguing explanations; explanations that may be worth consideration. 11 preface_ the subject of ufo's in its present stage is like astronomy in that it is a purely observational "science" not an experimental one; necessarily, therefore, it must be based on observation and not on

KARR DON NOTES ON EDITIONS OF SEFER YETZIRAH IN ENGLISH

984) concerning belimah, where he mentions its likely derivation from job 26:7. 20073 6 on page 30 of gershom scholem s kabbalah, an english translation of sy by p. davidson (elsewhere noted as the sepher jetsirah, white county [ga: 1896) is mentioned. i have not seen it. given the time and place of this publication, it does seem that this p. davidson is peter davidson (1837-1915) of the hermetic brotherhood of luxor; see godwin, chanel and deveney: the hermetic brotherhood of luxor (york beach: samuel weiser, inc, 1995. mordell, phineas. the origins of the letters and numerals according to the sefer yetzirah. the present thesis appeared in the jewish quarterly review, new series for april 1912 vol. ii, and for april 1913 vol. iii. published by dropsie college philadelphia pa. supplement:

oriously unreliable. with hall, we come to the end of a cycle of fairly frequent productions of sy in english. between hall s translation and the next one reviewed here (that of work of the chariot, 1971, there is a lapse of over forty years. falling between are two translations, neither of which have i seen: doreal, dr. m. sepher yetzirah. the book of creation. a verse by verse analysis. denver: brotherhood of the white temple, 1941. listed in sheila spector s jewish mysticism: an annotated bibliography of kabbalah in english (new york/london: garland publishing, inc, 1984) under the history of kabbalah, f. merkabah mysticism and jewish gnosticism; doreal= f15) raskin, saul. kabbalah in word and image, with the book of creation and from the zohar. new york, academy photo offset, inc, 1952

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f the original creation. and asmodeus led mathematicians and astronomers to the wonders of the firmament, and i walked within the thought of scholars on quiet evenings. and that man not attempt mastery of his environment before himself, i spoke of government to khem and hellas, to the dynasties of ch'in and ashanti and tenochtitlan, and within great capitals and mean villages alike i spoke of the brotherhood of all man, and of his correlation to the forces of earth and those of the universe beyond earth. and i brought life and adventure and achievement to man, but each gift was as well a tool for destruction and death, and more oft than not were the ages of man fraught with terror and war, for uriel ceased not his work ever to turn man against man. and i knew that asmodeus alone should not

must remain ere the black flame becomes red in the glory of its perfection. then the red magus shall behold only leviathan, and he shall recognize that he has become the perfect mind, who shall remake the cosmos in the eternal glory of his satanic will. 463 464 liber primum the book of lucifer caput primum: about the book of doom 1.01. eons ago, long before mankind roamed this planet, there is a brotherhood of sorceres. 1.02. they are masters of wisdom, science, and knowledge unheard of yet in the history of mankind. 1.03. they decide to have theire knowledge accessible to all who are ready, willing, and worthy. 1.04. therefore they create a book that contains the keys to all their power, science, knowledge, and wisdom. 1.05. the name of this book is the book of doom. 1.06. this is so bec

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n among the various accounts. we have ourselves devoted a good deal of investigation and research to this matter, and i have published some of its results in the book just mentioned, glimpses of masonic history. 86. much of the ancient wisdom has been allowed to slip into oblivion, and so some of the true secrets were lost to the great body of the brn. but among the hierophants of the great white brotherhood the true secrets have ever been preserved, and they will always reward the search of the really earnest mason. we, of these later sub-races, may prove ourselves just as unselfish and capable of just as good work for our fellowmen as were the people of old. indeed, we ourselves may well be those men of old, come back in new bodies, and bringing with us the old attraction to the form of

pomegranates which depend from the fringe of the network, the pomegranates being chosen for this symbolism because each fruit contains a prodigious number of separate seeds, thus illustrating the amazing fecundity of nature and the vast variety of her types. 179. in tat the lilies represented always the flower of humanity. arranged in line round the edge of the disc they indicated the great white brotherhood the jewels in the crown of mankind, hovering above the human race and directing its evolution. the four pendant flower-chains symbolized the holy four who reside at shamballa- the spiritual king and his three pupil-assistants, the sole representatives on earth of the lords of the flame who came down long ago from venus to hasten the evolution of mankind. the crossed palm-leaves between

of the occult life which i have described at length in the masters and the path. there are first those on the probationary path, who are aspiring to enter the path proper, and are doing everything in their power to purify themselves, to develop their character, and to serve humanity with unselfish love under the guidance of the masters. then come those who have been initiated into the great white brotherhood, and have thus entered on the path proper; their lives are dedicated entirely to the service of humanity; in them the bud of human life has opened into flower, and their consciousness has risen into the buddhic principle, which has been described as the truly human expression of man. thirdly come the arhats, those who have taken the fourth great initiation; they are not compelled to re

t as briskly as is consistent with dignity; there should be no unnecessary delay. as the thurifer censes the different pedestals the brn. should unite in thought upon the three principles which they represent r. w.m- wisdom; w.s.w- strength; w.j.w- beauty. this should also be done while the candles are being lighted at each pedestal. when the altar is reached the thought should be on the unity of brotherhood. 325. the censing of the pedestals in this manner pro-duces in front of each of them a highly magnetized cone, or beehive-shaped form, in which the candidate stands when he comes before any of the pedestals. it is erected for that purpose, and can be stretched when several candidates come together, but it becomes a little tenuous if the number is large. the censing of the officials is

tion is also supposed to refer to the fact that at the building of king solomon fs temple there was not heard within its precincts the sound of any axe, hammer or tool of iron, as the stones were fully prepared in the quarries and were laid in their places by means of wooden mauls. 470. that the candidate should enter without any v c s on his person is symbolic of the fact that he is going into a brotherhood in which money, titles, and other distinctions of the outer world do not count. 471. the rich man leaves his rank and state 472. outside the mason fs door; 473. the poor man meets his true respect 474. upon the chequered floor. 475. the freemason is equal to a prince, but brother to a beggar, if he be worthy. in the lodge this brotherhood is seen in the entire absence of any favouritis

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

progress is by successive descents into earthly bodies for the sake of experience, and withdrawals into worlds or planes which are invisible to physical eyes. he finds that this progress is governed by a law of eternal justice, which renders to each man the fruit of that which he sows, joy for good and suffering for evil. 26. he learns, too, that the world is ruled, under the will of t.m.h, by a brotherhood of adepts, who have themselves attained divine union, but remain on earth to guide humanity; that all the great religions of the world were founded by them, according to the needs of the races for which they were intended, and that within these religions there have been schools of the mysteries to offer to those who are ready a swifter path of unfoldment, with greater knowledge and opp

eat teachers of mankind sought to instruct the people in matters of importance, inspired by the great white lodge which stands behind all religions alike. among these the egyptian mysteries were preeminent among the western peoples of the ancient world, not only because of their immemorial age, but because of the fact that egypt was one of the auxiliary centres of the white lodge. the great white brotherhood has its headquarters in central asia, but it has at various times and for various purposes maintained subsidiary lodges in different parts of the world. 104. the presence of this secret centre belonging to the white brotherhood had much to do with egypt s greatness throughout the ages; although the fact of its existence was not known to the outer world, that lodge of the true mysteries

ereign grand inspector-general. in ancient egypt, at the time when i knew it, there were only three who held the equivalent of that supreme degree, the pharaoh and two others, who formed with him an inner triangle which was the heart of the whole system of the mysteries, and the channel to them of the hidden light from the white lodge behind. these three were all high initiates of the great white brotherhood, and the pharaoh possessed an even higher level of power than is usually given in the 33, it being that of a crowned and anointed sovereign. 180. the brn. of this high order may be said to have passed on from a conception of the divine justice to the certainty of knowledge and the fullness of the divine glory in the hidden light. the 33 links the sovereign grand inspector-general with

one initiator once more flames out above him in all its glory; while in any case the two great white angels of the rite flash down in splendour from the heavenly places, showing themselves as low as the etheric level that they may give their blessing to the candidate. 181. the hierophant makes the actual links both with himself and with the reservoir of power set apart for the work of the masonic brotherhood, and through himself with that mighty king whose representative he is, while the great white angels of the order remain as the guardians of the bro. throughout life. he on the right hand has an aura of brilliant white light shot with gold, and represents osiris, the sun and life, the positive aspect of the deity; she on the left has an aura of similar light, veined with silver, and rep

first great initiation, and those who enter the 33 should assuredly qualify themselves for that step before very long. indeed, in the great days of the mysteries this stage was accessible only to initiates, and one feels that it ought only to be given to such now, just as it would seem appropriate that the marvellous gift of the episcopate should be conferred only upon members of the great white brotherhood. the power of the degree when in operation shows itself in an aura of dazzling white and gold, enfolding within it the rose and blue of rose-croix and k.h; and in it also is manifested that peculiar shade of electric blue which is the especial sign of the presence of the king. the sovereign grand inspector-general is the bishop of masonry, and if the life of the degree is really lived

LETTER FROM A LUCIFEREAN

would, she said, provide a spectacle for the others and demonstrate the mingling of sympathies required for the raising of magical potentia. doubtless this all sounds rather na ve to the modern occultist, but one must remember that this was long before the advent of the so-called permissive society or, for that matter, the popular occult movement. it was in this way that i was initiated into the "brotherhood of lucifer" it transpired that both bernard and michelle [not their real names, of course] had themselves been initiated, some years ago, into a group bearing this title, and had, as was custom, formed their own chapter; it being felt that oral transmission and mutation- in the light of personal revelation were of more value than adhering to the dictates of the parent chapter. the core

the parent chapter. the core of the rite of lesser dedication is that by an act of personal transgression done before and with other members, the celebrant makes a dedication to his or her personal rebellion against previous conformity and, experiences fully the the power inherent in this transgression. i later discovered that the lesser dedication is the first rite by which a new chapter of the brotherhood formally comes into existence. the emphasis on acts of a sexual nature reflects the now well-understood magical idea that sexuality is intertwined with magical power. however, it is one thing to merely state this as a fact, and quite another thing to experience this power for the first time. nowadays, all manner of sexual diversity is commonplace, and books on sexual magic are easy to

er. however, it is one thing to merely state this as a fact, and quite another thing to experience this power for the first time. nowadays, all manner of sexual diversity is commonplace, and books on sexual magic are easy to come by. the reader should bear in mind that it was a very different kettle of fish in the mid-fifties. however, i would not like to give the impression that the focus of the brotherhood was merely a venue for sexual orgia. the brotherhood s satanic ethos focused on the necessity of untangling oneself from the bindings of christian culture. since open and free sexual behaviour which is pleasurable, rather than merely procreative, has been for centuries castigated and demonized, our magister considered it the most effective method of awakening and invigorating the perso

other people apart from his chosen colleagues. for myself, it is much more satanic to have mastered the art of minding my own business, rather than setting myself up to pronounce the fate of other, lesser mortals. again, one can detect the undercurrents of christian impulse in the desire to set satan or lucifer up as gods. here, i will draw the reader s attention to the name of the chapter- the "brotherhood" of lucifer. this reflected the view that one relates with lucifer/satan as elder brethren. thus the aim of satanic ritual (in a broad sense) is to identify the power of satan as one s own power to overcome. satan is then, an ideal type with which the satanist identifies in order to unbridle his passions, hone his will, and test his own resolve. lucifer, the light-bringer, is an extens

of the intellect or genius through which one refines the expression of one s will. the separation of satan-lucifer into distinct forms is merely a heuristic device which is used as one moves through different states of progression and for focusing particular ritual works. thus, acts of dedication to the dark brother, are ultimately acts of selfdedication. the focus of ritual work as taught by the brotherhood was to progressively identify with the ideal types of satan, lucifer, and lilith until what starts off initially as external powers becomes intrinsically identified as springing from within. each type expresses particular characteristics through which the celebrant is able to tap the latent power within himself. thus, on an initial level (the stage of supplicant) satan embodies the pow

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

nes: o thou, of angels loveliest, most wise, o god betrayed by fate, deprived of praise! satan, have mercy on my long distress! o prince of exile, who was dispossessed, who ever rises stronger when oppressed, satan, have mercy on my long distress! o thou who knowest all, hell s sovereign, known healer of mankind s afflictions satan, have mercy on my long distress! at least one satanist group, the brotherhood of the ram, incorporated it into their regular rituals. it can also sometimes be found on satanist websites. see also brotherhood of the ram for further reading: baddeley, gavin. lucifer rising: sin, devil worship and rock n roll. london: plexus, 1999. scott,miriam van. encyclopedia of hell. new york: thomas dunne books, 1998. the beast computer legend according to an urban legend that

emons; hell and heaven for further reading: beagle, peter s, the garden of earthly delights. london: pan books, 1982. cavendish, richard, ed.man,myth& magic. the illustrated encyclopedia of mythology, religion and the unknown. 1983. reprint, new york: marshall cavendish, 1995. encyclopedia ofworld art. london:mcgraw-hill, 1960. linfert, carl, hieronymus bosch. new york: harry n. abrams, 1989. the brotherhood of satan a diabolical coven takes over a small town in this 1971 film. the elderly satan worshipers plan to conduct a ritual for the purpose of transferring themselves into the bodies of kidnapped children and continuing their infernal lifestyle into a new generation. brotherhood of the ram the brotherhood of the ram, founded by don blythe in the 1960s, was a satanist organization that

lm. the elderly satan worshipers plan to conduct a ritual for the purpose of transferring themselves into the bodies of kidnapped children and continuing their infernal lifestyle into a new generation. brotherhood of the ram the brotherhood of the ram, founded by don blythe in the 1960s, was a satanist organization that operated in southern california from the early 1960s into the 1970s. the name brotherhood of the ram appears to have been taken from a fictional satanist group in dennis wheatley s novel, the satanist. the group opened a bookstore in los angeles, california, which was closed in the 1980s, when the brotherhood disbanded. the group also ran a disco, satan s a go-go. members of this group considered satan a god of joy and pleasure, and accepted such traditional practices of sa

a bookstore in los angeles, california, which was closed in the 1980s, when the brotherhood disbanded. the group also ran a disco, satan s a go-go. members of this group considered satan a god of joy and pleasure, and accepted such traditional practices of satanism as the pact, through which they renounced all other devotion and their christian baptism. according to michael newton s account of a brotherhood ritual in raising hell, participants opened their meeting with a reading of baudelaire s litanies of satan and an invocation of lucifer before new recruits pricked a finger and smeared blood on a scrap of paper bearing his or her signature. see also baudelaire, charles ;wheatley, dennis for further reading: newton,michael. raising hell: an encyclopedia of devil worship and satanic crim

nstincts, and thus natural behaviors of the human animal (the church advocates sexual activity only among consenting adults) three principal holidays are celebrated by the church: first and highest is the individual s own birthday; walpurgisnacht, celebrated on april 30th, is the traditional anton lavey and an assistant conduct a satanic ceremony, 22 march 1970 (bettmann/corbis) church of satanic brotherhood 51 witches sabbath, and marks the founding night of the organization; and halloween, is also a night that, according to legend, is a time when dark forces are unleashed. rituals are regarded as psychodramas and as magical acts focusing upon psychokinetic force. le messe noir, the text used for the traditional black mass ritual, is contained in anton lavey s the satanic rituals (1972. t

LIBER LXI

t be supposed to imply any religious or metaphysical theory. to do this utterly was found impossible, since all language has a history, and the use (for example) of the word<<spirit> implies the scholastic philosophy and the hindu and taoist theories concerning the breath of man. so was it difficult to avoid implication of some undesirable bias by using the words<<order< circle<society<<brotherhood> or any other to designate the body of initiates. 23. deliberately, therefore, did he take refuge in vagueness. not to veil the truth to the neophyte, but to warn him against valuing non- essentials. should therefore the candidate hear the name of any god, let him not rashly assume that it refers to any known god, save only the god known to himself. or should the ritual speak in terms

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h grow green at his coming. let his planets whirl upon his wheel; let him send forth his comets as angels unto his brethren; and let him give light to all his realm. let no eye behold him unblasted; let him strike upon the necks of the ungodly. xx of the thesaurus of the o.t.o. remember these chief treasures to be preserved: 1. this secret of the ix. 2. the secret of the viii concerning universal brotherhood: in the macrocosm the sun lord of all life; in the microcosm the phallus lord of all life; indubitable, undeniable, a basis for the faith of all men. 3. the secret of the vii: our particular method of instruction, selection, governance, and initiation. 4. the secret of the vi, the history of the temple, the mystery of baphomet, our war on those never wholly subdued foes of humanity, ty

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create an image of my little universe in the mind of the woman of scarlet; that is, i manifested my whole magical self in her mind. thus then in her, as in a mirror, have i been able to interpret myself to myself. thou also in thine own way hast the power to create such an image; but be thou sure and alert, testing constantly the persons in that image by the holy qabalah and by the true signs of brotherhood. for each person herein shall be a part of thyself, made individual and perfect, able to instruct thee in thy path. yet often there shall be others, that are to aid thee in thy working, or to oppose it. and in this matter thou shalt read especially the record of thy father his workings with soror ahita (blessed be her name unto the ages) and certain others to boot. n the book of wisdom

derstand how few be they whose work in this their present lives is our way of initiation. yet it is written in the book of the law that the law is for all, so that thou shalt in no wise err if thou establish it as the formula of the on, universal among men. also, even for them that are fitted to advance in our light, there is order and diversity in function, as regardeth their work in our sublime brotherhood, thus, it might well be that, in a profess-house of the temple, or college of the holy ghost, each knight or brother might severally attain experience of every trance, unto the perfection of all illumination; yet by this there ought not to arise confusion, one usurping the appointed office of another. for the abbot, although he be not enlightened wholly, is yet abbot; and the place of

LIBER CCXLII AHA

most straitly hide with clouds their holy heads. divide the planes! be ever as you can a simple honest gentleman! body and manners be at ease, not bloat with blazoned sanctities! liber ccxlii 28 who fights as fights the soldier-saint? and see the artist-adept paint! weak are those souls that fear the stress of earth upon their holiness! they fast, they eat fantastic food, they prate of beans and brotherhood, wear sandals, and long hair, and spats, and think that makes them arahats! how shall man still his spirit-storm? rational dress and food reform! olympas. i know such saints. marsyas. an easy vice: so wondrous well they advertise! o their mean souls are satisfied with wind of spiritual pride. they.re all negation .do not eat; what poison to the soul is meat! drink not; smoke not; deny

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

een my life work, indeed it must have been, to help others to the path. therefore to those who follow after are these lines written in the hope that they may be saved one drop of the anguish i now suffer. whatever may have happened in this last three days, the results of my thoughts amount to this. i who have found the heart of the shining triangle, who have indeed become one with the great white brotherhood, who have heard the voice of god in all its sweetness, who have made that message a part (nay all) of my being, who have held my beloved in my arms, who have become my beloved and lost myself therein, who have for ever given up my lower self, who have conquered death, who have felt the pain of the whole world, who have found wisdom, love and power, who have given up all to become nothi

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

dainty grains of gilded corn their beauty spill to tempt the quarry to the range of palamede his archer skill. all night he sits, with ardour strange and hope new-fledged. a gambler born aye thinks the luck one day must change, though sense and skill he laughs to scorn. so now there rush a thousand rats in sable silence on the corn. they sport their square or shovel hats, a squeaking, tooth-bare brotherhood, innumerable as summer gnats buzzing some streamlet through a wood. sir palamede grows mighty wroth, and mutters maledictions rude, seeing his quarry far and loth and thieves despoiling all the bait. now, careless of the knightly oath, sir palamedes, the saracen knight 37 the sun pours down his eastern gate. the chase is over: see ye then, coursing afar, afoam at fate sir palamede the

LIBER LXI VEL CAUSAE

d to imply any religious or metaphysical theory. to do this utterly was found impossible, since all language has a liber lxi 6 history, and the use (for example) of the word .spirit. implies the scholastic philosophy and the hindu and taoist theories concerning the breath of man. so was it difficult to avoid implication of some undesirable bias by using the words .order .circle .chapter .society .brotherhood. or any other to designate the body of initates. 23. deliberately, therefore, idid he take refuge in vagueness. not to veil the truth to the neophyte, but to warn him against valuing non-essentials. should therefore the candidate hear the name of any god, let him not rashly assume that it refers to any known god, save only the god known to himself. or should the ritual speak in terms (

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

logical development of the observed facts; whoso is with me so far is sammaditthi, and has taken the first step on the noble eightfold path. let him aspire to knowledge, and the second step is under his feet. the rest lies with research. aum! i take my refuge holy in the light and peace of buddh. aum! i take my refuge, slowly working out his law of good. aum! i take my refuge lowly in his pitying brotherhood. 120 epilogue when the chill of earth black-breasted is uplifted at the glance of the red sun million-crested, and the forest blossoms dance with the light that stirs and lustres of the dawn, and with the bloom of the wind.s cheek as it clusters from the hidden valley.s gloom; then i walk in woodland spaces, musing on the solemn ways of the immemorial places shut behind the starry rays

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

rable author was an adept familiar with many systems of symbolism, and able to harmonise them for himself, even as now is accomplished for all men in the book 777. in the year 1899 he was graciously pleased to receive me as his pupil, and, living in his house, i studied daily under his guidance the holy qabalah. upon his withdrawal.whether to enjoy his earned reward, or to perform the work of the brotherhood in other lands or planets matters nothing here*.he bequeathed to me a beautiful garden. the like of which hath rarely been seen upon earth. it has been my pious duty to collate and comment upon this arcane knowledge, long treasured in my heart, watered alike by my tears and my blood, and sunned by that all-glorious ray that multiplieth itself into an orb ineffable. in this garden no fl

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opriate god-form. but it is most desirable that the full complement of nine should assist) hail unto thee, osiris, triumphant, lord of amennta, lord of enenet! hail unto thee, all glorious sun of mercy& justice, upon whose head is the golden crown of light that is invisible to men! hail unto thee, hail unto thee, sole light in our darkness! hail unto thee through whom alone.)5 may attain unto the brotherhood immortal. deign to guide this aspirant in the straight path& let him not fall into the way of those who err (there is no answer. let us arise& seek osiris (they come to the first throne) saturn welcome. welcome, welcome, for thou art chosen, o thou that hast aspired to the brotherhood immortal. aspiration is strength& i give thee of my bounty: peace& plenty& contentment& good health& l

of all men& thy power shall be broken if thou so much as lift thine eyes unto his face. place therefore thine head upon my knees, that i may put mine hands upon thine head& bless thee with my blessings (he does so) welcome wast thou& thou shalt be welcome to my brethren. pass thou on (they reach the third throne. mars welcome, welcome, welcome, for thou art chosen, o thou that hast aspired to the brotherhood immortal. aspiration is strength& i give thee of my bounty: courage& energy& force; conquest& domimon. all these hast thou won by virtue of that single aspiration. but beware of the black shadow at my side, for he shall bum thee as with fire& all that thou hast shalt thou lose. and in thy battles shalt thou be overcome& thou shalt be broken& ground into dust if thou so much as lift thi

u so much as lift thine eyes unto his face. place therefore thine head upon my knees, that i may put mine hands upon thine head& bless thee with my blessings (he does so) welcome wast thou& thou shalt be welcome to my brethren. pass thou on (they reach the fourth throne) 5 name or probationer motto of candidate. 3 sun welcome, welcome, welcome, for thou art chosen, o thou that hast aspired to the brotherhood immortal. aspiration is strength& i give thee of my bounty: fame& jollity& a life fair& open; glory& harmony shall be thy servants& victory shall wait upon thee as an handmaid. all these hast thou won by virtue of that single aspiration. but beware of the black shadow at my side, for he shall drive thee from the life of men, so that thou hidest in dens& caverns from the light& thy name

e lost& thou shalt suddenly be slain if thou so much as lift thine eyes unto his face. place therefore thine head upon my knees, that i may put mine hands upon thine head& bless thee with my blessings (he does so) welcome wast thou& thou shalt be welcome to my brethren. pass thou on (they reach the fifth throne) venus welcome, welcome, welcome, for thou art chosen, o thou that hast aspired to the brotherhood immortal. aspiration is strength& i give thee of my bounty: love& beauty& true happiness, ease& abundance. all these hast thou won by virtue of that single aspiration. but beware of the black shadow at my side for he shall destroy love in thee& all thy beauty shall be blasted& no word of kindness shalt thou ever hear again if thou so much as lift thine eyes unto his face. place therefo

indness shalt thou ever hear again if thou so much as lift thine eyes unto his face. place therefore thine head upon my knees, that i may put mine hands upon thine head& bless thee with my blessings (he does so) welcome wast thou& thou shalt be welcome to my brethren. pass thou on (they reach the sixth throne) mercury welcome, welcome, welcome, for thou art chosen, o thou that hast aspired to the brotherhood immortal. aspiration is strength& i give thee of my bounty: learning& eloquence& the power to heal the ills of men. all these hast thou won by virtue of that single aspiration. but beware of the black shadow at my side, for a thief shall come upon thee& despoil thee& thou shalt have no more knowledge& with disease thy body shall dissolve away if thou so much as lift thine eyes unto his

LIBER V VEL REGULI

hey dare not face the phantoms. still, too, the fallen fetich seems awful; it is frightful to them that there is no longer an idol to adore with anthems, and to appease with the flesh of their firstborn. each scrambles in the bloody mire of the floor to snatch some scrap for a relic, that he may bow down to it and serve it. so, even today, a mass of maggots swarm heaving over the carrion earth, a brotherhood bound by blind greed for rottenness. science still hesitates to raise the temple of rimmon, though every year finds more of her sons impatient of naaman.s prudence. the privy council of the kingdom of mansoul sits in permanent secret session; it dares not declare what must follow its deed in shattering the monarch morality into scraps of crumbling conglomerate of climatic, tribal, and

LINDOW JOHN NORSE MYTHOLOGY A GUIDE TO THE GODS HEROES RITUALS AND BELIEFS

y late in the mythological present, and the foremost of these is the death of baldr. as the first death among the gods, it changed all the terms of the game. even if it did not make ragnarok inevitable, it made it possible, for now the death of any and therefore of all the gods is a possibility. if we follow the baldr story in snorri fs gylfaginning, we see that odin fs strategy of swearing blood-brotherhood with loki has failed, for it was loki who brought about baldr fs death. the gods now bind loki, and like his sons the wolf fenrir and the midgard serpent, he awaits ragnarok, the end of the world and the final period in the mythology. many of the events in the mythic present look forward to ragnarok: the failed oath of blood-brotherhood, the binding of evil creatures, and the gathering

is not with a god but with eldir, a surviving servant of agir. loki learns that the gods are discussing their prowess, states his intention to enter the hall, and dismisses eldir as a verbal opponent. in the remainder of the poem loki jousts verbally with 14 of the gods and goddesses. here is a catalog of the deities and the major insults directed toward them: bragi, cowardice; odin, swore blood-brotherhood with loki, often gave victory to the weaker; idun, slept with the killer of her brother; gefjon, sold herself for a bauble; frigg, slept with vili and ve (and loki takes responsibility for baldr fs death; freyja, slept with her brother; njord, abused by hymir fs daughters, sired frey on his sister; ty lr, lost his hand to fenrir, cuckolded by loki; frey, 214 norse mythology abandoned h

d he used to make skadi laugh when the gods were compensating her for the loss of her father, thjazi: he tied a rope around his testicles and the beard of a she-goat and both bleated as loki fell into skadi fs lap. loki shares this sexual ambiguity with odin, who practiced the effeminate magic called seid, and in fact the two were blood brothers. it seems likely to me that odin entered into blood-brotherhood with loki in an attempt to head off future mortal conflict with him. if so, odin failed. loki fs unequivocally negative actions should probably begin with his mysterious struggle with heimdall, apparently over the brisinga men, which loki may have stolen. this incident is obscure, but his vicious insulting of the gods and goddesses in lokasenna is crystal clear. worse yet is his arrang

LOGOMACHY OF ZOS

in. we are always a functional throwback, the articulation of past latencies clamouring for reformation. the complex development of body becomes a more elastic medium for ego, mind and soul to work through. the purpose of life appears as the conversion of matter from collective uniformity (stinking lump) into specialized separatenesses, i.e, a diversity of individuals. hence there is no universal brotherhood based on equality, there being no age-group of experience, just the reverse. time relates us to ability. whatever our claims concerning interrelatedness, this is governed not only by heritage but by aptitude. ability indeed has to be deserved the hard way. the way of techniques and efforts. the body is the stuttering puppet of the mind, beginning as automatic and becoming autonomous. a

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT AN INTRODUCTION

sion. the system regarded magic as a natural process, and to build knowledge from the earth, from which is powers reside. many grasped this ideology well, given aid no doubt to the nature conscious fever of the 1960 s (1. it is considered that humanity has destroyed enough of its natural resources to begin the long process of re-building from the industrial revolution. witchcraft offered a sister/brotherhood of individuals seeking the love of nature and folk magic, from which many in europe in our current time are seeking yet again. witchcraft is the direct descendent of ancient shamanic cultures and practices, which has flourished with humanity since the beginning of time. the essence of witchcraft is of two basic aspects, being the discovery of the self and the unity with nature, and the

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ecomes the higher nature of man and the murderers are ignorance, superstition, and fear. the indwelling christ can give expression to himself in this world only through man's thoughts, feelings, and actions. right thinking, right feeling, and right action--these are three gates through which the christ power passes into the material world, there to labor in the erection of the temple of universal brotherhood. ignorance, superstition, and fear are three ruffians through whose agencies the spirit of good is murdered and a false kingdom, controlled by wrong thinking, wrong feeling, and wrong action, established in its stead. in the material universe evil appears ever victorious "in this sense" writes daniel sickels "the myth of the tyrian is perpetually repeated in the history of human affair

brother c.r.c? did those three letters actually stand for the words "christian rosie cross? was christian rosencreutz, the supposed author of the chymical nuptials, the same person who with three others founded "the society of the rose cross? what relationship existed between rosicrucianism and medi val freemasonry? why were the destinies of these two organizations so closely interwoven? is the "brotherhood of the rose cross" the muchsought- after link connecting the freemasonry of the middle ages with the symbolism and mysticism of antiquity, and are its secrets being perpetuated by modern masonry? did the original rosicrucian order disintegrate in the latter part of the eighteenth century, or does the society still exist as an organization, maintaining the same secrecy for which it was

nnecting the freemasonry of the middle ages with the symbolism and mysticism of antiquity, and are its secrets being perpetuated by modern masonry? did the original rosicrucian order disintegrate in the latter part of the eighteenth century, or does the society still exist as an organization, maintaining the same secrecy for which it was originally famous? what was the true purpose for which the "brotherhood of the rose cross" was formed? were the rosicrucians a religious and philosophic brotherhood, as they claimed to be, or were their avowed tenets a blind to conceal the true object of the fraternity, which possibly was the political control of europe? these are some of the problems involved in the study of rosicrucianism. there are four distinct theories regarding the rosicrucian enigma

shall be heard, regardless of where they are or how the messages are sent. at the same time, those of selfish and ulterior motives are warned that only sorrow and misery will attend any who attempt to discover the fraternity without a clean heart and a pure mind" such, in brief, is the story of the fama fraternitatis. those who accept it literally regard father c.r.c. as the actual founder of the brotherhood, which he is believed to have organized about 1400. the fact that historical corroboration of the important points of the fama has never been discovered is held against this theory. there is no proof that father c.r.c. ever approached the learned men of spain. the mysterious city of damcar cannot be found, and there is no record that anywhere in germany there existed a place where grea

chapter, proves nothing. father c.r.c. was never seen by other than members of his own order, and they did not preserve a description of him. that his name was christian rosencreutz is most improbable, as the two were not even associated until the writing of the chymical nuptials. the second postulate those masonic brethren who have investigated the subject accept the historical existence of the "brotherhood of the rose cross" but are divided concerning the origin of the order. one group holds the society originated in medi val europe as an outgrowth of alchemical speculation. robert macoy, 33, believes that johann valentin andre, a german theologian, was the true founder, and he also believes it possible that this divine merely reformed and amplified an existing society which had been fou

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

orld lost its somewhat strained "scientific" outlook of the previous hundred years, and turned its attention once more, after all the centuries, to the old gods. in 1851 helena petrovna blavatsky had met the aforementioned rosicrucian magus bulwer lytton, and impressed by the encounter, had organized the theosophical society in 1875, the object of which was to establish a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity. the purpose of this nucleus was to study the supreme source of all the world religions, the central "wisdom religion" as vouchsafed to various peoples of the earth in such a manner as best suited to time and geographical circumstance, and which was said to have been in existence from time immemorial; the old wisdom of the watchers, in fact. in madame blavatsky's society it

MEANING OF MASONRY

work to a far higher degree of reverence and intelligence than was perhaps possible under conditions existing not long ago. the masonic craft has grown and ramified to dimensions undreamed of by its original founders and, at its present rate of increase, its potentialities and influence in the future are quite incalculable. what seems now needed to intensify the worth and usefulness of this great brotherhood is to deepen its understanding of its own system, to educate its members in the deeper meaning and true purpose of its rites and its philosophy. were this achieved the masonic order would become, in proportion to that achievement, a spiritual force greater than it can ever be so long as it continues content with a formal and unintelligent perpetuation of rites, the real and sacred purp

admirable practices as far as they go, but they by no means exhaust the meaning of the term charity as masonry intends it. the payment of a few guineas to philanthropic institutions is scarcely a fulfilment of st. paul's great definition of charity so often read in our lodges, by exercising which we are wont to say that a mason" attains the summit of his profession" there is a far larger sense of brotherhood than the limited conventional one obtaining among those who are members of a common association. there is that deep sense in which a man feels himself not only in fraternity with his fellow-men, whether masonically his brethren or not, but realizes himself brother to all that is, part of the universal life that thrills through all things. a great illuminate, st. francis of assisi, expr

lies and councils in the form of the provincial and the grand lodges that regulate and minister to the need of the lodges of common craftsmen, so in the mighty system of the universal structure there are grades of higher life, hierarchies of celestial beings working and ministering in the loftier portions of the building, beyond our present ken. and as here at the head of our limited and temporal brotherhood there rules a grand master, so too over the cosmic system there presides the great architect and most worshipful grand master of all, whose officers are holy angels; and the recognition of this truth may tend to consecrate us in the discharge of the little symbolic part we severally perform in the system which is the image of the great scheme. the world at large, brethren, is as it wer

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

sts in numerous points of the earth, we walk silently among all and harm not one unless provoked. we are shadow and the essence of the green earth is our being. the witch blood emanates deep within the subconscious of each sorcerer, awaiting the moment the wizard opens the lunar current towards atavistic resurgence (2. the vampire spirit too exists in dream and so with it we shall walk, in joyous brotherhood and sisterhood. the eight earthly sabbaths' are as a form and focus for the dreaming rite, in which those of witch blood meet in ecstasy. the earthly sabbat is as a gate and purification zone whose purpose is to create the astral grounds in which the meeting is to take place. the following rites may be conducted with very few people, be it two or ten individuals, fulfilling each member

e cup of her fornications, from which the blood of the saints dwelled. those who transverse and persevered through the path of thelema or holy magick might offer their blood to the great cup, opening themselves to the glory of babalon. babalon is the beautiful goddess of an opened spirit, the luciferian mind. she is the exact opposite of mary, for the christians goddess is the mother of the black brotherhood of christianity in many aspects, she is closed therefore non existent to those who seek the light of god (lucifer. john whiteside parsons wrote much, and dedicated a majority of his short life to babalon. marjorie cameron parsons was said to be an avatar of this goddess, and lived her life expressing the importance of individual thought and goddess worship through her art and talks. th

the seeds of belief and faith are planted in the comfortable area of which we feel 'at home. the altar should be adorned with an image or representation of hecate, lucifer, asmodeus and lilith (15. the sigil of dreaming should be upon the altar near a chalice filled with the appropriate elixir. this is a rite which is meant to open the subconscious channels or dream control and the shadowy sister/brotherhood. 94 94 the initiation into the witches sabbat mysteries is the focus of all magickal symbolism involving things of a hidden or shadowed nature. to unveil this is to know the very essence of what humans are, and what their varied individual goals are. study now and practice more. the astral sabbat ever calls to the dreaming self, with its dark promise to open the gates of the watcher. a

from such delusions of stability can be supremely uncomfortable. the altar should be adorned with an image or representation of hecate, lucifer, asmodeus and lilith (15. the sigil of dreaming should be upon the altar near a chalice filled with the appropriate elixir. this is a rite which is meant to open the subconscious channels, establishing dream control and the assembly of the shadowy sister/brotherhood. initiation "hecate, mother of nocturnal mysteries, i seek now to become invigorated with the witch blood which flows from your cup of ecstasy. mother of shadows and sorcery, i seek to attend thy great feast of all desires. we, children of the oak king, shall gather under the shadows of pan embraced in great copulations. i dedicate myself to the path of the wise, upon which my true wil

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

jinn, giants, titans, fallen angels, the watchers, the els, the ari, elders,atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation3 from the end of heaven sons of zadok, sons of seth, the uranids, cyclopeans, promethians, olympians, theelect, asuras, the illies, fomorians, the necromancers, rayless ones, bent ones, thedogons, dagons, the ana, amaraka, nagas, the rakshasas, dragon kings, naddred,the brotherhood of the snake, and the serpent people. they were also referred to asthe djedhi (see jedi. the bible takes the position that the nephilim were a malign presence and insists thattheir leaders committed a great sin by interfering with the evolution of humankind: and the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the devil and satan,the deceiver of the whole world, he wa

t is the history of atlantis (comyns beaumont)some key modern writers, such as brinsley la pour trench, barbara marciniak, andwilliam bramley have espoused other important theories that seek to account for thepresence of evil in the world. these accounts relate to the same idea of alien visitationand colonization. in this case, the alien invaders are referred to either as the serpentpeople or the brotherhood of the snake (it has been repeatedly noted that thoughphysical snakes were unknown on most islands, the symbol of the snake or serpent oncarvings, etc, is extremely conspicuous. in the apocalyptic fragment of clement, weread: and on earth shall be monsters, a generation of dragons of men, and likewise of serpents. but though this is their title, it should not be taken that they had the

we find a compulsion in the psychology of humansto seek for some lost paradise or far away shore where life is sublime and untroubled. thisinstinct appears especially strong in members of the female sex.because of the allegiance of the eves and their curiosity toward the high mysteries, thematriarchal cults of the priestess began. these cults of power women existed down tomedieval times, when the brotherhood of the snake, under the guise of catholicism,rose up to destroy them, en masse. the eves have never been forgiven for their aban-donment of the alien hegemony. their decision sealed their fate. that the compilers ofthe old testament and the creators of the anthrocentric, monotheistic religions pro-pound the subservience of woman should be enough proof of whom they serve. thefollowing p

nry. while the real brothers died ignominious deaths, the spurious order which tried to stepinto their shoes became exclusively a branch of the jesuits (illuminati) under the immediatetutelage of the latter. true-hearted masons ought to reject with horror any connection, letalone descent from these (madame helena blavatsky, the secret doctrine) there exists. another class of adepts belonging to a brotherhood also and mightier thanany other they have to be ranked with the adepts of the black arts. these are our romancatholic fathers and clergy. a hundred times more learned in secret symbology and theold religion than our orientalists will ever bethere are more profoundly learned kabalistsin rome and throughout europe and america than is generally suspected..thus are thebrotherhoods of black

those who stand to be exposed. the falsification of history has done more to mislead humans than any single thing known tomankind (rousseau)history is the lie commonly agreed upon (v oltaire) this place is terrible!80atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation81 chapter 12stargate and quarantinewhen the original pursuers of the serpent brotherhood destroyed the planet tiamat,they made ready to leave this solar system and return to their own. they had to leavein a hurry, so as not to be hindered by the cosmic forces which would be unleashedthroughout the solar system. because of their haste, they did not have time to preciselyscan the planet earth, and so they did not locate their enemies hidden deep within thecaverns and beneath

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

could be. as stated earlier, even good magicians believe that the commoner is unworthy of these secrets. and that s a buncha bullshit! first, it was members of the occult who made these once-common truths into secrets. secondly, they only did so to--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 66 continue maintaining a power structure using sorcery. and thirdly, just because i didn t hear it from the dark brotherhood, or see it in a scrying mirror, does not mean i should be left with lies regarding things like atlantis. there is a day coming when the vampires will unveil themselves and walk in the open, but the veil of lies surrounding humanity s past will remain (i ve seen the movies and tv shows, i know you re preparing us to go public) unbeknownst to most, the highest achievement for the satanis

MIDNIGHTS CIRCLE A COMMENTARY OF AZOTHOZ

iferian 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 of the adversary, in terms of sethanic (of set) witchcraft and the left hand path. set is presented in azothoz as the egyptian godform of chaos, darkness and storms. he is in this

MORALS AND DOGMA

wrenching itself away, lies inert and dead amid the ruin it has wrought. the force of the people, or the popular will, in action and exerted, symbolized by the gavel, regulated and guided by and acting within the limits of law and order, symbolized by the twenty-four-inch rule, has for its fruit liberty, equality, and fraternity--liberty regulated by law; equality of rights in the eye of the law; brotherhood with its duties and obligations as well as its benefits. you will hear shortly of the _rough_ ashlar and the _perfect_ ashlar, as part of the jewels of the lodge. the rough ashlar is said to be "a stone, as taken from the quarry, in its rude and natural state" the perfect ashlar is said to be "a stone made ready by the hands of the workmen, to be adjusted by the working-tools of the fe

in the mouth, is an avatar of persecution in the heart. men who believe in eternal damnation and a literal sea of fire and brimstone, incur the certainty of it, according to their creed, on the slightest temptation of appetite or passion. predestination insists on the necessity of good works. in masonry, at the least now of passion, one speaks ill of another behind his back; and so far from the "brotherhood" of blue masonry being real, and the solemn pledges contained in the use of the word "brother" being complied with, extraordinary pains are taken to show that masonry is a sort of abstraction, which scorns to interfere in worldly matters. the rule may be regarded as universal, that, where there is a choice to be made, a mason will give his vote and influence, in politics and business

t logic. the martel or mace, the battle-axe, the great double-edged two-handed sword must deal with follies; the rapier is no better against them than a wand, unless it be the rapier of ridicule. the sword is also the symbol of _war_ and of the _soldier. wars, like thunder-storms, are often necessary to purify the stagnant atmosphere. war is not a demon, without remorse or reward. it restores the brotherhood in letters of fire. when men are seated in their pleasant places, sunken in ease and indolence, with pretence and incapacity and littleness usurping all the high places of state, war is the baptism of blood and fire, by which alone they can be renovated. it is the hurricane that brings the elemental equilibrium, the concord of power and wisdom. so long as these continue obstinately div

tolate alike of joshua and of mahomet. masonry alone preaches toleration, the right of man to abide by his own faith, the right of all states to govern themselves. it rebukes alike the monarch who seeks to extend his dominions by conquest, the church that claims the right to repress heresy by fire and steel, and the confederation of states that insist on maintaining a union by force and restoring brotherhood by slaughter and subjugation. it is natural, when we are wronged, to desire revenge; and to persuade ourselves that we desire it less for our own satisfaction than to prevent a repetition of the wrong, to which the doer would be encouraged by immunity coupled with the profit of the wrong. to submit to be cheated is to encourage the cheater to continue; and we are quite apt to regard ou

guishing characteristic of a mason is sympathy with his kind. he recognizes in the human race one great family, all connected with himself by those invisible links, and that mighty net-work of circumstance, forged and woven by god. feeling that sympathy, it is his first masonic duty to serve his fellow-man. at his first entrance into the order, he ceases to be isolated, and becomes one of a great brotherhood, assuming new duties toward every mason that lives, as every mason at the same moment assumes them toward him. nor are those duties on his part confined to masons alone. he assumes many in regard to his country, and especially toward the great, suffering masses of the common people; for they too are his brethren, and god hears them, inarticulate as the moanings of their misery are. by

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

s his own business, and no other. frederick pohl and c. m. kornbluth had a very amusing tale of a man who approached two 'black brethren' and challenged them "what does he say" the second 'black brother who was somewhat hard of hearing, asked the first "he says we are not god" the first explained. at once, the second snapped "atheist" the utter lack of sense of humor is a characteristic of 'black brotherhood. a magister might have said the same thing but with a twinkle. there are certain analogies between 'black brotherhood' and paranoia, but while paranoia is a mental disorder 'black brotherhood' is of dadth, and much more dangerous. religious persecutions, throughout history, were always the result of a man reaching the threshold of the abyss through the discipline of a particular faith

of the true law of one's being. in order for had it to manifest himself in the 'knower; that is, in the ruach, it is necessary that the ruach be attuned to the higher triad in which case 'failure 'fear' and 'sorrow' become impossible. these things exist in terms of relations, but not as 'absolutes "come unto me" is a 'foolish word' see our commentary to al i, 11 is a direct condemnation of 'black brotherhood, that is ,imperfect initiation. the 'black brother' opens his arms to his fellow men and cries out "come unto me, ye who suffer, and be consoled" he does this by the unbalance of his ego. he has received a sufficient influx of magick force to 'feel good; and his spiritual pride infuses him with pity for his fellow beings, particularly his own species. he wants to console' them. in poin

u would treat a human being, as some dog lovers do) they should be treated like dogs, that is, like any other animals with respect (by respect" is not meant that the chinese must stop eating chow) one of the more amusing obsessions in this connection is that concerning sirius the "dog star. certain "initiates" who fear 666 and liber al whisper to their "disciples" that "the site of the rosy cross brotherhood is in sirius" meaning, of course, themselves. poor sirius. any person who has not achieved consciousness of his or her own godhead tends to mistreat animals. either is too cruel towards them, or too kind. a member of a certain american family who achieved great political notoriety was actually known, during the last world war (world war ii, for the benefit of future readers, to demand

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

urning on these occasions, if possible, in order to contend with their fellow-countrymen in the various athletic sports which took place at these festivals. it will be seen on reflection that in a country like greece, which contained so many petty states, often at variance with each other, these national gatherings must have been most valuable as a means of uniting the greeks in one great bond of brotherhood. on these festive occasions the whole nation met together, forgetting for the moment all past differences, and uniting in the enjoyment of the same festivities. it will doubtless have been remarked that in the representations of zeus he is always accompanied by an eagle. this royal bird was sacred to him, probably from the fact of its being the only creature capable of gazing at the su

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

ter throughout the mountains. through their actions, two men often confused with one another have come to epitomize this celtic christian community: saint columba (known in ireland as columkill) and saint columban. saint columba (521?-597) was the founder of the monastery of derry and, in 563, of the monastery on the isle of iona, which he transformed into the center of irish christianity and the brotherhood of the culdees. his missionaries evangelized as far afield as iceland and feroe and were responsible for restoring the christian religion in britain. saint columban (540-615, one of the fathers of the culdeen church, preached the christian gospel to the picts and the scots. later, in the company of twelve monks, he arrived in france, where he founded the luxeil abbey. in 613 he also es

act, in the town of saint omer the merchant guild went on to become the commune* in the second half of the twelfth century, london may not yet have had a builders guild. in fact, we know that craftsmen and artists capable of building in stone were few in number in that city. in chapter 5 we will learn that in order to build their church on fleet street, the templars had to import an architectural brotherhood from the holy land and thus may well have been responsible for the formation of the original masons guild in london. the statutes of the earliest germanic, english, and scandinavian guilds include precious little information on their professional hierarchy. in the twelfth century in the norwegian city of bergen, however, there existed the classic tripartite division of discipuli (appre

foreign assumptions primarily those that were hellenic, neoplatonic, pseudo-hermetic, and "sabine" by 74 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages spreading these elements through an esoteric method of initiation based on reason, tolerance, and equality, the karmates facilitated ties among all races and castes* a conversion to ismailism is the basis for the creation of the brotherhood of the assassins: the conversion of its founder and first grand master, hassan sabah, a highly educated man who was a minister of the sultan of isfahan. he reformed ismailism with a less flexible administration that provided him with a military organization. the word assassin as applied to the brotherhood does not mean, as some have maintained "eater of hashish" in reality, assassin is

an, assas. the assassins or "guardian brothers were so named because the purpose of their order was the protection of the holy land, whose central orientation, the axis of the spiritual world, was the mystic mountain, which explains the title held by the grand master, the sheik el djebel" interpreted by the europeans to mean the old man of the mountain (sheik means "master "teacher" or "head of a brotherhood" and "old man" as in a person worthy of respect.)28 the higher adepts within the assassins devoted their time to the study of philosophy in the fortress of alamut, which was located in a persian domain. when the mongols of kubla khan defeated the assassins in the twelfth century, the victors found an immense library and an astronomical observatory there. outside of the holy land, there

dery spread to surrounding areas. in the framework of the territorial organization of the order, the commandery of metz included in its jurisdiction the establishments of the trois eveches, lorraine, and the barduchy. by 1147, when saint bernard himself came there to preach the second crusade, the temple had deep roots in the metz diocese. interestingly, toward the end of the thirteenth century a brotherhood of masons met in the oratory of the metz commandery. from 1285 we have the name jennas clowanges, li maires de la prairie des massons dou temple [jennas clowanges, mayor of the brotherhood of the masons of the temple. in addition, a tombstone discovered in 1861 in front of the chapel and now on display in the metz museum recalls the memory of freires chapelens [brother chapelens. he wa

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

n and the new age have been bed-fellows since the beginning. america s secret destiny is the product of rosicrucian and freemason forefathers. the new atlantis as proposed in francis bacon s work is almost at hand. the ancient mysteries are being studied for illumination and enlightenment by the new world order s elite. not to mention the new age gurus dutifully recruiting on behalf of the secret brotherhood. in 1980, marylin ferguson compiled and espoused a synthesis involving the theories of transformation and the secret plan of the aquarian age. in her studies of the scientific advancements of this age involving entropy and syntropy, holism, holographs, paradigm shifts, the uncertainty principle and evolution, she discovered that, for the first time an american renaissance is taking pla

the un and the eec. it is no coincidence that america has become the center of new age and new world order conspiracies. the theosophical and rosicrucian traditions hold that every nation has a spiritual destiny guided by a hierarchy of beings using all ethical (or un-ethical) means of manifesting the divine plan through the will of the nation s leaders. a proponent of the new age and the secret brotherhood s plan for a new world order is robert hieronimus. in his book america s secret destiny, he traced the spiritual vision of america s founding fathers and the plan s eventual fruition in what we call the new world order and the new age movement (both of which are synonymous. he stresses that the founding fathers of america had the equivalent of masters and were pupils in a sense, much l

nd spiritual planes. the evolution of america owes much to the seed thoughts of four masters kuthumi, el morya, rogoczy, and djwhal khul. some of the founders of america may have been consciously or unconsciously students of these teachers, just as some contemporary americans are pupils of these masters. in fact, the motto of the hierarchy of world teachers is identical with america s destiny the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of god (p. 95) another writer, from the opposite camp, confirms the assertions of heironimus. willy peterson writes: in order to reach their aims of world unity and thus engage the whole world in service to the plan, enlightened freemasons and new agers have been pushing for collectivist motifs that promote monistic pantheism and unity. this is why the chief i

d unity and thus engage the whole world in service to the plan, enlightened freemasons and new agers have been pushing for collectivist motifs that promote monistic pantheism and unity. this is why the chief instigators to the globalist league of nations and the united nations have been theosophists, trying to work out the plan. this is why the verbiage and aims at the u.n. is for world peace and brotherhood. it is a spiritual undertaking in a secular world. lucis trust has had three think-tanks located at the u.n. plaza in new york for around fifty years. no wonder the former assistant secretary general to the u.n, robert muller, is a devoted disciple of alice bailey, whose book, a treatise on white magic, forms the basis for the robert muller schools (the leavening) these people are call

RABBI MOSHE WISNEFSKY APPLES FROM THE ORCHARD THE ARIZAL ON THE PARASHAH

ing that the subsequent phrase( gall that is heaven and earth h) corresponds to the sixth attribute, yesod. thus, this verse expresses explicitly the notion that yesod is the channel through which all the higher attributes coalesce and descend further, into malchut. they thought that they themselves could complete what would be lacking [by excluding joseph; that they could supply his attribute of brotherhood. they therefore plotted against him. as we have seen, the dispute between joseph and his brothers centered on the sefirah of yesod, the vessel of peace. joseph felt that he was the guardian of yesod, that he was the long-term peace-maker, while his brothers felt that he was an obstacle to peace. they, of course, were wrong; peace is meaningful only if it is predicated on submission to

re tribe of levi came to him and slew the idolaters.19 on the other hand, one of the chief functions of the priest, besides officiating at the temple sacrificial rites, was to bless the people each day with peace. the passage describing this function of the priesthood20 contains 150 letters, signifying how by rectifying their innate attribute of zealous anger, they serve as conduits for peace and brotherhood for the whole people. thus, g-d says of pinchas, gtherefore, say that i hereby grant him my covenant of peace. h21 the arizal makes another recommendation for insulating oneself from anger: in addition, one should immerse in the mikveh twice a week, on tuesdays and fridays c. when he immerses, he should meditate on the fact that the numerical value of the word mikveh [mem-kuf-vav-heh

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

r manuscripts, and all went well for a time" since the history of the hermetic order of the golden dawn subsequent to this period has already been narrated elsewhere there is little need to repeat it. those who may be interested in a detailed meticulous history of the rosicrucian claim as it has existed in europe during the past three hundred years are advised to consult arthur edward waite's the brotherhood of the rosy cross. while in my small work my rosicrucian adventure the events that occurred to the golden dawn, culminating in this present publication of its teaching and rituals, are delineated at some length. the motives which have confirmed me in this decision to ad contrary to the obligation of secrecy are there presented and discussed. and with these directions, let us pass from

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

f rest, together with his books,and the chemica1s with which he was experimenting, in hopes of his giving evidence of life andrevealing the long sought for secret.it had been agreed that his watchers should be without intermission, and that the magus and councilshould set this day and hour (it being now 3 days since his syncope commenced) and adjudge himalive or dead: with the notification to the brotherhood, that one-half the number of hours into whichrituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliapracticus33 hermes had divided the day should be tolled announcing the conclusion of their decision, and thatbriefly following one bell stroke should signify their decision of death, and three in quick successionthe power of his resuscitation. the council has decided, and our worst fears are rea

2ring stingsmystic truths urania brings,friendly visitant, to theewe owe the depths of rosary.fairest of the virgin choir,warbling to the golden lyre,welcome, here they art prevail,hail, divine urania, hail.here in friendship's sacred bower,the downy-winged and smiling hournirth invites, and social song,nameless mysteries amongcrown the bowl, and fill the glass,to every virtue, every grace,to the brotherhood resoundhealth, and let it thrice go round.we restore the times of old.,the blooming glorious age of gold;as the new creation free,blest with gay euphrosyne;we with godlike science talk,and with fair astrea walk;innocence adorns the day,brighter than the smiles of may.pour the rosy wine again,wake a bisker, louder strain;rapid zephyrs, as ye fly,waft our voices to the sky;while we celeb

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

roscribed the public exercise of the ancient worships, the partisans of the latter were compelled to meet in secret for the celebration of their mysteries. initiates presided over these assemblies and soon established a kind of orthodoxy among the varieties of persecuted worships, this being facilitated by the aid of magical truth and by the fact that proscription unites wills and forges bonds of brotherhood between men. thus, the mysteries of isis, of ceres eleusinia, of bacchus, combined with those of the bona dea and primeval druidism. the meetings took place usually between the days of mercury and jupiter, or between those of venus and saturn. the proceedings included rites of initiation, exchange of mysterious signs, singing of symbolical hymns, the communion of feasting in common, th

RUBY TABLET OF SET

nd the only one with government sanction to use the designated drugs. the universal life church represents a response to the religious freedom in america by individuals with a strong independent strain in their religious thought. the universal life church has spawned a number of similar church bodies including the crown of life fellowship, the life science church, the calvary grace church and the brotherhood of peace and tranquility. rastafarian are a new religion developed in jamaica in the early twentieth century and imported to america in recent decades. it draws on themes familiar from black judaism and black islam, but is distinct from both. finally, vajradhatu is a buddhist group, but out of a tibetan rather than a japanese tradition. temple of set address: post office box 470307 san

dying golden dawn and became famous for, among other things, uttering the word, or thelema, or will, and thereby bringing about the aon of harwer. the book of coming forth by night contains references to and explanations of the magus aleister crowley so we need not go into a detailed account of him here. in forming what the magus crowley referred to as "the structure and system of the great white brotherhood"(5) he divided his system into three orders and eleven grades, plus a designation of "student" in which the aspirant was to gain a varied knowledge from a number of recommended volumes [compare his with our reading list for the temple of set] the probationer (0=[0] occupied the bottom of magus crowley's first division "the order of the golden dawn" this, along with the neophyte (1=[10

ater in the desert we are become. we dwell in the fane of the flame of ba. time shall bow before our wills, for we are lords of life, death, and life in death. we go forth on our secret journeys. let us find truth and become it. h the formula of the dark graal keeper of the graal: gwhat is the secret of the graal? whom does it serve? h participants: git serves the prince of darkness, and the dark brotherhood of his elect. h keeper of the graal: gecce vinum sabbatti! behold here the nectar of the great old ones, the wine of the black sabbath of the sorcerers of eld. this is the grail of the undefiled wisdom. this is the horn from which all inspiration flows. in it is blended the might and main of the mead dripping down from valhalla. in it is the very essence of life everlasting. h keeper o

t just because they are explorers bolder than he, or is it rather because the endless evolution, change, and variety they cherish is antithetical to the goal of a monolithic, homogenous objective universe. that siren's song of nuit which so enraptured the "buddhist" magus of the aon of horus? unfortunately. or fortunately, depending upon your aeonic point of view. the beast 666 had a bit of black brotherhood in his modus operandi as well. he may have advocated the theoretical ideal of universal harmony, but he nonetheless devoted considerable time and effort to exercising and maximizing his own individuality [i am certain harwer approved] 57. he that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is filthy shall be filthy still. in the 1920 comment crowley viewed this as a corollary to #ii

f the original creation. and asmodeus led mathematicians and astronomers to the wonders of the firmament, and i walked within the thought of scholars on quiet evenings. and that man not attempt mastery of his environment before himself, i spoke of government to khem and hellas, to the dynasties of ch'in and ashanti and tenochtitlan, and within great capitals and mean villages alike i spoke of the brotherhood of all man, and of his correlation to the forces of earth and those of the universe beyond earth. and i brought life and adventure and achievement to man, but each gift was as well a tool for destruction and death, and more oft than not were the ages of man fraught with terror and war, for uriel ceased not his work ever to turn man against man. and i knew that asmodeus alone should not

SATANIC RITUALS

s if he had been a bierce, shaw, twain, or wells. he was one of the few outsiders who, for the first time in the yezidi history, showed sympathy for their devil. by now the yezidis have largely been absorbed into the world of "those without" but their influence has taken effect. that influence has been manifest, throughout satanism's underground period, in the procedures of virtually every secret brotherhood since the knights templar, and in countless literary works. now, after the often tragic epic of the yezidis has become history, it is safe to pronounce the dread name. the statement of shaitan and wordless rite of dedication the rite begins one hour after sunset. the congregants enter the chamber and seat themselves on pillows placed on the floor in a semicircle facing the shrine of me

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

ith places, natural objects, and ancestors. kami-dana: a kami shelf or altar in a private home. kara: a steel bracelet, worn by sikhs as a symbol of god. karma: the result of good or bad actions in this lifetime that can affect this or later lifetimes. kasha: the white shorts worn by sikhs as a symbol of purity. kesh: uncut hair, a symbol of sikhism. kevalnyan: enlightenment. khalsa: the militant brotherhood of sikhism, founded by guru gobind singh. khanda: the emblem of sikhism. kirpan: a sword or dagger worn by sikhs as a symbol of their willingness to fight to defend their faith. kojiki: the chief text of shinto, a work that combines history, myth, and folk belief. kosher: dietary laws, referred to in hebrew as kashrut. kungha: the wooden comb used to groom hair, a symbol of sikhism. ku

rnal forms of worship. accordingly, he rejected many of the beliefs and practices of the hindus who surrounded him, as well as what he saw as the intolerance of indian muslims. he opposed the caste system of hindus, which ranked people by social class, and any form of idol worship, or the worship of objects as gods. he adopted the monotheism (belief in one supreme god) of islam and emphasized the brotherhood of all humankind. the fundamental beliefs of sikhism are relatively simple. sikhs believe that the purpose of religion is to create a close, loving relationship with god, particularly through prayer and meditation. meditation is quiet reflection or focus on a single point. the god of the sikhs is a single god who fills the universe. he has no form that can be represented in, for exampl

ha, kasha, kara, and kirpan. golden temple: the chief sikh temple, located in the city of amritsar in india; more formally, the sri harmandir sahib. gurdwara: a sikh temple or place of worship. guru: a religious teacher. kara: a steel bracelet, worn by sikhs as a symbol of god. kasha: the white shorts worn by sikhs as a symbol of purity. kesh: uncut hair, a symbol of sikhism. khalsa: the militant brotherhood of sikhism, founded by guru gobind singh. khanda: the emblem of sikhism. kirpan: a sword or dagger worn by sikhs as a symbol of their willingness to fight to defend their faith. kungha: the wooden comb used to groom hair, a symbol of sikhism. langar: a free community kitchen maintained by a gurdwara. naam karam: the naming ceremony for children. rehit maryada: the sikh code of ethical

h as a plant or an insect. samsara refers to the ongoing cycle of death and rebirth which sikhs, as well as hindus, buddhists, and those from other religions, seek to escape. these basic beliefs are expressed in the granth sahib in this way: virtue and vice do not come by mere words; actions repeated, over and over again, are engraved [written] on the soul. basic behaviors guru nanak preached the brotherhood of humanity, a doctrine that sikhs in the twenty-first century try to uphold. sikhs try to avoid any kind of racial, gender, or ethnic discrimination (unfair treatment. consistent with this belief is the conviction that there are many paths to god, so sikhs are famously tolerant of other religious beliefs. the granth sahib is likely the only major sacred scripture in the world that act

or the five elect, initiate the young sikh into the faith. they prepare holy water called amrit, which is made of water and sugar. they mix the solution with the khanda, or double-edged sword, in a large iron bowl while reciting prayers. they then pour it into the hands of the initiate and sprinkle some of it into the hair and eyes five times. the initiate is now considered a member of the khalsa brotherhood and is required to follow the sikh code of conduct (rehit maryada) for life. male initiates take the name singh, meaning lion, and female initiates take the name kaur, meaning princess. a final ceremony is the akhand paath, which is any occasion when the granth sahib is read in its entirety. this occurs on any number of special days, such as births, marriages, and deaths. the goal is t

SEVEN SHADES OF SOLITUDE

r of gazes from whence dreams take flesh, the secret of union, and many more, exceeding great virtues of the heart. iii) the third solitude is the hermitage of the journeyman. this is the solitude of one who abandons all outward physical company, eschewing association with all others, men and women, friends and foes alike. this is the solitude of one who draws inward to the circle of his own self-brotherhood- the arena of his own mental and sensory faculties, and who engages with none but the spirits, genii and deities of the path. the hermitage of the journeyman resides under the patronage of abel or habil, he who is perpetually overcome in the ordeals of initiation. it may also be seen to reside under the auspices of the witch-father called qinaya habil-zhiva, he who is known as the resu

SEVEN SCROLLS CHILDREN OF THE BLACK ROSE

ious and shun anything they don't understand. that is why one adapt will never reveal the face or place of another "in the past, it has been man's lot to rise to the heights only to be plunged into the depths. but as we say, when something falls over, it is the job of our adepts to pick it back up again. the way of the family is to learn and do and teach. it is an eternal process, but then, so is brotherhood" the fifth principle an adept teaches their children well. being human guarantees each brother or sister a ticket on the ferris wheel of life. as the wheel turns, we swoop down to earth to live out our physical lives, all the while learning, doing, and teaching. then as the wheel turns around, we ascend to the spiritual realms to further our education to prepare for the next revolution

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

ughts the author's character lies bare to the discerning eye. it is not in the life of cities, in the turmoil and the crowd; it is in the still, the lonely, and more sacred life, which for some hours, under every sun, the student lives (his stolen retreat from the agora to the cave, that i feel there is between us the bond of that secret sympathy, that magnetic chain, which unites the everlasting brotherhood of whose being zanoni is the type. e.b.l. london, may, 1845. introduction one of the peculiarities of bulwer was his passion for occult studies. they had a charm for him early in life, and he pursued them with the earnestness which characterised his pursuit of other studies. he became absorbed in wizard lore; he equipped himself with magical implements, with rods for transmitting influ

lf acquainted with the true origin and tenets of the singular sect known by the name of rosicrucians. dissatisfied with the scanty and superficial accounts to be found in the works usually referred to on the subject, it struck me as possible that mr. d 's collection, which was rich, not only in black-letter, but in manuscripts, might contain some more accurate and authentic records of that famous brotherhood, written, who knows? by one of their own order, and confirming by authority and detail the pretensions to wisdom and to virtue which bringaret had arrogated to the successors of the chaldean and gymnosophist. accordingly i repaired to what, doubtless, i ought to be ashamed to confess, was once one of my favourite haunts. but are there no errors and no fallacies, in the chronicles of ou

with deliberate surprise "who but a rosicrucian could explain the rosicrucian mysteries! and can you imagine that any members of that sect, the most jealous of all secret societies, would themselves lift the veil that hides the isis of their wisdom from the world "aha" thought i "this, then, is 'the august fraternity' of which you spoke. heaven be praised! i certainly have stumbled on one of the brotherhood "but" i said aloud "if not in books, sir, where else am i to obtain information? nowadays one can hazard nothing in print without authority, and one may scarcely quote shakespeare without citing chapter and verse. this is the age of facts, the age of facts, sir "well" said the old gentleman, with a pleasant smile "if we meet again, perhaps, at least, i may direct your researches to the

of his mysticism, no man more beneficent, generous, pure, and virtuous than st. martin adorned the last century. above all, no man more distinguished himself from the herd of sceptical philosophers by the gallantry and fervour with which he combated materialism, and vindicated the necessity of faith amidst a chaos of unbelief. it may also be observed, that cazotte, whatever else he learned of the brotherhood of martines, learned nothing that diminished the excellence of his life and the sincerity of his religion. at once gentle and brave, he never ceased to oppose the excesses of the revolution. to the last, unlike the liberals of his time, he was a devout and sincere christian. before his execution, he demanded a pen and paper to write these words "ma femme, mes enfans, ne me pleurez pas;

als of his time, he was a devout and sincere christian. before his execution, he demanded a pen and paper to write these words "ma femme, mes enfans, ne me pleurez pas; ne m'oubliez pas, mais souvenez-vous surtout de ne jamais offenser dieu("my wife, my children, weep not for me; forget me not, but remember above everything never to offend god) ed "ah, is it possible! you are one of that theurgic brotherhood "nay, i attended their ceremonies but to see how vainly they sought to revive the ancient marvels of the cabala "such studies please you? i have shaken off the influence they once had on my own imagination "you have not shaken it off" returned the stranger, bravely "it is on you still, on you at this hour; it beats in your heart; it kindles in your reason; it will speak in your tongue"

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

er presidents and prime ministers; the buddhist pope; members of the world court; the governors of maryland and oklahoma; senators kenneth keating and john sherman cooper; the president of cbs news and the vice- president of nbc; the president of time, life, inc. and the president of the herald tribune; the president of paramount pictures; officials of the theosophical society, world union, world brotherhood, international spiritualists, vedanta society, and the cited fellowship of reconciliation; identified members of the communist party and many long-time communist-fronters (see e.k.r. columns; the head of the socialist party, norman thomas; financiers such as john d. rockefeller iv; lawyers like eustace seligman of sullivan and cromwell; religious figures: ralph w. sockman, james a. pik

SYMBOLISM OF THE BANNERS

nded into the corruption of human existence on earth and showed the formula of redemption. the principle behind the rose cross is that the shower of the way remained out of manifestation holding the perfect pattern of what man should be, untainted by corruption. had there been no fall of man, the calvary cross would have been unnecessary, there would have been no illusion of separateness, lack of brotherhood and mutual service between men. alchemically speaking, the cross is the hieroglyph of the crucible, which used to be called in french cruzol, crucible and croiset. indeed it is in the crucible that the first matter suffers the passion, like christ himself. it is in the crucible that it dies to be revived, purified, spiritualized and transformed. through the grades of initiation in the

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

nearest light pole. the most terrible secret of all but there's also the matter of the most terrible secret of all, the secret that, if 18 codex magica discovered, would sound the death knell for the illuminati and freemasonry. manly p. hall, 33, touched on this in his book, lectures on ancient philosophy: freemasonry is a fraternity within a fraternity an outer organization, concealing an inner brotherhood of the elect. the invisible society is a secret fraternity dedicated to a mysterious secret.7 as hall alludes, freemasonry hides its greatest secret even from its membership at large only an invisible "inner brotherhood" is entrusted with it. robert guffey, writing in the book, the conspiracy reader, reports that the "cryptocrats" as he calls the elite, consider most americans to be me

s. p.t. barnum, of ringling brothers, barnum& bailey circus fame, surely was right when he exclaimed "there's a sucker born every minute" to which yours truly, author of codex magica, might add..and a 32nd or 33rd degree mason is behind the veil laughing his head off and rolling in the aisle every time a new sucker is initiated into the 1st degree of freemasonry" shining light on the darkness the brotherhood of darkness, as a good friend of mine, dr. stanley monteith, calls the illuminati, is quite confident it can easily maintain the highest level of secrecy regarding the actual meaning and import of its signs and symbols. its leaders believe they can even afford to communicate these signals and messages in plain sight, sure in the knowledge that the trance-like masses are incapable of re

n the highest level of secrecy regarding the actual meaning and import of its signs and symbols. its leaders believe they can even afford to communicate these signals and messages in plain sight, sure in the knowledge that the trance-like masses are incapable of recognizing the awful, ongoing masquerade of deception that stares them right in the face. martin short, who authored a book, inside the brotherhood, exposing the masonic order inside great britain, observed that masons, believing their secrets to be oblivious to detection, are known to mutter words of near-contempt as they sing a little ditty called "the entered apprentice's song" a verse of this melody goes: the world is in pain, our secrets to gain. and still let them wonder and gaze on; they ne'er can divine, the word or the si

s of the illuminati, witches, satanists, shamans, masons, and other occultists, i declare without hesitation that what these men are doing knowingly in some cases, unwittingly in others, is calling on, that is invoking devils from an invisible realm("beyond the ordinary human sphere. the occult and the masonic communities can call these evil presences by any coverup name they wish the great white brotherhood, shamballa, planetary entities, the hierarchy, etc, but, in fact, the working of magic, i am convinced, is nothing less than the invocation, or inviting, of devils. this, indeed, is a very dangerous activity; yet the illuminati has designed its many rituals, signs, codes, symbols, architecture, art, and other devices so that the world around us has become a veritable grand theater of t

ls of all kinds to enhance and accentuate their elite status and signal their superior "knowledge" to their occultic peers. signal scan the pages of this book, codex magica, and you immediately discover that the conspirators of the illuminati have a deep, dark desire to signal each other. they seem to be obsessed with flaunting their special ties with each other as well as their membership in the brotherhood of the elite at large. could it be that these men sharers of occult secrets and sharers of crimes also share a joint consciousness and recognition of their mission as individual members of a commonly shared destiny? i believe that is the case. in conscious evolution, dr. barry mcwaters acknowledges this commonality, this attempt to unify on the part of the insiders, each of which, he a

THE BOOK OF THE ELDER KINGS GOLDEN DAWN

accomplish with ease. the only teaching possible is to show a man how to learn from his own wisdom, and to utilise his ignorance and mistakes. not by obscuring his vision and intention by righteousness. 56 57 58 59. 60 61 62 63 64 65lathe book of the elder kings issued by the thelemic order and temple of the golden dawn official holy book of the novus ordo aureae aurora concerning the great white brotherhood received by sir david cherubim copyright (c) 1989 e.v. 0. there is silence. and now the elder kings make speech: 1. we come in the name of the most beloved one, the most mysterious one, whom is the grand lord of the aeon, and whose holy spirit is the life and light of the whole universe. we come as sacred nourishment, as delicious ambrosia and sweet nectar. we come as a blessed sacrame

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

ed with psychic phenomena, who established a group centered around her mediumship. in 1875, blavatsky, olcott, and william q. judge (1851 1896, an attorney, made the decision to move beyond the precepts of spiritualism and create a more sophisticated approach to spirit contact and mysticism, which they named the theosophical society. the threefold purpose of the society was 1. to form a universal brotherhood of man; 2. to study and make known the ancient religions, philosophies, and sciences; 3. to investigate the laws of nature and develop the divine powers latent in humankind. in 1877, blavatsky published her worldview of the occult, isis unveiled. in this work, she argues that the reason metempsychosis (reincarnation) has been ridiculed by scientists and orthodox theologians in the west

ed and compared with the modern theory of evolution it would be found to supply every missing link in the chain of the latter. there was not a philosopher of any notoriety who did not hold to this doctrine, as taught by the brahmans, buddhists, and later by the pythagoreans. in 1878, blavatsky and olcott moved to bombay, india, to be nearer the mahatmas and masters, the members of the great white brotherhood who appeared to her in their astral bodies to relay metaphysical teachings. after a turbulent period in india, which she left under charges of fraud to settle in london in 1887, blavatsky began work on her magnum opus, the secret doctrine (1888, a massive statement of her theosophical philosophy, including her views on reincarnation. only a constant series of rebirths of one and the sa

years ago, as a young man from lemuria who grew up in the port city of onai in atlantis. through the vehicle of j. z. knight, who was his daughter in that existence, he claims that he did not die a physical death during that lifetime but learned to harness the power the of mind so that he could take his body with him to an unseen dimension of life. ramtha states that he is now a part of an unseen brotherhood that loves humankind. he is, therefore, fulfilling a mission of aiding and preparing humankind for a great event that has already been set in motion. entertainers such as shirley maclaine, linda evans, and richard chamberlain have been in the audiences of ramtha, along with throngs of people around the united states and canada. since 1978, thousands have studied the ramtha videos, cass

ssia, blavatsky entered another 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 mediums and mystics 147 helena petrovna blavatsky (1831 1891) was the founder of the theosophical society (corbis corporation) veiled period in her life when, from 1863 to1870, she was allegedly in retreat in tibet, studying with the mahatmas koot hoomi and morya, and a secret brotherhood of adepts. in 1870, back in europe, blavatsky was en route to greece when the vessel on which she was traveling exploded, and she lost all her earthly possessions, including whatever money she had managed to save. rescued at sea and brought to cairo, she supported herself through her mediumship, and in 1871, she founded the spirit society, which was quickly disbanded after accusations

piritual contact with two tibetan mahatmas, koot humi and morya, who communicated with her on the astral plane and who provided her with wonderful teachings of wisdom and knowledge. on november 17, 1875, with the aid of henry olcott and william q. judge (1851 1896, an attorney, blavatsky founded the theosophical society in new york. the threefold purpose of the society was: 1) to form a universal brotherhood of man; 2) to study and make known the ancient religions, philosophies, and sciences; 3) to investigate the laws of nature and develop the divine powers latent in humankind. theosophy (divine wisdom) is a vigorous blend of many earlier philosophies, all of which claim to have been handed down to modern students of the occult by disciples of ancient wisdom. theosophy combines teachings

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

rs during the gulf war. sources: conspiracy journal [online] http//members.tripod.com/uforeview. conspiracy planet [online] http//www.conspiracyplanet.com. gmkultra, biochips, microchip implants. h psychops.com [online] http//www. psychops.com. big brother fs biochip implants guarantee slavery for the masses the freemasons there are those who claim that the freemasons constitute a powerful secret brotherhood of darkness that is planning to take over the world. according to some scholars of the occult, the masons f gsupreme architect of the universe h is none other than lucifer, who cloaks himself in masonic literature under such names as zoraster, shiva, abaddon, and other pagan-god disguises. the so-called gholy writings h of freemasonry, as well as their secret rites, passwords, initiati

sition. the secret society known as the order of the illuminati was founded in the city of ingolstadt in the southern german monarchy of bavaria on may 1, 1776 by adam weishaupt, a 28-year-old professor of religious law. beginning with only five members, weishaupt fs order grew slowly, numbering about 60 in five cities by 1780. the professor deliberately blended mysticism into the workings of the brotherhood in order to make his agenda of republicanism appear to be more mysterious than a political reform group. he joined the masons in munich in 1777 and adopted many of their classes and orders and promised his initiates that they would receive a special communication of occult knowledge as they advanced higher in the ranks of the illuminati. weishaupt fs society had little effect on the ge

rities were beginning to take seriously the rumors of the existence of the illuminati. if it should be proven that the society existed in fact, certain of the more powerful german princes would take immediate steps to suppress it. to hide the society even more completely from the scrutiny of public view, the leaders implemented weishaupt fs original plan of grafting the illuminati onto the larger brotherhood of the freemasons. the illuminati were already utilizing the classes and grades of freemasonry, so the initiates of the illuminati would easily amalgamate with the more established society. to appear to become one with the freemasons would allow illuminism to spread more widely and rapidly, and weishaupt and knigge had great confidence that they would soon attain complete control over

would easily amalgamate with the more established society. to appear to become one with the freemasons would allow illuminism to spread more widely and rapidly, and weishaupt and knigge had great confidence that they would soon attain complete control over the blended organizations. the hierarchy within the freemasons were not long in discovering that the two interlopers had joined the fraternal brotherhood with less than honorable motives, and in 1782, a group within the masons called the strict observance demanded that a council be held at wilhelmsbad to examine the true beliefs of weishaupt and the illuminati. knigge fs powers of persuasion effectively blocked the attempt of the strict observance contingent to expel illuminism from their society, and he managed to enroll almost all the

rs.knights, squires, servitors, and priests.each with their individual list of duties and obligations. the presiding officer of the order was called the grand master and was assisted by a lieutenant, a steward, a marshal, and a treasurer. the states of christendom were divided into provinces, and over each was set a grand master. the grand master of jerusalem was considered the head of the entire brotherhood, which grew in numbers, influence, and wealth to become one of the most powerful organizations in the medieval world. counts, dukes, princes, and even kings sought to wear the red cross and white mantle of the templar, an honor which was recognized throughout europe. in 1139, pope innocent ii (d. 1143) granted the templars an unprecedented mark of papal approval: the churches of the te

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

overeign pontiff of the christian religion? are not the pharisees to-day just what they were in the time of caiaphas? if any one speaks to them in the name of intelligence and love, will they listen? in rescuing the children of liberty from the tyranny of the pharaohs, moses inaugurated the reign of the father. in breaking the insupportable yoke of mosaic pharisaism, jesus welcomed all men to the brotherhood of the only son of god. when the last ideals fall, when the last material chains of conscience break, when the last of them that killed the 22 prophets and the last of them that stifled the word are confounded, then will be the reign of the holy ghost. then, glory to the father who drowned the host of pharaoh in the red sea! glory to the son, who tore the veil of the temple, and whose

throughout the ages' dance; he is the sun that melts the clouds of ignorance. his precepts, better known and mightier soon to be, shall judge the quick and dead for all eternity. i do believe in god's most holy spirit, whose fire the heart and mind of saints and prophets did inspire. he is a breath of life and of fecundity, proceeding both from god and from humanity. i do believe in one most holy brotherhood of just men that revere heaven's ordinance of good. i do believe one place, one pontiff, and one right, one symbol of one god, in one intent unite. i do believe that death by changing us renews, and that in man as god life sheds immortal dews. xiii the number thirteen thirteen is the number of death and of birth; it is that of property and of inheritance, of society and of family, of w

entury all europe resounded with the miracles of cagliostro. who is ignorant of what powers were attributed to his 'wine of egypt' and to his 'elixir? what can we add to the stories that they tell of his other- world suppers, where he made appear in flesh and blood the illustrious personages of the past? cagliostro was, however, far from being an initiate of the first order, since the great white brotherhood abandoned him<god "abandoned" christ. martyrdom is usually cited on the other side. besides, the fate of cagliostro is unknown- at least to the world at large- o. m> to the roman inquisition, before whom he made, if one can believe the documents to his trial, so ridiculous and so odious an explanation of the masonic trigram, l. p. d. but mi

THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS

nd sum, the foundations and contents of all faculties, sciences, and arts, the which (if we will behold our age) containeth much of theology and medicine, but little of the wisdom of the law, and doth diligently search both heaven and earth: or, to speak briefly thereof, which doth manifest and declare sufficiently man, whereof all learned who will make themselves known unto us, and come into our brotherhood, shall find more wonderful secrets by us than heretofore they did attain unto, and did know, or are able to believe or utter. wherefore, to declare briefly our meaning hereof, we ought to labour carefully that there be not only a wondering at our meeting and adhortation, but that likewise everyone may know, that although we do not lightly esteem and regard such mysteries and secrets, w

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

th and coleridge, and was more than half completed by his contemporary, shelley. but it was not till swinburne himself seized the finely-strung lyre of the unconsciously irregular author of gprometheus, h and attuned it to the rustle of blake fs angel-winged voice, that it can be said that a certain system of irregularities in metre became admissible in the formal court of poetry. as the rossetti brotherhood of painters returned to the stiff and simple elegance as displayed in the gprimavera h of botticelli, so did swinburne go back to the simple beauty of greek tragedy as depicted in euripides* crowley does the same, as we see in gthe tale of archais, h also in gthe mother fs tragedy h and gthe fatal force h; but in these two latter dramas with this important difference, that instead of a

ter than jahveh, and jephthah has almost as firm a belief in the former as in the latter* in fact, all were as the ground from which they had sprung and on which they grew *jephthah, vol. i, p. 76. in gthe triumph of man, h a magnificent poem in heroic verse, crowley unfurls the oriflamme of reason against the bunting of god, leading us on from the realms of gloating anthropophagi to the gmagical brotherhood of kings. h the absolute crown and kingdom of desire, the one god sealed in the seas and betokened in the winds. gthe spirit of mankind! h before the darkness, earlier than being, when yet thought was not, shapeless and unseeing, made misbegotten of deity on death, there brooded on the waters the strange breath of an incarnate hatred. darkness fell and chaos, from prodigious gulphs of

ilth! with hope, and youth, love, light, and power, and mastery of truth armed, we reject you; the bright scourge we ply, your howling spirits stumble to your sty: the worm that was your lie. our heel its head bruises, that bruised us once; the snake is dead. so, passionate and pure, the strong chant rolls, queen of the mystic unity of souls; so from eternity its glory springs king of the magical brotherhood of kings; the absolute crown and kingdom of desire, earth fs virgin chaplet, molten in the fire, sealed in the sea, betokened by the wind: gthere is one god, the spirit of mankind! h *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, pp. 105, 107. the sacred pledge of the rosicrucians was: gman is god and son of god, and there is no other god but man. h such is aleister crowley fs magnificent c

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

es, and a sword in your hearts, and ye also shall see god face to face. thus shall we give back its youth to the world, for like tongues of triple flame we shall brood upon the great deep. hail unto the lords of the groves of eleusis *eleusis, vol. iii, pp. 229, 230. that which was to be said hereon is spoken, amen without lie, amen and amen of amedthe tarot of c. c. zain more properly called the brotherhood of light tarot, this tarot pattern was developed by an american occultist and astrologer, elbert benjamine (aka c.c. zain, 1881--1951, the founder of the church of light. decker and dummett in a history of the occult tarot report that zain's lessons 22 through 33, forming a study course on the tarot, were originally issued in 1918 (as separate papers. on this early stage the church of

t in a history of the occult tarot report that zain's lessons 22 through 33, forming a study course on the tarot, were originally issued in 1918 (as separate papers. on this early stage the church of light used a set of black and white tarot cards, where the majors and courts were taken from the saint-germain illustrations while the minors were original images. i would suggest calling this design brotherhood of light (bol) i. in 1927, still according to decker and dummett, c.c. zain published his tarot lessons 22-33 as a book, sacred tarot- obviously illustrated with bol i cards. in the early 1930s in the church's quarterly a new set of tarot images was published, where the majors and courts were redrawn under zain's direction by gloria beresford. the courts still followed the saint- germa

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

lized world, all following some line of occult study, yet there is but one ancient organization of genuine mystics which shows to the seeker after truth a royal road to discover the lost mysteries of antiquity and to the unveiling of the one hermetic truth. this organization is known at the present times (sic) as the: ancient order of oriental templars ordo templi orientis otherwise: the hermetic brotherhood of light it is a modern school of magic. and, like the ancient schools of magic, it derived its knowledge from the east. this knowledge was never revealed to the profane, for it gave immense power for either good or evil to its possessors. it was recorded in symbol, parable and allegory, requiring a key for its interpretation. the symbols and glyphs of freemasonry were originally also

that the true occult order. numbered among its openly unavowed (sic) representatives such authorities as sir edward bulwer-lytton. fred hockley, kenneth mackenzie. and others. bulwer-lytton links up historically with the continental adepts eliphas l vi, gerard encausse (papus, rudolph steiner and franz hartmann. these collateral continental elements constituted what was once known as the hermetic brotherhood of the light. mr. grant s last sentence is of particular significance, for it must be remembered that reuss s 1917 manifesto gave the o.t.o. the alternative title of hermetic brotherhood of light. such statements as that of mr. grant are, of course interesting but they do seem to be inherently improbable it is most unlikely, for example, that either bulwer-lytton or eliphas l vi were e

higher grades/ and to aspire steadfastly/ and with modesty/ to be received into their number/ i further solemnly pledge myself/ so to apply the four powers of the sphinx/ as to obtain full control/ over my subtle body/ so that i may travel freely therein/ upon all spheres as i will/ whether my present physical body/ be alive or no/ i further solemnly pledge myself/ to maintain the seven bonds of brotherhood; in act as well as in word/ my hand shall grip in sure relation as of true brother with true brother; my foot shall be the firm foundation of our straight walking with each other; my knee bend not in supplication file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c4.html (8 of 19 [12/28/2001 2:03:21 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. either to him or

ruth, noble emir, do you know the word by which man is raised from death to life? e: i do. s: make trial of that word (word of first) e: the word is in vain (repeat with w. and word of second) e: shall nothing endure but the truth? w: will you not make trial of the word of a master magician? s: it is my will (w. and e. take c. from well and support him) i am bound to our brother by seven bonds of brotherhood. my hand gripped his in sure relation (point by point done as said) as of true brother with true brother; my foot was ever firm foundation of our straight walking with each other; my knee bent not in supplication either to him or to another. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c4.html (14 of 19 [12/28/2001 2:03:21 pm] the secret rituals of

is the sign of resurrection. clenching the right hand as usual, touch the navel with the thumb. then draw the hand sharply across the body, and drop it smartly to the side; then bring it upwards with a curving motion, slowly, to the navel. this sign demands a word, and this word is an el haqq. the other replies: i am the truth and within my turban is wrapped nothing but god. third is the sign of brotherhood; which includes the grip. this is given by approaching with clenched hands, backs upwards, and then reciprocally grasping the thumbs. three distinct pressures are then given. one says: i give my hand in sure relation. the other answers: as of true brother with true brother. approach the feet, so that the right foot of each is between the two feet of the other. one says: i pledge my foo

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

them, if ye think good, give [me] my price; and if not, forbear. so they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver. 11:13 and the lord said unto me, cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that i was prised at of them. and i took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the lord. 11:14 then i cut asunder mine other staff [even] bands, that i might break the brotherhood between judah and israel. 11:15 and the lord said unto me, take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 11:16 for, lo, i will raise up a shepherd in the land [which] shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces

it be to the king, as supreme; 2:14 or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 2:15 for so is the will of god, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 2:16 as free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of god. 2:17 honour all [men] love the brotherhood. fear god. honour the king. 2:18 servants [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 2:19 for this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward god endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 2:20 for what glory [is it] if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for i

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

tra was probably simplistic and inaccurate).l -148- karl kellner others, however, believe that kellner and reuss true inspiration was in fact p.b. randolph, whose sexual-magical teachings had been spread to europe by a group of disciples in the late nineteenth century. many of randolph's ideas were transmitted to germany through a little known but extremely influential group known as the hermetic brotherhood of luxor (h.b. of l, begun by max theon (d. 1927) and peter davidson (d. 1916) probably sometime in the 1880 s. following randolph, the h.b. of l. made sex central to its metaphysical system and spiritual practice: it is the polarity of male and female energies that creates the universe, and it is sexual union of males and females that leads to the "reunion of the divine ego and to ang

ig, der kleine theodor reuss reader -179- liiaccording to a text called "the mysteries of eros: expressly arranged for the exterior circle of the h.b. l of l. by t.h. burgyon "especially must all sexual relations be carefully guarded and only participated in after due thought..it is this fatal mistake of sex that has ruined thousands of..aspirants for occult initiation (godwin et al, the hermetic brotherhood of luxor, 273. liiigodwin et al, the hermetic brotherhood of luxor, 67. livquoted in r. swinburne clymer, the rosicrucian fraternity in america: authentic and spurious organizations (quakertown: the rosicrucian foundation, n.d, 541; this text is also reproduced in koenig, der kleine theodor reuss reader. lv see koenig "the o.t.o. phenomenon" and "theodor reuss as founder of esoteric or

WAITE ASPECTS OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM

ce to something which is within him, but not of necessity obvious or visible on his surface personality. it is not that he is merely a deserving member of society at large. he is this, of course, by the fact that he is admitted; but he is very much more, because masonry has an object in view respecting his personality- something that can be accomplished in him as a result of his fellowship in the brotherhood, and by himself. as a matter of truth, it is by both. the "prepared" state is, however, only external, and all of us know in what precisely it consists. now the manner of his preparation for entrance into the lodge typifies a state which is peculiar to his inward position as a person who has not been initiated. there are other particulars into which i need not enter, but it should be r

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

they were able to project some type of who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (6 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:19:57] hypnotic or possibly laser-type holographic field around themselves so as to be able to intermingle with humans, undetected for what they really were? enter maurice doreal. doreal was a metaphysicist who ran an organization called the brotherhood of the white temple in sedalia, colorado. he sold small booklets and pamphlets, many of them about the "inner earth" based on what he had learned from his contacts. doreal claimed that following a lecture of his in california he was approached by two blond-haired and blue-eyed men who offered to give him a tour of an underground city below mt. shasta in northern california. of course d

soon as the plane landed i'd felt a very strange energy, very weird arid unpleasant. the airport was built at enormous cost on open land a long way from denver and it is full of masonic symbols. there are also gargoyles, the winged reptile figures that you find on the stately homes of the reptilian aristocracy in britain and on the churches amid great cathedrals of europe which were built by the brotherhood network. there are also gargoyles on a building in dealey plaza where president kennedy was assassinated and now they turn up again, in a modern airport built on an alleged underground, reptilian base. gargoyles are symbols of the reptilians and that is why you will find them at denver airport. the capstone or dedication stone at the airport is marked with the classic compass symbol of

e 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 importance to the initiates of the brotherhood today. my use of the term satanism has nothing to do with the christian version

is took a positive symbol, the swastika, and turned it around to symbolise the negative. this is why the satanists invert the pentagram and why they use black to symbolise the darkness, hence their black mass. but they also reverse the symbolism of white and that is a powerfully negative colour to them. the satanic networks, under the names of their various deities, were created by the babylonian brotherhood to serve their needs. we have seen that the accounts of the watchers and their off spring, the nefilim, include references to their blood drinking activities. the brotherhood know that blood contains the life-force energy. drinking menstrual blood has always been a feature of the reptilian bloodlines because they need blood to live in this dimension. who are the draconians file//d /my

eir crossbreeds drink blood because they are drinking the person's life-force and because they need it to exist in this dimension. they will often shape-shift into reptilians when drinking human blood and eating human flesh, i am told by those who have seen this happen. blood drinking is in their genes and an elite high priestess or 'mother goddess' in the hierarchy, who performed rituals for the brotherhood at the highest level, told, me that without human blood the reptilians cannot survive in this dimension. her name is arizona wilder, formerly jennifer ann green. interestingly, she said that the reptilians had been pursuing the aryan peoples around the universe, because the blood of the white race was particularly important to them for some reason and the blondhaired, blue-eyed genetic

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

ghts of the cult from your mind. say you had bad dreams, that a devil caused you to write this without your knowledge. think to yourself 'i know nothing; i remember nothing; i have forgotten all' drive this into your mind. if the torture be too great to bear, say 'i will confess. i cannot bear this torment. what do you want me to say? tell me and i will say it' if they try to make you tell of the brotherhood, do not, but if they try to make you speak of impossibilities, such as flying through the air, consorting with the devil, sacrificing children or eating man's flesh, say 'i had evil dreams, i was not myself, i was crazed' not all magistrates are bad. if there be an excuse they may show mercy. if you have confessed aught, deny it afterwards; say you babbled under the torture, you know n

possibilities, such as flying through the air, consorting with the devil, sacrificing children or eating man's flesh, say 'i had evil dreams, i was not myself, i was crazed' not all magistrates are bad. if there be an excuse they may show mercy. if you have confessed aught, deny it afterwards; say you babbled under the torture, you know not what you did or said. if you be condemned, fear not, the brotherhood is powerful, they may help you to escape if you are steadfast. if you betray aught- there is no help for you in this life, or in that which is to come. if you go steadfast to the pyre, drugs will reach you and you will feel naught, but will go to death and what lies beyond, the ecstasy of the goddess. the same with the working tools. let them be as ordinary things that anyone may have

ich i am still inclined to think were christian libels or came from a misunderstanding of the rites. the mysteries, in greece and rome at least, were secret cults to which only the initiated were admitted after being prepared and purified and passing ordeals to prove their worth. they were also given instruction on how to attain to a happy and satisfied life on earth, to know the teachings of the brotherhood within the cult, how to attain reunion with their loved ones who had passed on, how to be reincarnated in this way, and, probably, in ways of persuading the gods to favour them and grant their requests; in other words, magic. each of the ancient mysteries at cabrai, samothrace and eleusis had a different myth and was dedicated to a different god, zeus, dionysus, orpheus or another, and

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

ream what is acceptable? the argument happy fish seven openings look under your feet the sacred tortoise the frog in the well the caged sea-bird swimming boatmen old man fall into water christian selections is god a taoist? christian thoughts john shea and bird monika hellwig catholic on nature and on blood original lilith myth 226 scots gaelic poems the heron the great artist three random pieces brotherhood a starfish an island with two churches wit and wisdom of islam the fool and the king the breaking the stink of greed the claim names the muezzin s call the drum the majesty of the sea ambition acquaintance the guest the man with the really ugly face the mirror is it me? the gypsy and his son where there s a will the sermon of nasrudin nasrudin and the wise men first things first whose

rance of foolishness, they were willing to remain actually fools. alice walker a fool is a treasure to the wise. botswana when the fool does not succeed in bleaching ebony he then tries to blacken ivory. amharic at the bottom of patience there is heaven. kamba never be afraid to sit awhile and think. lorraine hansberry the indolent person reckons religious fasting a labor. yoruba i believe in the brotherhood of all men, but i don t believe in wasting brotherhood on any one who doesn t want to practice it with me. brotherhood is a two-way street. i don t think brotherhood should be practiced with a man just because his skin is white. brotherhood should hinge upon the deeds and attitudes of a man. malcolm x there is no agony like learning an untold story inside you. zora neale hurston ancien

here the sun gilds the winter grass and everything is still in the clearing, i thought of the great artist so skilled a painter, so fluent a musician, the world s chief poet: i thought that he also deserved praise, that he wished to be extolled for his terrible visions i will certain, take his picture home and hang it beside the picasso. the birds will sing their love in the happiness between us. brotherhood collected by donald morrison, o.d.a.l. from faith and practice of london yearly meeting of the society of friends: the life of a religious society consists in something of principles it professes and the outer garments of organization it wears. these things have their own importance: they embody the society to the world, and protect it from the chance and change of circumstance; but th

importance: they embody the society to the world, and protect it from the chance and change of circumstance; but the springs of life are deeper, and often escape recognition. they are to be found in the vital union of the society with god and with one another, a union which allows the free flowing through the society of spiritual life which is its strength. such words as discipleship, fellowship, brotherhood, describe these central springs of religious fellowship. a starfish anonymous, collected by scharding one day a young man was walking along a deserted beach. he saw a frail old man bend over and pick up a starfish and put it back into the receding ocean. he watched for awhile, and to his amazement, the old man picked up one starfish after another and placed it back into the water. the

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

r different approaches to the "great work" my personal feeling is that there are many pathways to god (or whatever one wishes to call the essence, as many as there are tongues of men. my hope is that this meeting will take place in the true spirit of adeptship, and that like-minds dedicated to evolution of consciousness and truth will come together as allies to exchange ideas, communicate in true brotherhood, and assist each other in any way possible. hopefully we will emerge with a greater understanding of each other, with an emphasis of the similarities of our goals more prominent than the differences between us. oo0oo laura jennings is an adept of the golden dawn, and has been temple chief of the israel regardie foundation since its inception. her dedication, knowledge and experience in

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

described, and if the student will carefully ponder upon the nomenclature of the law, its occult name and its symbol, much may be gathered anent group inter-relations. it is these laws which the coming cycle of regeneration will enunciate, and which the great lord will demonstrate upon his appearing, and it is these laws which will gradually be applied to the working methods of all organisations, brotherhoods, fraternities and masonic circles. the symbols are as follows: law 1. a rosy cross, with a bird hovering above it. law 2. two balls of fire united by a triangle of fire, thus picturing the triple interplay between all atomic structures- 727- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust law 3. a pitcher of water, balanced on the head of a man, standing in the form of a cross. i

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the personality aspects of the egoic groups. the expression or term, hierarchy, is only a word applied to the transfigured personality aspect of all these egoic groups of liberated egos or souls which function on the higher levels of the mental plane, and from there seek to aid the sons of men. your contact with the hierarchy is, therefore, on mental levels. your contact with what you call "inner brotherhoods" is astral, with all that this word implies. there is not necessarily anything wrong or undesirable in this contact, provided that you recognise the plane whereon you function, with its obvious limitations. have you ever noticed that i am training you to come out of your tower of isolation, and yet at the same time i am training c.d.p. to stay up on the summit of her tower? but yours

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learn to depend upon them. the consciousness of universal relationship, of subjective integration and of a proven and experienced unity will be the climaxing gift of the period ahead of us. in the coming world state, the individual citizen gladly and deliberately and with full consciousness of all that he is doing will subordinate his personality to the good of the whole. the growth of organised brotherhoods and fraternities, of parties and of groups, dedicated to some cause or idea, is another indication of the activity of the coming forces. the interesting thing to note is that they are all expressive of some grasped idea more than of some specific person's determined and imposed plan. the piscean type of man is an idealist along some line of human development. the aquarian type will ta

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d because our consciousness is no longer self centered. we are no longer interested in ourselves but our consciousness being universal there is nothing for us to do but to assimilate the troubles of our fellowmen and help them. it is no effort for the true aquarian master to do so. 2. group work. this is something that we know little about as yet. the world is full of organizations and societies, brotherhoods that are happy training grounds for ambitious people. i do not mean to be unkind, but my experience with the average group is that it is a hotbed of jealousies, people trying to impress the others with the amount of their knowledge and the wonder of their self-sacrificing lives. this is not group work [186] group work is standing alone spiritually in the handling of one's own affairs

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ic hieroglyphs down to the alphabet of cadmus and the devanagari. it has been claimed in all ages that ever since the destruction of the alexandrian library (see isis unveiled, vol. ii, p. 27, every work of a character that might have led the profane to the ultimate discovery and comprehension of some of the mysteries of the secret science, was, owing to the combined efforts of the members of the brotherhoods, diligently searched for. it is added, moreover, by those who know, that once found, save three copies left and stored safely away, such works were all destroyed. in india, the last of the precious manuscripts were secured and hidden during the reign of the emperor akbar* it is maintained, furthermore, that every sacred book of that kind, whose text was not sufficiently veiled in symb

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pe refused him a divorce. this event had many implications for the future (see the robots' rebellion) and it ensured that many masons were made unemployed. far from continuing the building programmes of rome, henry looted the monasteries and everything else he could get away with. he was broke, basically, and there were always wars to fight. one of his targets was the assets of the 'fraternities, brotherhoods and guilds. the masonry societies collapsed in the wake of this royal mugging and the desperate lack of work for their members. many of the lodges disappeared, along with their ancient records, and little is known about their true history. the lodges (branches) which survived did so by opening their memberships to people who were not stonemasons, or so the story goes. these newcomers

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ood while thebushs, close associates and business partners of the harrimans, represent therepublican wing. both have answered to the same master to ensure that the unitedstates, like every other country, is a one-party-state. the bush family are close friendsof the windsors, which shouldnt surprise anyone who has read this far because bothare shape-shifting reptilians. bush and his associate, the brotherhoods tireless globalmanipulator, henry kissinger, have both been knighted by queen elizabeth ii.the modern version of freemasonry expanded rapidly from its obscure beginningsamong the templars and other mystery initiates. the grand lodge of england- thecentre of the network- was officially formed on june 24th 1717. this is st john thebaptists day, a sacred day for the knights templar and a

ugal. grand orient meansgrand east and its rituals are inspired by the worship of zoroaster in persia, ishtar andtammuz (semiramis and nimrod) in babylon, demeter, persephone and dionysus ingreece, aphrodite and adonis in syria, isis and osiris in egypt, and mithra in persia.39the grand orient in france was to be the focus behind the manipulation andcoordination of the french revolution. from the brotherhoods point of view, thispeoples revolution had nothing to do with freedom and everything to do with itsagenda for global control. the famous cry of the french revolutionaries: liberty,equality, fraternity, is a freemasonic motto.the science of manipulationas the power of religion began to wane, another mental prison cell was created. we call it,rather bravely, science. not real science. of

f templar pre-eminence, and us presidents, williamhenry harrison and benjamin harrison. this information comes from the publication,burkes peerage, which traces the lineage of royal and aristocratic families. clinton hasfar more royal blood than dole and is directly descended from the same bloodline as thehouse of windsor, every scottish monarch, and king robert i of france. this is whyhe was the brotherhoods choice. harold brooks-baker, the publishing director ofburkes peerage, said: the presidential candidate with the greatest number of royalgenes has always been the victor, without exception, since george washington. whatan astonishing statistic and royal genes= reptilian genes. the same tribe whichcontrolled europe simply expanded into the americas and called it freedom. the unitedstat

ilds have been behind most of them- including thenazis. all these groups interlock if you dig deep enough.this apparently complex (but ultimately simple) network of banking, business,politics, media, and secret societies, controls the world on behalf of the brotherhoodoperational headquarters in london. the control of money and banking via therothschilds and others are crucial to this. one of the brotherhoods most importantcoups was the creation in 1913 of the federal reserve, the so-called central bank of theunited states. it is neither federal nor has any reserve. it is a cartel of private banksowned by the 20 founding families, mostly european, which today decides the interestrates for the united states and lends non-existent money (figures on a screen) to the usgovernment on which the

federal incometax bill, also in 1913. to do this they needed an amendment, the 16th, to the americanconstitution, and that required the consent of at least 36 states. only two states agreed,but filander knox, the secretary of state, simply announced that the required majorityhad been achieved and the bill was introduced. to this day the enforced payment offederal income tax is illegal and yet the brotherhoods internal revenue service goeson doing that in the united states every day. some may say that calling it a terroristoperation is too extreme, but to terrorise someone you dont have to use a gun or abomb. you can do it by threatening to destroy their livelihood and evict them from theirhome to pay you tax that is illegal. incidentally, note the year of these two events, thefederal reser

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free masonry give the order an antiquity that is more or less imaginative. one specially ardent author makes the patriarchs and other noted biblical characters free masons, and insists that several of the saviour's disciples were members of the order. free masonry, none the less, is the oldest existing organization of a charitable nature in the history of mankind. during the middle ages the mason brotherhoods were organized corporations, resembling in a general way the other guilds, with rules of their own, and recruited from a body of apprentices who had served a period of probation. the time referred to was a church-building age, and men skilled in the hewing and setting of stones were in demand and held in high esteem. when a great church or cathedral was to be built, skilful masons gat

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ure at this time was louis claude de saint-martin, known as le philosophe inconnu (the unknown philosopher, who came under the influence of pasqually, and later that of the writings of the mystical jakob boehme, whose works saint- martin translated. jacques cazotte was one of the first men associated with both magic and the revolution. much of the revolutions inception is owed to those mysterious brotherhoods of france and germany, which during the eighteenth century sowed the seeds of equality and illuminism throughout europe. loiseaut, a parishioner of sainte-mande, formed a mystical society in 1772 that met in great secrecy, awaiting a vision of john the baptist, who supposedly came to them to foretell the revolution. the spiritual director of this circle was a monk named dom gerle, one

protect it in the religiously intolerant atmosphere operative in great britain at the time of its founding. history and mythic origin although it would not be exactly correct to say that the history of freemasonry was lost in the mists of antiquity, it is possible to say that although to a certain degree traceable, its records are of a scanty nature, and so crossed by the trails of other mystical brotherhoods that disentanglement is an extremely difficult process. the ancient legend of its foundation at the time of the building of the temple at jerusalem is manifestly mythical. if one might hazard an opinion, it would seem that at a very early epoch in the history of civilization, a caste arose of builders in stone, who jealously guarded the secret of their craft. where such a caste of ope

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ding the lectorium rosicrucianum, the rosicrucian anthroposophical league, and the ausar auset society, unique for its adaptation of rosicrucian teachings to the needs of the african american community. sources: allen, paul m. christian rosenkreutz anthology. blauvelt, n.y: steiner books, 1974. arnold, paul. histoire des rose-crois. paris, 1934. dickson, donald r. the tesserea of antilia: utopian brotherhoods and secret societies in the early seventeenth century. leiden: brill, 1998. gardener, f. leigh. a catalogue raisonne of works on the occult sciences. vol. 1 of the rosicrucian books. privately printed, 1923. howe, ellic. the magicians of the golden dawn. london: routledge& kegan paul, 1972. mcintosh, christopher. the rosy cross unveiled: the history, mythology, and rituals of an occul

early adepts who carried the sciences forward until the days of alexandria are not known, but subsequent to that period the identity of practically every alchemical and astrological practitioner of any note is known. in the history of no other occult study is the sequence of its professors so clear as is the case in alchemy, and the same might almost be said of astrology. in the case of mystical brotherhoods, a long line of these have probably existed from early times, sharing the traditions. many persons would be members of several and would import the conceptions of one society into another, as we know rosicrucian ideas were imported into masonry. in the mystic societies of the middle ages there seem to be reflections of the older egyptian and classical mysteries, and some support the t

received its tenets from the east. it seems very likely that its rites were oriental in origin, and certainly the occult systems of europe owed much to the templars, who, probably, after the fall of their own order, secretly formed others or joined existing societies. masons have a hypothesis that they inherited traditions from the dionysian artificers, the artisans of byzantium, and the building brotherhoods of western europe. this is not a proven theory; however, it is much more feasible than the romantic legend concerning the rise of freemasonry at the time of the building of the temple of solomon. one of the chief reasons that we know so little concerning these brotherhoods in medieval times is that the charge of dabbling in the occult arts was a serious one in the eyes of the law and

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ity:'therosicrucians of germany are quite ignorantoftheir origin; but by tradition, they suppose themselves descendants of the ancient egyptians, chal255 deans, magi and gymnosophists; and this is probably true" this yearning for along-anddistinguished-ancestry was present, too, in the latter-day rosicrucians of the hermetic orderofthe golden dawn, as it was in all the occult movements and secret brotherhoods of the last century, whether respectable freemasons claiming spiritual descent from the builders of king solomon's temple or madame blavatsky with her dubious claims for a theosophical wisdom born in lost ages.itwas possibly partofthe more general desire for respectability that characterized english occultists and distinguished them from the illuminati of the continent, who worked as

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f the rosicrucian manifestos, written as a corrective to the lunacies of hargrave jennings9[9. the translations from levi contained a few incidental references to masonry, but for his real history of the rosicrucians waite was obliged to consider the subject more carefully. he rejected the thesis of buhle that freemasonry was derived from rosicrucianism and set out the differences between the two brotherhoods 'originally an association for the diffusion of natural morality, it [freemasonry] is now simply a benefit society. the improvement of mankind and the encouragement of philanthropy were and are it s ostensible objects, and these also were the dream of the rosicrucian but, on the other, it has never aimed at a reformation in the arts and sciences, for it was never at any period a learn

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to have been the school of "osiris" based on the events of this god's birth, youth, struggle against darkness, death and resurrection. these themes were ritually dramatized in ceremonies performed by clergy and in this way the rituals and symbols being presented were much more effective because of the actual participation years later, these rites formed the first circles of a series of initiated brotherhoods that would continue under the name of masonry. such brotherhoods always established the same ideals and, when under oppression, were able to lead their lives secretly. they were able to survive to the present- day because they continually changed their names and their forms. but they remained faithful to ancient symbolism and their particular character and passed their ideas on to eac

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f the rosicrucian manifestos, written as a corrective to the lunacies of hargrave jennings9[9. the translations from levi contained a few incidental references to masonry, but for his real history of the rosicrucians waite was obliged to consider the subject more carefully. he rejected the thesis of buhle that freemasonry was derived from rosicrucianism and set out the differences between the two brotherhoods 'originally an association for the diffusion of natural morality, it [freemasonry] is now simply a benefit society. the improvement of mankind and the encouragement of philanthropy were and are it s ostensible objects, and these also were the dream of the rosicrucian but, on the other, it has never aimed at a reformation in the arts and sciences, for it was never at any period a learn

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sophical doctrines, treatises, modes of speech, etc: designed for or suitable to the generality of disciples; communicated to outsiders, intelligible to the public. hence of disciples, etc. belonging to the outer circle; not admitted to the esoteric teaching. oxford english dictionary esotericism (the inner teachings) are elusive and hard to find, they have been passed from "mouth to ear" through brotherhoods, sects and orders. they do not evolve, while their appearance may change from age to age, they exist as memories and reflections, transmissions from the golden age (the equivalent in time to the world of ideals) through history. while esotericism can take any form from hindu to buddhist, christian to islamic, it is at the core, distinct from each. it is trans-temporal and yet being in

new symbols, mythologies and astral vessels so that the incoming energy could be utilized for the benefit of egypt. as time progressed the egyptian star-gnosis, the divine rite of rebirth and the secret of planetary and zodiacal mediation was passed from the pharaoh to a separate priesthood. with time and changes in both state and religion, the teachings were held under oath by secret orders and brotherhoods. even within the hermetic order of the golden dawn we can find elements of the mediation rite within its equinox rituals, however, the emphasis has changed to emanating the forces only for those linked to the order and hence joined to its group mind. as we head further into the kali yuga it is the individuals task to use and transform the heavenly energies within him or herself. it is

aman or wise person. through death and rebirth rites the priest achieved a state of power whereby s/he was able to mediate between the spiritual and physical worlds. at this stage we can see that individual theosis was still far in the future, mediatorship was embodied in the prophet, priest, shaman or wise person. the rites of kingship and priesthood were kept secret and at first only passed via brotherhoods, cults and orders, however later they were also transmitted to individual priests and shamans who qualified but were outside the monastic system. theosis at these early stages involved collective as well as individual gnosis, the land and the king, for example, in the celtic tradition were intricately connected. in ancient israel the people could only be cleansed by the priest enterin

al or homosexual in orientation. members of the qadesh priesthood are usually homosexual. the gnostic tradition: a brief history of the church it is difficult to encapsulate the history of the gnostic tradition. however, it is fair to say that it began in the time of the great sumerian and egyptian kingdoms and was passed down, at first in oral form (cf.kabbalah" passed by mouth) through esoteric brotherhoods. in the west this knowledge was passed onto the initiate (jesus) in the essene sect, after his death his followers passed on the secret teachings. this new order centred around ormus (46 a.d) and continued through the knights templars, the eleutherians, the church of carmel, the rosicrucians and onwards. in modern times the lineage continued in a variety of forms, the more ritually or

vements, the astrum argentinum, the ordeo templi orientis and the fraternity of saturn (germany. however, these organisations got bogged down in the technology of the spiritual processes and lost the vision and art of the gnosis. hence modern reresentatives of such organisations and others found in the "ritual magic(k" community have little in common with the real gnostic legacy. various mystical brotherhoods have also arisen claiming to follow the gnosis, but these have, in the most, tended to be liberal christian organisations who have still not realised the complete framework of the gnostic system. most are simply supposed liberal minded christians who are sick of modern christianity but do not have the illumination of the gnostic traditions. the gnostic apostolic church has developed o

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found amongst the peoples of sumer and egypt, and as egypt deteriorated; amongst the people of israel. the israelite people were aryans, the very term adam means he who blushes red. they carried the kabbalah with them into the deserts and it formed the secret core of their faith. as time progressed and israel became a political force in its own right, the esoteric teachings were passed by secret brotherhoods such as the qadesh. this lineage of the esoteric wisdom is sometimes known as the sethian tradition, both the essenes and gnostics emphasised this unique designation. it was used in the sense of the genealogy of genesis, where seth was the replacement for murdered abel and he represented the pure wisdom. cain, on other hand, represented a fallen lineage, he was considered a tool of th

sm, while reproduction sustains the fallen system, it at least, fulfils the task of giving bodies for souls to incarnate into and hence gain the possibility of transfiguration. in the gnostic apostolic tradition these two cults are reconciled in the paths of the dove and of the serpent. historically speaking, there are many examples of these cults as opposing traditions, as reconciled in esoteric brotherhoods, or as corrupted by the demiurgic forces. it should be clearly stated that the earth cult can only be of value in connection with that of the sky, pagan movements (ancient and modern) which worship the earth are simply sustaining the dominion of the demiurge. as we head towards the omega day the value of the earth cult becomes less, anti-traditions and false earth cults take precedenc

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eister crowley and other early occultists such as meade layne who founded borderland sciences. an interesting study of numerology, ufo contact, men in black, the golden dawn, the shaver mystery, l. ron hubbard, jpl founder jack parsons, and other material. greenfield delves deep into his thesis that certain aspects of the ufo enigma are connected to a cosmic battle between ancient black and white brotherhoods. the last chapter is on working with the cipher. adventures unlimited catalog, summer-fall, 1995, p. 8. i first encountered this interesting book in a catalog for adventures unlimited, ten years ago exactly, when i was receiving mail from conspiranoia mailing lists, under the monicker of harold k. taylor we used to get some rather interesting junk. i only wish i still had access to th

e in his sleep there was nobody around to hear. in any case, one is reminded of palmer s eerie account of hearing shaver do something very similar on an early visit with the welder- turned-author. at an early point the channelings turned more specific, and reflect the kind of occultist thinking with which layne, if not probert, was certainly well acquainted: the world of ascended masters, tibetan brotherhoods and, of course, masters with funny names. when i encounter the funny names i begin to look for something amenable to deciphering using the new aeon english qabala (naeq. did probert know such a code? almost certainly not. bryant and helen reeve give us an account of their 1955 visit to the probert home in san diego, and mark and irene come across as rather ordinary people in an extrao

e plenum of all perfection which fills the qabalistic void. there is the fact that i am just as much a.c. s magical child, in fulfillment in a very real sense of liber legis, as ever i was. i can t get away from that, any more than he could, whether either of us liked it or not. the proofs are overwhelming. we are dealing with a full-size world-mystery and a real fight between the black and white brotherhoods. the scientific illuminism of the a:.a. must continue. the system of initiation came to an end with the aeon of horus, but must be revised and continue according to new aeon lines. i may well have been over optimistic in thinking that the aeon of truth and justice secret cipher of the ufonauts 55 is very near at hand -frater achad, various letters, 1948 e.v. using new aeon english qab

, ufonauts frequently use bizarre forms of sexuality in their physical examinations or probes on humans, in order to obtain certain secretions of a physical, emotional and even spiritual nature. 56 allen h. greenfield be sure and check out the ufo silencers! 57 10 the men in black and their magical origins..we are dealing with a full-size world-mystery and a real fight between the black and white brotherhoods- frater achad, 1948 throughout medieval times, a major current of thought distinct from official religion existed, culminating in the works of the alchemists and hermetics. among such groups were to be found some of the early modern scientists and men remarkable for the strength of their independent thinking and their adventurous life, such as paracelsus. the nature of the beings who

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ierophants; while with the hindfls. from whom they were all derived, the same rule has prevailed from time immemorial. we are left in no doubt upon this point; for the agnuhada parikdtai says exphcitly "every initiate, to whatever degree he may belong, who reveab the great sacred formula, must be put to death" naturally enou^ this same extreme penalty was prescribed in all the mul^anous sects and brotherhoods which at diffocnt periods have sprung bom tfae ancient stock. we find it with the early ess^nes, gnos- tics, theurgic neo-platonists, and medieval philosophers; and in our day even the masons perpetuate the memory of the old obligations in the penalties of throat-cutting, dismemberment, and disemboweling, with which the candidate is threatened. as the masonic 'master's word' is commun

ing that the letter iota, mentioned by jesus in matthew (v, 18, indicated a secret doctrine in relation to the ten aeons, it is sufficient to demonstrate to a kabalist that jesus belonged to the freemasonry of those days; for i, which is iota in greek, has other names in other languages; and is, as it was among the gnostics of those days, a pass-word, meaning the scepter of the fatheb, in eastern brotherhoods which exist to this very day. but in the early centuries these facts, if known, were purposely ignored, and not only withheld from public notice as much as possible, but vehemently denied whenever the question was forced upon discus- sion. the denunciations of the fathers were rendered bitter in propor- tion to the truth of the claim which they endeavored to refute "it comes to this"

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, and translated into english the fama fraternitatis and the confessio. there were robert flood, a great english rosicrucian philosopher, author of the tractatus apologeticus, the tractatus theologo-philosophicus, and other works; sincerus renatus, or sigmund richter, who published in 1710 the curious work, the perfect and true preparation of the philosophical stone, according to the secretof the brotherhoods of the golden and rosy cross, with which is included the rules of the above-mentioned order for the initiation of new members; and, lastly, the author of the secret symbols of the rosicrucians of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a rare book containing a number of occult engravings which enshrine much inner teaching. 708. the traditional history of the rosicrucians 709. the tra

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n of modern thinkers: namely, initiation into the philosophic mysteries. a man who had demonstrated his peculiar mental and spiritual fitness was accepted into the body of the learned and to him was revealed that priceless heritage of arcane lore preserved from generation to generation. this heritage of philosophic truth is the matchless treasure of all ages, and each disciple admitted into these brotherhoods of the wise made, in turn, his individual contribution to this store of classified knowledge. the one hope of the world is philosophy, for all the sorrows of modern life result from the lack of a proper philosophic code. those who sense even in part the dignity of life cannot but realize the shallowness apparent in the activities of this age. well has it been said that no individual c

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ed, a so-called enochian tongue, the original language of the nephelim. by the seventeenth century, the persecution of witches, by protestants now as well as catholics, seems to have fairly well decimated most of the centres of witch lore, save those preserved under heavy disguise of cabalistic or alchemical learning. even these by now had also become suspect, and apparently owing to this, secret brotherhoods such as the rosicrucians and freemasons were organized, for the very purpose of keeping the flame of the old wisdom burning. by the eighteenth century masonic and hermetic lodges had become widespread and the power of the church had been considerably reduced, indeed was waning fast, never to recover its old position of strength. within the lodges, many old witch secrets were being red

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nipulation57 i shall reverse the world lished what are known as the sumerian and babylonian civilizations, as well as all thehigh profile empires to come. and it is upon the foundations of these dynasties andcultures that the post-diluvian or historical periods rest. the horrendous events that areassociated with these belligerent nations aptly testify to who was behind them. andsince it was these brotherhoods that began recording history, they commissioned theaccounts to be composed in their favor, to be biased toward their deeds and agenda.their aristocratic scions were to be historys main dramatis personae. as a result oftheir bias, the date of their arrival was artificially pushed back to over 400,000 years.this was a political move to give their line ancestral supremacy. the biographie

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ll be the time when you can achieve your desires without the need for a magical working of any kind. your powers will be absoluhe contents preface vii introduction 1 part 1: the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages 1 the ancient corporations: colleges of builders in rome 4 2 the collegia and the barbarian invasions 18 3 ecclesiastical and monastic associations 34 4 secular brotherhoods: the germanic and anglo-saxon guilds 51 5 the crusades and the templars 62 6 the templars, the francs metiers, and freemasonry 81 7 the templars and the parisian builders 102 part 2. from the art of building to the art of thinking 8 mason corporations in france 146 9 builders corporations in italy, germany, and switzerland 168 10 the corporative masonry of great britain 180 11 univers

n now hail the birth of a new discipline, which we might call masonology. nevertheless, operative freemasonry, which preceded this modern freemasonry* and which is its source, has not been the beneficiary of such extensive examination. those who have dealt with the origins of [the term operative freemasonry as used throughout this book refers to freemasonry in its original form, as represented by brotherhoods of builders. it is opposed in this study by the term speculative freemasonry, having to do with those organizations that emerged in the seventeenth century divorced from the worker and the meaning of his tradition and made up of "accepted" masons. throughout this book and especially in part 2, the author strives to make a strong distinction between speculative freemasonry and the oper

west following invasions and survived in the east as institutions discovered by the crusaders at the end of the eleventh century. 2. the ecclesiastical associations of builders formed by the bishops of the early middle ages, especially the benedictines, the cistercians, and the templars. 3. trade-based freemasonry, which was born under the aegis of these associations and followed the form of lay brotherhoods or guilds. the history of freemasonry and its origins will form the first part of this book. in the second part, we will study the evolution of the professional organization; its purposes, both operational and speculative; its initiatory and spiritualist nature; its gradual transformation from an organization of those who worked in the art of building to those who engaged in a stricto

bring about communion of the believer and his god in one flesh in order to knit between them a bond of kinship" thus we may say that dietary communion was one of the earliest forms of religion.5 the roman collegia it is supremely important to establish the connection between operative freemasonry and the collegia artificum et fabrorum of rome, for the collegia exerted a major influence over trade brotherhoods of the middle ages, which more or less directly descended from them. according to plutarch, colleges of artisans were founded in rome by king numa pompilius around 715 b.c. plutarch cites nine colleges, 8 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages including that of the carpenters, but says nothing about masons.6 this is explained by the fact that roman society di

f professional building organizations. first, they contributed and this is critical to the preservation and transmission of the traditions and secrets of the collegia that had been more or less overwhelmed by the barbarian invasions, then legally dissolved by the formation of feudal society. second, the monastery schools trained the lay masters, who, starting in the twelfth century, took over the brotherhoods of builders jointly with the ecclesiastical masters. these brotherhoods were precursors to later trade guilds and corporations; they were able to be transformed into these new structures when social evolution offered a legal framework that supported this change. the history of monastic associations is primarily linked to that of two religious orders: the benedictine order and its vari

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

obtained, and yet more illustrious in their origin. are you acquainted with the platonists "i have occasionally lost my way in their labyrinth" said i "faith, they are rather difficult gentlemen to understand "yet their knottiest problems have never yet been published. their sublimest works are in manuscript, and constitute the initiatory learning, not only of the rosicrucians, but of the nobler brotherhoods i have referred to. more solemn and sublime still is the knowledge to be gleaned from the elder pythagoreans, and the immortal masterpieces of apollonius "apollonius, the imposter of tyanea! are his writings extant "imposter" cried my host "apollonius an imposter "i beg your pardon; i did not know he was a friend of yours; and if you vouch for his character, i will believe him to have

orrows and his wrongs, in the prison of his madhouse, know you not that tasso himself found his solace, his escape, in the recognition of a holy and spiritual theurgia, of a magic that could summon the angel, or the good genius, not the fiend? and do you not remember how he, deeply versed as he was for his age, in the mysteries of the nobler platonism, which hints at the secrets of all the starry brotherhoods, from the chaldean to the later rosicrucian, discriminates in his lovely verse, between the black art of ismeno and the glorious lore of the enchanter who counsels and guides upon their errand the champions of the holy land? his, not the charms wrought by the aid of the stygian rebels (see this remarkable passage, which does indeed not unfaithfully represent the doctrine of the pythag

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