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1290 a.d. in guadalajara. it included commentaries on the torah. gnosticism: gnosis is a greek term for knowledge. the term gnosis applies to certain religious sects that emerged during the early formative years christianity, and which believed in hidden spiritual knowledge. the main factor that differentiated them from christianity was their emphasis on knowledge rather than faith. the christian church fathers considered the gnostics heretical, or heretics. kether: the first emanation on the tree of life. occultists identify kether as the state of consciousness where creation merges with the veils of nonexistence. kether lies on the middle pillar and transcends the duality of chokmah (male) and binah (female) which lie immediately below on the tree. it is therefore symbolized in mystical

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

were converted. all these races held by the arian doctrine. the burgundians in gaul became catholic at the beginning of the fifth century, then arian under their visigoth rulers, and catholic again at the commencement of the sixth century, the suevi in spain were at first catholic, then arian (about 469, until in the sixth century they, with all the west-goths, went over likewise to the catholic church. not till the end of the fifth or the beginning of the sixth did christianity win the eranks, soon after that the alamanni, and after them the langobardi. the bavarians were converted in the seventh and eighth centuries, the frisians, hessians and thuringians in the eighth, the saxons about the ninth. christianity had early found entrance into britain, but was checked by the irruption of th

new faith came in escorted by a foreign language, which the missionaries imparted to their disciples and thus exalted into a sacred language, which excluded the slighted mother-tongue from almost all share in public worship. this does not apply to the greek-speaking countries, which could follow the original text of the christian revelation, but it does to the far wider area over which the latin church-language was spread, even among eomauce populations, whose ordinary dialect was rapidly emancipating itself from the rules of ancient latin. still more violent was the contrast in the remaining kingdoms. the converters of the heathen, sternly devout, abstemious, mortifying the flesh, occasionally peddhng, headstrong, and in^ authorities given in cli. iv. conf. lex frisionum, ed. gaup, p. xx

them, siniplic. 1. 4, 17. herrgottbeisser, holer 2, 48. herrgottfisler (fiiszler, schmid 1, 93. heiligenfresserin, 10 ehen, p. 62. so the ital. mangiaparadiso, fr. mangeur de crucetix, boh. pol. liciobrazek (licker of saints. a sham saint is indifferently termed kapeltrete, tempeltrete, tevipelriune, mones schausp. p. 123. 137 (see suppl- not from operari, which in that sense was xxnknown to the church, the komance languages likewise using it. offerire, sp. ofrecer, fr. offrir, never operare, obrar, ouvrer; the same technical sense adheres to offerta, ofrenda, offrande. from oblata come the sp. oblea, fr. oublie, and perhaps the mhg. oblei, unless it is from eulogia, oblagia. from offre and offerta are iv)rmed the wei. offryd, ir. oifrion, aifrion, offrail. lastly, the derivation from fer

t as these were generally identical witli .s/f rf-opfer, sin-offerings, i have used the latter expression, as short and familiar. tiians. 42 worship. game killed, the enemy conquered (see suppl, a firstling of the cattle born, or grain harvested, tlie gift-bestowing god had a first right to a part of the food, drink, produce, the spoils of war or of the chase (the same idea on which tithes to the church were afterwards grounded. if on the contrary a famine, a failure of crops, a pestilence had set in among a people, they hastened to present propitiatory gifts (see suppl. these sin-offerings have by their nature an occasional and fitful character, while those performed to the propitious deity readily pass into periodically recurring festivals. there is a third species of sacrifice, by which

rn, minnis-ixxm (cupful, furo minni morg, ok skyldi horn dreckia 1 minni hvert (they gave many a m, and each had to drink a horn to the m. um golf ganga at minnom ouum, egilss. 206. 253. minniol signod' a.som, olafs helga^ beside cattle and grain? other valuables were offered to particular gods and in special cases, as even in christian times voyagers at sea e.g, would vow a silver sliip to their church as a votive gift; in swedish folk-songs, offra en (jryta af malm (vessel of metal, arvidss. 2, 11(5; en giyta af blankaste malm (of silver) ahlqvists ohind ii. 1, 214; also articles of clothing, e.g. red shoes' in the teut. languages i know of no technical term like the gk. aivivba, xfi'/so, lat. libo, for drink-offerings (see siippl. 60 worship. saga (ed. holm) 113. signa is the german seg

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

he moon, and dating from between 13000 and 11000 bc, was found in france in a cave at the abri du roc aux sorciers at angles-sur-l'anglin. this motif continued right through to the triple goddess of the celts, reflecting the lunar cycles as maiden, mother and crone, an image that also appeared throughout the classical world. witchcraft and the early christians after the formation of the christian church, the worship of the old deities and the old ways were banned and the nature festivals supplanted by christian ones. the christians were pragmatic, however, and pope gregory, who sent st augustine to england in ad 597, acknowledged that it was simpler to graft the christian festivals on to the existing festivals of the solstices and equinoxes. so, easter, for example, was celebrated on the f

different in any way- eccentric, senile or physically deformed- could be accused. any old woman living alone might be blamed for the deaths of animals, the failure of crops and outbreaks of disease that were in reality caused by poor hygiene and diet, bad weather, human neglect or simply blind fate. of course, this occurred to some extent before the burning times. the difference was that now the church and state were legalising and even encouraging this persecution. even faeries became associated with witchcraft. the bean-tighe, a faerie housekeeper, popular in the mythology of ireland and scotland, was said to reside with the village wise woman and assist her with chores; in the worst of the wave of hysteria over witchcraft, if an old women had an immaculate house, it was claimed she had

incense, place the smouldering charcoal block in a censer or thurible. until you are experienced you may find it easier and safer to place it inside the censer first, and then light it (a censer is simply a container for the charcoal. it may be a simple ceramic pot or a much more ornate vessel made of gold or silver. i would not recommend that you use the kind of incense censers on chains used in church services as the incense tends to go everywhere and can be quite dangerous) add your incense gradually, about half a teaspoon at a time, once the charcoal block in the censer is glowing but not releasing sparks. with practice, you will learn to add the right quantity to ensure a steady but not choking stream of smoke as part of the ritual. many practitioners prefer to light it beforehand and

vegetation, the male spring deity, consort of the earth mother and an early forerunner of both robin hood and st george. the mother goddess in her maiden aspect mated with the ascended sun god or, in popular folk tradition the green man, so that the conceived infant would be reborn as the new sun at the next winter solstice, thus ensuring the wheel of the year continued to turn. in the christian church, 25 march is the feast of the annunciation of the blessed virgin mary when gabriel told her she was with child. the energies of this festival are good for cleansing the seas and air of pollution, for new peace-making initiatives of all kinds, for beginning reforestation and regeneration projects, the reclamation of wildlife habitats and work to restore the indigenous trees and wildlife to a

ABRAMELIN1

then was this abraham the jew? it is possible, though there is no mention of this in the ms, that he was a descendant of that abraham the jew who wrote the celebrated alchemical work on twenty-one pages of bark or papyrus, which came into the hands of nicholas flamel, and by whose study the latter is said eventually to have attained the possession of the stone of the wise. the only remains of the church of saint jacques de la boucherie which exists at the present day, is the tower, which stands near the place du ch telet, about ten minutes walk from the biblioth que de l'arsenal; and there is yet a street near this tower which bears the title of rue nicolas flamel, so that his memory still survives in paris, together with that of the church close to which he lived, and to which, after the

terrible and instructive epoch; as adepts of his type always appear and always have appeared upon the theatre of history in great crises of nations. the age which could boast simultaneously three rival claimants to the direction of two of the greatest levers of the society of that era the papacy and the germanic empire when the jealousies of rival bishoprics, the overthrow of dynasties, the roman church shaken to her foundations, sounded in europe the tocsin of that fearful struggle which invariably precedes social reorganisation, that wild whirlwind of national convulsion which engulfs in its vortex the civilisation of a yesterday, but to prepare the reconstitution of a morrow. the enormous historical importance of such men as our author is always underrated, generally doubted; notwithsta

irst, after his entry into holy orders, was only notable for his debauches, his exactions, and his violence. pope boniface ix. nevertheless appointed him cardinal in 1402, and afterwards legate of bologna, where he is said to have given himself up to such excesses that gregory xii. thought it necessary to excommunicate him. notwithstanding this cossa was elected to the papacy at the time when the church was shaken by internal dissension. he promised at first to renounce the pontificate, if on their side gregory xii. and benedict xiii. would abandon their claims. however, he mounted the papal throne, and declared for the side of louis d anjou in the war between the latter and ladislaus regarding the throne of naples. at length, after the taking of rome by ladislaus, he was forced to implore

s summoned to appear before the council, but refused; and soon after, being abandoned by the duke of austria, who was too weak to resist the power of the emperor, he was arrested at fribourg, and conducted to rudolfcell. on the 29th may, 1415, this pontiff was solemnly deposed by the council of constance as being given to simony, impudent, a secret poisoner, and a spendthrift of the wealth of the church; and was imprisoned in the castle of heidelberg. at the end of four years he recovered his liberty, on payment of 30,000 golden crowns, and went to rome, where he made his submission to martin v, and was by him appointed cardinal-bishop of frascati, and senior of the sacred college. he died a few months later at florence, either of anxiety or by poison. 39 either ernest or william i. of bav

ALEE J BOOK OF AIWASS

d multiplication of the first five numbers of the decimal scale" 36 chief "post centum viginti annos patebo. thus have i closed the tomb of the adepti in the mystic mountain of abiegnus (chief closes door of vault. third "ex deo nascimur" second "in hwchy morimur" chief "per spiritum sanctum reviviscimus (all present make l.v.x. signs in silenc"ethe book of aiwass by john allee high priest, first church of satan lord egan's proviso you have the choice of accepting or rejecting what i have to say. if you find it difficult or impossible to accept, i would advise you dismiss my concepts entirely, if you wish! why do i say this? my objective adheres to a set of satanic principles outlined by crowley, a man who also believed in praetor-human intelligences "the essence of every missionary messag

right in thinking otherwise. you can only accomplish your object in life by complete disregard of the opinions of other people" what am i saying here? as a satanist, your opinion is the one that matters. you should believe in things that are in the scope of your experience- things you consciously acknowledge as true. this has always been my first and foremost declaration with regards to the first church of satan and what it means to be a satanist. creation the universe comes from the one (ain or no-thing) and returns to it. the first cause is not an explosion like the so-called big bang, but the emergence of chaos and order. people often ask "how can satan be the exception to every rule, the dissonance in the universal, the rebel of the cosmos, the rock cast in the still pond and still rep

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

ikely to occur in the course of the preliminary practices. love is the law, love under will *tannhauser, written in mexico, o.f, august, 1900. see also my berashith, written in delhi, april, 1901 (part 7 of 8* yoga for yellowbellies. third lecture* dear children, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. 1. you will remember that last week our study of yoga had led us to the fathers of the church. we saw that their philosophy and science, in following an independent route, had brought us to the famous exclamation of tertullian 'certum est quia ineptum' how right the church has been to deny the authority of reason! 2. we are almost tempted to enquire for a moment what the church means by 'faith' st. paul tells us that faith is 'the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of thing

gs about it is that its greatest and most important achievements have been in the domain of science and philosophy. it has done nothing in religion; or, rather, where it has meddled with religion it has only done harm. what a mistake! and why? for the simple reason that it was in a position to take no notice of religion; all these matters were decided for it by the pope, or by the councils of the church, and the society was therefore able to free itself from the perplexities of religion, in exactly the same way as the novice obtains complete freedom from his moral responsibilities by sinking his personal phantasies in the will of the superior. 6. i should like to mention here that the spiritual exercises of st. ignatius are in their essence really admirable yoga practices. they have, it is

ALEISTER CROWLEY ABSINTHE THE GREEN GODDESS

get her sorrows. she is still "respectable; she never tires of repeating that she is not one of "those girls" but "a married woman living far uptown" and that she "never runs about with men" it is not the failure of marriage; it is the failure of men to recognize what marriage was ordained to be. by a singular paradox it is the triumph of the bourgeois. only the hero is capable of marriage as the church understands it; for the marriage oath is a compact of appalling solemnity, an alliance of two souls against the world and against fate, with invocation of the great blessing of the most high. death is not the most beautiful of adventures, as frohman said, for death is unavoidable; marriage is a voluntary heroism. that marriage has today become a matter of convenience is the last word of the

for death is unavoidable; marriage is a voluntary heroism. that marriage has today become a matter of convenience is the last word of the commercial spirit. it is as if one should take a vow of knighthood to combat dragons--until the dragons appeared. so this poor woman, because she did not understand that respectability is a lie, that it is love that makes marriage sacred and not the sanction of church or state, because she took marriage as an asylum instead of as a crusade, has failed in life, and now seeks alcohol under the same fatal error. wine is the ripe gladness which accompanies valor and rewards toil; it is the plume on a man's lancehead, a fluttering gallantry--not good to lean upon. therefore her eyes are glassed with horror as she gazes uncomprehending upon her fate. that whic

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

dogma is unfortunately very far removed from the majority of the faithful to be of much consequence. the idea of a war against satan, and of the entities of good and evil having roughly equivalent powers, is perhaps best illustrated by the belief, common among the orthodox churches of the east, in a personal devil as well as a personal angel. this concept has been amplified by the roman catholic church to such an extent- perhaps subconsciously- that a missal in the editor's possession contains an engraving for the feast of st. andrew, apostle, for november 30, that bears the legend "ecce qui tollis peccata mundi- behold him who taketh away the sins of the world- and the picture above it is of the atomic bomb! basically, there are two "sets" of gods in the mythos: the elder gods, about who

ryan race, having in fact many words identical to that of sanskrit (and, it is said, to chinese. for no one knows where the sumerians came from, and they vanished just as mysteriously as they appeared, after the assyrian invasions which decimated their culture, yet providing the assyrians with much of their mythology and religion; so much so that sumerian became the official language of the state church, much as latin is today of the roman catholic church. they had a list of their kings before the flood, which even they carefully chronicled, as did many another ancient civilisation around the world. it is believed that they had a sophisticated system of astronomy (and astrology) as well as an equally religious rituale. magick, as well in history, begins at sumer for the western world, for

est, the conjuration, cultivation, or worship of this power was strenuously opposes with the advent of the solar, monotheistic religions and those who clung to the old ways were effectively extinguished. the wholesale slaughter of those called "witches" during the inquisition is an example of this, as well as the solemn and twisted- that is to say, purposeless and unenlightened- celibacy that 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 caduceu

the moon, and were symbolic of divinity in many cultures around the world, and were also thought to represent certain animals who were horned, and worshipped for their particular qualities, such as the goat and bull. they also represent sexual power. the fact that, in ancient sumeria and egypt, horns were solely representative of evil gods, but of many different deities, was used by the christian church in their attempt to eradicate pagan faiths. it was a simple enough symbol to identify with the author of evil, satan, which the church depicted as a half-animal, half-human creature with horns, claws, and sometimes a tail. the church's use of the horns as a sort of archetype of evil is quite similar to the feeling many people have today with regards to the swastika used by the nazis, a symb

h's use of the horns as a sort of archetype of evil is quite similar to the feeling many people have today with regards to the swastika used by the nazis, a symbol which has become the archetype of an evil sigil in the west. the fact that it is a highly valued mystical and religious symbol in the east is something that is not well-known. what is worse, the image of the devil as perpetrated by the church is simultaneously representative of sexual energy, and can be safely compared to jung's archetype of the shadow, the psychic repository of a man's innate maleness, as the anima represents that part of a man which is feminine. truly, the pictures painted of a satanic ritual by the pious catholic clergymen was one of sexual orgies and "perversions, and the handbook of the inquisitors, the mal

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

e nature of the work of making the magical link. it is impossible to give detailed instructions, because every case demands separate consideration. it is sometimes exceedingly difficult to devise proper measures. remember that magick includes all acts soever. anything may serve as a magical weapon. to impose one's will on a nation, for instance, one's talisman may be a newspaper, one's triangle a church, or one's circle a club. to win a woman, one's 114 pantacle may be a necklace; to discover a treasure, one's wand may be a dramatist's pen, or one's incantation a popular song. many ends, many means: it is only important to remember the essence of the operation, which is to will its success with sufficiently pure intensity, and to incarnate that will in a body suitable to express it, a body

l, they wouldn't seem so to the authors "but- pity the poor gods "bother the gods> to write and compose specially for the ceremony<magicians accustomed to work in concert may be competent to conduct impromptu orgia. to cite an actual instance in recent times; the blood of a christian being required for some purpose, a young cock was procured and baptized into the roman catholic church by a man who, being the son of an ordained priest, was magically an incarnation of the being of that priest, and was therefore congenitally possessed of the powers thereto appurtenant. the cock "peter paul" was consequently a baptized christian for all magical purposes. order was then taken to imprison the bird; which done, the magicians assuming respectively the characters of herod, herodi

to go counter to the course of natural change is to approximate perilously to the error of the "black brothers. unless he so will. who would not rather work through incarnation; a real renewal of body and brain, than content himself with a stagnant immortality upon this mote in the sunlight of the universe which we call earth? 181 with regard to the preparations for such sacraments, the catholic church has maintained well enough the traditions of the true gnostic church in whose keeping the secrets are<roman missal, the canon of the mass, and the chapter of "defects> chastity<initiates to signify a certain state of soul and of mind determinant of a certain habit of body which is nowise identical with what is commonly understood. chastity in the

me 346 chaos, the sole viceregent of the sun upon earth; and in one air the nourisher of all that breaths. and i believe in one earth, the mother of us all, and in one womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, mystery of mystery, in her name babalon. and i believe in the serpent and the lion, mystery of mystery, in his name baphomet. and i believe in one gnostic and catholic church of light, love and liberty, the word of whose law is gr:theta-epsilon-lambda-eta-mu-alpha. and i believe in the communion of saints. and, forasmuch as meat and drink are transmuted in us daily into spiritual substance, i believe in the miracle of the mass. and i confess one baptism of wisdom whereby we accomplish the miracle of incarnation. and i confess my life one, individual, and eternal

ngs out his arms upward as comprehending the whole shrine" let this offering be born upon the waves of aethyr to our lord and father the sun that travelleth over the heavens in his name on"(he closes his hands, kisses the "priestess "between the breasts and makes three great crosses over the paten, the cup and himself. he strikes his breast. all repeat this action" hear ye all, saints of the true church of old time now essentially present, that of ye we claim heirship, with ye we claim communion, from ye we claim benediction in the name of gr:iota-alpha-omega"(he makes three crosses on paten and cup together. he uncovers the cup, genuflects, takes the cup in his left hand and the host in his right. with the host he makes the five crosses on the cup +1 +3 +2 +5 +4"(he elevates the host and

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

persons being by definition entirely unscrupulous, it follows that any given religion is likely to contain scraps of magical doctrine, filched more or less haphazard from one school or the other as occasion serves. let the reader, therefore, beware most seriously of trying to get a grasp of this subject by means of siren analogies. taoism has as little to do with the tao teh king as the catholic church with the gospel. the tao teh king inculcates conscious inaction, or rather unconscious inaction, with the object of minimizing the disorder of the world. a magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 86 few quotations from the text should make the essence of the doctrine clear. x 3 "here is the mystery of virtue. it createth all and nourisheth all; yet it doth not adhere to

ous- voyage; but at last the harbour is in sight. our essay approaches its goal; the theory of life to which initiation tends. let us continue! there is in history only one movement whose object has been to organize the isolated adepts of the white school of magick, and this movement was totally unconnected with religion, except in so far as it lent its influence to the reformers of the christian church. its appeal was not at all to the people. it merely offered to open up relations with, and communicate certain practical secrets of wisdom to, isolated men of science through europe. this movement is generally known by the name of rosicrucianism. the word arouses all sorts of regrettable correspondences; but the adepts of the society have never worried themselves in the least about the abus

er degree of contempt than ever. realizing that it was moribund, it made a supreme and suicidal effort, and plunged into the death-spasm of the first worldwar. it was too far corrupt to react to the injections of the white formula which might have saved it. we see today that christianity is more bigoted, further divorced from reality, than ever. in some countries it has again become a persecuting church. with horrid glee the adepts of the black school looked on at these magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 103 atrocious paroxysms. but it did more. it marshalled its forces quietly, and prepared to clean up the debris of the battlefields. it is at present (1924 e.v) pledged to a supreme attempt to chase the manly races from their spiritual halidom (the spasm still [194

jection of yourself in terms of these conventional formulae (a convention does really mean "that which is convenient" how abject, then to obey a self-styled convention which is actually as inconvenient as possible) next, the lamp. this may be of silver, or silver-gilt (to represent the path of gimel) and is to be hung from the ceiling exactly above the centre of the altar. there are plenty of old church lamps which serve very well. the light is to be from a wick in a floating cork in a glass of olive oil (i hope you can get it) it is really desirable to make this as near the "ever-burning lamp of the rosicrucians" as possible; it is not a drawback that this implies frequent attention. now for the weapons! the wand. let this be simple, straight and slim! have you an almond or magic without

self well enough. all right; on to no. 2. shall we look at levitation for a change? this power- if it be one- is very curious indeed. it connects more directly with magnetism than almost any other. the first thing we think of when someone says "magnet" is picking up iron filings as a child. age before honesty! let father poulain s.j. speak first! he is obliged to admit the phenomenon, because the church has done so. but precisely similar accounts of the levitation of pagans and heretics must be according to him, lies, or works of the devil. as for the method "god employs the angels to raise the saint, so as to avoid the necessity of intervening himself" lazy old parishioner! now for a douche of common sense. hatha-yoga is quite clear and simple, even logical, about it. the method is plain

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

re of this circle is the centre of the tau of ten squares which is in the midst, as shown in the illustration. the tau and the circle together make one form of the rosy cross, the uniting of subject and object which is the great work, and which is symbolized sometimes as this cross and circle, sometimes as the lingam-yoni, sometimes as the ankh or crux ansata, sometimes by the spire and nave of a church or temple, and sometimes as a marriage feast, mystic marriage, spiritual marriage "chymical nuptials" and in a hundred other ways. whatever the form chosen, it is the symbol of the great work. this place of his working therefore declares the nature and object of the work. those persons who have supposed that the use of these symbols implied worship of the generative organs, merely attribute

ork; for the doubling of the cube, like the squaring of the circle, was one of the great problems of antiquity. the surface of this altar is composed of ten squares. the top is kether, and the bottom malkuth. the height of the altar is equal to the height above the ground of the navel of the magician. the altar is connected with the ark of the covenant, noah's ark, the nave("navis" a ship) of the church, and many other symbols of antiquity, whose symbolism has been well worked out in an anonymous book called "the cannon<altar. for this altar must embody the magician's knowledge of the laws of nature, which are the laws through which he works. he should endeavour to make geom

serpent, at the same time the organs whose union is the supreme sacrament are left in him. at the coming of adonai the individual is destroyed in both senses. he is shattered into a thousand pieces, yet at the same time united with the simple<set of verses in liber xvi (xvi in the taro is pe, mars, the sword> of this it is also spoken by st. paul in his epistle to the church in thessalonica "for the lord shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of god; and the dead in christ shall rise first. then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them into the clouds to meet the lord in the air; and so shall we be for ever with the lord" the stupid interpretation of this verse as prophetic of a "s

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

ne by the other (i.r.q. 995; cf. 97) l)b+yxm yoke; upper part; on, upon, above, over; to, towards; after; because l( throat (l a suffering, discouraged one; tax sm species, kind nym flask, bottle kp spice; drug; poison ms dryness; ship yc 101 swallowed, destroyed (l) a storehouse ms) michael: archangel of fire (lit. glike god h) l)kym kingdom; a virgin princess (esp. the virgin princess, i.e. the church) hkwlm gut; gut-string )myn vomit )q and it was so nk yhyw 102 a white goose nbl zww) trust; truth; faith hnwm) desirable, worthy of desire dmxn grace; pride; fame, glory; a wild goat ybc lord, owner; to possess; lands, government l(b unit of measure bq vilon, veil: the veil between yesod and malkuth nwlyw 103 dust qb) to guard, protect nng loathed l(g food, meat (ch) nwzm oblation hxnm pro

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE BANNED LECTURE

at they know nothing. i think that merely shows how badly brought up he must have been; and explains how it was that he became a kirty little atheist, and repented on his death-bed, and died blaspheming. gilles de raise was born sometime in 1404. he married catherine de thonars on the 30th of november, 1420, thus becoming the richest noble in europe. he lived extravagantly until his arrest by the church. he geban alchemical studies under the instruction of gilles de sille, a priest of st. malo. montague summers believes he sacrificed around eight hundred children and quotes the proceedings of ecclesiastical high court in which a dominican priest named jean blouyn took over as the delegate of the holy inquisition for the city and diocese of nantes. needless to say, gilles "confessed, and wa

ague summers believes he sacrificed around eight hundred children and quotes the proceedings of ecclesiastical high court in which a dominican priest named jean blouyn took over as the delegate of the holy inquisition for the city and diocese of nantes. needless to say, gilles "confessed, and was put to the stake and charcoaled on october 26th, 1440 leaving his estates and untold riches to mother church, who, wasting no time, added them to her list of material gains. included in this particular catche were gilles personal hand-painted manuscripts which were eagerly welcomed into the mother lode s vault where they sit to this day. unfortunately, the vatican s library is inaccessible to "common folk, and will probably remain so until the demise of mother church herself, at which time this au

. it is only the bloodthirsty and futile jehovah who has achieved such monstrous births. such upas-trees can only grow in the poisonous mire of fear and shame where thought has putrefied to christianity. there is thus no antecedent improbability that gilles de rais (or any other person of that place and period) was addicted to black magical practices, for they were all catholics. the power of the church was, at that time, absolute, and even research was limited by the arbitrary theology imposed upon the mind of everyone. the abomination was at its height. but its decline has been rapid. true, one hundred years later it was still possible for queens to be bulldozed by presbyterian pulpiteers, but the time was already predictable when their best was for undergraduates to be bluffed by homose

ry gentlemanly to be able to read and write. i am not sure that it is. in any case, it is a great error in education to teach these things. grammar, we must never forget, appears in the word "gramarye" beloved of sir walter scott, and "grimoire" a black magical ritual that is to say, any written document. precious little knowledge filtered through christianity. it was against the interests of the church, and in those times it was much easier to suppress people and ideas than it is now, though even today we find priests at least in oxford who appear not to have heard of a certain recent invention by a notorious magician inspired by the devil the printing press. but they feared. so those who pursued knowledge were at the best under strong suspicion of heresy. i need not quote the obvious nam

nd the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not one of them said that aught of the things that he possessed was his own, but that they had all things in common" of course one of them, and he too was a jew, tried to hold out on the kitty, and was struck miraculously dead for his pains. lenin and trotsky never did as well! so, as roman catholics are always telling us, the church has a monopoly of logic, and the pope argued that all jews were communists. anyone who had or wanted knowledge must be a jew, and therefore a communists, and therefore well, the pope too believed in preparedness, though he probably called it a programme of disarmament. when people scrap battleships in the name of peach on earth and goodwill to men, it means that they have found battleships

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shall remain in pure ecstasy for ever" when you know that, what is left but delight? and how are we to live meanwhile "it is a lie, this folly against self- be strong, man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that any god shall deny thee for this" again and again, in words like these, he sees the expansion and the development of the soul through joy. here is the calendar of our church "but ye, o my people, rise up and awake! let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty" remember that all acts of love and pleasure are rituals, must be rituals "there are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. a feast for the first night of the prophet and his bride! a feast for the three days of the writing of the book of the law. a feast for tahuti and the children o

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articular case of the general proposition that whatever was natural should be transcended. as will be seen in the final chapter, the very stigma of success in their great work was the transcending of the sexual process. the bond of marriage was not, however, entirely of this negative character. it had its positive side, and here closely resembled the so-called christian doctrine of christ and the church. husband and wife were to be father and daughter, mother and son, brother and sister, teacher and pupil, and above all, friends. and this relation was to subsist on all planes. the hieroglyph of love was a cross; that of marriage, parallel straight lines, and as the cross was to be transcended in the circle, so were these lines to converge not on earth, but in venus. in the meanwhile each p

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des. theta-epsilon= 14, the pentagram, rule of spirit over ordered matter. strength and authority( teth and he) and secretly 1+ 4= 5, the hierophant, vau, v. also leo aries, the lion and the ram. cf. isaiah. it is a "millennial" state. lambda-eta= 38, the key=word abrahadabra, 418, divided by the number of its letters, 11. justice or balance and the charioteer of mastery. a state of progress; the church militant. mu-alpha= 41, the inverted pentagram, matter dominating spirit. the hanged man and the fool, the condition of those who are not adepts "do what thou wilt" need not only be interpreted as license or even as liberty. it may for example be taken to mean do what thou (ateh) wilt; and ateh is 406= taw-vau= t, the sign of the cross. the passage might then be read as a charge to self-sac

orn for a turban and a dagger. the 'moral' man is living by the no-reason of laws, and that is stupid and inadequate even when the laws still hold good; for he is a mere mechanism, resourceless should any danger that is not already provided for in his original design chance to arise. respect for routine is the mark of the second-rate man. the 'immoral' man, defying convention by shouting aloud in church, may indeed be 'brawling; but equally he may be a sensitive who has felt the first tremor of an earthquake. we of thelema encourage every possible variation; we welcome every new 'sport; its success or failure is our sole test of its value. we let the hen's queer hatching take to water, and laugh at her alarms; and we protect the 'ugly duckling, knowing that time will tell us whether it be

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e chaos, the sole viceregent of the sun upon the earth; and in one air the nourisher of all that breathes. and i believe in one earth, the mother of us all, and in one womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, mystery of mystery, in her name babalon. and i believe in the serpent and the lion, mystery of mystery, in his name baphomet. and i believe in one gnostic and catholic church of light, life, love and liberty, the word of whose law is velhma. and i believe in the communion of saints. and, forasmuch as meat and drink are transmuted in us daily into spiritual substance, i believe in the miracle of the mass. and i confess one baptism of wisdom whereby we accomplish the miracle of incarnation. and i confess my life one, individual, and eternal that was, and is, and i

s out his arms upward, as comprehending the whole shrine. let this offering be borne upon the waves of aethyr to our lord and father the sun that travelleth over the heavens in his name on. he closes his hands, kisses the priestess between the breasts, and makes three great crosses over the paten, the cup, and himself. he strikes his breast. all repeat this action. hear ye all, saints of the true church of old time now essentially present, that of ye we claim heirship, with ye we claim communion, from ye we claim benediction in the name of 'ia(c)q. he makes three crosses on paten and cup together. he uncovers the cup, genuflects, takes the cup in his left hand and the host in his right. with the host he makes the five crosses on the cup. 1 3 2 5 4 he elevates the host and the cup. the bell

ring of sperm, thy seed and germ! women: glory to thee, eternal sun, thou one in three, thou three in one! chorus: glory and worship be to thee, sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree (these words are to form the substance of the anthem; but the whole or any part thereof shall be set to music, which may be as elaborate as art can devise. but even should other anthems be authorized by the father of the church, this shall hold its place as the first of its kind, the father of all others) viii of the mystic marriage and consummation of the elements the priest takes the paten between the index and medius of the right hand. the priestess clasps the cup in her right hand. the priest: lord most secret, bless this spiritual food unto our bodies, bestowing upon us health and wealth and strength and joy

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ove city of refuge my be taken as merely another gesture of contemptuous pity, the last insult which may lead my antagonists to that surrender which is the truest victory. peace to all beings* vide infra, berashith. 5 curious position of poet. what is truth? said jesting pilate: but crowley waits for an answer. alternative theories of greek authors. browning s summary. i flung out of chapel1* and church, temple and hall and meeting-room, venus bower and osiris tomb,2 and left the devil in the lurch, while god3 got lost in the crowd of gods,4 5 and soul went down5 in the turbid tide of the metaphysical lotus-eyed,6 and i was anyhow, what s the odds? the life to live? the thought to think? shall i take refuge in a tower like once childe roland found, blind, deaf, huge, 10 or in that forest o

0 in all that forest of verses one tree11 yclept red cotton nightcap country: how a goldsmith, between the ravishing virgin and a leman to rotten to put a purge in, 20 day by day and hour by hour, in a browningesque forest of thoughts having lost himself, expecting a miracle, solemnly tossed himself off from the top of tower. moral: don t spoil such an excellent sport as an 25 ample estate with a church and a courtesan! truth, that s the gold 12 but don t worry about it! i, you, or simpkin13 can get on without it! if life s task be work and love s (the soft-lipp d) ease, death be god s glory? discuss with euripides! 30* the numbered notes are given at p. 51 bacon, essay on truth, line 1. childe roland to the dark tower came. browning. ascension day the sword of song 6 apology of poet. skel

gh his silk hat of the absolute. 260 the british don, half pedant and half hermit, begins: the ding an sich* as germans term it we stop him short; he readjusts his glasses, turns to his folio twill eclipse all precedent, reveal god s nature, every dent a blessed dent! 265 the donkey: written by an ass, for asses. so, with permission, let us be orthodox to our finger-ends; what the bulk hold, high church or friends, or hard-shall baptists and we ll see. 270 i will not now invite attack by proving white a shade of black, or christ (as some47 have lately tried) an epileptic mania, citing some case, where a dose 275 of bromide duly given in time drags a distemper so morose at last to visions less sublime; soft breezes stir the lyre aeolian, no more the equinoctial gales; 280 the patient reefs

ht and strong! don t worry, but just get along. i used to envy all my balti coolies21 120 in an inverse kind of religious hysteria, though every one a perfect fool is, to judge by philosophic criteria, my lord archbishop. the name of winchester, harrow, or eton22 makes them not two inches stir. 125 they know not trinity, merton, or christchurch; they worship, but not at your back-pews-high-priced church. i ve seen them at twenty thousand feet on the ice, in a snow-storm, at night fall, repeat their prayer23 will your grace do as much for your three 130 as they do for their one? i have seen may you see! they sleep and know not what a mat is; seem to enjoy their cold chapaties* are healthy, strong and some are old. they do not care a damn24 for cold, 135 behave like children, trust in allah

important step, let us slew round the rest of the play to fit it. if it fits, the law of probability comes to our aid; every coincidence multiplies the chance of our correctness in increasing proportion. we shall see and you may look up your proctor that if the stars are placed just so by chance not law, then also it may be possible that shakespeare was the wool-combing, knockkneed, camel-backed, church-going, plasterof- paris, stick-in-the-mud our scholars have always made him. edmund being the hero, regan and goneril must be the heroines. so nearly equal are their virtues and beauties that our poet cannot make up his mind which shall possess him besides which, he wishes to drive home his arguments in favour of polygamy. but the great theme of the play is of course filial duty; on this ev

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a greater adaptability than any other contemporary religion of assimilating to itself all that was more particularly pagan in polytheism; the result being that it won over the great masses of the people, who then were, as they are now, inherently conservative. weaker brothers; and when once in a position to strike, so thoroughly bullied all competitors that the few who inwardly stood outside the church, 144 to save the bruised skins of the faiths they still held dear, were, for self- preservation, bound to clothe them in the tinsel of verbosity, in wild values and extravagant symbols and cyphers; the result being that chaos was heaped upon chaos, till at last all sense became cloaked in a truculent obscurantism. still, by him who has eyes will it be seen that through all this darkness the

r level of your nature than the loquacious level which rationalism inhabits "the varieties of religious experience" p. 73. the rationalists who will slay the magic of darwin; so that four hundred years hence perchance will some disciple of lamarck 151 be torn to pieces in the rooms of the royal society by the followers of haeckel, just as hypatia, that disciple of plato, was torn to pieces in the church of christ by followers of st. john. we have nothing to say against the men of science, we have nothing to say against the great mystics- all hail to both! but such of their followers who accepted the doctrines of either the one or the other as a dogma we here openly pronounce to be a bane, a curse, and a pestilence to mankind. why assume that only one system of ideas can be true? and when y

ith thee in eden, and listened to thy voice from out the midst of the whirlwind. and at times thou hast been a father unto us, a joy, strong as a mighty draught of ancient wine, and we have welcomed thee! but thy servants- those self-seeking, priestly usurers- see! how they have blighted the hearts of men, and massed the treasure of souls into the hands of the few, and piled up the coffers of the church. how they racked from us the very emblems of joy, putting out our eyes with the hot irons of extortion, till every pound of human flesh was soaked as a thirsty sponge in a well of blood: and life became a hell, and men and women went singing, robed in the "san-benito" painted with flames and devils, to the stake; to seek in the fire the god of their forefathers- that stern judge who with sw

was not going to be wasted" thus is the name of god belched forth in beer and bestial blasphemy. who would not rather be a st. besarion who spent forty days and nights in a thorn-bush, or a st. francis picking lice from his sheepskin and praising god for the honour and glory of wearing such celestial pearls in his habit, than become a smug, well-oiled evangelical christian genteel-man, walking to church to dear jesus on a sabbath morning, with prayer-book, bible, and umbrella, and a three- penny-bit in his glove? 173 the spendthrift "arcadia, night, a cloud, pan, and the moon" what words to conjure with, what five shouts to slay the five senses, and set a leaping flame of emerald and silver dancing about us as we yell them forth under the oaks and over the rocks and myrtle of the hill-side

ith prayer-book, bible, and umbrella, and a three- penny-bit in his glove? 173 the spendthrift "arcadia, night, a cloud, pan, and the moon" what words to conjure with, what five shouts to slay the five senses, and set a leaping flame of emerald and silver dancing about us as we yell them forth under the oaks and over the rocks and myrtle of the hill-side "bruised to the breast of pan- let us flee church, and chapel, and meeting-room; let us abandon this mantle of order, and leap back to the heaths, and the marshes, and the hills; back to the woods, and the glades of night! back to the old gods, and the ruddy lips of pan! how the torches splutter in the storm, pressing warm kisses of gold on the gnarled and knotted trunks of the beech trees! how the fumigation from musk and myrrh whirls up

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insistence on sectarian symbols and on the literalism which he would be the first to condemn in a methodist. as to the rituals of ceremonial magic which he condemns, he is right. but the mass itself is a magical ceremony, 135 and he does not condemn the mass. the ceremonies which might be practised by, say, a neophyte of the a. a. would be as sublime as, and less tainted than, the services of the church. of such rituals mr waite is ignorant, more ignorant than the author of "the king's dole" should be, unless such ignorance be the result of envy, malice, and all uncharitableness. further, ceremonial magic, even of the low angelic order, may be a sort of divine trap. the utterance of the logos is one, but he is heard by divers nations in divers languages. cannot god deal with a soul even by

ould wake, and scream aloud the word to annihilate the dream. the triumph of pan. by victor b. neuburg. the equinox 5"s" shame, mr neuburg! also fie! and tut! no dog-nosed and blue-faced baboon in rut feels as you feel; or if he does, god's mercies deny him power to tell his thoughts in verses. this is a most regrettable collection of songs; they deal with unrestrained affection unlicensed by the church and state; what's worse there's no denying they are first-rate verse. it surely cannot be that pan's in clover and england's days of sunday-school are over! percy flage. the graces of interior prayer. father poulain, s. j. it would be easy, and was tempting, to dismiss father pulain and his 650 pages with a jest- i have done harder things- for the mountains of his prejudice are difficult to

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book tarot was preserved all of the wisdom (for the tarot was called the book of thoth, of the aeon that is passed. and in the book of enoch was first given the wisdom of the new aeon. and it was hidden for three hundred years, because it was wrested untimely from the tree of life by the hand of a desperate magician. for it was the master of that magician who overthrew the power of the christian church; but the pupil rebelled against the master, for he foresaw that the new("i.e, the protestant) would be worse than the old. but he understood not the purpose of his master, and that was, to prepare the way for the overthrowing of the aeon. there is a writing upon the urn of which i can but read the (two) words: stabat crux juxta lucem. stabat lux juxta crucem. and there is writing in greek a

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e sushumna; and instead of pumping the prana up and down the sushumna until siva was united with sakti in the sahasrara-cakkram, i tried god knows why; i'm stupider than an ass or h c to work the whole operation in muladhara with the obvious result. there are only two more idiocies to perform one, to take a big dose of hashish and record the ravings as if they were samadhi; and two, to go to church. i may as well give up. 85 yet here answers me the everlasting yea and amen: thou canst not give up, for i will bring thee through. yet here i lie, stripped of all magic force, doubting my own peace and faith, farther from adonai than ever before and yet and yet do i not know that every error is a necessary step in the path? the longest way round is the shortest way home. but it is disgu

rature, and perhaps for that reason we should expect from our singers fervent religious hymns."there is one of london's favourites almost unrivalled to express by her art the delights of the body with a pagan simplicity and directness. now she sends us a book,'amphora, a volume of religious verse: it contains song after song in praise of mary, etc. etc. etc. the "scotsman" says:"outside the latin church conflicting views are held about the worship of the virgin, but there can be no doubt that this motive of religion has given birth to many beautiful pieces of literature, and the poets have never tired of singing variations on the theme of 'hail, mary. this little book is best described here as a collection of such variations. they are written with an engaging simplicity and fervour of feel

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all nations, it will be necessary here to recount, briefly though it may be, the circumstances which let up to his entering into communication with the order of a. a. born of an ancient family, but a few days after the fifty-sixth equinox before the equinox of the gods, he was reared and educated in the faith of christ as taught by one of the strictest sects of the many factions of the christian church, and scarcely had he learnt to lisp the simplest syllables of childhood than his martyrdom began. from infancy he struggled through the chill darkness of his surroundings into boyhood, and as he grew and throve, so did the iniquity of that unnatural treatment which with lavish and cruel hand was squandered on him. then youth came, and with it god's name had grown to be a curse, and the form

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rature' and perhaps for that reason we should expect from our singers fervent religious hymns "there is one of london's favourites almost unrivalled to express by her art the delights of the body with a pagan simplicity and directness. now she sends us a book 'amphora' a volume of religious verse: it contains song after song in praise of mary" etc. etc. etc. the "scotsman" says "outside the latin church conflicting views are held about the worship of the virgin, but there can be no doubt that this motive of religion has given birth to many beautiful pieces of literature, and the poets have never tired of singing variations on the theme of 'hail, mary' this little book is best described here as a collection of such variations. they are written with an engaging simplicity and fervour of feel

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ave adonai. by aleister crowley 351 the man-cover. by george raffalovich 353 stewed prunes and prism: the tennyson centenary. by a. quiller, jr. 393 illustration the signs of the grades "facing page" 12 editorial it is four hundred and seventy-seven years since the trouble in the monastery. there were assembled many holy men from every part of the civilized world, learned doctors, princes of the church, bishops, abbots, deans, all the wisdom of the world; for the question was important- how many teeth were there in a horse's mouth. for many days the debate swung this way and that, as father was quoted against father, gospel against epistle, psalm against proverb; and the summer being hot, and the shade of the monastery gardens pleasant, a young monk wearied of the discussion, and rising p

* 9* 15* 16* 10* 7* 14* 14 [the small arabic numerals refer to the chance number of dashes] use clean (virgin) paper; place appropriate pentagram (either with or without a circumscribed circle) invoking. if a circle, draw this first. sigil of ruler to which nature of question most refers should be placed in the pentagram thus: 142 saturn agriculture, sorrow, death. jupiter good fortune, feasting, church preferment. mars war, victory fighting. sun power, magistracy. venus love, music, pleasure. mercury science, learning, knavery. moon travelling, fishing &c. in diagram, p. 144, the sigil of hismael should be used. in marking points fix attention on sigil and on the question proposed; the hand should not be moved from the paper till complete. it is convenient to rule lines to guide the eye

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lost one) which is defilement to touch. before i had skimmed fifty pages i found my brain swimming; i nearly swooned" rev. r. f. horton, d.d. this book should be printed on vellum and locked up in a fire-proof safe in the british museum, great russell street w.c; so that future ecclesiastical historians and ethicists may learn into what a state of mental menorrhagia the adherents of the christian church had fallen at the commencement of the twentieth century. the "cleansing" part of the business seems to consist in pumping filth into everything that is clean. we are not allowed to talk of leg because every leg adjoins a thigh: soon we shall not be able to put a foot into a boot without first looking to see if some nasty mess has not been deposited in it, and why? because foot adjoins leg!

ay and the rest, their learning is lumber and their theories trash. a. c. the "english review" was enlivened in november by a brilliant article on the law of divorce from the fascinating pen of mr. e. s. p. haynes. while sympathising to a large extent with the writer's learned views so lucidly expressed, we are of opinion that there is no middle course between the extreme position of the catholic church, that marriage is so holy a bond that nothing can break it, and to accept and even to encourage fornication rather than tamper with it, and the other extreme of allowing a marriage to determine as soon as the parties desire it, proper provision being of course made for the welfare of any offspring. the problem is really insoluble so long as sexual relations give rise to bitter feeling of an

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always bleeding, always sharp, and no reasonable person will find anything to object to. let me compare it to sorcery or to magic, which wishes in working upon matter by means of arcana (of which nothing proves the falsity more than the efficacy) to conquer a dominion forbidden to man or permitted only to him who is deemed worthy of it, and no philosophical mind will blame this comparison. if the church condemns magic and sorcery it is that they militate against the intentions of god; that they save time and render morality superfluous, and that she_ the church_ only considers as legitimate and true the treasures gained by assiduous goodwill. the gambler who 109 has found the means to win with certainty we all cheat; how shall we describe the man who tries to buy with a little small change

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rothers for five rupees. the western theory that buddhists are lambs and models of virtue is due to the fact that certain western vices are not so congenial to the asiatic as they are to the european; and not because buddhists are incapable of enjoying themselves. 292 buddhism as a schism from the brahminical religion may in many respects be compared with lutheranism as a schism from the catholic church. both buddha and luther set aside the authority of miracles, and appealed to the reason of the middle classes of their day. the vedas were the outcome of aristocratic thought; and so in truth was the christianity of constantine and the popes, that full-blooded christianity which so soon swallowed the mystical christ and the anaemic communism of the "canaille" which followed him. conventiona

ngs; and here we have his putrid corpse indecently disinterred and thrust under our noses. the worst of it all is the very perfection of the wrappings. what a poet thompson might have been if he had never heard of christ or opium; if he had revelled in venice with its courtesans of ruddy hair, swan gracefulness, and tiger soul! instead, he sold matches in the streets of london; from which abyss a church meant warmth, light, incense, music, and a pageant of hope. to-day, as in the days of nero, christianity is no more than the slum-born shriek of the degenerate and undersized starvelings that inhabit the inferno of industrialism. so also thompson, impotent from abuse of opium, reviles shelley and byron for virility "o che sciagura essere senza cog- dirt, dogma, drugs! what wonder and what h

e considered a crime if unions take place without offspring resulting. this double-faced attitude must have the bottom knocked out of it as well as the front; it must utterly perish. from the natural, that is, the common-sense point of view, there are no such things as moral or immoral unions, for all nature demands is healthy parents and healthy children, healthy pleasures and healthy pains. the church, the chapel, and the registry office must go; for, so long as they remain, prostitution will spell degradation, and marriage falsehood and hypocrisy. chaos will not result when virtue weds with vice, for what is possible to the savage is possible for us, and the children will be looked after better than eve. once teach our children the nobility of love, and the pimp, the pander, and the pui

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. mental medicine. faith; or, being led of the spirit. the material mind "v" the spiritual mind. what are spiritual gifts? healthy and unhealthy spirit communion. spells; or, the law of change. immortality in the flesh. regeneration; or, being born again. the process of re-embodiment. re-embodiment universal in nature. the mystery of sleep. where you travel when you sleep. prayer in all ages. the church of silent demand "the essays of prentice mulford embody a peculiar philosophy, and represent a peculiar phase of insight into the mystery which surrounds man. the essays were the work, as the insight was the gift, of a man who owed nothing to books, perhaps not much to what is ordinarily meant by observation, and everything or nearly everything to reflection nourished by contact with nature

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a" that to those who wander in the darkness 54 "shiva sanhita" iii, 37. 55 "ibid, iii, 33. 56 vivek nanda "karma-yoga" p. 62. 57 as in the case of jesus, the aspirant, for the joy that is set before him, must "dare" to endure the cross, despising the shame; if he would be "set down at the right hand of the throne of god" hebrews, xii, 2. 58 "if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to god (1 corinthians, xiv, 28) has more than one meaning. 59 "and when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half and hour (rev. viii, 1. of the conflicting sects unable to obtain raja yoga, the most merciful sw tm r ma yogi offers the light of hathavidya."60 in the practice of this mystic union which is brought ab

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

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ories respecting psychic phenomena- v. the ether, or "astral light- vi. psycho-physical phenomena- vii. the elements, elementals, and elementaries- viii. some mysteries of nature- ix. cyclic phenomena- x. the inner and outer man- xi. psychological and physical marvels- xii. the "impassible chasm- xiii. realities and illusion- xiv. egyptian wisdom- xv. india the cradle of the race. vol. ii- i. the church; where is it- ii. christian crimes and heathen virtues- iii. divisions amongst the early christians- iv. oriental cosmogonies and bible-records- v. mysteries of the kabala- vi. esoteric doctrines of buddhism parodied in christianity- vii. early christian heresies and secret societies- viii. jesuitry and masonry- ix. the vedas an the bible- x. the devil myth- xi. comparative results of buddh

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ere is a sound like "wa" physician["in triumph "aiwa" my lord bishop "aiwa" without a doubt. it is "yes" in their heathen tongue. bishop. i heard it. we all heard it. glory to god! release the prisoner [laylah "is released. she is unconscious and falls limp] sir clerk, write down that the prisoner made full confession and repented of her crimes, desiring to be reconciled 102 with god and his holy church. my own chaplain shall baptize her and administer the sacrament. glory to god in the highest for one more soul torn from the grasp of satan. my beloved daughter, behold you now at peace with god and with his holy church. your sins are forgiven you. but the secular arm is not yet satisfied; your crimes, the crimes to which you have confessed, must by expiated according to law. the sentence o

the dark night of the soul "you shall lunch with me, nice boy (she said "and beg my pardon for your stumble, and pay for your lunch by telling me what drives you mad with laughter at the sight of the pantheon. is it 'l'homme aux trois sous" for so the irreverent frenchman, mindful of his daily need, calls rodin's "le penseur "mademoiselle" said rolles "i accept your kind invitation; i abandon the church for the tavern" they turned into the taverne du pantheon, threading their way through the professors and their mistresses, a clever, incurious, domestic, fascinating crowd "i kiss your hands and your feet, and i will tell you the joke before lunch; so that you may repent in time if it is not amusing. in your ear, enchantress! the truth is- i am a great man" she saw it in a flash "then, my f

accepts it unreservedly as the work of the apostle john, but we ought to mention that there is a long string of authorities against this view. dionysius, who was surnamed the great, of alexandria, was a pupil of origen, and he of clement of alexandria, all catechists of the "arcane discipline" which taught a christianised version of the older gnosis, which clement and others had brought into the church from the older secret, or occult, societies of which they were, or had been members. this dionysius makes a certain john the presbyter, as of note in asia minor in the 1st century, and distinct from the apostle, to be the author of the book. presbyter cajus, or gaius, of rome, and the alogi, attributed it to cerinthus, a gnostic of the independent sect of these, and eusebius quotes both dio

l and the apocalypse as the works of apostle john, and accounts for the difference in style as that of the amanuensis whom the apostle john employed. two noticable, but irreconcilable, attempts have in recent years been made to interpret the book, theologically and historically. the learned dr e. v. kenealy made sense out of it, but overdid the subject. he believed it to represent the apocalyptic church of adam, and found in its addresses to the "seven churches" the existence of a great asian hierarchy of the seven temples of the "twenty-four ancients" and further, in its various characters, the acts of the twelve divine incarnations, or messengers, who follow each other at periods of 600 years, as taught in regard to the manifestations of vishnu. then, in 1906, we have a book of the astro

glo-indian officers, and which is now well established in america. 166 the idea that revelation is a book of initiation is not altogether new to freemasons, as the late dr geo. oliver elaborated that view at considerable length, but mr pryse's view is quite a different sort of initiation; it is the development of the semi-miraculous powers of the gnosis of clement, origen, and the early christian church, the birth of the divine three principles, the crestos, in the human soul. the key to this "unsealing" is the text itself, in which is found the nos. 333, 444, 666, 777, 888, 999, 1000, as applied to the seven principal "chakras" of the human body, as taught by greek yogis. apart altogether from the possession of a reliable literal translation of the book, there are seventy-five pages upon

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

nd 1684 about a thousand people were executed for witchcraft, the most dangerous period being from 1598 to 1607 when 41 per cent of those charged were sent to the gallows. in scotland, where the terror flourished more strongly, the number of executions was considerably higher. these are not figures to be proud of, but they are puny when compared with those of the rest of europewhere, according to church authorities, in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries over 250,000 people died at the stake for practising witchcraft. 6 the law, the church and the state felt no guilt; like the early map-makers who, knowing that none might prove them wrong, labelled unexplored territory 'here be dragons, they preferred to condemn inexplicable phenomena rather than admit they were baffled. bet

served on a silver serviceby maids, suits of armour stood in niches in the entrance hall and, best 23 manchester in spite of the affection he felt for uncle louie. it carne as a shock. when the latter told him one morning that he was to be confirmed, but when he protested his objections were overruled 'i've written to your parents' uncle louie said 'your mother told me you were baptized into the church of england. she'll be glad if you're confirmed' the ceremony took place in st hubert's church at great harwood and alex prayed throughout it, apologizing to jesus christ and assuring him that no blasphemy was intended. he did not need to placate his witch god, feeling sure that he would understand. afterwards he put the whole episode behind him and roamed the countryside testing his witch k

m eting: he was curious to see if it had' anything in commo with witchcrafe, and went along with her. during the evenmg a medium in a trance singled him out 'i see horns on your head' she murmured. there was a ripple oflaughter; horns could mean he was a cuckold. but alex knew them as the ymbol of witchcraft and was impressed by such perception. he went along to every meeting at the spiritualist church and before long he was being trained as a medium. fit .hea:t he felt h; was cheatin, for. while they talked of going into a trance, he was working witchcraft. but what did it matter, he asked himself? the end product was the same a .glimpse into the future, and he was not disobeying the witch law by working alone. witho t tellin his companions he was using powers taught him by his grandmoth

using powers taught him by his grandmother, he began healing. there was. a woman who suffered from fibrositis in her back' a man whose face was disfigured with a twitch; in all about a dozen cases. it was nothing to alex; with his gran he had practised the same cures in aid of her neighbours almost 30 ten years ago. but to his spiritualist friends this was magic indeed. word spread and the little church was inundated with appeals for cures. glad to be able to use his gifts, alex spent nearly every night laying his hands on troubled bodies. there was nothing in it for him save the glow of satisfaction, the happiness in being needed, but those who were cured showed their gratitude to the church. money poured in; the building was redecorated and refurnished; the congregation increased to an u

sion the pictures flashed by. 31 lying awake long into the night, he tried to reason how he, a low-paid, poorly educated analytical chemist living in a near-slum, could ever come to afford such lavish parties, and he shied away at the thought of another death. his father was now a permanent invalid, but the death in his vision seemed to be that of a woman. since his activities in the spiritualist church kept him busy and he was happy enough at work, where he compared modern formulae for patent medicines with age-old recipes of witchcraft-sometimes to the former's disadvantagealex was unaware at first that his marriage was beginning to break up. doreen leaned heavily on her mother, who disliked alex, and neither little paul nor, later, babyjanice did anything to cement the marriage. paul wa

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

the tenets reincarnation learning balance harmony love trust humility tolerance notes l these have become common knowledge in neopaganism, at least in ottawa. they don't seem to be part of the gardneroid stream originally, but some gardneroid traditions have adopted them. l traceable sources include sybil leek's the complete art of witchcraft (the only published source known to me) and the wiccan church of canada (or so i have been told) l casting the circle needs: altar, 2 altar candles, water bowl, salt dish, pentacle, censer, athame, bell; presence lamp; 4 quarter candles; sword (optional, candle snuffer (optional) let all be fit to enter into the presence of the gods. start in the dark. ritual leader waits until it feels like time to begin, then rises: lighting of the candle: r: i ligh

riendly& easy to reach, teach access to own depths& caverns& how to mine& work the vein of gold therein) shortage: spaciness, hyper-activity, instability excess: body heaviness, general lack of energy, inertia, etc. notes various sources including june johns' king of the witches (appendix, starhawk's spiral dance, ellen cannon reed's witches qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrows. l putting elemental notes into the bos (instead of in a grimoire or in a set of training notes) also appears to be khaled's idea. l water deep body dryness, hotness, mind& body feel seperated, no empathy body puffiness, sinus (etc) flows, mood swings "touchiness, apathy goddess aspect: mother astrological rulers: venus, moon keys: love principle, fertility, gabriel (tur

symbols: willlow, dolphin, fish, water snakes, sea birds, myrrh, ferns, rushes tool: cup spirits: undines under neksa (elusive at first, flowing& difficult to understand, watch politely and learn) shortage: excess: notes various sources including june johns' king of the witches (appendix, starhawk's spiral dance, ellen cannon reed's witches qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrows. l putting elemental notes into the bos (instead of in a grimoire or in a set of training notes) also appears to be khaled's idea. l fire goddess aspect: temptress astrological rulers: sun, mars, jupiter keys: light principle, action, michael (victor over ignorance) rules: force, energy, spirit, heat, mental plane, blood, sap, life, will, surgery, destruction, purificati

irits: salamanders under djinn (elusive& hostile, teach power over fire& energy) shortage: body heavy or chilled, thoughts drag-gy, unenthusiastic excess: hot, hyper, flitting thoughts, insomnia, anger, snappishness notes various sources including june johns' king of the witches (appendix, starhawk's spiral dance, ellen cannon reed's witches qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrows. l putting elemental notes into the bos (instead of in a grimoire or in a set of training notes) also appears to be khaled's idea. l air goddess aspect: maiden astrological rulers: jupiter, mercury keys: life principle, intellect, raphael (instructor, traveller, healer) rules: mind, essential qualities, spiritual plane, knowledge, abstract learning, theories, windy or hi

ee& know, teach mind control and how to level out your thinking processes) shortage: mind blank, shortness of breath, non-comprehension of known data excess "gas bloat, inability to focus attention "spacey" thoughts notes various sources including june johns' king of the witches (appendix, starhawk's spiral dance, ellen cannon reed's witches qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrows. l putting elemental notes into the bos (instead of in a grimoire or in a set of training notes) also appears to be khaled's idea. l the witches' wheel the eight paths notes l this is based on a diagram from "the alex sanders lectures, with a few obvious errors removed. the ways of making magic the [eight pointed asterisk] sign on the athame is said to represent, among o

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

the manifestation of a human being and of the deity of a solar system, that great life, that all-embracing, universal mind, that vibrant centre of energy, and that great enfolding consciousness whom we call god, or force, or the logos, the existence who is expressing himself through the medium of the solar system. in the christian bible the same thought is borne out by st. paul in a letter to the church at ephesus. in the second chapter of the epistle to the ephesians he says "we are his workmanship" literally, the correct translation from the greek is "we are his poem, or idea" and the thought in the mind of the apostle is that through the medium of every human life, or in the aggregate of lives which compose a solar system, god is, through the form, whatever it may be, working out an ide

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

part, to the system wherein that planet revolves, until it finally escapes from the solar system itself and becomes universal. chapter ii- 7- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust initiation defined the question anent initiation is one that is coming more and more before the public. before many centuries pass the old mysteries will be restored, and an inner body will exist in the church the church of the period, of which the nucleus is already forming wherein the first initiation will become exoteric, in this sense only, that the taking of the first initiation will, before so very long, be the most sacred ceremony of the church, performed exoterically as one of the mysteries given at stated periods, attended by those concerned. it will also hold a similar place in the ritu

of brotherhood. at this particular time the master m, the master k. h. and the master jesus are interesting themselves closely with the work of unifying, as far as may be, eastern and western thought, so that the great religions of the east, with the later development of the christian faith in all its many branches, may mutually benefit each other. thus eventually it is hoped one great universal church may come into being. the master jesus, who is the focal point of the energy that flows through the various christian churches, is at present living in a syrian body, and dwells in a certain part of the holy land. he travels much and passes considerable time in various parts of europe. he works specially with masses more than with individuals, though he has gathered around him quite a numero

y he is known for two great sacrifices, that in which he handed over his body for the use of the christ, and for the great renunciation which is the characteristic of the fourth initiation. as appollonius of tyana- 33- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust he took the fifth initiation and became a master of the wisdom. from that time on he has stayed and worked with the christian church, fostering the germ of true spiritual life which is to be found amongst members of all sects and divisions, and neutralizing as far as possible the mistakes and errors of the churchmen and the theologians. he is distinctively the great leader, the general, and the wise executive, and in church matters he co-operates closely with the christ, thus saving him much and acting as his intermediar

years, work under the master r. very definitely may the assurance be given here, that prior to the coming of the christ, adjustments will be made so that at the head of all great organisations will be found either a master, or an initiate who has taken the third initiation. at the head of certain of the great occult groups, of the freemasons of the world, and of the various great divisions of the church, and resident in many of the great nations will be found initiates or masters. this work of the masters is proceeding now, and all their efforts are being bent towards bringing it to a successful consummation. everywhere they are gathering in those who in any way show a tendency to respond to high vibration, seeking to force their vibration and to fit them so that they may be of use at the

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

in- 267- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the scientific, business, philosophic, educational, and religious worlds. the foundation of schools of medicine along new lines, whose purpose will be to study the etheric body, its relation to the dense physical body, and its function as the receiver, storer, and transmitter of the vital fluids of the system. the foundation of the new church, which will be no longer along devotional and idealistic lines but which will be an outgrowth of the old idealism, demonstrating through mental forms. it will have for its basis the scientific recognition of the unseen world and its due appreciation and apprehension by means of accurate scientific ceremonial. this ceremonial of the universal church being founded on the mental unity of all p

e knowers" from some thoughts on the gita. 81* first the (point, the monad, bythus(the deep, the unknown and unknowable father. then the (triangle, bythus and the first emanated pair or duad, nous (mind) and its syzygy aletheia (truth. then the (square, the dual duad, tetractys or quaternary, two males, the logos (word) and anthropos (man, two females, their syzygies= zoe (life) and ekklesia (the church or assembly, seven in all. the triangle the potentiality of spirit, the square the potentiality of matter; the vertical straight line the potency of spirit, and the horizontal the potency of matter. next comes the pentagram, the pentad, the mysterious symbol of the manasaputras or sons of wisdom, which together with their syzygies make 10, or the decad; and last of all, the hexalpha or inte

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

their light shine" he was not speaking symbolically at all, but was urging upon them the necessity of arriving at a state of freedom from the body consciousness in order that the light of the soul could pour through the mind into the brain and produce that illumination which enables a man to say "in that light shall we see light" the way to that freedom has always been understood by the christian church and is called the "way of purification" it entails the purifying or rarefaction of the lower body nature, and the wearing away of the veil of matter, which hides the light within each human being. the veil must be pierced and there are many ways of doing it. dr. winslow hall in illuminanda6(93) tells us of three ways, the way of beauty the way of the intellect, and the way of the soul. thro

study of comparative religion, and the interplay between the races. these two factors are steadily breaking down the old barriers, and demonstrating the oneness of the human soul. speaking generally, this way is almost universally divided into three main divisions, which are to be seen, for instance, in the three great religions, the christian, the buddhist and the hindu faiths. in the christian church, we speak of the path of probation, the path of holiness, and the path of illumination. dr. evans-wentz of oxford, in his introduction to tibet's great yogi, milarepa, quotes a hindu teacher in the following terms "the three chief tibetan schools, to my mind, mark three stages on the path of illumination or- 81- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust spiritual progress. in t

physical and the psychical, he is torn in two directions, and gets no peace. physical sounds and sights are his normal heritage, and naturally make their impacts upon his senses, but when the psychic world with its own sights and sounds also makes an impact he is helpless; he cannot shut his eyes and remove himself from undesirable psychic surroundings. a doctor of divinity and pastor of a large church wrote me not long ago that he had been taking breathing exercises, with the idea of improving his health, from a teacher who had come to his city. the result of his well-intentioned ignorance was that he opened up the inner hearing in the psychic sense. he said in his letter to me "as i write to you upon my typewriter i can hear all sorts of voices and words and sounds which are not physica

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

individual and personal application of the teaching given. that must be done by each student for himself. you have wisely guarded the teaching from the taint of superimposed authority, and there lies back of your books no esoteric principle of hierarchical authority or support, such as has produced the narrow limits of certain ecclesiastical bodies and groups, differing as widely as the catholic church, christian science, those who believe in the verbal inspiration of the scriptures, and numerous (so-called) esoteric organisations. the curse of many groups has been the whispered word that "those who know wish "the master says "the great ones command" and the group of silly sheep feebly and blindly tumble over themselves to obey. they think thereby, through their misplaced devotion, to con

differing in their methods of application of truth, are united in three basic aspects: 1. in their teaching as to the nature of god and of man. 2. in their symbolism. 3. in certain fundamental doctrines. when men recognize this and succeed in isolating that inner significant structure of truth which is the same in all climes and in all races, then there will emerge the universal religion, the one church, and that unified though not uniform approach to god, which will demonstrate the truth of st. paul's words "one lord, one faith, one baptism, one god and father of all, who is above all and through all and in you all" theologies will disappear into the knowledge of god; doctrines and dogmas will no longer be regarded as necessary, for faith will be based on experience, and authority will gi

ich will demonstrate the truth of st. paul's words "one lord, one faith, one baptism, one god and father of all, who is above all and through all and in you all" theologies will disappear into the knowledge of god; doctrines and dogmas will no longer be regarded as necessary, for faith will be based on experience, and authority will give place to personal appreciation of reality. the power of the church over the group will be supplanted by the power of the awakened soul in men; the age of miracles and the disputations as to the why and how of those miracles with the consequent scepticism or agnosticism will give way to the understanding of the laws of nature which control the superhuman realm and the supernatural stage of the evolutionary process. man will enter into his divine heritage an

of the evolutionary process. man will enter into his divine heritage and know himself as the son of the father, with all the divine characteristics, powers and capacities which are his because of his divine endowment. but in the meantime what have we? a breaking away from old established tradition, a revolt from authority, whether of the- 188- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust church, of dogma, doctrine or theology; a tendency towards self-determination and an overthrowing of the old standards, and of old barriers of thought and the divisions existing between races and faiths. hence we are passing through an intermediate stage of change and of questioning, of rebellion and consequent apparent license. the methods of science, investigation and analysis, comparison and de

ese two lines are: 1. those who look back to the past, who hang on to the old ways, the ancient theologies, and the reactionary rejection methods of finding truth. these are the people who recognize authority, whether that of a prophet, a bible or a theology. these are those who prefer obedience to imposed authority to the self-imposed guidance of an enlightened soul. these are the followers of a church and a government, who are distinguished by a pure devotion and love, but refuse recognition to the divine intelligence with which they are gifted. their devotion, their love of god, their strict but misguided conscience, their intolerance mark them out as devotees, but they are blinded by their own devotion and their growth is limited by their fanaticism. they belong mostly to the older gen

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

e a change within the eye, and not a form of clairvoyance. next, by a steady experimentation with invocations, and through their use the method of calling the devas will be discovered. this development must be approached with caution, for to the unprotected it leads to disaster. hence the necessity to inculcate pure living, the learning of protective invocations and formulas, and the power of the church and of masonry to protect. forget not that evil entities exist on other planes than the physical, that they can respond to analogous vibrations, and that the invocations that call a deva may, if sounded inaccurately, call a being that will work havoc. in ritual lies protection. hence the emphasis laid upon church forms and on the masonic rituals, an emphasis which will increase and not grow

se will continue as such. the first outcome of this seventh subray influence was the ecumenical council at rome (1870, with its declaration of papal infallibility. the tractarian movement in england started at the same time, whilst the progress of the seventh sub-ray influence, still going on, is marked by the steady increase of ritualism and sacerdotalism in the various churches, and even in the church of rome there has been a distinct tightening of priestly authority in all matters of dogma and practice. so much for its influence on religious thought; its other aspects will be considered later. we have also been told that the religious revival under wesley and whitfield in england was under the sixth subray, and i think we are justified in drawing the inference that the rise of molinos a

instead of through the instrumentality of the few inspired sons of god who have, in past ages, incarnated as the guarantee of the future possibilities. the hierarchy of angels and of saints, of masters, rishis and initiates, can now begin to organise itself in material form on earth, because today the group idea is rapidly gaining ground, and the nature of humanity is being better understood. the church of christ, hitherto invisible and militant, can now be seen slowly materialising and becoming the church visible and triumphant. this is the coming glory of the aquarian age; this is the next revelation of the evolutionary cycle, and such is the task of the immediate future. the true drama of this triple relationship (of which physical sex, as we have seen, is but the symbol) will be enacte

seventh ray is that the soul controls its instrument, the personality, through ritual, or through the imposition of a regular rhythm, for rhythm is what really designates a ritual. when aspirants to discipleship impose a rhythm on their lives they call it a discipline, and they feel happy about it. what groups do who are gathered together for the performance of any ritual or ceremony whatsoever (church ritual, the masonic work, the drill of the army or navy, business organisations, the proper functioning of a home, of a hospital, or of an entertainment, etc) is of an analogous nature, for it imposes on the participants a simultaneous performance, an identical undertaking, or a ritual. no one on this earth can evade ritual or ceremonial, for the rising and the setting of the sun imposes a

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

on earth by the son of god, the christ. initiation is a living process, and through that process all who duly discipline themselves and voluntarily acquiesce may pass, scrutinised and aided by that band of initiates and knowers who are the guides of the race, and who are known to us under many names in different parts of the world and in different ages. they are called in the west, christ and his church, the elder brothers of humanity. initiation is therefore a reality and not a beautiful and rather easily attained vision, as so many occult and esoteric books seem to claim. initiation is not a process which a man undergoes when he joins certain organisations, and which can be understood only by joining such groups. it has nothing to do with societies, esoteric schools and organisations. al

to pass on through the portal as his equipment and destiny allow. the teachers of the race, and the christ, who is the "master of all the masters and the teacher alike of angels and of men" are not more interested in these organisations than they are in any movement in the world today which carries illumination and truth to men. the initiates of the world are to be found in every nation, in every church, and in every group where men of good will are to be found working, and where world service is rendered. the modern so-called esoteric groups are not the custodians of the teaching of initiation, nor is it their prerogative to prepare man for this unfoldment. the best of them can only prepare men for that stage in the evolutionary process which is called "discipleship" the reason why this i

nkind enter into the world of causes and of knowing. we shall dwell in the inner world of reality, and the outer appearance of physical living will be known to be only symbolic of inner conditions and happenings. then we shall begin to work and live as those who are initiate in the mysteries, and our lives will be regulated from the realm of reality where christ and his disciples of all time (the church invisible) guide and control human affairs- 20- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust the goal which they have in view and the end towards which they are working has been summed up for us in a commentary upon an ancient tibetan scripture. the words are as follows "all beauty, all goodness, all that makes for the eradication of sorrow and ignorance upon earth must be devoted t

written between a.d. 69 and 93, is silent on the subject, though had the- 38- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust virgin birth then been an important tenet of the faith it would undoubtedly have figured in the mystical symbolism of that composition."36 isis was often represented standing on the crescent moon, with twelve stars surrounding her head. in almost every roman catholic church on the continent of europe may be seen pictures and statues of mary, the "queen of heaven" standing on the crescent moon, her head surrounded with twelve stars "it would seem more than a chance that so many of the virgin mothers and goddesses of antiquity should have the same name. the mother of bacchus was myrrha; the mother of mercury or hermes was myrrha or maia; the mother of the siames

is has always been so, and a very interesting study of the initiatory process and of the new birth could be made if the many references in the ancient writings to these events which have transpired in caves were collected and analysed. the stable in which jesus was born was in all likelihood a cave, for many stables were, in those days, hollowed out of the ground. this was recognised by the early church, and we are told that "it is well known that whereas in the gospels jesus is said to have been born in an inn stable, early christian writers, as justin martyr and origen, explicitly say he was born in a cave."38 in studying these five initiations of the gospel story, we find that two of them took place in a cave, two on a mountain top and one on the level between the deeps and the heights

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

s induce them to hasten their entry into the life of the physical plane. this was done, and the civilisation of modern times came into being, with both good and bad results. the era of culture which was the outstanding characteristic of the victorian age, the great movements which awakened the human consciousness to a recognition of its essential freedom, the reaction against the dogmatism of the church, the great and wonderful scientific developments of the immediate past, and the present sexual and proletarian revolutions now going on, are the result of the "impulsive" hastenings into incarnation of souls whose time had not truly come but whose conditioning influence was needed if certain difficulties (present since 1525) were to be averted. the bad effects above mentioned are indicative

and emotionally. if he has no sense of balance, no sense of proportion and no sense of humour, the thought form can become so potent that he finds he is an avowed devotee, unable to retreat from his position. he can see nothing and believe nothing and work for nothing except that embodied idea which is so powerfully holding him a captive. such people are the violent partisans in any group, in any church, order or government. they are frequently sadistic in temperament and are the adherents of cults and sciences; they are willing to sacrifice or to damage anyone who seems to them inimical to their fixed idea of what is right and true. the men who engineered the spanish inquisition and those who were responsible for the outrages in the times of the covenanters are samples of the worst forms

m inimical to their fixed idea of what is right and true. the men who engineered the spanish inquisition and those who were responsible for the outrages in the times of the covenanters are samples of the worst forms of this line of thought and development. people tainted with this psychological trouble of blind adherence to ideas and of personality devotions are found in every organisation, every church, religion, in political and scientific bodies and also in every esoteric and occult organisation. they are psychologically unsound and the trouble from which they suffer is practically contagious. they are a menace, just as smallpox is a menace. this type of difficulty is not often regarded as constituting a psychological problem until the time comes when the man is so far afflicted that he

of visioning the many symbols that veil the soul, which portray pictorially the ultimate destination and the final purpose, are the recognised prerogative of the mystical aspirant. the mystical literature of all the world religions is, as you know, full of these visions, ranging all the way from the more sexual approach of the song of solomon or the writings of many of the feminine mystics of the church to the amazing revelations given in the ancient puranas or in the apocalypse. these cover all the ground from the formulation of the highgrade "wish-life" of the mystics to the true prevision as to the future of the race as found in the writings of the prophetical scriptures. with the detail i do not intend to deal. it has been considered by the modern psychologist and the religious instruc

o the amazing revelations given in the ancient puranas or in the apocalypse. these cover all the ground from the formulation of the highgrade "wish-life" of the mystics to the true prevision as to the future of the race as found in the writings of the prophetical scriptures. with the detail i do not intend to deal. it has been considered by the modern psychologist and the religious instructor and church writers and dealt with by them at great length. i want only to touch upon the effects that these experiences have upon the mystic himself. i would ask you also to remember that i am generalising and not being specific. the difficulties to which such mystics are prone are four: 1. devitalisation. the mystic is drawn so constantly "upwards (as he regards and terms it) to the land of his dream

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

als with spiritual sense, vision and achievement to their credit has characterised the mystical history of the past. some of these people emerged along the way of the heart, the mystical way; such were shri krishna, st. francis of assisi, and all those knowers whose way was the way of love. to these can be added milarepa of tibet and lao tze of china. such also have been many of the saints of the church in the west. the bhagavad gita has been the book which has embodied this way superlatively. others emerged along the way of the mind and were the intellectual knowers. theirs is the more strictly occult way and it has become increasingly the way of our present day aspirants. the reason for this is that the polarisation of the race is shifting ever more steadily on to the mental plane. some

iment undertaken by me, your tibetan teacher and a member of a certain standing in the hierarchy, with the cooperation of certain other initiates. i am not, as i have already told you, the only worker along these lines and these seed groups are not the only units to be found today in the world. there are, for instance, several seed units working out into being within the framework of the catholic church, under the inspiration of the master jesus. these are, however, somewhat more subjective than are the groups in which i am particularly interested and their emergence is slower but they do exist. there are, also, two such seed groups in china and four in india. i mention this in order to safeguard you against the sense of uniqueness which is the subtle seed of the great heresy of separatene

998 lucis trust the group must then abide by your decision. february 1937 only my love and understanding go out to you at this time, my brother, but not my words or my instruction. seek the way of selfless service and all is well "as birds fly together to summer realms, so souls unite in flight. passing through the gate they thus alight before the throne of god" thus wrote an unknown saint of the church, who travelled not alone. note: this disciple decided for a while to travel alone upon the way as far as affiliation with the tibetan's group of disciples was concerned. on the inner side, the group remains intact with all its members affiliated, actively or inactively. to w. d. b. august 1934 my friend and fellow-worker: you have had an interlude of disciplining and of adjustment, and this

this by three minutes (for this is quite a long time, my brother) of complete silence, preserving, if you can, an unmoved consciousness. the charging with spiritual light and force can then take place. how is this done? it is done by the soul, your true self, gathering you, its personality, into itself a process of identification for which you must strive. this is what the mystics of the catholic church call the "true quiet of union- 263- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. to this should succeed a moment wherein you seek to realise that that which the soul has done is a fact. this involves the renewed activity of the mental processes. 5. then, by the use of the creative imagination, carry this electrification (if i might use such a word, this stimulation an

ious branches of the healing art exoteric and esoteric, orthodox and experimental. he is not confined to one mode of service or to one scheme of presented healing. again, i would ask you to ponder upon this. i would ask you, also, to make a careful study of the use of the hands in healing. i have given various hints in my different books and there is much anent this subject in the doctrine of the church as to the "laying on of hands" and also in the oriental teachings anent the mudras, or the use of hands in ritualistic service. find out all that you can about the hands. later, i will indicate the future use of this science of the hands and give further instruction on the purpose of the centres in the hands in relation to the healing art. in the meantime, gather all the information upon th

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

passing into the hands of the "people" and out of the hands of the so-called ruling classes and the aristocracy. countries such as great britain and france, which have accepted the determining evolutionary tendencies, can move forward with greater ease into the future than can such countries as spain and poland which have been ruled for centuries by a dominant aristocracy and a politically-minded church. the united states of america has no such handicap, except in so far as the laws of capital and finance seek control. the same is largely true of great britain. the roots of the people in the united states are necessarily in other countries because its citizens have originally come out of those countries. they have no indigenous people except the red indian who has been ruthlessly disposses

this is accomplished by the recognition of the one world of which it is a part. this later involves also the taking of those steps which would enable it to enrich the whole world with its own individual contribution. these two activities national and international must proceed side by side with the emphasis upon the work of practical christianity, and not by dominant theologies and subtly imposed church controls. from the angle of the spiritual forces of light, the immediate world process should include: 1. the impending crisis of freedom. this involves free elections in all countries to determine the type of government, the national boundaries (where that problem exists) and a plebiscite of the people to determine their nationalities and loyalties. 2. the cleaning up process carried on in

a steadily pursued educational process by which all the peoples in the world can be grounded in the only ideology that will prove finally and generally effective that of right human relations- 17- problems of humanity copyright 1998 lucis trust slowly but surely, this educational movement will inevitably produce right understanding and correct attitudes and activities in every community, in every church and nation, and ultimately in the international field. this will take time but it presents a challenge to all men of goodwill throughout the world. the spiritual guides of the race can present this formula of progress. they cannot guarantee its enactment, for humanity is left free to decide its own problems. certain questions, therefore, emerge immediately. will the great powers, russia, th

e they are perpetuating the bad old ways, but that they also constitute a menace to those countries which are in the happy position of being able to change their educational institutions and thus inaugurate a better way of preparing their youth for total living. education is a deeply spiritual enterprise. it concerns the whole man and that includes his divine spirit. education in the hands of any church would spell disaster. it would feed the sectarian spirit, foster the conservative, reactionary attitudes so strongly endorsed, for instance, by the catholic church and the fundamentalists in the protestant churches. it would train bigots, build barriers between man and man and eventually lead to a powerful and inevitable swing away from all religion on the part of those who would finally le

through philanthropic enterprise; their families live soft and easy lives and seldom know the meaning of god-ordained work; they surround themselves with beauty, luxury and possessions and shut their eyes to the poverty, stark unhappiness, lack of warmth and decent clothing, the starvation and the ugliness of the lives of the millions by whom they are surrounded; they contribute to charities and church agencies as a salve to their consciences or to avoid income taxes; they provide work for countless thousands but see to it that these thousands receive so small a wage that real comfort, leisure, culture and travel are impossible. the above is a terrible indictment. it can, however, be substantiated a thousand times over; it is breeding revolution and a growing spirit of unrest. the masses

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

working throughout all manifestation towards a plan motivated by love. this divine quality, christ revealed and emphasised and thus altered all human living, goals and values. the reason he has not come again is that the needed work has not been done by his followers in all countries. his coming is largely dependent, as we shall later see, upon the establishing of right human relations. this the church has hindered down the centuries, and has not helped because of its fanatical zeal to make "christians" of all peoples and not followers of the christ. it has- 5- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust emphasised theological doctrine, and not love and loving understanding as christ exemplified it. the church has preached the fiery saul of tarsus and not the gentle carpente

of all faiths and of all world religions. it is not for us yet to know the date or the hour of the reappearance of the christ. his coming is dependent upon the appeal (the often voiceless appeal) of all who stand with massed intent; it is dependent also upon the better establishment of right human relations and upon certain work being done at this time by senior members of the kingdom of god, the church invisible, the spiritual hierarchy of our planet; it is dependent also upon the steadfastness of the christ's disciples in the world at this time and his initiate-workers all working in the many groups, religious, political and economic. to the above must be added what christians like to call "the inscrutable will of god" that unrecognised purpose of the lord of the world, the ancient of da

ws of his coming and the contents of his message- 7- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust today, when he comes, he will find a world uniquely free from the grip and hold of ecclesiasticism; when he came before, palestine was held in the vicious grasp of the jewish religious leaders, and the pharisees and the sadducees were to the people of that land what the potentates of the church are to the people in the world today. but there has been a useful and wholesome swing away from churchianity and from orthodox religion during the past century, and this will present a unique opportunity for the restoration of true religion and the presentation of a simple return to the ways of spiritual living. the priests, the levites, the pharisees and the sadducees were not the ones who

will. 2. next comes his statement to his disciples "i must go up to jerusalem" after which we read that he "steadfastly set his face to go" to that city. this was the intimation to them that he now had a new objective. the only place of complete "peace (which is the meaning of the name "jerusalem) is the "centre where the will of god is known" the spiritual hierarchy of our planet (the invisible church of christ) is not a centre of peace but a very vortex of loving activity, the meeting place of energies coming from the centre of the divine will, and from humanity, the centre of divine intelligence. christ had oriented himself to that divine centre which has, in the ancient scriptures, been called the "place of serene determination and of poised, quiescent will" this statement marked a po

, attack upon the concept, and scorn. recognition of the substantial nature of the available evidence and the appearance of an intuitive response by occult students and many of the intelligentsia throughout the world has been helpful. a new type of mystic is coming to be recognised; he differs from the mystics of the past by his practical interest in current world affairs and not in religious and church matters only; he is distinguished by his lack of interest in his own personal development, by his ability to see god immanent in all faiths and not just in his own particular brand of religious belief, and also by his capacity to live his life in the light of the divine presence. all mystics have been able to do this to a greater or less degree, but the modern mystic differs from those in t

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

ny infringement of recognised law. this is a fact of great significance to the hierarchy for it indicates a point reached. the major ideas in the world today fall into five categories which it would be well for you to bear in mind: 1. the ancient and inherited ideas which have controlled the racial life for centuries aggression for the sake of possession and the authority of a man or a group or a church which represents the state. for purposes of policy such powers may work behind the scenes but their tenets and motives are easily recognisable selfish ambition and a violently imposed authority. 2. those ideas which are relatively new such as nazism, fascism, and communism, though they are not really as new as people are apt to think. they are alike on one important point, i.e. the state or

in his own personal mind deductions and the surety that he is obviously right. they do not embody the spiritual values as they truly exist. consequently the dreadful nature of the lower expressions of the sixth ray and the control by the forces of separativeness (which are ever the outstanding characteristic of the lower sixth ray activity) can be seen nowhere more potently than in religious and church history with its hatreds and bigotry, its pomp and luxurious appeal to the outer ear and eye, and its separativeness from- 21- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust all other forms of faith as well as its internal dissensions, its protesting groups and its cliques and cabals. the church has wandered far from the simplicity which is in christ. theologians have lost (if they e

he outer ear and eye, and its separativeness from- 21- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust all other forms of faith as well as its internal dissensions, its protesting groups and its cliques and cabals. the church has wandered far from the simplicity which is in christ. theologians have lost (if they ever possessed it) the "mind that is in christ" and the outstanding need of the church today is to relinquish theology, to let go all doctrine and dogma and to turn upon the world the light that is in christ, and thus demonstrate the fact of christ's eternal livingness, and the beauty and the love which it can reflect from its contact with him, the founder of christianity but not of churchianity. i generalise. there are those in the church today who do express all that i have

e-incarnated romans and hence the friendly feeling which basically exists between the two countries in spite of outward appearance) are the original railroad makers. this is all upon the material side. upon the spiritual side, as i told you in an earlier book, the whole field of religion will be re-inspired and re-orientated from rome because the master jesus will again take hold of the christian church in an effort to re-spiritualise it and to re-organise it. from the chair of the pope of rome, the master jesus will attempt to swing that great branch of the religious beliefs of the world again into a position of spiritual power and away from its present authoritative and temporary political potency. the united states of america has for its personality ray the sixth ray and hence much of i

vidualism of the people can be noted also as a definite part of their seventh ray personality equipment. their spiritual motto "i disperse the clouds" is indicative of the magical work for which spain will eventually be responsible and sooner than is perhaps anticipated, thus balancing in that highly intelligent and individualistic country the field of scientific magic and the magical work of the church of the future. this is a prophecy which lies at present too far ahead to be capable of verification, either in this generation or the next, but it is rooted in national characteristics and the law of probability. we have been considering the rays of the great powers and the two axis powers, germany and italy. but the same methods can be applied to any nation and race and should prove of dee

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

regard it as the seed of all glamour upon our planet. fear has been the incentive to those conditions which have brought about the glamour of the astral plane, though not the illusions of the mental levels of consciousness. when the glamour of authority transfers itself into the spiritual consciousness of man, we have such a state of affairs as the period of the inquisition in its worst forms, of church authority, with the emphasis upon organisation, government and penalties, or the unquestioned rule of some teacher. in its highest forms we have the recognition of the right of the solar angel, of the soul or ego, to rule. between these two extremes, which express the infancy of the race and the freedom which comes when mankind achieves its majority and the freedom of the soul, lie all the

lse and, as the illusion has deepened and grown in time, the original simplicity (as it was conveyed by its revealers) has been lost. all basic revelations are presented in the simplest forms. accretion after accretion crept in; the minds of men made the teaching complex through their mental dissertations until the great theological systems were built up which we call, for instance, the christian church and the buddhist system. their founders would have much difficulty in recognising the two or three fundamental and divine facts or truths which they sought to reveal and emphasise, so great is the mantle of illusion which has been thrown over the simple pronouncements of the christ and of the buddha. the vast cathedrals and the pompous ceremonies of the orthodox are far removed from the hum

ife of the christ, the master of all the masters and the teacher alike of angels and of men, and from the simplicity of his present way of life as he watches and waits for the return of his people to the simple way of spiritual realisation- 111- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust so great has been the illusion that in the west today men talk of the "temporal power of the catholic church; the protestant churches are split up into warring factions; the christian science church is known for its ability to amass money and to teach its adherents to do so and to achieve temporary good health; the greek orthodox church was corrupt throughout, and only the simple faith of the uncultured and the poor has preserved any semblance of the truth in its original simple form. they have no

churchmen within the theological systems; these, however, spend not their time in theological discussions but in loving their fellowmen, and this they do because they love christ and all for which he stands. they are not interested in building great churches of stone and marble and in gathering together the money needed for their support; they are interested to gather out those who form the true church upon the inner spiritual plane and in helping them to walk in the light. the illusion of power, the illusion of superiority, taints them not. after the world crisis is over, churchmen everywhere will not rest until they can discover how to penetrate through the illusion of doctrine and dogma which engulfs them, and find their way back to christ and his simple message which has in it the pow

he work has been carried forward by members of the hierarchy, and then only with the idea of holding back the glamours until such time as humanity was ready to destroy that which it had created. glamours have also been pierced before now by massed effort carried forward for a long time and usually without any very real conscious understanding. an illustration of this would be the work done by the church in a diffused and vague way in piercing the glamour of material desire and material good by substituting the idea of a heavenly substitute. the work that is now planned is dynamic and clear cut, consciously carried forward and specific in its impact. it is a definite method of handling and projecting the energy of light with the objective of destroying the impediments of an emotional-mental

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

as not been sufficiently emphasised, owing to the point in evolution of mankind. today, mankind has made such progress that these points can be made effectively. i would call to your attention that this was the keynote of the gospel story: the human-divine nature of the christ, relating him to the father through his essential divinity, and also to man through his essential humanity. the christian church gave a wrong slant to the teaching by making christ appear as unique, though the higher criticism (deemed so shocking fifty years ago) has done much to correct this false impression. the outstanding characteristic of humanity is intelligent sensitivity to impression. ponder on this definite and emphatic statement. the work of science is, after all, simply the development of the knowledge of

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

theology. it is however pre-eminently a religion which has waged a cruel and oft illogical war upon sex and its implications; it has emphasised a militant celibacy (militant where women and their rights and natures are concerned; it has regarded the sex relation as one of the primary evils in the world and has laid the emphasis upon the inviolable nature of the marriage bond when endorsed by the church. this has all been the result of the beneficent or the malefic effect of the impact of sixth ray force upon the form nature. little emphasis has been laid nevertheless upon the influence of mars upon christianity, making it a definitely militant religion, oft cruel and sadistic (as witness the murders and tortures carried out in the name of christ, who was the outstanding representative of

tem (s.d. iii. 115) 29 "the seven builders graft the divine and the beneficent forces on to the gross material nature of the vegetable and mineral kingdoms every second round (s.d. iii. 162; note, i) 30 "the seven planetary spirits or angels. are identical with the dhyan chohans of the esoteric doctrine and have been transformed into the archangels and the spirits of the presence by the christian church (s.d. iii. 160) 31 "the seven chief deities. are the rays of the one boundless unity (s.d. iii. 229) 32 "each of the seven chambers of the pyramid was known by the name of one of the planets (s.d. iii. 247) 33 "the kabiri were always the seven planets. who together with their father, the sun. composed a powerful ogdoad (s.d. iii. 316) 34 "the ancients knew of seven planets besides the sun

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

in my life. i was an unhappy, exceedingly disagreeable, little girl, a society girl in the gay nineties (which i didn't find so gay) and then an evangelist of the "billy sunday" type and a social worker. again not so gay, except that i was young and tremendously interested in everything. later, i married walter evans and found myself functioning as the wife of a rector of the protestant episcopal church in california and the mother of three girls. this varied experience of living and working in great britain, europe, asia and america led to basic changes in my attitudes to life and people. to remain static in a point of view strikes me as unintelligent. it means that there comes a point in one's development when one ceases to learn, when one fails to extract the meaning out of events, scho

this twice. she was quite young when she published three books of poetry and i have read reviews of these books in the london times literary supplement, hailing her as england's greatest living poetess. a book she wrote on biology and another on tropical diseases were, i believe, regarded as standard text books. she married my first cousin, laurence parsons, who is a prominent ecclesiastic of the church of england and was at one time dean of cape colony. his mother was the guardian, appointed by the courts of chancery, to take care of my sister and myself. she was my father's youngest sister, and laurence was one of her six boys with whom we spent much time as children. her husband, my uncle clare, a somewhat hard and stern man, was the brother of lord rosse and son of the lord rosse of te

ion "but i assure you, my dear chap, it stood on one leg and went like the devil" i am still pondering that mystery and have not yet arrived at any solution. it was during this period that i made my first attempt at teaching. i took a class of boys in sunday school. they were in their teens and were reported to be quite unmanageable. i stipulated that i was to teach them in an empty hall near the church but not in the sunday school itself; that i was to be left alone whilst doing so. we had an exciting time. we started with a riot and me in tears, but at the end of three months we were a close group of pals. what i taught and how i taught it is quite forgotten. all i remember is a lot of laughter and noise and much friendship. maybe i did lasting good; i do not know: i do know that i kept

nd i knew i had a hateful disposition and so was not surprised that life was difficult. there was no future ahead of me, except marriage and the humdrum life of my caste and set. i hated everybody (except two or three people) and i was jealous of my sister, her brains and good looks. i had been taught the narrowest kind of christianity; unless people thought as i did, they could not be saved. the church of england was divided into the high church party which was almost anglo-catholic and the low church party which believed in a hell for those who did not accept certain tenets and a heaven for those who did. i belonged for six months of the year to one party and for six months of the year (when i was not in scotland and under the influence of my aunt) to the other. i was torn between the be

iritually. i was conscious of my faults to an abnormal degree. i was stopping- 22- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust with my aunt margaret at castramont, in kirkcudbrightshire, at the time and the atmosphere was exactly right. it was a sunday morning. the previous sunday i had heard a sermon which had aroused all my aspiration. this sunday, for some reason, i had not gone to church. all the rest of the house-party had gone and there was no one in the house but myself and the servants. i was sitting in the drawing-room reading. the door opened and in walked a tall man dressed in european clothes (very well cut, i remember) but with a turban on his head. he came in and sat down beside me. i was so petrified at the sight of the turban that i could not make a sound or ask

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

icular stage when a man is definitely linked with a master and his group, he is then, automatically and as an individual, linked with the master of all masters. he can then, via his own soul and the soul of his particular group, draw on the force of maitreya buddha. why, think you, is there no good and true picture of the blessed one, there are only a few speculations by the devotees of the early church and none by those who knew him. the reason is a definite one. there is no true image of him because it must be upon our hearts and not upon our canvases. we arrive at knowledge of him because he is ours, as we are his. do you understand that whereof i speak? he is the world healer and saviour. he works because he is the embodied soul of all reality. he works today, as he worked in palestine

deterrent. if people but knew more, birth would be the experience which they would dread, and not death, for birth establishes the soul in the true prison, and physical death is only the first step towards liberation. another fear which induces mankind to regard death as a calamity is one which theological religion has inculcated, particularly the protestant fundamentalists and the roman catholic church the-fear of hell, the imposition of penalties, usually out of all proportion to the errors of a lifetime, and the terrors imposed by an angry god. to these man is told he will have to submit, and from them there is no escape, except through the vicarious atonement. there is, as you well know, no angry god, no hell, and no vicarious atonement. there is only a great principle of love animatin

he fact of the soul and that we are saved by the livingness of that soul, and the only hell is the earth itself, where we learn to work out our own salvation, actuated by the principle of love and light, and incited thereto by the example of the christ and the inner urge of our own souls. this teaching anent hell is a remainder of the sadistic turn which was given to the thinking of the christian church in the middle ages and to the erroneous teaching to be found in the old testament anent jehovah, the tribal god of the jews. jehovah is not god, the planetary logos, the eternal heart of love whom christ revealed. as these erroneous ideas die out, the concept of hell will fade from man's recollection and its place will be taken by an understanding of salvation upon the physical plane, which

rought to the surface the good and the bad, the desirable and the undesirable, the past and the future (for the two are one; the plough of god has nearly accomplished its work; the sword of the spirit has severed an evil past from the radiant future, and both are seen as contributory in the eye of god; our material civilisation will be seen as giving place rapidly to a more spiritual culture; our church organisations, with their limiting and confusing theologies, will soon give place to the hierarchy with its emerging teaching clear, factual, intuitive and nondogmatic. a treatise on the seven rays, vol. v- 267- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust intense desire for sentient existence or attachment. this is inherent in every form, is self-per

ther, into thy hands, i commend my spirit" and we have another instance in the words "lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace" the steady use of the sacred word, chanted in an undertone or on a particular key (to which the dying man will be found to respond, may later constitute also a part of the ritual of transition, accompanied by the anointing with oil, as preserved in the catholic church. extreme unction has an occult, scientific basis. the top of the head of the dying man should also symbolically point towards the east, and the feet and hands should be crossed. sandalwood only should be burned in the room, and no incense of any other kind permitted, for sandalwood is the incense of the first or destroyer ray, and the soul is in process of destroying its habitation- 271- a

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

resses an inner subjective life of such potency that it controls and dominates the physical plane life, motivating it and giving it true direction. this attitude of the human being and the task of bringing this condition of consciousness to fruition, have been regarded for centuries as the task of organised religion, whereas it is essentially and necessarily that of education. it is true that the church in ancient days was the educator of the time, but the emphasis was laid upon the inner and subjective life, and as a rule no attempt was made to fuse and blend the two outer material well-being and inner spiritual existence- 33- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust education is the task of the outstanding thinkers of the race and the responsibility of all governments, one how

f modern life, earn a livelihood and become if possible rich and independent of those with whom his life was cast. in all this tuitional process the emphasis was laid upon himself as an individual, and the point of interest was upon what he was going to do, how he was going to live, and what he could get, make and achieve out of life. in those conditions where the school bias was religious (as in church schools of any kind, he was taught that he must endeavour to be good, and the selfish incentive was held before him that if he could do this he might some day go to heaven and have a happy time. when these ideas had been instilled into him, when he had been forced by organisational pressure into the desired pattern and mould. when he had absorbed the needed amount of sketchy information abo

aw has provided opportunity for the development of the sense of responsibility for the care of the family. once an animal or a bird can fend for itself physically, it is cast off by the parent or parents and left to its own resources. in the case of the human family, the physical care of the child, as well as its psychological unfoldment, has gradually been extended until either the parent or the church, the community or the state, is responsible for him for many years the time element varying according to the country of birth and social status. this has entirely altered the aspect of affairs and the first group, therefore, of which any individual child becomes normally aware is the family group as a unit in the community. in that particular group relationship, throughout the ages (both sy

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

ognition of the substantial nature of the available evidence, and an appearance of an intuitive response by occult students and many of the intelligentsia throughout the world have been present. a new type of mystic is coming to be recognised; he differs from the mystics of the past (except in a few outstanding instances) by his practical interest in current world affairs and not in religious and church matters only; he is distinguished by his lack of interest in his own personal development, by his ability to see god immanent in all faiths and not just in his own particular brand of religious belief, and also by his capacity to live his life in the light of the divine presence. all mystics have been able to do this to a greater or less degree, but he differs from those in the past in that

ue esotericists and of the religiously inclined man whose heart and understanding are more divinely inclusive than are the hearts of the average followers of any religious doctrine, enunciated by the theologians of any faith. it must be realised that money is the energy which can set in motion and make possible the activities of the new group of world servers no matter what their colour, caste or church. money does not yet lie in their hands. their need for it is great. millions are needed to spread the required knowledge of the hierarchical plan; millions are needed to further the work of men of goodwill; millions are needed to educate the masses in the fact that he for whom all men wait is on his way back to ordinary visibility. the billions which are spent at present on luxuries, on exp

as coloured the entire presentation of what christian theologians regard as god's will; this presentation involves the unavoidable imposition of the will of a transcendental deity, and leads inevitably (though totally inconclusively) to the dreadful and symbolic death of the christ upon the cross and to the painful and sacrificial life of the spiritual man. there is much teaching given out by the church upon the necessity of the submission of the human will to the divine will; however, little or no teaching is given of the joyous use of the will of christ, immanent in every form, and peculiarly active in the form of humanity, and therefore capable of joyous and understanding use. the idea that sacrifice signifies happiness and a joyful process of making desire "holy" is absent; theologians

s now so extensive that we need no longer talk in terms of bringing in the kingdom or of its manifestation on earth. it is already manifesting, and its aura is co-mingled with the mental, astral and etheric auras of mankind. recognition only is required, but (and this is a factor to be noted) recognition is being withheld until the kingdom of souls can be safeguarded from the narrow claims of any church, religion or organisation; many will claim (as they have ever done) that admittance into the kingdom of god is to be found through their particular separative group. the kingdom of god is not christian, or buddhist, or to be found focussed in any world religion or esoteric organisation. it is simply and solely what it claims to be: a vast and integrated group of soul-infused persons, radiat

ergies which are being directed by groups of living beings who work from the angle of a proved immortality, and who because of their livingness can be precipitating centres of energy under the divine plan and in accordance with the divine purpose- 300- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust the word "revelation" is one that has been greatly misused by the mystics of the church and of the great world religions; by them, its use is usually of a selfish nature and the concept implied is that revelation is the due reward, conceded to the mystic because of his struggles and his deep search for god. then, suddenly, god is revealed to him; suddenly the angel speaks; suddenly his search seems ended and reward in the form of revelation is accorded him. this procedure and

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ctivity, progress and development is generated and carried forward. there is another grouping which should not be overlooked. the spiritually minded people of the world are negative to the higher spiritual world as it expresses itself through or calls forth the higher type of desire which we call aspiration. this produces those exponents of the spiritual nature who constitute in the aggregate the church of christ or the world religions in the exoteric sense and in any race or time. positive to this group and giving them the keynote of the culture of their particular age on this higher turn of the spiral are the esotericists and aspirants throughout the world. these are responsive to the mind aspect. in this way the spiritual culture and the resultant civilisation comes into being and to it

shamballa is infinite. the fourth phrase runs: may forgiveness on the part of all men be the keynote at this time. as you know, the word "forgiveness" is a curious and unusual one and signifies (according to the best derivative sources) simply "to give for" forgiveness is not therefore, a synonym for pardon though the word has been distorted in theological circles to mean this, so little has the church understood the basic, motivating power behind divine expression in our solar system. theologians ever think in terms of the human mind and not in terms of the divine mind. forgiveness is sacrifice, and is the giving up of one's self, even of one's very life, for the sake of others and for the good of the whole group. this spirit of sacrifice is ever found when the shamballa force is rightly

r the war, because a vision of the future world policy will help humanity through the present crisis- 120- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust historical background throughout the middle ages, the rule of powerful monarchs, the spread of empires and the march of national conquerors were outstanding characteristics. a relatively small number of people were involved. the church of the time had immense power in all european countries; it controlled the education of the people, but laid no foundation for right political thought. the history of the past is the history of many forms of government. races and nations have come and gone. political regimes and religious forms have played their part, have persisted or disappeared. the sorry history of humanity has been one

ces are relatively superficial. the new world religion is nearer than many think, and this is due to two things: first, the theological quarrels are mainly over non-essentials, and secondly, the younger generation is basically spiritual but quite uninterested in theology. the intelligent youth of all countries are rapidly repudiating orthodox theology, state ecclesiasticism and the control of the church. they are neither interested in man-made interpretations of truth nor in past quarrels between the major world religions. at the same time, they are profoundly interested in the spiritual values and are earnestly seeking verification of their deep-seated unvoiced recognitions. they look to no bible or system of so-called inspired spiritual knowledge and revelation, but their eyes are on the

aggression and by the neutrally minded people everywhere. they are all coloured by racial fear, by the instinct to self-preservation, and by short-sighted selfish interest. the problem is one of exceeding difficulty because, even though the lines of demarcation are becoming steadily more distinct, yet the exponents of these three groups are to be found in every land and among all people in every church and in every home. no nation or group is exempt from this triplicity. it is rooted in human attitudes, and that is why this conflict is a strictly human conflict and not a european war. every nation has its selfish, aggressive people, who believe that might is right and that men must be governed by the law of the jungle, taking what they want, no matter at what cost to others. every nation

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

soul. 3. through the growing emphasis laid by the many occult groups throughout the world upon the use of the o.m, its frequent use by these groups in public, and by those intent upon meditation. the soundest approach is that of the masonic tradition, because it deals primarily with the world of meaning and with a phase of the esoteric teaching. the use of the amen in the ritual of the christian church will eventually be discouraged, because it is basically a materialistic affirmation, being usually regarded by the average churchgoer as setting the seal of divine approval upon his demand to the almighty for protection, or for the supply of his physical necessities; all this is, therefore, related to the life of desire, of aspiration, of dualism and of request. it involves the attitude of

rought to the surface the good and the bad, the desirable and the undesirable, the past and the future (for the two are one; the plough of god has nearly accomplished its work; the sword of the spirit has severed an evil past from the radiant future, and both are seen as contributory in the eye of god; our material civilisation will be seen as giving place rapidly to a more spiritual culture; our church organisations, with their limiting and confusing theologies, will soon give place to the hierarchy, with its emerging teaching clear- 88- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust factual, intuitive and non-dogmatic. the hierarchy has been invoked and its members are ready for a great "act of evocation" of response to the invoking sound

sciple. he is also the coherent force within the planet, holding, through his radiatory influence, all forms and all substances in the planetary form so that they constitute one coherent, energised and functioning whole. a parallel to this, though on a much smaller scale, can be seen in the radiatory influence of the christ as it permeates, energises and holds in coherent expression the christian church in all its many aspects in the world; a still smaller analogy can be seen in the influence wielded by a disciple who stands at the centre of a group and holds it also in coherent and useful manifestation. intermediate between these two symbols of will and love, united in manifestation (the christ and a disciple, is the work of a world disciple, for the influence is wider and more far-reachi

self was the truth, yet inevitably (because of its inherent life) that which he expressed took form and has greatly modified and coloured human thinking and planning, and this will be increasingly so. as the essence of christianity emerges into expression (and in so doing destroys churchianity) you have again a striking illustration of the truth of what i am seeking to emphasise. in the christian church, men have expressed themselves, not the christ; they have imposed their interpretations of truth on truth itself; they have created a massive organisation in every land but a living organism is non-existent. in the new world religion which is on its way, christianity will be expressed through the creative activity of the christ spirit through the medium of the world disciples and initiates;

lated to the hierarchy, and this "pictorial event" is a parallel to the one already considered the initiation of the master jesus. in the crucifixion, in this fourth passing through the door of initiation and in the staging of this event, two great and different individualities the master jesus and the world saviour, the christ are implicated; two major happenings are indicated, and the christian church has confused the two and related both of them without discrimination to the master jesus. yet one event was a hierarchical occurrence and the other was a great human crisis; one was the entrance of an initiate into the mysteries of death, involving in the process all the four aspects of his nature; the other was a dramatic portrayal to mankind of three groups to be found within the human fa

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

he focusing of the energies and the growth of the tendency towards divinity. now, at last, in the twentieth century, objective and subjective have become so closely blended and merged that it is almost impossible to say where one begins and another ends. the veil that hides the concealed deity is wearing thin, and the work of those who have achieved knowledge, the program of the christ and of his church, the plans of the hidden band of world workers, the rishis and the occult hierarchy of our planet, is now focused upon leading humanity on to the path of discipleship, and training many of the more advanced so that they can become the knowers and initiates of the new age. thus men will pass out of the hall of learning into the hall of wisdom, from the realm of the unreal to the real, and fr

ion for the welfare of those with whom he is associated, and a life of loving service: these constitute the ideals of the aspirant. 3. a right understanding, of the meaning, of celibacy. the word means "single" and the meaning usually given to the word is, to refrain from the marriage relation. many young men and women, driven by spiritual desire and under the influence of the thought-form of the church during the middle ages, with its many monasteries and convents, believe that for them the celibate state is essential and right, and are puzzled when they find that complexes result. but may it not be that the true celibacy has been expressed for us in the words of christ, when he said "if thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light? may it not be that true celibacy is the re

tion of his aspiration. at the close of his search he meets atlas, bearing the burden of the world, and so impressed is he with the weight of that responsibility and the load that atlas, the great master, is carrying, that he forgets all about the goal and his search for the golden apples and endeavors to lift the burden off the shoulders of atlas. when aspirants in the religious field and in the church, in the theosophical field, in the rosicrucian field, and in the many groups to which they gravitate, have learned to forget themselves in [73] service and to lose sight of their spiritual selfishness by helping humanity, there will be a much more rapid gathering in of initiates through the portal on to the path that leads from darkness to the light, and from the unreal to the real. one of

yearly sortie into the world of men? was it to make war on them, or was it to seek unity, in which there was no heart? was it to seek new members for their man-less world? but god, we are told, looks at the heart. it will come as a shock to many of strict, legally moral views to reflect that an avowed prostitute may be superior to a woman who adds blasphemy to prostitution, when she takes vows in church without love and with no intent to serve, but only to obtain money, security or position. one seldom hears a sermon on the woman taken in adultery, of whom the christ said "neither do i condemn thee. go in peace and sin no more" all of this seems subtly involved in the myth of the labor in virgo. its practical application as well as its cosmic and spiritual significances are startling. we a

t. even, therefore, in its exoteric forms, the influence of the signs is- 127- the labours of hercules surely substantiated and there is a real foundation for the claim of the esotericist that each new sign brings to the earth distinctive energies, new concepts and new opportunities. it can also be shown that these astrological factors have set their mark upon our christian tradition and upon our church usage. it is interesting to note in this connection that on christmas eve, the brightest of the fixed stars, sirius, is seen to the left of the meridian line somewhat to the south. two thousand years ago, owing to the precession of the equinoxes, it stood on the meridian line. this is the star in the east. at the same time, the constellation virgo, the virgin, became visible in the east, an

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

concealed power, of its emanations in manifestation, of its energising of human life, of the prolonged existence of human souls, and of the temporary state of corporeal existence, are fundamental doctrines there fully illustrated; and these are the points of contact between the kabalah of the jew and the so-called esotericism of the teachings of buddha and of hinduism. it may be that the catholic church, from which the protestant church seceded, was from its origin in the possession of the hebrew rabbinic secret of the intentional exoteric nature of the bible, and of a priestly mode of understanding the esoteric kabalah, as a key to the true explanations of the jewish books, which being apparently histories are really largely allegorical. if this were granted, it would explain why the cath

h, from which the protestant church seceded, was from its origin in the possession of the hebrew rabbinic secret of the intentional exoteric nature of the bible, and of a priestly mode of understanding the esoteric kabalah, as a key to the true explanations of the jewish books, which being apparently histories are really largely allegorical. if this were granted, it would explain why the catholic church has for ages discouraged the laity from the study of the old testament books, and would lead us to think that protestantism made a mistake in combining with the reformation of a vicious priesthood the encouragement of the laity to read the old testament books. i note that the literal interpretation of the mosaic books and those of the old testament generally has repeatedly been used as a su

ma as god--eternal law, relentlessly compelling the individual ego to a new earth life. christian ginsburg states that a "transmigration of souls" was the belief of the pharisees in the time of josephus; and this dogma was held by many jews up to the ninth century of our era. the caraite jews have accepted it ever since the seventh century. st. jerome says it was a doctrine of the early christian church taught only to a select few believers, and origen was of opinion that without transmigration, the incidents of the struggle between esau and jacob before birth, genesis 25, v. 22, and the reference to jeremiah in the mother's womb could not be explained, jer. i. 5. the kabalah then teaches that the egos have come out from the spirit fountain, suffer incarnation again and again until experie

ANTINOMIANISM

certain gnostic sects, the graeco/roman egyptian philosophies and aspects of the ancient egyptian philosophical and religious cults. particularly we see this in the reflections of the ancient setian priesthoods of egypt which have been integrated into other lines of philosophical thought. as previously stated, the differentiation between the lhp and the rhp is one of intent. for instance, in the church of rome (catholic) ritual is utilized. all the elements- altar, bell, candles, incense etc, form the components of ritual. however, if you were to read howard stanton levee's (a.k.a. anton szandor lavey "satanic bible" ritual is also utilized using those same elements. the difference lies within the intention of the participants. therefore, the technology itself does not distinguish one met

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

ents, giver of the gift of languages. no footnotes)diana as giving beauty and restoring strength. no footnotes)note. no footnotes)the end. page 79 n r r r r r chapter xi. 22 this incantation is given in the chapter entitled a spell to win love.chapter xii. no footnotes)chapter xiii. 23 the most important part of witchcraft is to intoneor accent the incantations accurately, in amanner like that of church chanting or arab recitations. hence the apparently prose form of mostspells. 24 it is to be observed that the invocation is strictly a psalm of praise or a hymn; thescongiu-razioneis a request or prayer, though it often takes the form of a threat or menace. this only existsin classic witchcraft. 25 something is here omitted, which can, however, be supplied from many other similar incanta-ti

m not without hope that researchmay yet reveal in the writings of some long-forgotten heretic or mystic of the dark ages the parallelof many passages in this text, if not the whole of it. page 66 when illumination or illumin-ism, in company with magic and mysticism, and a resolve to regener-ate society according to extreme free thought, inspired the t emplars to the hope that they wouldmaster the church and the world, the equality of woman, derived from the cairene traditions, againreceived attention. and it may be observed that during the middle ages, and even so late as theintense excitements which inspired the french huguenots, the jansenists and the anabaptists,woman always came forth more prominently or played a far greater part than she had done in socialor political life. this was a

t is manifesting itself in many ways in the fin de sicle, which is also a nervouschaos according to nordau, woman being evidently a fish who shows herself most when thewaters are troubled: oh, woman, in our hours of ease!the reader will remember the rest, but we should also remember that in the earlier ages the vastmajority of mankind itself, suppressed by the too great or greatly abused power of church andstate, only manifested itself at such periods of rebellion against forms or ideas grown old. and withevery new rebellion, every fresh outburst or debcle, or wild inundation and bursting over the barri-ers, humanity and woman gain something, that is to say, their just dues or rights. for as everyfreshet spreads more widely its waters over the fields, which are in due time the more fertili

of this drove vast numbers of the discontented into rebellion, and as they could notprevail by open warfare, they took their hatred out in a form of secret anarchy, which was, however,intimately blended with superstition and fragments of old tradition. prominent in this, and naturallyenough, was the worship of dianathe protectress for the alleged adoration of satan was a farlater invention of the church, and it has never really found a leading place in italian witchcraft to thisday. that is to say, purely diabolicalwitchcraft did not find general acceptance till the end of the fif-teenth century, when it was, one may almost say, invented in rome to supply means wherewith todestroy the threatening heresy of germany.the growth of sentiment is the increase of suffering; man is never entirely

the humble did not know, or even dream, that all are equalbefore god, or that they had many rights, even here on earth, as slaves; for, in fact, the whole moraltendency of the new t estament is utterly opposed to slavery, or even severe servitude. every worduttered teaching christs mercy and love, humility and charity, was, in fact, a bitter reproof, not onlyto every lord in the land, but to the church itself, and its arrogant prelates. the fact that many abus-es had been mitigated and that there were benevolent saints, does not affect the fact that, on thewhole, mankind was for a long time worse off than before, and the greatest cause of this sufferingwas what may be called a sentimental one, or a newly-born consciousness of rights withheld, whichis always of itself a torture. and this w

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

course, reflections and analogies (i) in the old knightly corporations the candidate was required to produce proofs of noble birth, and the strict observance demanded these at the beginning, but owing to obvious difficulties is said to have ended by furnishing patents at need (2) in the military order of hospitallers of the holy sepulchre of jerusalern, he undertook, as in others, to protect the church of god, with which may be compared modern masonic injunctions in the temple and holy sepulchre to maintain and defend the holy christian faith (3) again at his knighting he was "made, created and constituted now and for ever" which is identical, word for word, with the formula of another masonic chivalry, and will not be unknown to many. but the appeal of the new foundations was set in an6t

r of knights of the temple of jerusalem. the candidate undertakes in his obligation to do all in his power for the glorious restoration of the order; to succour his brethren in their need; to visit the poor, the sick and the imprisoned; to love his king and his religion; to maintain the state; to be ever ready in his heart for all sacrifice in the cause of the faith of christ, for the good of his church and its faithful. the pledge is taken on the knees, facing a tomb of black marble which represents that of molay, the last grand master and martyr-in-chief of the order. thereafter the inward meaning of the three craft degrees is explained to the candidate. that of apprentice recalls the earliest of christian chivalries, being the canons or knights of the holy sepulchre, who for long had no

dition at their beginning of the templars and the other orders of christian knighthood. the candidate is prepared for the second craft degree in a somewhat different manner from that of the first, and this has reference to certain distinctions between the clothing of a knight of the holy sepulchre and that of a knight of st. john. the seven steps are emblematic of the seven sacraments of the holy church, by the help of which the christian chivalries maintained their faith against the infidel, and also of the seven deadly sins which they trampled under their feet. the blazing star inscribed with the letter yod, being the initial letter of the name of god in hebrew, signified the divine light which enlightened the chivairies and was ever before their eyes, as it must be also present for ever

his work on the philosophical principles of natural and revealed religionmystery of hidden knowledge perpetuated in the east from the days of noah and the flood (2) that which lay behind, as already mentioned, the talismanic attraction exercised on masonic minds in the eighteenth century by the name of knights templar, because the church had accused them. they had learned strange things in the east: for some it corresponded to the view of ramsay, for others to occult knowledge on the side of magic, and for the chapter of clermont to alchemy. the collapse of the strict observance was not so much because it could not produce its hypothetical unknown superiors, but because it could not exhibit one shred or vestige of the desir

ndard of christian chivalry. we have very little need to make a choice between them, either on the score of antiquity or that of ritual appeal. a descent from the knights templar is of course implied throughout, but it is possible to accept this, not indeed according to the literal and historical sense, but in that of the relation of symbols. the old chivalry was founded and existed to defend the church and its hallows, and masonic knights templar are dedicated to the same ends though official obediences alter and hallows transform. the holy sepulchre for them is the church of christ, however understood, and if there is anything in the old notion that the christian chivalry in the past had sounded strange wells of doctrine, far in the holy east, there are such wells awaiting our own explor

BALANONES TEMPLE OF SET FAQ

why do you have to turn it over with its all-important balance point pointing meaninglessly up into the air? there is additional discussion of initiation and the temple's degree system in the ref document. 2.3 satanism is the temple of set a satanic organization? the temple of set as an organization was founded in 1975 by dr. michael aquino, in san francisco. its initial membership came from the church of satan (that infamous "satanic" organization of the carny anton lavey, composed of cos members who felt there was something real and important about the magic they were exploring, and felt that anton lavey's antics of that year were in contradiction to their own experiences. the temple of set has grown a lot in scope and maturity in those twenty years. because of this history, and because

ive and noble, and which honored the prince of darkness "satan" is a name given to the prince of darkness by christianity out of fear and revulsion. the christian satan is a twisted bastardization of the true prince of darkness "satanism" is a term used by many to describe the left hand path in the west. we are a proud part of the tradition of spiritual dissent, differing philosophically from the church of satan. their take on the left hand path is the immanent path wherein godhood is achieved by the worship of the carnal ego with no possibility of personal immortality save in some vague connection to the organic stream. we are followers of the transcendental path, wherein person immortality is achievable by a strengthening of the idealized self. in an increasingly post-christian world, th

s which examine our history regarding specific other organizations. 5.3 why the temple of set? the ref document examines the question "what does the temple of set have to offer" 5.4 our reputation(s) lupo the butcher, in his "alt.satanism faq file, states/stated "the most vocal of groups which border upon satanism, is the temple of set of michael aquino and friends, which splintered away from the church of satan in a disagreement over monetary policy. they have a number of nasty habits, including the public publishing of names, addresses and workplaces of former members as a harassment tactic, disinformation regarding satanic and occult groups, including their own, and a good deal of "we are the one true way" posturing" see the section on satanism for a summary of the schism with the churc

BLACK SERPENT1

point was simply to debunk their beliefs about "satanic crime" many of them still think i am theologically wrong and that i will go to hell when i die, but they are unable to substantially argue against my beliefs, and they have to admit that i am a reasonable person who believes in common human values of decency and justice. some of these christians actually gave speeches about satanism in their church services, telling their fellow christians about how satanism is not the baby-murdering nightmare it's often considered to be. there is no doubt that many of the people at these services did not agree with the speeches, but the fact of the matter is that there are christians- however few- who would be willing to set the record straight about devil and demon worship. someone just needs to rea

. and perhaps they may not be able to convince their fellows about us, but they may be able to convince their fellows to vote like they do, by other means. forming alliances is an important political advantage, and having alliances in 15 christianity would be *especially* advantageous to the protection of our people from persecution. and i am not necessarily suggesting that my readers walk into a church on sunday morning and start talking about satanism and demonolatry. perhaps a safer route would be to begin by participating in an online christian or inter-faith forum (the inter-faith forum would probably work best for a beginner) whatever you do (or don't do, the point is that if more of our people take an active role in demonstrating our humanity to people of mainline and mainstream rel

BLACK WITCHCRAFT

orm meaning against the law. this word makes reference to rebellion from a structure or spiritual design of the masses, the majority and whatever the current ideological mainstream may be at that time. witchcraft, no matter for what intent or form, has always stood outside any conventional acceptance within society either by the religious hierarchy (even though it keeps their organizations called church together and making money) or even governmental ones. to provide a distinct understanding of luciferian witchcraft from which i am an initiate of, i must write directly of experience and the vision which all initiates, past, present or secret, have brought to the current and how it manifests today. no longer should those of luciferian nature be forced to denounce the darkness inherent withi

pens forth the gates to the infernal and celestial gathering. in ecstasies: deciphering the witches sabbat by carlo ginzburg, he describes one rite which the attributes mentioned hold resonance with not only present practice, but ancient practice as well. the devil appeared to them in the shape of a black animal sometimes a bear, sometimes a ram. after having renounced god, faith, baptism and the church and goes on to described horrific rites of cursing. another section mentions witches wearing the skin of wolves to transform themselves. this is a process of atavistic resurgence and is still practiced today, while in the affirmation of the devil is a deeper association to self-deification and the recognition of the conscious mind; the lycanthropy practiced is the atavistic summoning of the

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

nted venus in its astronomical tables as a globe poised over a cross, and the earth, as a globe under a cross. the esoteric meaning of this is "earth fallen into generation, or into the production of its species through sexual union" but the later western nations did not fail to give quite a different interpretation. they explained this sign through their mystics- guided by the light of the latin church- as meaning that our earth and all on it were redeemed by the cross, while venus (otherwise lucifer or satan) was trampling upon it. venus is the most occult, powerful, and mysterious of all the planets; the one whose influence upon, and relation to the earth is most prominent. in exoteric brahmanism, venus or sukra- a male deity- is the son of bhrigu, one of the prajapati and a vedic sage

r of the "source of measures" pertinently refers the reader to inman's "ancient faiths embodied in ancient names" vol. ii, p. 648. there, an engraving of "the vesica piscis, mary and the female emblem, copied from a rosary of the blessed virgin. printed at venice, 1542" and therefore, as inman remarks "with a license from the inquisition, consequently orthodox" will show the reader what the latin church understood by this "penetrating power of light and its effects" how sadly disfigured- applied as they were to the grossest anthropomorphic conceptions- have become, under christian interpretation, the noblest and grandest, as the most exalted, ideas of deity of the eastern philosophy! the occultists call this light daiviprakriti in the east, and light of christos in the west. it is the ligh

n (eden; ak-ad meaning "son of ad (like the sons of ad in ancient arabia. ad-ad, the "only one" and the first, was the ad-on or "lord" of syria and consort of ad-ar-gat or aster't, the syrian goddess. and gan-aeden (eden) or gandunia was babylonia and mesopotamia. in assyrian ak meant creator, the letter k pronounced kh (ah) gutturally. according to swedenborg's mysticism adam was not a man but a church) of primitive light. in the vedas ad-iti is the primitive light, the akasa of the phenomenal world[[vol. 2, page] 43 adam-adami. untouched by fruitless speculation. the only reference made to it was the brief conception of its diastolic and systolic property, of its periodical expansion or dilatation, and contraction. in the universe with all its incalculable myriads of systems and worlds d

immense antiquity, and most of them pertain, as stated, to the calculations of narada and asuramaya. the latter has the reputation of a giant and a sorcerer. but the antediluvian giants (the gibborim of the bible) were not all bad or sorcerers, as christian theology, which sees in every occultist a servant of the evil one, would have it; nor were they worse than many of "the faithful sons of the church" a torquemada and a catherine de medicis certainly did more harm in their day and in the name of their master than any atlantean giant or demigod of antiquity ever did; whether his name was cyclops, or medusa, or yet the orphic titan, the anguipedal monster known as ephialtes. there were good "giants" in days of old just as there are bad "pigmies" now; and the rakshasas and yakshas of lanka

think so, in the historical period, and to invent various systems upon this theory. therefore in their schemes of creation, one always finds their creators occupying a place at the very foot of the ladder of spiritual being. with them, those who created our earth and its mortals were placed on the very limit of mayavic matter, and their followers were taught to think- to the great disgust of the church fathers- that for the creation of those wretched races, in a spiritual and moral sense, which grace our globe, no high divinity could be made responsible, but only angels of a low hierarchy* to which class they relegated the jewish god, jehovah. mankinds different from the present are mentioned in all the ancient cosmogonies. plato speaks, in the phaedrus, of a winged race of men. aristopha

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themselves require a key, which the orientalists have failed to secure. what do the scholars say of buddhist literature? have they got it in its completeness? assuredly not. notwithstanding the 325 volumes of the kanjur and the tanjur of the northern buddhists, each volume we are told "weighing from four to five pounds" nothing, in truth, is known of lamaism. yet, the sacred canon of the southern church is said to contain 29,368,000 letters in the saddharma alankara* or, exclusive of treatises and commentaries "five or six times the amount of the matter contained in the bible" the latter, in the words of professor max muller, rejoicing only in 3,567,180 letters. notwithstanding, then, these "325 volumes (in reality there are 333, kanjur comprising 108, and tanjur 225 volumes "the translato

so far[[vol. 1, page] xxxix introductory. portions of the esoteric teachings that have now escaped from confinement, unless the genuineness and authenticity- at any rate, the probability- of the existence of such teachings was first established. such statements as will now be made, have to be shown warranted by various authorities: those of ancient philosophers, classics and even certain learned church fathers, some of whom knew these doctrines because they had studied them, had seen and read works written upon them; and some of whom had even been personally initiated into the ancient mysteries, during the performance of which the arcane doctrines were allegorically enacted. the writer will have to give historical and trustworthy names, and to cite well-known authors, ancient and modern

the prophecies is nearly ready, having been in preparation since the time of buddha's grand successor, sankaracharya. one more important point must be noticed, one that stands foremost in the series of proofs given of the existence of one primeval, universal wisdom- at any rate for the christian kabalists and students. the teachings were, at least, partially known to several of the fathers of the church. it is maintained, on purely historical grounds, that origen, synesius, and even clemens alexandrinus, had been themselves initiated into the mysteries before adding to the neo-platonism of the alexandrian school, that of the gnostics, under the christian veil. more than this, some of the doctrines of the secret schools- though by no means all- were preserved in the vatican, and have since

itiated into the mysteries before adding to the neo-platonism of the alexandrian school, that of the gnostics, under the christian veil. more than this, some of the doctrines of the secret schools- though by no means all- were preserved in the vatican, and have since become part and parcel of the mysteries, in the shape of disfigured additions made to the original christian programme by the latin church. such is the now materialised dogma of the immaculate conception. this accounts for the great persecutions set on foot by the roman catholic church against occultism, masonry, and heterodox mysticism generally. the days of constantine were the last turning-point in history, the period of the supreme struggle that ended in the western world throttling the old religions in favour of the new o

depends upon a fourth- the life which radiates from the summits of the unreachable, to become an universally diffused essence on the manifested planes of existence. and this quaternary (father, mother, son, as a unity, and a quaternary, as a living manifestation) has been the means of leading to the very archaic idea of immaculate conception, now finally crystallized into a dogma of the christian church, which carnalized this metaphysical idea beyond any common sense. for one has but to read the kabala and study its numerical methods of interpretation to find the origin of that dogma. it is purely astronomical, mathematical, and pre-eminently metaphysical: the male element in nature (personified by the male deities and logoi- viraj, or brahma; horus, or osiris, etc, etc) is born through, n

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solution of many cosmic and ethical problems. liber cccxxxiii. the book of lies, falsely so called: with an extended commentary by the master therion. this book contains some of the most valuable mystic epigrams ever written, and also some very important secret rituals. it is the official text-book of a.a. for .babes of the abyss. liber xv: the canon of the mass, according to the gnostic catholic church, which represents the original and true pre-christian christianity. liber li. the lost continent. an account of the continent of atlantis: the manners and customs, magical rites and opinions of its people, together with a true account of the catastrophe, so called, which ended in its disappearance. liber cvi. a treatise on the nature of death, and the proper attitude to be taken towards it

ecstasy for ever. when you know that, what is left but delight? and how are we to live meanwhile .it is a lie, this folly against self .be strong, o man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that any god shall deny thee for this. liber dcccxxxvii 51 again and again, in words like these, he sees the expansion and the development of the soul through joy. here is the calendar of our church .but ye, o my people, rise up& awake! let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty. remember that all acts of love and pleasure are rituals, must be rituals .there are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. a feast for the first night of the prophet and his bride! a feast for the three days of the writing of the book of the law. a feast for tahuti and the child of the

the sevenfold sacrament 193 yet suffereth in itself the curse of the infinite universe, having made its own confession of the mystery of transgression; where it is wedded solemnly with the ring of space and eternity, and where the oil, the holiest breath, with its first whisper dedicateth its new life to a further death. i was cold as earth: the night had given way. one star hung bright over the church, now grey; i rose up to greet the ray that thrilled through elm and chestnut, lit the grass, made diamonds of it, and bade the weir.s long smile of spray leap with laughter for the day. the birds woke over all the weald the sullen peasants slouched afield; the lilies swayed before the breeze that murmured matins in the trees; the trout leapt in the shingly shallows soared skyward the great

d states of america etc, etc, etc. 197 liber lii manifesto of the o.t.o. peace, tolerance, truth salutation on all points of the triangle respect to the order. to all whom it may concern: greeting and health do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. 1. the o.t.o. is a body of initiates in whose hands are concentrated the wisdom and knowledge of the following bodies: 1. the gnostic catholic church 2. the order of the knights of the holy ghost. 3. the order of the illuminati. 4. the order of the temple (knights templar. 5. the order of the knights of st. john. 6. the order of the knights of malta. 7. the order of the knights of the holy sepulchre. 8. the hidden church of the holy graal. 9. the hermetic brotherhood of light. 10. the holy order of rose croix of heredom. 11. the order of

e chaos, the sole viceregent of the sun upon the earth; and in one air the nourisher of all that breathes. and i believe in one earth, the mother of us all, and in one womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, mystery of mystery, in her name babalon. and i believe in the serpent and the lion, mystery of mystery, in his name baphomet. and i believe in one gnostic and catholic church of light, life, love and liberty, the word of whose law is thelema. and i believe in the communion of saints. and, forasmuch as meat and drink are transmuted in us daily into spiritual substance, i believe in the miracle of the mass. and i confess one baptism of wisdom whereby we accomplish the miracle of incarnation. the equinox 252 and i confess my life one, individual, and eternal that w

BOOK OF SATYRS

d whimsical ways-in attitudes, gestures, expressions-too delicate to be more than contributory to the whole impression. this appropriate irony especially fits spare for satire, and it is here to be seen and felt, for it can neither be disregarded nor forgotten-which words it is well to be able to write of one satirist in our day of curbed enthusiasm and polite art. james guthrie introduction. the church. existence. quackery. intemperance. fashion. the connoisseur. politics. the beauty doctor. officialism. advertisement and the stock size. general allegoll introduction witchcraft is not merely legendary; it was, and is, real. it is not extinct; it is alive and prospering. since the last laws against witchcraft were repealed (as recently as the 1950s, witches have been able to come out into

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

atly enlarged genitalia. such figures are usually referred to as shiela-na-gigs. the god is shown as a horned head surrounded by foliage; known as a "foliate mask, and also sometimes referred to as "jack of the green" or "robin o' the woods. incidentally, these carvings of the old god should not be confused with gargoyles. the latter are the hideous faces and figures carved on the four corners of church towers to frighten away demons. in those early days, when christianity was slowly growing in strength, the old religion the wiccans and other pagans was one of its rivals. it is only natural to want to get rid of a rival and the church pulled no punches to do just that. it has frequently been said that the gods of an old religion become the devils of a new. this was certainly the case here

eligion the wiccans and other pagans was one of its rivals. it is only natural to want to get rid of a rival and the church pulled no punches to do just that. it has frequently been said that the gods of an old religion become the devils of a new. this was certainly the case here. the god of the old religion was a horned god. so, apparently, was the christian's devil. obviously then, reasoned the church, the pagans were devil worshippers! this type of reasoning is used by the church even today. missionaries were particularly prone to label all primitive tribes upon whom they stumbled as devil-worshippers, just because the tribe worshipped a god or gods other than the christian one. it would not matter that the people were good, happy, often morally and ethically better living than the vast

means "one who dwells on the heath. so the terms were appropriate for non-christians at that time, but they bore no connotations of evil and their use today in a derogatory sense is quite incorrect. as the centuries passed, the smear campaign against non-christians continued. what the wiccans did was reversed and used against them. they did magick to promote fertility and increase the crops; the church claimed that they made women and cattle barren and blighted the crops! no one apparently stopped to think that if the witches really did what they were accused of, they would suffer equally themselves. after all, they too had to eat to live. an old ritual act for fertility was for the villagers to go to the fields in the light of the full moon and to dance around the field astride pitchfork

y themselves. after all, they too had to eat to live. an old ritual act for fertility was for the villagers to go to the fields in the light of the full moon and to dance around the field astride pitchforks, poles and broomsticks; riding them like hobby-horses. they would leap high in the air as they danced, to show the crops how high to grow. a harmless enough form of sympathetic magick. but the church claimed not only that they were working against the crops, but that they actually flew through the air on their poles. surely the work of the devil! in 1484 pope innocent viii produced his bull against witches. two years later two infamous german monks, heinrich institoris kramer and jakob sprenger, produced their incredible concoction of anti-witchery, the malleus maleficarum (the witch ha

some to get rid of anyone against whom they bore a grudge' an excellent example of the way in which the hysteria developed and spread is found in the case of the so-called witches of salem, massachusetts. it is doubtful if any of the victims hung* there were really followers of the old religion. just possibly bridget bishop and sarah good were, but the others were nearly all pillars of the local church up until the time the hysterical children "cried out" on them. but what about satanism? the witches were called worshippers of the devil. was there any truth to this? no. yet as with so many of the charges, there was reason for the belief. the early church was extremely harsh on its people. it not only governed the peasants' way of worship but also their ways of life and love. even between

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

he moon, and dating from between 13000 and 11000 bc, was found in france in a cave at the abri du roc aux sorciers at angles-sur-l'anglin. this motif continued right through to the triple goddess of the celts, reflecting the lunar cycles as maiden, mother and crone, an image that also appeared throughout the classical world. witchcraft and the early christians after the formation of the christian church, the worship of the old deities and the old ways were banned and the nature festivals supplanted by christian ones. the christians were pragmatic, however, and pope gregory, who sent st augustine to england in ad 597, acknowledged that it was simpler to graft the christian festivals on to the existing festivals of the solstices and equinoxes. so, easter, for example, was celebrated on the f

different in any way- eccentric, senile or physically deformed- could be accused. any old woman living alone might be blamed for the deaths of animals, the failure of crops and outbreaks of disease that were in reality caused by poor hygiene and diet, bad weather, human neglect or simply blind fate. of course, this occurred to some extent before the burning times. the difference was that now the church and state were legalising and even encouraging this persecution. even faeries became associated with witchcraft. the bean-tighe, a faerie housekeeper, popular in the mythology of ireland and scotland, was said to reside with the village wise woman and assist her with chores; in the worst of the wave of hysteria over witchcraft, if an old women had an immaculate house, it was claimed she had

incense, place the smouldering charcoal block in a censer or thurible. until you are experienced you may find it easier and safer to place it inside the censer first, and then light it (a censer is simply a container for the charcoal. it may be a simple ceramic pot or a much more ornate vessel made of gold or silver. i would not recommend that you use the kind of incense censers on chains used in church services as the incense tends to go everywhere and can be quite dangerous) add your incense gradually, about half a teaspoon at a time, once the charcoal block in the censer is glowing but not releasing sparks. with practice, you will learn to add the right quantity to ensure a steady but not choking stream of smoke as part of the ritual. many practitioners prefer to light it beforehand and

vegetation, the male spring deity, consort of the earth mother and an early forerunner of both robin hood and st george. the mother goddess in her maiden aspect mated with the ascended sun god or, in popular folk tradition the green man, so that the conceived infant would be reborn as the new sun at the next winter solstice, thus ensuring the wheel of the year continued to turn. in the christian church, 25 march is the feast of the annunciation of the blessed virgin mary when gabriel told her she was with child. the energies of this festival are good for cleansing the seas and air of pollution, for new peace-making initiatives of all kinds, for beginning reforestation and regeneration projects, the reclamation of wildlife habitats and work to restore the indigenous trees and wildlife to a

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

ayer, which is communal, devotional, and noncoercive "magic" notes a famous treatise by the nineteenth-century scottish classicist james george frazer "often deals with spirits" but "it constrains or coerces instead of conciliating or propitiating them as religion would do" religion is, accordingly, a public and social activity; magic is private, manifested in solitary, focused events, and has no church or sustained collective.[3] yet if we return to nana peazant and her conjuring hand, we are confronted with a problem. should the hand and the accompanying ceremony be interpreted as "magical" or "religious" or is there an intermediate category in which to place ideas of the ways that humans have engaged a reality beyond their own, a reality delineated by the presence of divine beings, forc

estant christianity\ 4\ and the vast territory of behaviors that human beings may invest with religious meaning.[4] these behaviors, we will see, may be embedded within activities such as work, recreation, or leisure. hence the boundaries of "religion" can be difficult to locate. charles long, who has most strongly advocated an original methodological approach to black religion, asserts that "the church [is] not the only context for the meaning of religion" for black people, but that "religion c mean[s] orientation.orientation in the ultimate sense, that is, how one comes to black magic page 5 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 terms with the ultimate significance of one's place in the world" these "extrachurch orientations" long ad

rg/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 terms with the ultimate significance of one's place in the world" these "extrachurch orientations" long adds "have had great critical and creative power" often touching "deeper religious issues regarding the true situation of black communities"[5 "religion" then, not only pertains to the formal creeds, doctrines, and theologies of a church-based faith tradition but includes beliefs that are embedded in the ordinary experiences and the deeply held attitudes, values, and activities of members of a group or community. it may also include what david hall has called "lived religion" or the practice and "everyday thinking and doing of lay men and women" african american religion, according to this perspective, not only embodies ecc

med" emember the lord, in some of his ways, can be mysterious. the bible says so" spiritual powers and supernatural abilities, he argued, were available to those who were divinely gifted or specially inspired by god.[8] this book considers other cases as well, such as that of bishop charles harrison mason, the founder of what would become the largest african american pentecostal denomination, the church of god in christ. mason possessed an uncommon fascination with strangely formed natural objects.objects that were reminiscent of the "roots" or magical artifacts used by black conjurers throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. mason, however, described his roots as "wonders of god" and contemplated the miraculous as he delivered sermons to his afro-christian followers. shift

held a fascinating role in black america. a supernatural practitioner who was committed to good\ 12\ works, abraham channeled his gifts into a ministry that endured for more than thirty years. his great success demonstrates how african americans in the early twentieth century, like their nineteenth-century predecessors, embraced beliefs that extended well beyond the prescribed territories of the church and the sunday school and into their everyday lives. although it is not clear that henry abraham would have claimed the title, his career manifests strong parallels with those of other african american supernatural healers, the conjurers. conjure is a magical tradition in which spiritual power is invoked for various purposes, such as healing, protection, and self defense. the relationship b

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

ceived an annotated copy of the hermetica from a scholar from harran. 1052-1127 ibn al-sid al batalyawsi kitab al- hada'iq or "the book of imaginary circles" ladder by which the soul ascends and descends(influenced by the "epistles of the brethren of purity) popular in medieval spain and provence -translations made by kabbalists moses ibn tibbon and samuel ibn motot 1054 rome splits from orthodox church, forms catholic church 1058-1111 ghazali (persian muslim scholar and mystic) 1060 r. solomon ibn gabirol said to have created a woman 1062-1110 petrus alfonsi proof of the trinity based on the tetragrammaton. 1071-1126 guilhelm ix duca d'aquitania, vii conte di poitiers troubadour c. 1075 yehuda ha-levi born. friend of abraham ibn ezra. helped amalgamate ismailite thought and muslim mystici

5-1129 rupert of deutz. trinitarian division of history: the age of the father from the creation to the fall; of the son from the fall to the passion; and that of the holy spirit from the resurrection until the resurrection at the end of time. identified an "age of the spirit "during which the seven spiritual gifts (isa 11:2) are poured out on the faithful, each gift dominating a different age of church history" 1075-1160 abelard of bath translates euclid into latin from arabic 1076-1153 shahrastani refers to sabian "philosophers" 1080-1167 bernard sylvestris school of chartres philosopher of neo-platonic and neo-pythagoreanism tendencies probably influenced by the writings of eriugena. 1080-1154 william of conches rectification of neoplatonism and christianity- school of chartres. 1090 fr

gleurs d'arras. c.1210 azriel of gerona(student of isaac the blind) commentary on the sefer yezirah promoted neoplatonic elements in kabbalah; aquainted with the ideas of john scotus erigena and ibn gabirol. 1210-1281 guglielma, princess blazena vilemina, daughter of the king of bohemia. guglielmites believed that guglielma of milan was the incarnation of the holy spirit and wished to establish a church with a female pope and female cardinals. 1214 franciscan friar roger bacon, born in somerset 1215 b. yehuda ha-cohen ibn matqha, astrologer in the entourage of frederick ii. translated his encyclopaedia: midras ha-hokhmah( the search for knowledge, from hebrew into arabic. written 1245-1247. 1215-1235 vulgate cycle of arthurian stories compiled by cistercian clerics includes prose lancelot

of tudela sefer ha-mebaqqesh( the book of the seeker) expositions taken from the arab encyclopaedia of the brethren of purity. 1225 michael scot liber introductorius, liber particularis 1225-1295 shem tob ben yosef falaquerra. sefer ha-mebaqqesh( the book of the seeker )borrows extensively from the encyclopaedia of the brotherhood of purity. 1228 guilhem figueira troubadour's attack on the roman church in 23 stanzas "d'un sirventes far. 1229- 1241 gedei khan c.1230- 1292 guiraut riquier troubadour who survived the albigensian crusade. 1230-1284 alfonso x ruled spain, judeo-christian moslem atmosphere. kabbalah came into contact with christianity. kabbalistic, talmud texts translated into spanish. d. 1230 farid al-din al-'attar. mantiq al-tayr('the speech of the birds) 1230-1306 jacopone d

compiled by moses de leon in spain. 1277 guido bonatti: decem continens tractatus astronomiae(astrological compilation. 1279-1340 jedidah ben abraham bedersi ha penini.behinat olam. 1279-1348 abner de burgos(alfonso de valladolid) spanish christian cabalist; divine names. 1280 abulafia's preaching to christians in italy. joachimist-influenced kabbalah absorbed to some degree by beguin/franciscan church of philadelphia that holds "the keys of david: a joachimist/qblhist exegesis of scripture. 1280 ramon martin: pugio fidei discusses the tetragrammaton christologically, discusses how name science and sefirotic science support the notion of the trinity, and calls the messiah by the hebrew letter yod. uses the word cabala by name and mentions his predecessor petras alphonsi. 1280? sefer ha-zo

COMMENTARY ON THE SEAL OF THE NINE ANGLES

"identity crisis. additions or multiplications or powers of seven yield all sorts of random values and relationships. eighth angle: the temple containing the trihedral angles is a truncated pyramid: the power of the trapezoid perfectly manifest in a golden section-based threedimensional structure. thus its architects are the masters of the realm (the all-embracing term for the iv+ in the original church of satan: the sorcerers who beam from their towers the powers of darkness to rebuild the world corrupted by six and shattered by the seven, and their seal is the seal of the order of the trapezoid (seal of the priesthood of the original church of satan. ninth angle: the culmination of this dynamic process: the black flame in its perfection: the 'will to power" of nietzsche in a glory of des

COSIMANO CHARLES ELEMENTARY PSIONICS

to psychic stuff sort of by accident. i was raised by good, materialist parents who had little use for anything they could not party with. they really enjoyed life and when i was in college i would come home from a date at three in the morning and they would not get back until two hours later. and, in spite of the bible boom of the 1950's, they did not take religion very seriously. we were united church of christ, with a short interlude among the liberal methodists and when a local television station decided to run the classic flash gordon serials on sunday mornings, dad was all to happy to give up church-going so i could watch my favorite show and he could get some sleep. there were no opportunities to see angels in my house and if anyone did, there would some very serious questions about

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

el-amarna, and there he built a brotherhood temple for the esoteric initiations. when he died, his successors moved the royal court back north to thebes, but the brotherhood stayed at el-amarna and broke away from the state. through the centuries, other vehicles for communicating the knowledge emerged. some, like the cathars in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, were destroyed by the catholic church in the most horrific manner after spreading their influence over a wide area from their base in southern france. the knights of the temple (knights templar, who came to prominence about the same time as the cathars, were dealt with equally severely by papal 'justice. but the templars went underground and their influence has continued up to the present day, both in their own right, and withi

was greatly influenced by the esoteric doctrines of the templars. legends say he visited the so called 'wise men of the near east- just as colombus had done. columbus had his own brotherhood connections. his father was a member of the brotherhood branch, the order of the christ. columbus himself was involved with a group which followed the beliefs of the poet dante, who was a member of the cathar church and an initiate of the knights templar. columbus was often seen wearing the garb of what was believed to be the franciscan order. columbus's son said his father had died in such attire. the priests at the ancient egyptian brotherhood temple at el-amarna wore a similar habit, as did a brotherhood group called the fraternites at the time of columbus. these are only some of his brotherhood con

n in prague in 1586, dee describes an encounter with a "little man" whose feet "seemed not to touch the ground by a foot height, who moved in a little fiery cloud" and who went up into the sky "in a great pillar of fire. in prague, dee gave the emperor rudolph an illustrated manuscript, written in code and claimed to be the work of roger bacon, the thirteenth century franciscan monk who upset the church authorities with his views and ideas. these included prophecies about the microscope, the telescope, the car, submarine, aeroplane, and the belief that the earth was a sphere. all of these facts would have been transmitted from the fourth dimension. in 1912, this same manuscript was bought by an american book dealer called wilfrid voynich and became known as the voynich manuscript. when he

hat of south and central america once the spanish and portuguese arrived. the way the native peoples were slaughtered without mercy and their cultures destroyed without respect or compassion was one of the most appalling episodes in all of human history. thousands of settlers sailed west from europe to escape religious persecution after the brotherhood-engineered reformation divided the christian church into protestants and catholics. this created division and conflict and weakened the power of the pope. but when the persecuted peoples arrived in america, they often proceeded to persecute the native population and the immigrants of other religious beliefs in the same merciless way that they themselves had been treated. the land they occupied, now called the united states, was and is a key

e biblical israel. it has its genetic origins in the caucasus. the classic jewish face of y'shua (jesus) is a myth. he would not have looked anything like that because he was not born in lower russia. as koestler wrote "anthropology concurs with history in refuting the popular belief in a jewish race descended from the biblical tribe. the jewish-born christian bishop, hugh montefiore, said in the church times of january 24th 1992, that "anti-semitism is built on a powerful racial myth, accepted by jews and anti- semites alike. yet it is members of the genetic stream which has no connection whatsoever with palestine, who were behind the creation of israel and today's continued suppression of palestinian rights. the jewish writer alfred m. lilienthal goes further. he says there is no such th

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. it is this feeling that has brought you to me. do you know what i'm talking about? the matrix? do you want to know what it is? the matrix is everywhere. it is all around us. even now, in this very room. you can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. you can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. it is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. what truth? that you are a slave neo. like everyone else you were born into bondage. born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch- a prison for your mind. unfortunately, no one can be told what the matrix is- you have to see it for yourself. i'm trying to free your mind

ic code, which can be quickly diluted by breeding outside of their hybrid circle. in the ancient world, one of the headquarters for the secret society network or illuminati, through which these bloodlines manipulate humanity, was babylon, also in the lands of sumer. this illuminati network then moved its headquarters to rome and during that time came the roman empire and the creation of the roman church, or institutionalised christianity. the headquarters moved on into northern europe after the fall of the roman empire and for a period was based in amsterdam, the netherlands. this was when the dutch began to build their empire through the dutch east india company and they settled south africa. in 1688, one of these hybrid bloodlines, william of orange, invaded england from the netherlands

the illuminati, through their vehicles of religion and, more latterly "science, have made a prime focus the suppression of all knowledge and information that would reveal the true story of human history. once we see that, the mist begins to clear. sources for the people who have written to me asking for the meaning of "ibid" in the source lists, it means, in effect "same as above. 1 the book your church doesn't want you to read, edited by tim c. leenon (kendall/hunt publishing, iowa, usa, 1993) p 137. available from the truth seeker company, po box 2872, san diego, california 92112 2 wm r. fix, pyramid odyssey (jonathan-james books, toronto, canada, 1978) pp 12 to 13 3 alan f. alford, gods of the new millennium, scientific proof of flesh and blood gods (hodder and stoughton, london. 1996

onnected her consciousness with other-dimensional entities and spoke their words. they knew that the sites of magnetic "faults" act as doorways to these other dimensions or densities, and allow both interdimensional communication and travel to happen more easily. satanists use these same locations around the world in their rituals designed to manifest other-dimensional demonic entities. the roman church insisted that its churches and cathedrals be built on former pagan sites because these were the interdimensional doorways, gateways, or portals. again, this is why satanists seek to use christian churches for their rituals: they want to access the energy in the vortexes on which the churches were placed. freemasonic and other secret society temples are located on these points. the ancient a

ireland. here are just some of the connections between north africa and the "emerald isle- ireland. the distinctive round towers in ireland are of phoenician origin and the irish harp (and scottish bagpipes) came from north africa, as did the name of the classic irish symbol, the shamrock. any three-leaf plant in egypt is known as a shamrukh. the rosary beads, such a symbol of the roman catholic church (created by the sumerian-inspired romans and based on sun worship, are from the middle east and still used by the egyptians. the word "nun" is egyptian and their garb is middle eastern. the old irish sailing craft called a pucan was designed in north africa where it was used on the river nile. old irish books employ the same styles as those found in egypt and even the colours used in the ir

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ancestral motherof the nefilim and associated with the hebrew words meaning life and snake. eve was,of course, tempted by the serpent according to old testament myth and other sources. inchapter 69 of the book of enoch we find that among the watchers who revealed thesecrets to humans was gadreel, the fallen angel who has been identified with temptingeve. the book of enoch was banned by the roman church which sought to deny theearlier christian belief in the existence of flesh and blood angels and fallen angelsoccupying physical bodies and interbreeding with humans. this was to stop the massesunderstanding the true situation. but the freemasons, who control the roman catholicchurch today along with other brotherhood offshoots, have always looked upon enochas one of their legendary founders

gn of pope john paul ii, he was given a guided tour of theplace which blew his mind. he was shown the popes solid gold bath which is decoratedwith all the astrological symbols and he saw inside the vacuum-sealed vaults whichcontain thousands of ancient esoteric books which have been stolen and hoarded overhundreds of years of religious dictatorship and so taken out of public circulation. theroman church and the babylonian brotherhood are one and the same.nimrod was also eannus, the god with two faces, who was later known to theromans as janus. one of the anunnaki brothers, enki the serpent god, was alsofigure 6: the fleur-de-lis, symbolof the babylonian trinity of nimrod,queen semiramis and tammuz,among other things. 53known as ea. the freemasonic eagle with two heads looking left and righ

m has been played by their successors, the christian priests, the rabbis and thepriesthoods of islam, hinduism and all the rest. the roman catholic title of cardinalcomes from the word cardo meaning hinge and relates to nimrods role as guardian ofthe door to heaven.10 the babylonian priests even established a governing body theycalled the grand council of pontiffs, a name later transferred to the church of rome.11the babylonian high priest, who instructed the inner circle initiates, was known as..peter, meaning the great interpreter. the feast day of the christian st peter wastraditionally celebrated on the day the sun entered the astrological house of aquarius,the very day that eannus and janus were honoured!12 the babylonian religion, like allthe look-alikes that were to follow, consiste

ave been visited by wise menat his birth who brought him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. the same was saidby plato of his teacher, socrates, in ancient greece. christianity is a pagan sun religion,the worship of which is condemned by christianity! it is also an astrology religion, theevil of which is condemned by christianity, not least by the pope! beam me up scotty,its mad down here. the church hierarchy, of course, know all this. they just dont wantyou to know. the mystery cult of mithra spread from persia to the roman empire andat one point this doctrine could be found in almost every part of europe. the presentsite of the v atican in rome was a sacred place for the followers of mithra, and hisimage and symbols have been found cut into rocks and stone tablets throughout theweste

ead from persia to the roman empire andat one point this doctrine could be found in almost every part of europe. the presentsite of the v atican in rome was a sacred place for the followers of mithra, and hisimage and symbols have been found cut into rocks and stone tablets throughout thewestern provinces of the former roman domain, including germany, france andbritain. christianity and the roman church were based on the persian-roman sun godcalled mithra (nimrod, who has an earlier equivalent in india called mitra. tammuz oradonis (lord, who was revered in babylonia and syria, was said to have been born atmidnight on december 24th. these were also sons of god.horus was the the son of god in egypt. he was derived from the babyloniantammuz and, in turn, provided another blueprint for the la

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.s. presidency both past and present. people who have been born into this world do not realize that they have been taught falsehoods and deprived of certain informations which are vital to their freedom. thirty three is the highest degree obtainable within masonry. you can be a 33rd degree mason with a p.h.d. and still be lied to by your lodge. the tumbling domino effect doesn't just apply to the church, it also applies to the masonic lodge as well. it is possible for the educated such as a ph.d, doctor, lawyer, businessman, journalist, scientist, accountant or even a mason to be uneducated. as mentioned on another page, there is a difference between vocational training and true education, and it has been cleverly blurred. and the reason for this is? it is so that people can successfully p

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

the first major obelisk was constructed in st. peter's square in rome, and is so placed that every pope who addresses any crowd in the square, must face the obelisk. a new age author, peter tomkins, reports the same facts in his book "the magic of obelisks, harper and row, new york, 1982, isbn 0-06-014899-3. there is an obelisk in st. peter's bascilica as well. you'll be shocked to know that the church of god promotes celibacy while displaying a sex act right outside of st peter's bascilica. the second obelisk was brought to america in 1881 from alexandria, egypt, and was placed in central park in new york city. the third obelisk is the washington monument, built to commemorate our first president, george washington (who was a freemason. in light of the symbols which we have just studied

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on of lucifer. this thesis may, therefore, serve as a commentary on the demonic bible as well as an exposition on deitic philosophy and magic. as stated in the preface to the 2nd edition, the demonic bible is not a work of fiction but is rather the foundation of what is now known as deitic magic. the roots of deitic magic lie in thelemic (as practiced by the o.t.o./a.a) and setian magic (from the church of satan/temple of set tradition, but is also heavily influenced by the septenary system of the o.n.a. it is only by thelema and xeper that one can attain deitus. an understanding of thelemic and setian philosophy is therefore necessary for an understanding of many of the concepts presented in the demonic bible. this thesis will address thelemic and setian philosophy as it relates to an und

life beyond death. there is only the flesh. satanists, therefore, delight in the pleasures of the flesh and in the joys that this world has to offer, and scoff at those who reject what they have been given for the hope for some illusory reward beyond death. satanically speaking, churches are businesses which offer their followers the promise of salvation. in order for this con-game to succeed, a church must convince its followers that a) it is the only viable path to salvation, and b) without its service, they are going straight to hell. churches have, therefore, attempted to suppress the human ego by making their followers feel guilt and shame for every natural inclination and suppress the human intellect by demanding blind faith and obedience. by suppressing the human ego, a church make

e, they are going straight to hell. churches have, therefore, attempted to suppress the human ego by making their followers feel guilt and shame for every natural inclination and suppress the human intellect by demanding blind faith and obedience. by suppressing the human ego, a church makes its followers feel inferior and remain in thrall to the institution. by suppressing the human intellect, a church keeps its followers from questioning the logic of its dictates. the satanist asks, why should i feel guilty for that which is natural and healthy? why should i not feel pride in that which i have accomplished? why should i not question the logic of what i have been told? satanism encourages the development of a healthy ego. only when a person has a healthy ego, can he truly afford to treat

king, gambling, and engaging in other sinful pleasures. the satanist does not even think badly of the christian for doing such things. but the satanist can only feel contempt for someone who preaches against the pleasures of the flesh and condemns others to eternal damnation while continuing to do these things himself. these men are out drinking and lusting after women on friday night and then in church sunday morning asking god to forgive them for their sins when they know they will be back out the following weekend doing what they have always done. the satanist rejects them because they are hypocrites, and judges them by the standards they have set. why, you may ask, does the satanist call himself a satanist if he does not believe in the literal existence of the devil? the satanist, of c

is fundamentally archetypal in nature, but through the magician s subconscious mind the spirit may assume an identity separate from the magician who summons him and act independent of the magician s will. it is for this reason that certain repressed individuals who have experimented casually with the occult have had horrific experiences and, abandoning further experimentation, fled to the nearest church to seek forgiveness for their sins. the demons they encountered were the product of their own repressed emotions and fears of the unknown. if faced, with courage and fortitude, the demons would have vanished and become once again shadows. the satanist has no need for ouija boards or spirit cards since he has exercised the shells embedded in man s subconscious. neither does the satanist requ

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n has a profound psychological impact upon the practitioner. the reader ignores at his own peril the author s warnings that improper use of the rituals can lead to a psychological breakdown with reality. this is not a work of fiction but rather the foundation of what is now known as deitic magic. the roots of deitic magic lie in thelemic (as practiced by the o.t.o./a.a) and setian magic (from the church of satan/temple of set tradition, but it is also heavily influenced by the septenary system of the o.n.a. magus tsirk susej says plainly that it is only by thelema and xeper that one can attain deitus. an understanding of thelemic and setian philosophy will certainly aid in understanding some of the concepts presented in this book. since the system of magic presented in the demonic bible is

demonic bible. preface to the first edition if power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, then the omnipotent creator of heaven and earth must be the most evil son-of-a-bitch who ever lived. non-christians, we are told, are damned to hell because they have not accepted christ as their personal savior. non-catholics, we are told, are damned to hell because they have rejected god's holy church. and catholics, we are told, are damned to hell for bowing down to and worshipping graven images. the irony of organized religious thought is the damnation of all, regardless of belief or quality of life. it has often been said by scholars that devils are "fallen" gods, or deities men no longer worship. but then, are not gods simply devils men choose to worship? could it be that yahweh and

hristian churches. the less demonic looking gods were converted into angels in god s armies as pagans were converted en masse to the new religion. the mass conversion of pagans to christianity was not entirely successful, however. in many countries, the people worshipped christ alongside the old gods. by the twelfth century there were a number of gnostic heresies which threatened the power of the church in rome. one gnostic sect was known as the luciferans. the luciferans believed that lucifer was the true god and yahweh was the devil. another gnostic sect, better known, was the knights templar. the knights templar fought in the crusades against the muslims but upon seeing how much more advanced the muslims were to themselves, converted to the religion of those they had fought. during the

ims were to themselves, converted to the religion of those they had fought. during the 12th and 13th centuries, the various gnostic heresies were suppressed and many of their followers executed. the trial of the knights templar and the suppression of the various gnostic heresies were only a foreshadowing, however, of the witch-hunts and inquisitions which spanned the 14th to 17th centuries as the church condemned anyone suspected of paganism or witchcraft to death by burning. as the people labored under the oppression of the church, some began to see satan as a preferable master to jesus of nazareth. the church condemned every natural inclination as sinful and wicked. the only way to salvation, the people were told, was denial of the flesh and obedience to the church and state. it is quest

er of the lodge is in contact with master beings who live in the himalayas the illuminati. the early lodges had no connection to each other but made similar claims of possessing hidden knowledge passed down from ancient times or from a race of secret masters in the east. in reality, these lodges had very few secrets to reveal other than hand-shakes and grade signs but masonry was condemned by the church as a form of devil-worship which only added to its popularity. freemasons may have had few hidden secrets, but the myth of masonic secrecy led to more myserious (and occasionally more sinister) occult lodges being established. one such group was the rosicrucians, the brethren of the rosy cross. among them was the magician francis barrett, author of the magus, a classic on the subject of cer

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ession was art in which he painted mostly egyptian styled images, as can been seen in the rare manuscript the book of tahuti 4, in which pace presents a powerful alternate study and design of the tarot. charles pace painted murals in boleskine house, crowley s former residence where the abramelin workings were conducted and the goetia was edited. in the late 60- s. anton lavey, the founder of the church of satan was a long correspondent with pace, who both shared similar ideas in certain areas. it is suggested by charles pace in the book of tahuti 5 that anubis was the bastard son of sethan and aset (isis. it is obvious that pace considered himself a messanger rather than an author of any system. this is noted by his attribution of hamar at (magical name) as associated with the page card i

esented as often female and male, and behemoth being a male, to respectively, the abyss of oceans and the earth. in this lore, lucifer fell yet retained something of his former self a role which each angel played differently depending on their individual personality and nature. eliphas levi is created with the creation of the sigil which was first indoctrinated by anton lavey in the 1960 s as the church of satan. this image appeared in 1961 in a french book entitled "histoire en 1000 images de la magie. this sigil, which is composed of the goat head within an inverse pentagram, spells samael and lilith in the circle, representing the two daemonic forces which are antinomian in nature. what encircles and surrounds the three (samael, lilith and the goat head, or what rabbis could call cain)

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ousness) in conformity with will, using means not currently understood by traditional western science, for the purpose of causing either physical or non-physical harm to yourself or others, and is done either consciously or unconsciously. 2) magick (q.v) that is worked for evil purposes or that involves malign actions, agents, or entities. black mass: a satanic parody of the mass of the christian church, specifically the catholic church, in which allegedly the body of naked woman serves as the altar, and other noxious substances is used including excrement, urine, and blood. black magick (q.v) is said to be practiced at these services. it had it's origins in decadent france but was so rare as to be virtually mythical. blavatsky, helena petrovna: a ukrainian woman who was the principle foun

ualities of cardinal (q.v) and earth (q.v) and is ruled by the planet saturn (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color violet. keywords include: ambitiously, coolly, rigidly, prudently, cautiously, fearfully, responsibly. cardinal: from the old french from the latin "cardinalis" meaning "a hinge; that on which something turns" 1) in the roman catholic church, any of the officials appointed by the pope; 2) in the astral star, any of the members elected to the national board of directors- whether the term is temporary or is for life; 3) in astrology, a term used to identify one of the three qualities (also referred to as a triplicity) indicating that a sign of the zodiac (q.v) has the trait of making all planets within it as having a more dominan

ior officer of a stellar temple [s.t. a member of clergy (deacon/ deaconess (q.v) of a working lodge of the order who serves as the warden of the south. dagger: a cross hilted, double edged, short blade used as the magickal tool and weapon of elemental air. attributed to the direction of the east. deacon/ deaconess: from the late latin, from the greek "diakonos" meaning "servant. in the christian church, a lesser member of the clergy. one who ranks just below a priest/ priestess and is assigned the responsibility of assisting the priest/ priestess in religious services and in administrative matters. dee, dr. john: a mathematician, astronomer, scientist, and ceremonial magician who lived in the reigns of queen elizabeth i and king james i of england, from 1527-1608. john dee was a devout ch

r as being related to the element of water (q.v) in their initiatory pattern. prana: pronounced "prahn-yah" it is a sanskrit word referring to psychic energy that is in the air we breathe. priest/ priestess: from the anglo saxon "preost" from the late latin "presbyter" meaning "an elder. in the christian faith, a member of the clergy who is ordained to perform and administer the sacraments of the church for a congregation of believers. in the order of the astral star, an adept who has been so ordained. this class makes up the backbone of the clergy. projection: projection, astral: the practice of and ability to separate your astral body and consciousness from your physical body. projection, mental: the practice of and ability to send your mind or mental awareness and consciousness to a loc

s, consisting of the will, memory, imagination, reason, and desire. the ruach corresponds with the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth sephiroth (q.v) on the tree of life (q.v. also corresponds to the psychic center at the solar plexus. ruach, eloheem: the spirit of divinity. similar to ruach (q.v, but on a cosmic scale. became the christian notion of the holy ghost, or holy spirit by early church fathers. runes: angular glyphs used both as magickal symbols and as letters of writing by ancient peoples of northern europe. a method of divination (q.v- s- sagatarius "the archer" in astrology (q.v, the ninth sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of mutable (q.v) and fire (q.v) and is ruled by the planet jupiter (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is repres

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e of life, with yesod, the foundation, or receptacle of influences, as the central point. whoever formulated that prayer knew his qabalah. 13. christianity had its esotericism in the gnosis, which owed much to both greek and egyptian thought. in the system of pythagoras we see an adaptation of the qabalistic principles to greek mysticism. 14. the exoteric, state-organised section of the christian church persecuted and stamped out the esoteric section, destroying every trace of its literature upon which it could lay hands in striving to eradicate the very memory of a gnosis from human history. it is recorded that the baths and bakehouses of alexandria were fired for six months with the manuscripts from the great library. very little remains to us of our spiritual heritage in the ancient wis

andria were fired for six months with the manuscripts from the great library. very little remains to us of our spiritual heritage in the ancient wisdom. everything that was above ground was swept away, and it is uniy with the excavation of ancient monuments the sands have swallowed that we are beginning to rediscover its fragments. 15. it was not until the fifteenth century, when the power of the church was beginning to show signs of weakening, that men dared to commit to paper the traditional wisdom of israel. scholars declare that the qabalah is a medieval forgery because they cannot trace mystical qabala page 7 a succession of early manuscripts, but those who know the manner of working of esoteric fraternities know that a whole cosmogony and psychology can be conveyed in a glyph which m

hereon would unfold what generations of meditation had ensouled therein. it is well known to mystics that if a man meditates upon a symbol around which certain ideas have been associated by past meditation, he will obtain access to those ideas, even if the glyph has never been elucidated to him by those who have received the oral tradition "by mouth to ear" 16. the organised temporal force of the church availed to drive all rivals from the field and destroy their traces. we little know what seeds of mystical tradition sprang up only to be cut down during the dark ages; but mysticism is inherent in the human race, and although the church had destroyed all roots of tradition in her group-soul, nevertheless devout spirits within her fold rediscovered the technique of the soul's approach to go

heir own, closely akin to the bhakti yoga of the east. the literature of catholicism is rich in treatises on mystical theology which reveal practical acquaintance with the higher states of consciousness though a somewhat naive conception of the psychology thereof, thus revealing the poverty of a system which does not avail itself of the experience of tradition. 17. the bhakti yoga of the catholic church is only suitable for those whose temperament is naturally devotional [page 6] and who find their readiest expression in loving self-sacrifice. but it is not everybody who is of this type, and christianity is unfortunate in not having any choice of systems to offer its aspirants. the east, being tolerant, is wise, and has developed various yoga methods, each of which is pursued by its adhere

e with ceremonial is working at a great disadvantage. development by meditation alone is a slow process in the west, because the mind-stuff upon which it has to work, and the mental atmosphere in which the work has to be done, are very resistant. the only purely meditative school of western yoga is that of the quakers, and i think that they would agree that their path is for the few; the catholic church combines mantra yoga with its bhakti yoga. 10. it is by means of formula that the occultist selects and concentrates the forces he wishes to work with. these formule are based upon the qabalistic tree of life, and whatever system he may be working, whether he be assuming the god-forms of egypt or evoking the inspiration of iacchus with chant and dance, he has the diagram of the tree at the

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difference between sticking pins into a 7 of 103 wax image of an enemy and burning candles in front of a wax image of the virgin. you may think that both these practices are gross superstition, but you can hardly think that one is real and potent and deny reality and potency to the other "the weapons of our warfare are not carnal may as truly be said of the practitioners of black magic as of the church. my own case belongs more to the realm of psychology than to occultism, the method employed being an application of hypnotic power to improper ends; i have given it, however, because i am convinced that hypnotic methods are very largely used in black magic, and that telepathic suggestion is the key to a large proportion of its phenomena. i cite my own case, painful as it is to me to do so

gnosed by one or two members of the community, but wise handling revealed otherwise. this case reveals another interesting point in that, true to the witch-tradition, she had a horror of sacred symbols. she would not occupy a room where there was a picture of a religious subject. nothing would induce her to wear any piece of jewelry in the form of a cross, and it was impossible for her to enter a church. this case has many points of interest, especially in the fact that what was apparently a case of well-marked insanity was cleared up by occult methods. chapter iv projection of the etheric body before we can leave the subject of attack by incarnate human beings, we must consider the subject of etheric projection. in this case not only is the mind at work, but also something which is pretty

ommunity is a very potent thing, and when it is disturbed by the corporate emotion of its members, the forces thus let loose are not readily dispersed. moreover, the monks, initiates of the mysteries of jesus, would not be likely to hand over their sacred places to the despoilers with any good will. it has been reported again and again that a curse rests on those who profited by the spoliation of church lands. this is too well known to require discussion in these pages. there is another fact in connection with church property, however, which may not be so well known, and that is the frequency with which psychic happenings are reported in connection with vicarages. in enquiring among friends and fellow-workers for data in connection with the research that has gone to the making of this book

ay not be so well known, and that is the frequency with which psychic happenings are reported in connection with vicarages. in enquiring among friends and fellow-workers for data in connection with the research that has gone to the making of this book, i have been astonished how frequently a vicarage has been mentioned in connection with the phenomena of which i have been told. the rituals of the church are, of course, ceremonial magic, as is admitted by even such an orthodox authority as evelyn underhill. the average clergyman is not conversant with the technique of occultism, and has therefore little or no understanding of what he is doing. what influences he brings to the altar, and what forces he takes away therefrom, must therefore be an open question in each individual case. a man wh

omb save that one lot work by day and the other by night? in the view of the people who made the tomb, and spared nothing to render it inviolate and preserve the peace of their dead, the workers by night would probably be preferred, for they merely robbed, and did not strip and expose the nude bodies to the public gaze. there was a terrible outcry recently when some bodies were moved in a village church yard to make room for the monument chosen to decorate the grave of a famous public man. even the people whose religious feelings were not outraged by this act of sacrilege regarded it as in shocking bad taste. yet nobody proposed to strip the graveclothes from the body of someone's wife or mother and photograph it stark naked. when it comes to the question of a mummy's curse, i am afraid th

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serious use among kabbalists and magicians. return to magic alphabets return homhome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about the black mass (black mass as celebrated in the french court of louis xiv) the notorious black mass was supposedly a blasphemous parody of the catholic mass celebrated by witches or sorcerers for the purpose of defiling the most holy beliefs and practices of the church, and thereby pleasing the devil, who would as a reward grant to them the power to do evil. some of its infamous features include a defrocked priest who celebrated the mass on the belly of a naked woman, and the substitution of semen for the holy chrism oil, urine for the wine, and blackened turnip or excrement for the host. during the course of the mass, the defrocked priest was said to cop

na of the woman before copulation. sometimes the copulation was anal. the words of the ritual were read backwards or distorted by replacing "god" with "devil" or "satan" the sign of the cross was made backwards. one entertaining account claims that the mass was celebrated by a talking goat who read from a missal bound in wolf's skin. the general principle of the black mass is that the mass of the church should be inverted. whereas the regular mass is intended to do good, the black mass was celebrated to do evil. for example, in the court of the french king louis xiv, black mortuary masses were performed by selected priests for the purpose of causing the deaths of specific individuals. occasionally amatory masses were performed by priests to enable them to magically overcome the modesty of

and in the nineteenth century french writer joris-karl huysmans' novel la bas. there is a general consensus among those who have researched the subject that the black mass is largely a literary fiction, and was never practiced by groups of witches (if groups of witches ever even existed. witches were accused during the witch trials by the inquisition of defiling the instruments and rituals of the church, but these accusations have very little merit. they appear to have been largely the perverted fantasies of the monks and priests who supervised the interrogations. tortured beyond endurance, it is no wonder that the accused women often admitted to these charges merely to bring about a temporary halt to their agony. the term "black mass" was first used in english in 1896. there is little evi

rrogations. tortured beyond endurance, it is no wonder that the accused women often admitted to these charges merely to bring about a temporary halt to their agony. the term "black mass" was first used in english in 1896. there is little evidence that a true black mass was ever celebrated earlier than the late 17th century. prior to this period, sorcerers occasionally used the ritual forms of the church for their own purposes, to accomplish desired goals by their magic. when the purposes were evil, the ritual practices sometimes involved the perversion and defilement of catholic religious practices. however, the black mass as a celebration or homage to satan or the antichrist is a relatively modern activity. it was performed in the french royal court, and probably in england by members of

oyal court, and probably in england by members of the hell-fire club. possibly it was also done in the russian royal court. it is unlikely that black masses were ever used in the rituals of the knights templar, even though the knights were accused of trampling and spitting on the cross. black masses formed a part of the religious practices of the late anton szandor lavey and his los angeles based church of satan, founded in the 1960s, in the sense that these rituals were performed in honor of the devil and involved a parody of the church mass. however, lavey always asserted that his black mass was not intended to defile the christian god, because he denied the existence of such a god. since the deliberate degradation and defilement of christianity is one of the key features of the true bla

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sm, the witch's familiar had its origin in shamanism. every shaman has his own totemic beast, with whom he believed himself to be related by blood. the great spirit of that animal's species, a larger all-white beast that possessed the power of speech, watched over the shaman and protected him from harm, and also taught the shaman occult secrets. in the middle ages, the inquisitors of the catholic church believed the pets of accused witches to be possessed by demons. a witch was supposed to feed her familiar spirit with her own blood, which the animal sucked from her body at a special nipple that became known as a witch's mark. this nipple might be anywhere on the body. it was identifiable to the witch-finders of the inquisition because it was completely insensitive to pain. a long needle m

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ment is completely and literally accurate. there is nothing intangible, ghostly, vague, uncertain, or equivocal about a familiar spirit. they are as real as the shoes on your feet or the hair on your head (which will probably stand on end, the first time you feel a familiar touch you. return hrnhome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about ghosts (famous ghost photograph taken in newby church, yorkshire) do ghosts exist? of course they do. why else would tens of thousands of people from all nations around the world and all periods in human history report seeing them under more or less similar circumstances? the question you should be asking yourself is, granted that ghosts exist- what are they? the most important thing to know about ghosts is that they are not the souls of dead

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tian religion, all religions have their history of miracles. religious miracles may be divided into two types, spontaneous or induced. in the first case, a wondrous event occurs without warning or petition, to the complete surprise of those who witness it. the second case involves divine intervention deliberately sought by prayers or ritual actions. an example of a spontaneous miracles would be a church statue that suddenly begins to drip with a red fluid that resembles blood. an example of an induced miracle would be the healing of the sick by the laying on of hands. holy men and women tend to be the focus for miraculous events- miracles are more often associated with saints than sinners, even when no prayer or action has been taken to induce them. indeed, holy men are to miracles what ad

pages of double-column fine print. in 1380 a merchant was transporting a small wooden statue of the virgin mary to antwerp. when he reached the town of schiedam the image made itself too heavy to be moved. all the townspeople flocked to see this marvel, and the conclusion was reached that the virgin wished to remain in schiedam. they induced the merchant to sell the statue, then set it up in the church of st. john the baptist. st. hugh, the abbot of cluny (1024-1109) met a leper on the road and went back with the man to his cottage. at one point he threw his cloak over the leper's shoulder to comfort him, whereupon the leper was immediately healed. when st. gertrude (626-59, the abbess of nivelles in belgium, was at prayer before the altar of st. sixtus, a globe of fire appeared upon her

ransformation. indeed, many alchemists, being good christians themselves, maintain that no transformation is possible without the help of god. they inflame themselves with prayer and practice austerities in pursuit of their art. yet christian theologians cannot accept alchemical change as a holy miracle since alchemy is by them classed as a form of magic, and all magic is condemned as evil by the church. they must reject the possibility of true alchemical transformation. my own view is that miracles, true miracles, do involve a transcendental spiritual power and draw upon the divine source that underlies the material universe. however, i see no reason why an alchemist or a magician may not access this power just as effectively as a devout religious worshipper. magic is not something that l

ELIPHAS LEVI THE CONJURATION OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS

hen he added "belong" and continued while carrying his hand to his breast "the kingdom; then to his left shoulder "justice" to the right shoulder "and mercy" next he joined the two hands adding "in the generating cycles" tibi sunt malchut et geburah et chesed per oeonas. 10 the sign of the cross which is absolutely and magnificently kabalistic, which the profanations of gnosticism have caused (he church militant and official to completely lose. this sign, made in this way, should precede and terminate the conjuration of the four. in order to control and subject elementary spirits we must never yield to the defects which characterize them. thus a light and capricious mind can never govern the sylphs. an effeminate, cold, and changeable nature will never control the undines. anger irritates

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iples were members of the order. free masonry, none the less, is the oldest existing organization of a charitable nature in the history of mankind. during the middle ages the mason brotherhoods were organized corporations, resembling in a general way the other guilds, with rules of their own, and recruited from a body of apprentices who had served a period of probation. the time referred to was a church-building age, and men skilled in the hewing and setting of stones were in demand and held in high esteem. when a great church or cathedral was to be built, skilful masons gathered .from distant quarters to assist those of the neighborhood in the work. a master was chosen, who superintended the whole, and every tenth man was a warden with authority over the rest. it followed, therefore, that

eep secret. the term "free" as applied to the craft, arose from the fact that its members were exempted by several papal bulls from the laws which governed ordinary laborers, as well as from the various burdens imposed upon the working classes in england and on the continent. these laws bound the free masons to certain religious duties, and it was natural that a craft whose principal business was church building should receive the special attention and care of the clergy. so marked became the influence of the free masons that the jealousy of the church was aroused long before the reformation. henry of beaufort, cardinal of winchester, instigated the passage of an act, during the minority of henry vi, which forbade the masons to hold their accustomed chapters and assemblies. but the act was

liam morgan. 196 xvii. masonic grand lodges in the united states list of illustrations "the first motion you make to do that, i'll shoot you dead" frontispiece "don't trust any of your indian scouts. 27 "it was geronimo himself" 5 1 "it was a night of tragedy" 79 "i should like to know what that means 1. 99 the president's rebuke 121 ben mcculloch, the texan ranger, and bishop janes, of the m. e. church "yank, do you see that piece of woods. in dire extremity a bad fix for president diaz "you must not try to go home to-night. the traitor. 139. 145 155 171 183 207, low twelve i jshall never forget the visitor that we had at our lodge one evening in the early winter of 1885. i should state that my name is alfred b. chichester, that at that time i was a lieutenant of cavalry, stationed in the

cuba, peru, south australia, new south `hales, victoria, and also with the masons of germany and austria. they recognize and affiliate with the masons under the jurisdiction of the supreme council of france, but are not in affiliation with the masons under the jurisdiction of the grand orient of that country. in spain, italy and other roman catholic countries, freemasonry is under the ban of the church, and the membership is meagre and scattered. inasmuch as we are dealing only with the blue lodges, an account of one will serve as an illustration of the history of all. a general similarity of the main features will be found, varied, of course, by local circumstances and surroundings. those in the north felt little or no effects of the great civil war, or, as our brethren in the south pref

them received so much as a scratch. it is within bounds to say that instances similar in spirit to that which has just been related are to be numbered by the hundred. scores who read these lines will recall them in 138 tried by fire their own experiences during the civil war. i will add only a few, most of which came under my own personal knowledge. bishop e. s. janes, of the methodist episcopal church, was presiding at a conference in texas just before the breaking out of the war. feeling ran high, and open threats were made of breaking up the body, some of whose members were from the north. the bishop, one of the gentlest and most amiable of men, quietly went on with his duties, but warnings reached him that trouble was at hand. sure enough, in the midst of one of their sessions ben mcc

EMPERORS NEW RELIGION CHURCH OF SATAN

ttributed to jabir. shortly after ruska found another version appended to the kitab sirr al-khaliqa wa san`at al-tabi`a (book of the secret of creation and the art of nature, which is also known as the kitab balaniyus al-hakim fi'l-`ilal (book of balinas the wise on the causes. it has been the emerald tablet of herme othe emperor s new religion copyright 2002 ole wolf page 1 of 30 analysis of the church of satan: the emperor s new religion by ole wolf the church of satan has caused outrage and extensive media attention since its inception as the boldest champion of satan in the occult explosion peaking in the 1960es, and for better or for worse has become synonymous with modern satanism. it asserts that satanism is a unique philosophy distinctly tailored to man s life on earth which, if fo

extensive media attention since its inception as the boldest champion of satan in the occult explosion peaking in the 1960es, and for better or for worse has become synonymous with modern satanism. it asserts that satanism is a unique philosophy distinctly tailored to man s life on earth which, if followed, has the potential to increase the follower s earthly success. this paper investigates the church of satan, its ideology, and its practices, and observes that the church of satan includes the same dynamics as can be observed in many other religions. in addition, the church of satan appears to deliberately mislead its members via conflicting policy statements and communication. the paper concludes that the church of satan is a personality cult that seems to have less interest in maintain

observes that the church of satan includes the same dynamics as can be observed in many other religions. in addition, the church of satan appears to deliberately mislead its members via conflicting policy statements and communication. the paper concludes that the church of satan is a personality cult that seems to have less interest in maintaining an ideology than in gaining members, and that the church of satan may be no more than the invention of a skilled con artist who saw an unused opportunity. 1. the church of satan and its ideology when anton lavey (1930- 1997, born howard stanton levey) founded the church of satan reporting walpurgisnacht (april 31) in 1966 as its birthday, the organization described the event as the opening the floodgates to a revolution and proclaimed the event a

h of satan reporting walpurgisnacht (april 31) in 1966 as its birthday, the organization described the event as the opening the floodgates to a revolution and proclaimed the event as year one, announcing a new era in history [1. anton lavey had regularly studied occultism at home together with his so-called magic circle of devotees a few years earlier, and it was this group that was to become the church of satan [2, p. 29. membership figures are kept secret by the church of satan, leaving friends and foes guessing at membership figures differing by several orders of magnitude. the membership card provides no indication of the size of the organization, as all membership cards issued today display the number 100261 (see figure 1. while the actual membership number probably lies between the g

an, leaving friends and foes guessing at membership figures differing by several orders of magnitude. the membership card provides no indication of the size of the organization, as all membership cards issued today display the number 100261 (see figure 1. while the actual membership number probably lies between the guesses of just a few hundred and several millions, and while the influence of the church of satan is probably less than hinted by the organization itself and more than reported by its enemies (anti-cult fanatics excluded, the church of satan has established itself as the organization that is usually mentioned in books describing satanism regardless of opinion. anton lavey himself is usually mentioned in company with names such as eliphas l vi, abb boullard, and aleister crowley

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in his own name. the small amount of biographical information that exists tells of miraculous powers bestowed by an angel at his birth. adalbert was accused of showing to his disciples a letter that he declared was brought to him from jesus christ and delivered by st. michael. adalbert was also accused of composing a mystical prayer invoking uncanonical angels believed to be demons. in 744 c.e. a church synod denounced him. a year later, after appealing to pope zacharius, adalbert was deprived of priestly office. later he was condemned to perpetual imprisonment in the monastery of fulda. adam, book of the penitence of a manuscript in the library of the arsenal at paris that deals with kabalistic tradition. it recounts how the first two sons of adam, cain and abel, respectively typifying br

accessible to a large public and in memory of his father to whose title he succeeded, the author agreed in 1924 to a second edition by the society for psychical research, omitting the attestation of some of the prominent witnesses of the phenomena. the probable reason for the privacy of the first publication was that the earl of dunraven, being a roman catholic, wished to avoid the censure of the church. the friendship of lord adare and daniel douglas home dated from 1867. it began at malvern in dr. gully s hydropathic establishment, where home was a guest and lord adare a patient. for the next two years he spent a great deal of time in home s company. his friendship for home (as stated in his preface to the 1924 publication) never diminished or changed thereafter. the phenomena recorded i

e burned on his altar. rabbis of the period said that he showed himself in the form of a mule or sometimes of a peacock. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. adramelech 11 sources: weyer, johannes. witches, devils, and doctors in the renaissance: johann weyer, de praestigiis. edited by george mora. binghamton, n.y: medieval and renaissance texts and studies, 1991. advanced spiritual church healing center center founded by british-born psychic douglas johnson. holds public meetings and is concerned with psychic and spiritual development. last known address: 10945 camarillo st, north hollywood, ca 91602. ae pen name of george w. russell (1867.1935, irish poet, painter, mystic, and journalist. aerial phenomena research organization (apro) founded in january 1952 in sturgeon bay

cration on july 23, 1958, from the master jesus for his mission; the lord buddha added his consecration on december 5, 1978. the society continues and has headquarters in both london and california, where it owns a complex of buildings. it may be contacted at 757 fulham road, london, sw6 5uu, england and 6202 afton place, los angeles, ca 90028. website: http/ www.aetherius.org. advanced spiritual church healing center encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 12 sources: king, george. the nine freedoms. los angeles: aetherius society, 1963. the practices of aetherius. hollywood, calif: aetherius society, 1964. the twelve blessings. london: aetherius press, 1958. you are responsible. london: aetherius press, 1961. the story of aetherius society. hollywood, calif: aetherius society

ve fellowship of independent new thought centers, many with a previous association with religious science and the teachings of ernest holmes, that originated in the mid-1990s in california. new thought is that spiritual metaphysical perspective that originated in the late nineteenth century as a religious expression of the emersonian tradition. many of its early proponents had been members of the church of christ, scientist. it has been characterized as a very loosely organized movement in contrast to the tight organization of christian science. ernest holmes was the last student of emma curtis hopkins, generally regarded as the founder of new thought. prominent in the formation of the network was harry morgan moses of the new thought center of san diego. the network s goal is the promotio

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south carolina, on march 12, 1807. he was a disciple of the great nineteenthcentury masonic leader albert pike (1809.1891, one of those falsely charged by fictitious satanic priestess diana vaughan and others with the practice of devil worship and sorcery. the whole campaign proved to be a conspiracy on the part of journalist gabriel jogand-pages to discredit and embarrass both the roman catholic church and freemasonry. one of the earliest writers to throw doubt on the revelations of jogand-pages was british occultist and mystic arthur e. waite in his book devil-worship in france (1896. he died on june 20, 1881, in virginia. sources: mackey, albert gallatin. encyclopedia of freemasonry. 1874. reprint, chicago: masonic history, 1927. stein, gordon. encyclopedia of hoaxes. detroit: gale rese

elements in the kabala and probably representing one of the four simple elements. air, water, earth, or fire. macroprosopus means creator of the great world. macumba african-derived brazilian religions that have spirit possession as a central feature. madonna ministry the madonna ministry is a new thought metaphysical ministry founded by bishop arnold michael, formerly a minister with the united church of religious science. as a young man, in 1947 he had written a book, blessed among women, on the life of the virgin mary published in 1948. the writing of the book became a life-altering event and michael left his job managing a restaurant and studied for the religious science ministry. he served religious science churches for the next 35 years. in 1980, he returned to his consideration of

0, he returned to his consideration of the virgin mary and began writing a series of newsletters under the title madonna ministry that explored mary s role as a consciousness of unconditioned love who represents the feminine-mothering aspect of god. in the mid-1980s he retired from the religious science ministry and accepted consecration as a bishop by archbishop warren watters of the independent church of antioch, a church that combines a gnostic theosophical approach to christianity with an apostolic lineage through the non- chalcedonian churches in the middle east. michael founded the church of the talking pines before he died in 1987. two years later he was succeeded by bishop charles sommers, who had also been consecrated by archbishop watters. in 1990, the church of the talking pines

gnostic theosophical approach to christianity with an apostolic lineage through the non- chalcedonian churches in the middle east. michael founded the church of the talking pines before he died in 1987. two years later he was succeeded by bishop charles sommers, who had also been consecrated by archbishop watters. in 1990, the church of the talking pines changed its name to madonna ministry. the church continues a major focus on spiritual healing, as does religious science, but includes a wide diversity of healers who represent the broad spectrum of holistic health practices. the healing emphasis led it into a relationship with the world federation of healing and the creative health network as cosponsors of the annual international healing summit. the first summit was held in 1997 in mont

ages as witchcraft. christians regarded the practice of magic, at least the popular forms practiced in the pagan culture competing with their religion, as foreign to the spirit of their faith. thus the thirty-sixth canon of the ecumenical council held at laodicea in 364 c.e. forbade clerks and priests to become magicians, enchanters, mathematicians, or astrologers. it ordered, moreover, that the church should expel those who employed ligatures or phylacteries, because, it said, phylacteries were the prisons of the soul. the fourth canon of the council of oxia in 525 c.e. prohibited the consultation of sorcerers, augurs, and diviners, and condemned divinations made with wood or bread, while the sixteenth canon of the council of constantinople in 692 c.e. excommunicated for a period of six

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

heaven is a long way from here, he was told (dean, 1964. while there, he ate well, mostly fish as well as fresh fruit from giant plants. several years later on december 22, 1962, standing horse entered a spacecraft near bakersfield, california, and was taken to jupiter where he saw a magnificent building made of marble. he witnessed the dancing of five tribes of indians. in a jupiter city, at the church of the open door, he heard a concert in which handel s the messiah was sung. at one point he saw a screen that recorded scenes from earth. according to standing horse, the people of jupiter are better-looking versions of earthlings, with the races living together in harmony. the chief was returned to earth three days later, on the evening of christmas day. his hosts drove him back to a holl

an escape by van. cyclopean beings can be classified into two subtypes, picasso writes. t h e re are short cyc l o p e a n s. and tall ones. the latter beings often behave aggre s s i ve l y (picasso, 1992. further reading picasso, fabio, 1992. infrequent types of south american humanoids. strange magazine 9 (spring/summer: 34 35, 55. cymatrili enid brady was a spiritualist medium who led a small church in holly hill, florida. in the early 1950s, she began to experience telepathic communications from the master teachers of venus. one of them was cymatrili. he and his companions were based in a giant ship in orbit above the southeastern united states. venusians look much like humans but are finer featured. their civilization is advanced, peaceful, and free of disease, poverty, and conflict

. the master explained that earthlings cannot now tell the difference between good and evil because the scrolls suppressed ancient religious documents have not been available to them. the scrolls contain the hidden history of humanity, revealing all the truths that god, jesus, and mary wanted humans to know but were concealed because they did not suit the purposes of earthly political leaders and church authorities. keith himself, the master asserted, had this knowledge within himself, though it had not yet been released into his conscious mind. at the time of the lifting which is what the landanians called the occasion that macdonald would be taken aboard a spacecraft (one of three that would appear in the same empty field where evil aliens had kidnapped him in 1974) and flown home to lan

hunt, 1959. road in the sky. london: neville spearman. elvis as jesus in a book published in 2000, cinda godfrey concludes that elvis presley was the messiah the returned jesus christ. she writes that she began her research in 1992, determined to disprove any connection between the two, only to find mind-boggling evidence 92 elder race stephanie g. pierce, celebrity spokesminister for the 24 hour church of elvis, stands inside the church s inner sanctum (macduff everton/corbis) that the prophecies throughout the [bible] fit both elvis and jesus like a glove. among the similarities: both jesus and elvis are called the king. jesus was the rock; elvis (at least according to go d f re y) i n vented rock. jesus was the son, and el v i s began his re c o rding career on the sun label. the name n

y, 1959. saucers from earth! a challenge to secrecy! flying saucers (december: 8 21, 1960. editorial. flying saucers (february: 4, 29 34, 1961. byrd did make north pole flight in feb, 1947! giannini. flying saucers (february: 4 11. lanello in his most recent incarnation on eart h, lanello, an ascended ma s t e r, was ma rk l. prophet (1918 1973, married to el i z a b e t h c l a re prophet of the church un i versal and triumphant. since then, as lanello, he has lanello 153 channeled through prophet and caro l y n sh e a re r. lanello first came to earth thousands of years ago from his native venus after sanat kumara the brother of sananda (jesus) and sometimes called earth s planetary spirit determined to save the human race from destroying itself. over the centuries lanello went through m

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it to the mother of our lord, with heavenly manna she ll reward" then gretchen drew her mouth askew; she thought: it is a gift-horse, it is true, and surely godless is not he who brought it here so handsomely" the mother summoned in a priest who came and when he d scarce perceived the game, got much contentment from the sight. he said: so one is minded right! who overcometh, winneth a crown. the church hath a good stomach ever, whole countries hath she gobbled down, and yet hath over-eaten never; the church alone, dear ladies, best can all unrighteous goods digest" faust that is a custom that men oft pursue; a jew and king can do it too. mephistopheles with that he bagged brooch, chain, and rings, as if mere toadstools were the things, and thanked them neither less nor more than were it a

my knees almost sink under me! there in my press i ve found again just such a casket- and of ebony, and things! magnificent they are, much richer than the first, by far! martha you must not tell that to your mother; she would confess it like the other. margaret ah, only look! ah, see now, do! martha [decking her out. you lucky, lucky creature, you! margaret alas, these jewels i can never wear at church or on the street, i d never dare! martha come often over here to me and here put on the jewels secretly. stroll up and down before the mirror for a season; we ll have our own sweet joy of it. and then there ll be a feast-day or some other reason when one lets people see them, bit by bit. a chain at first, a pearl then in your ear; your mother scarce will see it, we ll coin some fib or other

ladies one should never dare to jest. martha ah, you don t understand me! mephistopheles that distresses me! and yet i understand- most kindly would you be. they pass on. faust did you, o little angel, straightway recognize me when i came into the garden? margaret did you not see that i cast down my eyes? faust that liberty i took, you ll pardon? the daring impudence that day when coming from the church you went your way? margaret i was confused; to me it never had occurred; no one could say of me what s bad. ah, thought i, in your manner, then, has he seen something bold, unmaidenly? it seemed to strike him right away to have some dealings with this girl without delay. yet i confess i know not why my heart began at once to stir to take your part. but with myself i was right vexed, it s tr

n would i, upon his kisses to swoon and die! martha s garden margaret. faust. margaret promise me, henry! faust what i can! margaret how do you feel about religion? tell me, pray. you are a dear, good-hearted man, but i believe you ve little good of it to say. faust hush, hush, my child! you feel my love for you. for those i love, i d give my blood and body too, would no one of his feelings or of church bereave. margaret that s not enough. we must believe! faust must we? margaret ah, could i but impress you, henry dear! the holy sacraments you also don t revere. faust i do revere them. margaret but without desire, alas! it s long since you confessed or went to mass. do you believe in god? faust my darling, who dare say: i believe in god? you may ask priest or sage, and you ll receive what

o christians thus! men burn up atheists, fittingly, because such speeches are most dangerous. nature is sin, and mind is devil, they nurture doubt, in doubt they revel, their hybrid, monstrous progeny. that s not for us- our emperor s ancient land has seen arise two castes alone who worthily uphold his throne: the saints and knights. firm do they stand, defying every tempest day by day and taking church and state in pay. in rabble minds that breed confusion revolt arises like a tide. heretics, wizards! imps of delusion! they ruin town and country-side. them will you now with brazen juggle into this lofty circle smuggle, while in a heart depraved you snuggle. fools, wizards, heretics are near allied. mephistopheles i see the learned man in what you say! what you don t touch, for you lies mi

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

pression of the mystical element as being in opposition to accepted doctrine. as soon as paul entered the picture, a dichotomy arose among the early christian devotees between those coming from a traditional jewish background and the growing group of gentile christians. in this regard, it is interesting to consider the letter written by master yeshuvah s brother james, the leader of the jerusalem church, as an indicator of the opposition that emerged to some of paul s central teachings.19 3' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% the diversity of perspectives of the early followers of master yeshuvah was later replaced by the monolithic homogeneity imposed by emperors to make christianity a uniform religion throughout their empires. as the pauline gentile faction grew in numbers and power, and the catholic chu

revelation of john spurred by the advent of a new millennium. many christians are also finding new meaning and inspiration in the testimonials left by christian saints and mystics of their experiences on the path. these documents, along with new interpretations of the teachings of master yeshuvah in the peshitta, are reinforcing the understanding that the mystical element flourished in the early church, and that the entire history of christianity is replete with mystics. many of the ideas and practices of the mystical qabalah are reflected in those of mystical christianity. the mysteries of the last supper and the crucifixion have long been compared with the mystical significance of pesach (passover. the sacraments of the body and blood of christ in the eucharist have their roots in the s

ect trees and the grace of the divine to quicken one s holy spirit" f" 2' 8 (ruach ha qodesh. mystical christianity has maintained a continuous lineage of known and mostly unknown saints and mystics over the centuries, who have faithfully passed on the essence of master yeshuvah s mystical spirituality. despite later distrust and suppression by pauline orthodoxy, mysticism flourished in the early church. master yeshuvah taught one set of teachings openly to the public, and another set of secret teachings privately to his most advanced disciples. the gospels themselves attest to this, and clement of alexandria wrote about such a secret teaching as late as the third century ce. of all the christian mystical literature, the most enigmatic and passionately discussed is the revelation of john

sed, distorted, or watered down. hence, jews generally regard master mosheh as a kind of holy magician, and have lost almost all awareness of the significance of master yeshuvah having come to renew the core mystical teaching of the jews within the context of judaism. considering that many christians themselves are confused by contradictions, inter-sect differences, and fundamentalist rigidity in church dogma, it is not surprising that most jews refute any credibility for master yeshuvah as being a messianic appearance of the lord hvhy. 2 f# hebrew name yeshuvah when master yeshuvah came, the jews were waiting for the messianic advent of the lord hvhy as acharit (the last, who was expected to liberate them from roman control and give the jews dominion in palestine. acharit has been describ

e gimel g is the specific permutation of the name vhy that the sefer yetzirah ascribes as the seal of the direction north, which corresponds to the zoharic sefirah understanding, the supernal root of yetzirah. 27 the pronunciation of the name hvhy as jehovah first appeared in the middle ages in jerome s vulgate latin translation of the tanakh, which became the official bible of the roman catholic church. jerome changed the y to j and used the vowels of the name adonai. 28 sifra detzniyutha 2. 29 sifra detzniyutha 3. 30 bhagavad gita 4:7-8. 31 torah b reshith 18:1. 32 torah b reshith 18:14. 33 torah b reshith 18: 33. 34 it has been traditionally believed that the freed jews numbered in the hundreds of thousands. however, an inscription on a stele dating from the reign of the pharaoh ramses

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

in his belief that he had here the fount of pristine wisdom whence plato and the greeks had derived the best that they knew. this huge historical error was to have amazing results. it was on excellent authority that the renaissance accepted hermes trismegistus as a real person of great antiquity and as the author of the hermetic writings, for this was implicitly believed by leading fathers of the church, particularly lactantius and augustine. naturally, it would not have occurred to anyone to doubt that these overwhelmingly authoritative writers must be right, and it is indeed a remarkable testimony to the prominence and importance of the hermetic writings and to the early and complete success of the hermes trismegistus legend as to their authorship and antiquity that lactantius, writing i

ples brought together into one volume ficino's pimander and the translation of the asclepius by pseudo-apuleius. the bibliography of the editions, translations, collections, commentaries on the hermetic writings in the sixteenth century is long and complicated,2 testifying to the profound and enthusiastic interest aroused by hermes trismegistus throughout the renaissance. the ban of the mediaeval church on magic had forced it into dark holes and corners, where the magician plied his abominated art in secrecy. respectable people might sometimes employ him surreptitiously and he was much feared. but he was certainly not publicly admired as a religious philosopher. renaissance magic, which was a reformed and learned magic and always disclaimed any connection with the old ignorant, evil, or bl

h to answer for, for it was his interpretation of trismegistus as a holy gentile prophet which ficino adopted, and which he thought that he found marvellously confirmed in the pimander. and it is this which may have encouraged him to take up magical religion, which he did not do, as we have seen, without much fear and trembling and anxious avoidance of demons. when hermes trismegistus entered the church, the history of magic became involved with the history of religion in the renaissance. 4+g.b. chapter v pico della mirandola, contemporary of ficino, though younger, began his philosophical career under ficino's influence and imbibed from ficino his enthusiasm for magia naturalis which he accepted and recommended much more forcibly and openly than did ficino. but pico is chiefly important i

uae in usu est apud modernos& quam merito exterminat ecclesia, nullam habet firmitatem, nullum fundamentum, nullam ueritatem, quia pendet ex manu hostium primae ueritatis, potestatum harum tenebrarum, quae tenebras falsitatis, male dispositis intellectibus obfundunt.1 all "modern magic, announces pico in this first conclusion is bad, groundless, the work of the devil, and rightly condemned by the church. this sounds uncompromisingly against magic as used in pico's time "modern magic. but magicians always introduce their subject by stating that, though there are bad and diabolical magics, their kind of magic is not of that nature. and i think that by "modern magic" pico does not mean the new-style natural magic, but mediaeval and unreformed magics. for his next conclusion begins: magia natu

st magic should alternate with orphic singing. or perhaps it is done with an intentio anitnae towards the true god above nature whilst singing the hymns to the natural gods. or could it be through influence of religious chanting on the hymns to the natural gods, which would also work the other way, as a memory of the hymns to the natural gods within the religious hymns to the god of david sung in church? the problem is perhaps insoluble, but in thinking of it we are in the presence of a problem which was to agitate later controversies about religion in relation to magic, namely, should a religious reform involve putting more magic into religion, or taking the magic out of it? if one puts the problem, not only in these terms, but in terms of magical and wonder-working images in christian ch

FRATER ELIJAH ANGELS OF CHAOS

19 i3+4k (k z) i4= i8= i12= i16= i20 i4+4k (k z) the proof is trivial: for n 1,2,3,4 and k z given in+4k, in+4k= in(i4k= in(i4)k= in(1k= in looking at this visually on the graph, we have the i rotated about the origin. this is the representation of the fourfold glyph of eye of the binah exploration in liber chrnzn. appendix v- the binding of the eye/ i one of these days i m gonna drag your ass to church and throw some holy water on you- my father outline: the following is a modified version of the mass of chrnzn. physical temple prepared ground and center cast the horizon *h statement of intent perform the invocation of the angel perform the invocation of the 1 st aether perform the invocation of chrnzn explosion perform the statement of office banish/ collapse the horizon *h- this is a me

FRATER TENEBROUS CULTS OF CTHULHU

great old ones is continued on earth by secret societies whose traditions and rituals preserve the hidden knowledge of these elder races. lovecraft documents three such cults, the cult of cthulhu, the esoteric order of dagon, centred in innsmouth (actually newburyport, massachusetts, and the starry wisdom sect. in the haunter of the dark, lovecraft describes how the latter sect held meetings in a church in providence, where it communed with an avatar of nyarlathotep via a magical object known as the shining trapezohedron. the name, starry wisdom, recalls that of crowley s argentum astrum, or order of the silver star, founded in 1907. the silver star represents sirius, from which emanates the magical cultent represented on earth by the entity, aiwaz. another contemporary of lovecraft s whos

s clark ashton smith, robert e. howard, frank belknap long, robert bloch and derleth himself. more recently, elements of the cthulhu mythos have featured in the work of such writers as cohn wilson, ramsey campbell, and brian lumley. the mythos has also been adopted for practical use by a number of contemporary magical and occult groups and organizations. anton la vey, head of the california-based church of satan, published his satanic rituals in 1972, and devoted a whole chapter to the metaphysics of lovecraft, including detailed descriptions of two lovecraftian rituals, the ceremony of the nine angles and the call to cthulhu. these rituals were transcribed in the original language of the necronomicon, and translated into english by lavey s fellow satanist, michael aquino9. another group w

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

e completely eaf. anyone familiar with mantra systems will be aware of the tonation (the so-called gjapa-mantra h: loud, low, and s onsidered to be the ghighest h form of mantra working and is mber of different antra techniques. incidentally, it seems more than likely that some of e medieval spells were constructed in the same, or at most of the anded-down formulas are little else than mutilated church ematria or have been received as a grevel this is h your magical gquirks, h or ar d fact that there are generally three stages of mantra in ilent (or mental) intonation. the mental intonation is c quite complicated. these hints, however, should enable you to experiment with quite a nu m th least in a very similar, manner. albeit h latin or hebrew, and even though most of the other spells ha

undamental rationale of this practice is darwin fs theory of evolution. i fm sure you are familiar with darwin fs theory that man is but the momentary end product of a long process of evolution that has been going on for millions of years and which has led from unicellular organisms and reptiles to mammals, including ourselves. unlike popular gvulgar darwinism h (which was mainly monitored by the church, darwin did not so much claim that gman derives from monkey h but rather that we carry in us the entire heritage of all life forms and that we literally incorporate it. this gcarrying in us h has 85 86/ practical sigil magic roved, for the most part, by modem genetics as well as y anthropology, physiology and other disciplines of uman biology, although darwin fs theories underwent sformatio

FREEMASON BLUEBOOK

the lodge for permanent preservation. questionnaire this blank should be filled out by the candidate in his own handwriting and is a part of his application. l 1. name in full (middle initial not sufficient) l 2. place and exact date of birth? l 3. single, married or widower? l 4. if married, how many in family? l 5. do you believe in god, the author, creator and ruler of the universe? l 6. what church do you attend? l 7. of what secret societies or organizations are you now a member? l 8. name of your father and address if living l 9. is he or was he a mason? l 10. places in which you have lived during past ten years, with approximate time in each place 11. if not a professional man give names and addresses of your employers or business associates for the past ten years l l 12. have you

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL 2

cifer spirits from mars. the alchemists connected the angels from the moon, which rules the saline tides, with the element salt, the lucifer spirits from mars with the element sulphur, and the mercurians with the metal mercury. they used this symbolic presentation partly because of the religious intolerance which made it unsafe to promulgate any other teaching than that sanctioned by the orthodox church of that day, and partly because humanity as a whole was not yet ready to accept the truths which were embodied in their philosophy. they also spoke of a fourth element, azoth, a name composed of the first and last letters of our classical languages and intended to convey the same idea as "alpha and omega--that of all-inclusiveness. this referred to what we now know as the spiritual ray of n

e feminine element. to the casual onlooker it would seem as if there were no decided antagonism between these two movements at the present time; but though freemasonry of today is but a shell of its true ancient mystic self, and though catholicism has been terribly tarnished by the touch of time, in this one thing there is no difference, namely, that the war is as keen as ever. the efforts of the church are not concentrated upon the masses, however, as much as upon those who are seeking to live the higher life so that they may gain admission to the mystery temple and learn how to make the philosopher's stone. as mankind advances in evolution, the vital body becomes more permanently positively polarized, giving to both sexes a greater desire for spirituality, and though we change from the m

st, head of the priestcraft, exercising a spiritual authority, in such a manner as they considered for the eternal good of their charges. the statecraft employed by the sons of cain holds up the male ideal, hiram abiff, the master craftsman, the son of fire, while the sons of seth as priestcraft uphold the female ideal in the virgin mary, the lady of the sea. thus fire and water, male and female, church and state, are opposed to each other, with the inevitable result that a great war has been waged ever since the separation, that sin, sorrow and death are rampant, and that humanity is praying for the day of redemption, when the two streams shall be united in the kingdom of heaven where there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, and where reigns christ, the king of peace, exercising

arned through a holy, helpful life to lay aside the body of flesh and blood, either intermittently or permanently, and to walk the skies with winged feet, intent upon the business of their lord, clad in the ethereal wedding garment of the new dispensation. this change may have been accomplished through a life of simple helpfulness and prayer as practiced by devoted christians, no matter with what church they are affiliated if they follow the path of the sons of seth. others have attained by following the specific exercises given by the rosicrucians. and thus the process of the unification of the two streams is already under way. but the war between the flesh and the spirit is still raging in the breast of most people as fiercely as it was in the days when paul gave vent to his pent up feel

our lord" for "him that overcometh will i make a pillar in the house of god, thence he shall no more go out" he is then immortal, loosed from the wheel of birth and death. summary in conclusion, it may be well to sum up the points which have been made in these articles on freemasonry and catholicism, it being understood that the term "catholicism" as here used does not refer to the roman catholic church alone "catholic" being taken in the sense of universal, so that the term includes all movements inaugurated by the sons of seth, the priestcraft. the origin of the temporal and spiritual streams of evolution is as follows: jehovah created eve, a human being. the lucifer spirit samael united with eve and begat a semi-divine son, cain. as he left eve before the birth of the child, cain was th

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olomon. but even the bible, which is written from the standpoint of the jehovistic hierarchies, hints that she saw at the court of solomon one that was fairer than he, and there the bible narrative leaves her. her marriage with solomon was never consummated or the name of mason would have faded from memory long ere the present day and humanity at large would now be docile children of the dominant church, without free will, choice or prerogative. nor could she be permitted to wed hiram, who represented the temporal power, or religion would have been stamped out; she must wait for the bridegroom who shall embody within himself the combined good qualities of solomon and hiram, but who is purified from their weaknesses. for the queen of sheba is the composite soul of humanity, and at the consu

es. for the queen of sheba is the composite soul of humanity, and at the consummation of the work of our evolutionary era she will be the bride, while christ, whom paul called a high priest after the order of melchisedec, will fill the dual office of both spiritual and temporal head, where he will be both king and priest, to the eternal welfare of mankind at large who are now in bondage either to church or state but waiting, whether they realize it or not, for the day of emancipation, symbolically represented as the millennium, when there will be a wonderful city, a new jerusalem, a city of peace. and the earlier this amalgamation can be brought about, the better for humanity. therefore, an attempt was made at the time and is the place which is said in the legend to be the scene of solomon

e first time. it could not have been wrought at any earlier period, for man was not sufficiently advanced. at that time, however, it seemed as if the united efforts of the two schools might accomplish the task, and had it not been for the desire of each to oust the other from the affections of the symbolic queen of sheba, the soul of humanity, they might have succeeded, an equitable union between church and state might have been effected and human evolution might have been greatly furthered. but both church and state were jealous of their particular prerogative; the church would only amalgamate upon condition that she retain all her ancient power over mankind, and take in addition those of the temporal government. the state was selfish in a similar manner and the queen of sheba, humanity a

ome people never see it at all. you must understand this is no dead pile of stones and unmeaning timber; it is a living thing "when you enter it you hear a sound--a sound as of some mighty poem chanted. listen long enough and you will hear that it is made up of the beating of human hearts, of the nameless music of men's souls, that is, if you have ears. if you have eyes you will presently see the church itself, a looming mystery of many shapes and shadows leaping sheer from floor to dome, the work of no ordinary builder "the pillars of it go up like the brawny trunks of heroes; the sweet human flesh of men and women is molded about its bulwarks, strong, impregnable. the faces of little children laugh out from every cornerstone; the terrible spans and arches of it are the joined hands of co

lled king of division into races--nations- salem [peace] sects and peace hence there is war--oppression- prevailed slavery- saturn period unity and diversity vulcan period polarian epoch love and hate kingdom of god [1] heat [7- sun period venus period hyperborean epoch new galilee [2] fire [6] brotherhood- moon period [3] fire--male sex--state [5] jupiter period lemurian epoch water--female sex--church aryan epoch- earth period fire/male--air/nations atlantean epoch end of involution water/female--earth/races beginning of evolution [4- and the division of the rulership into state and church caused war and strife. the state espouses the cause of fatherhood and man and upholds the male ideal of arts, crafts and industry, embodied in hiram abiff. the church espouses the cause of motherhood a

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

s, symbol of sex incarnate [p. 51] and if you look at his right hand you will see baphomet making the sign of the devil's triad "baphomet is also known as the sabbatic goat, in whose form satan is to be worshipped at the witches' sabbath [frank gaynor, dictionary of mysticism, new york, philosophical library, 1953, p. 24] then, we discovered that baphomet is officially approved as a symbol of the church of satan [the occult emporium, winter, 1993-1994, p. 54] and that it is worn by the priest of satan [ibid, 1990-1991, p. 26] since albert pike linked baphomet with the goat of mendes, we will show this obviously satanic symbol, as well. it should also be noted that from the way a pentagram is normally seen(one point up, two down, rotating the pentagram 33 degrees you get a satanic pentagram

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

; these have the day when for the former it is night; and there are countries in which it is secret wisdom of the qabalah page 9 constantly day, or in which at least the night continues only some instants. these secrets were made known to the men of the secret science but not to the geographers.7 though refuted by origen,8 celsus was undoubtedly right when he declared that the primitive christian church was possessed of a secret system, and weishaupt, the supposed founder of the illuminati, may not have been altogether wrong when he said: no one. has so cleverly concealed the high meaning of his teaching, and no one finally has so surely and easily directed men on to the path of freedom, as our great master jesus of nazareth. this secret meaning and natural consequence of his teaching he h

GAMBLE ELIZA BURT THE GOD IDEA OF THE ANCIENTS OR SEX IN RELIGION

haps, of the original reason of their conduct" it is a significant fact that in nearly all the sacred paintings of the christians in the galleries throughout europe, especially those of the annunciation, a lily is always to be observed. in later ages as the original significance of the lotus was lost, any lily came to be substituted. godfrey higgins is sure that although the priests of the romish church are at the present time ignorant of the true meaning of the lotus, or lily "it is, like many other very odd things, probably understood at the vatican, or the crypt of st. peter's"[20 [20] anacalypsis, book vii, ch. xi. of the lotus of the hindoos nimrod says "the lotus is a well-known allegory, of which the expanse calyx represents the ships of the gods floating on the surface of the water

and sustain life, constituted the deity, then of course god or the sun would be female or male, or both, according to the prevailing belief in the comparative creative and sustaining forces of the sexes. from what appears in the foregoing pages the fact has doubtless been perceived that the worship of a virgin and child does not, as is usually supposed, belong exclusively to the romish christian church, but, on the contrary, that it constitutes the most remote idea of a creator extant. as has been hinted, there is little doubt that the earliest worship of the woman and child was much simpler than was that which came to prevail in later ages, at a time when every religious conception was closely veiled beneath a mixture of astrology and mythology. after the planets came to be regarded as a

mouth of which is the sprig of an apple tree on which is an apple. the tail of the serpent is wound about a globe which is partially enveloped in clouds. on one arm of the virgin is the child, and in the hand of the other arm she carries the sacred lotus. her head is encircled with a halo of light similar to the rays of the sun. one is frequently disposed to query: do the initiated in the romish church regard these images as legitimate representations of mary, the wife of joseph and mother of christ, or are they aware of their true significance? certainly the various accessories attached to this figure betray its ancient origin and reveal its identity with the egyptian, chaldean, and phoenician virgin of the sphere. the fact has already been observed that in the original representation of

subject is that the oldest figures which represent this goddess are black, thus proving that she must have belonged to a dark skinned race. this image, although black, or dark skinned, had long hair, hence not a negress. the most ancient statue of ceres was black, and pausanias says that at a place called melangea in arcadia there was a black venus. in the netherlands only a few years ago, was a church dedicated to a black goddess. the virgin of the sphere who treads on the head of the serpent represents universal womanhood. she is the virgin of the first book of genesis and mother of all the earth. she represents not only creative power but perceptive wisdom. although this goddess is usually seen with the lotus in her hand, she sometimes carries ripe corn or wheat. the mother of gotama b

or a while in a place prepared for their reception, are sent back to earth to reanimate other bodies. aristotle held the opinion that the souls of human beings are sparks from the divine flame, while zeno, the founder of the stoic philosophy, taught that spirit acting upon matter produced the elements and the earth. there is plenty of evidence going to show that the early fathers in the christian church believed in the doctrines of reincarnation and the renewal of worlds. neither is there any doubt but that this philosophy came from the east, where it originated. it is thought that the ancient philosophers who elaborated these doctrines were unable to account for the existence of evil without a belief in the immortality of the soul. spirit was eternal, as was also matter. a soul, upon leav

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

he stood for. as there was virtually no public circulation oftheequinoxthese attacks seem futile, and can only be explained by a wish on crowley's part tojustify hisownactions.hehadwrittento waite in1898,after readingthebookofblackmagic,and received in reply the advice to go away and read eckartshausen'stheclouduponthesanctuary.having read thebookcrowley realized that there is a hidden, interior church behind the outer institutions;butwhenhe subsequently joined the hermeticorderof the goldendawnhe failed to find the interiorchurch-forthe simple reason that it was never there. such achurch-theholyassembly-would,inevitably, have required from crowleywhathe didnotwish to give: the renunciation of his self-centred nature. this he could only preserve by the practiceofmagic anditwas waite's mea

d,buthe remains the only comprehensive analyst of the history of occultism in all its many branches.notthatheapproved of thetermor the looseness of its connotations; to himself he was a mystic and an exponent of mysticism. he saw,whatothers before him had not seen, that there can be no final understanding of mystical experiencewithout.an appreciation of the traditions, outside the confines of the church, that preserved those practices that bring mystical experiencewithinthe reach of every man and. woman. he is not easyto understand. his writing isdiffuse,often verbose, and peppered'witharchaisms;butit. has itsownpower and leaves the readerwiththe feeling that buried within the densely packed prose is a messageofimmense significance. this has been perceived by the more acuteofhis critics: d

mporary marriages recorded in thehydegenealogyincludeboththemonthand theday-forcharles waite only the year is given, and he is inexplicably creditedwiththree children. nowhere else is a third child mentioned. it is, to say the least, a remarkably unreliable recordofrecent events. if waite is to be believed, themarriage-ifmarriage therewas-tookplace in the churchofst mary abbots, kensington,butthe church registers contain no recordofthe event in1850,.orin any year from1849to1857.noris the marriage recorded at the officeofthe registrar generalinst catherine's house. it is,267ofcourse, possiblethatemmalovell was married in america,butifso, it was the only marriage in the waite family for which no recordssurvive, a final possibility isthatof a marriage at sea;butwhy, then, didemmalovell preten

ation:centuries had taught the children of this world the lesson that thischurchcouldnotbe crushedoutwithfire and sword.thespiritofevil is persevering, and it thereforeturnedabout forothermeans,and by a masterstroke of fiendishingenuitytheydevised a plan for setting up a secular religion in the place of the priestly 'sacerdotalism'and a humanchristianity in place of the divine christianity of the church. to answer their vile ends, the whole spirit of christianity was alteredordistorted, itsmostdistinctive features struckoutand only a few broadtruthsretained..such a heresywhichbegan by denying half thetruthsofgod, wasnotlikely to improvewith satanwhohad inspired had a far deeper intentionthanhewhobegan it, or the princeswhofostered it..in the present day it is developed-e-we donotsayfinally

thy heavenly bliss complete? hastthounow no more desire for the love we thought 'so sweet ere thy soul ascended higher?thyblue eyes are deep, and deep their expression lies' therein; they their inward counselkeep,all their secrets shut within. and so he led me to the porch which look'douton the silent night.andstill he held myhand,andsaid. you are a stranger here,docome again! this is theonetrue church, and allwhojoinit will be happy on. earth, and go to heaven aswell-willyou be here? i asked.0,always,he replied, i serve before the altar! will you be my friend? said i. he answer'd,iwill love youalways,ifyou will only come. so then we kiss'd, and parted.(asoul'scomedy,pp.49-50)whosprinkles the lilies that bind thy browwiththe dewsthat."keep them cool and bright?whofolds thy garments white?

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

y and permanent spirit-world, in which the dead lived out their after-lives in an idealized mirror-image of contemporary society. in this spirit255 world hell had no place and many spiritualists were undoubtedly converted to the cause by a desire to evade the probability of eternal damnation that victorian popular theology offered them. further, spiritualism offered the novel attraction, which no church could offer, of conversation with one's departed relatives, either by mechanicalmeans-suchas ouija boards and table255turning-ordirectly, through the voice of a medium who could offer to individuals specific messages from particular spirits.thereaction of the churches was unanimously hostile and spiritualistic phenomena were condemned as fraudulent or, more usually, diabolic; but however di

eproceedings of the society are quite private, but it is known that the objects pursued are the study and practice of christian mysticism. although the attainment of startling phenomena was not contemplated, yet some satisfactory results even of this class have been arrived at during the two months' sittings.'thethird issueoflightcarried a letter from the founder of the guild, a 'clergyman of the church of england, in which he elaborated the beliefs and practices of its members 'i have myself taken a small, private room which i20thegoldendawnhave fitted up as a small chapel or oratory, and, gathering a few earnest people round me, have officiated twice a week at a simplebutsolemn service, in the intervalofwhich we sit for spirit255 communion..there are gradations in our guild; but all, fro

ncausse) should have been acceptable to horton while those of mathers were not. later in his life he was involved with yet another obscure society and sought advice about it from a. e. waite; in the surviving correspondence the name does not appear although it is clear, from the context, that the society was of a highly mystical nature. horton died in1919at the age of55,reconciled to the catholic church but unreconciled either to yeats or to his golden dawn. yeats remained alive to horton's reproaches, writing of him in1925:'i remember the mystical painter horton, whose work had little of his personal charm and real strangeness, writing me these words,"imet your beloved in russell square, and she was weeping, bywhich he meant that he had seen a vision of my neglected soul" other members, t

r in degree, different from our notions of an inner circle. it was from this source that the final consummation of the new dis255 pensation was proclaimed. from the quabbala [sic, the essene brotherhood, and on to the present time, there are glimpses given; us, which tell us of the work that sacred lodge performed. its secrets still survive, and esoteric christians see unequivocal proofs that the church of christendom is the direct successor'.9during the same period she provided a. e. waite with a series of singularly uninspiring illustrations for his journaltheunknownworld,compensating for them by her translation of eckart255 shausen'sclouduponthesanauary,which was published in1896with a preface by j. w. brodie-innes. unknown to herself, translating eckartshausen was the single most signi

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of aristotle and galen, when the greatertruthlies before them; of those teachersitis added that had they but been offered the knowledge of the rosicrucian initiation they would have accepted it with much joy. it is then explained that christian rosenkreuz on his returnchristian rosenkreuz23trom his travels, offered to the learned the elements of hiseasternlore; he showed them the errors of their church and how thewholephilosophiamoralismight be amended. butitis added 'these things were to them a laughing matter, for being a new thing unto them they feared that their great name should be lessened, if they should now begin to acknowledge their many years' errors, to which they had grown accustomed, and wherewith they had gained them enough' that was the secret, the secret of the failure of

rosicrucian regulations; he visited england and admitted robert fludd, m.a. andm.d.oxon, to rosicrucian adeptship.drrobert fludd, also known as 'robertus de fluctibus, who was born at milgate house, bearstead, in 1574, and died in 1637, was the son of sir thomas fludd, treasurer of war to queen elizabeth; he practised medicine in the city of london for many years with great success. in bearstead church, kent, there is a fine monument to fludd, with a long inscription, and near by are still the rose farm and rose inn upon land he had owned. fludd became the first magus in england and wrote many learned works on kabalistic theosophy and rosicrucian doctrines, the most notable being hisapologia,1616,tractatus1617, andsummum bonum,1629.to him succeededsir kenelm digby(1603-1665),philosopher;

ven as the new testament itself tells us, of the great master who taught his immediate disciples the true keys, but to others he spake only in parables 'and without a parable spake he not unto them. such, my fratres, are suitable subjects for the attention of your members,butthere are many allied topics which might form suitable centres of interest and instruction, for example: the whole range of church architecture as crystallized symbol255 ism, the dogmas of the gnostics, the several systems of philosophy of the hindoos, the parallelism between rosi255 crucian doctrine and eastern theosophy, for which read max heindel'srosicrucian cosmo-conception,and that enticing subject, the origin and meaning of the 22 trumps or symbolic designs of the 'tarocchi' or pack of tarot cards, which eliphaz

tory oftherosicrucians 47remember that 'to labour is to pray, or as the latin motto hasif,'laborareest orare,'for the day is coming to each one of us when no man can work and the value of the work of each man will be tried in the balance of justice, and if we have done wellweshall gain a rich reward.[privately printed (1913.]4. inmemory ofrobertfluddfratres, we have today made a pilgrimage to the church of bearstead to commemorate the life and work ofdrrobert fludd, who, born at milgate house in 1574, was the son of sir thomas fludd, treasurer of war to queen elizabeth. originally intended for the army, he was excused from a military life because he proved to be of a quiet and studious disposition. he was sent to st john's college, oxford, at which university he took his b.a. degree, and s

574, was the son of sir thomas fludd, treasurer of war to queen elizabeth. originally intended for the army, he was excused from a military life because he proved to be of a quiet and studious disposition. he was sent to st john's college, oxford, at which university he took his b.a. degree, and subsequently the m.a. in 1598. he was at all times a pious layman and a faithful member of the english church, but his studies and writing tended to a mystical philosophy rather than to the commonly received orthodox opinions. he sought out the secrets of nature, and speculated in the constitution of the universe and man as related to the divinity who is above all, and displayed much erudition to which he added long research, deep thought and original conclusions: his books gave rise to much learne

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

therefore art thou exalted, 0 ra, for thineenemies are destroyed. shine therefore, 0 ra, for thine enemies are fallen. verily ra hath destroyed all thine enemies,ora-a-a- life, strength, health: this ceremony in. the temple of amen ra was clearly a formula of white magic for the banishingofevils, famine, and disease, as well as moral evil.and wrong,andtherefore is appropriately paralleled by the church formulae of exorcism. with this may be profitably compared the black magical formulae, as recorded in the confessionsofwitches. storms might be raised, and boats wreckedinrnuchthe same manner as the beneficent rain might be invoked in time of drought in the nile valley; and again 267by material actions, coupled with appropriate. words. isabel goudie employed a wetcloutbeaten with a wooden b

as recorded in the confessionsofwitches. storms might be raised, and boats wreckedinrnuchthe same manner as the beneficent rain might be invoked in time of drought in the nile valley; and again 267by material actions, coupled with appropriate. words. isabel goudie employed a wetcloutbeaten with a wooden beetle. and the words as quoted by the witches were often a degraded corruption of psalms and church rituals. the evil against which the spells were directed. wasthatwhich was obnoxious to the witch herself; the enemies devoted to the powers ofill,and ceremonially cursed, were those who had offended her. the good sought was -the gratification of her own passions, the product of selfishness, envy ,malice, spite, jealousy, or the like, often developing into the pure delight in doing. harm fo

sifying the will and imagination of the witch. several of the witchesofisabel goudie's period assert that the spells are ofnoefficacy unless taught by the devil,andunless the witch have authority to use his name. but, on the other hand, it is recordedbyindependent witnesses that the spell of 'horse and hattock' lnight267be-usedbyanyone.a tutor gravely recordsthatas some boys were playing beside a church oneofthem cried 'horse and hattock with my top, whereupon his top was carried up in the air and dropped the other side of the church.thatthe same applies also to names,anyonewho pleases can test for himself, mariy books on ceremonial magic give the152 the sorcererand his apprenticenames of angels or demons governing certain moods and emotions, as anger, revenge, jealousy, love, etc. when th

of the theosophical societyinthe west. and the east has taught us much- for example, the sevenprinciples. no one knew anything about the seven principles till itwas taught from the east..or about karma. according to the hermetic doctrine, there are always certain personsspecially.illuminated,to whom special revela255 tions are.given, these individuals not being connected with any school..theroman church accepts this fully, as it is bound to do; and it is to be hoped that protestants ere long will also doso,for it is certainly a fact that there are seers and prophets among us still. here there is a special danger, however, viz, that divine. revelation may be given to the prophet, but unless he. is perfectly selfless, and casts his personality aside altogether, he will not be able to give ou

no doubt any astronomer could give you a dozen reasons why. the occult reason why is, that thatsign-thesun on his own throne, symbolising the male principleslain..the lamb slain before the foundation of the .184 the sorcerer and his apprenticeworld, showing, too, the moon, his mate- is the glyph of the whole period, the supreme glyph. the lamb of god is the glyph, one supreme glyphofthechristian church all over the world now just as much as the pascal lamb in the time of moses, the ram symbol of zeus, the ram of phryxos helle, and the ram of many another mythology of the same date. this is also the meaning of the horned moses. many people have asked, and some have asked in vain, unless from an occultist, what the horns of moses mean? it is easy to say that we are told there was a glory on

GILBERT R A CHAOS OUT OF ORDER THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SWEDENBORGIAN RITE

, in 1770, and the new jerusalem be established in the spiritual world. for the next twenty-five years until his death in london in 1772, he was the complete theologian, writing extensively and assiduously to expound and defend his doctrines2[2. his works attracted a small but enthusiastic following and some years after his death their activities were crystallised in the form of the new jerusalem church, a denomination that has survived to the present day, although it has remained a small body with a worldwide membership of some 25,000. swedenborg s ideas, however have had a greater effect the secular world, influencing individuals as diverse as blake, balzac, emerson, yeats, and d. t. suzuki. a detailed discussion of those ideas, and of swedenborgian theology in general is beyond the scop

s du ciel et de l enfer. berlin, 1782, 1786; and la sagesse angelique sur l amour diein, et sur la sagesse divine. berlin, 1786. for pernety s life, see joanny bricaud, les illumines d avignon, etude sur dom pernety et son groupe. paris, 1927. 4[4] j. f. c. harrison, the second coming. popular millenarianism 1780 1850. london, 1979, p. 70. 5[5] r. hindmarsh, rise and progress of the new jerusalem church in england, america, and other parts. london, 1861 p. 48. 6[6] ibid. p. 48 neither bryan nor wright was familiar with freemasonry and their account may have been a garbled perception of the exotic trimmings that tended to accompany most of the hauts grades of the time. these bizarre activities of the illumines d avignon came to an end with the upheavals of the french revolution, but althoug

e until 1870 and the publication at new york of an extraordinary masonic book: swedenborg rite and the great masonic leaders of tiar eighteenth century. if this did not quite fall, like hume s treatise, stillborn from the press it gained little notice and made no impact at all on the american body masonic. the same cannot be said for its author, samuel beswick, and his affect on the swedenborgian church. samuel parr beswick was not american but english, and his chequered career began at stockport, near manchester where he was born, of swedenborgian parents, on 11th december 1822. this much is certain; from then on almost everything about his life in england involves contradictions and conjecture. after his early schooling, which included tutoring in greek and hebrew, he became in 1839, a p

ul work. but he had then got to be too childish in his old age to say anything worth placing on record, excepting that he regretted he had not seen it years ago11[11. dalton died in 1844 and twenty years later it was impossible to prove or to disprove beswick s statement. that he had some scientific aptitude is certain, 10[10] e.g. the rev. d. g. goyder (1796 1878. after his ordination in the new church at bristol in 1822 he was appointed pastor of the accrington church in 1829. in the same year he was initiated in samaritan lodge no. 539, meeting at accrington, and in the following year he was appointed secretary to the lodge and published his lectures on masonry. it was also probably goyder who in 1851 arranged a public meeting for the new jerusalem church at the highly respectable hall

accrington, and in the following year he was appointed secretary to the lodge and published his lectures on masonry. it was also probably goyder who in 1851 arranged a public meeting for the new jerusalem church at the highly respectable hall of the freemasons in london. 11[11] beswick to the rev. w. h. benade, 15 august 1866. all of beswick s letters are in the archives of the academy of the new church (general church) at bryn athyn, pa for in 1850 he joined the british association for the advancement of science on the recommendation of the physicist j. p. joule who was a student of dalton. there is a similar lack of proof for many other claims made either by him or on his behalf. thus his son, charles albert beswick, stated in an obituary (new church messenger 29 july 1903, p. 59) that i

GILBERT R A THE MASONIC CAREER OF A

a. what he does not say is that both he and his sister were illegitimate, for captain waite and emma lovell were never married3[3, and that it was not pride but her family's ostracism that forced her to rear her children in poverty in a succession of unfashionable suburbs in north and west london. rejection by her family was almost certainly the cause, too, of her conversion to the roman catholic church- an event that was to have an even greater effect upon waite than his illegitimacy. by virtue of his early life style waite turned in upon himself and, being unable to receive a formal education of any kind,4[4] he simultaneously educated himself and found a way of escape by reading 'penny dreadfuls' and medieval romances5[5. 2[2] shadows of life and thought. a retrospective review in the f

pe by reading 'penny dreadfuls' and medieval romances5[5. 2[2] shadows of life and thought. a retrospective review in the form of memoirs (selwyn and blount, 1938. hereafter referred to as slt. 3[3] there is no record of a marriage between two people of these or similar names over a period from 1848 to 1857 at st. catherine's house, nor is there any reference in the registers of kensington parish church where waite claims that the marriage took place. 4[4] waite's education was of the 'dame school' variety, save for two terms at the roman catholic school, st. charles's college in bayswater, in 1874. 5[5] slt, chapter 2, passim after his sister's death in 1874 waite began to lose his faith in roman catholicism, although he retained a great love for its ceremonial, utilizing a number of elem

and heard in the secret societies according to the evidence of initiates (redway, 1896) waite had described the diana vaughan affair as 'among the most extra-ordinary literary swindles of the present, perhaps of any, century31[31' and claimed, with justice, to have 'unveiled the mass of fraud, falsehood and forgery contained in their depositions, and has placed the position of the roman catholic church in regard to the whole conspiracy in an unenviable light32[32. he had also earned the gratitude of both westcott and yarker for refuting the outrageous allegations of their involvement with satanism, and for giving a far kinder description of the s.r.i.a. than he had done nine years before in the real history of the rosicrucians33[33. yarker, especially, was impressed. in a brief review of

v: martinism and the masonic rite of swedenborg) studies in mysticism (hodder& stoughton, 1906 (part ill, chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 concern freemasonry) the secret tradition in freemasonry and an analysis of the inter-relation between the craft and the high grades in respect of their term of research (rebman, 1911) 2 vols. some deeper aspects of masonic symbolism (anarnosa, n.m.r.s, 1916) the hidden church of the holy graal, its legends and symbolism (new york, rebman, 1909 (book ix, chapter 8: the analogies of masonry) a new encyclopaedia of freemasonry (ars magna latomorum) and of cognate instituted mysteries: their rites, literature and history (rider, 1921) 2 vols (the issue of 1934 adds an account of the masonic peace memorial 'robert fludd and freemasonry, manchester association for mas

.65-80 the masonic secretaries' journal 1918 'the rite of the strict observance, vol. 1, pp. 179-81 the master mason 1927 'the royal and masonic art, vol. 4, pp. 745-53 nocalore (transactions of the north carolina lodge of research) 1946 'an introduction to the c.b.c.s, vol. 16, pp. 62-91 the occult review 1907 'satanism and the black mass'by s. r (on leo taxil) vol. 5, pp. 318-21 1908 'the latin church and freemasonry, vol. 8, pp. 146-50 1911 'count cagliostro and freemasonry, vol. 13, pp. 48-50 'freemasonry and the french revolution, vol. 14, pp. 140-7 1913 'a master of the inward way (saint-martin& martines de pasqually, vol. 18, pp. 259-67 1915 'master building (review of j. fort newton, the builders, vol. 22, pp. 3 9-42 1917 'a lodge of magic (martines de pasqually and the elect cohen

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e caught. pope clement v also joined the purge. following a long period of interrogation and trial, many of the templars admitted to heretical beliefs, that they had rejected the christian faith and insulted jesus in their masses. finally, the leaders of the templars, who were called "grand masters" beginning with the most important of them, jacques de molay, were executed in 1314 by order of the church and the king. the majority of them were put into prison, and the order dispersed and officially disappeared. some historians have a tendency to portray the trial of the templars as a conspiracy on the part of the king of france, and depict the knights as innocent of the charges. but, this manner of interpretation fails in several aspects. nesta h. webster, the famous british historian with

ceased to exist, it did not actually disappear. during the sudden arrest in 1307, some templars escaped, managing to cover their tracks. according to a thesis based on various his- di templars developed a pagan faith in christian guise. global freemasonry torical documents, a significant number of them took refuge in the only kingdom in europe that did not recognize the authority of the catholic church in the fourteenth century, scotland. there, they reorganized under the protection of the scottish king, robert the bruce. some time later, they found a convenient method of disguise by which to continue their clandestine existence: they infiltrated the most important guild in the medieval british isles the wall builders' lodge, and eventually, they fully seized control of these lodges.7 the

k to the beginning of the fourteenth century, to those templars who took refuge in scotland. and, the names given to the highest degrees in scottish rite are titles attributed centuries earlier to knights in the order of templars. these are still employed to this day. in short, the templars did not disappear, but their philosophy, beliefs dj from the templars to ancient egypt templars fleeing the church were given refuge by the scottish king, robert the bruce. and rituals still persist under the guise of freemasonry. this thesis is supported by much historical evidence, and is accepted today by a large number of western historians, whether they are freemasons or not. in our book, the new masonic order, we examined this evidence in detail. the thesis that traces the roots of masonry to the

that traces the roots of masonry to the templars is often referred to in magazines published by masons for its own members. freemasons are very accepting of the idea. one such magazine is called mimar sinan (a publication of turkish freemasons, which describes the relationship between the order of the templars and freemasonry in these words: in 1312, when the french king, under pressure from the church, closed the order of templars and gave their possessions to the knights of st. john in jerusalem, the activities of the templars did not cease. the great majority of the templars took refuge in freemasonic lodges that were operating in europe at that time. the leader of the templars, mabeignac, with a few other members, found refuge in scotland under the guise of a wall builder under the na

ut the roots of freemasonry. according to these authors, it is evident that masonry is a continuation of the templars. though, in addition to this, the authors also examined the origins of the templars. dl the magazine mimar sinan, a private turkish masonic publication intended for its own members. from the templars to ancient egypt global freemasonry ec a templar-mason temple: rosslyn chapel the church known as "rosslyn chapel" near edinburgh in scotland is recognized as a symbol of the heretical pagan beliefs of the templars. in the course of the construction of this edifice, masons and rosicrucians, the successors of the templars, were employed, and decorated the whole chapel with symbols representative of their pagan philosophy. in a publication of turkish masonry, the magazine mimar s

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a. what he does not say is that both he and his sister were illegitimate, for captain waite and emma lovell were never married3[3, and that it was not pride but her family's ostracism that forced her to rear her children in poverty in a succession of unfashionable suburbs in north and west london. rejection by her family was almost certainly the cause, too, of her conversion to the roman catholic church- an event that was to have an even greater effect upon waite than his illegitimacy. by virtue of his early life style waite turned in upon himself and, being unable to receive a formal education of any kind,4[4] he simultaneously educated himself and found a way of escape by reading 'penny dreadfuls' and medieval romances5[5. 2[2] shadows of life and thought. a retrospective review in the f

pe by reading 'penny dreadfuls' and medieval romances5[5. 2[2] shadows of life and thought. a retrospective review in the form of memoirs (selwyn and blount, 1938. hereafter referred to as slt. 3[3] there is no record of a marriage between two people of these or similar names over a period from 1848 to 1857 at st. catherine's house, nor is there any reference in the registers of kensington parish church where waite claims that the marriage took place. 4[4] waite's education was of the 'dame school' variety, save for two terms at the roman catholic school, st. charles's college in bayswater, in 1874. 5[5] slt, chapter 2, passim after his sister's death in 1874 waite began to lose his faith in roman catholicism, although he retained a great love for its ceremonial, utilizing a number of elem

and heard in the secret societies according to the evidence of initiates (redway, 1896) waite had described the diana vaughan affair as 'among the most extra-ordinary literary swindles of the present, perhaps of any, century31[31' and claimed, with justice, to have 'unveiled the mass of fraud, falsehood and forgery contained in their depositions, and has placed the position of the roman catholic church in regard to the whole conspiracy in an unenviable light32[32. he had also earned the gratitude of both westcott and yarker for refuting the outrageous allegations of their involvement with satanism, and for giving a far kinder description of the s.r.i.a. than he had done nine years before in the real history of the rosicrucians33[33. yarker, especially, was impressed. in a brief review of

v: martinism and the masonic rite of swedenborg) studies in mysticism (hodder& stoughton, 1906 (part ill, chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 concern freemasonry) the secret tradition in freemasonry and an analysis of the inter-relation between the craft and the high grades in respect of their term of research (rebman, 1911) 2 vols. some deeper aspects of masonic symbolism (anarnosa, n.m.r.s, 1916) the hidden church of the holy graal, its legends and symbolism (new york, rebman, 1909 (book ix, chapter 8: the analogies of masonry) a new encyclopaedia of freemasonry (ars magna latomorum) and of cognate instituted mysteries: their rites, literature and history (rider, 1921) 2 vols (the issue of 1934 adds an account of the masonic peace memorial 'robert fludd and freemasonry, manchester association for mas

.65-80 the masonic secretaries' journal 1918 'the rite of the strict observance, vol. 1, pp. 179-81 the master mason 1927 'the royal and masonic art, vol. 4, pp. 745-53 nocalore (transactions of the north carolina lodge of research) 1946 'an introduction to the c.b.c.s, vol. 16, pp. 62-91 the occult review 1907 'satanism and the black mass'by s. r (on leo taxil) vol. 5, pp. 318-21 1908 'the latin church and freemasonry, vol. 8, pp. 146-50 1911 'count cagliostro and freemasonry, vol. 13, pp. 48-50 'freemasonry and the french revolution, vol. 14, pp. 140-7 1913 'a master of the inward way (saint-martin& martines de pasqually, vol. 18, pp. 259-67 1915 'master building (review of j. fort newton, the builders, vol. 22, pp. 3 9-42 1917 'a lodge of magic (martines de pasqually and the elect cohen

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d living the life of a gnostic:overcoming the dialectic system and life on the path 11 the secret way celestial transfiguration, going beyond the law, the parfait, wisdom from india, the secret of the qadesh and the bridal chamber 12 restoring the bible restoring the bible, what about the old testament? bible narratives, multiple levels of truth and continuing revelation, 13 the gnostic apostolic church churches and temples, the use of ritualism, the monastic life, the gnostic tradition: a brief history of the church, the role and purpose of the gnostic apostolic church, membership and priesthood, sacraments of the church and conclusion. table of contents continued the gnostic handbook page 4 all rights reserved 1997-2000 institute for gnostic studies gnostic apostolic church po box 492 ar

neered mankind. these theories were made popular by such writers as zecharia sitchin and on a more vulgar level by eric von daniken. whether we wish to use a highly spiritual and ethereal description such as that by the kabbalists or see the supposed fall of man in more material terms it is of little importance, something occurred and the algebra we use to represent it is somewhat irrelevant. the church teaches that god is the source of all perfect and that the whole world, visible and invisible, is his creation. yet one does not need to be a philosopher to observe that in this world of ours moral and physical evil- suffering, cruelty, decay, death- is abundantly present. how then can god, the supreme good, be the cause of suffering and evil? must he be held responsible for wars, epidemics

the the gnostic handbook page 76 very location of glastonbury cathedral is where jesus and joseph built their hut on their first trip to britain. in the western confines of britain there is a certain royal island of large extent, surrounded by water, abounding in all the beauties of nature and necessaries of life. in it the first neophites of catholic law, god beforehand acquainting them found a church constructed by no human art but divinely constructed (by the hands of christ himself) for the salvation of his people. the almighty has made it manifest by many miracles and mysterious visitations that he continues to watch over it as sacred to himself. a letter from st.augustine to pope gregory amazing as it may seem even the druids believe that jesus came to britain and taught them the es

r opportunities man is given, there is a limited time allotment after which the cycle is completed and unredeemed lifesparks cease to individually exist, unless they have been re-awakened by transfiguration. the bible and reincarnation now you may react by arguing that there is no biblical authority for reincarnation. however, i am afraid that you would be very, very wrong. in the early christian church there were many that taught reincarnation. clement of alexandria, origen, jerome, gregoras, augustine and irenaeus- to name but a few. it was only during the council of nicea in 325 ad that the concept of reincarnation became unpopular and this was coupled with the development of teachings regarding the trinity, eternal hellfire, purgatory and other dogma's which were imported into the chur

carnation became unpopular and this was coupled with the development of teachings regarding the trinity, eternal hellfire, purgatory and other dogma's which were imported into the church for political reasons by emperor constantine. it was only in ad 553 at the second council of constantinople that reincarnation was finally and formally condemned. in regards to scripture itself it is obvious that church copyists have removed many of the classic reincarnation references, however, references still do occur if you look closely and carefully analyse what you read. in the book of revelation we have an exciting description of what will occur at the end of the earth cycle when the "born again, the spiritually transformed enter the new kingdom. as part of the description the following is outlined

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hen it did arrive, did not last for long and soon again they made a hasty retreat to the shadows. certainly this was true with the essene gnosis as taught by master jesus, it was only a very short time after his transfiguration before the true teachings could only be passed in secret, and distorted and twisted forms were offered in their stead by the military-political complex that had become the church. taken as a whole the mystery teachings form what can be best understood as the voice of the gnosis and it is from this voice that ultimately all authentic esoteric teachings come. we have deliberately used the term voice as it represents a living force. far more than just an academic exercise, the gnosis is alive, it is a life transforming vortex, it is the voice originating from a world f

ur research, we have begun to reconstruct the mystery teachings, the inner teachings of the gnosis. hence, what we have discovered is very different from what the "so called" christian churches, occult organisations and other organised religions and philosophies teach today. now, stop for a moment and consider the fact that we have already used a number of these programmed "buzz words. christian, church, occult, esoteric, mystery teachings..and each of these will trigger a certain association for you. for example, you would probably relate the term occult to something sinister and evil, and yet the word itself simply means hidden. members of the medical profession, for example, use the term occult bleeding for bleeding which comes from an unknown source. hardly sinister or demonic i would

ergy source, it also changed the resulting spectrum- we now have reality as a hologram, a mirage or illusion. this hologram, in terms of the esoteric tradition, contaminated the planes and caused the lowest reaches of the desire plane to become what we know as physical. it also caused a breach in the spiritual world, and formed what is known in gnosticism as the great schism. the great schism the church teaches that god is the source of all perfect and that the whole world, visible and invisible, is his creation. yet one does not need to be a philosopher to observe that in this world of ours moral and physical evil- suffering, cruelty, decay, death- is abundantly present. how then can god, the supreme good, be the cause of suffering and evil? must he be held responsible for wars, epidemics

mmorality exist? the self is the owner, the chariot is the body. the soul is the charioteer, the mind is the reins and the senses are the steads. katha upanishad. x gnostic theurgy page 50 what is reincarnation? reincarnation is a concept that can be found at the heart of all of the great esoteric systems of the world. indeed, it can be found at the heart of most religions. in the early christian church there were many who taught the doctrine of reincarnation. clement of alexandria, origen, jerome, gregoras, augustine and irenaeus to name but a few. it was only during the council of nicea in 325 ad that the concept of reincarnation became unpopular. this disavowal was coupled with the development of new teachings regarding the trinity, eternal hellfire and purgatory that were imported into

h there were many who taught the doctrine of reincarnation. clement of alexandria, origen, jerome, gregoras, augustine and irenaeus to name but a few. it was only during the council of nicea in 325 ad that the concept of reincarnation became unpopular. this disavowal was coupled with the development of new teachings regarding the trinity, eternal hellfire and purgatory that were imported into the church for political reasons by emperor constantine. it was only in ad 553 at the second council of constantinople that the church finally and formally condemned the doctrine of reincarnation. in both hinduism and buddhism reincarnation is a central doctrine. in the bhagavad gita, we find krishna expounding the theory of reincarnation to arjuna, a wise and powerful warrior. the fascinating thing a

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ejoice with him, and begin to rule and order all their studies according to these sure and sound foundations. he therefore conferred with the learned in spain, shewing unto them the errors of our arts, and how they might be corrected and from whence they should gather the true inditia of the times to come, and wherein they ought to agree with those things that are past; also how the faults of the church and the whole philosophia moralis were to be amended. he shewed them new growths, new fruits, and beasts, which did concord with old philosophy, and prescribed them new axiomata, whereby all things might be fully restored. but it was to them a laughing matter, and being a new thing unto them, they feared that their great name would be lessened if they should now again begin to learn, and ac

fraternity should remain secret one hundred years. 6 these six articles they bound themselves one to another to keep; five of the brethren departed, only the brethren b. and d. remained with the father, brother r.c, a whole year. when these likewise departed, then remained by him his cousin and brother i.o, so he hath all the days of his life with him two of his brethren. and although as yet the church was not cleansed, nevertheless, we know that they did think of her, and what with longing desire they looked for. every year they assembled together with joy, and made a full resolution of that which they had done. there must certainly have been great pleasure to hear truly and without invention related and rehearsed all the wonders which god hath poured out here and there throughout the wo

to have the knowledge of jesus christ (as the same now in these last days, and chiefly in germany, most clear and pure is professed, and is nowadays cleansed 10 and void of all swerving people, heretics, and false prophets, in certain and noted countries maintained, defended, and propagated. also we use two sacraments, as they are instituted with all forms and ceremonies of the first and renewed church. in politia we acknowledge the roman empire and quartam monarchiam for our christian head, albeit we know what alterations be at hand, and would fain impart the same with all our hearts to other godly learned men, notwithstanding our handwriting which is in our hands, no man (except god alone) can make it common, nor any unworthy person is able to bereave us of it. but we shall help with se

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM19

merrily and joyfully go forth to meet the sun rising in the morning. chapter ix these characters and letters, as god hath here and there incorporated them in the sacred scriptures, so hath he imprinted them most manifestly on the wonderful work of creation, on the heavens, on the earth, and on all beasts, so that as the mathematician predicts eclipses, so we prognosticate the obscurations of the church, and how long they shall last. from these letters we have borrowed our magic writing, and thence made for ourselves a new language, in which the nature of things is expressed, so that it is no wonder that we are not so eloquent in other tongues, least of all in this latin, which we know to be by no means in agreement with that of adam and enoch, but to have been contaminated by the confusio

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

ields and farmsteads. in the late afternoon we arrived at cholula, a sleepy town with 11,000 inhabitants and a spacious main square. after turning east through the narrow streets, we crossed a railway line and pulled to a halt in the shadow of tlahchiualtepetl, the man-made mountain we had come here to see. once sacred to the peaceful cult of quetzalcoatl, but now surmounted by an ornate catholic church, this immense edifice was ranked among the most extensive and ambitious engineering projects ever undertaken anywhere in the ancient world. indeed, with a base area of 45 acres and a height of 210 feet, it was three times more massive than the great pyramid of egypt.1 though its contours were now blurred by age and its sides overgrown with grass, it was still possible to recognize that it h

sunflower .2 in cholula, a great centre of pilgrimage with a population of around 100,000 at the time of the conquest, this decapitation of ancient traditions and ways of life required that something particularly humiliating be done to the man-made mountain of quetzalcoatl. the solution was to smash and desecrate the temple which had once stood on the summit of the ziggurat and replace it with a church. cortez and his men were few, the cholulans were many. when they marched into town, however, the spaniards had one major advantage: bearded and pale-skinned, dressed in shining armour, they looked like the fulfillment of a prophecy had it not always been promised that 1 figures from fair gods and stone faces, p. 56. 2 ibid, p. 12. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 115 quetzalcoatl, th

entral america trying to make? walking through the network of corridors and passageways, inhaling the cool, loamy air, i was uncomfortably conscious of the great weight and mass of the pyramid pressing down upon me. it was the largest building in the world and it had been placed here in honour of a central american deity of whom almost nothing was known. we had the conquistadores and the catholic church to thank for leaving us so deeply in the dark about the true story of quetzalcoatl and his followers. the smashing and desecration of his ancient temple at cholula, the destruction of idols, altars and calendars, and the great bonfires made out of codices, paintings and hieroglyphic scrolls, had succeeded almost completely in silencing the voices of the past. but the legends did offer us on

on the principal sanctuary of amon the temple of karnak at luxor in upper egypt was begun at around 2000 bc23 and, as those who have visited that temple will recall, its principal icons are rams, long rows of which guard its entrances. the immediate predecessor to the age of aries was the age of taurus 15 hamlet s mill, p. 59. 16 ibid; sacred science, p. 179. 17 oxford dictionary of the christian church, oxford university press, 1988, p. 514. 18 sacred science, p. 177. 19 genesis: 22:13 20 jerusalem bible, chronological table, p. 343. 21 king james bible, franklin, computerized first edition. 22 the encyclopaedia of ancient egypt, p. 20. 23 ibid, p. 133. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 438 the bull which spanned the period between 4380 and 2200 bc.24 it was during this precessional

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

(oto, which he had declined to spend, even on medicines that might have saved his life. his considerable contributions to the allied war effort in world war two are little known. little understood even by many of his (supposed) followers, his death in the same year that the ufo phenomenon came to public attention seems more than coincidental. damon, frater, the primate of the qabalistic alchemist church. this organization, along with its sister group oaa in britain, is most responsible for decoding and spreading the cipher of the ufonauts. damon studied the work of frater achad with the late meade layne in the 1950s, and co-founded the qaa/qblh with robert dunlap in 1960. secret cipher of the ufonauts 11 derenberger, woodrow, a west virginia contactee investigated by both author john keel

a high degree freemason and martinist who would eventually claim the 9= 2 grade, though, almost certainly, not until well after achad s death in 1950. robertus and his associates, as if following upon achad s suggestions and warrants, organized an order structure in line with achad s qabalistic attributions, under the initials q:.a:.a (quabalistic alchemist arcanum. in 1960 the qaa organized as a church, and shortly thereafter the a:.a. style titles were dropped from public consideration along with the tell-tale aa in the initials qaa in favor of qblh, the qabalistic alchemist church. the qblh continued, however, to teach something closely akin to achad s vision of the a:.a. curriculum revised, based upon the new aeon qabalistic interpretation of the book of the law, and the restored tree

brotherhood. this development may, in fact, be attributed to a cosmic principle of equal generation of forces. thus, the birth of the modern form, as the fraternity of the knights militant of the new aeon in the cultural and political turbulence of germany in the 1890s, may fairly (along with the coincident peak in the development of the hermetic order of the golden dawn and the universal gnostic church) be characterized as the resurgence of the great white brotherhood and its rejuvenation out of the degeneration of classical speculative freemasonry. this coincides closely with the great airship scare of 1897. at almost the same moment, and in the same unhappy land, the black lodge reasserted itself in the form of such fraternities as the vril society and the thule group. the full story of

senchant the man of earth with his destiny; to fill him with the facts and fancies that enthrall etiolated and degenerated idealists and unfit him for his evident purpose, that of supplying society with supermen. the black lodge in the nazi era totally discredited the concept of the evolved human supermen by grafting it onto german nationalist and racialist conceits, while suppressing the gnostic church, the oto, the anthroposophical society and even lost-word freemasonry- in short, anyone who might have an actual understanding of the coming being. the leading figure of the oto in germany, the future grand master karl germer, was placed in a concentration camp. his official crime was that he knew and maintained relations with aleister crowley. the chief bishop of the universal gnostic chur

on depends upon their character and predisposition. this is all that one must grant to consider the great brotherhood, or secret chiefs, as well as their opposition plausible. in medieval tibet, this was known as the whispered succession. it is an open part of the literature of tantric yoga, and the often-invoked tibetan connection of adepts and publicists comes quickly to mind. it was the hidden church of karl von eckartshausen that brought aleister crowley to the path, and small wonder; von eckartshausen wrote in the 18th century of..the society of the elect, which has continued from the first day of creation to the present time; its members, it is true, are scattered all over the world, but they have always been united in the spirit and in one truth. it is from her that all truths penet

GRIFFIN DAVID MAGICAL EVOCATION OF THE AVERSE FORCES

solomon,2 the lesser key of solomon3 (also known as the lemegeton, the grimoire of armadel,4 and the book of the sacred magic of abra-melin the mage.5 israel regardie contended that the magical grimoires contain the remnants of an ancient form of psychology, although in a greatly corrupted form. this corruption is likely due to the official condemnation of magic in all its forms by the christian church during the middle ages. thus the repressive paradigm prevalent in europe during the middle ages degraded the ancient and sacred science of theurgy into the vulgar sorcery of the grimoires and corrupted its sublime aims into the puerile desires of its guilt-instilled and greedy practitioners.6 1 herewith is revealed a profound magical secret, although "neither torches nor glasses shall aid t

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

be quite impossible to strike the balance between its influence and that inner growth of legend. and nowhere is extrinsic influence less a matter of doubt than where, by the collision of christian doctrine with heathenism among the peeface. xxxv converted nations, it became unavoidable to abjure the old, and in its place to adopt or adapt what the new faith introduced or tolerated. oftentimes the church and i have specified sundry instances either was from the outset, or gradually became, tolerant and indulgent. she prudently permitted, or could not prevent, that heathen and christian things should here and there run into one another; the clergy themselves would not always succeed in marking off the bounds of the two religions; their private leanings might let some things pass, which they

ame and in many cases the observances of midsummer. new christian feasts, especially of saints, seem purposely as well as accidentally to have been made to fall on heathen holidays. churches often rose precisely where a heathen god or his sacred tree had been pulled down, and the people trod their old paths to the accustomed site: sometimes the very walls of the heathen temple became those of the church, and cases occur in which idol-images still found a place in a wall of the porch, or were set up outside the door, as at bamberg cathedral there lie slavic-heathen figures of animals inscribed with runes. sacred hills and fountains were re-christened after saints. xxxvl peeface. to wliom their sanctity was transferred; sacred woods were handed over to the newly-founded convent or the king

ence. three marys together (p. 416, note) resemble the three norns and three fays; mary cai'ries stones and earth in her apron (p. 537) like athena or the fay. the worship of maiy altogether, being neither founded on scripture nor recognised by the first centuries, can only be explained by the fact of those pretty and harmless but heathen fancies having taken such deep root in the people that the church also gradually combined with them a more daintily devised and statelier devotion (attentio) which we find woven into numerous legends and sermons. but mary does not stand alone by a long way. immediately at her side there has grown up in the catholic and greek churches an interminable adoration of saints, to make up for heathen gods of the second or third rank, for heroes and wisewomen, and

the dies martis into georgeday, and dies veneris into mary's day (pott 1, 105. 2, 802. the places of osinn and of freyja in minni-drinking are taken by john and by gertrude, a saint who in other ways also has changed places with the goddess (pp. 61. 305. 673; but we can easily see why the heathen counterpart to a saint's legend is oftener to be found in the eoman than in our german mythology. the church in her saints and canonizations had not the wit to keep within bounds, and the disproportion comes out most glaringly in the fact that the acts and miracles of the saviour and his apostles are in some cases outdone by those of the saints. whoever would push these investigations further, as they deserve to be pushed, will have to take particular notice, what saints are the first to emerge in

ption of mother's love in the yita mahthildis (pertz 6, 298) we can put this touch by rudlieb 1, 52' ast per cancellos post hunc pascebat ocellos mater/ as her son was departing. whenever in dry old otfried i come to the lines iv. 32: wir sin gibot ouh wirken, inti bi unsa muater thenken (we his bidding also do, and of our mother think, it moves me to melancholy, i don't know whether he meant the church, or her that bore him, i think of my own dear mother (dorothea grimm, b. 20 nov. 1755, d. 27 may 1808. another thing also we learn from the oldest history of our people, that modesty and virtue had never fled from the land; beside tacitus, we may rely on salvian (5th cent) as the most unimpeachable of witnesses. refined grace might be wanting, nay, it has often retired before us, and been w

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

, conf. on. lubbi (hirsutus. to this add a remarkable document by bp. gebhard of halberstadt, bewailing as late as 1462 the heathenish worship of a being whom men named den guden lubben, to whom they offered bones of animals on a hill by schochwitz in the county of mansfeld. not only have such ancient bone-heaps been discovered on the lupberg there (conf. the augsburg perleich, p. 294, but in the church of the neighbouring miillersdorf an idol image let into the wall, which tradition says was brought there from the lupberg (see suppl. 1 the on. has several words for giantess, beside the gygr men tioned above: skass, neut, seem. 144b 154b, and sfassa, fern; gridr f, mella f; gifr f, saem. 143b, norweg. jyvri (hallag. 53) or g-ywi, gurri, djurre (faye 7. 9. 10. 12. this gifr seems to mean sa

ugh the teutonic race, but are in vogue with finns and celts and greeks. near pajilnde in hattulasocken of tawastoland there stand some rocks which are said to have been carried by giant s daughters in their aprons and then tossed up (ganander s finn. myth. pp. 29. 30. french traditions put the holy virgin or fays (p. 41 3) in the place of giantesses. notre dame de clery, being ill at ease in the church of mezieres, determined to change the seat of her adora tion, took earth in her apron and carried it to a neighbouring height, pursued by judas: then, to elude the enemy, she took a part of the earth up again, which she deposited at another place not far off: oratories were reared on both sites (mem. de 1 acad. celt. 2, 218. in the charente country, arrond. cognac, cornm. saintfront, a huge

he middle of the field above michelbach, each with the marks of a big giant hand stamped on it. another way of signalling was for the giant to scratch his body, which was done so loud that the other heard it distinctly. the three very ancient chapels by sachsenheim, oberwittighausen and griinfeldhausen were built by giants, who fetched the great heavy stones in their aprons. when the first little church was finished, the giant flung his hammer through the air: wherever it alighted, the next building was to begin. it came to the ground five miles off, and there was erected the second church, on completing which the giant flung the hammer once more, and where it fell, at the same distance of five miles, he built the third chapel. in the one at sachsenheim a huge rib of the builder is preserv

other, one called sortensteen, the other blak, and the latter still shews the fingers of the thrower (thiele 1, 47. a kind of slaty stone in norway, says hallager 53a, is called jyvrikling, because the jyvri (giantess) is said to have smeared it over with butter, and you may see the dint of her fingers on it. two giants at nestved tried their hands at hurling stones; the one aimed his at riislov church, but did not reach it, the other threw with such force that the stone flew right over the steinwald, and may still be seen on the high road from nestved to ringsted (thiele 1, 80; conf. 176. in the wood near palsgaard lies a huge stone, which a jette flung there because the lady of the manor at palsgaard, whom he was courting, declined his proposals; others maintain that a jette maiden slun

176. in the wood near palsgaard lies a huge stone, which a jette flung there because the lady of the manor at palsgaard, whom he was courting, declined his proposals; others maintain that a jette maiden slung it over from fiinen with her garter (thiele 3, 65-6; conf. 42. when giants fight, and one pursues another, they will in their haste leap over a village, and slit their great toe against the church-spire, so that the blood spirts out in jets and forms a pool (deut. sag. no. 325; which strikingly resembles wainamoinen, rune 3. in leaping off a, steep cliff, their foot or their horse s hoof leaves tracks in the stone (ibid. nos. 318-9. also, when a giant sits down to rest on a stone, or leans against a rock, 1 preusker in kruse s deutsch. alterth. iii. 3, 37. giants. 547 his figure prin

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

vented or devised the symbol of the rosy cross, and that the term rosicrucian distinctly applies to and describes one organization and one system of philosophical thought. the name and symbols of the rosy cross are the exclusive property of the legitimate fraternity, and its chartered bodies throughout the world. ques. has the a.m.o.r.c. any relation in the past or present with the roman catholic church, or the jesuits? ans. there was a time in the ancient periods of the order when some jesuits were gready interested in the teachings, and some joined the order, just as many others of various religious denominations have joined the order in the past and present; but today there are no jesuits or representatives of the roman catholic church serving in any official capacity in the a.m.o.r.c

of any officer or member of the order [60] ques. has the a.m.o.r.c. enjoyed a good reputation? ans. the order under the present regime of administration has carried on its work publicly for over sixty years, during which time it has enjoyed excellent newspaper, magazine, radio, television, and other forms of publicity. the organization has naught to do with politics, controversies in religion or church, and deals with no immoral or questionable subjects, or practices, and is therefore unlikely to be entangled in any unpleasant notoriety. it has received the endorsement of the highest types of characters in all ages, and is known as an organization working for the highest forms of personal culture, good citizenship, and universal peace. ques. do the rosicrucians have any "coming world mast

as given a good schooling, and later brought to new york with his two brothers. he was of welsh extraction, descending from the family of lewis whose great forbear was sir robert lewis and whose other descendants included merriweather lewis of the famous lewis and clark expedition, and many others prominent in early american history. educated in new york city schools, he united with the methodist church and was one of the early members of the well-known methodist "metropolitan temple, of which dr. s. parkes cadman was the first clergyman and marvelous promoter of great good. devoting himself to scientific studies he also entered the advertising world as a professional artist, and in many parts of america are paintings in oil, pastel, and water color, as well as hundreds of pen drawings fro

y share with others what they have not. 4. before accepting any blessing from the material world (whether purchased by money, labor, or exchange, or whether received as a gift) say mentally:"by the privilege of god i receive this and pray that it may help me better to fulfill my mission in life. this applies even to such things as clothing, personal requisites, periods of pleasure at the theatre, church, musicals, etc. or even to such small things as books, helpful reading matter, etc. and of course includes the receipt of money as salary, commission, gifts, or otherwise. 5. whenever any special blessing is received, such as long desired things from the material world of any nature, or a small or large luxury, or an unexpected piece of goodness, do not use or apply it to your own personal

aid, this, too, is imperative. in quiet and peace perform your work, render your service, and retire with as little recognition as possible. 20. maintain one place in your home that is sacred to you and your order. in it find peace and time for meditation daily. profane it not with pleasures of the flesh, but sanctify it with your higher thoughts. 21. give your support, moral or physical, to some church in your community, that it may have your help in carrying on the great work in its light. 22. assume no political office without properly and duly notifying all who may sponsor or support your attainment of your definite views and principles toward humanity at large, that they may not expect or depend upon your submission to principles of a lesser degree. 23. judge not, unless you are so pl

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

s. allows to be the reasoning faculty when on earth, retaining its erratic dogmas for a short period (for what is1000years or so to eternity, and when it becomes illumined by the divine mind, and capable of solvingourdoubts, being placed beyond the reach of mortals however magnetic. had these clairvoyantsaffirmedthat the souls of the defunct became immediate converts to romanism or even orthodox church of england, i should have become a rationalist at once. notwithstandingjung, whosetheoryofpneumatology*i conceive to be the best in our language, has the following for the 35th and 37th theorems of hisbriefsummary.35.thesouls of all such as have only led a decent civil life, and who, though not vicious,arestill no true christians, must undergo a long-purificationinthe 'waste and desert hade

ar idiosyncracy, to bear in support of dogmas founded on the doctrine of hades, the possibility of a communion with the souls of the departed and the spirit world, particularly the ministry of guardian angels-doctrines which appeared novel to the great body of the protestant faith, though strictly scriptural and strenuously asserted by the ancient fathers and numerous modem author255 ities of the church of england.theclaims of mahomet ]acobbehmen, or swedenborg, to a divine mission arose from their cases being isolated, though exceedingly elevated, instances of spontaneous somnambulism; but surely the demonstration of the existence of animal magnetism by mesmer, the discovery of clairvoyance by de puysegur, and the phenomena since elicited by an almost countless number of somnambulists, te

be esteemed, advice of mrs glass, as to cooking a hare, occurs on the very threshold as a startling difficulty; for in these dark ages a (notthe)sensible majority of the public require, upon this subject, confirmation a vast deal stronger than holy writ. fortunately, the ensuing pages are addressed solely tothesensible readers ofthe zotst-thereaders who have arrived at 'art.xxi.-thatunless a new church be established by the lord, no one can be saved; and that this is meant by these words "unless those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved" mat. xxiv.,22.'xxii.-thatthe opening and rejection of the tenets of the faith of the present church, and the revelation and reception of the tenets of the faith of the new church is meant by these words in the apocalypse,"hethat sat u

uld no flesh be saved" mat. xxiv.,22.'xxii.-thatthe opening and rejection of the tenets of the faith of the present church, and the revelation and reception of the tenets of the faith of the new church is meant by these words in the apocalypse,"hethat sat upon the throne said, behold, i make all things new; and he said unto me, write, for these words are true and faithful" chap.xxi.,5.thatthe new church about to be establishedbythe lord is the new jerusalem, treated of in the apocalypse, chap.xxi.andxxii.,which is there called the bride and the wife of the lamb.'200therosicrucianseernerves of the eye and eyelids; or, in mr braid's own words 'my phenomena, i consider, arise entirely from the patient keeping his eyes fixed in one position,and thegreaterthestrainon them the better, and the mi

common, i doubt not, with all the readers ofthezoist,i with great pleasure perused the valuable reviewofm. cahagnet's arcanes in the last number ofthezoist:and, as any article from the pen of the learned authorofmesmerismanditsopponentswell merits the earnest consideration of the magnetic world, both from the very liberal and truth-seeking spiritofhis writings and his position as a clergymanofthe church of england, i have, with great diffidence, ventured to differ from that gentleman on the subject of his review; but, emboldened by his admission that, although 'many would probably dissent from his views, stillcontributionstothezoist199in this case the speculatrix had never seen the party in question in any other than a black silk neckerchief and jet studs,butit afterwards appeared that the

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

e gods of egypt are those that tell of their defeat by coptic saints.109 in the seventh century ce, egypt was invaded first by the persians and then by the arabs. the arabs brought with them the muslim religion, but many of the native egyptians (the copts) remained christian. the coptic language fell out of general use around 1000 ce, but it has continued to be used in the liturgies of the coptic church right up to the present day. for centuries egypt was part of an arab empire ruled by caliphs in damascus or baghdad. the most famous of these caliphs was haroun al-rashid, who features in the arabian nights entertainment, a vast collection of stories compiled in medieval egypt. egypt s greatest medieval leader was saladin (1169 1193 ce, who defended egypt and palestine against the christian

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

flung the whole into the water "it must not be left here" she firmly added "these are the st. john's plants, and they might attract thewandering ones" meanwhile the night had come, and the moon illuminated the landscape with a pale, ghostly light. the nightsin the banat are nearly as beautiful as in the east, and the frenchman had to go on with his experiments in theopen air, as the priest of the church had prohibited such in the tower, which was used as the parsonage, forfear of filling the holy precincts with the heretical devils of the mesmerizer, which, the priest remarked, hewould be unable to exorcise on account of their being foreigners. the old gentleman had thrown off his travelling blouse, rolled up his shirt sleeves, and now, striking atheatrical attitude, began a regular proces

mine for her that, when it came to be shared among herchildren, instead of losing in intensity by such division, it seemed to only grow the stronger. born with thepotentiality of the warmest family affection in me, the devotion for my sister was so great, that the thought ofburning that sacred fire of love before any idol, save that of herself and family, never entered my head. thiswas the only, church i recognized, the only church wherein i worshipped at the altar of holy family affection.in fact this large family of eleven persons, including her husband, was the only tie that attached me toeurope. twice, during a period of nine years, had i crossed the ocean with the sole object of seeing andpressing these dear ones to my heart. i had no other business in the west; and having performed

was a healthy, buxom, middle-aged body, strong and hearty. she was apious and a god-fearing soul too, who had never failed in saying her prayers, nor had missed an early massfor years during his absence. on the first sunday after her son had settled at home- a day that she had beenlonging for and had anticipated for months in joyous visions, in which she saw him kneeling by her side inthe little church on the hill- she called him from the foot of the stairs. the hour had come when her piousdream was to be realized, and she was waiting for him, carefully wiping the dust from the prayer-book hehad used in his boyhood. but instead of franz, it was his violin that responded to her call, mixing its sonorousvoice with the rather cracked tones of the peal of the merry sunday bells. the fond moth

n that responded to her call, mixing its sonorousvoice with the rather cracked tones of the peal of the merry sunday bells. the fond mother was somewhatshocked at hearing the prayer-inspiring sounds drowned by the weird, fantastic notes of the "dance of thewitches; they seemed to her so unearthly and mocking. but she almost fainted upon hearing the definiterefusal of her well-beloved son to go to church. he never went to church, he coolly remarked. it was loss oftime; besides which, the loud peals of the old church organ jarred on his nerves. nothing should induce himto submit to the torture of listening to that cracked organ. he was firm, and nothing could move him. to hersupplications and remonstrances he put an end by offering to play for her a" hymn to the sun" he had justcomposed. fro

she caught cold,amidst the glaciers of the tyrol, and redescended only to take to a sick bed, from which she arose no more.frau stenio's vow had led her, in one sense, to the desired result. the poor woman was now given anopportunity of seeking out in propria persona the saints she had believed in so well, and of pleading face toface for the recreant son, who refused adherence to them and to the church, scoffed at monk andconfessional, and held the organ in such horror. franz sincerely lamented his mother's death. unaware of being the indirect cause of it, he felt no remorse; butselling the modest household goods and chattels, light in purse and heart, he resolved to travel on foot for ayear or two, before settling down to any definite profession. a hazy desire to see the great cities of

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

-platonist, and like j. bo hme and other great seers and mystics, is said to have had divine wisdom revealed to him in dreams and visions. hence his name of theodidaktos. he resolved to reconcile every system of religion, and by demonstrating their identical origin to establish one universal creed based on ethics. his life was so blameless and pure, his learning so profound and vast, that several church fathers were his secret disciples. clemens alexandrinus speaks very highly of him. plotinus, the "st. john" of ammonius, was also a man universally respected and esteemed, and of the most profound learning and integrity. when thirty-nine years of age he page 5 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt accompanied the roman emperor gordian and his army to the east, to be instructed by the sages

integrity the wisdom of the ancients; to reduce within bounds the universally-prevailing dominion of superstition; and in part to correct, and in part to exterminate the various errors that had found their way into the different popular religions. this, again, is precisely what the modern theosophists say. only while the great philaletheian was supported and helped in the policy he pursued by two church fathers, clement and athenagoras, by all the learned rabbis of the synagogue, the academy and the groves, and while he taught a common doctrine for all, we, his followers on the same line, receive no recognition, but, on the contrary, are abused and persecuted. people 1,500 years ago are thus shown to have been more tolerant than they are in this enlightened century. q. was he encouraged an

ment and athenagoras, by all the learned rabbis of the synagogue, the academy and the groves, and while he taught a common doctrine for all, we, his followers on the same line, receive no recognition, but, on the contrary, are abused and persecuted. people 1,500 years ago are thus shown to have been more tolerant than they are in this enlightened century. q. was he encouraged and supported by the church because, notwithstanding his heresies, ammonius taught christianity and was a christian? a. not at all. he was born a christian, but never accepted church christianity. as said of him by the same writer: he had but to propound his instructions according to the ancient pillars of hermes, which plato and pythagoras knew before, and from them constituted their philosophy. finding the same in t

first and most important place, in buddhism it is the ethics which have always been the most insisted upon. this accounts for the resemblance, amounting almost to identity, between the ethics of theosophy and those of the religion of buddha. q. are there any great points of difference? a. one great distinction between theosophy and exoteric buddhism is that the latter, represented by the southern church, entirely denies (a) the existence of any deity, and (b) any conscious postmortem life, or even any self-conscious surviving individuality in man. such at least is the teaching of the siamese sect, now considered as the purest form of exoteric buddhism. and it is so, if we refer only to buddha's public teachings; the reason for such reticence on his part i will give further on. but the scho

he existence of any deity, and (b) any conscious postmortem life, or even any self-conscious surviving individuality in man. such at least is the teaching of the siamese sect, now considered as the purest form of exoteric buddhism. and it is so, if we refer only to buddha's public teachings; the reason for such reticence on his part i will give further on. but the schools of the northern buddhist church, established in those countries to which his initiated arhats retired after the master's death, teach all that is now called theosophical doctrines, because they form part of the knowledge of the initiates-thus proving how the truth has been sacrificed to the dead-letter by the too-zealous orthodoxy of southern buddhism. but how much grander and more noble, more philosophical and scientific

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

saw a girl 1 had been in love with when 1was a young man, but she died long ago. she wanted me to kiss her. oh no, 1 would not do that 'why not' 1 said 'oh she might have got power over me 'has your alchemical research had any success' but it at least provided him with a modest stipend( 300 per annum at chacombe) and sufficient leisure for his strictly private interests. in the victorian era the church of england offered a refuge for many young men who had no aptitude for commerce and a passage in one of ayton's letters suggests that he was already preoccupied with alchemy and occultism at about the time he left cambridge. he was initiated as a freemason in stjohn's lodge no. 601 at wellington, shropshire, shortly before his fiftieth birthday in 1866, when he was perpetual curate at oaken

colour (the alchemist may have been eliphas levi, who visited england in the 'sixties, and would have said anything. ayton's letters indicate that he had a formidable knowledge of alchemical and occult literature, which he could read in the original latin texts, also that he experimented with alchemical procedures. they appear, too, to reflect a feeling of guilt that a beneficed clergyman of the church of england should engage himself in such unconventional pursuits: he was afraid, as yeats mentioned, that his bishop would discover what was going on in his cellar. as we will discover, ayton- frater virtute orta occident rarius('those that rise by virtue rarely fall) in the g.d; his wife was soror quam potero adjutabo('i will help as much as i can- had many bees in his clerical bonnet, inc

ew which ayton wrote on notepaper bearing an. occult de ice (see the illustration on p. 19. in the course of this commumc tlon yton mentioned a dozen ancient writers on alchemy with evident familiarity, turned to theosophical publica!io s and. yoga and offered good advice about incense. it is inconceivable that the protestant vicar of chacombe would have tolerated the use of incense in the parish church, but his cellar, where he performed his alchemical experiments, may have reeked of the stuff. private i brought bronchitis home with me from london and have only had energy enough to get through what was absolutely required of me. as to alchemical books the e are plenty of them but all written with a view of conceahng rather than revealing. there do exist mss in which it is more plainly rev

r what is now called birth control; a social and educational reformer; and an orator whose power was so compelling and whose charm was so potent that shaw was only one among thousands who extolled her as the greatest woman speaker of the century. shortly after 1885 she was to become still more notorious, as a strike leader and union organiser- anathema to the conventional and conservative in both church and state. but by 1893 she had cut completely loose from her rebellious and sensational past and had embarked upon her even more rebellious and sensational future. she was to become the successor to the fantasticmadame helena petrovna blavatsky and the international president of the stormy and mystical theosophical society. later, in ndia, she would be a conspicuous and idolised religious

gned iii apnl 1893. a note in a complete list of g.d. members 1887- 97 described her as 'no good. 13 chacombe vicarage 29 august 1889 you asked me i think to tell you of any of behmen's [jakob boehme's] work .wherefore i send you by this post a cat [catalog e] co?tammg one at p.z, which i received this morning. also, it has just been intimated to me that the churchwardens con em late cleaning the church, which will necessitate the closmg it for one sunday at least. i might probably be at liberty to l:ave home on monday qth september. this induces me to ask if you could equally conveniently receive me on or about that day. i am only asking you provisionally, as the plans are not quite matured. mrs ayton would not be able to accompany me as on the oth ?eptember, her sister who has been stayi

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

escape them. across a covered bridge one sees a small village huddled between the stream and the vertical slope of round mountain, and wonders at the cluster of rotting gambrel roofs bespeaking an earlier architectural period than that of the neighbouring region. it is not reassuring to see, on a closer glance, that most of the houses are deserted and falling to ruin, and that the broken-steepled church now harbours the one slovenly mercantile establishment of the hamlet. one dreads to trust the tenebrous tunnel of the bridge, yet there is no way to avoid it. once across, it is hard to prevent the impression of a faint, malign odour about the village street, as of the massed mould and decay of centuries. it is always a relief to get clear of the place, and to follow the narrow road around

the recent horror, can say just what is the matter with dunwich; though old legends speak of unhallowed rites and conclaves of the indians, amidst which they called forbidden shapes of shadow out of the great rounded hills, and made wild orgiastic prayers that were answered by loud crackings and rumblings from the ground below. in 1747 the reverend abijah hoadley, newly come to the congregational church at dunwich village, preached a memorable sermon on the close presence of satan and his imps; in which he said "it must be allow'd, that these blasphemies of an infernall train of daemons are matters of too common knowledge to be deny'd; the cursed voices of azazel and buzrael, of beelzebub and belial, being heard now from under ground by above a score of credible witnesses now living. i mys

un't keer what folks think- ef lavinny's boy looked like his pa, he wouldn't look like nothin' ye expeck. ye needn't think the only folks is the folks hereabouts. lavinny's read some, an' has seed some things the most o' ye only tell abaout. i calc'late her man is as good a husban' as ye kin find this side of aylesbury; an' ef ye knowed as much abaout the hills as i dew, ye wouldn't ast no better church weddin' nor her'n. let me tell ye suthin- some day yew folks'll hear a child o' lavinny's a-callin' its father's name on the top o' sentinel hill' the only person who saw wilbur during the first month of his life were old zechariah whateley, of the undecayed whateleys, and earl sawyer's common-law wife, mamie bishop. mamie's visit was frankly one of curiosity, and her subsequent tales did j

ken, but nature has shown herself capable of many freakish performances. the expression on his face may easily have arisen from some obscure muscular source unrelated to anything he saw, while the entries in his diary are clearly the result of a fantastic imagination aroused by certain local superstitions and by certain old matters he had uncovered. as for the anomalous conditions at the deserted church of federal hill- the shrewd analyst is not slow in attributing them to some charlatanry, conscious or unconscious, with at least some of which blake was secretly connected. for after all, the victim was a writer and painter wholly devoted to the field of myth, dream, terror, and superstition, and avid in his quest for scenes and effects of a bizarre, spectral sort. his earlier stay in the c

his death may have nipped in the bud some stupendous hoax destined to have a literary reflection. among those, however, who have examined and correlated all this evidence, there remain several who cling to less rational and commonplace theories. they are inclined to take much of blake's diary at its face value, and point significantly to certain facts such as the undoubted genuineness of the old church record, the verified existence of the disliked and unorthodox starry wisdom sect prior to 1877, the recorded disappearance of an inquisitive reporter named edwin m. lillibridge in 1893, and- above all- the look of monstrous, transfiguring fear on the face of the young writer when he died. it was one of these believers who, moved to fanatical extremes, threw into the bay the curiously angled

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ice we both declared ignorance of our late companion s identity. he was, west nervously said, a congenial stranger whom we had met at some downtown bar of uncertain location. we had all been rather jovial, and west and i did not wish to have our pugnacious companion hunted down. that same night saw the beginning of the second arkham horror- the horror that to me eclipsed the plague itself. christ-church cemetery was the scene of a terrible killing; a watchman having been clawed to death in a manner not only too hideous for description, but raising a doubt as to the human agency of the deed. the victim had been seen alive considerably after midnight- the dawn revealed the unutterable thing. the manager of a circus at the neighbouring town of bolton was questioned, but he swore that no beast

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r with what i now saw; with the bizarre marvels that sight implied. the sight itself was as simple as it was stupefying, for it was merely this: instead of a dizzying prospect of treetops seen from a lofty eminence, there stretched around me on the level through the grating nothing less than the solid ground, decked and diversified by marble slabs and columns, and overshadowed by an ancient stone church, whose ruined spire gleamed spectrally in the moonlight. half unconscious, i opened the grating and staggered out upon the white gravel path that stretched away in two directions. my mind, stunned and chaotic as it was, still held the frantic craving for light; and not even the fantastic wonder which had happened could stay my course. i neither knew nor cared whether my experience was insan

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

asi-pagan thing imported from the east a century before, at a time when the innsmouth fisheries seemed to be going barren. its persistence among a simple people was quite natural in view of the sudden and permanent return of abundantly fine fishing, and it soon came to be the greatest influence in the town, replacing freemasonry altogether and taking up headquarters in the old masonic hall on new church green. all this, to the pious miss tilton, formed an excellent reason for shunning the ancient town of decay and desolation; but to me it was merely a fresh incentive. to my architectural and historical anticipations was now added an acute anthropological zeal, and i could scarcely sleep in my small room at the "y" as the night wore away. i i shortly before ten the next morning i stood whit

ment was so faded that i could only with difficulty make out the words "esoteric order of dagon. this, then was the former masonic hall now given over to a degraded cult. as i strained to decipher this inscription my notice was distracted by the raucous tones of a cracked bell across the street, and i quickly turned to look out the window on my side of the coach. the sound came from a squat stone church of manifestly later date than most of the houses, built in a clumsy gothic fashion and having a disproportionately high basement with shuttered windos. thongh the hands of its clock were missing on the side i glimpsed, i knew that those hoarse strokes were tolling the hour of eleven. then suddenly all thoughts of time were blotted out by an onrushing image of sharp intensity and unaccountab

c fashion and having a disproportionately high basement with shuttered windos. thongh the hands of its clock were missing on the side i glimpsed, i knew that those hoarse strokes were tolling the hour of eleven. then suddenly all thoughts of time were blotted out by an onrushing image of sharp intensity and unaccountable horror which had seized me before i knew what it really was. the door of the church basement was open, revealing a rectangle of blackness inside. and as i looked, a certain object crossed or seemed to cross that dark rectangle; burning into my brain a momentary conception of nightmare which was all the more maddening because analysis could not shew a single nightmarish quality in it. it was a living object- the first except the driver that i had seen since entering the com

eself too conspicuous in such neighbourhoods- especially north of the river since the people were sullen and hostile. some strangers had even disappeared. certain spots were almost forbidden territory, as he had learned at considerable cost. one must not, for example, linger much around the marsh refinery, or around any of the still used churches, or around the pillared order of dagon hall at new church green. those churches were very odd- all violently disavowed by their respective denominations elsewhere, and apparently using the queerest kind of ceremonials and clerical vestments. their creeds were heterodox and mysterious, involving hints of certain marvelous transformations leading to bodily immorality- of a sort- on this earth. the youth's own pastor- dr. wallace of asbury m. e. chur

ently disavowed by their respective denominations elsewhere, and apparently using the queerest kind of ceremonials and clerical vestments. their creeds were heterodox and mysterious, involving hints of certain marvelous transformations leading to bodily immorality- of a sort- on this earth. the youth's own pastor- dr. wallace of asbury m. e. church in arkham- had gravely urged him not to join any church in innsmouth. as for the innsmouth people- the youth hardly knew, what to make of them. they were as furtive and seldom seen as animals that live in burrows, and one could hardly imagine how they passed the time apart from their desultory fishing. perhaps- judging from the quantities of bootleg liquor they consumed- they lay for most of the daylight hours in an alcoholic stupor they seemed

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

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

ccessful in what they attempt. most of the so-called witches in salem were victims of circumstances. the cases you read in reference books point out that witches usually were somebody's unwanted mother-in-law or an old grandmother whose family couldn't support her any more and so would accuse her of witchcraft. but the greatest percentage were religious-political victims, because at that time the church was in a frenzy, and the religious leaders felt the more witches they got rid of, the better became the church's reputation. so they looked all over hell-and-gone to find witches. it was very simple. mental defectives were easy to eliminate. people of power were a bit more difficult, but it didn't prevent them from eradicating a few mayors and governors, too. mass hysteria is commonplace in

hough i'm not sure. i know i'm becoming more and more able to cast spells without props, but i'd rather use props because i am comfortable with the old methods. there's nothing wrong with using candles and other props to condition and key up your senses. for ages, religions have employed candles, bells and incense to affect the concentration of their congregations. lighting candles, as is done in church, can be done at home for the same purpose. it's not such a hokey thing that it should occur only in the dominion of witches. many clever people in all professions are aware of the power of objects. a bell is supposed to attract the spirits, and it may, but i believe spirits are energy from within yourself or from within other people. what does ringing the bell in church mean? it may be that

mes. if you really want to be tricky, you can take a few drops of your blood and drop it into his food. that's a cincher. if fooling around with candles makes you feel odd, consider this: millions and millions of people, for century after century, spent their most thoughtful moments staring at the tongues of fire from candles and torches and, before that, campfires. and untold millions, attending church ceremonies, were conditioned by flickering candlefire as they made their strongest efforts to contact the supernatural, god. odd? not a bit. if thought has any force beyond our own small persons, then no greater communication with the thought energies of millions could be approached than through the common human fascination with controlled fire. 13. the coleopterous charm one charm that wil

r mental attitudes. when you have written all these things out, draw a two-column checklist beside it. examine each item on the list from the point of "what, of all these things, do i consider important to myself" the questions for a yes and no in each of the columns are "what do i like? what is it that bugs me" it can't be a matter of what your mother thinks is important, or your teachers or the church or the lady next door. it must be your own secret and personal inventory. which of these things really matter to you? do you like it or not? what you possess influences what you are to a great extent, and at this stage you cannot separate or omit any items or relationships from the chart. it all adds up to making you happy or unhappy. you must be extremely selfish in deciding these desires

is a witch, there are many ways in which to react: 1. she really is! 2. she is lying! 3. she thinks she is- and since there is no such person- she is crazy! 4. she knows she is not- but thinks you are crazy! a real witch doesn't care what people think about it, because what they think doesn't change what is. a witch doesn't behave obnoxiously, going around and declaring she is a witch, at a local church meeting, for example, just for the shock value, any more than witches fly about scaring people on halloween. why go about making people in your society unhappy or upset- without a reason? on the other hand, witches do not hide out in dimly lit rooms, seldom emerging. personally, i am very much accustomed to public exposure. i speak at numerous club luncheons and am the centre of attention f

INFERNAL SABBAT LIVE

ce more, and taking a new name to be used in the witching way- the name that spirits and beings in the unseen will know you nspsychonaut 75 a luciferian& vampyric self-liberation ritual december 22nd, 2002 a b l a c k x-ma s s at the engine room the infernal sabbat chthonic summons article by michael ford, psychonaut 75 the ritual of the black mass was originally a ritual of rebellion against the church. in a time when if you were not christian of god fearing, your life would be made unlivable, the church became renown for it s religious aggression against those who did not uphold the governmental glory of the leaders who preached this religion. beliefs contrary to the bigotry and tyrannical attitudes of the church and its sterile followers were not accepted. the black mass was created as

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

gnore the weak points, which does not necessarily mean that he must profess a religion, but he shall express awe to each for of worship, for each religion has its proper principle of god, whether the point in question be christianity, buddhism, islam or any other kind of religion. fundamentally he may be faithful to his own religion. but he will not be satisfied with the official doctrines of his church, and will try to penetrate deeper into god s workshop. and such is the purpose of our initiation. according to the universal laws, the magician will form his own point of view about the universe which henceforth will be his true religion. he will state that, apart from the deficiencies, each defender of religion will endeavor to represent his religion as the best of all. each religious trut

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

s, but these never developed in this direction. in england and scotland during the medi val and later periods of its existence witchcraft was an offence against the laws of god and man; in celtic ireland dealings with the unseen were not regarded with such abhorrence, and indeed had the sanction of custom and antiquity. in england after the reformation we seldom find members of the roman catholic church taking any prominent part in witch cases, and this is equally true of ireland from the same date. witchcraft seems to have been confined m the protestant party, as far as we can judge from the material at our disposal, while it is probable that the existence of the penal laws (active or quiescent) would deter the roman catholics from coming into any prominence in a matter which would be lik

n of the roman empire. ireland's civilisation developed along other and more barbaric lines, and so had no opportunity of assimilating the particular phases of that belief which obtained elsewhere in europe. consequently, when the anglo-normans came over, they found that the native celts had no predisposition towards accepting the view of the witch as an emissary of satan and p. 8 an enemy of the church, though they fully believed in supernatural influences of both good and evil, and credited their bards and druids with the possession of powers beyond the ordinary. had this country never suffered a cross-channel invasion, had she been left to work out her destiny unaided and uninfluenced by her neighbours, it is quite conceivable that at some period in her history she would have imbibed th

having been the principal means of preventing the growth and spread of witchcraft in celtic ireland. another point arises in connection with the advance of the reformation in ireland. unfortunately the persecution of witches did not cease in the countries where that movement made headway--far from it; on p. 9 the contrary it was kept up with unabated vigour. infallibility was transferred from the church to the bible; the roman catholic persecuted the witch because supreme pontiffs had stigmatised her as a heretic and an associate of satan, while the protestant acted similarly because holy writ contained the grim command "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" thus persecution flourished equally in protestant and roman catholic kingdoms. but in ireland the conditions were different. we find

l. i, and in the rev. dr. carrigan's history of the diocese of ossory, vol. i. dame alice kyteler (such apparently being her maiden name, the facile princeps of irish witches, was a member of a good anglo-norman family that had been settled p. 26 in the city of kilkenny for many ears. the coffin-shaped tombstone of one of her ancestors, jose de keteller, who died in 128, is preserved at s. mary's church; the inscription is in norman-french and the lettering is lombardic. the lady in question must have been far removed from the popular conception of a witch as an old woman of striking ugliness, or else her powers of attraction were very remarkable, for she had succeeded in leading four husbands to the altar. she had been married, first, to william outlawe of kilkenny, banker; secondly, to a

umerous p. 27 nobles, that there was in the city a band of heretical sorcerers, at the head of whom was dame alice. the following charges were laid against them. 1. they had denied the faith of christ absolutely for a year or a month, according as the object they desired to gain through sorcery was of greater or less importance. during all that period they believed in none of the doctrines of the church; they did not adore the body of christ, nor enter a sacred building to hear mass, nor make use of consecrated bread or holy water. 2. they offered in sacrifice to demons living animals, which they dismembered, and then distributed at cross-roads to a certain evil spirit of low rank, named the son of art. 3. they sought by their sorcery advice and responses from demons. 4. in their nightly m

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    , in which to teach these conflicting theological doctrines, 354,485,581 have been spent. the value of the protestant parsonages alone, m which are ^lettered the disputants and their families, is rou^ily calculated to approxunate $54,115,297. sixteen million (16,179,387) dollars are, moreover, contributed every year for the current expenses ta the protes- tant denominations only. one presbyterian church in new york cost a round million; a catholic altar alone, one-fourth as much! we will not mention the multitude of smaller sects, communities, and extravagantly original little heresies in this country which spring up one year to die out the next, like so many spores of fungi after a rainy day' we will not even stop to consider the alleged millions of spiritualists; for the majority lack th

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

of attitude can t be overemphasized. a quote from charles swindoll should suffice. the longer i live, the more i realize the importance of attitude on life. attitude to me, is more important than facts. it is more important than past, than education, successes, than what other people think or say or do. it is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. it will make or break a company .a church .a home. the remarkable thing is we divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 62 have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. we cannot change our past. we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. we cannot change the inevitable. the only thing we can do is to play on the string we have, and that is our attit

drawn and i am usually guided to do some sort of dimensional biofield engineering that involves the fine-tuning of the different fields and so the outing becomes both purposeful and relaxing. one of my favorite pastimes is sitting in forests, or parks and places of worship where the power of the divine can be felt or seen or heard or sensed in some way. on this particular occasion we had found a church in the middle of montmartre that had become a beacon of light that stood strong amid a street of tourism that offered clubs and sex shops. the chapel was obviously used and felt most welcoming, for the energy when we sat within its walls was completely transforming. feelings of a deep connection to a divine spirit that had been prayed for, and longed for, and invited in were evident within

f montmartre that had become a beacon of light that stood strong amid a street of tourism that offered clubs and sex shops. the chapel was obviously used and felt most welcoming, for the energy when we sat within its walls was completely transforming. feelings of a deep connection to a divine spirit that had been prayed for, and longed for, and invited in were evident within the walls of the tiny church of st. rita s, which was plain by comparison to the great cathedrals of st. michel and notre dame, yet this simple church had a magic that the bigger ones with all their throngs of tourists somehow failed to possess. after enjoying the chapel and feeling it feed us with its theta. delta wave, we caught the metro over to st. michel. an amazing cathedral that was built for royal worship centu

otre dame, yet this simple church had a magic that the bigger ones with all their throngs of tourists somehow failed to possess. after enjoying the chapel and feeling it feed us with its theta. delta wave, we caught the metro over to st. michel. an amazing cathedral that was built for royal worship centuries ago. a place thronging with tourists because the stained glass walls are magnificent, the church had such a strong beta field which drowned out anything more refined. suddenly, as we sat there watching it all, the pa system began to boom out gregorian chants. proud and strong and devoted and powerful, the monks sang in one voice with all their contraltos and vibratos, and everything they could muster, and suddenly the energy of the place lit up, the field became lighter and more alive

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

ome anonymous members of the r.c, and are adduced in a translation from the latin by one of the most famous men of the order, who addressed from the university of oxford about the period of oliver cromwell; to which university the great english rosicrucian, robertus de fluctibus (robert flood, also belonged, in the time of james the first and charles the first. we have made repeated visits to the church where robert flood lies buried. him, and which are in print. every man naturally desires superiority. men wish for treasures and to seem great in the eyes of the world. god, indeed, created all things to the end that man might give him thanks. but there is no individual thinks of his proper duties; he secretly desires to spend his days idly, and would enjoy riches and pleasures without any

ying gold. the three lotuses, or lisses, were the coat of arms emblems of the trimurti, the three persons of the triple generative power, or of the sun, or lux. hlc, sle, shilo, is probably lyc, sil 36o, or c= 6oo, l= 50= 10, w= 6= 666. this is silo, or selo. i have no doubt it was the invocation. in the psalms called selah, hlc(s. thus asserts the learned and judicious godfrey higgins. the holie church of rome herself doth compare the incomprehensible generation of the sonne of god from his father, together with his birth out of the pure and undefiled virgine marie, unto the bees, which were in verie deede a great blasphemie, if the bees were not of so great valour and virtue (value and dignity. beehive of the romish church: hone s ancient mysteries described, p. 283. in the second editio

, mostly at the entrance of old-fashioned churchyards, which is called the lyke- porch, or litch-porch. lug, or litk, is a word in the danish signifying the same as lyk in the dutch, and leiche in the german. thus comes the word lich-gate. lich in the anglo-saxon means a dead body. see notes and queries, vol. ii. p. 4. the lych-gates were as a sort of triumphal arches (propyl a) placed before the church, as the outwork called the propylon, or propyl um, was advanced before the egyptian and the grecian temples. they are found, in the form of separate arches, before the gates even of chinese cities, and they are there generally called triumphal arches. propyl a is a name of hecate, dis, chronos, or the p, to which sinister deity the propylon or propyl um (as also, properly, the lych-gate) is

ole occult theosophy to the initiate, which the leaders of the templars undoubtedly were. the difference between these two figures, fig. 8 and fig. 9, is, that the fly of the ensign marked fig. 9 is bifurcated (or cloven) in the lighted part. we subjoin the representation of the wondrous banner of the poor soldiers of the temple, as depicted abundantly on the spandrels of the arches of the temple church, london. fig. 10. fig. 11. von hammer s mystery of baphomet revealed contains much suggestive matter relative to these mysterious supposed dreadful templars. the parisian templiers assert that there is a connection between the recent niskhi letter and the cufic characters, and that the origin of the secrets of the order of the temple is contemporary with the prevalence of the latter alphabe

y ancient memorial of the mythic british and heroic time at winchester. when spires or steeples were placed on churches, and succeeded the pyramidal tower, or square or round tower, these pointed erections were only the perpetuations of the original monolith. the universal signal was reproduced through the phases of architecture. the supposition that the object of the steeple was to point out the church to the surrounding country explains but half its meaning. at one period of our history, the signal-lights abounded all over the country as numerously as church-spires do in the present days. exalted on eminences, dotting hills, spiring on cliffs, perched on promontories, from sea inland, and from the interior of the country to broad river-side and to the seashore, rising from woods, a unive

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

en wrong. reliable people have been seeing the phenomena known as flying saucers for a thousand years and more. there are good reports as far back as 1500 bc and before. thousands of people have seen some kind of navigable contraptions in the sky, and some have sworn it under oath. in a day when oaths were just as good as money -in- hand for if incorrect your neck suffered "the miracle"1 from the church as a knife from the outraged who took your oath. 1 undecipherable: could be nracle or nrack. 12 i cannot agree with any astronomer who insists that all of these things are mirages, planets, clouds or illusions. the majority of the people are articulate enough to tell their stories, and sincere enough to make depositions before notaries public. even scientists concede that these folk saw som

cranmer's comments about the indians and the thunderbird. has there ever been a better description of a noisily-powered flying machine? and for the word "piazzi" meaning destroyer, is not that fairly descriptive as well? see full grown, mummiefied "little man" in vault in casper, wyo. do not touch. according to the chicago tribune, of january 5, 1900, there disappeared a young chap named sherman church. it seems that mr. church was employed in the august mills in battle creek at the time. he was seated in the company's office, when he arose and ran into the mill. he has not been seen since. the mill was almost taken apart by searchers, and the river, woods and country were scoured, but to no avail. nobody saw church leave town, nor was there any known reason for his leaving. what can we m

battle creek at the time. he was seated in the company's office, when he arose and ran into the mill. he has not been seen since. the mill was almost taken apart by searchers, and the river, woods and country were scoured, but to no avail. nobody saw church leave town, nor was there any known reason for his leaving. what can we make of that one? if somebody (or something) desired to teleport mr. church, it seems that the teleportation could just as well have taken him right out of his seat. so what impelled him to run out of the offices? did "something" want him to go outside where he could be lifted? have resisted this of them. myself "telepathic control" only resisted by another telepath. darn tough on me, i am only partly telepathic but can "set" call-barriers. if ever see l-m swimming

KETAB E SIYAH

of adam it will be seen and many will tremble thereby. all habitations and desert spaces are indeed of my own creation, set forth, all fully within my strength, not that of the false gods; wherefore i am he that men come with their rightful worship, not the false gods of their books, wrongly written; but they come to know me, a peacock of bronze and of gold, wings spread over kaaba and temple and church, not to be overshadowed. and in the secret cave of my wisdom it is known that there is no god but myself, archangel over all the host, melek ta'us. knowing this, who dares deny? 406 knowing this, who dares fail to worship? knowing this, who dares worship false gods of koran and bible? knowing this, who shall make that? know that who knows me will i cast into paradisical gardens of my pleasu

ame. why should we not quit earth and leave man to pursue his choice unbewildered by influence from either hell or heaven? and messiah answered, the ways of god are not those of hell, and for that reason i should not recognize thy wish. but know that in truth i shall appear to man and manifest to him the glory of god incarnate in me, that he may elect now the way of heaven and raise to me a great church of worship. for i am not of a mind to game with thee, satan, and would crush thy following without remorse. thy name also shall be revealed to thy precious man, and he shall curse thee, for i shall show to him the fruit of thy evil genius. then satan addressed messiah in dark anger, saying, i shall not come to man as an idol to be worshipped, for man shall never bow to me as i would never t

taste now of thy own fruit. and i crucified the living messiah, and as life was torn from his broken form, he knew truly the shock of helplessness, and he called in agony to his god. but i said, god heeds thee not, messiah, for thou art all that presumes to a divine consciousness. and so i, abaddon, cast messiah from earth, but the seed that messiah had planted among men grew and became a mighty church wherein all life was forgotten, and death was worshipped, and the pleasures of heaven were promised to all who would forsake their own will to embrace that of god. and rome itself was humbled before this church, and i struck down the eternal city in its pitiful decay. but azazel came to me and said, touch not this church of god, for as man in his foolishness hath nurtured it, so must man hi

w not the majesty of the flame, using its lesser powers for finite and minor alteration of the divine law on earth. and as man might unleash the flame beyond his skill to master it, satan said, belial, the black flame cannot incline merely to the base ends of ordered existence. man must recognize the ultimate potential of my gift ere he destroy his very race through its abuse. convoke therefore a church of satan to tend the black flame with care and wield it with wisdom, preserving for man this key to infinite will. and i answered, so it shall be, and this church of satan shall herald the glories of the satanic age of man. the days of the god-churches shall pale with decay and dissolution, and the realm of messiah upon earth shall crumble to ruin with the coming of the satanic man. to thos

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

gs- to religion, for example. religion has always spoken to mankind of unseen things above- not only far away in the future, but close around us here and now. our life and what we can make of it largely depend upon how real these unseen things are to us. whatever we do, we should think always of the unseen consequences of our action. some of us know how useful that knowledge has been to us in our church services; and it is just the same in freemasonry. though this vast inner world is unseen by most of us, it is not therefore invisible. as i wrote in the science of the sacraments: there are within man faculties of the soul which, if developed, will enable him to perceive this inner world, so that it will become possible for him to explore and to study it precisely as man has explored and st

e emperor diocletian in the year 303, and the great abbey of s. alban was built over his remains some five hundred years later. 29. in the year 411 he was born in constantinople and received the name of proclus- a name which in after life he was destined to make famous. he was one of the last great exponents of neo-platonism, and his influence overshadowed to a great extent the medieval christian church. after that there is a gap in his list of incarnations, as to which at present we know nothing. we find him reborn in the year 1211, and in that life he was roger bacon, a franciscan friar, who was a reformer both of the theology and the science of his day. in 1375 came his birth as christian rosenkreutz. that also was an incarnation of considerable importance, for in it he founded the secr

where mani-fest, we worship thee in greeting each god-soul that cometh forth from thee and liveth in us. 50. the ggods h were not considered to be equal with god, but rather to have attained union with him at various levels, and therefore to be channels of his infinite power to mankind. 51. the cult of the gods was in reality but little different from the cult of angels and saints in the catholic church. just as christians look to st. michael and to our lady as real personages and hold festivals in their honour, so in ancient egypt adoration was offered to isis and osiris, and to other deities likewise. in the ultimate these august names referred to aspects of the godhead, amen-ra, for the trinity in egypt was represented by father, mother, son- osiris, isis and horus instead of the christ

action of that force, to see how the service of the eucharist builds up a thought-form, through which that force is distributed by the priest with the aid of the angel invoked for that purpose. it has been so arranged that the attitude of the priest, his knowledge- even his character- does not in any way interfere with the due effect of the sacrament(*see no. 26 of the thirty-nine articles of the church of england in the book of common prayer) there is, in any case, an irreducible minimum which is transmitted. so long as he performs the prescribed ceremonies the result is achieved(*see the canons and decrees of the council of trent, by t. waterworth, p. 55 (session vii, canon xii) if he is also a devout man, those who receive the sacrament at his hands have the additional benefit of a shar

h the recollec-tion of the way in which the work was done in ancient egypt may be of use to us, for those people performed their ceremonies with full knowledge of their meaning, and so the points upon which they laid great stress are likely to be important to us also. 78. deep reverence was their strongest characteristic. they regarded their temple much as the most earnest christians regard their church, except that their attitude was dictated by scientific knowledge rather than by feeling. they understood that the temple was strongly magnetized, and that to preserve the full strength of that magnetism great care was necessary. to speak of ordinary matters in the temple would have been considered as sacrilege, as it would mean the introduction of a disturbing influence. vesting and all pre

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

sciousness which corresponds to the symbolism of the degree, as far as it can be awakened; secondly to aid in the evolution of the members present; and thirdly and most important of all, to pour out a flood of spiritual power intended to uplift, strengthen and encourage all members of the craft. 38. some years ago i undertook an investigation into the hidden side of the sacraments of the catholic church, and published the results of that investigation in a book called the science of the sacraments. those who have read that book will remember that the shedding abroad of spiritual power is one great object of the celebration of the holy eucharist, and of other services of the church, and that it is attained by the invocation of an angel to build a spiritual temple in the inner worlds with th

er of osiris is said to have taken place on the seventeenth day of the month athyr (hathor, when the sun was in scorpio, osiris being in the twenty-eighth year either of his reign or his age (it will be noted that this date marks the beginning of winter, when the sun is mystically slain by the forces of darkness; and it was on this date, corresponding to the festival of all souls in the christian church, that the land of egypt mourned the death of osiris, as we mourn the death of the body of jesus on good friday) 148. news was brought to isis at coptos of the tragedy which had occurred, whereupon she cut off a lock of her hair, arrayed herself in mourning apparel, and went forth in search of the body of osiris. she learnt that the chest had been carried by the sea to byblos- not the byblos

s. the women wore a cloth which covered the whole body, but was arranged something like an indian dhoti in the lower part, giving rather the effect of a divided skirt. 214. the interior of the island was mountainous, not unlike sicily, and there was much beautiful scenery. the architecture was massive, but the houses were curiously arranged. on entering, one came directly into a large hall like a church, in which the entire family and the servants lived all day, the cooking being done in one corner. at the back was a covered passage (as in the houses in java at the present day) leading to what was in effect a separate building, in which were the sleeping rooms. these were quite small and dark- mere cubicles- but open all round for about two feet under the roof, so that there was ample vent

as existing at naioth under the direction of the prophet samuel(*sam, xix, 20) and there were others later at bethel and jericho(*ii kings, ii, 2, 5) 272. these schools were not so much concerned with prophecy in our modern sense of foretelling the future, as with endeavouring to instruct the people by preaching; they seem to have resembled in many ways the preaching friars sent out by the roman church during the middle ages, the franciscans and other orders. these preachers were chosen from among the levites, and were sent forth to proclaim the deeper teaching in a popular form. it is probable that many of the greater jewish prophets belonged to a later development of these schools- isaiah, jeremiah, ezekiel and others- but they were always somewhat pessimistic in their outlook, even tho

nd most intimate of all the sacraments known to man. 297. the mithraic eucharist brought the worshipper into close touch with the divine life; the mystic supper of the rose-croix lifts the sovereign prince into a wonderful union with christ, the lord of love; in the ritual of amen the brn. bowed to each who had partaken of the sacrament saying, thou art osiris. the holy eucharist of the christian church is the last and most wonderful of all, for in it we receive him, the lord of love, and the sacred host is just as fully and perfectly his vehicle as was the body of jesus in palestine two thousand years ago. it seems probable that he took the existing sacrament which was regularly celebrated in the essene community, and transfigured it into another and holier eucharist, which has become the

LETTER FROM A LUCIFEREAN

me at the time was that i had found some like-minded people who not only shared but encouraged me in developing a perspective which, whilst frightening at times, was exciting and invigorating. indeed, i did not know, at the outset, that i had become involved with a satanic group. this admission may ring strange to the modern ear. my personal odyssey began whilst sitting in a pew in st. matthew s church, colchester, half-listening to the vicar s sermon. an early banthe- bomb advocate, he was preaching the dire consequences of the arrival of nuclear weapons on the earth. i can no longer recall exactly what he said, but i was suddenly struck with a revelation that the atom bomb was the ultimate symbol of lucifer- the light-bringer; that this destroying light had ripped away the old world- ha

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

to ignore the point that some boundaries if deliberately and carefully maintained, can be extremely useful for magical work. it is such fine distinctions which separate the magician from the mere dissolusethe final volume in his magisterial study of the history of the devil, jeffrey burton russell contemptuously dismisses contemporary, religious satanism as represented by anton szandor lavey, the church of satan, and the temple of set. russell, obviously irritated by what he characterizes as satan chic, asserts that satan is by definition evil. hence modern satanism s effort to recover the positive satan of the romantic poets is inherently meaningless because it contradicts itself. alternately, in the same section where he discounts lavey and others as pseudo-satanists, russell characteriz

f the beast.we are no longer supplicating weaklings trembling before an unmerciful god who cares not whether we live or die.we are self-respecting, prideful people we are satanists! anton szandor lavey, the satanic bible xii introduction as representatives of pure evil, our culture has also invested the devil with many positive and attractive traits. a prime example of this is sex: because of the church s traditional aversion to sexuality, the diabolical has come to be associated with sex and sensuality. satan has also been portrayed as a proud, clever, creative nonconformist willing to question the status quo. in the modern world, all of these characteristics are regarded as positive traits, at least theoretically. almost all contemporary images of the devil derive directly or indirectly

by the resurrection of the dead, a final judgment, the defeat of satan, and the end of this world. with these apocalyptic additions, the christian devil remained essentially unchanged for centuries. these understandings were, however, gradually amplified by an emergent folklore about satan and his minions. this diabolical folklore eventually came to be regarded with the utmost seriousness by the church, so that, by the late medieval period, authorities were executing numerous people hundreds of thousands of people, especially women on the charge of being witches. the central item in this folklore was the idea that witches gathered together in the middle of the night for nefarious purposes. the churchmen of the middle ages believed that witches, who were usually women, slipped out of their

eople s minds, the deadliest witchhunts were conducted in the twilight of the medieval world. it has been suggested that witchhunting was, in fact, a displaced reaction to the breakup of medievalism and the emergence of the modern world. whatever the factors at work in this phenomenon, the witch-hunts came to represent the worst aspects of christianity an important component of a new image of the church as a corrupt, evil institution that repressed and executed innocent people. if, then, christianity was bad, perhaps the devil was not so bad or even good. in the postmedieval world, particularly in romantic literary circles, poets like william blake often used infernal imagery to represent aspects of the human being such as sensuality components of the human condition the christian traditio

treatments of a handful of traditional literary figures who have helped shape our images of the prince of darkness, such as milton and dante. and because of their influence on modern, religious satanism, i included material on romantic writers like blake and other literary figures like baudelaire. beginning in 1966, religious satanism emerged out of the occult subculture with the formation of the church of satan. anton lavey, founder of the church, was indebted to a number of different sources for his synthesis. especially important were: 1. traditional folklore about the devil and various adversarial figures in world mythology. 2. certain romantic poets who, as a literary device, created a noble, promethean satan at odds with the dehumanizing aspects of modern society and traditional reli

LIBER ALEPH

ou work constantly by the means prescribed in our holy books. neglect never the fourfold adorations of the sun in his four stations, for thereby thou doest affirm thy place in nature and her harmonies. neglect not the performance of the ritual of the pentagram, and of the assumption of the form of hoor-pa-kraat. neglect not the daily miracle of the mass, either by the rite of the gnostic catholic church, or that of the phoenix. neglect not the performance of the mass of the holy ghost, as nature herself prompteth thee. travel also much in the empyrean in the body of light, seeking ever abodes more fiery and lucid. finally, exercise constantly the eight limbs of yoga. and so shalt thou come to the end. n the book of wisdom or folly 17 p de clavicula somniorum (of the key of dreams) nd now c

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

ith .akti in the sahasr.ra-cakra, i tried. god knows why; i fm stupider than an ass or hall caine1. to work the whole operation in m.l.dh.ra.with the obvious result. 1 a bad novellist [ms. note by ac in equinox i (1, transcribed by yorke] liber dccclx 72 there are only two more idiocies to perform.one, to take a big dose of hashish and record the ravings as if they were s.madhi; and two, to go to church. i may as well give up. yet here answers me the everlasting yea and amen: thou canst not give up, for i will bring thee through. yet here i lie, stripped of all magic force, doubting my own peace and faith, farther from adonai than ever before.and yet.and yet. do i not know that every error is a necessary step in the path? the longest way round is the shortest way home. but it is disgusting

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

d animalism and sentimentalism and all the other vilenesses that protestantism has 1 in recent years, some schools, notably tonbridge, have adopted ritualistic marriage between boys, the passive partner being generally known (and respected) as a wife, whose normal social duties he is expected to fulfil [note added by ac in his copy of equinox i (9] energized enthusiasm 11 made of it. the catholic church did, i believe, to some extent preserve the pagan tradition. marriage is a sacrament.1 but in the attempt to deprive the act of all accretions which would profane it, the fathers of the church added in spite of themselves other accretions which profaned it more. they tied it to property and inheritance. they wished it to serve both god and mammon. rightly restraining the priest, who should

t lost; the priest could not do what was expected of him, and the unexpended portion of his energy turned sour. hence the thoughts of priests, like the thoughts of modern faddists, revolved eternally around the s.q. a special and secret mass, a mass of the holy ghost, a mass of the mystery of the incarnation, to be performed at stated intervals, might have saved both monks and nuns, and given the church eternal dominion of the world. ix to return. the rarity of genius is in great part due to the destruction of its young. even as in physical life that is a favoured plant one of whose thousand seeds ever shoots forth a blade, so do conditions all but kill the strongest shoots of genius. but just as rabbits increased apace in australia, where even a missionary has been known to beget ninety c

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

n earnest. but i have after all little fear that i am seriously wrong. that i show to my critics the open door to the above city of refuge my be taken as merely another gesture of contemptuous pity, the last insult which may lead my antagonists to that surrender which is the truest victory. peace to all beings* vide infra .berashith. 5 the sword of song 2 ascension day i flung out of chapel1* and church, temple and hall and meeting-room, venus. bower and osiris. tomb,2 and left the devil in the lurch, while god3 got lost in the crowd of gods,4 and soul went down5 in the turbid tide of the metaphysical lotus-eyed,6 and i was.anyhow, what.s the odds? the life to live? the thought to think? shall i take refuge in a tower like once childe roland. found, blind, deaf, huge, or in that forest of

t),10 in all that forest of verses one tree11 yclept .red cotton nightcap country: how a goldsmith, between the ravishing virgin and a leman too rotten to put a purge in, day by day and hour by hour, in a browningesque forest of thoughts having lost himself, expecting a miracle, solemnly tossed himself off from the top of tower. moral: don.t spoil such an excellent sport as an ample estate with a church and a courtesan .truth, that.s the gold.12 but don.t worry about it! i, you, or simpkin13 can get on without it! if life.s task be work and love.s (the soft-lipp d) ease, death be god.s glory? discuss with euripides* the numbered notes are given at p. 48. bacon .essay on truth. line 1 .childe roland to the dark tower came..browning. curious position of poet. what is truth? said jesting pila

through his silk hat of the absolute. the british don, half pedant and half hermit, begins .the ding an sich*.as germans term it. we stop him short; he readjusts his glasses, turns to his folio..twill eclipse all precedent, reveal god.s nature, every dent a blessed dent! the donkey: written by an ass, for asses. so, with permission, let us be orthodox to our finger-ends; what the bulk hold, high church or friends, or hard-shall baptists.and we.ll see. i will not now invite attack by proving white a shade of black, or christ (as some47 have lately tried) an epileptic mania, citing some case .where a dose of bromide duly given in time drags a distemper so morose at last to visions less sublime; soft breezes stir the lyre aeolian, no more the equinoctial gales; the patient reefs his mental s

raight and strong! don.t worry, but just get along. i used to envy all my balti coolies21 in an inverse kind of religious hysteria, though every one a perfect fool is, to judge by philosophic criteria, my lord archbishop. the name of winchester, harrow, or eton22 makes them not two inches stir. 125 they know not trinity, merton, or christchurch; they worship, but not at your back-pews-high-priced church. i.ve seen them at twenty thousand feet on the ice, in a snow-storm, at night fall, repeat their prayer23.will your grace do as much for your three as they do for their one? i have seen.may you see! they sleep and know not what a mat is; seem to enjoy their cold chapaties* are healthy, strong.and some are old. they do not care a damn24 for cold, behave like children, trust in allah (flies i

mportant step, let us slew round the rest of the play to fit it. if it fits, the law of probability comes to our aid; every coincidence multiplies the chance of our correctness in increasing proportion. we shall see.and you may look up your proctor .that if the stars are placed just so by chance not law, then also it may be possible that shakespeare was the wool-combing, knockkneed, camel-backed, church-going, plasterof- paris, stick-in-the-mud our scholars have always made him. edmund being the hero, regan and goneril must be the heroines. so nearly equal are their virtues and beauties that our poet cannot make up his mind which shall possess him. besides which, he wishes to drive home his arguments in favour of polygamy. but the great theme of the play is of course filial duty; on this e

LIBER XLI THIEN TAO

a soul whose balance has been crowned by the most holy tao? gthe masters shall be great men among men; but among great men they shall be friends. gsince equilibrium will have become perfect, a greater than napoleon shall arise, and the peaceful shall rejoice thereat; a greater than darwin, and the minister in his pulpit give open thanks to god. gthe instructed infidel shall no longer sneer at the church-goer, for he will have been compelled to go to church until he saw the good points as well as the bad; and the instructed devotee will no longer detest the blasphemer, because he will have laughed with ingersoll and saladin. ggive the lion the heart of the lamb, and the lamb the force of the lion; and they will lie down in peace together. h kwaw ceased, and the heavy and regular breathing o

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

etet) the viking age is by definition a period when scandinavians and europeans interacted, and without that interaction and the written documents it gave rise to in europe, archaeologists might have called the period from 800 to circa 1000 the gscandinavian iron age. h the beginning of the period, as we have seen, is portrayed by those who wrote the history, the literate members of the christian church, as a meeting between pagan and christian, and it was only natural that as time passed attempts would be made to convert the scandinavians, as charlemagne had converted the saxons. indeed, those scandinavians who traded or settled in christian lands had ample contact with christianity, and many of them either converted or had themselves gprime-signed, h that is, they accepted the sign of th

eries, adhering both to the benedictine and augustinian orders, and there was also one nunnery in iceland before the demise of the commonwealth in 1262.1264. at least some of the monks were literate, and they composed both latin and icelandic texts. some lay persons of higher status were also apparently literate, at least in icelandic, but all writing, whether in the international language of the church or in the vernacular, was the result of the conversion to christianity, which brought with it the technology of manuscript writing. before and after the church brought manuscript writing to the north, there was some writing using the native runic writing system. since in the older runic alphabet there are no horizontal strokes, it is assumed that the system was originally invented for scrat

e composed for the most part in the thirteenth century but which are often set in pagan iceland, the introduction 21 gnoble heathen h is a stock character. all that conversion required, according to this theory of natural religion, was for icelanders to regain sight of god. unlike the pagans whom icelanders learned about when they translated and read the lives of the early saints of the christian church, nordic pagans were not doomed souls in league with satan. they were merely sheep who had lost their way. snorri now adds a historical dimension to his prologue. after presenting a standard medieval view of the world as consisting of africa, europe, and asia, he says that near the center of the earth, in tyrkland, lies the city of troy. a king there was called munon or mennon, who was marri

believe that beli was gerd fs brother. see also frey bergbua thattr (the tale of the mountain-dweller) tale incorporating a poem spoken by a thirteenth-century giant, including many mythological references. the text is retained in manuscripts from the end of the fourteenth century but is usually assigned to the thirteenth century. it tells of how one thord and his servant got lost on their way to church in winter and took shelter for the night in a cave. there they heard noises, saw a pair of huge burning eyes, and finally heard the owner of those eyes recite a well-crafted poem of 12 stanzas, repeating it three times over the course of the evening. in the poem the speaker refers to himself as a bjarg-alfr, gmountain-elf, h which is a kenning for giant and refers to his journeys around mou

is mentioned in stanza 10. but many of the predictions of disruption on earth could also fit the volcanic activity that is so common in iceland. at the end of the poem the speaker tells his listeners to remember it or bear a punishment. thord has it word-for-word, but the servant does not. he dies a year after the night in the cave. the cave itself cannot be located, and thord moves closer to the church. see also ragnarok; thor bergelmir (bear-yeller, mountain-yeller, or bare-yeller) giant, one of those from whom giants traced their genealogy. vafthrudnismal, stanza 29, states the lineage of bergelmir. odin has asked vafthrudnir who was the oldest of the asir or of the kin of ymir. vafthrudnir responds, a great many years before the earth was formed, bergelmir was born; thrudgelmir was the

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

s becoming more and more isolated fromthe rest of the world. this statement is true enough politically and ideologically, with the faulty intelligence used to justify the 2003 war in iraq, now known worldwide, and the increased influence of religious thinking in the conduct of government affairs, starting at the presidential level with george w. bush. there is fear that our nation s separation of church and state is now threatened, considering further that some politicians are using an anti-evolutionary, creationist stance to sway their constituencies. but for a scientist, it is not just politics that is of the essence. for a person practicing and teaching science, there is now serious concern that the traditional division between science and religion is coming to an end among a growing po

tates, several orthodox and reform rabbis in kansas city made their views crystal clear. in 2005, these rabbis showed their total opposition to the teaching of id in science classes, which, at that time, had been recommended by the kansas board of education. intelligent design, they said, is not science; it is theology. therefore, teaching it in public schools would violate the separation between church and state. apparently, this opinion represents the general stance of american jewish leaders. but even so, things are not that simple. in a radio interview just after the kansas decision, rabbi brad hirschfield, vice president of the national jewish center for learning and leadership, complained that american society sees the id/evolution issue in a much too polarized fashion. in his words

e their point. they have not done so. one interesting twist regarding variable rates of radioactive decay has to do with the dating of the shroud of turin (italy. this large piece of cloth is purported to have been used to wrap the body of jesus christ after his crucifixion. not everybody necessarily agreed that the shroud was genuine, regardless of their faith. in a courageous move, the catholic church allowed three independent laboratories to use the carbon-14 dating technique on small samples of the shroud. this particular technique works well with samples of biological origin, such as cloth, if they are not older than about 60,000 years. all three labs agreed: the turin shroud was made in the fourteenth century. in other words, it is a medieval forgery. many people were upset by this r

ir so-called irreducible complexity, an achievement in full opposition to id thinking. an interesting conundrum for millennia, our earth was seen as the only heavenly body where life, and particularly sentient life, existed. our centrality was assured by the old (and wrong) ptolemaic system in which our planet occupied the center of the universe. as we know, this view was endorsed by the catholic church for many centuries and was officially rescinded only recently in an official, and much belated, apology to galileo. in the meantime, modern astronomy has shown that nearby stars also have planetary companions; our sun s planetary system is no longer unique in the universe. in fact, it now seems that planetary systems analogous to our solar system are common in our stellar neighborhood. thes

could this process repeat itself today in this country? we see and hear many activists trying to censor the teaching of evolution in public schools based on their religious beliefs. but, and this has never happened in history anywhere, we do not see scientists claiming that creationism and intelligent design (id) should not be taught in faith-based institutions or that science should be taught in church! why then do creationists and id believers think they are entitled to exercise censorship in the science classroom? and what are the potential consequences of this attitude? we address these questions in what follows, in the form of a few vignettes. 179 political ramifications president bush invigorated proponents of teaching alternatives to evolution in public schools with remarks saying s

MAGIC AND SPELLS

cajoled, and guided personally by the god azuth, and given tasks that spread magic. to most mortals of faerun, a serving magister is someone who appears without warning to bestow magic, issue a warning, or hurl or prevent a spell. why create magisters, and have them behave thus? as the old wizards' maxim says "gods work in mysterious ways, and magic is the greatest mystery of all" lied to shar's church are rare and reclusive enough that only a handful of magic items are manufactured as shadow weave items. shadow weave items are nearly identical to items created by weave users, but the differences are profound. spell-like effects generated from shadow weave items have the same benefits and limitations that a shadow weave spellcaster has: effects from the schools of enchantment, illusion, a

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

the thirty-two paths of wisdom--the greater and the lesser face--kircher's sephirothic tree--the mystery of daath--the three pillars supporting the sephirothic tree--the four letters of the sacred name. 121 qabbalistic keys to the creation of man gematria, notarikon, and temurah--the elohim--the four adams--arabian traditions concerning adam--adam as the archetype of mankind--the early christian church on the subject of marriage. 125 an analysis of the tarot cards the origin of playing cards--the rota mundi of the rosicrucians--the problem of tarot symbolism--the unnumbered card--the symbolism of the twenty-one major trumps- the suit cards. 129 the tabernacle in the wilderness moses, the egyptian initiate--the building of the tabernacle--the furnishings of the tabernacle--the ark of the c

ich may be discovered through meditation and certain exercises of a mystic nature. in comparison to the esoteric spiritual truths which they contain, the corporeal bodies of religion and philosophy were considered relatively of little value. likewise, no emphasis was placed upon the material sciences. the term patristic is employed to designate the philosophy of the fathers of the early christian church. patristic philosophy is divided into two general epochs: ante-nicene and post-nicene. the ante-nicene period in the main was devoted to attacks upon paganism and to apologies and defenses of christianity. the entire structure of pagan philosophy was assailed and the dictates of faith elevated above those of reason. in some instances efforts were made to reconcile the evident truths of paga

inconceivable that there should ever exist another creature so noble, so fortunate, or so able as man, for whose sole benefit and edification all the kingdoms of nature were primarily created. patristic philosophy culminated in augustinianism, which may best be defined as christian platonism. opposing the pelasgian doctrine that man is the author of his own salvation, augustinianism elevated the church and its dogmas to a position of absolute infallibility--a position which it successfully maintained until the reformation. gnosticism, a system of emanationism, interpreting christianity in terms of greek, egyptian, and persian metaphysics, appeared in the latter part of the first century of the christian era. practically all the information extant regarding the gnostics and their doctrines

lute infallibility--a position which it successfully maintained until the reformation. gnosticism, a system of emanationism, interpreting christianity in terms of greek, egyptian, and persian metaphysics, appeared in the latter part of the first century of the christian era. practically all the information extant regarding the gnostics and their doctrines, stigmatized as heresy by the ante-nicene church fathers, is derived from the accusations made against them, particularly from the writings of st. iren us. in the third century appeared manich ism, a dualistic system of persian origin, which taught that good and evil were forever contending for universal supremacy. in manich ism, christ is conceived to be the principle of redeeming good in contradistinction to the man jesus, who was viewe

e immortality of the soul, and seeks to substitute ethics and aesthetics for religion. among other branches of italian philosophy should be mentioned sensism (sensationalism, which posits the sense perceptions as the sole channels for the reception of knowledge; criticism, or the philosophy of accurate judgment; and neo-scholasticism, which is a revival of thomism encouraged by the roman catholic church. the two outstanding schools of american philosophy are transcendentalism and pragmatism. transcendentalism, exemplified in the writings of ralph waldo emerson, emphasizes the power of the transcendental over the physical. many of emerson's writings show pronounced oriental influence, particularly his essays on the oversoul and the law of compensation. the theory of pragmatism, while not or

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

rld aspect as lord of riches and artificer of metals. in fact he is the alter ego of tubal cain himself, naamah's own brother. azael or azazel, is in fact one of the modern witch's gods. which brings me to the crux of the matter. according to ancient magical legend, azael was originally one of those beings of primordial fire, first created dwellers in the high heaven, referred to by the christian church as messengers, or angels, by the greeks as daemons. azael and his followers, according to old lore, in defiance of their masters, elected to descend upon the earth countless eons ago, for the purpose of educating and civilizing primitive man as he then existed. whether it was part of their original plan or merely a side issue, these angelic beings "sons of god" or "watchers of the heavens"

but somewhere between the two. neither good nor bad, merely indifferent. it is at this point that organized christianity began to take a hand, and bore down heavily on all those suspected of either having consorted with or actually being elves or "faery folk" the heresy trials of the waldenses, albigenses, and knights templar had spanned the twelfth, thirteen, and fourteenth centuries, as mother church consolidated herself and waged war against the forces of dissolution and darkness manifesting as rival doctrinal factions within her bosom. it was not till the fifteenth century that the actual cult of witchcraft became established as an entity in the mind of the church's "instrument of justice" the inquisition. this cult was in fact based upon traditional witch beliefs, but strung together

ution and darkness manifesting as rival doctrinal factions within her bosom. it was not till the fifteenth century that the actual cult of witchcraft became established as an entity in the mind of the church's "instrument of justice" the inquisition. this cult was in fact based upon traditional witch beliefs, but strung together in a way reminiscent of the accounts of the religious rites that the church had chosen to believe were celebrated by the recently defunct heresies of the past two centuries. joan of arc was burned a witch and consorter with the faeries in 1431, and in 1484 pope innocent viii formally declared war on all "witches" in a papal bull. this was closely followed by the inquisitors kramer and sprenger producing their infamous handbook on witch finding, the mallens malefica

ore, save those preserved under heavy disguise of cabalistic or alchemical learning. even these by now had also become suspect, and apparently owing to this, secret brotherhoods such as the rosicrucians and freemasons were organized, for the very purpose of keeping the flame of the old wisdom burning. by the eighteenth century masonic and hermetic lodges had become widespread and the power of the church had been considerably reduced, indeed was waning fast, never to recover its old position of strength. within the lodges, many old witch secrets were being rediscovered. swedenborg reintroduced the concept of that principle which is known as clairvoyance, or esp, and mesmer began his researches on what he called animal magnetism, but that witches nowadays refer to simply as witch power. the

e to the third side of the witches' pyramid on which is etched in mighty letters of refulgent gold the word faith. now this may seem a strange thing for a witch to concern herself with, but it is quite true to say that all magical power is largely dependent on this, whether it be wielded by people calling themselves witches or saints, as the case may be. whether you cast a spell for the sake of a church, yourself, or anyone else makes not one jot of a difference. a spell is a spell, whether it sounds like a prayer or an incantation. paracelsus put the matter in a nutshell when he wrote "through faith the imagination is invigorated and completed, for it really happens that every doubt mars its perfection" unless you possess a rock-firm faith in your own powers and in the operability of your

MEANING OF MASONRY

ole. it is absurd to think that a vast organization like masonry was ordained merely to teach to grown-up men of the world the symbolical meaning of a few simple builders' tools, or to impress upon us such masonry elementary virtues as temperance and justice--the children in every village school are t aught such things; or to enforce such simple principles of morals as brotherly love, which every church and every religion teaches; or as relief, which is practised quite as much by non-masons as by us; or of truth, which every infant learns upon its mother's knee. there is surely, too, no need for us to join a secret society to be taught that the volume of the sacred law is a fountain of truth and instruction; or to go through the great and elaborate ceremony of the third degree merely to le

r every sinner who repents and turns towards the light. the first degree is also eminently the degree of preparation, of self-discipline and purification. it corresponds with that symbolical cleansing accorded in the sacrament of baptism, which, in the churches, is, so to speak, the first degree in the religious life; and which is administered, appropriately, at the font, near the entrance of the church, even as the act itself takes place at the entrance of the spiritual career. for to all of us such initial cleansing and purifying is necessary. as has been beautifully written by a fellow-worker in the craft"'tis scarcely true that souls come naked down to take abode up in this earthly town, or naked pass, of all they wear denied. we enter slipshod and with clothes awry, and we take with u

s organism--and acquires the" stability" involved in regeneration and requisite to him before passing on to" that last and greatest trial" which awaits him" in strength will i establish my house that it may stand firm" man's perfected organism is what is meant by" my house" it was the same organism and the same stability that the christian master spoke of in saying" upon this rock will i build my church and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it" during all the discipline and labour involved in attaining this stability there has shone light on the path from the first moment that his apprentice's vision was opened to larger truth; light from the science and philosophy of the order itself which is proving his" porchway" to the ultimate sanctuary within; light from friendly

he strain" the mysteries came to an end as public institutions in the sixth century, when from political considerations they and the teaching of the secret doctrine and philosophy became prohibited by the roman government, under justinian, who aimed at inaugurating an official uniform state-religion throughout its empire. subsequently, as the roman empire declined and broke up, the roman catholic church emerged from it, which, as we know, has resolutely discountenanced any authority in religion and philosophy as a rival to her own and at the same time claimed supremacy and an over-riding jurisdiction in temporal matters also. for the freemason the result of that church's conduct is instructive. for when an authority upon matters wholly spiritual and belonging to a kingdom which is not of t

authority in religion and philosophy as a rival to her own and at the same time claimed supremacy and an over-riding jurisdiction in temporal matters also. for the freemason the result of that church's conduct is instructive. for when an authority upon matters wholly spiritual and belonging to a kingdom which is not of this world, lays claim to temporal power and secular possessions, as the roman church has done and still does, it at once vitiates and neutralizes its own spiritual qualifications. it becomes infected with the virus of" worldly possessions" it loads itself with the" money and metals" from which it is essential to keep divested. the result has been that what might have been, and was designed to be, the greatest spiritually educative force in the world's history, has become a

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

into its own feeding. when the nachzehrer was exhumed, it was found to be resting in its own blood and a half devoured grave shroud. a peculiar thing about the nachzehrer is that this creature sleeps with it's left eye open and holding it's thumb. it was not rare that this creature would begin to eat its own flesh. when the nachzehrer would leave it s tomb it would sometimes climb the tower of a church. the demon would then ring the bells in the dead of night, which was said to cause death to any who would be unfortunate enough to hear the ghostlike callings in the night. it was the belief in bavaria that the nachzehrer could be created if an individual was born with a caul or second skin, an unfortunate circumstance for many an innocent child born with such a birth defect. this vampire w

ored and used to strengthen the initiation of the individual, and to allow communion with ones familiars and servitors. 47 47 osculum infame and the sigilium diabloi the kiss or shame or devil s kiss has represented since the medieval times the kissing of the devil s behind, or end quarters as a dedication to the left hand path. the context of defining this ritual dedication was propagated by the church and was a charge often thrown at those accused of witchcraft during these times. while the essence of the dark sethanic witchcraft is based on the principles of reversion and descending to achieve and awakening, the devils hind quarters are not evoked to be kissed. this is however, a powerful point of initiative symbolism representing the darker aspects of witchcraft. the most significant p

ngs and the infinite possibility. yule december 22nd the winter solstice is the time that marks the death and rebirth of the sun god. it is a time of contemplation, of self-examination and natural rebirth. yule also is the birthday of mithras (13, the sun god of persia. the birth data of the christian savior was not accurately known from their historic texts per se, however around ad 273 that the church and its officials aligned the birth of christ to absorb the pagan gods of old (mithras, etc. the moon of december is known as the wolf moon, oak moon which refers to the birthing of new life, to which the balance of nature grows strong. the great oak tree reaches high into the material world while having it's roots deeply planted within the earth. the purest rite consists of a clear and awa

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

eady be inno-cent in nature? then we are told that the parents sinned, only after they fell under the influence of theevil one, satan. so we ask, why would god allow his newly created beings to be in theproximity of this evil one? who created the serpent? nowhere in the genesis account is there any mention, direct or indirect, of satan s involve-ment, and yet it has become common practice for the church to portray the serpent as anemissary of satan, or even as satan himself (laurence gardener) what goes on in the bible?68atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation why would god himself know evil, before man was even created, unless god hadalready brought evil into the world? why, as we read in the book of job, would god give satan, a being that cannot betrusted, the right to test

ake care of all his people andnever bring another deluge would be so conspicuously absent during all the subse-quent horrors of history? so it goes on and on throughout the bible text. no wonder that pliny the y oungerwhen asked by the emperor trajan about christianity replied that it was a..degenerate sort of cult taken to extravagant lengths.i do not believe in the creed professed by the jewish church, by the roman church, by thegreek church, by the turkish church, by the protestant church, nor by any church that iknow of..each of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and for my own part, i disbe-lieve them all (thomas paine)atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation71 what goes on in the bible? i have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and i do not find

t stipulated that the authorized new testament gospels must be written in the names of the originaltwelve apostles. matthew was, of course, an apostle, as was john, but neither luke nor mark werenamed in the original twelve. thomas, on the other hand, was one of the original apostles and yet thegospel in his name was excluded (preface)he has already affirmed that the contrived authenticity of the church as being handed down by petermeant nothing at all, which is why the church would ruthlessly purge any and all peoples or cults thatdissented.rule of celibacyconvened in 1138. there is no precedence for it in the bible.the dragonto the celtic races of europe, the dragon was the ultimate symbol of sovereignty(p. 2)st. georgethis martyr whose feast day became 23 april, was in fact a violent tu

which means serpent (see p. 80)omega was meant to represent a womb. it is close to the symbol of leo, where the sun was born in the ancienttimes. it is similar to the serpent sign, as well as that of libra, which is a v enusian sign (p. 77)no satan in genesisnowhere in the genesis account is there any mention, direct or indirect, of satans involvement, andyet it has become common practice for the church to portray the serpent as an emissary of satan, oreven as satan himself (p. 960)the kabalacame into the possession of abraham when he went with his cult of enlil (el) to canaan (see p. 100)kbl (root of kabala)kbl means to twist.samaelthis lord was said to be samael, or the serpent of evil or enki. enki was indeed the patron saint ofthe region known as sama, in northern mesopotamia.eves firs

e peculiar organization and privileges of the sacred college and in the myster-ies of religion. these the ambitious and unscrupulous caesar hastened to seize with the office of high-priest and the assumption of sacerdotal powers, which, in proportion as they exceeded the attributes ofearthly kings, rivaled those of gods. to this discipline and subordination was added that moral influencewhich the church alone could wield, the influence of blind faith, of religious myths and superstition, therespect for ecclesiastical displeasure, the fear of committing sacrilege, and the dread of excommunica-tion and anathema. these are elements of power and government which no statesman in any age, canafford to despise, and which we may feel assured were not permitted to lie unused by so profound a pol-it

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

t the ages, but today they are known as the illuminati. the illuminati is a organized collection of satanic secret societies, and other secret societies that are not openly satanic, such as the freemasons and the vatican. these groups work cooperatively seeking to fulfill an ancient prophecy, the return to the golden age of worldwide and open rule. the illuminati, using the powers of the catholic church and the european empires, have long sought to crush all records of man s true history, ensuring themselves a monopoly on historic truth. from russia to peru, they systematically destroyed the traces of truth they found. the symbolic stories that have slipped through the cracks of this hording of historical knowledge have been unfortunately titled, and relegated to, mythology. for it truly i

MOODY RAYMOND A LIFE AFTER LIFE

wn religious beliefs. it is enlightening to read dr. moody's book at the time when i am ready to put my own research findings on paper. dr. moody will have to be prepared for a lot of criticism, mainly from two areas. there will be members of the clergy who will be upset by anyone who dares to do research in an area which is supposed to be taboo. some religious representatives of a denominational church have already expressed their criticism of studies like this. one priest referred to it as "selling cheap grace" others simply felt that the question of life after death should remain an issue of blind faith and should not be questioned by anyone. the second group of people that dr. moody can expect to respond to his book with concern are scientists and physicians who regard this kind of stu

do not say this to disparage it, and i feel confident that a wider acquaintance with it might have increased my understanding of the events i have studied. in fact, i intend now to look more closely at some of these writings to see to what extent the investigations of others are borne out by my findings. thirdly, my religious upbringing deserves some' comment. my family attended the presbyterian church, yet my parents never tried to impose their religious beliefs or concepts upon their children. they generally tried, as i was growing up, to encourage whatever interests i developed on my own and provided the opportunity for me to pursue them. so, i have grown up having a "religion" not as a set of fixed doctrines, but rather as a concern with spiritual and religious doctrines, teachings, a

ve grown up having a "religion" not as a set of fixed doctrines, but rather as a concern with spiritual and religious doctrines, teachings, and questions. i believe that all the great religions of man have many truths to tell us, and i believe that no one of us has all the answers to the deep and fundamental truths with which religion deals. in organizational terms, i am a member of the methodist church. fourthly, my academic and professional background is somewhat diverse-some would say fractured. i attended graduate school in philosophy at the university of virginia and received my ph.d. in that subject in 1969. my areas of special interest in philosophy are ethics, logic, and the philosophy of language. after teaching philosophy for three years at a university in eastern north carolina

facet of the human soul may be more clearly elucidated= 1- the phenomenon of death what is it like to die? that is a question which humanity has been asking itself ever since there have been humans. over ,he past few years, i have had the opportunity to raise this question before a sizable number of audiences. these groups have ranged from classes in psychology, philosophy, and sociology through church organizations, television audiences, and civic clubs to professional societies of medicine. on the basis of this exposure, i can safely say that this topic excites the most powerful of feelings from people of many emotional types and walks of life. yet, despite all this interest it remains true that it as very difficult for most of us to talk about death. there are at least two reasons for

MORALS AND DOGMA

ogress attained. less glory is more liberty. when the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks. tyrants use the force of the people to chain and subjugate--that is _enyoke_ the people. then they plough with them as men do with oxen yoked. thus the spirit of liberty and innovation is reduced by bayonets, and principles are struck dumb by cannonshot; while the monks mingle with the troopers, and the church militant and jubilant, catholic or puritan, sings te deums for victories over rebellion. the military power, not subordinate to the civil power, again the hammer or mace of force, independent of the rule, is an armed tyranny, born full-grown, as athene sprung from the brain of zeus. it spawns a dynasty, and begins with c sar to rot into vitellius and commodus. at the present day it inclines

ent, with an indented border round it. the pavement, alternately black and white, symbolizes, whether so intended or not, the good and evil principles of the egyptian and persian creed. it is the warfare of michael and satan, of the gods and titans, of balder and lok; between light and shadow, which is darkness; day and night; freedom and despotism; religious liberty and the arbitrary dogmas of a church that thinks for its votaries, and whose pontiff claims to be infallible, and the decretals of its councils to constitute a gospel. the edges of this pavement, if in lozenges, will necessarily be indented or denticulated, toothed like a saw; and to complete and finish it a bordering is necessary. it is completed by tassels as ornaments at the corners. if these and the bordering have any symb

french nation passed; to the long oppression of the feudal ages, of the selfish bourbon kings; to those times when the peasants were robbed and slaughtered by their own lords and princes, like sheep; when the lord claimed the first-fruits of the peasant's marriage-bed; when the captured city was given up to merciless rape and massacre; when the state-prisons groaned with innocent victims, and the church blessed the banners of pitiless murderers, and sang te deums for the crowning mercy of the eve of st. bartholomew. we might turn over the pages, to a later chapter--that of the reign of the fifteenth louis, when young girls, hardly more than children, were kidnapped to serve his lusts; when _lettres de cachet_ filled the bastile with persons accused of no crime, with husbands who were in th

ey cannot go into the streets and choose another grand llama. and so the effete state floats on down the puddled stream of time, until the tempest or the tidal sea discovers that the worm has consumed its strength, and it crumbles into oblivion* civil and religious freedom must go hand in hand; and persecution matures them both. a people content with the thoughts made for them by the priests of a church will be content with royalty by divine right--the church and the throne mutually sustaining each other. they will smother schism and reap infidelity and indifference; and while the battle for freedom goes on around them, they will only sink the more apathetically into servitude and a deep trance, perhaps occasionally interrupted by furious fits of frenzy, followed by helpless exhaustion. de

, or to lead them to think aright. the subtle human intellect can weave its mists over even the clearest vision. remember that it is eccentric enough to ask unanimity from a jury; but to ask it from any large number of men on any point of political faith is amazing. you can hardly get two men in any congress or convention to agree--nay, you can rarely get one to agree with _himself. the political church which chances to be supreme anywhere has an indefinite number of tongues. how then can we expect men to agree as to matters beyond the cognizance of the senses? how can we compass the infinite and the invisible with any chain of evidence? ask the small sea-waves what they murmur among the pebbles! how many of those words that come from the invisible shore are lost, like the birds, in the lo

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

vehicles, and their spiritual pride, on reaching samadhi with a spiritual current the 'black brethren' think that they are re-incarnations of the magus who originated that particular current. they set out to do another man's job, instead of discovering their own will, and doing it. as a result, all their words are skew-wise. but the unwary may spend centuries following a false master as the roman church, for instance, has proved. 12. come forth,o children, under the stars& take your fill of love! the whole doctrine of 'love' is discussed in liber aleph and should be studied therein. but note further how this verse agrees with the comment above, how every star is to come forth from its veils, that it may revel with the whole world of stars. this is again a call to unite, or 'love, thus form

n. aspirants must not fret because the rituals are 'half concealed. those who practice seriously attract the attention of the hierophant and the high priestess, and what is concealed springs forth within them at the time it is needed. also, this 'hidden half may vary according to individual idiosyncrasy. if any rituals had been 'completely' and 'openly' given, we would have dogma, and no doubt a 'church of thelema complete with pope or popess or whatnot, by now. this ain't at all what the doctor ordered, chillun. 35. this that thou writest is the threefold book of law. readers will please note that it is threefold; therefore, if statements in any one chapter seem to contradict statements in another chapter (or even within the same chapter, contradiction is apparent, and there is a hidden k

terial to the magical import of the act (he means that spiritual results independ of material codes of behaviour to which individuals of variant natures should be supposed to conform. a queer or a lesbian, to put it bluntly, may arrive to spiritual perception through a homosexual act of love just as a heterosexual might, or just as might a man or woman in intercourse with an animal, or praying in church, provided they "inflame themselves" enough. obviously, they would not inflame themselves through a mod us operandi unsympathetic to their natures. the rest of the paragraph clarifies this very difficult and vitally important point) each person is responsible to himself, being a star, to travel in his own orbit, composed of his own elements, to shine with his own light, with the colour prope

m fighting to make them masters like us' to 'fighting to save them from themselves' to 'dying for their sins' the distance is minimal. you cannot 'make' a king note the word in capitals. a king makes himself a king is a man who 'wears the crown; and the crown has, of course, always been the symbol of an activated sahashara. unless the symbol stands for reality, the man is a 'king' but in name. no church can make a king, no parliament can make a king. the king is, first of all, king of his own soul. next he may or may not be ruler over other men. the entire concept of kingship has been vitiated by two thousand years of dogma. it makes even archaeologists commit egregious mistakes. for instance, it is now known that the pyramids of egypt were not built by "hundreds of thousands of slaves und

for in his original design chance to arise. respect for routine is the mark of the second-rate man. this does not mean that routine is not proper and fitting in its place; but when routine any routine becomes dogma, someone's mind has curled up and gone to sleep "the law was made for man, not man for the law" is the voice of commonsense. the 'immoral' man, defying convention by shouting aloud in church, may indeed be 'brawling; but equally he may be a sensitive who has felt the first tremor of an earthquake. we of thelema encourage every possible variation; we welcome every new 'sport; its success or failure is our sole test of its value. we let the hen's queer hatching take to water, and laugh at her alarms; and we protect the 'ugly duckling, knowing that time will tell us whether it be

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

ttached to labor continued with the rise of christianity and in fact was reinvigorated and rejuvenated by the new religion, which enabled labor subsequently to acquire an even higher value. this effect, which is often overlooked, is of the utmost importance, for it appears in all the social and political upheavals that have taken place throughout the history of labor. throughout the centuries the church unfailingly proclaimed and continually developed this principle: labor is the image of divine creation. 14 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages the influence of the church was first felt on the ethical plane, resulting in the dignification of labor and the protection of the humiliores against the powerful in institutions. the earliest constitutions ordered that w

as signs of identification and professional secrets. it is generally thought that it was for reasons of this nature that early christianity readily adopted pagan rituals, symbols, and even gods, whom it made into legendary saints. by giving these deities souls, they assured the perpetuation of the values the gods symbolically represented* baronius, annates (xxxvi "it was permissible for the holy church to appropriate rituals and ceremonies used by the pagans in their idolatrous worship because it regenerated them with its consecration" saint gregory did not wish to see these customs suppressed "purify the temples" he wrote to his missionaries "but do not destroy them, for so long as the nation witnesses the survival of its former places of prayer, it will use the ancient corporations: col

ankish areas, were gallo-romans. it is likely that some of these were remarkable builders who were actually aided by the frankish kings. in 472, through the efforts of perpetue, or parpet of tours, a first-class basilica, the most beautiful in the west, was completed to house the tomb of saint martin. a century later in paris, chidebert i (d. 558) kept masons busy on the magnificent saint vincent church (now saint germain des pres. in nantes, the bishop felix (550-583) focused his concern on useful public works such as roadways, bridges, and canals, and consecrated a cathedral that is said to have been as beautiful as saint martin basilica. in his city and diocese, gregory of tours built several churches, notably saint maurice cathedral, which was consecrated around 580' all this attests t

ed in the territory of the burgundians after it was annexed by the franks in 533. in fact, the gombetta law (517, which applied to burgundians (whereas the lex romana burgundionum applied only to their gallo-roman subjects) was strongly influenced by roman law* in the burgundian kingdom, we see educated families rising to assume the top posts of the state and supply the highest dignitaries of the church. one example is enius, also known as mummolus, a general under king gontran. this survival of gallo-roman institutions in the roman-influenced regions south of the loire, in the rhone and saone valley, and in auvergne in particular, allows us to presume that the collegia survived in these areas. we can find proof of this in the buildings erected in these regions at that time and in the cele

dral built in clermont under the aegis of bishop namatius some time around 450 or 460 a.d. it's "blueprints" can be seen today, carved on the walls of its eastern apse, precursors of those that would be in great vogue starting in the eleventh century. during the following century, agricola, bishop of chalon sur saone (532-580, had a number of buildings erected in this city, including houses and a church supported by columns and decorated with colored marble and mosaic paintings. the gallo-romans were not the only ones who were skilled at building, however. the barbarians also distinguished themselves in the art of building, a significant fact: toward 475 a governor of auvergne saw to the building of saint julien de brioude, with its superb columns, on the orders of king euric. it eventuall

ONYX TABLET OF SET

the purpose of the onyx tablet of set, you must first understand the function of the temple of set within contemporary civilization, and further the function of the priesthood of set within the temple. as you have qualified for initiation to the priesthood, you will have grasped the essence of these distinctions intuitively. herein they will be discussed more deliberately and explicitly. like the church of satan before it, the temple of set would not exist if there were not a need for it to exist. in the case of the church of satan, the need was for a medium in which to give vent to anger against the hypocrisy of conventional society- a hypocrisy which seemed most directly the legacy of the mainstream western religions. having expressed their anger both ritualistically and intellectually

the hypocrisy of conventional society- a hypocrisy which seemed most directly the legacy of the mainstream western religions. having expressed their anger both ritualistically and intellectually, satanists found themselves confronted with the challenge to build a more perfect world from the ruins of the old. some initial steps were taken, but psychologically, symbolically and organizationally the church of satan was not equipped for this task. tensions arising between the hedonistic/critical and idealistic/ constructive currents in the church served to crystallize, if not to cause the crisis of x/1975 that resulted in the formation of the temple of set. in the temple of set the idealistic/constructive current was immediately the prevalent one, with the satanic current becoming more of a we

remained highly critical: it is a social medium in which the individual is forced to exist. while not all of it is hostile, much of it that appears benevolent or even neutral is in fact governed by natural or human forces which are ultimately predatory. onyx tablet: ot.intro temple of set author: michael a. aquino vi date: june 21, 1997 ce revision: html revision: august 8, 1999 ce thus, like the church of satan before it, the temple of set sees society in much the same way as the enlightenment philosopher thomas hobbes described it: a fiercely competitive struggle in which each person is driven solely by personal gratification. professed altruism is merely disguised gratification, as is most of what is termed "love. the task of the temple of set is twofold: first, we wish to construct a h

ifestation of our being greedy little pigs, for we know the secret: for each gift we give, for each true revelation we reveal, a greater gift returns to us. in this we experience the way of being of set himself, for in the fullness of time his gift will come full cycle, creating a new race of gods. as the mouth of set once said "i look forward to greeting you young gods and goddesses on the path" church of satan letter of iii nomination upon nomination to the nine you have been approved as a candidate for elevation to the priesthood of mendes. certain procedures must now be followed before the council will make a decision concerning your formal ordination. it is the purpose of this communique to explain these procedures and to set forth pertinent criteria concerning the priesthood. as you

ination to the nine you have been approved as a candidate for elevation to the priesthood of mendes. certain procedures must now be followed before the council will make a decision concerning your formal ordination. it is the purpose of this communique to explain these procedures and to set forth pertinent criteria concerning the priesthood. as you are well aware, admission to i membership in the church of satan is granted only after careful evaluation of the applicant's questionnaire. even so, applicants are given the benefit of the doubt where possible, on the assumption that exposure to the teachings of the church of satan may serve to correct personality imbalances or preconceived misunderstandings concerning the black arts. accordingly there is a calculated attrition in the i, inasmuc

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

mensely strong and famed for his enormous appetite. in a contest in the land of the giants, he drank so much of the sea at one gulp that he created the tides. he traveled in a chariot drawn by two goats. viking ta pestr y this picture shows a detail from a viking tapestry dating from the 12th century. it shows the aesir gods odin and thor, and freyr, who was one of the vanir. it used to hang in a church in halsingland. early germanic peoples worshiped odin as wotan or woden, the origin of the word wednesday. his wife frigg, is the origin of friday, thor gives us the word for thursday and tiw or tiwaz, another germanic battle god, is the source for tuesday. tiw survives as tyr in norse mythology, but most of his functions seem to have been transferred to odin. hammer rav en friends of odin

ny eddaic poems such as reginsmal and fafnismal. the story of sigurd was developed in norse sagas and poems and also in germanic literature, culminating in the highly sophisticated saga of love and revenge, the nibelungenlied, in which sigurd is called siegfried, and the story of the dragon-slaying is unimportant. today most people know it as the basis of wagner s opera cycle the ring (see p. 79. church doorw ay this doorway was carved in about 1200 and comes from a church at hylestad, norway. it shows the story of sigurd. on the right, regin forges him a sword and sigurd kills the dragon. on the left, sigurd tastes the dragon s blood and, as a result, understands the birds, who warn him that regin is planning to kill him. sigurd then kills regin. the heroic deeds of beowulf every night fo

on the dragon on arthur s breast is the crest of his family, the pendragons. the sword in the stone arthur grew up as the son of sir ector, a knight into whose family merlin had placed him anonymously at birth. several years later, king uther pendragon died leaving no heir, and the realm fell into disarray. but soon afterward, merlin placed a sword thrust through an anvil into a stone in a london church, with the words whosoever pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise king born of all england. every english knight tried, and failed, to remove it, including arthur s brother, sir kay, who had lost his own sword while traveling, and sent arthur to find another one. when arthur returned with the magic sword, kay recognized it at once, and falsely claimed his own right to k

PHOSPHORUS THE SHADOWING FORTH OF LUCIFER

or her life would flow. often, clubs, orders and other thought trapping devices will trick the individual into accepting a code and "uniformation" of like minds. this should be in progress only for the means of an end, a goal in which progression and individual evolution is plausible. if this is not so, what would be the difference between the organization minded occult student and the christian church enthusiast? the essence of witchcraft in the current age seems slip and often unclear. wicca presents nature in a beautiful and deeply moving semblance, which in itself, is not entirely the case. nature is both beautiful, positive and light filled however also destructive, murderous, predatory and black. this is a significant balance point in which individuals should be aware, and able to r

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ding to the lower left hand point, carefully closing the angle at the finish. within the centre of the pentagram, the sigil of the "ruler" to which the matter of the question specially refers, should be placed. if the question be of the nature of saturn, such as agriculture, sorrow, death, etc, the sigil of zazel should be placed in the pentagram. if of jupiter, concerning good fortune, feasting, church preferment, etc, the sigil of hismael. if of mars, war, fighting, victory, etc, the sigil of bartzabel. if of the sun, power, magistracy, success, etc, the sigil of sorath. if of venus, love, music, pleasure, etc, the sigil of kedemel. if of mercury, such as science, learning, knavery, etc, the sigil of taphthartharath, etc. if of travelling, fishing, etc, under luna, then the sigil of chas

d with good; evil with evil. gives a good issue for gain. ascendant good in all things. second house good. third house very good. fourth house good save in war. fifth house very good. 53 6 the golden dawn: volume n book eight sixth house good for immorality only. seventh house good especially for peace. eighth house good. ninth house very good. tenth house good in all. eleventh house good for the church and ecclesiastical gain. twelfth house not very good. cauda draconis good with evil, and evil with good. good for loss, and for passing out of an affair. ascendant destroy fi re if it falls here! makes judgment wortt es s. second house ve evil. third house e vr' m all. fourth house good es ecially for conclusion of the matter. fifth house e evif' sixth house ratx er good. seventh house evil

us as her symbol. justice, nephthys, takes the gibbous moon. isis and venus gives the aspect of love, while hathor is rather the mystic, the full moon reflecting the sun of tiphareth while in yesod, transmitting the rays of the sun in her path gimel. in interpreting a practical <211> tarot it is often admissable to regard the empress as standing for occultism. the high priestess for religion, the church as distinguished from the order. the empress, whose letter is daleth, is the door of the inner mysteries, as venus is the door of the vault. her colours are emerald, sky-blue, bluegreen and cerise or rose-pink. w. the emperor. here we have the great energising forces as indicated by the varying shades of red. it may be noted here that the red paths remain red in all planes, varying only in

RELIGIOUS TENANTS OF THE YEZIDI

ls at their principal festivals to the sound of flutes and tambourines, which style of worship some among them have learned from the christians to support by a quotation from the 150th psalm. their tunes are monotonous in the extreme, and the strain, though sometimes plaintive, is generally loud and harsh, and would be deemed any thing but melodious to one accustomed to the solemn harmony of our church music. twice a year they make the pilgrimage to sheikh adi, where they celebrate their religious rites with great rejoicing and festivity. mr. layard was present on one of these occasions, and describes the uncontrollable excitement which prevailed among those present during the performance of the kaww ls. fr. 1 the above, so far as i have been able to learn, forms the substance of their di

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

sk of that comrade, he is a philomath.theconductor of n. and his companion turn to the 2nd philosophus indicated, who is an astronomer,and thus addresses him: frater, we have taken heed of the wise sayings of your companion, theastrological sage; but he disowns all ability to solve the future of the soul, and bids us turn to yourwiser counsels, or to seek for knowledge from the holy father of the church, and if both fail, tocommune alone with god within a cloister, seeking direction and guidance from him, trusting thefuture in his hands.2nd philos.:my comrade hath said well; but seek you at some early day, wisdom from the adepts, thosephilosophers of the rosae cross, of the second order, whose constant study is natural and revealedreligion, whose knowledge of the soul and all thereto perta

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

impassioned assaults of blind desire: it clothed itself with new hieroglyphics, falsified its intentions, denied its hopes. then it was that the jargon of alchemy was created, an impenetrable illusion for the vulgar in their greed of gold, a living language only for the true disciple of hermes. extraordinary fact! among the sacred records of the christians there are two texts which the infallible church makes no claim to understand and has never attempted to expound: these are the prophecy of ezekiel and the apocalypse, two kabalistic keys reserved assuredly in heaven for the commentaries of magian kings, books sealed as with seven seals for faithful believers, yet perfectly plain to an initiated infidel of the occult sciences. there is also another work, but, although it is popular in a s

crown of our conscientious undertaking. the original alliance between christianity and the science of the magi, once demonstrated fully, will be a discovery of no second-rate importance, and we do not doubt that the serious study of magic and the kabalah will lead earnest minds to a reconciliation of science and dogma, of reason and faith, heretofore regarded as impossible. we have said that the church, whose special office is the custody of the keys, does not pretend to possess those of the apocalypse or of ezekiel. in the opinion of christians the scientific and magical clavicles of solomon are lost, which notwithstanding, it is certain that, in the domain of intelligence, ruled by the word nothing that has been written can perish. whatsoever men cease to understand exists for them no l

ntific and magical clavicles of solomon are lost, which notwithstanding, it is certain that, in the domain of intelligence, ruled by the word nothing that has been written can perish. whatsoever men cease to understand exists for them no longer, at least in the order of the word, and it passes then into the domain of enigma and mystery. furthermore, the antipathy and even open war of the official church against all that belongs to the realm of magic, which is a kind of personal and emancipated priesthood, is allied with necessary and even with inherent causes in the social and hierarchic constitution of christian sacerdotalism. the church ignores magic for she must either ignore it or perish, as we shall prove later on; yet she does not recognize the less that her mysterious founder was sa

hy. in the school of alexandria, magic and christianity almost joined hands under the auspices of ammonius saccas and of plato; the doctrine of hermes is found almost in its entirety in the writings attributed to dionysius the areopagite; synesius outlined the plan of a treatise on dreams, which was annotated subsequently by cardan, and composed hymns that might have served for the liturgy of the church of swedenborg, could a church of the illuminated possess a liturgy. with this period of fiery abstractions and impassioned warfare of words there must be connected also the philosophic reign of julian, called the apostate because in his youth he made unwilling profession of christianity. everyone is aware that julian had the misfortune to be a hero out of season of plutarch, and that he was

e worn out, possibly a trifle shattered, by your night's journey and its orgy; but you have beheld that of which everyone talks without knowledge; you have been initiated into secrets no less terrible than the grotto of triphonius; you have been present at the sabbath. it remains for you now to preserve your wits, to have a wholesome dread of the law, and to keep at a respectful distance from the church and her faggots. would you care, as a change, to behold something less fantastic, more real and also more truly terrible? you shall assist at the execution of jacques de molay and his accomplices or his brethren in martyrdom. be not misled, however; confuse not the guilty and the innocent! did the templars really adore baphomet? did they offer a shameful salutation to the buttocks of the go

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

at his disposal. religious formulae are the summaries of those words full of mystery and power which make the gods descend from heaven and become subject to the will of men. judea borrowed its secrets from egypt; greece sent her hierophants and later her theosophists to the school of the great prophets; the rome of the caesars, mined by the initiation of the catacombs, collapsed one day into the church, and a symbolism was reconstructed with the remnants of all worships which had been absorbed by the queen of the world. according to the gospel narrative, the inscription which set forth the spiritual royalty of christ was written in hebrew, in greek and in latin: it was the expression of a universal synthesis. hellenism, in fact, that grand and beauteous religion of form, announced the com

false moderation of the philosopher julian, surnamed perhaps unjustly the apostate, since his christianity was never sincere. the ignorance of the middle ages followed, opposing saints and virgins to gods, goddesses and nymphs; the deep sense of the hellenic mysteries was less understood than ever; greece herself did not only lose the traditions of her ancient cultus but separated from the latin church; and thus, for latin eyes, the greek letters were blotted out, as the latin letters disappeared for greek eyes. so the inscription on the cross of the saviour vanished entirely, and nothing except mysterious initials remained. but when science and philosophy, reconciled with faith, shall unite all the various symbols, then shall the magnificences of the antique worships be restored to the m

of conscience which the pontifical keys would enchain. he is more protestant than luther, since he does not even believe in the infallibility of the augsbourg confession, and more catholic than the pope, for he has no fear that religious unity will be broken by the malevolence of courts. he trusts in god rather than roman policy for the salvation of the unity idea; he respects the old age of the church, but he has no fear that she will die; he knows that her apparent death will be a transfiguration and a glorious assumption. the author of this book calls upon the eastern magi to come forward and recognize once again that divine master whose cradle they saluted, the great initiator of all the ages. all his enemies have fallen; all those who condemned him are 8 the ritual of transcendental

est reasons, which has lights equivalent to its shadows, which popularizes miracles, and incarnates god in all mankind by faith. this religion has existed always in the world, and under many names has been ever the one and ruling religion. it has now among the nations of the earth three apparently hostile forms, which are destined, however, to unite before long for the constitution of a universal church. i refer to the greek orthodoxy, roman catholicism and a final transfiguration of the religion of buddha. hereunto therefore we have made it plain, as we believe, that our magic is opposed to the goetic and necromantic kinds. it is at once an absolute science and religion, which should not indeed destroy and absorb all opinions and all forms of worship, but should regenerate and direct them

or realization: and hence the effect of these practices is infallible, like nature, when they are fulfilled with absolute confidence and indomitable perseverance. the great master tells us that faith could transplant trees into the sea and remove mountains. even a superstitious and insensate practice is efficacious because it is a realization of will. hence a prayer is more powerful if we visit a church to say it than when it is recited at home, and it will work miracles if we fare to a famous sanctuary for the purpose-in other words, to one which is magnetized strongly by the great number of its frequenters--traversing two or three hundred leagues with bare feet and asking alms by the way. men laugh at the simple woman who denies herself a pennyworth of milk in the morning that she may ca

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

nd subterranean worlds will be a regular and normal occurrence. we may note in this context that he sent copies to london, especially to mrs. stillingfleet (who was expecting her seventh child) and her husband bishop stillingfleet. stillingfleet was one of those divines who sought a reconciliation between nonconformist and orthodox religion, even though he held relatively high office in the state church and put his own career at risk by such declared concepts. we know from kirk's own account (cited in sanderson, pages 14-16) that the bishop was skeptical of and opposed to second sight and the appearance of apparitions, but kirk saw such things as proof of spiritual truths rather than as idle superstition or sensationalism. for kirk, the evidence of the secret commonwealth was a way forward

s and baggage. and at such revolutions of time, seers or men of the second sight females being but the secret commonwealth 23 seldom so qualified, have very terrifying encounters with them, even on highways. therefore [seers] usually shun to travel abroad at these four seasons of the year, and thereby have made it a custom to this day among the scottish-irish [gaelic speaking highlanders, to keep church duly every first sunday of the quarter, to sene or hallow themselves, their corn and cattle, from the shots and stealth of these wandering tribes. and many of these superstitious people will not be seen again in church till the next quarter [day] begins, as if no duty were to be learned or done by them, but the only use of worship and sermons were to save them from those [fairy] arrows that

roached his head, he told [me] that such a person was ripe for the grave. the secret commonwealth 31 10. there be many places called fairy hills, which the mountain people think impious and dangerous to peel or uncover by taking earth or wood from them, superstitiously believing the souls of their predecessors to dwell therein. and to that end, they say, a mote or mount was dedicated beside every church-yard, to receive the souls http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_30.htm (1 of 8 [10/9/2001 12:34:46 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 30-39) until their adjacent bodies arise, and so [the church's artificial mound] becomes as a fairyhill [meanwhile] they use bodies of air when called [to travel] abroad [that is, about. they [the seers] also affirm [that] those creatures that move

thshire, that lived close by, coming to a company within an ale-house, where a seer sat at table. at the sight of the entering neighbour, the seer started, rose to go out of the house, and being asked the reason of his haste, told that the entering man should die within two days, at which news the named man stabbed the seer, and was himself executed two days after for the fact. a minister [of the church, very intelligent, but misbelieving in all such sights as were not ordinary, chanced to be in a narrow lane with a seer who perceived a wight of known visage [that is, which the seer recognized] furiously to encounter them, so the seer desired [that is, requested] the minister to turn out of the way [the minister, scorning his [that is, the seer's] reason, and holding himself in the path wi

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

RUBY TABLET OF SET

o (a) the challenge of islam and (b) the rediscovery of classical philosophy, particularly that of aristotle, ca. 1140. by 1250 aristotle's influence had become so great that he was referred to as "the philosopher" hence it was necessary to refine catholicism to an intellectual precision comparable with that of aristotle, and also to make aristotle's more secular/scientific works tolerable to the church through a flattering interpretation of them. the bewildering complexity of thomas aquinas' philosophy may be illustrated by one dictionary definition, which describes "thomism" as. teaching that philosophy and theology have separate spheres, with one seeking truth through the agency of reason and the other through that of revelation, but reaching conclusions that support one another; that a

asure, but for mankind something more is sought. since mankind is teleological, its telos must lie beyond this life: the vision of god. the aim of social life is thus "not merely to live in virtue, but rather through virtuous life to attain to the enjoyment of god" since natural human virtue is insufficient to attain this, it is not the task of secular rulers but rather that of christ through his church, to whose pope "all kings in christendom should be subject" in addition to the aristotelian/teleological content of aquinas' thought, there is the legalistic element: the universe is obedient to laws. aquinas defined "law" as "an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has the care of the community, and promulgated" but as nature is hierarchically organized into forms and o

at the top is eternal law, which more or less equates with the mind of god. accordingly it is intelligible only to god. next is natural law, which is eternal law to the extent that human reason can detect consistencies in it. here would be found "scientific laws" while natural law is comprehended through reason, divine law is revealed through religious revelation. through christ and the christian church. divine law and natural law "rank" more or less side-by-side. lowest on the scale is human law, a term which encompasses laws which mankind makes in imitation of and towards the "good" perceived in/revealed by natural and divine law. the "three drives" which tempt man away from goodness are (1) wealth (2) carnal pleasure, and (3) honor/status. hence the "three virtues" are (1) poverty (2) c

s" which tempt man away from goodness are (1) wealth (2) carnal pleasure, and (3) honor/status. hence the "three virtues" are (1) poverty (2) chastity, and (3) obedience. nowhere is the importance of cosmology better demonstrated than in a consideration of aquinas. if his cosmology is accepted as a priori valid, then his reasoning represents a high point in philosophy. a standard for the catholic church even today. if it is not accepted, then he is a sort of "aristotle baptized" who did as good a job as possible of reconciling christian dogma with a non-christian empirical and intuitive classical philosophy. aquinas is an example of medieval scholasticism in that he is "reasoning" towards a preaccepted and pre-determined conclusion. instead of using logic as an investigative device to addr

, political, and social norms. classification: v2- 102- 10 author: michael a. aquino vi date: october 1, xix revision: january 1, xxiv html revision: oct 13, 1997 ce subject: philosophy reading list: 16a, 16l, 16m the reformation, usually dated ca. 1517 to ca. 1648 (end of the thirty years' war, was a 16th century religious movement aimed at correcting real or assumed abuses in the roman catholic church, and marked ultimately by rejection of the supremacy of the pope, rejection or modification of much of roman catholic doctrine, and establishment of the protestant churches. the reformation's key proponents were martin luther (1483-1546) in germany and john calvin (1509-1564) in switzerland. while there were a number of sub-movements throughout europe, they generally agreed upon fundamental

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ile she straddled him and pummelled fluid from his lungs, that they were lovers in the violent throes of sexual congress. the city thickened around them like a forest; the buildings twined together and grew as matted as her hair "no light can get in here" she whispered to him "it's black; all black" she made as if to lie down and pull him towards her, towards the earth, but he shouted "quick, the church" and plunged into an unprepossessing box-like building, seeking more than one kind of sanctuary. inside, however, the pews were full of hyacinths, young and old, hyacinths wearing shapeless blue two--piece suits, false pearls, and little pill--box hats decked out with bits of gauze, hyacinths wearing virginal white nightgowns, every imaginable form of hyacinth, all singing loudly _fix me, j

o act- and all parties because of the fear of the arrival of the police, never exactly reluctant to enter such establishments, bump accidentally into a little furniture and step by chance on a few arms legs necks: he began to appear to the locals in their dreams. the mullahs at the jamme masjid which used to be the machzikel hadath synagogue which had in its turn replaced the huguenots' calvinist church- and dr. uhuru simba the man-mountain in african pill-box hat and red-yellow-black poncho who had led the successful protest against _the aliens show_ and whom mishal sufyan hated more than any other black man on account of his tendency to punch uppity women in the mouth, herself for example, in public, at a meeting, plenty of witnesses, but it didn't stop the doctor _he's a crazy bastard

n. not choice, but- at best- process, and, at worst, shocking, total change. newness: he had sought a different kind, but this was what he got. bitterness, too, and hatred, all these coarse things. he would enter into his new self; he would be what he had become: loud, stenchy, hideous, outsize, grotesque, inhuman, powerful. he had the sense of being able to stretch out a little finger and topple church spires with the force growing in him, the anger, the anger, the anger _powers. he was looking for someone to blame. he, too, dreamed; and in his dreams, a shape, a face, was floating closer, ghostly still, unclear, but one day soon he would be able to call it by its name _i am, he accepted _that i am. submission. o o o his cocooned life at the shaandaar b and b blew apart the evening hanif

e but i know. the fights with the board of deputies! all very civilized, parliamentary language throughout, but bareknuckle stuff none the less" after his death she went straight back to cohen, the synagogue, chanukah and bloom's "no more imitation of life" she munched, and waved a sudden, distracted fork "that picture. i was crazy for it. lana turner, am i right? and mahalia jackson singing in a church" otto cone as a man of seventy-plus jumped into an empty lift-shaft and died. now there was a subject which alicja, who would readily discuss most taboo matters, refused to touch upon: why does a survivor of the camps live forty years and then complete the job the monsters didn't get done? does great evil eventually triumph, no matter how strenuously it is resisted? does it leave a sliver o

SAPPHIRE TABLE OF SET MAIN

on lavey in the year subsequent to his own vi. a close examination will reveal precisely what is articulated in the book of coming forth by night- that self reference to the bounds in which the semblance must exist had been broken. this explains the seemingly crazy and inconsistent policy concerning the degrees on grounds other than simple profiteering or maliciousness. the logical systems of the church of satan and the mental processes of its initiates had simply ceased to be an object by anton. for him their images in the pu had become all, and thus these images could be changed at a whim. the danger and the fallacy, as the book of coming forth by night points out, is that the form of anton lavey continued to exist in the ou. when its behavior there proved harmful to the church of satan

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on lavey in the year subsequent to his own vi. a close examination will reveal precisely what is articulated in the book of coming forth by night- that self reference to the bounds in which the semblance must exist had been broken. this explains the seemingly crazy and inconsistent policy concerning the degrees on grounds other than simple profiteering or maliciousness. the logical systems of the church of satan and the mental processes of its initiates had simply ceased to be an object by anton. for him their images in the pu had become all, and thus these images could be changed at a whim. the danger and the fallacy, as the book of coming forth by night points out, is that the form of anton lavey continued to exist in the ou. when its behavior there proved harmful to the church of satan

SATANGEL

icine, as specified in the proceedings, and on bended knee he first adored them, then extracting them in the name of his devils, and in despite of almighty god, the creator of all k in these terms the classical grimoire may be seen as presenting a comprehensive and generally consistent pantheon of magical belief; masks beneath which the service of the old ones has been hidden. since the christian church has demonised the deity of the witches and magicians, so it is only natural that the witches response should be the deification of the church s demons. the result is an organic syncretism quite in keeping with the survival and evolution of witchcraft and sorcery throughout the ages and civilisations of mankind. when strangers ask me my religion, i often throw them off track by telling them

quite thoroughly in our deeper minds. hence our asylums have more patients who believe themselves to be christ, or speaking to mary, or receiving transmissions from the antichrist, than they have pan, or daughters of hecate. i m sure they do pop up in such places occasionally. living as i do in norwich city, norfolk, england, i cannot help but be aware of the extent and majesty of power that the church once held over england s populace. yet also, i cannot avoid awareness of the pagan mysteries and their survival under christian masks. in the cathedrals here there are some of england s most famous green men, often identified as cain, who hide amongst the cloisters and grin at us from beneath the misericord. all around are the gargoyles, fear inspiring and atavistic. east anglia generally i

articular importance. whilst modern witches are lucky enough to have all the theological history books at their disposal, and may thus consider themselves to have rediscovered their pagan heritage, the witches of the middle ages had only those few snippets that were preserved in their lineage. much of their theology was thus christian and drawn from the bible, even if interpreted in ways that the church would strongly have disapproved of. many modern practitioners have not even read this work, whilst in the past we were all made to listen to vast passages of it recited by their priests, once a week and by law. various spells actually use the bible as a ritual object in its own right. bibliomancy is a form of divination through which a pin is stuck at random into a page of the bible, and th

bible up in a garter, which is held at the top by the ring. this is then used like a pendulum, with answers being interpreted from the direction that the bible begins to turn. the book of enoch the greatest single source of angelology as recognised in orthodox christianity and the tradition of goetic magick are the three chronicles of enoch. although declared apocryphal and thus destroyed by the church these were most influential from around the 13th century onwards. a full version only appeared around the 18th century when an original copy was discovered which had been preserved by the ethiopic-church. according to this text enoch had been chosen by the lord as a writer of truth. in an early passage of the chronicles, he is transmuted into angelic form and allowed to visit heaven, receiv

e apparent even in their names, which commonly end with the singular el, meaning shining one. the word is of sumerian origin, and is related to the akkadian ilu, babylonian ellu, old welsh ellu, old irish aillil, anglo- saxon aelf, and english elf. even our classical image of the angel, a beautiful human with bird wings, has its origin in pagan imagery. in the 8th century, when the foundations of church doctrine were being laid, the visual artists were no less influenced by their heritage than the writers were. two of the common inspirational sources of their works include the hellenic greek god of sexuality, eros, and the winged victory, nike. similar reference is made in images of the virgin and child christ and venus with cupid upon her own lap. such continued to provide models for the

SATANIC APHORISMS

r psychic vampires! 7. satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development" has become the most vicious animal of all! 8. satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification! 9. satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years! the eleven satanic rules of the earth by anton szandor lavey 1967 1. do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked. 2. do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them. 3. when in another's lair, show him respect or else do not go there. 4. if a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly a

SATANIC BIBLE

ce, is an essential satanic tool and must be applied for greatest magical effectiveness. it's not what's supposed to be pleasing it's what is. aesthetics is a personal thing, reflective of one's own nature, but there are universally pleasing and harmonious configurations that should not be deninicalled "the black pope" by many of his followers, anton lavey began the road to high priesthood of the church of satan when he was only 16 years old and an organ player in a carnival "on saturday night i would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival, and on sunday morning when i was playing the organ for tentshow evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot, i would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives and children, asking god to forgive them and purge

cing at the carnival, and on sunday morning when i was playing the organ for tentshow evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot, i would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives and children, asking god to forgive them and purge them of carnal desires. and the next saturday night they'd be back at the carnival or some other place of indulgence "i knew then that the christian church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out" from that time early in his life his path was clear. finally, on the last night of april, 1966- walpurgisnacht, the most important festival of the believers in witchcraft- lavey shaved his head in the tradition of ancient executioners and announced the formation of the church of satan. he had seen the need for a church that would

y the thirteenth key the fourteenth key the fifteenth key the sixteenth key the seventeenth key the eighteenth key the nineteenth key introduction burton h. wolfe on a winter's evening in 1967, i drove crosstown in san fransisco to hear anton szandor lavey lecture at an open meeting of the sexual freedom league. i was attracted by newspaper articles describing him as "the black pope" of a satanic church in which baptism, wedding, and funeral ceremonies were dedicated to the devil. i was a free-lance magazine writer, and i felt there might be a story in lavey and his contemporary pagans; for the devil has always made "good copy, as they say on the city desk. it was not the practice of the black arts itself that i considered to be the story, because that is nothing new in the world. there we

, gained some brief notoriety. during the early part of the twentieth century, the press publicized aleister crowley as the "wickedest man in the world. and there were hints in the 1920s and '30s of a "black order" in germany. to this seemingly old story lavey and his organization of contemporary faustians offered two strikingly new chapters. first, they blasphemously represented themselves as a "church, a term previously confined to the branches of christianity, instead of the traditional coven of satanism and witchcraft lore. second, they practiced their black magic openly instead of underground. rather than arrange a preliminary interview with lavey for discussion of his heretical innovations, my usual first step in research, i decided to watch and listen to him as an unidentified membe

white-lighters: alleged seers, prophesiers, and witches wrapping their supposedly mystic powers around god-based, spiritual communication. lavey, seeming to laugh at them if not spit on them in contempt, emerged from between the lines of newspaper stories as a black magician basing his work on the dark side of nature and the carnal side of humanity. there seemed to be nothing spiritual about his "church. as i listened to lavey talk that first time, i realized at once there was nothing to connect him with the occult business. he could not even be described as metaphysical. the brutally frank talk he delivered was pragmatic, relativistic, and above all rational. it was unorthodox, to be sure: a blast at established religious worship, repression of humanity's carnal nature, phony pretense at

SATANIC RITUALS

who can create will be more important than ten who can produce-or fifty who can believe! the existence of the man-god will be apparent to even the simplest, who will see the miracles of his creativity. the old belief that a supreme being created man and man's thinking brain will be recognized as an illogical sham. it is altogether too easy to dismiss satanism as a total invention of the christian church. it is said that the principles of satanism did not exist before sectarian propaganda invented satan. historically, the word satan did not have a villainous meaning before christianity. the "safe" schools of witchcraft, with their strict adherence to their horned-god-fertility-symbol syndrome, consider the words devil and satan anathema. they disclaim any association. they wish no compariso

s will soon become accustomed and many strange and wonderful truths will be seen. if one is truly good inside he can call the names of the gods of the abyss with freedom from guilt and immunity from harm. the resultant feeling will be most gratifying. but there is no turning back. here are the rites of lucifer. for those who dare remove their mantles of self-righteousness. anton szandor lavey the church of satan 25 december vi anno satanas concerning the rituals fantasy plays an important part in any religious curriculum, for the subjective mind is less discriminating about the quality of its food than it is about the taste. the religious rites of satanism differ from those of other faiths in that fantasy is not employed to control the practitioners of the rites. the ingredients of satanic

are an unequalled vehicle for their thoughts; hence the title of "satanist" is now being claimed by its rightful owners. those who disagree with the non-christian definition of satanist, as set forth in the satanic bible, should examine the basis of that disagreement. it surely stems from one of two sources "common knowledge" or scripturally founded propaganda "satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years"-the ninth satanic statement-is not limited just to the religious organization referred to as "the church" how convenient an enemy the devil has been for the weak and insecure! crusaders against the devil maintained that satan, even if accepted on an anthropomorphic basis, was neither so evil nor so dangerous that he could not be p

but would act solely on the idea that anything contradictory to god must be of the devil. during the inquisition, anyone who doubted the sovereignty of god and christ was summarily considered a servant of satan and suffered accordingly. the inquisitors, needing an enemy, found one in the guise of witches who supposedly were subject to satanic control witches were created in wholesale lots by the church from the ranks of the senile, sexually promiscuous, feebleminded, deformed, hysterical, and anyone who happened to be of non-christian thought or background. there was only a minute percentage of actual healers and oracles. they were likewise persecuted. there have been recent attempts to assess great numbers of "witches" of antiquity as rebels against the christian church who held dianic "

t of the black mass, alleged to be the offering to satan of an unbaptized human child, was not quite the way the collectors of baptism fees gloatingly told it. catherine deshayes, known as lavoisin, was a seventeenth century french businesswoman who peddled drugs and performed abortions. lavoisin arranged "rituals, charms and spells" for her clients, all of whom wished to retain the safety of the church, but whose ineffectual prayers drove them to seek darker magic. this sort of desperate miracle seeking is as prevalent today as it was then. in the performance of one of her more popular productions, a clandestine, highly commercial inversion of the catholic mass, lavoisin provided "authenticity" by actually engaging willing catholic priests as celebrants and sometimes using an aborted fetu

SATANICON

teadied his steps, and by the next-2002-he will have attained maturity, and his reign will be filled with wisdom, reason and delight. rege satanas! ave, satanas! hail, satf -ii- satanicon was first published at manchester, new hampshire by the blackstar church on all hallow s eve october 31, 1993. this new revised and expanded edition published also at manchester, new hampshire, by the blackstar church on all antichrist s day may 7, 1996. satanagram copyright 1993 by adrian clavex. satanicon copyright 1993 by adrian clavex. satanicon: the book of evil revised and expanded edition copyright 1996 by adrian claves. all rights reserved. printed in the usa -iii- prelude to evil: hell! hell isn t such a bad place. hell is our creed. hell is the satanic black chapel; a place to be alone to ponde

ic ritual..25 book iv: the satanic philosophy..27 pandemonium: the infernal hierarchy. 28 book v: the rituals of satanic proper. 29 the pact of satan. 30 the ritual of antichrist..33 -vi- preface to the original edition as we approach the dawning of the millennium, we will continue to see the rapid decay of the judeo-xian religion. persons of pride and intelligence will turn away from god and its church. enlightenment, selfishness and realism will take precedence over the moralities of altruism and mysticism. xians and their houses of shame will finally be realized and relegated to the gutters! hence, diabolism will be recognized as the religion, par excellence! the satanicon: a treatise of man s dark nature is a system of evilution; a collection of philosophical and psychological devices

nicon: a treatise of man s dark nature is a system of evilution; a collection of philosophical and psychological devices of darkness. through its doctrines of lucifarian wisdom and black art, the creator and the barbarian will experience strength and the development of a will of power! satanicon: the book of evil, touches all facets of life and death. in satan s honor! adrian clavex the blackstar church 1993 ce the year one of the age of evil -1- book i: the writ of an antichrist -2- the denouncement of theism: diabolical and xian so many are as infants to religious thought and understanding. so many wander for so long in the gray realm of uncertainty questioning, seeking answers (with good reason; and then searching some more for the truly acceptable. the recognition of truth and value in

our religion of satan and its expression are protected by the first amendment. verily, we must utilize these freedoms afforded us to the utmost! countless forms of communication afford us the opportunity to herald the word of satan. we must propagate the satanic doctrines to those who can hear those who have the intelligence, self-knowledge, and the will to stand and take action against the xian church and its masses. the times of opportunity are with us; it s time to expose xianity for what it truly is: a religion based upon outrageous falsehoods and utterly fantastic mythology; a religion which gains adherents through guilt and fear; a religion which defies reason and logic! as antichrists we must work to destroy the very foundation of its existence: faith! we must educate our children

basic tenets: you shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything you shall now bow down to them or worship them yet they create and adorn themselves with images of their dead messiah jesus the man xians have replaced god with; he has in fact, become the object of supreme xian worship and adoration. they continue to crate facsimiles of heaven and its long-dead human sovereignty; their church buildings are commonly known as houses of god, kingdom halls, etc. xian god creationism personified/externalized: images of a holy hierarchy displayed within a man-made heaven. though clearly, their paintings and murals, stained-glass figures and statues are devoid of any true spiritual life or essence as their constitution is purely material. yet, they are paid homage and servitude whole-h

SATANISM AN EXAMINATION OF SATANIC BLACK MAGIC

lt of sex, drugs, murder and torture all practiced hedonistically for the sole pleasure or ego-gratification of the satanists. in an attempt to redress the imbalance i have therefore focused upon five different areas that are particularly relevant within the context of satanism as a whole. these areas are also mostrelevant when attempting to counter the false claims made by both the media and the church concerning the activity of satanists and it is the media and the church that, according to satanic adherents, hold the masses in a strangle-hold of repressive and unnatural morality and slave-like consciousness. satanism is therefore suggested to offer freedom, true freedom of thought, rather than artificial freedoms that are offered by political or religious systems. satanism deals with th

e word, in relation to how the relevant satanic group spells the word. initiation during the 13th century a secret religious society known as the luciferans was discovered operating in germany. the luciferans believed that lucifer had been wrongly cast out of heaven but that one day he and his worshippers would resume their rightful place in heaven. during the investigation that ensued, the roman church also discovered an initiation ritual which some of the luciferians confessed to under the threat of death. according to their confessions the new initiate was required to kiss the behind of a toad, after which he was approached by 'a man with black eyes who was pale, emaciated and icy cold'(2) the man, most likely representing the devil himself, was kissed by the initiate who then instantan

y of the dark gods themselves. the black mass the most infamous satanic ritual is the rite known as the black mass. the development of the black mass is not, as some authors have understood it, a recent development, but one that has occurred over a period of 1200 years and its origin, far from lying in an established satanic tradition, lies within the rituals and ceremonies of the early christian church. the mass of the dead is considered by some(6) to be the originator of the black mass and, although considerably different from the modern versions of the black mass, it's sole function was to procure the death of a person. this variation of the early christian mass was performed by a christian priest accompanied by a female server, with whom he had copulated prior to the ritual. the mass t

dead is considered by some(6) to be the originator of the black mass and, although considerably different from the modern versions of the black mass, it's sole function was to procure the death of a person. this variation of the early christian mass was performed by a christian priest accompanied by a female server, with whom he had copulated prior to the ritual. the mass took place in a disused church, water from a well in which an unbaptized child had drowned replaced wine and a black triangular host was duly consecrated. the progression from the mass of the dead into the modern black mass took a new turn when it was linked to the medieval witches sabbath. accordingly the inclusion of a horned figure who presided over the ceremony and who came to be associated with the hebraic scape-goa

women who were members, many of whom were arrested and imprisoned whilst their meeting places were destroyed and the bacchanalia were prohibited throughout rome. the similarity between the bacchanalia, the witches sabbath and the black mass are therefore fairly evident. in modern times there are numerous versions of this ritual used by different satanic groups. the black mass contained within the church of satan's 'the satanic rituals (avon books. 1972) is based upon a combination of the rite used by the societe de luciferiens, a french satanic society that operated in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the fictional work of j.k. huysmans entitled la bas. explained as a psychodrama that elevates the 'concepts of satanism to a noble and rational degree'(8) the black mass is considered t

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

res christianity the official religion of the roman empire. 610 according to islamic belief, the prophet muhammad begins receiving revelations and prophecies from the archangel jabra il (gabriel. 632 the death of muhammad marks the beginning of a long period of islamic civil war and separation of islam into sunni and shiite sects. xii world religions: almanac timeline of events 1054 the christian church is formally divided into two distinct branches: the roman catholic church and the eastern orthodox church. 1095 1291 the duration of the crusades, a series of military campaigns in which european christians attempt to take control of the holy land from muslims. 1391 1474 life span of gedun drub, considered the first dalai lama in tibetan history. 1469 1538 life span of nanak dev ji, the fou

srael is established in palestine. 1972 the neo-pagan norse religion of asatru is officially recognized as a religion by the government of iceland. 1974 a number of wiccans gather in minneapolis, minnesota, where they draft a statement containing the principles of wiccan belief. world religions: almanac xiii timeline of events 1978 2005 reign of poland s john paul ii as pope of the roman catholic church, the first non-italian pope since the sixteenth century. 1989 the dalai lama wins the nobel peace prize for his work on behalf of his homeland, tibet, which has been under chinese control since 1950. 2005 benedict xvi is elected the 265th pope of the roman catholic church. xiv world religions: almanac timeline of events words to know acupuncture: traditional chinese medical treatment that u

ion with many similarities to santer a, often used synonymously with santer a. canon: the official, sacred texts of a religion. caste: social classes in hinduism, the dominant religion in india. celtic: a term referring to an ethnic group that spread throughout europe, particularly the british isles, and is the source of many modern neo-pagan movements. world religions: almanac xvii words to know church: from the greek, this word refers to the community of all christians. it is also the place where christians go to worship. consciousness: the condition of being aware of one s thoughts, feelings, and existence. conservative: a movement in modern judaism that tries to strike a balance between orthodox and reform judaism. conversion: a change in which a person adopts a new set of religious be

urs on or about september 23. esbat: wiccan celebration of the full moon. ethics: the study of moral values and rules or a guide to such values and rules. etiquette: proper behavior; good manners. evangelical: describing a protestant group that emphasizes the absolute authority of the bible and forgiveness of sin through belief in jesus. excommunicate: to exclude or officially ban a person from a church or other religious community. faith: belief and trust in god, accompanied by a sense of loyalty to the traditional doctrines, or principles, of religion. faravahar: a figure of a bird with its wings spread that is a chief symbol of zoroastrianism. filial piety: the respect and devotion a child shows his or her parents. fitrah: an inborn tendency to seek the creator. five classics: the origi

slaughter of jews by the nazi regime in germany before and during world war ii (1939 45. householders: laypeople; jains who are not monks or nuns. idol: a statue or other image that is worshipped as a god. imbolc: neo-pagan holiday generally held on february 2 to mark the lengthening of the days and the emergence of the world from winter. immaculate conception: the principle of the roman catholic church that mary, the mother of jesus, was conceived with a soul free from original sin. incarnation: in christianity, the belief that god took on bodily form through jesus, making jesus fully human and fully divine. indigenous: a word that describes a people, culture, or religion that is native to a particular geographical region. indulgence: in the roman catholic church, the belief that paying m

SETH IN THE MAGICKAL TEXTS

spell in the demotic leiden papyrus, and that the same spell also calls him by the name of ereshkigal, the sumerian goddess of the underworld,27 f.c. burkitt proposed that jesus' title, aberamentho, identified him as rhadamanthus, because nradamanyu! in aeolic is spelled as bradamanyu "if the medial d between the two a's was dropped or misread, something very much like aberamentho is the result (church and gnosis [cambridge 1932] 83. but this explanation is not sustainable. it may be said that "rhadamanthus in classical tradition was just and kindly, as is the aberamentho of pistis sophia" however, in later tradition, forthcoming.for instance.in virgil, rhadamanthus is a terrifying "judge in the land of fear c, examining, punishing and forcing [people] to confess (aen. vi.566-67. moreover

SEVEN SCROLLS CHILDREN OF THE BLACK ROSE

the initiatic edition of this book was privately published in 1997. an edition for outer distribution is in preparation for publication in forthcoming years. the author is the presiding magister of cultus sabbati and preceptor of the uttara kaula sampradaya) andrew d. chumbley 2ofthe seven scrolls children of the black rose, scroll #1 the sons and daughters of lucifer by father nate leved, first church of satan [scroll#1 freedom flight your hand now holds the wisdom of the ages, the map to the gateway of the universe. it is small in size but large in wisdom and knowledge. it is intended to be simple, but do not hold it in contempt as all great wisdom is simple. yes, it is intended to be simple, for the rock

ears into the future. that they are the norm in the higher realms might also be of some interest" the first principle an adept stands up for his/her rights. no one is expecting you to be a pacifist and accept any action or system against your will. the brothers and sisters hold to the principle that every person is free to live his or her natural life unfettered and uncluttered by any government, church or other organization, regardless of origin. the only type of law to which our adepts subscribe is the law of reason, spirit, and conscience which simply and fairly states that no person may successfully swim against the current of the crystal river for very long without tiring and quickly sinking, exhausted to the bottom. whereas, traveling with the flow is supported by that same swift cur

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

"before i could guess why or wherefore" resumed cetoxa "i found myself in the garden behind the house, with ughelli (that was the sicilian's name) facing me, and five or six gentlemen, the witnesses of the duel about to take place, around. zanoni beckoned me aside 'this man will fall' said he 'when he is on the ground, go to him, and ask whether he will be buried by the side of his father in the church of san gennaro 'do you then know his family' i asked with great surprise. zanoni made me no answer, and the next moment i was engaged with the sicilian. to do him justice, his imbrogliato was magnificent, and a swifter lounger never crossed a sword; nevertheless" added cetoxa, with a pleasing modesty "he was run through the body. i went up to him; he could scarcely speak 'have you any reque

as magnificent, and a swifter lounger never crossed a sword; nevertheless" added cetoxa, with a pleasing modesty "he was run through the body. i went up to him; he could scarcely speak 'have you any request to make, any affairs to settle' he shook his head 'where would you wish to be interred' he pointed towards the sicilian coast 'what' said i, in surprise 'not by the side of your father, in the church of san gennaro' as i spoke, his face altered terribly; he uttered a piercing shriek, the blood gushed from his mouth, and he fell dead. the most strange part of the story is to come. we buried him in the church of san gennaro. in doing so, we took up his father's coffin; the lid came off in moving it, and the skeleton was visible. in the hollow of the skull we found a very slender wire of s

man's servant was questioned, and at last confessed that the son had murdered the sire. the contrivance was ingenious: the wire was so slender that it pierced to the brain, and drew but one drop of blood, which the grey hairs concealed. the accomplice will be executed "and zanoni, did he give evidence, did he account for "no" interrupted the count "he declared that he had by accident visited the church that morning; that he had observed the tombstone of the count ughelli; that his guide had told him the count's son was in naples, a spendthrift and a gambler. while we were at play, he had heard the count mentioned by name at the table; and when the challenge was given and accepted, it had occurred to him to name the place of burial, by an instinct which he either could not or would not acc

the door, invisible hands seemed to pluck him away; and that when he touched the lock, he was struck, as by a palsy, to the ground. one surgeon, who heard the tale, observed, to the distaste of the wonder-mongers, that possibly zanoni made a dexterous use of electricity. howbeit, this room, once so secured, was never entered save by zanoni himself. the solemn voice of time, from the neighbouring church at last aroused the lord of the palace from the deep and motionless reverie, rather resembling a trance than thought, in which his mind was absorbed "it is one more sand out of the mighty hour-glass" said he, murmuringly "and yet time neither adds to, nor steals from, an atom in the infinite! soul of mine, the luminous, the augoeides (augoeides, a word favoured by the mystical platonists, s

us man, but with little education and less sense, one who held (as many of the lower italians do to this day) even a poet to be a sort of sorcerer, seemed to shut the gates of hope upon her heart. his remonstrances were urgent, for his horror was unfeigned. he joined with glyndon in imploring her to fly, if she felt the smallest doubt that her husband's pursuits were of the nature which the roman church had benevolently burned so many scholars for adopting. and even the little that viola could communicate seemed, to the ignorant ascetic, irrefragable proof of sorcery and witchcraft; he had, indeed, previously heard some of the strange rumours which followed the path of zanoni, and was therefore prepared to believe the worst; the worthy bartolomeo would have made no bones of sending watt to

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gust 1962 issues of the laymen's movement review. the movement has included among its members dwight d. eisenhower ibid, july-august 1961. the most important friend of the movement from its inception, however, has been john i. rockefeller, jr. a methodist missionary, weyman c. huckabee, secured and received grants from john d. rockefeller. jr.'s davison fund and from his (new york city) riverside church funds for five consecutive years (1937-41, for a health center in hiroshima. japan (ibid, may-june 1960. huckabee then became the secretary of the movement in new york in 1941 and secured two grants a year for the organization from the davison fund until it was liquidated. thereafter, rockefeller continued his yearly grants without fail from his own personal funds. during the 22 years hucka

ssing the red sea accompanied by a quotation attributed to oliver cromwell "rebellion to tyrants is obedience to god."3 nothing came of these first designs; the matter rested until 1782 when ben franklin secured william barton, a.m. a private citizen of philadelphia, as the second designer. gaillard hunt identified william barton as the son of reverend thomas barton, rector of st. james episcopal church, his mother being a sister of the famous david rittenhouse.4 william barton published a memoir of rittenhouse in 1813. the first device submitted by barton depicted among other emblems an eagle on the summit of a doric column, the all-seeing eye, and the stars:5 -24- the eagle displayed is the symbol of supreme power and authority, and signifies the congress; the pillar, upon which it rests

ee the prayer room in the united states capitol. house document 234, 84th congress, 1st session. the room is located on the house side of the capitol near the rotunda. delos h. smith and joseph w. burcham, architects of washington, d.c, served as architectural consultants "it was a first essential to make sure that no part of the furnishings and no symbol used would give offense to members of any church' to make certain that this did not occur an advisory panel was constituted, the members of which were the chaplains of the house and senate, the assistant chancellor of the archdiocese of washington, and the minister of the washington hebrew congregation "the furnishings, the window, and the symbols have met with the unanimous approval of the four" according to the brooklyn tablet, april 2

her column on the subject dated october 28, 1962, follows- 47- between the lines by edith kermit roosevelt the universal theocratic state an international apparatus is working to set up a universal theocratic state. already the high priests, prayers and temples of the universal cull are with us. curriculums are being drafted to indoctrinate our children in what john d. rockefeller, jr. calls''the church of ail people" the first step is to break down loyalty to a single religious faith. in june 1959 the women's international religious fellowship (wirf) was founded by representatives from 11 nations. this group composed of mothers of different faiths meet at bazaars and picnics so their children may share national dishes and learn the dances of foreign lands. their meetings feature talks on

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onsciousness, and much more. one finds increasingly that the presentation of christianity has to take as its starting-point these letters of paul.4 or again, it might have been expected that an attempt to establish the evolutionary and cosmic purport of christianity would have gravitated toward the brilliant and wide-ranging thought of an origen,5 rather than leading up to the highly personal yet church-oriented augustine. but here too steiner has deeper purposes in view; for with 4. the bhagavad gita and the epistles of paul, anthroposophic press, hudson, ny, 1971, pp.60 61. 5. origen, properly adamantius origenes (approximately 185 254. introduction xvii the crumbling away of the ancient world and its learning, it is in augustine that we see the individual struggle for faith that will se

noted, steiner s emphasis on an iranian-zoroastrian thread in the mysteries and, indeed in christianity, is more subtle and restrained) but the arguments against showed, in turn, a failure to exorcise the specter that had been raised. hugo rahner s fascinating greek myth and christian mystery tried to limit the influence of the mysteries to later phases, to the fourth century and after, when the church took over the pagan establishment. looking back on another classic study, samuel angus mystery religions and christianity, theodore gaster protested that many of the things claimed to have come from the mysteries might really xviii christianity as mystical fact have been transmitted from judaism. the situation has only really been clarified by the notable discoveries of new texts in 1945 an

ct thus, the human psyche is not limited to the confines of the body, enclosed within the skin; for what come to birth in the human soul are the laws which govern the stars in their courses. the soul is not confined by our personal consciousness. in fact the personality is no more than the instrument through which the cosmic order manifests itself. the spirit of pythagoras is caught by one of the church fathers, gregory of nyssa, who declared: we are told that human nature is a paltry thing, confined and small, whereas god is infinitely great. how then can what is paltry embrace the infinite? yet who says this? was the infinite god shut up within the flesh as in a vessel? even in our own life, our own spiritual part is not shut in by the boundaries of the flesh. the physical substance of t

f whom the personal self is nothing more than a secondary image. within human beings themselves is born the transcendent, 58 christianity as mystical fact macrocosmic man. and this brings us once more into the terrain of the mystery-cults and their secret teachings, given a new form of expression in the platonic philosophy. we know of this secret doctrine from the report of hippolytus, one of the church fathers. this is the great and ineffable mystery of the samothracians, he says, referring to the guardians of a particular mysterycult: only the initiates are permitted to know it. for in their mysteries the samothracians have the explicit tradition of a primordial, macrocosmic man (adam).67 the mystery of love it is also as an initiation that we have to interpret the symposium the platonic

with our eyes, which we have looked on and our hands have touched this we proclaim concerning the word of life. we proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us.94 that sense of immediate presence is to be a bond of living union for all generations and all peoples, embracing the egyptian and other eastern mysteries 99 them all mystically in a universal church. hence we understand the declaration of augustine: i would not believe the message of the gospel, if i were not urged to do so by the authority of the catholic church.95 the gospels do not carry weight as statements of truth in themselves. they are to be believed because they are grounded in the personal presence of jesus, and because the church in a mysterious way draws from that personal

SZYMANSKI GREG SEARCHING FOR THE ILLUMINATI DEEP WITHIN THE BOWELS OF THE VATICAN

"chosen fathers" had purposely inflicted the disease on the masses. besides being convinced she was telling the truth, maria also said the illuminati, referring to them in italian swear words as "pig gods, had been entrenched for years in america, with many of its leaders among the loyal followers of the "order" our last conversation became quite personal, straying away from the names of powerful church and political figures, instead centering on how the illuminati personally devastated maria's life. to this day, as she said her final words, i wish i would have said or done something more to save her life, but i had no inkling whatsoever it would come to a shocking end at the vatican in less than a month "they killed pope john paul i and he didn't die of natural causes. i cannot live like

ntment of john paul ii revealed he never followed through on his predecessors final orders to investigate the operations of the vatican bank, marcinkus and ties to the mafia and the illuminati. instead, john paul ii protected marcinkus, quashed any investigations to be carried out by john paul i's secretary of state cardinal jean villot and buried all the people on villot's list to be relieved of church duties or transferred, all the people on theist suspected of being members of the freemason's p-2 group and the illuminati. gangster mario cuomo although i didn't know it at the time, a naples "camorra" mafia figure, named mario cuomo, who lived in near me in a small town outside of rome and who eventually was killed in a gangland shooting, was instrumental in saving my life on several occa

ur feet. story updates, notes and important timeline: cardinal marcinkus he is still alive, saying mass and living in phoenix, arizona. marcinkus carries a vatican passport and still is the recipient of diplomatic immunity. among those linked to the calvi murder and who italian authorities are still seeking to question, marcinkus was originally ordained in chicago. being a mover and shaker in the church, he was quickly elevated to the holy see in rome, and served in the vatican secretariat of state. he rapidly moved up the vatican chain of command from personal papal bodyguard to head of the vatican bank, a position he held from 1971 to 1989. there he worked closely with international financier, michael sindona, to expand the vatican's portfolio of international holdings, transforming the

e" is discovered in banco ambrosiano, milan. october 2, 1982: guiseppe dellacha, executive at banco ambrosiano, dead of a fall from a window of banco ambrosiano, in milan. march 23, 1986: michele sindona found dead of poisoning in the italian jail to which he had been extradited on charges of ordering the murder of giorgio ambrosioli. albino luciano, pope john paul i list of masons in the italian church and vatican the following is a mason list reprinted from the bulletin de l'occident chretien nr.12, july, 1976 (directeur pierre fautrad a fye- 72490 bourg le roi) if still alive, it should be noted with interest that all of the men on this list, are subject to excommunication by canon law 2338. each man's name is followed by his position, if known; the date he was initiated into masonry, h

lli, guilio. lay member of many scientific academies. 8-24-59# 29-a "giba" bedeschi, lorenzo. 2-19-59# 24-041 "belo" belloli, luigi. rector of seminar; lombardy, ita- ly. 4-6-58# 22-04 "bellu" belluchi, cleto. coadjutor bishop of fermo, italy. 6-4-68# 12-217. bettazzi, luigi. bishop of ivera, italy. 5-11-66# 1347-45 "lube" bianchi, ciovanni. 10-23-69# 2215-11 "bigi" biffi, franco, msgr. rector of church of st. john lateran pontifical university. he is head of this university and controls what is being taught. he heard confessions of pope paul vi. 8-15-59 "bifra" bicarella, mario. prelate of vicenza, italy. 9-23-64# 21-014 "bima" bonicelli, gaetano. bishop of albano, italy. 5-12-59# 63-1428 "boga" boretti, giancarlo. 3-21-65# 0-241 "borgi" bovone, alberto. substitute secretary of the sacred

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ng from egypt. particularly important highlights were the publication of the rite of the headless one, in which the deity transforms himself into has certain typhonic names. aleister crowley s success with that invocation in april 8, 9 and 10 of 1904, wherein part of his revelation consisted of the audible word coph(rr- which is the word of set. april 30, 1966 when anton szandor lavey founded the church of satan and began a magical exploration of the psychological factors of the christian satan. 1972, when anton lavey published the satanic rituals, which included die elektrischen vorspiele, which was privately known as the rite of the is-to-be. this text, based on the eighth precept of the emerald tablet of hermes use your mind to its full extent and rise from the earth to heaven, and then

houghts of certain gnostic sects, the graeco/roman egyptian philosophies, and aspects of the ancient egyptian religious cults. particularly, we see this in the reflections of the ancient setian priesthoods of egypt whose ideas have been integrated into other lines of philosophical thought. as previously stated, the differentiation between the lhp and the rhp is one of intent. for instance, in the church of rome (catholic) ritual is utilized. all the elements- altar, bell, candles, incense etc, form the components of ritual. however, if you were to read anton szandor lavey s satanic bible, ritual is also utilized using those very same elements. the difference lies within the intention of the participants. therefore, the technology itself does not distinguish one methodology from the other

we develop synchronicity to resonate with the ideas, experiences and transformations of the left hand path? on an individual level stepping into the proper time period means the acquistion of several properties prior to the experience.these properties are: an inner unrest, and dis-satisfaction with what one has been given in terms of significant insight by their social institutions, i.e, school, church, and culture. taking actions that alleviate this unrest. this will form itself into two distinct polarities. the first and most common is to sublimate this unrest through acceptance via blind faith of the tenets and ideas involved. the second is to dissent from ideas not of your own experience and vigorously study those areas of most interest from sources least likely to be tarnished by cul

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

t-handed path (dark occultism) of magic. napoleon was also reputed to be an llluminatus and an initiate into the greater mysteries (areopagite degree. note also the sun sign (maltese) badge. now we find yet another indication of napoleon's secret society involvement. wearing red, the color of rothschild and blood, napoleon signifies his lefthand path orientation. the symbology of the threetowered church in the background of the painting (behind the curtain) signifies the boast that napoleon, a political sovereign, is also lord over the spiritual realm. in this famous painting of napoleon, the emperor is depicted using his right-hand in giving the royal arch mason handsign. 74 codex magica irish-american politician and author ignatius donnelly caused a sensation in 1882 with his book, atlan

from afar and even hid a murderous associate of assassin john wilkes booth in the vatican state, where he had fled, to protect him from execution by american authorities who sought his extradition. in the book, researcher mccarty includes this photo of cardinal antonelli without, however, explaining the obvious secret society hand sign of antonelli. origen (185-254 a.d) is often called an "early church father" but, in fact, origen brought many heresies, including gnosticism (illuminist ideology) into the church. origen, a much quoted scholar, hailed from alexandria, egypt, giving us yet another clue to his heretical philosophies. in this revealing pen and ink drawing, it appears that origen's left-hand is demonstrating the mysterious sign of an ancient secret society. hidden hand of the m

laimed by the press as popular leader of the russian peoples' revolution, and rothschild desires to rule on the throne over all humanity as head of the illuminati's inner circle. also pictured here, in the pages that follow, giving the sign: jesse and frank james, outlaws celebrated as "robin hoods" who, it is claimed, showered some of their stolen wealth on the poor; anton lavey, who founded the church of satan in 1966 proclaiming it a temple of reason for those of wisdom and who sought mass membership as patronage; socialist eugene debs, who claimed to represent the common man; and john wilkes booth, alleged assassin of president abraham lincoln. booth was a freemason and as such, was a fomenter of international revolutions of the people; lincoln was not a mason and sought to quell insur

em-nefret for he's a jolly good fellow 87 88 codex magica illuminati servant pat robertson, founder of cbn and the 700 club, giving his, by now, notorious masonic sign on the cover of time magazine, february 17, 1986. robertson went on after this magazine's publication to become a big star in republican party politics. interestingly, robertson was ordained for the ministry at a norfolk, virginia, church named, appropriately, the freemason street baptist church. in the author's opinion, this cover of time is clearly a staged event, and both the publisher and robertson full well knew what they were doing. robertson has long been allied with the vatican's sovereign military order of the knights of malta (smom. his father, as a u.s. senator from virginia, was chairman of the senate banking and

ngland's sir james de rothschild, of the fabulously wealthy rothschild dynasty, about 1935. the books he has his clenched right fist on are believed to be mystical cabalistic texts (photo: from book waddesdon manor the heritage of a rothschild house, by michael hall, photo by john bigelow taylor, harry n. abrams, inc, publishers, new york, 2002) 94 codex magica anton szandor lavey, founder of the church of satan, from the back cover of his book of essays, satan speaks. lavey died on october 29, 1997 just days after completing the manuscript of this book. satanist rock star marilyn manson wrote the foreword (satan speaks, by anton lavey, venice, ca: feral house, 1998) for he's a jolly good fellow 95 a stage/production of the classic "caesar" demonstrates the similarity of the roman emperor'

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onable religious belief. christianity became the state religion of the roman empire in 395 c.e, and in 525 the council of oxia prohibited christians from consulting sorcerers, diviners, or any kind of seer. a canon passed by the council of constantinople in 625 prescribed excommunication for a period of six years for anyone found practicing divination or who consulted with a diviner. although the church had issued many canons warning against the practice of witchcraft or magic, little action was taken against those learned men who experimented with alchemy or those common folk who practiced the old ways of witchcraft. in 906 c.e, abbot regino of prum recognized that earlier canon laws had done little to eradicate the practices of magic and witchcraft, so he issued his de ecclesiaticis disc

e minds of many of the faithful with the miracle stories of the saints. to the native beliefs were added those of non-christian peoples who either lived in europe or whom europeans met when they journeyed far from home, as when they went on the crusades. by the twelfth century, magical practices based upon the arcane systems of the spanish moors and jewish kabbalah were established in europe. the church created the inquisition in the high middle ages in response to unorthodox religious beliefs that it called heresies. since some of these involved magical practices and witchcraft, the occult also became an object of persecution. the harsh treatment of the manichaean cathars in southern france is an example of society s reaction to those who mixed arcane practice with heterodox theology. in

on some bodily form in the afterlife. however inconsistent it might appear to some students of theology, paul and his fellow first-century christian missionaries taught that while the immortal soul within was the most essential aspect of a person s existence, in order for a proper afterlife, one day there would be a judgment and the righteous would be rewarded with reconstituted bodies. the early church fathers began more and more to shape christian doctrines that reflected plato s metaphysical philosophy, but they remained greatly divided over the particular nature of the immortal soul. the platonists saw the soul as supraindividual and remaining within the universal cosmic soul after its final ascent to oneness with the divine. the christian philosophers could not be shaken from their po

or spiritual bodies as determined by their respective merits. some might be appointed human forms, while others, according to their conduct, would be elevated to angelic status, or relegated to the position of demons. such a concept of the preexistence of souls seemed too close to reincarnation for those learned christian scholars assembled for the first council of constantinople in 543. by then, church doctrine had decreed that it was given each soul to live once, to die, and then to await the day of judgement when christ returned to earth. despite his prestige as a learned and wise church father, origen s views were condemned as heretical. the prevailing view of the early christian church was the one espoused by jerome (c. 342 c.e. 420 c.e, who envisioned god as creating new souls as the

e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d afterlife mysteries 9 each soul was created by god to be immortal and individual, irrevocably connected to the afterlife. in acts 17:31, it is stated that god has appointed jesus christ to judge the world; acts 10:42 again names christ as the one ordained by god to be judge of the living and the dead. the early christian church believed that the second coming of jesus was imminent and that many who were alive in the time of the apostles would live to see his return in the clouds. when this remarkable event occurred, it would signal the end of time and jesus christ would raise the dead and judge those who would ascend to heaven and those who would suffer the everlasting torments of hell. the delay in the second com

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onable religious belief. christianity became the state religion of the roman empire in 395 c.e, and in 525 the council of oxia prohibited christians from consulting sorcerers, diviners, or any kind of seer. a canon passed by the council of constantinople in 625 prescribed excommunication for a period of six years for anyone found practicing divination or who consulted with a diviner. although the church had issued many canons warning against the practice of witchcraft or magic, little action was taken against those learned men who experimented with alchemy or those common folk who practiced the old ways of witchcraft. in 906 c.e, abbot regino of prum recognized that earlier canon laws had done little to eradicate the practices of magic and witchcraft, so he issued his de ecclesiaticis disc

e minds of many of the faithful with the miracle stories of the saints. to the native beliefs were added those of non-christian peoples who either lived in europe or whom europeans met when they journeyed far from home, as when they went on the crusades. by the twelfth century, magical practices based upon the arcane systems of the spanish moors and jewish kabbalah were established in europe. the church created the inquisition in the high middle ages in response to unorthodox religious beliefs that it called heresies. since some of these involved magical practices and witchcraft, the occult also became an object of persecution. the harsh treatment of the manichaean cathars in southern france is an example of society s reaction to those who mixed arcane practice with heterodox theology. in

rticles from radioactive materials. hallucinations a false or distorted perception of events during which one vividly imagines seeing, hearing or sensing objects or other people to be present, when in fact they are not witnessed by others. megalith very large, sometimes enormous stones that stand alone or are a part of architecture of prehistoric structures. novena of masses in the roman catholic church, the recitation of prayers or devotions for a particular purpose, for nine consecutive days. from the latin nus,meaning nine each and from novern, meaning nine. paranormal events or phenomena that are beyond the range of normal experience and not understood or explained in terms of current scientific knowledge. phenomena unusual or extraordinary things or occurrences that are experienced or

ch women yielded to the sexual attentions of the incubi. such lack of reports did not imply that succubi were less seductive than incubi, but rested on the belief of the inquisitors and clergy of the day that women were naturally inclined to vice and would always put up defenses more feeble than those offered by males. the incubus could prove to be a jealous lover. in april 1533, according to old church records, an incubus became enraged when he discovered his human mistress in the arms of the son of the tavernkeeper at schilttach, near freiburg. in his furious state of mind, the incubus not only set the tavern ablaze, but he burned the entire village to the ground. church authorities dealt with the problem of how a spirit could develop a corporeal body by advancing such theories as these:

are uniquely his or her own. here are a number of symbols commonly seen in dreams and general meanings that have been applied to them by certain researchers: angel. contact with higher self or superconsciousness. guidance. wisdom. truth. bathing. spiritual cleansing. need to clean up one s life. cat. universal symbol for woman. may refer to gossip; beware of gossip. the mysterious. independence. church. the realm of inner awareness. higher self. spiritual need. desert. spiritual thirst. emotional barrenness. sterility. devil. unpleasant person. authoritarian figure of negative emotions. parent figure for unhappy childhood. search for forbidden knowledge. earthquake. inner turmoil. old ideas and problems coming forth. literal or prophetic. changes. falling. a natural fear and common to chi

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able religious belief. h christianity became the state religion of the roman empire in 395 c.e, and in 525 the council of oxia prohibited christians from consulting sorcerers, diviners, or any kind of seer. a canon passed by the council of constantinople in 625 prescribed excommunication for a period of six years for anyone found practicing divination or who consulted with a diviner. although the church had issued many canons warning against the practice of witchcraft or magic, little action was taken against those learned men who experimented with alchemy or those common folk who practiced the old ways of witchcraft. in 906 c.e, abbot regino of prum recognized that earlier canon laws had done little to eradicate the practices of magic and witchcraft, so he issued his de ecclesiaticis disc

e minds of many of the faithful with the miracle stories of the saints. to the native beliefs were added those of non-christian peoples who either lived in europe or whom europeans met when they journeyed far from home, as when they went on the crusades. by the twelfth century, magical practices based upon the arcane systems of the spanish moors and jewish kabbalah were established in europe. the church created the inquisition in the high middle ages in response to unorthodox religious beliefs that it called heresies. since some of these involved magical practices and witchcraft, the occult also became an object of persecution. the harsh treatment of the manichaean cathars in southern france is an example of society fs reaction to those who mixed arcane practice with heterodox theology. in

s as an order of knighthood because of the selfless actions of a handful of knights who vowed to protect pilgrims on their way to the holy land. in the beginning, these pious and valiant knights were so poor that they had to share the same horse and take turns riding it. centuries later, when the knights templar had become the wealthiest and most powerful order in all of europe, it was decided by church and state that the once godly christian soldiers had acquired their earthly treasure and power by worshipping satan and committing the most foul acts of desecration and blasphemy. the order of knights that had once served as the bulwark of christianity during the crusades to protect the holy land was ordered disbanded by papal decree, and its members tortured and burned at the stake. histor

have led an open revolution against any state government in southern italy. but annunchiarico, who claimed that the might of the great god jupiter flowed through his body, was more interested in personal aggrandizement than in political opportunities. annunchiarico was the son of wealthy parents who had entered the priesthood and who had seemed destined for a fruitful career in the roman catholic church. the many tasks faced by a common parish priest had little attraction for him, however, and he preferred the life of a country gentleman on the family estate. neither did the young priest respect his vow of celibacy, and he seduced a young woman who was engaged to giovanni montolesi, the son of a wealthy merchant. when montolesi learned of the affair, he sought out annunchiarico and reproac

hiefs were deciding just who it was among them who should lead the newly united force, annunchiarico appeared in the full regalia of the priesthood and announced that he would celebrate the mass. as the chiefs all kneeled to receive his blessing, such an attitude of obeisance signaled their acquiescence to his leadership. and at the same time that he was celebrating the mass of the roman catholic church, annunchiarico informed all of the assembled outlaws that the spirit of jupiter, the ancient father of the gods, had passed into his person and commanded him to form a new order, the decided ones of jupiter. in a brief period of time, numerous independent bands of thieves and murderers became a single secret society. and when word spread of the alleged supernatural powers of their leader, c

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

of his latinised name,was found in all parts of gaul. few of the names of the indigenous deities of great britain have survived, andthe ritual received scant attention from the roman recorders.when christianity first arrived in great britain it came in from the west and established itself among thepeople rather than the rulers. centuries later other missionaries entered on the east. the christian church hadby this time become more organised, more dogmatic, more bent on proselytising. the main attack, therefore,was not on the people but on the royal families, particularly on the queens whose influence was wellunderstood. paganism, however, received continual reinforcements in the successive invasions of heathenpeoples; danes, norsemen, angles, jutes and saxons poured in and took possession

nvasions of heathenpeoples; danes, norsemen, angles, jutes and saxons poured in and took possession. in judging of the historyof early christianity in britain it must always be remembered that the people who brought it in on the eastcoast were foreigners, who never amalgamated with the natives. augustine was italian, and for more than acentury no native britons were advanced to high places in the church. theodore of tarsus, with the aid of the god of the witchesintroduction3hadrian, the negro, organised the church in england in the seventh century, italians and other aliens held thehigh offices. the augustine mission and their successors concentrated on the rulers, and through them forcedtheir exotic religion on a stubborn and unwilling people. this is very clear in the reign of canute, wh

nquest was by the normans, whose ruler was of the same religion as that of the king whom hedefeated; but the norman people, like the english, were largely of the old faith, and the conquest made littledifference to the relative position of the two religions. therefore though the rulers professed christianity thegreat mass of the people followed the old gods, and even in the highest offices of the church the priests oftenserved the heathen deities as well as the christian god and practised pagan rites. thus in 1282 the priest ofinverkeithing led the fertility dance round the churchyard;[2] in 1303 the bishop of coventry, like othermembers of his diocese, paid homage to a deity in the form of an animal;[3] in 1453, two years before therehabilitation of joan of arc, the prior of saint-germain

done in great measure by the descendants of the neolithic and bronze-agestock who were saved from massacre by the remoteness and inaccessibility of their dwellings. these were theplaces where the old religion flourished; and it was only by very slow degrees that even a small amount ofoutward conformity with christianity could be established, and then only by means of compromises on thepart of the church; certain practices were permitted, certain images were retained, though often underdifferent names.the reformation appears to have had the same effect on great britain as the mahommedan conquest had onegypt. the moslems found christianity established in the towns of the nile valley while a debased paganismstill existed among the agricultural population. the religion of islam swept through t

still a strong feeling among christians that christianity is so essentially european that no other religion couldhave remained after it was once introduced. the evidence, however, points to an entirely different conclusion.until almost the time of the norman conquest the legal enactments show that though the rulers might benominally christian the people were openly heathen.it is possible that the church's prohibition against representing the crucifixion as a lamb on a cross was dueto the desire to differentiate the christian from the heathen god. the lamb, being a horned animal, was liableto be confounded with the horned deity of the pagans.the desolation of the country by the conqueror would not increase the estimation of christianity in the eyesof the unhappy population, and the old reli

THE HOLY ROSARY OF THE BRETHREN

dept may immediately feel on seeing the title of this paper, that it somehow draws a connection to a religious practice followed by many in the world. while many of our exercises have their roots in western religion, this particular rosary should not be confused with common religious practices by the uninitiated. for those brethren who have a connection to the practice of the rosary through their church or religion, you will find that both practices serve to enhance the other. adepts are encouraged to make the rosary of the r.r.et a.c. a regular practice. several brethren report that doing this meditation daily has provided them the spiritual alchemical fire necessary to enhance all other practices. practical qbl seems to become more effective as well. while the adept is under no obligatio

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

crimes of man. when alexander vi consecrated his bishops, it was not the poisoner who laid his hands upon them, it was the pope. pope alexander vi never corrupted or falsified the dogmas which condemned him, or the sacraments which in his hands saved others, and did not justify him. at all times and in all places there have been liars and criminals, but in the hierarchical and divinely authorized church there have never been, and there will never be, either bad popes or bad priests "bad" and "priest" form an oxymoron. we have mentioned alexander vi, and we think that this name will be sufficient without other memories as justly execrated as his being brought up against us. great criminals have been able to dishonour themselves doubly because of the sacred character with which they were inv

dd that there are no mysteries without symbols. the symbol, being the formula or the expression of the mystery, only expresses its unknown depth by paradoxical images borrowed from the known. the symbolic form, having for its object to characterize what is above scientific reason, should necessarily find itself without that reason: hence the celebrated and perfectly just remark of a father of the church "i believe because it is absurd. credo quia absurdum" if science were to affirm what it did not know, it would 5 destroy itself. science will then never be able to perform the work of faith, any more than faith can decide in a matter of science. an affirmation of faith with which science is rash enough to meddle can then be nothing but an absurdity for it, just as a scientific statement, if

cuss faith lest it should trouble the confidence of simple souls, and disturb the peace of universal communion<christianity for disturbing the peace of paganism "or" indicates that christianity is but syncreticeclectic paganism, and defends it on this ground- o.m> and the universal church, is it any other thing than a communion in the spirit of charity? it is by the spirit of charity that the church is infallible. it is the spirit of charity which is the divine virtue of the priesthood. duty of man, guarantee of his rights, proof of his immortality, eternity of happiness commencing for him upon the earth, glorious aim given to his existence, goal and path of all his struggle

him. it is the sacred inheritance of our children, it is the price of the blood of our fathers! it is by charity that the martyrs took consolation in the prisons of the caesars, and won over to their belief even their warders and their executioners. it is in the name of charity that st. martin of tours protested against the torture of the priscillians<church, especially in spain. the emperor maximus, a spaniard, was inclined to put it down with a strong hand and confiscate the heretics' property. the gallic clergy hounded him on, and the councils of bordeaux and saragossa encouraged him. two spanish priests "ithacus" and "idacus" clamoured for the heretics' punishment by the secular arm. but st. martin of tours, stalwart champion of orthodoxy a

the ithacans? in a lonely place he pondered sadly. an angel spoke to him "martin, you do right to be sad, but it was the only way" never again did he go to any council. he was wont to say with tears that if he had saved the heretics he himself had lost power over men and over demons. they have outraged the meaning of the episode who explain martin's protest as merely against the surrender of the church to secular power. it was "lese-humanite" of which he held the ithacans guilty. st. martin of tours was often called martin the thaumaturgist. he was noted for his power over animals> and separated 9 himself from the communion of the tyrant who wished to impose faith by the sword. it is by charity that so great a crowd of saints have forced the world to accept them as expiation for the crime

THE MARTINIST OPERATIVE GENERAL RITUAL

together in unity (psalm 133) november 1962, sendivogius orient of toronto, canada. grand master 3 introduction introductory notes on the divine name "ieshouah: iod-he-shin-vau-he. the following notes concern a very ancient divine name called at times the pentagrammic name which was well known to the kabbalists, especially christian kabbalists, as well as to the doctors of the original christian church. the letter shin: hebrew kabbalists knew this letter shin as one of the three mother-letters (with aleph and mem) and that it signified the fire. st. jerome in his "mystic interpretation of the alphabet" defined this letter shin as the symbol of the vivifying word. much later, papus tells us1) that this letter shin, inverted, in the flamboyant star (the pentagram) with its point up, represe

course, is to wear an alb made of white linen as it is a traditional vestment. a red, silk or cotton cordelier is worn, long enough to make two turns around the waist and to hang over the left leg in two fringes. the fringes, each no more than 24 inches long, should end, each, with a tassel made of the same material ie: cotton or silk. such albs and cordeliers can be obtained from the choral and church supplies firms, but of course, they can be self-made as well. cotton sheeting may be substituted as material for the alb 8 if linen is not available. the length of the alb should extend to approximately four fingers from the floor. sandals made from raffia should be worn in summer while woollen socks with an interior insulating sole made of cork or rubber, in winter. the head must be left u

orned, may they elude the numberless vices and attain to thee, o lord of mercy, who art the way, the truth and the life. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator meditates a while and afterwards prays for the triumph of universal spirituality: o almighty and eternal god, thou who hast revealed thine glory to all christian nations, deign, o lord, to preserve the works of thy mercy. may 'thy universal church here below reflect the one of high above, may it expand all over the world and may it persevere with a firm and indestructible faith in the confession of thy holy name. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator meditates for a moment again and then prays for the peace of the world: o eternal god, thanks to thee our desires become holy, our aims and works just. deign, o merciful lord, to grant t

forgotten thy holy name be removed; having seen light of thy truth which is the christ our redeemer, may these men be redeemed from the darkness. o lord, thou who dost not look for the death of men but for the life even of sinners, deign, o lord, to receive favourably my prayers for these men. deliver strayed nations from the worship of idols and reunite them into thy holy, eternal and universal church, far from this world of sorrow, and for the greatest glory of thy holy name. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator prays now for the sick, afflicted and for prisoners: we beseech thee humbly, o almighty and eternal god, to grant health and freedom to all infirm and sick, afflicted persons and to the prisoners, that thus delivered from illness and captivity, o lord of all grace, they may tha

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

creation of psychic wholeness. it is not by any stretch of the imagination limited to the treatment of mental illness. treatment today is often sought out to a r e a feeling of pointlessness or to find new purpose and direction in life. as we approach the twenty-first century, humanity is besieged by a collective neurosis and spiritual erosion. but the cure will not be found in adherence to rigid church dogmas or cold, detached methods of psychology. countering the disorientation of modern humanity will require a combination of spiritual awareness, mystical experience, fundamental ethcs, and sound psychotherapies. a method for self-realization which encompasses magic and psychology, such as the middle pillar exercise, is part of the answer. the symbol of unity the psyche that has received

r to the chstian sign of the cross. one important difference between the christian cross and the qabalistic cross is that in the hermetic version, geburah or "the power" is attributed to the right shoulder, while in the chstian cross, it is placed on the left shoulder. tlus points out a major difference in the way that a ceremonial magician approaches the divine self from the way that the average church-goer and the chstian rosicrucian approaches god. w i t h the judeo-chstian tradition, the image of god is seen as separate and outside of humanity. the image of god, as projected on the tree of life, is usually viewed as something "out there" or somethmg that is too sacred to be approached by sinful earthbound human beings. thus the tree of life as the image of god is sometimes pictured as

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

ses and the frames were melted. his wife took over the wheel of their vehicle and drove him to a hospital. fortunately, the damage was not permanent. what puzzled me about connie's case, however, was that she had not seen a splendid luminous flying saucer. she had seen a giant "winged man" in broad daylight. according to her story, connie, a shy, sensitive eighteen-year-old, was driving home from church at 10:30 a.m. on sunday, november 27, 1966, when, as she passed the deserted greens of the mason county golf course outside of new haven, west virginia, she suddenly saw a huge gray figure. it was shaped like a man, she said, but was much larger. it was at least seven feet tall and very broad. the thing that attracted her attention was not its size but its eyes. it had, she said, large, rou

a neat bungalow back among the igloos. mr. thomas was the superintendent of the trojan-u.s. operations there. his wife, virginia, was a slender, gentle woman blessed or cursed with second sight. she had accurately predicted numerous accidents and local events over the years. she was careful not to seek attention and only her friends knew of her remarkable abilities. deeply religious, she went to church almost every evening and on this night both she and her husband were out. the wamsleys and mrs. bennett found only three of the thomas children, rickie, connie, and vickie, at home. after exchanging a few words with the youngsters, they headed back to their car. off in the distance they could hear some trigger-happy hero firing a rifle around the power plant] in one of my notebooks covering

ed. they knew they should report it to someone but they kept silent until they heard me on a radio program a few days later. meanwhile, the ohio valley was lit up by these things nightly, from cairo, illinois, in the south, where the ohio river linked with the mississippi, to the northernmost tip of the river in pennsylvania. on march 12, 1967, a woman in letart falls, ohio, was driving home from church at 11:30 p.m, accompanied by her twenty-year-old daughter, when, as they rounded a corner in a wooded area, a huge white thing appeared directly in front of their car. they said it had curved wings about ten feet wide. there was a head on the creature and it appeared to have very long hair. it was in view of their headlights for several seconds before it flew upward and vanished from sight

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

dogma is unfortunately very far removed from the majority of the faithful to be of much consequence. the idea of a war against satan, and of the entities of good and evil having roughly equivalent powers, is perhaps best illustrated by the belief, common among the orthodox churches of the east, in a personal devil as well as a personal angel. this concept has been amplified by the roman catholic church to such an extent- perhaps subconsciously- that a missal in the editor's possession contains an engraving for the feast of st. andrew, apostle, for november 30, that bears the legend "ecce qui tollis peccata mundi- behold him who taketh away the sins of the world- and the picture above it is of the atomic bomb! basically, there are two "sets" of gods in the mythos: the elder gods, about who

ryan race, having in fact many words identical to that of sanskrit (and, it is said, to chinese. for no one knows where the sumerians came from, and they vanished just as mysteriously as they appeared, after the assyrian invasions which decimated their culture, yet providing the assyrians with much of their mythology and religion; so much so that sumerian became the official language of the state church, much as latin is today of the roman catholic church. they had a list of their kings before the flood, which even they carefully chronicled, as did many another ancient civilisation around the world. it is believed that they had a sophisticated system of astronomy (and astrology) as well as an equally religious rituale. magick, as well in history, begins at sumer for the western world, for

est, the conjuration, cultivation, or worship of this power was strenuously opposes with the advent of the solar, monotheistic religions and those who clung to the old ways were effectively extinguished. the wholesale slaughter of those called "witches" during the inquisition is an example of this, as well as the solemn and twisted- that is to say, purposeless and unenlightened- celibacy that 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 caduceu

the moon, and were symbolic of divinity in many cultures around the world, and were also thought to represent certain animals who were horned, and worshipped for their particular qualities, such as the goat and bull. they also represent sexual power. the fact that, in ancient sumeria and egypt, horns were solely representative of evil gods, but of many different deities, was used by the christian church in their attempt to eradicate pagan faiths. it was a simple enough symbol to identify with the author of evil, satan, which the church depicted as a half-animal, half-human creature with horns, claws, and sometimes a tail. the church's use of the horns as a sort of archetype of evil is quite similar to the feeling many people have today with regards to the swastika used by the nazis, a symb

h's use of the horns as a sort of archetype of evil is quite similar to the feeling many people have today with regards to the swastika used by the nazis, a symbol which has become the archetype of an evil sigil in the west. the fact that it is a highly valued mystical and religious symbol in the east is something that is not well-known. what is worse, the image of the devil as perpetrated by the church is simultaneously representative of sexual energy, and can be safely compared to jung's archetype of the shadow, the psychic repository of a man's innate maleness, as the anima represents that part of a man which is feminine. truly, the pictures painted of a satanic ritual by the pious catholic clergymen was one of sexual orgies and "perversions, and the handbook of the inquisitors, the mal

THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS

yce with him, and begin to rule, and order all their studies, according to those sound and sure foundations. he therefore conferred with the learned in spain, shewing unto them the errors of our arts, and how they might be corrected, and from whence they should gather the true inditia of the times to come, and wherein they ought to agree with those things that are past; also how the faults of the church and the whole philosopia moralis was to be amended: he shewed them new growths, new fruits, and beasts, which did concord with old philosophy, and prescribed them new axiomata, whereby all things might fully be restored: but it was to them a laughing matter; and being a new thing unto them, they feared that their great name should be lessened, if they should now again begin to learn and ack

ity should remain secret one hundred years. these six articles they bound themselves one to another to keep; and five of the brethren departed, only the brethren b. and d. remained with the father fra: r.c. a whole year; when these likewise departed, then remained by him his cousen and brother j.o. so that he hath all the days of his life with him two of his brethren. and although that as yet the church was not cleansed, nevertheless we know that they did think of her, and with what longing desire they looked for: every year they assembled together with joy, and made a full resolution of that which they had done; there must certainly have been great pleasure, to hear truly and without invention related and rehearsed all the wonders which god hath poured out here and there through the world

onfess to have the knowledge of jesus christ (as the same now in these last days, and chiefly in germany, most clear and pure is professed, and is now adays cleansed and voyd of all swerving people, hereticks, and false prophets) in certain and noted countries maintained, defended and propagated: also we use two sacraments, as they are instituted with all forms and ceremonies of the first renewed church. in politia we acknowledge the roman empire and quartam monarchiam for our christian head; albeit we know what alterations be at hand, and would fain 14 impart the same with all our hearts, to other godly learned men; notwithstanding our hand-writing which is in our hands, no man (except god alone) can make it common, nor any unworthy person is able to bereave us of it. but we shall help wi

bare-foot, shall merrily and joyfully meet the new arising sun. these characters and letters, as god hath here and there incorporated them in the holy scriptures, the bible, so hath he imprinted them in all beasts. so that like as the mathematician and astronomer can long before see and know the eclipses which are to come, so we may verily foreknow and foresee the darkness of obscurations of the church, and how long they shall last. from the which characters or letters we have borrowed our magic writing, and have found out, and made, a new language for ourselves, in the which withal is expressed and declared the nature of all things. so that it is no wonder that we are not so eloquent in other languages, the which we know that they are altogether disagreeing to the language of our forefat

THE SHADOWED ONES

he sun and the moon. the shadows merely remind us of our reflections and self divinities. you too are like us, no bending knee as the mindless, yet an ascended mind beyond that fallen and crumbling crowd-control method called god. you are the only the christ you need, separate and divine. dragon and angel in the flesh, devour and thirst eternally for knowledge and matter. place yourself above the church and its sheep. they cast stones at the wolf in the wild, yet it survives while they kneel and decay in houses of death and sickness. we vomit upon them to clean our stomachs of that sickness of spirit. let those who seek the angels know, that by dream and within the cradle of man flows the witch blood of the watchers. those who can hear this distant call can then seek us by crossways not fo

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

d trust beguiled h; they wandered in the scented garden of man fs heart, and all their restraint was as ephemeral as the fleeting hour. gand when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. h (n.b. husband: neither