Michael Wynn's Occult Reference Library
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS

Return to Occult Library Index

BOOK OF BARUCH

ot, and were led away of their enemies: but god bringeth them unto thee exalted with glory, as children of the kingdom. 7 for god hath appointed that every high hill, and banks of long continuance, should be cast down, and valleys filled up, to make even the ground, that israel may go safely in the glory of god, 8 moreover even the woods and every sweetsmelling tree shall overshadow israel by the commandment of god. 9 for god shall lead israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from hhi (place rose, cup, paten of bread and salt, lamp, cross and triangle upon the altar (the candidate must be blindfolded and tied thrice around the waist (hierophant knocks once) kerux (goes to the east, and faces west "hekas! hekas! este be beloi (returns to the so

ABRAMELIN3

d the peace of men. and with all this their operations be destined for certain times and hours, and finally the demon carrieth away with him their miserable souls, which thing arriveth only too often. and yet it is the science of these persons which causeth them to pass for famous wise men. in the first book i have made mention of those whom i had encountered in my journeyings in europe. the true commandment is that which dependeth from god, and in which there is no dependence placed on any spirit imaginable, for in employing them, if you make unto them the least submission, the slightest prayer, or honour, you are rendering yourselves their slaves, and they are in no way submitted unto you. the spirits have so great knowledge that they comprehend very well by our actions what dispositions

) fall into a thousand errors, the which afterwards when he wisheth to support he will very frequently deny god, and his high mysteries. the causes and matters whereof (the spirits) will make use to cause a man to waver are infinite, especially when the man attempteth to make them submit to his commands, and this is why it is most necessary to be upon one s guard and to distrust oneself, the true commandment will be that which will be given when he who commandeth shall have maturely reflected and considered who he is in himself, and who he is who should serve and obey him. and if a mortal 7. i cannot possibly see that the well-known heptameron or magical elements of peter of abano in any way counsels pacts, or deserves the above severe speeches of abraham the jew. the sacred magick 213 man

keep ourselves as we would from a deadly poison, from commencing this operation at all, if we have not made a firm resolution to carry it through unto the end. because (in the contrary case) some notable evil would befall him who had (carelessly) commenced the operation, and who would then only too well comprehend that we may not make a mock of the lord. should it happen that god by his will and commandment should visit thee and afflict thee with some malady which should render thee incapable of finishing the operation according unto thy wish, thou having already commenced it; then shouldest thou like an obedient servant submit thyself humbly unto his holy will and commandment, reserving his grace unto the time pleasing unto his divine of abramelin the mage 220 majesty to grant it thee. a

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

life, the triangle of soul being entwined with that of body; m is the silence of "death; gn is the nasal sound of generation& knowledge. isak "identical point" sa-ba-ft "nuith! hadith! ra-hoor-khuit "hail, great wild beast "hail, iao" 270 section ff. 1. this is the lord of the gods: 2. this is the lord of the universe: 3. this is he whom the winds fear. 4. this is he, who having made voice by his commandment is lord of all things; king, ruler and helper. hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me: so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether: upon the earth and under the earth: on dry land and in the water: of whirling air, and of rushing fire: and every spell and scourge of god may be obedient unto me. section g. spirit. hear me: ieou "indwelling sun of myself" pur "thou fire

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

snake is the serpent of initiation, as the lamb is the saviour. this ancient one, the wisdom of eternity, sits in its old anguish awaiting the redeemer. and this holy verse triumphantly assures us that there is no need for anxiety. the saviours will come one after the other, at their own good pleasure, and as they may be needed, and drag their tails, that is to say those who follow out their holy commandment, to the ultimate goal. again we read: little miss muffett sat on a tuffet, eating of curds and whey, up came a big spider, and sat down beside her, and frightened miss muffett away. little miss muffett unquestionably represents malkah; for she is unmarried. she is seated upon a "tuffet; id est, she is the unregenerate soul upon tophet, the pit of hell. and she eats curds and whey, that

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

lar, monument (gn. 28:22) hbcm a receiving, tradition; the qabalah hlbq 138 the son of god myhl) nb to smoothe, divide qlx to leaven, ferment cmx to pollute pnx he shall smite cxm forehead xcm 140 melakim, kings: the angelic choir of tiphareth myklm rottenness qm above l(m flower; hawk cn extremity sp face ynp threshold, entrance ps thorn nc 141 robust; oaken cym) gathered, collected ps) precept, commandment hwcm faithful, loyal, steady nm)n first )mq angels, messengers myk)lm 142 wickedness, destruction l(ylb a stranger; balaam m(lb delights (fire& water) mydmxm 143 the unshoeing hcylx running waters (ct. 4:15) mylzwn 144 a sandal ldns before; the east; ancient things mdq 145 the thirteen paths of the beard of macroprosopus (see 91& 1350) l k y+ x z w h d g b) m the staff of god (ex. 17:9

i will chase hyw)r to kneel; bless; knee, lap krb young male camel rkb to make heavy; to make many, multiply; long; extent; long ago, already rbk to ride, drive; horseman, driver; vehicle bkr to be mixed, mingled kbr 224 male (ch) rkd walk, journey; the path krd [the beginnings of] emanations (cf. 264) yqqwx representations, inscriptions (cf. 264) yqwqx union rwxy number; census; appointed place; commandment dqpm the tarot (cf. 216, 280& 671 +wr+ 226 profound; hidden; the north nwpc eternal foundation of the world: a title of yesod mlw( dwsy 227 long, tall kwr) a piscine, pond; blessing (prov. 10:22) hkrb remember; male (sacred phallus. see s.d. cap. 2) rkz damages, injuries nyqyzn the hooks of the pillars (ex. 27:10, 11) mydwm(h ywwl 228 first-born (cf. 567) rwkb blessed! kwrb the tree of

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

r othello, romeo, pericles of tyre, laon and cythna, if it were only agreed to let sleeping dogs lie, and mind one's own business. in real life, we have seen in our own times oscar wilde, sir charles dilke, parnell, canon aitken and countless others, many of them engaged in first-rate work for the world, all wasted because the mob must make believe to be "moral. this phrase abolishes the eleventh commandment, not to be found out, by authorizing incest, adultery, and paederasty, which every one now practices with humiliating precautions, which perpetuate the schoolboy's enjoyment of an escapade, and make shame, slyness, cowardice and hypocrisy the conditions of success in life. it is also the fact that the tendency of any individual to sexual irregularity is emphasised by the preoccupation

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 1 2

piel, elonusaha caelazod. i rule above ye, said the lord of lords, exalted in power.[from dr. dee's mss. ed. 11.17. will now try the hanged man again. 11.30. very vigorous and good, my willing of adonai. i should like to explain the difficulty. it would be easy enough to form a magical image of adonai: and he would doubtless inform it. but it would only be an image. this may be the meaning of the commandment "thou shalt not make any graven image, etc. just as "thou shalt not have any other gods but me" implies single-minded devotion (ek grata) to adonai. so any mental or magical image must necessarily fall short of the truth. consequently one has to will that which is formless; and this is very difficult. to concentrate the mind upon a definite thing is hard enough; yet at least there is s

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

ntal nature. 5. abstention from avarice. this deals with the sin of covetousness which is literally theft upon the mental plane. the sin of avarice may lead to any number of physical plane sins and is very powerful. it concerns mental force and is a generic term covering those potent longings which have their seat not only in the emotional or kamic (desire) body, but in the mental body also. this commandment to abstain from avarice is covered by st. paul when he says "i have learned in whatsoever state i am, therewith to be content" that state has to be attained before the mind can be so quieted that the things of the soul can find entrance. 31. yama (or the five commandments) constitutes the universal duty and is irrespective of race, place, time or emergency. this sutra makes clear the u

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

we have already seen that water is the symbol of the fluidic emotional desire-nature in which man habitually dwells. moses therefore appeared with christ as typifying man's emotional past, and the technique of its control is to be later superseded when the message of christ's life is duly understood, pouring through man's consciousness in ever greater fullness. christ indicated the new synthetic commandment which is "to love one another" this would render needless all the law and the prophets, and would relegate the ten commandments into the background of life, rendering them superfluous, because the love which will flow out from man to god, and from- 90- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust man to man, will automatically and positively produce that right action which will

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

t as well as god transcendent; the idea of god in the universe and of god in humanity evolved. the selfhood of deity and the self in the heart of individual man became a factor in human consciousness. it was a relatively new truth to be grasped by humanity. it had always been known by disciples and initiates. however, until christ came and lived a life of love and service and gave mankind the new commandment to love, there had been very little emphasis upon god as love in any of the world scriptures. after he appeared as the avatar of love, then god became known as love supernal, love as the goal and objective of creation, love as the basic principle of relationships, and love working throughout all manifestation towards a plan motivated by love. this divine quality christ revealed, and th

the not-self a revelation which is now coming to have meaning through the teaching of modern psychology; there was the revelation of the ten commandments, given through the jews and because of the negativity shown then and today by the jews given in a negative and not a positive form. the christ endeavoured to offset and bring to an end the need for the ten commandments, by giving us the eleventh commandment; this, if kept, would entail the keeping of all the others. there was the revelation which christ himself gave, summing it up for us in his life of service, in the love which he preached and in his constant repudiation of theological judaism (the sadducees and the pharisees. this difficulty with judaism still persists and is symbolised for us in the failure to recognise the messiah whe

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

sing in potency as time elapses. 4. the impelling power of material desire, focussed in the black lodge, both feeding human desire and drawing a form of life from the massed desire of humanity. 5. human development along astral lines, expressing itself as certain well-defined energies or force directions: a. material desire for possessions. b. desire for that which is owned by others. to this the commandment "thou shalt not steal" has reference. c. personality aims and ambitions; these constitute a form of focussed desire of a compelling, life-determining nature. d. aspiration, leading to vision and to the mystic way. e. purification, the conscious handling of desire upon the probationary path. f. initiation. the first two initiations are taken, as you know, upon the astral plane, and brin

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

o the self-assertive individuality of the leo type. the individual in leo becomes the initiate in capricorn, and demonstrates as the complete man in aquarius, and this has only been possible because of the boundless devotion to a dimly sensed objective that has carried him round and round the zodiac until full self-consciousness has been achieved. the appropriateness and the relation of the fifth commandment to the fifth labor and the fifth sign thus becomes apparent "honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the lord thy god giveth thee" for in leo, fatherspirit and mother-matter meet in the individual and their union produces that conscious entity which we call the soul or the self. just, however, as this is the sign wherein man recognizes himself as th

oming into incarnation all over the world in every kingdom of nature of those human beings and other forms of life, all merging under the new aquarian influence- 109- the labours of hercules a marvellous thing is taking place; let us get the [190] world ready so that our children, and children's children, can see it all happen. christ sounded the note "for the time of the end" when he said "a new commandment i give unto you, that you love one another" the eleventh commandment, eleventh sign. it is only now we are discovering what a marvellous astrologer christ was. he knew that the cycle he inaugurated would pass away, that a new method of work would have to emerge whereby the masters would employ a new mode of reaching humanity, but he prepared the way for his own later work. there are th

need of the people around him, and will deliberately go into the dark in order to deliver a message in the light. therefore, they are tied by no dogmas or doctrines because they have the word which has come to them in the dark, which they have wrought out for themselves in the strife and stress of their own souls. they meet the need of their fellow men, and theirs is the message of christ "a new commandment i give you that you love one another" this is no sentiment. let us be loving and kind. that is just decent behavior; but the love the christ enunciated is an intelligent understanding and appreciation of the need of the individual just as you find him. when you are up against the desperate need of people you have no time to think about "being loving" in the usual sense. you can perhaps

individual just as you find him. when you are up against the desperate need of people you have no time to think about "being loving" in the usual sense. you can perhaps create such an atmosphere around yourself that they will think themselves through to their own solution. that is the real way to work. as long as you are occupied with being loving you are occupied with your own personality "a new commandment i give you" can be summed up in "inclusiveness, the hallmark of the new age, the universal spirit, identification, oneness with all your fellowmen. that is love and it will keep you busy; you will have no time to talk about love, you will be busy doing things, big things and little things, unimportant and important things. how shall we fit ourselves to meet that requirement, to possess

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

o fleshy body, no material envelope: adam and eve were clothed only in ethereal forms, and were not subject to appetites or passions, they dwelled in light in the gn oidn, garden of aidin, of eden, of pleasant peace (zohar ii. 229b. the man and the woman before their descent to this world were as one--androgynous; at incarnation they were separated into sexes. the first human pair broke the first commandment, they sinned and were doomed to a complete descent into matter; the lord god made them "coats of skin" he gave them material bodies, and with these came the need of food, and the passions required to bring forth a succession of earthly bodies. yet man is still the copy of god on earth; his form is related to the tetragrammaton of jehovah ihvh, for in a diagram, yod is as the head, heh

APOCALYPSE MOSES

radise, and give me of the tree out of which the oil floweth, and bring it me, and i shall anoint myself and shall have rest from my complaint' chapter 10. 1 then seth and eve went towards paradise, and eve saw her son, and a wild beast assailing him, and eve wept and said' 2 woe is me; if i come to the day of the resurrection, all those who have sinned will curse me saying: eve hath not kept the commandment of god' 3 and she spake to the beast 'thou wicked beast, fearest thou not to fight with the image of god? how was thy mouth opened? how were thy teeth made strong? how didst thou not call to mind thy subjection? for long ago wast thou made subject to the image of god' 4 then the beast cried out and said: chapter 11. 1 'it is not our concern, eve, thy greed and thy wailing, but thine ow

as. chapter 23. 1 and god called adam saying "adam, where art thou? can the house be hidden from the presence of its builder? 2 "then your father answered "it is not because we think not to be found by thee, lord, that we hide, but i was afraid, because i am naked, and i was ashamed before thy might (my) master" 3 god saith to him "who showed thee that thou art naked, unless thou hast forsaken my commandment, which i delivered thee to keep (it" 4 then adam called to mind the word which i spake to him (saying "i will make thee secure before god; and he turned and said to me "why hast thou done this" and i said "the serpent deceived me" chapter 24. 1 god saith to adam 'since thou hast disregarded my commandment and hast hearkened to thy wife, cursed is the earth in thy labours. 2 thou shalt

; thou shalt be crushed by bitterness, but of sweetness shalt thou not taste) 3 weary shalt thou be and shalt not rest; by heat shalt thou be tired, by cold shalt thou be straitened: abundantly shalt thou busy thyself, but thou shalt not be rich; and thou shalt grow fat, but come to no end. 4 the beasts, over whom thou didst rule, shall rise up in rebellion against thee, for thou hast not kept my commandment" chapter 25. 1 and the lord turned to me and said "since thou hast hearkened to the serpent, and turned a deaf ear to my commandment, thou shalt be in throes of travail and intolerable agonies; 2 thou shalt bear children in much trembling and in one hour thou shalt come to the birth, and lose thy life, from thy sore trouble and anguish. 3 but thou shalt confess and say 'lord, lord, sav

he body of adam. 4 and they came to paradise and all the leaves of paradise were stirred so that all men begotten of adam slept from the fragrance save seth alone, because he was born 'according to the appointment of god. 5 then adam's body lay there in paradise on the earth and seth grieved exceedingly over him. chapter 39. 1 and god saith to him 'adam, what hast thou done? if thou hadst kept my commandment, there would now be no rejoicing among those who are bringing thee down to this place. 2 yet, i tell thee that i will turn their joy to grief and thy grief will i turn to joy, and i will transform thee to thy former glory? and set thee on the throne of thy deceiver. 3 but he shall be cast into this place to see thee sitting above him, then he shall be condemned and they that heard him

took great pains to conceal (him) but could not, for the earth would not receive him for the body sprang up from the earth and a voice went out of the earth saying 'i will not receive a companion body, till the earth which was taken and fashioned in me cometh to me' 5 at that time, the angels took it and placed it on a rock, till adam his father was buried. and both were buried, according to the commandment of god, in the spot where god found the dust, and he caused the place to be dug for two. 6 and god sent seven angels to paradise and they brought many fragrant spices and placed them in the earth, 7 and they took the two bodies and placed them in the spot which they had digged and builded. chapter 41. 1 and god called and said 'adam, adam' and the body answered from the earth and said

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

lian of asia, and the ethiopian of africa, and that all existing individuals of the species can be ranged around these types (the president's address at the anthrop. inst. of great britain, etc) considering that our race has reached its fifth sub-race, how can it be otherwise[[vol. 2, page] 472 the secret doctrine. in his supposed monotheism over the heathen, whom his law commanded him to hate* a commandment now gladly accepted by the christian too, in spite of another and later commandment "love each other" both india and egypt had and have their sacred lotuses, symbolic of the same "holy of holies- the lotus growing in the water, a double feminine symbol- the bearer of its own seed and root of all. viraj and horus are both male symbols, emanating from androgyne nature, one from brahma an

intended salvation. a decree had come indeed; the decree of nature and the law of evolution, that the earth should change its race, and that the fourth race should be destroyed to make room for a better one. the manvantara had reached its turning point of three and a half rounds, and gigantic physical humanity had reached the acme of gross materiality. hence the apocalyptic verse that speaks of a commandment gone forth that they may be destroyed "that their end may be (of the race; for they knew truly "every secret of the angels, every oppressive and secret power of the satans, and every power of those who commit sorcery, as well as of those who make molten images in the whole earth" and now a natural question. who could have informed the apocryphal author of this powerful vision (to whate

ur the child. she brings forth the man child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron, and who was caught unto the throne of god (the sun. the woman fled to the wilderness still pursued by the dragon, who flees again, and casts out of his mouth water as a flood, when the earth helped the woman and swallowed the flood; and the dragon went to make war with the remnant of her seed who keep the commandment of god, etc (see xii, 1, 17) anyone, who reads the allegory of latona pursued by the revenge of jealous juno, will recognise the identity of the two versions. juno sends python, the dragon, to persecute and destroy latona and devour her babe. the latter is apollo, the sun, for "the man-child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron" of revelation, is surely not the meek "son of

BOOK OF JASHAR

ers after her death. we learn of seth's position as a cultural heir to abel, when seth passes abel's hunting techniques on to the next generation. but this generation is also moved by cain's visions, and so we find contributions of both cain and abel in the developing human culture. the most important fact that we are told here about these early humans is that they take education of children as a commandment from god. the wording of the commandment("god told them that children must learn from their elders' wisdom) is ambiguous as to whether it is commanded to the parents or to the children. in either case, the importance of education in human history is strikingly emphasized by the fact that this is the first explicit mention of any specific commandment, following only the general commandm

ht be disputed, but whose special status in god's plan cannot. abram fears the terrors and tragedies of a world order that is based on unrestrained international rivalry and warfare, and so he asks god whether conflict must be so wasteful of human values and potential. god answers abram's concerns by commanding that we must not fight or destroy other nations until we have learned about them. this commandment is linked to the earlier commandment, to pass cultural traditions on to our children. thus, while the children are only commanded to learn their nation's culture from their elders, the elders are commanded both to teach their national culture to their children and to study the cultural traditions of foreign nations, especially those nations with which they are in conflict. if attentive

n to our children. thus, while the children are only commanded to learn their nation's culture from their elders, the elders are commanded both to teach their national culture to their children and to study the cultural traditions of foreign nations, especially those nations with which they are in conflict. if attentive and sympathetic listening is an essential manifestation of love, then the new commandment here can be compared closely to the christian commandment to love your enemy. notice that the loving act commanded here does not require giving material aid and comfort to a dangerous enemy. we are required instead to listen our enemies and to learn from them, lest their accomplishments be lost and their story forgotten if we vanquish them. the crucial words "then you may find peace" l

COVENANT OF SAMYAZA

zation by the knowledge we had imparted, that the gift of satanael be brought to substance. just as demiurge had cursed man, since the days of adam and eve for the acceptance of satanael's gift, so now did the tyrant again curse man, and watchers also, for the gifts of satanael and samyaza had joined to exalt man that man may live in splendour, and rejoice in his own being, apart from demiurge. a commandment went forth from demiurge against all who dealt upon earth, against nephilim, gibborim, watchers, and man, even unto the beasts of the field, all save the servile noah and his family. said demiurge "the earth shall be engulfed by water, for man doth know every secret of the angels, every secret power of nephilim and watchers, and every power of sorcery "they know how silver is produced

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

knew that what was being exposed was true. but, the couple said..he is god and god can do anything he likes. there are still christians being injured and even killed who handle snakes. they do this because it says in mark's gospel, chapter 16, verse 17 "they shall take up serpents" dewey chafin, quoted in the american people magazine, said "see, i handle serpents because it's in the bible, like a commandment. and i drink strychnine because the bible says it won't hurt me. now, either every word in that bible is right or it's wrong" and a few people can't control the world? it's a doddle. sources 1 dr. loreda fox, the spiritual and clinical dimensions of multiple personality disorder (books of sangre de cristo, salida, colorado, p 196 2 written in letters to a church minister and quoted in

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

ents counted in this single issue of a popular weekly magazine. they are given in extenso, in no way edited save by the omission of addresses. let us now consider what such advertisements as these signify from the point of view of the persons to whom they are not addressed, the persons over whom the reader is presumed to want to acquire power. what will be their position should he break the tenth commandment and covet his neighbour's wife, or his ox, or his ass, or any of his other valuables? supposing the diligent student of these methods wants something he ought not to have? supposing he is on the shady side of the law? or is nursing a sense of injury and desires to be revenged? or merely loves power for its own sake? what is the fate of the cannon-fodder that supplies the student of min

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

ed with the rather ubiquitous belief among indigenous cultures that images of gods can become a repository of divine power, one development of animism, in which all of nature was imbued with supernatural forces. the sympathetic magic of images depended upon the image being a proper representation of the god, and also being installed through a special invocatory ceremony. although the early judaic commandment not to worship graven images implied a new separate form of worship, the statement that the jewish god was a jealous god implied that pagan images possessed some power but that it would be of rival demonic gods as distinct from the monotheism of moses. the belief in the power of images is also related to the designation of special sacred places.particularly striking natural locations o

abernacles, synagogues, and churches where the presence of god might be enhanced. the very structure of churches and cathedrals utilized architecture to reinforce this belief, while rituals created a mental and emotional structure to invoke divine presence. allied to the use of rituals are the geometrical shapes of mandalas, used as an aid in meditation. in the history of christianity, the judaic commandment prohibiting images, in the face of their almost universal appeal, caused great controversies in relation to the use of icons (flat stylized picture of the saints, as opposed to statues of christ and/or the virgin mary in churches, one major element in the division of roman catholics and eastern orthodox christians. the sixteenth-century protestant reformers banned images in their churc

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

) the medium of the spirit guide zodiac for the spreading of whose teachings the greater world paper and the greater world christian spiritualist league were founded in 1931. zodiac first manifested at moyes s home circle in 1921. he claimed to have been a teacher at the temple in the time of jesus. his earth name was not disclosed but he said he was the scribe who asked jesus which was the first commandment and to whom jesus said: thou art not far from the kingdom of god (mark 12:28.34. although moyes died in 1957, the work of the league continues in spreading the teachings of zodiac. mufob (metempirical ufo bulletin) see magonia mufon see mutual ufo network muktananda, swami (1908.1982) a hindu spiritual teacher who was an exponent of what he termed siddha yoga, a variation of kundalini

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

y name. 7 so he [yitza aq] erected an altar there [beersheba] and invoked the lord hvhy by name. 8" a variety of root mantra of particular importance to the mystical qabalah are found in the torah. some of the most prominent ones are: 1. the first part of the first of the ten commandments: anokhi yod heh vav heh elohekha(;yhla hvhy ykna lit. i am yhvh your god).9 2. a shorter version of the first commandment: ani yod heh vav heh (hvhy yna lit. i am yhvh).10 3. the affirmation of unity x the shema or shem ayn: shem ayn yisroel yod heh vav heh elohenu yod heh vav heh echad (dxa hvhy vnyhla hvhy larsy ims lit. name ayn israel yhvh our elohim yhvh one).11 4. the vast face mantra at the root of pesach (passover: shomer mah melylah (hlyl hm rms, literally, watcher what of the night).12 5. the va

ing of a stone pillar (sanskrit lingam) with oil, and perhaps other elements, was a prominent component. we know that invoking the lord hvhy by name i.e. zachor, was a prominent component "and to seth, in turn, a son was born, and he named him enosh. it was then that men began to invoke the lord hvhy by name."4 we know from the torah, and confirmed by master yeshuvah and the qur an, that the root commandment upon which the entire tradition and all its branches are based is the affirmation of unity: shem ayn yisroel hvhy elohenu hvhy echad vuh-ahavta et hvhy elohenu, vuh-khol levavkha, oo-vuh-khol nafshekha, oo-vuh-khol muhodekha. 5 name ayn israel yhvh thy elohim yhvh one. and you shall love the lord your god. with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. the centrality

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

governors' breasts; so the plan was given up. the opinion of solon is that what hath put the present age into so great confusion is the cruel hatred, and spiteful envie which in these days is seen to reign generally amongst men. all help then for these present evils, is to be hoped for from infusing charity, reciprocal affection, and that sanctified love of our neighbour, which is god's chiefest commandment, into mankind; we ought therefore to employ all our skill in taking away the occasions of those hatreds, which in these days reign in men's hearts ,3 1 see a. belloni/ seicento, storia letteraria d'ltalia, milan, ed. of 1955. p- 47i. 2 traiano boccalini, ragguagli di parnaso, centuria i, ragguaglio 77 (in the edition of venice, 1669, pp. 214 ff; in the english translation by henry, ear

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

he could scarcely speak, and, in a voice almost of terror, asked where his friend had learned the word. of this word inman says "to the hindoos it was that incommunicable name of the almighty, which no one ventured to pronounce except under the most religious solemnity. and here let me pause to remark that the jews were equally reverent with the name belonging to the most high; and that the third commandment was very literal in its signification" the same writer remarks that in thibet, too, where a worship very nearly identical in ceremony and doctrine with that of the roman papists exists amongst the lamas, the name of om is still sacred. the iav of the jews was equally revered, but in the later ages of their career they seem to have lost sight of its true meaning. according to inman's te

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

keneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. the lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old..when he prepared the heavens, i was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: when he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the the gnostic handbook page 31 foundations of the earth: then i was by him, as one brought up with him: and i was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him. proverbs 1:20-33, 8:22,27-30. this great being, both royal and feminine, who being neither god nor the eternal son of god, neither angel nor saint, receives the veneration of the one who accomplishes the o

the world. the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, but now made manifest to his saints. ephesians 1:26 now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of jesus christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting god, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith. romans 16:25,6 this mystery is the opportunity for the deification of man. it is the secret whereby man may become part deified. he may return to the pleroma awakened and in a state of divininity. it is clear that this path is not for all of adam's children, but for a select number, the psyhics and pneumatics

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

pts in this verse. firstly, the concept of seed is mentioned. this hints at the radical transformation of the gnostic (a new seed has been propagated in him. secondly, it is said that the seed of a reborn person cannot sin! this is an incredible concept, if you are truly reborn you cannot sin (sin means to miss the mark, not to be in balance with the light worlds, it does not mean the petty moral commandment of modern christianity) in real terms this means that a fully reborn person is permanently one with the pleroma. now surely this does not apply to modern fundamentalist christians who are supposedly reborn by a quick prayer at a revival meeting! gnostic theurgy page 127 no, being reborn is being transformed from one substance to another! the two paths there are two paths within the pro

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS VENUSZAM16

ing, guide me unto the sacred light, let me call my home, the house of horus. the house above, het- heru is thy name, and through thee i shall arise into my higher selfhood which is found in god the vast one. step 27 pause while circulating the force within. say "this is the lord of the gods! this is he, lord of the universe! this is he whom the winds fear. this is he who having made voice by his commandment is lord of all things, king, ruler, and helper. i am he, the bornless spirit having sight in the feet, strong and immortal fire. i am he the truth. i am he who hate that evil should be wrought in the world. i am he that lighteneth and thundereth. i am he from whom is the shower of the life of the earth. i am he whose mouth ever flameth. i am he, the begetter and manifester unto the lig

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM13

i am the preparer of the pathway, the rescuer unto the light. i am rising higher and higher, i am passing beyond the light of the sun. i pass through the abyss of duality into the infinite reconciliation of unity. i stand in the center of the darkest of 9 light. this is the lord of the gods, this is the lord of the universe, this is he whom the winds fear, this is he who having made voice by his commandment is lord of all things, king, ruler and helper (each adept spends a few minutes in silence) chief adept "out of the darkness, let the light arise. iao. let the divine light descend over us eternally and over all those that we are assigned to teach and council" second adept "before i was blind and now i see" chief adept "i am the reconciler within the ineffable. i am the dweller in the i

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM16

t abyss of waters do i raise my soul to receive thy truth. amoun (vibratory formula, i invoke thee. exalt my soul to the feet of thy glory. hear me, and manifest in splendor to him who worships at thy throne" step 27 pause while circulating the force within. say "this is the lord of the gods! this is he, lord of the universe! this is he whom the winds fear. this is he who having made voice by his commandment is lord of all things, king, ruler, and helper. i am he, the bornless spirit having sight in the feet, strong and immortal fire. i am he the truth. i am he who hate that evil should be wrought in the world. i am he that lighteneth and thundereth. i am he from whom is the shower of the life of the earth. i am he whose mouth ever flameth. i am he, the begetter and manifester unto the lig

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM17

ndi for the most artificial, and protheus for the most profitable. likewise, we do not certainly know if these of the second row have been of like wisdom as the first, and if they were admitted to all things. it shall be declared hereafter to the gentle reader not only what we have heard of the burial of brother r.c, but also it shall be made manifest publicly, by the foresight, 7 sufferance, and commandment of god, whom we most faithfully obey, that if we shall be answered discreetly and christian-like, we will not be ashamed to set forth publicly in print our names and surnames, our meetings, or anything else that may be required at our hands. now, the true and fundamental relation of the finding out of the high-illuminated man of god, fra. c.r.c, is this: after that a. in gallia narbone

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

generous and tolerant with his fellow men, but relentless and hard with himself. only such behavior will be followed by success in magic. refrain from condemning or criticizing and sweep your own doorstep first. do not permit anyone to look into your sanctuary. the magician will always keep silence with respect to his way, rise and success. this silence grants the highest powers and the more this commandment is obeyed, the more easily accessible these powers will become. manage it so that you spend as much time as possible in your rise or advance. it is quite unnecessary to waste time with sitting for hours, drinking beer and passing time in trivial company. time is running away like water, never to return. a certain amount of time ought to be provided for, but it is very necessary to stic

the pores in a different manner. when, after a certain amount of time and repeated exercises, you are skilled in inhaling through the lungs and with the whole body simultaneously, connect the two breathing methods to your desire-inhaling, i.e, breathing in health, success, peace, mastering of passions, or whatever you need most urgently. the fulfillment of your desire (imparted in the present and commandment moods) is to be realized not only through the lungs and the bloodstream but through your whole body. if you have attained a certain skill in this experiment, you may also influence exhaling magically by imagining that, at each breathing out, you are secreting the opposite to your desire such as weakness, failure, trouble, and so on. if you have succeeded in exhaling and inhaling throug

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

er. the which anon as she saw the king she cried with loud voice, saying thus 'my lord king, and you pass this water you shall never turn again alive' the king hearing this was astonied of her words; for but a little before he had read in a prophecy that in the self same year the king of scots should be slain: and therewithal the king, as he rode, cleped to him one of his knights, and gave him in commandment to turn p. 55 again to speak with that woman, and ask of her what she would, and what thing she meant with her loud crying. and she began, and told him as ye have heard of the king of scots if he passed that water. as now the king asked her, how she knew that. and she said, that huthart told her so 'sire' quoth he 'men may "calant" ye take no heed of yon woman's words, for she is but a

ISIS UNVEILED

scaped the pollutions of the worid through the knowledge of the lord and savior jesus christ, they an again entangled therein, and overcome. it had bem better for them not to hme ktunon the umy of ti0hieousne$a, than, after tbey have known it, to turn from the holy eommandment dditered wiio them (jf peter, ii. 18-21. peter cntainly cannot have meant the gnostics, for they had never seen "the holy commandment delivered unto them; paul had. ihey never promised any one "liberty" from bondage, but paul had done so repeatedly. moreover, the latter rejects the "old covenant" agar the bondwoman, and peter holds fast to it. paul warns the people against the powers and dignities (the lower angels of the kabalists; and peter, as will be shown further, respects them and denounces those who do nol pet

believed in the existence of god. he answered us, smiling 'aham era param-brakma' i am myself a god 'what do you mean by that*"i mean that evety being on earth, however humble, is an tmnuvtal portion of immortal substance" the answer is one which would suggest itself to every ancient philo- sopher, kabalist and gnostic, of the early days. it contains the veiy spirit of the delphic and kabaliatic commandment, for esoteric philoso- l^y solved ages ago the problem of what man was. is, and will be. if per- 678. ta traditimu imlo-turopieiaia tt africaiuet, pp. 293, tq. 07s. le* fiu dt diett, p. 32. 680. le tpirituwu dohm u momde. p. 78. mod otitm. 681. let fiu dt dim, p. 272. while not >t all astoniibed that bribmanm ilmwid have refuiwd to latufy h. jmoukit'a curiout, we mtut add that the twl^

sect having a right to pry into their religion. the olchau never countenance deliberbt falsehood in any form, although the laymen have many a time got rid of the spies sent by the chris- tians to discover their secrets, by deceiving them with sham initiations (see the letter of prof. bawion to the author, p. 313) 803. this conunandment does not exist in the lebanon teaching. 804. there is no such commandment, but the practice thereof exists by mutual agree- ment, as in the days of the gnostic persecution. digilizocb, google 312 kis unveiled udcompromising. nothing can tempt one of these lebaiton unitarians to go astray from what be is tau^t to consider his duty. th^r rituai beinff unknown to outdders, their would-be historians have hitherto denied them one. their "diursday meetings' are op

KETAB E SIYAH

hat, considering first one stratagem and then another, before resolving upon a certain. now arousing himself once more from rumination he raised up his gilded sceptre, carved into a lion's likeness, burning orbs of fire shining within the eyes of that fierce image, before which the hosts at his command fell down in supplication to his majesty. now with resounding, thunderous voice he dictated his commandment and his will, instructing his elohim knights in that course upon which his mind had been resolved by which to best thwart my own device. now he spoke these words unto heaven's assembled hosts, commanding with majestic voice "raphael, fond son, most sadly have i heard your testament and that sore doom that it does threaten. most bitterly do my ears receive such knowledge, such baneful t

ing manoeuvre, and in both size and armoury no equal of our own. lamech is barbaric, understanding not our strength. thus do our spies assay and report. well would it be then if you went forth now against him before yet greater parts of your empire are laid waste. this you could do with ease if you so willed. this is our report, o noble lord" to this strategy did the king nod assent and issue his commandment to march from shurupuk and quell the invasion of his realm with haste. within his tower he himself girded for battle, 218 arraying himself in green-dyed robes of velvet and tying his black beard, shot through with steel, into seven braids like serpents, binding them with gold. eight feet high stood the king of shurupuk, he was as a giant upon the earth, and his eyes burned as if on fir

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

transform into "help against you" which is actually against egoism itself. it is also possible to offer an alternative rendition. imagine egoism standing "opposite us" instead of the creator, screening and covering the creator from us, as if saying "i stand between the creator and you" thus does the "i" or "self" of a person stand between that person and the creator. for this purpose, there is a commandment first to "remember what was done" to us by amalek, and then to "erase all memory" of him. we should not search within ourselves for thoughts that serve as obstacles, but rather should take the first thing that arises in our hearts and minds from the moment of correcting egoism- 269- awakening, and tie it to the creator. this is how "obstacles" help us return our thoughts to the creator

, even simple hearing is sufficient to grasp qualities of the object being studied (even a person blind from birth senses many qualities of those nearby, so spiritual cognition derived through hearing is also sufficient. this is due to the fact that with spiritual hearing, the- 342- attaining the worlds beyond information that reaches one, contains within it all the other concealed qualities. the commandment of comprehending the creator in essence is reduced to the perception of him by means of spiritual sight and hearing to such a degree that we are absolutely certain that we are conscious of a full visual and audible contact with the creator, which is called "face to face" creation, and the governing of those beings that have been created, occur through two opposing phenomena: the concea

impure force" rabbi yehuda ashlag said "the lowest of the spiritual levels is attained when the spiritual becomes most important and comes before the material" rabbi yehuda ashlag said "in only one thing can a person display haughtiness; that is, in asserting that no one else can please the creator more than he himself" stages of correction- 361- rabbi yehuda ashlag said "the reward for keeping a commandment is in gaining the perception of the one who commands it" rabbi yehuda ashlag said "the worries of this world are of no concern to those engaged in spiritual ascent, just as the person who is seriously ill does not worry about getting his salary, but only about surviving the illness" rabbi yehuda ashlag said "in the spiritual, as in our physical world, if something occurs to us because

, and will think only of the well-being of the one for whom the act is done (i.e, for the creator- 364- however, if at the same time we do not receive pleasure from our altruistic actions, then such actions will be considered as pure giving. for instance, observing the commandments only for the sake of the creator will not accord us the light of the creator (the pleasure) that corresponds to each commandment. this is because the process of self-improvement is not yet complete. having received the pleasure from the unobstructed light of the creator, one would be at risk of awakening one s egoism and, then, having that egoism demand to receive pleasure at any expense for reasons of self-gratification. at that point, the person would not be able to resist this pleasure, and would obtain it no

ne can learn from them, and hence they do not pose a threat of spiritual enslavement. our egoism allows us to progress only when it feels fear. then, it pushes us into all kinds of actions, just to neutralize that feeling. therefore, if a person could feel fear of the creator, one could develop the necessary strength and the desire to work. there are two kinds of fear: the fear of transgressing a commandment, and fear of the creator. the first is a fear that prevents an individual from sinning, otherwise that individual would sin. however, if a person has no fear of sinning because all actions are carried out solely for the sake of the creator, that person will observe all the commandments anyway, not out of fear, but because this is the will of the creator. the fear of transgression (sin)

of pleasure that is received, because the light of the creator includes everything in itself, each one of our desires to be gratified by something. it isolates from the entire light that which we desire. the creator prescribes precisely 613 commandments for the correction of the evil (in us) into the good (for us, because he created our desire for gratification from precisely 613 parts, and each commandment corrects a certain part or quality. for this reason it says "i created the evil, and the torah for its correction" but what is the purpose of observing the torah (the spiritual laws) after the correction of evil? the spiritual laws are given to us: 1. when we are still under the enslavement of our own nature and are unable to act for the sake of the creator, because we remain distant f

LAITMAN M THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE

lable to us from the creator, we begin to hate him. therefore, we must first come to a state where we want to give everything to the creator, and only then will we be able to sense correctly, without harming ourselves, the love of the creator. we will then be able to receive from the creator and express our eternal love to him. this is an eternal and unchangeable state. for that reason, the first commandment in the torah is to fear god, and the second is to love him. the zohar says that the fear does not relate to a fear of losing the love, because the fear of losing is selfish. the fear is a spiritual attainment of the question, have i done everything i possibly could for the creator? it is much like a mother treats her child, except in this case, our attitude toward the creator becomes t

hat force has anything to do with upper-spiritual forces. if that psychological protection works for you, use it, but know that it will not correct you. that is why kabbalah does not use any magical psychological forces. that is also the reason why charms are prohibited in the torah. f o r t u n e t e l l e r s v s o c i a l a s s i s t a n c e q: among the 613 commandments of the torah, there is commandment no. 301, which states: there shall not be found among you. ka soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer (deuteronomy 18, 10. what if a parent, despite all requests to stop using the services of fortune tellers, continues to do so? does it mean that the creator will punish this person? will the person suffer for daring to doubt the omnipotence of the king of kings, turning instead to d

ayer is a desire one feels in one s heart; it is what one wishes for. perhaps one is dreaming about a vacation or asks for rain- then that is the prayer, what one asks of the creator. kabbalah teaches how to tune one s heart for correct desires, for those prayers will lead to the feeling of the spiritual world, the creator. everything that leads to a true request for the creator is called mitzva (commandment. so you tell me, who else apart from kabbalists truly observes the commandments and genuinely prays? m e t h o d t o a c h o i c e q: you say that there is a law that rules nature and man harshly, and that the source of that law is a mighty force called the creator. in difficult moments i turn to him, but i feel that if i want to change something in my life, it means that i disagree wi

forces, desires. t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 400 each of these inner attributes also exists outside us, as a separate body, a different species and a different attribute. in fact, it would be more correct to say that i am the one who divides, through my emotions, the force that surrounds me into bodies, attributes and various forces. this is what we call our world. but the spiritual commandment of love thy neighbor as thyself, for example, is obvious, because both the other and i are one spiritual body. that is why the good attitude of one particle of the collective body toward another is obvious. and so it is with all other things that are separated in our world. all our problems stem from the fact that we feel the various parts of the universe as disconnected and independen

ophet is not a fortune teller who tells you your future. rather, he explains to you what essential corrections you can make, even without seeing them. and if you can t make any corrections, then a prophet will not appear. that is why they disappeared. l i b e r a l i s m q: can one consider liberalism among jews and non-jews as a subconscious, and hence distorted, attempt to fulfill the principal commandment of the torah v love thy neighbor k? a: kabbalah sets the general principle of correct human behavior: whatever the circumstances, first establish a connection with the creator, and then start researching the current event. if all of our actions stem from the purpose of creation and we do not lie to ourselves, then they can be called adequate. l ov e q: what is love? a: love is a conseq

kabbalah is an accurate method to investigate and define man s position in the universe. the wisdom of kabbalah tells us why man exists, why he is born, why he lives, what the purpose of his life is, where he comes from, and where he is going after he completes his life in this world. the path of kabbalah: thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness (exodus 20:3. this commandment from the bible is the basis of the kabbalistic wisdom, for kabbalists know that the only true reality is that of his essence, the upper force. when we accept this concept, we can become truly open to the prospect of freedom for every person, for every nation, and for the entire world. while the structure of reality and how we perceive it are at the surface of this book, it is the under

LAITMAN M THE PATH OF KABBALAH

ortions of the torah, and only in the end does one attain the revealed torah (the vilna gaon, the siddur. i have seen it written that the prohibition from above to refrain from open study in the wisdom of truth was only for a limited period, until the end of 1490, but from then on the prohibition has been lifted and permission was granted to study the zohar. since 1540 it has been a great mitzva (commandment) for the masses to study in public, old and young and that is because the messiah will come because of that and not because of any other reason. therefore, we must not be negligent (rabbi azulai, introduction to ohr hochma. woe unto them who make the spirit of messiah vanish from the world, so as never to return, make the torah dry, without the moistness of mind and knowledge, for they

b b a l a h 178 tion one receives time and again when studying, draws upon him grace from above, imparting him with a bounty of sanctity and purity, which greatly furthers one toward one s perfection. in item 156, rabbi ashlag adds: but there is a strict condition in the practice of this wisdom, that they will not materialize matters in corporeal and fictitious forms, for by that they breach the commandment, thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, for then they are harmed instead of helped. it follows that only the correct study of kabbalah can bring one to the purpose of one s life. that is what the kabbalists maintain, and who knows reality better? the surrounding light is the segula with which anyone can begin the ascent from this world to the spiritua

eath. the creator does not tell abraham that he must aspire upward in order to cross to the other desire, which is where he will find the creator, who will then fill him with light. that means that the most perfect state is when abraham has already been through egypt. the creator doesn t even say that abraham must go through egypt, he simply tells him to go there. this sounds like an unreasonable commandment. after all, abraham is an ordinary person who lives his daily life in the bosom of his family, a shepherd. suddenly, he is compelled to experience terrible states of decline in order to attain the spiritual state, and those situations are called egypt. one never wants to go down to egypt, so abraham builds an altar and thanks the creator for having noticed him, choosing to remain where

e to it but lower, but it is not meant for us. the rest of the kabbalists, especially the more contemporary ones, address us directly. the farther the generation is from the time a certain kabbalah book was written, the more the book has the right to be discovered in our time. since the ari, there is a clear directive from above to open everything and teach everyone. as a result of that spiritual commandment, books are written in a language that is much easier to understand, so that the need for interpreters decreases. however, we still need teachers. without a teacher it is impossible to understand anything, although the material itself is already much more accessible. if the creator turns to you, you feel it as that unique property called abraham. that inner voice that you feel addresses

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

robity was demanded, and a high level of purity, physical, emotional and mental. perfect rectitude and justice were required, and yet at the same time loving-kindness and gentleness, and in all cases gdoing unto others what ye would that they should do unto you. h so masonry is indeed ga system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols, h but it is a system based not on an alleged commandment, gthus saith the lord, h but on definite facts and laws in nature which cannot be doubted. 42. the work is a preparation for death, and for what follows it. the two pillars b. and j. were supposed to stand at the entrance to the other world, and the various experiences through which the candidate passed were intended to symbolize those which would come to him when he passed out of this

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

uld think, therefore, that people would be taught all about these things in school. it is certain that every one must die, but nobody tells us anything that is worth knowing about that important matter. on the contrary, exoteric christianity in the days of its power positively forbade those who knew to say anything on the subject, and enforced with the most terrible weapons its incredibly foolish commandment: thou shalt not think. 468. happily all this wonderful wisdom is not lost, for much of it is preserved to us in the teachings of freemasonry. there were many thousands of people at the time when christianity began to dominate the world who still clung to the ancient tradition, who preferred to state their views in the older forms. as christianity grew narrower and more aggressive, and

LIBER SAMEKH

a is the formless zero; u is the sixfold solar sound of physical life, the triangle of soul being entwined with that of body; m is the silence of gdeath h; gn is the nasal sound of generation and knowledge. liber samekh svb figvra dccc 8 section ff. 1. this is the lord of the gods. 2. this is the lord of the universe. 3. this is he whom the winds fear. 4. this is he, who having made voice by his commandment is lord of all things, king, ruler and helper. hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether: upon the earth and under the earth: on dry land and in the water: of whirling air, and of rushing fire: and every spell and scourge of god may be obedient unto me. section g. spirit. hear me. ieou gindwelling sun of myself! h pur g thou f

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

many ages; the rules you find in the fourth book* after this manner began the fraternity of the rosie cross, first by four persons, who died and rose again until christ, and then they came to worship as the star guided them to bethlehem of judea, where lay our saviour in his mother's arms; and then they opened their treasure and presented unto him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and by the commandment of god went home to their habitation. these four waxing young again successively many hundreds of years, made a magical language and writing, with a large dictionary, which we yet daily use to god's praise and glory, and do find great wisdom therein* now whilst brother c.r. was in a proper womb quickening, they concluded to draw and receive yet others more into their fraternity" the wo

and the lebanon, bernard h. springett, a masonic author, quotes from an early book, the name of which he was not at liberty to disclose because of its connection with the ritual of a sect. the last part of his quotation is germane to the subject at hand "but jehovah prospered the seed of the essenians, in holiness and love, for many generations. then came the chief of the angels, according to the commandment of god, to raise up an heir to the voice of jehovah. and, in four generations more, an heir was born, and named joshua, and he was the child of joseph and mara, devout worshippers of jehovah, who stood aloof from all other people save the essenians. and this joshua, in nazareth, reestablished jehovah, and restored many of the lost rites and ceremonies. in the thirty-sixth year of his a

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 1

ear me- roubriao: mariodam: balbnabaoth: assalonai: aphniao: i: thoteth: abrasar: aeoou: ischure, mighty and bornless one! hear me: etc* i invoke thee- ma: barraio: joel: kotha: athoribalo: abraoth: hear me: etc* hear me! aoth: abaoth: basum: isak: sabaoth: iao: this is the lord of the gods: this is the lord of the universe: this is he whom the winds fear. this is he, who having made voice by his commandment, is lord of all things; king, ruler and helper. hear me, etc. hear me. ieou: pur: iou: pur: iaot: iaeo: ioou: abrasar: sabriam: do: uu: adonaie: ede: edu: angelos ton theon: aniaia lai: gaia: ape: diathanna thorun. i am he! the bornless spirit! having sight in the feet: strong, and the immortal fire! i am he! the truth! i am he! who hate that evil should be wrought in the world! i am h

the fire of charcoal; and say as followeth unto the fire first, it being placed toward that quarter whence the spirit is to come: the conjuration of the fire. i conjure thee, o fire, by him who made thee and all other creatures for good in the world, that thou torment, burn, and consume this spirit n, for everlasting. i condemn thee, thou spirit n, because thou art disobedient and obeyest not my commandment, nor keepest the precepts of the lord thy god, neither wilt thou obey me nor mine invocations, having thereby called thee forth, i, who am the servant of the most high and imperial lord god of hosts, iehovah, i who am dignified and fortified by his celestial power and permission, and yet thou comest not to answer these my propositions here made unto thee. for the which thine averseness

MEANING OF MASONRY

il to the mental and spiritual organism is recognized as attending the presumptuous engaging in the things with which initiation deals. as the flaming sword is described as keeping the way to the tree of life from those as yet unfitted to approach it, so does the secret law of the spirit still avenge itself upon those who are unqualified to participate in the knowledge of its mysteries. hence the commandment" thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy god in vain" that is by invoking divine energy for unworthy or vain purposes. here, and upon the general subject of the signs, tokens and words employed and communicated in initiatory rites, may usefully be quoted the following words by a well-informed mason, who is of course speaking of them not as the merely perfunctory acts they are in o

MORALS AND DOGMA

mbol: earth: thou shalt hear much: thou shalt speak little: thou shalt act well! thou shalt forget injuries! thou shalt render good for evil! thou shalt not misuse either thy strength or thy superiority! x [symbol: full moon: thou shalt study to know men; that thereby thou mayest learn to know thyself! thou shalt ever seek after virtue! thou shalt be just! thou shalt avoid idleness! but the great commandment of masonry is this "a new commandment give i unto you: that ye love one another! he that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, remaineth still in the darkness" such are the moral duties of a mason. but it is also the duty of masonry to assist in elevating the moral and intellectual level of society; in coining knowledge, bringing ideas into circulation, and causing the mind

e of immaculate fame, if they had been tried and tempted like the poor outcast. we do not know even the _outside_ life of men. we are not competent to pronounce even on their _deeds. we do not know half the acts of wickedness or virtue, even of our most immediate fellows. we cannot say, with certainty, even of our nearest friend, that he has not committed a particular sin, and broken a particular commandment. let each man ask his own heart! of how many of our best and of our worst acts and qualities are our most intimate associates utterly unconscious! how many virtues does not the world give us credit for, that we do not possess; or vices condemn us for, of which we are not the slaves! it is but a small portion of our evil deeds and thoughts that ever comes to light; and of our few redeem

thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away! love your enemies; bless them that curse you; do good to them that hate you; and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you! all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye also unto them; for this is the law and the prophets! he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. a new commandment i give unto you, that ye love one another: as i have loved you, that ye also love one another: by this shall all know that ye are my disciples. greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend" the gospel of love he sealed with his life. the cruelty of the jewish priesthood, the ignorant ferocity of the mob, and the roman indifference to barbarian blood

consummation of heaven and earth, will be the prison of the stars and of the host of heaven. these are the stars which overstepped god's command before their time arrived; and came not at their proper season; therefore was he offended with them, and bound them, until the time of the consummation of their crimes in the secret year" and again "these seven stars are those which have transgressed the commandment of the most high god, and which are here bound until the number of the days of their crimes be completed" the jewish and early christian writers looked on the worship of the sun and the elements with comparative indulgence. justin martyr and clemens of alexandria admit that god had appointed the stars as legitimate objects of heathen worship, in order to preserve throughout the world s

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

othello, romeo, pericles of tyre, laon and cythna, if it were only agreed to let sleeping dogs lie, and mind one's own business. in real life, we have seen in our own times oscar wilde, sir charles dilke, parnell, canon aitken and countless others, many of them engaged in first-rate work for the world, all wasted, because the mob must make believe to be "moral. this phrase abolishes the eleventh commandment, not to be found out, by authorizing incest, adultery, and paederasty, which every one now practices with humiliating precautions, which perpetuate the schoolboy's enjoyment of an escapade, and make shame, slyness, cowardice and hypocrisy the conditions of success in life. it is also a fact that the tendency of any individual to sexual irregularity is emphasized by the preoccupation wi

roper condition of union is determined by will. consider the right attitude to adopt in the matter of cholera. one should love it, that is, study it intimately; not otherwise can one be sure of maintaining the right relation with it, which is, not to allow it to interfere with one's will to live. readers will have noticed that liber al does not order them to "love your neighbor as yourself. this "commandment" was unctuously proclaimed by some silly rabbi in palestine, and picked up eagerly by slaves who want very much to beloved, since they fear that, unless they are loved, they will be eaten up by free men. slaves do not realize that free men, as a rule, are fastidious about their diet, and don't feed on carrion. it is only "black brothers" who delight on it. de gustibus non est disputand

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

notably in brussels and anvers, that consisted of masons, stonecutters, sculptors, and others* given the importance of these patrons to the builders, it is probably helpful to recall the legend of the four crowned martyrs. it varies according to version, but this is how it was recorded in the golden legend: the four crowned martyrs were severus, severianus, carpoforus, and victorinus, who, by the commandment of diocletian, were beaten with plummets of lead unto the death. the names of whom could not be found, but after a long time they were shown by divine revelation, and it was established that their memory should be worshipped under the names of five other martyrs, that is to wit claude, castor, symphorian, nicostratus, and simplician, which were martyred two years after the four crowned

be worshipped under the names of five other martyrs, that is to wit claude, castor, symphorian, nicostratus, and simplician, which were martyred two years after the four crowned martyrs. and these martyrs knew all the craft of sculpture or of carving, and diocletian would have constrained them to carve an idol, but they would not carve it, nor consent to do sacrifice to the idols. and then by the commandment of diocletian they were put into tuns of lead all living, and cast into the sea about the year of our lord two hundred four score and seven. and melchiades, the pope, ordained these four saints to be honoured and to be called the four crowned martyrs before that their names were found+ the feast day of the four crowned martyrs is celebrated on november 8 and churches in some way dedica

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 1

re, but brings forth particular revelations. the name elokim also exists on the level of "thought of adam kadmon. once again, it conceals the whole, but brings forth particulars. following this is the aspect of elokim of atik and arich etc. this continues until the aspect of elokim of the five gevurot of the divisions of letters in binah and leah etc (we now gained insight into how to fulfill the commandment to "contemplate" g-d s unity while reciting this verse. one contemplates how everything that exists, whether it is the highest level of the highest world or the finest detail of the lowest world, is absolutely bound up and sublimated within the ultimate unity and singularity of g-d, which is its source) the firmament on the heads of the chayot the comprehension of binah is also called

rets of the torah, and particularly chassidut, which is the "secrets of the secrets, we gain a true awareness of g-d, to the point that we can fully realize that "there is nothing besides him. this is the true redemption and freedom from the slavery of error and false imaginations. this is the spiritual redemption which will bring the physical redemption in its wake, and is the fulfillment of the commandment "you shall know this day (contemplate this, and set it upon your heart (to the point that your very heart becomes aware of it, that hashem, he is elokim (g-d s absolute unity and total singularity, in the heavens above (that he encompasses and transcends all worlds, and upon the earth below (that he permeates all worlds, there is nothing else" therefore, it is incumbent upon each indiv

nor a pleasure and desire in g-d (atik& arich. finally, action alone (malchut) without intellect and emotions, is similar to a body without a soul. however, our only choice lies in choosing to try to understand g-dliness. furthermore, we have an obligation to try to understand, as stated "da et elokai avicha know the g-d of your father. maimonides actually begins the code of jewish law with this commandment, for it is the prerequisite to all other commandments. this is clearly understood from the statement in isaiah "the ox knows his master, the donkey knows his masters trough, israel does not know (yada, i..e da at, my people do not contemplate (hitbonan. the following verse immediately continues "woe, you sinful nation, a folk laden with iniquity etc" in other words, the direct result o

and has found is to be believed" de ah et hashem the knowledge of g-d by rabbi a. markel& shimon markel copyright 2004 part three: divine inspiration divine inspiration we will now explain the various levels of divine service, and their effects, so that no one should err and stray from the true and straight path in the service of g-d. it is incumbent upon every individual to fully appreciate the commandment "you shall place it upon your heart" and "you shall love hashem your g-d with all your heart. our holy sages explained that the word "levavecha (your heart) is written with two letters veit (v) to denote that one is to serve g-d, not with his g-dly soul alone, but with his animalistic soul as well. we will, therefore, explain the levels of divine service and inspiration, according to t

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 2

nor a pleasure and desire in g-d (atik& arich. finally, action alone (malchut) without intellect and emotions, is similar to a body without a soul. however, our only choice lies in choosing to try to understand g-dliness. furthermore, we have an obligation to try to understand, as stated "da et elokai avicha know the g-d of your father. maimonides actually begins the code of jewish law with this commandment, for it is the prerequisite to all other commandments. this is clearly understood from the statement in isaiah "the ox knows his master, the donkey knows his masters trough, israel does not know (yada, i..e da at, my people do not contemplate (hitbonan. the following verse immediately continues "woe, you sinful nation, a folk laden with iniquity etc" in other words, the direct result o

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

artzuf of z feir anpin of beriah (the gman h of beriah) receives its intellect from ima of beriah. the chochmah-binah-da fat of ima are clothed in the netzach-hod-yesod of ima, and in this gpackage h they enter the chochmah-binah-da fat of z feir anpin. this gpackage h is the gimage h of ima (referred to by the name elokim used in this verse) in which the gman h of beriah is created. there was no commandment given to this man of beriah not to eat of the tree of knowledge. for since this world [of beriah] is pure of evil, there was no apprehension [that anything bad would happen by his eating of it] at all. the problem with eating of the tree of knowledge was that by doing so, the person eating it internalizes, that is, subjectifies, his perception of good and evil. in the context of the wo

tical] significance in our discussion of parashat vayeishev, in reference to the dreams of the chief butler and the chief baker. in any case, the numerical value of yosef [joseph] is 6 times that of the name havayah. yosef: yud-vav-samech-pei= 10+ 6+ 60+ 80= 156. 6 x 26= 156. the significance of these [six names havayah] is as follows. we have explained in numerous contexts, including that of the commandment of circumcision in our discussion of parashat lech lecha, at length, that even though the five states of chesed spread throughout the body of z feir anpin, from chesed to yesod, nonetheless, the radiance of all the five states of chesed is absorbed in yesod. the five states of gevurah descend into yesod as well. the content of all the midot coalesces in yesod, where it is prepared to b

eat. abraham gwas sitting at the opening of the tent, h referring to [our sages f statement] that he sits at the entrance of purgatory and keeps whoever is circumcised and sealed with the holy covenant and has not blemished it from entering.6 abraham was the first jew to be circumcised, and the covenant of circumcision is known to this day as gthe covenant of abraham. h thus, whoever fulfills the commandment of being circumcised and guards the purity of his sexuality merits abraham fs protection. allegorically, this simply means that guarding sexual purity is sufficient merit to be spared the ordeal of purgatory even if one has sinned in other ways that would have otherwise required that he undergo the purging process. 1 genesis 18:1. 2 zohar 2:33a, in the glosses of rabbi chaim vital #3

his will or to his detriment. and the most joyous occasion in a person fs life is gthe day of his wedding and the day of his heart fs joy. h at least when people get married, they do so feeling that this is for their good and that they will be happy. furthermore: if it is indeed true that g-d makes matches against our will, there should be no reward or punishment for [fulfilling or avoiding] the commandment to procreate. for if a person is married to his wife perforce, why should he earn reward by marrying? and why should he incur punishment for not marrying? he could reply [to the heavenly court: gwhy wasn ft i forced by heaven to marry, like you force others? h we must also understand why, in [the matron fs] question. gsince then, what has he been doing h.why did she articulate the pron

or gsitting h implies gremaining, h as in the verse, gand you dwelt [literally, esat f] in kadesh c, h21 which means they stayed there, for g-d makes these people.who, as we said, are gindividuals h.stay in one house, even against their natures. for their innate nature is to bond with their original soul-mates. this explains why there can be reward and punishment [for fulfilling or neglecting the commandment to marry and procreate. for [in a second marriage] the person first couples with his spouse of his own goodwill and volition, and he thereby acquires merit for fulfilling the commandment.and if he does not want to marry, he incurs punishment. it is only after the marriage that g-d gforces h the couple to remain together in one house. this is the meaning of the verse, ghe causes individ

of joseph to tell the story of judah and tamar. tamar was judah fs daughter-in-law, married to his son er. er did not want pregnancy to damage tamar fs beauty, so he withdrew before completing intercourse and wasted his seed on the ground. after g-d punished er for this by killing him, judah fs had his second son, onan, marry tamar in order to perpetuate er fs name (this was in fulfillment of the commandment of levirate marriage [yibum) onan, knowing that the child of their union would not be considered his, also withdrew before completing intercourse, and g-d punished him also by killing him. judah evidently did not know why his sons had died. he had a third son, shelah, but hesitated to have him marry tamar, because he was afraid she was the cause of her husbands f deaths somehow or othe

announces were about to be fulfilled, it was proper at this point to also fulfill the third one. and appoint a proper leader over the community. that is why joseph said, gnow pharaoh should seek out a man of insight, a wise person c h (sha far hapesukim) 41:55 pharaoh said to all of egypt, ggo to joseph. do whatever he tells you! h our sages say15 that joseph decreed that all of them fulfill the commandment of circumcision. they went to ask pharaoh fs advice and he told them to do whatever joseph had commanded. as we have explained elsewhere:16 the 130 years that the israelites were in egypt prior to the birth of moses were spent in gathering in the sparks of holy souls which adam had discharged by wasting his seed in the 130 years prior to the birth of his son seth, who was the very same

only not considered an infringement of the law, but as well rectified the sin of nadav and avihu. offering the gillegal h sacrifice for g-d fs sake rectified their offering of an gillegal h sacrifice for their own sakes. nonetheless [they still needed to rectify] the lack of fulfillment of positive commandments that they should have fulfilled in the rest of their natural lives, and similarly the commandment of being fruitful and multiplying that they did not fulfill.as it is stated, gand they did not have children, h25 for they were single. they therefore were reincarnated now into uriah the priest in order to rectify this. still, the main aspect of uriah the priest fs soul derived from aaron, who was reincarnated into him in order to rectify his second sin that still had not been rectifi

this reflects the male abstraction of chochmah. the festival of kislev is chanukah, in which the intellect of the torah vanquished greek pagan philosophy. tevet and shevat are associated with the two eyes [of z feir anpin. adar is associated with the nose [of z feir anpin. here, too, the mouth[ fs place in this array] is hidden [the fact that the mouth is hidden] is the mystical reason behind the commandment of sanctifying the new month, in which the judges [of the rabbinical court] are required to verbally sanctify the month. astronomically, a lunar month is a fraction of a day longer than 29 days. since calendar months can only be composed of full days, a calendar month can be either 29 or 30 days long, depending on when the new moon is sighted. when witnesses testified before the centra

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

to that abyss of waters do i raise my soul to receive thy truth. amoun (vibratory formula) i invoke thee; exalt my soul to the feet of thy glory. hear me and manifest in splendour to him who worships at thy throne (pause, while circumambulating the force within) this is the lord of the gods! this is the lord of the universe! this is he whom the winds fear. this is he, who having made voice by his commandment is lord of all things, king, ruler, and helper. i am he, the bornless spirit having sight in the feet, strong and immortal fire. i am he the truth. i am he who hate that evil should be wrought in the world. i am he that lighteneth and thundereth. i am he from whom is the shower of the life of earth. i am he whose mouth ever flameth. i am he, the begetter and manifester unto the light

exarpeh. comananu. tabitom. zodacara eka zodacare od zodameranu. odo kikale qaa, piape piamoel od vaoanu. make the lnvoking pentagram of spirit active over the altar, vibrating: exarp, bitom, and eheieh, and say: hear me: aoth. abaoth. basum. isak. sabaoth. isa! this is the lord of the gods. this is the lord of the universe. this is he whom the winds fear. this is he, who having made voice by his commandment is lord of all things, king, ruler and helper. hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether, upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land, and in the water, of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every <263> spell and scourge of god may be made obedient unto me. pass to the east. pause, then make the passive spirit pentagra

RUBY TABLET OF SET

d and magic, who needed to flush out of himself the received notions that clustered around christianity, british class thinking and sexual mores, and the notions of imperialism. his working communicated a word, which he knew well both as a middling greek scholar but more importantly as an excellent scholar of french literature, thelema. this is a word whose essential message is "courage" a divine commandment to do things in the world despite the social restrictions of society, and to obtain self knowledge thereby. the word thelema reached one of its pinnacles in lavey's word of indulgence. the church of satan was light years ahead of any esoteric organization of its time, because it viewed occultism as form of madness (quite correctly. it provided a space creating device for its practition

ach new update. now that the ruby tablet and the comprehensive index (v1- z99- 1) are computerized, it will become feasible to include similar types of analyses in the tablet with each update. this will be done with the next update (there simply isn't enough time to put together the programs to do so and still have this version of the tablet ready to display at the coming conclave. the thirteenth commandment: privacy [this is a highly important part of being in the o.l. or any order. the respect for the privacy of others is a reflection of the amount of respect present both for the other initiate and one's own self as well. i cannot stress this strongly enough after having seen more than one disaster come about from one or another busybody at work] many an initiate has heard me refer to th

privacy [this is a highly important part of being in the o.l. or any order. the respect for the privacy of others is a reflection of the amount of respect present both for the other initiate and one's own self as well. i cannot stress this strongly enough after having seen more than one disaster come about from one or another busybody at work] many an initiate has heard me refer to the thirteenth commandment. it reads "thou shalt mind thy own business" the eleventh and twelfth are identical to the thirteenth. setians, as you have noted in yourself and others, are unique and strong in both personality and presence of self. for this reason they are also fascinating individuals who find others drawn to them for many a reason. we do still have some basically human characteristics, and often fi

. in other words, you are free to make any move you wish in the temple of set, but also you must be prepared to take responsibility for those actions. setians tend to trust other setians, and rarely is this trust abused. you will find members of the order of leviathan being very open in their thoughts and opinions; this is not an invitation to trivia, but to dialogue. violations of the thirteenth commandment were dealt with in somewhat uncertain ways initially, since the o.l. did not expect such to classification: v2- d18.1- 1 author: james lewis vi date: january, xxviii publication: trail of the serpent html revision: nov. 21, 1998 ce subject: protocol reading list: arise. now we know better, and such sacrileges against a temple of the self are dealt with straightaway- first with a warnin

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

incubi, 22 for succubi, 44 for her. this is very dangerous undertakings and should only be performed by magicians with firm contacts with his line of ancestry and his spiritual guides and totemic spirits. working with these kind of deities will often result in either the traditional waning of life -force or even worse that you enter secret priesthoods that meet in dark cellars where the genii of commandment will force you to drink from the rod of fire in your un-natural search for disgracing your flesh and mouth and hand to the work of the backward wand. this can accomplish external changes and the formation of the perverse manifesting in the outer. this kind of obsession are reflected in the weird cloaks of the priest of these congregations and their vampyric drift towards drinking const

SATANGEL

ts contents. clavicula salomonis otherwise known as the key of solomon the king. the first english translation of this theurgic text was made in 1889, although the british museum possess a greek version dated 1100-1200 e.v. it is known to have existed since the first century, and is an important text in the study of kaballa. in 1310 the pope innocent vi ordered all copies destroyed, and a similar commandment was given in 1559. in the 17th century, thanks to the new technology of the printing press, this work and its companion the lesser key became best sellers. lesser key of solomon (the goetia) this work is also attributed to the legendary king solomon, and gives details of the seventy two devils that were bound to his command, as well as the details as to how the reader may summon and co

SATANICON

perish. xians are eaters of flesh and blood of jesus; a representation of the feast of cannibals. xian clergymen is sexual deviance a consequence of chastity? apparently so. devils and demons exist to xians they are hypocrisy, weakness, guilt, ignorance devils and demons exist to the satanist they are pride, selfishness, strength, creativity to be a xian is to be doomed to have never lived. god s commandment states you shall not kill. contrary to this, xians and their parentage are responsible for millions of murders i.e, the xian crusades, the st. bartholomew s day massacre, the witch trials and executions, the crimes of the inquisition xians are not god! they haven t the right to judge, nor do they have the right to kill another human being based upon religious prejudice according to the

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

ason that early rabbis could not decide whether it should be affixed horizontally or vertically, so they compromised. when passing through the door, a person is to touch the mezuzah with the fingertips, then kiss the fingertips. moreover, the torah commands jews to wear tzitzit, or fringes, on their garments as a way of reminding them of god s commandments. in modern times jewish men fulfill this commandment by wearing the tallit, a four-cornered shawl with fringes, at morning prayers. finally, when jewish men attend temple, they wear one of the most recognizable signs of judaism, the yarmulke, or skullcap. the yarmulke, which fits over the man s head, has no particular significance in judaism and is more a custom than a commandment. it reflects the eastern belief that covering the head is

adult jewish men. after the couple drinks wine, the man smashes his glass, or sometimes a small symbolic piece of glass, with his right foot, in commemoration of the destruction of the temple. the wedding ceremony is traditionally followed by a feast and a repetition of the seven blessings. bar and bat mitzvah the aramaic word bar means son, and in both hebrew and aramaic, the word mitzvah means commandment, and bat means daughter. the bar mitzvah ceremony for boys at age thirteen and the bat (or sometimes bas) mitzvah ceremonies for girls at age twelve are regarded as similar to confirmation in the christian tradition. these ceremonies mark the passage of the child into adulthood. until these ages, jewish children are not required to obey jewish law, although they are encouraged to do so

ble. afterwards, however, they acquire all the rights and responsibilities of jewish adults. for example, a boy who has been bar-mitzvahed can be one of the ten adult men required to be present during a jewish wedding. in contemporary life the bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies tend to be elaborate. this is a modern innovation and is not required by the torah. a boy, for example, becomes a son of the commandment automatically upon reaching thirteen. it has, however, become customary to mark the event in a number of ways. the young man recites the blessing over the torah, chants numerous prayers, and makes a speech that traditionally begins with the words today i am a man. it has become common for the temple service to be followed with a celebration and feast that is as elaborate as that found

de many connections with british leaders through his work and was influential in the 1917 balfour declaration, in which britain announced its support for a moses received the ten commandments from god and gave them to the jewish people. the commandments were carved onto tablets and stored within the ark of the covenant. upon his thirteenth birthday, a jewish boy automatically becomes a son of the commandment. israel images/alamy. world religions: almanac 367 judaism jewish state in palestine. additionally, the british appointed him to advise on the formation of such a state. during world war ii, when jews were being targeted for extermination by nazi germany, weizmann tried to prevent the restriction of jewish immigration into palestine, though he was unsuccessful. after the war he was inv

y for an individual to be a good person. aristotle concluded that ethics are man-made rather than passed down by a supernatural being or god. he also felt that whether an action was right or wrong varied according to the situation, which was a new concept at the time. this belief made him suspicious of strict and unchanging principles (an example of a strict, unchanging principle is the christian commandment thou shall not kill) aristotle called his belief that all actions needed to be judged according to the situation equity. this has become a guiding principle in the modern-day legal system and is also integral to parts of christianity. in the modern legal system and in christianity, the condition of guilt or of committing a sin depends in part on a person s intent. for example, in law

SEPHER HA BAHIR

n this world, then you will be worthy of the world to come, which is the good stored away for the righteous. what is it? it is the force of the blessed holy one. it is thus written (habakkuk 3:4, and the glow will be like light [he has rays from his hand, and his hidden force is there. the glow that was taken from the first light will be like [our visible] light if his children keep the torah and commandment that i wrote to teach them. it is thus written (proverbs 1:8, hear my son, the admonition of your father, and do not abandon the torah of your mother. 148. and it is written (habakkuk 3:4, he has rays from his hand, and his hidden force is there. what is his hidden force? this is the light that was stored away and hidden, as it is written (psalm 31:20 [how great is the good] that you h

accomplished for those who find shelter in you. these are the ones who find shelter in your shadow in this world, who keep your torah, observe your commandments, and sanctify your name, unifying it secretly and publicly. the verse thus concludes, in the sight of the sons of man. 149. rabbi rahumai said: this teaches us that israel had light. torah is light, as it is written (proverbs 6:23, for a commandment is a lamp, torah is light [and the way of life is the rebuke of admonition. and we say that a lamp is a commandment, illumination (orah) oral torah, and light (or) is the written torah [how can we then say that the oral torah is light (or] because this light has already been kept, it is called light. what is this like? a room was hidden at the end of a house. even though it is day, and

ones. what are the holy ones? they are the counterparts of the six directions that are in man. that which is holy for them is holy for everything. 175. what is this that is holy? it is the etrog, which is the beauty (hadar) of them all. why is it called beautiful (hadar? do not read hadar, but hadar which dwells. this refers to the etrog which is not bound together with the lulav. without it the commandment of the lulav cannot be fulfilled. it is also bound with them all. it is with each one of them, and is unified with them all. 176. what does the lulav parallel? it is the counterpart of the spinal cord. it is thus written (leviticus 23:40 [fronds of a date palm] a branch of a tree of leaves, and willows of the brook. the [leafy] branches [of the myrtle] must cover the majority [of the b

other animals and beasts of the field. he also decreed that it must shed its skin every seven years. samael was punished and made the guardian angel over the wicked esau. in the future, when god uproots the kingdom of edom, he will lower him first. it is thus written (isaiah 24:21, god will punish the host of heights of high. this statement, death and punishment all came because she added to the commandment of the blessed holy one. regarding this it is said, whoever increase diminishes. may god enlighten our eyes with the light of his torah, may he place in our hearts his fear, may we be worthy to greet him. he will enlighten the hear waken the heart with understanding make the heart shine with brilliance. the bahir 57 inde the sepher yetzirah (translated from the hebrew by wm. wynn westc

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

g divine, as so superhuman, special and superior you shall achieve elevation as one of a "race of gods" is an intoxicating prospect "do as thou wilt" the bible says of the antichrist, he "shall do according to his will (daniel 11:36. aleister crowley, head of the occultic order, ordo templi orientis, prided himself on being the "wickedest man on earth" crowley preached that satanists had only one commandment "do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" only gods can do as they will. that translates into awesome power. changing reality by the force of one's will is, in fact, the very essence of magic and witchcraft. f. aster barnwell, in his sinister book, the meaning of christ for our age, equates superior human will with god-consciousness. through development and exercise of will, or m

shaupt's philosophy was always the "elevation" of humanity to god-status "do as thou wilt" the pitch was to inspire men to reject god's laws and god's religion and strike out in liberty, doing one's own thing. in other words, live free beyond any bounds of morality or propriety. lust, free sex, immoral conduct, rape, pillage, plunder all are permitted the new man of reason. as crowley's one great commandment put it "do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" now baphomet, the androgynous horned, half man-woman, half goat god of the medieval knights templars, inculcates this "do your own thing" philosophy of illuminism. he is the very image of the freethinker, the mason and illuminist who raises the "torch of liberty" the fire of hell and light of lucifer. the knights templar, predecess

jesus christ, as recorded in the holy scriptures, commanded that his followers take no oaths (matthew 5:34-37. christ's brother, james, put it this way "but above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath (james 5:12. let masons and other illuminists who lie claiming to be "christian" believers try to dance around and vainly evade this commandment. the sign of silence illuminists have a sign to be used to remind associates when it is needful to stonewall or to shut up about a matter. in the york rite initiation for the royal master's degree, this sign, called the due-guard "is made by placing the forefinger of the right hand upon the lips."2 richardson's monitor of freemasonry remarks that this sign "is a caution to a companion

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

states of consciousness. whatever else might be said about him, crowley was a powerful magician and a master of the art of ritual. crowley fs excesses and eventual decline probably were results of his reliance upon narcotics. his philosophy of life was summed up in an analysis by journalist tom driberg in the days when crowley was beginning to be called the wickedest man in the world: ghis basic commandment was edo what thou wilt. f since his training in serious, formal magick (as he spelt it) was rigorous, he did not mean by this efollow each casual impulse. f he meant ediscover your own true will and do it. f in other words, eknow yourself and be yourself. f h before his death crowley was rumored to have started a group on the american west coast that included the study and practice of

8. the seven wonders of the ancient world according to hebrew tradition, jerusalem was chosen to be the earthly headquarters for the lord fs work among humankind in very ancient times, for melchizedek, a priest, a survivor of the pre-flood world, the oldest living human at that time, was living there as king of salem even before father abraham set out on his quest for the promised land. obeying a commandment of the lord, melchizedek had come out of babylonia to south central canaan to build a city on the summit of the watershed between the jordan river and the mediterranean. salem was constructed on the southeast hill of a mountain ridge with deep valleys on its east, south, and west sides. with the spring of gihon at its feet to provide fresh water easily available for its inhabitants eve

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

r, is only a refection and never the reality."5 halevi says: the likeness of a man (ezekiel 1:26) zuas used by early nzystics to describe the divine glory. the figure of a prinzordial, atziluthic man, god's image is the embodiment of the sefirot. this, the most perfect image of divinity, is seen not as god but as his reflection, and therefore a representation of his does not contravene the second commandment.6 adam kadmon is sometimes called the "reversed tree" this is because several glyphs of the tree of life are shown with their "roots" in the supernals. adam kadmon is "reversed" from this, with this head in kether and his feet in malkuth. we also believe that he is the "reversed tree" because his image is reversed not only from top to bottom, but from side to side. if you hold the usua

THE PATH OF KABBALAH

ive them. indeed, the illumination one receives time and again when studying, draws to him grace from above, imparting him with a bounty of sanctity and purity, which greatly furthers one toward one s perfection. in item 156 he adds: but there is a strict condition in the practice of this wisdom, that they will not materialize matters in corporeal and fictitious forms, for by that they breach the commandment, thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, for then they are harmed instead of helped. it follows, that only the correct study of kabbalah can bring one to the purpose of one s life. that is what the kabbalists maintain, and who knows reality better? the surrounding light is the segula with which anyone can begin the ascent from this world to the spiritu

indivisible, since there is not a substance in our world that cannot be divided into smaller particles but only in the spiritual root of that object or phenomenon. the kabbalistic names of the elements are: fire, wind, water and earth. the earth elements, for example, refer to dust, or ashes. something that can never melt, disintegrate or be turned from solid to liquid. that is the reason for the commandment of covering blood with ashes. over the element of earth there is the element of water, which consists of gas despite its liquid appearance. the element above the water is the wind, which consists of several types of gasses and is always in the form of gas. over the wind element there is the element of fire, which is above all other elements. it never disintegrates and never changes. th

tied to their bodies. the creator does not say to abraham that he must aspire upward in order to cross to the other desire, that there is where he will find the creator and there is where he will fill him. that means that the most perfect state is when abraham has already been through egypt. he doesn t even say that he must go through egypt, he simply tells him to go there. it is an unreasonable commandment. after all abraham is an ordinary person who lives his daily life in the bosom of his family, a shepherd. suddenly he is compelled to experience terribly low situations in order to attain the spiritual state, and those situations are called egypt. one never wants to go down to egypt. he builds an altar and thanks the creator for having noticed him and remains in his place. though abrah

ose to it but lower, but it is not meant for us. the rest of the kabbalists, especially the more contemporary ones, address us directly. the farther the generation is from the time a certain kabbalah book was written, the more it is has the right to be discovered in our time. since the ari, there is a direct directive from above to open everything and teach everyone. as a result of that spiritual commandment, the books are written in a language that is much easier to understand, so that the need for interpreters decreases. however, we still need a teacher. without a teacher it is impossible to understand anything, although the material itself is already processed sufficiently. if the creator turns to you, you feel it as that unique property called abraham. that inner voice that you feel ad

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

d at length perfection, can no more be gained by solely travelling along the direct and spotless road of virtue, than man can be evolved from the primal protoplasmic jelly without countless generations of weeping and tortured life. the path of vice we must tread before we can find the high road of virtue, and vice we must wed before we can open the gates of a more perfect understanding. the great commandment is: glive in the midst of vice; but heed that vice doth not live in thy midst. h *vide hosea. ggod is the complex and the protoplast. h and so are we; entwined within us, as in the poem of tannhauser, lie the countless threads of inherited tendencies. to suspend our soul on one alone leads only to utter destruction; to climb to heaven we must grasp the whole tangled skein of our experi

eternity. this religion of scientific-buddhism, either through the narrow circumference of its founder fs opinions, or through that of his followers, becoming rational, became absurd, when drawn out to its logical conclusions, as crowley himself shows in gpansil g*1. and gthe three characteristics. h*2. in the former he bares the fact that in the gfirst precept h buddha himself, by speaking this commandment, violated it, and in a note very truly says: gthe argument that the eanimals are our brothers f is merely intended to mislead one who has never been in a buddhist country. the average buddhist would, of course, kill his brother for five rupees, or less. h*3. the mere fact of breathing breaks the second precept. buddha, being an habitual adulterer,*4. constantly broke the third; and the

which brings everything under subjection and which does not permit the reception of ideas except in one single direction, h* are exalted in one single mono-ideism and the result is a very high state of contentment *ribot, the psychology of attention. gand thou shalt love the lord thy god with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment, h to all who would arrive at their true state of gself-hood. h god*1. here represents any one object, for in the end all objects are the same. i look at a bug*2. and my five senses tell me it is flat, of a certain odour, brown, etc, etc; only phenomena which i cannot get behind; the mirror of my senses is defective, so i proceed to try one of a more perfect make. the gsuperconscious h

THE BOOK OF GATES

nd the shrine "make inquisition for me, o gods who are in the following of khenti amenti, stand ye up, and withdraw ye not yourselves, and be ye masters over yourselves, and come, and live delicately on the bread of hu, and drink ye of the ale of maat, and live ye upon that whereon my father liveth there. that which belongeth to you in the hidden place is to be behind the shrine, according to the commandment of ra. i call unto you, and behold, it is for you to do what it is your duty [to do' their meat consisteth of cakes of bread, and their ale is of the tchesert drink, and their libations are [made with] cool water. their food is given unto them by the guardian of the things which are in the shrine. and horus saith unto these gods-'smite ye the enemies of my father, and hurl ye them down

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

und their magic effective! the invocation of good spirits and the exorcism of devils was an important aspect of the work of de pasqually. here is an extract from a magical exorcism, part of a ceremony called the work of the equinox: i conjure you satan, beelzebub, baran, leviathan, and all of you formidable beings, beings of iniquity, confusion and abomination, hearken and tremble at my voice and commandment; all of you great and powerful demons of the four universal regions and all of you demoniacal legions, subtle spirits of confusion, horror and persecution, here my voice and tremble when it sounds amongst you and during your cursed operations; i command you by the one who has pronounced eternal death on all of you! martines de pasqually died in 1774, but he continued to teach the secre

hich ye are partakers of the very body and blood of our lord jesus christ, not in his death, but in his resurrection. by this are ye made children of light, fellows of the holy ghost, perfect pure, companions of the sangreal, illustrious knights of the sacrosanct order of kadosch. by this have ye the gnosis; by this are ye counted among the dwellers of the sanctuary. blessed are they that do this commandment, that they may have sight of the tree of life, and may enter file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c3.html (3 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. it through the gate into the city. for without are dogs and sorcerers and whoremongers and murderers and idolators and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. so sayeth he th

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

u the good of the land of egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 45:19 now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 45:20 also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of egypt [is] yours. 45:21 and the children of israel did so: and joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 45:22 to all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to benjamin he gave three hundred [pieces] of silver, and five changes of raiment. 45:23 and to his father he sent after this [manner] ten asses laden with the good things of egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. 45:24 so he sen

it up before the testimony, to be kept. 16:35 and the children of israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of canaan. 16:36 now an omer [is] the tenth [part] of an ephah. 17:1 and all the congregation of the children of israel journeyed from the wilderness of sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the lord, and pitched in rephidim: and [there was] no water for the people to drink. 17:2 wherefore the people did chide with moses, and said, give us water that we may drink. and moses said unto them, why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the lord? 17:3 and the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against moses, and said, wherefore [is] this [that] thou ha

; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 25:21 and thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that i shall give thee. 25:22 and there i will meet with thee, and i will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which [are] upon the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which i will give thee in commandment unto the children of israel. 25:23 thou shalt also make a table [of] shittim wood: two cubits [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 25:24 and thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 25:25 and thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt mak

s face shone while he exodus page 52 talked with him. 34:30 and when aaron and all the children of israel saw moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 34:31 and moses called unto them; and aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and moses talked with them. 34:32 and afterward all the children of israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the lord had spoken with him in mount sinai. 34:33 and [till] moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 34:34 but when moses went in before the lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. and he came out, and spake unto the children of israel [that] which he was commanded. 34:35 and the children of israel saw the face of moses, that the

he work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it [withal] and they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. 36:4 and all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made; 36:5 and they spake unto moses, saying, the people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the lord commanded to make. 36:6 and moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. so the people were restrained from bringing. 36:7 for the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 36:8 and every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains [of] fine

to the hangings of the court. 38:19 and their pillars [were] four, and their sockets [of] brass four; their hooks [of] silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets [of] silver. 38:20 and all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about [were of] brass. 38:21 this is the sum of the tabernacle [even] of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of moses [for] the service of the levites, by the hand of ithamar, son to aaron the priest. 38:22 and bezaleel the son of uri, the son of hur, of the tribe of judah, made all that the lord commanded moses. 38:23 and with him [was] aholiab, son of ahisamach, of the tribe of dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen

and their cords. 3:38 but those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward [shall be] moses, and aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 3:39 all that were numbered of the levites, which moses and aaron numbered at the commandment of the lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward [were] twenty and two thousand. 3:40 and the lord said unto moses, number all the firstborn of the males of the children of israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 3:41 and thou shalt take the levites for me (i [am] the lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children

years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:36 and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 4:37 these [were] they that were numbered of the families of the kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which moses and aaron did number according to the commandment of the lord by the hand of moses. 4:38 and those that were numbered of the sons of gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 4:39 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 4:40 even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by t

, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 4:40 even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 4:41 these [are] they that were numbered of the families of the sons of gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom moses and aaron did number according to the commandment of the lord. 4:42 and those that were numbered of the families of the sons of merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 4:43 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 4:44 even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand

TURNER ROBERT ARBETEL OF MAGICK

essence is bound; he may use them without any offence unto god. but let him beware, lest that he fall into idolatry, and the snares of the devil, who with his cunning sorceries, easily deceiveth the unwary. and he is not taken but onely by the finger of god, and is appointed to the service of man; so that they unwillingly serve the godly; but not without temptations and tribulations, because the commandment hath it, that he shall bruise the heel of christ, the seed of the woman. we are therefore to exercise our selves about spiritual things, with fear and trembling, and with great reverence towards god, and to be conversant in spiritual essences with gravity and justice. and he which medleth with such things, let him beware of all levity, pride, covetousness, vanity, envy and ungodliness

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ PRACTICE DIVINITY IN YOUR OWN LIFE

yze a moment of pure creativity. take something you've made for no utilitarian reason. doodles drawn while on the phone are excellent. why did you enjoy making this pattern? why is there happiness at creation? the joy of creation makes little if any biological sense, but makes a great deal of sense if we discover our being through our creativity. this is directly opposed to the "no graven images" commandment. become aware of how important it is to be a creator. 3. make note of those things that become self-sustaining. note when any suggestion you've made becomes policy seemingly against the odds. i'm not talking about something you brought about in a normal work-a-day fashion, but those ideas of yours that came into being on their own. for example you casually suggest a change in the way y

WOLFSON ELLIOT ALEF MEM TAU KABBALISTIC MUSINGS ON TIME TRUTH AND DEATH

ed unity to the point that there no longer is any discernible separation between the spiritual and physical, god and the cosmos.68 as he puts it in one of his many treatises, the torah is rational [sikhlit, and everything that is rational does not fall under time.69 therefore they say that torah protects forever, as it is appropriate for the thing that is not temporal and does not change, but the commandment [miswah] protects temporarily for it comes to be by the bodily gesture [ma aseh ha-guf. and the body is dependent on and belongs to time. 70 maharal variously describes torah as the absolute intellect (ha-sekhel ha-gamur),71 the supernal intellect (ha-sekhel ha-elyon, or the divine intellect (ha-sekhel ha-elohi)72 that comprises the rational order (seder sikhli) or intelligible order (

of mercy, which are above wisdom and intellect. therefore it is above the aspect of the name yhwh and above the aspect of torah (just as the thirteen attributes of mercy are the aspect that is above the torah and hence forgiveness of transgression is found there. through this one can understand the matter of abraham having fulfilled the entire torah before it was given, but he did not fulfill the commandment of circumcision, as he wanted to attain that great circumcision from above to below. therefore, he fulfilled all of the torah that is below that circumcision and afterwards he merited that great circumcision that is above.297 the circumcision of abraham s membrum virile resulted from his having merited the circumcision of the heart, a spontaneous gesture that issues from the highest ma

hey will merit the life of the world-to-come [yizkku le-hayyei ha-olam ha-ba, which is the hidden good [ha-tov ha-ganuz. and what is it? the glory [uzzo] of the holy one, blessed be he, as it is written, and the splendor will be like the light [we-nogah ka-or tihyeh (hab 3:4. in the future, the splendor [nogah] taken from the first light will be like the light if my children fulfill the torah and commandment that i have given to instruct them,77 as it is written, my son, heed the discipline of your father and do not forsake the torah of your mother (prov 1:8. it is written, and it gives off rays on every side there is the concealment of his glory (hab 3:4. what is the concealment of his glory [hevyon uzzo? that light that he concealed and hid, as it says, that you hid for those who fear yo

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

ince the death of solomon with whom i was present. i was present with him in strength and mercy. lo this is it. this is it wherewith all miracles and divine works and wonders were wrought by solomon. this is it which i have revealed unto thee. this is it which philosophies dreameth of. this it is which the angels scarce know. this it is, blessed be his name for ever and ever so shall it do at thy commandment. without this ring thou shalt do nothing- blessed be his name that encompasseth all things, wonders are in him and his name is wonderfull. his name worketh in wonders from generation to generation" the name relates to the angel pele "he who worketh in wonders" whose name has appeared in a number of kabbalistic texts. 150 the magical formula of divination w i t h t h e c r y s t a l acc

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

is directed to kneel in front of the vault entrance and draw the cowl of his pilgrim's robe over his eyes. there is a pause. at the end of this, the bell rings. postulant is raised to his feet and drawn across the threshold into the vault with the 70=40 grip. the brown cloak is taken from him and laid aside. at his feet is the cross of 6 squares; beyond this, the altar. kg "the father hath given commandment and the son hath made for me a spiritual body through his own soul. i am he who hath travelled far and who hath made pilgrimage among the stars of heaven, even the heart of the mother and she gave both to me because it was her will to do so "i am osiris, the first born of the gods "i have become a divine being "i have renewed my youth as the eagle "behold, i was watched and guarded; bu

BOOK OF BARUCH

lord our god belongeth righteousness, but unto us the confusion of faces, as it is come to pass this day, unto them of juda, and to the inhabitants of jerusalem, 16 and to our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers: 17 for we have sinned before the lord, 18 and disobeyed him, and have not hearkened unto the voice of the lord our god, to walk in the commandments that he gave us openly: 19 since the day that the lord brought our forefathers out of the land of egypt, unto this present day, we have been disobedient unto the lord our god, and we have been negligent in not hearing his voice. 20 wherefore the evils cleaved unto us, and the curse, which the lord appointed by moses his servant at the time that he brought our fathers out of the land o

e plagues are come upon us, which the lord hath pronounced against us 8 yet have we not prayed before the lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart. 9 wherefore the lord watched over us for evil, and the lord hath brought it upon us: for the lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us. 10 yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the lord, that he hath set before us. 11 and now, o lord god of israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day: 12 o lord our god, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances. 13

hat we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our captivity: for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our forefathers, that sinned before thee. 8 behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the lord our god. 9 hear, israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom. 10 how happeneth it israel, that thou art in thine enemies' land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead, 11 that thou art counted with them that go down into the grave? 12 thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom. 13 for if thou hadst walked in the way of god, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for

them, they say, here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them. 35 this is our god, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him 36 he hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto jacob his servant, and to israel his beloved. 37 afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men. chapter 4 this is the book of the commandments of god, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die. 2 turn thee, o jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated. 3 give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation. 4 o israel, happy are we: for things that are pl

t mourning; 10 for i saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the everlasting brought upon them. 11 with joy did i nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning. 12 let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many, who for the sins of my children am left desolate; because they departed from the law of god. 13 they knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness. 14 let them that dwell about sion come, and remember ye the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the everlasting hath brought upon them. 15 for he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child. 16 these have carried away the dear b

ABRAMELIN1

ch solomon fell. all these signs have i worked with great case and pleasure, and with very great utility (unto myself and others. all these operations and others in infinite number have i performed by the signs which be in the third book, and never have i failed in attaining mine end, i have always been obeyed (by the spirits, and everything hath succeeded with me because i have myself obeyed the commandments of god. also i have from point to point followed out that which mine angel hath counselled and prescribed unto me; following out also exactly that which abra-melin53 had taught me, the which is the same that i shall write in the two following books, and which i shall exemplify and explain more clearly; because the instructions which i received, although in very obscure words and hiero

be so eternally; and may the truth for ever flourish; for in following out and obeying with fidelity that which i have written in these three books, not only shall we arrive at the desired end, but we shall sensibly know and feel the grace of the lord, and the actual assistance of his holy angels, who take an incredible pleasure in seeing that they are obeyed and that you intend to follow out the commandments of god, and that their instructions are observed. such then are the particular points upon which i insist. this wisdom hath its foundation in the high and holy qabalah54 which is not granted unto any other than unto the first-born, even as god hath ordained, and as it was observed by our predecessors. thence arose the difference, and the truck or exchange55 between jacob and esau; the

han sure that he will not encounter any doubtful matter which he will not be able to solve himself, but further day by day will he assume unto himself a great and ardent desire, pleasure, and will, to undertake this so glorious operation; the which can be effected by any person of any religion soever,66 provided, however, that during the six moons he bath not committed any sin against the law and commandments of god. now it remaineth unto me, o lamech, my son, to show unto thee the marks of my extreme paternal tenderness, by giving thee two principal pieces of advice, by the means of which, and observing all the other particulars which i shall describe, thou (and any person unto whom thou shalt accord this sacred science) mayest indubitably arrive at the perfection of this same wisdom. it

ABRAMELIN2

poor persons must genuinely be in want. them shall you straitly charge, to repeat for seven days the seven penitential psalms, or the pater and ave seven times a day, praying unto the lord for the person who hath given (the florins) unto you to distribute unto them, that he would deign to come unto his assistance, and to grant unto him for ever such strength that he may never transgress his holy commandments. while in the performance of the operation, be certain that each person (undertaking the same) is subject unto very great temptations to prevarication, and in particular unto great disquietudes of mind, to force the abandonment of the operation. for the mortal enemy of man is grieved that he should make the acquisition of this sacred science, the which also he receiveth from god himse

wealth, and never can you find a greater treasure in the world. obey promptly him who teacheth you that which he hath learned by his own experience; and i pray and conjure you by that god who is my god, to observe summarily and inviolably the three following heads which should serve you as guides and limitations until you shall pass the gulf of this miserable world (1) let god, his word, all his commandments, and the counsel of your angel, never depart from your heart and from your mind (2) be the declared enemy of all the evil spirits, their vassals, and adherents, during the whole period of your life. dominate them, and regard them as your servitors.136 if they make propositions to you, demanding from you pacts, or sacrifices, or obedience, or servitude, refuse them with disdain and men

ABRAMELIN3

ich god gave unto moses, aaron, david, solomon, and other saints, patriarchs and prophets; which teacheth the true divine wisdom. bequeathed by abraham unto lamech his son. translated from the hebrew. b e f i. the sacred magick 121 the third book of the sacred magic (the prologue) e who shall have faithfully observed that which hath been taught unto him, and shall have with a good will obeyed the commandments of god, let him, i say, be certain that this veritable and loyal wisdom shall be accorded unto him; and also that the perfidious belial can do no otherwise than become his slave, together with all his pestiferous generation. however i pray the true god who governeth, ruleth over, and maintaineth all that he hath created; that thou, o lamech, my son, or whomsoever he may be unto whom t

her, having finished the operation, if thou shouldest wish (which i pray god not to permit)1 to operate for evil and to abuse the grace which god hath granted thee, the spirits would be only too ready to give and manifest unto thee the symbols, and will grant willingly unto thee all that thou shalt demand of them. concerning this matter i repeat unto thee, fear the lord, love him, and respect his commandments with a good heart, and thou shalt live happy and contented upon earth. if thou considerest maturely what be the essential points of this operation, thou shalt find that the first point is to make a firm, veritable, and real resolution to live in a truly edifying condition of modesty, and in retirement, as far as it shall be possible for thee so to do. for solitude is the source of man

angels, but proceedeth directly from express pacts made with the devil,7 and (acteth) by means of consecrated books full of thousands of diabolical conju- 5. in the original: d a a a mil florins dor. 6. yet peter of abano or apona is always considered to have been a great and powerful magician. of abramelin the mage 212 rations and impious exorcisms; in one word things which be contrary unto the commandments of god and the peace of men. and with all this their operations be destined for certain times and hours, and finally the demon carrieth away with him their miserable souls, which thing arriveth only too often. and yet it is the science of these persons which causeth them to pass for famous wise men. in the first book i have made mention of those whom i had encountered in my journeying

iven him the necessary instructions, and that he cannot execute that which thou hast commanded him; in such case thou shalt convoke the superior spirits and demand of them others which may be better capable of serving thee in thy need. and in all cases thou shalt avail thyself of the power and command of thy holy angel. keep ever continually before thine eyes the fear of god; and seek to obey his commandments, and those of thy holy angel, ever retain in thine heart his holy instructions; never submit thyself unto the evil spirits in the slightest degree even should it seem to be to thine own advantage and unto that of thy neighbour (so to do. for the rest, be certain that they will obey thee so perfectly and really, that there will be no operation however great or difficult it may be, that

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

o mental calm "yama" consists of non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, continence, and non-receiving of any gift. in the buddhist system "sila "virtue" is similarly enjoined. the qualities are, for the layman, these five: thou shalt not kill. thou shalt not steal. thou shalt not lie. thou shalt not commit adultery. thou shalt drink no intoxicating drink. for the monk many others are added. the commandments of moses are familiar to all; they are rather similar; and so are those given by christ<talmud> in the "sermon on the mount" some of these are only the "virtues" of a slave, invented by his master to keep him in order. the real point of the hindu "yama" is that breaking any of these would tend to excite the mind

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 2

; however, civilisation touches us on the lips and we speak and forget all about them. directly we commence to chatter, our preparation to take life seriously begins. books are given us, and the great wide road of wonderment becomes narrowed to a straitened right-of-way down which it is a privilege and honour to pass. if we are wild, it is naughty; if wanton- immoral; in innocence we lisp the ten commandments on our mothers' knees, only to break them when we really know what they mean. then comes manhood and its responsibility, marriage with its one pleasure and its forty thousand plagues, as heine says. our birth is a matter of law or chance- equivalent symbols for the unknown; once born, environment, circumstance, position, convention, education, all in their turn come forward to claim u

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

eir just progression up the spine, in order to make union with the fire of the soul. 4. the coordination of the physical body in its two divisions and its subsequent alignment with the soul via the sutratma or the thread, which is the magnetic link. the third adjustment spoken of can only safely be undertaken after the first three means of yoga have been used and developed. these are: 1. the five commandments (see: book ii. sutras 28 and 29) 2. the five rules (see: book ii. sutras 32 to 46) 3. right poise (see: book ii. sutras 46 to 48) this is a point often forgotten by aspirants to yoga, and hence the disasters and trouble so often seen amongst those who prematurely occupy themselves with the awakening of the centres and the arousing of the serpent fire. only when the entire relation of

rules (see: book ii. sutras 32 to 46) 3. right poise (see: book ii. sutras 46 to 48) this is a point often forgotten by aspirants to yoga, and hence the disasters and trouble so often seen amongst those who prematurely occupy themselves with the awakening of the centres and the arousing of the serpent fire. only when the entire relation of the aspirant to the social economy (as dealt with in the commandments, only when the task of purifying and regulating the threefold lower nature has been worked at (as outlined in the rules, and only as a balanced and controlled condition of the emotional nature has been brought about and right poise achieved, can the aspirant to raja yoga safely proceed to the more esoteric and occult work connected with the fires of his little system. this point canno

chieved, can the aspirant to raja yoga safely proceed to the more esoteric and occult work connected with the fires of his little system. this point cannot be too strongly emphasized. only at a very advanced stage of discipleship will it be safe for the man to deal consciously with the vital fires and direct their right progression up the spine. few there are as yet who have "kept the law and the commandments- 40- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust obstacle ii. mental inertia. the next great basic obstacle (for these obstacles are given in the order of their relative power over average man) is inability to think clearly about the problem of attainment. unless clear thinking precedes action, insufficient momentum will be found coupled with failure to appreciate the magnitude o

it is significant to note that this mode of arriving at peace follows upon the method of sane wholesome living and its consequent result a sound physical body. later on, when patanjali again refers to the regulation of the breath and of the energy currents, he places it as the fourth means of yoga and states that only when right poise has been achieved (the third means) as a result of keeping the commandments and the rules (means one and two) is this regulation to be attempted. students would do well to study these means and note how interest in the centres is- 48- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust only permissible after a man has so balanced his life and purified his nature that danger is no longer possible. 35. the mind can be trained to steadiness through those forms of c

eived, this is the great liberation. 26. the state of bondage is overcome through perfectly maintained discrimination. 27. the knowledge (or illumination) achieved is seven-fold and is attained progressively. 28. when the means to yoga have been steadily practised, and when impurity has been overcome, enlightenment takes place, leading up to full illumination. 29. the eight means of yoga are, the commandments or yama, the rules or nijama, posture or asana, right control of life-force or pranayama, abstraction or pratyahara, attention or dharana, meditation or dhyana, contemplation or samadhi. 30. harmlessness, truth to all beings, abstention from theft, from incontinence and from avarice, constitute yama or the five commandments. 81. yama (or the five commandments) constitutes the universa

n the brain in the neighborhood of the pineal gland. this is to the little system of the threefold man in physical manifestation what the physical sun is to the solar system. this light becomes eventually a blaze of glory and the man becomes a "son of light" or a "sun of righteousness" such were the buddha, the christ, and all the great ones who have attained. 29. the eight means of yoga are: the commandments or yama, the rules or nijama, posture or asana, right control of life-force or pranayama, abstraction or pratyahara, attention or dharana, meditation or dhyana, and contemplation or samadhi. it will be noted that these means or practices are apparently simple, but it must be carefully remembered that they do not refer to anything accomplished on one or other plane in some one body, bu

nate him. the practise of breathing exercises, for instance, has led the aspirant frequently to concentrate upon the physical apparatus of breath to the exclusion of the analogous practice of rhythmic control of the emotional life. it may be of use here if (before we take up the consideration of the means, one by one) we tabulated them carefully, giving their synonyms where possible: means i. the commandments. yama. self-control or forbearance. restraint. abstention from wrong acts. these are five in number and relate to the relation of the disciple (or chela) to others and to the outside world. means ii the rules. nijama. right observances. these are likewise five in number and are frequently called the "religious observances" because they relate to the interior life of the disciple and t

ela) to others and to the outside world. means ii the rules. nijama. right observances. these are likewise five in number and are frequently called the "religious observances" because they relate to the interior life of the disciple and to that- 102- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust tie, the sutratma or link which relates him to god, or to his father in heaven. these two, the five commandments and the five rules are the hindu correspondence to the ten commandments of the bible and cover the daily life of the aspirant, as it affects those around him, and his own internal reactions. means iii. posture. asana. right poise. correct attitude. position. this third means concerns the physical attitude of the disciple when in meditation, his emotional attitude towards his environme

s or meditates upon the world of causes, upon the "things of god" he then, utilizing his controlled instrument, the mind (controlled through the practise of concentration and meditation) transmits to the physical brain, via the sutratma or thread which passes down through the three sheaths to the brain, that which the soul knows, sees and understands. this produces full illumination. means i. the commandments 30. harmlessness, truth to all beings, abstention from theft, from incontinence and from avarice, constitute yama or the five commandments. these five commandments are simple and clear and yet, if practised, would make a man perfect in his relationships to other men, to supermen and to the subhuman realms. the very first command to be harmless is in reality a summation of the others

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

for the unbalanced. much experience of these cases leads me to sound this warning, for in the majority of cases of uncontrolled psychic troubles, the cause is breathing exercises. in the ancient teachings of the east, the control of the breath was only permitted after the first three "means to union" as they are called, had been somewhat wrought out in the life. these "means" are: first, the five commandments. these are, harmlessness, truth to all beings, abstention from theft, from incontinence, and from avarice. second, the five rules, which are internal and external purification, contentment, fiery aspiration, spiritual reading, and devotion- 98- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust third, right poise. when a person is harmless in thought and word and deed, when he is

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

ses the soul and is transmitted to the waiting mind; in the other, the mind, through concrete thought and an attempt to embody divine thought in form, impresses the brain and produces action through the medium of the physical body. students of occultism who have demonstrated their devotion and their mental poise, and who (to use the ancient formula of the schools of meditation) have kept the five commandments and the five rules, and have achieved right poise, can begin to use the interludes between the two aspects of physical breathing for intense activity and the use of the power of will to produce magical effects. the consciousness, focussed in the brain and having participated in the work of contemplation can now proceed to the work of materialising the plan upon the physical plane by t

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

an, sin becomes impossible, and man moves on towards greatness. the word "transgression" signifies the walking across a boundary; it involves the displacing of a landmark, as it is called in masonry, or the infringement of one of the basic principles of living. there are certain things which are recognised by all as having a controlling relation to man. such a compilation of principles as the ten commandments might be cited as a case in point. they constitute the boundary which ancient custom, ordained right habits, and the social order have imposed upon the race. to step across these boundaries, which man, from experience, has himself instituted, and to which god has accorded divine recognition, is to transgress, and for every transgression there is an inevitable penalty. we pay the price

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

chers down the ages. it requires much spiritual insight, however, to enable the average disciple to see the correspondence or the trend of ideas which link, for instance: 1. the beatitudes (enunciated by the christ) and these seven laws. 2. the stages of the noble eightfold path and these soul potencies. 3. the eight means to yoga or union of the soul, and this septenate of influences. 4. the ten commandments of the semitic religion, and these seven spiritual laws. students would find it of interest to test their understanding of the esoteric relationships existing between these groups of teaching and see if they can, for themselves, trace the basic meanings. let us, by way of illustration, trace or indicate the relation between the seven laws and the eight means to yoga, because this will

d see if they can, for themselves, trace the basic meanings. let us, by way of illustration, trace or indicate the relation between the seven laws and the eight means to yoga, because this will give us an illustration of the difference existing between the means to yoga as understood by the average yogi or esotericist, and as they can be understood by the trained disciple or initiate. 1. the five commandments. second ray force. the law of magnetic impulse. the universal duty inclusion. attraction. 2. the rules. fourth ray force .t he law of sacrifice. for self training "i die daily" 3. posture. sixth ray force .t he law of service. a poised attitude to right relations and the world right ideals. 4. pranayama .s eventh ray force. the law of group the law of rhythmic progress. the law living

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

he grasp of the average man because fusion and identification are by no means the same. the rules for the technique of light have been adequately laid down in the raja yoga system of patanjali, of which the five stages of concentration, meditation, contemplation, illumination, and inspiration are illustrative; these, in their turn, must be parallelled by a following of the five rules and the five commandments. i would ask you to study these. they, in their turn, produce the many results in psychic sensitivity, of which hierarchical contact, illumination, service and discipline are descriptive and, finally, the stage of "isolated unity" which is the paradoxical term used by patanjali to describe the inner life of the initiate. most of what i have said above is well known to all aspirants wh

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

nd thought and asked questions, certain things have clarified in my mind and are for me part of the answer. the jews hang on to a religion which is basically obsolete. i asked myself a few days ago what part of the old testament was worth preserving. much of it is dreadful, cruel and only because the literature is found in the bible does it pass the post-office regulations. i decided that the ten commandments must be preserved, one or two of the bible stories such as the love of david and jonathan, the 23rd psalm and the 91st psalm with a few others and about four chapters in the book of isaiah. all the rest was largely useless or undesirable, and much that was left fed the pride and nationalism of the people. that which stands between the orthodox jew and the mass of the gentiles are his

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ere and remind you of one or two points which should be recognised as we approach this modern era in which all these culminating effects are taking place. let me state them concisely and clearly. the lines of cleavage between materialism and spirituality (as we now understand the terms) have become increasingly clear. two things have tended to bring this about. first, the pronouncement of the ten commandments. these, though negative in their form and dogmatic in their attitude, have made the issues and the required attitudes adequately clear. owing to the relatively low stage of the universal human intelligence at the time that they were given (for the biblical dates are not correct and the date of their pronouncement is far older than is thought) they were expressed by the formula "thou s

uired attitudes adequately clear. owing to the relatively low stage of the universal human intelligence at the time that they were given (for the biblical dates are not correct and the date of their pronouncement is far older than is thought) they were expressed by the formula "thou shalt not" thus turning human attention to the material expression of material tendencies. in days to come, the ten commandments will be expressed in a reversed form of which the sermon on the mount and the beatitudes are the embryonic form. second, the hierarchy withdrew in order that humanity, on reaching maturity and years of discretion, should not be handicapped and hindered by coercion and undue safeguarding but should express its major divine characteristics. of these, free will and the discriminating use

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

s of maya. three major rents within these veils might here be noted. they are symbolically referred to in the bible, though their essential meaning has not been noted or comprehended. the first major rent was made by the establishment of the law of god, and this is portrayed for us symbolically in the old testament in the story of moses. he went up into the mount of god and there received the ten commandments. this is the expression of divine law as adapted for humanity and as needed in the projection of those forces which will destroy, purify and reorganise. moses, the lawgiver, penetrated to one of the halls within the veils of maya, and there encountered the glory of the lord. this was of such a radiance that, as the old commentary puts it "he who entered among the first to penetrate wi

ich are so well known to all of us, summarising as they do the causes and the sources of all the troubles which concern humanity. there are many translations of these truths to which i have referred; they all convey the same longing and appeal and they are all essentially correct as to meaning. during the jewish dispensation, there was given a statement as to human conduct in the words of the ten commandments; upon these, human law has been based and upon them the laws governing the relationships of people in the west have been founded. it has eventuated in a somewhat narrow conception of deity; these commandments are didactic and present the negative angle. then christ came and gave to us the fundamental law of the universe, the law of love; he also gave us the lord's prayer with its emph

ANATHEMA OF ZOS

tion. verily, if you believe of the least-ye needs must thrive all things. ye are of all things, of all knowledge, and, be like, will you or stupidity to further self-misery! your wish? your heaven? i say your desire is women. your potential desire a brothel. ah, ye who fear suffering, who among ye has courage to assault the cloudy enemies of creeds, of the stomach's pious hopes? i blaspheme your commandments, to provoke and enjoy your bark, your teeth grinding! know ye what ye want? what ye ask? know ye virtue from maniacal muttering? sin from folly? desiring a teacher, who among ye are worthy to learn? brutally shall i teach the gospel of soul-suicide, of contraception, not preservation and procreation. fools! ye have made vital the belief the ego is eternal, fulfilling a purpose not los

spoken truth that is not past-more wisely forgotten. shall i scrawl slippery paradox with mad calligraphy? words, mere words! i exist in a wordless world, without yesterday nor to-morrow-beyond becoming. all conceivableness procures of time and space. hence i spit on your tatterdemalion ethics, moldering proverbs, priestly inarticulations and delirious pulpit jargon. this alone i give ye as safe commandments in your pestilent schisms. better is it to go without than to borrow. finer far to take than beg. from puberty till death realize "self" in all. there is no greater virtue than good nourishment. feed from the udder, and if the milk be sour, feed on. human nature is the worst possible! once i lived among ye. from self-decency now i habitate the waste places, a willing outcast; associat

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

n and its alleged masonic connections, which are subject to critical examination, the conclusion reached being that the templar system is masonic only in the sense that none but masons are admitted. the appeal of the entire sequence is one and the same throughout, an allegory of human life considered as pilgrimage and warfare, with a reward at the end in christ for those who have walked after his commandments under the standard 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

BLACK SERPENT1

ally and peacefully convert to their way of doing things. it's only a matter of "spreading the power of god's word" in other words, it's a matter of milking the first amendment for all it's worth and proselytizing until this particular brand of christianity grows to become the largest in the u.s; then, once they have become the majority, remove the first amendment and begin incorporating biblical commandments and punishments into american law. now i bet that many of my demonolator and satanist readers are probably sweating at the brow by now. however, let's keep a good head on our shoulders. there are certain things we need to keep in mind about these dominionists and their relations to the rest of christianity. for one thing, it is important to acknowledge that, unlike most other forms of

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

d the constitution of the solar orb must be carefully examined; as also gravitation and the nebular theories. the natures of ether and of other elements must be discussed: thus contrasting scientific with other occult teachings, while revealing some of the hitherto secret tenets of the latter (vide addendum) some fifteen years ago, the writer was the first to repeat, after the kabalists, the wise commandments in the esoteric catechism "close thy mouth, lest thou shouldst speak of this (the mystery, and thy heart, lest thou shouldst think aloud; and if thy heart has escaped thee, bring it back to its place, for such is the object of our alliance (sepher jezireh, book of creation) and again "this is a secret which gives death: close thy mouth lest thou shouldst reveal it to the vulgar; compr

ders no longer that laplace, in conversation with napoleon i. should have called god a hypothesis- perfectly useless to speculate upon for exact physical science, at any rate. occult metaphysics and transcendental philosophy will alone be able to lift the smallest corner of the impenetrable veil in this direction[[vol. 1, page] 577 cyclic fall of the gods. should have selected a god against whose commandments jesus was the first one to rise in rebellion. the planetary origin of the monad (soul) and of its faculties was taught by the gnostics. on its way to the earth, as on its way back from the earth, each soul born in, and from, the "boundless light* had to pass through the seven planetary regions both ways. the pure dhyani and devas of the oldest religions had become, in course of time

mall and humble "is an immortal portion of the immortal matter- for matter with them has quite another significance than it has with either christian or materialist- and that every creature is subject to karma. the answer of the brahmin is one which would suggest itself to every ancient philosopher, kabalist, and gnostic of the early days. it contains the very spirit of the delphic and kabalistic commandments, for esoteric philosophy solved, ages ago, the problem of what man was, is, and will be; of man's origin, life-cycle- interminable in its duration of successive incarnations or rebirths- and finally of his absorption into the source from which he started. but it is not physical science that we can ever ask to read man for us, as the riddle of the past, or that of the future; since no

BOOK OF PLEASURE

tetragrammaton. duality being unity, is time, the complex of conception, the eternal refluctuation to the primeval reality in freedom-being trinity of dualities, is the six senses, the five facets of sex-projecting as environment for self-assimilation in denial, as a complete sexuality. being tetragrammaton of dualities is twelvefold by arrangement, the human complex, and may be called the twelve commandments of the believer. it imagines the eternal decimal, its multiplicity embracing eternity, from which spring the manifold forms, which constitute the book of pleasure (self love) get any book for free on: www.abika.com 8 existence. vitalized by the breath of self-love, life is conscious of one. self being its opposing force, is alternately conflict, harmony, life and death. these four pri

love) get any book for free on: www.abika.com 17 burlesque of the conceptive faculty, but is never so perfect or simple in that it allows latitude for change in any sense, so becomes dissociated from evolution, etc; and this divorce loses any utility and of necessity for its own preservation and the sympathy desired, evolves contradictions or a complication to give relationship. transgressing its commandments, dishonesty shows us its iniquity, for our justification; or simultaneously we create an excuse or reason for the sin by a distortion of the moral code, that allows some incongruity (usually retaing a few unforgiveable sins- and an unwritten law) this negative confession is a feigned rationalism that allows adventitious excuses. a process of self-deception to satisfy and summarily per

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

they wish. priestess "now are you handparted. let all know you as such. go your separate ways in peace and in love never in bitterness and in the ways of the craft. so mote it be "so mote it be' then shall follow the ceremony of the cakes and ale and the clearing the tempk. generally speaking witches are very open-minded people, especially where religion is concerned. they have no hard and fast "commandments; no catechisms. they feel that all should be free to choose the religion that best suits them. it would seem obvious that there can be no one religion for all. temperaments differ. some love ritual for its own sake; others look for simplicity. all religions lead in the same direction, simply taking different paths to get there. witches feel that all should therefore be free to choose

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

ed "mises, who did all the things the levites attributed to "moses. like the sumerian king sargon "mises" was found as a baby floating in a basket of reeds or rushes. mises went on to part the waters with his magical rod and he was the guardian of the law, written in stone. another "moses" was the egyptian hero, ra- haraldhti, whose alleged life was also copied by the forgers of history" the "ten commandments, so associated with moses, are a copy of the laws known as the code of hammurabi. these were written at least a thousand years earlier. of course they were, the code of hammurubi came from..babylon! but this code of hammurabi goes back even further to our old friend indara/thor/st george, the first king of sumer and his "ten commandments" of some 5,000 years ago. these were called in

name for priest or prince in the ancient egyptian mystery schools. in geneva, he developed, or more likely someone else did, the "philosophy" known as calvinism. he changed his name again from cohen to calvin to make it more acceptable to the english who now became the prime target of this new religion. calvinism was a designerreligion for the next stage of the plan. it focused rigidly on the ten commandments of "moses" and the literal interpretation of the old testament texts and it achieved many goals for the llluminati. up to this point, the christian religion had banned usury, the charging of interest on loans, but calvinism allowed it. this was perfect for the llluminati bankers manoeuvring at this time to take over england. and when interest on loans became the norm, thanks to calvin

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

s make-believe, as is theegyptian captivity, the exodus, at least in the form described, and also the creation ofthe 12 tribes via jacob.these texts were written by the levites, the heads of which were reptilian mysteryschool initiates in babylon. their stories are symbolic and coded for initiates tounderstand and the masses to take literally. according to the levites, moses was givenhis laws and commandments by god on top of a mountain. again and again we see thesymbol of mountains. one reason for this is that the top of a mountain is closer to theirsymbol of god- the sun. mount sion means sun mountain. the sun rising over theeastern mountains is still a major brotherhood symbol today. the story of the israelitesand jews is largely a fantasy- the veil behind which the truth has been hidde

e egyptianmystery schools. in geneva he developed, or someone else did, the philosophy knownas calvinism. he changed his name again from cohen to calvin to make it moreacceptable to the english who now became the prime target of this new religion- yetanother created by the same source as all the others. calvinism was a designer religionfor the next stage of the plan. it focused rigidly on the ten commandments of mosesand the old testament texts (taken literally, not symbolically of course. but this wasthe crucial bit. up to this point the christian religion had banned usury, the charging ofinterest on loans. now, with the black nobility bankers manoeuvring to take overengland, a christian country, using the outwardly christian aristocracy, the time hadcome to end that rule and make usury t

DONALDTYSON DEMON

old, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand" the events in the book of job are the result. we may gather from this fable that lucifer is not bound to hell exclusively, but is only bound not to injure those humans who are afforded the protection of god. a human being is protected by god for so long as he or she remains obedient. when a person defies the will and commandments of god, then he or she becomes prey for lucifer. under ordinary circumstances lucifer cannot directly hurt persons under god's protection, which is why he needed a special dispensation from god to injure job's property and family. however, we are able to gather from other hints in the bible and in christian and jewish folklore that lucifer is free to suggest to human beings that they

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

hem. obviously one could not, like the pagans, suggest that mere creatures had power over god. this custom in jewish prayers still prevails, especially among hasidic jews, who follow the kabala and believe that the holy name of god, associated with miraculous powers, should not be profaned. yahweh is their invisible protector and king, and no image of him is made. he is worshiped according to his commandments, with an observance of the ritual instituted through moses. the term yhwh means the revealed absolute deity, the manifest, only, personal, holy creator and redeemer. adoptive masonry masonic societies that adopted women as members. early in the eighteenth century such societies were established in france, and they spread speedily to other countries. one of the first to adopt women was

ever, god would not send the punishment without also offering an opportunity for people to exercise their free will and to choose what is good. the angel came to give the warning. meyer related the angel of north america coming to her with the 1990s emphasis on angel contact, but her angel denied such an interpretation. rather, her angel pointed to the necessity of prayer and adherence to the ten commandments as the means of saving ourselves. the angel spoke against what was defined as the liberal spirit of the age that lost a sense of moral right and wrong in the attempt to allow all to act and think as they will. the initial selection of messages from the angel of north america was published in 1996, and meyer invited assistance in spreading the words of the angel. the message is for the

system. it is described as a cloud of light suffused with various colors. this is seen clairvoyantly, being imperceptible to the physical sight. some authorities trace the existence of the aura in such biblical instances as the bright light shining about moses, which the children of israel were unable to look upon when he descended from the mountain bearing the stone tablets engraved with the ten commandments (exod. 34:29.30; in the exceedingly brilliant light that shone about st. paul s vision at the time of his conversion (acts 9:3; and in the transfiguration of jesus christ, when his raiment shone so brightly that no one on earth could match it (matt. 17:1.2. many of the medieval saints were said to be surrounded with a cloud of light. it is told that when st. john of the cross knelt at

at ballinspittle, emerged from the courtroom triumphantly proclaiming that he was going to demolish other images in wayside shrines. he is since reported to have smashed two more statues, one in ballyfermot and another in clondalkin. he appeared with his fellow iconoclasts on the popular late late show, hosted by gay byrne on rte television on march 7. draper arrogantly cited the fourth and fifth commandments of the old testament and exod. 23:24 as giving him divine sanction to smash all religious statues in ireland, regardless of the rights and views of other people. as reporter eoghan corry stated in an article in the sunday press (march 9, 1986, there isn t a safe statue in the country. meanwhile from los angeles evangelist scott indignantly disassociated himself from the activities of

en rides in the space ships. inventor/ consultant fred bell would also claim meeting with semjase from which he derived plans for the flying saucers and other bits of advanced technology. from the very beginning, semjase s message had distinct religious overtones. she denounced the established religions and called meier s attention to the laws of creation, an interplanetary alternative to the ten commandments. meier went about building a classic contactee spiritual community, the freie interessengemeinschaft fur grenz und geistes wissenschaften and ufologie studien (free community of interests in the border and spiritual sciences and ufo studies, the american branch of which was known more simply as the semjase silver star center. amid the many books designed simply to present his claims f

in the border and spiritual sciences and ufo studies, the american branch of which was known more simply as the semjase silver star center. amid the many books designed simply to present his claims for contact, a lesser-known set of books, designed primarily to circulate among his followers, outlined his moral/ religious message. basic to that message, known as the ten bids (analogous to the ten commandments) are the ten things creation bids us to do. the attacks upon meier s credibility were somewhat lost amid the flood of material supportive of his claims, including more than a dozen books, most beautifully illustrated with photos. meier also released several amateurish videos. through the 1980s these materials circulated among ufo buffs, but found an even larger audience within the new

nto the wax by fine rays, swinging together from the direction of the sitters. the writing may be in the medium s hand or in strange characters. the language of the writing may also vary and the script may contain words or sentences desired by the company. the beginning of direct writing the scene of the most ancient instance of direct writing was perhaps mount sinai, where moses obtained the ten commandments. the first modern record of experiments is to be found in baron von guldenstubbe s book la realite des esprits. the phenomenon was observed during the poltergeist disturbances in the house of a rev. phelps at stratford in 1850. direct scripts were delivered in the locked spirit room of the koon log house in vermont. mary marshall, the first english professional medium, produced direct

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

meek, the persecuted, the pure, the merciful, the poor in spirit, and those that mourn. nine is the number of the muses and of the moving spheres. ten is completeness, because one cannot count beyond it except by combinations formed with other numbers. in the ancient mysteries, ten days of initiation were prescribed. in ten is found evident signs of a divine principle. eleven is the number of the commandments, while twelve is the number of signs in the zodiac, of the apostles, of the tribes of israel, of the gates of jerusalem. this theory of numbers agrippa applied to the casting of horoscopes. divination by numbers was one of the favorite methods employed in the middle ages. in magical rites, numbers played a great part. the power of the number three is found in the magic triangle, in th

living in kansas. the teachings appeared to have been a mixture of christianity and traditional native american beliefs but arose as competition to the missionary efforts of various christian churches that were working among all the native american people at the time. the movement spread quickly, aided by the memory of kanakuk s teachings. the movement called for moral living according to the ten commandments and offered special condemnation of some particular evils attendant upon reservation life: drunkenness, horse racing, and gambling. the apocalyptic element, offering the imminent end to white rule, had been abandoned in favor of rewards in the next life. it found a response among those native americans who had not joined a christian church and who remembered kanakuk. while surviving f

was believed in the scottish highlands to become powerless over his own volition. alive and awake but moves and acts as if asleep. curses or spells that invoked death were frequently mentioned in works that deal with medieval magic (see summons by the dying. the taboo was a word of prohibition or restriction. this is typified in the mystic expression thou shalt not. thus a number of the biblical commandments are taboos, and the book of leviticus teems with them. the taboo is the don t applied to children.a curb on basic desire for the sake of the community. to break a taboo was to bring dire misfortune upon oneself, and often upon one s family. it could even threaten the whole community and some action would have to be taken to counter the effects of a broken taboo. transforming spells th

inced of survival of bodily death, she began visiting a local medium, then operated as a channel herself for several years before going public with the messages she was receiving. wittek emphasized the indwelling kingdom of god and taught a method of going within to open the kingdom and experience god in one s innermost being. she advised people to learn to live god s laws as expressed in the ten commandments and the sermon on the mount. the mission operated for seven years, and in 1984 was superseded by universal life.the inner religion. wittek now taught that, given the contact with god, it was possible to put the sermon on the mount into operation immediately. she encouraged those formerly associated with the mission to form businesses that would operate on the principles of the sermon

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

another meal and a good rest. he, teddy, and big bo went for a short walk before embarking for venus. during one brief stop they saw the ruler of the region engaged in painting. he was clad, like nelson himself, in bib overalls. venus, like mars and the moon, turned out to be a pleasant place without war or conflict, where people lived in harmony under the twelve laws of god (essentially the ten commandments and a couple of verses from the new testament. on venus, the races were strictly segregated. nelson also was told that his own parents were venusians. bucky became a regular visitor at nelson s house. they spent christmas 1956 together. on another occasion, he brought a fully cooked venusian turkey with him. on yet another christmas, bucky took nelson to his home on venus. in the late

o a few minutes, he would return either to answer the question or to announce he was not permitted to answer it. other times, though rarely, the entity with whom david had conferred, the master, would speak, always briefly. the master s voice had an odd, eerie quality and a tone of absolute authority. over many dozens of hours of channeling, this story emerged: just before moses was given the ten commandments, seven citizens of landa were elected by the masters for a mission on earth. the leader of the seven select, also called the habanas or the warriors of god, was daniel (pronounced dan-yell, the son of david and corinthian. once on earth, the habanas s souls occupied human bodies. with the passing of centuries, during which the habanas reincarnated repeatedly, other habanas arrived, fi

ld come and go errati c a l l y. they so disrupted his life that his wife, fearing he had lost his sanity, left him. he und e rwent out-of-body episodes and found himself doing automatic writing at a furious pace. these writings cove red many subjects, fro m e a rt h s ancient history to future geological cataclysms. much of the material had to do with the bible. the writing claimed that the te n commandments we re a kind of universal code that must be deciphered, then obeye d. one night in 1993, preston awoke and spotted a beam of light going through his chest. he felt intense pain, then had the sensation that he was being pulled out of his body. two shadowy beings, reeking of evil and menace, had him by the arms and were forcing him to a black abyss. this abyss, he thought, was the entra

FAUST

known, the mountains high, go sapping them, the swelling veins, go tapping them; metals we hurl on pile on pile, with cheery hail- good luck while- the while, a greeting well-meant through and through. we re friends of all good men and true. yet gold we bring and gold reveal that men may pander and may steal, that iron fail not his proud hand who ever wholesale murder planned. he whom these three commandments fail to bother will pay no heed to any other. for all that we are not to blame; as we are patient, so be ye the same! giants the wild men of the woods- their name, in the hartz mountains known to fame. in nature s nakedness and might they come, each one of giant height, a fir tree s trunk in each right hand, around their loins a bulging band, apron of twigs and leaves uncouth; such gu

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

ome to start a new religion, but to fulfill and revitalize an old one. master yeshuvah was a jew born to jewish parents; a messianic messenger and redeemer awaited and yearned for by faithful jews. his life was his message, and it can only truly be understood in jewish terms. upon interrogation, the head rabbi could find no fault in him. what was there to dispute? when asked what the first of all commandments was, master yeshuvah (like rabbi hillel did a century before him) unhesitatingly pronounced it to be the shema, the affirmation of unity from torah doverim upon 4' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% which the entire jewish religion is built. in order of importance after the shema, he cited the root injunction from torah to love and acknowledge the innate divinity of all beings: shem ayn yisroel hvhy e

FOCUS OF LIFE

is free. in all things there is no necessity. become weary of devising wisdom in morals. many unseemly words have been spoken in self slander, what more painful than that? for in the mud i tread on thee. the path men take from every side is mine. there is nothing more to be said 'i'-infinite space "the soul is the ancestral animals" aphorism ii "morals of shadow, wherein the arcana of zos has no commandments" zos speaks of ikkah: leaving aside all unreal dreams, consider this world as insincere disbelief. lo this day salvation has come. my 'i and self' has agreed in belief. i would ask of thee thy suppressed self. is it not the new thing desired? no man shall follow me. i am not thy preservation. thou art the way. assuredly, thy virtue is to be equally different. thy complaint is the cala

ir..peculiarities by a mechanism" serve no man, hell is democracy. think not the words 'i wish' say not the words 'i will' respect thy body: it will again become thy parents. fear nothing,-strike at the highest. ennui is fear: death is failure. go where thou fearest most. how canst thou become great among men. cast thyself forth! of this event, genius is the successful effort of memory. break thy commandments, be lawless unto all dogma. revolt is the fertiliser of the new faculties. knowledge and all evil wars react from previous existences that are now fragmentary to the body and operate as disembodied astrals. the more distant the creature that govern our functions the more unusual is our manifestation of phenomena, which are but living their physical peculiarities by a mechanism. retrog

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

is a tissue of petrarchist phraseology, is that of the stars-eyes which had already been presented in the emblem. in the commentary, the meanings are explained. the face upon which the story of the lover's woes is written is the soul seeking god. here bruno quotes metaphors from the psalms "my soul thirsteth after thee as a weary land, and "i opened my mouth wide and panted; for i longed for thy commandments".2 the pride of the lady is a metaphor, as god is sometimes said to be jealous, angry or asleep, signifying how often he withholds the vision of himself "so the lights are covered with the eyelids, the troubled sky of the human mind does not clear itself by the removal of metaphors and enigmas."3 by praying that the eyes should open, the lover is praying that the divine light should s

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

thood what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of melchisedec and not be called after the order of aaron* for it is evident that our lord sprang out of judah of which tribe moses spake nothing concerning the priesthood. and it is yet far more evident for that after the similitude of melchisedec there ariseth another priest who is made not after the law of carnal commandments but after the power of an endless life, for he testifies 'thou are a priest for the age, after the order of melchisedec* by so much was jesus made the surety of a better testament* because he continueth ever and has an age lasting priesthood* for the law maketh men high priests who have infirmities, but the word of god which was since the law, maketh the son who is consecrated for eve

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

rd, freemasonry and the ancient gods, 1921, p. 238] i find it highly interesting to see the masonic authors admit they worship the creature rather than the creator [romans 1:25] because it shreds their flimsy claim to be christian into a billion bits. in this sentence, we see utter blasphemy against god. here, masonic author, ward, states that the phallus is a symbol of god the creator! in his 10 commandments, god made it very plain that he did not want man representing him by any created means in the entire world. in exodus 20, we see god going through quite a list of the symbols by which he did not want man representing him. even though he did not list the phallus, i am absolutely certain god would not want man thinking of him as a phallus! however, ward is not finished with this subject

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

he earliest mention of a tombstone; and this example led to the reverence paid in later times to tombstones in relation to ancestor worship. so jacob appears to have set up altogether four notable pillars. joshua erected a monument of twelve stones at gilgal; thus bane suggests a ring or circle. reference must be made to the two tables of stone, exodus xxii and xxiv, on which were written the ten commandments of jehovah; the first pair was broken by moses; the second set was preserved in the ark in horeb, and was later on placed in the temple of solomon. note that the two pillars at the entrance of the temple of solomon were not of stone but of brass; they are said symbolically to represent the stone pillars of seth, enoch and hermes, of which many works make mention, but in regard to whic

GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

r an evil thing, in other words, they abandoned their faith. the facts related in this verse demonstrate the main features of an im- gd the inside story on the kabbalah portant conflict in jewish history. this struggle was, on the one hand, between the prophets that god sent to the jews and those believing jews who obeyed them, and on the other hand, those perverse jews who rebelled against god's commandments, imitated the pagan culture of the peoples around them, and followed their cultural practices rather than the law of god. pagan doctrines added to the torah it is important to note that the sins of the corrupt jews are often reported in the holy book of the jews itself the old testament. in the book of nehemiah, a kind of history book within the old testament, the jews confess their s

d rest, they again did evil before you. therefore you left them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them; yet when they returned and cried out to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you global freemasonry ge delivered them according to your mercies, and testified against them, that you might bring them back to your law. yet they acted proudly, and did not heed your commandments, but sinned against your judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them. and they shrugged their shoulders, stiffened their necks, and would not hear..nevertheless in your great mercy you did not utterly consume them nor forsake them; for you [are] god, gracious and merciful. now therefore, our god, the great, the mighty, and awesome god..you [are] just in all that has befallen

t hear..nevertheless in your great mercy you did not utterly consume them nor forsake them; for you [are] god, gracious and merciful. now therefore, our god, the great, the mighty, and awesome god..you [are] just in all that has befallen us; for you have dealt faithfully, but we have done wickedly. neither our kings nor our princes, our priests nor our fathers, have kept your law, nor heeded your commandments and your testimonies, with which you testified against them. for they have not served you in their kingdom, or in the many good [things] that you gave them, or in the large and rich land which you set before them; nor did they turn from their wicked works (nehemiah 9: 2-4, 26-29, 31-35) this passage expresses the desire that a number of jews had in returning to their faith in god, but

fanatical rage) there is a tendency in the old testament to present god as a national deity that he is god of the isrealites only. however, god is the lord and god of the universe and of all human beings. this notion of national religion, in the old testament, corresponds to tendencies of paganism, in which every tribe worships its own god. in some books of the old testament (for example, joshua) commandments are given to commit horrible violence against non-jewish peoples. mass murder is commanded, with no regard for women, children or the elderly. this merciless savagery is totally against god's justice, and recalls the barbarism of pagan cultures, who worshipped a mythical god of war. these pagan ideas that were introduced into the torah must have an origin. there must have been jews wh

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

radition dates from the babylonian captivity. this second narrative was probably written by a literalist priestclass who had little knowledge of the true meaning of the tradition. therefore, it is clear that most sections of the old testament have been re-worked. a number of examples may help you to get the overall picture. in the epic tradition the original covenant includes the ten words or ten commandments only, the gnostic handbook page 115 while the priestly tradition includes the covenant code laws (these laws could not have been written at the exodus as they include agricultural regulations and references to the canaanites which obviously originate after their settlement in palestine. in the epic tradition the covenant code was an adaptation of the ten words into civil law yet we ca

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

s against the cosmic order and is thrown from the heavens. his angelic nature is lost and he becomes a fallen being. his name lucifer means light bearer and accordingly, we have a light bearer who is transformed into a dark force. this is followed by a second fall, this time directly involving humanity, where adam and eve, depending on interpretation, break gnostic theurgy page 16 one of creators commandments or in some way or another break cosmic law, and are expelled from the garden of eden (in gnostic terms the expulsion from eden represents the soul entering matter. there are many variantions on this theme. in some gnostic traditions the force of the universe expands and it s final manifestation is sophia or wisdom. out of a yearning to know the original creator she gives birth to a de

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM22

in the double house of flame, make thy face to shine upon me, and bestow upon me the light of your strength. i invoke thee to exalt my soul in the rays of thy glory and to manifest unto me that which i seek. step 12 pause while circulating the force within. say: this is the lord of the gods! this is the lord of the universe. this is he whom the winds fear. this is he who having made voice by his commandments is lord of all things, king, ruler and helper. i am he, the bornless spirit having sight in the feet, strong and immortal o, i am he the truth. i am he who hate that evil should be wrought in the world. i am he that lighteningth and thundereth. i am he from whom is the shower of the life of the earth. i am he whose mouth ever flameth. i am he the begetter and manifester unto the light

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

the way, now that you ve started the job we may as well tell you that you re never going to be allowed to leave. as soon as one precessional cycle is over another must begin. and another. and another. and another. and so on, endlessly, for ever and ever and ever. 12 you can think of this, if you like, as one of the basic mechanisms of the solar system, or, if you prefer, as one of the fundamental commandments of the divine will. 17 jane b. sellers, the death of gods in ancient egypt, penguin, london, 1992, p. 205. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 229 precession. in the process, little by little, as you slowly sweep the extended axis around the heavens, its two tips will point to one star after another in the polar latitudes of the southern celestial hemisphere (and sometimes, of cou

this is by no means the only golden box in the ancient world that functioned like a deadly and unpredictable machine. it has a number of quite unmissable similarities to the hebrews enigmatic ark of the covenant (which also struck innocent people dead with bolts of fiery energy, which also was overlaid round about with gold, and which was said to have contained not only the two tablets of the ten commandments but the golden pot that had manna, and aaron s rod )13 a proper look at the implications of all these weird and wonderful boxes (and of other technological artefacts referred to in ancient traditions) is beyond the scope of this book. for our purposes here it is sufficient to note that a peculiar atmosphere of dangerous and quasitechnological wizardry seems to surround many of the god

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

will you revile and scoff at the "sermon on the mount" because your social, political and even religious laws have, so far, not only failed to carry out its precepts in their spirit, but even in their dead letter? abolish the oath in courts, parliament, army and everywhere, and do as the quakers do, if you will call yourselves christians. abolish the courts themselves, for if you would follow the commandments of christ, you have to give away your coat to him who deprives you of your cloak, and turn your left cheek to the bully who smites you on the right "resist not evil, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you" for "whosoever shall break one of the least of these commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven"

xistence of great initiates-true "sons of god"-shows that such wisdom was often reached by isolated individuals, never, however, without the guidance of a master at first. but most of the page 30 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt followers of such, when they became masters in their turn, have dwarfed the catholicism of these teachings into the narrow groove of their own sectarian dogmas. the commandments of a chosen master alone were then adopted and followed, to the exclusion of all others-if followed at all, note well, as in the case of the sermon on the mount. each religion is thus a bit of the divine truth, made to focus a vast panorama of human fancy which claimed to represent and replace that truth. q. but theosophy, you say, is not a religion? a. most assuredly it is not, since

it was advanced. it was near colombo, and the missionary had challenged the priest megattivati to give his reasons why the christian god should not be accepted by the "heathen" well, the missionary came out of that forever memorable discussion second best, as usual. q. i should be glad to learn in what way. a. simply this: the buddhist priest premised by asking the padre whether his god had given commandments to moses only for men to keep, but to be broken by god himself. the missionary denied the supposition indignantly. well, said his opponent, you tell us that god makes no exceptions to this rule, and that no soul can be born without his will. now god forbids adultery, among other things, and yet you say in the same breath that it is he who creates every baby born, and he who endows it

p the harvest in days to come will never be ourselves -ooo- on charity q. how do you theosophists regard the christian duty of charity? a. what charity do you mean? charity of mind, or practical charity in the physical plane? q. i mean practical charity, as your idea of universal brotherhood would include, of course, charity of mind. a. then you have in your mind the practical carrying out of the commandments given by jesus in the sermon on the mount? page 112 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt q. precisely so. a. then why call them "christian? because, although your savior preached and practiced them, the last thing the christians of today think of is to carry them out in their lives. q. and yet many are those who pass their lives in dispensing charity? a. yes, out of the surplus of t

each that the doctrine of damnation and hellfire is to be understood as a parable too? why do some of your most popular preachers, while virtually allowing these "parables" to be understood as you take them, insist on the literal meaning of the fires of hell and the physical tortures of an "asbestos-like" soul? if one is a "parable" then the other is. if hellfire is a literal truth, then christ's commandments in the sermon on the mount have to be obeyed to the very letter. and i tell you that many who do not believe in the divinity of christ-like count leo tolstoi and more than one theosophist-do carry out these noble, because universal, precepts literally; and many more good men and women would do so, were they not more than certain that such a walk in life would very probably land them i

ISIS UNVEILED

ch to the supreme condition (manu, vi /iofaw 92-3. if manu did not trace these wwds many thousands of years before the era of christianity, at least no voice in the whole world will dare deny them a less antiquity than several centuries b. c. the same in the case of the precepts of buddhism. if we turn to the prahmokdia-slitra and other religious tracts of the buddhists, we read the ten following commandments: thou shalt not kill any living creatm. 2. thou shalt not steal. 3. thou shalt not break thy vow of chastity. thou shalt not he. 5. thou shalt not betray the secreta of others. 6. thou shalt not wish for the death of thy enemies, lliou shalt not desire the wealth of others. thou shalt not pronounce injurious and foul words, lltou shalt not indulge in luxury (sleep on soft beds or be l

t he. 5. thou shalt not betray the secreta of others. 6. thou shalt not wish for the death of thy enemies, lliou shalt not desire the wealth of others. thou shalt not pronounce injurious and foul words, lltou shalt not indulge in luxury (sleep on soft beds or be lazy. 10. thou shalt not accept gold or silver "good master, what shall i do that i may have eternal life" asks a man of jesus "keep the commandments "which "thou shalt do no murder. thou shalt not commit adultery. thou shalt not steal. thou shalt not bear false witness' is the answer "what shall i do to obtain possession of bhodi [knowledge of eternal truth" asks a disciple of his buddhbt master "what way is there to become an updsakaf "keep the commandments "what are they p" thou shalt abstain all thy life from murder, theft, adu

this veiy dilemma that the gnostics endeavored to snatch the budding christianity. justice has been wmting nineteen centuries for intelligent conmien- tators to appreciate this difference between the orthodox tertullian and the gnostic marcion. the brutal violence, unfairness, and bigotry of the "great african" repel all who accept his christianity "how can a god" inquired marcion "break his own commandments? how could he consistently prohibit idolatry and image-worship and still cause moaes to set up the brazen serpent? how command: thou sbalt not steal, and then order the israelites to poil the egyptians of their gold and silver "anticipating the results of modem criticism, marcion denies the applicability to jesus of the so-called messianic prophecies" writes the author of supernatural

(josephus: jetoish war, 11. viii, 6 "but i say unto you. swear not at all. but let your com- munication be. yea, yea; nay, nay (matt, v, 34-37. the nazarenes, as well as the essenes and the hierapeutae, believed more in their own interpretations of the 'hidden sense' of the more an- ient scriptures, than in the later laws of moses. jeaus, as we have shown before, felt but uttle veneration for the commandments of his predecessor, with whom irenaeus is so anxious to connect him. the essenes "enter into the houses of those wham they tuver saw pre- viously, as if they were th&r intimate friends (josephus: jewish war, ii, viit, 4. such was undeniably the custom of jesus and his disdples. epiphanius, who places the gbionite 'heresy' on the same level with that of the nazarenes, also remarks that

d being (the nirvana of the hindfla, the soub of men will keep their astral forms, except the few chosen ones who from the moment of their separation from their bodies begin to exist as pure spirits. the life of man they divide into soul. body, and intelli- gence, or mind. it is the latter which imparts and communicates to the soul the divine spark from its 'hamza (christos. they have seven great commandments which are imparted equally to all the uninitiated; and yet even these well-known articles of faith have been so mixed up in the accounts of outside writer? that, in one of the best cyclopaedias of america (appleton's. they are garbled alia the fashion that may be seen in the comparative tabulation below; the spurious and the true order parallel: 798. thiiuuie doctrine of the gdortks

five sins, to which several other sins are added in the sacred tablets, but which we must abstain from giving. the momlity of the druzes is strict and 800. see, farther on, a letter from an 'initiate' 801. in this column the first numbers are thoae given in the artide on the 'druiea' in the nem ameriean cydopatdia (appleton'a, vi, p. s31. the numbers in parentheses ?how the sequenoe in which the commandments would st&nd were they given correctly. 802. this pernicious doctrine belongs to the old policy of the catholic church, but is certainly false as regards the druses. hey maintain that it is ri^t and lawful to trieuom tt irvth about their own tenets, no one outside their own sect having a right to pry into their religion. the olchau never countenance deliberbt falsehood in any form, alt

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

ularly in protestant churches, where they figure most conspicuously the two fig. 100. ancient cross, margam, south wales. fig. 101. ancient cross, st. patrick, county of louth. tables of stone of the mosaic dispensation are placed over the altar, side by side, as a united stone, the tops of which fig. 103. group of minarets or towers, selected from examples in oriental towns. are rounded* the ten commandments are inscribed in two groups of five each, in columnar form. the five to the* fig. 118, on p. 225, represents the separated original lithoi, when united. they then form the double tables (or table) of stone. in the latter, or "christian) dispensation, the ten commandments are over the altar, composed of the law (five commandments to the right, and the gospel (five com-mandments to the

26. s, out of the arms of the (font, runic and saxon, bridekirk church, cumberland) the hospital of st. cross, near winchester, abounds in the earliest norman mouldings. the architecture of st. cross presents numerous hermetic suggestions. 230 the rosicrucians. the identity of heathen and of christian symbols is displayed in all our old churches in degrees more or less conclusive. a a1 b2 the ten commandments, or t w tables of stone. five commandments to tfie right, masculine "law" t five "commandments" to the left, the prophets, or the gospel. fig. 127. fig. 128. fig. 129. fig. 130. a lamp, roma sotteranea. icqus. the ten fingers of the two hands (made up of each table of five) are called, in old parlance, the ten com- fig. 131. devices from the tombs in the catacombs at rome. mandments

tables of stone. five commandments to tfie right, masculine "law" t five "commandments" to the left, the prophets, or the gospel. fig. 127. fig. 128. fig. 129. fig. 130. a lamp, roma sotteranea. icqus. the ten fingers of the two hands (made up of each table of five) are called, in old parlance, the ten com- fig. 131. devices from the tombs in the catacombs at rome. mandments. i will write the ten commandments in thy face, was spoken in fury, in the old-fashioned days, of an intended assault. the hands explain the meaning of this gnostic figures. 231 proverbial expression, interpreted astrologically. palmistry is called chiromancy, because apollo, mythologically, was taught letters by chiron, the centaur. fig 132. fig 133. fig 134. fig 135. fig 136. the devices on most roman bronze lamps pr

KARR DON NOTES ON THE STUDY OF EARLY KABBALAH JEWISH MYSTICISM IN ENGLISH

ree) in studies on astral magic in medieval jewish thought, translated by david louvish and batya stein [the brill reference library of judaism, vol 20 (leiden- boston: brill, 2005. shulman, yaacov dovid. the ramban: the story of rabbi moshe ben nachman. new york. london. jerusalem: c. i. s. publishers, 1993. stern, josef. problems and parables of law: maimonides and nahmanides on reasons for the commandments (ta famei ha-mitzvot. albany: state university of new york press, 1998. twersky, isadore (ed. rabbi moses nahmanides (ramban: explorations of his religious and literary virtuosity. cambridge: harvard university press, 1983. wolfson, elliot. gby way of truth: aspects of nahmanides f kabbalistic hermeneutic, in ajs review, vol. 14, no. 2 (cambridge: association for jewish studies, 1989

theosophy and theurgy [sources and studies in the literature of jewish mysticism, 7. culver city: cherub press, 2000. this work incorporates the following articles: 1. gthe doctrine of the sefirot in the prophetic kabbalah of abraham abulafia, h parts i and ii, in jewish studies quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4 and vol. 3, no. 1 (tubingen: mohr siebeck, 1995 and 1996. 2. gmystical rationalization of the commandments in the prophetic kabbalah of abraham abulafia, h in perspectives on jewish thought and mysticism, edited by a. ivry, e. wolfson, and a. arkush (1998. 2. b. joseph gikatilla. blickstein, schlomo. between philosophy and mysticism: a study of the philosophical-qabbalistic writings of joseph giqatila (1248-c.1322. phd dissertation, new york: jewish theological seminary of america, 1983. b

ation and kabbalah. pp. 122-4 (excerpt of shekel ha-kodesh. koren, sharon faye. gkabbalistic physiology: isaac the blind, nahmanides, and moses de leon on menstruation, h ajs review, vol. 28, no. 2 (cambridge: association for jewish studies, 2004. margoliouth, george. gthe doctrine of ether in the kabbalah, h in jewish quarterly review, vol. 20 (1908. wolfson, elliot. gmystical realization of the commandments in sefer ha-rimmon, h in hebrew union college annual, vol. 59 (cincinnati: 1988. gmystical-theurgical dimensions of the commandments in sefer ha- rimmon, h in approaches to judaism in medieval times i, edited by david r. blumenthal [brown judaic studies, no. 54 (atlanta: scholars press, 1988. wolfson prepared a critical edition of sefer ha rimmon: the book of the pomegranate: moses de

KETAB E SIYAH

are wrong and to destroy their books. truth and falsehood are known to me. when temptation comes, i give my covenant to him that trusts in me. moreover, i give counsel to the skilled directors, for i have appointed them for periods that are known to me. i remember necessary affairs and execute them in due time. i teach and guide those who follow my instruction. if anyone obey me and conform to my commandments, he shall have joy, delight and comfort. i requite the descendants of adam, and reward them with various rewards that i alone know. moreover, power and dominion over all that is on earth, both that which is above and that which is beneath, are in my hand. i do not allow friendly association with other people, nor do i deprive them that are my own and obey me of anything that is good f

hey agree with and conform to, my statutes. whatsoever is contrary to these they have altered; do not accept it. three things are against me, and i hate three things. but those who keep my secret shall receive the fulfillment of my promises. it is my desire that all my followers shall unite in a bond of unity, lest those who are without prevail against them. now, then, all ye who have followed my commandments and my teachings, reject all the teachings and sayings of such as are without. i have not taught these teachings, nor do they proceed from me. o ye that have believed in me, honor my symbol and my image, for they remind you of me. observe my laws and my statutes. obey my servants and listen to whatever they may dictate to you of the hidden things. 410 the hymn of sheikh adi my underst

LAITMAN M FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY

aham continued to search, he discovered that the ego comprises 613 desires, each of which must be adapted to nature s general law of altruism. in other words, in all one s desires, one must reach the state of love thy neighbor as thyself, the service of others. when we correct each of the desires by using them altruistically instead of egoistically, kabbalah calls this performing mitzvot (keeping commandments. this refers to changing the intention with which we use our desires, not to any physical actions. the method for achieving equilibrium with nature, beyond the ego, was discovered by abraham. it is called the wisdom of kabbalah. sefer yetzira (the book of creation) is also ascribed to abraham. abraham began to teach this wisdom to his people, the ancient babylonians. it was written th

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

and that of all future life. if the above were so, we would have no need for governments, schools, or educators. the existence of all nations would essentially focus on a wonderful and simple coexistence for the sake of a common cause apparent to all: our spiritual unification with the openly visible and perceivable creator. everyone s actions would be guided by clear spiritual laws, called "the commandments" and everyone would obey them because disobeying the commandments would obviously mean inflicting harm on the self, equivalent to jumping into a fire or off a cliff. if we could clearly perceive the creator and his providence, we would have no difficulty in performing the hardest of tasks, for the personal benefit derived from these tasks would be apparent. it would be as if we were g

is this: the latter has faith in rewards and punishment, and for this reason fulfills the will of the creator- 166- attaining the worlds beyond the creator is like an employer who pays a salary; the person is like a worker who does not care about the employer, but rather the salary: reward and punishment in this world, or in the world to come. this gives the "employee" the strength to observe the commandments without asking the question "why am i fulfilling the will of the creator" the answer is, because the employee believes in rewards. however, one who seeks to carry out the will of the creator without receiving payment in exchange constantly asks "why am i doing this" and "if this is the will of the creator, why does the creator need this? he is perfect and complete, so what do our acti

. afterwards, when the miracle passes, those who have entered the spiritual world do not return to the level of our world. in the next stage, we must acquire a vessel for receiving the light of wisdom, and this is accomplished on the difficult path of advancement in the spiritual desert until we merit receiving the light of the creator by ascending onto "mount sinai" in this state, we observe the commandments by virtue of faith above knowledge, when we place our own thoughts and wishes below the faith. a so-called lesser state, katnut, that is, malchut in this case, connotes only the center or keter("crown. in such minimal presence, our evil egoistic dispositions cannot sway us because we have placed faith above knowledge and perception- 170- attaining the worlds beyond this is considered

sm is our most dangerous and deadly enemy, we will hate it and abandon it. a situation like this has now become unbearable. however, it is not necessary to run away from the evil, but just to feel what the evil really is, and afterwards we will instinctively separate from the harmful. our realization of what is evil occurs precisely while under the influence of doing good acts while observing the commandments and learning kabbalah, because when we are under their positive influence, we begin to long for spiritual perfection and to sense what exactly is preventing us from experiencing a spiritual life. revelation and concealment- 173- the concealment of the creator from us, which is experienced as suffering, questions about the divine providence, lack of confidence and trust in the creator

t danger. even if for an instant one were to adopt the other point of view, in the next moment it would become apparent that spiritual levels- 235- this point of view originated from non-believers. at that point, it would be discarded and the original goals would be restored. however, one should beware of others who believe but do not pay proper attention to the correct reasons for fulfilling the commandments. these people anticipate the reward that awaits them in the world to come, and observe the commandments for that purpose only. they should be studiously avoided. one should be especially cautious of those who call themselves "kabbalists" or mystics, and move as far away as possible from them. these people can cause damage to one s newly acquired abilities in this area. kabbalah presen

nd help, and this help always arrives unexpectedly. an individual can never know in advance which tear will be the last one; all tears should be shed as if they were the last. as for the help of the creator "yeshuat hashem keheref ay in" it appears suddenly and always unexpectedly! the zohar is considered by many to be a moral teaching based on kabbalah, since it is written in the language of the commandments, prescribing what an individual should do. it is clear that by defining the book of zohar in such way, people attempt to deny its mystical, concealed essence. the authors of the zohar have written this book, which deals only with the composition and the operation of the spiritual worlds, in a deliberately scholastic and legalistic language. this was intended to leave no doubt in the r

in yearn for it. as it is said in psalms, number 42 "as a deer pants for streams of water, so my soul cries out for you, god" the desire to perceive the creator is called "the aspiration to lift the creator s presence from the dust" that is, from the lowest state in our understanding, when everything in our world appears to us more precious than being able to sense the creator. those who keep the commandments due to their upbringing (which in itself is a manifestation of the creator s desire) do so in the same manner as those who aspire to grasp the creator. the difference lies in the perception of the individual in question. this is of primary importance, since the desire of the creator is to benefit his creations by giving them the feeling of his closeness. thus, in order to forsake the

ir upbringing (which in itself is a manifestation of the creator s desire) do so in the same manner as those who aspire to grasp the creator. the difference lies in the perception of the individual in question. this is of primary importance, since the desire of the creator is to benefit his creations by giving them the feeling of his closeness. thus, in order to forsake the habitual observance of commandments and become freely acting, we must clearly understand what we received as a result of our upbringing and from society, and what we now aspire to as independent individuals. for instance, consider someone who received an upbringing in accordance with the system of "mussar" which teaches that our world is nothing. in such a case, the spiritual world is perceived as only slightly greater

. another would not have complained and become embittered because the creator was inconsiderate towards them, or possibly, not reacting to their actions at all. however, in essence, these emotions are experienced only by those who are in the process of true spiritual work on themselves, rather than by those who merely pore over the study of bible, only to learn its simple meanings and to keep the commandments. this is because those who aspire to ascend will strive to attain a spiritual state in which all personal aspirations, thoughts, and desires are devoid of personal interests. for this purpose, the quintessence of one s true thoughts and motivations is revealed from above. we can prove that we can endure our testing after having gone through suffering, having found within ourselves the

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

ies and research on the limited single-cell level. i realized i had to search for a place where i could study the general systems of reality. i turned to philosophy, but before long realized that the answer was not to be found there. i then tried to pa r t i: k a b b a l a h m e e t s q ua n t u m p h y s i c s 20 find answers in religion, but had found nothing but a mechanical performance of the commandments. there was no deeper understanding there. only after many years of searching did i finally find my teacher, rabbi baruch ashlag. i was with him for twelve years, from 1979 to 1991. to me, he was the last of the mohicans, the last kabbalist in the chain of great kabbalists that extended through the generations. i was his personal assistant and his disciple. i did not leave his side all

t judge, punishes us according to our development, for we can see that to the extent that mankind develops, so increase the pains and torments and besides the blows we take today, we must also consider the drawn sword for the future, and the right conn a t u r e s l aw s 181 clusion must be drawn, that nature will ultimately defeat us and we will all be compelled to join hands in following of the commandments with all the required measure--baal hasulam the peace the system of laws operates on us incessantly; it does not ask our opinion in the matter. if we know it, we will get along with it and have a blissful life. but if we do not study, we will feel greater discomfort the more we continue to evolve and fall behind in balancing ourselves with the system. to discover the spiritual rules

LAITMAN M THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE

ag asks: what is the meaning of my life? did he have to write more than two thousand pages of completely mathematical text to answer it? without understanding what happens in the spiritual worlds, you cannot understand what happens in our own, or answer the question, what is the meaning of my life? k a b b a l i s t i c m e a n i n g o f m i t z vo t q: in your last book, you wrote about mitzvot (commandments. it's very difficult to observe something without any understanding of its meaning or the corresponding laws in the upper world. where can i find materials on the kabbalistic meaning of mitzvot? a: read the answer to the question "can i change the world? the meaning of mitzvot is that when you observe them in their true sense, not by your hand and legs, but with the aim directed towar

the revealed torah should study only that, and one who takes after kabbalah can study kabbalah. i always stress the words of our sages: one s soul s o u l, b o d y a n d r e i n c a r n a t i o n 269 shall teach one, which means that the soul shows us where to find the origin of fulfillment. kabbalists think that people should develop freely. freedom in the torah means a simple observance of the commandments and laws, as long as one is not ready for something else. but if one has a desire to reach for the creator, a desire for spirituality, that individual should be provided with all the conditions for spiritual growth, and should not be stopped or scared off. kabbalah states that a person must freely choose that part of the torah- revealed or secret--according to the ripeness of his soul

t, what is the best thing to read? a: a prayer is a desire for the creator, for his sake, in one s heart, not on one s lips. a synagogue is an invention of the last millennia of exile, but every person speaks with the creator in one s heart. that is the meaning of a prayer. visiting a synagogue is not a prayer, it is a ritual introduced by our sages for taking care of the people, as are all other commandments, so that they could exist and not perish. from within this framework, a person starts to question one s existence (why one does certain things, etc, which eventually leads to the question of one s relationship with the creator. t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 306 hence, it is to preserve the people, the masses, that it becomes necessary to observe the traditions and the dail

ayer. p r a y e r- a s c e n t t o t h e u p p e r wo r l d q: is there anything in our world that can affect the upper world, or raise a person to it? a: everything begins in the upper world and then comes down to ours. our mechanical movements, as well as everything that happens in nature, have no effect on the upper world, because our world is merely a consequence of it, meaning it follows the commandments of the guidance that comes from above. p r a y e r, r e q u e s t a n d a i m 321 anything that happens here in this world is a consequence of forces, commandments and influences that descend from above. the only things that rise from our world to the upper one are the desires of man that come from the bottom of his heart. only they evoke responses in the upper world. that is how they

LAITMAN M THE PATH OF KABBALAH

mpanies us in this world and in the next. kabbalah should help us become more capable of objective perception of reality. it must lead mankind to acutely analyze and recognize the correct good and evil and realize that evil is our very nature. it is our nature that prevents us from seeing past our own noses. we are compelled to think only with our gut feeling. kabbalah maintains that the mitzvot (commandments) should not be kept as a goal in and of themselves, but that there is a completely different purpose for them. our sages clearly say that the creator cares not if we slaughter from the throat or from the back of the neck, meaning he does not care about the simple observing of the laws. that is not what he expects of man and that is not why he gave us the mitzvot. those who turn the me

tion to ohr hochma. woe unto them who make the spirit of messiah vanish from the world, so as never to return, make the torah dry, without the moistness of mind and knowledge, for they confine themselves to the practical part of the torah, and do not wish to try to understand the wisdom of the kabbalah, to know and educate themselves in the secrets and the reason behind the torah and the mitzvot (commandments. alas, they cause by their deeds the poverty, the ruin and the robbery, the looting, the killings and destruction in the world (tikkunei zohar, tikkun 30. the study of the book of zohar is preferable and above all other studies (the chidah. redemption depends primarily on the study of the kabbalah (the vilna gaon, even shlema 11,13. pa r t t h r e e: t h e s t ru c t u r e o f t h e u

d by delving into the text, we will be able to feel his light directly and completely. t h e l e a r n i n g e n v i r o n m e n t according to the design of creation, we must come to a state where we can live by spiritual laws. the troubles we all experience, the global disasters and catastrophes, all come in order to bring each of us as individuals, and mankind as a whole, to keep the spiritual commandments while still living in this world. baal hasulam writes about kabbalah that it is a method for the revelation of his godliness to his creatures in this world (the revelation of godliness. he doesn t write about what happens after death, but specifically of what must happen to us while we are here in this world. kabbalah is only about the things we need in this world, the things we must

on. the measure of that sensation is called one s spiritual world, or one s spiritual degree. 306 part five: religion, prejudice and kabbalah c h a p t e r 5 .1 a r e l i g i o n o r a s c i e n c e? k abbalah is often associated with tradition and even with religion. in most cases, this is a result of the difficulty in finding logic in the old customs and the various prohibitions in the mitzvot (commandments. it is a difficulty expressed directly or indirectly by antagonism toward religion. this is the reason for the important need to clearly distinguish between kabbalah and religion. every religion relies on a certain prophet, a person who was connected with spirituality and circulated his knowledge among people. this argument is at the basis of every religion, meaning that everything be

f this world. because such people still follow the creator s will, kabbalists never object to the keeping of corporeal mitzvot, but only emphasize that mere physical performance is not enough to attain the purpose of creation. t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 312 furthermore, certain spiritual acts should be performed in order to assist our ability to receive the upper light. these are called the commandments of the creator. but here arises a problem: one is capable of performing only those operations that may yield personal gain. if the reward for efforts made is uncertain, the ego will not allow even the slightest effort to be made. the widespread objection to the wisdom of kabbalah is because it argues that people may perform the mitzvot in an incomplete manner. therefore, dissenters cl

here is no parallel to the wisdom of kabbalah in other religions because the wisdom of kabbalah is not a religion, but a science. it is not related in any way to religions, faiths, or clairvoyance of any kind, not even to judaism. any believing jew, when asked if is proficient in kabbalah, would reply negatively, and see no need to be. one does not need the wisdom of kabbalah to perform religious commandments. besides, the study of kabbalah increases one s egoism; increases one s desire for knowledge, and relies on self-discovery and understanding of the spiritual world, whereas religion relies on self-restriction, coercion, and settling for the limitation of desires. q: do other religions also have ways to attain the spiritual worlds? a: all other religions speak of internal psychological

itual rise. the books tell us of the spiritual worlds in several languages. the wisdom of kabbalah is a science that teaches the structure of the upper world. it utilizes for that purpose the language of sefirot, partzufim, drawings and schemes. the torah describes the upper world for us in ordinary language. besides the kabbalah, there is also the language of legends and the language of mitzvot (commandments, precepts. let us try to translate the language of the torah to the language of the wisdom of kabbalah. the torah describes for us how the upper world was created, its structure, the design of its development, and after that it depicts the pa r t s i x: g e n e s i s 321 process of man s creation. however, the torah does not refer to anyone in our corporeal world. rather, it refers to

em completely disconnected, be one and the same thing? the purpose of creation is to bring man to exist both in his corporeal envelope and in this body, while attaining complete adhesion and sameness with the creator. to be more precise, all the worlds will combine inside us to a point where we and the creator will form one reality as we merge and unite with him, taking his paths, and keeping his commandments. in order for us to attain that perfect and eternal state, meaning the purpose of creation, we are given the torah in this world. that is why the torah was only given to man after he came into this world, after he had sunk into egoism, into his corporeal body. the torah was given to people, not to angels, because man consists of evident and total egoism. if we take upon ourselves the

simchat torah. the sukkah no longer exists on simchat torah, because the light has already entered the soul and filled it entirely, hence the complete feeling of joy expressed in this joyous festival. this holiday (spiritual state) occurs when the soul is filled with joy because it fills the creator with joy. on pesach and sukkot, kabbalists are especially meticulous and keep even the most strict commandments, because these two holidays symbolize the two most crucial moments in the evolution of the soul and the attainment of the purpose of creation the process of the discovery and reception of the upper knowledge, the creator. this is the essence of the wisdom of kabbalah. these two moments (pesach and sukkot) symbolize the beginning and the end of one s spiritual way, hence their special

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

ons and hear the voice of god or satan telling them to do things of a religious nature. offenders who feel little, if any, guilt over their crimes may need little justification for their antisocial behavior.as human beings, however, they may have fears, concerns, and anxiety over getting away with their criminal acts. it is difficult to pray to god for success in doing things that are against his commandments. a negative spiritual belief system may fulfill their human need for assistance from and belief in a greater power or to deal with their superstitions. compulsive ritualism (e.g, excessive cleanliness or fear of disease) can be introduced into sexual behavior. even many normal people have a need for order and predictability and therefore may engage in family or work rituals. under str

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ts, of which the two feet are earth and water, and the two hands fire and air. the brain then symbolizes the sacred fifth element- ther--which controls and unites the other four. if the feet are placed together and the arms outspread, man then symbolizes the cross with the rational intellect as the head or upper limb. the fingers and toes also have special significance. the toes represent the ten commandments of the physical law and the fingers the ten commandments of the spiritual law. the four fingers of each hand represent the four elements and the three phalanges of each finger represent the divisions of the element, so that in each hand there are twelve parts to the fingers, which are analogous to the signs of the zodiac, whereas the two phalanges and base of each thumb signify the th

and upon the two parts were drawn in black fire the figures of the law. these precious inscriptions, aglow with celestial splendor, were delivered by the lord on the sabbath day into the hands of moses, who was able to read the illumined letters from the reverse side because of the transparency of the great jewel (see the secret doctrine in israel or the zohar for details of this legend) the ten commandments are the ten shining gems placed by the holy one in the sapphire sea of being, and in the depths of matter the reflections of these jewels are seen as the laws governing the sublunary spheres. they are the sacred ten by which the supreme deity has stamped his will upon the face of nature. this same decad was celebrated by the pythagoreans under the form of the tetractys--that triangle

he potency that established the higher, or celestial, sphere. without doubt the mosaic tablets have their prototype in the stone pillars or obelisks placed on either side of the entrance to pagan temples. these columns may pertain to that remote time when men worshiped the creator through his zodiacal sign of gemini, the symbol of which is still the phallic pillars of the celestial twins "the ten commandments, writes hargrave jennings "are inscribed in two groups of five each, in columnar form. the five to the right (looking from the altar) mean the 'law; the five to the left mean the 'prophets' the right stone is masculine, the left stone is feminine. they correspond to the two disjoined pillars of stone (or towers) in the front of every cathedral, and of every temple in the heathen times

orders: products of nature and products of art. god works through nature and man through art, he asserts in his guide for the perplexed. thus the word of the lord is the hand, or active principle, by which the will of the creator is traced upon the face of his creation. the tannaim, or initiates of the jewish mystery school, alone possessed a complete understanding of the significance of the ten commandments. these laws are esoterically related to the ten degrees of contemplation constituting the path of ecstasy, which winds upward through he four worlds and ends in the effulgence of ain soph. p. 99 [paragraph continues] my house be established "in the splendor of mental and spiritual illumination, the high priest stood between the pillars as a mute witness to the perfect virtue of equili

or the foundation of form; and malchuth represents the two feet, or the base of being. occasionally jesod is considered as the male and malchuth as the female generative power. the grand man thus conceived is the gigantic image of nebuchadnezzar's dream, with head of gold, arms and chest of silver, body of brass, legs of iron, and feet of clay. the medi val qabbalists also assigned one of the ten commandments and a tenth part of the lord's prayer in sequential order to each of the ten sephiroth. concerning the emanations from kether which establish themselves as three triads of creative powers- termed in the sepher ha zohar three heads each with three faces--h. p. blavatsky writes "this [kether] was the first sephiroth, containing in herself the other nine sephiroth, or intelligences. in t

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

asures; by my idle words, my lies, and my deceit; by my false vows in various ways; and by my continual slander and calumny. i detest also the crimes which i have committed within; the treachery and discord which i have incited; my curiosity, greed, false speaking, violence, malediction, murmurs, blasphemies, vain words, insults, dissimulations; my sins against god by the transgression of the ten commandments, by neglect of my duties and obligations, and by want of love towards god and towards my neighbour. furthermore i hate the sins which i have committed in all my senses, by sight, by hearing, by taste, by smell, and by touch, in every way that human weakness can offend the creator; by my carnal thoughts, deeds, and meditations. book one page 23 in which i humbly confess that i have sin

odours thou shalt afresh, perfume the aforesaid paper with the names; but thou shouldest have these names ready prepared beforehand. then show them the holy pentacles, and ask of them what thou wilt, and thou shalt obtain it; and having gained thy purpose, send away the spirits, saying: the license to depart. by the virtue of these pentacles, and because ye have been obedient, and have obeyed the commandments of the creator, feel and inhale this grateful odour, and afterwards depart ye unto your abodes and retreats; be there peace between us and you; be ye ever ready to come when ye shall be cited and called; and may the blessing of god, as far as ye are capable of receiving it, be upon you, provided ye be obedient and prompt to come unto us without solemn rites and observances on our part

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

sed like sunless ants in sunless caves (aeschylus)and the king said to her, be not afraid: for what sawest thou? and the woman said untosaul, i saw gods ascending out of the earth (i samuel 28:13) dead things are formed from under the water, and the inhabitants thereof.(job 12:5) with this kind of phenomena occurring, we can perhaps make sense of one of the mostenigmatic edicts from the yahwistic commandments:y ou shalt not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heavenabove, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is under the water of the earth (exodus 20:4)in edward bulwer-lyttons book, the coming race, he describes the existence ofadvanced beings living in tunnels and caverns beneath the surface of the earth. herefers to these beings as the ana, saying

re, who would be in theposition to kill cain, since he and his parents were, supposedly, the only beings alivein creation? we read that when moses encounters jehovah at the burning bush god tells hisprophet that he is the god of thy fathers. how can this be? and what does it mean?moreover, why does moses ask to know gods name, if the chosen people, the isra-elites, already knew it? among the many commandments that were levied by jehovah was one categoricallyforbidding magical practices by any of the chosen. why, in this case, were mosesand aaron doing the rod and snake trick in front of the pharaoh and his priests?where do the exceptions begin and end? why does jehovah, who commissioned moses to secure the freedom of the chosenpeople, then continually harden pharaohs heart to prevent their

MORALS AND DOGMA

ides over both. the holy scriptures are an entirely modern addition to the symbol, like the terrestrial and celestial globes on the columns of the portico. thus the ancient symbol has been denaturalized by incongruous additions, like that of isis weeping over the broken column containing the remains of osiris at byblos* masonry has its decalogue, which is a law to its initiates. these are its ten commandments: i [symbol: earth: god is the eternal, omnipotent, immutable wisdom and supreme intelligence and exhaustless love. thou shalt adore, revere, and love him! thou shalt honor him by practising the virtues! ii [symbol: full moon: thy religion shall be, to do good because it is a pleasure to thee, and not merely because it is a duty. that thou mayest become the friend of the wise man, thou

ly _seven_ and _three; and is called the number of perfection. pythagoras represented it by the tetractys, which had many mystic meanings. this symbol is sometimes composed of dots or points, sometimes of commas or yods, and in the kabalah, of the letters of the name of deity. it is thus arranged, the patriarchs from adam to noah, inclusive, are _ten_ in number, and the same number is that of the commandments. twelve is the number of the lines of equal length that form a cube. it is the number of the months, the tribes, and the apostles; of the oxen under the brazen sea, of the stones on the breast-plate of the high priest. iii. the master. to understand literally the symbols and allegories of oriental books as to ante-historical matters, is willfully to close our eyes against the light. t

mean by the number 6 _ans_ the theological cube. the physical cube _qu_ what do you mean by the number 7 _ans_ the seven sacraments. the seven planets _qu_ what do you mean by the number 8 _ans_ the small number of elus. the small number of wise men _qu_ what do you mean by the number 9 _ans_ the exaltation of religion. the exaltation of matter _qu_ what do you mean by the number 10 _ans_ the ten commandments. the ten precepts of nature _qu_ what do you mean by the number 11 _ans_ the multiplication of religion. the multiplication of nature _qu_ what do you mean by the number 12 _ans_ the twelve articles of faith; the twelve apostles, foundation of the holy city, who preached throughout the whole world, for our happiness and spiritual joy. the twelve operations of nature: the twelve signs

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

ther than an asset. some thinkers have already pointed out that we are progressing too fast in intellect and too slow emotionally. our technology is that of the year 2000, but our morals date of 3000 to 4000 b.c. we are brought up by our parents to behave as if the social conditions of the second half of the twentieth century were the same that led moses to conceive the tribal code called the ten commandments. unless we put the intellect in its proper perspective (the reasoning faculties, after all, occupy only one fifth of the total capacity of our brains, and develop a moral code better adapted to our present stage of evolution, we may end by atom- bombing each other to extinction. the purpose of liber al is precisely to introduce a new, fully adapted, code of ethics. the author estimate

s must understand that orthodox qabalistic jewish orders resented crowley even more. the jews, considering themselves the chosen people, having succeeded, despite all persecutions, in imposing their tribal codes on western society, could not look with favour upon a messiah who not only committed the unpardonable crime of being gentile, but also tried to pass himself for irish, pooh poohed the ten commandments, and described the bible as by "several anonymous authors" however, what neither crowley nor the jews realized was that this verse of al has nothing to do with pogroms, enforced sterilization, or such other modern versions of doing-in- the -amalekites. mercy let be off: let chesed, mercy, be under control of tiphareth and binah (off= 6+6+6= 18=3x6 "damn them who pity" pity is, as we h

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

to performing his job well without the help of the lord, and thus, by placing his activity on the path of perfection, he might raise himself to the kingdom of god. an individual's fine craftsmanship implied that he was a good servant of the all powerful deity, who in return granted the worker the grace of approaching him. this grace also required an conclusion 271 implicit obedience to all moral commandments. the whole of life was placed in a convergence of the sacred and the necessity to heed the demands of the divine. the initiatory ritual of death and resurrection is the ascetic reflection of the model of christ's passion. more than any other profession, that of construction illustrated this concept perfectly through the different kinds of knowledge it required and the conjunction of s

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 1

ith precision. if nothing was painful, there would be no need for any specific desires, that it should be one way and not the other. it would make no difference at all what we did, because the pleasure for everything would be equal. it is specifically chochmah (insight) which determines what is or isn t desirable. for this reason chochmah of arich (insight of desire) is the source of the mitzvot (commandments) of the torah (the above principle applies to the enclothement of all the seven lower sefirot of atik (pleasure) within the seven upper sefirot of arich (desire. an additional example is how malchut of atik (kingdom of pleasure) is enclothed in netzach of arich (conquest of desire. malchut of atik represents the great pleasure of being the king and ruling over others. it therefore is

tain, equals 81. 81 multiplied by the three parts of the vessels (inner, middle and outer) equals 243 (which is the numerical value of the name avram. plus the 5 kindnesses, which make the body grow, equals 248 (which is the numerical value of the name avraham. this is the name that he was called after g-d added the letter heh to his name) these 248 limbs and organs correspond to the 248 positive commandments in the torah. altogether, there are 613 commandments in the torah. the 248 positive commandments correspond to the 248 limbs and organs in the body, and the 365 negative commandments corresponds to the 365 sinews in the body, as well as the 365 days in the solar year) zeir anpin the emotions now that we have understood all of the above, we must return to the explanation of the emotion

ight (ohr ein sof) before tzimtzum. the essential heyulie "thought of thought" is when he thinks the actual meaning in combinations of letters. this is when it arose in his simple thought and desire "i shall rule (ana emloch) etc. this thought is in accordance to his essential heyulie desire (keter) and heyulie wisdom (chochmah, as explained above (because of this when a person below performs the commandments and sublimates his desire to g-d s desire, this reaches all the way up, to renew and awaken the essential original intention of g-d in his essential desire and thought for creation (as mentioned before, all of these details exist in the essential singularity of ohr ein sof (the infinite light) before the tzimtzum, because if they do not, where did they come from? however, they do not

re is an absolute concealment of g-dliness (which is the very definition of "evil. it is specifically because of this that there is no innate sublimation to g-dliness, whatsoever, on the part of human beings. however, for this very reason, it is specifically human beings who have the free choice and the ability to accept the yoke of g-d s kingship upon themselves and sublimate themselves to g-d s commandments and desire, solely because they freely choose to do so, as opposed to the angels who are compelled by their nature. therefore g-d specifically loves and desires us over and above all the angels, even the highest angels in the highest worlds. this physical world is made up of two general levels of kelipah (external shells. the first level is kelipat nogah, which contains some good in i

irst level is kelipat nogah, which contains some good in it (in a concealed way. it can therefore be transformed and sublimated to g-dliness through the efforts of man. an example is a cow. it can be used for either kosher or non-kosher meat. a jew has the ability to elevate and sublimate the meat to g-d when he makes a blessing over it, and eats it with the intention of serving g-d and doing his commandments. furthermore, when he actually uses the energy derived from the food in the service of g-d, he elevates it further, and transforms it into holiness. however, there is another category of kelipot (external shells) which cannot be rectified or transformed, except by g-d himself. this category is called "the three impure kelipot, because they have no goodness in them at all, and cannot b

emotions in his heart (chesed and gevurah, which are the love of g-d and the fear of being separated from him, will also never be aroused. because of this his netzach, hod, and yesod (the gut emotions which compel one to act upon his feelings, will also not be aroused. because of this, there will either be no final action (malchut, or the final action will be like a body without a soul. whatever commandments (mitzvot) he performs, will be done completely by rote, with no life or enthusiasm, whatsoever. moreover, those who attempt to work themselves into an emotional froth of forced enthusiasm and who attempt to arouse pleasure and emotional excitement in their divine service, without the prerequisite of hitbonenut, are making a grave error. because they skip this necessary prerequisite, w

nsient pleasures of this lowly physical world and following paths that lead to nowhere, without having questioned why he is here and how he is here. because he does not seek truth, his life flies by without his having fulfilled the purpose of his existence. he might not even realize or contemplate that there is a purpose. as mentioned before, even many people who study torah and keep its mitzvot (commandments, do so by rote, without enthusiasm and emotions, or delude themselves into a false sense of emotional excitement, without truly seeking g-d. this is because they have not contemplated and grasped, in a way of hitbonenut, to truly understand the purpose of their existence. in contrast, one who has tasted the results of his efforts in the path of truth can testify to the fact that love

s the only path upon which his feet trod, and there is profound purpose to his existence. he gives his life over to his creator, and his sole desire is to fulfill the will of his master and king. truly, this is the purpose of man, as stated "in conclusion, after everything has been heard (which, as mentioned before, refers to the understanding and comprehension of binah, fear g-d, and fulfill his commandments, for this is the whole (purpose) of man" lastly, it must be pointed out that "the reward is commensurate to the effort, as the talmud states "he who claims that he has toiled but has not found, is not to be believed, he who claims to have found without toil, is not to be believed. however, he who claims that he has toiled and has found is to be believed" de ah et hashem the knowledge

divinely inspired as a consequence of the toil of hitbonenut. bodies without souls the first category of "service" cannot be considered to be a level in divine service at all. unfortunately, most people fall into this category and it must therefore be discussed in order to dispel the delusions which people have fallen into, in imagining that they are serving g-d. these are people who fulfill the commandments (mitzvot) completely by rote, with no thought into their actions whatsoever. on the contrary, the commandments (mitzvot) are actually a burden to them. their minds and hearts, and their very souls, are not involved in the torah which they learn or the actions which they perform. therefore their performance of the commandments (mitzvot) is completely mechanical by nature and devoid of

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 2

emotions in his heart (chesed and gevurah, which are the love of g-d and the fear of being separated from him, will also never be aroused. because of this his netzach, hod, and yesod (the gut emotions which compel one to act upon his feelings, will also not be aroused. because of this, there will either be no final action (malchut, or the final action will be like a body without a soul. whatever commandments (mitzvot) he performs, will be done completely by rote, with no life or enthusiasm, whatsoever. moreover, those who attempt to work themselves into an emotional froth of forced enthusiasm and who attempt to arouse pleasure and emotional excitement in their divine service, without the prerequisite of hitbonenut, are making a grave error. because they skip this necessary prerequisite, w

nsient pleasures of this lowly physical world and following paths that lead to nowhere, without having questioned why he is here and how he is here. because he does not seek truth, his life flies by without his having fulfilled the purpose of his existence. he might not even realize or contemplate that there is a purpose. as mentioned before, even many people who study torah and keep its mitzvot (commandments, do so by rote, without enthusiasm and emotions, or delude themselves into a false sense of emotional excitement, without truly seeking g-d. this is because they have not contemplated and grasped, in a way of hitbonenut, to truly understand the purpose of their existence. in contrast, one who has tasted the results of his efforts in the path of truth can testify to the fact that love

s the only path upon which his feet trod, and there is profound purpose to his existence. he gives his life over to his creator, and his sole desire is to fulfill the will of his master and king. truly, this is the purpose of man, as stated "in conclusion, after everything has been heard (which, as mentioned before, refers to the understanding and comprehension of binah, fear g-d, and fulfill his commandments, for this is the whole (purpose) of man" lastly, it must be pointed out that "the reward is commensurate to the effort, as the talmud states "he who claims that he has toiled but has not found, is not to be believed, he who claims to have found without toil, is not to be believed. however, he who claims that he has toiled and has found is to be believeevthe arizal never wrote a commen

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

etical to g-dliness. in order that these states of gevurah not leave her with an entirely negative attitude, she must periodically gmate h with the male principle, in which chesed predominates. this mitigation of nukva fs gevurah-states by z feir anpin fs chesedstates is termed gsweetening h the gevurah. this is the meaning of g cto work it, h [which, according to the sages, refers to] the active commandments, for [by performing the active commandments] we draw down masculine water upon us. g cand to guard it h refers to the passive commandments, which guarded the garden so that evil could not attach itself. gand g-d took the man and place him in the garden of eden to work it and to guard it. h5 the sages comment: g eto work it f refers to the active commandments, while eto guard it f refe

[by performing the active commandments] we draw down masculine water upon us. g cand to guard it h refers to the passive commandments, which guarded the garden so that evil could not attach itself. gand g-d took the man and place him in the garden of eden to work it and to guard it. h5 the sages comment: g eto work it f refers to the active commandments, while eto guard it f refers to the passive commandments. h6 here, the active commandments elicit the masculine water while the passive commandments are feminine water. the passive commandments are clearly associated with gevurah, the judgmentality that guards the garden from intrusion by forces antithetical to g-d consciousness. but in the present case [i.e, that of the world before the flood, there was no masculine water at all; rather, t

ef vav-alef-vav yud-vav-dalet hei-alef vav-alef-vav hei-alef in each case, it can be seen that 26 letters are used in the regression. mabul: mem-beit-vav-lamed= 40+ 2+ 6+ 30= 78. the word mabul thus alludes to the withdrawal of the divine life-force indicated by these iterations of the name havayah from the world* when noah came out of the ark after the flood, g-d re-articulated the seven noahide commandments to him. included in this is the prohibition of tearing the flesh off a living animal, which generalizes to causing unnecessary pain to animals. the arizal on parashat noach (2) 44 regarding killing animals, it is mentioned in the zohar9 that no creature was created purposelessly. it is [therefore] forbidden to kill it purposelessly. as the sages state: gall that the holy one, blessed

ed. there is a difference between the rectification required for those souls who issued through illicit seminal emission and that required for the vav-hei, which are the 11 spices of the incense. the numerical value of vav-hei (6+ 5) is 11. to elevate the sparks of the vav-hei, we give ourselves over to the unity [of g-d] in reciting the shema. when we eat we also rectify [this. by performing the commandments and studying the torah we elicit [divine beneficence] from the source of these above, so that it elevate those below also. this is how we rectify the unholy descent of the vav-hei into the realms of evil adjacent to the world of beriah. as for the souls propagated by adam fs unholy seminal emissions. shem, ham, and japheth were the roots of those souls, and came to rectify them. but t

they could be rectified in the water. although the earthly pharaoh fs intentions were evil, he was unwittingly trying to rectify the souls that had become reincarnated in the generation of the exodus by immersing them in water, which is a metaphor for the torah. but they were not fully rectified until they came to marah, where they were all fully rectified. at marah, the jews received their first commandments, as a sort of transitional law between the universal laws of the noahides and the 613 commandments of the torah. moses also rectified the hei of abel fs name [hevel, and thus then everything was rectified. when moses received the full torah and transmitted it to the jewish people, all the souls that made up adam fs original soul were finally rectified .translated from likutei torah 13

ense of self, there is no conflict between these two; in fact, this is because our animal consciousness has either not yet begun to be rectified (i.e, educated for morality and altruism) or is only in the very beginning stages of this process. but as we approach maturity and develop an awareness of the fact that there is a g-d, and that g-d has charged us with rectifying the world, i.e, doing his commandments and sanctifying mundane life so that his beneficence can flow properly into the world, our animal nature begins to mature as well, realizing it cannot always get what it wants and do what it wants to do. at this point, the unrectified aspects of the animal soul begin to rebel, and the person is plunged into the conflict of adolescence, when his selfish nature goes to war against his r

e are four partzufim within rachel alone, which sometimes combine to form one collective partzuf, just like the supernal ima. based on the above, it is explained in chassidut that the two hei fs manifest in the cave of machpelah are the lower and upper garden of eden, the abode the soul in the afterlife. in the lower garden of eden, the soul receives its reward for the physical performance of the commandments it fulfilled in this world, while in the upper garden of eden it receives its reward for the intellectual and emotional intentions it invested into performing these commandments. the two hei fs become manifest as the two levels of the garden of eden because the form of the hei indicates expansion into dimensions: the three lines that make up the hei indicate the three dimensions of br

over the body, the divine soul and the good inclination gradually manifest themselves as the person grows up. ideally, the child receives a proper jewish education, so by the time he or she has reached the age of bar- or bat-mitzvah, he or she has learned how to control the evil inclination. the divine soul is then fully manifest in the body and the child is therefore obligated to perform all the commandments. 9 par. proverbs 30:15. the arizal on parashat shemot 232 if this is not the case, however, and the child is not educated properly, the manifestation of his or her divine soul will be stunted, and its full manifestation will have to wait until later on in life. but nonetheless, the very fact that the body develops is enough to obligate the person to full performance of the torah fs co

hysical development is enough to give the growing child the ability to think for himself or herself and contemplate his or her role in society, and if the child were to use this ability properly, he or she could (theoretically, at least) arrive at the conclusion that g-d exists, he has a law for humanity to follow, and so forth. every thirteen (or twelve-)year old is thus obligated to fulfill the commandments, no matter what. the exodus from egypt is analogous to birth. the ten plagues also have their analogues in this context. the first plague was that of blood, for the womb cannot open without bleeding first. for if the blood would not come out first, the child would choke and drown in the blood, which correlates to the powers of impurity. blood issuing from the womb is associated with t

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

natural connection with the affair [in hand, about which it is made [or] to further it. yet they have been taught in this manner of old [that is, by tradition] to keep them in an implicit obedience, still busy, and yet still ignorant every age transmits such supposedly profitable folly, and reckons it a greater piaculum to neglect such [traditions] than to transgress god's most holy and undoubted commandments. this is the secret charm of the stewarts of appin [used] against falling evil [epilepsy] and palsy [and] tied about the person's neck: in nomine patris and filij et spiritus sancti amen. dirupisti domine vincula mea tibi sacrificabo hostiam laudis, et nomen domini invocabo nomen jesus nazarenus rex judeorum titulus triumphahs defendas nos ab omnis malis sancte deus, sancte fortis, sa

RUBY TABLET OF SET

nt hebrew religion progressed through four stages (1) pre-mosaic animism and magic (2) national monolatry (one god but toleration of others (3) monotheism, and (4) dualism [adapted from persian zoroastrianism (after zaratustra, ca. 600 bce. dualism involves a conflict between two opposing forces of the cosmos in persia ahura mazda vs. ahriman, and later in israel yahweh vs. satan. the hebraic ten commandments are now dated by most "old testament" scholars to ca. 600 bce, some 700 years later than the exodus. in the hebraic system, yahweh is not intelligible through reason or logic, but rather through prophesy and the history of events, whether or not the events' outcomes seem appropriate("theodicy. hence the hebrews adopted a linear concept of time, as well as the notion of a "covenant" be

ns and hear the voice of god or satan telling them to do things of a religious nature. offenders who feel little, if any, guilt over their crimes may need little justification for their antisocial behavior. as human beings, however, they may have fears, concerns, and anxiety over getting away with their criminal acts. it is difficult to pray to god for success in doing things that are against his commandments. a negative spiritual belief system may fulfill their human need for assistance from and belief in a greater power or to deal with their superstitions. compulsive ritualism (e.g, excessive cleanliness or fear of disease) can be introduced into sexual behavior. even many "normal" people have a need for order and predictability and therefore may engage in family or work rituals. under s

ne star in sight] 33. then the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon& said unto the queen of heaven; write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals; write unto us the law! crowley desires the means for reunion with the whole to be explained to him in terms of ordeals (stresses necessary to destroy the self, rituals (mental and physical exercises to bring initiates closer to nuit, and law (commandments that are to be obeyed to achieve the reunion. 34. but she said: the ordeals i write not: the rituals shall be half known and half concealed: the law is for all. nuit refuses to identify the suicide "ordeal" required of separate personalities for absorption into the whole. the procedures for the rituals will be imparted, but the weakening of the self resulting from those rituals will n

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

been orphaned, after all, he absolutely insists "what has happened here in brickhall tonight is a socio--political phenomenon. let's not fall into the trap of some damn mysticism. we're talking about history: an event in the history of britain. about the process of change" at once gibreel's voice changes, and his subject--matter also. he mentions _pilgrims, and a _dead baby, and _like in "the ten commandments, and a _decaying mansion, and a _tree; because in the aftermath of the purifying fire he is dreaming, for the very last time, one of his serial dreams- and hanif says "listen, mishu, darling. just make-believe, that's all" he puts his arm around her, kisses her cheek, holding her fast _stay with me. the world is real. we have to live in it; we have to live here, to live on. just then

SATANGEL

firmament and of the ether: upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water; of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of god may be obedient unto me! spirit active: rending the veil hear me aot abaot bas-aum isak sabaot iao this is the lord of all spirits this is the lord of the world this is he whom the winds fear this is he who having made voice of his commandments is lord of all things king ruler and helper hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether: upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water; of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of god may be obedient unto me [here takes place the binding and commanding, to whatever act of sorcery is vo

SATANIC BIBLE

eckon. to the north and to the south i show a sign proclaiming: death to the weakling, wealth to the strong! 2. open your eyes that you may see, oh men of mildewed minds, and listen to me ye bewildered millions! 3. for i stand forth to challenge the wisdom of the world; to interrogate the "laws" of man and of "god! 4. i request reason for your golden rule and ask the why and wherefore of your ten commandments. 5. before none of your printed idols do i bend in acquiescence, and he who saith "thou shalt" to me is my mortal foe! 6. i dip my forefinger in the watery blood of your impotent mad redeemer, and write over his thorn-torn brow: the true prince of evil- the king of slaves! 7. no hoary falsehood shall be a truth to me; no stifling dogma shall encramp my pen! 8. i break away from all co

SATANIC RITUALS

atanism. consequently, a degree of compatibility-necessary to a successful workingexists within the chamber. of course, anyone can say "i believe" simply to gain access. it will be up to the discerning magician to determine actual sincerity. because lesser magic is everyday magic, a finely attuned sense of discrimination is essential for all accomplishment. in addition, one of the most important "commandments" of satanism is: satanism demands study-not worship! this book was, for the most part, written because the author believes that ritual magic should be removed from the sealed vacuum in which it has been held by occultists. scant yean ago, the satanic bible first publicly advanced magical techniques and working procedures utilizing sexual energy and other emotional responses. since the

are wrong and to destroy their books. truth and falsehood are known to me. when temptation comes, i give my covenant to him that trusts in me. moreover, i give counsel to the skilled directors, for i have appointed them for periods that are known to me. i remember necessary affairs and execute them in due time. i teach and guide those who follow my instruction. if anyone obey me and conform to my commandments, he shall have joy, delight, and comfort (pause, gong is struck) ii i requite the descendants of adam, and reward them with various rewards that i alone know. moreover, power and dominion over all that is on earth, both that which is above and that which is beneath, are in my hand. i do not allow friendly association with other people, nor do i deprive them that are my own and that ob

ey agree with, and conform to, my statutes. whatsoever is contrary to these they have altered; do not accept it. three things are against me, and i hate three things. but those who keep my secrets shall receive the fulfillment of my promises. it is my desire tht all my followers shall unite in a bond of unity, lest those who are without prevail against them. now, then, all ye who have followed my commandments and my teachings, reject all the teachings and sayings of such as are without. i have not taught these teachings, nor do they proceed from me (do not mention my name nor my attributes, lest ye regret it; for ye do not know what those who are without may do (pause, gong is struck *no longer mandatory v o ye that have believed in me, honor my symbol and my image, for they remind you of

SATANICON

ed that unseen and unknown god which is supposed to be eternally existing and worshipped solely the spirit of god. this irrational practice of xian worship is understandably confused because without their professed true knowledge, xian man does not know, nor does he understand the proper way to worship his mythological god. thus he continues to employ true xian creationism, violating inapplicable commandments supposedly mandated by his creation the false and imperceptible god. truly, genesis story of creation actually began when the first church, or man-made house of god was established (beginning with moses and the hebrew tradition in the thirteenth century bc; and jesus and xianity in the first century ad, thus ushering in the curse: the actual fall of man the wholesale loss of human int

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

or form to nonhuman things, such as the gods. apathia: stoic belief that happiness comes from freedom from internal turmoil. apeiron: anaximander s term for the first principle, an undefined and unlimited substance. arche: the beginning or ultimate principle; the stuff of all matter, or the building block of creation. arihant: an enlightened person. ark of the covenant: a cabinet in which the ten commandments were kept in the first temple of jerusalem. artha: prosperity and success in material affairs. asatru: a neo-pagan religion based on worship of the norse (scandanavian) gods. ascetic: a person who practices rigid self-denial, giving up all comforts and pleasures, as an act of religious devotion. jain monks and nuns are ascetics. asha: righteousness that derives from natural law. ashke

god through his words. christianity, like other organized religions, has at its center rules and doctrines believed to be supernaturally inspired. this means that these rules and doctrines are based on beliefs about what is beyond the observable world. some deal strictly with spiritual matters, but often provide rules and guidelines for behavior meant to be followed here on earth, such as the ten commandments. the commandments provide ten rules that followers of both the jewish and christian faiths are told to follow. a role similar to that of jesus is taken by muhammad (c. 570 632) in islam. muhammad is considered the true prophet and messenger of god to whom the angel jabra il (gabriel) communicated god s will. baha u lla h (1817 1892) was the messenger for the baha faith, as was moses (

of jesus as lord, the son of god, at the same time both human and divine. for buddhists, it is the desire to begin the journey and the ultimate end of the journey, enlightenment. both religions also share the concepts of moral codes that govern human behavior, an organized priesthood, roots in historic personalities, and reverence of divine or semi-divine founders. christianity inherited the ten commandments, rules that guide human behavior, from judaism, and added to them the stories and teachings of jesus. buddhism has the five precepts and the eightfold path for moral living. priests, ministers, and other clergy lead the faithful in christianity, while monks and nuns do much the same in buddhism. christians worship god the father. buddhism, though it has no supreme being, has world rel

ut also in society as a whole. in fact, many observers divide a religion into two categories: its ethical teachings and its spiritual teachings. examples abound for the moral teachings of religions. in the abrahamic religions of judaism, christianity, and islam, which have a common source in the prophet abraham, there are similar codes of ethical behavior contained in basic rules, such as the ten commandments. religions with their origins in asia also have codes of moral behavior and right living, as seen in buddhism s five precepts and eightfold path. in addition to instructions for proper living, religions have also been responsible, in part, for the rule of law in society. religious law was one of the early inspirations for secular or nonreligious legal codes. the code of hammurabi, the

god s love for humanity. jesus inspired in his followers a sense of mutual affection and joy and urged them to get rid of the selfish boundaries between people. as jesus said in matthew chapter 22, verses 37 40 (also referred to as 22:37 40, you shall love the lord your god with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind .you shall love your neighbor as yourself. on these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets. jesus also preached that those who followed the word of god would have everlasting life. in matthew 6:14 15, jesus spoke of the power of forgiveness: if you forgive men their trespasses, our heavenly father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your father forgive your trespasses. for jesus, love and fo

shiva) but these take several divine forms. 2. all humans are divine. 3. unity of existence is achieved through love. 4. all hindus should strive for religious harmony. 5. all hindus should have knowledge of the three gs: ganga (the sacred river, gita (the sacred scripture, and gayatri (the sacred mantra, or mystical formula that aids contemplation and meditation. additionally, hindus accept ten commandments or disciplines: 1. satya, truth; 2. ahimsa, nonviolence; 3. brahmacharya, avoidance of adultery (being unfaithful to one s spouse; 4. asteya, no desire to possess or steal; 5. aparighara, not being corrupt; one branch of hinduism is the hare krishna movement, founded by caitanya mahaprabhu in the sixteenth century. hare krishnas worship the god krishna as the supreme being. joseph soh

mportant part of santer a, just as it is for vodou, and the names of ancestors are often recited at santer an rituals. ancestor worship is based on the belief that the dead live on in some form of afterlife and are able to influence the lives of their still-living family members. the living family members exercise great respect for their ancestors and may ask them for favors. the santer an eleven commandments just as christianity and judaism follow the ten commandments delivered to the jewish people by moses (c. 1392 1272 bce, santeros follow the eleven commandments of a santer an altar may contain candles, flowers, and offerings of food. animal sacrifice, most commonly chickens, is an element of the religion. this practice it criticized by some, but is a protected religious right in the u

self-defense and for your sustenance. 3. you will not eat human flesh. 4. you will live in peace among yourselves. 5. you will not covet your neighbor s properties. 6. you will not curse my name. 7. you will honor your father and mother. 8. you will not ask more than i can give you and you will be content with your fate. 9. you will neither fear death nor take your own life. 10. you will teach my commandments to your children. 11. you will respect and obey my laws. santer an rituals many of the rituals and practices of santer a are kept as secret as possible. a person can gain full and accurate information about santer a only by being initiated into the religion. such a person is called an ab orisha. santer a, unlike such religions as christianity and judaism, does not have a sacred book o

in the first five books of the tanakh; these five books are collectively called the torah. the key event was god s appointment of the prophet abraham (c. 2050 c. 1950 bce) as the leader of the israelites, god s chosen people. another key event was the bondage, or enslavement, of the jews in egypt and their exodus, or escape, under the leadership of the prophet moses, who received from god the ten commandments (religious laws) and gave them to the jewish people. judaism became more structured and organized under kings saul (c. 1020 1000 bce, david (d. 962 bce, and solomon (tenth century bce, who constructed a magnificent temple (the first temple) in jerusalem in the tenth century bce. there, in a room called the holy of holies, the ark of the covenant was kept. this cabinet contained the ta

SEPHER HA BAHIR

as reported about you and i feared. what did he understand? he understood god s though. even [human] though has no end, for man can think, and descend to the end of the world. the ear also has no end and is not satiated. it is thus written (ecclesiastes 1:8, the ear is not satiated from hearing. why is this so? because the ear is in the shape of an aleph. aleph is the root of the ten the bahir 21 commandments. therefore the ear is not satiated from hearing. 80 what is the meaning of the letter zayin in the word ozen (ear? we have said that everything that the blessed holy one brought into his world has a name emanating form its concept. it is thus written (genesis 2:19, all that the man called each living soul, that was its name. this teaches us that each thing s body was thus. and how do

offer sacrifice must elevate them [and those who] unify them [must] unify them among these. and; what are they? the people, as it is written to the people [this means] for the sake of the people. 124. why are the hands lifted when they are blessed in this manner? it is because the hands have ten fingers, alluding to the ten sephiroth with which heaven and earth were sealed. these parallel the ten commandments. in these ten are included the 613 commandments. if you count the letters in the ten commandments, you will find that there are 613 letters. they contain all 22 letters except teth, which is missing in them. what is the reason for this? this teaches us that teth is the belly and in not included among the sephiroth. 125. why are they called sephiroth? because it is written (psalm 19:2

of life. one who wishes to be worthy of the way of life must therefore endure the rebuke of admonition. 151. another explanation: life is the torah, as it is written (deuteronomy 30:19, and you shall choose life. it is furthermore written (deuteronomy 30:20, for it is your life and your length of days. if one wants to be worthy of it, he should reject physical pleasure and accept the yoke of the commandments. if he is afflicted with suffering, he should accept it with love. he should not ask, since i am fulfilling the will of my maker and am studying the torah each day, why am i afflicted with suffering? rather, he should accept it with love. then he will be completely worthy of the way of life. for who knows the ways of the blessed holy one? regarding all things, one must therefore say

showed him a tree. this is the tree of life the bahir 41 that satan had removed. he then cast it into the water, and the water became sweet. the blessed holy one then gave the satan a decree and a law, and it was there that he proved israel. the blessed holy one warned israel saying (exodus 15:26, if you listen to the voice of the lord your god [and do what is upright in his eyes, give ear to his commandments, and keep all his decrees, then all the sickness that i brought upon the egyptians, i will not bring upon you, for i am god who heals you. 162. what is this like? a king had a beautiful daughter, and others desired her. the king knew about it, but could not fight those who wanted to bring his daughter to evil ways. he came to his house and warned her, saying, my daughter, do not pay a

ning of the verse (genesis 8:21, for the urge of man s heart is evil from his youth. it is evil from his youth, and it does not incline [in any direction] other than the left, for it is already accustomed to be there. it is regarding this that the blessed holy one said to israel (exodus 15:26, if you listen to the voice of the lord your god, and do what is upright in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and not to the commandments of the evil urge and keep all his decrees and not the decrees of the evil urge [then all the sickness that i brought upon the egyptians, i will not bring upon you] for i am god who heals you. 164. what does the evil urge gain? what is this like? a king appointed clerks over the lands of his kingdom, over his work and over his merchandise. each and every thi

ns turning aside, since he turns all the world aside to the balance of guilt. how is this indicated? it is written (genesis 38:16, and he turned aside to her, and the targum renders this vesata [satah being the root of satan. it is likewise written (proverbs 4:15, turn aside (s the) from it and pass on. 165. what is the significance of the seventy date palms? they had accepted upon themselves the commandments, as it is written (exodus 15:26, if you listen to the voice of the lord your god. immediately after this we find (exodus 15:27) and they came to elim (elimah [where there were twelve wells of water and seventy date palms. what is the meaning of elimah? it is eli mah to me is what. where there were twelve wells of water. at first god gave it to them as wells, and in the end, he gave it

f you turn away from him and do not listen to him. he is the prince of chaos. it is thus written (1 samuel 12:21, do not turn aside, for you will follow chaos. it will not help or save, for it is chaos [it cannot help or save] but it can do harm. the advice that i give you is that you should (exodus 15:26, listen to the voice of the lord your god, do what is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments, and keep all his decrees. when you keep all his decrees, then, all the sickness that i brought upon the egyptians, i will not bring upon you. why did he say all this? in order to close all doors, so that he should not find you soft at times and hard at times. when you keep all his decrees, then all the sickness that i brought upon the egyptians through my hand i will not bring upon y

ld of moab, the head of the cliff, and it looks down on the face of the yeshimon. and from the heights (bamot) to the valley that is in the field of moab. this is that which is prepared. and what is that which was in the field of moab? do not read moab, but mayav from a father. this is the father regarding which it is written (genesis 26:5) because abraham hearkened to my voice, kept my trust, my commandments and my decrees what is this field? it is the one that is at the head of the cliff, and which also looks down on the face of the yeshimon [yeshimon] is interpreted to mean heaven. regarding that pipe, it is written (song of songs 4:15, a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing from lebanon. what is lebanon? we say that this is wisdom. what are the willows of the brook (na

e i am god who makes you holy from every side. 183. why do we say [in the blessing after food, on all that he created [blessed]is the life of worlds. why do we not say, on all that you created? the bahir 48 but we bless the holy one, who grants his wisdom to this life of worlds. it then provides for all. 184. what is the reason that we say [in blessings, blessed are you] who made us holy with his commandments and commanded us [in the third person? why do we not say, that you made us holy with your commandments, and you commanded us [in the second person? this teaches us that all commandments are included in the life of worlds. because of his love for us, he gave us [the commandments] in order that they should make us holy and allow us to be worthy. why? because when we are in this world, w

SIFRA DETZNIYUTHA

v h, the wreath of compassion, and were wreathed with a cluster of grapes.118 and the lord hvhy said to mosheh: why do you cry to me?119 explicitly stating to me. speak unto the children of israel, that they move forward.120 explicitly stating that they move forward. it depended on fate.121 for he wished to honor the beard. and what is right in his eyes you will do, and you will hearken unto his commandments, and you will keep all his statutes,122 up to here, for i am the lord hvhy, your healer.123 exclusively for this. 15 chapter five woe people of sin, congregation heavy with iniquity, seed of evildoers, children..124 seven grades: v v y h h v h v h h d vy emits d d h h y vh h h emits v d v v 125 the son (rb, bar) conceals adam who is male and female, which are v d. and it is written: c

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

grip with morton l. janklow of the council on foreign relations (cfr (photo: cfr annual report, 1990) secret handshakes of the illuminati 171 dr. foy valentine (left, president of the masonic-founded group, americans united for separation of church and state, with the anti-christian group's executive director, barry lynn. the group is a leader in working to stop prayer in schools, remove the ten commandments from public display, and prevent public displays or mention of christmas. egyptian ambassador to israel mohammed bassiouny (center) and his wife with israel prime minister shimon peres. as is the practice of the members of both the grand lodge of jerusalem and the masonic lodges of cairo and egypt, the left hand is used to conceal the masonic nature of the grip (photo: the jerusalem p

of freemasonry, the degree of intimate secretary, the concept of a triple triangle is introduced, said to be emblematic of the three masons who were present at the opening of the first lodge of intimate secretaries. it is further claimed that king solomon was one of those three present. it is significant that in the first book of kings in the holy bible, king solomon rebelled against god and his commandments and began to worship the god and goddess of the heathen in his temple. he also required of the high priests of black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 363 solomon's temple that they annually render to him, as tribute, the sum of 666 talents of gold. undoubtedly the number 666 is symbolically the triple triangle, because the holy number of the goddess was 666. in mackey's

THE BOOK OF PLEASURE

tetragrammaton. duality being unity, is time, the complex of conception, the eternal refluctuation to the primeval reality in freedom-being trinity of dualities, is the six senses, the five facets of sex-projecting as environment for self-assimilation in denial, as a complete sexuality. being tetragrammaton of dualities is twelvefold by arrangement, the human complex, and may be called the twelve commandments of the believer. it imagines the eternal decimal, its multiplicity embracing eternity, from which spring the manifold forms, which constitute existence. vitalized by the breath of self-love, life is conscious of one. self being its opposing force, is alternately conflict, harmony, life and death. these four principles are one and the same-the conception considered as the complete "sel

tetragrammaton. duality being unity, is time, the complex of conception, the eternal refluctuation to the primeval reality in freedom-being trinity of dualities, is the six senses, the five facets of sex-projecting as environment for self-assimilation in denial, as a complete sexuality. being tetragrammaton of dualities is twelvefold by arrangement, the human complex, and may be called the twelve commandments of the believer. it imagines the eternal decimal, its multiplicity embracing eternity, from which spring the manifold forms, which constitute existence. vitalized by the breath of self-love, life is conscious of one. self being its opposing force, is alternately conflict, harmony, life and death. these four principles are one and the same-the conception considered as the complete "sel

rld and another. this moral code is a dramatised burlesque of the conceptive faculty, but is never so perfect or simple in that it allows latitude for change in any sense, so becomes dissociated from evolution, etc; and this divorce loses any utility and of necessity for its own preservation and the sympathy desired, evolves contradictions or a complication to give relationship. transgressing its commandments, dishonesty shows us its iniquity, for our justification; or simultaneously we create an excuse or reason for the sin by a distortion of the moral code, that allows some incongruity (usually retaing a few unforgiveable sins- and an unwritten law) this negative confession is a feigned rationalism that allows adventitious excuses. a process of self-deception to satisfy and summarily per

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

omination into a doomsday cult and later revealing himself to group as being the reincarnation of jesus and the bud- t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mystery religions and cults 313 t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 314 mystery religions and cults the cult of the restoration of the ten commandments appears to have had its origins in the late 1970s when a group of schoolchildren claimed to have received visions of the virgin mary on a soccer field in the town of kibeho, rwanda. a cult of the virgin, combining roman catholicism with aboriginal religious traditions, formed and spread to southwest uganda. it was here that credonia mwerinde, a store proprietor and brewer of banana be

cism with aboriginal religious traditions, formed and spread to southwest uganda. it was here that credonia mwerinde, a store proprietor and brewer of banana beer, said that the virgin mary appeared to her in 1984. in 1989, mwerinde met joseph kibwetere, a school administrator and politician, and informed him the virgin required his aid in spreading a message: people must restore value to the ten commandments and strictly follow their admonitions if they were to escape damnation at the end of the world. and the end was near: according to mwerinde s visions, the world would end on december 31, 1999/january 1, 2000. the convictions of mwerinde and the newly inspired kibwetere proved to be convincing, and membership in uganda swelled to 5,000. the rules for the program dictated by the virgin

tness in kanungu told police that he had caught sight of the two leaving the festivities with suitcases in hand and wondered at the time why they would leave before their party had ended. sources: fisher, ian. exploring the deadly mystique surrounding a uganda cult. new york times on the web,april 1, 2000. sieveking, paul. shallow grave. fortean times, july 2000, 34 38. the restoration of the ten commandments dha. in jonestown, guyana, on november 14, 1978, jones joined 638 of his adult followers and 276 of their children in a mass suicide. in rwanda, credonia mwerinde combined a cult of the virgin mary and roman catholicism with aboriginal religious traditions and allowed the heavenly messages to end the lives of over 1,000 members by mass murder on march 15, 2000. in switzerland, the ord

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 3

d to him at birth by extraterrestrials who is forced to battle another powerful, but evil, mind similarly endowed. in love t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 110 mysterious creatures at first bite (1979, hamilton brought his film career back from limbo with his portrayal of a comedic vampire. in 1968 charlton heston (1924, the star of the ten commandments (1956) and ben hur (1959, for which he won an oscar, appeared in planet of the apes as an astronaut who arrived in earth s future to discover that intelligent apes were ruling the planet. he continued his role as an astronaut displaced by time in beneath the planet of the apes in 1970. in the grimly futuristic the omega man (1971, heston is the single human immune to a terrible virus

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

h a law founded upon a common or agreed upon opinion. however, gfehm h could also mean something that was set apart, and the leaders of the holy vehm soon decided that their crusade against evildoers had set them apart and above the laws that governed others. within a few decades of its formation, the vehm had more than 200,000 free men and commoners in its ranks.each man sworn to uphold the ten commandments and to eliminate all heresies, heretics, perjurers, traitors, and servants of satan. once anyone was suspected of violating one or more of the lord fs commandments or laws, he or she was brought before one of the holy vehm fs courts and was unlikely to escape the death sentence to be hanged. because of the great power that the vehm acquired, it conducted trials of noted outlaws and th

vehm. once the outlaws, thieves, and other assorted brigands had been largely driven from westphalia, the vehm turned its attention to t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d secret societies 15 theholy vehm was formed by free men and commoners to protect themselves from the marauders. those men and women suspected of heresies or of betraying the commandments of god in a variety of sins. before suspects came to court, they were served with three summonses, each of which gave them the opportunity of attending voluntarily. each summons also gave the accused a period of consent of six weeks and three days. because the tribunals of the vehm had gained a reputation of pronouncing only death sentences, few people attended the courts of their own

time, symbolizes hermetic harmony and equilibrium, the working unity of the male and female principles of nature and of humankind; and in humanity, the merger of soul and spirit. the number 14 symbolizes the descent of spirit into matter and represents the activity of humankind in the round of the seasons. the devil (arcanum fifteen) represents trouble. being an individualist, the devil upset the commandments of heaven, which enforced moral conduct, and so brought turmoil to the masses. he is the symbol of bad luck and of t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d prophecy and divination 131 female tarot card reader displaying a prediction (corbis corporation) destruction, the antithesis of good. fifteen signifies destiny and represents the im

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

northberwick coven, in 1590,[5] it was stated that "satan stood as in a pulpit making a sermon of doubtsomespeeches, saying 'many comes to the fair, but buys not all wares, and desired him 'not to fear though he wasgrim; for he had many servants who should never want and should ail nothing, and he should never let anytear fall from their eyes as long as they served him. and gave their lessons and commandments to them asfollows 'spare not to eat, drink, and be blyth, taking rest and ease, for he should raise them up at the latterday gloriously. in the trial of some lothian witches' the preacher is said to have preached "the doctrines ofthe infernall pitt, viz. blasphemies against god and his son christ, in other words, he held forth on what heconsidered to be the true faith and abused the o

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

ns (netzach, hod, yesod and malkuth) to their source. halevi, based on the work of freud in particular, notes that the source of this conscience is originally formed from the parental model, and thus must be observed, and replaced by an individualised conscience. this is one of the minor inversions of work defined by the tree as the initiate progresses. it is interesting to note that when the ten commandments are allocated to the tree, that of geburah is "honour thy father and mother. i would suggest that this is kabbalistically interpreted as "recognise the elements of parental conditioning in ones own nature and by analysis and synthesis, observing in awareness, judge which are appropriate, and which are not, discarding the latter and forming ones own model" we must note that the punishm

THE MARTINIST OPERATIVE GENERAL RITUAL

to extinguish in me the ardour of evil passions and allow the virtue of power and purity to dwell in me. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. prayer to be said while putting on the sandals: o lord, happy are those who are honest in their ways and who walk according to thy will. o almighty god, may thus my actions be regulated, as well as my steps, so that i may preserve faithfully thy ordinances and thy commandments. may they both lead me victoriously during this terrestrial life unto the original plane which i have left of my own fault. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. prayer to be said while vesting the bandolier or collar of the degree: grant me, o lord of hosts of heaven, the power always to preserve in honour 16 and faithfulness this precious adornment of my reconciliation, and may this shoulder

THE PATH OF KABBALAH

labour and the delving in the text, we will be able to feel his light directly and completely. the learning environment according to the design of creation, we must come to a state where we can live by spiritual laws. the troubles we all experience, the global disasters and catastrophes, 195 of 273 all come in order to bring each of us as individuals, and mankind as a whole, to keep the spiritual commandments while still living in this world. baal hasulam writes about kabbalah: it is a method for, the revelation of his godliness to his creatures in this world (matan torah. he doesn t write about what happens after death, but specifically of what must happen to us while we are here in this world. kabbalah is only about the things we need in this world, the things we must attain if we don t

ed. chapter 7.6 talk..error! bookmark not defined. 224 of 273 part five: religion, prejudice and kabbalah 225 of 273 chapter 5.1 religion or science? the science of kabbalah a science or religion? kabbalah is often associated with tradition and even with religion. in most cases, this is a result of the difficulty in finding the logic in the old customs and the various prohibitions in the mitzvot (commandments. it is a difficulty that is expressed directly or indirectly by antagonism toward religion. this is the reason for the important need to clearly distinguish between kabbalah and religion. every religion relies on a certain prophet, a person who was connected with spirituality and circulated his knowledge among people. this argument is at the basis of every religion, meaning that every

c intentions, meaning under the limitations of this world. yet he still follows the creator s will. that is why kabbalists never object to the keeping of corporeal mitzvot, but only emphasize that mere physical performance is not enough to attain the purpose of creation. furthermore, spiritual operations should be performed in order to assist the reception of the upper light. those are called the commandments of the creator. but here arises a problem: one is capable of performing only those operations that he thinks will yield personal gain. if he is not certain of the reward for his efforts, his egoism will not allow him to make even the slightest effort. that is why there is such widespread objection to the wisdom of kabbalah, because it argues that they perform the mitzvot in an incompl

her religions because the wisdom of kabbalah is simply not a religion, but a science. it is not related in any way to religions, faiths, and clairvoyance of any kind, not even to judaism. any believing jew, when asked if he is proficient in kabbalah would reply that he is not, and sees no need to be. and he is right. one does not need the wisdom of kabbalah for the purpose of performing religious commandments. besides, the study of kabbalah increases one s egoism; they increase one s desire for knowledge, and rely on self-discovery and understanding of the spiritual world, whereas religion relies on self-restriction, coercion and settling for the limitation of desires. q: do other religions also have ways to attain the spiritual worlds? 234 of 273 a: all other religions speak of internal p

al rise. the books tell us of the spiritual worlds in several languages. the wisdom of kabbalah is a science that teaches the structure of the upper world. it utilizes for that purpose the language of sefirot, partzufim, drawings and schemes. the torah describes the upper world for us in an ordinary language. besides the kabbalah, there is also the language of legends and the language of mitzvot (commandments, precepts. let us try and translate the language of the torah to the language of the wisdom of kabbalah. the torah describes for us the process of the creation of the upper world, its structure, the design of its development, and after that it depicts the process of the man s creation. however, the torah does not refer to a person of our corporeal world. rather it refers to the creati

the same thing? the purpose of creation is to bring man to a state where he is in his corporeal envelope and in this body, and at the same time attains complete adhesion, sameness and likeness with the creator. or to be more precise, that all the worlds will combine inside us to a point where we and the creator will form one reality, merging and uniting with him; taking his paths and keeping his commandments. in order for one to attain that perfect and eternal state, meaning the purpose of creation, we are given the torah in this world. that is why the torah was only given to man after he came into this world, after he has sunk into the egoism, into his corporeal body. the torah was given to people, not to angels. because all the creatures consist of evident and total egoism. if one takes

the sukkah no longer exists on simchat torah, because the light has already entered the soul and filled it entirely, hence the complete feeling of joy expressed in this joyous festival. this holiday (spiritual situation) occurs when the soul is filled with joy for the reason that it fills the creator with joy. on pesach and sukkot kabbalists are especially meticulous and keep even the most strict commandments, because these two holidays symbolize the two most crucial moments in the evolution of the soul and the attainment of the purpose of creation, meaning the process of the discovery and reception of the upper knowledge the creator. it is the essence of the wisdom of kabbalah. these two moments (pesach and sukkot) symbolize the beginning and the end of one s spiritual way, hence their sp

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

its organs of respiration, it will then have grasped a greater truth than all philosophies have ever promulgated, than all religions have ever revealed. gand they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed h: this is virtue. gand the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked h: this is vice. know thyself, be thyself, honour thyself, are the three greatest commandments we can follow. this truth, universal and in its totality, crowley thunders forth midst sunshine and lightning. if, it is good to kiss, then is it also good to know where kisses may lead to. we have already seen them rising upward from youth through the passion of maturity, concrete and abstract, earthly and spiritual; now let us turn about and descend the slippery road of lust, so ess

rd man-god. f f f this is but the overman of the egoistical philosophy of nietzsche. hermes struck a higher chord when he said: gto create god, is to accomplish our own creation, to make ourselves independent, impassible, and immortal. h blake demonstrated the at-oneness of good and evil very clearly in gthe marriage of heaven and hell. h gi tell you no virtue can exist without breaking these ten commandments, h he says, referring to the decalogue. further back in his gproverbs of hell, h he writes: you never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. the pride of the peacock is the glory of god. the lust of the goat is the bounty of god. the wrath of the lion is the wisdom of god. the nakedness of woman is the work of god. for everything that lives is holy. in samuel bu

the reflection of the sun appear in a lake whose surface is constantly ruffled by wind and rain, by hail and thunderbolt, by the diving of birds and the falling of rocks *time, vol. ii, p. 281. in fact, throughout the whole of volume ii of the collected works runs a great river of esoteric mysticism, which in the earlier works was a glittering network of sparkling streams. in gtime h we find the commandments of yama and niyama mentioned, though we must never forget that the conditions of success vary for every individual, and that crowley might advise one pupil to drink more, and another to abstain. he doubts that extreme virtue is a necessary condition for one who is desirous of attaining this state of bliss *time, vol. ii, p. 276. in the beginning of gpentecost h descriptions of asana a

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

f.p.o.f (to herald) z: v in the beginning was the word. h: v and the word was with god. j: v and the word was god. z: are you a perfect magician? can: i am that i am. z: give me the word of a perfect magician. can: it has not been communicated to me. z: before this can be done, it is necessary for you to hear the law. brethren, do your duty (h. j. her. form a triangle about can) j (recites the 10 commandments, fires and pulls c.t. off r.a) h (recites thou shalt love the lord thy god with all thy heart and thy neighbour as thyself) file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c5.html (14 of 22 [12/28/2001 2:03:44 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o (stabs can. in the back and pulls c.t. off l.a. can. falls into arms of herald who is kneeling in front of

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, i will give all these countries, and i will perform the oath which i sware unto abraham thy father; 26:4 and i will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 26:5 because that abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 26:6 and isaac dwelt in gerar: 26:7 and the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, she [is] my sister: for he feared to say [she is] my wife; lest [said he] the men of the place should kill me for rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon. 26:8 and it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that abimelech king of the philistines

oses, saying, what shall we drink? 15:25 and he cried unto the lord; and the lord shewed him a tree [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 15:26 and said, if thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the lord thy god, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, i will put none of these diseases upon thee, which i have brought upon the egyptians: for i [am] the lord that healeth thee. 15:27 and they came to elim, where [were] twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. 16:1 and they took their journey from elim, and all the congregation of the children of israel

eat that to day; for to day [is] a sabbath unto the lord: to day ye shall not find it in the field. 16:26 six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day [which is] the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 16:27 and it came to pass [that] there went out [some] of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 16:28 and the lord said unto moses, how long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 16:29 see, for that the lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 16:30 so the people rested on the seventh day. 16:31 and the house of israel called the name thereof manna: and it [was] like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it

] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth: 20:5 thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for i the lord thy god [am] a jealous god, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me; 20:6 and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 20:7 thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy god in vain; for the lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 20:8 remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 20:9 six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 20:10 but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the lord thy god [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant

w the god of israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness. 24:11 and upon the nobles of the children of israel he laid not his hand: also they saw god, and did eat and drink. 24:12 and the lord said unto moses, come up to me into the mount, and be there: and i will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which i have written; that thou mayest teach them. 24:13 and moses rose up, and his minister joshua: and moses went up into the mount of god. 24:14 and he said unto the elders, tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, aaron page 45 exodus and hur [are] with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 24:15 and moses went up into the mount, a

the house of the lord thy god. thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother s milk. 34:27 and the lord said unto moses, write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words i have made a covenant with thee and with israel. 34:28 and he was there with the lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. and he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 34:29 and it came to pass, when moses came down from mount sinai with the two tables of testimony in moses hand, when he came down from the mount, that moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he exodus page 52 talked with him. 34:30 and when aaron and all the children of israel saw moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 34:31 an

shall burn them upon the altar [it is] the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat [is] the lord s. 3:17 [it shall be] a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. 4:1 and the lord spake unto moses, saying, 4:2 speak unto the children of israel, saying, if a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the lord [concerning things] which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: 4:3 if the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the lord for a sin offering. 4:4 and he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before t

his inwards, and his dung, 4:12 even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. 4:13 and if the whole congregation of israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done [somewhat against] any of the commandments of the lord [concerning things] which should not be done, and are guilty; 4:14 when the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. 4:15 and the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the lord: and the bullock shall

ullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 4:21 and he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it [is] a sin offering for the congregation. 4:22 when a ruler hath sinned, and done [somewhat] through ignorance [against] any of the commandments of the lord his god [concerning things] which should not be done, and is guilty; 4:23 or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: 4:24 and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the lord: it [is] a sin offering. 4:25 an

TRUE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT

course) and a statue of beelzebub from the dusty garderian archives, a thought occurred to me" you know" i suggested "if you ever, in all this stuff, happen across a copy of the book of shadows in the handwriting of aleister crowley, it would be of considerable historical value" i understated the case. it would be like finding the book of mormon in joseph smith's hand, or finding the original ten commandments written not by god himself, but by moses, pure and a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 16 simple (better still, eleven commandments, with a margin note "first draft) i didn't really expect anything to come of it, and in the months ahead, it didn't. in the meantime, i had managed to acquire the interesting document i first mistook for gerald gardner's (

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

ess behavior. the trouble is, social customs and mores are not meaningless. they only appear absurd to those who lack the ability to intuitively sense their rnear;ing. this is the role of the prophet. prophets are men and women in touch with spirit on an intense per* sonal level. in ages past, prophets translated the guiding insights of spirit into human laws, which were then institutionalized as commandments from god. in the age of reason, the pronouncements of prophets are denounced and ridiculed as the ravings of lunatics. spirit still speaks to individuals, but society no longer listens. magic provides a way for those lost in the confusion of the world to find themselves. it offers no dogma, but the means to awaken the center of spirit that exists within each human being. the spiritual

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

ovenant stood (josh. 4:9. this seems to indicate that there were two sets of twelve stones, one a monument of the crossing, and the other a sacrificial altar. it is absurd to think that all the words of the law delivered by god to moses could be written upon the mortared stones of the monument-there would not be enough space, or time, to write them. what is probably intended is the list of twelve commandments spoken by moses in the form of twelve curses (deut. 27:15-26, one for each stone. the purpose behind all this carrying and setting up of stones was to sanctify the ground on the far bank of the jordan river, which was until the day of the crossing the land of foreign gods. this was done with the banners of ihvh, symbolized by the twelve stones taken out of the riverbed and assembled o

er, which was until the day of the crossing the land of foreign gods. this was done with the banners of ihvh, symbolized by the twelve stones taken out of the riverbed and assembled on the far bank in the form of an altar, or pair of altars. sacrifice the twelve stones 69 was essential to attract the god of the israelites through its blood offering and entice this god across the river. the twelve commandments in the form of curses are part of a magic ritual conducted by joshua on the far bank of the jordan to exorcise the foreign soil and prepare it to receive the spirit of god that is resident within the ark. this is the reason the priests carrying the ark remain standing in the middle of the river, which the ark has miraculously caused to dry up "until everything was finished that the lo

ng angels said to be under the sons of fury and the daughters of the just, beyond noting the occurrence of three and six in the number. the phrase "behold the voice of god" is interesting, since we would not normally assume that spoken words could be perceived visually. however, the words of god are the events of the world. in the bible, the words of god frequently appear in written form. the ten commandments were not merely dictated by god but were incised into the stone tablets by the finger of god (exod. 31:lb. in the vision of st. john, the name of the great whore appendix a: the keys 225 babylon is written in her forehead (rev. 17:5, and the name of the mounted warrior christ is written on his thigh (rev. 19:16. this prominence of writing has to do with the peculiar reverence of the a

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

speak it. pearse there are two types of theater critic. one thinks he s god almighty, the other is sure of it. a gossip speaks ill o a, and a o her. wisdom a man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. taking the second thoughts means taking the first steps to wisdom. a questioning man is half way to begin wise. the wisest words ever written were the ten commandments. the most foolish words were written by those who ignored them. the wisest man sees the least, says the least, but prays the most. a word to the wise is enough. a small leak will sink a great ship. let sleeping dogs lie. truth has a gude face but raggit claes. truth will aye stand without a prop. a wise man wavers, a fool is fixed. he s wise that can mak a friend o a fae. the first st

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

aphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels and angels. from a christian point of view, the number nine represents: 1. unity of the godhead. 2. the hypostatic union of christ. 3. trinity. 4. evangelists. 5. wounds of jesus. 6. is the number of sin. 7. gifts of the spirit, rev. i. 12; and jesus 7 times spoke on the cross. 8. beatitudes. 9. orders of angels. 10. commandments. 11. apostles besides judas. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 12. original apostolic college. 13. college completed by st. paul. the nine muses of ancient greece were called daughters of zeus and mnemosyne (memory, and were calliope, poetry; clio, history; melpomene, tragedy; euterpe, music; erato, love, inspiration and pantomime; terpsichore

of deuteronomy xxiii. v. 3 to mean for ever. nehemiah xiii. 1. the kabalists called 5, 6 and 10 circular numbers, because when squared, the result shows the same number in the unit figure, thus: 5x5=25 and 5x25=125 6x6=36 and 6x36=216 10x10=100 and 10x100=1000 numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott an old periphrasis mentioned by shakespeare is, i d set my ten commandments in your face, meaning the finger nails for scratching. see 2 henry vi. i.3. the mahometans say that ten animals were admitted to paradise and are as follows: 1. kratim, the dog of the seven sleepers. 2. ass of balaam. 3. ant of solomon. 4. whale of jonah. 5. the calf (not ram) offered to jehovah by abraham instead of isaac, his son. 6. the ox of moses. 7. the camel of the prophet sale

id. a similar form is given by hebrew kabalists to form 72, the deity number, by placing in a triangle four yods, three hehs, two vavs and one heh final, being the letters ihvh of the tetragrammaton; or they may be put conversely. note that ten is used as a sign of fellowship, love, peace and union, in the masonic third token, the union of two five points of fellowship. in the bible, we notice 10 commandments, 10 instruments to which jewish psalms were sung, 10 strings in the psaltery, and that the holy ghost descended ten days after the ascension. tucer, rabanus and raymond lully associate the numbers 8 to air, 5 to fire, 6 to earth and 12 to water. apuleius states that among the egyptians it was customary to fast 10 days before sacrificing and budge says that they used a 10-day week. num

m chvh chvo lilit, that is, adam, eve, out of doors lilith. jesus, in matt. xii. 43, plainly allows the doctrine that evil spirits may haunt fields, which grotius says the jews think; and their word demon and field are similar, being shdim (fields) and shdim (evil deities; the siddim are mentioned in psalm cvi. 37. it is called the number of sins and the penitent, because it exceeds the number of commandments and is less than twelve, which is the number of grace and perfection. but sometimes even eleven receives a favor from god, as in the case of the man who was called in the eleventh hour to the vineyard, who yet received the same pay as the others. 101. rabbi jochanan says that eleven sorts of spices were mentioned by god to moses on mount sinai as suitable for holy incense. numbers--th

WOLFSON ELLIOT ALEF MEM TAU KABBALISTIC MUSINGS ON TIME TRUTH AND DEATH

cited from the writings of cordovero, can be seen legitimately as an embellishment of the rabbinic sensibility outlined above. of the numerous passages that illustrate the point, i have chosen the following comment of shalom dovber schneersohn, the fifth master of the lubavitch dynasty, renowned for his sophisticated philosophical presentation of hasidic lore: 70 chapter two by means of torah and commandments the light of ein sof is drawn forth from above the order of concatenation [seder hishtalshelut, and even above the grade that is the source for the order of concatenation, for even though torah comes forth from hokhmah, it is known that this is only what comes forth from hokhmah, but in its root it is higher than this, for it extends from the aspect of hokhmah that is in keter, which

in no way diminished or altered the expiatory effectiveness of jewish ritual. in a rhetorical quip that captures the rabbinic conception of imaginal time, study of the laws pertaining to sacrifices is placed on equal footing with offering sacrifices. the attitude expressed in terms of this particular rite illustrates the larger claim that the timeless character of torah thwarts the restriction of commandments to spatial or temporal preconditions. precisely this quality is what necessitates that the quest for meaning ensue timelessly in time not as a linear sequence subject to calculation and charting but as a spontaneous flash, a crack in the spatial spread of the timeline, completely in and of the moment what sufis call waqt, the instant in which, according to al-qushayri, the disposition

resence of three tenses of eternal temporality within malkhut past, present, and future (avar howeh weattid) may be deduced from dov baer s analysis: the root of the becoming of time [shoresh hithawwut ha-zeman] is in the aspect of malkhut, which is specifically the aspect of the feminine [nuqba, and this is the matter [of the rabbinic principle] that women are exempt from time-dependent positive commandments for time is in the feminine,271 but the name yhwh, that is, what was, what is, and what will be as one [hayah howeh we-yihyeh ke-ehad] is above the aspect of past, present [and future] time. for the essence of the light of ein sof, which is entirely above time [asmut or ein sof she-lema alah min ha-zeman legamrei, shines through the aspect of time of the feminine [ya ir bi-vehinat ha

? he contemplated the thought of the holy one, blessed be he [hevin mahshavto shel haqadosh barukh hu. just as thought has no limit, for men think they can descend even to the end of the world, so the ear has no end and it cannot be satiated, as it is written, the ear cannot have enough of hearing (eccles 1:8. why is this so? for the ear is in the image of alef, and alef is the essence of the ten commandments [aseret hadibberot. therefore, the ear cannot have enough of hearing.26 the theosophic deciphering of the letters comprising ozen is presented as another explanation (davar aher) of habakuk s prophetic pronouncement, lord, i heard your teaching, i was in awe, yhwh shama ti shim akha yare ti (hab 3:2. the hearing (shemi ah) is decoded as a matter of contemplating and the teaching (shim

cept as the unthought, so the path to attain it can have no boundary and hence cannot be approached except as the unapproachable. the allegation that the ear has no limit rests on the presupposition that this organ can never be satiated, that is, one can never have listened enough. the ear is thus correlated with the mystery that can be re/covered in the uncovering of alef, the essence of the ten commandments revealed to the israelites at sinai. it is likely that in the bahiric text, based on older rabbinic sources, the ten words refer metonymically to torah, for the ten commandments comprise the totality of 613 precepts.27 hence, the initial letter in the first word of the decalogue, anokhi, i (exod 20:2; deut 5:6, is alef, the secret of yhwh, which encapsulates the entirety of torah. we

ely that in the bahiric text, based on older rabbinic sources, the ten words refer metonymically to torah, for the ten commandments comprise the totality of 613 precepts.27 hence, the initial letter in the first word of the decalogue, anokhi, i (exod 20:2; deut 5:6, is alef, the secret of yhwh, which encapsulates the entirety of torah. we may presume further that in the passage from bahir the ten commandments assume a theosophic intent inasmuch as they allude symbolically to the ten potencies through which god is manifest, a theme that was further embellished and creatively expanded in the historical unfolding of kabbalistic interpreters.28 the homily continues with an explanation of zayin, the second letter in ozen: and what of zayin in ozen? as they say with respect to everything that th

ke the torah of your mother (prov 1:8. it is written, and it gives off rays on every side there is the concealment of his glory (hab 3:4. what is the concealment of his glory [hevyon uzzo? that light that he concealed and hid, as it says, that you hid for those who fear you. regarding that which remained, you did for those who take refuge in you, in this world. they guard your torah, fulfill your commandments, sanctify your great name, and unify it secretly and openly, as it says, in the full view of men. 78 the two lights correspond respectively to the third and sixth of the ten sayings the brilliant light of the world-to-come and the radiant splendor of this world; the treasure of wisdom, which is the quarry of torah, and the treasure of the oral torah.79 the eschatological imagery culle

ngs through which the world was created are said to be comprised within the torah of truth (torat emet. see ibid, 94, p. 179, where torat emet, which is positioned within the attribute called israel, is described as sustaining the ten sayings even though it is to be counted as one of them. see ibid, 87, p. 173, where the ten sefirot through which heaven and earth were sealed correspond to the ten commandments, which are described further as comprising the totality of the 613 commandments. 29. bahir, 54 55, pp. 150 151. 30. in bahir, 114, p. 199, the divine attributes are delineated as the eight extremities in man, to wit, left and right hands, left and right feet, head, body, penis, and the woman who is the mate of the man. insofar as the body and the penis are considered to be one (de-guf

ch had to be hidden for the righteous in the future on account of its greatness, is identified as the fear of the lord, the attribute of all the treasures (sehorot) in the world, the precious stone that is called (on the basis of esther 1:6) soharet, marble, and dar, mother of pearl. the latter is the jewel constructed from one thousandth of the splendor of the former, and it comprises all of the commandments. presumably, the reference here is to the third and tenth emanations, binah and malkhut. see, however, ibid, 116, p. 201, where the lower and upper shekhinah are identified respectively as the light of the all-encompassing glory that emanates from the first light, which is wisdom. and ibid, 131, p. 215. 80. bahir, 106, p. 191. 81. see ch. 3 nn. 50 and 51. 82. this paragraph is based o

Return to Occult Library Index



Related Matches
abraham active adam age ages altar ancient angel angels bible blessed blood child children christ christian christianity commandment commandments corporeal covenant creation creator cross crowley death desires divine doctrine ear earth eden egoism egypt element elements eternal eve evil existence exodus father fathers fear fig fire five force forces form forms masonic garden generation gnostic god gods gold heart heaven history holy human humanity immortal initiate intellect israel jehovah jesus jews jewish judaism kabbalists kabbalah king kingdom knowledge living lord magic magical male manifest manifestation material matter mental mercy mind modern moses mother mount mystery nature negative order paths people physical pillars power priest prophet re rabbi reality religion religions religious revelation ritual rituals sacred sages satan secret set seven sin solomon sons soul souls spirit spirits spiritual state states stone sun symbol tabernacle teachings temple testament three torah tradition traditions tree triangle truth union universal universe virtue water waters winds wisdom world worlds worship yesod yoga zohar


http://www.hollywoodinsiders.net
MWLibCreator Ver.2 By:Michael Wynn