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4 7 INITIATION CEREMONY

between the devastated garden and the supernal eden, tetragrammaton elohim placed the letters of the name and the flaming sword, that the uppermost part of the tree of life might not be involved in the fall of adam. and thence was it necessary that the second adam should come to restore all things and that the first adam had been extended on the cross of the celestial rivers, so the son should be crucified on the cross of the infernal rivers in daath. yet to do this he must descend unto the lowest first even unto malkuth and be born of her. the grade of philosophus is referred unto the sephira netzach and the 27th, 28th, and 29th paths are bound thereto. the sign of the grade is given by raising the arms above the head making with the thumbs and fingers a triangle apex upwards. this repres

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

left hand, and heart, saying) 15 second (for brow "there are three that bear witness in heaven; the father, the word, and the holy spirit, and these three are one (for feet "there are three that bear witness on earth; the spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three agree in one (right hand "except ye be born of water and the spirit, ye cannot enter the kingdom of heaven (left hand "if ye be crucified with christ, ye shall also reign with him" second (marks heart in silence "let the aspirant be released from the cross of suffering. it is written that he who humbleth himself shall be exalted. v. h. frater hodos chamelionis, remove from the aspirant the chain of humility and the robe of mourning, and reinvest him with the crossed sashes. third "know then, oh aspirant, that the mysteries

us, will i uphold the sign of suffering and of strength. and i heard the voice of the king of b cry aloud and say 'he that aideth me in my suffering, the same shall partake with me in my rising' replace then, o aspirant, that cross upon the altar, and say: in and by that sign, i demand that the pastos of our founder be opened for my victory is in the cross of the rose. for it is written 'if ye be crucified with christ, ye shall also reign with him (aspirant replaces crucifix and repeats words as directed. third adept gives him back wand and crux ansata of chief adept. second and third adepts move away altar revealing upper part of the pastos. they open lid, disclosing chief adept within) third "and the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not" second "touch with the

rel sitting, the one at the head and the other at the foot, where the body of the master had lain, who said 'why seek ye the living among the dead' chief "i am the resurrection and the life. he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die" second "behold the image (points at the lower half of the lid) of the justified one, crucified on the infernal rivers of tud, and thus rescuing twklm from the folds of the red dragon (third adept points to upper half of lid) third "and being turned, i saw seven golden light bearers, and in the midst of the light bearers, one like unto the ben adam, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and girt with a golden girdle. his head and his hair were white as snow, and his eyes as flam

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

n profile 10 =18 ipsissimus death of first-born 2 almost any male image shows some aspect of chokmah. 9 =28 magus locusts 3 almost any female image shows some aspect of binah 8 =38 magister templi 3rd order darkness 4 a mighty crowned and enthroned king 7 =48 adeptus exemptus hail and fire 5 a mighty warrior in his chariot, armed and crowned 6 =58 adeptus major boils 6 a majestic king, a child, a crucified god 5 =68 adeptus minor 2nd order murrain 7 a beautiful naked woman 4 =78 philosophus flies 8 an hermaphrodite 3 =88 practicus lice 9 a beautiful naked man, very strong 2 =98 theoricus frogs 10 a young woman crowned and veiled 1 =108 zelator 0 =08 neophyte 1st order water turned to blood cxxiii. english of col. viii, lines 1-10 cxxiv. the heavenly hexagram. cxxv* seven hells of the arabs

the voice of power. wrapped in a cloke and cowl, an ancient walketh, bearing a lamp and staff* 21 the lord of the forces of life. a wheel of six shafts, whereon revolve the triad of hermanubis, sphinx, and typhon* 22 the daughter of the lords of truth. the ruler of the balance. a conventional figure of justice with scales and balances 23 the spirit of the mighty waters. the figure of an hanged or crucified man* 24 the child of the great transformers. the lord of the gate of death. a skeleton with a scythe mowing men. the scythe handle is a tau. 25 the daughter of the reconcilers, the bringer-forth of life. the figure of diana huntress* 26 the lord of the gates of matter. the child of the forces of time. the figure of pan or priapus* 27 the lord of the hosts of the mighty. a tower struck by

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

ther hand, the practice of torturing animals to death in order to obtain the elemental as a slave is indefensible, utterly black magic of the very worst kind, involving as it does a metaphysical basis of dualism. there is, however, no objection to dualism or black magic when they are properly understood. see the account of the master therion's great magical retirement by lake pasquaney, where he "crucified a toad in the basilisk abode> within the circle, or the triangle, as the case may be, so that its energy cannot escape. an animal should be selected whose nature accords with that of the ceremony- thus, by sacrificing a female lamb one would not obtain any appreciate quantity of the fierce energy useful to a magician who was invoking mars. in such a case a ram<wolf would be still bett

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

was unfulfilled, was rendered possible by the extreme lightness of the toil demanded of any individual. but it is impossible for slaves to understand free men. it is always a wonder to englishmen that a man should devote himself to unremitting toil for an ideal. he is called a crank, basely slandered, the lowest motives being without any reason assigned to his actions, mocked, persecuted, perhaps crucified. this is partly forgivable, as in england philanthropy is almost invariably the mask of vice and fraud. the ceremony of marriage* was simple, dignified, yet poignant. the lovers in the presence of their whole house, publicly embraced for the last time. their two children pressed them apart. elevating their hands in a crossed clasp they gave way, and the children passed through, preceding

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

pure love of poor humanity! here s just the chance you d have! behold the warm sun tint with early gold 190 yon spire: to-day s event provide my text of wrath ascension-tide! oh! tis a worthy day to wrest hate s diadem from jesus crest! ascends he? tis the very test 195 by which we men may fairly judge, from the rough roads we mortals trudge or god s paths paved with heliotrope, the morals of the crucified (both standpoints joined in one, i hope, 200 in metaphysic s stereoscope) but for the moment be denied a metaphysical inspection bring out the antiseptic soap! we ll judge the christ by simple section, 205 and strictly on the moral side. but first; i must insist on taking the ordinary substantial creed your clergy preach from desk and pulpit each sunday; all the bible, shaking 210 its bo

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h the unguents magical. oh the honey and the gall of that black enchanter's lips as he croons to the eclipse mingling that most puissant spell of the giant gods of hell with the four ingredients of the evil elements; 38 ambergris from golden spar, musk of ox from mongol jar, civet from a box of jade, mixed with fat of many a maid slain by the inchauntments cold of the witches wild and old. he had crucified a toad in the basilisk abode, muttering the runes averse mad with many a mocking curse. he had traced the serpent sigil in his ghastly virgin vigil "sursum cor" the elfin hill, where the wind blows deadly chill from the world that wails beneath death's black throat and lipless teeth. there he had stood- his bosom bare- tracing life upon the air with the crook and with the flail lashing f

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ous power is concealed. as to the holy table itself, i cannot see it for the blaze of light; but i am given to understand that it appears in another aethyr, of which it forms practically the whole content. and i am bidden to study the holy table very intently so as to be able to concentrate on it when it appears. i have grown greater, so that i am as great as the angel. and we are standing, as if crucified, face to face, our hands and lips and breasts and knees and feet together, and her eyes pierce into my eyes like whirling shafts of steel, so that i fall backwards headlong through the aethyr- and there is a sudden and tremendous shout, absolutely stunning, cold and brutal: osiris was a black god!6 and the aethyr claps its hands, greater than the peal of a thousand mighty thunders. i am

the nails are desires, of which 51 there are three; the desire of light, the desire of life, the desire of love. 6 the doctrine implied is that one must not be the child, but the mother (and the thorns are thoughts, and the whips are regrets, and the wine is ease, or perhaps unsteadiness, especially in ecstasy, and the spear is attachment) and now there dawns the scene of the crucifixion; but the crucified one is an enormous bat, and for the two thieves are two little children. it is night, and the night is full of hideous things and howlings. and an angel cometh forth, and saith: be wary, for if thou change so much as the style of a letter, the holy word is blasphemed. but enter into the mountain of the caverns, for that this (how much more then that calvary which mocks it, as his ape moc

. but upon the great sea shall the master of the temple find neither star nor moon. and i was about to answer him "the light is within me" but before i could frame the words, he answered me with the great word that is the key of the abyss. and he said: thou hast entered the night; dost thou yet lust for day? sorrow is my name, and affliction. i am girt about with tribulation. here still hangs the crucified one, and here the mother weeps over the children that she hath not borne. sterility is 73 my name, and desolation. intolerable is thine ache, and incurable thy wound. i said, let the darkness cover me; and behold, i am compassed about with the blackness that hath no name. o thou, who hast cast down the light into the earth, so must thou do for ever. and the light of the sun shall not shi

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light concentrated in the white triangle of the three supernals. wherefore upon this sacred and sublime symbol is the obligation of the neophyte taken as calling therein to witness the operations of the divine light. the red cross of tiphereth representing 5 =6 is placed above the white triangle; not as dominating it, but as bringing it down and manifesting it unto the outer order: as though the crucified one having raised the symbol of self-sacrifice had thus touched and brought into action in matter the divine triad of light. illustration at this point. an approximation follows\ diagram 4. the altar symbol in the 0 =0 ritual "around the cross are the symbols of the four letters of tetragrammaton, the hb:shin of jeheshua being only implied and not "expressed" in the outer. and these are

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ne at the head and the other at the foot, where the body of the master had lain; who said "why seek ye the living among the dead "chief adept" i am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth on me, shall never die "second adept" behold the image [directing attention to lower half of lid8] of the justified one, crucified on the cross of the infernal rivers of death, and thus rescuing malkuth from the folds of the red dragon. illustration facing page 218 described "diagram 71. the lid of the pastos" this is a black and white halftone tipped in on clayed paper. it is a long vertical rectangle, 7x19 proportions, divided into a gray (white) background half on top and a black background half on bottom. in the

ween yesod and malkut, underneath the figure. these arcs are truncated without closure in an imaginary line just above the bole of the lower lamp. the lower half of the figure contains a large calvary cross. a large crown of five hollow triangular points hovers above the top arm. a diagonal scroll crosses from left and up to right on this arm, with "i.n.r.i" inside. there is a small figure of the crucified and thorn- crowned christ on the cross, corpus occupying only the lower arm and the two side arms, with substantial extension of cross beyond the figure. the head is in the center intersection, canted slightly downward to the left. coiling about and below the base arm is the serpent of seven heads, one horn each, mouths open and tongue drooping. the lower coil is complexly looped. two he

flaming sword is always the beginning after the ruach elohim hath moved upon the surface of the waters; as here, so in the further ritual. further, they being now in tiphereth, they will formulate that which is kether in tiphereth, the rose and cross. the key to the vault is the rose and cross_ life. that which is alive is buried there: not that which is dead in very truth. also we must first be crucified. also the rose and cross resumes inri. now inri conceals iao, and iao besides its apophis signification (for iao is the gnostic name of the most high iaida) is amoun descending_ he, the concealed one! when isis and osiris are united. it is the ankh which is held in the hand of chesed, and reveals the man whose majesty is that of the ten sephiroth (which are combined in the ankh);10 but i

iance is purity and energy. 25 jechidah (spirit) neschamah chiah (water (fire) ruach (air) nephesch (earth) 26 that is; nowhere a void. the other mottoes mean: the freedom of the gospel; the unsullied glory of god; and the yoke of the law, respectively. now all kneel down and the higher is again invoked. postulant is fixed in tiphereth and looking up to kether. he again rejoices that he hath been crucified. justice ariseth and taketh from him his kether-wand and ankh, and his own hands put the chain upon his neck, the symbol of earth and burial therein; and the supreme hour of apophis is upon him, as it is written "eloi, eloi, lamma sabacthani" also this chain of earth refers to the great renunciation of the ego, refusing devachan27 and reassuming incarnation: not to the renunciation of ni

accepting the chain. and now, having gained the right to take his ruach with him in the darkness, he may demand the opening of the pastos. the altar is moved "new heavens and new earth &c. the pastos lid also "osiris no longer divided into glory and suffering, but central and perfect" the "third adept" gives the postulant his wand and ankh, thus again uniting him to chesed (isis l. also "if ye be crucified &c, is said in marking the chesed hand. the "third adept "and the light &c_ showing postulant that he is not dead but alive. accordingly "chief adept" reaches out his kether-wand to that kether- centre of the rose cross above him, and in that act restores himself to life and consciousness thereof. the higher self descendeth for the second time and the man is united once more. the osiris

hut myself up, and went on a journey. i went with a very personal guide: and beheld (after some lesser things) our master as he sate by the well with the woman of samaria. now the five husbands were five great religions which had defiled the purity of the virgin of the world: and "he whom thou now hast" was materialism (or modern thought) other scenes also i saw in his life: and behold i also was crucified! now did i go backwards in time even unto berashith, the beginning, and was permitted to see marvellous things. first the abyss of the water: on which i, even i, brooded amid other dusky flames as s upon m held by my genius. and i beheld the victory of r upon apophis and the first of the golden dawns! yea: and monsters, faces half-formed, arose: but they subsisted not. and the firmament

feet: and on her head was the diadem of the twelve stars. hear me, our lady isis, hear and save. o thou, queen of love and mercy! thou, crowned with the throne! thou, horn d as the moon! thou, whose countenance is mild and glowing, even as grass refreshed by rain! hear me, our lady isis, hear and save! o thou, who art in mater manifest! thou bride and queen as thou art mother and daughter of the crucified! o thou, who art the lady of the earth! hear me, our lady isis, hear and save! o thou, our lady of the amber skin! lady of love and victory! bright gate of glory through the darkling skies! o crowned with light and life and love! head me, our lady isis, hear and save! by thy sacred flower, the lotus of eternal life and beauty; by thy love and mercy; by my desire toward thee; in the name

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s; these museums full of lovely shapes and intoxicating colours; these libraries where are accumulated the works of science and the dreams of poetry; this concourse of instruments whose music is one; these enchantress women, made yet more charming by the science of adornment and coquetry: all these things have been created for me, for me, for me! for me humanity has 105 toiled; has been martyred, crucified, to serve for pasture, for pabulum to my implacable appetite for emotion, knowledge, and beauty" i leap to the end, i cut the story short. no one will be surprised that a thought final and supreme jets from the brain of the dreamer "i am become god" but a savage and burning cry darts from his breast with such an energy, such a power of production, that if the will and the belief of a dru

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courge the money-changes from the temple. yet is this true cynicism? doth he delight, the surly diogenes, in his solitary gambols- that insult both lydia and lalage? or is he doing it to tempt them- to coquette with them? is he a man deadly serious in positive constructive aim, yet so sensitive to ridicule that he will always seek to turn it off as a jest- and so a stultifier of himself? a christ crucified, not upon calvary, but upon venus berg, and so no redeemer? if so "ave atque vale" george bernard shaw, for a redeemer 348 from the overmen we want, and we will have; another we will not have. rather than your mock-crucified castrato-devilry, barabbas! but if it be your serious livelong purpose to slay all ideas by ridicule. then we must claim you as an adept, one fit for the scourge and

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acres of ground which had never before been tilled by the hand of man, and sow the white dragons' teeth, and slay the armed multitude, that black army of unbalanced forces which obscures the light of the sun. and then, finally, was he destined to slay with the sword of flaming light that ever watchful serpent which writhes in silent wisdom about the trunk of that tree upon which the christ hangs crucified. all these great deeds did he do, as we shall see. he tamed the bulls with ease- the white and the black. he ploughed the double field- the east and the west. he sowed the dragons' teeth- the armies of doubt; and among them did he cast he stone of zoroaster given to him by medea, queen of enchantments, so that immediately they turned their weapons one against the other, and perished. and

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rget["a dim red light dawns" besz "enters, leading four" probationers "who bear the pastos. they place it before the altar] aries. what is this offering? besz. the eater of flesh is my name. aries. oh, our lord, our lord! arise in thy might, and let thine enemies be scattered [aries "and" leo "draw veil. the throne has been cast down. on the black veil is a great red cross, whereon" sol "has been crucified. before him stands" satan-typhon "in the sign of apophis and typhon [aries "and" leo "fall as if slain" scorpio-apophis "plays her murder melody<adonis: waddell["meanwhile the" probationers "advance and under the direction of typhon, who stabs" sol "in the proper manner with the spear of" sol "take down" sol from the cross and lay him in the pastos. they cover it" besz "does his

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

and the following three sutras, a picture of the liberated man who has passed through the cycle of incarnation and through struggle and experience has found the true self. here is depicted the nature of the solar angel, the son of god, the ego or the higher self. he is stated to be 1. untouched by limitation. he is no longer "cribbed, cabined and confined" by the lower quaternary. he is no longer crucified upon the cross of matter. the four lower sheaths dense, etheric, emotional and mental are no longer his prison. they are but instruments which he can use or vacate at will. his will functions freely and if he stays within the realm of the three worlds, it is of his own choice, and his self-imposed limitation can be terminated at will. he is master in the three worlds, a son of god domina

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

qualities, but for potent occult forces, dynamic in their incentive and creative in their result. this should be pondered on carefully by all aspirants. we have, consequently, with these four, added to the first one, spiritual attainment, five of the qualifications of the white magician. third, the white magician must recognize the cross which stands in the heavens upon which the cosmic christ is crucified and on which the white magician, being a cell in the body of the cosmic christ, is also crucified. technically and astrologically speaking, in this present aeon he must understand the inner significance of taurus, of leo, of scorpio and of aquarius, for they are potent in our world cycle. he must, if i may express it symbolically, and yet at the same time accurately, be able to utter for

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

eneficent yet somewhat violently energised lord of a ray are as follows: the negator of desire- 57- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust the one who sees the right the visioner of reality the divine robber the devotee of life the hater of forms the warrior on the march the sword bearer of the logos the upholder of the truth the crucifier and the crucified the breaker of stones the imperishable flaming one the one whom naught can turn the implacable ruler the general on the perfect way the one who leads the twelve curiously enough, this sixth ray lord has always been a loved enigma to his six brethren. this comes out in the questions which they addressed to him on one occasion when they met "under the eye of the lord" to interchange their

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

e have looked on at the transfiguration, but have not attempted to become actively transfigured. but that must some day happen to us, and only after the transfiguration can we dare to climb mount golgotha. only when we have achieved expression of divinity in and through the lower personal nature shall we have attained to that of worth and value which can be permitted, under the divine plan, to be crucified. this is a forgotten truth. yet it is all part of the evolutionary process whereby god is revealed through humanity. the great and natural phenomenon which humanity will some day through self-expression and also under the law reveal in itself includes the beauty which shone forth from christ as he stood transfigured before his three friends, was recognised by god his father, and received

crucifixion and the cross of christ are as old as humanity itself. both are symbols of the eternal sacrifice of god as he immerses himself in the form aspect of nature and thus becomes god immanent as well as god transcendent. we have seen that christ must be recognised, first of all, in the cosmic sense. the cosmic christ has existed from all eternity. this cosmic christ is divinity, or spirit, crucified in space. he personifies the immolation or sacrifice of spirit upon the cross of matter, of form or substance, in order that all divine forms, including the human, may live. this has ever been recognised by the so-called pagan faiths. if the symbolism of the cross is traced far back, it will be found that it antedates christianity by thousands of years, and that finally, the four arms of

edates christianity by thousands of years, and that finally, the four arms of the cross will be seen to drop away, leaving only the picture of the living heavenly man, with his arms outspread- 112- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust in space. north, south, east and west stands the cosmic christ upon what is called "the fixed cross of the heavens" upon this cross god is eternally crucified "the sky is mystically spoken of as the temple and the eternal consciousness of god. its altar is the sun, whose four arms or rays typify the four corners or the cardinal cross of the universe, which have become the four fixed signs of the zodiac, and as the four powerful sacred animal signs, are both cosmical and spiritual. these four are known as the consecrated animals of the zodiac

acred animal signs, are both cosmical and spiritual. these four are known as the consecrated animals of the zodiac, while the signs themselves represent the basic fundamental elements of life, fire, earth, air and water."6 these four signs are taurus, leo, scorpio and aquarius, and they constitute pre-eminently the cross of the soul, the cross upon which the second person of the divine trinity is crucified. christ personified in his mission these four aspects, and as the cosmic christ he exemplified in his person the qualities for which each sign stood. even primitive man, unevolved and ignorant, was aware of the significance of the cosmic spirit, immolated in matter and crucified upon the four-armed cross. these four signs are to be found unequivocally in the bible, and are regarded in ou

illusory wiles of this serpent scorpio that adam succumbed in the garden of eden. the "face of the ox" is the biblical symbol for the sign taurus, the bull, which was the religion immediately antedating the jewish revelation, and which found its exponents in egypt and in the mithraic mysteries. upon this fixed cross all the world saviours, not excepting the christ of the west, have been eternally crucified, as reminders to man of the divine intent based upon the divine sacrifice. the early fathers recognised this truth, and realised that the story written in the heavens had a definite relation to humanity and to the evolution of human souls. clement of alexandria tells us that "the path of souls to ascension lies through the twelve signs of the zodiac" and the church festivals today are ba

began to form on earth. in- 114- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust the long processes of time four great expressions of divine life, four forms of god immanent in nature, have appeared upon our planet. we call them the four kingdoms of nature. they constitute, symbolically, the planetary reflection of the four arms of the zodiacal cross upon which the cosmic christ can be seen crucified. down the ages human beings have symbolised the cosmic christ immolated upon the cross of matter, and thus have perpetuated in the consciousness of the race the knowledge of that event; so in a planetary sense, the four kingdoms of nature do the same, portraying the spirit of god stretched upon a cross of material form, in order eventually to make possible the appearance of the kingdom o

in the evolutionary process, but the subsequent resurrection, symbolising as it did the formation and the precipitation upon earth of a new kingdom in which men and all forms would be free from death a kingdom of which the man released from the cross should be the symbol. we thus complete the entire circle, from the man in space, with arms outspread in the form of a cross, through the sequence of crucified saviours, telling us again and again what god had done for the universe until we arrive at the culminating son of god who carried the symbolism down on to the physical plane, in all its stages. he then rose from the dead to tell us that the long task of evolution had at last reached its final phase if we so choose, and if we are ready to do as he did pay the price, and, passing through t

phasis upon the living christ, and when it recognises that its forms and ceremonies, its festivals and rituals are inherited from a very ancient past, we shall then have the emergence of a new religion which will be as much divorced from form and the past as the kingdom of god is divorced from matter and the body nature. orthodox religion, as a whole, can be regarded as a cross upon which we have crucified christ; it has served its purpose as the custodian of the ages and the preserver of ancient forms, but it must enter into new life and pass through the resurrection if it is to meet the need of the deeply spiritual humanity of today "nations, like individuals" we are told "are made, not only by what they acquire but by what they resign, and this is true also of religion at this time."18

people's need. let a living christ be its theme, and not a dying saviour. christ has died. about that let there be no mistake. the christ of history passed through the gates of death for us. the cosmic christ is still dying upon the cross of matter. there he hangs fixed until the last weary pilgrim shall find his way home.19 the planetary christ, the life of the four kingdoms of nature, has been crucified on the four arms of the planetary cross down the ages. but the end of this period of crucifixion is close upon us. mankind can descend from the cross as christ did, and enter into the kingdom of god, a living spirit. the sons of god are ready to be manifested. today as never before "the spirit himself bears witness with our own spirits that we are children of god; and if children, then h

great branches of orthodox christianity, the eastern, as expressed through the greek church, and the western, as expressed through the roman catholic and the protestant churches, have preserved two great concepts which the spirit of the race needed on its great evolutionary journey away from god and back to god. the greek church has always emphasised the risen christ. the west has emphasised the crucified saviour. eastern christianity looks to the resurrection as its pivotal teaching. the need of a death unto things material, the tendency of man to sin and to forget god, and the necessity for a change of heart or of intention have been the contribution of western christianity to the religious beliefs in the world. but we have been so preoccupied with the subject of sin that we have forgot

from the wrath of god in natural phenomena through animal sacrifices, preceded in still more ancient times by the sacrifice of the fruits of the earth. 2. men are saved from god's wrath and from each other by the sacrifice of that which is valued, leading eventually to human sacrifices. 3. men are saved by the sacrifice of a recognised son of god, hence the vicarious atonement, for which the many crucified world saviours prepared the way for christ. 4. men are definitely saved from eternal punishment for their sins by the death of christ upon the cross, the sinner guilty of an unkind word being as much responsible for the death of christ as the vilest murderer. 5. finally, the gradually emerging recognition that we are saved by the living risen christ historically presenting to us a goal

at kingdom in nature which had reached maturity, and another kingdom in nature which could now enter upon its cycle of activity. the human kingdom had evolved to the point where it had produced the christ and those other children of god whose lives bore constant testimony to the divine nature. christ assumed the ancient symbol and burden of the cross, and, taking his stand beside all the previous crucified saviours, embodied in himself the immediate and the cosmic, the past and the future, rearing the cross on the hill outside jerusalem (the name of which signifies the "vision of peace, thus calling attention to the kingdom which he died to establish. the work had been completed, and in that strange little country called the holy land, a narrow strip of territory between the two hemisphere

that christ gave should be more generally understood by us in the light of the kingdom of god, and with a wider connotation than the individual one. his words were words of power, evoking and invoking, potent and dynamic. one of the first things which emerges in one's consciousness as one studies the first word from the cross was the fact that jesus requested his father to forgive the people who crucified him; he evidently, then, did not regard his death upon the cross as adequate to that need. there was no remission of sins through the shedding of blood; but there was the need to ask god's pardon for the sin committed. the two facts which come to the fore in this word are the fatherhood of god, and the fact that ignorance, if productive of wrong-doing, does not make a man guilty and ther

and that we approach him through christ. it is the inner hidden man of the heart, the unrealised christ who can approach the father. christ had earned this right because- 133- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust of his proven divinity and because he had passed through the third initiation, the transfiguration; when we too are transfigured (for only the transfigured christ can be crucified) then we too can invoke the father and call on the spirit, which is god, the life of all forms, to adjust relationships, and to bring about that forgiveness which is the very essence of life itself. 2. that forgiveness is the result of life. this is a hard truth for the western believer to accept. he is so used to resting back upon the activity of the christ in the distant past. forgiven

e, and learn that sin brings retribution and causes suffering. but suffering has its uses, as christ knew. in his person he was not only the historical jesus whom we know and love, but he was also the symbol to us of the cosmic christ, god suffering through the sufferings of his created beings. justice can be forgiveness when the facts of the case are rightly understood, and in this demand of the crucified saviour we have the recognition of the law of justice, and not that of retribution, in an act at which the whole world stands aghast. this work of forgiveness is the age-long work of the soul in matter or form. the oriental believer calls this karma. the western believer talks of the law of cause and effect. both, however, are dealing with the working out by a man of his soul's salvation

ce to the third- 135- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust initiation, that of the transfiguration. thus in his first three words from the cross he refers to the first three initiations, and recalls to our minds the synthesis revealed in himself and the stages which we must cover if we are to follow in his steps. it is possible also that the thought was in the consciousness of the crucified saviour that matter itself, being divine, was capable of infinite suffering; and in these words there was wrung from him the recognition that though god suffers in the person of his son, he also suffers with similar acute agony in the person of that son's mother, the material form which has given him birth. christ stands midway between the two the mother and the father. therein is his pr

the valley and feel that utter aloneness which is the reward of those who mount the cross on golgotha. although each son of god at different stages upon his way of initiation prepares for this final loneliness by phases of utter rejection, when the final crisis comes he must experience moments of loneliness such as he could not previously conceive. he follows in the footsteps of his master, being crucified before men and deserted both by his fellowmen and by the comforting presence of the divine self upon which he has learnt to rely. yet because christ entered thus into the place of outer darkness, and felt entirely deserted of all that had hitherto meant so much to him, both humanly and from the angle of divinity, he has enabled us to gauge the value of the experience, and has shown us th

norance and no defiance or wrong intent, then forgiveness is assured, for sin consists of definite action in the face of the warning voice of conscience. he had spoken the word which brought peace to the dying thief, and had told him that he was assured, not only of forgiveness, but of peace and happiness. he had spoken the word which brought together the two aspects which were being symbolically crucified upon the cross matter and soul, the matter of the form and the perfected lower nature. these are the- 137- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust three words of the physical, the emotional, and the mental planes, whereon man habitually lives. the sacrifice of the entire lower nature had been completed, and there was silence and darkness for three hours. then was uttered tha

nite us with him. it is the "fellowship of his sufferings" to which he calls us, and the demand which we hear as he hears it. this aspect of the cross and its lesson has been summed up in the following words, which warrant our careful consideration, and our consequent consecration to the service of the cross, which is the service of humanity "when i. turned from that world-appealing sight, christ crucified for us, to look upon life's most perplexed and sorrowful contradictions, i was not met as in intercourse with my fellow-men by the cold platitudes that fall so lightly from the lips of those whose hearts have never known one real pang, nor whose lives one crushing blow. i was not told that all things were ordered for the best, nor assured that the overwhelming disparities of life were bu

story (before theology gave a turn to interpretation, and so altered the gospel of love into a cult of separation) reveal to us. a company of men and women full of confidence, enthusiasm and courage, ready to face persecution and death, eager missionaries. what has given them this new character? not long before some of them had fled in dismay at the first threat of personal danger. when jesus was crucified they had lost the last glimmer of hope that he might prove to be the christ. when he was placed in the tomb, christianity was dead and buried too. now we meet these men and women a few weeks later and they are utterly changed. it is not that there is some faint return of hope among a few of them. all are completely certain that jesus is indeed the christ. what has happened to cause this

oints out in an illuminating passage that "in the christian mysteries as in the ancient egyptian, chaldean, and others there was an outer symbolism which expressed the stages through which the man was passing. he was brought into the chamber of initiation, and was stretched on the ground with his arms extended, sometimes on a cross of wood, sometimes merely on the stone floor, in the posture of a crucified man. he was then touched with the thyrsus on the heart the `spear' of the crucifixion and, leaving the body, he passed into the worlds beyond, the body falling into a deep trance, the death of the crucified. the body was placed in a sarcophagus of stone, and there left, carefully guarded. meanwhile the man himself was treading first the strange obscure regions called `the heart of the ea

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has likewise done the same. but- 56- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust what does this mean to us? naught, except a symbol. it was his impulse, his will, his desire, his incentive, his idea and purpose to appear. the creative act then took place, and the process of manifestation began its cyclic evolutionary existence. the cosmic christ was crucified upon the cross of matter, and by that great sacrifice opportunity was offered to all evolving lives in all kingdoms of nature and in all created worlds. thus they could progress. the work, in space and time, and the stupendous march of living beings towards an at present unrealised goal, began. we can give no reason for the choice made by deity thus to act. we do not know his ultimate pu

sun" 6. from the instinctual life of sense consciousness in material forms, we have progressed to the intellectual life of self-conscious human beings and to the intuitive realisations of those who are beginning to function as superhuman entities. all this has been brought about as the result of the determined, conditioned activity of a great life, which chose to make a major sacrifice and to be crucified upon the cardinal cross of the heavens, and thereby pass through a cosmic initiation; which, from our minor and relatively uninformed angle, stands today crucified upon the fixed cross in the heavens, and through the medium of the mutable cross is nevertheless producing changes in the evolutionary cycle, increasing refinement of form, and that intensification of life which distinguishes

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of the christ in palestine has been twisted and distorted by theologians until the crystalline purity of the early teaching and the unique simplicity of the christ have disappeared in a travesty of errors and in a mummery of ritual, money and human ambitions. christ is pictured today as having been born in an unnatural manner, as having taught and preached for three years and then as having been crucified and eventually resurrected, leaving humanity in order to "sit on the right hand of god" in austere and distant pomp. likewise, all the other approaches to god by any other people, at any time and in any country, are regarded by the orthodox christian as wrong approaches, as being practised by so-called "heathen" and as requiring christian interference. every possible effort has been made

is time to an unique process of training. of this training, his thirty years of work in the carpenter's shop in palestine has ever been the hitherto unrecognised symbol. the word "carpenter" is significant of building, of construction, and means (in its derivation) someone who is an artificer in timber or a builder of wooden houses. this is the true meaning of the biblical story of christ's being crucified upon the cross of wood or the tree. it is related in reality to the decision made by christ in the garden of gethsemane to take over the building or reconstruction work in aquarius, and thus complete the task which he attempted to do in the piscean age. he and his disciples and the new group of world servers are the pledged builders of the new civilisation, the new "house of humanity" th

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will become universalised and be seen as the story of every disciple and initiate who takes the first initiation and in his time and place becomes a server and a lightbearer. in the aquarian age two momentous developments will take place: 1. the birth initiation will condition human thinking and aspiration everywhere. 2. the religion of the risen christ, and not of the newly born christ or of the crucified christ, will be the distinctive keynote. it is seldom realised that hundreds of thousands of people in every land have taken, or are preparing to take, this first initiation, called the birth at bethlehem, the house of bread. humanity, the world disciple, is now ready for this. indications of the accuracy of the above statement can be seen in the re-orientation of people everywhere to th

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from the path of the great illusion along which he has travelled for aeons from aries to taurus, via pisces and reversing himself will begin to travel the path of light from aries to pisces, via taurus. this changing experience is expressed for us most beautifully in the sixth section of the old commentary "the cross of many changes (the mutable cross. a.a.b) continues with its whirling, carrying crucified thereon the form of a man in whom is found the seed of all illusion. but, from the cross whereon he has been slain e'en though he knew it not the man climbs down and feels his way (with pain and many tears) on to another cross a cross of blinding light, of fiery pain, of bitter woe, and yet the cross of liberation. it is a stationary cross, fixed in the heavens, and guarded by the angel

uld point out that what i have given you on aries will be dealt with also as we consider the other signs. you will find that i have indicated significances and pointed out some of the truths which can be found in connection with: 1. the keynote of the signs. these express the underlying effect upon the man as he progresses in one of two directions. 2. the nature of the cross upon which the man is crucified at any one time. 3. the influence of the planetary rulers orthodox or esoteric. 4. the rays which primarily express themselves through a particular sign; the clue to which sign it may be is found in the orthodox planetary ruler where the personality ray is concerned and the esoteric planetary ruler where the soul is concerned. 5. the qualities of the sign and of the man who has come fort

l with the energies which these planets release, subordinating them to the energies released by the fixed cross upon which he stands, and thus increase their potency through occult combination. it is by achieving intelligent and active response to the energies released and earlier mastered through the experience of the mutable cross, and by relating them to the potencies let loose upon him whilst crucified upon the fixed cross, that he learns to prepare himself for the twelve great tests in all the twelve signs for which the experience of the two crosses prepares him. pisces governs the feet and hence the whole thought of progress, of attaining the goal, and the treading of the path of return has been the underlying spiritual revelation of the great cycle through which we are passing; also

nifestation of deity. these four signs are aries leo scorpio aquarius, and they involve the expression of the energy of one cardinal sign and of three signs which form part of the fixed cross of the heavens. we could express this truth in another manner: god the father, the will to manifest, initiates the creative process which is worked out through the activity of god the son, the cosmic christ, crucified upon the fixed cross in the heavens. the activity of god the holy spirit, implicit in the- 116- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust mutable cross, is closely allied to the previous solar system, and the energy of that divine aspect is practically entirely occupied with manipulating the forces inherited from that system and inherent in t

itant religion, oft cruel and sadistic (as witness the murders and tortures carried out in the name of christ, who was the outstanding representative of god's love. throughout the teaching of christian theology, the theme of blood runs ceaselessly and the source of salvation is laid upon the blood relationship and not upon the life aspect which the blood veils and symbolises. it is the creed of a crucified and dead christ which rules christianity and not that of the risen master. one of the reasons for this travesty of the truth has been that st. paul, that great initiate, prior to taking the third initiation which he did at the time he was functioning as related in the acts of the apostles, was potently under martian influence and was born in scorpio; a study of his horoscope would demons

rein the dualities are recognised and the aspirant is then "reversing himself upon the wheel" t he fixed cross then controls. 3. the angle of the initiate. h ere the cardinal cross is beginning its control. these crosses are also known as: the cross of the hidden christ the mutable cross- 234- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust the cross of the crucified christ the fixed cross the cross of the risen christ the cardinal cross the individual, planetary and cosmic crosses. to determine these angles will involve among other things a close analysis of the qualities of the four energies which play through each arm of the cross upon humanity. one aspect of this will eventually determine statistically the average of the signs governing the vario

rience to another, so that the life shuttles between the pairs of opposites. d. it is the cross of the responsive form, nurturing and developing the life of the indwelling christ, the hidden soul or lord of being. the four arms of this cross are gemini virgo sagittarius pisces. it is sometimes called the common cross because it conditions the common herd, the mass of humanity. 2. the cross of the crucified christ the fixed cross. a. this is the cross composed of the four energies which condition the life of the man who is first a probationary disciple and then an accepted or pledged disciple- 324- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust b. it is outstandingly the cross of the soul. the man who is upon the fixed cross is becoming increasingly

of the third initiation. the four arms of this cross are taurus leo scorpio aquarius. it is called the fixed cross because the man is stretched upon it by the directed choice and immovable intent of his soul. from that decision there is no turning back. 3. the cross of the risen christ the cardinal cross. a. this is the cross whereon, under the occult paradox and in time and space, the spirit is crucified. its four energies govern and direct the soul as it moves forward upon the path of initiation. necessarily, as it deals with so exalted a state of consciousness, there is but little i can say anent this cross except the vaguest generalities. b. it is, therefore, pre-eminently the cross of initiation and of "beginnings" it concerns fundamentally "the beginning of the endless way of revela

larify the subject technically and academically if i point out that 1. the mutable cross is the cross of the holy spirit, of the third person of the christian trinity, as it organises substance and evokes sensitive response from substance itself. 2. the fixed cross is the cross of the son of god, of the second person of the trinity, driven through love to incarnate in matter and to be consciously crucified upon the cross of matter. 3. the cardinal cross is the cross of the father, the first aspect of the sacred trinity, who sent forth the holy spirit (the breath) because the mind of god visioned a destiny for matter which had been long in coming. now that the "time was at hand" the son fulfilled the law in cooperation with the holy spirit and this in response to the fiat of the father. the

re, in their totality of manifestation, related to the three basic energies which brought the solar system into being; they constitute the three major and synthetic expressions of the supernal will, motivated by love and expressed through activity. upon these crosses, the ability to see the whole, purpose-motive-expression, life-quality- appearance, shifts and changes. upon the mutable cross, the crucified man sees naught of the picture. he suffers, agonises, desires, strives, is the apparent victim of circumstances, and is distinguished by a veiled vision and inchoate longings. these gradually take shape until he reaches the stage of acquiescence and aspiration. then he finds himself upon the fixed cross and begins to grasp the whole of the purpose of experience upon the mutable cross (as

ed by a veiled vision and inchoate longings. these gradually take shape until he reaches the stage of acquiescence and aspiration. then he finds himself upon the fixed cross and begins to grasp the whole of the purpose of experience upon the mutable cross (as far as humanity is concerned) and to realise that there is a hierarchical purpose which can only be grasped by the man who is willing to be crucified upon that cross. he reaches the stage of responsibility, self-awareness and right direction. his orientation is now "the spiritually vertical which involves the inclusive horizontal" at this stage, the plan of the logos begins to take shape in his consciousness. upon the cardinal cross, the purpose and the unified consummations of the two earlier crucifixions become almost blindingly app

ay serve somewhat to clarify that which i have tried to impart. the mutable cross of material change and constant movement can be depicted by the swastika. the man is unconscious of the nature of the four entering energies and interprets little in terms of the soul. the energies make their impact upon him and drive him into material activity. this cross of the personality dedicates the man who is crucified thereon to material ends in order that he may learn eventually their divine use. it is in the lower aspect of this cross that the nazis chose this symbol as theirs; they were expressing, at the close of the material cycle of human existence, the false and evil use of matter, of which separativeness, cruelty and selfishness is the key. the misuse of substance and the prostitution of matte

uggestions anent the life of christ will bring to light and livingness this whole subject of the three crosses. it is needless for me to remind you at this point that on mount golgotha, these three crosses are portrayed: 1. the mutable cross the unrepentant thief. humanity. 2. the fixed cross the repentant thief. hierarchy. 3. the cardinal cross the cross of christ. shamballa. 2. the cross of the crucified christ. for those who read this treatise, the cross which is of prime importance is the fixed cross of the heavens. aspirants to the mysteries are steadily increasing in numbers at this time and this involves their re-orientation towards the light, their conscious reversal upon the wheel of the zodiac, and their comprehension of the objectives of the processes to which they have given th

"saving force" it is this united appeal which you must now organise. thus the mass of humanity will be stimulated to move off the mutable cross on to the fixed cross and the new world cycle, beginning in aquarius (one arm of the fixed cross) will be definitely inaugurated by humanity itself. it might be said, therefore, that the great invocation as first given out was for the use of those who are crucified upon the mutable cross, the cross of change, whilst the second invocation is for the use of those who are crucified upon the fixed cross, the cross of right orientation. it is for the use of those men and women whose aim is the will-to-good, who think in terms of world service and who are oriented towards light the light of knowledge, the light of wisdom and understanding and the light o

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omposed of 96 lesser petals or units of force (48+ 48= 96) but these do not assume the flower shape of the other lotuses. they spread out like the wings of an airplane to the right and left of the head, and are symbolic of the right hand path and the left hand path, of the way of matter and the way of spirit. they constitute symbolically, therefore, the two arms of the cross upon which the man is crucified two streams of energy or light placed athwart the stream of life descending from the monad to the base of the spine and passing through the head. the idea of relativity is one that must ever be held in mind as the student seeks to comprehend the centres, interiorly related within the etheric body, related at the same time to the subtler bodies, to the states of consciousness which are sy

ent of the spiritual will are carried forward. diagram there are four of these webs. when the fourfold personality is highly developed and the ajna centre is awakening, then these webs slowly and gradually, normally and automatically disappear. the webs in the head are of much higher quality and bisect the skull horizontally and vertically. thus they symbolise the cross upon which a son of god is crucified. 11. the three channels up the spine are responsive in their totality to the three major centres: a. to the solar plexus centre, providing thus the impulse of desire and feeding the physical life and the creative urge. b. to the heart centre, providing the impulse to love and to conscious contact with ever widening areas of divine expression. c. to the head centre, providing the dynamic

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the use of the planetary antahkarana work also on buddhic-mental levels and are evoked by the desire of the mass of men. i do not intend to deal further here with the invocation, because i did so fully in the earlier meditation instructions. i earnestly beg you, however, to reread what i there wrote. meditation vii. the cross. spiritual position it is an occult truism to say that the disciple is crucified upon the fixed cross of the heavens. this he is prepared always to accept, for he knows from bitter experience how true it is; he lives in the recognition that the life of the disciple is hard and its exigencies are inescapable. curiously enough, a good deal of this recognition is based upon an unconscious and unrealised self-pity. to offset this unrecognised habit of thought, this medit

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sical, etheric, astral and mental. b. the aggregate of these lives which constitute in themselves four types of elementals or separate coherent, though not self-conscious, existences. these four lunar lords constitute what the ageless wisdom teaching calls "the four sides of the square" they are the "lower quaternary "the imprisoning cubes" or the cross upon which the inner spiritual man is to be crucified. these four elementals have an intelligence all their own, are upon the involutionary arc, are following the law of their own being when they tend to become powerful, and thereby fully express that which is in them. c. a dominant controlling lunar lord who is that which we understand by the term the 'lower personality; he (if the personal pronoun can be used) is the sumtotal of the physi

an exclamation evoked by the realisation of monadic awareness and the focussing of the life aspect within the whole. the soul, in this statement, is renounced, and the monad, as a point of centralisation, is definitely and finally recognised. students would do well to bear in mind that the christ never underwent the crucifixion subsequent to this episode, but that it was the master jesus who was crucified. the crucifixion lay behind him in the experience of the christ. the episode of renunciation was a high point in the life of the world saviour, but was no part of the experience of the master jesus. 4. the final words of the christ to his apostles, gathered together in the upper chamber (in the hierarchy, symbolically) were "lo, i am with you all the days, even unto the end of the age" o

ation marks the consummation of the process, and there is then a straight line of relationship between the monad and the lower personal self. the fourth initiation marks the complete realisation of this relation by the initiate. it enables him to say "i and my father are one" it is for this reason that the crucifixion, or the great renunciation, takes place. forget not that it is the soul that is crucified. it is christ who "dies" it is not the man; it is not jesus. the causal body disappears. the man is monadically conscious. the soul-body no longer serves any useful purpose; it is no more needed. nothing is left but the sutratma, qualified by consciousness a consciousness which still preserves identity whilst merged in the whole. another qualification is creativity; thus consciousness ca

. he then expresses the values of the fixed cross*(9) 3. shamballa. this is his highest point of focus, the goal of the exertions of all initiates of the higher degrees and the source of the sutratma, through which (and its differentiations) he can now consciously work- 315- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust here he finds himself still crucified, but on the cardinal cross*(10) the task with which the human being in all his stages of unfoldment has been occupied might therefore be stated to be the bridging of the gap between: 1. the mutable cross and the fixed cross. 2. humanity and the hierarchy. 3. the lower triplicity, the personality, and the spiritual triad. 4. the monad on its own plane and the outer objective world. this h

greater goal further on ahead called by the christ "the father's house" at the fourth initiation he becomes aware, for the first time in his experience, that there is a hiatus or gap separating him from his distant goal. this constituted the major part of the agony upon the cross. there was a fusion of agonies at that supreme moment, if i might attempt to express what occurred. the master jesus, crucified there, felt the agony of human need and renounced his own life and gave his all (again symbolically speaking) to meet that need. the christ, at that time over-shadowing his great disciple, also passed simultaneously through a great initiatory experience. the agony of his yearning for revelation and increased enlightenment (in order to enhance his equipment as world saviour) revealed to h

tin words signifying to "fix on a cross (i have asked a.a.b. to look this word up in the dictionary so that you can have a sense of surety. the cross referred to in reference to this particular initiation is the cardinal cross of the heavens. it is to this cross that the disciple shifts at the fourth initiation, from the fixed cross of the heavens. this fixed cross is the one on which he has been crucified from the moment he found himself upon the path of probation and passed from thence on to the path of discipleship. on that path having transcended the world of phenomena and established an unbroken contact with the monad, via the antahkarana he renounces the mutable cross of existence in the three worlds (the world of appearances, and after a period of time he transfers from that cross o

mself to the cardinal cross, and from "thence return to that high place from whence he came" you can see, therefore, why i emphasise the fact that these three crosses are simply symbols of experience in relation to the individual disciple. let us consider this a little more closely: 1. the mutable cross governs the three worlds and the astral plane in particular. on this cross the average man is "crucified" until he achieves the needed experience and consciously reorients himself to another phase of unfoldment. 2. the fixed cross governs the five worlds of human development and conditions the experiences of all disciples. through the discipline and the experiences thus gained whilst on this cross, the disciple passes from one renunciation to another until complete freedom and liberation ha

archy. forget not that the three worlds of ordinary evolution constitute the dense physical subplanes of the cosmic physical plane. crucifixion embodies the concept of extreme physical suffering of a protracted nature, its last "three hours" according to the bible story, typifying the three planes of our evolution. on all three planes, the disciple renounces; on all three planes he is, therefore, crucified. it connotes the ending of a life and from the cosmic angle of the personality life of the soul through many incarnations. if it is a statement of fact that the time sense is the response of the brain to a succession of states of consciousness or of events, and if it is equally true that (to the soul) there is no such factor in consciousness as time but only the eternal now is known, the

see it not. rest on that thought, my brother, and passing through the door close it with care, and enter upon another stage upon the upward way alone, yet not alone. the crucifixion in the mystic heart, with its two lobes, lies the key to the reservoir. in the out-going and the return the cross is made. midway it stands, with the right hand and the left hand path on either side. there the man is crucified, with the two on either hand one on the right and one on the left. in the apprehension of the key, in the opening and shutting of doors, lies life eternal. know you and understand. the cross in the cross is hidden light. the vertical and horizontal in mutual friction create; a vibrant- 502- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust cr

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sness. this is the lesson that hercules brings to us, and this is the demonstration [10] of the life of god which is being wrought out in the creative process, and which flowers forth more beautifully each time that the life of god makes its sweep around the zodiac which, the astronomers tell us, takes approximately twenty-five thousand years to accomplish. this is the story of the cosmic christ, crucified upon the fixed cross of the heavens; this is the story of the historical christ, given us in the gospel story and enacted two thousand years ago in palestine; this is the story of the individual christ, crucified upon the cross of matter, and incarnated in each human being, god, incarnate in matter. this is the story of our solar system, the story of our planet, the story of the human be

with his two hands choked the lion to death. that was an encounter that took place unseen by anybody; hercules and the lion in the dark and the gloom of the cave taking part, both of them, in a struggle which had to be to the death. the field of the labor the sign leo is one of the four arms of the fixed cross in the heavens, the cross on which the cosmic christ and the individual christ are ever crucified. perhaps the word "crucified" would have a true significance if we substituted for it the word "sacrificed, for in the unfoldment of the christ consciousness in the form, stage by stage, various aspects of the divine nature are seen as being sacrificed. in taurus, the symbol of creative force expressing itself through desire, we see the lower aspect of the divine creative force, sexual d

nd evokes sensitive response from substance itself (note the beautiful correlation of this statement with the fact that the holy spirit over-shadowed mary) on this cross the man reaches the stage of acquiescence and aspiration, and so prepares himself for the fixed cross of discipleship. it is notable that "the mutable cross of the personality dedicates the- 70- the labours of hercules man who is crucified thereon to material ends in order that he may learn eventually their divine use "the sin against the holy ghost" has been the subject of much morbid wondering. the tibetan states "the misuse of substance and the prostitution of matter to evil ends is a sin against the holy ghost" it was this sin, the greatest of his whole pilgrimage, that hercules committed in virgo, when he did not unde

, and these three are a trinity unified by life that pervades them all. the other constellation is cygnus, symbol of soul. sagittarius, the aspirant, looking to the left and to the right: to the right seeing aquila and saying to himself "i am spirit flying straight for my home; looking the other side and seeing cygnus, the swan, with its four stars in the form of a cross and saying "i am the soul crucified in matter from which i shall release myself" remember, the day is coming when we shall talk about the soul as we now talk- 93- the labours of hercules about the personality, as something from which we have eventually to be released. that is the problem, if i may use that word, of the man who has taken the third initiation, to release himself from soul. will you take those three constella

g cycle of existence and constant crucifixion upon the cross of matter and form. the characteristics of the man immersed in form life and under the rule of matter are fear, individual competition and greed. these have to give place to spiritual confidence, cooperation, group awareness and selflessness. these are the lessons which hercules brings to us. this is also the story of the cosmic christ, crucified from the beginning of creation upon the fixed cross of the heavens. this is the story of the historical christ, given us in the gospel story and enacted for us two thousand years ago in palestine, when our sun entered the sign of the world savior, the sign of pisces, the fishes. this is the story of every individual man, crucified upon the cross of matter and of existence, and discoverin

xed cross, consisting of the four constellations: a. taurus illumination. mind. b. leo individuality. self-consciousness. c. scorpio the final freeing from illusion. d. aquarius server of the race, pouring out the living water of purification. this is pre-eminently the cross of the soul and of real interest because it is the cross of the disciple hercules. he personified these four signs, and was crucified upon this fixed cross. these four signs are regarded in our christian belief as the sacred four and we find them presented to us in the four living creatures of the prophet ezekiel. these four had the face of a man, aquarius; the face of a lion, leo; the face of an ox, taurus; and the face of an eagle, scorpio. aquila, the eagle is astrologically interchangeable with scorpio. they are sy

s of the prophet ezekiel. these four had the face of a man, aquarius; the face of a lion, leo; the face of an ox, taurus; and the face of an eagle, scorpio. aquila, the eagle is astrologically interchangeable with scorpio. they are symbolized again in the four evangelists, and in the four beasts of revelations. this cross is the cross of all world saviors, and the cardinal cross is that of deity, crucified in the water of space. 3. the mutable or common cross, consisting of the four constellations [223] a. gemini the interplay between higher and lower. b. virgo the form which nurtures the christ child. c. sagittarius the aspirant, speeding towards the goal. d. pisces death. consummation. the world savior. this is the cross of everyday life to which all the sons of men are subjected. it is

the aspirant, speeding towards the goal. d. pisces death. consummation. the world savior. this is the cross of everyday life to which all the sons of men are subjected. it is the cross of daily crucifixion and of difficulty and symbolizes the incarnation period of growth and development through the medium of form and its use. in these three crosses is summed up the story of the cosmic christ, god crucified in matter, of hercules and of all disciples, and of the average human being. they constitute the totality of the twelve signs. the sign son of jacob remarks aries, the ram, lamb naphtali naphtali is a play upon the he brew word "talceh, the ram. it means the twisting and struggling ram. note the story of abraham and the ram caught in the thicket. taurus, the bull. issachar "he bowed his

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in trapt. the rose and cross is a symbol of the crux ansata and is the key to the opening of the seven-sided vault of the adepti. the vault is a mystical symbol of that which is truly alive and yet buried and beyond the range and comprehension of animal man. the vault cannot be approached by the candidate unless, first, he be scourged and his physical body be likened to christ. second, he must be crucified and die with christ "for if ye will die with christ, ye shall rise with christ" clearly, we can see that the rose and cross resumes and completes i.n.r.i. and that i.n.r.i conceals i.a.o, the highest name of the divine of the early gnostics. this is amoun, the concealed one, the one which only the initiated can perceive. ankh (crux ansata) the ankhs (crux ansata) held by the chief office

into ten parts. the rtk of the candidate who is speaking binds the lower nine. it is a most sacred oath, never to be forgotten. next, themis commemorates the life and death of osiris. the symbolic archetype of christian rosenkruetz, the founder of our order, is now that of osiris. the aspirant is now in a state of mourning. it is the mourning of isis. recall that the aspirant is dead, having been crucified on the cross. the rose cross is pointed out as a symbol of the completion of the great work, though it may be several years before the aspirant fully understands the mysteries of the sublime and sacred symbol. next, the tomb is discovered. this is the tomb of the initiate. l the sign of "l" is the swastika and hidden within is the cross. it is a symbol of the whirling force of m. v the s

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mikroprosopoi. with the jews adam kadmon was the same as athamaz, tamaz, or the adonis of the greeks "the one with, and of his father- the "father" becoming during the later races helios, the sun, as apollo karneios* for instance, who was the "sun born; osiris, ormazd, and so on, were all followed by, and found themselves transformed later on into still more earthly types: such as prometheus, the crucified of mount kajbee, hercules, and so many others, sun-gods and heroes, until all of them came to have no better significance than phallic symbols. in the zohar is it said "man was created by the sephiroth (elohim-javeh, also) and they engendered by common power the earthly adam" therefore in genesis the elohim say "behold man is become as one of us" but in hindu cosmogony or "creation" brah

e who can read between the lines, study ancient wisdom in the old dramas- the indian and the greek; read carefully the one just mentioned, one enacted on the theatres of athens 2,400 years ago, namely 'prometheus bound" the myth belongs to neither hesiod nor aeschylus; but, as bunsen says, it "is older than the hellenes themselves" for it belongs, in truth, to the dawn of human consciousness. the crucified titan is the personified symbol of the collective logos, the "host" and of the "lords of wisdom" or the heavenly man, who incarnated in humanity. moreover, as his name pro-me-theus, meaning "he who sees before him" or futurity, shows- in the arts he devised and taught to humanity, psychological insight was not the least. for as he complains to the daughters of oceanos "of prophecies the

rometheus (the suffering humanity) from his own fatal gift. his name is "he who has to come" on the authority, then, of these few lines, which, like any other allegorical sentence, may be twisted into almost any meaning; namely, on the words pronounced by prometheus and addressed to io, the daughter of inachos, persecuted by zeus- a whole prophecy is constructed by some catholic writers. says the crucified titan "and, portent past belief, the speaking oaks by which full clearly, in no riddling phrase wast hailed as the illustrious spouse of zeus (v. 853. stroking thee with touch alone of unalarming hand; then thou dark epaphos shalt bear, whose name records his sacred gendering (870) this was construed by several fanatics- des mousseaux and de mir[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previ

see moor's "hindu pantheon" plate xiii[[vol. 2, page] 549 "guha" the mysterious. an astronomical symbol. as an emblem of "door, gate, mouth, the place of outlet" it signifies the "strait gate" that leads to the kingdom of heaven, far more than the "birth-place" in a physiological sense. it is a cross in a circle and crux ansata, truly; but it is a cross on which all the human passions have to be crucified before the yogi passes through the "strait gate" the narrow circle that widens into an infinite one, as soon as the inner man has passed the threshold. as to the mysterious constellation of the seven rishis in the great bear, if egypt made them sacred to "the oldest genitrix, typhon- india has connected all these symbols ages ago with time or yuga revolutions, and the saptarishis are int

vol. 2, page] 558 the secret doctrine. everywhere! the author of the "hebrew egyptian mystery" stands perplexed before the endless shadow it throws back into antiquity, and is unable to trace it to any particular nation or man. he shows the targums handed down by the hebrews, obscured by translation. in joshua (viii. 29) read in arabic, and in the targum of jonathan, it is said "the king of ai he crucified upon a tree" the septuagint rendering is of suspension from a double word (wordsworth on joshua. the strangest expression of this kind is in numbers xxv. 4, where, by onkalos) it is read "crucify them before the lord (jehovah) against the sun "the word here[[hebrew, to nail to, is rendered properly (fuerst) by the vulgate to crucify. the very construction of this sentence is mystic" so i

r again, is the son of yoga-siddha, i.e, the holy power of yoga, and the fabricator of the "fiery weapon" the magic agneyastra. the narrative is given more fully elsewhere. the author of the kabalistic work so often quoted from, asks "the theoretical use of crucifixion must have been somehow connected with the personification of this symbol (the structure of the garden of paradise symbolized by a crucified man. but how? and as showing what? the symbol was of the origin of measures, shadowing forth creative law or design. what practically, as regards humanity[[vol. 2, page] 560 the secret doctrine. could actual crucifixion betoken? yet, that it was held as the effigy of some mysterious working of the same system, is shown from the very fact of the use. there seems to be deep below deep as t

ign. what practically, as regards humanity[[vol. 2, page] 560 the secret doctrine. could actual crucifixion betoken? yet, that it was held as the effigy of some mysterious working of the same system, is shown from the very fact of the use. there seems to be deep below deep as to the mysterious workings of these number values (the symbolization of the connection of 113: 355, with 20612: 6561, by a crucified man. not only are they shown to work in the kosmos. but by sympathy, they seem to work out conditions relating to an unseen and spiritual world, and the prophets seem to have held knowledge of the connecting link. reflection becomes more involved when it is considered that the power of expression of the law, exactly, by numbers, clearly defining a system, was not the accident of the lang

st word possessed by the hebrews, whoever they were, to carry the idea by sound of a man. the essential of this word was 113 (the numerical value of that word) from the beginning, and carried with it the elements of the cosmical system displayed" this is demonstrated by the hindu wittoba- a form of vishnu- as said already. the figure of wittoba, even to the nailmarks on the feet* is that of jesus crucified, in all its details save the cross; and that man was meant is proved to us further by the fact of the initiate being reborn after his crucifixion on the tree of life. this "tree" has now become exoterically, through its use by the romans as an instrument of torture, and the ignorance of the early christian schemers, the tree of death! thus, one of the seven esoteric meanings implied in t

re well versed in esoteric philosophy and the hebrew occult metrology, and used it dexterously. thus they took the word aish (one of the hebrew word forms for man) and used it in conjunction with that of shanah "lunar year" so mystically connected with the name of jehovah, the supposed "father" of jesus, and embosomed the mystic idea in an astronomical value and formula. the original idea of "man crucified" in space belongs certainly to the ancient hindus, and muir shows it in his "hindu pantheon" in the engraving that represents wittoba. plato adopted it in his decussated cross in space, the[[diagram "the second god who impressed himself on the universe in the form of the cross; krishna is likewise shown "crucified (see dr. lundy's monumental christianity, fig. 72) again it is repeated in

ether for all, and four when separated, or 7 in all- another most holy (and with the jews) feminine base number" thus, while the phallic or sexual meaning of the "crucifixion nails" is proven by the geometrical and numerical reading, its mystical meaning is indicated by the short remarks upon it, as given above, in its connection with, and bearing upon, prometheus. he is another victim, for he is crucified on the cross of love, on the rock of human passions, a sacrifice to his devotion to the cause of the spiritual element in humanity. now, the primordial system, the double glyph that underlies the idea of the cross, is not "of human invention" for cosmic ideation and the spiritual representation of the divine ego-man are at its basis. later, it expanded in the beautiful idea adopted by an

he christian cross. one swastica cross in the catacombs is the sign of an inscription which reads['zotiko zotike 'vitalis vitalia' or 'life of life* but the best evidence to the antiquity of the cross is that which is brought forward by the author of natural genesis on page 433 "the value of the cross" says mr. massey "as a christian symbol, is supposed to date from the time when jesus christ was crucified. and yet in the 'christian' iconography of the catacombs no figure of a man appears upon the cross during the first six or seven centuries. there are all forms of the cross except that- the alleged starting-point of the new religion. that was not the initial but the final form of the crucifix* during some six[[footnote(s* quoted in "the natural genesis (p. 427, vol. i* with the christian

he christians, most undeniably. with the pre-christian symbologists it was, as said, the bed or couch of torture during the initiation mystery, the "crucifix" being placed horizontally, on the ground, and not erect, as at the time when it became the roman gallows[[vol. 2, page] 587 the cross, a christian afterthought. centuries after the christian era the foundation of the christian religion in a crucified redeemer is entirely absent from christian art! the earliest known form of the human figure on the cross is the crucifix presented by pope gregory the great to queen theodolinde of lombardy, now in the church of st. john at monza, whilst no image of the crucified is found in the catacombs at rome earlier than that of san giulio, belonging to the seventh or eighth century. there is no chr

edeemer is entirely absent from christian art! the earliest known form of the human figure on the cross is the crucifix presented by pope gregory the great to queen theodolinde of lombardy, now in the church of st. john at monza, whilst no image of the crucified is found in the catacombs at rome earlier than that of san giulio, belonging to the seventh or eighth century. there is no christ and no crucified; the cross is the christ even as the stauros cross was a type and a name of horus, the gnostic christ. the cross, not the crucified, is the essential object of representation in its art, and of adoration in its religion. the germ of the whole growth and development can be traced to the cross. and that cross is pre-christian, is pagan and heathen, in half a dozen different shapes. the cul

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nd their esoteric meaning all over the globe, which he calls rightly the "primordial vestiges of these symbols[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] good reasons why the sadducees, who furnished almost all the high priests of judea, held to the laws of moses and spurned the alleged "books of moses" the pentateuch of the synagogue and the talmud* once more, remember the hindu wittoba crucified in space; the significance of the "sacred sign" the swastica; plato's decussated man in space, etc, etc "source of measures[[vol. 1, page] 322 the secret doctrine "under the general view taken of the nature of the number forms. it becomes a matter of research of the utmost interest as to when and where their existence and their use first became known. has it been a matter of revelation i

n of his beams- on a cruciform lath[[vol. 1, page] 323 identity of the ancient symbols. dered that 318 is an abstract value, and universal, as expressive of a diameter value to a circumference of unity, its use in the composition of the civil calendar becomes manifest" identical glyphs, numbers and esoteric symbols are found in egypt, peru, mexico, easter island, india, chaldea, and central asia. crucified men, and symbols of the evolution of races from gods; and yet behold science repudiating the idea of a human race other than one made in our image; theology clinging to its 6,000 years of creation; anthropology teaching our descent from the ape; and the clergy tracing it from adam 4,004 years b.c! shall one, for fear of incurring the penalty of being called a superstitious fool, and even

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to thinking that they know what they are saying. l vi remarks that .the love of the magus for such beings is insensate and may destroy him. he had had some. this doctrine is magnificently expounded in wagner.s parsifal. the way to redeem such creatures is to withstand them, and their path of redemption is the path of service to the man who has withstood them. however, when at the right moment the crucified one, the extended one, the secret saviour, consents to redeem them, and can do so without losing his power, without in any way yielding to them, their next step is accomplished, and they are reborn as men. this brings us back to our subject, for the lower man, of whom we are still speaking, possesses, above yesod, five forms of intellect and da th their crown. the equinox 100 we then com

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alogue between "nathaniel" and "cleophas, having a crudely shaped rose design with a cross in the centre, containing 1790 pages with the dedication to the duke of wurttemberg adding yet another 205 pages. its author was particularly interested in the dates in the life of henry of navarre, believing that the prophet of islam was the spiritual son of the pope, predicting that the last pope would be crucified by the duke of wurttemberg in 1612 and that the second coming would occur in the year 1620. frederick i, duke of wurttemberg invested with the order of the garter, conferred on him in stuttgart by a special embassy from james i. 1606 trithemius' steganographia first published 1608 michael sendivogius goes to moscow on diplomatic mission. 1609 oswald croll, basilica chemica. redaction cop

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ainly insist on the right to ask new, even silly questions without being molested."96 sadly, for reich, the freedom he so rightly proclaimed was denied to him, as it has been for so many others who have been killed for the crime of acquiring knowledge of science and ufos which the elite and their extraterrestrial/luciferic masters wish to remain hidden. his fellow 'scientists' looked on as he was crucified. it is even speculated that another reason president kennedy was killed was that he found out about the ets and pledged to make the information public. in 1965, a leading journalist, dorothy kilgallen, was investigating both the ufo cover-up and the kennedy assassination. she said in her column in the los angeles examiner of may 22nd 1965, that she had met "a high british official of cab

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er. they are merely the most exploited versions of a symbolic, not literal, story that you find all over the world in all its detail thousands of years before the name "jesus" was first mentioned. t 12 children of the matrix a little quiz. who am i talking about here? he was born on december 25th to a virgin mother; he was called a saviour, the only begotten son, and died to save humanity; he was crucified on a friday "black friday- and his blood was spilled to redeem the earth; he suffered death with nails and stakes; he was the father and son combined in an earthly body; he was put in a tomb, went down into the underworld, but three days later, on march 25th, his body was found to be gone from the tomb and he was resurrected as the "most high god; his body was symbolised as bread and eat

l in jerusalem is a version of this. in the old testament, ezekiel describes the wailings for tammuz by hebrew women in jerusalem. legends also say that to reach the goddess el or hel in her underworld, you have to cross a wailing river.5 "jesus" is balder when the serpent cult moved its headquarters to rome, it introduced the "jesus" story as we know it today and symbolised jesus as balder, the "crucified" son of el or "mary, the matriarch of the serpent cult, although there is other symbolism relating to the jesus story, also. he is a sort of composite character that pulls together a mass of mystery school symbolism and themes. balder is one of them, but there are many others weaved into the gospel tales. on the cross "jesus" is made to say "my el-lo-i, lama sa- bach-tha-ni" which is tra

sus after he was pierced in the side by the spear- the "serpent" blood, in fact, of "balder, the legendary martyred hero of the serpent cult or illuminati. the term illuminati or illuminated ones links with balder's name of loki. this became lucifer "the light bringer, waddell says. jesus is said to be the "light of the world. the jewish father-son was also depicted sometimes as an ass-headed man crucified on a tree. balder, tammuz, and jesus are the same entity. the illuminati created christianity to fool the people into worshipping symbolic reptilian deities while believing they were worshipping the opposite. what was it that alice in wonderland said "nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. and contrary-wise- what it is, it wouldn't be. and what it wouldn'

as put to death on the cross between two thieves. he descended to hell and rose from the dead to ascend back to heaven. just a coincidence, archbishop? well how about these, then? they all pre-date "jesus, often by thousands of years. attis, the son of god of phrygia he was born on december 25th to a virgin mother. he was called a "saviour, the only begotten son, and died to save humanity. he was crucified on a friday "black friday- and his blood was spilled to redeem the earth. he suffered death "with nails and stakes. he was the father and son combined in an earthly body. he was put in a tomb, went down into the underworld, but three days later, on march 25th, his body was found to have disappeared from the tomb and he was resurrected as the "most high god. his body was symbolised as bre

god of india he was born to a virgin mother on december 25th and his father was a carpenter. a star marked his birthplace, and angels and shepherds attended. the ruler slaughtered thousands of infants in an effort to kill him, but he survived and went on to perform miracles and heal the sick, including lepers, the blind, and the deaf. he died at about the age of 30 and some traditions say he was crucified on a tree. he was also portrayed on a cross, rose from the dead, and was considered the saviour. his followers apparently knew him as "jezeus" or "jeseus, which means "pure essence. it is said that he will return on a white horse to judge the dead and fight the "prince of evil. dionysus or bacchus, the son of god of greece he was born to a virgin mother on december 25th and put in a mang

ther on december 25th and put in a manger and swaddling clothes. he was a teacher who travelled, performing miracles. he turned water into wine (like the sun) and rode in triumph on an ass (so did the egyptian deity, set. he was the ram or the lamb, god of the vine, god of gods and king of kings, only begotten son, bearer of sins, redeemer, anointed one (christos, alpha and omega. he was hung and crucified on a tree, but rose from the dead on march 25th. during the 1st century bc, the hebrews in jerusalem also worshipped this deity. j.m. roberts writes in antiquity unveiled (health research, 1970) that "ies, the phoenician name for bacchus, offers the origin to jesus. he says ies can be broken up into "i (the one) and "es (fire and light. taken as one word "ies" means the one light. he goe

e sign of pisces the fish at the time he was supposed to have lived. but there is so much "fish" symbolism with regard to these solar deities throughout history that we cannot ignore a symbolic connection with the tales of fish gods and amphibious beings- the nommo or annedoti, etc. of sirius. remember, too, that the dogon recount the story that the amphibious nommo said that one of them would be crucified. the translation of the end of the world comes from the greek "aeon" and refers to the end of the "age" and not the "world. the end of the age is the end of the 2,160-year cycle, during which the earth passes through an astrological sign. today we are nearing the end of another age, as we leave pisces and enter aquarius. here are some more of the "jesus" myths decoded. jesus, the histori

chronicled the events in israel/palestine at the alleged time of "jesus" and not one of them mentions him. the writer philo lived throughout the "life" of jesus and wrote a history of the judeans, which covered this whole period. philo lived in or near jerusalem at the time that jesus was supposed to have been born to a virgin mother, made his triumphant entry into jerusalem on a donkey, and was crucified and rose again. in this same period, king herod is also claimed to have killed all those children trying to eliminate the "saviour. what does 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 "j

nounced the resurrection of osiris, attis, dionysus, and orpheus, just as mary magdalene was the first to see the "resurrected" jesus. it's all symbolism from the ancient mystery religions and it was used to create a mythical hero for a manufactured prison-religion. as i have mentioned, mag also appears to be code of the reptilian dna passed on by the female line, the mitochondrial dna. jesus was crucified many of these mythical solar deities like jesus were crucified for the sins of the people. it is an ancient ritual. jesus, the "son" on the cross, is the sun at the spring equinox on one level and the dying balder on another. the crown of thorns is symbolic of the halo, which the ancients portrayed around the head of all of their sun gods (see figure 33. the points around the head of the

s called the saviour and his sufferings were said to have ensured the salvation of the people. his priests watched his tomb until midnight on the equinox and they cried "rejoice, o sacred initiated! your god is risen. his death and suffering have worked your salvation" the same was said in egypt of horus and in india of krishna thousands of years before christianity. and jesus could not have been crucified between two thieves because crucifixion was not the roman punishment for theft. the "two thieves" are possibly symbolic of sagittarius and capricorn, which cross over at the winter solstice, thus the sun "dies" between them. john the baptist this guy was invented from the stories of anup, who baptised the ancient egyptian son of god, horus. like "john, anup lost his head. thor/indara, th

n the early years of the roman church, which was supposed to have been founded on the "rock" of peter, there is no mention of this guy. he was added to the story as the priesthood continued to put the whole fantasy together. the name andrew, another "disciple, has the same basic meaning as pater, petra, or peter. this is why the god save us from religion 213 mythical "andrew" is said to have been crucified at patras in greece, where "andrew" was a local god.30 james, the so-called "brother of jesus, is a rehash of amset, the brother of the egyptian sun god, osiris. amset was a carpenter and james was a carpenter. amset was a "great purifier" and james was a "great purifier. disciple john, the favourite of "jesus, is a repeat of arjuna, the favourite disciple of krishna. john is actually kn

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ied or influenced by peoples emerging fromthe near east and the caucasus. the lands of the aryans and reptile-aryans. other sons ofgod included mithra or mithras, the pre-christian roman-persian god, and in greece andasia minor they had dionysus and bacchus. these were sons of god who died so our sinscould be forgiven, born of a virgin mother, and their birthdays were on. december 25th!mithra was crucified, but raised from the dead on march 25th- easter! mithran initiationstook place in caves adorned with the signs of capricorn and cancer, symbolic of the winter90and summer solstices, the high and low points of the sun. mithra was often portrayed asa winged lion, a symbol for the sun still used by the secret societies today. referencesto the lion and the grip of the lions paw in the master

dhists of buddha, the greeks of hercules, the mexicans ofquetzalcoatl, ad infinitum, long before jesus. when he died, jesus descended intohell, just like the earlier khrishna, zoroaster, osiris, horus, adonis/tammuz, bacchus,hercules, mercury and so on. he then rose from the dead like the earlier khrishna,buddha, zoroaster, adonis/tammuz, osiris, mithra, hercules and baldur. jesus wassymbolically crucified at easter because this is the spring equinox when the sun (jesus)enters the astrological sign of aries, the ram or. the lamb. the lamb in the book ofrevelation is the same symbol. in around 2,200 bc the group known as the priesthoodof melchizedek began making their aprons with lambs wool, a symbol continued todayby a modern expression of the brotherhood, the freemasons. it is at easter

rkness every day. the world is restored by the power of the sun in the time ofrebirth and the spring equinox was one of the most sacred egyptian events. queen isiswas often portrayed with rams heads to symbolise that the time of aries, the spring, wasa period of natures abundant creation. the festival of easter was as important to earlychristians as december 25th. the legend of mithra said he was crucified and wasresurrected on march 25th. the date of easter is no longer fixed to the first day ofaries, but the symbolism remains. the christian religious day is. sunday. christianchurches are build east-west with the altar to the east. this means that the congregationface east- the direction of the rising sun. even easter eggs, like hot cross buns, are nota christian tradition. dyed eggs were

rtworkthroughout ancient central america. it was associated with water and the babyloniansused the cross as an emblem of the water gods who they said had brought them theircivilisation. the nagas, by the way, the human-reptile gods of the east, were also said tolive in the water. the concept of a saviour god figure dying for humanity is an ancientone. the religions of india had a tradition of the crucified saviour centuries beforechristianity and it originated from the aryans in the caucasus. the hindu christfigure, khrishna, appears in some portrayals nailed to a cross in classic jesus manner.28quetzalcoatl is said to have come out of the sea carrying a cross and he has beenrepresented as being nailed to a cross. in mystery school symbolism, a cross of gold =illumination; a cross of silve

ere was a terrorist group called the sicanior sons of the dagger, and this name comes from the word, sica, meaning curveddagger. sicarius became the greek, sikariotes, and this was later mistranslated into100english as iscariot. the zealots-sicani would raid roman supply caravans andambush their soldiers very much along the lines of terrorist groups like the ira innorthern ireland.people were not crucified for theft which makes the story of the two thievescrucified with jesus another invention. it is a steal once again because the samestory was told about some of the pre-christian jesus figures. the punishment for thecrimes jesus was accused of in the gospels would have been stoning to death bythe judean authorities, not the romans.pontius pilatus, the roman procurator in this period, is s

and no-one records it? philo lived throughout the supposed life of jesus and wrote ahistory of the judeans which covered the whole of this period. he even lived in or nearjerusalem when jesus was said to have been born and herod was supposed to havekilled the children, yet he doesnt record any of this. he was there when jesus is said tohave made his triumphant arrival in jerusalem and when he was crucified and rose fromthe dead on the third day. what does philo say about these fantastic events? nothing.not a syllable. not a titter.49 none of this is mentioned in any roman record or in thecontemporary accounts of the writers of greece and alexandria who were familiar withwhat happened there.50why? because it didnt happen. it was a symbolic, coded story to pass on esotericand astrological kn

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our ears, nor is there any sign of tears upon the face of any of them. o prince satan, holder of the keys of hell, those thy riches which thou hadst gained by the tree of transgression and the losing of paradise, thou hast lost by the tree of the cross, and all thy gladness hath perished- gospel of nicodemus vii (xxiii) here beelzebub is the tester and accuser of christ, he by having him in myth crucified acted as his initiator and teacher, he tested christ by word and prose and christ proved a powerful student. beelzebub had him face death and christ was then uplifted from flesh to spirit, just as beelzebub has experienced in the fall; yet christ was said to have returned to heaven after gaining a perception of his own being and world. end this essay has intertwined within the basic scop

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poses of working magick (q.v) and achieving enlightenment. inri: letters written on jesus' cross, they have been interpreted to mean different things, depending upon who you talk to. primarily a notarikon (q.v) from the latin by christians as meaning "iesus nazarenu, rex iudaeorum" interpreted as "jesus of nazareth, king of the jews" used to mock the christian messiah jesus (q.v) christ as he was crucified on the cross of galgatha (called calvary. secondly said to be a latin notarikon "igne naturae renovatur integra" meaning "nature by fire is renewed in its integrity" by the alchemists of the rennesaince. medieval alchemists also used inri as a latin notarikon "inge nitrum raris inventium" meaning "shining (or glittering) is rarely found in fire" finally, inri is said to be a secret notar

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y different order of initiation to the pytho-nesses; the pythonesses were psychics and mediums, but the monads, the initiates of the dionysiac mysteries, enjoyed exaltation of consciousness and a quickening of life that enabled them to perform amazing prodigies of strength. 35. all the dynamic religions have this dionysiac aspect; even in the christian religion many saints have left record of the crucified christ of their devotion coming to them at last as the divine bridegroom; and when they speak of this divine inebriation that comes to them, their language uses the metaphors of human love as its appropriate expression" how lovely art thou, my sister, my spouse" faint from the kisses of the lips of god" these things tell a great deal to those who have understanding. 36. the dionysiac asp

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ent. an old jewish legend states that aaron s rod was created on the sixth day of creation and was retained by adam after leaving the garden of eden, subsequently passing into the hands of a succession of patriarchs. an apocryphal christian legend states that the rod was cut from the tree of knowledge, eventually came into the possession of judas, and was the beam of the cross on which christ was crucified. the hazel wand used by water diviners in dowsing echoes the water finding by aaron s rod in the desert. some form of wand has always been a symbol of authority. the wand also survives as the magical staff of modern conjuring magicians. aasc newsletter see anthropology of consciousness ab semitic magical month. crossing a river on the twentieth of that month was supposed to bring sicknes

a well-to-do widow named pernelle. one day he came across a remarkable book of alchemy written on leaves made from the bark of trees and with a cover made of brass. the book cost two florins. the calligraphy was as admirable as the language was cryptical. each seventh leaf was free from writing but emblazoned with a picture; the first representing a serpent swallowing rods, the second, a serpent crucified on a cross, and the third, the arid expanse of a desert in whose depths a fountain bubbled, with serpents trailing their slimy folds from side to side. the author of this mysterious book purported to be abraham, the patriarch, jew, prince, philosopher, levite, priest, and astrologer. he had included a complete exposition of the art of transmuting metals.describing every process, explaini

ndicating that customs and beliefs relating to images are common to many traditions. worship associated with ancient pagan mother goddesses has much in common with christian adoration of the virgin mary. some comparative religionists would go so far as to claim that these are but different forms of one primal maternal force in nature. similarly the concept of a divine savior, born of a virgin and crucified for the atonement of human sin, is also found in some pagan religions. the belief that images might become actual centers of divine power is still common in different religions. in hindu temples, images are installed with special ceremonies to invoke divinity, and subsequently treated as living entities. the installation ceremonies mark an important point in the opening of a temple for p

e keys of power: a study of indian ritual and belief. london: methuen, 1932. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1974. bevan, edwyn robert. holy images; an inquiry into idolatry and image.worship in ancient paganism and in christianity. london: george allen, 1940. breasted, j. h. religion and thought in ancient egypt. london: hodder& stoughton, 1912. graves, kersey. the world s sixteen crucified saviors. boston, mass, 1875. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1971. hastings, james, ed. encyclopaedia of religion and ethics. 12 vols. edinburgh: james clark, 1908. tylor, e. b. primitive culture. 2 vols. london: john murray, 1871. ifrits hideous specters, probably of arabian origin, now genies of persian and indian mythology. they assume diverse forms and inhabit ruins, w

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held it (the story of psychic science, 1930. dramatic exit of spirit visitants the dissolution of a full phantom was one of the most dramatic moments in a materialization seance. katie king agreed to demonstrate it and florence marryat captures the moment in her book there is no death (1892: she [katie king] took up her station against the drawing room wall, with her arms extended as if she were crucified. then three gas-burners were turned on to their full extent in a room about 16 feet square. the effect upon katie king was marvelous. she looked like herself for the space of a second only, then she began gradually to melt away. i can compare the dematerialisation of her form to nothing but a wax doll melting before a hot fire. first the features became blurred and indistinct; they seeme

d by post-christian satanic groups as symbolic of the invocation of satan and evil (in the christian sense of that term. satanists frequently impose the figure of a goat with two ears pointing upward and its beard pointing downward on the reverse pentagram. the pentacle has a wide use in religions. it has been used within christianity in such a way that the five points represent the wounds of the crucified christ. a more common contemporary use refers back to the star which hovered in the sky when the baby jesus was born. it is found on the flag of many muslim countries. in ancient greece, the pentacle was used by the pythagoreans to symbolize perfection. in folklore, the sign has been traced on windows and doors in order to repel witches. in ritual magic, the pentacle has played an import

l research, london, and some french scientific groups attributed the movement of the needle to the action of radiating heat rather than psychic force (see also biometer of baradoc; de tromelin cylinder; emanations; exteriorization of sensitivity; magnetometer) stichomancy another term for bibliomancy (divination through random choice of words in a book. stigmata marks resembling the wounds of the crucified christ that appear inexplicably on the limbs and body of certain sensitive individuals, especially christian mystics. the most common stigmata are marks on a person s hands and feet resembling piercing with nails, sometimes accompanied by bleeding. other stigmata include the weals of scourging, wounds on the shoulder and side, the bruising of the wrists (where christ was bound with cords

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oming. wagner but, ah, the world! the mind and heart of men! of these we each would fain know something just the same. faust yes, know! men call it so, but then who dares to call the child by its right name? the few who have some part of it descried, yet fools enough to guard not their full hearts, revealing to riffraff both their insight and their feeling, men have of old burned at the stake and crucified. i beg you, friend, it s far into the night, we must break off our converse now. wagner i d gladly keep awake for ever if i might converse with you in such a learned way; tomorrow, though, our easter-sunday holiday, this and that question you ll allow. i ve studied zealously, and so i know much now, but all i fain would know. exit. faust [alone] how strange a man s not quitted of all hop

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esta and originated the tradition passed down through the farsis. in studying the lives of these many diverse messiahs, one notices the many instances where they persevered through challenges and travails. master mosheh suffered at the hands of the egyptians and was excommunicated and sent into the desert. master yeshuvah was ridiculed by those in authority, and eventually tortured and apparently crucified. master mohammed was forced to prevail in tribal warfare, and at one point had to escape from mecca to medina. master rama was banished to the forest for fourteen years and forced to battle the demon ravana to win back his kidnapped wife sita. master zoroaster was poisoned. master ramakrishna, master satya sai, and devi ammachi were all thought to be crazy by their families. master satya

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o its meaning. all happiness is an illusion and a sorry snare. all righteousness is a dishonesty and all sin a pleasure. assuredly, the courageous alone seem safe. without remorse. man invented self-pleasure but knoweth not his own love. everything was once arbitrary. yet they who spoke: their power has ended in common sexual practice-abnormal only with jaded appetites. they who knew were rightly crucified, scorned, ignored and their mouths sealed with their own excrement. have we not forgotten more than we shall ever learn? where is the magic to revitalize the mouldering words? everything is again eventually arbitrary! what is there to believe that is free of belief? what is there to will that is safe from reaction? why is belief always incarnating? though oft times not even a sincere wis

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reason why bruno's hermetism becomes purely "egyptian, with the hermetic egyptian religion not as a prisca theologia foreshadowing christianity but actually as the true religion. very important, among the new documents in the sommario are the indications of bruno's view of the cross as really an egyptian sacred sign. a fellow-prisoner reports him as having said that the cross on which christ was crucified was not in the form shown on christian altars, this form being in reality the sign which was sculptured on the breast of the goddess isis, and which was "stolen" by the christians from the egyptians.2 in reply to an inquisitorial question about this, bruno acknowledged that he had said that form of the cross on which christ was crucified was different from the way in which it is usually

intersecano l'eclitica o il zodiaco per linea retta, onde da dui circoli in questo modo intersecanti viene prodotta la forma di tale carattere, li quattro segni cardinali sono li dui equinottiali e li dui solstitiali circa li quali la morte, nativita et incarnatione di nostro signore sempre fu intesa essere, e fu celebrata" sommario, pp. 72-3.1 gather from this that bruno thought that christ was crucified on a "tau" cross, the cross used by the christians being really the egyptian "character. there are some representations of the crucifixion in which the form of the cross is the "tau" or t form. on this question, see g. miccoli "la 'crociata dei fanciulli' del i2t2, studi medievali, 3e serie, ii, 2 (1961, pp. 421 ff. and the references there given. see below, pp. 419-20, on athanasius kir

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and man. in the form of 'hokmah, the son of kether, wisdom renders comprehensive the abstract thought in an association of ideas. philo names it messiah, and st. john christ. st. paul says: but we speak the wisdom of god in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which god ordained before the world unto our glory: which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the lord of glory. 14 referring to christ as the sun, this same apostle says: who is the image of the invisible god, the firstborn of every creature: for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: and he is before all thi

nothing more than a delusion, a dream, and a nightmare. for the individual to will that light shall be is something quite different from being hypnotized into believing that light is and already exists. belief is of the dust of the earth, it is the static shadow of divine power; will is of the breath of life, it is the dynamic force of that same essence. thus it happens that true faith is belief crucified on the cross of will, a transmutation of the material into the spiritual. for an individual to accomplish an act of will is to attain to the supreme eucharist; but for an individual to obliterate the wills of others by forcing his will, however spiritualized it may be, on to others is to take part in a black mass. that is to obliterate light, and the higher the spirituality the deeper th

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goddess who was worshipped by the sect in india which was opposed to the adoration of the male principle. the early christians, however, being ignorant of the allegorical meaning of the legend, transferred it to christ literally. the mother of crishna looked in his mouth and beheld all the nations of the earth. the same story is reported of christ and his mother. finally christ, like crishna, was crucified, and like him was buried. he descended into hell and on the third day arose and ascended into heaven.[129 [129] it will doubtless be urged that i am quoting from the apocryphal gospels--that the genuine books of the new testament are silent concerning many of these eastern legends. we must bear in mind, however, that during the earlier ages of christianity, these finally rejected gospels

n addition not met with in the earliest manuscripts"[130] which fact has caused sharpe, from whom the above is quoted, to suggest that both accounts may have been of egyptian origin [130] barlow, symbolism, p. 127. the titles "lamb "anointed" etc, which were applied to christ, all appear attached to former in- carnations of the sun, the first named standing for the sun in aries. the effigies of a crucified savior found in ireland and scotland in connection with the figure of a lamb, a bull, or an elephant, the latter of which is not a native of those countries, shows that they do not represent christ, but a crucified sun-god worshipped by the inhabitants of the british islands ages before the birth of the great judean philosopher and teacher. it is plain that crishna of india and the persi

r the devil, in the days of herod the king, baruch was again dispatched by elohim, and coming to nazareth delivered his message to jesus, son of joseph and mary. nass, who, as we have seen, was the evil spirit in edem, wished to entice away jesus also. he was not, however, disposed to listen but remained faithful to baruch. naas, overcome by anger at not being able to seduce him, caused him to be crucified "he, leaving the body of edem on the accursed tree, ascended to the good one; saying to edem 'woman, thou retainest thy son' that is, the natural and the earthly man. but jesus himself commending his spirit into the hands of the father, ascended to the good one. now the good one is priapus, and he it is who antecedently caused the production of everything that exists. on this account he

it revives again to quicken and enliven nature and make all things new. there is much evidence to show that a dying figure on a cross was no new conception at the advent of christianity. crishna, whose history as we have seen is almost identical with that of christ, and ballaji, from whom the thorn-crowned figures of jesus have doubtless been copied, are illustrations of this mythical figure of a crucified savior in india. it seems altogether probable from the facts at hand that the romans worshipped a cross with a dying figure of a man upon it. minucius felix, a christian father, in defense of his religion, has the following passage "you certainly, who worship wooden gods, are the most likely people to adore wooden crosses, as being parts with the same substance as your deities. for what

, but a cross with a man upon it. when a pure worshipper adores the true god with hands extended, he makes the figure of a cross. thus you see that the sign of the cross has either some foundation in nature, or in your own religion, and therefore not to be objected against christians" higgins says that it is proved as completely as it is possible to prove a fact of this kind that the romans had a crucified object of adoration, and that this could be no other than an incarnation of the god sol, represented in some way to have been crucified. an ancient medal found in cyprus has upon one of its sides the figure of a crucified man with the chaplet or rosary, the same as those now in use by romanists. from the style of workmanship it is thought that this medal must have been anterior to the ma

h recognized in the cross the ancient emblem of fertility, but as the idea of a spiritual life had begun to take root, it was deemed proper to conceal its real significance; hence from a symbol representing the continuity of existence on the earth the cross now prefigured eternal life or existence after death. henceforward although man was dead in transgressions, through the cross, or through the crucified christ, he received eternal life. that the original signification of this symbol was understood by early christians is apparent from the fact that the emperor theodosius, between the years 378 and 395, issued a decree prohibiting the sign of the cross being sculptured or painted on the pavements of churches. tertullian also, after declaring that the devil made the sign of the cross on th

ballaji, the dying osiris, and all the other sun-gods. he, like each of these, represented a new sun at the beginning of a new cycle. he was a risen savior, and to him were finally transferred all the festivals, seasons, symbols, and monograms of former solar deities. that the figure of a dead man on a cross was a familiar emblem throughout asia and various portions of europe, and that numberless crucified gods--incarnations of the sun--have been worshipped throughout the east, is a fact which it has been the aim of the initiated among the christian clergy to conceal, but one which no one who has examined the evidence with a mind free from prejudice attempts to deny. in italy, on many of the earlier pictures of christ, may be observed the words deo soli, which inscription signifies either

wer of the sun in aries. this figure, which was one of the representations of the sun-god crishna, was worshipped both in india and in egypt. in various of the manifestations of this deity he appears in the act of killing a serpent. he was the dead man on a cross and also the sun, which although continually dying is constantly being revived again. various incarnations of this god have appeared as crucified saviors. of the avatar of crishna known as ballaji or baal-jah little is positively known. indeed there seems to be some impenetrable mystery surrounding this figure, which makes it impossible for scholars to absolutely prove that which by means of the evidence at hand amounts almost to a certainty. a print by moore of this god represents him in the shape of a romish crucifix, but althou

are represented with coronets, this fact has caused several writers to observe that the effigies of ballaji have furnished the copies for the thorn-crowned jesus. through the ignorance of the early christians who in the second century adopted the religion of crishna, the true significance of this coronet was not understood, hence the thorns upon the head of christ. in referring to the effigy of a crucified savior found in ireland the author of the round towers says that it was not intended for our savior for the reason that it wore the iranian regal crown, instead of the jewish crown of thorns.[171 [171] the round towers of ireland, p. 298. regarding this effigy, higgins remarks that the crucified body without the cross reminds one that "some of the ancient sects of heretics held jesus to

savior found in ireland the author of the round towers says that it was not intended for our savior for the reason that it wore the iranian regal crown, instead of the jewish crown of thorns.[171 [171] the round towers of ireland, p. 298. regarding this effigy, higgins remarks that the crucified body without the cross reminds one that "some of the ancient sects of heretics held jesus to have been crucified in the clouds" moore, who has produced several prints of ballaji, says he is unable to account for the pierced foot of a crucified figure in india. he endeavors to prove, however, that this crucifix cannot be hindoo "because there are duplicates of it from the same model" as the mould is made of clay, he contends that only one cast may be made from it. this argument falls to the ground

nimal not found within these countries--and again why should these beasts have been placed here as christian emblems? the facts in the case as revealed by unprejudiced investigators are, that the towers in ireland are not christian monuments, and that the crucifix found on them is not that of christ but of ballaji, or of some one of the avatars of crishna. the fact that the figure of crishna as a crucified god was found in the ruins of a temple at thebes in egypt, is sufficient to prove his antiquity; still, as we have seen, he represents the god-idea at a much later date than did buddha. regarding the evidence furnished by the rev. mr. maurice of the ten avatars of the indian sun-god, higgins observes "the only fact worthy of notice here is, that buddha was universally allowed to be the f

cording to faber, the import of the greek word nous and of the sanscrit menu is precisely the same: each denotes mind or intelligence, and to the latter of them the latin mens is nearly allied "mens, menu, and perhaps our english mind are fundamentally one and the same word" all these terms in an earlier age meant buddha, wisdom, or minerva. later, with the worship of the sun in aries, appeared a crucified savior. during the earlier ages of crishnaism, the ideas typified by a dying savior were still those pertaining to the processes of nature. matter was still believed to be indestructible and seeming death but a preparation for renewed life, or for birth into another state of existence subsequently this dying sun-god, which disappeared in winter only to return again to re-animate nature

een created, man would have lived forever in a state of purity and bliss, free alike from the toils, pains, and temptations of life, and from the crafts and assaults of the devil. through the over-stimulation of the animal instincts man had become wholly unable to overcome the evil in his constitution, hence the adoption of the doctrine of original sin and the necessity for an atonement, or for a crucified savior, who would take upon himself the sins of poor, weak human nature. by simply believing on this crucified redeemer, man would be saved, not from sin itself, but from the penalty of sin. to bolster up the belief in original sin and the necessity for an atonement, the allegory of the fruit tree and the serpent in genesis was taken literally. the more the religion of the past is studie

enesis was taken literally. the more the religion of the past is studied the more plainly will the fact appear, that not only have the ceremonies, symbols, festivals, and seasons adopted by christianity been copied from india and persia, but also that all the leading doctrines of the so-called christian church originated in those countries. the belief in a trinity, the incarnation of the deity, a crucified savior, original sin and a vicarious atonement, the last three having been elaborated after the ancient natural truths underlying sun worship had been forgotten, are all to be found in the east. the doctrine of a trinity is supposed to have been received directly from the platonists, who had learned it from the persians; while that of a crucified savior, and also that of the seed of the

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beendrawntothelegend ftheholygrail bytheenthusiasmofarthurmachen, and their subsequent98 a. e.waite-magicianofmanyparts_longand furious debates overtheinterpretationofthegrail romances had stimulatedbotha streamofarticles and waite'sfirsttrulysignificantbook,thehiddenchurchoftheholygraal(1909).1in outline,thestoryofthegrail-e-which is apartofthearthurianromancecycle-isthis:beforetheburial of the crucified christ, joseph of arimathea collectsbloodfrom hisbodyinacup(the grail)thathad been used at the last supper. after the ascension, joseph travelstobritain,foundsa monasterywherethe grail is housed, and appoints a keeperofthegrail,whoisknownasthefisherking(as are his successors, because he hascaughta great fishwithwhichhis companions are miraculously fed.thefisherkingtakes the grail to the

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ct. matthew 5:48 i beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of god, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto god, which is your reasonable service. and be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of god. romans 12:1,2 the gnostic handbook page 106 i am crucified with christ: nevertheless i live; yet not i, but christ liveth in me: and the life which i now live in the flesh i live by the faith of the son of god, who loved me, and gave himself for me. galations 2:20 but the god of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by christ jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 1 peter 5:

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ulae is especially relevant in relation to ritual and liturgical practise. it allows us to evoke a wide range of associations by the correspondences related to the letters in the given formulae. some of the better known formulae used within the western mystery tradition include inri and yhvh. the inri formula the letters inri were those which were placed on the top of the cross on which jesus was crucified. however, as time progressed and centuries passed, these four letters have gained a variety of esoteric interpretations and have transformed from an historical icon into an occult formula. by notariqon the letters have been interpreted to include igne nitrum renovatur integra. the whole of nature is renewed by fire. igne nitrum raris invenitum. glittering is rarely found in fire. these t

e secion dedicated to horus) and its primary thrust is in verse fifty one. this is an important verse which has many levels of meaning, it is not just trivial blasphemy. why does horus (the hawk) only peck at the eyes of jesus? the answer is because the eyes gnostic theurgy page 215 represent perspective, perception, even worldview- here the worldview of modern christianity, as represented by the crucified jesus, is said to be wrong. the whole of christianity is not rejected, the gnosis is not condemned, it is a matter of the way in which the teachings of jesus have been manipulated. this is of great significance when we consider the gnostic revival which has occurred in the heraldic period and the need for a re-evaluation of christianity in light of the gnostic tradition. there is also a

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e light, concentrated in the white triangle of the three supernals as the synthesis. wherefore, upon this sacred and sublime symbol, is the obligation of the neophyte taken as calling therein to witness the forces of the divine light. the red cross of trapt (is here placed above the white triangle, not as dominating it, but as bringing it down and manifesting it unto the outer order as though the crucified one, having raised the symbol of self-sacrifice, had thus touched and brought into action in matter the divine triad of light. around the cross are the symbols of the four letters of the name jehovah with the c of hwchy being only implied and not expressed in the outer order. at the east is the mystical rose, allied by its scent to the element of m. at the south is the red lamp, allied b

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. a wise looking elder holding a book of the law. 3 binah, understanding. a throned matriarch, expressing comprehension. 4 chesed, mercy. a cheerfully benevolent uncrowned but throned king. 5 gevurah, severity. an armed warrior, usually in a chariot. 6 tiferet, beauty. three related figures which are really the same divine king at different stages. first a young naked child (incarnation, second a crucified body (sacrifice, third a crowned and robed priest-king (transformation. the birth, death and resurrection of sacred kings. 7 netzach, victory. a beautiful young woman with a palm branch. 8 hod, glory. an hermaphrodite with the grace of both sexes. 9 yesod, foundation. a naked and virile man. 10 malchut, the kingdom. a young female representing nature clothed as a bride, because nature wa

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y that the cross was not originally a religious symbol and is used by many organizations, in some form or another, as a symbol without any religious significance. nor was there any such thing as a christian cross during the time of the birth of the christian doctrines as taught by the master jesus. it is a coincidence in religious matters that jesus, like many others for centuries before him, was crucified on a cross.and not even on a cross like that now used as the christian symbol; and it was due to another coincidence that the cross was adopted by the christian fathers, centuries after the crucifixion, as a symbol of the christian faith. they might have adopted the exclusive use of a golden crown (which they do at times) or the crown of thorns, or many other symbols typical of some even

INVOCATION OF OUR LORD OF MIDNIGHT MAHAZHAEL DEVAL

working lodge of arte. the lord mahazhael is revered as the guardian of the northern station and is considered to be the blessed consort of our lady liliya. his time is that of the midwinter sun, the season of misrule and rebirth. his moment is the interstitial cusp of darness and light. in syncretic terms, mahazhael might be indentified with christ on the eve of his nativity, as the soul of the crucified king of light at the moment prior to his dawn on earth. the lord mahazhael may be evoked to preside over festivities of midwinter and the new year s birth. his gift is the sunlight of wisdom born in the darkness of midnight. the call unto mahazhael-deval the magister (or chosen officiant) remains silent, bearing the mask of the lord. the covine shall call the spirit into him thus- o maha

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

1335 pope benedict xii wrote a letter to king edward iii, in which occurs the following passage "it has come to our knowledge that while our venerable brother, richard, bishop of ossory, was visiting his diocese, there appeared in the midst of his catholic people men who were heretics together with their abettors, some of whom asserted that jesus christ was a mere man and a sinner, and was justly crucified for his own sins; others after having done homage and offered sacrifice to demons, thought otherwise of p. 49 the sacrament of the body of christ than the catholic church teaches, saying that the same venerable sacrament is by no means to be worshipped; and also asserting that they are not bound to obey or believe the decrees, decretals, and apostolic mandates; in the meantime, consultin

ISIS UNVEILED

and low-cut white vest; varnished boots, and white kid ^ves, oeer one of v>kich sparkles a rich diamond ring, worth many thousands we must suppose a precious brazilian jewel. above this body of a modem portuguese dandy is a head with the hair parted in the middle; a sad and solemn face, and eyes whose patient look seems to reflect all the bitterness of this last insult flung at the majesty of the crucified" the egyptian isis was also represented as a virgin-mother by her devotees, and as holding her infant son, horus, in her arms. in some statues and biuso-rilievot, when she appears alone she b either complete- ly nude or veiled from head to foot. but in the mysteries, in common with nearly every other goddess, she is entirely veiled from head to foot, as a symbol of a mother's chastity. i

a thoroughly uncompromiung, stiff-necked, orthodox jew, though he wrote for' the pagans' it is well to observe the false position in which these sentences would have placed a true-born jew, if they had really emanated from him. their 'messiah' was then and is still expected. the messiah is the anoinled, and vice versa. and josephus is made to admit that the "first men" among them have accused and crucified their messiah and anointed! no need to com- ment any further upon such a preposterous incongruity* even though supported by so ripe a scholar as benan. as to that patristic fire-brand tertullian, whom des mousseaux apotheosizes in company with his other demi-gods, he is r^arded by reuss, baur, and schwegler in quite a different light. the untnist- s33. atoi^ihet, xviii. iii, 3: renui: la

om the dead. appearing to his diadpiee after his resurrection, and" like christ again "con- vindng a tommg] didymus" by getting him to fed the print of the nails on hi* hands and teet (see note, p. 268. to be^ with, neither phuostratus, the biography of apouonius, nor history says any such thing. though the preose time of his death is unkoown, no disciple of apouonius ever said that he was either crucified, or appeared to them. so much for one "savior" after that we are told that gautama-buddba, whose life and death have been so minutely described by several authorities bar- tbdemy st.-hilaire included was also "enie^fitd by his enemies near the foot of the digitizecoy google 3isis usvbbxd uood might have proved as eflscadous for the subsequent disaeminstmhi^ spiritual doctrines as that

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

, the daughter of cicero. this discovery has been reported from various hands. cedrenus makes mention of a lamp, which, together with an image of christ, was found at edessa in the reign of justinian the emperor. notes. 11 it was set over a certain gate there, and elaborately enclosed and shut out from the air. this lamp, as appeared from the date attached to it, was lighted soon after christ was crucified. it was found burning as in fact it had done for five hundred years by the soldiers of cosroes, king of persia; by whom, at this strange discovery and plunder, the oil was taken out and cast into the fire. as it is reported, this wild act occasioned such a plague as brought death upon numbers of the forces of cosroes, sufficiently punished for their sacreligious mischief. at the demoliti

tions, labouring to that end, of unseen, unsuspected, holy ministries, such as thronging angels, casting off from about us our swathes and bands of thick mortality in the new, overmastering influence, may not all this be as the bridge across which we pass out from this world gladly into the next, until we meet, as. on the other side, jesus, the ruler in very deed, but now felt as the offered, the crucified, the complete and accepted living great sacrifice? may we not in this eucharist partake, not once, but again and again, of that even of that solid which was our atonement, and of that blood which was poured out as the libation to the great earth, profaned by sin, partaking of that reddest (but that most transcendently lucent) sacrament, which is to be the new light of a new world? is not

moorish arch (cathedral of cordova) chapter the nineeenth. mystic christian figures and talismans. ur engraving borrows from the west front of laon cathedral, france, a catherine-wheel (or rose) window. the twelve pillars, or radii, are the signs of the zodiac, and are issuant out of the glorified centre, or opening rose, the sun or beginning of all things. king arthur s round table displays the crucified rose in its centre. in the tables* alternating with tying-knots, of the order of the garter, which most noble order was originally dedicated, be it remembered, to the blessed lady, or to the virgin mary, the microcosmical, miniture king arthur s round table becomes the individual female discus, or organ, waxing and waning, negative or in flower, positive or natural, alternately red and w

the goddess of life and of death. the various verts, or greens, are the the irish harp. 181 colour-rulers in the emblazonry of the emerald isle. the presiding deity of the land of ierna, or of ireland, is the mythic woman born out of the fecundity of nature, or out of the great deep. this is the genius (with certain sinister, terrible aspects, marked out grandly in the oldforms) who is impaled or crucified in its real, hidden meaning-upon the stock, or tree of life, indicated by the irish harp. her hair, in the moment of agony, streams daphne-like, as when about to be transformed into the tree, behind her in the wind, and twines, in the mortal, mythical stress, into the seven strings of the magic irish harp, whose music is the music of the spheres, or of the rosicrucian, assumed penitentia

iments of dr. priestley s (see p. 299 of morsels of criticism, tending to illustrate some few passages in the holy scriptures upon philosophical principles. 2d edition, 2 vols. 8vo. london: j. davis, chancery lane, 1800. 260 the rosicrucians. the jewel of the rossi-crucians (rosicrucians) is formed of a transparent red stone, with a red cross on one side, and a red rose on the other-thus, it is a crucified rose. the rossi or rosy crucians ideas concerning this emblematical red cross and red rose probably came from the fable of adonis who was the sun whom we have seen so often crucified being changed into a red rose by venus (see drummond s origines, vol. iii, p. 121. rus (which is ras in chaldee) in irish signifies tree, knowledge, science, magic, power. this is the hebrew r as. hence the

osicruxians) is closely allied with the templars. their emblem is a monogram or jewel; or, as malicious and bigoted adversaries would say, their object of adoration is a red rose on a cross. thus: fig. 226. when it can be done, it is surrounded with a glory, and placed on a calvary. this is the naurutz, natsir, or rose of isuren, of tamul, or sharon, or the water-rose, the lily padma, pema, lotus crucified for the salvation of man crucified in the heavens at the vernal equinox. it is celebrated at that time by the persians in what they call their nou-rose i.e. neros, or naurutz (malcolm s history of persia, vol. ii. p. 406. the tudor rose, or rose-en-soilel (the rose of the order of the garter, is the rosicrucian the rose crucified. 261 red rose, crucified, with its rays of glory, or golde

is and sophia that is, power and wisdom engendered the angels of the highest order. the name of abraxas, the deity of the gnostics, is made up of the numerical letters representing the total 365 the aggregate of days of the solar year. the manifesting of abrasax rests in his son, nus (knowledge) or christ, the chief of the ons, who descended to earth and assumed the form of man; was baptized, and crucified in appearance (mosheim s eccles. hist. vol. i, pp. 181-184. the manich ans, who deny the reality of the crucifixion of the son of god, and whose tenets concerning the saviour jesus are peculiar, derive their name from manes, or mani; and their doctrine was first disseminated in persia about the year 270. they speak mysteriously of the anima mundi, or hyle; they call this principle a deit

d astronomical central flame, in the centre. this double-rose, barbed or thorned, sol, is (in this form) the tudor rose (the rose-en-soleil, be it remembered, was another of the tudor badges; denoting the union of the houses of york and lancaster in the person of harry the eighth. it will be observed that each knight of the round table is seated as at the base of an round table (mythical) 1. rose crucified. 2. rose restored to life. 3. consummation. 372 the rosicrucians. obelisk. the architectural obeliscar form (rayed, or spread, or bladed) is universal, all the world over, both in old times and modern times. the egyptian obelisks are sacred to the sun. the paladins of charlemagne were twelve in number. the marshals of france should be twelve in number. the judges of england, according to

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

for you see, it was because of burkes curiosity& willingness& prompting that this experiment was enabled to be carried out. it proved a white-elephant but his attitude towards advance& ultra-advanced types of research is just "the" thing that put him where he is today (or at least, to be sure, it carries a great weight. were the stench of such an experiments results ever to come out, he would be crucified. however, i have noticed, that throo the ages, those who have had this happen to them, once the vulgar passions that caused the reaction have cooled-off and further research openly carried on, that these crucified ones achieve something akin to saint hood. you say that this "is of the greatest importance. i disagree with you mr. jessup, not just whole heartedly, but vehemently. however a

KETAB E SIYAH

wn law, for he performed miraculous things and stayed where he would the cruelties brought upon man by uriel. and i was seized with a great anger, saying, shall messiah, cruel tormenter of man, attribute to satan the work of uriel? and abaddon came to rome and to palestine, saying through the mouths of men, messiah, who hast brought to man a suffering undeserved, taste now of thy own fruit. and i crucified the living messiah, and as life was torn from his broken form, he knew truly the shock of helplessness, and he called in agony to his god. but i said, god heeds thee not, messiah, for thou art all that presumes to a divine consciousness. and so i, abaddon, cast messiah from earth, but the seed that messiah had planted among men grew and became a mighty church wherein all life was forgott

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ays its part; and the three pillars, ionic, doric and corinthian, symbolize these three divisions of the world- the field of consciousness, as it has been called in the bhagavad gita. 140. all the living beings which people this world display the light of the divine life and consciousness in their varying degrees. they are all parts of god the son, the christ, the great sacrifice, the divine life crucified on the cross of matter. he also is a trinity, and this is seen in the three powers of consciousness appearing in man as the spiritual will, the intuitional love and the higher intelligence, which are the root of all human will, love and thought. since the officers are the life in the lodge, they represent these qualities in consciousness, which are called in sanskrit philosophy ichchha

in. the symbol in the centre- that of the double axe- is that of the most high god; so the complete glyph is thus a kind of symbolic creed, which for those who drew it affirmed their faith in the descent of the deity into matter and his final triumphant ascension from it: gdescended he; ascended he h. if we were to interpret it along lines of christian symbology we might call it the emblem of the crucified and triumphant christ; but it is also a token of the whole method of evolution. 261. this device appears in many places. it is to be seen in the museum of the louvre in paris, engraved upon a chaldaean intaglio made of green jasper. it is also to be found on the walls of some very old churches in devonshire and cornwall in england, where it must have been engraved by the wandering freema

und us we see it as the three qualities of manifestation- inertia, mobility and rhythm, known in hindu philosophy as the three gunas, and in western philosophy as space or extension, time or change, and rhythm or qualities which give to each thing its distinct and essential nature. 772. another symbol of creation is the cross inscribed within the circle, showing how the divine in manifestation is crucified upon the cross of limitation, willingly suffered that the world might come into being. in that process of creation the divine as life and the divine as form seem a duality, even though they are but manifestations of the one eternal god. this interplay or apparent duality in the universe is also symbolized by the cross, which thus becomes the emblem of the fourfold name of god. amongst th

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

erely physical form of the religion) and the spiritual christianity offered by the gnosis or wisdom. he makes it perfectly clear that by somatic christianity he means that faith which is based on the gospel history. he says of it: what better method could be devised to assist the masses? in dean inge s christian mysticism he is quoted as teaching that: 465. the gnostic or sage no longer needs the crucified christ. the eternal or spiritual gospel which is his possession shows clearly all things concerning the son of god himself both the mysteries shown by his words and the things of which his acts were the symbols origen regards the life, death and resurrection of christ as only one manifestation of a universal law, which was really enacted not in this fleeting world of shadows, but in the

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

harrowing of hell see also chick publications; church of satan for further reading: dictionary of folklore,mythology and legend. vol. 1. new york: funk& wagnalls, 1949. kastenbaum, robert, and beatrice kastenbaum. encyclopedia of death. new york: avon, 1989. harrowing of hell in christian denominations that adhere to the apostle s creed, there is an unusual line that asserts that, after jesus was crucified, he descended into hell. this line obscure to most contemporary christians but an important piece of the new faith to early believers refers to the widely accepted doctrine that christ invaded hell during the period between his death and resurrection. as recounted in the gospel of nicodemus, a document accepted on par with the other gospels until after the new testament was canonized, sa

and began to procreate a new race called the nephilim, or those who descended. these divine children would evolve into the royal families, great leaders and philosophers, and all other ancient and modern day satanists. despite the divine creature s blood intertwined with our own, the humans still failed. we foolishly bowed to such idols of human weakness such as the savior christ: beaten, dying, crucified on a tree and executed like the common criminal that he was. also at fault were the buddha, whose false enlightenment caused scores of people to waste away the last moments of existence fasting to death appendix i: sample documents 293 and denying existence itself, and the hypocrite mohammed, the anti-semitic perjurer who stole the god of the very people he claimed to despise. in the dar

LIBER 777

n profile 10 =18 ipsissimus death of first-born 2 almost any male image shows some aspect of chokmah. 9 =28 magus locusts 3 almost any female image shows some aspect of binah 8 =38 magister templi 3rd order darkness 4 a mighty crowned and enthroned king 7 =48 adeptus exemptus hail and fire 5 a mighty warrior in his chariot, armed and crowned 6 =58 adeptus major boils 6 a majestic king, a child, a crucified god 5 =68 adeptus minor 2nd order murrain 7 a beautiful naked woman 4 =78 philosophus flies 8 an hermaphrodite 3 =88 practicus lice 9 a beautiful naked man, very strong 2 =98 theoricus frogs 1010 a young woman crowned and veiled 1 =108 zelator 0 =08 neophyte 1st order water turned to blood cxxiii. english of col. viii, lines 1-10 cxxiv. the heavenly hexagram. cxxv* seven hells of the ara

the voice of power. wrapped in a cloke and cowl, an ancient walketh, bearing a lamp and staff* 21 the lord of the forces of life. a wheel of six shafts, whereon revolve the triad of hermanubis, sphinx, and typhon* 22 the daughter of the lords of truth. the ruler of the balance. a conventional figure of justice with scales and balances 23 the spirit of the mighty waters. the figure of an hanged or crucified man* 24 the child of the great transformers. the lord of the gate of death. a skeleton with a scythe mowing men. the scythe handle is a tau. 25 the daughter of the reconcilers, the bringer-forth of life. the figure of diana huntress* 26 the lord of the gates of matter. the child of the forces of time. the figure of pan or priapus* 27 the lord of the hosts of the mighty. a tower struck by

LIBER LIBERI VEL LAPIDIS LAZULI

like a little red worm on a hood. 57. but thou and i will catch our fish alike. 58. then wilt thou be a shining fish with golden back and silver belly: i will be like a violent beautiful man, stronger than two score bulls, a man of the west bearing a great sack of precious jewels upon a staff that is greater than the axis of the all. 59. and the fish shall be sacrificed to thee and the strong man crucified for me, and thou and i will kiss, and atone for the wrong of the beginning; year, for the wrong of the beginning. 19 v 1. o my beautiful god! i swim in thy heart like a trout in the mountain torrent. 2. i leap from pool to pol in my joy; i am goodly with brown and gold and silver. 3. why, i am lovlier than the russet autumn woods at the first snowfall. 4. and the crystal cave of my thoug

LIBER LLL PARADIGMAT PIRATE

ou don ft want to be injured by someone else fs incompetence. there are also simpler methods for entering into a state of pain gnosis on your own, involving just a small sewing needle and a little knowledge of anatomy. the jesuits taught me this trick; it fs called gstigmata h (after the spontaneous bleeding from the ankles, wrists and side experienced by the extremely religious in imitation of a crucified jewish rebel, and they use it to form a sympathetic link with christ. stigmata are done by locating the main nerve entering either hand at the wrist. the magician places a needle into this bundle of nerves. the pain will be instantaneous and overwhelming. this connection is responsible for the wonderful dexterity and mobility of the human thumb. during an actual crucifixion, this nerve i

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

ust in pure love of poor humanity! here.s just the chance you.d have! behold the warm sun tint with early gold yon spire: to-day.s event provide my text of wrath.ascension-tide! oh .tis a worthy day to wrest hate.s diadem from jesus. crest! ascends he .tis the very test by which we men may fairly judge, from the rough roads we mortals trudge or god.s paths paved with heliotrope, the morals of the crucified (both standpoints joined in one, i hope, in metaphysic.s stereoscope) but for the moment be denied a metaphysical inspection. bring out the antiseptic soap. we.ll judge the christ by simple section, and strictly on the moral side. but first; i must insist on taking the ordinary substantial creed your clergy preach from desk and pulpit each sunday; all the bible, shaking its boards with l

LIBER XCV THE WAKE WORLD

the ring adonai! thou inmost d, self-glittering image of my soul strong lover to thy bride.s desire, call me and claim me and control! i pray thee keep the holy tryst within this ring of amethyst. for on mine eyes the golden! hath dawned; my vigil slew the night. i saw the image of the one; i came from darkness into l.v.x. i pray thee keep the holy tryst within this ring of amethyst. i.n.r.i..me crucified, me slain, interred, arisen, inspire t.a.r.o. me glorified, anointed, fill with frenzied d! i pray thee keep the holy tryst within this ring of amethyst. i eat my flesh: i drink my blood i gird my loins: i journey far: for thou hast shown 9, o, 777, kam lon, i pray thee keep the holy tryst within this ring of amethyst. incantatio. the wake world 5 prostrate i wait upon thy will, mine ang

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

idealistic conceptions of the savior based upon existing sculpturings and paintings of the pagan sun gods, they were all christianity had. to the gnostics, the christ was the personification of nous, the divine mind, and emanated from the higher spiritual ons. he descended into the body of jesus at the baptism and left it again before the crucifixion. the gnostics declared that the christ was not crucified, as this divine nous could not suffer death, but that simon, the cyrenian, offered his life instead and that the nous, by means of its power, caused simon to resemble jesus. iren us makes the following statement concerning the cosmic sacrifice of the christ "when the uncreated, unnamed father saw the corruption of mankind, he sent his firstborn, nous, into the world, in the form of chris

et truths which are the certain foundation of all arts and sciences. it was the perfect emblem of the microcosm and the macrocosm and, according to the secret teachings, the tomb of osiris, the black god of the nile. osiris represents a certain manifestation of solar energy, and therefore his house or tomb is emblematic of the universe within which he is entombed and upon the cross of which he is crucified. through the mystic passageways and chambers of the great pyramid passed the illumined of antiquity. they entered its portals as men; they came forth as gods. it was the place of the "second birth" the "womb of the mysteries" and wisdom dwelt in it as god dwells in the hearts of men. somewhere in the depths of its recesses there resided an unknown being who was called "the initiator" or

nd unutterable designation of the supreme deity, by the very knowledge of which man and his god are made consciously one. with the giving of the name, the new initiate became himself a pyramid, within the chambers of whose soul numberless other human beings might also receive spiritual enlightenment. in the king's chamber was enacted the drama of the "second death" here the candidate, after being crucified upon the cross of the solstices and the equinoxes, was buried in the great coffer. there is a profound mystery to the atmosphere and temperature of the king's chamber: it is of a peculiar deathlike cold which cuts to the marrow of the bone. this room was a doorway between the material world and the transcendental spheres of nature. while his body lay in the coffer, the soul of the neophy

by slaying typhon, the spirit of evil. p. 48 the world virgin is sometimes shown standing between two great pillars--the jachin and boaz of freemasonry--symbolizing the fact that nature attains productivity by means of polarity. as wisdom personified, isis stands between the pillars of opposites, demonstrating that understanding is always found at the point of equilibrium and that truth is often crucified between the two thieves of apparent contradiction. the sheen of gold in her dark hair indicates that while she is lunar, her power is due to the sun's rays, from which she secures her ruddy complexion. as the moon is robed in the reflected light of the sun, so isis, like the virgin of revelation, is clothed in the glory of solar luminosity. apuleius states that while he was sleeping he b

nd became the symbol of illusion, for the below was merely a reflection of the above. the below was called maya, the illusion, the sea, the great void, and to symbolize it the magi of persia carried mirrors. from the duad arose disputes and contentions, until by bringing the monad between the duad, equilibrium was reestablished by the savior-god, who took upon himself the form of a number and was crucified between two thieves for the sins of men. the triad--3--is the first number actually odd (monad not always being considered a number. it is the first equilibrium of unities; therefore, pythagoras said that apollo gave oracles from a tripod, and advised offer of libation three times. the keywords to the qualities of the triad are friendship, peace, justice, prudence, piety, temperance, and

ed by the evergreen sprig. after the entered apprentices and the fellow- craftsmen had failed to resurrect their master from the dead he was finally raised by the master mason with the "strong grip of a lion's paw" to the initiated builder the name chiram abiff signifies "my father, the universal spirit, one in essence, three in aspect" thus the murdered master is a type of the cosmic martyr--the crucified spirit of good, the dying god--whose mystery is celebrated throughout the world. among the manuscripts of dr. sigismund bastrom, the initiated rosicrucian, appears the following extract from von welling concerning the true philosophic nature of the masonic chiram "the original word, chiram, is a radical word consisting of three consonants and i. e. cheth, resh and mem (1, cheth, signifie

ian king shishak, and finally (588 b.c) it was completely destroyed by nebuchadnezzar and the people of jerusalem were led into captivity to babylon (see general history of freemasonry, by robert macoy) also king david ruled for thirtythree years in jerusalem; the masonic order is divided into thirty-three symbolic degrees; there are thirty-three segments in the human spinal column; and jesus was crucified in the thirty-third year of his life. the efforts made to discover the origin of the hiramic legend show that, while the legend in its present form is comparatively modem, its underlying principles run back to remotest antiquity. it is generally admitted by modem masonic scholars that the story of the martyred chiram is based upon the egyptian rites of osiris, whose death and resurrectio

blished in its stead. in the material universe evil appears ever victorious "in this sense" writes daniel sickels "the myth of the tyrian is perpetually repeated in the history of human affairs. orpheus was murdered, and his body thrown into the hebrus; socrates was made to drink the hemlock; and, in all ages, we have seen evil temporarily triumphant, and virtue and truth calumniated, persecuted, crucified, and slain. but eternal justice marches surely and swiftly through the world: the typhons, the children of darkness, the plotters of crime, all the infinitely varied forms of evil, are swept into oblivion; and truth and virtue--for a time laid low--come forth, clothed with diviner majesty, and crowned with everlasting glory (see general ahiman rezon) if, as there is ample reason to suspe

s to the contrary, the serpent is the symbol and prototype of the universal savior, who redeems the worlds by giving creation the knowledge of itself and the realization of good and evil. if this be not so, why did moses raise a brazen serpent upon a cross in the wilderness that all who looked upon it might be saved from the sting of the lesser snakes? was not the brazen serpent a prophecy of the crucified man to come? if the serpent be only a thing of evil, why did christ instruct his disciples to be as wise as serpents? the accepted theory that the serpent is evil cannot be substantiated. it has long been viewed as the emblem of immortality. it is the symbol of reincarnation, or metempsychosis, because it annually sheds its skin, reappearing, as it were, in a new body. there is an ancien

h as god's messenger was called jonah or the dove; our lord's forerunner, the baptist, was called in greek by the name of ioannes; and so was the apostle of love, the author of the fourth gospel and of the apocalypse, named ioannes (bryant's analysis of ancient mythology) in masonry the dove is the symbol of purity and innocence. it is significant that in the pagan mysteries the dove of venus was crucified upon the four spokes of a great wheel, thus foreshadowing the mystery of the crucified lord of love. although mohammed drove the doves from the temple at mecca, occasionally he is depicted with a dove sitting upon his shoulder as the symbol of divine inspiration. in ancient times the effigies of doves were placed upon the heads of scepters to signify that those bearing them were overshad

fashioned out of the dirt and that my maker could not confer upon me the boon of immortality. but no more shalt thou send me away; for, wandering in the darkness, i have discovered that the almighty hath decreed my salvation because he hath sent out of the most hidden mystery his only begotten who didst take upon himself the world fashioned by the demiurgus. upon the elements of that world was he crucified and from him hath poured forth the blood of my salvation. and god, entering into his creation, hath quickened it and established therein a road that leadeth to himself. while my maker could not give me immortality, immortality was inherent in the very dust of which i was composed, for before the world was fabricated and before the demiurgus became the regent of nature the eternal life ha

heir name; to this day they remain unknown. during the middle ages a number of tracts appeared, purporting to be from the pens of rosicrucians. many of them, however, were spurious, being issued for their self-aggrandizement by unscrupulous persons who used the revered and magic name rosicrucian in the hope of gaining religious or political power. this has greatly complicated click to enlarge the crucified rose. the original symbol of the rosicrucian fraternity was a hieroglyphic rose crucified upon a cross. the cross was often raised upon a three-stepped calvary. occasionally the symbol of a cross rising from a rose was used in connection with their activities. the rosicrucian rose was drawn upon the round table of king arthur, and is the central motif for the links forming the chain from

h the aid of dew is the secret concealed within the name rosicrucian. it is possible that the dew referred to is a mysterious substance within the human brain, closely resembling the description given by alchemists of the dew which, falling from heaven, redeemed the earth. the cross is symbolic of the human body, and the two symbols together--the rose on the cross--signify that the soul of man is crucified upon the body, where it is held by three nails. it is probable that rosicrucian symbolism is a perpetuation of the secret tenets of the egyptian hermes, and that the society of unknown philosophers is the true link connecting modern masonry, with its mass of symbols, to ancient egyptian hermeticism, the source of that symbolism. in his doctrine and literature of the kabalah, a. e. waite

re chosen. the masters of the order hold out the rose as the remote prize, but they impose the cross on those who are entering (see silentium post clamores, by maier, and the rosicrucians and the freemasons, by de quincey) the rose and the cross appear upon the stained glass windows of lichfield chapter house, where walter conrad arensberg believes lord bacon and his mother to have been buried. a crucified rose within a heart is watermarked into the dedication page of the 1628 edition of robert burton's anatomy of melancholy. the fundamental symbols of the rosicrucians were the rose and the cross; the rose female and the cross male, both universal phallic emblems. while such learned gentlemen as thomas inman, hargrave jennings, and richard payne knight have truly observed that the rose and

"as for that which was within it, the leaves of bark or rind, were engraven and with admirable diligence written, with a point of iron, in fair and neat latin letters colored. it contained thrice seven leaves, for so were they counted in the top of the leaves, and always every seventh leaf there was painted a virgin and serpent swallowing her up. in the second seventh, a cross where a serpent was crucified; and the last seventh, there were painted deserts, or wildernesse, in the midst whereof ran many fair fountains, from whence there issued out a number of serpents, which ran up and down here and there. upon the first of the leaves, was written in great capital letters of gold, abraham the jew, prince, priest, levite, astrologer, and philosopher, to the nation of the jews, by the wrath of

oul is built by three master masons personifying wisdom, love, and service, and when constructed according to the law of life the spirit of god dwells in the holy place thereof. the soular temple is the true everlasting house, and he who can raise click to enlarge the mystery of the microcosm. redrawn from cesariano's edition of vitruvius. herein is depicted the mysterious word of plato which was crucified in space before the foundation of the world. the anonymous author of the canon writes "the logos or soul of the world, according to plato, the greek hermes, and the christ, according to the christian gnostics, are all one and the same as the hebrew adam kadmon, who is the second person of the cabalistic triad. the cyllenian hermes, described by hippolytus, so exactly resembles the lesser

irst five centuries after christ these learned men had for the basis of their writings little more substantial than folklore and hearsay. to the easy believer everything is possible and there are no problems. the unemotional person in search of facts, however, is confronted by a host of problems with uncertain factors, of which the following are typical: according to popular conception, jesus was crucified during the thirty-third year of his life and in the third year of his ministry following his baptism. about a.d. 180, st. iren us, bishop of lyons, one of the most eminent of the ante-nicene theologians, wrote against heresies, an attack on the doctrines of the gnostics. in this work iren us declared upon the authority of the apostles themselves that jesus lived to old age. to quote "the

preceded him? that these analogies were recognized and used as a leverage in converting the greeks and romans is evident from a perusal of the writings of justin martyr, another second-century authority. in his apology, justin addresses the pagans thus "and when we say also that the word, who is the first-birth of god, was produced without sexual union, and that he, jesus christ, our teacher, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended into heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe regarding those whom you esteem sons of jupiter* and if we assert that the word of god was born of god in a peculiar manner, different from ordinary generation, let this, as said above, be no extraordinary thing to you, who say that mercury is the angelic word of god. but if any one ob

, and rose again, and ascended into heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe regarding those whom you esteem sons of jupiter* and if we assert that the word of god was born of god in a peculiar manner, different from ordinary generation, let this, as said above, be no extraordinary thing to you, who say that mercury is the angelic word of god. but if any one objects that he was crucified, in this also he is on a par with those reputed sons of jupiter of yours, who suffered as we have now enumerated" from this it is evident that the first missionaries of the christian church were far more willing to admit the similarities between their faith and the faiths of the pagans than were their successors in later centuries. in an effort to solve some of the problems arising from

iates, he must travel in an easterly direction, and the silent years of his life no doubt were spent in familiarizing himself with that secret teaching later to be communicated by him to the world. having consummated the ascetic practices of his order, he attained to the christening. having thus reunited himself with his own spiritual source, he then went forth in the name of the one who has been crucified since before the worlds were and, gathering about him disciples and apostles, he instructed them in that secret teaching which had been lost--in part, at least--from the doctrines of israel. his fate is unknown, but in all probability he suffered that persecution which is the lot of those who seek to reconstruct the ethical, philosophical, or religious systems of their day. to the multit

re the tree was buried there immediately bubbled forth a spring of water, which became known as bethesda. to it the sick from all syria came to be healed. the angel of the pool became the guardian of the tree, and it remained undisturbed for many years. eventually the log floated to the surface and was used as a bridge again, this time between calvary and jerusalem; and over it jesus passed to be crucified. there was no wood on calvary; so the tree was cut into two parts to serve as the cross upon which the son of man was crucified. the cross was set up at the very spot where the skull of adam had been buried. later, when the cross was discovered by the empress helena, the wood was found to be of four different varieties contained in one tree (representing the elements, and thereafter the

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nted for the symbolical purposes of our teaching. if you examine it closely you will perceive how obvious the correspondence is between this story and the story of the death of the christian master related in the gospels; and it is needless to say that the mason who realizes the meaning of the latter will comprehend the former and the veiled allusion that is implied. in the one case the master is crucified between the two thieves; in the other he is done t o death between two villains. in the one case appear the penitent and the impenitent thief; in the other we have the conspirators who make a voluntary confession of their guilt and were pardoned, and the others who were found guilty and put to death; whilst the moral and spiritual lessons deducible from the stories correspond. as every c

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nd unutterable designation of the supreme deity, by the very knowledge of which man and his god are made consciously one. with the giving of the name, the new initiate became himself a pyramid, within the chambers of whose soul numberless other human beings might also receive spiritual enlightenment. in the king's chamber was enacted the drama of the "second death" here the candidate, after being crucified upon the cross of the solstices and the equinoxes, was buried in the great coffer. there is a profound mystery to the atmosphere and temperature of the king's chamber: it is of a peculiar deathlike cold which cuts to the marrow of the bone. this room was a doorway between the material world and the transcendental spheres of nature. while his body lay in the coffer, the soul of the neophy

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not like other men? what, to immense numbers of men, would be the value of a heaven where they could not lie and libel, and ply base avocations for profitable returns? sadly we look around us, and read the gloomy and dreary records of the old dead and rotten ages. more than eighteen centuries have staggered away into the spectral realm of the past, since christ, teaching the religion of love, was crucified, that it might become a religion of hate; and his doctrines are not yet even nominally accepted as true by a fourth of mankind. since his death, what incalculable swarms of human beings have lived and died in total unbelief of all that we deem essential to salvation! what multitudinous myriads of souls, since the darkness of idolatrous superstition settled down, thick and impenetrable, u

sata. like the subterranean mithriatic temple at new grange in scotland, the pagodas of benares and mathura were in the form of a cross. magnificent buddhist crosses were erected, and are still standing, at clonmacnoise, finglas, and kilcullen in ireland. wherever the monuments of buddhism are found, in india, ceylon, or ireland, we find the cross: for buddha or boudh was represented to have been crucified. all the planets known to the ancients were distinguished by the mystic cross, in conjunction with the solar or lunar symbols; saturn by a cross over a crescent, jupiter by a cross under a crescent, mars by a cross resting obliquely on a circle, venus by a cross under a circle, and mercury by a cross surmounted by a circle and that by a crescent. the solstices, cancer and capricorn, the

verse; would fain _see_ and _talk_ to him face to face, as man talks to man: and we try not to believe, because we do not _understand. he commands us to love one another, to love our neighbor as ourself; and we dispute and wrangle, and hate and slay each other, because we cannot be of one opinion as to the essence of his nature, as to his attributes; whether he became man born of a woman, and was crucified; whether the holy ghost is of the _same_ substance with the father, or only of a _similar_ substance; whether a feeble old man is god's vicegerent; whether some are elected from all eternity to be saved, and others to be condemned and punished; whether punishment of the wicked after death is to be eternal; whether this doctrine or the other be heresy or truth--drenching the world with bl

ted, and composed the plenitude of the divine emanations, or the god abraxas; of which the thought [or intellect [greek: nou. nous] united itself, by baptism in the river jordan, with the man jesus, servant[[greek: d. diakonos] of the human race; but did not suffer with him; and the disciples of basilides taught that the [greek, put on the appearance only of humanity, and that simon of cyrene was crucified in his stead and ascended into heaven. basilides held that out of the unrevealed god, who is at the head of the world of emanations, and exalted above all conception or designation[[greek ?at? ast??t, were evolved seven living, self-subsistent, ever-active hyposatized powers: first: the intellectual powers. 1st. nous [greek] the mind. 2d. logos [greek] the reason. 3d. phronesis [greek: f

the words of st. john. the light could not unite with the darkness. it but put on the _appearance_ of a human body, and took the name of christ in the messiah, only to accommodate itself to the language of the jews. the light did its work, turning the jews from the adoration of the evil principle, and the pagans from the worship of demons. but the chief of the empire of darkness caused him to be crucified by the jews. still he suffered in appearance only, and his death gave to all souls the symbol of their enfranchisement. the person of jesus having disappeared, there was seen in his place a cross of light, over which a celestial voice pronounced these words "the cross of light is called the word, christ, the gate, joy, the bread, the sun, the resurrection, jesus, the father, the spirit

harp sting of conscience and remorse, like a sword piercing his bosom. his confidence in his guide, whom he is told to follow and fear no danger; his trust in god, which he is caused to profess; and the point of the sword that is pressed against his naked left breast over the heart, are symbolical of the faith, repentance and reformation necessary to bring him to the light of a life in christ the crucified. 3d. having repented and reformed, and bound himself to the service of god by a firm promise and obligation, the light of christian hope shines down into the darkness of the heart of the humble penitent, and blazes upon his pathway to heaven. and this is symbolized by the candidate's being brought to light, after he is obligated, by the worshipful master, who in that is a symbol of the r

y the high-priest. they also symbolize the blow on the ear, the scourging, and the crown of thorns. the twelve fellow-crafts sent in search of the body are the twelve disciples, in doubt whether to believe that the redeemer would rise from the dead. the master's word, supposed to be lost, symbolizes the christian faith and religion, supposed to have been crushed and destroyed when the saviour was crucified, after iscariot had betrayed him, and peter deserted him, and when the other disciples doubted whether he would arise from the dead; but which rose from his tomb and flowed rapidly over the civilized world; and so that which was supposed to be _lost_ was _found. it symbolizes also the saviour himself; the word that was in the beginning--that was _with_ god, and that _was_ god; the word o

re only temporary and provisional. a man who has a higher conception of god than those about him, and who denies that their conception _is_ god, is very likely to be called an atheist by men who are really far less believers in a god than he. thus the christians, who said the heathen idols were no gods, were accounted atheists by the people, and accordingly put to death; and jesus of nazareth was crucified as an unbelieving blasphemer, by the jews. there is a mere formal atheism, which is a denial of god in _terms, but not in _reality. a man says, there is no god; that is, no god that is self-originated, or that never originated, but always was and had been, who is the cause of existence, who is the mind and the providence of the universe; and so the order, beauty, and harmony of the world

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. but tetragrammaton elohim placed the four letters yhvh of the name and the flaming sword of the ten sephiroth between the devastated garden and the supernal eden, that this should not be involved in the fall of adam. and it became necessary that a second adam should arise to <151> restore the system, and thus, as adam had been spread on the cross of the four rivers, so the second adam should be crucified on the infernal rivers of the four armed cross of death-yet to do this he must descend into the lowest, even malkuth the earth, and be born of her (psalm 74 'thou breakest the heads of leviathan in pieces) and on the dragon heads were the names of the eight kings of edom and on his horns the names of the eleven dukes of edom, for daath having developed in the dragon a new head, the seven

periods of silence, he must contemplate words as one 94 the golden dawn: volume i book one of them. as he thus traverses the long road to dispassionate self <188> knowled e, and no longer has to waste energy in doing battle for and indu 7 ging wounded feelings in defence of a totally false idea of himself, he is led to meditate on the varied symbols of the cross, and from this to contemplate the crucified one, revealed to the west as jesus of nazareth. this life and the sayings of jesus given in the meditation should be studied and pictured in the mind. the mind must be taught to die to useless churnings over ast things and vain apprehensions about future things. this is difficult !or human phantasies die hard, but once the effort is made, however transient the result, it becomes easier w

the devastated garden and the supernal eden, yod <147> he vau he elohim placed the letters of the name and the flashing sword that the uppermost part of the tree of life might not be involved in the fall of adam. and thence it was necessary that the second adam should come to restore all things and that,as the first adam had been extended on the cross of the celestial rivers, so the son should be crucified on the cross of the infernal rivers of daath. yet, to do this, he must descend unto the lowest first, even unto malkuth and be born of her. the= grade of philosophus is referred unto the sephirah netzach and the 27th, 28th, and 29th paths are bound thereto. the sign of this grade is given by raising the hands to the fore-head, and with the thumbs and index fingers forming a triangle, ape

d and left hand, and heart, saying (for brow) there are three that bear witness in heaven; the father, the word, and the holy spirit, and these three are one (for feet) there are three that bear witness on earth; the spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three agree in one <216 (right hand) except ye be born of water and the spirit, ye cannot enter the kingdom of heaven (left hand) if ye be crucified with christ, ye shall also reign with him (he marks heart in silence) then says: second let the aspirant be released from the cross of suffering. it is written, that he who humbleth himself shall be exalted. v. h. frater hodos chamelionis, remove from the aspirant the adeptus minor ritual chain of humility and the robe of mourning, and re-invest him with the crossed sashes. this is done

will i uphold the sign of suffering and of strength" and i heard the voice of the king of earth cry aloud and say "he that aideth me in my suffering, the same shall partake with me in my rising" replace then, 0 aspirant, that cross upon the altar, and say "in and by that sign, i demand that the pastos of our founder be opened, for my victory is in the cross of the rose" for it is written yf ye be crucified with christ, ye shall also reign with him" aspirant replaces crucifix and repeats words as directed. third gives him back wand and crux of chief adept. second and third adepts move away altar revealing upper part of pastos. they open lid, disclosing chief adept within. third and the light shineth in darkness. and the darkness comprehendeth it not. second touch with the head of thy wand t

where the body of the master had lain, who said 'why seek ye the living among the dead" chief i am the resurrection and the life. he that believeth in me, though 3 2d. ad 0 0 pastos third ad third point 238 adeptus minor ritual 239 he were dead, yet shall he live. and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. second behold the image (points to lower half of lid) of the justified one, crucified on the infernal rivers of daath, and thus rescuing malkuth from the folds of the red dragon. third points to upper half of lid. third and being turned, i saw seven golden light-bearers, and in the midst of the lightbearers, one like unto the ben adam, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and girt with a golden girdle. his head and his hair were white as snow, and his eyes as flaming

le of the three supernals as the synthesis; wherefore, upon this sacred and sublime symbol, is the obligation of the neophyte taken as calling therein to witness the forces of the divine light. the red cross of tiphareth (to which the grade of= is referred) is here placed above the white triangle, not as dominating it, but as bringing it down and manifesting it unto the outer order; as though the crucified one, having raised the symbol of self-sacrifice, had thus touched and brought into action in matter, the divine triad of light. around the cross are the symbols of the four letters of the name jehovah- the shin of yeheshuah being only implied and not expressed in the outer order. at the east is the mystical rose, allied by its scent to <87> the element of air. at the south is the red lam

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he 4 steps of wisdom.the aspirant makes the 4 steps when near the centre of the hall, placing hand to heart each timeand finally bowing.celebrant:my brother, whence came you?conductor:from a land of shadows, where the blessings of knowledge but rarely penetrate.celebrant:where stand you now?conductor: in the depths of the earth, my hands extended to the north and to the south.aspirant stands in a crucified form as instructed.and my desire is to approach the radiant east and rejoice in the perfect light.rituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliasecond section11 celebrant:you are worthily inspired my brother. i approve and commend your zeal, but your progress to thegoal of truth must be slow and gradual as the mysteries of nature are not to be unfolded to all whoseek her shrine, but onl

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trange is the destiny of the jews, those scapegoats, martyrs and saviours of the world, a people full of vitality, a bold and hardy race, which persecutions have preserved intact, because it has not yet accomplished its mission! do not our apostolical traditions declare that after the decline of faith among the gentiles salvation shall again come forth out of the house of jacob, and that then the crucified jew who is adored by the christians will give the empire of the world into the hands of god his father? on penetrating into the sanctuary of the kabalah one is seized with admiration in the presence of a doctrine so logical, so simple and at the same time so absolute. the essential union of ideas and signs; the consecration of the most funda12 the doctrine of transcendental magic mental

e book of thoth, he should have seen also the manifold and magnificent meaning of the hermetic hanged man, the prometheus of science, the living man who touches earth by his thought alone, whose firm 61 ground is heaven, the free and immolated adept, the revealer menaced with death, the conjuration of judaism against christ, which seems to be an involuntary admission of the secret divinity of the crucified, and lastly, the sign of the work accomplished, the cycle terminated, the intermediary tau, which resumes for the first time, before the final denary, the signs of the sacred alphabet. 62 the doctrine of transcendental magic 63 xiii a n necromancy ex ipsis mors we have said that the images of persons and things are preserved in the astral light. therein also can be evoked the forms of th

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is for ever alive. the envious have combined against him, agreeing on a single point; the sectaries have united to destroy him; they have crowned themselves kings and proscribed him; they have become hypocrites and accused him; they have constituted themselves judges and pronounced his sentence of death; they have turned murderers and executed him; they have forced him to drink hemlock, they have crucified him, they have stoned him, they have burned him and cast his ashes to the wind; then have they turned scarlet with terror, for he stands erect before them, impeaching them by his wounds and overwhelming them by the radiance of his scars. they believed that they had slain him in his cradle at bethlehem, but he is alive in egypt. they carry him to the summit of the mountain to cast him dow

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wn law, for he performed miraculous things and stayed where he would the cruelties brought upon man by uriel. and i was seized with a great anger, saying, shall messiah, cruel tormenter of man, attribute to satan the work of uriel? and abaddon came to rome and to palestine, saying through the mouths of men, messiah, who hast brought to man a suffering undeserved, taste now of thy own fruit. and i crucified the living messiah, and as life was torn from his broken form, he knew truly the shock of helplessness, and he called in agony to his god. but i said, god heeds thee not, messiah, for thou art all that presumes to a divine consciousness. and so i, abaddon, cast messiah from earth, but the seed that messiah had planted among men grew and became a mighty church wherein all life was forgott

its own desires, the ego burned like a star, rising triumphant, burning through all barriers in the fierce intensity of its heat. the twenty-eighth aethyr- bag sunday 6th june xxviii aes, 1:36 a.m. i stood upon a barren plain of crumbling, black rock, scarred and pitted. stars shone brightly overhead, but somehow seemed very distant and remote. i saw the hideous, blackened, corrupt figure of the crucified christ, nailed to a cross. he was cackling insanely, his malice wrapped around the earth, mantling it in guilt and blindness. whenever man looks beyond his immediate confines, he sees this figure, shackling him down with misery and shame. i proclaimed to him that my sins are my own and my very delight and no other has any claim to them. i then saw the multitudes lying prostrate before hi

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was born and preached his message. among the sites is jerusalem, a city holy to jews, christians, and muslims. this is a site of many of the events in the life and death of christ. the via dolorosa, or way of suffering, is traditionally believed to be the path jesus followed on his way to his crucifixion. the church of the holy sepulcher (tomb) is believed to be built on the spot where jesus was crucified and near where he was buried. also in the holy land is bethlehem, birthplace of jesus, and nazareth, where he came of age. santiago de compostela, in the northeast of spain, has also long been a pilgrimage site for christians. the remains of st. james, one of the original twelve disciples, are believed to be buried here. the medieval pilgrimage route of several hundred miles, the way of

o sacrifice isaac was similar to god s later sacrifice of his only son, jesus. as a test of his faith, abraham was required to show his love for god by sacrificing his son, isaac, as a burnt world religions: biographies 7 abraham offering. just as isaac carried wood for his own sacrifice up the mountain and did not fight being sacrificed, so did jesus carry his own cross and allowed himself to be crucified. similarly, muslims also look to abraham, whom they call ibrahim, as one of the fathers of their faith. the prophet muhammad (c. 570 632; see entry) claimed abraham was the first messenger or prophet of god, while he, muhammad, was the final prophet. arabs also see abraham s first-born, ishmael, or ismail, as the ancestor of the arab people. according to muslim tradition, ibrahim and ism

y of the pope should be rejected. calvin organized his basic thoughts into the five points of calvinism, which were later developed further by his followers. these are often referred to by the acronym tulip: total depravity refers to the sin into which humans are born. unconditional election refers to selection by god for salvation. limited atonement is the concept that god s son jesus christ was crucified (nailed to a cross until dead) to erase the sins not of all people but of the elect. irresistible grace is the principle that god s mercy and grace apply to those he elects for salvation. perseverance of the saints holds that those who have been elected cannot later be condemned. world religions: biographies 77 john calvin in creating his new religious system, calvin based all his princi

ch ceremony, with the sermon (discussion of the bible readings) being the central part. there are only two sacraments, or holy rituals, in the calvinist church. one is baptism, a symbolic use of water resulting in admission to the christian community. the second is the lord s supper, or the reenactment of the last supper, which took place between christ and his closest followers before christ was crucified. in many congregations, the faithful stand during the entire service. in calvinism the visible church includes all those who worship christ, and the invisible church includes those chosen by god for salvation. belonging to the visible church and having faith are requirements for being saved, but do not themselves guarantee salvation. also, in calvinism church and state are not considered

esus died around the age of thirty-three after preaching for only three years. in that time, he gathered twelve followers, who were known as his disciples, and attracted the attention of much of the population in his home region of palestine. in addition to preaching about universal love and everlasting life, christians believe jesus performed many miracles during his lifetime. ultimately, he was crucified, or killed by being nailed to a cross, by the romans, who occupied palestine and were afraid of the power jesus was gaining over the population. three days after his death, jesus was said to have risen from the dead and later he returned to heaven. his disciples spread the word jesus christ. getty images. 187 about his life and miraculous resurrection. these teachings formed the core of

mes of other noblemen, for even though he had given away all of his possessions to follow the path of god, the nobles still considered him to be one of their own. he gave religious lessons to some of these nobles but would always sleep in their barns or in the houses of poor people. after many months of traveling ignatius decided to go to the holy land of jerusalem, where christ had lived and was crucified (killed by being nailed to a cross. once he made his way on foot to barcelona, spain, he was able to board a ship bound for italy and jerusalem, despite the fact that he had no money. ignatius had become like a wandering holy person, and people often gave him food and tried to help him. he did not stay long in jerusalem, as the city and region were under the control of muslims, followers

ch christians were obligated to obey jewish law. indeed, some early christians believed that one could not be saved without following jewish law, a belief that persisted until at least the fourth century. at the council paul took the position that the death and resurrection of christ freed people from jewish law (the resurrection is the belief that christ rose from the dead three days after being crucified on the cross) saint paul is depicted spreading the gospel to others in this illuminated manuscript. saint paul was a jew who converted to believe in the teachings of jesus. public domain. world religions: biographies 305 saint paul he believed that the emphasis of the christian church should be the preaching of christ s words, not following jewish law. after considerable debate the counc

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me, who art thou" and the spirit within said "i am the demon called ephippas, that is in arabia" and i said to him "is this thy name" and he answered "yes; wheresoever i will, i alight and set fire and do to death" 122. and i said to him "by what angel art thou frustrated" and he answered "by the only-ruling god, that hath authority over me even to be heard. he that is to be born of a virgin and crucified by the jews on a cross. whom the angels and archangels worship. he doth frustrate me, and enfeeble me of my great strength, which has been given me by my father the devil" and i said to him "what canst thou do' and he answered''i am able to remove [1] mountains, to overthrow the oaths of kings. i wither trees and make their leaves to fall off" and i said to him "canst thou raise this sto

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presence in the world. it suffers death on this cross so that the world can exist. and plato therefore calls nature the tomb of the divine not however a tomb in which lies something dead, but the tomb where lies the eternal, for which death is nothing but the opportunity to demonstrate the omnipotence of life! hence the right way to look upon nature is for humanity to undertake the rescue of the crucified world-soul, which should rise, released from death, released from the spell that 54 christianity as mystical fact binds it. and where can this happen except in the soul of an initiate? thus wisdom takes on its proper meaning in a cosmic setting: knowledge is the resurrection, the liberation of god. in the timaeus the world is presented developing out of the imperfect into the perfect. th

ation practiced in egypt. it taught that whoever aspires to the highest stage of being must recapitulate, inwardly microcosmically, the universal and macrocosmic events connected with osiris. plato has described such a cosmic process: the creator had stretched out the world-soul on the world-body in the form of a cross, and the subsequent organization of the cosmos constitutes a redemption of the crucified world- soul.90 if someone is to become an osiris the same process must take place in miniature. the initiand must allow the inner experience of becoming an osiris to unfold and fuse with the events of the cosmic osirian myth. if we were able to look inside the temples where the initiatory transformation into osiris took place, we would 90 christianity as mystical fact see that the events

nature and so sweet in the mouth like honey. if christianity is to become a real force upon earth it can only be in this way through an initiation of humanity. thus it strikes dead all that still belongs to the human being s lower nature: 136 christianity as mystical fact their corpses will lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called sodom and egypt, where their lord was also crucified. 146 by these are meant the adherents of christ, who will be persecuted by the powers of this transitory world. however, it is only in their own transitory nature that they suffer and for their true self it is an inner victory. their destiny mirrors the archetypal destiny, which was that of christ jesus. the city, which spiritually is called sodom and egypt is the symbol for the life tha

ry world. however, it is only in their own transitory nature that they suffer and for their true self it is an inner victory. their destiny mirrors the archetypal destiny, which was that of christ jesus. the city, which spiritually is called sodom and egypt is the symbol for the life that remains confined to externals and does not take into itself the transforming impetus of the christ. christ is crucified everywhere in the lower nature. where the lower nature triumphs, everything remains dead: the streets of the city are strewn with corpses. but those who overcome their lower nature and awaken the crucified christ to new life hear the proclamation of the angel with the seventh trumpet: the kingdoms of the world have become those of the lord and of his anointed, who will reign from eternit

d an unconscious initiation possibly take place? what would be involved? two new principles are responsible for making this possible: the role of the proxy in initiation and the principle of community initiation. the role of a proxy here means that the initiation of one is also a living reality for all those who cling to him. 33 paul accordingly says that a christian should suffer with christ, be crucified, resurrect, live, and be glorified with christ.34 this clinging to christ happens 31. see page 108. 32. see page 98. 33. see page 99. 34. romans 6:6& 8, 8:17; galations 2:19; ii corinthians 7:3; ephesians 2:6. afterword 207 through the power of faith, through which community is built in a new way. christ jesus appeared in his own time as an initiate but one initiated in a uniquely great

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s of the sign "ipsa enim litera graecorum t, nostra autem species crucis (adversus marcian iii.22" we also see a view that the mark made with the blood of the paschal lamb on the houses of the israelites before they left egypt was the t cross (exodus xii. 7. we have now to consider the christian cross or also known as the calvary cross. the new testament makes it quite certain that christ was not crucified on a single stake (crux simplex, but on a patibulum or bigot formed of two bars of wood with one fastened across the other. some have held the view that he was nailed to the cross whilst it lay on the ground, and that the cross was then lifted up and set upright. another view is that he was made to ascend a ladder of nine steps, and was then nailed to the cross. this ladder is represente

arms being equal in length, the latin cross (crux immissa or crux capitata) in which the lower limb is longer than each of the others, the crux decussata, or st. andre's cross, and the crux commissa or the t cross. at the same time, we find that the so-called monogram of christ was in general use among christians. the latin cross was best known and most used because the cross on which christ was crucified is believed to have been of this form. the latin cross is also known as the cross of calvary and the passion cross. the cross, that is sometimes seen in the hands of the risen lord, is known as the cross of the resurrection, and a flag or banner is usually attached to it. sometimes the cross has the form of a tree, or of a series of branches of trees. some pictures of the crucifixion sug

ps forward as if to take on herself the weight of the symbolism, while overshadowing all is tzaphkiel, the archangel of hnyb. the picture is filled with deep crimson, black, dark brown and the gray flecked pink of the sephirotic colors. this image should lead to the understanding 4 of the whole manifested universe as a form encompassing pure cosmic force. a gigantic cross upon which this force is crucified. the whole of life is lived under the shadow of this cross. this is the primary cross of life of which the cross of golgotha is a lesser manifestation; a shadow cast by the great shadow. having taken a look at mary as a representation of the feminine principle of the shekinah in the christian belief, let's take a look at twklm, for twklm and hnyb have various manifestations of mary, isis

he bride, the virgin, have the common denominator of femininity. this attribution is obvious when one considers that twklm is receptive to all the higher emanations of the tree. the queen and the bride are references to the relation of twklm to trapt, the king, and the lesser countenance, the harmony of which must become manifest in twklm, which is also the cross of dense matter upon which the is crucified: thus, we have a further link with trapt in the mysteries of the crucifixion. emerging out of twklm upward is the thirty-second path connecting with dwsy. the letter attributed to the thirty-second path is t, meaning a cross. the cross is not only the cross of calvary but the equal-armed cross and the t cross. the simple cross of equal arms is the point, a symbol of and light, extended i

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in reality, it does not matter to the devil which hand is used! the left hand is ever considered the sinister hand. it is associated with words like diabolical, witchlike, clever, deceptive, sly, cunning, evil, wrong, backward, and perverse. the evil eye is said to be the left eye. some early christians (for example, the writer of the apocryphic gospel of nicodemus) taught that of the two thieves crucified next to jesus, the one at his left side an odd, old drawing of a priest with hands in prayer, but aimed downwards toward satan! concealed messages: the importance of hand signs d 49 at left: josephine bonaparte's palm from mlle le normand's les memoires historiques et secrets de l'lmperatrice josephine, paris, 1827. at right: the sabazios hand. bronze symbol of the syncretic jewish myste

er masonic sign, that of hand on heart, with thumb communicating "i'm on the square" triangles up, triangles down, triangles, triangles all around 351 the pope does it again, with president ronald reagan and first lady nancy at his side. as an aside the skull cap, in many color variations, is worn by jews and high catholic clergy alike, though its use hearkens back to the horrific memory of jesus crucified on calvary, golgotha "the place of the skull (photo: book, pope john paul ii visits america: a celebration in pictures, new york: crescent books) 352 codex magica former hewlett-packard ceo, carly fiorina triangles up, triangles down, triangles, triangles all around 353 this cover of one of many star wars publications, pictures a character (top, left) from that movie saga giving what is

balah) is the fount of doctrine for freemasonry and for many other secret societies. we can expect, therefore, that the "v" sign is also emphasized by the rabbinical priests of cabalism. and in fact, we find that the rabbis teach that the meaning of the hebrew letter for v (vau) is "nail" and nail is a secret title for satan (its corrupt meaning comes from the nails driven into the hands of jesus crucified) vau, or v, is the sixth letter in the hebrew alphabet, and, of course, the book of revelation reveals that the name of the beast, or antichrist, is coded with the number of triple 6, or 666. churchill a druid priest where did winston churchill learn of the satanic powers of the "v" sign? few people are aware that churchill was a freemason. stephen knight wrote an explosive expose, the b

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nailed to its horizontal bar at the place of execution. after his apparent death, a spear was thrust into his side by a roman soldier. certain researchers have declared the front and the back images on the shroud of turin to be anatomically correct if the cloth t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 232 religious phenomena had been used to wrap a crucified man in its folds. the impressions on the shroud are of a tall man with a beard, his hands crossed with the imprints of nails through the wrists and feet. the right side of the man s chest was pierced. in addition, the image is said by investigators to bear the marks of whip lashes on the back. the man s right shoulder is chafed, as if from having borne a rough, heavy object. a number of

imprint of a coin minted in the reign of the roman emperor tiberius (42 b.c.e. 37 c.e, who ruled at the time of the crucifixion. clearly, while a number of scientists debate the accuracy of the radiocarbon dating results some insisting that the most reliable results date the shroud to 1260 1390 and others defend the authenticity of the burial cloth and argue that it was the one that wrapped jesus crucified body until the cosmic event of the resurrection, one can only echo the words of archbishop severino poletto, the shroud s custodian: the last word has not yet been said. m delving deeper riggi, giovanni. the holy shroud. roman center for shroud studies, 1981. shroud of turin research at mccrone research institute. http//www.mcri.org/shroud.html. 14 august 2001. shroud of turin. http//www

especially facial features. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical manner. resurrection the act of rising from the dead or returning to life. in christian belief, the resurrection was the rising of jesus christ from the dead after he was crucified and entombed. resurrection also refers to the rising of the dead on judgment day, as anticipated by christians, jews, and muslims. right-hand path in occult tradition, a practitioner who practices white magic. sabbath from the greek sabbaton, and the hebrew sabba, both meaning to rest. sunday is observed as the sabbath, or day of rest from work and for religious worship in christianity

ector (clergyman) lives in. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical manner. resurrection the act of rising from the dead or returning to life. in christian belief, the resurrection was the rising of jesus christ from the dead after he was crucified and entombed. resurrection also refers to the rising of the dead on judgment day, as anticipated by christians, jews, and muslims. retrocognition the mental process or faculty of knowing, seeing, or perceiving things, events, or occurrences of things in the past, especially through other than the normal human senses as in extrasensory. right-hand path in occult tradition, a practitioner

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ector (clergyman) lives in. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical manner. resurrection the act of rising from the dead or returning to life. in christian belief, the resurrection was the rising of jesus christ from the dead after he was crucified and entombed. resurrection also refers to the rising of the dead on judgment day, as anticipated by christians, jews, and muslims. retrocognition the mental process or faculty of knowing, seeing, or perceiving things, events, or occurrences of things in the past, especially through other than the normal human senses as in extrasensory. right-hand path in occult tradition, a practitioner

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generations of christians is the shroud of turin, which is discussed in an earlier chapter. the bible mentions a gclean linen cloth h (matthew 27:59) in which the dead body of jesus was wrapped following his crucifixion. several cloths purported to be the one mentioned in the bible have been made public through the centuries. the shroud of turin is a linen cloth that bears the image of a bearded, crucified man. the claims that the image on the shroud of turin was that of jesus were first made public in the fourteenth century. the shroud has been controversial ever since.embraced as authentic by believers, and written off as a forgery by skeptics. each time evidence seems to weigh heavily against the authenticity of the shroud, a new finding renews the controversy and inspires believers. pe

alchemy from the 1622 edition of philosophia reformata by j. d. mylius (fortean picture library) the spear of destiny the spear of destiny, also known as the holy lance, is in christian tradition the spear that the roman soldier longinus thrust into the side of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) as he hung on the cross( gthen came the soldiers and brake the legs of the first and of the other which was crucified with him. but when they came to jesus and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side and forthwith came out blood and water h [john 19: 32.34 kjv. christian knights discovered the holy lance at antioch during the first crusade in 1098. the sight of the sacred artifact in the church of st. peter so inspired the beleaguered

here the prophet muhammad (c. 570.632) is believed to have ascended to paradise. for the jews, jerusalem is the site of king david fs (d. 932 b.c.e) ancient capital of judea and a massive wall, called the gwailing wall, h which is all that remains of the great temple that was destroyed by the romans in 70 c.e. christian pilgrims revere the city as the place where jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) was crucified and is believed to have risen from the dead, and for more than 1,600 years they have visited the most revered of all christian holy places, the church of the holy sepulchre, which was built over what was believed to be christ fs tomb. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 242 places of mystery and power t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d

ector (clergyman) lives in. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical manner. resurrection the act of rising from the dead or returning to life. in christian belief, the resurrection was the rising of jesus christ from the dead after he was crucified and entombed. resurrection also refers to the rising of the dead on judgment day, as anticipated by christians, jews, and muslims. retrocognition the mental process or faculty of knowing, seeing, or perceiving things, events, or occurrences of things in the past, especially through other than the normal human senses as in extrasensory. right-hand path in occult tradition, a practitioner

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e enslaved their mother. the beauty of woman has become a prey for the brutality of such men as cannot love. thus woman closed her heart as if it were a secret sanctuary, and said to men unworthy of her "i am virgin, 19 but i will to become mother, and my son will teach you to love me" o eve! salutation and adoration in thy fall! o mary! blessings and adoration in thy sufferings and in thy glory! crucified and holy one who didst survive thy god that thou mightst bury thy son, be thou for us the final word of the divine revelation! moses called god "lord; jesus called him "my father" and we, thinking of thee, may say to providence "you are our mother" children of woman, let us forgive fallen woman! children of woman, let us adore regenerate woman! children of woman, who have slept upon her

ars the menaces of death is to merit life. the elect are those who dare; woe to the timid! thus the slaves of law, who make themselves the tyrants of conscience and the servants of fear, and those who begrudge that man should hope, and the pharisees of all the synagogues and of all the churches, are those who receive the reproofs and the curses of the father. was not the christ excommunicated and crucified by the synagogue? was not savonarola burned by the order of the sovereign pontiff of the christian religion? are not the pharisees to-day just what they were in the time of caiaphas? if any one speaks to them in the name of intelligence and love, will they listen? in rescuing the children of liberty from the tyranny of the pharaohs, moses inaugurated the reign of the father. in breaking

ur life in order that all should have the bread which nourishes and the wine which fortifies, do ye not also say, placing your hands on the signs of the universal communion "this is our flesh and our blood? and you, men of the whole world, you whom the master calls his brothers; oh, do you not feel that the universal bread, the fraternal bread, the bread of the communion, is god? retailers of the crucified one! all you who are not ready to give your blood, your flesh and your life to humanity, you are not worthy of the communion of the son of god! do not let his blood flow upon you, for it would brand your forehead! do not approach your lips to the heart of god, he would feel your sting! do not drink the blood of the christ, it will burn your entrails; it is quite sufficient that it should

body, deluged with fluid, seems to participate in the fluidic qualities, it escapes from the operation of the laws of gravity, becomes momentarily invulnerable, and even invisible, in a circle of persons suffering from collective hallucination. the convulsionaries of st. medard, as one knows, had their flesh torn off with red-hot pincers, had themselves felled like oxen, and ground like corn, and crucified, without suffering any pain; they were levitated, walked about head downwards, and ate bent pins and digested them. we think we ought to recapitulate here the remarks which we published in the "estafette" on the prodigies produced by the american medium home, and on several phenomena of the same kind. we have never personally witnessed mr. home's miracles, but our information comes from

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receptive malkuth on the tree. the symbolism of the hand is varied, but in this context can be seen as representing the transmission of divine grace between kether and malkuth. also see notes later referring to kaph and the wheel tarot card as attributed to kether. thv, is tau, the cross and synthesis in malkuth, but also symbolic in this diagram of spirit (the "crown, or kether of the pentagram) crucified in the four elements (comprising malkuth. th, by itself is tau, as described above. it also represents a boundary, which could be described as malkuth being the ultimate boundary of kether, or mark, in that malkuth is the visible aspect of kether. numerically, malkuth values 496, which totals to 19 (4+9+6, which totals to 10 (1+9, which can be broken down to 1 as well. thus, malkuth (10)

planets as part of the symbology of the card. in terms of the ascending process, the path connects the world of events around us (malkuth) with our own personality (yesod) through the ego, and beliefs. thus, the nature of our beliefs governs our awareness of the seven planets, as symbols of the seven sephiroth below the abyss. the path leading from yesod to tiphareth, one of whose symbols is the crucified god-man, is aptly described as the "first temptation by which god tests the devout. the last temptation is made on the cross of the abyss, and is wonderfully portrayed in scorses's film "the last temptation of christ. once tiphareth has been gained, then for the first time we are brought into direct contact, although still existing in a dualistic or separated mode, with kether, through p

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ss to the luxurious cries that love shrills out in death, that murmur when love dies *the tale of archais, vol. i, p. 23. the hour of noon approaches, it falls, and the curse resumes its sway; a fiery snake winds its coils round the sleeping god, and hisses in his ear, gawake! h the god has fallen, the god is caught, caught and bound in the lusts of the manhood he assumed. no galilean is he to be crucified for his own or others f sins, and he wins his freedom at the price of charicles f liberty. nature breaks into a welcome chant of joy, the lovers are reunited, the men fs praise is for archais, and the eyes of the maidens are fixed on charicles. the tale is nearly ended, the lovers wend their way through the joyous throng midst song and chorus, then from the lips of archais rises: light a

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the same ritual; wherefore have minds been darkened and understandings confounded. thus at easter is file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c3.html (8 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. the crucifixion or copulation, and nine months later is the birth of the child, which liveth 33 years, being a generation of mankind, and is crucified. yet is this coming led with the descent of the sun below the equator and his resurrection, and again with the daily agony of the sun. now then our brethren, having the true keys of all religion; namely that all cults typify either the mysteries of lingam and yoni or of sol, luna, and terra, can for themselves interpret all rites, create new faiths and new feasts, ruling the world in jus

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verily i say unto you, inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of the least of these, ye did [it] not to me. 25:46 and these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. 26:1 and it came to pass, when jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 26:2 ye know that after two days is [the feast of] the passover, and the son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 26:3 then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called caiaphas, 26:4 and consulted that they might take jesus by subtilty, and kill [him] 26:5 but they said, not on the feast [day] lest there be an uproar among the people. 26:6 now when jesus was in bethany, in the house of simon the leper, 26:7

things this day in a dream because of him. 27:20 but the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask barabbas, and destroy jesus. 27:21 the governor answered and said unto them, whether of the twain will ye that i release unto you? they said, barabbas. 27:22 pilate saith unto them, what shall i do then with jesus which is called christ [they] all say unto him, let him be crucified. 27:23 and the governor said, why, what evil hath he done? but they cried out the more, saying, let him be crucified. 27:24 when pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, i am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it] 27:25 then answered all the people, and said, his b

pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, i am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it] 27:25 then answered all the people, and said, his blood [be] on us, and on our children. 27:26 then released he barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged jesus, he delivered [him] to be crucified. 27:27 then the soldiers of the governor took jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band [of soldiers] 27:28 and they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 27:29 and when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put [it] upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, hail, king of the jews! 27:30 and t

him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify [him] 27:32 and as they came out, they found a man of cyrene, simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. 27:33 and when they were come unto a place called golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 27:34 they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof] he would not drink. 27:35 and they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, they parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 27:36 and sitting down they watched him there; 27:37 and set up over his head his accusation written, this is jesus the king of the jews. 27:38 then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right h

of god, come down from the cross. 27:41 likewise also the chief priests mocking [him] with the scribes and elders, said, 27:42 he saved others; himself he cannot save. if he be the king of israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 27:43 he trusted in god; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, i am the son of god. 27:44 the thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. 27:45 now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 27:46 and about the ninth hour jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, eli, eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, my god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me? 27:47 some of them that stood there, when they heard [that] said, this [man] calleth for elias. 27:48 and s

, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 28:3 his countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 28:4 and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead [men] 28:5 and the angel answered and said unto the women, fear not ye: for i know that ye seek jesus, which was crucified. 28:6 he is not here: for he is risen, as he said. come, see the place where the lord lay. 28:7 and go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, i have told you. 28:8 and they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. 28:9 and as the

aid again unto them, what will ye then that i shall do [unto him] whom ye call the king of the jews? 15:13 and they cried out again, crucify him. 15:14 then pilate said unto them, why, what evil hath he done? and they cried out the more exceedingly, crucify him. 15:15 and [so] pilate, willing to content the people, released barabbas unto them, and delivered jesus, when he had scourged [him] to be crucified. 15:16 and the soldiers led him away into the hall, called praetorium; and they call together the whole band. 15:17 and they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his [head] 15:18 and began to salute him, hail, king of the jews! 15:19 and they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing [their] knees worshipped him. 15:20 and wh

wn clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. 15:21 and they compel one simon a cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of alexander and rufus, to bear his cross. 15:22 and they bring him unto the place golgotha, which is, being interpreted, the place of a skull. 15:23 and they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received [it] not. 15:24 and when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. 15:25 and it was the third hour, and they crucified him. 15:26 and the superscription of his accusation was written over, the king of the jews. 15:27 and with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. 15:28 and the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, and he was n

on him, wagging their heads, and saying, ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, 15:30 save thyself, and come down from the cross. 15:31 likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, he saved others; himself he cannot save. 15:32 let christ the king of israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. and they that were crucified with him reviled him. 15:33 and when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 15:34 and at the ninth hour jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, my god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me? 15:35 and some of them that stood by, when they heard [it] said, behold, he calleth elias. 15:36 a

g themselves, who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 16:4 and when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 16:5 and entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. 16:6 and he saith unto them, be not affrighted: ye seek jesus of nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 16:7 but go your way, tell his disciples and peter that he goeth before you into galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. 16:8 and they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any [man] for they were afraid. 16:9 now when [jesus] was ri

and for murder, was cast into prison) 23:20 pilate therefore, willing to release jesus, spake again to them. 23:21 but they cried, saying, crucify [him] crucify him. 23:22 and he said unto them the third time, why, what evil hath he done? i have found no cause of death in him: i will therefore chastise him, and let [him] go. 23:23 and they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. and the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. 23:24 and pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. 23:25 and he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered jesus to their will. 23:26 and as they led him away, they laid hold upon one simon, a cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him th

e wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. 23:30 then shall they begin to say to the mountains, fall on us; and to the hills, cover us. 23:31 for if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? 23:32 and there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. 23:33 and when they were come to the place, which is called calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 23:34 then said jesus, father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. and they parted his raiment, and cast lots. 23:35 and the people stood beholding. and the rulers also with them derided [him] saying, he saved others; let him save himself, if he be christ, the chosen of god. 23:36 and the soldiers also

s they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 24:5 and as they were afraid, and bowed down [their] faces to the earth, they said unto them, why seek ye the living among the dead? 24:6 he is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in galilee, 24:7 saying, the son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 24:8 and they remembered his words, 24:9 and returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. 24:10 it was mary magdalene, and joanna, and mary [the mother] of james, and other [women that were] with them, which told these things unto the apostles. 24:11 and their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they belie

ring said unto him, art thou only a stranger in jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? 24:19 and he said unto them, what things? and they said unto him, concerning jesus of nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before god and all the people: 24:20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. 24:21 but we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. 24:22 yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; 24:23 and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was aliv

ed the pavement, but in the hebrew, gabbatha. 19:14 and it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the jews, behold your king! 19:15 but they cried out, away with [him] away with [him] crucify him. pilate saith unto them, shall i crucify your king? the chief priests answered, we have no king but caesar. 19:16 then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. and they took jesus, and led [him] away. 19:17 and he bearing his cross went forth into a place called [the place] of a skull, which is called in the hebrew golgotha: 19:18 where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and jesus in the midst. 19:19 and pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. and the writing was, jesus of nazareth the king of the jews. 1

is cross went forth into a place called [the place] of a skull, which is called in the hebrew golgotha: 19:18 where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and jesus in the midst. 19:19 and pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. and the writing was, jesus of nazareth the king of the jews. 19:20 this title then read many of the jews: for the place where jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in hebrew [and] greek [and] latin. 19:21 then said the chief priests of the jews to pilate, write not, the king of the jews; but that he said, i am king of the jews. 19:22 pilate answered, what i have written i have written. 19:23 then the soldiers, when they had crucified jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and

is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 19:31 the jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day (for that sabbath day was an high day) besought pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away. 19:32 then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 19:33 but when they came to jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: 19:34 but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. 19:35 and he that saw [it] bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. 19:36 for these things were done, that the scripture shou

f jesus: and pilate gave [him] leave. he came therefore, and took the body of jesus. 19:39 and there came also nicodemus, which at the first came to jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound [weight] 19:40 then took they the body of jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the jews is to bury. 19:41 now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 19:42 there laid they jesus therefore because of the jews preparation [day] for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. 20:1 the first [day] of the week cometh mary magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 20:2 then she runneth, and cometh to

ll come to pass [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the lord shall be saved. 2:22 ye men of israel, hear these words; jesus of nazareth, a man approved of god among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which god did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 2:23 him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of god, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 2:24 whom god hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. 2:25 for david speaketh concerning him, i foresaw the lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that i should not be moved: 2:26 therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 2:27 because

alted, and having received of the father the promise of the holy ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. 2:34 for david is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, the lord said unto my lord, sit thou on my right hand, 2:35 until i make thy foes thy footstool. 2:36 therefore let all the house of israel know assuredly, that god hath made that same jesus, whom ye have crucified, both lord and christ. 2:37 now when they heard [this] they were pricked in their heart, and said unto peter and to the rest of the apostles, men [and] brethren, what shall we do? 2:38 then peter said unto them, repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of jesus christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy ghost. 2:39 for the promise is unto you

idst, they asked, by what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 4:8 then peter, filled with the holy ghost, said unto them, ye rulers of the people, and elders of israel, 4:9 if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 4:10 be it known unto you all, and to all the people of israel, that by the name of jesus christ of nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom god raised from the dead [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 4:11 this is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 4:12 neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. 4:13 now when they saw the boldness of peter and john, and perceive

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millennium magic so at his pleasure, but man had no right to ape him. such effrontery must be pun- ished. magicians must be cast down for their sin. satan was thrown from heaven for seeking to become like god. adam and eve were turned out of the garden for essentially the same reason. prometheus was bound to a rock in the caucasus when he defied zeus and brought fire down from heaven. christ was crucified for proclaiming himself the son of god. the magus is a direct descendant of this august company. he or she seeks to be the master of fate and the captain of the soul. yet the magus does not defy god, as the church wrongly believed, but recognizes the godhead within the self. it is significant that the persecution of magic increased in direct proportion to the secular power of the church

east and west until it had perceived the polarity of north and south. the cross is much older than christianity, indeed as old as time, for it is a uni- versal symbol that conveys an unchanging meaning to all peoples, whatever the outward interpretation that may be forced upon it. the pattern the titan prometheus took when bound to the pillar by zeus was a cross. the teutonic god woden, or odin, crucified himself on the eternal ash yggdrasill in order to peer into the mysteries of the timeless realm where magic is born. in other cultures the same mystical message is conveyed in slightly different forms. the sioux indians used to suspend their braves by their pectoral muscles so that they might receive illumination through suffering. in the mythology of the maya, the severed head of the sa

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ttom of the cross. for dee, the hieroglyphic monad represented in a graphic way the entire universe, which he believed might be understood by a close examination of the glyph's parts and proportions. he considered the work of supreme importance-it was dedicated to the german emperor maximilian 11-and thought it had been divinely inspired. in theorem xxiii, he declares "in the name of jesus christ crucified upon the cross, i say the spirit writes these things rapidly through me; i hope, and i believe, i am merely the quill 56 tetragrammaton which traces these characters (j. w. hamilton-jones translation [1947, the hieroglyphic monad [new york: samuel weiser, 19751, p. 41. the work created a great sensation in its own time. a second edition was brought out by dee at frankfurt in 1591. despit

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randiose mysteries of life and death. the volcanic emanations of the earth produced that apparent state of death. some disciples fall in that apparent state of death within the gnostic lumisials. the ceremony of carrying the cross (as was practiced in the gnostic lumisials, serves in order to humbly confirm some internal esoteric initiation. each one of the seven bodies of the human being must be crucified and stigmatized. all students of kabbalah must be familiar with all of the elementals of fire, air, water and earth. the present human being is still not a king or queen of nature, but all are called to be kings or queens and priests and priestesses according to the order of melchizedeck. it is necessary for the student to become familiar with all the elemental creatures of the four elem

nciencia solar. 72 it is necessary for the sinful adam to die within us so that the adam christ can be born within us. when we liberate the solar electronic matter enveloped within the seminal atoms, we grasp the flaming sword. perseus descends into the flaming forge of vulcan in order to decapitate the sinful adam (the medusa) with his flaming sword. john the baptist is decapitated and christ is crucified in order to save the world. the slaughter of the innocent children (the initiates) is the repetition of the initiation. then the solar consciousness is born within us; this consciousness contains in itself the knower, knowledge and the known things. three in one and one in three. the solar consciousness is omni-present and omnipenetrating. the solar consciousness liberates the human bein

ugh his mind while the other does it through his feelings (the representation touches his feelings. therefore, we must learn how to differentiate the mind from the feelings. the mind is one thing and the feelings [or sentiments] are another. within the mind there exists an entire play of actions and reactions that must be carefully understood; within our feelings there are affections that must be crucified, emotions that must be studied and in general an entire mechanism of actions and reactions that can easily be misplaced and confounded with the activities of the mind. los disc pulos de la senda se confunden cuando contemplan velas negras sobre los altares de stos iniciados, entonces, como es natural, los juzgan equivocadamente. t cnicas de la disoluci n del yo el yo ejerce control sobre

at star is always the same; it does not change in any of our reincarnations. it is the star of the father. thus, what is most important for us is to incarnate that star of the father. behold here the mystery of the arcanum seventeen. when the sap, which is contained within the cups of gold and silver, is wisely combined and transmuted, it allows us to attain the incarnation of the star. the star, crucified on the cross, is the christ. en los ashrama del indost n se practica muy secretamente la magia sexual! todo verdadero yogui iniciado de la india trabaja con el arcano a.z.f. ense ado por los grandes yoguis indostan es que visitaron el occidente del mundo, y si esto no ha sido ense ado por stos grandes yoguis iniciados indostan es, si esto no ha sido publicado en los libros de yoga, fue p

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ion. 4. following the archetypal idea of the ternary is the quaternary, represented by a square or a cross. it characterizes the created, extended world of natural forms. the cross is a coordinate which defines and limits a plane. it again represents the duality of the physical plane: light and dark, spirit and matter. the tau cross in qabalah is the special seal or sign of redemption, the spirit crucified to matter and transforming it. four symbolizes the unity of the higher and lower worlds, integration and equilibrium. it finds expression in the four elements, the four directions, and the four seasons. in qabalah it is a very sacred number because the most holy name of god, ihvh, or the tetragrammaton is composed of four letters. on the tree it corresponds to chesed, or jupiter, the mun

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and executrix of the initiation '7. talate stays her gesture with her hand and lifts the rod whilst the maiden kneels bewildered and terrified with her face well-nigh hidden in the lap of a compassionate priestess, to endure the ritual flagellation which replaces and symbolises death. physically she does not die, but she passes symbolically through death and dies mystically as the stigmatists die crucified in christ '8. dead with zagreus, she is now born again with him; that is to say, she has become a bacchante and is no more a woman but a divine human being. we see her now nude and frenziedly dancing, aided by a priestess who holds the thyrsus, the symbol of the new dionysiac life. the spirit of dionysus has descended upon her. man has become god, and dionysus is present unseen at the mi

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irely different matter and can be taken into order teachings with just as much fervor as a personal one. christ epitomizes suffering and redemption through trial and tribulation and as such is a very potent force to invoke; this is the energy we call on in the r.r. et a.c. when we use his name. one of the best archetypal concepts i have ever seen was in crowley's trump: the magus which showed the crucified christ analogous to mercury. if we take another look at the d.w.b. formulae, it becomes blatantly obvious that the godforms called upon represent different currents of energies. these energies had not previously been rationalized on any reasonable basis within the golden dawn. within the new zealand order though, these energies are dissected and categorized as component parts in much the

etween the light and the darkness. at the head is placed a golden greek cross representing the spirit and the elements, and a rose of 7 times 7 petals, and four rays which go out from it. but at the foot, that which the feet rest on as if they were exalted by it, is the cross exalted on a pedestal of three steps: the obligation cross. this latter is also to an extent represented on the top in the crucified figure, and symbolizes the voluntary sacrifice of the lower will, which is incidental to allaying the intellect with the higher aspirations, and to the establishment of your consciousness therein: thus, if the ordinary consciousness were centered in the ruach, you could touch the neschamah, while if it was in the latter, you could touch the genius. now this transference of consciousness

d, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die: i.e, if you can live at will in the neschamah and touch of the genius, you will have made a great step towards the divine elixer, for you will be worthy to sit with the gods, and that which you drink of is real elixer, the elixer of the spirit of life. then the second adept says "behold the image of the justified one, crucified on the cross of the infernal rivers of death" and the third adept shows deific antithesis: the exaltation into the divine. then the chief adept says again "i am the first and the last (the adept and the tau and the yod and the heh(f) of the sacred name "i am he that liveth but was dead, and behold i am alive for evermore, amen; that is using the name of the egyptian deity amon (or amen

ted triad. no man cometh unto the father, but by me. then the neschamah speaks; down to "i have entered into the invisible" then it is as if the consciousness went into the genius, which says "i am the sun in his rising, i have passed through the hour of the cloud and night" then follows "i am amon the concealed one, the opener of the day" like the great god in atziluth "i am osiris onnofris, the crucified one" who is perfected in the balance and risen above all considerations that cometh from maya, or illusion, and who only seeks the eternal life from above, and then, as if in a supreme moment "i am the lord of life, triumphant over death, and there is no part of me that is not of the gods (that is the voice of kether) this again is followed by a synthetical culmination, as if all the div

all his faults are driven out; it is the purification of osiris on the day of his birth" ch.ad "i pass over the way; i know the head of the pool of truth, even the pool of silence which is the pool of healing" 3rd ad "what then is this" he points to the door of the vault. ch.ad 'it is the northern gate of the underworld, even the door of the tomb, whereon thou mayest behold the sun in his nadir, crucified between the pillars of the tree of life" all face east ch.ad "homage unto thee, 0 thou lord of light and truth, 0 sovereign prince who doest away with sin; destroy thou the faults that are within me, that with a dean heart i may approach when thou dost say 'come therefore hither" a pause. ch.ad. tuns to postulant who has been led slowly forward during the foregoing until he now stands do

hear through partially dosed door 'harken now unto the mystery of the tarot key before thee, and meditate thereon in thy heart. is not the taro itself named after the rota? the wheel of destiny: of birth and rebirth. lo, do not the radii thereof spring from the white centre of the divine spirit, passing into the darkness of the womb of the divine mother; that being born of the virgin, they may be crucified upon the cross of manifestation, and thence commit themselves again unto the father "man indeed standeth between spirit and matter, betwixt angel and animal, at the summit of his ascent. we behold as in a glass darkly, that perfected being whom our father strove to represent in the sphinx, compound of the four elements in balanced disposition "the intelligence of man; the soaring spirit

rn transmits it to the lamp, symbol of the spirit of man; a ray of divine light. let us remember that this renewal and completion of the spiritual life could only be effected through a preliminary act of renunciation. the circumambulation of kerux lays down a circle of light on the cross of foundation established in the first point of the ceremony. the two symbols together represent here the sun, crucified in space, sacrificing his life so that man may live. hegemon, having received the new life, acknowledges the oneness of the spirit underlying its fourfold manifestation, and with the newly charged lamp of life, consecrates the symbols of the powers of the soul offered up on the altar. when the newly appointed officers later on take up their insignia, they do so with the inner feeling and

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