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ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

gely fragmentary and strangely vivid. i remember how, when i had completed my fourth month, the priests took me and wrapped me in a panther s skin, whose flaming gold and jet-black spots were like the sun. they carried me to the river bank where the holy crocodiles were basking; and there they laid me. but when they left me they refrained from the usual enchauntment against the evil spirit of the crocodile; and so for three days i lay without protection. only at certain hours did my mother descend to feed me; and she too was silent, being dressed as a princess only, without the sacred badges of her office. also in the sixth month they exposed me to the sun in the desert where was no shade or clothing; and in the seventh month they laid me in a bed with a sorceress, that fed on the blood of

ng woman exceeding fair; and the eunuch saddled two horses, and we rode into the desert alone. now though i could ride like a man, they suffered me not; but the young priestess bore me in her arms. and though i ate meat like a warrior, they suffered me not, but the young priestess fed me at her breast. and they took from me the armour of gilded bronze that my father had made for me, scales like a crocodile s sewn upon crocodile skin that cunning men had cured with salt and spices; but they wrapped me in soft green silk. so strangely we came to a little house in the desert, and that which befell me there is not given me of the gods at this time to tell; but i will sleep; and in the morning by their favour the memory thereof shall arise in me, even in me across these thousands of years of th

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

d, man, or all at once. 16 4= ygymg gamigina little horse or ass. 17 7= wma amon (1) wolf with serpent s tail (2) man with dog s teeth and raven s head. 18 10# rawb buer probably a centaur or archer. 19 13! talb beleth rider on pale horse, with many musicians [flaming and poisonous breath] 20 16$ rpaz zepar a soldier in red apparel and armour. 22 19$ cwlac sallos solider with ducal crown riding a crocodile. 24 22% cwpy ipos angel with lion s head, goose s feet, horse s tail. 25 25% and# lwblsalg glasya-labolas a dog with a gryphon s wings. 26 28$ tyrb berith gold-crowned soldier in red on a red horse. bad breath. 28 31# carwp foras a strong man in human shape. 29 34% rwprwp furfur (1) hart with fiery tail (2) angel. clvii. goetic demons of decans by day (succedent. clviii. magical images o

, goose s feet, horse s tail. 25 25% and# lwblsalg glasya-labolas a dog with a gryphon s wings. 26 28$ tyrb berith gold-crowned soldier in red on a red horse. bad breath. 28 31# carwp foras a strong man in human shape. 29 34% rwprwp furfur (1) hart with fiery tail (2) angel. clvii. goetic demons of decans by day (succedent. clviii. magical images of col. clvii. 15 2$ raga agares old man, riding a crocodile and carrying a goshawk. 16 5# bram marbas great lion. 17 8$ cwfbrb barbatos accompanied by 4 noble kings and great troops. 18 11$ wyswg gusion like a xenopilus 19 14 ]yarl leraikha an archer in green 20 17% and# cyfwb botis viper (or) human, with teeth and 2 horns, and with a sword. 22 20! wcrwp purson lion-faced man riding a bear, carrying a viper. trumpeter with him. 24 23 \ya aim man

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

comes the sun or son( digamma= the letter of tiphareth, 6, even when spelt as omega, in coptic. see 777 "aeon of osiris" patriarchal age. two sexes. i conceived as the father-wand (yod in tetragrammaton. a the babe is pursued by the dragon, who casts a flood from his mouth to swallow it. see "rev" vii. the dragon is also the mother- the "evil mother" of freud. it is harpocrates, threatened by the crocodile in the nile. we find the symbolism of the ark, the coffin of osiris, etc. the lotus is the yoni; the water the amniotic fluid. in order to live his own life, the child must leave the mother, and overcome the temptation to return to her for refuge. kundry, armida, jocasta, circe, etc, are symbols of this force which tempts the hero. he may take her as his servant<
end this limitation. one need not presume to pass judgment. one can leave the decision to the will of each magician. the book of the dead contains many chapters intended to enable the magical entity of a man who is dead, and so deprived (according to the theory of death then current) of the material vehicle for executing his will, to take on the form of certain animals, such as a golden hawk or a crocodile, and in such form to go about the earth "taking his pleasure among the living<crowley, vol. iii, pp. 209-210, where occur paraphrased translations of certain classical egyptian rituals> as a general rule, material was supplied out of which he could construct the party of the second part aforesaid, hereinafter referred t

r or :cactus: crayfish, wolf: 25 :centaur, horse, hyppogriff :rush: dog: 26 :goat, ass :indian hemp, orchis root: thistle: 27 :horse, bear, wolf :absinthe, rue: 28 :man or eagle (cherub of air:(olive) cocoanut: peacock: 29 :fish, dolphin, crayfish :unicellular organisms, opium: beetle: 30 :lion, sparrowhawk :sunflower, laurel, heliotrope :31 :lion (cherub of fire :red poppy, hibiscus, nettle: 32 :crocodile :ash, cypress, hellebore, yew: nightshade :32 bis :bull (cherub of earth :oak, ivy :31 bis :sphinx (if sworded and :almond in flower: crowned: weh note: lines 11, 16, 28& 32 bis corrected as to element; original had typos of fire, air, fire and water respectively. 313& 314 table i: xl: xli :key scale: precious stones: magical weapons: 0: 1 :diamond :swastika or fylfat cross: crown: 2 :st

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

great deal of strange and unsuspected knowledge of these matters by the use of sulphuric ether [c2h5]2o, according to a special technique. i wrote a paper on it once, 16 pp. 4to, and fearing that it might be lost had many copies made and distributed. where is it? i must write you a letter one day) accordingly, one finds oneself experiencing the thoughts, the feelings, the desires of a gorilla, a crocodile, a rat, a devil-fish, or what have you! one is no longer capable of human thoughts in the ordinary sense of the word; such would be wholly unintelligible. i leave the rest to your imagination; doesn't it sound to you a little like some of the accounts of "the dweller on the threshold" love is the law, love under will. fraternally, 666 chapter xxviii need to define "god "self, etc. cara s

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

us must always remain a comic word. 731. the flaming star.75 or pentagram, mystically referred to jeheshua. 732. zohar.76 splendour, the three central books of the dogmatic qabalah. 733. pigeon.77 says an old writer, whom i translate roughly: thou to thy lamb and dove devoutly bow, but leave me, prithee, yet my hawk and cow: and i approve thy greybeard dotard s smile, if thou wilt that of egypt s crocodile. 746. lost! lost! lost !78 see the lay of the last minstrel. 759. ain elohim.79 there is no god! so our bible. but this is really the most sublime affirmation of the qabalist. ain is god for the meaning of ain, and of this idea, see berashith, infra. the fool is he of the tarot, to whom the number 0 is attached, to make the meaning patent to a child. i insult your idol, quoth the good mi

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 5

e engaged in fighting, their own charioteers stab them in the back. and in the midst of the battlefield there is a great tree, like a chinar- tree. yet it bears fruits. and now all the warriors are dead, and they are the ripe fruits that are fallen- the ground is covered with them. there is a laugh in my right ear "this is the tree of life" and now there is a mighty god, sebek, with the head of a crocodile. his head is gray, like river mud, and his jaws fill the whole aire. and he crunches up the whole tree and the ground and everything. now then at last cometh forth the angel of the aethyr, who is like the angel of the fourteenth key of rota, with beautiful blue wings, blue robes, the sun in her girdle like a brooch, and the two crescents of the moon shapen into sandals for her feet. her

y the serpent, for it was the serpent that seduced her first. despair! despair (yet he cried thus as he fled) i am leviathan, the great lost serpent of the sea. i writhe eternally in torment, and i lash the ocean with my tail into a whirlpool of foam that is vemonous and bitter, and i have no purpose. i go no whither. i can neither live nor die. i can but rave and rave in my death agony. i am the crocodile that eateth up the children of men. and through the malice of babalon i hunger, hunger, hunger. all this while the stone is more inert than ever yet; a thousand times more lifeless than when it is not invoked. now, when it kindles, it only kindles into its physical beauty. and now upon the face of it is a great black rose, each of whose petals, though it be featureless, is yet a devil-fa

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 1 2

dark sphere. but that is clearly a fatigue-effect from having worked so hard. oh lord, how long? 5.50. the mantra still ripples on. i am so far from the path that i have a real good mind to get maryt to let me perform the black mass on her at midnight. i would 29 just love to bring up typhon, and curse osiris and burn his bones and his blood! at least, i now solemnly express a pious wish that the crocodile of the west may eat up the sun once and for all, that set may defile the holy place, that the supreme blasphemy may be spoken by python in the ears of isis. i want trouble. i want to say indra's mantram till his throne gets red-hot and burns his lotus-buttocks; i want to pinch little harpocrates till he fairly yells and i will too! somehow! 6.15. i have now got into a sort of smug conte

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 2

nvoke! o thou, babe in the egg of blue! lord of defence and protection! thou who bearest the rose and cross of life and light! thee i invoke! behold i am! a circle on whose hands the twelvefold kingdom of my godhead stands. i am the alpha and the omega. my life is as the circle of the sky. i change but i cannot die! o ye! the bennu birds of resurrection, who are the hope of men's mortality! back, crocodile mako, son of set! depart from me, ye workers of iniquity! behold he is in me and i in him! mine is the lotus, as i rose from the firmament of waters; my throne is set on high; my light is in the firmament of nu! i am the centre and the shrine: i am the silence and the eternal light: beneath my feet they rage, the angry crocodiles; the dragons of death; the eaters of the wicked. but i rep

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 4 2

here, lacking as they do any particular significance beside identity. the place and date in mixed hand and print is: london xmas 1908. the following text is written in hand (as best i can decipher it "e a crowley, esq. 21 warwick road, l? 1614 kensington w. 1907 april" to repairing. coffee pot 4 6 sep. 7" new glasses to gold keyless 1/2 hunting watch 2. 1907 oct. 30" relining and refitting lid of crocodile suit case pigskin, stuffing two new pigskin pockets and new tooth brush bottle: repairing and supplying two 8 10- plated clips to side standards- removing bruises and polishing all silver mounts- also cleaning and renovating all leather fittings 28" repairing and cleaning gold keyless half hunting watch 13 6_ 9 10= for i had a very clear impression in my mind that the contract was for 5

behold this mumbler born to butcher the english language, and educated to hack it with a saw! this stuttering babbler, this harpocrates by the compulsion of a sloane square mammurra! who is this hanger-on to the bedraggled petticoats of thy lousy thalia- this beardless, witless filcher of thy fallen crab-apples? this housemaid of the court theatre, the gittite slut whose bleary eyes weep sexless crocodile tears over the crassness of the daughters of the philistines? arise, and speak to this palsied megalomaniac, this frowsy moll flanders of a degenerated chelsea, this down-at-heel "fl neur" on the outer boulevards of a prostituted literature, this little mongrel dog that fawneth upon the ill-cut trousers of thee, o st. pancras pulchinello- this little red-coated ;person that doth mouth an

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 6 2

is. from the house of god. aries. what bringest thou as an offering to our lord? 68 scorpio-apophis. the house of god is fallen. there is nothing left therein. therefore i bring nothing but myself. leo. let us burn her upon the altar of burnt offering. scorpio-apophis. but in the fire my tears would be dried up; and these tears are of mine offering to the lord. leo. let us throw her to the sacred crocodile. scorpio-apophis. but in the water my heart would be chilled; and this heart is of mine offering to the lord. leo. let us throw her to the winds from the watchtowers of silence. scorpio-apophis. but in the wind my hymns would not be heard; and these hymns are of mine offering to the lord. leo. let us bury her in the consecrated mountain! scorpio-apophis. but in the earth the worms would

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

limbing to the mountain top. this is the experience of the mutable cross in connection with these three signs. upon the fixed cross: 1. eventually the ram becomes the scapegoat and the will of god in love and salvage is demonstrated. 2. the bull becomes the bestower of light, and the darkness of the earlier cycle is lightened by the bull. 3. the goat becomes the unicorn, and leads to victory. the crocodile, the goat and the unicorn depict three stages of man's unfoldment. aries, taurus, and capricorn are the great transformers under the great creative plan. they are in the nature of catalysts. each of them opens a door into one of the three divine centres of expression which are the symbols in the body of the planetary logos of the three higher centres in man: the head, the heart and the t

ry (c.f. 206. note) 3 "the law of sacrifice and death is `in a mysterious way' the reversal of the first law, that of vibration. it is vulcan and neptune in opposition, as yet an incomprehensible idea to us (c.f. 597) 4 "in vulcan, the sons of mind have nearly completed their work (c.f. 742) capricorn tenth sign of the zodiac reference in the secret doctrine 1 "the dhyanis were connected with the crocodile and their abode in capricornus (i. 239) 2 "capricorn is the 10th sign of the zodiac. and has in it 28 stars (ii. 609. 612) 3 "there is a mystic connection between the names makara and kumara. a. it means and is connected with the pentagon. b. it represents five-fold man and therefore the five kumaras. c. it is related to the ocean god. d. it personifies solar fire (ii. 609. 610) 4 "capri

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

bol is sometimes called the signature of god. at the foot of the mountain the goat, the materialist, seeks for nourishment in arid places. the scapegoat on the way up finds the flowers of attained desire, each with its own thorn of satiety and disillusionment. at the top of the mountain the sacred goat sees the vision and the initiate appears. in other [172] writings the symbols are the goat, the crocodile and the unicorn. one myth puts the emphasis on the descent into hell to free humanity (in the figure of the tortured prometheus. another deals more with cerberus, some slaying him, others bringing him up to earth. we submit these variations for the reader's consideration of their spiritual significance. one remembers that, according to the creed the christed jesus "descended into hell. w

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

man-bearing world or earth, thus having passed from a soft plastic body into a rock-bound globe; and if we see on it everything evolving from the non-nucleated jelly-speck that becomes the sarcode* of the moneron, then passes from its protistic state* into the form of an animal, to grow into a gigantic reptilian monster of the mesozoic times; then dwindles again into the (comparatively) dwarfish crocodile, now confined solely to tropical[[footnote(s* or what is more generally known as protoplasm. this substance received its name of "sarcode" from prof. dujardin beaumetz far earlier* the monera are indeed protista. they are neither animals "nor plants" writes haeckel. the whole body of the moneron represents nothing more than a single thoroughly homogeneous particle of albumen in a firmly

gth (p. 37. then we read of the monstrous sivatherium in the himalayas, the four-horned stag, as large as an elephant, and exceeding the latter in height; of the gigantic megatherium: of colossal flying lizards, pterodactyli, with[[footnote(s "the unicorn: a mythological investigation" robert brown, jun, f.s.a* pp. 3 and 4, introduction to "mythical monsters[[vol. 2, page] 219 the flying dragons. crocodile jaws on a duck's head, etc, etc. all these were co-existent with man, most probably attacked man, as man attacked them; and we are asked to believe that the said man was no larger then than he is now! is it possible to conceive that, surrounded in nature with such monstrous creatures, man, unless himself a colossal giant, could have survived, while all his foes have perished? is it with

not written phonetically, but was represented by two monograms, probably meaning, according to the orientalists "the scaly one "this description" very pertinently remarks g. smith "of course might apply either to a fabulous dragon, a serpent, or a fish" and we may add "it applies in one case to makara, the tenth zodiacal sign, meaning in sanskrit a non-descript amphibious animal, generally called crocodile, and really signifying something else (vide part ii "the mysteries of the hebdomad) this, then, is a virtual admission that the assyriologists, at all events, know nothing certain as to the status of the "dragon" in ancient chaldea, whence the hebrews got their symbolism, only to be afterwards robbed of it by the christians, who made of the "scaly one" a living entity and a maleficent po

were built ages later. but as modern delhi is built on six other older cities, so these just-named cities may be built on emplacements of other cities of an immense antiquity. as to his date, it can only be inferred from another legend. in the same tradition that wise prince is credited with having made war against the giants on a twelve-legged horse, whose birth is attributed to the amours of a crocodile with a female hippopotamus. this dodecaped was found on the "dry island" or new continent; much force and cunning had to be used to secure the wonderful animal, but no sooner had huschenk mounted him, than he defeated every enemy. no giants could withstand his tremendous power. notwithstanding, this king of kings was killed by an enormous rock thrown at him by the giants from the great m

nt. huschenk or the winged simorgh of tahmurath (or taimuraz, upon which to cross over the arctic ocean* nevertheless, the wandering songsters of persia and the caucasus will maintain, to this day, that far beyond the snowcapped summits of kap, or caucasus, there is a great continent now concealed from all. that it is reached by those who can secure the services of the twelvelegged progeny of the crocodile and the female hippopotamus, whose legs become at will twelve wings; or by those who have the patience to wait for the good pleasure of simorgh-anke, who promised that before she dies she will reveal the hidden continent to all, and make it once more visible and within easy reach, by means of a bridge, which the ocean devs will build between that portion of the "dry island" and its sever

y that it requires seven months for a swift horse to reach the "dry land" beyond kaf, holding north without ever deviating from one's way* bailly thought he saw in this horse a twelve-oared ship. the secret doctrine teaches that the early third race built boats and flotillas before it built houses. but the "horse" though a much later animal, has, nevertheless, a more occult primitive meaning. the crocodile and the hippopotamus were held sacred and represented divine symbols, both with the ancient egyptians and with the mexicans. poseidon is, in homer, the god of the horse, and assumes that form himself to please ceres. arion, their progeny, is one of the aspects of that "horse" which is a cycle* the severed parts must be norway and other lands in the neighbourhood of the arctic circle[[vol

what is known of it generally. every one knows that[[diagram] is the tenth sign of the zodiac into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about december 21st. but very few are those who know- even in india, unless they are initiated- the real mystic connection which seems to exist, as we are told, between the names makara and kumara. the first means some amphibious animal called flippantly 'crocodile' as some orientalists think, and the second is the title of the great patrons of yogins (see "saiva puranas) the sons of, and even one with, rudra (siva; a kumara himself. it is through their connection with man that the kumaras are likewise connected with the zodiac. let us try to find out what the word makara means. the word makara, says the author of "the twelve signs of the zodiac "c

referring thus to the loka-palas, the eight points of the compass (the four cardinal and the four intermediate points "from an objective point of view the microcosm is represented by the human body. makaram may be taken to represent simultaneously both the microcosm and the macrocosm, as external objects of perception (pp. 113, 115. but the true esoteric sense of the word "makara" does not mean "crocodile" in truth, at all, even when it is compared with the animal depicted on the hindu zodiac. for it has the head and the fore-legs of an antelope and the body and tail of a fish. hence the tenth sign of the zodiac has been taken variously to mean a shark, a dolphin, etc; as it is the vahan of varuna, the ocean god, and is often called, for this reason, jala-rupa or "water-form" the dolphin

f an antelope and the body and tail of a fish. hence the tenth sign of the zodiac has been taken variously to mean a shark, a dolphin, etc; as it is the vahan of varuna, the ocean god, and is often called, for this reason, jala-rupa or "water-form" the dolphin was the vehicle of poseidon-neptune with the greeks, and one with him, esoterically; and this "dolphin" is the "sea-dragon" as much as the crocodile of the sacred nile is the vehicle of horus, and horus himself "i am the fish and seat of the great horus of kemour" says the mummy-form god with the crocodile's head (ch. lxxxviii, 2 "book of the dead. with the peratae gnostics it is chozzar (neptune, who converts into a sphere the dodecagonal pyramid "and paints its gate with many colours" he has five androgyne ministers- he is makara

kemour" says the mummy-form god with the crocodile's head (ch. lxxxviii, 2 "book of the dead. with the peratae gnostics it is chozzar (neptune, who converts into a sphere the dodecagonal pyramid "and paints its gate with many colours" he has five androgyne ministers- he is makara, the leviathan. the rising sun being considered the soul of the gods sent to manifest itself to men every day, and the crocodile rising out of the water at the first sunbeam, that animal came finally to personify a solar-fire devotee in india, as it personified that fire, or the highest soul with the egyptians. in the puranas, the number of the kumaras changes according to the exigencies of the allegory. for occult purposes their number is given in one place as seven, then as four, then as five. in the kurma puran

he kumaras, and this[[footnote(s "when the sun passes away behind the 30th degree of makara and will reach no more the sign of the meenam (pisces) then the night of brahma has come* death of every physical thing truly; but mara is also the unconscious quickener of the birth of the spiritual[[vol. 2, page] 580 the secret doctrine. connects them still more with our "fabulous" indian makara, and the crocodile-headed god in egypt* the crocodiles in the celestial nile are five, and the god toum, the primordial deity creating the heavenly bodies and the living beings, calls forth these crocodiles in his fifth creation. when osiris "the defunct sun" is buried and enters into amenti, the sacred crocodiles plunge into the abyss of primordial waters "the great green one" when the sun of life rises

and is symbolized in its turn by the caduceus. it shows the regular breathing of the kosmos presided over by the eight great gods- the seven from the primeval mother, the one and the triad. then comes the number nine or the triple ternary. it is the number which reproduces itself incessantly under all shapes and figures in[[footnote(s* osiris is called in the "book of the dead "osiris, the double crocodile (see chapter "on the names of osiris" cxlii "he is the good and the bad principle; the day, and the night sun, the god, and the mortal man" thus far the macrocosm and the microcosm[[vol. 2, page] 581 the master mason's grip. every multiplication. it is the sign of every circumference, since its value in degrees is equal to 9, i.e, to 3+ 6+ 0. it is a bad number under certain conditions

here is one instance. says the ritual, the "book of the dead[[footnote(s* signatura rerum xiv. ps. 10, 15 et seq* this is indeed news! it makes us fear that the lecturer had never read "esoteric buddhism" before criticising it, as there are too many such misconceptions in his notices of it[[vol. 2, page] 635 man, the parent of all the mammals "i am the mouse "i am the hawk "i am the ape "i am the crocodile whose soul comes from men "i am the soul of the gods" of these last two sentences, one "whose soul comes from men- is explained by the lecturer, who says parenthetically "that is, as a type of intelligence" and the other "i am the soul of the gods" as meaning "the horus, or christ, as the outcome of all" the occult teaching answers "it means far more. it gives first of all a corroboratio

with science and say that man, instead of being an imprisoned "spirit" and his vehicle, the shell or body, a gradually perfected and now complete mechanism for material and terrestrial uses, as claimed by the occultists- is simply a more developed animal, whose primal form emerged from one and the same primitive germ on this earth, as the flying dragon and the gnat, the whale and the amoeba, the crocodile and the frog, etc, etc. in this case, he must have passed through the identical developments and through the same process of growth as all the other mammals? if man is an animal, and nothing more, a highly intellectual ex-brute, he should be privileged, at least, and allowed to have been a gigantic mammal of his kind, a[[vol. 2, page] 734 the secret doctrine. meganthropos in his day. it

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

days and nights of brahma. 368 human gods and divine men. 369 the rebirth of gods. 371 the puranic prophecy. 377- viii. the lotus as a universal symbol. 379 exoteric and esoteric. 381 the purity of early phallicism. 383 the egyptian lotus. 385- ix. deus lunus. 386 a glance at the lunar myth. 387 a key-note to the moon. 389 copies and originals. 393 the moon bi-sexual. 397- x. tree and serpent and crocodile worship. 403 degeneration of the symbol. 405 the seven-headed dragons. 407 dragon and crocodile. 409- xi. demon est deus inversus. 411 death is life. 413 the fall of the angels. 418 transformation of the legend. 421- xii. the theogony of the creative gods. 424 the point within the circle. 426 the logos or verbum. 429 the factors of creation. 432 identity of the hierarchies in all religio

symbols, highly suggestive as it is, equally in the spiritual, physiological, and cosmological sense. therefore, it is found in every world-theogony, where it is largely associated with the serpent symbol; the latter being everywhere, in philosophy as in religious symbolism, an emblem of eternity, infinitude, regeneration, and rejuvenation, as well as of wisdom (see part ii "tree and serpent and crocodile worship) the mystery of apparent self-generation and evolution through its own creative power repeating in miniature the process of cosmic evolution in the egg, both being due to heat and moisture under the efflux of the unseen creative spirit, justified fully the selection of this graphic symbol. the "virgin egg" is the microcosmic symbol of the macrocosmic prototype- the "virgin mother

s "spiritual plasm" that dominates the germinal plasm- is the key that must open one day the gates of the terra incognita of the biologist, now called the dark mystery of embryology (see text and note infra (f) the fifth group is a very mysterious one, as it is connected with the microcosmic pentagon, the five-pointed star representing man. in india and egypt these dhyanis were connected with the crocodile, and their abode is in capricornus. these are convertible terms in indian astrology, as this (tenth) sign of the zodiac is called makara, loosely translated "crocodile" the word itself is occultly interpreted in various ways, as will be shown further on. in egypt the defunct man- whose symbol is the pentagram or the five-pointed star, the points of which represent the limbs of a man- was

nus. these are convertible terms in indian astrology, as this (tenth) sign of the zodiac is called makara, loosely translated "crocodile" the word itself is occultly interpreted in various ways, as will be shown further on. in egypt the defunct man- whose symbol is the pentagram or the five-pointed star, the points of which represent the limbs of a man- was shown emblematically transformed into a crocodile: sebakh or sevekh "or seventh" as mr. gerald massey says, showing it as having been the type of intelligence, is a dragon in reality, not a crocodile. he is the "dragon of wisdom" or manas, the "human soul" mind, the intelligent principle, called in our esoteric philosophy the "fifth" principle. says the defunct "osirified" in ch. lxxxviii "book of the dead" or the ritual, under the glyp

"or seventh" as mr. gerald massey says, showing it as having been the type of intelligence, is a dragon in reality, not a crocodile. he is the "dragon of wisdom" or manas, the "human soul" mind, the intelligent principle, called in our esoteric philosophy the "fifth" principle. says the defunct "osirified" in ch. lxxxviii "book of the dead" or the ritual, under the glyph of a mummiform god with a crocodile's head (1 "i am the god (crocodile) presiding at the fear. at the arrival of his soul among men. i am the god-crocodile brought for destruction (an allusion to the destruction of divine spiritual purity[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] which turned into "night- are septenary, i.e, divided like the pitris into seven classes, three of which are arupa (bodiless) and four

e of which are arupa (bodiless) and four with bodies (see vishnu purana, book i) they are in fact more truly our pitris (ancestors) than the pitris who projected the first physical men (see book ii[[vol. 1, page] 220 the secret doctrine. when man acquires the knowledge of good and evil; also to the "fallen" gods, or angels of every theogony (2 "i am the fish of the great horus (as mankara is the "crocodile" the vehicle of varuna. i am merged in sekten" this last sentence gives the corroboration of, and repeats the doctrine of, esoteric buddhism, for it alludes directly to the fifth principle (manas, or the most spiritual part of its essence rather, which merges into, is absorbed by, and made one with atma-buddhi after the death of man. for se-khen is the residence or loka of the god khem (

g principle, the permanent ego, the defunct says "oh my heart, my ancestral heart necessary for my transformations. do not separate thyself from me before the guardian of the scales. thou art my personality within my breast, divine companion watching over my fleshes (bodies" it is in sekhem that lies concealed "the mysterious face" or the real man concealed under the false personality, the triple-crocodile of egypt, the symbol of the higher trinity or human triad, atma, buddhi and manas* in all the ancient papyri the crocodile is called sebek (seventh, while the water is the fifth principle esoterically; and, as already stated, mr. gerald massey shows that the crocodile was "the seventh soul, the supreme one of seven- the seer unseen" even exoterically sekhem is the residence of the god kh

the crocodile was "the seventh soul, the supreme one of seven- the seer unseen" even exoterically sekhem is the residence of the god khem, and khem is horus avenging the death of his father osiris, hence punishing the sins of man when he becomes a disembodied soul. thus the defunct[[footnote(s* one of the explanations of the real though hidden meaning of this egyptian religious glyph is easy. the crocodile is the first to await and meet the devouring fires of the morning sun, and very soon came to personify the solar heat. when the sun arose, it was like the arrival on earth and among men "of the divine soul which informs the gods" hence the strange symbolism. the mummy donned the head of a crocodile to show that it was a soul arriving from the earth[[vol. 1, page] 221 correlation of being

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

imate order- explanatory sections[[vol. 1, page 302] contents. page. i- symbolism and ideographs. 303 ii- mystery language. 310 iii- primordial substance and divine thought. 325 iv- chaos, theos, kosmos. 342 v- the hidden deity and its glyphs. 349 vi- the mundane egg. 359 vii- the days and nights of brahma. 368 viii- the lotus as a universal symbol. 379 ix- deus lunus. 386 x- tree and serpent and crocodile worship. 403 xi- demon est deus inversus. 411 xii- theogony of the creative gods. 424 xiii- the seven creations. 445 xiv- the four elements of the ancients. 460 xv- on kwan-shi yin and kwan-yin. 470[[vol. 1, page 303] book i- part ii (secret doctrine) i. symbolism and ideographs "a symbol is ever, to him who has eyes for it, some dimmer or clearer revelation of the god-like. through all

his permutation is called phta; as logos-creator, he becomes imhot-pou, his son "the god of the handsome face" in their primitive characters these two were the first cosmic duad, noot "space or sky" and noo "the primordial waters" the androgyne unity, above whom was the concealed breath of kneph. and all of them had the aquatic animals and plants sacred to them, the ibis, the swan, the goose, the crocodile, and the lotus. returning to the kabalistic deity, this concealed unity is then[[hebrew[[to pan[[apeiros, endless, boundless, non-existent[[hebrew] so[[footnote(s* we use the term as one accepted and sanctioned by use, and therefore more comprehensible to the reader[[vol. 1, page] 354 the secret doctrine. long as the absolute is within oulom* the boundless and termless time, as such, en

former is credited with fighting and exterminating the winged serpents which came every spring from arabia and infested the country. the other was sacred to the moon, because the latter planet is white and brilliant on her external side, dark and black on that side which she never turns to the earth. moreover, the ibis kills land serpents, and makes the most terrible havoc amongst the eggs of the crocodile, and thus saves egypt from having the nile infested by those horrible saurians. the bird is credited with doing so in the moonlight, and thus being helped by isis, as the moon, her sidereal symbol. but the nearer esoteric truth underlying these popular myths is, that hermes, as shown by abenephius (de cultu egypt, watched under the form of that bird over the egyptians, and taught them th

ed of all is the letter m. it is both feminine and masculine, or androgyne, and is made to symbolize water, the great deep, in its origin. it is mystic in all the languages, eastern and western, and stands as a glyph for the waves, thus[[diagram. in the aryan esotericism, as in the semitic, this letter has always stood for the waters; e.g, in sanskrit makara- the tenth sign of the zodiac- means a crocodile, or rather an aquatic monster associated always with water. the letter ma is equivalent to and corresponds with number 5- composed of a binary, the symbol of the two sexes separated, and of the ternary, symbol of the third life, the progeny of the binary. this, again, is often symbolised by a pentagon, the latter being a sacred sign, a divine monogram. maitreya is the secret name of the

d massey aptly observes in this connection "all such symbols figured their own facts from the first, and did not pre-figure others of a totally different order. the iconography (and dogmas, too) had survived in rome from a period remotely pre-christian. there was neither forgery nor interpolation of types; nothing but a continuity of imagery with a perversion of its meaning- x. tree, serpent, and crocodile worship "object of horror or of adoration, men have for the serpent an implacable hatred, or prostrate themselves before its genius. lie calls it, prudence claims it, envy carries it in its heart, and eloquence on its caduceus. in hell it arms the whip of the furies; in heaven eternity makes of it its symbol" de chateaubriand. the ophites asserted that there were several kinds of genii

nd the goddess sefekh, whose name signifies number 7, is the feminine word, or logos in place of the mother of time, who was the earlier word, as goddess of the seven stars("typology of time" vol. ii. p. 313, nat. gen. the author shows that it was the goddess of the great bear and mother of time who was in egypt from the earliest times the "living word" and that "sevekh-kronus, whose type was the crocodile-dragon, the pre-planetary form of saturn, was called her son and consort; he was her word-logos (p. 321, vol. i. the above is quite plain, but it was not the knowledge of astronomy only that led the ancients to the process of sevening. the primal cause goes far deeper and will be explained in its place. the above quotations are no digressions. they are brought forward as showing (a) the

he four cardinal points; and the chinese, the black warrior, white tiger, ver[[footnote(s* for the same reason the division of the principles in man into seven are thus reckoned, as they describe the same circle in the human higher and lower nature* thus the septenary division is the oldest and preceded the four-fold division. it is the root of archaic classification[[vol. 1, page] 409 dragon and crocodile. milion bird, and azure dragon, is called in the secret books- the "four hidden dragons of wisdom" and the "celestial nagas" now, as shown, the seven-headed or septenary dragon-logos had been in course of time split up, so to speak, into four heptanomic parts or twenty-eight portions. each lunar week has a distinct occult character in the lunar month; each day of the twenty-eight has its

e apocatastases and periods of the seven rulers of the world" the legends of every nation and tribe, whether civilized or savage, point to the once universal belief in the great wisdom and cunning of the serpents. they are "charmers" they hypnotise the bird with their eye, and man himself, very often, does not feel above their fascinating influence; therefore the symbol is a most fitting one. the crocodile is the egyptian dragon. it was the dual symbol of heaven and earth, of sun and moon, and was made sacred, in consequence of its amphibious nature, to osiris and isis. according to eusebius, the egyptians represented the sun in a ship as its pilot, this ship being carried along by a crocodile "to show the motion of the sun in the moyst (space (prepar. evang, 1, 3, c. 3. the crocodile was

moyst (space (prepar. evang, 1, 3, c. 3. the crocodile was moreover, the symbol of egypt herself- the lower, as being the more swampy of the two countries. the alchemists claim another interpretation. they say that the symbol of the sun in the ship on the ether of space meant that the hermetic matter is the principle, or basis, of gold, or again the philosophical sun; the water, within which the crocodile is swimming, is that water or matter made liquid; the ship herself, finally, representing the vessel of nature, in which the sun, or the sulphuric, igneous principle, acts as a pilot: because it is the sun[[vol. 1, page] 410 the secret doctrine. which conducts the work by his action upon the moist or mercury. the above is only for the alchemists. the serpent became the type and symbol of

arger one, eleven leaden plates rolled like scrolls were found, three of which have been deciphered. the contents of these ought to be regarded as final proof of a much-vexed question, for they show that either the early christians, up to the vith century, were bond fide pagans, or that dogmatic christianity was borrowed wholesale, and passed in full into the christian church- sun, tree, serpent, crocodile and all "on the first is seen anubis. holding out a scroll; at his feet are two female busts; below all are two serpents entwined. a corpse swathed up like a mummy. in the second scroll. is anubis, holding out a cross, the "sign of life" under his feet lies the corpse encircled in the numerous folds of a huge serpent, the agathodaemon, guardian of the deceased. in the third scroll, anubi

est is able, in its present incompleteness and tendency towards a decided agnosticism, to do justice to the inner; especially to his higher capacities and perceptions, and those states of consciousness, across the road to which such authorities as mill draw a strong line, saying "so far, and no farther shalt thou go" no occultist would deny that man- no less than the elephant and the microbe, the crocodile and the lizard, the blade of grass or the crystal- is, in his physical formation, the simple product of the evolutionary forces of nature through a numberless series of transformations; but he puts the case differently. it is not against zoological and anthropological discoveries, based on[[vol. 1, page] 637 the swing of karma. the fossils of man and animal, that every mystic and believe

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symbol of thee. liber lxv 79 27. if i say, come up upon the mountains! the celestial waters flow at my word.but thou art the water beyond the waters. 28. the red three-angled heart hath been set up in thy shrine; for the priests despised equally the shrine and the god. 29. yet all the whie thou wast hidden therein, as the lord of silence is hidden in the buds of the lotus. 30. thou art sebek the crocodile against asar; thou art mati, the slayer in the deep. thou art typhon, the wrath of the elements, o thou who transcendest the forces in their concourse and cohesion, in their death and their disruption. thou art python, the terrible serpent about the end of all things! 31. i turned about me thrice in every way; and always i came at the last unto thee. 32. many things i beheld mediate and

, and the humble ones with an ecstasy of abasement; all this shall transcend the known and the unknown with somewhat that hath no name. for it is as the abyss of the arcanum that is opened in the secret place of silence. liber lxv 91 8. thou hast come hither, o my prophet, through grave paths. thou hast eaten of the dung of the abominable ones; thou hast prostrated thyself before the goat and the crocodile; the evil men have made thee a plaything; thou hast wandered as a painted harlot, ravishing with sweet scent and chinese colouring, in the streets; thou hast darkened thine eyepits with kohl; thou hast tinted thy lips with vermilion; thou hast plastered thy cheeks with ivory enamels. thou hast played the wanton in every gate and byway of the great city. the men of the city have lusted af

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right) the twelve goddesses of the gates. each goddess stands with her arms hanging by her sides. p. 11 iii. nine seated gods, each with his hands raised in adoration of ra; they are called the "gods who praise ra" the first three are man-headed, and are called hetch-a, maa-a, and hes-a, the second three are jackal-headed, and are called neb-ta-tesher, ap-uat, and ap-sekhemti, the third three are crocodile-headed, and are called tchat-tuat, seki, and sekhem-hra. iv. twelve divine beings, in the form of women, who are described as "the goddesses who guide the great god" their names are--1. tentenit, 2. sbai, 3. mat-neferu-neb-set, 4. khesefet-smatet, 5. khuai, 6. maket-ari-s, 7. urt-amt-tuat, 8. her-ab-uaa-set, p. 12 [paragraph continues] 9. mesperit, 10. ushem-hat-kheftiu-s, 11. sheset-ker

he tomb [where] rest the gods. hail, exist ye, o nine gods who have come into being from my flesh, and have not come p. 102 into being from your own forms, and who are firm in respect of your food, i avenge you, do ye avenge me" 3. the god who is the "guardian of those who are submerged (see pp. 91, 95. 4. the god satiu (see p. 95. 5. the god ankh-ab hawk-headed (see p. 95. 6. the god bath-resth) crocodile-headed (see p. 95. 7. the god anp-heni, jackal-headed (see p. 99. of these five gods it is said "they act as guardians of tuat, and of those who are submerged in the tuat, and they [protect] and make to pass on the boat" to these the sun-god makes an address, which reads, p. 103 click to view the kingdom of seker. p. 105 [paragraph continues "this great god saith, o ye who stand by your

-ra. p. 130 18. a similar chamber, with an "image" of ra in the form of a hawk's wing; the name of the chamber is het-stau-kher-aha. 19. a similar chamber, with an "image" of ra in the form of a human head; the name of the chamber is het-temtet-ra. the texts read: click to view (left) het-temtet-ra (center) het-stau-kher-aha (right) het-tuau-ra. p. 131 in the lower register are- 1. the god henti, crocodile-headed, and in a seated position, but without a throne. click to view hem. ahi [em-nu-ur] henti. 2. the god em-nu-ur, crocodile-headed, or ape-headed. 3. the god ahi. 4. the god hem. 5. the god netch-atef. 6. the god ankh-hra. p. 132 7. the god met-hra. 8. the god netchti. click to view netchti. met-hra. ankh-hra. netch-atef. 9-12. four goddesses, each in a seated position, but without a

this city--o ye hours who have the power of coming into being, o ye hours who are endowed with stars, o ye hours who avenge ra, fight ye on behalf of him that is on the horizon, and take ye your forms (or, attributes, and carry ye your symbols, and lift ye up your heads and guide this [god] ra, who is on the horizon, into the beautiful amentet in peace" the text goes on to say: click to view the crocodile ab-sha-am-tuat "behold the gods and goddesses who guide this great god along the hidden way of this city" 3. in front of the hours is an enormous crocodile called ab-sha-am-tuat, which is described as "osiris, the eye of ra" the crocodile stands upon a long funeral p. 160 mound, out of the end of which, immediately under the head of the animal, appears a bearded human head, i.e "the head

-tuat "behold the gods and goddesses who guide this great god along the hidden way of this city" 3. in front of the hours is an enormous crocodile called ab-sha-am-tuat, which is described as "osiris, the eye of ra" the crocodile stands upon a long funeral p. 160 mound, out of the end of which, immediately under the head of the animal, appears a bearded human head, i.e "the head of osiris" of the crocodile the text says "he who is in this picture is ab-shau, and he is the warden of the symbols of this city. when he heareth the voice [of the boat of] ra which is addressed to the eye which is in his cheek, the head which is in his dominion maketh its appearance, and then it eateth its own form after this great god hath passed it by. whosoever knoweth this [picture] ab-shau shall not devour h

p. 179 shut in this circle, which is like unto the voices of male cats when they cry out and their souls cry out to ra. the name of this circle is hetepet-neb-s" 2. this circle, which is called hetemet-khemiu, is entered through a door having the name tes-ra-kheftiu-f, in it are- 1. nut, bearded and man-headed. click to view the circle hetemet-khemiu. 2. ta, bearded and man-headed. 3. sebeq-hra, crocodile-headed. the text reads: p. 180 [paragraph continues "those who are in this picture are [seated] upon their instruments for weaving, which are set firmly on their sand, according to the mystery which horus made. this god crieth out to their souls, in whatsoever regions they are in the two aterti, and there is heard the sound of the voices of those who are shut in this circle which is like

is left and right hand respectively. p. 271 2. the goddess nut, holding the sceptre and ankh. 3. the god hehu, holding the sceptre and ankh. 4. the goddess hehut, holding the sceptre and ankh. 5. the god tebai, man-headed, and holding an oar, or paddle. click to view (left) the gods who receive ra (right) a god of a paddle. 6. the god qashefshef, man-headed and holding a paddle. 7. the god nehui, crocodile-headed, and holding a paddle. 8. the god ni, with the heads of two birds, and holding a paddle. 9. the deity nesmekhef, in the p. 272 form of a serpent, which pours forth fire from its mouth. 10. the god neba-khu, man-headed, and holding a paddle. 11. the god khenti-theth-f, man-headed, and holding a paddle. 12. the god aha-ab, man-headed, and holding a paddle. 13. the god tuati, man-hea

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rs were regarded as innately "gifted" at harming and poisoning practices. in a notorious plot in louisiana, conspirators apparently assumed that african ancestry alone guaranteed one slave's access to poisoning skills. in 1731 a rebellious creole overseer in new orleans enlisted an accomplice to murder a slave driver, choosing a "native of guinea" to create a poison from the "gall and heart" of a crocodile, a secret formula known only by african priests "as a creole he knew nothing about how to make such drugs" the case report states "but the lately imported negroes knew these arts" when the scheme was exposed, the "mandringa-speaking" guinea negro who was implicated in the conspiracy was thrown in prison, and there he eventually died. the case was closed, with the records acknowledging th

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rcher and author, robert temple.14 he says that neb-heru is clearly described in the sumerian, enuma elish, as a star and not a planet.15 again could the sirius sun or dog star be the true "nibiru/nebiru? maybe, maybe not. horus, the son of god of egyptian myth, was strongly associated with sirius as in heru-sept or "horus of the dog star".16 one depiction of horus was as heru-ami-u, a hawkheaded crocodile with a tail ending as a dog's head. he was also portrayed with a jackal or dog/wolf head, as was an or anu, the royal leader of the anunnaki.17 heru= hero= hybrid bloodline and these "heroes" may be ruling the earth, at blood brothers 73 least in part, on behalf of the sirius "gods. another definition of the term, hero, is a "man sacrificed to hera, which is again related to heru/horus

extraterrestrial race and that the anunnaki were reptilian. he, too, believes that these same reptilians have controlled the world for thousands of years, as he explains in his book, humanity's extraterrestrial origins (a. and l. horn, po box 1632, mount shasta, california, 1994. the reptilians, or this manipulating faction of them anyway, have an undeveloped emotional level, along the lines of a crocodile or lizard. they don't feel in the same way as mammals. they have a sharp mind in an intellectual sense and that makes them very efficient in creating and using technology. the computer is a very good example of the reptilian mind at work. it operates very efficiently up to a point, but it does not have emotion and is therefore limited in its possibilities. it is the same with these repti

terranean and celestial. stories of flying serpents can be found in egypt, as you would expect of an important colony of the sumer empire, and, once again, they symbolised immortality. flying serpents were pictured taking the kings to the land of immortality in a star constellation in the heavens. one serpent symbol was the divine asp on the headgear of egyptian kings and they used the fat of the crocodile in their coronations. the great ancient egyptian city of alexandria was called "city of the serpent's son (alexander the great) and there they worshipped the serpent god, serapis. he was known as the "sacred serpent" or "fire serpent" and from this comes the biblical "seraphim, the serpents associated with yhvh or yahweh (jehovah. the temple of serapeum in i alexandria was dubbed one of

om this comes the biblical "seraphim, the serpents associated with yhvh or yahweh (jehovah. the temple of serapeum in i alexandria was dubbed one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, as was the 400-foot-high pharos lighthouse in the city, which was topped by the illuminati's key symbol the lighted torch or eternal flame. in the temple, serapis was portrayed as a massive statue standing on a crocodile holding a staff with a serpent coiling serving the dragon: the past 129 around it. at the top of the staff were the heads of a lion, dog, and wolf, all classic symbols of the serpent cult.56 egyptian queens like cleopatra were known as the "serpent of the nile" and the uraeus hieroglyphic sign for goddess was a serpent.57 later gnostic christians adopted the name uraeus as a secret name

ed on the moon-menstrual cycle. the greeks called it ambrosia("supernatural red wine" of the goddess hera, while in india it was soma (the food of the gods) and in persia, haoma. they believed the menstrual blood was sacred and the life essence that could bring immortality. sir laurence gardner calls the anunnaki bloodlines the "dragon bloodlines, but claims that this derives only from the use of crocodile fat in the royal ceremonies of ancient egypt. right, larry, and i can hang by my willy from a hot air balloon. he dismisses any idea that these bloodlines are reptilian shape-shifters, although he acknowledges that such claims were made in ancient times. he said in a nexus magazine article that he found it hard to imagine that anyone (i.e. me) could still believe such stories in these mo

ells how thor won the victory against the serpent cult and this is known as the "harrying of hell [el" in welsh traditions. a key moment was when prince cain, miok or michael, the son of thor, killed balder or abel, the son of el, and this is depicted in many sumerian, babylonian, assyrian, hittite, and persian seals and sculptures. cain, as horus, is seen spearing abel-set, symbolised as a demon crocodile, in an egyptian bas-relief of around 1000bc (see picture section).41 this is a version of st michael defeating the dragon. st michael, the sumerian-cappadocian deity, is portrayed as a dragon fighter. in india, balder is the "great deva (tiva, or "devil) felled by lord gan (cain).42 the stories of st patrick in ireland say that he was sent by "st michael the victor" to expel the "snakes"

l" bloodline of "jesus" and "mary" magdalene. with his close connections to the ancient imperial royal dragon court and order, which serves the interests of the "dragon bloodlines, gardner would surely know the real symbolism of the grail and jesus, wouldn't he? gardner says that the "dragon" refers to the fact that the kings of this bloodline used to be anointed in egypt by the fat of the sacred crocodile. el and balder were symbolised as crocodiles and the crocodile was known in egypt as the "messeh, from which we get "messiah" and "christ. the term "christ" means the "anointed one- anointed with the fat of a crocodile. the hindu god shiva, the "lord" of the reptilian nagas, was also called the "anointed one, or "christos" to the greeks, when he had his willy bathed in menstrual blood. i

he castles and stately homes of the bloodline families and on churches and cathedrals built by the llluminati 186 children of the matrix a bust in the vatican of thor/lndara, the king of sumer who battled with the serpent cult according to the british edda texts thor (st george) slays the dragon in a persian sculpture of around 600bc horus, the egyptian son of god, slaying set or seth, the "demon crocodile. from an egyptian bas-relief of about 1,000bc and now in the louvre museum in paris picture section 187 the goddess artemis (dana. diana) with her symbolic eggs in a statue at the ephesus museum. artemis/diana was the main deity of the merovingian bloodline and both are symbolised by bees. honey, and the hive on the left is an ancient egyptian portrayal of the "virgin mother, isis, and h

philo say about these amazing events? nothing, zilch, the big round circle. it is the same with the roman records and the work of every contemporary author. there is a simple explanation for this. these events never happened because there was no "jesus. jesus the "christ" the word "christ" comes from the greek "christos, which simply means "anointed. the anointing was performed with the fat of a crocodile, menstrual blood, and goodness knows what else. the term was used for any israelite king or priest and could be applied to anyone who has been anointed. the babylonian tammuz was called the christos or sacred king and the same or similar terms were applied to many of these pre-christian "jesus" figures. the name "jesus" is also a greek translation and if he did exist, which he didn't, hi

also claims to have had many contacts with nonhuman entities" one night in january 1999, she went to bed in her small apartment. later, she said, she woke to a "buzzing sound" and when she opened her eyes she was horrified to see two strange creatures standing on either side of her bed. one was around seven to eight feet tall, weighed around 19 stone (getting on for 300 pounds) with the skin of a crocodile or snake. the other was the same, but smaller. they seemed to be communicating in a "chirping" manner and their eyes glowed. chirping sounds are pretty common in such reports and the glowing eyes are universal. the sumerians knew enlil, the chief anunnaki on the earth, as "the serpent with the shining eyes. eva found she was unable to move, another confirmation of the ancient and modern

nsters" and "demons. their descriptions match those of other ancient cultures all over the world. many native american tribes, like the hopi, claim to have lived within these underground cavern "cities" before coming to settle on the surface. in the mayan epic, the popol vuh, two "semi-divine (hybrid) brothers, hunapuh and xbalanque, enter the horrific underground world called xibalba to battle a crocodile-headed monster and, as a result of their victory, the brothers brought an end to human sacrifice- the calling card of the reptilians to this day. these underground worlds are the origin of the belief in hell being under the earth. the poet, dante (1265-1321, was an initiate of the knights templar. in his famous work, the inferno, he is taken on a tour of the underworld. he says it consis

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rt of the dragon had been founded in egypt bythe priests of mendes and this still continues today 4,000 years later, as the imperial androyal court of the dragon sovereignty, now headquartered in britain. some peoplecall this the brother-hood of the snake. the early kings of sumer, egypt, and later,israel, were anointed at their coronation with the fat of the dragon which was the fatof the sacred crocodile. the croc was known in egypt as a messeh and from this comesthe hebrew term messiah which means anointed one. the kings of the successionwere also known as dragons and all this symbolism relates to the knowledge thatthese royal families were the bloodlines of the reptile-human crossbreeds. when manykingdoms joined together in battle, they appointed a king of kings and he was known asthe

ssbreeds. when manykingdoms joined together in battle, they appointed a king of kings and he was known asthe great dragon or. draco. the famous celtic title, pendragon, is a version of this.kingship actually originates from the word kin or blood relative and kin-ship becamekingship. just to emphasise the point about the reptile bloodlines here, the name theegyptians gave to their sacred messeh or crocodile was. draco. this also became asymbol of the egyptian therapeutate and their branch in israel called the essenes, andit was represented as a sea serpent or bistea neptunis by the royal merovingians andtheir decendents in france. the same tribe, all of them. if you look in the picture sectionyou will see an ancient egyptian depiction of a god on the temple wall at saqquara- itis a non-huma

inventions in the old testament texts. anyone who didnt do the samewas their enemy and they fiercely opposed the roman occupation. they were apalestine branch of an even more extreme egyptian sect called the therapeutae(healers, hence therapeutic 32) and they inherited the secret knowledge of egypt andthe ancient world. the therapeutae and the essenes also used the symbol of themesseh, the draco crocodile of egypt, the fat of which anointed the pharaohs underthe authority of the royal court of the dragon. the essenes had a detailedunderstanding of drugs, including the hallucinogenic variety, which were used inmystery school initiations and for entering otherstates of consciousness. the properties of thesacred mushrooms or holy plant were so muchpart of life in the secret brotherhood that

illustratethe birth of jesus and this nativity scene quickly caught on. manger scenes carvedfrom wood became popular all over italy at christmas and the rest is history. givinggifts is not a christian custom, either. this was done in the pagan world at new yearlong before christianity. the christians simply borrowed it, as they did everythingelse.the prophecies said that the messiah (messeh, the crocodile of egypt) would becalled emmanuel, but the name of the gospel messiah was jesus, or at least itsjudean equivalent. oops! funny how christians seem to miss this point when theyquote the prophecy about the coming of emmanuel every christmas. think of allthose children who have been dressed up as mary, joseph, shepherds, wise men,donkeys, cows and sheep. this fantasy has been used to indoct

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, sometimes like a toad, and sometimes like a man, and sometimes all these forms at once. he speaketh hoarsely. this is his character which is used to be worn as a lamen before him who calleth him forth, or else he will not do thee homage (2) agares- the second spirit is a duke called agreas, or agares. he is under the power of the east, and cometh up in the form of an old fair man, riding upon a crocodile, carrying a goshawk upon his fist, and yet mild in appearance. he maketh them to run that stand still, and bringeth back runaways. he teaches all languages or tongues presently. he hath power also to destroy dignities both spiritual and temporal, and causeth earthquakes. he was of the order of virtues. he hath under his government 31 legions of spirits. and this is his seal or character

l of a serpent, sitting upon a pale-coloured horse. he knoweth the virtues of herbs and precious stones, and can transport men suddenly from one country to another. he ruleth over 30 legions of spirits. his seal is this which is to be worn as aforesaid (19) sallos- the nineteenth spirit is sallos (or saleos. he is a great and mighty duke, and appeareth in the form of a gallant soldier riding on a crocodile, with a ducal crown on his head, but peaceably. he causeth the love of women to men, and of men to women; and governeth 30 legions of spirits. his seal is this, etc (20) purson- the twentieth spirit is purson, a great king. his appearance is comely, like a man with a lion s face, carrying a cruel viper in his hand, and riding upon a bear. going before him are many trumpets sounding. he k

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he chapter of not allowing the heart of a man to be driven away from him in the underworld. vignette: a heart.[2] chapter xxxb. the chapter of not allowing the heart of a man to be driven away from him in the underworld. vignette: the deceased being weighed against his heart in the balance in the presence of osiris "the great god, the prince of eternity" chapter xxxi. the chapter of repulsing the crocodile which cometh to carry the magical words# from a man in the underworld. vignette: the deceased spearing a crocodile. chapter xxxii [the chapter of] coming to carry the magical words from a man in the underworld. this chapter has no vignette. the versions of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod03.htm (21 of 36 [8/10/2001 11:22:56 am] chapter xxxiii. the chapter of

on. vignette: a heron. chapter lxxxv. the chapter of changing into a soul, of not going into the place of punishment: whosoever knoweth it will never perish. this chapter has no vignette. chapter lxxxvi. the chapter of changing into a swallow. vignette: a swallow. chapter lxxxvii. the chapter of changing into the serpent sa-ta. vignette: a serpent. chapter lxxxviii. the chapter of changing into a crocodile. vignette: a crocodile. chapter lxxxix. the chapter of making the soul to be united to its body. vignette: the soul visiting the body, which lies on a bier. p. xxxix theban version: list of chapters. chapter xc. the chapter of giving memory to a man. the versions of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod03.htm (26 of 36 [8/10/2001 11:22:56 am] vignette: a jackal

y with the head of a hawk, and he sometimes holds in his hands emblems of power, sovereignty, and rule.[3] another form of ptah was ptah-seker-ausar wherein the creator of the world, the sun, and osiris as the god of the dead, were represented. a large number of fa ence figures of this triune god are found in graves, and specimens exist in all museums. he is represented as a dwarf standing upon a crocodile, and having a scarab us upon his head; the scarab is the emblem of the new life into which the deceased is about to break, the crocodile is the emblem of the darkness of death which has been overcome. according to some the element of ptah in the triad is the personification of the period of incubation which follows [1. naville, todtenbuch, bd. i, bl. 34, ll. 4, 5. 2. lanzone: op. cit, ta

er sert ra rise like nefer-tmu from the lotus (lily) to the nostrils of ra" and to "come forth on the horizon every day"[2] neheb-ka is the name of a goddess who is usually represented with the head of a serpent, and with whom the deceased identifies himself. sebak a form of horus the sun-god, must be distinguished from sebak the companion of set, the opponent of osiris; of each of these gods the crocodile was the sacred animal, and for this reason probably the gods themselves were confounded. sebak-ra, the lord of ombos, is usually depicted in human form with the head of a crocodile, surmounted by, or, or.[3] amsu or amsi is one of the most ancient gods of egypt. he personified the power of generation, or the reproductive force of nature; he was the "father of his own mother" and was iden

y a ceremony in which a waxen figure of apep was burnt in the fire; as the wax melted, so the power of apep was destroyed. another name of apep was nak, who was pierced by the lance of th eye of horus and made to vomit what he had swallowed.[9] the devourer of the dead the judgment scene in the theban edition of the book of the dead reveal the belief in the existence of a tri-formed monster, part crocodile, part lion, and [1. maspero, recueil de travaux, t. iii, p. 220. 2. goodwin, aeg. zeitschrift, 1866, p. 54; see also lepsius, aelteste texte, bl. 35, l. 1 ff. 3. naville, todtenbuch, bd. i, bl. 44. 4. ibid, bd. i, bl. 46. 5. i.e, chapp. 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, etc. 6. for the text see naville, todtenbuch, bd. i, bl. 53; and lepsius, todtenbuch, bl. 18. 7. see lanzone, dizionario, p. 121

eater of the dead" and who lived in amenta; her place is by the side of the scales wherein the heart is weighed, and it is clear that such hearts as failed to balance the feather of maat were devoured by her. in one papyrus she is depicted crouching by the side of a lake.[1] other types of evil were the insect apshai [2]confounded in later times with the tortoise[3, which dies as ra lives;[4] the crocodile sebak, who afterwards became identified with ra; the hippopotamus, the ass, etc. the devils of the underworld. the pyramid texts afford scanty information about the fiends and devils with which the later egyptians peopled certain parts of the tuat, wherein the night sun pursued his course, and where the souls of the dead dwelt; for this we must turn to the composition entitled the" book

ese divisions, which was under the rule of the god seker, the entrance was guarded by a serpent on four legs with a human head, and within were a serpent with three heads, scorpions,[5] vipers, and winged monsters of terrifying aspect; a vast desert place was their abode, and seemingly the darkness was so thick there that it might be felt. in other divisions we find serpents spitting fire, lions, crocodile-headed gods, a serpent that devours the dead, a huge crocodile, and many other reptiles of divers shapes and forms. from the descriptions which accompany the scenes, it is evident that the tuat was regarded by the the gods of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod09.htm (17 of 19 [8/10/2001 11:23:59 am] egyptians of the xviiith dynasty from a moral as well as from

e de gypte chr tienne, p. 167. 2. the gods of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod09.htm (18 of 19 [8/10/2001 11:23:59 am] 3 see am lineau, tude sur le christianisme en gypte au septi me si cle, paris, 1887, p. 147] p. cxxxii light came, and they cast it into the cold where there was gnashing of teeth. there it beheld a snake which never slept, with a head like that of a crocodile, and which was surrounded by reptiles which cast souls before it to be devoured, when the snake's mouth was full it allowed the other reptiles to eat, and though they rent the soul in pieces it did not die. after this the soul was carried into amenta for ever. the martyr macarius suffered in the reign of diocletian, and the ms. from which the above extract is taken was copied in the year

of changing into the soul of tmu (see pp. 172, 338, and pl. 27) the vignette to this chapter is similar to that of the papyrus of tura, surnamed nefer-uben-f, of the xviiith dynasty' chapter lxxxvi "the chapter of changing into a swallow (see pp. 250, 331, and pl. 25) chapter lxxxvii "the chapter of changing into seta (see pp. 169, 337, and pl. 27) chapter lxxxviii "the chapter of changing into a crocodile (see pp. 170, 337, and pl. 27) chapter lxxxix "the chapter of causing the soul to be united to its body in neter-khert (see pp. 112, 318, and pl. 17) the two incense burners which stand, one at the head and one at the foot of the bier, are peculiar to the papyrus of ani [1. naville, einleitung, p. 97] p. cli list of chapters. chapter xci "the chapter of not letting the soul of a man be c

boat in its lake. may i see horus in charge of the rudder, with thoth [1, more fully "the great house of the old man" i.e, the great temple of ra at heliopolis: see brugsch, dict. g og, p. 153. 2 apep, the serpent, personifying darkness, which horus. or the rising sun must conquer before he can re-appear in the east. 3 compare the following scenes which represent apep in the form of a serpent and crocodile and ass being pierced by the deceased. plate i. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod13.htm (3 of 6 [8/10/2001 11:24:37 am] 4 the abtu and the ant fishes are sometimes depicted on coffins swimming at the bows of the boat of the sun] p. 249 and maat beside him; may i grasp the bows of the (17) seket[1]boat, and the stern of the atet boat. may he grant unto the ka of osiris ani to behol

the owner of the palette is generally added. the colours with which the egyptians wrote were made of vegetable substances, coloured earths, and preparations of copper. 4 she is also called "devourer of amenta (i.e, the underworld, and shai (see lanzone, dizionario, p. 129. in the british museum papyrus no. 9901 she is described as hat en emsuh; pehu-s em tebt her-ab-set em ma "the fore-part of a crocodile; her hind-quarters are those of a hippopotamus; her middle part [is that] of a lion" footnote p. 258 the devourer usually stands near the balance instead of behind thoth; but there is one papyrus quoted by naville (todtenbuch, bd. i, bl. 136) in which she is shown crouching beside the lake of fire in the infernal regions. plate iii. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod15.htm (2 of 4

he xxist chapter of the sa te recension of the book of the dead. see lepsius, todtenbuch, plate xiv; and pierret, le livre des morts, p. 91. 3 compare. 4 the chapter which lepsius has numbered xxiii, as being most closely connected with the xxiind chapter, and which refers to the opening of the mouth of the deceased, follows on plate xv] p. 276 upon me in my glorified form. deliver ye me from the crocodile which is in the place of the lords of right and truth. grant ye unto me (5) my mouth that i may speak therewith. may offerings be made unto me in your presence, for i know you and i know your names, and i know (6) the name of the great god. grant ye abundance of food for his nostrils. the god rekem passeth through the western horizon of heaven. he (7) travelleth on, and i travel on he go

com/egy/ebod/ebod18.htm (14 of 14 [8/10/2001 11:27:39 am] sacred texts egypt index previous next plates xi. and xii. vignette i: ani and his wife thuthu approaching the first arit,[3] the cornice of which is ornamented with# i.e, emblems of power, life, and stability. at the entrance sit three gods, the first having the head of a hare, the second the head of a serpent, and the third the head of a crocodile. the first holds an ear of corn, and each of the others a knife. text [chapter cxlvii (i) the first arit. the name of the doorkeeper is sekhet-hra-asht-aru[3; the name of the (2) watcher is meti-heh)[4; the name of the herald is ha-kheru.[5 [words to be spoken when osiris cometh to the first arit in amenta.[6] saith (3) ani, triumphant, when he cometh to the first arit "i am the mighty o

o giveth birth unto him daily" vignette: the serpent seta, with human legs. text [chapter lxxxvi l (1) the chapter of changing into seta. osiris ani, triumphant, saith "i am the serpent seta, whose years are many. i lie down and i am born day by day. i am (3) the serpent seta, which dwelleth in the limits of the earth. i lie down, i am born (4) i renew myself, i grow young day by day" vignette: a crocodile upon a pylon or doorway. text [chapter lxxxviii (1) the chapter of changing into a crocodile. saith osiris ani, triumphant (2 "i am the crocodile which dwelleth in terror, i am the sacred crocodile and i cause destruction (3) i am the great fish in kamui. i am the lord to whom homage (4) is paid in sekhem; and osiris ani is the lord to whom homage is paid in sekhem" vignette: the god pta

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feats. she seems to be like the scottish cailleach bheur, a nature hag. agapis according to ancient tradition, this was a yellow stone said to promote love or charity; it also cured stings and venomous bites when dipped in water and rubbed over the wound. agares according to johan weyer, agares is grand duke of the eastern region of hades. he is shown in the form of a benevolent lord mounted on a crocodile and carrying a hawk on his fist. the army he protects in battle is indeed fortunate, for he disperses their enemies and puts new courage into the hearts of the cowards who fly before superior numbers. he distributes place and power, titles and prelacies, teaches all languages, and has other equally remarkable powers. thirty-one legions are under his command. sources: weyer, johannes. wit

e said to adopt. a devil would appear like an angel seated in a fiery chariot or riding on an infernal dragon and carrying a viper in his right hand; or he would assume a lion s head, a goose s feet, and a hare s tail; or put on a raven s head and come mounted on a strong wolf. among other forms taken by demons were those of a fierce warrior, or of an old man with a hawk in his hand riding upon a crocodile. a human figure would arise having the wings of a griffin or sporting three heads, two of them like those of a toad and one like a cat s; or displaying huge teeth and horns and armed with a sword; or exhibiting a dog s teeth and a large raven s head; or mounted upon a pale horse and exhibiting a serpent s tail; or gloriously crowned and riding upon a dromedary; or presenting the face of

a pale horse and exhibiting a serpent s tail; or gloriously crowned and riding upon a dromedary; or presenting the face of a lion; or bestriding a bear while grasping a viper. other forms were those of a goodly knight, or of one who bore lance, ensigns, and even a scepter, or of a soldier, either riding on a black horse and surrounded by a flame of fire, or wearing a duke s crown and mounted on a crocodile. hundreds of such varied shapes were assumed by devils of rank. in his sketches of the philosophy of apparitions (1824, dr. s. hibbert comments: it would therefore betray too much of the aristocratical spirit to omit noticing the forms which the lower orders of such beings displayed. in an ancient latin poem, describing the lamentable vision of a devoted hermit, and supposed to have been

ral found to be most efficacious, and the personal intervention of a god called up, if necessary, by prayers or sorcery. magic figures as already confirmed, the egyptians believed that it was possible to transmit to the image of any person or animal the soul of the being that it represented. the westcar papyrus related how a soldier who had fallen in love with a governor s wife was swallowed by a crocodile when bathing, the saurian being a magical replica of a waxen one made by the lady s husband. in the official account of a conspiracy against rameses iii (1200 b.c.e) the conspirators obtained access to a magical papyrus in the royal library and employed its instructions against the king with disastrous effects to themselves. others made waxen figures of gods and of the king for the purpo

nces, he contributed articles on parapsychology to tijdschrift voor parapsychologie. sources: pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. katean secret society a secret society of the moluccas, or spice islands, of the malay archipelago. anyone who wished to become a member was introduced into the katean house through an aperture in the form of a crocodile s jaws or a cassowary s beak. after remaining there for a few days, he was secretly removed to a remote spot. at the end of two months he was permitted to return to his relatives.theretofore unaware of his whereabouts.as a member of the katean society. kathari see cathari katie king see king, katie katika lima malay system of astrology. katika tujo malay system of astrology. kauks fabulo

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than ever strong. even my quiet existence seems now to grow somewhat sensible of the advance of years. age alone i am unable to debar from my retirement. i am weary already of this prisonhouse, the body, and calmly await the day when the divine nature within me shall be set free from matter. the egyptian priests used to tell me that a single touch with the wing of their holy bird could charm the crocodile into torpor; it is not thus speedily, my dear friend, that the pinions of your soul will have power to still the untamed body. the creature will yield only to watchful, strenuous constancy of habit. purify your soul from all undue hope and fear about earthly things, mortify the body, deny self.affections as well as appetites, and the inner eye will begin to exercise its clear and solemn

ents of a letter as follows: i am in a zoological garden; a fight is going on, a large animal, an elephant. is he not in the water? i see his trunk as he swims. i see blood. geley said: good, but that is not all. ossowiecki: wait, is he not wounded in his trunk? geley: very good. there was a fight. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. ossowiecki, stephan 1157 ossowiecki: yes, with a crocodile. the sentence geley wrote was an elephant bathing in the ganges was attacked by a crocodile who bit off his trunk. in 1923, at the international psychical research congress in warsaw, poland, ossowiecki read the contents of a note sent by the society for psychical research and sealed by dr. edwin j. dingwall in an envelope. the note had been wrapped in several pieces of colored paper. th

. the first of these, of which the conclusion only remains, is supposed to have occurred in the reign of king t eser of the third dynasty. the next, which is complete, belongs to the reign of nebka, a somewhat earlier king. in those days it came to the ears of a great nobleman that his faithless wife was in the habit of meeting her lover by the side of a lake. being skilled in magic he modelled a crocodile in wax and ordered one of his servants to cast it into the water. it was immediately transformed into a real crocodile and devoured the lover. seven days later the king was walking by the lake with his friend the nobleman, when at the command of the latter the crocodile came to the shore and laid its victim at their feet. the king shuddered at the sight of the monster but at the touch of

evoured the lover. seven days later the king was walking by the lake with his friend the nobleman, when at the command of the latter the crocodile came to the shore and laid its victim at their feet. the king shuddered at the sight of the monster but at the touch of its maker it became once more a mere figure of wax. then the whole astonishing story was told to the king, who thereupon granted the crocodile permission to take away that which was its own. the creature plunged into the depths of the lake and disappeared with the adulterer, while the guilty wife was burnt to death and her ashes were scattered in the stream. a tale of enchantment follows, the scene of which is laid during the reign of king sneferu, the predecessor of kheops. the king was one day taking his pleasure on a lake in

nfancy of the three children are described in detail, and all sorts of marvelous incidents are represented as influencing their fate. the gods cared for the safety of the little ones. a maid to whom the secret was known being enraged by a severe punishment inflicted upon her, threatened to betray all to kheops. her own brother beat her, and when she went down to the water she was carried off by a crocodile. here the papyrus ceases, but it is possible to a certain extent to restore the conclusion. the names of the three children of ra show that they stand for the first three kings of the fifth dynasty, the family that followed the house of kheops. the papyrus must therefore have told how the boys escaped all the snares laid for their lives and in due time ascended the throne for which they

mercy, piety, and munificence, and he bestows clemency, benevolence, and justice on all. sources: lewis, james r. astrology encyclopedia. detroit: visible ink press, 1994. morrison, r. j. an introduction to astrology by william lilly. 1835. reprint, hollywood, calif: newcastle, 1972. zaebos said to be grand count of the infernal regions. he appears in the shape of a handsome soldier mounted on a crocodile. his head is adorned with a ducal coronet. he is of a gentle disposition. zagam said to be grand king and president of the infernal regions. he appears as a bull with the wings of a griffin. he changes water into wine, blood into oil, the fool into a wise man, lead into silver, and copper into gold. thirty legions obey him. zahuris (or zahories) french people who had traveled in spain fr

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before the concept had become popular) happened on november 17, 1967, when thirteen-year-old david seewaldt of calgary, alberta, while crossing a vacant lot, heard a high-pitched sound. when he looked for its source, he saw a house-sized ufo landing. it shot a beam of light at him, putting him into a trancelike state as he was levitated into the craft. there two hideouslooking entities with brown crocodile skin took off seewaldt s clothes and led him into a room where he was examined and given a shot. he was then beamed back to the field. by the time he got home, all conscious memory of the encounter had passed. it returned five months later in a vivid dream. a year later, investigators, including a university of alberta psychologist, interviewed the youth. john s. carpenter, a missouri-ba

aternal (priest) orders, etc. these crossbreeds, some unaware of their reptilian genetic mind-control instructions, act out their subversive roles as reptilian agents, setting the stage for an [sic] reptilian led et invasion (rhodes, n.d. see also: abductions by ufos; close encounters of the third kind; hollow earth; hybrid beings; king leo; reptoid child; volmo further reading allan, w. k, 1975. crocodile-skinned entities at calgary. flying saucer review 20, 6 (april: 25 26. carpenter, john s, 1993. abduction notes: reptilians and other unmentionables. mufon ufo journal 300 (april: 10 11, 1994. other types of aliens: patterns emerging. in andrea pritchard, david e. pritchard, john e. mack, pam kasey, and claudia yapp, eds. alien discussions: proceedings of the 214 reptoids 215 a painting

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ale horse. bathin is a witchcraft familiar of wort cunning and herbalism, whom knows the use of precious stones. bathin is also a spirit of astral projection, causing in dreaming states the consciousness to project to other countries and lands. he rules over 30 legions of spirits. s sallos 45 sallos/saleos is a might duke as well, who appears in the form of a soldier of medieval times riding on a crocodile, whom is crowned. sallos is a spirit of lust and desire, whom one may project to bring on with another and create a flowing inspiration to achieve the union with another. he governs 30 legions of spirits as well. t purson purson is a great king who appears in the black mirror as a man with a lion s face, who carries a serpent/viper in his hand and rides upon a bear. purson is a spirit of

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oincidence that one of the stages of the ancient egyptian underworld, the hall of judgement, involved an almost identical series of symbols? at this crucial juncture the deceased s heart was weighed against a feather. if the heart was heavy with sin it would tip the balance. the god thoth would note the judgement on his palette and the heart would immediately be devoured by a fearsome beast, part crocodile, part hippopotamus, part lion, that was called the eater of the dead .19 finally, let us turn again to egypt of the pyramid age and the privileged status of the pharaoh, which enabled him to circumvent the trials of the underworld and to be reborn as a star. ritual incantations were part of the process. equally important was a mysterious ceremony known as the opening of the mouth, always

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ut people 16 handbook of egyptian mythology who happen to encounter gods. another common definition of myth is stories about the world of the gods, but these middle kingdom tales are set in the human world, sometimes in a specific historical period. a series of linked stories set in the third and fourth dynasties describes marvels performed by the magicians of this era, such as transforming a wax crocodile into a real one.34 in the framing story, five deities disguise themselves as people to help a mortal woman who is about to give birth to triplets destined to be kings. an incomplete story tells of an alarming encounter between a herdsman and a seductive goddess.35 another relates how an official sent on a mission was shipwrecked on a mysterious island.36 there he encounters a giant serpe

exceptionally well preserved desert site was also the place where most new kingdom literature was found.61 mythology in literature only about ten late egyptian narratives survive from the new kingdom. the authors of these stories obviously assumed that their readers would have a detailed knowledge of egyptian myth. a story about a prince who is doomed by seven goddesses to be killed by a snake, a crocodile, or a dog has been called the world s oldest fairy tale. the ending of the story is missing, but the prince was probably saved by the spirited princess whose hand he wins in a jumping competition. the story known as truth and lies has been interpreted as an allegorical version of the osiris myth, with the deities transformed into a dysfunctional human family.62 the plot involves a son wh

eret was envisaged as giving birth to the sun child and lifting him up on her horns. a new kingdom hymn tells us that with the first light the sky became like gold and the primeval waters like lapis-lazuli. mythical time lines 59 the sun might also be thought of as emerging from a cosmic egg laid by a primeval bird (see under birds in deities, themes, and concepts) or, less often, by a snake or a crocodile. the role of the primeval bird could also be to break the silence. some cosmogonies allude to a goose known as the great honker or cackler whose strident cry was the first sound. the shining benu bird (see benu bird in deities, themes, and concepts) brought both the first noise and the first light to the nun. the creation myths inscribed in the edfu temple give this role to a falcon, who

on the osiris myth make sexual jealousy a motive for the falling out between the two brothers. some egyptologists have argued that osiris was originally a god of the dead rather than a god who died,33 but once the concept of osiris s death was established, a slayer had to be identified. many egyptian texts imply that seth took the form of a dangerous animal, such as a wild bull, a wild ass, or a crocodile, to kill his brother in a lonely place. the pyramid texts and the coffin texts allude to osiris being cast down or trampled and his body thrown in the nile. in later times it was often stated that osiris died by drowning. being a god, osiris probably had to be killed in several different ways to render him permanently dead. a belief developed that the attack on osiris was a unique and te

ypt. life at memphis and saqqara (ca 500 30 bc. warminster, england: 1974. d. j. thompson. apis and other cults. in memphis under the ptolemies. princeton: 1988, 190 211. primary sources: diodorus i.84 85; herodotus h iii.27 30; i&o 20, 44; p. vindob apophis (apep) apophis was the most dangerous of the chaos monsters who constantly threatened the divine order. he was sometimes described as a huge crocodile but was usually shown as a giant snake. every night apophis attacked the boat of the sun god as it passed through the underworld. he was beaten back and slaughtered, but however many times he was killed he always came back to life again. in egyptian myth, snakes can be divine protectors or symbols of renewal, but the apophis snake seems to be an entirely destructive force. he was the neg

mon who tried to swallow the nun, the primeval waters, but was forced to cough them up again. the eyes of apophis seem to have been particularly feared, and he was said to make a terrible roaring sound. the movement of his body could cause earthquakes, and he was associated with the hidden sandbanks that were a danger to boats on the nile. it has been suggested that a combination of the snake and crocodile forms of apophis may be the origin of the dragons of medieval legend. in egyptian accounts of the nightly journey of the sun through the underworld, apophis usually attacks in the seventh and the twelfth hours of the night. powerful deities stand in the prow of the solar barque to protect the sun god against apophis. seth, the strongest of the gods, can be shown clubbing or spearing the

in the followers of horus, edited by r. friedman and b. adams. oxford: 1992, 307 321. deities, themes, and concepts 125 d. kessler. bull gods. in the oxford encyclopaedia of ancient egypt i, edited by d. redford. oxford and new york: 2001, 209 213. g. pinch. cows. in votive offerings to hathor. oxford: 1993, 160 183. primary sources: pt 271, 485a; bd 141, 148; bhc; rbm; tb; pj crocodiles the nile crocodile is one of the world s largest reptiles. it was honored in some regions of ancient egypt and despised in others. the best-known crocodile deity was sobek, but a number of gods and demons had awe-inspiring crocodile forms. in some traditions, a crocodile was the first creature to emerge from the primeval waters. crocodiles could be symbols of the life-giving power of the primeval waters or

gions of ancient egypt and despised in others. the best-known crocodile deity was sobek, but a number of gods and demons had awe-inspiring crocodile forms. in some traditions, a crocodile was the first creature to emerge from the primeval waters. crocodiles could be symbols of the life-giving power of the primeval waters or of the forces of chaos who tried to swallow up and destroy life. death by crocodile was particularly dreaded because the body would be devoured. epithets for crocodiles include mouth of terror and the one who seizes. when they seized people, crocodiles were thought to be carrying out the vengeance of the gods or the decrees of fate. diodorus siculus claimed that crocodiles were revered in egypt because one had saved king menas (menes) when he was chased into lake moeris

had saved king menas (menes) when he was chased into lake moeris by his own dogs. this is very similar to an incident in the new kingdom tale of the doomed prince, in which the 126 handbook of egyptian mythology figure 27. mummified sacred crocodiles stored in the temple of sobek and horus at kom ombo (courtesy of richard pinch) prince has to jump into a lake when his trusted dog attacks him. the crocodile who was his fate offers to save him in return for help against a water demon. king menas is said to have founded the city of krokodilopolis in the fayum in gratitude for his escape. the roman period book of the fayum lists and illustrates many of the crocodile cults of this region (see figure 44. in the fayum there was a taboo against hunting crocodiles because the ba (manifestation) of

city of krokodilopolis in the fayum in gratitude for his escape. the roman period book of the fayum lists and illustrates many of the crocodile cults of this region (see figure 44. in the fayum there was a taboo against hunting crocodiles because the ba (manifestation) of sobek is crocodiles. crocodiles were kept as sacred animals in some temples and mummified after death. at athribis, the local crocodile god khenty-khety came to be regarded as a form of horus. yet on magical stelae, horus the savior was asked to drive away all the crocodiles of the river. at edfu, crocodiles were reviled as followers of seth. a crocodile son of seth called maga was a fearsome opponent for horus, son of osiris. in temple texts at edfu, the king promises to kill all crocodiles and crush their eggs. in the

f seth called maga was a fearsome opponent for horus, son of osiris. in temple texts at edfu, the king promises to kill all crocodiles and crush their eggs. in the afterlife, the souls of the dead had to evade the crocodiles of the four directions, who were enemies of the four bas of the sun god. in enigmatic scenes in new kingdom royal tombs, the nocturnal sun has to pass through the body of the crocodile penwenti, who symbolizes the primeval waters, in order to be reborn. greek and roman writers recorded a bizarre egyptian belief that ichneumons (a type of mongoose) killed crocodiles by running down their throats and gnawing their way out through the bowels. this may be a misunderstanding of the mythical conflict between the sun god ra in the form of an ichneumon and apophis in the form

dile penwenti, who symbolizes the primeval waters, in order to be reborn. greek and roman writers recorded a bizarre egyptian belief that ichneumons (a type of mongoose) killed crocodiles by running down their throats and gnawing their way out through the bowels. this may be a misunderstanding of the mythical conflict between the sun god ra in the form of an ichneumon and apophis in the form of a crocodile or a snake. see also apophis; horus the child; magicians; neith; onuris; seth; sobek references and further reading: c. eyre. fate, crocodiles, and the judgement of the dead. some mythological allusions in egyptian literature. studien zur alt gyptischen kultur 4 (1976: 103 114. p. wilson. slaughtering the crocodile at edfu and dendera. in the temple in ancient egypt, edited by s. quirke

g and the embodiment of the life-giving power of water. several hippopotamus goddesses are known, such as ipet (opet, reret, and taweret (taurt, thoeris, but they are probably just aspects of the same goddess. this goddess could also deities, themes, and concepts 141 manifest herself in dual or group forms. as taweret (the great one) she was usually shown with a combination of hippopotamus, lion, crocodile, and human features. this monstrous form was a popular type of amulet for 2,000 years and passed into other cultures as a protective genie. the egyptians saw hippopotami as water pigs rather than water horses, so reret means the sow. this provides a link with the sky goddess nut, who also had a sow form. all manifestations of the hippopotamus goddess were associated with the watery regio

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

et in the reign of king khufu (c. 2589 2566 bce) tells of great magicians of the past. the first story in the sequence probably featured imhotep, but only the last few lines are preserved. the second story concerns the chief lector priest webaoner (ubainer) and his wife. this lector priest discovers that his wife is meeting a lover in a lakeside pavilion. he consults his magic scrolls and makes a crocodile of wax seven fingers long. this wax crocodile is thrown into the lake when his wife s lover is bathing. it becomes a crocodile 7 cubits long (about 3.5 meters) that seizes the lover and keeps him at the bottom of the lake for seven days. webaoner shows his king what he has done and turns the terrible crocodile back into a wax model. the king condemns webaoner s wife and her lover to deat

rown into the lake when his wife s lover is bathing. it becomes a crocodile 7 cubits long (about 3.5 meters) that seizes the lover and keeps him at the bottom of the lake for seven days. webaoner shows his king what he has done and turns the terrible crocodile back into a wax model. the king condemns webaoner s wife and her lover to death. the wife is burned and the lover is given up to the magic crocodile, who drags him down into the underworld. a lake is also the main setting for the third story, but this is much more cheerful in tone. king sneferu is bored, so the wise lector priest djadjaemankh advises him to go for a trip on the palace lake in a barge rowed by twenty beautiful girls. when one of the rowers loses her favorite turquoise pendant, djadjaemankh uses his magic to roll back

her divine child, horus. as early as the new kingdom, neith was alluded to as the mother and father of all things. a text in the roman period temple of esna describes how neith created the world by speaking seven magical words. as the personification of the fertile primeval waters, she was the mother of the snakes and crocodiles who are in the abyss. neith, the nurse of crocodiles, was shown as a crocodile-headed woman suckling two small crocodiles. she was often named as the mother of sobek, the most important crocodile god. when neith spat into the primeval waters, her spittle turned into the terrible chaos monster, apophis, who nightly challenged the rule of the sun god. one festival at esna commemorated neith saving the newborn ra from her children (the crocodiles or the chaos serpent)

pear and a coil of rope. as a hunter of threatening animals, onuris could be treated as an aspect of shu or of horus the harpooner. the greeks identified onuris with ares, their god of war. the epithets of onuris characterized him as full of strength and vigor. he was the bull of thinis, strong of arm and high of feather. anticrocodile spells mention a great combat between onuris-shu and the evil crocodile maga. onuris, the good warrior, was invoked as protector against demons. in royal tombs of the late new kingdom, sopdu and onuris act as guardians for the dead king in the snake-infested deserts of the underworld. the name onuris means bringer-back of the distant one. this refers to a myth in which onuris left egypt to hunt in a remote desert region. his quarry was a wild lion goddess. n

o nourishes. she could be represented by various combinations of snake and woman, including a cobra-headed woman suckling a child. renenutet was associated with the nourishing and healing powers of mother s milk and with food of all kinds. as the deity who controlled the harvest, she was the mother of the corn god, neper. in the rich farmlands of the fayum she was worshipped as the consort of the crocodile god sobek and the mother of horus. deities, themes, and concepts 185 in the pyramid texts, renenutet is one of the names given to the firebreathing uraeus on the king s brow. she could be identified with other head gear and clothes worn by the dead king to cause gods and demons to fear him. renenutet was also one of the divine foster mothers who nourished the royal ka (vital force) of ea

it was impossible to evade your fate, but hymns and prayers claimed that gods such as amun had the power to change a person s destiny and bestow extra years of life. a new kingdom story tells how a longed-for son was born to the king and queen of egypt. on the night of his birth, the seven hathors announced that the prince 194 handbook of egyptian mythology was destined to be killed by a snake, a crocodile, or a dog. the king tried to save his son by shutting him in a remote palace away from all animals. when he grew up, the prince begged to be released on the grounds that his fate was in the heart of god. he traveled to the land of naharin and married a princess who had also been imprisoned by her father. she saved the prince from his first fate, the snake. the prince managed to escape fr

a remote palace away from all animals. when he grew up, the prince begged to be released on the grounds that his fate was in the heart of god. he traveled to the land of naharin and married a princess who had also been imprisoned by her father. she saved the prince from his first fate, the snake. the prince managed to escape from his second fate, the dog, only to be seized by his third fate, the crocodile. the end of the story is missing, but the last words imply that the prince may be able to save himself by fighting the crocodile s enemy. the prince in this story seems to have much in common with a god called shed who became popular at the end of the new kingdom. shed, whose name means savior or protector, was shown as a young prince overcoming dangerous animals such as snakes, crocodil

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comes (vol. i, p. 145. on the right of the boat of afu-ra, and facing it, are horus, and the twelve gods of the hours, who protect the tombs of osiris, and assist ra in his journey (vol. i, pp. 154-156; next come twelve goddesses of the hours, who face in the opposite direction, and are entreated to guide "the god who is on the horizon to the beautiful amentet in peace" beyond these is the great crocodile, called abshe-am-tuat, which is stretched out at full length over the tomb of osiris; as the boat of afu-ra passes it, the god addresses words to osiris, who for a season puts forth his head, which disappears as soon as the boat has entered the next division. on the left of afu-ra we have also a number of gods and goddesses who belong to this division, and among them may be specially not

has passed through, and the gate is closed, the gods outside set up a wail, for they must abide in darkness until he re-appears. so soon as the god has entered the division four gods of the p. 183 [paragraph continues] tuat appear and take hold of the tow-line, but they cannot advance until a path is cleared for them. the obstacles in their way take the forms of the huge serpent apep, and a great crocodile, the tail of which is in the form of a serpent's head and neck; the name of the latter monster is given both as seshsesh and sessi (vol. ii, pp. 242, 244. these have taken up their positions at the end of the division, in that portion of the tuat which is not very far from the place of sunrise, and a company of beings appear on behalf of afu-ra, and proceed to remove the monsters by mean

the paddles whereby it is to be paddled across the sky. the eight star-goddesses who sit upon uraei belong to the abode of the great god, four coming from the east and four from the west; p. 191 they invoke the spirits of the east, and join with them in singing hymns to the god, and in praising him after he has appeared in the sky. at the head of the whole. company stands a god with the head of a crocodile (vol. ii, pp. 290-293. the kingdom of temu-khepera-ra. differs from other tuats from the fact that, according to the book of gates, it contains no place specially set apart for the punishment of the enemies of osiris and ra, and of the damned. the pictures which illustrate it supply us with representations of the enemies of the sun-god and of the beings who vanquish them, and secure his

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goatish, chinless face had the stamp of the whateley's upon it. but the torso and lower parts of the body were teratologically fabulous, so that only generous clothing could ever have enabled it to walk on earth unchallenged or uneradicated. above the waist it was semi-anthropomorphic; though its chest, where the dog's rending paws still rested watchfully, had the leathery, reticulated hide of a crocodile or alligator. the back was piebald with yellow and black, and dimly suggested the squamous covering of certain snakes. below the waist, though, it was the worst; for here all human resemblance left off and sheer phantasy began. the skin was thickly covered with coarse black fur, and from the abdomen a score of long greenish-grey tentacles with red sucking mouths protruded limply. their a

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a continuous scheme of mural paintings whose lines and colours were beyond description. the cases were of a strange golden wood, with fronts of exquisite glass, and containing the mummified forms of creatures outreaching in grotesqueness the most chaotic dreams of man. to convey any idea of these monstrosities is impossible. they were of the reptile kind, with body lines suggesting sometimes the crocodile, sometimes the seal, but more often nothing of which either the naturalist or the palaeontologist ever heard. in size they approximated a small man, and their fore-legs bore delicate and evident feet curiously like human hands and fingers. but strangest of all were their heads, which presented a contour violating all know biological principles. to nothing can such things be well compared

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e emblem of the sun at his summer solstice, 136 the rosicrucians. when he was in his glory, and the bull and the man were the signs of the sun at the equinoxes, and the eagle at the winter solstice. anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 292. figure 23 is an egyptian bas-relief, of which the ex- fig. 23. planation is the following: a is the egyptian eve trampling the dragon (the goddess neith, or minerva; b, a crocodile; c, gorgon's head; d, hawk (wisdom; e, feathers (soul. the first and strongest conviction which will flash on the mind of every ripe antiquary, whilst surveying the long series of mexican and toltecan monuments preserved in these various works, is the similarity which the ancient monuments of new spain bear to the monumental records of ancient egypt. whilst surveying them, the glance fal

and as such is the undoubted source of our conventional representation of truth (montfaucon, pi. clxi) reverse, figure 312, which represents harpocrates seated upon the lotus, springing from a double lamp, formed of two phalli united at the base. above his head is his title abraxas, and over that is the name iao. in the field are the seven planets. the sacred animals the scarab, ibis, asp, goat, crocodile, vulture, emblems of so many deities (viz. phre, thoth, isis, merides, bebys, neith) the principal in the egyptian mythology, arranged by threes, form a frame to the design. neatly engraved on a large, bright loadstone (the gnostics, p. 211. origin of the tricolor. theory of sacramental mysticism, adapted from the speculations of the sophists or gnostics. blue (b.v.m) baptism by water. n

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and in his right hand he bore a mace with an iron-head that had fallen from amongst the stars of the sky; five feet long was the shaft of that rod, decorated with gold and smaragds. and the head was an orb of a foot's girth, bound with the sinews of tigers. upon his head he wore a high-crested helm of bronze, decorated in silver with the temple's seal and his breast was defended by the hide of a crocodile, made strong with scales of steel. thus arrayed he saddled and harnessed the charger, white like ivory, great in stature, on which he rode to battle. then, as the horns sounded the mustering of hosts, he ascended the high ziggurat to my shrine to pour upon the shedim's altar a libation of lion's blood to win the alliance of the shedim for his campaign. wide swung the gates of shurupuk as

LIBER 777

g rush 26 goat, ass[[oyster] indian hemp, orchis root, thistle[[yohimba] 27 horse, bear, wolf[[boar] absinthe, rue 28 man or eagle (cherub of d, peacock [olive, cocoanut 29 fish, dolphin[[beetle, dog, jackal] unicellular organisms, opium[[mangrove] 30 lion, sparrowhawk[[leopard] sunflower, laural, heliotrop[[nut, galangal] 31 lion (cherub of b) red poppy, hibiscus, nettle[[all scarlet flowers] 32 crocodile ash, cypress, hellebore, yew, nightshade[[elm] 32 bis bull (cherub of e) oak, ivy[[cereals] 31 bis sphinx (if sworded and crowned) almond in flower table of correspondences 12 xl* precious stones. xli. magical weapons. clxxxvii. magical formul (see col. xli) 0[[star sapphire, black diamond[[no attribution possible] lastal. m. m 1 diamond swastika or fylfot cross, crown[[the lamp. 2 star

d, man, or all at once. 16 4= ygymg gamigina little horse or ass. 17 7= wma amon (1) wolf with serpent s tail (2) man with dog s teeth and raven s head. 18 10# rawb buer probably a centaur or archer. 19 13! talb beleth rider on pale horse, with many musicians [flaming and poisonous breath] 20 16$ rpaz zepar a soldier in red apparel and armour. 22 19$ cwlac sallos solider with ducal crown riding a crocodile. 24 22% cwpy ipos angel with lion s head, goose s feet, horse s tail. 25 25% and# lwblsalg glasya-labolas a dog with a gryphon s wings. 26 28$ tyrb berith gold-crowned soldier in red on a red horse. bad breath. 28 31# carwp foras a strong man in human shape. 29 34% rwprwp furfur (1) hart with fiery tail (2) angel. clvii. goetic demons of decans by day (succedent. clviii. magical images o

, goose s feet, horse s tail. 25 25% and# lwblsalg glasya-labolas a dog with a gryphon s wings. 26 28$ tyrb berith gold-crowned soldier in red on a red horse. bad breath. 28 31# carwp foras a strong man in human shape. 29 34% rwprwp furfur (1) hart with fiery tail (2) angel. clvii. goetic demons of decans by day (succedent. clviii. magical images of col. clvii. 15 2$ raga agares old man, riding a crocodile and carrying a goshawk. 16 5# bram marbas great lion. 17 8$ cwfbrb barbatos accompanied by 4 noble kings and great troops. 18 11$ wyswg gusion like a xenopilus 19 14 ]yarl leraikha an archer in green 20 17% and# cyfwb botis viper (or) human, with teeth and 2 horns, and with a sword. 22 20! wcrwp purson lion-faced man riding a bear, carrying a viper. trumpeter with him. 24 23 \ya aim man

LIBER ALEPH

path of the pure fool. amoun. o liber aleph vel cxi 208 zw de oraculo summo (of the last oracle) nd who is this pure fool? lo, in the sagas of old time, legend of scald, of bard, of druid, cometh he not in green like spring? o thou great fool, thou water that art air, in whom all complex is resolved! yes, thou in ragged raiment, with the staff of priapus and the wineskin! thou standest up on the crocodile, like hoorpa- kraat; and the great cat leapeth upon thee! yea, and more also i have known thee who thou art, bacchus diphues, none and two, in thy name iao! now at the end of all do i come to the being of thee, beyond by-coming, and i cry aloud my word, as it was given unto man by thine uncle alcofribas nasier, the oracle of the bottle of bacbuc, and this word is trinc. but in the antien

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up upon the mountains! the celestial waters flow at my word.but thou art the water beyond the waters. 28. the red three-angled heart hath been set up in thy shrine; for the priests despised equally the shrine and the god. liber cordis cincti serpente svb figvra ynda 13 29. yet all the while thou wast hidden therein, as the lord of silence is hidden in the buds of the lotus. 30. thou art sebek the crocodile against asar; thou art mati, the slayer in the deep. thou art typhon, the wrath of the elements, o thou who transcendest the forces in their concourse and cohesion, in their death and their disruption. thou art python, the terrible serpent about the end of all things! 31. i turned about me thrice in every way; and always i came at the last unto thee. 32. many things i beheld mediate and

nfinite pride, and the humble ones with an ecstasy of abasement; all this shall transcend the known and the unknown with somewhat that hath no name. for it is as the abyss of the arcanum that is opened in the secret place of silence. 8. thou hast come hither, o my prophet, through grave paths. thou hast eaten of the dung of the abominable ones; thou hast prostrated thyself before the goat and the crocodile; the evil men have made thee a plaything; thou hast wandered as a painted liber cordis cincti serpente svb figvra ynda 23 harlot, ravishing with sweet scent and chinese colouring, in the streets; thou hast darkened thine eyepits with kohl; thou hast tinted thy lips with vermilion; thou hast plastered thy cheeks with ivory enamels. thou hast played the wanton in every gate and by-way of t

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e boat advances "i, even i know the eastern gate of heaven whence ra cometh with a favorable wind. i am the helmsman of the eternal bark; i know the two sycamores of. between which ra showeth himself. i, even i, know the divine souls of the east, heru-khuit, and the calf of the goddess khera, the bright morning star (the boat advances to the first pylon "get thee back! return! get thee back, thou crocodile sui! thou shalt not advance to me, for i live by the magical words of my mouth (the boat circles the temple deosil, leaves it& again faces the pylon. so for each utterance "my front teeth are like knives& my jaw-teeth are like unto his that dwelleth upon the hill of terror (circle "hail thou that sittest with thine eyeballs upon my magical words (circle "thou shalt not carry me away, o t

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he dark sphere. but that is clearly a fatigue-effect from having worked so hard. oh lord, how long? 5.50. the mantra still ripples on. i am so far from the path that i have a real good mind to get maryt to let me perform the black mass on her at midnight. i would just love to bring up typhon, and curse osiris and burn his bones and his blood! at least, i now solemnly express a pious wish that the crocodile of the west may eat up the sun once and for all, that set may defile the holy place, that the supreme blasphemy may be spoken by python in the ears of isis. i want trouble. i want to say indra.s mantra till his throne gets red-hot and burns his lotus-buttocks; i want to pinch little harpocrates till he fairly yells. and i will too! somehow! 6.15. i have now got into a sort of smug conten

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, gthe high priestess. h. t.s] 4 liber israfel 16 (a pause) 17. the speech in the silence. the words against the son of night. the voice of tahuti in the universe in the presence of the eternal. the formulas of knowledge. the wisdom of breath. the root of vibration. the shaking of the invisible. the rolling asunder of the darkness. the becoming visible of matter. the piercing of the scales of the crocodile. the breaking forth of the light!5 18 (follows the lection) 19. there is an end of the speech; let the silence of darkness be broken; let it return into the silence of light. 20. the speaker silently departs; the listeners disperse unto their homes; yea, they disperse unto their homes. 5 [this section is a slight adaptation of the ggeneral exordium h which opens the golden dawn z1 paper

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

s must always remain a comic word. 731. the flaming star.75.or pentagram, mystically referred to jeheshua. 732. zohar.76..splendour. the three central books of the dogmatic qabalah. 733. pigeon.77.says an old writer, whom i translate roughly .thou to thy lamb and dove devoutly bow, but leave me, prithee, yet my hawk and cow: and i approve thy greybeard dotard.s smile, if thou wilt that of egypt.s crocodile. 746. lost! lost! lost !78.see the lay of the last minstrel. 759. ain elohim.79..there is no god. so our bible. but this is really the most sublime affirmation of the qabalist .ain is god. for the meaning of ain, and of this idea, see .berashith. infra. the .fool. is he of the tarot, to whom the number 0 is attached, to make the meaning patent to a child .i insult your idol. quoth the go

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

work of communion with the holy guardian angel, and greater servitor or familiar. vampirism a secret art of predatory spiritualism, which involves astral projection and aspects of lycanthropy, communion with the dead and necromantic workin tluciferian sorcery and set- typhon by michael w. ford first written in 2003 and updated january 2006 suti (set) and the devil-forms of ancient egypt i am the crocodile-god (sebak) who dwelleth amid his terrors. i am the crocodile-god and i seize (my prey) like a ravening beast transformation into the crocodile-god from the egyptian book of the dead set is considered in the developing luciferian gnosis as the adversary, an early form of the adversary. the crocodile god sebak in the egyptian book of the dead draws some aspects similar in nature to set, s

his two-fold essence of being is central to his role as the tester and sorcerous initiator. all predators of the spirit who devoured the dead were reposed in the darkened pits of the tuat. aapep, apep or apophis was the demon serpent of chaos who devoured many, battled often by set, later apep was conquered and mastered by set, soon apep merged into set. just as the most common form of apep was a crocodile, this was also a form that sutekh or set took as well. suti (set) was also often a god of death, devouring spirits or befriending them as well. predatory spiritualism had its roots in the world in ancient egypt, from what the gods practice shall some adepts practice as well. in the tuat, a demon-serpent called sati-temui who was seventy cubits long and was said to grow strong from devour

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ythagorean theory of music and color pythagoras and the diatonic scale--therapeutic music--the music of the spheres--the use of color in symbolism--the colors of the spectrum and the musical scale--zodiacal and planetary colors. 81 fishes, insects, animals, reptiles, and birds jonah and the whale--the fish the symbol of christ--the egyptian scarab--jupiter's fly- the serpent of wisdom--the sacred crocodile. 85 fishes, insects, animals, reptiles, and birds, part ii the dove, the yonic emblem--the self-renewing phoenix--the great seal of the united states of america--bast, the cat goddess of the ptolemies--apis, the sacred bull--the monoceros, or unicorn. 89 flowers, plants, fruits, and trees the flower, a phallic symbol--the lotus blossom--the scandinavian world tree, yggdrasil--the sprig o

ations after all that had beheld it on earth had passed away" serapis gradually usurped the positions previously occupied by the other egyptian and greek gods, and became the supreme deity of both religions. his power continued until the fourth century of click to enlarge the alexandrian serapis. from mosaize historie der hebreeuwse kerke. serapis is often shown standing on the back of the sacred crocodile, carrying in his left hand a rule with which to measure the inundations of the nile, and balancing with his right hand a curious emblem consisting of an animal with the heads. the first head--that of a lion--signified the present; the second head--that of a wolf--the past; and the third head--that of a dog--the future. the body with its three heads was enveloped by the twisted coils of a

nd the brain into a flashing emerald. in its hand this mysterious being bore a winged rod, entwined with serpents. the aged initiator, raising his wand, cried out in a loud voice "all hail thee, thoth hermes, thrice greatest; all hail thee, prince of men; all hail thee who standeth upon the head of typhon" at the same instant a lurid writhing dragon appeared--a hideous monster, part serpent, part crocodile, and part hog. from its mouth and nostrils poured sheets of flame and horrible sounds echoed through the vaulted chambers. suddenly hermes struck the advancing reptile with the serpent-wound staff and with snarling cry the dragon fell over upon its side, while the flames about it slowly died away. hermes placed his foot upon the skull of the vanquished typhon. the next instant, with a bl

nce to serve as the birthdays of the five gods and goddesses who are called the sons and daughters of ham. upon the first of these special days osiris was born and upon the fourth of them isis (the number four shows the relation that this goddess bears to the earth and its elements) typhon, the egyptian demon or spirit of the adversary, was born upon the third day. typhon is often symbolized by a crocodile; sometimes his body is a combination of crocodile and hog. isis stands for knowledge and wisdom, and according to plutarch the word typhon means insolence and pride. egotism, selfcenteredness, and pride are the deadly enemies of understanding and truth. this part of the allegory is revealed. after osiris, here symbolized as the sun, had become king of egypt and had given to his people th

e confined to the nocturnal hours; and those who served the spirit of evil were called black magicians, while those who served the spirit of good were called white magicians. black and white were associated respectively with night and day, and the endless conflict of light and shadow is alluded to many times in the mythologies of various peoples. the egyptian demon, typhon, was symbolized as part crocodile and part: hog because these animals are gross and earthy in both appearance and temperament. since the world began, living things have feared the darkness; those few creatures who use it as a shield for their maneuvers were usually connected with the spirit of evil. consequently cats, bats, toads, and owls are associated with witchcraft. in certain parts of europe it is still believed th

which the posterior remains undeveloped but the anterior forms a rudimentary, cyclopean eye. in the hatteria, a new zealand lizard, it projects through the parietal foramen and presents an imperfect lens and retina and, in its long stalk, nerve fibers" crocodiles were regarded by the egyptians both as symbols of typhon and emblems of the supreme deity, of the latter because while under water the crocodile is capable of seeing--plutarch asserts- though its eyes are covered by a thin membrane. the egyptians declared that no matter how far away the crocodile laid its eggs, the nile would reach up to them in its next inundation, this reptile being endowed with a mysterious sense capable of making known the extent of the flood months before it took place. there were two kinds of crocodiles. th

be the preserver of crops and especially worthy of veneration because it drove out the winged serpents of libya which the wind blew into egypt. the ibis was sacred to thoth, and when its head and neck were tucked under its wing its body closely resembled a human heart (see montfaucon's antiquities) the black and white ibis was sacred to the moon; but all forms were revered because they destroyed crocodile eggs, the crocodile being a symbol of the detested typhon. nocturnal birds were appropriate symbols of both sorcery and the secret divine sciences: sorcery because black magic cannot function in the light of truth (day) and is powerful only when surrounded by ignorance (night; and the divine sciences because those possessing the arcana are able to see through the darkness of ignorance an

fernal, state. the demon is winged like a bar, showing that it pertains to the nocturnal, or shadow inferior sphere. the animal natures of man, in the form of a male and a female elemental, are chained to its footstool. the torch is the false light which guides unillumined souls to their own undoing. in the pseudo-egyptian tarot appears typhon--a winged creature composed of a hog, a man, a bat, a crocodile, and a hippopotamus--standing in the midst of its own destructiveness and holding aloft the firebrand of the incendiary. typhon is created by man's own misdeeds, which, turning upon their maker, destroy him. the sixteenth numbered major trump is called le feu du ciel, the fire of heaven, and portrays a tower the battlements of which, in the form of a crown, are being destroyed by a bolt

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

ly at coven meetings. the other jewels can pass as regular items in the eyes of the uninitiated, and as such can usually be worn openly. there are many styles of witch garters in existence. the traditional colour is bright red, though black, blue, and green ones are to be seen. often a female practitioner will have her garter made of velvet and backed with silk, the male variants being snakeskin, crocodile, or soft leather of some sort backed with blue silk. the garters are fastened by means of gold or silver gilt buckles. sometimes tiny gold or silver bells are also sewn on, reminiscent of those worn by english morris dancers. on the outer surface of the garter are embroidered the witch name, coven symbol, and coven rank, if any. sometimes the same signs that are inscribed upon the athame

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 1

, sometimes like a toad, and sometimes like a man, and sometimes all these forms at once. he speaketh hoarsely. this is his character which is used to be worn as a lamen before him who calleth him forth, or else he will not do thee homage (2) agares- the second spirit is a duke called agreas, or agares. he is under the power of the east, and cometh up in the form of an old fair man, riding upon a crocodile, carrying a goshawk upon his fist, and yet mild in appearance. he maketh them to run that stand still, and bringeth back runaways. he teaches all languages or tongues presently. he hath power also to destroy dignities both spiritual and temporal, and causeth earthquakes. he was of the order of virtues. he hath under his government 31 legions of spirits. and this is his seal or character

l of a serpent, sitting upon a pale-coloured horse. he knoweth the virtues of herbs and precious stones, and can transport men suddenly from one country to another. he ruleth over 30 legions of spirits. his seal is this which is to be worn as aforesaid (19) sallos- the nineteenth spirit is sallos (or saleos. he is a great and mighty duke, and appeareth in the form of a gallant soldier riding on a crocodile, with a ducal crown on his head, but peaceably. he causeth the love of women to men, and of men to women; and governeth 30 legions of spirits. his seal is this, etc (20) purson- the twentieth spirit is purson, a great king. his appearance is comely, like a man with a lion s face, carrying a cruel viper in his hand, and riding upon a bear. going before him are many trumpets sounding. he k

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

em is embedded in their heads endowing them with supernaturalpowers including invisibility. some are demoniac, some neutral or sometimes helpful. nagas aredivided into four classes: heavenly, divine, earthly or hidden, depending upon their function in guardingthe heavenly palace, bringing rainfall, draining rivers or guarding treasures.in burma, the nagas combine elements of the dragon, snake and crocodile. they have guarded and pro-tected several royal burmese personages. they also give rubies to those they favor. they inhabit lakes and rivers, but their real domain is a vast underground region called bila-svarga, orsubterranean heavens. there they guard great amounts of jewels and precious metals. here they dwellwith their seductive mates, the naginis who sometimes seduce humans. one suc

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

hology apep, called the chaos serpent, lurked in the tuat (also called duat, which was the egyptian underworld. the tuat was considered a dark alter-universe. every night the sun god ra would descend into the underworld, and there he would find apep lying in ambush. reminiscent of coronzon and his tenth aethyr, apep s domain was called the tenth region of night. this serpent, also symbolized by a crocodile or dragon, is purported to have a hypnotic gaze. in greece, this monster of chaos was known as apophis. as the story goes set, who is also a god of darkness and chaos and once the defender of ra, did battle with apep and defeated him. it is said that total victory over the chaos serpent is impossible as the wicked demon can regenerate and return to life. many satanists make mention that

MORALS AND DOGMA

d, his enemy. the occupation of the spy hath ever been held dishonorable, and it is none the less so, now that with rare exceptions editors and partisans have become perpetual spies upon the actions of other men. their malice makes them nimble-eyed, apt to note a fault and publish it, and, with a strained construction, to deprave even those things in which the doer's intents were honest. like the crocodile, they slime the way of others, to make them fall; and when that has happened, they feed their insulting envy on the life-blood of the prostrate. they set the vices of other men on high, for the gaze of the world, and place their virtues underground, that none may note them. if they cannot wound upon proofs, they will do it upon likelihoods: and if not upon them, they manufacture lies, as

of these is the brilliant and malign star, antares in scorpio. in scorpio, antares, of the 1st magnitude, and remarkably red, was one of the four great stars, fomalhaut, in cetus, aldebaran in taurus, regulus in leo, and antares, that formerly answered to the solstitial and equinoctial points, and were much noticed by astronomers. this sign was sometimes represented by a snake, and sometimes by a crocodile, but generally by a scorpion, which last is found on the mithriac monuments, and on the zodiac of dendera. it was considered a sign accursed, and the entrance of the sun into it commenced the reign of typhon. in sagittarius, capricornus, and aquarius there are no stars of importance. near pisces is the brilliant star fomalhaut. no sign in the zodiac is considered of more malignant influe

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

eye hunefer the gods who sit in judgment of hunefer include utterance, perception, and the southern, northern, and western ways. souls in the balance after death, each person went before osiris in the hall of two truths. here, a man named hunefer is led by the jackalheaded god anubis. anubis checks the scales that weigh hunefer s heart against the feather of maat, which symbolizes truth. ammit a crocodile-headed monster with the forequarters of a lion and hindquarters of a hippopotamus waits to gobble up the heart if hunefer is judged guilty. egyptians protected themselves against this outcome by including in their tombs a so-called negative confession a list of sins they have not committed. to the right, ibis-headed thoth, god of writing and knowledge, sets down the result. further right

e leaped from his mouth that the whole city of oyo was burned to the ground. eshu turns right into wrong, wrong into right. yoruba poem eshu supports only he who offers sacrifice. yoruba saying the wily trickster, hare many stories are told in africa of animal trickster figures. one such is hare (who in american folklore became brer rabbit. one story tells how hare owes money to both elephant and crocodile. to placate them he tells them that he will repay them with interest all they have to do is pull on a rope of liana and they will recover a treasure chest. so without realizing it, they engage in a tug-of-war, each unaware that the other is pulling at the far end of the rope. of course, in the meantime, hare escapes. in only one story of the many that reveal his wily character, is he com

RUBY TABLET OF SET

desert and then grow in intensity with the accumulation of animal noises, or start with animal sounds and then quiet down. the tape can be made from taping the sounds of animals at the zoo, but it would be preferable to tape them in the wild. one method is to watch nature shows and edit the sounds. o sounds of the desert: wind, storms, lightening. o sounds of animals sacred to set, like the ass, crocodile, hippo. o sounds of all desert animals o sounds of any wild animals o alternative: modern classical music, full of energy and dissonance, can supplant the animal sounds. another type is ambient industrial which is a style similar to electronic space music, but with clangorous, complex sounds. this should be homemade, and is the easiest to produce as it simply means recording radio noises

of the nile, peacefully, quietly, so beneath the surface of the river glide the water creatures of the lord set, waiting, perchance to rise to the surface and with their baleful eyes fix sternly upon some rash mortal who dares to disturb a drifting blossom with an oar. as you enter the river of life, swimmer, take care that you do not crush the lotus unless you would like to be the breakfast of a crocodile. xa nepthys has seen many beautiful flowers on the river, and many fat crocodiles. welcome the nine sorcerors [oomam anubis, light the ninth candle, and say] the shadows of the nine have gathered from the south and from the west. with eyes as brilliant as molten silver, they gaze upon you and their voices fill your hearts and minds with whispered chaos- in a language that only the elect

ntually rational scale. this being the case, i went about creating the "nutritional" atmosphere of knowledge and understanding that were required for growth. as the moment of growth began, the host realized that changes were indeed occurring. comprehension had now begun to manifest. ammit is pictured as a monster that is a composite of three animals. these animals are the lion, the hippo, and the crocodile. those aspects which comprised ammit have been historically considered the fiery aspects. the destructive aspects of the creatures. please keep in mind that the fire that destroys may also purify, and will often do both. in accord with ammit's function of absorption, she has been historically called the "devourer of the heart" and the "eater of the dead" considering the heart as the seat

. key #3 speaks of the great ones becoming the principle of their knowledge- but knowledge left unguarded is open to destruction by those who cannot or will not understand; hence, a form, a neter great and terrible in appearance and being came to be. everyone has heard of being thrown to the wolves, but egypt had her crocodiles, as or more fierce than any wolf. stories of a being greater than any crocodile and fiercely protective of its treasure, i feel, led to the principle becoming form. but "in that which you see? the canvas before me? my self? perhaps both. benign and malignant, i guarded. the form could be a fierce destroyer to hands that would profane, yet kind and gentle to those of its own kind; much would depend on which side of the gate one stood. again, guardianship is stressed

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

beliefs are strictly non--denominational" the stranger continued "had you said 'la--ilaha, i would gladly have responded with a full-throated 'illallah" gibreel realized that his move across the compartment and his inadvertent taking of allie's unusual name had been mistaken by his companion for overtures both social and theological "john maslama" the fellow cried, snapping a card out of a little crocodile-skin case and pressing it upon gibreel "personally, i follow my own variant of the universal faith invented by the emperor akbar. god, i would say, is something akin to the music of the spheres" it was plain that mr. maslama was bursting with words, and that, now that he had popped, there was nothing for it but to sit it out, to permit the torrent to run its orotund course. as the fellow

ason in these times? what's your number" she added as the pips went "i'll call you right back" but it was a full five minutes before she did "i took a leak. you have a reason why you're alive? why the waters parted for you and the other guy but closed over the rest? don't tell me you were worthier. people don't buy that nowadays, not even you, chamcha. i was walking down oxford street looking for crocodile shoes when it happened: out cold in mid-stride and i fell forward like a tree, landed on the point of my chin and all the teeth fell out on the sidewalk in front of the man doing findthe-lady. people can be thoughtful, chamcha. when i came to i found my teeth in a little pile next to my face. i opened my eyes and saw the little bastards staring at me, wasn't that nice? first thing i thou

SATANGEL

n of hypocrites. manifests as a peacock or a mule, or as bearded, eagle winged, lion bodied. charged with the devil s livery. corresponds to the quabballistic sphere of yod. identified with sacrifices by fire. agares (goetic, from greek agreus meaning hunter, also the name of an avatar of dionysos. a duke ruling in the east. formerly of the angelic order of virtues. appears as an old man riding a crocodile, with a goshawk on his fist. causes earthquakes, destroys dignities, teaches languages, brings back runaways, makes those who run stand still. agrath bath mahalath, aggerath, igrath, igerath, agrat (hebrew, daughter of mahalath. one of samael s three wives, queen of demons. angel of prostitution. equated with lilith. the bible mentions two women named mahalth, one is the daughter of ishm

graphica demonica makes him supreme overlord of the underworld and founder of the great order of the fly. the grand grimoire and grimorium verum have him as the prince of hell. corresponds to chokmah. behemoth (hebrew behema, meaning animal. apocalyptic beast of jewish eschatology. identified in the middle ages with satan. a designation of the hippopotamus (job 40. may also appear as an elephant, crocodile or whale, and was created with leviathan on the fifth day. the devil s cup bearer, patron devil of gluttony and despair, who presides over the feasts of hell, entertaining its denizens with songs and plays. creates chaos and discord amongst mortals. beleth (goetia, 13th spirit. king commanding 85 legions. formerly of the angelic order of powers. rides a pale horse, and is announced by a

evil spirit. sabnock, savnok (goetia, 43rd spirit. marquis commanding 50 legions. appears as an armed soldier with a lion s head, riding a pale horse. builds and arms high towers, castles and cities. afflicts men with wounds and sores. gives good familiars. saitan (arabic. a synonym of a jinn. salleos, sallos (goetia, 19th spirit. duke commanding 30 legions. appears as a gallant warrior riding a crocodile and wearing a ducal crown. procures love. salmael this fallen one has a loathing for israel and their yahweh, and calls for their destruction. samael, sammael, samiel (hebrew, poison of god. thus sammael is the angel of poison, the bright and poisonous one, or the poison of god. he is also identified as the angel of death in apocalyptic writings, a name of satan from the third century on

s as a lion with the bellowing head of an ass. gives good familiars, but tempts to steal. valu, volak, valak, ualak (goetia, 62nd spirit. president commanding 38 legions. appears as a child with angel s wings riding a two headed dragon. locates hidden treasure, and tells where serpents may be found. vassago (goetia, 3rd spirit. prince commanding 26 legions. appears as an old, fair man riding on a crocodile and carrying a goshawk on his fist. tells fortunes; finds hidden or lost objects. also mentioned in werus psuedomonarchia demonorum, and more recently in paul huson s influential text mastering witchcraft. vepar, vephar (goetia, 42nd spirit. duke commanding 29 legions. appears as a mermaid. governs the waters; guides ships; causes stormy seas; causes death in three days through putrefyin

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

as light, he went to abaaner and related to him everything which had happened. the official made no answer to his p. 68 servant's report, but ordered him to bring him certain materials and his box made of ebony and precious metal. out of the box he took a quantity of wax, which was, no doubt, kept there for purposes similar to that to which a portion of it was now to be put, and made a model of a crocodile seven spans long, and then reciting certain magical words over it, he said "when the man cometh down to bathe in my waters seize thou him" then, turning to the steward, he gave the wax crocodile to him and said "when the man, according to his daily wont, cometh down to wash in the water thou shalt cast the crocodile in after him; and the steward having taken the wax crocodile from his ma

ake ready the house which was in the garden "for" she said "behold, i am coming to pass some time therein" so the house was made ready and provided with all good things, and she came with the man and passed some time with him there. now when the evening was come the man went down to the water to wash according to his daily wont, and the steward went down after him and threw into the water the wax crocodile, which straightway turned into a living crocodile seven cubits (i.e, about twelve feet) in length, and seized upon the man and dragged him down in the water. p. 69 meanwhile aba-aner tarried with his king neb-kau-ra for seven days, and the man remained in the depths of the water and had no air to breathe. and on the seventh day aba-aner the kher heb 1 went out with the king for a walk, a

arried with his king neb-kau-ra for seven days, and the man remained in the depths of the water and had no air to breathe. and on the seventh day aba-aner the kher heb 1 went out with the king for a walk, and invited his majesty to come and see for himself a wonderful thing which had happened to a man in his own days; so the king went with him. when they had come to the water aba-aner adjured the crocodile, saying "bring hither the man" and the crocodile came out of the water bringing the man with him. and when the king remarked that the crocodile was a horrid looking monster, aba-aner stooped down and took it up into his hand, when it straightway became a waxen crocodile as it was before. after these things aba-aner related to the king what had happened between his wife and the man whom t

codile, saying "bring hither the man" and the crocodile came out of the water bringing the man with him. and when the king remarked that the crocodile was a horrid looking monster, aba-aner stooped down and took it up into his hand, when it straightway became a waxen crocodile as it was before. after these things aba-aner related to the king what had happened between his wife and the man whom the crocodile had brought up out of the water, whereupon the king said to the crocodile "take that which is thine and begone; and immediately the crocodile seized the man and sprang into the water with him, and disappeared in its depths. and by the royal command abaaner's wife was seized, and having been led to the north side of the palace was burnt, and her ashes were cast into the stream. here then

crocodile "take that which is thine and begone; and immediately the crocodile seized the man and sprang into the water with him, and disappeared in its depths. and by the royal command abaaner's wife was seized, and having been led to the north side of the palace was burnt, and her ashes were cast into the stream. here then we have already in the iiird dynasty the existence of a belief that a wax crocodile, over which certain words p. 70 had been said, could change itself into a living reptile at pleasure, and that a man could be made by the same means to live at the bottom of a stream for seven days without air. we may also notice that the great priestly official, the kher heb, was so much in the habit of performing such acts of magic that he kept in a room a box of materials and instrume

round and say"'apep, fiend, betet" then, in order to destroy the fiends who are in the train of apep, other images or figures of them must be made with their hands tied behind them; these are to be called "children of inactivity" the papyrus then continues "make another serpent with the face of a cat, and with a knife stuck in his back, and call it 'hemhem (roarer. make another with the face of a crocodile, and with a knife stuck in his back, and call it p. 84 'hauna-aru-her-hra' make another with the face of a duck, and with a knife stuck in his back, and call it 'aluti' make another with the face of a white cat, and with a knife stuck in his back, and tie it up and bind it tightly, and call it 'apep the enemy" such are the means which the egyptians adopted when they wanted to keep away r

dages, even the bandages of set which fetter my mouth. now as concerning the words of power and all the words which may be spoken against me, may the gods resist them, and may each and every one of the company of the gods withstand them" 1 "behold, i gather together the word of power from wherever it is, and from any person with whom it is, swifter than greyhounds and quicker than light" 2 to the crocodile which cometh to carry off from the deceased his words of power he says "get thee back, return, get thee back, thou crocodile fiend sui! thou shalt not advance to me, for i live by reason of the words of power which i have with me. heaven hath power over its seasons, and the words of power have dominion over that which they possess; my mouth therefore shall have power over the words of po

ing charms and magical formula which were written to preserve its possessor from the attacks of sea and river monsters of every kind, of which the following is an example "hail, lord of the gods! drive away from me the lions of the country of meru (meroe, and the crocodiles which come forth from the river, and the bite of all poisonous reptiles which crawl forth from their holes. get thee back, o crocodile mak, thou son of set! move not by means of thy tail! work not thy legs and feet! open not thy mouth! let the water which is before thee turn into a consuming fire, o thou whom the thirty-seven gods did make, and whom the serpent of ra did put in chains, o thou who wast fettered with links of iron before the boat of ra! get thee back, o crocodile mak, thou son of set" these words were to

rn into a consuming fire, o thou whom the thirty-seven gods did make, and whom the serpent of ra did put in chains, o thou who wast fettered with links of iron before the boat of ra! get thee back, o crocodile mak, thou son of set" these words were to be said over a figure of the god amen painted on clay; the rod was to have four rams' heads upon one neck, under his feet was to be a figure of the crocodile mak, and p. 175 to the right and left of him were to be the dog headed apes, i.e, the transformed spirits of the dawn, who sang hymns of praise to ra when he rose daily. 1 again, let us suppose that some water monster wished to attack a man in a boat. to avoid this the man stood before the cabin of the boat and, taking a hard egg in his hand, he said "o egg of the water which hath been s

d wrought evil against him, he entered into judgment with her in the presence of his chiefs and nobles, and "one carried out their decree" i.e, they sentenced her to death and she was executed. similarly, in another story, the seven hathors came to see the son who had been born to a certain king in answer to his prayers to the gods, and when they had seen him they said "he shall die by means of a crocodile, or a serpent, or a dog" the story goes on to say how be escaped from the crocodile and the serpent, and though the end is wanting, it is quite clear that he was wounded by an accidental bite of his dog and so died. 2 the moral of all such stories p. 224 is that there is no possibility of avoiding fate, and it is most probable that the modern egyptian has only inherited his ancestors' vi

pters of the book of the dead are devoted to p. 231 providing the deceased with the words of power, the recital of which was necessary to enable him to transform himself into a "hawk of gold" a "divine hawk "the governor of the sovereign princes "the god who giveth light in the darkness" a lotus, the god ptah, a bennu bird (i.e, phoenix, a heron, a "living soul" a swallow, the serpent sata, and a crocodile; and another chapter 1 enabled him to transform himself into "whatever form he pleaseth" armed with this power he could live in the water in the form of a crocodile, in the form of a serpent he could glide over the rocks and ground, in the form of the birds mentioned above he could fly through the air, and soar up and perch himself upon the bow of the boat of ra, in the form of the lotus

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

mother goddess ka: god for the vital force of life maat: goddess of truth and justice min: egyptian fertility god mut: wife of amen, mother of khons nephthys: goddess of the dead nut: goddess of the sky and of the heavens osiris: god of the underworld and of vegetation qetesh: goddess of love and beauty ra: god of the sun selket: goddess of childbirth set: god of chaos shu: god of the air sobek: crocodile god taweret: hippopotamus goddess and protective deity of childbirth wepwawet: god of war and of funerals source: social science data lab: egyptian gods theme. http//sobek.colorado.edu/lab/gods/ index.html. 12 november 2002. an advanced extraterrestrial culture, say the proponents of this theory, he was considered a god and became the founder of the mystery schools and raised the primiti

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nnective link between birds, beasts, and reptiles. its body and neck resemble that of the piasa, while its tail is identical with it, except it is pictured as dragging behind instead of being carried around the body or over its back and head. the shape of the head is drawn to resemble that of a duck, with the long bill of a snipe or bittern, but it is full of sharp, round teeth, like those of the crocodile. it had four legs, with eagle s talons, and a pair of bat-like wings its entire length from head to tip of tail was probably 30 feet or more. in many respects the piasa is a faithful copy of the ramphorhyneus. the form, shape, and description of the piasa, according to the indian tradition, were painted from actual sight of the living subject thus may the traditions of these indians be t

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

s the image slowly melted he would get weaker and die. the method was probably quiteeffectual if the doomed man knew that magic, in which he believed, was being practised against him; butwhen the method was not successful the witches were often prepared to supplement magic with physicalmeans, such as poison and cold steel.wax images for magical purposes are very early, there is reference to a wax crocodile in ancient egypt asearly as the xiith dynasty (before 2000 b.c, but the most detailed account is in the legal record of theharem conspiracy in the reign of the pharaoh rameses iii (about 1100 b.c. a plot was hatched to kill thepharaoh and to put one of his sons on the throne; the conspirators were the young man's mother and severalof the harem ladies and harem officials, besides people f

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

their works. our works make us so much what we are, that our body itself, as we have said, receives the modification, and sometimes the complete change, of its form from our habits. a form conquered, or submitted to, becomes a providence, or a fatality, for all one's existence. those strange figures which the egyptians gave to the human symbols of divinity represent the fatal forms. typhon has a crocodile's head. he is condemned to eat ceaselessly in order to fill his hippopotamus belly. thus he is devoted, by his greed and his ugliness, to eternal destruction. man can kill or vivify his faculties by negligence or by abuse. he can create for himself new faculties by the good use of those which he has received from nature. people often say that the affections will not be commanded, that fa

THE SIGIL OF ADVERSARY

s the vampire and incubi/succubi with your chosen .the third of the devourer, amam. use this sigil to encircle 9 times around the name of your enemy, to bring the serpent-devils of seba to bring storms against them. burn the sigil in the fire of the noon tide sun while invoking keteb of the twelfth. the second sigil of the adversary, being hau-hra, the backward face. this is one name of apep, the crocodile-demon shadow of set-heh, that which devours and causes destruction. the purpose of the setanic magician is to master apep within the self and master this demon by the will through the seba, the lesser devils of set. used for controlling the shadow familiars of seba into a form of organization. the first sigil of set-an, being of kolchoi tontonon, a name considered secret of set. by the f

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

that of a hog, to denote greed. the feet are those of a goat, to indicate the sign capricorn, the home sign of saturn, or satan; the sign most devoted to material ambitions. and the beings chained at the feet of this master of chaos also have goat heads, indicating that their intelligence has been used exclusively to further material and selfish ambitions. this malignant entity has the head of a crocodile, symbol of cruelty. the snake emerging from his body, instead of from his brow, indicates the use of the creative energy, not for enlightenment, but for physical gratification. it also represents medium-ship, rather than conscious control; for the chief center of power in disintegrative mediumship is the solar plexus. the two men with goat heads chained by the neck at the monster's feet

l of spirit, it is represented by the reversed t, that is, having the point, or energy, directed upward, the cross-bar resting below on the earth, and thus indicating that the thoughts, emotions and actions, are directed exclusively toward spiritual endeavor. it is figured by a blind man carrying bags on his left shoulder. he leans on a black staff and walks toward a fallen obelisk behind which a crocodile with open mouth awaits to devour him. above is an eclipse of the sun. the eclipse signifies that the spiritual light from within has been obscured by material interests; or it signifies that dark forces from the inner plane try to shut away the spiritual illumination which guides the neophyte. the bags over the left shoulder of the blind man indicate the material things of life he has sp

it represents his ability to minister in physical ways to those in need. the staff of experience with good and evil is black, indicating that prudence is subservient to the demands of the senses; or that the demands for uplifting and protecting others is so great that, though enlightened, he ignores all danger. the fallen obelisk symbolizes the final overthrow of all temporal work and power. the crocodile indicates the ultimate fate of all who are blind to spiritual things, and also the persecution of those who work to spread the true facts of spirituality. this blind man is the atheist, or materialist, and the man who is so absorbed in material aims that he neglects all thought of spiritual things. it is likewise the man who is a slave to his desires. and the ensemble thus symbolizes the

THE BOOK OF GATES

r him when he p. 27 maketh him to turn aside out of the way for him, from the secret place of osiris, when this god maketh his way through this city in the form of the serpent mehen. whosoever shall know this upon earth, the serpent neha-hra shall not drink his water, and the soul of him that knoweth it shall not be evilly entreated by the gods who are in this circle; and whosoever knoweth it the crocodile ab-shau shall not devour his soul. khesef-hai-heseq-neha-hra is the name of the hour of the night which guideth this great god through this circle. next: the eighth hour sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 30 the eighth hour. when the majesty of this great god hath taken up his position in the secret circles of those who are in their sand, he sendeth forth words to them f

lord of diadems, seti mer-en-ptah, p. 61 whose word is maat, before you hath become a khu (i.e, a spirit) in his attributes, he hath gained the mastery through his words of power, and he is laden with his splendours. o deliver ye the osiris, the king, the lord of the two lands, men-maat-ra, whose word is maat, the son of the sun, the lord of diadems, seti mer-en-ptah, whose word is maat, from the crocodile of this pool of maati. he hath his mouth, let him speak therewith. let there be granted unto him broad-handedness in your presence, because i know you, and i know your names. i know this great god unto whose nostrils ye present offerings of tchefau. rekem is his name. he maketh a way through the eastern-horizon of heaven. rekem departeth and i also depart; he is strong and i am strong. o

his hands he grasps a rope, which passes over his head and along his back, and is held by each of the three spearmen in his left hand; from the knees upwards his body is raised in a diagonal position, and this attitude suggests that he has either raised himself by means of the rope, or has been pulled into this position by the spearmen. facing the ass are--1. the monster serpent apep, and 2. the crocodile shesshes, with a tail ending in the head of a serpent. the text, which refers to the whole of this section, reads- p. 243 "this great god is towed along by the gods of the tuat, and those who tow ra along say-'the god p. 244 cometh to his body, and the god is towed along to his shadow. o be thou at peace with thy body, and we will tow thee along in thy integrity into thy (literally, his)

ra (right) amenti. herit. sebekhti. his left hand; their names are ba, khnemu, penter, and tent. 5. four hawk-headed gods, each holding a sceptre in his left hand; these are called horus, ashemth, sept, and ammi-uaa-f. p. 289 6. eight female figures, each seated on a seat formed by a uraeus with its body coiled up, and holding a star in her left hand; these are called "the protecting hours" 7. a crocodile-headed god called sebek-ra, who grasps a fold of a serpent that stands on its tail in his right hand, and a sceptre in his left. p. 290 click to view the gods who bring disks and stars for ra. p. 291 of the four gods bearing disks it is said "those who are in this picture carry the disk of ra, and it is they who make a way through the tuat and the height of heaven by means of this image

hem, and their hands holding stars, come forth from the two atert of this great god, four to the east and four to the west; it is they who call 'the spirits of the east, and they sing hymns to this god, and they praise him after his appearance, and setti cometh forth in his forms. it is they who p. 293 guide and transport those who are in the boat of this great god" there is no description of the crocodile-headed god sebek-ra in the text. in the lower register are- 1. four gods, each wearing the crown of the south; these are the "kings of the south in chief" click to view the goddesses of the aterti. 2. four bearded gods "the weepers" 3. four gods, each wearing a crown of the north; these are the khnemiu. 4. four bearded gods, the reneniu, i.e "those who give names" 5. four females, each w

THE GOD SET

he days of set will be added to her span" she was also interested in the antinomian nature of the set cult- in fact she preformed one of the most scandalous acts available to a woman- she acted as a man. this early feminist clearly found set, a great archetype to work with. set was popular among her family until the kingship of akhenaton (may he be reborn forever drowning in the jaws of sobek the crocodile god. the very militaristic pharaohs of the nineteenth dynasty, who were probably descended form a family of set priests at tanis, delighted in set both in his militaristic role and as god of foreign places. ramses ii for example called himself the son of set. the set cult too was very popular with foreigners coming to live in egypt. his worship has always been connected with the outsider

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

the practice, probably, continued long after the reasons upon which it was founded were either wholly lost, or only partially preserved, in vague traditions. this was the case in egypt; for, though many of the priests knew or conjectured the origin of the worship of the bull, they could give no rational 1 proclus in theol. plat. lib. i. pp. 56, 57. 2 de is. et. osir. of priapus 31 account why the crocodile, the ichneumon, and the ibis, received similar honours. the symbolical characters, called hieroglyphics, continued to be esteemed by them as more holy and venerable than the conventional representations of sounds, notwithstanding their manifest inferiority; yet it does not appear, from any accounts extant, that they were able to assign any reason for this preference. on the contrary, str

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

if the heart of the dead is filled only with light, it will weigh the same as the feather. but if the heart is defiled with only a trace of materialism, the love of form, it will tip down the delicately hinged scale. the jackal-headed anubis adjusts the balance to ensure absolute honesty. the god of the scribes, thoth, records the list of sins. nearby waits the monster arnmut, the devourer (part crocodile and part lion, to seize the souls found unworthy of admittance into the presence of osiris and grind them to nothingness in his mas- sive jaws-the damnation of the egyptians was not hell but eternal oblivion. souls that had defiled themselves were not fit to merge with the light. their life experience was so much chaff, good for nothing but to fuel the fires of the world. if the soul was

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

mus-fiend iv. horus and isis capturing the hippopotamus fiend v. horus on the back of the hippopotamus-fiend vi. the slaughter of the hippopotamus-fiend vii. horus of behutet and ra-harmakhis in a shrine viii. horus of behutet and ra-harmakhis in a shrine ix. ashthertet in her chariot x. horus holding captive foes and spearing typhonic animals xi. horus spearing human foes xii. horus spearing the crocodile xiii. horus in the form of a lion xiv. the procreation of horus, son of isis. xv. the resurrection of osiris. xvi. the bekhten stele xvii. the metternich stele--obverse xviii. the metternich stele--reverse introduction i. the legend of the god neb-er-tcher, and the history of creation. the text of the remarkable legend of the creation which forms the first section of this volume is prese

e of this, however, set managed to escape, and he gathered about him the smai and seba fiends at the lake of meh, and waged war once more against horus; the enemies of ra were again defeated, and horus slew them in the presence of his father. plate xi. horus of behutet and thoth spearing human victims with the assistance of isis. plate xii. horus of behutet and thoth spearing set in the form of a crocodile. horus, it seems, now ceased to fight for some time, and devoted himself to keeping guard over the "great god" who was in an-rut-f, a district in or near herakleopolis. this great god was no other than osiris, and the duty of horus was to prevent the smai fiends from coming by night to the place. in spite of the power of horus, it was found necessary to summon the aid of isis to keep awa

er [the earth, and created the gods, and] i was with them for an exceedingly long period; then was born the year and. but my soul is older than it (i.e, time. it is the soul of shu, it is the soul of khnemu,[fn#65] it is the soul of heh, it is the soul of kek and kerh (i.e, night and darkness, it is the soul of nu and of ra, it is the soul of osiris, the lord of tettu, it is the soul of the sebak crocodile-gods and of the crocodiles, it is the soul of every god [who dwelleth] in the divine snakes, it is the soul of apep in mount bakhau (i.e, the mount of sunrise, and it is the soul of ra which pervadeth the whole world [fn#65] there are mistakes in the text here. whosoever sayeth [these words] worketh his own protection by means of the words of power "i am the god hekau (i.e, the divine wo

there were brought back one hundred and six of them. now as for the blacksmiths of the west, they brought back one hundred and six of the enemy. now as for the blacksmiths of the east, among whom was heru-behutet, he slew them (i.e, the enemy) in the presence of ra in the middle domains.[fn#100 [fn#100] in the sculptures (naville, mythe, pl. 17) heru-behutet is seen standing in a boat spearing a crocodile, and immediately behind d him in the boat is ra-harmachis in his shrine. the mesentiu of the west are represented by an armed warrior in a boat, who is spearing a crocodile, and leads the way for heru-behutet. in a boat behind the great god is a representative of the mesentiu of the east spearing a crocodile. and ra, said unto thoth "my heart [is satisfied] with the works of these blacks

y no attention to the 'son of a man (i.e, anyone) who belongeth to a man of no account [and i said "let your faces be turned towards the ground [that ye may show me] the way" so the guardian of the company brought me to the boundaries of the city of pa-sui,[fn#209] the city of the goddesses of the divine sandals [which was situated] in front of the papyrus swamps.[fn#210 [fn#209 "the house of the crocodile" perhaps the same town as pa- sebekt, a district in the viith nome of lower egypt (metelites [fn#210] perhaps a district in the metelite nome. when i had arrived at the place where the people lived[fn#211] i came to the houses wherein dwelt the wives [and] husbands. and a certain woman of quality spied me as i was journeying along the road, and she shut her doors on me. now she was sick

formulae, to shut the mouth of every reptile which is in heaven, and on the earth, and in the waters, to make men and women to live, to make the gods to be at peace [with thee, and to make ra to employ his magical spells through thy chants of praise. come to me this day, quickly, quickly, as thou workest the paddle of the boat of the god. drive thou away from me every lion on the plain, and every crocodile in the waters, and all mouths which bite (or, sting) in their holes. make thou them before me like the stone of the mountain, like a broken pot lying about in a quarter of the town. dig thou out from me the poison which riseth and is in every member of him that is under the knife. keep thou watch over him. by means of thy words. verily let thy name be invoked this day. let thy power (qef

cattered them in different places up and down the country. when isis knew what had been done, she set out in search of the scattered portions of her husband's body; and in order to pass more easily through the lower, marshy parts of the country, she made use of a boat made of the papyrus plant. for this reason, they say, either fearing the anger of the goddess, or else venerating the papyrus, the crocodile never injures anyone who travels in this sort of vessel.[fn#307] and this, they say, hath given rise to the report that there are very many different sepulchres of osiris in egypt, for wherever isis found one of the scattered portions of her husband's body, there she buried it. others, however, contradict this story, and tell us that the variety of sepulchres of osiris was due rather to

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

poverty. may death not kill the person who tortures us, may the gods protect 265 the one who ill-treats us; however long it takes our destiny to give us victory. proverbs on nature if you want to speak to god, speak to the winds. if the mouse were the size of a cow, it would be the cat s slave nevertheless. if plain water were satisfying enough, then fish would not take the hook. however poor the crocodile becomes, it hunts in the river, not in the forest. proverbs on leadership people count what they are refused, not what they are given. the ears of the leader are like a strainer; there are more than a thousand openings to them. power must be handled in the manner of holding an egg in the hand: if you hold it too firmly it breaks; if you hold it too loosely it drops. the hen knows when it

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

r of scandal. 71. the lion has 6 names in the book of job; ari, shchl, kpir, lish, lbia and shchtz. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the serpent has 6 names; nchsh, okshub, apoh, tzpouni, tnin and shrp. nachash the brazen serpent; okeshub, an asp, psalm cxxiv 4; opoh, an adder, isaiah xli. 24; tzephouni, the basilisk, isaiah, xiv 29; tanin, the serpent or crocodile; and seraph, a serpent of fire. see rabbi nathan, cap. 29. six blasts of the horn were blown on the eve of the sabbath and then the sabbath had begun. w. f. shaw says that 6 is the number of temptation and sin, for at the 6th hour of the 6th day the first temptation came into the world. six is the number of toil and work, for 6 days, the israelites had to collect manna; at the 6th hour o

levites. 49. moses received 49 reasons for the cleanness and uncleanness of each thing; so says the talmud. 50. the number of the gates of binah (binh) the understanding. the kabalah states that even moses only reached the 49th. see my sepher yetzirah, third edition, 1911. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 116. 58. noah, nch. 60. aristotle stated that the crocodile lives naturally 60 years, and sits 60 days on 60 eggs. the chinese have a time cycle of 60 years, and call it kya-tse. the people of malabar call this period chi-tam. the talmud refers to 60 deadly drugs and 60 sorts of wines; the sow bears her litter in 60 days. 61. the number ain, negative existence of the deity. 64. aletheia, truth. 65. the number of adonai, translated lord (adni) and

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

ay to yourself: i am here to do this work in accordance with my true will. the gods have got to see to it that i'm not baulked by any blinking messenger (but take care they don't overhear you; they might mistake it for hybris, or presumption. do it all in the sign of silence, under the aegis of harpocrates, the "lord of defence and protection; be careful to assume his god-form, as standing on two crocodiles. then you increase your consumption, and at the same time put in a whole lot of extra work. if you perform this "act of truth" properly, with genuine conviction that nothing can go wrong, your messenger will arrive a day early, and bring an extra large supply. this, let me say at once, is very difficult, especially at first, until one has gained confidence in the efficacy of the formula

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

g made with the open throat and mouth. as zero he represents the female principle, the fertile mother (an old name for the card is mat, from the italian 'matto, fool, but earlier also from maut, the egyptian vulture-mother-goddess. fertile, for the 'egg of blue' is the uterus, and in the macrocosm the body of nuith, and it contains the unborn babe, helpless yet protected and nourished against the crocodiles and tigers shown on the card, just as the womb is sealed during gestation. he sits on a lotus, the yoni, which floats on the 'nile, the amniotic fluid. in his absolute innocence and ignorance he is "the fool; he is the 'saviour, being the son who shall trample on the crocodiles and tigers, and avenge his father osiris. thus we see him as the "great fool" of celtic legend, the "pure fool

innocence but inspiration of wine; he drinks from the graal, offered to him by the priestess. so we see him fully armed as bacchus diphues, male and female in one, bearing the thyrsus-rod, and a cluster of grapes or a wineskin, while a tiger leaps up by his side. this form is suggested in the taro card, where 'the fool' is shown with a long wand and carrying a sack; his coat is motley. tigers and crocodiles follow him, thus linking this image with that of harpocrates. almost identical symbols are those of the secret god of the templars, the bi-sexual baphomet, and of zeus arrhenothelus, equally bi-sexual, the father-mother of all in one person (he is shown in this full form in the tarot trump xv "the devil) now zeus being lord of air, we are reminded that aleph is the letter of air. as air

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 1

an rolling in their offal, gambolling, and itching with a filthy prurience after the mischievous delights of lewdness, drunkenly groping amongst the herds of long-haired boys and short-skirted girls, from whom they suck away their beauty, as milk from the udders of a goat. he must dwell for a time with these she-apes, smeared with white paint, mangled, daubed, and plastered with the "excrement of crocodiles" and the "froth of putrid humours" who are known as women. disreputable hags who keep up old wives' whispering over their cups, and who, as filthy in body as in mind, with unbridled tongues clatter wantonly as they giggle over their sluttish whisperings, shamelessly making with their lips sounds of lewdness and fornication. and wanton young dabs with mincing gait swing their bodies here

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moan of the torn bull, and the cry of the man that is torn by the claws of the eagle, and the scream of the eagle that is strangled by the hands of the man. mingle all these in the death-shriek of the sphinx, for the blind man hath profaned her mystery. who is this, oedipus, tiresias, erinyes? who is this, that is blind and a seer, a fool above wisdom? whom do the hounds of heaven follow, and the crocodiles of hell await? aleph, vau, yod, ayin, resh, tau, is his name. beneath his feet is the kingdom, and upon his head the crown. he is spirit and matter; he is peace and power; in him is chaos and night and pan, and upon babalon his concubine, that hath made him drunk upon the blood of the saints that she hath gathered in her golden cup, hath he begotten the virgin that now he doth deflower

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 2

fe &c, down to the key word.71 which being done, let the lesser banishing rituals of pentagram and hexagram72 be performed, the lights extinguished, and the temple left in silence""the great operation of invisibility" the begetting of the silence. the dwelling of the darkness. 272 the formulation of the shroud. the inmost light. the sign of defence and protection. the closing of the mouths of the crocodiles. the fear upon the dwellers of water. the radiant youth of the lord. the rising from the lotus of the floods. the habitation of the palace of safety. the understanding of the peace of god.73 all this is the knowledge of hoor-po-krat-ist unto whom be the glory for ever and ever, world without end [the usual banishings, consecrations &c, are performed in temple of 0= 0. the forces of spir

cal art had caused him to be admired by his friends and dreaded by his enemies. he had succeeded in proving that the hb:shin of hb:shin operation was in fact none other than that of "the rising on the planes" though in practice and theory very different. by their study and the equilibrating forces of the 5= 6 ritual he was able to apply the eye 77 imagine yourself as harpocrates standing upon two crocodiles. 78 "i.e" of 0= 0, har-po-crat. of a skilled craftsman to the dreaded79 operation of abramelin, 279 and though he was never destined to accomplish this sacred work in the prescribed fashion, it so far iluminated him (for he worked astrally at it for months whilst in mexico) as to show him the futility of even successful magic. he was disgusted with his results. he had attained a rank wh

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

virgo. these two signs are crucial in the experience of the human being, indicating as they do the function of the triple form and the liberation of the man imprisoned in the form, through the tests in scorpio wherein he proves to himself and to the world the reality of that which virgo has veiled or hidden. 12. the symbol for the sign capricorn is most mysterious. it conceals the mystery of the crocodiles, or makara. it is constructed in an inaccurate and definitely misleading manner and should be regarded as a mystery and therefore not to be defined. these signs and their relationship to the sacred and non-sacred planets will be considered later. to sum up: man will, therefore, have to be studied as a threefold entity, a composite individual, expressing (in the three worlds: a. the spir

awareness. 3. the cardinal cross brings about cosmic awareness. capricorn, the goat this is one of the most difficult signs about which to write, for it, as you know, is the most mysterious sign of all the twelve. it is the sign of the goat which seeks its sustenance in the most rocky and arid of the world's places and it, therefore, relates man to the mineral kingdom; it is also the sign of the crocodiles which live half in the water and half on dry land; it is spiritually- 92- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust the sign of the unicorn which is the "fighting and triumphant creature" of the ancient myths. under the symbolism of the above creatures, this sign gives us a rather complete picture of man with his feet upon the earth, yet run

into the hierarchy when the significance of gemini and leo is understood and the first two initiations can therefore he taken. capricorn opens the door into the hierarchy in a higher aspect when the last three initiations can be undergone and the significance of scorpio and of virgo is understood. in these signs and their relationship upon the fixed cross lies hid the mystery of makara and of the crocodiles. the keynotes of this sign are all indicative of a crystallisation process. this concretising faculty of capricorn can be considered in several ways. first of all, capricorn is an earth sign, and in it we have expressed the densest point of concrete materialisation of which the human soul is capable. man is then "of the earth, earthy" and is what- 95- a treatise on the seven rays- volum

d saturn rules the career of the man in this sign, no matter whether he is on the ordinary or the reversed wheel, or whether he is on the mutable or the fixed cross. when he has taken the third initiation and can consciously mount the cardinal cross, he is then released from the ruling of saturn and comes under the influence of venus, who is governor or ruler of the hierarchy which is that of the crocodiles. a reference to the tabulation heretofore given will show this. it is only when a man is upon the cardinal cross that the significance, purpose and potencies of the creative hierarchies become clear to him and the "doors of entrance" into all of them stand wide open. on the mutable cross and on the fixed cross we have the so-called green ray, controlling not only the daily life of karmi

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ce the surface of the globe became sufficiently cool to permit of the presence of living things" and during that enormous lapse of time in the oolitic period alone, the so-called "age of reptiles" we find a most extraordinary variety and abundance of saurian forms, the amphibian type reaching its highest developments. we learn of ichthyosauri and plesiosauri in the lakes and rivers, and of winged crocodiles or lizards flying in the air. after which, in the tertiary period "we find the mammalian type exhibiting remarkable divergences from previously existing forms. mastodons, megatheriums, and other unwieldy denizens of the ancient forests and plains; and subsequently" are notified of "the gradual modification of one of the ramifications of the quadrumanous order, into those beings from who

eastward till she comes to the river ethiops, which she is to follow till it falls into the nile- hence the perplexity "according to the geographical theories of the earliest greeks" we are informed by the author of the version on "prometheus bound "this condition was fulfilled by the river indus. arrian (vi. i) mentions that alexander the great, when preparing to sail down the indus (having seen crocodiles in the river indus, and in no other river except the nile, seemed to himself to have discovered the sources of the nile, as though the nile, rising from some place in india, and flowing through much desert land, and thereby losing its name indus, next. flowed through inhabited land, being now called the nile by the ethiopians of those parts and afterwards by the egyptians. virgil in the

animals of the present age? the dryopithecus, for instance, is found more perfect anatomically, more fit for a greater development of brain power, than the modern gorilla or gibbon? how is this, then? are we to believe that the constitution of all those colossal land and sea-dragons, of the gigantic flying reptiles, was not far more developed and complex than the anatomy of the lizards, turtles, crocodiles, and even of the whales- in short, all those animals we are acquainted with? let us admit, however, for argument's sake, that all those cycles, races, septenary forms of evolution and the tutti quanti of esoteric teaching, are no better than a delusion and a snare. let us agree with science and say that man, instead of being an imprisoned "spirit" and his vehicle, the shell or body, a g

in india, where they are called the tombs of the daityas (giants) and of the rakshasas, the men-demons of lanka; in russia and siberia, where they are known as the koorgan; in peru and bolivia, where they are termed the chulpas or burial places, etc, etc, etc. there is no country from which they are absent. who built them? why are they all connected with serpents and dragons, with alligators and crocodiles? because remains of "palaeolithic man" were, it is thought, found in some of them, and because in the funeral mounds of america bodies of later races were discovered with the usual paraphernalia of bone necklaces, weapons, stone and copper urns, etc, hence they are declared ancient tombs. but surely the two famous mounds- one in the mississippi valley and the other in ohio- known respec

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the seven swans that are believed to land from heaven into lake mansarovara, are in the popular fancy the seven rishis of the great bear, who assume that form to visit the locality where the vedas were written[[vol. 1, page] 358 the secret doctrine. one has to learn the reason of a symbol before one depreciates it. the dual element of air and water is that of the ibis, swan, goose and pelican, of crocodiles and frogs, lotus flowers and water lilies &c; and the result is the choice of the most unseemly symbols among the modern as much as the ancient mystics. pan, the great god of nature, was generally figured in connection with aquatic birds, geese especially, and so were other gods. if, later on, with the gradual degeneration of religion, the gods to whom geese were sacred, became priapic

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of men does not consist of an abject and barbarous population (they are) a people for ages civilized and cultivated; cultivated by all the arts of polished life while we were yet in the woods. this obvious fact is not obvious to mr. archer. like the clever journalist he is, he has documented himself with so many facts that he does not tell us that indians are negroes, who throw their children to crocodiles, but on every page one can feel that he cherishes this view in his pate. his method of investigating india is the method of count smorltork; but count smorltork was a gentleman. his point of view is so ignorant and so bourgeois, that i am forced to quote passages, lest it should not be believed that any biped could print such rottenness .this senseless reduplication to infinity of one m

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from the figure 27: the serpent cult goddess, el, symbolised as a flying dragon by egyptian mythology figure 28: thor under his name andara (later st andrew) slays the dragon on a hittite seal of around 2300bc the dragon queens 163 battle by boat on the euphrates as the battle was lost, but she was caught and killed by thor/adam (figure 28. el and her son, balder or abel, are both represented as crocodiles in some depictions of their demise. the phoenix rises after this defeat, the reptilians and their serpent cult went underground. in fact, they possibly came from underground. rollins ancient history, published around 1907, says that eden was inside a mountain.43 it says that the two major rivers of mesopotamia, the tigris and euphrates, have their sources on opposite sides of mount taur

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of her husband, weeping bitterly. then she sought her son horus in buto, in lower egypt, first having hidden the chest in a secret place. but typhon, one night hunting by the light of the moon, found the chest, and, recognizing the body, tore it into fourteen pieces, which he scattered up and down throughout the land. when isis heard of this she took a boat made of papyrus[1--a plant abhorred by crocodiles--and sailing about she gathered the fragments of osiris's body.[2] wherever she found one, there she built a tomb. but now horus had grown up, and being encouraged to the use of arms by osiris, who returned from the other world, he went out to do battle with typhon, the murderer of his father. the fight lasted many days, and typhon was made captive. but isis, to whom the care of the pri

ed in prayer for eternal life through his victory and power. in every funeral inscription known to us, from the pyramid texts down to the roughly written prayers upon coffins of the roman period, what is done for osiris is done also for the deceased, the state and condition of osiris are the state and condition of [1. the ark of "bulrushes" was, no doubt, intended to preserve the child moses from crocodiles. 2. greek mo'non de` tw^n merw^u tou^ o?si'ridos th`n i?^sin ou`x e`urei^n to` ai?doi^n e`u u`s ga`r ei's to`n potamo`n r!ifh^nai kai` geu'sas ai to'n te lepidwto`n au`tou^ kai` to`n fa'gron kai` to`n o?ksu'rugxon. k.t.l. by the festival celebrated by the egyptians in honour of the model of the lost member of osiris, we are probably to understand the public performance of the ceremony o

ch week the serpent crushed him with his teeth, but on the saturday and sunday there was respite. another picture of the torments of hades is given in the martyrdom of macarius of antioch, wherein the saint, having restored to life a man who had been dead six hours, learned that when he was about to die he was surrounded by fiends, some of whom had the faces of dragons, others of lions, others of crocodiles, and others of bears. they tore his soul from his body with great violence, and they fled with it over a mighty river of fire, in which they plunged it to a depth of four hundred cubits; then they took it out and set it before the judge of truth. after hearing the sentence of the judge the fiends took it to a place of outer darkness where no [1. see am lineau, monuments pour servir l'hi

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of a number of sightings. throughout the nineteenth century, explorers reported seeing and sometimes hearing bunyips, which appeared to be furry, with a dog-like head, long neck, and fins. whitely concluded, the bunyip has been thought to have been an extinct marsupial otter-like animal, rumors of whose existence have been handed down in aboriginal legends, the latter corrupted and confused with crocodiles in the north of australia and seals in the south. sources: costello, peter. in search of lake monsters. new york: coward, mccann& geohegan, 1974. reprint, london: panther, 1975. bull, titus encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 228 bureau for the investigation of paranormal photographs organization concerned with research on psychic photography. it continued the work first

s the monster whose duty it is to provide the hero with opportunities of valor. there is a legend of st. george and the dragon and also the dragon that was slain by sir lancelot, one of the knights of king arthur s round table. in the hebrew bible (the christian old testament) the word tannin, commonly rendered dragon in older english translations, generally refers to a variety of animals such as crocodiles, jackals, and serpents, but occasionally to the dragon (ezek. 29:3; 32:3. in chapter 12 of the biblical book of revelation, the dragon, a representation of the evil one, is overcome by the archangel michael. the dragon became a symbol of great strength in the european middle ages. in the fifteenth century, the emperor of the holy roman empire founded the order of the dragon to unite chr

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remonies were not vain fancies, but living voices which reached the very ears of the gods' needless to say, this is based on the "god-making" passage in the asckpius,2 explained as done by profound magic, and as belonging to the magical religion of the egyptians which bruno states that he prefers to any other religion. he further expands his view of the egyptian religion on some later pages: thus crocodiles, cocks, onions and turnips were never worshipped for themselves, but the gods and the divinity in crocodiles, cocks and other things, which divinity was, is and will be found in diverse subjects in so far as they are mortal at certain times and places, successively and all at once, that is to say, the divinity according as it 1 spaccio della besiia trionfame, dial. 3 (dial, ital, pp. 77

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resting mythological narratives survive from the late and ptolemaic periods inscribed in hieroglyphs on special types of statues and stelae used in healing magic. 38 handbook of egyptian mythology isis and horus magical statues and stelae usually feature a carved figure of horus in child form overcoming dangerous animals (see, for example, figure 16. such stelae are known as cippi or horus on the crocodiles stelae. the most famous object of this type is the metternich stela, now in the metropolitan museum of art, new york.93 this is inscribed with a collection of spells for driving away dangerous animals and reptiles or curing their poisonous bites and stings. these creatures were both hazards of daily life and symbols of the chaos that constantly threatened the divine order. surrounding t

dbook of egyptian mythology 94. the divine forms on cippi and magical statues may derive from pattern books of amuletic images kept in temple libraries. see l. k kosy, a new source of egyptian mythology and iconography, in proceedings of the seventh international congress of egyptologists, ed. c. eyre (leuven, belgium, 1998, 619 624. 95. strabo gave a particularly vivid account of watching sacred crocodiles being fed, an event that had become something of a tourist attraction. 96. for most of egyptian history there were about 750 hieroglyphic signs in use. by the roman period the number of signs had risen to around 7,000, and the old signs were often used in new ways. see figurative hieroglyphs, or cryptography, in parkinson, cracking codes, 80 87. 97. see manetho and chaeremon, in g. fowd

ook of overthrowing apophis, the most terrifying deities in the egyptian pantheon were evoked to combat the chaos serpent and destroy all the aspects of his being, such as his body, his name, his shadow, and his magic. priests acted out this unending war by drawing pictures or making models of apophis. these were cursed and then destroyed by stabbing, trampling, and burning. see also atum; boats; crocodiles; feline deities; ra; seth; snakes references and further reading: j. f. borghouts. the evil eye of apophis. journal of egyptian archaeology 59 (1973: 114 150. e. hornung. the triumph of magic: the sun god s victory over apophis. in the valley of the kings: horizon of eternity. london and new york: 1990, 103 113. primary sources: ct 414; bd 17, 39, 108; ad; bod; bog; brp arsaphes see her

boat (mandjet) and the night boat (mesektet. it is possible that the two huge cedar-wood boats buried beside the great pyramid of khufu (cheops) represented these barques. the sun god can be shown alone in the day boat, but in the night boat other deities usually stand on deck ready to defend the vulnerable nocturnal form of the sun. the dangers included submerged sandbanks and attacks by hostile crocodiles, turtles, and snakes. the worst of these enemies was the monstrous chaos serpent apophis. sometimes the solar barque was surrounded or followed by a whole fleet of small boats carrying various protective deities and emblems. the prow and stern posts of these boats terminate in crowns, snakes, or human or animal heads. the moon god and many star deities were also pictured traveling the h

an appear as a single deity but is most of- 136 handbook of egyptian mythology ten shown in pairs or groups. temples were often decorated with rows of fecundity figures carrying the produce of each district of egypt. hymns to hapy point out that every aspect of egyptian life was dependent on the food that he brought. all creatures are said to rejoice at his arrival: frogs croak, bulls bellow, and crocodiles roar. hapy is called the lord of fishes, the one who greens the two banks, and the maker of barley and wheat. hapy s life-giving waters were also credited with a role in reviving the murdered god osiris, who came back each year with the barley. see also heqet; khnum; nun; osiris; sons of horus references and further reading: j. baines. fecundity figures. warminster, england: 1985. j. li

they could assume power in their own right. the more forceful aspect of these child gods could be represented by a form of horus known as shed (the savior. he appeared on stelae of the late new kingdom dressed as a prince who vanquished dangerous animals with his bow or curved sword. this was a forerunner of the type of magical stela known as a cippus. on these, the naked horus child tramples on crocodiles and squeezes the life out of other dangerous creatures such as snakes, lions, and antelopes (see figure 16. when the greeks saw such objects, they identified horus the child/harpokrates with the infant herakles (hercules) who strangled two snakes that attacked him in his cradle. in the roman period, harpokrates became a popular amuletic symbol, often carved on magical gems. he was rever

ator sun god to heal him. the healing of horus the child came to represent a promise by the gods to take care of suffering humanity. see also bes and beset; cattle; hathor; horus; lotus; mehet-weret; ra; shai; serqet references and further reading: d. meeks. harpokrates. in lexikon der gyptologie ii. wiesbaden: 1977, 1004 1011 (in french. k. c. seele. oriental institute museum notes: horus on the crocodiles. journal of near eastern studies 5 (1947: 43 53. primary sources: pt 378; rbm; ppb 10059; metternich stela; magical statue texts; i&o 19 hu see sia and hu deities, themes, and concepts 147 ihy ihy was a child god who played the sistrum to propitiate his mother, hathor. see also hathor; horus the child; lotus imhotep (imouthes) imhotep was a high official of the twenty-seventh century bc

d be shown as a cow-headed woman, a seated cow, or a cow carrying a child. one of mehet-weret s titles was mound or island, alluding to the idea that the newborn sun god was raised above the primeval waters on the head or back of mehet-weret so that he could begin his work of creation. in a variation on this myth, neith/mehet-weret is said to have saved the infant sun from her children (the first crocodiles) by carrying him through the waters of chaos. this finds a parallel in later mythical history. after a revolt by humanity, ra begins a new order by being carried up into the heavens on the back of nut in cow form. nut and mehet-weret are sometimes treated as a pair of cosmic cows with parallel myths and sometimes as the same deity. nut has an alternative sky form as a giant nude woman s

man period. at all periods, seth was associated with dangerous aspects of the desert such as flash floods and sandstorms. many desert animals, particularly oryxes, wild asses, and the mythical griffin, were considered sethian creatures. seth himself was represented by a sinister imaginary animal. in myth, seth takes the form of many different animals, such as bulls, pigs, hippopotami, wild asses, crocodiles, and panthers, to carry out destructive acts. from the pyramid texts onward, seth was accused of striking down osiris. vague allusions to seth trampling or rending osiris were eventually transformed into stories of complex murder plots. the two gods were often presented as opposites. osiris could stand for order and everything that was egyptian. seth could stand for disorder and everyth

f the nile, and the one who greens the two banks, an epithet he shared with the inundation god hapy. as lord of the marsh, sobek was particularly associated with the marshes that lay between the nile valley and the edge of the desert. in the celestial realm, sobek inhabited a glittering mansion in the liminal region of the horizon. people who worked on the nile had good reason to fear and respect crocodiles. sobek seems to have become the patron god of fishermen. a myth mentioned in the coffin texts tells how isis cut off the hands of her son horus and threw them in the river. ra ordered sobek to retrieve the hands of horus. sobek was unable to do so until he invented a fish trap to catch the hands. many fish were regarded as creatures of chaos, so as a fish eater, sobek was helping to est

edicated to horus the elder and sobek. it is possible that at this site sobek represented an acceptable manifesta- deities, themes, and concepts 201 figure 44. sobek in crocodile form as lord of the fayum in the book of the fayum (carsten niebuhr institute of near eastern studies) tion of seth and that the whole temple celebrated the reconciliation of the two lords for the good of egypt. see also crocodiles; hapy; neith; renenutet; seth references and further reading: a. h. gardiner. hymns to sobek in a ramesseum papyrus. revue d egyptologie 11 (1957: 43 56. primary sources: pt 317; ct 158, 160, 268, 285, 991; bd 113; kom ombo texts; bof sokar (soker, sokaris) the ancient god of the cemeteries of memphis, sokar became the god of death as a transformative process. his qualities were often c

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. i, p. 140. there is a good reason for these changes, for the god has now to traverse a region where there is not sufficient water to float his boat or to permit of its being towed; moreover, his way is blocked by a monster serpent called neha-hra, which lies on a sand bank 450 cubits long. 1 in other words, the boat of afu-ra has arrived at a region of sandbanks and shallows, where serpents and crocodiles live; but the words of power of isis, the great sorceress, and of ser, and of the god himself protect him from mishap, and eventually he passes through this division by taking upon himself the form of the serpent mehen in which he glides onwards. the region of the tuat where the serpent apep or neha-hra lives is called tchau, and it is 440 cubits long, and 440 cubits wide; his head and

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of the month of krhktika (october-november) attains to thehighest sanctity, without other effort. there the sceptics would see with their own eyes the site where wasbuilt the pyre of rohita, and also the waters visited by lakshmi in days of yore. they might even have seen the blue lotuses, if most of these had not since been changed, thanks to a newtransformation decreed by the gods, into sacred crocodiles which no one has the right to disturb. it is thistransformation which gives to nine out of every ten pilgrims who plunge into the waters of the lake, theopportunity of entering into nirvana almost immediately, and also causes the holy crocodiles to be the mostbulky of their kind. a bewitched lifeas narrated by a quill pen by h. p. blavatsky introductionit was a dark, chilly night in sep

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tered in the heavy air, or spouted in the seas and lakes; and among these i fancied i could vaguely recognise lesser, archaic prototypes of many forms- dinosaurs, pterodactyls, ichthyosaurs, labyrinthodonts, plesiosaurs, and the like-made familiar through palaeontology. of birds or mammals there were none that i could discover. the ground and swamps were constantly alive with snakes, lizards, and crocodiles while insects buzzed incessantly among the lush vegetation. and far out at sea, unspied and unknown monsters spouted mountainous columns of foam into the vaporous sky. once i was taken under the ocean in a gigantic submarine vessel with searchlights, and glimpsed some living horrors of awesome magnitude. i saw also the ruins of incredible sunken cities, and the wealth of crinoid, brachi

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l-minded demons who tortured them. if, however, the heart balanced the feather, all was well and the person, now with a new body called the sahu, was free to enter the happy world of the sekhet aaru (field of rushes. the hardest part was over, but there were still some dangers or trials to face, as the sahu was not invulnerable. the book of the dead was still useful for spells to protect one from crocodiles, suffocation, and any number of other problems. the location of the land of the blessed is unclear, but it may have been conceived as up in the sky somewhere. in any case, finally arriving at the land of the blessed, the deceased would be able to make use of all the items left for their use in the crypt, such as food, beds, chairs, utensils, etc. one could also use magical spells to tur

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ine art thou canst conceal thyself in thine own nature, this is silence, this, and not nullity of consciousness else were a stone more perfect in adeptship that thou. but, abiding in thy silence, thou art in a city of refuge, and the waters prevail not against the lotus that enfoldeth thee. this ark or lotus is then the body of our lady babalon, without which thou weret the prey of nile and of he crocodiles that are therein. now, o my son, mark thou well this that i will write for thine advertisement and behoof, that this silence, though it be perfection of delight, is but the gestation of thy lion, and in thy season thou must dare, and come forth to the battle. else, were not this practice of silence akin to the formula of separateness of the black brothers? t the book of wisdom or folly

th the danger and the treason of thy scorpion. for his nature is against himself, being the deepest ego, that is, a being separate from the universe; and his is the root of the while mystery of evil. for he hath in him the magick power, which if he use not, he is self-poisoned, even as any organ of the body that refuseth its function. so then his cure is in his ally the lion, that feareth not the crocodiles, nor hideth himself, but leapeth eagerly forward. the path of the mystic hath this pitfall; for though he unite himself with his god, his mode is to withdraw from that which him seemeth is not god. whereby he affirmeth and confirmeth the demon, that is duality. be thou instant therefore, o my son, to turn from every act of love at he moment of full satisfaction, flinging the invoked mig

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me? hermes. i fll tell you just one thing. disobey me, and.trouble with the king! esarhaddon. ring-a-ling-ting! ping! spring! hermes. that.s cooked his goose. i.ll tell astarte, though it fs not much use [he goes out. it fs only one more of life.s little curses. the best of women make the worst of nurses! 22 scene iii. the consulting-room of hermes. it has two parts, the first filled with stuffed crocodiles, snakes, astrolabes, skeletons, lamps of strange shape, vast rolls of papyri, vases containing such objects as a foetus, a mummied child, a sixlegged sheep. hands (obviously those of criminals) have been painted with phosphorus, and give light. sculptures of winged bulls and bricks inscribed with arrow-head characters are ranged about the walls. a chair of elephant's bones covered with

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f my mother! o heart that i had upon earth! stand not thou up against me, a witness! oppose me not, judge, in my quest! 6 liber dclxxi accuse me not now of unfitness before the great god, the dread lord of the west (change this part to your own motto. work the scansion correctly: speak fair words for ou mh. may he flourish in the place of the weighing of hearts by the marsh of the dead, where the crocodiles nourish their lives on the lost, where the serpent upstarts. for though i be joined to the earth, in the innermost shrine of heaven am i. i was master of thebes from my birth; shall i die like a dog? thou shalt not let me die, but my khu that the teeth of the crocodiles sever shall be mighty in heaven for ever and ever! yea! but i am a fool, a flutterer! i am under the shadow of the win

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t non-ego puerperium partus vita adepti via w v. clavus via h v. fenstra via d v. porta via g v. camelus via b v. domus. the wake world 19 magician called hermes, who takes me through so quickly that i arrive sometimes even at the very moment that i start. last of all is the most mysterious passage of them all, and if any of you saw it you would think there was a foolish man in it being bitten by crocodiles and dogs, and carrying a sack with nothing any use in it at all. but really it is the man who meant to wake up, and did wake up. so that is his house, he is the old king himself, and so are you. so he wouldn.t care what any one thought he was. really all the passages to the first three houses are very useful; all the dream-world and the half-dream world, and the wake-world are governed

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de with the open throat and mouth. as zero, he represents the female principle, the fertile mother (an old name for the card is mat, from the italian 'matto, fool, but earlier also from maut, the egyptian vulture-mother-goddess) fertile because the 'egg of blue' is the uterus, and in the macrocosm the body of nuit, and it contains the unborn babe, helpless, yet protected and nourished against the crocodiles and tigers shown on the card, just as the womb is sealed during gestation. he sits on a lotus, the yoni, which floats on the 'nile, the amniotic fluid. in his absolute innocence and ignorance he is "the fool; he is the 'saviour, being the son who shall trample on the crocodiles and tigers, and avenge his father osiris. thus we see him as the "great fool" of celtic legend, and "pure fool

innocence but inspiration of wine: he drinks from the graal, offered to him by the priestess. so we see him fully armed as bacchus diphues, male and female in one, bearing the thyrsus-rod, and a cluster of grapes or a wineskin, while a tiger leaps up by his side. this form is suggested in the taro card, where 'the fool' is shown with a long wand and carrying a sack; his coat is motley. tigers and crocodiles follow him, thus linking this image with that of harpocrates. almost identical symbols are those of the secret god of the templars, the bi-sexual baphomet, and of zeus arrhenothelus, equally bi-sexual, the father-mother of all in one person (he is shown in this full form in the tarot trump xv "the devil) now, zeus being lord of air, we are reminded that aleph is the letter of air. as ai

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n sigils or pentagrams are traced or names vibrated. there are several methods of testing and protection, in addition to those already mentioned. the supreme method of protection- though it is infinitely more than technical means of banishing- is through the assumption of the god form harpocrates. the astral image should be formulated either as rising from a lotus, or else standing erect over two crocodiles. little need be said about this technique; it is adequately described elsewhere, in z.1. incidentally, this is an excellent preparation for meditation or vision, to formulate the form about and around one, and to identify oneself with it. in the event, during any vision, that the seer is approached by entities, as to whose integrity or true character he has some doubts, the simplest for

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

e advances and abandoned caresses begin. a little while, and the whole assembly is beside itself with drink and wantonness, with crimes and singing. they rise, a disordered throng, and form infernal dances. then come all legendary monsters, all phantoms of nightmare; enormous toads play inverted flutes and thump with paws on flanks; limping scarabaei mingle in the dance; crabs play the castanets; crocodiles beat time on their scales; elephants and mammoths appear habited like cupids and foot it in the ring: finally, the giddy circles introduction 5 break up and scatter on all sides. every yelling dancer drags away a dishevelled female. lamps and candles formed of human fat go out smoking in the darkness. cries are heard here and there, mingled with peals of laughter, blasphemies and rattli

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

ir queen, because she was wise and prudent and skilled in magic. dalukah's first act was to surround all egypt with a wall, which she guarded by men who were stationed along it at short intervals, her object being as much to protect her son, who was addicted to the chase, from the attacks of wild beasts as egypt from invasion by nomad tribes; besides this she placed round the enclosure figures of crocodiles and other formidable animals. during the course of her reign of thirty years she filled egypt with her temples and with figures of animals; she also made figures of men in the form of the dwellers in the countries round about egypt, and in syria, and in the west, and of the beasts which they rode. in the temples she collected all the secrets of nature and all the attracting or repelling

equence thereof we need make no mention here: it is sufficient to say that the king ordered him to take the book back to its place, and that the prophecy of ptah-nefer-ka was fulfilled. 1 p. 147 1n connexion with the subject of the magical powers of isis must be briefly mentioned the curious small stela, with rounded tops, on the front of which are inscribed figures of the god horus standing upon crocodiles: they are usually known as "cippi of horus" the largest and finest example of this remarkable class of object is the famous "metternichstele" which was found in the year 1828 during the building of a cistern in a franciscan monastery in alexandria, and was presented by muhammad ali pasha to prince metternich. we are fortunately enabled to date the stele, for the name of nectanebus i, th

f the gods of ancient egypt, gods well known from the monuments of the earlier dynasties, and also with figures of a series of demons and monsters and animals which have both mythological and magical importance. many of these are accompanied by texts containing magical formula, p. 148 magical names, and mythological allusions. in the principal scene we see horus, or harpocrates, standing upon two crocodiles; on his brow is the uraeus, and he wears on the right side of his head the lock of hair emblematic of youth. in his hands he grasps serpents, a lion, and an antelope, and it is clear by the look on his face that he is in no wise afraid of them. above his head is a bearded head, which is usually said to represent that of bes. on his right are-(1) an utchat, 1 with human hands and arms (2

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

images before whose glory the powers of darkness tremble every day. such images are: 1. the sun. 2. the holy phallus. 3. the great seal of babalon. 4. the stele of revealing. 5. the great seal of the o.t.o. 6. the great seal of baphomet. 7. the image of baphomet./the image of babalon. 8. the eye within the triangle. 9. the rosy cross. 10. the image of harpocrates upon the lotus, or standing upon crocodiles. 11. the image of babalon with the phallic reference om mani padme hum. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c2.html (10 of 12 [12/28/2001 2:05:25 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. 12. the figure of isis with horus. 13. the crucifix, but only if its solar-phallic significance be most firmly grasped, and if it be a shield of secrecy agains

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

vations of placenames propounded by ancient semitic scribes [fn#23] i.e, ra on the horizon. plate v. horus standing on the back of the hippopotamus-fiend, and spearing him in the presence of isis. plate vi. the "butcher-priest" slicing open the hippopotamus-fiend. in gladness of heart ra proposed a sail on the nile, but as soon as his enemies heard that he was coming, they changed themselves into crocodiles and hippopotami, so that they might be able to wreck his boat and devour him. as the boat of the god approached them they opened their jaws to crush it, but horus and his followers came quickly on the scene, and defeated their purpose. the followers of horus here mentioned are called in the text "mesniu" i.e "blacksmiths" or "workers in metal" and they represent the primitive conquerors

lion with the face of a man, and he put on his head the triple crown. his claws were like flints, and with them he dragged away one hundred and forty-two of the enemy, and tore them in pieces, and dug out their tongues, which he carried off as symbols of his victory. meanwhile rebellion had again broken out in nubia, where about onethird of the enemy had taken refuge in the river in the forms of crocodiles and hippopotami. ra counselled horus to sail up the nile with his blacksmiths, and when thoth had recited the "chapters of protecting the boat of ra" over the boats, the expedition set sail for the south. the object of reciting these spells was to prevent the monsters which were in the river from making the waves to rise and from stirring up storms which might engulf the boats of ra and

them, suggest that egypt must always have produced these pests in abundance, and that the egyptians were always horribly afraid of them. the text of unas, which was written towards the close of the vth dynasty, contains many such spells, and in the theban and saite books of the dead several chapters consist of nothing but spells and incantations, many of which are based on archaic texts, against crocodiles, serpents, and other deadly reptiles, and insects of all kinds. all such creatures were regarded as incarnations of evil spirits, which attack the dead as well as the living, and therefore it was necessary for the well-being of the former that copies of spells against them should be written upon the walls of tombs, coffins, funerary amulets, etc. the gods were just as open to the attack

the metternich stele--reverse. towards the close of the xxvith dynasty, when superstition in its most exaggerated form was general in egypt, it became the custom to make house talismans in the form of small stone stelae, with rounded tops, which rested on bases having convex fronts. on the front of such a talisman was sculptured in relief a figure of horus the child (harpokrates, standing on two crocodiles, holding in his hands figures of serpents, scorpions, a lion, and a horned animal, each of these being a symbol of an emissary or ally of set, the god of evil. above his head was the head of bes, and on each side of him were: solar symbols, i.e, the lily of nefer-tem, figures of ra and harmakhis, the eyes of ra (the sun and moon, etc. the reverse of the stele and the whole of the base w

with four ram's heads, which rests between a pair of arms, and is supported on a lake of celestial water; on each side of it are four of the spirits of the dawn, and on the right stands the symbol of the rising sun, nefer-temu, and on the left stands thoth. below this are five rows of small figures of gods. below these is harpokrates in relief, in the attitude already described. he stands on two crocodiles under a kind of canopy, the sides of which are supported by thoth and isis, and holds typhonic animals and reptiles. above the canopy are the two eyes of ra, each having a pair of human arms and hands. on the right of harpokrates are seker and horus, and on his left the symbol of nefer-temu. on the left and right are the goddesses nekhebet and uatchet, who guard the south of egypt and t

d now, let us sail in our boat upon the water, for our hearts are glad because our enemies have been overthrown on the earth" and the water where the great god sailed is called p-khen-ur[fn#81] unto this day. and behold the enemies [of ra] rushed into the water, and they took the forms of [crocodiles and] hippopotami, but nevertheless ra-heru-khuti sailed over the waters in his boat, and when the crocodiles and the hippopotami had come nigh unto him, they opened wide their jaws in order to destroy ra-heru-khuti. and when heru-behutet arrived and his followers who were behind him in the forms of workers in metal, each having in his hands an iron spear and a chain, according to his name, they smote the crocodiles and the hippopotami; and there were brought in there straightway six hundred an

nd the hippopotami had come nigh unto him, they opened wide their jaws in order to destroy ra-heru-khuti. and when heru-behutet arrived and his followers who were behind him in the forms of workers in metal, each having in his hands an iron spear and a chain, according to his name, they smote the crocodiles and the hippopotami; and there were brought in there straightway six hundred and fifty-one crocodiles, which had been slain before the city of edfu. then spake ra-harmachis unto heru- behutet "my image shall be [here] in the land of the south (which is a house of victory (or, strength "and the house of heru-behutet is called nekht-het unto this day [fn#76] i.e, apollinopolis, the modern edfu [fn#77] i.e. drops of blood [fn#78] i.e, from the city [fn#79] i.e, edfu [fn#80] i.e, great prot

mus" and from that day figures of heru-behutet in metal have existed. then heru-behutet took upon himself the form of the winged disk, and he placed himself upon the front of the boat of ea. and he placed by his side the goddess nekhebet[fn#82] and the goddess uatchet,[fn#83] in the form of two serpents, that they might make the enemies to quake in [all] their limbs when they were in the forms of crocodiles and hippopotami in every place wherein be came in the land of the south and in the land of the north. then those enemies rose up to make their escape from before him, and their face was towards the land of the south. and their hearts were stricken down through fear of him. and heru-behutet was at the back (or, side) of them in the boat of ra, and there were in his hands a metal lance an

through fear of him. and heru-behutet was at the back (or, side) of them in the boat of ra, and the metal spear was in his hands, and those who were in his following were equipped with the weapons for battle of the metal workers. and the god spent four days and four nights in the water in pursuit of them, but he did not see one of the enemies, who fled from before him in the water in the forms of crocodiles and hippopotami. at length he found them and saw them. and ra said unto horus of heben "o winged disk, thou great god and lord of heaven, seize thou them" and he hurled his lance after them, and he slew them, and worked a great overthrow of them. and he brought one hundred and forty-two enemies to the forepart of the boat [of ra, and with them was a male hippopotamus which had been amon

shall [also] be called 'tchalt (or, tchart) from this day onwards. and the bringing of the tongues from the remote places of tchalt (or, tchart [shall be commemorated] from this day onwards. and this god shall be called 'heru-behutet, lord of mesent' from this day onwards" and ra said unto heru-behutet "let us sail to the south up the river, and let us smite the enemies [who are] in the forms of crocodiles and hippopotami in the face of egypt" and heru-behutet said "thy divine ka, o ra, lord of the gods! let us sail up the river against the remainder--one third--of the enemies who are in the water (or, river" then thoth recited the chapters of protecting the boat [of ra] and the boats of the blacksmiths [which he used] for making tranquil the sea at the moment when a storm was raging on i

rn back from me netater. osiris is on the water, the eye of horus is with him. a great beetle spreadeth himself over him, great by reason of his grasp, produced by the gods from a child. he who is over the water appeareth in a healthy form. if he who is over the water shall be approached (or, attacked, the eye of horus, which weepeth, shall be approached "get ye back, o ye who dwell in the water, crocodiles, fish, that enemy, male dead person and female dead person, male fiend and female fiend, of every kind whatsoever, lift not up your faces, o ye who dwell in the waters, ye crocodiles and fish. when osiris journeyeth over you, permit ye him to go to busiris. let your nostrils [be closed, your throats stopped up "get ye back, seba fiends! lift ye not up your faces against him that is on t

p "get ye back, seba fiends! lift ye not up your faces against him that is on the water. osiris-ra, riseth up in his boat to look at the gods of kher-ahat, and the lords of the tuat stand up to slay thee when [thou] comest, o neha-her, against osiris [when] he is on the water the eye of horus is over him to turn your faces upside down and to set you on your backs "hail, ye who dwell in the water, crocodiles and fish, ra shutteth up your mouths, sekhet stoppeth up your throats, thoth cutteth out your tongues, and cont heka blindeth your eyes. these are the four great gods who protect osiris by their magical power, and they effect the protection of him that is on the water, of men and women of every kind, and of beasts and animals of every kind which are on the water by day. protected are th

tells us, many little insects are caught in it whilst it is hardening, and are thereby killed therein-this view is wholly trifling and absurd. from these same motives also they give the apis bull his water from a well specially set apart for the purpose,[fn#269] and they prevent him altogether from drinking of the nile, not indeed that they regard the river as impure, and polluted because of the crocodiles which are in it, as some pretend, for there is nothing which the egyptians hold in greater veneration than the nile, but because its waters are observed to be particularly nourishing[fn#270] and fattening. and they strive to prevent fatness in apis as well as in themselves, for they are anxious that their bodies should sit as light and easy about their souls as possible, and that their

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

tratum are aged based on the assumption that they took millions or billions of years to accumulate, rather than on the possibility that a global deluge and cataclysm might have accounted for many of the layered deposits and their artifacts. which would open up the possibility of humans and saurians having existed contemporaneously with each other before the deluge. scientists consider alligators, crocodiles, iquanas and kimodo dragons to be relative descendants of the earlier saurians. however these "saurians" survived, and if this is the case is it possible that the more humanoid amphibeo-reptiloids who walked upright might have survived underground or in the sea. as with the possible existence of the loch ness plesiosaur for example? who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/re

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