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18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

ses: ursa ivagen, jun. 304; in mhg. himclwagcn, walth. 54, 3^ hcrwagen wackern. lb. 1. 772, 26. the clearest explanation is given by notker cap. 64: selbiu ursa ist pi demo norde mannelichemo zeichenhaftiu fone dien siben glaten sternon, die aller der liut wagc7i heizet, unde nah einemo gloccun joclie^ gescafien sint, unde ebenmichel sint, ane (except) des mittelosten. the anglo-saxons called the constellation wmnes jyisl (waggon's thill, pole, or simply pisl, but carles wccn also is quoted in lye, the engl, charles wain, dan. karlsvogn, swed. harlwagn. is carl here equivalent to lord, as we have herrenwagen in the same sense? or is it a transference to the famous king of christian legend? but, what concerns us here, the constellation appears to have borne in heathen times the full name of

rder in the household marks exactly the office of a motherly deity, such as we got acquainted with in nerthus and isis. then her special care of jiax and spinning (the main business of german housewives, who are named after spindle and distaff^ as men are after sword and spear, leads us directly to the on. frigg, osin's wife, whose being melts into the notion of an earth-goddess, and after whom a constellation in the sky, orion's belt, is called friggja.r rockr, friggae coins. though icelandic writings do not contain this name, it has remained in use among the swedish country-folk (ihre, sub v. friggerock. the constellation is however called maridrocli, dan. mariroch (magnusen, gloss. 361. 376, the christians having passed the same old idea on to mary the heavenly mother. the greeks put sp

the like offence is imputed to frigg too (sffim. 63. yngl. saga cap. 3. in sn. 81 the valshamr of frcyja is spoken of, but in 113-9 that of frigg; the former is supported by sa3m. 70. hence the variations in the name for the day of the week. the ohg. i^r^ifftac ought clearly to be friggjardagr in on, and the on. freyjudagr should be frouwuntac in ohg. hence too the uncertainty in the naming of a constellation and of several plants. orion's belt, elsewhere named jacob's staff and also spindle (coins rfkakarrj, is called by the swedish people friggerock (coins friggae, hire, p. 6g3) or frejcrock (finn magnusen 361, as we noticed before, or frojas rock (wieselgren. 383. the orchis odoratissima, satyrium albidum, a plant from which love-potions are brewed, icel. friggjargras, otlierwise hiona

ly drjxvrepai ywa'ikfs, otl. 11, 386. 434. 15, 422. hesiod scut. 4" we might connect venus with the goth, qino, qens, as venire with qiman; the wei. given would answer to gvenus for venus; the ir. dia beine, friday, from becm, ben (lady= venus= as. cwen. frikka. frouwa. 303 christian way of thinking has substituted mary for the heathen goddess. and the labouring man in zealand speaks of the above constellation also by the name of maridrok, marirolc. several kinds of fern, adiantum, polypodium, asplenium, are named lady's hair, maidenhair, mariewjms, capillus veneris, icel. freyjuhdr, dan. fruehaar, venusstraa, venusgrds, norweg. marigras &c. even if the norse names here have sprung out of latin ones, they showhow venus was translated both by frigg and freyja and mary. as for mary, not only

g was intrusted the divine mother's chest (eski, out of which gifts were showered upon them. it may be, that fuua or folia was at the same time thought of as the full-moon (goth. fulli]?s, lith. pilnatis, masc, as another heavenly body, orion, was referred to frigg or freyja: in the merseburg ms. she is immediately followed by sannct with a sister bindgund, whose name again suggests the path of a constellation. the eddie sol ranks with the asynjor, but sindgund (on. sinn- 1 he bored a hole and crept through as a fly, then as a flea he stung the sleeping goddess till she shook off the ornament: an incident still retained in nursery-tales. conf. the stinging fly at the forging, sn. 131. 2 if we read fria for frua, then folia would stand nearer to her as in the norse, whether as attendant god

ermen, others aiul a narrative verse, avhich i do not suppose is found in the people's mouth' un hcrmen shiug dermen, slaug pipen, slaug trummen, de fiirsten sind kummen met all eren niannen, liebt varus uphangen* the same vowel-ciiange is seen in ermensulen (deed of 1:298 in baring's clavis dipl. p -193 no. l.j, a weslplialian vilkige, now called armcvseul. 356 heroes. give irmineswagen for tlie constellation arctus, plaustrum coeleste, i do not know on what authority: this wain would stand beside wuotanswagen, donnerswagen, and even ingswagen. some of the later as, and several 0. engl, authorities, in specifying four great highways that traverse england, name amongst them er^ningestrdc, running from south to north of the island^ but we may safely assume the pure as. form to have been eor

docs. 184 and 185 (an. lojl) name a jacobsiccch together with the via regia. on. vetrarh, ant (winterway. welsh caer gicydion (p. loo, and arianrod (silver street? which comes near argentoratum. finn, linnunrata (birdway, lith. paukszczitt kid''s, perhaps because souls and spirits tlit in the shape of'birds; hung. hadakuttija (via belli, because the hungarians in nngrating from asia followed this constellation (see suppl. vroneldenstraet (p. 285) and pharaildis lit intelligibly enough with fraa holda and herodias, whose airy voyages easily account for their giving a name to the milky way, the more so, as wuotan, who joins holda in the nightly hunt, shows himself here also in the welsli appellation caer givgdion. even the fact of diana being mixed up with that chase, and juno with the milky

ABRAMELIN3

raint (19) a r i t o n r o c a r o i c l o a t t a o l o r o r a c o r n o t i r a (20) o r i m e l r e m o r e i m o n o n n o n o m i e r o m e r l e i n r o of abramelin the mage 168 no. j is a square of d g squares. belial is the name of one of the four great chiefs of the evil spirits. no. b a is a square of c f squares. orion, the celebrated mythological name of the greek hunter, and of the constellation, is perhaps used here as the name of a spirit. no. b b is a border of b a squares taken from a square of c f squares. kerm a means either a cutting off or else a superinducing. no. b c is a square of b g squares. no. b d is a square of e j squares. bicelon is perhaps from ihlm= diamonds. the root ichl means abiding strength and hardness. no. b e is a border of b c squares from a squa

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

0 -10 jabhah (lion s forehead) 19 e 10 -30 jabhah, zubrah (lion s mane, and 0 -20 sarfah (cor leonis) 20 f 20 -30 sarfah, awwa (the dog, two stars in f, and simak (spica virginis) 22 g gafar (f, i, and k in foot of f, zub ni (horns of h, and 0 -10 iklil (the crown) 24 h 10 -30 iklil, kalb (cor scorpionis, and 0 -20 shaulah (tail of h) 25 i 20 -30 shaulah, na aim (stars in pegasus, and baldah (no constellation) 26 j sa ad al-z bih (the slaughterer s luck, sa ad al-bal a (glutton s luck, and 0 -10 sa ad al sa ad (luck of lucks, stars in k) 28 k 10 -30 sa ad al-sa ad, sa;ad al-akhbiyah (luck of tents, and 0 -20 fargh the former (spout of the urn) 29 l 20 -30 fargh the former, fargh the latter (hind lip of urn, and rish a (navel of fish s belly) table vi 31 clxxv. hebrew letters. clxxvi. nume

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

(cf. 466 +ywn hues, colours, complexions ynwwg brightness; lucifer, the herald star llyh a lamenting, wailing hlly the pleiades hmyk night; by night hlyl priest nhk unto them mhl 76 secret, put away; a hiding-place nwybx rest, peace xxyn slave, servant db( goddess hlyl) 77 prayed h(b overflowing (ps. 124:5) nwdyz towers, citadels ldgm the influence through the paths (cf. 78; destiny, fate, luck; constellation, planet (cf. 483& 536; soul-root lzm goat; strength; violence; glory z( 78 1-12. the mystic number of kether as hua; the number of tarot cards; the sum of the key-numbers of the supernal beard aiwass: the angel of ra-hoor-khuit( gincorrect h. cf. 93) s)wy) the breaker; dream (n& v) mlx to pity lmx to initiate knx bread (ps. 78:20= mlx, by metathesis) mxl the influence through the pat

yqzx to make them know (ps. 25:4) m(ydwhl nemo (name of magister templi) hymm( an assembly hc( curse hllq 166 under penalty of law (esp. a fine) nwmm byyx the most high nwyl( 167 the unnameable one (a demon) nwmys) fetters (job 36:8) myqyz 168 the supernal parents h)ly )m)w )b) to cover; protect ppx 169 the accentuator mym+ 170 wand [david fs] staff lqm cup lps cloud nn( seasons myd(wm fools; the constellation orion mylysk 171 the original seed (lit. gfrom the chief h; scil. groot h) lyc)m emanating from lc)n the face of god: the name of an angel l)ynp 172 cut, divided (qb he affected( gnot h read) bc(y clusters; grapes mybn( the heel; the end bq( qabalist lbqm the golden image [of nebuchadnezzar (dan. 3 )bhd mlc 173 lighten mine eyes yny( lg i am hwhy thy god kyhl) hwhy ykn) 174 torches m

eth: a door tld the lord of war (ex. 15:3) hmxlm #y) 435 deceived lth his manner (lit. ghis justice h) w+p#m 436 tutor, curator; prefect; administrator spwr+p) hosannah: gsave, we pray! h hn(#wh gsatanas h: the goat satan z( n# 437 balm; the balsam tree nwmsrp) 438 the whole [perfect] stone (deut. 27:6) hmyl# nb) 439 exile, banishment twlg judges my+p# 440 praise; psalm hlht the great dragon (the constellation draco; serpent (lit. gcurls h; see i.r.q. 834; cf. 450& 510) ylt whole; irreproachable; perfect; wholeness; sincerity; perfection mt dead tm 441 a hind tly) truth tm) a live coal tlxg you (masc. pl) mt) 442 the ends of the earth cr) ysp) 443 virgo: a virgin (title of malkuth; a city hlwtb the house of god (cf. 498; also a place name) l) tyb 444 the sanctuary #dqm frogs (drpc 445 the

ae rectificando invenies occultum lapidem h: gvisit the interior of the earth; by rectification thou shalt find the hidden stone h) l(yrtyw secret, put away; a hiding-place *nwybx 727 overflowing (ps. 124:5 *nwdyz fetters (job 36:8 *myqyz 729 the curse of satan n (rq jachin, the pillar of mercy (chokmah-chesed-netzach; situate in netzach *nyx)y the accentuator *mym+ 730 seasons *myd(wm fools; the constellation orion *mylysk 732 white *nbl clusters; grapes *mybn( the golden image [of nebuchadnezzar (dan. 3*)bhd mlc 733 the white head: a title of kether hrwwh)#yr 734 to bring forth dlt# torches *mydypl 736 contortions, convolutions (cf. 1351) twlqlq( to eternity *mlw(l 737 blaze, flame (live coal) tbhl) vain pride, or the basis of vanity lbh t# oak; oak-wood *nwl) 738 the lower part, the loi

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

have a definite effect upon it? this may be but a speculation, but it has its points of interest. if we study astronomical books, and seek to ascertain whether astronomers say that this is so, we shall meet with a vast amount of contradictory opinion; we shall find that some astronomers say that within the pleiades is a central point around which our solar system revolves; others say that in the constellation of hercules is the point of magnetic attraction for our solar system. on the other hand, you will find this flatly contradicted. we shall find some astronomers talking about "star-drift" and saying that the drift or trend, of certain stars is in a specific direction; others argue that the distances are so vast that it is impossible to determine whether certain systems are following a

ens, and in the life that is evolving within them, we have the objective of our solar logos, and the influences that are flowing towards him, attracting him towards them, and making him, in due course of time, radio-active. in the eastern books they say that in the sun sirius lies the source of wisdom, and that the influence or the energy of love emanates from there. then they say that there is a constellation that is even more closely connected with our solar logos, the reason being that he is not, as yet, sufficiently evolved so that he can respond completely to sirius, but he can respond to the influence of the seven sisters of the pleiades. this group is a most interesting one. if you will go to the dictionary and look up the word "electricity" you will find it suggested that it may be

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

, will come comprehension of the words in the book of job "the morning stars sang together" dissonance yet sounds forth, and discord arises from many systems, but in the progression of the aeons an ordered harmony will eventuate, and the day will dawn when (if we dare speak of eternities in the terms of time) the sound of the perfected universe will resound to the uttermost bounds of the furthest constellation. then will be known the mystery of "the marriage song of the heavens" five points to remember the reader is also asked to remember and weigh certain ideas prior to taking up the study of initiation. due to the extreme complexity of the matter it is an utter impossibility for us to do more than get a general idea of the scheme; hence the futility of dogmatism. we can do no more than s

departments of nature. c. the clue as to which scheme forms with ours a duality. d. the true name of our planetary logos and his relation to the solar logos. e "the marriage of the lamb" and the problem of the heavenly bride. a clue to this lies in the solar system of s. which must be read astrologically. f. the mystery of the gemini, and the connection of our particular planetary logos with that constellation. on a lesser scale, and in relation to the microcosm, the following subjects are illuminated when the initiate receives the second great secret, or the fourth which includes the earlier lesser ones: g. the processes of at-one-ment in the different kingdoms of nature. the bridging between the kingdoms is shown him, and he sees the unity of the scheme. h. the method of egoic at-one-men

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

standpoint. in addition to these some hints in connection with the microcosmic and macrocosmic centres, we might here give the cosmic correspondences at which it is possible to hint. the cosmos. our solar system, with the pleiades and one of the stars of the great bear, form a cosmic triangle, or an aggregation of three centres in the body of him of whom naught may be said. the seven stars in the constellation of the great bear are the correspondences to the seven head centres in the body of that being, greater than our logos. again, two other systems, when allied with the solar system and the pleiades, make a lower quaternary which are eventually synthesised into the seven head centres in much the same way as in the human being after the fourth initiation. 1. the base of the spine- 105- a

still further to include the son, and the entire solar system which he animates; his attempt is to find full expression therein, so that eventually and consciously his light may be seen and his heat, or magnetic radiation, may be felt beyond his immediate sphere of influence, the logoic ring-pass-not. both the light of the son and the heat of the son must be felt by the opposite cosmic pole, that constellation which is our system's magnetic opposite. 2. the objective of the units of consciousness. thus, the thought of union and of fusion underlies the entire scheme of evolution; man, the heavenly men, and the cosmic man (the son of the father and the mother) have to a. radiate occult heat beyond their own individualised ring-pass-not. b. occultly blaze forth and demonstrate light or fiery

the logoic causal body, and therefore permeates all manifestation which originates with him. hence the accuracy of the statement that cosmic manas originates on the cosmic mental plane, and is a portion of the fire that animates that plane. second, in the second solar system, and in connection with the method employed therein, another point merits attention. this fire of mind has its source in a constellation until recently unrecognized by exoteric science as having any relation of an intimate nature to our solar system, owing to its tremendous distance away. the sun "sirius" is the source of logoic manas in the same sense as the pleiades are connected with the evolution of manas in the seven heavenly men, and venus was responsible for the coming in of mind in the earth chain. each was pr

low. it should be remembered that all such groups on every planet form a vehicle for the life of a great individual who gives to that hierarchy its distinctive colouring and its unique keynote- 316- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. a number of solar deities who are the radiators of solar magnetism, and the life of form. 4. a peculiar group of beings connected with a certain constellation and the lesser dragon, who have their habitat on neptune and work with the sixth principle in the solar system. they take physical form, animated by purified desire, controlled by mind, and are the dispensers of love-wisdom by means of certain of the "halls of wisdom" on the various planets. the words "halls of wisdom" in their esoteric significance describe a stage of consciousness

o more appreciable in the logoic body than is monadic influence in that of average man, from the one about whom naught may be said, that cosmic existence who is expressing himself through seven centres of force, of which our solar system is one. 7. a series of vibrations which will become more potent as our logos nears that period which is occultly called "divine maturity" which emanate from that constellation in the heavens which embodies his polar opposite. this is a deep mystery and concerns the cosmic marriage of the logos. it will be apparent, therefore, how little can as yet be predicated anent the future of the solar system until the vibrations of the sixth and seventh order become more powerful, and their effects can consequently be studied more easily. it is not possible here to d

pressed under certain definite names. it is possible, therefore, to transmit safely information of a character incomprehensible to the profane in such a phrase, for instance, as "the triangle of..of..and of group..of the agnisuryans formed itself, and in the turning of the wheel produced the third" this conveys to the mind of the occultist the knowledge that in the flow of force from a particular constellation, outside our system altogether, through a particular planetary scheme, and thus through the astral body of a planetary logos, a condition was brought about which produced the appearance of the third kingdom in nature, the sentient conscious animal kingdom. some such similar phrase embodies also the deva connection with man's individualisation, but it profits not to pass it on; the ab

throat centre, show forth their power on the fourth subplane through the mental units. they are the sumtotal of the power of the ego to see, to hear and to speak (or sound) in the strictly occult sense. a hint may here be given to those who have power to see. three constellations are connected with the fifth logoic principle in its threefold manifestation: sirius, two of the pleiades, and a small constellation whose name must be ascertained by the intuition of the student. these three govern the appropriation by the logos of his dense body. when the last pralaya ended, and the etheric body had been co-ordinated, a triangle in the heavens was formed under law which permitted a flow of force, producing vibration on the fifth systemic plane. that triangle still persists, and is the cause of t

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

, may however be briefly noted. for the sake of clear understanding we will simply tabulate a number of statements which should be studied with care by the average investigator in this field. i cannot here write a treatise on the energies with which astrology should deal, sorely as such a treatise is needed. astrologers concern themselves primarily with three types of energy: a. the energy of the constellation in which the sun is posited at the time of birth. b. the rising sign to which the man should respond. c. the moon which governs his form aspect, and particularly the physical form. the energy of the particular constellation or sign in which a man is born is more deeply significant than has ever yet been suggested. it embodies or indicates his present problem, sets the pace or tempo o

he express himself upon the physical plane. owing to the precession of the equinoxes, a situation is brought about in which a fourth type of force makes itself felt. the sun is, in reality, many degrees away in the great round of the heavens from where it is stated to be, as far as the greater zodiac is concerned. this is, of course, from the standpoint of time. as the sweep of the sun through a constellation covers a period of approximately two thousand two hundred years, the shift in the course of the centuries is very slight, so slight that little difference would be noted in the casting of the planetary horoscope. in the casting of the horoscope of a solar system it would be of vital importance, but this is so far beyond the capacity of the wisest astrologer on our planet that discuss

ssion is immaterial. in casting the horoscope of a human being who is born in a particular month, however, it should be borne in mind (which it seldom is) that now the month and the sign do not coincide at all. the sun is really not in leo, for instance, during the month of august. the correct interpretation therefore of a chart is largely psychometrical and dependent upon the thought-form of the constellation which has been built up for ages by the astrologers. energy follows thought. for thousands of years certain types of energy and their consequent qualifying effects on substance and form have been considered to be thus and so. therefore, thus they are, except in the case of the highly evolved, of the true aspirant who has oriented himself, and is thus escaping from the wheel of existe

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

perhuman life, and that life responds consciously to impacts emanating from the solar system as a whole, and from certain constellations (embodied lives) with which our solar system is linked. similarly the solar logos functions through the medium of that gigantic response apparatus which is bounded by the ring-pass-not of a solar system. each form, from that of the tiniest atom to that of a vast constellation, is an embodiment of a life, which expresses itself as consciousness, awareness, and responsive sentiency through the medium of some type of response mechanism. thus we have the establishing of a universe of lives, interacting and interrelated, all of them conscious, some of them self-conscious, and others group-conscious, but all grounded in the universal mind, all possessing souls

et is a focal point through which forces and energies circulate and flow ceaselessly, and that these energies emanate from the outer cosmos or universe itself, from the solar system of which his own planet is a part, and of which our sun is the centre, and from that being who constitutes our own particular planetary lord or life. i should like at this point to make clear the distinction between a constellation and a solar system, according to the esoteric teaching, even though the modern scientist may not agree. a solar system consists of a sun as the central focal point, with its series of attendant planets, which are held in magnetic rapport in their orbits around that sun. a constellation consists of two or more solar systems or series of suns with their attendant planets. these systems

lity of balance and of influence. in a few rare cases this balance is disturbed, and there is a waxing or a waning of influence and of magnetic power. this condition is governed by a cosmic law of rhythm so obscure as to be incomprehensible at this time. an illustration of this waxing and waning of influence and of radiance (synonymous terms in occultism) on a large scale can be seen today in the constellation gemini, wherein one of the- 97- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust twins is increasing in brilliance and power, and the other is decreasing. but this is a somewhat unique example, esoterically. the relation of the constellations to the solar system, which is the basis of astrological research, will be considered later. i seek to p

problem can be solved, it will be one of the potent factors in the restoration of world understanding and harmony. it cannot be solved without the cooperation of the men of good will throughout the world. there is little that i can say anent this matter that can be checked and proved, for the clue to the problem is to be found back in the very night of time and, literally, when the sun was in the constellation gemini. at that time the two pillars were set up which, as all masons know, are two great landmarks in masonry. hence the jewish colouring of all the masonic work, though it is not jewish in the sense that that word conveys today. who, therefore, if the facts are of such ancient import, shall say that i speak with accuracy, or establish the right or wrong nature of my conclusions? i

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

ess in the south. this character has survived, and is in marked contrast to its nature amongst the latin races, with whom the northern custom of feasting and giving christmas presents was unknown until recent years."45 at the time of the birth of christ, sirius, the star in the east, was on the meridian line, orion, called "the three kings" by oriental astronomers, was in proximity; therefore the constellation virgo, the virgin, was rising in the east, and the line of the ecliptic, of the equator and of the horizon all met in that constellation. it is interesting also to note that the brightest and largest star in the constellation virgo is called spica; it is to be found in the "ear of corn (sign of fertility) which the virgin holds. bethlehem means the "house of bread" and there is there

and the line of the ecliptic, of the equator and of the horizon all met in that constellation. it is interesting also to note that the brightest and largest star in the constellation virgo is called spica; it is to be found in the "ear of corn (sign of fertility) which the virgin holds. bethlehem means the "house of bread" and there is therefore an obvious connection between these two words. this constellation is also composed of three stars in the shape of a cup. this is the true holy grail, that which contains the life blood, the repository of the sacred and the holy, and that which conceals divinity. these are astronomical facts. the interpretation of the symbolism attached from ancient days to these constellations is as old as religion itself. whence came the signs, and how the meaning

f christianity is the piscean age, and christ came to the holy land when our sun transitted into that sign. therefore that which was started and had its being in virgo (the birth of the christ child) is consummated in pisces when that christ child, having attained maturity, comes forth as the world saviour. one other astronomical fact is of interest in this connection. closely associated with the constellation virgo, and to be found in the same section of the heavens, are three other constellations, and in these three there is portrayed for us symbolically the story of the child which shall be born, suffer and die and come again. there is the group of stars called coma berenice, the woman with the child. there is centaurus, the centaur, and bo tes, whose name in the hebrew language means t

eventually "bruised" him and led him to his death. according to the concordance, the name mary means "the exalted of the lord" as one says these words, the famous picture, by mulillo, of the virgin, standing on the crescent moon and being gathered up into the clouds of heaven, comes to mind. such is the assumption of the virgin into glory. there is another interesting point in connection with the constellation virgo, upon which we might touch. mary, the virgin, in the symbolism of the ancient wisdom, stands for virgin matter, for the substance which nurtures and nourishes and hides within itself the christ child, the christ consciousness. in the last analysis, it is through form and matter that god stands revealed. that is the story of the divine incarnation. matter, overshadowed by the ho

s. in the last analysis, it is through form and matter that god stands revealed. that is the story of the divine incarnation. matter, overshadowed by the holy ghost, the third person of the trinity, brings to the birth the second aspect of the trinity, in the person of christ cosmic, mythical and individual. associated with the story-book of the heavens there are three constellations (besides the constellation virgo) which are symbolised by women. there is cassiopeia, the woman enthroned. this is the constellation which is the symbol of the stage in human life at which matter and form are dominant and triumphant; when the inner divine life is so deeply hidden that it shows no sign, and only the material nature controls and rules. then there comes the later stage in the history of the race

s trust it is interesting also to bear in mind that asses are definitely associated with the story of mary and her child. two asses are found mentioned in the gospel story, one coming from the north and bearing mary to bethlehem, and the other taking her down into egypt. these are symbols of the two constellations called the northern ass and the southern ass, which are in the neighbourhood of the constellation virgo. we find the human kingdom represented in mary and joseph, with the human unity plus the duality which are so essential to existence itself. in the newborn babe divinity expresses itself. thus, in that little cave, the cosmos is represented. when christ was born in bethlehem, a threefold word sounded forth "glory to god in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

ndividuality, and under its influence the race arrives at self-consciousness and men can function as individuals. christ, in his teaching, emphasised the significance of the individual and in his life demonstrated the supreme value of the individual, his perfecting, his service and- 113- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust his ultimate sacrifice in the interests of the whole. the constellation aquila is always regarded as interchangeable with the sign scorpio, the serpent, and it is therefore frequently used in this connection when considering the fixed cross of the cosmic saviour. scorpio is the serpent of illusion from which the christ nature finally frees us, and it is to the illusory wiles of this serpent scorpio that adam succumbed in the garden of eden. the "face of

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

t the position has become to him perfectly natural, indicates that the cross, which has upheld him for so long, has now disappeared. the man with the water jar upon his head indicates to us poise, equilibrium and balance. for this balance, the understanding of the law of magnetic impulse has prepared him. that is the law of polar union and its symbol is the originator of the zodiacal sign for the constellation libra balance and service. these are the two expressions of divinity which are, today, man's next great objective. service is usually interpreted as exceedingly desirable and it is seldom realised how very difficult service essentially is. it involves so much sacrifice of time and of interest and of one's own ideas, it requires exceedingly hard work, because it necessitates deliberat

far more to the server (in a worldly sense) than to the served. and yet, in spite of all this which indicates wrong motives and false aspiration, service of a kind is constantly and readily being rendered. humanity is on its way to a right understanding of services; it is becoming responsive to this new law and is learning to react to the steadily imposing will of that great life who informs the constellation aquarius, just as our solar logos informs our solar system and our planetary logos informs our earth planet. the idea of service is, at this time, the major idea to be grasped for (in grasping it) we open ourselves wide to the new incoming influences. the law of service is the expression of the energy of a great life, who, in cooperation with him "in whom we live and move and have ou

h the potency of his own inner vibration and magnetism, has drawn and will draw all men to himself. this is the first great idea emerging. the second emerging idea concerns the balancing of the forces which have been mastered. the symbol of the scales is here appropriate, and, of this truth, the three crosses on mount golgotha are also symbols. libra governs this law, and certain forces from that constellation can be sensed when the soul consciousness comes under the influence of the law. these forces are quiescent where the personality is concerned; their effect does not register, even though necessarily present. in law three, the sacrificing god and the god of the dualities come under certain influences which produce more easily recognised effects. by his death and by his victory over th

fic effect upon the energy of a being, whose purpose works out into manifestation through these laws, which are regarded by us as great and inevitable natural laws and also spiritual laws. this effect produces a blending of energies which is both balancing and, at the same time, impelling. in december, 1935, the energies of capricorn were augmented by the pouring in of forces from a still greater constellation which is to our zodiac what the zodiac is to the earth. this augmentation will take place again in 1942. it must be remembered that, from certain angles, the circle of twelve signs or constellations constitutes a special unity which revolves within our universe of heavens as our planet revolves in the centre of our circle of influences. by means of this augmentation during the coming

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

culation and much foolish claiming and interpretation. yet the churches have ever recognized this and the bible has testified to it "the stars in their courses fought against sisera (judges v.20 "who can withstand the sweet influences of the pleiades (job xxxviii.31. many other passages bear out this contention of the knowers. many church festivals are fixed by reference to the moon or a zodiacal constellation. investigation will prove this to be the case and when the ritual of the new world religion is universally established, this will be one of the important factors considered. the establishing of certain major festivals in relation to the moon and in a lesser degree to the zodiac will bring about a strengthening of the spirit of invocation and the resultant inflow of evoked influences

ocation of humanity throughout the planet. the remaining full moons will constitute lesser festivals but will be recognised to be also of vital importance. they will establish the divine attributes in the consciousness of man, just as the major festivals establish the three divine aspects. these aspects and qualities will be arrived at and determined by a close study of the nature of a particular constellation or constellations influencing those months. for instance, capricorn will call attention to the first initiation, the birth of the christ in the cave of the heart, and indicate the training needed to bring about that great spiritual event in the life of the individual man. i give this one instance to you in order to indicate the possibilities for spiritual unfoldment that could be giv

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

er light (a true light in its own right) of the personality is absorbed into the greater light of the angel or soul. the angel, therefore "occultly obliterates" the dweller who becomes lost to sight in the radiant aura of the angel. this has been symbolically portrayed for us in the picture book of the heavens when, according to catholic festivals, the assumption of the virgin takes place and the constellation virgo is lost to sight in the radiance of the sun. there you have the three factors: 1. the virgin .m aterial form .p ersonality .d weller. 2. the sun. spiritual nature. soul. angel. 3. the earth .a spiring man. the disciple. the personality remains; it still exists but it is seen no more as of old. the light of the angel envelops it; the burning ground has done its work and the pers

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

ped or average man and with uranus when considering the highly developed man. they would find some interesting and convincing results eventuate. students would also do well to remember that the twelve constellations which constitute our particular zodiac are themselves the recipients of many streams of energy coming to them from many sources. these blend and fuse with the energy of any particular constellation and transmuted and "occultly refined" eventually find their way into our solar system. i would like to call attention, at this point, to some comments i made in a treatise on cosmic fire which are apposite and helpful. i am somewhat paraphrasing "astrology is concerned with the effect produced in the substance of the sheaths by the influences, vibrations, etc, of the various planets

ous subject and are occupied with the exoteric fringes of that great veil which has been thrown wisely over planetary lore (a treatise on cosmic fire, p. 1051) the following is a list incomplete but adequate for our purposes of the major influences which find their way from far distant sources into our planetary life and produce definite effects upon individual man and humanity as a whole. 1. the constellation of the great bear. i. 2. the seven sisters of the pleiades. 3. sirius, the dog star- 9- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the seven solar systems of which ours is one. ii. 2. the seven sacred planets of which ours is not one. 3. the five non-sacred planets or "hidden" planets. 1. the seven planetary centres. iii. 2. the seven c

them, but after the third initiation, there is a recognition of them upon the physical plane. bringing the theme back to the subject of this treatise, which is that of the seven rays, i would point out that these rays have a close connection with the seven stars of the great bear (again always the four and the three as a secondary differentiation) and to the seven sisters, the pleiades. the first constellation is the agent of positive force to the planetary logos and the other the relayer of the negative aspect. there is, therefore, a direct interchange of energies between the lives of the seven planetary logoi and the stupendous and unfathomable lives who inform these major constellations. great interlocking triangles of force can be found existing between the seven planets and these two

ed upon the cosmic astral plane; hence their potency even when out of manifestation. the fifth creative hierarchy exists on the highest etheric level and will join the other four hierarchies when the sixth creative hierarchy has measured up to cosmic opportunity and is itself nearing liberation. the following is a tabulation showing some of the astrological relationships in connection with 1. the constellation of the great bear. 2. the pleiades or the seven sisters. 3. sirius. 4. the seven solar systems. tabulations i and ii the seven creative hierarchies in active planetary expression 1. the hierarchy of creative powers is divided esoterically into seven (4 and 3) within the twelve great orders. 2. three hierarchies are in this greater cycle of profound significance, the fourth or human c

rst or highest creative hierarchy which is, in its turn, related to the third ray of active intelligence. it was the product of the first solar system. the development of illumination through an awakened intelligence is the first goal of humanity. 9. the fifth creative hierarchy (also numbered 8) is on the verge of liberation. it is peculiarly connected with the tenth creative hierarchy, with the constellation capricorn and with the human personality which veils and temporarily hides the christ principle behind both form and mind. eight is, under some numerical systems, regarded as the number of the christ. 10. the greater builders and the lesser builders, working on the second and third planes of our solar system, have their activities reflected in the work of the lunar lords and the elem

st mysterious one. this mystery is incident upon the relation of the fifth hierarchy to the five liberated groups. this relation, in connection with our particular planet, which is not a sacred planet, can be somewhat understood if the history of the buddha, and his work is contemplated. this is hinted at in the third volume of the secret doctrine. the relation of the fifth hierarchy to a certain constellation has also a bearing upon this mystery. this is hidden in the karma of the solar logos, and concerns his relationship to another solar logos, and the interplay of force between them in a great mahakalpa. this is the true "secret of- 27- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust the dragon" and it was the dragon-influence or the "serpent ene

gy into the solar system. entangled closely with the karma of these two cosmic entities, was that of the lesser cosmic entity who is the life of our planet, the planetary logos. it was this triple karma which brought in the "serpent religion" and the "serpents or dragons of wisdom" in lemurian days. it had to do with solar and planetary kundalini, or serpent fire. a hint lies in the fact that the constellation of the dragon has the same relation to the one greater than our logos as the centre at the base of the spine has to a human being. it concerns stimulation, and vitalisation with a consequent co-ordination of the manifesting fires. a clue to the mystery lies also in the relation of this fifth group to the two contracting poles. they are the five-fold links, the "benign uniters" and "t

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the emerging purpose and will of the soul. when, however, one comes to a consideration of the astrological implications to astronomical happenings the story is very different. people hear the statement made that we are now transitting into the sign aquarius which means that from the angle of the zodiac, which is the imaginary path of the sun in the heavens, the sun appears to be going through the constellation aquarius. this is an astronomical fact at this time and has nothing to do with astrology. the influence, however, of the sign through which the sun may be passing at any particular world period is irrefutable and i can prove it to you here and now. prior to the jewish dispensation when moses was leading the children of israel out of egypt the sun was in the sign taurus. it was passin

sign of the ram. something apart from the findings of academic astrology, which even at present could only touch a very few people, produced these natural reactions. some influence, emanating from the sign of the bull and the sign of the ram produced the symbology which conditioned the religious life of the people of that era. this becomes still more apparent when the sun transitted into the next constellation, the sign of pisces the fishes. then we had the appearance of christ and the fish symbology which ran so characteristically through the entire gospel story. his disciples were largely fishermen. he performed the miracles with fishes and sent his apostles out after his death under the leadership of st. peter with the injunction to be fishers of men. it is for this reason that the mitr

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the kingdoms in nature, including the fifth kingdom. from the point of tension the life pattern of the planetary logos and his will become embodied and finally matured through the processes of evolution. 5. shamballa receives energy from various solar and extra-solar entities or centres of emphatic and energetic life; i.e, from venus, from the central spiritual sun, from the current conditioning constellation through which our sun may be passing, from the great bear and other cosmic centres. sirius, so important a factor in the spiritual life of the planet, brings its energies to bear direct upon the hierarchy, and energy from sirius does not normally enter our planetary life via shamballa. 6. shamballa is the head centre, speaking symbolically, of our planetary life, focussing will, love

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s still speculation and much foolish claiming and interpretation. yet the churches have ever recognised this relationship, and the bible has testified to it "the stars in their courses fought against sisera "who can withstand the sweet influences of the pleiades; and many other passages bear out this contention of the knowers. many church festivals are fixed by reference to the moon or a zodiacal constellation. investigation will prove this to be increasingly the case, and when the ritual of the new world religion is universally established this will be one of the important factors considered. the establishing of certain major festivals in relation to the moon, and in a lesser degree to the zodiac, will bring a strengthening of the spirit of invocation and the resultant inflow of responsiv

cation of humanity throughout the planet. the remaining full moons will constitute lesser festivals, but will be recognised to be also of vital importance. they will establish the divine attributes in the consciousness of man, just as the major festivals establish the three divine aspects. these aspects and qualities will be arrived at and determined by a close study of the nature of a particular constellation or constellations influencing those months. for instance, capricorn (december) will call attention to the first initiation, the birth of the christ in the cave of the heart, and indicate the training needed to bring about that great spiritual event in the life of the individual man. i give this one instance to you in order to indicate the possibilities for spiritual unfoldment that c

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

e, and is also identified with the "isolated unity" of sanat kumara. few of the great lives who form the inner group of the council chamber at shamballa are now of greater advancement than he; the "supernal three" the "radiant seven" the "lives embodying the forty-nine fires" the "buddhas of activity" and certain "eternal spirits" from such centres of dynamic spiritual life as sirius, or from the constellation which at any one time forms a triangle with our sun and sirius" and a representative from venus are of- 92- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust greater far greater advancement. otherwise, all initiates of the sixth degree, and a few of the masters who have undergone specialised training because they are upon the first ray of

umanity to contacts, and to such a degree of sensitivity that the response to be accorded to the activities of the new group of world servers is very real and cannot be negated. it should be remembered that the piscean energy with which the group has to work is opposed to the incoming energies from the hierarchy and the new group of world servers. this is owing to the fact that the energy of this constellation is passing out concurrently with the sixth ray energy, with which it peculiarly "coincided" as it is esoterically called. hence the present difficulties. the passing out of the influence of pisces, the slow withdrawal of the sixth ray force, the incoming aquarian energy, via the hierarchy (affecting at this time mainly the hierarchy itself and the mental and astral planes) are condit

d, and that is why the words "the will of god holds sway" occur in this rule. it is their supreme task to see that, in the council chamber of shamballa, that purpose is ever held steadily within the "area of preparation (i know not how else to word it) of that council. they function, in a peculiar sense, as linking intermediaries between the logos of our solar system and the informing life of the constellation libra; they relate these two great centres of energy to our planetary logos. in the last solar system they were the planetary logoi of three planets in which the mind principle reached its highest stage of development; they embody in themselves in a most peculiar manner the wisdom aspect of the second ray, as it expresses itself primarily through what has been called in the bhagavad

al synthesis underlying all life human, planetary, systemic and cosmic; it reveals also that the law of attraction, the law of magnetic work, and the cosmic law of synthesis are three aspects of one law for which, as yet, we have no name. it might be said that the masters working on the second path are working in relation to and in contact with certain great lives who work on the periphery of the constellation libra, the balances. this is due to the fact that those masters who can work with magnetic energies, and with the three above laws, have achieved a point of balance which makes their work possible; it involves also a poised attention and directive power, permitting the inflow of energies from libra which could not otherwise enter our planetary life at all. these libran energies enter

l energies and with the forces of the kingdoms of nature in the three worlds; the master receives instruction in the handling of the energies which are extra-planetary but within the solar ring-pass-not. those masters whose decision it is to tread the second path are taught the control and direction of systemic energies and of certain energies emanating from libra and from one of the stars in the constellation of the great bear. in the more advanced stages of their work, and when the master is far more advanced than the word indicates, he works consciously upon the cosmic mental plane; his activities will then be concerned with the relation of the energies of the great bear to the pleiades, and their dual relationship (a higher correspondence to atma-buddhi) to the solar system and only in

h which leads into a triangle (if i may so express it) formed of three lines of energy of differing and greatly varying vibratory effectiveness. this triangle is in the nature of an open door, presenting unique and unprecedented opportunity to those who discover this path. just as one of the seven paths produced ultimately relationship to the pleiades, so this path relates our solar system to the constellation of the great bear. you have, therefore, the following triangle composed of one stream of energy emanating from the great bear, another stream of energy issuing from the heart of the sun or from our solar logos, and the base line constituted of the seven streams of energy which come from our seven sacred planets. the potency and the effectiveness of this triangle is therefore unique a

n rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust believed could not be given to men for thousands of years or until the sixth rootrace had come into being. an instance of the expansion of the information given can be noted in connection with the second path. nothing is mentioned in my earlier presentation of the seven paths in initiation, human and solar of a conditioning constellation. in a treatise on cosmic fire, i mention that energy enters our system from an unknown source, via gemini. in this latest contribution on the subject i mention that libra, the balances, is involved. thus there are found on this path of magnetic work two blended influences, those of gemini and libra. you have, therefore: the dual energy of gemini is brought to a point of balance by me

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

, the founder of the most militant religion, was born in this sign, and legend says that moses also was born in it; moses, the lawgiver, and mahomet, the warrior- 24- the labours of hercules the problem of hercules, as he enters upon his labors, is to demonstrate his power over matter and form, and so he has to recognize cassiopeia from the very beginning, the hitherto enthroned queen. the second constellation is cetus, the sea monster, the enemy of little fishes. one of the great symbols of the soul is the fish swimming in the ocean of matter, and cetus, the sea monster, is the symbol of what we call evil, that seeks to destroy the soul in incarnation. the sea monster, in the ocean of existence, and the enthroned queen, spoke to hercules of the magnitude of his problem, but the third cons

s the latter it is aquila, the eagle, the bird of the sun which has conquered the dark side of scorpio (that adversary that can drag man down lower than the beasts, but when transmuted is the eagle of light, which can exalt above the gods" the celestial ship of the north. vol. i (e. v. straiton. the "eye of the bull" in taurus, the magnificent fixed star, aldebaran, is one of the reasons why this constellation is regarded as conferring illumination. in ancient days it was called the leading star of the heavens, and taurus has always been connected with light and, therefore, with christ, who proclaimed himself as the light of the world. light, illumination and sound, as an expression of the creative force: these are the three basic ideas connected with this constellation. the "interpreter o

ol of this sign, and in the celestial chart it will be observed that the little group of stars called pleiades are represented just at the shoulder of the bull. now, in egyptian sculpture, or painting, the pleiades are sometimes represented by the figure of a dove with wings outspread over the bull's saddle. the dove as we remember, is the bird sacred to venus, and as the pleiades are part of the constellation taurus and, as we shall see, more taurian in nature, if possible, than taurus itself, the dove becomes a specially appropriate symbol for this little star-group (the zodiac: a life epitome, walter h. sampson, p. 24 [46] the theme of sex from this extract and many others which could be adduced, it is apparent how closely linked with sex, in its lower and in its higher aspects, is this

on taurus and, as we shall see, more taurian in nature, if possible, than taurus itself, the dove becomes a specially appropriate symbol for this little star-group (the zodiac: a life epitome, walter h. sampson, p. 24 [46] the theme of sex from this extract and many others which could be adduced, it is apparent how closely linked with sex, in its lower and in its higher aspects, is this important constellation of taurus. this is why it has been called in some books, the "sign of generation, both earthly and heavenly. we have seen that the power of the sign taurus is that of attraction, or of bringing together. it exerts a steady and continuous pull and in both the symbolical and the astronomical sense it attracts. we have seen that in this sign are to be found the pleiades, among them alcy

n we have sagittarius, the archer on the horse, going straight for his goal, and in pisces we find the king. the more closely we study this heavenly picture book, the more we realize that ever before us is held the symbol of our divinity, the symbol of the soul in incarnation, and the story of matter, as it receives purification and glorification through the laborious work of the soul. the second constellation connected with this sign is an immense river of stars, which streams forth from under the feet of orion. it is called eridanus, or the "river of the judge, and is a symbol of the river of life, carrying souls into incarnation, where they learn the meaning of the words "as a man sows, so shall he reap, and where they undertake the stupendous task of working out their own salvation. ju

and is a symbol of the river of life, carrying souls into incarnation, where they learn the meaning of the words "as a man sows, so shall he reap, and where they undertake the stupendous task of working out their own salvation. just as orion [48] symbolizes the spirit aspect, so eridanus concerns itself' with the form-taking aspect and holds before its the thought of incarnation; whilst the third constellation, auriga, is the charioteer, leading forth to new lands and so symbolizing the soul. nature of the tests the broad lesson to be learned in this sign is to achieve right understanding of the law of attraction and right use and control of matter. in this way matter is raised up into heaven, figuratively speaking, and can enter upon its right function; which is, to constitute a medium of

cation with group purpose, the disciple will arrive at liberation from the control of sex. he will succeed in following the example of hercules and will ride the bull of desire over to the mainland where, in the temple of god, he will hand it over into the care of the cyclops who were early initiates, having the single eye about which we have been speaking, the eye of shiva, the bull's eye in the constellation taurus. for hercules himself was not only the disciple, but he was, in his lower nature, the bull, and in his higher nature the cyclops. when the bull of desire has been handed over to the cyclops, to the initiate with the single eye, which is himself, the soul, the three divine aspects, will begin to manifest: brontes, steropes and arges will guard the sacred bull, and hercules, the

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d from previous page] have chosen the crescent for their national arms. venus has always been identified, since the establishment of roman catholic dogmatism, with satan and lucifer, or the great dragon, contrary to all reason and logic. as shown by the symbologists and astronomers, the association between the serpent and the idea of darkness had an astronomical foundation. the position which the constellation of draco at one time occupied showed that the great serpent was the ruler of the night. this constellation was formerly at the very centre of the heavens, and is so extensive that it was called the great dragon. its body spreads over seven signs of the zodiac; and dupuis "who" says staniland wake "sees in the dragon of the apocalypse a reference to the celestial serpent" remarks that

ime occupied showed that the great serpent was the ruler of the night. this constellation was formerly at the very centre of the heavens, and is so extensive that it was called the great dragon. its body spreads over seven signs of the zodiac; and dupuis "who" says staniland wake "sees in the dragon of the apocalypse a reference to the celestial serpent" remarks that "it is not astonishing that a constellation so extended should be represented by the author of that book as a great dragon with seven heads, who drew the third part of the stars from heaven and cast them to earth (dupuis, tome iii, p. 255. only dupuis never knew why draco, once the pole-star- the symbol of "guide" guru and director- had been thus degraded by posterity "the gods of our fathers are our devils" says an asiatic pr

ja are manasa, says nilakantha. and[[footnote(s* we are quite aware that the yayu and matsya puranas identify (agreeably to western interpretation) the agnishwatta with the seasons, and the barhishad pitris with the months; adding a fourth class- the kavyas- cyclic years. but do not christian, roman catholics identify their angels with planets, and are not the seven rishis become the saptarshi- a constellation? they are deities presiding over all the cyclic divisions* the vayu purana shows the region called viraja-loka inhabited by the agnishwattas[[vol. 2, page] 90 the secret doctrine. viraja is brahma, and, therefore, the incorporeal pitris are called vairajas from being the sons of viraja, says vayu purana. we could multiply our proofs ad infinitum, but it is useless. the wise will unde

n symbologists may scoff at this and call it "fancy" but "it is unquestionable that the deluge has (ever) been associated in the legends of some eastern peoples not only with the pyramids, but also with the constellations" writes mr. staniland wake("the great pyramid. the "old dragon" is identical with the "great flood" says mr. proctor (in "knowledge" vol. i, p. 243 "we know that in the past the constellation of the dragon was at the pole, or boss, of the celestial sphere. in stellar temples. the dragon would be the[[vol. 2, page] 353 the astronomical dragon. uppermost or ruling constellation. it is singular how closely the constellations. correspond in sequence and in range of right ascension with the events recorded respecting the (biblical) flood" the reasons for this singularity have

n, and harmonizes with the eleventh sign of the zodiac- aquarius, or the waterman (nineteenth century, 1882, p. 236. but even this is preceded in the old records by the preastronomical cosmic flood, which became allegorized and symbolized in the above zodiacal or noah's flood. but this has nothing to do with atlantis. the pyramids are closely connected with the ideas of both the great dragon (the constellation, the "dragons of wisdom" or the great initiates of the third and fourth races, and the floods of the nile, regarded as a divine reminder of the great atlantic flood. the astronomical records of universal history, however, are said to have had their beginnings with the third sub-race of the fourth root-race or the atlanteans. when was it? occult data show that even since the time of t

more of the divine nature of which it is better (for others) to remain in ignorance (book xi, ch. 17. this "dragon" having a septenary meaning, the highest and the lowest may be given. the former is identical with the "self-born" the logos (the hindu aja. he was the second person of the trinity, the son, with the christian gnostics called the naasenians, or serpent-worshippers. his symbol was the constellation of the dragon* its seven "stars" are the seven stars held in the hand of the "alpha and omega" in revelation. in its most terrestrial meaning, the term "dragon" was applied to the wise men. this portion of the religious symbolism of antiquity is very abstruse and mysterious, and may remain incomprehensible to the profane. in our modern day it so jars on the christian ear that it can

and fourth races. thus, while in theogony the kabiri-titans were seven great gods: cosmically and astronomically the titans were called atlantes, because, perhaps, as faber says, they were connected[[footnote(s* who adds that the egyptians had various ways of representing the angles of the poles. also in perry's view of the levant there is "a figure representing the south pole of the earth in the constellation of the harp" in which the poles appear like two straight rods, surmounted with hawks' wings, but they were also often represented as serpents with heads of hawks, one at each end* faber and bishop cumberland would make them all the later pagan personifications, as the former writer has it, of "the noetic ark, and no other than the patriarch (noah) and his family) see his "kabiri" vol

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to credit man with being the septenary symbol, on the terrestrial plane, of the one great unit (the logos, which is itself the seven-vowelled sign, the breath crystallized into the word* he who believes in all this, has also to believe in the multiple combination of the seven planets of occultism and of the kabala, with the twelve zodiacal signs; to attribute, as we do, to each planet and to each constellation an influence which, in the words of ely star (a french occultist "is proper to it, beneficent or maleficent, and this, after the planetary spirit which rules it, who, in his turn, is capable of influencing men and things which are found in harmony with him and with which he has any affinity" for these reasons, and since few believe in the foregoing, all that can now be given is that

ed by the kabalists in the "archetypal world" the same hierarchy, with the same numbers, is found in the japanese system, in the "beginnings" as taught by both the shinto and the buddhist sects. in this system, anthropogenesis precedes cosmogenesis, as the divine merges into the human, and creates[[footnote(s* this relates to the cosmic principles* the seven creative rishis now connected with the constellation of the great bear[[vol. 1, page] 214 the secret doctrine. midway in its descent into matter- the visible universe. the legendary personages- remarks reverentially omoie "having to be understood as the stereotyped embodiment of the higher (secret) doctrine, and its sublime truths" to state it at full length, however, would occupy too much of our space, but a few words on this old syst

the seven nature-powers that were prior to himself, and were summed up in him as his seven souls, of which he was the manifestor as the eighth one (hence the eighth sphere. the seven rays of the chaldean heptakis or iao, on the gnostic stones indicate the same septenary of souls "the first form of the mystical seven was seen to be figured in heaven, by the seven large stars of the great bear, the constellation assigned by the egyptians to the mother of time, and of the seven elemental powers (see the seven souls, etc) as well known to every hindu, this same constellation represents in india the seven rishis, and as such is called riksha, and chitra-sikhandinas[[vol. 1, page] 228 the secret doctrine. esotericism, came out from the moon (a triple mystery- astronomical, physiological, and psy

ut as it is the sixth- on the downward scale of spirituality- the last and seventh being the terrestrial spirits (elementals) which gradually form, build, and condense his physical body- this sixth group evolves no more than the future man's shadowy form, a filmy, hardly visible transparent copy of themselves. it becomes the task of the fifth hierarchy- the mysterious beings that preside over the constellation capricornus, makara, or "crocodile" in india as in egypt- to inform the empty and ethereal animal form and make of it the rational man. this is one of those subjects upon which very little may be said to the general public. it is a mystery, truly, but only to him who is prepared to reject the existence of intellectual and conscious spiritual beings in the universe, limiting full cons

of wolf) since the discovery of the spectroscope, its magic power has revealed to its adepts only one single transformation of a star of this kind; and even that one showed directly the reverse of what is needed as proof in favour of the nebular theory; namely- a star transforming itself into a planetary nebula. as told in the observatory (vol. i, p. 185, the temporary star which appeared in the constellation cygnus, in november, 1876, discovered by j. f. j. schmidt, exhibited a spectrum broken by very brilliant lines. gradually, the continuous spectrum and most of the lines disappeared, leaving finally one single brilliant line, which appeared to coincide with the green line of the nebula. though this metamorphosis is not irreconcileable with the hypothesis of the nebular origin of the s

e and space and finite causation, and lift it up toward a sublime apprehension of the supreme intelligence whose dwelling place is eternity("world-life" p. 535 and 548) according to the teachings, maya, or the illusive appearance of the marshalling of events and actions on this earth, changes, varying with nations and places. but the chief features of one's life are always in accordance with the "constellation" one is born under, or, we should say, with the characteristics of its animating principle or the deity that presides over it, whether we call it a dhyan chohan, as in asia, or an archangel, as with the greek and latin churches. in ancient symbolism it was always the sun (though the spiritual, not the visible, sun was meant, that was supposed to send forth the chief saviours and avat

y did not yet exist as a nation thirty-seven centuries b.c- not as an historical race admitted by the critics, at any rate. bailly then calculated the period at which the constellations manifested the atmospheric influence called by job "sweet influences of the pleiades (in hebrew, chimah, see job xxxviii. 31; of the cesil (orion; and that of the desert rains with reference to scorpio, the eighth constellation; and found that in presence the eternal conformity of those divisions of the zodiac and names of the planets applied in the same order everywhere and always; and in presence of the impossibility of attributing it all to chance and coincidence[[footnote(s* astronomie antique* the pleiades, as all know, are the seven stars beyond the bull, which appear at the beginning of spring. they

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e ace of wands, but not so heavy, and also the sigil of his scale is shown; beneath the rushing feet of his steed are waving flames and fire. he is active- generous- fierce- sudden- impetuous. if ill dignified, he is evil-minded- cruel- bigoted- brutal. he rules the celestial heavens from above the twentieth degree of scorpio to the first two decans of sagittarius: and this includes a part of the constellation hercules (hercules is always represented with a club) fire of fire king of the salamanders. vi. the queen of the thrones of flame queen of wands a crowned queen with long red-golden hair, seated upon a throne, with steady flames beneath. she wears a corslet and buskins of scale-mail, which latter her robe discloses. her arms are almost bare. on cuirass and buskins are leopard's heads

he ace of cups. xiii. the lord of the winds and the breezes; he king of the spirits of air knight of swords a winged warrior with crowned winged helmet, mounted upon a brown steed. his general equipment is as that of the knight of wands, but he wears as a crest a winged six-pointed star, similar to those represented on the heads of castor and pollux the dioscuri, the twins gemini (a part of which constellation is included in his rule. he holds a drawn sword with the sigil of his scale upon its pommel. beneath his horse's feet are dark-driving stratus clouds. he is active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skilful, but inclined to domineer. also to overvalue small things, unless well dignified. if ill dignified, deceitful, tyrannical and crafty. rules from 20 degree taurus to 20

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herb, perhaps because of its suggestive appearance, would acquire a picturesque name. the name would stick and, before long, be taken at its face value, dragon's blood is an excellent example. this gum resin was given the name because of its reddish-brown color, similar to dried blood, and because it comes from such plants as calamus draco, dracaena draco, pterocarpus draco, etc, named after the constellation draco the dragon, of the northern hemisphere. it is not the actual dried blood of a dragon, though many people believe it is! here are some other herbs, together with their local names, so that the next time you come across an old recipe calling for, say, the tongue of a horse and the eye of a cat, youll know what was really meant. lesson ten: herbalism/ 149 wiccan name adder's mouth

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ded human history were denied to us. the prison door slammed shut and we are now flinging it open again. human civilisation did not begin on planet earth, i am convinced. it came to this planet from other areas of the galaxy. some say the first humans on earth came from the star system called vega, 26 light-years from here, and three times the size of the sun. it is the brightest star in the lyra constellation and the fifth brightest in our sky.14 wherever it was, i feel the human race originally came from another star system and took the opportunity to populate and experience this magnificent new planet. genetic manipulation, both positive and negative, has continued ever since to advance or control the species, depending on the mindset at the time. in those earlier times, i think the nat

d information relating to these conflicts are the systems of orion, sirius, and the pleiades. interesting, then, that these were at the fore of ancient beliefs and worship on earth over thousands of years, across scores of cultures. the pyramids at giza and the giant spider drawn in ancient times on the plains of nazca, peru, are exactly aligned with orion. i think the star arcturus in the bootes constellation is also significant to the earth's history. the veil of tears 15 the aim of the negative extraterrestrials in relation to the earth was to turn humans into little more than a slave race. this has been a theme all along and it remains so today, although in another form. instead of controlling us physically by occupation of the planet, over the past few thousand years they have sought

e physical version of our energy meridians and blood is subject to influence by the planets, as is our body in general. some highly significant astrological events have already occurred like the uranus-neptune alignments in 1993 and the effects of pluto in 1995 which are speeding the awakening of those who are ready. the year 2000 coincides with the highest point of the upwards cycle of the orion constellation to which the pyramid builders apparently aligned their geometry, and it was in the 11th millennium bc, within the window period suggested for great geological upheavals on the earth, that orion reached the lowest point of its cycle. astrological events affect earthquakes and weather systems because of the vibrational change they create on earth, as does collective human thought. also

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ese technologically advanced extraterrestrial and other-dimensional beings created mystery schools and a secret society network in atlantis and lemuria to pass on levels of their knowledge to chosen initiates. legends claim that a race came to the earth from sirius, the "dog star" and brightest in the sky, which is some 8.7 light years from here. the term "dog star" comes from its position in the constellation of canis major and it is also known as orion's dog" the legends and accounts say that the beings from sirius brought an infusion of highly advanced knowledge to atlantis and lemuria-mu and founded the atlantean mystery school. according to robert temple in the sirius mystery (destiny books, vermont, usa, 1998, the dogon tribe in mali, africa, claim that beings from sirius visited the

nd unhuman form (reptilian) and they warned the people of instant death if they ever depicted them as they really looked. thus the "gods" were portrayed symbolically. hanging from the necklace of the mysteries is a large hand, full of symbols. among these are the all-seeing eye, symbolising, credo points out, the "watchers (the same as the illuminati image on the us dollar bill; also there is the constellation of orion, which modern researchers have constantly connected with extraterrestrial activity on earth, especially the reptilians; and a star of david, which is not, contrary to accepted belief, an ancient "jewish" symbol at all. as some jewish historians have stated, it is a far ancient symbol found all over the world, and only became associated with the jewish faith when the banking

atlantis. the greeks said that pleiadians had mated with poseidon, a king of atlantis, and the offspring populated that society. diodorus said that two of the seven symbolic "sisters" of the pleiades, celoene and alcyone, had "laid with the most renowned heroes and gods and thus became the first ancestors of the larger portion of the race of human beings" nordic-reptilian interbreeding? the lyra constellation is widely associated in ufo research and the stories of abductees with a blond-haired, blue-eyed race. aldebaran, a giant red star with a diameter about forty times that of the sun, is another nordic-related location, not least within the secret society network of the nazis. it is in the constellation of taurus and one of the brightest stars in the 90 children of the matrix northern

lines descended from them. the chinese emperors were the same. they were known as lung or dragons and many of the earliest emperors were depicted with reptilian features, very much like the nagas. one of them, called huang ti, was said to have been born with a "dragon-like countenance. it was claimed that he was conceived by a ray of golden light that entered his mother's womb from the big dipper constellation.12 the big dipper includes the star alpha draconis, the star of set in egypt. alpha draconis is an alleged base of the "draco" reptilian "royalty. one chinese legend says that when he died huang ti transformed into an etheric dragon and flew to the realm of the immortals. the priest kings of the peruvian incas were symbolised by the snake and they wore bracelets and anklets in the im

on was (due) to the watchers and the holy ones..and to the nephilim..and my heart was troubled within me because of this child" lamech's child, noah, was white-skinned and blond-haired with eyes that made the whole house "shine like the sun".16 the highest level of the reptilian "royalty" are known among ufo researchers and a number of abductees as the "draco" after their "home" base in the draco constellation. these entities are described as being albino white and they project something akin to a laser-type beam from their eyes, just like the pearl-skinned chaps in the james bond mountain. enlil was the leader of the anunnaki on earth, according to the sumerian tablets, and they refer to him as the "splendid serpent of the shining eyes. this is a common description of the hybrid babies in

knew the score after years of research into the countless vampire legends. as a history channel documentary about stoker confirmed, there is no part of the world and no era of history that does not have its myths and legends about vampires who feed off other people's energy and blood. look at the main elements of that tale in the light of what you have read so far. his name is dracula (the draco constellation is the alleged home of the royal reptilian bloodlines. he is called "count" dracula (symbolic of the way these draco bloodlines have been carried by "human" royalty and aristocracy. dracula is a vampire (symbolic of the need of the draco reptilians to drink human blood and feed off human energy. dracula shape-shifts, appears and disappears (symbolic of the reptilian shape-shifters an

erpent. carnac means "serpent hill".55 the ancient egyptian accounts known as the pyramid texts speak of the serpent being both subterranean and celestial. stories of flying serpents can be found in egypt, as you would expect of an important colony of the sumer empire, and, once again, they symbolised immortality. flying serpents were pictured taking the kings to the land of immortality in a star constellation in the heavens. one serpent symbol was the divine asp on the headgear of egyptian kings and they used the fat of the crocodile in their coronations. the great ancient egyptian city of alexandria was called "city of the serpent's son (alexander the great) and there they worshipped the serpent god, serapis. he was known as the "sacred serpent" or "fire serpent" and from this comes the

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featurestories of the dragons. the serpent symbol has also been found in ancient britain,greece, malta, egypt, new mexico, peru and all over the pacific islands. there is anunmistakable resemblance between some dinosaurs and ancient depictions of dragons.several species of small indo-malayan lizards with webbed wings look so much likedragons that they have been given the name draco after the star constellation fromwhich the reptilian hierarchy are said to originate. of even more interest to me is thearmoured lizard called moloch horridus which also has a dragon-like appearance.moloch is an ancient deity to which children were sacrificed thousands of years ago andstill are today in the vast satanic ritual network. they are sacrificed to the reptilians inother words because, as will become c

from?there are three suggested origins for the anunnaki reptilian intervention in humanaffairs: 1 they are extraterrestrials; 2 they are inner terrestrials who live within theearth; 3 they manipulate humanity from another dimension by possessing humanbodies. i think they are all true.23extraterrestrials?researchers into the reptilianphenomenon conclude that atleast some originate in the dracostar constellation (see figure 4).the draco system includes thestar thurban, once the northstar, by which the egyptianpyramids are orientated.14according to the research ofauthor graham hancock, theancient temple complex atangkor wat in cambodia is areplica of the dracoconstellation as it would havebeen in 10,500 bc.15 this is the time when the earth and its people, human andextraterrestrial, would hav

that thepyramids at giza align with the stars on the belt of orion as they would have been in10,500 bc when orion was at the lowest point in its cycle (the orions are anotherextraterrestrial race operating on this planet, i understand. and hancock and otherresearchers suggest that the lion-bodied sphinx at giza, which is believed to be farolder than originally dated, would have directly faced the constellation of leo the lionat that same time, 10,500 bc. research continues under the ocean off japan into afantastic structure which could also date to 10,500 bc at least. there are many whohave questioned these findings, especially the synchronisation of the giza pyramids toorion, but at the very least they have triggered an important area of investigation, evenif they prove not to be accurate

the constellationof. draco. the head and eyes of the draco formation, as designed on the ground inireland, are, according to calahan, located either side of lough neagh right in thefigure 4: the draco dragonconstellation to which so many ancientmonuments appear to be aligned. 24centre of northern ireland. the eastern side of lough neagh is close to the capital,belfast.16 so the head of the draco constellation is positioned on the ground in northernireland and that small country has been the scene of so much upheaval, murder andsuffering. by the end of this book, those who are new to these concepts will appreciate thepower of symbolism to attract energy to a place, negative and positive. john rhodes,17 oneof the foremost of the researchers into the reptilian presence, says that they may be

nvolves all three of the above themes. i thinkthe reptilian genetic stream operates throughout the universe and they are not allmalevolent, far from it. as with humanity, they contain the whole spectrum ofattitudes from love to hate, freedom to control. i am identifying a particular group ofthem, not the whole species- i cannot emphasise this enough. this controlling groupcame here from the draco constellation and elsewhere, and this is the origin of termslike draconian, a word which sums up their attitudes and agenda. they love toconsume human blood and they are the blood-sucking demons of legend. thevampire stories are symbolic of this and what is the name of the most famousvampire? count dracula! the count symbolises the aristocratic reptile-humancrossbreed bloodlines which the reptilia

van helsing, writes in his book, secret societies of the20th century,10 of how the vril and thule societies believed they were correspondingwith extraterrestrials through two mediums known as maria orsic and sigrun in a lodgenear berchtesgaden in december 1919. according to vril documents, he says, thesechannellings were transmitted from a solar system called aldebaran, 68 light yearsaway in the constellation of taurus where two inhabited planets formed the sumeranempire. the population of aldebaran is divided into a master race of blond-haired, blue-eyed, aryans, known as light god people and several other human-like races whichhad mutated to a lower genetic form due to climatic changes, the channellings said.11 inexcess of 500 million years ago the aldebaran sun began to expand so creat

theinner city. at its centre is thesign for aries, the ram or lamb.similar satanic pentagramscan be identified in the streetplan of rome, the old city ofjerusalem, the land aroundrennes-le-chateau, thepyramid site at giza, and nodoubt over london and othercities and sites. across thepotomac river fromwashington is the home of theunited states military- thepentagon building which wasaligned to the constellation oftaurus.9 a pentagon, of course,is the centre of a pentagram. ifyou drive through the centre ofthe white house pentagramyou come to a remarkablebuilding at 1733 16th street.note the number: 1733. thenumber 17 recurs over andover in the story of rennes-le-chateau, and 33 is the official number of degrees in the scottish rite. this building hasthe feel of an egyptian temple with two d

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.4 astronomical correlations with great pyramid there are numerous relationships of the great pyramid to various astronomical bodies. the two main constellations which are related to the pyramid are taurus (the bull) and orion (the hunter. both these constellations are in the same portion of the sky. taurus is located just above orion. 7 .4.1 the taurus/pleiades connection the star alcyone in the constellation taurus marks the foundation setting (i.e, when construction was initiated on the great pyramid) date of the great pyramid.6 alcyone is one of the brightest stars in the pleiades, which is part of the taurus constellation. the ascending passageway in the great pyramid has a score line on it which pointed to alcyone in 2144 bc. alcyone is lined up with the sun and just above it and the

es. some of the best authenticated photographs of ufos have been taken by myers, which he claims are pleiadian beam ships. could these beam ships be riding the energy conduits discovered by joe parr? 7.4.2 the orion connection the big conduit in the middle of december, shown in figure 7.4.1-1, and first week of january loads to another important connection, that of the great pyramid and the orion constellation (see figure 7.4.2-1. figure 7.4.2-1. orion constellation research by one of the early great pyramid surveyors, sir flinders petrie, revealed that the king's chamber's northern air duct generally pointed to the star thuban (alpha draconis) in the constellation draco (the dragon, which was the pole star at the time of the pyramid's creation, and the southern air duct pointed to one of

e figure 7.4.2-1. figure 7.4.2-1. orion constellation research by one of the early great pyramid surveyors, sir flinders petrie, revealed that the king's chamber's northern air duct generally pointed to the star thuban (alpha draconis) in the constellation draco (the dragon, which was the pole star at the time of the pyramid's creation, and the southern air duct pointed to one of the stars in the constellation orion's belt around 2600 bc. more precise modern measurements7 have also shown that the king's chamber's north and south air ducts and the queen's chamber southern air duct date the pyramid at 2450 bc. the details of this discovery by bauval is depicted in figure 7.4.2-2. it is interesting to note that the earth is lined up with the sun and the three stars in orion's belt around the

three stars in orion's belt around the 13th-15th of december each year. in the first week of this year, 1997, at sunrise and sunset the sun was lined up with the three stars in orion's belt and with the axis of the gravity wheel experiment. figure 7.4.2-2. correlation of orion with great pyramid in other words, there appears to be a huge energy conduit (see figure 7.4.2-3) between our sun and the constellation orion which stimulates the gravity wheel forcefields to totally close to all known local forces (i.e, gravity, electromagnetic, inertial, and radioactivity; and then the entire gravity wheel experiment tries to lift off toward orion. during december and january, the sun, earth, and orion are lined up. at sunrise and sunset, the axis of the gravity wheel experiment is lined up with th

ic, inertial, and radioactivity; and then the entire gravity wheel experiment tries to lift off toward orion. during december and january, the sun, earth, and orion are lined up. at sunrise and sunset, the axis of the gravity wheel experiment is lined up with the sun and lota orionis. this is the point of maximum antigravity effects. figure 7.4.2-3 correlation of the gravity wheel experiment with constellation orion did spacemen from orion build the great pyramid? is the energy conduit a conmmunications and stellar stargate? remember, the parr gravity experiments try to fly (gravitate) down the energy conduit. that is why the experiment loses weight. 7.5 clairvoyant and dowser examination of joe parr experiment i ran some tests to see what sensitives could see and sense around the gravity

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hawk and the twin serpents are later presented in the persian descriptions of the adversary, firstly a symbol of ahriman was a hawk attacking a sparrow and the twin serpents appearing from an ahrimanic kiss on the shoulders of the king zohak, who later became azi dahaka, the storm demon. while these similarities cannot be assumed to be directly related, they are by all instances interesting. the constellation of the bull or bull s thigh is related to set. often called bull of double brilliance, this is perhaps the brightest constellation around the north celestial pole otherwise known as the great bear or little dipper. the mummified hawk that is called the lord of the south is connected with set in this aspect. this is the seker god who early on was considered close to set before his tra

ed bull of double brilliance, this is perhaps the brightest constellation around the north celestial pole otherwise known as the great bear or little dipper. the mummified hawk that is called the lord of the south is connected with set in this aspect. this is the seker god who early on was considered close to set before his transformation in accordance with osiris. the home of set is khepesh, the constellation. set was considered the eighth child of the gods of annu, and was of nuit. as the god of darkness and storms he was alone the one who could withstand the stare of the serpent apep, thus controlling the storm demon and later it becoming a part of sethan himself. set as being not only the lord of the south, he later was associated with the north, becoming the lord of the northern sky i

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ich tends to be overset in course of time as fresh forces are emanated from it into manifestation and introduce new factors with which adjustment has to be made [page 142] 7. it is this state of stability, which is arrived at by the inter acting forces when they act and react and come to a standstill, which is the basis of form, as is exemplified in the atom, which is nothing more nor less than a constellation of electrons, each of which is a vortex, or whirlpool. the stability thus achieved, which, be it noted, is a condition and not a thing in itself, is what qabalists call binah, the third sephirah. wherever there is a state of interacting stresses which have achieved stability, the qabalists refer the condition to binah. for instance, the atom, being for all practical purposes the stab

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hose seven glorious ones are (103) netcheh-netcheh, aqet-qet, an-erta-nef-bes-f-khenti-heh-f,[4 (104) aq-her-unnut-f,[5] tesher-maa-ammi (105 -het-anes,[6 [1. british museum papyrus no. 10,477 reads# which agrees with many of the variants given in naville, todtenbuch, bd. ii, p1. liii. the papyrus of nebseni agrees with that of ani; no. 19,471 has the curious reading. 2. the egyptian name for the constellation of the great bear. see brugsch, astronomische und astrologische inschriften, p. 123. 3. some such words as have been omitted. see naville, todtenbuch, bd. il, pl. lv. 4. i.e "he doth not give his flame, he dwelleth in the fire" 5. i.e "he goeth in at his hour" 6. i.e "he that hath two red eyes, the dweller in het-anes" according to brugsch (dict. g og, p. 64, het-anes, i.e, the "hous

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f specific stocks. most contemporary textbooks carry at least a passing reference to astromancy, and rejection of it, as part of their introduction to the topic. sources: freeman, martin. forecasting by astrology: a comprehensive manual of interpretation and technique. wellingborough, northhamptonshire, uk: aquarian press, 1982. lee, dal. dictionary of astrology. new york: coronet communications/ constellation international, 1968. ronan, margaret, and eve ronan. astrology and other occult games. new york: scholastic books services, 1972. astronomical communications from time to time, spiritualist mediums have delivered messages relating to astronomy. in discussing the question whether such communications have led science forward a single step, camille flammarion returned a negative answer

e as an elaborate hoax, a number of amateur ufo buffs were attracted to the evidence of the impressive pictures. meier s basic claim was that on the afternoon of january 28, 1975, he had seen a flying saucer land. from it a beautiful woman named semjase came forth and engaged him in conversation for an hour and a half. she told him that she was from a people that had originated on a planet in the constellation lyra, but that a war had driven her people to pleiades. along the way, the pleiadians had discovered earth and periodically visited it. in fact, some had settled here and intermarried with humans, then in a rather primitive state. in subsequent visits with semjase, meier would take many photographs and even rides in the space ships. inventor/ consultant fred bell would also claim mee

counter with a beautiful being in a brilliant glowing body. in the years since she had experienced a number of ufo sightings and telepathic contact with whales and dolphins. st. germain confirmed that king had been abducted in 1947, taken aboard a spacecraft, and given a medical examination. the being she had seen in 1961 was an extraterrestrial. king came to know this person as a resident of the constellation known as the pleiades. within a short time, p taah, the pleiadian who had been in touch with her through the years, began to speak through her and in 1989 she made her first appearances as a channel. in the fall of 1991, in north queensland, australia, a group of people gathered weekly for a set of channeling sessions with p taah in which he laid out his basic teachings and answered

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o do not understand the consequences of their actions for the environment. the first collection of messages from the origin was released in 1997. further messages are expected to be released in the future. sources: dahya, amyn. reflections from the origin. vancouver, bc: reflections publishing, 1997. the orion mystery a book proposing that the pyramids of giza, egypt, are a terrestrial map of the constellation orion, traditional home of the soul of the reborn kings of egypt. sources: bauval, robert, and adrian gilbert. the orion mystery. london: heinemann, 1994. oris (1954) oris is the spiritual name of tsvelev sergei vassillievich, a psychic channel who emerged in russia in the 1990s following the demise of the soviet union. oris was born on january 25, 1954, in mariinka, a town in the do

ese not only contain descriptions of the primeval paradise, but also include the traditions of the tree of knowledge and of the original promise made to the woman. the garden of the hesperides produced golden fruit, guarded by a dangerous serpent.this fierce reptile encircled with its folds a mysterious tree.and hercules procured the fruit by encountering and killing the serpent. the story of the constellation, as related by eratosthenes, is applicable to the garden of eden and the primeval history of mankind. this serpent, said that ancient writer, alluding to the constellation, is the same as that which guarded the golden apples, and was slain by hercules. for, when the gods offered presents to juno on her nuptials with jupiter, the earth also brought golden apples. juno, admiring their

es, and was slain by hercules. for, when the gods offered presents to juno on her nuptials with jupiter, the earth also brought golden apples. juno, admiring their beauty, commanded them to be planted in the garden of the gods; but finding that they were continually plucked by the daughter of atlas, she appointed a vast serpent to guard them. hercules overcame and slew the monster. hence, in this constellation the serpent is depicted rearing its head aloft, while hercules, placed above it with one knee bent, tramples with his foot upon its head, and brandishes a club in his right hand. the greeks placed the garden of the hesperides close to mount atlas, and then claimed it was far into the regions of western africa, yet all knowledge of its asiatic site was not erased from the classical my

mars by the use of a wire bust with rubber over it, and a false face. the wire bust fitted snugly on the shoulders of the medium and was inflated with air when in use. when not in use it could be made into a small package and concealed. numerous mediums have given descriptions of martian life. eva harrison s wireless messages from other worlds (london, 1916) introduced planetary visitors from the constellation orion. the medium george valiantine, through dr. barnett predicted martians would communicate with us before we communicated with them. the martian fascination of mansfield robinson should also be mentioned. through a mrs. james, the author claimed to have obtained a martian alphabet, a martian trance control oumaruru, and gave a number of martian revelations based on trance excursio

nication was may 27, 1876. he was seen clairvoyantly by moses as a communications link between himself and malachi in the chain of spirit influence from melchizedek to jesus. precession of the equinox astrology as it is known today was developed between the fourth and first centuries b.c.e. in the mediterranean basin. at the beginning of the year, marked by the spring equinox, the sun rose in the constellation aries. after several centuries of observations, around 125 b.c.e, a greek astrologer named hip- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. precession of the equinox 1235 parchus discovered that very gradually the sun was moving in relation to the zodiac; that is, the precession of the equinoxes. there is some evidence that the phenomenon had been discovered earlier, but since

allowed instantaneous travel between planets in different star systems. then in 1995, the u.s. government announced that it had been carrying on secret parapsychological research, the last phase of which had been given the name project star gate. not as well-known, in 1991 mark roberts (1934, an independent spiritual searcher, found what he had termed the real stargate, an ancient painting of the constellation pleiades located at the entrance to a cave. he believes the painting to be a presentation of a cosmic-portal. the painting seems to connect decades of studies in archeology of egypt, an ancient alphabet (ogham, and ancient symbols of the pleiades. the portal seems to point toward ancient visitors to earth. the real stargate provides a mental doorway to step into a new consciousness w

ncils, among them beiing the 9d (or ninth dimension) nibiruan council. this oldest council in the greater council has the task of coordinating efforts with other councils and with various spiritual hierarchies for the evolution of all souls. in particular it has charge of the earth grand experiment. the 9d nibiruan council is said to be composed of two royal families, aln and avyon, from the lyra constellation. the 3d nibiruan council has the responsibility of representing the higher councils on earth and of supplying the 9d tools of integration to earthlings. it carries out this function through the publication of books and other materials and the sponsoring of seminars and workshops. the 3d council was formally organized in 1996 in kansas city, missouri, and moved to los angeles in 1998

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

went on to clarion, a planet hidden on the other side of the sun (clarion first ap- andra-o-leeka and mondra-o-leeka 21 pears in contactee stories after truman bethurum reported meeting a scow [a small spacecraft] and its pilot, the beautiful aura rhanes, who hailed from that planet) after a short stop on clarion, vea-o-mus took a two-hour journey to a planet called oreon (as opposed to orion, a constellation. standing horse stayed there for two days. oreon, he reported, was a beautiful planet, so lovely that as a man of the gospel he wondered if he were in heaven. heaven is a long way from here, he was told (dean, 1964. while there, he ate well, mostly fish as well as fresh fruit from giant plants. several years later on december 22, 1962, standing horse entered a spacecraft near bakersf

one and a half million reptilians live beneath the earth. according to joyce s friend elliemiser, he is very congenial, likable and pleasant to communicate with. now they are waiting to find out what our response will be. they will not just suddenly pop up and frighten us( the reptilians, 1999. king leo s reptilians are not to be confused with evil reptoids who are coming to earth from the draco constellation. these beings are violent meat-eaters who seek to destroy humans with their advanced technology. the reptilians, on the other hand, do not have space travel, and their technology, while developing, is still relatively primitive. see also: channeling; reptoids further reading d light, joy, and elliemiser, 1999. the reptilians and king leo. http//www.greatdreams.com/ reptlan/repleo.htm

an race originally occupied a planet located betwe e n mars and ju p i t e r. they visited this planet just b e f o re natural forces we re set to destroy it, offering to re m ove the inhabitants to a suitable place if they agreed to live by kuran law. t h e inhabitants refused, and the kuran withdrew. the residents of the doomed planet managed to escape on their own. some went to a planet in the constellation of pegasus, and the o t h e r, to the ku r a n s displeasure, colonize d e a rth and became our ancestors. eart h p roved an inhospitable place, not sufficiently e vo l ved to have achieved the cosmic harmonies that give rise to peaceable, we l l- adjusted races. the new colonists, more ove r, i n t e rf e red with eart h s ecology, forcing its p revious, reigning, intelligent specie

es (fortean picture library) sem-ya-see. meier would produce many more photographs, claim more contacts, recount trips into space and through time, and become the most controversial contactee since george adamski. meier s aliens came from the pleiades star system and from a planet named erra, one of ten planets in orbit around a sun known as tayget. the aliens got there from another planet in the constellation of lyra, where thousands of years ago a war forced much of the population to flee to other worlds. at one point 2.8 million years ago, as they were exploring the new galactic neighborhood, the new pleiadians found earth, then housing primitive human beings. some pleiadians intermarried with humans, but their educational efforts only led to a war with earthlings, who used the newly su

s craft had landed. see also: lemuria; williamson, george hunt further reading williamson, george hunt, 1959. road in the sky. london: neville spearman. mersch ac c o rding to colorado contactee da ve schultz, six extraterrestrial races are visiting earth. on e is the mersch. the mersch are six feet tall, weigh two hundred pounds, and have bald heads and slanted eyes. their home planet is in the constellation scorpio. they are active in abductions and mutilation of cattle and other animals in western states. see also: abductions by ufos; contactees; olliana olliana alliano further reading sprinkle, r. leo, ed, 1982. proceedings: rocky mountain conference on ufo investigation. laramie, wy: school of extended studies, university of wyoming. metatron metatron is a divine interface between go

ental( eternal, and spiritual (mental. our ow n milky way is under the direction of twe n t y- four highly evo l ved beings, the elders of the ga l a x y. beneath them are advanced civilizations which actively assist lesser but deve l o p i n g races. each of these takes on a particular task, as genetic engineers, keepers, gu a rdians, ins t ructors, and the like. galaxy m-31, in the a n d romeda constellation, is the seat of an ext remely important council where re p re s e n t at i ves of a number of galaxies in our region of space deliberate. the council is called the council of nine, and the beings sitting on it a re the nine of andromeda. t h e y, along with the twenty-four elders of each galaxy, comprise the great white brotherhood of the st a r. members of the earth s mission rama h

tebook 21: 22 26. reptoids beings sometimes referred to as reptoids or reptilians figure in a number of abduction and contact reports. according to one source, three different varieties exist: the reptoid (reptilian-humanoid crossbreeds, the various reptilian-gray crossbreed types, and the hierarchical reptilian overlords called the draco (winged reptilian types( reptilian aliens, n.d. draco is a constellation from which, some believe, the reptoids come. a close encounter of the third kind involving reptoids (though before the concept had become popular) happened on november 17, 1967, when thirteen-year-old david seewaldt of calgary, alberta, while crossing a vacant lot, heard a high-pitched sound. when he looked for its source, he saw a house-sized ufo landing. it shot a beam of light at

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

onclave are therefore to consider each in turn the images of the constellations, beginning with the bear and the other northern constellations, passing along the twelve signs of the zodiac, and concluding with a survey of the southern constellations.2 jupiter had perhaps provided each member of the celestial board with a copy of one of those illustrated editions of hyginus, which have cuts of the constellation images beside the letterpress describing their shameful mythological associations (one of bruno's later mnemonic works is illustrated by cuts of the gods of the planets which are identical with those of an edition of hyginus published in 1578 in paris.)3 at any rate, the student of the spaccio will find it useful to have an illustrated hyginus beside him, for bruno has taken much of

of an edition of hyginus published in 1578 in paris.)3 at any rate, the student of the spaccio will find it useful to have an illustrated hyginus beside him, for bruno has taken much of his mythology from that work, and it is to the images of the constellations, reviewed in their order, that he attaches the theme of his amazing work, which is about a universal religious and moral reform. as each constellation image is discussed, vices associated with it are deplored and the virtues opposite to these vices are praised. more than that, there is an active movement of ascent and descent going on; the vices are thrown out by the gods, cast out of the heavens, and to their places ascend the opposite virtues. thus, in the end, the triumphant beast is fully expelled. and the triumphant beast is n

ialogues where the reform movement is described in detail as the gods work through the heavens. in the second dialogue, where he is discussing the triumphant virtues in the abstract, he is still following the order he has assigned to them in the constellations. it has to be realised that he has absolutely clearly imprinted on his memory, after the manner of a magic memory system, the order of the constellation images, and on this the whole argument depends. the following are some examples of the virtue-vice movements, the ascent of virtues and descent of vices, which take place as the gods reform the heavens. to ursa major and minor there ascend truth, being, goodness, which drive out deformity, falsehood, and defect.2 in cephus, wisdom (sophia) replaces ignorance and foolish faith' natura

lvation is achieved in the cosmological setting, the "triumphant beast" of the sum of the vices, the bad influences coming from the stars, is cast out by their good opposites, and the divine virtues or powers predominate in the reformed personality. animal form or the form of the "beast" is used in a strangely ambivalent manner in the spaccio. sometimes the animal forms in the sky, that is in the constellation images in animal form, seem to represent the vices which are being expelled from the reformed personality. but when the gods are discussing capricorn, they allow this animal to remain in heaven to testify to the truth of the religion of natural magic which worships "the divine in things".2 elsewhere it is said that though the celestial images in animal form may seem to signify vices

o remain in heaven to testify to the truth of the religion of natural magic which worships "the divine in things".2 elsewhere it is said that though the celestial images in animal form may seem to signify vices yet they are also not without divine virtue; hence the egyptians from the natural forms of beasts ascended to the penetration of the divinity.3 thus, though the animal forms of some of the constellation images signify vices contrary to the virtues which the reform proclaims, yet animal form itself as the representative of deus in rebus is vindicated by the celestial animal forms, and particularly by that of capricorn. the ethical reform drives the beast images out of heaven when those beasts are understood as allegories of vices. the religious reform maintains the beasts in heaven a

is "egyptianism, the epicureanism of palingenius in the setting of the zodiac is suggestive. bruno's "egyptian" or hermetic reform is envisaged by him as having a close relevance to the times in which he lived. the spaccio contains a politico-religious message which is announced in the heavens, that is, in the discussions about the images of the forty-eight constellations and their reform. in the constellation bootes, in its reformed state, there rises the law. this law is based on what is useful for human society. it should protect the poor and weak, control tyrants, encourage arts, 1 ibid, pp. 83-4. 2 in book viii of the de immenso, bruno cites palingenius as one with whom he partially agrees and partially disagrees (op. lat, i (ii, pp. 292 ff. the passage explicitly about palingenius le

his anti- catholic propaganda becomes quite understandable. the argument on law continues under the next two constellations, corona borealis and hercules. the crown is to be given to the prince who will crush the pernicious pedants who decry good works,1 and hercules, though his image is banished from heaven because it recalls jupiter's fault, will go down to earth to do new good works.2 when the constellation cassiopeia comes under review, before the other gods have had time to determine anything about her, mars jumps up and demands furiously that her image shall remain in the sky because her character so much resembles the spanish character (cassiopeia was punished by neptune for boasting of being fairer than the nereids) but her pride, arrogance, and falsehood are made to go down out of

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

liest worship of the woman and child was much simpler than was that which came to prevail in later ages, at a time when every religious conception was closely veiled beneath a mixture of astrology and mythology. after the planets came to be regarded as active agencies in reproduction, and powerful in directing all mundane affairs, the virgin of the sphere while she represented nature was also the constellation which appeared above the horizon at the winter solstice, or at the time when the sun had reached its lowest point and had begun to return. at this time, the 25th of december, and just as the days began to lengthen, this virgin gave birth to the sun-god. it is said that he issued forth from her side, hence the legend that gotama buddha was produced from the side of maya, and also the

e sun has reached its lowest position and begins to ascend. macrobius, a learned roman writer, observes that the early historic nations "believed that the sun comes forth as a babe from its cradle at the winter solstice" neith is made to say "the sun is the fruit of my womb" the 15th of august, assumption day, the time when mary, the mother of jesus, ascends to heaven is the day when the zodiacal constellation virgo "the greek astrea, leaves the european horizon" and the "8th of september, when virgo emerges from the sun's rays, is held sacred as the nativity of the queen of heaven" of the mid-winter festival, bede says "the pagans of these isles began their year on the eighth of the kalends of january, which is now our christmas day. the night before that (24th dec. eve) was called by the

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

hern hemisphere: four great stars at the corners of a trapezium, three stars for a belt to the hero, and three stars for his sword; three stars close together above suggest his head.thethree brightest stars are named rigel, betelgeux and bellatrix.thename arcturus occurs in job ix v. 9, where job says of god 'which maketh arcturus';butin the revised version the word becomes 'the bear, meaning the constellation ursa major.thehebrew word isashorayish.arcturus is the brightest star visible in our sky, it is in the constellation named bootes. in job xxxviii, 32, we read 'canst thou guide arcturus with his sons, but in the revised version we find 'canst thou guide the bear with her train [or her sons' in job xxxvi, 9, the hebrew word ayish is translated 'the north, so this may be a reason for t

northern hemisphere when the sky is clear, and everyone recognises it from the four fine stars at the corners of an oblong square (a faulty term, and three stars called the226themagical masonbear's tail.thegreat bear is so well-known because two stars of the square point to the present pole star, or maker of thenorth,which is one of the stars of ursa minor, the little bear. some persons call this constellation the wain, an old name for a wagon; some ancients called it a winnowing fan, and the chinese, a dipped or handled basin.thegreek name pleiades occurs twice in the book of job.intheauthorised version, chapter, ix v. 9, job speaking to god says 'which maketh arcturus, orion and pleiades and the chambers of the south; and chapter xxxviii v. 31, god speaking to job says 'canst thou bind t

uencesofpleiades'.therevised version here adds, theclusteror thechainof the pleiades. in amos, also, v. 8 we read,'theseven stars, and in the revised version the words become'thepleiades'.thepleiades form a cluster of stars which are very easy of observation and they are recognised by many persons today.theyare found mentioned byaratusand by ptolemy, as seven notable stars; they are placed in the constellation taurus..ithas been suggested that the word was originally the greek wordpeleiades,the rock-pigeons, flying from orion the hunter.thereis an old tradition that the pleiades were originally seven' innumber,butthatone has been lost: thenumberis of course: indefinite and varies with the eyesight of the observer, some; persons can count fourteen "theoriginal hebrew word in the three verse

n they saw the star they rejoiced' so they appear to have had two views of this star; one while they were in the east, before they started upon their journey, and a second appearance after leaving jerusalem which continued until it stopped over the place where jesus lay.thefamous astronomer kepler,1620,considered that this star must have been a view of the conjunction of jupiter and saturn in the constellation pisces, which occurred, it is calculated, in may,b.c.7; but professor pritchard remarks that a similar and even closer conjunction occurred 59 years earlier. the conjunction mentioned by kepler, however, was not a close one, for the two planets did not approach each other more closely than twice the diameter of the moon and so would not have looked likeonestar to any observer 'theboo

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

a peculiar attribution of the deities to the zodiacal signs, thus:cy>minervatheowlt5venusthedoveiiapollothetripodalimercurytheturtle[i,jupitertheeagletjyceresthebasket'-vulcanthecap with serpent1tlmarsthewolftdianathedogv'svestathelamp=junothepeacock)(neptunethedolphin pairing the opposite signs together we obtain known affinities of the gods and goddesses, thus:"the. name of the forepart of that constellation under the title of 'horus of the solar mountain'.onthetarot trumps83and""minerva a. d vulcan8andttjvenus and man;dandtapollo and.dianaljzlandmercury and vestaandjupiter aj:l.djuno1ij1and)(ceresandneptunethusitmay beremarkedeilpassantistotallydifferenttotheastrological attribution of the. planets bearing the names of certain of tbe deities tothesigns.[officialpublication ofthea-:0:

e god;and,the ram is also the symbol of thesun.and so, when the sun is rising at the vernal equinox in the sign of the ram, we have thelordon his own throne, so to speak, and that is one reason for what otherwise might be a very curious fact, that from that timetillnow the vernal equinox has been said to take place on the first: point of aries, a conventional sign. long ago the sun movedoutof the constellation, but still astronomers kept up an imaginary zodiac, an ecliptic with imaginary divisions, called after the old signs, and they stuck to the name of aries. i have no doubt any astronomer could give you a dozen reasons why. the occult reason why is, that thatsign-thesun on his own throne, symbolising the male principleslain..the lamb slain before the foundation of the .184 the sorcerer

fernal serpent of darkness and of sensuality;thetree of eden and the tree of calvary, the tree of death andthetreeoflife'-thattree aspiring upwards asthetree of life towards the shakra or the zodiac,thegreatwheel of the divine law. this is the glyph as expounded both. in east and west. we need to gobuta very little bit further on.firstweget the fish. andatthetime of christ the sun passed outofthe constellation of aries at the vernal equinox, andintotheconstellation of pisces. and then we have the glyph ofthewe have thevescicapisces, we have the mitre.as the bishop'sthe esoteric teachingonthezodiac 187symbol-wehave endless glyphs. and there we pick up again the reminiscence of the last period of the kali yuga- the previous pisces' month,if!may use the expression- when the worshipofdagon fir

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

inscribe their gigantic signatures on the plateau? it seems, for a start, that they were pretty good observational astronomers at least according to dr phillis pitluga, an astronomer with the adler planetarium in chicago. after making an intensive computer-aided study of stellar alignments at nazca, she has concluded that the famous spider figure was devised as a terrestrial diagram of the giant constellation of orion, and that the arrow-straight lines linked to the figure appear to have been set out to track through the ages the changing declinations of the three stars of orion s belt.3 the real significance of dr pitluga s discovery will become apparent in 3 personal communications with dr pitluga. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 47 due course. meanwhile, let us note that the na

the deceased pharaoh was reborn as a star.10 ritual incantantations were chanted, the purpose of which was to facilitate the dead monarch s rapid rebirth in the heavens: oh king, you are this great star, the companion of orion, who traverses the sky with orion. you ascend from the east of the sky, being renewed in your due season, and rejuvenated in your due time. 11 we have encountered the orion constellation before, on the plains of nazca, and we shall encounter it again. meanwhile, let us consider the ancient egyptian book of the dead. parts of its contents are as old as the civilization of egypt itself and it serves as a sort of baedeker for the transmigration of the soul. it instructs the deceased on how to overcome the dangers of the afterlife, enables him to assume the form of sever

to suppose that it had enjoyed widespread distribution only in the americas when there was so much evidence linking it to other parts of the ancient world? for example, archaeo-astronomers making use of the latest starmapping computer programmes had recently demonstrated that the three world-famous pyramids on egypt s giza plateau formed an exact terrestrial diagram of the three belt stars in the constellation of orion.14 nor was this the limit of the celestial map the ancient egyptian priests had created in the sands on the west bank of the nile. included in their overall vision, as we shall see in parts vi and vii, there was a natural 11 ibid, pp. 266-9. 12 the ancient kingdoms of mexico, p. 67. 13 mysteries of the mexican pyramids, p. 221. 14 the orion mystery. graham hancock fingerprin

) enclose that circle in a second, larger, circle. the dot represents the sun. the smaller of the two concentric circles represents the earth s orbit. the larger circle represents the rim of the ecliptic. around the perimeter of this larger circle, therefore, you should now draw twelve boxes, spacing them evenly, to represent the constellations of the zodiac. since there are 360 in a circle, each constellation can be considered to occupy a space of 30 along the ecliptic. the dot is the sun. the inner of the two concentric circles is the earth s orbit. we know that the earth travels on this orbit in an anticlockwise direction, from the west towards the east, and that every twenty-four hours it also makes one complete rotation around its own axis (again from the west towards the east. from t

our diagram to any point we care to choose around the inner concentric circle marking the earth s orbit, it is obvious that the sun will lie between an observer on the earth and one of the twelve zodiacal constellations. on that day what the observer will see, so long as he or she is up and about well before dawn, is the sun rising in the east in the portion of the sky occupied by that particular constellation. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 233 beneath the clear and unpolluted heavens of the ancient world, it is easy to understand how human beings might have felt reassured by regular celestial motions such as these. it is equally easy to understand why the four cardinal points of the year the spring and autumn equinoxes, the winter and summer solstices should everywhere have been

ured by regular celestial motions such as these. it is equally easy to understand why the four cardinal points of the year the spring and autumn equinoxes, the winter and summer solstices should everywhere have been accorded immense significance. even greater significance was accorded to the conjunction of these cardinal points with the zodiacal constellations. but most significant of all was the constellation in which the sun was observed to rise on the morning of the spring (or vernal) equinox. because of the earth s axial precession, the ancients discovered that this constellation was not fixed or permanent for all time but that the honour of housing or carrying the sun on the day of the vernal equinox circulated very, very slowly among all the constellations of the zodiac. in the words

but that the honour of housing or carrying the sun on the day of the vernal equinox circulated very, very slowly among all the constellations of the zodiac. in the words of giorgio de santillana: the sun s position amongst the constellations at the vernal equinox was the pointer that indicated the hours of the precessional cycle very long hours indeed, the equinoctial sun occupying each zodiacal constellation for almost 2200 years.1 the direction of the earth s slow axial precession is clockwise (i.e, east to west) and thus in opposition to the direction of the planet s annual path around the sun. in relation to the constellations of the zodiac, lying fixed in space, this causes the point at which the spring equinox occurs to move stubbornly along the ecliptic in the opposite direction to

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29 in kalewala describe such a hunt with all its ceremonial. ostiaks in taking an oath kneel on a bearskin, in heathen sacrifices they covered the victim with a bearskin (p. 1010, and long afterwards they hung bearskins about them in the service of the devil (p. 1018. as the bear was king of all beasts, the terms applied to him of' old one' and' grandfather' suggest those of the thunder-god. the constellation of the great bear (p. 725) would of itself seem an evident trace of his worship even among the greeks. coming down from northern asia to the tribes of the caucasus, we again meet with the most remarkable coincidences. the tcherkesses (circassians) keep up a worship of the boar (p. 215, as did the ancient aestyi and germani. both tcherkesses and ossets glorify the same elias (p. 173-4

c, that i can discover, unless the nocturnal rides of svantovit (p. 662) are to be taken into account. i have yet to mention an agreement with greek fable, which seems to pi'ove the high antiquity of that notion of a giant and hunter. to the greeks, orion was a gigantic (trexwpto) huntsman, who in the underworld continues to chase the quariy on the asphodel-mead (od. 1, 572, and forms a brilliant constellation. homer speaks of orion's hound (ii. 22, 29) seen in the sky below him; in flight before him are the pleiads (a bevy of wild doves, od. 12, 62, and the great bear herself appears to watch him [bokevei, od. 5, 274' did our ancestors connect' 0. miiller on orion (ehein. mus. f. pliilol. 2, 12. furious host: orion. 949 tlie same group of stai's with their myth of the wild hunt? i have le

f stai's with their myth of the wild hunt? i have lefc it doubtful on p. 727. we might, for one thing, see such a connexion in orion's as. name of hoar-throng (eoforj^ryng; and secondly add, that the three stars of his belt are called the distaff of fricka, who as' holda' heads the furious host, and looks after her spinsters just at the time of his appearing at christmas. can it be, that when the constellation takes name from fricka, her spindle is made prominent; and when wuotan or a giant-hero lends his name, the herd of hunted boars is emphasized? the greek fable unfolds itself yet more fully. orion is struck blind, and is led to new light by kedalion, a marvellous child who sits on his shoulders. might not we match this hliud giant with our headless wild huuter^ a feature that strikes

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

n the edda, is the more surprising, as the sun, moon and stars are so commonly spoken of as eyes (superst. 614, and antiquity appears even to have seen tongues in them, both of which points fall to be discussed in chap. xxii; meanwhile, if these enu merations are found incomplete, it may be that there were plenty more of such correspondences passing current. if thorr flung a toe into the sky as a constellation, there may also have been tongues that represented stars. the main difference between the scandinavian view and all the others is, as i said before, that the one uses the microcosm as material for the macrocosm, and the other inversely makes the universe contribute to the formation of man. there the whole of nature is but the first man gone to pieces, here man is put together out of

embracing the female earth; he is not however admitted into the circle of the gods, like ovpavbs, whereas earth does stand among the goddesses. to us heaven signifies simply a certain space, the residence of gods. two poetic names for it have reference to that enigmatical being mimir (p. 379: hreggmimir, rain-shedder, from hregg imber; and vetmimir, moistener? conf. vaeta humor. to express star, constellation (sidus, our older speech, in addition to stairno, sterno, steorra, stiarna (gramm. 3, 392) and ohg. himilzeichan (hymn. 4, 2, has a symbolical term, ohg. himilzunga, diut. 1, 526b and gl. doc. 249; os. himiltungal, hel. 18, 2; as. heofontungol, rodortungol; on. himintungl. even the simple tungol has the same sense in as, and a gothic gloss on gal. 4, 3, gives tuggl astrum/ whilst in

en antiquity had plenty of lore and legend. it is a very remarkable statement of jornandes cap. 11, that in sulla s time the goths under dicenaeus, exclusive of planets and signs of the zodiac, were acquainted with 344 stars that ran from east to west. how many could we quote now by their teutonic names? the vulgar opinion imagines the stars, related to each individual man as friend or foe. 1 the constellation that shone upon his birth takes him under its protection all his life through; this is called being born under a good or lucky star. from this guidance, this secret sympathy of dominant constellations, fate can be foretold. conversely, though hardly from native sources, it is said in the renner 10984 that every star has an angel who directs it to the place whither it should go. 1 swe

484. i daresay the heathen had a similar fiction about wodan s charioteer. joh. praetorius de suspecta poli declinatione, lips. 1675, p. 35: qui hanc stellam non praeteriissent, etiamsi minor quam alcor, das knechtgen, der dumelee, das renter- icin, icnechiftnlc fuisset; and again on the thiefa thumb, p. 140: fabula de polucari auriga, dumeke, fulirman that the same fancy of the waggoner to this constellation prevails in the east, appears from niebuhr s arabia, and the hungarian oontzol seems closely related to him; in greek legend likewise zeus places the waggon s driver (yvlo%o) or inventor erichthonius among the stars, though not in the great bear, but between perseus and the twins in the galaxy. the bohemian formdnek, wozatag (auriga) or boivozny signify arcturus, bootes and erichthon

rftring it can mean nothing but boar- throng, since]?ryng, as well as)?rang, mid. lat. drungus, is turba. how any one came to see a herd of wild boars in the group, or which stars of orion it included, i do not know: the wild huntsman of the greek legend may have nothing to do with it, as neither that legend nor the group as seen by greek eyes includes any hunted animal; the boars of the teutonic constellation have seemingly quite a different connexion, and perhaps are founded on mere comparison. ohg. glosses give us no epurdrunc, but its relation to luwaring and iring was pointed out, p. 359 note. in the latter part of the mid. ages our three mowers or the scandinavian mary s distaff is called jacobs-stab, boh. jahubahul; the heathenish spindle, like the heathenish irmin-street (p. 357 no

sh irmin-street (p. 357 note, is handed over to the holy apostle, who now staff in hand, paces the same old heavenly path; in some parts peter s staff is preferred. the esthonians call orion warda iahlied, spear stars, from wardas spear, and perhaps staff, like st. james s staff. the lithuanians szenpjuwis, hay- star? from f szen foenum (nesselmann 515, as august is called szenpjutis; because the constellation rises at hay-harvest? perhaps also with reference to the three-mowers? for in the same way several slav nations have the name kosi scythes, boh. kosy (jungm. 2, 136, pol. kosij (linde 1092a, sloven, koszi (murko 142) mowers. other slavic names of orion are shtupka (bosn. bible, 3, 154, for which we ought to read shtapka, in vuk shtaka crutch, crosier, from our stabchen, carniol. pdli

ksil in isaiah 13, 10 the lxx has /2/aiw, vulg. merely splendor/ luther orion/ in amos 5, 8 kimeh and ksil are avoided in lxx, but rendered in vulg. arcturus, orion/ and by luther the glucke, orion/ michaelis drew up his 86 questions on the meaning of these stars, and niebuhr received the most conflicting answers from arabian jews; 4 on the whole it seemed likeliest, that (1) ash was the arabian constellation om en ndsh (2) kimeh or chima the arab, toriye (3) ksil the arab, shell (sihhel; the three corresponding to ursa major, 1 keisersperg s postil 206: the sea-star or the wain, or die hennmit den mnlin as ye call it. grobianus 1572 fol. 93b: wo der \vagen steht, und wo die gluck mit hunkeln geht. several writers incorrectly describe the diimke, diiming as stebengestirn; even tobler, whe

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the wolf-boy, and paid for his maintenance until the boy died in 1833. 4 unidentified. 5 unidentified. 6 thomas shorter: member, committeeofthe london spiritualist union, 1859. author ofconfessionsof a truthseeker(london, 1859. editor ofthe spiritualistmagazine.7 arcandam:themostexcellent,profitableandpleasantbookeof thefamousdoctorandexpertastrologeanarcandam,oralcandrain,tofind the fataldestiny,constellation,complexionrsc.newlyturnedout offrenchinto ourvulgartongue,byw.warde.curiousoldwoodcuts-blackletter(london, 1617).thework had appeared in latin editions in paris in 1542 and 1555.theenglish edition was reprinted in 1626, 1630, 1652,1670, etc.,allin roman letter with the curious woodcuts of the zodiac. 8 cornelius agrippa von nettesheim (1486-1585, scholar, linguist and diplomat who nu

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

a, seth, shu, and thoth (see deities, themes, and concepts. these include most of the deities who make up the ennead of heliopolis, and it is often argued that the pyramid texts largely represent the theology of the solar temple at heliopolis. a stellar element was also important in the pyramid texts. the king was destined to join the imperishable stars, and the god osiris was identified with the constellation of orion and the goddess isis with the dog star, sirius.20 the cult of osiris is hardly known before the fifth dynasty, but he gradually became the most important funerary god. one thing the pyramid texts are not is a collection of narrative myths. they do contain numerous allusions to myths, many of which are difficult to interpret. some passages include what have been called mythic

sses such as hathor, mut, and isis sometimes took the grotesque form of the great one when they acted as saviors of the innocent. the guilty, however, could expect no mercy from hippopotamus goddesses. the female monster ammut who devoured the souls of those who failed the judgment of osiris was a mixture of hippopotamus, lion, and crocodile. in the 142 handbook of egyptian mythology hippopotamus constellation shown in egyptian sky maps, taweret and other ferocious deities eternally stand guard over seth s evil bull form. this stellar role may lie behind plutarch s statement that thoeris (taweret) was a concubine of seth who deserted him to fight on behalf of his rival horus. see also bes and beset; eye of ra; hapy; mehet-weret; seth; stars and planets references and further reading: i. na

. this event also marked the start of the egyptian year. in the pyramid texts, sopdet is named as a manifestation of the goddess isis. later in egyptian history, sopdet was equated with the eye of ra and the heliacal rising of her star was linked to the myth of the return of the distant goddess. sopdet formed a triad with the star gods sah and sopdu-hor. sah is almost certainly the great southern constellation known to the greeks as orion. the pyramid texts describe sah of the long stride as a stellar manifestation of osiris. as the lone star, sopdu-hor acted as the herald of the sun god morning and evening. various forms of horus were equated with other planets such as mars, jupiter, and saturn. it is possible that the planet mercury was associated with seth. the constellation we know as

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ed everything in his diary- the large, nervous, and often undecipherable, hieroglyplis telling their own story of growing frenzy and despair, and of entries scrawled blindly in the dark. he had to keep the house dark in order to see out of the window, and it appears that most of his time was spent at his desk, peering anxiously through the rain across the glistening miles of downtown roofs at the constellation of distant lights marking federal hill. now and then he would fumblingly make an entry in his diary, so that detached phrases such as "the lights must not go "it knows where i am "i must destroy it; and "it is calling to me, but perhaps it means no injury this time; are found scattered down two of the pages. then the lights went out all over the city. it happened at 2.12 a.m. accordi

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after that the scene was almost wholly kaleidoscopic, and in the jumble of sights, sounds, and unidentified sense-impressions i felt that i was about to dissolve or in some way lose the solid form. one definite flash i shall always remember. i seemed for an instant to behold a patch of strange night sky filled with shining, revolving spheres, and as it receded i saw that the glowing suns formed a constellation or galaxy of settled shape; this shape being the distorted face of crawford tillinghast. at another time i felt the huge animate things brushing past me and occasionally walking or drifting through my supposedly solid body, and thought i saw tiiiiinghast look at them as though his better trained senses could catch them visually. i recalled what he had said of the pineal gland, and wo

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in winter it would be in the east, but mostly if in the small hours of morning. midwinter evenings seemed least dreadful to him. only after two years did i connect this fear with anything in particular; but then i began to see that he must be looking at a special spot on the celestial vault whose position at different times corresponded to the direction of his glance-a spot roughly marked by the constellation corona borealis. we now had a studio in london, never separating, but never discussing the days when we had sought to plumb the mysteries of the unreal world. we were aged and weak from our drugs, dissipations, and nervous overstrain, and the thinning hair and beard of my friend had become snow-white. our freedom from long sleep was surprising, for seldom did we succumb more than an

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the books of magic" or "seek the mysteries" or "travel through difficult territory" the egyptian word shta -ti may have been etymologically connected with certain forms of the name of set. by the time of the magical papyri the words meaning "belonging to set" or "of the secret place" had coalesced in the common tongue. the egyptians associated certain night sky features with set, particularly the constellation ursa major and the planet mercury. they called mercury sbq which simply means "the unknown" in the book of coming forth by day, the afterlife book of the osiris cult, there is an interesting confession of the good followers of osiris: i have come hither to see thy beauty, my hands raised in praise of thy true name. if i enter the secret seat, i speak with set. but if one veils his fa

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

is short. pilots surviving crashes of whole squadrons have been silenced. when four british jets, all without collision, crashlanded at the same time in foggy flying weather, it was "explained" that all four ran out of fuel at one time. not so, they were "pushed" down. 118 your own reading for the past ten years will tell you of a number of unexplained disappearances and accidents to planes. the constellation over brazil. the dc-3 in lake michigan, apparently torn a part and its blankets, etc, shredded mysteriously. on august 2, 1947, the british south american airways plane, lancastrian star dust, mysteriously vanished on a flight over the andes. it would not have been so surprising if the craft had disappeared in the high peaks of the andes, but she was due to land at the airport at san

l "stendic? ne bdi ta hoanni fahn bi skoa kaii tog ymi, ok? yes, could have been an l-m aboard& he said "standback" very fast. in 1947, an american superfortress bomber strangely vanished when 100 miles off bermuda the area of missing planes. in march, 1950, a u.s. globemaster disappeared while flying from north america to ireland, without warning, without trace. the pan-american airways liner, a constellation with forty people aboard, was on her way from south africa to new york, on june 20, 1951. the ship left accra, west africa, for monrovia, liberia, and at 3:00 am the crew radioed that she was due at roberts field airport, monrovia, at 3:15 am. this plane was never seen nor heard of again. fifteen minutes out, with no trouble to report, and anticipating an eventless landing, this gian

experienced some tortuous changes in shape and structure, as such as we will note again in the great comets of 1881 and 1882. in the monthly notices of the royal astronomical society, there is detailed description of all of the six comets of 1880, and there is added the following: in addition to the six comets, an object was observed by mr. swift, of rochester, new york, on april 11, 1880 in the constellation ursa major (big dipper) in ra 11h 28m and declination 68, and supposed by him to be a faint comet. however, no motion was detected in one hour. it was not a nebula for it could not be found again after a period of bad weather. like harrison's object, this was farther north than usual for a comet and quite far from the sun. if a comet, it should have manifest motion in an hour. the fa

ll the truth, lest he be led away to the "funny farm" or etc of the like. 155 the case is proved (b& jemi) in the summer of 1881, a routine announcement appeared in the form of a letter to the editor of the german astronomical publication, astronomishce nachrichten: while scanning the western sky on the evening of (may 22nd) with the unassisted eye, i detected a hazy-looking object just below the constellation columba, which, for my familiarity with that part of the heavens, i regarded as new. on examining it with a small marine telescope i found it half and five and one-half magnitude and the head of a comet and telegraphed (the news) to mr. ellery at melbourne this announcement was signed: john tebbutt, observatory windsor, n.s. wales, 1881, june18th. this seems to be an entirely normal

KASAK VEEDE UNDERSTANDING PLANETS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

onds to akkadian zi-ba-nh-tu(m, so it can be written as a sumerogram with one sign instead of four signs for akkadian. as another matter, the interpretation of such different names can be difficult, but in this case it seems that in both languages, in the first place scales were meant, as sumerian gi.rin2 and akkadian gi rinnu both mean primarily the most ordinary scales. an epithet of the scales constellation, gstar of justice of .ama h (reiner 1995: 4) can be considered indirect proof. scales are a symbol of justice. also in greece, virgo. which lies besides scales. was connected to dike, goddess of justice.2 in any case, to talk about planet names, we have to start from the babylonians, not sumerians, though we have to consider the influence of sumerian language and writing. the term ak

cal texts three more determinatives are used for stars: te, ab2 and gan2, now written by assyriologists as mul2, mulx and mul4 accordingly. the original reasons for using these are currently unknown; they could be either cryptograms or a sophisticated joke of professional astrologers. baru (reiner 1995: 5. of course, mul did not mean only estar f. halloran fs dictionary about the word mul: gstar; constellation; planet; meteor (gi6/mi, enight f+ ul, estar, ornament f [mul archaic frequency: 6. v, to (let) sparkle, shine, glow h (halloran 1999. as the akkadian cuneiform system is mainly syllabic, it allows the same word to be written in several ways. e.g. estar f kakkabu could be written with a sumerogram mul, but it could also be written differently by syllables: kak-ka-bu, ka-ak-ka-bu, ka

ntains the names of celestial bodies and related gods with data concerning them. e.g. mulgal (g62, akkadian kakkabu rabu ebig star f, can mean the moon, the bright star sirius, jupiter, saturn, and in astrological texts also a meteor. the combination mulrab-bu (g367) is pronounced and translated similarly to the previous one, but it means jupiter, venus, or the not too conspicious star oph in the constellation of ophiuchus (gossmann 1950: 18, 183. eplanet f can be met in three forms: dudu.idim, muludu.idim or mulbi-ib-bu. udu.idim, akkadian bibbu in itself means ewild sheep f; while fixed stars are a peacefully pasturing flock, planets as gtraveling h stars are wild sheep or even beasts lurking for sheep (hommel 1909: 217. however, it seems we might have to abandon the classical widespread

lf f is ur.idim. figure 5. eplanet f (akkadian bibbu) in two forms: dudu.idim and mulbi-ib-bu. in cuneiform texts, wedge signs are usually not as clearly grouped and are often written downright carelessly. handwriting of the ancient scribes is sometimes a problem in assyriology. the above-mentioned dudu.idim could also mark jupiter, venus, and mercury, but sometimes also mars, saturn, or even the constellation of scales. although theoretically it is possible to collect all planet names and gods related to them, their reading and interpretation have changed quite a lot in time (kugler 1907: 293; gossmann 1950; borger 1981; rochberg 1998: 28.29. sometimes, instead of naming the sun, the moon, and venus, a number as a symbol of the corresponding god is 17 used together with the determinative

brown (brown 2000: 65. some authors (borger 1981: 238,267) have proposed to read nig instead of gar and pa instead of sag3, preferring different possible phonetic values of the same signs. another frequent name of jupiter n beru, written mulne2-bi-ru (g144, g298, can mean jupiter in culmination or in other specific positions, but can also denote the north star( umi) and canopus( car, and even the constellation perseus or a meteor. another widespread designation of jupiter mul.ul.pa.e3.(a) elord of the bright dawn f (meaning jupiter in the east) shows a possibility to classify the names of jupiter by its place on the firmament. it may appear that mulsag.me.gar means ejupiter in culmination f while mulud.al.tar means ejupiter in the west f. d.ulpae refers to the god .ulpae (also .ulpa fe) eb

e mul/dim.dugud.mu.en or mul/danzu which are connected to anzu who (according to most sources) is a giant bird with a lion fs head (supposedly a relative of the roc-bird of the later arabian mythology; the determinative of a god marks it rather as belonging to lower celestial fauna, not having a widespread cult. the appellation mulka5.a. lebu refers. besides mars. also to the still not identified constellation of fox (supposedly one of the names of ursa majoris (brown 2000: 54. figure 12. the most widespread variants of mars in the cuneiform: mulsal-bata- nu, mulnu.me.a (g304) and ulnak(a)ru. 29 the table of gods and planets as planned from the beginning, we shall try to compose a large survey table (table 4) of mesopotamian planet names and the gods related to them. unfortunately we canno

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omplete anarchy, god sent the archangel michael down from heaven to confine the corrupt angels in the valleys of earth until doomsday. the giants that these angels had fathered were destroyed, but their evil spirits went on wreaking havoc until they were wiped out by the flood sent by god. according to hebrew myths, by robert graves, semyaza is now eternally residing in the sky in the form of the constellation orion, hanging between heaven and earth, with his head pointing downwards. see also fallen angels; nephilim for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including the fallen angels. 1967. new york: free press, 1971. ronner, john. know your angels: the angel almanac with biographies of 100 prominent angels in legend and folklore, and much more. murfreesboro, tn:mamre

if placed under the same conditions. as an answer to god s challenge, shemhazi and azazel came down to earth to show that angels could do better. 252 sheol almost immediately, however, they were overcome by desire for an attractive woman, and begat horrible giants (later destroyed in the flood. shemhazi repented his sin, and hung himself upside down in the sky, where he remains to this day as the constellation orion. azazel, on the other hand, refused to repent, and remains on the earth to this day, encouraging women to wear jewelry and cosmetics as part of their efforts to lead mortal men into sin. see also nephilim; semyazi for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including the fallen angels. new york: free press, 1967. ronner, john. know your angels: the angel alman

LIBER 777

0 -10 jabhah (lion s forehead) 19 e 10 -30 jabhah, zubrah (lion s mane, and 0 -20 sarfah (cor leonis) 20 f 20 -30 sarfah, awwa (the dog, two stars in f, and simak (spica virginis) 22 g gafar (f, i, and k in foot of f, zub ni (horns of h, and 0 -10 iklil (the crown) 24 h 10 -30 iklil, kalb (cor scorpionis, and 0 -20 shaulah (tail of h) 25 i 20 -30 shaulah, na aim (stars in pegasus, and baldah (no constellation) 26 j sa ad al-z bih (the slaughterer s luck, sa ad al-bal a (glutton s luck, and 0 -10 sa ad al sa ad (luck of lucks, stars in k) 28 k 10 -30 sa ad al-sa ad, sa;ad al-akhbiyah (luck of tents, and 0 -20 fargh the former (spout of the urn) 29 l 20 -30 fargh the former, fargh the latter (hind lip of urn, and rish a (navel of fish s belly) table vi 31 clxxv. hebrew letters. clxxvi. nume

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1 letters, 5 a identical, and 6 diverse. thus it interlocks pentagram and hexagram. ah tyb, the house of he the pentagram; see idra zuta qadisha, 694 .for h formeth k, but j formeth dwy..77 both equal 20. 74 [marcelo motta took this number on declaring himself a master of the temple. t.s] 75 [the reference is to one of the golden dawn admission badges. t.s] 76 [co is also the hebrew names for the constellation of the great bear. t.s] 77 [comparing this with the mathers translation, this appears to be a loose paraphrase of von rosenroth.s glosses rather than a direct quote; the relevant paragraphs are 696 and 697. t.s] 50 liber lviii note 4+ 1+ 8= 13, the 4 reduced to 1 through 8, the redeeming force; and 418= j= 8. by aiq bkr, abrahadabra= 1+ 2+ 2+ 1+ 5+ 1+ 4+ 1+ 2+ 2+ 1= 22. also 418= 22

LIBER LXXVIII

o confusion; the princes may be called emperors without harm. remember only that the horsed figures refer to the yod of tetragrammaton, the charioted figures to the vau. a description of the cards of the taro 13 if ill dignified, he is evil-minded.cruel.bigoted.brutal. he rules the celestial heavens from above the twentieth degree of h to the first two decans of i: and this includes a part of the constellation hercules (hercules is always represented with a club) b of b king of the salamanders. vi the queen of the thrones of flame queen of wands a crowned queen with long red-golden hair, seated upon a throne, with steady flames beneath. she wears a corslet and buskins of scale-mail, which latter her robe discloses. her arms are almost bare. on cuirass and buskins are leopard's heads winged

iii the lord of the winds and the breezes: the king of the spirits of air knight of swords a winged warrior with crowned winged helmet, mounted upon a brown steed. his general equipment is as that of the knight of wands, but he wears as a crest a winged six-pointed 18 liber lxxviii star, similar to those represented on the heads of castor and pollux the dioscuri, the twins gemini (a part of which constellation is included in his rule. he holds a drawn sword with the sigil of his scale upon its pommel. beneath his horse's feet are dark-driving stratus clouds. he is active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skilful, but inclined to domineer. also to overvalue small things, unless well dignified. if ill dignified, deceitful, tyrannical and crafty. rules from 20 b to 20 c. b of d k

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hrough the direction of rotation. certain forces of the most formidable character may be invoked by circumambulation widdershins when it is executed with intent towards them, and the initiated technique. of such forces typhon is the type and the war of the titans against the olympians the legend (teitan, titan, has in greek the numerical value of 666. h (for example, if invoking the powers of the constellation of the bear, associated with typhon-set in graco-egyptian magick, one might used widdershins motions, from the apparent motion of the stars about the pole star. as noted, while in section a. the entity invoked is hailed as gasar-un-nefer h, the opening of section c. is strikingly close to the beginning of an invocation of set-typhon in the leiden papyrus (the greek text of which was

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cant has ever appeared) was 1917: axel olrik, gyggdrasil, h danske studier 14 (1917: 49.62, used the confluence of oak tree and large stag to assign the provenance of yggdrasil to denmark or western norway. uno holmberg (harva, gvalhall och varldstradet, h finsk tidskrift for vitterhet, vetenskap, konst och politik 48 (1917: 349.377, thought that eikthyrnir was an icelandic invention based on the constellation ursa major. ein(d)ridi (lone-rider) thor name. the name is found in stanza 19 of the haustlong of thjodolf of hvin, one of the very earliest skalds, in the scene in thor fs duel with hrungnir in which the whetstone is lodged in the god fs head. elsewhere in this stanza einridi is called both earth fs son and odin fs son. it is also found in the vellekla of einar helga- deities, theme

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he tuat or underworld in the seeming form of apep (once he mastered this chaotic aspect) and man-god on earth. at kom ombo as well as other places set was called nubti and sutekh, although later identified with the god baal, whom the hyskos held as their highest god. set is called a mighty warrior who had his kingdom in the north, specifically in the northern sky where he dwelled in a star of the constellation of khepesh or the thigh. as typhon has long been associated with set the common traits of his nature are clear. consider the nature of typho as the greeks called him, his nature was of the beast and he corrupted the natural order, the course of nature. set was of this nature as well, an anti-nature in that his spirit was against the natural laws and went forth upon its own course. in

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

nd thus coexisted with our direct ancestors h. habilis and h. erectus. these other primates went extinct and left no recognizable modern descendants. just to name some, these were australopithecus africanus, paranthropus boisei, and paranthropus robustus (who must have been a fearsome sight for other bipedal primates at the time because of their sheer size. therefore, our forebears were part of a constellation of bipedal species that roamed the african savanna for a long period of time (see figure 4.1. figure 4.2 shows fossil representatives of what some of our ancestors looked like. how is it that our ancestors (starting with australopithecus) left descendants while no other bipedal primate lineages did? our best answer is that our ancestors brains evolved toward a bigger size and greater

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

vernal equinox the vital essences of the earth--the blood of the bull- which, pouring from the wound made by the sun god, fertilize the seeds of living things. dogs were held sacred to the cult of mithras, being symbolic of sincerity and trustworthiness. the mithraics used the serpent a an emblem of ahriman, the spirit of evil, and water rats were held sacred to him. the bull is esoterically the constellation of taurus; the serpent, its opposite in the zodiac, scorpio; the sun, mithras, entering into the side of the bull, slays the celestial creature and nourishes the universe with its blood. click to enlarge the birth of mithras. from montfaucon's antiquities mithras was born out of a rock, which, breaking open, permitted him to emerge. this occurred in the darkness of a subterranean cha

l of osiris "the sacred serpent" and "the retiring of the bull" the last appellation has reference to the ceremony of drowning the sacred apis in the waters of the nile every twenty-five years. click to enlarge the lion-faced light-power. from montfaucon's antiquities. this gnostic gem represents by its serpentine body the pathway of the sun and by its lion head the exaltation of the solar in the constellation of leo. click to enlarge a symbolic labyrinth. from montfaucon's antiquities. labyrinths and mazes were favored places of initiation among many ancient cults. remains of these mystic mazes have been found among the american indians, hindus, persians, egyptians, and greeks. some of these mazes are merely involved pathways lined with stones; others are literally miles of gloomy caverns

e rather to return in the body of a swan than be born of woman. the head of orpheus, after being torn from his body, was cast with his lyre into the river hebrus, down which it floated to the sea, where, wedging in a cleft in a rock, it gave oracles for many years. the lyre, after being stolen from its shrine and working the destruction of the thief, was picked up by the gods and fashioned into a constellation. orpheus has long been sung as the patron of music. on his seven-stringed lyre he played such perfect harmonies that the gods themselves were moved to acclaim his power. when he touched the strings of his instrument the birds and beasts gathered about him, and as he wandered through the forests his enchanting melodies caused even the ancient trees with mighty effort to draw their gna

morals and dogma" by albert pike) p. 46 rose again, until at last osiris also tried. the moment he was in the chest typhon and his accomplices nailed the cover down and sealed the cracks with molten lead. they then cast the box into the nile, down which it floated to the sea. plutarch states that the date upon which this occurred was the seventeenth day of the month athyr, when the sun was in the constellation of scorpio. this is most significant, for the scorpion is the symbol of treachery. the time when osiris entered the chest was also the same season that noah entered the ark to escape from the deluge. plutarch further declares that the pans and satyrs (the nature spirits and elementals) first discovered that osiris had been murdered. these immediately raised an alarm, and from this in

s. the fourteenth part (the phallus) she reproduced in gold, for the original had fallen into the river nile and had been swallowed by a fish. typhon was later slain in battle by the son of osiris. some of the egyptians believed that the souls of the gods were taken to heaven, where they shone forth as stars. it was supposed that the soul of isis gleamed from the dog star, while typhon became the constellation of the bear. it is doubtful, however, whether this idea was ever generally accepted. among the egyptians, isis is often represented with a headdress consisting of the empty throne chair of her murdered husband, and this peculiar structure was accepted during certain dynasties as her hieroglyphic. the headdresses of the egyptians have great symbolic and emblematic importance, for they

placed in the form of a square. this signified that isis, or nature, the first matter (alchemical terminology, was the essence- of the four elements (life, light, heat, and force, which quintessence generated all things. numerous stars are represented on this girdle, thereby indicating their influence in darkness as well as the influence of the sun in light. isis is the virgin immortalized in the constellation of virgo, where the world mother is placed with the serpent under her feet and a crown. of stars on her head. in her arms she carries a sheaf of grain and sometimes the young sun god. the statue of isis was placed on a pedestal of dark stone ornamented with rams' heads. her feet trod upon a number of venomous reptiles. this indicates that nature has power to free from acidity or salt

ll the gods of antiquity resolved themselves into the solar fire, sometimes itself as god, or sometimes an emblem or shekinah of that higher principle, known by the name of the creative being or god" the egyptian priests in many of their ceremonies wore the skins of lions, which were symbols of the solar orb, owing to the fact that the sun is exalted, dignified, and most fortunately placed in the constellation of leo, which he rules and which was at one time the keystone of the celestial arch. again, hercules is the solar deity, for as this mighty hunter performed his twelve labors, so the sun, in traversing the twelve houses of the zodiacal band, performs during his pilgrimage twelve essential and benevolent labors for the human race and for nature in general, hercules, like the egyptian

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system of house calculations resembling the old meridian or porphyry systems. the placidus house system more commonly used today produces results substantially different from those shown in the seals. it should also be noted that, despite the assertions of one commentator on this book, the author used the tropical, precession-adjusted zodiac for his calculations, not any version of a sidereal or constellation-oriented zodiac. the example seals can only be produced if the tropical zodiac is used. benjamin rowe june 22, 1 t5 that such is to be fulfilled by you, if it please god, adding further the particulars of your request, praying with humility for what is lawful and just: and that thou shall obtain from him. but if he do not appear presently, then you must obtain the golden seal, and ma

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ay, and enlightenment. many modern assassinations are committed at important sites on the earth grid, sothat they constitute a ritual slaying (see jack the ripper crimes, as well as the execu-tions of john fitzgerald kennedy and lady diana spencer. lady spencer was murdered in ritual fashion, exactly on the same day that the ripperclaimed his first victim, august 31. this is also the day when the constellation of the vir-gin (virgo) descends below the horizon into the underworld. virgo is connected with illus-trious females and mothers. the ripper murders were committed at the behest of themasonic lodges of england. author stephen knight, who exposed the names behind it, aswell as the reason for the atrocities, died two years after his book, the brotherhood, cameout. his death has never be

of our nations capitol by david ovasonthis amazing study reveals once and for all that esoteric astrology played a major role in the foundingof the united states, and that the personages behind this were attempting to make ritual sites of theamerican cities, as had been done centuries previous. each u.s. city is connected in some way to a star,as are all the edifices in washington, d.c.siriusthe constellation of canis major, the greater dog, would have risen over jenkins heights, where thenorth wing of the capitol was almost completed. dominating this part of the skies would be the scorch-ing dog star, sirius, a brilliant white and yellow star (p. 4)the extraordinary truth is that the very existence of the washington monument is intimately linked withthe egyptian star sirius, the sihor, t

ponent of this chilling, racial evolutionary theory was notdarwin but herbert spencer, whose ideas were based on race. spencer was more explicit than darwin inhis conclusion. only one race was capable of ascending to the highest levels of the evolutionary spiral.the others would be left behind (p. 39)ultima thuletule or tula, is the name of the central sun, or galactic center. to the right of the constellation oforion and near sirius. ophiuchus, the serpent bearer, is the nearest constellation (see p.58)thule is the same as hyperborea, that the greeks knew as the heavens, not the north pole. the blue degrees or blue starnamed after the compacted clusters of stars and galaxies of galactic center.osirisplutarch suggested this comes from os, meaning many and iri, meaning eyes. osiris was call

everal times in 1909 (see p. 65.)tuatin egyptian means the underworld. interestingly the celtic tribe tuatha de danaan, did retreat into thesidhe, the portals to the underworld.hathorthe cow goddess. the word galaxy meant mothers milk and refers to the milky way in particular.hathor was therefore connected with the milky way.the beehiveoften used as a cryptic representation of the pleiades in the constellation of taurus. in latin, bee isapis, which also means bull.tiamatcalled rahab in the bible, rahab the seat of babylon.psalm 89:10-11 thou hast broken rahab to piecesjob 26:12-13 by his wisdom he hath cut rahab to pieces (see p. 90.)merthe hebrews called the planet tiamat, or mot, or rahab, by the name of mer. those from this planetwere the original mer-men, half-man, half-fish, or reptil

t, or mot, or rahab, by the name of mer. those from this planetwere the original mer-men, half-man, half-fish, or reptile.an or marduk or nibiruin 1982, the space telescope iras (infrared astronomical station) saw what had not been seen for per-haps two thousand years. on december 30, 1983, the world press reported that the advanced space tele-scope:discovered a celestial body in the direction of constellation orion, which possibly is as big as thegigantic jupiter and perhaps so close to the earth that it could belong to our solar systemwhen irasresearchers saw the mysterious celestial body and calculated that it was possibly eighty billion kilome-ters away from earth, they speculated that it is moving towards earth (p. 95)quetzalcoatlhe whose home is water .oannes (the original fisher kin

iful clear skies and plentiful food sources [cf bila-svarga. it was because of theexistence of those called two hearts, the bad ones, that refuge was sought in the upper world by thehopi, the peaceful ones. the underworld was not destroyed but was only sealed up to prevent the twohearts from rising upon to the surface world.the second story tells of the descent of the hopi from the blue star of a constellation called the sevensisters. one version tells of their travel to earth on the back of enki, the eagle. grandfather, the greatspirit, allowed the first man to select his home from the many stars of the universe. enki told first manof his home earth, and brought him to visit. first man's exploration of the earth convinced him that thiswas where he wanted his children to be born and to gro

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lness or _plenitude[[greek? a] of the divine emanations. with the ophites, a sect of the gnostics, there were seven inferior spirits [inferior to ialdabaoth, the demiourgos or actual creator _micha l, suri l, rapha l, gabriel, thauthabaoth, erataoth, and _athaniel, the genii of the stars called the bull, the dog, the lion, the bear, the serpent, the eagle, and the ass that formerly figured in the constellation cancer, and symbolized respectively by those animals; as _ialdabaoth, iao, adona, elo, ora, and _astapha_ were the genii of saturn, the moon, the sun, jupiter, venus, and mercury. the word appears in all these creeds. it is the _ormuzd_ of zoroaster, the _ainsoph_ of the kabalah, the _nous_ of platonism and philonism, and the _sophia_ or _demiourgos_ of the gnostics. and all these cr

f the gods. an image was borne there, representing the corpse of a young man, over whose tomb tears were shed, and to whom funeral honors were paid. at samothrace, in the mysteries of the cabiri or great gods, a representation was given of the death of one of them. this name was given to the sun, because the ancient astronomers gave the name of gods cabiri and of samothrace to the two gods in the constellation gemini; whom others term apollo and hercules, two names of the sun. athenion says that the young cabirus so slain was the same as the dionusos or bakchos of the greeks. the pelasgi, ancient inhabitants of greece, and who settled samothrace, celebrated these mysteries, whose origin is unknown: and they worshipped castor and pollux as patrons of navigation. the tomb of apollo was at de

; whence the enigmatical saying, repeated to the initiates, that a bull engendered a dragon or serpent, and the serpent in turn engendered the bull, who became bakchos: the meaning of which was, that the bull [taurus, which then opened the vernal equinox, and the sun in which sign, figuratively represented by the sign itself, was bakchos, dionusos, saba-zeus, osiris, etc, and the serpent, another constellation, occupied such relative positions in the heavens, that when one rose the other set, and _vice versa. the serpent was a familiar symbol in the mysteries of bakchos. the initiates grasped them with their hands, as orphiucus does on the celestial globe, and the orpheo-telestes, or purifier of candidates did the same, crying, as demosthenes taunted schines with doing in public at the hea

ing the candidate a crown, supported by a sword. it was placed near his head, and he repelled it, saying "mithras is my crown" then he was declared the soldier of mithras, and had the right to call the other initiates fellow-soldiers or companions in arms. hence the title _companions_ in the royal arch degree of the american rite. then he passed, porphyry says, through the degree of the lion--the constellation leo, domicile of the sun and symbol of mithras, found on his monuments. these ceremonies were termed at rome leontic and heliac; and _coratia_ or _hiero-coracia, of the raven, a bird consecrated to the sun, and a sign placed in the heavens below the lion, with the hydra, and also appearing on the mithriac monuments. thence he passed to a higher degree, where the initiates were called

biri as samothrace had. for the worship of the cabiri spread from that island into etruria, phrygia, and asia minor: and it probably came from ph nicia into samothrace: for the cabiri are mentioned by sanchoniathon; and the word _cabar_ belongs to the hebrew, ph nician, and arabic languages. the dioscuri, tutelary deities of navigation, with venus, were invoked in the mysteries of samothrace. the constellation auriga, or pha ton, was also honored there with imposing ceremonies. upon the argonautic expedition, orpheus, an initiate of these mysteries, a storm arising, counselled his companions to put into samothrace. they did so, the storm ceased, and they were initiated into the mysteries there, and sailed again with the assurance of a fortunate voyage, under the auspices of the dioscuri, p

those that lay along the path which the sun travelled as he climbed toward the north and descended to the south: lying within certain limits and extending to an equal distance on each side of the line of equal nights and days. this belt, curving like a serpent, was termed the zodiac, and divided into twelve signs. at the vernal equinox, 2455 years before our era, the sun was entering the sign and constellation taurus, or the bull; having passed through, since he commenced, at the winter solstice, to ascend northward, the signs aquarius, pisces and aries; on entering the first of which he reached the lowest limit of his journey southward. from taurus, he passed through gemini and cancer, and reached leo when he arrived at the terminus of his journey northward. thence, through leo, virgo, an

and beneficent. over the fallen angels or evil genii of the former, the demons or devs of the subterranean empire of darkness and sorrow, and its stars, ruled also a chief. in egypt the scorpion first ruled, the sign next the balance, and long the chief of the winter signs; and then the polar bear or ass, called typhon, that is _deluge, on account of the rains which inundated the earth while that constellation domineered. in persia, at a later day, it was the serpent, which, personified as ahriman, was the evil principle of the religion of zoroaster. the sun does not arrive at the same moment in each year at the equinoctial point on the equator. the explanation of his anticipating that point belongs to the science of astronomy; and to that we refer you for it. the consequence is, what is t

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ures of the chase, who had made a vow never to marry; but zeus, under the form of the huntress-goddess, succeeded in obtaining her affections. hera, being extremely jealous of her, changed her into a bear, and caused artemis (who failed to recognize her attendant under this form) to hunt her in the chase, and put an end to her existence. after her death she was placed by zeus among the stars as a constellation, under the name of arctos, or the bear. alcmene, the daughter of electryon, king of mycenae, was betrothed to her cousin amphytrion; but, during his absence on a perilous undertaking, zeus assumed his form, and obtained her affections. heracles (whose world-renowned exploits will be related among the legends) was the son of alcmene and zeus. semele, a beautiful princess, the daughter

ness they passed the island of agina, and at length reached in safety the port of iolcus, where the recital of their numerous adventures and hair-breadth escapes was listened to with wondering admiration by their fellow-countrymen. the argo was consecrated to poseidon, and was carefully preserved for many generations till no vestige of it remained, when it was placed in the heavens as a brilliant constellation. on his arrival at iolcus, jason conducted his beautiful bride to the palace of his uncle pelias, taking with him the golden fleece, for the sake of which this perilous expedition had been undertaken. but the old king, who had never expected that jason would return alive, basely refused to fulfil his part of the compact, and declined to abdicate the throne [231] indignant at the wron

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cation, books on seemingly non-occult subjects and so forth. this ability to build tools out of life is perhaps the greatest art an adept can show. this is related to #3! 9. cunning. the left hand path initiate always has an ace in the hole for any situation. he or she does not put all of his eggs in one basket, he or she has cunning, a type of knowing and thought formed by a complex but coherent constellation of attitudes and skills which combine flair, extensive networking, wisdom, forethought, subtlety of mind, misdirection, observation of people's nonverbal cues, resourcefulness, vigilance, opportunism, various skills and experience acquired over the years. it is applied to conditions which are passing, shifting, nonplusing and ambiguous, and to those magically potent situations, which

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ron archery, medicine, and music; he, in turn, tutored apollo s son asclepius, as well as the hero jason and his own great-grandson achilles (see pp. 52 53 and p. 63. cheiron was an immortal, but ceded his immortality to prometheus (see pp. 24 25) to escape an eternity of pain after heracles accidentally wounded him (see p. 51. zeus granted him the lesser immortality of the skies, where he is the constellation centaurus. king midas 40 a vain boast the god pan, playing his pipes to a group of impressionable nymphs on mount tmolus, boasted that his music was better than that of the god of music, apollo. apollo challenged him to a contest, with the mountain god as judge. king midas midas, king of phrygia, was unlucky in his dealings with the gods. doomed (at his own request) in his early year

upon the adventurous life of a hero. hercules serpent serpent the labors of hercules 51 guardian serpent ladon, the terrifying serpent that guarded the apples, had 100 heads (although they are not shown here) each of which spoke a different language. like the sphinx (see p. 48, he was a child of the monsters typhon and echidna. when he was killed, the grief-stricken hera set him in the sky as the constellation draco. sleeping hesperides sources vary as to whether there were three or four hesperides. those shown on the left are aigle, erytheia, and hesperia. so peaceful here, the theft of the apples caused them unspeakable sorrow. in one story, nereus (or prometheus) advised hercules to trick atlas, who supported the sky, into fetching the golden apples. while he was away hercules held up t

d died, see pp. 56 57) and had been rescued by her brothers, her suitors all swore revenge if anyone tried to steal her away from her chosen husband. helen married king menelaus, and when she was abducted by the trojan prince paris (see pp. 62 63, her suitors kept their promise and laid siege to troy. after their death, the dioscuri acquired a semidivinity and were venerated as the twin or gemini constellation. they were especially important to the spartans, and later, in the fifth century bce, to the romans. heroic divinities, who in life had been involved in many battles and adventures, the romans believed that they helped them on the battlefield. columbines underfoot grow purple columbines representing resolution, or a desire to win. they may refer to zeus determination to make love to

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mate, vegetative, living, or speaking beings, including the climates, which affect the economies, as stated before. furthermore, they are the source of the compositions of the four foundations of fire, vapor, water and earth, from spiritual compositions to physical compositions. for example, it is stated that "the land gives rise to wise people. this is because it falls under the influence of the constellation "machkim (the one who makes wise. this is true of everything that exists on this planet, even to the smallest blade of grass. all things receive their energy and influence from the planets and constellations. they, receive their energy from the dross of the angels, which receives its energy from the angels, which receive their energy from malchut of malchut of asiyah. everything that

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of the ace of wands, but not so heavy, and also the sigil of his scale is shewn. beneath the rushing feet of his steed are waving flames of fire. he is active, generous, fierce, sudden and impetuous. if ill-digrufied he is evilminded, cruel, bigoted, brutal. he rules the celestial heavens from above the 20th degree of scorpio to the first two decans of sagittarius and this includes a part of the constellation hercule (who also carries a club. fire of fire. king of the salamanders. vi. queen of the thrones of flame. queen of wands a crowned queen with long red-golden hair, seated upon a throne, with steady flames beneath. she wears a corselet and buskins of scale mail, which latter her robe discloses. her arms are almost bare. on cuirass and buskins are leopards' heads winged. the same sym

me iv book eight swords xi1. lord of the winds and breezes. king of the spirit of air. knight of swords a winged warrior with crowned and winged helmet, mounted upon a brown steed, his general equipment is as that of the knight of wands, but he wears as a crest awinged six-pointed star, similar to those represented on the heads of castor and pollux, the dioscuri, the twins-gemini (a part of which constellation is included in his rule. he holds a drawn sword with the sigil of his scale upon its pommel. beneath his horse's feet are dark, driving, stratus clouds. he is active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skillful, but inclined to domineer. also to over-value small things, unless well-dginified. ill-digrufied: deceitful, tyrannical and crafty. rules from 20" taurus to 20" gem

north pole of our earth now points. another very important difference is that, throughout the true tarot, the teaching assigns the commencing point of the zodiac to the bright star "regulus" which is in leo. and it measures right ascension and longitude from that point, and not from a suppositious point divided by the equinox and called the 0" of aries (though in reality now far removed from the constellation of that name, which has been adopted by modern or western astronomy and astrology. by this now usual way of reckoning, and the precession of the equinoxes, it has gradually come to pass that the signs (or divisions, each of 30, of the zodiac) no longer coincide with the constellations of the same name, and each decade of years shows them slowly but surely receding. but the tarot meth

know that the great "king star" or "heart of the lion" which is in leo upon the path of the ecliptic and one of the "four tiphareth points (see later) of the celestial heavens, is the commencement and ruler of all our reckoning of longitude (or ecliptic. the path of the sun itself is the commencement of our reckoning of the latitude in the searching out of our hidden wisdom. also the dragon, the constellation draco, surroundeth the pole kether of our celestial heavens. but the northern pole and kether of the material planet (even of our erthe, earth) looketh constantly unto binah, for as much as she is under sorrow and suffering. when, oh lord of the universe, shall she turn from her evil ways so that she shall again behold kether? wherefore she is now a place of trial. for each thing in

"-30' of cancer to 7"-30' of virgo within the limits of 45" latitude. star groups corresponding to above. tail of draco. head and forepart of ursa minor, left arm and part of head and chest of bootes. the greater part of the northernmost dog of canes venatici. tail and back of ursa major (ancient italian name was septemtriones, the 7 ploughing oxen. this includes the celebrated seven stars of the constellation called "charles wain" by the english "seven rishis" by the hindus, and in the egyptian book of the dead, ch. xvii "the seven bright ones who follow their lord, the thigh <223> of the northern heaven (note: in the zodiac of denderah, and in the tablet of edfu, that ursa major is represented as the thigh of an ox.-s.r.m.d) 12. princess (knave) of cups. rules from north pole to 45" of l

paths, aleph, beth, gimel, vau, cheth, caph, mem, qoph, and shin, and so many of the others will be even quadrupled. but although tiphareth and yesod will be concealed, there will be four especial points where the influence of each will be indicated. as projected in the before-described celestial sphere, kether will govem a radius of 10" around the north pole, thus embracing the whole body of the constellation draco. chokmah will be on the 60" north latitude; embracing a radius of 10, the right foot of hercules; the left arm, hand, and part of head of bootes. also on the other side of the heavens, a radius of 10" including the head and shoulders of cepheus, and the head of lacerta. binah, has a similar radius and is posited on the same parallel of <232> latitudes, and includes the pole sta

cliptrc circle 04 tiphcreth wiih northern 4 point. hamisphere southern hemisphere acf5. s.a.'s key plan of the paths nort aern herntsphere southern hemisphere 605 <235> s.a.'s kfx plan of the tarot northern hemisphere star rqulus southern hemisphere 606 tree of life in a sphere 607 the esoteric system of astrological divination.-i.r) in the book "t" it is written''also the dragon (i.e. draco, the constellation at the northern pole of the heavens) surroundeth the pole kether of the celestial heavens."it is further laid down that the four aces (symbolised by the princesses and amazons, rule the celestial heavens from the northern pole of the zodiac unto the 45th degree of latitude north of the ecliptic, and from the thrones of the four aces which rule in kether. and again it is stated that:

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

with life, and teams with apparentfruitfulness. the terrestrial surface bears the impress of a paradise, and all nature rejoices in fullnessas doth man in his growing strength. nature wells forth. no herb, no flower, no tree is wanting forornament or use, for sight, scent or taste. the bounty of god supplies man222s necessities, comfort andrecreation.the loving month of june displays its gorgeous constellation of minor stars, and is represented by thezodiacal sign cancer, the crab. as man has arrived at his full estate, this is termed the "gate ofman: it is the fourth step of the ascending signs, the solstitial point, marking the northern limit ofthe sun from the equator.companions with conductor proceed to suffragan, whose five lights have just been lit. lights of 2ndrituals of the societ

of theseasons, and the appearance of the heavenly bodies in the different and succeeding signs it is well torefreshen your mind with a few familiar thoughts.the zodiac is a belt of stars extending eight degrees on each side of the elliptic, hence it is 16degrees wide, and is 360 degrees in making the circumference. 30 degrees is assigned to each monthor position of the sun in which is a group or constellation, hence there are 12 signs to complete thecircumference. the zodiac, or belt, has four principal points, two of which are solstitial and tworituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliaphilosophus41 equinoctial; and were anciently marked by fomalhaut end aldebaran, regulus and antares. thesolstitial points mark the northern and southern limits of the sun from the equator, called can

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

n, author of a very curious treatise on alphabetic characters, have determined the ancient magi in the choice of the tarot figures, which are considered by this man of learning, as by ourselves, an essentially hieratic and primitive book. thus, in his opinion, the chinese tseu, the hebrew aleph and the greek alpha expressed hieroglyphically by the figure of the juggler, would be borrowed from the constellation of the crane, in the vicinity of the celestial fish, a sign of the eastern hemisphere. the chinese tcheou, the hebrew beth and the latin b, corresponding to pope joan or juno, were formed from the head of the ram; the chinese yn, the hebrew ghimel and the latin g, represented by the empress, would be derived from the constellation of the great bear, etc. the kabalist gaffarel, whom w

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reserved http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_60.htm (11 of 11 [10/9/2001 12:35:20 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 70-71) flip to page# the secret commonwealth 70 hiloy atonatha+ measias+ sother+ immanuel+ pathone+ saboath+ tetragammaton+ on+ eon+ a thoney+ alma+ avala+ throne+ emanual+ telesms, charms and superstition are much of one kind: for talismans pretend to be influenced by a constellation through a mutual and moral relation made between [the parts or parties] by a compact, or by a seasonable dedication. charms plead a traditional virtue to [their] words merely upon account of the prodigious stupendous piety and miraculous power of the first institutors [thereof. superstition, idolatry [both] presume that deities inform ensoul and possess temples and images, and that t

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be used in ritual, in nonritual meditation, or whenever we choose to remind ourselves of the principles carried within that symbol. over time, some symbols can become richer and can carry more and more meaning to those people who work with the symbol. these symbols can become "magnetic, in that each use of the symbol brings forth yet another repetition of the symbol. each reference brings forth a constellation of meaning, with one meaning and use leading to another. each use of the symbol sparks, or attracts, another use of the symbol. in these cases the symbols will often be repeated over and over throughout a conversation or other communication, each time exercising one or more of those meanings, and through the course of the communication this symbol can almost hold or reflect an entire

s celebrant: gin the name of set, the prince of darkness, we embark upon the journey inward to seek truth about our selves. o majesty of set, lord of the secret spheres and dark tunnels beyond the hidden gate, hear us, look upon us, and go with us on this journey. enfold us with the powers of darkness; let them become one with us as we are become one with the eternal set, whose seat is behind the constellation of the thigh. as we turn our eyes and ears within to seek our question and come to know our most exalted and sublime selves, arm us with the pentagram of set and the sceptre of tcham, and fortify us with the courage to stand before maat and look upon ourselves in her dark mirror. h gwe invoke and greet the presence of the great old ones who walk serene and primal in the undimensioned

ice working for the illumination of the relationship between woden and set classification: v2- a41.w- 1 author: stephen e. flowers ii date: north solstice, xix html revision: october 26, 1998 ce subject: woden/odin, set reading list #3 #14 #17 the north solstice working for the illumination of the relationship between woden and set [performed outside, with the altar facing the north star, and the constellation of the thigh to the left. the pentagram of set is affixed beneath the north star, with images of set to the left and woden to the right. arrange the altar according to setian custom [dress for working: according to setian custom [ring the bell nine times with the words] the nine unknown are forever with me [light the black flame of set with the words] i now ignite the black flame of

t and woden 1. here woden, the master of inspiration, speaks and identifies his place as the north star "north" means "downward" or "leftward" and the north star is at the pole or axis of the earth. therefore it is "close to our plane" and a gateway or access-point to the starry realms. woden refers to his eye (the one which remains with his essence) as the north star, which is at the head of the constellation known as ursa minor or in germanic tradition the lesser wain or wain of the moon. also the fact that the moon is closer to the earth than the sun is reemphasized. 2. in this passage woden states that he became the blood-brother of set, making a pact with him. this is reminiscent of the blood-brotherhood between woden and loki, but we learn that this pact was made for rulership of the

sical reality of man is the result of this mixture of the conscious essence with the earth. 3. in the third passage we discover something about when this might have taken place. woden says that set came to the northern heavens as the result of an exile from egypt, and that they again came into proximity as a result- woden in the lesser or lunar vehicle and set in the greater or solar vehicle (the constellation of the thigh is identical to that of ursa major) the ongoing relationship between the various deities of darkness and the darkness which is light is also stated, and a certain identity between woden/set/satan/lucifer as historical manifestations is made clear. eternal affinity of essence is shown by temporal affinity of form. 4. both gods now have their seats in the northern sky, but

o invite set in, a polygon is used. crowley chose the triangle in liber 418 and this proved efficacious. the magician should be in a triangle, big enough to be comfortable and to hold the necessary tools. in the case of a desert setting, the triangle could be made large enough for considerable movement, like dancing. one point should face south, the direction of set. alternatively it can face the constellation of the great bear, associated with set, or the country egypt. another alternative is to try a trapezoid with the short side facing south. it can be designed with rope, drawn in the sand or dirt, or drawn with chalk. another possibility is to make a iron triangle large enough to sit on. the base of heaven was alleged to have been made of iron, implying that divinity rested on set. it

me, and the self which is really set is the same one self. implications for greater black magic in the crystal tablet of set, page 32, we read "in g.b.m. the magician does not wish to present an artificial image at all, but rather to unveil his innermost self" and who is this "innermost self? let us look to the invocation on page 36. i am become one with the eternal set, whose seat is behind the constellation of the thigh" the mention in the invocation of the historical referent star constellation makes clear that we are referring to set by name. naming implies identification, and identification we now can recognize through the rigors of this paper, is a function of mind. therefore, we see now that a self with a particular mental pattern (a mind) which is named set is sought for merging w

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wisdom under a covenant. 49. the dragon, tli, theli. the hebrew letters amount in numeration to 440, that is 400, 30 and 10. the best opinion is that tali or theli refers to the 12 zodiacal constellations along the great circle of the ecliptic; where it ends there it begins again, and so the ancient occultists drew the dragon with its tail in its mouth. some have thought that tali referred to the constellation draco, which meanders across the northern polar sky; others have referred it to the milky way; others to an imaginary line joining caput to cauda draconis, the upper and lower nodes of the moon. adolphe franck says that theli is an arabic word. 50. happiness, or a good end, or simply good, tubh. 51. misery, or an evil end, or simply evil, roh. 52. this hebrew version omits the allotm

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hieroglyphic of fortitude and constancy, and, its being of the doric order (which is the best proportioned and most agreeable to nature& composed of several members or parts, all, taken together, forming a beautiful composition of strength, congruity and usefulness, it may with great propriety signify a well planned government [the] stars upon a blue canton, disposed in a circle, represent a new constellation, which alludes to the new empire, formed in the world by the confederation of those states* their disposition, in the form of a circle, denotes the perpetuity of its continuance, the ring being the symbol of eternity. william barton's second device transferred the all-seeing eye to the reverse side of the seal; pushed the eagle up to the crest; and placed a phoenix rising from the fl

note the presence of god" heraldry borrowed this emblem directly from the scriptures (ps. lxiii, 2; 1 kings viii, 11, etc. yet, as totten pointed out, not a single ray of light breaks through the clouds. god thus becomes a captive within the circle (which can represent the serpent, as jehovah is a captive of the cabalists (see sephiroth, part 1. totten discovered that the state department had the constellation of stars. by its arrangement. constitutes the most serious deviation from the fundamental law which authorized the establishment of the seal. the honorary a. loudon snowden, superintendent of the mint of the united states, objected to the appearance of the "13 stars embraced in an oblong or depressed circle [which design he considered] doubtless the result of an unappreciative engrav

his objections but naive in his interpretation of the motives of the designer. in our national heraldry all stars are five-pointed. yet the 13 stars in the crest are arranged in the form of a six-pointed star which is composed of two interlaced triangles. this is unmistakably the ancient oriental talisman, the seal of solomon. totten wrote:25* the legal specifications of the group of stars as "a constellation" warrants some degree of regularity in the "heraldic" arrangement. but why now a six-pointed constellation of five-pointed stars? this is a clear lapse from the developed standpoint. in the first realization of the seal, as cut from the original die, the stars were conceived as six-pointed and the constellation was very naturally made six-pointed to match. but the lapse was soon disc

ar lapse from the developed standpoint. in the first realization of the seal, as cut from the original die, the stars were conceived as six-pointed and the constellation was very naturally made six-pointed to match. but the lapse was soon discovered from comparison with the stars upon the flag, so while they were changed to the five-pointed order in the websterian die, the six-pointed form of the constellation was unfortunately retained and still mars the realization -28- of our crest. it should be manifest that the very same deference paid to an heraldic art-idea, which resulted in grouping thirteen six-pointed stars into a larger six-pointed constellation, would have grouped them, as five-pointed elements, into a corresponding five-pointed constellation [his emphasis] mr. totten erred in

ars in the crest was not "soon discovered".since we know that the websterian die was not cut until almost sixty years later! the "unartistic, unnatural and cramped arrangement" of the stars in the crest did not occur by mere chance. mr. albert c. hopkins stated flatly that "the arrangement of the stars of the crest into the form of a six-pointed feudal star is wholly unknown to our flag whose new constellation it purports to represent."26 after the third die was cut in 1885 totten commented that "the incongruous if not still ominous sixpointed constellation continues to over shadow the eagle, and its talons are so enormously out of proportion that they look as if they belonged to the well-known monstrous bird of arabian mythology, the roc."27 a curious fact concerning the original great se

s appropriate place. it is. of immense value as a link in the history of our national heraldry. it speaks with the highest authority upon some of the disputed points_ it is the first and only blazon of its kind ever ordered by congress. one of the most interesting features of this celebrated blazon is the fact that its artist (name unknown. conceived aright the natural arrangement of the crest or constellation. the stars in this blazonry, which by the way are correctly five-pointed, are arranged irregularly over the field, and not circumscribed or confined in a circle. the clouds which surround the group. roll back and break away in a marked circular form. thus the emblem of eternity. the circle. does not in any way limit the group. its very arrangement implies the future growth of the new

onstellation. the stars in this blazonry, which by the way are correctly five-pointed, are arranged irregularly over the field, and not circumscribed or confined in a circle. the clouds which surround the group. roll back and break away in a marked circular form. thus the emblem of eternity. the circle. does not in any way limit the group. its very arrangement implies the future growth of the new constellation, as rolling further back the clouds shall let in other stars until a form results whose stellar distribu -29- tion we cannot even dimly yet discern. the marked avoidence, too, of their arrangement in the form of a six-pointed constellation of sixpointed stars is also noticeable [his emphasis] the original painting of the arms and crest, executed after washington's inauguration on apr

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be used in ritual, in nonritual meditation, or whenever we choose to remind ourselves of the principles carried within that symbol. over time, some symbols can become richer and can carry more and more meaning to those people who work with the symbol. these symbols can become "magnetic, in that each use of the symbol brings forth yet another repetition of the symbol. each reference brings forth a constellation of meaning, with one meaning and use leading to another. each use of the symbol sparks, or attracts, another use of the symbol. 1566 in these cases the symbols will often be repeated over and over throughout a conversation or other communication, each time exercising one or more of those meanings, and through the course of the communication this symbol can almost hold or reflect an e

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the iind dynasty. set s original worship as a night time polar deity suffered a decline with the rise of solar worship in the ivth dynasty. the great pyramid of khufu is one of the last early monuments connected with the idea of a setian afterlife as well as a solar one. the great pyramid had a special air shaft for the king s akh to fly to the star alpha draconis, which is the star of set in the constellation of the thigh, principle of the seven faces of darkness. during the middle kingdom, set was reduced to a symbol of upper egypt and apparently seen only during the setian festival of heb-sed, or tying together. it was during this time that set was first blamed for the murder of osiris, a semitic corn god who had arrived in the iiird dynasty. previously, osiris had died of drowning. no

e pharoanic line. during this time of expanding borders, set was extraordinarily popular, as can be seen from pharaohs names such as seti (set s man) and setnakt (set is mighty. two important setian texts were produced: first, the tale of two brothers, which tells how set (identified with the god bata) undergoes a series of metamorphoses (xeperu) that changed him from a farm hand to a star in the constellation of the thigh. the second text is the book of knowing the spiral force of re and the felling of apep. this protective formula, which ramses iii, son of setnakt, inscribed on certain border monuments, shows two setian particularities. firstly, it has an unnamed god coming into being in the psychic (subjective) realm as the god xephra- previously it had been held that neith, a goddess o

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ompatible with the history, political organization, and religious heritage of our great nation. an egyptian pyramid? what has that to do with america? strange latin inscriptions? a bizarre all-seeing eye radiated by the sun's rays? odd, indeed. truly weird, especially, is the fact that there are two sides to the great seal. the 266 codex magica front side pictures a strong, war-ready eagle with a constellation of stars in a cloud above its head. the reverse, the mystical side, is the one with the pyramid, latin inscriptions, all-seeing eye, etc. why two sides? after all, a seal is like a rubber stamp. it is used to authenticate documents to prove authenticity and affirm veracity and genuineness. you don't need a reverse side on a "rubber stamp" in fact, both sides of the great seal, each w

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into the general concept of conventional living, and they make for most interesting, albeit unusual, friends and companions. aquarians must be free of mental and emotional tensions if they are to be healthy. pisces, the fish, february 20 to march 20, is a water sign. pisces, the fishes swimming in opposite directions, has been known by that designation since the astrologers of babylonia named the constellation two fishes as long ago as 2000 b.c.e. although pisces people are industrious workers, they do not possess a great deal of stamina. it seems that fate often picks on pisceans, and they are more liable to come into contact with suffering. for this reason, nursing, social work, medicine, and missionary work tend to attract pisceans, and they are generally willing to make sacrifices for

nt force as being responsible for odd and tragic events of the triangle. nevertheless, there are many documented disappearances that occurred within the triangle. they include a four-engine tudor iv airplane lost in 1948, with 31 aboard; an american freighter, the ss sandra (1952, which sunk without a trace; a british york transport plane, disappeared in 1952, with 33 aboard; a u.s. navy lockheed constellation airplane, vanished in 1954 with 42 aboard; a u.s. navy seaplane, 1956, with a crew of 10; a french freighter in 1970; and a german freighter, anita, lost in 1972 with a crew of 32. theories about why so many air and water ships disappeared in the bermuda triangle involve strange magnetic fields, time warps, the lost continent of atlantis, and alien abduction. other proposed explanati

tions, that ancient temples and monuments in egypt were oriented for stellar observations and served as calendars.to determine the summer solstice, for instance. many centuries ago, ancient roman and arabian historians noted the interest of egyptians in studying the heavens and the possible uses of the pyramids as astronomical tools. egyptian hieroglyphics make numerous references to the stars. a constellation called sahu (corresponding to orion) was called the home for the dead, and two pharaohs who built t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d places of mystery and power 265 thegreat pyramid alone contains 11 million cubic yards of stone. pyramids outside of giza have stellar associations in hieroglyphics (nebka is ga star, h and djedefra

id may have had a similar astronomical purpose as the passage. it has been determined through calculations by astronomer virginia trimble, based on the angle of the shaft and the positions of stars from 3000 to 2400 b.c.e, that one of the shafts pointed to the pole star, which could have been used by egyptians to determine the true north. another shaft would have provided a view of the orion/sehu constellation every 24 hours during that same period in time. such findings and references contributed to a theory proposed by robert bauval and adrian gilbert in the orion mystery (1994. noting that the third and smallest pyramid at giza is somewhat out of line with the other two, they compared the alignment with that of three stars in the orion constellation, and found a match. bauval and gilber

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third. 2. collect examples of different "orders" of patterns. for example, choose a pattern such as; circles, curves, squares, sprays, or all "ascending patterns. then make a scrapbook of pictures, words and notes relating to this pattern. if you had chosen a triangle, you may be able to find pictures in magazines, a poem about three people, a diagram of a bridge support, and a picture of a star constellation in the form of a triangle. use this exercise to demonstrate that the complex world about us can be seen to be composed of simple patterns in different orders. the simplest pattern, of course, is a point, which is a title of kether. 3. find a picture of something which for you symbolises an "emanative system, i.e. a waterfall, an explosion, a flowchart, a flower. meditate on this symb

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iological and psychic structure common to the human race. they are those acts and mental patterns that are universally shared by all humanity. the primordial images of the collective unconscious are the result of thousands of years of human struggle and experience. every great experience in life, every profbund conflict, evokes the accumulated treasure of these images and brings about their inner constellation. but t h q become accessible to consciousness only when the individual possesses so much self-awareness and power ofunderstanding that he also reflects on what he experiences instead ofjust living it blindly. in the later event he actually lives the myth and the symbol without knowing it.ll consciousness consciousness is that component of waking awareness perceptible to a person at a

THE GOD SET

above all magic. he is said to have opened the mouth of the other gods, and is the patron of the sem ritual. his cult titles include "great of magic" and "eternal. there is indeed evidence that set is set apart from other gods to die (bonnet's commentaries on the pyramid texts. the astronomical cult, which placed the afterlife in the region of the northern heavens- particularly in and around the constellation of the great bear was replaced in the fourth dynasty by a growing sun cult centering on re and horus. the great stellar monument that imhotep designed were replaced by the solar pyramids of the fourth and fifth dynasty's (notably cheops took no chances in the great pyramid's design- although outwardly a solar monument he had a hole bored through the stones aligned with the position o

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rits are obedient unto thee; so that at length thou shalt be certain of the greatest thing of all, that thy name is written in heaven. aphorism 26. there is another way which is more common, that secrets may be revealed unto thee also, when thou art unwitting thereof, either by god, or by spirits which have secrets in their power; or by dreams, or by strong imaginations and impressions, or by the constellation of a nativity by celestial knowledge. after this manner are made heroick men, such as there are very many, and all learned men in the world, plato, aristotle, hippocrates, galen, euclides, archimedes, hermes trismegistus the father secrets, with theophrastus, paracelsus; all which men had in themselves all the vertues of secrets. hitherto also are referred, homer, hesiod, orpheus, py

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species, and subject to the same accidents as all other men?[fn#323] nay, they go farther, and even declare the particular work in which each was engaged whilst alive. thus they say that osiris was a general, that canopus, from whom the star took its name, was a pilot, and that the ship which the greeks call argo, being made in imitation of the ship of osiris, was, in honour of him, turned into a constellation and placed near orion and the dog-star, the former being sacred to horus and the latter to isis [fn#323] red is the colour attributed to all fiends in the egyptian texts. one of the forms of horus is described as being "blue-eyed" and the colour of the face of osiris is often green, and sometimes black. xxiii. but i am much afraid that to give in to this explanation of the story will

he names of egypt [fn#338] plutarch seems to be confounding osiris with menu, the god of generation, who is generally represented in an ithyphallic form. the festival of the phallus survived in egypt until quite recently [sec. xxxviii. the sun is consecrated to osiris, and the lion is worshipped, and temples are ornamented with figures of this animal, because the nile rises when the sun is in the constellation of the lion. horus, the offspring of osiris, the nile, and isis, the earth, was born in the marshes of buto, because the vapour of damp land destroys drought. nephthys, or teleute, represents the extreme limits of the country and the sea-shore, that is, barren land. osiris (i.e, the nile) overflowed this barren land, and anubis[fn#339] was the result.[fn#340 [fn#339] the egyptian anp

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

e season of for marriage. sixth 7 years, the height of intelligence arrives. seventh 7 years, the maturity of reason. eighth 7 years, perfection of both. ninth 7 years, equity and mildness, passions become gentle. tenth 7 years, the end of desirable life. solon the athenian lawgiver, and hippocrates the physician, also used this 7-year division of life. the pleiades, a group of seven stars in the constellation taurus, was thought of mighty power over earthly destiny; there were seven also of the hyades, daughters of atlas; and the seven stars which guided the sailors. ursa major, in which the hindus locate the sapta rishi, seven sages of primitive wisdom, are a group of the first importance and are easily recognized. duncan, in his astro-theology, gives 7 stages of life with associated pla

occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott note also the number of 7 pipes in the musical instrument at the mouth of the old deity pan, the great whole, a sun god (not the later rural pan. 78. an ancient symbol of the universe was a ship with seven pilots, in the center of the ship, a lion; possibly from an idea that the sun first rose in leo. note aries supplanted taurus, as the constellation in which the sun rises at the vernal equinox; taurus was the sign at the early fabulous periods of the earth it was displaced about 300 b.c. the sign becomes changed every 2150 years by the precession of the equinoxes. pisces has now followed aries; but the sun is still said to enter the sign aries at the vernal equinox about march 21st. its actual position in march 1900 was near ome

even amshaspands of the zoroastrian theology. 28. a division of the zodiac into 28 mansions of the moon, was probably earlier than the solar division into 12 parts. the names and symbols can be obtained in sanskrit and in arabic. proctor believes that solar astronomy of the 12 signs arose about 2170 b.c, in a country of about 36 degrees of north latitude, and at a period when taurus was the first constellation of the zodiac. 114. 29. the rosh hashanah says the period of the moon s revolution is 29 days, 6 hours and 40 minutes. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 30. a meal of lentils once in 30 days keeps off the quinsy. at 30 years of age jesus began his ministry; joseph was 30 years old when he stood before pharaoh; david was 30 years old when he be

rmer places in respect to the equinoxes by means of a constant precession. the equinoxes moving backwards or westwards, meet the sun constantly earlier. in the time of the oldest greek observations, the equinoctial points were in the first stars of aries and libra respectively; they are now in pisces and virgo. when these names were given, the sun entered aries at the vernal equinox, and sign and constellation coincided; now they do not, so do not be confused by our still calling the first sign of spring aries, although the sun is now really at such time in pisces; numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott every 2160 years, the sign is changed. precedent to aries, the sun at the vernal equinox# 125. 126. chapter twenty the apocalyptic numbers 1st resurrecti

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colour and sound were also attributed; the planetary colours are connected with the ethers, and each of the planetary forces was said to have special dominion over, or affinity with, one or other of the zodiacal constellations. communion with the hierarchies of these constellations formed part of the chald an theurgy, and in a curious fragment it is said "if thou often invokest it (the celestial constellation called the lion "then when no longer is visible unto thee the vault of the heavens, when the stars have lost their light the lamp of the moon is veiled, the earth abideth not, and around thee darts the lightning flame, then all things will appear to thee in the form of a lion" the chald ans, like the egyptians, appear to have had a highly developed appreciation of colours, an evidenc

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

o being in motion, it must itself not be in one time. it is simply not possible for it to admit being earlier at rest and later in motion and later at rest without undergoing change. 38 caught between coming and going, the moment can have no past or future, and consequently no present; strictly speaking, there is no moment in time but only 60 chapter two time in the moment. what makes the triadic constellation of time possible is the positing of a momentary union that resists temporal computation. the reversible reversibility of the time flow i am describing is evident in the event of reading when viewed as repeatedly hearing anew the text yet-to-beinscripted, a supposition that rests on the assumption that text and reader evolve correlatively in the unfolding of time through patterns disc

rk from tiqqunei zohar, the literary stratum of zoharic literature, composed in all likelihood in the first half of the fourteenth century in castile. this passage occurs in an exposition of the theosophic principle (well-entrenched by the time of this text s composition) that the various names of god are correlated with different limbs of the imaginal body, a term i have employed to describe the constellation of sefirot as they are visually configured in the kabbalist s imagination: ehyeh [keter [is set] atop being [al hawayah, and this breath-of-the-heart [hevel de-libba] governs213 the voice of yhwh [tif eret; it is the cause of all causes [illat al kol ha-illot, hidden and concealed, and it is not revealed, and it governs and rules [rakhiv u-shalit] over everything. ehyeh indicates tha

ruth, which stand respectively for beginning, middle, and end, the three points of the curvature of the timeline. utilizing profound i am tempted to say abysmal imaginative ruminations on time elicited from kabbalistic sources, i have sought to articulate an ontology of time that is a grammar of becoming. the correlation of truth and divinity underscores that truth, which embodies in its semiotic constellation the triadic structure of temporality, is the mark of the divine eternally becoming in time a formulation that is still too dichotomous, as the divine becoming is not an event in time but the eventuality of time, an eventuality instantiated in the momentous eruption of the moment wherein life and death converge in the coming to be of that which endures everlastingly and the endurance

ing, pp. 10, 67, 84; koj ve, le concept, pp. 262 277. 225. schelling, ages, pp. 6, 8. in preparation of this study, i have consulted the original german of die weltalter in schelling, s mtliche werke, vol. 8. it is possible that scholem s account in major trends, p. 218, of the emanation of the sefirot as the autogenesis of god s personality, the transformation of the void of no-identity into the constellation of the i, from ayin to ani (in hebrew these two words have the same consonants, is indebted to german idealism, and especially schelling. this possibility is enhanced by the fact that in this very context scholem characterizes the emanation of the sefirot as a dialectic process whose thesis and antithesis begin and end in god. biale, gershom scholem, p. 137, already noted that schole

. see passage from mekhilta cited in n. 57, this chapter. the source is noted by judah loew of prague, gur aryeh ha-shalem, vol. 3, p. 254. 63. mishnah, pesahim 10:5. 64. compare judah loew of prague, gevurot ha-shem, vol. 1, ch. 36, p. 162: moreover, know that it was impossible for israel to depart from servitude except by means of the holy one, blessed be he, himself, and not from the side of a constellation [mazzal] and not by any other aspect except this. therefore israel did not go out by means of a gradation in which there is time but by means of a gradation that has no time, for all things fall under time and are created in time except for god, blessed be he, who does not fall under time. israel went out to freedom through the divine gradation that has no time. 65. judah loew of pra

mporality underlies the comment of cordovero s student abraham azulai, hesed le-avraham, 6:4, p. 244, that the reality of the different gradations of soul (nefesh, ruah, and neshamah) is dependent on the time of the supernal coupling [zeman ha-ziwwug ha-elyon. azulai s point is that the precise disposition of the soul, created as a consequence of the union in the divine will, is determined by the constellation of forces above at the precise moment of conception below. this idea rests on the understanding of time articulated in the body of this chapter. 149. cordovero, following a long-standing kabbalistic tradition, assumes a homologous relation between primal adam and the jewish male. see wolfson, ontology, pp. 131 155. in the extended version of this study, which appears as the first cha

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bes which is also attributed to it. now the 22 sounds and letters of the hebrew alphabet are the foundation of all things. three mothers, seven double and twelve singles. the twelve single letters are allotted to the 12 directions in space, and those diverge to infinity, and are in the arms of the eternal. these twelve letters he designed and combined, and fortified with them the twelve celestial constellations of the zodiac. they are over the universe as a king upon his throne, and they are in the revolution of the year as a king traversing his dominions, and they are in the heart of man as a king in warfare. and the twelve leaves are the images of those ideas, and are the outer petals of the rose; while within are the four archangels ruling over the four quarters, and the kerubic emblems

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die brisinga men, affords perfectly conclusive evidence. 4. the precisely similar way in which both there and here the religious mythus tacks itself on to the heroic legend. as the gothic, fraukish and norse genealogies all run into one another, we can scarcely deny the connexion of the veiled myths also which stand in the background. 5. the mingling of the mythic element with names of plants and constellations. this is an uneffaced vestige of the primeval intimate union between religious worship and nature. 6. the gradual transformation of the gods into devils, of the wise women into witches, of the worship into superstitious customs. the names of the gods have found a last lurking-place in disguised ejaculations, oaths, curses, protestations^ there is some analogy between this and the tr

still retained in nursery-tales. conf. the stinging fly at the forging, sn. 131. 2 if we read fria for frua, then folia would stand nearer to her as in the norse, whether as attendant goddess or as sister. yet, considering the instability of those goddesses' names, she may keep her place by frouwa too. gaut. slltia. suxia. wara. saga. nanda' 309 gunnr) is unknown to the edda. in cli. xxii. on the constellations i shall come back to these divinities (see suppl. 11. gakt. sippia. sunia. waga. saga. nanda. from surviving proper names or even impersonal terms, more rarely from extant myths, we may gather that several more goddesses of the north were in earlier times common to the rest of teutoudom. frey's beloved, afterwards his wife, was named gcr&r, she came of the giant breed, yet in sn. 79

atus, oculorum micatus, saxo gram. 23: ormr i cmga. the golden teeth of gods and heroes have been spoken of, p. 234. in the miirchen sons are born with a star on the forehead, kinderm. 96. straparola 4, 3; or a golden star falls on the forehead, pentam. 3, 10. the dioscuri had a star or fkme shining on their heads and helmets: this may have reference to the rays encircling the head (p. 323, or to constellations being set in the sky. in some cases the heroic form is disfigured by animal peculiarities, as siegfried's by his horny skin, and others by a scaly; the mtirchen have heroes with hedgehog spikes. the legend of the merovings, imperfectly handed down to us, must be founded on something of the kind. avhen clodio the son of faramund with his queen went down to the shore, to cool themselv

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ys of the week though i have written primarily about the significance of the different days, i have also listed the effects of the planetary hours. the planets have had a special place in both ritual magick and astrology, since the ancient babylonians and chaldeans first observed them wandering across the sky (the word 'planet' derives from the greek planetes, meaning 'wanderer) against the fixed constellations of the zodiac. the ancients knew of only five planets- mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. uranus, neptune and pluto were discovered only after the invention of the telescope and so have not assumed the importance in magick that they have in astrology. what is more, the first astronomers also counted the sun and the moon as planets and credited them with certain qualities that

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mysteries of the holy qabalah, he by no means arrived at the goal; and in his magic he did not in any way make use of the wisdom of the lord, but instead availed himself of certain arts and superstitions of infidel and idolatrous nations, in part derived from the egyptians,6 together with images of the medes and of the persians, with herbs of the arabians, together with the power of the stars and constellations; and, finally, he had drawn from every people and nation, and even from the christians, some diabolical art. and in everything the spirits blinded him to such an extent, even while obeying him in some ridiculous and inconsequent matter, that he actually believed that his blindness and error were the veritable magic, and he therefore pushed no further his research into the true and s

and excuses. in the same city of constantinople i found two men of our law, namely, simon and the rabbin abrahame, whom we may class with rabbin moses of mayence. in egypt the first time i found five persons who were esteemed and reputed as wise men, among whom were four, namely, horay, abimech, alcaon, and orilach, who performed their operations by the means of the course of the stars and of the constellations, adding many diabolical conjurations and impious and profane prayers, and performing the whole with great difficulty. the fifth, named abimelu, operated by the means and aid of demons, to whom he prepared statues, and sacrificed, and thus they served him with their abominable arts. in arabia they made use of plants, of herbs, and of stones as well precious as common. the divine merc

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cular day as a pagan idea, paying no regard. whatever either to time nor to the elements; but only (having respect) unto him who granteth such a period. thus then will we be found men in the fittest condition of grace and reconciled with god, and purer than at another period; and this being an essential point ye ought well to consider the same. it is, however, quite true that the elements and the constellations do perform of themselves certain operations22 but this is to be understood of natural things, as it happeneth that one day is different unto another; but such a difference hath not operation in things spiritual and supernatural, being thus useless for (higher) magical operations. the election of days is still more useless, the election of hours and minutes whereof the ignorant make

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

edward derby) supplementary material to 777 the chart that follows is based on research presently available to the editor with regard to sumerian and assyro-babylonian religions. entries in parentheses refer to the state of correspondences before the advert of the elder gods, the race of marduk; that is, it reflects the nature of the cosmos before the fall of marduk from heaven (names of zodiacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the ele

elder ones was he. he split the sundered tiamat in twain and fashioned the heavens and the earth, with a gate to keep the ancient ones without. with a gate whose key is hid forever save to the sons of marduk save to the followers of our master enki first in magick among the gods. from the blood of kingu he fashioned man. he constructed watchtowers for the elder gods fixing their astral bodies as constellations that they may watch the gate of absu the gate of tiamat they watch the gate of kingu they oversee the gate whose guardian is iak sakkak they bind. all the elder powers resist the force of ancient artistry the magick spell of the oldest ones the incantation of the primal power the mountain kur, the serpent god the mountain mashu, that of magick the dead kutulu, dead but dreaming tiam

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

it an investigation, and suppose you want to interpret a passage of bach. to play this is the principal weapon of your ceremony. in the course of your operation, you assume your astral body and rise far above the terrestrial atmosphere, while the music continues softly in the background. you open your eyes, and find that it is night. dark clouds are on the horizon; but in the zenith is a crown of constellations. this light helps you, especially as your eyes become accustomed to the gloom, to take in your surroundings. it is a bleak and barren landscape. terrific mountains rim the world. in the midst looms a cluster of blue-black crags. now there appears from their recesses a gigantic being. his strength, especially in his hands and in his loins, it terrifying. he suggests a combination of

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

ngs. female millers) twnxw+ 480 stones of emptiness (is. 34:11) whwt ynb) lilith, queen of the night tylyl part; open wide q#p opening; vagina; bit, morsel tp hand-drum; bezel pt knowledge (pl (k.d. p.252) tw(d testimony (k.d. p.252) twd( 481 hills tw(bg bound to death; death penalty )tym byyx a ring t(b) the mighty one sings: a title of tiphareth nwryryd) 482 a looking-glass, mirror )yrlqps) 483 constellations; the sphere of the zodiac, referred to chokmah (but see 536) twlzm bearing iniquity nw)#wn 485 daughter of the spring-waters (is. 10:30, gdaughter of gallim h) mylg tb mockeries (job 17:2; cf. 435) mylth 486 a name of god cr) dmy hpkxb hwhy foundations twdwsy broken bread hswrp hcm 488 entrance, gateway, opening xtp ye shall worship wdwb(t 489 repayment, restoration; a weighing out

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

ong 2 i suppose! continued the knight, in a superior, but rather offended voice. if you would, please, sir! well, that, pronounced the knight, with the air of having thoroughly studied the question and reached a conclusion absolutely final and irreversible, that, goodness only knows. but i will sing it to you. preliminary invocation nothung* the crowns of gods and mortals wither; moons fade where constellations shone; numberless aeons brought us hither; numberless aeons beckon us on. the world is old, and i am strong awake, awake, o sword of song! here, in the dusk of gods, i linger; the world awaits a word of truth. kindle, o lyre, beneath my finger! evoke the age s awful youth! to arms against the inveterate wrong! awake, awake, o sword of song! sand-founded reels the house of faith; up

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heaven; in the depths of the earth; in the abyss of the waters, and in the all-presence of fire: heaven cannot speak their fulness, earth cannot utter it. yet hath the creator bound them in all things. he hath mingled them through water: he hath whirled them aloft in fire: he hath sealed them in the air of heaven: he hath distributed them through the planets: he hath assigned unto them the twelve constellations of the zodiac" he then explains that to the thirty-second path of the sepher yetzirah is attributed the seven abodes of assiah; to the four elements, the kerubim, and the qliphoth.5 267 it represents the connecting-link between assiah and yetzirah. it is the rending of the veil of the tabernacle; and it is the passing of the gate of eden. after which he enters upon the symbolisms of

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wrapped like a babe in the womb of its mother. 12. o thou sovran mother of the breath of being, the milk of whose breasts is as the fountain of love, twin-jets of fire upon the blue bosom of night. i know thee! o thou virgin of the moonlit glades, who fondleth us as a drop of dew in thy lap, ever watchful over the cradle of our fate. 13. o thou sovran all-beholding eternal sun, who lappest up the constellations of heaven, as a thirsty thief a jar of ancient wine. i know thee! o thou dawn-wing'd courtesan of light, who makest me to reel with one kiss of thy mouth, as a leaf cast into the flames of a furnace. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 21 the chapter known as leo the twelvefold glorificati

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

t that it is impossible to determine whether certain systems are following a definite orbit or not. nevertheless, if we go to some of the ancient books, those which we call mythological (and a myth may be defined as something which holds a great truth hidden until we are ready to understand it, and if we study the ancient books of the east, we shall find that in all of them there are two or three constellations which are regarded as having a peculiarly intimate relation to our solar system. towards these views modern astronomers as yet hold an agnostic attitude, and from the point of view of materialistic science, rightly so. what i seek to emphasise here is that a topic upon which scientists and astronomers are divided, yet which is nevertheless a subject of contention, and one upon which

mise and hope of future achievement, and the incentive to persist in our endeavour. the old books of the east have held secreted for many ages the truth about much which is only now beginning to sink into the consciousness of the occidental. they taught the radio-activity of matter thousands of years ago, and so perhaps, after all, there may be an equal amount of truth in their teaching about the constellations. perhaps in the stars that we can see in the distant heavens, and in the life that is evolving within them, we have the objective of our solar logos, and the influences that are flowing towards him, attracting him towards them, and making him, in due course of time, radio-active. in the eastern books they say that in the sun sirius lies the source of wisdom, and that the influence o

whose polar opposite, or the positive aspect, is their seven husbands, the seven stars of the great bear. perhaps the union of these two is what produces our solar system. perhaps these two types of energy, one from the pleiades and the other from the great bear, meet, and in their conjunction produce that blazing forth in the heavens which we call our solar system. the relationship of these two constellations, or rather their subjective relationship, must surely have some basis in fact, or we would not have it hinted at in the different mythologies. there must be something that connects them, out of all the myriads of constellations, with our solar system. but when we endeavour to give it a purely physical application we go astray. if we work it out along the lines of the subjective life

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

fire. the seven deep pits of hell belched forth the animating shades. the incoming seventh reduced to order all the forms, the white, the dark, the red, and shaded brown. the period of destruction extended far on either hand. the work was sadly marred. the chohans of the highest plane gazed in silence on the work. the asuras and the chaitans, the sons of cosmic evil, and the rishis of the darkest constellations, gathered their lesser hosts, the darkest spawn of hell. they darkened all the space* from the coming of the heaven-sent one peace passed upon the earth. the planet staggered and belched forth fire. part rose. part fell. the form was changed. millions took other forms or ascended to the appointed place of waiting. they tarried till the hour of progress should again sound forth for t

e logoic cycle) we shall not be able to conceive of the first aspect of will or power as it really is. we know it now as the will to exist, manifesting through the matter of the forms (the primordial ray and the divine ray, and we know it as that which in some occult manner links the system up with its cosmic centre. in a manner inconceivable to us the first logos brings in the influence of other constellations. when this first aspect is better understood (in the next mahamanvantara) the work of the seven rishis of the great bear,65(57) and the supreme influence of sirius will be comprehended; in this present manifestation of the son, or of the vishnu aspect, we are concerned more closely with the pleiades and their influence via the sun, and, in relation to our planet, via venus. this sub

as is generally recognised, the effect of heat in matter is to produce that activity which we call rotary, or the revolution of the spheres. some of the ancient books, and among them a few that are not yet accessible in the occident, have taught that the entire vault of heaven is a vast sphere, revolving slowly like a stupendous wheel, and carrying with it, in its revolution, the entire number of constellations and of universes contained within it. this is a statement unverifiable by the finite mind of man at his present stage, and with his present scientific accessories, but (like all occult statements) it contains within it the seed of thought, the germ of truths, and the clue to the mystery of the universe. suffice it here to say, that the rotation of the spheres within the solar periph

nts) it contains within it the seed of thought, the germ of truths, and the clue to the mystery of the universe. suffice it here to say, that the rotation of the spheres within the solar periphery is a recognized occult fact, and indications are available to prove that science itself likewise formulates the hypothesis that the solar ring-pass-not similarly rotates in its appointed place among the constellations. but at this juncture we will not deal with this angle of the subject, but will study the rotary action of the spheres of the system, and of its content all the lesser spheres of every degree remembering ever to keep the distinction clearly in mind that we are dealing now simply with the inherent characteristic of matter itself, and not with matter in co-operation with its opposite

even head centres in much the same way as in the human being after the fourth initiation. 1. the base of the spine- 105- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the solar plexus. 3. the heart. 4. the throat. the sevenfold head centre in its turn finds ultimate expression in the gorgeous twofold centre above the top of the head and surrounding it. equally so, beyond the above named constellations is still another cosmic centre. the name of this centre is one of the secrets of the final initiation, the seventh. these are the only correspondences that may as yet be imparted. what lies beyond the solar ring-pass-not may be of intellectual interest,78(67) but, for the purposes of microcosmic evolution it is a matter of no vast import. 3. the centres and kundalini. as stated, it

s the life of god. it is in process of perfecting. the son, manifesting through the sun and its sphere of influence, is yet in a state of gradual development, and not until each cell within his body is fully alive and vibrating to a uniform measure, will he be "full grown" and perfected. not until his radiation and his display of light is perfectly seen and felt, will his place among the heavenly constellations (the son of god in a cosmic sense) be fully achieved. not until each cell in his body is a sphere of radiant glory a blaze of fire and light, and a source of magnetic radiation or heat, occultly expressed, will the son in the heavens "shine forth" from the cosmic point of view, as we know, our sun is but of the fourth order, and on the lowest cosmic plane. when the son has, through

nevertheless, he is very unimportant for he is not the apex of the triangle, but simply the middle point, if we view the triangle thus: spirit-father. the son or man. matter-mother. the evolution of the son, or the cosmic incarnation of the christ, is of immense importance in the plans of the being greater than the solar logos, he about whom naught may be said. the animating principles of allied constellations and systems watch the progress of the evolution of the son with keenest attention. just as the planet called the earth is regarded as the turning point or the battle-ground between spirit and matter, and is therefore, from that very consideration, of great importance, so our solar system holds an analogous place in the cosmic scheme. the cosmic man, the solar arjuna, is wrestling fo

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dom. e. the astrological record, or the forms taken on the astral plane under the influence of the planetary forces. these are in two great groups. 1. those forms or pictures in the akasha produced by the inflow of solar force via the planets. 2. those forms or pictures which are produced by the inflow of cosmic force from one or other of the signs of the zodiac, that is, from their corresponding constellations. these points are enumerated to show how impossible it is that the majority of the claims regarding past incarnations can be true. they are the result of a vivid imagination and the assumption that the flashes of astral sight which reveal glimpses of the akashic film give that which pertains to the one who sees. this is not the case any more than the people and activities seen out o

knowledge of the orbits of the planets and the stars. this sutra is of small significance to the ordinary student, but is of profound use to the initiate or pledged disciple. suffice it here to say that this sutra forms the background for all astrological investigation and from an appreciation of its meaning will eventuate an understanding of: 1. the relation of our solar system to the other six constellations which (with ours) form the seven force centres of which the seven great spiritual influences of our system are the reflections and agents. 2. the path of our sun in the heavens and the twelve signs of the zodiac through which our sun apparently passes. therefore it will be apparent that this sutra is the key to the purpose of the seven and the twelve upon which all our creative proc

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

man is so constructed that through its three objective manifestations, the triple nervous system, through the seven major plexi, the lesser nerve ganglia, and the many thousands of nerves, the entire objective man can be responsive to: a. the above mentioned types of force. b. energies generated in and emanating from any part of the planetary etheric web of life. c. the solar web of life. d. the constellations of the zodiac which appear to have a real effect upon our planet and of which astrology is as yet the immature study. e. certain cosmic forces which, it will be recognised later, play upon and produce changes in our solar system and consequently upon our planet and upon all forms upon and within that planetary life. this has been touched upon in the treatise on cosmic fire. to all o

d of ray characteristics. these differentiations as you well know are like the colouring that the prism takes when subjected to the rays of the sun, or to the tracery of pattern found in reflection upon a limpid pool. astrology and the energies to these two energies, a third group of energies must be added, and these are the basis of much of our astrological research. they emanate from the twelve constellations which form our solar zodiac. their effect is infinite and the permutations of these three groups of energies lead to the infinite complication which we find in nature. the claims of the astrologers as to the reality of the energies playing upon the human organism can be seen to be true; their claims as to their capacity to interpret are for the most part unfounded. so little is real

als primarily with the personality for whom the horoscope may be cast and with the events of the personality life. when, through meditation and service, plus the discipline of the lunar bodies, a man comes consciously and definitely under his soul ray, then he comes as definitely under the influence of one or other of the seven solar systems, as they focus their energy through one or other of the constellations and subsequently one or other of the seven sacred planets. eventually, there will be twelve sacred planets, corresponding to the twelve constellations, but the time is not yet. our solar system, as you know, is one of seven. when a man has arrived at this point in evolution, birth months, mundane astrology, and the influences which play upon the form aspect become of less and less i

cus through the throat centre, the heart centre, the ajna and head centres. three are held latent in the region of the head centres (the thousand petalled lotus) and only enter into functioning activity after the third initiation. it will be evident therefore how complicated from the standpoint of the horoscope (as well as of the individual problem) is this meeting of the energies of two types of constellations in the case of the man who is neither purely human nor purely spiritual. the ordinary horoscope is negated. the horoscope is not possible as yet of delineation. the only horoscope, which is basically and almost infallibly correct is that of the entirely low grade human being who lives entirely below the diaphragm and is governed by his animal nature alone. astrologers must remember

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

creative builders the seven rays ii. the rays and the kingdoms in nature iii. the rays and man iv. some tabulations on the rays volume ii i. the egoic ray ii. the ray of the personality i ii. humanity today volume iii i. the zodiac and the rays- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust ii. the nature of esoteric astrology iii. the science of triangles iv. the sacred and non-sacred planets v. the three major constellations vi. the three crosses vii. the rays, constellations and planets volume iv i. the basic causes of disease ii. the basic requirements for healing i ii. the fundamental laws of healing volume v i. stanzas for disciples ii. the fourteen rules for disciples and initiates i ii. the rays and the initiations- 2- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lu

ensory apparatus, registering reaction to the environment; there is a consciousness of moods, of quality, of mental reactions to a world of ideas; there is a higher consciousness of plan and of purpose; there is a consciousness of life. it is interesting to note in connection with the deity that this sensory response to environment provides the entire basis for astrology and for the effect of the constellations upon the solar system and the interplanetary forces. we might sum it all up in relation to man as follows: man's form nature reacts in its consciousness to the form nature of deity. the outer garment of the soul (physical, vital and psychic) is part of the outer garment of god. man's self-conscious soul is en rapport with the soul of all things. it is an integral part of the univers

solar system, which is the basis of astrological research, will be considered later. i seek to point out here only the dual fact that the seven rays are themselves 1. expressions of energies emanating from the seven solar systems, which are, in their turn, animated by the life of the "one about whom naught may be said" 2. influenced by, and therefore under the astrological control of, the twelve constellations whose energies are contacted by our solar system during the course of the journey of our sun through the greater zodiac, during the vast period of approximately 25,000 years, and in a lesser degree during the course of the twelve months of the year, wherein the lesser path of the zodiac is trodden. the complexity of the subject is very great, and only the broad general outline of th

dge that the fact of spirit, the immediacy of love and the synthetic scope of the plan provide a foundation upon which he can place his feet, take his stand with assurance, and then go forward in certain confidence of an assured goal. our second statement of fact is therefore: ii. each one of the rays is the recipient and custodian of energies coming from 1. the seven solar systems. 2. the twelve constellations- 98- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust each ray passes these energies through its body of manifestation (a planet, and thereby imparts them to the planetary form, and to all forms upon and within it. these differentiated forms are therefore animated by energy coming from the cosmic life, from the solar deity, and from the planet

lucis trust each ray passes these energies through its body of manifestation (a planet, and thereby imparts them to the planetary form, and to all forms upon and within it. these differentiated forms are therefore animated by energy coming from the cosmic life, from the solar deity, and from the planetary life, and are consequently coloured by qualities from the seven solar systems and the twelve constellations. this blend of energies, working on substance, produces the forms, and each subjective form, in its turn, produces the outer appearance. it is not possible for us to study these forces and qualities in detail, especially in connection with an individual human being, for the scale is so minute, relatively, and the detail to be considered is so intricate. but the nature of the qualiti

concept. the division of aspects and forces is unreal, except for the purpose of intelligent understanding. the readers of this treatise who really want to profit by this teaching must train themselves ever to think in terms of the whole. the arbitrary tabulations, the divisions into triplicities and septenates, and the diversified enumeration of forces which are seen as emanating from the seven constellations, the ten planets, and the twelve mansions of the zodiac, are but intended to give the student an idea of a world of energies in which he has to play his part. from the standpoint of esoteric psychology, it should be noted that all the schools of psychology go astray in their handling of the human unit, for just this reason; they do not judge a man as a synthetic whole, and owing to

fluences and those which are of an astrological nature, such as the rising sign, or the governing planets? the energies which astrologically affect a human being are those which play upon him as a result of the apparent progress of the sun through the heavens, either once every twenty-five thousand years or once every twelve months. those that constitute the ray forces do not come from the twelve constellations of the zodiac, but emanate primarily from a world of being and of consciousness which lies behind our solar system, and which themselves come from the seven constellations which form the body of manifestation of the one about whom naught may be said. our solar system is one of these seven constellations. this is the world of deity itself, and of it a man can know nothing until he ha

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n anything really happen on this "ball of dust" of such vital import that it can warrant the angels in singing "glory to god in the highest, and on earth peace, good will towards men? we like to think that it can be so. we dread the moment when our futility appears as we look upon the stars of heaven, realising that there are thousands of millions of universes and tens of thousands of millions of constellations! we are such specks in a great immensity. perhaps we are of more importance than we had guessed. perhaps what happens to us in the realm of consciousness really does matter in the cosmic scheme. we know that it does not much matter what happens to the body. it is what happens in and through that body which counts. perhaps what happens in and through the body, which we call a planet

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completing the unification and the desired at-one-ment. but the synthesis of deity, his tendency to blend and fuse, is far more inclusive and universal than any possible expression in the human kingdom, which is, after all, but a small part of the greater whole. man is not all that is possible, nor the consummation of god's thought. the sweep of this instinct to synthesis underlies all universes, constellations, solar systems, planets, and kingdoms in nature, as well as the activity aspect and achievement of man, the individual. this instinct is the governing principle of consciousness itself, and consciousness is the psyche or soul, producing psychical life; it is awareness sub-human, human and divine. in connection with man, we have the following psychological expressions postulated: 1

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

will enable humanity to grasp not only its relation to the spiritual life of our planet, the "one in whom we live and move and have our being" but will also give a glimpse of the relation of our planet to the circle of planetary lives, moving within the orbit of the sun and the still greater circle of spiritual influences which contact our system as it pursues its orbit in the heavens (the twelve constellations of the zodiac. astronomical and astrological investigation has demonstrated this relationship and the influences exerted but there is still speculation and much foolish claiming and interpretation. yet the churches have ever recognized this and the bible has testified to it "the stars in their courses fought against sisera (judges v.20 "who can withstand the sweet influences of the

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

. the impression of shamballa by: a. members of the great white lodge on sirius. the recipients of this impression are the highest members of the great council, presided over by the lord of the world. so subtle is this impression that these great lives can only receive it with accuracy when in full joint conference of the entire council, and also after due preparation. b. from one or other of the constellations which are at any particular time astrologically en rapport with our planet. this impression can only be received by the great council when sitting in conclave with a majority of its members present. this, i would have you note, does not entail the attendance of the entire council. c. from a triangle of circulating energy, emanating from the two planets which with our planet- 25- tel

asp of the greatest mind of the age, mounting into more than astronomical figures if that statement even conveys sense to your minds. this extent cannot be computed, even in terms of light years; this cosmic etheric area is the field of untold energies and the basis of all astrological computations; it is the playground of all historical cycles cosmic, systemic and planetary and is related to the constellations, to the worlds of suns, to the most distant stars and to the numerous recognised universes, as well as to our own solar system, to the many planets, and to that planet upon which and in which we move and live and have our being, as well as to the smallest form of life known to science and perhaps covered by the meaningless term "an atom" all are found existing in space space is ethe

the fixed area in which every form, from a universe to an atom, finds its location. we speak at times of an expanding universe; what we really mean is an expanding consciousness, for this etheric body of the entity, space, is the recipient of many types of informing and penetrating energies, and it is also the field for the intelligent activity of the indwelling lives of the universe, of the many constellations, of the distant stars, of our solar system, of the planets within the system, and of all that constitutes the sum total of these separated living forms. the factor which relates them is consciousness and nothing else, and the field of conscious awareness is created through the interplay of all living intelligent forms within the area of the etheric body of that great life which we c

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out conclusions over the course of a few years. if you can do this, there may come to you an awakening of the intuition which will translate modern astrology into something of real moment and significance to the world. it is intuitional astrology which must eventually supersede what is today called astrology, thus bringing about a return to the knowledge of that ancient science which related the constellations and our solar system, drew attention to the nature of the zodiac and informed humanity as to the basic interrelations which govern and control the phenomenal and subjective worlds- 3- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. three basic statements. the statement is frequently made that astrology is an exact science but that is far fr

y mathematical computations. astrology is based, curiously enough, upon illusion for, as well you know, the zodiac is naught but the imaginary path of the sun through the heavens, and this as it appears from the standpoint of our totally insignificant planet. the sun is not, as stated, in any sign of the zodiac. it simply appears to be so as it passes between our little sphere, the earth, and the constellations at any particular time or season. in ancient days it was believed that the earth was the centre of the solar system and that around it revolved the sun and all the other planets. this was the exoteric knowledge and position, though not the esoteric understanding. later, when further discoveries brought more light to the human mind, our planet was decentralised and the truth was more

his life trends and circumstances are thus determined. this makes him feel himself to be a factor of isolated importance. modern interpretations fail to emphasise the importance of the rising sign (the ascendant) and this has been due to the fact that few have been as yet ready to function as souls; small allowance has been made for the energies which play upon our planet all the time from other constellations or from the many "hidden" planets. of these, the ageless wisdom claims that there are around seventy in our solar system. i desire to give you a truer and more accurate picture. this has now become possible because group awareness, group relations and group integrity are coming to the fore in the human consciousness. as this takes place, the personality which is individual, separati

the great energies and their source. these sources are ultimately responsible for the manifestation of the specific. this position and presentation of truth must be altered- 6- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust in esoteric astrology we are, therefore, dealing with the life and lives which inform the "points of light" within the universal life. constellations, solar systems, planets, kingdoms in nature and microscopic man are all of them the result of the activity and the manifestation of energy of certain lives whose cycle of expression and whose infinite purposes lie outside the comprehension of the most advanced and illumined minds on our planet. the next point for each of you to grasp is the fact that the ether of space is the field

the planetary etheric body; the planetary etheric body is not separated off from the etheric bodies of other planets but all of them in their totality, along with the etheric body of the sun constitute the etheric body of the solar system. this is related to the etheric bodies of the six solar systems which, with ours, form a cosmic unity and into these pour energies and forces from certain great constellations. the field of space is etheric in nature and its vital body is composed of the totality of etheric bodies of all constellations, solar systems and planets which are found therein. throughout this cosmic golden web there is a constant circulation of energies and forces and this constitutes the scientific basis of the astrological theories. just as the forces of the planet and of the

es. 3. sirius, the dog star- 9- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the seven solar systems of which ours is one. ii. 2. the seven sacred planets of which ours is not one. 3. the five non-sacred planets or "hidden" planets. 1. the seven planetary centres. iii. 2. the seven centres of force in the human etheric body. iv. 1. the twelve zodiacal constellations. we thus have a ninefold energy impact. this is a major chart but it should be remembered that there are other impacts of relative insignificance. to these would be added other streams of energy which definitely play upon and affect our planetary life, such as those coming from that great star, betelgeuse, or from antares and other stupendous suns and solar systems which are related

ations. we thus have a ninefold energy impact. this is a major chart but it should be remembered that there are other impacts of relative insignificance. to these would be added other streams of energy which definitely play upon and affect our planetary life, such as those coming from that great star, betelgeuse, or from antares and other stupendous suns and solar systems which are related to the constellations of the zodiac and whose force reaches us through these constellations and not directly. besides these, it should be remembered that technically we should also add the radiatory influence which comes direct to us from the planet, the earth, upon which we live. then, and only then, can you have a fairly complete analysis and picture of the energies to which the etheric body of man (co

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will will have a dual effect and be destructive as well as constructive, according to the quality of the bodies which react to it. different types of men respond distinctively to any inflow of energy, and a tremendous psychic stimulation is at this time going on, with results both divinely beneficent and sadly destructive. it might be added also that certain astrological relationships between the constellations are releasing new types of force which are playing through our solar system and on to our planet and thereby making possible developments hitherto frustrated in expression, and bringing about the demonstration of latent powers and the manifestation of new knowledges. all this must be most carefully borne in mind by the worker in the field of human affairs if the present crisis is to

enable man to grasp not only his relation to the spiritual life of our planet, the "one in whom we live and move and have our being" but will also give him a glimpse of the relation of our planet to the circle of planetary lives moving within the orbit of the sun, and the still greater circle of spiritual influences which contact our solar system as it pursues its orbit in the heavens (the twelve constellations of the zodiac. astronomical and astrological investigation has demonstrated this relationship and the influences exerted, but there is still speculation and much foolish claiming and interpretation. yet the churches have ever recognised this relationship, and the bible has testified to it "the stars in their courses fought against sisera "who can withstand the sweet influences of th

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he hierarchy as it reconstructs the world after the destruction wrought since 1900 a.d. you have here also a great triangle of energies, functioning through the medium of mercury, the reasonable, reasoning messenger of the gods- 148- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the hierarchy is, therefore, at this time, conditioned by three great constellations: 1. aquarius the custodian of that "life more abundantly" of which the christ spoke and which he can draw upon at this time in a new and dynamic manner in order to bring about the restoration needed. this energy is the "implementing force of universality" it concerns the future. 2. taurus the revealer of the vision, the "eye of the gods" the donor of illumination. it is that which c

is energy is the "implementing force of universality" it concerns the future. 2. taurus the revealer of the vision, the "eye of the gods" the donor of illumination. it is that which concerns the present. 3. pisces the inspiration of the world saviour, and also the field of salvation. it is the field of force in which the two other forces must work. it has been produced by the past. as these three constellations pour their energies into the great ashram of sanat kumara, the hierarchy, they are there concentrated and retained until released under "the swift design of mercury" into the field of the human consciousness. the effect of this release is to awaken the intuition (governed as you know by mercury, and to enlighten advanced humanity. it is through intuitive human beings that knowledge

rought the human kingdom into existence. in a mysterious sense, therefore, it might be said that the three buddhas of activity are responsible for: 1. the act of individualisation. the work of the particular buddha responsible at the time for this major activity, has been temporarily quiescent since lemurian days. he works, when active, through the seventh ray and draws the needed energy from two constellations: cancer and gemini. 2. the act of initiation. i would call your attention to the word act; i am not here referring to process. his work only begins at the third initiation when the planetary logos is the initiator. at that initiation, the will aspect begins to function. the buddha behind the initiatory process is extremely active at this time; he works through the christ and the lor

ion. i would call your attention to the word act; i am not here referring to process. his work only begins at the third initiation when the planetary logos is the initiator. at that initiation, the will aspect begins to function. the buddha behind the initiatory process is extremely active at this time; he works through the christ and the lord of the second ray, drawing the needed energy from the constellations capricorn and aquarius. 3. the act of identification. this involves what has been called a "moment of opening-up" during which the initiate sees that which lies within the cosmic intent and begins to function not only as a planetary unit but as a cosmic focal point. the buddha of activity, responsible for this type of planetary activity, works with the lord of the first ray and func

nding, but so was much that i gave you in a treatise on cosmic fire. its sole value for you lies in the revelation of the linking up and the interplay between all parts of our solar system, our universe and the zodiac. through these three great buddhas there is a basic relation, established aeons ago and steadfastly held, between our planet, three of the seven sacred planets, and six of the major constellations the three and the six which most uniquely concern the fourth kingdom in nature. other planets and other constellations are also related to the human family, but their relation is more aggressively (if i might use that word) related to the three subhuman kingdoms; with these we shall not here deal. their relation to the human kingdom has been covered by me in the astrological section

closely related to the planet saturn. 2. the triangle of the three rays through whom the three buddhas work- 175- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. the three planets which are connected with the three lords of the three rays and by means of which they express their impelling energy. 4- 5. two interlaced triangles, created by the six constellations from which the three buddhas of activity draw their needed energy and to which they are uniquely related through their individual karma. these two interlaced triangles are the cause of the six-pointed star, so familiar among the many occult symbols. from the law of analogy, another exceedingly important triangle is found in the human body and (esoterically considered) is related to

atory thesis covering a vast field or area of information. the first two volumes dealt with the sevenfold nature of man and with the influence of the seven basic energies or rays upon his unfoldment and his history, and (in a briefer manner) upon the world in which he lives and upon the environment which aids and conditions him. in the third volume we took into consideration the influences of the constellations and planets upon the man and upon our planet, the earth, and gave much time to the consideration of esoteric astrology; the rays, the signs, the constellations and the planets are all of them closely interrelated and the human being is the recipient of the energies and forces which they emanate or distribute. this makes the man what he essentially is at any one time whilst in incarn

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

bailey& djwhal khul the labors of hercules- table of contents the zodiac the purpose of this study (foreword) the nature of discipleship astrological connotations the world disciple today key thoughts hercules the disciple- the myth elaboration of the myth labor i the capture of the man-eating mares the myth the meaning of the myth the sign the three initial impulses in aries the sign of the mind constellations in aries the crux of the test labor ii the capture of the cretan bull the myth the meaning of the labor four symbolic words the story of the labor the theme of illumination the theme of sex significance of the constellations nature of the tests the disciple and sex labor iii- part 1 gathering the golden apples of the hesperides the myth the nature of the test- 1- the symbols labor i

eaning of the labor four symbolic words the story of the labor the theme of illumination the theme of sex significance of the constellations nature of the tests the disciple and sex labor iii- part 1 gathering the golden apples of the hesperides the myth the nature of the test- 1- the symbols labor iii- part 2 gathering the golden apples of the hesperides the field of the labor the three symbolic constellations the lesson of the labor labor iv- part 1 the capture of the doe or hind the myth synthesis of the signs meaning of the story labor iv- part 2 the capture of the doe or hind qualities of the sign the cardinal cross the stars at-one-ment with capricorn symbols the three symbolic constellations the lesson of the labor labor v the slaying of the nemean lion the myth the number five the

capture of the doe or hind the myth synthesis of the signs meaning of the story labor iv- part 2 the capture of the doe or hind qualities of the sign the cardinal cross the stars at-one-ment with capricorn symbols the three symbolic constellations the lesson of the labor labor v the slaying of the nemean lion the myth the number five the story of the myth the field of the labor the three symbolic constellations the lesson of the labor labor vi seizing the girdle of hippolyte- 2- the labours of hercules the myth introduction interpretations of the myth the two ways the constellations and stars the mutable cross and the planetary rulers significance of the sign and its polar opposite keynotes labor vii the capture of the erymanthian boar the myth prologue reflections of a libran the rulers o

abor labor vi seizing the girdle of hippolyte- 2- the labours of hercules the myth introduction interpretations of the myth the two ways the constellations and stars the mutable cross and the planetary rulers significance of the sign and its polar opposite keynotes labor vii the capture of the erymanthian boar the myth prologue reflections of a libran the rulers of libra and its opposite sign the constellations and stars some highlights from the lecture by alice bailey labor viii destroying the lernaean hydra the myth introduction psychological analysis of the myth the nine heads of the hydra fighting the hydra: modern version applications to life what is death scorpio, the sign of magic the constellations and the stars labor ix killing the stymphalian birds the myth interpretation of the

ighlights from the lecture by alice bailey labor viii destroying the lernaean hydra the myth introduction psychological analysis of the myth the nine heads of the hydra fighting the hydra: modern version applications to life what is death scorpio, the sign of magic the constellations and the stars labor ix killing the stymphalian birds the myth interpretation of the labor silence two gates, three constellations the chrysalis symbol the spirit of truth the spirit of right three gifts three constellations- 3- the labours of hercules details of the story labor x the slaying of cerberus, guardian of hades the myth prologue interpretations of the labor in capricorn meanings of the sign constellations the climbing of the mountain preparation for the descent into hades the symbol of cerberus epil

of hercules details of the story labor x the slaying of cerberus, guardian of hades the myth prologue interpretations of the labor in capricorn meanings of the sign constellations the climbing of the mountain preparation for the descent into hades the symbol of cerberus epilogue labor xi cleansing the augean stables the myth the energies of aquarius hallmarks of the initiate decanates, rulers and constellations the lawgivers interpretation of the test labor xii the capture of the red cattle of geryon the myth interpretation of the story significant aspect of the sign the second coming of the christ the new group of world servers interpretation of the test the purpose of the study of the hercules myth summary of lessons learned in each zodiacal sign the path of the soul through the zodiac t

me, and he was constantly reminded thereby that to express the glory of the soul was his mission. the twelve great labors that were to set the seal of accomplishment upon his life, and which would indicate his right to join the great group of immortals, were outlined to him and he entered upon the way. we are told that in his person he symbolized the fixed cross in the heavens, formed by the four constellations taurus, leo, scorpio and aquarius. tradition tells us that he was physically bullnecked, as well as psychologically stubborn and ready to attack any problem and to rush blindly into any undertaking. nothing could turn him from his purpose, and we shall see when we study the labors that he rushed headlong into them. nothing deterred him, nothing frightened him, and one-pointedly he w

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astronomical aspect, will be found quite correct from the physical or metaphysical[[vol. 2, page] 23 the action of the great breath. reckoned according to the enumeration devised later by people who had forgotten, or who had an inadequate notion of, the real mysteries, and included neither the sun, the moon, nor the earth. the sun was the chief, exoterically, of the twelve great gods, or zodiacal constellations; and, esoterically, the messiah, the christos (the subject anointed by the great breath, or the one) surrounded by his twelve subordinate powers, also subordinate, in turn, to each of the seven "mystery-gods" of the planets "the seven higher make the seven lhas create the world" states a commentary; which means that our earth, leaving aside the rest, was created or fashioned by terr

ow of things to come; but the body (or substance) is of christ" or jehovah, that function of this power that "made the barren woman. a mother. for they are the gift of jehovah. which is a key to the objection which her husband made to the shunamite, as to her going to the man of god "for it is neither the seventh day nor the day of the new moon (2 kings, iv, 23) the living spiritual powers of the constellations had mighty wars, marked by the movements and positions of the stars and planets, and especially as the result of the conjunction of the moon, earth, and sun. bentley comments on the hindu "war between the gods and the giants" as marked by the eclipse of the sun at the ascending node of the moon, 945 b.c, at which time was born* or produced from the sea, sri (sarai, s-r-i, the wife o

ma sprang from a lotus. theoretically, the kalpas are infinite, but practically they are divided and sub-divided in space and time, each division- down to the smallest- having its own dhyani as patron or regent. padmapani (avalokiteshwara) becomes, in china, in his female aspect, kwan-yin "who assumes any form, at pleasure, in order to save mankind" the knowledge of the astrological aspect of the constellations on the respective "birth-days" of these dhyanis- amitabha (the o-mi-to fo, of china, included: e.g, on the 19th day of the second month, on the 17th day of the eleventh month, and on the 7th day of the third month, etc, etc- gives the occultist the greatest facilities for performing what are called "magic" feats. the future of an individual is seen, with all its coming events marsha

mitabha (the o-mi-to fo, of china, included: e.g, on the 19th day of the second month, on the 17th day of the eleventh month, and on the 7th day of the third month, etc, etc- gives the occultist the greatest facilities for performing what are called "magic" feats. the future of an individual is seen, with all its coming events marshalled in order, in a magic mirror placed under the ray of certain constellations. but- beware of the reverse of the medal, sorcery[[vol. 2, page] 180 the secret doctrine. stanza viii. evolution of the animal mammalians- the first fall (28) how the first mammals were produced (29) a quasi-darwinian evolution (30) the animals get solid bodies (31) their separation into sexes (32) the first sin of the mindless men- 28. from the drops of sweat (a; from the residue o

elation to the apsis in 21,128 years" we have mentioned this cycle in isis unveiled, vol. i, in relation to other cycles. each has a marked influence on its contemporary race[[vol. 2, page] 331 pre-historic statues. our meaning is very clear. every sidereal year the tropics recede from the pole four degrees in each revolution from the equinoctial points, as the equator rounds through the zodiacal constellations. now, as every astronomer knows, at present the tropic is only twenty-three degrees and a fraction less than half a degree from the equator. hence it has still 2 1/2 degrees to run before the end of the sidereal year; which gives humanity in general, and our civilized races in particular, a reprieve of about 16,000 years* after the great flood of the third race (the lemurians "men d

s and their flocks (42 vendid. saddh. the "sravah- a word which the orientalists have given up as one "of unknown meaning- means the same amshaspends, but in their highest occult meaning. the "sravah" are the noumenoi of the phenomenal amshaspends, the souls or spirits of those manifested powers; and "their sons and their flock" refers to the planetary angels and their sidereal flock of stars and constellations "amshaspend" is the exoteric term used in terrestrial combinations and affairs only. zarathustra addresses ahura mazda constantly as "thou, the maker of the material world" ormazd is the father of our earth (spenta armaiti, and she is referred to, when personified, as "the fair daughter of ahura mazda (fargard, xix. ii, who is also the creator of the tree (of occult and spiritual kn

a zodiac shows the passage of three sidereal years, the great pyramid must have been built 78,000 years ago, or in any case that this possibility deserves to be accepted at least as readily as the later date of 3,350 b.c. now on the zodiac of a certain temple in far northern india, as on the dendera zodiac, the same characteristics of the signs are found. those who know well the hindu symbols and constellations, will be able to find out by the description of the egyptian, whether the indications of the chronological time are correct or not. on the dendera zodiac as preserved by the modern egyptian coptic and greek adepts, and explained a little differently by mackey, the lion stands upon the hydra and his tail is almost straight, pointing downwards at an angle of forty or fifty degrees, th

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r rebuild every "system" after the "night" the second group of the builders is the architect of our planetary chain exclusively; and the third, the progenitor of our humanity- the macrocosmic prototype of the microcosm. the planetary spirits are the informing spirits of the stars in general, and of the planets especially. they rule the destinies of men who are all born under one or other of their constellations; the second and third groups pertaining to other systems have the same functions, and all rule various departments in nature. in the hindu exoteric pantheon they are the guardian deities who preside over the eight points of the compass- the four cardinal and the four intermediate points- and are called loka-palas "supporters or guardians of the world (in our visible kosmos, of which

ations and tribes. the "struggle for existence" and the "survival of the fittest" reigned supreme from the moment that kosmos manifested into being, and could hardly escape the observant eye of the ancient sages. hence the incessant fights of indra, the god of the firmament, with the asuras- degraded from high gods into cosmic demons; and with vritri or ah-hi; the battles fought between stars and constellations, between moon and planets- later on incarnated as kings and mortals. hence also the war in heaven of michael and his host against the dragon (jupiter and lucifer- venus, when a third of the stars of the rebellious host was hurled down into space, and "its place was found no more in heaven" as said long ago "this is the basic and fundamental stone of the secret cycles. it shows that

eglected the sacred animals. the evangelical zoolatry- the bull, the eagle, the lion, and the angel (in reality the cherub, or seraph, the fiery-winged serpent, is as much pagan as that of the egyptians or the chaldeans. these four animals are, in reality, the symbols of the four elements, and of the four lower principles in man. nevertheless, they correspond physically and materially to the four constellations that form, so to speak, the suite or cortege of the solar god, and occupy during the winter solstice the four cardinal points of the zodiacal circle. these four "animals" may be seen in many of the roman catholic new testaments where the portraits of the evangelists are given. they are the animals of ezekiel's mercabah. as truly stated by ragon "the ancient hierophants have combined

application to such periods of the natural measure of day or night, or of the day divided into the light and the dark. it would also be discovered that there was a longest and shortest solar day, and two solar days of equal day and night, within the period of the solar year; and the points in the year of these could be marked with the greatest precision in the starry groups of the heavens or the constellations, subject to that retrograde movement thereof, which in time would require a correction by intercalation, as was the case in the description of the flood, where correction of 150 days was made for a period of 600 years, during which confusion of landmarks had increased. this would naturally come to pass. with all races in all time; and such knowledge must be taken to have been inhere

he physiological or anthropological key to the moon symbol. the key that opens the mystery of theogony, or the evolution of the manvantaric gods, is more complicated, and has nothing phallic in it. all is mystical and divine there. but the jews, beyond connecting jehovah directly with the moon as a generative god, preferred to ignore the higher hierarchies, and have made of some of them (zodiacal constellations and planetary gods) their patriarchs, thus euhemerizing the[[footnote(s* a caricatured and dwarfed vedantin notion of parabrahmam containing within itself the whole universe as being that boundless universe itself, and there existing nothing outside of itself* just as they are to this day in india, the bull of siva and the cow representing several sakti- goddesses* hence the worship

emonstrators. the seven stars as they turned round annually kept pointing, as it were, with the forefinger of the right hand, and describing a circle in the upper and lower heaven* the number seven naturally suggested a measure by seven, that led to what may be termed sevening, and to the marking and mapping out of the circle in seven corresponding divisions which were assigned to the seven great constellations; and thus was formed the celestial heptanomis of egypt in the heavens. when the stellar heptanomis was broken up and divided into four quarters, it was multiplied by four, and the twenty-eight signs took the place of the primary seven constellations, the lunar zodiac of twenty-eight days being the registered result. in the chinese arrangement the four sevens are given to four genii

ed by four, and the twenty-eight signs took the place of the primary seven constellations, the lunar zodiac of twenty-eight days being the registered result. in the chinese arrangement the four sevens are given to four genii that preside over the four cardinal points (in chinese buddhism and esotericism the genii are represented by four dragons- the "maharajahs" of the stanzas "the seven northern constellations make up the black warrior; the seven eastern (chinese autumn) constitute the white tiger; the seven southern are the vermilion bird; and the seven western (called vernal) are the azure dragon. each of these four spirits presides over its heptanomis during one lunar week. the genetive of the first heptanomis (typhon of the seven stars) now took a lunar character. in this phase we fin

BOOK OF ENOCH

n form, beauty, and call- each different from the other. 33.2] and to the east of these animals, i saw the ends of the earth, on which heaven rests, and the open gates of heaven. 33.3] and i saw how the stars of heaven come out, and counted the gates out of which they come, and wrote down all their outlets, for each one, individually, according to their number. and their names, according to their constellations, their positions, their times, and their months, as the angel uriel, who was with me, showed me. 33.4] and he showed me everything, and wrote it down, and also their names he wrote down for me, and their laws and their functions. 34.1] and from there i went towards the north, to the ends of the earth, and there i saw a great and glorious wonder at the ends of the whole earth. 34.2]

at place i saw an inexhaustible spring of righteousness and many springs of wisdom surrounded it, and all the thirsty drank from them and were filled with wisdom, and their dwelling was with the righteous and the holy and the chosen. 48.2] and at that hour that son of man was named, in the presence of the lord of spirits, and his name brought to the head of days. 48.3] even before the sun and the constellations were created, before the stars of heaven were made, his name was named in front of the lord of spirits. 48.4] he will be a staff to the righteous and the holy, so that they may lean on him and not fall, and he will be the light of the nations, and he will be the hope of those who grieve in their hearts. 48.5] all those who dwell upon the dry ground will fall down and worship in fron

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

the most high over the kingdoms of men; these angels form the council of the almighty. the eldest servant of his house is metatron naar, the angel which maintains the heavenly treasures. the watchers and the holy ones theses are the fallen high angels and were known to the greeks as arcontev [or "archons; their names are radweriel; he is the c lestial scribe; rahatiel is the angel ruling over the constellations. unto him are the angelick decans which rule the 12 signs; sopheriel is the angel set over the books of the living and the dead. the chief of the watchers is named azazel, who governs with uzza and uzziel. the merkabah in the merkabah vision of ezekiel it is written "and i looked and behold a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself and a splendour

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

dant, is also given to the sign of the zodiac that is rising at a given time. every four minutes the ascending sign is at a different angle over the horizon. it can therefore be seen that to obtain the correct sign and ecliptic, at the moment of birth, the time and place of birth must be accurately recorded. as the sun moves throughout the year, it passes through twelve different areas of sky and constellations. these are the houses of the zodiac, and like the hand of a watch, sweep round. the dividing lines between the houses are known as cusps. the sun takes roughly a month to pass through each of the houses, which are as follows: aries march 21 through april 19 taurus april 20 through may 19 gemini may 20 through june 20 cancer june 21 through july 22 leo july 23 through august 21 virgo

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

ys of the week though i have written primarily about the significance of the different days, i have also listed the effects of the planetary hours. the planets have had a special place in both ritual magick and astrology, since the ancient babylonians and chaldeans first observed them wandering across the sky (the word 'planet' derives from the greek planetes, meaning 'wanderer) against the fixed constellations of the zodiac. the ancients knew of only five planets- mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. uranus, neptune and pluto were discovered only after the invention of the telescope and so have not assumed the importance in magick that they have in astrology. what is more, the first astronomers also counted the sun and the moon as planets and credited them with certain qualities that

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

ansmitted from the fourth dimension. in 1912, this same manuscript was bought by an american book dealer called wilfrid voynich and became known as the voynich manuscript. when he sent copies to the 'experts' of the day, they said that most of the hundreds of plants illustrated did not grow on earth. some illustrations looked like tissue seen under a microscope and others were of star systems and constellations. the best code breakers available to united states intelligence in both the first and second world wars tried to decipher what they called "the most mysterious manuscript in the world, but none could do it. a professor at the university of pennsylvania called william romaine newbold claimed to have decoded some of it in 1921. he said part of the text read "in a concave mirror, i saw

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

ese advanced societies, the knowledge that built the fantastic and unexplainable ancient structures like the great pyramid and other amazing sites across the world, came from the stars- extraterrestrials of many varieties. some were tall blond-haired, blue-eyed, types, while others took a reptilian form (see picture section for artists' impressions of these beings. these and others came here from constellations like orion, draco, andromeda, lyra, and bootes, and other locations like the pleiades, sirius, vega, zeta reticuli, arcturus, aldebaran, and elsewhere. australian aborigines, african tribes, the babylonians, and south american indians are just some of the diverse peoples who claim ancient connections with such places. the reptilians are a tall, mostly humanoid-type race, with snake

so they can move between densities, appearing and "disappearing" as they move frequency, much like a radio dial. this is why 30 t ruled by the gods 31 people have reported seeing entities "disappear" before their eyes. they have not, in fact "disappeared" at all. they have left the frequency range that person can access. it's the same with ufos. we are not alone the three main physical forms from constellations, planets, and stars like orion, sirius, the pleiades, mars, and the others i have mentioned, appear to have been: the white race or the "blue-eyed blonds; a reptilian race of various expressions; and the so-called "greys" of modern ufo folklore (see picture section. also there was the advanced black race and another, which, according to those who claim to have been abducted by non-h

le and magnificent diversity of the human physical form and there are endless bloodlines among us, not just those of the anunnaki reptilians. from what i gather from my research and insider information, there has been a long battle in many parts of the galaxy between the blond-haired, blue-eyed "nordics" of lyra, the pleiades, aldebaran and elsewhere, and factions of a reptilian race based in the constellations of draco and orion and within the sirius network. it is possible that at least some of the reptilians originated on the earth and were driven out or, literally, forced underground at some point by the "nordics. this is not to say that all of these peoples are involved, only that significant groups of them are. this battle on earth is symbolised by stories such as the phoenician "st

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cieties were not unconnected. as we shall see, they had the same origins. the templesat angkor wat are covered in reptilian images, a feature of all the ancient cultures,including the egyptian, the central american and the indian. professor phillip calahanin his study of the surviving and mysterious round towers of ireland has said that theyare positioned with remarkable synchronicity to the star constellations of the northernsky at the winter solstice. and the towers most perfectly align with the constellationof. draco. the head and eyes of the draco formation, as designed on the ground inireland, are, according to calahan, located either side of lough neagh right in thefigure 4: the draco dragonconstellation to which so many ancientmonuments appear to be aligned. 24centre of northern ire

h was a sphere and not flat.in 1912, this same manuscript was bought by an american book dealer called wilfredv oynich and became known as the v oynich manuscript. when he sent copies to theexperts of the day, they said that most of the hundreds of plants illustrated did not grow onthis planet. some of the illustrations looked like tissue seen under a microscope and otherswere of star systems and constellations. the best code breakers available to united statesintelligence in both the first and second world wars tried to decipher what they called:the most mysterious manuscript in the world, but none of them could do it. williamromaine newbold, a professor at the university of pennsylvania, claimed to have decodedsome of it in 1921. he said that part of the text read:in a concave mirror, i

ral procession or placed on forlying in state. the same format of a tomb under a dome is the tomb of st peter beneaththe basilica at the v atican. the congress building is a temple to a secret society which,under many names, originates in the ancient world. within the washington street plan,centred on capitol hill and the white house, are astrological symbols (which relateexactly to where certain constellations appear in the sky, hexagrams, satanicpentagrams, squares, a masonic compass, a spear of destiny, a skull and bones andscores of others. for more information and illustrations i strongly recommend anexcellent book by charles l. westbrook jr called the talisman of the united states,signature of the invisible brotherhood. roads in washington relate to the points wherethe sun rises at t

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c or demonic keys traditionally, there are nine orders of angels. the first and highest order is seraphim, the second is cherubim, the third is thrones, the fourth is dominions, the fifth is virtues, the sixth is powers, the seventh is principalities, the eighth is archangels, and the ninth is angels. these orders abide in the upper heavens (the lower heavens being the planetary spheres and fixed constellations) within each order exists, both superior and inferior, spirits. the eighteen keys are calls to the superior and inferior spirits in the nine angelic orders. the first and second keys call the superior and inferior spirits in the order of angels; the third and fourth keys call the superior and inferior spirits in the order of archangels; the fifth and sixth keys call the superior and

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ogical networking, based in north america. world headquarters: 2920 e. monte vista, tucson, az 85716. astrological signs astrologers divide the heavens into 12 segments tracing the apparent movement of the sun around the earth. the measuring of the signs begins with the point where the sun s apparent path crosses the celestial equator, designated 0 aries. the 12 signs were named after the stellar constellations that appear in the different segments. the signs are classified according to quality and element. the three qualities are cardinal (outgoing, fixed (stable, and mutable (variable. the four traditional elements are fire, earth, air, and water, which stand for activity, matter, mind, and feeling, respectively. the three qualities and four elements offer twelve possible combinations, o

zodiacs old and new. the argument over the sidereal zodiac was basically about the adjustment of the horoscope chart to reflect the procession of the equinoxes. the tropical, or moving, zodiac begins each year at the point where the sun is located at the spring equinox. however, that position changes slightly each year. thus the divisions of the zodiac no longer reflect the actual position of the constellations in the heavens. the sidereal zodiac retains the actual position of the 12 signs. had bradley merely been a champion of fagan s unfashionable ideas, he would not be remembered today. however, he became the director of the llewellyn foundation for astrological research and in the later 1940s conducted statistical studies that anticipated the work of francoise and michel gauquelin. mos

udy the historical aspects of astrological theory, which led him to propose and champion what is known as the sidereal zodiac. fagan was concerned with adjusting the horoscope chart to reflect the procession of the equinoxes. the tropical zodiac, still used by most astrologers, begins each year at the point where the sun is located at the spring equinox. however, that position, in relation to the constellations that gave the 12 signs of the zodiac their names, changes slightly each year. over the centuries the drift has been considerable, and the divisions of the zodiac no longer reflect the actual position of the constellations in the heavens. the sidereal zodiac adjusts for the actual position of the 12 signs. fagan presents his argument for the sidereal zodiac in several books, beginnin

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ttaining was insufficient to raise him above the intellectual limitations of his time, so that the work in question possesses all the faults of its age and type. but that is not to say that it possessed no practical value, and it well illustrates the white magic of medieval times. it classifies the names of the angels under the title of olympic or celestial spirits, who abide in the firmament and constellations: they administer inferior destinies and accomplish and teach whatever is portended by the several stars in which they are insphered. they are powerless to act without a special command from the almighty. the stewards of heaven are seven in number.arathron, bethor, phaleg, och, hagith, ophiel, and phul. each of them has a numerous host at his command, and the regions in which they dw

psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. playfair, guy lyon. the indefinite boundary. london: souvenir press, 1976. the unknown power. 1975. reprinted as the flying cow. london: souvenir press, 1975. this house is haunted: the true story of a poltergeist. london: souvenir press, 1980. pleiades the pleiades is a star cluster an approximately 400 lightyear distance from earth and near the constellations of orion and taurus in the night sky. the cluster includes seven bright stars that are easily seen with the naked eyes. in more recent years, astronomers equipped with telescopes have found the cluster to contain some 400 stars and to be surrounded by a nebula. as with many of the heavenly bodies, the pleiades has attracted the speculation of people who have imposed a mythological s

degree every 71 years. most western astrologers use what is termed the tropical zodiac. the beginning of the year is marked by positioning 0 aries at the point where the sun is located on the spring equinox. however, that point changes slightly every year, hence the zodiac moves slightly every year. some astrologers use what is termed a sidereal equinox, in which the sun s true alignment with the constellations is retained. in the sidereal zodiac, the traditional relationship of the zodiac with the seasons of the year is lost. this movement is slight from year to year but over the centuries makes a real difference. it takes approximately 2,150 years for the spring equinox to move from one sign to another and approximately 27,000 years for the wobble to make that point to return to its prev

similar effects. scatcherd was a member of the society for psychical research, london, and helped w. t. stead found julia s bureau. she was associated with the study of psychic photography. she died in 1927. madge donohoe, widow of martin h. donohoe, british war correspondent of the daily chronicle, was known to produce a bewildering variety of skotographs.landscapes (often peopled, flowers, star constellations, jewels, birds, dogs, hands, eyes, and faces. her gift was tested by f. w. warrick, a chemical manufacturer and well-known british psychical researcher. sks see specialist knowledge services skylook bulletin see mutual ufo network (mufon) skynet (project) founded in 1965 by a team of physicists, engineers, scientists, and other individuals interested in ufo research. project skynet

opular in magical communities to the present. originally, talismans were usually a disc of metal or stone engraved with astrological or magical figures. in recent centuries, among practitioners of ceremonial magic, talismans inscribed in parchment have been favored. traditionally, three varieties of talisman have been recognized: 1. the astronomical, having the characters of the heavenly signs or constellations; 2. the magical, with extraordinary figures, occult words, or the names of angels; and 3. the mixed, engraved with celestial signs and barbarous words. to this list thomas d. fosbrook, in his encyclopedia of antiquities (1825, added two others: 4. the sigilla planetarum, composed of hebrew numeral letters, used by astrologers and fortune-tellers and 5. one with hebrew names and char

on which it fed, and without which it soon dried up and withered. wolves loved it, devouring it with avidity, because, reportedly, it tasted like the flesh of a lamb. the author added that he had been assured that it had bones, flesh, and blood, thus being known in its native country as zoaphite, or animal plant. zodiac the zodiac, literally the circle of animals, is constituted by the 12 stellar constellations through which the sun appears to pass in its annual movement through the heavens. the 12 constellations form a belt across the night sky some 8 to 9 degrees on either side of the solar orbit. the moon and the planets of this solar system also move within that belt. the path of the sun is called the ecliptic as eclipses occur when the moon s orbit crosses the sun s path. the idea of

he night sky some 8 to 9 degrees on either side of the solar orbit. the moon and the planets of this solar system also move within that belt. the path of the sun is called the ecliptic as eclipses occur when the moon s orbit crosses the sun s path. the idea of a zodiac is relatively complex, and long-term observation of planetary motion is quite possible without it. the idea of naming the various constellations in the sky for gods and animals is ancient; the singling out of the 12 constellations that constitute the zodiac goes back at least to the second millennium b.c.e. in ancient mesopotamia. the zodiac as it appears in modern astrology was certainly in use by the sixth century b.c.e. each culture gave the constellations of the zodiac different names, the modern western zodiac being der

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r 15, 1995. sahn is now the fourth planet in the orbit of coeleno (see-lee-no. few human beings have noticed the transition because the space people have gone to great lengths to conceal their operation. if the sky looks familiar, appearances are deceptive; the familiar stars and planets have been replaced by hovering starships, which take care to remain in precisely the same configuration as the constellations of old. only the most observant have realized that the sun is emitting more intense light but looks smaller (because we are now seven million miles farther away from our new sun so as to adjust for the differences from the old one. our new moon is brighter because of coeleno s more brilliant light. soon shan will be moved into the spiritually advanced fourth dimension, but not befor

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

riot used as the basis for its translation. based upon astronomical information in the book itself, the work of the chariot translator attributed authorship of the sefer yetzirah to master abraham in the nineteenth century bce. an adjunctive note to the translation points out that the procession of the equinoxes acts as an unforgeable clock, allowing us to determine that the correspondence of the constellations given in the sixth chapter to the twelve hebrew months (with no variations in the six texts considered) occurred during the time of abraham, circa 4000 years ago. allowing for 4' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% an optimal variation of plus or minus 800 years ago, it is still not anywhere within the range of medieval times. a check on the data logs of the old chaldeans, egyptians, and greeks indic

bove border, east-north border, east-below border, south-above border, south-east border, south- below border, west-above border, west-south' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% border, west-below border, north-above border, north-west border, north-below border. and they continually become wider for ever and ever, and they are the arms of the universe. 11 the text then goes on to respectively designate the twelve constellations, twelve months, and twelve organs in the body of male and female as formed from the simple letters. for the reader s convenience, all of the correlations given by the sefer yetzirah for the mother, double, and simple letters are given in tables 4.1 through 4.3. the fifth chapter ends by mentioning three allusions: the sunset, the wall, and the battle. the sunset (figure 4.13) includ

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

made of the right venus materials and at the right astrological moment. such images were held to capture the spirit or power of the star and to hold or store it for use. not only the planets had attached to each of them a complicated pseudo-science of occult sympathies and image-making, but the twelve signs of the zodiac each had their plants, animals, images, and so on, and indeed so had all the constellations and stars of the heavens. for the all was one, united by an infinitely complex system of relationships. the magician was one who knew how to enter into this system, and use it, by knowing the links of the chains of influences descending vertically from above, and establishing for himself a chain of ascending links by correct use of the occult sympathies in terrestrial things, of cel

next highest forms on which they depend. there are congruities between the "reasons" in the soul of the world and the lower forms, which zoroaster called divine links and synesius, magic spells. these links depend not so much on stars and demons as on the soul of the world, which is everywhere present. wherefore the "more ancient platonists" formed images in the heavens, images of the forty-eight constellations, twelve in the zodiac, and thirty-six outside it, images also of the thirty-six "faces" of the zodiac. from these ordered forms depend the forms of inferior things. ficino states in the sub-title to the liber de vita coelitus comparanda that it is a commentary on a book on the same subject by plotinus. he does not specify here of what passage in the enneads he is thinking, but p. o

al behaviour and constant wars, for the egyptian natural religion with its neoplatonic basis, and the egyptian good moral laws "mercurio egizio sapientissimo" is for bruno the name of the divine wisdom itself,3 and the spaccio della bestia trionfante outlines a coming religious and moral reform. the peculiarity of the reform in the spaccio is that it begins in the heavens; it is the images of the constellations of the zodiac and of the northern and southern constellations which are reformed or cleansed through a council of the planetary gods which is summoned by jupiter for this purpose. amongst the speakers in this celestial council conducting the celestial reform are the divine sophia, isis, and momus. the idea of a reform beginning in the heavens with the rearranging or cleansing of the

ers amongst which are several hermetica. some of these are the same as some in the corpus hermeticimr, others are otherwise unknown and one of these is the kore kosmou. the editio princeps of the anthology (bks. i and ii) was at antwerp in 1575. see scott, i, pp. 82 ff. 217 giordano bruno in england: the hermetic reform if we thus purge our habitations, o ye gods, if we thus renew our heaven, the constellations and influences shall be new, the impressions and fortunes shall be new, for all things depend on this upper world' these words are part of a speech made by jupiter in the spaccio to an assembly, or general council, of the celestial gods. the almighty thunderer feels that he grows old, and he is in a mood of penitence. casting his eye around the heavens he perceives that the images o

influences shall be new, the impressions and fortunes shall be new, for all things depend on this upper world' these words are part of a speech made by jupiter in the spaccio to an assembly, or general council, of the celestial gods. the almighty thunderer feels that he grows old, and he is in a mood of penitence. casting his eye around the heavens he perceives that the images of the forty-eight constellations are either in the ugly forms of animals, like that great deformed bear, the ursa major, or like aries and taurus and other animal forms of the zodiac, or their images recall shameful actions of the gods, like the lyre which reminds of the thefts of mercury, or hercules and perseus, who are his own bastards. the assembled gods in their conclave are therefore to consider each in turn

tal, pp. 595 ff. 3 hyginus, fabularum liber, paris, 1578. see below, p. 328. 218 giordano bruno in england: the hermetic reform is the sum of all the vices which are opposite to the virtues. this is stated by bruno in the dedication of the work to philip sidney "then the triumphant beast is driven out, that is the vices which predominate, and oppose the divine part (of the soul).1 the list of the constellations and of the virtues and vices he connects with them is given twice by bruno, first in the dedication to sidney, and again in the dialogues where the reform movement is described in detail as the gods work through the heavens. in the second dialogue, where he is discussing the triumphant virtues in the abstract, he is still following the order he has assigned to them in the constellat

ady quoted, that the reform begins in the minds of the gods themselves, who are to "place themselves in the intellectual heaven" within them, to "drive from the heaven of their minds"7 the bad qualities and replace them with good qualities. it is this interior reform of the gods themselves which is reflected all round the vault of heaven as the virtues rise to replace the vices in the forty-eight constellations. it is thus a personality 1 ibid (dial, ital, pp. 568, 803 ff. 2 ibid (dial, ital, pp. 569, 817 ff. 3 see above, p. 39. 4 see above, pp. 28-31. 5 spaccio, dedication (dial, ital, pp. 561-2. 6 ibid (dial, ital, p. 560. see above, p. 217. 220 giordano bruno in england: the hermetic reform which is being formed in the spaccio, a personality whose powers are being formed into a successf

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mplicated and time-consuming considerations, as imes. this will keep you on the ball, ready for action and versatile. is usually those gmagi to do without his/her talisman, for example, after having been robbed of as pointed out in the beginning, the advantage of spare fs sigil magic is that it has no need for complicated rituals. neither do you need to engage in calculating specific astrological constellations, cabalistic arithmetic or lunar phases, etc. you will be better off, especially when practicing pragmatic magic, if you have at hand at least one of these systems that can be perfo s useful as they may be at other t you don ft really need amulets and talismans in sigil magic either. if the sigil is charged correctly, you already have created an gastral talisman h (or gastral amulet

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eir great creator. peace, unity and plenty* of the globes. the globes are two artificial spherical bodies, on the convex surface of which are represented the countries, seas, and various parts of the earth, the face of the heavens, the planetary revolutions, and other particulars. the sphere, with the parts of the earth delineated on its surface, is called the terrestrial globe; and that with the constellations, and other heavenly bodies, the celestial globe. the use of the globes. maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (16 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:55 am] their principal use, beside serving as maps to distinguish the outward parts of the earth, and the situation of the fixed stars, is to illustrate and explain the phenomena arising from the annual revolution, an

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attempt by the hierarchs of fire, the lucifer spirits, to bring us the imprisoned spirit 'light' that by it we may see and know. catholicism is an activity of the hierarchs of water, and places 'holy water' at the temple door to quench the spirits seeking light and knowledge and to inculcate faith in jehovah. as the vernal equinox is said to be at the first point of aries, no matter where in the constellations it falls by precession, so the point where the human seed-atom comes from the invisible world and is taken in hand by the lunar god of generation, jehovah, through his ambassador, the angel gabriel, is esoterically the first point of cancer. this is the cardinal sign of the watery triplicity, and is ruled by the moon. there conception takes place; but were the form built of water an

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e great judean philosopher and teacher. it is plain that crishna of india and the persian mithra furnished the copy for the jesus of the romish church, all of whom mean one and the same thing--the second person in the solar trinity. by the jews, who attempted to ignore the female principle, this god is called the "lord of hosts" and "god of sabaoth" which astronomically means god of the stars and constellations, and astrologically the creator or producer of the multitudes. of this god, ieue, i h s, the author of anacalypsis says that he was the son of the celestial virgin, which she carries in her arms; the horus, lux, of the egyptians, the lux of st. john "it is from this infant that jesus took his origin; or at least it is from the ceremonies and worship of this infant that this religion

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s that d.d.c.f. approved of such groups, as also did s.a. and that indeed s.a. had once formed such a group himself.theobjects of the group were: to concentrate forces of growth, progress and purification, every sunday at noon, and the progress was rst, the formulation of the twelve workersnearbutnot in 36; and formulation round london; 3rd, formulation round the earth; 4th, formulation among the constellations.thengradually reverse the process, bringing the quintessenceofthe greater forces to the lesser.theprocess was to take about an hour."thegroup had disbanded by190iso it seems that annie horniman'sbanishing ceremony was to little avail,ifitever took place. florence also believed in propagating hermetic beliefs, and once she had assimilated the teachings of the second order (her transc

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these two appearances were of one star associated with the rising and setting of the sun. the origin of the scheme by which our week days are named after the planets is attributed to the coalition of chaldean and egyptian star lore in that great centre of learning, alexandria, soon after the reign of alexander the great, say about 300b.c.it is probable that a partial arrangement of the stars into constellations was arrived at before the rise of greek or classical astronomy, say about the fifth centuryrc.,and this was, so far as we know, among the chaldeans, but we still lack definite knowledge. claudius ptolemy compiled a catalogue of stars about 137a.d.,but a description of many constellations is given in the poem of aratus of soli, called 'phainomena, written 400 years before or about 27

but we still lack definite knowledge. claudius ptolemy compiled a catalogue of stars about 137a.d.,but a description of many constellations is given in the poem of aratus of soli, called 'phainomena, written 400 years before or about 270b.c.st paul in his sermon on mars hill, related in his acts of the apostles, xvii, quotes from this poem; both these authors were natives of cilicia. they give 48 constellations. the poem of aratus is said to be a versificationof the knowledge imparted by eudoxus a hundred years before. hesiod, in hisworks and days,mentions, orion, canis, arcturus, and the seven virgins as stars; and homer in the odyssey refers to the pleiades, the northern team, orion and the bear. so that some constellations had familair names some thousand years before jesus. the hebrew

greece or in alexandria. no true babylonian monument showing all twelve signshas yet been found. the earliest extant greek reference to the zodiac is in the writing of aristotle. in the second dream of joseph, the son of the patriarch jacob, he narrates that the sun, moon and eleven stars made obeisance to him; hence it has been argued that joseph himself with the eleven stars refer to the twelve constellations of the zodiac, and again that the twelve stones in the breastplate of the high priest refer to the zodiac (josephus. each ofthese twelve signs has been assigned to a definite son of jacob, but without much authority; the rosicrucian ritual has one form of allotment, the hermetic g.d. society had a different one, and several printed books contain other varied schemes of distribution

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itiates in the mysteriesofraces; to usitmatters littlewhichof these,trueone-analytical or synthetical, it. mattersnotmuch; but, at allwe findthatthe old seers and initiates hadthetheory very strongly developed and very cleatlymarked out, and they fixed upon certain marks ini the heavens as agreatclock whereon these vast cycles adctperiods of time might-be registered; and this dock.wasthll.tbandof constellations roundthewhich wenowcall the zodiac; and for the hands upon it were the .seven planets movinground;and never, or. perhaps only at almost inconceivable spaces.oftime,reoccupying the samein, order to makethisclock,thisgreatbandofthe zodiacru,seful, andinorder to indicate what the different parts thereof might be expected to produce as an effect upon the earth, certain names and symbols

out from that centre we find these various signs, no matter exactly how they are represented. now, what does all that mean according to the hermetic philosophy?itmeans that the zodiac is the circumference of an enormous vortex ring.thevortex ring is the first word of creation, so to speak- the tiniest of things. the very best guess at the ultimate atom is that it is a vortex ring, and the band of constellations occupying the ecliptic is likewise a vortex ring. as above, so below; the infinitely great and the infinitelysmall-all one. and the arrangement of the stars, or component atoms, as we might perhaps call them, of this vast vortex ring may give us the thought of god in the creation of the cosmos. but why. the vortex ring? there again the hermetic philosophy gives an answer. matter blo

it is for that reason that those groups of stars have been always considered to be the ones which most clearly show the constitution and the nature of the solar system; and those groups constitute the belt of the zodiac. some of the old writers used to say that it was called 'zodiac' in consequence of the imaginaryforms.of living animals which the ancient chaldeans fancied that they saw in these constellations, being shepherds of an imaginative turn of mind, and having nothing better to do than to imagine the forms of wild animals among the stars. certainly i should prefer to think that the word is derived fromthegreek word for life,zot1,and. also that it refers rather to the source of life flowing in with the tatwic currents upon the solar system, from that partofthe star sphere which is

nature of the tatwic currents which belong to that plane to which it is polarised. the rules of the old astrologers and the characteristics which they affixed to [he star groups give us a267 great clue. i have not anything like time to go intoitnow;butanyonewho has the patience to followitout can easily do so, andifyou look at the direction of the earth's axis, look at the characteristics of the constellations round the pole star and the characteristics of the constellations round the celestial equator, you will see sorrow, suffering, tribulation, and trial, tbe characteristics of this material plane, and you will see many other things, all of which interpreted will give you a very exact account of the materialist man or woman, the dangers, the troubles, the sufferings that are in store f

e sorrow, suffering, tribulation, and trial, tbe characteristics of this material plane, and you will see many other things, all of which interpreted will give you a very exact account of the materialist man or woman, the dangers, the troubles, the sufferings that are in store for them. on the other hand, look in precisely the same way at the pole of the ecliptic and at the signs of thezodiac,the constellations round that great belt, and you will see the influx of life, rest, peace, and happiness. so you get a key to the character of systems of worlds and of individuals according to the way in which they are respectively polarised.itisavery difficult conception to follow, and i fear i have not done very much towards elucidatingit;but i shall be very pleased to answer any question, and try

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se or myrrh! a rose, representing m! a cup of wine, representing n! a lamp, representing o! bread and salt, representing l! the altar draped in black. it is also important to get an astrological figure of the position of the heavens at the time of consecration. however, the zodiacal wheel is also appropriate for the consecration of the lotus wand. to be more specific, an actual time figure of the constellations will aid the adept should he or she wish to chose to utilize this method. you may want to mark off your area of which you are going to do the consecration with some type of border line using masking tape or chalk and bordered with the symbols of the zodiac in its appropriate direction. have the lotus wand wrapped immediately following the end of the ceremony in white silk or linen

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

tion. in this, there may lie a clue to one of the great mysteries of the past. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 232 chapter 29 the first crack in an ancient code the plane of the earth s orbit, projected outwards to form a great circle in the celestial sphere, is known as the ecliptic. ringed around the ecliptic, in a starry belt that extends approximately 7 north and south, are the twelve constellations of the zodiac: aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpius, sagittarius, capricornus, aquarius and pisces. these constellations are irregular in size, shape and distribution. nevertheless (and one assumes by chance) their spacing around the rim of the ecliptic is sufficiently even to bestow a sense of cosmic order upon the diurnal risings and settings of the sun. to p

west towards the east. from these two movements two illusions result: 1 each day as the planet turns from west to east, the sun (which is of course a fixed point) appears to move across the sky from east to west. 2 roughly every thirty days, as the spinning earth journeys along its orbital path around the sun, the sun itself slowly appears to pass through one after another of the twelve zodiacal constellations (which are also fixed points, and again it appears to be moving in an eastwest direction. on any particular day of the year, in other words (corresponding on our diagram to any point we care to choose around the inner concentric circle marking the earth s orbit, it is obvious that the sun will lie between an observer on the earth and one of the twelve zodiacal constellations. on tha

in virgo at the autumn equinox, in gemini at the winter solstice and in sagittarius at the summer solstice. on each of these four occasions for the last 2000 years or so, this is exactly what the sun has been doing. as we have seen, however, precession of the equinoxes means that the vernal point will change in the not so distant future from pisces to aquarius. when that happens, the three other constellations marking the three key points will change as well (from virgo, gemini and sagittarius to leo, taurus and scorpius) almost as though the giant mechanism of heaven has ponderously switched gears. like the axle of a mill, santillana and von dechend explain, yggdrasil represents the world axis in the archaic scientific language they have identified: an axis which extends outwards (for a

for a moment to the simple-minded notion that the earth was flat with four corners. instead, they say, the image of the four bacabs is used as a technical allegory intended to shed light on the phenomenon of precession of the equinoxes. the bacabs stand, in short, for the system of coordinates of an astrological age. they represent the equinoctial and solstitial colures, binding together the four constellations in which the sun continues to rise at the spring and autumn equinoxes and at the winter and summer solstices for epochs of just under 2200 years. of course it is understood that when the gears of heaven change, the old age comes crashing down and a new age is born. all this, so far, is routine precessional imagery. what stands out, however, is the explicit linkage to an earthly disa

ideas linking cosmic mills, and whirlpools and world trees and so on, the archaic vedic usage should not seem so strange. what is being signalled here, as in all the other allegories, is the frame of a world age that same heavenly mechanism that turns for more than 2000 years with the sun rising always in the same four cardinal points and then slowly shifts those celestial coordinates to four new constellations for the next couple of thousand years. this is why the mill always breaks, why the huge props always fly off the bin in one way or another, why the iron rivets burst, why the shafttree shivers. precession of the equinoxes merits such imagery because, at widely separated intervals of time it does indeed change, or break, the stabilizing coordinates of the entire celestial sphere. ope

s in ancient egypt, p. 204. 7 ibid. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 252 other figures and combinations of figures also emerge, for example: 36, the number of years required for the equinoctial sun to complete a precessional shift of half a degree along the ecliptic; 4320, the number of years required for the equinoctial sun to complete a precessional shift of 60 degrees (i.e, two zodiacal constellations. these, sellers believes, constitute the basic ingredients of a precessional code which appears again and again, with eerie persistence, in ancient myths and sacred architecture. in common with much esoteric numerology, it is a code in which it is permissible to shift decimal points to left or right at will and to make use of almost any conceivable combinations, permutations, multip

the top 22 courses of khafre s pyramid, still clad with their original facing stones, seemed to float like an iceberg on the ocean of moonlight. knowing that we could not stay long in this bewitching place, i sat down and gazed around at the heavens. over to the west, across limitless desert sands, regulus had now set beneath the horizon, and the rest of the lion s body was poised to follow. the constellations of virgo and libra were also dropping lower in the sky and, much farther to the north, i could see the great and little bears slowly pacing out their eternal cycle around the celestial pole. i looked south-east across the nile valley and there was the crescent moon still spreading its spectral radiance from the bank of the milky way. 18 ibid, p. 87. 19 one is irritated by the number

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

heavenly bodies are named after giants as well as after gods: pursaskegg, i.e. giant s beard (fucus filiformis; norvv. tussegras (paris quadrifolia; bronugras (satyrium, the same as friggjargras, p. 302, because a giantess brana gave it as a charm to her client halfdan (fornald. sog. 3, 576; forneotes folme, p. 240; 03inn threw thiassi s eyes, and thorr orvandil s toe, into the sky, to be shining constellations, sn. 82-3. 111. giants, like dwarfs, shew themselves thievish. two lays of the edda turn upon the recovery of a hammer and a cauldron which they had stolen. the giants form a separate people, which no doubt split into branches again, conf. rask s afhand. 1, 88. thrymr is called fiursa drottinn, saem. 70-74, a pursa j)m (nation) is spoken of, 107a, but iotunheimr is described as thei

f the woodpecker (lith. melleta) to the bee (see suppl. chapter xxii. sky and staks. the visible heavens have in many ways left their mark on the heathen faith. not only do gods, and the spirits who stand next them, have their dwelling in the sky, and get mixfc up with the stars, but earthly beings too, after their dissolution, are transported thither, and distinguished heroes and giants shine as constellations. from the sky the gods descend to earth, along the sky they make their journeys, and through the sky they survey unseen the doings of men. and as all plants turn to the light of heaven, as all souls look up to heaven, so do the smoke of sacrifice and the prayers of mankind mount upwards. heaven covers earth, and our word himmel comes from the root hima (tego, involvo, vestio, gramm

swdna steorra (bubulcorum stella, because the swains drove their herd home when it appeared. again, in o. iv. 9, 24 christ is compared to the sun, and the apostles to the eleven daystars, dagasterron here meaning not so much luciferi as the signs of the zodiac. there are no native names for the polar star (see suppl. twice the edda relates the origin of particular stars, but no one knows now what constellations are meant. the legend of orvandils-td and the as. earendel, ohg. orentil, has been cited, p. 374; this bright luminary may have meant the morningstar. then the ases, having slain the giant thiassi, had to atone for it to his daughter skaisi. 0$inn took thiassi s eyes and threw them against the sky, where they formed two stars, sn. 82-3. these augu thiassa are most likely two stars t

3. 724 sky and staes. each other, of equal size and brightness, perhaps the twins? this is another instance of the connexion we found between stars and eyes; and the toe translated to heaven is quite of a piece with the tongues and the correspondence of the parts of the body to the macrocosm, p. 568 (see suppl. the milky-way and its relation to irmin i have dealt with, pp. 356-8. amongst all the constellations in our sky, three stand pro minent to the popular eye: ursa major, orion and the pleiades. and all of them are still known by native names; to which i shall add those in use among the slavs, lithuanians and finns, who give them the same place of honour as we do. the great bear was doubtless known to our ancestors, even before their conversion, as ivaggon, wain; which name, unborrowe

vouched for by glosses alone, is not to be relied on. thus i do not consider it proved as yet that the names plough and eburdrung really belong to orion. by plough the irish fairy-tales 2, 123 mean the wain rather than orion, and who knows but the throng of boars may really stand for the tase (from u) 2 and the lat. suculae (see suppl. still more unsafe and slippery is the attempt to identify the constellations of the east, founded as they are on such a different way of looking at the heavens. three are named in job 9, 9: ttfy ash, nd 3 kimeh ^d3 ksil; 3 which the septuagint renders tixetase, ecnrepos, dp/crovpos, the vulgate arcturus, orion, hyades/ and luther the wain, orion, the glucke (hen/ in job 38, 31 kimeh and ksil are given in the lxx as trxemse, fipicov, in vulg. as pleiades, arc

in hebr. the three words stand in the order ash, k sil, kimah; and their transposition here does some injustice to the vulg. and luther. as a fact, two out of the four times that k sil occurs, it is ttpluv in lxx, and the other two times it is orion in vulgate. luther and the engl. version are consistent throughout. trans. 4 beschr. von arabien p. 114; some more arabian names of stars, pp. 112 6. constellations. 731 pleiades and sirius. if we look to the verbal meanings, nash, which some arabs do change into ash, is feretrum, bier or barrow,1 a thing not very different from a wain; himeli, hima seems to signify a thick cluster of stars, much the same sense as in that name of sieve: jcsilj means foolish, ungodly, a lawless giant, hence orion. constellations can be divided into two kinds, ac

GRIMOIRE OF TURIEL

ngs as i shall demand of him, in the name of the father, son, and holy ghost. i entreat thee, setchiel, chedustaniel, and corael, by the whole host of heaven, seraphims, cherubims, thrones, dominations, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels and angels, by the great and giorious spirits orphaniel, tetra, pagiel, salmia, pastor, salun, azimor, and by your star which is jupiter, and by all the constellations of heaven, and by whatsoever you obey, and hy your character which you have given and proposed and confirmed, that you attend unto me according to the prayers and petitions which i have made unto almighty god, and that you forthwith send unto me one of your messengers who may willingly and truly and faithfully fulfil all my desires, wishes and commands, and that you the secret grimo

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

evidences of the topiary art. the sides were almost always moist and cloudy, and sometimes i would seem to witness tremendous rains. once in a while, though, there would be glimpses of the sun- which looked abnormally large- and of the moon, whose markings held a touch of difference from the normal that i could never quite fathom. when- very rarely- the night sky was clear to any extent, i beheld constellations which were nearly beyond recognition. known outlines were sometimes approximated, but seldom duplicated; and from the position of the few groups i could recognize, i felt i must be in the earth's southern hemisphere, near the tropic of capricorn. the far horizon was always steamy and indistinct, but i could see that great jungles of unknown tree-ferns, calamites, lepidodendra, and s

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

hases of bygone and distant life by changing his consciousness-plane and despite the marvels he had undergone he burned for the further marvel of walking in the flesh through those grotesque and incredible scenes which visions of the night had fragmentarily brought him. without definite intention be was asking the presence for access to a dim, fantastic world whose five multi-coloured suns, alien constellations, dizzily black crags, clawed, tapir-snouted denizens, bizarre metal towers, unexplained tunnels, and cryptical floating cylinders had intruded again and again upon his slumbers. that world, he felt vaguely, was in all the conceivable cosmos the one most freely in touch with others; and he longed to explore the vistas whose beginnings he had glimpsed, and to embark through space to t

bed up to his envelope-platform, on the pretext of sailing for the triple star nython, and crawled into the sheath of shining metal. he had just room to perform the ritual of the silver key, and as he did so he slowly started the levitation of his envelope. there was an appalling seething and darkening of the day, and hideous racking of pain. the cosmos seemed to reel irresponsibly, and the other constellations danced in a black sky. all at once carter felt a new equilibrium. the cold of interstellar gulfs gnawed at the outside of his envelope, and he could see that he floated free in space- the metal building from which he had started having decayed years befor. below him the ground was festering with gigantic dholes; and even as he looked, one reared up several hundred feet and leveled a

forget that awakening. remember, gentlemen, that before that eon long sleep he had lived consciously for thousands of terrestrial years amidst the alien and horrible wonders of yaddith. there was a hideous gnawing of cold, a cessation of menacing dreams, and a glance through the eye-plates of the envelope. stars, clusters, nebulae, on every hand- and at last their outline bore some kinship to the constellations of earth that he knew "some day his descent into the solar system may be told. he saw kynath and yuggoth on the rim, passed close to neptune and glimpsed the hellish white fungi that spot it, learned an untellable secret from the close glimpsed mists of jupiter, and saw the horror on one of the satellites, and gazed at the cyclopean ruins that sprawl over mars' ruddy disc. when the

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

rs, seven electromagnetic fields and seven states of compassion. in his free booklet on darkness technology mantak chia writes on page 7: the emanation of infrared light of the big dipper, combined with the violet rays of the north star, has a positive, nurturing effect upon the bodies and minds of those who know how to access it. taoists believe that the violet star, the big dipper and the other constellations form the gates of heaven. all living things must pass through these gates to return to their source of origin, the wu chi, which is the state of oneness with the tao. according to dimensional biofield science, the tao or oneness expresses itself in a human bio-system as the conscious force that i call the dow. mantak also writes on page 8: the pineal, as yang, is balanced by the yin

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

twilight hollow, diapered as into a glory of stone and in sculptured niche; in the serried and starry ranks of the columned wax, or in rows of bossy cressets, intertwine and congregate the perfumed flames as implying the tradition eldest of time! what meaneth, in the papal architectural piles, wherein the ghostly fire is enshrined, symbolic real fire, thus before the high altar? what speak those constellations of lights? what those silvery stars of annunciation? what signifieth fire upon the altar? what gather we at all from altars and from sacrifice, the delivering, as through the gate of fire, of the first and the best of this world, whether of the fruits, whether of the flocks, whether of the primal and perfectest of victims, or the rich spoil of the world-states? what mean the human s

9. charlemagne. 10. a babylonian gem. 11 and 12. early french (also babylonian. 13. middle french. 14. later french. 16. valois. 17. henry of navarre. 18. in england, thus. 19. bourbon. 20. egyptian sculptures: fleur-de-lis; asp. architerctural finials. 171 fig. 41. 21. finial: meaning the fleur-de-lis. 22. finial* the opinion of m. dupuis was (see his learned memoir concerning the origin of the constellations, that libra was formerly the sign of the vernal equinox, and aries of the nocturnal, autumnal equinox; that is, that since the origin of the actual astronomical system, the procession (precession) of the equinoxes had carried forward by seven signs the primitive order of the zodiac. now, estimating the procession (precession) at about 70 years to a degree, that is, 2115 years to eac

ble talisman is said to be borne to the initiate through the ages. proposals were published some years ago for a book entitled, the enigma of alchemy and of oedipus resolved; designed to elucidate the fables, symbols, and other mythological disguises, in which the hermetic art has been enveloped and signalised in various ages, in ecclesiastical ceremonies, masonic formula, astronomical signs, and constellations, even in the emblazonments of chivalry, heraldic badges, and other emblems; which without explanation, have been handed down, and which are shown to have originated in the same universal mystic school, through each particular tracing their allusion to the means and mechanism. this intended work was left in ms. by its anonymous author, now deceased, but was never published. the unkno

KASAK VEEDE UNDERSTANDING PLANETS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

n tigris and eufrat. mesopotamia (greek ethe land between two rivers f. it is hard to grasp how much our current culture has inherited from the people of that land. be it either the wheel, the art of writing, or the units for measuring time and angles. science and knowledge of stars has always. though with varying success. been important in european culture. much from the babylonian beliefs about constellations and planets have reached our days. planets had an important place in babylonian astral religion, they were observed as much for calendrical as astrological purposes, and the qualities of the planetary gods were carried on to greek and rome. the following started out as an attempt to compose a list of planets together with corresponding gods who lend their names and qualities to the

of religious texts has led some scientists to suppose semitic or even west-semitic origin for the concept connecting stars and earthly phenomena, because akkadians (the term is hereby used to denote linguistically close semitic peoples. babylonians, assyrians and their predecessors) take a much more personal approach to gods than sumerians. on the other hand, the akkadian use of sumerian names of constellations, stars, and planets weighs against this theory; however, such names could issue from the period when semites had not yet accustomed enough to using the sumerian-invented cuneiform script for their own language, so sumerian was used for writing. it is possible that some sumerograms concerning stars have never been pronounced in sumerian, but only in akkadian. later on, the symbols re

n transliterations written in superscript, e.g. gi. ewooden/tree f, dingir egod/goddess/mythological creature f (in transliterations commonly shortened to d, id3 eriver f, uru etown f, mu. esnake f etc. originally, these were ordinary sumerian nouns, but as determinatives they were probably not pronounced (caplice& snell 1988: 4.9. here we have a special interest in determinatives denoting stars, constellations, planets, and other gheavenly phenomena h. generally, mul sumerian estar f, akkadian kakkabu was used for all of these (figure 1. in transliteration, different cuneiform signs with the same phonetic value are marked with different subscript. e.g. gu estring, cord f, and gu4 eoxen, bull f; these originally denoted frequency of the sign. many scientists follow the assyriological tradi

the tree of life there are both a god fs name and its according magical number (parpola 1998: 281.285. however, we can console ourselves that it was difficult to understand relationships between sumerian and akkadian gods already in their times. even in the most exact-to-be bilinguals, concepts about the beginning of the world among sumerians and akkadians differ (clifford 1998: 67. figure 4. the constellations of hydra and leo as depicted on an astrological tablet of the seleucid era, the eight-pointed star on the left is named dsag.me.gar. jupiter (vat 7847; bottom side. lion (leo) is depicted stepping forth. this plate has been described in depth by n. postgate, who brings out the division of zodiac into subzodiacs on this tablet, while these subzodiacs are connected to different towns

un. quite often, planet names tend to have the determinative of gods (kugler 1907: 62. thus we can suppose that except in the case of the moon and the sun we have to be much more careful about drawing strict connections between the planetary gods and planets than we would have thought initially. the same is suggested by brown: gmuch is said about planets grepresenting h or gstanding for h gods or constellations. h the relations of planets with gods are intricate, and deserve a separate study and much more accurate terminology than we are currently used to (brown 2000: 54. the tangle is further increased by the fact that the planets with the strongest maleficent influence, like mercury, saturn, and mars, do not have always a strong, one-to-one relation to one god. e.g. saturn is connected t

LIBER LIBERI VEL LAPIDIS LAZULI

eycomb of happiness, let us drink, let us drink! 13. it is the wine that tinges everything with the true tincture of infallible gold. 14. there are deep secrets in these songs. it is not enough to hear the bird; to enjoy song he must be the bird. 24 liber liberi vel lapidis lazuli 15. i am the bird, and thou art my song, o my glorious galloping god! 16. thou reinest in the stars; thou drivest the constellations seven abreast through the circus of nothingness. 17. thou gladiator god! 18. i play upon mine harp; thou fightest the beasts and the flames. 19. thou takest thy joy in the music, and i in the fighting. 20. thou and i are beloved of the emperor. 21. see! he has summoned us to the imperial dais. the night falls; it is a great orgy of worship and bliss. 22. the night falls like a spang

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

song i suppose. continued the knight, in a superior, but rather offended voice .if you would, please, sir .well, that. pronounced the knight, with the air of having thoroughly studied the question and reached a conclusion absolutely final and irreversible .that, goodness only knows. but i will sing it to you. preliminary invocation nothung* the crowns of gods and mortals wither; moons fade where constellations shone; numberless aeons brought us hither; numberless aeons beckon us on. the world is old, and i am strong. awake, awake, o sword of song! here, in the dusk of gods, i linger; the world awaits a word of truth. kindle, o lyre, beneath my finger! evoke the age.s awful youth! to arms against the inveterate wrong! awake, awake, o sword of song! sand-founded reels the house of faith; up

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ge the scheme of the universe according to the greeks and romans. from cartari's imagini degli dei degli antichi. by ascending successively through the fiery sphere of hades, the spheres of water, earth, and air, and the heavens of the moon, the plane of mercury is reached. above mercury are the planes of venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn, the latter containing the symbols of the zodiacal constellations. above the arch of the heavens (saturn) is the dwelling place of the different powers controlling the universe. the supreme council of the gods is composed of twelve deities--six male and six female--which correspond to the positive and negative signs of the zodiac. the six gods are jupiter, vulcan, apollo, mars, neptune, and mercury; the six goddesses are juno, ceres, vesta, minerv

are best understood when read in the light of these ancient sciences. with the growth of man's knowledge of the constitution and periodicity of the heavenly bodies, astronomical principles and terminology were introduced into his religious systems. the tutelary gods were given planetary thrones, the celestial bodies being named after the deities assigned to them. the fixed stars were divided into constellations, and through these constellations wandered the sun and its planets, the latter with their accompanying satellites. the solar trinity the sun, as supreme among the celestial bodies visible to the astronomers of antiquity, was assigned to the highest of the gods and became symbolic of the supreme authority of the creator himself. from a deep philosophic consideration of the powers and

e reminder of the fact that at one time the summer solstice took place in the sign of leo, the celestial lion. next: the zodiac and its signs sacred texts esoteric index previous next p. 53 the zodiac and its signs it is difficult for this age to estimate correctly the profound effect produced upon the religions, philosophies, and sciences of antiquity by the study of the planets, luminaries, and constellations. not without adequate reason were the magi of persia called the star gazers. the egyptians were honored with a special appellation because of their proficiency in computing the power and motion of the heavenly bodies and their effect upon the destinies of nations and individuals. ruins of primitive astronomical observatories have been discovered in all parts of the world, although i

e zodiac into twelve sections, each being sixteen degrees in width and thirty degrees in length. these divisions were called the houses of the zodiac. the sun during its annual pilgrimage passed through each of these in turn, imaginary creatures were traced in the star groups bounded by these rectangles; and because most of them were animal--or part animal--in form, they later became known as the constellations, or signs, of the zodiac. there is a popular theory concerning the origin of the zodiacal creatures to the effect that they were products of the imagination of shepherds, who, watching their flocks at night, occupied their minds by tracing the forms of animals and birds in the heavens. this theory is untenable, unless the "shepherds" be regarded as the shepherd priests of antiquity

ers of the hebrew alphabet were derived from groups of stars, and that the starry handwriting on the wall of the heavens referred to words spelt out, with fixed stars for consonants, and the planets, or luminaries, for vowels. these, coming into ever-different combinations, spelt words which, when properly read, foretold future events. as the zodiacal band marks the pathway of the sun through the constellations, it results in the phenomena of the seasons. the ancient systems of measuring the year were based upon the equinoxes and the solstices. the year always began with the vernal equinox, celebrated march 21 with rejoicing to mark the moment when the sun crossed the equator northward up the zodiacal arc. the summer solstice was celebrated when the sun reached its most northerly position

n, represents with the greatest propriety the mountainous buildings of babylon rising out of its low and marshy situation; the two horns of the goat being emblematical of the two towns, nineveh and babylon, the former built on the tigris, the latter on the euphrates; but both subjected to one sovereignty" the period of 2,160 years required for the regression of the sun through one of the zodiacal constellations is often termed an age. according to this system, the age secured its name from the sign through which the sun passes year after year as it crosses the equator at the vernal equinox. from this arrangement are derived the terms the taurian age, the aryan age, the piscean age, and the aquarian age. during these periods, or ages, religious worship takes the form of the appropriate cele

tion by the grip of the lion's paw (lazarus will come forth) click to enlarge the circular zodiac of tentyra. from cole's treatise--the circular zodiac of tentyra, in egypt. the oldest circular zodiac known is the one found at tentyra, in egypt, and now in the possession of the french government. mr. john cole describes this remarkable zodiac as follows "the diameter of the medallion in which the constellations are sculptured, is four feet nine inches, french measure. it is surrounded by another circle of much larger circumference, containing hieroglyphic characters; this second circle is enclosed in a square, whose sides are seven feet nine inches long* the asterisms, constituting the zodiacal constellations mixed with others, are represented in a spiral. the extremities of this spiral, a

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

, and they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. and azazel [azael] taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals [of the earth] and the art of working them. semjaza taught enchantments, and root cuttings, arma-ros the resolving of enchantments, baraqijel astrology, kokabel the constellations, ezeqeel the knowledge of the clouds [weather lore, araqiel the signs of the earth [husbandry, shamsiel the signs of the sun, sariel the course of the moon) according to that collection of ancient cabalistic lore, the zohar, great azael and his cohorts had had to assume tangible bodies in order to descend upon the earth. because of their revolt against higher authority and the ties

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

e at the effect and end which thou desirest to attain. book one page 13 chapter ii of the days, and hours, and of the virtues of the planets when thou wishest to make any experiment or operation, thou must first prepare, beforehand, all the requisites, such as candles and incense, which thou wilt find described in the following chapters: observing the days, the hours, and the other effects of the constellations which may be found in this chapter. it is, therefore, advisable to know that the hours of the day and of the night together, are twenty-four in number, and that each hour is governed by one of the seven planets in regular order, commencing at the highest and descending to the lowest. the order of the planets is as follows: shbthai, shabbathai, saturn; beneath saturn is tzdq, tzedeq

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 3

amael, madiel& mael. therefore these genijs that are under these signs& are governed by gabriel are to be observed on mondays, towards the north at the 1st& 8th. hours of the day& at night at the 3rd& 10th. hours. they appear like kings having green& silver robes or like little children or women delighting in hunting. so in the next place, we are to observe the season of the year according to the constellations of the celestial bodies, otherwise we shall loose our labor, for if a genijs be of the igneal hierarchy its in vain to observe him in any other season but when the enters these signs which is of his nature, that is. so if it be a genij of the earth, he is to be observed when the enters& so the like in the rest. otherwise thus: those genijs that are of the order of fire are to be obs

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

is a clear legend relating this in the aztec mythology (see p. 215)the four ages of the quichesclearly mentions the coming of a time when advanced gods walked the planet, populated the earth andwere with great intelligence but without conscience.the babyloniansin the babylonian genesis tablets we have the same references to the man or people who, after the greatdisaster, divided the heavens into constellations, and regulated, that is, discovered and revealed, theirmovements (p. 223)tezcatlipocarepresented as a winged serpent.egyptwhen we turn to egypt, we find that their whole religion was constructed upon legends relating to theages of fire and ice, and the victory of the sun-god over the evil-one. we find everywhere a recollectionof the days of cloud (p. 233)atlantis, alien visitation

he world. astro-theology, the parentsubject of common astrology and astronomy, exposes the occult roots of religion, government and bigbusiness. knowledge of these roots will empower, inform and clarify your perception of the seem-ingly complex dynamics of the world (includes 600+ digital slides).what connection do the symbols of government, religion, royalty and the corporate world have with the constellations and the zodiac? who was jesus christ? was he the founder of christianity? what has the church been concealing for 2,ooo years? what are the gospels, and why were there 12 disciples? who are the serpents of wisdom and why is the serpent symbol so feared and revered? what do the symbols on flags, heraldry and money mean? who are the biblical magi? why has the role of women been reduce

MORALS AND DOGMA

details symbolic. the universe itself supplied man with the model for the first temples reared to the divinity. the arrangement of the temple of solomon, the symbolic ornaments which formed its chief decorations, and the dress of the high-priest, all had reference to the order of the universe, as then understood. the temple contained many emblems of the seasons-the sun, the moon, the planets, the constellations ursa major and minor, the zodiac, the elements, and the other parts of the world. it is the master of this lodge, of the universe, hermes, of whom khurum is the representative, that is one of the lights of the lodge. for further instruction as to the symbolism of the heavenly bodies, and of the sacred numbers, and of the temple and its details, you must wait patiently until you adva

the cause than in limiting the effect, the man of thought and contemplation falls into unfathomable ecstacies in view of all the decompositions of forces resulting in unity. all works for all. destruction is not annihilation, but regeneration. algebra applies to the clouds; the radiance of the star benefits the rose; no thinker would dare to say that the perfume of the hawthorn is useless to the constellations. who, then, can calculate the path of the molecule? how do we know that the creations of worlds are not determined by the fall of grains of sand? who, then, understands the reciprocal flow and ebb of the infinitely great and the infinitely small; the echoing of causes in the abysses of beginning, and the avalanches of creation? a fleshworm is of account; the small is great; the grea

at is good, if we resolve to make it so; and with equanimity and patience may shelter ourselves from its inclement pitiless pelting. if it develop our patience, and give occasion for heroic endurance, it hath done us good enough to recompense us sufficiently for all the temporal affliction; for so a wise man shall overrule his stars; and have a greater influence upon his own content, than all the constellations and planets of the firmament. compare not thy condition with the few above thee, but to secure thy content, look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. a soldier must not think himself unprosperous, if he be not successful as alexander or wellington; nor any man deem himself unfortunate that he hath not the wealth of roth

th the chaldaic, syriac, and egyptian oriental philosophy. the secret pythagorean doctrines of numbers were preserved by the monks of thibet, by the hierophants of egypt and eleusis, at jerusalem, and in the circular chapters of the druids; and they are especially consecrated in that mysterious book, the apocalypse of saint john. all temples were surrounded by pillars, recording the number of the constellations, the signs of the zodiac, or the cycles of the planets; and each one was a microcosm or symbol of the universe, having for roof or ceiling the starred vault of heaven. all temples were originally open at the top, having for roof the sky. twelve pillars described the belt of the zodiac. whatever the number of the pillars, they were mystical everywhere. at abury, the druidic temple re

nd fire flashing from his mouth. horus, who aided in slaying him, became the god of the sun, answering to the grecian apollo; and typhon is but the anagram of python, the great serpent slain by apollo. the word typhon, like eve, signifies _a serpent, and _life.[2] by its form the serpent symbolizes life, which circulates through all nature. when, toward the end of autumn, the woman (virgo, in the constellations seems (upon the chald an sphere) to crush with her heel the head of the serpent, this figure foretells the coming of winter, during which life seems to retire from all beings, and no longer to circulate through nature. this is why typhon signifies also a serpent, the symbol of winter, which, in the catholic temples, is represented surrounding the terrestrial globe, which surmounts t

th the model of the first temple reared to the divinity. the arrangement of the temple of solomon, the symbolic ornaments which formed its chief decorations, and the dress of the high priest--all, as clemens of alexandria, josephus and philo state, had reference to the order of the world. clemens informs us that the temple contained many emblems of the seasons, the sun, the moon, the planets, the constellations ursa major and minor, the zodiac, the elements, and the other parts of the world. josephus, in his description of the high priest's vestments, protesting against the charge of impiety brought against the hebrews by other nations, for contemning the heathen divinities, declares it false, because, in the construction of the tabernacle, in the vestments of the sacrificers, and in the s

ned bishop of alexandria, and philo, adopt all these explanations. hermes calls the zodiac, the grent tent--tabernaculum. in the royal arch degree of the american rite, the tabernacle has four veils, of different colors, to each of which belongs a banner. the colors of the four are white, blue, crimson, and purple, and the banners bear the images of the bull, the lion, the man, and the eagle, the constellations answering 2500 years before our era to the equinoctial and solstitial points: to which belong four stars, aldebaran, regulus, fomalhaut, and antares. at each of these veils there are three words: and to each division of the zodiac, belonging to each of these stars, are three signs. the four signs, taurus, leo, scorpio, and aquarius, were termed the _fixed_ signs, and are appropriate

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

rit is forneus. pray to him to gain respect, at any hour from 3pm to 9pm, and from 9pm to sunrise. the 32nd spirit is furcas. pray to him to see the future, at any hour from 4pm to sunset. the 33rd spirit is furfur. pray to him for protection from adverse weather, at any hour of the day. the 34th spirit is gaap. pray to him for swift travel, at any hour of the day, when the sun is in the southern constellations. the 35th spirit is glasya-labolas. pray to him to move about unnoticed, at any hour of the day or night. the 36th spirit is gremory. pray to him to attract both good fortune and young girls, at any hour from sunrise to noon. the 37th spirit is gusion. pray to him to gain honor and dignity, at any hour from sunrise to noon, when the sun is in the astrological sign of leo. the 38th s

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

amily. whether true or not, it is certain that these magnificent dwellings were built by masons who lived in the censive district of the temple+ according to macrobe, the wolf represents the initiate, he who has received the light, because of the kinship the ancients felt existed between the wolf and the sun "in fact" they said "the flocks flee and disappear when the wolf approaches just like the constellations, flocks of stars, disappear before the light of the sun (cavel, histoire pittoresque de la franc macnneire, 361) 134 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages could easily find work with the numerous master masons residing in that quarter, notably on rue de la mortellerie (later the rue de l'hotel de ville, which earned its name from the many mortar-maker work

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hall know them and their accursedness shall stain the earth. of ye times and ye seasons to be observed whenever thou would'st call forth those from outside, thou must mark well the seasons and times in which the spheres do intersect and the influences flow from the void thou must observe the cycle of the moon, the movements of the planets, the sun's course through the zodiac and the rising of the constellations. ye ultimate rites shall be performed only in the seasons proper to them, these be: at candlemas (on the second day of the second month, at beltane (on the eve of may, at lammas (on the first day of the eighth month, at roodmas (on the fourteenth day of the ninth month, and at hallowmas (on november eve. call out to dread azathoth when the sun is in the sign of the ram, the lion, or

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

e learned of this and banished callisto, even though she had tried to resist zeus advances. shortly afterward, when callisto gave birth to a son, arco, zeus jealous wife, hera (juno, turned her into a bear and callisto fled. arco was rescued and 15 years later pursued and caught his mother during a hunt. to prevent him from killing her, zeus whisked them both up into the sky where they became the constellations of the great bear and arctophylax, or guardian of the bear. artemis and actaeon 37 sacred grotto artemis is seen bathing in her secret cave at the heart of the valley of gargaphie near thebes. she carved the arches from the living rock, and made the pool from a spring of pure water. daughter of the river artemis is attended by the nymph crocale whose father was ismenus, god of the r

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 1

of actualization and revelation of the light of the world of asiyah. therefore, it is malchut of asiyah which is the source of the actual existence of the souls and angels of the world of asiyah. the lowest angels of the lowest level of asiyah receive their life force from malchut of malchut of asiyah. then, from the dross of the light of these angels life force descends to power the planets and constellations. this is the source of all the energy and influence of our universe. the energy and influence of the planets and constellations, in turn, affect everything that exists on our planet, be it inanimate, vegetative, living, or speaking beings, including the climates, which affect the economies, as stated before. furthermore, they are the source of the compositions of the four foundation

d the earth "the heavens" refers to the upper purity before the tzimtzum (the encompassing infinite light- sovev kol almin, and "the earth" refers to the lower purity after the tzimtzum (which includes the entire chaining down of the line of revelation. for example, in the evening prayer we say "he arranges the stars at their watches according to his desire. this means that the stars, planets and constellations, which only receive from the external vessels of malchut of malchut of asiyah, are also only according to his simple desire within the essence of the infinite light. this is true to the finest detail of the finest atom or subatomic particle etc. the chambers& angels in each of the lower worlds of briyah, yetzirah and asiyah there are seven chambers within which the angels reside. to

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

acknowledgement, but in this instance that does not mean very much. some abstruse teaching relative to the tarot and other germane matters is scat10 the golden dawn tered through several of these order documents. one matter which i have never seen taken up by astrological writers is that concerning starting the zodiac with the star regulus in leo. the teaching emphasizes that were this done, the constellations and the signs would coincide "within the zodiac" wrote louis macniece in his book astrology "there are twelve constellations. these bear the same names as the twelve signs used by the astrologers, but astrologically they have nothing to do with the case. if you are told that the sun was in that particular sign when you were born between march 31 and april 30-this does not mean that

rs to come full circle. the signs that most modem astrologers deal with are 12 exactly equal sections of the total circle of the zodiac. each section measures 30" and it makes no difference what fixed stars are contained in it "this disconcerting fact provides ready ammunition for opponents of astrology as all students of the subject know, due to the precession of the equinoxes, the signs and the constellations are now separated by as much as a whole sign. this has led to two distinct schools in astrology, the tropical and the sidereal. the adoption of the order recommendation, could lead to some closing of the distance between these two approaches. one of the things that slightly puzzles me occasionally is the frequency with which the almost wholly untutored beginner invariably selects th

. the golden dawn: volume i1 book two now the 22 sounds and letters of the hebrew alphabet are the foundations of all things. three mothers, seven double and twelve simples. the twelve simple letters are allotted to the 12 directions in space, and those diverge to infinity, and are in the arms of the eternal. these twelve letters he designed and combined, and formed with them the twelve celestial constellations of the zodiac. they are over the universe as a king upon his throne, and they are in the revolution of the year as a king traversing his dominions, and they are in the heart of man as a king in warfare. and the twelve loaves are the images of those ideas, and are the outer petals of the rose; while within are the four archangels ruling over the four quarters, and the kerubic emblems

in the vault of heaven; in the depth of earth; in the abyss of water; in the all- presence of fire. heaven cannot speak their fullness- earth cannot utter it. yet hath the creator bound them in all things. he hath mingled them in water. he hath whirled them aloft in fire. he hath sealed them in the air of heaven. he hath distributed them through the planets. he hath assigned unto them the twelve constellations of the universe (places cross aside) the 32nd path of the sepher yetzirah, which answereth unto malkuth and the letter tau, is called the administrative intelligence, and it is so-called because it directeth and associateth in <79> all their operations, the seven planets, even all of them in their own due courses. to it, therefore, is attributed the due knowledge of the seven abodes

frater sub spe the preparation for divination- opening ceremony of= the temple is the aura or sphere of sensation. the hierophant is the diviner, the positive active will which manipulates and controls all the other bodily functions, and all the forces operating in the aura. sitting in as comfortable position as possible, close the eyes, and begin to fix attention on the pole star and circumpolar constellations, endeavouring to visit each prominent star and then to pass from one to another. then, in the same way to visit the south polar constellations. then to be conscious of both simultaneously as one might be of head and feet. in this way the astral grew gradually colossal, and the sensation arose of being outside of, and in fad containing the whole starry universe. the earth had become

"the heart of the lion "regulus" means "star of the prince."l'regulus"coincides with the position of the "heart" in the figure of leo upon the star maps <219 (note: the principia or fundamental ideas of this astronomical view of the tarot may be found, as least in its essential form, in the astronomical writings of claudius ptolemy of alexandria. naturally, this reference only concerns the signs, constellations and other astronomical divisions noted. the expansion of this scheme, and its allocation to other forms of universal symbolism, such as the tarot cards, hebrew letters, and enochian tablets, has its roots in the synthetic genius of the golden dawn. the idea of projecting the tree of life into a solid sphere, having application among other things to the starry heavens and the constel

us. 20"-30' of r part equuleus and lepus, body of columba. 0'-10' of u y feet of canis major, prow argo, part equuleus pictoris. 10"-20" of d legs of canis major. part of prow of argo. 20'-30' of 0 hind quarters of canis major, part of prow of argo. 0"-10" of c3 q prow argo. tail canis major. 10"-20" of o prow of argo. 20"-30" of d prow of argo (note: that while the greater number of the northern constellations are connected with classical mythology, the titles of many of the southern constellations, and especially of those near the south pole, are of more <229> or less recent nomenclature, and bear witness to absence of reference to occult knowledge; such names for instance as reticulum, and caelum scluptoris, odans, etc.-s.r.m.d. recapitulation in the dominion of the various forces, the

RELIGIOUS TENANTS OF THE YEZIDI

l remember, that the two lamps on the senjak, already described, had each seven burners. we are reminded here of the worship of the sabeans, of whom gibbon thus writes "they adored the seven gods, or angels, who directed the course of the seven planets, and shed their irresistible influence on the earth. the attributes of the seven planets, with the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the twenty-four constellations of the northern and southern hemispheres, were represented by images and talismans; the seven days of the week were dedicated to their respective deities" it in worthy of note, moreover, that the sceptre engraved on the front of the temple of sheikh adi has seven branches. p. 126 what places they are to be exhibited. the honour of entertaining the sacred symbol is accorded to the hi

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

hich consisted of threeprincipal parts. first the proceeding from the doctrine of the "soul of the world. second, thatderived from the consideration of numbers, letters and sacred words; and, third that resulting from apure and holy life, and these all summed up in one great system of esoteric ethereal truth. the soulof the world is a difficult matter to express, if not to comprehend. we say, the constellations of thezodiac govern the earthly animals. every star has its peculiar nature, property and function; the sealand character of which it impresses through its rays upon plants, minerals and animal life. theaffinities of these planets and stars are of great power, although it hath been taught, that each planetis active but one day in the seven fold, and further that the precious stones

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

ut the principles of which are preserved notwithstanding, as are all other secrets, in the symbolism of the kabalah. it will be understood readily that in order to read the stars one must know the stars themselves; now, this knowledge is obtained by the kabalistic domification of the sky and by mastering the celestial planisphere, as rediscovered and explained by gaffarel. in this planisphere the constellations form hebrew letters, and the mythological figures may be replaced by the symbols of the tarot. to this same planisphere gaffarel refers the origin of patriarchal writing, and the first lineaments of primitive characters may very well have been found in the chains of starry attraction, in which case the celestial book would have served as the model of enoch's, and the kabalistic alph

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

ever perishes still holds the keys of life? the just and terrible force which destroys abortions eternally was called by the hebrews samael; by other easterns, satan; and by the latins, lucifer. the lucifer of the kabalah is not an accursed and ruined angel; he is the angel who enlightens, who regenerates by fire; he is to the angels of peace what the comet is to the mild stars of the spring-time constellations. the fixed star is beautiful, radiant and calm; she drinks the celestial perfumes and gazes with love upon her sisters; clothed in her glittering robe, her forehead crowned with diamonds, she smiles as she chants her morning and evening canticle; she enjoys an eternal repose which nothing can disturb, and moves solemnly forward without departing from the rank assigned her among the

ed the calm and peaceful immensity of heaven, thronged with immovable lights, to the tumults and darkness of this world, the ancients believed themselves to have discovered in that beautiful book, written in letters of gold, the final utterance of the enigma of destinies. in imagination they drew lines of correspondence between these shining points of divine writing; and it is said that the first constellations marked out by the shepherds of chaldea were also the first letters of the kabalistic alphabet. these characters, expressed first of all by means of lines, then enclosed in hieroglyphic figures, would, according to m. moreau de dammartin, author of a very curious treatise on alphabetic characters, have determined the ancient magi in the choice of the tarot figures, which are consider

ere. the chinese tcheou, the hebrew beth and the latin b, corresponding to pope joan or juno, were formed from the head of the ram; the chinese yn, the hebrew ghimel and the latin g, represented by the empress, would be derived from the constellation of the great bear, etc. the kabalist gaffarel, whom we have cited more than once, erected a planisphere in the writing of the stars 99 which all the constellations form hebrew letters; but we confess that the configurations are frequently arbitrary in the highest degree, and upon the indication of a single star, for example, we can see no reason why a o should be traced rather than a n or z; four stars will also give indifferently a m, k, or x, as well as an. we are deterred therefore from reproducing a copy of gaffarel's planisphere, examples

sis drawn from the stars, as, for example, the progressive weakening of the ottoman empire; but, as mentioned already, his constellated letters are exceedingly arbitrary. he states, for the rest, that he derived his predictions from a hebrew kabalist, rabbi chomer, but does not pretend to understand him especially well. here follows a table of magical characters designed according to the zodiacal constellations by ancient astrologers: each of them represents the name of a genius, be he good or evil. it is known that the signs of the zodiac correspond to various celestial influences and consequently signify an annual alternative of good or evil. the names of the genii designated by the above characters are: for the ram, sataaran and sarahiel; for the bull, bagdal, and araziel; for the twins

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ts own, but can we find any formalization of this concept that will serve us in understanding and predicting the spread of ideas? the psychohistory of hari seldon is not here yet; it may well be asked if such a thing is possible. forecasting is more an art than a science, even though new tools and theories are constantly being invented and explored. evolutionary biologists have written of "memes- constellations of ideas and beliefs whose propagation and development seem analogous to that of parasitic and symbiotic life forms- and students of organizational behavior have begun to consider broad-spectrum theories of interaction that span biological systems, computer systems, and market transactions. whether these strange cross-disciplinary efforts will develop into revolutionary scientific f

r [invocation: according to setian custom [drink from the grail with the words] from the grail i drink, and thus am i linked to the powers of darkness, within and without, that i may become mighty in my will and in the will of the prince of darkness [summoning of the elements- calls to woden and set. stand well back from the altar, concentrating on the images of the respective gods and the actual constellations that are their seats [call to woden from the lesser wain (ursa minor] hear me, o lord whose eye is in the north star, and whose war-wain whirls about the northern sky! come now forth as i, thy fellow and kinsman call upon thee. come now forth and show thyself to my mind and to my own inner eye that i may ween thy wisdom. by thy gift i shall know what i will. fare forth and stand eas

major] from thy abode behind the stars of the thigh, step forth, o mighty lord of darkness. from thy place of exile come forth to tell thy secrets long hidden. i, thy adept, call upon thee to show thyself to my own inner eye that i may gaze upon thy greatness. by thy gift i shall know what i will. fare now forth and stand westward in the northern sky [the working. now set and woden flow from the constellations through the angles of the pentagram. set: to the upper-left point, out to a locus horizontally aligned with the lower-left point, inward along the horizontal line, and down the left-descending line to the nethermost point. woden: to the upper-right point, out to a locus horizontally aligned with the lowerright point, inward along the horizontal line, and down the right-descending li

m. 4. both gods now have their seats in the northern sky, but their cults are hardly the most "popular" in a conscious sense. their truth does rule, however, in the hidden heart of man. only the true initiate, unafraid of the truth within, is able to know this. the injunction to "see now that our ways are the same" refers to the virtual identity between their essential forms as expressed in their constellations. both gods are identified with the innermost consciousness of the self, which is the essence of these gods and of man. in this fourth passage the text begins to be written in the first person plural, which indicates the melding of woden/set which took place in the working context. 5. this passage refers to the eternally transformative nature of these gods. the concept of "wandering"

towed on man by the primal god of consciousness, and on astro/cosmological processes which relate to the inner link between woden and set. it is clear that what is known as the gift of set and the gift of woden are identical, and that it is the gift of consciousness. the syntax here is rather obscure, but it would seem to indicate that at some "time before" this act of giving was carried out, the constellations of the ursae "were one- i.e. all matter/energy was condensed in an intermanifestation phase, and the stuff of these stars, along with all others, was amassed. this is an inter-consciousness phase in which the paradigms of consciousness in a macro/microcosmic model were manifested, a sign of which is the similarity of the constellations of the ursae or wains. the greater one is more

this is an inter-consciousness phase in which the paradigms of consciousness in a macro/microcosmic model were manifested, a sign of which is the similarity of the constellations of the ursae or wains. the greater one is more universal, general, and closer to the equator. the lesser one is more particular, closer to the pole, and closer to the earth itself. the formal similarity between these two constellations from our perspective indicates an essential, eternal inner affinity between them. the final passage is instruction from the unified voice of set-heh and woden: to seek the transformation of the self according to the innate patterns contained in the gift itself. in the unending process of transformation the true essence of the gods of consciousness will be found- and recognized as id

4a, 4c, 4g, 6k, 6l, 6n, 7b, 13d be released only when all else fails. tonight all watch as the still air within these walls begins to stir with the coming into being of a thing not of their present company. the low fires of the braziers flare white hot and dance madly as they create new shadows where none formerly were or should have been, at least had this been in the natural world. the strange constellations above reconfigure themselves as a light flares among them, and then plunge to strike the empty place before the dark throne. not even the furious fires of the braziers, nay, not even this blast of forced creation can banish the watching shadows waiting for this, the new one of their kind. the thing in the open circle of watchers unfolds and looks about itself in malevolence. it appr

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s a suicide soldier in the service of the cleric's cause. i am weak, he thinks, i am no match for her, but she, too, has been weakened by her defeat. the imam's strength moves gibreel, places thunderbolts in his hands, and the battle is joined; he hurls lightning spears into her feet and she plunges comets into his groin _we are killing each other, he thinks _we will die and there will be two new constellations in space: al-lat, and gibreel. like exhausted warriors on a corpse- littered field, they totter and slash. both are failing fast. she falls. down she tumbles, al-lat queen of the night; crashes upsidedown to earth, crushing her head to bits; and lies, a headless black angel, with her wings ripped off, by a little wicket gate in the palace gardens, all in a crumpled heap- and gibreel

SATANGEL

t the science of meteorology. gadreel: god is my helper. identified by enoch as the one who lead eve astray, although eve protested strongly that she had..copulated with no false beguiling serpent. also taught men how to make tools and weapons. kasdaye: taught women how to abort. kashdejan: taught the curing of diseases including those of the mind. kokabel: taught astronomy and the science of the constellations. penemue/penemuel: who taught the art of writing although through this many went astray until this day, for men were not created for such a purpose to confirm their good intentions with pen and ink. is also able to cure stupidity. pharmaros: who brought us pharmacy, herb lore, and diagnosis. satanail/salamiel: great prince amongst grigori. according to enoch he and his crew were alr

SEPHER HA BAHIR

and "earth" were gods [for we could have read the verse "in the beginning, god, the heaven and the earth created" taking all three nouns as subjects of the sentence] he replied: by the divine service! you may have reached out for the true meaning, but you have not sorted out, and therefore you speak in this manner. but [in the case of "heaven] the word et comes to include the sun, moon, stars and constellations, while [in the case of "earth] it comes to add trees, plants, and the garden of eden. 33. they said to him: it is written (lamentations 2:1 "he threw the beauty of israel from heaven to earth" from here we see that it fell. he replied: if you have read, you did not review, and if you reviewed, you did not go over it a third time. what does it resemble? a king had a beautiful crown o

SEPHER YETZIRAH WESTCOTT

re also allotted to the directions in space: north-east, south-east, the east above, the east below, the north above, the north below, the south-west, the northwest, the west above, the west below, the south above, and the south below; these diverge to infinity, and are as the arms of the universe. 2. these twelve simple letters he designed, and combined, and formed with them the twelve celestial constellations of the zodiac, whose signs are teth, shin, tau, samech, aleph, beth, mem, oin, qoph, gimel, daleth, and daleth (45) the twelve are also the months of the year: nisan (46) yiar, sivan, tamuz, ab, elul, tishri, hesvan, kislev, tebet, sabat and adar. the twelve are also the twelve organs of living creatures (47) the two hands, the two feet, the two kidneys, the spleen, the liver, the g

his covenant as between the ten toes of the feet--this is that of circumcision; and as between the ten fingers of the hands and this is that of the tongue (57) and he formed the twentytwo letters into speech (58) and shewed him all the mysteries of them (59) he drew them through the waters; he burned them in the fire; he vibrated them in the air; seven planets in the heavens, and twelve celestial constellations of the stars of the zodiac- the end of "the book of formation- the fifty gates of intelligence attached to some editions of the "sepher yetzirah" is found this scheme of kabalistic classification of knowledge emanating from the second sephira binah, understanding, and descending by stages through the angels, heavens, humanity, animal and vegetable and mineral kingdoms to hyle and th

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

he illumined father christian rosencreutz possessed the wisdom and the wealth through the transmutation of base metals to elevate the common people of europe. the manifestos also shared some startling assertions, among them: 1. the end of the world was near, but those who had become enlightened by the new reformation would be initiated into a higher consciousness. 2. new stars had appeared in the constellations of cygnus and serpentarius that predicted the destruction of the roman catholic church. 3. the illumined father divined the secret code that god placed in the universe in the beginning of time and blessed those who possess such magic. 4. the transmutation of base metals into gold and precious gems is a natural miracle that has been revealed to such magi as christian rosencreutz. for

oday remains unknown. m delving deeper images of chartres cathedral [online] http//www.bluffton.edu/ sullivanm/chartreswest/ centralportal.html. westwood, jennifer, ed. mysterious places. new york: galahad books, 1987. cursuses and leys there exists substantial evidence that some ancient societies wanted their landscapes to reflect the interconnectedness of life.imitating patterns they noticed in constellations, in changing seasons, or in rituals they performed. ritual paths are found near some of great britain fs ancient megalithic sites and are called cursuses. unlike geoglyphs, which are marked clearly on the land, patterns formed by structures are detected by plotting them on the map of an area and looking for connections.literally, connecting the dots to determine whether or not a pat

on among ancient civilizations. as he paused to rest on a hilltop, he noticed a line running directly to the setting sun. the date was june 21, the day of the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere. the line marked the point on the horizon where the sun set and the line leading in the opposite direction corresponded with the sunrise on that day. archaeologists began to link the geoglyphs with constellations: the figure of a large monkey was believed to correspond to the big dipper (or the great bear in northern climes, and other figures were believed to correspond to pleiades and orion. maria reiche, a translator and mathematician living in lima, was t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d places of mystery and power 261 ley lines and e

o the history of geometry and astronomy (1993. the theory that the nazca lines have astronomical purposes has been effectively challenged. in 1967, for example, gerald hawkins, an astronomer based at boston university, used a computer to create a map of the sky over nazca covering a 7,000-year period. the figures and lines on the ground were matched against actual settings of the solar system and constellations. only 20 percent of the lines aligned with the rising and setting of the sun and moon for practical purposes, and there was no consistency between figures and constellations. nevertheless, the lines that do match the rising and setting of the sun suggest the lines could have served as a calendar. being alerted about an upcoming season when the rivers were going to run, and when they

800 nazca lines made by an unknown culture. and astronomy-related theories. similar ancient lines found in present-day bolivia, which borders peru, were to be used in ritual processions. that rituals related to water took on spiritual dimensions in nazca would hardly be surprising, for the area averages one-half inch of rainfall every two years. in addition to geoglyphs that seem to correspond to constellations, a number of the figures resemble water animals (a frog, a duck, a whale, for example, all of which are replicated on nazca pottery. in addition to rain dances and rituals, the nazca, like many other ancient societies, had a priestly caste that included shamans. entering trances or performing rituals to get in touch with animal spirits is a common practice among shamans, and the bes

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

risoner by the burgundians (plate xvi).she came from lorraine, a district where a century earlier the synod of tr350ves[4] had fulminated against "allkinds of magic, sorcery, witchcraft, auguries, superstitious writings, observings of days and months,prognostics drawn from the flight of birds or similar things, observation of the stars in order to judge of thedestiny of persons born under certain constellations, the illusions of women who boast that they ride at nightwith diana or with herodias and a multitude of other women. a century after joan's trial, the inquisitornicolas remy[5] could pride himself on having put to death hundreds of "witches" in that same district. thebackwardness of the country in the time of joan is shown by the survival of the custom of giving the mother'ssurname

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

edward derby) supplementary material to 777 the chart that follows is based on research presently available to the editor with regard to sumerian and assyro-babylonian religions. entries in parentheses refer to the state of correspondences before the advert of the elder gods, the race of marduk; that is, it reflects the nature of the cosmos before the fall of marduk from heaven (names of zodiacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the ele

elder ones was he. he split the sundered tiamat in twain and fashioned the heavens and the earth, with a gate to keep the ancient ones without. with a gate whose key is hid forever save to the sons of marduk save to the followers of our master enki first in magick among the gods. from the blood of kingu he fashioned man. he constructed watchtowers for the elder gods fixing their astral bodies as constellations that they may watch the gate of absu the gate of tiamat they watch the gate of kingu they oversee the gate whose guardian is iak sakkak they bind. all the elder powers resist the force of ancient artistry the magick spell of the oldest ones the incantation of the primal power the mountain kur, the serpent god the mountain mashu, that of magick the dead kutulu, dead but dreaming tiam

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

he summit of the circumference. at the left, typhon, genius of evil, is precipitated. on a circular platform in equilibrium on the wheel, is poised a sphinx, holding in its claws a javelin. at the foot of the dual column two serpents raise their heads. this is the wheel of destiny. the circular platform upon which the sphinx stands represents the zodiac; and the sphinx, as a composite of the four constellations marking the zodiacal quadrants- eagle, lion, man and bull--signifies the passage of time. it holds a javelin in its claws to indicate that time is always fructifying events and ever ready to strike to right or left as the wheel turns under its impulsion, raising the humble and lowering the proud. the eight spokes of the wheel, eight being the number of justice, symbolize that time a

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

l melt: 13:8 and they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces [shall be as] flames. 13:9 behold, the day of the lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 13:10 for the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 13:11 and i will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and i will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 13:12 i will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a ma

TURNER ROBERT ARBETEL OF MAGICK

soever the spirit shall reveal unto thee in god, because all things shall be done which the spirit promiseth unto thee. aphorism 18. there are other names of the olymick spirits delivered by others; but they onely are effectual, which are delivered to any one, by the spirit the revealer, visible or invisible: and they are delivered to every one as they are predestinated: therefore they are called constellations; and they seldome have any efficacie above 40 yeers. therefore it is most safe for the young practisers of art, that they work by the offices of the spirits alone, without their names; and if they are pre-ordained to attain the art of magick, the other parts of the art will offer themselves unto them of their own accord. pray therefore for a constant faith, and god will bring to pas

the snares of the devil. 24 the sixth septenary. aphorism 36. care is to be taken, that experiments be not mixed with experiments; but that every one be onely simple and several: for god and nature have ordained all things to a certain and appointed end: so that for examples sake, they who perform cures with the most simple herbs and roots, do cure the most happily of all. and in this manner, in constellations, words and characters, stones, and such like, do lie hid the greatest influences or vertues in deed, which are in stead of a miracle. so also are words, which being pronounced, do forthwith cause creatures both visible and invisible to yield obedience, aswel creatures of this our world, as of the watry, a ry, subterranean, and olympick supercelestial and infernal, and also the divin

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

these divine emblems and contemplate their interaction. it becomes evident that the images of the zodiac were not suggested by the con- stellations when we try to trace correspondences between the mythic figures and the stars. beyond a few bright locator stars which are accepted by convention to define key features in the images-the three bright stars that form the belt of orion, for example-the constellations and the signs are not contiguous. this looseness in the relationships allowed other cultures, such as the ancient chinese, to assign com- pletely different mythic figures to the heavens. however, merely because the signs are not defined by the stars does not lessen their importance as archetypes. the zodiac of the chaldeans is at least 4,000 years old, and has scarcely changed. here

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ UNDERSTANDING DARKNESS

ce for aboriginal initiation. darkness is the time when vampyres are said to roam. etc" when you've made your list consider what the prince of darkness can mean as model for your own initiation. consider how these things stimulate your imagination and will. 5. make of night a personal symbol. it is in the nature of mankind to assign meaning to events in the meaningless natural order. they fashion constellations, omens, etc. and then bend themselves to their creations. the black magician can consciously assign a symbol to an operation and use that symbol for his/her own growth- and discard it when necessary. since night is the traditional time for satanic/black magical activity, you may wish to invest it with meaning. hold a ritual that places a certain meaning in the dark of night- so that

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

n es el s mbolo perfecto del sol central. en el sello de salom n se hallan resumidas todas las medidas zodiacales. 44 the entire sexual genesis of the zodiac is hidden in the seal of solomon. the inner relation that exists between the zodiac and the invincible central sun is found in the seal of solomon. the twelve rays of the brilliant star crystallize by means of alchemy in the twelve zodiacal constellations. when the student enters into the temple of the sphinx he studies the great book of nature, where all of the cosmic laws are written. indeed, very few are the ones who can open the book and study it. the ordeal of the sanctuary is very terrible. very few are the human beings who have succeeded in passing such an ordeal. a precious jewel (with the seal of solomon) a ring filled with

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

three fingers, suggesting that between us we have only three eyes. so i got mad and started to punch him, but he ran out and that ended it! selections from: paul reps, ed. zen flesh, zen bones. garden city, doubleday anchor (a233, 1961. pp. 92, 28. 236 haiku from the japanese poets (basho) the oak tree stands noble on the hill even in cherry blossom time (ransetsu) waking before dawn, see how the constellations are all turned around (masahide) since my house burned down, i now own a better view of the rising moon (soseki) the leaves never know which leaf will be the first to fall. does the wind know (soseki) a rain cloud darkens red maples clinging to crags by a waterfall (basho) hello! light the fire! i ll bring inside a lovely bright ball of snow! selections from: peter beilenson& harry

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

. the planet corresponding to 28 is missing, and seems to be replaced by the asteroids. uranus was discovered in 1781. the platonic year, or great period, according to tycho brahe, is 25,816 years. ricciolus, 25,920 years; cassini, 24,800 years; norman lockyer now gives 24,450 years. it is the period of time determined by the revolution of the equinoxes, or the space to time wherein the stars and constellations return to their former places in respect to the equinoxes by means of a constant precession. the equinoxes moving backwards or westwards, meet the sun constantly earlier. in the time of the oldest greek observations, the equinoctial points were in the first stars of aries and libra respectively; they are now in pisces and virgo. when these names were given, the sun entered aries at

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

de l espace, leurs embl mes sont communs, chaque p riode est solidaire d un climat, chaque orient li une saison. 7 particularly in the arena of ritualized behavior, one discerns the concomitant spatialization of time and temporalization of space.8 rather than sharply bifurcating the terms paired in the compound time-space, it is more useful to note their convergence with/in varied socio-cultural constellations. second, from the perspective of judaism as a religious phenomenon, the assumed mutual exclusivity of time configured as linear and as circular the arrow and the cycle a crucial dichotomy that has shaped conceptions of temporality in western thought, is in fact false; the two cannot so easily be separated. 9 there has been a tendency based, in the words of jonathan z. smith, on a gr

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