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nd or two to once again feel the energies that you felt when performing the qabalistic cross. re-create a cross of light within your being (the cross also represents the four archetypal elements: air, earth, fire and water).step 2 say: before me, vibrate) rah-fay-el."visualize the archangel raphael on a hill in front of you. he is dressed in a yellow robe which has purple highlights. he carries a caduceus wand (the symbol used by doctors, a wand entwined by serpents, which represents the life force).feel a breeze coming from behind him. step 3 say: behind me, vibrate) gah-bray-el."visualize a figure behind you, dressed in blue with some orange highlights. the figure holds a cup and is surrounded by waterfalls or the ocean. try to feel the moisture in the air. step 4 say: on my right, vibra

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

et, sicut legimus, primum cliahohis hoc per mercuriuw prodidit, unde et mercurius inventor illius dicitur, 1, 656. conf. schol. to odyss. 23, 198, and ms. 2, 124: der tiuvel schuof das wiirfelspil. our folk-tales know something about this, they always make the devil play at cards, and entice others to play (see suppl^ when to this we add, that the wishing-rod, i.e. wish's staff, recals mercury's caduceus, and the wish-wives, t.e.,osknieyjar, valkyrior, the occupation of the psychopompos; we may fairly recognise an echo of the gallic^ or germanic]\lercury in the epithet trismcgistos (lactantius i. 6, 3. vi, 25, 10. ter maximus hermes in ausonius, which later poets, romance and german, in the 12tli and 13th centuries^ transferred to a saracen deity termagant tervcigan, tervigant, terviant

skorangr (see suppl.j. valkyrja, w^lcyrie. 419 'i one name is particularly attractive: oskmeyjar, wish-maidens (stem. 212. vols, saga cap. 2, given them, i think, because they are in osin's service, and osinn is called oski, wunsc. but there is something more: i find a confirmation of my opinion that wuotan bore the name of wunsc in his identity with mercury, for]\iercury carries the magic wand (caduceus, which is like our v:ishing-rod, ohg. vmnsciligerta(-yerde, yard. the likeness will come out more distinctly from a closer inspection of the two rods, which is yet to come; but if wuotan and wunsc, osinn and osjd are one, we may suppose that the thorn, the sleeping-thorn, which osinn put into the dress of tlie valkyrja brynhildr (soem. 192, was likewise a wishing-thorn. it throws light on

3 8 INITIATION CEREMONY

eus: by what symbol dost thou enter herein? heg: by the peculiar emblem of the stolistes, which is the cup of water. hiereus: the cup of the stolistes partakes in part of the symbolism of the laver of moses and the sea of solomon. on the tree of life it embraces nine of the sephiroth, exclusive of kether. yesod and malkuth form the triangle below, the former the apex the latter the base. like the caduceus it further represents the 3 elements of water, air and fire. the crescent is the water which is above the firmament; the circle is the firmament and the triangle the consuming fire below, which is opposed to the celestial fire symbolized by the upper part of the caduceus. heg: places admission badge aside and leads theoricus to hierophant and then returns to his place. hiereus: heg: rise

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

as free from sin. she can be invoked for all rituals of justice, uncovering secrets, truth and trustworthiness. hermes hermes is the greek messenger god who travelled between dimensions. he is associated with the wise ancient egyptian god thoth and the later roman mercury. he is credited with great knowledge, healing powers and medical knowledge. the double entwined snake of hermes' and mercury's caduceus, or wand, which is often a living growing staff, is a symbol both of healing and of powerful communication. the snake forms two circles, the interlinked cycles of good and evil, life and death, light and darkness. the wings on the caduceus are for wisdom, guarding against gossip and malicious words as well as illness. among hermes' many patronages were moneylenders and thieves and so he c

, overcoming debts, repelling envy, malice and spite and those who would deceive. for this reason, mercury spells must always be used with honest intent. wednesday is also traditionally associated with divination. mercury, the planet nearest the sun, completes its orbit in only 88 days and so is named after the fleetfooted messenger god who, like his greek predecessor, hermes, carried the healing caduceus. he is also linked with the anglo-saxon god, woden, after whom wednesday is named. mercury hour spells are good for finding a quick way out of difficulties and for melting rigid opinions in others. element: air colour: yellow crystals: agate, citrine, falcon's eye, jasper, malachite, onyx incenses: lavender, lemongrass, mace trees: hazel, ash herbs and oils: dill, fennel, parsley, valeria

clairvoyants. beltain: the celtic festival of summer, beginning on 30 april and lasting for three days. bicarmel mind: a way of thinking that uses both hemispheres of the mind, the logical and the intuitive, rather than the left (logical) hemisphere predominating as is normal in adults. book of shadows: a book of reference containing magical spells, herbs, flowers, incenses and moon phases, etc. caduceus: the staff of the classical messenger of the gods (hermes to the greeks and mercury to the romans, shaped like two snakes, entwined in a double circle. cardinal: principal, as in the four cardinal directions set round a circle- north, south, east, and west. also a term applied to the astrological signs of aries, cancer, libra and capricorn, because when the sun moved into these signs it m

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

at the church espoused. for the orgone of wilhelm reich is just as much leviathan as the kundalini of tantrick adepts, and the power raised by the witches. it has always, at least in the past two thousand years, been associated with occultism and essentially with rites of evil magick, or the forbidden magick, of the enemy, and of satan. and the twisting, sacred spiral formed by the serpent of the caduceus, and by the spinning of the galaxies, is also the same leviathan as the spiral of the biologists' code of life: dna the goddess of the witches the current revival of the cult called wicca is a manifestation of the ancient secret societies that sought to tap this telluric, occult force and use it to their own advantage, and to the advantage of humanity as was the original intent. the raisi

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

seen that this hawk is not solar, but mercurial; hence the words, the cry of the hawk, the essential part of mercury being his voice; and the number of the chapter, b, which is beth the letter of mercury, the magus of the tarot, who has four weapons, and it must be remembered that this card is numbered 1, again connecting all these symbols with the phallus. the essential weapon of mercury is the caduceus. note (3) fourteen letters. quid voles illud fac. q.v.i.f. 196=14^2 [15] 3 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta gamma the oyster the brothers of a'.a. are one with the mother of the child.(4) the many is as adorable to the one as the one is to the many. this is the love of these; creationparturition is the bliss of the one; coitiondissolution is the bliss of the many. the all, thus interwov

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neal figures the octagon and octagram. the god who rules that planet thoth, or in hebrew symbolism tetragrammaton adonai and elohim tzabaoth, its archangel raphael, its choir of angels beni elohim, its intelligence tiriel, its spirit taphtatharath, its colours orange (for mercury is the sphere of the sephira hod, 8) yellow, purple, grey and indigo rayed with violet; its magical weapon the wand or caduceus, its perfumes mastic and others, its sacred plants vervain and others, its jewel the opal or agate; its sacred animal the snake, etc, etc. 376 3. you would then prepare your place of working accordingly. in an orange circle you would draw an eight-pointed star of yellow, at whose points you would place eight lamps. the sigil of the spirit (which is to be found in cornelius agrippa and oth

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mother, the uniting of whom with the father absorbs all into the crown. see liber cdxviii> the magick wand is thus the principal weapon of the magus; and the "name" of that wand is the magical oath. the will being twofold is in chokmah, who is the logos, the word; hence some have said that the word is the will. thoth the lord of magic sic is also the lord of speech; hermes the messenger bears the caduceus. word should express will: hence the mystic name of the probationer is the expression of his highest will. there are, of course, few probationers who understand themselves sufficiently to be able to formulate this will to themselves, and therefore at the end of their probation they choose a new name. 71 it is convenient therefore for the student to express his will by taking magical oaths

e symbol of "life" a form of the rosy cross "see" equinox iii "apophis" the serpent-god who slew osiris "see" equinox iii "babalon, our lady "see" equinox v, the vision and voice, 14th aethyr "babe of the abyss "see" equinox viii, temple of solomon "bhagavadgita" scared hymn of india, translated by sir edwin arnold in the "song celestial "binah" understanding, the 3rd "emanation" of the absolute "caduceus" the wand of mercury "see" equinox ii and iii "chela" pupil "chesed" mercy, the 4th "emanation" of the absolute "chokmah" wisdom, the 2nd "emanation" of the absolute "choronzon "see" equinox v, the vision and the voice, 10th aethyr "city of the pyramids "see" equinox v, the vision and the voice, 14th aethyr "crux ansata" same as ankh "q.v "daath" knowledge, child of chokmah and binah in o

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seer. it resolves into pentagram and hexagram as follows: 1st method. 5a a a dh a r b a b r forms 12 and 406 )wh and ht (406= wt, where ht= microprosopus, and )wh= macroprosopus. the arcanum is therefore that of the great work. 2nd method. 5a a a a a b r h d i b r here bhr= 207= rw) pws ny, etc, and rbd= voice( gthe vision and the voice h; thus showing, by yetziratic attribution, the three wands: caduceus: phoenix: lotus. note always rb) are the three supernals. 3rd method. 5a a a d i r b r b a a h give 205+ 213; both mean gmighty h, whence abrahadabra is gthe word of double power h. b) show nb )my) b, viz, amoun: thoth: mout. by yetziratic method, h d r are isis: horus: osiris (also, for h d r, vide i.r.q. 992) dividing as 3 and 8, we get 7 of horus dominating the stooping dragon, w)y rr;

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abalon. see liber 418, 12th thyr. see also 280 in part i. 300. venerable, but only useful as explaining the power of the trident, and the flame on the altar. too stable to serve a revolutionary, except in so far is it is fire. 333. see part i. 340. connects with 6 through \c, the fire and the water conjoined to make the name. thus useful as a hint in ceremonial. 361. see part i. connects with the caduceus; as 3 is the supernal fire, 6 the ruach, 1 malkuth. see illustration of caduceus in equinox no. ii.71 370. most venerable (see part i. it delivers the secret of creation into the hand of the magician. see liber capricorni pneumatici. 400. useful only as a finality or material basis. being 20 20 it shows the fixed universe as a system of rolling wheels (20= k, the wheel of fortune. 401. se

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8, 12th aethyr. see also 280 in part i. 300. venerable, but only useful as explaining the power of the trident, and the flame on the altar. too stable to serve a revolutionary, except in so far as it is fire. 333. see part i. 340. connects with 6 through shm, the fire and the water conjoined to make the name. thus useful as a hint in ceremonial. 358. see part i. 361. see part i. connects with the caduceus; as 3 is the supernal fire, 6 the ruach, 1 malkuth. see illustration of caduceus in equinox no. ii. 370. most venerable (see part i. it delivers the secret of creation into the hand of the magician. see liber capricorni pneumatici. 400. useful only as finality or material basis. being 20 x 20, it shows the fixed universe as a system of rolling wheels (20= k, the wheel of fortune. 401. see

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 2

e ray of divine light from the white triangle of the three supernals, and cries "hekas, hekas, este, bebeloi!"15 250 in order to warn the evil and uninitiated to retire so that the triangle may be formulated upon the altar. the hierophant then calls upon all present to assist him in opening the hall of the neophytes, and bids the kerux see that the hall is properly guarded. 12 more fluidic. 13 or caduceus "see" diagram 24. 14 or fylfat "see" diagram 14. 15 the same as "eskato bebeloi" used in the eleusinian mysteries. the fratres and sorores of the order then give the sign of the neophyte, after which the hiereus explains that the names of the three chief officers commence with "the letter of breath" h. but that in the name osiris, the h is silent, and concealed, as it were shrouded in o

ch it coincides, while in the thirty-second path leading thereunto, through which you have just passed, the kerubic guardians are represented; and the palm-trees, or trees of progression in the garden of eden. honoured "hegemon" conduct the zelator to the west, and place him there before the portal of the thirty-second path through which he has just entered" the zelator then seeks entrance by the caduceus of hermes, the symbolism of which the "hegemon" explains to him. 268 6 "see 777" cols. cvi, cvii, p. 23. illustration on page 269 approximated below_ hb:resh hb:samekh hb:tzaddi/ tablet/ of air_ kamea la/ dais) pentacle moon of mp_ on tree moon_ hierophant of life_ tablet of salt salt nb: here lineal earth is placed figures/ lamp a drawing_ of the tree of life lights unshaded with serpent

left of the tree are the symbols of the active and passive, male and female- adam and eve. the pillars further represent the two kerubim of the ark; the right, male- metatron; and the left, female- sandalphon. above them ever burn the lamps of their spiritual essence, the higher life, of which they are the partakers in the eternal uncreated one" illustration on page 269 described "diagram 24. the caduceus of hermes" this is composed of two figures, side by side. on the left is a variation on the caduceus: a winged sun disk (ba-hadit) atop a stick. two serpents twine the stick in stylized fashion with open loops. the serpents face each other at top, with the stick between. their bodies intersect three times over the stick as they loop it back and forth. the second figure, to the right, is c

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2

eal figures the octagon and octagram. the god who rules that planet thoth, or in hebrew symbolism tetragrammaton adonai and elohim tzabaoth, its archangel raphael, its choir of angels beni elohim, its intelligence tiriel, its spirit taphtatharath, its colours orange (for mercury is the sphere of the sephira hod, 8, yellow, purple, grey, and indigo rayed with violet; its magical weapon the wand or caduceus, its perfumes mastic and others, its sacred plants vervain and others, its jewel the opal or agate; its sacred animal the snake &c &c. 3. you would then prepare your place of working accordingly. in an orange circle you would draw an eight-pointed star of yellow, at whose points you would place eight lamps. the sigil of the spirit (which is to be found in cornelius 15 agrippa and other bo

ntative of the powers of the two. light and darkness, flux and reflux, ebb and flow- these are her manifested powers in nature- where also she binds the "great waters" to her will. now in the yetziratic attribution is the second number, beth("i.e" a house, an abode, the dwelling of the holy one, shown to be equivalent to the sphere of kokab and his lords. and the symbolic weapon of mercury is the caduceus, whose twin serpents show again the dualistic power("note- woden, the scandinavian mercury, was the all-father, as it is written in the ritual of the path of the spirit of the primal 169 fire hb:shin "for all things did the father of all things perfect, and delivered them over unto the "second mind; whom all races of men call 'first) behold, then, in these two great numbers 1 and 2 the fa

eign of the gods of light hb:taw at the threshold of the infinite worlds! now compare this with the particular exordium (g. d. mss. z3 .at the ending of the night :at the limits of the light hb:bet :thoth stood before the unborn ones of time .then was formulated the universe .then came forth the gods thereof, hb:resh .the aeons of the bornless beyond. hb:aleph<caduceus("see" p. 269) the air symbol vibrating between them [also hb:yod, virgo, is a mercurial sign, and thoth is mercury, though on a higher plane. the hermit, with his lamp and wand, is hermes, who guides the souls of the dead, in the greek ritual of 0 degree= 0 square- p> then was the voice vibrated. hb:shin<spirit of god, second deity-name in the law, the trigram

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 4

ng upon the two-petaled ajna-lotus causes the leaves to open out, so now does this celestial light lift him out and beyond the world, as wings lift a bird from the fields of earth, encompassing him, extending to his right hand and to his left like the wings of the solar globe which shut out from the ruby ball the twin serpents which twine beneath it.231 231 the two serpents and central rod of the caduceus are in yoga represented by the ida, pingala and sushumn. the wings closed, to the ajna-lotus; open and displaying the solar disk, to the sahas ra chakkra. having purified himself, he understands the perfect life; being a doer of holiness, he is a knower of holiness; having practised truth, he has become accomplished in the knowledge of truth. he perceives the working of the inner law of t

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 6 2

s dirge<aquarius. brother capricornus, what is the hour? capricornus. noon. aquarius. let us depart; it is accomplished["full light [capricornus "stands with drawn sword before the veil; the others escort the people out] 18 the rite of jupiter officers centrum in centri trigono "black robe, swastika" sphinx "green robe, violin and sword" hermanubis "violet robe, caduceus" typhon "red robe, prong two-forked, or sword" hebe. ganymede "cup-bearers and dancers. white robes "the temple represents the wheel of fortune of the tarot. at its axle is the altar on which sits c.i.c.t. on the rim, s. at east spoke, h. at north-west, t. at south-west. hebe and ganymede are seated at the feet of c.i.c.t. to the west of the wheel is the veil" 21 the rite of jupiter part

enus. some, too, stand isolated] 90 venus. brother taurus, art thou faithful, thou alone? taurus["seductively yet ironically] knowest thou not me? venus. yea, my beloved, lord of all my doves. taurus. venus, our lady! venus. come unto me["she half rises and draws him to her" taurus. within the veil? venus. there is no veil before my shrine["she unfastens his robe. as it falls he leaps up with the caduceus, as" mercury "and tramples her beneath his feet] taurus. in the beginning was the word; and the word was with god; and the word was god["all come forward" saturn "with" libra "linked" luna "and" pisces "linked; and bow to him] luna. the treason is accomplished. pisces. the mind is nobler than the body. saturn. friendship is holier than love. libra. nature is overcome by wit. pisces. how s

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

g force flows in, and three whorls immediately appear, surrounding the "hole" with their triple spiral of two and a half coils, and returning to their origin by a spiral within the atom; these are at once followed by seven finer whorls, which following the spiral of the first three on the outer surface and returning to their origin by a spiral within that, flowing in the opposite direction form a caduceus with the first three. each of the three coarser whorls, flattened out, makes a closed circle; each of the seven finer ones, similarly flattened out, makes a closed circle. the forces which flow in them, again, come from "outside" from a fourth-dimensional space. each of the finer whorls is formed of seven yet finer ones, set successively at right angles to each other, each finer than its

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y in a sectarian theological spirit. for, if the followers of the roman church are taught that mercury and aesculapius, or asclepios, who are, in truth, one, are "devils and sons of devils" and the wand and serpent of the latter were "the devil's wand; how about the "brazen serpent" of moses? every scholar knows that both the heathen wand and the jewish "serpent" are one and the same, namely, the caduceus of mercury, son of apollo-python. it is easy to comprehend why the jews adopted the ophidian shape for their "seducer" with them it was purely physiological and phallic; and no amount of casuistical reasoning on the part of the roman catholic church can give it another meaning, once that the mystery language is well studied, and that the hebrew scrolls are read numerically. the occultists

s of one and sole prototype, named noah- are all generic names. it is the kabiri who are credited with having revealed, by producing corn or wheat, the great boon of agriculture. what isis- osiris, the once living kabiria, has done in egypt, that ceres is said to have done in sicily; they all belong to one class. that the serpents were ever the emblems of wisdom and prudence is again shown by the caduceus of mercury, one with thot, the god of wisdom, with hermes, and so on. the two serpents, entwined around the rod, are phallic symbols of jupiter and other gods who transformed themselves into snakes for purposes of seducing goddesses- but only in the unclean fancies of profane symbologists. the serpent has ever been the symbol of the adept, and of his powers of immortality and divine knowl

. the two serpents, entwined around the rod, are phallic symbols of jupiter and other gods who transformed themselves into snakes for purposes of seducing goddesses- but only in the unclean fancies of profane symbologists. the serpent has ever been the symbol of the adept, and of his powers of immortality and divine knowledge. mercury in his psychopompic character, conducting and guiding with the caduceus the souls of the dead to hades and even raising the dead to life with it, is simply a very transparent allegory. it shows the dual power of the secret wisdom: the black and the white magic. it shows this personified wisdom guiding the soul after death, and its power to call to life that which is dead- a very deep metaphor if one thinks over its meaning. every people of antiquity reverence

cents or signs[[diagram) spoken of by ragon (vide supra- atma and buddhi, or "divine spirit and its vehicle (spiritual soul. the six or the "senary" is dealt with later, while the septenary will be fully treated in the course of this volume (vide the "mysteries of the hebdomad) the ogdoad or 8 symbolizes the eternal and spiral motion of cycles, the 8[[diagram, and is symbolized in its turn by the caduceus. it shows the regular breathing of the kosmos presided over by the eight great gods- the seven from the primeval mother, the one and the triad. then comes the number nine or the triple ternary. it is the number which reproduces itself incessantly under all shapes and figures in[[footnote(s* osiris is called in the "book of the dead "osiris, the double crocodile (see chapter "on the names

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light, this electromagnetic ether, this vital and luminous caloric, is represented on ancient monuments by the girdle of isis which twines round two poles and in ancient theogonies by the serpent devouring its own tail, emblem of prudence and of saturn- emblem of infinity, immortality, and kronos "time- not the god saturn or the planet "it is the winged dragon of medea, the double serpent of the caduceus, and the tempter of genesis; but it is also the brazen snake of moses encircling the tau lastly, it is the devil of exoteric dogmatism, and is really the blind force (it is not blind, and levi knew it, which souls must conquer in order to detach themselves from the chains of earth 'for if they should not' they will be absorbed by the same power which first produced them and will return to

the sun and moon, in turn, though the cynocephalus is more a hermetic than a religious symbol. for it is the hieroglyph of mercury, the planet, as of the mercury of the alchemical philosophers "as" say the alchemists "mercury has to be ever near isis, as her minister, as without mercury neither isis nor osiris can accomplish anything in the great work" cynocephalus, whenever represented with the caduceus, the crescent, or the lotus, is a glyph of the "philosophical" mercury; but when seen with a reed, or a roll of parchment, he stands for hermes, the secretary and adviser of isis, as hanuman filled the same office with rama. though the regular sun-worshippers, the parsis, are few, yet not only is the bulk of the hindu mythology and history based upon and interblended with these two worshi

d remotely pre-christian. there was neither forgery nor interpolation of types; nothing but a continuity of imagery with a perversion of its meaning- x. tree, serpent, and crocodile worship "object of horror or of adoration, men have for the serpent an implacable hatred, or prostrate themselves before its genius. lie calls it, prudence claims it, envy carries it in its heart, and eloquence on its caduceus. in hell it arms the whip of the furies; in heaven eternity makes of it its symbol" de chateaubriand. the ophites asserted that there were several kinds of genii, from god to man; that the relative superiority of these was ruled by the degree[[vol. 1, page] 404 the secret doctrine. of light that was accorded to each; and they maintained that the serpent had to be constantly called upon an

problem ages ago. aye; earnest, as well as mocking reader, science is slowly but as surely approaching our domains of the occult. it is forced by its own discoveries to adopt nolens volens our phraseology and symbols. chemical science is now compelled, by the very force of things, to accept even our illustration of the evolution of the gods and atoms, so suggestively and undeniably figured in the caduceus of mercury, the god of wisdom, and in the allegorical language of the archaic sages. says a commentary in the esoteric doctrine. the trunk of the asvattha (the tree of life and being, the rod of the caduceus) grows from and descends at every beginning (every new manvantara) from the two dark wings of the swan (hansa) of life. the two serpents, the ever-living and its illusion (spirit and

the two dark wings of the swan (hansa) of life. the two serpents, the ever-living and its illusion (spirit and matter) whose two heads grow from the one head between the wings, descend along the trunk, interlaced in close embrace. the two tails join on earth (the manifested universe) into one, and this is the great illusion, o lanoo[[vol. 1, page] 550 the secret doctrine every one knows what the caduceus is, already modified by the greeks. the original symbol- with the triple head of the serpent- became altered into a rod with a knob, and the two lower heads were separated, thus disfiguring somewhat the original meaning. yet it is as good an illustration as can be for our purpose, this laya rod entwined by two serpents. verily the wonderful powers of the magic caduceus were sung by all th

issible, inasmuch as the curve has to pass through a point neutral as to electricity and chemical energy twice in each cycle. we must, therefore, adopt some other figure. a figure of eight (8, or lemniscate, will foreshorten into a zigzag just as well as a spiral, and it fulfils every condition of the problem" a lemniscate for the evolution downward, from spirit into matter[[vol. 1, page] 551 the caduceus of life. another form of a spiral, perhaps, in its reinvolutionary path onward, from matter into spirit, and the necessary gradual and final reabsorption into the laya state, that which science calls in her own way "the point neutral as to electricity" etc, or the zero point. such are the occult facts and statement. they may be left with the greatest security and confidence to science, to

rit, and the necessary gradual and final reabsorption into the laya state, that which science calls in her own way "the point neutral as to electricity" etc, or the zero point. such are the occult facts and statement. they may be left with the greatest security and confidence to science, to be justified some day. let us hear some more, however, about this primordial genetic type of the symbolical caduceus "such a figure will result from three very simple simultaneous motions. first, a simple oscillation backwards and forwards (suppose east and west; secondly, a simple oscillation at right angles to the former (suppose north and south) of half the periodic time- i.e, twice as fast; and thirdly, a motion at right angles to these two (suppose downwards, which, in its simplest form, would be w

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

she can be invoked for all rituals of justice, uncovering secrets, truth and trustworthiness. hermes hermes is the greek messenger god who travelled between dimensions. he is associated with the wise ancient egyptian god thoth and the later roman mercury. he is credited with great knowledge, healing powers and medical knowledge [insert pic p080- the double entwined snake of hermes' and mercury's caduceus, or wand, which is often a living growing staff, is a symbol both of healing and of powerful communication. the snake forms two circles, the interlinked cycles of good and evil, life and death, light and darkness. the wings on the caduceus are for wisdom, guarding against gossip and malicious words as well as illness. among hermes' many patronages were moneylenders and thieves and so he c

elling envy, malice and spite and those who would deceive. for this reason, mercury spells must always be used with honest intent. wednesday is also traditionally associated with divination. seite 140 wicca01.txt mercury, the planet nearest the sun, completes its orbit in only 88 days and so is named after the fleet-footed messenger god who, like his greek predecessor, hermes, carried the healing caduceus. he is also linked with the anglo-saxon god, woden, after whom wednesday is named. mercury hour spells are good for finding a quick way out of difficulties and for melting rigid opinions in others. element: air colour: yellow crystals: agate, citrine, falcon's eye, jasper, malachite, onyx incenses: lavender, lemongrass, mace trees: hazel, ash herbs and oils: dill, fennel, parsley, valeria

: the celtic festival of summer, beginning on 30 april and lasting for three days. seite 177 wicca01.txt bicarmel mind: a way of thinking that uses both hemispheres of the mind, the logical and the intuitive, rather than the left (logical) hemisphere predominating as is normal in adults. book of shadows: a book of reference containing magical spells, herbs, flowers, incenses and moon phases, etc. caduceus: the staff of the classical messenger of the gods (hermes to the greeks and mercury to the romans, shaped like two snakes, entwined in a double circle. cardinal: principal, as in the four cardinal directions set round a circle- north, south, east, and west. also a term applied to the astrological signs of aries, cancer, libra and capricorn, because when the sun moved into these signs it m

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nt in the garden "tempting" eve and he was later to become extremely unpopular with the rest of the anunnaki leadership because of the explosion in the human population that followed, the sumerian tablets tell us. incidentally, enki, the expert in advanced science and medicine, was symbolised as two serpents intertwining around a staff that could well symbolise the reptilian dna. we call this the caduceus and it is the symbol of today's medical profession. no accident. this evolution from outwardly reptilian to outwardly mammalian is described in the ancient hebrew work, the haggadah("the telling, a compendium of hebrew oral traditions going way back. it says "before their bodies had been overlaid with a horny skin and enveloped with a cloud of glory. no sooner had they violated the comman

eptiles holding the cross of st george (see picture section. as i mentioned before, the reptilian rockefeller bloodline has placed a gold statue of prometheus in the rockefeller centre in new york (figure 23. the heraldry and coats of arms of poland are another example. they include the images found among all european royalty and aristocracy- the openly reptilian serpent, griffin, salamander, and caduceus, plus the sphinx and unicorn.36 rule britannia the accounts in the edda of the battles between the nordics of thor/indara and the serpent cult of el, wodan, and balder, can explain many ancient and modern mysteries, symbols, and biblical texts (figure 24. the edda tells how the dragon queens 159 thor/indara and the nordic/aryans came down from the danube region of europe into the domain o

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om an ancient snake-goddess(reptilian) called sir, which relates to the anunnaki goddess, ninlil or ninkharsag, in thesumerian tablets. her husband, enlil, was called the splendid serpent of the shining eyes.his brother, enki, was also known as a serpent and his emblem was two entwined serpents,the symbol of his cult centre at eridu, and of the modern medical profession. the symbolis known as the caduceus (see figure 5. this information comes from the sumeriantablets as translated by zecharia sitchin and described in his books. therefore i found itstaggering that sitchin personally told me there was no evidence of a serpent race and figure 5: the ancient caduceus,symbol of the modern medicalprofession and symbolic of manythings, tncluding, quite possibly,the twin spirals of dna or perhapsr

e in the image of baphomet ofmendes or asmodeus, thesatanists symbol of thedevil. asmodeus is said tohave been the guardian ofsolomons treasure and aportrayal of him was foundamong the possessions of abbesauniere, the mysterious priestat rennes-le-chateau whoplaced a statue of asmodeus atthe entrance to his church.asmodeus is named as thechief demon in the hebrewtalmud. a painting ofwashington by caduceus isa mass of esoteric symbolismand geometry. two examplesare that his hand is raised atthe angle of the rising moonand his sword is at the angleof the sun at the wintersolstice.11the washington streetdesign has been expandedover the years, but this hasbeen done in keeping with aplan which appears to havebeen decided at the start. thesame thing seems to havehappened with somefigure 33: the

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e in mind, as the swami vivekananda points out, that what is on the right in the male is on the left in the female. in addition to this it must be remembered that what is positive on the physical plane is negative on the astral plane; it is positive again on the mental plane and negative mystical qabala page 89 on the spiritual plane, as is indicated in the twining black and white serpents of the caduceus of mercury [page 132] if this caduceus be placed upon the tree when the tree is marked off to represent the four worlds of the qabalists, a glyph is formed which reveals the workings of the law of polarity in relation to the planes. this is a very important glyph, and yields a great deal to meditation. 29. from this we learn that when the soul is in a female incarnation it will function n

but with netzach a great change comes over our mode of apprehending the different types of existence assigned to each sphere. hitherto we have perceived by means of intuition; our apprehensions have been formless, or at least represented by highly abstract symbols; there are no more of these after tiphareth, but we come to such concrete symbols as the rose, assigned to venus, for netzach, and the caduceus, assigned to mercury, for hod. 3. as has been seen, we conceive of the higher sephiroth under the aspect of factors of martifestation and functions. we saw in our study of tiphareth how the mediating intelligence, as the sepher yetzirah calls it, broke up the white light of the one life as in a prism so that it becomes the refulgent splendour of many-rayed hues in netzach. here we have no

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exhibit the sanctity of labor; they make the sign of esotericism above and below, to impress mystery on initiates, and they point at two lunar crescents, the upper being white and the lower black, to explain the correspondences of good and evil, mercy and justice. the lower part of the body is veiled, portraying the mysteries of universal generation, which is expressed solely by the symbol of the caduceus. the belly of the goat is scaled, and should be colored green, the semicircle above should be blue; the plumage, reaching to the breast, should be of various hues. the goat has female breasts, and thus its only characteristics are those of maternity and toil, otherwise the signs of redemption. on its forehead, between the horns and beneath the torch, is the sign of the microcosm, or the p

the value of the powder, richtausen presented himself to emperor ferdinand, himself an alchemist, and gave him a quantity of the powder. the emperor, assisted by his mine master count russe, succeeded in converting three pounds of mercury into gold by means of one grain of the powder. the emperor is said to have commemorated the event by having a medal struck bearing the effigy of apollo with the caduceus of mercury and an appropriate motto. richtausen was ennobled under the title of baron chaos. a. e. waite, in his lives of alchemistical philosophers (1888, stated: among many transformations performed by the same powder was one by the elector of mayence, in 1651. he made projections with all the precautions possible to a learned and skilful philosopher. the powder enclosed in gum tragacan

during clairvoyant card tests. journal of parapsychology 28 (1964. cadoret, remi j, and j. fahler. esp card tests of college students with and without hypnosis. journal of parapsychology 22 (1958. cadoret, remi j, and j. g. pratt. the consistent missing effect in esp. journal of parapsychology 14 (1950. pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. caduceus the caduceus, an esoteric symbol picturing two serpents coiled around a rod, is one of the most ancient symbols in the middle east. serpents always carried very opposite connotations. they were beautifully decorated creatures who symbolized wisdom. in many cases they also carried a deadly venom and their bite killed. the ancient hebrews saw the serpent in the garden of eden as the instrum

cence. while in the wilderness, many were bitten by serpents and, according to the story, moses lifted up a brass image of a serpent coiled around a rod (num. 21:8.9. those who looked upon the serpent were healed. throughout mesopotamia, the serpent was associated with healing deities. thus did it find its most common use as the symbol of physicians. while probably originating in mesopotamia, the caduceus found its way eastward to india and westward into the mediterranean. it is associated with the use of paired serpents in general such as those on the egyptian pharaoh s headpiece or the serpents coiled around the body of mithras. in greek lore, hermes (the roman mercury) came upon two serpents fighting. he thrust his rod between them. they coiled around the rod and remained attached to it

nd its way eastward to india and westward into the mediterranean. it is associated with the use of paired serpents in general such as those on the egyptian pharaoh s headpiece or the serpents coiled around the body of mithras. in greek lore, hermes (the roman mercury) came upon two serpents fighting. he thrust his rod between them. they coiled around the rod and remained attached to it. thus, the caduceus emerged as the symbol of messenger of the god. in greek thought, the caduceus acquired wings. in india, the caduceus became associated with the kundalini or serpent power, the latent power believed to lie as a coiled serpent at the base of the spine. as spiritual consciousness awakens, the energy travels up the spine to the top of the head. in roman thought, the caduceus was a symbol of m

greek thought, the caduceus acquired wings. in india, the caduceus became associated with the kundalini or serpent power, the latent power believed to lie as a coiled serpent at the base of the spine. as spiritual consciousness awakens, the energy travels up the spine to the top of the head. in roman thought, the caduceus was a symbol of moral equilibrium and good conduct. over the centuries, the caduceus was brought into the esoteric gnostic tradition and reappears as symbolic of power and the balance between positive and negative or darkness and light. it has a special place in the rich iconography of speculative freemasonry. as eastern and western symbology has mixed and merged in the twentieth century, the ancient caduceus has emerged as a symbol of enlightenment and acquisition of the

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the talisman must be sewn up in a satchel of red silk, and fastened on the breast with ribbons of the same material folded and knotted in the form of a cross. 4. the talisman of mercury must be formed of a circular plate of fixed quicksilver, or according to another account of an amalgam of silver, mercury, and pewter, of the dimensions of an ordinary medal, well-polished on both sides. a winged caduceus, having two serpents twining about it, must be engraved in the centre of a pentagram on the obverse side. the other must bear a dog s head within the star of solomon, the latter being surrounded with the name of the planetary genius, pi- hermes, written in the alphabet of the magi. this talisman must be composed on a wednesday, when the moon is passing through the ten first degrees of gem

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. 63 the laboratory of satan. 66 the mystical ordeal. 68 the fourth dimension. 69 chapter vii 72 the anatomy of illuminism 72 llluminism. 72 illuminism and revolution. 73 the fourth-dimensional state. 74 the great omission. 79 the mystic way. 81 hebrew alphabet and correspondences 83 glossary of hebrew words and names 84 secret wisdom of the qabalah page 5 list of illustrations plates plate i the caduceus of hermes 18 the winged wand of egypt 19 ii the tree of life 25 iii the chaldean and hebrew cosmos 27 iv the four planes of the tree of life. 31 the three pillars of the tree of life. 33 v the zodiac 2 vii the brazen serpent 44 diagrams diagram 1. the divine man 20 2. the qabalistic chalice 35 3. the flaming sword 45 4. the good and evil pentagrams 53 5. the fourth dimension 75 6. the fou

rgely on qabalistic knowledge. all is expressed in one proposition: gthat which is above is like that which is below, and that which is below is like that which is above, for the fulfilment of the wonders of the one thing. h according to eliphas levi this universal principle is gthe telesma of the world h.32 to symbolize this supreme truth, hermes, so legend affirms, duplicated the serpent on his caduceus and so set it against itself in eternal equilibrium (see plate i on page 18 and 19) in the visible world, man is the centre, just as god is the centre of the invisible world. god created man in his own image. adam was made of the same earth out of which was raised the sanctuary of the earth. and the earth on which was the sanctuary was the synthesis of the four cardinal points of the worl

both the upper and the lower h, and: since the form of man comprises all that is in the heavens above and on the earth beneath, god has chosen it as his own form. naught could exist before the formation of the human form which encloses all things. and all that exists is by the grace of the existence of the human form.35 (see diagram 1 on page 20) secret wisdom of the qabalah page 17 plate 1: the caduceus of hermes secret wisdom of the qabalah page 18 plate 1: the winged wand of egypt secret wisdom of the qabalah page 19 diagram 1: the divine man secret wisdom of the qabalah page 20 as man is a duality in unity, so also is the garden of eden. there is the heavenly eden to which there is no human approach, and the earthly eden which is approached by thirty-two paths- the 22 letters and 10 n

light enters the right-hand pillar through 'hokmah, and the passive mood enters through binah, the union of these two lights creating the central pillar, the word or logos. the formulation of this word, by balancing the moods of light, constitutes the great magical work of the qabalah. to the student of the occult it will be apparent that these two trees closely resemble the letter shin, also the caduceus of hermes with its central rod and its two entwined serpents, and also the ida, pingala, and central shushumna of hindu yoga. the whole scheme is symbolized in the temple of solomon, the temple itself being the central pillar, whilst its two pylons, yakhin and boaz, the white and the black, the right and the left, represent the tree of the knowledge of good and evil- the eternal complemen

is referred to it, and according to the 32 paths of wisdom, this path gis called the perpetual intelligence. because it rules the movement of the sun and the moon according to their constitution, and causes each to gravitate in its respective orb h. 24 in other words, it is the equilibrating force in the world of action, kether 'hokmah, and binah, christ and the two thieves on their crosses, the caduceus of hermes, the solar disc and dual serpents of egypt, and, according to eliphas levi, the astral light between the horns of the baphomet of mendes- the panlike satan of the templars. when erect it is the rod of aaron and the brazen serpent of moses (see plate vii on page 44) its three teeth, or tongues, represent three vaudin and consequently may be translated into the number 666, the sol

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e latter beingcurved.we shall also notice that the. deuces have peculiaritiesoftheir own, which distinguishthem.from the rest of the suit. the deuce of sceptres forms a cross with two roses and two lilies in the opposite angles; the cross between the rose of sharon and the lily of the valley. the deuceofcups shows a tesselated pavement or cloth whereon the cups stand; between them is a species of caduceus, whose serpents are replaced by lion-beaded foliations, which recall the chnuphisserpent of the gnostics, and. certain familiar. forms. of the elemental spirits;practicaloccultists will know to what i allude. the deuce of swords forms a species ofvesicapiscisenclosing a mystic rose of the. primary colours. the deuce of pentacles is bound together by a continuous band in such a manner as t

swhite and calm. on the square which forms the front of the chariot we see the indian lingam surmounted by the flying globe of the egyptians.10. the wheeloffortune.a wheel of seven spokes, the cosmogonical wheel of ezekiel, with a dog-headed figure ascending on one side (anubis, the egyptian mercury; and a demon descending on the other (the egyptian evil deity, typhon; the former of these bears a caduceus, the latter a trident; both figures are bound to the wheel. above them is a sphinx at the balance-point of the wheel, holding a drawn sword between its lion's claws.12. the devil.throned on a cube above the universe is a goat-headed, satyr-like figure, bearing on its brow the pentagram, apex upward, so as to make it a symbol of light. with one hand it points upwards to the symbol of the m

ymbol of the moon in increase, with the other downwards to that of the moon in decrease, thus symbolising the eternal equilibrium of mercy and justice; the first two fingers and thumb of each hand are extended as in giving the sign of benediction. one arm is feminine, the other masculine. the torch of intelligence is placed between its horns, as the magical light of the universal equilibrium. the caduceus which holds the place of the generative organs signifies the eternity of life; the belly is covered with scales to represent water; the circle above it is the atmosphere; the wings are the emblem of the volatile; and the deformed and goat-like feet rest upon the earth. space does not allow me to enter further into the subject, on which, indeed, several volumes might be written without exh

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ntent http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 2 of 2 6/27/2004 7:54 am the arm extended, trace a line of white light as you turn or move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from th

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rusting the wand, through the center of the pentagram and vibrate "agla (ah-gah-la. keeping the arm extended, trace a line of white light as you turn or move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from th

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dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 2 of 3 6/27/2004 8:05 am extended, trace a line of white light as you turn or move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from th

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dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 2 of 2 6/27/2004 8:04 am extended, trace a line of white light as you turn or move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from th

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rusting the wand, through the center of the pentagram and vibrate "agla (ah-gah-la. keeping the arm extended, trace a line of white light as you turn or move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from th

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rusting the wand, through the center of the pentagram and vibrate "agla (ah-gah-la. keeping the arm extended, trace a line of white light as you turn or move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from th

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orth; drawing the same pentagram and intoning the same word in all four quarters. return to the east (remain in the east and say "in the divine name shaddai el chai, i open this temple in the element of earth. may the archangel raphael look with favor upon this ceremony! may the angel chassan and the ruler aral be also in attendance! i have gained admission in this temple through the badge of the caduceus of hermes. hear me! i arn one who has received the mystic title of poraios de rejecttis and the symbol of ruach. i have been brought from amoung rejected. as a lord/lady of the 32nd path, i invoke the powers of air to bear witness to my spiritual endeavor. grant me the knowledge of the element of air and the astral realm, so that i may obtain greater understanding of hidden things and the

.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 2 of 2 6/27/2004 8:02 am "facing east standing or sitting with your eyes closed, visualize as clearly as possible all the details of raphael. the colors he may be wearing, the clothes, the background, etc, but most importantly try to feel his presence. keep in mind that the usual colors of this great archangel are flowing yellow and violet robes, carrrying a caduceus wand. once you have your visualization established, let go of your reasoning. merely be receptive; feel and allow your heart with your astral eyes to be your only senses. listen with your feelings to any words, inspirations or emotions that he may be communicating to you. you may stay in this state for as long as you wish. you may end the meditation here, simply thanking him for coming in

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apt. in the center is the letter r which corresponds unto the fourth letter of the name atyrara. the right lower point is green. this arm is attributed to jxn and is represented by the girdle of venus. in the center of the right lower arm of the hexagram is the letter y, the fifth letter of the name atyrara. the left lower point is orange. this arm is attributed unto dwh and is represented by the caduceus of hermes. in the center of the left lower arm of the hexagram is the letter t. this is the sixth letter of the name atyrara. the bottom point is colored violet. this arm is attributed to dwsy and is represented by the bow and shaft of luna. in the center of the lowest point of the hexagram is the letter a, the seventh letter in the name atyrara. around the outside of the flaming hexagram

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cers do not wear mantles but only lamens suspended from black collars. the designs are in white on a black field to show that they are administrators of the forces of light acting through the darkness, under the presidency of the superior officers. the lamen of the kerux is thus explained in the grade of theoricus "the tree of life and the three mother letters are the keys wherewith to unlock the caduceus of hermes. the upper point of the wand rests on rtk and the wings stretch out to hmkj and hnyb, thus, comprehending the three supernal sephiroth. the lower seven are embraced by the serpents whose heads fall on dsj and hrwbg. they are the twin serpents of egypt and the currents of astral light. furthermore, the wings and the top of the wand form the letter c, the symbol of o; the heads an

nd hrwbg. they are the twin serpents of egypt and the currents of astral light. furthermore, the wings and the top of the wand form the letter c, the symbol of o; the heads and upper halves of the serpents form a, the symbol of m; while their tails enclose m, the symbol of n. the fire of life above, the waters of creation below, and the m symbol vibrating between them" 12 in addition to this, the caduceus of kerux represents the balanced forces of eternal light working invisibly in the darkness, even as the light born before the hoodwinked candidate at his initiation is symbolic of the light which guides him in the darkness of the world though he sees it not nor knows it. this caduceus is the rod of hermes, containing invisible and unsuspected forces, the rules of whose administration may

wand of the chief adept in the 5=6 grade. the lamen of the stolistes is thus explained in the grade of practicus "the cup of the stolistes partakes in part of the symbolism of the laver of moses and the sea of solomon. on the tree of life, it embraces nine of the sephiroth, exclusive of rtk. dwsy and twklm form the triangle below, with the former as the apex, and the latter as the base. like the caduceus, it further represents the three elements of n, m and o. the crescent is n which is above the firmament, the circle is the firmament, and the triangle is the consuming o below, as opposed to the celestial o symbolized by the upper part of the caduceus" in addition to this explanation, the cup represents the receptacle and collector of the more fluidic forces of the light, and is the symbo

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s, you will gradually replace the cumbersome sword with the quicker, and equally effective, dagger. the sword dissociates and divides, but the dagger pierces te the heart. its chief function is the letting of blood and thereby it forces calmness. like the sword, the dagger is associated with the cosmic element air. note: it is sometimes said that the wand should be associated with air because the caduceus was the wand of the god mercury who has traditionally been associated. with air. this would associate the dagger and sword with fire. this fine of reasoning concludes that crowley and the golden dawn used deliberate blinds here to fool the unwary. rather than take sides on this issue, you should first experiment with both combinations and then choose whichever works best for you. 56 57 th

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supposed to be the euphorbia lathyris, which the italians call sferracavallo, because its power over metals is so great, that a horse stepping on it has to leave the shoe behind (see suppl. but, beside these plants that make doors fly open, another very ancient means of discovering and obtaining the gold or treasure buried in the earth is the wishing-rod. why should an ohg. gloss at once render 'caduceus' by toiinsciu-gerta (gramm. 2, 540. graff 4, 257, but that this term was thought to come nearest the sense of mercury's magic wand? the latin name carried nothing on the face of it about wish or wishing (notker in cap. 16. 37 translates it jinge-gerta, virga volatilis. the notion then of a magic rod with a german name of its own was of very old standing, and that name moreover is one conn

84, is worth weighing: tarns vondr is undoubtedly a rod of magic influence. a story in full detail of a ivishing-staff that st. columban gave away to a poor man, and which he smashed at the bidding of his wife, may be found in adamanni scoti vita s. columbae cap. 24 (canisii lect. antiq, tom. 5. and now our surest guide to the original meaning of the wishing- i'od is the ktjpvkeiov of hermes (the caduceus of mercury: a staff" with two snakes twining round it. but these snakes appear to have been first formed by the boughs of the olive, so that the older pd^so (od. 24, 2) probably had the forked figure of our wishing-rod [hhree times twisted' p. 975. the hymn to mei'c. 527 calls it 6\l3ou koi ttxovtov pd/bsov ^pva-eirjv, rpitrettjxov' golden (as in the nib. lay, three-leaved, bringing luck

HP LOVECRAFT POETRY AND THE GODS

f a stream before dawn, hidden but to gleam effulgently at the birth of day. moon over japan, white butterfly moon! moon over the tropics, a white curved bud opening its petals slowly in the warmth of heaven. the air is full of odours and languorous warm sounds. moon over china, weary moon on the river of the sky. out of the mists gleamed godlike the torm ot a youth, in winged helmet and sandals, caduceus-bearing, and of a beauty like to nothing on earth. before the face of the sleeper he thrice waved the rod which apollo had given him in trade for the nine-corded shell of melody, and upon her brow he placed a wreath of myrtle and roses. then, adoring, hermes spoke "0 nymph more fair than the golden-haired sisters of cyene or the sky-inhabiting atlantides, beloved of aphrodite and blessed

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FOUR

rteen squares. it is referred to the sun in the twelve signs of the zodiac, arranged in triplicities. the cup of stolistes it is the admission badge to the grade of practicus. it is referred to the tree of life as shown in the diagram. it embraces nine of the sephiroth exclusive of kether. yesod and malkuth are referred to the lower triangle the former to the apex and latter to the base. like the caduceus, it furthers represents water, fire and air, but in a different combination. the crescent refers to the waters above the firmament, the sphere to the firmament, and the basal triangle to the consuming fire, which is opposed to the fire symbolized by the upper part of the caduceus. the symbol of mercury on the tree of life it embraces all the sephiroth but kether. the horns spring from daa

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE THREE

t name (yhvh, in the qabalistic world to which each suit is referred. they also symbolize father, mother, son, daughter; birth, life, death, resurrection. the fylfot cross the 17 squares out of a square of smaller squares, refer to the sun in the twelve signs of the zodiac and the four elements. they are arranged so that the fixed signs, mutable and cardinal signs are placed in juxtaposition. the caduceus this form of the caduceus of hermes is that of the three mother letters, shin, aleph. and mem. it represents air, as the mediator between fire above and water below. this symbol has another meaning on the tree of life. the upper part and wings touch chokmah and binah. the knob touches kether. these are the three supernals. the seven lower sephiroth are embraced by the twin serpents whose

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

t on the left of the sushumna, and 682. figure 14 683. 684. the pingala on the right (be it understood that i mean the right and left of the man, not the spectator; but in a woman these positions are reversed. the lines end in the medulla oblongata. 685. the spine is called in india the brahmadanda, the stick of brahma; and the drawing given in fig. 14(d) shows that it is also the original of the caduceus of mercury, the two snakes which symbolize the kundalini or serpent-fire which is presently to be set in motion along those channels, while the wings typify the power of conscious flight through higher planes which the development of that fire confers. fig. 14(a) shows the stimulated ida after the initiation into the first degree; this line is crimson in colour. to it is added at the pass

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

netized, through which much of the magical side of the mysteries was performed. they were the personal property of the priestly family of the eumolpidae, being handed down from generation to generation; and their solemn exposition and the explanation of the symbolical teaching connected with them was one of the features of the eleusinian ritual(*foucart. op. cit, p. 150) 378. one of these was the caduceus, the rod of power, surrounded by the twisting serpents and surmounted by the pine-cone. it was the same as the thyrsus; and was said to be hollow and to be filled with fire. in india it is a stick of bamboo with seven knots in it, which represents the spinal column with its seven centres or chakras. when a candidate had been initiated, he was often described as one who had been touched wi

LIBER O

neal figures the octagon and octagram. the god who rules that planet thoth, or in hebrew symbolism tetragrammaton adonai and elohim tzabaoth, its archangel raphael, its choir of angels beni elohim, its intelligence tiriel, its spirit taphtatharath, its colours orange (for mercury is the sphere of the sephira hod, 8) yellow, purple, grey and indigo rayed with violet; its magical weapon the wand or caduceus, its perfumes mastic and others, its sacred plants vervain and others, its jewel the opal or agate; its sacred animal the snake, etc, etc- 1. reference to the first edition -376- 3. you would then prepare your place of working accordingly. in an orange circle you would draw an eight-pointed star of yellow, at whose points you would place eight lamps. the sigil of the spirit (which is to b

LIBER 777

ok ihvh 5 ruby the sword, spear, scourge, or chain agla. alhim 6 topaz, yellow diamond the lamen or rosy cross abrahadabra. iao: inri 7 emerald the lamp and girdle ararita 8 opal, especially fire opal the names and versicles and apron. 9 quartz the perfumes and sandals[[the altar] alim 1010 rock crystal the magical circle and triangle vitriol 11 topaz the dagger or fan. 12 opal, agate the wand or caduceus. 13 moonstone, pearl, crystal bow and arrow alim 14 emerald, turquoise the girdle agaph 15 ruby the horns, energy, the burin. 16 topaz the labour of preparation[[the throne and altar. 17 alexandrite, tourmaline, iceland spar the tripod. 18 amber the furnace[[the cup or holy graal] abrahadabra 19 cat s eye the discipline (preliminary[[phoe nix wand] to mega qhrion 20 peridot the lamp and w

LIBER ALEPH

all these. oh my son, thou knowest well the perils and the profit of our path; continue thou therein. olun! marie! babalon! adsum. m liber aleph vel cxi 110 d# de nomine olun (of the name olun) our seasons, or it may be nigh five, ago, i thy father was in the city called new-orleans, and being in travail of spirit i did invoke the god that giveth wisdom, bearing the word of the all-father by his caduceus. then, suddenly, as i began (as it were a gust of fire whirled forth against that idea) cam the wit of mine utter identity, so that i ceased, crying mercurius sum. also instantly i knew in myself that here was a mystery hidden, and translating into the greek tongue, exclaimed `ermes 'eimi, whose numeration did i make in my mind forthwith, and it is four hundred and eighteen, like unto the

ove. o liber aleph vel cxi 200 z% de caecitia philosophorum antiquorum (of the blindness of the ancient philosophers) ehold, how comfortable is this thy wisdom, wherein i have resolved every conflict soever that is or that can be, even in all dimensions, that antagonism of things no less than their limitations. i have said: evil be thou my good; for it is the magical mirror of our astarte and the caduceus of our hermes. now this was the error of elder philosophers, that perceiving changeful duality as the cause of sorrow, they sought the reconcilement in unity and in stability. but i shew thee the universe as the body of our lady nuith, who is none and two, with hadith her lord as the alternator of those phases. this universe is then a perpetual by-coming, the vessel of every permutation o

LIBER LVII

balon. see liber 418, 12th athyr. see also 280 in part i. 300. venerable, but only useful as explaining the power of the trident, and the flame on the altar. too stable to serve a revolutionary, except in so far as it is fire. 333. see part i. 340. connects with 6 through \c, the fire and the water conjoined to make the name. thus useful as a hint in ceremonial. 361. see part i. connects with the caduceus; as 3 is the supernal fire, 6 the ruach, 1 malkuth. see illustration of caduceus in equinox no. ii.75 370. most venerable (see part i. it delivers the secret of creation into the hand of the magician. see liber capricorni pneumatici.76 400. useful only as a finality or material basis. being 20 20 it shows the fixed universe as a system of rolling wheels (20= k, the wheel of fortune. 401

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

ic representative of the powers of the two. light and darkness, flux and reflux, ebb and flow.these are her manifested powers in nature.where also she binds the great waters to her will. now in the yetziratic attribution, is the second number, beth (i.e. a house, an abode, the dwelling of the holy one, shown to be equivalent to the sphere of kokab and his lords. and the symbolic weapon of# is the caduceus, whose twin serpents show again the dualistic power (note..woden, the scandinavian mercury, was the all-father, as it is written in the ritual of the path of the spirit of the primal fire c .for all things did the father of all things perfect, and delivered them over unto the second mind; whom all races of men call first) behold, then, in these two great numbers 1 and 2 the father and the

pare this with the particular exordium (g d ms. z1: b at the ending of the night at the limits of the light thoth stood before the unborn ones of time then was formulated the universe. r then came forth the gods thereof, the aons of the bornless beyond. a then was the voice vibrated. c then was the name declared* the hand of god, always the symbol of his power. remember in the description of the .caduceus (see .the temple of solomon the king) the air symbol vibrating between them [also y, f, is a mercurial sign, and thoth is mercury, though on a higher plane. the hermit, with his lamp and wand, is hermes, who guides the souls of the dead, in the greek ritual of 0= 0..p. the name \c, the spirit of god, second deity-name in the law, the trigrammaton, or threefold name, by which the universe

LIBER O

figures the octagon and octagram, the god who rules that planet thoth, or in hebrew symbolism tetragrammaton adonai and elohim tzabaoth, its archangel raphael, its choir of angels beni elohim, its intelligence tiriel, its spirit taphthartharath,4 its colours orange (for mercury is the sphere of the sephira hod, 8, yellow, purple, grey, and indigo rayed with violet; its magical weapon the wand or caduceus, its perfumes mastic and others, its sacred plants vervain and others, its jewel the opal or agate, its sacred animal the snake &c &c. 3. you would then prepare your place of working according. in an orange circle you would draw an eight-pointed star of yellow, at whose points you would place eight lamps. the sigil of the spirit (which is to be found in cornelius agrippa5 and other books)

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

cent, and beneath the circuit of the walls a crown of rays. the goddess wears a sort of surplice, exactly like the surplice of a priest or bishop; and upon the surplice a tunic, which falls down to the legs; and over all an episcopal cope, with the twelve signs of the zodiac wrought on the borders. the figure hath a lion on each side, and holds in its left hand a tympanum, a sistrum, a distaff, a caduceus, and another instrument. in her right hand she holds with her middle finger a thunderbolt, and upon the same am animals, insects, and, as far as we may guess, flowers, fruit, a bow, a quiver, a torch, and a scythe" the whereabouts of the statue is unknown, the copy reproduced by montfaucon being from drawings by pirro ligorio. p. 22 ring of lust and degeneracy, lay asleep within his soul

the ogdoad are love, counsel, prudence, law, and convenience. among the divinities partaking of its nature were panarmonia, rhea, cibele, cadm a, dindymene, orcia, neptune, themis, and euterpe (a muse. the ogdoad was a mysterious number associated with the eleusinian mysteries of greece and the cabiri. it was called the little holy number. it derived its form partly from the twisted snakes on the caduceus of hermes and partly from the serpentine motion of the celestial bodies; possibly also from the moon's nodes. the ennead--9--was the first square of an odd number (3x3. it was associated with failure and shortcoming because it fell short of the perfect number 10 by one. it was called the called the number of man, because of the nine months of his embryonic life. among its keywords are oce

reside. the harmony of the world depends upon the coordination of two qualities symbolized throughout the ages as the mind and the heart. in the pseudo- egyptian tarot the children give place to a youth and a maiden. above them in a solar nimbus is the phallic emblem of generation--a line piercing a circle. gemini is ruled by mercury and the two children personify the serpents entwined around the caduceus. the twentieth numbered major trump is called le jugement, the judgment, and portrays three figures rising apparently from their tombs, though but one coffin is visible. above them in a blaze of glory is a winged figure (presumably the angel gabriel) blowing a trumpet. this tarot represents the liberation of man's threefold spiritual nature from the sepulcher of his material constitution

with a crown on his head and often with a scepter in his hand. sometimes they depicted him with the ace of the solar disc surrounded by rays. silver was personified as a woman who they called the queen. she wore no crown but often stood upon a lunar crescent: much after the fashion of the madonna. mercury was typified as a youth with wings, often with two heads, carrying serpents or sometimes the caduceus. lead they symbolized by an old man with a scythe in his hand; iron by a soldier dressed in armor. to aqua fortis was given the curious name "the ostrich's stomach" and to the attainment of the "great work" they assigned the symbol of the phoenix sitting upon a nest of fire. the union of elements they symbolized by a marriage, the process of putrefaction by a skull, antimony by a dragon

the oldest form of the cross extant. the tau cross was inscribed on the forehead of every person admitted into the mysteries of mithras. when a king was initiated into the egyptian mysteries, the tau was placed against his lips. it was tattooed upon the bodies of the candidates in some of the american indian mysteries. to the qabbalist, the tau stood for heaven and the pythagorean tetractys. the caduceus of hermes was an outgrowth of the tau cross (see albert pike) the crux ansata the second type was that of a t, or tau, cross surmounted by a circle, often foreshortened to the form of an upright oval. this was called by the ancients the crux ansata, or the cross of life. it was the key to the mysteries of antiquity and it probably gave rise to the more modern story of st. peter's golden k

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

he pendulum, and the wand of the necromancer are all variations on the same theme. in the witch processes that i enumerate here, a wand or wands in the plural all play a primary part. the rod is obviously a phallic emblem and has always been associated with divine wisdom whether it is presented in the tibetan pantheon as a dorji or thunderbolt sceptre or as the classical mercury's winged rod, the caduceus. all the legendary wizards from biblical times on have carried rods wherein their powers were often vested. jannes and jambres of the egyptians, moses, aaron and elijah, merlin, virgilius, roger bacon: the list is extensive. apart from its phallic connotations, the wand is also a pointer, or indicator, a flying arrow in the case of the greek abaris, again connected with occult methods of

MEANING OF MASONRY

ially capable of growth and fruition. plato, speaking of the mysteries in his own day, quotes a still older authority that" the thyrsus bearers (or candidates for initiation) are numerous, but the bacchuses (or perfected initiates) are few" the same truth is restated in the words in the gospels" many are called, but few are chosen" one qualification above all was essential to the* the thyrsus (or caduceus) was an elaborate wand borne by the candidate, to the symbolism of which deep meaning attached. its present form is the wand carried by the deacon accompanying the candidate. aspirant, as it is still to-day--humility. the wisdom into which the mysteries and initiation admit a man is foolishness to the world; it is a reversal and revolution of all orthodox and academic standards. to attain

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

hological language the snake is also an emblem of immortality. its endless representationwith its tail in its mouth (ouroboros, and the constant renewal of its skin and vigor, enliven the sym-bols of continued youth and eternity. the serpent's reputation for positive medicinal and/or life-preserving qualities have also contributed tothe honors of the serpent as still seen by the employment of the caduceus [staff around which twosnakes are wrapped. to this very day, the hindus are taught that at the end of every universal manifes-tation (kalpa) all things are re-absorbed into deity during the interval between creations. he reposesupon the serpent shesha (duration) who is called ananta, or endless. serpent in cultural traditions indo-european (slavic) folklore the slavic folklore often menti

MORALS AND DOGMA

mercury, the master of the lodge has been absurdly substituted. eusebius names as the principal ministers in the mysteries of eleusis, first, the _hierophant, clothed with the attributes of the grand architect (demiourgos) of the universe. after him came the _dadoukos, or torch-bearer, representative of the sun: then the altar-bearer, representing the moon: and last, the _hieroceryx, bearing the caduceus, and representing mercury. it was not permissible to reveal the different emblems and the mysterious pageantry of initiation to the profane; and therefore we do not know the attributes, emblems, and ornaments of these and other officers; of which apuleius and pausanias dared not speak. we know only that everything recounted there was marvellous; everything done there tended to astonish th

arged with the duty of excluding the profane from the mysteries. the same officers are found in the procession of initiates of isis, described by apuleius. all clad in robes of white linen, drawn tight across the breast, and close-fitting down to the very feet, came, first, one bearing a lamp in the shape of a boat; second, one carrying an altar; and third, one carrying a golden palm-tree and the caduceus. these are the same as the three officers at eleusis, after the hierophant. then one carrying an open hand, and pouring milk on the ground from a golden vessel in the shape of a woman's breast. the hand was that of justice: and the milk alluded to the galaxy or milky way, along which souls descended and remounted. two others followed, one bearing a winnowing fan, and the other a water-vas

. it was, as we learn by the monuments, the form of the iron tether-pins, used for making fast to the ground the cords by which young animals were confined: and as used by shepherds, became a symbol of royalty to the shepherd kings. a cross like a teutonic or maltese one, formed by four curved lines within a circle, is also common on the monuments, and represented the tropics and the colures. the caduceus, borne by hermes or mercury, and also by cybele, minerva, anubis, hercules ogmius the god of the celts, and the personified constellation virgo, was a winged wand, entwined by two serpents. it was originally a simple cross, symbolizing the equator and equinoctial colure, and the four elements proceeding from a common centre. this cross, surmounted by a circle, and that by a crescent, beca

, the divine influence which physically called the world into being, and which, awakening the soul from its stygian trance, restores it from earth to heaven. of hermes, the mercury of the greeks, the thoth of the egyptians, and the taaut of the ph nicians, we have heretofore spoken sufficiently at length. he was the inventor of letters and of oratory, the winged messenger of the gods, bearing the caduceus wreathed with serpents; and in our council he is represented by the orator. the _hindus_ called the sun surya; the _persians, mithras; the _egyptians, osiris; the _assyrians_ and _chald ans, bel; the _scythians_ and _etruscans_ and the ancient _pelasgi, arkaleus or hercules; the _ph nicians, adonai or adon; and the _scandinavians, odin. from the name surya, given by the hindus to the sun

erald; it is the universal magical power; the spiritual, fiery, motive power; it is the od, according to the hebrews, and the astral light, according to others. therein is the secret fire, living and philosophical, of which all the hermetic philosophers speak with the most mysterious reserve: the universal seed, the secret whereof they kept, and which they represented only under the figure of the caduceus of hermes. this is the grand hermetic arcanum. what the adepts call dead matter are bodies as found in nature; living matters are substances assimilated and magnetized by the science and will of the operator. so that the great work is more than a chemical operation; it is a real creation of the human word initiated into the power of the word of god. the creation of gold in the great work

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

fected between the brothers, hermes became henceforth god of herdsmen, whilst apollo devoted himself enthusiastically to the art of music. page 134 they now proceeded together to olympus, where apollo introduced hermes as his chosen friend and companion, and, having made him swear by the styx, that he would never steal his lyre or bow, nor invade his sanctuary at delphi, he presented him with the caduceus, or golden wand. this wand was surmounted by wings, and on presenting it to hermes, apollo informed him that it possessed the faculty of uniting in love, all beings divided by hate. wishing to prove the truth of this assertion, hermes threw it down between two snakes which were fighting, whereupon the angry combatants clasped each other in a loving embrace, and curling round the staff, re

ng removed, he succeeded in persuading herse to become his wife. page 136 page 137 in his statues, hermes is represented as a beardless youth, with broad chest and graceful but muscular limbs; the face is handsome and intelligent, and a genial smile of kindly benevolence plays round the delicately chiselled lips. as messenger of the gods he wears the petasus and talaria, and bears in his hand the caduceus or herald's staff. as god of eloquence, he is often represented with chains of gold hanging from his lips, whilst, as the patron of merchants, he bears a purse in his hand. the wonderful excavations in olympia, to which allusion has already been made, have brought to light an exquisite marble group of hermes and the infant bacchus, by praxiteles. in this great work of art, hermes is repre

th of may, it was the custom for merchants to sprinkle themselves and their merchandise with this holy water, in order to insure large profits from their wares. the fetiales (roman priests whose duty it was to act as guardians of the public faith) refused to recognize the identity of mercury with hermes, and ordered him to be represented with a sacred branch as the emblem of peace, instead of the caduceus. in later page 138 times, however, he was completely identified with the greek hermes. dionysus (bacchus. dionysus, also called bacchus (from bacca, berry, was the god of wine, and the personification of the blessings of nature in general. page 139 page 140 the worship of this divinity, which is supposed to have been introduced into greece from asia (in all probability from india, first t

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

mele. he is shown with goat s legs and horns. hercules hercules (see pp. 50 51) was a son of zeus by a mortal. hera hated him. he earned immortality by performing 12 impossible tasks. when he went to olympus he married zeus daughter hebe. hermes hermes was the messenger of the gods and zeus son by maia, daughter of the titan atlas. he is wearing his winged hat and carrying his herald s staff, the caduceus. ganymede ganymede was a young prince of troy; zeus was so overwhelmed by his beauty that he descended in eagle form and snatched the beautiful youth to be his cup-bearer on olympus. hera, queen of the gods hera was zeus wife and sister. in one account it was she, not her mother rhea, who saved zeus from being swallowed by their father cronos (see above. she was the goddess of marriage, a

pan boasted that he had seduced all of dionysus maenads, as well as the moon goddess selene (luna, he was often rejected. his least dignified pursuit was of hercules lover, omphale, queen of lydia. climbing into her bed, pan tried to embrace her, only to discover the couple had exchanged clothes in their loveplay and he was embracing hercules. hercules kicked pan out of bed and across the floor. caduceus, a messenger s emblem in ancient greece to ensure safe passage winged sandals for swift travel hermes hermes, shown here on a greek red-figure cup dating from the late 5th century bce, is depicted as an athletic young man. beautiful nymph syrinx was so beautiful that she was often mistaken for her mistress, the goddess artemis. the only way to tell them apart was that syrinx carried a bow

war with troy. she even lay with zeus under the cover of a cloud in order to allow poseidon to assist the greeks unobserved. mount ida paris lived on mount ida tending his adoptive father s flocks. at this point he is married to oenone, daughter of the river god cebren, with whom he has a son corythus. but he abandoned her for helen without a second glance. herald s staff hermes staff is called a caduceus the two snakes attached themselves when hermes found them fighting and laid his staff between them. paris, spoiled for choice paris had a difficult decision to make. not only were the goddesses potentially dangerous, but they all tried to bribe him. hera offered riches and earthly dominion; athena wisdom and victory in battle; and aphrodite offered him helen, the most beautiful woman in t

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

i book one the honours of the tarot pack are, as it were, the vice-gerants of the great name, in the qabalistic world to which each suit is referred. they also syrnbolise father, mother, son, daughter, birth, life, death, resurrection <131> the fylfot cross the 17 squares out of a square of lesser squares, refer to the sun in the twelve signs of the zodiac and the four elements: this form of the caduceus of hermes is that of the three mother letters placed on one another thus: the caduceus has another meaning on the tree of life. the upper part wings touch chokmah and binah: these are the three supernal. the seven lower sephiroth are embraced by the twin serpents whose heads rest upon chesed and p geburah <132> the meaning of luna on the tree of life is thus: in its increase it embraces t

s referred to the sun in the twelve signs of the zodiac, and also in the midst of the four elements. the cup of stolistes, the <138> admissionbadge to the grade of= m, is thus referred to the tree of life. it embraces nine of the sephiroth, exclusive of kether. fourth knowledge lecture 0 yesod and malkuth are referred to the triangle below, the former to the apex, the latter to the base. like the caduceus, it further represents the three elements: water, fire and air. the crescent refers to the waters above the firmament, the sphere to the firmament, and the basal triangle to the consuming fire, which is opposed to the fire symbolised by the upper part of the caduceus. the symbol of mercury on the tree of life enbraces all but kether. the horns spring from daath (knowledge) which is not, p

tructed in knocks, or alarm, of grade and gives them in order to be admitted. he also holds the admission badge. 2. candidate is shown past and future paths to and from the grade. hiereus explains symbolism of the admission badge in this reception into the rade (which is represented in all four grades by the officers'lamens: in the d= by the hiereus lamen or fylfot cross; in= b the kerux lamen or caduceus; in= by the stolistes lamen; in 6= by the hegemon's lamen. 3. the candidate stands west of the altar with hierophant, who speaks on the symbolism of the garden of eden particularly referred to in the grade; 140 the golden dawn: volume ii book two also the planets, paths, sephirah and other qabalistic correspondences; the sign, number, grand word, password and mystic title. the sash of the

ceremony of the o= el grade of theoricus- v31+ fi 32 nd p29 eas [h ierophantl i 1st par+ 61, key of tarot iq"p- ngt b e -x, c 0 5 s% i flaming swovd i incense i e r e u s l w theoricus ritual 155 <70> requirements: in the east- pentacle, banner of east and west. on the altar- fan, lamp, cup, salt, surrounding the altar diagram of the universe. for the zelator- hoodwink, cubical cross (1st point; caduceus (2nd point. opening temple arranged as in diagram for the 32nd path. members assembled and clothed. lamp on altar lighted. members present, but not takingoffice, rise at the words "let us adore the lord and king ofairt'and faceeast, remainingso to the end of the invokation. they do the same at the closing, butothemise do not mcwe from their places (l= one knock) hiero (knocks) fratres and

) i have much pleasure in conferring on you the title of lord of the 32nd path. you will now quit the temple for a short time and on your return the ceremony of your reception into the$ grade of theoricus will be proceeded with. kern leads zelator out. theoricus ritual 161 <82> second part< 7 30 y 28 hamoo i i r.op hantl- c f 0- oi 0, fl amlnq sword i temple arranged as in diagram. kerux takes up caduceus badge. hiero frater kerux, you have my commands to instruct the zelator in the proper alarm, and to present him with the necessary admission badge. honoured hegemon, guard the portal and admit them on giving the proper alarm <83> k m tak es caduceus admission badge and brings zelator to the door to give the knocks. hegemon opens the door and lea& zelator in a little way and faces him to h

lm trees or trees of progression in the garden of eden. honoured hegemon, conduct the zelator to the west, and 162 the golden dawn: volume i1 book two place him thus before the portal of the 32nd path of tau by which he has symbolically entered (done. zelator faced to west, kerux returns to place) hiereus by what symbol dost thou enter herein? heg by the peculiar emblem of the kerux, which is the caduceus of hermes. zelator hands it to hiereus, who turns it towards zelator, and reads: hiereus the tree of life and the three mother letters are the keys wherewith to unlock the caduceus of hermes. the upper point of the wand rests on kether, and the wings stretch out to chokmah and <84> binah, the three supernal sephiroth. the lower seven are embraced by the serpents, whose heads fall upon che

us (done) hiereus by what symbol dost thou enter herein? heg by the peculiar emblem of the stolistes, the cup of water. hiereus the cup of the stolistes partakes in part of the symbolism of the laver of moses and the sea of solomon. on the tree of life, it embraces nine of the sephiroth, exclusive of kether. yesod and malkuth form the triangle below, the former the apex, the latter the base. like caduceus, it further represents the three elements of water, air, and fire. the crescent is the water which is above the firmament, the circle is the firmament, and the triangle the consuming fire below, which is opposed to the celestial fire symbolised by the upper part of the caduceus. hiereus puts admission badge aside. hegemon directs theoricus to hierophant whose chair should now be moved bac

spended from black collars. the designs are in white on a black field to show that they are administrators of the forces of light acting through the dark340 the golden dawn: volume 111 book five ness, under the presidency of the superior officers <97> the lamen of kerux, is thus explained in the grade of theoricus "the tree of life and the three mother letters are the keys wherewith to unlock the caduceus of hermes. the upper point of the wand rests on kether and the wings stretch out to chokrnah and binah, thus comprehending the three supernal sephiroth. the lower seven are embraced by the serpents whose heads fall on chesed and geburah. they are the twin serpents of egypt and the currents of astral light. furthermore, the wings and the top of the wand form the letter shin, the symbol of

re the twin serpents of egypt and the currents of astral light. furthermore, the wings and the top of the wand form the letter shin, the symbol of fire; the heads and upper halves of the serpents form aleph the symbol of air; while their tails enclose mem, the symbol of water- the fire of life above, the waters of creation below, and the air symbol vibrating between them" in addition to this, the caduceus of kerux represents the balanced forces of eternal light working invisibly in the darkness- even as the light borne before the hood-winked candidate at his initiation, is symbolic of the light which guides him in the darkness of the world though he sees it not nor knows it. this caduceus is the rod of hermes, containing invisible and unsuspected forces, the rules of whose administration m

in serpents are shown- the wand of the chief adept in the= grade. the lamen of stolistes is thus explained in the grade of practicus "the cup of stolistes partakes in part of the symbolism of the laver of moses and the sea of solomon. on the tree of life it embraces nine of the sephiroth exclusive of kether. yesod and malkuth form the triangle below, the former apex, the latter the base. like the caduceus, it further represents the three elements of water, air, and fire. the crescent is the water which is above the firmament; the circle is the firmament, and the triangle is the consuming fire below, which is opposed to the celestial fire symbolised by the upper part of the caduceus <98> in addition to this explanation, the cup represents the receptacle and collector of the more fluidic for

ur frater count adrian a meynsicht, otherwise known as henricus madathanus <50> 12. the christ from the christ. the mercury from the mercury, through the path of the cross, through the life of the light, god shall be thy help (note: an illustration accompanying this manuscript depicted a conventional nude figure of mercury, winged helmet and sandals, diving into the sea. in the right hand was the caduceus, and the left bore a scroll showing the words described in the text.-1.r) talismans the formation of talismans and f'lashing tablets a talisman is a magical figure charged with the force which it is intended to represent. in the construction of a talisman, care should be taken to make it, as far as is possible, so to represent the universal forces that it should be in exact harmony with t

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religion; in physics they produce equilibrium, in philosophy criticism, in religion progressive revelation. the ancients represented this mystery by the conflict between eros and anteros, the struggle between jacob and the angel, and by the equilibrium of the golden mountain, which gods on the one side and demons on the other encircle with the symbolic serpent of india. it is typified also by the caduceus of hermanubis, by the two cherubim of the ark, by the twofold sphinx of the chariot of osiris and by the two seraphim respectively black and white. its scientific reality is demonstrated by the phenomena of polarity, as also by the universal law of sympathies and antipathies. the undiscerning disciples of zoroaster divided the duad without referring it to unity, thus separating the pillar

s, such as the carbuncle, crystal, diamond, emerald, agate, sapphire and onyx, or upon metals, such as gold, silver, iron, copper, fixed mercury, pewter and lead. the kabalistic signs of the seven spirits are: for the sun, a serpent with the head of a lion; for the moon, a globe divided by two crescents; for mars, a dragon biting the hilt of a sword; for venus, a lingam; for mercury, the hermetic caduceus and the cynocephalus; for jupiter, the blazing pentagram in the talons or beak of an eagle; for saturn, a lame and aged man, or a serpent curled about the sun-stone. all these symbols are found on engraved stones of the ancients and especially on those talismans of the gnostic epochs which are known by the name of abraxas. in the collection of the talismans of paracelsus, jupiter is repre

he sacred sign of the duodenary, and on this account it was called the key of heaven by the egyptians. so etteilla, confused by his protracted researches for the conciliation of the analogical necessities of this symbol with his own personal opinion, in which he was influenced by the erudite court de gebelin, placed in the hand of his upright hanged man, by him interpreted as prudence, a hermetic caduceus, formed by two serpents and a greek tau. seeing that he understood the necessity of the tau or cross on the twelfth leaf of the book of thoth, he should have seen also the manifold and magnificent meaning of the hermetic hanged man, the prometheus of science, the living man who touches earth by his thought alone, whose firm 61 ground is heaven, the free and immolated adept, the revealer m

with the name shlmh and the other with that of god; that one of its facets bears the name of adam, a second that of heva, and the two others those of azot and inri. at the beginning of the french translation of a book by the sieur de nuisement on the philosophical salt, the spirit of the earth is represented standing on a cube over which tongues of flame are passing; the phallus is replaced by a caduceus; the sun and moon figure on the right and left breast; the figure is bearded, crowned and holds a sceptre in his hand. this is the azoth of the sages on its pedestal of salt and sulphur. the symbolic head of the goat of mendes is occasionally given to this figure, and it is then the baphomet of the templars and the word of the gnostics, bizarre images which became scarecrows for the vulga

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bols by the woman who crushes the serpent's head and by the radiant angel who restrains and constrains the dragon with lance and heel. in this place let us affirm without evasion that the great magical agent. the double current of light, the living and astral fire of the earth. was represented by the serpent with the head of an ox, goat or dog, in ancient theogonies. it is the dual serpent of the caduceus, the old serpent of genesis, but it is also the brazen serpent of moses, twined about the tau, that is, the generating lingam. it is, moreover, the goat of the sabbath and the baphomet of the templars; it is the hyle of the gnostics; it is the double tail of the serpent which forms the legs of the solar cock of abraxas. in fine, it is the devil of m. eudes de mirville and is really that b

er; it is the igneous spiritual motor; it is the od of the hebrews and the astral light, according to the expression which we have adopted in this work. there is the secret, living and philosophical fire, of which all hermetic philosophers speak only under the most mysterious reservations; there is the universal sperm, the secret of which they guarded, representing it only under the emblem of the caduceus of hermes. here then is the great hermetic arcanum, and we reveal it for the first time clearly and devoid of mystical figures: that which the adepts term dead substances are bodies as found in nature; living substances are those which have been assimilated and magnetized by the science and will of the operator. there-fore the great work is something more than. chemical operation: it is a

he magical light of universal equilibrium; it is also the type of the soul, exalted above matter, even while cleaving to matter, as the flame cleaves to the torch. the monstrous head of the animal expresses horror of sin, for which the material agent, alone responsible, must alone and for ever bear the penalty, because the soul is impassible in its nature and can suffer only by materializing. the caduceus, which, replaces the generative organ, represents eternal life; the scale-covered belly typifies water; the circle above it is the atmosphere, the feathers still higher up signify the volatile; lastly, humanity is depicted by the two breasts and the androgyne arms of this sphinx of the occult sciences. behold the shadows of the infernal sanctuary dissipated! behold the sphinx of mediaeval

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tions. all paradoxes are resolved by this knowledge. the first triad vibrate at the highest frequency, through the first three choirs. thus the seraphim are the purest, whilst the thrones are the point at which matter first appears. 1st choir: seraphim the fiery flying serpents of lightning, from the hebrew ser meaning higher being and rapha meaning healer. the name thus suggests the image of the caduceus, the serpent or dragon as a symbol of healing sacred to aesculapius, and the ourobouros of the gnostic ophites. their appearance before humankind is as six winged and four headed beings. the prophet isiah saw flaming angels above the throne of god; each had six wings: two covered the face, two covered the feet and two were used for flying. it is they who endlessly circle the throne of god

he alphabet is written in its entirety on one line, and then related to itself running backwards in the line below. employing this code, the sacred name of baphomet translates to that of sophia. perhaps this was known to eliphas levi, whose depiction of this mystery is commonly reproduced in modern texts. his picture is that of a hermaphrodite, displaying both male genitalia symbolised as the two caduceus serpents, and female breasts. barbatos (goetia, 8th spirit. duke commanding 30 legions, formerly of the angelic order of virtues. teaches the speech of animals, breaks enchantments on hidden treasures, knows past and future, reconciles friends and those in power. barbelo (gnostic. according to the gnostic sect called the sethians, the daughter of pistis-sophia. was so great in her glory t

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red letters in the ancient hebrew alphabet, with values of 1 to 400. the triangle is an ancient emblem of deity; it is also a sign of the female element. however, if the apex of the triangle is pointed down it becomes the male element; thus inverted it may also represent lucifer, particularly if it is black in color. the spiral figure intertwined with the mural-length diagonal line symbolizes the caduceus of hermes (mercury, which mythologically is represented as two serpents twined around the winged wand of mercury. nine arcs are formed by the intersections of the spiral line with the diagonal; the ninth hebrew letter, teth, with the value of nine, has the signification of "serpent."22 the number of the beast of revelation is 666, which cabalis- tically is nine, the number of generation.2

, which mythologically is represented as two serpents twined around the winged wand of mercury. nine arcs are formed by the intersections of the spiral line with the diagonal; the ninth hebrew letter, teth, with the value of nine, has the signification of "serpent."22 the number of the beast of revelation is 666, which cabalis- tically is nine, the number of generation.23 the twin serpents of the caduceus are negative and positive (representing polarity) and twine around the spinal column. they are the kundalini or sex force. in the encircled serpent (howey, op. cit, the chapter on the caduceus contains references (page 72) to the ancient use of the symbol without wings, as seen in the mural. the caduceus is also the symbol of peace, the propaganda term associated with the u.n. the serpent

s of which it is composed in the form called the tree of life. the verses of exodus which contain the 72 letters of the tetragrammaton are also believed by the cabalists to contain the pillars of the sephiroth, or emanations (the cabala, by bernhard pick, chicago, 1913, p. 91. the reader will notice in the upper left corner of the mural an arc which curves down to the left from the tip end of the caduceus line and forms the third side of a white geometrical figure which is unique in the mural. the lower end of this arc meets the apex of four triangles. two white, one gray, and one yellow, the last of which touches the perimeter of the black and blue sphere. this arc represents the crown of the sephiroth, the first of the ten emanations issued from en soph, the divine darkness (waite, op. c

figure which is unique in the mural. the lower end of this arc meets the apex of four triangles. two white, one gray, and one yellow, the last of which touches the perimeter of the black and blue sphere. this arc represents the crown of the sephiroth, the first of the ten emanations issued from en soph, the divine darkness (waite, op. cit, p. 26. the four triangles represent other emanations. the caduceus line symbolizes the spinal chord of adam kadmon, the archetypal man, another form of the sephiroth (pick, op. cit, p. 70. the quartered sphere represents the four different worlds of the tree. the three rows up and down of the mural are the three pillars of the tree. the 22 iriangles in the mural are the 22 lines or paths by which the (en sephiroth are connected one to another (waite, op

n of the mural are the three pillars of the tree. the 22 iriangles in the mural are the 22 lines or paths by which the (en sephiroth are connected one to another (waite, op. cit, p. 381. the left, male side of the tree, indicated by the black half of the sphere, is darkness and death (ibid, p. 350. the right side of the tree is female: as symbolized by the moon figure, the while halfcrescent. the caduceus line .spinal chord is the sex force which extends down (he middle pillar of the sephiroth, which is also the body of adam kadmon. the base of the spine is the yesod or foundation, the sacred generative organs (ibid, p. 1201. from yesod springs the kingdom at the bottom of the tree, which represents mankind. the literature on this subject is vast and confusing, but there are certain basic

od" and "devoured their hearts before horus" they were judges, accusers and punishers of crime "guilty souls were handed over to them by osiris, but to be 'tortured' only, not destroyed."56 during osiris' great expedition beyond the borders of egypt "he left his kingdom to the care of his wife isis, and her faithful minister hermes or mercury" who was anubis (brother to osiris, represented with a caduceus. when osiris returned he found that his brother set (typhon) had aroused his subjects against him (set's name was expressed by a hieroglyphic containing the black half-sphere seen in the meditation room murai) set murdered his brother and cut his body into fourteen pieces. isis recovered all the mangled pieces, with the exception of the privities of her husband, which had been thrown into

is wearing a coronet of them" the egyptians often represented isis and osiris together, as two serpents "about the commencement of the christian era the cult of osiris was extended over asia minor, greece and rome" cicero tells us that he was known as ob-el, from whence we derive the obelisk.62 the identity of hermes-mercury. anubis (brother to osiris) has already beeen mentioned. his emblem, the caduceus, was the talismanic serpent, originally entwined around a tau cross, which was also a phallus. the serpents represented the power of mercury as a sun-god. the caduceus was identified with moses' brazen serpent "in judah the image of jehovah took the form of a golden serpent, as in solomon's temple" its worship "was in fact the worship of the sun-god, osiris, under the name of jehovah" the

t "in judah the image of jehovah took the form of a golden serpent, as in solomon's temple" its worship "was in fact the worship of the sun-god, osiris, under the name of jehovah" the targum, or chaldee paraphrast, referred to the brazen serpent as the 'word1."63 it must also be mentioned that the olive branch on the coat of arms. the emblem of peace. traces directly back to the olive wand of the caduceus.64 the cao dai god symbol: the all-seeing eye today, in south viet nam in south-east asia there exists a very real cult of the all-seeing eye. it is called cao dai. it is a bizarre blend of buddhism, confucianism, taoism, christianity, and animism. the last named doctrine refers to the anima mundi, the idea that phenomena of animal life are produced by an immaterial soul. ophiolatry is a

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ctly 13 blocks from the white house. while the focal point is the black stone altar with its three sun medallions, the two serpents provide the most grotesque sight. on the rug we read "the goal of initiation" and, indeed, it is reportedly before this imposing black stone altar that the candidate for the 33rd degree kneels and drinks wine from a human skull. the medical profession uses the winged caduceus, symbol of mercury, the ancient god of commerce, as a universal sign, or logo. medical doctors even take the hippocratic oath, vowing obeisance to asclepius, the greek god of healing. the caduceus design is of two serpents intertwined around a staff, or pole, facing each other. again, this is evidence of llluminist doctrine of the integration of opposites. the two serpents are the same as

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been observed, the initiates bathed in the sea and were sprinkled with the blood of pigs as they emerged. a sacrifice was offered to the gods, and a procession began the journey to eleusis, where, upon the arrival of the priests, the initiates were received by the high priest of eleusis, the hieroceryx, or sacred herald, who was dressed in a manner suggesting the god hermes (mercury, holding the caduceus, the entwined serpents, as a symbol of his authority. once the aspirants had assembled, the sacred herald led them to a sanctuary of the goddess persephone hidden in a quiet valley in the midst of a sacred grove. here, the priestesses of persephone, crowned with narcissus wreaths, began chanting, warning the newcomers of the mysteries that they were about to perceive. the initiates would

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from a cloud to lower right. the hilt is not evident simply, but suggested by two tails of serpents crossing just below the lower limit of the circle. to either side of the pommel beneath the snake tails are the letters "fin" to left and "al" to right. the point of the sword above the upper limit of the circle is buttoned by a fleur-de-lis. the two serpents are entwined about the sword to form a caduceus with two circles vertically circumscribed within the greater circle. these serpents are billed. there are two shaded bands on the two horizontal diameters of the serpent circles. five hebrew letters are along the sword, only the topmost upon the blade and the others beneath: top quarter- hb:yod, next quarter- hb:aleph, center- hb:shin, next quarter is probably but not certainly hb:mem, bo

r rim. these spokes appear to be riveted to the inner rim. at the top of the wheel is the nemesis seated on a platform as a sphinx with a sword: head cloth, stern male face and woman's breasts, winged. the sword is hilt to wheel and up to left "archee" is written over the wing to the left. risking on the right of the wheel is a hermanubus or variation of serapis: dog's head, human body, carries a caduceus half hidden behind head and wheel, legs before wheel "azoth" is written above the head of this figure. a demon reminiscent of proteus descends the wheel on the left. his head is bearded and horned, his legs are tentacular and finned. he carries a trident below "hyle" is written below his head. that substance is one which is heaven and earth; that is to say, according to its degrees of pol

t is the goat of lust attacking the heavens with its horns. it is a sign execrated by initiates of a superior rank, even at the sabbath<circular host, how could it be upside down- o. m> 2 degree- the two hermetic serpents. but the heads and tails, instead of coming together in two similar semicircles, were turned outwards, and there was no intermediate line representing the caduceus. above the head of the serpents, one saw the fatal v, the typhonian fork, the character of hell. to the right and left, the sacred numbers iii and vii were relegated to the horizontal line which represents passive and secondary things. the meaning of the character was then this: antagonism is eternal. 149 god is the strife of fatal forces, which always create through destruction. the thin

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o zeus. chockmah: the twin feathers, or crown of thoth. binah: the crimson cap of concealment. chesed: the cardinals hat, or emperors crown. the pine crown of the isthmian games, sacred to poseidon. geburah: the war helm, or martial crown. the judges wig. tiphareth: the solar crown, cowl, or the wimple. the crown of thorns. the roman crown of roses. netzach: the laurel wreath of victory. hod: the caduceus crown or the mortar board. yesod: crowns of disguise; wigs and masques. the lunar crown. malkuth: the skull cap. the crown of wild olives of the olympian games, sacred to zeus. the wreath. crown of flowers, or ears of corn or wheat. shamanic headdress composed of earth attributes. figure 4 shows the attributions of the egyptian crowns to the sephiroth and would be suitable for appropriate

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ance to the chakra system of yoga, the hindu mystical tradition. many people, including authors, make the common mistake of calling tiphareth "the heart chakra" or referring to yesod as "the moon chakra" in fact the cover of llewellyn's second edition of regardie's the middle pillar (see figure 1, p. xi) shows the chakras superimposed over the qabalistic tree of life with the twin serpents of the caduceus of hermes. as easy as it is for some to transpose the terms "sephrah" and "chakra" ths habit should be avoided, since it only adds to confusion between the two systems. it would be better to refer to the sephiroth of the middle pillar exercise as galgalim,l whch is hebrew for "whlings" there are five sephiroth on the middle pillar in contrast to seven chakras in the eastern system. the se

pentagram. charge it with "eheieh (eh-hey-yay-"i am. turn to the north and draw the pentagram, intoning "agla (ah-gah-lah--a notariqon [see glossary. keep the arm extended. turn to face the east. extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me, raphael (rah-fayel. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you, visualize another figure and say "behind me, gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. the pentagram 177 see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword. say "on my right hand, michael (mee-kai-el. see another great archangel at your left

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at the church espoused. for the orgone of wilhelm reich is just as much leviathan as the kundalini of tantrick adepts, and the power raised by the witches. it has always, at least in the past two thousand years, been associated with occultism and essentially with rites of evil magick, or the forbidden magick, of the enemy, and of satan. and the twisting, sacred spiral formed by the serpent of the caduceus, and by the spinning of the galaxies, is also the same leviathan as the spiral of the biologists' code of life: dna the goddess of the witches the current revival of the cult called wicca is a manifestation of the ancient secret societies that sought to tap this telluric, occult force and use it to their own advantage, and to the advantage of humanity as was the original intent. the raisi

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long a cylinder, one clockwise and the other counterclockwise. when one observes it from the side, the double helix looks exactly like the standing waves. the intersection points of the spirals mark the yod and the vau; the opposite peaks and valleys place the first he and second he, which alternate along the waves or spirals. the meaning of the balanced and opposite spirals is the mystery of the caduceus of hermes; it is the mechanism by which manifest things maintain them- selves. when the oscillations are disrupted there is loss of being. the manifest returns to the unmanifest. these spirals are the two serpents that twine around the life centers of the body, one ascending and the other descending. they can also be applied fruitfully to the ten apples on the tree of the sephiroth. perha

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iva will help you to consciously travel in your astral body. invoke him when you are meditating on the sacred sign of the infinite. on any given night, you will be invoked from the temple of the himalayas. there you will be submitted to seven ordeals. there you will be taught the secret science. now then, after this digression, let us continue with our initial point. the holy eight symbolizes the caduceus of mercury and represents the two ganglionic chords that esoterically are entwined around the spinal medulla, these are: id and pingal; the two witnesses, the two olives, the two candlesticks standing before the throne of god on earth. the solar atoms rise through the cord of the right and the lunar atoms rise through the cord of the left. these solar and lunar atoms rise from our seminal

enclosed within the chakra muladhara (church of ephesus. the serpent slumbers in that coccygeal center entwined three and a half times. the serpent must inevitably leave from its church. if the serpent rises through the medullar channel we convert ourselves into angels and if the serpent descends we convert ourselves into demons. now you can comprehend why there are always two serpents around the caduceus of mercury. the sexual force is the hilum of the gnostics. los tres traidores constituyen el ego reencarnante. el yo psicol gico. el sat n que debe ser disuelto para encarnar al cristo interno constituido por kether, chokmah, binah. el tri ngulo superior es el resplandeciente drag n de la sabidur a. el tri ngulo inferior es el drag n negro. en el centro de los dos tri ngulos se halla el s

phical stone. the wind bears the son in its womb and the earth nourishes it. the sun and the moon, masculine and feminine principles are combined inside of the chalice (symbol of the mind. the sun is the father of the stone (fire, the moon is the mother (water, and the wind (seminal vapors) bear the son in its alchemical womb and the philosophical earth nourishes it. the chalice is resting on the caduceus of mercury (the central system, spinal column) with the two sympathetic cords known in the east as id and pingal. two influences interact in the generation of the philosophical stone: one of a masculine character and the other of a feminine character. the entire work is performed with the great arcanum. the star of seven points is an inseparable part of the acronym vitriol. the seven serp

dencia) eeennn rrreee (clariaudiencia) ooonnn rrrooo (coraz n intuici n) uuunnn rrruuu (telepat a plexo solar) aaannn rrraaa (chacras pulmonares recordaci n de pasadas encarnaciones) el gran hierofante jes s el cristo cantaba estos mantrams en el laboratorium oratorium de la pir mide de kefren. 52 the seven kabbalistic signs of the planets are: moon: a globe sliced by two half moons. mercury: one caduceus and the cynocephalus11. venus: a sexual lingam. sun: a serpent with the head of a lion. mars: a dragon biting guards of a sword. jupiter: the flaming pentagram or the eagle's beak. saturn: a limping elder, or a serpent entwined on a helicious12 stone. the seven pentacles [talismans] have the power of attracting the seven planetary forces. gold is the sun s metal; silver is the moon s meta

y have power over [the human] waters to convert them into blood, and to smite the [philosophical] earth [the human organism of fornicators] with all kinds of plagues, as often as they will [according with the law- revelation 11: 4-6. disposition of the two witnesses the two witnesses are a semi-etheric, semiphysical pair of sympathetic cords that are entwined along the spinal medulla, forming the caduceus of mercury, the sacred eight, the sign of the infinite. in the male, the two witnesses depart from the right and left testicles and in the female they depart from the ovaries. these two witnesses are located to the right and left sides of the dorsal spine. the two witnesses alternatively ascend from left to right until forming a marvelous knot in that space located between the two eyebrow

m 15 let us go now to study the fifteenth arcanum of the tarot. we are going to study the male goat of mendes, typhon baphomet, the devil. the alchemist must steal the fire from the devil. when we work with the arcanum a.z.f. we steal the fire from the devil; this is how we transform ourselves into gods. the esoteric pentagram shines upon the forehead of the male goat [see image on next page. the caduceus of mercury replaces the sexual organs. in synthesis, we can state that the caduceus of mercury represents the sexual organs. every alchemist needs to work with the caduceus of mercury. this work is performed by means of the transmutation. the five pointed star shines when we steal the fire from the devil. we need to develop the kundalini and to dissolve the i, only in this way can we atta

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