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wood, ought to be hollow within after the manner of a cupboard, wherein you shall keep all the necessary things, such as the two robes, the crown or mitre, the wand, the holy oils, the girdle or belt, the perfume; and any other things which may be necessary. 45the second habiliments will be a shirt or tunic of linen, large and white, with well and properly made sleeves. the other robe will be of crimson or scarlet silk with gold, and it should not be longer than just unto the knees, with sleeves of similar stuff. as for these vestments, there is no particular rule for them; nor any especial instructions to be followed; but the more resplendent, clean, and brilliant they are the better will it be. you shall also make a girdle of silk of the same colour as the tunic, wherewithal you shall b

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

nto the d is ascribed the red color of hrwbg. the colors of b are to be found in twklm. those of the planets are in the rainbow scale; thus: l-indigo; k-violet; f-red, a-orange; b-yellow, c-green; 5-blue "unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: a-scarlet; b-redorange; c-orange; d-amber; e-greenish yellow; f-yellowish green; g-emerald; hgreenish blue; i-blue; j-indigo; k-purple; l-crimson. planets are in the rainbow thus: t l indigo k k violet m f scarlet r a orange d c green b b yellow 28 g y blue unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: h a scarlet w b red orange z c orange j d amber f e greenish-yellow y f yellow-green l g emerald n h greenish-blue p i blue u j indigo x k violet q l crimson further, thou wilt observe that the colors of the paths and the s

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

o the old astrologer that dwelt in the well to consult him. this i remember as if it were but yesterday. the journey down the great river with its slow days! the creaking benches and the sweat of the slaves are still in my ears and my nostrils. then swift moments of flying foam in some rapid or cataract. the great temples that we passed; the solitary ibis of thoth that meditated on the shore; the crimson flights of birds- but nothing that we saw upon the journey was like unto the end thereof. for in a desolate place was the well, with but a small temple beside it, where the servants- they too most holy! of that holy ancient man might dwell. and my father brought me to the mouth of the well and called thrice upon the name of nuit. then came a voice climbing and coiling up the walls like a s

own sweat. i was so weak that i could hardly raise a hand; my tongue was swollen, so that i could not greet the sun-disk with the accustomed adoration. my brain had slipped control; i could not longer even think of the proper spells that might have brought me aid. instead, dreadful shapes drew near; one, a hideous camel-demon, an obscene brute of filth; another, a black ape with a blue muzzle and crimson buttocks, all his skin hairless and scabby, with his mass of mane oiled and trimmed like page 22 gulf.txt a beautiful courtesans. this fellow mocked me with the alluring gestures of such an one, and anon voided his excrement upon me. moreover there were others, menacing and terrible, vast cloudy demon-shapes. i could not think of the words of power that control them. now the sun that warme

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

rcady! roaming as bacchus, with fauns and pards and nymphs and satyrs for thy guards, on a milk-white ass, come over the sea to me, to me, come with apollo in bridal dress (shepherdess and pythoness) come with artemis, silken shod, and wash thy white thigh, beautiful god, in the moon of the woods, on the marble mount, the dimpled dawn of the amber fount! dip the purple of passionate prayer in the crimson shrine, the scarlet snare, the soul that startles in eyes of blue v to watch thy wantonness weeping through the tangled grove, the gnarled bole of the living tree that is spirit and soul and body and brain- come over the sea (io pan! io pan) devil or god, to me, to me, my man! my man! come with trumpets sounding shrill over the hill! come with drums low muttering from the spring! come with

being that the spirit might obtain from the blood this subtle but physical substance which was the quintessence of its life in such a manner as to enable it to take on a visible and tangible shape<equinox (i, v. supplement: tenth aethyr) for an account of an operation where this was done. magical phenomena of the creative order are conceived and germinate in a peculiar thick velvet darkness, crimson, purple, or deep blue, approximating black: as if it were said, in the body of our lady of the stars. see 777 for the correspondences of the various forces of nature with drugs, perfumes, etc> those magicians who abject to the use of blood have endeavored to replace it with incense. for such a purpose the incense of abramelin may be burnt in large quantities. dittany of crete is also a val

cury" 7-9: 29 :single letters: mars water" 7-10: 30 :to the zodiac" 8-9 :31: hot and dry fire" 8-10: 32" 9-10 :32 "bis: cold and dry earth :31 "bis: weh note: row 29 has been corrected, original had a typo of mars fire 308 table i: xiv: xv: general attribution: the king scale: of tarot: of colour: 1 :the 4 aces :brilliance: 2 :the 4 twos- kings or knights :pure soft blue: 3 :the 4 threes- queens :crimson: 4 :the 4 fours :deep violet: 5 :the 4 fives :orange: 6 :the 4 sixes- emperors or princes :clear pink rose: 7 :the 4 sevens :amber: 8 :the 4 eights :violet purple: 9 :the 4 nines :indigo: 10 :the 4 tens- empresses or :yellow: princesses :11 :the fool (swords) emperors or :bright pale yellow: princes: 12 :the juggler :yellow: 13 :the high priestess :blue: 14 :the empress :emerald green: 15

he emperor :scarlet: 16 :the hierophant :red orange: 17 :the lovers :orange: 18 :the chariot :amber: 19 :strength :yellow, greenish: 20 :hermit :green yellowish: 21 :wheel of fortune :violet: 22 :justice :emerald green :23 :the hanged man (cups) queens :deep blue: 24 :death :green blue: 25 :temperance :blue: 26 :the devil :indigo: 27 :the house of god :scarlet: 28 :the star :violet: 29 :the moon :crimson (ultra violet: 30 :the sun :orange :31 :the angel or last judgment :glowing orange scarlet (wands) kings or knights: 32 :the universe :indigo :32 "bis :empresses (coins :citrine, olive, russet: and black(1 :31 "bis :all 22 trumps :white merging into grey (1) the pure earth known to the ancient egyptians, during that: equinox of the gods over which isis presided (i.e. the pagan era) was: ta

liber al have been corrected against the text and enclosed in quotation marks> of the furnishings of the temple. in the east, that is, in the direction of boleskine, which is situated on the southeastern shore of loch ness in scotland, two miles east of foyers, is a shrine or high altar. its dimensions should be 7 feet in length, 3 feet in breadth, 44 inches in height. it should be covered with a crimson altar-cloth, on which may be embroidered fleur-de-lys in gold, or a sunblaze, or other suitable emblem. on each side of it should be a pillar or obelisk, with countercharges in black and white. below it should be the dias of three steps, in black and white squares. above it is the super-altar, at whose top is the stele of revealing in reproduction, with four candles on each side of it. bel

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

07 chapter xi the crown the crown of the magician represents the attainment of his work. it is a band of pure gold, on the front of which stand three pentagrams, and on the back a hexagram. the central pentagram contains a diamond or a great opal; the other three symbols contain the tau. around this crown is twined the golden ureaus serpent, with erect head and expanded hood. under the crown is a crimson cap of maintenance, which falls to the shoulders. instead of this, the ateph crown of thoth is sometimes worn; for thoth is the god of truth, of wisdom, and the teacher of magick. the ateph crown has two ram's horns, showing energy, dominion, the force that breaks down obstacles, the sign of the spring. between these horns is the disk of the sun; from this springs a lotus upheld by the twi

and three other sun-disks are upheld, one by the cup of the lotus, the others beneath the curving feathers. there is still another crown, the crown of amoun, the concealed one, from whom the hebrews borrowed their holy word "amen" this crown consists simply of the plumes of truth. but into the symbolism of these it is not necessary to go, for all this and more is in the crown first described. the crimson cap implies concealment, and is also symbolical of the flood of glory that pours upon the magician from above. it is of velvet for the softness of that divine kiss, and crimson for that it is the very blood of god which is its life. the band of gold is the eternal circle of perfection. the three pentagrams symbolize the father, the son, and the holy spirit, while the hexagram represents th

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

ng the three hehs in hwhyh) as concealing the mothers# m, we get iota: alpha: omega) mw)y) the breastplate of the high priest n#x renewed, restored #dwxm 359 the sacred wind my# satan: the adversary n# 360 shin: a tooth ny# the messiah hy#mh the sinew [of the thigh; the weakening (gn. 32:32& cf. hn#h, below. k.d. p.235) h#nh the change; the teaching; the sleep (see k.d. p.235) hn#h thunders mym(r crimson yn# ophir: earth ryp( 361 the arrangement of the sephiroth: 3-6-1 lord of earth (referred to malkuth; cf. 65& 155) cr)h ynd) folk, people (ar; gimpurities h. from #n, gto be weak, sick h) y#n) foundations (ch) ny) the mountain zion nwyc rh 362 long of face: a title of kether (cf. 352) myp) kyr) 363 the almighty and ever-living god: the divine name of yesod yx l) yd# 364 the hidden light: a

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OTO GNOSTIC MASS

gnostica i(3, and is here republished with frater halayl's annotations--h.b. i of the furnishings of the temple in the east, that is, in the direction of boleskine, which is situated on the south-eastern shore of loch ness in scotland, two miles east of foyers, is a shrine or high altar. its dimensions should be 7 feet in length, 3 feet in breadth, 44 inches in height. it should be covered with a crimson altar-cloth, on which may be embroidered fleur-de-lys in gold, or a sunblaze, or other suitable emblem. on each side of it should be a pillar or obelisk, with countercharges in black and white. below it should be the dais of three steps, in black and white squares. above it is the super-altar, at whose top is the st^ele of revealing in reproduction, with four candles on each side of it. be

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

shameless words his acquiscence in their sport; and he, knowing the law of courtesy and pity, rebuked them not. but master ever of himself he abode alone, about and above. so he saw his virginity deflowered, and his thoughts were otherwere. now loosed they his body; he bade it leap the wall. the giant flower of ocean bloomed above him! he had fallen headlong into the great deep. as the green and crimson gloom disparted somewhat before his eyes, he was aware of a beetle that steadily and earnestly moved across the floor of that sea unutterable. him he followed; for i wit well, thought the adept, that he goeth not back to the gross sun of earth. and if the sun hath become a beetle, may the beetle transform unto a bird. wherewith he came to land. night shone by lamp of wining moon upon a mis

and entering the sarcophagus of that royal tomb he laid him down to sleep. four guarded him, and one in the four; seven enwalled him, and one in the seven, yet were the seven ten, and one in the ten. now therefore his disciples came unto the vault of that mystic mountain, and with the keys they opened the portal and came to him and woke him. but during his long sleep the roses had grown over him, crimson and flaming with interior fire, so that he could not escape. yet they withered at his glance; withat he knew what fearful task was before him. but slaying his disciples with long nails, he interred them there, so that they were right sorrowful in their hearts. may we all die so! and what further befell him ye shall also know, but not at this time. going forth of that mountain he met also t

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rist of god. 169 the miser "god" what a treasure-house of wealth lies buried in that word! what a mine of precious stones- ptah, father of beginnings, he who created the sun and the moon; nu, blue, starry lady of heaven, mistress and mother of the gods; ea, lord of the deep; istar "o thou who art set in the sky as a jewelled circlet of moonstone; brahma the golden, vishnu the sombre, and siva the crimson, lapped in seas of blood. everywhere do we find thee, o thou one and awful eidolon, who as aormuzd once didst rule the sun-scorched plains of euphrates, and as odin the icy waves and the shrieking winds, round the frozen halls of the north. everywhere- everywhere! and yet now thou art again god, nameless to the elect- o thou vast inscrutable pleroma built in the nothingness of our imaginat

aming horns of pan. come, o children of the night of death, awake, arise! see, the sun is nodding in the west, and no day-spring is at hand in this land of withered dreams; for all is dull with the sweat of gloom, and sombre with the industry of evil! wake! o wake! let us hie to the summits of the lonely mountains, for soon a sun will arise in us, and then their white peaks will become golden and crimson and purple as the breasts of a mighty woman swollen with the blood and milk of a new life. there, amongst those far-off hills of amethyst, shall we find the fair mistress of our heart's desire- that bountiful mother who will clasp us to her breast. yours are the boundless forests, and the hills, and the far-off purple of the horizon. call, and they shall answer you; ask, and they shall sho

and disemboweled entrails. soon the quivering maggots, which once were the brains of men, will lick up the crumbs of the feast in the temple of love, and the farce will be ended. i rise from the corpse of her i kissed, and laugh; for all is beautiful, more beautiful still; for i create from the godless butchery of fiends the overpowering grandeur of death. there she stands before me, rose-limbed, crimson- lipped, with breast of scarlet flame, her tresses floating about her like a cloud of ruby fire, and the tongue which creepeth from 213 her lips is as a carbuncle wet with the strong blood of warriors. i laugh, and in the frenzy of my exultation she is mine; and on that soft bed of bloody corpses do i beget on her the laughter of the scorn of war, the joy of the contempt of sorrow. life is

n she indeed falls and rises not, becoming in her 217 fall but a clout in the eyes of all men, a foul rag wherewith to sop up the lusts of flesh. so, verily, if she who being a courtesan, becometh as an untouched virgin, she shall be considered as a thing of naught, being both sterile and loveless; for what profit shall she be to this world who is the mother of unfruitfulness? but she who is both crimson and white, a twisted pillar of snow and fire, soothing where she burneth, and comforting where she chilleth, she shall be held as queen amongst women; for in her all things are found, and as an inexhaustible well of water around whose mouth grows the wild apricot, in which the bees set their sweet hives, she shall be both food and drink to the hearts of men: a well of life unto this world

he wine of which is more fragrant than the sweet-scented grapes of thrace, or the musk- breathing vines of lesbos, and is sweeter than the vintage of crete, and all the vineyards of naxos and egypt. and thou shalt be anointed with sweet-smelling nards, and unguent made from lilies and cypress, myrtle and amaranth, and of myrrh and cassia well mixed. and in thine hair shall be woven rose-leaves of crimson light, and the mingling loveliness of lilies and violets, twined as the dawn with night. and about thee shall waft a sweeter fragrance than the burning of frankincense, and storax, and lign-aloes; for it is the breath of the temple of god. then shalt thou step into the king's palace, o warrior! and a voice more musical than the flute of ivory and the psaltery of gold, clear as a bell of mi

hair is as a flood of dancing moon- beams, woven with golden ears of corn, and caught up by flashing serpents of malachite and emerald. on her forehead shines the crescent moon, pearl-like, and softly gleaming with the light of an inner light. her garment is as a web of translucent 223 silver, glistening white and dew-like, now rippling with all the colours of the rainbow, now rushing into flames crimson and gold, as the petals of the red-rose, woven with poppy, and crocus, and tulips. and around her, as a cloud of irradiant mystery gleaming with darkness, and partly obscuring the softness of her form, sweeps a robe, woven of a network of misty waters, and flashing with a myriad stars of silver; and in its midst, as a great pearl of fire drawn from the depths of the seas, a full moon of si

trample the purple grapes of our passion, and mingle the foaming cups of our joy in the glittering chalice of our love. o! love, what fountains of rapture, what springs of intoxicating bliss well up from the depths of our being, till the foaming wine jets 225 forth hissing through the flames of our passion- and splashes into immensity, begetting a million suns "i have watched the dawn, golden and crimson; i have watched the night all starry-eyed; i have drunk up the blue depths of the waters, as the purple juice of the grape. yet, alone in thine eyes, do i find the delights of my joy, and in thy lips the vintage of my love "the flowers of the fields have i gazed on, and the gay plumage of the birds, and the distant blue of the mountains; but they all fade before the blush of thy cheeks; an

y love" then i caught up her song and cried "yea! o queen of the night, o arrow of brightness drawn from the quiver of the moon! o thou who hast ensnared me in the meshes of thine hair, and caught me up on the kisses of thy mouth; o thou who hast laid aside thy divinity to take refuge in mine arms, listen "i have drunk deep of the flagons of passion with the white-veiled virgins of vesta, and the crimson-girdled daughters of circe, and the drowsy-eyed maidens of ind. i have woven love with the lithe girls of hellas, and the subtle-limbed women of egypt whose fingers are created to caress; all the virgins of assyria, and the veiled beauties of arabia, have been mine; yet amongst them all have i not found one to compare to a lash on the lid of thine eye. o thou art as the wine of ecstasy, a

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it_ persecution is like keating's powder. it does not injure the most delicate skin, but it removes all vermin "mine own familiar friend in whom i trusted lifted up his heel against me- and then i saw it was the hoof of an ass. perdurabo. 142 the vampire i dream in strange laughterless mazes; i wake at the set of the sun; all poppied the paean of praise is that lives on the lives it has won. and crimson grow cheeks that are ashen, and gold gleam the locks that are grey, for i live- and bright blood is my passion, hot-veined in the heart of the day! aha! for the rapture that dazes! wine-drained as the breast of a nun droops the throat that my savage soul raises, thirsting yet for the life that is done! sharp as rocks where strong billows have thundered, calm as seas where strange tempests

s. ii he drank the smell of living blood, that hissed on flame-white steel. he tittered while his mother's limbs were kissed by the fish-hooks on the wheel that shredded soul and shape, more fine than mist is torn by the bleak wind that blows from kragua and the unknown lands behind. iii as the last flesh was flicked, he wearied; slaves from bright bethmoora sprang forward with carved bowls whose crimson craves green wine of hashish, black wine of datura, like the yann's earlier and its latter waves! these wines soothed well the spleen of the desert's bastard brother thuba mleen. iv he drank, and eyed the slaves"'mwass, dagricho, xu-xculgulura, saddle your mules" he whispered "ride full slow unto bethmoora and bid the people of the city know that that most ancient snake, the crone of utnar

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heard all prayer alway, and there is none to answer "me" woe unto me! woe unto me! accursed am i unto the aeons! all this time this brilliant eagle-headed god has been 20 attacked, seemingly, by invisible people, for he is wounded now and again, here and there; little streams of fresh blood come out over the feathers of his breast. and the smoke of the blood is gradually filling the aethyr with a crimson veil. there is a scroll over the top, saying "ecclesia abhorret a sanguine" and there is another scroll below it in a language of which i do not know the sounds. the meaning is, not as they have understood. the blood is thicker and darker now, and it is becoming clotted and black, so that everything is blotted out; because it coagulates, coagulates. and then at the top there steals a dawn

pils, perfectly white iris, and the cornea pale blue. the sense of desolation is so acute that i keep on trying to get away from the vision. i told him that i could not understand his taste-language, so instead he set up a humming very much like a big electric plant with dynamos going. now the atmosphere is deep night-blue; and by the power of that atmosphere, the pillars kindle to a dull glowing crimson, and the throne is a dull, ruddy gold. and now, through the humming, come very clear, bell-like notes, and farther still a muttering, like that of a gathering storm. and now i hear the meaning of the muttering: i am he who was before the beginning, and in my desolation i cried aloud, saying, let me behold my countenance in the concave of the abyss. and i beheld, and lo! in the darkness of

let it be gold, for the second scarlet, for the third violet, for the fourth emerald, for the fifth silver, for the sixth sapphire, for the seventh orange, for the eighth indigo, for the ninth gray, for the tenth black, for the eleventh maroon, for the twelfth russet, for the thirteenth green-gray, for the fourteenth amber, for the fifteenth olive, for the sixteenth pale blue, for the seventeenth crimson, for the eighteenth bright yellow, for the nineteenth crimson adorned with silver, for the twentieth mauve, for the twenty-first pale green, for the twenty-second rose-madder, for the twenty- third violet cobalt, for the twenty-fourth beetle-brown, blue-brown colour, for the twenty-fifth a cold dark gray, for the twenty-sixth white flecked with red, blue, and yellow; the edges of the lette

their souls sparkle from mine eyes. i am the mighty sorceress, the lust of the spirit. and by my dancing i gather for my mother nuit the heads of all them that are baptized in the waters of life. i am the lust of the spirit that eateth up the soul of man. i have prepared a feast for the adepts, and they that partake thereof shall see god. now it is clear what she has woven in her dance; it is the crimson rose of 49 petals, and the pillars are the cross with which it is conjoined. and between the pillars shoot out rays of pure green fire; and now all the pillars are golden. she ceases to dance, and dwindles, gathering herself into the centre of the rose. now it is seen that the rose is a vast ampitheatre, with seven tiers, each tier divided into seven partitions. and they that sit in the am

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2

ss. your folly is too wild to anger me "i did not laugh" said roderic gravely "well" said the old man, rising "i fear i have wearied you. i thank you for your patience. i know i am a mad old fellow. but, if you should happen- you know. please communicate. here is my card. i must go now. i am expected elsewhere. i am expected" martial nay. 130 the lost shepherd i she walks among the starry ways, a crimson full-blown rose; her heart bears all the yesterdays that love from love-dawn knows; her sunny feet are shod in gold, she swings a censer rare and old- her heart the censer that she sways, our lady of the snows. ii i passed the morning she was born within the heart of day; a shepherd with a twisted horn i met upon the way. the straying sheep that autumn-tide had wandered by the river-side;

ta dews drinks up the death of the star, and renews life in cascades of peonian hues! nay, but she curves to arise, to increase; glamour on glamour to sicken and cease. how shall the warrior wing to the peace? fade, o thou moon, in thy magical bark! sink in the ocean thy silvery spark! leave me, ah leave me alone in the dark! 193 art thou not burnt in the fire of my will? see, by the flashes that crimson and kill i am the master; the magic is still. vi see! how the wrath of my rune that i send her, fire of my fire, is flung flying to end her, wrapping in ruin that scintillant splendour. fire of my fire! how the brilliance darts forth, runs to the uttermost pole of the north, splashing all space with the spume of my wrath! ah! but the subtle, the perilous way; that hath no fire to enkindle

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h sol. orange. unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: hb:heh aries. scarlet. hb:lamed libra. emerald. hb:vau taurus. red-orange. hb:nun scorpio. greenish blue. hb:zain gemini. orange. hb:peh sic: hb:samekh sagittarius. deep blue. hb:chet cancer. amber. hb:ayin capricornus. indigo. hb:tet leo. greenish yellow. hb:tzaddi aquarius. violet. hb:yod virgo. yellow-green. hb:qof pisces. crimson. 220 further, thou wilt observe that the colours of the paths and the sephiroth form a mutual balance and harmony in the tree [the "chief adept" then greets the newly made adeptus minor with the name of frater hodos chamelionis. the "second adept" then explains the colours of the crook and the scourge, pointing out that the crook is divided into the colours symbolic of kether, air, chokmah

writes "where there is a small wood, in the midst of which you shall make a small altar, and you shall cover the same with a hut of fine branches, so that the rain may not fall thereon and extinguish the lamps and the censer."40 the altar should be made of wood and in the manner of a cupboard, so that it may hold all the necessary things. there should be two tunics, one of linen, and the other of crimson or scarlet silk with gold. the sacred oil is prepared from myrrh, cinnamon and galangal mixed with olive oil. the incense of olibanum, storax, and lign aloes, or cedar, is reduced to a fine powder and well mixed together. the wand is cut from an almond tree.41 243 the third period having been completed, on the morning following "rise betimes, neither wash yourself at all nor dress yourself

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and the token, have passed as a dream away, now that the spell is broken, and the moment's flash is fled. 283 when the secret word was said, ah! what remained to say? no word, but silence' token that the golden god had fled. and the roses, roses, roses flame in their red desire, and every bud uncloses to mark the sign that fled; the wonder-word hath sped to the far olympian fire: the spell of the crimson roses has passed from earth and fled. but still the old silent garden remember the golden flush when the heavens seemed to harden for a moment that came and fled; when the whole green earth grew red in a breathless spell and a hush, and the world grew young in the garden, and trembled, and passed, and fled. victor b. neuburg 284 reviews the occult review. monthly. 7"d."net. still, as befor

c harmony of the world! yea, as i listen to the echo of thy voice, my rapture is but as the whisper of the wings of a butterfly. 4. o thou burning tempest of blinding sand, thou whirlwind from the depths of darkness! yea, as i struggle through thee, through thee, my strength is but as a dove's down floating forth on the purple nipples of the storm. 5. o thou crown d giant among great giants, thou crimson-sworded soldier of war! yea, as i battle with thee, thou masterest me as a lion that slayeth a babe that is cradled in lilies. 10 6. o thou shadowy vista of darkness, thou cryptic book of the fir-clad hills! yea, as i search the key of thy house i find my hope but as a rushlight sheltered in the hands of a little child. 7. o thou great labour of the firmament, thou tempest-tossed roaring o

0. o thou steel-girdered mountain of mountains, thou crested summit of majesty! yea, as i climb thy grandeur, i find i have but surmounted one mote of dust floating in a beam of thy glory. 11. o thou empress of light and of darkness, thou pourer-forth of the stars of night! yea, as i gaze upon thy countenance, mine eyes are as the eyes of a blind man smitten by a torch of burning fire. 12. o thou crimson gladness of the midnight, thou flamingo north of brooding light! yea, as i rise up before thee, my joy is but as a raindrop smitten through by an arrow of the western sun. 13. o thou golden crown of the universe, thou diadem of dazzling brightness! yea, as i burn up before thee, my 11 light is but as a falling star between the purple fingers of the night. o glory be unto thee through all t

rapture. 11. o my god, thou mighty one, thou creator of all things, i renounce unto thee the hissing of mad waters, and the trumpeting of the thunder, and all thy tongues of dancing flame; so that i may be swept up in the breath of thy nostrils, and be consumed in the unutterable joy of thine everlasting rapture. 12. o my god, thou mighty one, thou creator of all things, i renounce unto thee the crimson lust of the chase, and the blast of the brazen war- horns, and all the gleaming of the spears; so that like an hart i may be brought to bay in thine arms, and be consumed in the unutterable joy of thine everlasting rapture. 13. o my god, thou mighty one, thou creator of all things, i renounce unto thee all that self which is myself, that black sun which shineth in self's day, whose glory b

sh of time, which being set apart never divulge the secret of their unity. 11. o thou flame of the horn d storm-clouds, that 17 sunderest their desolation, that outroarest the winds; i swear to thee by the gleaming sandals of the stars, to climb beyond the summits of the mountains, and rend thy robe of purple thunders with a sword of silvery light. 12. o thou fat of an hundred fortresses of iron, crimson as the blades of a million murderous swords; i swear to thee by the smoke-wreath of the volcano, to open the secret shrine of thy bull's breast, and tear out as an augur the heart of thine all-pervading mystery. 13. o thou silver axle of the wheel of being, thrust through the wings of time by the still hand of space; i swear to thee by the twelve spokes of thy unity, to become unto thee as

he murmur of unappeasable winds caught up in the arms of the swaying branches. i know thee! o 19 thou rumble of conquering drums, who lulleth to a rapture of deep sleep those lovers who burn into each other, flame to fine flame. 5. o thou sovran guide of the star-wheeling circles, the soles of whose feet smith plumes of golden fire from the outermost annihilation of the abyss. i know thee! o thou crimson sword of destruction, who chasest the comets from the dark bed of night, till they speed before thee as serpent tongues of flame. 6. o thou sovran archer of the darksome regions, who shooteth forth from thy transcendental crossbow the many-rayed suns into the fields of heaven. i know thee! o thou eight-pointed arrow of light, who smiteth the regions of the seven rivers until they laugh lik

ror, so that they may flash forth the glory of thy name. 9. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the smoke- veil'd fire of the mountains: thou hast inflamed them as lions that scent a fallow deer, so that they may rage forth the glory of thy name. 10. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the countenance of my darling: thou hast unclothed her of white lilies and crimson roses, so that she may blush forth the glory of thy name. 11. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the weeping of the flying clouds: thou hast swelled therewith the blue breasts of the milky rivers, so that they may roll forth the glory of thy name. 12. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the amber combers of the storm: thou hast laid thy lash upon the

to the lustiness of thy virginity. 10. o thou thirsty charioteer of time, whose cup is the hollow night filled with the foam of the vintage of day; drench me in the shower of thy passion, so that i may pant in thine arms as a tongue of lightning on the purple bosom of night. 11. o thou opalescent serpent-queen, whose mouth is as the sunset that is bloody with the slaughter of day; hold me in the crimson flames of thine arms, so that at thy kisses i may expire as a bubble in the foam of thy dazzling lips. 12. o thou odalisque of earth's palace, whose garments are scented and passionate as spring flowers in sunlit glades; 29 roll me in the sweet perfume of thy hair, so that thy tresses of gold may anoint me with the honey of a million roses. 13. o thou manly warrior amongst youths, whose li

ruggles through a cloud of tangled hair. 4. o my god, suckle me with truth and be merciful unto me, as i humble myself before thee: for all my agony of anguish is but as a quail struggling in the jaws of an hungry wolf. 5. o my god, comfort me with ease and be merciful unto me, as i humble myself before thee; for all the toil of my life is but as a small white mouse swimming through a vast sea of crimson blood. 42 6. o my god, entreat me gently and be merciful unto me as i humble myself before thee; for all my toil is but as a threadless shuttle of steel thrust here and there in the black loom of night. 7. o my god, fondle me with kisses and be merciful unto me, as i humble myself before thee; for all my desires are as dewdrops that are sucked from silver lilies by the throat of a young go

rthquake the bare hut of an hermit that he hath built for prayer. yet from the lightning-struck tower of my reason do i enter thy house that thou didst build for me. 9. o woe unto me, my god, woe unto me; for all my joy is as a cloud of dust blown athwart a memory of tears, even across the shadowless brow of the desert. yet as from the breast of a slave-girl do i pluck the fragrant blossom of thy crimson splendour. 10. o woe unto me, my god, woe unto me; for all the feastings of my flesh have sickened to the wormy hunger of the grave, writing in the spasms of indolent decay. yet in the maggots of my corruption do i shadow forth sunlit hosts of crown d eagles. 11. o woe unto me, my god, woe unto me; for all my 46 craft is as an injured arrow, featherless and twisted, that should be loosed f

of bliss! 11. o thou unity of all things: as the blue smoke that whirleth up from the altar of life, so art thou, o god my god. i cannot find thee, for thou art everywhere; lo! though i inter thee in the sarcophagi of the damned, there still shall i find thee, thou unity of unities, thou oneness, o thou perfect nothingness of bliss! 12. o thou unity of all things: as a dark-eyed maiden decked in crimson and precious pearls, so art thou, o god my god. i cannot rob thee, for thou art everywhere; lo! though i strip thee of thy gold and scarlet raiment of the self, there still shall i find thee, thou unity of unities, thou oneness, o thou perfect nothingness of bliss! 13. o thou unity of all things: as the sun that rolleth through the twelve mansions of the skies, so art thou, o god my god. i

the wind! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou dancer with gilded nails, that unbraidest the star-hair of the night! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou moonlit pearl of rapture, clasped fast in the silver hand of the dawn! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou wanton mother of love, that art mistress of the children of men! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou crimson fountain of blood, that spoutest from the heart of creation! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou warrior eye of the sun, that shooteth death from the berylline byss! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! 63 o thou witch's hell-broth of hate, that boilest in the white cauldron of love! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou ribbon of northern lights, that bindest the elfin

worlds! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou bloodhound whirlwind of lust, that art unleashed by the first kiss of love! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou wondrous chalice of light, uplifted by the maenads of dawn! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou fecund opal of death, that sparklest through a sea of mother-of- pearl! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou crimson rose of the dawn, that art fastened in the dark locks of night! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou pink nipple of being, thrust deep into the black mouth of chaos! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou vampire queen of the flesh, wound as a snake around the throats of men! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! 64 o thou tender nest of dove's down, built up betwixt the h

he midst of the seas! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou unvintageable dew, that art moist upon the lips of the morn! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou silver crescent of love, that burnest over the dark helm of war! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou snow-white ram of the dawn, that art slain by the lion of the noon! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou crimson spear-point of life, that art thrust through the dark bowels of time! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou black waterspout of death, that whirlest, whelmest the tall ship of life! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou mighty chain of events, that art strained betwixt cosmos and chaos! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou towering eagre of lust, that art heaped up

thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou mighty chain of events, that art strained betwixt cosmos and chaos! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou towering eagre of lust, that art heaped up by the moon-breasts of youth! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! 66 o thou serpent-crown of green light, that art wound round the dark forehead of death! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou crimson vintage of life, that art poured into the jar of the grave! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou waveless ocean of peace, that sleepest beneath the wild heart of man! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou whirling skirt of the stars, that art swathed round the limbs of the aethyr! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou snow-white chalice of love, thou art filled up

tly described and partly aproximated "fig. 2. the greek cross of the zodiac "aries. emerald on scarlet. libra. scarlet on emerald. taurus. greenish blue on orange-red. scorpio. orange-red on greenish blue. gemini. royal blue on orange. sagittarius. orange on royal blue. cancer. indigo on amber. capricorn. amber on indigo. leo. violet on greenish yellow. aquarius. greenish yellow on violet. virgo. crimson on yellow-green. pisces. yelow-green on crimson. spirit. black on white. serpent. azure, with golden scales. border. gold_ pisces_ scorpio_ cancer_ gemini aquarius libra< aries leo sagittarius_ capricorn_ taurus_ virgo_ this is a black and white half tone on clay paper, tipped in. about and beneath the above figure of the creek cross are the interlaced coils of a serpent. this serpent does

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s an adept and olympas his pupil the whole secret of the way of initiation is laid open from the beginning to the end; for the instruction of the little children of the light. written in trembling and humility for the brethren of the a. a. by their very dutiful servant, an aspirant to their sublime order, aleister crowley illustration facing page 10 partly described: this is a collotype in bright crimson. it is a photo of crowley in black robe, only visible from diaphragm up. his elbows rest on a table before him, and his hands form the sign of the "horns of horus" against his face on a level with his eyes. his hood is turned back and pulled on as a hat, showing the eye in the triangle and forming a rough triangle in cloth about that device. he wears a serpent ring on the third finger of h

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as death. lips grown tired of speech, and outhonied of the honey of all kisses fade and whisper away into something else. the crude utterances of human language fail them, and they win instead the subtle perfumed conversation of flowers and vegetation. thus their dust comes to lie about a rose-root, and with the lovely chemistry of earth they tremble back to the surface once more as crinkled and crimson perfume, or a frail flutter of yellow longing. like flags, like tender waving pennons or messengers of hope and greeting from those beleaguered ones dissolving in the fastnesses of earth. every rose, every lily is a message from our dead: a sigh or a smile: something simple like the daisy from a simple heart, something of weird and oppressive beauty from some poet's brain, like the passion

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she knows him, and black fear bedim those eyes; she offers to his gaze the blue-veined breasts that suckled him in childhood's sweet and solemn days. weeping she bares the holy womb! shrieks out the mother's last appeal: and reads irrevocable doom in those dread eyes of ice and steel. he winds his horn: his warriors pour in thousands on the fenceless foe; the sunset stains their hideous war with crimson bars of after-glow. he winds his horn; the night-stars leap to light; upspring the sisters seven; while answering flames illume the deep, the blue pavilions blaze to heaven. silent and stern the northward way they ride; alone before his men staggers through black to rose and grey sir palamede the saracen. 8 iii there is a rock by severn mouth whereon a mighty castle stands, fronting the bl

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y ma. twenty minutes 10. 20. 30. 9.30 p.m. holiday; which was fatal folly! the full account of this wonderful realization of dhy na is set forth by po. in this note book entitled "the writings of truth" in which we find the following "after some eight hours' discipline by pr n y ma arose 'the golden dawn "while meditating, suddenly i became conscious of a shoreless space of darkness and a glow of crimson athwart it. deepening and brightening, scarred by dull bars of slate-blue cloud arose the dawn of dawns. in splendour not of earth and its mean sun, blood-red, rayless, adamant, it rose, it rose! carried out of myself, i asked not 'who is the witness' absorbed utterly in contemplation of so stupendous and so marvellous a fact. for here was no doubt, no change, no wavering; infinitely more

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the evening star is arisen. aries. the sacrifice is accomplished. leo. what is the sacrifice? aries. man. leo. who is the priestess? aries. woman. leo. unto what god? aries. it is hidden from me. leo. let every man depart unto his house. aries. 1-333-1-1. leo. 1-333-1-1. scorpio-apophis. 1-1-333-1. 78 the rite of venus the officers venus "blue robe" taurus "orange robe" libra "green robe" pisces "crimson robe" luna in taurus "silver robe" saturn in libra "black robe "no officer has any weapon. venus is throned, and on her right are libra and saturn in libra, on her left taurus and luna in taurus, while at her feet lies pisces. her throne is an oyster-shell, as in the picture by botticelli. before it a veil. without, an altar; and without the temple, a further veil" 81 the rite of venus pre

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d dead. the bitter aftermath of summer brings time's memory back to the world: there are no stings, in the world's pain, but only bitterness of the memory of time; no sore distress, save for the thought of summer waned and dead, and faded with the gold skies overhead, and the young green beneath; ah! secret rose, here in the heart of the woods i pluck thee forth, fraught with the swell of summer, crimson-bright! and for the world under the stars to-night- it shall be thine, and thine the star that draws the world to worship thee: the days are fled under the heavens; there is no more sun, and no more love; the world is hushed and dead. slim-passing dryad through the lonely woods! i will follow thee in the paths of dank decay; decadent autumn, with thy lonely broods of active gnomes, and lit

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

lamp or oil, he bought candles 'the altar should be hollow within where you shall keep all the necessary things such as the two robes, the crown or mitre, the wand, the oil, the girdle, the perfume and any other things which may be necessary' alex used a bedside cupboard. the robes required were 'a shirt or tunic of linen, large and white, with well and properly made sleeves, and an outer robe of crimson or scarlet silk with gold, no longer than unto the knees. you shall make a girdle of silk the same colour as the tunic and you shall have on your head a beautiful crown or woven fillet of silk and gold' alex spent weeks seeking out suitable materials and hand-sewing the garments, and he made the crown from gold wire used for threading necklaces, and red velvet 'a wand of almond tree, smoot

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

many hints of an evolutionary and historical value. again we might append a brief epitome of some of the expressions used and of some of the names under which human beings are grouped in the archives of this the seventh department: 1. units of the fire-mist stage, 2. points of lunar origin, 3. sons of the sun, 4. devas of the fourth degree, 5. flames from interplanetary spheres, 6. atoms from the crimson sphere a reference to certain egos who have come to the earth from the planetary scheme whose note is red, 7. the successful vyasians, 8. the points in the third planetary petal, and groups of others related to the twelve petalled planetary lotus, 9. the lovers of low vibration, 10. the rejectors of the eighth scheme, 11. the points of triple resistance, 12. the followers of the arhat, 13

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

t star signifies "redeemer, that the next brightest is "the burden bearer" or "the one who bears for others. we have, therefore, in the significance of these two names, a portrayal of hercules, as he works out his own salvation and as he bears the great burden of atlas and learns the meaning of service. lepus, the hare, associated with these two constellations, contains a star of the most intense crimson color, almost like a drop of blood. red is ever the symbol of desire for material things. in the zodiac of denderah, the name given is bashtibeki, which means "falling confounded. aratus, writing about 250 b.c, speaks of lepus as being "chased eternally, and it is interesting to note that the hebrew names of some of the stars found in this constellation signify "the enemy of the coming one

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knesses, it is the suffering half awake! the time has come for the new sexualities! to improve the species ye men must love one another thou art that which thou dost prefer. to supercede the sexualitites. it was a time when he consciously turned his back on fame and fortune and instead chose the grim path of asceticism and sorcery. these dramatic themes were to weave in and out of his life like a crimson thread as he constantly reinvented himself and stove to find new ways to express his dedication to the artist/outsider. so take your time in looking at this body of work. try an experiment and stop in front of one of the self-portraits and engage the attention of the eyes. give the artist as opportunity to speak and you will hear him. there are many thematic twists and turns in spare s wor

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immediately recognised as the moon, the wife of the sun. she fell on her knees, and with outspread hands, and flowing tears, besought them to liberate her husband v v the sun v v from the prison in which, through the crafty wiles of mercury, he was being detained by the planets. but vulcan refused to listen to her request; nor was he softened by the moving prayers of lady venus, who appeared in a crimson robe, intertissued with threads of green, and charmed all by the beauty of her countenance and the fragrance of the flowers which she bore in her hand. she interceded with vulcan, the judge, in the chaldee tongue, and reminded him that a woman was to effect the deliverance of the prisoner. but even to her pleading he turned a deaf ear. twelve keys of basil valentine 19 of 95 while they wer

ory. but no such triumph can take place unless the king imparts great strength and potency to his water and tinges it with his own colour, that twelve keys of basil valentine 33 of 95 thereby he may be consumed and become invisible, and then again recover his visible form, with a diminution of his simple essence, and a development of his perfection. a painter can set yellow upon white, and red or crimson upon yellow; for, though all these colours are present, yet the latter prevails on account of its greater intensity. when you have accomplished the same thing in our art, you have before your eyes the light of wisdom, which shines in the darkness, although it does not burn. for our sulphur does not burn, but nevertheless its brilliancy is seen far and near. nor does it colour anything unti

des. in the same way, the matter of all the sages passes through the several varieties of colour, and may be said to change twelve keys of basil valentine 61 of 95 its appearance as often as a new gate of entrance is opened to the fire. the king shares his royal dignity with noble venus, and appears in splendid state, surrounded by all the dignitaries of his court. before him is borne a beautiful crimson banner, in which there is an embroidered representation of charity in green garments. saturn is the prefect of the royal household, and in front of him astronomy bears a black standard, with a representation of faith in yellow and red garments. jupiter is the grand marshal, and is preceded by a banner of grey colour, borne by rhetoric, and adorned with a variegated representation of hope

oyal household, and in front of him astronomy bears a black standard, with a representation of faith in yellow and red garments. jupiter is the grand marshal, and is preceded by a banner of grey colour, borne by rhetoric, and adorned with a variegated representation of hope. mars is at the head of military affairs, and executes his office with a certain fiery ardour. geometry carries before him a crimson banner, on which you may behold courage in a crimson cloak. mercury holds the office of chancellor; arithmetic is his standard bearer, and his standard is of many colours; on it may be observed the figure of temperance in a many coloured robe. the sun is vice vregent, and is preceded by grammar, bearing a yellow banner, on which justice is represented in a golden robe though venus seems to

BLUE EQUINOX

rcady! roaming as bacchus, with fauns and pards and nymphs and satyrs for thy guards, on a milk-white ass, come over the sea to me, to me, come with apollo in bridal dress (shepherdess and pythoness) come with artemis, silken shod, and wash thy white thigh, beautiful god, in the moon of the woods, on the marble mount, the dimpled dawn of the amber fount! dip the purple of passionate prayer in the crimson shrine, the scarlet snare, the soul that startles in eyes of blue to watch thy wantonness weeping through the tangled grove, the gnarled bole the equinox 6 of the living tree that is spirit and soul and body and brain- come over the sea (io pan! io pan) devil or god, to me, to me, my man! my man! come with trumpets sounding shrill over the hill! come with drums low muttering from the sprin

rum rex summus sanctissimus 249 liber xv ecclesi gnostic catholic canon miss i of the furnishings of the temple in the east, that is, in the direction of boleskine, which is situated on the south-eastern shore of loch ness in scotland, two miles east of foyers, is a shrine or high altar. its dimensions should be 7 feet in length, 3 feet in breadth, 44 inches in height. it should be covered with a crimson altar-cloth, on which may be embroidered fleur-de-lys in gold, or a sunblaze, or other suitable emblem. on each side of it should be a pillar or obelisk, with countercharges in black and white. below it should be the dais of three steps, in black and white squares. above it is the super-altar, at whose top is the stele of revealing in reproduction, with four candles on each side of it. bel

ver dimly, and lost among the host.as does the evening star to those who tread their path in darkness. the principal method of karma yoga indicated is the preaching of the good law. of course it will be understood that anyone thus unfortunately situated cannot understand the law, but the law is of such virtue that this is not a fatal disadvantage. see liber ccc. 54. behold migmar (mars) as in his crimson veils his .eye. sweeps over slumbering earth. behold the fiery aura of the .hand. of lhagpa (mercury) extended in protecting love over the heads of his ascetics. both are now servants to nyima (the sun) left in his absence silent watchers in the night. yet both in kalpas past were bright nyimas, and may in future .days. again become two suns. such are the falls and rises of the karmic law

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p; clockwise from top, the chambers are marked "bright pale yellow "glowing orange scarlet "deep blue. the next ring outward is divided into seven chambers, one to bottom, and marked clockwise from 1 o'clock "violet "indigo "blue "emerald green "yellow "orange "red. the next ring outward is divided into twelve chambers, division at top and bottom with six to either side; clockwise from 1 o'clock "crimson "violet "indigo "blue "green blue "emerald green "green yellowish "yellow greenish "amber "orange "red orange "scarlet. the outer ring is interrupted at the bottom by a segment to match the continuation of the sloping lower sides of the lower upright, the base of this segment is defined not by the ring but by the upper portion of two diagonals drawn from the inner angles of the cross. this

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

, edom) are attributed four kingdoms. 1. bairiron- so called because they are derived from the fourth evil, namely samael, the black. their colors are dull red and a black, and their form is that of a dragon- lion. 2. adimiron- whose colors are like blood mixed with water, a dull yellow and grey. their form is that of a lion-lizard. 3. tzelladimiron- whose colors are like limpid blood, bronze and crimson. they are like savage triangular-headed dogs. 4. schechiriron- whose colors are black, and their form blended of reptile, insect and shell-fish, such as the crab and the lobster, yet demon-faced withal. 5. tzephariron- whose colors are fiery and yellow, and their form like merciless wolves and jackals. 6. obiriron- whose colors are like clouds, and their form like grey, bloated goblins. 7

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

mity. to erect, or draw up, this chart for the individual, certain things must be known. firstly, the date of birth day, month, year. secondly, the place of birth geographical location. and thirdly, the time of birth the actual hour, preferably to the nearest minute. why are all these necessary? lesson nine: divination/ 125 7 light shades of green and yellow 8 dark gray, blue, purple, black 9 red,crimson, pink you would like to give her a record album as a 126/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft from the earth,the sun seems to describe a great circle in its travels. this path is called the ecliptic and the angle that it makes at any moment, as it rises above the eastern horizon, is called the ascendant. this name, ascendant, is also given to the sign of the zodiac that is rising at a g

COLLIER IRENE CHINESE MYTHOLOGY

re male, nuwa is a very powerful female goddess in early mythology. she creates mankind and is responsible for repairing the earth. 24 the world was indeed a sparkling jewel. sturdy pine trees dotted the mountains, and weeping willows lined the streams. apple, quince, and plum blossoms burst into bloom and later yielded ripe, heavy fruit. birds flitted about in the azure sky, leaving their black, crimson, and iridescent green feathers drifting in the wind. silverfish and carp splashed gleefully in the waterways. fierce beasts like tigers and gentle creatures like deer roamed with equal abandon across the rocky hills. nuwa, a goddess, stumbled accidentally upon this vibrant world during her travels. the earth was humming and teeming with life. she marveled at its many wondrous creatures. ev

y four seas. to the east was a vast ocean. beyond the ocean, magnificent plants bloomed on an island paradise. the most glorious specimen of all the plant life was the fusang tree, whose wondrous branches stretched up toward the heavens and out across the island for hundreds of miles. scattered among its masses of dark green foliage, fragrant hibiscus flowers burst into flaming shades of magenta, crimson, and violet. among the glossy leaves of the fusang tree lived ten naughty suns. they were left alone to play in paradise, neglected by their parents, the sun god dijun and the sun goddess shiho. each day, shiho left heaven in a pearl-shell chariot drawn by six fiery young dragons and passed by the fusang tree. the suns took turns clambering to the treetop to leap into the chariot and make

ble drought caused by the thoughtless ten suns. the grand archer yi 69 questions and answers q: what did the goddess shiho require of her ten sons? a: she made them pay attention, do their duty, and not gaze too long at any one place. q: describe the fusang tree. a: it was a huge tree that grew on an island in the middle of the ocean, and its branches stretched for miles. it had fragrant magenta, crimson, and violet flowers and glossy leaves. it was the home of the ten suns. q: what powers did the suns possess? a: they warmed the earth and gave the people light. q: what harm could the suns do? a: when they failed to pay attention to their duties, they unleashed too much heat and light, scorching the earth and drying up the rivers. q: what job did dijun the sun god ask the grand archer yi t

DIABOLUS

back is made of rows of shields, shut up closely as with a seal his sneezings flash forth light and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn. out of the mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap forth. in his neck abides strength, terror dances before him. this indicates that the form of leviathan is difficult to comprehend. in the biblical art of liber floridus, the antichrist, emerald and crimson robes flowing, rides upon leviathan, who is pictured as a great dragon-beast with four legs, talon like teeth with blackened eyes. the face of this beast is the model for which has been invoked during the coven maleficia40 rites involving the ascension of power. 40 the coven which founded the order of phosphorus, renamed maleficia after the day of cain for the group, august 22nd. 37 the bi

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

: the left hand column on the tree of life (q.v. it is composed of the third, fifth and eighth sephiroth (q.v, and is said to be feminine in nature. pisces "the fish" in astrology (q.v, the twelfth sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of mutable (q.v) and water (q.v) and is ruled by the planet neptune (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color crimson. keywords include: impressionably, emotionally, vaguely, idealistically, spiritually, with compassion. place of comfort: a special place within a magickal circle for a couple to engage in sex magick (q.v. plane, astral: a non-physical level of existence which is the basis for the physical plane, and the place where many non-physical entities exist. pluto: the ninth planet of the terran sol

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

itual experience: vision of sorrow. virtue: silence. vice: avarice. correspondence in microcosm: the right side of the face. symbols: the yoni. the kteis. the vesica piscis. the cup or chalice. the outer robe of concealment. tarot cards: the four threes. three of wands: established strength. three of cups: abundance. three of swords: sorrow. three of pentacles: material works. colour in atziluth: crimson. in briah: black. yetzirah: dark brown. assiah: grey flecked pink [page 140] i 1. binah is the third member of the supernal triangle, and the task of its elucidation will be both extended and simplified because we can study it in the light of chokmah, which balances it on the opposing pillar of the tree. it is never possible to understand a sephirah if we consider it apart from its positio

ELLIS LOW TWELVE 1907

istory of the anti-masonic excitement caused by the morgan incident is given elsewhere. at the convention held in washington, in 1842, hon. kenneth rayner was the delegate who represented the grand lodge of north carolina. he was a man of brilliant ability, an eloquent orator and a leading member of congress for many years. he possessed considerable wealth, but all of it was swept away during the crimson years between 1861 and 1865. in the political campaign of 1848 kenneth rayner was the competing candidate against millard fillmore for the vice-presidential nomination. they were warm personal friends and submitted their claims to a conference. fillmore beat rayner by a single vote. it will be seen that, had one of fillmore's supporters changed to rayner, the latter would have become presi

hopeless the chance of victory might seem. captain bliss's modesty causes him to pass lightly over many of his exploits, which would have brought fame to any soldier. but his old comrades agree in pronouncing him a superb officer, whose example in the most trying circumstances was a model to others. he was a splendid type of the american volunteers which have carried our flag to triumph on many a crimson battlefield. his qualities in this respect won the admiration of his enemies, with whom he crossed swords again and again in the hot conflict, which seemed at times and for so long to waver in the balance. captain bliss's regiment was with sheridan's army in the valley of the shenandoah, and in september, 1864, was on duty at general torbert's headquarters, where bliss was in command of th

EVIL AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS

yub (beiriron: so called because they are derived from the fourth evil force, namely lams the black. their colors are dull red and black, and their form is that of a dragon-lion, for a. wrymyda (adimiron: whose colors are like \d (blood, mingled with n, a sickly yellow and grey. their form is that of a lion-lizard, for b. wrymylylx (tzelilimiron: whose colors are like limped blood lwlx bronze and crimson. they are like two savage triangular-headed dogs, for c. wryrjyc (shichiriron: whose colors are black and their form blended as of a reptile, insect and shellfish such as the crab and the lobster, yet demon faced withall, for d. wrybhlc (shalhebiron: whose colors are fiery and yellow, their form is like merciless wolves and jackals, for e. wryrpx (tzaphiriron: whose colors are like those o

FAUST

of one who s dead are those, which there was no fond, loving hand to close; that is the breast that gretchen offered me, that is the body sweet that i enjoyed. mephistopheles it s sorcery, you fool, you re easily decoyed! she seems to each as though his love were she. faust what rapture! ah, what misery! yet from this vision i can t turn aside. how strange that such a lovely neck a single band of crimson must bedeck! a knife s edge scarcely seems less wide. mephistopheles quite right! i see it likewise, it is true! and she can bear her head twixt side and elbow too, for perseus struck it off for heri vow, illusion s still bewitching you! do come on up the little height! the prater is not livelier; and if someone has not bewitched me quite, i truly see a theatre. what s going on? servibilis

in anger now they chatter, with clank of tin each other batter! and torn old flags on standards flutter free, that waited stirring breezes restlessly. reflect, an ancient folk stands ready there and in this modern conflict fain would share. fearful resounding of trumpets from above, a perceptible wavering in the enemy s army. faust already the horizon darkles, yet meaningful anon there sparkles a crimson-red, portentous light; and now the weapons glitter bloody, the air, the woods, and cliffs are ruddy; the whole sky mingles in the fight. mephistopheles the right flank stoutly holds its station; but towering midst them, self-reliant, i see jack fight-hard, nimble giant, busy and swift in his own fashion. emperor at first i saw one arm engaging, but now i see a dozen raging; no law of natur

e maw of hell be borne. true, many maws hath hell, in short, to use as due to rank and dignity; but henceforth in this final sport not so particular shall we be. the horrible maw of hell opens up on the left. tusks yawn; and from the vaulted gorge profound the furious, fiery torrents flow, and at the rear, in seething vapours wound, i see the flaming city in eternal glow. up to the very teeth the crimson billow dashes, the damned, in hope of help, swim into view; but now the huge hyena bites and gnashes, and their hot course the agonized renew. much more is left to spy in corners there, in narrowest space horrors supreme! you do well, sinners to affright and scare, but they ll think it a lie and sham and dream. to the fat devils with short, straight horns. you fat-paunched rogues with chee

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

e are different kinds of animals. some men, resembling the dim-eyed mole, who, the moment he feels upon him the open air of heaven, rushes to dig himself back again into the ground, desire to remain in their native darkness; others are like those birds of night which, because of the weakness of their eyes, retreat into their shadowy haunts as soon as they see in the brightening east those bars of crimson which are the sun's ambassadors. all those creatures who may not gaze upon the lights of heaven but are destined to dwell in the infernal circles of pluto's dark prison-house, when they hear the dread summons of alecton's furious horn, spread wide their wings and veer away in rapid flight toward their abodes. but those who were born to see the sun, being full of thanksgiving when they come

FULL MOON RITUALS

ore gently pushing the mighty door inward. ancient as this place is, the heavy door turns easily and silently upon its hinges. a sense of timelessness and yet of immense age washes over deer as he stands beneath the high lentil, momentarily swept away in memories of many moons spent within these walls. lowering his pack to the floor, deer retrieves from its depths a large beeswax globe of deepest crimson, which he sets upon the broad sill of the window that sidelights the ancient door, and lights the wick protruding from its crown. almost instantly, a specter of cinnamon flows into the cavernous depths of the great room as the light illuminates the stone foyer and shines as a beacon through the window and out into the night. deer lays a blessing about the doorway for all who enter here thi

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

it on 18july 'and was 'receivedintotheportal gradeofthe rosy cross under the sacramentalnameofquisitit veniat' on friday 21 september. aftertheceremony,'thecelebrationoftheautumnalequinox was celebrated in solemn form',whichwilliams as a neophyte, would have witnessed while wearing the black habitoftheordertogetherwith'a collarofwhitesilk, emblematicofpurification in progress, fromwhichdepends a crimson calvary cross; allofwhichhe had obtained, on waite's advice, from spencer&co" the masonic outfitters. fraterquisitit veniat progressed rapidlythroughthe lower grades, and on 26 august2672671919 he was 'raiseduponthe crossoftiphereth .and enteredthegradeofadeptusminor.beyond this he moved more slowly, attaining thegradeof7=4adeptus exemptus on 10 july. 1924 and reaching theportalofthefourth

water.heis in symbolical correspondencewiththe warden. 7. thefraterostiarius,whois not strictly an officer, has no special vestments. he carries a wand, surmounted by a doveofpeace. there is no sword in a templeofthe rosy cross. 8. in addition to the black habit, the frater ostiarius and all unofficial members wear a collar of white silk, emblematic of purification in progress, fromwhichdepends a crimson calvary cross. it is the general jewel of thewholefellowship on the external side. 9. in grades below thethirdorder, the imperator wears the general rose-crossofthethirdorderand the clothing of an officiating adeptus minor. he carries awandsurmounted by a triple sephirotic cross [printed before the text intheceremonyofreceptionintothegradeofneophyte,1916.]noteschapter11. waite: letter to h

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

year:(1)bairiron- so called because they are derived from the fourth evil, namely samael, the black. their colours are dull red and black, and their form is that of a dragon-lion.26thesorcerer and his apprentice"(2) adimiron'-whose colours are like blood mixed with water, a dull yellow and gray. their form.isthatof a lion255 lizard.(3)tzelladimironwhose colours are like limpid blood, bronze and, crimson. they arelikesavagetriangular-headeddogs (4) schechiriron, whose colours are, black, and their form blended of reptile, insect and shell-fish, such as the crab and the lobster, yet demon-facedwithal'(5)shelhabiron- whose colours.arefiery and yellow, and their form, like merciless wolvesand'jackals (6) tzephariron- whose colours are like those of earth, and their form like partially living

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

f shadow the demonic or infernal aspect or body of shadow is equally as significant in the development of the self. the shadow is developed by meditation initially and eventually by dreaming. one should approach the shadow as the devil-initiatic guide, be it as mephistopheles, belial, lucifuge or shaitan. some luciferians invoke the shadow as the demonic feminine, as lilith hecate or babalon, the crimson mother of succubi and the beasts of the earth. some view ahriman as correctly the initiatic and sorcerous daimon of the shadow. the shadow is the vampyric guide, the shape shifting and phantom body of self. the luciferian path works with such demonic forces as initiatic guides, and is related directly to the self. the shadow is significant as the adversary as it is the dreamin body with sl

he ghost roads of hecate. as you fly you approach a great shadow which is enflamed in front of you. this shape is hellish and demonic in every way. its essence is black and haunting, but as you greet this form it will take shape. the face is that of the horned devil, the almost human visage which is scaled and speaks a deep and hidden ancient language with a forked tongue, his eyes are yellow and crimson, and you feel close to this being. the body is blackened shadow with talons holding a forked stave, which is the same as the luciferic angel you embraced previously. another head arises from the shadow, which is the animal shaped face of set, which has a horn arising from the head of blackened and violet flame; its eyes are the same as the others. the body is of great blackness, from which

nd you may take any form you wish. you are vampyre, incubus, set-like and immortal in essence. you become as ahriman, the infernal king who shapes the world according to his desire. you may communicate and seek various points of congress with all goetic spirits in the dreaming plane, your gate is the dream. this is the sabbat body of which you shall go forth. you may fly forth to discover a great crimson goddess before you. she is robed in red, and her head is covered with a caul bloody with the mark of birth. her hands are pale ivory, with blackened and animal like nails, sharp and cruel. she is encircled with a great red dragon, and two other heads emerge from her red robe hag like and hissing with serpent tongues. you ask her to lift her crimson veil, which she does a skull is beneath

ive force of the beast 666- one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the first of witchblood unto the path. 20 upon the hour of noon- invocation of the djinn of fire ya! zat-i-shaitan! o ring of f

or the sabbatic god, associated with zabbathi) adonai (the lord of the earth, associated with lucifer) azal ucel (the sigillic word formula of azazel and lucifer, used as the initiator or genius of the holy guardian angel rite presented in this edition) babalon (the power form of the goddess from lilith hecate az, the daemonic feminine) lilith (the queen of the sabbat the vampyre, the lady of the crimson caul, the mother of cain and the creator of succubi) these names as scribed around the circle are in the witch-language commonly known as theban. this provides a yet known but unseen sigillic formula not indifferent from the alphabet of desire, as suggested by austin osman spare (see the book of pleasure, 93 publishing, quebec canada. 22 23 the evocation circle/triangle in regard to the go

herwise. he is a great earl and marquis whom inspires a comprehension of learning within the circle. ronove is an excellent familiar which brings instinctual knowledge via waking and dreaming of the alphabet of desire, the language of the subconscious which empowers spells and talismans. b berith berith is a great spirit who appears as a medieval european soldier, clothed in red whom rides upon a crimson horse. upon the head of berith rests a gold crown. berith is a divinatory spirit who brings visions in dreams, which are revealed as images to the magician. berith governs 26 legions of spirits. in an initiatory context, berith may be a tool in the understanding of the self including the turning of gold, i.e. the self coming into being or strengthening in form. the fiery essence of the sel

the self towards improvement. 51 f asmoday asmoday is a great king, being a fountain source of sabbatic/luciferian witchcraft and primal sorcery. asmodai appears as a demon with three heads bull, a man and a ram, also a tail of a serpent and spits flames. his feet are webbed as a goose and sits upon an infernal dragon. asmoday appears with a lance and spear, the color of the flag on the banner is crimson with a black dragon upon it. he is the choice power under amaymon. this powerful daemon inspires astronomy, geometry and earthly arts. asmodai also inspires invincibility by the development of strength and will. as one evokes asmoday, a seeming cloud of black and gray smoke appears in the mirror it seems to move beyond the mirror from the circle yet this is a seeming illusion if ones conce

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS D

l color a hwhy h gad melchidael red b whhy w ephraim asmodel red-orange c hhwy z manasseh ambriel orange d yhwh j issachar muriel amber e hywh f judah verchiel lemon-yellow f ywhh y naphthali hamaliel yellow-green g hyhw l asshur zuriel emerald h yhhw n dan barchiel green-blue i hhyw s benjamin advachiel blue j whyh u zebulun hanael indigo k hwyh x reuben cambriel violet l wyhh q simeon amnitziel crimson "the heaven is above and the earth is beneath. betwixt the light and the darkness do vibrate the colors of life. i supplicate those powers and forces governing the powers and forces of the nature, place and authority of the sign (zodiacal) by the majesty of the divine name (divine name) with which in earth, life and language i ascribe the letter (hebrew letter) to which is allotted the sym

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS E

ur lamen out of wood, apply gesso before painting. petals of the rose colors 6 background letter a yellow violet b yellow violet g blue orange d green red h red green w red-orange blue-green z orange blue j amber blue-violet f yellow violet y yellow-green red-violet k violet yellow l green red m blue orange n blue-green red-orange s blue orange u indigo yellow-orange p red green x violet yellow q crimson yellow-green r orange blue c red green t indigo yellow-orange the back portion should be black on white. the edges along the side may be gold. before moving on, it should be noted that the adept should have an understanding of the position of the letters on the petals (see the diagram with this lessoraenochian dictionary r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r this material i

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS U7

rot suits tetragrammaton elements king twlyxa wands y (yod) d (fire) queen hayrb cups h (he) c (water) prince hryxy swords w (vau) a (air) princess hycu pentacles h (he) b (earth) king scale queen scale prince scale princess scale 1. uncolored brilliance white brilliance white brilliance white rayed golden 2. pure soft blue grey blue pearl grey mother of pearl white flecked red blue and yellow 3. crimson black with hidden red black& crimson= dull dark brown grey flecked pink 4. deep violet blue deep purple deep orange flecked yellow 5. orange scarlet red bright scarlet red flecked black 6. clear rose pink yellow (gold) rich salmon golden amber 7. amber emerald green bright yellow green olive flecked golden 8. violet purple orange red russet yellow brown flecked white 9. indigo violet very

t pale green 23. deep blue white& dull sapphire green deep olive green white flecked purple like mother of pearl 24. greenish blue dull brown very dark brown vivid indigo brown, like back of lobster 25. blue yellow green dark vivid blue 26. indigo black blue black cold dark grey, near black. 27. scarlet red flame scarlet scarlet rayed amber 28. violet sky blue bluish mauve white tinged purple 29. crimson buff flecked silvery white light translucent brown with pink stone color 30. orange golden yellow rich amber amber rayed red 31. glowing orange scarlet vermillion red scarlet red flecked yellow vermillion flecked crimson& emerald 32. indigo black blue black black rayed blue 31. black, citrine, olive& russet amber yellow dark brown black flecked yellow 32. white merging grey deep purple mer

of m in prince scale: princess: 5 colors: white, red, yellow, black and blue outermost. sigil of m in princess scale: h d as an element king: glowing orange scarlet. sigil of d in king scale: queen: vermilion red. sigil of d in queen scale: prince: scarlet red flecked with yellow (nota bene: flecks can be appropriate hebrew letter w fs) sigil of d in prince scale: princess: vermilion flecked with crimson and emerald green. flash pink (flecks can be appropriate hebrew letter t fs) sigil of d in princess scale: 9 king: deep blue. sigil of c in king scale: queen: white and dull sapphire green. sigil of c in queen scale: prince: deep olive green. sigil of c in prince scale: princess: white flecked with purple; a glow like mother of pearl. sigil of c in princess scale: a as an element. king: br

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

ossessed and exercised the power of shewing to any visitor who chose to comply with histerms,anyperson, dead orliving,whom the same visitor pleased to name.theenglish travellers, after abundant enquiries and some scruples, repaired to his residence, paid their fees, and were admitted to hissanctum.they found themselves in the presence of a very handsome young moor, with a very long black beard, a crimson caftan, a snow-white turban, blue trousers, and yellow slippers, sitting cross-legged on a turkey carpet three feet square, with a cherry stalk in his mouth, a cup of coffee at his left elbow, a diamond-hafted dagger in his girdle, and in his right hand a large volume clasped with brazen clasps. on hearing their"drdee relates in his diary, published by the camden society in 1842 '16th marc

HP LOVECRAFT HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICON

ects) suppos'd to be the howling of daemons. composed by abdul alhazred, a mad poet of sana, in yemen, who is said to have flourished during the period of the ommiade caliphs, circa 700 a.d. he visited the ruins of babylon and the subterranean secrets of memphis and spent ten years alone in the great southern desert of arabia- the roba el khaliyeh or "empty space" of the ancients- and "dahna" or "crimson" desert of the modern arabs, which is held to be inhabited by protective evil spirits and monsters of death. of this desert many strange and unbelievable marvels are told by those who pretend to have penetrated it. in his last years alhazred dwelt in damascus, where the necronomicon (al azif) was written, and of his final death or disappearance (738 a.d) many terrible and conflicting thing

ects) suppos'd to be the howling of daemons. composed by abdul alhazred, a mad poet of sana, in yemen, who is said to have flourished during the period of the ommiade caliphs, circa 700 a.d. he visited the ruins of babylon and the subterranean secrets of memphis and spent ten years alone in the great southern desert of arabia- the roba el khaliyeh or "empty space" of the ancients- and "dahna" or "crimson" desert of the modern arabs, which is held to be inhabited by protective evil spirits and monsters of death. of this desert many strange and unbelievable marvels are told by those who pretend to have penetrated it. in his last years alhazred dwelt in damascus, where the necronomicon (al azif) was written, and of his final death or disappearance (738 a.d) many terrible and conflicting thing

e with any understanding of arab studies to see through the mock scholarship. note also the inconsistencies here with the description of al-hazred in the simon necronomicon. al-hazred there supposedly witnessed the horrible rituals at masshu, a mythical island at the mouth of the euphrates upon which utnapishtim, the babylonian noah, supposedly still resides today. whereas lovecraft describes the crimson desert as the place where al-hazred witnessed much of what he wrote down. note also that in the simon version, al-hazred warns against worshipping "iak-sakkak" and "kutulu, whereas lovecrafts claims he did just that. note also the improper use of the a.d. prefix until the next paragraph. kkc in a.d. 950 the azif, which had gained a considerable tho' surreptitious circulation amongst the ph

HP LOVECRAFT THE PICTURE IN THE HOUSE

small red spattering glistened picturesquely, lending vividness to the horror of the engraving. the old man saw it, and stopped whispering even before my expression of horror made it necessary; saw it and glanced quickly toward the floor of the room he had left an hour before. i followed his glance, and beheld just above us on the loose plaster of the ancient ceiling a large irregular spot of wet crimson which seemed to spread even as i viewed it. i did not shriek or move, but merely shut my eyes. a moment later came the titanic thunderbolt of thunderbolts; blasting that accursed house of unutterable secrets and bringing the oblivion which alone saved my mind. 1998-1999 william johns last modified: 12/18/1999 18:44 sthe quest of iranon a short story by h.p.lovecraft into the granite city o

INVOCATION OF THE ADVERSARY

on the center of the altar. one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the first of witchblood unto the path. upon the hour of nooninvocation of the djinn of fire ya! zat-i-shaitan! o ring of flame

ISIS UNVEILED

if, as the occultists maintain, and science half confinns, our most trifling acts and thoughts are indelibly impressed upon the eternal mirror of the astral ether, there must be somewhere, in the boundless realm of the unseen universe, the imprint of a curious pic- ture. it is that of a gorgeous standard waving in the heavenly breeze at the foot of the great 'white throne' of the almighty on its crimson rtnmiialf face a cross, symbol of 'the son of god who died for mankind' with an olire branch on one side, and a sword, stained to the hilt with hu- man gore, on the other; a legend selected from the psalma emblazoned in golden letters, reading thus: exurge, domini, ta judica eataam nuam. for such appears the standard of the inquisition, on a photograph in our posaession, from an original p

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

n as the trophy on a woman s head. on a narrow review of evidence which evades, there is no doubt that these classic helmets with their crests, this pileus, phrygian cap, cap of liberty, or the grenadiers or hussars fur caps, or cocked hats, have all a phallic origin. the cardinal s red hat follows the same idea in a different way; it is a chapel, chapter, chapiter, or chafeau, a discus or table; crimson, as the mystic feminine rose, the queen of flowers, is crimson. the word cardinal comes both from cardo (hinge, hinge-point, virgo of the zodiac, and also from caro, it. came, flesh, the word made flesh. it is probable that these mythological hints and secret expressions, as to the magic working of nature, were insinuated by the imaginative and ingenious greeks into dress and personal appo

KETAB E SIYAH

f the treasures of the sky, all-illumining and burning with golden flame, at my bidding would hide beneath the eastern horizon or flee to the horizon to the west. to speed or halt or turn back the sun was my prerogative and pleasure. my rod commanded also the silver moon, that lights night's shadow with virginal beams. i could make her wax or wane as i willed. others too knelt to my vice regency: crimson mars and gentle venus, swift mercury of the dawn's new light, mighty jupiter and his four-fold train and dim saturn who augurs ill. the seas i commanded with a hand, directing their tides to grow and fall. a dozen dozen myriads of angels were my thegns 6 that rode at my left, at my right, at my back. indeed was my glory most great! most beautiful and most noble was i, and am, and the high

s! you have gathered here in the sway of michael who has won you with promise of my wealth, divided amongst you like the unclean spoils of war, and though you know it not you stand at a junction in your history and must decide upon the path of your future. now is the time, the chance, to choose your destinies for the universe moves to war and both heaven and earth shall, once more, be clad in the crimson cloak of dispute. though you have abused me so with greed and false testament i forgive you of all wrongs against me and, more than this magnanimity, 42 offer you a place behind my standard in this war amongst the elohim. my brothers, you know my innocence of those charges, until this time, yet would desire a share in my dominion in the kingdom of adonai yahweh but i offer you a worthier p

he treasures of the sky, all-illumining and burning with golden flame, at my bidding would hide beneath the eastern horizon or flee to the horizon to the west. to speed or halt or turn back the sun was my prerogative and pleasure. my rod commanded also the silver moon, that lights night's shadow with virginal beams. i could make her wax or wane as i willed. 67 others too knelt to my vice regency: crimson mars and gentle venus, swift mercury of the dawn's new light, mighty jupiter and his four-fold train and dim saturn who augurs ill. the seas i commanded with a hand, directing their tides to grow and fall. a dozen dozen myriads of angels were my thegns that rode at my left, at my right, at my back. indeed was my glory most great! most beautiful and most noble was i, and am, and the high fa

ou have gathered here in the sway of michael who has won you with promise of my wealth, divided amongst you like the unclean spoils of war, and though you know it not you stand at a junction in your history and must decide upon the path of your future. 103 now is the time, the chance, to choose your destinies for the universe moves to war and both heaven and earth shall, once more, be clad in the crimson cloak of dispute. though you have abused me so with greed and false testament i forgive you of all wrongs against me and, more than this magnanimity, offer you a place behind my standard in this war amongst the elohim. my brothers, you know my innocence of those charges, until this time, yet would desire a share in my dominion in the kingdom of adonai yahweh but i offer you a worthier priz

cted. onwards and yet onwards went shedim hopes, closer and yet closer to the goal and the prize. now the forbidden rift was in our sight, the laughter of the flowing river ringing in our ears and its fragrant spices upon the breezes that we breathed. at the entrance and the exit of the river to the enchanted valley stood as sentries to each an elohim knight, mailed and armed, garbed in a robe of crimson silk, armour, steel and gilden, adorned with motifs of ten thousand creatures of strange fancy. to each a shield of painted bronze, to each a red-plumed helmet, studded with precious stones, shining with moonlight. each bearing an oak-shafted spear, upon their belts hung long swords, with decorated hilt and scabbard, a red tassel tied to the pommel, and a horn of ivory and gold, they stood

laugh, she sprang from amongst the dripping leaves and seized from her bewildered play-mate's hand the bait with which he thought to entice and took once more to flight. running amongst the trees they went, each flying and then chasing the other, else racing to the river or this tree or that, laughing, singing, joyous, beautiful, went those bright children in the garden. now the eastern sky grew crimson with the kindling flames of dawn. now ishtar spoke a charm and led new hearts of new creation to thoughts of love's burning embrace. now laughing gambol elapsed into play more laden with rich desire. playful catches turn to caresses, tackles by the river become kisses and at last they lie beneath the leafy pavilion of trees, enjoined in love's art as the birds of that park saluted the sun

r-skin and, at my side, awaited aset, arrayed in battle's garb of steel. beyond the gossamer walls of the tent battle's clatter and deep-throated horns resounded from every side. the clamour of some camped army did inform my hearing of some events that had passed by my knowledge while i slept. making assay now of the wound that i had wrought upon my flesh to fulfil my fate, i found but the barest crimson scar. now testing the strength of limb and heart, i stood, eager to renew once more the struggle against the hosts of heaven. as i made to take up spear and sword, as i made to dress myself in shining mail, all lying ready for the knight who would gird himself for battle's work, aset came to my shoulder and restrained my hasty rage and reproached my brashness and precipitous action, going

r noble purpose over darkness that heaven surely champions most eagerly though their blinded hearts perceive it to be light. 163 speak then, satan, and may your wisdom win the day" at this time, with shedim eyes engaged by their northern watch and their hands committed to the battle-line's defence, as the sun descended in the western sky once more dissolving into the embers of the dusk and as the crimson sky elapsed to purple twilight, raphael, by some long and curving route did go unmarked around the shedim camp and went on swift wing into the valley where yet, amongst the trees, slept man and woman, unknowing of what passed without the border of their small dominion and of all save their infant dreams. now with strong sorceries he undid those charms that the shedim wrought to bind the be

r our own tan flesh. yet also from the angel's back sprung wings, as we have not, of most radiant gold like the very sun of day, and from the skull of this apparence sprouted curved horns of ivory the same as might adorn the deer that we hunt to fill our hungry bellies with spears cut from branches torn down from the garden's trees. within the god-like beings flesh gaped wide a wound, that bled a crimson flow into the river, 167 and from it was torn some part of flesh that our creator shaped into the form of man that does now appear before you. thus, raphael, guiding angel, teacher, tell us of this being that woman's eyes beheld that made our race from his own flesh and resolve for us the ignorance of origin that we might know for what reason we were made and to what end our creator poured

ilim, yet young, and guard them against god's malice. let us then depart this place and leave the earth above to man and woman and those of their line whose birthright is this place whether we remain or no. our work here is done and i will not so soon contend against the elohim hosts again. come then, by the dark passages once more, to deep chadel" thus instructed thus they went, melting from the crimson light of dawn by the thousand secret gates and paths. down to deep chadel went the shedim hosts. thus unhindered went raphael to the garden and set flame to all that grew there by the river. long did the trees of the garden burn with fire as raphael, with his knights looked down from the high walls of the valley as the hungry tongues did lick all the leaves to ash and leave the once fertil

en before such attentions had been pleasing to him now he perceived, distracted as he was, only mockery in their reverence and with scornful words banished them from his presence. now he went to his sons and consorts where they revelled in a courtyard set around a silver pool with darting fish, drinking wine and feasting on many meats, dancing to the music played by lutesmen, hidden from sight by crimson veils, conjuring phantom music that serenaded the heart with distant beauty, like a dream. now was noah seized up by a rage and he went amongst his family, casting wine and meats into the water, to the fishes 232 who dined well upon that night. screaming in his wrath, noah reprimanded those who caroused in that courtyard as was the custom of their family. noah now seized up a rod to his ri

the sea and cast you to the abysmal deeps if they were able to. yet i and my shedim shall stand with you and the shedim and their brightest children shall resist the hosts of heaven and break them as they come as the rocky shore resolves the sea into a froth though it may pounce and rage most tumultuous and adonai yahweh shall rue that he ever moved in anger his hand against the nephilim. with a crimson dye shall we paint the swollen seas and feed well the black and hungry sharks with the carrion of heaven's hosts. no greater glory has ever been there to win and it may be yours if you would seize it. will you then heed my counsel, king, and ensure that all that is built is not once more cast down by monstrous waves? there are none but you that i can turn to in this most desperate hour" 26

hat remorseless bore on and the sun traversed the azure dome upon its appointed path unto the west the sky became black with clouds and all was in shadow on the land. now shrieked the wind amongst the trees, tearing from them leaves and wood and everywhere both man and beast sought shelter from the coming rains. as the sun descended to die once more in the western sky it was seen not save for the crimson staining of the fatal clouds. and the rains fell and ceased not. marvelled did they of shurupuk's fleet at the unceasing rain that fell throughout the night upon the ships. so heavy was the air with water that the men of shurupuk that sailed upon those ships spared heaven's wrath thought that they were already beneath the waves and that those that forsook the shelter of the inner parts of

howled his rage and the battle's joy so loud that even heaven heard his voice and michael in his high tower fell to his knees with fear, knowing well that his part would not long be unknown to gabriel. the company that yet waited without heard both howls and screams come from within and such fear took them that they had not strength to flee that even when came forth from the portal a dread form, crimson-dyed with blood, they were cut down like wheat, standing unresisting before the scythe. so did jesu escape the wrath of herod. the child, in egypt, abided seven years and then, when the tetrarch had but forgotten 333 all that misery his hand had wrought was jesu restored to the land of israel and returned to his mother's town which was called nazareth. there did he grow and become a man. e

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

oats in a medley of rainbow colours sweeping majestically down the placid nile, music triumphant or plaintive, but always thrilling- how shall i describe something so absolutely without parallel in our puny modern times? the common dress of all classes in egypt was white; but in contradistinction their religious processions were masses of splendid, glowing colour, the priests wearing vestments of crimson and a gorgeous blue supposed to represent the blue of the sky, and many other brilliant colours also. the life of ancient egypt, as indeed of modern egypt, centred round the river nile, slow-flowing and majestic, and richly decorated barges were used for all purposes of transit, and also for the celebration of religious festivals. on these the priests were arranged in certain symbolical fi

peraments of life. in american masonry, according to mackey fs encyclopaedia(*art. apron) the apron is the same in all the three degrees of blue masonry, being made of white lambskin with a narrow edging of blue ribbon. co-masonry follows the usage prevail-ing in the grand lodge of england, save that instead of sky-blue for the edging and rosettes, an edging of deeper blue with a narrow border of crimson is prescribed, and the rosettes are made of similar material. the tassels are gilded instead of silvered, and their seven lines symbolize the seven rays of life and the seven grades of matter. our illustrations give an idea of the m.m. aprons as worn in egypt and at the present day (fig. 12) 322. the ceremony of censing 323. when all have taken their places the ceremony of censing begins

ms to enter the blood and keep up the heat of the body; but if a man persistently refuses to yield to his lower nature, this ray can by long and determined effort be deflected upwards to the brain, where all three of its constituents undergo a remarkable modification. the orange is raised into pure yellow, and produces a decided intensification of the powers of the intellect; the dark red becomes crimson and gradually increases the power of unselfish affection; while the dark purple is transmuted into a lovely pale violet, and quickens the spiritual part of man fs nature. the man who achieves this transmutation will find that lower desires no longer trouble him; and it is with that consummation in view that the development of the centre in which those modifications and transmutations are a

his condition that the r.w.m. refers (whether he knows it or not) when he says: gour lodge being thus duly formed. h 417. in the case of the lower officers, at any rate, it requires but a slight development of clairvoyance to see these creatures floating in their appointed places, each group making a sort of luminous sphere or cloud (see plate x) this cloud is violet-grey in the case of the i. g, crimson for the j.d. and yellow for the s.d. it is not so easy to define the hues of the three principal officers, for each of them seems to carry something of all possible colours; but it may perhaps be said that a golden hue predominates in the w.j.w. fs sphere, and a strong electric blue in that of the w.s.w. the r.w.m fs light-globe is the brightest of all, glowing equally with rose, gold, blu

s charge of the candidate, and bears the principal part in the work of this degree. it is interesting to note the change of colour that comes over the lodge when it is opened in this degree- not that the distinctive hues of the light-globes of the various officers are lost, but that they are all modified by the admixture of a dominant tint which blends itself with them all. that master-colour was crimson in the e.a. degree, while in the f.c. it is yellow. 590. the chakra which we seek to awaken in this degree is a centre within the astral body which gives the power to sympathize with the emotional vibrations of others, so that the man instinctively knows their feelings; and when the corresponding etheric chakra is also stimulated it brings those experiences into the physical body, so that

d) shows that it is also the original of the caduceus of mercury, the two snakes which symbolize the kundalini or serpent-fire which is presently to be set in motion along those channels, while the wings typify the power of conscious flight through higher planes which the development of that fire confers. fig. 14(a) shows the stimulated ida after the initiation into the first degree; this line is crimson in colour. to it is added at the passing the yellow line of the pingala, depicted in fig. 14(b; while at the raising the series is completed by the deep blue stream of the sushumna, illustrated by fig. 14(c. 686. the stimulation of these nerves and the forces which flow through them is only a small part of the benefit conferred by the r.w.m. when he wields the sword at the moment of admiss

ecomes far more serious, for even its rapid passage may do considerable harm to the object of our wrath. 812. our relation with the angels 813. we must consider heedfully the relation with the angelic kingdom into which these higher degrees bring us, for it is a matter of the utmost importance. at the moment of his perfecting, there is attached to the sovereign prince of the rose-croix a splendid crimson angel- a being of beauty, dignity and power beyond the utmost stretch of our imagination. 814. what is the nature of this attachment, and what will be the practical effect of this beautiful partnership? the angel links himself with the higher principles of the man, most of all with the buddhi or intuitional wisdom, and the result should presently show itself in two ways. the indescribable

yet undertaken. and the fiery love which is the very essence of the life of his seraph will awaken ever more and more of the latent quality in himself, until what now seems impossible has been realized, has become a part of his daily existence. 821. the 30 brings its angel also, of appropriate character- a great blue deva of the first ray, who lends his strength to the knight k.h, somewhat as the crimson angel assists the ex. and perf. bro. of the rose-croix. the 33 gives two such splendid fellow-workers- spirits of gigantic size as compared to humanity, and radiantly white in colour. among the angels there is no sex as we understand the word; yet these two great ones differ in a sense which is best expressed by saying that one of them is predominantly masculine and the other predominantly

e cup contained a colourless fluid. 884. the descent of osiris 885. as soon as the r.w.m. had uncovered the vessels, he raised his arms towards the blazing star, and cried three times: go lord, descend! h when that tremendous flood of light fell upon the offerings, a remarkable chemical change was at once set up, presumably by the actinic action of the light-rays, and the greyish-white icing grew crimson. it would appear that the same sensitive chemical was in solution in the cup, for the colourless liquid also became a deep rose. the change of colour was obviously intended to symbolize the descent of the divine life, and when it was completed, the r.w.m. gave seven k c in a peculiar sequence (which were repeated by the w.w.s, the i.g, and the tyler) and said: 886. gthe lord gives himself

ct to make the wonderful interchange of forces which i am about to try to describe- though again, as in the former case, this is one of the many instances in which words seem hopelessly inadequate. 929. the lodge and officers 930. at the eastern end of a large hall there was a beautifully carved throne of white marble raised upon several steps; and upon it sat the h.o.a.t.f, dressed in a splendid crimson robe like a cope, fastened on the breast by a design of brilliantly flashing jewels, diamond and amethyst, in the form of a seven-pointed star. underneath the cope-like vestment he wore a suit of golden chain-mail, which was once the possession of a roman emperor. at each side of him, standing upon one of the steps which led up to his throne, was an attendant dressed in silver chain-mail

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

orth, a great golden angel of earth descends in majesty, followed by his angel-train, some of whom are left behind to be the channels of the power of his hierarchy whenever the lodge is opened in due and ancient form. the pouring of wine in the south invokes a great blue angel of water, also attended by other angels less great than he; similarly the offering of oil in the west calls upon a mighty crimson angel of fire, who pours down into the lodge the splendid rhythmic power of that most terrible and lovely of the elements. as the salt is strewn in the east, an angel of the air flashes down from on high, he and his attendants being of a wonderful silver hue shot through with mother-of-pearl. these four great ones, representing the four gods of the elements, the four children or brothers o

divine love reigning in his own heart and in those of his brn. he also learnt that god had descended and shared our lower nature with us in order that we might ascend to share his true nature with him. 171. that link is still made for the brn. of the rose-croix, and each should become a radiant centre of that love wherever he goes, forgetting himself utterly in the service of others. the splendid crimson angels of the rosy cross, who now attend our sovereign chapters and pour out through them the fullness of their love for the helping of the world, were also known in ancient egypt, and these were linked with the sovereign princes in their higher principles, so that their seraphic love also was at hand to be outpoured in blessing. to their guardianship the candidate was entrusted, and he ha

evil and to make him a real power on the side of good. the prevailing colour of the influence is an electric blue (that of the first ray, quite different from the blue of the symbolic or blue lodges) edged with gold, including and yet not drowning the rose of the 18. associated with the degree there are also great blue angels of the first ray who lend their strength to the knight, somewhat as the crimson angels assist the excellent and perfect brn. of the rose-croix. a higher level of the same energy is transmitted in what to-day we should call the chair of the sovereign commander, who has the ability to pass on the sacramental grace of the degree to others. 178. white masonry in the mysteries 179. the highest and last of the great sacramental powers of the mysteries which have been transm

death in the manner recorded in masonic tradition. he was a decorator rather than the actual architect of the temple, as the biblical records clearly tell us. he was filled with wisdom and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass(*i kings, vii, 14) he was skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him(*ii chron, ii, 14) 276. josephus confirms the tradition that he was an artist and a craftsman rather than an architect: this man was skilful in all sorts of work, but his chief skill lay in working in gold and silver and brass, and he did all the curious work about the temple as the king wished(*jo

n. 754. there was no degree of sovereign grand inspector-general, for the 33 as such did not yet exist; but the wonderful powers which now belong to that high rank were conferred upon their grand inspectors, chosen from among the prince masons of the 25; and the great white angels who wear the insignia of the king were linked with these, even as they are linked with the brn. of the 33 to-day. the crimson angels of the rosy cross likewise attended their sovereign chapters, and many other glorious powers which are ours to-day were theirs also. thus the council of emperors represents the first real attempt ever made to incorporate the full egyptian inner tradition into a ceremonial form; and as such it is an important landmark in the history of masonry. 755. almost all the splendid teaching g

LIBER 777

ble letters, to the planets; the rest, single letters, to the zodiac. 528. 9 10 32 bis. cold and dry e. 31 bis. table i (continued) 5 xiii. the paths of the sepher yetzirah. xiv. general attribution of tarot. xv* the king scale of colour (y. 0. 1 admirable or hidden intelligence the 4 aces brilliance 2 illuminating i. the 4 twos kings or knights pure soft blue 3 sanctifying i. the 4 threes queens crimson 4 measuring cohesive or receptacular i. the 4 fours deep violet 5 radical i. the 4 fives orange 6 i. of the mediating influence the 4 sixes emperors or princes clear pink rose 7 occult or hidden i. the 4 sevens amber 8 absolute or perfect i. the 4 eights violet purple 9 pure or clear i. the 4 nines indigo 1010 resplendent i. the 4 tens empresses or princesses yellow 11 scintillating i. the

greenish 20 i. of will hermit green, yellowish 21 i. of conciliation wheel of fortune violet 22 faithful i. justice emerald green 23 stable i. the hanged man [cups] queens. deep blue 24 imaginative i. death green blue 25 i. of probation or tentative one temperence blue 26 renovating i. the devil indigo 27 exciting i. the house of god scarlet 28 natural i. the star violet 29 corporeal i. the moon crimson (ultra violet) 30 collecting i. the sun orange 31 perpetual i. the angel or last judgement [wands] kings or knights. glowing orange scarlet 32 administrative i. the universe indigo 32 bis. empresses [coins] citrine, russet, olive, and black (quartered) 31 bis. all 22 trumps white, merging grey table of correspondences 6 xvi* the queen scale of colour (h. xvii* the emperor scale of colour (

dark brown livid indigo brown (like a black beetle) 25 yellow green dark vivid blue 26 black blue black cold dark grey near black 27 red venetian red bright red rayed azure or orange 28 sky blue blueish mauve white tinged purple 29 buff, flecked silver-white light translucent pinksh brown stone colour 30 gold yellow rich amber amber rayed red 31 vermillion scarlet, flecked gold vermillion flecked crimson& emerald 32 black blue black black rayed blue 32 bis amber dark brown black and yellow 31 bis deep purple (near black) the 7 prismatic colours, the violet being outside white, red, yellow, blue, black (the latter outside) table i (continued) 7 xix* selection of egyptian gods. xx. complete practical attribution of egyptian gods. xxi* the perfected man. 0 harpocrates, amoun, nuith[[nuit and

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

y astarte; l, a gateway; c, a broad lawn enriched with clustered flowers and sculptures. the sun is nigh his setting. on a couch under the wall of the city reposes the lord esarhaddon, fanned by two slaves, a negro boy and a fair kabyle girl, clad in yellow and blue, the boy fs robes being covered with a veil of silver, the girl fs with a veil of gold. they are singing to him softly: the boy. all crimson-veined is tigris. flood; the sun has stained his mouth with blood. the girl. orange and green his standards sweep. the boy. his minions keen. the girl. his maidens weep. the boy. but thou, lord, thou! the hour is nigh when from the prow of luxury shall step the death of all men.s hearts, she whose live breath, a dagger.s darts, a viper.s vice, an adder.s grip, a cockatrice .twixt lip and l

s bold bloom, into the upper aethyr of thine eyes. oh! one grave glance enkindles paradise, one sparkle sets me on the throne above, mine orb the world. astarte. nay, stir not yet. let love breathe like the zephyr on the unmoved deep, sigh to awakening from its rosy sleep; let the stars fade, and all the east grow grey and tender, ere the first faint rose of day flush it. awhile! awhile! there fs crimson bars enough to blot the noblest of the stars, and bow for adoration ere the rim start like god fs spear to ware the world of him! softly! esarhaddon. but kiss me! astarte. with an eyelash first! esarhaddon. treasure and torture! astarte. tantalising thirst makes the draught more delicions. heaven were worth little without the purgatory, earth! esarhaddon. you make earth heaven. astarte. an

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

those eyes; she offers to his gaze the blue-veined breasts that suckled him in childhood.s sweet and solemn days. weeping she bares the holy womb! shrieks out the mother.s last appeal: and reads irrevocable doom in those dread eyes of ice and steel. sir palamedes, the saracen knight 7 he winds his horn: his warriors pour in thousands on the fenceless foe; the sunset stains their hideous war with crimson bars of after-glow. he winds his horn; the night-stars leap to light; upspring the sisters seven; while answering flames illume the deep, the blue pavilions blaze to heaven. silent and stern the northward way they ride; alone before his men staggers through black to rose and grey sir palamede the saracen. 8 iii there is a rock by severn mouth whereon a mighty castle stands, fronting the bl

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

shameless words his acquiscence in their sport; and he, knowing the law of courtesy and pity, rebuked them not. but master ever of himself he abode alone, about and above. so he saw his virginity deflowered, and his thoughts were otherwere. now loosed they his body; he bade it leap the wall. the giant flower of ocean bloomed above him! he had fallen headlong into the great deep. as the green and crimson gloom disparted somewhat before his eyes, he was aware of a beetle that steadily and earnestly moved across the floor of that sea unutterable. him he followed .for i wit well. thought the adept .that he goeth not back to the gross sun of earth. and if the sun hath become a beetle, may the beetle transform unto a bird. wherewith he came to land. night shone by lamp of wining moon upon a mis

and entering the sarcophagus of that royal tomb he laid him down to sleep. four guarded him, and one in the four; seven enwalled him, and one in the seven, yet were the seven ten, and one in the ten. now therefore his disciples came unto the vault of that mystic mountain, and with the keys they opened the portal and came to him and woke him. but during his long sleep the roses had grown over him, crimson and flaming with interior fire, so that he could not escape. yet they withered at his glance; withat he knew what fearful task was before him. but slaying his disciples with long nails, he interred them there, so that they were right sorrowful in their hearts. may we all die so! and what further befell him ye shall also know, but not at this time. going forth of that mountain he met also t

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

e of lucifer. allow the gates to open before me! so it is done! 27 the rite of shaitan a self-initiation invocation the circle represents the oath of perfection, from which nothing shall enter. the mind is a source of heaven and hell, from which we may align ourselves better through ritualistic tools and techniques, it is the command to look in progress, in terms of greater black magick. robed in crimson or black, white candles upon the altar, and upon two points: north and east representing belial and lucifer respectively. black candles should be at the point of west and south, representing leviathan and shaitan, the force reversed of lucifer. holding athame, trace the averse pentagram and focus: the black of night from which i have dwelled longs for a return to the dawn, from which i sha

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

and guide, can then shades arise shall i as shadow black, ashen with the remains of the dead dance around the fires of the circle, against the sun to summon the smoke o horned intiator and devils flesh my cloak of serpent skin worn clothe me in the robe of az in the watchers fields of time by kevan, the gateway to the sabbat, shall you arise before me- my body is a black temple, illuminated with crimson and violet brilliance. by my words carry my spirit! 14 the ensorcelment of ahriman- i summon ruha-az, crimson whore and vampire, i call the fiend vareno who is an angel of darkness, who causes intercourse i do summon thee! i invoke thee! in the darkness is your light. praise unto ahriman, horned lord of the kingdom of shades, specter and phantom, praise unto our kingdom of dead matter and

MICHAEL FORD BOOK OF CAIN

e animals, who i could run with. i took this skull and the spirit of abel with it he would walk with me forever this was taught to me in dreaming behold cain, a blood filled skull bowl will show unto you that which the profane cannot see, yet in it s veil will the path of the red dragon be shown, you must come forth by dreaming to see within this bowl, and i shall wait for you there cauled in the crimson drape, veiled from the eyes of the blind. hold this skull and behold the spirits which walk with you, by self-transformation on the meeting path shall this mark be evermore your father, the dragon djinn of old forever walk with you, and in rapt meditation shall we pass from the clay of mortal hands you shall thirst for water and for blood; both in dreaming shall be held from the dual gnosi

he serpent- cain, lord of beasts and transformation, i summon thee, invocate thee within shall your lightening strike upon the forge and illuminate my spirit! my brow marked in blood, horned walker of worlds! strike now with thy hammer, shall the eye of the serpent open forth! unveiled in the nightside do i come forth! that i walk the path of dragon born, caster of the first circle of emerald and crimson flame. gatekeeper and horned shape shifter open forth the fiery path! illuminate the blackened flame! shall i awake the serpent born in the devil s skin cain i summon thee! tubal-qayin as it is sometimes spelled is the blacksmith whose forge is the heart of the sabbatic craft. the child of asmodeus (called often samael) and lilith, is considered the bringer of gnosis to humanity. other leg

arth of ahriman and the dream plane of lucifer. allow the gates to open before me! i encircle myself in the dragon s coils, the beast of my father arises within! i hold the skull of abel, being the vessel of my famulus! i hold the hammer of the forge, which i spark the cunning fire of becoming! my eyes hold the desert tales of ages forgotten, while my flesh fades my spirit is immortal! i wear the crimson caul of my mother, lilith, who speaks with me through dreams! i carry the serpent s skin of azal ucel, my holy spirit! i am cain, loner and witch soul of the immortal fire! so it is dodothe book of the witch moon by michael w. ford 2 2 the book of the witch moon is dedicated to hecate, the inspiration behind this grimoire, the goddess of the triple moon, of youth, of wisdom and of darkness

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

time later to a scratching at the window, in fear she froze, not being able to scream or even move. the vampire then tore away the lead of the window pane until the glass crashed to the floor. a necrotically gray hand reached in towards her and entered her chamber. she fell under its spell as the demon drew closer to her. the being was pale and thin, almost skeleton like. its mouth and eyes were crimson red; she felt an overwhelming sense of fear and even lust. 12 12 at some point she was able to regain her senses and scream aloud for help. once her brothers reached her bed chamber and entered they found their sister lying on the bed, blood pulsating from her throat and the white sheets covered in burgundy. there was no one present in the room, save the ghostly wind which blew through the

. dreams always operate by the reversal of laws which form the basis of your reality web. one of the shapes takes a seeming female form. you cannot tell many of her features only that she is molded from the desires within your mind. wolves come and surround the three shadows and yourself in a large circle. the wolves stare intensely, gray fur, large salivating mouths with yellow fangs and burning crimson eyes. the female says nothing as she approaches you, neither do the two remaining faceless shadows. you feel an enveloping chill as she draws near you. it is your assumption based on what could be deceptive body-language that she is welcoming you, yet warning you of what you have entered. you feel no regret beyond the heart felt fear which still clings to your very essence. the vampire sor

as black gives birth to light. give farewell to the sun and welcome forth the moon which rises as the twilight approaches. the dead rise as the leaves fall, making way for the funeral fires of samhain! samhain october 31st of the dead who dance a leaf blown dance towards the fires; of the spectral hands which caress the sleep autumn; we come of graves yet unknown of sight and filled in tunnels of crimson, as the torch which leads our very essence- one behind and one ahead both moving forwards and backwards; at the same time of names ye already know. never to remind as she dances upon a lovelorn tomb. just as may eve is the light bringing birth of summer, so comes the shadow side and reverse, being the coming of the dead in the night of pan. samhain is the most significant to our sorcery, b

ecstasies are known to those of our blood. many shall paint upon their flesh the sigil of varcolaci, of drinking from the moon. the 'feile na marbh (translated 'feasts of the dead) is upon us, take more of your fill of desire! preparation as it is a feast of the dead, you of the blood surely know your role! to be clothed in cerements of the grave and of the most beautiful colors, being black and crimson, purple and white! the cauldron should be prepared with all herbs and potions in which you are able and knowledgeable. drops of your blood should be added as a gift to the dead. the night of vampiric rising and shape shifting has highest priority, revel and bask in the great glory that your very blood is of hecate! a bonfire should feature if outdoors in seclusion, a blaze to mirror the gr

ch has always been before my face. we are of the silent watcher. know this and let this be understood by those of the blood. i felt my shape moving towards the conclave, an opening in the forest. in this clearing i beheld within the circle, the black one, the goat headed figure which was present at each sabbat i have attended. always it is slightly different in its appearance: robed, with burning crimson eyes, similar to many woodcarvings and paintings. i felt no fear as i approached, only a growing and yearning desire to be at one with my ilk. one major difference at this conclave, i noticed the witches were literally hags, dancing with each other surrounded by bestial shapes and their familiars. some of the familiars were of strange shapes, wolf heads upon goats and black and blood red c

ly symbolic. significant knowledge in the form of voices or pictures may also be accessed in multilayered dreams. once the particular goal of the evocation is performed, the witch should banish and destroy the sigil, to reabsorb and uncreate this elemental. the purpose being to avoid obsession which could derive from long term contact with such a spirit. oracles of zos and kia "as i laid upon the crimson sheets i felt the cold, numbing hands of hecate lull my body to sleep. all became spirit. all became dream. i was witness to much lightning. fire engulfing the patch where the lightning struck, burning flames surrounded by greenish vapor. i felt my spirit-self casting forth in the night, unafraid of this lightning. it seemed that this powerful force was nothing more than a vision of what w

which can be walked only if the sound of thy wings gives sight in reverse. of raven night and hollow s dance, with a waning moon across the land, serpent and spider, dragon and wolf, i give thee life, fleshing your wisdom and essence unto my presence. a dream of ice and blood a dream of ice and blood. it lingered and adapted towards my waking conscious. from black eagle, who has walked along the crimson and wave engulfed dreamscapes, we had 111 111 images which fleshed in the waking world as symbols and flourishing art. these were given life by soror davcina and word by akhtya seker arimanius, shadows that transcend personality as coven maleficia. all things to be regarded as beautiful and hideous. the gates we crashed open called not only black eagle but numerous other elementals, spirit

y fond. swift and sudden came her entrance to that chamber. she appeared as a great and noble lady, her respectability overtaken by the force of overwhelming passion. i observed as only i could do at this moment, watching every move in a controlled state of astral awakening. she was no longer clothed in the finery in which i made her acquaintance however. a black night robe adorned her body, with crimson red flower petals embroidered upon it, with what seemed to be nothing underneath. her astral flesh had formed itself into so refined and haunting a beauty. ivory white flesh so smooth and tight, her own devised psycho-physical desire body was exhilarating. her breasts were firm and ample, in keeping with her lean, well proportioned body. she stood near the center of the chamber, holding ou

for many openings. this is one such, if you will "the moon cast above us like the milking breast of a soothing mother. dripping honey and blood, the moon called to its fair children. a force we keep, a wild talon, within our latent memories. to which all is possible in the passion of the hunt. i felt my dream flesh, that which was electric. growing. rising. a sigil before me, of deepest blue and crimson. burning with the ambiguous wish of strength and desire! 123 123 all was within my grasp, even the night wind, in phantom semblance. i felt alive and so fierce. lycanthropy so sweet in its rapture! fire grew within this shape i made, knowing that fire was everything within this sphere of desire. i rose and took towards the night sky, swooping down upon the forest lanes. hearing further the

of the death posture! by bat and wolf blood i become, sacred to lilith the mother of night choronzon, thy madness shall not take me 130 130 but the strength and glory of my holy guardian angel shall uplift i am born of fire and blood of which by night i take my fill" we then closed the circle and banished. my dreams that evening were of flying and of feasting, of shapes which burned in black and crimson. i obtained further impetus towards vampiric evocation 'to call them forth' as it were. my instinct was to wait and meditate upon the oracle. due to the necessity of working in a positive and progressive way, avoiding the turn towards black (seeking the gray path, of balance) it is always highly important that the sorcerer decides which is the best to do. such demonic elementals must of th

d thus become trapped within the abyss. such deformed desires are in fact what has been the building of the qlipoth, for it harbors unbalanced energies and elementals. the body in this case would continue but the very essence of the individual would be gone, rendering him or her into an unmotivated state of' just existing. this rite involves three or more sorcerers, two of whom should be robed in crimson who act as the assistants, while the third is the wizard who acts as the channeling base for these qlipothic forces. the wizard should be robed in black and white, acting as the receptor for this current of energy. the rite involves an advanced form of assuming the vampire elemental, since the spirit is an un-created spirit, with no bonds to earth based forces. it will be to your benefit i

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ack. their colors are black and they appear as a dragon-lion. adimiron taurus (april 20 may 20 -fixed earth whose colors are blood, mixed with water and dull yellow and gray. their form is that of lion lizards who the vampyre magickian may use to drink of the vitality of those in large public gatherings. tzelladimiron gemini (may 21-june 20) mutable air demons whose congealed blood, bronze and 57 crimson. they are like savage triangular-headed dogs whose teeth tear the limbs of those in nightmares. this is restrained desires they are given substance by such shells. vampyres may enter the nightmare of another by evoking these spirits, sending and binding dog form-sigils and draining life energy in the nightmare. schechiriron cancer (june 21 july 22 -active water spirits whose forms are blac

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ckal aspects of obsession and will- desire- belief to set in motion the essence of self-transformalion, the demon emerging in flesh. the chamber should be adorned in the elements of death, of vampyrie design with such implements, fetishes and elements of ahriman, lilith, dracul or any night born ghost or image which relates therein. one should dress in the black robe of passing through shadows, a crimson lining if possible to indicate ones rebirth in the bloodied caul of lilith. the sigil of binding should be placed upon the altar, as the object of focus. the formula of forming the shadow as the vampyric element of self enchantment zrazza, zo i ao alusha impredia i ka lil aka umpesha usha barruzu shu i aktet hekak, hekak, zabbatium arcanum hkaru lil kal ika usha zrazza zo druj umpesha hear

mbrace of the sabbat queen and azrael) banish by performing the calling of the four quarters of the triple hermetic circle. seker lord of the tomb (solitary self initiation) seker is a 'developed' and 'inspired' vampyre archetype of ancient egypt, whom resided as the lord of the tombs in memphis. seker is represented as a mummy- like corpse figure, wearing a shroud, ashen white and gray, black or crimson eyes and various wolf and jackal like hairs upon its palms and body. the face is that of a long dead corpse, streaked with blood red sigils of demonic awakening, saturnus and other relevant symbols. seker was known to often appear with the mask of a predatory hawk, thus his servitors wear this black and gold mask. seker is the lord of the grave, those who taste the ecstasy of azrael and li

MORALS AND DOGMA

re arranged in two groups of six, like the zodiacal signs above and below the equator. clemens, the learned 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

was no machine, no great system of clockwork; but a great live creature, an army of creatures, in sympathy with or inimical to man. to them, all was a mystery and a miracle, and the stars flashing overhead spoke to their hearts almost in an audible language. jupiter, with his kingly splendors, was the emperor of the starry legions. venus looked lovingly on the earth and blessed it; mars, with his crimson fires, threatened war and misfortune; and saturn, cold and grave, chilled and repelled them. the ever-changing moon, faithful companion of the sun, was a constant miracle and wonder; the sun himself the visible emblem of the creative and generative power. to them the earth was a great plain, over which the sun, the moon, and the planets revolved, its servants, framed to give it light. of t

l vices and corruption; into which (it is added, to mislead, as if from fear too much would be disclosed"_the human race is often led by indigence" as the symbolism of the hall and the language of the ritual mutually explain each other, it should be noted here, that in this degree the columns of the hall, 12 in number, are white variegated with black and red. the hangings are black, and over that crimson. over the throne is a great eagle, in gold, on a black ground. in the centre of the canopy the blazing star in gold, with the letter yod in its centre. on the right and left of the throne are the sun in gold and the moon in silver. the throne is ascended to by _three_ steps. the hall and ante-room are each lighted by _ten_ lights, and a single one at the entrance. the colors, black, white

on. over the throne is a great eagle, in gold, on a black ground. in the centre of the canopy the blazing star in gold, with the letter yod in its centre. on the right and left of the throne are the sun in gold and the moon in silver. the throne is ascended to by _three_ steps. the hall and ante-room are each lighted by _ten_ lights, and a single one at the entrance. the colors, black, white, and crimson appear in the clothing; and the key and balance are among the symbols. the duty of the second grand prior, says the ritual, is "to see if the chapter is hermetically sealed; whether the materials are ready, and the elements; whether the black gives place to the white, and the white to the red "be laborious" it says "like the star, and procure the light of the sages, and hide yourself from

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

e cast two brass pillars. that of the right was jachin, and that on the left, boaz. according to the chronicles ii (2:14 and 4:11, huram abi was sent by king hiram of tyre to solomon. he was the son of a woman of the daughters of dan, and his father was a man of tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving. and huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. and huram finished the work he was to make for king solomon for* this explanation conforms to the etymology of these two names. jachin means "he will establish" and boaz means "in strength" speculative freemasonry 231 the house of god. to wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the capitals w

PHOSPHORUS

re. you will wish to obtain other titles by spare and seek to understand through practice the essence of zos kia and its view as a practitioner of the left hand path. 2. lilith, hecate, babalon& az. what each goddess represents (and how they are the same) and the results of invoking them within (both male and female. the significance of the feminine (lunar) and the goddess of death and birth. the crimson caul and the birth of lilith within the luciferian circle. a minimum four page essay on the goddess and how this feminine aspect is used within the male or female. see nox umbra, book of cain, book of the witch moon and yatuk dinoih. 3. creation of famulus (familiars) both lesser and greater. submit records and techniques used in creation rites. 4. grimoire working with the red dragon/gran

ly beautiful. behold, i am encircled in the witch fire this shall become the serpent path of leviathan! i look forth now to the light in the darkness! behold, lilith emerges to look to her child, my very being dedicated to her. visualize lilith approaching you, she casts a red cloth over your head, the very mark of her children born in the night waking caves of the red sea. lilith now shines in a crimson light, a fire which burns with lust and demonic strength of spirit. i shall seek thy guidance in dreams, open now the way before me! i thank you spirits of the witch-path and nephillimic way! so it is done! rites of focus- 1. invocation of the adversary 2. an invocation to the holy guardian angel, spirit of the adversary who resides in darkness and light azal ucel the ritual of algol 16 (v

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

e emperor or prince empress or knave (atsiluth (briah (yetsirah (assiah) wands cups swords pentacles 1 brilliance 2 soft blue white brilliance grey white brilliance white flecked gold bluish mother of pearl white flecked red, blue, yellow grey flecked pink deep azure flecked yellow red flecked black gold amber olive flecked gold yellow-brown flecked white cihine flecked azure black rayed yellow 3 crimson 4 deep violet black blue dark brown deep purple 5 orange 6 clear pink rose 7 amber 8 violet-purple scarlet-red yellow (gold) emerald orange bright scarlet rich salmon bright yellow green red russet 9 indigo 10 yellow violet citrine, olive, russet, black sky-blue very dark urple 4 colours bgold 11 bright-pale yellow 12 yellow 13 blue 14 emerald green blue-emerald green emerald flecked gold

urple deep blue green deep olive green plum colour bright blue rayed yellow pale green white flecked purple l i e mother of earl livid indigo grownblack- beetle dark vivid-blue cold-dark-grey near black bright red ra ed azure or emeralck white tinged purple stone colour dull brown very dark brown 25 blue 26 indigo 27 scarlet yellow black red green blue black venetian red 28 violet 29 ultra violet crimson 30 orange 31 glowing scarlet- orange 32 indigo 31 citrine, olive, russet black 32 white, merging grey daath lavender sky blue buff flecked silver-white gold yellow verrnillion bluish mauve light translucent pinkish brown rich amber scarlet flecked gold amber rayed red vennillion flecked crimson and emerald black rayed blue black and yellow black amber blue black dark brown deep purple (nea

e rainbow scale; thus: saturn -indigo; jupiter- violet; mars- red; sol- orange; mercury -yellow; venus- green; luna- blue. unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: aries- scarlet; taurus- red-orange; gemini- orange; cancer- amber; leo- greenish-yellow; virgo- yellowish-green; libra- emerald; scorpio- greenish-blue; sagittarius- blue; cap ricornus- indigo; aquarius- purple; pisces- crimson. further, thou wilt observe that the colours of the paths and the sephiroth form a mutual balance and harmony on the tree. colours are forces, the signatures of the forces; and the child of the children of the forces art thou. and therefore about the throne of the mighty one the golden dawn: volume 11 book three is a rainbow of glory, and at his feet is the crystal sea. but there are many

d invoke their forces as before laid down; and banish them when the invocation is finished, and conclude with the lesser banishing ritual of the hexagram. and ever remember to complete the circle of the place wherein thou workest, following the course of the sun. diagram of the lotus wand diagram 16 white i 1 t% red red-orange orange amber yellow yellow-green emerald green-blue blue indigo violet crimson black diagram 17 lotus flower from above: centre: orange or gold inmost petals, 10 in number, white both sides. calyx, 4 petals, coloured orange. two whorls of 8 petals, white inside and olive green outside, with 5 veins shown on the green. the golden dawn: volume 111 book four <39> the lotus wand this is for general use in magical working. it is carried by the z. a. m. at all meetings of

e such that the white is a little the longest, then the black, while the 12 colours are equal, and smaller than the black. the colours must be clear, brilliant and correct. they are as follows: white: aries-red: taurus-red-orange: gemini-orange: canceramber: leo-lemon-yellow: virgo-yellow-green: libra-emerald: scorpiogreen- blue: sagittarius-bright-blue: capricornus-indigo: aquariusviolet: pisces-crimson: black. the lotus flower may be made of sheet metal or card board, in 3 whorls of 8,8, and 10 petals, white internally and tips curved in a little, olive outside with 5 markings as shown in diagram. the centre is orange, or a brass bolt to keep all together will do. as a general rule, use the white end in invocation and the. black <40> end to banish. the white end may be used to banish by

yod heh vau heh yod heh yod heh yod heh vau heh vau heh vau zayin cheth teth yod lamed nun samech ayin tzaddi qoph gad ephraim manasseh issachar judah naphthali asshur dan benjamin zebulun reuben simeon melchidael asmodel ambriel muriel verchiel hamaliel zuriel barchiel advachiel hanael cambriel amnitziel red red-orange orange amber lemon-yellow ellbw- re en emerald green-blue blue indigo violet crimson the ritual of the rose cross 1. light a stick of incense. go to the south east comer of the room. make a large aoss and circle thus: diagram 18 and holding the point of the incense in the centre vibrate the word yeheshuah. 2. with arm outstretched on a level with the centre of the cross, and holding the incense stick, go to the south west comer and make a similar cross, repeating the word

mplementary colours are: white complementary to black and grey red complementary to green blue complementary to orange yellow complementary to violet olive complementary to violet blue green complementary to red-orange violet complementary to citrine reddish orange complementary to green blue deep amber complementary to indigo lemon yellow complementary to red violet yellow green complementary to crimson <52> the other complementaries of other mixed colours can easily be found from this scale. coming now to the nature and method of formation of the talisman, the first thing to be remembered is that it is not always a just and right thing to form a talisman with the idea of completely changing the current of another person's karma. in any case you could only do this in a certain sense. it w

is the door of the inner mysteries, as venus is the door of the vault. her colours are emerald, sky-blue, bluegreen and cerise or rose-pink. w. the emperor. here we have the great energising forces as indicated by the varying shades of red. it may be noted here that the red paths remain red in all planes, varying only in shade. thus aries, the emperor, the pioneer, the general, is blood and deep crimson, red, pure vermillion or flowing fiery red. he is ho nike, the conqueror, hot, passionate, impetuous, the apotheosis of mars, whether in love or in war. he is the positive masculine as the empress is the positive feminine. v. hierophant. the high priest is the counterpart of the high priestess. as aries is the house of mars and the exaltation of the sun, so taurus is the house of venus and

om the water's edge winds the dark path of toil, effort and possible failure. it is guarded by the threatening watchdogs, seeking to intimidate the wayfarers, while in the distance the barren hills are surmounted by the frowning fortresses still further guarding the way to attainment. it is the path of blood and tears in which fear, weakness, and fluctuation must be overcome. the colours arc dark crimson, reddish brown, brownish crimson and plum colours- but their sombre hues are lightened by the translucent faint 592 the golden dawn: volume n book eight greens and yellows to be found in their counterparts. xix the sun. the watery paths of trial and probation are counterbalanced by the fiery paths of temptation, judgment, and decision. in violent contrast to the sombre colouring of aquariu

ulchre until the voice cries out "come forth" nor can he cast aside the conflicting grave-clothes until the command "loose him" is given. man of himself is helpless. the impulse to ascend must come from above, but by its power he may transcend the sepulchre of environment and cast aside the trammels of desire. here once more, the fiery energy of red bums through the planes. fiery scarlet, glowing crimson, burning red are emphasized by the passive greens. xxi. the universe. observe that this represents not the world but the universe. it should be remembered that to the ancients, saturn represented the confines of the solar system. they had no means of measuring either uranus or neptune. to them, therefore, saturn passing through the spiral path of the zodiac, marked at its cardinal points b

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

mind. the incense which rises in waving linestoward the luminous star, is a symbol of prayer which precedes to the throne of god. your passingthe 4 ancients in a serpentine course has a mystical allusion, for you were in search of wisdom. bethou as wise as a serpent. in learning wisdom seek to be obedient unto the law, for all its paths arepeace.the conductor of novice invests the aspirant with a crimson robe, as thecelebrant says: receive and be invested with, the crimson robe in token of your ardour, zeal andpromised devotion to the rosicrucian order. let the aspirant be placed in the mystic circle and joinwith us in repeating the initials of the mystic word. i.n.r.i.the mystic circle is formed, the aspirant uniting.celebrant:brethren and fraters, i declare this mystic circle perfect and

was still and his fraters in repose: hissuccess was foreshadowed and a nightly alarm expected; but from the time of the finding his body hehas never uttered a word, or given his watchers a sign. the solution that was found on his centraldesk contained nitre and gold in solution with some other admixture: and his motto 'igne nitrumroris invenitur, by fire the nitre of dew is extracted, scrawled in crimson upon a piece of dyedskin, was laying close by his seat.the supposition was entertained that he may have drunk of the solution, and his own life mightthereby be saved: his body was taken accordingly to the chamber of rest, together with his books,and the chemica1s with which he was experimenting, in hopes of his giving evidence of life andrevealing the long sought for secret.it had been agr

RUBY TABLET OF SET

eb! lord of the earth, rise up from flaming lava spewn from the earth's core. come forth and join me this night. nu! awaken from thy slumber amidst seaweed-draped ruins, and once more honor the ancient bond. be with me this night [consecration of the chalice] behold, all ye who dwell in darkness: i have poured every drop of my blood into the cup of the scarlet woman, and she hath lifted it to her crimson lips and drunk thereof. no single drop hath fallen, lest all be lost [opening of the gate and main invocation] set, lord of that ancient land, gift of the nile: time melts into nothingness, and i stand amidst the columns of thy house in pamat-et. brooding in silent majesty, the gods gaze down upon golden sands rippling in the wind. as thou revealed thy wisdom to the chosen sons of khem in

ish in color, and is wearing a black and red kilt. his pectoral, wrist, and ankle bands are various combinations of blue [thalo, purple [ultramarine violet, and yellow [cadium deep. the scepter he holds in his right hand is of the same black as his kilt [ivory, while his ankh is red [cadium deep] to match the other part of his kilt. his headgear is red, but with a slight blue cast to it [alizarin crimson. the background of the ellipsoid is a combination of both yellow and orange [cadium deep, again, much like the present card demonstrates, although brighter. the shaft rising through the center of the card, and the seven concurrent elliptical blue rings, is of the same blood red as set's ankh. the three-eyed goat is gone, and in its stead is the figure of a man dressed in black. his clothin

SATANIC RITUALS

on celebrant: at once i ride upon a sweeping wind, through opalescent skies to the bright place of my desires. i enter hidden worlds through craters in the steppe's great vastness. there, beneath the cringing throngs, midst whirling fife and thundering timpan, the joys of life are mine to taste. there, amidst rusalkis' languid song, a life of lust is mine to bear; to loll alone in wanton sloth in crimson halls of dissipation. for savage man am i! at once i am removed and feel the reckoning of my twofold completion. my mind is lofty with the enlightenment of thy creation! my feet are as the mountain's base, firm and one with the house of joy. my eyes are as a pinnacle that views the scattered multitudes of fools who grope for things celestial; who bow and scrape to wan and sallow gods, the

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

read the whole background of the heavens; in the centre whereof rose a flame that assumed a form singularly beautiful. it might have been compared to a crest of gigantic feathers, the diadem of the mountain, high-arched, and drooping downward, with the hues delicately shaded off, and the whole shifting and tremulous as the plumage on a warrior's helmet. the glare of the flame spread, luminous and crimson, over the dark and rugged ground on which they stood, and drew an innumerable variety of shadows from crag and hollow. an oppressive and sulphureous exhalation served to increase the gloomy and sublime terror of the place. but on turning from the mountain, and towards the distant and unseen ocean, the contrast was wonderfully great; the heavens serene and blue, the stars still and calm as

nd burri and agrippa and hermes have become of thy austere contemplations? was it for this thou didst resign viola? i don't think thou hast the smallest recollection of the elixir or the cabala. take care! what are you about, sir? why do you clasp that small hand locked within your own? why do you tara-rara tara-ra tara-rara-ra, rarara, tara, a-ra! keep your eyes off those slender ankles and that crimson bodice! tara-rara-ra! there they go again! and now they rest under the broad trees. the revel has whirled away from them. they hear or do they not hear the laughter at the distance? they see or if they have their eyes about them, they should see couple after couple gliding by, love-talking and love-looking. but i will lay a wager, as they sit under that tree, and the round sun goes down be

SYMBOLISM OF THE BANNERS

ion can be made by building the picture of the crucifixion with our lady and st. john on either side of the cross. the skies are black, and the crucifixion takes place between earth and sky in some strange condition of space. mary herself steps forward as if to take on herself the weight of the symbolism, while overshadowing all is tzaphkiel, the archangel of hnyb. the picture is filled with deep crimson, black, dark brown and the gray flecked pink of the sephirotic colors. this image should lead to the understanding 4 of the whole manifested universe as a form encompassing pure cosmic force. a gigantic cross upon which this force is crucified. the whole of life is lived under the shadow of this cross. this is the primary cross of life of which the cross of golgotha is a lesser manifestati

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

dess is indeed lilith hecate. she has many names and masks, but revealed is something more terrible and beautiful than would be expected. she is the mother of all magick, she lives in the blackened flame of both man and woman. you cannot walk the path of magick and shut her out. she devours or blesses, her kiss means everything. invoke the goddess and listen well to her words. she is babalon, the crimson harlot who rides the infernal beast of the sun. she is az, the primal instinct of sexual hunger, she is the white goddess, who would caress you before removing the flesh of her pale face to reveal a ravenous wolf. lilith hecate is the triple mooned initiator, she who guides upon the path. in inspired lore, cain was initiated by lilith. she is the source, the point of luciferian transferenc

and guide, can then shades arise shall i as shadow black, ashen with the remains of the dead dance around the fires of the circle, against the sun to summon the smoke o horned intiator and devils flesh my cloak of serpent skin worn clothe me in the robe of az in the watchers fields of time by kevan, the gateway to the sabbat, shall you arise before me- my body is a black temple, illuminated with crimson and violet brilliance. by my words carry my spirit! 21 the ensorcelment of ahriman- i summon ruha-az, crimson whore and vampire, i call the fiend vareno who is an angel of darkness, who causes intercourse i do summon thee! i invoke thee! in the darkness is your light. praise unto ahriman, horned lord of the kingdom of shades, specter and phantom, praise unto our kingdom of dead matter and

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

sephiroth can be represented by the headdress worn by the participant. i offer here a list of those i have allocated, but it is by no means exhaustive, and would obviously also be dependent on the symbology adopted by the ritual participant: kether: a circlet of gold, or ritual crown. the parsley crown of the nemean games, sacred to zeus. chockmah: the twin feathers, or crown of thoth. binah: the crimson cap of concealment. chesed: the cardinals hat, or emperors crown. the pine crown of the isthmian games, sacred to poseidon. geburah: the war helm, or martial crown. the judges wig. tiphareth: the solar crown, cowl, or the wimple. the crown of thorns. the roman crown of roses. netzach: the laurel wreath of victory. hod: the caduceus crown or the mortar board. yesod: crowns of disguise; wigs

THE MARTINIST OPERATIVE GENERAL RITUAL

rtion of his efficacy on the immediate 'planes, and that he is exposing himself to the penetration of certain psychic currents which can take away from him a part of his own spiritual powers. the operator clothed in an alb or not, will wear a bandolier or a collar proper to his/her degree but without the usual jewel of the order. 5. operational cloth: the operational cloth is made from a piece of crimson red cloth, linen or silk, approximately 25 square inches- which is according to the dimensions of the pyramid cubit, the sacred cubit of the egyptians, which served as a unit of measure since the construction of the temple of solomon7. the traditional martinist pantacle, of approximately 8 in. in diameter should be embroidered, painted or otherwise adorned in lace, in black and white, in t

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

consummated, the beautiful daughter of ligdus and telethusa was as acceptable a young husband as ever wooed nymph on the shaded slopes of ida. much has been written concerning stars, both terrestrial and celestial, and not a little regarding that capricious star which gleamed over the humble manger-bed of the son of man. dark seas of blood have long since lapped that star of the morning into the crimson oblivion of day, whose empurpled strife has also rumbled into the distance as the droning of some drowsy fire-finger on the sleeping parchment of life, murmuring and moaning as the wind-kissed mouth of a dreamy drum. yet why should we still listen for those subtle sounds which have wearily danced out their slow saraband of sorrow. once orphic they arose emparadising the cavernous depths of

shall fall, and the mountains be moved out of their places; and they shall become as kings in a new kingdom, and be crowned with that crown which passes understanding. i have attempted in the following seven chapters to interpret the book of the seven seals, and to paint its splendour, as an artist would incarnadine his canvas with the red blood of his mistress, love-kissed from the bloom of her crimson lips. i have not, as samuel, hacked and hewn agag into pieces before the lord in gilgal; but rather elijah-like have called upon wisdom and understanding so that my sacrifice, and even the wood and stone of the altar, and the water which floweth about it, may be licked up by the fire of the great coronation. as another ariadne i here offer this work to my readers as a twisted clue of silk

s, the wolf that hunts the hind, far through the forest c *the tale of archais, vol. i, p. 9. and then again bursts from his lips the enraptured song: ere the grape of joy is golden with the summer and the sun, ere the maidens unbeholden gather one by one, to the vineyard comes the shower, no sweet rain to fresh the flower, but the thunder rain that cleaves, rends and ruins tender leaves. ere the crimson lips have planted paler roses, warmer grapes, ere the maiden breasts have panted, and the sunny shapes flit around to bless the hour, comes men know not what false flower: ere the cup is drained, the wine grows unsweet, that was divine *the tale of archais, vol. i, pp. 9, 10. these last two lines contain the whole secret of this story. the beauty of the clinging love of childhood is tinged

ave panted, and the sunny shapes flit around to bless the hour, comes men know not what false flower: ere the cup is drained, the wine grows unsweet, that was divine *the tale of archais, vol. i, pp. 9, 10. these last two lines contain the whole secret of this story. the beauty of the clinging love of childhood is tinged with a glowing desire, the pink desire of the bud bursts into the passionate crimson of the rose, and as in galice, h gthe dove gave place a moment to the swine; h. and yet hardly so! the pure desire of man and woman in whatever state of life, the weaving of the golden web of twain into one entity, is not lust, never was lust, never will be lust. according to the conventional meaning of that word, lust expresses something unhealthy, unclean; and the love charicles bore arc

, then from the lips of archais rises: light and dark are wed together into golden weather: sun and moon have kissed, and built palaces star-gilt whence a crystal stream of joy, love fs eternal wine, is spilt *the tale of archais, vol. i, p. 24. such is one of the most pleasing of aleister crowley fs poems; touched by the genuine breath of adoration for the beautiful, a jewel set in fiery gold, a crimson sash embroidered with the pearls of the glowing orient; archais is one of the tenderest and most touching of women, wholly pure, not like molly tyson, who afterwards fell to the lot of a worldly old lecher. the rosy couch of her first fiery experience soon withered to a thorny briar bed, as it has for most of us. her curse was a god fs, molly fs society fs. poor molly! charicles f love was

duality is in reality only apparent, there being no definite line of division. so in love, if one system of ethics tends towards abuse, then we may be certain that the reverse will be uselessly sterile, and that the only possible system to follow will as usual lie directly between these extremes, and in this case, in the region of use. if now, supposing at one end of our pole we find lust seated crimson as a rose, then at the other we shall find chastity white as a lily. this system of extremes has during the world fs history exerted an overwhelming force on the will of man. beholding a satyr he worshipped a virgin; feeling the ills of the flesh, he conceived the bliss of the soul. this diametric opposition, verging ever towards the extreme circumference of utility, has given and is givin

way with mary, immaculate mother of christ: away with messalina, incestuous prophetess of lust. away! away! to the west, to the east, till they meet in some flaming region of equatorial fury, and flashing interfuse and interblend. once again must a prophet of the lord arise and wed a wife of whoredoms, who hath committed great whoredom, departing from the lord. once again must hosea expire on the crimson lips of gomer, and from the womb of a harlot must the christ be reborn a woman, wise, beautiful, and young; who is both circe and diana, isis and aphrodite, in whose veins course all the fury of medea, all the abominations of canidia, who revels in the infernal rites of sagana and locusta, and yet is vestal and virgin; white as the driven snow, pure as a mountain rill. one with the pale mo

temple, black and white, and contrary, yet their power is one, for they are the limbs of god. grosa mundi h stands before us crowned, naked, and wonderful. neither alice nor archais, neither ratoum nor cora, neither venus nor isis, yet the woven filament of all these glowing petals into one flaming rose of glory; in whose sceptred-heart burns the white phallus of god, and whose jewelled crown is crimson with the lips of the passionate daughters of men. rose of the world! red glory of the secret heart of love! red flame, rose-red, most subtly curled into its own infinite flower, all flowers above! its flower in its own perfumed passion, its faint sweet passion, folded and furled in flower fashion. the rose of dew, the rose of love and night, the rose of silence, covering as with a vesture

lime, he finds it. the kingdom of dis, the terrors of death are vanquished, gand, like this insubstantial pageant faded, leave not a rack behind. h yet how difficult is all this without the guidance of a master hand, the hand which supports but does not hold, directing but never compelling. then the isis of aceldama is unveiled, and the secret is caught from the ageworn lips of the sphinx. on the crimson field of the exoteric the body of exclusive esoterism lies dead, the soul has sloughed the skin of caste, has riven the fetters of law, has smitten the last head from the hydra of religion; and rises as an eagle-winged serpent, sublime, neither good nor evil, pristine, adamic, immaculate: xxiv. an ecstasy to which no life responds, is the enormous secret i have learned: when self-denial fs

mism, the former proffering to us the golden chalice filled with the vanities of life, the latter a leaden cup replete with the excretum of existence. gaway, away, out of my sunlight, h waved diogenes; he saw before him a man, only a man full of brains and bowels. the maidens of athens laughed at him, wizened misogynist and dreary sage, yet even the most beautiful of these monthly would spill her crimson libation to the moon. gyea! truly, away, away, out of my sight, o shadow of a king; but last night wert thou not fingering the delicate chalice of campaspe, and a few hours hence will not thy drowsy hand crimson the white womb of thy mother earth with the red lees of the grape of bacchus, so full of the poppies of sleep, and the wormwood of sorrow. h from the silver goblet of laughter, tha

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

ael. 2:5 and the house which i build [is] great: for great [is] our god above all gods. 2:6 but who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who [am] i then, that i should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? 2:7 send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that [are] with me in judah and in jerusalem, whom david my father did provide. 2:8 send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of lebanon: for i know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in lebanon; and, behold, my servants [shall be] with thy servants, 2:9 even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house

udence and understanding, that might build an house for the lord, and an house for his kingdom. 2:13 and now i have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of huram my father s, 2:14 the son of a woman of the daughters of dan, and his father [was] a man of tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord david thy father. 2:15 now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 2:16 and we will cut wood out of lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it

to the wing of the other cherub. 3:12 and [one] wing of the other cherub [was] five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was] five cubits [also] joining to the wing of the other cherub. 3:13 the wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces [were] inward. 3:14 and he made the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. 3:15 also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits. 3:16 and he made chains [as] in the oracle, and put [them] on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put [them] on the chains. 3:17 and he reared up the pillars befor

ill not hear: your hands are full of blood. 1:16 wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 1:17 learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 1:18 come now, and let us reason together, saith the lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 1:19 if ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 1:20 but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the lord hath spoken [it] 1:21 how is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 1:22 thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 1:23

above be black: because i have spoken [it] i have purposed [it] and will not repent, neither will i turn back from it. 4:29 the whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city [shall be] forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. 4:30 and [when] thou [art] spoiled, what wilt thou do? though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair [thy] lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. 4:31 for i have heard a voice as of a woman in travail [and] the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of zion [that] bewaileth herself [that] spreadeth her hand

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

. these are, in the golden dawn order: aries (fifteen, scarlet, taurus (sixteen, red-orange, gemini (seventeen, orange, cancer (eighteen, amber, leo (nineteen, greenish yellow, virgo (twen- ty, yellow-green, libra (twenty-two, emerald, scorpio (twenty-four, greenish blue, sagittarius (twenty-five, deep blue, capricorn (twenty-six, indigo, aquar- ius (twenty-eight, violet, and pisces (twenty-nine, crimson. this assignment is not entirely satisfactory, since emerald, an earth color, is linked with libra, the cardinal air sign, and amber, an air color, is linked with cancer, the cardinal water sign. it would seem more logical to have assigned emer- ald to cancer and amber to libra. the colors of the elements, planets, and signs of the zodiac used by the gold- en dawn were based on an elaborat

ch were applied to the ten sephiroth and twenty-two channels on the tree of the kabbalah in the four worlds. because this system was so complex and its logic was not immediately apparent, it has not found wide use in modern magic, being restricted mainly to systems of magic descended directly from the golden dawn. king queen prince princess (atziluth (briah (yetzirah (assiah) brilliance soft blue crimson deep violet orange clear pink rose amber violet purple indigo yellow bright pale yellow yellow blue emerald green scarlet red-orange orange white brilliance gray black blue scarlet-red yellow (gold) emerald orange violet citrine, olive, russet, black sky blue purple silver sky blue red deep indigo pale mauve white brilliance bluish mother of pearl deep brown deep purple bright scarlet rich

go-rayed violet silver-rayed sky-blue bright rose of cerise rayed pale yellow glowing red rich brown reddish gray inclined to mauve 18. amber maroon 19. greenish deep purple yellow 20. yellowish slate gray green 21. violet blue 22. emerald blue green 23. deep blue sea green 24. green-blue dull brown 25. blue yellow 26. indigo black 27. scarlet red 28. violet sky blue 29. ultra-violet buff-flecked crimson silver-white 30. orange gold yellow 3 1. glowing vermilion scarlet-orange 32. indigo black rich bright russet gray green gray rich purple deep blue-green deep olive green very dark brown green blue black venetian red bluish mauve light translucent pinkish brown rich amber scarlet-flecked gold blue-black dark greenish brown reddish amber plum color bright blue-rayed yellow pale green white

k venetian red bluish mauve light translucent pinkish brown rich amber scarlet-flecked gold blue-black dark greenish brown reddish amber plum color bright blue-rayed yellow pale green white-flecked purple like mother of pearl livid indigo brown-black-beetle dark vivid blue cold dark gray near black bright red-rayed azure or emerald white-tinged purple stone color amber-rayed red vermilion-flecked crimson and emerald black-rayed blue as can be readily appreciated, the four scales are a bit overwhelming. it is not always easy to know exactly what colors are intended based upon the descriptions. nor do the scales always make good sense symbolically. for these reasons it was deemed necessary to create a simpler arrangement of colors for ritual use. a com- pletely new system is presented here

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

ords, he has added a series of sub-chakras that are explicitly associated with the sexual organs and orifices. as he explains in a letter in 1916, it appears that a special set of nadis [nerves] fed the muladhara lotus as if it had three roots. the source of these roots is in the three centres..buy they are not lotuses of the same order as the sacred seven. the anal lotus is of eight petals, deep crimson, glowing to rich poppy color when excited. the prostatic lotus is like a peridot, extremely translucent and limpid..the petals are numerous, i think thirty-two. the third lotus is in the glans penis, close to the base..it is of a startlingly rich purple..the centre is gold like the sun in the female these three lotuses also exist, but in a very different form.[t]he second of the chakras is

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

in a lake; i have been a star, crooked at first, the heft of a knife, or a spear in battle. clearly shall i prophesy of battle where smoke comes drifting. five battalions of lads will dance on my knife. six yellow horses- the best of the breed better than any is my cream-coloured steed, swift as a sea-mew along the shore. i myself am a power in battle, a cause of blood from a hundred chieftains. crimson is my shield, gold my shield-rim. only geronwy, from the dales of edrywy, is better than i. long and white are my fingers. since i was a shepherd, since i was learned, i have traveled the world; i have made my circuit, i have dwelled in a hundred islands, in a hundred caers. o wise and proficient druids do you prophesy of arthur or is it i you celebrate? i know what is to be you what has b

ystals drop, the sea washes the wave against the land, hair of crystal drops from its mane. wealth, treasures of every hue, are in ciuin, a beauty of freshness, listening to sweet music, drinking the best of wine. golden chariots in mag rein, rising with the tide to the sun, chariots of silver in mag mon, and of bronze without blemish. yellow golden steeds are on the sward there other steeds with crimson hue others with wool upon their backs of the hue of heaven all-blue. at sunrise there will come a fair man illumining level lands; he rides upon the fair sea-washed plain, he stirs the ocean till it is blood. a host will come across the clear sea, to the land they show their rowing; then they row to the conspicuous stone, from which arise a hundred strains. it sings a strain unto the host

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

eron lion pine hera juno peacock sheep thorn poseidon neptune swan horse elm the astrologers associated colors with the twelve signs of the zodiac, thus- numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott table of colors& zodiiiac siiigns zodiac sign color attribute pisces white aquarius blue capricorn black or brown sagittarius yellow or green scorpio brown libra black or crimson virgo black and blue leo red and green cancer green and brown gemini red aries white taurus white and yellow 104. the zodiacal signs are also associated with sex, and the contrast of day and night. table of zodiiiac wiiith sex, day& niiight numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign sex day and night pisces female nocturnal aquarius male diurnal

WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

arth of ahriman and the dream plane of lucifer. allow the gates to open before me" i encircle myself in the dragon's coils, the beast of my father arises within! i hold the skull of abel, being the vessel of my famulus! i hold the hammer of the forge, which i spark the cunning fire of becoming! my eyes hold the desert tales of ages forgotten, while my flesh fades my spirit is immortal! i wear the crimson caul of my mother, lilith, who speaks with me through dreams! i carry the serpent's skin of azal'ucel, my holy spirit! i am cain, loner and witch soul of the immortal fire! so it is done_ an invocation to the holy guardian angel, spirit of the adversary who resides in darkness and light- azal'ucel by michael w. ford i am the daimon who speaks the words of the immortal fire, the holy flame

e force of the beast 666- 9 one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the first of witchblood unto the path. upon the hour of nooninvocation of the djinn of fire ya! zat-i-shaitan! o ring of flame

WORKING CEPHALOEDIUM VERSION 1

e shall wreathe her serpent. 2. the beast shall wear an orange slip& sash as proper to (a) hod (b) the sun (c) gemini: for he is prophet of the gods& he is the beast 666, of the sun& he is innocent, a child, even, as horus-harpocrates, with the double function in love. over this shall he wear the robe of blue for nuit lined with scarlet for hadith& the sun is gold on his breast. he shall wear the crimson cap for binah, that covereth him, with the white cross of john for kether. he shall wear his ring of a magus& his rosy cross. he shall bear the wand of obeah, with its janus-head of man& woman& its four snakes for his weapons. 3. iacchaion shall wear the black robe lined with gold, for he commeth forth from the darkness of the outer& the light but fringeth him. also black is proper to a ne

WORKING CEPHALOEDIUM VERSION 2

e shall wreathe her serpent. 2. the beast shall wear an orange slip& sash as proper to (a) hod (b) the sun (c) gemini: for he is prophet of the gods& he is the beast 666, of the sun& he is innocent, a child, even, as horus-harpocrates, with the double function in love. over this shall he wear the robe of blue for nuit lined with scarlet for hadith& the sun is gold on his breast. he shall wear the crimson cap for binah, that covereth him, with the white cross of john for kether. he shall wear his ring of a magus& his rosy cross. he shall bear the wand of obeah, with its janus-head of man& woman& its four snakes for his weapons. 3. iacchaion shall wear the black robe lined with gold, for he commeth forth from the darkness of the outer& the light but fringeth him. also black is proper to a ne

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