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18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

.g. red shoes' in the teut. languages i know of no technical term like the gk. aivivba, xfi'/so, lat. libo, for drink-offerings (see siippl. 60 worship. saga (ed. holm) 113. signa is the german segnen to bless, consecrate, signa full osni, thor. osins full, marsar full, freys fall drecka, saga hakonar gosa cap. 16.18. in the herrau5s-saga cap. 11, thor's, osin's and freya's minne is drunk. at the burial of a king there was brought up a goblet called bragafull (funeral toast cup, before which every one stood up, took a solemn vow, and emptied it, yngl. saga cap. 40; other passages have hragarfuu, stem. 146^ fornald. sog. 1, 345, 417. 515. the goblet was also called minnisvcig (swig, draught, sa3m. 193^ after conversion they did not give up the custom, but drank the minne of christ, mary, an

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

xcalibur, appears in celtic tradition as the sword of nuada whose hand was cut off in battle. with a new hand fashioned from silver, he went on to lead his people to victory. according to one account, the christian treasures were brought in ad 64 to glastonbury in england by joseph of arimathea, the rich merchant who caught christ's blood in the chalice as he was on the cross and took care of his burial after the crucifixion. some present-day, peace-loving witches, myself included, do not really like the concept of using swords, even though they are pretty spectacular for drawing out a circle on a forest floor, and swords are rarely used in home ritual magick. if you do want to use one, however, you can obtain reproduction ceremonial swords. the sword is the male symbol to the female symbo

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

he dying buddha. 1. think of thy death; imagine the various diseases that may attack thee, or accidents overtake thee. picture the process of death, applying always to thyself (a useful preliminary practice is to read textbooks of pathology, and to visit museums and dissecting-rooms) 2. continue this practice until death is complete; follow the corpse through the stages of embalming, wrapping and burial. 3. now imagine a divine breath entering thy nostrils. 4. next, imagine a divine light enlightening the eyes. 5. next, imagine the divine voice awakening the ears. 6. next, imagine a divine kiss imprinted on the lips. 7. next, imagine the divine energy informing the nerves and muscles of the body, and concentrate on the phenomenon which will already have been observed in 3, the restoring of

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 5

he dying buddha. 1. think of thy death; imagine the various diseases that may attack thee, or accidents overtake thee. picture the process of death, applying always to thyself (a useful preliminary practice is to read textbooks of pathology, and to visit museums and dissecting-rooms) 2. continue this practice until death is complete; follow the corpse through the stages of embalming, wrapping and burial. 3. now imagine a divine breath entering thy nostrils. 4. next, imagine a divine light enlightening the eyes. 5. next, imagine the divine voice awakening the ears. 6. next, imagine a divine kiss imprinted on the lips. 7. next, imagine the divine energy informing the nerves 10 and muscles of the body, and concentrate on the phenomenon which will already have been observed in 3, the restoring

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 2

"26 shows that "before abraham was, i am" the eagle and hb:heh with the cup represent the blood shed for the remission of sins, and the chalice of the stoistes "libertas evangelii" shows free-will. the man with hb:vau and the dagger shows the "last result" hb:vau is taurus, the redemption. the dagger is the means. for "dei gloria intacta" is the end of all. and the bull with h and chain shows the burial and the earth, life and labour which accomplish all these things "legis jugum" shows destiny balancing free-will. 230 in the midst is hb:shin and the incense: now incense requires air, fire, water and earth for its being: thus the whole table is shown in hb:shin as the combination and centre of all, being the glory of the vast countenance. all this is brilliant and flashing "i.e, equilibrat

r mottoes mean: the freedom of the gospel; the unsullied glory of god; and the yoke of the law, respectively. now all kneel down and the higher is again invoked. postulant is fixed in tiphereth and looking up to kether. he again rejoices that he hath been crucified. justice ariseth and taketh from him his kether-wand and ankh, and his own hands put the chain upon his neck, the symbol of earth and burial therein; and the supreme hour of apophis is upon him, as it is written "eloi, eloi, lamma sabacthani" also this chain of earth refers to the great renunciation of the ego, refusing devachan27 and reassuming incarnation: not to the renunciation of nirvana, which the mere purified man as such is not entitled to. note also that postulant himself now rebukes da th as the second adept did for hi

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s readable and interesting as well as instructive "the yorkshire observer" death: its causes and phenomena. by hereward carrington and john r. meader. ornamental black cloth, gilt, 8 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in, 552 pp, 8"s" 6"d" net. contents. preface. part i "physiological- i. the scientific aspect of life and death. ii. the signs of death. iii. trance, catalepsy, suspended animation, etc. iv. premature burial. v. burial, cremation, mummification. vi. the causes of death. vii. old age; its scientific study. viii. the questionnaire on death: answers. ix. my own theory of the nature of death (hereward carrington. x. my own theory of the nature of death (john r. meader. xi. on the possible unification of our theories. xii. general conclusions. part ii "historical- i. man's theories of immortality. i

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

es through which he is seeking expression, and their directing, energising centres, make adequate response. hence it is only in due course of evolution, and when the matter of these vehicles is energised sufficiently by its own latent fires that he can accomplish his long-held purpose. hence again the need of the ascension of the fire of matter to its own place, and its resurrection from its long burial and seeming prostitution before it can be united with its father in heaven, the third logos, who is the intelligence of matter itself. the correspondence, again, holds good. even the atom of the physical plane has its goal, its initiations and its ultimate triumph. other angles of this subject, such as the centres and their relationship to manas, the fire of spirit and manas, and the eventu

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

st obeyed. they passed within the gates, leaving the three outside. many were raised unto the heights of joy. the three remained without the gates, holding their treasure firm" in this ancient writing, older than any of the written scriptures of the world, is to be found the secret of the masonic story and of the slaying of the master by the three most closely associated with him in his death and burial. masons will all recognise the three to whom i here refer. these three were the founders of the modern jewish race. they were three advanced disciples who resented the command to enter, free and untrammelled, the place where light is to be found. they sought to hold that which they had gathered and to dedicate it to the service of god. their unrecognised motive was love of riches and a desi

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

pisodes related in the gospel story are not isolated happenings in the life of jesus of nazareth, but that they have been repeatedly undergone in the secret places of the temples of the mysteries, from the dawn of time. the saviours of the past were all subjected to the processes of death in some form or other, but they all rose again or were translated to glory. in the initiation ceremonies this burial and resurrection at the end of three days was a familiar ceremonial. history tells us of many of these sons of god who died and rose again, and finally ascended into heaven. we find, for instance, that "the obsequies of adonis were celebrated in alexandria (in egypt) with the utmost display. his image was carried with great solemnity to a tomb, which served the purpose of rendering him the

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

e past, and the destroying energy which they direct against anything which is of the old regime are likewise handicapping the efforts of the hierarchy. in these progressive forces, hope does indeed lie, but they sadly lack skill in action and have too great a love for destruction. the new group of world servers holds steadily to the "noble middle way (as the buddha called it) and seeks the decent burial of old forms, the implementation of that which is new and the restoration of that which has, in the past, proved useful and good and which could form the living germ of the new creation. at the time of the full moon of april 1945, during the easter season of that year and covering approximately a period of five weeks, the forces of restoration began their work, emerging first upon the subtl

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

ho is the illuminating principle which releases the mind, directs the way of man through life and enables him to become aware of the divine plan which underlies all his fiery experience. 2. scorpio, which brings about eventually the death of the personality and with which we shall later deal when we come to consider that sign. esoterically as well as exoterically, scorpio is the sign of death and burial in the earth, of descent into the depths in order to be lifted again on to the heights (the mountain top in capricorn. it is stated in some of the most ancient books that "the heat of the earth, the mother, and the sting of the scorpion are the beneficent gifts which the turning of the wheel gives to the man at the beginning and the end" these gifts, when accepted and used, bring a man to l

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

s disappearing. the attention of the experts is now being given to the cure of cancer- 38- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust i would like to add one or two comments which will be of general or rather modern interest. i have said that these taints to which humanity is prone are found in the soil, and that their presence there is largely due to the burial, down the ages, of millions of corpses. by the increased use of the processes of cremation, this condition will be steadily improved. gradually, very gradually, the taint will thus die out. it is therefore highly desirable that there be as much propaganda as possible for the use of this method of disposing of the discarded physical vehicles of the souls who are passing out of incarnation. a

iation, this results in the complete liberation of the man from the "pull" of substance in the three worlds and in his consequent ability to wield, with full understanding, the law of attraction in its various phases, as far as the creative process is involved. other phases will then be later mastered. one point must be borne in mind. the words "earth to earth and dust to dust" so familiar in the burial rituals of the occident, refer to this act of restitution and connote the return of the physical- 257- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust body elements to the original reservoir of matter, and of the substance of the vital form to the general etheric reservoir; the words "the spirit shall return unto god who gave it" are a distorted referenc

ght" finally breaks all contact with the dense physical vehicle, focusses for a short period in the vital body, and then disappears. the act of restitution is accomplished. this entire process of the focussing of the spiritual elements in the etheric body, with the subsequent abstraction and consequent dissipation of the etheric body, would be greatly hastened by the substitution of cremation for burial. two main reasons for cremation occultly speaking, cremation is needed for two main reasons. it hastens the release of the subtle vehicles (still enshrouding the soul) from the etheric body, thus bringing about the release in a few hours instead of a few days; it also is a much needed means for bringing about the purification of the astral plane and for arresting the "downward moving" tende

will be regarded as a happy and destined release and not, as is the case today, a dreaded enemy. the second question is definitely concerned with the processes of death. it has been asked: what is the tibetan's attitude towards cremation, and under what conditions should cremation be followed? it is a fortunate and happy thing that cremation is becoming increasingly the rule. before so very long, burial in the ground will be against the law and cremation will be enforced, and this as a health and sanitation measure. those unhealthy, psychic spots, called cemeteries, will eventually disappear, just as ancestor worship is passing out, both in the orient with its ancestor cults and in the occident with its equally foolish cult of hereditary position. by the use of fire, all forms are dissolve

rse, refers only to initiates of high degree. i felt these points to be interesting and also useful for you to know. another point, growing out of all the above, indicates the all-inclusiveness of the divine life, for the lunar lords are aspects of that life as much as is the energy of the soul. it is therefore of prime importance that cremation should be encouraged, and not the present method of burial. cremation returns the life of the lunar lords more rapidly to the central- 380- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust reservoir of life than any other method, for "our god is a consuming fire" and all fires have affinity with the central fire. let us now study the rule which goes with law viii. rule five the healer must seek to link his soul

ANALYSIS OF THE 5 6 INITIATION

fice of the cross is a doorway to freedom without the restriction of the law. the man and the dagger explain the final result. w is b, the tarot card being the hierophant. the dagger is the tool through which the adept/hierophant must cut through the restriction of the true will. 8 dei inacta gloria, the "unsullied glory of god" is the end of all things. the bull and chains are life, work, labor, burial, and earth. legis jugum, the "yoke of the law" is the balance between destiny and free will "it is appointed once for a man to be born and once for a man to die" c and incense are in the middle of the altar. this is the glory of arik anpin. the altar is a symbol of flashing and brilliance. it is equilibrated in itself and therefore a fitting recipient of the flashing light, glowing brillian

APOCALYPSE MOSES

, and he shall be grieved sore when he seeth thee sitting on his honourable throne' chapter 40. 1 then god spake to the archangel(s) michael (gabriel, uriel, and raphael 'go away to paradise in the third heaven, and strew linen clothes and cover the body of adam and bring oil of the 'oil of fragrance' and pour it over him. 2 and they acted thus did the three great angels and they prepared him for burial. and god said 'let the body of abel also be brought' 3 and they brought other linen clothes and prepared his (body) also. 4 for he was unburied since the day when cain his brother slew him; for wicked cain took great pains to conceal (him) but could not, for the earth would not receive him for the body sprang up from the earth and a voice went out of the earth saying 'i will not receive a c

six days till his rib should return to him. then the lord and his angels went to their place. 2 and eve also, when the six days were fulfilled, fell asleep. 3 but while she was living, she wept bitterly about adam's falling on sleep, for she knew not where he was laid. for when the lord came to paradise to bury adam she was asleep, and her sons too, except seth, till he bade adam be prepared for burial; and no man knew on earth, except her son seth. 4 and eve prayed (in the hour of her death) that she might be buried in the place where her husband adam was. 5 and after she had finished her prayer, she saith 'lord, master, god of all rule, estrange not me thy handmaid from the body of adam, for from his members didst thou make me. 6 but deem me worthy, even me unworthy that i am and a sinn

t as in our transgression, we were (both) led astray and transgressed thy command, but were not separated. 7 even so, lord, do not separate us now' 8 but after she had prayed, she gazed heavenwards and groaned aloud and smote her breast and said 'god of all, receive my spirit' and straightway she delivered up her spirit to god. chapter 43. 1 and michael came and taught seth how to prepare eve for burial. and there came three angels and they buried her (body) where adam's body was and abel's. 2 and thereafter michael spake to seth and saith 'lay out in this wise every man that dieth till the day of the resurrection' and after giving him this rule; he saith to him: 3 'mourn not beyond six days, but on the seventh day, rest and rejoice on it, because on that very day, god rejoiceth (yea) and

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

aul itself is a vampyric reference to folklore of europe. called specifically the amniotic membrane, which is a birth caul which almost guarantees in european folk lore that one will return from the dead, is the mark of the vampyric aspect of lilith, the death-mask of awakening towards the nightside. the caul itself as described by adrien cremene gave the following account, published in vampires, burial and death by paul barber- such an infant is born to a woman who has drunk of impure water mixed with the saliva of a demon, or to a woman who, having gone out in the night, her head bare, met a demon which gave her a red cap (coiffe) like his own, which cap causes the child to be born with a caul. in an initiatory context which implies the connection of folklore with inspired magical practi

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

ized her, re-became an atheist, and died cursing humanity, knowledge, and god, in whom he had ceased to believe. furnished with all the esoteric data to write his "war in heaven" he made a semi-political article out of it, mixing malthus with satan, and darwin with the astral light. peace be to his- shell. he is a warning to the chelas who fail. his forgotten tomb may now be seen in the mussulman burial ground of the joonagad, kathiawar, in india* the author talks of the active, fighting, damning jehovah as though he were a synonym of parabrahm! we have quoted from this article to show where it dissents from theosophic teachings; otherwise it would be quoted some day against us, as everything published in the theosophist generally is[[vol. 2, page] 246 the secret doctrine. former) is in fa

troyed all the plans of the dracontia they could lay their hands on, science would know more of these* as it is, we know that they were universally used during long prehistoric ages, and all for the same purposes of prophecy and magic. e. biot, a member of the institute of france, published in his antiquites de france, vol. ix, an article showing the chatam peramba (the field of death, or ancient burial ground in malabar, to be identical with the old tombs at carnac "a prominence and a central tomb "bones are found in them (the tombs" he says "and mr. hillwell tells us that some of these are enormous, the natives (of malabar) calling the tombs the dwellings of rakshasas (giants" several stone circles "considered the work of the panch pandava (five pandus, as all such monuments are in india

(see the dolmen of antiguera near malaga, and africa; in palestine and algeria; in sardinia (see the nuraghi and sepolture dei giganti, or tombs of giants; in malabar, in india, where they are called the tombs of the daityas (giants) and of the rakshasas, the men-demons of lanka; in russia and siberia, where they are known as the koorgan; in peru and bolivia, where they are termed the chulpas or burial places, etc, etc, etc. there is no country from which they are absent. who built them? why are they all connected with serpents and dragons, with alligators and crocodiles? because remains of "palaeolithic man" were, it is thought, found in some of them, and because in the funeral mounds of america bodies of later races were discovered with the usual paraphernalia of bone necklaces, weapons

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

his sentence "as to the results of the whole investigation, perhaps many theories will agree with an american who was a warm believer in pyramid theories when he came to gizeh. i had the pleasure of his company there for a couple of days, and at our last meal together he said to me in a saddened tone 'well, sir! i feel as if i had been to a funeral. by all means let the old theories have a decent burial, though we should take care that in our haste none of the wounded ones are buried alive" as regards the late j. parker's calculation in general, and his third proposition especially, we have consulted some eminent mathematicians, and this is the substance of what they say: parker's reasoning rests on sentimental, rather than mathematical, considerations, and is logically inconclusive. propo

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

ly to grow food but also to store it for the winter. so hunting became less important. the horned god came now to be looked upon more as a god of nature generally, and a god of death and what lies after. the goddess was still of fertility and lesson one: the history and philosophy of witchcraft/ 3 also of rebirth, for wo/man had developed a belief in a life after death. this is evidenced from the burial customs of the period. the gravettians (22,000-18,000 bce) were innovators here. they would bury their deceased with full clothing and ornaments and would sprinkle them with red ochre (haematite, or iron peroxide, to give back the appearance of life. frequently family members would be buried beneath the hearth so that they might remain close to the family. a man would be buried with his wea

onflict. bells: fulfillment of plans; joy. bicycle: hard work will bring plans to fruition; also see transportation. birds: usually transcendence from one state of being to another. birth: transition to new phase, or new 86/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft aspect, of self. bridge: overcoming difficulties; a change. broom: the ability to sweep or clean up. bull: animal nature; stubbornness. burial: end of a phase; time to take a new direction. candle: constancy. cane or crutch: the need of support. capital (city or town: the center. also see cities. castle: ambition. cave: a place of retreat or refuge; a need for time to think and meditate. circle: totality; perfection; infinity; the all; the collective unconsciousness. cities: gatherings of consciousness. if significantly placed, it

e: a place of retreat or refuge; a need for time to think and meditate. circle: totality; perfection; infinity; the all; the collective unconsciousness. cities: gatherings of consciousness. if significantly placed, it can represent the anima. climbing: the self-mastery process; raising consciousness. clock: the passage of time; the need to take action. clothes: attitudes; personality. coffin: see burial. colors: the symbolic meaning of color is a fascinating study in its own right. i only wish to touch lightly on the subject here, to give you the basic idea of the meanings of individual colors in your dreams. the following list is not inclusive but will give you the primary colors: red strength, health, vigor, sexual love, danger, charity orange encouragement, adaptability, stimulation, at

BUDGE E

rook of osiris (see p. 75. 3, 4. thoth, ibis-headed, and horus, hawk-headed, standing facing each other, with the utchat, above their outstretched hands and arms; the title of thoth is uthesu, i.e "the raiser" and that of horus is au-au or "the wide of hands" the utchat is called sekri. 5. the god sethen-hat, wearing the crown of the south. 6. the god her-tebat-f, i.e "he who is over his place of burial" having in the place of a head two curved objects, which m. maspero identifies with mummy bandages (see, p. 79. 7. the god uatch-hra, i.e "green face (see p. 79. 8. the god hetep, who carries the crook of osiris mentioned above (no. 2 (see p. 79. 9-11. three gods, each of whom carries an ankh in his p. 70 left hand, whose names are sem-ankh, an-her, and ut-met (see pp. 79, 83. 12. the godde

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

xcalibur, appears in celtic tradition as the sword of nuada whose hand was cut off in battle. with a new hand fashioned from silver, he went on to lead his people to victory. according to one account, the christian treasures were brought in ad 64 to glastonbury in england by joseph of arimathea, the rich merchant who caught christ's blood in the chalice as he was on the cross and took care of his burial after the crucifixion. some present-day, peace-loving witches, myself included, do not really like the concept of using swords, even though they are pretty spectacular for drawing out a circle on a forest floor, and swords are rarely used in home ritual magick. if you do want to use one, however, you can obtain reproduction ceremonial swords. the sword is the male symbol to the female symbo

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

la bottling plant was used for this trade and how the media suppressed this information. 58,000 americans and goodness knows how many vietnamese were killed in that conflict and nothing sums up more powerfully the lack of respect this mindset has for human life than the way the cia smuggled drugs into america in plastic bags hidden in the body cavities of the dead soldiers being returned home for burial from vietnam. cia operative, gunthar russbacher, has told how some bodies were gutted and filled with drugs for shipment back to the states.17 the bodies carried secret codes which allowed those carrying the drugs to be identified on arrival at west coast airbases, particularly the travis air force base in california. the drugs were then removed and made available for the young people of am

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

three-leafed shamrock in ireland is likewise an ancient symbol of the bloodline and theword shamrock comes from the north african term: shamrukh. all these symbols relateto the three horned depiction of nimrod in babylon and to other esoteric principles.other merovingian symbols were the fish (nimrod again, the lion (leo, the sun,authority, and the bee. three hundred golden bees were found on the burial cloak ofking childeric i, the son of meroveus, who died in the 5th century. bees are an ancientsymbol of the love goddess (semiramis) and symbolised royalty in egypt. they alsofocus on the queen bee, symbolic of isis/semiramis.the merovingians were another name for a babylonian brotherhood bloodline andthe idea that they are from the bloodline of jesus is a play on words, or, rather, a play

in the late 1960s a145document of uncertain background called the red serpent or le serpent rouge came tolight in the national library in paris. it contained the genealogy of the merovingians, twomaps of france in the merovingian period, and a ground plan of st sulpice, the romancatholic centre for occult studies in paris.5 st sulpice was built on the ruins of a temple toisis/semiramis and was a burial ground for merovingian kings. le serpent rouge wasdated january 17th 1967, and the deposit slip at the national library was dated februarylsth.6 the latter turned out to be a forgery, however, and the real date it was deposited wasmarch 2oth.7 by this time all the alleged authors of the work, pierre feugere, louissaint-maxent and gaston de koker, had died within 24 hours of each other on ma

ing plant was used for this trade and285how the media suppressed this information. 58,000 americans and goodness knowshow many vietnamese were killed in that conflict and nothing sums up morepowerfully the lack of respect this mindset has for human life, than the way the ciasmuggled drugs into america in plastic bags hidden in the body cavities of deadsoldiers being returned home from vietnam for burial. cia operative, guntharrussbacher, has told how some bodies were gutted and filled with drugs for shipmentback to the states.14 the bodies carried secret codes which allowed those carrying thedrugs to be indentified on arrival at west coast air bases, particularly the travisairforce base in california. the drugs were then removed and made available to theyoung people of america.heroin is a

magazine in the united states quoted an unnamed seniorsource at buckingham palace as saying she was secretly cremated and according to areport in the los angeles times some people in the village of great brington also dontbelieve she is buried on the island. i know these reports are true from my own sources.one resident quoted by the la times said that the night her coffin was taken to althorpfor burial, the village had been invaded by the army, police and special forces units,and all the villagers were hustled into their homes. she said that the crematorium at thechurch was working late into the night. betty andrews, the former cook andhousekeeper at althorp, is quoted by star magazine as saying: theres a strangefeeling amongst the villagers that we may not be hearing the complete picture

DEMONIC BIBLE

e into contact with it. objects may be charged with this magical energy and become "charmed" or "cursed. within a magical group or coven a group-consciousness develops and acts as if it were an individual entity. these thoughtforms are also responsible for buildings and locations assuming an aura; becoming "sacred "holy "defiled "unholy, etc. thought-forms were used by egyptian magicians to guard burial chambers and resulted in the deaths of archeologists thousands of years later. this phenomenon cannot be explained by telepathy but is rather a form of magnetism or mesmerism, concerning which much research has also been done. the question arises: if spirits or demons are invoked by the magician and exist within his subconscious mind, do they also assume an objective existence (as thought-f

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

ivity (see psychonisis, in a living person (as can be the case in some poltergeist cases, these are entities that are the astral remains of deceased people stuck in the lowest levels of the spiritual planes after the death of the physical body. 2) the soul of a dead person that is bound to earth (q.v, usually to the specific locality where the person died, or to it's former home, or it's place of burial. 3) disembodied souls. ghosts, pseudo: entities similar to what donald michael kraig refers to as "little nasties (q.v) or "astral junk" these entities are intelligent beings from the lower planes, and can tell you things about your past and future, giving the appearance of being the ghost of a loved one. these entities feed off of the energy given to them by persons who believe that they a

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

e for the dead an unhindered passage to god in the next world, would enable him to overcome the opposition of all ghostly foes, would endow his body in the tomb with power to resist corruption, and would ensure him a new life in a glorified body in heaven. at a very remote period certain groups of sections or chapters had already become associated with some of the ceremonies which preceded actual burial, and these eventually became a distinct ritual with clearly defined limits. side by side, however, with this ritual there seems to have existed another and larger work, which was divided into an indefinite number of sections or chapters comprising chiefly prayers, and which dealt on a larger scale with the welfare of the departed in the next world, and described the state of existence there

e passed successfully before it could be reached, and was founded generally on the religious dogmas and mythology of the egyptians. the title of "book of the dead" is usually given by egyptologists to the editions of the larger work which were made in the xviiith and following dynasties, but in this introduction the term is intended to include the general body of texts which have reference to the burial of the dead and to the new life in the world beyond the grave, and which are known to have existed in revised editions and to have been in use among the egyptians from about b.c. 4500, to the early centuries of the christian era. uncertainty of the history of its source the home, origin, and early history of the collection of ancient religious texts which have descended to us are, at presen

d from the following list of chapters[1- theban version: list of chapters. chapter i. here begin the chapters of "coming forth by day" and of the songs of praise and glorifying,[2] and of coming forth from, and going into, the underworld.[3] vignette: the funeral procession from the house of the dead to the tomb. chapter ib. the chapter of making the mummy to go into the tuat[4] on the day of the burial.[5] vignette: anubis standing by the bier upon which the mummy of the deceased is laid. chapter ii [the chapter of] coming forth by day and of living after death. vignette: a man standing, holding a staff. chapter iii* another chapter like unto it (i.e, like chapter ii.[6] this chapter has no vignette. chapter iv* another chapter of passing along the way over the earth. this chapter has no

venience, lepsius' numbers are retained, and the chapters which belong to the sa te version are indicated by an asterisk. for the hieroglyphic text see naville, einleitung, p. 193 ff. the versions of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod03.htm (18 of 36 [8/10/2001 11:22:55 am] 2. another title reads-"the chapter of going in to the divine chiefs of osiris on the day of the burial, and of going in after coming forth" this chapter had to be recited on the day of the burial. 3. neter xert, the commonest name for the tomb. 4. the egyptian underworld. 5. sam ta "the union with the earth" 6. in some papyri chapters ii. and iii. are united and have only one title; see naville, todtenbuch, bd. i, b1. 6] p. xxxii theban version: list of chapters. chapter v. the chapter of no

words of power, she made cunning her tongue, and her words failed not. the glorious isis was perfect in command and in speech, and she avenged her brother. she sought him without ceasing (15) she wandered round and round the earth uttering cries of pain, and she rested] not until she had found him. she overshadowed him with her feathers, she made wind with her wings, and she uttered cries at the burial of her brother (16) she raised up the prostrate form of him whose heart was still, she took from. him of his essence, she conceived and brought forth a child] she suckled it in secret) and none knew the place thereof; and the arm of the child hath waxed strong in the great house of seb (17) the company of the gods rejoiceth and is glad at the coming of osiris's son horus, and firm of heart

, thou didst not crumble away, thou didst not wither away, thou didst not become corruption and worms; and i myself am khepera, i shall possess my flesh for ever and ever, i shall not decay, i shall not crumble away, i shall not wither away, i shall not become corruption" the sahu or spiritual body. but the body does not lie in the tomb inoperative, for by the prayers and ceremonies on the day of burial it is endowed with the power of changing into a sahu, or spiritual body. thus we have such phrases as "i germinate like the plants"[3 "my flesh germinateth"[4 "i exist, i exist, i live, i live, i germinate, i germinate"[5 "thy soul liveth, thy body germinateth by the command of ra [1. lepsius, todtenbuch, bl. 77,1. 7. 2. this chapter was found inscribed upon one of the linen wrappings of th

and it seems as if in the month of choiak a representation of [1. compare. naville, todtenbuch, bd. i, bl. 179] p. cxiv them took place in various temples in egypt; the text of a minute description of them has been published by m. loret in recueil de travaux, tom. iii, p. 43 ff, and succeeding volumes. a perusal of this work explains the signification of many of the ceremonies connected with the burial of the dead, the use of amulets, and certain parts of the funeral ritual; and the work in this form being of a late date proves that the gods of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod09.htm (5 of 19 [8/10/2001 11:23:58 am] the doctrine of immortality, gained through the god who was "lord of the heavens and of the earth, of the underworld and of the waters, of the mou

in the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod10.htm (3 of 4 [8/10/2001 11:24:04 am] next: funeral ceremonies. the principal geographical and mythological places in the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod10.htm (4 of 4 [8/10/2001 11:24:04 am] sacred texts egypt index previous next funeral ceremonies. in illustration of the ceremonies which accompanied the burial of the dead the reader will find extracts from different texts printed in the appendix on p. 264 ff. to these may be added an extract from the curious ritual which was in vogue in the vth and vith dynasties, and which commemorated the ceremonies which were performed for the god osiris. it is to be noticed how closely the deceased is identified with osiris, the type of incorruptibility. osir

clxvi, cli, vi, cx, cxlviii, clxxxv, and clxxxvi. the titles of these chapters arranged according to the numeration introduced by lepsius are as follows- list of chapters. chapter i "here begin the chapters of 'coming forth by day' and of the songs of praise and of glorifying, and of coming forth from and of going into the glorious neter-khert in the beautiful amenta; to be said on the day of the burial going in after coming forth (see pp. 19, 270 and pll. 5, 6) the papyri belonging to the early part of the xviith dynasty call this chapter the "chapter of going in to the divine chiefs of osiris. the large numbers of the men attending the bier and of the weeping women are peculiar to the ani papyrus. chapter ii "the chapter of coming forth by day and of living after death (see pp. 120, 321

ie de la journ e (pierret, le papyrus de neb-qed; 1872, p. 2 "ausgang bei tage (brugsch, aegyptologie, p. 155. another fairly common title for the book of the dead is "chapter of making perfect the blessed dead (see naville, einleitung, pp. 24, 25. 4. for other examples of the use of the words settes and sexu, see brugsch, w rterbuch, pp. 133, 1165] p. 271 amenta; to be said on (3) the day of the burial: going in after coming forth. osiris ani (4) osiris, the scribe ani, saith "homage to thee, o bull of amenta, thoth the (5) king of eternity is with me. i am the great god in[1] the boat of the sun; i have (6) fought for thee. i am one of the gods, those holy princes[2] who make osiris (7) to be victorious over his enemies on the day of weighing of words.[3 (8) i am thy mediator, o osiris

a pylon (to illustrate line 73. 5. the cow (fig. 1) mehurt maat ra "mehurt, the eye of ra" with a flail and having on her head a disk and horns and round her neck the collar and menat (to illustrate lines 75-79.[1] 6. a funereal chest from which emerge the head of ra, and his two arms and hands, each holding the emblem of life. the chest, which is called aat abtu "the district of abydos" or the "burial place of the east" has upon its side figures of the four children of [1. in the papyrus of hunefer (british museum papyrus no. 9902) the god thoth is represented offering the utchat to the mehurt cow (fig. 2] p. 279] horus who protect the intestines of osiris or the deceased. on the right stand tuamautef and qebhsennuf, and on the left mestha and hapi (to illustrate lines 82, 83. plates vii

ck to the heights of heaven, seeing that through horus (26) thou hast become glorified in thy form; the nemmes crown is not for thee; thou hast speech even unto the ends (27) of heaven' i, the guardian, take possession of the things which belong to horus and osiris in the underworld. horus telleth aloud unto me that which (28) his father had said concerning me in years [gone by, on the day of the burial [of osiris. i have given unto thee the nemmes of the double lion-god which i possess (29) that thou mayest pass onward and mayest travel over the path of heaven, and that they who dwell on the confines of the horizon may see thee, and that the gods of the underworld may fear thee (30) and may fight for thee in their habitations. the god auhet is of them. the gods, the lords of the boundarie

e soul, the creator of nu, who maketh his dwelling-place in (13) neter-khert. my nest is not seen, my egg is not broken. i am the lord of millions of years. i make my nest in the limits of heaven. i descend unto the earth of seb (14. i do away with my faults. i behold my father, the lord of mash; and his body breatheth in annu. i am provided with what i need 05) by khnemu and khui in the place of burial in amenta. vignette: a bennu bird text [chapter lxxxiii (1) the chapter of changing into a bennu. saith osiris, the scribe ani, triumphant in peace "i came into being from unformed matter (2) i created myself in the image of the god khepera, and i grew in the form of plants. i am hidden in the likeness of the tortoise. i am formed out of the atoms of all the gods (3) i am the yesterday of t

spirits of annu. i sail (6) among them, and i come; i am crowned, i am become a shining one (7) i am mighty, i am become holy among the gods. i am the god khonsu who driveth back all that opposeth him" appendix: the following rubric to this chapter is found in a papyrus at paris; see naville, todtenbuch, bd. ii, bl. 185- if this chapter be known, the purified one shall come forth by day after his burial, and he shall change his forms at his heart's desire. he shall dwell among the servants of un-nefer, and he shall be satisfied with plate xxvii. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod33.htm (3 of 4 [8/10/2001 11:28:49 am] the food of osiris, and with the meals of the tomb. he shall behold the disk of the sun, and shall travel over the earth with ra. he shall be triumphant before osiris, a

d' my nest is not seen, and i have not broken my egg. i am lord of millions of years- i have made my nest (19) in the uttermost parts of heaven. i have come down unto the earth of seb. i have done away with my faults. i have seen my father (20) as the lord of shautat. as concerning osiris ani, may his body dwell in annu; may it be manifested unto those who are with the shining one in the place of burial in amenta" vignette: a human head springing from a lotus in a pool of water. text [chapter lxxxia (1 [the chapter of] changing into a lotus. saith osiris ani "i am the (2) pure lotus which cometh forth from the p. 341 god of light, the guardian of the nostrils of ra, the guardian (3) of the nose of hathor. i advance and i plate xxviii. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod34.htm (1 of 2

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tana to join them "two or three warriors have stayed behind to receive him, intending when he came up to place him on a horse and hurry after the main band. it is near morning, and we must lose no more time" even while he spoke a faint lighting up of the eastern sky showed. soon the sun would touch the horizon and another hard day's work was before us "i should be glad to give martana a soldier's burial" said the officer "but the best we can do is to treat him as we treat those scouts of ours who fall at the post of duty" so the blanket was carefully gathered around the bronzed form as it lay flat on the earth, and thus it was left "some of their scouts will probably visit our camp after we leave; if they have any doubt of the truth, they will be convinced by an examination of the body, un

he establishment of that blessed institution of life saving along our ocean and lake coasts. the vessel was rapidly pounded to pieces. nearly all were washed from the wreck and drowned. when all hope was lost, the father lashed his child to a plank. he had no thought that either would be saved, but he uttered a prayer that the body of his child might be found by some fisherman and given christian burial. he pinned a little golden emblem, the square and compass, to her shawl, and had just time to kiss her good-by when the billows swept her from his sight. a fearful crash followed, and the parent became unconscious. when his senses returned, he found himself in the cabin of a vessel bound for new orleans. he had been rescued at break of day when the fog lifted. upon his arrival at the southe

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1513. it seems alis led a rather worldly life, following pleasure and enjoyment in a manner unbecoming to a nun, finally stealing the ornaments from the altar and selling them. she left the monastery and for a time continued her disgraceful career outside, but before she died she repented of her sins and, through the intercession of the virgin, received pardon. however, she was refused christian burial and was interred without the usual prayers and funeral rites. a number of years later, when the monastery was occupied by other nuns, one of their number, a girl of about eighteen years, was aroused from her sleep by the apparition of sister alis. for some time afterward the spirit haunted her wherever she went, continually rapping on the ground near where she stood and even communicating w

ut, but the good sisters, well versed in the wiles of the devil, had their doubts. the bishop of lyons and the narrator, adrien de montalembert, were called in to deal with the evil spirit. after many prayers and formalities, the spirit of alis was found to be an innocent one, attended by a guardian angel. she answered a number of questions regarding her present state and her desire for christian burial, and confirmed the doctrines of the catholic church, notably that of purgatory. the remains of sister alis were conveyed to consecrated ground, and prayers made for the release of her soul from purgatory, but she continued to follow the young nun for a time, teaching her, on her last visit, five secret prayers composed by st. john the evangelist. the alister hardy research centre see religi

generally accepted in indigenous cultures that the spirits of the departed mingled with the living, coming and going with no particular object in view or, on occasion, with the special purpose of visiting the scene of his earthly life. it may be that the spirit was demanding its body be buried with the proper ceremonial rites, if this had not been done, for a spirit cannot have any rest until the burial rite has been duly performed. in china, the most common ghost was that of a person who had been murdered, and sought revenge on his murderer. in australia, the spirit of one who had been murdered, or had died a violent death, was also considered likely to walk abroad. in many lands, the souls of women who died in childbirth were supposed to become spirits of a particularly malignant type th

een murdered, and sought revenge on his murderer. in australia, the spirit of one who had been murdered, or had died a violent death, was also considered likely to walk abroad. in many lands, the souls of women who died in childbirth were supposed to become spirits of a particularly malignant type that dwelled in trees and tormented passers-by. the eastern europeans believed the neglect of proper burial procedures led the deceased to continued existence as a vampire. such attention to burial procedures had several very practical benefits. the family in charge of the burial of a deceased relative was provided the opportunity of completing any emotional business they had with the deceased.a process today generally termed grief work. burial rites of today are designed for the living, not the

ed relative was provided the opportunity of completing any emotional business they had with the deceased.a process today generally termed grief work. burial rites of today are designed for the living, not the deceased, and provide a means of affirming life in the community in the face of death. in many cultures, it is thought that ghosts haunt certain localities. the favorite spot seems to be the burial place, of which there is an almost universal superstitious dread (an emotional reaction to the implied threat of death. however, the indians of guyana (south america) believed that every place where anyone had died was haunted. among the kaffirs and the maoris of new zealand, a hut where a death has occurred was taboo, and was often burned or deserted. sometimes, even a whole village would

hey are generally stolen. in discussing apports, spiritualists surmised that space appears to be uniformly accessible to the spirit operators. dr. l. th. chazarain, in his pamphlet scientific proofs of the survival of the soul told the story of the placing of two chaplets in the coffin of a child, in the presence of a medium very easily hypnotizable, and of their being returned two days after the burial. he made special marks on the chaplets, did not lose sight of them until the coffin was screwed down, and followed it to the church encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. apports 79 and to the cemetery. two days later the mother of the child and mme. d. suddenly saw something white detach itself from the ceiling and descend slowly, to the ground, in a spiral course. they immedia

ed to the celtic king of the dead named avalloc or afallach. in geofrey of manmouth s twelfthcentury chronicle of king arthur, historia regum britanniae, it was noted that arthur s sword was forged in avalon, and he was returned to avalon after his last battle so his wounds could heal. in 1191 the monks at glastonbury announced that it was identical to avalon and that they had discovered arthur s burial site. as evidence they produced a cross bearing arthur s name and the place s name, avalonia, which had been found alongside an exhumed body. today, replicas of the cross are sold at glastonbury abbey. sources: lacy, norris j. the arthurian encyclopedia. new york: garland publishing, 1986. avalon, arthur pseudonym of sir john george woodroffe (1865.1936, a prominent british administrator in

the chapters necessary for encountering the formidable adversaries at the gates of amenti, the egyptian hades. these chapters would assist him in making replies during his ceremony of justification. first among these spells were the words of power. the egyptians believed that to discover the secret name of a god was to gain complete ascendancy over him. sympathetic magic was in vogue in egyptian burial practice, which explains the presence, in tombs of people of means, of paintings of tables laden with food and drink, with inscriptions attached conveying the idea of boundless liberality. inscriptions like the following are extremely common. to the ka [essential double or soul] of so-and-so, 5,000 loaves of bread, 500 geese, and 5,000 jugs of beer. those dedications cost the generous donor

ned by the devils co-operating with the malice of the witches, at whose instance he did the villainies, citing similar cases in denmark. browne was born on october 19, 1605, in london, england. after receiving degrees in medicine from the university of leyden and oxford, he practiced medicine in norwich, england until his death on october 19, 1682. besides his famous religio medici (1642) and urn burial (1658, browne was chiefly celebrated by the manner in which he combated fallacies in a work entitled pseudoxia epidemica (1658, an essay on popular errors in which he examined beliefs accepted in his time as veritable facts, then proved them to be false or doubtful. although the author frequently replaced one error by another, on the whole his book is accurate, especially considering the da

of luxor. waite asserts that dalton fled to the united states to escape the scandal of his arrest and continued the work of the order in california. sources: burgoyne, thomas h. celestial dynamics. denver: astro- philosophical publishing, 1896. the language of the stars. denver: astro- philosophical publishing, 1892. the light of egypt. 2 vols. denver: astro- philosophical publishing, 1889, 1900. burial with feet to the east it was an early custom for christians to bury their dead with the feet toward the east and the head toward the west. various reasons were given for this practice, some authorities stating that the corpse was placed thus in preparation for the resurrection, when the dead would rise with their faces toward the east. others think this mode of burial was practiced in imita

offered his reflections upon the reports. he condemned the hysteria that followed several of the reported incidents of vampirism and seconded the sorbonne s condemnation of the mutilation of exhumed bodies. he considered all of the explanations that had been offered to explain the phenomena, from the effects of regional folklore, to normal but little- known body changes after death, to premature burial. he focused a critical eye upon the reports and pointed out problems and internal inconsistencies. in the end, however, calmet was unable to reach a conclusion beyond the various natural explanations that had been offered. he left the whole matter open, but seemed to favor the existence of vampires, noting that. it seems impossible not to subscribe to the belief which prevails in these coun

nd led him, like the scent leads a hound, for several days on the track of the murderers. one of them was discovered in a prison and confessed; two others escaped from france. the procurator general subjected aymar to other severe tests. he secretly buried the blood-stained hedging bill with which the murder was committed, in different places in the garden. the divining rod indicated the place of burial every time. despite these successes, aymar s faculty was a complete failure when subjected to tests in paris. however, even in modern times, psychic faculties have often failed in an atmosphere of skepticism or hostility. in 1853 the french academy of sciences delegated a commission of inquiry into the divining rod. the immediate reason for the inquiry was d hyeres riondet s memoire sur la

william stead. dowden later served as the amanuensis for the life eternal, supposedly written by stead from the spirit world in 1933. reportedly dowden channeled several romantic scripts: descriptions of king arthur s round table and of the missionary journeys of st. philip the evangelist. when she sat with frederick bligh bond, a group of glastonbury monks came through and recited details of the burial of abbey relics in 1080. cummins s writing mediumship developed in her sittings. the communications often referred to the future. events in her life were sometimes foretold years ahead. her first book, voices from the void (1919, contains an account of her own experiences. her second volume, psychic messages from oscar wilde (1923, was featured in the daily news, on july 27, 1923. the artic

iries of aberfoyle in scotland, much as a visiting anthropologist might study a native tribe. in his book the secret commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies (1691, kirk confidently describes the life, occupations, and activities of the fairies in their subterranean world. kirk s tomb is in aberfoyle, but legend has it that he swooned away while crossing a fairy hill and after apparent death and burial appeared in a dream to a rela- fahler, jarl ingmar encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 536 tive, stating that he was a prisoner in fairyland. he gave instructions for his release, but his cousin was too frightened to complete them, and kirk was lost forever. there are many folklore stories of fairies assisting humans, mainly in a bucolic setting. household fairies were said t

n the german newspaper ubersinnliche welt in the following year by a dr. nagel, who, with two other doctors, witnessed and photographed the performance. later, the visit of tarah bey, rahman bey, and hamid bey attracted great attention in europe and in the united states. their chief demonstrations were of insensibility to pain, control over the physiological functions of the body, and survival of burial while alive but in a cataleptic state. they could inflict on their bodies deep wounds with long pins or daggers, stop the flow of blood at will, and cause the wounds to heal in a short time. they could desynchronize their pulse, making it different in each wrist and different again in the heart. they could voluntarily throw their bodies into a cataleptic state in which they could withstand

ifferent in each wrist and different again in the heart. they could voluntarily throw their bodies into a cataleptic state in which they could withstand being buried alive.remaining without a coffin, under the soil, without being the worse for the ordeal. there was little doubt that these feats were genuine. they were witnessed by committees of journalists and physicians, who chose the ground for burial. the cataleptic states were real.the pulse ceased to beat, respiration appeared to be suspended, the ears and nose were stopped with cotton.yet the individuals emerged in the same condition. the body was com- fairlamb, annie encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 538 pletely dry and in five minutes the normal physiological functions were fully restored. hereward carrington compa

ers on the head and neck, throws back his head, retracts his tongue, and, having cut the air supply off, falls into a cataleptic sleep. the time of return to consciousness is either impressed on his subconscious mind (which, as known from hypnotic experiments, has a remarkable appreciation of time) or the fakir relies upon his assistants to wake him. harry houdini, who attempted to rival the live burial feat of rahman bey by normal means, succeeded in remaining in a large metal coffin under water for an hour and a half. he was in constant telephonic communication with his assistant and explained that his achievement was because of slow breathing. records of several well-attested earlier cases of living burials were published in a brief book, observations on trance: or, human hibernation, b

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eyes and monstrous noses. in the spanish cave at cogul, several figures of women wearing halflength skirts and shoulder shawls are represented dancing around a nude male. these females so closely resemble those of bushman paintings that they might, if not for their location, be credited to this interesting people. religious dances among the bushman tribes were associated with marriage, birth, and burial ceremonies; they were also performed to exorcise demons in cases of sickness. dances are to us what prayers are to you, an elderly bushman once informed a european. whether the cave drawings and wood, bone, and ivory carvings of the magdalenian or late paleolithic period at the close of the last ice age are related to magic is a question on which there is no general agreement. it is signifi

burma, they are malevolent.their evil tendencies probably being caused by jealousy of the happiness of the living. in order that they do not enter their houses and injure their children, the mexicans at certain times of the year stopped up every possible hole and crevice. the appearance of these ghosts (sahagun described them as goddesses) at crossroads is highly significant, for we know that the burial of criminals at such junctions was merely a survival of a similar disposal of the corpse of the vampire, whose head was cut off and laid at his side, and entombed at a crossroads for the purpose of confusing him as to his whereabouts. the cult of nagualism both in mexico and central america a religio-magical system called nagualism existed, the purpose of which was to bring occult influence

he ground. on returning to consciousness, he only remembered that when he had seized the phantom it had felt as if his fingers were pressing a spongy, flaccid mass. then, he said, he received a shock and lost consciousness. reportedly, for 36 minutes in broad daylight the materialization of the young daughter of dr. souza, who died of influenza, was visible to all the sitters. she appeared in her burial clothes. her pulse was tested. father and child were photographed. then the phantom raised itself and floated in the air. at the third sitting, supposedly a skull inside the closet began to beat the doors, came out, and slowly grew to a full skeleton. in another sitting mirabelli announced that he saw the body of bishop dr. jose de carmago barros, who had lost his life in a shipwreck: a swe

sacred host. from september 1927 until november 1928 she abstained even from this drop of water. nevertheless she retained her normal weight. but four roman catholic sisters declared on oath that during the friday ecstasies neumann lost four pounds of weight, which she regained by the following thursday without taking nourishment in any form. on august 15, 1927, neumann had a vision of the death, burial, and ascension of mary. she visualized mary s tomb at jerusalem and not at ephesus, as usually assumed. in the socialist and communist presses of germany, russia, and austria, many libellous statements and quasiexposures were published about neumann. whenever they were followed by suits for libel the editors were found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment and fine. neumann was something of

erous of the two; a house, an individual, or an article may be rendered tapu, or sacred, and if the tapu be disregarded harm will befall someone. but makuta is a powerful evil spell cast for the deliberate purpose of accomplishing harm, generally to bring about death. the tohunga is understood to be in alliance with the spirits of the dead. the maori dreads death, and he fears the dead. places of burial are seldom approached during the day, never at night. the spirits of the dead are believed to linger sometimes near places of burial. without going to experts in maori lore, who have many and varied theories to set forth, a preferable course is to discover what the average maori of to-day thinks and believes respecting the strange powers and influences he deems are at work in the world arou

chitects, remain, and provide a basis for broad speculation. the discovery and spread of public knowledge concerning the pyramids in the americas only added fuel to the fires of imagination. although the egyptian pyramids served as tombs for royalty and the wealthy of society, some pyramids had no clearly discernible purpose and others had structures that seemed to have no relation to the primary burial function. there were some eighty pyramids in egypt, built under the reign of the pharaohs from 3,100 to 332 b.c.e. egyptian tombs reflect the early religious ideas about the afterlife. in predynastic times, the dead were buried in sand pits of an oval or square shape; in the dynastic era a structure called a mastaba was erected over the burial place of kings and nobles. this was made of dri

hey invented among them a magic language, a cipher writing of equal magic potency, and a large dictionary replete with occult wisdom. they erected a house of the holy ghost, healed the sick, and initiated further members, then, calling themselves missionaries, went to the various countries of europe to disseminate their wisdom. in course of time, c. r. c. died, and for 120 years the secret of his burial place was concealed. the original members also died one by one, and it was not until the third generation of adepts had arisen that the tomb of their illustrious founder was unearthed during the rebuilding of one of their secret dwellings. the vault in which this tomb was found was illuminated by the sun of the magi, and inscribed with magic characters. the body of the illustrious founder w

f parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. prince, walter franklin. the sinclair experiments demonstrating telepathy. boston: boston society for psychic research, n.d. sinclair, upton. the autobiography of upton sinclair. n.p, 1962. mental radio: does it work, and how? pasadena, calif: the author, 1930. sindonology term given to studies relating to the turin shroud, a burial shroud that some people have promoted as the one in which jesus was wrapped after his crucifixion. a first sindonological congress, held in turin in 1939, was attended by scholars, primarily roman catholic, who supported the claims of the shroud, though the majority of those who have studied the cloth have pronounced it a product of the middle ages. sinnett, a(lfred) p(ercy (1840.1921) brit

he found himself giving strong consideration to the problems that afflicted the native americans of puget sound and the manner in which they had been ravaged by alcohol, gambling, and general immorality. he was himself among the guilty. as he contemplated his condition, he became ill and apparently died one morning about 4 a.m. he was considered dead by those present and preparation began for his burial. then in the middle of the afternoon, he awoke and announced to all present that he had been to heaven. he saw the light, so frequently mentioned in accounts of near-death experiences, and faced a life review. he also, at one point, looked down upon his own body. at the gates of heaven, according to slocum s account, he had been turned back because of his immoral life. he encountered some a

goa was more explicit with regard to these subterranean chambers: there were four chambers above ground and four below. the latter were arranged according to their purpose in such a way that one front chamber served as chapel and sanctuary for the idols, which were placed on a great stone which served as an altar. and for the most important feasts] which they celebrated with sacrifices, or at the burial of a king or great lord, the high priest instructed the lesser priests or the subordinate temple officials who served him to prepare the chapel and his vestments and a large quantity of the incense used by them. and then he descended with a great retinue, when none of the common people saw him or dared to look in his face, convinced that if they did so they would fall dead to the earth as a

out upon a large stone, bareing his breast, which they tore open with a great stone knife, while the body writhed in fearful convulsions and they laid the heart bare, ripping it out, and with it the soul, which the devil took, while they carried the heart to the high priest that he might offer it to the idols by holding it to their mouths, among other ceremonies; and the body was thrown into the burial-place of their blessed, as they called them. and if after the sacrifice he felt inclined to detain those who begged any favor he sent them word by the subordinate priests not to leave their houses till their gods were appeased, and he commanded them to do penance meanwhile, to fast and to speak with no woman, so that, until this father of sin had interceded for the absolution of the peniten

eir gods were appeased, and he commanded them to do penance meanwhile, to fast and to speak with no woman, so that, until this father of sin had interceded for the absolution of the penitents and had declared the gods appeased they did not dare to cross their threshold. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. subterranean crypts and temples 1505 the second [underground] chamber was the burial place of these high priests, and third that of the kings of theozapotlan, whom they brought thither richly dressed in their best attire, feathers, jewels, golden necklaces, and precious stones, placing a shield in their left hand and a javelin in the right, just as they used them in war. and at their burial rites great mourning prevailed; the instruments which were played made mournful soun

for this purpose. the last [underground] chamber had a second door at the rear, which led to a dark and gruesome room. this was closed with a stone slab, which occupied the whole entrance. through this door they threw the bodies of the victims and of the great lords and chieftains who had fallen in battle, and they brought them from the spot where they fell, even when it was very far off, to this burial place; and so great was the barbarous infatuation of these indians that, in the belief of the happy life which awaited them, many who were oppressed by diseases or hardships begged this infamous priest to accept them as living sacrifices and allow them to enter through that portal and roam about in the dark interior of the mountains, to seek the great feasting places of their forefather. an

retly and by night, and placed a watch to prevent them from any danger of interruption or discovery; and they believed the grand master alone had the power of absolving them from their sins. the publication of these charges, and the agitation that had been deliberately fomented, created such horror throughout france that the templars who died during the process were treated as condemned heretics. burial in consecrated ground was refused to their remains. a great number of knights agreed to the general points of the formula of initiation. it seems possible that they denied christ and spat and trod upon the cross. the alleged words of the denial were je reney deu or je reney jhesu, repeated thrice. most of those who confessed having gone through this ceremony declared that they did it with r

ornbill (rhinoplax vigil. accompanying the souls on their journey through the fire-sea were all the stores that had been laid out at the feast of the dead (trivah, and all the slaves who had been killed for that purpose. after some chain of events in the fiery sea, the ship of the dead, with tempon-telon at the helm, reached the golden shores of the blessed. some of these beliefs echo the ancient burial rites of egypt as portrayed in the book of the dead. tenaille, jean (1882.1962) engineer who was active in the field of parapsychology. he was born on april 16, 1882, in paris, france. he followed various occupations through his life: ranching in canada, importing and managing a department store in paris, and managing several industrial plants near amiens, france (1931.39. after world war i

1971. with mystics& magicians in tibet. 1931. rev. ed. as magic and mystery in tibet. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1956. reprint, new york: dover publications, 1971. tunisa burmese diviners (see also myanmar) turin shroud a relic housed in a chapel in turin (or turino, italy, and believed by some to be the shroud in which jesus was wrapped after his crucifixion. in the accounts of jesus burial in the christian new testament, the earliest of which appears in the gospel of mark 15:46, it is noted, and he [joseph of arimathea] brought fine linen, and took him [jesus] down and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock. there is no record of the survival of that burial cloth for the next five centuries. then about 570 c.e, a pilgrim reported th

tes from 1898, when secundo pia obtained permission to photograph it for the first time and discovered that his negative plate revealed a perfect image of a noble and majestic face with forehead wounds suggesting a crown of thorns, and a body with wounds in the hands and side. the supposition is that in some unknown way, emanations from the body laid in the shroud reacted with the spices used for burial in such a way as to cause an image on the cloth, rather like a photographic negative. although the shroud had been venerated for centuries, nobody had formerly realized that the markings might be more revealing than supposed. pia s negative plate showed a positive picture, virtually a full-length photograph of the occupant of the shroud. the publication of pia s negative caused great excite

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

e names of which are unknown to anyone who has ever examined it. the ring was taken from the thumb of the owner and measure two and one-quarter inches in diameter. l e a n d e r s yarn was one of many told in the spring of 1897 about airships and their supposed crews. newspapers all over america carried comparable tall tales, including one alleging a ma rt i a n s crash-landing and his subsequent burial in a small nort h- te x a s t ow n. see also: aurora martian; michigan giant; wilson further reading bullard, thomas e, ed. 1982. the airship file: a collection of texts concerning phantom airships and other ufos, gathered from newspapers and periodicals mostly during the hundred years prior to kenneth arnold s sighting. bloomington, in: self-published. olliana olliana alliano speaking at a

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red will breaks down before that sandy hill. how shall i ever free my spirit? the bell rings and i rage to hear it! mephistopheles of course! some paramount distress must gall your life to bitterness. who doubts it? to each noble ear that jangle seems a hostile fleer. and that accursed bim-bam-booming, the cheerful evening sky be-glooming, mingles in each event that passes, from the first bath to burial-masses, as if all mortal life should seem, twixt bim and bam, a vanished dream. faust their opposition, stubbornness, spoil the most glorious success, till in deep, angry pain one must at last grow tired of being just. mephistopheles why are you troubling? temporizing? aren t you long used to colonizing? faust then go and shift them to one side! you know the farm- it s small but fairi ve ch

ck s hand falls. mephistopheles it falls, tis finished. chorus tis past. mephistopheles past- tis a stupid word. past- why? past and pure naught, sheer uniformity! of what avail s perpetual creation if later swept off to annihilation? so it is past! you see what that must mean? it is the same as had it never been, and yet whirls on as if it weren t destroyed. i should prefer the everlasting void. burial lemur solo. who hath so badly built the house with shovel and with spade? lemurs chorus. for thee, dull guest, in hempen vest, it all too well was made. lemur solo. who hath so badly decked the hall? not chairs, not table, any! lemurs chorus. twas loaned for a short interval; the creditors are so many. mephistopheles the body lies, and ere the spirit flee, i ll quickly show the blood-writ s

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

he is a precursor of the dawn of truth and of its prophet, the nolan, to whom nevertheless gratitude is due for his preparatory labours: who then would treat this man (copernicus) and his labours with such ignoble discourtesy as to forget all his achievements and his divinely ordained appearance as the dawn which was to precede the full sunrise of the ancient and true philosophy after its agelong burial in the dark caverns of blind and envious ignorance, and to judge him by reason of some omissions in his work as being on the same level as the vulgar herd which is swayed hither and thither by brutal superstition? should he not rather be counted in the number of those whose good wits have enabled them to raise themselves and to stand upright under the faithful guidance of the eye of the div

rnicus had not been purely mathematical, for he had quoted, near his diagram of the new system, hermes trismegistus in the asdepius on the sun as the visible god. this is the clue; the vision which the nolan is developing is a new hermetic insight into the divinity of the universe, an expanded gnosis. the copernican sun heralds the full sunrise of the ancient and true philosophy after its agelong burial in dark caverns. bruno has here in mind the image of veritas filia temporis, time bringing truth to light, which had been used in england of the return of catholic truth from protestant darkness under mary, and vice versa, of the return of protestant truth from catholic darkness under elizabeth.1 the truth of which bruno speaks had been imprisoned in the dark caverns by "mercuries and apoll

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book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (59 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:56 am] adopted 1955 evening memorial service adopted 1959 to be used by lodges chapter ix. funeral service. no one below the degree of master mason can be buried with, or participate in masonic funeral ceremonies. none but master masons who are members of a lodge or registered by the grand lodge, are entitled to masonic burial, but a lodge may, if it sees fit, bury with masonic honors an unaffiliated mason. it is the duty of the lodge of which a brother is a member, or of the nearest lodge, to" perform the usual masonic burial service over deceased master masons, when requested so to do by the deceased or his nearest relatives" masonic clothing can be worn at funerals, only when a lodge is present in its organize

ice over deceased master masons, when requested so to do by the deceased or his nearest relatives" masonic clothing can be worn at funerals, only when a lodge is present in its organized capacity. a lodge can unite in the funeral procession of a person not a mason, only as mourners, and not then without the express consent of the grand master, or grand lodge. when other organizations unite in the burial of a mason, the lodge after taking charge of the body will conduct the services as if none but masons were present. the masonic service must be the final one, except that a religious service at the grave is permissible. upon the decease of a mason, the master of his lodge should ascertain whether the deceased had requested to be buried with masonic honors, or if such is the wish of his imme

he final one, except that a religious service at the grave is permissible. upon the decease of a mason, the master of his lodge should ascertain whether the deceased had requested to be buried with masonic honors, or if such is the wish of his immediate relatives, taking special care not to urge it upon them. if the deceased is a member of a distant lodge, or, of no lodge, but entitled to masonic burial, the duty devolves upon the oldest lodge in the place where he died, unless some other arrangement is made by those interested. it is the duty of the master to see that suitable bearers are provided, but in this, as well as other respects, he should consult with the friends of the deceased. the marshal should make himself familiar with the route the lodge will take and with the location of

ement of the procession. if the deceased was a grand or past grand officer, the grand master maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (60 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:56 am] should be promptly notified, in order that he may convene the grand lodge, if he sees fit, and be present himself: in such case, the grand master, or, in his absence, his representative, will conduct the burial service. a special communication of the lodge should be opened, after which the brethren proceed to the place where the service is to be held. the brethren should be dressed, with as much uniformity as practicable in dark clothes, with white gloves and aprons, the officers and past masters wearing theirjewels: black crape should be worn on the left arm, above the elbow, and a sprig of everg

gathered to our fathers. let us then not forget the lessons taught us by our brother's death; but remembering the uncertainty of life and the little value of those things for which most men strive, may we the more earnestly endeavor to obey the laws of god and labor to do good to our fellow men (the master now takes the apron and deposits 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, eterna

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

y members did write themselves, no doubt by permission, as frater r.c. other references to their ideas and habits and unusual powers abound in thefama.forinstance, it is said, although they could not live longer than the time appointed by god, yet were they free from disease and pain. that fraterj.0.was very expert in the kabala, the mystic philosophy of the chaldee and hebrew initiates.thattheir burial places should all be kept secret, and they claimed the possession of the art of embalming. they claim the knowledge of the secret of the ever-burning lamp, which is often referred to in the medieval occult authors.24themagical masonthe power of foresight, as shown by the inscription of the vault door. in the vault were found,inter alia,'wonderful artificial songs; these we may take to be wh

er the superior he, the mother idea, or the lower he, the bride of god, the church, the kingdom, these two together constitute the elohim, a feminine plural noun, constantly used as a title for creative power in the narrative of genesis in chapter one, and up to the end of verse four of chapter two, where the jehovist narrative commences.itis a curious coincidence that the acacia referring to the burial ofh.a.,and which the fellow crafts dressed in white, carried in their hands as emblems of their innocence, is the same word as the greekq.kq.kld.which means innocence; it was also an emblem of immortality.theinsistance on a candidate for masonry proving himself free from deformity is a requirement which was common to the selection from among the levites of a priest of the jews (see leviticu

one; and eusebius remarks that a black stone was peculiarly appropriate to a god because of his obscure and inscrutable nature. in a temple at delos, apollo is said to have been represented by a stone. ovid tells us of sisyphus, whose punishment was to roll a stone continually up a hill. in the roman forum, among the remains of ancient times, there is thelapisnigeror black stone, said to mark the burial place of romulus the first king of rome.theroman god, terminus, was represented as a stone, and so the pillar became used as a landmark. toland tells us the druids showed great reverence for stones,religious and masonic symbolism of stones 263and especially for upright pillars and for tri-lithons, such as are stilltobe seen at stonehenge in wiltshire, which has been considered as a centre o

nt meditation, upon seven stages (1)theattainment of complete personal humility typified by christ washing the apostles' feet (2) meditation upon the scourging and sufferings of christ (3) the crown of thorns, gaining a contempt for having been humiliated (4) the crucifixion, the offering of oneself as a sacrifice (5) the mystical death and rending of the veil of matter (6) contemplation upon the burial and the resurrection of the christ (7) production of the vision of the ascension to heaven. these steps to christian exaltation are seen represented in catholic shrines in the pictures of the stations of the cross.therosicrucian mode of attaining supra-normal powers was, i have learned, by the mental faculties, by meditation, concentration and by force of will; this system also was conducte

GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

the qur'an that we find the most accurate account of the exodus from egypt, because the torah underwent much textual corruption after it was originally revealed to moses. an important proof of this is that in the five books of the torah genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers and deuteronomy there are many contradictions. the fact that the book of 5x deuteronomy ends with an account of the death and burial of moses is indisputable proof that this portion would have to have been added after moses' death. in the qur'an, in the account of the exodus of the israelites from egypt, as in all other stories related in it, there is not the slightest contradiction; the story is recounted soundly. moreover, as with other stories, god reveals much wisdom and many secrets in the course of what is related

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

e can clearly see that the basic mythology and forms was egyptian in origin. the recorded history of egypt covers an immense period of time. even the earliest forms of egyptian civilisation- which concentrated on the stellar worship of the star goddess had a highly evolved structure and form. by the first dynasty a wide range of esoteric and religious cults could be found, and a complex system of burial was evolved to guide the deceased into the treasury of light, bypassing the fallen gnostic theurgy page 191 worlds. these ceremonies later evolved to include complex mummification processes and were chronicled in the egyptian book of the dead. it is also believed that this text (and others) used secret codes to outline the mysteries as taught within the egyptian occult schools. these teachi

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

fluids of the sun and the moon, as it leads to a strong familiar who for the inexperienced, may cause mental stress for the magician. after the evocation and binding of the spirit to the vessel, bury it in a graveyard or some designated area by a great tree or hidden place. it shall reside there for a period of when the dark moon begins and grows towards the full moon. you may evoke it above the burial space on those nights, envisioning it growing in strength with your willed focus. on the night of the fullmoon, exhume the vessel and in the temple invoke the spirit through the black mirror of circle, seek the inspiration of the spirit and then retire to sleep. take notes to the dreaming communion and meeting of the force, it will guide you to the answers you seek. do not threaten or seek

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM17

not live and pass their time appointed by god. the first of this fraternity which died, and that in england, was i.o, as brother c. long before had foretold him; he was very expert, and well learned in cabala, as his book h witnesseth. in england he is much spoken of, and chiefly because he cured a young earl of norfolk of the leprosy. they had concluded, that, as much as possibly could be, their burial place should be kept secret, as at this day it is not known unto us what is become of some of them, yet everyone's place was supplied with a fit successor. but this we will confess publicly by these presents, to the honour of god, that what secret soever we have learned out of the book m, although before our eyes we behold the image and pattern of all the world, yet are there not shewn unto

of them in our philosophical bibliotheca, amongst which our axiomata was held for the chiefest, rota mundi for the most artificial, and protheus for the most profitable. likewise, we do not certainly know if these of the second row have been of like wisdom as the first, and if they were admitted to all things. it shall be declared hereafter to the gentle reader not only what we have heard of the burial of brother r.c, but also it shall be made manifest publicly, by the foresight, 7 sufferance, and commandment of god, whom we most faithfully obey, that if we shall be answered discreetly and christian-like, we will not be ashamed to set forth publicly in print our names and surnames, our meetings, or anything else that may be required at our hands. now, the true and fundamental relation of

unior haeres s. spiritus. 4. fra. f.b.m.p.a, pictor et architectus. 5. fra. g.g.m.p.i, cabalista. 1. fra. p.a. successor, fra. i.o, mathematicus. 2. fra. a. successor, fra p.d. 3. fra r. successor patris c.r.c, cum christo triumphantis. at the end was written; ex deo nascimur, in jesu morimur, per spiritum sanctum reviviscimus. at that time was already dead brother i.o. and brother p.d, but their burial place, where is it to be found? we doubt not but our fra. senior hath the same, and some special thing laid in earth, and perhaps hidden, like our father c. we also hope that this our example will stir up others more diligently to enquire after their names (which we have therefore published, and to search for the place of their burial; the most part of them, by reason of their practice and

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

main line of the drainage ran from east to west. into it, linked by joints made to an advanced design, three subsidiary lines were channelled.5 after surveying the site thoroughly, the archaeologists admitted that they could not understand the purpose of this elaborate system of sluices and water-works.6 nor were they able to come up with an explanation for another enigma. this was the deliberate burial, along specific alignments, of five of the massive pieces of sculpture, showing negroid features, now widely identified as olmec heads. these peculiar and apparently ritualistic graves also yielded more than sixty precious objects and artefacts, including beautiful instruments made of jade and exquisitely carved statuettes. some of the statuettes had been systematically mutilated before bur

scarred western flank, we picked our way along the edge of this trench towards the much smaller third pyramid, which lay some 400 metres ahead of us in the desert. khufu. khafre. menkaure. according to all orthodox egyptologists the pyramids had been built as tombs and only as tombs for these three pharaohs. yet there were some obvious difficulties with such assertions. for example, the spacious burial chamber of the khafre pyramid was empty when it was opened in 1818 by the european explorer giovanni belzoni. indeed, more than empty, the chamber was starkly, austerely bare. the polished granite sarcophagus which lay embedded in its floor had also been found empty, with its lid broken into two pieces nearby.2 how was this to be explained? to egyptologists the answer seemed obvious. at som

reds of years after khafre s death, tomb robbers must have penetrated the chamber and cleared all its contents including the mummified body of the pharaoh. much the same thing seemed to have happened at the smaller third pyramid, towards which santha and i were now walking that attributed to menkaure. here the first european to break in had been a british colonel, howard vyse, who had entered the burial chamber in 1837. he found an empty basalt sarcophagus, an anthropoid coffin lid made of wood, and some bones. the natural assumption was that these were the remains of menkaure. modern science had subsequently proved, however, that the bones and coffin lid dated from the early christian era, that is, from 2500 years after the pyramid age, and thus represented the intrusive burial of a much

yse, it was once again assumed that the body of the pharaoh must have been removed by tomb robbers. a similar assumption had been made about the body of khufu, which was also missing. here the scholarly consensus, expressed as well as anyone by george hart of the british museum, was that no later than 500 years after khufu s funeral robbers had forced their way into the great pyramid to steal the burial treasure .4 the implication is that this incursion must have occurred by or before 2000 bc since khufu is 2 the riddle of the pyramids, p. 54. 3 ibid, p. 55. 4 george hart, pharaohs and pyramids, guild publishing, london, 1991, p. 91. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 286 believed to have died in 2528 bc.5 moreover it was assumed by professor i.e.s edwards, a leading authority on thes

he implication is that this incursion must have occurred by or before 2000 bc since khufu is 2 the riddle of the pyramids, p. 54. 3 ibid, p. 55. 4 george hart, pharaohs and pyramids, guild publishing, london, 1991, p. 91. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 286 believed to have died in 2528 bc.5 moreover it was assumed by professor i.e.s edwards, a leading authority on these matters, that the burial treasure had been removed from the famous inner sanctum now known as the king s chamber and that the empty granite sarcophagus which stood at the western end of that sanctum had once contained the king s body, probably enclosed within an inner coffin made of wood .6 all this is orthodox, mainstream, modern scholarship, which is unquestioningly accepted as historical fact and taught as such

used to bring out more than a tiny fraction of the treasures of a typical royal tomb. this is because the well-shaft is only three feet in diameter and incorporates several tricky vertical sections. at the very least, therefore, when ma mun and his men battered their way into the king s chamber around the year ad 820, one would have expected some of the bigger and heavier pieces from the original burial to be still in place like the statues and shrines that bulked so large in tutankhamen s much later and presumably inferior tomb.18 but nothing was found inside khufu s pyramid, making this and the alleged looting of khafre s monument the only tomb robberies in the history of egypt which achieved a clean sweep, leaving not a single trace behind not a torn cloth, not a shard of broken pottery

arkable feature of khufu s pyramid was the absence of inscriptions or decorations anywhere within its immense network of galleries, corridors, passageways and chambers, and the same was true of khafre s and menkaure s pyramids. in none of these amazing monuments had a single word been written in praise of the pharaohs whose bodies they were supposed to house. this was exceptional. no other proven burial place of any egyptian monarch had ever been found undecorated. the fashion throughout egyptian history had been for the tombs of the pharaohs to be extensively decorated, beautifully painted from top to bottom (as in the valley of the kings at luxor, for example) and densely inscribed with the ritual spells and invocations required to assist the deceased on his journey towards eternal life

entrance, the corridor levelled off and opened out into a passageway where we could stand up. this led into a small ante-chamber with carved panelling and grooves cut into its walls, apparently to take portcullis slabs. reaching the end of the chamber, we had to crouch again to enter another corridor. bent double, we proceeded south for about forty feet before reaching the first of the three main burial chambers if burial chambers they were. these sombre, soundless rooms were all hewn out of solid bedrock. the one that we stood in was rectangular in plan and oriented east to west. measuring about 30 feet long x 15 wide x 15 high, it had a flat ceiling and a complex internal structure with a large, irregular hole in its western wall leading into a dark, cave-like space beyond. there was als

ute force. pulleys were not supposed to have existed in the pyramid age8 (even if they had, there would have been insufficient room to set up block-and-tackle. had some unknown system of levers been used? or might there be more substance than scholars realized to the ancient egyptian legends that spoke of huge 6 the pyramids of egypt, p. 127. 7 it was in this chamber that vyse found the intrusive burial (of bones and a wooden coffin lid) referred to in chapter thirty-five. the basalt coffin where he also found (later lost at sea) is believed to have been part of the same intrusive burial and to have not been older than the twenty-sixth dynasty. see, for example, blue guide, egypt, p. 433. 8 the pyramids of egypt, p. 220. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 300 stones being effortlessly

corridor that sloped down from the entrance in the north face. high enough to stand up in, and lined at first with granite and then with smoothly polished limestone, the horizontal passageway was almost at ground level, that is, it lay directly beneath the pyramid s lowest course of masonry. it was also extremely long, running dead straight for a further 200 feet until it debouched in the single burial chamber at the heart of the monument. as we have already noted, no mummy had ever been found in this latter chamber, nor any inscriptions, with the result that the so-called pyramid of khafre was wholly anonymous. latter-day adventurers had, however, carved their names on to its walls notably the former circus strongman giovanni battista belzoni (1778-1823) who had forced his way into the 9

st have been intended to serve as their tombs. we need not reiterate here the many shortcomings of the tombs and tombs only theory. however, these shortcomings were not limited to the giza pyramids but applied to all the other third and fourth dynasty pyramids listed above. not a single one of these monuments had ever been found to contain the body of a pharaoh, or any signs whatsoever of a royal burial.14 some of them were not even equipped with sarcophagi, for example the collapsed pyramid at meidum. the pyramid of sekhemkhet at saqqara (first entered in 1954 by the egyptian antiquities organization) did contain a sarcophagus one, which had certainly remained sealed and undisturbed since its installation in the tomb .15 grave robbers had never succeeded in finding their way to it, but wh

ity had to be considered: was there not a sense in which the pyramid seemed to have been designed to invite human beings of intelligence and curiosity to penetrate its mysteries? after all, if you were a pharaoh who wanted to ensure that his deceased body remained inviolate for eternity, would it make better sense (a) to advertise to your own and all subsequent generations the whereabouts of your burial place, or (b) to choose some secret and unknown location, of which you would never speak and where you might never be found? the answer was obvious: you would go for secrecy and seclusion, as the vast majority of the pharaohs of ancient egypt had done.3 why, then, if it was indeed a royal tomb, was the great pyramid so conspicuous? why did it occupy a ground area of more than thirteen acres

s the legendary imhotep, great of magic, a high priest of heliopolis, whose other titles were sage, sorcerer, astronomer and doctor.16 16 ibid, p. 158. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 351 saqqara. we shall have more to say about the step-pyramid and its builder in a later chapter, but on this occasion i had not come to saqqara to see it. my sole objective was to spend a few moments in the burial chamber of the nearby pyramid of unas, a fifth dynasty pharaoh who had reigned from 2356 to 2323 bc.17 the walls of this chamber, which i had visited several times before, were inscribed from floor to ceiling with the most ancient of the pyramid texts, an extravaganza of hieroglyphic inscriptions giving voice to a range of remarkable ideas in acute contrast to the mute and unadorned interio

the mysteries of osiris that had been enacted each year at abydos apparently throughout the span of ancient egyptian history. it seemed to me that there was a sense in which they guarded the mysteries still. for what was the osireion if was not a huge, unsolved mystery that deserved closer scrutiny than it has received from the scholars whose job it is to look into these matters? and what was the burial in the desert of twelve high-prowed, seagoing ships if not also a mystery that cried out, loudly, for solution? it was the burial place of those ships i was now crossing the cemeteries of the jackal gods to see: the guardian, london, 21 december 1991: a fleet of 5000-year-old royal ships has been found buried eight miles from the nile. american and egyptian archaeologists discovered the 12

5000-year-old royal ships has been found buried eight miles from the nile. american and egyptian archaeologists discovered the 12 large wooden boats at abydos. experts said the boats which are 50 to 60 feet long are about 5000 years old, making them egypt s earliest royal ships and among the earliest boats found anywhere. the experts say the ships, discovered in september, were probably meant for burial so the souls of the pharaohs could be transported on them. we never expected to find such a fleet, especially so far from the nile, said david o connor, the expedition leader and curator of the egyptian section of the university museum of graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 394 the university of pennsylvania..27 the boats were buried in the shadow of a gigantic mud-brick enclosure, thou

to me by fax 27 january 1993. 31 david o connor, boat graves and pyramid origins, p. 12. 32 ibid, p. 11-12. 33 guardian, 21 december 1991. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 395 of seafaring had been present in egypt from the very beginning of its 3000 year history. moreover i knew that the earliest wall paintings found in the nile valley, dating back perhaps as much as 1500 years before the burial of the abydos fleet (to around 4500 bc) showed the same long, sleek, high-prowed vessels in action.34 could an experienced race of ancient seafarers have become involved with the indigenous inhabitants of the nile valley at some indeterminate period before the official beginning of history at around 3000 bc? wouldn t this explain egypt s curious and paradoxical but nonetheless enduring obse

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n 249. 250^ like diimeke's desire to drive his waggon for ever (p. 726. 3 otmar 241. deut. sag. no. 311. couf. goth. i>iutan (ululare, jjut-halirii (tuba. furious host: hackelbernd. 923 his grave is in the soiling too, the arrangement of the stones is minutely described; two black hounds rest beside him^ and lastly, kuhn's no. 205 and temme's altmark p. 106 inform us of a heath-rider bdren, whose burial-place is shewn on the heatu near grimnitz in the ukermark; this bdren's dream of the stumpfschwanz (bobtail, i.e. boar) points unmistakably to rackelbdrend. the irreconcilable diversity of domiciles is enough to shew, in the teeth of tombstones, that these accounts all deal with a mythical being: a name that crops up in such various localities must be more than historical. i am disposed to

of the biitow castle hill, a peasant was 966 translation. plougliing, and often noticed a maiden draw water from it in a golden bucket and wash herself. at length he summoned up courage to ask her, and was told that she was a king's daughter, and had sunk with the mountain-castle into the ground; she could only be saved by one who, without halting or looking round, would carry her to the wendish burial-ground at eiitow, and there throw her down with all his might. the ploughman ventured on the enterprise, and had safely got to the churchyard, but before he could fling her oflf his shoulders, something clutched his hair from behind, and he was so startled that he looked round and let his burden fall. the maiden flew up into the air, complaining 'that she must sufi"er more severely now, and

e, mirautibus plurimis, eadem aqidla cernebatur/ a flying jten indicates the site of the future castle, deut. sag. no. 570. boundaries are hallowed by the running or walking of a mind horse, of a crab, ea. 86. where the fratres philaeni had won the new frontier by running, they let themselves be huried alive (hie se vivos obrui pertulerunt. pomp. mela 1, 7; the true reason of this ratification by burial will be made clearer presently. remus had seen six, and romulus twelve vultures fly auspicious at the founding of their city, nieb. 1, 248 (see suppl. we know how the old northmen conducted their migrations and settlements under convoy of the gods. they threw overboard the (indvegis-sillur or set-stolcjcar they had brought with them from the old country, and wherever these drifted to, there

oniach, czoljem przenosi bialjo\vieskie drzewa a w r^ku chustkii skrwawiouq, powiewa. dziewica stfjpa kroki zljowieszczemi na siolja, zamki i bogate miasta; a ile razy krwawe chustkfi skiuie, tyle palac6w zmieuia sig w pustynie; gdzie nogii stq,pi ^wiezy grub wyrasta^ 1 konrad wallenrod's poezye, warszawie 1832. p. 96' when a plague smites lithuania. then, if we may believe the waidelots, in lone burial-grounds and lields stands visible the plague-maiden in white raiment with hery wreath about her temples, bears on her brow divining-rods, and in her hand (i blood-stained kerchief leaves. the maiden steps with deliberate pace into villages, castles and wealthy towns; whenever she spreads out her gory kerchief, palaces turn into wildernesses; where with her foot she steps, a fresh grave grow

new ed. of serv. songs 1, 149 note. here again she comes out in the fashion of ancient goddesses. plague. 1189 holda and berhta, who cannot abide disorder in the house, pp. 268. 274. among- the slovens, cattle-plague (kuga) is a spotted calf that kills sheep and oxen by its cry (murko p. 74. the devil is reported to have said, there was but one cure for the kuga, that was mattock and hoe, meaning burial (vuk sub v. metil. a finnic song (schroter 60) adjures the plague to take herself away to steely mountains in the gloomy north: saddle-horse and carriage-horse shall be given her for the journey. she is called rutto, the sudden, like our mhg. gahe tot. in l. germany they have folktales about the heidmann (heath man) who peeps in at your loindow at night: any one he looks at then, must die w

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e seventeenth century, modern symbolical drawing [7] fra. michael maier grand master of rosicrucians in germany in the seventeenth century and sir francis bacon's deputy on the continent [8] lord raymond vi as count of toulouse, refused to prosecute the mystics who laid the foundation for rosicrucian philosophy in southern france in the thirteenth century. as a mystic martyr, his body was refused burial in "holy ground" but was preserved for 600 years in the knights templar building, built by his forefathers [9] h. spencer lewis, ph.d. f.r.c. former imperator, a.m.o.r.c. of north and south america and founder of its second cycle of activity in the western hemisphere.member of the supreme council r.c. of the world. legate of the order in france.minister of the foreign legation. ordained pri

t the ancient law that the body shall return to the dust of the earth from whence it came. cremation simply hastens the natural process in a most sanitary way. the custom of burying the dead in the ground to decay was always considered a barbarous and unclean practice by the ancient mystics. cremation is not a modern method and will in time become universal among civilized people. the rosicrucian burial service and ritual in its explanation suggests a preference for cremation of the body and the scattering of most of the ashes upon running water in brooks or rivers or in the open soil.(see death and funeral service. cromaat.the word maat is an egyptian word meaning truth. when combined with cro, it means as in truth. it is a salutation quite frequently used in the rituals of the organizati

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down under the earth, though their spirits might be persuaded to reside in shrines built for them by the king. the egyptians believed that some supernatural beings could still be encountered in the wilder regions of the earth, such as the remote desert and the areas of untamed marshland on the edges of the nile valley and in parts of the delta. many of the key events in egyptian myth, such as the burial of the murdered god osiris, were supposed to have happened in specific places in egypt or in its neighboring countries. thus a mythical geography can be superimposed on the physical geography. every major egyptian temple was designed as a miniature cosmos in which the main events in mythical history were repeatedly played out, so there came to be many tombs of osiris. it is this kind of app

ation. these incantations can be as short as a single sentence or many paragraphs long. the pyramid of king weni contains around 300 incantations, but more than 800 are currently known. pyramid texts have been found in the pyramids of five old kingdom kings and three queens. no two pyramids have exactly the same selection. no illustrations accompany the pyramid texts, though the ceilings of royal burial chambers were usually decorated with stars. many hieroglyphic signs consist of images of living creatures. in the writing of the pyramid texts, potentially harmful creatures such as snakes, scorpions, and some kinds of birds and people are often shown dismembered or skewered with knives. this suggests that there was a strong fear of the latent power of images during this period. the texts t

, of the type that might have been sung at festivals, start to be written on tomb walls or funerary stelae. the coffins in elite burials of this period were sometimes painted with texts and scenes that formed part of the second of the major collections of funerary literature: the coffin texts (ct. the coffin texts coffin texts is a modern name for the diverse body of spells or recitations used on burial equipment during the middle kingdom. these texts were mainly painted on wooden coffins, but they also appeared on tomb walls and on funerary items such as stelae and canopic chests. the coffin texts were composed in middle egyptian, a form of the egyptian language that became standard for literary works. the texts were usually written in cursive (simplified) hieroglyphs, but some examples a

me examples are in hieratic, a script developed for administrative and lit- introduction 13 figure 3. a page from the ramesseum dramatic papyrus. this middle kingdom papyrus contains the script for a royal ritual based on mythical events (british museum) erary uses. modern editors of the coffin texts have so far assembled 1,185 different spells. only a small selection of these was used in any one burial. many spells in the coffin texts are also known from versions in the pyramid texts. both collections may derive from an archive of mortuary texts written on papyrus that does not survive. some of the coffin texts spells are given titles that define their function, such as spell for navigating in the great 14 handbook of egyptian mythology figure 4. outer coffin of gua. middle kingdom coffin

igious art and literature. images of deities started to be shown on votive objects dedicated by nonroyal people, particularly in the holy city of abydos. middle kingdom inscriptions tell of festivals at abydos in which large numbers of people joined in ceremonies that reenacted key events in the myth of osiris.39 it was around this time that an ancient royal tomb at abydos was reidentified as the burial place of osiris. this merging of mythical and physical geography was to become increasingly characteristic of egyptian culture. that culture seemed to suffer a setback when a palestinian dynasty took control of the delta region of northern egypt during the seventeenth century bce. these foreign rulers, known as the hyksos, established a capital at avaris, a region where seth was the leading

ncepts).44 introduction 19 amenhotep iii and tiy were the parents of amenhotep iv (c. 1352 1336 bce, who early in his reign changed his name to akhenaten. king akhenaten and his chief wife, nefertiti, were dedicated to the cult of aten, a form of the sun god represented by the solar disk. akhenaten built huge temples for aten that were open to the sky. he established a new capital and a new royal burial ground at akhetaten (modern tell el-amarna. akhenaten suppressed the cult of amun, but the idea that he closed down all of egypt s temples seems to be an exaggeration.45 in akhenaten s theology the worship of aten as the creator sun god and the king as his representative on earth made other deities and their myths superfluous. belief in a separate realm of the dead ruled by osiris was repla

he versions on the walls of the tomb of thutmose iii and his successor amenhotep ii look as if they have been directly copied from a papyrus scroll (e.g. figure 45. this gives us an idea of what these temple copies must have been like. by the end of the new kingdom about twelve different books were in use.54 they were painted on the walls or ceilings of the tomb or inscribed on important items of burial equipment such as shrines and shrouds. the books were composed in middle egyptian, but the later ones show considerable influence from late egyptian, a form of the language current in writing from the late eighteenth dynasty onward. the texts are all written in hieroglyphs, but sometimes in ways that make them difficult to read. these books contained very restricted knowledge, which was sup

fter deities. for a translation of the cairo calendar, see appendix: primary sources. 67. the ostensible reason for moving the royal mummies was to save them from tomb robbers, but it also allowed the high priests to recycle the treasure buried with these rulers. the mummies were gathered together and hidden in two separate tombs, where they were rediscovered in the nineteenth century ce. 68. the burial equipment from these tombs, which includes splendid jewelry with mythological motifs, is displayed in the cairo museum. hardly any royal tombs from the rest of the first millennium bce have survived in egypt, but it is known that underworld books continued to be used on royal sarcophagi. 69. for examples of such amulets, see c. andrews, amulets of ancient egypt (london, 1994, pls.80, 101. 7

he eight or the ogdoad of hermopolis (see deities, themes, and concepts. the eight were imagined as amphibians and reptiles, fertile creatures of the dark primeval slime. they were the forces that shaped the creator or even the first manifestations of the creator. in order to become the fathers and mothers of life, they had to change or, in some accounts, to die. several temples claimed to be the burial place of these primeval deities. amun and his female counterpart amunet were often regarded as part of the eight and personified hidden power. when amun became a national god, a new theology made amun the invisible, unknowable force that began the movement toward independent life. in some accounts the eight join together to be fertilized by the seed of the serpent amun kem-atef, the first p

nd his army of messengers were charged with punishing those who violated tombs or offended the gods. the jackals and wild dogs who lived on the edge of the desert were carrion eaters who might dig up shallowly buried corpses. to avert this horrible end for their dead, the early egyptians tried to placate anubis, the dog who swallows millions. most of the epithets of anubis link him with death and burial. he was the one who is in the place of embalming, the lord of the sacred land (the desert cemeteries, and the foremost of the westerners, that is, the leader of the dead. anubis had a female counterpart, anput, who is also shown as a jackal. for most of the old kingdom, anubis was the most important funerary deity. his figure was carved in tomb entrances to warn off grave robbers at a time

or god ptah. the moon could be thought of as a virile young bull when it was waxing and as an old ox when it was waning. bull imagery was not entirely positive. wild bulls were ritually hunted and killed as symbols of the forces of chaos. in some accounts, seth took bull form to trample his brother osiris to death. this seth-bull was castrated by anubis and forced to carry the coffin of osiris to burial. in the new kingdom story the two brothers, one of the brothers is called bata, a name of seth in his bull form. this bata transforms himself into a magnificent bull to visit the wife who has deserted him to marry the king of egypt. the queen persuades her husband to sacrifice this bull in the hope of getting rid of bata. he then transforms himself into two beautiful trees that the queen ha

k or green. these colors may originally have indicated putrefaction, but they came to symbolize the connection of osiris with a cycle of death and regeneration based on plant life. in the pyramid texts, the dead king is frequently identified with osiris or his stellar counterpart, sah (orion. by the second millennium bce, this identification was nominally extended to all the dead. every aspect of burial and mummification came to be linked to the mythology of osiris. where, when, and how osiris was first worshipped is much disputed. it has been claimed that osiris was originally a deified predynastic king, a primitive vegetation spirit, a jackal god of an early royal necropolis, or a mother goddess. even the etymology of his name is uncertain, though it may simply mean the mighty one (death

. often stored in a canopic chest (see sons of horus in deities, themes, and concepts. cartouche an oval shape inside which royal names were written. it symbolized that the king ruled everything that the sun encircles. 227 cataracts rocky areas of the nile that created rapids. the first cataract formed the southern boundary of egypt in ancient times. cenotaph a funerary monument without an actual burial. charter myth a myth used to justify an institution or custom. chthonic deity a deity whose realm was inside or under the earth. cippus (pl. cippi) a magical stela with inscriptions and images used to cure snake and scorpion bites. circumpolar stars the stars that are always visible above the horizon at a fixed location. coffin texts a body of funerary texts, most commonly painted on coffin

tle meaning great house (the palace; a respectful way of referring to an egyptian king. polytheism the worship of many gods within a religious tradition. ptolemaic something belonging to the period when the greek ptolemy family ruled egypt. pylon a pair of trapezoidal towers that formed the entrance to a temple. the towers were identified with the mountains of the horizon. pyramid complex a royal burial area consisting of a tomb under or inside a pyramid and two temples for the cult of the dead ruler. pyramid texts royal funerary texts inscribed inside pyramids of the late old kingdom and the first intermediate period. royal titulary the long sequence of names and titles adopted by an egyptian king at the start of his reign. 230 handbook of egyptian mythology sarcophagus an outer coffin, u

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s division the shadows and souls of the dead were supposed to wander about, and though we do not know how they arrived there, or exactly why they failed to please osiris, it is quite certain that they were regarded as a danger to the god, and destroyed in consequence. on the left of afu-ra stands a row of deities (vol. i. p. 50 ff, some wholly in animal forms, who appear to have taken part in the burial ceremonies which were performed for osiris; the exact functions of many of them are unknown, and the names of certain of them are not found elsewhere. according to the text these gods are clothed with their own bodies of flesh, and their souls speak from them, and their shadows are joined to them. having been addressed by p. 124 they sing praises to the god, and when he has passed from thei

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le. good sailor i certainly was;and besides, the weather was unusually fine, the ocean as smooth as a pond. notwithstanding this, i often felta strange giddiness, and the familiar faces of my fellow-passengers assumed at such times the mostgrotesque appearances. thus, a young german i used to know well was once suddenly transformed beforemy eyes into his old father, whom we had laid in the little burial place of the european colony some threeyears before. we were talking on deck of the defunct and of a certain business arrangement of his, when maxgrunner's head appeared to me as though it were covered with a strange film. a thick greyish mistsurrounded him, and gradually condensing around and upon his healthy countenance, settled suddenly intothe grim old head i had myself seen covered wit

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ame object in view. both reformers were ardent philanthropists and practical altruists-preaching most unmistakably socialism of the noblest and highest type, self-sacrifice to the bitter end "let the sins of the whole world fall upon me that i may relieve man's misery and suffering" cries buddha "i would not let one cry whom i could save" exclaims the prince-beggar, clad in the refuse rags of the burial-grounds "come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and i will give you rest" is the appeal to the poor and the disinherited made by the "man of sorrows" who hath not where to lay his head. the teachings of both are boundless love for humanity, charity, forgiveness of injury, forgetfulness of self, and pity for the deluded masses; both show the same contempt for riches, and make no

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h here, and the nineteenth-century factory movement proved short-lived. oldest of all are the great rings of rough-hewn stone columns on the hilltops, but these are more generally attributed to the indians than to the settlers. deposits of skulls and bones, found within these circles and around the sizeable table-like rock on sentinel hill, sustain the popular belief that such spots were once the burial-places of the pocumtucks; even though many ethnologists, disregarding the absurd improbability of such a theory, persist in believing the remains caucasian. ii. it was in the township of dunwich, in a large and partly inhabited farmhouse set against a hillside four miles from the village and a mile and a half from any other dwelling, that wilbur whateley was born at 5 a.m. on sunday, the se

ard rising hill, and the other exposed to the foundations toward the street. its construction, over a century and a half ago, had followed the grading and straightening of the road in that especial vicinity; for benefit street- at first called back street- was laid out as a lane winding amongst the graveyards of the first settlers, and straightened only when the removal of the bodies to the north burial ground made it decently possible to cut through the old family plots. at the start, the western wall had lain some twenty feet up a precipitous lawn from the roadway; but a widening of the street at about the time of the revolution sheared off most of the intervening space, exposing the foundations so that a brick basement wall had to be made, giving the deep cellar a street frontage with t

the rudiments of french often shouted for hours in a coarse and idiomatic form of that language, or that the same per son, alone and guarded, complained wildly of a staring thing which bit and chewed at her. in 1772 the servant zenas died, and when mrs. harris heard of it she laughed with a shocking delight utterly foreign to her. the next year she herself died, and was laid to rest in the north burial ground beside her husband. upon the outbreak of trouble with great britain in 1775, william harris, despite his scant sixteen years and feeble constitution, man aged to enlist in the army of observation under general greene; and from that time on enjoyed a steady rise in health and prestige. in 1780, as a captain in rhode island forces in new jersey under colonel angell, he met and married

r spirits abroad by night. to destroy a vampire one must, the grandmothers say, exhume it and burn its heart, or at least drive a stake through that organ; and ann's dogged insistence on a search under the cellar had been prominent in bringing about her discharge. her tales, however, commanded a wide audience, and were the more readily accepted because the house indeed stood on land once used for burial purposes. to me their interest depended less on this circumstance than on the peculiarly appropriate way in which they dove-tailed with certain other things- the complaint of the de parting servant preserved smith, who had preceded ann and never heard of her, that something "sucked his breath" at night; the death- certificates of fever victims of 1804, issued by dr. chad hopkins, and showin

corresponding with the modern hope street. the throckmorton lot had later, of course, been much subdivided; and i became very assiduous in tracing that section through which back or benefit street was later run. it had, a rumour indeed said, been the throckmorton graveyard; but as i examined the records more carefully, i found that the graves had all been transferred at an early date to the north burial ground on the pawtucket west road. then suddenly i came- by a rare piece of chance, since it was not in the main body of records and might easily have been missed- upon something which aroused my keenest eagerness, fitting in as it did with several of the queerest phases of the affair. it was the record of a lease in 1697, of a small tract of ground to an etienne roulet and wife. at last th

hanges of minor interests before, but this growing secrecy and absorption in strange pursuits was unlike even him. his school work was the merest pretence; and although he failed in no test, it could be seen that the older application had all vanished. he had other concernments now; and when not in his new laboratory with a score of obsolete alchemical books, could be found either poring over old burial records down town or glued to his volumes of occult lore in his study, where the startlingly- one almost fancied increasingly- similar features of joseph curwen stared blandly at him from the great overmantel on the north wall. late in march ward added to his archive-searching a ghoulish series of rambles about the various ancient cemeteries of the city. the cause appeared later, when it wa

various ancient cemeteries of the city. the cause appeared later, when it was learned from city hall clerks that he had probably found an important clue. his quest had suddenly shifted from the grave of joseph curwen to that of one naphthali field; and this shift was explained when, upon going over the files that he had been over, the investigators actually found a fragmentary record of curwen's burial which had escaped the general obliteration, and which stated that the curious leaden coffin had been interred '10 ft. s. and 5 ft. w. of naphthali field's grave in y' the lack of a specified burying-ground in the surviving entry greatly complicated the search, and naphthali field's grave seemed as elusive as that of curwen; but here no systematic effacement had existed, and one might reason

ntific effects. in the evening charles secured the paper before the rest of the family and damaged part of it through an apparent accident. later on dr. willett, having fixed the date from statements by various members of the household, looked up an intact copy at the journal office and found that in the destroyed section the following small item had occurred: nocturnal diggers surprised in north burial ground robert hart, night watchman at the north burial ground, this morning discovered a party of several men with a motor truck in the oldest part of the cemetery, but apparently frightened them off before they had accomplished whatever their object may have been. the discovery took place at about four o'clock, when hart's attention was attracted by the sound of a motor outside his shelter

tally lost the main section. this matter was not recalled till later, when dr. willett began checking up loose ends and searching out missing links here and there. in the journal office he found the section which charles had lost, and marked two items as of possible significance. they were as follows: more cemetery delving it was this morning discovered by robert hart, night watchman at the north burial ground, that ghouls were again at work in the ancient portion of the cemetery. the grave of ezra weeden, who was born in 1740 and died in 1824 according to his uprooted and savagely splintered slate headstone, was found excavated and rifled, the work being evidently done with a spade stolen from an adjacent tool-shed. whatever the contents may have been after more than a century of burial

mething about having heard him after midnight on wednesday, when the outer door softly opened and closed with phenomenal softness. servants' imaginations, fortunately, are limited, else comment might have been excited by an item in thursday's evening bulletin which ran as follows: north end ghouls again active after a lull of ten months since the dastardly vandalism in the weeden lot at the north burial ground, a nocturnal prowler was glimpsed early this morning in the same cemetery by robert hart, the night watchman. happening to glance for a moment from his shelter at about 2 a.m, hart observed the glow of a lantern or pocket torch not far to the northwest, and upon opening the door detected the figure of a man with a trowel very plainly silhouetted against a nearby electric light. at on

back through the years as no one ever should reach; and something came out of those years to engulf him. and now comes the matter in which i must ask you to trust me most of all. for there will be, indeed, no uncertainty about charles's fate. in about a year, say, you can if you wish devise a suitable account of the end; for the boy will be no more. you can put up a stone in your lot at the north burial ground exactly ten feet west of your father's and facing the same way, and that will mark the true resting-place of your son. nor need you fear that it will mark any abnormality or changeling. the ashes in that grave will be those of your own unaltered bone and sinew- of the real charles dexter ward whose mind you watched from infancy- the real charles with the olive-mark on his hip and wit

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ed open in the most unlikely ways and at the most unlikely places. the profusion of scattered matches, intact, broken, or spent, formed another minor enigma- as did the two or three tent cloths and fur suits which we found lying about with peculiar and unorthodox slashings conceivably due to clumsy efforts at unimaginable adaptations. the maltreatment of the human and canine bodies, and the crazy burial of the damaged archaean specimens, were all of a piece with this apparent disintegrative madness. in view of just such an eventuality as the present one, we carefully photographed all the main evidences of insane disorder at the camp; and shall use the prints to buttress our pleas against the departure of the proposed starkweather-moore expedition. our first act after finding the bodies in

the crinoid arms branched were infinitely delicate, flexible, strong, and accurate in muscular-nervous coordination- ensuring the utmost skill and dexterity in all artistic and other manual operations. the toughness of the things was almost incredible. even the terrific pressure of the deepest sea bottoms appeared powerless to harm them. very few seemed to die at all except by violence, and their burial places were very limited. the fact that they covered their vertically inhumed dead with five-pointed inscribed mounds set up thoughts in danforth and me which made a fresh pause and recuperation necessary after the sculptures revealed it. the beings multiplied by means of spores- like vegetable pteridophytes, as lake had suspected- but, owing to their prodigious toughness and longevity, and

nd more frightful odor- less frightful intrinsically, but infinitely appalling in this place under the known circumstances- unless, of course, gedney- for the odor was the plain and familiar one of common petrol- every-day gasoline. our motivation after that is something i will leave to psychologists. we knew now that some terrible extension of the camp horrors must have crawled into this nighted burial place of the aeons, hence could not doubt any longer the existence of nameless conditions- present or at least recent just ahead. yet in the end we did let sheer burning curiosity-or anxiety-or autohypnotism- or vague thoughts of responsibility toward gedney- or what not- drive us on. danforth whispered again of the print he thought he had seen at the alley turning in the ruins above; and o

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ing less chilled, in order that water might not freeze, and that chemical processes might not be impeded. the tenant adjoining him complained of the icy air from around the connecting door, so i helped him fit heavy hangings to obviate the difficulty. a kind of growing horror, of outre and morbid cast, seemed to possess him. he talked of death incessantly, but laughed hollowly when such things as burial or funeral arrangements were gently suggested. all in all, he became a disconcerting and even gruesome companion; yet in my gratitude for his healing i could not well abandon him to the strangers around him, and was careful to dust his room and attend to his needs each day, muffled in a heavy ulster which i bought especially for the purpose. i likewise did much of his shopping, and gasped i

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rves, enhanced by the undeniably disturbing fact that at least one of our reanimated specimens was still alive- a frightful carnivorous thing in a padded cell at sefton. then there was another- our first- whose exact fate we had never learned. we had fair luck with specimens in bolton- much better than in arkham. we had not been settled a week before we got an accident victim on the very night of burial, and made it open its eyes with an amazingly rational expression before the solution failed. it had lost an arm- if it had been a perfect body we might have succeeded better. between then and the next january we secured three more; one total failure, one case of marked muscular motion, and one rather shivery thing- it rose of itself and uttered a sound. then came a period when luck was poor

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uity which might enable me to unfasten the heavily chained door with ease; but until then i would do better by conforming to what seemed the will of fate. accordingly my watches by the dank portal became less persistent, and much of my time was spent in other though equally strange pursuits. i would sometimes rise very quietly in the night, stealing out to walk in those church-yards and places of burial from which i had been kept by my parents. what i did there i may not say, for i am not now sure of the reality of certain things; but i know that on the day after such a nocturnal ramble i would often astonish those about me with my knowledge of topics almost forgotten for many generations. it was after a night like this that i shocked the community with a queer conceit about the burial of

t about the burial of the rich and celebrated squire brewster, a maker of local history who was interred in 1711, and whose slate headstone, bearing a graven skull and crossbones, was slowly crumbling to powder. in a moment of childish imagination i vowed not only that the undertaker, goodman simpson, had stolen the silver-buckled shoes, silken hose, and satin small-clothes of the deceased before burial; but that the squire himself, not fully inanimate, had turned twice in his mound-covered coffin on the day after interment. but the idea of entering the tomb never left my thoughts; being indeed stimulated by the unexpected genealogical discovery that my own maternal ancestry possessed at least a slight link with the supposediy extinct family of the hydes. last of my paternal race, i was li

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laces taboos upon you. you will not knowingly pollute or fill the natural world with anything that you know will despoil it, that will destroy the land or degrade it- you will not destroy or move nor help another to destroy or move standing stones, the remains of stone age tumuli, or other ancient monuments that are gateways into the land, into the unseen. you will not defile or destroy or deface burial mounds; you will not despoil graves except to take a little earth for needful things. if you take from the land, or from any sacred place, you will take only tiny amounts and leave behind something of yourselfblood, hair, nails, offerings of ale or beer, or something valuable to you. you will not wantonly destroy natural areas, in form or function, nor encourage others to do the same, for a

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s nest, strung on a fiery web between the bone-beams of thy breast. thy phallus is the minaret of joy rais d for the world s delight; unto whom all djinn must turn in prayer and from whence the serpent s holy seed is scattered- to baptise the world in all misrule! thine are the hooves of the he-goat, cloven to walk in all worlds alike. here reveal thyself a -dancing, gleaming in splendour on the burial mound! hail to thee as the corpse-king, pround as any man in the bed of marriage! in they four hands, seen and unseen, are the weapons of thy dominion- the signs of the power that thou dost wield in gestures of shadow and light. thou bearest a flute that the wind doth play, carved of a holy man s femur. thou bearest the book of judgement, fill d with the names of all blessed and wise; above

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ing were \hf: fifth day* jonah is swallowed by a big fish, and is cast out again three days later. this the christians regard as a premonition of the three days' sepulture of jesus whidi pre- ceded his reauirectioq though the statement of the three days is as fanciful as much of the rest, and adopted to fit the well-known threat to destn^ the temple and rebuild it again in tkree days. between hia burial and alleged resurrection there intervened but one day the jewish sab- bath as he was buried on friday evening and rose to life at dawn on sunday. however, whatever oth^ circumstance may be regarded as a prophecy, the story of jonah cannot be made to answer the purpose 'big fish' is cetus, the latinized form of ketos (k^tos, and ketos is dagon, poseidon, the feminine form of it being keton a

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of the mystic society; and, to prove the public curiouity concerning the rosicrucians, and a strange incident, the particulars of which we are going to supply from the best sources now for the first time, we may state that there is included, in one number of addison s elegant series of papers called the spectator, a resumption of a notice, and some after-comment, upon the supposed discovery of a burial-place in england of one of these mighty men, the rosicrucians. the story is to the following purport, as nearly as it can be gathered. we have written much more fully of it from other means; for the spectator s account is very full of errors, and was evidently gained afar off, and merely from hearsay, as it were. it is, besides, poor and ineffective, gathered from no authority, and produced

wild act occasioned such a plague as brought death upon numbers of the forces of cosroes, sufficiently punished for their sacreligious mischief. at the demolition of our monastaries here in england, there was found in the monument which was supposed to be that of constantius chlorus, father to the great constantine, a burning lamp, which was thought to have continued burning there ever since his burial, which was about three hundred years after christ. the ancient romans are said to have been able to maintain lights in their sepulchres for an indefinite time, by an essence or oil obtained from liquid gold; which was an achievement assumed to have been only known to the rosicrucians, who boasted this among some of their other stupendous arts. baptista porta, in his treatise on natural magi

e greek; both terms mean the logos( word) or the holy ghost. sanchoniathon, the phoenician, says that ouranus contrived, in boetulia, stones that moved as having life. stukeley s abury, p. 97, may be here referred to for further proofs of the mystic origin of these stones, and also the celtic druids of godfrey higgins, in contradiction to those who would infer that these poised stones simply mark burial-places, or foolish conclusions of shallow and incompetent antiquaries. the basilidans were called by the orthodox docet, or illusionists. the deity of the gnostics was called abraxas in latin, and abrasax in greek. their last state, or condition for rescued sensitive entities, as they termed souls, was the pleroma, or fulness of light. this agrees precisely with the doctrines of the buddhis

summit, star-like upon the sky, and a prodigious altar the mighty pyramid then becomes. in this tribute to the world-filling faith, burneth expressed devotion to (radiateth acknowledgment of) the immemorial magic religion. there is little doubt that as token and emblem of fire-worship, as .indicative of the adoration of the real, accepted deity, these pyramids were raised. the idea that they were burial-places of the egyptian monarchs is untenable when submitted to the weighing of meanings, and when it comes side by side with this better fire-explanation. cannot we accept these pyramids as the vast altars on whose top should burn the flame flame commemorative, as it were, to all the world? cannot we see in these piles, literally and really transcendental in origin, the egyptian reproductio

whole mystic meaning of flames on altars, of the ever-burning tomb-lights of the earlier peoples, whether in the classic or in the barbarian lands; everything of this kind was intended to signify the deified fire. fires are lighted in the funeral ceremonies of the hindoos and of the mohammedans, even to this day, though the body be committed whole to earth. wherefore fire, then? cremation and urn-burial, or the burning of the dead practised in all ages imply a profounder meaning than is generally supposed. they point to the transmigration of pythagoras, or to the purgatorial reproductions of the indians, among whom we the earliest find the dogma. the real signification of fire-burial is the commitment of human mortality into the last of all matter, overleaping the intermediate states; or t

ed street is this capital opening at charing cross, whitehall, and parliament street, from the days it almost then seeming a riverbordered country road when the cross spired at one end, and the old abbey closed the view southwards. in regard to the royal and sumptuous obsequies of queen eleanor, fabian, who compiled his chronicles towards the latter part of the reign of henry vii, speaking of her burial-place, has the following remark: she hathe ii wexe tapers brennynge vpon her tombe both daye and nyght. which so hath contynned syne the day of her buryinge to this present daye. the beacon-warning, the fiery cross of scotland, the 106 the rosicrucians. universal use of fires on the tops of mountains, on the seashore, and on the highest turrets of castles, to give the signal of alarm, and t

u. the figure is nearly of life-size. there is, moreover, a very striking similarity in dr. flood s.grand thinking countenance to that of shakspeare himself, and his brow has all the same breadth, and is as equally suggestive of knowledge and of power. the church of bersted is very small and old. the square tower of the church is covered with masses of dark ivy. the grassy ground slopes, with its burial mounds, from about the foundation of the old building towards the somewhat distant village of bersted. the churchyard descends in picturesque inclination, and is divided by a low brickwall; over which, here and there, flowers and overgrowth have broadly scaled from the garden of the old-fashioned, though neat-looking rustic, picturesque parsonage. there is a winding green lane, with high he

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ravitational centres. this indicates a sort of generality, and since these smaller planets, such as venus, earth, mars, do not have satellite systems (the moon is more of a companion than satellite and may have joined the earth through acquisition rather than formation, it might well be that these gravitational nodes are occupied to some degree by navigable construction "nodes" are the old traps& burial "grounds" here lay quite a few dead-ships they cannot get away. the old types couldn't but these new types can. it was nodes in great number on surface of this earth that gave the clue to l-m's of how to neatralize forces but a floor pattern in metal actually showed the means. 38 over a period of almost two hundred years there have been many modifications of bode's law, in an effort to comp

which implies some kind of control or cognizance monthly ship-cleaning. in these few examples of flesh and blood having come from the sky, we can readily see that it is not beyond the realm of possibility that our space friends are flesh and blood: however, it is a more likely assumption that these "disgorged" materials have more to do with experiments and "captures" than anything else. kuts, sky burial impossible. it is possible that there we may have a clue to the whereabouts of the people who have vanished suddenly under mysterious circumstances that have baffled witnesses and those seeking to explain these mysteries. ed: the following has no obvious reference or necessary position. burial in space not possible, so the l-m's had to grind-up any proof of their existence& drop it. they do

preserved, represent a warrior or hunter, and had a roman appearance "roanoke" a whole colony kidnapped. there are a number of these coins which have been found in unexplained places, and where the cross found in an ancient grave in georgia. the inscription is undecipherable. the horse s head is crudely scratched by an unskilled hand at a later date than the original. was it dropped by a ufo? 71 burial at very early dates is indicated. a coin described by donelly is fully discussed in proceedings of the american philosophical society, and was brought up from a depth of one hundred and twenty feet, with the borings of a well in illinois. the crosses reported in the smithsonian institute reports, 1881 are puzzling. looked at in a mirror, some of the inscription resembles roman numerals, but

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truck the poet as so pleasing and beautiful that he had it cut in stone, and it became the original of the form now seen on the capital of every corinthian pillar. on the grave there was a circular box of toys which had been put there by the nurse of the child in order to please its spirit- for at that time the idea was prevalent that departed spirits were in the habit of visiting their places of burial or sepulture, and were in a position to enjoy the objects placed there for them, or the counterparts of those objects, which thus became their possessions on the other side of death. 130. plate v 131. 132. on the top of the little box of toys the nurse had placed a flat tile to keep off the rain. it happened that she had put the box upon an acanthus root, and that the leaves had grown up an

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found in a connected form in egyptian literature, but in texts of all periods his life, sufferings, death and resurrection are accepted as facts universally admitted(*sir e. a. wallis budge, the papyrus of ani, p. 53) it would appear, however, that in ancient times it was not lawful to speak of the tradition in any detail, at least to strangers, for herodotus says: 141. also at sais there is the burial place of him whom i account it not pious to name in connection with such a matter, which is in the temple of athene (isis) behind the house of the goddess, stretching along the whole wall of it; and in the sacred enclosure stand great obelisks of stone, and near them is a lake adorned with an edging of stone, and fairly made in a circle, being in size, as it seemed to me, equal to that whic

s it is in the heavens. 156. the researches of the initiate in the mysteries of osiris were still further extended to include man s true home, that higher section of the mental or heaven-world in which the ego functions in his causal body; and at the same time the great ceremony of raising was explained in many layers of interpretation as the descent of the logos into matter, his mystic death and burial, and his rising again to a kingdom without end; and also as the personal descent of the soul into bodies, his resurrection from the death-in-life of the lower worlds of form, and his reincarnation upon earth once more. 157. the s s of the mysteries of osiris were much the same as we have to-day, though the s of g and d was that used in scottish and american workings; but the words were diff

immense sarcophagus, where it lay for three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 198. during the mystical death of the body the candidate passed through many strange experiences in the astral world, and preached to the spirits in prison, to those who had recently left the body in death and were still fettered by their passions and desires. 199. on the morning of the fourth day of his burial, the body of the candidate was raised from its sepulchre, and borne into the outer air at the eastern side of the great pyramid, so that the first rays of the rising sun might awaken him from his long sleep. 200. it was at this initiation that the candidate was carried up into heaven, to receive an expansion of consciousness on the spiritual plane, often called the atmic or nirvanic. that i

hlet, but in reality it is a translation from the ragguagli di parnasso of boccalini, and probably, as michael maier held, had no connection with the order at all(*a. e. waite. the real history of the rosicrucians, p. 35) 697. the fama fraternitatis contains a description of the traditional life of christian rosenkreutz (b. a.d. 1378, the founding of the order of the rosy cross, and his death and burial. this is followed by a highly symbolical account of the discovery of the tomb of c: r: c: by brn. of the third order and row of succession; and finally the resolution of the head of the order that it should now be proclaimed to the western world is narrated, and an invitation issued (in five languages) to the learned of europe to join the fraternity. it closes with the statement that: 698

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d task of meting out death. only in postbiblical literature does the idea of an angel of death as such emerge. this angel gradually develops into a demonic figure who begins to act on his own initiative. by the time of the talmud, the angel of death was identified with satan, and the notion of an evil angel of death was reflected in many folktales and in many folk practices associated with death, burial, and mourning. for instance, one commonly known bit of folklore is that it is impossible to die in the midst of studying torah. the many folktales associated with the angel of death fall into roughly three categories. in the first group, which we might call tales of horror and magic, the stubborn and cruel angel of death is a kind of antihero, somewhat like dracula in many vampire stories

s of the deceased. for the remainder of the bardo, it stays in the corner, attended by the lamas who chant by relays the various liturgies at the appropriate time. at the end of the bardo, the effigy is hung with ornaments and dismantled, and the ghost of the death is warned not to return to haunt the body. the corpse, meanwhile, is given a funeral. tibetans favor cremation, as they believe earth burial can cause the dead one to survive as a vampire. another favored means is to dismember the corpse and leave it to the birds. the beast computer legend 23 at the moment of death, the spirit sees the primary clear light, and experiences ecstasy. all persons get at least a glimpse of the clear light, but the more enlightened can see it longer and use it to transcend the cycle of death and rebir

typically was believed to attack children. most of the traditional cultures of the world visualize the universe as a three-tiered cosmos of heaven, earth, and underworld.heaven is reserved for deities, living human beings occupy the middle world, and demons often reside in the underworld. the spirits of the dead are also often perceived as living underground, perhaps as a result of the custom of burial in the ground. 66 demons in christianity, the ancient underworld that, originally, was the common fate of humanity became a realm of torture in which sinners and unbelievers were tormented for eternity. in the christian tradition in particular, underworld devils acquired employment tormenting the souls of the damned, though the earliest christian idea was that stern, righteous angels tormen

d ends where sinister demons lay in wait.obviously, people were very concerned that they be able to conduct themselves successfully on this journey, so over time guidebooks were put together so people would know what was expected of them, what were the relevant mythologies, how to say the right prayers, magical formulas, and so on. in the beginning, this information was placed on the walls of the burial chamber, and scholars have called these sources the pyramid texts. sometimes the information was placed on the wooden sarcophagi, and these sources are called the coffin texts. by the time of the new kingdom, when many more parts of the populace had reason to hope for immortality, it was customary to put the information on a roll of papyrus and place the roll in the tomb. these form the bas

s; nude photography; molesters of different races; christmas-tree lights; children handcuffed or tied with rope; various objects ranging from screwdrivers to crayons inserted in rectums or vaginas; drowned people or animals; clandestine visits to cemeteries, homes, and mortuaries; oral sex on virtually anyone and even on animals; drug-taking; blood drunk or used in ceremonies; pornographic films; burial of children; transportation out of day-care centers in vans or airplanes to go to secret sites; urination and defecation; strangers appearing to molest children; and so on (182) in addition to being the most famous case of its type, it also has the distinction of being the longest-running criminal trial in u.s. history as well as the most expensive, costing over $15 million. mcmartin ritual

e three, were remarkable for their development of mathematics, the calendar, and astronomy developments in which they exceeded even the ancient mesopotamians. although the mayans postulated an underworld, xibalba, existing documents do not contain developed notions of this realm. there are, however, other indications, such as certain written documents, like the popol vuh, as well as evidence from burial chambers, that point to a more developed idea of the afterlife. in mayan funeral practices three categories of the dead are distinguished. the highest category seems to have been constituted by departed priests, warriors who die in combat, women who die during childbirth, and those who commit suicide by hanging. members of this category, if not the others, become immortal and reside in the

ury woodcut (library of congress) salvation 237 william phips established a court of oyer and terminer to try the witches. during the course of the trials, 141 people were arrested as suspects, 19 were hanged, and one was pressed to death. the bodies of the sentenced witches were casually placed in shallow graves on salem s gallows hills because, it was believed, witches did not deserve christian burial. according to the legend, the ghosts of the victims still haunt the area. soon neighboring communities such as the town of andover requested that the girls find the witches responsible for a number of problems, including illness, poor crops, and dead livestock. the causes of the salem witchcraft trial, which have been examined by a number of studies, have variously been attributed to the po

entered the house of dust and i saw the kings of the earth, their crowns put away forever (sanders 1972, 92. the underworld was dark, dusty, and unpleasant. the deceased wandered aimlessly about, with nothing but dirt to eat. in these afterlife realms, no distinction was made between the treatment of the just and the unjust. the chief distinction was between the state of those who receive proper burial and memorial services, and those who do not. when these matters were attended to properly, the soul rested easy.when neglected, the dead became agitated ghosts who haunted the living. most of the traditional cultures of the world visualize the universe as a three-tiered cosmos of heaven, earth, and underworld.heaven is reserved for deities, most of whom reside there. living human beings occ

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ha. 1. think of thy death; imagine the various the various diseases that may attack thee, or accidents overtake thee. picture the process of death, applying always to thyself (a useful preliminary practice is to read text-books of pathology, and to visit museums and dissecting-rooms) 2. continue this practice until death is complete; follow the corpse through the stages of embalming, wrapping and burial. 3. now imagine a divine breath entering thy nostrils. 4. next, imagine a divine light enlightening the eyes. 5. next, imagine the divine voice awakening the ears. 6. next, imagine a divine kiss imprinted on the lips. 7. next, imagine the divine energy informing the nerves and muscles of the body, and concentrate on the phenomenon which will already have been observed in 3, the restoring of

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harald bluetooth witnessed the priest poppo carrying a red-hot piece of iron, with no harm to his hands, as a demonstration that christ was greater than the pagan gods. at jelling in jutland, king harald bluetooth erected an elaborate rune stone celebrating his parents and himself, the person who gmade the danes christian, h as the jelling rune stone says. in norway there is evidence of christian burial from around this time, and hakon the good was a christian king whose reign ended around 960, when harald converted. but hakon was buried in a mound and celebrated in pagan poetry. olaf tryggvason, who ruled norway from 995 to 1001, had been baptized in england, and he undertook a program of forcible conversions throughout the country. he was of a family from the oslo fjord, and the most obd

pped his hand off. ty lr responds: i lack my hand, and you lack hrodvitnir; a baleful loss for each. nor does the wolf have it well, who in bonds shall await the judgment of the gods. the name hrodvitnir (or hrodrsvitnir, another form of the name) means something like gfamous wolf. h see also fenrir; hati hrodvitnisson; mani; sol; ty lr 184 norse mythology dragon-headed post from the oseberg ship burial (werner forman/art resource) hropt alternate name for odin, perhaps the one most commonly found in skaldic and eddic poetry. the meaning of this name is disputed, but some observers think there is a connection with odin fs erotic activity, especially his seduction of rind so as to beget an avenger for baldr. the best evidence for this surmise is the fact that in book 3 of saxo fs gesta dano

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of the blacksmith who forges the illuminated light of azazel and speaks through the blood of his kin, this is forever a path of fence walking, from which one shall be revealed the great mysteries, spoken in the wind. this is forever a path, from which lilith emerges in the fire of the sabbat, and lucifer emerges as the sun. through the art of sorcery shall the winding path be shown, the sheet of burial shall we be wrapped in, to guide us from the ancient burial of egypt and the waking in the dream of the desert and forest through the art of magick shall we all be elevated towards the light. lucifer is the light bringer of humanity; he is the spirit force of fire and light. lucifer would be considered the same as the thelemic aiwass, the spirit of the 93 current that brings love and positi

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lus all differ from herodotus--as well as from each other--regarding the name of the builder of this supreme edifice. the sepulchral vault, which, according to the lepsius law of pyramid construction, should have been finished at the same time as the monument or sooner, was never completed. there is no proof that the building was erected by the egyptians, for the elaborate carvings with which the burial chambers of egyptian royalty are almost invariably ornamented are entirely lacking and it embodies none of the elements of their architecture or decoration, such as inscriptions, images, cartouches, paintings, and other distinctive features associated with dynastic mortuary art. the only hieroglyphics to be found within the pyramid are a few builders' marks sealed up in the chambers of cons

labors of hercules, and the incarnations of vishnu and buddha. hence came the legend of the murder of khurum, representative of the sun, by the three fellow-crafts, symbols of the winter signs, capricornus, aquarius, and pisces, who assailed him at the three gates of heaven and slew him at the winter solstice. hence the search for him by the nine fellow-crafts, the other nine signs, his finding, burial, and resurrection (see morals and dogma) other authors consider libra, scorpio, and sagittarius as the three murderers of the sun, inasmuch as osiris was murdered by typhon, to whom were assigned the thirty degrees of the constellation of scorpio. in the christian mysteries also judas signifies the scorpion, and the thirty pieces of silver for which he betrayed his lord represent the number

he escaped with his son and, hiding in a cave, transcribed the manuscript of the zohar with the assistance of elias, who appeared to them at intervals. simeon was twelve years in the cave, during which time he evolved the complicated symbolism of the "greater face" and the "lesser face" while discoursing with disciples rabbi simeon expired, and the "lamp of israel" was extinguished. his death and burial were accompanied by many supernatural phenomena. the legend goes on to relate that the secret doctrines of qabbalism had been in existence since the beginning of the world, but that rabbi simeon was the first man permitted to reduce them to writing. twelve hundred years later the books which he had compiled were discovered and published for the benefit of humanity by moses de le n. the prob

connected with the mainland by a bridge--as the actual site of the garden of eden from which the human race migrated. according to the arabian nights (sir richard burton's translation, adam's footprint may still be seen on the top of a ceylonese mountain. in the islamic legends, adam was later reunited with his wife and after his death his body was brought to jerusalem subsequent to the flood for burial by melchizedek (see the koran) the word adm signifies a species or race and only for lack of proper understanding has adam been considered as an individual. as the macrocosm, adam is the gigantic androgyne, even the demiurgus; as the microcosm, he is the chief production of the demiurgus and within the nature of the microcosm the demiurgus established all the qualities and powers which he h

er they had sworn to this code five of the brothers departed to distant lands, and a year later two of the others also went their way, leaving father c.r. c. alone in the "house of the holy spirit" year after year they met with great joy, for they had quietly and sincerely promulgated their doctrines among the wise of the earth. when the first of the order died in england, it was decided that the burial places of the members should be secret. soon afterward father c.r.c. called the remaining six together, and it is supposed that then he prepared his own symbolic tomb. the fama records that none of the brothers alive at the time of its writing knew when father c.r.c. died or where he was buried. his body was accidentally discovered 120 years after his death when one of the brothers, who pos

ercession. he had already swallowed a small portion of the food, however, and for the remainder of his life he suffered almost constantly from the effects of the poison. in a.h. 11, when his final illness came upon him, mohammed insisted that the subtle effects of the poison were the indirect cause of his approaching end. it is related that during his last sickness he rose one night and visited a burial ground on the outskirts of medina, evidently believing that he, too, would soon be numbered with the dead. at this time he told an attendant that the choice had been offered him of continuing his physical life or going to his lord, and that he had chosen to meet his maker. mohammed suffered greatly with his head and side and also from fever, but on june 8th seemed convalescent. he joined hi

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

urope, or middle earth as it was called in old english, and mingling with the neolithic cultures then in existence. it was the people produced by this intermingling that the iron-bearing celts discovered on their sweep westwards across northern europe and into britain around 500 b.c. the indigenous britons, or prytani as they then were called, were a strange people, who buried their dead in great burial mounds, or barrows, used bronze as their only metal, and relied for weapons chiefly upon slender arrows with delicate elder-leaf-shaped flint tips. their religion, which was connected in some way with the moon and stars, was conducted amidst stone circles, surrounded by a bank and ditch (the original witch circle, in fact. the prytani appear to have kept very much to themselves, isolating t

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

i have committed against hope and charity, by my evil advice, flatteries, bribes, and the ill distribution which i have made of the goods of which i have been possessed; by repulsing and maltreating the poor, in the distribution which i have made of the goods committed to my charge, by afflicting those over whom i have been set in authority, by not visiting the prisoners, by depriving the dead of burial, by not receiving the poor, by neither feeding the hungry nor giving drink to the thirsty, by never keeping the sabbath and the other feasts, by not living chastely and piously on those days, by the easy consent which i have given to those who incited me to evil deeds, by injuring instead of aiding those who demanded help from me, by refusing to give ear unto the cry of the poor, by not res

MEANING OF MASONRY

as king solomon ordered him to be interred in a fitting masonry sepulchre outside the holy city" in a grave from the centre 3 feet between n. and s, 3 feet between e. and w, and 5 feet or more perpendicular" where, brethren, do you imagine that grave to be? can you locate it by following these minute details of its situation? probably you have never thought of the matter as other than an ordinary burial outside the walls of a geographical jerusalem. but the grave of hiram is ourselves. each of us is the sepulchre in which the smitten master is interred. if we know it not it is a further sign of our benightedness. at the centre of ourselves, deeper than any dissecting-knife can reach or than any physical investigation can fathom, lies buried the" vital and immortal principle" the" glimmerin

nd perfected. by this great myth, therefore, instruction was imparted as to the history of the soul, its destiny and prospects, and the doctrine of reincarnation* was emphasized. how masonry follows this traditional method of instruction by myths. its canon of teaching in the craft degrees contains two myths. one is that of the building of king solomon's temple. the other is that of the death and burial of hiram abiff narrated in the traditional history. the royal arch contains a third myth in the story of the return from captivity after the destruction of the first temple, the commencement to build the second, and the discovery then made. this third myth has already been expounded in our paper on the royal arch degree, so that we need now speak only of the craft myths. to the literal-mind

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

troads of your lunar splendor i shall consume the blood of the moon bless me in the shadows hekau! complete the rite and envision each goddess and you rise to a sexual frenzy, consecrate the rite with the sexual fluid or blood offering (from yourself) upon the sigil in the pot/jar/box. after the rite, take the fetish and bury it near the chosen area, which has been either a graveyard, oak tree or burial ground of a familiar. ignite a black candle at the head of the burial site and recite hekas, hekas hekausath usha, umpesha narasta spirit of the moon, lover and death-embracer, grow in the land of the dead. i give you strength and life, by the wytch fire of azrael and hecate, i summon the shades of the grave to give this spirit food to grow, so it shall be! iii) the queen of the dead leave

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

design. even the later concept of the arthurianround table indicates the idea that no one man is head and that kingship (sic, kin-ship) arises from the camaraderie and collaboration of all, not the ego driven, auto-cratic travesties of later periods. in many cultures the dead warriors were buried in cir-cular cairns or mounds called sidhes (pronounced she. this word connotes femalebreast and the burial chambers actually look like such from outside. the implication isthat the dead are placed again inside the womb, the breast, the symbols of renewedlife. the egyptians used to place their dead within sarcophagi that were symbols of thefemale body. in fact, the interior of the lid of the sarcophagus had the image of thenight sky as the over-arching body of the mother goddess nuith.clearly, th

nto slavery. but was there perhaps agrand vizier who fathered a pharaoh a prestigious governor after whom a canal might have beennamed and who would have ridden in the kings second chariotindeed there was: a vizier who, con-trary to normal custom, was embalmed like a pharaoh (precisely as described in the last verse of gene-sis) and entombed in a fine sarcophagus in no less a place than the royal burial groundthe v alley ofthe kings at western thebes (modern luxor (p. 183)the inscription on his tombegyptian tomb inscriptions usually relate, in one way or another, to the godhead under which the occu-pant was placed in life, using deiform names such as ra, amen, and ptah. in this case, the unusual tombinscriptions of the grand vizier do not relate to any known god of egypt; they reveal inste

the days before the romans came 2000 years ago, hitler intends toreceive chamberlain (from a news flash, september 20 1938 (p. 11)nephilim those who came downloreli the maids who sang in the rhine.phoeniciaphoenicia was in reality a small group of gods that ruled a semitic people. these gods, according toinscriptions styled themselves as the royal race.tara= tyre= tyronetara is believed to be the burial site of queen tea, wife of king milesius of ireland.as we have said before the gods generally took to the hills not far from the rivers nor from the seas.olympus was the home of zeus, the capotiline hill was the home of jupiter. sinai was the home of jealor jehovah (p. 12)illinois state of the union, named after an indian tribethe ari, aries, or harriesthere is another word of vast importan

hence the myth of thedragons bones sown by cadmus (p. 63)mizpahcentral emblem of israel, as the place of the sacred stones, can surely be identified as the same stonedragon as the theban round temple, or as manethos serpent typhon (p. 64)lambs skinwas originally worn by the priests of ammon, of which abraham was one.scotathe irish have definite records of jeremiah dwelling in their island, of his burial place, and of the twoprincesses, one named scota, who played a large part in the genealogy of the milesian kings of ireland,and who is described as a daughter of a pharaoh, as she was, for he adopted them both (p. 129)the serpents eggcrafted by the god ptah in the underworld. this could be a reference to genetic science (see p. 137.)the pherylltfrom the word for iron, this was a fraternity

eat pyramid. the eye of the pyramid on the great seal is the eye of god, which watches and pierces the heart.who knows its name? call it love, creation, conspiracy, says the egyptian book of coming forthby day, better known as the egyptian book of the dead. the death theme continues with the pyra-mid itself. the greek origin of the word pyramid derives from fire-especially funeral pyre. theking's burial chamber is found in the center of the great pyramid. for the great pyramid func-tioned as a giant tomb for the pharaoh. 16.1945 near the end of world war ii, on april 12, 1945, president franklin d. roosevelt met hissudden death of a cerebral hemorrhage at the 33rd parallel at warm springs, georgia. his lastwords were, i have a terrific headache. his medical chart is missing.17. 1945 roosev

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

the self in opposition, and how a balance is necessary and healthy. during the sleep the vampyre shade of the self would feed from the body in the death posture. requirements a human skull which would have the tap detached (available from medical supply companies, this will be the resting place or nganga of the vampyre, which would act as a coffin or tomb. obtain a small amount from a cemetery of burial ground, which will be the soil of which the vampyre would rest. a sigil representing the vampyre and association would be created. this maybe a sigil of ahriman or az, lilith or hecate, the black eagle or another such form. the back of the sigil may have printed the crest/sigil of vlad dracul or countess bathory. one may create a mask of the vampyre, which is associated to the ahrimanic sor

aul itseif is a vampyric reference to folklore of europe. called specifically the amniotic membrane, which is a birth caul which almost guarantees in european folk lore that one will return from the dead, is the mark of the vampyric aspect of lilith, the death-mask of awakening towards the nightside. the caul itself as described by adrien cremene gave the following account, published in vampires, burial and death by paul barber "such an infant is born to a woman who has drunk of impure water mixed with the saliva of a demon, or to a woman who, having gone out in the night, her head bare, met a demon which gave her a red cap (coiffe) like his own, which cap causes the child to be born with a caul. in an initiatory context which implies the connection of folklore with inspired magical practi

MORALS AND DOGMA

or, for so long only as we need that labor and he is able to work; for when sickness or old age overtakes him, that is to leave him and his family to starve; and god will curse with calamity the people in which the children of the laborer out of work eat the boiled grass of the field, and mothers strangle their children, that they may buy food for themselves with the charitable pittance given for burial expenses. the rules of what is ordinarily termed"_justice" may be punctiliously observed among the fallen spirits that are the aristocracy of hell* justice, divorced from sympathy, is selfish indifference, not in the least more laudable than misanthropic isolation. there is sympathy even among the hair-like oscillatorias, a tribe of simple plants, armies of which may be discovered, with the

the common qualification of all, is more rare than diamonds. to do earnestly and steadily, and to do faithfully and honestly that which we have to do--perhaps this wants but little, when looked at from every point of view, of including the whole body of the moral law; and even in their commonest and homeliest application, these virtues belong to the character of a perfect master. idleness is the burial of a living man. for an idle person is so useless to any purposes of god and man, that he is like one who is dead, unconcerned in the changes and necessities of the world; and he only lives to spend his time, and eat the fruits of the earth. like a vermin or a wolf, when his time comes, he dies and perishes, and in the meantime is nought. he neither ploughs nor carries burdens: all that he

strong and able-bodied, works for a shilling or two a day, and the woman shivering over her little pan of coals, when the mercury drops far below zero, after her hungry children have wailed themselves to sleep, sews by the dim light of her lonely candle, for a bare pittance, selling her life to him who bargained only for the work of her needle. fathers and mothers slay their children, to have the burial-fees, that with the price of one child's life they may continue life in those that survive. little girls with bare feet sweep the street crossings, when the winter wind pinches them, and beg piteously for pennies of those who wear warm furs. children grow up in squalid misery and brutal ignorance; want compels virgin and wife to prostitute themselves; women starve and freeze, and lean up ag

s in ireland, strikes and starvation in england, pauperism and tenement-dens in new york, misery, squalor, ignorance, destitution, the brutality of vice and the insensibility to shame, of despairing beggary, in all the human cesspools and sewers everywhere. here, a sewing-woman famishes and freezes; there, mothers murder their children, that those spared may live upon the bread purchased with the burial allowances of the dead starveling; and at the next door young girls prostitute themselves for food. moreover, the voice says, this besotted race is not satisfied with seeing its multitudes swept away by the great epidemics whose causes are unknown, and of the justice or wisdom of which the human mind cannot conceive. it must also be ever at war. there has not been a moment since men divided

he alternate baptisms in fire and water intended to purify us into immortality, are ever in this world interrupted at the moment of their anticipated completion. life is a mirror which reflects only to deceive, a tissue perpetually interrupted and broken, an urn forever fed, yet never full. all initiation is but introductory to the great change of death baptism, anointing, embalming, obsequies by burial or fire, are preparatory symbols, like the initiation of hercules before descending to the shades, pointing out the mental change which ought to precede the renewal of existence. death is the true initiation, to which sleep is the introductory or minor mystery. it is the final rite which united the egyptian with his god, and which opens the same promise to all who are duly prepared for it

the deity, nor the practice of rigid morality; and to avoid sloth, contention, and folly. the aspirant attained only the exoteric knowledge in the first two degrees. the third was attained only by a few, and they persons of rank and consequence, and after long purification, and study of all the arts and sciences known to the druids, in solitude, for nine months. this was the symbolical death and burial of these mysteries. the dangerous voyage upon the actual open sea, in a small boat covered with a skin, on the evening of the 29th of april, was the last trial, and closing scene, of initiation. if he declined this trial, he was dismissed with contempt. if he made it and succeeded, he was termed thrice-born, was eligible to all the dignities of the state, and received complete instruction i

s of hercules, and the incarnations of vishnu and buddha. hence came the legend of the murder of khurum, representative of the sun, by the three fellow-crafts, symbols of the three winter signs, capricornus, aquarius, and pisces, who assailed him at the three gates of heaven and slew him at the winter solstice. hence the search for him by the nine fellow-crafts, the other nine signs, his finding, burial, and resurrection. the celestial taurus, opening the new year, was the creative bull of the hindus and japanese, breaking with his horn the egg out of which the world is born, hence the bull apis was worshipped by the egyptians, and reproduced as a golden calf by aaron in the desert. hence the cow was sacred to the hind s. hence, from the sacred and beneficent signs of taurus and leo, the h

travelled, and is advised that upon that journey it depends whether he will become a master. this is symbolical of that which our saviour said to nicodemus, that, notwithstanding his morals might be beyond reproach, he could not enter the kingdom of heaven unless he were born again; symbolically dying, and again entering the world regenerate, like a spotless infant. 7th. the murder of hiram, his burial, and his being raised again by the master, are symbols, both of the death, burial, and resurrection of the redeemer; and of the death and burial in sins of the natural man, and his being raised again to a new life or born again, by the direct action of the redeemer; after morality (symbolized by the entered apprentice's grip, and philosophy (symbolized by the grip of the fellow-craft, had f

ive obligation of a contract. upon entering the order, the initiate binds to himself every mason in the world. once enrolled among the children of light, every mason on earth becomes his brother, and owes him the duties, the kindnesses, and the sympathies of a brother. on every one he may call for assistance in need, protection against danger, sympathy in sorrow, attention in sickness, and decent burial after death. there is not a mason in the world who is not bound to go to his relief, when he is in danger, if there be a greater probability of saving his life than of losing his own. no mason can wrong him to the value of anything, knowingly, himself, nor suffer it to be done by others, if it be in his power to prevent it. no mason can speak evil of him, to his face or behind his back. eve

by a community of belief in abstract propositions as to the nature of the deity, the number of his persons, or other theorems of religious faith: nor by the establishment of a system of association simply for mutual relief, and by which, in consideration of certain payments regularly made, each becomes entitled to a certain stipend in case of sickness, to attention then, and to the ceremonies of burial after death. there can be no genuine brotherhood without mutual regard, good opinion and esteem, mutual charity, and mutual allowance for faults and failings. it is those only who learn habitually to think better of each other, to look habitually for the good that is in each other, and expect, allow for, and overlook, the evil, who can be brethren one of the other, in any true sense of the

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

ded into schools according to social status, nationality, duties, and professions. each school had its own insignia, patron, statutes, offices, and assigned duties in the public demonstrations of devotion and rejoicing. these associations were not organized solely to advance the progress of arts and trades, but also to encourage piety. each had their own church in which to hold gatherings, common burial grounds, and the responsibility to fulfill certain duties in processions, station displays, and other solemnities and festivals. in compensation, they received remuneration twice annually, at easter and christmas. for example, the masons of saint peters received eight solidi provisini and the masons of other schools received five.13 the schools also offered charity and assistance in a varie

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

ers, antigone and ismene. antigone, oedipus daughter antigone, oedipus daughter, went into exile with her father, returning on his death to find her two brothers, etiocles and polynices, fighting for the throne. they killed each other and creon, their uncle, who had supported etiocles, buried him with honor, leaving polynices to rot on the battlefield. on pain of death, antigone performed a token burial. furious, creon shut her up in a cave to die, refusing the pleas of haemon, his son and antigone s betrothed, to forgive her. on the advice of the seer teiresias, he finally relented. but on opening the cave, he found that antigone had hanged herself. cursing his father, haemon killed himself. the labors of hercules 50 hercules did not know where to find the garden of the hesperides where t

rsuing fleet the fleet of king ae tes failed to catch the argo, largely through the wiles of medea, who inherited her father s ruthless temperament. helpless victim the bound victim here is medea s brother apsyrtus. according to one account, medea cut him into pieces and threw them one by one into the sea, thus delaying her father s pursuit while he gathered together his son s scattered limbs for burial. the poet apollonius places the murder on dry land, and says that jason licked and spat out the victim s blood three times, to prevent the ghost from haunting him. jason, triumphant thief the exultant jason yells his defiance to ae tes, who is pursuing him. when, with the aid of medea s spells, jason stole the fleece from the sacred grove of ares (mars, we are told that he put it over his s

eavy for anyone but a hero to wield, which he found lying on the lake bed. the waters boiled with blood and beowulf s followers thought he must be dead but he surfaced, holding the heads of grendel and grendel s mother. beowulf became a great king of the geats, and died in old age battling another monster a fire-breathing dragon, which for centuries had guarded its hoard of treasure in an ancient burial mound. 73 sigurd the dragon-slayer regin, smith to a king regin became smith at the court of king hjalprek of jutland, foster-father of the young hero of the volsungs, sigurd. the cruel-hearted regin took sigurd under his wing. he told the boy about fafnir s hoard, and offered to make him a sword with which to slay the dragon, and win the gold. testing the sword to test the reforged blade

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

, their five states of chesed shining forth from their glowing faces .translated from likutei torah and sha far hapesukim 10 genesis 15:15. 11 17:6. 113 parashat chayei sarah [fourth installment] in this portion of the torah, we read about the cave of machpelah:1 abraham arose and bowed low to the people of the land, the hittites, and he said to them, gif it is your wish that i remove my dead for burial, you must agree to intercede for me with efron son of tzohar, that he sell me the cave of machpelah that he owns, which is at the edge of his field. let him sell it to me, at the full price, for a burial site in your midst. h efron was seated among the hittites; so efron the hittite answered abraham so the hittites could hear.all who had entry to the gate of his town.saying, gno, my lord, h

ar mamre.the field with its cave and all the trees within the borders of that field.passed to abraham as his possession, in the presence of the hittites, of all who had entry to the gate of his town. and then abraham buried his wife sarah in the cave of the field of machpelah, facing mamre.that is hebron.in the land of canaan. thus the field with its cave passed from the hittites to abraham, as a burial site. the cave of machpelah is mentioned three more times in the torah: and his sons, isaac and ishmael, buried [abraham] in the cave of machpelah in the field of efron the son of tzohar the hittite.2 bury me with my fathers, in the cave in the field of efron the hittite, in the cave that is in the field of machpelah, opposite mamre, in the land of canaan, the field that abraham bought from

machpelah is mentioned three more times in the torah: and his sons, isaac and ishmael, buried [abraham] in the cave of machpelah in the field of efron the son of tzohar the hittite.2 bury me with my fathers, in the cave in the field of efron the hittite, in the cave that is in the field of machpelah, opposite mamre, in the land of canaan, the field that abraham bought from efron the hittite as a burial plot.3 and his sons carried him to the land of canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of machpelah, the field that abraham bought for a burial plot from efron the hittite, opposite mamre.4 the question is raised in the zohar5 as to why once [in this passage] it is written gthe cave of machpelah, h another time it is written gthe field of machpelah, h and yet another time it is writ

ess achieved in the amidah. now, by understanding the mystical meaning of benjamin that i have explained, we can understand why rachel was not buried in the [machpelah] cave. abraham and sarah, isaac and rebecca, and jacob and leah were all buried in the machpelah cave in hebron. rachel, in contrast, was buried to the north, at the outskirts of bethlehem. to explain: the whole mystical meaning of burial is that an entity disappears into another entity lower than it. when jacob was buried, he disappeared into yetzirah; when rachel was buried, she disappeared into asiyah; when leah was buried, she disappeared into beriah. all three began in atzilut, but they each gfell h to differing degrees. inasmuch as jacob personified z feir anpin, the midot of atzilut, he fell into the world of the mido

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

h. such [of those dwelling] in the isle who thought these prognostications infallible did not doubt but that he would be shot in the thigh before he died. sir normand told me that he heard it [to be] the subject of their discourse for many years, whenever that gentleman [with the visionary arrow in his thigh] was present. at last the man died without any such accident [and] sir normand was at his burial at saint clement's church in the [isle of] harris. at the same time the corpse of another gentleman was brought to be buried in the very same church. the friends on either side came to debate who should first enter the church, and in a trice from words they came to blows. one of the number who was armed with bow and arrows let fly [at] one [man] among them. every family in that isle has the

ch in the [isle of] harris. at the same time the corpse of another gentleman was brought to be buried in the very same church. the friends on either side came to debate who should first enter the church, and in a trice from words they came to blows. one of the number who was armed with bow and arrows let fly [at] one [man] among them. every family in that isle has their the secret commonwealth 44 burial place in the church in a stone chest and the bodies are carried in open biers to the burial place. sir normand, having appeased the tumult, found one of the arrows shot into the dead man's thigh. to this [event] sir normand himself was a witness. in the account which mr. daniel morrison [a] parson in the [isle of] lewis gave me, there was one [event] which, though it may be heterogeneous fr

s of their predecessors to dwell therein. and to that end, they say, a mote or mount was dedicated beside every churchhttp/ www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_92.htm (5 of 9 [10/9/2001 12:36:14 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 92-101) yard, to receive the souls until their adjacent bodies arise, and so becomes as a fairy-hill. fairy hills are either natural locations, or ancient ritual or burial structures. on occasions we find the two functions combined. a proportion of this belief, that the ancestors dwell in the fairy hills, stems from prehistoric cultures, first because the ancestors' bodies are literally in the fairy mounds, but second, and on a deeper level of belief, because the forces of life, death and regeneration were inherent within the underworld. celtic, pagan religio

e to a clear definition of supernatural activities connected to the human soul: ghostly activity (which kirk also says is countered by the action of good spirits, is connected to the desire to reveal a wrong, or a treasure hidden, or similar unrealized desires. kirk then tells a typical story of two women being drawn to a fairy hill and finding treasure, possibly a hoard of ancient coinage from a burial chamber. he leaves the final judgment to others, as to whether the information was conveyed by a restless soul, a good or bad angel, or a fairy messenger. page 32 these subterraneans have controversies. as to vice and sin. they transgress [our laws by. stealing. children [as] for the [unfaithfulness] of the [fairy lovers] or succubi who tryst with men, it is abominable. here kirk is making

es one of the most cryptic and tantalizing lines in his entire book: page 37 there is an art apparently without superstition for recovering of [people] such as are thus stolen, but i think it superfluous to insert it [here. kirk himself died on 14 may 1692: local tradition asserts that he collapsed while walking at night on the fairy hill at commentary 107 aberfoyle. some time after his death and burial, however, kirk appeared to a relative and gave a detailed set of instructions by the means of which he might be recovered from the fairy realm. he was not, therefore, dead at all, and could be retrieved at the christening ceremony of his own (posthumous) infant. the ritual for his recovery was that he would appear at the christening, and his cousin was to throw a knife over him which would

's own book, was based upon celtic oral tradition. while the vita was based upon bardic poems and tales concerning merlin, as amended and expanded by geoffrey of monmouth, kirk's lore is based mainly on direct reports from ordinary people. yet the world-view and magical cosmology, with its holistic concepts and assertion of communion between human and underworld beings, is shared by both. ancient burial mounds and caverns in scotland, eng-land, and malta are then cited as physical evidence of the underworld people. though we discount this today as physical http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_112.htm (4 of 9 [10/9/2001 12:36:43 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 112-121) evidence, such sites are still regarded as center's of energy, ancestral contact, and for attuning to the forc

magical struggle for liberty. similar traditions are linked to the reverend robert kirk of aberfoyle, and to thomas of ercledoune, both historical characters with documented backgrounds. in other parts of britain, folk tradition has often been proven by archaeological excavation, particularly where local customs and tales provide rationalizations that preserve memory of pre-christian worship and burial sites. 5. tam lin is both physical and non-physical in various versions of the ballad, verses occur (not included in the text above) http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_126.htm (5 of 13 [10/9/2001 12:36:58 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds which present the dual nature of tam lin- his presence in both worlds. when she came to carterhaugh tam lin was at the well and there she found his

RUBY TABLET OF SET

anization. the questions were altered somewhat from the previous edition in order to elicit in a succinct form the information a chaplain was most likely to need. address. other names by which known. current leader. membership. historical roots. basic teachings and belief. practices and behavioral standards. organizational structure. ministerial leadership. worship. dietary standards. funeral and burial requirements. medical treatment. other considerations (the other considerations include delineation of any beliefs or practices likely to conflict with military orders, group attitudes toward pacifism, and methods of recruitment by the group. general source books. for more information: throughout the text, words which are defined in the glossary of terms appear in italics. where questions a

ing any number of setians may take place over great distances, or at gatherings called conclaves. dietary standards: it is the individual consciousness that is sacred within each setian. therefore any substance which impairs or distorts the consciousness, such as hallucinogenic drugs or excessive alcohol, is disapproved of by the temple. other than this there are no dietary guidelines. funeral or burial practices: the center of self-consciousness of each initiated setian- the ba of the ancient egyptians- is perceived to separate from the physical body when that body ceases to be serviceable to it. the bodily remains themselves are then not considered to be sacred in any sense, though they may be cared for in any memorial way desired by the individual and his or her relatives. the ba itself

thor: ruth nielsen iii date: october 22, xxvii html revision: oct 16, 1997 ce subject: death, farewell reading list: one of us. besides being courageous, it was said of him that he was always a very happy, sincere, compassionate person, whom everyone seemed to like. h ghe is deeply mourned by those close to him. his friend setian delong said in his letter that adept furgeson was given a christian burial, because his parents didn't know of his membership in the temple. it was, in his words, not a fitting funeral. this rite then is ennacted to satisfy the needs of the setian mourners and his best friend, who have come to us in adept furgeson's name, but more especially, to assist him in his journey. h celebrant faces the assembled and raises arms. celebrant says: hlet us with spread wings ho

s, and we have almost nowhere to live save this thin strip of green land watered by the nile. here in this region of lower egypt called the delta, you will find the great river branching off into a triangular network of tributaries, and here, nearly 150 miles wide in some places, are fertile fields, luscious orchards, and abundant vineyards. yet the desert, the threatening, inhospitable place for burial, the home of the dead, looms at the very fringes of our villages. but i will not speak now of the desert, for it is the river which has structured our lives and determined our economic and political framework. the nile flows for more than 4,000 miles, creating along its length a prosperous oasis. ah! but my land, my kem which you have come to learn about, stretches for only 750 miles betwee

in life. the pauper wrapped in course cloth and buried unceremoniously in a communal grave has still prepared, though meagerly, for his journey in the afterlife. and, my friends, the most important point of all, is the near fanatical desire of each egyptian to be buried in his homeland. for who will see to his needs? when he dies, who among the heathens beyond out borders would see to his proper burial? no, an egyptian must be buried in egypt, for only then will his mortal remains be preserved properly for eternity. i, honored guests, have been gifted by the gods. my talent and occupation is that of artisan; my primary responsibility lies in the creation of scenic paintings and adding lifelike pigments to the work of sculptors. i have painted temples and private dwellings alike, depicting

the favor of that god, and 2) a god who dies and is then resurrected, such as osiris or jesus, and whose death and resurrection experiences are to be followed as examples by which humanity may gain salvation. examples of this include the initiation ceremonies of the ancient mystery schools and other elements of traditional western occultism (eg: freemasonry and the golden dawn) whereby the death, burial, and resurrection of osiris (or christ) are reenacted and assimilated by the initiate. there is also traditional christianity, whereby one symbolically dies to one's self in order to take on the spirit of christ, which will lead to acceptance back into the favor of god (ie: nature, or the physical universe. as the initiated eye can see, these two aeons are primarily two different ways of sa

s category are also noted for being rich and warm, with a fragrance that seems to mellow as it lingers. vanilla and cinnamon are two good examples. the fragrance materials in this class have been prized for their use in preserving foods, disguising flavors or enhancing them, and for their intense stimulation when ingested. they have also found use in the rites of embalming and the preparations of burial places as well as gifts interred with the dead (the aspect of gifts for the dead is also true in the ancient uses of the other classes of aromas) it is difficult to work with some of these oils and those of the physically stimulating group that are very intense, as they overpower easily. when a person becomes accustomed to working with them, it seems one builds up some endurance. if working

t the ritual atmosphere. the format for the working is the crystal tablet outline] walpurgisnacht working- april 30, xxv april 30 was the eve of the feast of st. walpurga, a roman catholic nun of the 8th century. there are many stories about how this legend arose, but in all of them she remained a faithful nun until her death. it was the legend of a miraculous oil associated with the place of her burial from which strange tales and practices arose. however, traditionally the feast of beltane has been celebrated by various pagan groups at this same time. the association of the two is probably coincidental and convenient where both christianity and paganism exist among the people of an area. this is classification: v2- c33.4w- 1 author: ruth nielsen ii date: april 30, xxv reading list: espec

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ipstick kisses on a bright white ground. people forgave her her lurid taste because she wore the blinding garments with such innocence; because the voice emanating from that textile cacophony was so tiny and hesitant and proper. and because of her soirees. each friday of her married life, nasreen would fill the halls of the chamchawala residence, those usually tenebrous chambers like great hollow burial vaults, with bright light and brittle friends. when salahuddin was a little boy he had insisted on playing doorman, and would greet the jewelled and lacquered guests with great gravity, permitting them to pat him on the head and call him _cuteso_ and _chweetie-pie. on fridays the house was full of noise; there were musicians, singers, dancers, the latest western hits as heard on radio ceylo

r head on a smooth stone which the sarpanch found for her. the old man wept, but that didn't do any good, and she was dead within a minute. he ran back to the march and confronted ayesha angrily "i should never have listened to you" he told her "and now you have killed my wife" the march stopped. mirza saeed akhtar, spotting an opportunity, insisted loudly that khadija be taken to a proper muslim burial ground. but ayesha objected "we are ordered by the archangel to go directly to the sea, without returns or detours" mirza saeed appealed to the pilgrims "she is your sarpanch's beloved wife" he shouted "will you dump her in a hole by the side of the road" when the titlipur villagers agreed that khadija should be buried at once, saeed could not believe his ears. he realized that their determ

l pilgrims say all five prayers, and decreeing that fridays would be days of fasting. by the end of the sixth week she had forced the marchers to leave four more bodies where they fell: two old men, one old woman, and one six-year-old girl. the pilgrims marched on, turning their backs on the dead; behind them, however, mirza saeed akhtar gathered up the bodies and made sure they received a decent burial. in this he was assisted by the sarpanch, muhammad din, and the former untouchable, osman. on such days they would fall quite a way behind the march, but a mercedes-benz station wagon doesn't take long to catch up with over a hundred and forty men, women and children walking wearily towards the sea. o o o the dead grew in number, and the groups of unsettled pilgrims around the mercedes got

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of the only two angels actually named in the old testament. it was he who vanquished satan from heaven in single combat. it is also he who will descend from heaven with the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand and will bind the beast for 1000 years (revelations: 20:1. according to jewish lore it is micha-el who appeared to moses in the midst of the burning bush. he appears again in the burial scene where he disputes with satan the possession of the old patriarch s corpse. in one account micha-el is said to have single handedly annihilated a hundred and eighty-five thousand men from the army of sennercherib, the assyrian king who threatened jerusalem in 701 b.c. in the war of the sons of light against the sons of darkness, which is one of the dead sea scrolls, he is named as the

m this servant of god [n, that you should not be able to conceal yourself in his mouth or his head. i conjure you, devil, by the lance that longinus held, by which he pierced the side of our lord jesus christ, and blood and water flowed out, that you not be able to conceal yourself in his throat or on his tongue or under his tongue, or in his other memebers. i conjure you, devil, by the death and burial of christ, from which he rose from the dead on the third day, that you not be able to conceal yourself in his bowels or inward parts. i conjure you, devil, by the resurrection of our lord jesus christ, in which he appeared to his disciples saying, it is i, do not be afaraid, and he commanded them, saying, go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature; he who believes and is

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ing for members of the culture in which it originates. whether or not these theories about the origins of religion are true, evidence suggests that the practice of religion is very ancient. prehistoric archaeologists, anthropologists who focus their studies on the remains and culture of prehistoric humans and their ancestors, have uncovered evidence 4 world religions: almanac what is religion? of burial rituals dating to about 13,000 bce. in france and germany, paleontologists have found burials by neanderthals, a subspecies of modern humans who no longer exist. paleontologists study life from past geological periods through fossil remains. these neanderthals carefully laid their dead in prepared graves, along with tools and weapons. the care with which the neanderthals prepared their dead

fin. for poorer families, these coffins would be of simple wood or the body would be wrapped in a reed mat. more wealthy family used elaborate stone coffins. personal items such as jewelry and weapons were buried with the dead. wealthy families had tombs with household furnishings placed in them. the rich also had professional mourners, or those who cried and recited sad songs, or laments, at the burial. after the funeral, the eldest son was responsible for giving regular funeral offerings to the deceased relative. during the month of august there was an extended period of celebration for the dead. at such occasions, food and drink was put at the place of burial for the ghosts of those dead people. several times each year it was believed that the ghosts of the dead could leave the underwor

e western calendar. on these days lay buddhists, those who are not nuns or monks, will visit the temple or the local monastery. they listen to monks reading from a pali sutra or delivering a sermon or lesson, and they make offerings of food and clothing to the monks and nuns. they will also meditate on the five precepts. buddhists can worship at home, at a temple, or at a stupa, a stone pillar or burial mound inscribed with sayings of the buddha. a buddhist worshipping at home generally maintains a small shrine in a private area with a statue of the buddha, candles, and an incense burner. tibetan buddhists often also have a photograph of their spiritual teacher on the home shrine. other buddhists may place buddhist texts or buddhist symbols, such as prayer beads or a bell, representing the

verflows into a dish below. this signifies the merit gained by those attending the death. then the following words are often recited: let the pure thoughts of goodwill be shared by my relative and may he/she be happy. as water runs from the rivers to fill the ocean, may well-being and merit within us pour forth and reach our beloved departed one. the body is then cleaned and put into clothing for burial. as the dead person is already assumed to have been reborn, no jewels or possessions are put into the coffin for the deceased to take along into death. in many buddhist countries bodies are cremated after death. friends of the family gather at this ceremony and offer what is called incense money, to purchase incense for the cremation. feasts are generally served following a cremation and pr

n. may the lord who frees you from sin save you and raise you up. amen. catholics also confess their sins to the priest so that they can go to heaven without waiting in purgatory. after death, all christian traditions follow a similar routine. there is a public announcement of the death, the body is prepared, there are funeral services at a church, a procession of cars to the cemetery, and then a burial, where the body is placed in a coffin into the ground, or a cremation, where the body is burned and the ashes placed in a container and later buried or scattered. often, there is a viewing of the body. this is usually held at the funeral home after the body has been embalmed, or preserved with chemicals. the coffin lid may be open so that mourners, those saddened by the death, can see the d

almanac christianity person) at the funeral home or church. this is followed several days later by a funeral mass in the church, and then another ceremony, the rite of committal, when the body is buried. in eastern orthodox tradition, the vigil service is called parastasis or panikhida, and is a time for thinking about death. the eastern funeral service includes hymns, chants, and bible readings. burial is preferred but the orthodox church allows cremation if the law of the country requires it. christian funerals are usually followed by a meal at the home of the deceased or dead person. this is a chance for friends and relatives to express their sadness over the death and release their emotions. confession another rite that has an ongoing role in the lives of catholics and orthodox alike i

er the wedding, when the bride serves breakfast to the groom s parents. this represents the changing of loyalties for the bride, from her own family to her in-laws. the third day after the wedding, the bride pays a visit to her birth family, but is no longer considered part of that family. she has become part of the groom s family. death is the final confucian rite of passage. although the actual burial may be performed by a buddhist, taoist, or even christian religious person, the rituals come from confucian tradition. tradition dictates the sorts of clothes to wear while grieving, as well as what will be said on special anniversaries after the death. white is the funeral color in china. zhu xi established strict rules for every step of the mourning process and funeral, even the demonstra

henever he or she felt sadness. upon reaching the border of the home province, then of the hometown, and finally the door of the home, the person was required to wail and cry. after the death, mourners put rice in the mouth of the deceased. then the body was washed and dressed and sealed in a coffin, along with food, clothing, and gifts. the coffin would remain in the home for three months before burial. a soul seat and cloth were set next to the coffin, and food and drink were offered there for the next three months, as it was believed that the soul would remain in the house for that period of time. for confucians, there is no real concept of an afterlife. the soul or spirit might live on, but death was the end of bodily existence. after three months the body was finally buried and furthe

held in temples to celebrate the day, while the people gather to burn incense. some daoists celebrate the traditional birthday of laozi, on march 5. another, smaller festival is held on the fifteenth of august. this day celebrates the birth of the earth god, zhung yuan. it is also a time to come to the assistance of lost souls, who are forced to wander aimlessly because they did not have a proper burial. a primary part of this festival is the ritual of the floating of the water lamps. following a summoning of the gods by priests, a member from each household accompanies the priests to a nearby river or stream. there each sets a small paper lantern with a lit candle in the water to float downstream. the candles are meant as a guide to the lost souls, liberating them and showing them the way

e mythical ferry run by charon across the river styx. after a short period of mourning at the house, the body was placed in a coffin and carried by cart or on the shoulders of family members to the graveyard, where it was either buried or burned. if burned, there would be a large fire, and afterwards ashes and bits of bone would be gathered and placed in urns or containers to be put in the family burial place. if buried, the coffin was 234 world religions: almanac greco-roman religion and philosophy accompanied by belongings of the dead person to prevent him or her from returning to claim these possessions. the burial was usually in a family plot just outside the walls of the city, and graves were marked by marble columns or slabs. female members brought offerings of perfume to the grave f

ves: respect for the environment and an emphasis on industry and hard work. zoroastrianism has been called the world s first ecological (or environmental) religion. based on the idea that ahura mazda represents all that is good and pure, zoroastrians believe that the natural environment is sacred. thus, devout zoroastrians try to avoid any activity that pollutes the air, water, or soil, including burial of the dead. related to this is the belief that all creatures are sacred. thus, zoroastrians avoid any type of violence, discrimination (mistreatment, and persecution, and they show great respect for people of other religious traditions. many are vegetarians, meaning they avoid eating meat and foods that come from animals. zoroastrians also promote equality of men and women. zoroastrians pl

te. according to legend, it was ali who smashed the idols of the pre- islamic deities at the ka aba. world religions: biographies 19 al ibn ab ta lib when muhammad died many muslims assumed that ali would take over leadership of the community and the religion. some even said that muhammad named ali his successor just before he died. while ali and muhammad s family were busy preparing the body for burial, however, ali learned that abu bakr had been chosen by the inner circle of the community to be the next leader. ali had not even been told that this meeting was taking place. abu bakr took the title khalifatu r-rasul, or deputy of the messenger. the messenger in this case was muhammad, the prophet or messenger of god. in english this title has become caliph. ali was disappointed, and not on

ested his son change his studies from theology to law. calvin obeyed and moved to orle ans to study law, despite the fact that he had already developed a passion for theology and the study of the bible. he then transferred to brouges in 1529 and earned his law degree in 1531, which was also the year of his father s death. historians believe that the difficulties calvin had in securing a christian burial for his excommunicated father may have partly turned him against the catholic faith. following his father s death, calvin returned to paris to study humanism and classical literature. he published his first book in 1532, a commentary on the work of the roman philosopher seneca. around this time calvin became interested in the ideas of german theologian martin luther (1483 1546; see entry. l

time he had become a respected member of konya society. many students, teachers, and even christian priests visited him, both to pay their respects and to learn what they could about sufi mysticism. jala l died on december 17, 1273. he was so well known and respected that representatives of all the religions in the city attended his funeral. rumi is buried in a mausoleum (a building that contains burial sites) called the green dome in konya. the mausoleum is also a museum and is visited by thousands of people each year. jala l s son, walad, organized jala l s followers into the mawlawiyah, part of the whirling dervishes. thus, although jala l did not create the whirling dervishes (who could be found in baghdad, iraq, at least one century before he lived, his name and teachings are associat

o pylos and inquire of goodly nestor, and from thence to sparta to menelaus of the fair hair, for he came home the last of the mail-coated achaeans. if thou shalt hear news of the life and the returning of thy father, then verily thou mayest endure the wasting for yet a year. but if thou shalt hear that he is dead and gone, return then to thine own dear country and pile his mound, and over it pay burial rites, full many as is due, and give thy mother to a husband. but when thou hast done this and made an end, thereafter take counsel in thy mind and heart, how thou mayest slay the wooers in thy halls, whether by guile or openly; for thou shouldst not carry childish thoughts, being no longer of years thereto. or hast thou not heard what renown the goodly orestes gat him among all men in that

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on who has been in debt for most of their life would feel inside if they could very readily find a way to pay off all of their balances and at last be free to choose and go and do for the first time in their remembrance. they would be as a child again, experiencing all things new and wonderful. the colors would appear brighter, the scents more fragrant, and the food tastier! veils of brownstained burial cloth would be stripped away from their bodies, and they would be free to enjoy the all to the fullest in their summer- land beyond time. why, this is not pie in the sky at all, as adepts do not have to experience death to reach their summer- land. you see, for cbr kids, there is no mystery at all, for a little part of the force lives within each of them, and when it is excited all things a

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

he eternal? oh, how much greater is the soul of one man than the vicissitudes of the whole globe! child of heaven, and heir of immortality, how from some star hereafter wilt thou look back on the ant-hill and its commotions, from clovis to robespierre, from noah to the final fire. the spirit that can contemplate, that lives only in the intellect, can ascend to its star, even from the midst of the burial-ground called earth, and while the sarcophagus called life immures in its clay the everlasting! but thou, zanoni, thou hast refused to live only in the intellect; thou hast not mortified the heart; thy pulse still beats with the sweet music of mortal passion; thy kind is to thee still something warmer than an abstraction, thou wouldst look upon this revolution in its cradle, which the storm

s idol to seclude itself from homage. the world ever plucks us back from ourselves with a thousand arms. and again viola's voice is heard upon the stage, which, mystically faithful to life, is in nought more faithful than this, that it is the appearances that fill the scene; and we pause not to ask of what realities they are the proxies. when the actor of athens moved all hearts as he clasped the burial urn, and burst into broken sobs; how few, there, knew that it held the ashes of his son! gold, as well as fame, was showered upon the young actress; but she still kept to her simple mode of life, to her lowly home, to the one servant whose faults, selfish as they were, viola was too inexperienced to perceive. and it was gionetta who had placed her when first born in her father's arms! she w

upted the count "he declared that he had by accident visited the church that morning; that he had observed the tombstone of the count ughelli; that his guide had told him the count's son was in naples, a spendthrift and a gambler. while we were at play, he had heard the count mentioned by name at the table; and when the challenge was given and accepted, it had occurred to him to name the place of burial, by an instinct which he either could not or would not account for "a very lame story" said mervale "yes! but we italians are superstitious, the alleged instinct was regarded by many as the whisper of providence. the next day the stranger became an object of universal interest and curiosity. his wealth, his manner of living, his extraordinary personal beauty, have assisted also to make him

in a problem but an ingenious puzzle. no state is ever more in danger than when the talent that should be consecrated to peace has no occupation but political intrigue or personal advancement. talent unhonoured is talent at war with men. and here it is noticeable, that the class of actors having been the most degraded by the public opinion of the old regime, their very dust deprived of christian burial, no men (with certain exceptions in the company especially favoured by the court) were more relentless and revengeful among the scourges of the revolution. in the savage collot d'herbois, mauvais comedien, were embodied the wrongs and the vengeance of a class. now the energy of jean nicot had never been sufficiently directed to the art he professed. even in his earliest youth, the political

lence and shame and blood, for the doomsman's hand to put aside that shining hair which has entangled thy bridegroom kisses; the child, first and last of thine offspring, in whom thou didst hope to found a race that should hear with thee the music of celestial harps, and float, by the side of thy familiar, adon-ai, through the azure rivers of joy, the child, to live on a few days as a fungus in a burial-vault, a thing of the loathsome dungeon, dying of cruelty and neglect and famine. ha! ha! thou who wouldst baffle death, learn how the deathless die if they dare to love the mortal. now, chaldean, behold my boons! now i seize and wrap thee with the pestilence of my presence; now, evermore, till thy long race is run, mine eyes shall glow into thy brain, and mine arms shall clasp thee, when t

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onies and by the recital of words of power sought to give back to their members the strength to eat, and drink, and talk, and think, and move at will. indeed, all the evidence now forthcoming seems to prove that be never succeeded in bringing himself to think that the gods could do without his help, or that the pictures or representations of the scenes which took place in the life, and death, and burial, and resurrection of osiris, upon which he relied so implicitly, could possibly fail to be as efficacious as the actual power of the god himself. the examination of mummies has shown us with tolerable clearness what methods were adopted in preparing bodies for bandaging and final ornamentation, p. 185 and the means adopted for disposing of the more corruptible portions of the body are well

dy having been made to lie straight the backbone was immersed in holy oil, and the face of the deceased was turned towards the sky; the bandage of sebek and sedi was then laid upon the backbone. in a long speech the deceased is addressed and told that the liquid is "secret" and that it is an emanation of the gods shu and seb, and that the resin of phoenicia and the bitumen of byblos will make his burial perfect in the underworld, and give him his legs, and facilitate his movements, and sanctify his steps in the hall of seb. next gold, silver, lapis-lazuli, and turquoise are brought to the deceased, and crystal to lighten his face, and carnelian to strengthen his steps; these form amulets which will secure for him a free passage in the underworld. meanwhile the backbone is kept in oil, and

deceased or his representative (5) the tcherau-ur, or woman who represented isis (6) the tcherau-sheraut, or woman who represented nephthys (7) the menhu, or slaughterer (8) the am-asi priest (9) the am-khent priest (10) a number of people who represented the armed guard of horus. all these became actors in scenes which were intended to represent the events which took place in connexion with the burial of osiris, with whom the deceased is now identified; the two women took the parts of the goddesses isis and nephthys, and the men those of the gods who helped them in the performance of their pious duties. from the scenes 2 which accompany the texts 3 relating to the ceremony of opening the mouth and eyes we see that it began with the sprinkling of water round about the statue or mummy from

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the psychosomatic functions. the formula has been used by adepts not necessarily working with specifically tantric or magical formulae, notably by the celebrated advaitin rishi, bhagavan shri ramana maharshi of tiruvannamalai, who attained supreme enlightenment by simulating the process of death; and also by the bengal vaishnavite, thakur haranath, who was taken for dead and actually prepard for burial after a 'death trance' which lasted several hours a nd from which he emerged with a totally new consciousness that transformed even his bodily constitution and appearance. it is possible that shri meher baba, of poona, during the period of amnesia that afflicted him in early life, also experienced a form of death from which he emerged with power to enlighten others and to lead a large movem

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shipped with divine honors. that part of the body not recovered was rendered homage during festivals called phallica, which were introduced into europe by the athenians. the entire system of phallic worship in the ancient world originated in this festival held in honor of osiris.57 the number fourteen has a special occult meaning in the symbolism of modern-day secret societies as the "14. days of burial (lunar darkness" plutarch, in his treatise on isis and osiris, explained the symbolism "the body of osiris was cut into fourteen pieces; that is, into as many parts as there are days between the full moon and the new."58 now, if the picture of the reverse side of the great seal is examined, it will be found that fourteen rays of light issue from the triangle containing the eye of osiris. th

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and death will be put in his hand. the initiand had to undergo whatever experience was necessary in order to be able to make such a confession an experience of a most exalted kind. if these experiences came to the attention of the uninitiated, however, it is easy to see that they would comprehend nothing of what actually took place in the soul of the neophyte. they would take the latter s death, burial, and resurrection as a physical occurrence, and the spiritual realities of a higher existential plane would take on the appearance of an event contradicting the whole natural order of things: a miracle. and in that sense, a miracle is what initiation was. the life of an initiate: buddha and christ those who wished to comprehend what initiation meant had to awaken in themselves the powers en

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hey must be inscribed within some sort of medium. the study of consciously created, and unconscious inscription, is what forms the basis of the science of archaeology. typically then, mant older inscriptions are the remnants of funerary practice and other types of archaeological digs. the great pyramids of ancient egypt are an example of this form of inscription, as is the taj mahal and the great burial mounds found in the united states, japan and other parts of the world. however, there are a few other forms of inscription worth mentioning. the first is the inscription of ideas through time that can be found within the writings of a culture, in its art, and within its traditions. then there is the genetic transmission, of which we find the theories of memetics (a fancy term for racial mem

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ome of the secrets of freemasonry. blackballed by the order, so frightened were his friends and family that not one human soul so much as attended his funeral. it is said that mozart's faithful dog followed dutifully behind the lonely funeral wagon. the sad and forlorn canine was the only living creature in sight as the body of the man all of europe had once toasted and applauded was taken to its burial site. so, i ask you, dear friend, once again: do you dare to discover the secrets many have been punished for merely knowing, let alone revealing? are you sure, very sure, you want to enter the forbidden zone? immersed in evil you see, we are surrounded by evil on every side quite literally immersed in it but the wicked and the deceivers want us to believe that evildoing is exceptional. fro

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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 introduction xv served in many traditions that are still practiced in the modern marriage ceremony. belief in an afterlife belief in the survival of some part of us after death may also be as old as the human race. although one cannot be certain the earliest members of man s species (homo sapiens c. 30,000 b.c.e) conducted burial rituals that would qualify them as believers in an afterlife, one does know they buried their dead with care and consideration and included food, weapons, and various personal belongings with the body. anthropologists have also discovered the neanderthal species (c. 100,000 b.c.e) placed food, stone implements, and decorative shells and bones with the deceased. because of the placement of s

religions view the afterlife buddhism christianity hinduism islam judaism ancient egypt and the afterlife egyptian book of the dead osiris: death and resurrection pyramid texts individual human experience with death and the afterlife deathbed visions near-death experiences the mystery schools dionysian mysteries eleusinian mysteries hermetic mysteries orphic mysteries pythagorus tribal religions burial mounds land of the grandparents how the major religions view reincarnation buddhism christianity hinduism islam judaism contemporary mystery schools and reincarnation akashic records anthroposophy association for research and enlightenment theosophy experiential quests into past lives hypnotic regression into past lives bridey murphy past-life therapy ian stevenson introduction children tak

piritual laws which will determine whether the soul will be born again into another physical body or will be merged in eternal unity with the absolute. 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 2 afterlife mysteries 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 afterlife mysteries 3 the earliest discovered burial sites are those of neanderthal man, though according to researcher george constable, they were not credited with deliberate meaningful burial of their dead until more than a half-century after their discovery. the well-known anthropologist and archaeologist louis leaky said of the discoveries that their grave sites were intentional and thus indicates the neanderthals displayed a keen selfaw

according to researcher george constable, they were not credited with deliberate meaningful burial of their dead until more than a half-century after their discovery. the well-known anthropologist and archaeologist louis leaky said of the discoveries that their grave sites were intentional and thus indicates the neanderthals displayed a keen selfawareness and a concern for the human spirit. many burial sites have been discovered in europe and the near east. the placement of the remains reveals ritualistic elements, as the cadavers were found in a sleeping or fetal position. some remains have also been found with plants or flowers, placed in the hands or the body, and sometimes with red pigment, possibly used in a symbolic rite. some neanderthals were found buried together in a group, mean

ains reveals ritualistic elements, as the cadavers were found in a sleeping or fetal position. some remains have also been found with plants or flowers, placed in the hands or the body, and sometimes with red pigment, possibly used in a symbolic rite. some neanderthals were found buried together in a group, meaning that entire family groups remained united after death. one of the most interesting burial sites contained remains that had been carefully placed in the fetal position on a bedding of woody horsetail, a regional plant. this particular neanderthal was also buried with several varieties of flowers. leaky stated that the flowers were arranged deliberately as the body was being covered. apparently the family and friends of the deceased gathered the distinct species of flowers, carrie

afterlife must not have been that much different than the life they experienced on earth; they provided the dead with food, tools, and other everyday items, much like the egyptians did for their journey to the next life. death to the neanderthals may have even been regarded as a kind of sleep, perhaps like a rest before a rebirth, as corpses were carefully positioned in the fetal state. sources: burial, ritual, religion, and cannibalism. http//thunder.indstate. edu/ ramanank/ritual.html. 10 july 2001. oldest discovered burial site while many people consider the belief in reincarnation to be held primarily by the adherents of hinduism and some buddhist sects, the concept of past lives is by no means confined to these eastern religions. this chapter will examine many western philosophers, c

urn there. since the earliest forms of spiritual expression, this is the great promise and hope that religions have offered to their followers. it is the believer s eternal answer to the cynicism of the materialist who shouts that there is no afterlife, that death is the end. anthropologists can only guess whether or not the earliest members of the homo sapiens species (c. 30,000 b.c.e) conducted burial rituals of a quality that would qualify them as religious. however, it is known that they buried their dead with care and consideration and included food, weapons, and various personal belongings with the body. even the neanderthal species (c. 100,000 b.c.e) placed food, stone implements, and decorative shells and bones in the graves with the deceased, which they often covered with a red pi

g, all of reality, is in a constant state of change and decay. because a human is composed of so many elements that are always in a state of flux, always dissolving and combining with one another in new ways, it is 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 afterlife mysteries 5 earliest members of the homo sapiens species (c. 30,000 b.c.e) conducted burial rituals of a quality that would qualify them as religious. impossible to suggest that an individual could retain the same soul-self for eternity. rather than atman, buddhist doctrine teaches anatman/ or, no-self. although the buddha (c. 567 487 b.c.e) denied the hindu concept of an immortal self that passes through a series of incarnations, he did accept the doctrines of karma( actions, the

f this ancient work exist, no one copy contains all the chapters, which are thought to number around 200. the subject matter of each chapter is the beatification of the dead, but the chapters are as independent of one another as are the psalms in the old testament. 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 16 afterlife mysteries mankind s history of burial practices timeline 70,000 b.c.e. earliest discovered burial sites of neanderthal man. 3600 b.c.e. earliest known attempts to mummify bodies in egypt. 3000 b.c.e. ancient chileans mummify bodies. 1000 b.c.e. ancient greeks cremate their dead. 625 b.c.e. mourners in ancient greece place metal coins under the tongues of the dead. 600 b.c.e. romans cremate their dead. sources: weathersby, trudy

; others have it that he died of grief, sorrowing over how difficult a task it was to elevate humanity. m delving deeper schure, edouard. the great initiates. trans. by gloria raspberry. new york: harper and row, 1961. tribal religions the legends of the dead told by ancient or tribal people are perhaps the most accurate indicators of their religious thought. and from what can be assumed from the burial rites of early humans, they pondered the same kinds of questions concerning the afterlife as humans do today. where had their friends gone? what do they do and see when they disappear into the unknown? will they live again? can their spirits return to communicate? or are they just gone forever? early humans could not answer these great questions, and so, to temper their fear of death, they

ing rite known as the shadow or ghost ceremony. the time needed to complete the ritual successfully could amount to as long as two years, during which period the immediate family and close relatives endured great privation to ensure the safe passage of the departed spirit. these extensive rites were conducted in special ghost lodges, and it was here that the body of the deceased was kept prior to burial and where the ceremonies on the part of the deceased were held long after his or her interment. the ogallala most often kept ghost lodges when the death was a particularly sad one, such as the passing of a child by accident or illness. among the ojibway people it is customary to cut the hair of a child who has died and make a little doll of it, which they call the doll of sorrow. this doll

life on earth, they would need their valuables, their tools and weapons, and, of course, food and drink. therefore, in nearly all tribal religions, it was customary to bury material things with the body. for the papuans, tahitians, polynesians, malanans, ancient peruvians, brazilians, and countless others, food and drink was left with the corpse. in patagonia, it was the annual custom to open the burial chambers and reclothe the dead. each year the eskimo take clothes as a gift to the dead. among the kukis, the widow is compelled to remain for a year beside the tomb of her deceased husband, while other members of the family bring food daily for her and the spirit of the deceased. in the mosquito tribe, the widow is obligated to supply the grave of her husband with provisions for a year. it

ssen the dangers of the journey. among most tribal cultures, therefore, it is customary to dance and feast at the time of death for purposes of pleasing the spirit of the departed and to stamp upon the ground to frighten away evil spirits. m delving deeper steiger, brad. medicine power. new york: doubleday, 1974. sullivan, lawrence e, ed. death, afterlife, and the soul. new york: macmillan, 1989. burial mounds rising out of the earth in ohio, minnesota, wisconsin, iowa, and other states are the huge earthworks of the mysterious mound builders. the earthworks, also known as effigy mounds because of their bird and animal shapes, are scattered throughout the midwest and were apparently raised by the same unknown people. along with skeletal remains, the earthworks contain weapons, pottery, and

uilders believed that the dead buried in these earthworks were beginning a journey into the afterlife. 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 38 afterlife mysteries amongmost tribal cultures, it is customary to dance and feast at the time of death to please the spirit of the departed and to stamp upon the ground to frighten away evil spirits. the burial mounds that depict animals quite likely represent the totem animal of the deceased buried within the earthwork. to the native american tribes, the totems were sacred beings to which great importance was attributed. to have the mound shaped in such a design would ensure a positive afterlife destiny for the deceased. there are also ancient mounds shaped in a combination of animal and human fo

on of certain mounds indicate that one or several bodies were buried at various levels, either on the floor, above it, or in a pit beneath it. in the effigy mounds shaped as birds or animals, the placement of the bodies was in the head or heart region. in the round mounds, the bodies were interred in the center; and in the linear earthworks, they were found along the central axis. the most common burial position was the flexed, with arms and legs over the chest. early settlers in the ohio valley in the 1700s were greatly impressed by the great serpent mound on brush creek in adams county, ohio. the mound is approximately five feet high, and its length is 30 feet, diminishing in height toward the head and the tail of the serpent. near the open jaws of the serpent is another much smaller, ov

y of mica. four miles away, on the low lands of the kickapoo river, is a mound with eight radiating points, very likely representing the sun. this mound is 60 feet in diameter at the base and three feet high, the points extending about nine feet. surrounding this mound are five crescent-shaped mounds, arranged in a circle. the size and number of the earthworks suggest that the construction of the burial mounds was a community project. hundreds of tribespeople had to dig soil from nearby areas, then over a period of weeks or months carry innumerable baskets or buckets, and dump them on the growing mound. the work may have been directed by a shaman, for it appears from the presence of fire pits in some of the mounds that religious ceremonies were conducted and funeral rites were observed. in

stopped constructing their massive earthworks may never be known. there is nothing to point to their destruction by enemies or catastrophes. the most likely theory of their destiny is that their descendants were eventually absorbed into the native american tribes 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 afterlife mysteries 39 theconstruction of the burial mounds was a community project. that greeted the european explorers in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. m delving deeper emerson, ellen russell. indian myths. minneapolis: ross& haines, 1965. steiger, brad. worlds before our own. new york: g. p. putnam, 1978. land of the grandparents it was a general belief among most native american tribes that the world of spirit, the land of the gr

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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 introduction xv served in many traditions that are still practiced in the modern marriage ceremony. belief in an afterlife belief in the survival of some part of us after death may also be as old as the human race. although one cannot be certain the earliest members of man s species (homo sapiens c. 30,000 b.c.e) conducted burial rituals that would qualify them as believers in an afterlife, one does know they buried their dead with care and consideration and included food, weapons, and various personal belongings with the body. anthropologists have also discovered the neanderthal species (c. 100,000 b.c.e) placed food, stone implements, and decorative shells and bones with the deceased. because of the placement of s

but one of their spectral number enjoyed terrifying anyone whose job it was to stay after closing and clean up. ludwig, the spirit of another hessian soldier, materialized for many nights at 2:00 a.m. in the bedroom of mike benio, a contractor who also had psychic abilities. the entity appealed to benio to unearth his bones, which had been buried in the basement of the inn, and give them a proper burial in a cemetery. when johnson returned from a vacation, benio asked permission to excavate a certain area of the cellar that was under the parking lot. here, benio found a small, unknown room that contained fragments of pottery and some human bones. after giving the remains a proper burial, the ghost of ludwig was at peace and no longer manifested at the general wayne inn. on one occasion, wh

awell. m delving deeper price, harry. poltergeist over england. london: country life, 1945. sitwell, sacheverell. poltergeists. new york: university books, 1959. myrtles plantation according to the smithsonian institution, the myrtles plantation located three miles north of st. francisville, louisiana, is the most haunted house in the united states. built on the site of an ancient native american burial ground in 1794 by general david bradford, the plantation has been the location for at least 10 violent deaths. throughout the years, owners and their guests have fled the house in the middle of the night, terrified by the appearance of frightening ghosts and the entities continue to be sighted to this day. the haunting began when bradford s daughter sara matilda married a young judge named

creatures because there is so little physical evidence besides casts of huge humanlike footprints. some researchers respond by pointing out that mother nature keeps a clean house. scavengers soon eat the carcasses of the largest forest creatures and the bones are scattered. zoologist ivan t. sanderson suggested that if these beings are members of a subhuman race, they may gather up their dead for burial in special caves. dr. jeanne-marie-therese koffman agreed that the creatures might bury their dead in secret places. it may be, she theorized, that they may throw the corpses of the deceased into the rushing waters of mountain rivers or into the abysses of rocky caverns. others remind the skeptical that it is not unusual for certain of the higher animals to hide the bodies of their dead. ac

owever, this ghoul feasts upon the flesh of the deceased, taking the corpses from cemeteries and morgues. the ghoul more common to the waking world is that of the mentally unbalanced individual who engages in eating or otherwise desecrating the flesh of deceased humans. yet a third type of ghoul would be those native of arabic folklore, the ghul (male) and ghulah (female, demonic jinns that haunt burial grounds and sustain themselves on human flesh stolen from graves. it is easy to envision how the legend of the ghoul began in ancient times when graves were shallow and often subject to the disturbances of wild animals seeking carrion. later, as funeral customs became more elaborate and men and women were buried with their jewelry and other personal treasures, the lure of easy wealth supers

ghtmarish creature of the undead with twisted fangs and grasping talons. after bram stoker s novel dracula (1897) became a popular stage play, and, in 1931, a classic horror film, the image of the vampire as a hideous demon was transformed into an attractive stranger who possesses a bite that, while fatal, also promises eternal life. the vampire of legend, a demonic presence, wrapped in a rotting burial shroud, intent only on sating its bloodlust, was forgotten and replaced by the beguilingly romantic figures that have appeared ever since in films and popular novels. the cinematic depiction of the vampire in f. w. murnau s nosferatu (1922) presented a much more accurate characterization of the traditional vampire. in this film actor max schreck s loathsome bloodsucker creeps about in the s

ddrinking may gradually develop a psychosis that can force them to mutilate or even kill others. on february 1, 2002, a 23-year-old woman who said that she became a vampire in london, then murdered a man in germany and drank his blood, was jailed for the crime. according to psychologists, the true lair of the vampire must be sought in the hidden recesses of the human mind, rather than in secluded burial vaults. the desire to assume the guise of a vampire, is highly suggestive of pathologically immature, dependent personalities, who cannot fend for themselves in normal everyday living, but who must attach themselves to a more productive personality, just as the vampire attaches itself to those hosts on whose blood it feeds. such individuals almost always subconsciously desire to return to t

d claustro, to shut or to close. the word is also very close to cloister, in which individuals voluntarily shut themselves off from the world. the singer-actor dean martin tried to avoid elevators whenever possible because of his claustrophobia. edgar allan poe (1809 1849, the writer and poet, was a claustrophobic, and he is said to have drawn on such fears when he wrote such stories as premature burial (1844. glossophobia, a fear of public speaking, is one of the most common of phobias and one that must be overcome by many individuals who find themselves in the position of having to make a speech to a group of people for business, professional, or educational reasons. from the greek word for tongue, glosso, many people find themselves tongue-tied, feeling faint, their heart pounding when

d hughes and actress joan crawford were among those who shared this fear. necrophobia, a fear of dead people or animals, is likely one of those phobias that has its roots in humankind s earliest taboos and reflects such commonsense reasoning as the danger of contracting diseases from the deceased. all of the world s religions have strict rules about how the dead should be handled and how a proper burial should be conducted. and all world cultures have superstitions and legends about vampires, zombies, and other members of the undead who seek the blood of the living. tales of the dead returning to communicate with their relatives or exact revenge on their enemies are known to every society. with such a heritage of fear of the dead lurking in the unconscious, it is to be expected that some i

el. best behavior. london: bloomsbury, 1992. walker, barbara g. the woman s encyclopedia of myths and secrets. san francisco: harper& row, 1983. burials and funerals no one can possibly derive an exact date when early humans first began to bury their dead. controversy continues on the question of whether or not certain skeletal remains found in the caves of neanderthals indicate that some kind of burial ceremony was conducted for the dead around 200,000 years ago. neither can anyone pinpoint for certain when the concept of an afterlife first occurred to primitive humans. it might be conjectured that when early humans had realistic dreams of friends or relatives who were dead, they might have awakened convinced that the departed somehow still existed in some other world. such an idea, whene

embers of the early human communities began to believe that the spirit was to continue in another life and might some day return to the body it had once occupied, it began to occur to many cultures that it was necessary to take every precaution to protect their dead from being desecrated either by humans or by animals. there have been many kinds of coffins, just as there have been many customs of burial. clay, stone, wood, even iron coffins have been used to protect the body from predators and grave robbers. one of the earliest types of coffin was a tree that had been cut down and hollowed out to accommodate the body. depending upon the people and the environmental conditions under which they existed, tree coffins bearing the dead were sometimes set adrift in a river, sometimes left upon t

orld is found among the chinese, who furnish the dead with paper money and passports. the religious service associated with many modern funerals quite likely originated in the belief that death is but a journey to another world and that certain ceremonies may be performed by the living to expedite the spirit s travels and to lessen the dangers of the journey. among the earliest type of structured burial observances are people dancing for purposes of stamping upon the ground to frighten away evil spirits and to keep them from harassing the soul of the dearly departed. great feasts were given to please the spirit of the deceased, who watched over the lavish dinner given in his or her honor and who was able to absorb the energy of the food. large fires were built around the place of feasting

lease the spirit of the deceased, who watched over the lavish dinner given in his or her honor and who was able to absorb the energy of the food. large fires were built around the place of feasting in order to present an additional barrier to evil spirits that might wish to seize the soul of the dead. the fear of evil spirits also gave rise to the universal dread of cemeteries and the belief that burial grounds are haunted. as shall be shown in this section, many early funeral observances were transformed into aspects of religious ceremonies that still exist today. preserving the body. as early religions began to teach that there was a spirit within each person who died that might some day wish to return to its earthly abode, it became increasingly important that efforts be made to preserv

ds are haunted. as shall be shown in this section, many early funeral observances were transformed into aspects of religious ceremonies that still exist today. preserving the body. as early religions began to teach that there was a spirit within each person who died that might some day wish to return to its earthly abode, it became increasingly important that efforts be made to preserve the body. burial ceremonies, which had at first been intended solely as a means of disposing of the dead, came to be a method of preserving the physical body as a home for the spirit when it returned for a time of rebirth or judgment. today, in many countries such as the united states, canada, great britain, and the european nations, bodies are embalmed and every effort is made to preserve the body as long

the son of god who died on a cross on good friday and who rose from the dead on easter sunday, the followers of this religion believe that if they have faithfully followed the teachings of jesus, they, too, will be physically resurrected on a future day of judgment. generally, the body of the deceased is embalmed in a funeral home, then taken in a coffin to a church for a religious service before burial or cremation. in many churches, the deceased is displayed for mourners to pay their last respects until the formal service begins. the minister or priest conducts a service during which selections from the bible that speak of the resurrection of the dead are read, t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d superstitions, strange customs, taboos

23 forbuddhists, funerals are happy occasions, for they believe in reincarnation. prayers are offered, and hymns are sung. if it is a roman catholic funeral, the priest will celebrate the mass in remembrance of the last meal that jesus shared with his disciples before his crucifixion. after the service is concluded, pallbearers carry the closed coffin to a hearse, which carries it to the place of burial. family and friends follow on foot or in automobiles in a funeral procession to the cemetery where the coffin is lowered into the ground. during an earlier period of christianity, the priest used to place a pass to the next world on the chests of those who had died in the faith as they lay in the coffin. such a pass also provided the deceased person s christian name, the dates of birth and

inated in ancient egypt where the people believed that the body of the deceased must be kept safe until a future time of resurrection. the egyptian word for coffin is from kas, which means to bury. another form of the word became kast, indicating the receptacle into which the body is placed, the coffin. in the hindu faith, the deceased are given a ceremonial washing; then the body is wrapped in a burial cloth and placed in a coffin. if at all possible, within one day of death, the coffin is to be carried to a place of cremation by six male relatives. the coffin is placed on a stack of wood and covered with flowers. melted butter is poured over the coffin to help it to burn, and the eldest son or nearest male relative of the deceased lights the funeral pyre. traditionally, the cremation tak

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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 introduction xv served in many traditions that are still practiced in the modern marriage ceremony. belief in an afterlife belief in the survival of some part of us after death may also be as old as the human race. although one cannot be certain the earliest members of man fs species (homo sapiens c. 30,000 b.c.e) conducted burial rituals that would qualify them as believers in an afterlife, one does know they buried their dead with care and consideration and included food, weapons, and various personal belongings with the body. anthropologists have also discovered the neanderthal species (c. 100,000 b.c.e) placed food, stone implements, and decorative shells and bones with the deceased. because of the placement of s

erve as their only seal and character; 6. the brotherhood would remain secret for 100 years. when rosencreutz died in 1484 at the age of 106, the five brethren who had been chosen to travel throughout europe performing charitable deeds had established a reputation for being selfless benefactors. although rosencreutz had been buried in secret, one of the brothers happened by chance to discover his burial chamber and read the promise inscribed above the entrance that rosencreutz would return in 126 years. the discovery of the illu- 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 30 secret societies rosicrucians were rumored to have accomplished the transmutation of metals. mined father fs prediction inspired the surviving brothers to work in earnest

ul. in ancient times bells 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 170 objects of mystery and power amulets at the wat market (corbis corporation) egyptians considered amulets necessary for protection of the living and the dead. were rung only when important people died, but with the advent of christianity it became the custom to ring death during burial services for all church members. in medieval times, church bells were rung during epidemics with the hopes of clearing the air of disease. it was generally believed that church bells had special magical or spiritual powers, especially because of their position, suspended between heaven and earth, guarding the passageway between the material and nonmaterial worlds, frightening away demons. t

qualities of strength, speed, or attributes of that animal. nelson, felicitas h. talismans& amulets of the world. new york: sterling publishers, 2000. megaliths around carnac, in the brittany region of france, stand more than 4,000 stones dating back 6,000 years. some of them stand individually, some are aligned in rows, and some mark the sites of chambered graves beneath nearby mounds. intricate burial chambers in ireland, like many of the 12,000 ancient chambered burial sites beneath mounds in northern europe, have arrangements of stone or markings that correspond with lunar and solar cycles. all of those ancient structures and arrangements of large stones are examples of a megalith (from the greek gmegas h meaning large, and glitho h meaning stone, a term used most specifically in refer

d of transforming and reassembling solid materials. ufo enthusiasts argue that visitors from outer space may have directed the erecting of megaliths, particularly since so many megalithic sites were devised with the intention of viewing and charting the skies above. ancient megaliths are generally divided into five categories: 1. alignments, stones placed in rows and other non-circular shapes; 2. burial chambers, underground chambers usually covered by a mound of some kind; 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 objects of mystery and power 195 white witch kevin carlyon working with crystals at stonehenge (kevin carlyon/fortean picture library) 3. monoliths (from the greek; gmono h means single, glitho h is stone, single standing stones, a

treated with godlike reverence by the members of his tribe. the great sun wore a headdress-crown of white swan feathers and was born aloft on a litter by devotees so his feet would not be defiled by contact with the earth. the natchez, and it is supposed their vanished mississippian predecessors, had elaborate funeral ceremonies which involved certain sacrifices. when mound 72 was excavated, the burial pits of nearly 300 people were discovered, including what may have been as many as 53 young women who were sacrificed to honor the death of a great ruler-priest. in 1961, dr. warren wittry unearthed the remains of a circle of red cedar posts that may have been used as a solar calendar to note coming seasons and to help determine when to plant and when to harvest crops. the discovery was dub

are detected by plotting them on the map of an area and looking for connections.literally, connecting the dots to determine whether or not a pattern emerges. ley lines is a term coined by alfred watkins (1855.1935, an englishman who noticed in 1921 that several hilltops with ancient ruins on them in herefordshire formed a straight alignment. he found several other instances where standing stones, burial mounds, and other ancient sites were aligned, criss-crossing the countryside. he called the straight alignments gleys h and published his findings in a book, the old straight track, in 1925. the theory of ley lines promotes the belief that ancient structures in great britain were built on specific sites to form patterns and were so well aligned that if one continued in a straight line after

ry and power chartres cathedral, france (f. c. taylor/ fortean picture library) the cursus at stonehenge had chamber graves at both ends. so, too, did a cursus found at dorset, england. the dorset cursuses follow a crescent pattern, each passing by chamber graves dated earlier than the ones at either end of the cursus. other cursuses waver even further off the straight track, but all of them have burial graves at either end or point to graves or standing stones. the dorset cursuses were called an gavenue of the dead h by archaeologist richard bradley, who suggested that ancients believed spirits of the dead passed along those lines, which he called avenues. those wishing to communicate with the dead could meet them on the avenue. it is likely that the cursuses were used in ancient processi

tonehenge and silbury hill, the tallest prehistoric manmade mound in europe, were being erected. romans conquered great britain during the first century b.c.e. and established wharves on nearby bristol bay, thus enabling glastonbury to become a shipping area. a legend has it that joseph of arimathea, who is mentioned in the bible as the person who prepared jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) for burial after his crucifixion, landed in bristol bay and established the first christian church at glastonbury. later, according to some accounts, he traveled by sea and landed in great britain, bringing with him the holy grail. several centuries later, according to legends, king arthur fs knights undertook quests to find the lost holy grail. when joseph arrived in glastonbury, according to traditi

ame a focal point for arthurian legends in 1190. the norman kings, whose invading armies had conquered britain a century earlier and were still attempting to solidify their power, embraced the find. by the sixteenth century, when king henry viii (1491.1547) dissolved all christian monasteries in great britain, the bones and artifacts alleged to be arthur fs were looted and the authenticity of the burial find was generally disproved. in the popular mind, however, the claim continued to be taken seriously because of the area fs associations with arthurian legends. even to this day, the pomparles bridge that spans the river brue that runs through glastonbury is reputed to be the site where arthur fs sword, excalibur, was returned to the lady of the lake. during the twentieth and into the twen

koreshanity, he formed a church, started a magazine, the flaming cross, which continued to be published regularly into the 1940s, and founded a community on a 300-acre tract in florida in 1894. he lived there with about 250 followers until 1908. upon his death, his followers waited for him to rise again, as he had prophesied. after four days, health officials appeared on the scene and ordered his burial. hollow earth theories continued to be promoted by enthusiasts even as explorers reached the north and south poles during the first decade of the twentieth century. the open poles theory was further undermined when aviator richard e. byrd (1888.1957) became the first to fly over the north pole (1926) and the south pole (1929) and reported nothing but unending whiteness. in 1959, a u.s. subm

and weaving cloth, but they did not develop metal tools, domesticate large beasts of burden, and, in spite of building an elaborate system of roads, did not develop the wheel. over the centuries, the mayans domesticated the dog and the turkey, and they discovered how to mine copper, gold, silver, and jade, creating valuable and prized items. from 800 to 500 b.c.e, the mayans began erecting modest burial monuments, which by 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 254 places of mystery and power from800 to 500 b.c.e, the mayans began erecting modest burial monuments. circa 400 b.c.e. to 250 c.e. had evolved into terraced, pyramidal shapes. the mayan pyramids differ from those in egypt, where the sides of the structures converge to form a poin

orion. maria reiche, a translator and mathematician living in lima, was t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d places of mystery and power 261 ley lines and energy alignments in 1921, alfred watkins (1855.1935) coined the term gley lines h when explaining his theory that such ancient sites around britain as various stone circles, stone groupings, burial mounds, and places of worship had been deliberately constructed to form certain alignments between and across the landscape. except for a few isolated cases, most ley claims did not match the criteria of straight alignment, and often incorporated structures from different eras. neverthless, the belief that many megaliths erected by neolithic peoples were placed along energy lines persists

on has been gained. still, old legends and theories about stonehenge seem to carry as much validity as information based on careful tests performed with the best in modern equipment. as hawley observed, each new discovery seems to broaden the sublime aura of stonehenge. located on salisbury plain in england, stonehenge is a site of concentric rings of stone, an avenue, and paths leading to nearby burial sites. the stone circles are situated on a henge, an area enclosed by a bank and ditch; the surrounding circular ditch is 340 feet in diameter and five feet deep. there are four stone alignments.two are circles and two others are horseshoe-shaped patterns. the outer circle is about 100 feet in diameter and originally consisted of 30 upright stones (17 still stand, weighing an average of 25

, it is the king who will lead the jews back to the holy land of israel and establish world peace. metaphysical relating to abstract thought or the philosophical study of the nature of existence and truth. metrology the scientific system or study of measurements. from the greek metrologie, meaning theory of ratios and metron, or measure. mortician an undertaker or one who prepares dead bodies for burial and funerals. narcolepsy a condition where a person uncontrollably falls asleep at odd times during daily activities and/or for long extended periods of time. hallucinations and even paralysis might also accompany this condition. near-death experience a mystical-like occurrence or sensation that individuals on the brink of death or who were dead, but brought back to life, have described whi

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

most attention, for the concrete remains of early man are very numerous. the pictorial and plasticarts of the most remote periods have also been studied, and from the arts and handicrafts the mentaldevelopment of the palaeolithic and neolithic peoples can be traced. but the religion of those early times hasbeen entirely neglected, with the exception of a few references to mother-goddesses and to burial customs.the student of early religion begins his subject in the early bronze-age of the near east and totally ignoreswestern europe in the stone-ages; he ends his study with the introduction of christianity, as the study of thatreligion is known as theology. there is, however, a continuity of belief and ritual which can be traced fromthe palaeolithic period down to modern times. it is only

found with him. itis certain that there was some kind of ceremony, religious or magical, in which a horned man, presumably agod, took the leading part. it is equally certain that there must have been a worship of the female principle,but in the cult of the horned god this does not appear till a much later stage.of the religion of the neolithic period nothing is known in western europe except the burial rites. the godshave left no recognisable trace, though certain female figures may possibly represent goddesses. but whenthe bronze-age arose the horned god is found through all europe from east to west. the fierce tribes whobrought in the iron-age destroyed the greater part of the previous civilisation, and possibly the previousinhabitants also, except those descendants of the neolithic and

es of the sweeper's broom which is made ofsplit bamboo "it is a powerful agent for curing the evil eye, and mothers get the sweeper to come and wave itup and down in front of a sick child for this purpose.[80] the dead of the sweeper-caste are buried facedownwards to prevent the spirit from escaping, for a sweeper's ghost is regarded as extremely malevolent;this custom should be compared with the burial of a witch at the cross-roads with a stake through her heart,which was done to prevent the ghost from walking. in some places the sweepers carry a decorated broom inprocession at the festival of their god, lal-beg.chapter iv. the rites"serve the lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song."2424ps. c. 2the ceremonies of the cult are fully recorded in the trials of the "witche

dared whisper a word in opposition to his will" rufuscompares favourably with any of his contemporaries, more especially with his father and brothers. it is cleartherefore that the antagonism he aroused in the priestly chroniclers was due to some cause other than hispersonal character.it is customary also to speak with bated breath of the "awful" death of rufus, but if the account of his deathand burial are compared with those of his father the "awfulness" will be found to belong to the passing of thechristian, rather than of the pagan, king. the monkish writers make much of the fact that rufus met his deathin the new forest, and affect to regard it as a judgment upon him for destroying for his own pleasure villagesand churches, great stress being, of course, laid on the destruction of the

then rufus burst out "draw,draw your bow for the devil's sake and let fly your arrow, or it will be the worse for you (trahe, trahearcum ex parte diaboli, et extende sagittam, alias te poenitebit. the god of the witcheswilliam rufus[1]62the body, according to the ecclesiastical account, was found by a charcoal burner. it was placed on a roughcart, covered with a poor ragged cloak and conveyed for burial to winchester. william of malmesbury makesa great point of the blood dripping to the earth during the whole journey; though this is an actualimpossibility the record is consistent with the belief that the blood of the divine victim must fall on theground to fertilise it. malmesbury notes that rufus was mourned by few of the nobles and ecclesiastics whoattended his funeral, but ordericus rec

attended his funeral, but ordericus records that the poor, the widows, the mendicants, went out to meet thefuneral procession and followed the dead king to his grave. this fact alone shows that to the common peoplehe had been a just ruler and that they knew they had lost a friend, it also suggests that the peasantry were stillpagan and mourned their dead god.the norman accounts of the finding and burial of the body were written by poets, not priests. thelamentations of the nobles, who wept and tore their hair, are first described; then follows the making of thebier, which was strewn with flowers and slung between two richly harnessed palfreys. a baron's mantle wasspread on the bier, and on this the king's body was laid, and another rich mantle was laid over him. withmourning and grief the

are first described; then follows the making of thebier, which was strewn with flowers and slung between two richly harnessed palfreys. a baron's mantle wasspread on the bier, and on this the king's body was laid, and another rich mantle was laid over him. withmourning and grief the procession went to winchester, where they were received by nobles, clergy, bishopsand abbots. the next day was the burial, when for him monk and clerk and abbot" bien ont lu et bienchant351. never had such a funeral been seen, never had so many masses been sung for any king as for him.the death of rufus was expected before it happened, and was known within a few hours in italy and in morethan one place in england. in belgium hugh, abbot of clugny, was warned the previous night that the king'slife was at an end

ceive and present his soul to god. then true to his promise to set an example to his servants he went tohis death before them, they encouraging him to die as a brave and valiant knight in the love of god. he washanged; and when dead his body was dropped on the lighted pyre below; but before it could be burned it wassnatched from the flames, coffined and carried at once to the carmelite church for burial. the two servantswere then executed, but the chronicler takes little interest in them, and dismisses them in a few words "andincontinent were the said henriet and poitou hanged and burnt, so that they became powder".five years after gilles' death the king issued a royal ordinance annulling gilles' debts. in this document noword is breathed of any crimes or offences, mention is made only of

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he was still alive, and was living at place du chevalier du guet, 6. he would tell the story of his resurrection to any one who would listen to him, and gave much occasion for laughter to the doctors and wiseacres of his quarter. the good man consoled himself in the vein of galileo, and answered them "you may laugh as much as you like. all i know is, that the death certificate was signed and the burial licence made out; eighteen hours later they were going to bury me, and here i am" chapter iii the grand arcanum of death we often become sad in thinking that the most beautiful life must finish, and the approach of the terrible unknown that one calls death disgusts us with all the joys of existence. why be born, if one must live so little? why bring up 281 with so much care children who mus

THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS

e and pass their time appointed of god. the first of this fraternity which dyed, and that in england, was j.o. as brother c. long before had foretold him; he was very expert, and well learned in cabala, as his book called h. witnesseth: in england he is much spoken of, and chiefly because he cured a young earl of norfolk of the leprosie. they had concluded, that as much as possibly could be their burial place should be kept secret, as at this day it is not known unto us what is become of some of them, yet every ones place was supplyed with a fit successor; but this we wil confesse 9 publickly by these presents to the honour of god, that what secret soever we have learned out of the book m (although before our eyes we behold the image and pattern of all the world) yet are there not shewn un

of them in our philosophical bibliotheca, amongst which our axiomata was held for the chiefest rota mundi, for the most artificial, and protheus the most profitable. likewise we do not certainly know if these of the second row have been of the like wisdom as the first, and if they were admitted to all things. it shall be declared hereafter to the gentle reader, not onely what we have heard of the burial of r.c. but also made manifest publickly by the foresight, sufferance and commandement of god, whom we most faithfully obey, that if we shall be answered discreetly and christian-like, we will not be afraid to set forth publickly in print, our names, and sirnames, our meetings, or any thing else that may be required at our hands. now the true and fundamental relation of the finding out of t

s. spiritus. 4. fra: b.m. p.a. pictor et architectus. 5. fr: g.g. m.p.i. cabalista. secundi circuli. 1. fra: p.a. successor, fr: i.o. mathematicus. 2. fra: a. successor, fra. p.d. 3. fra: r. successor patris c.r.c. cum christo triumphant. at the end was written- ex deo nascimur, in jesu morimur, per spiritum sanctum reviviscimus. 13 at that time was already dead brother i.o. and fra: d. but their burial place where is it to be found? we doubt not but our fra: senior hath the same, and some especial thing layd in earth, and perhaps likewise hidden: we also hope that this our example will stir up others more diligently to enquire after their names (whom we have therefore published) and to search for the place of their burial; for the most part of them, by reason of their practice and physick

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

o the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the lord: and jotham his son [was] over the king s house, judging the people of the land. 26:22 now the rest of the acts of uzziah, first and last, did isaiah the prophet, the son of amoz, write. 26:23 so uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to the kings; for they said, he [is] a leper: and jotham his son reigned in his stead. 27:1 jotham [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in jerusalem. his mother s name also [was] jerushah, the daughter of zadok. 27:2 and he did [that which was] right in the sight of the lord, according to all that his father uzziah did: howbei

to whom god hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet god giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease. 6:3 if a man beget an hundred [children] and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; i say [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he. 6:4 for he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. 6:5 moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing] this hath more rest than the other. page 409 ecclesiastes 6:6 yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told] yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place? 6:7 all

that] opened not the house of his prisoners? 14:18 all the kings of the nations [even] all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 14:19 but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch [and as] the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. 14:20 thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land [and] slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. 14:21 prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 14:22 for i will rise up against them, saith the lord of hosts, and cut off from babylon the name, and remnant, and son

ne eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it] 22:18 therefore thus saith the lord concerning jehoiakim the son of josiah king of judah; they shall not lament for him [saying] ah my brother! or, ah sister! they shall not lament for him [saying] ah lord! or, ah his glory! 22:19 he shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of jerusalem. 22:20 go up to lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. 22:21 i spake unto thee in thy prosperity [but] thou saidst, i will not hear. this [hath been] thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. 22:22 the wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and

dignation, saying, to what purpose [is] this waste? 26:9 for this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 26:10 when jesus understood [it] he said unto them, why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 26:11 for ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. 26:12 for in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial. 26:13 verily i say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world [there] shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 26:14 then one of the twelve, called judas iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 26:15 and said [unto them] what will ye give me, and i will deliver him unto you? and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silve

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

dy of the patient and place it into a basin or bucket of cool water. the water acts as an occult battery that temporarily holds the soul of the disease. carry the stone out- side and bury it in the earth, pouring the water in the bucket over the stone when you have placed the stone into the hole. after the stone is covered with earth, inscribe a cross of equal arms on the ground over the place of burial. the cross will lock the soul of the disease beneath the earth, where it can do no harm. not all disease is life-threatening, or even serious. to get rid of minor aches or pains, focus your attention on some convenient object-a stone or tree work very well, but any object will do. mentally feel the ache throbbing within the object instead of within your own body. you must know with utter co

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

sired conscious awareness during dreams. the feather is the preeminent symbol of soul flight, which is why it was favored by shamans the world over as part of their ceremonial costume. crystals and crystal gazing natural rock crystal (silicon dioxide) has been used since prehistoric times to induce astral visions and astral projection. pieces of rock crystal have been discovered in caves amid the burial remains of shamans. crystals were employed in greek and roman times for scrying. the crystals grow to a large size and can be polished into spheres or ovoid shapes. pink quartz and smoky quartz are both common, but the most highly prized for scrying purposes are transparent and free from both coloring and inclusions. in ancient times, it was believed to be a form of petrified ice, created b

VOX SABBATUM

lled the al-dhamme, which means bloodletter. the word athame is said to have derived in part from this term. the two-horned ones would gather at the az-zabbat, the forceful occasion. they would dance widdershins around the circle and invoke al aswad (the black man) while reciting moslem prayers backwards. the mabrush (which makes reference to the style of dancing frenzied) practitioners would use burial sheets called the kafan (meaning winding sheet) which is a white shroud used in burials and at a point in the rite place it over their heads. the companions of the rite were attributed to the blacksmith, those of which are revered in morocco to this day as sorcerers. they would beat drums and with their kafans on, would chant iwwaiy which would be recited to the beating of the drums. at a p

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

on of the lady of the house tent-het-nub! he restored this inscription after he had found it in a ruined state in the temple of osiris-mnevis, because he wished to make to live her name. and to give air unto him that is under [the knife, and to give life unto the ancestors of all the gods. and his lord osiris-mnevis shall make long his life with happiness of heart [and shall give him] a beautiful burial after [attaining to] an old age, because of what he hath done for the temple of osiris-mnevis [fn#222] i.e, always [fn#223] the land of the sunrise, the east [fn#224] the land of the sunset, the west [fn#225] perhaps an animal of the lynx class. 89. horus was bitten (i.e, stung) in sekhet-an, to the north of hetephemt, whilst his mother isis was in the celestial houses making a libation for

WICCA EIGHT SABBATS OF WITCHCRAFT

ce the veil and divine what the coming year holds. these two themes, celebrating the dead and divining the future, are inexorably intertwined in samhain, as they are likely to be in any new year's celebration. as a feast of the dead, it was believed the dead could, if they wished, return to the land of the living for this one night, to celebrate with their family, tribe, or clan. and so the great burial eight sabbats of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 4 mounds of ireland (sidh mounds) were opened up, with lighted torches lining the walls, so the dead could find their way. extra places were set at the table and food set out for any who had died that year. and there are many stories that tell of irish heroes making raids on the underworld while the gates of faery stood ope

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ife, who gave him the celebrated fairy flag of dunvegan, about 1380. these are all historical people and the flag still exists. this fairy wife was obviously a woman of the small race, who was nevertheless large enough to have a number of children, whose descendants are alive now. the little people's homes are often described as conical hills. in eire the sidhe are conceived as living in hills or burial-mounds to the present day. a door, often concealed, opened on the hillside; there were long dark passages leading into many chambers which were sometimes lighted by lamps or torches. practically all the stories speak of the dark, or twilight. two miles from castletown in the isle of man a village was excavated in 1943 of a celtic or, probably, pre-celtic people. the largest of the houses wa

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

f 4 limbs, is the descent of spirit into matter; or, as the theosophists say, the triad of atma-buddhi-manas descends into the quaternary of personal man, the kama, prana, linga and sthula sarira. the 4 cabeiri, or great deities of syro-phenicia, were axieros, axiokersos, axiokersa and kasmillos, children of sydyk, are named by sanchoniathon and quoted by eusebius. in the ancient egyptian form of burial, while the body was made into a swathed mummy, the internal organs of the chest and abdomen were removed and preserved in 4 jars, often called the canopic jars; they were dedicated to the 4 genii of the cardinal points, who were at times called the children of horus. the jar of amset, amesheth or mestha, the south, was man-shaped, and in it were put the stomach and large intestines; in the

e and 3 gunas or qualities. for four (4, they used veda, age or ocean. for six (6, they used seasons. for seven (7, they used sage or vowel. for twelve (12, they said sun or zodiac and for twenty (20, they used nails, meaning those of hands and feet. edward b. tylor# 111. chapter nineteen other higher numbers numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott he 14 days of burial, in the master s degree. 14 parts into which the body of osiris was divided. a type of christ, sacrificed on the 14th day of the month. an amulet of 14 points has been used to cure the sick. there are 14 books of the apocrypha. they were written originally in greek, never in hebrew. an israelite had to partake of 14 meals in the booth during the feast of tabernacle. the israelites killed th

the year, negative jewish precepts, dukes of babylon, and streets in the city of rome. 370. directions of the thought of microprosopus. see idra rabba, 5. 537. 373. logos. 375. shlmh, solomon. 394. there were this number of law-courts in the jerusalem of the kingdom period. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 400. the body of joseph was carried 400 miles to burial. david is said to have had a guard of 400 young men who rode in golden chariots at the head of his army. 410. the first temple stood 410 years, and the second temple 420. 474. the number of daath, dot, secret wisdom, the union of chokmah and binah. 496. the number of malkuth (mlkt, the kingdom, the 10th sephirah. 500. kosmos. 543. the number of the mystic name aheie asher aheie, i am that i

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ew to the open rail: men in gay pyjamas and flaunting shirts, men with ends of cigarettes in their lax mouths, men whose language, up to a few hours before, had been too archaic for the dictionary. with open mouths they jostled each other to get a good view of the plunge of the white sewn outline of a man" now, joseph, draw it mild; don't put the sugar in your tea with a trowel! we have seen many burials at sea, more than we should care to count, but we have never seen the corpse surrounded by "fag-ends" and a gay pyjamaed mob. perhaps one of the passengers was on his way to the bath-room, in a swan and edgar "sleeping suit" when you went to have your own little peep- or have you borrowed a leaf from your former jesuit brothers and write all this for the greater glory of god rpa? we are tr

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said to be a cure for many ills. the celts believed fairy music could be heard in certain spots, and it was usually described as sublime. some folk music airs are said to have originated in fairy music. fairy rings are small dark green circles in the grass of meadows, fields, or lawns caused by a certain fungus. these rings were once said to be the dancing places of the fairies. in ireland, mound burials were believed to be the haunts of fairies. theories of fairies there were many different beliefs concerning fairies. peasant traditions said they were fallen angels who were neither good enough to be saved nor bad enough to be lost. folklorists hypothesize that fairies are a folk recollection of an ancient pygmy race, are mythological personifications of natural phenomena, or are remnant f

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

n, a war-horse, a he-goat, and a king with his army. in the book of revelation we find mentioned four beasts (living beings, lion, calf, man and eagle) full of eyes, iv, 6-9: four horses, white, red, black and the pale horse called death, vi, 2-8: four hornsofthegolden altar before the eyes of god, ix, 13, and four angels who were bound in the river euphrates, ix, 14.theancient egyptians in their burials of notable men preserved the internal organs in four canopic jars, dedicated tothenumber four165amset,hapi,taumautefandquebsenuph,theso-called children ofhorus,asungod.thesewereguardedbyfourgoddesses, isis,nephthys,neithandserquet.thenumberfourisprominentin several formsofchron255 ology, for example,thehindoos,who allotted vast ages to human history, toldofakritayuga of joyandspiritual inn

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

ork known as the teaching for king merikare. this text mentions a brutal civil war in which the king had been involved. later egyptian literature generally portrayed the first intermediate period as a time of chaos and misery when the gods had withdrawn their blessing. only one first intermediate period king had a pyramid inscribed with pyramid texts, but they continued to be used in some private burials.23 a group who benefited from the relaxation of royal authority was the nomarchs (provincial governors. these nomarchs had close ties with their local temples, and it was probably among the priesthood of these temples that an innovative new body of funerary texts began to develop. the independence of the nomarchs and the period of disunity were brought to an end in the late twenty-first ce

he dead vary greatly in the number and selection of spells they include. the order of the spells did not become fixed until around 650 bce. in the new kingdom, spells from the book of the dead were occasionally inscribed on items of funerary equipment such as shrouds and coffins or on the walls of royal tombs and mortuary temples. the majority of copies were on papyrus. these were included in the burials of wealthy priests, priestesses, and officials. the spells in the book of the dead were most commonly written out in hieroglyphs or in a cursive (simplified) form of the hieroglyphic script. the majority of the spells are in middle egyptian. by the new kingdom, the spoken language had changed considerably, so the number of people who could understand texts in archaic middle egyptian would

fter a new line of kings, the twenty-first dynasty, took control in the north. a series of marriages between the two families kept the peace. some of the most beautifully illustrated books of the dead were made for royal and aristocratic women who served as priestesses in the temples of thebes during the eleventh and tenth centuries bce (see, for example, figure 24. it became the custom for elite burials to include a selection of spells from the book of the dead and a papyrus based on one or more of the royal underworld books. during this period most of the royal mummies were moved from their original resting places by the theban priesthood, so the secret underworld books on the walls of their tombs became available for copying.67 the papyri based on underworld books are often referred to

r isis. one of the things that made the cults of osiris and isis popular with foreigners was the promise of a happy afterlife for all the virtuous dead, whatever their status had been in life. this was not a concept that was very common among ancient religions. vignettes of the judgment of the dead feature prominently in the book of breathing, a condensed version of the book of the dead placed in burials during the ptolemaic and roman periods. a new text known as the book of traversing eternity was sometimes combined with the book of breathing. this contained spells to allow the spirit of a dead person to return to earth to visit temples and take part in the festivals of osiris99 the scholar-priests who compiled these books were presumably drawing on ancient texts preserved in temple libra

rin: a progress report. in la magia in egitto, edited by a. roccati and a. siliotti. milan: 1987, 257 270. g. hart. anti. in a dictionary of egyptian gods and goddesses. london and boston: 1986, 19 21. primary sources: ct 942; h&s; cairo calendar; pj deities, themes, and concepts 103 anubis (anpu, inpw) anubis was the terrifying canine god who presided over the mummification of bodies and guarded burials. he was usually shown as a seated black jackal or as a man with the head of a jackal or wild dog. anubis helped to judge the dead, and he and his army of messengers were charged with punishing those who violated tombs or offended the gods. the jackals and wild dogs who lived on the edge of the desert were carrion eaters who might dig up shallowly buried corpses. to avert this horrible end

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per in the avenue had made. several windows were slammed down, and a fat woman darted into the street and pulled some small children inside a rickety, unpainted house. the gap in the fence was very easy to pass through, and before long blake found himself wading amidst the rotting, tangled growths of the deserted yard. here and there the worn stump of a headstone told him that there had once been burials in the field; but that, he saw, must have been very long ago. the sheer bulk of the church was oppressive now that he was close to it, but he conquered his mood and approached to try the three great doors in the fa ade. all were securely locked, so he began a circuit of the cyclopean building in quest of some minor and more penetrable opening. even then he could not be sure that he wished

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g signs of a panic really surprising in view of their relatively minor confusion when we had passed them. once more came that sinister, wide-ranged piping "tekeli-li! tekeli-li" we had been wrong. the thing was not wounded, but had merely paused on encountering the bodies of its fallen kindred and the hellish slime inscription above them. we could never know what that demon message was- but those burials at lake s camp had shown how much importance the beings attached to their dead. our recklessly used torch now revealed ahead of us the large open cavern where various ways converged, and we were glad to be leaving those morbid palimpsest sculptures- almost felt even when scarcely seen-behind. another thought which the advent of the cave inspired was the possibility of losing our pursuer at

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ed by chance nocturnal roamers, would soon bring disaster on our enterprise. it was agreed to call the whole thing a chemical laboratory if discovery should occur. gradually we equipped our sinister haunt of science with materials either purchased in boston or quietly borrowed from the college- materials carefully made unrecognisable save to expert eyes- and provided spades and picks for the many burials we should have to make in the cellar. at the college we used an incinerator, but the apparatus was too costly for our unauthorised laboratory. bodies were always a nuisance- even the small guinea-pig bodies from the slight clandestine experiments in west s room at the boarding-house. we followed the local death-notices like ghouls, for our specimens demanded particular qualities. what we w

d remained for additional work at the summer school, so that we were in arkham when it broke with full daemoniac fury upon the town. though not as yet licenced physicians, we now had our degrees, and were pressed frantically into public service as the numbers of the stricken grew. the situation was almost past management, and deaths ensued too frequently for the local undertakers fully to handle. burials without embalming were made in rapid succession, and even the christchurch cemetery receiving tomb was crammed with coffins of the unembalmed dead. this circumstance was not without effect on west, who thought often of the irony of the situation- so many fresh specimens, yet none for his persecuted researches! we were frightfully overworked, and the terrific mental and nervous strain made

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

nd in england during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. on one occasion an irish witch or wise woman was the means of having a scotch girl delated by the kirk for using charms at hallow-eve apparently for the purpose of discovering who her future husband should be. she confessed that "at the instigation of an old woman from ireland she brought in a pint of water from a well which brides and burials pass over, and dipt her shirt into it, and hung it before the fire; that she either dreamed, or else there came something and turned about the chair on which her shirt was, but she could not well see what it was" her sentence was a rebuke before the congregation; considering the state of scotland at that period it must be admitted she escaped very well. 1 p. 200 we now come to the last ins

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xpense to recover physical evidence. for instance, in the paul ingram ritual abuse case, the forensic archeologist satanic ritual abuse 243 assigned to the case thoroughly took apart several sites; for example, they brought one of their big pieces of equipment out there with a blade and they indicated an area that had been indicated to them by the witnesses against paul ingram as an area in which burials had taken place, burials specifically of the remnants of victims of ritual sacrifice, and animals that had been sacrificed and of course the recurrent theme of babies that had been sacrificed. and they buried them out back they said, out back of the house and in the field near by. so i proceeded under the assumption that the only way to do it was to clear a sizable area. so we took the pas

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

these wandering tribes. and many of these superstitious people will not be seen again in church till the next quarter [day] begins, as if no duty were to be learned or done by them, but the only use of worship and sermons were to save them from those [fairy] arrows that fly in the dark. they [the fairies] are distributed in tribes and orders; and they have children, nurses, marriages, deaths and burials, in appearance even as we [do, unless they so do for a mock-show, or to prognosticate some such things [that will come] to be among us. http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_21.htm (2 of 8 [10/9/2001 12:34:36 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 21-29) 3. they are clearly seen by those men of the second sight to eat at funerals, banquets; hence many of the scottish-irish will not ta

d a fantastic imitation of the actions of more terrestrial mortals, since it transcended all the senses of the seer to discern whither, i leave to conjecture [just] as i found it. 6. their men travel much abroad [that is far and wide, either presaging or aping the dismal and tragical actions of some among us, and have also many disastrous doings so of their own [such] as convocations, wounds, and burials, both in the earth and air, they live much longer than we [do, yet die at last or at least vanish from that state [in which they live. for it is one of their tenets that nothing perishes but, as the sun and [the] year, everything goes [around] in a circle, lesser or greater, and is renewed, and refreshed in its revolutions. as it is another [tenet] that every body in the creation moves, wh

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death. hindu religious doctrines demand the death, mutilation, or humiliation of both men and women, depending upon the caste of the guilty parties. taboos can change within a society over time. many acts that were once considered forbidden have developed into an acceptable social activity. while some of the old customs and taboos surrounding courtship and marriage, hospitality and etiquette, and burials and funerals may seem amusing or quaint, primitive or savage, certain elements of such acts as capturing one s bride have been pre- 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 introduction xv served in many traditions that are still practiced in the modern marriage ceremony. belief in an afterlife belief in the survival of some part of us after

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death. hindu religious doctrines demand the death, mutilation, or humiliation of both men and women, depending upon the caste of the guilty parties. taboos can change within a society over time. many acts that were once considered forbidden have developed into an acceptable social activity. while some of the old customs and taboos surrounding courtship and marriage, hospitality and etiquette, and burials and funerals may seem amusing or quaint, primitive or savage, certain elements of such acts as capturing one s bride have been pre- 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 introduction xv served in many traditions that are still practiced in the modern marriage ceremony. belief in an afterlife belief in the survival of some part of us after

) and forbidden behavior (taboos. many of these societal customs, and religious and cultural taboos, are perpetuated in the urban legends of today. 187 chapter exploration superstitions cats days of the week dogs the evil eye four-leaf clover gems horseshoes knocking on wood ladders numbers rabbit s foot sneezing spitting strange customs and taboos courtship and marriage hospitality and etiquette burials and funerals urban legends and beliefs deadly reptiles in the imported carpets the fabulous cookie recipe green m&ms the hook on the car door if your college roommate commits suicide. jesus on the freeway the phantom hitchhiker proctor& gamble is a satanist company the scuba diver in the tree snakes in the toilet spiders in the hairdo introduction perhaps the oldest and most basic of human

to his neighbors and the police, he was abusing his child. in another instance, cambodian parents were accused of child abuse by teachers and social workers because of their traditional cures of placing hot objects on their children s foreheads during an illness. in this section, the fascinating evolution of the customs and taboos surrounding courtship and marriage, hospitality and etiquette, and burials and funerals is explored. while some of the customs of the past may seem amusing or quaint, primitive or savage, certain elements of such barbaric acts as capturing one s bride have been preserved in many traditions is still practiced in the modern marriage ceremony. m delving deeper armand, denis. taboo: sex& morality around the world. london: w. h. allen, 1996. t h e g a l e e n c y c l

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death. hindu religious doctrines demand the death, mutilation, or humiliation of both men and women, depending upon the caste of the guilty parties. taboos can change within a society over time. many acts that were once considered forbidden have developed into an acceptable social activity. while some of the old customs and taboos surrounding courtship and marriage, hospitality and etiquette, and burials and funerals may seem amusing or quaint, primitive or savage, certain elements of such acts as capturing one fs bride have been pre- 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 introduction xv served in many traditions that are still practiced in the modern marriage ceremony. belief in an afterlife belief in the survival of some part of us afte

up of people seemed to live in the place of serpents than at other mayan centers. hundreds of workshops where artisans plied their crafts were found. what factors caused the demise of the mayan empire remains a mystery. destruction from earthquakes is evident in some mayan centers, but not all, and earthquakes are not believed to have leveled any of the major centers. there is no evidence of mass burials that t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d places of mystery and power 255 mayan temple in tikel, guatemala (the library of congress) would indicate an epidemic, such as plague, small pox, or other infectious diseases that swept through europe during the same time as the mayan fs golden era and downfall. an isolated disruption caused by c

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the religious importance of the churchyard dances caused them to survivelong after the middle ages. aubrey[61] notes that in herefordshire the village lads and lasses danced in thechurchyards on all holydays and the eves of holydays; in wales,[61] too, the same custom was kept up tilllate in the nineteenth century, but there the dancing was always confined to the north side of the churchyardwhere burials are fewest.one of the most surprising survivals of the processional dance was to be found at shaftesbury. like "greengarters" it was connected with the may-day ceremonies, showing that it was in origin essentially religious.the petition of the civic authorities in the reign of charles ii is still extant, praying that the date of the dancemight be changed from sunday to a weekday, as the pe

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on shamanic i t has been written that shamanism is ten thousand years old, but that is only a vague guess-a nice round number meant to signify, in the biblical sense, a very long time. whlen the first tribes started to gather in caves and chant songs of the hunt, there were shamans to lead them in their chants. when hunters were brought back to the cave dead or dying, shamans presided over their burials or called upon spirits to heal them. shamanism is older than religion, perhaps as ancient as magic itself. there has never been a ti nesi nce the human race discovered fire that shamans have not practiced their arts somlewhere on this planet. each developing culture has had its own form of shamanism, unique in its details, but certain practices are common to all shamans around the world. a

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ve me more information. at rushen abbey, near castletown, some curious discoveries have been made (vide articles in the isle of man natural history and antiquarian society proceedings, march 1935. mr. w. christian cubbon writes (page 111 'there is another observation worthy of special mention. its significance has not yet been explained. i refer to the device sometimes found in eighteenth century burials, namely the skull and crossbones. this was found here carried out within the grave itself in actual bone. the isolated heads were found with human thigh-bones crossed under the chins, and one at least of the skeletons had such bones under its chin; this is still to be seen at rushen abbey. on discussing this peculiarity it was said to have been observed in ireland but passed over as being

who were massacred in 1142 (probably the heads without bodies had been stuck on posts) people also suggest that they were pirates and so were buried in this way. but the skull and crossbones was not adopted by pirates until the seventeenth century, in spite of what movies or boys' books say. professor varley of university college, accra, tells me that he excavated a number of skull-andcrossbones burials at lissett, east riding of yorkshire, during the construction of an airfield there in 1940. this had to be done hastily owing to the war and he found nothing by which he could date them; but personally he believed they were of about the viking period. he said he sent in all his reports to mr. elmer davis of cardiff museum, and he had heard no more about them, so has not published his repor

d there in 1940. this had to be done hastily owing to the war and he found nothing by which he could date them; but personally he believed they were of about the viking period. he said he sent in all his reports to mr. elmer davis of cardiff museum, and he had heard no more about them, so has not published his report. professor varley himself has no idea of the reason for or the meanings of these burials, and was interested to know of their occurring elsewhere. so we have cases of these burials in man, yorkshire and ireland. people reverence their dead, and do not do such things for fun; it must have had some meaning for them. if it was simply a case of people being beheaded, where did the crossbones come from, and were they their own or someone else's? it has been suggested that they were

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